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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07
TIE Lamar Sparks, a democrat

THE Lamar Sparks, democratic
paper and sympathizer with the pop
ulists is grooming Representative j. G
Funderburgh for reelection. This
is strange, considered from the stand
point that the Hon. J. c. was elected
two years ago by the republican vsters
of the triple alliance, viz, the powers of
Klowa, Baca and Prowers counties.
The Sparks says editorially: His
candidacy is regarded as presumptuous
by some of the republican patriots of
Prowers county who are willing to be-
come candidates. and by whom Mr..
Funderburgh was formally excom-
municated from the party several
months ago for daring to speak kindly
of Governor Waite" Mr.. Funderburg
is the school teacher who clamored SO
loudly for the extra session of the
assembly "if only TO rebuke the
newspapers of the state for the great
injury" they did the state In criticising
the populist administration. The re-
publicans of his district owe duty to
themselves.
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The Situation,

Unless the engineers go out on q
strike there can be but one result of
the railroad strike-defeat The engi.
neers form distinct order from all
other branches of the A, r. U. and
there is an unkind feeling existing be-
tween them which more than anything
else prevents the engineers from CIV
ing in.
But the strange part Of it is that the
A. r. U. did not know whether or not
the engineers would go out with them
before they ordered the general strike.
1t certainly was a great mistake in
President Debs and the executive com.
mittee of the A. r. U. With the
engineers out everything would nee
essarily be tied up.
Now while the fight is hottest the
government steps in and virtually
issues the following ultimatum which
comes from Washington in the way of
a newpaper dispatch:
"Thc authorities are fully determined
to enforce the laws and punish those
who violate them, and so far as the
national government is concerned,
there will be no compromises and no
temporizing. The present strike is re
garded as bold defiance of the laws of
the court and criminal infringement of
the rights of the people OF the whole
country"
However much the strikers and
their friends may object to such stand,
still it is the voice of the government
and it looks as though it would lay
strong hand on all who interfere with
roads in the hands of receivers.
A few more days will suffice to turn
the tide one way or the other.
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GEORGE M. Pullman is very un-
popular man today not only with his
employees but with wage earners and
almost everybody else, He owns a
town, refusing to sell any part to others
and endeavors to own all who work for
him. grinding them down by starva-
ton wages until they rebelled. This
very aristocratic gentleman is un-
American and unsympathctic with his
employees, He and his company have
taken great advantage of the patent
right laws of the United States, and
have grown rich and arrogant by the
proceeds Of their sleepers. The rail-
roads are bound by contract to pull
the sleepers, and now the Pullman
company sits back and laughs at the
ruined condition of the commerce of
the country caused by the strike. But
when the strike is over public opinion
will hold that greedy company largely
responsible for the obstruction of trade
and demand Of them that they treat
their employees fairly; and the Pullman
company must do 1t.
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IT looks strange that the Pullmaps
had to cut down the wages of their
employees in order to save themselves,
and then Immediately make quarterly
Q per cent dividend to the stockholders
of the company. The two clrcum-
stances do not compare favorably for
the greedy company and there is little
public symathy expressed for the con-
ccrn. A little more generosity on
their part and spirit Of fairness in
being willing to srbitrate the trouble
with its employees would have saved the
country from the great railroad strike.
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Semi Monthly Pay Law Unconsti-
tiOnal

The Ohio Supreme Court decided on
June 10 that the semi monthly pay law
is unconstitutional. The case was
made in Cuyahega county. the Lake
Erie Iron Co.. Cleveland having been
indicted in September. 1901, for re-
fusing to comply with the law. The
Supreme Court sustained the contention
that the law Is an interference with the
right of contract, and by prescribing the
mode and time of payment leaves NO
option to the parties making contracts
of employment and makes payment in
any other manner than that prescribed
in the act criminal offense. 1t was
argued that an employe might prefer to
have his wages paid once month or
might be paid by receiving n share Of
the profits of the business, or might
even want his wages to accumulate
Iron Trade Reyiew.
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TIE great daily naners of penxe

