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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-20

est Of yourselves or your children or
your neighbors, to approve Of this
outrage Of these ringsters? Re-
member that what is good for you
to endorse this season should never
be objected to by you hereafter as
the standard of your action!
THE MILLS BILL PERCENTAGE FRAUD.
Mr.. Mills claims that his tariff
bill which passed the House Of Rep
resentatives reduces the average rate
of duty on dutiable goods imported in
the fiscal year 1887 from 47.1O per
cent. to ~ 40 per cent.-a reduction,
as he says, Of 4.61 per cent, and this
he says is not free trade. Certainly
it is not; but does Mr.. Mills tell the
whole truth? Emphatically he does
not. Here are the proofs. We
challenge the successful contradic-
ton by free traders of the figures we
now present. (The statements of
Mr.. Mills here referred to are found
in his closing speech in behalf Of his
bill, made in the house of represen-
tatives on July 81, 1882
When Mr.. Mills says that his bill
reduces the average rate of duty on
dutible goods only 4.61 per cent. he
intends to deceive his hearers. The
truth is that 4.61 is simply the diff
ference between 47.1O per cent, the
average rate Of duty collected on all
dutiable goods in 1887, and 1910
per cent, which Mr.. Mills says is
the average rate Of duty in the duti-
able list Of his bill on the importa-
tions of 1887. The total revenue
derived from imported dutiable goods
in the fiscal year 1887, on which i'm
portations Mr.. Mills bases his calcu-
lations, was s212,O32,424. If, as
Mr.. Mills says, his bill reduces the
average rate Of duty on dutiable
goods only 4.61 per cent, the amount
Of duty RENTED by his bill would
be only s9,774,695. As, however,
the ostensible object Of his bill is to
reduce the surplus revenue of the
country, Of what avail would the re-
duction of sum less than S10,000,-
600 be when he claims that the rev.
enue should be reduced in all about
SS0,000,000? IL Mr.. Mills's state
ment of the percentage Of reduction
in duties were correct his bill would
not be worthy of the slightest con-
sideration as a revenue reduction
measure.
But Mr.. Mills has also distinctly
stated that his bill, if passed, would
reduce the revenue from customs by
$50, 591 ,636, basing his calculation
on the foreign value of the dutiable
imports of 1887, namely, s450,325,-
322. Assuming that this result
would follow the passage of his bill,
then, as our custom revenue in 1887
amounted to s212,O32,424, this rev.
enue would be reduced under his bill
to S161, 440,7SS. This would be a
reduction of 1886 per cent, con-
cession which would greatly help
foreigners to send their goods into
our markets.
To please the few who protest
against the protective principles of
our tariff system Mr.. Mills says that
his bill would reduce our large sur
plus revenue from customs by
over s50,000,000, and to hood
wink the great body of our people
L y
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-20

REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-20

every political move. When it was
ascertained that Misrepresentation
must be resorted to in order to WIN,
they were equal to the occasion.
It is this crowd Of schemers who
are now trying to cram down the
hearts Of our people the conviction
that the caucuses Of July IA were
conducted fairly and honorably.
The voter who assists the ring tick
ct at the polls endorses by the same
act the disreputable methods OF this
ring outfit. Voters, is this your
notion Of correct methods in poll
tics? Can you afford, in the inter-
est Of yourselves or your children or
your neighbors, to approve OF this
outrage Of these ringsters? Re-
member that what is good for you
to endorse this season should never
be objected to by you hereafter as
the standard of your action!
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
care OF the pauy.

Every baby, of course, needs to be washed
all over in warm water once day; but this
diurnal bath is positively hurtful unless it is
accompanied by a good honest rubbing.
Now rubbing is thing very few persons
understand, although it is such an indispens-
able part of the daily toilet. To rub an in
FAINT properly requires great tenderness and
care. All such rubbing should be with a cir
cular movement of the palm of the hand,
and should be rapid, but with very little
pressure Above all, the soles of the fee.
should be thoroughly rubbed in this way,
gently and quickly, for at least two minutes
This promotes circulation and sends the blood
flowing through the tiny heart II IKE man.
ner the little hands should not be chafed up
and down or squeezed, but the palms should
be treated in the same circular way.
Mothers, as a rule, pay great deal more
attention to an infants feet than to its hands.
They would not think of leaving it without
socks, even with its feet fastened up in a
blanket: but with the Thermometer below
zero they viii let it flourish two little red
fists in the cold morning air. Yet how
wretched it is TO have cold hands every one
knows Little children, in cold weather,
should not only have their hands rubbed fire.
quently, but they ought TO sleep in knitted
mttens as soon as it becomes difficult TO keep
their hands under the coverlid. and that Is as
soon as they are restless.s-Jane 4. Runtz-
Rees in Demorests Monthly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
One Weeks Expenses.

