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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
a woMAN's SUGGESTION.

How to Insure an Increased Demand
for the Product of American Skill.
In a contribution to the American
Economist Grace Miller White brings
forward the suggestion that if the
women of the United States were to
act in concert in buying and using
only fabrics, materials and articles
that are of American make they could
revolutionize trade and labor condi-
tious in this country. This writer,
who has gone much deeper into econ
omics than is the habit of her sex to
go, demonstrates that by uniting in
a common determination to patronize
none but home industries the women
of America would bring about an
enormous increase in production, and
with it better qualities, more accept
able styles and cheaper prices. AS the
matter now stands Paris is the
worlds great market for novelties
of all kinds in women's wear. A man
ufacturer in England, France or Ger
many, being assured of a world mar.
ket N Paris, increases his unit of pro-
duction to meet that certain demand.
Among the mercantile buyers who as
semble at Paris at different seasons of
the year the buyers from the United
States are by far the most liberal pur-
chasers, for they buy for a country
whose purchasing power and consum-
ing capacity is twice or three times
IS great per capita as that of any
other country Hence, under the con-
ditions supposec-that is, where
American women and men should
have united in using none but Ameri-
can made goods-an enormous trade
he u RI
the United States. Consequently our
domestic producers. being now as
sured of the domestic market with it's
vast purchasing power and consuming
capacity as a whole, coupled with
vastly greater per capita purchasing
power and consuming capacity, would
find our 100000 of population a
consuming market equaling 250, 000,
900 consumers in any other part of
the world.
The dream of such state of things
is not altogether fantastic or impos.
Sible of realization. Much has Oc-
CURED in the past five years of pro-
lection to help make the dream come
true. Much more could be done to-
ward realization if the women of this
country, and the men, too, were to
decide that the things made by our
own people were good enough for our
own people to wear and use. They are
good enough, and some day we shall
find out and act accordingly. In the
meantime any progress along the line
OF finding out is to be encouraged and
commended. To the largest possible
extent tho people of the United
States should answer in the affirma-
tive the question, Shall the Republic
do it's own work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Elderly. but stin Energetic.

Theodore Sanford, justice of the
peace in Belleville, N J., is SO years
old. but even now is too young to
quietly see a woman insulted in his
presence Bernard O'Rourke, a man
of about 80, addressed some imperti
nent remark to Miss Bessie Reynolds
who ran to Squire Sandford's office
and complained His honor skipped
downstairs and in less than a minute
faced O'Rourke. The latter aimed a
blow at the justice, who ducked in ap
proved pugilistic fashion, at the same
time landing on the rufian.s chin and
knocking him down. Then the old gen
tleman tried to arrest the fellow, but
owing to "a touch of rheumatism" was
unable to hold him and O'Rourke
escaped
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

islands not only because of the love OF
the people for that form of worship
but because it is inextricably mixed
with the political intrigue that is go
ing on forever 1t is said to be dying
out.
But no man can tell. One may
spend ten years in Hayti and the land
still be mysterious to him. The news
papers of the republic" dare not print
anything about voodoo. And the bet
ter classes fear the voodoo priests for
the reason that voodoo and poison
have a fearful and close connection in
Hayti. The Mama1oi and the Papaloi
are past masters in the knowledge of
strange vegetable. poisons- The is
land is singularly rich in trees and
plants from which drugs may be ex-
tracted, and Mamaloi and PapalOi
know them all.
There are strange diseases in Hayd.
One of them causes a person who goes
to bed feeling we'll and sound to wake
up a raving mailman. Another brings
death after an hour of agony, during
which the skin is covered with huge
yellow blotches. There is a death that
comes after one has put on shirt on
which has been sprinkled liquid fur.
nished by Mamaloi or Papaloi.
Again, some of the diseases that
come to a person who has made him
self Objectionable do not kill. One
will waste the victim day after day
until death seems only a few hours
off; then will come hint that VOC
doc doctor can cure. If the victim is
wise, he will pay the priest whatever
he asks; if he doesn't, the disease will
end in death. There is another di-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
A WORTHLESS REMEDY.
To Deal With Domestic Trusts on the
Plan of Increased Foreign Com
petition.

