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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
HELEN KElIER'S HAND.

Plaster Cast of 1t In Collection of Law
renee Hutton.
Mr.. Lawrence Hutton is making a
collection of plaster casts of hands,
says a Trenton special in the New
York Sun. He already has about fif-
teen specimens. He brought back with
him from Europe recently the original
cast of the hand of Thomas Carlyle,
which he picked up in a London shop
for a trifiing sum. Among others in
the collection are Hkenesses of the
hands of Rossetti, Robert Louis Ste
venson. Lincoln and Thackeray, and
the mummified hands of an Egyptian
princess of the time of Moses These
Mr.. Hutton has hanging on the walls
of his library. He also has a cast of
the hand of Helen Keller, the wonder
full blind mute, which he regards very
highly on account of its artistic finish.
All the lines in the skin, and even the
little nerve cushions ON the tips of her
fingers, with which she feels so accu-
rately, are plainly discernible in the
plaster Beneath each case Mr.. Hut
ton has written some appropriate lines.
Beneath that of Miss Kellers hand is
the following:
She is deaf to sounds all about us;
What she sees we cannot understand;
But her sights at the tip of her fingers
And she hears through the touch of
her hands,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
CHARCOAL BURNERS
SUBSTITUTES RENDERING THE BuSl-
NESS A LOST ART.
Gas and Gasoline Have Almost Dis
placed Charcoal Heat-Producing
Substance-The Man Who Burns Char
coal Leads Gypsy Life.

Charcoal burning in the United
States, SC far as the product concerns
the cities. gives promise of becoming
lost art Gas and gasoline have almost
displaced it as heat-producing sub
stance. With the thinning OF the for
ests, too. the source of supply is cut
Yet in the woods of Michigan, Wiscon-
sin. Ohio and Pennsylvania, a com
paratively few follow the lonely. life.
Charcoal in its perfect state is q
baked. not burnt wood. Here is the
distinction that keeps the charcoal
burner awake sometimes from 4S to go
hours at a stretch, especially if he be
alone. For the baking of charcoal tho
wood is piled in a circle about central
pit, leaving interstices through which
the heat from the fire burning in the
center may circulate to the outer edge
of the pile. Turf is piled over all until
the pile resembles a volcano. 1t is the
object to keep the wood covered until
it cannot break into a blaze. High
winds are troublesome. The sign of
trouble in kiln is a thin blue smoke
that points to fire in the wood This
fire is put out by smothering from
the outside. Only experience teaches
when the charcoal is sufficiently baked
When this period is reached it has lost
about three-fourths of its weight An
old observation is to the effect that
ten horses will draw the wood and
three horses will draw the charcoal
away" The slower the wood has baked
the more substance and weight will be
in the Goals. When the pyre has burn
ed sufficiently the fire is put out by
drenching the heap with water Even
after hundreds of gallons have been
poured through the heap, it may take
three days for it to cool sufficiently for
the charcoal to be removed A kiln will
produce 200 to $50 bushels of the Goals.
The charcoal burner leads a gypsy
life. His cabin is near by the kiIns.
that is natural to man in the woods.
His kitchen utensils are most in evil
dence. His bed is wholly secondary.
He eats to live and lives to work with
only an occasional spree" in some
nearby town. In the woods sobriety is
everything to his craft. He is a won
der to the visitors, as he plunges into
thick smoke and heat, and works in
the choking fumes with the fortitude
OF salamander. When the kiln is
working best the smoke and fumes are
worst, and to keep tne kflns so necessi-
tates the constant attention of the
burner. These fumes are considered
detrimental to health under ordinary
circumstances, but the compromising
life in the woods seems to make the
charcoal burner a hardy specimen of
his race.-Utica Globe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

consumers. though the domestic yield
is but a fraction of the total consump-
ton. If in the course of time it can
become possible to keep at home the
500, 900, 0e0 annually sent abroad to
pay for sugar, no one questions the
desirabflity of attaining that end.
Perhaps the most unreasonable sug-
gestion of the lot is that the people
would secure the benefit of the rev.
enue lost to the government. If the
large refiners could secure all the raw
material from abroad and had no COM
petition from home producers there
would be no limit to the prices they
might charge, unless the duty was
also removed from refined sugar, but
for. most obvious reasons this idea Is
not advocated. If the domestic grow
ers are to be driven out of business
why not go step further and abolish
the refineries, SO that all foreign re-
flners might compete in this market?
Cheapness might then be attained,
but the keen business man knows that
cheapness is not the first desideratum.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
The Care Of Children

