Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-18
For Our Young Readers.

In our issue of May 4th, we made
the following offer to our young
readers:
We will give years subscription to
the WORLD to the school boy or school
girl who first answers all the follow
ing questions correctly without as
sistance from teacher or parent:
What man did without meat, when boy
in order to purchase books?
What three ex-presidents died on the 4th
of July?
eight states?
If the earth turned in an opposite direc-
ton. where would the sun rise?
What Ave presidents were not elected to
that Office by the peopleI
Why cannot the owl see in the daylight?
Is one thousand and sixteen hundred a
number?
Which is correct y and are l. or y and
2 is Az
Does the sun really rise and set each day?
What was the price of negro when first
sold in Virginia.?
What animal has eyes on the top of its
head?
Can you move your upper jaw?
Who discovered the circulation of the
blood?
What was found in Roger Williams
How many pounds in ton of goldY
What caused the death of King Phillips
little son?
Which way does the seed point in the APP
Which way does the bean stock wind in
What has always been considered the
Lost Colony of American?
Who signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence first?
Do rocks grow?
We have been much gratified by re-
ceiving answers from several of our
school children to the above queries,
all of which were good and all showed
that much time and research had been
given to the task. The following an
swers are from a girl II years old, and
all will agree with us that they are
remarkably accurate for child, and
would be very good from a person
much older. We give herewith the
answers and the letter accompanying
the same:
ELLIS, KANSAS. May 8, 1895.
Editor Wa-Keeney WORLD, wa-Keeney,
Kansas.
DEAR SIR: | send you the following
answers to the questions published in
the WORLD of May 4th. have found
them without assistance from teacher
or parent. / have looked in ten his
tories to find the answer to the tenth
question. l found that the first ne
gro slaves, twenty in number, were
brought to Virginia in Dutch trad
ing ship, but the price was not given.
If you do not publish the correct an
swers in the WORLD please send me a
| list of them.
Yours truly,
ELSIE S. TAYLOR.
l. The man who did without meat when
boy in order to purchase books was Benja-
min Franklin.
2. The three ex-presidents who died on
the 4th of July were John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson and James Monroe.
| 5. Tennessee borders on eight states,
4. If the earth turned in an opposite direc-
ton, the sun would rise in the west.
5. The five presidents who were not elect
ed to that office by the people were John
Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Willard Fill
more, Andrew Johnson and G. A. Arthur.
6. The owl cannot see in the daylight be-
cause the iris of the eye cannot be contracted
eye is so convex and stands so far out of its
head, that it tai eS in too many rays of the
sun and is daZZled.
Z. One thousand and sixteen hundred is
5. ..2 and 2 are A. is correct.
g.. The sun does not really rise and set
each day.
! 10.
II. The hippopotamus has eyes on the top
! of it's head.
IL. You cannot move your upper jaw.
| ID. William Harvey discovered the circu-
lation of the blood.
| IA. The roots of apple in the shape of
! a human body.
| Is. There are 243O SO lbs. in ton of gold.
IS. King Phillips son was sold as slave
and whipped TO death.
| II. The compass was supposed to be in
vented by the Chinese. The first mention of
the use of the magnetic needle in Europe oc-
ours in 1870. The needle was floating on cork
| nese travellers. By the end of the Fifteenth
century the compass was known to most Eu-
rOpean sailors.
Is. The seed in the apple points up to the
stem.
10. The bean winds from left to right.
20. The colony built on Roanoke island by
Sir Walter Raleigh and governed by John
Whyte has always been considered the Lost
colony of America.
Il. John Hancock signed the Declaration
of independence first.
q. Rocks grow.
ELSIE S. TAYLOR,
Silver Lake School, Glencoe Twp,
Trego County, Kansas.
Mrs. Jessie Taylor, Teacher.
STATE IRRIGATION BOARD DISCUSSING