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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

Walking-one of the most popular
and beneficial exercises-is well dis
cussed in Good Housekeeping:
Very stout or slouchy people allow
the abdomen to lead" Brain work
ers, worriers. al nervous and physi-
calIy uncultivated people, let their
heads lead; the head is further ad-
vanced than any other part of the per-
son. Dyspeptics whose thoughts are
centered on their stomachs, often I'M
consciously lead with the waist line
just over the offending organ Oc-
casionally a weak-willed person per-
mits the knees to lead. When thin,
bad walker moves rapidly, there often
seems to be a race between nose and
knees, and you watch to see which
Will arrive at the goal first.
When a young womans skirt and
young mans trousers show bullying
shape over the knees. their owners
are leading sedentary lives or have
never learned to walk correctly. This
part of the lower limbs should be kept
straight, and the ball of the foot, not
the heel, should touch the ground
first. When the head is bent for long
hours over sewing machine or ledger
or onion bed, it is not an easy matter
to pull it back to its proper position
and make it stay there, and it seems
so much more easy and comfortable
to let the chest sink than to hold it
up to its right place; but the demands
of health and beauty are Identical in
the matter of a head held easily, not
realistically, back, and a chest kept
in the highest and most advanced
position.
1t is a striking tact that this atti-
tude of head and chest is expressive,
not only of health and grace, but of
the finer mental qualities. The en-
barrassed boy drops his head; if he
would hold his head up, his nervous
ness would disappear. The shy girl
thinks that every one in the room is
looking at her, and her chest sinks;
but if she would hold it up-assume
the attitude of courage, though she
have 1t not--she wouldn't care wheth-
er they looked or not. The self-con-
scious person who knows he is stiff
and awkward, and who knows that
his stiffness and awlwardness are the
direct results of his seif-conscious-
ness, should imagine that strong
string is attached to the upper part
of his chest and held by an invisible
hand above him. All he has to do is
to let his body depend from that
string and keep his head well back of
1t, and his mind and body will alike
become easy and free. The most
graceful walker 1 ever knew told me
that she habitually walked by the aid
of this invisible cord.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

1t was pronounced to be dodder. There
is one variety of this plant that thrtves
on clover. The little plants Irvine
about the clover plant and kill it
They resemble tangles of yellow fibers
without leaves or conspicuous bios
SONS. Some seed of dodder has been
at times introduced into the fields OF
clover in the clover seed. In such
case they always prove to be a great
nuisance. They should be exterml
mated ruthlessly, but we as yet know
little about exterminating this plant
when it attacks a field numerously.-
Farmers Review
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
The Use of the Potato.

According to statistics cited by Wal
dron in the Revue pour Tous, the DO
tato is more largely used in Europe
than any other food substance, the
average amount annually eaten per
capita being as follows IN the differ
ent countries named: England. 242
pounds; Austria, 662 pounds; France,
697 pounds; Norway and Sweden, 7S9
pounds; Germany. 1928 pounds; Ire
land. 1854 pounds The per diem con-
sumption for England is eleven ounces
per day. and Ireland, three and three
fourths pound. or nearly six times a.
much.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Back at Work Again.

Buffalo, N. Y. May 22nd.-(Spe-
ciaD-Crippled by Kidney Disease till
he could not stand on his feet for the
hours required at his trade, F. X.
Mclean, 80 East Ferry ST., this city.
had to quit work entirely. Now he's
back at work again and he does not
hesitate to give the credit to Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Eyes," Mr.. Mclean says 'T was too
bad. had to quit. could not stand
on my feet for the necessary hours.
1t was Kidney Disease l had, and
friend advised me to try Dodd's Kid
Eey Pills. I did SO and after using
six boxes am completely cured and
am working as steadily as before
was sick l recommend Dodd's Pills
to any one afflicted with Kidney trcu-
BILE"
There is no form of Kidney Disease
podd's Kidney Pills will not cure
They always cure Bright's Disease.
the most most advanced and deadly
stage of Kidney Disease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Tooth Brushes.

