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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
The GIRL FOR A WIFE.

You may talk OF the girls who are brilliant
and gay,
And dress in a snowy, eye-capturing way,
Aad are with accomplishments, knowledge
and art
Considerered progressive and awfully
smart
You may be to these girls most humble
gallant,
And, awed by their beauty beseecn them
to grant
Their hand in waltz or their company
fine
AT opera parties to help you to shine.
You may firt with these dainty society
queens,
And hover around them in festival scenes
-T5ut when you are seeking a helpmate for
life
You wisely prefer some one else for your
wife.
The little home-body. so modest and shy,
Who hasn't the beauty that captures the
eye,
And isn't with 'tnew woman notions too
smart
She's the one you select for the wife of your
heart.
The patient, plain-faced. little. home-lov-
ing maid,
So gentle in voice and who isn't afraid
Or ashamed to help mother, downstairs or
above
She's the one for a wife and lifetime or
love.
The sweet little motherly maid. who be-
slows
Kind words to old people and cheerfully
shows
Small brothers and sisters affection and
She's the sort out of which wifely treasures
are made.
The pre-minded, innocent maid, who be-
All people are good and that no one de-
ceives
And feels, o, so sorry! for those in dis
tresS-
She's the one for a wife you will worship
and bless.
The little home-worker, so neat in her
ways,
Who loves to cook dinners husband will
praise,
And who both the parlor and kitchen can
She's the one for wife to adore and en-
brace.
The sweet-tempered maid, ever thoughtful
and brave,
Who'll love you in trouble and help you to
save,
And whose good advice you will prize for
it's worth
She's the one who can make you a heaven
on earth.
o, yes! You may talk of the girls who ex-
In beauty and wit and your homage COM
But when it's wife you are after. you
know,
You don't want girl that is strictly for
show.
H. c. Dodge, in Chicago Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
rhat rroublesome Narcotic.

The late DR.. Thomson, archbishop of
York, when he was bishop of Glouces-
ter, suffered from toothache, and, by
medical advice, resorted to narcotics
to relieve the pain. One morning, after
night of great suffering, as he left the
house to consult the doctor. Mrs.
Thomson begged him not to allow the
physician to prescribe narcotic, as
1T affected his brain for several hours
after taking it. On his way the bishop
met the Postman, who handed him a
large official envelope. He opened il
in the street and read his appointment
to the see of York. Instead of visiting
the doctor he FASTENED back to commu-
nicate the surprising news to his wife.
'sZoe! Zoe!" he exclaimed. what do
you think has happened? am arch
bishop of York." There, there" re
joined the wife; what did / tell your
You've been taking that horrid mar
cotic again, and are quite out of youe
head.r-Detroit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
HE RODE GAILY ON.

