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Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
ANOTHER SNOW LIE.
What is Our Supreme Court
Here For Anyhow?

State Printer Shows anarchistic pa
per makes the following statement
THE Topeka Capital dwells with great
emphasis on the fact that the republican
supreme court declared the populist
house illegal. Suppose it did? What
difference does that make? When os
where did the supreme court get any
right to declare Legislatures legal or ille-
gal? The same question has come up
in different forms at other times before
our supreme court, and every time that
court declared it was debarred under
the constitution from passing on the
titles of members to their seats, and re-
fused to do So"
If Ed Shows paper was edited with a
single grain of honesty, instead of talk
like this, it would state frankly that it
is the function of the supreme court to
pass on any given law, or alleged law, as
to its validity or invalidity, and that in
determining the status of any law, it is
competent for the court to decide whether
a given statute was really passed by the
Legislature or by meeting having
no authority to make laws. Our supreme
court, in passing on given proceeding,
told what was the law for the organiz-
ing of the legislature of the state of
Kansas. Justice Brewer, of the supreme
court, says the opinion of our supreme
court in the matter was arrived at cor
rectly and is sound opinion. Judge
Thomas NJ. Cooley, one of the greatest
jurists this country has ever produced,
writes hearty letter of Endorsement of
the opinion to Justice Horton declaring
it sound in every respect. In fact, no
lawyer Of national reputation has ven-
tured an opinion to the contrary. The
assertion of Ed Shows paper that the
same question has come up in other
forms at different times is bald lie
and he does not and can not cite the
cases where any such decision has been
made.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30

family life. Every chair in this room
has been placed there for some par
ticular use of some one member OF
the home circle, and selected with Q
view to his or her comfort. Inc
rocker has a stool before 1t, the olg
cane chair has had the hind legs
sawed of a couple of inches so as 10
give it a pleasant slant, and the up-
holstered easy chairs suggest de-
licious hour OF ioafing. There are
plenty of cushions everywhere, and a
low, broad table with lamp or
drop light. There is also a standing
lamp that can be used by any one
that does not sit near the table. II
there is an alcove TO this room put a
desk there, so that notes can be writ
ten or the accounts made up without
running away from the rest, and yet
without the discomfort of having
everybody talk to you and looking
over your shoulder. -Miller's
Monthly.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Santa Fe railroad claims to have
sent 1000 cars of freight into the
strip and to have heavily laden cars all
along its southern Kansas tracks. The
Rock Island sent ninety cars of lumber
across the line on Sunday alone.
First Vice President d. B. Robinson,
of the Santa Fe, has appointed A. G..
Wells to be his first assistant to succeed
Fl. G. Ives, who was killed in the Boston
& Albany wreck amonth ago. Mr.. Wells
was formerly general superintendent of
the western division of the big Four
railway, He is a brother of Clarence
and Ralph Wells, who we're associated in
Topeka with A. A. Robinson when he
was general manager of the Santa Fe.
A company is being organized by local
capitalists of Doniphan county, assisted
by the merchants of st. Joseph, to con-
struct railroadfr Highland to Ryan.
Both towns are situated in Doniphan
county and are anxious to secure the
road, as it will give them a connection
with the Burlington & Missouri River
system. It will be necessary to build
only fifteen miles of road, and it is
thought there will be no difficulty in
securing sufficient funds from the sources
named.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Kiowa Review: Rev. E. E. Flint, OF
Mcpherson, who has filed the Congre-
gational pulpit the past two Sundays, has
been secured as resident minister.
Topeka Baptist Headlight: The fol
lowing churches are without pastors
First Baptist church, Lawrence: War
rem Str. Baptist church, South Lawrence;
Second Baptist church, Topeka; End
Baptist church, Garnett: End church.
Newton; Pleasant Green Baptist church,
Kansas City, Kan.
Rev. A. P. Hamilton, pastor of the
North Lawrence Methodist church, has
lost his mental balance and is entirely
out of his mind. The cause was over
work and anxiety over his work and fam
lily affairs. His wife was adjudged insane
Saturday and it is thought this FASTENED
the unfortunate condition of Mr.. Ham,
ilton.
wellington Press: The members Of
the Congregational church, at business
meeting held after the regular prayer
service, received regretfully the announce
ment by Rev. @. N. Severance of his res
ignation of the pastorate of the church,
to which he was called about three
months ago. No action was taken upon
it at the time, but at an adjourned meet
ing, held on Saturday evening, it was
accepted at Mr.. Severance's earnest re-
quest.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30