DR.. s. H. Arnold gives some interest
ing facts and good advice in regard
to that daily friend. the tooth brush:
Nearly all brushes are made from
bristles taken from the wild hogs of
Russia or China. The handles are
common beef bones. They are made
mostly in Japan. France, England and
Germany, and by one firm in the
United States Probably English
brushes are the best made and worst
shaped. The French are next in quail
ity, but far ahead in form. Germany
and Japan are generally imitators.
Some of the most expensive English
and French, and all American brushes,
are made in factories under more or
less sanitary conditions, but the cheap
er grades. including all German and
Japanese brushes, are made in the
huts of the peasants. where cattle,
dogs, swine, fowls and humans are
herded in common. The bristles and
bone are given out by the dealer and
taken into the country, where they are
assorted by the aged and young chill
dren and diseased persons, the strong
er members of the family working at
more remunerative employment.
These cheap brushes are often in
the most unsanitary and wretched sur
roundings imaginable, and it is a sig
nificant fact that after being made
they are seldom sterilized before
using.
The English brushes are generally
very much too large to be efficient.
The French are better shaped, but are
apt to be too long of head, making
much waste to the brush, and are too
long of bristle.
A wide brush is not advisable be
cause it limits the movement possibly
longitudinally to the tooth. Long bris-
ties are not the best, because they
bend when the brush is thrust back
between cheek and teeth. and stay
bent till the brush is withdrawn, thus
missing the interproxima1 spaces sc
much in need of cleaning Soft bris
ties become softer when wet, and
utterly fail to enter the spaces at all
If the surface of the bristIes is con
caved longitudinally to fit the labial
curve Of the teeth, then when the
brush is reversed and used on the lin
quail surfaces, only the ends of the
brush engage the teeth; hence, more
teeth are missed than cleaned, and
the user is deceived into thinking he
has cleaned his teeth because he ha.
brushed them
Studying the brush over and what i.
required of it, it would seem that the
brush best adapted to use in the hu
man mouth should have a short, mar
row head, with short, rather stiff bris
ties, trimmed straight longitudinal,
and convex latitudinally, that each lin,
of bristles may come successfully int
use as the brush is rotated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
His Tongue a Trifle Thick.

MIR. Jonsmith-How did you catch
hat awful cold?
Mr.. Tombrown-It is the result, sir.
OF my inability readily to pronounce
barbarous combinations of conso-
nants.
Mr. Jonsmith-Why, how's that?
Mr.. Tombrown-I forgot my latch
key last night and was obliged to ring
the bell when I got home. And be-
cause-I was unable to repeat with in
slant fiuency the ridiculous express
sion, six slim, slick saplings," my
wife refused to unlock the door.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

Every kousekeepvr should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save NOT only time. because It
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains Is Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in Y pound pack
ages. and the price Is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch IL free from all injurious chem
icals- II your grocer tries to sell you
. 12-oz. package II Is because he has
. stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures -16 ozs-" Demand De-
lance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing Defiance never sticks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Items that Count.

There is one important fact that
should be indelibly fixed in the mind
of every thinking. reasoning being.
and that is that any physical derange-
ment, no matter how slight, leaves its
impress on the system, and that the
individual can never be exactly the
same as before. We know this is con.
trary to the opinion generally held, for
we frequently hear the remark made
concerning one who has recently
passed through a slight sickness:
The doctor says he is as sound as q
bell nowi" This is optimism, pure
and simple, on the part of the phys
ician. and it does good by establishing
confidence in the mind of the whilom
patient; but, in reality, It is not So
No disturbance of the normal course
of the functions can pass away and
leave things exactly as they were. a
permanent damage has been inflicted,
and although it is not appreciated at
the time, Nature is rigid bookkeeper.
and these apparently trif1ing debts to
her are duly entered against the indi-
vidual. aud you may rely upon 1t that
sooner or later the bill will be pre-
scented. 1t is the sum total OF thea
minor injuries that become formidne
ble-the accumulation OF these TIFF.
ling arrangements that break down
constitutions ultimately.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
To "The sufferin, Neat"

There was a little woman
In very sorry plight;
For. strange to tell this woman
Disliked to dwell with light.
She closed her blinds up tightly.
Then craped the windows DER,
For fear the blessed sunshine
Would spoil her walls and floor.
This dainty little woman
Grew very pale and thin.
Just like the weak potato sprouts =.
In cellars deep and DIM =
All. silly little woman. p
You have faded out of sight .,
Because you would not let in
The sweetness of Gods light.
Farm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Consumption Can BE Conquered.

The universal interest in the Anti
tuberculosis movement is shown in
every convention held to consider this
work. The discussions are practical.
not theoretical. The audiences ara
popular, not merely professional. The
whole people are intereted.
In a session just closed at Atlanta.
Georgia, many important and interest
ing phases of the prevention and cure
of consumption were considered. DIR.
c. P. Amber gave a concise review Of
the duty of the physician in charge,
to the patient and family. His paper
was enthusiastically received and
adopted as the sense of the League on
this subject.
His points were as follows: First.
tuberculosis is not the fatal disease
commonly believed.
Second-WhiIe communicable it can
be made practically harmless by the
proper course on the part OF the
patient.
Third-The chief cause of the high
mortality is late diagnosis.
Fourth-Late diagnosis is caused
by Indifference of the patient to early
symptoms and carelessuess on the
part of the physician consulted.
Filthy thorough, systematic in
struction of the patient better results
can be accomplished than by medica-
ton.
Sixth-In struction OF patient, fam
lily and friends, ami close observance
on their part Of the rules laid down
will practically rob the disease of its
method and means of extending.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Resortinq to Desperate Remedy.

