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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

What are the two changes in the per-
sonal appearance of people which
would most surprise a Rip Van Wrinkle,
opening his eyes after a sleep of CEN
fury? According to a recent observer,
they would be the number of persons
young and old-who were wearing
glasses, and the few of any age who
were pitted with smallpox. A very
agreeable exchange. Perhaps another
century will teach man how to re-
cover normal eyesight, as well as TO
save the smoothness of his skin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Deafness. Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diSeas ed portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies Deafness Is caused by an
inf1amed condition of the mucous lining OF tho
Eustachian Tube When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling sound or Imperfect hear
ing and when 1t is entirely closed deafness u
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition Of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannQt
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold py Druggists, 75c-
Hall g Family Pills are the best
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
FROM DEATHS DOOR.

Hillsdale, ILL.,, April 29th.-Much In
terest has been aroused here over the
case of William Marks, who has been
in a dying condition for several
months with an apparently incurable
Kidney Disease.
The leading physicians of this place
had pronounced his case a hopeless
one, and others from Port Byron,
Geneseo, and Davenport, Ia, had at
tended him, and in a consultation de-
cided that he could not live.
In desperation, his nephew inquired
of Mr.. L. F. Giles, a local druggist, al
to last resort Mr.. Giles suggested
Dodd's Kidney Pills, remedy which
had Just been introduced here.
The results were marvellous. Mr..
Marks Immediately began to improve,
and within a few weeks was able to
be up and about, completely cured
His cure is the talk of the neighbor-
hood, and is considered nothing short
of a miracle
There appears to be no doubt that
this new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills,
will cure any case of Kidney Disease.
for the more malignant forms, such as
Bright's Disease. Diabetes, and Drop
sy, yield readily to its remarkable in
fiuence. These forms of Chronic Kid
ney Disease have hitherto been consid-
cred incurable, and have baf1ed all
medical skill, and yet. this new rem
edy has cured every single case in
which 1t has been used, in this neigh
borhood. The doctors themselves are
amazed at the wonderful work Dodd,s
Kidney Pills ARE accomplishing In
Rock Island County.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

ers OF Europe were loaded into rail-
road cars holding fifty people each
there would be five soldiers in each
car.
Austria spends less than the other
powers of equal Importance. Its war
tax in peace times is only about 81
100000 year, but each year it takes
away from their businesses and pro-
LESSONS 10000 young men, who are
obliged to serve for three consecutive
years in the army. After that they are
still obliged to hold themselves at the
call of the government for the next
twenty years. Military service is uni
versaI. In war time it is estimated
that more than 5000, 900 trained SOL
diers can be put into the field.
Italy spends more than Austria. but
has smaller army to show for it.
The recruit CORP in Italy is about
$4,000 young men year, out of which
number nearly 100000 are annually
chosen for active service in the army
Germany goes far beyond either Aus
tria or Italy in the amount of it's ex-
penditures- In Germany every year
more than 100000 young men reach the
military age and enter the army as a
matter of compulsion. Every son Of
the empire must put in six years-two
in active service and four in the army
of the reserve On peace footing the
kaiser has more than half a million
soldiers at his command. and in case
OF necessity this number could be
raised to 5000. 900.
But the greatest military power, on
land at least. is, of course. Russia,
which maintains an establishment of
more than 500 900 men in times of
peace, while under pressure of war this
figure might easily be multiplied by
four or even five
One of the greatest influences which
work for peace is that of the people
who hold the bonds representing the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The deepest hole in France is a we'll
in the coal mines of Ronchamp, Up
per Seine, which was completed in De-
cember. 1900. Its depth is $500 feet
and it's utilizable diameter is Is feet.
The shaft is walled from top to bottom
and lined with copper where it ira
verses water-bearing strata To COM
plete it sixty months were required.
At 80 feet below the surface the tenn
perature of the rock is so degrees Fab
renheit; at the bottom the tempera-
ture is III degrees Fahrenheit, al
though the highest temperature of the
air in the shaft without artificial ven
tilation) is SO degrees.
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As further accommodation to its
patrons. arrangements have been made
BY the passenger department of the
New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company. whereby at the
nominal charge of 80 cents per pieee,
to pay for transfer. baggage may now
be checked through from the principal
stations on its lines, to any hotel, resi-
dence or steamship dock in New York
or Brooklyn Instead OF checking to
Grand Central Station. New York only,
and arranging after arrival there to
have your baggage properly delivered,
save yourself trouble by asking Local
baggage masters to forward your bag
gage by special delivery A particular
style of check is used for this purpose,
and as soon as your baggage reaches
Grand Central Station 1t WIN be
promptly delivered at the address de-
sired without further attention ON your
part--From the New York Mail and
Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

