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The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Art of Advertising.

II your advertising is what it should be
and succeed in building up a profitable busi-
ness, you cannot put into figures how much
force of statesmen is worth which brings to
your store such an army of purchasers. II
you cannot spend $1,000 week in advertis-
ing, spend $500. II you cannot spend so
much, spend 800, and il your business will
not allow more than $40 to be invested, spend
that. Do not say there is no use in adver-
tising except in a large way. One might as
well say that a scent package of seeds from
the florist will not grow as well as the same
seeds bought in bushel quantities. Have
good seed and plant it in good soil; in other
words write a good advertisement and put in
a good paper.-M. S. Crawford in Printers
Ink
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
A DESERTED DAKOTA CITY.
West Lynne Entirely Dcpopulated and
Shrubhcry Flourishes.

Shrubbcry Flourishcs.
tFrom the Philadelphia Times.l
party of archhologists just returned here
tells thrilling story of the abandoned city OF
West Lynne. The city is desolate and going
to decay; no traffic goes on its streets or busi-
ness in its stores; no homes are in its DWELL
ings. The streets are graded, have side
walks, and trees and shrubbery flourish in the
yards surrounding the residences but all is
silence and loneliness.
The town is opposite Emerson, just across
the Manitoba line from st. Vincent. There.
on two sides of the Red river. and within an
area of four square miles, are four towns,
Emerson. West Lynne, Winston. and Penn
bina West Lynne is on the west bank of
the river.
The history of the place is one of the ro-
mances OF town building in the boom period,
when Winnipeg was the metropolis of the
North. Some schemers with more fertility
than scruples. plated and exploited a city on
the river where they claimed the Great North
ern was to cross. Eastern capitalists were
becoming interested and money was plenty.
There was no sham about the actual construc-
tion of that town, but substantial reality.
A man named Murray, of Chicago. Was the
agent. He sold lots at auction for $1,000
each. While he would be selling telegram
would come notifying him of the sale OF Il
certain plot and it would be withdrawn.
Then he sold adjoining lots at advanced
prices. That was the broker feature. Mean
time building was progressing.
No board shanties, wood walls, nor canvas
shells, but handsome structures OF brick or
lumber. thoroughly finished in approved style.
were erected, and to-day the town is a hand
some but useless monument to the credulity
OF some and the hardihood of others.
1t has buildings which cost from $1,000 to
$4,000. and the bridge which cost 22GO.00o
and is capable OF holding population OF
10000, and yet no human being lives in it.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23

pose little one comes along. Evidently .
cozy home OF ones own is the only place for
the baby. 1t is the only place for the baby to
grow and be pride and joy to fond and de-
lighted parents. It is the only place, in
short, for the suitable development Of all the
traits Of character which make US lovable,
which make US fit to be lived with always.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
BECAUSE WE LOVE.

Sweetheart Of mine, since we were to wed
The second summer now Is here,
And love grows stronger every year.
We are so happy, sweet, said;
Why is it? And she answered low,
Because We love each other SO.
Oft have heard the moaning dove
Call her lost mate from out the wood;
She suffered, felt, and understood;
For she wss filed with grief and love-
Such sorrow may we never know,
4ecaus We love each other so.
CY WARMAN.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
False Notes in Wagner.

The young lady at the piano was playing a
selection from Wagner. In the midst of it
she suddenly stopped in confusion. ''What
Is the matter?' inquired one of the company.
81 struck false note" she replied. 'Well.
what of it?' said another. Nobody but
Wagner would ever know it. and he's dead.
Go ahead with the music. Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
How One Woman Criminal Was Detected,
lEr1,r,a the ST Louie Cloi,, Dax,,ecra41

from the ST. Louis -Democrat1
'It is a good deal harder to convict
woman of crime than man," said James
Tracy, the veteran detective. 81 don't know
why it is so, unless it be that women are
sicker in concealing the evidence of their
crime. remember one case 1 had here in
st. Louis about twenty years ago where
woman had arrested nearly escaped punish
ment for her crime, but finally landed her in
an unexpected way.
1.-THE woman was a servant in a wealthy
family living in the West End. One night
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
THIS Is BUSINESS, TOO.

