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Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
The Presidents Message.

TAKEN as whole the paper is one
of the best that have emanated from
the White House.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
PRESIDENT HARRISoN's message
outlines the affairs of a great nation
as no small man could do it..Hart-
ford Courant.
THE message is an admirable vim
dication of Republican policy and a
sagacious prognostic Of events about
to be.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's message is
practical and business like in it's con-
tents, earnest, dignifled and unparti-
san in its tone.-Chicago Tribune.
No RULER that has ever lived has
been able to submit such an exhibit
of national progress and abounding
prosperity as the message presents
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
IT leaves nothing unsaid that
should be said, and says nothing that
requires unsaying as to the work OF
the administration, which is now
about to close. se.-Washington Post.
IT is the calm, dignifled, worthy
paper of the Chief Magistrate, but II
is, at the same time, the bold, un.
quailing trumpet-blast Of the beaten
but undismayed chieftain. = Phila-
delphia Press.
DEMOCRATS and assistant Demo
Gratis finch at the Presidents scorch
ing words, and Republicans admire
ths courage and consistency Of the
strong man who stands right up q
his convictions In defeat-Bostor
Journal
IT is the utterance of thoroughly
sincere and public-spirited official
who has always, iE meeting the du
ties of his position, shown an intelli
gent desire to advance the Interest,"
of his country.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
IT is an exhibit of material and in
dustrial progress, Of national growth
and prosperity, of honest, capable
and intelligent administration sucl
as has never before been made by an,
President of the United States
Detroit Tribune.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

The 27;225 railway employees of Kan
sas receive total annual compensation
of $14, ,468, ,462.
The Rock Island pays the Union Pa
cifc $35, 600 year for using its tracks
from Topeka to Kansas City.
The Santa Fe road has 2, 483 miles OF
road in Kansas; the Rock Island, 1,059;
the Missouri Pacific, 1,843; Union Pa
cific, 1,165.
The Rock Island road is making ice
while the harvest lasts. Some 800 tons
have been cut at Mcfarland and 400 to
500 tons have been put into the Topeka
houses.
George G. Smith, OF st. Louis, as
sistant general manager Of the Missou-i
Pacific, has also been appointed general
manager of the Kansas City, Wyandotte
& Northwestern by Receiver Erb.
This year the Missouri Pacific viii
expend $1,000 in improvements on il
Leavenworth railroad property, s23, ,00t
of which will 60 into the new freight
depot that will be constructed on thu
site now occupied by the old Unior
passenger depot, at the foot OF Shawnes
street.
Preston Plain Dealer: Eli Collier
the section foreman on the D., n. & A
had q hard time of it during the snow
blockade. They were out for severa
days and nights, and good portion o
the time with nothing to eat They
got az far az Iuka on the west ant
Penalosa on the east, endsavoring Il
keep the cuts open.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

At the meeting of the state assoc;a-
ton of sheriffs a legislative committee
consisting of Sherlffs Wilkerson OF
Shawnee, Dobson Of Barber, Need OF
Clay, and Blaylock Of Pottawatomie
was appointed to protect the interests
of the officers in the Legislature. This
committee will also advocate improve
ments in the law concerning indemnity
bonds in attachment cases, uniformity Of
blanks, pauper afidavits, which are be-
coming too numerous, and the offering
OF rewards by the boards OF county
commissioners.
For a number of years it has been
the custom of the legislature to make
an appropriation providing for the pub
lication of 10000 of the biennial reports
of the state board of agriculture. The
legislature Of two years ago failed to do
this, and now it is necessary to fall
back upon the old regulation Of the
statute providing for the publication Of
but $500 copies. This will seriously
handicap the board il an order for
more copies is not made early in the
session. Each senator has, heretofore,
been allowed sixty copies OF the report
for distribution, and each representative
forty copies. This alone would take
over 1000 copies. An effort win be
made to have a joint resolution passed
soon after the legislature meets, to pro-
vide for printing the usual number OF
reports.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
Is Reciprocity a Sham?

