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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
ARTIFICIAL STONES.

Ingredients Used in Making Them That
Deceive the Elect.
To meet the growing demand for ar
tificial jewelry the process of making
precious stones has been greatly i'm
proved within the last few years, and
it's further development has enlisted
the services of some of the most skill
full chemists. The material chiefly
used is glass, but it is not the ordinary
glass of commerce. This glass can
be made from absolutely pure quartz,
or, better still. from rock crystal, as
quartz frequently contains minute
veins of iron, which would impair the
clearness and color of the glass. The
bicarbonate of potash and the oxide OF
lead which are mixed with it must also
be chemically pure. Other ingredients
of less Importance are borax, which
promotes the flux, and small guam
tity of arsenic. The best glass for i'm
itation gems consists of rock crystal,
30 per cent; bicarbonate of potash, II
per cent: oxide of lead, so per
cent; borax, 1 per cent, and a
trace of arsenic. Carefully prepared by
competent hands, this mixture pro-
duces a grade of glass which in bril-
liancy and iridescence yields little to
the genuine diamond itself, and these
qualities may be further enhanced by
the substitution of potassium for the
bicarbonate of potash and an increase
of the quantity of oxide of lead used.
Stones carefully made by this process
can only be distinguished from the
genuine by experts This is true, how
ever, only so long as they are new,
for the imitation gems wear off become
blind and lose their fire with age, and
it is to remedy these defects that the
efforts of chemists are now directed.
Opaque gems, like the turquoise and
the opal, are made from glass whose
transparency is destroyed by the ad-
dition of oxide of zinc after pulveriza-
ton. The color of the turquoise is
produced by means of oxide of copper
and alt-Pennsylvania Grit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
OF MYSELF.

This only grant me. that my means may
lilo
Too low for envy, for contempt too high
Some honor L would have,
Not from great deeds, but good alone.
The unknown are better than i'll known
Rumor can ope the grave
Acquaintance 1 would have, but when't
depends
Not on the number. but the choice. of
friends.
Books should, not business. entertain the
light.
And sleep. as undisturbed as death, the
night.
My house a cottage more
Than palace. and SHOULD fitting be
For all my use, no luxury
My garden painted Ger
With Natures hand, not Arts; ana
pleasures yield
Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Thus would I double my Iife's fading
space:
For he that runs it well twice runs his
race.
And in this true delight.
These unbought sports. this happy state.
I would not fear nor wish. my fate'
But boldly say each night,
Tomorrow let my sun his beams dis
play.
Or in clouds hide them: I have lived to-
day Abraham Cowley.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

The trials that beset the amateur
photographer are many, but the pure
joy of obtaining good picture now
and then compensates him for fire.
quent failures. I've got the baby S
photograph. l took it all myself, and
it came out splendidly," said a ten
year-old enthusiast, presenting for
grandmother's inspection a picture of
a bed on which lay small bundle
covered with notwithstanding. Yes,
dear, that's the baby on her mothers
bed, sure enough" said grandmother.
after a careful study of this still
life" subject through her spectacles.
"Yes'm," said the young photographer
with pardonable pride. Mother said
I'd never be able to take her when
she's awake cause she squirms so, but
getting her asleep that way, and under
the notwithstanding it was just as
easy, And aren't the legs of the bed
splendid and ear?"-Youths' Com
panion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
RUSSIAN SACRED PICTURES.
Eesas That stand ON Shelves Opposite
Russian Doors.

