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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

DroeOlQS purposes ana Is negotiating
for 5000 more to be turned loose in
the state next year.
Shippers from every Kansas and ter
ritory town will be at Wichita this
when the implecent mems convention
opens. Freight rate reforms will be
the only topic of discussion
Warren Cooper of Manhattan died
at ST. Louis Monday, and in his will
left $1,000 to the Missouri Humane
society. The rest of the estate goes
to two cousins in Manhattan.
The Santa Fe has obtained a char
ter for the Medicine Valley railway.
which will be a cutoff between Dodge
City and Medicine Lodge and from
Medicine Lodge to Great Bend
A boiler exploded at the state prison
Wednesday night, destroying 125
horsepower engine in the room Jake
Rogers a convict the only man in the
powerhouse, escaped uninjured-
John H. Haynes, an old soldier, has
been arrested for passing counterfeit
money at Leavenwortn and the police
there thing there is bogus money
plant in operation in the vicinity
An explosion in the acetylene gas
plant at Mount Carmel academy Wich-
tia. Wednesday night instantly killed
Patrick Kennedy, the houseman- his
body was blown 100 feet through the
air
The railroad board has asked the at
torney general to take care of the
cases it mas pending against it in the
supreme court The railroads have
attacked the constitutionality OF the
board.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
How Push Ball is Played.

From the National Magazine.
Push ball is played on gridironed field
or floor 120 yards long by fifty wide, with
goal posts at either end twenty feet apart
and connected by a cross bar seven feet
from the ground. The mammoth ball, al
most globular in shape. should measure six
feet in diameter and weigh between forty
eight and fifty pounds. 1t is usually in
hated with compressed air. The ball Is
placed in the middle of the field and the
teams line up as follows: Five forwards
on the forty-yard line. two left and two
right wings on the twenty-yard line and
two goal keepers on the goal line-eleven
men each At the sound of the referees s
whistle both sides plunge at full speed upon
the ball. And then the fun begins. If the
ball is caught fairly between the two hu-
man battering rams there is a rebound
from its elastic sides that sends the play
ers spra wiling like tenpins. 1t does not take
long, however, for the entire twenty-five
men to get around the sphere, put their
shoulders to the wheel, so to speak, and
push for every ounce of energy in them.
The heavier, stronger team will, of course,
have the advantage, but some trick plays
have been invented which lend variety TO
the game and redeem it from being a fea-
tureless contest of mere Drawn and muscle.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Boys Will Be Boys.

In the very od-fashioned German town
Of Frankfort. many of the houses used to
be built with high porches facing the street
and partly iDclosed by lattice work. Here
the women would sit on a summers day to
knit and sew, and here the children used
to play.
In such house. a century and a half
ago. lived very small boy, who afterward
became great poet His name was Johann
Wolfgang Won Goethe. But never mind the
rame. 1t Is too long TO remember. Johann
is enough.
One time there had been a croclSery fair
IN Frankfort: Johann's mother had bought
many fine dishes, and some small pieces
as playthings for the children.
Across the street lived three brothers
named Won Ochsenstein. Oh, those Ger
man names. These young men took much
interest in little Johann and did many
things to amuSe him.
One fine day. when Johann had been left
alone with his favorite dishes. he thought
there might be a new kind of fun In throw
ing one of them down to the street. II
made such delightful clatter that Johann
clapped his hands for joy while the laugh
ing Won OchsenSteins across the street
called out, "Anotheri"
And then, as Goethe himself used to tell
the story, Il was not long in hinsing out
pot. and as they made no end to their calls
lot more, Dy degrees the WIlole cOljecliOH,
platters. ppkins and mugs, was dashed
upon the pavement
II was highly delighted to give my neigh
bors sIch pleasure. Still they shouted for
more. / ran to the kitchen, and brought the
earthenware, which produced a still livelier
spectacle in breaking. Thus ! devoted all
the ware l could drag out to similar de-
struction, before any one came to hinder
and to save"
The roguish Won Ochsensteins took great
delight in telling 1t to the end OF their
days.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

