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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
A CIereyman.s Discovery.

Fredericksburg, Ind, Dec. 2.-Ac-
cording to the positive declaration OF
Rev. E. p. Stevens of this place, that
gentleman has found a remedy for all
diseases of the kidneys and urinary
organs For years he suffered severely
with these complaints, incontinence of
the urine, making life burden to him,
but he never ceased experimenting in
the hope that some day he would dis
cover remedy. After many failures
he has at last succeeded and is today
perfectly cured and a well man, and
explains that his recovery is due to the
use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy has been successfully applied to
many cases of Lame Back, Rheuma-
tism, Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
other Kidney Diseases and there seems
to be no case of the kind that Dodd's
Kidney Pills will not cure. This is the
only remedy that has ever cured
Brights Disease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
checked and reasonable prices only e1-

checked ana REASONABLE Prices only ex-
acted
Notifications of the tariff laws must
be expected, but such notifications
must not be accomplished st the cost
of domestic markets to the good of
foreign markets. We mEst not lose the
substance in seeking the shadow The
most fertile field is in the south and
west We can hardly expect to in
crease our markets in Europe"
Speaker Henderson's remarks on the
same platform at Manchester show
ed him to be equally incorporating
in his opposition to tariff changes in
the interest of the foreign producer.
The two foremost Republicans of Iowa
two men of potent influence in ma
tional legislation-are a unit on the
question of strict adherence to the
policy of protection. Revisionaries
and reciprocators will look in vain
to Iowa for aid and comfort 3if
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
HAVE ALREADY RETALIATEp.

The suggestion so often made by
those who oppose the American tariff
system that unless it is modified the
other nations will retaliate by impos-
ing higher duties on our products, is
not based on a knowledge of the facts.
The nations most referred to as being
likely to take this course are Russia,
Germany and Austria. The truth is
that their tariffs are already higher
than ours and on many articles are al
most prohibitive. The question is not
one of retaliation. but of discrimina-
ton. Under these circumstances we
alone are III a position to retaliate il
it be done by anybody. 1t is like the
story of the meeting of the animals
when the question came up how they
should manifest their votes. The sug-
gestion of the fox that they should
shake their tails was about to meet
with favor when the coon remarked,
Mr.. President, the billy goat has al
ready voted" The nations referred to
have already retaliated.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
SOLDIERS ARE HUMAN.

Army officers are almost unanimous
in asking the restoration of the can
teen feature of the army post eX-
changes. The subject is a sore one
with temperance and prohibition adj
vocates, whose position concerning the
canteen is much misunderstood. The
objection they make is that the can
teen gives a sort of official sanction to
drink-in other words, puts the gov
eminent into the business of selling
beer. Advocates of the canteen assert
that it cannot possibly be harmful, be-
cause only beer is sold, and that of a
good quality, and in such quantities
and under such restriction as to rem
der intoxication impossible. Expert
ence indicates that for many reasons
the advocates of the canteen have the
better of the argument Soldiers are
human; and like many other human
beings are averse to too much restric-
ton. Few of them acquire the habit
of drinking in the army; indeed, with
saloons on every corner in the cities
from which most of them come, it is
not likely that they would acquire
habits of intemperance through buy
ing an occasional bottle of beer at the
canteen AS matters are, soldier
cannot drink in the post, but there is
nothing to prevent his drinking out
side. So that instead of having a bot
tie CT two of beer every day he keeps
his money until he gets permission 10
leave the post and then spends the
pay of several months in vile orgy
in one of the neighboring dens over
which the military authorities have no
control. Then he is tempted to de-
sert, rather than face punishment for
derelicition in returning, loses his self
respect, never saves his money, and
goes out of the army worse than when
he entered it. simply because of the
mistaken solicitude of well-meaning
persons who forget that he is only a
man-Philadelphia Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
rEooRArEs HIS OWN GRAVE.

