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DIRECT LEGISLATION.
It Would Wipe Out Partisan Politics, the
Curse and Bane Of the Nation.

It Would Wipe Out Partisan Politics, the
Curse and Bane OF the Nation
It was my good fortune to be present
at the Walhalla hall convention, and
was especially impressed with the reso-
luton presented by Sheridan Webster,
favoring union of all reformers upon
the one issue Of direct legislation.
am rejoiced at the universal enthusi-
asm and approval expressed by re-
formers when the issue is mentioned.
1t is the best ever advocated by any po-
litical party.
and against no other do arguments
fall SO fat 1t antagonizes no ac-
knowledged party principle and advo-
Gates only truly republican form of
government It allows members of
other political parties to join with us
upon common ground, and yet does
not demand that they shall give up
principles which from long association
are dear to their hearts
We shall convert many of these to
peoples party doctrines, when in no
other way could we reach them. These
are some of the advantages from a
party standpoint Now let us see what
the benefits would be to the nation.
In the first place, direct legislation
will wipe out that curse of American
politics, the intense bigoted partisan
ship which holds success of party as
paramount to welfare of country. 1t
will reawaken the declining interest
of American citizens in their politics,
and thereby educate the masses to be-
hot int nj
zens.
With direct legislation men will vote
upon the great political issues accord
ing to their belief, and not for party
alone. Political issues will then be
separated from those of party, and
will be taken up one at time and
settled by a direct and definite
vote Of the people. 1t will almost
abolish corruption, for no man or cor
psration will be so foolish as to bride
a legislator, when he knows that the
final decision lies with the people.
No man, or body of men, can bride an
entire nation, state or city. 1t will
enable the people to vote upon each is
sue separately instead of in job lots, as
it were. Under the present system the
voter who wishes to vote for or against
a certain plank in the platform which
his party bosses have given him to sup
port, must vote for or against the en-
tire platform, and even then he is not
certain that if it wins his party will
fulfill its promises. To sum up the
whole matter, there are three reasons
why direct legislation should be the
leading issue of the populist party.
give them in the order of their impor
tance.
1. Its practice will purify American
politics, create better citizens and give
us beneficial laws.
q 1t is the only truly democratic form
of government, "by the peol~e, of the
people and for the people,
3. 1t will increase our party's vote.
and finally give us the victory.-Cor.
St Louis Evening Journal.
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necessarily very slow, and after what
appeared to be an interminable time,
/ actually stumbled up against an OBJ
stacle.
What could 1t be? STOPPING, I tried
to make ont by sense of touch what 1t
was that impeded our progress A
very slight investigation satisfied me.
There could be no doubt that this
barrier in our way was the sarcopha-
gus. We must have made the entire
circuit of the chamber without finding
the door!
Concluding we had missed the en-
trance through some stupid mistake or
other we set out afresh, tracing with
the utmost care every inch of the pol
ished wall Again the distance seemed
plished the round of the accursed place,
and found ourselves back at the origi-
nal starting point
It was q most astounding thing.
Either the door had vanished or we
were losing our senses. The silence
now was terrible and the darkness was
truly Egyptian-it could be felt! The
heavy, close air was so thick and clam
my that we could hardly breathe; our
hearts were beating at railway speed
and the perspiration dripped from
every pore. The circumstances were.
in sooth, as desperate as they were in
applicable, but since no good could
come of sitting still we arose once
more and recommended our search for
the vanished opening.
Twas all in vain! The granite was
as smooth and unbrolsen as though it
lad been fashioned out Of one enor-
nous block. Not o assure or crack
could be found large enough to admit
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Dered up the well-worn track leading
to the entrance, and speedily made our
way down the sloping shaft to the CEN
trail chamber. Outside the air was
slightly chilly, and the warmth Of the
great tomb was very agreeable, in
in spite of the closeness of the air. Sit
ting ourselves down on the edge
of the Edlcss sarcophagus, we be-
gan one of those conversations so dear
to young lovers, during which the
hours glide away like minutes, or rath-
er when ali sense of time is lost.
Our candles were burning brightly
and steadily beside us, when suddenly
without the slightest warning-o
gust of wind descended from above,
and in the twinkling Of an eye we
were in darkness. The expected tran
sitiOn was startling to degree. My
wife chung to me convulsively, trem-
bling In every limb, and freely con-
fess too wes not free from that sign
of discomposure- Hurriedly l exam
ire1 all my pockets, one after the
other. in n vain scarch for my match
box. 1t was not 20 be foundl must
have dropped it somewhere en- route.
This was terrible; and I was still
carefully cxaninite every receptacle
! possessed, when dull, grinding
noise made itself audible through the
obscurity. There is something dread
full in q noise that one cannot account
for, no matter when or where one
hears it Out in the {. pen q mysterious
sound is bad enough. but situated as
we were, inside a narrow, confined
spaoe amidst total darkness, it was
simply appalling!
Shrinking toward each other we
listened intently, not knowing what to
do, for the noise, however caused,
seemed to come from direction be-
tween where we were and the door Of
the chamber. At last It ceased, and
although half dead with q mixture Of
awe and terror we were obliged to
muster mp enough courage to try to
ind our way out Gradually we crept
along hand In hand, feeling the smooth
surface Of the wall with our disengaxed
hands as we went The chamber b
not spacious. but our progress was
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-24
WHAT is SOCIALISM,
The Ethics of Socialism Are Identical wit
the Ethics of Christianity.