frog. Now the witch had SO fixed him
that by wishing the boy could become any
of the animals that he had killed. So al
most before he knew 1t he was a big owl.
He flew at once to the limb Of an apple tree.
The morning sun was too bright for his
eyes, but he could just make out the open
window of his room. Thinking 1t was time
to go to bed, he flew in at the window.
There he remained all day.
In the evening, when the mother went up
stairs to see the place where her dear boy
used to sleep. there he sat on the dresser,
blinking his big, yellow eyes at her. who,
whooi' he cried.
why, I'm your mother" the woman said
You ought to feel ashamed to cause me so
much sorrow"
"Boo-hoo, boo-hoo." said the hoy.
Then the woman took him up as gently as
she could and put him carefully under the
covers. 1t was not pleasant to kiss the
beak of an owl good night. but the boy s
mother did kiss him, and then went to her
own room.
Now. an owl who sleeps all day likes TO be
around at night; and that was the case with
the little boy. Soon as it was good and dark
| he got up and flew Off Away through the
forest he flew until he found the place
where the old witch lived. He had made UP
his mind that he would obey his mother
now, and never again kill innocent crea-
lures.
Well, he perched on the ridge pole OF the
old witch'e cabin and began to sing Boo
hoo, boo-hoo. boo-hoor
The witch heard him. but never gave any
sign until morning. Then she went out
side and called him down from the roof
She tapped him with her broom, and In q
LITTLE while the owls beak turned to a nose,
while the feathers became suit of clothes
Inside OF them was the little boy. The
witch said she thought he would be good
now, so she gave him his gun and told him
to run along home.
1t Is impossible to tell which was the glad
dest-the boy to see his mother again, or
the mother to have her little boy back saf
and sound
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Seeing Things In the Fire.

How many boys and girls know the fun
of watching an open fire to see the odd
shapes and drolI creatures they can find
there? 1t is the wide open fireplace where
this is best done. and the images you may
often see there are strange indeed.
II you are so fortunate as to live where
many funny things you can find. From
where l sit l can see the face of an old
man with long beard; his eyes are closed.
l gee also round face, like that of a boy.
only, one eye is larger than the other.
There is a woman who looks like Mother
Goose with a high cap.
All! Now one of the sticks has burned
through, and as the fire settles down every
thing Is changed. Here on the right see
the head, shoulders and forelegs of deer,
bounding straight toward me, as If hounds
and hunter were close on Its track. 1t looks
wild and frightened.
On the other side is the roof of house
and one gable window. There Is a forest
of trees; the branches are all aglow, but
the trunks are hidden in the charred en-
bers Now l see the face of a man who
used to work on my fathers farm. He was
once soldier. and l remember him be-
cause he used to tell me that when he was
put on guard he always forgot the pass
word. How much the face in the fire looks
like his.
l like to sit before the fire with two or
three others, each looking for the strange
shapes. And 1t Is often hard to show any
one else just what You see, because 1t de-
pends upon the way you look at it,
Do you suppose the things we see In the
fire the shadows that once fell upon
the wood or coal a long time ago? They
are like shadows, anyway for they come
out little while and watch you. then go
quietly away while others come in their
places.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
The Flying Dutchn1an.

There are not many sailors on the great
seas who do not know the story Of the Fly
ing Dutchman. Every sailor knows. too,
that a sight of the ship bearing this odd
name is a sure sign of some Ill fortune.
According to the belief of sailors, the
Flying Dutchman Is a phantom ship most
often seen near the Cape of Good Hope. You
all know where that is. Sometimes she is
seen when the wind is blowing fierce gale,
when the waves are rolling high and the
sky is black with clouds. AT other times
she goes hurrying by when the sea is SO
quiet that other ships lie idle, waiting for a
breeze.
The Flying Dutchman is always in haste;
whether in calm or in hurricane, she always
Here is the story as the sailors tell it to
eacn other when they are spinning their
yarns
Long ago Dutch captain who had been
ID the Indies was homeward bound with a
rich cargo Near the Cape of Good Hope
he encountered such storms and such con-
trsry winds that he could make no head
way He tackled about, this way and that,
as sailors do when the wind is against
them, but all In vain. His mate and the
sailors were for turning back and seeking
some port until the storm passed. But the
captain swore an angry oath that he would
double the cape If it took him until the
judgment day. AS a punishment for his
wickedness he was doomed to sail and sail.
never reaching his journeys end.
So long has the ship roamed the seas, the
sailors declare, that the sails are thin and
worm the sides Of the vessel are white
with age. her timbers and ropes all moldy
with decay, while the captain and his crew
are wasted away to mere shadows. Still
they hail passing vessels and beg them to
carry home letters for friends whom they
imagine to be still watching for them.
Many poets and story tellers have taken
pity upon the weary captain and his hope
less crew and have tried to plan better
fate for them.
One Of these plans was thought out by the
German poet Heine and out of Heine's
story another great German named Wagner
composed noble piece of music which he
called by the same name as the phantom
ship.
Hene said that il the captain, whose
name is Vanderdecken, could find a woman
to love him and to be faithful until death,
the ship and crew might still reach home
So the captain was allowed to go home once
every seven years to seek wife.
At last, after many times seven years
had passed, the captain met a merchant
from Norway whose beautiful daughter had
often heard of the weary wanderings of the
phantom ship. Indeed, she so pitied the
captain that she finally grew to love him,
and was glad when he asked her father
for permission to propose marriage. The
merchant consented, and the daughter
heroically decided to share the captains
i'll fortune on board the Flying Dutchman
Before they had sailed far the young bride
threw herself into the sea. But she had
been faithful unto death, SO the captain was
nermitted to enter the haven of rest.
Such is the story as Heine tells II. But
there are many sailors still afloat who look
fsarfuliy through the clouds in storm, half
hoping, yet half dreading that they may
get glimpse of the phantom ship.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

