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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
NOTIGE or PUBLIC SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY TREASURER.
TREGO COUNTY.

Wa-keeney. Kansas. October II. 1857.
Notice is hereby given that on Friday. the
18th day of November. 1897. between the
hours of 10 O'Clock "A. m. and 3 O'Clock p. m.
Will o.Cf for SiI ie and sell to the highest bid
der. my office in Na-keeney. Kansas. the
following described tracts of state school
lands situated in the County of Trego. and
STATE OF Kansas. tO-wit:
The or of iw or of sec 81 twp II. south
range -
Tie sYs Or of or of sec So. twp Il. south
range p
Tie NV or of sw or of Sc. twp H. south
range y
The or of SW or of sec it, twp H. south
range -
All appraised at 3 per acre.
Witness my hand this eth day of October
1897.
T. r. MOORE.
County Treasurer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
3 Cirque Party.

Unique Farty
Miss Nellie Schmitt gave a party at
her home last Monday evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Len Schmitt.
High five was INDUCED in, an elegant
repast was served, and all report a
good time. The following were
present.:
Misses
Mayme Brown Pearl Courtney
Mollie Saum Genevieve Cortright
Bessie Ferris Susie Hen<el
Mable Lawrence Ida Lawrence
E MesSrs-
j. r. Wilson Jesse Courtney
Cliff Baker Gregg Marshall
Raj pin Saum Jesse Cortright
Chef Gleason Clarence Henkel
Clarence Gleason Lou Gleason
Ray Gleason
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Report of School

In District No. IA for the month ending
October 81. 1897.
Number of Pupils Enrolled ...-...-... 80. 10
Average Daily Attendance ---..---.-.-.- -
Neither absent nor tardy-
Jessie Harvey Willie Harvey
Myrtle Harvey Emma Reynolds
Edgar Reynolds Willie Reynolds
Frank Burns
=. F. WOODWARD.
Teacher
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
Wa -Keeney VS.. Big Creek.

The second game of the series for the
WORLDS Championship Trego County Cup
held on the Wa-keeney diamond last
Saturday. The work of both clubs very
brilliant and many excellent plays were
made. Following is the score:
WA-kEENEY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
A saving t?l of.
$3.50

Last year POPULIST board would
not even look at a bid from us and
gave the work to Olson at the HIGH
EST price that coulu be paid under the
law This year REPUBLICAN
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
Thursday, November II, 1897.


at the hour of 10 o'clock "a at the front
door of the court house. in the city of Wa
Keeney. in the county and state aforesaid
offer at public sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash in hand all the right title
and interest of the several defendants in the
above entitled action in and to the following
described real estate to-wit:
The hf of sec 81. twp H. range 81
The hf of sec 81. twp Is ranged
The sw or of sec 6. twp H. range p
The or of the NV DR. and the G hi OF the
sw ar and the NV or Of the or of sec 20
twp 13. range -
The ne or of sec g. twp II. range %
= The sw or of sec 81. twp IL. range D.
NThe e Inf of the NV or. and NV or of NV Or
of sec z6 twp IA. range g.
The NV or of sec 3d. twp b. range "a
The NV or of sec "a twp IA. range "a
The Sc or of the DR. and the ne or OF the
Sc or of sec 2S- twp H. range "a
The NV or of sec 49, twp H. range %
The sw or of g. twp 10. range %
All living west of the Sixth Principal Me
ridian.
And the west SIS feet of lot 49, in block Al in
the City of Wa-Keeney- all situated IN the
said county of Trego. with ali the appurte-
nances thereto belonging. to be sold as the
property of the several defendants In SAID
action and subject to their right of redenp-
tion asproyided for by said order OF sale
G. w. LYNN.
Sheriff of Trego County, Kansas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
/ First published in WESTERN KANSAS wORL
October 9. 1885,!
Sheriff'S Sale.

In the District Court of Trego County. Kan
Cyrus Monroe. plaintiff.
The Iowa Mortgage Company. ct al, defend
ants.
By virtue of an order of sale to me issued
out of the aforesaid District Court. | will. on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30
Net loss to taxpayers.

