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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
HE.s NOW a WHEAT krno.
Clerk Who Bought Kansas Farm Laal
and Il . millionaire

Clerk Who Boughs Kansas Farm Laal
and L. millionaire
The wheat rentals of John T. Stew
art of Sumner county will amount to
nearly 1OO, 900 bushels of wheat this
year, says the Kansas City World.
In his home county he owns lis quar-
ter sections of land and shout thirty
quarter sections in adjoining counties
He rents the land on the basis of half
the yield, he furnishing all the seed
and taking chances of securing a crop
It is estimated that if all the wheat
due him on rentals this year was ship
ped in one consignment it would re-
Quire seventeen freight trains of if
teen cars each to take it to market.
His rentals in wheat last yeat netted
him $4,000. In addition to- owning
about $3.50 900 worth of land, every
foot of it paid for he has nearly $780,
900 worth of bank stock and $500 600
invested in farm lands in Sumner
county and Oklahoma About twenty
five years ago Mr.. Stewart began life
as clerk in an obscure Office in this
city at $50 a month. He slept in the
ONCE and was economical in other
ways. He began loaning money in
Sumner county about twenty years ago
and has developed into a remarkable
financier. 1t is said that his ambition
is to finally own a railroad and he may
crafty it, as he is still a very young
man, not more than 45. He carries a
small memorandum book in his pocket
and 1t is said that he can take it out
at any hour of the day when required
and tell every debtor exactly what his
account is. Indeed, it is said that ac-
counts of his vast transactions are al
ways kept in book that fits his trou-
sers pocket. 1t is said that he lives on
less than 800 per month and that out
side of this his largest annual expense
is $500 to the Methodist church his
wife and large family of children at
tend. He is not fond of travelling ex-
cept to go to a Democratic convention,
a diversion he is passionately fond Of
He is a pronounced temperance man,
and, it is said, believes in the prohibi-
ton laws of Kansas.
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JUDSON ARKELL.

funds from a national bank in Rut-
land, VT. was let out of the Peniten-
tiary by a pardon. 1t was granted
because it was represented that the
cashier was fatally ill and could not
live but a few days. The petitioners
for his release said it would be an act
of mercy to let him out so that he
might not die in a prison cell. Last
week this moribund cashier set off, in
perfect health, for long hunting trip
in the Adirondacks. 1t is admitted
now that he never was sick at all and
that he was "Shamming Abraham all
the time he was in the prison hospital.
He got pardon under false pretenses,
but it is an irrevocab1e pardon. De-
ception pays sometimes. even when de-
tected. This cashier is not the first
man who has been let out of prison to
die and has recovered his health at
once, nor will he be the last, so long
as prison doctors are gullible and
presidents and governors are merciful
Therefore it may not be inexpedient
to substitute for the unconditional par
dons which it has been customary to
give to those who are about to die a
release from Imprisonment for that
purpose only, the convict to be taken
back to prison the day that he shows
any symptoms of recovery.
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Crowded svifb Work.

: 1t is said by good authority that
the American shipyards, where steel
vessels are built, have orders which
will keep all of them busy for the next
twelyemonth, and some of them for a
longer time This applies to the yards
on the great lakes as well as to those
on the seaboard. Some of the vessels
under construction are battleships or
cruisers for the American navy. 9th
ers are to be used in the coasting
trade. A few are to be employed in
oversee commerce under the American
flag. Six large freight boats are being
built for the Atlantic transport line
Two steamers of about the same di-
mansions as the immense Celtic of the
White Star line are being built to ply
on the Pacific in connection with the
Great Northern railway. Two largo
vessels for the Pacific Mail STEAMSHIP
company are nearly finished.
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CURVATURE OF THE SPINE.