petition.
1.-THE Unexpectedly large treasury
surplus for August is due to- the pro-
ductiveness of the Dingley law. Tar.
iff thinkers think they can improve the
present tariff, but the practical bus
mess sense of the country will be
slow to believe it.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Tariff thinkers do not concern them
selves with so trivial a question as
revenue production. Their sole idea
seems to be that the times are too
prosperous, that prices are too high
and that somebody is making too
much money 1t is for the purpose of
rectifying these Objectionable condi-
tons that they urge the Importance of
tariff revision. They are quite right.
1t would unquestionably bring about
lower prices. To take off the duties
on articles competing with trust
products would lower prices forthwith,
and the decreased range of prices
would hold good until such time as
our own trusts should have reached a
working agreement" with the foreign
trusts. In the meantime all the nom
trust industries would suffer knock
out blow. That would suit the trusts
eAdCly- OnCS QOuucSllC competition
were removed the home trusts would
be masters of the situation, and in a
position to dictate terms with foreign
competitors With the disappearance
of tariff protection would inevitably
come the international trust The
tariff insures home competition, and
home competition is a safe and GER
tain check upon trust extortion. You
cannot smash the trusts by smashing
the tariff. but you can smash the nom
trust competing industries by that op-
eraion- The -progressives" clamor
for lower tariffs and foreign competi-
ton as a means of throttling the
trusts. forgetting that this plan would
at the same time throttle the COM
petition of the non-trust concerns.
Either they forget 1t or are unable
to comprehend it In any event their
remedy Is futile, worthless and de-
structive.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Especial Correspondence.)

\SQoCla OOETeSpOuOSuCo-J
Hayti, which may be annexed to
horrors of voodoo rule and revolu-
tons, ranks second only to the for
hidden lands of the lamas In its smys-
terious present AS for a past. it is
such that even the Haytian patriot
scarcely may find pride In it, and for
the future, the ominous throbbing OF
the voodoo drum Is significant of that
isle of mystery, lying frog shaped in
the blue of southern seas.
Old Gen. Tiresias Simon Sam, who
reigned recently as president of this
black republic has had seventeen
predecessors in Office. none of whom
served out his term of Office, and some
of whom died at the hands of the open
assassin, or Immediately after the
deadly Mamaloi or Papaloi, with their
secret nostrums, had gained entrance
to the presidential kitchens.
There is not a night, year in, year
out, that the traveller in any part of
the island cannot hear the strange,
awesome tErobbing of the vocdoo
drum. It's sounding makes one think
with tremor of the tales of the Afri-
can explorers, and with reason, for
the voodoo drum is a direct importa-
ton from the Gold Coast and the
Congo. When that drum throbs, Hay
ii knows and bows down to its real
master. Not long ago priestess of
voodoo boosted openly in Port au
Prince that if she were to beat the
drum in the market square the most
powerful persons in the city would
not dare to disobey her summons.
1t always was a matter of common
belief that Hippolyte was a votary of
voodoo, and it was believed almost as
commonly that he belonged to the sect
that sacrifices the goat without
horns" The goat without horns" is
a young child, and it is eaten after
the ceremony.
Voodooism holds its strength in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
IN A BAD WAY.

Night after night with rest and
sleep broken by urinary troubles.
Painful passages. frequent calls OF
nature, retention, make the day as
miserable as the night
Man, woman or child with any
wrong condition of the bladder and
kindeys is in a bad way.
Don't delay till dangerous Diabetes
comes. Cure the trouble before it set
ties into Bright's Disease
Read how certain are the cures OF
Doan's Kidney Pills and how they
last.
John ]. Scharschug, a retired farm
er, residing at 474 Concord St,
Aurora, Ill, says: Three years ago
I was a sufferer from backache and
other kidney disorders, and for
months exhausted all my knowledge
of medicine in an endeavor to obtain
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me,
and time has not diminished my esti-
nation of this preparation. Not only
did Doan's Kidney Pills cure me at
that time, but although over three
years have elapsed there has not been
a symptom of a recurrence of the
trouble. 1 consider this preparation
to be a wonderful kidney remedy and
Just as represented
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Schar-
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Y. For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Old Story; Modern Application.

There is an old story of a pumpkin
who saw a fowler take aim at a bird
in the topmost branch of a tree, and
who, when the gun had been dis
charged and the bird came down with
a thud to the earth observed: That
was a waste of powder; the fall alone
was enough to kill the bird" so
The Democratic party has always
been addicted to equally shallow criti-
cism- In the 7O's the Democrats of
Wisconsin were greenbackers They
bitterly denounced the resumption
act. and when resumption was fol-
lowed by return of prosperity they
refused to admit that the resumption
act had anything to do with the i'm
provement of business. In 1896 they
furiously attacked the gold standard,
brief lease of power to run afoul of
the protective tariff. When Republi-
can legislators enacted the Dingley
law and placed the currency upon a
sound basis, and prosperity returned
after dreary years CT panic and de-
preston. the Democrats said the pros
perfty would have come anyhow, from
the revival of confidence, their eyes
were tightly closed to the fact that
sound currency and the Dingley tariff
Tare the conditions precedent to the
revival of confidence, without which
confidence would not have revived any
more than the bird that provoked the
pumpkins FOOLISH remark would have
fallen If it had not been shot
Sportsmen would bag few birds if
law were passed compelling them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

