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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10
WANT STRAIGHT EYELIDS.
Japanese Undergo an Operation to Rem
edY the Slanting Eve.
ITO BE CONTINUED. |

Japanese Undergo an Operation to Rem
edy the Slanting Eye.
"The japanese are not only adopting
American social and business customs,
but they are also trying to conform
their physical features to the appear
aIfce of Americans" said H. D. Neu-
mann, of San Francisco, to a St. Louis
Globe-Democrat reporter. 81 was in
Yokohama recently, and met there
several American and German doctors
who were getting rich by Strengthening
the slant in the japanese eye to make it
look like the beloved Caucasian's optic.
The Japanese, you know, show the
traces of their Monaghan origin more
plainly in the shape Of their eyelids
than in the color Of their skin, and those
who can afford it are Kidding themselves
of this unmistakable evidence of their
despised ancestry by submitting to a
simple and comparatively painless sur
gical operation, which consists in the
surgeon splitting the outer rim of the
eyelids in a straight line for the barest
infnitesimal part of an inch. The
wound is then covered with a thin piece
of chemically prepared sticking plaster,
the faithful subject of the mikado goes
on about his business as if nothing had
happened, and in few days the wound
is healed and he looks on his envious
fellows through lids as straight as the
Americans. 1t is contended by scien-
lists that this racial physical defect in
the japanese eyelid will entirely disap-
pear in few generations if each sue
ceeding generation continues to under
go the surgical operation described.
The experiment is of especial value to
the student of evolution"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

AeREED.-Miss Elderberry-"Girls dc
not marry so young nowadays as they
used to-" Miss Singletree-"Yes, I've
noticed that, and I'm glad they're get.
ting more sensible. A girl doesn't real
ly know her own mind until she's thirty
six OF eight. BLACK and White.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

1T is principal effect Of .ove to
unite the wills Of those who love, so as
to make them but one and the same
will" He who gives his will TO God,
gives him everything-property, tai
ents, heart, alL-Liquori.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

1t is another's fault II he be I'M
grateful. but it is mine II | do not give.
To find one thankful man, will oblige
great many that are not so.-Seneca.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

gesture imperious beyond question, and,
turning to Mckee, said, hoarsely:
$50 on. Tell me ALL"
81 know no more, " he answered. "0n-
ly this note was left forme by unknown
hand ten minutes since"
The woman seized the crumpled note
eagerly, bending over the freight and
reading rapidly. Then, pressing her
hand hard over her eyes, she stood an
instant still and cold, only heaving
bosom and deep breath telling of sore
struggle to be calm. Again she bent
down, scanning the paper closely, her
eyes burning each word into her brain.
Then, leaning her head upon the low
mantel, covered by one hand, she held
the note to Bessie with the other; and
she, understanding the command, read
in tremulous voice the fateful mes
sage:
'Do not start tonight. South bank
swarms with stragglers. Rosser struck
Show her this and wait advice. She
should obey warning from one who
prayed her to pray for his soul"
Dead silence was on the little group.
No one spoke, nor moved, and the still
ness grew almost unbearable as the dis
appointed woman struggled iercely
with herself for the mastery.
At length she raised her head, turn
ing full to them face pale and deep
lined, but firm and hard as the hollow
voice that said:
Twill obey. He were viler than Sa-
tan did-he lie now-to me -"
The effort of the soul was too great
for the tried flesh. Suddenly she swayed,
staggered forward step, and would
have fallen hadn Willie Mckee caught
her, dead fainting, in his arms.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

Honesty is the best policy, because
1t is the only policy which insures
against loss Of misunderstanding
Magazine.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

In Germany the extent Of land de
voted to agriculture amounts to as
100000 acres.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10
CHAPTER VII.-CoyTrNuED.
BY I. G. DE LEON.

Copyright, 1891 by Lppincott Co. and Published
by Special Arrangement
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable, and do
not purge, pain or grippe. Sold by all druggists.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
GERMAN IN THE SCHOOLS.

