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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22
NUMBER 81
VERBECK'S PRICES.

sell at Kansas City prices.
will not be undersold. You
can save money by investing
it at home where you can see
what you want and get per
feet fit.
Suits at S6, S6. 5o,s7, $3.50.
A large line of OvercoatS
to select from.
Whips, 10, 90, 25, As, soc.
Pearline, Z pks. 25c.
Let us show you our new
line of duck coats.
Ladies' shoes, 81 S1.15,
81. 20 and up.
Ladies' wrappers 45c and
up, new lot.
Tablets, l, S, SC.
States, 8. S, 7. IS. zoe.
It will pay you to see these
goods.
A large line of Gents
working gloves, 25c and up.
Working shirts, nice line,
at IS and soc.
Please look at our 45C
shirts when you come in.
l cannot tell you about my
goods as well as we can show
you.
Some more new trunks at
$1.z5 and better. .
Watch these prices as they
will save you money.
We never misrepresent our
goods. We have honest goods
at honest prices.
Our fall and winter line of
Millinery will be ready for
you in a few days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22

salary whatever, and yet this Populist
board of commissioners has been al
lowing him a salary at the rate of
$500 per year in defiance of the law.
(He collects all fees in addition to
this.) Add this $500 to the 5000 above
and we have a part of the price of Pop
ulist economy in this county. Ut is
only a part.) These officers can not
be blamed for taking these salaries.
The laborer should be worthy of his
hire but the question arises: What
becomes of Populist preaching when
reduced to PopuliSt practice?
COUNTY DOCTOR.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners in October, 1897, they re-
newed their contract with the county
physician and health officer. 1t was
just such contract as had been made
by former boards. Populists and
others, for several years. Immediately
a great hue and cry was raised and kept
up during the campaign then on hand
1t was charged that the county doc
tor was robbing the poor taxpayer.
A1Api Coofohs VI oiid1 hiHu were eSpeC-
tally prominent in every issue of The
Independent throughout the cam
paign. This and similar talk and tao
tics succeeded in defeating the COM
missioner who was a candidate for re-
election The Populist board allowed
the salary of the county doctor at
their meeting in April, '9s, thus ac-
knowIedging the validity OF the CON
tract made by the former board, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22
Fresh pork at Bakers.
Picked pork at Bakers.
Smoked hams at Bakers.

-
Wanted-Good prairie hav. High
est market price paid. w. S. Mead
For Sale.-Bain and Weber farm
wagons. w. S. Mead, agent.
For an extra fine table syrup try a
can of Superior Rock Candy Drips at
BeStor'S.
Don't forget that HEINZ PICKING
VINEGAR is the pest in the world
For sale by c. G. BeStor.
Moser, the jeweler, viii be in Wa
Keeney on Wednesday of each week
prepared to do all kinds of watch and
jowelry repairing.
WANTED to sell Lubri-
eating Oils from samples on commits
sian- Liberal terms to good parties.
The Euclid Oil Co.. Cleveland, Ohio
For SALE-One of the best 320 acre
farms in Trego county. For terms APP
ply to George Baker Wa-Keeney,
Kan Can give possession at any time
Metz's photographs are the best. Call
and see him soon as he will remain
here only 20 days longer. Prices are
greatly reduced for the above short
time You can't afford to miss my
offer. \. j METZ.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22

| have just returned from
Kansas City where l have
bought my fall stock of
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Hats and Caps,
Clothing,
Boots and Shes,
TinWare, Etc.
And offer them to you at
prices which small buyers
cannot reach. / ask your
kind inspection. / have the
largest stock to select from in
Western Kansas.
I bought a large line of
Hosiery direct from the fac
tory.
My Shoes are the celebrat-
ed Hamilton Brown Shoe
Co. s. You are all familiar
with these shoes as / have
been handling them for the
past Is years. / can sell you
Shoes nearly as cheap as
small dealers can buy them.
A few Of my prices:
Arbuckle coffee, 1Oc.
Battle AK tobacco, soc.
2-quart cups, sc.
Dish pans, Is and zoe.
Stew pans, 8 and 10c.
Wash boilers No. 8, 5O-7 c.
10 bars good soap, 25c.
Perfection flour none bet
teri $1.15.
Coffee pots, 8 to Zoe.
Stew Pans, 10 and 12c.
Ink, &c per bottle,' good.
Curry combs, 5 and 10c.
Coal shovels, and &C.
look at them.
Coal hods, zoe.
Shoe brushes, good, 1Oc.
In Clothing / can and will
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22

and day laborers about the state in
stitutions and also reduced the sala-
rieS of the professors and teachers in
some of our state institutions. This
is remarkable because educational
work and the states servants engaged
in that kind of work seem to be sim
gled out as victims to be offered as
sacrifices to the god of economy. The
state superintendent's salary was not
reduced, being an educa tional eXcep-
tion, but in some counties the salary
of the county superintendent is re-
duced 5000 and in all counties the
superintendent is fined S. for each
school he fails to visit. No other
state or county officer is subject to
such a penalty. More of this kind of
economy will be seen further in local
affairs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-10-22