Eesas That stand ON Shelves Opposite
Russian Doors.
They are to be seen everywhere
icons, or sacred pictures of the Rus
SLAMS. They are found standing on q
shelf opposite the door of every Rus
sian room, be it shop or private house.
market stall, or railway booking Office
Many also are found in the streets,
outside churches or in shrines where
passers-by stop and make obeisance.
1t is a matter of wonder to the stranger
when his droshky driver stops sudden
" in the middle of the road, doffs his
hat and mutters a few words of prayer.
His devotion to the icons seems to the
foreigner as strange as the fact that
he devoutly crosses himself before no
entrusts himself and his vehicle to a
bridge A writer in the Sunday Maya
zine explains that icons vary much in
material and value, but little in style.
The style is always strictly Byzantine.
and is copied faithfully from some old
picture, in it's turn a slavish copy of
another. The story of the manufacture
of the icons is interesting. Most OF
them are made in the Province OF
Vladimir by peasants who work at
them in their cottages. Very much
like an up-to-date factory process is
the fashioning of these pictures. The
work passes from hand to hand. One
man makes the boards, another paints
the backgrounds, third puts in the
figures, and the picture passes on from
fashioner to fashioner until all is COM
plete 1t is said that as many as two
millions of icons are produced each
year. Some of those hung In the
churches are valuable. being, like thai
of Our Lady of Kazan, in the cathedral
in ST. Petersburg, covered with, ano
indeed almost made of, precious stones
Youths Companion.
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BEAUTIFUL lands.
To Be Ones Own Manicure Is Not .
DImcult Matter.

To Be Ones Own Manicure Is Not .
Dimcult Matter.
To be ones own manicure is not at
all a difficult matter, and requires only
patience and a certain dizziness. AS
matter of first Importance, it is neces-
sary that the hands should be kept
soft and the skin plant To do this,
the easiest way is to rub them well in
cucumber cream at night, and to wear
a pair of comfortable large gloves
The hands then in the morning should
be washed with almond meal of fine
quality, or bag of fine oat meal The
nails should be polished every day to
keep them bright, and ten minutes is
ample time to devote to this process.
All acids except, perhaps. lemon juice,
should be avoided, as they will prob
ably do more harm than good, it being
necessary to use all strong acids with
the greatest care. Very attractive
hands are very easily kept if one is
systematic about it. and it must be
confessed that no greater personal at
traction can a lady possess than beau
tiful, well-kept hands. Even if they
are not beautiful, if they are~perfectly
cared for they cannot fail to be at
tractive. Very pointed nails are not
considered quite as elegant as those
more moderate in shape.
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Martha Mother.
BY MARY MARSHALL PARKS.

Author 1.-TWO Points of View" ETC.
Copyright 1901. by Daily Story Pub Coz
Although she made no complaint,
her heart was slowly breaking, tor
she had lost her husbands affections.
All the thought, all the care, all the
tenderness which should have been
hers, he lavished on a black hole in
the ground which he called the En-
lily k
Not that mine operating was his oc-
cupation. He was only a very excel
lent and well-paid bookkeeper for
Smith & Smith, dealers in mining
supplies; but every penny of his am
pie salary that was not needed by his
family for the barest necessities was
absorbed by the Emily K, or some
other of that Unsuitable sisterhood.
James," his wife said to him one
night, Il wish Louise could begin her
music now. The teacher that boards
across the street says she has Won
derful talent; and she'll give her les
sons for half price and let her prac-
tice over there.
Half price," said the man, sharp
ly. 4 can pay full price. and will
as soon as 1 make a big strike. We're
gettin' the finest kind O. shines. See
here!' And he drew from his pocket
handful of glittering specimens.
Louise shall have her lessons. She
shall go to Boston to study. Just wait
a little
A week later he came home with a
haggard face
Drowned outr he said, huskily.
THE water has beat us in spite of all
We could do. Curse the luck! If we
only had capital enough for steam
pump. We were nearly there"
But you might not have struck it
anyway, James,.
Couldn't "a helped it, Martha he
replied, impatiently. Haven't I told
ye the mining experts all say the rich
vein they're workin' in the Wild
Goose runs straight into our LOTT"
He walked the floor with hasty, ir-
regular strides; and there was fever
ish glare in his eyes.
Wen have to go back to the Little
Lefty" he said at last, with a sigh
that was half a sob. 1T amt near as
good a prospect. Some fellows were
talking today about a new prospect
down on the tract where the Republic
Zinc Co. made their big strike. I must
go back down and see 'em about it.
1 don't want any supper
AS he left the house a tall, handsome
girl came into the room.
Did you ask pa about my new
dress?" she inquired, anxiously.
Il just couldn't, honey" said the
mother, deprecatingly. Hes all
worked up over the Emily K. The
water has got in. And he's talkin
about new prospect.
The girls face paled with disap-
pointment. Il won't go to the party
then" she said, passionately. Its
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
Shrswd Ohio Farmers.

