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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Americas

America!
Where nightfngales sing all night long.
Let art. and pOeSy. and song
From crumbling Crag and castle call
Romance to lift her glorious pail
Woven of wild and subtle CLEANS
Yet everywhere the magic seems
Built over dark and cruel deepS
Where feeling faints and fancy sleeps
There. if chance shafts of light fall down
And strike the jewel of some crown,
Or touch to something half sublime
A hero greater than his time.
Or gid the brow of some white queen,
Still blacker sink the CULTS between.
Where. slippery with blood and tears,
The stair of immtmoria1 years
Once climbed fGom out and neither night
Till races staggered TO The light!
o thou upon times topmOSt crest,
Thou virgin Spirit of the West.
How happy. set apart from these
ny shielding storms and tumbling seas
The fOaming. separating plain
Lies the light Thy dear domain!
Here, in the shadow of the past
I see thee looming fair and vast.
A fuller glory round thee thrown
Than all the waiting world has known.
What winged hopes about thee fleet.
What PRAYERS. How beautiful thy feet
Upon th., mountains, lightning Shod.
Thou Latest messenger Gf God
Harriet Prescott Sp"fford IN the Reader
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Politeness Carried Too Far.

The gentleman of the east feell
bound out of politeness, to give one
the answer that will prove most agree
able. An English motor car enthu-
siast who attempted recently to tour
through northern India gives this as
an example of the difficulty of obtain
ing route information from intelli
gent natives by repeated inquiries:
rs it far to Gilgit?"
Not so far, your highness.''
"One or two kos?'
Yes, your highness.
Isn't it three?"
1T may be, your highness."
rs that what it is?"
ct may be five or six, your high
ness
Then, why did you say. it was one
or two?"
ITO please your highneSs."
Now, what is the real distance?"
Whatever your highness pleases-'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
MAKING a Peaceful Settlement.

The Scandinavians not only have
set the world a good example in set
Ting their differences peacefully, but
have given a life to the general cause
OF arbitration. One article of the
treaty for the separation of Norway
and Sweden provides for the submis
sion of future disputes to the Hague
court. There is the usual reservation
of matters affecting 'the independ
ence, integrity or vital interests o.
either but another clause sets forth
that the question whether any contro
versy does affect vital interests
shall itself be left to arbitration
This is far-sighted and humane
plan of making international dead
locks over trif1es far less likely.-Nev
York Evening Posi-.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Indian Children.

We Americans should know a great
deal about Indians, for we occupy their
land. Boys like Indian stories well
enough, and girls like to look at In
dian pictures; but how many of you
know that an Indian baby's first year
is spent strapped up in tight little
cradle? After the little boy Indian is
a year old he soon learns to walk, and
he no sooner walks than he mounts a
stick or branch of tree and pretends
he is riding, horseback.
little Indian girl is scarcely out of
her cradle before she begins carrying
a dolly on her back just as her mamma
used to carry her. She plays keeping
house, and constructs a cute little wig
wam while her little brother plays at
fishing and hunting. Besides playing,
these Indian children learn all sorts of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
WAS OLD JOKE ON THE COAST.

Nothing New About Boiling Spring
in the Ocean.
There's a wonderful hot spring that
bubbles up in the ocean a mile off
Catalina island" remarked Percival
s. Burkhardt, a Poughkeepsie bank
err, as he leaned over the counter at
the st. Francis. "a boiling hot sprin g
right out in the ocean seems almost
incredible, and 1 wouldn't have be-
lieved it if l hadn't seen it with my
eyes and dipped my fingers into the
almost scalding water. l was out
trolling for yellowtail one day in a
gasoline launch, when the boatman
told me about the wonderful spring.
We were not very far from it, so we
cruised around and found it, and as
we passed over it he dipped a bucket
of water out of the ocean that was
scalding hot. 1t was one of the most
wonderful experiences of the many
have had in California, and l wouldn t
have missed it for a great deal"
Yes, | had that game played on
me once" remarked Chief Clerk Nc
Dermott, rather carelessly.
Il don't understand you," declared
the Poughkeepsie banker.
You were out in a gasoline
launch
Exactly"
"And the boatman held the bucket
over the stern of the boat for several
minutes while getting his bearings
from the landmarks on shore before
dipping up the hot water?'
Yes, I think he did,
81 thought so. The hot water came
from the exhaust pipe of the gas en-
gine-'
well, I'll be jiggered,"-San Fran
cisco Chronicle
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A Rarometric STONE.

