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The morning call., 1893-12-24
CHANCES OF GETTING KILLED
In a Twenty -four Mile Railroad Ride
They Are l in / ,4oI,oIo.
Pittsburg Times.


uanan takes ride of the average length.
which is almost twenty-four miles, in railway
train IN this country what Is bis chance OF
getting Killed? According 10 the interesting
report of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
lust -nuf il is one chance In 1,491.9lO. If
young man of 20, Tilted by his sweetheart,
should determine to commit suicide without
sin bv getting accidentally killed iu railway
accid ept be might DO 1t. Certainly he might do
IT, IL ne were to get on train as a passenger
and ride, ride, ride at The rare of 3512 miles
ar nour, day and night every hour of every
day and every day In the year; II be had
ceasr of the gnawing paln at his heart
somewhere In The course OF passing
over 35,542. 282 miles. for according to these
official figures one passenger IS killed for
every 35. 542, ,2S2 miles that passenger Is
carried. According TO same ne would be injured
I'm some way eight md three-quaIters times,
or eight times and bad scare. 1t is little
better than one chance in three that he would
come 20 an unit mely grave IN consequence OF a
collision. but If lie preferred to have the train
Tun off the tr ack 10 kill him he would have
only one chance in uIne 10 be satisfied. His
possible journey would have taken HIM around
this weary world ana past the place where she
went to housekeeping with the oiher fellow
1421 times, ana would have cost him, at the
rate OF cents a mile and 81 30 night for
sleeping berth, 81 ,o87 ,O16 4S. In this melan-
cboTy. state OF mi nd be wouldn't care how his
shoes looked, and the porter needn't disturb
his grief for daily quarter.
Aud when, after all bis lourneyIug to his
death, the glowering out of the window at
every unsympathetlc rock that might have
fallen before the engine, and cuising every
vagrant browsing COW that might have tres
passed on tile track and didn't, he finds al
length "the golden KEY that opens the palace
OF eternity" II is bigger chance than there
are figures for that he will not be ready 10 go
For the scenery OF this world becomes interest
Ing after while, even 10 one smitteD with dis
appointment and angry with all creation. Ihere
are many pretty acquaintances 10 be picked up
fn the course of long journey, also, and time
is a great healer of love-sickness, even though
a slow He would be In his one hundred
and thirty-fiftb year by the time his desperate
lufpose was achieved and he would have
more sense than lie started with He would
have had leisure to reflect IRON time 10 lime on
how his false sweetheart's false teeth became
her nnw how her rheumatism was. whether
gray hair and spectaces changed her much,
and how she managed with those gieat-grahd-
n nf haFc
The morning call., 1893-12-24

zlocket. I've had over twenty men look at
dit. and all sav it's brass and not worth two
Ecents. I've bin a-keepin' it"
II see."
"Pve bin a-keepin' it till / could find
that 'tarnal swindler."
YES"
'The day will come when l shall find
him. Then l shall take him by the neck,
open his jaws and make him swaller the
locket at gu!p, and if it don't kill him in
about two minutes | will"
We'll. don't make any mistake about
it," said the conductor. as ne signaled to
the engineer 10 60 ahead.
'Ob, / shan't. It's six long years. but
Eve got the deceiyer's pictur' right afore
my eyes and can't mistake him. Hewon't
be lookin' fur me. and I'll jest walk up 10
him and reach out this way-ahd biff biff |!
this way-and gouge his left eve out--and
knock his right eyebrow off-and-and-"
And as the conductor swung himself
aboard the train the young man was put.
ting his big red fists against the boards of
the station-house in way to make the
shingles rattle.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
HE WAS WAITING.
When the PriZe-PaCkage Fiend Came
Along There Would Be Trouble.
Detroit Free Pres

