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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
~. LOU. Election Frnr,,s

ST. LOrls, Mo. Dec. Ftp to the
iimc the grand jury adjourned for
the day yesterday forty-four indict-
mcrts h:d been found against persons
alleged 20 bc guilty Of election frauds.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
Robbed of $500 by u,.s.d Men

WICHITA Kan, Dec. ss?.-Henr,
Balling Santa lie engineer, wa
held up on the public streets last
night be- three masked nea'and rob
bed OF $500 in cash.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
IL. Senator Alcorn Dead.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dee. Elk. Gov.
ernor and eX-Unjted States Senate,
James L. AlcOrn of Mississippi, died
this morning on his estate at Eagle,
Nest, Miss. He was IS years old anC
an lllinoisan by birth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
VAN Ieurcn ln .lhn rcn.

1:EGouk !owa, Dee. se.-lan Leu.
VOC. o; pension fraud fame, was
AIKEN TO Anouosa pcai:entiary yes
tcrd1y. an effort will To made at
once to have bin pardoncd.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
Notice OF Contest File,.

JEFFERSON cnn, Nc. lee. ao,-Dri
|. \. Enloe. Republican Candidat. for
representative in this county. to-day
filed notice o; contest upon John
I. short, Democrat, who hai bces de-
ciarcd o.ccted.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27

WASHINGTON, Dec. sO.-The prospect
Of another bond issue is beginning to
alarm tue treasury officials. Unless
there IS something 10 check the draft
upon the reserve it with be but a
short time before an issue is made.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-27
LAVICNE BLAMELESS.

The Coroner's Jury Holds the Auditor.
ium Club Responsible.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.-The Audi
torIum Athletic club management
has been declared, BY the coroner's
jury, responsible for the death of Andy
Bowen, the pngilist. DR.. Finney, who
was with Bowen from the time he went
down until his death, said that La
vlgne's blow had not caused Bowen S
death.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
FOLLOWING A PRECEDENT.

Old Bill Botts Had Found the Heathen
 Calnaa &ot al 1--- AoeoIa.n plating.
 4 good, honest fellow in his way was Bill Botts, but he had never had an op- portunity to study moral philosophy as taught in the colleges and universi- ties. says the Now York Herald. He came from Biddeforl, in Devon, and very likely some of his ancestors had helped Drake ''wGll0p' the Spaniarls. He had followed in their footsteps by enlisting in the navy to fight for his queen and country whenever called upon to Go 50.
 When he returned from a voyage to China he brought with him Q present for gentleman who had been very kind to his old mother during his absence. It was q curioUsly fashioned Chinese garment made of bits of a species of straw strung together.
 'Plase, sur, you must excoos un be- ing torn, he said, bashfully, when he presented 1t, the Chinaman wouldn't part with un aisy."
 He had run across Q Chinaman wear ing it somewhere in the streets of Hong Kong, and the unfortunate celestial not understanding his sum- mary request to hand taat over here" he had simply Ean,led t off him.
 To the suggestion that his conduct had hardly been consistent with strict honesty he replied:
 "Bcggin' your pardon, sur, he wuz only q baytAen, an ] never heard that taking things from haythen counted a5 stalin.''
 'Well, replied lis friend, If many illustrious Engli9hnen had rot acted on that assam ptio2 [ don't know where the British empire would now be; so I'll keep the heathen's gar mentS''
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
Co~ks aa Fuel.

With every indication that coal is going up it is timely to suggest that a couple of girls in Paris used to keep themselves warm by burning orange peel and empty spools. Cor,1s arc also recommended. There is 9 story told of well-known English curate who pocll- eted every cork he came across at a dinner table. When questioned as to this singular habithe blushcd and said he gave them to the poor. 1 sufficient number of corl1s would keep a coalless man with a good fire all day. Fir cones are also advised, and make Q fine. eheerY blaze; likewise eorncobs.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
CUNNING OF cRocoDILgs.
They Escape the Net Spread for Them by
 Eurro-Ting in the Mud.