So far only one stone has been dis
covered in the world which actually
foretells changes in the weather, and
it was found in Finland many years
ago by an explorer. This stone, which
is known as the semakuir, is notified
with white spots, but just before an
approaching rainstorm it turns alb
solutely black. The semakuir is COM
posed of clay, rock salt and nitre.
When the atmosphere is dry the salt
in the stone shows itself in spots of
white on the surface, but when rain
is expected the salt, absorbing the
moisture, turns black, and thus acts
as a barometer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
A Song of Cotton Planting.

It's de time fer plantin' cotton.
An fer breakin. up. the groun',
An about de h'P fa'myahd
Dere's a mighty turnin' roun'
Course de fiel is mighty rugged.
An de turner's mighty long.
But 1 keeps right on a-ploughin
An 1 sings liz song
Wen de mule is sorter stubborn,
An begins to rair ali kick,
Den 1 exahciSes patience
An / strikes him nary lick
'Tain't no use to fuss an holler-
'Tain't no use to treat him wrong;
So / does my beS' to coax him,
An 1 sings a liz song
Wen de cotton seeds is planted,
An is kivahed up all right.
Den I'm happy ez June bug
Wen de cons a-tasslin' bright;
An to show how I'm a-feelin'.
l jes' Saunters all day long.
Wild my hands down in my pockets,
An 1 sings liI song
The Independent,
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side. In these huts, which are between
ten and thirty feet in. diameter, big
fire is built on the earth floor, and
sometimes nearly forty people sleep
around it, The only advantage OF such
a home is that it can be built in a
day No one need bother with arch1-
tects or fear builders strikes
AS you can imagine, the children of
such homes suffer many harsh1ps;
but, since they know nothing better,
they are merry and happy and have
many games A fayorite amusement
is to build small huts, just as in Amer
lea girls have doll houses and boys
tents. They also mold toys out of
wood and mud Both boys and girls
Jump rope necessarily, weaving the
jumping ropes themselves
The young Kaffir is very fond OF
taking snuff Even the babies sneeze
their poor little heads nearly OF from
it. Girls as well as boys are terrible
fighters, and when they quarrel, act
much like little wild beasts. though
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At some time you may want
mouse trap in a hurry and find that
you have none about the house. or at
least none that will work OF course
you can go out and buy one, but you
can make one just as easily, and per-
haps by so doing earn a bit of pocket
money from your parents
All you need is an old bottle with
a mouth or opening in the neck about
one and. one-half inches in diameter
Place this in the position shown in
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to sing another song as soon as she
finished one, and she was more than
willing She drank most too much
wine at supper, and volunteered a
high kicking performance in the front
drawing room afterward. Some Of
the boys said she wore tights for the
occa sion. She got so sociable that
she called Westmoreland 'Ducky' and
insisted on teaching Billingsley, the
railroad man. how to dance the high
kick Wonder where in the Sam Hill
your wife picked her up? They're so
different
Looking back over the matter 1t
gives me pleasure to recall that 1 did
not allow Mercedes to rest under the
impulation second, but shouldered
the entire blame for FlosSie'S break
ing into society myself
Mercedes doesn't have to sympa-
thize with me any more over "exces-
sive work. down town.
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Broke Up "Happy Family"

A baby pig objected to being Rugged
by a monkey at wild animal show at
Coney Island a few days ago, and bit
the monkeys tail Off The two be-
longed to the happy family" at the
show. All season there have been
three monkeys, a hairless dog and
pig in one cage All have seemed to
be on the most friendly terms, but the
pig usually has been the butt OF all
the jokes which Skip, mischievous
monkey, could invent. Skip's Particu-
lar fancy was the curled stump OF
piggy's tail, and he had a habit OF
stealing up and giving it a sudden
jerk. But the pig didn't mind; he
seemed to look on it as friendly
sign. The other day, however, Skip
ruff1ed the natural dignity of the pig
by putting his arms around its neck
Quick as a flash the pig snapped
Skip.s tail. and that broke up the
happy family
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Don'ts for Boys and Girls.

