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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
BUTTONS FROM FRUIT SEEDS.
South American Plant From Which Its
Owners Derive Fortunes.

In Central America there is a fruit
producing palm which has quite met
emorphosed the button business and
formed the nucleus of one of the
most important industries. The seed
of this fruit contains a milk that is
sweet to the taste and is reliShed by
the natives. The milk, when allowed
to remain in the nut long enough, be-
comes hardened, and turns into SUBJ
stance as hard as the ivory from an
elephants tusks. The plant which
produces these nuts is called the
ivory plant. Most of the buttons used
in America, whether called ivory,
pearl, bone, horn or rubber, come
from this source. The ivory plant is
one of the wonders of the age, and is
rewarding its growers with vast for
tunes. The nuts are exported by the
shipload to big button factories, from
which they issue forth in every con-
ceivable design, color, grade and
classification of button.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
A Curious Doq Tax.

In Brussels the dog tax is managed
on a very odd system, dogs being
taxed according to their value instead
of at fixed rate. The various suburbs
have different rates, too, SO that a
man living at Ixelles pays perhaps a
trif1e less for his dog than he would
if he had a house in Boisfort. A rich
Belgian, who was noted among his
friends as being a trifie near" as the
Scotch say, owned a very valuable
dog. When looking about for house
in the capital ne selected one in the
district where he would have to pay
theIfeast for his dog. Unfortunately.
his cleverness was misplaced on this
occasion, for his work lay at some
distance from his house, and the sums
expended for cab hire more than made
up for the extra dog tax.-New York
Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
A NOVELTY IN coAsTINe.
The "Jumper" Is the Inventioh OF an
EnQIishman.

As an Improvement on the regular
toboggan, an Englishman has invented
Whist he calls the Jumper" for use
when the snow is on the ground. 1t is
really a sled with only one runner
on which one must preserve a proper
balance while going at rapid rate
down hill.
The single-runner sled is steel shod,
the runner being from one and one
half inches in width, and the bearing
on the snow is from three to four
feet long, the front being given an
upward curl, Just behind the center
of the length is fixed an upright upon
which is firmly fastened seat. The
height of the seat is purely arbi-
seen that the higher the seat the
greater the skill required to balance
and guide the Jumper
Somewhat the same thing is the
case with the runner, for the greater
the length the harder it is to keep
it going in the desired direction, as it
passes over little inequalities in the
track, which tend to make 1T swerve
over. The balance is maintained by a
quick movement of the hands or feet,
which anticipates any impulse on the
part of the Jumper to go over to
either side. A skilled coaster gen
orally uses his feet for this purpose.
and by a judicious twisting of his
hands upon the seat keeps the sled in
the desired direction. Although the
track is usually straight one, the
Jumper" is able to negotiate curves
just as easily; but the ideal track is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
A Fourfooted Goose.

In the museum at Paris may be
seen a very curious specimen OF the
palmiped family. 1t is goose which
has four feet, two of which are afro
phied and placed on the right side.
She often lays eggs, but they are al
ways ma1formed and the shell is so
brittle that it breaks if touched ever
so gently. Efforts have been made
to preserve some of the eggs. but in
vain The goose enjoys the best OF
health. and, in spite of its deformi-
ties, seems likely to live for Some
t.me.-Ohio State Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
QUEER TRICK OF LIGHTNING.
Photograph of Steamboat al Plate
Glass Mirror.

Glass Mirror.
Among the queer tricks played by
flashes of lightning is that of photo
graphing a steamboat on a plate glass
mirror. The mirror was sent from
Chattanooga, Tenn, to Decatur, Ala,
by way of a Tennessee river boat,
and during the night a heavy thunder
shower came up. While the storm was
az its height, another steamboat
passed the first, and it was observed
that the second boat was reflected in
this mirror, which was on the lower
deck of the first boat, facing tie
water.
No particular attention was paid to
the incident until a few days ago,
when the owner, standing almost par
allel with. the mirror, happened to
glance across its surface. There he
saw perfect photograph of the river
craft. 1t was found upon investiga-
ton that the likeness could not be
removed, and could be seen only
from one angle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
PRICED BELL is RECOVERED.
Remarkable Salvage Feat Recently
Performed in Burma.