Here and there some miscreant steals a
copy of THE TINES after it has been left at
the door of subscriber. Any person COM
municating to the business office information
that would lead to the detection Of any one Of
these thieves will be paid a reward Of SO.
This also is business
The Washington times., 1894-04-23

Light to Find the Fire With.

Mrs. Percushing-Henry, smell fire, tell
you.
Mr.. Percushing-Well, I can't find any fire,
and I've been all over the house.
Mrs. Percushing- light the candle
and take another look. How could you find
it in the dark. you idiot?-Judge.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Chicago Marriage Licenses

Some of the marriage licenses issued In
Chicago in one day last week:
John Jakubowski to Jazefine Matuczenska.
yaclar Urbauek to Mary Haylickova, Josef
Kraus to KataTZyna Brejhova, and August
Dolmski to Agnieszki Krolikowska.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
WASHINGTON, d. O., APRIL 2s. 1894.

The Weather To-day.
For the District OF Columbia and Maryland,
partly cloudy weather; northerly windsi
slightly cooler.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08
Getting Worse.

Our experience and our history teaches
US that man has to do greater amount
of labor today in order to buy certain
amount of necessities than he did so years
ago. We do not wish to be misunderstood
in this The average working man works
longer today to obtain the price of loaf
of bread than he did 30 years ago, and men
80 years ago worked more hours to get the
price of loaf of bread than they did $50
years ago. Prof. Thorold Rogers, in his
celebrated work on wages and labor in the
feudal days, made a remarkable statement
in about these words: ''Three hundred
and fifty years ago skilled mechanic, in
order to supply himself and family, con-
sisting of four other persons, with food,
lothing and shelter, worked IS weeks in a
year, six days week of eight hours each.
The unskilled laborer, in order to procure
the same degree of comfort, had to work 20
weeks" Five years ago it was calculated
by leading political economists and lead
ing thinkers that the skilled mechanics of
this day, in order to surround themselves
with the same comfort of the skilled me-
chanics of $50 years ago, had to work 90
we ks in the year, six days in the week
and 10 hours per day; that the unSkllled Ia
borer in order to reach the same degree of
comfort, had to work 70 weeks, six days a
week and 10 hours per day. In other
words, it is impossible for the mechanics
and unskilIed Iaborers of this day, by
working three times as long, to bring about
the same results of $50 years ago. The
fact is, that in these centuries, despite the
added productiveness of labor through in
vent'on, its ability to supply itself with the
ordinary necessities ana comforts of life is
decreasing every year, and has never done
so more rapidly than within the last six
months, despite the cheapening of goods
and commodities caused by the panic.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

half deride the rest, and hence viii re-
main helpless. Look at their votes,
that tells the tale. They want masters,
they don't desire to be free. All we
have to do is to smile on one and kick
the other. The fact of the matter is
they think they are helpless. Its our
duty to make them believe it. An
empty stomach and naked back is our
argument. This is all we need to re-
main masters. With all their growlings
during their secret meetings, next day
they are first. to discredit their leaders,
who work for principle without re-
Enumeration. The whole thing in nut
shell is, they are so cowardly they are
unwilling to even vote for themselves.
They realize they are slaves. Let them
believe tit pays us. We would be
fools not to use them in every way to
coin money out of them. Have no fear
of the workingmen, they'll never dis
turb our mastery, for where cowardice
is added to ignorance, resistance to
power is impossible"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

