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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-14
Dairy Products

CLASS 35-DAIRY BUTTER
sec l Best Tub, 20 los. or more
? Prints, 10 lbs. or more
3 Box, lbs. or more
CREAMERY
Sec Best Tab, 20 lbs. or more
RULES
No person, nor the product of any LOT ~ ~,
compete in more than ore ot the 8 bovs secti--
To secure uniformity of conditions we -,
that sIi cutter entered for compefifio, - ~ y
the Saturday preceding the exhibition -
Butter must be exhibited IA packages that i
no marks that might be recognizes ~ a.
The usual shipping trunk or box shouIS NJ =
An expert judge viii pass upon each soT-
butter and cheese, aud care should he fsl-,' !.
vent the JUICE from knowing the owns !
sample.
CHEESE
Sc Best Dairy plain
MAPLE SUGAR, SYRUP. AND BEES, No
Best Psil or Tub Maple Sugar, 20 lbs. or
Best Sample Stirred Sugar, 20 lbs. or mora
Best Maple syrup, gallon or more
Above entries must be made by the maker
CLASS 36-FRUTT
Must be raised by exhibitor-discratio
IuIuulS VI -Oo.
CLASS 37-VEGETABLFS
Must be raised by exhibitor-discretio,,
miums of $40. 'lohaFy
CLASS S8-NECHANICAL WARES AMI
FARMING TOOLS
Discretionary premiums for articles
Free space given TO the exhibitors.
CLASS S9-HoUsEHOLD, ORNAMENTA1
CULINARY
Discretionary premiums of SI50.
Same rules to govern as last year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

Have you ever made a catapult!
You know what that is. do you not?
The word comes from the Greek Ian
guage (kata, meaning down." COM
bined with peltas, meaning shurl-'o
When you have made one you will
find that by holding the force, or lever
DOWN, and placing the missile on it
and then letting go of your lever, it
will HURL the missile with great
force a considerable distance
Ask your father or some one else
for an empty cigar box. Saw or cut
diagonal section out of it, as indi-
Gated in figure l.
Then bore a hole through each side
(A-B). take strong rubber bands and
fasten it securely in place by means
of these holes and large knots, draw
ing it fairly taut figure %
Now take a small stick or paper
cutter with one end broad, and place
the narrow end between the two parts
of the rubber band. twist the band in
the direction shown by the arrow in
figure 8, until you feel that it would
be wise to STOP
Leave only a strip of the cigar box
to cover the rear end. Carefully work
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
MiserIy Millionaire,

To the average man that racks his
brain to make domestic ends meet on
$40 or SIS a week there is something
startling in the light recently thrown
on the life and habits of Mr.. Samuel
Dunlap, the octogenarian millionaire,
who died a few weeks ago in London.
Mr.. Dunlap's housekeeper declares,
among many other strange things, that
during forty years this owner of mil
lions purchased only one suit of
clothes. a cheap pair of gray trousers
and two overcoats; while four straw
hats. at shilling each. were all the
head covering required for sixteen
years.
Once month the houselzeeper cut
his hair; and that his locks should not
be wasted she had orders to stuff mat
tresses with them. When his frock
coat became frayed and green Mrs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Little Brown Hands.

Little Brown Hands.
They drive home the cows from the pas
Up through the long shady lane.
Where the quail whistles loud in the
wheat fields.
That are yellow with ripening grain
They find. in the thick waving grasses.
Where the, scarlet-lipped strawberry
grows.
They gather the earliest snowdrops,
And the first crimson buds of the rose
They toss the new hay in the meadow;
They gather the elder bloom white.
They find where the duSky grapes purple
In the soft-tinted October light.
They know where the apples hang r1pest
And are sweeter than Italy's wines;
They know where the fluit hangs the
thickest
On the long thorny blackberry vines.
They gather the delicate sea-weeds.
And build tiny cas- ties of sand,
They pick up the beautiful Sea-shells-
Fair tarks that have drifted to land
They wave from the tall rocking tree
tops
Where the orioles hammock nest
And at nighttime are folded in slumber
BY a song that a fond mother sings
Those who toll bravely strongest;
The humble and poor become great;
And from these brown-handed chill
dren
Shall grow mighty rulers of state
The noble and wise of the land
The sword, and the chisel. and paiette.
Shall be held in the little brown he no-
Mary H Krout
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Eskimo Girps Ball Dress.

