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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02
The Lords Prayer on a Spoon.
ITO Be Continued.

The latest feat in spOoa clrving is
reported from the capital city of Iowa
aud was accomplished by S E. Wilcox.
lie took common Iowa souvenir
spoon, one bearing the Iowa coat of
arms on its handle, and wrote the
whole of the Lords prayer in its bowl
Every letter and comma is in its pro-
per place and can be easily read with
.he naked eye.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

seedJ Applicant-Say, boss, is there
an opening here for man OF push?
Merehars-You bet-That door there
swings eut Turn the knob to the
right and push hard.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

II all our wishes were gratified most
OF our pleasures would be DESTROYED.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

Nobody on earth works harder foo
less pay than the stingy man.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

A mad dog had the right of way in
Delphos, Ottawa county, the other
day, and now the city council has
passed an ordinance ordering that all
CANNES be confined for two weeks.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

The hardware store of Keefer Bros.
of 0lathe was broken into Wednesday
night, and seven dOuble-barrel shot
guns, and one Marlin repeating rife.
all worth over 5000 were stolen. En-.
trance was effected by cutting through
large plate glass in front. Nothing
else of value has been missed thus far
As yet no clue has been obtained TO.
and a reward has been OF red for the
guilty parties.
The new Colby land district EN-.
braces the fourteen counties within
sixty miles of the Nebraska line and
200 miles Of the Colorado line.
In 1892 a ten-year-old boy by the
name OF Victor Carlson was run owe.
AMI killed on the 81" road in Kansas
City, Kan. His father has Just fled
suit against the company to recover
$4,000 damages for the sons death.
Meetings will be held at Geuda
Springs and Oxford February 10th.
Udall and Belle PLANE on the Goth
Mulvane and Derby on the 2lst, and
Wichita on the 22nd for the purpose Of
working up enthusiasm in Fred Closes
railway scheme.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

1t has just been discovered that
through an error Kansas City, Kan,
has lost $3.50 in the way of taxes as
sessed against the Missouri Pacific.
Steps will be taken to collect it.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

Maximillian Eppstein, prominent
Democratic politician and wealthy
business man of Toledo, O., died sud.
denly at noon Monday, of hemorr.
hage. He was largely interested in
the Finlay Brewing company and
would have undoubtedly Gcen the
next postmaster Of that city.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

The Junction City council has just
passed an ordinance making it mis-
demeanor for any person to engage in
prize fight or glove contest within
the city limits for pay.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

A receiver has been appointed for
the private bank of Ritter & Double
day at Pittsburg. Trouble between
the partners and not financial difficult
ty explains why thep appointment was
made.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

Counterfeit money is circulating
through the city. A number of mer-
chants have been getting the stuff and
have cautioned their clerks to be on
the lookout. The money is mostly
halves and d airs, and ring as true as
the real dolla In weight they are
short and have greasy feeling. The
United States officers will soon have
something to say to these swindlers.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

Congressman Broderick is quoted in
an interview as saying that he will do
all in mis- power to have government
work commenced on the Missouri river
at Atchison to prevent fur;hor dam
age by the washing away of the
banks.
The advocate., 1894-03-21