William G. Gehrung, a farmer of
Dresden, O., has been fined SIS by his
neighbors for eavesdropping over the
Independent party telephone. Some
time ago the farmers organized tel
ephone company. When the telephones
were put in, the party principle was
employed, and half a dozen phones
were put on the same line. This ar
rangement is such that when one tele-
phone bell rings all ring. For weeks
the subscribers have been trying to
find out who was listening when they
talked. Green and Brown were talk
ing over the line one day when they
heard another subscriber take down his
phone. Then they heard the clear
tones of clock striking. Green and
Brown knew the clock, from its pecu-
liar tone, and that it belonged to Geh-
Philadelphia Record
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
Simple Life of Hollands Queen.

No wealthy American girl could in
her home live more simply than
Queen Wilhelmina, and her regime is
a model which any young women Of
humber birth might follow with ad-
vantage. In the morning she is up
with the lark, and after light break
fast of chocolate and rolls or coffee and
rolls she devotes an hour to study, and
another to affairs of state. Then she
goes for a drive, unless some state
business requires her presence At
noon the regular Dutch breakfast is
served, with simple, healthy food, and
without the parade and ceremony
which many private families affect
After breakfast the Queen devotes
more time to study and state business,
and then again takes an hour of ex-
ercise, returning for tea Dinner,
which is more ceremonious than the
noon repast, usually passes en- famille
and the evening which follows, as in
many ordinary home circles. is spent
in conversation. music and amuse-
ments.
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REFUSE CONSOLATION.
Dogs, Horses and Birds Sometimes Be-
come Broken-Hearted.

Doga. Horses and btrds sometimes be-
come Broken-Hearted.
There have been many cases on rec
ord of animals dying of broken
hearts, usually dogs and horses, and
sometimes birds. Not long ago young
lady living in London who owned a
Gordon setter that was very fond of
her. was married, and moved to the
country, says Golden Penny The dog
was left behind. and at once became
inconsolable He would eat nothing,
and stood looking out of the window
for hours at a time. whining and moan
ing pitifully The dog was wasting
away from exhaustion. Those who
knew him said he was dying of brok-
en- heart. When it was seen that he
would die if he could not see his mis-
tress he was taken to her. His joy at
once got better. His mistT ess soon
after came to town for a two weeks
visit, and left the dog with the serv-
ants in the country. When she re-
turned she found him dead wing on
one of her garments The poor brute,
thinking himself again desc led. lay
down to die. and could not lie driven
or coaxed from his place, neitl or would
he eat nor drink. A horse belonging to
a brewery had been driven for years
by a man to whom he had become
much attached. One day taa driver
failed to appear at the stable and an
other man was put on the wa gon- The
horse. however, refused to be driven
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by any one except his old friend, and
after many trials he was put back in
the stable and another horse took his
place. The horse continually watched
the stable door for his master to enter.
He refused to eat the hay and oats
placed before him. Day by day he
grew thinner and weaker. At last he
fell down and could not rise. and died
before his friend and driver returned
to duty. The veterinary surgeon who
attended him said he died of a broken
heart"
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the first time Harry ever asked me:
but 1 won't go with him in that old.
faded dress. The girls at school ali
laugh at it; and he's SO particular.
And the house is so shabby I'm
ashamed to ask him here. 1 hate the
Emily K and all the rest of EN-
You can't hate 'em worse than 1
do, but 1 can't do anything. Tain'r
like your pa was ugly about it He
never refuses a thing-jest says wait
a little; an he's so kind about it If
he ever should strike it. he'd spend his
money like water. l hate to see you
children going without things; but
the worst of all to me is the way it's
changed your pa. You don't know
what he was before he got this min
ing fever-the best-the kindest-"
20 mother, don't cry" walled the
girl. Il know it's worse for you than
us. but oh, what shall we do? What
shall we do?"
Many times during the sorrowful
years that followed did the heart-sick
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

Hun. was buried in 453 A. D. in the
midst of a plain His body was in
closed in three cofins-the first of gold,
the second of silver, the third and out
er Of iron. He, like Alaric, was sur
rounded by great treasure and buried
by prisoners who were afterward kill
ed. A third secret and romantic buri-
al was that of the Spanish explorer
Fernando de Soto, the discoverer OF
the Mississippi river Shortly after
finding the river he died of malaria1
fever, and to keep his body from fall
ing into the handles of the savages. 1t
was placed in a coffin. which at mid
night was taken to the middle of the
great stream and sunk
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scared tn. Toothaoh. Out of Him.