The Democratic platform on which
Mr.. Cleveland was elected promised
the repeal of the Mckinley tariff and
denounced the sham reciprocity" pol
icy of the Republican party. Reel
procity is part of the Mckinley law,
and the Democratic party is thus
committed to the repeal Of both.
Is reciprocity "a sham?" The Sec
retary of the Treasury in his recent
annual report presents figures show
ing that the total values of our i'm
ports and domestic exports of mer-
chandise, in our trade with countries
with which we have reciprocity
treaties, during the periods since
those treaties have been in force to
Sept. 30, 1892, as compared with cor
responding periods prior to the treat
les, have teen as follows:
Domestic exports treaty. treaty.
Germany and Austria
American countries 44I6O,2SS 6i,6l3'59s
Imports
Germany and Austria
Hungary. 6s566,596 59,674,391
American Countries. 196079.743 2s9, ,266, Ats
1t thus appears that the total in
crease in the value of our exports to
all the countries with which we have
reciprocity agreements has been $780,
772, ,621, while the increase in our
imports from these countries since
the agreements went into effect has
been $84, 294, 525. This increase has
been entirely in imports from South
American countries. Taking Cuba
as an illustration of the effects of
reciprocity, statistics show that our
exports to that island for the thir-
teen months ended Sept. 80, 1862,
after the treaty of reciprocity, over
the value of like exports during the
corresponding period prior was
SO, ia, $50, while the increase in i'm
ports was s15, e55, 969. indianapolis
Journal
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
Pr.va-.nr to Raid the Treasury.

In his recent message to Congress
President Harrison sounded note Of
warning in relation to claims against
the United States, amounting to
about e4o0, 600, 900, for losses in
CURED during the war. These claims
are nearly all from the South, and
are presented in behalf Of parties
who allege loyalty to the Union
cause. It is sinister as well as sig
nifcant fact that the Democrat and
mugwump organs, which devote col
umns 20 assailing the idea that pen
sions ought to be paid to Union vet
Grams, have not a word to utter
against this enormous danger threat
ening the Treasury and the revenue,
There is all the more reason, there
fore, that Republicans In Congress
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

should be on the qui viye against this
organized army of raiders, who will
undoubtedly descend upon the COM
ing Democratic administration as
likely to favor their schemes. Nearly
all these claims may safely be set
down as fraudulent pretexts for OBJ
tanning money from the Treasury to
reimburse persons who have no meri-
torious claim against the Govern
ment, and who either were them
selves, or who represent those who
were, in sympathy with the rebellion.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
For Better Roads.

At road convention held in LAW
renee, committee made the following
report of deficiencies in the present
code Of road laws in this state:
First-A general change OF road laws
will be necessary before an improved
condition can be expected in our road
laws.
Second-All county roads should be
located on suitable land, without regard
to section lines.
Third County surveyors should To-
cate all roads, make all estimates for
road work and when and where work
can be done by contract, and direct said
contract.
Fourth-In poll tax, reserve age to
so years.
Fifth-Two mills tax instead of three
for road purposes, to be paid in money,
the amount to be expended in the town
ship where it is collected.
Sixth-To abolish present road dis
trict and use township instead.
Seventh--Each township to have q
road commissioner.
Eighth-All road work to be of per-
manent value, culverts to be of stone
and vitri6ed pipes.
Ninth-The last recommendation was
to the effect that the officers should be
elected the second Tuesday in February.
gAt Hays City County Attorney Aaron
has begun proceedings in the name OF
the state against the Merchants bank
of Ellis, asking that it's charter be for
feited, alleging that it has charged vari-
Gus individuals usurious interest, violat-
ing the state banking law. The evidences
is said to Le abundant. It will be made
test case, and will be watched with
interest all over the state by state
banks.
Chicago letter: By reading the Chi
cago papers the past two weeks per-
son would almost be made to believe
that there was but one state building in
the worlds fair grounds and that was the
Kansas building; for since Prof. Dy che
has arrived with the university exhibit,
column after column has been devoted
to a description Of that exhibit. In fact,
it has received 30 much notoriety that
kansas" has become the counting
room and table talk of the city. Yes,
she has received so much comment bv
the press that nearly every visitor now
to the fair grounds will make inquiry
for the Kansas building, so that at
almost any hour of the day and every
day of the week a string of visitors can
be seen entering the Sunhower building,
and as they come out tho expression is
often heard: kansas is always ahead;
first to dedicate, and first to make a
show"
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
Pay the Price of the
Royal for Royal only.