Detroit Free Press.
1t was a Detroit Lansing and Northern
train coming east the other day. and while
a stop was being made at Brighton a
young man with good deal of red on his
hands and face and bis boots covered with
the yellnw dust OF country highway
sought out the conductor on the station
platform and asked:
''ls there young fellow on your train
who sells e-packages?"
Mercy, not" replied the conductor.
I'VE haven't had the prize package fiend
on this road for years. Did you want to
see him?"
For jest about thirty secondsv" grimly
answered the young man. IF | couldn't
make his heels break his neck In thirty
seconds I'd give up the job!'
Anything wrong?"
well, about six years ago I was on this
train comm from Detroit. l was mindin'
my own business, when a young feller
came along and wants me to buy a prize
package - paper. envelopes. pens, lead
pencil and all o. that for quarter, with a
prize throwed in. | was kinder bashful
and green them days, and he finally bull
dozed me into buyin'"
"Well?"
''WelI, here's the prize l got-this little
The morning call., 1893-12-24
NOTHING IN POLITICS.
The Man Won His Position, but 1t
Did Not Turn Out Very Well.
Ruffalo Exnress

This here politics." said the man with
the chin whiskers, who was leaning
against the corner of the bar, ''hain twhat
it's cracked up to be-"
whats the matter, HIP" asked the man
next to him. as he squirted some pepper
sauce into his beer.
II bin lvin' in this ward, man an boy."
explained Hi, 'fer nigh onter forty years.
an most Nv that there time bin what Won
would call a politician. That is, / bin
wnrkin' fer my party day in an day
out. Long bout ten years ago /
calkilated that it wuz purity durn
near time fur me T. get an office. So /
went t the ward committee an tor 'em
that that wuZ bout he size Nv things. ]
wanted an Office an ! lowed that Consta-
bic would fit me purity durn well. Tney
The morning call., 1893-12-24

reception is always In progress during
certain hours of the day while the
house Is IN session, ana the receiving party is
usually numerous and attractive. Some times
ten or dozen members will be among The visi-
tors at one time, some seated on the sofas and
some standing behind the columns or statues
I'D earnest conversation with the fair habitues.
During the day there is constant coming and
going between the house and this reception
room. All the members who are called there
90 not go there from choice. and the woman
natter, WHO Is compelled by pOlitenPSs to go In
response To a card may be known by his flushed
and annoyed countenance and his impatence
10 get away. There are some men who cannot
be cultivated In social way, even when sur
rounded by all these advantages.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
SIDEWALKS RECONSTRUCTED
Car Rails, Piping and Bricks
Stored at Large.
WHO is TO BLAME FOR 1T?
The Street Superintendent Should
Pay Visit to the Water Front
for the City's Good.

Ii you want storage room free of charge
90 down to the water front. The Super
intendent of Streets or the Harbor CON-
mlssioners, have overlooked tine fact
that Clay and Washington streets are
not the only parts of town where mer-
chants use the public thoroughfares for
places of business.
From the seawall to the Pacific Mail
Company's dock evidence Of imposition On
the city or State can be noted. Sidewalks
are used for lumber-yards and for places
10 pile merchandise-piping. carrails. fire.
The morning call., 1893-12-24

toP me that they wuz somebody else
slated. an | waited till the next year.
Tha: there thing went on till las year, an
then l tol' 'em l want to be put off no
longer, an they gimme the nomination an
l wuz 'lected"
"Wen," said the next man to him.
whats that got TO do with the degen-
eracy of politics."
Jus this" said Hi sadly. "Frst thing
| had to do after got to be Constab wuZ
L serve some papers on mau, an when
went { serve 'em he walloped me so | wuZ
in the hospital for three months. Can't
tell me they's anythin' 10 politics, fer l
know different"
The morning call., 1893-12-24
UNIQUE SPOT in THE CAPITOL.
The Ladies' Corner in Statuary Hall,
School of Social Training.

