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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-26
August
Flower

This is the query per-
Petually on your little
boys lips. And he is
no worse than the big
rrar. nIder hn1dnr-hnnI-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-26

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The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
Receipts Of P.n.a. Car Pers.r~.

II u between Jersey City and Chi
cago." said a Pullman car porter, and
how much do you suppose I made last
month? Seventeen dollars and q half.
OF course. I didn't get in quite o full;
month, but was on the road over half
the time, just the same. Aporter. when
he runs n full month, can sometime,
make Is much rs thirty or thirty-6vs
dollars II he makes any more il is be-
cause lots of people are t~rsseling on
passes o z because he Is lucky II policy.
Men who travel on passes are the most
liberal There was . time when q
porter coald make seventy-6va dollars
and I used 10 know q porter who made
one hundred and sixty dollars, in .
month That's the highest I ever heard
Of . porter making. In the esst q porter
seldom gets more than . quarter from .
no matter how far he rms
Or how much work he doeA Porten In
the west make the most money and
especially those on emig1at cara
which west Of Omaha are patronised by
! good class Of people. There's nothing
being = porter in the east any more"
N. Y. Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
BOYD OUSTED.

The Supreme Court of Ncbrsska Decides
Gov. Poyd Ineligible and Awards In
ONCE to Thaycr.
LINCOLN. Neb., May 6.-Just before
the adjournment Of the supreme cour,
yesterday afternoon o decision wa
handed down In the Thaycr- BOYD
gubernatorial quo warranto case, q
judgment Of custer being rendered
against Gov. Boyd in favor Of ex-Gov.
Thayer.
The opinion was written by Judge
Norval, Judge Cobb %coucurriug but
Judge Maxwell dissenting.
Council for Gov. Boyd announced Ina,
they would ut once apply for a super.
sedeas for the purpose Of taking the
case on a writ of error to the United
States supreme court They claim hat
the question Of naturalization is a fed.
eral one, and they r confident of suc
cess in the court of last resort
The writ Of custer vas served ON
Gov. Boyd about 5 o'clock. He received
IL calmly and said: II am ready 10 turn
over the Office now"
Gov. Boyd's attorney, John ID. Howe,
Of Omaha. who had just arrived. re-
quested him to wait q moment till he
went TO the court Don 20 file a motion
for . stay, but as the judgment had al
ready been entered and the writ served
il vas too late.
Gov. Boyd accordingly turned over
the Office to Gov. Thaycr. who had
In the meantime taken the oath Of Office
and filed his bond.
The decision on the whole may be
said TO be q surprise, as the opinion was
that In event Of the ousting of Gov.
Boyd Lieut. Gov. Majors would be
named rs the successor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

Rod Aseus-Hoid up yer hAnd>
eruts. Thankce. thsnkec- Much
obliged foe this watch E~~n wantin'
Que like that fer snmc time. Ths-r
other w.schc. h hrsutsrs. tnA Nos
ycr pockcst-cok~ yer please
Thankcc, thankec. SSrry, ! hal ~ in-
terrups yer t,arpey. bat that a
pleas Thsnkce- ] w"at desasn yer
any longer. Hore " and IN folks all
well a. home. Goodbye Pleasant
trip Hopr ~ come this way >gia .con
I feel greatly honorcd at havin' had Yer
company Ter th' few minutes ye ,arrs~d
here. Gooi-by. g~n,~ Tocfhy.
rrs, Drummer lafterthe stage moves
oal-I wonder where that villain siod-
led polisenes~
second Drumm~r-I think he must
have b-cn n sumDrr hotcikoep-r ~
y. Weekly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

An imitation Of Nature
that's the result you want
to reach. With DR.. Picrcc's
Pleasant Pellets. you have it.
They cleanse and renovate the
whole system naturally. That
means that they do it thor
oughly, but mildly. They're
the smallest in size, but the
most effective - sugar coated.
easiest to take. Sick Head
ache. Bilious Headache, Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks. and all arrangements
Of the Liver, Stomach and
Bowels are prevented, relieved,
and cured. Purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless. and gently
laxative, or an active cathar-
tic. according to size Of dose.
AS a Liver Pill. they've been
initiated, but never equaled
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
sure SlRu.