THE great daily papers of Denver
have at last been aroused to sense of
their foolishness in making such greatly
reduced rates in the price of subscrip-
tion-rates that were proving dis
astrous to the business of the various
publishing companies, and it was only
a matter of time until they would be
ruined. 1t is different in cities of 800,
600 and over, but in Denver where the
population is only half that, and where
the papers depend largely upon their
subscriptions for living they could
not hold out at the low rates. At last
by the sale of the Sun and Times to a
new company they are enabled to enter
into q business agreement whereby
they can come out whole and continue
to publish first-class newspapers. The
rates by mail adopted by the three
papers are as follows: News and Re
publican, $3.50 per year. 1915 for six
months; 100 for three months; one
month, sixty five cents. The Times,
IS per year; $3.50 for six months; 81 .25
for three months; one month, fifty cents
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Co1,onApo has ,ust passed through a

CoLoRADo has Just passed through
singular year of its history, year full
of bank failures, strikes, riots, floods
and fires and excitement enough for
war times. Added to this the business
ups and downs and the political hub
bub and there is presented perhaps the
strangest year in the history of the
state. The noise and fury of the state
administration has not tended to allay
the excitement, nor has the calling out
of the militia on several occasions
made the trouble any less.
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Valuable Cat,

A cat known as bill" was tho
means OF saving whole family al
Burlington, N. j. Early In the morn
ing a fire broke out in the residence
OF his master. NJ. A Garrison. while
everyone save Bill" was asleep.
bill" seeing the flames and think-
ing something wrong, went to the
door of his masters room aud began
singing. This of course awoke Mr..
Garrison, who, seeing that flames had
enveloped the house, quickly alarmed
his family and they all escaped In
safety. In consideration OF "Bill's"
heroism the neighbors have chained
up all their bootjacks and hereafter
"Bill" can "meaow" in perfect peace.
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WHERE oulrEAu's BODY LIES.
Deputy Warden Russ Tolls of It's Burial
Under the Laundry Floor.

Deputy Warden Russ Tolls of Its Burial
Under tho Laundry Floor.
Tho general impression that the
skeleton OF Guiteau. President Gar
fields assassin is on exhibition in q
medical museum, which has been in
existence ever since his death, has
been removed by the statement OF
jail. He says:
For a long time prior to the execu-
tion strenuous efforts were made to
ascertain where Guiteau was to be
buried. Persons acting in the in
terest Of resurrectionists. both those
who wanted the body for dissection
as we'll as several enterprising dime
m scum proprietors, industriously
questioned everyone whom it was
thought possessed the slightest know
ledge. In order to obviate any legal
difficulties that might arise, it was
decided that Guiteau should make q
will bequeathing his body to DR..
Hicks. 1t was decided to bury the
boiy in the jail. The night Of the
hanging, after the autopsy, the body
remained In tho cheap coffin In the
chapel of tho jail
Upon my arrival at the Jail early
on tho Saturday morning following
the execution secured couple OF
"trusties" and proceeded to the little
laundry-room, dimly lighted by q
small barred grating and almost an
ideal tomb. Tho two amateur grave
diggers, quickly removing the floor
ing, dug grave sufficiently deep
By the time tho body had been
brought down from the chapel DR..
Hicks arrived to conduct tho funeral
services There was only . small
party that stood about the open
grave and listened to the solemn
reading OF tho burial service Gem
eral Crocker, who was the warden,
was present. and. believe. Charlie
Reed. the lawyer who assisted In
Guiteau's defense, besides several Of
the guards and the two prisoners
who dug the grave It Was = weird
scene and ono shall never forget.
There was no particular compact
made as to secrecy among US. but IL
seemed to be generally understood
that we would maintain silence, es-
pecislly as there was considerable
excitement at the time. The story
that the body had been secretly re-
moved to the medical museum was
permitted to 20 uncontrsdicted BE-
cause ws did Aot believe II oonosrnsd
Any one.
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turmoil W.T. will cite an instance we are
credibly informed about. The super
intendent or manager of the iron mines
east of Villa Grove recently went to
Pueblo to hire some of the men out
of work at that place and complaining
that they and their families were on
the point of starvation He secured
sixty-fivc of them and proceeded to the
mine. When he reached Villa Grove
where the road branches to the mines
he had thirty men left whom he took
on up with him. Four days afterwards
there were just eight men left out of
the sixty-five originally hired. Com
ment is unnecessary. Inde-
pendent-J ournal.
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oNR-WHRELsp sULkY.
ne Invention of Californian Who
Looks for big success with It