Inspector STAMM has given notice
that at the next meeting of the school
inspectors he will introduce resolution
for the teaching OF German in the sixth
grade of the public schools. 1t is now
taught in the seventh and eighth grades.
so that the movement is to enlarge the
teaching of the foreign language. 1t is
admitted that to place itein the sixth
grade will necesSitate the employment
of about six additional teachers at SAL
aries ranging between $50 and $50 each.
The doctor maintains that to make the
teaching of German effective it should
begin among younger scholars. The
average age of the sixth grade is twelve
years. He says that the present system
of teaching the language is practically
throwing money away. A scholar be-
ginning at fifteen years will not
acquire a useful knowledge OF the
language. Dr. STAMM is probably
correct in this view. 1t is uphill
work at the best to give scholars who do
not live among speaking people
a practical German education. 1t mat
ters little whether the youngest children
are set to learning the language; unless
they are compelled to use the German
tongue most of them will quickly forget
it after they leave school. Dr.. B. A.
HINSDALE, professor of the science and
art of teaching at the University of
Michigan, says: "In my opinion the
money spent for the teaching of German
in the public schools Of the country is
money wasted" Elsewhere in the pa
per will be found more that this emil
nent educator says upon the subject. a
good many of the prominent Germans of
st. Paul have said that they should favor
taking German out Of the schools un-
less the system is improved. Among
these is Senator LIENAU. 1t seems
clear that teaching a foreign language
in the grammar schools is decidedly
expensive and useless luxury. Not one
in hundred of the scholars whose par
ents are not Germans will be able to
speak the language after they leave
school, and many of German parentage
will speak the English in preference
and soon forget the German.
Foreign languages should be classed
among the branches of learning to be
taught only at high schools, seminarIes
and colleges, and in that way to stu
dents who desire to master and use other
languages. 1t is quite evident that by
continuing the teaching Of German in
the schools it is only question of ii me
when the outlay upon it will be largely
increased. The taxpayers feel that too
much money is expended upon German
now, and, if the present outlay is being
thrown away, the quicker the teaching
is thrown out the better.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
sANBoRN's SILVER SOLUTION.

Today the senate will take up the
special order. which is the discussion OF
the resolution introduced some time
since by Senator SANBoEN relative to
the coinage OF silver. There is long
whereas in which reasons are given for
the action proposed i'll the resolution,
which are far more vulnerable than is
the resolution itself. 1t suggests the
advice given by the English barrister to
the young lawyer going to take judicial
appointment in India: "Render your
decisions, but never give reasons" But
the GLOBE agrees so fully with the
senator's resolution that it is not going
to quarrel with the reasons he gives
for it.
As we understand 1t the resolution
proposes that such ratio between the
two coinage metals shall be established
that the silver dollar shall not have less
than 9715 cents worth of silver in it as
the value of that metal is determined in
the markets of the world. The 215 per
cent of excess of nominal over market
value would prevent what has hereto
fore happened. the export of our silver
coin to country having a ratio varying
from ours sufficiently to make our coin
eXportabe at profit.
The resolution Is based on what all
economists agree is the sole money or
coinage function of government; to
ascertain the relative commercial values
of the metals of coinage over a period
of time sufficiently long to establish an
equilibrium of value AMI to declare what
that ratio is and conform their coinage
to it. Its stamp gives no value;
it merely certifieS to value. 1t is
to money what certified check is
to trade. Since the war the public
mind has become infected with the idea
that the government can make money.
The wide use OF the paper promises of
the government to pay money, which
have served the purposes of the people
in etfecting their exchanges, has made
them forgetful of the greater function of
money as ameasure Of value. They see
the paper dollar buy as much of any
thing as does the silver or the gold dol
lar; they see that it is but paper printed
by the government aud they come
to think the government can really
make money. So another class think
that all the government has to do
is to put Its stamp or 37114 grains of
fine silver and it will be dollar in
value, because they see the government
doing it and these dollars performing
the function of gold dollars. If govern
ments could make money thus easily no
government would ever suffer financial
embarrassment. AS they needed gold
or silver all that would be requisite
! would be to put less and less of the
| metal in the COINS. Efforts in this dIrec-
ton have been made, with never any
| such success as to warrant following the
precedent.
The GLOBE supports the resolution.
only regretting that there were not
enough of the senator's way of think
ing in the Flfty-frst congress to have
acted on the plan he proposes instead
of adopting the SHERMAN plan.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Destruction of Life From the
Floods in Queensland Still
in Progress.
Many Bodies Found in Houses
Supposed to Be De-
serted.

