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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
the debt, will find himself stripped Of
all his property. and his debt remains
unextinguished,"

all his property. and his debt remains
unextinguished,"
PRESENT CONDITIONS,
These words state the great princi-
pie that Is as true today as when he
uttered those words. II we decrease
the amount Of money we make dol
lars dearer and property cheap and il
we make property cheap without re-
ducing the debt that hangs over the
property we extiDguish the equity OF
redemption and summon the sheriff
to take charge Of the property in the
interest Of the creditor. (Great ap-
plause). The very condition which
Henry Clay described as following
contraction Of the currency, that very
condition we see today. We find the
contraction Of the currency shown by
the reports Of the treasury depart
ment. We find property falling in
value. We find labor out Of employ
ment; we find business psralyzed; we
find that men do not want to invest in
property for fear they will lose; every
body wants to invest in money, be-
cause money is the only think that is
rising. This, my friends, is the con-
dition which confronts us. Have we
not a right to look this condition in
the face. We demand Of our oppon-
ents an answer to this question;
GLOW are you going to provide what
the people needp They propose no
plan. Why not2 Because the poll
cles Of the republican party are domi-
mated by Wall street where they do
not want money plenty. (Applause).
Not only are their policies dominated
by Wall street but, my friends, they
are not willing even to let Wall street
have the final say, because they make
in their platform the declaration that
we must go across the ocean to find
out what other nations will do. Zap.
plause).
In conclusion Mr.. Bryan urged hia
hearers to consider and study care
fully the issues involved and to vote
to protect their own interests and the
interests Of their country.
THE OTHER MEETINGS.
While Mr.. Bryan was addressing
the meeting at Sportsman's park, the
platform upon which he stood gave
way and he, together with q dozen
distinguished citizens who occupied
seats thereon, were precipitsted &c
the ground. Fortunately no one wat
hurt. The crash caused an uproal
and for time it looked as If a panic
would result. There were at least
10000 people present and the commo
ton was frightful. Quiet was restor
ed IN q few minutes and Mr.. Bryan
spoke from the judges stand.
Mr.. BrYan's address was very brief
as he was greatly fatigued from hui
constant speaking throughout thu
day, and be said little more than t.
express his qualification that so many
people were giving evidence Of thell
lively interest in the campaign.
In the great Auditorium where tn
republican national convention wa
held, Mr.. Bryan was greeted by ovel
$4,000 people, every seat was occu
pied, the sisles were packed anC
thousands were turned away. 1t wal
an enthusiastic audience and th,
nominee, during his short speech
was frequently interrupted by ire
mendous applause.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
How A Farmer Figures Out His
Wheat Business.
AGRA, KANSAS,
Sept. 6, 1896.

AGRA, KANSAS,
Sept. 6, 1896.
EDITOR HERALD:--It is stock ar.
gument Of the republicans, that il we
get double prices we will have to pay
double for what we buy, and we will
not be benefited. Now l have fifty
bushels Of wheat, I take it to town
and my wife and children go with
me, l get one dollar a bushel as |
have done, which is fifty dollars, I
give my wife fifteen dollars, she buys
what she wants and have things for
che children, then / 70 in and pay
taxes Of which is thirty dollars and
and have Eve dollars left, we all 60
home happy, the merchant has sold
bill Of fifteen dollars and he feels
good. Now, / have fifty bushels Of
wheat we all 90 to town and sell il
for fifty cents a bushel, (but it is only
thirty cents in our town now which
is twenty-five dollars, I 20 in to pay
my taxes, it is thirty dollars, lack
five dollars OF having money enough
to pay IT, I have to tell my wife I can
not give her any money; we look at
the merchants goods a while and 90
home not happy, as we are discussing
how l am to get the rest OF the tax
money, and some more to buy few
things we absolutely need. We de.
eide that we will have to sell one of
our heffers that we wanted to keep
for COW, We get twelve dollars for
the heffer Then we begin TO begin
to figure out how we can make the
seven dollars left after paying our
tax go the farthest. l look in the
Kansas City Star and find that we
can get from fifty cents to one dollars
worth more goods there for five dol
lars than l can Of our home merchant.
and money is so scarce we have to
save all we can. Then l look little
farther in the Star, and I find our
silver market has been helped by
selling 80 many ounces to England
for use in her British India possess
sions, and / find that one ounce of
silver buys as much wheat there now
as it did when we coined it ourselves,
and 1t was worth 81 20 an ounce, and
tell my wife I am going to vote for
free silver for I heve found out why
our wheat ia so low. And / tell her
to cheer up little for in two or three
months will have some hogs to sell
and there is book Of nice samples Of
cloth on the stand from Omaha and
we can live just as long as our mer-
chant can sit and watch his goods and
vote the gold bug ticket, but just as
soon as he and enough others vote to
make money plenty again, I will buy
his goods, for ! believe in building
up home industries, but when man
can't, he can't that's all.
So you see it is not very hard to
figure out these things from your
gold bug papers, without any popu-
lists speakers or sitting on the corner
to be educated. A. DUBOIS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