Agent came to deliver your book
on How to Play the Piano"
Lady-But 1 didn't order any such
book.
Agent consulting his Notebook
Have you a next door neighbor named
Jones?
Lady-Yes; is it for her?
Agent-No, she ordered it for you.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
The Best Banks.

The best banks are those in which
no such defalcation as that of 81 $780,
900 in Milwaukee can be made by the
president without knowledge Of the
directors. The next best banks are
those in which such a defalcation can
be quickly made up for without loss
to depOSitOrS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
With New Vioor.

Our Chief Magistrate, having re-
turned to the locale of the top hat
and the frock coat, will don the regu-
lation attire with all dignity-if with
sigh or two-and will resume the heav-
lest task allotted to a mortal with new
vigor of mind and body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
In RememI

In Remembrance of Cap'n John.
CT see that there is talk of bringing
he body of Pecahontas back from
England to Virginia"
Good. don't doubt that the Smith
family would be glad to contribute a
,icke1 apiece to help the project
long."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
A Different Boat.

There goes a broken old hulk, :"
said the police reporter, pointing to a
battered individual who was being led
from the Jail to the court room.
How can you call me that?" asked
the prisoner, turning his head re-
proachfully, when you see that l
am only making my trial trip?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Where the Damage Was.

Il heard you were run into by a troll
ley car, Sam. Is that true?"
ooh, yes, sab, OATS de gospel truf,
sab. De car struck me on de head,
sah."
Couldn't have been much damage
Zone, Sam. You don't look as if you'd
been hurt"
ooh, well, boss yer jist oughter see
de cari"-Ycnkers Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
How He Extrieated Himself.

How He Extricated Himself.
She-Would you have me believe l
am the first girl you ever proposed to?
He-Goodness, no! 1 suppose I've
asked a dozen.
She-And they all refused you?
He-Of course. Every one of
them. knew I was head over heels in
love with you.
She-You dear boyi-Boston Trans
cript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
THE MODERN FARMER.
How He Lives, as Compared With
Fifty Years Ago.

he farming life OF
to-day, as con-
trasted with that
of fifty years ago,
is a paradise OF
comfort and con-
venience. T b g
lonely loghouse,
remote from mar
ket and devoid of
advantages that =
half cycle of time
has made possible,
would scarcely APP
peal to the pres
ent day farmer.
The twentieth
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Arrested for Travelling Too Fast

Church-A man over in Brooklyn
was arrested for falling off a ten-story
building.
Gotham-Was he attempting sui
eide?
mo, he was exceeding the speed
limit"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
The Spenders.

Mrs. Wickwire-If woman were Civ.
en- the credit she deserves, l don't
think man would be quite so promi-
nent in the worlds history.
Mr.. Wickwire Il expect you are
right. If she could get all the credit
she wanted he'd be in the workhouse.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

am sure Pfso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago--MRs. THos. ROBBINS,
Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y. Feb. Ia, 1900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

An Irish philosopher has remarked
that the trouble with mans best
thoughts is that they usually remain
unthunk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
In the Magazine Office.

mo man can understand this
poem," said the Office critic.
"Good!" said the editor. @Give it
first place; our readers haven't had
anything to exercise their minds since
Dur first number! Constitu-
lion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Tainted Title.

before we proceed any further
said the American heiress to the Inn
pecunious duke. Il want to ask you
a leading question"
"a Dozen" quoth the duke, although
he looked a little anxious.
Zone is enough" said the noble girl.
II want to ask you how you got your
tAle-because if it is tainted, I unal-
terably and decisively decline to re-
ceive IT.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Clover Dodder (cuscuta).

Clover Dodder (Cuscuta).
Some readers of the Farmers Re
view may have noticed queer bright
small blossomed plants growing on
other plants. Some of these are the
dodders. Awhile ago lady found one
of these growing on dogwood and
brought it to the writer for analysis
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Qualified.

poor Mrs. De Olde! Her eyesfght
is failing so fast she is of very little
use in society"
ooh, she is in great demand"
what for?"
call the girls want her as chaperon."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Breathing for Strength.

Instead of the above heading
might be written, breathing for life"
For that is really what we do. And
since this fact is so easily demon
strated, 1t is strange that we have
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There Is none
to equal It In quality and quantity. Is
ounces, 10 cents Try it now and save
your money.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
A PhiIanthropist.

