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THE VANILLA.
1t Is the Only True Climbing Orchid In the
Plant World.

1t Is the Only True Climbing Orchid In the
Plant World.
Among climbing plants it would nat
urally be supposed that some of the
orchid family would develop in that
direction, and we have a most striking
example IA vanilla. That there are
not more scrambfing vines in the order
is probably due to the fact that few
orchids caA endure the intense glare
above the tree toys. The vanilla, how
ever, with It's thick leaves and stems,
is specially adapted for such position.
Unlike other climbers. it has no long
tap root, but is often cut off from the
soil, and is really an elongated
epiphyte. A small species grows below
the canopy of the Eta palm in the
midst of the swamp. and here any con-
nection with the soil is impossible.
Vanilla is the only true climbing
genus, but there are signs here and
there Of move in the same direction
by others. In some of the Dendrob-
iums aerial roots and new shoots are
produced at the end of the long stems,
which in congenial situations enable
the plant to raise itself to higher po-
sition, and thus virtually become scan
dent.
Again Zygopetalon rostratum at
taches itself to growing trees and rises
with them to a considerable height
Unlike the vanilla, it has a hard STEM
like extension, to which pseudo bulbs
and leaves are attached at intervals of
about foot. The lowest are withered,
but further up they are more fresh,
while the topmost buds are those of the
current year, and bear flowers, often
extending six or eight feet up the tree,
and branching to the side if more light
can be gained in that direction. It is
never attached to the soil in any way,
and is therefore truly epiphytal, gain
ing an advantage over others by chang
ing its position for one more congenial
when necessary.
Under cultivation it appears to give
up this climbing habit, probably be-
cause the conditions are unfavorable
TO it's continuance. All these climbers
appear to have been developed from
rocH plants, and they may be compared
with the strawberry and other stolon-
ferrous plants rather than ordinary
vines. Magazine.
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PrinceIy Plumes.

The plume of the prince of Wales,
worn on state occasions, is said to be
worth fifty thousand dollars. The
feathers, an English writer says, are.
pulled from the tail of the feriwah,
one of the rarest and most beautiful
birds of India. Great expense and
trouble are necessary to capture the
bird, which is found only in ne widest
jungles. The feathers are taken fnom
the live cock.
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"sHE MADE HONE HAPPY"

''She made home haPpy!" These few words I
read
within q churcbyard. written on a stone;
No name. no date. the simple words alone
Told me tire story % the unknown dead.
A marble column lifted hi IN its head,
Ci-se by. inscribed 70 one the world has known
But nh. that lonely grave with moss er.
grown
Thrilled me far more than his. who armies led.
:" She made home happy!' Through the long,
sad years
Tho mother toileh. and never stopped to rest
Until they crossed her hands upon her breast
And closed her eyes, no longer dim with tears.
The simple record that she left behind
Was grandcr than the soldiers. Uo my mind.
Henry Coyle, in Youths Companion.
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She FiIIed IT.