One OF the most striking scenes about the
Capitol during the daily sessions ;is about the
ladies corner" In Statuary Hail. The corner
is regard by the Philadelphia Telegraph as
one OF the most curious attachments OF apy
legislative body. 1t Is unique and full of in
teIest TO the members. The place. which is
behind The great columns and guarded by the
statues OF Garfield and Ethan Allen. and fur
nisbed with Ieather-covered sofas and chairs.
has been frequently described. but the picture
In all Its fullness las never been given, and
perhaps never will be done full Justice
The greater number of ladies who come to the
capito:receive visits In the galleries from their
friends on the floor, and some days the scene
there is one OF most interesting OF receptions
But the confidential corner, the place Of more
seclusion and comfort, Is amid the soft leather
furniture behind the rrusty statues. MANY a
representative of the great people spends So
clal half hour or so there with comfort and
pleasure, aud. II is TO be hoped, with benefit It
serves some OF the unInitiated as a sort of
school of training for the more extended
field OF social lie In Washington. He
who would be quite III at ease IN a fash
ionable drawing-rOoin or In ladies' so.
ciety under most any other circumstances:lolls
back on a sofa beside some fair creature there
with an easy familiarity which is sure to rub
of somr of bis roughness OF manner and shy
ness. The ladies' who frequent this corner per-
form great work in the way Of overcoming
the sbyness OF new members. In many ,ses
however those who have long since forgotten
that they ever were awkward or bashfu In
ladies' society, Sill cling The habit of visiting
this corner and arpear TO take some delight In
the relaxation II affords from their heavy labors
In Congress-.
This institution was not started as a training
school. That feature has merely developed in
cldentally. Primarily IL was intended as a
place where ladies' coming TO see congressman
might SIT and wait while messenger carried
their cards In On the floor. The backs OF a lin
Of sofas up against the columns form the boun-
dary OF the sacred precincts OF blessed and
beautiful. and card reads in big black letters
Exclusively tor ladies'" ETC. An elderly man
sits at a table, with Two or three pages at his
side aud blank cards for tile use of those
who do not catty their cardcase. A yellow
messenger sits at the entrance to Keep iu-
truuerS out. An interesting and lively
The morning call., 1893-12-24
THE VIVISECTOR HELD UP.
He Went Out to Operate Upon the
Savages and Was Operated Upon.


Lewiston Journal
One of the most curious expeditions ever
planned by man was that once undertaken
by DR.. j. G. Bunting OF Portland. During
all his life he has been close student of
the philosophy OF dgesti u, and for the
purpose of his Investigations he had that
remarkable Canadian, Alexis ST. Martin,
in his care for twenty years. In order to
cinch matters and provide facts for some
OF the doubling Thomases. DIR. Buntin g
cast about for some one else upon whom
he might ntinue to experiment. He
could think of but one plan, and that was
to go into Africa. buy two slaves, and
operate upon their stomachs. By opening
the body near the fifth rib and perforating
the stomach. a condition could be pro-
duced similar to that existing in the person
of st. Martin.
Therefore the doctor purchased his sup
plies and sailed across to Tunis in the
north of Africa. There he hired native
chief with forty of his followers, paying
them liberal retaining fee and promising
aluring lsrgess when the trip should be
The morning call., 1893-12-24

this property OF the public. If the firm is
paying any rental for it none of the State
or city officers knows of it.
For several months past Main street, near
the terminus, has been Obstructed by sew
eral piles of heavy timbers, and the side
walks have been converted into Ium ber-
yards. No one from the Street Depart
ment seems to have thought it worth
while to visit the water front. Warehouses
at the north end are also using the side
walks as storerooh:s. and in all cases the
proprietors should be forced 10 take in the
goods entrusted to their keeping instead
of using public property as place TO store
them.
The morning call., 1893-12-24

ended. They set forth. The doctor car
ried $1,000 in his inside pocket. and the
chief probably lay awake four nights
thinking about the matter. at any rate
on the fifth night he sneaked into the
doctors tent and delivered little address
over The muzZles of two pistols. When he
had concluded the doctor passed over his
ducats and the chief passed over the bor-
der along with his renegade band. They
helped themselves 10 such supplies as
suited their sTtless and uneDlIghtened
tastes The doctor came back without
retnue. and with deal of experience that
will never appear In a medical work.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
A New Use for Coal Oil.

