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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-30
4 Royel o,lden vyeddlnr.

BERLIN. June 2o.The grand duke Of
Meclslcnberg Etrelitz and his wife.
Princess Augusta. Of Great Britain and
Ireland, celebrated their golden we'd
ding Wednesday. They had refused
all presents or festivities In their honor.
enjoining to donors to devote the In
tended gifts to charitable purposes
The poor Of the country are. therefore,
reaping q rich harvest
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-30

MAscouTAH, Ill. June 20. The fam
NY Of James Pendleton. Turkey Hill
farmer, was mysterioqsly poisoned sew
eral days ago. One child has since died
and the farmer and four others are dan
geronsly sick. The poisoning Il sup
posed to have been accidental, but can
not be explained
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-30
70 Be Droppsd FROM The Penslon Ron.

WASHINGTON, June 20 Pension Com
missioner Lochern has submitted to
Secre9 ry Smith list Of persons to be
dropped from the pension rolls, because
they are not entitled to pensions.
Among the persons to be dropped are
several men who upon investigation
are found to have been deserters, while
q number Of widows will be deprived Of
their pensions because they have re-
married. A number are dropped for
not having served 90 days as the law
requires, other dropped because the
disability for which they are drawing
pensions Il the result Of their own
vicious habits.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-30

wAsHIXeToSs June %. The secretary
Of the navy har made the twenty 80
on.i = ens Of sai-s $50 to cramp 4 Co.
on & Vnt ~ the construction o. The
battieSh snis4na-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01
Shawnee County POpulist Ticket.

A GREAT deal is beng said and
written about the Australian ballot
law, as though it was a very compli-
Gated affair; whereas it is as simple
as A, B, @. If the voter will take the
official ballot and mark cross, thus
(x), in the little square at the left of
every name IN the Peoples party
tiket, fold up the ballot and vote it
without any other marks upon it, ne
can make no mistake. This is all
that is necessary to be done, and
there is no reason why any mistakes
should occur.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

SooN after the elections we will
hear a great cry Of II told you so"
among western republicans and
democrats. They will repeat it in
chor1s. They will say their party
might have known better than to go
back on its pledges and hoist the gold
standard flag. Then they will inn
plore their eastern brethren to forget
their golden god and come back to the
people with policy that will be more
popular with the masses. They will
succeed in getting some popular
plsnks in next years platform and
will then undertake the hopeless task
Of iooling the people again. The
old, old story.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01
AFTER the county elections we shall

AFTER the county elections we shall
take pleasure in stating to our read
ers, and proving the assertion by fig
ures, that the Peoples party OF Kan
sas has made a decided gain in
percentage Of the total vote. 1t must
be expected that the total vote will
be smaller than last year, the repub-
lican vote will be much smaller, and
it would not be strange if the Peo-
ple's party vote should be a little
lighter. But if the aggregate OF
Populist votes is a larger percent OF
the whole vote than 1t was last year,
we will know that reform is progress
sing.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01
THEY talk ABOUT RECORDS! !

