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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
An IIlzxr17i11uf-
ing Mineral

A mineral possessing Illuminating
power has been discovered in Idaho
The people of Boise City are very
much excited over the event Assay
lists have been unable, as yet, to de-
termine what the strange substance
is The discovery was made by
George F. Ayres, a we'll known mining
man of Boise, several weeks ago, in
one of his claims, about sixty miles
from the city. At the time he did
not think much of the matter and
therefore paid no attention to it. The
further he went into the mine, how
ever, the brighter the light became,
until. afr a few feet had been worked,
it was not necessary for him to use
lamp. 1t was then that he took some
of the mineral to Boise, and had it ex-
amined by an assayer-
Terry L. Williams of Boise, who Is
interested with Mr.. Ayres, was in Ia
coma, Wash. recently, and had a piece
of the mineral with him. He will have
an assay of it made and expects that
its true worth will be determined
so far we have not been able to find
any person who is able to tell what
kind of a mineral it is he said, when
exhibiting it, land it is for that pur
pose have brought it here. There is
large body of it at the mine where this
was taken out about sixty miles from
Boise City. Mr.. Ayres, owner of the
mine, found it four weeks ago at a
depth of 300 feet from the surface. He
was running a cross cut tunnel to tap
his ledge at this depth, when he struck
this deposit. At first it attracted his
attention by giving forth dull light.
AS he worked further in the light be-
came brighter, and at the end of three
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~ucceCS

That a man need have neither hands
nor feet to be success in the world
is shown by the career of Michael Jo-
seph Bowling. speaker of the Mime
sofa house of representatives. A ter
rible experience in a blizzard when a
boy brought out the latent possibilities
in the youth as nothing else that could
happen to him might have done Forty
years ago Bowling was born in yell
low Medicine county, Minnesota, the
SON of a poor farmer. EARLY in De-
cember, 1880. as is told by a writer
in the st. Louis Republic hard bliz-
card set in in Yellow Medicine county,
and in a short time provisions were
low 1t was unsafe to venture out OF
doors, and every effort was made to
make the food in the Bowling family
last until the blizzard should have
spent its fury. But the blizzard lasted
for an unusually long period, and it
became necessary to get more food or
starve- The elder Bowling was ILL.,
and the young man started on foot
for the village, three miles distant, to
get provisions. He reached the village
grocery store with less difficulty than
he had expected. and was soon on his
return laden with flour, meal and other
stores. He soon found that the trip
homeward was not as easy as the first
half of his journey, but he plodded
on with head down to protect his face
from the blasts of wind and snow.
Suddenly he discovered that he was
off the road. He tried to find it, but
was unsuccessful. The wind was get
ting colder and colder. He became
more and more bewildered. With
logged determination he trudged on
and on holding his precious bundles
of food nearer to him. In the storm
he could not find a single familiar
landmark. After hours of aimless
wandering night fell, and the farmers
son was still struggling through the
snow.
The next morning dawned bright
and clear. The blizzard had passed
on toward the Great Lakes. Bowling
found himself within a hundred yards
of his own home. But he could not
walk further, and mis- voice could not
be heard five feet away. He sank down
exhausted almost within reach of his
home and gave up all hope of reach
ing it. But his mother saw him fall
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spected, and he was taken into the
house A diet of worms WA furnished
but Mr.. Oriole soon showed a taste
for the things that human beings eat.
and bread, boiled egg asd sugar took
the place of the worma- He developed
a fondness for candy. and that also
was supplied. White he was very
charming, he was <lso very deter
mined little autoerat. He had a way
of waking up his mistress in the morn
ing and demanding his breakfast of
bread and water After he had been
fed he would take an after-breakfast
nap on his mistress pillow. He was
full of fun and enjoyed nothing better
than to get hold CT an 1 tangle his mis-
tress' hair. In consec uence, while the
combing process was going on, this
small, fluffy creature had to be put
out of the room All went well until
the autumn came. But when the rest
of the birds began to get ready for the
winter trip southwark the oriole began
to get restless. One morning he was
seen hopping on the window ledge.
The next instant there was a flash
of yellow-and he had gone back to
his own people and his own ways. His
experiment in civilization was over.
Baltimore Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
Veteran Fish Acts as Decoy.

