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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02


day and the stokers were ordered to
make up the fires
The night came on dark and heavy.
There was no moon and the stars had
that subdued brilliancy of hot night.
Finally the hour came and a boat
was quietly dropped from the davits
the captain, mate and two seamen oc-
cupying it and a course was laid for
the shore.
Jaw hope it's ma a fools errand
we're on" said McDouga1l.
COR trap we're walking into" sug-
gested the skipper, nervously.
Mon, it's brekking the law we are
grumbled the mate, whats that?" A
noise like a muffled groan came from
the banks and the men stopped row.
in.
tits only some bloody frog" said
the skipper wiping the sweat from his
forehead, everything that can make
a noise seems to be shouting in this
woods tonight"
A few more pulls and the 1ow-lying
branches of the chapparal brushed the
shippers head causing him to start.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02

end of the yarn loosely to one of the
nails Then wrap it around the nails
eight times in the shape of the figure
g. eros the ends of the ribbon over
the. top of the yarn and tie single
tight knots. Wrap the yarn eight
times as before, tie with ribbon.
and continue till the nails are full.
Remove the work from the nails
and put last loops over pins for new
start, continuing until boa is the de-
sired length.
Shake thoroughly, trim OFF the ends
of ribbon and you have very cum
ming boa for your doll.
These can be made in any color, the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02

Here is one of the daintiest of par
1or magic tricks, which never fails to
capture an audience and which, at the
same time, is so simple that any one
can do it:
You need six or more candles and
as many cand1esgticks, or you can get
along without the candlesticks by
holding a lighted match to the bottom
of each of the candles and then, when
it has softened ever so lightly, setting
the candle firmly in a saucer. The
wax or tallow will harden in a mo-
ment, holding the candle erect In its
place.
Make a hole in one side of each
candle, as shown in the illustration to
the right, cutting clear through until
the wick is severed. These holes must
be at various distances from the top
different in each candle
Now, if you should light one of these
candles it would burn steadily until
the fame got down to the hole, when
the cut in the wick would cause the
candle to go out If you should light
them all together they would go out at
different times, as the holes are at diff
ferent places This is where your
trick comes in
Place your candles in a row on
table, with the holes away from your
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Game of Mysterious Guest.

People assemble in one room. A
stranger appears at the door. He is
dressed to represent some character in
history, poetry or song. The purpose
Of the game is to recognize who the
guest is. He may be Sinbad the Sail
or, Martha Washington, Santa Claus or
Little Bo-peep, or a host of other
friends of us all. AS the guesserS
say, cit is so and so,'' if their guess
be wrong the mysterious guest shakes
his head sadly. If the guess be right
he claps his hands, bows pleasantly
and disappears.
A lot of fun can be had at chill
dren's gathering where the characters
chosen are all popular with the chill
dren's tastes.-Rochester Post Elk
press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02

audience, and then light all six Now.
you begin to relate a story about a
little girl who was alone in the house
and was afraid of the dark and who
lighted six candles to keep up her
courage. She heard queer noises about
the house, and drew close to the light,
and then (pcinting to the candle with
the hole nearest the top) the first
candle went Quit OF course, you time
your words, so that you say "out" just
before the fame reaches the hole. As
you reach the second point in your
tale the second candle goes out, and
SO on throughout the rest of the six.
You may have the holes vary but a
fraction of an inch in their distance
from the top of the candle, and tell a
very short story, or you may have your
tale a long one, with the distances of
the holes from the top to vary an inch
or SO. By, first lighting one candle
and watching it burn for few min
utes, you can tell almost exactly how.
long the flame will take to reach a
given point.
If you do not have the candles go
out in rotation, but skip around from
the first to the fifth, then to the sec
opd, to the six, the fourth and third.
you can still further mystify your au-
dience, and il your story be well told
the effect viii be very pretty. indeed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Why the Ocean Doesn't Freeze.

