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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

John H. Finley, the newly appointed presi-
dent of Knox college, 10 an energetic young man
Of high character, solid attainments and I'M
usual executive ability. As secretary OF the
New York State Charities Aid Association he
has influenced much wise legislation In behalf
of the poor and insane in that state, and he is
otherwise distinguished as practical sociolo-
gist. At Johns Hopkins he was hard student
and q famous football player, and he is just the
man to kindle enthusiasm among students and
professors and build up the fortunes of an in
stitution- Mr.. Finley shared in the preparation
OF Dr. D. Ely's exhaustive work on Taxation In
American States and CitieA" He il Q forcible
writer and speaker and ID editor Of The State
Charities Record, which has already won favor
able notice here and abroad. Mr.. Finley de.
clined an offer OF the chair Of social science at
the Stanford university to accept the Knox
presidency
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

Slang il heard in the most unexpected places,
and it frequently adds force and expressiveness
to language. The Boston Transcript tells the
following amusing story: lady to whom
slang is seldom an agreeable sound confesses
that she was greatly amused by an outbreak of
it the other day in very unexpected quarter.
She was present at house where the people are
Quakers by descent There were some relatives
atthe house-two young ladies who have been
brought up to use the Quaker "thees." But
not, 1t seems, to avoid all the worlds notions,
for presently one of these demure young Quak-
crosses broke out to her cousin: ooh, my dearl
Thee should 60 to see our cousin D-'s we'd
ding sifts-thse should! I can't begin to tell
thee about them-they are too perfectly stun
ming! Can't thee go with me? Why, thee
can't conceive them; they are simply bang
mp
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07
CHINESE, RECIPROCITY. SILVER

WELLINGTON, B. c., April 5, 1892
To THE EDITOR: How many Chinese are there
In the United States3
f2) What IL reciprocity
20 What is the free coinage bill7
GEORGE AYRKs.
a. Less than 100000.
2) Mr.. Blaine secured the insertion in the
Mckinley tariff law of q provision that sugar,
molasses. coffee. tea and hides shall be admitted
free into the United States when imported from
countries which do not impose unreasonable
duties on American agricultural products.
Nearly all the countries of South America, also
Germany. have revised their tariffs to admit
American farm products free or nearly 90, and
the export trade of the United States has in
creased enormously.
~ The Bland free coinage bill provided that
any person bringing bullion to the mints should
have it coined free of charge, or on deposit OF
bullion should receive in return certificates to
the full market value thereof, which should be
legal tender.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The topsails SILVER in the wind,
The ship. she casts 4. o sea;
But yet my soul, my heart, my mind,
Are, Mary, moored with thee.
For tho thy sailors bound afar,
Still love shall be hi 9 guiding star.
Should landsmen fatter when we've aafled
Oh. doubt their artfuI tales
No gallant sailor ever failed,
II love breathcd constant gales
Thou art the compass OF my soul
That steers my heart from pole to pale.
Sirens in every port We meet.
More fell than rocks and waves:
But such as grace Columbia's feet
Are lovers, and not slaves
No foes our courage shall subdus.
Although We leave our hearts with Won.
These are our cares. but II you're kind.
Wen scorn the dashing main,
The rocks, the pillows and the wind.
The power Of France and spain.
Co!umaia's glory rests with you.
our sails are full. Sweet girls, adieu.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

When the last free silver measure came
before the United States Senate, out of
thirty-seven Democrats in that body.
thirty-three either voted or paired in
favor of that bill Among the thirty
three were John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky:
Arthur p. German, of Maryland; George
Graham Vest, OF Missouri. and the other
Democratic leaders upon the floor Of the
Senate. All of these leaders have since
been converted to the opposition, as has
Senator Mills, Of Texas, once . furious
advocate of free coinage.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

Under the present renewal of the "'odus
rtvendi concerning sealing in Boring sea
if the arbitrators decide against the United
States, it is fair enough that "the damage
which the prohibition of sealing shall have
inflicted upon British sealers, during the
pending of the arbitration" should be
assessed upon this country. 1t is equally
fair that Great Britain in the event Of
decision adverse to her should make good
to the United States, or its lessees, any
loss which this prohibition of sealing may
entail upon them
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

Colonel Milligau, who recently celebrated his
eightiety birthday, may be called legal relic of
the civil war. He was charged with treason,
and convicted in Indiana by court-martial
and sentenced to death. At the time he became
an object OF great dislike by the loyal people.
but in the face of this General Garfield took up
Milligan's defense and removed the case to the
supreme court at Washington. David Dudley
Field was associate counsel The court quashed
the conviction, establishing the Garfield con.
tention that only civil courts. and not courts
martial, could have jurisdiction in states which
were not covered by warlike operations, but be-
longed to the Union without any question,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07
sEArrLE. THURsDAT. APRIL
THE GOVERNMENTS Loss.