Scared the Toothachs Out of Him.
A novel cure for the toothache was
inadvertently applied by DR.. Farmer
tier at fremont, n. Y. A man, suffer-
ing from raging tooth, called at the
dentists house at night. forgot to ring
the bell, found the outer door open,
entered the hall, unintentionally STEP
ped on burglar alarm and brought
the dentist to the dark hall with a
pistol in his hand. The dentist threat
ened to shoot and the visitor was 50
terrified that the ache departed from
his chattering teeth.
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woman echo her daughters despafring
words. Day by day she saw her hus-
band grow more infatuated, more in
different to her welfare, more obiivi-
Gus to every earthly happening not in
some way connected with mining
The boys ran away from home to
escape the pinching and dreariness,
and all came to grief; the girls. for
the same reason, married hastily and
unhappily-
At last she was left alone, utterly
alone; for her husband had no thought
for anything but the shifting Will o
the wisp that he had chased TOT SO
many years. When disaster overlook
his children, he seemed more startled
than grieved; and the shock he mlsnt
have felt when a telegram announced
his eldest daughters mortal illness was
neutralized by his frantic anxiety over
water in the Bessie B."
The lonely woman was sitting one
evening in the dark little parlor her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

A stained-glass window is to De
placed in Burton church, Williams
burg, Va, in memory of Chief Justice
Marshall, who attended that church
while a student at William and Mary
Colleee.-Indianapol News.
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Such Speed Proposed
to be Attained on an
Electric Railway In
Germany.

said 200 miles an hour would not be
impossible.
Other persons in position to speak
authoritatively speak well of the pro-
ject and predict that electricity will be
the motive power of the future.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

"A
In the canon deep and long,
When a stout old oak at its side began
To sing to it this song:
"Oh, why do you laugh and leap and
sing,
And why do you hurry by,
For you're only a noisy little thing,
And a great stout oak am l.
A hundred years 1 shall stand alone,
And the world will look at me,
While you will bubble and babble ON,
And die at last in the sea-"
$50 proud and lofty" the stream re-
piled,
you're a king of the forest, true,
But your roots are dead, and your
leaves all dried,
Had 1 not watered you"
The oak-tree rustled its leaves Of
green
To the little stream below:
"Tis only a snow-bank's tears, ween.
Could talk to a monarch so.
But where are you going SO fast, so
fast,
And what do you think to do?
Il there anything in the world at last
For a babbling brook like your"
$50 fast, so fast, why should 1 watt"
The hurrying water said,
when yonder by the canon gate
The farmer waits for bread?
Out on the rainless desert-land
My hurrying footsteps go,
| I kiss the earth, 1 wet the sand,
I make the harvests grow.
and many a farmer, when the sky
Has turned to heated brass,
And all the plain is hot and dry.
Gives thanks to see me pass;
BY many a sluice and ditch and lane,
They lead me left and right,
For it is I who turn the plain
| To gardens of delight"
Then hurrying on, the dashing stream
Into river grew,
And rock and mountain made a seam
To let it's torrent through;
And where the burning desert lay
A happy river ran,
A thousand miles it coursed it's way.
And blessed the homes of man.
Vain was the oak trees proud conceit,
Dethroned the monarch lay,
The brook that babb1ed at it's feet
| Had washed its roots away
Still in the canon's heart there springs
The deserts diadem,
And shepherds bless the day that
| brings
The snow-bank's tears to them.
| Youths Companion
Mixture to Clean Mahogany.
Here is an excellent mixture to clear
| mahogany or walnut furniture. Com
bine one pint OF linseed oil, one pin
of best vinegar and half a pint of spir
its of wine. Dip a soft cloth into thi.
mixture and rub over the furniture
and then wipe thoroughly with a clear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