fortresses are among the causes Of this
rapid increase. A few years ago, COM
paratively, the cost of firing the largest
gun made was not more than few dol
lars. Now it costs 1927 to fire a sin
gle shot from 16-inch rifle. or more
than enough to pay the wages of
private soldier in the regular for five
long years. Even an S-inch rife costs
SIPS each time it is discharged. If the
twenty-seven large seaports of the
United States were each protected, as
military men say they should be, with
ten batteries of five rifles each, it is
estimated that it would cost nearly
half million dollars to fire single
round from all the guns in position.
A single battleship or large cruiser
costs millions, and yet it may be en-
tirely destroyed by a torpedo or by
few shots if they happen to hit the
right places. Every new discovery,
either in the way of new engines of
warfare or of more deadly and dan
gerous explosives, makes war more
costly. A dozen old ships of the line
could be built and completely equipped
for less than it costs to put modern
battleship into the water. A ton of
gunpowder would not do as much
damage as a few hundred pounds of
melenite or any of the modern explo-
sives
For military and naval purposes the
nations of Europe spend annually $50
millions of dollars. They keep under
arms continually more than 100000
men, six times as many ready to fly to
arms when the word mobilize" is spo-
ken. 1t is estimated that the commu-
nifty loses at least 5000 year for each
man who is kept under arms and is,
therefore, unproductive. For all Eu-
rope this loss would amount to 600
millions of dollars, which should b.
added to the $50 millions annually
paid out for military and naval pur-
poses. Taking the two together, it
appears that Europe pays something
like 100000 a day in times of peace
Cor the purpose Of keeping itself ready
to go to war.
By way of illustrating what the
presence of these great armies means
to Europe it is pointed out that if all
the inhabitants of the five great pow
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

There appears to be great excitement
over the fact that the war in South
Africa has already cost Great Britain
more than 1872, 600 900. Compared
with the cost of some of the great
wars of the last century, however. this
sum is hardly drop ia the bucket.
The most costly war of all time was
the civil war of 1861-'65 in the United
States. That war cost the northern
states a total of $500 million dollars,
while the South spent more than 1000
millions in addition And this does
not consider the enormous expense of
the pensions which have been paid for
the last thirty-f1ve years.
Next in cost to the war OF the re-
bellion was the Franco-Prussian war
of 1870. 1t COST in round numbers,
$500 millions of dollars. The Cri-
mean war stands third on the list Of
comparatively recent wars, with a to-
tai cost OF LOO millions.
The little affair in South Africa has
cost the British up to date, less than
one-tenth of what the United States
spent in four years of it's great civil
conflict, and less than a third as much
as France and Germany poured out in
their short struggle.
The present aggregate war debts of
all the nations of the world are SO great
as to entirely pass comprehension
They sum up more than 80 900 millions
of dollars. AS there are nearly 1900
millions of people in the world it will
be seen that if equally divided among
them the worlds war debt would give
an average of SIS apiece for every man,
woman and child in the world to carry
Even more startling are the figures
which show what war has cost in the
destruction of human life In this line
also the United States civil war stands
in first place, with a total of more than
SOC, 900 men killed in battle and died
pf wounds and disease. Close to this
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The municipal council of Venice has
offered a reward of 10000 lire to any
person who may rescue Lieut. Count
Franco Quirini and the Norwegian
sailor, who were lost from the explor-
ing party of the Duke of Abruzzi. A
reward of 5000 lire is offered to any
one who furnishes definite news of
the fate of the men. Only a few days
ago an expedition started for Franz
Josef Land, for the purpose of finding
the lost adventures. They may be
discovered, but the chances are against
it. The remarkable experience of Nam
sen and his companion in that region
affords some hope that the Italian and
the Norwegian are still safe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

war debt of a nation. Thus the lnves-
tors who hold English consols hate the
idea of a war between Russia and
England, because the mere rumor OF
such a conflict makes them actually
poorer by reducing the market value OF
their holdings. 1t is believed thai
every time foreign loan is f1oated IL
this country, for instance, the assur.
ance of international peace is made
just that much stronger, as ali the
people who hold the foreign securities
will exert their influence in favor o.
peace.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
WAR