Silver Is about 40 pence per ounce IN
London, and at this quotation 8 silver
dollar il worth about 66cents. The Spring
field Republican makes this comment on
the situation:
According to Secretary Foster, tho government
has so far bought and stored about 81, 500, 400
ounces OF silver, under the act of 1890 Its store
OF metal Ia therefore worth now $l.6s0.0oo less
than twenty-four hours ago, by the London quo
tatioD. The government paid for this silver on
the average little more than 81 an ounce. Its
losses 20 far ON the transaction are therefore
about si3,003,000 II could not today sell the
metal and redeem in gold the treasury notes
issued therefor without drawing upon the peo-
pies pockets for $13000,000
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07
THE swINoMIsH BRIDGE.

SEATTLE, April 6, 1892
To THE EDITOR: Your correspondent at
Mount Vernon misstates the facts touching the
Swinomish bridge controversy, in that he says
the "San Francisco Bridge Company refused to
build according to the plans of the commission
ers, but put in bill for over $500 extras" The
San Francisco Bridge Company regarding the
plans defective offered to build in accordance
Herewith, providing they were absolved from
liability hereunder. The defects in the plans
having been shown, and the cost OF build
ing under perfect plans also having been shown
to cost $3.50 additional, the commissioners in.
sisted on the extras" without paying therefor,
to which the bridge company demurred.
SAN Francisco BRIDGE COMPANY.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

1t 10 said that when Julia Marlowe, the &C.
tress. was a youngster she had pug nose, and
when she contemplated going on the stage
Cincinnati surgeon told her to sleep on her face
and it would straighten. She followed his adj.
vice and had the satisfaction of seeing the
Milesian appendage transformed into a very
presentable looking member. What splendid
subject for a sonnet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

Congressman Kilgore is said to have surprised
some OF the staid and easy-going equestrians of
Washington City by dashing along the country
roads at reckless speed on horseback and lean
ing from his saddle to pick up pebbles from the
ground as he few by. Though Sc years old and
white-headed, Colonel Kilgors rides with all the
vim and vigor of q cowboy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The mother OF Princess Bettins, daughter of
Baron Alphonse de Rothschiid and wife of the
head of the Vienna branch of the Rothschild
house, was thorough Englishwoman. The
husband OF the dead woman is the only banker
received in the highest aristocratic circles OF
AI,rf
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

debts in that state, whether gold be speci-
fed in the contract or not. This would DO
law imparing the obligations of contracts
and therefore is inhibited by the federal
constitution. Of course the only effect OF
such law if it were in force would be to
make money harder to get and increase
the rate of interest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

1t III pointed out that the year 1919, the year Of
Whitman's nativity. was q year OF great babies
John Ruskin, Charles Kingsley, J. G. Holland,
Cyrus W. Field and Julia Ward Howe, not to
mention Queen Victoria, are among tho great
ones whom that year ushered into the world.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

"Bob' Cook has coached the Yale varsity
crews for the last eight years, usually during
the Easter recess. But he writes to say that he
cannot get away from Philadelphia to do so this
season; and the navy cannot afford to send the
crew to PHILADELPHIA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The lower branch of the lows legislature
thinks to nullify the gold clause provision
now being inserted frequently in contracts
by the loan companies by passing a bill
making silver dollars legal tender for all
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

DIR. Sidney Sherwood, Of the Wharton School
of Finance and Economy of the University of
Pennsylvania, who has taken charge OF the
undergraduate work in political economy at
Johns Hopkins university. is native of New
York state,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The archbishop of Canterbury has not for
thirty years allowed any mail to be delivered at
his country residence on sunday, and he scrupu-
lousy avoids reading any letters on that day.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The Rev Epaminondas j. Pierce. of Philadel-
phia, has left his estate. valued at 5000 Oo0 for
the education Of colored youths for the min.
istry
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

.. A.. ~. CuTonlc weak
nesses that affiict womankind, it is a certain
remedy Its an inyigorating, restorative
purely vegetable, non-alcoholic. and ner.
fectly harmless. ee'
In the cure Of periodical pains, prolapsu,
and other dlsplacements, bearing-iown SEN
saiions, and all 50 female complaints and ir-
reSuiarities, Favorite Prescription is the
othy medicine that's guaranteed. II il
have your money back.
You only pay for the good you get.
:, The easiest way Is the best Regulate thu
n,ver, stomach. and bowels with DR., Pierce's
! leaslant fellets They cleanse and renovats
the system-thoroughly and naturally.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07
AN OLD SEA SONG.

Baby Alfonso is on the new Spanish postage
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07

The end Of wo
mans peculiar
troubles and all
ments comes with
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Srescrip-
ton 1t cures
them. For all the
fu nctional de-
rangements, pain
full disorders, and
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
Reaolntion.