The Ethics of Socialism Are Identical with
the Ethics of Christianity.
What is socialism? The dictionary
definitions are of course familiar. The
Encyclopedia BRITANNICA says: 1.-The
ethics of socialism are identical with
the ethics of Christianity" Socialism
is simply an application of the plain
precepts of the founder of Christianity.
If socialism is impracticable, then
Christianity is impracticable. No peo-
pie can be a Christian people without
practicing socialism. More than that,
1 find it impossible to see how any man
can really believe in Christ or his teach
ings without being a socialist. The
Bible is the most thorough-going So
cialist book in existence. Bellamy's
from each man according to his abil-
ity; to every man according to his
needs" is simply a parphrase from
Paurs account of the communism of
the early Christian church. ALI we
have to do is to Danish from our hearts
the devils of greed and seltishness and
we shall all be socialists.
Has a socialistic system of living
ever proved practicable in this world?
Most assuredly. All you have to do to
find socialism in operation and work
ing perfectly, is to read the story of
Peru under the Incas before the Span
ish conquest. Poverty and want were
unknown. Industry was the rule.
Everybody worked. The country was
a garden. There was enough for all.
But then, those people were heathens,
sun-worshippers and barbarians They
knew nothing about the railroad or
the electric light. Their government
was monarchical, if fraternal-and they
didn't even know how to read or write.
The more shame to US, then, if with all
our superior resources and eulighten-
ment we are una able to devise and put in
operation system that will do justice
as between man and man, and Danish
poverty and want. With mans power
over nature multiplied from ten to
hundred fold by the inventions and
discoveries that we control. instead of
having any one poorer than the poor
est of these Indians, we all ought to be
able to enjoy many times as much.
That we don't is because our social or
ganization is immensely inferior to
what theirs was The good of the
community, the happiness and we'll
being of all the people ought to be the
supreme object of social organization.
That is not secured when a few, revel
in luxuries undreamed of by those SIM
pie children of nature, while others go
hungry and cold. We are further from
a true civilization than the Incas were
So long as many scrimp that a few
may surfeit, our way of living is bar
barous The time will come when the
PEG pie of the world will look back on
the nineteenth century with such won
der and horror as we feel when we
read of human sacrifices on gorgeous
altars.-Star and Kansan.
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On the Lake of Neuchatel l sat be-
hind five babies. says an English
writer. They were all about two and
half years old, and they were all
clad in white frocls, with blue, pink,
red, white and tartan sashes respective
ly. Opposite these babies sat their
adoring papas- After about half an
hour lunch was produced, and each
babe was provided with about third
OF a tumbler of beer. You never in all
your life saw anything 6 unpoetic as
those five fat bourgeoise babies sin
ping their beer. Doubtless they are
an Industrious, respectable, frugal,
meritorious people. but not interest
ing nor attractive, and never knew q
Swiss man or woman jet ibid your
who had as much romance in their
composition a. would lie On Q three
penny BIT
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were spending our honeymoon In
the lotus-eating land. and had taken
up our quarters at that admirable hos
telery known as "Mena house. which
stands at the foot of the plateau where
the great pyramids of Gizeh are so ma
jestically enthroned 1t was in truth
O halcyon time, to be marked In our
memories with the whitest of stones d
One slight drawback there was GER
cur rose leaf. The Bedouins would
never leave us alone. Wherever we
went they insisted on accompanying
us; it was impossible to get rid of them,
but they were withal so polite and
good tempered that we could not find
1t in our hearts to be angry. The only
way to avoid the pests was to carry out
our wanderings by moonlight. The
Arabs believe firmly that "El-Ahram-
are haunted, and will not on any ac-
count venture near the ruins after
nightfall. In this way we had the
whole place to ourselves but that, for
us, was ample society. We revelled in
our freedom, and soon became thor
oughly acquainted with the entire
plateau from the sphinx on the south
to the dilapidated temple on the north
ern verge.
One lovely night, before the moon
was quite full, my wife proposed visit
to the interior of the great pyramid;
and having procured candles we clam
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even the point of q knife. Whether we
tried from right to left or from left to
right the result was s.ill the same;
we invariably found ourselves back at
the horrible sarcophagus-
At this juncture, while we were rest
ing in a half-dazed state against the
border of the fatal sarcophagus, grad
ually faint, weird light became ap-
parent above our heads. By degrees
the light grew stronger. till finally the
whole chamber was filled with a pale
green luminousness whereby we were
enabled to distinguish each others fea-
lures
Lost in astonishment,we,g azed around
US and at each other, too deeply amazed
for speech; and, as we found out after
wards, uncertain whether we were
asleep or awake. The reason we had
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-24
rms AND THAT.