Few indeed have the strange privf-
lege of decorating their own graves
Such a person, however, is to found
in Corona, L. 1. He enlisted in the
Flushing Regiment and in the battle
of Vicksburg was hit with the frag-
ment of a shell. For whole day he
lay in the trenches. They thought him
dead. When he came to, his mind and
memory were gone. Strangers found
him and asked him who he was He
could not tell. He was like a child. He
was transferred, and after the war was
taken to the soldiers home in Wash
ington. There he learned once more
to read and write, to converse and
thus began life over again One day,
thirty years after the battle that
robbed him of his senses, the man
woke up, as it were. The pressure on
his skull was relieved. He came to
his old self His first question was
about the battle.
What battle?" they asked.
why, the battle 1 was in to-day.
Was l hit?"
They told him that he had been hit
thirty years before. He had been re-
stored to his former identity. All
faded as completely as that which had
gone before had faded previously
Who are you " they asked. He
told them. Then he started the long
journey back to Long Island, IN
search of his former home and friends.
Arriving at Flushing, one of the first
objects that met his gaze was the sol
diers' monument. 1t stands in front
of the old Quaker meeting-house,d dated
1861, and which was used alternately
as a federal and a British stronghold
during the revolution. The old man
naturally paused and read the familiar
names of his martyred comrades. TIC
his CONSERVATION he saw his own
name enrolled there. That was some
years ago. Since that day the old vet
cram has never missed Decoration day
in Flushing. He comes with a big
wreath and lays it on. the mound I'M
der his own name.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
WHY BABcock SHOULD GO SLOW

Trusts are the OutgrOwth of capital
controlling the cheapest sources of
methods of production. They are inter
national and cosmopolitan. Many of
them would favor free trade In their
particular commodity as an effectual
means of eliminating local COMPETE
ton. The sugar trust, for example,
openly favors that policy. But the
time is certainly not opportune for
tinkering with the tariff. When a
country is as prosperous as we are
it is an admirable thing to let well
enough alone. The Introduction of a
new tariff act with any substantial
support would open up the whole tariff
question. If the house. by the appli-
cation of its stringent rules, could
confine discussion to the items named
in the bill nothing could prevent the
senate from SO amending the bill
that the original author would not rec
ognize that he had ever seen it, and
then it would come back to the
house. Meanwhile for months the
business of the country would be I'M
settled. Production would fall off in
the commodities threatened, and I'm
portations and revenue would fall of
with them And we cannot spare
revenue. Democratic tariffs, such as
Congressman Babcock proposes will
not support the government. They
never did. For the six years preceding
the enactment of the Wilson tariff our
average receipts from customs were
$212, 153. $50. For the four succeeding
years the average was S155,13 ,256, a
falling off of s57,015.524 per annum.
1t was that falling off which almost
wrecked the finances of the country,
and it was the accompanying destruc-
ton of domestic industries which
brought ruin to private homes. The
country wants no repetition of this
or any threat of it. A burnt country
should dread the fire. 1T is time to
let tariff tinkering alone.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Us. Rhon. River Fower.

Switzerland presents an object les
son in the practical applications OF
scientific principles Geneva now de-
rives all the electricity it requires for
public and private lighting and the
traction of its cars from the impetus
of the Rhone as it rushes out of Lake
Leman. and there is still left an enor-
nous amount of power unused. Elec-
trfc railways and lighting everywhere
are supplied by the innumerable water
falls, while heat and power to an in
calculable extent can be derived from
the same source
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

Among the residents of South Da-
kota is veteran of the civil war VINO
enjoys the unique distinction of hav-
ing his name still carried on the rolls
OF the war department as a captain of
the volunteer army of the United
States And because of this Uncle Sam
will be called upon to pay him back
salary aggregating $22.264 The old
veteran is Capt Lockwood and his
home is at Redfield. He was commas
stoned captain of volunteers in 1865.
The government at the close of the
war notified him that he could be dis
charged at any time upon properly
identifying himself By some over
sight he was never discharged. He had
not thought of the matter for about
thirty years until the other day, when
he came to the conclusion that if he
had never been discharged from the
army he was entitled to his salary as
captain for the intervening years. His
captains salary was So per month
1t is thirty-six years, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, since he drew his last
months pay, and if the courts or war
department decide that he has legally
been a captain all this time he will
draw from the treasury of the United
States the neat sum of $22, 264 He has
engaged the services of an attorney
who viii prosecute the claim for him
before the nroper authorities-Chica-
90 News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Former Forest. of ALASKA

Buried forests found in Alaska In
localities where no trees exist now
have revived discussion of the theory
that the Arctic region once possessed q
tropical or semi-tropical climate. A
few years ago a New England profess
sor wrote a book based on the idea
that as the earth first cooled at the
poles they were the original scene of
vegetation and human life, and that
mankind gradually moved southwark
during the prehistoric period.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

on their arrival in the land of the
southern Indian to study his traits.
The old buildings afforded plenty of
room, and were the scene of many
brilliant social entertainments Here
it was that Sam Houston in an early
day wooed and won his Cherokee
bride; here it was that John Howard
Payne wrote his soul-stirring song.
Home, Sweet Home and it is the
place where Remington drew some of
the Indian pictures that have since
made him famous.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
ALLIsoN's VIEWS.
Advantages of Our Great Home Market
Should Not BE ReIinquIshed.