If the ocean did not have salt it
would freeze somewhat more readily
than it does now, but there would be
no very marked difference.
The ocean is prevented from freeZ-
ing not so much by its salt as by its
size and by it's commotion. On ac-
count of it's size, large portions of it
extend into warm climates at all sea-
sons, and by reason of its great depth
it is a vast storehouse of heat. It's
currents distribute much warm water
among the cold.-St. Nicholas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Copyright, 1905. by Daily Story Pub. Coz


"a feckless country" murmured Mr..
McDougall, mate of the British tramp
steamer Triton as he looked disparag-
ingly at the thickly wooded shores on
either side of the river and then at
the white abode town about quar-
ter of a mile above, land ma Chris
tan one either" he added.
There was reason for Mr.. McDou-
CALLS disgust for the Triton had been
swinging to her anchors in the little
Central American harbor for five days
with a prospect of so swinging for
fifty days more. The motive power
of the steamer was represented by
Mr.. Daniel Watts, at the time being
both first and second engineer, for
the. second engineer had been left
sick in hospital at Maracaibo, and
Mr. Watts was not at his post. The
Triton had entered the port for the
purpose of making some repairs to
her machinery and when Mr.. Watts
had accomplished this he went ashore.
There he filled himself with the most
villainous aguadiente and smote on
the head a peaceable citizen, so that
his life was endangered. Mr.. Watts,
in company with another law breaker
and many f1eas, now languished in
the adobe calabozo and as no one
aboard the steamer was capable OF
running the engine she lay at anchor.
"a veesitor,'' exclaimed McDougall
to the Captain on the bridge. A boat
had put out from the town and was
bearing for the steamer, the man row.
ing presenting an odd spectacle as his
huge somtrero bobbed in union with
the motions of his body.
The boat came alongside and, fling
ing line aboard, which Mr.. McDou-
gall listlessly fastened, the man
climbed on the steamer with the agil-
ity of a monkey. He was a 1.-THE fell
low with red sash about his waist
and his unbuttoned calzoneros flap
ping his legs.
,i"Captain?" he said, interrogatively
to McDougal1.
1. The mate pointed out the officer on
the bridge and slouched behind the
man as he mounted the ladder.
No ingineer," remarked the man to
the captain.
1t was we'll that his knowledge of
English did not permit his grasping
Captain Benefits reply. Evidently
he did not grasp it for he went on
"In calabozo," he continued, man
Ac StiAhS he uiS SOOu, YOU WdHI Hlu
Want who?" growled the skipper.
Ingineer?" replied the man.
."Of course l want him, the drunken
swine, but what have you to do with
it. you saffron colored lubber?" snap
ped Captain Bennett.
Hundred dollar me get him. said
the man. coolly rolling a cigarette.
The captain stared at the unmoved
native and so did McDougall, then all
Aentered the cabin and the man I'M
folded his plan in broken English
He alone knew of a weak spot in
the caiabozo where a Jail delivery
might be made and for the sum of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Arditi's Adrirer

Like many other musical geniuses,
Signor Arditi was apt to be somewhat
absent-r1inded at times, and, in con-
nection with this little weakness on
his part, he tells the following story
in his "Reminiscences
In 1873 Arditi wrote an ode, which
was performed at the Crystal palace,
to signalize the twentieth birthday of
that institution. He conducted the
performance himself, and was stroll
ing through one of the Hobbies be-
tween the parts when a ladylike per-
son, clad in black, suddenly confront
ed the composer and his wife. She
curtised very low, while the signor
held out his hand, which she Cordially
grasped.
The lady was exceedingly ELUSIVE
in her compliments with regard to the
music, and after she had left the
eminent conductor asked his wife if
she knew who his admirer was.
.tGood gracious, Luigi" sair Mrs.
Arditi, cant you see it's our cooki +"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Aetna Proverbs.

