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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
WHERE the NUDE IS NATURAL.
Hopf Indians Have Little Use for
Clothing in Their Villages.

When living by themselves under
perfectly natural conditions, as 1 found
them Is years ago, nearly all the Hopf
children ran about entirely nude, and
the adults were as unconscious of the
need of clothing or of the lack of it
as were. Adam and Eve prior to the
apple episode. The presence and
teachings of the white man have of
late years induced a certain measure
OF circumstances, SO that all ex-
cept the very little children are chary
of allowing themselves to be seen un-
clothed by strange eyes, but 1 lived
SO long among them and gained their
confidence to such an extent that /
was able to photograph them as if
from the viewpoint of one of them
selves and so to gain a record, which
to anthropologists should prove very
interesting, of the fact that these peo-
pie are physically at an earlier stage
of development than the white race,
says a writer in the Craftsman.
Although, if you have lived long
enough among the Hopi for them to
feel thoroughly acquainted and at
home with you, they may sometimes
go around without clothing as COM
fortably and unconsciously as with it
you feel no sense of shock as at the
sight of nakedness, for your expert
ence is precisely like that recorded by
the explorers and travellers in Africa
and among all dark-skinned races
il is not the lack of clothing but the
sight of the white skin that is start
ling A brown skin seems in a way
to be sort of clothing like the fur
of an animal and excites no more at
tentiOn, after once you are used to
seeing it undraped. You note only the
extreme beauty of color, form and
movement, and after awhile begin to
realize something of the innocence,
freedom and child1ike joy of living
that we like to think prevailed among
all men in the morning of the world.
AS babies and little children are so
seldom troubled with garments of any
description, they are early Injured to
all changes of temperature and re-
main unaffected by chill winds, soak
ing rain and the scorching desert sun.
Also, they have the same freedom
in the use of every muscle as little
animals, and they can climb almost
anywhere and balance themselves in
most precarious positions with no
more danger than as if they were
panther kittens.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15

small house should be heated with a
hot air furnace having a cold air in
take from outside. A large house
needs a steam heating plant.
This house plan provides for a fine
big cellar with plenty of room to ar
range a regular cold storage fruit
room wen partitioned off into COM
partments in the most approved style.
Unless cellar has good stone walls
between the furnace room and the
other sections of the cellar the place
is not much good to keep either fruit
or vegetables in, but there is no need
of spelling cellar to accommodate a
furnace. There are better ways of
managing.
There is a little balcony on one of
the back porches that just meets the
requirements of a pleasant summer
evening for man that likes to smoke.
This little balcony should be screened
with wire mosquito netting. There is
right and wrong way to put on
mosquito netting. The right way is
to have light frames fitted against
jams and fastened with screws, and
have the wire netting put on the
frames the same as .son ordinary
half-round molding so the job looks
neat Mosquito wire lasts longer when
it is stretched tight and well nailed
There is a little corner that the
women folks will appreciate when
they have sewing to do in the sum-
mer time. 1t is just about large
enough for two comfortable chairs
and may be fitted up in a very coy
manner. especially if there is vine
for shelter that is thick enough to
screen the porch from curious pass
ers-by- There may be screen door
opening into the garden from here or
not. In fitting the screens it would be
well enough tor put in door then as
the cost would be very little. extra
A very neat arrangement in the cell
lar stair is set of shelves at the left
of the kitchen door. A woman viii
find use for these shelves for great
many things that she don't want in
the kitchen that don't belong in the
cellar In building house more at
tention should be paid to such little
things 1t is the little things that
count because there are a great many
of them We have enough little In
and 1T is only by revers-
ing things that We are able to eysn
It uD-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
Something New,

A lady novelist thus describes the
youth of her heroine:
In that walled-in garden of a place
she, so young, SO brilliant, so alluring,
grew with the air of Shirley. poppy.
That was the flower she most resem-
bled, both in color and in her step"
We confess to having. seen a door
step, but it has not been our privilege
to witness the ambu1atory exercise OF
a poppy.-Westminst Gazette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15

has suitable houses or houses that
look well together.
Buildings in European towns for the
most part have the same general de-
sign, but street in America may con-
tain a renaissance from the old Moor
ish and the next building may follow
lines SO carefully worked out by. the
Greeks The third building may be a
composite structure aiming to com
bine several of the old school.
A walk through side street in a
New England village is like selecting
a chapter from the Arabian Nights
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15

air or hot water heating. Hot air is
the cheapest, and as far as ventilation
is concerned it is the best heating de-
vice ever invented, except the open
fire place. A hot water heating ap-
paratus costs more to install but it is
cheaper to run, apd aside from ven
tilation, probably the advantages are
about even. Generally speaking hot
water heating is not desirable for
small houses nor very large ones. A
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
EDITOR