''Miss Lovely" said he, earnestly.
'.ye have noticed these missing word
cor sests, / know. Well, / have one
tba l want you TO help me with The
sentence is, VIII you be my p Can
yot supply the missing word, dear one?"
Yes said she, meaningly; isis
ter ,''-Trufh
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-Nobly Doing Her Share.
husband is the editor of the Bugle, 1
believer" said the neighbor, who had
dropped in to make friendly call.
"Yes" "And as you have no family
and have considerable leisure on your
hands, you assist him now and then in
his editorial work. dare say?" ''Oh,
yes" answered the brisk little wife of
the editorial man, hiding her straw
berry stained fingers under her apron,
Il edit nearly all his inside matter. -
Commercial Advertiser.
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The recent tests of the twelve-inch
armor-piercing shells at Indian Head
have proved very successful. The plate
hred at was twelve-inch imported Cru
soc steel plate. The first shell was
fired at velocity of 1900 feet per Sec
ond, and was intended to go Just
through the plate. 1t went about six
teen inches into the backing, rebound
ing forty feet, and was found to be
only slightly upset in body. The Sec
ond shell was fired at a velocity of .325
feet per second, the increase being in
tended to penetrate the plate and back
ing. This shell went through both and
fell nine feet in the rear, and was in
the same condition as the first. Com
modore Sampson says that they have
proved so satisfactory that he believes
they could have been reloaded in the
gun and fired again, as the increase of
the body of the shells was only about
four-hundredths of an inch. Their
points, which were about as sharp as a
needle, had not been perceptibly dulled.
Albany, the political capital of the
state of New York, is the oldest exist
ing town within the domain of the
original thirteen states 1t was first
settled by Dutch traders in 1914 They
built trading house on Castle island.
little below the site of Albany, and
eight years afterwards Fort Orange
was built on that site The settlement
was called Fort Orange at first, then
Beverswyck, and after the province of
New Netherlands passed into the pos
session of the English, it was called
Albany, the second title of Duke James,
afterwards James the Second, of En-
gland.
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AZ. & \. NJ, Delta Lodge No e
"a - Rpgular communications, first ant
" ~ third Saturday evenings in eaCi
" month. All afhliating aud non-niiili
qtinE uS h good standing, cordially in
Vited TO attend n. A. BURNETT, W. NJ.
l. W. STOUT Secretary.
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Right Field-"What were the strik-
ing incidents Of the gamer Short
Stop-"There were no striking incl
dents All the fellows got their bases
on balls. boston Transcript
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She tseverely)-"When was the
first time you were drunk?" He
"When you Intoxicated me with your
charms" And sll is forgiven now
Philadelphia Record.
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-She-''Do you think it is sign of
death when a dog howls meath your
Window" He-''Yes; if you are good
shot. t."-Raymoud's Monthly.
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Did the doctor give them any en-
couragement?" 'Oh, yes. He said
Chappie's mind was wandering" '.How
could that be good news?'' ut was the
first hint that any one thought he had
a mind Inter Ocean.
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Won want TO buy some DON'T

Don't you want to buy some don't
bio ov-out-the-gas signs?' asked the
travelling sign-writer. ssDon't need
'em answered the hotel keeper. s'Wa
ma ..e our own gas here, and il only
cos US about ten cents a thousand.
little waste doesn't matter In
dianapolis journal
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Mr.; George Riddle.

Mr.; George Riddle, the Boston
reader, says that Edwin Booth once
said to him: when you give reading
what do you do with your hands? I
read Manfred once at Booths theater
once and was at loss as to what to
do with my hands / seemed to be all
hands,
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SOCIETIES.

QUALITY rEMPL.. M. q, Pythian Sisters
" mevt regular every 2ld nnd Attn Thursday
evenings. All members requested to attend
MRs MAMIE o BRYAN, NJ. Il. &.
Nus. A. ID. CREWS, ~. X. aud Z.
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DELPHIA LODGE, No. 14O, K. of p, meets on
,iOnduy evening of each week, at the X. of Z
nall. Visiting Knights in good standing inv
cd tn attend. ROBT MOUN5EY, e. Z.
+. W. LONG, X. of X. g. y.
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N II c. LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
VI liz % Regular Communications, frs
,nd third Monday evenings In each month.
Mrs. FRAHCIs ELLIS, ". NJ.
NAHNIE V o. BRYAN, Sec.
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ENSIGN ENCAMPM ENT No. 81, l. o. OF
.dcetE first and third Friday of each IN On
visiting Patriarchs cordiailL invited To atten,
\. l.. ALLEN, HIP. G. X. HARRIS, G. +.
W. L. ROUSE, 5. W. j. G. WAISTAD, ).
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 80, X. A. NJ, meet,
IN Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER /. LONG, RI. Z.
Il. u. PECK. Scc'Y.
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NAOMINo.G7, ,REBECCA DEGREE, 1. {. OF.
~ Oeta the I'd and 4th W cd. nights, each month
Mrs. T. NJ. ALLEN, N. q,
MRs. AUG. SCMIDT, Secy.
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MISCELLANEOuS

