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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30
An Adventure.

A group OF men sat before the great
fireplace In Jud Peters tavern, and
each had some marvellous tale Of adj
venture and danger to tell. When
the last man had finished his story
and appropriate comments had been
made upon it, the host, with his eyes
fixed medltatively upon the blaze, in
CURED;
"Dld ever any o. you boys hear tell
o my bar scrape up in these mount
ings?"
The men all shook their heads, and
then, as they knew Jud Peters was
not likely to tell a story unless it sur
passed all the previous yarns" he
was urged to proceed.
swell" began Jud, shifting himself
in his chair so that his gaze could
rove from one member to another, at
was a pooty sharp mornin' one winter
along In the sixties, an / took my
gun an two dogs to go fer a deer up
OF Badly. | fetched my AK along,
too. l WANT expectin' to find bar,
but | jest kerried it from habit, as ye
might say.
"The snow was fairly deep on the
side O the mounting, but / want
considerin' on bars, an | didn'twatch
out fer tracks. Might be things would
we turned out ditf'rent eff l he'd, BY
an by come to holler log, a mon
strous big one, most to the top O. the
mounting, where the snow was con-
sid'able melted
81 set my gun up again tree. o.
course twas resky thing to do, but
We see l WANT cal'latin' on bars Jest
then"
Several of the listeners shook their
heads at this point, and one man
seemed inclined to cite a similar in
stance Of carelessness which had re-
suited in disaster, but he was prompt
ly suppressed by the others.
81 took my AK" resumed Mr.. Peters,
"an' hacked into the old log, Jest to
see what was in it, | cut away fer
awhile, never once givin' a thought
to them pesky bars, ar / found I'd
cut too high up, way above the hol-
Ter. Then | cut a spell lower down
till l he'd fair-sized hole, big enough
to hev held me eff I'd he'd sense to git
into it,
well, then l jest laid my ak down
to rest mite an hev draw at my
pipe Thar l was, with nary a weepon
in my hands, preparin' to smoke, same
as eff I'd ben to home"
He made an effective pause, but
half dozen voices broke it.
go ahead Don't stop thar, JUDI
allow did We git your gum" (which
weepon did the job?" "Wats big
one?" "Was't she bar with cubs?"
All at once and with great vigor
these questions came. Jud waited
till the clamor ceased.
"Oh," he said, turning back to his
contemplation Of the fire, "thar WANT
a thing thar"
There was complete silence for at
least a minute, and then somebody
said:
81 reckon that's as good sell as
we need t git to bed on" And the
company filed from the room.
Jud Peters INDUCED in one chuckle
when they were all out of hearing,
then arranged the fire for the night,
and departed to his own bed. I
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

THE new paper Vogue has this to
say about its clientele: "We have a
definite, valued circulation to-day
among people who are accustomed to
luxurious surrounding, who use costly
things, who know the difference be-
tween common goods and fine" I'M
mediately following this paragraph,
by the irony of fate, is an advertise
ment of reversible collars and cuffs!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

BISHOP BROOKS left three brothers
living. They are William G. Brooks,
a business man Of Boston; the Rev.
Arthur Brooks, of the Church of the
Incarnation in New York; and the
Rev. John c. Brooks, CT Springfield.
The Rev. Frederick Brooks, another
brother, died several years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

Two Iowa girls not only captured
a murderous burglar, but one of them
was with difficulty restrained from
beating the wretch to death with his
own revolver. The theory that women
cannot take care of themselves seems
to be weak in spots.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

THE Archduchess Stephanie, widow
of the Austrian Crown Prince, re-
Gently paid S40O, in Vienna, for a
parrot which could recite the Pater
Noster in six different languages. The
Archduchess heard the wonderful
bird which recited gravely, while its
master stood by, and was charmed
with it. But when she got it home
to the imperial palace, she found that
it could not say a word. The mer-
chant was arrested, and confessed
that he was a ventriloQui,t, and had
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

WHY is the Springfield Republican
peeping about impending crinoline?"
Crlnoline is dependent, crcumpend-
ent, circumambient circumferential,
circumhuous, voluminous, peripher-
Gus, euruptyctic and generally i'm
mense. Crinoline works on space.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