Piunkett DIR. Seclye. the college
president, isn't married. ] gucss
Mrs P.-Why, John?
Plunkett-Because he says that by
the end Of the century the women will
know more than the men II he were
married he'd know that they know il all
noW.--Chicago TimeA
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

CHICAGO. May Capt Higgins, in
charge Of army headquarters here in
the ahsc nee of Gen Miles. received q
dispatch from Fort washakie, wyo,
that company I Of the Eighth infantry
bad Just been organized As IN Indian
company. The company is composed
OF twentyeight Shoshones and twenty
eight ApocheA
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

INV YoRx- Nay 6-Snow lell yes.
terday morning IT Albany and Aubarn
There WA freezing weather q Medina,
\. T.. and IL = feared the fraif crop i
much damaged
Snow slso fell 1t North Troy and
RieA6eld, VI
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

Grs. A DrnoIs. n well known resident Of
H. Louis. says: Il have used several bot
ties Of Prick!y Ash Bitt"rs for bilionsnc,s
and malArial troubles, ~ prevalent In this
climate. and heartily roummrnd ~ - all
AFFLICTED Ia n like manner. II 10 the trsI
remedy l ever used"
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
IN roarista-

Take the Chicago. =, Psni 4 kansss
City Railway, thr popular rsatct q ali i-suu
81 Interest ia the SCENIC Northwest and the
Puget Sound rcgiou- Connects with trans
Continental trains for all resorts d-aE - the
hearts 81 pleasure sskcrs a. LsSp,
Geaeral P~a..easvr aBi Ticket Agcal
Phocnix Buildias. Chicago, IL
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

HALIFAX. n s., May "A report was
urrent here last night that the British
wsrship Pelican. now in Newfoundland
wsserA he's been fired upon by TIE New.
foundtand bait eatchen IN fortune Bay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
A PAysses..,r Fatal Pr~ro.a-

LITTLE Rock. Ark, May 1.-Two
ehisdEen Of Col Thomas Tanner. aged
3 and 5 respectively, were fatally
pciscaed last night at Rison, Ark,
from taking vermifuge which was prs-
scxibed By DE- s. n. Neelina
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

TnE complexion bccomes clear. the .kin
fr-c from crupuse~ tendencies, the appetite
and digestion improved, aches and pains
cease, the body grow. stronger. sound sleep
at night q habit, and the general health
every way letter when DIR. John Bulls SAT
saparilla IN NJ abe use of.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

Imported Flunky-"Your Worship,
the carriage waits without" Hogfsr
Newrich ttestilyl-"Without7 With
out whatT" Imported Fiunky iobse-
quiousiy)-"Without occupants sir.r-
Toronto Nail
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

A substitute for barytes in the matter
of adultcrated -four has been invented
in Delaware. II is simply pulrerizcd
wood. Think IF eating wooden bread,
But it is not at all improbable hat ere
long we shall unconsciously he eating
kawdust. White beech trees are used
The wood has no favor or color and is
hard and dry. The bark is peeled of.
and the logs put on q carriage. which
forces them against n cutting machine
shaped like a pencil s~harpcner. except
that il has five or six knives instead Of
one. The knives rcvolve at the rate Of
from 200 to o revolutions n minute,
and the log Is soon cut into fine shaw
ings- After these are thoroughly dried
they are put into a hopper and ground
the same - wheat or corn. The -four
comes out rs fine aud fragrant ~ from
fine wheat and is put in bags without
any marking IN. except . tag with the
address, and sent TO New York.-The
Bakers Helper.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

How CRUEL to force children N take NASTY
worm medicines. Dr. Bulls Worm lie
stroycrs arc always sure aud taste LAKE
dainty little candies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

DunniS,' EleN-tric soap do.- not chap th'
hands. bring ~Isrf,ofig par, MANY ISop''
afflicted with Salt Hhcum have h-s,n cnr's
by its use. Preserves and vhtt.ns clothes
Have your grocer order II and Try II .os
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

All cases Of weak or lame hack. hackacb",
rheumatism. will lind relief by wearing one
o. Carriers Smart Nr~i snd B"llsi"nna
Backachc Piastcrs. Prices ceuts Try them
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

Hesisrh~s aai Frv-Fs, - ci-an>s The sys
srm ea-r,aaliy. yet gvstly. wsra c~"stvc ~
bilious. or vhea IA. blood ~ lHnpar- ~
sluggish. 20 permanently cure tssstoal Goa
~stftatsou, 10 awaksn the kaaneys and liver
o. a heai,hy actistsy, without lrrttAIIs or
wcAkcuinx uscaa. sse ~ rxp Of Bsgs
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

Az owner ~ u butt,ng prop~rts-tho su
burban resident who keeps % goat
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

TuE Grip OF Pneumonia may h. wsr'ie-i on
with Halc's Honey Of Horchound aud Tar.
Pike Toothache Drops Cure IA QUO minute
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
The Coke Strike.