The fish at the Colorado state hatch
cries are kept in several small pools
in order that they may be separated
according to their kind and cared for
properly. Occasionally it was desired
to clean their pools or make some al
terations to them. This caused a great
deal of trouble for the superintendent.
1t was almost impossible to get all
the fish out of the pools without kill
ing many of them, yet unless the pool
was cleaned ever so often the fish
would die. During Mr.. Hager's super
intendency he has made an especial
pet of one of the largest trout in the
hatcheries- Whenever he fed the fish
this trent was always the first to come
to him, and finally grew so daring that
it would snap at pieces of the liver
which he held in his hand Whenever
he appeared on the walks surrounding
the pool this trout would always come
to him, and as he walked around the
pool it would follow him. The other
fish in the pond learned that the big
trout always got most of the good
things to eat, and consequently there
finally grew a good-sized procession
whenever the big trout assumed the
role of leader. Finally Mr.. Hager had
an inspiration One day when he
wanted to clean the pool which was
the big trout's home. he opened the in
let leading into another pool, and his
procession started by holding out a
handful of ground liver toward the
big trout, which thereupon was will
ling to follow him anywhere. In this
way Mr.. Hager conducted all the fish
into the other pool without the slight
est difficulty, and without losing any
of them. Since then. whenever he has
wished to clean any of the pools. he
has always secured the big trout, and
then, with it for a leader, he has had
no difficulty in getting the rest of the
finny population out of the way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27

This remarkable person, who was
exhibited in Paris at the time of the
exposition, is one of the rare exam
pies of a human being who has been
from birth deprived of his arms and
legs. He was born in France in the
department of Norman Brittany, his
father and mother being in easy cir
cumstances and living upon a small
farm. Both the parents are of good
constitution and physically normal.
There son, now about 25 years of age,
has no apparent trace of arms or legs,
and hence is known by the name of
PHomme Tronc, or trunk man.
Outside of this remarkable peculiar
ty, the rest of the body does not pre-
sent any marked variations from the
normal; the head is somewhat large
in proportion to the body; and the
capillary system is but little developed
and the head shows premature bald
ness. His parents have always taken
great care of him, and he lives in a
normal way (apart from the use of his
memberS), as none of the essential
organs of life are wanting He eats
drinks and digests like another person.
but if left to himselff he would I'M
doubtedly die, as it is impossible for
him to move his body in order to pro-
cure food. 1t may be thought that his
condition would react upon the mind
and that he would be of sad DISPOSE
ton and place but little value upon
existence. On the contrary, he seems
to be satisfied with life. The writer
questioned him upon this point, and
he responded that he was quite con-
tented with his existence. He does
not suffer from want of occupation,
as might be supposed, as he has differ
ent kinds of work to keep him busy
One of his chief occupations is that of
making small tables and chairs and
other objects by mailing together
pieces of wood which have been pre-
yiously cut out for him. He takes a
nail in his mouth. plants it in the wood
and drives it in very adroitly. He can
also thread a needle with his mouth
and can take up glass or metal cup
which is given him to drink without
splitting a drop. He seems to be suffici-
emily intelligent without being par
ticularly so.-Scientific American.
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BY LOSING HIS HANES AND
FEET.

