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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26
Acknowledging the Preacher.

A young lady organist in church in
Colorado was somewhat captivated
with the young pastor Of the church in
the next street, and was delighted to
hear one week that by an exchange he
was to preach the next Sunday in her
own church The organ was pumped
by an obstreperous old sexton, who
would often stop when he thought the
organ voluntary had lasted long
enough. This day the organist was
anxious that all should go well, and as
the service was about to begin she
wrote a note intended solely for the
sections eye. He took it, and in spite
of her agonized beckonings carried 1t
straight to the preacher. What was
that gentleman's establishment when
he read: "Oblige me this morning by
blowing away till give you the sig
nal to stop."-Toronto Empire.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

longer, either; You may as we'll UNDER
stand it first as last"
81 was not sullly, Margie; you know
you take advantage Of my feelings, and
when you are in a coquettish mood you
appear to take special delightin Snub-
hing me; | have never minded it much
until you began flirting with this young
fellow; | don't think you can blame me
much, Margie, when for three successive
afternoons you have been out some
where with him so that | never could
get word with You. feel this more
particularly just now, Marrie, because
am going away, and | want you to
promise to be my wife when get back,
if am ever lucky enough to do So"
"Wel, that is the most amiable prop
osition | ever expected to hear; You ask
young lady, whose sole ambition in
life is supposed to be to get married, to
wait for you while you are wandering
off around the world, goodness only
knows where, saying, that if you don't
think better of it and change your
mind, or if you don't find some one you
like better and whom you can scold to
your hearts content, you may possibly
come back and permit poor me, waiting
anxiously for a husband, to march up
to the altar with you; permit me to say,
Mr.. MILFORD 0rmsby, that | decline
your proposition with thanks. Good af-
ternoOn, sir.
Margie Wheaton was unquestionably
the belle of Elmwood and she was Just
as certainly a natural coquette. Not
that she was selfish or heartless, but
she possessed in very strong degree a
love of admiration and attention, and
now at about the age of eighteen she
could claim to have had more admirers
than all the other girls in Elmwood put
together. She would ride or walk OIL
dance with some one young fellow fol-
"a few weeks, or perhaps months, and
Just as the cavalier felt certain he haC
made an impression upon her heart she
would commence desperate Irritation
with some one else, leaving the poor fel
in the deepest slough of dependency.
This Inconsistency in Margie's DISPOSE
ton often led her friends to chide her
and she received manifold warming
that she would yet die an old maid. How
nearly prophetic these warnings wer
will be seen in the sequel of this story
DR.. Roger Wheaton was a widower ant
his only daughter Margie, left in hi
care by the death of her mother, hai
been since his wife's demise both hi
solace and thorn of discomfort Pretty
bright, vivacious, full to the brim an
running over with the spirit of fun an
laughter, she made his home, whic
would otherwise have been desolatC
radiant and bright and joyous
Margie Wheaton's friendly relations
with MILFORD had exceeded in point c
time that of any of her previous az
mirers, and the good people Of Elm
wood had begun to whisper anon
themselves that Margie had at last ia
EN- into the same snare she had herse
laid for so many others DR.. Wheato
was himself overjoyed at the prospec
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26
OUR DEAD.

Tread softly, for the place wherein
We stand is holy ground,
Where love and duty see shrine
In each low, grassy mound
Like white tents on a battlefield,
The sunny marble CLEANS
Within whose walls no sound Of strife
Disturbs the soldiers dreams.
We come to honor the brave dead,
These soldier boys Of ours;
Let bitter mem ies of the past
Be buried meath the flowers.
Bring tender thoughts and loving words
For each who lieth low,
Strew the same blossoms, wet with tears.
On friend as well as foe.
Heap high the flowers on each grave,
Cover each grassy mound,
Then leave them in their dreamless sleep
On their last camping ground.
Florence A. Jones, in Iowa State Register.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

