People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-03-05

sIdlces; Neon, everybody knows
me-" and she sat down.
According to the Perry Enterprise
Times, Oklahoma has as rich mineral
fields as Cripple Creek. Gold, silver,
lead, zinc and copper are being discov-
cred in abundant paying quantities.
Active preparations are being made
to develop these mines at once. We
only hope it may prove true and not
a "mystic Illusion" as so many of
OklahOma'S rich finds" turn out
to be.
An editor who has experienced a
dragging sensation about the heels
has the following to say: when a
man goes to church and the shingle
nail that holds his pants fast to his
suspenders drops out and goes rattling
down on the hard wood seat like a
COW bell, and let's his suspenders slip
around his neck, he might as well get
up and 60 home, for the sermon won't
do him any good"
Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard of
Menlo park" has completely outdis-
tanced all rivals in experiments with
the new rays Of light. He has not
only demonstrated that the new light
can penetrate steel and glass, but also
that the ray discovered by Prof.
Roetengen Is not the Cathode ray, as
heretofore supposed, but a new and
mysterious ray unaccOunted for by
scientists. Edison believes that he
will he able to make the head of a
man transparent and secure photo
graph, showing the canals Of the
brain and the entire formation Of the
head, material and translucent.
The order issued by the Cincinnati
jail officials fOrbidding entrance to the
premises of morbid visitors to see the
murderers vf Pearl Bryan will be in
dOrsed by all right thinking men.
One of the most inexpliCable, as well
as dangerous tendencies of the times
is the growth Of sympathy for crimi-
nails and the curiosity which brought
thousands Of people to the Cincinnati
Jail last week is akin to sympathy,
for it feeds the vanity of its object
just as much. In his Chicago speech
the other day Theodore Roosevelt
said: "When this nation realizes the
duty it GIVES its citizens then we will
see the time when sympathy goes out
to the law-abiding, not to the law
less" May the approach of that per-
iod be expedited, should be the prayer
of the public, and the Cincinnati in
cident is welcomed because it indi-
Gates the coming.
We find the following in an ex-
change. IL is an epigramatic truth.
The writer was Bohemian who had
undoubtedly seen enough of the
world to have correct picture of its
realities and its foibles. "Tennyson
could take worthless sheet OF paper,
write poem on it and make it worth
$50, OOO-that's genius. Vanderbilt
can write few words on a sheet of
paper and make it worth 5000 OOO-
that's capital. The United States
can take an ounce and quarter Of
gold and stamp upon it an Eagle bird
and make it worth s20-that's money.
A mechanic can take material worth
s. and make 1t into watch springs
worth sl,0OCthat's skill. A mer-
chant can take an article worth Is
cents and sell 1t for sl-that's bust
ness. A lady can purchase a rs cent
hat, but she prefers one that costs
s27-that's foolishness. A ditch dig.
ger works ten hours day and handles
several tons Of earth for s3-that's
labor. The writer Of this could write
check for $50 600, 900, but 1t wouldn't
be worth dime-that's tough"
The Pearl Bryan murder, so dis
tinctly brutal In its nature, is almost
daily made the topic Of comment be-
cause OF the lessons which can be
drawn from IL. One of the most
potent Of these appears in a recent
issue Of the De Paw University at
Greencastle, Ind, the home Of Wood
and Jackson. The lesson drawn is
based on the fact Of SO many we'll
bred young men deeming it absolute
ly essential to SOW their wild oats.
The writer says that so 'long as
society is sufficiently cruel to tolerate
the double standard Of morality we
can expect to find its fruits in lust
such cases." This is true and it is
equally true that this federation is
accorded to the man and not to the
woman. There is the error Of society.
What is sin In woman is sin in man.
but society, or what the world per-
mits itself to recognize as society.
OyerlOOks the fault in man and damns
the woman. If man falls it receives
him with open arms. Not so with