Each player may take part, or, If
thought preferable, the company may
divide themselves into actors and
spectators. The actors then each fix
upon proverb which is to be repre-
scented by each of them individually.
There is to be no connection between
them in any way. Each in turn has
simply to act before the rest of the
company the proverb he has selected.
The first player might, for instance,
come into the room holding a cup in
his hand, but being prevented each
time by the cup slipping out of his
hand. Thus, in dumb show, illustrat-
ing the proverb, There's many a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" If really
good acting be thrown into the game,
it may be made exceedingly interest
ing.
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one hundred dollars he would agree
to deliver Mr.. Watts to the captain
at midnight at a spot just opposite
where the steamer lay A boat was
to be ready and the vessel was to
leave the port at once. AS proof of
his sincerity the man wanted no
money until the engineer was safely
in the boat
The two officers conferred. At the
worst they could be no losers and
otherwise the steamer might lay for
days in that stew'.g harbor. True,
the abduction of a criminal was a
fracture of international law, but then
it would be difficult to prove the
steamers completely in the deed and
the state was a small one, etc.
The agreement was accordingly
made and the man departed Mr. Nc
Dougall went up to the town and Sc
cured the papers for departure that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Chance for Handy Women.

1t is said that a business man
name unknown, or not given-won-
ders why women who have mechani-
cal ability don't take up the business
of handy man." and make repairs on
sewing and typewriting machines, fix
the catch when it gets out of order,
and induce the fractions knob of the
door to do its duty, says the Spring
field Republican There is no reason
why women don take up such jobs
except that they haven't thought OF it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02

A man, propelled by some fierce
force behind, shot into the boat.
Apart from the nocturnal concert
there was no sound. The darkness was
intense, the air clammy and tepid.
He'll ma be here" said McDouga1l
Lets go back to the steamer"
Just then a low whistle sounded
through the gloom.
Captain" said a voice.
"Ay, ay," replied the skipper, in
quavering accents.
''All rect, all rect came in low
tones from the chapparal, wait
meenute.''
A man, propelled by some fierce
force behind, shot into the boat tum-
bling Mr.. McDougall off the thwart
The mate struggled in the bottom
of the boat moment and then called:
It's ma heem, it's ma heem. Dinna
pay, Captain" then he arose to his
knees and repeated, Its ma heem
this mon has a beard
Another man came tumbling into
the boat.
Ingineer," announced a voice, "gib
money, captain
Its me-" exclaimed the unmistak-
able voice of Mr.. Watts" make for
the steamer, for Gods sake, Captain,
or they'll be after me-"
The captain reached out the bag of
money which was grasped by an un-
seen hand. A voice muttered "gra-
CAS-" a pistol rang out and with a
shout of 'caramba," the boat was
pushed from the banks.
The alcalde IS after 'em," exclaim-
ed the skipper, pull your bloodiest.
boys, for the steamer
The men strained at the oars and
even Mr.. McDouga1 grasped an oar.
The boat Glove the water and speed
work to secure the boat and then Mr..
Watts dove into the engine room.
When dawn flashed over the waters
| the Triton was on the Caribbean sea
| and two officers we're staring at a ruff
| fianly looking Spaniard sitting on the
| deck.
"Eet's the mon who knocked me OH
| the thwart," said -McDougall, s.who is
hep
| Watts then came on deck and re
coi1ed when he saw the man.
Its Pedro" he exclaimed, gazing
at the man as if he was a 1oathsome
reptile. he murdered two men ano
was to be executed to-day"
I'VE war in nice company, Mr.
Watts remarked Mr.. McDougall.
What shall we do with him?" ask
ed the skipper.
Jaw hate to send a mon to his judg
| ment wha's ma got a certificate of the
| free kirk o Scotland said McDou
gall, but aw whould dump him over
board, Captain
The object of this drastic sugges
ton smiled benignantly on the mate
his white teeth cleaning through hi
black mcastache, and rolled a ciga
rette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
A DOLLS Boa.

Girls don't you think it is about
time to consider your doll daughters
winter wardrobe? If you do not look
out, frost will get them to shivering
in their thin summer gowns.
A good thing to have ready for the
first cold days is a boa. They are to
be all the rage this year, and dolly
will be quite questionable without
one.
We will tell you how to make a
lovely boa. 1t is SO simple that even
the every little doll mothers can do it.
Take a fat piece of wood, about ten
inches long, three wide and two or
three thick. Two inches from each
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Little Song Birds.