BRISBANE, Feb. G.-The water Is ris-
ing steadily IN this city. The lower dis
tricts are completely submerged. in
the lower portions of tine main
street it it twenty feet deep. Only
scanty information about the dis
asters in other parts of Queensland is
obtainaDle. At Marlborough. in March
county, thirty persons have been
drowned. Most of the town is
under water. The Mary river bridge,
the largest one in the colony, has
been carried away. The town has
been deserted by two-thirds of its in
habitantS. Tiaro. another Town on
the Mary, is also under water.
AT 4 o'clock this morning the water
around Brisbane began falling. The
city is still isolated, however,
and little news can be got from nearby
towns. The list of dead grows hourly.
Many bodies are being found in houses
which were supposed to have been de-
serted.
SIDNEY. Feb. Cat Ipswich. Queens
land, twenty-five miles from Brisbane,
twenty-five persons are known to have
per!shed in the floods, and it is
feared that the loss of life is much
greater, as the swollen river is covered
with wreckage, from which a horrible
stencil arises, doubtless caused by the
great number of bodies of human be-
ingS and animals entangled in the mass.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
RAILWAYS MUST SELECT.

The bill of Senator CRAIG requiring
the railway companies with state land
grants to select their portions of the
swamp lands within two years, and. as
amended in the committee. requiring
the companies which have already Sc
lected to take out deeds within sixty
days from the passage of the bill, is an
excellent measure. March 10, 1860, con-
gress ceded to Minnesota all the swamp
and overfoWed lands within the limits
of the state, and the legislature passed
bill granting to the railways within the
state out of these lands about 100000
acres, the companies to select the lands
they desiredup to the limit of the amount
each was entitled to under the provis-
ions of the bill. The bill specified no
limit in which the selections and deeds
were to be made. The remainder of the
swamp and overfloWed lands over and
above the {, 200, 900 acres was granted by
the same bill to the public institutions
of the state. The remaining quantity of
railway lands available for selection
is now 100000 acres: and, in addition,
100000 acres have been selected by
companies, but no deeds taken out. The
policy of this delay on the part of the
railways is to secure the best lands pos
sible. The 100000 acres were selected
at various times during the past five or
six years merely for the purpose of
holding the lands until better ones
could be found. The lands selected
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
WILL IGNORE UNIONS.
Switchmen Said to Be Getting
Ready to Strike,

CHICAGO, Feb. Ga morning paper
contains the following: Dark shadows
of an impending strike are lowering
like Nightmares oyer-manY of the rail-
road lines entering Chicago. On au-
thority from several reliable sources it
seems more than probable that within
ten days an attempt will be made to
tie up every line in the city and
paraIyze the traffic of many thousands
of miles of track. The sWitchmen of
Chicago have decided to demand an
advance. of five cents per hour in
their present pay. and to strike
if they do not get it. This
important action was taken yesterday at
a meeting of committees representing
the twenty-seven railroad yards in this
city. The peculiar feature of the move
ment is that the regular organizations
of the sWitchmen are entirely
ignored in the new move, and that it is
sort of general movement on the part
of the men irrespective of the heads of
the old organizations. The movement
started on the Chicago, Milwaukee d
st. Paul railroad and now includes the
men in every yard III the city.
Grand Master John Wilson and Vice
Grand Master John Downey, of the
switchmen'S union. said today that the
reports of coming switchmen'S strike
were premature, but admitted that the
report was in the main correct.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07

were the best the companies could find
at the time, but they hoped to find still
better aud be able to abandon these
acres. The companies are at liberty to
range all through the swamp lands in
making selections. BY this unbusiness-
like liberality extended to the railways
they have long been engaged in select
ing the choicest Of the lands and leav-
ing the most worthless to the public in
stltutions. They hoped to be able to
pursue this plan until their grants
were exhausted. Senator CRAIG'S bill.
with the amendment, has been recon-
mended to pass the senate, and should
pass the house. Ii it becomes a law the
public institutions will stand a show OF
having left to them few lands of value.
There will be vast quantity OF lands
for them, but the percentage of good
acres is now small.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
Charged With Larceny.