Burro-Ting in the Mud.
 The following is a fair sample of how cunningly crocodilc5. in common with all other wild animals, can conceal themselves in moments of danger, says the Westminster Gazette. After a happy week spent in the jungle with a friend of mine we halted for break fast, before making the last stage for headquarters and home, at a place called Poonarhyn-Anglice, garden of fowers-and while at breakfas4 were amused by watching a number of croc- odiles, about eight or ten, stunning themselves on the surface of a small lake, or tank, as it is there called, of about an acre in extent. 4 sudden thought struck me.
 I~ ''I say, Murray, what fun it would be to try and catch some of these beggars in a net" "Bravo!'' said he. Let's try it presently. Appu, send the horse keeper to the village and tell him to bring up all the men he can find and some long fishing nets. We will give a good santosum' (present).
 The villagers scented some fun, and with the further stimulus of a santo- sum very soon turned up to the num- Der of thirty. It was now eleven o'clock and scorching hot, the air quivering over the bare, sandy plain in which the pond was situated. It was breast deep, as we knew, including about one foot or eighteen inches of heavy mud. We tied two nets together so as to make one long enough to reach across the tank, about thirty yards, and this was heavily weighted along the bot tom and arranged to be drawn with long ropes from each shore.
 Immediately behind the net came a line, and men about yard apart, with long, pointed poles with which to prod the mud along the bottom of the net, and so drive the maIingering gentle men into proper position in front of the net. Ny friend and his servant (for all entered into the sport) fol- lowed close up to the second line.
 At it we all now went, splashing, shouting, stamping and hauling, but big but-not sign did we find of single one of the brutes that we had seen before us when we came to the edge of the water. We dragged that water backward and forward more than once, but our only reward was a deadly thirst that lasted us till late that night.
 They had burrowed deeper into the mud than we could reach them, for nothing-I doubt if even a rat-could have escaped unseen out of the water.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
TIE sTR.ET-CAR sPoTTEa.
He Keeps Tab on tl,e Conductor by Means
 Of 9 Silent Pocket Register.

or silent Pocket Register.
 For several months conductors have been watching men who habitually stand on rear platforms, says the h. dianapolis News That is the spot ter's position. Professional spotters never give themselves away" by counting the passengers. The spotter carrys Q small n0iceless register in one of the pockets of his overcoat. He is most likely to appear on Q car that is to carry big load. He takes his place on the rear platform and always appears to be the most unconcerncd man on the car. The first thing he does is to glance at the register in the front of the car. He makes mental note of the number of fares that have been rung up. Every time a passenger gets on he presses the button of the little register in his pocket. He never appears to be watching the persons who are getting in the car, but lie must be careful not to miss one. He rides on the platform until the fares of all the persons who have got on the ear since he took his position have been col lected. His last act before getting off is the mental registration of the num- Der of fares indicated by the register in the car. If he has another test to make before making his report, he will probably stop under the first electric light, write down on the blank fur nishcd him the number of fares regis tered when he got on the car and the number registered when he got off. He subtracts one from the other, and has before him the number of fares the conductor should have registered. Then he looks at his indicator, and if there is dis crepancy between his count and the count the conductor registers he re- ports the fact to the company.
 A conductor who is discharged is never accused of having stolen money from the company. The charge is i'm properly collecting fares" It is not often that a conductor is discharged the first time it is reported to the com pany that he is improperly collecting fares.'' The test is applied to him ire quently. and if it is found that Le is habitually net ringing up fares for all the persons who take passage on his car he is dismissed. Conductors be lieve that the means employed by spotters are unfair. They say that it is often impossible for any man to get all the fares on 2 car; that it is an easy matter to get all the fares when ear is not crowded. but when fifty or sixty persons board q car bound up- town 1t is next to impossible to collect without an error. Often persons will get of tho car before the conductor has reached them, and, hampered as he is by the crowd, they say, he cannot prevent this. Then persons are getting on and off, exchanging seats and doing other things thGtnystify the conductor as he pushes his way through the crowd in search of the nickels that are due the company.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
nedncoi to tr,e Ranks.