INSURANCE BLUSTER.
If there is any one horn which has
been blown louder than all Others it
is the bugle of the state insurance de-
partment. This department is acting
under laws which were passed years
ago and if the patient investigator
will disregard the noise of the ma
chinery and look for facts he will dis
cover that the rattle of the works has
made insurance neither safer nor
cheaper and in some situations it is
higher than formerly. 1t is only rea-
sonable to expect that companies
which have paid large fees and assess
menus to the state department will
eventually collect the same from their
policy holders. Large fees naturally
make insurance higher and the peo-
pie may well inquire: Who gets the
benefits of the large sums which the
department has collected IN the last
two years from the companies doing
business in Kansas?
COUNTY AFFAIRS-
The dominant party in the state is
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
Sending Bedclothes by Mail.

An old negro bearing q huge bundle
of bedclothes which were somewhat the
worse for wear and none too immacu-
late in character raped at one of the
little windows up at the postoffice. The
clerk who appeared in answer to tho
summons was thus greeted by the afore-
said darlky:
BOSS, I'ze got tn send dis here bun.
die o. bedclo'es to my old oman down
in Mis'sippi. Is dis here de place whah
I'ze got ter start it off:''
"Oh, you want to send the package
by mail, do you:" asked the clerk,
without cracking smile.
"Sartain, fer sho', boss. How much
is got ter pay:" inquired the darky.
The clerk could not resist the temp.
tation to play joke upon q fellow
clerk, so he said:
"Well, uncle, this isn't the place for
you to leave your bundle, but if you
will just take it down to that window
below here'-indicating the general
delivery department-'and hand it in
to the clerk down there, he will put the
right number of stamps on it and send
it off for you"
"Thanke'ee, boss; thank sho' is
obleeged ter you," said the unsuspect-
ing Senegambian.
He at once made his way to the de-
partment indicated. Arriving there. he
thrust his huge bundle into the win
dow, into which it fitted closely, at the
same time telling the astonished presid-
ing genius Of that department please to
put stamps on it and sent it to my old
oman, Sallie Sanders, down in Water
Valley"
1t is said that q coolness now exists
between these erstwhile friendly clerks
in the Memphis postoffice. Memphis
Scimitar.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
PULPIT ODDITIES.
Balloons and Cheese Knives % Means Of
Grace-A Pugilistic Preacher.


Gracc-A Pugilistic Preacher.
This Is the day of pulpit oddities, but
the members Of the Methodist congrega-
tion at Marion, Ind. were scarcely pre-.
pared for the action of the Rev. T. G.
Neal, who whipped out o huge cheese
knife from under the pulpit on recent
Sunday and drew 1t across his throat The
audience shuddered and apparently ex-
pccted to see him fall lifeless but the
Clergyman had no intention of commit
ting suicide, and went on with his dis
course, using the knife as stated at several
points In his address Rev Neal preached
from the text from Proverbs, "Put a knife
to thy throat IL thou be q man given tc
appetite, and used the huge knife by way
Of illustration. Some of the ladies in the
congregation think the illustration was
little too realistic.
Rev. j. H. Dennison of the Henry street
church in New York in recent sermon
on 1.-The Causes That Keep Men Down."
illustrated his meaning by use of toy bal
looms The first balloon was weighed by
handouts ard showed why some men at
tain certain position, but never get any
higher. In like manner the preacher H.
Illustrated how drink kept men down, by
having balloon on the end Of q whisky
bottle. In order to show that filth was
also one of the things which keeps men
down, Mr. Dennison displayed from be-
hind the pulpit balloon which was kept
down by tin can filed with dirt. A sin.
gle balloon was cut loose and assembled to
the ceiling intended to convey the idea
that cut loose from the weight of their
hn1
heighta
California has q minister who occasion
ally varies his routine of sermons and
prayer meetings by putting on the boxing
gloves and knocking down any local
pugilist who cares to enter the ring with
him. He is the Rev Mr.. Wilson of Ra.
mona Ramona is mining town and the
first day he was there the whole talk OF
the town was about the big prize1ght be.
tween Corbett and Lanky Bob. and when
Mr.. Wilson tried TO get . crowd together
for prayer meeting they only broke up
into knots TO talk about the fight.
This gavs-the daring young minister an
idea and he at once set about securing a
course Of lessons in boxing from q local
pugilist. In o few weeks word was sent
around the town that the Rev Mr.. Wilson
was ready tc knock out any miner Of his
weight who cared to put on the gloves
with him after the prayer meeting that
evening.
This announcement had the desired
effect. That night the music hall OF Ra.
mona was jammed to suffocation, and at
none OF the weekly meetings which have
followed the first has there been found a
single fighter in Ramona who could stand
up before the onslaught Of the mighty
man Of Gcd for four rounds
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
ABBREVIATED TeLeeRAma