Whereas, the Sherman County Farmer has
seen fit to advocate an increase Of the salary
Of . certain county officer, and
Whereas, we do not believe such advocacy
3 in harmony with the peoples party plat
form adopted at Topeka in 1890. which reads
as follows:
Section 10: 1--WE demand the adjustment
Of salaries Uf public officers to correspond
with existing financial conditions the wages
paid to other forms OF labor and the pre-
Valling prices Of the products Of labor"
Or the work Of the peoples party leglsla-
tors. Therefore, he 1t
Resolved, that we the members of the
BelleYiew farmers alliance are opposed to
the county commissioners granting any In
crease whatever in the salary OF the Probate
Judge or any other county officer, and we
would ak our editor to keep within haling
distance Of our principles as laid down in
our platform. And be IL farther
Resolved, that copy OF this resolution be
furnished the Sherman County Farmer and
THE GooDLAND REPnBLIc for publication
Adopted Friday evening, February 10,
1892.
J. A. CoRKILL, President.
X. &. SMITH, Secretary.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
Those Wolves.

The befogged imaginationS Of the
associated press reporters of Kansas
rival that of Don Quixote. Last week
the blood-curdling wild dog story
WIS iehashed. This week it Is the
old sterotyped wolf story. The fol-
lowing was taken from the New York
Press:
Five thousand people yesterday hunted
over Crawford and Bourbon counties, Kan
sas, and as result about 900 wolves lie dead
tonight. Two thousand Jack rabbits were
also captured In the general roundup. There
was only one accident, Thomas Perkins Of
Darlington being bitten by couple Of the
wolves. He will not recover rs he was torn
fearfullY by the Infatuated animals.
When will the lies about Kansas
cease to be an attraction? The
hunt above referred to resulted in
the death of three wolves and about
a dozen rabbits. The next THRILLING
wild west tale will probably be the
hair breadth escape at someone from
a pack Of ravenouS jacks.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
To suit His Taste,

1t is only now and then that an ex-
confederate has the qualification Of
realizing that the time spent
wearing the gray was not all in vain,
Such an opportunity came to one of
them in Chicago the other day, says
the Herald, when he saw setting upon
the curb-stone fractional part of one
Of the heroes of the late war. He wore
the bronze button of the Grand Army,
both arms were absent and one leg
was gone. The ex-confederate pas
sed him, then returned and dropped a
ten dollar bill into the lap of the as
tonished man and walked off. He was
called back with:
"Hey there! Hain't you made a
mistake, strangerP" -
mot that l know Of. WhyP"
THAT was ten YOU gave me-"
"Well. what of thatp"
thought maybe you'd made a
mistake-meant u one dollar note,
p'r'aps."
mo-" said the tall man. "It's all
right. l fought on the other side, and
you're the first cussed Yankee I've seen
lately, trimmed exactly to suit my
notion"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
AT an open meeting Of the feder

AT an open meeting of the fedora
ton of labor at Kokomo, Ind, on
February 5, riOing vote was
taken to get the sense Of the audi
ance on the sub-treaSury. The preSi-
dent called for all who favored the
government loaning money direct to
the people on good security at a rate
of interest or tax not to exceed 2 per
cent to rise. 1t was not expected
that more than half present would
favor it but to the surprise Of many
every man in the large assembly rose
without hesitating Considering
that the sub-treasury has been looked
upon as the weak point in the labor
platform and that the monopliStic
press has declared it Legislation in
favor of a few against the city
laborer, the united support of large
audience caused on outburst of en-
thusiastic applause. The people who
are posted believe the sub'trcaAury il
all right.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
Elsc,rioitr pisplacrng Mules.


It is but a little time says the Rail-
way Age, since all the street rail-
ways we're horse railways, and it is
surprising to learn that already more
lines are operated by electricity and
steam power than any animals, and
still more surprising that electricity
is even now used for more than half
as much mileage as that operated by
animal power, as the following sta
tistics of the United States show:
Number Of miles operated by animal
pOWer.o s..'....ss.sss',s''0,44 40
Number Of miles operated by electric
tty...s......sss s......s....s...''.3 ,U1V
Number Of miles operated by steam
Number Of miles operated by cable..s. $50
The number of horses employed
on street railway lines in this country
is stated TO have decreased 28,68l,
being now only 1914, while cleo
tricity is still pushing forward at a
rapid rate to displace the four-foOted
motors.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
Cancelllng Postnge Stnmps.