AAOtaA 6P POAh0A VA WAAvOA 40 09y VA Az 40
q living issue which concerns the in
terests Of the people. To avoid meet
ing these issues the party has con-
Quoted it's campaigns ever SINCE the
war upon the sectional prejudiCes
which that terrible conflict engen-
dered. The bloody shirt has been the
chief argument; and as long as the
eyes Of the people were blinded and
they permitted themselves to be gov
erned solely by their preiudices, ,repub-
licanism had an easy triumph at the
polls. The day came, however, when
the people began to think, and when
they refused longer to subvert rea-
son to prejudice; and when that day
arrived the decline Of the bloody
shirt party began. II was defeated
in Kansas upon its state ticket by the
Populists, and in the nation by the
'give-us-s-Chance' party. 1t has been
demonstrated, even to the sstisfsc.
ton Of republicans themselves, that
the old war prejudiCes can no longer
be relied upon in political cam
paigns.
Being satisfied Of this, do they now
turn to the discussion of the public
questions which are sgltating the
minds Of the people, and which have
aroused the masses from their long
stupor9 Not a bit of it. They know
very well that the conditions which
have melted the great revolt now
everywhere prevailing are OF their
own creation, and that they are Rbso-
lutely unable to offer any justifca-
tion therefor. Hence they seek, as
they always have done, to escape DIS
cussion Of living issues by invsntlng
new methods to play upon the preju-
dices OF the people. This is the So
cret Of the present effort to make q
campaign upon misrepresentation OF
the recent legislative difficulties in this
city. They claim to be very desirous
of Joint discussions upon this fsvorite
theme, but when the opportunity
offers as il did on the occasion Of the
visit Of George L. Douglass to this
city, they lose their interest in such
discussions at once.
The fsvorlte theme Of the republ-
can editorial psragrapher now Is that
Kansas Populists have a record, and
they must stand upon that record.
The Populists Of Kansas eGpect to
stGnd upon their record, but they do
not intend to stand upon the false
and vicious statements Of republican
politicians as to what that record is.
The record has become q part OF the
history Of the state, and it is being
quietly and calmly studied by the
family fireside from one end Of the
state to the other. It is there that
thus history will be learned and moi
from the foul mouths Of such unfair
vicious and mendRcious political
stump speakers as George L. Doug
lass.
i d. al:lsnnl nnu,nu,ninn
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

GSAA4 A4AAoDNS 4S SPAOAASpAS WAN SSSN"
records!
The people Of Kansas have not yet
forgotten the Cofeyville dynamite
outrage perpetrsted under the dlrect
management Of the republican state
central committee, the candidates for
governor and secretary Of state and
the editors Of the Winfield Courier
and The Topeka Capital. They have
not forgotten that place was made
for @. A. Henrie in the state house
and that he was kept in that place as q
reward for the part he played in the
perpetration Of that outrage to the
end Of republican administration IN
the state because Leland, we had to
do it." And these people talk about
anarchy and socialism, neither of
which they understand! And they
talk about party records!
The people have not forgotten the
Vidette expose which was a part OF
the dynamite scheme, oOncOcted by
the same consplrators, and for the
sole purpose Of deCeiving the masses
and securing votes by appeals to
prejudice rather than reason, for the
success of which scheme they relied
solely upon falsehOod and deception.
They have not forgotten the testi-
mony elicited in the Legislative inves-
tigation Of that plot fastening it upon
the parties already referred to; and
they have not forgotten how plates
were made and distributed over the
state so that the fraud might appear
simultaneously in all republican pa
pers Just on the eve Of election, and
when there could be no opportunity
to counterRct it's influence. And still
they talk of party records!
The people of Kansas have not for
gotten Judge Botkin and his fellow
patriot the direct instrument in the
murder of Sam Wood. They have
not forgotten the crimes Of which this
republican Judge was charged by the
decent members Of his own party.
They have not forgotten that he was
tried for these crimes before q repub-
lican state senate and acquitted, not
withstanding his guilt was 80 clearly
established as to call for convection
from all decent representatives Of the
republican press. And still they talk
Of party records!
The people have not forgotten that
the party managers deliberately stole
the state election of 1890, and that
they attempted to repeat the crime in
1892. Ben Henderson's expose Of d,
: o. McCrsy's visit to CoWley county
} for this purpose places that attempt
beyond question. And still they tall
Of party records!
There is ample material to pursue
| this subject much further, but the
Peoples party Is more concerned il
!. the great questions Of public policy
8 upon which the welfare of the people
r and the perpetustion of republican
81 I.G.A.G:o., a, Shovo - kho ,,,;S
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