The pinsion is a French song bird.
and the petites couturieres of Paris
are universally called minis pinsons
Qittle song birds) because of the hab-
it they have of always singing at their
work. Crowded, hundreds of them, in
illighted, badly ventilated, great
ateliers, during the busy season, they
stitch and sing from o'clock in the
morning until long after midnight,
and they earn-the vast majority of
them-ffty cents a day. With this
amount they must not only board,
lodge and clothe themselves, but they
must also make provisions for the
morte saison-four months, from the
middle of June till the middle of Sep
TENDER, when, the gay world of Paris
being Ia campagne, no orders for
work are given, workshops are closed
and the minis pinsons earn not one
sou.-Harper's Bazaar.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
a Violin

Music of shadow, blown from twilit lands
Where never burns the fierce white light
of day;
Where never laughter breaks their sad
neSSeS,
Only a sapphire dusk and somber sky
And wandering mourning winds that blow
The everlasting sorrowing of the sea-
The sobbing cadences aspire and sink,
And in their gliding poignant beauty
Anguish of all the ages Swallowed
forms.
Figures of tragedy. who lift pale hands
and cry
Against the ruthless trampling of the
Keen, from the strings until the listening
Becomes a very raDier thrust of pain
f. O'Neill Gallagher.
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tens body was free inside the roomy
bag, and the bright eyes could see the
friendly faces about, with all chance
of sudden flight was prevented. A loop
of broad tape served as strap handle,
which the young owner slung over her
shoulder on leaving the car, and car
ried her pet with ease and satisfac-
tiOn.-GOlden DAYS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Stories picked up.

Stories Picked Up.
It's easy to say words like these;
II Excuse S me, mother. II you please,
o, they easy as can be-
There's just one word cannot say,
Although 1 try the hardest way;
It's ..sorry,' and do not see
Why such a small word troubles me.
At home they say it's cause / won't;
o. they don't know. they truly don'ti
How / feel sorry round my heart,
How my throat aches and my eyes start
L just can't make the words come
through
If you were me. what would you do?
-Harper's Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Feed in the Air.

Swallows are said to be the only
birds that take their food from the
air and drink when flying On first ar
irving in this country the birds feed
upon gnats and such insects, but as
summer advances winged beetles are
also eagerly snapped up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Kitten in a Raa.

To insure its comfort and safety
while travelling on railroad a girl
sewed her pet kitten in a bag of stout
ticking. At. one side the little head
was thrust through, the seam closing
snugiy, but not too tight, at either
side of the neck. In this way the kit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02
Toy Made by the Gar.

We think of the Gar only as a ruler
of great nation, yet he is a papa OF
four daughters and one baby boy, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-02

light blues and pinks being especially
pretty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
. A LITTLE VARIETY.


South Africa is of volcanic origin, and
the country round Kimberley is so sui
phurous that even ants cannot exist
1pon it.
For each child born to the families OF
the municipal clerks in Kansas City the
civic authorities promise to add Ave dol
lars month to the fathers salary.
Salt is a luxury IN Central Africa. The
Iong-continued use of vegetable food
creates SO painful a desire for salt that
natives deprived of it for long often
show signs Of insanity.
The common housefiy, in addition to
possessing pneumatic wings, has two
kinds Of eyes. one set being for ordinary
use and the other of high magnifying
power for distant objects.
Iceland produces most OF the worries
supply OF eiderdown, the annual sale
amounting to something over /. 900
pounds. Most OF this is shipped TO Co
penhagen and commands from s2.4I tn
$3.50 q pound.
George S. Elgood the English artist.
is acknowledged to be. the greatest liy-
Ing painter Of gardens He has FUR
nished a series of SO water coIors which
are said to be the best work he has eyer
done. a noted operate tenor said of
them that each one strikes high
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
HONEST CONFESSION.
A Doctors Talk on Food.