trust the old republican ringsters at the
public crib again.-Prison Trutsy.
Poor Billingslea was clerk for In
sursnce Superintendent Wilder. He
lost or misapplied some money. The
real fice-holder, Wilder, made the loss
good to state. Every name on Wilder's
bond was good for ten times the amount
of Bllingslea's loss. Suppose State
Treasurer Biddle were to turn up de-
faulter. Does any man know of any
section of his pontoon bond that would
yield what it calls for? Certainly not.
As for Higgins, of course the convicts
do not like either Bill or his brother.
The Higgins brothers have chased more
guilty men into the enclosures at Lansing
than any other two men in Kansas. Bill
may not satisfy the most fastidious even
in his own party, but the fact remains
that he conducted his Office honestly and
well and did not weary decent public
with the everlasting cur-like yap, yap,
that now comes from the Office of secre-
tory Of state. 1t speaks well for Bill to
have the TruSty abuse him.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
CONVICTS ON TOP.
The Peoples Party Has Turned
the Prisoners Loose on
Decent PeOnle.

The DunsmOre rebellion cost the state
over $4,000. And YETI ulists
claim that they will carry u state on
their record. If they do then they ought
to abolish Warden Chase's bastile. II
the people are willing to pay for attempts
to steal they ought not to punish men fol
stealing.-Susan B. Anthony's Brother.
Don't you fret your eyelids, buddie,
about Warden Chase and his Bastile; you
were satisfied all right enough with the
latter so long as it remained in repub-
lican hands; but, now that change has
occurred, you want it abolished, of
course; it is standing menace to the
liberty of some of your friends. 1t was
not the "Dunsmore Rebellion" which
cost the state $4,000, but the issuing Of
those fraudulent certificates by Bill Hig-
gins which brought about that demon
stration of righteous indignation which
has since been stigmatized by the re-
publican press as rebellion" But
what of $4,000? Bill Higgins and his
gang of dishonest bulldozers would will
lingly have bled the taxpayers twenty
times that amount, in order to have de-
feated the will of the people as expressed
through the medium of the ballot. Lay
the blame where it belongs; the dishon-
est certifcate-stealers not the Dunsmore
house, cost the state $4,000. The lat
ter has no reason to blush for it's record.
Trusty.
Think of it, Kansans. The above was
written and published by the convicts
in the states prison at Lansing. An
other such case was never known in
the annals of prison management. The
party in power puts the club of the press
into the hands of cOnvicts for the car
rying on of political border-rufianism!
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
Hints for Dairxmen.

