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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-17

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ing out Of the Baltimore affair, have been ad-
The following statistics show the increase in
our trade with the countries Win VICE. hs ~. We
when such agreements went into enect up 70
September 81, 1892, the increase being in some
almost wholly and in others IN an important
deoree the result of these agreements.
Tho domestic exports to Germany and Aus III
Hungary, have increased in value from $1,
as to O64, an increase of $40 or oil
have increased from 81, sss to 50 6l3 5sS an
increase of So As, 3l3, or 1861 per cent Inc
total increase in the value of exports to an tne
countries i bss bsen n'is This
il chiefly in wheat, Hour, meat ana oay, p IA
ducts, and manufactures Of ZION and spesi ana
A treaty providing for the arbitration Of the
dispute between Great Britain and the Uniseo
States q to the killing Of seals IN the benrns
"a ~ s,rnces the politie,l relations Of Can
ada and he disposition Of the Canadian sovan-
msnt srs 10 remain unchansed eomGynat ts y
cal revision Of our trade reiations should. HI =;
timate and they should b friendly. feHes 70
~. hoVever. that In many Of the controvets,es'
ootaby thosc q to tho fsheriee on t1s Atisnne;;
toils yocr resolutions With Great Britain have
oontinuously ben thw1rted or retarded by M
reasonable and unfLiendly objections ana -
from ..nsd: In the %.sssa 81 d fsS
pconle or eovsrnment Of ths United sat- g m
tsrfsrs in iAsm.llsst DIRE Nth re pGs ~noiiy
LIZ ~ own psopie. Il Is time for "a hoysysr.
TO ccesidse vksthsr. IL ths present stafe OF tn,ne
and trend Of thing. z 70 connnce; Os1 .i,on6
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'rMercyi childp' My mother caught my
arm. GLOW often have I told you never to
listen"
'The door il wide open-how could help
it."
A change came over my mother suddenly;
she drew me near her, stroked nv head and
said in an earnest tone: "Allan always be
kind to your sister; never let anyone say
ought against her."
I was going to answer her warmly, when
my father entered "Where is Hannah?"
he asked My mother answered that she
was In the lot. Then my father, who was
in strange mood, looked at my mother in
. quizical way.
''Did Gideon Perkins speak to your"
Ny mother glanced ct me, and my father
ordered me to bring him my copybook.
Now, if there was one time more miserable
than another, it was when my iather turned
over my copy book. He would point out
the blots and affect to believe that the cat
had overturns ! the ink. His irony was
worse than scolding. Ny mother plead
for me, and was glad to escape from the
house. But / knew they were talking
about Gideon Perkins was running after
the dog across the field, when stumbled
over our Hannah. She was sitting on the
grass, plucking flower to pieces, q thing I
would not have believed had 1 not seen it
Her eyes were wet with tears Instantly
my mind turned to Gideon Perkins again.
associated him with Hannah's tears
SIS Gideon Perkins . very rich man.
Hannah?"
'eThs richest man in Leyden some say.
Why do you ask, Allan?"
81 wish I was rich. will be some day."
I said confidently. "As soon as ever can,
I'll 60 on ship and make my fortune"
Hannah looked up at me piteously. 20,
Allsni You boys al want to sail on the
seas-it Il the bans Of the world Promise
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ever. the iatsst ssseena had bssn % cheer
ing and hopeful that ! Allowed myself 70 be
psrsuadcd BY my husband into going. An
eerie ceiling was creeping over me in an un,
accountable manner, butt tried to throw 1t
Oh, and succeeded ii doing 30 to q certain
extenti still, something made me turn my
dressing room. which opened into mine. I
distinctly saw hand waving backward
and forward twice. rushed into the room
band came Upstairs, and I told him what
had seen, but he put 1t down TO "nerves."
A Case Of splrit Guardianship.
As We crossed the water the cool night air
seemed to revive me, and began TO laugh,
at myself for letting my Imagination play
mxse srs to mT room and
commenced undressing. Whilst taking
down my hair distinctly felt hand pass
over my head and neck as If some one was
again laughed at. knelt TO say my prayers.