from pursuing its work If it sue
ceeds in settling the land which has
been captured by mortgage sharks
with tenant population, its further
influence for evil may be neutralized
by q systematic educational move
ment all along the line. Let those
among whom the new settlers locate
see that they are informed concern
ing local affairs, and have the fscili-
ties for thorough economic educs-
tion. There is no better school for
the successful conduct of this work
than the Farmers Alliance. Let
these immigrants be enlightened and
converted as fast as they arrive.
They will naturally look to their
nelghbors for advice, for sccommods-
tions, for favors and for associations.
Let Popullsts be awake to the neCes-
slties of the hour in all these things,
and no fears need be entertained Of
permanent settlers, even though
brought here by corporations and de-
signed for corporation purposes.
Education and enlightenment work
wonders.
The advocate., 1894-03-21
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Bland seiRniorsge bill passed the
senate on Thursday by q vote Of A to
81, and was Immediately sent to the
president for his approval or veto.
The story that Governor Waite's wife
is the power that moves the governor in
his military exploits don't go. Trust q
woman for better generslshlp than the
governor has shown.
The Pollard Breckenridge breach of
promise suit is still going on in Wash
ington. The last seen Of the congress-
mans reputation it was q total wreck,
and his wife was talking Of suing for a
divorce.
They are having q bitter municipal
campaign in Kansas City, Mo-, with
three or four candidates for mayor in the
the field, but what each candidate stands
for the general public seems to know
little about.
The difference between the Kansas
war Of last year and the late row in
Denver is that in the former case there
we're great principles involvsd-soms-
thing more than getting possession Of
appointlve Offices.
A crowd Of $4,000 working people as
sembled in Hyde park, London, to pro-
The advocate., 1894-03-21
A Good Appointment.

A most astonishing thing has come to
pass. A man guilty Of possessing not
only abundant brains but a warm heart;
man who has been not only sudaCiOus
enough to think, but reckless enough to
express his honest thoughts-such a
man has actually been appointed by a
Kansas governor to help govern q Kan
sas educational institution! Hon. @. B.
Hoffman, OF Enterprise, has been sp-
pointed regent Of the State Agricultural
college. Although q man Of means and
actively engaged in business enterprises,
and, henGe, open to injury in score Of
covert ways, Mr.. Hoffman Is one Of the
most progressive men in thought and in
action, to be found in the West. In the
days that tried mems souls-in the days
when to declare ones self o socialist of
any school was to court msrtyrdom, Mr..
Hoffman proclaimed himself q radical
among radicals. He is q thorough
student--R man Of books as well as Of
action. One needs but 10 visit Mr..
HoffmRn's home, where culture and
love are the only government, and per-
ceivs what kind OF children have been
reared thus, in order to understand why
the new regent ih an advocate Of govern
ment by reason and an enemy of vio-
lence
1t is to be hoped that this appointment
indicates q policy to be further pur-
sued, and that even the regents Of the
University may be 80 chosen that some
day, even yet in our own lifetime, some
man not connected with the law depart
ment OF some railroad company, may be
invited to address the students of that
institution. 1t looks Utopian, we con-
fess, but Mr.. HoffmRn's appointment
has inspired the hope that such a thing
may possibly be.
The advocate., 1894-03-21
Collection Of City Taxes.

The officers Of the city Of Topeka are
comforting with the officials of other
cities in Kansas regarding proposition
to have their charters amended by the
next legislature. The present law pro-
viding for the government Of cities Of
the first class was passed twenty years
ago, when Lsavenworth was the only
city having more than $1,000 inhabitants.
Now the law applies to Kansas City, To-
peks, Wichita, Lssvenworth, Atchison
and Fort Scott, and is inadequate to the
proper government Of the same under
existing conditions.
One Of the changes desired is q pro.
vision by which the cities may collect
their own taxes. Under the present
regulation the county treasurer collects
the citY's taxes and pays them to the
city treasurer in irregular installments.
Great difficulty is sometimes expert
enced in getting the money when the
need is urgent, and valuable time is lost
in figuring the account between the city
and county. 1t is believed that better
plan would be for the city to collect the
municipal taxes directly.
There are other imperfections in the
law for which a remedy is desired, and
the officials Of the cities interested are
at work preparing the necessary amend
msnts for submission TO the Legislature.
-Kansas City Journal.
The advocate., 1894-03-21

test against the action of the house Of
lords in rejecting the bill to make en-
plOyers liable for injury to their en-
ployes. The demonstration was alarm.
ing to the lords.
j. w. Ady and his republican hackers
are still pushing their contest for the
seat Of Senator Martin. Martin may
not be much of a senator, yet it looks
queer to see these supporters Of the
fraudulent Douglass house Contesting
the seat of regularly certifcated mem
Der Of the United States senate.
The advocate., 1894-03-21
TWO PICTURES.

