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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
TWO Gard Tricks.

Take the pack of cards and separate
all the kings. queens and knaves. Put
these all together into any part of the
pack you fancy and inform one of the
company that he cannot in twelve cuts
disturb their order, after each taking
the pack cut from and placing it on
the pack cut. The chances are 500 to
L in your favor. This trick may be
rendered more surprising by placing
one-half of the number of court cards
at the top and the other half at the
bottom of this pack.
The second trick tells you how to
find a certain card after it has been
shGffled in the pack. AS you shuttle
the cards, note the bottom one, being
careful not to shuttle it from its place
Then let any one draw card from the
middle of the pack, look at it and
place it on the top. Let them cut the
pack. The card in question will be
found imm ediately to follow the one
which was at first the bottom card.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
wIrrE LOVED BROOKLYN MAID.
Russian Peace Envoy Lost His Heart
to Little Miss BaWo.

News has reached Brooklyn that M.
White, the Russian peace envoy, whose
triumph at Portsmouth did much to
redeem the cars prestige, lost his
heart on the trip across the Atlantic
to a very fair little daughter of Brook
Ign, according to the New York World.
NJ. White sailed some weeks go on the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Among his fellow
passengers were Carl Bawo of PA Sth
avenue, Brooklyn, and Mr.. Bawo's fam
lily. The youngest of this family was
Miss Aneita Bawo, a pretty brown
eyed girl of 4 summers, and it was
with Miss Aneita that the big Russian
diplomat fell in love.
He began to pay attention to the
wee Brooklynite Immediately after the
ship left the Narrows, and one of the
sights that amused the passengers was
the big bearded representative of the
car and the tiny maiden from Brook
Ign romping up and down the deck.
The delights of the smoking room had
no charm for NJ. White while Miss
Aneita was out of her berth.
Mr.. Bawo, who is a wealthy bric-a-
brac importer and manufacturer, and
is combining with a pleasure trip
through Europe the business of in
specting his factories in Germany,
stopped at Bremen and there NJ White
parted from his little American sweet
heart.
His parting gift was a very pretty
jeweled bonbon box, which the little
lady will regard as quite a treasure
when she grows up. Meanwhile she
is quite inconsolable over the loss OF
her big playmate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18

Charles Livingston, of Puritan an
cestry and New England training and
rigid business habits and principles
found himself in New Orleans in mid
winter on a mission for his house
He was a partner in the house, al
though barely thirty, and his head
was considered not less cool nor his
judgment less steady and conserva-
tive than that of his gray-haired asso-
ciates.
AS to his character and habits
but why speak of that? He had been
a model youth, as he now was esteem
ed a model man. BY this it is not
meant to suggest that he was goody-
goody, or anything of that sort. He
was a strong, robust, healthy, normal
fellow, who had been born of good
stock, with good principles had been
well brought up and respected him.
self and the precepts of his parents.
At college he had gone in for ath-
letics. but not for dissipation. When
he graduated he took up the serious
business of life and, of course, found
a ready opportunity, of which he avail
ed himself to the uttermost So at
thirty he was we'll established for
life so far as business was concerned.
anG was well along on the road to
being a rich man. He was not mar
ried, never having found time to in
dulge in social pleasures, nor to cul-
tivate the very considerable streak
of romance which ran through his
nature.
Through no fault of his the bust
ness he had in hand at New Orleans
dragged fearfully, and he was de-
tanned there much longer than had
been anticipated. But it was of suf-
ficient Importance to demand his pres
ence. So he found much leisure on
his hands and gave more time to
sight seeing and pleasure than he
ever had done before. He enjoyed
especially to go away from haunts of
trade and plunge into the old historic
section of the city letting his mag
nation run riot with the old houses
and filling his mind with pictures of
what might have happened in bygone
days
He had almost exhausted the
sights, tired of the theater and other
forms of pastime and was beginning
to chafe at his enforced stay, when
he overheard a conversation one day
which put a strange idea into his
head For you know Satan finds mis-
chief still for idle hands to do.
He was at the old absinthe place.
slipping a glass of the stuff, against
which there are so many warnings,
and wondering how anybody could be-
come addicted to it's habitual use.
when two young fellows at the next
table started in to discuss a fancy
dress ball, to be given that night.
They talked so loudly that he was
an involuntary listener. Without be
ing at all Interested he learned that
the ball was public, that it was to be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
ROSARY


