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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
GERMANY TO BUILD CANALS.
Waterways Costing an Enormous Sum
Planned by the Government.

Waterways Costing an Enormous Sum
Planned by the Government.
According to United States Consul
General Guenther, Frankfort, Ger
many, the committee on canals of the
Prussian diet has reported with a ia
vorable recommendation a bill provid-
ing for the following construction:
1. A navigable canal between the
Rhine and Weser, with a connection
to Hanover, and the canalization of
the Lippe:
CAP A canal from the Rhine, Ruiz
rort, to the Dortmund-Ems canal or
the vicinity of Herne (Rhine-Herne ca
raD, inclusive of branch canal from
Dattein to Hamm; estimated cost,
s17,731 900.
OBJ Additional works on the bort
mund-Ems canal between Dortmund
and Bevergern; estimated cost, ST.
4eS,7OO.
Co canal from the Dortmund-
Ems canal, Bevergren, to the river
Weser, connecting with Hanover;
branch canals to Osnabruck Minden
and Linden, construction of reservoirs
in the upper parts of the river Weser
and some regulation works of the We
ser below Hamelin; estimated cost,
SIS, 679 900.
CD Canalizaticn of the Lippe or
construction of branch canals from
Weser to the Dortmund-Ems canal.
near Datteln, and from Hamm to
Lippstadt; estimated cost, SIC, GA, 800
(e) Improvement of the cultivation
of the soil in connection with the
works under items a to d, and the
completed Dortmund-Ems canal; esti-
mated cost, 81, 100, 900.
2. A deep waterway between Ber-
liz and Stettin; estimated cost, S10,-
$4,000.
g. Improvement of the waterway
between the rivers Oder and Weichsel,
also of the river Wartha from the riv-
er NetZe to the city of Posen; esti-
mated cost, S5,039, $50.
4. The canalization of the Oder
from the Glatzer Neisse to Breslau.
experimental works between Breslau
and Furstenberg on the Oder, con-
struction of reservoirs; estimated
cost, S4,676,70O.
The entire cost of the projects
named is placed at 334, 575 900 marks
(S79, 62s,s5
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
TWO NOVEL HOMEMADE TOYS.

One of the easiest things in the
world to make is a toy elevator. They
can be made as high as a table, so
that toys may be lifted from the floor
to table or only a few inches high.
One thing only it is necessary to
secure, and that is a pair of smooth
sticks on which the elevator may
slide. These sticks may be purchased
at any hardware store. They are
called bowels, are three feet long, and
are of different thicknesses. One
fourth inch thick is the best size to
use.
The elevator may be any small
wooden box whose bottom is removed.
One may be made of wood half an
inch thick. The right size to make
such a box would be four inches high
and two inches wide. Screw four
screw eyes into the sides through
which the bowels will slide. Double
pointed tacks may be used if screw
eyes are not available.
After the eyes are screwed in and
the two bowels slid in place, stand it
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upright, so that the bowels will rest
on a Dashboard Make marks
where they rest and bore two holes
to hold them. The base may be made
of one board about an inch thick, or
two half-inch boards. 1t would be
about six inches wide and eight
inches long. The top can be made
of one piece, about six inches long
and an inch wide. Be careful to bore
the holes in this piece just the right
distance apart, or the elevator will not
slide easily
The windlass which is used to wind
up the cords of the elevator has two
sides made of thin wood three inches
long and an inch wide. After they
have been cut out, hold them tightly
together, and bore a hole through
both. The hole must be One-quarter
inch thick so that dowel can be
pushed through Put the dowel in
place, then nail both sides to the base
of the elevator
The crank is a hairpin- Strafghten
out a hairpin, heat one end and burn
= hole through one end Of the dowel,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

With the death of Mr.. Boutwell,
passes the last of the seven governors
of Massachusetts, who were born in
1918. The others were: William Olaf
lin, born at Milford March 6; John AL
bion Andrew, born at Windham, Me-,
May 81; Henry Joseph Gardner, born
at Dorchester June IA; Alexander
Hamilton Rice, born at Newton Aug.
80; Thomas Talbot, born at Cam
bridge, N Y, Sept. Z, and Benjamin
Franklin Butler, born at Deerfield, N.
H, Nov. s. AS Mr.. Boutwell, was born
in January, it will be seen that only
February, April, July, October and De
cember of 1918 failed to give birth to .
Massachusetts, governor.
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BEGINNING of "Lioyds."

