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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
A Cats Long Journey.

A family once left Swanley, Kent,
and went to Dedham, near Col
chester, Essex, taking with them two
cats. A few days after their arrival
at Dedham one of the cats disappeared
and it was not seen again for six days,
when it turned up at the old home at
Swanley. The distance from Dedham
to Swanley is cbout eighty miles. How
the cat crossed the Thames is a matter
still to be explained. Pussy" be
yond being a good deal thinner, was
none the worse for it's long journey
London Answers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Some odd ResembIances.

Odd resem blances to various OBJ
jects, which can only be regarded as
accidental condolences, are presented
by a number of fungi, says the Rev.
A. S. Wilson in knowledge. There is
the Jew's-ear fungus, which grows on
stumps of the elder, and is so named
from its unmistakable likeness to a
human ear. The coasters are curious
ly like star-fish; aserbe has an ex-
traordinary resemblance both in form
and color to a sea anemone; equally
remarkable is the likeness to a bird s
nest seen in species of crucibulum,
cyathus and nidularia- The most OF
these are too small to impose on one;
the resemblance is singularly exact,
and a large specimen might almost
pass for the nest of some small bird
the eggs being admirably represented
by the little oval fruits of the fungus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
The Coolest of Eakirs.

Describing the Simsbury Connect
cut) fair, the Hartford Courant says
the fakirs were many, and their de-
vices to catch the unwary were varied
but one fellow outdid the rest, and
did the crowd handsomely His only
apparatus was an unblushing cheek
and a nimble tongle- His style was
much like this: Now, who will give
me dollar? What! No one will give
me a dollar? All, thank you, 1 have
one. Now, who will give me the next
dollar?" and so it went on for few
minutes, the crowd which gathered
being anxious to see what new scheme
no had up his sleeve After he had
gathered in twenty-seven dollars. and
the crowd began to look pretty well
squeezed, he said. Well now, gen
tlemen, you deliberately give me this
money II do what / please with it?
an buy present for my wife or
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

but very difficult, and sometimes Inn
possible, to tell it during the night,
and for this reason suggestion wh1cn
has been made in a foreign scientihc
journal is of interest The first OF the
two accompanying pictures snow
clock as it appears at night and the
second picture shows the CLOCK as IL
should appear. In the first picture the
figures showing the hours are very
faint and the two hands are quite In
distinct. In the second picture no
figures are visible, and there is only
one hand, but, as will be seen, the
claim is made that a dial of this kind
will indicate the time correctly and
clearly, even on the darkest night.
Many public clocks are now illuminat-
ed, but experience shows that such
illumination does not tend to make
them as clearly visible as they should
be, partly owing to the shadow of the
heavy framework. A French scientist
suggests as an improvement, first,
that the dial shall be darkened at
night; second, that the hour hand
shall be brilliantly lighted with white
or green light, and, third, that each
hour shall be marked by a luminous
red point, instead of by the hour hand.
He also says that the present vertical
position of public clocks is utterly
erroneous, and that they ought to be
inclined downward, as they could then
be seen much more easily. Finally,
he points out that only few changes
are necessary to bring about this i'm
provement, and that it is ridiculous in
our age to have in our cities costly
clocks which the of very little use ex-
cept during the hours of the day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
ced I.ems from Everywhere.

The temperature of swallows
body is extraordinarily high, no less
than I12 Fahrenheit.
Herr Nou OF Berlengen in Germany
has made a clock warranted to go
5000 years without winding
Garfsh, sunfis1, basking sharks and
dolphins all have the habit of swim
ming with their eyes above the sur
face of the water
In a recent test a quarter-inch bar
OF steel did not break till 1892 pcunds
we're put upon it, but a bar of iron at
the same diameter bore 4,504 pounds
only.
The gulf stream is 200 fathoms deep
off Cape Florida. Near Cape Hatteras
the depth is only half as great, the
stream appearing to have run uphill.
with an ascent of ten inches to she
mile
The most valuable statue in the
world is that of the gcd Diabutsu. in
Yokohama. Japan, 1t is sixty-three
and one-half feet high, weighs $50 tons
and contains 500 pounds weight of
pure gold
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