COLBY, Kan, June 6.-The Populist
congressional convention of the Sixth
congressional district of the state of
Kansas, was held here today to put in
nomination a candidate for congress.
Several candidates were in the field,
Baker seemed to have the strength to
secure the nomination on the first bal
lot. After The permanent organization
was affected and theseVeral committees
had reported, the convention took the
first ballot that gave Mr.. Baker, the
present incumbent, the nomination.
The vote was as follows: Baker II, Os-
borne 4. Montgomery 4, Helms 9, Ru-
benthall 3. The nomination was made
unanimous by the convention, after
which the glee club rendered some ex-
cellent vocal music, and the convention
adjourned.
Mr.. Bakers record in congress is as
good recommendation as will be need
ed to insure his election. His record
of four years in congress has not blot
or blemish and on every issue his vote
has been with the masses and the right
and his constituents will show their
appreciation of his services and worth
by triumphingly re-electing him. The
resolutions we're as follows:
We the PopuIists of the Sixth congressional
district hereby reafirm our devotion to the prin-
cipIes of the Omaha platform and believe had
they been enacted into laws they would have Sc
cured the happiness and prosperity OF our nation.
Believing our country is sovereign nation cap
able of controlling its own finances, using its OWN
money, we protest against foreign interference as
un-American and unjust to our people.
We in favor of Tree and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio of 10 to I
We protest against the further issue OF interest
bearing bonds, and as the bonds are based upon
the credit of the nation maintain that the creot
is ample for a Suthcent amount OF non-intereSt
bearing legal tender notes to meet all requirements
held from circulation a reserve as unnecessary
and peTnicious.
We denounce the legislation which has filled
country with organized armies of unemployed
laborers begging an opportunity to earn their
bread.
We are opposed to all trusts which in any way
control the price of American products and de-
mand laws be enacted and enforced which shall
labor.
We favor less taxes upon the necessities of life
and that wealth bear most Just share OF taxation
tnToug graduated income tax.
We demand that every veteran of the late war
shall receive pension, and that their widows and
orphans be literally provided for, and that all
pension laws upon the statute books be strict
ly enforced.
We believe the humbIest a citizen has the same
right to petition the most wealthy.
We believe that it is due the settlers OF the west
that congress should make appropriation for
testing the possibility of irrigation the western
the passage of bill to this effect
We urge upon the members of congress to pass
suitable laws to carry into effect the principles
for which contend
We indorse the present state administration of
Governor Lewelling as both honest and efficient
and this claim challenge the closest scrutiny.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

route in a stage. from whose wheels clouds /
of dust would roll.
On the edge of the prairie, half walled ia
by rock, dense with immense trees draped
in long feStoons OF moss. is pool of water
ssThe Sink.'' The depth of it has never
been sounded. From this sink an under
ground river flows and makes its way no
one knows where. Sometimes an acre or
so of land, trees and all viii fall into the
underground river, and then the drainage
of the prairie is INSTRUCTED and the prairie
agoes dry In year or two the river will
have seeped around the obstruction, and
then the prairie sgoes wet.'' In the neigh
borhood of GAINESVILLE there are hundreds
of these sinks, all of them as round as a
dollar and averaging from quarter to
half acre in extent.
North of GAINESVILLE is pretty and mys-
terious spot called the Devils Mill-hop-
per-" A large stream of water comes down
hill with considerable force and disappears
in pool that has no visible outlet. Near
Brooksville is another pool very similar to
the Devils MiIl-hopper." A stream of
water pours into it and disappears in a
whirlpool in the center. Throw log into
it and it will circle the pool many times.
gradually drawing nearer to the center.
Suddenly the log disappears.
Some grewsome stories are connected
with the BroOksville pool. 1t is said that
the place is haunted, for the reason that
many man. and woman, too, has mysteri-
ously disappeared in it. never TO be heard
of afterWard. In the pioneer days of that
mart of tine country so the stories 90 there
was a secret society which washed all its
dirty liuen in that pool In other words,
if man or woman gave grave offense to
any members of the society, he or she was
gagged, bound, and in the darkness of
night thrown into the pool-Florida Times
Union
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08
Narer Attracted His Notice.