A BUFFALO prize fight terminated
in a Knockout in exactly six seconds.
AS the winner got $1,000, he will
probably 60 on record as having
earned the largest amount in the
briefest period Of time of any living
man
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30
IT is renorted that the British G

IT is reported that the British Gov
eminent has decided to try the ex-
pertinent Of establishing cold air
meat storage stations at Gibraltar
and other military posts on the route
to India. 1t is thought this may
lead up to an extension of the frozen
meat trade between Australia and the
British Islands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

The Gar is likely to announce him
self as Emperor Of Asia, If he does
there will be an imperial GOODNESS be-
tween Victoria, by the grace of God
Empress Of India, and himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

To BE a statesman and at the same
time keep out Of jail is just now in
France regarded as a diplomatic tri-
umph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30

done all the talking for the bird,
The only thing which he had taught
it was to open its mouth and seem to
talk while the ventriloquism lasted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30
HUMOR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many odd, Curious, ami LAughRblS
Phases OF Human Nature Graphically
Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists Ot
Our own Day.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

This being true, when the Kansas
republican members voted TO increase
the amount Of silver in the dollar
they voted directly to make perpet-
ual the decline in the price which has
resulted from the decline in the price
Of silver.
The popuIist members understood
the interests of their constituents
better, and when it was proposed to
depart from the established ratio they
simply said they would have no hand
in the proposed robbery. It simply
meant the addition of another peck to
every bushel of wheat which Kansas
farmers should have for sale. Kan
sas republican representatives voted
for the robbery. Populists did not.
That is the difference, and we are
ready to go before the wheat pro-
ducers of Kansas upon the issues in
volved in this vote.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20
WHAT PARTIES WILL RETIRE TO
INFAMOUS OBLIVI0N2

If President Cleveland succeeds in doing
the bidding of his masters and demOnetiZes
silver, the wrath Of the people will not only
reverse the verdict Of the president and his
congress but it will retire TO an oblivion
as infamous as it will be enduring, every
individual and every party who aids d.
reOtIy or oovertly the beastly conspiracy TO
sell the future of American producers and
toilers to the mammon Of Britain and
Europe -Atohison Champion September Is.
The vote in the house of represen-
tatives upon Mr.. BANDS substitute
for the Wilson repeal bill, was as fol-
lows: For the substitute, republicans,
II; democrats, 100; Populists, IL.
Against it, republicans, Ia; demo-
Gratis, 113.
The vote for the repeal of the pur-
chasing clause Of the Sherman law
was, republicans, 101; democrats, 1873.
Against repeal, republicans, II; demo-
orsts, 80; Populists, IL.
In view Of the above prediction Of
the Champion we leave it for our
readers to figure out what parties are
likely to retire to infamous oblivion.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20
PENNSYLVANIA POPULIsTs.

The Populists of the city of Phila-
delphis held a convention and placed
a ticket in the field on September S.
Among other declarations Of their
platform they adopted the following:
We again call attention TO the Rll-impor-
tant relation Of the money question TO OK
isting depression and StagnatiOn in bust
ness, which, il not promptly relieved by
proper legislation in congress, as outlined
By our psrty's'poliOy on finance, viii in
evitably lead to bread riots and other
sanguinary intestine disturbances, TO the
avoidance of which good citizenship impers-
lively demands the concentrating Of all our
attention until the masses Of the land are
given the relief which il is their inaliensble
right TO demand at any cost and ss all
hazards.
We also remind our fsllow-citiz ems of the
unrelisbllity Of the press Of the city, which.
up.to the last election, through conspiracy
Of silence, kept it's readers in utter ignorance
of the progress Of the peoples movement in
the West and South, the magnitude Of which
could no longer be held from the public
after the official returns were made known.
The same silence is again observed % far as
possible for the purpose Of misleading the
masses, and, when this silence is broken Of
necessity, the news is distorted in favor Of
either one or both Of the corrupt old parties,
30 that the people may again be deceived
and further hsmpered in the exercise Of
their best judgment on the day Of election.
Our warning will again be proven true after
the November contest, when the extensive
gains Of the peoples party ever all this land
viii bear glowing testimonysto the dis
honesty Of the local press.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

nounCing Mr.. Cannon a traitor to his
party. Upon the very first opportu-
nifty he had of voting upon a ques-
ton in which Populist principles
we're involved, he went bodily INTO
the administration camp and voted
for the Wilson repeal bill like every
other good, loyal democrat. Cali
fornis will probably permit him to
devote his undivided attention to the
cultivation of lima beans when his
present term expires. He is said to
be very successful in this industry,
and California interests will be better
served if he is not required hereafter
to neglect it.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