Don't do anything halfway. Work
that is worthy your attention is
worthy your best efforts.
Don't fail to make the most of your
possibilities. God helps him who helps
himself.
Don't be ungrateful for kindness re-
ceived from others. Only an migrate
is capable of such meanness.
Don't shirk your duty, no matter
how heavy the task, but perform it
readily and with willingness.
Don't be ignorant of the usages of
good society.
Don't slight your own position in
the world to waste time envying those
who may be more favored than your
self. Success will come to the boy or
girl who strives earnestly with a high
purpose in view
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Not That Kind.

Cyrus had finished his story of the
wonderful memory of an elephant, and
remarked that he, himself, could re-
member the name of every soldier in
his army.
But understand" he said, with a
slight flush Il am not one of these
people who never forget a face
Fearful lest they did not attach
enough Importance to the remark
he scanned their faces to see if they
heard him or had been thinking and
chuckling over the stories they were
going to tell when. their turns came.
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THE SIMPLEST MOUSE TRAP.


the illustration, inclined by means of
bricks or blocks of wood Leading up
to the mouth of the bottle place a
board or a piece of cardboard, and on
the cardboard lay train of crumbs of
cheese Drop some larger bits in the
mouth of the bottle and the trap is
set.
The mouse will enter the bottle to
get the bait and will find that it can
not climb out again, as the slippery
glass will afford no hold for its claws.
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useful things They are taught to be
polite. handy and good Perhaps these
red children could teach us lessons In
politeness. for they are taught never
to talk to older persons while the
elders are engaged in conversation
Do you know why an Indian is SO
attractive to children? Not because of
his dark skin and black hair, but on
account of the paint marks on his face
and his gaily bedecked head and body
Every paint mark of an Indians face
is sign with a definite meaning which
other Indians may read. When an In
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one might think their great love of SUI
gar would sweeten their dispositions.
If a Kaffir child can get sugar in no
other way he will steal it. In one
thing, though, the Kaffir boy sets a
good example to Polly Evans boys
he is very thrifty and early in life be-
gins to save. AS there are no Kaffir
dime savings banks, boy buries his
wealth in the jungle till he has enough
to buy cow When he buys from six
to a dozen COWS he can marry.
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Miss Flossie Carter, our new assist
ant bookkeeper and accountant, was
hardly up to a connoisseur's standard
of beauty, but she was pleasant-very
pleasant Hitherto the book work had
been done by men. Old Armstrong,
who had been superintendent of that
department until his hair had nearly
grown white at it. came near revolving
when he was introduced to the bright
haired young woman whom had come
to help him toll. She was good
worker-for while. Armstrong said
she could keep books, and that it was
the only time he ever saw a woman
who could. She often came into the
Office about quitting time, and we had
congenia1 little chats together. She
was pretty well posted on the theater.
and knew all sorts Of odd little places
about town where one could get
dainty supper and not be bothered by
too many eyes. She kindly offered
to lead me to a coy cafe of the sort
one evening, and 1 telephoned out to
my wife, Mercedes, that business en-
gagements would prevent my return
ing home till somewhat later than
usual. The walters seemed to know
lFlossie, and she addressed them by
their first names. After supper we
strolled up Broadway, and as Flossie
had no particular engagement for the
evening we went to the theater.
She was capital company and l thor
oughly enjoyed her quaint witticisms.
Some overly educated folk might have
denominated them slang, but 1 never
objected to young people expressing
themselves naturally; we get old soon
enough. 1 offered to see Flossie home,
but she said it was quite a way out,
and if I would kindly call cab she
would arrive right side up at her
"roosting place." She was very eff
fusive in thanking me for her pleasant
evening.
l never found out exactly when Mer-
cedes took a hand at the cards, but
when the time came for her to play
i knew it.
One day 1 dropped into the office
and found Flossie and Mercedes en-
gagged in conversation-that is, F'los-
sic was sitting ON my desk. dangling
her feet below, and talking in her
usual friendly, good-natured way. Mer-
cedes was sitting quietly in my cn-ir
listening as if interested. She arose
when l entered and bowed courteous
