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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-08

An all-around surprise was tender
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Sam'l Fox last Thurs
day evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Fox live
about three miles east of the city and
are known to almost every one in the
city as being among the first settlers
Of this country. The occasion was
supposed by Mr.. Fox to have been
planned by the ladies as a surprise on
Mrs. Fox, but before she had fully
recovered from her surprise, the gen.
tlemen stepped in and completely
surprised Mr.. Fox also. The guests
were all from the city and were prin-
eipally old time settlers of this coun.
try. Refreshments plenteous and pal.
atable added their charm to the
evening. Games and the social
amusements Of younger days were in.
dulged in by the older as well as the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-08

w.
Washington Carlisle,
Elizabeth J. Car.
Isle, The Alliance
Trust Company,
Frank Hagerman,
Loudford B. Laid,
Chas. 5. Fairchild,
Harry e. Mooney,
and Milton b. Whit.
ney, Receivers OF
The Alliance Trust
Company, Milton
Smith, Benjamin
Smith and Henry
Drain, Defendants.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-08
Sheriff OF Sumner county, Kansas.
IVAN D. ROGERS, Attorney for Plaintiff.
First Publication In VOICE July 4, 1851
Sheriff's Sale.
No. T3.

No. I1I3.
In the District Court Of Sumner county in the
state OF Kansas
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-08-08

COWherd.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
BEER FROM BANANAS.


Hsv Natives u the DaFk Coatisoat Mako
Their Spirit1oos Beverages
To the natives Of Africa Of the pres
ent time beer prepared from maR and
hons is unknown. Yet there exists no
lack Of intoxicating beverages among
the sons Of the dark continent They
are not required to wait for the fire
water Of the Europeans TO be sent to
them. They understand how to pre-
pare spirituous beverages Of their own.
and they also become intoxicated BY
them. The AfricanS make wine and
beer, but neither grape juice u used
for the former nor malt extract Tor the
latter. Palm leaves Of different kinds.
bananas and millet furnish the raw
materislA
Palm wine i made from the sap ooz-
ing from the cutoff blossom stems OF
the oily palm tree and Of the COCOA
tree. It il . pleasant, refreshing
beverage, and sufficiently known.
From the. fruit Of the banana tree =
beverage i made In Africa which they
drink there n wine or beer.
Ranana beer i chiefly uaDd By the
natives Of Uganda, = county border
ing on Lake Victoria The people
there are fond Of such beer. and when
Emin Pasha went 70 RubAgA 70 meet
King Mtess b wrote y hh diary:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
This is real beer trip; from village

This is a real beer trip; from village
to village. or rather from beer pot to
beer pot, We are marching on"
In that country the manufacture Of
the banana beverage is very extensive.
DIR. Felkin. an English physician, who
formerly lived there. describes the diff
ferent kinds Of the banana beverages.
He makes distinction between banana
Deer and banana wine.
According to the description.
''mub'st," . cooling banana wine. is
manufactured in the following man.
ner. A big hole is dug in the ground,
lined with banana leaves filled
with unripe bananas and kept
covered BY mats and earth
until the fruit has become
completely ripe. Then the bananas are
slit, mixed with fine hay. and placed
into large boatlike, wooden trough,
which 1t one end has an emptying
pipe.
After the addition of some water the
whole is thoroughly mixed by the hand
or by short wooden sticks. Thereupon
the trough is covered with banana
leaves. and the mixture is left stand
ing for about one or two hours. After
the expiration of that time it is taken
out, and through glass sieves poured
into large calabashes- 1t is then ready
for use. and represents . sweet. agree
able and not intoxicating beverage.
But il the mubisi is left standing for
three or four days it undergoes y fer
mentation, and becomes a slightly
acid. refreshing beverage, which is
Intoxicating. Boston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17