almost as much frightened as the birds and
animals were. and they declared that some
thing would have to be done
Now 1t happened that soma of the fairies
who had once ventured close to the boys
home heard his mother tell him that he
would better look out for the old witch
when he went into the woods.
That was good hint, so they said to
themselves, Why not get the witch to
help us?'
Nearly everybod.' who has seen a witch
must know that witches are no more fond
OF fairies than they are of boys. But then
this old witch for some reason liked TO have
the wild creatures and birds In the forest
for company When the fairies asked her to
help she said she would.
Not long afterward the boy shot a great
green frog that he had spied summing him.
self on log At the same moment the old
witch came along. and before the startled
boy could well speak she dipped her broom
into the frog pond and Sprinkled the boy
well with muddy water. The big splashes
made ugly green spots all over his clothes.
But that wasn't the worst of 1t, as he
lodged down to escape the wetting he found
that he could not get up again. His wet
clothes stuck to him, his eyes buged out,
his mouth grew wider, and in about the
time II takes to tell It the boy was big
green frog.
The old witch picked up the air gun and
said: Now you hop home, just as you
are. and stay there till you can be good.
Then come back and you may have your
gun tnOugn you 0Ont deserve IL. Home
lie hopped, feeling sad enough. But what
else could he do? And all he could say
wes: Here 1 come, here 1 come, here 1
come"
When his mother saw him she threw up
her hands in horror and was just going to
kick him out But so pitiful did the eyes
look. and SO like her boys suit did the
frogs skin look that she thought maybe
this was her little boy changed to a green
frog AT once she began to scold him,
saying:
"I do believe you have been in the forest
again and that the old witch has been up
to some mischief. You are a pretty sight
Evening star., 1905-11-11

now, and nobody knows how long you will
stay that way"
The boy said something that his mother
could not understand. though 1t sounded
like Get the gun, get the gun"
Then the mother noticed that her boy, or
rather her frog. Hid not have his gun, so
she declared that she was glad the gun
was gone and that she had always thought
ii would get him into trouble.
II have a good mind to put you to bed
and keep you there until you promise to
keep out of the woods and with that she
picked him up none too gently, carried him
upstairs and put him to bed without kiss
ing him goodnight.
The next morning when the boys mother
went to call him for breakfast the bed was
empty. She looked all aroula, and at last
saw green nose and twoafunny. Popping
green eyes peeping at her from the hop of
the water pitcher. so provoked was she
that she seized him roughly, took him
downstairs and sent him rolling head over
heels through the grass in the yard
This was hard life, and the boy wished
he had been turned to something else than
Evening star., 1905-11-11

coming of the girl of wealth. deslrous OF
having her intellectual pursuits untainted
by the odors of the Kitchen, the domestic
duties have been dropped one by one.
The fact remains, however. that the girl
who wants 20 get an education has a better
chance today than did her mother The
colleges for women are better equipped for
their work and have broldened their sphere
The girls who care more for dress than
study are not numerous as some persons
believe. AT the universities. where some of
the young men saunter through the courses
so at the colleges there are some young
women who do not make good use OF the
opportunities for acquiring knowledge. But
at the colleges for young men and young
women the earnest ones can get knowledge
and are doing il every year.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Girls in Colleges.