The following statements are both
taken from the same editorial in the
Daily Capital of March Is concern
ing the meeting of the Boston unem-
ployed:
The advocate., 1894-03-21
TO BOOM IMMIGRATION.

DOoVCS WAUA q wow NANOONVOAAy Va NO-
veloping an appearance of prosperity
beyond what actual conditions will
Justify. Very little needs to be said
concerning this corporation or the
objects it has in view. The Ottawa
Journal suggests that if republican
politicians and newspapers would
stop lying about the state and its
people, the immigration business
would take care of itself without any
need of a corporation to look after it.
We think the point well taken, and
would add that no immigration that
is not spontaneous can be regarded
as strictly healthy, or desirable. If
Kansas offers advantages to people
to settle within her limits above those
to be found elsewhere, there need be
no fear that good people will not
avail themselves of those advantages
without the aid of boom corporations.
It is questionable also whether immi-
grants brought here under pressure
by such corporations will find condi-
tlons to meet their expectations and
will be satisfied with their lot; and it
is further questionable whether oil
who come under such circumstances
will come with good intentions and
will turn out to be good citizens.
There are reasons also to question
the motives of this corporation. But
a short time ago Kansas was repub-
lican by the beastly majority of 82,-
600. That is changed now. The
people of the state have learned a
lesson, and they have learned so well
that all hope of inducing them to un-
learn 1t is lost; and the republican
patriot turns his attention naturally
to other methods of "redeemlng" the
state. This immigration scheme Is
one of them. In 1892 the effort was
made to colonize the state temporarily
for election purposes, and it failed
Something on more systematic plan
is needed, and something more per-
msnent also. Had the scheme of
1892 succeeded it would have been
only for that year, and the future
would have been still to provide for.
A permanent redemption" is what
is longed for by the republican heart,
and the recIsiming of citizens of Kan
sas to the republican party being out
of the question, it Is thought to COM
pensate f5r their loss by the impor-
tation of people not SO we'll informed,
and therefore more likely to be sus-
ceptible to the peculiar influences
which republican politicians under
stand so we'll how to WELD.
There is still another fact that
must not be lost sight Of. During
the past few years vast amount of
Kansas land has fallen into the
hands of the mortgage companies. If
this land can be settled by tenant
population, two objects will be &C.
complished-a revenue will be de.
rived from the land, and the situation
of the tenant farmer will render him
The advocate., 1894-03-21
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
From Readers Who Appreciate the Editors
Efforts