tax which all paI
reach the desired ul
MIsCELI
Labor Congress-
That as in the past
our duly elected repre-
sentatives in congress
and other legislative
halls have only repre-
sented the private in
terests of the rich en-
ploying class and capi-
talists, the time has
come when all denomi-
nations of organized
labor unitcdly demand
an opportunity OF max
ing their own laws and
the direct guarding of
their own interests. we
declare in favor of the
system of legislation
known as the ''initia-
tive and referendum,
and will work unceaS-
ingly towards the real
iZation of this reform.
We demand the abo-
lition of all conspiracy
laws and of class and
special privileges.
We deem ii of vital
importance to organ
lied labor that the pres
ident and Gas loLg a.
the senate existsl sen
ators of the United
States shall be e.ected
by the direct vote OF
the people.
We call upon the law
department OF the state
OF Nebraska to rigidl5
enforce all laws, 6spe.
cially the eight-houI
law and the prohibition
OF child labor under the
age OF fourteen years.
We denounce the
present contract Sys'
tenn Of public works
and demand that the
national, state, count
and municipal govern
ments shall directly
supply all forms OF
needful improvements
by days labor.
We demand that m a
chan1cs and laborers
shall have a first lier
upon the product Of
their labor to the full.
extent of their wages.
We demand the en-
actment of laws pro
viding for arbitration
between employers anC
employed and to en-
force the decision o.
the arbitrators.
And the better to ia
cilitate these reform:
this congress shall un
ceasipgly encourage tn,
formation of local anC
central labor organiza
tions in every city
town and county in tn,
state. And further vii
assist in establishing
national and interna
tional labor organiza
tions, and aid and en-
courage the labor pres
of our state and as sool
as practicable establish
AN organ OF the stat
congress-
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rHYs!cIAEsrH MEDICINE LODGE

=. KOCIELL,
HOMEOPATHIC PhfSICIAh " sURGEOs
nriice on Kansas Avenue next 70 Index Office
MEDICINE LOBHE. kASs A..
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r. 4 R ELDREP POST; No Ia "a meet meet
OI the court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. N.
Al comrades cordially invited.
l.. T. WILLIAMS, PoStCOmmand0r.
JOuN W. UPPERMAN, Adjutant.
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A. O. u w. ElSsl'y Mssts "a ISS5e SSG 4tS Sf Friday iS
light. l.. M. BYERLEY, NJ. w.
J. W. SINGER, Recorder.
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.lS.,N 1. %. o. F., Pioneer Lon
N1f9NSS No. l7q.-Rcgular meetin
(y.lA ~ 49, every Tuesday even.ng.\
ltingbrcthreu i'm good stan.
ing cordially invited.
X. w. CAMERON,
Noble Grand.
l.. w. MOORE, Reading Secretary.
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q N LOREN EDWARDS CAMP, No. l5:
y, Y s. of ", meets ON LIST and 81 SatuI
day evenings of each month, In their hall or
North Main street.
J. u. RoMIG, Commander.
J. II. WILLIAMS, Adjutant.
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pldn. Inc
a form of
ties concede would
innate or end.
.ANEoUS
Peoples Party.
The following resolu-
tions were offered inde-
pendent of the plat
form, and were adopt
ed, as expressive Of the
sentiment of the con-
lvention:
Resolved. That we de-
mand a free ballot and
IA fair count in all cleo
tions, and pledge our
selves to secure it to
every legal voter with
out federal interven-
lion through the adop-
tion by the states of
the unpcrverted Aus
Itralian secret ballot
system.
Resolved. That the
revenue derived from q
graduated income tax
should be applied to the
reduction OF the burden
Iof taxation now levied
upon the domestic in
dustries Of this coun-
ltrV.
Resolved, That we
pledge our support to
fair and liberal pen
SionS 10 ex-union SOL
jdiers and sailors
! Resolved, That we
condemn the fAliacv of
protecting American
labor under the present
system, which opens
Our ports to the piuper
land criminal classes of
the world and crowds
out our wage earners,
md we denounce the
lpresent ineffective law
igainSt contract labor,
and demand the fur ther
restriction of undesir-
liable emigration.
Resolve, That we cor
ldiailr sympathize with
1.-The efforts of organized
Sorkingmen to shorten
The hours of labor, and
demand a rigid enforce
ment OF the existing
leight-hour law on gov.
ernment work, and ask
that a penalty clause
be added to the said
law.
| Resolved, That we re-
Igard the maintenance
Iof a large standing
army of mercenaries,
known as the Pinker-
ton system, as a me-
mace to our liberties,
land we demand it's abo-
Ilition. and we condemn
the recent invasion Of
the territory of Wyo-
ming by the hired as
sassins of plutocracy,
assisted by federal Off
lcers
Resolved, That we
: Ic o IN m end to the
thoughtful considera-
ton of the people and
the reform press the
) ! e gi S lative system
! known as the initia tive
/ land referendum.
, Resolved, That we
favor a cons litutional
provision limiting the
office of president and
vice president to one
term. and providing for
1.-THE election OF senators
by n direct vote of the
people.
Resolved, That we op-
pose any subsidy or ma
tional aid 10 any pri-
vate corporation for
any purpose.
go
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PREANBLEs.