SCorTpALE, Pa, May 6-The cas OF
John Mahan. the striker killed at
Leisenring Sunday evening, will he
made the cause for a general mass
meeting Of strikers The forces Of
Deputies are being largely increased 1t
several plants, particularly At Lessen
ring No. s. Seventy Italian workmen
quit at whitney's last night and left
the region
The sheriff posse Is at Bradford son
tinuing the work Of evicting the fam
lilies Of strikers
Twenty-Five Hungarian workmen
who were taken 10 Leisenring No 8
refused to 90 to work
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

THE pussy Willow forces the scssoe. b.,
sbo prJdcpt: che always uears hor fgfs -
Blnghsmton Republican.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

AT the present rate OF lrgal f.cS mono hut
n wealthy man can keep hi. own counsel"
-Bostou Courier.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

IL IA "Br,,ca's IiryHotS,i TrorAs." wcr,
introduced. and thor success a. a cure fcr
Colds, Coughs. Asthma anI Bronchitis has
bccn unparalleled
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

THIS IL the season - tho year whom PIT
ted plants want tho earth y ashingtob
Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

TnH little barber II none the less q strap
ping fcllow.-Glcns Falls Republican
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

BrvoRr plungins Into DEMONSTRATING cou
slider well the point 81 a ,ack.- Btnshamiou
Republican.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

A MAN naturally npds IL nosc>sary u have
recourse Ia his 'Unclo'' after bo has
.'AuntIed' TOO much. Binghamton Leader
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

INDICATIONS Of n strike hen ono man
tells anoihor be is n liar Knstnn Uuiletin
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

srntSe Is Abe s.-d time To the fellow
who 70 stiil wearing bis last winters
clothes lt 10 also The seciy time -bgsasc
EIprcsa-
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15

pie do not sing; or they sing SO feebly
that the people at their elbows do not
know that they arc singing.
lpromise a high spiritual blessing to
any one who will sing SO heartily that
the people all around can not help but
sing. Wake up. all the churches from
Bangor to San Francisco, and across
Christendom. 1t is not a matter of
preferences: il is a matter of religious
duty. Soft long drawn out music, is
appropriate for the concert; but s.
John gives an idea of the sonorous and
resonate congregational singing appro-
pirate for churches when. in listening
to the temple service of Heaven. he
says: II heard a great voice as the voice
Of a great multitude, and as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of
mighty t~hunderingS Hallelujah. for
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth-"
Join with me in a crusade. giving me
only your hearts but the mighty
uplifting of your voices, and I believe
can, through Christ's grace, sing
fifty Thousand souls into the kingdom
Of Christ. Would that Queen Ralkis
would drive all her spice-laden drome-
dsries into our church music. "Neithar
was there any such spice as the queen
Of Sheba gave King solomon"
Now I want to impress this audience
the fact that religion is sweetness
and perfume, and spikenard, and SAT-
IRON. and cinnamon, and cassia and
and all sweet spices to
The religion Of Christ is q
present and everlasting redolence. It
all trouble. Just put il on
he stand beside the pillow of sickness
{ catches in the curtains and perfumes
he sitting air. 1t sweetens the cup of |
utter medicine and throws a glow on |
he gloom of the turned lattice. 1t is q
,alm for the aching side and . soft
for the temple stung with
ain. II is good for Rheumatism. and
or neuralgia. and for low spirits. and |
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e''zYgiSa@ssdk
4 VALUABLE TURTLE