All the postoffices within the territory
Of Greater New York will remain as
they were before the consolidation
There will be no change until an act
of congress alters the names.
The New York World telegraphed to
Mayor Harrison. of Chicago. asking him
nhewould issue permit for a contest or
fight between Robert Fitzsimmons and
James ]. Corbett. The answer was
NO"
Word has been received at Chicago
from Darwin McIlrath and his wife,
who are going around the world on
bicycles, who had been missing. The
letter was written from Kirshub,
Persia.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
ed the machine In place Of the sldw proc.
eSs Of nficEinn LIZ hand

ed the machine In place Of the sid p proc
ess OF pricking by hand.
The craze started in Paris about three
years ago, according to O'Reilly, who
knows the name of every sattooer in the
world and the name OF nearly every per.
son OF note who carries tattooes. A young
society woman whose name does not fig.
ure In the event appeared In evening dress
ct ball, and upon her arm was seen the
crest Of her family. 1t was done so beau
tifully and was SO admired by every one
present that all Paris was talking about IL
the following day. In o very short time
she had host of followers. The fad trav.
eled into England, and many women Of
society took it up there
Ono OF the most elaborately tattooed
men in Europe is the Grand Duke Alexis
OF Russia, uncle of the car. He carries
small specimens Of Chyo's art, one of the
most gorgeous Of which is dragon in
thrce colors on his right arm. Prince
Waldemar Of Denmark has o full rugged
ship and an anchor on his arm, and Princess
Waldemnr wears upon her left upper arm
the crown and an anchor Queen Olga of
Greece, like Princess Waldemar, also wears
an anchor on her left shoulder. King Oscar
of Sweden has his coat of arms ON one arm
and his royal standard on the other. The
Duke of York has two royal flags crossed
on his right arm and the coat of arms on
the left.
Not a few of the women in New York
who have had O'Reilly place crests on
them have sent for him for further adorn-
ment, and several have followed the exam
pie of well known British dowager in
having snake coiled around the wrist
where 1t might be conveniently concealed
by a golden bracelet.
One Of O'Rellly's latest calls up town
took him to a young ladies school. A
secret society had been formed and rose
bud with three Greek letters in the petals
was placed on the shoulders of eight young
women.
Professor Lombroso has made an ex-
haustive study Of tattooing, and has tried
to show that It denotes Q criminal tend.
ency or indicates a form of insanity.
O'Reilly agrees with the professor In many
points, but cheerfully states that the de.
sire of the educated classes to wear tattoo
marks indicates nothing more than vanity
or innocent pleasure.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
A ous,n, Scotch wedding Custom.

A quaint wedding custom still pre-
walls in many Of the littlo country
towns and mining villages in Scotland.
When wedding Is held, tho contract.
ing parties make their guests pay in
full for tho eating. drinking and dane.
ing facilities which are usually provid.
ed on such occasions The practice still
seems 20 survive even in Glasgow. A
correspondent observed a notice posted
MP In tho Cowcaddcns-a low class
Glasgow thprouehfarc-informing the
pablo tha. n soldier would shortly en-
Ter into the bonds Of wcdlock. and that
twopenoe would bo charged for admis.
son TO tho ceremony and IN additional
sixponco imposed for attendance at the
wedding feast Tho practice seems to b
peculiarly Scotch, but sixpence certainly
soems mod9ato enough for n marriage
s1pper.-Wcstminster Gazette. ...s-
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
Mr.. LAMAR PAID TWICE,
0eserai Lee Tells Story Of the Jastiee's
Absenfmindeduess