A Wall street man who enjoys the honor
of being the father of a 20-year-old son who
has developed the practice OF painting tie
town red into fine art remarked the other
day:
Il took fancy last month to find out
about how much money Dick could spend in
week. | make him regular allowance
and pay it TO him on Mondays. After he
spends this he comes TO me to beg more.
Sometimes ne gets it and sometimes he don't,
according to the hulnor am in. This time
| gave him what he asked for without ques-
ton at the end Of the week / counted up
and found that be had spent $50"
''What had he spent it for!" demanded one
of the party.
The fond parent shrugged his shoulders
and rolled his cigar between his lips.
'Egad,n he replied, she doesn't know him
self. ALFRED Trumble in New York News
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
Paper to Wrap Turkeys In.

81 deal almost entirely in grocers' brown
paper said Duane street paper merchant TO
the UBIQUITOUS reporter. "Most Of the paper
mills are situated in the New England states,
but great quantity OF paper Is manufac-
tured throughout New York state, especially
along the eastern border"
ssWhat is the paper made out Off queried
the reporter.
'.Straw and water. Almost any kind OF
straw will answer, and | think that corn
stalks have also been pressed into service,
although the paper made from this material
was inferior in quality. Flail threshed wheat
or rye straw, well bound, is preferred. In
the manufacture of paper the straw Is I'M
bound and laid closely in hugs watts. Lime Is
sprinkled over every layer, and when the
watts are full, lime water is thrown over the
whole Steam is then turned on at the bot
tom of the watts, and the straw is allowed to
cook until it is thoroughly purified. 1t is
then passed through large revolving washer
and cleansed from the lime and other lnlpurl-
ties. The straw, or what is LETT OF 1t, is next
passed through grinders, which reduce it to a
pulp. when it is let down into large tank
under the floor.
1.-THE pulp is now pumped up, and is ready
% pass over the machine. 1t is first thinned
with water, if the paper is intended to be
light, and then is transferred to the first felt
by means of revolving wire cylinder"
"What do you mean by the first feltT"
"Oh, it's the finest kind OF wooden felting
which carries the pulp through any number
of rollers From the first felt it is trans
ferred to the second and third felts, each Of
which is coarser than the first. By the time
the pulp has passed over the third felt the
water is pretty well squeezed out Of it, and
the damp paper is able to support its own
weight as it passes over space of about
three feet to the dryers These are big, hol-
low iron cylinders five feet in diameter and
heated by steam. They are usually seven in
number, ana by the time the damp paper
passes over them and through a set of
smoothing calendars, it is thoroughly dry
and is then wound up on reels
at is now in one long sheet about four and
a half or five feet wide. The paper On four
and sometimes five reels is unreeled and cut
and counted Finishers then take the paper,
fold and tie it, After being tied up into
bundles it is pressed, and is then ready for
the market. New York Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
Ntummies Dirt Cheap.

DR. J. A. S. Grant Bey, of Cairo, Egypt,
has spent twenty-five years in the land of the
Pharaohs and speaks all the languages of
that polyglot country. In order to instruct
the native doctors, two years ago he started
an Arabic medical paper, which has met
with success. For years he has devoted his
time to the study of archaeology, and has
amassed enough Egyptian gods, from Horus
and Osiris down, to nearly fill the Metropol-
itan Museum of Art. The mummies of
Egypt, he said, were now dirt cheap, owing
TO recent discoveries They sold from $40
to $50 each, the price depending chiefly on
their state of preservation. He brought
over a mummified hawk as a curiosity and
presented it to the Smithsonian Institution
Scientists, who formerly paid high prices for
fine, first class mummies, of late years. the
doctor said, purchased very few. The cheap
mummies We're bought principally by the
agents for museums. n-New York Cor
mercial Advertiser
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
The Modern Boston Girl.