Rv,n Which II Obtained the Beautiful
Materisi Known ~ Tortoise Shell.
The true turtles fnhabit the - and can
b. distinguished from allied species BY thu
form Of the legs, which are much elong-
ated and narsened, enabling them TO swim
with great ease These reptiles spend al
most the whole OF their time In the 80.
seldom coming ashore. except for the<pur.
pose Of laying their eggs Rev. :. y. WOO
Gives in Golden Days from which our cus
b reproducedl - following interesting In
formation about them:
The common green turtle Is found on ene
shores of the West indies Fhe usual MODE
Of capturing it is by watching 1t go ashore
and then fitting it on its back by ievefa
which are thrust dexterously beneath Il
Much practice is required in the art Of
turtle turning. for the reptiles arc very
heavy, very strong, and when they taks
alarm scuttie Of seward with wondroul
speed, kicking the sand and stones behind
them with such force that the hunters arr
often half blinded before they can securs
their prey.
Another valuable species is the hawksbiil
turtle This is the creature from which Il
obtained the beautiful material so familiar
under the name Of tortoise shell" In
this reptile the thirteen plates of the cara
pace are directed backward, and overlap
each other like the tiles of roof, as may
be seen in the figure. These plates, OF
SCALES" as they are termed, are separated
from the shell by placing the turtle with
its back downward over a clear fire. The
heat loosens the attachment of the plates
and enables them to be removed. The
turtle is then replaced in the sen, where.
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in process of time, a fresh set of scales will
be produced In Celebes, however, tine
turtle is first decapitated, and then the
plates are removed by placing the anima
in boiling water. When the scales are first
removed from the animal they are rough,
brown, and unless held to the light, give
very little indication OF the beauty which
lies concealed.
The manufacture of tortoise shell is &
rather complicated process. The reader
must be familiar with the common tor
toise shell combs. These are of equal thick
ness throughout their length. whereas the
plates from which the combs are made are
tbickest in the middle and diminish II
thickness toward the edges and points.
No one plate could furnish material fol
one of these combs, so that if there were nc
means of uniting the plates, such objects
could not be made. Fortunately, the tor
toise shell is amenable to the joint infu
ence of water and heat, so that when well
steamed, any number of plates can bt
pressed together, and will look AS If they
were a single piece.
Even the little scraps which are cut away
by the carvers are useful, being put aside
steamed, placed in molds and, by the &C,
ton of a powerful press, squeezed into any
design:
This valuable turtle frequents the warm
err seas, its chief home being in the tropica
Pacific, and the inhabitants of the many
islands which stud that ocean make vari
Gus uses of it,
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Mr.. Jonathan Hutchinson states in The
Archives of Surgery that for many years
he has been in the habit of forbidding fruit
to all patients who suffer from tendency to
govt. In every instance in which total
abstainer of long standing has come under
his observation for any affection related to
govt he has found on inquiry that the
sufferer was liberal fruit eater. Fruits
are, of course, by no means all equally
deIeterious; cooked fruits, especially il
eaten hot with added sugar, are the most
injurious, the addition of cane sugar to
grape sugar adds much to the risk of dis
agreement. Fruit eaten raw and without
the addition of sugar would appear TO be
comparatively safe. Natural instinct and
dietetic tastes have already led the way in
this direction; few wine drinkers take
fruit or sweets to any extent, and Mr..
Hutchinson suggests as a dietetic law that
alcohol and fruit sugar ought never to be
taken together; and he believes that the
children of those who in former genera
tions have established equity constitution
may, though themselves water drinkers.
excite govt by the use of fruit and sugar.
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NJ German See has related the history
of several cases of consumption, all Of
which were relieved and some cured by his
new treatment. He shuts his patient VI
for two, three or more hours daily in a
Theoretically closed metallic chamber, into
which is slowly admitted current OF
compressed air, which, having passed
through mixture of creosote and euca
lypto, is saturated with the vapor of these
substances. Within year ten cases Of
phthisis have been submitted to this treat
ment, all of which cases, with one excep
ton, had reached the period of softening
and bacilli had been detected in the sputa
The results obtained were: Return of ap
petite, even in advanced cases; gain Of
weight and strength, fall of temperature
to the normal in week or two, diminution
of cough and of purulency of sputa and
disappearance of other unfavorabe general
symptoms.
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Sobriauets of Noted Men.