Advantages of Our Great Home Market
Should Not BE ReIinquIshed.
The attitude of Senator Allison on
the subject of tariff revision and tariff
reductions through trade treaties is
clearly defined in a speech delivered
by him last week at Tama, Iowa. Re
ferring to the vast benefits of protec-
ton in giving to our producers the
assurance of a great home market and
in enabling them to also enter into
successful competition for foreign
markets, Mr. Allison said:
$50 that it must be said that the
policy of protection is firmly i'm
bedded in our system, and is not likely
to be changed do not mean to say
that our duties and our rates of duty
upon imported articles are not to be
changed 1 only mean to say that
when they are changed they will be
so changed that We will still have an
advantage as respects our own mar
kets over those in other countries who
produce the same or like articles"
In his speech at Manchester, Senator
Allison said:
Il do not wish to be understood as
saying that the tariff duties on i'm
ported articles shall not be subject to
change. But when they are changed
it should be with reference to the ad-
vantage OF our markets over those
of other countries These duties. in
deed ought to be changed as condi-
lions change. so as to help our people
to better markets abroad, and also
for the benefit OF consumers of these
products In our country, whereby, il
monopolies are created, they can be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Eskimo wrestling.

Next to gambling, the Eskimo men
like to wrestle. The usual way Of do
ing this is a test rather of strength
than skill The wrestlers sit down on
the floor, or in any convenient place.
side by side, and facing in opposite di-
rections. say with right elbows touch
ing. Then they lock arms, and each
strives to straighten out the others
arm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
mt. Mckinley

A bill will be introduced into the
next New Hampshire legislature
changing the name of Mount Pleas
ant. in the Presidential range. to
Mount Mckinley There Is prece-
dent for the change, inasmuch rs, be-
yides the five early Presidents. only
those who have been shot by assas-
ms have had their names given to
mountains. The name Lincoln was be-
slowed on the second highest peak of
The Franconia group. and Mount Gar
held" displaced Haystack mountain in
1881.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

Expansion of the Beet Sugar Industry
1t appears, therefore, that the beet
sugar industry is growing at an in
creasing rate The number OF new
projects increase from year to year,
and almost from month to month
Even though some projects may not
be realized. they show that the popu-
lar mind is at work upon this question
and sooner or later something tangible
will come out of the agitation 1t Is
observed with qualification that pro-
jectors of beet sugar factories are be-
ginning to go about their work with
more deliberaticn- This appears from
the fact that contracts are let at this
early date for plants to be completed
for the campaign of 1902-The Beet
Sugar Gazette
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
THE PASSING or THE SWORD.

(The Russian army authorities have
decided to equip their officers with
firearms instead of the traditional
sword. The leading military nations
did the same some time ago, and the
smaller ones will follow suit in due
order.)
No more I'll fash in headlong dash,
Or CLEAN in the laundering charge,
When the troopers shout leaps madly
out
On the red fields smold'ring marge;
My glory's over! I'll feel no more
The grip of marrying hand,
And the shifting quick in the melee
thick
Of the last, wild, desperate stand.
No more I'll crash with the lightning's
flash
When steel bites deep in steel,
And the leaping spark lights billets
stark,
Where the frenzied foemen reel;
AT last, At last my guerdon past,
No more my crimsoned blade
Will seal the fate of a sinking state,
Whose empire erst l made.
My fame was born in history's morn,
And ever adown the years,
when warning man in his fierce elan
On my corse-piled path appears,
I've hewn his name amid battles
flame,
With all the world aghast;
And stainless still l obey his will,
And live in the splendid past
Hurrah for the sword, that its fortune
lord
Hath put from his grasp away.
One vale long ere I'm sheathed among
The dead of an elder day;
For my stored brand, that for aye is
bann'd
To sleep in the dreamless dust,
Hath blazed the way. to this ruthless
day
When l redden with -naught save
rust.
Edward F. O'Sullivan, in Boston
Pilot.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

The following note was recently re-
ceived by a Devils Lake IN. ID physi-
clan in answer to a missent dun:
Dear Sur: This note was put in my
sox by mistake. 1 hant the man. hees
dead, and amt any relative of mine
anyway. Howe dose your conshens le.
you dun the dead? Why don't you
lead better criston life and try to
meet that man in heaven which is
worth more than forty dollars to any
DOCTOR"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
AaYmptote.