Under the contract for one hun dred
cancelling and post-marking machines,
which has been entered into by the
postmaster general, the machines are
to be furnished on the first of March.
There are 1873 tirst-class post offices,
and the machines will probably be
placed in rs Of them. They have an
average rate Of cancelling and post
marking of 10000 pieces of miscel-
laneous mail matter per hour. An
electrical machine, manufactured in
New York, is soon to be put into sew
eral OF the offices for experimental
test. It is claimed that this last-nam.
ed machine has developed r rate of
10000 pieces per hour. The cancel
ling machines now in use are rented
by the Government, the title of the
machines remaining to the pstentees.
The object of the department in put
ting in these cancellers is not only to
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

AUSTRALIA pays no taxes. The
government owns the railroads, tele-
graph and telephone lines, and the
profits realized by their operation
pays all the expenses. This country
loves a sentiment. Its people prefer
to pay about $50 per capita, SO that
the railroad harops live in luxury,
while they struggle in poverty, and
pay 80 per cent of all the taxes,
Besides, it would be paternalism for
the government to pay its own er-
penses by operating the facilities for
transportation and intelligence. Who
would not prefer to pay $50 every
year of his natural life than to be the
beneficiary of sensible aud just
system9 That is the question. What,
gentle reader, should induce you to
yield up your prejudice against pa.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
DON'T BE Too Greedy.

The most sensible thing which
has appeared in the Topeka Capital
since the days when Henry King
presided over it's destiniesS is as fol.
lows:
"Some money loancrs In Kansas are, in
anticipation Of demand soon for farm
lands and other property, fOreclosing, bid
ding the property IN at u nominal price and
helding the balance OF the loan as judg-
ment against the party. For instance,
man has borrowed $4,000 on farm said to
have been worth at the time Of the loan, ac-
c0rding to the loan Company's appraisers,
$4,000 or $4,000. The company fOreclOses
and bids the farm In for $500, taking 1udg-
ment for $3.50 Of the original loan. Thus
the party who has borrowed the money
loses bis land and finds back interest, costs
Of foreclosure, ETC., to exceed the amount
the loan company has paid for his farm.
In other words, the costs, ETC., added to the
$4,000 makes Judgment larger than the
original loan. "NOw the fact and the COM
mon justice Of the case IL that when com
pany risks $1,000 on Its judgment on farm
or any other kind Of property 1t Is nothing
more or less than robbery to take the prop
erty leaving the debt unsatiSfed. 1t don't
matter, Mr.. Lawyer, what the provisions Of
the law are that protect this legal plumber
Ing, It should he changed and the property
upon which loan Is made should paw In
full the debt. The next legislature can pro-
teCt the people by making 1t impossible for
mans farm TO be taken representing
double or thribble the value of the loan
mad1 upon 1t, and the debt remain unpaid.
No amount Of slick legal guibbling can make
this system less than downright robbery
and It should and must be stopped in Kan
sagO
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

The burning at the stake of a
negro, charged with aSsaulting a
white woman, at Texarkana, Ark,
this week is causing considerable
comment. That such thing should
happen in this enlightened age leads
one to wonder whittier we are drift
ing. Is there no law in the land,
that such acts, rivaling the barbaritY
of the dark ages, should have to be
enacted to protect our women? The
state of Arkansas should look to her
laurels.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

THEreform orators who, seventeen
years ago, predicted q depreciation
in land values, were laughed at and
hooted by nine tenths of the general
population. They told us farmers
that within twenty years our lands
would be reduced in value one-half,
and we thought the calamity howl.
erS," were crazy. And yet every
prediction made by that old advance
guard has come true. Now the
orators of to-day, who predict a
crisis in the affairs of the country
are denominated cranks and fools,
but that should not deter them from
lifting their voices in solemn warn
ing. AS the poet says:
The man Is thought knave or fool,
Or blgot plotting crime,
Who, for the advancement Of his race,
10 wiser than his time
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

A COLONY of Arkansas negroes
have been fooled into starting for
Liberia. They have reached New
York, perfectly destitute and must
be cared for. They may be sent to
Liberia, however, by the Colonization
society.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

TIE Atchison Champion states a
painful, but unquestiOnable factl in the
observation that "to count on Mic
souri's going republican this year is
. deal like counting on freeze up in
hell.V
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

prevent nil delays in postoffices due TO
my accumulation Of mail. no matter
in what quantities it may he dropped,
but also to enable the clerks who have
hitherto done the matchmaking to
devote themselves to other work.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

ternalism, and the dear and delight
full privilege of paying $50 per yearT
1t Is such a luxury for debt-ridden
and depressed citizens to consider
that the subject is dismlssedl
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26
$3.50 PER YEAR,
Entered at the Postonice At Goodland,
Kansas, as second-clAss Mail-MGtter.

KANSAS decreased its mortgaged
indebtedness $l6,S55,S7O in 1890,
while the indebtedness Of Illinois
and Iowa was increased during the
same period.