When it is a possible thing. have q.
separate bed for every child, even
though there are two beds in a room
This is by no means an expensive
matter. Good legs can be turned or
made at home and supplied with
casters Fasten these onto woven
wire springs, and over them fasten
a good mattress of curled hair OF
moss. Make a cover of heavy un-
bleached muslin to protect the mat
tress, and then make it up as you
would any bed. A pretty outer cover
or spread made of art denim, linen
or other suitable material, made with
fiounce reaching to the floor, will
convert this bed into an attractive
dfvan IL the room is needed during
the day. A nice bath is very refresh
ing just before bedtime, and is usually
productive of quiet sleep. 1t means
considerable work for the busy mother
of several children, but it generally
pays in the end.
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Two sumcient Reasons.

The senior partner did not make his
appearance at the Office until about
o'clock, and then the junior partne.
was not there. Where is Mr. Tenter-
hook" he asked of the bookkeeper
He left the Office while ago, SIR"
replied the man of daybook and ledg-
er, land he said he wouldn't be back
today 81 hope nothing is the mat
ter with him." the senior partner add
ed. I'm afraid he isn't very well, for
he complained of pain in his stomach
yesterday WELL" the bookkeeper
explained, che said something about
having eaten some fish at lunch that
didn't agree with him, and he added
that there was a football game this
afternoon that he wanted to see. any
Commercial-Gazette.
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by the man going to visit his wife's
folks.
After leaving Mr.. Bolts came to "A
creek. The banks we're pretty with
fragrant elder and dogwood blossoms
and birds futtered over the clear.
s-owly-moving water. and chartered
and chirped in the underground.
1 heard the sound of ripping water.
and going upstream found COOL,
clear, blue spring which rippled and
tumbled over rocks on it's way to the
creek.
I brushed the old acorns and sticks
from a soft messy slant end stretched
out to rest.
cit up here. row, Pud, You derned
old fool Maxim like you air skeered
O. this place when you come here ever
day. Quit that snortin' and git in
there and drink befo' larrup you with
a hickory"
raised to my elbows and saw a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
MISLEADING FIGURES
HAvEMEYER LITERARY BUREAU GET
TING IN ITS WORK.
GRITTY Attempt OF the Trust Maxnate
to Prevent Facts Bearing Upon the
Question of Protection for the Domes-
tic Sugar Industry.

No 81 Wall Street, New York, October
~. lv1-Dear SIR As good deal has
recently appeared in print regarding the
consumption of sugar in this country, the
various sources from which it is OBJ
tanned. the amount of duty paid thereon,
etc. the following facts and figures will.
we believe. be of interest to your read
ers:
The total consumption of sugar in the
United States last year was 2,219.S47 tons.
and. based on the average increase of
o-S4 per cent during the past 10 years. the
consumption this year should be 2.360. SIS
TONS OF this quantity 100000 tons in
round figures will come from American
sources. say. Louisiana being able to pro-
duce $4,000 tons. United States beet fac
tories 10000. Hawaii $4,000 and Porto
Rico 10000. all being free of duty. leav-
ing l'S6o.5s5 tons to come from other
sources and on which duty is paid. The
average duty assessed is $36 per ton. or
a total of s4s. 9s1. 060 The price of all the
sugar consumed. however, being
per ton. a total of ss4 ss1 O6o it is evil
dent that 5000. 600 additional is paid by
the people in order to provide the gov
eminent with 40 millions for revenue. of
which the government is not now in
need If the duty is taken of Cuba sugar
the benefit of IS millions goes to the peo-
pie
On October 8 the quotation for Cuba
board Cuba. was 1.96 cents per pound:
duty on same amounts to 1-6S5 cents
equivalent to Sc per cent ad valorem-
Yours truly,
WILLETT & GRAY
Sugar Statisticians.
Publishers of the Weekly Statistical
Sugar Trade Journal
Judging by the liberal space given
by numerous newspapers to the mis-
leading circular issued by the stats
ticians of the Sugar Trust, it seems
possible to deceive all the people all
the time, although Mr.. Lincoln
thought otherwise. Not many years
ago Willett & Gray in their sugar
trade paper were earnest advocates o.
the tariff on sugar and the develop
ment of the beet sugar industry in the
United States. Now they appear be-
fore the public as sponsors of a most
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