architecture. usually without the New
England establishment of shrubs and
flowers, a redeeming feature in the
east that is very noticeable to a west
erner
stairway which adds a great deal to
the inside appearance of any house.
The cost of the house may be in
creased considerably by using expen-
Sive wood and fine hand work in the
construction of an open stairway.
The house is designed for either hot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
Young Men and Mechanics Wanted

for the NAVY; ages II to 35 years.
pay $1,000 to $1,000 per month, with ex-
ira allowances for certain duties; OPP
portunity for advancement. On first
enlistment will be allowed an outfit
Of clothing worth $4,000. Rations,
medicines, and medical attendance are
furnished gratis in addition to pay. All
candidates must pass the physical ex-
animation; must be citizens of the
United States, and be able to speak,
read and write English. For full par
ticulars apply at or communicate with
THE NAVY RECRUITING STATION,
go Post Office Building. Kansas City. No.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
Richest Girl.

The little Grand Duchess Olga, ED
est daughter of the emperor of Rus
STA. is probably the richest girl in the
world When she was but a week
old the sum of a million pounds
sterling was presented to her and in
vested on her behalf.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
The Ostrich That Didn't Grow.

On big ostrich farm in Los An
geles, CAL, there is a little chick that
has stopped growing. Ostrich chicks
grow at the rate of one foot every
month, but this one never grows.
His life until recently was not the
happiest in the world, for, being so
small, the bigger ostriches pecked at
him and treated him badly, indeed
But now he is allowed to wander
along the walks all by himself. and
he is such a plump. funny-looking lit
tie fellow that he is quite a pet with
visitors
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
THE AMERICAN FLEET.
How Twenty-one Ships Made Seven
Lines of Five Each.

At the beginning of the Spanish
American war the intelligence reached
Cuba that seven lines of American
battleships were lying off Key West,
there being five ships in every line.
The Spaniards jumped at the con-
clusion that, since seven times five are
35, there were 35 ships at the place.
But there were really only 81, as
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
Just for Fun.

There is certain ESquimau
Who much of knowledge knows.
One day he found, with grief and pain
He'd frozen off his toes.
What did this knowing ESqufmau,
Who had the learned brain?
He bound them to his feet, of course,
And froze them on again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15
Out of the Question.

Mrs. Knfcker-"Do you forswear
meat during Lent?" Mrs. Booker
"Gracious, no; James has to have good
dinners or I wouldn't get the money
for my Easter clothes"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-15

shown in our Illustration. Can any
of our readers show the greatest num-
Der of straight lines that can be
formed by these 81 men-of-war, with
five ships in every line? The ships
must, of course, be regarded as mere
points. There are several ways of
obtaining the maximum number of
lines
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
Condensed Milk.

And speaking of cows, it is re-
lated that Baltimorean who was not
used to the ways of the country went
into the suburbs to visit friend who
had taken up amateur farming with
two cows, a bee and hoe. AT the
table they hal excellent milk for gen.
eral purposes and astonishingly good
cream for the coffee and cereals.
The visitor expressed his admiration.
and then inquired:
(which of your cows gives cream?"
"The sorrel,' was the prompt
reply. "But we have a neighbor
down the street whose cows don't
give anything but condensed milk. =
"Indeed?"
Absolutely true 1t is an inven-
ton of his own. He gets the con-
densed milk by putting six cows into
stall big enough for only one.
And the visitor returned to Balti-
more breathing reyerently:
Marvellous! Marvellous! / will
never again question the wisdom Of
nature. Baltimore News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
New MuciIage BOTTLE.

The problem of devising a muci-
lage bottle which would prove en-
tirely satisfactory for home use has
received the attention Of inventors
for many years. Everybody is fami-
liar with the nickel bottle of muci-
lage purchased at the corner store.
The bottle is securely sealed by a
tight-fitting cork, and with each bot
tie small brush for applying the
fluid is supplied gratuitously. After
using the mucilage the question
arises of what to do with the brush.
The cork must be replaced or the
mucilage becomes hard. If the brush
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
Keeping Shop by Machine.


Near Amsterdam a tourist who
does not know a word of Dutch re-
Gently saw in shop window the an
nouncement English spoken" He
entered the shop. English, sir?"
asked youth behind the counter.
Then he picked up a cylinder.
placed it in graphophone and the in
strument duly sang out-but in Ger
man: "Sir Cor madam), the proprie-
tor, who speaks German, will be tele-
phoned for and will return to the es-
adjustment in less than five minutes.
VIII you please be seated?"
Being familiar with German. the.
tourist seated himself. In came the
proprietor who, it turned out. spoke
excellent English. The stranger
asked why the graphophone did not
talk English. The explanation was:
Its my stupid assistant! 1 have a
cylinder on which is recorded the.
message in English; he used the.
wrong one.
There is no excuse for him." con-
tinued the annoyed proprietor. my
English cylinder is tinted red at the
ends and the German one blue. Lucky
for me, sir, that you know German.
else | might have lost an esteemed
patron. Chicago News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
A STATE IN PAWN.
Nevada Said to Have Been in That
Condition Five Years Ago.