Performed in Burma.
One of the sights of the Shwe Da-
gone Pagoda in Burma is a gigantic
bell of bronze weighing forty-two and
a quarter tons, and said to be the
third largest bell in the world, the
largest being in Moscow and the next
largest in Mingin, also in Burma At
ter conquering Burma the British I'M
dertook to carry the great Rangoon
bell to Calcutta as trophy, but
dropped it overheard in the Rangoon
river, where it defied all the efforts
of the engineers to raise it. Some
years later the Burmese, who had not
ceased to mourn its loss, begged to be
allowed to recover it. Their petition
was granted, and by attaching to it
an incredible number of bamboo
floats the unwieldy mass of metal was
finally lifted from its muddy bed and
triumphantly restored to it's place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
FOR USE AMONG EXPLOSIVES.
Handy Locomotive That Has Neither
Fire Nor Flame.

The accompanying illustration
shows handy little locomotive that
has been designed and built at the
Hohenzollern works in Dusseldorf for
use in factories that are devoted to
the manufacture of gunpowder and
high explosives. Although it is a
steam engine, it has no firebox, nor
does it carry fire or flame of any kind
whatever. For its motive power it
depends entirely upon its boiler or
hot water reservoir, which is filled
with water, under a pressure of sever
al hundred pounds to the square inch
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Many to Buy Shoes For.

John X. Boniface of Morristown,
N j., holds the family record for this
part OF the country. The stork visited
his home recently for the twentieth
time and left boy Mr.. Boniface is
prosperous merchant Only two of
the children are married and the
others live with him. Several years
ago Mr. Boniface enlarged his dining
room and now his table extends into
the parlOr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Find Rare Roman Relics.

Excavations on the site of an old
Roman castle near WeissenburG. mid
die Franconia, yielded valuable finds,
such as tiles, buckles, rings and coins.
The most important object found,
however. is a jointed Roman meas
ure, exactly Roman foot long. made
of bronze 1t is said that only one
other specimen exists, which was I'M
earthed at Pompeii and is now in the
Naples Museum
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Korean Dress.

Eight years ago an attempt was
made to introduce European dress in
Seoul, but the change could not be
made because of conservative oppo-
sition, especially on the part of the
women. At present the only Koreans
who wear European garments are the
soldiers and policemen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Queer PhraseoIoqy.

An example of the ravages which
the British tariff discussion is making
in London is given by w. L. Alden.
He says: Are you a little pigger or
a little hoggerT l asked of Bradley
the other morning as l met him on the
top of Picadilly bus. 1 pride myself
on being able to make courteous and
pleasant remarks early in the day
Neither he replied, 1 am universal
swine"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

First German Woman Doctor
The first woman who got the degree
of doctor of medicine in Germany was
the wife of a pastor named Erxleben.
She got it at the University of Halle,
just $50 years ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Oddities of Great Men.

Shelley could spend an entire dag
floating little paper boats on any
water he CHANGED to be near Poor
Goldsraith's oddities and eccentrici-
ties" were chiefly dandyisms, and the
story of his peach blossom coat is
known the world over Montaigne had
an aversion for Friday, and, while he
preferred odd numbers. he would not
sit down to a table with thirteen per-
sons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Last, Yet First,

Japan was the last nation to enter
the circle of world powers, but her
emperors pedigree makes the pedi-
grees of other sovereigns look shabby.
He is the 1920 in unbroken, direct des-
cent, the founder of his house being
contemporary with Nebuchadnezzar.
666 B. @.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Tea Making simpIified.

A demand is springing up among
the natives of Ceylon for new prepa-
ration of tea. 1t is soluble, and there
seems to be a question whether its
popularity is due to it's being more
economical or to the ease with which
soluble tea is turned into a beverage.
as it can be made with warm water
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Wireless TeIeoraphy at Pekin.

The Italian legation at Pekin has
been provided with a wireless teleg.
raphy station which enables direct
communication to be maintained be-
tween the legation and vessels of the
Italian fleet in Chinese waters.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
LARGEST Clock in the World.

What is claimed to be one of the
largest clocks in the world has been
placed in a new tower in Elizabeth. N.
J. 1t is thirty-eight feet in diameter.
with eighteen-foot hands. The tower.
is $50 feet high, was built expressly
for the clock, which will be illuminate
ed at night.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Saqc-Tca Wisdom.

The wise man, or sage, according to
the wisdom of old. is he who strength
ems his memory and his most vital
powers with that simplest of all tom
les, a cup of sage tea, served hot and
strong, and freshly brewed!-Country
Life in America.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Hard Choice for Mother.

When a sword and a pair of scfs-
sors, according to Gregory of Tours.
was sent to the queen by the Kings
Childeber and Lothaire. it was meant
for her to choose the fate of her sons,
whether they should be put to death.
be deprived of their hair or enter Q
convent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Four Babes in One Year.

Mrs Hannah Jones of Conwyl FL
fed, Wales, has given birth to two
pairs of twins in one year. A boy and
a girl were born on Feb. 8, 1908, and
two girls arrived on Dec. 27, 1908. All
four babies were doing well at last &C.
counts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Cotton spfnnino in India.