Looks for big success with It
Captain Alphons b Smith, a pio-
neer OF San Deigo. Cal, is the in.
ventor of one-wheeled sulky which
apparently is a success Some years
ago he conceived the idea that tho
time OF horse on race course
would be materially reduced If in
stead OF the two-wheel sulky q
one-wheel cart could be used. and
he forthwith set to devise a vehicle
which would suit the purpose. He
feels confident that at last he has
succeeded in lnventing something
which fully realizes his brightest
hopes. and something, too, which Is
destined to come into very general
use throughout the world. The axle
of the cart Is made In two pieces,
and is SO arranged that the wheel
turns very readily In any direction
tho horse can possibly pursue. At
tached to the shafts, near where they
meet the axle. are stirrups designed
to steady tho rider in his position on
tho cart Made for ordinary road
use one OF these vehicles weighs
etghty-seven pounds, but when de-
signed for use on the race course
the unicyle, as some have called it.
may be constructed so as to weigh
only thirty-two pounds. Ono was
recently manufactured at San Diego
entirely Of aluminium, the weight be-
ing triae less than thirtytwo pounds
and the vehicle being strong and
handsome. Arthur NJ. Plate is Cap
tain Smiths partner in business Mr..
Plate said to q San Francisco Examin-
or man: Captain Smith perfected
tho several patents last June, aud
he and are preparing to introduce
1T to the public. No. it isn't true
that a balance wheel goes with each
cart The driver isn't in bit Of
danger of being tipped over. The
cart can't be overturned unless tho
horse falls, and the motion isn't
jerky. We will drive the two wheel
pneumatic from the track. Whyi
Well, because it minimizes friction,
and therefore admits OF greater speed.
The experiments thus far made op
rsce courses leave no room for doubN
that the one-wheel cart is certain OF
popularity among turfmen." The in
ventor is sanguine that before
another year has rolled away hum
dreds Of his unicycles will be used
In San Francisco and hundreds more
throughout the interior OF California,
especially In the mountainous dis
tricts
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A New OIL From Hens, Err.

Extraordinary stories are told OF
the healing properties OF a new oil
which is easily made from the yolk
of hens eggs. The eggs are first
boiled hard, and the yolks are then
removed, crushed and placed over .
fire, where they are carefully stirred
until the substance is on the point Of
catching fire. when the oil separates
and the oil may be poured OF. One
yoke will yield nearly two teaspoon
falls of oil 1t is in general use
among the colonists Of South Russia
as a means OF curing outs, bruises,
etc.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

ONE year ago the inst several
Pueblo banks closed and in spite of
adverse times and predictions to the
contrary they all reopened their dosrs
and have redeemed themselves in the
estimation of the people. The Western,
the Central and the American National
banks have proven to be sound institu-
tions and will live through the hard
times.
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wonderfuI rh,nn... .f veneer.

Few people have an idea how thin
sheet Of veneer may be cut with
the aid Of improved machinery.
The g is q firm In Paris which makes
business Of cutting veneers, and 10
such perfection have they brought IL
that from single tusk thirty inches
long they will cut q sheet Of ivory
150 inches long and twenty inches
wide Some Of the sheets Of rose
wood and mahogany are only about .
fiftieth Of an inch in thickness
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

THE labor strikes and the trouble
and hardships incident thereto makes
it all the more apparent that there are
too many day laborcrs in the factories,
on the railroads and in the cities and
too few farmers. The farmer is the
most prosperous and contented man in
the land today and there is room for
many more.
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aovEssMEsr ownership Of the ra

GOVERNMENT ownership Of the rail
roads might work all right for time
but the principle is wrong because 1t
would be an encroachment In the
domain of private enterprise. would.
If pursued 20 any great extent, not
only put check ON ambition, which
would In itself be great misfortune,
but the centralization Of the govern
ment could easily enough be made a
most dangerous thing In the hands Of
dishonest and disloyal men and the
consequences would be disastrous to
the welfare Of the country. The fewer
public dependents the better. That ID
the American spirit Of It and that Ii
the spirit of ambitious and sntsrpris-
ing men everywhere.
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Tn. Cleric. Of ponuybroos.