0eoerA1 Lee Tells . Story of the Justiee's
Absentmindedness.
General Leo tells this story Of ex-Sen.
ator Lamar, while tho latter was o
member Of tho United States supreme
court.
"Ho was in . herdic one day. {" said
General Lee. "and, as was not unusual
with him when not actively employed,
was almost entirely oblivious Of his sur.
roundings He was a deep thinker. you
know. Well. he forgot to pay his fare.
Tho driver rang his bell, AID finally IN.
other passenger called his attention to
It.
They're ringing for your fare,
think, said tho man TO Judge Lamar,
touching him on the knee
is that so?' asked the Judge, start.
ing up I had forgotten all about it ,
He then pulled some silver pieces from
his pocket and selecting dime dropped
it into tho box.
The passenger who had observed
bis action. said to the judge as he re-
sumcd his scat: Didn't you mako Q
mistake? The fare Is 5 cents
"'why. so iti ia Excuse me, replied
the jurist, and again making his way 70
the cash box he put In n nickel, after
which he took his seat, confident tha,
he bad discharged all his obligations. as
he had, indeed, and more.
And 30 far rs I know" continued
General Ice. "he never realized his
mistake Tho best part Of the story i:
that IL Is true. Goodby. Igct Of here. "
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
TATTOOING IS THE Fad
New York's Latest Importation
From London and Paris.
ROYALTY STARTS THE VOGUE.

ne Bellies of Paris Wear Their Crests Upon
Their Arms and Ladies Of Knickerbocker
Society Fellow srit-Ciubmeu Catch the
Crsse.
The tattooing fad 10 upon Us. We have
actually gone to the Maoris of New zca.
land for our newest vogue. New York
society has taken 1t up, as London and
Paris have stamped It with their approval
and the interest in the novel form Of per.
sonal decoration is growing with surpris-
Ing rapidity.
The fad is purely foreign importation,
says the New York Herald. Il was
brought here from the very heart of the
most exclusive circles Of European society,
embracing also many members of royal
families, and already it has taken a firm
hold upon fashionable women and club.
men Of New York.
Many members Of the national guard
have also interested themselves deeply in
the art during the past two months.
Among them 1t Is hardly considered a
fad, for they resort to 1t partly from q
sentiment Of patriotism and principally as
o means Of identification. For the latter
the tattoo mark furnishes indisputable
proof. Tho design consists of the regi.
mental arms and flag. the number of the
regiment and company and tho initials Of
the wcarcr.
Tattooing interests society only so fa,
as having the designs marked upon their
person Is concerned, for Il requires con.
siderable talent and years of practice with
the needle before any degree of perfection
can be obtained. II is therefore quite i'm
probable that wo shall see any budding
amateurs In the art.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05

and could not slccp
Other complications
peculiar to ny sex Sc;
In and our physician
called another In con :
sultation. They de-
cidei ] had corsump-
tlon and must die. I
.n.....-Aa.ls-.n
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
ANOTHER SORT OF FRAUD.
Wealthy Connecticut Man the Victim Of q
Gold Mine SWindle.

Gold Mine Swintile.
New Britain, Conn.,, Jan. 4.-Theron
H. Camp. a wealthy retired manufac-
turer of this city, has come to the con-
clusion that he has been swindled out
of $4,000 through investments in al.
legged gold mine stocks, and three other
well-to-do New Britain residents, one
said to be a retired minister, have been
mulcted to the extent of $500 each.
The knowledge of Camps transactions
became public through service of pa
pers on Camp attaching property to
the extent of $4,000 in suits brought
by A. c. Fletcher and Wesley Supple,
of Philadelphia, to recover on two notes
Of Camp amounting to $500. The man
who sold the stock gave the name Of
Francis c. Cradle. He opened an Of
flee in this city in July, and at once
called upon Camp and finally induced
him to subscribe for some stock.
AS an additional incentive Camp was
told that his note for three months
would be received for the amount, and
If at the end of that time the dividends
had not increased sufficiently the notes
could be renewed. Camp purchased ST.
500 of stock and gave one note for Sc, ,00C
and another for $500. Each was for
three months, and made payable to q
New York firm Of brokers. Cradle soon
afterward closed his office in this city.
Just before the notes became due, how
ever, he returned to New Britain and
sought out Camp. remarking that il
the returns had not been sufficient he
would prefer to have him renew the
notes, which Camp consented to and
gave additional notes for $500 SO that
there are now $4,000 Of Camps paper
in the hands Of innocent parties. who
are seeking to collect.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
The British on the Nile,

London, Jan. At is mi-officially
announced in this city that the move-
ments Of British troops in Egypt are
entirely due to the news of threat
ened northerly advance Of the der
wishes, and that they do not imply an
Immediate advance IN the direction OF
kkartoum.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05