right! Let man become ratified in
the forest or on the plains and he in
variably bears to the right and thus
hastens the disaster.
When the horse falls from ex-
haustion Trooper johnson is 25 miles
from the command. It does not occur
to him that he will be searched for and
that his trail can be followed. He now
feels sure that he is lost, and he cannot
reason. a veteran of three Indian CAM
paigns-a soldier known to be without
fear-a man in the prime of life. And
yet his face is as white as dead mans
and he trembles like a woman-ayef
Weeps like child!
One, two, three days go by. Trooper
Johnson is a favorite with all. Every
man is anxious that he be found We
go into camp and send out squads to the
four points of the compass. One OF
them strikes the trail and finds the dead
horse. Another, returning in the gloom
of evening, starts up a strange animal
which runs away, uttering strange
sounds like human laughter. On tho
morning of the fourth day the lost man
is discovered as he sleeps. He is naked;
he is bleeding and torn; there is some
thing SO wild and beast-like in his looks
that we shrink away from him. He is
not glad to see US. We call him by
name, but he does not remember us.
We pity him, but he laughs and gibbers.
He will soon be himself again." says
the colonel, as he turns away from the
poor wretch we have brought into camp
at last.
HE will never be himself again."
solemnly replies the regimental sur.
geon, who happened to be journeying
with us. "He has lost his wits-be-
come an idiot! 1t was the terror of
lonesomeness that did it," Detroit
Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Lady William Beresford is said ;
be busy writing the memoirs of her
eventful life.
Mrs. De Kay, wife of the United
States consul general at Berlin, has won
great popularity in the upper social cir
cles of the German capital. She is a
handsome, vivacious woman, who as
Miss Coffee gained an enviable reputa
ton as an amateur actress among the
-Four Hundred of New York.
"A circular has been sent out from
San Francisco in reference to the plan
of erecting drinking fountain in the
old plaza in that city as memorial to
Robert Louis Stevenson. HE dwelt for
time with us,'' it says, "and added a
distinction to our cosmopolitanism, to
our picturesqueness by recognizing
BOTH"
Joseph Chamberlain, the most
prominent member of the English cab
met since the Transvaal raid by rea-
son of his office of colonial secretary.
has clean shaven face, clear, bright
eye, and the general appearance of a
healthy man of 40, although he was
OOAh ~ 1OhS ago as 4OoO, anu 49, SOASO'
quently, 60 years old.
Prince Bismarck now possesses all
the Prussian decorations. He has ex
hausted all the honors that it is possible
for the emperor to confer upon him
This condition of things has been
brought about by his election as mem
Der of the Order Pour lie Merite fog
Science and Art. Prince Bismarck COR
tinues well and has suffered less severe.
ly from facial neuralgia this winter,
Says DIR. Edward Everett Hale.
''When Cannon Farrar left us some
years ago-a most charming and IT.
telligent visitor-he told Phillips Brools
that he was going to give farewell
lecture Oh his impressions of America.
Brooks. who was a thorough American
and person of excellent common sens.
said to him promptly: Don't do any
such thing. In the first place, you have
no impressions, and in the second place,
they are all wrong"
Daniel Chester French, the sculp.
tor, has about completed figure group
and a portrait bust of the late John
Poyle O'Reilly, which was to adorn
monument to the memory of the poet
that is to be set up in Boston in the con.
ing summer. A fat obelisk in granite.
broad and embellished in low relief
with certain Celtic designs, forms
background on the one hand for the
bust, and on the other for a statuesque
group representing Hibernia, with Pa
triotism and Poetry on either hand.
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after mile, and so sure he is of his way
that he scarcely looks up. All of sud-
den the horse Stacks down. He has
been taking the ridges at too fast a
pace and is out of breath. A minute
later he is pulled up sharp and Trooper
Johnson looks about him with anxious
eyes. What is it? Nothing. He has
Only to keep on and he will intercept
the column. He has only to ride back
over his trail and strike the plain road
left by the wagons. It is only nine
o'clock in the morning, and the skv is
without a cloud.
Curious, isn't it? The trooper stands
up in his stirrups to look ahead; there
is more than anxiety in his eyes as he
turns and looks back. He chances to
the right-to the left-up at the sun.
All of sudden, as he rode gayly on, the
terrible loneliness of the great plains
struck him like a chill. What if he
should lose his way! What if he had
already lost it! That is enough. He
has let doubt creep in, and five min
utes later that curious palsy of the
plains begins to creep over him. 1t
has claimed its hundreds, and all have
been brave men.
He will ride on. He smiles at his
fcars-he seeks to shake off that feel
ing of terror which makes his cheeks
grow pale. There is no cause for haste,
but he shuts his teeth together and
gives his horse the spur and pushes OH
as if riding a race. See! He bears to the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
A NEwTHEoRY ABoUTTHE HAIR.
Don't Cut 1t Often and You Save Yourself
from Growing Bald.