Donnybrook is on the outskirts Of
the city Of Dublin, but Donnybroo
fair ground is no longer the friendly
fighting ground OF former days
One OF the tents made Of wattles,
with patchwork quilts or blankets or
old petticoats spread over then, held
rows Of tables made Of doors placed
on mounds Of clay. The benches,
too, rested on the same uncertain
foundation and whom tho young
lrishmen grow unsseady tho bench
ssut them all down 10 the Soon Oaa
- tAs erssa Shsrs was AsA1lss -
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sports ana at nIgnU tne nuuies pIay-u
jigs for the jolly young people. II
appears from the accounts given by
the strangers who visited Donny-
brook almost hundred years ago that
there was good reason for the world
wide meaning given to the mere ex-
preston "Donnybrook Fair" But
its glories have departed and IL 10
many long day since the cheerful
shillaly was welded around Donny-
brook castle.
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Lecture Sunday Night.

Mrs. Helen M. Cougar, the noted
temperance lecturer of Indiana will
lecture tomorrow evening, July 8, at
the Bessemer city hall under the
auspices of the W. G. T. U. She
lectures tonight at the Board Of Trade
hall and Monday night at the Court
house. Mrs. Cougar entertains her
audience and invites all to come. No
charge for admission.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

PRESIDENTS Lincoln and Garfield of
the United States, and President Car
not of France were all kindly rulers
and firm friends of the masses, and yet
they died at the hands of assassins. A
strange fatality seems to await truly
good statesmen when they enter on the
throne of a ruler.
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A Nov Indnssr.

The discovery that the leaf Of the
pineapple plant can be wrought into
serviceable cloth Is one OF those
newly found facts that are constant
ly proving how much there 10 ~ -
discover In nature As the plant ts
extensively grown In Florida . new
industry In time will spring up there.
and the producers Of the delicious
pineapple will have . now source -
profit at their command
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IF some people had their way the
government would own everything and
everybody would be dependent upon it
for the necessities of life. The con.
vict who works on n rock pile gets as
much and yet he cannot be said to be
happy, This is aiming rather low.
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with leading citizens of Chicago and
Denver interested in Florence what is
to hinder its coming to the front2'-
Florence Oil Refiner. Noting. If that
enterprising little town continues to
have plenty Of strikes-that is the
strikes that strike the oil.
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GENERAL Tarsney is willing to make
the race for congress, vice }. G. Bell.
and to pacify that gentleman would
run him for governor. That would be
finding holes for two pegs, but what
about Waite and Reed? Tarsney seems
to be overlooking his best friends.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

PRENDEoAsT. the murderer of Carter
Harrison has been adjudged sane by
the jury, and unless his attorneys can
secure new trial he will hang Friday
the 13 inst
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THE Times Sun now takes the place
of the Times and Sun of Denver. The
publishing company is composed of
strong republicans who will make the
interests of the republican party
identical with those of the state. The
Times-sun is first class newspaper.
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Go With the big Crowd to Colorado
Springs July 4th via Santa Fe.

Grand Consolidated Excursion to
Colorado Springs July 4th run by the
Knights Of Pythias and Corona Chapel
t1less). Only 1i.sS for full fare, and
sSc for children. Special train will
leave Union depot at $50. Stone depot
$40 .. m. Everybody invited; ample
room for ali and assod time guaranteed
Secure tickets sariy from committee
Of KaisAss Il PytAias, Uorssa Chspel
= sosses y unioa dspsA ssons depot
- Saaaa - elty slltS.
- lsaeE \ rs = 4 Il 4! N Asaess.
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p. ByRNss. EDITOR AND Paopa,eroH
Published Every Saturday Mt Pueblo, Colo.
PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION.

LOCAL politics have dropped out of
sight since the Inauguration of the
railroad strike.
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FRANCE can be trusted to take care
of her anarchists and may set an
example that other countries can follow
to their advantage.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

Jusr to illustrate the peculiar ccn.
tfaisne tAat - snazsd spia ~ pssasas
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wnas .. ws.Ia D.

Whist would you do Il / asksa ~
for loan Of e10r'
"Compliment yo4 o yo.s nssves
-CAioAeo RsoeeA
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+. Sheeran Doesn't quote prices permits
IlltII HIM
~ DOLLAR than he does. Heis nd intends
there Don't ask again
ROOII AVENUE. NEAR SUMMIT
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
ELL1NwOOD.