to a ball she is gorgeous sight to
gaze upon. You did not know that
they had dances in her country? Well,
they do, and traveller reports just
how a belle was dressed on such an
occasion.
Her dress was made of the intes-
tines of a seal, split and sewed to-
gether. This makes transparent gar
ment, and the girl trimmed it with
elaborate embroidery of colored wor-
steds and fringed it with strings of
beads. Her trousers were white and
made of Siberian reindeer skin en-
broidered with strips of wolf skin.
Her hair was braided on each side
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Plain as pax.

Blanche and Harry. aged and 6
respectively, were very fond of maple
sugar.
Blanche, being of an inquisitive turn
of mind. asked her mother how it was
made
The mother explained how maple
trees were tapped and the sugar made
from the sap.
The explar ation was not convincing
to Blanche, however, and she asked
her brother if he believed it.
Harry. who never doubted anything
his mother said. Immediately replied:
why, of course; you tap maple trees
and get maple sugar just the same as
you tap an oak tree and get tapioca.''
dippincott's)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Anent Eroas, Ears.

Some time ago Beatrice Nathans of
Philadelphia, wrote to St Nicholas
asking, Have toads and frogs ears?'
The answer to her question includ-
ed the hearing equipment OF turtles
and snakes as well, and was very in
teresting.
The ears of a frog are the thin, fiat
spots back of the eyes. Scientists
call the vibrating tissue over each
spot a tympanic membrane. This vi
brates after the manner of the head
of a drum-only, of course, on a very
small scale
There is no opening as in the ears
of higher animals.
Turtles have similar membranes a
little back of the jaws, but they are
smaller than in the frog and do not
show conspicuously. Indeed, unless
you know just where to look, you
will fail to find them, because they
are below thick skin. You can usually
feel this membrane by pressing with
thumb and finger on both sides of the
head, as an elastic spot surrounded
by hard, circular. wall
In most fishes the internal ear does
not have the tympanic membrane, and
the ear is probably not for hearing,
Out an organ VI equiiipiiun tlHdl 10,
of keeping right side up only. Some
salamanders do not have this mem
brane, but others, and all the higher
amphfbians, like frogs and turtles.
have the membrane.
Snakes have no membrane, and the
hearing is right through the bone OF
the skull, which we can somewhat
understand by comparing it to our
hearing noises or other sounds
through the partition between two
rooms of a house. Snakes are not
charmed by music
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
THE MEN THE COUNTRY NEEDS.
Always Demand for Those Who Can
Grade 100 Per Cent.


Edward Mcintyre of Brooklyn was
drummer boy in the Thirteenth New
York regiment at the age of IL on the
outbreak of the civil war in which he
served Since then he has been thir-
ty-seven years, consecutively, mem
Der of the National guard in Brook
Ign. He has just now resigned the
post of drum major of the Thirteenth
regiment. During all this time his rec
ord has been that of 100 per cent,
which means that he was never abb
sent from his post. The Brooklyn
Standard Union says:
There would be little trouble and
few problems in the world if every
man performed 100 per cent of DUTY
in business and personal relations, in
public and private affairs In any list
of the most useful citizens the really
indispensable ones would be found to
be of the type of the drum major of
the Thirteenth. Many people who
are temporarily conspicuous could
well be spared for lack of those quail
tiles. The men who have shown they
possess them are the real Americans,
of whom the country is proud. 1t is
not surprising that Edward Mcintyre
has the friendship and respect of
every worthy man in the Brooklyn
militia
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07


inspection After they have examined
it, let one of them bind your wr1sts
together with handkerchief.
This being one, have one end OF the
rope passed over the handkerchief
and let the cords then be held up by
one of the company. Now request the
person holding the ends to pull one
way, while you pull the other. to snow
that the handkerchief is tightly tied
There is apparently no way OF get
ting the rope off, except when the ends
are released or the handkerchief I'M
tied You soon explode this idea, how
ever, for after making one or two rapid
movements of your hands and arms
you throw the rope off and exhibit
your wrists still tied.
Wonderful as this all seems, 1t Is
very simple, and requires but little
practice, as shown clearly by the &C
companying illustration The part OF
the rope marked "a is rolled be-
tween the wrists, until it works up
through the handkerchief and forms a
loop through which you pass one hand
and then, by giving the rope smart
jerk, it comes off easily.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Dictionary Detective.