terrible record is that of the Crimean
war, in which 100000 men lost their
lives, while in the Franco-Prussian
conflict the losses were 225,0OO. In
these three wars alone enough people
were killed to more than entirely wipe
out the population of Chicago and
leave it lonely uninhabited desert
In addition to those who are recorded
as dying in battle and of disease, there
were other hundreds of thousands who
were MANNED in these wars or who
contracted disease from which they
never fully recovered. And, doubtless,
in thousands of cases deaths were
caused by the absence from home of
their natural provider while these
great wars were being waged. How
much the world lost by losing the sery-
ices of all these millions of stalwart
men it is entirely impossible even to
estimate.
Writers on the cost of war estimate
also that every war of any consequence
directly affects practically everybody on
earth. no matter how far distant they
may be from the scene of the con-
fiict. Thus during the civil war, for
instance. the cotton mills of England
were cut on from their supply of raw
material and as a result there was a
cotton famine" in Lancashire, which
took on the proportions of a national
calamity. As a direct result of the
civil war it has been estimated that
100, 900 workmen in England, Germany,
and France were kept out of work
continuously for more than three
years. with much misery and starva-
ton as result
War is so homicidal in it's nature"
says one writer, that it Stays thou
sands of victims. even at a distance
of thousands of miles from the battle
fields
1t is pointed out that, in the nature
OF things, a great war becomes more
costly each year. The invention of
great guns and of enormous floating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Uniqu. Mixing OF Religions.

There was unique mixing OF re-
lgions at q meeting recent in New
York. 1t was a meeting of the Baron
and Baroness Hirsch association and
was held in the Baptist church OF
which Rev. DR.. Macarthur Is pastor.
The baron and baroness were Jews.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
this country. was the principal speak
er and Rev. DR.. Heber Newton, the
distinguished Episcopalian divine. also
delivered an address
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The Archduke Rainier OF Austria has
presented his magnificent collection of
papyri, which is one of the finest in
the world, to the Hofbibliothek at
Vienna. This splendid gift consists of
10000 Greek, 80 900 Arabic, and 5000
Coptio manuscripts, all of which have
been catalogued during the last Is
years by Professor Karabacek, who
has just been appointed director of the
Vienna Hofbibliothek.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
FAN OF a Brilliant Man.

Theodor Butkievitch, whose death
1T Buda-Pesth was reported a few days
ago, was once considered one Of Rus
eia's most brilliant artists. For TWEEN
ty-four years he was prisoner In the
Siberian lead mines, on a charge OF
insulting Alexander II. He escaped
finally, and after many sufferings
reached Buda-Pesth. He became
habitual drunkard and was frozen to
death while Intoxicated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

English Commanders Wings Clipped.
In a memorandum recently address,
ed to Lord Salisbury. prime minister,
General Lord Wolseley says that my
position as commander-in-chief of the
army has become like fifth wheel to
a coach. have neither the supreme
authority exercised by the secretary
of state, nor the administrative powers
conferred on those below me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln.

Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln.
An address by Joseph Choate, Am
bassador to Great Britain, on the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln
his early life-his early struggles with
the world-his character as developed
in the later years of his life and his
administration, which placed his name
SO high on the worlds roll of honor
and fame, has been published by the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way and may be had by sending six CO..
cents in postage to F. A. Miller, Gem
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago, m
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Here is the latest story of Judge
Henry E. Rowland, one of the most
popular after-dinner speakers of New
York: There was a little boy who
was badly puzzled over the theory of
evolution. He went to his mother and
asked: Mamma, am 1 descended from
a monkey L don't know she an
swered; I never met any of your ia
theirs people,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Preliminary reports of the Austrian
census taken on December 81 last, give
the population of Austria as &c, 107, 3O4
and that of Hungary as 19,203 ,531. The
total population of the empire, includ-
ing Bosnia and Herzegovina, is prob
ably about 100000, an increase of a
little over 9 per cent. since 1890. The
population of Vienna is 1,635,647 and
that of Budapest 729, 1888.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Arc You Interested In the Northwest,

