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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Mrs Tracy Lineweaver, wife OF q
farmer of Shenandoah county, Va. re
siding about two and half miles east
Of EdinburE. has presented her hus-
band with i've children during the
past year Twins were born early in
1903, and these were followed by trip
lets q shert time ago
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19
LONGEST IN THE WORLD.

Immense Stone Arch in Bridge NJ
PIauen. Saxony.
A stone arch bridge with a clear
span of PCS feet is now in process of
construction at Plauen, in Saxony.
The span of the new bridge is Is feet
greater than that OF the Cabin John
arch, and Is greater by about Is feet
than that of the recently completed
Luxembourg bridge The Plauen via
duct will, therefore, be the longest
stone arch ever constructed Stated
exactly, the new bridge has a span
of 80 m (z95-2 feet}- II is constructed
of stone masonry throughout and the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Philadelphia WIN Destroy Houses Of
Historical Interest
In order to provide space for enlarg-
ing the Germantown Saving Fund
Building in Philadelphia. the two
Colonial stone dwellings, 5452 and
5454 Germantown avenue, Phfladel-
phia, will soon be torn down
This ancient building, which for
many years past has been divided into
two dwellings, was once known as the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

One OF the Chicago banks has decid-
ed that its employees must not get
married unless their salaries amount
10 at least 81 600 q year each This
viii give the boy who is in love q
good excuse to strike for q raise
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

A freak calf was born at diego, n
T. few days ago that had two heads
and eight legs The neck came to-
gether in a single breast bone. and
there was one body to the hips. where
there were two distinctive hips, legs
and hind part The freak was q 5er-
sey. born alive. out died in q short
time II was so Joined that it could
not be called two animals connected
but one animal with extra legs and
heAds-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Korea is '-disinterested spectator
in the sense that a crippled rat over
which two terriers are fighting is a
disinterested spectator of the dog
fight.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

The heather Chinee" has one New
Years custom that his Christian
critics would do well to emulate He
either pays all his debts when New
Years comes or runs the risk Of social
ostracism-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

A woman's club in London has post
ed notice that no member must
bring pet animals or birds to the
meetings with her We trust this APP
plies to birds on hats
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

A Louisville millionaire brought
suit for divorce ON his golden wedding
day on the ground of incompatfbilfty
He seems to have taken time enough
to be sure he was right before going
ahead
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Johns Hopkins university lost eighty
buildings, worth 81. 300 900. in the
Baltimore fire, with only $4,000 in
surance- That's the way q professor
attends to business He isn't even As
careful and thrifty as an editor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

We notice that a Passaic man, the
proud father of twins. has named one
of his offspring Russi Ann and the
other Jap Ann. and conclude that
Passaic is doing its level best to pre-
serve strict neutrality.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

There is no No Is ONCE or floor in
q new Broadway building, yet there is
both a thirteenth room and floor If
superstition can be blocked so easily.
could anything be more foolish than
to be superstitious?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

There is enough Irish in Kuropat-
kin's name TO inspire some confidence
in his fighting ability
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

A quart of whisky weighs just two
pounds. And yet some men stagger
under the load as If it weighed a ton
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Capt Aahan complains that he has
been misQuoted by a reporter. Those
familiar with the captains metaphysi
cal way of saying things will not
blame the reporter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

1t will not be necessary to do much
carpet-beating out behind The Hague
palace of peace this spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Chicago women have organized to
solve the servant girl problem, but the
servant girl will keep on her old. dys-
peptic way, unmIndful of the higher
criticism
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Noah Raby of New Jersey, now $50
years old, has been an inveterate
smoker since he was 20. Here is an
other awful example of the evils of
tobacco
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Again, speaking of the various
fathers of the navy" is there not also
Father Neptune2
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

The State Journals Manila CORE
tspOndent writes that baseball is all
the rage in the Philippines. That
certainly looks like complete Ameri
canization.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

London women have revived the
fashion of wearing nightcaps. 1t ap-
pears that a good many of them are
using eye-openers too.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Julian Hawthorne traces the Balti-
more fire to the Angel of Destiny The
blaze at Chicago was started by Mrs
OIeary's COW.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Russell Sage says his viii is going
to surprise the world A bequest OF
$25 to some charity, perhaps
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

The price of diamonds has gone up
20 per cent within year, and many a
girls engagement ring is worth $12
now instead of $40.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

The Antarctic scientific expedition
sent from Scotland made one sound
ing of 0,434 feet, or 2.739 fathoms-
which beats McGinty's record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

A Newark, n. J., bride asked the
justice who performed the ceremony
Tor trading stamps. What she prob
ably meant was a return check
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Things have not yet progressed
quite far enough for poem by Kip
ling, but there can be no doubt there's
one coming.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