drumming, and chanting monotonous
song of three or four notes, which new
er varied in intensity or pitch or
rhythm from beginning to end
The Mamaloi, a tall, fine looking
woman, was dressed in a loose gown
OF white, with red ornamentaI1ons on
her shoulders, and with white and
red cloth tied turbanwise around her
head. She began a slow, swaying
dance and with such few steps that
she hardly lifted her feet from the
floor. The Papaloi, a thin, whiskered
black, crouched at her feet.
Suddenly the Mamaloi screamed
twice and froth appeared on her
mouth. She swayed little faster and
turned up her eyes till nothing but the
whites showed. Then she stopped,
seized the rooster, and held it f1utter-
ing over the heads of the worshipers
for an instant. In the next she had
swung it so sharply and savagely that
the beheaded body of the fowl went
flying across the room. She thrust the
severed neck into her mouth and fell,
writhing horribly, among the spects-
tors. Then the Papaloi brought out all
kinds of uncouth images and smeared
them with blood.
After while the Mamaloi recov-
cred and repeated the operation with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
VOOdOOiSm the Power
in Haytidn Republic

a depth of two feet A piece of goat
skin, with some of the hail still at
tached to it, is stretched over the top
and Is beaten with the knuckles.
Led by the drumming. which was
plain to hear all over the town. the
writer witnessed typical voodoo
ceremony not far from Jeremfe. 1t
was attended by at least 500 blacks of
both sexes The drummer was a white
haired woman, holding a white rooster
in one hand while beating the drum
with the other. The blacks all swayed
back and forth. keeping time with the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Cost of Discarded War MATERIAL.

Some idea of the vast quantities OF
discarded war material thrown upon
the general market by the successive
changes in armament adopted by the
various great powers may be gathered
from the list OF arms now offered for
sale from this cause by the Italian
government The list includes 60O, 600
rifles adopted SO recently as 1887, with
100000 cartridges, 1,20O nine-pound-
ers and 500 seven-pounder guns. with
zoe. Geo shells, and ITO seven-pounder
mountain guns. with 1900 shells.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
To the housewife who has not yet

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new
things of everyday use in the market
and who is reasonably satisfied with
the old, we would suggest that trial
CT Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once Not alone because it Is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be
superior to any other brand, but be-
cause each 10c package contains Is
CTS, while all the other kinds con-
tain but II ozs. 1t is safe to say that
the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other. Quality and
quantity must win.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
A Question.

rs prosperity another name for
trusts?" asks the Sioux City Journal,
one of those curious types Of Republi-
can newspapers which apparently be-
lieve that the best way to promote
Republican success is to antagonize
principles and policies that have made
success possible; in short, a tariff
unkering newspaper ~Is prosperity
another name for trusts?" Well. IL IT
were would you destroy prosperity In
order to smash the trustsg II not,
why ask so sill a question:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
AduIterations In Foods.

The investigation of the Illinois
Pure Food commission shows tina
chemicals injurious to health are free
ly used Not only are acids such a
salicylic and benzoic and the prepare
ton known as formalin utilized as pre-
servatives of sirups and fruit juices
bur aniline dyes are not uncommon,
employed for mereapurposes of color
ing
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Western Irrigation Work.

The government has begun to with
draw lands in Colorado and other
western states from settlement in
order to furnish sites for great reser-
voirs and other irrigation works
under the provisions of the recent
law. Work will be carried on as rap
idly as possible, though on such a
comprehensive scale it will neces-
sarily be very gradual.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

to dispense with weapons and wait
till the birds fell from the trees. The
Democrats are going into the pres
emit congressional campaign advocat-
ing policy as foolish as that-more
foolish, indeed, for the business pros
perity of the country is of vastly
greater Importance than the bagging
of birds--Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

sease that causes sudden blindness
That, too, can be cured suddenly,
swiftly and mysteriously by a voodoo
rriest after the doctors have given it
up.
Thus inquisitiveness In Hayd ID a
danger at all times Your host may
5e a cultured black gentleman fresh
from a visit to Paris. and speaking
English and French with an elegance
hat will Cypress you, and yet 1T will
re as well not to mention voodoo with
sut having carefully and infinitely felt
your way For he may be worshfper
of the serpent himself
The voodoo drum is bamboo, with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

< A. Robinson, who has just fallen
heir to 81 500. eco, says he is going to
spend his whole fortune in eighteen
months. No, Mr.. Robinson is not one
OF those vulgar Americans. He lives
in London and was born there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Use for Uolv Women.