THE Babcock test is revealing the
true condition OF things in the dairy.
THE wise dairyman provides soil
ing crops to patch out the dry pastures
during the summer time.
IT costs more to bring a cow back
to full flow of milk in summer than
it does to keep her up to it.
You can prevent a cows kicking by
buckling strap tightly around the
body just forward of the >udder.
No CALF should be raised for dairy
purpose from cow Of weak constltu-
tion or one with organic disease
BULKY food should always be fed
with concentrated food, to avoid pos
sible discomfort and injury from the
latter.
THE best dairymen practice the best
economy in feeding when they feed
all the cow will eat up clean and no
more.
IT is poor economy to turn herd
of cows into large pasture and allow
them to roam about ali day. when all
they get is exercise.
UNCLEANLINEss in milking, not
cooling. the milk quickly after milk
ing, bad fodder, bad air in stables and
disease ia cows are causes Of tainted
milk.
THERE is vast difference in milch
cows A dairyman in Delaware
County has COWS in his herds testing
from one-half Of per cent of butter
fat to per cent.
JERSEY cows surprised their owners,
even. in the cheese test at Chicago,
in that they produced the largest pro-
duct in competition with the Guern-
SeyS and ShOrthorns.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
COLONEL HUGHES.
How His Trial Looks to a Chi
cagO Editor.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The court-martial of Colonel J. w. F
Hughes, of the Third regiment, Kansas
National guard, must be farce, because
of the subsequent decision of the case in
which he figured. AS the commanding
officer of the National guard Colonel
Hughes was ordered by Governor Lew,
elling to proceed TO the House of Repre-
sentatives and eject all persons who were
not recognized as members by the popu-
list speaker This meant that the mil
itary should take issue with the legisla-
tive branch of the government and wage
war upon the majority of the regularly
elected members of the house of repre-
sentatives. The colonel had higher re-
gard for his duty than to allow himself
and his command to be used for political
purposes by demagogue who happened
to be governor, and who was willing to
use any means lawful or anarchistic to at
tain the end he sought. The supreme
court afterward decided that the Doug
lass house was the legal one and that
Governor Lewelling was wrong in trying
to have the members of that house eject
ed from the capitol. This decision sus-
tains the action of Colonel Hughes.
But Lewelling is still using the form
of law to punish a man who did his duty
in trying hour. He refused to order
a court-martial until he had been able
to command the designations of all other
officers Of equal rank and appoint his
tools to do his bidding.
There is nothing to be decided by the
trial Of Colonel Hughes. He has already
been vindicated by the highest court
in Kansas. Should he be court-mar-
tailed by this trumped-up court it will
signify no more than that Governor
Lewelling has taken the precaution to
appoint men to Office in the National
guard who care more for their places
than for their duty or their honor. The
state is much better served by such men
as Colonel Hughes, who recognizes that
the. military arm was not created to serve
as a partisan machine for a weak man
in a high place.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
Flowing Under Dew.

We knew farmer once, says the
American CultivatOr, who claimed
great benefit from plowing and culti-
waiting land while its foliage was wet
with dew. His theory was that the
dew had much more ammonia and
carbonic acid gas than had rain water,
and that these if turned under the
surface, could not fail to enrich the
soil. We think there is something in
that practical farmers theory. There
is at least the advantage that the man
who tries that plan must needs be
up bright and early, and if he works
till IL o'clock can well afford to take
two or three hours incoming during
the hottest part of the day. This is
better for both men and teams than
beginning late and taking no rest ex-
cept a hurriedly-eaten dinner until
work stops 1t is the continuous
work without rest that is most ex-
haustive, and if getting the dew un-
der the soil adds fertility, the days
work ought to begin early, and the
rest come an hour or two before noon.
But des. even if not plowed under,
helps the soil that it drops on. Every
one has noticed that when heavy
dews fall on clover, grass or corn,
then drops of dew fall from the leaves
upon the ground. The soil absorbs
the carbonic acid and ammonia when
the dew touches it. The effect of
plaster of paris to increase the dew
fall may be one of the reasons why it
helps clover and other crops so re-
markably as it often does 1t has
little or no fertiiizing properties in
itself, but when it is placed on any
kind of vegetation it enormously in
creases the dew-fall upon it. and that
helps both the plant and the fertility
o the soil
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
A Writer Praises the Farm and the Little
Country SchOol-house-Future Of the
Horse Breeder-Plowing Under Dew
Dairy Notes.
The Farm as an Educator.

The farm is the chief and best
school for the training of capable
men in the country, writes Albert
Shaw in She Review of Reviews
Farm lads are learning real things,
while the town boys too often are
merely studying in books the pale re-
fection Of things The farmer boy
knows early about land and soils;
about crops and their rotations; about
the seasons and the weather and the
signs of the sky. He grows up in
familiar acquaintance with animals.
He owns dog, he has a favorite
horse, he rides wild colts, he feeds
the horned cattle. He helps in the
planting and in the harvesting. He
is usually yersed in wood lore and
knows trees and plants birds, squir-
rels, rabbits and groundhogs. He
hunts with gun and goes fishing.
He develops superb health. He helps
repair the fences. He learns about
tools and masters the complexities Of
farm machinery. In short, the range
of his practical knowledge becomes
very great. There rs more reading
done in our farm nelghborhoods than
in our cities; and the good typical
farm home has its newspapers always
and its magazines quite frequently.
Nor are the district schools so infe-
riOr, though their Quality varies much
from year to year. With a good
teacher in charge, the country dis
trict s>hool is better than the city
graded school, because it is more free
from mere machinery and better
adapted to develop the individuality
Of pupils. Hundreds Of men and
women Of high standing and wide
experience to-day are thankful for the
little wooden country school-house Of
their childhood days, in which the
educational methods pursued were
infinitely more scientific and valua-
bic than those now followed in many
of our city schools.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30