The campaign of argument is still
on, but Senator PETERS whiskers
seem to have the lead OF present over
Jerry Simpsons socks and Mrs.
Leases mouth. Republican srgu-
ment is losing force for want of va
nety. Let us hear something from
Jerry's socks by all means even if
Mrs. Leases mouth has to be neg
lected for few days.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

DIR. MACUNE has embarked In the
hopeless undertaking Of building up
another paper at the expense of the
Farmers Alliance to be sold out in
due time to the enemy. The scheme
will not succeed. Alliance men will
not be caught q second time at the
same game. Even his cooperative
Referendum" will not again enable
the doctor TO betrsy the men who so
long trusted him and who have not
yet had time to forget his recent
treacherY.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

The Emporia Republican now
mixes its patent medicine advertise
ments all through it's editorial para
graphs; and if the editorial para
graphs are any indication of the
intelligence which it's readers are
supposed to possess, they will scarcely
be able to tell which are advertise
ments and which are editorials.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20
ABOUT KANSAS.

ABOUT KANSAS.
All the government land Office busi-
mess for eastern Kansas is now trans
acted at Topeka, the Salina Office having
been abolished.
The governor has promoted Lieuten-
ant Colonel Sargent TO colonel Of the
Third regiment, x. N. G.. His home is
in Cloud county.
PopuliRts Of Mitchell county convened
Saturday and nominated q straight
ticket. Only a part OF the present in-
cumbenis in Office were renominated.
George w. Click, ex-governor and ex-
pension agent has been re-appointed to
FILL the latter position succeeding Ber-
nsrd Kelley. He first held the position
during Clevsland's first term.
Up to date David Overmeyer and
ComEads Ingalls, are the only two who
are being pushed" by their friends rs
candidates for governor. They ought to
see il they could not get together.
There is still a great deal Of agitation
over the question Of furnishing seed
wheat to the western counties. The
railroad commissioners have not received
satisfactory responses to their appeals,
and the question Of calling an extra aes-
sion of the legislature to take action on
the matter has again been sprung.
Kansas made q better showing during
her special week at the Worlds Fair
than any other state has made, With
our grand exhibit at both the govern
ment and Kansas buildings, our bands
Of instrumental music, our Modocs and
Columbian chorus, Kansas became for
one week the wonder Of the world and
every Kansan at the fair held his head
high. The program published in the
ADVOCATE was carried out with the OK
Ception Of two or three numbers.
Republican and democratic plRtfor ms
Of this years growth Especially in Kan
sas) make q great collection Of curiosi-
ties. In view of the muddle their con-
grsssman have got into over the silver
question they don't know what to say.
They are liable to pass resolutions con-
demning the management Of the plane
tRry system. Anything to avoid COM
mitting themselves on political issues
until they hold another national conven-
tion and find out where they stand.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20
HIS WHEREABOUTS,