In infancy and childhood lateral
curvature of the spine develops very
readily. In some cases, as viii be
presently shown, the causes are very
slight; SO that, to use the words of
one of our most eminent medical au-
thors, 1T is really wonderful that
most of us are tolerably straight"
A slight asymmetry of one of the
vertebrae of which the backbone is
built up, or an abnormal development
or lack of development, of one of the
muscles which hold it upright, is sufh-
cient to produce a deviation from its
proper position.
This of itself would be of compar-
atively small moment if the organs
contained within tho trunk were not
affected by any considerable change
from its proper upright position A
lateral curvature cannot exist without
a shortening of the trunk. just as a
bow when bent measures less from
tip to tip than when it is unstrung-
This shortening in turn necessarily
implies a crowding together of the or
gans contained within the trunk.
Constitutional weakness naturally
tends to make lateral curvature of the
spine more readily acquired. OF spe-
cific disorders which produce the same
effect, ricketts, is perhaps the chief.
With the knowledge that lateral de-
Walton is thus easily caused. it is not
to be wondered at that causes appar-
emily very slight are frequently the
only ones discoverable to account for
certain of the many cases coming I'M
der the physicians notice. A baby
can scarcely support its back before
it is three or four months old. Yet
the proud nurse or mother not infre-
quently sets it erect, or carries it on
her arm without proper support, at
a much earlier age.
Children who go to school at six or
seven years of age are often compelled
to sit on a badly shaped bench, some
times with no SUPPORT for the back
during school hours. The muscles be-
come tired and the child leans to one
side, usually to the right.
A narrow space between tie seat
and the desk obliges the child to push
between them, so that. in girls partic-
ularly a drag is exerted on one shout
der; or the skirts form an uneven
cushion, fitting the spinal column out
of the perpendicular. Even in grown
men and women occupations requiring
a one-sided muscular action affect the
vertebrae and therefore the shape OF
the spine In children the much softer
bones are still more readily affected.
Parents may therefore be pardoneo
if they insist on abundance of room
and considerable lack of restraint fol
young children in the schoolroom.
Teachers have frequently to take the
initiative in matters of school hygiene
especially when their pupils are from
homes in crowded. unsanitary city
tenementS.
Lateral curvature is rarely congeni
tai. 1t is in most cases preventable
and cases taken in hand early are usu
ally checked by strict observance o
hygienic measures.
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A BRAHMIN WEDDING,
Elaborate Ceremonies That Spread Oven
Week.

Elaborate Ceremonies That Spread Over
Week.
Oriental marriage ceremonies are the
most elaborate, and those of
Brahmin wedding, spread over the
greater part of week, are probably
the most complicated. All the Hindoo
gods are invited, and on the first day
the pair sit under an alcove or canopy,
with their faces turned to the east,
while married women wave lighted
camphor to avert the evil eye. On the
second day the bridegroom appears
eager to make pilgrimage to Benares
to wash in the sacred waters of the
Gauges. His future father-in-law, after
much entreaty, persuades the would
be pilgrim to give up the idea, and the
priests profess readiness to accept the
will for the deed, at the same time ac-
cepting gift of IA flags, by which the
bridegroom symbolizes his purity of
freedom from sin. A thread is then
tied on the mans right wrist and the
woman's left to show that they are
united for life. The father-in-law now
feigns to behold in the bridegroom the
great god Vishnu himself, and makes
an Offering to him. linen water is
poured over the two, and the tall" a
jewel set in gold, is tied ON the brides
neck, while sandal paste, perfumes
and flowers are offered to the guests.
Fire is then brought in and, while
sacrifice is offered to Agni, the couple
walk hand in hand seven times around
it, and so make the "seven steps'-a
symbol of everlasting friendship. The
next day the astrologer points out the
star Arundhati to impress upon the
pair the duty of faithfulness- Then
they eat together and. having sprin-
| killed. each other with rice, final bridal
| procession takes place at night, when
| friends and relatives again avert the
| evil eye by the ceremony of Arati, or
| waving a lamp over the heads of the
| newly wed.-Utica Globe.
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Albert Payson Terhune might be de-
scribed as an athlete tied to desk
He was a fence, boxer, weight-thrower
and sprinter In college; crossed the
Syrian desert on horseback, afterward
living among the Bedouin tribes and
preparing material for his book, Syria
from the Saddle" "On my return to
America he writes, 81 got a. job as
reporter, working my way up, mainly
through luck, to the post of subeditor
and special writer. Mr. Terhune once
proposed to box three rounds apiece
with the six foremost heavyweight
prizefighters in the world (Jeffries,
Corbett, Sharkey, Mccoy, Rubin and
Fitzsimmons), and write up his expe-
riences with them in a series of arti-
cles for his newspaper. The articles
made a hit He is also a contributor
of humorous articles to various period
icals- His latest literary venture was
a novel written in collaboration with
his mother, Marian Harland Terhune.
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THE OMNIGRAPH-

20 impart in a comparatively short
time a complete knowledge of the
Morse alphabet, has recently been in
troduced by an inventor of New York.
Patents have been applied for. The
Omnigraph, as the instrument is call
ed consists of a Dashboard on which
are secured an ordinary key and
Sounder between which a disk is
mounted. formed on its periphery
with teeth. A spring contact adjacent
to the wheel engages the peripheral
teeth of the disk. Although irregular
the arrangement of the teeth is arbi
trary. For if the disk be rotated by
means of a small crank shaft geared
with the disk shaft, the spring con-
tact is forced outwardly by the teeth
but drops back by its own elasticity,
and thus makes and breaks the cir
cult The experienced telegraph oper-
ator detecting these makes and breaks
at the sounder, recognizes them as the
dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet
A close inspection of the disk would
reveal to him that the teeth are so ar
ranged as to spell the sentence, John
quickly extemporized five tow bags
If the disk be rotated forwardly. this
sentence, thus oddly worded to include
every letter in the alphabet is licked
off at the sounder; if rotated in the
opposite direction the sentence will be
telegraphed backward
The disk is completely under the
control of the students. 1t can be ro-
tated as slowly as desired; or it can
be so rapidly turned that its curious
sentence will be received at the sound
er with a speed that would open the
eyes of a good operator Moreover, tho
message on the disk is transmitted
with distinctness and faultlessness
which the most perfect operator can
never hope to attain At first blush
it might seem that the student simply
learns one sentence forward and back
ward, and that the instrument is a
good teacher only within very narrow
limits But this disk can be partially
rotated forward and backward any
number of times, in any place, 50
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
MRS. RUFFIN.