Milan Press: Seventy car loads OF
wheat have been shipped from this point
during the past month.
Fort Scott special: The two children
OF James Wood, a farmer living ten miles
south OF here, while playing upset ker-
osene lamp. The oil took fire and Mrs.
Wood attempted to smother the flames,
IN doing which her clothing took fire
and she was horribly burned. and died.
Her husband was in this city at the
time.
Wellington Standard: While stand
ing in line at Hunnewell, Rev. w. w.
Durham was called upon for sermon.
he commenced by singing "Home Over
There" in which the boomers heartily
joined. He then preached to the vast
crowd for an hour and had the best of
attention. After the sermon, volunteer
prayers were called for and several were
offered by men standing in line.
Topeka Capital: Shawnee county got
away with the bulk of the premiums for
best farm products at the Nebraska
state fair, at Lincoln. The managers
offered $500 for the best and $500 for
the second best county exhibit. Thirty
two counties competed for theprize. Shaw
nee county sent an exhibit gathered by N.
E. Bartholomew, of this city. and includ-
ed nearly everything grown on Kansas
SOIL 1t carried off the second premium
OF $500, and won more of the special
premiums than any of the thlrty-two
county exhibits. Shawnee took the first
premium on threshed grain, white and
red spring wheat, barley, black oats,
blue grass, golden millet, sheaf grass,
German millet, Hungarian millet, white
and red clover. Second premiums were
also awarded to this county for timothy
seed, best five stalks of corn, sorghum,
hemp and the best watermelons. All
these were part of the Shawnee coun-
ty exhibit, and the total amount of pre-
miums taken was 1855.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
STOCK AND FARM.

Junction City Union: A. L. Brock.
way, of Macomb, ILL.,, has been out look
ing after his land in Dickinson county,
and the farm recently purchased and
improved in the eastern portion of this
county, a few miles north of Dwight.
In speaking OF his Geary farm, Mr..
Brockway says it could not be bought
now for the purchase price, and the i'm
proyements added. This year of light
wheat and oats and low prices, the farm
will pay more interest on the investment
than he could get out of any business
or securities he knows of. He is raising
wheat, corn and oats, and giving some
attention to horses, cattle and hogs. At
present he milks twenty COWS. Mr..
Brockway has gentleman employed by
the month who manages the farm in ex-
act accordance with his own ideas. This
year, more than ever before, he is con-
vinced that the greater the diversity on
the farm, intelligently conducted, the
greater will be the chances for success.
Independence Tribune: J. 81. How
ard, of Drum Greek, had twenty-four
bushels of Fultz wheat to the acre this
year on part of his land.
South Haven New Era: P. T. Quill
lin finished plowing and sowing 10
acre field of wheat this week, and is
making arrangements to secure another
farm over on the south line to SOW.
Mr.. Quillin, who is an old man, has SIM
handed, without days assistance.
handled this seventy-acre tract and haa
the wheat in good shape.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
The Miilionaire's Illness.

An enterprising German had tried in
vain to make fortune in many ways.
Luck was always aga nst him; and at
last, to crown his misfortunes, he
fell ill. But on what the doctor de-
clared TO be his death-bed an idea
with millions in it struck him. He
sent FOR lawyer and dictated a will.
in which he be4ueathed vast sums of
money to his wife. his family, and
various charitable institutions.
The lawyer. a notorious talker,
spread the tidings, and great was the
chagrin OF numerous acQuaintances
to think how they had neglected to
pay court to the diving millionaire.
But our strategist wasn't SO ill as
the doctor had supposed, and pres
emily he recovered. Then it was that
fortune hunters begged him to invest
their money, urged him to accent
loans, and gave him a credit second
to none in the city. At first he coyly
refused these flattering testimonials.
but was gradually forced to relent.
and having lived in clover for a CON-
siderable time has just failed for an
enormous sum.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
Future OF the Horse Breeder.