Asymptote from the Greek, meaning
mot coinciding." is a line that con-
tinually approaches nearer and nearer
to some curve, but only meets 1t at
an infinite distance. 1t is only with
regard to mathematical lines that the
proposition is true; and the truth OF
1t has to be conceived by an effort oil
pure reason, for it cannot be repre-
sented.-Montreal Herald and Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

A lady friend who has not been In
our midst very long remarked last
Sunday while on our way from church:
IT never attended church before where
SO few old folks attended. Where are
they?" Now, that's the question But
Just wait till. there's dinner on the
ercund.-Hazel Green Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Science in keeping Apples.

The Fruit Grocer states that for sew
eral years it has placed baldwin apples
In cold storage when the price was
e1.20 barrel and sold them after
March Is at So per barrel. 1t recon-
mends that apples be stored as soon
as picked. for even a weeks delay in
the barn has been found to impair the
keeping OF the fruit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

Viennese hair dressers have held a
mass meeting to protest against the
prevailing masculine fashion of wear
ing the hair cut short, as being mar
tistic and unnatural A certain length.
say of thirty millimeters. they aver,
should be maintained
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
-Four rerritorie. Seeking AamIssIon.

There are now four territories SEEK
ing admission into the Union as states
and according to all presidents they
have a better chance of succeeding IN
the matter in Congress. especially In
advance of a presidential election. Ii
they are of the same politics as the
dominant party in Washington OF
the four, three, Oklahoma, New Mex
leo and the Indian Territory are gen.
orally regarded as Republican. and
only one. Arizona, as Democratic
New York Sun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

Nearly 1900. 900 American children
are attending school This is almost
one-fourth the population of the re-
public There is a connection between
this fact and the other so generally ac-
knowledged. that this is an enlightened
and progressive nation.-San Francis
CO Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

: 1t is an extraordinary fact that mon
buried in an avalanche of snow hear
distinctly every word uttered by those
who are seeking for them. while their
most strenuous shouts fail to penetrate
sven few feet of the snow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
A Ran nj KipfInr.

A London writer, annoyed by having
to search for the sense in Kipling's
latest verses, declares that the poem"
seems to be IAN attempt to translate
four ineligible lines of prose into
fourteen uniptelligible lines of verse"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
sur.r Tru.t.. Ctncb.

Nothing could better illustrate the
prosperous condition of the country
than the action of the Sugar Trust in
lowering prices to show that its profits
are OF much less Importance han the
perpetus.tion of its cinch--Detroit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.

Fort Cobb, "a Kansas Military Post, That
VIII Soon Be Only Memory-its
Importance at the Outbreak of the
Civil War.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14
Reasons for Quality In stock.

The quality of the grass is good.
Many of the settlers came from On
tario and had been schooled as to the
value of good stock before going west
The railroads and the government
have taken deep interest in making
1t less difficult and costly to the farm
ers to secure good males.
Those who are anxious of changing
their residence should bear in mind
that the lands in Western Canada are
many of them free and others reason
ably cheap.
Information will gladly be given by
any agent of the Canadian government.
whose advertisement appears else
where
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-14
FIRST fire ENGINE
PURCHASED BY CANTON
John Danner Writes Interestingly Bucket Brigade
That Was Later SuppIemented by Primitive
Apparatus--A Description OF the Early Fire

Tne first fire engine used In Csrion
was the Phoenix, OF which our present
Illustration Is a very good representa-
tion. have not been able to find out
the exact time that this engine was
brought here, but think It was about
1922. The next fire engine brought
here was the Fairmount, whicbh was in
troduced about 1880. The late William
Christmas one of the leading mer-
chants in Canton at that time, was
delegated by village authorities to buy
said engine. II had been used a short
time in the city of Philadelphia but was
about as good as new when brought
here, and, while II was much larger
than the Phoenix and had a double
tier OF brakes, the Phoenix, having
but one tier, ii took a much larger force
of men to move and handle the Fair
mount than 1t did to use the Phoenix:
therefore the Fan mount never became
popular among our people. 1t was
good for display and dress parade and
made a fine appearance, but for real
efficiency and practical use 1t never was
considered a success.
Neither of the engines above refer
red to was a suction engine. All the
water thrown by either of them had
to be gotten into the box by means of
buckets, pumping or other primitive
ways OF getting the water into the en-.
gine. Under this condition of things
the town council had passed an ordi.
nance requiring every freeholder to be
provided with fire buckets. These were
made of sole leather, tall but narrow
holding about as much as an ordinary
water bucket. The name of the owner
and sometimes fancy decorations we're
painted on these buckets, and they
were kept at some convenient place, SO
that at the first alarm of fire the
buckets would be taken with them. A
few OF these old leather buckets are yet
in the possession of the descendants of
the families of those times.
At the time of the burning OF the old