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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

In the average annual number o.
murders Italy leads the list of the
European countries, showing a score
of nearly 5000, while Spa:a drags on
poor second, with only 1000. France
and Germany show returns of 700 each,
Austria. exclusive of Hungary, of 500,
and Great Britain of $50.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

The county clerk of Fresno, Cal. was
recently in a quandary. A will writ
ten in Chinese was filed with him for
record and he did not know how to
copy it into his book.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

THE city sanitarium of indianapolis,
Ind, has addressed a note to the su.
perintendent of the city schools and
suggested that kissing as practiced by
women school-teachers among their
pupils be interdicted, because disease
is thereby apt to be communicated
He also condemned IL e habit of the
pupils drinking from a common vessel
and using the same lead pencils
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

THE Argentine republic has adopted
a law preventing the riding of bicycles
by women on the ground that the
livery business was suffering to an ex-
tent which must eventually destroy it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

The Northern Pacific railway has an
exhibit car travelling over the country
showing the grains, grasses, fruits,
minerals and varied products of the
territory through which that railway
runs. The car has glass sides and is
finished artistically with Is kinds of
wood which grow along the line of the
Northern Pacific. The products are
displayed in cabinets arranged on both
sides of the car. Handsome pictures
are shown of the geysers in Yellow.
stone park and the mountains. rivers
and farms of the six states traversed
by the Northern Pacific The exhibit
Is in charge of D. NJ. Stewart
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

TIE Rock Island railway has just
completed an engine that will run 100
miles an hour.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

THERE is a city on Vancouver island,
close to the Pacific ocean, in which
women are very scarce. 1t lacks
women SO sadly that in a recent census
Of the place it was found nearly 80. 900
short The thrifty people of the place
have written east and a few days ago
the mayor of the place received a sug-
gestion that, as women were numerous
In the east he should devote part of
the funds of the town tc sending east
for car load of manageable young
women to come out and settle in the
vacant homes. The town resolved to
adopt the suggestion and will fit up a
'.home" for the new arrivals.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

A WASHINGTON lady who married
Sioux Indian has returned to civiliza-
ton with four children, but without
her husband.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

Coon nature is the very air of good
mind, the sign of large and generous soul
and the peculiar soil in which virtue pros.
pers.-Goodman.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

A MAN will tell You OF every improvement;
ne puts on his properly, but he never tell
you of the mortgage that he has put on the
mprovement.-N. Y. Advertiser.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-29

THE front wheel of a bicycle should be
called Pride" for often it goeth before q
Philadelphia Press.
The news boy., 1896-06-27

Cape Girardeau Review: ''The
Scott County Newsboy, of last week,
denounced the Democraticconvention
in that county as fraud, and mis-
representing the Democracy. We do
not know the facts, but we know that
Hafner would not make such state
ments unless there was some grounds
for them. We have watched Hafner
for years and have never known him
to make a statement unless there
was grounds for it. We have heard
him denounced as falsifier, and on
some occasions have even doubted
the truth of his statements, but
time proved them true, and for this
reason we are convinced that that
convention was not a fair expression
of the Democracy of that county.
This machine rule. or, in some ins,
tances, one man rule, is what is in
juring Democracy, for it, of all par.
ties, should represent the wishes OF
the people, especially the majority
of the party"
The news boy., 1896-06-27
Tilted by Famous Men.

1t is curious fact, says a Wash
ington correspondent, that there are
several women here who find source
of qualification in advertising that
they have been Tilted by famous men.
A former sweetheart of John G. CAL
houn is an inmate of Louise home.
She has ring that he gave her, a
lock of hair and other mementoes Of
an early engagement, and she likes
to tell the story of her love affair.
Another woman here was once en-
gagged to James Buchanan, and might
have been mistress of the white
house had she been so inclined. She
does not advertise the fact, how
ever, but the story is related by her
friends to explain the reason why
she prefers to remain a reciuse
rather than occupy the social po-
sition which her wealth and accom-
plishments would command.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
FRENCH NATIONAL LIBRARY.
New Reading Room to Be Built to Ac-
commodate Visitors,