Nevada Said to Have Been in That
Condition Five Years Ago.
Five years ago Nevada was a State
in pawn. She had been stolen, says
Successful American. The entire
population was not sufficient to con-
stitute third rate Western town and
it was decreasing. 1t might we'll have
been asked then, whats the matter
with Nevada?"
The trouble grew out of Nevadas
public land grant, amounting to g.
100000 acres, which Congress had
carelessly authorized the State to Sc
Iect as desired. The Nevada Legis-
lature practically put the land up at
auction, and the result was that few
stockmen bought land enough to
shoestring and surround and abso-
lutely control every river, lake and
water hole in the State.
BY doing so they became virtual
possessors of the rest of the State.
No one else could use the public land
or make settlement because of their
SOhS1OA VI Oil CuC WdLOl, duu Ill NE
vada water is the lifeblood Of the
land. Sixty million acres were con-
trolled and in effect owned by about a
| million acres, and not an opportunity
for single 160 acre homestead.
Five years ago this, was the situa-
tlon--a hopeless one. Public spirited
men had attempted to induce immi-
grafton and to encourage the develop
ment of their State, but their work
had come to naught and they had
quit. There was no chance.
Yet all the time there was still a
great water supply running to waste
annually. The perennial flow of the
| rivers and streams was entirely util-
lied, but the floods from the melting
of the mountain SHOWS swept away
| uselessly to the sea.
Viewing the situation as it was
then, who would have dared to pre-
| dict that with the passage of the ma
| tional irrigation act could have oc-
| Cured the great transformation and
| development in Nevada, and If it had
been predicted, who would have be-
lieved it? Of the thirty-seven million
| dollar Government reclamation fund
| Nevada has thus far received her fair
share, and the completion of the great
| project upon which the Federal en-
| gineers are now working will more
than quadruple the already increased
| population of the State.
| The first section of the Truckee-
Carson project has been completed
and the settlers are now farming the
| fertile land in eighty acre home
| steads. BY mex. year 10000 acres
of this project will be under irriga-
| tion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03

Live things grow. Dead things do
not. A stone remains ever the same.
but a plant constantly changes and
develops. And the man who makes
boast of the fact that his religious
conceptions have not undergone any
change or development is in reality
making confession of the lack of real
religious life. Where religion is
something real, living. vital, there
must necessarily be change of view
from time to time. The one who
camps out in the valley sees ever the
same scene, but the man who moves
onward and upward confronts new
scenes with each new day of progress.
There is no gain where there is no,
growth, no profit where there is no
progress. Paragraph Pulpit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
japanese Boat in Chicago.

While peaceful citizens on both
sides of the word are reading about
the troubles between the United
States and Japan, few of Chicago's
100000 are aware that Japanese
boat is here
Yet nevertheless it is true. A Jap
anese vessel bearing the formidable
name of Hoomaru is CHARTERED in
the Jackson Park launch house and
needs only few guns, new motor
and searchlight in order to take at
least some part in any hostilities that
might arise between the two coun-
tries.
The Hoomaru, which is about
twenty feet long, belongs to the Jap
anese Government, and carried pass
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
Improved Divers Helmets.

Divers who go down to examine
wrecked vessels or assist in repairing
them are often able to stay under
water for half an hour or an hour at
time. Air is supplied to them
through flexible rubber tube from a
boat or other place on the surface, a
simple air pump being used for that
purpose. So long as there is no spe-
cial current to disturb the tube there
is little danger of trouble. Some
times, however, in strong tide, the
tube gets snarled and the flow of air
is shut off, A similar result is occa-
stoned, too, if the diver is too ven
turesome in walking around and into
the vessel. 1t is now proposed to
supply oxygen, the life giving ele-
ment of the air, in another way and
to dispense with the tube entirely.
A diver always wears heavy wat
erproof suit, having peculiar collar
Of metal, to which can be secured an
immense helmet that completely COW
ers his head. The operation of fast
ening the helmet to the collar is per-
formed by some one else, and is the
last thing done before the wearer of
this queer suit goes down. 1t is into
the helmet that the air tube has hith-
erto led. Experiments have been
made in England recently with a
chemical, called oxylithe, which
evolves oxygen. "A small quantity OF
it was adjusted properly inside div
er's helmet and emitted enough gas
for respiration. Hereafter it will
enable divers to enjoy greater free
dom while at work.New York Tri-
bune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03