Wilson bill will convince thinking
men that the addition of $262, 600, 900
to the nations bonded debt at that
time would have been avoided If sugar
had continued paying its share of the
running expenses =
Remove duty and the whole 1884,
981 ,060 accrue to the public" says
this defender of the people. II any
one is tempted by this sophistry he is
referred to the records of sugar quo
tations recently ruling and those pre-
vailing during the unfortunate years
of free sugar. Muscovado fair refining
averaged a quarter of q cent lower
in those gloomy days than at present,
and the difference on refined was a
shade more. This is not the 81. 685
cents" quoted in the circular. More
over, it must not be overlooked that
the whole range of prices was much
lower in the dark days of free trade.
owing to idle mills and unemployed
workmen who could i'll afford to have
sugar in their tea or coffee. There
was no such demand as at present and
consequently prices would have been
lower, irrespective of the tariff.
When such mendacious collection
of transformation is widely distribut-
ed it is natural that the reader should
seek the reason for its existence. The
quest is not difficult. Within a short
time the beet sugar producers have
begun to seek markets beyond the i'm
mediate vicinity of the refineries.
This has brought them into competi-
ton with the large eastern ref1neries
of imported raw sugar, and the result
has been lower prices to consumers
and less profit for the American Sugar
Refining Company and the large in
dependent plants. Since beet growing
is still in it's infancy and would COM
pete with the bounty supported prod
uct of the old world, removal of the
tariff would retard its development
and perhaps completely annihilate
an industry in which millions are
invested and thousands find employ
ment. Has not the history of steel
making, tin plate manufacture, tex
tile spinning. etc, been such as to
emphasize the wisdom of helping the
growth of another national industry?
That low prices will follow has been
proved in all the other industries, and
recent price cutting at Missouri River
points show that beet sugar growers
are already cheapening the cost to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

remarkable collection of figures, evil
IDENTIFY designed to impress the people
of the nation that they are being
robbed by the duty on raw sugar,
and it is obviously hoped that con-
stituents will instruct their represen-
tatives in congress to remove the OBJ
jectionable duty.
Starting with the proposition that
the people pay the full duty, not only
on imported sugar, but all produced in
this country, it is shown that in order
to secure less than 100000 of rev.
enue the consumers are mulcted to
the extent of about $85 100000. In
other words, domestic beet and cane
growers receive $50 ton as a bonus,
and the home crop for the current
year is placed at million tons. To
any one familiar with the facts this
gross exaggeration as to the domestic
crop would stamp the circular as I'M
worthy Of attention. OF Louisiana
cane the yield is placed at new high
record of $50, 900 tons, and the Hawa-
iian output as much more, which is
even more of stretch, while both
Porto Rico cane and the United States
beet crops are suddenly enlarged by
nearly 100 per cent
The total consumption of the coun-
try is placed at lac. 900 tons more than
the high record last year. an estimate
that is not Endorsed by the recognized
shortage of fruit. which must seri-
ously curtail the amount used in pre-
serving. But the allowance of only
$4S, 9S1 .060 revenue to the government
is perhaps the most absurd feature of
this collection of absurdities. For the
last three years the tariff on sugar
has yielded an annual return of over
sec. 900 900. and even If there was no
other consideration. this enormous
source Of income could not be surren-
dered by the nation without some
equivalent increase A glance at the
defcft during the operation of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