Fror, the Philadelphia Telegraph.
The statement is made that it costs three
times as much to send a girl through col
lege now as il did twenty years ago, and
that charges for tuition have been ad
vanced by all the women's colleges This
writer goes on to say that
Eighteen or twenty years ago the attend
ance at women's colleges was made up
largely of women possessed of an abnormal
desire for learning" or of those compelled
to earn their living by teaching. In either
case they were usually girls OF small means
and glad to exchange In part payment for
their tuition a certain amount OF domestic
labor done In the college halls With the
Evening star., 1905-11-11
That Horrible Bird.

Whatever naughty thing do,
hide my tracks so well
Not even Sister Nellie knows,
And yet some bird will tell
So mamma says-and don't | know
Nobody else could see?
! do not like that little bird
That always tells on me.
One day wanted currant jam
When mamma was away.
How could / ask her for IL then7
How could II Tell me, pray.
Some frosted cake upon plate
stood on the pantry shelf,
And |, like any hungry boy,
Politely helped myself.
The jam that spilled. the crumbs that dropped,
Were brushed back out OF sight;
But this peculiar, dreadful bird,
DE told on me that night.
Did receive a lecture then,
And just a trihe more,
With several hours In bed next day
While mamma locked the door?
One time broke costly dish
When hunting for some pie.
| carefully picked up the bits
And hid them; but, oh, my!
AT dinner time my mamma looked
At me, and then she spoke:
Now, Sammy, l should like to know
Where Is that dish you broker
l would not like to do wrong
10 any living thing,
But IL catch mis- teiitale bird
III hold him by his wing
And then FL settle our account,
Unless he tells me, true,
He never, never more will tell
single thing do.
80 listen! Don't you breathe a word
II you should miss that dreadful bird.
1nat cruel, meddHng, tattling bird
Inats never seen but always heard!
Evening star., 1905-11-11
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prise. g. An opening 4. A Kind Of tree. g.
consonant In diamond
WORD SQUARE
j. solid body with circular base q Not
under. 3. Not far. 4. Mistakes.
CHARADE.
My first Is within; my second is a river; my
third Is an instrument for writing; my fourth is
small hollow, and my whole is relying others.
PUZZLE.
a part OF the whole; behead me and you
will find animal OF the rabbit kind; behead me
again and you will see the present tense plural OF
the verb ITO be-.
BEHEADINGS.
Behead:
/. Insufficient and leave a construction of two
words meaning inability: behead me again and
leave insect.
2 To clip and leave what every one does with
his ears: bebead me again and leave q part OF the
head.
g. A shelter for animals and leave an article OF
furniture; behetd me again and leave having
power.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
composed OF twelve letters and spell the
name OF authUress whom all boys and girls love.
My 0. 9. u is a domestic animal.
Ny O. 3, 8, liz the essential part.
Ny 8, 4, IL is the past Of ito light
Ny 10. 1, 10 a girls name.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

Where sinks the sun to rest at night, 80 ''r--
Its ruddy face aglow with light.
A place exists where fairies hide.
And there the Wumpty Bumps reside.
They know the nook where stars made,
In No Mans Land for days they strayed.
In fact. It's said they've even been
As far as where the tides begin.
.' 'Tis nigh hundred years." one said, s.
"Since any Wumpty Bump has sped
To far New York, that island town
Between two rivers rushing down.
Now, let thither seek sport
And see what change the years have wrought"
No sooner said than OF they flew,
As fun-bent fairies always do, ,- e..l4..l .,aE
Till far above the city's glow
They gazed upon the sights below. ., ....-,
''Is this" said one. 1.-THE town seek,
Evening star., 1905-11-11
The Boy, the Gun and the Witch

OnSe there was a boy who lived on the
edge OF a great forest. Deep In the forest
so tkey said, there were many fairies, and
also witch-so they said.
When the boy was eight years old his
uncle sent him an air gun for birthday
present. and from that moment the boy
always wanted to be In the woods hunting
for something to shoot His mother and
his grandmother had both taught him that
1t was wrong TO kill birds and animals
merely for sport but the boy thought he
knew more about hunting than his mother
did
Day after day he roamed the woods until
the birds and the rabbits and the squirrels
and the owls dreaded the very sight of him
He killed even frogs and turtles. for he be-
came a very good shot. The fairies were
Evening star., 1905-11-11
To Plant Peanuts.
CA GAME.)