New Reading Room to Be Built to Ac-
commodate Visitors.
The accommodation for readers in
the sales de travail Of the National
library at Paris, writes Pail Mall
Gazette correspondent, Is becoming
insufficient for the ever-increasing
crowd of writer's and artists who
flock there from all parts Of the
world. In the main reading room
it has been impossible during the
winter to find a seat after two
o'clock. The increase in the number
Of students has been marked within
the last year. In 1894 the readers
numbered 135, 40, and the works
consulted 444, 435; in 1895 these
figures grew to 1875, 4s5 readers and
447, 4S6 books. The public reading
room had during last year, 50, 1853
readers, to whom 7S, ia books were
supplied.
In the manuscript room, fire.
quented by the erudite, 35, 1866
valuable original records were con-
suited. There has bcen similar de-
mand upon the print department.
This constantly increasing pressure
upon the accommodation has called
the attention OF the Central admins
tration to the necessity Of extending
the library buildings in the line Of
the Rues Colbert and Vivienne, and
it is understood that the carrying
out of this undertaking will not be
much longer delayed. The architect,
NJ. Pascal, estimates the cost at
22SO,OO0, the expense Of which
would be spread over Eve or six
years.
The scheme provides for the build
ing in the Rue Vivienne Of vast
oval reading room, with shelf room
for Is, 900 volumes available always
for public reference. This room is
to stand in building by itsolf, Is to
be lighted by electricity, and to be
open in the evenings. In addition
to the $4,000 volumes to which the
public will have unrestricted access,
all the other works In the library
will be supplied during the day on
the customary application. This will
be boon that has long been de-
sired.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
BREv1T1Es OF FUN.

-''De man dat likes is own CON.
versation too well, I" said Uncle Eben,
''giuerally gifts er chance soonah or
later ter m'nopolize de listenin'. -
Washington Star.
--'How did Swayzler come out In
that little railroad deal he was work.
ing3" 1T hasn't been settled yet.
don't see what else he can do but
plead kleptomania. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Prospective Guest - "Aren't
your rates rather steep?" Proprie-
tor of Mountain House-"Well,
you know, things are pretty high
around here. "--Philadelphia North
American.
-Teacher-''Now, Freddie, since
you have correctly spelled Philadel-
phia, can you tell me what state it
is in2" Freddie-"Yes, sir. heard
pa say the other day that it was in o
state OF coma. ."-Yonkers Gazette.
-She-"I have often wondered
what the wild waves are saying" I"
He-"Judging from their roar I
should say they were joining in the
general kick against the high prices
at this resort. ."-Philadelphia North
American.
-Narcissa, on a Cruise-"What Is
the matter, Capt. Robstay2" Cap
tain-"The fact is, my dear young
lady, we've smashed our rudder. "
Narcissa - "Never mind. Never
mind. It's mostly under water, and
nobody will notice it. it."-Household
Words.
-Minnie-"Did you hear of Maud
Edith's wonderful presence of mind"
Mamie-''Dear me, no. What was
the occasion2" Minnie - why,
when her wheel began to run away
downhill, she pulled back on the
handle-bars and screamed whoa as
loud as she could. indianapolis
Journal.
-Wheeler-'Saw a thrilling thing
to-day. Runaway horse went tear
ing along the sidewalk out in the
edge Of town and nearly ran over a
half-doaen children before he was
stopped. Walker-"I guess the
fool beast thought he was bicycle.
Indianapolis Journal.
The news boy., 1896-06-27

We must disagree with the editor
Of the Dunklin Democrat when he re-
fers to Coxey as the ''kingof tramps. >
Itis a common error to brand every
man who opposes the grinding pro-
cess of organized capital as an an
archist, socialist or tramp. These
same terms are applied to Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina-and no
man has been more highly honored
by his people than Senator Tillman.
While the Coxey movement might
have been q slight exaggeration Of
the situation, it was not far wrong
and did much to open the eyes of the
people to the conditions then and
now existing. The followers of
Coxeywere not professional tramps"
as pictured by the plutocratic press
OF the country. They were, as a
rule, honest laborers seeking to find
the cause of their depression.
The news boy., 1896-06-27

TIE NEwsBOY has a right to feel
proud. For months we have been
pounding away trying to explain to
the people the misery and suffering
brought about by the gold standard.
We were hooted at by the capitalists
of the county and our arguments in
favor of free coinage were referred to
by them as nonsense and ''rot. "
Although these men are not subscrib-
ers to the paper, yet they were so
untiring in their efforts to borrow
that they finally got their eyes open,
and now they are going over the
country preaching free silver and
taking their text from the NEwsBoY.
Why, so convinced have they become
that the NEwsBoY is right, that
they have reversed the crank of their
organ, and instead of the rot prepar-
ed by the "sound money club of
New York and St. Louis, that sheet
is now squirting free silver at the
people at an alarming rate.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR.
The Hoavy Variety Is Not Warmer
Than the Light Sort.