G@SyUM44OAO Aux e2AuSSO OVoLy 4A4C VA
vicious financial Legislation Of the last
thirty years. It responsible for the
vast frauds brought to light in con
nection with the construction and
operation of the various branches Of
the Union Pacific railroad system. It
is responsible for the land grants and
subsidies to other roads by which the
people have been robbed of their
heritage, and vast fortunes have been
poured into the laps of corporations.
It is responsible for the trusts and
combines that to-day control every
article of necessity known to COM
merce. II is responsible for the syg-
tenn of gambling in food products
which robs the producer upon the one
hand and the consumer upon the
other. It is responsible for the
laws and conditions which have en-
abled about 10000 men to accumu-
late in their own hands more than
one-half Of the aggregate wealth Of
the entire nation. Il is responsible
for the requirement of such power in
the financial world as to enable q very
few Of these autocrsts to preclpitste
q panic upon the country at a given
signal, by which the vast business in
terests Of all classes Of people are
ieopardized and thousands are forced
into bankruptcy and ruin. It is re-
sponsible for the enforced idleness Of
more than 100000 of able bodied
men upon whom more than one-thlrd
Of our entire population rely for food
and clothlng and the very necessities
of life. Il is responsible for the
misery and want and despair, and
for the suicide and crime that newt
ably result from these conditions in
every part Of this land of plenty. We
charge these things to the republican
party because it has had control OF
the government and shaped it's legis-
lation for more than a quarter Of q
century, during which time every one
Of these evils has constantly increased
and no act has ever been even pro-
posed that could possibly retard their
growth.
But this is not all. During this
time il has deliberately plundered the
United States treasury Of hundreds
of millions Of dollars, and has gone
back over the records Of the depart
ment for more than thirty years max
ing erasures and alterations Of thu
books to cover up its robbery. This il
shown by the official report Of a Sena
torisl investigating committee ap
pointed by senate resolution Novem
Der 10, 1877, and which report ha
since been suppressed.
But time and space are insuficien
TO pursue this record in the nation
The record in Kansas is in accort
with that of the nation. We recollec
very we'll our first impression Of Kan
sas politics when We first came to th
state. Mr.. Ingalls, was on trial TO
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

The Nonconformist calls it 'fhe
a-chanOe-party."
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

Montion ADVo0AEn " hen writing advsEtisn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
SECRETS OF SNAKE-CHARMINo.

Snakes Arc Alarmed by Quick Motions,
and Hence Appear to BE Fascinated.
A snake-charmer can, by a simple
motion of his hand, make moving
snake stop instantly, writes G.. r.
O'Reilly in st. Nicholas.
"The reason Is this: A snake is a
most tinid animal His eyes, as has
been said before, while dull to color
and form, are quick to motion, es-
pecially IL it is rapid. If any large
thing moves very quickly too near him
he gets frightened and scurries off;
while at certain distances the motion
stops him If he is moving. He stops
from astonishment, fear, or the wish TO
see what isit that moves. Hence, he
glides on, unconscious of the charmer's s
presence near him so long as the latter
remains perfectly quiet the snake
doesn't know him from a tree or a
rock. But when he gives sudden evil
dence of life, the snake is astonished
and Immediately remains stock-still.
''In India and Africa the charmers
pretend the snakes dance to the music,
but they do not, for they never hear it.
A snake hats no external ears, and per-
haps gets evidence of sound only
through his skin, when sound causes
bodies in contact with him to vibrate
They hear also through the nerves of
the tongue, but do not at all compre-
hend sound as we do. But the snakes
eyes are very much alive to the mo-
tions of the charmer, or to the moving
drumsticks of his confederate; and, be-
inor a alarrnad be DraDarpS To sfrilya A
dancing cobra (and no other snakes
dance) is simply cobra alarmed and
in posture of attack. He is not dane
ing to the music, but is making ready
to strike the charm er."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
Stub Ends of Thought.

They who marry where they do not
love are apt to love where they do not
marry.
A misspent life is like wasp. One
does not feel the sting until he gets tc
the end of it.
Pleasure must be always well
dressed. Happiness never thinks about
its clothes.
If the earth stopped to rest it would
drop out of space.
Doctrine brings no sinners to repent
ance.
A liar will break all the other com
maudments if he gets a chance.
Trust woman's Judgment, but not
her feelings.
Wrinkles come to stay.
God makes character; man makes
reputation Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23