There are no fairer set Of men on
earth than the doctors, and when they
hnd they have been in error they are
usually apt to make honest and manly
confession Of the fact.
a case in point is that of an ami.
nent practitioner, one Of the good ala
schooI, who lives in Texas. His Main
anVarnlshed tale needs no dressing mn
mad always had an intense nrei,,.
dlee' which I can now see was unwar-
fantaple and unreasonable, against ali
muchly advertised foods. Hence :
never read a line Of the MANY ads aa
GTape-Nuts, nor tested the food till last
winter. 80 ese' =
While in Corpus Christi fsr nv
health, and visiting my Youngest aor
VINO mas four Of the ruddiest, heath
less nttie boys I ever saw. ate my
hrst dish Of Grape Nuts food for e,,1;
per with my little grandsans ~
came exceedingly fond of it and have,
eaten a package of it every week strce
ana hnd It delicious, rafrashine s, $
strengthening food, leaving M III -. -
lsets Whatever, causing no quotations
WI, WIZ winch was formerly much from
p!eal, no sense Of fulIness. nausea ~,
distress Of stomach in any vav -
Ihere IS no other food that ao~aas
WIN me SO well, or sits as lightly 8
pleasantly upon my stomach as th;a
ooes. am stronger and more aesive
since s. ! began the use OF Grape-pTnts
eaan ! nave been for 10 years. and ' an
no longer troubled with nausea ana
l,loigsstl ION Name given by Posfnys
Co, Battle Greek, Mich. ss4aza
There's q reason.
az Ipoa , 70 .' eaeh pig FOR the famous lit
.sas ooe'sA, inc Road to VeIIvilIIIaa i
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Manufactured Cotton

There was a time when cotton grew:
now it is made. The French have ae-
CURED the novel art of cotton making,
and to do SO use the cellulose of a FIR
tree. Can fig tree bear thistles? Per-
haps not, but a fir tree can grow cot
ton. The fbers of the tree are pulyer-
lied by special machinery and treated
with steam and bisulphate of soda for Sc
hours under a heavy pressure. The mess
IS then washed and bleached, passed
between rollers to cry it, and reheated
with chloride of zinc and acid to which
has been added a little castor oil to give
consistent paste. This cellulose mat
ter is then passed through a draw plate,
which produces a thread having an
exceedingly close resemblance to cotton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
HENNERY
WiGGING GERMAN PRINCES.
Kaiser Tells Offspring Never to For
get That They Are Hohen-
zollerns

Princes will be princes, it seems,
and there have been times when the
kaiser has had to talk like father to
his offspring. There is a delicious
story OF one wigging which he admin
lstered to them which the court is still
chuekling over, says the Chicago
Journal.
Never forget he said solen2nly, as
they stood to attention before him.
that you are HohenzolIerns and sons
OF the kaiser of Germany. But you, :,
he added, turning upon one who shall
not be particularized, you remember
that have my eye on you" In per-
son the kaiser is a forid man of bare
" middle height, with a full face,
neshy neck, and a noticeable general
plumpness. On foot, especially when
IA one OF his two score uniforms. he is
less regal than engaging; on horse
back he is quite a fine figure OF man.
Although his horses are specially
broken and trained for his use, he has
a good working seat n=the saddle. To
see him go past a saluting base at the
rocklng-ehair eanter the German cav
airy affects is TO see a good type of a
n1ilitary-looking man; he could pass
in a crowd for d we1l-to-do major
without ambitions. In spite of his
growing stoutness he takes 4 good
deal of exercise. In particular he
shoots, and he issues to the chase
with not much less circumstance than
the duke in Browning's flight of the
Duchess
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eye when they asked him about his mine,

aye when they asked him about his mine,
and he1ooked the part. One man wanted
dad to cash a check, cause the bank was
closed, and he was rich-looking duke,
and dad was just going to get his roll out
and peel of some more onion. when ]
said: Not on your tintype, Mr.. Duke, =
and dad left his roll in his pocket. and
the duke gave ne look as though he
wanted to choke NE. and went away,
saying: There is Mr.. Pierpont Morgan,
and l can get him 10 cash it. .. Isayed
dad over a hundred dollars on that
scheme, and SO we are making money
every minute. We went to our room
early, SO dad could digest his s43 worth
of glad food.
Gee, but this house got ripped up the
back before morning. You remem Der
I told you about a countess, or d duchess,
or some kind of high-up female that had
a room next to our room. Well, she is
a beeut, from Butte, Mont, or Cuba, or
somewhere. for she acts like q queen