1t by no means follows that the
more weight the feet carry the
greater will be the warmth. In
fact, the lighter shoe has an ad-
vantage over the heavy one, in that
the stiff, unyielding sole, usually
found on the latter, prevents a
healthy motion of the muscles of the
foot when walking. The lighter
shoe, with flexible properties, per-
mits full play of the muscles and
joints, and, therefore, a more per-
feet circulation of the blood is pro-
noted, which is the secret of bodily
warmth. Other things being equal,
a light sole, with thick cork inner
sole, the fexibility of which is per-
feet, is a good bottom for cold
weather. The greater number OF
layers we can add to our clothing,
though no thicker than paper, the
greater the warmth secured, because
there is stratum of warm air re
tanned between the folds.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
COMPETENT JUDGE,

This man Mckinley seems al
ready to be heavily mortgaged," re-
marked President Cleveland the
other day. Mr.. Cleveland is a close
aud accurate observer of politics and
politicians. .-Republic.
He ought to be. No man has had
a better opportunity to understand
Mckinley's position than Mr.. Cleve-
land. Both are in the same boat. In
case of Mckinleys election Wall
Street will simply transfer its
'mortgage" from Cleveland to Nc
Kinley. But in case of Dick Bland S
election, then Wall Street will have
made bad investment.
The news boy., 1896-06-27

THE little band of patriots who re-
fused to put on the yoke of Wall
street and the plutoracy, preferring
to sever their connection with party
which is no longer the party
of liberty but Of oppression, deserve
the hearty admiration of free peo-
pie. They are men-men to be proud
of, says the Post-Dispatch. What
have these men done /? For the sake
of principle and of the people whom
they represent, they have turned
their backs upon party-once grand
but now debased by thirty years sur
felt of power-whose vast organiza-
tion, backed by the moneyed inter-
ests of the country, was able to re-
ward them for wavering and treach-
cry by wealth and position.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
CUT AND DRIED.

Never, in the history of this nation
was there convention SO devoid Of
interest and enthusiasm as the Re-
publican National convention which
met at st. Louis last week.
Although three days were "put in"
in transacting the business, the con-
vention might as well have disposed
OF it all on the first day. 1t was a
"cut and dried affair, and they have
fooled no one by the prolonged pro-
ceedings.
1t was a Wall Street convention,
pure and simple, and very brazen
one at that. 1t was a convention
where the corporate, financial and
manufacturing interest, of the East
were represented to the fullest ex-
tent, while the few honest men who
represented the West could find COM
fort only in withdrawal. They re-
fused to bow to the golden calf of the
East.
The farmers and producers of the
Nation had no voice in that Wall
Street convention. Nor, with the
exception of the loyal patriots who
walked out, was there q man to
raise his voice in behalf of the toll
ing masses. Even Missouri, with
the exception of the delegate from
the Fifth district, was controlled by
the Eastern shylocks. The people
will have q say in November.
The news boy., 1896-06-27

IT will probably be stand-off.
The honest Republicans of the West
will likely be as numerous as the
dishonest Democrats Of the East,
and the silver cause will receive nc
black eye on that score. And the
States in which the Democrats have
declared for gold are not the States
that assist in electing Democratic
presidents. Oh, no! But the States
in which the Republicans have de.
clared for silver are very essential to
a Republican victory. See?
The news boy., 1896-06-27
A PATHETIC SCENE.

The scene of the bolting of the
delegates from the six Western
States, at the Republican convention
in ST. Louis, was pathetic. When
the venerable Senator Teller, of
Colorado made his farewell address
to the convention he was not angry,
but his voice and general appearance
indicated sorrow and regret-and
many of the silver leaders wept.
Senator Teller spoke briefly, but
earnestly, and concluded as follows:
"Mr. President, there are few
men in the psitical party that have
been honored more than l have by
the people of the State in which they
live. There are few men in this con-
vention or anywhere else that have
been longer connected with this or
ganization than l have. There are
few men in it who have been more
active, and none in it, no, not one,
who have been more attached to the
great principles of this party than l
have been, and cannot 90 out of it
without heart burnings and feeling
that no man can appreciate who has
not endured it; and yet I cannot, be-
fore my country and before my God,
agree to that provision that shall
put upon this country gold standard,
and | will not. -
The news boy., 1896-06-27

SAY, what has become of that
great authority on finance" and
statesman-John Sherman, of Ohio :?
We didn't hear word OF him during
the great Republican pow-wow at
st. Louis. Are the Republicans ash
AIMED to bring their past grand mas
ter to the surface John Sherman
is the daddy of the gold standard,
and why was he not at ST. Louis to
back up that policy?
The news boy., 1896-06-27
OUR COUNTY'S MISFORTUNE