while the clock on the mantel ticked
ten times.
Frank" she said, turning to her
half-made husband, you do not wish
me to make this monstrous promise
to drag this relic of the middle age
of the times when women were slaves
and pla{ things of men-into our livesi
You do not expect this of me, FRANKIE
(''Because if he does" murmured the
tall usher to the pink bridesmaid, che
is very sanguine, and will apparently
be disappointed-like England, you
know."O
at is l that you wish for, not a serv.
ant; Is it not so, Frank?"
Certainly Pauline; you neednot say
it; but why couldn't you have arranged
this quietly beforehand"
because 1 wished to do it now-My
friends" she said, turning to the as
sembled guests, "am I not right? II Is
for you, my sisters, that do this. A
recent writer has said: Would II al
some woman would have courage to
make a scene, If necessary, on such VI
occasionl 1t would be a glorious scene,
if she possessed the courage and dignity
to refuse for the sake of outraged
womanhood to pronounce the mon
strous promise. 1t would be woman's
splendid declaration of independence.
The brave bride would be the heroine
of the hour. She would do more than
thousand sermons to wipe out this
blot upon the nineteenth century,"
blue maid. What memory Pauline
has!'')
81 am this brave bride, my friends
Now we viii go on" she said, turning
to the minister.
The service proceeded. The bride
did not spoil her point by refusing to
be given away. The vows were made
Qeaving out the obnoxious word).
Then came the nervous moment while
the best man fumbled for the ring. He
had not lost it. He gave it to the man
who gave it to the woman, who gave it
to the minister, who gave it to the
man, while the nineteenth centary
stood by and consented. The groom
placed it upon the finger of the bride
and hesitated over the words he was to
say:
"With this ring / thee we'd"
"Aud with all my worldly goods |
thee endow," prompted the minister.
NO" said Frank, abruptly. "Not
all of them"
The clock licked again.
my friends" said Frank, turning to
the company, my brothers, l call you
to my support. Why should a man be
expected century after century to
make this monstrous promise? Why
should we give all our property to our
wives?"
('It's not bad plan, sometimes, u
said Uncle Garfield, of Garfield, Drew
& Co., but nobody heard him.
"Why should n self-respecting man
be expected to bring home all his mon
ey, like model little boy in Sunday
school book? Let us throw off the
| yoke, and our wives will respect us the
more. There are nine hundred and
seventy-eight employments open tc
women where there were formerly but
six. They are able to get worldly goods
for themselves. Pauline, 1 know it Is
me that you wish for, not my money.
CIT is l." murmured the blue maid,
mechanically
("Mean old thing!' said the pink maiC
to the tall usher. "Mr. Midas wouldn't
have done sou
"You can go on now," Frank said tc
the minister.
swat. Perhaps you had better mo-
go on" said the brides mother, nerv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
A Clever Cat.

A parsonage cat, whose favorite seat
is on the study table, has found new
use for himself. He watches his mas
ter's pen, and occasionally, when the
writer is tired, takes the holder in his
mouth. But his real usefulness is to
act as a paper weight. When sheet
is finished and laid aside, the cat walks
gravely to it and takes his seat on the
paper. AS soon as another is laid
aside he leaves the first and sits down
on the second. Sometimes, to try him,
his master lays down, on different
parts of the table, sheets in rapid sue
cession But "Powhatan"-the cat
remains seated, shrewdly supposing
that to be fun, not business. When
work begins anew the cat seats him
self on the last paper laid down, and
waits for another. Thus he shows
that he watches his masters work, and
perhaps thinks it his duty to keep the
paper from blowing away.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
"THOU ART THE MAN.
A Bit of Romance from One of Mr.. Walter
Beasants Rocks.

A O
Beasant's Rocks.
Walter Besant gives us pretty bit of
romance in his own peculiar fashion
in THE Voice of the Flying Day" The
physician was young, he says; so was
the patient. The case was strange;
none of the symptoms corresponded
with any known disease. The physi-
clan came every day, and the more he
came the worse grew the patient.
Presently the physician began to sus-
pect that the trouble was mental-of
the heart, perhaps-and at last he
charged the patient with the thing.
II believe" he said, that there is
nothing in the world the matter with
you, but that you are in love" and,
with bushes and tears, the patient
pleaded guilty to the charge. And
does the man lSnow?"
ALAS" she replied, che does not
even suspect Can you tell him?"
Never" And then the physician
pleaded with the patient that she
should tell him who it was, that a
physician is a father confessor, and
that it might relieve her to confess all
to him.
''Since you have asked me, " she said,
with confusion, ''come tomorrow,
then perhaps if / can, / will tell you. T"
And when the morrow came the pa
tient put into his hand little slip Of
paper, on which was written only III.
Sam, xii. Z. And for fear that you
will not know where your Bible is to
look it up, viii tell you the words of
the text are; "And Nathan said TO Da-
vid, Thou art the man"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
INDIA'S INFINITE VARIETY.
Her Society and Her Scenery Complex and
Varied to n Degree.

