Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-16
to read the works of Wallace2 Is it Wal

lace?"
think it was with pardonable pride
that 1 listened to the praise of General
Lew Wallace from citizen from an.
other country. whose people know
Americans and like them from their ac-
quaintance with them through the works
of our best authors.
The exhibit here in the Mexican rail-
road pavilion was very interesting, and
l doubt not that any one who has read
"The Fair God" was more interested
here than he would otherwise have been.
This railroad in making excavation in
their works found many antiquities in
the way of idols. implements OF all
kinds, and relics of the Aztec civilization
of Mexico. The shapes of these various
images and implements with their
strange markings and hyeroglyphics
makes one think that the people must
to have been near of kin to the Egypt
ians.
But I believe that the things most
dear to the heart of Mexican, general
ly speaking, are the trappings of a horse,
so did not fail to ask about the highest
priced saddle; yes, and the best Som
brero. The saddle was all hand finish
ed, a most beautiful piece of work and
was valued at $500 What would it
matter if the Texas pony was only worth
$40, if a man has a saddle worth 5000,
the pony might drink alkali water or get
locoed and die, but that saddle is,a joy
forever. Then. you can set your own
limit on your sombrero. cow 10y hat, you
can have just as many jewels in the
band as you want.
The Mexican railway is doing great
deal of advertising, and l hope it will
pay. We want to get acquainted with
our neighbors who, according to the
Monroe doctrine are, or ought to be a
part of our American population. And
may they think enough of us to, after
awhile, wipe out the geographical line
that separates us and come over into
our government, and this idea is not UNI
popular with those who think intelli-
gently on the subject. There is very
friendly feeling between the two coun-
tries.
Just now a word about the Intramural
railway. had seen the word in print a
great many times, but not knowing the
meaning or derivation. l was afraid to
pronounce it, until 1 had heard it from
some one who l was certain know how
it should be. At last l had cotton SO
many recommendations that 1 had to look
up the word and go to headquarters for
recommendations. The word simply
means within the walls; and names
railroad 4miles long that carries you
from one exhibit to another for 10cents.
The road is run by electricity, is ele-
waited, and has two parallel tracks, max
ing very convenient mode of passenger
traffic.
If one is lonely, 1 mean if Kansan is
lonely, pretty good cure is to get on
the Intramural and 60 down to the wind
mill exhibit; you will think that you see
Kansas epitomized. There are big wind
mills and little windmills, antique wind
mills and windmills of recent date, and
all running as though they were truly
doing something other than being mere
playthings for Boreas as he comes from
off the lake with the rhine in his whisk-
ers and merrily sets his whirlgigs 60
ing. 1t is pretty sight too and must
truly delight the old North God who you
know doesn't see many such things in
his home of snow and ice.
You are interested in this locality it
is so utterly different from the places we
have visited, looking around there are
so many strange things to be seen. We
seem to have gotten into suburb of the
White city, over among the queer
things. Here is the typical distillery in
a typical old fashioned Kentucky log
house, you have probably seen or read
the descriptions of turning grain into
pulp, thence into sour mash in the huge
round tubs, (and this mash is stirred
with dipper. I think from the length
of the handle the constellation, The
Great Dipper was named from a sour
mash dipper) with a handle I should
say 6 feet in length, and do you know
some folks think it an accomplishment
to drink from that dipper gracefully. I
did not try it, but saw fellow, and
thence again into liquor, whisky, high
wine or alcohol.
Here you see that object immortalized
by somebody in the old McDuffy read
ers under the name "The Worm of the
STILL" which is coiled copper tube
through which the liquor passes in pro.
cess of distillation.
CLIFF JEWELLERS.
That huge object near by which looks
like great pile of rocks or an isolated
m ountain is the Cliff Dwellers exhibit.
There is so much here that is so intense
ly interesting, and as you may not have
read much of it, we will take up little