1t is now generally believed that
next to Ohio, Satsuma, Japan, is the
greatest breeder of great men on
earth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19
IMMENSE HOTEL FOR CHICAGO.

twenty-five story Structure to De
Erected in Windy City,
Plans have been completed for the
proposed twenty-five story Bucking-
ham hotel to be erected in the west
side of Michigan avenue, eighty-eight
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Gen. Jiminez has fed for parts un-
known. There is probably nothing in
the world that San Domingo could
better afford to lose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Calen Thorpe. who has just died
at Millersburg, Ohio, enlisted in the
union army at the age of 60 He lived
to be 103 and his widow - 101-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

The French two yearf' military
service hsu viii soon become = law
Already agitation has begun for edgh-
teen month"; military service
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

present desolation of its surround
ings. The sand of the surrounding
plains has blown about these pillars
for nearly twenty centuries without
interruption, SO that at the present
day their base is partially buried
New York Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19

Russian fashion note- japanese ca
eles this spring will be cut crosswtse
If possible
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-03-19
The First AoId Glory


The following clipping is from my
scrapbook of 1898. says New York
Sun correspondent:
--Old Glory" the first nag to be
known by that term, is on public ex-
hibition at the rooms of the Essex
Institute, Salem. it being the old BAN
ner which Capt William Driver hoist
ed over the capital at Nashville,
Tenn. after the city had been cap
tured by the Federal troops in 1852.
Capt Driver was living in Nashville
when the Rebellion broke out and i'm
mediately after the beginning of the
war took this nag. which was present
ed to him by the American residents
in foreign parts, and sewed it in q
guilt, which he put on his bed until
the city was taken by the Union
troops when he hoisted il over the
capitol, and where he spoke with
pride of it as -Old Glory" After
ward the flag was carried by the
Eighth Ohio regiment. and, after the
war came into the possession of the
late R. A McKensie of this city. A
few months ago the Y NJ c. A re-
quested the loan of the flag for ex-
hibition At Nashville. but IL was con-
sidered too precious to be taken from
the Essex Institute building The nag
is 35x1s feet--Boston Transcript
Capt Driver was an old sailor In
my young manhood. while a resident
of Nashville, 1 knew and revered him
for his sterling character
R. T. SPILLERS
'Old Glory" was a nickname applied
to Sir Francis Burdett at the time
of his fight for the freedom of public
speech in England, about 1910. II
has also been applied to the Union
Jack But the above is the earliest
record we have seen of its application
to the Stars and Stripes
Confederate Flag in Maine Capitol.
There was touching incident in
connection with the visit to Augusta
last week of Lieut. John W. Gulick
of the Artillery Corps, stationed at
Fort Williams. Lieut. Gulick read a
paper before the school of instruction,
and while looking over the capitol
came across the case in the private
ONCE of Adj-Gen- Richards. which con-
tanned a dozen or more tattered and
faded battle flags of Confederate regf-
ments, captured by Maine troops dur
ing the civil war Lieut. Guli1k is a
North Carolina boy and one Of the Tags
upon which his eyes fell was that of
the Seventh North Carolina Regiment.
under which his father had fought
and suffered wounds in the cause of
the South The nag in question fell
into the hands of the Fifth Maine Vol
unteers through the fortunes OF war
at Rappahannock STANDARDIZATION
Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

Whenever boy or girl sits down to
draw things" on paper or slate for
pure amusement, the fve-pointed star
is almost sure to be one of the fig
ures attempted first and oftenest. This
general love for the star is probably
due to the fact that it is found on the
American flag, but it is pretty fig
ure in itself and a very difficult one
to make, as you must have learned
from experience. Any straight line
figure like this as difficult to draw sat
isfactorily because the eye is more
exact than the fingers, and at once de-
tects the smallest error in the figure,
the beauty of which is spoiled if it is
not correctly drawn There are rules
for making stars, but they are hard to
learn and harder to remember, and
they call for the use of rulers and
other drawing instruments.
Now am going to show you curl
GUS way of making a star without us
ing even a pencil, simply by tying a
knot in q strip of paper The strip
should be at least 10 times as long as
it is wide. and the paper must be
tough. so that it win not tear easily.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02
In Norway and Spain,