Don't Cut 1t Often and You Save Yourself
from Growing Bald.
you are getting very bald" re-
marked the barber, cheerfully and with
exquisite tact 1T won't be many years
now until you'll look a good deal like
Bill Nye in your upper regions"
The customer moved uneasily under
his tormentor's clutch, and tried inef-
piring cigar.
Eyes" unused the barber as he fondled
the customers few remaining locks and
assumed the thoughtful and reposeful
nien so often observed in tonsorial art
lists, land you would hardly believe it,
but am largely responsible for your
badness"
At this the customer strove to rise,
but could not, for he was lying on his
back, one hand was locked under al
apron, the other held a cigar, and he
could secure no leverage.
Yes, sir. / can tell you the whole
truth now" resumed the barber. be
cause this thing has gone too far to do
ME any harm. l have been cutting your
hair for Is years, on an average OF
once month. If / had cut it only once
in six months you would have twice as
much hair as you have at the present
time. And if had cut it once year
you would probably have a capillary
adornment equal to that of Mr.. Buffalo
Bill
You see, the more the hair is cut the
weaker it becomes at the roots, and if
II &c
the roots will become so weak and de-
generate that they will no longer be able
to afford an anchorage for the hair. AS
4 result, of course, the hair falls out and
you become bald.
"There are not many persons outside
the medical profession who understand
this. Some of the BARRIERS do, but I
have never heard of their saying any
thing about it to their customers. And
I only tell you because / feel that you
VII not want your hair cut very often
from now until you die, for the power
fIIl reason that you have none to cut.
each little thread of hair contains
q slender tube, like the pith cylinder
Of plant stem. 1t is by means of this
tube that the hair derives it's nourish-
ment. Under natural conditions the
hair IS allowed to grow to its full
length. Then the tubes do their work
properly. But when the hair and of
course the tubes, too, are cut off, every
few weeks, the roots are sure to become
weak, and eventually they will lose
their grip on the scalp.
1T is often said that cutting the hair
will make it stronger. lust like cutting
grass. So it will for time. Repeated
cutting tends to make the hair coarse.
but it is just this sort that falls out
easiest and earliest. Women are seldom
bald, for they let their hair grow.
Did you ever hear of bald Indian or
savage, unless he had been a victim of
civilization. l guess not''N. Y.
World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
They Come to the United States.

1t would not be easy to find family
in Canada within 100 miles of Kingston
in which there belonged half dozen
children where one or more of the chill
dren were not living in the United States.
A great portion of those who have left
the country are farmers sons, and they
are found filling situations all over the
state of New York. But more signifi-
cant than ali this is the record of the
graduating classes of the Royal mill
tary college, the West Point of Canada,
picturesquelv located at the foot OF
the slope between old Fort Henry and
the river. The college was opened in
1876. The course of study is four years,
the same as at West Point, the chief in
structors are regular officers detailed
from the British army and the curricu-
lum is of a most exacting order. 1t is
? school that Canada is justly proud of,
but of its annual graduating class only
the four highest are eligible for com
missions in the regular army. Over 50
per cent. of all of the graduates are
filling positions in the United States,
chiefly as civil and mechanical engi-
IeerS-ChicagO Journal.
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HUMOROUS.

fam so glad you had the doctor:
did he relieve your" eyes; of 500
Boston Courier.
Out of ce.-She-"Why don't
you talk to me as if you loved me?"
He Extraordinarily -''I'm SO horr;-
bly, out of practice! "-Detroit Free
Press.
-"You are the only doctor who aG-
vises me to stay at home. All the others
say L ought to go to a winter resort"
81 suppose they have all the patients
they want. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Facetious Whip, to Cyclist-"Don't
look as if yer fed that there hanimaI
O yours over well!" Cyclist, on Pneu-
matic--"Quite mistaken! He had
jolly good blowout only this morning!"
Fun.
81 am going to propose to Miss jim
kles, said Whyl<ins thoughtfully. HAS
she given you any encouragement? ?" Il
should say SO. Why, she is afraid am
spending too much money for bouquets
and matinee tickets. "-Washington
Star.
ACTRESS (angrily)-"Did you write
that criticism which said my imper
sonation OF the Abandoned Wife was
a miserable failure?" Critic-'Ye-e-e-s;
you see you looked so irresistibly beau
tiful that it was impossible to fancy that
any man could abandon you. Tit
Bits.
-Pendennis-''If I had known that
you were going to drop in on us so un-
cxpectedly, we should have had a mote
elaborate dinner" Warrington (wres-
thing with tough piece of stealz)-
Don't mention it, old man; but next
time I'll be sure to let you know" Tit
Bits.
He was proposing to the Boston
girl, and in the fervor of his plea he
leaned over her anxiously. Pardon
me-" she said, ''are you not getting a
trifie too parsimonious?' ''Parsimon-
ious?" ne gasped. "Yes," she said; 'o1
as the vulgar would put it, Close =
Philadelphia Press.
His uggestion.-'William she
said, you need new hat" do II"
Eyes. And new overcoat." II have
suspected that" ''And your umbrella
is shockingly shabby" Il know it,
What are you going to do about tip
Il haven't any idea," he responded
gloomily. And then, with the anima.
ton which comes with a happy thought
he added: You might give a tea
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
SCHOOL AND cHuRcA.