Two centuries ago man who had
a cargo to send to the Mediterranean
contrived to get rid of some of the
risk by inducing a friend to take an
interest with him. 1t was necessary
to write out a statement of contract
to which the guarantors subscribed !;
this was the first underwriting. These
two men happened to be frequenters
of Lloyd's coffee house in London,
which was a favorite place for the
merchants of the town to gather to
discuss business or to gossip. Others
Immediately saw the advantage of the
scheme which their colleagues had de-
vised, and on the next voyage the risk
was parceled out among a larger num-
Der of the patrons of the coffee house.
Out of this small beginning has grown
the great European maritime agency,
still bearing the name of the humble
coffee house.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

That afternoon the CAPTAIN walked
down the street with that pleasant
feeling that is the concomftant of a
bet of ten pounds won by keen knowl-
edge of form" when he met Mr.. Bow
ly-
That gentleman's usually benign
countenance was ruff1ed as if some un-
pleasant circumstance had happened
to him during the morning.
Il regret, captain he said, that
we were misinformed as to the place
where the fight was to be held 1t
occurred, I am told, somewhere to the
north"
Hit was a great pity remarked
the captain. Hi couldn't go with the
constable this morning. Hits a great
pity"
81 couldn't go, either" said Mr.
Bow1y, land I regret greatly this mis-
carriage Of Justice"
And the captain continued his walk
slowly shaking his head.
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Surprises in Blowing.

Here is a little experiment that Will
amuse you Take a piece of wood
thick enough to rest on a table in an
upright position. Bore several holes
of different sizes in it, leaving some
of them straight-that is, of the same
diameter all the way through. Others
you must make of a conical shape by
cutting away some of the wood on one
side. Now stand the piece of wood
ON a table, supported, if necessary,
and suspend before it at a little dis
tance on the side of the large end OF
the conical openings a piece of paper.
This may be hung from the chande-
Iier, but it must be low enough to be
opposite to the holes in the wood.
# you now blow through the
straight holes toward the paper it will
naturally be blown away from you;
but blow through the small end of the
conical opening and the paper will
remain stationary, or may even be
drawn toward you. Try it with a
candle flame and a similar result will
follow.
The explanation is that when you
blow through the straight hole the
air current is kept together in a col
umn and forces the object away from
it. When you blow through the small
end of the conical hole the air cur
rent is spread, or dispersed, and goes
off around the object, leaving it I'M
moved
In blowing very hard, as, for in
stance, if you should use bellows,
or even with the breath blown hard,
the air back of the wood around the
hole is sometimes blown through the
hole, too. and return current OF air
is thus made to fill the space of that
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is not burnt in. the wood might split.
Tie string from the boom to top
of mast, in which a small nail has
been put in hole burned in the mast.
To make the crank shafts and sup
ports, cut two pieces of wood three
inches long and an inch wide.
Hold them together and bore hole
in one end large enough to hold a
short length of dowel- Nail these
in place after the dowel has been
put in place The crank is made by
strengthening a hairpin, burning a
hole with it in one end of the doweI.
and, leaving the end still in the hole.
twist it around the dowel and into
the form of a crank
A brake may be made by screwing
a small stick on one side, as shown
in the picture; place a loop over the
dowel and fasten the ends on this
stick By pressing on this little stick.
articles may be lowered from a table
to a floor as fast as desired A good
hook may be made on the end of the
lifting string by bending a hairpin
into the correct shape.
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Along with the Pio..

William Corbett was a man of
strong likes and dislikes. He hated
tea and potatoes with a hatred that
was amusing in it's heartiness. Be
cause the potato was cheap and the
food OF the poorest of the poor, he
hated it. Because it can be ssraked
out OF the ground with the paws
and cooked without giving any trou-
bic, he hated it I'VE have" he said.
but one step farther to go, and that
IS to eat it raw, side by side with our
bristly fellow creatures, who, by and
by, reject 1T as long as they can get
at any species or grain, or at any
other vegetable He recollected a
time when nobody would eat them. but
alas! and alack. even those who
raised bread for others to eat did not
d1sdain to feed on potatoes. 1t is
hard to see in what words Corbett
could have expressed hatred of sin or
of what was truly hateful.
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Rogers Song.