Mrs. L. has small daughter who is being
reared in the light Of all modern thought on
the proper culture Of children Some of the
women Of modern Athens are going beck to
the old Greek models of motherhood and are
learning how 90 bring up their sons and
daughters after Spartan methods, refined to
suit modern needs for self denial. The small
Margaret has not been accustomed to believe
that all the desires of her heart must peces.
sarily be granted her, and she went on her
first tour through the shops the other day
without the fainteSt idea that she ought, as a
child, to demand the purchase for her own
use of the prettiest things that she saw. But
her triumphal march through the stores
caused a great sensation among the statesmen
and saleswomen. This child of the true train
ing simply glided up to anything and everv
thing she admired and sang to it! She did
not ask for it, she did not cry for it. but
hummed q little tune of perfect objective
content-Boston Advertiser.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
Where Chamois are Found.

1t has been said that the chamois is nova
days myth, tradition, an extinct animal
of the past 1t is 10 such thing. He may
elude the sybaritic sportsman accustomed to
stand in a warm oerncr while sountless par
tridges are driven into the nluzzle of his gun,
but through November he fails frequently
enough before the active, energetic hunter,
who, starting over pight from the valleys,
sleeps in hut on the mountain, gets up ct
daybreak and pursues the feet quarry per-
severingly, climbing TO the SUBMITS, yentur-
ing into the narrow defiles, and stepped only
by the wall of freshly fallen snow, which is
the channels stronghold and safeguard In
the mountains behind the eastern end Of the
Lake OF Geneva the pretty creatures are still
fairly abundant; one man alone, a gentle
man, shot twenty-five during the past year.
Cor. New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
why Street Car Drivers Are uea,tbv.

''Do you know what makes us street car
drivers SO healthy" asked one of that guild
as his horses were dragging lettering car
along Madison street the other evening
81 suppose it is because you get plenty of
good, pure air to breathe" was the reply Of
the smoker
'Well, that has something to do with it,
but the main thing is that we have to be
regular. Everything, you know, is done by
time table. Now, for instance, have to be
at Garfield park at just o'clock in the morn
ing to catch my car, or somebody else goes
out on it and l lose my day. Then l make
just so many trips before dinner and SO many
before supper, all according to q time table,
SO that brings my meals right on the tick,
you see. When | get through at night I'm
always ready to go to bed, for am tired,
and then, too, have to be UP in the morning
SO early that | must have my sleep. Now,
you see, I'm about as regular as a clock,
and SO are all the other drives who keep
their jobs any length of time, and regular
living is what makes a man healthy There
is only one drawback to this business"
"And what is thatT
''We don't get exercise enough.r-Chicago
News
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
ANTHRoPoMETRY THE THING.
The Rogues' Gallery to be Strengthened
by a Curious Device.

The Rogues' Gallery to be strengthened
by Curious Device.
Criminals throughout the city may be dis
pleased to learn that the officers of the Gen.
trail office are studying up new system that
promises to aid the bluecoats in detecting and
identifying thieves of high and low degree.
1t is known as the anthropometrIc system,
and has been brought to the attention OF
noted detective of Joliet. The word comes
from two Greek words, and it means having
reference to the measurement of human
beings. The police are now compelled to
trust entirely to the Rogues' Gallery for
means of Identification. The new system is
intended as an addition to the gallery. At
police headquarters there are half dozen
photographs of a noted burglar now at
liberty No two OF these pictures are alike,
and that fact is made the basis of an asser-
ton that it is sometimes impossible to identify
the original of picture. The new system
consists in merely collecting carefully taken
measurement of certain parts of criminals
bodies.
In future, when dangerous suspect IS ar
rested, registry will be taken of the width
and length of his head, the length of his left
forearm, the length and breadth Of his left
foot, the length of the little and middle I'm
gers of both hands, the length of his right
ear. size of his mouth, description of his
nose and eyes, the size Of his chest while
standing, the length Of his body while seated,
the length of his legs and entire body, the
size of his neck, the full stretch of his arms,
and the breadth of his back from shoulder to
shoulder. Particular attention will be paid
to deformities. marks or scars. All the
measurements will be taken with graduated
rules, caliper compasses and one or two
other trustworthy instruments. The record
will be kept in book, which will contain
printed directions and formula for the ex-
aminer.
The police think it a great innovation.
They say these measurements will be found
perfectly trustworthy, as mans figure and
general profile rarely changes after maturity.
The innovation is the property OF NJ. Pestll-
lon, and was first introduced at the Prison
congress in Rome two years ago-New York
Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
Best Washing Fluids.