AAAO w AOa
0What has become of Marion CannonP We
do mot observe his name attached TO the
proclamation concerning Virginia affairs,
which is signed by the other POpulist mem-
bers Of Congress.-NonOonformist, Septem-
Der Ia
He has returned to his wallowing
in the mire. His treschery to the
party that honored him began soon
after his nomination when he was
openly charged with conspiracy by
which he was to give his support to
Steve White for United States sena-
tor in exchange for democratic sup
port of his candidacy. Mrs. Diggs,
who was then speaking in his dis
trict, plainly told him that if this was
true she must retire from his sup
port. He then vehemently denied
the charge. He was elected and did
give his support to White. California
Populists openly charged him with
treason and a bitter contest for some
time prevailed upon the subject.
In an elaborate defense of his
course published by Mr.. Cannon
under date of February l, 1893, in
which he makes lsbored effort to
show to what a wonderful extent he
had personally contributed to Popu-
list success throughout the country
as we'll as in his own state, he says:
Ten days before the election (referring
to the Kansas senatorial eleotion), tele-
graphed to Topeka, Kansas, Hold the fort;
White will come from California and will
help to seat our man in the senate" Kansas
took courage and seated such men as had
been counted out, and elected honest John
Martin, thus breaking the backbone Of the
conspiracy TO defeat the will Of the people
in five states.
The telegram above referred to was
sent to the writer and no person out
side of his family except Mrs Diggs
ever saw it. It Is somewhat difficult
to see therefore how it stimulated
Kansas to take courage, and how it
was instrumental IN breaking the
backbone of the conspiracy to defeat
the will Of the people in five states"
It must have exerted a secret infu-
ence upon the atmosphere as it passed
over the wires. We have that tele-
gram yet, and inssmuch as it was re-
ceived before the California legisla-
ture assembled we have always had q
curiosity to learn how Mr.. Cannon
knew at that time that white would
come from California and would help
to seat our man IN the senate"
The sequel has shown that Cali
fornia Populists were right in pro-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20
FuNsTON,s LETTER.

land, Kansas, in response to resolu"
tlons sent him by some of his con-
stituents respecting his vote upon the
silver question. In this letter, dated
September 16, he says:
Your favor Of the 22nd conveying TO me
resolutions of my constituents at piCniCin
your vicinity, did not reach me until this
evening-tOo late as you will see to aid me
in forming my conclusions in the matter OF
my vote on the silver question. lam happy
however, TO inform you that voted Ave
times in succession for the free coinage Of
silver. But am sorry to inform you and
the good people of your vicinity that the
pOpulist members of the house deserted Us
after the first vote-like bad soldiers who
run at the first FIRE. The fact is after seeing
what have seen here, I am convinced that
the populists Of the house did not desire the
free coinage or silver, and sm sure they
are as great enemies Of free coinage as the
gold-bugs themselves.
Let us see about this. The popu-
list members voted solidly for the
free coinage Of silver at the ratio Of
16to /, in accordance with the declars-
tions Of the platforms upon which
they were elected; and they did not
vote for any Of the compromise meas
ures which were designed to make per-
petusl the decline in values which has
resulted from the decline in the COM
mercisl price of silver. They did
vote against the repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman law,
which to-day stands as the only bar
rier to the complete demonstration Of
silver.
Now a word about Mr.. Funston's
five votes for silver. We will not
undertake to discuss the precise effect
of each vote had it succeeded. One
example will suffice, and we will take
the ratio of 20 to l for that example,
because the calculation is most readily
made with that ratio. tits a uniVers.
ally admitted fact that the price Of
wheat, for instance, has run nearly
parallel with the commercial price OF
silver bullion for many years. An
ounce of silver bullion has very
nearly correspondent IN price with
that of a bushel of wheat. This will
be the case as long as American silver
can be purchased in our home
markets at q discount, and used IN
countries where silver is the legal
money to purchase wheat upon such
silver basis, to be placed in the Eng
lish market in competition with
American wheat purchased on gold
basis.
Now silver under free coinage, at
the ratio of 16 to / of gold is every
where worth $1.29 per ounce. This
then would be the approximate price
of wheat. The increase of silver in
the dollar to the ratio Of 20 Of silver
to of gold would be an addition of
one-fourth of the amount of silver in
the dollar. The case may therefore
be summed up as follows:
Four hundred and twelve and one
half grains standard silver IN a
dollar EQUALS $1.29 per ounce for sill
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-09-20

THERE are about the same number
Of republican democrats as demo-
cratic democrats in the present con-
gress.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-30
Limiting Suffrage.