Salmon P. Chase was commonly called
"Old Greenbacks" during the war, when
he was secretary of the treasury, because
he established our present system of ma
tional currency. Daniel W. Voorhees,, the
noted United States senator, is often called
1.-THE Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" be-
cause his tall figure and long limbs are
strongly characteristic of the tall sycamore
tree, which is common TO his home on the
Wabash. James G. Blaine is admiringly
called 1.-THE Plumed Knight" Colonel
Ingersoll gave him the name In his great
speech in the Republican convention OF
1876. Samuel J. Tilden, because of his
talents, was styled ''The Sage of Gray
stone" William B. Allison, the noted
United States senator. was in his school
days called Big Eyed Bill" Among tho
noted American authors are John G. Whit
tier known as ''The Bachelor Poet" John
G. Sake, sometimes styled ''The American
Hood" because his productions resemble
those of the great poet, Hood. Walt Whit
man is known as "The Good Gray Poet, :"
and the name is indeed very appropriate
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"v-ra" is the Istes. .psrasic comedy ), C
ce.s and i. nov being presented by Dos
Wiley, '1hs sweet singer of Maine" sld
h. r co.. pan. of artists to immense houses
Yea" viii b. seen at M-oni u
Hal next Tuesisy and Wednesday eve
pin,s comm rcia' t.sve Ter is ? sp IN
slble far the following s'steme Mt: l saw
Dora Wiley. ftrt tiaha's performar ce al
Bl k.p IT. Maize, August Si,s, sni cal
safely sGste that It Is vne II the bust shos,
on the rosd, I never erj yed myself SC
much st so entefts iomen in my life, ard
after ,h-m all-grest singing. good come
dian, ard pretty girls d'essed in be, u'iiul
costumes 10 to make up h entertainmc 1T,
whch ID overfosiny with pungent WI
Mics Wie>'s singing alon, is worth the
price If admission. Shs introduces
three ballad 10 the seeeni act. "The
Song thst Reached my Heart being the
first, and hAre teard q great many sir &
III sonR but As surg by Mis-, Wiley one
would hardly recosn re it. The nexE was
her ever popular Err, man" which she
was compelled to sirg three times. Ike
her better 10 Vera" than anything ever
SAW her 10. She Is great that's ali
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Ksupsbec county fef ths weak ending
Sept Il.
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sps,s. iand in Augusta. $50
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ispd ana haiijsnss. $500: some 10 saiae. issd
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n a.. and and haildinss, 800
GsrptSSR-Fsnas D. Preach 70 y. Hsfch
of Ear MIR, dale land ard b0iidtnss in Gsrdtses
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pAkL,SD--p. W. no uhes 10 sos u OF oSAs~na'
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MsivO = ali land III wAiessiic $500
WEsr %AkpINkK-S- n finknam 10 n.
lin Il ais. 20 Hssrlet Auams II no.toa. Had aud
@Iss ..w-R. s Rice of Fasrue d. to c. .
Co~an sidoey, laaa IN wia-low, s7ee-
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kooD
ELECTRIC LIGhTlN0
Il Is Believed That 1t Will Prove a valu-
able Hygienic Agent.

Il I. Believed That 1t Will Prove vaiu'
able Hygienic Agent.
A statement has been made that the
adoption of electric lighting in place OF gas
at the Office of the savings bank depart
ment of the general postoffice, London, has
been followed by marked reduction in the
amount of sick leave. The Lancet ex
presses the opinion that there is authority
for believing that the statement referred tt
Is. substantially correct. Although the
time which has as yet elapsed-two years
since the introduction Of the new illumi
nant has been insufficient for the collection
of trustworthy statistics, the paper named
thinks there Is every reason to believe that
electric lighting will prove to be much
more wholesome than ordinary gas flames
An electric lamp does not compete for the
oxygen of the apartment in which 1t l.
placed, and this circumstance gives 1t
marked advantage over any open flame
1t cannot, like some forms of gas burner,
be used to promote ventilation. but in or
binary situations its harnlessness Is d
much more important property.
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It's strange how little boys mothers
Can find out all as they do,
If fellow does anything naughty
Or says anything that's not truel
They'll look at you just for moment,
Till your heart in your bosom swells,
And then they know all about it
For little bird tells!
Now, where the bird comes from,
Or where the little bird goes,
II he's covered with beautiful plumage.
Or black as the king of crows;
II his voice is as hoarse as n ravens
Or clear as the ringing bells,
know not: but this am sure Of
A little bird tells!
The moment you think a thing wicked,
The moment you do thing bad.
Or angry, or sullen, or hateful,
Get ugly, or stupid, or mad;
Or tease dear brother or sister
That instant your sentence he knells,
And the whole to mamma in minute
That little bird tellsl
You may be in the depths of the closet,
Where nobody sees mouse;
You may be all alone in a cellar,
You may be on the top of house;
You may be in the dark and the silence,
Or out in the woods and the dells-
No matterl Wherever it happens,
The little bird tells!
And the only contriyance to stop him
Is just to be sure what to say
Sure of your facts and your fancies,
Sure Of your work and your play;
Be honest. be brave, and be kindly,
BE gentle and loving as well,
And then ypu can laugh at the stories
The little birds tell
Atlanta Constitution.