Mr.. Hinshaw, of Chicago. travelling
for the Teachers Aid Association.
publishers, manufacturers and dealers
in school supplies, visited a number
of our school boards in the county
last week and this. In making ac-
quaintanceS he met a. p and 7. d.
HinShaw and learned that he was
cousin of theirs. although he had
never expected to run across any of
his kin folks in Western Kansas, he
visited with the boys this week Mr.
Hinshaw is a fine locking young man.
graduate of the Valparaiso Ind. J
law school. He is looking for foca-
ton TO practice law
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What have you made taxpayers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

We walked along the shore line Of ducks
flew out, one otter another. The house was
a marvel; the earthen walls that surround
1t and the window embrasures were occu-
pied with ducks. On the ground the house
was fringed with ducks. On the turf slopes
of the roof we could see ducks, and ducks
sat on the scraper.''
About 10000 pounds of eiderdown are
gathered annually in Iceland, 1000 being
exported to foreign countries. Formerly
the peasants used to receive over u shil-
lings pound, but the price has now fallen
to half that amount. The peasants seldom
receive money, and are obliged to barter
their down for merchandise furnished by
the Danish merchants at the little settle
nents at the fjords. A pound and half
of down is enough to fill an ordinary bed
puff. These very comfortable articles are
found in the guest room of every Iceland
farm, however poor and small 1t may be.
After long hard day in the saddle the
traveller longs for warmth and shelter.
These little guest rooms have never had
a fire in them, and built. they are, on
the ground, there Is a dreadful chill In
them. Once tucked away in bed, however,
and well covered with the downpuff. de-
lIghtful sense of comfort follows. and tired
bones lose their pains and stiffness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Her Reward.

Frances Ekin Allison in the Chicago Interior
Waited before heavens gate for their reward.
Each shining soul had her fair record brought
VI glorious service for the Master wrought.
One gentle one, whose life was full and long.
With her great pen had slain giant wrong
With starving children this ones life was spent:
10 nameless outcasts hope that presence lent.
For dwarfed and st1nted souls these labored we'll
And Aft loves blessings in the prison cell.
For poor humanity slncursed and lost
They gave their lives, and counted not the cost
Oh, they were bright and beautiful to see!
Earth's fame had crowped them their souls
were free.
But one there was who lone and trembling stood
Among this throng Of women great and good
To whom the recording angel, speaking said
what doest thou here among the blessed dead
Bearing record? Hast thou nothing done
On earth where these their crowns of glory won?
To whom she, weeping, said. LET me return
To that dear earth for which l sorely yearn;
THE hearts that loved me all my service got;
Not any service for the LORD wrought.
Life too short for me; when Death had come
had but made on earth, happy home
"Ah! sayest thou SO, thou weii-beloved and blest
Daughter Of heaven. go IN among the rest.
None may return, but thou shalt lose thy pain.
For thou shalt breathe In heaven thy native air
And In its glorious mansions. great and fair.
ITO the familiar all its Joys shall come;
Heaven Is what thou hast leftf happy home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
A DEER HUNT AT WINDSOR,
StckenfnG Exhibition at the Meetings
of the BuckhOunds.

London Letter to the Philadelphia Ledger
The English press is accustomed TO hold
up its hands in pious horror at the accounts
OF what 1t is wont to term the bloodhound
ling exhibitions of cruelty which take place
| in connection with the occasional bull fights
at Mines and other places in France but
it has not "a word of protest to raise against
the sickening exhibitions which take place
every year when her majesty's buckhounds
meet under the shadow of the royal resi-
dence at Windsor, and, under the guidance
of their noble master for the time being
torture an unhappy deer to death in one of
many various ways. Yesterdays meet for
instance, which, il is Needless to say, was
graced by number OF lords and ladies of
very high degree, seems to have been a
. most disgusting exhibition. After the deer
Which, by the way, is practically tame
one-had been turned Gut of the cart in
which 1t was driven to the throwing-off
place, II made most desperate struggle
Tor escape from the savage hounds which
Were in pursuit. In the course OF its plucky
run 1t twice crossed the Thames, and finally
sought protection in the grounds of pri-
vate house. AS it was badly wounded, Lord
coventry who is the present master of the
buckhounds, called the dogs off, and or
dered the hunt servants to recapture the
deer and save 1t for another day. But the
animal mad with fright, did not under
stand the honor which was in store for it.
1t Jumped siX-foot fence, which bordered
the lawn On which it had taken refuge
and mace across the park toward the
Countess of Wiiton's house-the Hatch 1t
now seemed though its cauture was
certain, for the hunt servants had been re-
lnforced by a number of outsiders who
looked upon the chase being very good
sport, and VINO turned ii into what is called
a laundry walk-a narrow avenue hemmed
IN by a brick wall, headed by spiked rail-
lnSs. The huntSmen. excited and vocifer-
Gus. closed mp, and the unfortunate animal,
maddened by pursuit, made a desperate
lusn for the wall and tried to leap it, 1t
succeeded in reaching the top but there
II slipped, cut itself on the sharpened spikes
and hung impaied. Before the huntsmen
could climb to its release its struggles re-
suited in even more serious injuries 1t
was, in fact. partially disemboweled and
hung there grooming with pain and fright
The noble master, who by this time had
reached the spot, saw that the animals
condition was hopeless, and ordered one of
the whips to perform the happy dispatch.
This is by no means exceptional case
and yet, year by year, the Royal Buck
hounds meet, and the position of master is
looked upon as one of the most coveted and
honorable of court appointments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
VIRTUES OF THE TURQUOISE.
A Number Of Precious stones Now
Unknown.