Actual tests show the Royal Baking
Powder to be II per cent. stronger than
any other brand on the market. If an
other baking powder is forced upon YOU
by the grocer, see that you are charged
the correspondingly lower price.
Those baking powders sold with gift,
or advertised or sold at "ha1f the cost of
Royal, are invariably made from alum. and
are dangerous to health.
Every Royal Baking Powder ticket giving
Pastry
practical cooking
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
An Early Session.

If our Democratic brethren have
reasons for the faith that is in them,
let them also have the courage of
their convictions. An early session
is indispensable to the proper per-
formance Of their promises to the
country. That the contract is a
large one, involving much labor and
careful deliberation, is only an addi-
tional argument for taking time by
the forelock. Washington Post.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
The Truth About 1t.

The truth about the condition of
the treasury is very simple. There is
money enough to prevent a deficit
during the present administration,
but there will not be enough left
over to protect the country against
Democratic misgovernment.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
Not the Only One.

President Harrison evidently be-
lieveS that the Democrats will have a
sweet time increasing the prosperity
Of the country by adopting legisla-
tion that must result in the reduc-
tion of wages. And he is not the
only one who thinks so.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
ouR sr. LOUIS LETTER.
rhs Growth Of Ysar-The New SFAsss
works Conduis CcmDlsts6-A

Musical Success.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-. JAM s, 1ee3.--Bs-
tween years of census-taxing, one who
wants accurate information about the
population of q city can get It much
better from the reports Of the wafsxs
tax collectors than from the voting
lists. People cannot dodge the pay
ment of a water tax as they can the
taxes on real and personal property.
II the water tax is not paid the water
is shut off promptly. Water Is used
in every house, and the receipts In
crease in q steady ratio with the
population. The water collections OF
st. Louis went over those of the year
preceding in 1892 by more than .
quarter of a million dollars, and this
is interpreted by the statisticians to
mean that the city has gained in the
last year about hundred thousand
people, who live in dwellings and pay
| their taxes These figures, too, are
borne out by the reports for last year
from other departments whose work
increases with the population. The
building of new houses last year put
twenty-three million dollars In the
pockets Of mechanics, and demanded
the lighting of many more miles OF
streets by electricity. On the last day
OF the year the city paid bills for the
lighting of 44s miles of streets and
alleys.
Water Commissioner Holman made
the city New Years gift by complet-
ing the million dollar conduit which
is to conduct the water from the river
to the pumping engines of the new
water-works. This conduit was the
most difficult and important part Of
the whole system. It was begun two
years ago, and work on 1t has been
going on, night and day, ever since. It
will easily carry the one hundred and
fifty million gallons of water day
which the new engines are to pump.
The building of the conduit was the
engineering feat of the work, and its
completion relieves the Commissioners
Of all anxiety. By next fall. when the
sight-sAers begin to arrive for the fes-
tivities here, drive over the Broad
way Bonl eyard to the Chain of Rocks,
| where the new works are, will be .
part of every tourists plan.
Nobody can tell whether or not the
stories are true about the attempt Of
an eastern syndicate to buy all the
street railways in St Louis, but the
dealers in the bonds of the roads, who
know their financial condition, say
that the company that gets the lines
will have to pay at least fifty million
dollars to acquire the control. The
four systems of street railways in this
city cover 600 miles Of streets, and
most of the lines are run by electricity;
moreover, everyone of them is paying
good dividends. The rapidity and
cheapness of the service is not equalled
by the roads of any city in the coun-
try, and the people feel no grievance
that might interest them in clamoring
for a change. So. the consolidating
movement is looked on generally with
indifference. Sc far as anyone can see
now, the patrons of the roads would
be largely the gamers by the chang ge,
as there would be established, almost
necessarily, thorough system OF
transfer tickets all over the city, by
which passenger might ride twenty
or thirty miles for nickel.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
Federation OF Labor.