hopeful that he was paying marked At
tentions to certain pretty maiden.
Now half the girls OF Winters nc
quaintance were down on him for his
impoliteness; really, he hadn't intend
ed TO be impolite. you know. but that
his brain had left him in the lurch
with disastrous results q great many
times, and he had solemnly vowed new
er again to look at = girl until he had
his mind = close captive. This was the
only way OF avoiding 4 complete boy
cott But in light of the present sta
bility of the gray matter within his
skull. he decided that to venture now
would not be too hazardous Therefore.
with the greatest care and determine
tion. he mapped out a campaign. the
successful elimination Of which was 10
be the surrender of Miss Mae Hadley's
hand.
Affairs chose . very smooth course
for themselves. When Reggie found
he could actually 20 to = box party
without forgetting during the evening
which young lady he had escorted
thither. he was puffed up by certain
sense of pride and self-importance.
One Sunday evening when he WAS
calling on Miss Hadley she described
TO him in such = glowing manner, with
such pretty smiles on her full lips and
such . marvellous light in her dark
eyes-these were Reggies thoughta
during the description-a charity fair
which was % be held the following
week that he made = mental resolve "a
rnrchase m absurdly large number OF
sickets. Aud she was to be in charge
4 the booth where discarded bnt still
eeeful articles of sjothine would b ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
THE CYCLE CRAZE.


what May He Expected In the Not Far
Distant Future.
lis your sister ut home, Johnny"
mo, sir; she hasn't returned from
the academy yet"
"What academy"
why, haven't you heard that she's
an instructress at the bicycle school
teaches the women to ride and sells
them bloomers and things?"
well, are your father and mother
imp"
mo. sir; they're out in the park on
their tandem tricycle."
"Your brother Bob is travelling.
isn't hep"
Yep; he's with one of the big racing
teams. tell you he's a crack-a-jack!
Wins q bushel Of diamonds and gold
cups every week"
"And where are the twins?"
They've got Rover, our dog, out in
the barn and are teaching him to ride
the new quadricycle which has just
been invented for household pets"
but how does it happen that you
are not riding a wheel, too?"
"Sprained my ankle training for the
road race. e."-Buffalo Express
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17

his present state of confusion. He
seemed to see all those girls he had
offended pointing warning fingers at
him, and he shivered. Gathering his
shattered forces as hest he could he
retreated to . retired corner and in
dulged in some language very uncom-
plimentary to himself
Throughout the evening, while he
was being swindled at the various
booths, he was endeavoring to form
some scheme which might recover for
him the much-prized overcoat But
his thoughts refused to approach con-
centration, and at last he gave up in
despair. and slipping out by side way
where there were but few people to be
encountered, he summoned cab. and
tying = handkerchief over his head
rode home in company with his bitter
musings. Before he reached his door.
however, = happy thought had come
to his deliverance. How stupid! Of
course he could see Miss Hadley after
the fair had closed and explain it all to
her.
He made several visits to the fair
avoid TIE discarded clothing booth. He
did mot care to tell Miss Hadley there
9. mis- mistake. and she would be sure
to thank him again if she saw him. and
that would put him to = terrible confu-
sion.
The Charity Fair came to an end,
and one evening shortly after its sue
cessful close Mr.. Reginald Winters YVES
waiting before . cory open fire in the
Miss Mae to appear.
His plan was all arranged. He knew
Just where each word came in, for he
had rehearsed it countless times. Miss
Hadley," he would begin, II am very
sorry to have to inform you of little
mistake which" The frou frou
Of skirts interrupted the mental
rehearsal, and a. he arose Miss Had
ley came in looking bewitchingly pref
ty. aud said: ''Oh, I'm 50 glad to see
you, Mr.. Winters l want to thank
you again for that hat and lovely coat
you gave us At the fair. It was per-
fectly splendid Of you"
There was . warmth in her manner
that struck Reggie very forcibly. For
once his wits did not desert him In
an instant he he'd decided he had given
the things voluntarily for chrrity's
sake. After al. there was nothing in
the world like charity.
II had to do something, even it was
: little, for your sake" A little en-
barrassed pause, and then: Mae.
haven't you bit of charity left for
poor fellow like me:' and he held out
his arms imploringiy.
She did not say it was SO sudden. 50
unexpected, or that she had known
him for SO short = time. Indeed, she
did not. She came straight into his
arms, and as he bent his head and
kissed her he felt amply recompensed
for the loss of shipload Of hats and
fur-lined overcoats or anything else in
the world but her. That was Charitys
Budget
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17