AuO lOuk bAlnS C0hNSE5 VI uA4S EADVO-
CATE will bear us out in the assertion
that very little space in the pspsr has
ever been devoted to "blowing our own
horn;" that self praise has been the least
Of our faults. In fact, that part Of the
editorial work-telling the public how
much they like the paper-has been
sadly neglected, owing to an oversight
or q surplus OF modesty on the pSrt Of
the editorial force. Therefore we have
no doubt that the business end Of the
office will be excused for making an in-
novation in this respect, and publishing
few words of praise from various
sources.
Not a day passes but what the pub
fishers receive letters similar to those
from which che extracts given below are
taken as samples. Some Of them are
postsCripts to business communications
while in some cases the letter was writtey
for the express purpose Of giving vent u
such expression. We could I'LL several
columns Of the paper each week with tho
same kind Of reading, but that would be
tiresome. We only select such 90 hap-
psned to be saved from the waste basket,
and may continue it to q future issue:
e. Fl. EppsrSon, Grigsby, Kss: II cans
give up the ADVOCATE. l have taken it
for three years and have filed every copy
I have received in these three years.
What a loss it would be for me to be
without it."
Louis Ahlburg, Clay Center, Kas.: "En-
closed find 81 for your valuable paper;;
the best in the state. Success TO the
ADVOCATE"
G. s. Ward, Kellogg, Kss.: "Enclossd
find 81 for renewal to the ADVOCATE,
which would not feel at home without.
Your paper has been the backbone in
the reform movement. II has strength.
ened the weak and dispersed sll doubt.
Long live the ADVOCATE"
Ell. D. Cushmsn, Attica, Kas.: II con.
slider the ADVOCATE the best reform pa
per I take"
W. s. Brewer, Americus, Kas.: %The
ADVOCATE is doing great work for rs-
form. Keep the wheels turning, The
mills Of the gods grind slowly but they
grind exceeding smsll."
s. D. Beagle, Gentry, Kas.: 81 have
taken your paper a long time and I like
it very much. / cannot do without it,"
Taylor Riddle, Marion, Kas.: "Ths
ADVOCATE breaches the right kind Of
doctrine and / sincerely wish it could bs
in the hands Of every voter in the state" /"
William F. Allen, Manhattan, Kas.:
u ne ADVOCATE is sound on the quSs.
tion OF fusion. l know of one POpulist
ian old guard) who staid at home last
fall on account Of fusion with the demo-
reps"
George E. Holden, Montpelier, Ver-
mont: "The east Is not quits so hopeless
q case Is it was but still in q very bad
condition politically. We need just such
papers as the ADVOCATE here"
G. N. Priest, Garden City, Kas.: ~ am
taking several papers but it would be
impossible for me to get along without
the ADVOCATE"
r. M. d. Feemster, Fulton, Kav,: "The
ADVOCATE is an able paper and it's ar
tlcles are lnvincible and interesting to
The advocate., 1894-03-21

Now, the Capital The Boston mob
yields nothing to the was composed Of for
ADVOCATE in desiring eigners not long
prosperity and work landed in this coun-
for all GLASSES, and try; the reports agree
the RdVR n m ent as TO that. They do
particularly Of the not understand
wage earners. We AmeFi can insbitu.
have shown this by tiOns any better than
supporting q tariff the ADVOCATE. They
that protects the insisted that she Mas
wsge-earner from ssohusetts legislature
the free competition give them work.
of the WretChed Ia
borers Of Europe.
We have arranged these state
ments in a parallel just to see how
they would look; and we are some
what curious to know il the tariff
which the Capital supports protects
the wsge-earner from the free COM
petition of the wretched lsborers Of
Europe" how these wretched labor
ers of Europe came to be in the city
of Boston, and what they came there
for. Perhaps the Capital will con-
descend to enlighten us.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.

A clergyman of the Church of Eng
land who never cared to preach; an his.
torian who was a special pleader, and
selected his facts, and startled the
world by such extravagances as that of
making saint out of Henry VIII, who
yet wrote the story of England from the
fall of Wolsey TO the defeat of the Span
ish Armada with such brilliance of style
and ealism as to captivate all who read
his volumes; a follower of Newman in
his early years. and the author of "The
Lives of the English Saints" but for
saking him to become the disciple of
Carlyle and subsequently his literary
executor; a controversialist, who pro-
voked opposition wherever he went and
whatever he did-who can forget the
disturbance he excited in this country
in 1872 on the Irish question and the
Roman Catholic religion, and the way
he was handled by Father Burke and
Bishop Spalding for asserting that the
Irishmen themselves were to blame for
their trouble? or the bitter comments
provoked by his Caesar" his "Oceana,"
his work on THE English in the West
Indies" and his "Reminiscences" of
Carlyle?- and yet withal delightful
magazinist, charming everybody by
those collections known as Short
Studies on Great Subjects" and similar
works; nationalist, and yet the author
of THE Life and Letters of Erasmus
equally at home in the editorial chair
of Frazer's Magazine, and as the sue
cessor of his antagonist. Freeman, in
the duties Of Regius Professor of Mod
ern History at Oxford 1.-THE same college
that forty years before publicly burned
his famous book. THE Nemesis of
Faith") - such was James Anthony
FrCude, who died recently in London at
the age Of rs, one of the foremost literary
workmen and artists Of the age, and one
who. in spite of his wrongheadedness
and defective historical judgment, has
greatly enlarged the field of human
knowledge and earned for himself en-.
during distinction.-ZiOn's Herald.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24
Our Special Contributors---ISo4.
ANIMAL MOUND BUILDERS.
Many Curious and Marvellous Creatures.
DESCRIBED BY PROF. CHAs. F. HOLDER