Some housekeepers use washing fluids, and
if the ingredients are harmless they tighten
the labor, without destroying the fabric. The
following are among the best fluids:
To five quarts OF water put one pound OF
salsoda, half pound OF unslaked line and .
small lump Of boraz. Boil; when cold pour
of and bottle Use one teacupful for every
boiler of clothes
Another-One-han bar of hard soap, one
ounce each Of saltpetre and borax dissolved
in four quarts of water; when cold add FIVE
ounces OF spirits of ammonia Bottle and
use as soap
Arbther-Equal parts Of turpentins and
ammonia Add 70 water
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
ART TREASURES IN JAPAN,
After Tea Talk on Hidden Gems of the
Land of Mikado.

Land OF M1kadO.
remember wildly my first call and SUBJ
sequent visits at gentlemans house in
Fukui and the contrast. On first entering
his zashiki, or parlor, despite its neatness, the
delicious Echizent tea served with exquisite
grace by his pretty daughters, and the ele-
giant dress and manners of all present, my
amazement at the baroness and seeming pow
erty was favored with mild disgust. On
subsequent visit, after tea, tine talk ran on
art. Presto! the black eyes CLEANED, and
the hosts hands were clapped. ''You would
really like to see my miserable collectionm
was asked
The servant, responsive to the hand clap
in lieu of bell, was given the storehouss
key, and then disappeared. Soon the mat
floor was piled and Uttered with box, roll,
bag and case. Out of yellow muslin wrap
pings, sillsen napkins, gold brocade bags and
Grape cloths, issued gems Of art, in gold,
ivory, crystal, lacquer, porcelain and bronze
that made me wild with delight
The operation of getting out some of the
hosts special treasures reminded me of the
process of unwrapping mummy One ar
ticle, with apparently as many skins as prop
erly belonged to an onion, was finally resur-
rected from its sacred darkness, and with
amazing reverence laid on the dai, or stand.
Shades of Benjamin Franklin it looked for
all the world Like his black 1.-TWO penny por-
ringer displaced by his beloved Deborahs
china bowl, and immortalized in his auto
biography.
Had it been put up at auction by my host,
verify l should not have hidden, at the high
est, beyond five cent nickel. That, how
ever, was historical gem, the pride of his
collection, and | am not sure but he claimed
it to have been nodded by Giyoji, who intro
duced the potter's wheel over a millennium
ago.
Before leaving my host / had become
acquainted with his tastes and resources,
which in native art were ample, and learned
a lesson often repeated. Before foreign COM
merce began, nine-tenths of Japan's art treas
ures were habitually kept out of daylight
and locked up in fireproof safes, in which the
only thing of iron was the lock and staple
William Elliot Griffis in Scribner's.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
A pentis.,s Rig Ear,un.

The fortune o. DR. Evans. the Partisan.
American dentist Is estimated ar about SIS
00o.0o His magnificent residence il stored
with valuables, the least precious OF which IS
a collection OF souvenirs which be has re-
ceived at different times from his titled pa
tients In connection with his home is an ex-
tensive aviary, In which are hundreds Of
rare and bright p.gmagsd birds HIS stables.
too, are large and well stocked, and hi. H.
brary is one of the tinsss private libraries in
Paris He owns two ne wsaapeS Ne. Or
leans Times Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
First Use of the Torpedo.

The man who first used the torpedo in
naval warfare died not long ago in George
town, D. c. Francis Edgar Shepperd came
of an old North Carolina family, was educa-
ted at the Annapolis Naval school. and at the
outbreak of the war entered the Confederate
navy. Just twenty-five years ago this
month Shepperd blew up the United States
gun boat Cairo on The Mississippi by means
Of an cd fashioned torpedo. Captain Shep-
perd watched the explosion from TIE bank Of
the river, and declared that torpedo warfare
was coward.y. He never again Set torpedo
Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25
9ai1y eagle
SATISFACTION.