Who loves the rose without a thorn:
Not l.
No guardian darts around her close.
For every passing hand she blows
With every touch her bloom is strawn-
Who loves the bee without a sting?
Not /.
IT'S but a stupid. idle drone
May live feeble life alone.
And be dull and poor thing
1 love no bee without a sting Not L
A thornlesS rose, a stingless bee,
A will-less maid. are not for ME.
Give me the sweet wild briar still
1 love no maid without a will Not l.
-.-Sweetbriar." by Dorothea G. Browne
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You are right, captain, and 1 compli-
ment you on your cooperation. The
officers are notified and the fight will
be prevented"
The sun had not thought about shin
ing upon Merrie England when the
captain left his couch on Tuesday
morning. Like a thoughtful husband
he put on his clothes quietly so as not
to disturb Mrs. Crabbe's matutinal
slumbers and putting an odd looking
package in his pocket sailed out. If
it was the captains purpose to aid in
the prevention of the fight he went
about it in an odd fashion. Every
body in Henley knows that the short
est way to O1dham's Woods is past
the mill and over the footbridge going
due south. The captain bent his way
due north. He crossed the Spring
Farm, toiled through the bracken, be-
coming dew sodden, and then veered
into sequestered vale surrounded by
woodland
He was not the only one in the vale
Some hundred rough looking men
were there and there was a ring being
roped off
Hi guess Bowly's tramping towards
Holdham's Woods by now" muttered
the captain. taking deep interest in
the proceedings.
When the brawny champions en-
tered the ring the captain had no diff
Guilty in getting an excellent position
to view the fight In fact, he seemed
marvelously familiar with the whole
proceedings and spoke to one or two
sportive looking men by their first
| names. being Familiarity addressed by
them as Cap
Greatly relieved to see that none of
Hemley's citizens were present, the
captain gave himself up heart and
soul to the fight. The Sheffield Game
cock had much the best of it at the
start and handled the Kid as he
pleased
Five pun to four on the Game
cock" called a spectator. hoarsely.
Hon." yelled the captain, hand
| doubled if you've the grit"
Doubled it is replied the man.
The Kid then dealt the Gamecock a
blow perilously near that point of a
mans physique beneath which a blow
is barred by the rules of manly sport
Foul, foul" shrieked a voice won
| drously familiar to the captain
| He peered past bulky gentleman
by his side and there stood Mr.. Bowly.
| red faced and angry, shaking his fist
under the nose of a man who was in
a deep voice denouncing him as a liar.
The captain shrunk back behind his
bulky companion and remained hidden
until the Kid with a fierce rally had
| transformed the Gamecock's face into
a mass of bruised and bloody flesh and
| was hailed victor.
Collecting his bet the captain skunk
away with the certainty that he had
| not been seen by Mr.. Bowly and en-
| tering the woods drew out the pack
! age from his pocket and took a long
dram of spirits Then he FASTENED
home and informed his spouse that
he had taken a walk for indigestion.
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leave the end of the pin and bend the
hairpin around the dowe1 two or three
times Put three screw eyes in the
top of the elevator and with a stout
linen thread string it up as shown in
the picture.
A derrick may be made out of a
few pieces of wood in a Comparatively
short time. The best kind to make is
one about a foot high, made of dow.
els The base of the derrick may be
made of one or two pieces of wood,
SO that it will be solid and strong.
Half inch wood, like that found on the
side of soap boxes, make the best
Make the base about six by eight
inches.
At one end bore a hole, and in IL
stick a dowel about a foot long. Cut
another dowel about nine inches long
to be used as a boom. To fasten this
to the mast is easy if directions are
followed. Secure a ring and screw
such as are used to fasten the strings
on roller shades. With a hairpin burn
a hole in one end of the dowel and
screw in the ring and screw. If this
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
The Magic Penny.