Number of Precious Stones Now
Unknown.
From Table Talk.
The turquoise is especially rich in vir-
tues. The Germans claim that by its
varying shades it turns tell-tale on the
caprices and moods of its wearer Car
dau, the renowned italian physician and
philosopher, asserted that turquoise mount
ed and worn as a finger ring secured
horseman from all injury. and added with
commendable caution that he had "a beau
out never tested its virtues, not caring
for the sake Of the experiment to risk his
lie. Shakespeare also gives these lines
to Shylock: He would not have lost his
turquoise ring for whole wilderness of
monkeys An old book written by Ca
mi1ius Leonardus tells much of interest
about jewels, and names a number of
stones that either are no longer found,
else were creations of the authors imagi-
nation, This is most probable when we
read Leonardus' description of the aleco-
ria, which, he says, not alone renders a
man invisible, but being held in the mouth
allays thirst" The alecora, he further
states, is to be found only in the intestines
of capon that has lived seven years.
when the stone has become perfect" to
quote this authority. "the capon does not
a large bean. Again, he tells of the bo-
zoar, red, dusty, brittle and light
stcne, which is taken from the body of
some animal, and is infalhble against
melancholy. He credits Queen Elizabeth
with wearing bozoar, and Charles had
four Of them. The four rings, however,
of most historical interest were those pre-
sented by Pope Innocent to King John.
The monarch was urged to note with ex-
Ieme carr the shape of the rings. their
number, color and matter. The number
four, being a square, typified firmness of
mind, fixed steadfastly on the four cardi-
nal virtues. The blue color of the sap
emerald hope; the crimson of the ruby,
charity, and the splendor of the topaz,
good works. The rings themselves repre-
scented eternity. with neither beginning nor
end; gold, which was the matter, and
according to Solomon. the most precious
OF metals, signifed wisdom, more to be
desired than riches and power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
ENGLAND'S WHEAT FIELDS.
'i"hS or Them Are More Then Ten
Centuries Old.