A crime with a strange name has
been committed in Dictionary Land.
If you feel fit and keen you may be
able to do a piece of brilliant detec-
tive work. You must find the man
who committed the crime and bring
him to punishment
First, of course, you must find the
crime. 1t was committed in BARR
street in Dictionary Land. Just look
sharply along there and you will
find it.
From Barr street go to CAPT street
and you will discover the kind of a
man who did it. You will not find
him, but you will find that he has de-
parted, if you will look in VOY street.
However, you can reach people who
can catch him for you. if you hurry
and use a great invention that you
can find in CARL street.
With this you send something that
you can obtain in MESA street, and
the first thing you know you will get
something in REPL street that will
tell you that the man you want has
been caught and lodged in a place
that is PRI street.
Now, which of you will succeed in
this little piece of detective work?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Babies Put in Holes.

1 have gone into a field in Uganda
and there found one of our women at
work with a hoe, writes a missionary
sister in Donahoe's. l asked her
where her baby, Maria was, and
she pointed to spot at some distance
where the banana trees were thick
walked under the shade, and in vain
1 sought the infant. The mother was
greatly amused, and urged me to
search further, assuring me that the
little one was not far away and was
fast asleep. 1 had to give up" so the
mother took me by the hand and led
me to a bit of bark cloth on the
ground. Under this rag was the crown
of the, baby's head, while the body
was in a hole deep enough to rest on
the ground. To my surprise and ex-
postu1ations she said in her own Ian
guage: This is a good custom!
When a Uganda woman goes to hoe
it is not good for her baby to lie
asleep on the ground, as it might in
jure itself by rolling-or, if it awoke,
it might crawl away. Therefore, we
make a hole like this and line it with
soft, clean leaves and put our baby
safely into. it so that it can neither
crawl out nor roll away. and we know
exactly where to find it when we
come from the fields.'' She said it
was perfectly safe from wild beasts,
because it was midday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

him little lesson in good manners
Jimmie he said kindly, that isn't
the way to ask a favor. Now. you
come over here and sit down and I'll
show you how to do it" The boy
took the office chair and his employer
picked up his cap and stepped outside.
He then opened the door softly and.
holding the cap in his hand, said quiet
ly to the small boy in the big chair:
Please, sir, there is a ball game at
the park to-day. If you can spare me
1 would like to get away for the after
noon In a flash the boy responded:
why, certainly, Jimmie, and here is
so cents to pay your way in"
There are no more lessons In man.
ners in that Office
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Wealthy Man Lived Hermit's Lift.

NJ Paul Colasson, one of The wealth.
lest men in France known to fame as
the Partisan hermit" lived for TWEEN
ty-seven years exclusively on eggs and
bread. supplied to- him twice a week
Dy an old servant. the only human be-
ing he ever consented to see. Until
some time into the '70s NJ Colasson
led the life of rich and fashionable
man, but when his nephew. a boy of
IA, to whom he was devotedly at
tached, was burned to death at a
fancy dress ball he shut himself up
in his palace and spent the rest of his
life a misery recluse.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
He Had a Good Reason.

Nodd-Come out with me and take
ride in my auto.
Todd-How long have you had it?
Just got it,
Had any experience with them ?'
NO
Going to run it yourself?"
81 am
"Can you mend a punctured tire?''
mo, SIR"
wouldn't know the first thing to
do?"
Not the first thing
Have you studied, read, or been
given any advice?''
mo, sir; 1 tell you 1 don't know
the first thing
'How far do you want to go?"
Just as far as the thing will CO."
All right. I'll go with you
What. Why, 1 didn't dream you'd
accept my invitation
why not?"
why, didn't suppose you'd care to
go out in an auto with a man who
doesn't know anything about it."
NOnsensei You're just the man.
"How's that?"
Simply because old chap that If
we break down we'll drop the old ma
chine and get home by trolley, train or
carriage. But if you thought you
knew the first thing about it, you'd
spend the rest of the day trying to fix
it up, while I'd have to stay with you
and suffer as a matter of courtesy
Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Bees as Aerobats.