Get a round wooden or pasteboard
oox about one inch in depth and line
the inside of it with red paper, past
ing it in neatly and smoothly. The
box should be of just the right inter
nal diameter to allow a coin to fit
snugly in it-say, penny, nickel
five-cent piece or a quarter dollar.
Now paste over one side of the
coin some of the paper with which
you line the box, so that when the
coin lies in the bottom of the box it
will look like the bottom itself
This prepared coin you keep con-
cealed in your hand, having been made
ready without the knowledge of the
company.
Now let us assume that it is a pen
ny you are going to make use of.
Keeping the prepared one carefully
concealed in your hand, borrow a
penny from someone in the company,
and then dexterously substituting the
prepared one for the borrowed one.
put it into the box, asking the COM
pany to look at you as you do it.
Then put the lid on the box and
shake up and down, when the move
ment of the penny in the box will
prove that it is there Stop shaking
the box and command the penny to
leave. making pass or two over the
box from side to side, and as the
penny fits closely it will not move, and
there will not, therefore. be any
sound
Tell the company the penny has left
the box and may be found in GER
tain book on the table or in any one
of the places where you have hidden
them in preparing for the trick While
someone is looking for the penny you
slip the prepared one out of the box
and into your pocket and when the
box is handed around for examination
it is found empty
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.~IC.2LIz7zER

Mr.. Bowly walked up the main
street of Henley. If ever a good man
walked up that street he was doing
it then. Goodness lay in every fold of
the fat smooth shaven face, immov-
able virtue was expressed by the tight
1y tied white cravat under the double
chin. Mr.. Bowly was prominent in
the board of the Wesleyan chapel of
Henley and when he was not doing
his best to improve this sinful world
he was selling ropes and groceries in
his ship chandlery on the wharf.
When he came to Captain Crabbe's
house, in the Square, he knocked at
the door and was admitted Captain
Crabbe was also good man and he
was also prominent in the chapel. The
captain was a Londoner and had re-
tired from the sea and settled in Hem
ley In the old days he had been
sinful man, he said so himself in the
experience meetings, and at times in
a social chat he would recount the
deeds of his unregenerate days with
grin about his lips and a light in his
eyes as if the cakes and ale still had
a SAVIOR on his palate. But those days
had passed, no man could Guido the
captain in righteous language and con-
duct since his joining the church
Brother Crabbe," said MIR. Bowly,
seating himself with a grunt, for he
was fat, 81 have heard a rumor, a bad,
a shocking rumor." He watched Cap
tain Crabbe's face closely as he said
this.
What ave you card, Brother Bow
Typ" asked the captain. He also re-
garded Brother Bowly's countenance
with interest
There is rumor," replied Mr..
Bowly, that a prize fight is to come
OF near Henley. That the peace and
order of this quiet town is to be pro-
famed by such a rowdy gathering is
horrible
Hi card the rumor, too" remarked
the captain, looking out of the win
dow, hand 1 was just coming to see
you habout it"
ST am president of the Law and Or
der Society and you are the vice pres
ident. 1t is incumbent on US to stop
this disgraceful affair."" said Mr.. Bow
ly.
I'VE must surely stop it, agreed
the captain. Gave you card where
hits to come hoff?'
AT Oldham's Woods" replied Mr.
Bowly; "at least, that's my informa-
ton"
That's where Hi card it ID be- .
said the captain. "Hi'll see Mr.. Grub,
the magistrate, and you'd better see
Mr.. Hunch, the constable
'T'll do it, assented Mr.. Bowly
"Oh. that such a beautiful spot as
Oldham's Woods should be defiled by
such an Illicit assemblage of sinful
men,"
The Guardians IF the mana ond or
der of Henley shook hands and part
ed When Mr.. Bowly had gone the
captain took from his pocket an lily
written note:
cap Crabbe-The Southwark Kid
and the Sheffield Gamecock are goin
to have a little fist shuttle near your
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where this most ungodiy infraction of
the peace, quietude and honor of Hem
ley was threatened.
This was Tuesday and the fight was
appointed for the next day. Prompt
action was necessary.
You were right" said he to Mr.
Bowly that evening. "Holdham's
Woods is the place and daybreak is
the time"
Mr.. Bowly eyed the captain closely
while he spoke.
tI have already ascertained as be-
comes a vigilant officer of the Law
and Order Society both time and
place. Oldham's Woods at daybreak
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Astonishing Claim of Mixed Blood.