LABOR Congress.
Organization of the
common people being
necessary for the amel.
ioration and final eman
clip alton OF bol
through the securing tC
each individual toilel
OF the whole product OF
his labor, therefore x
execute this exact JUS
tice between man and
man, we have organized
this state labor con
gresS.
As the oppressive i'll:
which now afnict the
people have been legis
lated upon US by repre-
SentativeS of aggre
Sateu capital ana tho
employing class, we de
clare the true means
for the betterment o
our condition to be Il
legislate away all legis
lated wrongs by uniteC
action at the polls
To this end we cal
upon all industrial or
ganiZations of farm and
faotorT workers, al
trades unions farmers
alliances, and knights
Of Labor assemblies
and all thoughtful iner
and women who love
liberty better thar
class privileges aud
who see in the presen
unequal system Of dns
tribution and rapid
concentration in the
nsnis OF j few OF the
wealth created by all q
fearful menace to hu
man rights. we earn
estiy call upon all such
10 JOIN US In our crusade
for the emancipation ol
the wage slave, and iht
following principles
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Labor Con0ress

AttOOF ObItHT cS5-
We demand that the
national governm e n
shall acquire under tht
right OF eminent do
main and operate fol
the good OF all the peo
pie all existing rail
roads, telegraphs anc
telephones; and shall
further construct suct
new railroads, tele
graphs and the exten
sion Of the telephone
service as the exigen
cies of the people re
quire or the proper de
velopment Of the coun
try calls for.
We demand that al
municipal communitie:
shall own and operate
all water works, ga,
and electric light plants
and street car transpor
tation, and distribute
such service to the peo
pie at cost
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1 NORtC n tAfNUs
4 While our Sympat thies
las a party OF reform are
naturally upon the side
lof every proposition
which will tend TO make
men intelligent virtu-
'lous and temperate, we
nevertheless s regard
these questions - i'm
lportant as they areas
secondary to the great
issues now pressing for
solution. q n d upon
which not only our In
'ldividual prosperity. but
the very existence Of
free institutions de-
'lpend, and we ask all
men to first help Hs to
determine whether we
ARE to have a republic
10 administer. before
We differ as to the con-
ldttions upon which it is
TO be administered. be-
lieving that the forces
lof reform this day or
lganized viii never cease
TO move forward until
Everything wrong IS
.lrighted and equal rights
land equal privileges ee-
tablished for all the
men and women Of this
country. we declare,
therefore,
First That the union
lof the labor forces OF
the United States this
day consummated shall
be permanent and per.
peiuali may It's spirit
ENTER into all hearts for
the salvation of the re-
public and the uplifting
lof mankind
Second Wealth be-
longs to him who
lereates it. and every
dollar taken from in
duStry with out an
equivalent is robbery.
III any man will not
work neither shall he
leat" The interests OF
rural and urban labor
lare the same. thsir
tenemies are indentical
little said of these
pirit and sentiments
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! COlytC 4 III tYs
We demand a ma ton
al currency. safe, sound
and flexible, issued by
The general government
only, a full legal tender
'lfor all debts, public and
private and that with
out the use of banking
corporations, a just.
equitable and efficient
means of distribution
.Idirect to the people, at
tax not exceeding 2 per
Icent. per annum be pro-
vided. as set forth in
the sub-treasurv plan
.Iof the Farmers Alli-
lance, or some better
lsvstem; also bv pay
ImentS in discharge or
itS obligations for pub
llic improvements
We demand the free
and unlimited coinage
Iof silver and gold at the
present legal ratio of
is to /.
We demand that the
Iamount of the circulat.
ling medium be speedily
Increased to not less
than So per capita.
We demand that post
lal savings banks be es-
tablished by the gov
lernment for the safe
deposit of the earnings
lof the people and to
facilitate exchanUa
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AS sequel to the work of the labor
congress it is stated in the Western
Laborer that Representative men of
organized labor consolidat ting civic and
rural toilers into one grand central
body have made Nebraska the banner
state of reform. She steps from her
group of sister states and points the
way through harmony and unity of
labor to full prosperity and more
Christian civilization. She beckons to
the east and appeals to the west And
all the while we will strive to diffuse
universal education of these political
truths and the vital necessity of united
independent political action among all
forms of organized labor in our midst.
The earnest appeal which will short
ly be sent out to every Farmers ALI
ance in the state will arouse intense
enthusiasm from the mortgage-ridden
farmers and underpaid and overworked
farm laborers who have already one
million two hundred thousand strong
pointed the way to practical ameliora-
tion. The next session of the Nebraska
state labor congress will represent all
forms of labor from the field and from
the forge and the declared result of its
deliberations will be the law unto the
people of this state"
careful perusal of the two plat
forms thus placed in parallel columns
discloses the fact that the only vital,
or even serious difference lies in the
treatment of the land question. If
there is split between the two wings
OF labors army, the land question is
the rock upon which they will split.
know this from experience, having in
Cured the displeasure of many of the
farmers in Jackson county, Mo-,
because of my advocacy of the theory
OF use and occupancy.
Why this should be the case, passeth
understanding. One-third of our
farmers are already tenants. Another
third have their farms mortgaged for
their full selling value. All their chill
dren are doomed to a life of tenant
serfdom, if the present system con-
tinues. Use and occupancy would de-
prive no man of farm he occupied and
used. He who owns land he does not
occupy, ought to be deprived of it.
Cannot the peoples party broaden
out its land plank so it will be in SYM
pathy with the declaration made in the
first paragraph of 1.-THE land, in
cluding all the natural sources of
wealth, is the heritage of the people,
and should not be monopolized for
speculative purposes" In hoe signo
vlnces- GEORGE c. WARD.
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PeoDie'S P0TfU,