Different ideas exist in England from those prevalent in Germany with regard to the attitude to be adopted by soldiers toward escaping prisoners. Whereas Emperor William some time ago aroused much unpleasant com ment by promoting 8 corporal who had shot at and killed in crowded street an escaping prisoner, at Wool rich a sergeant and q corporal have just been reduced to the ranks and sentenced to q months imprisonment for having discharged thcir carbines, without injury to anybody, in a public thoroughfare at q deserter who had broken away from them.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
Sixty EIi,cs of rocrsfs.

The African Steamship company's steamer Winnebah, which lately ar rived from West Africa at Liverpool, had most unusual experience when steaming between the latitudes of Cape Verde and St. Louis, Senegal. For sixty miles the vessel steamed through locusts, which were so thiclziy packed together on the top of the water that they completely covered the surface for Iniles around. Indeed, they appeared to be lying on the sea as far as the eye could reach. The locusts had no doubt been blown from the Morocco coast into the sea. They resembled gigantic grasshoppers, and one which was secured was five inches in length. Of course, all of the locusts had been drowned.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
Apt AiIiteration.

Alliteration is very common, says s. E. Bengough in Poet Law, in simple Saxon phrases which we are using every hour. We speak of making mp our minds, taking by turns, 'ewag- ing war" ''rallying round, running riot" running risk, etc. The same artifice gives forth to antithetical words: Make or mar" peer and peasant, grave and gay foul and fair, sweet and sour" friend and foe" and so on ad libitum. Proverbs, which have been said to embody the wisdom of many in the wit of one, abound in illustration of the same prac- tice: "One swallow does not make a sum- mer;" Waste not, want not,' ''Time and tide wait for no man," "A cat may look at a king;" livery dog has his day." and so forth,
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
"Ben Ali is dcad," he said.
In tho Austrian Army.

The polyglot character of the Aus trian army was abundantly shown the other day when the ancient custom of solemnly swearing in the recruits in the presence of the troops was revived, after having been discontinued since 1868. Tn Vienna alone the formula of oath to the colors had to be admins tered and read out in nine languages, tO-wit: German, Hungarian, Croatian, Bohemian, Polish, Ruthenian, Rou- manian, Servian and Turkish, while the religious part of the ceremony was conducted by Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and Greek orthodox priests, Protestant pastors, Jewish rabbis and Mahometan ulema.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
1 snrb-Nosed. Regimeut.

Tn the Russian army there is one particular regiment of infantry of the guards formed ny Emperor Paul, the men of which are recruited, not so much with regard to their height or the color of their hair and coTnplexions as to the shape Of their noses. I'm peror Paul had typical IZalmuk nose of the most exeruciatiRsly up-tilted pattern, and since then, out of com pliment to him, all Of the officers and men Of this particular regi1nent have noses Of tae same shape, the sight which they present. on parade being sO.llelY- -e.. ! 7 s...:.. ..t-.rst
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
COURAGE lN SURGERY.
Why Experienced Practitioners fire Cool
 While Operating.