and came to his aid. With her help
he reached the house. 1t was found
that his face. hands, feet and legs
were esadly frozen. A doctor was
sunm1tned and declared it was neces-
sary to amputate the boys hands and
legs. This was done, and barely TWEEN
ty-four hours after he had left home
to go to town he was a helpless Grip
pie One leg was amputated above the
knee, the other above the ankle, his
left arm at the elbow and all the I'm
gers of the right hand. When the
doctors left all that remained of the
boys ten fingers and ten toes was the
stump of one thumb amputated at the
second Joint
Dowling's father was a poor man
and to the young man no future was
apparent but a useless existence, a
burden and an eyesore to all about him.
But worse was in store for him. He
soon became a public charge. The
three commissioners of Yellow Medi-
cine met to decide as to his fate The
close-fsted commissioners made him
sign an agreement not to return to
Yellow Medicine county after being
supplied with artificial limbs and
years schooling. They congratulated
themselves for thus saving the county
the expense of caring for helpless
cripple indefinitely. But Bowling was
determined and ambitious. He got a
good education, became an adept on
artificial limbs, returned to Renville.
a county adjoining the one from
which he had been banished, was elect
ed to a small local public office, work
ed into the ownership of a weekly
newspaper, then appeared in the ses-
sions of the state legislature as clerk
and next became secretary of nation
al political organization. being nomi-
mated to that position as the Frozen
Son of Minnesota" He secured recog-
milton as a man of executive ability
and a good campaigner. He was next
heard of as a newspaper correspondent
in the Philippines. Returning from
the Philippines Bowling reached the
United States in time to attend the
national convention at Philadelphia.
His peaked Philippine hat was one of
the sights of the convention. Later
he became a candidate for the legis-
lature, won easily, and Immediately an
nounced his candidacy for the speak
ershiD.
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A Good xac.tion.

Many of the enjoyments of life may
be considered as merely negative-en-
joyments by contrast Professor Har-
rimore. sorely against his will. and in
compliance with the mandate of his
physician. went away from home for
six weeks vacation did you have
a good timer" asked one of his friends
after his return sSple>-fd." replied
the professor, although / didn't know
it until / came back Then L learned
that my nearest neighbor had occupied
his entire time during the last six
weeks in learning to play thu from
bone--Youth's Companion
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In the beaver Enclosure recently
formed in the national zoo at Wash
ington, there is an outlaw, a beaver
cut off from contact with his fellows
and condemned to live alone. 1t seems
that the beavers increased in numbers
rapidly, and the following year, when
they were all full grown. the rules
and regulations of beaverton were
put in force. 1t was decided that there
was one beaver too many, and. accord
ing to their laws, he must either be-
take himself to some other locality
or submit to an untimely death. Now,
the victim chosen-whether by ballot
or by what other means, who shall
say?-had to leave the colony, and, as
it was impossible for him to get off of
his own accord, death would have been
his lot had he not been saved by his
keeper For a short time he was
kept in a cage until a suitable place
could be made ready, and the place
selected was the Enclosure in which,
says Mr.. Dugmore, l found him lead
ing his lonely life. Being a solitary
bachelor, he had not as yet gone in for
regular housekeeping perhaps he
thinks it scarcely worth while build
ing house until he has a mate AS
it is. he has made a burrow in the
bank, with the entrance at the level of
the water In this he spends his days,
seldom coming out at all before sun
set, and frequently much later. On
leaving Afs background house he in
variably goes directly to the fence cor
ner, where he stands watching his
former companions for as much as
half an hour at time. They, on the
contrary, seldom pay the least atten-
ton to him. From their lodge came
the sound of muffied voices-evidently
they wsre holding an animated CONVEX
sation in beaver language. It.is a
strange sounding language, like mix
ture of subdued children's voices and
the crying of a very young puppy.
Whether or not our beaver understood
the drift of their discussion would be
difficult to say. but certain it is that he
seemed to be very much interested
by it all.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
OIL THAT Rule. tn. waves.

So much has been heard of recent
years respecting the use of oil for
shilling the waves. that it is interest
ing to note that Pliny speaks in his
natural history $50 A ID of the good
effect of pouring oil upon troubled
waters More than eleven centuries
ago the venerable Bede tells of priest
sent into Kent to fetch King Edwin's
daughter, who was TO marry King Os-
warra- He visited the bishop to get
his blessing, and was told that the
journey would be stormy, but that a
pot of oil which was given him would
still the tempest When the storm
came the priest used the pot of oil
the bishop had given AMI 10, the tenn
pest was stilled- Many lives might
have been saved by a like precautien
on the occasion OF the recent disas-
trous gales.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
the For.akeu Graveyard.