Now, the Eminent Reformer and the
Emancipated Woman were about to be
welded. In fact, the ceremony was be-
ing performed. with this ring" said
the Eminent Reformer, II thee wed"
Here there was breathless hush over
the audience as the Emancipated Wom-
an made gesture of dissent, and ex-
claimed: "And this. after your cam
paign against ring rule? Never.'' Say
Ing which she swept out of the church.
The audience was divided in its sur
prise over the injection of politics into
matrimony and the sight of an Eman-
cipated Woman sweeping-Baltimor
American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
After Meeting.

Bishop" said the young preacher.
II know you were hitting at me when
you denounced fine apparel and jew
elry. for I wear velvet vest and a
watch and chain" NO, brother" re-
piled the bishop. with a twinkle in his
eye. for I half suspect your vest is
cotton velvet, and as for the watch.
1 never gave you credit for more than
a Waterhuryi"-Atla Constitution
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that section. I insisted that Kit Smith,
with my assistance. could operate the
.saill; and in q few days Mr.. Smith
and had the job.
Mr.. Buchanan was a homely old fell
low. his profile st a distance remind
ing me of the picture of some great
old man l had seen in history, and 1
hardly saw how he could be the father
OF q girl SO pretty and sweet as Miss
Fannie
In month was also assistant man
ager of the big farm, for Mr. Buchan-
an had decided that the greasy scum
on wet weather spring back in the
field was signs of an underground
stream of coal oil and was figuring on
organizing a stock company to drill.
The smiles and kind words of Miss
Fannie gave me a feelings delightful
thrill had never before experienced.
A young fellow accompanied her to
church one Sunday, and when she re-
turned that night l knew that 1 loved
her. How lonesome 1 had been that
day without her.
The next night she invited me to the
rarlor to engage her in a game OF So
cial "seven-up.' We had a pleasant
time, and hardly before the hour 20
go to my room l stopped the game.
grasped her pretty hand and told her
my feelings 1 bowed my head to kiss
her hand, but she pulled it back, said
No, no. and babe me good night
l said to her the next morning,
Miss Fannie, excuse me-last night
l couldn't help it, though. Let it pass
and think, no more of it, but l do
To-
Mr.. Cobb. won't you leave? Go
of and think no more of it, and let
me forget you. 1t will be better, as
nothing else can come of it. Leave
and let me forget you"
Sadly I told her farewell Sunday
morning and walked of down the road,
again in my aimless wandering. When
a half mile away 1 heard someone
coming up behind me on a horse. L
went to the side of the road to let
it pass. But when the horse came up
it stopped and as 1 looked around,
Miss Fannie ran into my arms
Come on back! You must not leave
mel You cannot! The future looks
empty without you"
Tears of joy came to my eyes, and
bent my head over on hers. 1 kissed
her, said, God bless my angel" and
kissed her again.
The horse she rode, seeing it was
forgotten, turned and followed us
home.
A hungry-looking "razor-back" SOW
with thirteen young pigs, roofing in
the dirt and rocks nearby made an
unusual lot of noise, and I raised up
and found myself still lying on the
messy place by the spring. I had lain
there and imagined 1 would figure in
a romance something like the above.
If the hogs had allowed me to finish
the plot imagine it would have wound
up by me becoming owner of the farm
and mill, and several oil wells.
1 washed my face in the cool blue
water, smoothed over my hair and
went with some anxiety to the Buchan-
an home on the ridge.
There was no sweet girl Fannie.
nor even Mrs. Buchanan-the old
man kept bach on a small gully
washed farm But / went in, ate a
dinner Of beans and bacon, and went
on off down the pike, very seriously
thinking.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