Instead OF praying (as had been nsed to do)
for Goo TO make my friend well, I, without
taken out Of his misery. I won't to. bed.
Something came and lay beside me. I
clung to my husband, who tried to calm me,
assuring me there was notninx there TO hurt
freeze on my check. and distinctly heard,
Goodbye, Sis, goodbye" in my. friends
well.known voice. Still my HUSBAND de-
sure MI. Abbott is dead" Ny husband said
was hysterical and over-wrougnt, drew
me towards him and held my hand till
fell asleep-for l suppose 1t was a
dream and not . vision had. Be this as 1t
may, Isaw my friend come into my room: a
livfd mark was across his face. He was
dressed in q night shirt and his feet were
bare. He came and sat beside me-told me
he was dead-that he had left me some
money and before he died ne wished to make
some alteration in his beduest, but the end
had come 50 soon he had not time to do so.
He repeated his Goodbye" kissed me and
disappeared.
1 told my husband OF my dream and
marked the date. Five days afterward
letter with deep black border came to me
from my friends brother, telling me his
brother had passed away at 10 O'Clock March
l3. Allowing for the difference of time, Mr..
Abbott must have come to me either just
be ore or just after his death. The legacy
lett me was IS he had stated. also the fact
that he had intended to make change as
regarded it. but though the lawyer was sent
for he came too late.
AUGUST 1890
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slenced their fbotfh1ls, % SAat an entire
troop Of Ku-Klux would pass along the road
without sound. The horses were then
covered with white cotton ticking down 10
their fetlockA Each rider wore over his
ordinary clothing long black calico gar
ment, which, being divided into pantsloons,
descended until It hid his feet. Over the
head Of each rider was black calico mask,
which fell over his shoulders Each rider
wore what he pleased on top Of this mask.
Some devised fantastic hesddresse& One
ingenious Ku-Kluxsr used to wear skull,
with candle cleaning in the interior
All new members Of the society after
their first meeting in the church were ini-
tiated at midnight in some deep woods. It
was one Of the rules of the Ku-Klux to
never meet except at night Any member
of the Khan who permitted himself to he
seen in the uniform of the society in day
light subjected himself to the most rigorous
military punishment Three members of
the Khan were shot for disobeying the order
of only appearing ut night. These men
used the name and uniform Of the soci ETY.
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THE MOST USEFUL MINERAL

Ice Il OF More Benefit to Mankind Than
Either Salt or Iron.
sIf one were to ask his friends what min
eral We are most familiarwith and most
commonly used as food, the answers " ould
probably be both varied and amusing. salt
would, fancy, first suggest itself to maAy,
and to those whose training in physiology
and hygiene has not been neglected, 10
doubt the claims of lime and iron and car
bon, which, in one form or another, we usa
with food to build up bone aud brawn,l
would be amply urged. But, after all, it is
water, for water 10 q mineral-a fused min
eral," says writer In Harper's Magazine
''You will find 1t described % such. along
with quartz and topaz and the diamond, in
Dans's Niseralogy, or in other treatises on
stones
"We usually think of minerals as solid
things, such as metals and rocks and jewels
and various chemical salts But when we
consider the matter a little We see that all
these things if melted by strong heat are
minerals still, only they are now in fluid
instead of in q solid state. The difference
between these minerals and water is that
water gets fluid at lower temperature than
they do, and, like quicksilver, stays melted
at ordinary living heat. But in those old
ages which, one after another, have swept
now over the Northern and now over the
Southern hemisphere, bringing ruin and
desolation, the natural and common condi-
tion of water was that Of q solid-ice-as it
largely IL to-day out-of-doors in winter
when not kept fused by the stored-up heat
of the soil and rocks, or melted by the sun. "
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THE aAMBErrA OF NORWAY,

rjorns.j .rne Rjornson to Be- Founder Of q
Republic in tho North.
