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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23
For Sale by Jones & Gibson.

Tom Cordry: 1 wandered to the
circus John, 1 sat behind the tent and
saw the man from BorneO, likewise
the tattooed gent. / heard the tooth
less lion howl, while men in spangled
clothes stepped fearlessly into their
dens and whacked them on the nose.
/ saw the sacred elephant spout water
through his trunk, the salamander
eating lead and other melted junk; l
heard the merry clown get off the
jokes we used to know when we were
boys together, John some twenty years
ago. The same old horses waddled
round the same old kind of ring; the
same old comic vocalists proved that
they couldn't sing, the same old hip
popotamus was granting in disgust:
the same old Persian OK was kicking
up the dust; the same old rheumatic
acrobats crawled painfully around,
and the ossitied contortionist was
rolling on the ground. and ladies rode
bare backed steeds to music sad and
low-the same old girls we used to see
some twenty years ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23
Republican County Ticket.

Next year we are to fight a great
political battle; battle which will
determine whether the government
machine will be kept on going in the
direction it is now going or whether
it shall be slowed down, reversed or
started in some other direction, says
Bent Murdoch. That is to be the
fight and it will be decided by votes.
If things are running fairly well and
you are tolerably well pleased with
prices, with the kind of money in cir
culation and with business conditions
generally, you might say so by cast
ing a vote of confidence at the COM
ing November election. That would
be the patriotic thing to do. But if
things are not going to suit you, If
prices for farm products are not sat
isfactory, if you want to go back to
where we were four or five years ago,
knock. And it might be well for you
to commence knocking right away.
And particularly if you are Repub-
lican, knock your party and its candi-
dates on every possible occasion.
Easiest thing in the world to reverse
the machine. We can have free sill
yer and free trade; we can abolish
the supreme court, stop the war, haul
down the flag at Manila, Havana, Ha-
wall and Porto Rico, bring our men
and ships back home by voting that
way. This still continues govern
ment by the people and whatsoever is
declared at the polls will be carried
out by the government. = Gaylord
Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23
BEAUTY OF ROMAN WOMEN.
A Peculiar Type Unlike That which Is
DisIinctiVe of the N .rtIl.

Northern beauty, however fine may
be the line of it's contour, is never.
for good or evil, mere beauty of the
body, a thing beginning with itself
and ending with itself; it contains al
ways suggestion; it is haunted by
soul; it leaves for its complexion some
thing to the Imagination. But in the
beauty of Roman women there is no
trace of spiritual beauty, none of the
softness of charm; it is the calm, as
sured, unquestionable beauty of the
flesh. There are faces which should
De seen always in pure outline, for
they are without melting curves, deli
cate and variable shades or anything
but their own definite qualities, as
they are in themselves. The faces OF
Roman women of the upper classes are
cold, hard, finished and impenetrable
as canoes. In face which is at all
beautiful yo Will not find a line which
is not perfect, and this elegance and
sureness of line goes with that COM
pleXion which is the finest of all COM
pleXions-pure ivoTy-and which car
rles with it the promise Of tempera-
ment in which there is all the subtlety
OF fire. The distinction between the
properly aristocratic and the strictly
plebian face is, 1 think, less marked
in Rome than in any city. Almost al
Roman women have regular faces, TIE
profile clearly cut and in a straight
line; black hair. often with deep tones
of blue in it and sometimes curling
crisply; dark eyes. often of fine uni
form brown, large, steady, profounu.
with that unmc anirg p:ofundity
which means race. and which one sees
in the Jewess, the gypsy. They have
truly Roman dignity. and beneath
that the true fire without which oiGni-
ty is but the comely shrouti of q
corpse. and though there is not
trace in them of the soft. smiling, cat
like air of the women of Venice. anG
not much of the vivid. hardy, uncaring
provocativeness of the women of Ma
pies, they are content TO let You see
in them that reasonable nearneSs to
the animal which no Italian woman
is ashamed to acknowledge They
have often certain massiveness of
build which makes child look like
a young woman and young woman
ike matron: but. for Italians, they
are tall. and though one sees none Of
the trim Neapolitan waists. it is but
rarely that one sees. even among the
market women bringing in aheir bas-
kets on their heads. those square and
lumpish figures which roll so COM
fortably through Venice--Harper's
Magazine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23
A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. d: "Was
taken with bad cold which settled
on my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in Consumption. Four
could live but short time. i gave
myself up to NV Saviour, determined
if / could not stay with my friends on
earth, would meet my absent ones
above. My husband was advised to
get DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. 1
gave it trial, took in all eight bot
ties. 1t has cured me, and thank
God, 1 am saved and now we'll and
healthy woman Trial bottles free
at Jones s. GibSon's drug store. Reg
ular size soc and S1.0O. Guaranteed or
price refunded. 1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