/ NOfStC y 4 III tUs
4 We believe that the
time has come when
the railroad corpora
tion will either own the
people or the people
Unjust own the railroads,
land should the govern
lment enter upon the
work of owning and
managing all railroads,
we should favor an
amendment to the con-
'IstitutiOn by which all
persons engaged in the
4 government service
.ishall be placed under a
-Icivil service regulation
lof the most rigid char
lacter, so as to prevent
the increase of the
power of the national
I administration by the
use Of such additional
government employees.
Transporta ton being
la means OF exchange
Iand a public necessity,
the government should
lown and operate the
railroads in the inter-
lest of the people.
The telegraph and
Telephone like the post
ofhce system, being a
necessity for transmits
sion of news, should be
lowned and operated by
the government in the
Interest of the people.
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OOf Nbfs3f Zoo
We demand that q
volume of money sum.
cient to the necessities
of convenient exchange
of the products of labor
be issued directly tC
the people without the
intervention of banks,
bankers or corpora
tions, and that suct
money shall be Lawful
tender for all debts
both public and private.
We believe that the
making and issuance Of
money is the exercise
of the highest sover
eighty of a free people
and to preserve the
right We will evel
strive
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There need be little said of these
preambles. The spirit and sentiments
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VOL. XIV. MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, SEP

are evidently the same in each. The
new trades unionism,' speaking
through the labor congress, for, be-
Eeve, the first time the truth expressed
at Omaha-"The interests of rural and
urban labor are the same; their enemies
are identical"
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The land, including
all the natural sources
OF wealth, is the herit-
age of all the people,
and should not be mo-
nopoliZed for speculat-
I've purposes, and alien
owner S hip of land
should be pl ohibited.
All land now held by
and other COR
pOra tions in excess OF
their actual needs and
all lands now owned by
aliens should be re-
claimed by the govern
ment and held for actu-
al settlers only.