Norway has a beautiful Christmas
custom. In front of every home on
Christmas morning is fixed a pole and
from it are hung offerings of corn and
wheat for the winter birds. The Nor
wegian system of giving at Christmas
tide is peculiar. Presents wrapped in
huge trusses of straw are thrown into
house through windows or open
doors, and the recipients are left to
guess where the offerings come from
till the following Christmas day, when
there is general confession all round
In Spain all work ceases At noon on
tie day before Christmas and the peo-
pie make ready for the great midnight
mass Three hours before this every
prison in the land is visited by judges,
accompanied by advocates, and all
prisoners held for minor offenses are
released with a benediction and a gift
of little money. Most Spanish fam
lilies employ physicians by the year,
and their doctors bills are all paid on
Christmas day. In the morning the
front door of every home is left open
and scavengers, porters and beggars
enter and ask for a Christmas offer
ing, which in most cases is freely
given
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

and thin enough to be nearly trans.
parent Thin unruled linen WRITING
paper, or what is called bond paper,
answers the purpose very well.
Tie simple knot in the strin ~
paper, as you would in a string and
press the knot fiat. You will then
nave fve-sided figure with the ends
OF the paper projecting from two Of
the sides BY folding both of these
ends over you obtain a perfect Ave
sided figure, or pentagon, but if Won
fold one end over on the other. and
holding the figure by the united ends
look through it toward the window or
the lamp, you will see, inside of the
pentagon, pretty five-pointed star
formed by the overlapping of different
thicknesses of paper.
The figure must be pressed ouita
fiat and creased at the edges. If there
are little gaps at the corners the Knot
has not been pulled tight enough
This is one of the prettiest littla
paper folding tricks 1 know. and u i
sure to surprise everybody who has
not seen it before. With tracing ~.
per or waxed paper the enec. e sim
prettieg. s -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

last year. ana went to make your for.
tune somewheres out in the wilder
ness?"
Guess you're right says l.
and SO you didn't get your for
tune"
What makes you think that?"
"Why, natural enough; figure that
no one that's ever left old man
Morse's will yearn particular TO go
back except he's dead broke
well, you're not SO far off there"
says L; "but then you see it's some
body besides Morse and his wife I'm
goin' to see."
Then I'm feared you won't see
him, leastways not tonight" says he,
for there amt no one elst livin' with
en-
Somehow, his words sent a chill
through me. 'You don't mean" says
/, that there's no one at all Twin
with emp
rs there?" says he.
why, Ne1lie-Miss Wes1ey-you
know-isn't she stayin' with 'em
stilI?''
The old man looked at me a long
time before he finally shook his head.
MY boy" says he, you won't find
her there. And SO you hadn't heard
of it? I guess it want very many
weeks after you'd left. Yes, my
daughter knew her little, and after
hearin' she'd come down, used to ride
over occasionally to see her. The doc
tor said twas the typhoid was ailin'
her; but my girl thinks twas that an
somethin' besides, somethin' that was
wearin' on her mind. 1 reckon them
miserable Morses hadn't treated her
any too good; for though she didn't
complain, bein' of the gentle sort, my
daughter suspicioned the poor child
was dying, for some reason, of .
broken heart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02
Banker Wanted Information.

IS In his memoirs Adolf Kussmaui re-
1ates curious story of a Heidelberg
banker. This banker was known for
his naughty, forbidding manners; con-
sequently DR.. MUM, the professor of
anatomy, was much surprised one day
when the banker came and sat with
him in railway car and, after pleas
ant chat, asked him all sorts of ques-
tions, especially about the anatomy of
the heart. The next day he even
called by permission in the medical
department and watched the profess
sor dissecting one of those organs
Then he drove home and committed
suicide by skillfully plunging a dagger
into his heart.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02
The Magic Urn.

er end of it into water to a depth OF
10 or II inches, that end will seem to
be bent upward from the point where
it enters the water, so that the part
under the water forms an obtuse angle
with the part above the water. This
IS due to what the scientists call the
refraction, or bending, of the rays of
light that come from the submerged
end of the stick as they pass from
the water into the air.
A pretty and puzzling experiment
based on the same principle, may be
made with an urn, or similar vessel,
and three pieces of money, say three
silver quarters. The urn must be of
some material that is not transparent;
a glass vessel, therefore, would not an
swer the purpose
In preparing for the experiment,
which you may call bit of amateur
magic, you privately place the three
quarters in the bottom of the vessel,
as shown in the picture, at A, B and
c. respectively and arrange so that
no one shall then look into the vessel
Then say to the spectators that if
one of them will sit so that his eye
shall be at D, you will, by pouring
water into the vessel, cause three sill
yer quarters to come into his view,
one after another, whereas at the
time you tell him this they are not
visible Let him see that you do not
put them into the vessel after you
speak.
Having cautioned him to sit still
and keep his eye at the place directed,
D, you begin pouring in the water very
gently, for if you pour it in suddenly
or violently it will be likely to make
the quarters move out of their places.
When the water rises to the point
marked F, the quarter at A will come
into view, and the quarters at B and G.
when the water rises to G and H, re-
spectively-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

cannot show when he is glad as easily
as dog can
But why, do you suppose, he cannon
wag his tail? Simply because he has
not got any to wag.
Tiddlums runs along after his mas.
tor in the street, not seeming to mind
the crowds at all. If you saw him,
with his beautiful reddish brown coat
nicely brushed ard his little black
nose shifting the air, you would never
think that only year or two ago he
was running wild in the African for
est. But that is where he came from,
and that is where his brothers and
sisters are now
Tiddlums is not much bigger than a
large Belgian hare, with large brown
eyes, that get larger still at the sight
of cake, and two tiny horns on the to.
of his head, which look very cute, He
is very gentle, and will sit cuddled up
in an armchair with his master fol
hours.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02
THE MINISTER MEANT WELL.
But His Good Wishes Bodied III for
the Conversation