Are You Interested In the Northwestf
Home and Garden, 16-page illus
trated monthly paper, tells all about
the fine climate, fertile grain and fruit
lands, timber. mines. fisheries, etc..
of the wonderful Northwest, the rich
est undeveloped portion of North Am
erica. The regular price of the paper is
soc year. If you will cut out and re-
turn this ad, state name of paper in
which it appears, and enclose 10c in
silver, Home and Garden will be sent
you, postage paid, for one year. Adj
dress Home and Garden, Newspaper
Row, ST. Paul, MINI.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Overwork Breaks Down Professor.
Dr. Horatio G. Wood, one of the
best known authoritis on therapeu-
tics in this country and a professor
in the medical department of the
Pennsylvania University, has been
compelled temporarily to give up his
practice and lectures and to retire
from active work. He has broken
down from the strain of overwork.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The bursting forth of a new spring
at Carlsbad, throwing out eight hun
dred gallons minute at temperature
of 162 Fair, is a remarkable event.
For 500 years the waters of Carlsbad
have run .wtrh, so far as is known, only
one intermssslcn. which occurred for
three days 1T the time of the great Lis
bon earthquake. The temperature of
the new spring shows that its waters
came from what is locally known as
the Sprudelkessel. or "foaming cald-
ron," which is believed to underlie
Carlsbad. and to supply its seventeen
hot springs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Aristocrat and plebeian are only
comparative terms Some years ago
Professor Geddes of Edinburg moved
his family into a slum district, where
they hoped to do friendly work among
the poor. One evening he asked a dis
tinguished statesman to dine with two
local guests, a chimney-sweep and a
scavenger. The statesman accepted
with unfeigned pleasure, the scavenger
said he would come; but the chimney
sweep refused to sit down with tk
scavenger. At another time the fam
lily on the first moor of the decrepit
tenement they inhabited told Professor
Geddes that il he continued to speak
to the family in the garnet he must
drop their acquaintance IF the an
gels have any fun in them" wrote
Horace Walpole, how our distinctions
must divert themi"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

1t does not appear that the English
are ready to withdraw from South
Africa. British agents are in this
country asking bids on 1000, 600 bags
of feeding oats, 20 900 900 bags of seed
oats, 10000 900 bales of alfalfa hay and
20, 000, 900 bags of bran. 1t is under
stood that these supplies are for the
troops in South Africa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Five million acres of land have been
purchased from the Mexican govern
ment for the establishment OF Nor
mon colonies. The land is in the
states of Durango, Tamaulipas, Goa
hula and Vera Cruz. In the course OF
the next four months 1000 Mormons
are expected to locate there. The
Mormon colony in the state of Chihua-
hua was recently enlarged by the ar
rival of about 1000 settlers from Utah.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Cotton. Political Ambition.

Fassett A Cotton, who for six years
has been state deputy superintendent
of public instruction in Indiana, has
resigned. with the notable purpose OF
attending college, securing a degree
and then becoming a candidate for the
position of superintendent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
Anfi-Amer1can /qIliance.

That the Spectator in warning III
against possible European anti-alli.
ance is largely moved by the hope Of
convincing us that England is -oul
only friend in Europe is easy to see
Nevertheless there is a certain amount
of foundation for it's warnings. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

People expect much from Garfield
Tea and they are never disappointed:
1t purifies the blood and cures stom-
ach. liver. kidney and bowel disorder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

You can't judge a man by his
looks says the Manayunk Philoso-
pher: "a broad-chested man may be
very narrow-minded-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The quick firing artillery with which
the whole Swiss army is to be equipped
forthwith, consists of nickel steel guns.
IA centimeters caliber. firing ten shots
a minute, with a range of $500 yards.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11
PRONOUNCE 1T.
9igrfdur Jonsdottir.
Kirmarstodum,
Reykholasvest,
Bardastrandarsyslu.

Iceland. Europe.
This Is the address given in an order
for Dodd's Kidney Pills received and
filled by the Dodd's Medicine Company
of Buffalo, on April 18TH This unique
direction means that to reach tho sick
people of Iceland, the parcel must
travel to New York, then to London.
Eng, then northwest to Greenland. to
be landed finally. on the lonely island
at the edge of the Arctic Circle. This
Is pointed Illustration of how United
States goods find their way to
the remotest corners of the earth.
America today, produces better medi-
cines, as well as better manufactured
articles than any other country In the
world, and this fact accounts for the
demand for Dodd's Kidney Pills from
every part of the known universe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

There are more than 1000, 600 square
feet of glass surface in England ex-
clusively devoted to the cultivation and
production of tomatoes for market pur-
poses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Among the figures returned for
cities from the Italian census taken on
February are Rome, 500, 900; Flor
ence, 100000; Venice, $4,000, and Boz
logna, 152, 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

There are something's that even the
most absent-minded of us cannot for
get
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

The man who does a little and doe
It well does a great deal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

According to astronomy the dog-star
must be a sky-terrier.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-11

Ask your grocer for Red Cross Ban
Blue. Large 2-oz. package eents-