'eThe leader of the Norwegians is, of
course, Bjorns.jerne Bjornson, farmer, nov
elist and statesman. An independent Nor
wegian republic has been and still is the
dream and the ambition of his life, +" says a
Stockholm correspondent of the New York
7aibuye
'To it his best thoughts and hardest toll
are given. Years ago, when he first avowed
his republicanism, he was unpopular. Nor
way wanted Independence, but under q
king of her own. She was not yet educated
larity, Bjornson began the task of educating
the people in politics. Now he has sue
ceeded. Norway is republican to the core.
And he is by lar the most popular leader in
the hole country. He is not only re-
publican-he is an advanced radical, and as
such he not only has a majority of the Nor
wegian Parliament, but of the Norwegian
people also at his back.
"Bjornson's writings are we'll known to
the world. And Norway is very proud Of
his fame as writer. Yet to-day think he
is held in higher esteem as a statesman and
political leader. He is regarded as the des-
tined liberator of his country and
as the founder of the republic. He has,
moreover, entire faith in himself and in
the success OF the cause he champions His
orstory is superb Nowhere else in Europe,
now that Gambetta is dead, is there any
like it. His speech ia like one Of his own
Norwegian cataracts in the impetuosity of
its flow. 1t startles, and flashes, and glows
with enthusiasm. It roars and thunders,
with intense conviction. Whether on the
public platform or in his own house at
Aulestad, before q multitude or in the
presence of three or four friends, he is one
of the most masterful speakers in all the
uorld - N.,,
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rocco, but the reports about these alleged
Pygmies are not yet sufficiently authenti-
Gated to be accepted a. q fact
Among all these widely separated dwarf
tribes exist resemblancea 20 striking that
these little peoples are now believed to be
branches of the same great family that by
one cause or another was separated, perhaps
centuries ago, until to-day its parts are
divided by hundreds of miles of territory in
which no dwarfs are found.
Traits OF the Pigmy Character.
They are all migratory, never remaining
long in one place, though they do not often
wander far out of their own district Al
though all of them are savages of the very
lowest type; their cunning and skill az
hunters are most remarkable, They live
among tribes of ordinary stature, whom
they supply with dried meat and fish in ex-
change for vegetable food, knives and other
articles. They intermarry only to a small
extent with their larger neighbors, and as .
rule are very shy in their Intercourse with
other people, which accounts for the frag-
mentary information we at present possess
about them.
Boards are developed among them more
largely than among other African tribes All
of them excel their neighbors in de1terity a.
archers. in nimbleness, and In ingenious de-
vices for catching game. Every school boy
has seen pictures of native Africans dis
guising themselves IN ostrich skins to get
within bow shot Of these shy birds 1t Is
only the dwarf bushmen who practice this
device. Livingstone said that the dwarfs
he met killed many lions with their insigni-
fcant looking arrows We know very lit
tie as yet about their languages
and dialects, but the incomplete
vocabularies that have been collected show
that not few of the words of these W idely
severed tribes are identical.
The Obongo Are the Smallest
In number of respects, however. the
various dwarf tribes show differences of
some Importance. In Central Africa the
Tkki-Tikki duarfs are little taller, have
darker skins, more vigorous limbs, and are
covered with fewer but coarser hairs than
the Aka who live little north of them.
The Aka, on the other hand, are little
taller than the Obongo in West Africa.
The average height of adult men among the
Obongo is four feet three inches, while the
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My father listened intenly, then holding
the book in his hand advanced to the door
and threw 1t wide open. NY mother and
sister stood at the door looking out
SIS not that Peleg's voice? What does
1t mean2" my mother said Peleg was my
fathers apprentice. He dashed into the
house with q colorless face and staring
eyes
"what ails the lad? WHY do you come
in on US in this fashion," demanded my
father.
"such an awful thingi 1t makes or
blood run cold" yfs
"He is beside himself with fright, /" Aid
my mother, sharply. she has lost his
wits"
"He had little to lose," said nv flhsr,
catching him by the arm and shskinf him
what is it they are bringing here?t.<
"'Twas none Of my doing. TdIAthsF
walk ten miles than see it again, his mur-
der, Master Gray"
My,mother put. her hand over her heartt
my sister stared at Peleg with white, set
face.