Bright angel, shall we ne'er behold thy face!
The heavenly charms which do TO thee belong,
Which we have sought for many year and
long,
Shall we ne'er find until we take our place
Upon that distant shore, where we can trace
The love of God in all that seemeth wrong,
And, fastening the fabric firm and strong
Throughout lifes web, the golden thread of gracei
All, sordid care will bde with us below,
Despite the pleading of self love and pride,
And ever with his noseless step and slow
Walk foreboding phantom by our side;
And, yet, o soul inspiring truth we know
When we awake we shall be satisfied
Fred L. Knowles in Boston Journal
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-25

There are 200 incubators in the country,
and the production is from 10, 0oO, 600 to Il,
O0o, 600 chicks annually.
What is drought Mr.. Symons, the
English meteorologist, would have three
kinds or degrees of drought recognized and
precisely defined. A period of fourteen or
more consecutive days without rain should be
termed an absolute drought; one of twenty
eight or moro consecutive days, with rain
fall not exceeding q quarter OF an inch,
should be called partial drought; and at
least sixty days, with not over two inches OF
rain, should be long drougdt.-Scientifo
American
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
SPICER.

Farmers in this vicinity have sown
q large amount of grain, and all are
delighted with the warm weather
which has continued thus far.
Hon. $. Nj. Pennington, of Albany,
has been spending few weeks at this
place. He has recently painted his
residence, which adds greatly to its
appearance.
j. w. White lectured to small audi
encc at the school house few evenings
since. He is travelling in the interest
ot~tfe X. of l..
Rev. Walton Skipworth, pastor Of
the Lebanon NJ. f. church, preached
at the Southern Methodist church
Sunday, the 9th. There was also
preaching at the German Baptist
church near this place by Rev. Enoch
Prather of Southern Oregon.
J. w. Bell has just recently con-
pleted u handsome store building,
which would do credit to any place.
He has 1t nicely filled with well-a..-
sorted stock of groceries and general
merchandise, which can he had rs low
,as anywhere in the valley. 4 first
class stole has been much needed
here, and Mr.. Bell deserves the appro-
baton of the people for the very enter
prising spirit which H. hes manifested
since coming in our midst. XXX.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
an Eeencnicnl stnrt.

The Ellensburg Capital says: az few
days since young couple arrived in
Ellensburg from Yakima in a covered
wagon. They had two hearts that
beat ms one, one soul with but a single
thought, and q miscellaneous assort-
ment of tropical fruits and squash.
Their hearts had twined as the pump
kin vine, and their voices were honeved
with dew. But this hasn't anything
to do with the story. Success attended
them in the disposal of their fruit the
wagon was empty and the purse was
full. The aforesaid couple concluded
they wanted 10 wed, and they did we'd
that very day. But when night. gem
lie night, came, the youth from Yaki-
ma hied him to hotel and hired u
room for his bride, which ho inconsid-
eratcly permitted her TO occupy alone,
while he took up eommodious quarters
in the wagon bed. II is just such i'm
difference rs this that lost the capital
TO Yakima
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
Aebapop Express.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER so, 1883.
PRACTICE MAKES psRFEcT.


Whatever we would do we'll. we
must do constantly. If we desire to
be pure and noble, we must practice
purity and nobility. Some men seem
to think that all habits arc necessarily
had but man can acquire the habit
Of doing good as strong as he can the
habit of doing evil. Continual observ-
ance Of the law hahituates one to law
fn'ness and respect of law; every vio-
lstion Of law renders another violation
r1sore easy and probable. a man is
known by his actions. The good are
they who do good. Words without
deeds are valueless as indications of
character. The devil can quote scrip
tGre
The human mind is Incapable of ex-
listing in stationary condition; q man
must either go forward or fall behind
ia moral perceptions and practices. No
man can expect to ever obtain the
power Of doing good work unless he
constantly practices. If man prac-
ticSs immortality he must expect TO
loss to some extent the Immediate
power Of living morally. There is a
law If gravitation in morals; there ir
no such thing rs standing in mid-air
between morality and immortality.
Gnlees q man exercises his natural
functions he loses the power of exer-
la