British India had in 1888 sixty-two
cotton factories. with 1.554.000 spin
dies and $4,000 looms. Now the num-
Der of factories is 201. of spindlea
5.164.O00. of looms nearly $4,000. The
capital invested in these establish
ments is s60,00o.0O0 and the number
of persons employed in the industry is
over 1 ZOO, 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
A Recipe From the Forest.

When the Oak leaf is the size of q
Squirrels foot take a stick like a
Crows bill and make holes as big as
Coon's ear and as wide apart as
Fox tracks. Then plant your corn.
that it may ripen before the Chestnut
splits and the Woodchuck begins his
winters sleep.-From Ernest Thomp-
son Seton's Fable and Woodmyth" in
the Century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Famous shin,s Bell

The ships bell of the famous Brit
tannic-which ship has now been brok-
en- up-has been given a place of hon.
or in Liverpool. 1t is artistically
mounted under polished wood cam
opy, and bears on its surface a white
star. During her thirty years career
the Britannia travelled 1882, 99e miles,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Greek AIphabets.

1t is a matter OF history that the
Greek alphabet as we know it to-day
was introduced about $50 B. c. Pre-
vious to that time there were no less
than six alphabets in use in Greece,
and no man could consider himself
abreast of the times unless he was
master of the six.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Grasp of Murdered Man.

DR.. Waldo, city of London coroner,
said in a lecture recently that weap-
on in the hand of a man who had been
murdered is always tightly grasped.
SO that the fingers sometimes have to
be severed before it can be released.
In the case of suicide there is no
grasp at all.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Valuable Refuse.

1t is estimated that the value of
the refuse of Washington for one year
is 81 200 900, thus distributed: Metals
thrown away, $500 900; rags, $3.50, 900;
paper, $3.50 900; bottles, $15O,0O0; rub
Der, $50, 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Superstition Carried Ear

So sacred is the person of the en-
percr of Korea that to touch his body
with weapon of iron constitutes hiKa
treason Rather than violate this t---
dition, Hieng-tsong-tai-ong allowed an
abscess to put an end to his life in
1900, believing it would be wrong for
him to submit to the surgeons lancet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Handouts With a History.

Deputy Sheriff David Dean of Taun.
ton. Mass, has a pair of handouts
with history They were presented
to him by Maj. Jones in 1873, when
the latter was at the head of the
state police Since that time the
sheriff says. they have been on the
wrists of every man on trial for muir
der or manslaughter in Plymouth
county.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Commercial Value of the Birch.

Birch is of slow growth, but of GER
tain commercial value. New England
is richer every year to the extent of
several million dollars for the birch
that grows in the waste places of her
forests,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
An Elastic Wheel.

M. Roussel, a Frenchman, has in
vented a new wheel for heavy freight
wagons. AS will be seen from the
drawing, the spokes are replaced by
fiat steel springs that are bolted to
the felloes. 1t is said to be an ideal
wheel for touring automobiles.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Different After MARRIAGE.

ct has seen some men," said Uncle
Eben dat would lose any amount O.
sleep serenadin' a gal an den refuse
to git up early enough to staht de fire
aftuh dey's married"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Temperance in France.

A very important temperance move
ment is in progress in France, under
the auspices of the Union Anti-Alco-
holique 1t is directed especially
against absinthe and brandy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Walking in Tibetan Desert.
Sven Hedin described walking in
sandstone in the Tibetan desert as
being like wading against running
water or liquid mud"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Life of Average Seaman.
The British Board of Trade has
found that the life of the average sea-
man is twenty eight years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Women Bookbiriers.
Forty-three per cent Of all employees
In the Austrian bookbinding trade are
women and IS per cent children.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
IEHf ODD
CQDEg[NFIg
The Heart, the Reason. and the F.et

The Heart, the Reason, and the -st.
The heart said You love her."
The reason said "NayH
The heart said Go seek heri''
The reason said STAY"
The heart and TIE reason
Thus quarreled all day;
Then went into siIlmber
Fatigued from the fray
The feet of the heart are
The vassals. for they
Right now to the maids house
Are finding the way.
New Orleans Times-DemOcrat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
MANSFIELD WEARS FINE CROWN

Expensive Accessory in Production of
"lvan the Terrible"
An actor never wore a crown so ex-
pensive as the one which Richard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Italian Coal Wagon.

An Italian housekeeper buys at a
time just enough charcoal for one day.
So the goldman goes his round every
morning.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
ANOTHER "NATURE" BOOK.
In which Bridget Seton-CIancy Re-
IateD Tales of Her Intimacy 8
with Wild Animals.