like to claim too much, yet l must
tell you that only yesterday 1 got =
letter from one pupil now living In
San Francisco. 1t is card. She is
married. And to-day when one of my
pupils came-she had been here three
times a week for six months MOTTO
ed on her finger a new solitaire. or
course I do not ask her-I guess that
she is engaged. Has not the brighter
eyes, the clearer skin and added grace
that fencing gives had a share in
this?
There was Miss Lillian Russell.
She had grown to such a size that the
critics of the theater were casting sly
jokes at her. She comes to me. Take
it off, she says, and a season of fenc-
ing reduced her thirty-two pounds.
When she goes back to the stage all
the young and the old, the near and
the dear say, My. she is a young girl
again. 1t is fencing that does it.
zone must not give up the hearty
dinner or the little supper after thea
ter if one will try the foils two or
three times a week.
mo other kind of physical exercise
offers at one time SO many advan-
tages. 1t keys every part Of the
human mechanism, legs, arms, hands,
every muscle, the internal organs and
senses, all work tremendously. Each
is a factor in the fencer.
Il have ITO pupils in fencing and
only twenty of them are men. The
benefits of the exercise are now real
lied by the women of New York who
need exercise for itself or for the Inn
provement of a weakened constitu-
ton. By the activity of the exercise
fat women reduce themselves, while
the healthy development of a thin wo-
man brings flesh to her bones"
Fencing masters are now in great
demand at the physical development
schools patronized by women in So
ciety. A well-developed and healthy
interest in fencing is shown among
men also. Large classes are conduct
ed at the New York Athletic club and
the Fencers' club in Fifth Avenue
and at the numerous private schools.
Fencing may be traced back in
vague way to the time when adver-
saries armed with sword in mortal
combat trusted more to strength, agil-
ity and a quick eye than to any estab-
lished- principles of attack and de-
Tense. 1t took many generations be-
fore practical men sifted experience
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

j fectua1 protector of the body, the
knight knew little of the modern ART
of fencing. Combats between men
mounted on horses were determined
often by the strength of their armori
and secondarily by their material
strength.
In those days the lower classes were
barred from Journeys and feats OF
arms, but in their private schools
burghers sought proficiency with the
sword. With the discarding of armor
the superiority of the point was seen
and there the art of fencing properly
began.
Then a sword, lighter and stronger
than the one formerly used, came into
vogue. The weapon was easy to man
age and well suited to the custom of
going afoot, as many gentlemen of the
cloak then travelled. The devising of
cunning thrusts and strokes began at
that time 1t was usual, too, to en-
ploy a dagger as an auxiliary to the
sword, so that fencing methods were
necessarily different.
Later, the dagger fell into disuse,
and the court sword came into fashion
as a part of the apparel of all gentle
men. At about this time two schools
schools, were formed in Europe and
these two styles survive to-day.
1.-The French style, which had the
advantage of royal protection, is &C
cepted to-day as the better of the two
schools said the fencing master.
surely 1, Ricardo Manrique, would
teach no other. AS an exercise it is
more beneficial tnan the Italian meth
cd, which requires stiff arm and a
tense grasp of the foil"
Let the Italian have his circular
f1ourishes, which waste energy and
give his opponent signal before each
thrust. The French style, using the
shortest route for each thrust, keeping
a supple arm, wrist and fingers, is fal
superior. 1t has been demonstrated
again and again.
Not long ago the Italian champion
challenged the French champion to q
duel to prove that his style was wrong
and he a fakir. The Italian was
wounded in his sword arm. The
Frenchman made manifest the super
iority of his school.
1t is the French school that is
taught generally in the New York
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
The Street.

II time should lag and pleasure pail
And life seem dull and incomplete,
With open eyes and ears and heart,
Just stroll along some city street,
A thousand interests, you'll find
Are lying at your very feet
Life-s comedies and tragedies
Enacted on the crowded street
In drama, with a smile or tear
OF ready sympathy, you greet
The very scenes that every day
Are passed unheeded in the street.
And characters which, true to life,
Afford in books the greatest treat,
Are but the prototype of those
Who pass you hourly on the street.
All human joys and sorrows touch,
All races sects, and classes meet
And mingle in a common world,
On that great middle ground. the
street.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
FIGURES LONDON TRAFFIC.
Enormous Number of Passengers Who
Uso Conveyances.

Enormous Number of Passengers Who
Uso Conveyances.
The immensely of London traffic is
curiously illustrated by an article
which appears in a recent issue of the
Light Railway and Tramway Journal.
1t is stated that the number of SUBJ
London daily is no fewer than 7,475.
of which 1900 belong to the Great
Eastern.
The passengers they carry is esti-
mated at about 1000, 900, and the
statistician who is responsible for the
article proves by calculations which
appear to be perfectly plausible that
over 607 100000 passengers have to
be carried per annum-
are carried by cabs, 10000, GOO by pri-
vate vehicles, and an equal number
by Thames steamboats, and the grand
total of passengers carried annually
is 1900, 000, 900.
Such figures are possibly not quite
accurate, but they are sufficiently near
to give an idea of the immense traffic
that has to be dealt with in London
Often enough we grumble about
the condition of the streets, and the
difficulty experienced in getting from
place to place. but, considering the I'M
paralleled concourse of people that
have been brought together in the
capital of Great Britain, the greatest
wonder is that locomotion should be
possible at all
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Nowhere is to be found more POM
pous or a more awe-inspiring person
than the headsman, who plays in India
the role which the official hangsman
plays in a European city. His deadly
work he performs with great skill, and
in his bearing there is a certain dig
nifty which is never seen in Euro
Dean hangman. Moreover, while in
Europe, the populace regards hang
man with a feeling which is partly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Fencing Aids Women
to Retain Their Youth
New York Master Of the Sword Tells of the Advantages
Be Derived from Constant Use of the Foils-
The Beginning of the Art