BElOWg
Thrilling the soldiers pillows
Listen, the bugles blow.
Where are the forms that rested,
After the twilight fell,
Whose ardor and love were tested
In fire like the fire Of hell:
Where are the men who breasted
Shivering shot and SHELF
All the old idols broken,
Safety and ease they spurned.
What can we offer for token
Hearts that so highly burned;
Reverently be it spoken
Give them the love they earned
Not till the morn OF glory
Touches each hallowed spot,
Washes their scars so CORY,
Meet for their brighter lot,
Ever shall fade their story,
Though kings be long fOrgotl
Yet in each banner swelling
Its folds against the sky,
In every tear-drop yelling
From every patriots eye
To-day-their vigil telling
Each answers: Here am L"
C II. Crandall, in Judge.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

1t was Margie Wheaton who estab-
lished Memorial day in Elmwood, and
on a certain day each year some effort
was made to decorate the graves Of the
soldier dead, for there were many bur
led there besides MILFORD 0rmsby. This
grave was Margie's especial care, and
she robbed her flower beds, richly laden
as they were, for this purpose.
The years passed and Margie became
more and more sedate and womanly.
All the girlishness was gone, though
the beauty of face and form still re-
manned. The practice of decorating the
graves of soldiers had become general,
and May 80 was established as Decora-
ton day and was made national holt
day. The first of these events was to
be great one in Elmwood 1t was a
greater one for Margie than she had i'm
agined.
The act of decorating the graves was
finished and Margie had taken seat by
Wilford's grave and was nursing her
old thoughts. How wildly the last
words she had spoken to the man whose
remains were there inferred came to her
now. A shadow was cast on the mar
BILE slab and caused her to start to her
feet. stranger stood there bearded
and handsome and with familiar look
about the face.
We'll, Margie, you are keeping your
promise, are you?" said he
WHO are you? Is it, can it be Will
ford ormsby?" cried Margie.
! "Yes, Margie, / am MILFORD, and
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

A CONSIGNMENT Of 2S6 cases Of april
cots from Capetown, South Africa, Was
received in the English market re-
Gently.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

ouhS'
From the moment the true realiza-
ton of what she had said and done came
to Margie Wheaton her whole nature
seemed changed. She realized then,
when it was too late, how fondly she
loved MILFORD 0rmsby, and, among all
the wives and mothers of the land who
watched closely and carefully for the
names of loved ones engaged in the
strife, there was no more persistent
searcher than was Margie Wheaton for
the name of MILFORD Ormsby. Twice
was her patience rewarded and twice
did she write him, but it CHANGED that,
at both those times, MILFORD was made
a prisoner and he never got the letters
She read the account of the engage
ment at Five Forks, and for the third
time she caught Sight of the name of
the man she loved and this time it was
among the list of the killed. 1t was
then she told her father the whole of
her miserable story.
Margie begged her father to 90 south,
and, if the report were indeed true, to
bring Wilford's remains home to be
buried in the town cemetery. All Elm.
wood, too, seemed to feel desire that
this should be done, and it was there
fore as a delegate from the town that
DR.. Wheaton went on his sad mission.
He had no difficulty in obtaining pos
session of the body, for kilograms had
at once been sent ordering ii embalmed
to await the doctors arrival. While
there the doctor heard from officers and
comrades much of Wilfords history
while in the service, and he had the sat
isfaction of talking with two soldiers
who were near by when MILFORD was
killed He received a full account OF
the affair, and had no doubt that he had
been given 0rmsby's body, though il
had been an explosion that killed him
and he had been badly mutilated. Get
ting all the evidence he thought neces-
sary he started for home and MILFORD
Ormsbys remains were laid at rest and
the town erected marble slab over the
grave
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

} you are jeal-
Gus again, are
you? ! want to
tell you, VIII
ford Ormsby,
that | am tired
ofthisconstant
sulking and
scolding; / am
not going to
stand it any
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

were to die he merely wanted to fill an
unknown grave.
ITO be unwept, unhonored and I'M
sung"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

The war of the rebellion was nearly
at a.. end The country had gone
through with this terrible disaster, and
the dawn of peace waslike white dove
flutteTng over the nation, gradually
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-26

President Atlantic Pacific Railway Tunnel Co.,
Rooms 80. World Bldg, y. Y. City.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