Coal oil has been used to prevent the for
nation OF scale III boilers with considerab bic
success, according to w. A. Doble a member
OF the TechnIcal Society of tn Pacific Coast.
HIS practice has been to wash out the boiler
and when IL Is r. filled to add with the water
about two quarts OF the cheapest grade of coal
OIL when generally has fire test or about
lUO. Below The sucliOn-piDe of the injec-
Tor supplying the boiler is we'll hold
Ing about two quarts. Three or four days
after the wafer and oil is placed in the boiler
this well Is filled with oil. and the feed-water
passing over it gradually carries 1t INTO the
boiler. 1t takes three or four hours to displace
al the oil. In three or four days he well is
1lled again. and In all about d gallon of oil is
used. It's eff ct is not to prevent the formation
OF scale but 10 cause the lime to settle in The
form OF loose powder which can be easily
blown out OF the boiler when it is cleaned. IL Is
OF some interest to note in this connection thai
the German Government has recently author
IZed inns means OF preventing scale in the
boilers of the railways belonging to il.
The largest fortune owned by anv Eng
The morning call., 1893-12-24
1t Was Very Chilly.
American Industries.

There was something about his appearance
and something about his manner that pro-
claimed the o1ice-seeker, ana The time poli-
tician recognized lie symptoms at once.
'Mr. BligelnS," lie saia, mOtioning his visitor
To chair. 81 am glad you called"
Thank you. sir"
''lou are on of the few people to whom /
feel under obligation"
"Is's very good of you to say so. ] called to
see-'
III is an obligation which tel deeply, and
which always hope to feel"
Perhaps you exagg rate." the hopeful Wis.,
1tor said. in au effort 10 be modest
mo, don't. You are one of the few people
of my acquaintance who never asked me for
an appointment"
And the applicant was so embarrassed that
ne concluded he'd 60 home aud send his re-
marks by mall
The morning call., 1893-12-24
HIT WITH A CLUB.
Results of Row i'm a Corner
GrOCerV

Results or R0W IN Corner
Grocery.
Dan Lubig, who works in the Electric
Laundry on Mission street, got into an
alteration with Claus Alpers, grocery
man. Thirteenth and Howard streets, last
night. and threatened to rip him open
with knife. He put his hand in his
pocket, and AlDers. thinking he was GET
ting the knife ready. hit him a stunning
blow on the left temple. infiicting an ngiy
wound.
Lublg was taken to the Seventeenth
street station by his brother. Sergeant
Burke. alter hearing W no struck him, went
ana arrested Alpers. When Alpers was
brought 10 the station Lubig denied that
ne had been struck by him or that he had
threatened to rip Alpers open.
Alpers did not deny that he had struck
Lublg with the club, but said he did it in
self-defense.
Lubig was sent to the City and County
Hospital TO have his wound dressed, and
Alpers was detained in custody.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Rural Advantages.
New York Weekly.

Stranger-l understand that there has
never been a court case in this neighbor-
hood. The people here must be very
peaceable.
Farmer Wayback-Tain't that; but you
see the Squire lives SO far away that by
the time we git there we forgit what we
was ouarrelin' about.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Foolish Extravagance.
ChjcaCo Inter Ocean

Chicago Inter Ocean.
ais Cashley very extravagant In bis habits ?''
''Great guns, yesi He pays for everything
he GETS"
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Holders Of Mining or Other Stocks

DESTROYS OF selling the same may. in most cases
find buyers by addressing EMMENS q CO. les
TO 81 Crocker Building, San Francisco. Advances
made Oh good security at per cent per apnum
deS LIMO
The morning call., 1893-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

The lucky boy that will enjoy
ms Christmas ride in one of these
pretty little goat and cart rigs is
young Master Robert Cook, re-
siding at 1885 Post street, City.
He gets the pretty goat and cart
OF Saturdays distribution. The
next one will be given away
Wednesday.
Two of them will be given away
next week, when our younq
friends can make their New Year
calls in one of these pretty little
} goaf and cart rigs.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

thank God he is on the side Of the
common people, as far as the flnan-
cial question is concerned.
The convention selected delegates
TO attend the greatest silver conven-
tion ever held on American soil to
convene August in Chicago. was
elected as a delegate and expect to
attend and will try to find time to
write a few lines both In reference to
the silver convention and the great
fair. Excuse length Of this letter.
Respectfully,
A. G. FORNEY.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
Seed Wheat.