the accomplished wife and daughter
of the late Robert Ingorsoll chung to
his inanimate clay. For days they
refused to part with the body, and
with pathetic devotion refused to be
separated from the loyed but lifeless
form, assigning as reason for their
desperate determination to retain the
body to the last possible moment, the
awful belief that they could never see
him againl 1t was the logical and
legitimate climax of all the brilliant
infidel's philosophy and teaching. And
tn S is the residue of the horror which
the crusible of time ever leaves in the
urn of unbelief- 1t is infidelity's own
REPUTATION and its own antidote. 1t
is contrary to all reasons and does
violence to every impulse of the soul.
1t shocks every sensibility which dis
tinguishes mankind from brutes.
How much more natural and reason
able and satisfying the faith of the
sweet singer of Israel, King David,
whose grief over his stricken child is
one of the most pathetic things in hui
man history, but who, when his child
was dead, brushed away the tears and
said: "Now that he is dead, where
fore should 1 grieve? Can bring him
back again? 1 shall go to him but he
shall not return to me-" How cavern
Gus and pitiable Ingersollian philoso-
ply compared to the sublime philoSo-
ply of a vastly greater intellect, the
learned and profound Paul, whose
triumphant faith found expression in
these soul satisfying words: ''Oh
death, where is thy sting? Oh grave,
where is thy victOry?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

How the Term Began TO He Applied 90
Unbranded Cattle.

George Maverick, a prominent citi-
zen of San Antonio and one of the
largest real estate owners in the state
of Texas, has been visiting in this
city, says the Ell Paso (TeN) Times.
The gentleman is a son of the noted
Samuel Maverick, one of the old pio-
neers of western Texas. The latter
was a shrewd and far-seeing business
man, and knew that the day would
come when Texas real estate would
be valuable, SO he began to buy up all
the land he could This was in the
forties, and land throughout the west
ern counties then only commanded 81
section. 1t is said that Mavericks
ambition was to be able to travel from
San Antonio to Ell Paso ard from FL
Paso to the mouth of the Rio Grande
on his own property; ard at one time
it seemed as if his dream m ght posi-
bly, be realized, for he secured the
title to 100000 acres. Before his
death, however, some of this property
passed out of his hands, but he left
sufficient to make each of his children
a millionaire.
The Maverick estate now owns 5000
acres in Ell Paso county and immense
tracts further south. 1t was several
years after he had acquired his other
possessions that Mr.. Maverick came to
Ell Paso county and secured his prop
erty in this section Some of this
property passed to his wife and she
willed it to her grandchildren, and it
was as their representative that Mr..
George Maverick was here yesterday
There is an interesting episode con-
nected with the elder Mavericks his
tory which made the name known
throughout the west. Everyone at All
acquainted with stock interest has
heard the name Maverick steers" as
popularity applied to all unbranded
animals. 1t is undoubtedly true that
many made their fortunes by this un-
questionable method, and the term
''Maverick'' is known from the At
1antic to the Pacific.
1t has always been supposed that
Samuel Maverick made his money in
this manner, because this mode of ac-
quiring stock was named after him.
But this is an entirely wrong impress
sion and widely different from the
truth. The real facts of the case are
simply follows:
.nce upon time Samuel Maverick
had a debt against a stockman which
he could not collect, he accepted
400 cattle at So head in full for all
demands. He placed trusted negro
in charge of the stock and paid fur
Their attention to the herd. At the end
of four years he sold the original cat
tie at Sc a head, but did not take into
consideration the natural increase.
He had branded none of the calves,
and the consequence was that there
were on the range large number of
unbranded cattle. When, thereto e,
stockmen came across unbranded ami
mails they would say: THAT belongs
to Maverick or that is Mavericks
steer" and this is how the term Nav
erick originated and began to be APP
piled to ali unbranded stock. The
term took with the cowboys and
stockmen, and it was not long before
it was in universal use throughout the
American continent
George Maverick, who has just paid
a visit to Ii Paso, has papers to sup
stantiate the above facts and which
entirely eXonerate his father from any
suspicion of wrong doing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

Daddy" Brooks. the Osborne coun-
ty tree man, who has been member
of the Populist party since its birth,
says: "The minute my party resolves
to haul down the stars and stripes in
the Philippines before the trouble
over there is at an end and peace
reignS, cease to be a PopuliSt.
did not go to the front in 81 to SO
and spend the best of my life that
that flag should ever be insulted by a
political party to which l belonged -
Daddy's head is level and there are a
great many Populists even in Sheri-
dan county who feel the same way
HoXie Sentinel.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

We have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in our home for many years
and bear cheerful testimony to its
value as a medicine which should be
in every family. In coughs and colds
we have found it to be efficacious and
in Group and whOoping cough in chill
dren we deem it Indispensable
p. RITTER, 4127 Fairfax ave-, ST.
Louis, Mo. For sale by Jones & Glib
son.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