 While Operating.
 An old surgeon, engaged for the mo- ment in dissecting q cold roast quail, and making, it must be confessed, only an indifferent job of it, had been lis tening incidentally to the conversation of his table companions who were dis cussing the calnness and nerve dis played by the average practitioner dur ing surgical operations, says the New York Herald. Both agreed that the boise and coolness shown by surgeons at times were extraordinary and hard to understand.
 Now, friends, if you will permit me" interrupted the surgeon at this point, T would like to tell you that there is nothing extraordinary about it. The nerve as you call it, of the surgeon under such circumstances is the most natural thing in the world. It is not display Of calmness which has been put on for that occasion, or an exhibition of cOur9 ge summoned up for an unusual emergency, but simply the normal demeanor of a practical, matter-of-fact man who knows what he has to do and how he is going to do it.
 "The trouble with many people who marvel at what they call a surgeons courage is that they fail utterly to comprehend the conditions under which he performs his work They imagine that he is experimenting, or that he doesn't know his ground, or that he will cut something that he ought not to cut. Nothing could be further from the facts. No movement in science or mechanics is preceded by a more accurate forellnowledge of it's results than the average operation in surg vry. There is no such thing as guesswork about it. The operator knows he is performing an operation which is based upon an exact science. He follows rules which apply to all cases, and is secure in the confidence that causes which have produced cer- tain effects in given instances will do so in all others.
 ''Why, then, should there be any need in his work for extraordinary courage? There are cases, of course, so critical or so unusual as to excite even the calmest and most self-con- tained operator, and when these are under treatment the surgeons powers of self-control are frequently taxed to their utmost limit. To the man who, in such @ case, can wield the knife without tremor, when life itself de- bends upon the accuracy and delicacy of his touch, we must award the praise due to real heroes. But in the aver age case, say of amputation or of skull fracture involving cranial operations, the surgeon neither needs nor possesses more than the courage of an intelli- gent, sincere man, who knows his duty and has learned how to perform it. His technical knowledge of anatomy and it's methOdical habit of work ac- custom him to conditions which alarm and excite non-professional minds, and he goes about his task with a certain quiet, vigorous, assertive confidence in the result of his movements which the observer is quite likely to mistake for a marvellous courage summoned up for that particular occasion. It is courage of certain sort, confess-the cour- age of absolute confidence in the in fallibility of the science he repre- SaDtS :"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
ALIBEN-ALI, THE COBBLER.
How Ho Lost His Wives and His Faith at
 the Same Time.

HOW RIO 1OBC HIS WINGS ana 1AlS GSaltA at
 the Samo Time.
 Ali-Ben-Ali was and is a renegade. He believes in three gods, and drinks spirits of wine, corn and rye. He also believes that women have souls and that, while there are many houris in heaven, there are more in hell. When the muezzin calls to prayer he puts his thumb to his nose and spreads his fin gers ont, which is his Turkish way of expressing derision. Once upon time he owned seven slaves, four of whom were white. Great men were his friends. Now he cobbles shoes, says Vance Thompson in the New York Ad- vertiser.
 He might have been a happy man to this day had it not been for that devil of an Alcibiades. Ali-ben-Ai was sit ting on his feet, looking through the open door out on the blue waters of the Bosporus and the low sandy shore beyond when the Creek came up. He was a low-brOwed Creek. He was peddling slippers with long red points which curled over like rams horns. Ali was absorbed in thinking of his seven female slaves. He kicked the Greek in the back violently two or three times, but otherwise ignored his presence.
 The subtle Creek departed. Under his low brow he devised this revenge He wrote letter to the sultan.
 ''We'n see about this" said the sul- tan. "Mesrour, off with Ben Ais head and bring me his seven nice wives"
 Mesrour returned in half an hour, the seven slaves, of whom four were white, trailing after him.
 Ben Ali is dcad,'' he said.
 Mesrour lied. Ben Ali, by bribes, had secured his escape and, disguised as a bale of tobacco, was stored away in hold of a vessel bound for New York He is in New York now to prove that this tale is no lie. He cobbles shoes. At times he drinks strong spirits. Then he curses the com mander of the faithful and Alcibiades, the low-browed Greek The sultan is ! Mohammedan, and him Ben Ali curses; the Greek is Christian and is cursed of Ben Ali.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
Great Britain in India.

Great Britain has been stretching her wings over India. In 1S42 she laid claim to 626,O0O square miles of that country. She made additions to this every year except 1843, 1845, and 1852, down to 1856, when her possessions aggregated 35G,00O square miles. Ad- vances were made in 1866, 1882 and 1886, and now the area of India under British rule is 927,887 square miles, British India is larger thanall that part of the United States lying east of the Mississippi river and it's popula- ticn five times as great as the present population of this whole country. Great Britain may not be able to acquire much Emore of India. Indeed there is likely to be difficulty in retaining what she has, with native dissatisfaction and the watchfulness of her aggravating enemy on the north, who in the last forty years has moved his boundaries over many degrees of latitude.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09
SUFFICIENT UNTO HERSELF.
The Young Woman T!ad 10 Need Of As-
 aIstanea of AaE s.lni.