ccived for the deserving rs.r, wac hal
| suffered so much during sh< hard .,mes
1t was such a nice, pros:;.al ides. she
thought, which is equivalent to saying
he thought so too.
When he left that evening he wrote
it all down in his memorandum, for it
was not safe. he found, to trtst too
much to his mind even then.
The opening evening of tie fair
came and Reggie consulted the little
book. that its enlightenment might
put all shadows of doubt to fight, and
being assured of the rectitude Of every.
thing he arrayed himself for the fete.
When he was about to start a very
oininous thing occurred. He tried no
less than a dozen times to ignite PEN
ell with which to light his cigar. This
old time symptom made him very nerv-
Gus. He walked down to the hall where
the fair was to be held, and entered.
He hoped to heavens he wouldn't make
any beastly break tonight lie
slipped off his heavy, fur-lined overcoat
he was very fond of this particular
coat-and looked about for that indis-
pShS0oAC oOoNh !" hACu 10 luAuAtuCuItA
to all successful fairs, where for the
small bribs If dime they generously
check yonr bat and coat. All! that
must be it where those gentlemen
were passing In those articles. He
walked rapidly TO the booth and held
out his coat AMI hat. There was a
vision Of a sweet familiar face and
sweet familiar vok,e said: ''Oh, how
very generous Of you, Mr.. Winters!"
And Miss Hadley gracefully deposited
the things she had taken from him.
Then Winters remembered what she
had told him about her booth. Merci.
full heavens. his hat and pet overcoat
had gone to adorn the city POOR. He
gasped; he felt confused, sufccated.
lie could not ask Miss Hadley 10 re-
turn them-oh, of course he couldn't!
He did not trust himself to speak IN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
The Power es Elo@as.ca.

History teens with examples OF the
power of eloquence. A good story OF
an incident which occurred the other
day in n Cardiganshire chapel. where
the congregation was made up largely
Of seafaring men, is now going the
rounds. "A figure used by the preacher
related to = captain 1T his wits end
when navigating his ship through =
narrow. shallow. winding channel.
abounding with rocks and strong cur
rents The faces Of some Of the listen
ers were perfect pictures Is the
preacher eloquently described the de-
tails and the difficulties of the voyage.
The ship ran against . bank. and in .
thrilling burst the preacher shouted:
What shall we do?' God knows
shouted IN old sailor, for you are 70
ing starn foremost. london News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
DOG cATcHER's REPARrEE.
He Told the Other Msa what He Wsala
do with Him.

He Told the Other lGaa what He Wsala
do with Him.
A small boy was going along the
street whistling an improvisation, very
badly out of tune. HIS old pal. shag-
gy ard very disreputable-looking black
Newfoundland dog. followed him de-
jectedly. Along the street came = dog
catcher's wagon, and when the deputy
public impounder seated thereon saw
the boys pal he recognized his lawful
prey. He was on the ground In m in
slant. had the wire moose over the
dogs head, and before you could say
Jack Robinson" the Newfoundland
had struck the bottom Of the wagon
without = whimper. Not 80 the boy.
who set up . terrific howl, which
seemed to amuse the dog catcher inn
mensely. On the opposite corner stood
= group of express wagons and their
drivers loafing near them. One of the
drivers called to the boy encourag-
ingly:
"Why don't ye git = rock and break
his face?"
At this the dog catcher. who was
the expressman. The dog catcher was
. very unlovely person; his face was
red and freckled and he had . wonder
fully tough look. In IN easy, banter
ing tone he addressed the expressman:
Say. pard. you look like m able
bodied man. S'pose you come over and
break my face. Why. say" and hero
his voice became contemptuous. I'D
jest take you and t'row in wild de rest
ev de dogA"
The other man mumbled something.
AN say. I'd jest poke you one ON de
jaw and spin you round like button
ON wood-shed door. I'm onto you.
see9 I know what way you vote"
This was slur ut the A. p. A. tenden-
cies Of the expressman. And rs the
dog catcher's wagon rolled away the
dog catcher continued his threats In .
Rood-natured. contemptuous tone that
would have made his fortune ON the
variety stage.-Kansas City Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
W. G. KENTZEL, Edito,
BREAST The TIDE.