ly to me. If an earthquake should oc-
cur l don't believe Mercedes would
forget her manners. Flossie, who was
chewing gum, nodded Familiarity to me
and went on with her talk. AS
escorted Mercedes to the street, al
the conclusion of her visit, / asked
her what she thought of Miss Carter
'She's a charming girl she said
I've invited her out to little Party
, we're going to have Thursday evening
Will you be too busy to join us?''
I never could fathom those serene
brown eyes when they looked me
square in the face, as they always
did. 1t occurred to me that the saIe
thing to say was that business, I'm
fortunately. would prevent my coming
home that evening.
When | went back into the office
asked Flossie if she had accepted Mer
ceGes' invitation.
Sure thing" replied the young lady
you don't suppose I'd pass up snal
like that Are you IMP
Somehow Flossies little manner
isms didn't seem quite as captivatin:
that day as usual. which 1 attributes
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to my own indisposition- When
Thursday came she notified old Arm
strong that he would have to worry
along without her that afternoon, as
she had IAN invite to blowout at
the boss's, and it will keep me hus-
Ting to get my tresses kinked in
time
I spent the evening in the Office.
wondering what was happening out
home l arrived home about a. m.
and fond Mercedes awaiting me in
the drawing room. She was attired
in the loveliest costume I had ever
Aeors ard her transparent face and
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dark brown eyes glowed with pleas
ure.
You have had a nice evening. my
dear?" suggested.
Indeed we have, and 1 am very
sorry you were not with us. Mr.. and
Mrs. Westmoreland were very much
disappointed"
"westmoreland!" 1 gasped, "was
he here?"
Certainly"
chant princes whose good will was
worth. thousands of dollars to our
firm. and 1 would have waded through
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blood and fire to show him a courtesy
My absence was a fatal error.
who else?" l asked gloomily
Miss Carter"
she came, did she?"
Certainly and she assisted me very
much in entertaining. She sings quite
-er-I mean she is very willing to
sing. You don't have to urge her like
you do some girls. And she's not
bit embarrassed in company"
I believed that. Going down on the
trolley next day 1 CHANGED to be the
seat mate of George Hastley, an in
telligent young man, whose name was
becoming known on the exchange.
Il was out to your house last night.
john he said.
''Yes?"
81 met young woman friend of
your wife's; she's quite a singer"
l looked at him sideways, but there
wasn't the ghost of a smile on. his
clear-cut features. 1 knew who he
meant. There was a pause, and then
his face lit up as if he was going to
say something, but he checked him
self.
l ran across Westmoreland that mis-
| cradle day, and he nodded stif1y
Charles Billingsley, the traffic man.
| ager of big southern railroad sat
| near me at lunch, and, hitching his
chair over to mine, remarked:
My wife and had a pleasant time
| at your house last evening; sorry you
weren't there"
| told him l was too, and l meant
! it. How in the world did it happen
| that Mercedes knew so well the iden-
| teal men whose friendship i was most
anxious to cultivate?
| There was light-haired young
woman there the traffic manager
went on, who seemed to be very
| sociabIe"
"Yes?" l said encouragingly.
| She was quite pleasant-very
pleasant, indeed Then he looked al
the ceiling and smilingly added: "And
| she sings very readily; has quite a
repertoire. She seems to be a young
woman of parts
/ There he stopped and all of my
subtle questioning was Intellectual. He
| wouldn't add a word.
went around to Hastley's office in
a desperate mood. He was busy, but
when he saw the state of mind / was
| in he excused himself from his frienIs
and led the way into his private den
| George said, coming right up tt
the battle line, I've met some dozer
people to-day who were guests a.
our house last night, and they al
smile as if hiding something Now
I'm going to have the truth from some
body, If compelled to commit murde,
to get it, For the sake of old friend
ship tell me just what occurred"
He saw I was in deadly earnest
For moment he sat looking medi
tatively out of the window and tap
ping his fingers on the desk.
John" he began. as an amuse,
smile played up his countenance
there's nothing so serious about it
| never thought it was causing yo
worry. The guests were INTRODUCES
to Miss Carter, who had her hal
frizzed out like an Albino woman an
dressed as a chorus girl Some youn
man asked her to play on the plan
and sing. For two mortal hours sh
| had the whole neighborhood disturb
: ed by her rag-time melodies. Tn
| youngsters thought it fun to ask he
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Where kaffir chiIdren Live.