Poet-I see you accept one OF my
poems and refused the other?
Editor-Yes; I took one OF them
out of sympathy for you and refused
the other out of sympathy for the
public
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
The Milk Flow.

This is the time OF year when the
farmer must consider the keeping ur
of the milk flow throughout the sum
mer months, for it is now that he must
lay his plans for the planting of crops
that can be fed the cows when the
pastures begin to get dry. From ex'
perience we know that the pastures
begin to fail so gradually that the
farmer does not realize that the proc
ess has begun till there has been q
considerable shrinkage in the milk
supply. The feeder should be pre-
pared to begin the feeding of green
stuff some weeks before the condi-
tons of the pastures would really ne
cessitate. it, that he may make sure
to more than cover the period of de
preston in the food supply.
The extra feed given will really help
the pastures a great deal, as the grass
will be left stronger and more able to
recover itself after the fall rains be
GIN, Here and there is man that has
paid particular attention to providing
enough feed to prevent the shrinkage
in the milk yield and he will bear wit
ness to the fact that the saving to the
pasturage was more than would be
shown by the actual amount of food
saved in the grass, as the grass was
left in a condition strong enough to
continue the vigorous development OF
| the root system.
The continuation of the milk flow
necessitates the feeding of food that
| will not disturb the milk secreting
habit of the COW. If the feeder waits
| till the pastures are very short and
| dry and the milk flow has already de-
creased and then begins to feed corn
/ cfo he will bo f0 nd hot
| the recovery is not so quick as he ex-
| pected it would be. This is due in
part to the inability of the COW to
| quickly adjust herself to new condi-
| lions of feed. Mr.. H. B. Gurler tells
| the writer that whenever he changes
| the feed of his cows from silage to
green corn stalks there is very pro-
nounced falling of in the milk flow.
| The same difference would be noted in
| changing from entire pasture to al
| most entire corn stalks, although the
/ difference would not be easily noted
/ because the dry feed of the pasture
1 would have been supplying for some
/ time less than full ration.
/ In beginning the feeding of corn
i stalks some time before the pasture
i begins to fail, the COW can adapt her
/ self to this new class of food and will
i at NO time show a disturbance OF the
i digestive system The milk flow is a
thing that is easily disturbed, as it is
/ AdJusted largely in connection with
the nervous system of the animal.
Value Of Corn Silage.
A great deal of the value OF
corn silage comes from the fact
that it is succulent- This sue
culence is preserved in the silage and
makes it easily digestible. No amount
of Soaking or adding water to it in
any way can make the dry corn stalk
like the fresh one Nature puts the
water into the stalk in a sort OF com.
bination that it cannot make except
when put in by the help of active and
developing cells When the cells dry
out and become hard, the water can
never again penetrate them, and that
is why water cannot make the dried
stalk fresh again. no matter at what
| &c
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

Many a young man loves an heiress
for himself alone.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

~DysPepsia Tormented Mo for Years. De.
David Kennedy's Favoriee Remedy cured me-" Ars- c.
o. Dougherty, Mvfils, n J. Used 50 year, s1oo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

The worst thing about populority
is what is costs a man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

II cigarette fiends could smell them
selves as others smell them they
might not think so hard of the Indiana
legislators
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

before it produces bark OF CONNER
cia1 value a cork tree must be fifty
years old.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

It is estimated that the number OF
Chinese out of China Is nearly eight
million
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

Even the LATEST man can make good
time when he starts to go wrong.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
A Rough Estimate.

ny daughter, young man, trust you
ully realize the exact value OF the
rize you seek.
Prospective Son-in-law-We1l-
ad not figured it quite SO close as
hat, but I guessed it at about half
nillion.-Chicago Journal
Unreasonable Criticism.
First Heeler-They say we sell our
otes to the highest bidder
Second Heeler-What do they ex-
ect us to do-sen them to the low
st?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

A man for want of thought whistles:
. woman CYCLES for the same reason
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

darkness vas settling down on the
road. the chauffeur blew his horn.
there was . scream that would raise
hair on Horace Greeley's head, the au-
tomobile stopped, and there was q
bundle of dusty old clothes. with IN
old woman done up in them, and We
jumped out and lifted her up. and there
we were, the woman in a faint, the
peasants gathering around us with
scythes and rakes and clubs. demand
Ing our lives The bloody faced wom-
an was taken into home, the crowd
held us. until finally a doctor came.
and after examining the woman said
she might live, but it would be tight
squeeze. We wanted to go or, out we
didn't want to be cut cpen with a
scythe. so finally man, who said he
was the husband of the woman, came
out with gun, dad got down on his