No costly granite marks the graves,
No fresh-cut flowers grace,
No new-made footprints in the clay
To tell a welI-loved place;
Only a few old tottering stones,
Grown weary with the years,
With faded letters worn and dim,
But more with rain than tears
Across a grave with sunken breast
A timid wild rose creeps;
Who knows but meath its perfumed
leaves
A plying heart it keeps?
Sometimes wild bird rests upon
A crumbling rock and sings;
Who knows but from plying heart
That tender note he brings?
Here lies a grave so short and small,
'Twould touch a mothers heart;
Within some breast at some sweet time
1t held a larger part
And here around faded name
Are green and clinging vines;
Who knows with what plying touch
The tender ivy twines?
And here's a long and narrow grave,
With naught to mark the place
Except a blue forget-me-not
That lifts its dainty face;
But who can say it blooms less fair
Upon the pauper's bed
Than where yon tottering stone is seen
Above his neighbours head?
The wind blows sadly through the
pines;
Alone, it seems to sigh,
Forgotten, whisper low the leaves
That rustic softly by
But ah, we do not need to lie
Beneath a stone to be
Forgotten and alone; perhaps
They live in memory
Boston Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
GREATEST IN THE WORLD.
Railroad bridge at Pfttsburs Is = Now
city of Its Kind.

Railroad bridge at Pittsburs Is = Nov
city of Its Kind.
The greatest steel structure in the
world, SO far as railroad work is con-
cerned, is just about completed in
Pennsylvania 1t is the wonderful
bridge of the Erie railroad across the
Kinzua valley in Mclean county The
original bridge was a marvel and was
considered one of the wonders of the
new world The old abutments are
used to support the new structure
This original structure was found to
be too weak for the modern heavy en-
glnes and cars of the Erie railroad, and
last May traffic on this branch was
suspended 1t extends from Carrollton,
on the main line, to Johnsonburg u
distance of 1872 miles and passes
through Bradford, Custer City and
Mount Jewett and connects with tie
narrow guage divisinon of the PENN
sylvania and Western railroad. 1t ira
verses wilderness region where
bears, deer and wild cats are found,
and the ruffied grouse is at home in the
almost impenetrable slashings and
virgin forests. The new bridge is much
heavier than the old structure. In the
old bridge $500 tons of material were
used, but in the new structures there
will be $500 tons of steel, or 1900, 900
pounds. This modern steel miracle is
3O1k feet above the level of the small
wilderness stream and is 2,100 feet in
length and nine fet wide. Twenty tow
ers of steel support the structure and
these vary from twenty-three feet to
2S5 feet in height and rest on solid
piers of stonework. Looking up from
the bottom of these magnificent towers
look like spider web, but as they are
closely examined some idea of the
strength of the new bridge is ascer-
tanned Web plate Orders of three
Fights inch mild steel, with depth of
six and one-half feet, look like mere
cords from below. These Orders are
placed on steel girders thirty-eight
inches long and three inches in diane
ter to provide for elasticity, or, in
other words, contraction and expan-
sion. This wonderful structure is now
ready for traffic 1t is one of the mar
wells of the age--Pittsburg Post
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JOINED BY IRON BANDS
Railroad Enterprises That Are bringing
the Earth. People Together.