"Married life isn'twhat IL Is cracked
up 30 be-" remarked Mrs Grimesleigh.
"whcn I married Daniel. ] thought IL
vcud be % handy TO have a man nbout
Tho house; but. Lor'. that's all IL amount
ed 10. He's never at home when he's
wanted for anything. ond II he is he's
tircd or busy or something or other. and
% ! have TO go towork and do the thing
myself 3 far as ! can see. men are
only In the way when they aro in the
house ani on. Of tho way when they
wanted. "-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
A NECKLACE OF PEARLS

Is beautiful possession. If woman owns
one, and if single pearl drops of the string,
she makes haste to find and restore it.
Good health is q more valuable possession
than q necklace of the most beautiful pearls,
yet one by one the jewels of health slip away,
and women seem Indifferent until tits almost
too late, and they cannot be restored.
To die before You are really old is to sufter
premature death, and that is sin. 1t is sin
because it is the result Of repeated violations
OF natures laws.
Pain, lassitude and WEAKNESS, inability to
sleep, dreadful dreams, starting violently from
sleep, are all symptoms of nerve trouble.
You cannot have nerve trouble and keep
your health. In ninety-nine cases out Of q
hundred the womb, the ovaries and the bladder
are affected. They are not vital organs. hence
they give out soonest.
Mrs. lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05

The niece OF an ex-governor of Indiana
is running saloon at Wichita. She was
educated at one Of the leading colleges of
the country and Is highly accomplished
musician. She says the Kansas boom
caused her downfall Her husband lost
all his money and died, leaving her PEN
ni1ess.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05
warAed R,shs Over Them

"So your wife won that suit about
her real es.atei"
"of course You didn't suppose that
nch little Obstacles as q judge 8 law.
yers and 70 jurymen could throw her
os the track did youi"-Detrois Free
Press
Rock Island Argus., 1898-01-05

remedy kos
Ufvo0 frW-
tfation and
an nervous
diseases Of the
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
A Census Of Words.

tbs generally admitted that 5000
expressions are amply sufficient for
common use. The vocabulary of a
writer seldom surpasses that num-
ber. With 1000 words a language
is acquired thoroughly. According
to Bracelet, the number of French
words in the Dictionaire de l'Acad-
emie is $4,000, including 5000 prim-
tive expressions. The Litre Die
tionary contains about &c, 600 words
English, according to johnson,
contained $1,000 words, but Thorn
merry gives to the English Of the
present day 81, 900 words.
An ordinary German dictionary
has about AZ, 900 words, and a Span
ish dictionary $4,000.
Chinese is composed Of 41,000
known words in an imperial die
tionary Of the eighteenth century.
Arabic has probably the greatest
number Of expressions. Ithas about
10000 words. But what richness it
possesses compared especially to
that other language of the Levant,
Hebrew, the poorest Of ALL For ex-
ample, wine, although forbidden by
Mohammed, has 14O different names
in Arabic, not TO indicate the differ
ent varieties, but simply to signify
the juice of the grape. A cup of
wine has about ten expressions and
the camel, the horse and the Lion
have hundreds of names.-Interme-
diaire des Chercheurs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
A Visit To To,stoi.

The family lives handsomely, but
as we were not invited, only toler-
ated, guests we only took off our
outside wraps in the anteroom,
where a man was in waiting to re-
move them, leaving our hats on.
We passed up stairs and through a
room where son was playing de-
lightfully on q piano when we went
in and bowed to us as we went
through. We stood waiting around
the room into which we we're usher
ed, when Tolstoi came i'll in the
most cordial manner possible, in
uuired of Mrs. - about her son,
whom he spoke of most flatteringly;
was introduced to US all, asking us
to be seated, etc., and no one could
have been more cordial and agreea-
BILE. A daughter afterward came in,
and both spoke English with per-
feet ease.
He inquired how we all came to
be travelling in Russia, and when he
learned that most Of our party were
in Berlin to study he said he won
dered when foreigners would come
to Russia to study. he asked where
each of US was from and seemed
perfectly familiar with our country.
He is tall man, stopped some
what, and was dressed as the peas
ants are-in a blouse with a skirt
coming almost to the knees, belted
in, and trousers of the same goods,
a dark brown homespun. His long
beard is not as white as I expected
to see. He has fine eyes, and I had
good opportunity to study his ap-
pearance, as I sat next, and he turn
ed to me sometimes.
He does not consider himself a
good Christian, I understand, be-
cause he has not given up every
thing.-Literary World.