''Go into the other room," said my father
sternly. 'fThis is nothing for vomen's
eyes Wait until call you. !.
But chance or stupidity precipitated the
very thing my father desired to prevents
The door of the back room was ajsr The
crowd, seeing the door open, walked In.
When my father pushed my mother and
sister and myselfinto the back room and
followed rs we encountered four men bear
ing In the body of the dead man. There
was handkerchief over the dead mans
face. MY blood ran cold; my mother
screamed, and my sister would have tainted
had not my father put out . hand
With one swift movement he pulled
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CHAPTER I.

ShA1 LIN
THE ELDERLY wooER
"God save all hereF'
Ny mother looked up. She was sorting
some woollen stuffs and had turned to the
window. think see her now, spectacles
pushed up. looking with surprise upon
Gideon Perkins as he seated himself I
was but 10 years old, and rather forward
for my years, but not impertinent, for i'm
pertinence to elders was thing unknown.
was mending my boat. The door was
ajar; could see Gideon Perkins plainly.
He had big, high nose, wiry, red hair,
and eyes that bored one through. was in
mortal fear of him.
"God save all herer' he said the second
time. My mother listened respectfully,
but she did not take his hat, a circum-
stance that surprised me greatly, she was
so prompt in such matters
"I was speaking to Philip Gray on
matter you may apprehend. It was about
your daughter Hannah, very sensible,
prudent young woman. She has good
right to be, seeing she has such an ex-
ample"
"And did my husband tell you to come
to me, Mr.. Perkins?"
'That will not say. said I most as
suredly would speak to you"
"Do you not think 1t would be as well to
let the young people arrange these things
themselves.
"Here is some strange mistake" said
Gideon Perkins, holding his head up. 81
spoke not of my son. would marry Han
nah myself"
"And that be the case, you are old enough
to speak to Hannah yourself" Then my
mother stood strangely silent before him.
'You know she will be well provided
for" said Mr.. Perkins slowly. My mother
looked at him calmly.
''The best provision woman can have is
the love q true husband bestows upon his
wife" Gideon looked at her keenly, and
said sharply:
cat least yon will not prevent her."
"Be sure, If she comes to me I will not
fail to give her q mothers advice" There
was ring in her voice rarely heard.
'There are many who would deem it an
honor'-there my mother Gu, him short, say
1--WE have lived so long without seeking
anyone's favor that it is little matter who
is honorsd now." The color came to my
mothers cheeks; she never looked hand
somer than she did when Mr. Perkins rose,
turned and looked at her angrily, then
walked out of the house. I heard my
mother say, under her breath as she looked
after him, '.she will never marry you, Mas
ter Perkins and can prevent 1t"
entered the room and exclaimed, 81
hate Gideon Perkina You won't let him
have our Hannah"
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me, Allan, never to think of such thing
without first asking me-"
Ipromfsed verv reluctantly; then Ham
nah wiped her eyes and walked to the house,
while I ran after the dog that was barking
around heap Of stones near q clump OK
trees in which one could conceal himself
from all within view of the road. The
trees grew in what I thought q great hollow,
since, have learned it was only large
dimple in the broad field. All manner Of
rank weeds and underground grew there.
Tangled briers thrived there, a. my bare
legs and hands could testify.
The dog left the pile Of stones and made
straight for the clump of trees. As was
running headlong after the dog, my feet
caught in bramble, and fell my full
length. The breath was knocked out of met
when rose, painting, saw my sister Ham
nah walking in the opposite direction
She had gathered her shawl around her
head-I knew her shawl as well as knew
my cap. She seemed,to be in great haste.