]
 sIstaaeo of Asy Fznd.
 The kind-heartel old gontlenan watched tho young woman seated next to him in t,le elevated train with in terest, says the New York World She held a magazino i1 her hands with the leaves uncut. She looked through the table of contents and raise3 tho cor ncrs Of the leaves co as t0 geta glimpse of various illuscrll .or5. The oll gen tleman drew out his poci,ctl1nifc hesi- tatingly. He opened t still more Ecsi- tatinglT. The young woman seemed entirely obvious cf his acts and evi- dent intcltions. but tae.r fellow pas senger5 were able to acou=e great deal of interest in the proceeding. Finally, iast as the old gentlcpl2n reached forward. cxto2ding his knife, the young woman dccl5eroualy drew out hatpin anal began cutting the leaves of her magazine. The old gen tIcman leaned back and delivered him self Of Q confidential aside to the man next to him:
 q have heard, he said, ''that women can do anything Sitl their hairpins ard Eatpins, but atany rate they'd need a knife to sharpen pencils"
 And al that n2oEcnt tle provoking younr woman drew ( pcseil from her reticvle,. bit the wool of tie top of 1t, and fla3e a note CT the article she was reaG.ag. I,.a c@r l:e..-}ei and the old gentlemen began to rad his paper with Ga i1iu-cd air.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-19

Fl. w. Campbell Of Putney, Browr
county, this year had AZ acres of pota-
toes. The gross receipts therefrom is
8 ,972.40, the crop averaging near to IS
bushels per acre and the selling price
departing seldom from GO cents a bushel.
Mr.. Campbell has an itemizsd expense
OF seed, cultivation and marketing which
amounts to $3.50, leaving him net re-
ceipts Of nearly $500. He has the seed
laid away for planting 100 acres next
year, and figures that with potatoes at IS
cents a bushel he can make more mon
ey, year after year, than with wheat at
rs cents, Giving him better climatic
next year, be says, with the
soil and appliances he now has and
he will increase his crop 80 per cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-19

Vermillion dispatch, II: Walter Hoff-
man, at present a printer at Elk Point,
was to-day sentenced to two months in
the county Jail and to pay $3.50 fine for
killing Charles Overhulse, OF this place,
last winter. The circumstances Of the
shooting were as follows: Hoffman.
while sleighridinR with a number of
friends, passed a crowd Of boys. When
some distance by he stood up and firedta
revolver to scare the horses, be said.
The bullet struck young. Overhulse in
the forehead and he fell dead. At the
trial today Hoffman withdrew his plea
Of not guilty made last April and plead
guilty to the charge of manslaughter IN
the second degree, and received sentence
as above. He will work out his fine,
making SIX months Imprisonment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-19
THE EUROPEAN ID

The baneful effects OF a democratic
administration were never more pain
fully apparent than in the following
resume Of the reduction Of the standard
OF living IN this country during the last
year. Followed TO it's legitimate on
illusions IL means the European stand
ard of living for wage earners and there
are enough people in this country who
know what that means.
The per capita consumption OF wheat
in this country. according to the treas.
ury statistics, was SOL bushels ia 1892,
and ABS bushels in 1893. Here il a de.
crease Of LOG bushels in one year; mul.
tiply the per capita decrease by the pop.
ulation, 9 ,550,O00, and we have 7I,55O,.
600 less bushels Of wheat consumed BIZ
our own people La the first year aftel
the change from . republican to q demo
cratic administration.
The per capita consumption OF corn Ii
1892 was 1898 bushels: and in 1s9
1896 bushels. The decrease 10 &C
bushels per capita, or 45o,225,OoO for th
&EEAF88NN
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-19

the Editor of The Daily Leader.
A thought on populistic ability has
been suggested TO me by their views on
the government ownership OF railroads,
coal mines, and what else they might see
ft to possess merely by issuing q decree
TO that effect. With an inexhaustible
fountain OF money, according to the pop
ulist platform, these things would be as
much the inheritance OF humanity as
sunlight and air. That one great idea
of taking possession, by the right Of
eminent domain, ID really the shortest
cut TO reap results from their far
fetched plan Initiative ard referendum
I suppose. Why, the question OF supply
and demand would Ont no figure at ALL
with them, for with this Independent
inherent right to lay claim. at will, with
J Legislative enactment at their command