An exchange gets off the following:
"Send in your items of news while
they are fresh" 1--WE don't like to
publish Il birth after the child is
weaned; a marriage after the honey
moon is over; a death after the widow
is married again, nor the notice of an
entertainment after the job work is
done elsewhere and the editor is
charged for admission"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

Chester Fl. Brown, Kalamazoo,
Mich, says: 'Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cured me of severe case OF indigeS-
tion; can strongly recommend it to
all dyspeptics." Digests what you
eat without aid from the stomach,
and cures dyspepsia. Jones s. Glib
son, druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23
A Frightful Blunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald or BruiSe. Bucklin'S Arnica
Salve, the hest in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures
Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers. Boils,
Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions.
Best pile cure on earth. Only 25c a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Jones
& Gibson. druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

In warning to his own party,
Henry Waterson of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, says: ''No party in
this country has ever yet thrown it,
self across the highway of the coun-
try's progress and arrayed itself
against its soldiers in the field with
out marching to sure defeat. The
bugaboo of Imperialism will freighten
no one. 1t will make a few he gran
mics sJuirm and tickle few lady like
mugwumps. But the brain and Drawn
of the nation are made of sterner
stuff. The manhood of the time has
set its face towards the future and
keeps step to the music of progress. .
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

III. Breckenridge of Burr Oak, who
has been training with the reform par
ty, is convinced of the error of his way
and publicly declares in the columns
of the Burr Oak Herald that he has
again aligned himself with the true
purity of the people-the Republican
party. And there are MANY Others
returning to the old political fold who
are not saying much about it, They
are mighty thankful, however, that
they are permitted to come back.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

TABLER's BUCKEYE PILE OINTMENT
relieves the intense itching. 1t
soothes. heals and cures chronic cases
were surgeons fail. 1t is no expert
ment; it's sales increase through it's
cures. Every bottle guaranteed.
Price SO cts in bottles, tubes IS cts.
Jones s. Gibson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

For wounds, burns, scalds. sores,
skin diseases and all irritating erup-
tions, nothing SO soothing and heal
ing as De Wits itch Hazel Salve.
Mrs. Emma Bolles, Matron Engle-
wood Nursery, Chicago, says of it:
"When all else fails in healing our
babies. it will cure.' Jones s. Gibson,
druggists
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

Marion Record: One of the most
pathetic things printed in the papers
for long time was the incidental
allusion to the tenacity with which
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

An exchange sizes up the enumera-
tiOn job as follows: ''The job of cen
SuS enumerator which so many men
are neglectIng their work to chase,
will in no instance pay more than 1925
and will not average more than S75.
Enumerators will be paid at the rate
of 81. so for every numbered names
turned in. EnumeratOrS in the coun-
try will not be able to make more than
a dollar day at this rate, no matter
how good hustler he is. Enumera-
tors in the city will make So or $3.50 a
day. In addition TO their other work
the enumerasors must ask a long list
of questions for every name he writes
down, and make out three copies of
their report. The job of census taker
is about the poorest political thing
afioat, and there is more 'sgrief" in
connection with it than there is about
a cIerkship in railroad Office. The
enumerators will not get to commence
work before next spring and their pay
will be held up until the whole Job is
completed and all corrections are
made to the satisfaction of the depart
ment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

BANNER SALVE will Piles. though everything else
your will be returned if
is salt rheum
or any disease you Banner" Salve
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

DIR. Cady's Condition POuders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food bat
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition Price %
cents per package.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

The intense /: ching and smarting, incl
dent to these diseases, is instantly aIiayed
by applying Chamberlain s Eye and
Skin Ointment Many very bad case.
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. 1 gave it such remedies as
are usually given in such cases, but as
nothing gave relief, we sent for a
physician and it was under his care
for week. At this time the child
had been sick for about ten days and
was having about twenty-five opera
tions of the bowels every twelve
hours, and we were convinced that
unless it soon obtained relief it would
not live. Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy was rec
commended, and 1 decided to try it, 1
soon noticed change for the better;
by it's continued use a complete cure
was brought about and it is now per-
fectly healthy.-C. L. BoGGs, Stump
town. Gilmer county, W. Va. For
sale by Jones & Gibson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-23