"nen the storms Of life o'ertake you,
Let not courage e'er forsake you;
yield not to the tempest tamely,
battle with it firmly. gamely-
Breast the tide.
What . spectacle ignoble
fs the man " no, when In trouble.
Foids his hands with looks despairinc
Wnen he should, with high-soulcd daring,
Breast the tide.
Though the winds should fiercely bluster,
Clouds OF inky blackness muster;
Winds ere long will be declining,
Clouds display . silv'ry lining.
Breast the tide
Folly tits to let disaster
Energy and pluck o'ermaster:
Fortune will show less OF riyor.
II 3ou ply the oar with vigor.
Breast the tide.
Courage only can avail you
when the winds and waves assail you
Onward. Onward. or be driven
On the rocks. your boat all riren!
Breast the tide
Nv. r. Barber. in N. Y. Ledger
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17

was forever losing his head.
There was the time he confused
those two letters-one was to Miss
Ruvster, to whom Reggie was very de-
voted, and the other to Suydham, who
had transacted piece Of business
which narrowly escaped the line of
hare-facel fraud, and which made poor
Winters pocketbook wofully thin for q
time. He wrote the letters the same
afternoon and addressed the envelopes
indiscriminately-the rattlebrain!
The estimable young lady's feelings
may be easily imagined when she read
there was not even situation
"'You are fraud. . liar and thief"
Reggie was in a temper when he
penne6 those words. She did not take
the trouble to read the letter way
through. but glanced at the signature,
and shifted a very scornful sniff.
Suydham was equally surprised when
he read the sweet little note never in
tended for his eyes.
Poor Winters was fairly crushed
when he realized, with many hints
from the malicious Suydham, what q
blunder he had committed He had
not the courage to call and face the
storm of feminine wrath which must
inevitably await him-he was withal
something Of a coward-but wrote pro-
fuse apologies. and took great care in
addressing the envelope which inclosed
them. And so the engagement between
Miss Ruyster and himself, st which
SO many people had limited, never ma
terialized.
And how could he ever forget that
wretched time he went to his room to
dress for the Van Nyce dinner, and,
disrobing, crawled into bed and slept
like a child until the following morn
ing. while Mrs. Van Nyce mentally ar-
raigned young man who would ac-
cept an invitation, and then spoil q
nicely-planned dinner by leaving an
odd young lady? To his dying day he
would remember the horror he had felt
when he had awakened that morning
und tried to recall the principal events
Of the dinner of the previous evening,
and the appalling but none the less
true state Of affairs had slowly but
surely dawned on his mind.
At such times he would declare, with
shockingly-improper phrases, that it
was infinitely better to have no brain
at all than to be possessed of m inter
mittent one like his own.
At last there came q time when he
began to be hopeful. For = period Of
six whole months-full months, vary
ing from thirty to thirty-one days in
length, his mind had been constant, SO
10 speak. In fact, he had become 50
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17

"That diminutive Miss Smallmouth
never says . word She seems to act
ON the adage that little girls may be
seen, but not heard
ITO judge from the cut Of her gown
she Is disposed to take full advantage
Of all the liberty the adsge allowA =
Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
EDUCATION OF A PRINCESS.



A6Alfs.
Mgr. Cont. once the French tutor Of
the children Of the late Princess Alice,
describes. in = Metz paper, how the
new empress of Russia was educated.
Her mother brought her up rs II she
belonged to the middle class, but with
less coddling. The late grand duchess
Alice always showed anxiety to pre-
vent pride from marring the disposi-
tions of her children.
The princesses contrasted strikingly.
by their simplicity and kindliness Of
manner. with the naughty daughters
tof the German nobility.
Until they grew mp they had to rise
hin the morning. to study, to eat and to
walk, al at fixed hours. Their recre-
ations were. until the age Of confirma-
tion, croquet, lawn tennis, riding. row.
ing, and in winter. skating. Before
confirmation all their dresses were
homemade. After confirmation they
were allowed long dinner dresses and
evening dresses, and had leave, when
in England, to dine with grown mp
persons 1T Queen victoria's table.
They might also 60 to the theater.
to concerts, to IN occasional ball. and
pay some visits Before confirmation
the elder girls werc allowed one shill-
ing = week for pocket money, and after
confirmation two shillinga The young
er were given half as much. Some
times their allowance was increased
or reduced, according to proficiency in
studiea.
They spoke English and French with
ease, and indeed. IS huently - Ger
man. They were all good musicians,
and handled their pencils well. It was
impossible to be more skillful with
their needles and in cooking. The fu-
ture empress not only exceled in pas
try. but is really m accomplished musi-
clan and painter.
When . growing girl, she was allowed
to ask certain friends of her own age
to come and take tea with her, on con-
dition that she made the cakes that
were to be set before them. She was
also allowed to make confectionery for
IN orphan asylum, and to take 1t there
to treaE the children.
The mother of the future empress
used to ny: II want them to be unas-
suming and perfectly frank and natur-
al They must understand that to be
SO they should have NO reason for con-
cealment" She never allowed them to
be laughed n for mistakes and awk-
wardness, because such treatment
would tempt them to dissimulatc.-
Youths COMPANION.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
slAcksM,1H PHOTOGRAPHED.
The Roeeo and Dlfoeti0a 0f . 8ls48o N00l
ureA By New lnveatioe.