n"hS or Them Are More Then Ten
Centuries Old.
FROM the London Weekly Country Life
sumo very competent writer's, frightened
by the disproportion between the wheat
grown IN England and the quantity needed
Tor our daily bread. have recently ureed
the establishment of public granarfes. for
use In time of war. The only wonder is
'hat the figures which impress them have
not made more impression on the public
But While hundreds of thousands of acres
Oh good wheat land lie uncultivated in Eng
iaho' the proposal to buy and hoard foreign
corn Is rather too previous Our best pub
TIC sranaries are the wheat fields of old
England. which have fallen into partial
rum and premature decay
Inc wheat heldS of England have Two
special claims to consideration based ON
tnetr merits, and apart from sentiment.
.lotSh we nave lately begun to apprehend
that national sentiment in great CONCERNS
may be as valuable as public spirit in small
ones ones But the fact remains that the wheat
neldS Of England are the Oldest national
industries in this country, and the most
productive in the world.
"A wheat field thousand years old is
quite common sight in this country. OF
course, 1t has not grown a CROP of corn
every year In the ten centuries but during
that long sequence of ages, in the fixed
ana abiding order Of this ancient country.
sHdt pal area OF ldnQ has been culti-
waited, with the production of wheat as its
main object, and it has remained as part of
the English granary from the days of Ed
ward the Confessor until those of Victoria.
Many of the wheat fields are far more an
Client than this, but the record of DooIas-
day Book is practical voucher for a period
OF LOO years. The custom of the Saxon
cultiVators, and the evidence of local
names, are proof of a still greater an
tfquity of cultivation some of the best
corn land; and beyond the days of the
Saxons lie the last two centuries of Roman
occupation, when England was the great
wheat-growing country of the west, and
supplied the population of Rome with daily
bread.
Perhaps the most interesting feature of
cur ancestral corn lands is the small degree
IN which their appearance can have chang
ed in the course of ten or twelve centuries
Their area is much greater than in the old
times. when villages were separated by
wide woodlands. and only grouped and con-
tiguous in naturally open country The
early Saxon times were not days in which
men cared to lay field to field. There was
plenty of ground available, and of this the
villagers cultivated and sowed with corn
as much as they needed for their years
supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

sleeper who hardly seems to breathe. We
see death seldom, but were IL more IA
miliar we doubt II a corpse would inspire
so much awe as the unconscious and Sleep
ing hgure-a smiling. irresponsible doll of
mesh and blood, but a doll to whom in a
second may be recalled a proud. active,
controlling consciousness which will ride
his bodily and his mental horse with a
hand OF iron. which will force that body
10 endure toll and misery, and will make
that mind, now wandering in paths OF fan:
tastic folly, grapple with some great prob
lem, or throw all its force into the railing
the saving, or the destruction of mankind,
The corpse is only so much bone, muscle and
tissue The sleeping body is the house
Wn.cn a quick and eager master has only
left Tor all hour or so. Let any one who
THINKS sleep is no mystery Try TO observe
IN himself the process by which sleep
&C mes, and to notice how and when ana
trder what conditions he loses conscious
ness. He Will, of course. utterly fail to
put his finger on the moment of sleep conf
ing, but in striving to get as close SIS he
can to the phenomena of sleep. he will real
Use how great is the mystery which he Is
trying to fathom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
RANDOM VERSE.

Remember, Ye, TIE Poor!
Written for The Evening STAR
Across the frosty christRPas-tias a mighty chorus
rolls.
Clear the peal of church bells ringing over
mead and meor I, 81
Hymned by the myriad heavenly hosts Of saved
and gladdened souls.t II
Remember. at this giving time, remember, ye,
the poor! . .,
Remember. We, the Managers Child at humble
Bethlehem. n
The Crucifed! who spent His blood to ransom
and to save! Z
Remember, ye. the needy, yeae for He was one of
them!
At this. the giving time, remember yc. what
Jesus gave!'
Above the frosty Christmastide the chorus grandly
Oh! human hearts, lift up to it! Lift up an
answering strain
While from the holy host the peerless harmony out
pours
And stretch the hand of Charity to soothe where
there is pain!
-CLUskEY CROMWELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
RUsSIA'S PRISON HORRORS,
Using Prisoners I'm Chains as Beas SITS
of Burden.