Materials required. quarts of peanuts,
two rugs and two bowls.
The hostess appoints two leaders who
choose sides. Two large rugs are spread
near together. A bowl containing the pea
nuts is placed In the center of each. The
object of the game Is to see which party
first plants all the peanuts one inch apart
on the four edges of the rug, half upon the
rug, half on the floor In a fringe effect
The leaders gather their teams in the CEN
ter of the rugs. At a given signal all be-
gin planting. The peanuts are to be d.
Yided among the victors or prize may be
presented.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

With houses high IS mountain peak?
" this New York; From out the crowd
me Of them answered clerr and loud:
Remember. brother, year on year
Has passed since Wui0pty Bumps were here.
The town has grown, the times sre new
Descend and let Us rHmble through"
The night was dark and soon the baud
Were marshaied Manhattan's strand.
No morta1s eye could make them out.
No mortal hear their merry shout;
SO. speeding swiftly DER the ground
They reached a building low and round.
What house is this?" the leader cried.
With that he led the way inside
And once within. what sights were therei
The Wumpty Bumps did naught but stare.
There fishes large and fishes small
Were swimming close to either wall.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
A Misapprehension,

See. pussy cat has caught rat"
Said boastful Bose TO Tray.
Lets take that rat from pussy cat
II she should come this way"
But pussy cat held to her rat,
And, bristling for the fray,
Scratched boastful Bose upon the nose,
Then spit and growled at Tray.
Quoth Bose and Tray. I'VE did but play,
Excuse us, Mistress Cat
We never eat that kind of meat:
You're welcome to your ratl"
Evening star., 1905-11-11

A shout arose Burrah. for fun
Hurrabi" No sooner said than done.
The seal began TO bark and paw;
Then, tickled by a fairy straw,
The serpents hissed, the tortoise snapped.
While every Wumpty lsughed and clApped-
Then DER the fishes. first and last.
A fairy spell The Wumpties cast.
The sSwiish tri'.d to cut his mate:
OF hay the sea borse largely ate:
The weakiish glew both big and strongi
The monkfsh sang a softer song,
The goldfish tried 10 spend himself:
And not a fish hut had his elf
To make him this or make bin that,
TO dance n Jig or don hat:
And only daylight'S warning ray
Compelled the band TO steal away.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Cross-saddle Riding.
From the Nursing Times.

From the Nursing Times
For many years medical men have ad.
vised the cross-saddie for young girls, but
convention has forbidden this rational
mode to those of older years Recently,
however, horsewoman has dared hero
and there to hunt In masculine fashion.
and one such pioneer was seen In the
sacred Row" the other day. One OF the
fashionable habit makers receives about
crt ss-saddle skirts.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

his face was full of tenderness. His hand
trembled as he placed his bow beside the
arrows.
This was his sign of forgiveness. and he
sat down to wait Tor the eyes of the sleeper
Evening star., 1905-11-11

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NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
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JOHSNY'S SLATE.
State of Arkansas. Cities. Little Rock and FoIl
Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
TIDE OF GOLD | RNS
 TOWARD AMERICA
Restores Natural Movement, Which Has Been AbnormalIy Reversed
 for Last Two Years.

Paris, September 1S.-The turn of the tide of gold towards New York is exciting the attention of the bankers and other financiers who say that this restores the natural movement which has been ab- normally reversed for the last two years, partly owing to the war in the far east
 Officials of the Bank of France when seen by the Associated Press stated that the shipments to the United States were the resumption of usual conditions at this time of the year. The bank Itself had not made shipments, but the officials referred to the shipments made by Laz- ard, Freres & Co.,, as indicating the gem eral tendency. However, the bank did not regard the movement as likely to r1ake serious inroads into the French stt ok of gold owing to the unusually large gold balance in the bank of France.
 Similar views were expressed by two leading financial economists, Raphael Georges Levy, president of the South Af- rican Mines bank, and Stanislas Simons, head of the Indo-Chineses bank. They consider it to be practically certain that the Bank of France will not advance the rate of discount because of the Amer ican demand for gold.