When wax is needed a certain num-
Der of self-elected citizens gorge with
honey and hang up in chains or cur
tains, each bee clinging by her front
feet to the hind feet of the one above
her, IKE Japanese acrobats, and there
they remain, sometimes for two days.
until the wax scales appear pushed out
from every pocket, says Country Life
in America. 1t is not hard to under
stand that, since much honey is need
ed for the manufacture of wax, bee
after filling with the raw material
would produce much more wax by
keeping quiet than by using any of
the gorged honey for energy in NOV
ing about and working. But the neces-
sity of holding hands while this
work goes on must ever remain tn
us another occult evidence of the close
relations in the bee commune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Disease with Pleasing Possibilities.


New diseases of one sort or another
are always cropping up as new condi-
lions give them an excuse. The latest
is autorosis, and it is really quite the
thing to have. You get it driving
motor car. Only the real hero behind
$1.25 pair of goggles can have it,
and it is said to begin with a burning
sensation in the head and a dimaess
of vision This is followed by a dull
ache all over the body and a constant
fear of danger, So great Is the power
of the disease that passing shadow
ON the roadside is said to cause the
suffering chauffeur to throw in his
emergency brake and bring his car to
a dead stop. 1t is never right to hope
that a disease will become an cpl
demic, but there are certainly POSSIBLE
tiles in autorosis.-Springfiel Mass,
Republican
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
The Bridge ImmortaIized by Burns.

Lord Rosebery has performed use
full service in directing public atten-
tion TO the proceedings of the Ayr
town council, which decided to pull
down the Aud Brig of Ayr" immor-
talized by the poet Burns. In response
the local authorities have offered to
give facilities to any engineer to ex-
anime the bridge for the purpose of
seeing if preservation is possible. In
the meantime their resolution stands
where it did. and the work of prepar-
ing the plans is about to be COM
menced
Lord Rosebery says that. the world
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

with strips of wolf skin and strips of
beads Heavy necklaces and pendants
of beads and teeth of animals hung
around her neck and over her Shout
ders. Snow-white gloves made of fawn
skin were on her hands. These fit
ted perfectly and were ornamented
with strips of skin from some animal,
perhaps the SEAL To complete this
elaborate outfit this Eskimo belle car
ried in her hand-not a bouquet-but
a long eagle feather. In fact she car
ried two, one in each hand, which she
waved as she danced. No doubt this
young lady made a charming picture.
At least the young gallants of her set
thought she did
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Ironclads in Nature.

1.-The primitive whale was a print
tive ironclad,' asserts an expert on
monsters prehistoric. ut is fact
that the earliest known ancestor OF
the modern whale bore heavy armor
on its back, in the form of strong
bony plates. 1t was thought at one
time that these plates were the prop
erty of gigantic turtles. Not so. 1t
has been found that they once cover
ed enormous whales. Probably at the
time when they carried armor whales
were amphibious creatures, living on
the coasts and neding special protec-
ton from breakers and from sharks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

will judge the destruction with unan-
imous condemnation" The prophecy
that Burns put into the mouth of the
old bridge, iii be a brig, when ye're
a shapeless cairn," was actually full
filled, for the new bridge. erected in
17SS. gave way and had to be replaced
in 1877.
the agitation has been raised, is said
to have been built in the reign of AL
exander III (1249-S5), and certainly.
after it has withstood wind and water
for so many centuries, 1t is worth pre-
serving
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
Lessons in Manners.