When bethought me that I had left her
not five minutes before walking In the OPP
posite direction, going to the house, was
frightened. It was very strange; it seemed
like the warnings had heard people talk
ing about
As 1 stood there looking after her with
strange fear at my heart, forgetting the
dog, which was barking and swapping
among the trees, heavy hand was laid on
my shoulder. My terror was so great now
that almost dropped, but the hand held
me up in tight grip, and deep voice
stunned me with the words:
''See that your lips are sealed, youngsteE
If you eyer mention what you have seen,
it will be worse for you"
When I looked up met scowling face,
the face of one had never seen before. He
shook me roughly with both hands; he
looked down on me with murderous eyes,
then turned and walked away straight to
Leyden. 1 called the dog, and hurried
home as fast as my legs could carry me.
When I entered the house, Hannah met me
at the door, and putting my copybook in
my hand smiled as she said:
t.Allan, father has been asking for you.
Go, and maybe he will find your work we'll
done for once. Why do you stare so?'
'Did not see you just now going-tg
Granny Means?"
"Shl Allan"
/ did not know then that the air was full
of all sorts of rumors of apparation1
witches, and evil spirits. "Say not a word
If you have seen anything. Be silent a. the
grave" and with that she pushed me gently
into the next room.
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ment and a fiery energy OF character. He
gave me yesterday some of the inside pic
lures of the original formation Of this once
powerful organization. I have sat through
number of Congressional investigations
during the reconstruction period and have
witnessed the numerous official attempts
made to establish absolutely by evidence
the true history of the organization. All
of these official attempts have failed. No
member Of the society has ever betrayed Its
secrets. The only evidence that could be
obtained concerning it was through wit
nesses who gave testimony concerning its
acts
These stories were often colored by par
tisanship and exaggerated from the infu-
ence of terror. Yet enough was brought
out to show that there was such an organi-
zation, although Southern leaders for many
years have pooh-poohed all of the allega-
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average among the Aka men is about four
feet seven inehes The Obou 90 are nroba.
bly, the smallest dwarfs in Africa. The
tribes differ in color from light brown to
black. Boards are q feature of all the
dwarf peoples, but are scantily developed
among some of them, while among others
the beard is quite long, particularly among
the Batua south of the Kongo.
The dwarfs Of the central regions, the
Aka, Wambutti, Tkki-Tikki and Batua.
form the most important group of African
pvgmies They are all warlike, and few of
the tribes around them have given explorers
80 much trouble as the little folks who have
dogged their caravans. skulking in the for.
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climbing trees and swinging themselves out
on the limbs with the agility of monkeys,
and from this vantage place showering
down poisoned arrows upon the enemy be-
low.
Very Like Trapeze Performers.
Explorers tell of the Batua swinging from
branch to branch as trapeze performers take
flight from one bar to another Grenfell
and Won Francois we're astounded to see the
Batua scramble out on boughs overhanging
the rivers until the limbs bent low beneath
their weight These Batua tribes extend
) over the whole southern part of the Kongo
basin, and doubtless much additional infor-
nation about them will be brought home by
future explorers Very little is known
of them at present, except the fact
of their existence. Schliehter says
that like the Aka and the Wsmbutti their
intercourse with the various tribes of ordi-
nary stature among whom they live 10
usually OF friendly nature, partly because
the Bantu tribes are afraid of them and
partly because the pygmjes supply these
tribes with flesh and skins in exchange tor
vegetable food, cooking pots and other
articles that may be regarded as among the
luxuries of African pygmy life Moreover,
they are thoroughly at home in the forest.
and are, therefore, valuable to their Bsntu
friends as spies and scouts in time of feuds
and warfare. The sites of their encamp-
ments and villages are always carefully
selected to prevent surprise, and Stanley
describes their daily lite as being similar to
that Of the Bantu population among whom
they live.
The Little Women Do All the Work.
The women do all the domestic work,
erect the beehive hints colIect -ood and
vegetable food, watch the fires and dry the
meat. The men spend most of their time
in hunting or in bartering with the neigh
boring tribes. They usually speak the
dialects o: their neighbors, but all travellers
say that they also have distinct language
OF their own of which We have as yet very
little knowledge.
1t is now very generally believed that all
these dwarf tribes are the remnant of the
original population of Africa who, many
centuries ago, were decimated and widely
scattered by the intrusion of stronger
peoples. CYRUS ADAMS