The Feeee asA Direetisa ee . slsAss Asas-
ureA hy New Inveata0a.
Instantaneous photography has re-
vealed the fact that there il In art the
conventional attitude and the real at
titude of men and animals in action
The horse, for instance, in running.
never assumes the conventional atti-
tude, n the camera has shown But
II pictures of horses running were all
from instantaneous photographs they
would look unreal. Tho reason
for this is that the camera il
quicker than the human eve. When
you look at . horse running the pict-
ure presented to the eye is composite
picture and not . snap shot The con-
ventional attitude is always graceful.
while the real attitude. which the
camera detects. is rarely so.
A French savsnt has been investi-
eating this subject by photographing
two blacksmiths ut work. He has i'm
proved upon Edison's kinetograph.
which takes . series Of individual pic
lures, by inventing . machine which
takes the series one ON top Of the other.
ventor Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
1t has been found by examination OF
the photographs he has taken that the
man swinging the sledge embodies sew
eral motions in his blow. The hammer
makes practically complete circle.
but it has . lateral motion. and from
the moment it Is poised above the head
until it strikes the anvil it gains force
1T . terrific rate. This has been meas
ured by . machine under the anvil
which registered the time ut different
stages Of the stroke as we'll IS the
force Of the blow.
A diagram drawn of two men work
ing on the same piece Of metal with
sledge-hammers gave the circle Of mo
tion at different angles, and has ex-
cited much interest among French
scientific bodies.-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
reale lQese lsee 8 yer~e

Table mats. Of any. sort. have alto
Gether zone ont Of vogue. II ID not to
Be denied that the board looks better
without them, but they did save" the
cloth. and that suffers accordinRly for
the loas Of this protection 1t II no
ods1zf 70 have work done nowadays
than II ever was. and anything that
''makes work" = our grandmother
seid h to b regretted, therefore, =
Plilsdelphis lrsaA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
couRTInG IN GREENLAND.

The Pastor Does tMs Propssiag for the
Bashful swain.
Since the Danish missionaries have
gained the confidence Of the natives OF
Greenland marriages in the far north
are celebrated by the Representatives
of the church.
In n recent issue Of one of the Danish
papers one of the missionaries gives
the following accout Of the way court
ship and marriage are brought about
The man calls ON the missionary and
says:
II wish to take to myself wife"
"Whom?" asks the missionary.
The man gives her name
Have you spoken to herr'
As . rule the answer II in the mega
tive, and the minister asks the reason.
Because" comes the reply. 'ft,is %
difficult. You must speak to hen"
The missionary then calls the young
woman to him and says: II think it is
time that you marry"
But" she replies, II do not wish to
marry"
THAT is . pity" adds the missionary.
''as have husband for you."
'Who is hep asks the maiden
The missionary names the candidate
for her love.
But he is not worth anything.
will not have him"
However" suggests the missionary,
''he is . good fellow and attends well
to his house. He throws . good har-
poon. and he loves you."
The Greenland beauty listens atten-
lively, but again declares that she will
n OF accept the man as her husband.
Every WE'LL" goes ON the missionary.
do not wish to force You. shall
easily find another wife for % good Z
fellow"
The missionary then remains silent,
rs though he looked upon the incident
closed. But in . few minutes she
whispers: But If You wish it,
NO" answered the pastor, ''only II
you wish it do not wish to overper-
suade you"
Another Sigh follows. and the pastor
expresses regret that she can not ae-
cept the man.
Pastor" she then breaks out, II
fear he is not worthy"
But did he not kill two whales last
summer, while the others killed monet
Win you take him now"
Eyes. yes; will.
''God bless yoa both" answers the
pastor. and joins the two in marriage.
IN. Y. Journal