From the London News
The presence of a batch Of convicts in
Odessa, Russia, for deportation to Sag
halien, has occas:oned the publication of
various accounts of the treatment received
by the prisoners in that island and IL the
numerous stories are true. Saghalien must
be a veritable inferno. Eye-witnesses re-
late that a common sight is that of
shackled human beings yoked to a huge
cart whose weight tries the strength of
their underfed bodies to the uttermost.
These men are demoralzed by the bru-
tally Of their surroundings and the cruelty
OF the officials, who are ever ready to have
recourse to the knout to enforce submits
SION An attempt to escape is punished
with ten years extra Imprisonment, and il
needs only one or two failures to break
away to bring about an unfortunate prs
oners residence in this slough of des-
pohu. one form Of treatment Is the cou-
ping OF the shackles which ensheath a
prisoners ankles to a wheelbarrow. This
the victim must drag night and day for
months. perhaps till the iron infiames the
nesh and the legs mortify. His comrades
may mercifully soak the feet and forc.bly
pun on the bands-a process which is at
tenued with the most excruciating agony,
but which is eagerly borne.
The knouting of q man is a scene of in.
Credible barbarity. The victim is mounted
on specially constructed wooden horse
and his back is barred. The scourge is an
pied with such violence that at each stroke
pieces of flesh are torn away and the blood
nom the wounds bespatters the face of The
eAecutloner.
Such is the horror of Saghalien that men
and women go mad and lunatics are to be
found hiding in quiet places. All the wo-
men are more or less demented. Their lot
Is peculiarly unhappy. They are given to
the bachelor convictS-men whom for the
most part they have never seen before.
Even Those who are not convicts lose their
reason. as witness the story Of Mile. Maui
mofa- This lady had devoted her life to
the rescue of children in this unhappy spot,
and Tor years had spread a light and COM
fort around her. but in d paroxysm of mad
ness induced by the soul-torturing sur
roundings she shot herself. Her work was
taken up by three other ladies; one of these
shot herself, the second went raving mad
and the third married a warder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
Has Made n Martyr of One of His On
pOnents.
POultney Ripe1oy in Hor nor'a w.ol,r

Poultney Bigelow in Harper's Weekly,
The government of the German emperor
could not act with more political sagacity
than it does if it's avowed purpose were to
bring about revolution. Social democracy
and all the forces of discomfort have been
strengthened since the sending to Jail of
the SeVenty-year-Old Liebknecht whose
crime consisted in expressing sentiments
differing considerably from those of the
emperors court. The power of this socialist
member of congress was. rather on the
wane at the time when the courts pro-
nounced him guilty Now, of course he
has become martyr, and Germans credit
him with virtues which he never possessed
My friends confidently say that the en-
peror is losing his reason. This is non
sense He has just as much command of
his faculties as ever had Napoleon. We
are apt to think man insane when he acts
differently from ourselves. The emperor's
trouble lies in this, that he believes in the
infalibility of a divinely anointed sovereign
and has the courage to act upon it. He is
Protestant Plus TX, with an army of half
a million men behind him. He is just as
sane as any of US, but he lives in a set of
ideas compounded from those of his abso-
lutist grandfather, William l, and the So
called Great Eiector. When man knows
that he is right, his duty is to punish those
who do wrong. In this manner the Spanish
Inquistion reconciled piety with thumb
screws, and by such reasoning must the
German emperor reconcile mis- conduct with
his otherwise ge' eroUs disposition. 1t Is
curious to note that the three Prussian
monarchs who have locked up the largest
proportion of their subjects for political
crimes have been three men VIGOROUSLY
pious and Observation-Disclosures William
ILL., Frederick William " and William L.
Our present William is acting as though
he intended to beat the record. Germans
know this but German editors know also
that they would be sent to Jail if they
quoted the above paragraph in their papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

From the Pail Mall Gazette.


question that has often been asked is,
how long does fright last in a wild crea-
ture? The close observer will be surprised
at its brief duration. They are not subject
to nerves" like human beings. A partridge
after running Cor rather flying, the gaunt-
let of half dozen guns-if we may be al
lowed a mixed metaphor-drops on the
other side of hedge and begins calmly to
peck as if rothing had happened. You
would think rabbit after hearing a charge
of shot whistling about its launches and
just managing to escape from a yelping
spaniel, would keep indoors for a week
but out it pops quite merrily as soon as the
coast is clear. A fox pursued by hounds
has been known to halt and kill a fowl in
its flight, though we may assume that his
enemies were not close to Reynard at the
time. We have been led into thinking about
the matter by noting what took place at a
cover after being shot over.
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The Curfew.
From the Chicago Tfmes-Herald.


Although the so-called curfew ordinances
have encountered considerable ridicule, the
police reports from Lincoln, Neb.; Omaha,
st. Joseph, Mo-; Denver and Des Moines
declare that it has been a success. There
is a large decrease in the arrests of youths
there IS an improvement in study. and a
reduction in commitments to the reform
school The law in many places no longer
needs forcement, for the children are no
longer on the streets.
With the exception of Omaha, no attempt
has been made to put such law in force
in any metropolis. There is no question,
however, about the evil 1t undertakes to
remedy. The steps in many instances Of
free night roaming en- the streets are clear
ly marked and inevitable. First, amuse-
ment; second, mischief; third, crime.