From the Advocate.
Nearly every man who went from
here to the Strip has returned to help
during harvest,
The populists and republicans seem
to have traded platforms, and a good
democrat can stand on neither.
Every body and his neighbor is in the
harvest field this wec.. and the town
is as lonesome as graz ard.
Louis Bunte, who has been attend
ing college at Warrenton, Mo-. for the
past seven months, returned to his
home in this city again last Sunday. 5
V. S. Musn has letter from head
quarters saying that the weather fore
casts will be coming soon again over
the Western Union line.
w. P. Rupert sold an 50 acre tract OF
land about six miles south of town to
H. Langfeld last week. Consideration
$1,000.
A newspaper, postofice and girl
baby are about all one man can attend
to at one and the same time, and do il
successfully, this hot weather. -;-
If you would like22to keep that eighth
of an inch of dust daily, out of your
place of business, agitate starting a
street sprinkler. 1t would give to the
city more comfort considering the out
lay than any one thing we know.
S. w. Pugh, one of the rising young
educators of the country and formerly
teacher in district 80 in this township
but later teacher in the Indian schools
at Fl. Majore, Arizona, returned tc
this city Tuesday, after having finished
his seasons work there.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
Bicycle Races, July 4th.

FIRST RACE-Half mile handicap,
open to all. 1st prize, Medal; I'd, BIZ
cycle Lamp; Sd, Perfection Repair Kit.
!. SECOND RACE-Half mile handicap:
open to cushion tires only. 1st prize,
Medal; I'd Bicycle Bell; Sd Bicycle
Shoes. Winner or first place in first
race not eligible to ride in second race
RULEs-Races to be held under l..
A. W. Rules, and open to class ''A''
men only, THAT is, men who have
never ridden for any money prize, en-
aged in nor assisted in or taught pro-
fessional bicycling or any other athletic
sport for money or other remuneration
nor having competed with or against
any professional for prize of any des-
cription.)
ENTREEs-Free to both events. En-.
trees close at 9 a. m, July 4th; to al
low handicappers time to place men.
THIRD RACE-Slow race, 200 yards
Entrance fee 25 cents. 1st prize
Medal, I'd Sweater.
All races to be run on Broadway, tc
finish at section line on west side OF
original town site lat Elliott place..
For further particulars call on or ad.
dress, CHAs. ZUTAvERN, Com.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
The Courageous Flea


Courage is resistance to fear, mas
terry of fear-not absence of fear.
Except creature be part coward it
is not a compliment to say it is
brave; it is merely loose misappi-
cation of the word. Consider the
fleal incomparably the bravest of all
the creatures of God, if ignorance OF
fear were courage. Whether you
are asleep or awake he will attack
you, caring nothing for the fact that
in bulk and strength you are to him
as are the massed armies of the earth
to a sucking child: he lives both day
and night and all days and nights
in the very lap of peril and
the immediate presence of death,
and yet is no more afraid than is the
man who walks the streets of a city
that was threatened with an earth
quake ten centuries before. Wher
we speak of Give, Nelson and Put
nam as men who t'didn't know what
fear was" we ought always to ado
the fea-and put him at the head o
the procession. = Mark Twain IL
Century,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
A few Cultivators-THE BEST MADE
still on hands at the
GREAT BEND IMPLEMENT Co.
Beatty Organs and Pianos.

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, OF Wash
lngton, New Jersey, the great Organ
and Piano manufacturer, is building
and shipping more organs and pianos
than ever. In 1870 Mr.. Beatty left
home penniless pillow boy, and by his
indomitable will he has worked his
way up so as to sell, so far, nearly
100, 900 of Beatty's pianos and organs
since 1870. Nothing seems to dis
hearten him; obstacles LAID in his way
that would have wrecked any ordinary
man forever, he turns to an advertise
ment and comes out of it brighter than
ever. His instruments, as is we'll
known, are very popular and are to be
found in all parts of the world. We
are informed that during the next ten
years he intends to sell 200, 600 more
of his make; that means business of
$40, 900 900, if we average them at
$4,000 each. It is already the larSest
business of toe kind in. existence. It
will pay you to write to Daniel F.
Beatty, Washington, New Jersey, for
catalogue.