The German government Is now pro-
posing to expend upward Of 2.oo0. 900
sterling on light railways.
Sir Hubert Maxwell, in his monthly
budget of Naturalist Notes, speaks of a
single fox fur fetching US much as $3.50.
Pressed by the builder, and unable
to pay his bills, the owner of boat on
the Seine has named it "The Floating
Debt"
The '-isherman's ring" is the signet
Of the pope. Its bezei bears On impress
sion of st. Peter in his boat with fish,
ing nets.
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Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
ditio1, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Failing Eyesight.

When people grow old their eyesight
is better at long than short range.
We are not sure but nations are affect
ed in the same way. This country
seems to have aged very rapidly of
late. We are told of restitution and
moral depravity in our own town, we
steel our hearts and remark that we
have nothing for such beggars; the
next Sunday we pull our face down
till it is as long as rakehandle, go to
church and dump five or ten dollars
into the foreign mission fund The
atrocities of our landlords in turning
Their tenants out to starve or freeze to
death receive but passing notice of
two lines in a newspaper. while col
umn after column is devoted to Ar
menia- When English capitalists COB
BILE up our coal fields and manufacture
ing industries so that we must pay
tribute or die, not a word of censure
comes from the wealthy newspaper of
this country, but when England takes
a tilt with little township down in
South America our newspapers arc
ablaze with patriotic enthusiasm. This
nation badly needs an optician who
can fit glasses to make us see crime,
restitution, danger and despair at
home.-Meadville pa Sledge Ham.
mer.
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EARLIEST RApIsHEs AND PEAS.

The editor urges all readers to grow
the earliest vegetables. They pay.
Well, Salzer's Seeds are bred to earli-
ness, they grow and produce every time.
None so early, so fine as Salzer's. Try
his radishes, cabbages. peas, beets, GU
cumbers, lettuce, corn, etc! Money in
it for you. Salzer is the largest grower
OF vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clov-
ers, potatoes, etc.
If YoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. with 1oc postage. you will
get sample package of Early Bird RAD
ish (ready in 16 days) and their great
catalog. Catalog alone &c postage. Ky
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NEW YORK POPULISM,

The conservatives" War Upon Socialists
Is Producing Its Legitimate Fruit.
Yes, friends, it is true that our vote
in this state, at the Novembe election
dropped to 6,OOO or 1000. It is true
that our place on the Australian ballot
is endangered as about ~ 900 votes are
needed to make one per cent 1t is
also true that the old parties will
probabl lift the numb of ''applica-
tions" to get on the ballot to 5000
But populism can no more die than the
love of Christ can expire in human
breasts.
This blow is but the fruitage of that
kind of ''harmony" that emanated
from Washington when they struck
the socialists out of our camp! Even
Stewart. of the Silver Knight, discov-
ers that 1.-The populists of the east are
all going over to the socialists" The
socialists vote quite doubled--ours
halved! But we shall recover. We are
too recently in the state to more than
suggest a course for us to pursue. But
we can outline an idea and let others
push it forward. Three we stern
states, including Michigan, have
adopted the socialist platform b odily
So has Texas. But thew advocate the
South Carolina plan of dealing with
the liquor question.
The New York state socialist plat
form is the same as the populist in all
of it's elements except as to ''sumptu-
ary laws" Now why cannot we unite
with the socialists in all state work,
and have them unite with us on ma
tional lines-in fact reunite the two
great political fragments Discuss
this idea. gentlemen!-Penn Van IN.
" East and West.
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That Parity Fake.

There is no argument advanced by
the gold standard crowd that makes
US so weary as that they are in favor
of coming all the silver that can be
maintained at a parity with gold. Such
argument is meant to deceive Such
ton Silver coined, no matter how
much. if all the silver in the world was
coined, it would make no increase of
our actual money so long as it was the
policy to maintain parity by redeeming
one kind in. the other. A bimetall:st
is one who believes in making money
actual money out of both, metals, not
token money out of one and real money
out of the other.-Paola Kan.) Times.
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EACH OTHER.
been unable to find the entrance was
plain. The cyclopean mass Of stone
forming the Intel Of the doorway had
descended bodily, thus completely
blocking up the passage. which It
fitted with mathematical accuracy. II
was from the gap thereby created on a
higher level that the light was shin
ing, the lower edge Of the new aperture
being about eight o. nine feet above
Tia 0oos Of the chambee.
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THIS is the course of every evil deed,
that, propagating, still it brings forth evil.
-Coleridge.
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SELF-coNrRoL is promoted by humility.
Pride is fruitful source of uneasiness. Ii
keeps the mind in disQuiet. Humility is
the antidote to this evil.-Mrs. Sigourney.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-24