The fourth annual nesting OF the
Kansas State Federation OF Labor con-
yened at Kansas City.
The report Of the Legislative commit
tea was full of interest and was warmly
received.
The child labor law was warmly en-
dorsed because it prevents the present
practice OF taking the skill and strength
from these members Of society who are
least able to part with it 1t also takes
from the wsge-earner the remuneration
he should have and robs the boys and
girls of health and the opportunities OF
securing an education. A Law was rec
ommended thst viii close all barber
shops on the Sabbath, and another in
which it wac declared that the police
powers If the state should be enforced
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

REBEL war claims against the Gov
ernment now amount to $400, 900, 900
so Attorney General Miller says in
his annual report, and he is in a posi-
tion to keep track Of them. Their
market value has increased apprecia-
BILE since the second week in Novem-
ber.-Minneapolis Tribune.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

only by citizens OF the state. This b .
blow at Pinkerton interference.
In the matter Of the employment OF
convicts the committee claimed that the
manufacture of harness and footwear at
the psnitantiary had thrown large num-
bers Of union men out Of employment
and should be 20 managed an not to
work detriment to the honest wage
earners.
The proposition was made that the
convicts should be employed in the pro-
duction of coal for the state inatitutions
and the improvement of the public
roads The pauper immigration Was
branded as unfair, and relief through
legislative enactment was asked for as
due workmen. The Australian ballot
system, as it exists in Massachusetts,,
was recommended, and the discussion
of the weekly pay bill was urged.
The National Federation at Philadel-
phia two weeks ago adopted a resolu-
tion opposing government ownership OF
railroads, and similar one will preba-
bly, be easily adopted if introduced here.
The two matters determined upon as
their work before the legislature this
winter are a compulsory education law
and law forbidding child labor.
Officers elected for the term are: Pres
ident, H. M. Ives, of Topeka; first vice
president, NJ A. Hodge, Leavenworth;
second vice president, G. G. Bishop,
Kansas City, Kan; secretary, L. John
son, Topeka; treasurer, G. Q. Bowes,
Topeka. The executive council will
consist of the following: A. T. Kirk
patrick, Topeka; Joseph Heinkel.
Wichita; j. 81. Robinson, Topeka; J,
A. Jeayer, Leavenworth; q. Winch,
Atchison.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
KANSAS cHURcHn

The Catholics of Upton and vicinity
which rs near the corners OF Osborne
and Mitchell counties, viii erect $10.-
600 chusch next year.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS
A WARNING NOTE TO OUR PAR
TY IN CONGRESS.

Democrats in the Senate VIII Attempt to
Induce Republicans to Prove False to
Their Trust-Preparing TO Raid the
Treasury.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14

At the Leavenworth Soldiers homo
$500 pounds Of dressed chickens were
consumed for New Years dinner.
Western Kansas world., 1893-01-14
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The 27;225 railway employees of Kan
sas receive total annual compensation
of $14, ,468, ,4S2.
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A Story About u Story.

Mrs. f. p. Terhune Marion Harland)
tells a curious bit of fact i'll connection
with one of her earlier novels, 'Ruby's
Husband" The novelist was living in
Newark at the time Of its writing, and
on her frequent trips over the Jersey
flats to New York her attention was Of
ten centered upon Il long, low rooted
white house visible in the far distance
from the cars. She knew nothing of it
nor of its inmates but its isolation, and
on late winter afternoons its single eye
of light streaming cerily across the
stretch Of marshland attracted her story
telling instinct, and she wOve the tale
about it.
Long afterward she found that it was
occupied by a sporting character very
similar t o the horsy Nick Sloane and
actually having his initials, and he had,
too, a young daughter, whose beauty
was as remarkable for her environment
as was that Of the brilliant and unscrr,
pulous Ruby. In the story Nick Sloane
is killed in a runaway accident, and Out
Of it the tenant Of the meadow houst
came to a violent death by the cars, sew,
eral years after "Ruby's Husband" be
came popular.
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AS "A rule, the modern man-o'-war's
man takes his pleasure seriously, spbcrly
and in discreet company, for the old tar
Of fiction and Of song, like Great Pan,
il dead. You will see him no more
fresh from the Spanish main, CARRIED
quantity, striking attitudes Ikea master
Of dance and combat, shifting guilds,
hitching trousers, damning eyes, and
scattering double handfuls Of doubloons
and moldoTcs; you will gee him no more
cross garter, / and pigtailcd, sword grid
cd and bcpistOlcd, save in the weird
m~elOdrama, where the gods still love
and believe IN him.
lie il no longer Il dual naturcd being, "A
man with the virtues Of "A child, IA child
with the vices of "a man. He II alert,
vigorous, self reliant, frank, modest,
brave, sDb"r. The type figuring IN the
popular mind n, II die hard il the cxccp-
ton, and be surc that shore over carry
ing Ice glnwalc- under with "A press 81
canvas and bp:kinY and filling filling
especially Hlpng the l,fpitablo channel
way~ 81 ~" I;pWory, arn not true repre-.
| sentative, II rur Yankee tnrr iinrpcr'
WccRIy
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Thank Offerings.