AS bird from the ocean.
You futtered to his side.
He raised YOU with devotion
And tanned your giriish pride
A CLEAN of sunshine straying
Across his wintry life,
A snatch of song allaying
The soul that sighed for strife
But time. who SCOTS at lovers,
Gave them little grace.
The while shy Spring uncovers
Her flushed. wet amorous face
Than foam from wind-swept spray,
Your beauty's rich and rarer,
Than harbinger of May
Love brought them as token
The trophies of the fray.
A boyish heart was broken
And bruised, and cast away.
He found you blithe- capriciouS,
Your hair fair foam,
Wild candid. and delicious.
a sea bird keen to roam-
Times up for love and laughter,
Soft vows and bridal bliss,
Remorse must follow after.
And chill sweet clinging kiss.
You We're the daintiest creature
That e'er the Sun caressed.
As fair as foam each feature
But tickle like the rest.
Farewell. the dream has vanished
As mist melts in the sun.
Fond boy-ish hopes are banished,
Those golden days are done
They've had their share of pleasure,
They've drained the sweets of life,
JOY gave them heaping treasure,
OF Loves keen luSty light
JAMES F. KINSELLA-
Registry Division. Chicago Postoffice.
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as he handed her to a seat With tbs
words he tore of his own mask.
She gazed for an instant into his
clean-cut, high-bred face and with a
graceful motion removed her own
mask
The two gazed searching1y at each
other for longer than strict propriety
would allow. He saw the most beau
tiful woman he ever had looked upon,
with the white complexion, the lus-
trous eyes, the long lashes, the full
red lips, the rich coloring and con-
trasts of the daughter of the South.
She saw the strong features, the flash
ing blue eye, the clear complexion,
the blonde hair of the true northern
gentleman
A flush suffused her features. In
an instant his mind was made, as
decisively as in any business deal
He threw discretion to the winds
Il know not who you are, but l
would fains have leave to pay you
my addresses-yea, yet further, l
who have known you but a few mo-
ments now and here declare my love.
| am no knave or fool, my name is"
NO no; l refuse to hear it, she
said. rising and interrupting him, flor
l.
nor will it be of any use to follow me.
L thank you and respect you for your
ardor and your frankness- I know
that you are a gentleman and knew it
when l accosted you. 1 may say that
1 am not unworthy of your avowal
in any way. 1t pleased my fancy
to see if 1 could inspire just such an
avowal as you have made. l have
had my emotion, you have had yours.
Good-by."
And before he could speak or move
she had vanished through the door.
He pursued furiously and arrived at
the outer entrance just in time to see
her jump breathlessly into an await
ing carriage, well attended by driver
and footman in livery, and be driven
rapidly away.
That was the end of the episode.
but many times as Charles Livingston
sits in his well-appointed home,
watching his brown-haired wife and
tow-headed children at work or play.
his mind turns back and he muses.
wonderingly-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
The Way In.

Mr.. Stingiman's antiquated steed is.
to put it mildly, somewhat attenu-
ated. AS if to make up for the thin
ness of its body, however, Nature has
given the animal a head many sizes
too large.
Of course people talk about that
horse, and Mr. Stingiman doesn't like
it The other week, for example. he
had gone to the expense of a new col
lar for the brute.
Ten minutes after delivery he was
back at the saddler's with the collar.
.sYou blunderers," be observed, in
the polite way characteristic of him
you've made it too small can't get
it over his headi"
"Over his head?" calculated the
saddler MAN, it wasn't made to &C
over his head Back him into itf''
And Mr.. Stingiman was quite rude
London Answers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
A BEAR AND A BoASTER