The debt of the struggling little
church had all been paid off but $500.
A minister noted for his skill and
success in raising church funds had
been sent for and was presiding over
the meeting. The work of stirring up
the audience to the requisite pitch of
enthusiasm had begun. Subscriptions
rose rapidly to $500, tnen to $500, and
after considerable effort to $500,
where they stuck. In vain the visit
ing brother eXhorted and pleaded. The
limit of the cash resources of the
congregation appeared to have been
reached, and at last he sat down dis
couraged.
Then Brother Burymen, highly re-
spected undertaken, who had made a
liberal subscription already, rose and
said:
Brethren, this. thing shan't fall
through after it has got as far along
as $780, l believe in a man giving as
he has prospered, and, although / have
given pretty good-sized donation, 1
am ready to do more. I'll pay the last
500 myself
I don't know your name, brother
shouted the visiting preacher, jump
ing to his feet with enthusiasm, "but
l hope your business will double dur
ing the coming year, and l believe it
will"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

employer, who wanted some help out
in the stock sheds, and was kept
longer'n I'd expected, and SO didn't
get to tell Nellie that night what I'd
finally decided I would. Twas late
when I got through an went back to
the house, an Nellie'd gone to her
room.
I had to be up and off early the
next mornin', for there was a long
walk to the station, and the train
went through about five o'clock.
hung around, waitin' for Nellie to
come down, but she didn't appear.
Then / began to think she might be
stayin' back purposely, dreadin' to
meet me because she didn't care for
me after all, and was afraid of what
L might ask her. Fool again, was!
So I didn't wait quite as long as 1
might, but went away feelin' as if I'd
lump of lead in my heart.
Montana's a great country. My
brother'n 1 worked side by side, day
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-02

'TiSn't much of life, bein' a hired
man, when you work for some folks.
There L was out in the prairie coun-
try, miles from nowhere. A long days
work, and when it was done, nothin'
to do but sit around and wish you
was back at the old home again. And
thinkin' an dreamin, dreamin' an
thinkin' till you fell asleep. A cross
grained, stingy, quarrelsome man to
work for; one you couldn't satisfy, no
matter how well you did your work;
and with wife that matched him.
But it was different after Nellie'd
come to work there; diff'rent for me,
I mean. They didn't change any, I'M
less twas to grow harder to please.
But what did 1 care for all their
meanness after Nellie'd come? Pshaw,
/ didn't notice it, for I'd something
better to think about.
l can't describe folks looks-never
could. I'm afraid 1 can't make you
feel the half how pretty and dainty
Nellie really was, with her clear, gray
eyes that at times seemed to be look
in so far off, and her figure SO slim
and graceful, and her soft brown hair.
How did she come to be workin'
for them, so different from them as
she was? Well, that l never knew
exactly, for they never spoke to me
about her, and she never talked much
about the things | knew was troubling
her, for all her laughin' ways. l had
a kind of an idea, though, that she
was someways related, that her peo-
pie was dead, an that she'd been Of
fered a home there for her work.
Well, the days run along, and Nellie
and I was gettin' better acquainted
all the time. l come from rougher
stock than her, and wasn't naturally
her sort at all, but l know l wax a
better man, and a cleaner one every
way than before she'd come into my
life. The sight of her filled me with
determination to make a success Of
myself. But what could I hope to do,
stayin' there on that farm? / felt
/ must get up and out, and rub up
against the world, and make a man
of myself; and then-oh, perhaps then
win Nellie.
I've said / was dead in love with
Nellie, but don't think I'd told her so.
Perhaps she knew it, for somehow a
girl generally guesses at mans feel
in towards her, though he mayn't
have said word. But il she did she
never let on.
Just before Nellie'd come I'd writ
ten to my brother, who was pros
pectin' up in Montana, askin' him ii
he thought there'd be chance for ne
up there. Well, one day, sev'ral
months after that, his answer reached
me- He said for me to come at once.
Instead of goin' to Nellie then and
there, like a man, and tellin' her how
/ felt towards her, and askin' her if
she'd be willin' to have me for her
husband; and, if SO, if she'd wait for
me till got my start-instead of that,
thinks l, I'll just slip away without
sayin' anything, and when the proper
time comes I'll come back and ask
her.
That evenin' when 1 began to pack
up my things, Nellie saw me, an
asked what / was doin'.