fused seat at the biennial CONVEX
ton of the National Federation of
Women's Clubs in Milwaukee last year,
has not yet decided whether she will
try again at California next year. The
Northeastern Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs at the closing session
of its convention in Springfield last
week, voted to send Mrs Ruffin again.
She herself. however, did not know
of this action until yesterday.
The matter will require great deal
of thought" said she when asked
about it. Il have other organizations
to consult before taking any action.
The convention is a whole year OH,
and there is plenty of time in which to
decide"
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o. P. AUSTIN.

are owned by the government. The
debt of Australia represents only pub
lie utilities. Great Britains debts
which is $5.06 per capita represents
war and speculations in other coun-
tries Our debt represents war alone.
France has the greatest national
debt in the world, amounting to more
than $500, 900 900. Every man, wom-
an, and child in France pays S6.2S
every year for interest on this debt.
Australasia, with its annual per capita
interest payment of S10.14, is the only
country that surpasses France on this
score. In the United States the per
capita cost of the national debt is only
"A cents annually.
We could purchase all the railroads
IN the country and run them through
the national government and still have
less per capita debt than France or
Great Britain.
Though the debts of the nations are
ten times as great as they were a CEN
fury ago, the increase rests on a fairly
solid basis. The century has expanded
the wealth of the nations fully tenfold,
while the great increase in instru-
ments of exchange probably has pro-
duced a corresponding expansion in
the circulating medium The lower in
terest rates of today also are an i'm
portant element. Most of the national
debts now draw only from 2 to 31a
per cent, while a hundred years ago
the rates were double those figures.
In 1866 the United States was paying
7-3 per cent, where it now pays 2 per
cent, the lowest rate on any national
debt in the world. If all the nations
showed as strong a determination to
pay their obligations as does the
United States there would be no need
of the worlds national Indebtedness.
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back upon the mountain. AS it now
lies, its height exceeds that OF man
standing beside it, and its estimated
weight is thirty tons. Mr.. Manteucci
the geologist, says that the energy OF
the explosion of steam that threw this
huge projectile must have equaled
about 600 900 horse power. When the
masses of partially fluid lava from
which such bombs are formed rise in
the air they rotate. and are thus
caused to assume a more or less glob-
ular shape.
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swEDEN.s SCHOOL GARDENS.

Scientific gardening is taught in the
national schools of Sweden and in the
seminaries for the education of nation
al school teachers. There is school
garden in nearly every rural school
district in the kingdom The garden
is placed near the schoolhouse, and
the children receive practical instruc-
ton in the cultivation of plants, ber-
ries. flowers, herbs and fruits; the
management of hotbeds. greenhouses,
and so forth. The parishes are re-
quired to furnish the necessary ground
for the gardens, and trees and shrubs
are annually given to the children to
be planted at their homes.
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NOTES ON SCIENCE.

An attachment is provided in Swe-
den by which the secrecy of the tele-
phone line is assured. The apparatus
which is rented at moderate rent
indicates whether the telephone oper-
ator is listening to the conversation
or not.
Mr. MarcoDi has a motor carriags
which is equipped with a folding cyl
inder on top of the car and devices fo1
the transmission of wireless tele-
graphic signaling. Motor cars fitted
with this device are to be used in the
forthcoming military maneuvers Of
the British army.
All British battle ships and cruisers
in commission for home stations, and
all vessels being prepared for the Re
serve, Training and Channel squad
rons. are to be fitted, with wireless:
telegraphy apparatus All future bat
tie ships and cruisers sent to the Med
iterranean are also to be so equipped
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
FIRE FROM WASTE PAPER.

The deterioration in the quality of
paper increases the liability of fire
wherever waste paper is accumulated
in any quantity. Most modern paper
is made from wood and other vegeta-
BILE fbres which chemically are not
very different from the component
material of a hayrick. If the waste
paper is stacked in large quantities
and especially if it happens to be a
little damp, heating takes place just
as with a prematurely stacked hay
rick, and spontaneous combustion may
at any time break out in flame, as it
has often been known to do in the
farmyard, and of late years the great
est care and vigilance has been neces-
sary to guard against it,
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Consfrfufions Skipper.