1t seems great pity that, when the Ohio
Republicans began electing Mckinley gov
ernor with view of keeping him on the
track for the presidential race, they could
not also have named a man to look after
the duties of the executive Office. These
are enough to engage the undivided atten-
ton of any man, but Mckinley, of course,
has little time left for them after attending
to the exacting requirements of presi-
dental boom. The consequence is that the
reputation of the state is suffering severely.
During the last few months there have
been repeated cases of the lynching of
black men by white, but nothing has been
done towards furnishing the offenders and
thus arresting the tendency towards law
Iessness. The penal reformatory and
charitable institutions of the state are in
bad way, and there are shocking scandals
about some of them. 1t appears that the
DAYTON asylum for the insane is not allow
ed large enough appropriation to pur-
chase sufficient food for the inmates. Two
of the higher officials of the penItentiary
recently engaged in a fst-fght in the pres
ence of hundreds of cOnvicts who were as
sembled to take part in religious worship,
and the deputy warden has just filed 40
charges against his chief, covering num-
Der of offences, any one of which is just
cause for removal. Meanwhile McKinley's
eyes are so firmly fixed upon 1896 that mis-
government, official scandals, and lynch
ings in 1894 never attract his notice.-Thc
Nation
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08
AIawver knocked Out.

The circuit court was sitting in a New
Hampshire town. 1t was a cold evening,
and a crowd of lawyers had seated them
selves around the hearth in the village inn,
when a beIated traveller, benumbed with
cold, entered the room. AS none of the
lawyers offered to make room near the fire,
he sat in the back part of the room.
A smart young lawyer addressed him,
and the following dialogue took place:
.sYou look like traveller"
aWeIl. suppose L am. 1 came all the
way from Wisconsin afoOt, at any rate"
"From Wisconsin! What a long distance
VOC had to travel"
ssWeli, 1 did it anyhow"
'sDid you ever pass through hell in any
y dyes Yes sir; / passed through the out
Il thought likely. Could you tell us
what are the manners and customs of that
place. Several of us would like to know
s'Oh! You viii find them the same as in
this place; the lawyers always sit nearest
the fire. Boston Herald.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

The basis for said representation is
two delegates at large for each county
and one additional delegate for each
$50 votes, or major fraction thereof,
cast for r. S. Osborne for secretary of
state, determined by adding the vote
cast for him in 1890 and in 1892, and
dividing the result by two.
Delegates to the said convention will
be elected by a regularly called county
convention of the party, and it is re-
commended that conventions for cleo
ton of delegates to this convention be
held in all counties in the state on the
oath day of May, 1894, and that the
primaries for electing delegates to said
county convention be held on Tuesday,
the 22d day of May, at such places as
may be designated by the call for
county conventions.
1t is also recommended that, at the
county conventions held for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to this con-
ventiOn, the county central committee
for the campaign of 1894 be selected,
ately after the adjournment of said
convention for the purpose of organic
ing; that the selection of the county
committee be made the first order of
business in said convention after per-
manent organization.
The secretary of said county conven-
ton will forward to the state chairman
list of the delegates and alternates,
together with list of the county CEN
tral committee selected, Immediately
after the adjournment of said conven-
ton.
It is recommended that in the selec-
ton of delegates to said state conven-
ton the several committees refrain
from electing any state officer or state
employee.
1t is further recommended, that all
persons, irrespective of former party
affiliations, who believe in the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1; who believe in more money
and less taxes; who believe in strict
economy in government affairs; who
believe in a graduated income tax; who
believe in government ownership of
railroads; who believe the promises
made by the government to the soldier
when he enlisted be strictly fulfilled;
who believe that freight and passenger
rates in Kansas should be based on the
actual cost on construction and Iegiti-
mate expense of operating the railroads
and that such rates should be reduced
to correspond with the reduced prices
of products of labor; who believe that
the wages due railroad employees should
be a first lien on ali property of the
road, payable before any other claim
whether the road is operated by the
company or by receivers, and that no
officer or stakeholder of any railroad
should be appointed receiver thereof;
and all who believe that the legislation
outlined herein viii restore prosperity
to the country, and enable thousands
who are now tramping the country In
enforced idleness to secure profitable
and enjoy the fruits
be invited to participate In the
primaries and conventions
JOHN W. BREIDENTHAI.. Chairman
CHARLEs S. DAVIS, Secretszs.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