OUR COUNTY'S S MISFORTUNE.
Few counties in the State are so
hampered by land sharks as Scott
county. 1t has been said that man
could walk from Benton to Morley
a distance of five miles-without get
ting off of one mans land. This
man does not own the land, but simp-
ly controls it. Every foot of it is COW
cred by mortgage. However, he,
like several others of our county,
seems to have an insatiate desire to
monopolise the tillable land of the
county, and no man is permitted to
buy a small slice at price which he
is likely to be able to pay.
Think of it Miles of earth, which
God has put here so that all may
earn living, is not owned, but con-
trolled by single man-who tolls
not, neither does he spin but he
makes very aristocratic living just
the same.
What is the result Start out
from Benton south and we find moth
ing but tenants. We do not wish to
be understood as speaking of tenants
in a disrespectful or irreverent man.
ner. They are not tenants by choice.
They are tenants because their Cod
given rights have been absorbed by
land sharks, and because they are
unable to buy, at a reasonable price,
a .lace they might call home.
This State of affairs gives US q
shiftless population--a class of peo-
Pile who have little interest in the
upbuilding and welfare of the county.
Why should they have? They are
not permitted to own anything worth
owning and they'merely try to exist.
A graded tax would remedy this
evil. If every man owning or con-
trolling more than section of land
would be compelled to pay a double
tax he would not be so anxious to
have a monopoly on land. AS it now
stands the land speculator is the tax
dodger, and the fellow with forty
acres and mule" who really tills
the soil, is the man who pays the
running expenses of this governmnnt.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
CHANGE OF HEART.

It seems that Marshall will have q
heavy load to carry before the Char
lesion convention when the complex
ion of his delegation is known. And
now the question arises how long has
Marshall been silver man and what
brought about such sudden change of
heart on his part.-Dexter Messenger
The question is not q puzzler.
Evidently the "change of hear" /"
came about two weeks after Mr..
Marshall had announced himself a
candidate for representative of Scott
county, last March. If Mr.. Marshall
had any love for the white metal
prior to that time no one in Scott
county was any the wiser.
About the same time the gold men
about Sikeston-the men who are
now pushing his candidacy-experi-
enced a sort of change of heart, and
their organ went with them, OF course.
1t had to, or move. But the radical
change did not come until Mr.. Mar
shall announced for senator. Now
they are all rampant silver men yet,
at the convention here, Mr.. Gresham
doubted If the denunciation of the
Administration financial policy
would suit" Mr.. Hunter, Mr..
Marshall's chief lieutenant, is the
only one of the crowd who does not
claim to have been converted" AT
least, he does not claim it here, but
what he may claim in other counties
we cannot say.
We have no right to say that Mr..
Marshall is not now an honest silver
advocate, nor can we establish the
insincerity Of his delegates who were
so recently for gold, but we do claim
the right to give the people the facts.
This is critical time in the history
of our nation, and it does not seem
proper to side-track true and tried
silver advocates for the purpose of
giving the ht-of-way to new con-
yertS.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
NEwsnoY.
HArsER. Publisher.
TRUE PATRIOTS.

hundred and five delegates to
ational Republican convention,
met at st. Louis last week,
against the adoption of gold
lard platform, and about half
hny declared their independence
< walked out of the convention as
$oon as the gold standard plank was
forcsd upon the party by the corpora
ti0h hirelings and agents of Wall
Street.
The men who walked out were
honest men; true men; Western men
men wAJ were true to theirpeople
Senator teller, of Colorado. was the
tecooui2od leader of the West, and
wheu be declared that he and his
party had come to the parting of the
ways, he was followed by the fear
less aud honest Republicans of the
West
Today Senator Teller is the great
est man in the country. From all
over the nation came kilograms of
congratulation for his couragc-not
from Democrats, but from his Re.
publican frieaers. From Mckinley'S
own State came q telegram saying:
Thousands of Ohio Republicans are
18th you.
AWhon the news reached Colorado
sIov. Mcintyre ordered out the artil-
slery to fire q salute. When asked
/ what he intended to express by this
act the governor said, ''the cannon
speaks louder than words, and the
country can draw the conclusion. "
J. M. Downing, one Of the delegates
to ST. Louis, was asked the signifi-
canoe of the cannonadipg. He said,
''The cannon firing meant war. We
have always been good Republicans.
For years we have voted and fought
for protection. We did not do this
because of selfishness, for it was not
specially to our interest. Since our
production of lead has been running
low, protection has meant nothing to
us, but we have been fighting valiant
ly for it because it was Republi-
can. The world knows what thanks
we got from the convention for our
pains. We are offended at the in
gratitude OF the Republican party,
and we have not only left it, but we
are going to make war on it.
The news boy., 1896-06-27
A Curious Railway.

A curious little railway exists in
Cumberland, running from Raven
glass to Boot, and called the Raven
glass & Eskdale railway. The length
of the railway is seven and one-half
miles. 1t was opened for goods and
mineral traffic on May "a, 1875, and
for passenger traffic on November
20, 1876, and the gauge is three feet
The rolling stock consists Of an en-
gine and two or three passenger We
hicleS.