The Mail and Express reports that
the annual wholesale trade done IN
New York City by Hebrews is about
$3.50, 600, 600, divided in this way:
Clothing, $55, OOO,0 900; jewelry, 800
900, 900; meats, $25, 600, 600; wine,
spirits, and beer, S25. 900, 600; tobacco
and cigars, $50, 600, 900; diamonds,
$l2, 600, 600; about the same amount
in hides and leather, and SO on in
other less important lines These
are big figures, that indicate in a
measure the performance of the
Hebrew in the business world. Many
Of them made their way In the face
Of great odds. Joseph Seligman, the
elder, was poor bank clerk. Joseph
Schiff, another banker and million
aire, went to New York poor less
than thirty-six years ago, and was
also a bankers clerk The Wormsers
were small clothing dealers in Sacra-
mento before they became ananciers.
Louis StrasbOurger, the 'diamond
king" went to New York penniless
from Bavaria Lazarus Strauss
started in small crOckery shop and
is now the head Of the greatest pot
terry house in the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
An Ingenions ComtrIvance.

To obtain light instantly without
the use Of matches aud without dan.
ger Of setting things on fire is an easy
matter Take an oblong vial Of the
clearest Of glass, put into it piece Of
phosphorus about the size Of pea;
upon this pour some pure olive oil
heated to the boiling point, the bot
tie to be filled about one-third full:
then cork tightly TO use the light
remove the cork, allow the air 90 en-
ter and then recOrk. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then
become luminous, and the light OBJ
tanned will be good one. As soon
as the light becomes dim It's power
can be increased By opening the bot
Tie and allowing a fresh supply Of air
10 enter In very cold weather IL Is
sometimes necessary to heat the vial
between the hands 10 increase the
iuidity Of the oil, and one bottle will
last all winter. This ingenious con
trivance may becarried in the pocket.
and is used by the watchmen Of Paris
in all magazines where explosives Or
inilammable materials are stored.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
French Frugality,

However moderate the expenses OF
student of the present time may be;
they can hardly reach the extremely
modest sum which sutllced Jean Mar
montel, a French poet during the
rein of Louis XIV, for years school
life as follows:
II was lodged, as was the custom
of the school, with five other scholars
at the house of an honest mechanic
"My provisions for week consisted
Of large loaf of rye bread little
cheese, piece of bacon, and two or
three pounds of beef. My mother
had added to them dozen apples.
This was the weekly provision Of
the best-fed scholars of the school.
The mistress Of the hose cooked for
us, and for her trouble, her fire, her
lamp, her beds, her house-room, in
Guiding even the vegetable of her lit.
tie garden, which she used for our
soup, each Of us gave her twelve
pence halfpenny a month.
"Reckoning everything except my
clothes, / cost my father between GA
and 95 year. This was much to
him, and an expense Of which | was
very anxious to see him relieved.
Marmontel was for years obliged to
practise the virtue of frugality. I'm
der these severe conditions his talent
acted quickly, and he became one of
the foremost writer's Of his time. -
Youths Companion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
kept on the premises. aud that the

kept on the premises. aud that the
owner does not mind turning him
loose at tramp. A picture like this
tells ine that dog is kept, but that
he is disposed TO be friendly"
the old fellow drew another dog.
differing but slightly from the former
in general appearance, but its tail had
an upward curl, while the other curl
ed ominously downward.
"Yes, it's all in the tail, said the
veteran tramp. "Good dogs carries
their tails in the air, bad ones hangs
'em down low Every tramp in the
world knows the difference, and
steers clear of the house with the bad
dog"
He was asked what were the most
encouraging signs in the tramps sign
dictionary.
"Sit-downs and widders," he re-
piled, decisiyely. "This is a sit
down" and he drew a chair and a
table. with some things upon il, that
he said to the experienced eye Of the
tramp meant lots Of good cheer.
If you see that sign on a gate you
can be dead sure OF a square meal
with chair TO sit down on. They
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
ON for Fuel.