= A well-known lawyer is telling a
good story about himself and his eff
forts to correct the manners of his
office boy One morning, not long ago,
relates the Brooklyn Citizen, the young
autocrat of the Office blew into the
Office and, tossing his cap at hook.
exclaimed: Say, Mr.. Blank, there's a
ball game down at the park to-day and
I am going down."
Now the attorney is not hard
hearted man, and was willing the boy
should go. but thought he would teach
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
How to Make d CdtdpuIt

the broad end of your stick (Which
is now a lever) under this strip at
the rear, and, behold, your catapult is
madei
Now, all you have to do is to press
the lever down as far as it will go,
rest a paper wad or marble on it. then
suddenly release the lever Up it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07
This Frog Flies.

A species of frog found in Borneo
has very long toes, webbed to the tip.
This creature can leap from a high
tree, and, by spreading it's toes, be
supplied with four. little parachutes,
which enable it to easily descend.
Hence it is called 1.-The flying frog"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

Ealden cut off it's tails and converted
it, for several years further use, into
a jacket; while her master would
never have his shoes BACKED or his
clothes brushed for fear of wearing
them out.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-07

will fly as far as the strip of wood
which arrests its upward motion and
prevents it from losing power by I'M
twisting the rubber band Figure a.
The missile will be hurled some dis
lance away.
Try this experiment and see how
good catapult you can construct.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

conducts it's business. The reso
lutions are as follows:
q Resolved, That we hereby
endorse the action taken by
our fearless President, Theo-
dore Roosevelt; also Con-
gressmen Campbell Of Kan
sas. and w. R. Hearst of New
York, and the people Of the
State of Kansas, in their ef-
forts TO obtain fair and hon.
est treatment at the hands OF
the Mighty Octopus known
as the Standard Oil com
pany; and,
Whereas, It has become i'm
possible for the independent
oil producers to follow their
business without heavy loss
on account of the unjust
methods in vogue by the
Standard Oil company in put
ting the price of crude oil at
any figures they see fit.
Therefore, We feel it our
duty to do everything in our
power to have these unfair
and discriminating methods
of the Standard Oil company
brought to an end, and
pledge ourselves to assist the
proper officials in any move.
ment toward the welfare OF
the independent producers.
Resolved further, That a
copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to Pres. Roosevelt,
Congressman Campbell and
Hearst, and the people of the
State of Kansas.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
For Collector and Treasurer.

You will please announce my
name as a candidate for the Of
fee of Collector and Treasurer.
subject to the Republican nOmi-
mating convention to be held
Thursday, March I'd. 1 most sim
cerelv and heartily thank my
friends for giving me this office
during the past year, and | prom
Use if nominated and elected again
to devote my time and attention
to discharging the duties of the
office.
2,24-6t w. +. CUMMINGS.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24

The Government officials have
summoned a special grand jury,
have summoned 195 witnesses for
the purpose of indicting the men
who have been operating the Beet
trust which the United States Su-
preme court has decided is a trust
and was operated against the law.
The penalty is fine or a fine and
Imprisonment. If a few of the
beef monopolists are put IN the
penitentiary for a few years it
will have a very healthy effect
and the people will all unite in a
hearty amen to such a proceed
ing. 1t really begins to look as
if the end Of the reign of few
heartless, constituencies scoun-
drels had about run their course
in violating the law and robbing
the people. President Roosevelt
is evientd Tesoulessdunnadobbr
is evidently in earnest in this mat
ter and when he promised every
body "square deal" he meant
it. He is different from our pres
ent State Senate, at least.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR -
MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
For Mayor.

Will the Daily Oil Review kind
1y announce that I am candidate
for denomination for the office OF
Mayor of the City of Sistersville,
subject to the will of the Repub-
iican city convention to be held
on Thursday evening, March "a,
1905.
a21-st LYNN KIRKLAND.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1905
TEN DOLLARS FOR A NAME

A name is wanted for the new
stburban town to be laid cut ana
bnsit on the Barney Wells farm
The Oil Review will pay $40 IN
GOLD to any person who will sus-
eest a name for the new town.
provided the name suggested Is
adopted by the company VINO
owns the land. Anybody can sug-
lpest the name. The suggestions
Wal be filed in the order received
and the first one adopted will re-
-cefve the money. Use the follow
ing coupon to send the suggestion
In:
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