Miss Anne Walworth, of Cleveland.
has given 100000 to the Euclid Avenue
Presbyterian church of that city, of
which Rev. DR.. S. +. Sprecher is pastor.
buddhism of late is gaining quite
a number of adherents among the intel
lectual leaders in Germany, such as
George Ebers, Gabriel Max Julius
Stinde, T. Hartman, and they have just
begun to issue a monthly at Brunswick
under the title of Sphinx.
Benjamin D. Silliman, of Brooklyn,
becomes the oldest living Yale gradu-
ate by the death of Charles l. Powell.
of Alexandria, Va. Mr.. Powell was
born in 1904, and was graduated from
Yale in the class of 1923. For several
years his name has appeared first in
the list of living Yale graduates.
Baron Achille Paganini. the only
son of the great violinist, who died re-
Gently at Parma, was himself a good
amateur musician. BY special appeal
to Plus N. he obtained permission
to have his father, who died without
the sacrements, buried in consecrated
ground.
-Ramkriskna Gopal Bhandharlar.
professor of Sanskrit at Poona, has
been elected foreign correspondent of
the Academic des Inscriptions, being
the first native of India to receive the
distinction. The other new CORE
spondents are Kirchoff, the classical
scholar of Berlin, and Benndorf, of vi
emma, the archaeologist.
Sir Frederick Pollock, whom Har-
ward honored with an LII. ID. last COM
mencement, has not forgotten the dis
tinction, and there is much praise OF
American Jurists and American charac-
ter in general in the article on the
Harvard law school which he contrib
uted to the London Times.
The board of visitors of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has just investi-
gated a charge that President Charles
K. Adams is ga born and bred aristo-
crat," and has decided that the charge
is unfounded, on the ground that the
president was born on farm, and
worked his way through school and col
lege.
Evangelist Smith, who is conduct
ing series of successful revival meet
ings at the Peoples temple, Boston, is
a full-blooded gypsy, and was brought
up in New Forest, England He is de-
scribed as most picturesque, forcible
and eloquent preacher, although at the
time of his conversion he could not
read.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
warning os the R~rister.

If your register sends forth blast of
ashes every time the furnace is raked
you have proof the most positive that
there is leak in Your firebox; other
wise the ashes could not reach the hot
air pipes. This shoald be remedied at
once, since it is not only a frequent
cause of the unsatisfactory fire, but It
inevitably introduces coal gas and cell.
lar air into the house. Any cdor from.
the combustion of foreign matter ia
The furnace should not rise through the
pipes: If it does, the lesson IF the ashes
Is but repeated in another form.-Phil.
adelphia ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
Coffee Making.

Many persons who are unable to
drink coffee that has been boiled or
made by putting the coffee directly in
boiling water and cooking at or above
the boiling point for a certain number
of minutes, are able to drink without
any disagreeable consequences, either
present or future, coffee made by per
collation., that is, by inclosing the
coffee in a bag OF some kind or in
wire gauze strainer and pouring the
boiling water upon it. This method of
coffee-making should always be used in
households where the members break
fast at different hours, and where only
one pot of coffee is made. In France.
where chicory is often added to the
coffee, percolated or drip" coffee that
is quite strong is often made and
tightly bottled or sealed so that its
aroma cannot escape and kept in a
cool place for several days. AS it is
wanted it is heated and served With
hot milk. end, if you want it absolutely
perfect, heat your cup also. Percolatea
coffee is considered more econnmica,
than boiIed.-N. 7. Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14