At a place called Georgetown, which
lies in a narrow valley, apparently
shut in by mountains, were a great
many bears, but these were much
smaller and less fierce than the griz-
Tlies. Still they were savage enough
when they were provoked, especially
# they were hungry; otherwise they
would often choose to run away rather
than fight.
One day news was brought that a
bear had been seen on the hills above
the town, and was prowling about
there. Just then there happened to
be staying in the town a someW hat
conceited person, who thought he
knew how to do everything. Dear
me-" he said, how fortunate that 1
am here just now. l will rid you of
the bear very speedily. Only look out
tomorrow afternoon, and you will see
me come down with the skin over my
shoulder" The people rather thought
that this was brag, SO they watched
him; but, sure enough, the next morn
ing he started off to shoot the bear.
Though he had talked SO grandly,
he was really somewhat uneasy, and
as he climbed higher and higher up
the lonely mountain he began to like
bear hunting less and less. On he
went. looking cautiously about him on
every side and thinking every heap
of stones was his enemy, and cycling
anxiously each cluster OF brown
bushes, and so he slowly neared the
top of the ridge.
Meanwhile the bear was shutting
easily up the other side of the noun
tain. not thinking at all about hunters
Or guns, but enjoying the sunshine
and wondering what he could ind Tor
dinner. Suddenly the man and the
bear met face to face. The man gave
a shrek and the bear growl- For
4 second they looked at each other.
Then both turned and fed, each down
the side of the mountain which he
had so lately assembled.
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PIucky Sparrows.

A pair of sparrows built nest in
a tree in Hoboken, N. j., and one of
the young sparrows with which the
nest was afterward equipped fell out
before it had learned to fly and fell
fiuttering to the sidewalk. The parent
birds followed it, but an alert cat was
already after the young sparrow. Moth
ing daunted by the size of their oppon-
ent the parent birds made a rush for
the cat They 1uttered about the cats
head and pecked at its eyes, and kept
it so generally busy that it had no
time to look after its intended prey
While this was going on more birds
flew down, and in some way supported
and upbOre the young sparrow until
they carried it to a fence, whence it
made a short flight on its own ac-
count and succeeded in reaching the
tree from which it fell. BY that time
the cat had been put to flight and the
parent birds flew back to the tree,
where they and the other sparrows
twittered and chirped for half an hour,
as if they were holding political con-
veEtion.-Golden Days.
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Quaint Queries.

Do you know that the custom of lift
ing ones hat dates back to the age of
chivalry? Knights then never appeared
in public without their full armor
When they entered an aSSemblage of
friends they removed their helmets.
This action signified, Il am safe in the
presence of friends" Thus the custom
of gentlemen of to-day means the same
thing, that he is in the presence of
friend.
Do you know that the three generals
who never knew defeat are Alexander
the Great, julius Caesar and the Duke
of Wellington (the hero of Waterloo) :?
Do you know the reason the hour
was divided into 60 minutes? 1t was
because no other small number has so
many divisions as 60. 1t is evenly di-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
In Case of Bad Bleeding.

81 know one thing said John; eli
you cut an artery the blood is red and
spurts; and if you cut a vein the
blood is bluer and flows
That's right; but in real accidents
you generally have both: and so there
is a mixture of blue and red Blood.
If the bleeding is very bad, tie a large
handkerchief around the injured arm
or leg, with a knot over the artery
about an inch above the cut. Slip a
stick through the place where the
handkerchief is tied and twist it until
the knot is pressed deeply against the
artery. 1t would be well to tie a
string around the arm over the other
end of the stick to prevent its unwind
ing. In this way you compress and
close the walls of the artery between
the cut end and the heart, and thus
you stop the bleeding. Cold or heat
in any form also helps to stop bleed
ing, for they both help to clot the
blood; and. of course. when the blood
clots it acts like a stopper in a bottle
and SO the blood ceases to f1ow.-From
DR.. E E. Walkers First Aid to the
Injured in st. Nicholas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
Tricks With the Hand.