Edward Crowley and Frank Allen,
charged with larceny and selling goods
without a license, had their cases con-
tinued in the police court yesterday.
of having unlawfully obtained possess
ion of two ladies' cloaks they were try
ing to sell. Yesterday the police
learned that one of the cloaks had been
stolen Saturday afternoon from Fergu-
sons dry goods store at 531 Rice street.
The proprietor of the store lost piece
of cloth about month ago, which was
afterward found in a pawn shop. He
now recollects that a young man an
swering Crowley's description was about
the place at the time the bolt Of cloth
was missed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
More Senate BILLS.

Mr.. ProbstGeld, S. F. 226-Appropri-
ating $500 for bridges in Becker county.
Mr.. Probstfield, S. F. 227-Appropri-
ating $500 for bridge in town of Lake
View, Becker county.
MIR. Probstfeld, S. F. 22S-Appropri-
ating $4,000 TO reimburse Becker coun-
ty for draining certain meandered
lakes.
Mr.. Sanforn, S. F. 229-Appropriat-
ing money for the reimbursement of a
lady for money lost during the Indian
campaign of 1862.
MI. Dedon, S. f. 23O-Providing for
the reservation of all mineral rights
when state lands are sold.
Mr.. Dedon, s. f. 231-EXtending time
for payment of deferred amounts on
state lands to forty years, with interest
in advance at per cent. Does not ap-
ply to sales of lands valuable for tim
Der.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
CONSIDERED MANY BILLS.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
Will Have Long Report

The judiciary committee of the senate
held a lengthy session Immediately after
the adjournment last evening, and acted
OH a large number of bills. Senator
Davis bill. amending the insurance
laws and wiping out several obnoxious
provisions, will be reported back with
out recommendation Senator John
Day Smiths bill to compel notarieS to
provide seals with their names and
the date of expiration of their terms,
was acted upon faVorably, as were:
Tawney's bill relating to service of sum-
mons in justice court, Representative
Bleecker's measure relating to the adj
mission of evidence. Senator Deans
pool room bill with an amendment max
ing the penalty 500 fine or thirty days
in Jail. Senator Bells bill concerning
blindness in infants, and all bills re-
ported upon favorably by the various
subcommittee. Senator Lommen'S bill
concerning a court of railways and
warehouses was decided to be clearly
unconstitutional in its present form and
was referred to Senator TaWney to take
the meat out of 1t and put it in shape.
Senator Browns bill allowing the town
of Winsted to appropriate money for a
town hall was labeled special Iegisla-
ton and was indefinitely postponed. as
were Senator Donnelly's bill relating
to the escLeatment of property to the
state. and Senator McMIllanS franchise
bill
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
FOR THE MUSES..
The New Opera House at James
town Dedicated in Royal Style.

The New Opera House at James
town Dedicated in Royal Style.
SPECIAL to the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, n. D., Feb. g. Lloyd's
opera house was dedicated tonight by
the WarGe and James company in ''Ju-
lius Caesar" Special trains from Fargo
and Bismarck, over branches of the
Northern Pacific. brought hundreds of
visitors to the opening, which was the
most notable event in the his
tory of the city. The new the
ater is model, and considered
one of the finest in the entire Northwest,
being thoroughly equipped With every
modern convenience. including electric
light, steam heat, upholstered furniture
and complete scenery. The play was
superbly presented, and created great
enthusiasm. The orchestra from Fargo
was present, aud many members of the
legislature were noticed in the throng
which packed the house.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
THE HOG TRUST.
How Farmers Can Keep the Prices
Up on Their Products.