Arkansas is trying just now law Few
to that State, but which Virginia has here
tofore tried only TO discard the same. We
allude to the law requiring the payment
of a poll-tax as q prerequisite to voting.
As this poll-tax requirement operated In
Virginia, it has nothing in the world to
commend it to public favor. To require the
prepayment of dollar a. one of the quail
fications, of voter is TO offer q premium
for degraded suffrage. The rich man
gets these purchasable votes every time.
In Virginia the amendment in question
that is. making the payment OF poll-tax
prerequisit to voting-was put into the
State Constitution IN 1876 because there
were many negfoes whose votes 1t was
supposed would be kept out Of the ballot
box by such constitutional requirement.
But 1.-THE best-laid schemes Of men and
mice gang aft aglsy." bAMBo i'm
mediately took occasion to use the
new law as means or inducing
somebody else to pay the dollar whilst
he did the voting. Ho YES deter
mined not TO lose the right of suffrage.
and no was also bent upon not letting the
exercise of that right add to his expenses.
In a word, the negroes continued to vote,
and as MAHoNB, headed by the wealthy
Republicans of the North. was much moro
able to buy votes than were the impe-
cunlous white voters Of the State, tho
results were-frst, the negroes exercised
the right to vote because they were not
ashamed to allow the poll-tax to be paid
for them. aud second, that thousands Of
the poor white voters did not vote at all.
being too proud 10 sell their votes. and
! feeling that they could not afford to pay
| the poll-tsx themselves.
| In Virginia under the Constitution of
! 1890, which lasted until 1850, man
could vote In every county or any county
IN which he owned land. There were in
/ Those days no registration laws. and no
law requiring man to vote at any pnrticu-
! lar place. II he resided IN the county he
/ could vote at any precinct III the county.
We note that IN one or moro OF the
countries of Europe certain men are enti-
tied to cast two votes.
TO require the poll-tax to be paid year
before the election would be to empower
the men who have the most at stake in the
community to control the elections. II
there are no objections to this law other
than those known TO US it is the best of
all the schemes for limiting or purifying
the suffrage.
TO require every voter to be able to read
the Constitution of the United States may
be good law IN Massachusetts,, but in the
southern States it might lead to the aboli-
ton of the public school system so far as
this system now applies to negroes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-30
Major pooley on the Situation

In our columns this morning 10 an open
letter from Major JAMES Ii. DooLEY, Of
this city, TO President CLEVELAND, in which
letter Major DootrY makes new de-
parture indeed. He finds thst the exist
ing financial panic and monetary troubles
are due, II partially to the operation of the
SHERMAN silver-law. sloo to the operation
of the McKIsLrY reciprocity treaties. Mr..
DOLBY furnishes figures to sustain his
contention, and argues the questions IN
yolyed with the clearn.ss Of logic which
marks all the productions OF that gentle
man.
We have not been of the opinion that
Mr.. CLEVELAND would attempt TO hurry
ND consideration of the tariff question.
We have also again and again reminded
our readers that It we had wheat, cotton,
oil. or tobacco or any other article to send
TO Europe instead Of gold. a sufficient sup
ply OF any one of those articles would turn
Ae balance of trade in our favor az quickly
az gold.
We have from tho first cautioned our
readers not to expect Congress to do us
work In day. nor TO suppose that all the
members of Congress are of the opinion
that the repeal OF the SHERMAN silver-law
will bring full relief to the country IN the
absence OF other measures.
But Congress Is about TO meet, and we
forbear TO discuss Mr.. DooLEYs PROPOSE
tons Just Row. They will be needed by
Mr.. CLEVELAND, who Is more anxious than
any other man in the United States to find
a way out OF the troubles which beset the
| country.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-30
Tho National Election Laws.


Next In importance to the currency
question aud the financial problem-both
represented by the SnxRnAS silver LAWS
the repeal Of the national election laws.
They are a standing menace to our free
institutions. They have in them the
germs of dsspotism and of the destruction
of the last vsstige of the rights OF the
States. They threaten the constitution
and the Union. The Democrats profess to
be States-rishts men. Let them not leave
to Its enemies the preservation OF the best
government the world ever saw. If the
Republicans were IN power now the
national election laws would be so
strengthened az TO render all future cleo
lions in the South farce. and worse than
a farce. II is the duty OF the Demo-
Gratis in Congress to see to it that these
laws shall not remain upon the statute
book one minute longer than their pres
ence there shall be unavoidable.