On the campus of the Chicago uni
versity this spring will be set fifty
large elm trees. transplanted at a cost
of 500 each
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
KAFFIR HOUSEHOLD LAWS

vill carry 200 pounds of mealies in
his fashion.
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Heroes Buried by Night
One of the most romantic burials in
history was that of Alaric. the king
of the West Goths, who invaded Italy.
captured and sacked Rome August "a.
40. After this success he was prepar-
ing to carry his arms into Sicily, when
he died suddenly at Cosentia. Italy
His soldiers buried him in the bed of
of river Busento. after turning the wa
ter into another channel. With him
was inferred great treasure and tho
AiEging was done by prisoners who
afterward were put to death that the
exact spot might remain unknown
Another Roman conqueror. Attila the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

The duties of husband and wife ar
distinctly defined among the Kaff1rs OF
South Africa. The husband does not
expect his wife to build the kraal. or
hut. That is his work 1t takes from
500 to 1 900 young trees to make the
beehive kind of dwelling which is in
favor, and which is excellently adapted
for protection
When the husband has erected the
hut it is the wife's place to cut grass
carry it home and thatch the kraal
once a year. She looks after all that
is needed in the hut, cooks the food.
gets the f1rewood, and makes the beer,
which is not small task. for the men
drink it in immense quantities 1t is
made from millet and mealies, and is
mild but intoxicating.
Until quite recently everything was
carried on the head. A Zulu woman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

The tooth often bites the tongue.
and yet they keep together.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

Here is an excellent mixture to clean
mahogany or walnut furniture. Com
bine one pint OF linseed oil. one pint
of best vinegar and half pint of spir-
its of wine. Dip a soft cloth into this
mixture and rub over the furniture,
and then wipe thoroughly with a clean
soft cloth. Always shake the fluid be-
fore using-Exchange-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-04
THE COMMITTEES
ARE WORKING
So ZeaIousIy to Make the Meeting of the State Federation This
 Month Success.

The Pine Bluff City Federation of Women's clubs was organized May 23, 1900, it's object being to bring into closer sympathy the women's clubs of the city to project plans for the highest and broadest culture and philantrophic work The following clubs have federated: Hospital asso- citation, Auxiliary Maccabees, Mathon- tes, Mothers Half-Hour and Current Topic
 Great preparations are being made by this organization for the entertain. ment of the State Federation, which meets here the 17th, 18th and 18th of April. The business meetings will be held at the Merrill institute, to which the public are cordially invited. The social meetings will only be attended by members of the City Federation, al visiting club women and delegates and the host and hostess (not mem bers) entertaining delegates. The different committees that are working so ardently for the success of this meeting are composed of the follow ing ladies:
 Local committee-Mrs. N. B. Tru- lock, Mrs, Troupe, Mrs. w. H. Lang ford, Mrs. A. M Barrow. Mrs. B. l.. Owen, Mrs. R. H. M Mills, Mrs. P. c. Knox. Mrs. L. Kl Land, Mrs. Car Noss, Mrs. E. M. Schober. Transportation eommittee-Mrs. j.. W. Crawford, Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Tom Gillespie, Mrs. Carl Voss, Mrs. J. w. Withers, Mrs. Fred Fox, Miss Knox Credentials committee-Mrs J. W. Adams, Mrs Valiant Mrs. J. l.. Cald. | we'll Mrs. Chas Moore, Miss Barrow. Club exhibits-Mrs. Julia Noel Mrs. R. M. Knox, Mrs. Will Saunders. Mrs. Peter Bridges
 Finding homes committee-Mrs. w. w. Byrd, Mrs. N T. Roberts. Mrs T. l.. Mills, Miss Barrow, Miss Trulock Miss Alexander, Miss Knox. Miss Dewoody
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-04

partment today to show the volume
 of work done by the presses of the
 bureau of engraving during year
 These figures show that by the end of the year enough greenbacks will have
 been turned out to furnish each one of the 76,000,000 inhabitants of the land with about $1O each This means 107, 100000 new bills of various de- nomination. In the matter of postage stamps, the figures are even more enormous It is estimated that on an average every man, woman and child in the United States will use fifty three postage stamps during the year 1901, forty of them being of the popu- lar 2-cent denomination The total consumed will be over 4,000,- 000000, and nearly 1,0000O0,000 of these will be of the 1-cent variety. One person out of every ten will send a special delivery letter in the course of the present year.