The use Of petroleum as a fuel for
locomotives seems TO be spreading
in places where coal is dear. one Of
the locomotives of the rack railway
up Pixies Peak uses oil, and it has
been extensively employed for many
years past on the GraZi-Tsartsin
Railway, in Southern Russia. 1t has
a slight use in England on the Great
Western and Lancashire and York
shire Railways, and has an extensive
application in the Argentine Repub-
lie, where the native petroleum is
much cheaper than coal. In Western
South America oil is being RAPIDLY
adopted. The Oroya Railway of Peru
uses a residum oil having a fire test
Of about 300 degrees Fahrenheit. On
the locomotives Of this line, the but
tom, back and part Of the sides of the
lire-box are lined with brick. The
oil comes through lt-inch pipe to
the bottom Of the front part OF the
fire box, and is then sprayed into the
space within by steam supplied
through half-inch pipe. The bricks
10 not serve In any way TO break up
the oil, but merely act As a white
hot ret0rt, in which the air and va
ported oil are mixed in the proper
proportions. The supply OF steam,
oil, and air can be regulated at will.
In firing up preparatory to a run,
steam from another locomotive is
used, although wood can be used ir-
case Of necessity The burner is
very simple, consisting OF a single
casing. and differs greatly from
The complicated apparatus usu-
ally employed. The objection to pc
lroleum firing has generally been that
It Injuries the boilers more than coal;
one locomotive, however on this
railway after run Of six months,
showed no signs Of leakage in the fire.
box nor any signs of straining.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14


The wonderful advance that ha.
been made during the last third of q
century in the construction of ma
chinery, and particularly in the equip
ment of ships with propelling power,
is well illustrated by comparison.
presented by an Eastern journal l.
is well known that the Great East.
ern, that wonderful leviathan of the
seas which was the talk of the worle
some thirty years ago, was in all prac
tical respects complete failure. The
reason for this will be understood
when 1t is stated that engines Of onl,
800 horse power were provided &c
propel ship ESQ feet in length and
81 feet in breadth. In those DAYS
engines of such power were co1siG.
cred very remarkable, and it does mex
appear to have been suspected at tina
time that the failure of the great
ship was due to a lack of su1cierE
power to drive her vast bulk through
the water and render her manage
able.
She was abandoned and allowed t.
go to ruin because il was uelievel
that the limit of size had in her case
been exceeded. But when we com
pare her 1850 horse power with the
20, 605 horse power Of that modern
greyhound the City of Paris, a YES
sci 20 feet shorter and nearly 20 feet
narrower than the Great Eastern, it
is plainly seen where the trouble lay
Such an equipment OF machinery as
the great steamships Of our day carry
would have been entirely beyond the
comprehension Of the engine builders
OF thirty years ago.
But after all it appears that we are
only just beginning TO develop the
possibilities OF the steam engine, and
that there are no longer any limita-
tlOns as TO the dimensions that may
be chosen for steamships. The Cam
pania, Just launched from an English
shipyard, is 620 feet in length or anly
sixty feet shorter than the Gre..t
Eastern, and is equipped with engines
Of 30, 600 horse power. The propel-
ling force which these figures indi-
cate is almost inconceiyable.
The new American steamships now
building for the transatlantic bust
ness will be smaller than the Campo
mia, but larger than any OF the other
liners now afoat. They will be pro-
yided with engines proportionately
powerful and representing the high
est modern skill.
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Told by "a Tramp.

Told by Tramp.
When a tramp reaches house he
ran tell almost at a glance what re.
,eption he will get inside. He ex-
amines the gate-postS attentively ana
generally finds some sign upon them
which tells him what sort of people
live there.
These signs are the letters OF a
universal language known 20 every
tramp in the country.
There is a certain Freemasonry
among tramps which has unwritjen
but thoroughly understood rules
These rules are those of liberty,
equality, and fraternity" Every
tramp will do all he can to assist his
fellow, whether he knows him or not.
One of the duties OF a tramp is to
leave behind him wherever he goes
signs by which the tramps who come
after him can profit by the results of
his experience, These signs may be
found on the gates or fences of al
most all houses in the country They
have been noticed, doubtless, by most
farmers and dwellers in the outskirts
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