NArleu 10 n bckEcts
The grand difficulty of talking 90 an
Englishman about India is that he -
ways forms n picture of the place in
his mind. 1t may be accurate or mac
curate, but il is always a picture. He
thinks of it either as a green delta, or
a series of sunbalzed plains, or wild
region, with jungle and river and
farms all intermiXed, or a vast park
sire tched out by nature for sportsmen,
and sloping somehow at the edges
toward highly cultivated plains, says
the London Spectator. 1t never occurs
to him that as regards external aspect
there is no India, that the peninsula,
so-called, is as large as Europe west
of the Nistula, and presents as many
variations of scenery. East Anglia is
not SO different from Italy as the north
west provinces from Bengal, nor are
the Landes so unlike Normandy as the
Punjab is unlike the hunting districts
of Madras. There is every scene in
India, from the eternal snow of the
Himalayes, as much above Mount Blanc
as Mount Blanc is above Geneva, to the
rice swamps of Bengal, all buried in
lIuiL kItSSs 4EOLil NilG W NOAOcI4u4 NdAlc.N >
of the Vindhya, where beauty and fer
tility seem to struggle consciously for
the favor of man, to the God-forgotten
salt marshes by the Rum of Clutch.
1t is the same with indigenous Indian
society The Englishman thinks of it
as an innumerable crowd of timid
peasants, easily taxed and governed by
a few officials, or as a population full
of luxurious princes, with difficulty re-
strained by scientific force and careful
division from eating up each other. In
reality, Indian society is more complex
and varied than in Europe, comprising,
it is true, huge mass of peasant pro-
prietors, but yet full of princes who
are potentates and princes who are
survivals of landlords, who are in all
respects great mobiles and landlords,
who are only squireens of great eccle-
siastics and hungry curates, of mer-
chants like the Barings and merchants
who keep shops, or professors and pro-
fessionals, of adventurers and GRIM
inaIs, Of cities full of artifcers, and
of savages far below the dark citizens
of Hawaii
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
An Art Criticism.

THE audacity of ignorance is a new
er-failing wonder and amusement,
says painter. 81 stood one day be
fore Sistine Madonna, raped in rover
ential awe. Others turned away, tears
rolling down their checks, their hands
clasped in ecstasy. Suddenly a shrill
woman's voice broke the stiffness. She
was sitting before the painting gazing
at it refectively. 1T is really a very
pretty picture" she said. Tho bend
Of the Virgins arm is good"
Quarryman-Biddy!
His Wife-Phwat do ye want now,
sure?
Quarryman-Pour some kerosene on
tn foir, an make it hot, so Oi can thaw
out me dynamite.-N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-23
ROPES OF PEARLS.
They Are Now Worn by Rich Mems Wives
and Daughters,

anu
When D'Israeli, in ''Lothair," men
toned Corisande's ''ropes of pearls, u
the idea seemed rather barbaric in its
splendor and merely an outburst of the
Oriental imagination of the writer.
Now, however, many society women
own these splendid long strings, each
separate pearl of which may be worth
from $500 to 81 900. These sumptuous
chains are from yard to yard and a
half in circumference, and are worn
wornd once around the throat, with
the rest of the rope hanging loosely
over the corsage to the waist.
Diamonds, too, are also worn in this
gorgeous, reckless-looking fashion, the
modern ''riviere, which just encircled
the throat, and which used to be
thought SO magnificent, being quite
superseded by the long, glittering,
scintillating chain which ''Milady'
winds once or twice around her throat,
and then leaves hanging in careless,
rich-looking fashion loosely over the
front of her dress.