ct makes the woman beautiful" the
fencing master was saying as he fast
ened the top button of his white
jacket. 1T is like the medicine of
the advertisement. 1t makes the fat
lean and puts flesh on the thin ones.
The American woman finds that it is
not a fad, but the most beneficial
form of exercise.
Have l married off many of my
pupils? What question. / do not
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

schools. The women seem to prefer il
to the Italian style.
Among the men who have taken ur
fencing the number of doctors is note
worthy. They agree that it is an ex
ercise bringing all the muscles into
play and yet not exhausting or neces
sarily violent, like horseback riding
and many of them recommend it to
their women patients whose nervous
organizations need toning up.-New
York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

contempt and partly horror, the peo-
pie of India respect and fear the pub
lie executioner, and never seem to
think that he has lowered himself in
the social scale by accepting the Office
of headsman. On festive occasions,
and when arrayed in his robes of Of
flee, the executioner is decidedly a
picturesque figure, and altogether diff
ferent from the somber and grim
hangman of Europe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Cleveland surgeon announces, as
though it were a thing to be proud
Of, that he kept dog alive ten hours
after cutting its head off. What
a grand, ennobling, humanizing thing
is vivisection!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Paws Hioh Price for Beauty.

A well-known English woman pays
$4,000 a year to be made beautiful.
Her treatment lasts from six to seven
hours every day. She is kept in q
bath for one hour, and a dark room
for four, and for the remainder is
bandaged from head to foot in chemi-
cal preparatiOcJ
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Michigan man who is rich went
crazy the other day and started In to
eat up his money. Pity the sorrows or
the man who has it and knows he
can't take it with him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

''The fact that there seems to be
nothing between Sue and young Jack
son. said Pater to Mater, after a
glance into the dimly-ighted parlor.
only confirms my suspicion that they
are either engaged or ought to be-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

President Wilson of Princeton OPP
poses mass play in football. How
about the mass play in business, on
which we remember having heard one
or two criticisms?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Minnesota man committed suicide
a few days ago because he was home
ly. He should have gone to Massa-
cnusetts There are. women down
there who don't mind a little thing
like that.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Kansas City man left home
week ago with $165 in his pocket, for
the purpose of buying a drink. He
has not yet returned and it is believed
that he succeeded in his purpose at
least once.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Regarding the New York woman
who has just sued a friend for $4,000
damages for alternating her dogs af-
fections, we will contribute the pow
der and shot if some one else will
furnish the gun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Carnegie's life motto, Thine own
reproach alone do fear" must be con.
sidered excellent. 1t is the ruling
principle with a good many trust mag
mates and they get along wonderfully
well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Bottled grape juice is the latest sure
kill for the typhoid germ. Gradually
but surely we are getting back to the
old '.bug juice" remedy which our
forefathers applied to all ailments.
including snake bites.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A bill has been introduced in the
Missouri legislature prohibiting the
playing of football. Now watch what
the rush line will do with this wonder
full measure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A captious contemporary complains
that "Kocian is bowlegged." Well,
would he fiddle any better if he were
knock-kneed?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Uncle Russell Sage's unexpected
call upon his office employees who
thought he was i'll proves that the
ancient millionaire is something of a
humorist in a quiet way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Hand-to-Hand Fight with Bear.

FIdno-to-Hdno f'9nI with Bear.
The other day, while George Ander-
son was walking back to flag any
trains that might be following the one
he was with, on the South Fork branch
of the Pennsylvania railroad near
Scalp Level, Altoona, Pa, he heard
some one walking along behind hin.
Thinking it was a tramp, who was
about to hold him up, he turned sud-
denly to find himself confronted by a
black bear walking with its hind legs
and with its paws outstretched to grab
him. Desperate from fright, he
brought his brake pin into play, knock
ing bruin down. He then pounded the
PROSTATE brute into a state of coma,
after which he cut it's throat. Sum-
moning the ether members of the crew
he carried the carcass to the train
and took it to Altoona. The bear
weighed $50 pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Oldest Version.