For relieving THROAT DISEASES AND
CoUGHS, use ''BrO,rn's Bronchial Iroches.n
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-01-24

Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness is the sum OF labor's de-
mands. It is a long battle, but we are
in the fight to win.-St Louis Evening
Journal
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There was never greater truth
expressed in the same number of words,
and grander sentiment than in the
following from Morgan's Buzz Saw:
There is enough politics in Christ's
Sermon ON the Mount to down both
old parties forever, and enough Of re-
ligion to save the world"
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A TYRANT never tasteth of true friend
ship, nor of perfect Acknowledgements.
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THEoLoGIEs are well in their place. but
repentance and love must come before all
other Observation-Disclosures.
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THE seat of pride is in the heart and once
there; and if it be not there, it is neither in
the look nor in the clothes.-Lord Clar-
eudon.
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HE winter Of 1s9-was
memorable on a c.
count of many things;
but to me it was
chiefly remark a b / e
for having given me
my young bride We
The herald., 1896-07-27
THE SPIRITUALISTS
Two Interesting Lectures by Prof. q. Wharton
James

At Memorial hall, 220 South Main
street, under the auspices of the First
Society, Prof. G.. Wharton James, the
eminent English traveller, scientist and
lecturer, discoursed at 2:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon upon The Universal
Motherhood of God, pointing out in a
very beautiful way the many evidences
of the motherhood theory of evolution
through the multifarious forms of ami
NAL life from the lowest protozoa up to
the mammalia, or man in his present
high state of perfection. His logical
conclusions were carefully drawn and
listened to throughout in wrapped at
tention by those present
Alarge and cultured audience also
greeted the professor in the evening,
when he gave many instructive person.
al accounts of those strange people liv-
ing almost unknown to our civilization
in the rocky Businesses of the Arizona
mountains, viz: the Moquis tribe of
American worshiping Indians,
termed the snake dancers of the United
States. This lecture was profusely il
lustrated with powerful stereopticon
views, showing the cliff -dwellers in their
cliff city of Acoma their several rites,
modes of worship, ETC., a fitting sequel
to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
lecture given before this society last
Sunday evening.
The herald., 1896-07-27

were rejecting men of low degree. Christ
was drawing Mary from her notorious
sins; was forgiving the thief on the cross,
was plying Peter while he denied his
Lord; was receiving Paul though breath
ing out threatening and slaughter
against the church, and still this man
receiveth sinners. and every soul saved
sent a new found joy through all the
hosts of heaven. Why? Heaven re-
ioices over a penitent because of the
value of the soul. Yet we must remem-
ber that souls will be saved through our
agency or damned through our neglect
We shall see their value II we consider
that they bear the image of God; that
they were redeemed or brought back
with the precious blood of Christ The
almost infinite capacity of the soul and
its endless duration both show its value.
Heaven rejoices because of the Fathers
love- The joy is not among the the an
gels, but in the presence OF the angels.
and that means on the throne. Because
of the intimate relation between heaven
and earth: not an influence which touch
es us, but 1t touches a chord that vi
brates in glory.
The herald., 1896-07-27

dia, where he was dripking q glass Of
beer. The man asked the bartender for
| the loan Off revolver, which was lying
| behind the bar, on the pretense that he
wanted to show him how to 5uggle with
| II. He asseverated that few men could
beat him in handling revolver. and
wanted to show his expertness. AS the
| weapon waA loaded. the proprietor. who
was tending bar, refused to let him have
1t, and he soon departed.
Another party said he was positive
that he had seen the man on Broadway
quite q number of times of late. AT the
corner of Fourth and Broadway an itin-
Grant street preacher, calling himself
God" holds forth nightly. and the dead
burglar was often a listener in the
crowd. On several occasions, when any
one in the gathering had questioned the
accuracy of the statements made by
God" the deceased would take up the
quarrel and support the curbstone howl
er.
The police also have information that
the burglar was seen on Spring street
nearly opposite the Van Nuys residence,
in company with two other men. about
an hour before the shooting took place.
An effort is now being made to locate
his two companions. There is also some
reason to believe that he may be the des-
perate character who about three weeks
ago took two shots at officer Fifield at
the corner of Hill and Sixteenth streets.
The policeman surprised man In the
attempt to enter a residence about 2 30
in the morning, the burglar firing at him
first and the officer emptying his gun
after the fleeing man without effect.
Upon the body was found a cold chisel
which is said to have been the property
of the Southern Pacific company and
which may possibly afford clew to