Time and again the men have been eau
toned TO be careful and leave nothing
behind them in camp, but the soldier,
though a human machine, is not per-
feet one. AS we hurry onward and
have put several miles between us and
the late camp, Trooper johnson sud
denly misses his knife and remembers
that he left it on the ground after using
it to cut a strap. The captain gives him
permission to ride back after it. Why
not? 1t is but a dash, and we are at
peace with the Indians. He will over
take us within the hour.
Trooper johnson is a brawny man
and e veteran. The arrow and bullet
wounds received prove him fighter
Men of his company will tell you of see
ing him imperil his life dozen times
over, and they can count up at least
seven redskins he has wiped out. a
grand-looking soldier is Trooper John
son-every inch man. Your eye
would pick him out of regiment for
his bearing, and when you had looked
into his bronzed face you would put
him down as game to the death
The trooper rides back at an easy
1ope. In half an hour he is at the camp
There are dozen gaunt wolves prowl-
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Ang about and munching at the bones,
end they grudgingly give way for him
as he rides up. Yes, the knife is there.
and he quickly secures it. A newspa-
per has been thrown out of one fthe
wagons. He picks it up and sits down
to scan its columns. Some one had
thrown away a letter; he picks that up
and becomes interested. Some careless
trooper has left a lariat here in the
grass He secures it, walks about for
a few minutes and then mounts to re-
join the column. It is travelling north
west. 1t will now be about eight miles
) ahead of him. It must bear to the left
after crossing Comanche creek. He
will, therefore, take a short cut and
save time and trouble.
Now follow the cavalryman and yon
will witness curious thing. He rides
away hummlng the air of merry tune.
and he Ias not an anxious thought
he passes ridge alter ridge, covers mile
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
AFTER A BARGAIN.
The Cloth Was Not What She Wanted,
But Tt Was More Marked Down.

The Cloth Was Not What She Wanted,
But Tt Was More Marked Down.
It was evident that she was troubled.
81 think prefer this" she said, indi-
eating a roll of cloth on the counter.
you say it has been marked down
from twelve to ten cents yard?"
Yes, ma'am,' replied the clerk.
"It's really what 1 WANT she con-
tinued, ''but this" and she indicated
another roll, has been marked down
from 1919 to ten cents a yard, as un-
derstand you"
Yes, ma'am."
'"Then I should think the other ought
to be down to nine and a half cents"
'"That would be cheaper than we can
afford to sell it, ma'am.''
''But you have taken two and half
cents off the price of the other and only
two cents off this she protested, TAX
ing up the first roll again. THAT
makes the other the better bargain"
"As a pure matter of cents, per-
haps-"
III give you nine and three-quarter
cents for it."
I'VE cannot sell it at less than ten
cents, ma'am."
I'D rather have it than the other,
but
Its very cheap at ten cents yard,
ma'am."
81 suppose it is, but it isn't as good a
bargain as the other
Il can't make it any less"
'Then I suppose I will have to take
shame when 1 would rather have the
other. You may give me ten yards
Chicago Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
Age Accounted For.

Mrs. De Temper-Isn't it strange!
All the great poets have lived to be &C
and so years old!
Mr. DE Temper (meaningiy) = The
secret of long life is a loving, tender.
cbedient wife, and comfortable home.
@Oh, it is, is it? They were all SO sit
uated, were they?"
ssOf course, or they couldn't have
been poets. IN Y. Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
An Astronomer.

Mrs. Shy the way, hear Jupiter
the evening starts worth seeing just
now. Can either OF you girls tell me
where to look for it?
Bertha--1es; can. It's exactly
two yards and hal; to the right of the
Great Bear.
1.-TWO yards and half What on
earth do you mean?'
''Well, I've measured it carefully
with my umbrella. London Punch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14

"Can I get some eggs from your
folks, little boy?''
Nope, m; our hens have gone 1ry.@
Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-14
LOST ON THE PLAINS.
BY PENALEON.

ALT AN HOUR
after sunrise we
have broken camp
and re riding
over the plains at
a brisk walk, while
the six-mule teams
attached to the
loaded army wag-
ons settle down to
sA
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-25
Sentimental NIurderers.

There is n story that the most famous
OF all Japanese robbers, Ishlkawa Goomon.
once by night entering u house to kill and
steal, was charmed by the smile of n baby
which reached out hands to him, and that
he remained playing with the little crea.
ture until all chance Of carrying out his
purpose was lost. 1t is not hard to believe
this story. Every year tho japanese police
records tell of compassion shown to chill
dren by professional criminals Some
months ago a terrible murder case was re.
ported In the local papers-the slaughter
OF household by robbers Seven persons
had been literally hewn to pieces while
asleep, but the police discovered u little boy
quite unframed, crying alone in pool Of
blood, and they found evidence unmistak
able that the men who slew must have
taken great care not to hurt the child.