Daniel Murray, long an assistant in
the library of congress, is preparing
a historical review of the exploits OF
negroes and persons of mixed blood
in literature and other fields Mr.. Muir
ray said in a recent interview ITO
the great mass of readers it viii be
news that Robert Browning was an
octoroon- The same may be said of
Alexander Hamilton Alexander Poush-
kin, Russia's greatest poet, was Z
Quadroon-"
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Trick With pominoes.

The performer asks the audience to
match the blocks of set of dominoes
so that the numbers laid together cor
respond. While this is being done
he leaves the room. Returning he an
nounces the number of spots on the
two last blocks.
Solution-The performer secretly
removes a block bearing no double
number of spots. The number OF
spots on this block must be the end
numbers on the set. To avoid detec-
ton it is advisable to change the
block when the trick is to be repeated.
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Joy Enough.

There's joy enough good people, when
the burrows feel the frost
An the lily's Iookin' lonesome, an the
violets feelin' lost
When the blue smokes curlin' upward
from the cabin the hill.
An the heart is maxim music, though the
mockin' birds are still.
There's joy enough, good people, for the
winters sweets are sown
As thickly as the flowers In the gardens
love has known.
The stars still light the darknesS-the
sunshine crowns the day
An sing the night to morning, an
we're happy the Mayi
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
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An Astonishing Egg.

Take a raw egg and empty it by
means of pin holes. AS soon as the
inside of it is dry fill it quarter full
of fine sand. and then, with a little
wax, seal up the holes 1t now looks
like an ordinary egg
The next time you have boiled eggs
for breakfast take your prepared egg
and substitute it for the one that is
given you
Then you may safely announce that
your egg is ready to obey your COM
mands-
You can place it at viii in any posi-
ton you desire 1t win stand on the
edge of knife or on the rim of a
glass, no matter whether you put 1t
endways or sideways
In the last case you win cause more
establishment because 1T win seem to
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There is reason to believe that up
to point. certain animals have some
slight notion of numbers. Even fishes,
which are not thought to be gifted
with much brain power, are not with
out this sense. Birds have it to a
very small degree, for it is doubtful
whether they can go beyond two. If
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trespass against the laws of gravity.
The only precaution you need observe
is to tap the egg gently, so as to cause
the sand it contains to settle each
time at the bottom, and thus it will as
sumo any position you wish.
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town Wednesday. You used to like
this sport once and IL you want to see
this fight you can get the ticket, spot
and time from Ben Hughes, at the
Bugle and Sword, in High street,
Southwark. Yours truly,
"Sam."
This note had been received by the
captain the Saturday previous and on
Monday business had taken him to
London
As became a vigilaDt member of the
Law and Order Society Captain
Crabbe had not failed to discover by
diplomatic inquiry the time and place
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two men go into a hut in the pres.
ence of a carrion crow and one man
comes out and goes away, the crow
will not stir until the other man also
departs On the other hand, If three
men hide and two retire. the crow
will soon appear, ignorant of the fact
that third unexpectedly with a
guns still concealed. The wood
pigeon is duller. Two men will scare
it away. but should only one of the
men depart, the bird will speedily re
sumo feeding
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displaced, causing the paper or flame
to be drawn toward the hole instead
of away from it.
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dow; the Square, the Second.
width be made twice as large without
increasing its height or width? I'm
possible? No, indeed In fact, it's
very simple. In the first instance, the
window is diamond shaped; in the
second simple squared.
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A Window Puzzle.
Try your wits on this: How can q
window having a height equal to its
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1905-04-20
z NIW POLSKICH
W AMERYCE.

ST. PAUL, MINI. W pa
rafii Sgo Wojciecha W St,
Paul, kt6rej proboszczem jest
ks. D. Majer odby}o sic
Czterdziestogodzinne nabo.
zenstwo trwajace przez try
dni, to jest: 9-10-11 K vie.
tnia. Kazania g}osii, ks. Ia
lewski, ks. Sroka, ks. Cie-
minski, i ks. Dudek. - O.
procz tego przybyli do pomo.
cy KS. Majerowi nastepujacy
ksieza: KS. Kobylihski, ks.
Jazdzewski, KS. Pacholski, ks.
Babi6ski, ks. Smiech, ks.
Baczyk, ks. Belzowski, ks.
Sierzputowski i ks. Szczu-
kowski.