This is a facsimile of a passage
gospels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

smoke it up? Yes?" and the crowd
nodded assent or remained silent
while the fakir damned the twenty
seven dollars into his pocket, saying:
Thank you, gentlemen; 1 will be here
at nine o'clock in the morning." Per-
-haps he was.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

King Edwards daughter is in love
with Joseph Chamberlain's son, but
can't marry him because of the social
gulf between them. Edward might
help by making joey duke.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Jersey City merchant. after exper
imentiug with hypnotism. Christian
Science and the faith cure, announces
that he can once more think in
straight line" The phrase should live.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Prof Delitzsch of Berlin says that
Moses was a plagiarist. Would that
we had more of this quality of plagiar.
ism nowadays.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A Chicago ordinance forbids BARRIERS
talking while at work. There are not
enough soldiers in Illinois to enforce
this law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Constabzulary Inspector Fletcher,
who killed eleven bolomen that at
tackled him, is the sort of man to es-
tablish permanent peace in the Phil
ippines.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

When the wireless telephone comes
elong the belated husband will have
fine time lodging. He will be forced
to dig a hole in the ground or quit
the earth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Queer Method of Suicide.

"A man once cut his throat with the
picture of mis- mother" is the comment
of Rclacd B. Mo.iEeuX on the reason
for one of the regulations in the
death house at Sing Sing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

J. Hickory Wood is the name of one
of the playwriGhts. We can't under
stand why he should cling to the j.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Toledo, Ohio, is Dragging OF quad
ruplets born in that city last Satur-
day. Now, Chicagoi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

More than 66,O00,OOO germs inhabit
a single adult oyster. They're bit
small, but they seem to be mighty
good to eat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Does Jenkin Lloyd Jones want this
nation made completely dyspeDtic?
His demand for young women WHO
can make pie and cake IS alarn'ng
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Boston's transcendental philosophy
has withstood the strain of coal short
age, but a threatened bean famine is
too much for its esoteric equanimity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

When a man goes crazy for love the
girl can avoid trouble only by moving
away and leaving no address.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

The Atchison Globe says the chatting
dish is only e frying pan that has
broken into society.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

The trunkmakers have formed a
trust, thus Tightening the grip of the
octopus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Venezuela is a small turnip out OF
which everybody seems to want blood.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Clocks Visible at Night.

It is easy to tell the time on the
average public clock during the day,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-14
JOHNSTON.

The event of tho week, WAS the
Husbands banquet" given by "New
Century Club" on Friday evening last
Thursday afternoon Il committee of
bright, happy women assembled in
the Stevens and Ethredge hall and
began the transformation. Quite Il
number of buggies and carriages, paper,
trash and boEeX looked pandemouiunI
at casual glance; however, in !; very
short while the vehicles occupied one
third of the space and were hidden
from view by long crimson curtain.
This left quite large space separated
BY pillars. Beyond the.pilIarT was 4
table arranged Tor sixty two guests.
On Friday afternoon The work proper
began, AID rapidly and in perfect lar"
mOny the decorating and arranging
continued until cries OF satisfied ad-
nlration could be heard from ali.
Brilliant lamps from above show d u
loaded table. Crystal glasses spark
ing with pure water giSteGcd a sixty
two plates piled with ham. turkey. pn-
cato and chicken salad, picAl", bread
and beaten biscuit, while fruits and
confecion IN abundanc" apr" arcd It
various places. Ali OF this was nadr
heautilui by pot plants, and Vas = Of
lovely flowers. -Four charming girls
we're selected t. serve ice cream. AM:
cake. and coffee. III the head 9! th..
stairs to the right, WAS arranged lI!e
reception rn0nt. Art S'i:a-,& &ni:
handsome rugs cuycrcd he floor,
leather and velvet couyhes rrS:I,i
temptingly against The wall. Tie
pillars were covered with the cub
colors and the spaces b tween Nrr"
iiIled with curtains and screens.
MesSrS. Stevens Il EihCredSe's hand
some blggy rCbes ~,"c thrown over
piled boxes giving The appc"rana" %,
tapestry. y number oi rXquislicly
lovely pal m 5 Il Il 4 c d To the
home-like appearance. At eight o'clock
Friday even,rg the guests began 10
srrive and were received by Il commit
tee, hats and wraps being carefully ar
nged in buggies and carriages be-
hind the curtain. The admiration cN-
pressed, and amazement depicted Oh
the countenances of the gentlemen al
the beautiful transformation amply
repaid the ladie for their trouble. At
the close Of supper Mrs james White,
with an appropriate quotation follow :
ing each, aur rrlnced the loasts ana the
gentlemen tv respond They were
aWomen's. Clubs" "The New Century
Club" Husbands" jssouthern flen
and Women" These were responded
to respectively by Rev. p. B. Grant
Mr. q. G. Watson, Rev. Mr.. Martin and
Mr.. G. j.. Terrell, ,ali were good, wit and
humor abuLding. Mrs. Lucia Latlmer
read at the close, Dorothy Dix on
"'rhe Womana man would be-" after
this the guests were bidden hearty
good night and soended a delightfully."- y
pleasant evening.