iris and boys, do
you think you could
live in a house like
this? Yet such a
ut of s t i C k S
matched with grass
IS all the home
hundreds of Kamr
children of South
Africa ever know.
The hole in the side
serves for door,
window and Chin
1ey all in one, and
often it is so small
even the children
have to creep in
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The Talking Mynah.

The hill mynah of India, like the par
rot or raven, initiates human utter
ances. Tommy speaks Hindustan and
English. Tommy is one of the fea-
lures of the London Zoo. The mynahs
belong to the starting rather than the
crow genus. The body is black. legs
brown, beak red, and they have bright
yellow bars around the neck
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beings do-that is with the hind legs
stretched out behind them, so that
they actually kneel on their knees
Most other animals draw their legs
up underneath them, like a horse or
COW lying down.
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dian puts on his full war paint he
decks himself not only with honorS
and distinctions won by his own brav-
cry, but also with the special honors
of his family or tribe. He may pos
sess one mark of distinction only, or
many. Sometimes he will wear all
his honors at one time. Then he is
a sight worth travelling far to see.
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AS the Elephant Kneeis

ERE is an ele-
d h a n t kneeling.
Well you ask,
What is odd about
that? We have
often seen ele-
plants kneel in a
circus. Suppose
you have. D / d
you ever notice
anything peculiar
in the position or
know that the
elephant is about
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Dr. Marcus Fitsherbert-Wheatla
a colored physician of Newport, R. L.,
is recognized in acknowledgements
and the x-ray. In early life he vas .
shoemaker
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MisFer Happy Day

Oh. Mister Happy Day.
You been too long away,
ter de May,
But de days-dey come an go.
En- you never come mo-
En- all de time L singin en- sighin' fer
you sol
Oh. Mister Happy Day,
My har a-gittin' gray.
En- de lonesome shadders yander, dey
a-ca1ln' away
Come whar de shadders creep,
Fin de night fan dark deep.
En- sing ter me de old sweet song befo
1 falls asleep.
Atlanta Constitution
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.d'1fft|N4 49, : y: f: Is
By EDdAR WHITE

Copyright 1905 by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-22
ANGORA GOAT FARM PAYS.
Maryland Boy Winning Fame and
Fortune Raising Them.


William J. Cohill, son of School
Commissioner Edwin p. Cohill OF
Hancock, Md, is winning fame and
making money by raising Angora
goats, says the Baltimore American.
Although only II years of age, he has
been engaged in breeding Angora
goats for seven years, and is thor
oughly familiar with all of the details
of goat culture. When he engaged in
the business seven years ago the
goats were purchased primarily for
the purpose of having them clear the
underbrush from a large tract OF
mountain land belonging to his father.
To-day the tract is set in apple ami
other fruit trees, which will soon be
in bearing condition. The flock OF
goats has been added to until now
young Mr.. Cohill has several hundred
Angoras, some of them blooded stock.
At the st. Louis exposition his exhib-
it Of goats won 500 in gold, and in
addition he received an order from
Hagenbeck, the animal trainer, for
eight of his best Angoras, to be sent
to Hamburg for starting a goat herd
there. At the recent poultry and pet
stock show at Madison Square gar
den, New York city, he won 500
silver cup for the best specimen OF
AIgora.