II often happened that the negro
head servant on the farm was "A
stcrncr censor Of public morals than
his master. Such an Uncle Tom
once Told his master THAI "a key of
lard had been stolen and named the
thief and hiding place.
Don tsly word about &C. o. said the
MASTER
Seat day bee ude Into the neld
unefr the .ulpfIt was r'mshlue 80
lneH 'wm Dos Huwe and aa|hrda.0ns
nd. fhe mla
Whats the mlftr WHIum7 be-
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

A pretty fable about the pansy is
current among French and German
children. The flower has five petals
and five sepals. In most pansies, es-
pecially Of the earlier and less highly
developed varieties, two of the petals
are plain ia color and three are gay.
The two plain petals have single
sepal, two of the gay petals have a
sepal each, and the third, which is
the largest OF all, has two sepals. The
fable Is that the pansy represents a
family consisting Of husband, wife
and four daughters two OF the latter
being step-children of the wife. The
plain petals are the step-children,
with only one chair; the two small
gay petals are the daughters with a
chair each, ana the large gay petal is
the wife, with two chairs 10 find
the father one must strip away the
petals until the stamens and pistils
are bare. They have Il fancitul re-
semhllnce TO an old man with a fan
mel wrap about his neck, his shoulders
upraised aud his feet in "a bathtuh
The story is probably OF French orr
gin, because the French call the
pansy the stepmotheE
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

FIGURE !. NiAlNii NNllit w
center OF the brain is affected, pro-
ducing an effect like switching off
electricity from a keyboard and un-
consciousness follows almost in
stantly.
1t is n common observation among
nurses that babies get croSseyed just
before they fall asleep Almost in
I yariably the eyes are directed inward
and generally downward, though
sometimes upward True hypnotic
sleep, If undisturbed by suggestion,
soon turns into what we call nat
ural" sleep, as is shown by the sleeper
awakening refreshed as from nat ral
S.aep.
A writer who was formerly afflicted
with chronic insomnia effected a per
manent cure by what he terms thu
hypnotic method, and gives his recipe
with Illustrations for the benefit Of
the many sufferers from the tortures
of prolonged wakefulness, It's worth
may be easily tested 10y any one with
strong will power. That many emf.
nent men Napoleon, Horace Greeley,
William H. Seward, for example, pos.
seSsed the secret of going TO sleep at
will is well known.
In using the following directions
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OFFICER LIVES
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isn't many. ] could tell you every
sit-down' from here 10 Philadelphia
or 30 Boston. There's not twelve on
the way.
"But wldders Is meat" he sighed.
Most widders is open.heartcd to us
gents This means that wilder
lives here aud you can ask her Tor
money he added as he drew theend
0f house with smoking chimney
and q big dOliarmark 0u the wall
"fhat Is one Of the wo.comest sights
That ever greets the eye of "a weary
man
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twu circles boo che dust
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14

The magic maze, a maze Of mirrors,
is the latest novelty at the hoftieul.
tural exhibition Ia London. The
visitor enters the maze by IA crooked
passage, walled entirely ~ mirrors
into the central ball. toward which "a
number of seemingly ebIlrs avenues
appear 90 converge Reproduction,
% Che visitor are presented at every
Imaginable tulnt aud angle a figure
stands Lao thr entrance t1 thF hl and
brrk8Hs WIth up.liiUl hAna nnd fhe
reproductions shHH ESQ Htuw H "A
tHnIal liHUrHt H.H.e Ht aaee Ono
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when servants Were Beaten.

In that remarkably minute enron.
Gle OF domestic life in England in
he time Of Henry VIII, Tusser' :
Five Hundred Points Of Good lluS-
oandry,' the learned and pious au-
thor takes IL for granted that the
only way OF dealing with mald-sery-
lntswas TO thrash them unmercimllY
lie tells as in his inimitable doggerel
That "slut sl0thful must whine. and
hat "a maid must be forced 10 be
'leaniy, or She is 90 bc "nade to crt
freak Ml,trc.so, are % "go about
with q holly wand In their hand. "a.
Enough they may uUt ALWAYS have
reasiOn to Use it and % pas home
when theY ngbt hut n1t to hsalways
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IHe dHmst.e ser'- arr warned et4
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