When there came to the household OF
the Duke and Duchess Of Portland a baby
daughter some years ago, the duchess in
sisted ON the dukes converting the gift
Of diamonds he contemplated purchasing
for her into an hospital where the tenants
on his estate might be cared for. Now
that a son has come to inherit the name
and title, the duke has RENTED 90 per
cent Of the rents Of the tenants on the
Welbeck estate and has directed his
agent to prevent the carrying out Of the
proposed baptismal present from the ten
ants 10 the infant marquis, because in
these times such a gift would be a serious
tax Oh the Of his friends. -Ex-
change.
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1t is reported that Queen Victoria has
been investing quite actively in real es-
tate in this country Of late. The German
royal family have already heavy real CT
tate interests here, and in fact about
every monarch III Europe, including the
Russian czar, has 81. a stall down in u
sDil. This shpws that faith in the future
If the republic Is entertained right roy
ally abrpad by and by the candidate
far naturalization vino Aa: forgotten "
pay hin rent Du American royal trr7upry
viii h. aylc ~ s'yrar .rIlniElIy That H9
uDunc al allegiance ~ Gyrry iDr"IYh
yrirce III r,.r tate. in ~. GlrDe
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THE OLD FRIENDS.
The old friends, the old friends
We loved when we were young,

We loved when we were young, =
With sunshine on their faces
And music on their tongue!
The bees are I'm the almond flower,
The birds renew their strain,
But the old friends. once lost to us,
Can never come again.
The old friends, the old friends!
Their brow IL lined with care;
They've burrows in the faded check
And silver in the hair;
But to me they are the old friends still
In youth and bloom the same
As when we drove the flying ball
Or shouted in the game.
The old men, the old men,
How slow they creep along!
How naughtily We scoffed at them
In days when we were young!
Their pressing and their doing,
Their prate of times gone by,
Their SILVER like an aspen leaf
If but a breath went by.
But we've are the old men now,
Our blood is faint and chill;
We cannot leap the mighty brook
Or climb the b%reakneck hill.
We maunder down the shortest cuts,
We rest on stick or sti!c,
And young men half ashamed to laugh
Yet pass us with n smile.
Oh, weary, weary drag tho years
AS life draws near the end,
And sadly, sadly fall the tears
For loss of lorc and friend.
But we'll not doubt there's good about
In all Of humankind;
So here's n health before we go
To those VIC leave behind!
London Spectator.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-07

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.xo Al uuuuod q ano VOID GIsve pInoo
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no pue sessoSo uod Qua eIsqM 4snc puBQ
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snoIIno 10 uopuuIoJ oql s! ued q ql!M
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o lUSH os ueAH 'NIoM s.plIoM eQl Sur
'op II! po!suq ore oqM uouI lsom o. emoo
'Inluem 10 Teo!siVd 'sYIum sseuIpH
.IoL 10 sNIvIv suL
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IN pun spuou1p!p 'sIIpod AIa!m p!eIu! S!
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'qauIL-.4oG Jlssa! MouH 4.uop !!
sI3aH os s.lI ilIea I ueo MoH-Guuqor
:II!S Il 10 Eoa-GmmoL
lesnoq
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LOVES SECRET.

Never seek to tell thy love.
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.
told my love, | told my love,
told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in CHASTITY fears,
All! She did depart!
Soon after she was gone from me,
a traveller came by,
Silently. invisibly;
He took her with a sigh.
-Willi.ra Blake in New York Ledger.