Good fresh beef at Bakers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

the track nckety-split! A man don't
want to be up against such job twice.
Zip. the first car struck the switch.
Bill, you're a goner.' thinks Ii she's
comm straight on But was wrong,
for just like a twistin' snake the run
away train curved around onto the sid
in and shot into the woods. The blind
track ended few yards away from a
deep gully, but when the cars got to
the bumper they never stopped. They
went right on, slap-dash over the bank
and piled up in the hollow. A mos
ment later came an explosion, and an
other and another. The tanks were
Dustin.
Long before the express was due
we had the old engine snug away on the
sidin'. When / looked at my watch
found that the whole thing from tho
time them burning cars appeared to
the time they disappeared as sudden
as they came was exactly four min
utes. But, as l said before. them four
minutes near drove me off the road"
The engineer knocked the dead ashea
out of his pipe and clamDered into hi
cab as No. came around the curve.
Philadelphia Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
WHEELING REGISTER, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1880

losing trump is led to the winning
trump because the leaders hand con-
tains tenaces or a favorable combin-
alton to be led UP to in some suit which
the leader knows that the winner of the
trump trick must lead.
Combinations favorable to be led up
to, which frequently gain an extra trick
when the lead comes from ones left
hand adversary, consist OF two honors
not in sequence, with at least one small
card called guard. ,Ace-Queen needs
no guard. A guarded King, a twice
guarded Queen and the combination
King-Queen guarded are also combin
ations favorable to be led up to.
On the other hand. when you have
the best trump it is generally good play
to draw the losing trump from an adj
versary, butif tile adversaries have an
established suit such a play is danger
Gus. If the losink trump is drawn and
the adversaries can get in and lead an
established suit the result is disastrous.
ID. R. w. in the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
A MANNER OF PLAY.

A want of proper elaboration is re-
sponsible for the loss of many tricks,
and is a characteristic fault of many
otherwise good players. A veteran
whist player of our acquaintance com
minly plays at such railroad speed that
for the losses this entails he is prone to
acknowledge that he played too fast"
or did not stop to think" as though he
expected his partners pardon if he only
made an honest confession. But since
carelessness is always objectionable it
would seem as if he were presuming
too much in expecting forgiveness.
The antipodes of this gentleman is
permanent, whose gray matter works
like the mills of the gods; who, though
he may have but one possible card to
play, invariably takes an unconscion-
able time to play it; delays so long in
fact, that the minds of the other play
ers are diverted from the game to Won
der what on earth he can be thinking
about He fiddles with his cards, takes
one out and balances it on the table,
puts it back, thinks some more, and
not until the Impotence caused by his
dilatoriness is fairly turned into re-
sentiment does his card drop. And
these tactics are followed whether the
play be simple or complex. His part
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
SECRETS OF THE KITCHEN.

A hotel cook has been betraying some
of the secrets of hotel cooking. He says
the head cook in making preparation
for dinner cuts off the heads and feet
of the poultry and trims the bones and
fat of the meat These are all dumped
into a kettle of water Everything in
the way Of meat is thrown into this re-
ceptacle. and the heterogeneous mass Is
boiled up as soup for dinner. Say a
diner calls for vermicelH soup. A la
dleful is dipped from this common ket-
tie In a dish and a handful of verml-
celli taken from a side table and drop
ped into it gives it at least the SEM
blance of the kind ordered. Say it Is
tomato soup. A spoonful of cooked to-
matoes thrown in in the same way will
make the average diner think he has
received all he has ordered. So it Is
with beef soup, OK tail soup-in fact, all
other soups are made by this process
out Of the general kettle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

a recent trophy match, good, nat
ural player, but one of the tenace
variety of cranks held the follow
ing; Spades, K, O. 5; hearts, K, ], 8, 7,
D; clubs (trumps), s, Z, 4 diamonds,
8, 3. The long-suiter would have, OF
course, led 4 heart and the cross-ruff
maniac diamond. The gentleman in
question opened with a spade, over
looking the fact. in his anxiety to make
the most of the minor tenace, that he
stood to ruin the chances for the dia-
mond by impairing his re-entry suit
There is but one logical lead from the
holding for the player who takes a
broad, impartial view of the entire
hand, and it is safe to say that had it
contained the queen in place of the
king, the tenace specialist would have
selected the diamond suit for his open
ing. Extra cultivation of particular
plays and setting undue value upon
certain combinations will make an
otherwise good player an undesirable
partner.-Philadelp North Ameri-
can.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
six; Albany, seven.
COMMENT.

COMMENT.
Trick 1-East's opening is rather
rash. His suit is not established and
he has but single re-entry outside Of
it, and is entirely devoid of Spades.
The practice of trusting partner for
one suit" is a dangerous one. With
such hand East should expect a sim
liar distribution elsewhere.
Trick 3-East might have taken a
round of his suit here before continuing
the trump lead His partner may be
glad to ruff.
Trick STILL East declines to open
his tenace suit, thereby losing two
tricks. Why he should give up his re
entry and play to an uncertain suit in
his partners hand in preference is diff
cult to understand.
Trick 9-South loses a trick by one
Of those careless plays which make av-
erage players wonder. Both adversar-
les have renowned on three Spade
tricks so that South can exactly read
his partners holding and should have
unblocked.
TABLE NO. g.
Albany, N. and S: Walbrook E. and w.
Trick 1............. K Kc &C (; &c & SC Sc