Hold your hand in a horizontal po-
sition, palm downward. Place
piece of paper, about two inches
square, directly under and against
the crack between the first and mid
die fingers and blow through that
crack Instead of flying away. the
piece of paper will cling to your hand
without support. This is because the
current of air carries away some, and
the force of the outside air pressing
ON the paper makes it stick to the
hand.
Press the finger tips of one hand
forcibly against those of the other
hand and open and shut the hands
slightly. Shut your eyes and do this
several times. and the feeling will be
such that you can easily believe you
are holding coins between the finger
tips
Hook the fingers CT each hand. hold
ing them far apart. and shake the
hands swiftly, freely, and forcibly
from the wrist for several seconds
The air currents between the fingers
will give a sensation es IL the hands
were full of cotton of some woOlly
substance
Look closely at the inside of the
fingers near the tips. You will see
burrows running in curved lines They
appear like mere lines, but if you
look at them through a magnifying
glass you viii see they are really
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
FISH AS A BRAIN FOOD

There are many men of many
minds. and many fish of many kinds:
therefore there must be a fish adapted
for each particular mind.
For instance-For the schoolmaster
he should prescribe whale, and for his
pupils blubber.
For the critic-Carp.
For the soldier-Swordfish and
pike.
For the Observation-Disclosures.
For a Shoemaker-Sole.
For a carpenter-SawfiSh.
For a smoker-Pipefish and whiff.
For a Observation-Disclosures
For lean persons-Chub.
For a culptor-Sculpin', of course
For a cheese manufacturer-Sm elt
For the basso singer of a minstrel
troupe-Black bass.
For a sea captain-Skipper.
For dwarfs-MinnOwS.
Then there is the archerfiSh for
archers. the drumfish for drummers,
the pilotfish for pilots, the skate for
skaters, and the houndfish for hunters
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
To the New Baby.

Little kicking. cuddling thing.
You don't cry-you only singi
Blinking eyes and stubby nose,
Mouth that mocks the budding rose,
Down for hair. peach blows for hands
Ah-h-h-h, OF all the baby grandS''
Anyone could wish to
You're the finest one for mel
Skin soft as velvet is;
God (when YOU were only hiS)
Touched you the cheek and chin
Where he touched are dimples in
CreaseS your wrists. though
Strings We're fastened round them so
We could tie you tight and keep
You from leaving while We Sleep
Once I tried to look at you
From a strangers point of view;
You were red and wrinlxled; then
1 Just loved. and looked again;
What 1 saw was not the same;
In my eyes the blessed flame
OF a fathers love consumed
Faults to strangers eyes illumed-
Little squirming. cuddling thingi
Ere YOU shed each angel wing,
Did they tell you you were sent
With a cargo of content
To home down here below
Where they hungered for you so?
Do you know, you fiawless pearl,
How we love our baby girl?
Baltimore American.
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81 cannot make my Identity known"
and in trice was a part OF the gay
and brilliant throng.
For an hour it made him fairly
dizzy. The masking of the women
seemed to make them more au-
Gacious in the display of their
charms and Livingston marveled
greatly at the ingenuity with which
they had contrived to adopt costumes
so as to suggest to the full the grace
full and alluring lines of their figures.
Some of the skirts were so high and
necks so low as to make the mask
the most considerable article of APP
parel.
1t was all very new and very in
teresting to the northern business
man, with his strict training and cor
rect life and he was deeply interested.
He was leaning against pillar watch
ing the kaleidoscope panorama,
when tall and graceful figure, in a
most alluring domino of purple silk
of the richest texture, paused before
him and said:
sWhy standest thou all the night in
moody contemplation, oh, most SOM
bre Knight"
Startled, Livingston Strengthened
| himself and glanced at his questioner.
| Her raven hair was caught up with
| costly jewels, her costume bespoke
a generous purse; her domino chung
| about the lines of a figure of singular
| perfection; her slippered feet and
| daintily gloved hands bespoke the
| aristocrat- Still, who knows?"
| thought Livingston. Summoning his
| wits he replied:
"a stranger in a strange land !
must be content to gaze from afar
| upon the promised land"
| There are no strangers here to-
night" said the woman. "All are
comrades and friends Be not a
deaths head at the feast, / conjure
| you
With wildly beating heart Living
/ ston took the plunge IF indeed
none here are strangers claim you
| Comet"
He stepped forward and without a
word and without hesitation she tool
his proffered arm. They walked
through the ribald crowd, she cling
ing close to him, he with his head
In a whirl and his heart humping
She spoke softly in the very voice
of love and glancing down at hel
mask he saw the CLEAN of flashing
eyes, and was filed with strange and
powerful emotions. They passed
door within which were palms ant
| flowers and rustic seats.
Let us go in and sit down." b,
said abruptly, and turned back.
She acquiesced with a silver,
laugh.
II Il would see your face" he said
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
A COMPOUND PULLEY