DUMAS Advocate.
The farmers have evidently formed a
trust, which might properly be called
the "hog trust" The price of pork is
higher than it has been for several
years. and the indications are that the
market will not be supplied for som e
time. The great mass of farmers
who raised hogs became so aisap-
pointed because they did not re
cetve a price that would pay for the
trouble of raising them,an this branch
of stock raising has gradually de-
creased, until now its scarcity has
caused rise in the price of pork, but
the farmers have not many hogs to sell
now; the long-sightedness OF the whole
sale packers caused them to buy all
they could yet, and now they take ad-
vantage of the high prices. The Ameri-
can hog. which has been refused in
foreign lands, will now be sought for,
and paid for, too. If the farmers would
come the same game on the grain gam
blers in regard to wheat, the price
would certainly rise, Oats, barley and
rye would be just the thing, with just
enough wheat for home consumption.
That's the way to hold your wheat.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
Indicted Twenty-Einht

LAFAYETTE, Ind. Feb. 6.-The spe-
cial session of the grand jury called to
investigate the riot at the opera house
Gil Thursday, Jan. 26. during which
Prof. Rudolph, renegade Catholic priest
who was delivering lecture on Ro-
manlsh. was shot by mob which
rushed on the stage, returned a list of
twenty eight indictments late on Satur-
day evening.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
Defeated the Kairchens.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 6.-The British
forces making war upon the Kairchen
tribes have won a decisive advantage
over the enemy by capturing their
s1ockades in the Sima district. The
stockades were carried by assault, and
the KairchenS made fierce resistance,
bur were finally overcome with loss
to the British of two killed and six
wounded Twenty-four of the Aairchens
were killed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
He Always Refuses Passes.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. Ga mild SEN
satlon was created i'll the house today
when Representative Hord, of Marion.
presented a bill for 450 for railroad
fare expended in going to Terre Haute
to visit the state normal school. In
presenting the bill, Mr.. Hord said he
always made it point to refuse rail-
road passes. and, therefore, had to pay
his fare. The amount was allowed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
T0Day,s WEATHER.

WAsurNCroN. Feb. 6.-For Minnesota: Fair;
westerly winds; slowly rising temperature
by Tuesday evening. For Wisconsin, r"ll :
northwesterlv winds; colder in eastern por-
non Tuesday morning. For North and South
Dakota; Generally fair; variable winds:
slowly rising temperature. For Montana;
Local snow in western, fair in eastern por-
ton; slowly rising temperature For Iowa:
Continued cold; northerly winds; warmer III
western portion by Tuesday evening.
GENERAL oBsERv ATOMS.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRIUULT-
URE.. WEATHER BUREAU. WASHINGTON, Fep.
!, las p. m. Local Time, sp. M. 18th Nerd
ian Time Observations taken at the same
moment of time AT all stations.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
Killed by a Gas Explosion.

New YORK, Feb. 6.-Fire caused by a
gas explosion destroyed a double five
story house at 233 West Twenty-third
street at 80 this morning. The build
ing was occupied by twenty families.
John Peters, gas inspector in the EN-
ploY of the Equitable Gas company, who
was in the cellar when the explosion
occurred, killed. About twenty per-
sons were injured by the explosion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07

CAN it be that the great New York
World is fake paper? Ever since the
revolution in Hawaii the paper has been
publishing purported daily cablegrams
from Honolulu, while there is not yet a
cable laid to the Hawaii islands, and the
only way of receiving Intelligence from
there is by ship. This is sort of en-
terprise the World monopolizes at pres
nnt
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07

TIE Indian bill reported to the house
of representatives recommends the ap-
preparation of $7,OO0,00O for the worth
less creatures Why not, instead, rec
ommend measures whereby these Great
ures must earn their living by the sweat
of the brow, as white people do?
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07
q Wreck on the Union Pacific.

PoCATELLo, Ida, Feb. 6.-The Sec
ond section of the Union Pacific Pas
senger Train No. was wrecked this
morning near Olds Ferry. The mail car
jumped the track OH a curve. The first
class coach and chair car turned over
and rolled down the embanKment. The
thirteen-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Egan. of Chicago. was killed, and two
others seriously but not fatally injured.
Fifteen were badly bruised.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-07

MAN is consistent creature, indeed
he is. Senator SAWYER, of the Michi-
gan legislature, has brought down upon
himself tornado of censure, which bids
fair to annihilate him, because he intro
duced a bill requiring all railroads in
Michigan to furnish free passes to state
officials; while the legislators who were
elected with the understanding that
they would fight the pass system, and
are now riding on passes and drawing
mileage, are being treated as gentlemen
of the highest standing. The interests
of the public will always be trampled in
the dust unless the people entertain
more consistent sentiments.