Captain UriaS Rhodes, who COM
mands the yacht Constitution, the new
cup defender, comes from long line
of sailing masters. He is a son of that
famous south shore of Long Island
which has been the cradle of most of
the captains of the cup defenders. His
father, a white old veteran of 70, was
a famous sailor man in his day and
he gave the present Captain his first
lessons in sailing a racing boat Since
he was u years old 'Rias Rhodes has
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practically lived on the water. He first
commanded an oyster schooner. That
was when he was but Is years old.
Later he was the skipper of an excur-
sion yacht. in which capacity his skill
attracted the attention of member of
the New York Yacht club, who gave
Captain Rhodes his first command of
a racing boat He piloted the famous
Lasca to many victories and took it
to Europe in 1894, making the trip
across the Atlantic in fifteen and one
half days. Captain Rhodes Is 40 years
old. in the prime of his strength and
skill
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that the letter to be transmitted can
not possibly be anticipated Thus tho
student learns how to receive a cipher
message, the meaning of which he can
not know.
When sufficient proficiency has been
obtained in receiving messages from
the sounder, the student can learn to
transmit messages in the regular
method by means of the key which
forms part of the apparatus.
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Anf-Amerfcon Ne.gsooeers.

A bombshell will be thrown into the
office of several metropolitan newspa-
pers in December when a certain SEN
ator of the United States introduces a
resolution asking for an inquiry into
the ownership of certain newspapers
that are advocating anti-American
ideas in this country. 1t will be
charged that fifteen of the leading pa
pers are owned abroad and a remedy
will be sought 1t is quite likely that
no further remedy than a thorough ex-
posture of the black sheep viii, he ae-
snnxary-Journalist-
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Current Topics
Gbe eyorld'r WofionoI Debris.

A comparative study of the debts of
all nations, contributed to the August
North American Review by O. P Aus
tin, shows that the national debts of
the world now aggregate S31 500, 000,-
900, or ten times the sum owed by the
nations a century ago. The major
part of this startling increase has been
incurred in the last half century. Wars
and the maintenance of great armies
and navies have been chiefly response
be for this increase, but in some cases
the debts represent investments in
railways and other public utilities.
Germany owns most of its railways.
Two-thirds of the railways of Russia
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SO rapid that three photographs had
to be made within six seconds In the
larval form, called the nymph. the
dragon fly lives at the bottom of ponds
and streams, but as the metamorpho-
sis approaches. it climbs up the stem
of a plant hooks its feet fast, and
awaits the inevitable change.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

LII oALCo a SCI 1Co O-
photographs which
S b o w e d every
stage of the pro-
cess of metamor-
phosis by which
the dragon fly
emerges from the
form of the nymph
and which in this
particular case oc-
cupied six hours.
But at one period
the emergence was
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SAYINGS and DOINdS
wM rrue 10 Lorf Couse.

Judge William Cecil Price, United
States treasurer under President Blu
chanan. died in Chicago last week at
the age of Sc years Judge Price had
lived with his daughter for the last
three years, going to Chicago from
Springfield, Mo-, where he had prac-
ticed~ law after the war. Before the
war Judge Price was prominent in ma
tional affairs. He refused to continue
in Office when President Lincoln was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

OIL the volcanic
bombs hurled sky
ward, and the larg-
est one observed,
attained an eleva-
ton of a third of a
mile and then fell
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Goes TO Education,

Mary Carroll of Boston, whose faith
er, who when he died, left the income
of the estate, valued at about $500 900,
to her for life and then to the Uni
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NOTES ON SCIENCE
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.

Curvature of the Spine. It's Causes and
Symptoms An Instruments Which
Supplies Instruction In TeleEraphy-
Photographing Dragon-Ely
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

How is it that "a bad beginning
makes a good ending" when it is 9
I'd" that ends them both?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

No man is strong who Is unable to
conquer himself.
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At a recent meeting of the Royal
Microscopical Society Mr.. Enoch ex-
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Unsupported love can't kill a maj
who has a healthy liver.
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ONE OF vEsUvIUs' BOMBS.

During an explosion in the crater o
Mount Vesuvius on May 9, 1900. on
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Healed BY q Pardon.

Some time ago Judson Arkell who
had been convicted of embezzling
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THE oMNIGRAPH.

An instrument which is designed to
simplify instruction in telegraphy. and
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versity of Virginia, has arranged that
the income of the entire estate, less
s., 900 reserved for herself. shall be
transferred to the University of. vir-
ginia after April 1, 1902.
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Mrs. RufeTn Uncertain.

Mrs. Josephine st. Pierre Ruff1n, the
Boston colored woman who was re-