The state Farmers Alliance has
taken steps to furnish seed wheat to
the needy farmers In some OF the
western counties. Letters to the Sec
retaries OF forty western counties
have asked that they furnish the
state secretary with information as
to the needs of the people. Several
replies have been received to the ef-
feet that while the wheat crop this
year in some Of the counties has been
total failure, still there was wheat
enough left over from last year to fix
them all right for this years seed.
After the reports are all in and the
amount OF wheat necessary Is ascer-
tanned, then the Alliances Of the cas-
tern counties will be asked to contrib
ute the amount, which will be done.
"This plan can be carried out admir-
ably" said Secretary j. B. French,
land | am sure that all the wheat
needed will be gladly contributed by
the farmers who have been blessed
with a bountiful harvest. Topeka
Press.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

The Populists Of Kansas have rails
ed campaign fund, so we earn by
the daily papers, all the state officers
and employees subscribing. Now look
out for howl from the g. o. p. press,
and watch for scowls and long faces
when the "outs" find that they have
to go down in their own private pOck-
cts for a like fund.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed,
and not less than O2e million people
have found just such friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs, and Colds.-If you have
never used this Great Cough Medicine,
one trial will convince you that it has
wonderful curative powers in all dis
eases Of Throat, Chest and Lungs.
Each bottle is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed or money will be res
funded. Trial bottles free at +. B.
Snyder's, Drugstore. Large bottles
SOC. and SLIGO.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
Labor Commissioner.

France has ordered her gunboats
to blockade Siam. This is like sur
rounding a poodle with elephants.
Glen Spruance blockades all compe-
tition by simply putting down prices
on clothing so low that he has the
field all to himself.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
Voters, Attention.

The American NOnconformist, the
leading Populist paper Of the country,
will have special correspondents in
Washington TO report the proceedings
of congress and any other items of
interest that occur. You don't want
to depend on gold bug reports. You
want II straight. You want to know
about the jobs and steals, the dis
graceful deals and sell-outs, the
drunken orgies that take place. The
plutocratic papers suppress it. We
will give it to you without fear or IA
vor. Subscribe for the Non Con.
now, 81 a year, six months so cents,
three months, IS cents, Indianapolis,
Ind. tt .
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
State Labor Bureau.
Topeka, KANs., July 3, 1893.
A. G. FORNEY.

TOPEKA, HANS, July 3, 1898.
EDITOR PEOPLES VOICE:-Dear
Sir: The Labor Bureau has establish
ed an employment agency. We sim
ply undertake to keep record Of posi-
tiOns wanted and persons wanting
work. We can, therefore, place the
employer and the employed in COM
municatiOn, each with the other.
We do not assume to recommend eth
er the employer or the persons sick
ing employment.
You are aware, also, that no apprO-
priation was made for carrying on the
enormous correspondence arising from
this new departure. 1t will, there
fore, be necessary, for each person de-
string employment to enclose five
stamps to cover postal expenses.
This Bureau assumes to attend to
all correspondence and no fee is
charged. 1t must also be understood
that we do not guarantee employment
to every one addressing US. We will
furnish, however, all the information
at hand and use our best endeavor to
secure positions for all who apply.
In Ohio, this class of agency was in
operation last year, and $4,000 persons
received employment through its en-
deavOrs. About 10000 made applica-
tiOn. 1t will, therefore, be seen that
should our undertaking prove as sue
cessful as that Of the Ohio commits
sioner, person addressing this de-
partlnent would stand a little better
than one chance in two Of securing
the position he wants.
All classes of employment, dOmes-
tic and otherwise, will receive the at
tention of this department.
In addressing this Bureau, state
the class Of work desired: also, II it
must be in certain locality. Give us
your name and postofiice and other
facts or statements concerning what
is desired.
Respectfully, yours, etc,
]. F. TODD,
ohnr Nap, M, 1 &c inpar