"Wild Brutes l Have Saw" by Bridget
Seton-Clancy. This charming group of es-
says has about it the odor of the backwoods
to a remarkable degree, says the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The authoress explains, in the preface,
that her early life was spent in the wilds
of northern Minnesota, where she associated
almost entirely with wild animals. She
says:
MANY times l used to set under a tree
for hours at a time, watching for to get a
shot at a rabbit. / could shoot good with
a rife, and nave often saw men who were
worse shots than l be. When the other girls
were wasting their time going to district
school, L would be walking through the
woods, watching the wild beasts playing in
the trees and on the grass, and learning
something every minute. l seen lots Of
funny incidents, which l will try to mention
in this here book"
Miss Seton-Clancy is one of those free,
untamed souls VINO occasionally startle the
literary world by their supreme disregard
for the statute in such case made and pro-
vided. If she is ever worried by the rules
of grammar, it does not appear in her work.
She has something to say, and says it straight
from the shoulder.
This is one of the best books of the year,
and 1t should enjoy a large sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
T tennessee State News
Will Be ResoId.

By virtue of a decree handed down
in the Chancery Court at Nashville
last week, the Union Stockyards
will again be sold ON January 20.
The decree recites that in the report
of the clerk and master it is shown
that no contract between the Union
Stockyards Company and the Louis
Willie & Nashville and the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroads
exists, and that there is at present
no arrangement in regard to han
ding live stock in Nashville. This
last sale will bring on lively bidding
between the Guyton= Stahlman inter
ests on one side and the Cudahy-
Hetterman combination on the 9TH
er. 1t is expected the property will
go for many thousands of dollars
above the previous SALE.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Mandamusine County Court.

Somewhat of a sensation was pre-
cipitated in the County Court of
Madison county before adjournment
last week, when Sheriff R. c. Mayo
asked to read a document, and when
he began it was found to be a notice
on the entire body of mandamus
proceedings begun by Clerk and
Master R. A. Hurt to recover cost in
the dismissed tax cases. The cry Of
regular order of business was raised
and the sheriff had to retire under
fire. The court also declined to en-
terrain petitions of others interested
in the back tax costs, the same being
preliminary to mandamus proceed
ings against the county. The case
will be heard at a special term of the
Chancerv Court in February. Near
ly one thousand cases are involved,
and the total amount of cost claims
is over $4,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Going After the Senators.

The State Anti-Saloon League
will make an effort to have the Adj
ans law amended by the lext legis-
lature so as to include towns of 90
900 or less in its provisions, the OBJ
ject being to clear Bristol, Jackson
and Columbia of saloons. John /.
Cox and Sfoddard Caruthers, sena-
tors from the districts including
Bristol and Jackson, and who voted
against The Adams law, will be can
didates for reelection, and it is I'M
derstood the league will endeavor to
dnfnat them
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Internal Revenue COLLECTIONS.

The collections of internal reve-
nue. at the Nashville Office during
December amounted to 1882. 644.09,
as compared with $122,243.7S for
December a year ago. The collec-
tons from whisky tax alone amount
ed to $93,466.12, an increase over
the same month a year ago of over
$4,000. This breaks the monthly
record at hal office. The increase
in the amount paid in beer taxes was
over $1,000. The total amount of
internal revenue collected in the dis
trict during 1903 was $1,25T.1O1.19.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Three Men Killed.

An explosion occurred in the BIZ
mountain mine Of the Poplar Creel
Coal Company near Oliver Spring.
last week, in which three men ano
one mule were killed. The min,
had been idle for several days and 4;
force Of men entered it 10 resum
work. 1t is presumed gas had col
lected in the mine aud when tb
blast was discharged the gas ignited
with fatal results. A State inspect
or is making an investigation as tc
the cause of the explosion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Old e Suicides.

An old negro named Henderson
Campbell, who lives on the bluff
seven miles west of Halls, cut his
throat last week. The act was COM
mittted with suicidal intent and is
very remarkable, as it is the first
time any darby ever attempted to
suicide in Lauderdale county. He
is about So years old and had left
the house during the day and did not
return at night hence a search was
instituted and he was found in a
fence corner. His throat was cut
from ear to ear
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Gone to Make ARRANGEMENTS.

The Tennessee Worlds Fair Com
mission, headed by Gov. Frazier,
went to St. Louis last week. The
commission will inspect all the
buildings, look into the space as
signed and make arrangements for
the completion of the Tennessee col
lection and installation of exhibits.
1t is likely that while the commits
sion is in st. Louis ground will be
broken by the contractor who will
build the Hermitage, and if so the
commission will be present.