The future of the horse breeder
seems to be matter Of moment at
this time. The advent Of electricity
as motor for surface cars is displac.
ing large bodies of horses that were
formerly used for such purposes To
this we must add roads that are u.s.
ing AID are about to adopt cables
These throw on the market large
contingent of animals. The presence
of such volume of horses, far in ex-
cess Of the needs of buyers, ruins
prices The bicycle is another factor
that is replacing the horse in some
degree. Its extended use in the near
future will enlarge this very materi-
ally. Yet with this decreased de-
mand the supply does not indicate
diminution. The breeder seems to
be intent on the production of that
class of horse in largest quantity for
which there is least inquiry. The
demand which the surface railroads
created for horses while they de-
pended on them for motive power is
rapidly passing away in every section
Of the country. The class of animals
suited for that work will gradually
disappear. Under these changed
conditions we believe the breeders
would do wisely if they paused long
enough to learn the demands of the
horse market of the immediate fu-
ture. That these will be circum-
scribed is evident when the causes we
have mentioned are recalled. OF
course, the farmer will breed the
horse that best meets his require
ments, but the breeder must await
the settling Of the market that it
may formulate the classes of horses
that are most profitable for him to
breed and selL-American Dairyman.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30

1t was away back in 1878 when the
democratic idea was in full control of
government when we had the last bread
riots, with thousands of unempoyed
workmen. For thirty years such con-
dition of affairs was unknown, but now
in the first six months of democratic ad-
ministration, we have had bread riots
and half million artisans unemployed.
This is the change which came with de-
mocracy. 1t is hepenalty the workman
have paid for voting against the good
management of the republican party.
Western Kansas world., 1893-09-30
SUCH ADVERTISING !
IF 1t Is Kept Up the States
Name Will Be 'sMud."

The governor of Kansas is bound b
do business along the rebellion line. L
he can't have one sort OF rebellion ht
reaches for another. The eastern pa
pers, when they notice Lewelling at all
do it in some such way as this from the
Chicago Herald:
There is to be meeting this week in
Chicago of populIst governors who favor
division of the republic. How many
of them there are cannot be told until
the noses are counted, but if four ma
terialize it will be good many. Cover
nor Boies, of Iowa; Governor Stone, OF
Missouri, Governor Crounse, of Nebras-
ka, who are not populists-though i'm
pudently invited-have declined to ap-
pear, but it is not unlikely that Waite,
of Colorado, Lewelling of Kansas, and
one or two others will show up and pass
resolutions much after the fashion OF
the famous three tailors OF ToOley street.
In fact, there is a closer precedent near
or home. In 1856 Henry Wise, COVER
nor-elect of Virginia, called meeting O.
southern governors to assemble at Raj
leigh, to consider the question of seces-
sion. Precisely three governors re-
sponded to the call and then disap-
peared, to continue the process OF firing
the southern heart" four years longer.
One would think American history
showed enough of these sectional con-
ventions of governors and self-constl-
tuted guardians of popular liberty to
serve for all time If they have ever re-
suited in anything but mischief, trump
et-tongued fame has omitted to record
it. One of the earliest of these consplr-
acies was that entered into in 1904 IN
which several senators, governors, and
politicians of the New England states
were concerned. They wanted to form
a northeastern confederacy. Failing to
gain Hamilton, their party chief, as
leader for the enterprise they tried to
throw him over and secure Burr, his RI
val. When Hamilton fell at Wehaw-
ken Burr became an outcast and the
conspiracy melted into thin air.
Next came the Hartford convention,
another gubernatorial conspiracy of
windbags, who did much talking and no
acting. The memory of this sufticed for
a generation, but when the slavery ques-
ton became imminent the windbags OF
another section of the country must
needs get together.
In September, 1850, the governors of
the southern states, particularly those
of South Carolina and Mississippi, con-
certed together and finally gathered a
convention at Nashville, where resolu-
tions were passed declaring the right of Sc
cession. From that time on for the next
ten years there were conferences OF gov
ernors and conventions of self-seekers of
all sorts until much CAB lighted the
fame of civil war.
Slavery was the burning question in
those days as silver appears to be today.
Good morals, religion and right con-
duct entered into the older question and
one can see how the debaters on both
sides might become frenzied and mad
dened to the pitch of fighting, but how
can one invoke secession and civil war in
support of 5S-cent dollars?