WHAT is done with the s1,2oG,0O0,OOO
that is raised by taxation every year in
the United States? This is a per capita
tux of $50, or as much as all the money
in circulation in the United States.
Why is it that with the war debt nearly
paid, that the people are taxed higher
than during the civil war? It looks, to
a person on the outside, like someone
was getting a good-sized drag, or it may
be caused by the veterans of the early
SOS getting those magnificent monthly
So pensions.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08
Predfctfon.

We predict that within month it will
be impossible to find a man in the United
States who is not in favor of bimetalIism.
It will perhaps take two or three months
for them to oulgrow the belief that it is
necessary for Great Britain to join in order
tn make IT a success. but the more they
study the matter the more they viii be
convinced that if cur country we're alone
to establish bimetslIism, and If their
graVeSt fears could be realized, namely,
that gold would 90 to premium and van
isf away. they would see three things.
First, that when the gold went away, some
thing else would have to come. Second,
that after all there is no surplus Of silver IN
the world, and third, that SuddenIy every
factory in the United States would have
plenty of work and plenty Of sales for It's
ma -eriaf, and the factories IN Great Britain
would one by one close dOwn.-Sait Lake
Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08
GIVE US THE GREEK SYSTEM.

AprOpos of the attempt of Coxey and
his army to petition congress, is the
opinion expressed by Judge Cooley re-
Gently in lecture before the Ann
Arbor law school in which he denied
the right of American citizens to petit
ton congress or their representatives,
in person, as the Coxey men seek to
do. He said that where, as in ancient
Greece, the people as a mass made the
laws, the case was different, but our
system of government is II representa-
tive one and after the citizens have
chosen their representatives there is
no power left to them whereby they
can coerce those Representatives into
certain lines of action.
That is a poor argument to come from
such a source. This is supposed to be
a government of and by the people,
and for the people, but the right to pc
tition congress in person is limited to
the millionaires and representatives of
trusts and monopolies and workmen
who come to Washington in Pullman
cars in the interests of capital
If the poor. who have a grievance,
have not right to ask their servants
the representatives of the government
and our law makers to make laws that
will give them relief, then that right
must and shall be had
If these followers of Coxey had been
appareled in fine linen and purple
velvet, with their purses bursting with
nl-gotten gains. congress and the
senate would have gone to meet them
in a body to bid them welcome to Col
umbia with privileges to trample upon
the grass at viii. The weight of CAPT
tails feet is an honor, but the shoes of
a laboring man pollutes the God-given
carpet of green.
Ancient Greece had a system of gov
eminent that was much in advance of
this, the country spoken of in storied
lore as 'sthe land of the free and the
home of the brave" Let steps be taken
to once more set the bird of freedom
on the perch now occupied by the lion
of England and the Rothchilds and
once more give the people the right to
petition their servants in person, i'm ex-
ample of the ancients of Macedonia. o
GENERAL CoxEY will be turned loose
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-08

MANY American workmen cheerfully
laid down their lives during the dark
days of the civil war that slavery might
no longer exist,,thu freeing from bond
age millions of the negro race. Today
sees large body of negroes serving in
the ranks of the deputies that are trying
to crush American white labor at the
Cripple Creek mines. How do the boys
of 81 like this? It looks like a case of
rescuing viper and having him show
his appreciation by stinging you.