People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
People S Voice.
BY LYMAN NAUGLE.

Caldwell has a man named Conner
and the Oxford Register bets sixteeI
to one he's for free silver.
Wichita is advertising another
state fair this fall and invites US al
to be present. Oh no, not muchee, Mr.
Wichita We went last year, and We
are no hog.
Pure Blood is the safeguard Of
health. Keep your blood pure, rich
and full of vitality by taking Hood:
Sarsaparilla, and you will not heed tC
the attack Of disease.
A female pOstOflice clerk in town
in New York has been arrested for
robbing the mails. That girl who
ate four dishes Of ice cream at the So
cial the other evening ought to be
arrested on the same charge
Ayeung man in Missouri committed
suicide the other day, because, he
said, he couldn't live and be poor.
This is only another pr0Ofof the utter
hopelessness confronting the average
MissoUrian in his struggle to accu-
mulate a comfortable portion Of this
worlds goods.
1t is said that an Indiana girl has
invented lamp that will 60 out at
precisely 10 O'Clock pm. Now if she
will let her genius expand and invent
papa who will 90 TO bed at nine, a
dog without teeth and a little brother
who is deaf and dumb, the course of
true love may run smooth. Elk.
The Enid fire department received
some new helmets and, like school
boys, paraded the streets to show
them off, headed by the band of that
place. Fine hats are all right IN a
parade but whether or not they would
aid in the eXtinguihSing of fire is
another question. They might, if the
fire were small enough.
The principal design of the new one
dollar bill now being engraved for the
government, is that of a female fig
ure pointing out to young man the
growth of the country, the title being
History Instructing Youth" In the
distance is the Washington Monu-
ment and the Capitol and upon a slab
at her side is the Constitution of the
United States.
The women consider that they have
won a great victory in regard to their
admission to the general NJ. E. con.
tererence, as the vote Of the commit
tee appointed from the fourteen dis.
tricts to report on the matter, stood
II to II in their favor. This question,
which is the one of all-absorbing in.
terest to the Methodist divines Just
now, will be definitely settled today
10 this nineteenth century day and
age Of the relic hunter and curiosity
fend, one is not surprised when he
reads that the sheriff who hanged
Bill TavlOr gave IS for the rope after
the hanging and was immediately
offered S25 for it. The barber who
shaved Bill Taylor for the last time
was offered s. for the razor he used
but said he would not take S25 for it.
A good looking, well dressed young
man is in the city today looking fol
employment. He went to see one
man who really wanted a bright
young man, and during the converse
ton as to the amount of salary, the
young man pulled out a cigarette
rolled it and struck a match. The
business man said; THAT settles it,
lwOuld not have you about me."-
Weir City Sun.
The hanging of Bill Taylor Thurs
day for the murder of the Meeks fam.
lily removes another viper from the
face of the earth. Although there
are many who are opposed to capita
punishment, yet in cases of this kline
there is not much wasted sympathy
When a man has committed as great
a crime as the Taylor brothers. hi
lowers himself to the level of a mac
dog and like a mad dog should b.
treated, as he is menace to society
The foolish man buildeth him ;
house upon the sand, afar off from I
dug-out, and 10 and behold a cyclon,
cometh along and layeth hold holc
upon his house, and lifteth it high il
the air, and perfOrmeth various ant
divers tricks with it and scattereth i
to the four corners of the earth. Will
1t juggleth with the foolish man unit
there isn't enough of him left t
grease Uherunning gears of a Katy-did
But the wise man buildeth his hons
nigh unto a dug-out, and when tn
night cOmeth and the cyclone pranC
eth across the prairie,hi wife swipetI
her toe nails down his back an
causeth him to arise with great celer
ity and HE himself and posteritv NM