barefoot man trying to persuade a
mule to drink at the stream. The con-
trary animal pranced around and went
behind bank, leaving only the riders
head visible to me. OF sudden it be-
gan bobbing up and down, and
heard him urging the mule to behave,
in language unsuitable to reproduce.
His head disappeared, his feet came
up In the air. and something hit the
earth with dull sound. When / got
to the bank he was brushing the dirt
and gravel from his shoulder, and
when I asked him the trouble, he re-
piled:
.Nothin'. Blasted old mule Just
tossed me on over her head
Tuck Buchanan lives right up there
on the ridge" he answered when 1
asked him where / might find some
dinner He spurred the mule in the
tanks with his bare heels, and
watched the spry little animal pick
her way up rough path. sometimes
leading under low branches, which
caused the rider to duck his head or
push them back.
Again I lay down on the moss.
Scents of peach and apple blossoms
came to me on the soft, lazy air. A
farm-bell changed somewhere up the
creek bottom and was followed by an
other and another. Plow-mules brayed
and hurried toward their rows end. for
ten ears Of corn and an hours rest
was coming.
Don't you want to walk down to
the mill? 1 don't hear it running.
guess that trifin' fellow I've got at
tendin' to it is piled up in the corn
box asleep as he usually isl said Mr.
Buchanan to me the day after I went
to his house
We went to the mill and, as he ex-
pected. we found the miller doing in
the corn-box-
I'D let him go If had another man
Kit Smith wants the job. but he amt
got any education and couldn't buy
wheat or calculate on tolls"
Being well satisfied with the sur
roundings and desiring to remain In
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sAo.ld Not BE Forgotten.

Our foreign trade both in imports
and exports is quite satisfactory, and
while We are congratulating the coun-
try on its great trade expansion, 1t
must not be forgotten that all this is
being accomplished under the opera
lions of the protective tariff laws SO
much denounced and abused by the
free traders.-Allentown Pa-) Regis
ter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

The Russian empire contains more
than sixty-dve independent racial
groups It is a veritable Tower of Ba-
bel. Even with the omission Siberia
and Central Asia there remain in Rus
STA, in Europe and the Caucasus. alone
46 different peoples
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

Worse Looking Than He Felt.
Baboony-Me boy. you look as II
you had just stepped out of a fashion
plate Crinkleton-That so. / knew
1 had rheumatism. but 1 didn't sup
pose was as stiff as that.-Harlsm
Life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21

Mrs. Hauskeep-The dishes you have
put on the table of late, Bridget, have
been positively dirty. Now something's
got to be done about it. Bridget
Yis, mum; av We only had dark-col-
ored vans. mum. they wouldn't show
the dirt at alL-Philadelphia Press
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Inf.ntlle Pride.

clothes every time he goes to parties.
That amt anyth-a'- Our minister
wears his right clothes every t.r-e he
breaches" -Cleveland Plain Deaser.
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The church is not clearing hous.
for creduIity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-28
IIroed TO Attend Inauguration.

New Orleans, Special.-Col. A. n
Mcclure, OF Philadelphia, was ten
dared an informal reception at the ST.
Charles Hotel here by the officials
Of the Southern Industrial Association
Col. Mcclure said T. would tend grsas-
ly to advance the business and com,
mercial welfare of the South for all
the Southern Governors 20 attend the
approaching inaugural ceremonies al
washington Cf.y in body. Cover
nors Heard, of Louisiana, and Lon
gino. of Mississippi, conssnte1 10 go'
Secretary Thompson, Of TIE Southe q
Industrial Association, sent a reque3t
TO other Southern Governors, asking
them to act likewise.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-28
Great Canal Scheme.

Albany. n. Y, Srecial.-A marvellous
svs.em of State can@ls. tie to'ts To De
run by electricity ard to be 80 feel
long by 65 feet wide, with a draft CT
ten fee; and to travel in fleets going
from Albany to Buffalo in less IN n
tbree days. is tie plan presented by
State Engineer Bond and a Doaru o.
engineers.