tipped over from some steamer, or
had not the water been shallow
might well have passed for cinders
thrown from passing vessel. But
the stones were all selected pebbles,
and of the same general size. A lit
tie farther along the shore l found
another mound in shallow water, and
in the course of month located sew
eral.
These mounds proved to be the
work of fishes (Semotilus). Year after
year they toiled at the mound, piling
up the stones and bringing them in
their mouths, in many instances from
not little distance. 1 estimated
each of these mounds to be over
ton in weight. In shape they were
cave-like, the fishes evidently drop
ping the stones always from above SO
that they rolled down forming the
shape desired. In succeeding sea-
sons they had built the mounds to
the surface of the water, or SO near it
that during the winter the stones were
frozen in the ice, and in the spring
when the ice melted many of the top
layers were carried away.
The mounds were the nests of the
fishes, many of them depositing their
eggs in them, which were washed in
the interstices of the mound, where
the young when they appeared found
shelter.
Equally remarkable are the mound
like structures of lamprey cells. One
observed in the Saco river was fifteen
feet in length and three feet in height.
1t was formed of stones, but of larger
size than in the case of the st. Law
renee river mounds. This accumula-
ton was for similar purpose, and in
contemplating it one wonders how
the builders could accomplish so
much. In removing the stones the
cells attached their suckerlike mouths
to them, and rising with a wriggling
motion from the bottom allowed the
current of the stream to carry them
along as far as it would before they
dropped; then the upward wriggling
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24

motion was repeated, until finally the
stone was placed where desired.
Among the material carried down
stream in this manner was portion
of brick that took the united efforts
of two large cells, which held them
selves upright in the water as they
were carried on by the current.
In my walks and drives through the
foothill country of Southern Cali
fornia, l have frequently seen a curl
Gus and interesting mound builder.
The first m hound that attracted my
attention was a mass of brush piled
up about the trunk of a small tree,
standing perhaps three feet from the
ground. 1t was so interviewer and
interlaced that only with difficulty
could pull it apart, the short twigs
having in some way been wound in
and out SO closely that the hea was
not only an impregnable fortress, but
rain and weatherproof.
Not knowing exactly to what mem
Der of the animal kingdom the nest
belonged, l retired a few feet and
soon saw the owner-a large lustrous-
eyed wood rat that watched me-
sharply from its point of vantage, at
the slightest movement lodging back.
| had never seen an interior described
so begun to demolish the nest, and
labored long and hard before | had
laid it open,
The upper portion contained room
or apartment lined with fine moss and
the bark of trees, and thoroughly pro-
tected from the rain. There were other
apartments or rooms, some stuffed
with seeds, corncobs, and pieces of
cloth, probably picked up in the vi
cinity of neighboring ranch house.
The whole mass was honeycombed
with tunnels, so that it was an impos.
sibility to catch one of the mound
builders mapping; and when | fin
ally removed the nest, found that
one of the passages led into the
ground and radiated off in various
directions.
Several species of these interesting
little creatures are known, some liv-
ing in Florida, where l have seen
them among the palmetto leaves. pill
ing up their curious homes that slow
ly became veritable mounds.
Many of the insects can be termed
moundbuilders, forming heaps of
clay and earth, and in many other
branches of the animal kingdom we
will find these curious analogies to
the work of the human mound build
ers.
PASADENA, CAL.