the Earsh.s People Together.
The plan of building railroad
across the Sahara desert is being
pushed by several of the leading en-
gineers of France. Several routes are
under discussion M Foureau OF the
Paris Geographical society," who has
recently returned from an African ex-
petition, has gone so far as to ex-
plore and survey one line of the pro-
posed road The enterprise embraces
over 5000 miles of track-layins- 1t
will be necessary to protect the road
bed against san1storms and moving
dunes The route passes through the
territory of many savage tribes, bitter
foes of every white enterprise The
proposed routes are all planned to
cross one or more of the GASES. Such
road would be of great Importance in
developing central Africa. 1t is not
generally realized that Cecil Rhodes
railroad, which is to connect Cape
Town with Cairo. is already completed
for one-third of the distance His teIe-
graph has reached central Africa The
twentieth century will possibly wit
ness the completion of a continuous
railway line through the United States,
Central and South America. A num-
Der of roads are at present in operation
which will be connected and extended.
The plan of connecting Cape Horn
with the United States in this way is
getting practical and merely awaits
greater commercial interests to set it
in motion. There are several projected
railways much nearer realization for
connecting the United States with
Alaska, which would thus place the
entire western coast line of the two
continents in close communication. 1t
is within the range of engineering pos
sibilities that, with the exception of a
ferry at Behring strait, or even a pier
bridge there, it may some day be pos.
sible to travel by rail from Cape Horn
to Cape Town. The twentieth century
may witness the construction of the
long-talked-of bridge or tunnel con-
Meeting England with the continent of
Europe. Both plans have been pro-
nounced entirely practicable by expert
engineers, but have been held up for
fear of political complications. The
ocean telephone meanwhile is assured.
We may expect to talk with Europe
within five years. The canal connect
ing the Atlantic and Pacific in Mica
ragua will doubtless be realized early
in the twentieth century. The great
Siberian railroad is even now a reality
Within few years the road will
doubtless be extended to Port Arthur
and probably into China. The privi-
leges which will probably soon be
given by China for railroad construc-
ton will make it possible within a few
years to travel by rail continuously
from Paris to the Chicago coast.-New
York World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27
ONE OF EVHRTS' JOKES
lSOSSOSSSOO9

The late Secretary Evarts liked fun.
and there was dry wit in his public
utterances at times that nearly con-
vulsed those who clearly understood
his meaning. 1t was almost impossible
for him to avoid being deep, even in
humor, and many good Hing at po-
IiticaI opponents was lost because he
talked above the heads of his audience.
or becaues his sentences were too in
-rolyed. At the time when the mug
wumps were just beginning to show
their teeth he delivered one of his
long political speeches from the stage
of the Grand opera house, New York.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-27

Interesting bits of gossip about bird
ways were exchanged by the members
of the Audubon society at a meeting
a day or two ago. Miss Anne Weston
Whitney contributed as her share of
the gossip some "reminiscences of a
broken-winged crow that had been
prevented by its infirmity from ming
ling with others of its own kind. 1t
fell into the hands of college presi-
dent in Virginia. and eventually be-
came a member of the gentleman's
family 1t not only adapted its bird
ship to its surroundings, but speedily
took on some human traits. Through
observation or instinct the bird dis
covered that fireside is warm and
dry. and one day after having been
out in rain. the bird hoped into the
house. stretched out its wet wings
before the fire, and waited there until
they were dry again On another oc-
casion the bird showed that it posses
sed some sense of color by separating
from pile of worsted of different col
ors all the threads of blue. The base
ingratitude of an oriole as it has come
to the attention of an acquaintance.
was the theme of a story told by DIR.
B. Boiling Barton The oriole. It
seems. had tumbled on. OF. its swing
ing nest and had been picked up by
ungrateful When the lady attempted
to put chs bird back in the nest the
bird objected His little whfro was re-
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where Anthony w.yn. oae. Rested.

Standing on blum, overlooking
Lake Erie, commanding th approach
to PresQue Isle bay, is Fort Anthony
Wayne 1t is built on the -7tate Sol
diers' Home grounds, near ri, and
is cared for by the veterans OF that in
stitution- 1t is built of rouAAly hewn
logs. cut from the same wasis from
which Commodore Perry secured tim
Der 20 built his fleet. in exac- imitation
of the old block house WI stood
on the same spot during French
and Indian war. 1t was L+re that
Mad Anthony Wayne was irst bur-
led, but his body has beer removed
and placed among the bones CT his an
cestors at Waynesboro-
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and in the course of it remarked that
he believed the republican party need
not fear the mugwumps as the latter
were a lot of .marsupials." Some $500
men heard the word, and after the
meeting groups got together to discuss
the meaning of the word and its ap-
plication- Some went home to look at
their dictionaries. while others called
on Mr. Evarts for an explanation.
"Marsupials,' said he. "are born ex-
tremely small, imperfect and quite
helpless, and have to be carried in
pouches on the bellies of their moth
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