When a Chinese girl gets married
her attendants are always the oldest
and ugliest women to be found in the
neighborhood. who are paid to act as
foils to her beauty. 1t is said that
some exceptionally ugly old women
make their living by acting as profes-
sional attendants at weddings.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

A sweethearts' trust has been or
ganized in a Nebraska town to correct
the Incorporate habits of the young
men, OF course. in a case like this,
It will be permissible to water the
stock.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

From the published pictures of the
count de la Escosura, the putative
husband of the Spanish queen dow
ager. her majesty could have got a
better looking man by patronizins a
matrimonial agency.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

They are now paying $4,000 apiece
for boxes at the opera in New York
It must be the intention to have all
the lady members of the troupe in
tights.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Roumania is acting very much like
the saucy little boy whose brother is
the biggest fellow in the school.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

A Maine man has been pronounced
insane because he ate raw beef. What
would his fellow citizens have thought
OF him had they found him burning
coal?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

A Chicago woman is seeking a
divorce from her husband who is des-
cribed as an enthusiastic amateur
pugilist. She says he was too en-
thusiastic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Perhaps if Gov. Salazar of Colon
bia, would put a wet towel on his
head and dampen it with ice water
occasionally, it would soothe his
seething brain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Peary says he could discover the
north pole if he had 100000. But
IL he had 5000 900 why should he ever
want to do anything as disagreeable
as discovering the pole?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

The judge who decided that piano
playing is disorderly conduct evident
1y had been hearing some of the latest
popular music interpreted by his
neighbOrS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Harriet Huggme of Youngstown
wants her name changed. If she fully
appreciates the snap she has with
such a name she will have little trou-
BILE getting it changed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

No man can serve two masters
And it is harder still for any man
to serve two mistresses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Mr.. Edison has just made another
of his justly celebrated predictions,
but the horse is still jogging along.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

There is news in the fact that a Bos-
ton man lost his wife in Buffalo while
on a wedding trip 1t would have
been scarcely worth mentioning had
the couple hailed from Chicago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Most of us know just how Explorer
Baldwin felt when he found that he
was short of coal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

The airship in which Mr.. Spencer,
the English aeronaut, is making his
thirty mile flights, has a pug nose.
Eventually it will land in the DENIM
ton bow-wows
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Yet how many of us, even with a
full complement of toes, could have
done better than Peary did?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

The man who gets a wife from
matrimonial agency generally has rea-
son to believe that the camera lies
like sixty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

A Kentucky girl of unusual beauty
is doing more damage in the fashion
able circles of New York than any
thing that Col Watterson may say.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

The more we read about King Leo
pold of Belgium the less we feel like
making our best bow to him when he
comes to visit US.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Twenty-four thousand people at
ball game in Philadelphia! They
haven't sunk to the ping pong point
of athletics there as yet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

st. Paul girls are organizing for the
purpose of marrying union men
only. Get your working cards, boys.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Bogus Chicago matrimonial agents
were fined 500 each, but they will
need only four or five good victims to
get It back.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

King Alfonso wants to rehabilitate
the Spanish navy Gen. Weyler ad-
vocates an expansion of the army Is
Spain getting ready for another fight?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Diamonds are worth $500, zoe. 900 a
ton. Remember this, and don't pay
= cent more.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

No, no, Sir Thomas, don't try any
balloon trips across the English chan
mel until after the third Shamrock
has been beaten.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

II Peary is correctly reported, he
thinks the north pole ''can be reache ed
for 100000" Even the north pole
has its price!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

Arctic explorers do not succeed In
finding much except one another's re-
mains.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

From a cats point of view a saucer
of cream is the lap of luxury.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

A yellow dog counts that day lost
when nobody condescends to kick him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
rHosE WHo HAVE rRIEp Ir

THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT
will use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quail
ty-16 for 10 cents. Other brands
contain only II OF.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
IN A WANTON SPIRIT
TARIFF Thinkers ARE LIKE MIS-
CHIEvOUS BOYS.

Eager to Make Hole in the Protec-
ton Dam, Apparently in Ignorance
of the Dire Disaster Which They
Would Thus PreeiPitate Upon the
Country.