sThey are very nice. Since I've
seen you and your husband in one,
I'm really thinking of following your
example. Just for myself. you knSw.
Our big one is so unwieldly, and they
say a child can manage one like
yours. You haven't been far. have
your"
s"Oh, no."
This and more.
The next morning Mrs. Witherby
rose, pale but determined. She spent
the morning in town, getting togeth-
er all her available resources. She
went to her bank, to her safe deposit;
she even visited her father. Armed
with the results of her work she
forthwith purchased the largest, most
luxurious automobile she could find,
and ordered it delivered at the ear
Hest possible moment. Then she
calmly waited for her husband
Hal" he exclaimed. "Glad you're
home. It's late, but let's go out for
a spin. Who cares? We've been
foolish about our dinky little motor
car. Come, dear, I'll tune her up"
= "All right" she said, "I'll do it.
don't care, either. Only listen. I've
been to town to-day, got all my
money together and bought a big one.
just couldn't stand being humil-
lated any longer"
Her Mortified husband sprang back.
you did, did your" he exclaimed.
why, in heavens name, couldn't you
wait until tomorrow"
Why should / watt
Because, my dear, went off to-
day and did exactly the same thing!"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
THE WAGON OF THE NIGHT.
Etery morning when the sky is taking on

Fiery morning when the sky is taking on a
tint of gray, e -s
And the sparrows round the window-sill
are crying for the day;
While the city slumbers soundly, and the
morning air is sweet,
There's a welcome little wagon rolling
through the stony street.
With its jostly jars of icy milk; with noisy
hub and tire
What activity amid the quiet dawn does
it inspire!
Oh, it brings fellow comfort-makes him
feel as fine as silk
For lonely hour is banished by the
wagon with the milk.
Hou can sn hear az it as you lie there in mo-
For its rafting rends the stiffness, splicing
daylight with a zest;
And the dreary dreams of darkness soon
begin to vanish fast, ~ H
While million dawning mem ries link the
morning with the past.
From away beyond the billowed brick and
mortar of the town
Zones vision of the homestead with the
sun a-beaming down;
Where the little old red wagon clatters
over furrowed grounds,
And the music of the cow-bells mid the
sunny hills resounds;
Out among the verdant, cattle-dotted pas
lures of the farm,
Where the bees and birds are merry and
are singing to charm
How it takes fellow dreaming back to
happy days of yore,
When the noisy little wagon with the milk
is at the door.
-Remsen Crawford, in American Home
Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03

scissors for cutting the thread. It
comprises pair of pivoted blades,
the handles of which are set at an
angle. At the end of one handle is a
slot and in the other lug, to limit
the movement of the blades. In use
the thread cutter is placed in the
palm of the hand, being held in posi-
ton by loop which slips over the
little finger. 1t is claimed that it
can be kept in the palm Of the hand
without interfering with the opera
ton while sewing, there being per-
feet freedom of the fingers at all
times. A slight twist of the fingers
Is all that is required to operate the
cutter to break the thread
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03

is allowed to dry it becomes hard.
A neat method Of solving the difficult
ty is shown in the illustration. On
the inner side of the neck of the bot
tie is band of spring wire, the outer
side being open. The brush fits in
to this ring, an opening also being
made in the cork. To release the
brush the handle is withdrawn
through the side opening Of the ring.
A Wyoming man has had the idea
patented. This improvement could
readily be added with slight addi
tional cost to the manufacturers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
Apples Flavor Cigars.

why do keep apples in the desk
drawer with my cigars?" said the ell
derby business man with novel ideas.
Because it gives them a fine and
distinctive flavor, and also imparts
just sufficient moisture to keep the
cigars in excellent condition New
York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
Thread Cutter.

A recently patented device Of in
terest to dressmakers and tailors is
the thread cutter shown in illustra-
ton below. Persons employed In
these vocations have found that a
great deal of time is consumed in
picking up pair of scissors each
time it is necessary to cut the sewing
thread. This contrivance was de-
signed especially to do away with
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03

engers on the lagoon during the
Worlds Fair in connection with the
Japane.e exhibit. 1t has lever been
removed, but remains In drydock
within stones throw of the wooded
island. Hundreds of persons in row.
boats pass the curious craft daily
and wonder why 1t is and why it is
there.-Chicago Daily News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
The Kailyard School.

Mr.. ]. M. Barrie founded the Kali
yard School; Mr.. S. B. Crockett made
1t byword but also made it pay; DR..
John Watson, turning aside from
time to time from his labors as one
of the busiest pastors and most re-
nowned preachers in the Presbyterian
Church, scored with his Ian Mac
laren" books a success that was hard.
ly straightforward Mail.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-03
The Pessimistic Poet.

The rose that smells the sweetest
is the first to fade. The boy who runs
the fastest is the one to soonest jade.
The brightest of the evenings has
the gloomiest of dawns. The man
with the biggest yard must cut the
biggest lawns.-Albany Ledger.