cord, are the necessary materials.
Cut or saw each spool quite near
the shoulder. as shown by the dotted
lines. Put pin through the two
ends of each spool, letting the ends
project for an axle. This gives you
a very neat wheel. Be careful to
make the four wheels of equal thick
ness.
The four blocks should be each a
trif1e thicker than the wheels, as
broad as the side strips are and about
one inch long Make two holes in
each side strip two and half inches
from the ends and the size of the
axles-
Now you are ready to join the parts.
Take two side strips, one large and
one small spool, place the axles in the
holes. put block in position at each
end and fasten it firmly by means of
glue or screws or nails. A screw hook
in each end completes one part
Make the other part in exactly the
same way and put in the cord as
shown in the drawing
To use the pulley fasten one block
to the ceiling or some other high
place. Attach the lower block 20 the
object you wish to raise. 1t will seem
surprising how heavy a weight can
be lifted with but little strength.
Afterward a pulley with six or even
eight wheels may be made, and their
working compared.
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can go masked and nobody will be
the wiser"
Well, of course, that happened
which always happened when old
Beelzebub gets us to lend an ear for a
moment. Livingston temporized, hest
tated-and fell. The fall occurred
along in the evening and with fatal
exactnesS he recoilected having seen
a costumer's shop with a sign open
Evenings" His feet carried him I'M
erringly to the place and he selected
a black domino and mask. Very
soon he rolled up to the place at
which the ball was held, in a cab,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
The Blind Mouse,

One day while sitting under a shady
maple tree by the roadside, reading a
book, the soft, rustling sound made by
the wind blowing through a field of
tasseled wheat caused me to look up.
To my surprise l saw two large field
mice slowly crossing the road to the
wheat field.
One mouse had his eyes tightly
closed, and seemed totally blind, while
the other mouse was cautiously lead
ing him along by a small stick which
they both held in their mouths.
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slight burrows Or rub chalk of pow
der over them, and they will be out
lined in white.
1t is said that no two persons have
these markings exactly alike. and al
so that the markings remain the same
through life in each individual. You
may test this by taking print of
your own Spread some ink thinly
over piece of glass or paper When
the ink is nearly dry, press the fingers
on 1T lightly. and then on a piece of
clean white paper. A few trials will
give you some very good prints.
Another way of taking the print is
to drop a little heated sealing wax
on paper and before it hardens to
wet the finger, SO as not to burn it,
and press it on the wax. The inn
print of all the lines will be clearly
marked or sealed in the wax.
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vided by 2, 8, 4. 3, 6. 10, II, ID. 20
and 80.
Do you know the origin of the
phrase, up Salt River? Before
steam, navigation along the Ohio was
carried on by fatboats which were
rowed up stream. This was particu-
larly hard work, especially up Salt
River, a dangerous, crooked branch OF
the Ohio River in Kentucky. When
slaves were to be punished this was
a common method employed by their
owners. Hence, at election times, peo-
pie refer to sending the defeated can
didates up Salt River" as penalty.
Do you know how many blue beans
it takes to make five white beans?
Five-if they are peeled
Do you know that the word dude"
comes from the English word ''duds,"
which means clothes2 Hence. dude
is one very fond of clothes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18
The Rose of Remembrance.

I bloom for all. says the fra grant rose;
L bloom for the grave and gray.
L bloom for the loved one in repose,
l bloom for the young and gay.
On one and all does my blessing rest
In this fieeting life of mine:
On the north and the south and the east
and west
Like a ge of love divine
washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-18

Three cents for a half dozen screw
hooks is all the money you need for
a compound pulley, and any boy or
girl can make one. Two large spools,
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Gulf of California Pearls.

The whole coast of the gulf of Cali
fornia abounds in pearls, and last year
$3.50 900 worth was harvested in lower
California alone.