Peoples Party Candidate for Judge
of the Kansas Court Of Appeals.
Many of our readers will recognize
in the above a picture of gentleman
who for seven years was a resident Of
this county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
That Troublesome Narcotic.

The late Or. Thomson. archbishop of
York, when he was bishop of Glouces-
ter. suffered from toothache, and, by
medical advice. rcsorted to narcotics
to relieve the pain. One morning. after
night of great suffering. as he left the
house to consult the doctor. Mira,
Thomson begged him not to allow the
physician to prescribe a narcotic, as
it affected his brain for several hours
after taking it, On his way the bishop
met the postInan. who handed him a
large official envelope. lie opened it
in the street and read his appointment
to the see Of York. Instead of visiting
the doctor he FASTENED back to commu-
nicate the surprising news to his wife.
"Zoc! Zoe!" he exclaimed, what do
you think has happened? am arch
bishop of York;" There, there" re
Joined the wife; what did tell you 2
You've been taking that horrid mar
cotic again, and are quite out of your
head."-Detroit Free Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
MADE INSANE 81 CYCLING.
Chicago Lawyers Wife Missing and
Supposed Suicide.

Chicago Lawyer's Wife Missing and Q
Supposed Suicide.
Mrs. Arthur j. Cody, wife of Chi
cago lawyer, disappeared from Tacoma,
Wash, several weeks ago during u fit
of mental alteration. Later woman
answering her description appeared at
several towns in the state, travelling
afoot. Relatives of the missing woman
engaged two special trains and large
force of searchers to find the pedes-
trian. They finally traced her to Wood
stock, whittier she had walked. There
detectives had shown photographs OF
Mrs. Cody at a dozen stations along the
line. and all who saw them said they
were likeneSses of the mysterious tray
eler.
The other morning Mr.. Cody, Mrs.
Cody's brother and several detectives
walked into Rev. Mr.. Hollis residence at
Woodstock, where they thought they
had traced the woman, but the woman
they found there, though of Mrs. Cody's
size, had an entirely different facial ex-
preston. Cody then collapsed and is
now very ill. He offered an additional
reward of 500 for information of his
wife, dead or alive. 1t is believed thst
she has committed suicide.
Mrs. Cody's ailment was induced by
excessive cycling. Cody is an expert
wheelman, and his wife frequently took
long trips with him. Her spine be.
came affected and her physician said
1t was caused by cycling. He recon-
mended rest and change of climate, aud
she came to Tacoma.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20

oOSduS edlt.
Time and again the men have been eau
toned TO be careful and leave nothing
behind them in camp, but the soldier,
though human machine, is not q per-
feet one. AS we hurry onward and
have put several miles between us and
the late camp, Trooper johnson sud-
denly misses his knife and remembers
that he left 1t on the ground after using
it to cut strap. The captain gives him
permission to ride back after it. Why
not? It is but dash, and we are ut
peace with the Indians. lie will over
Take us within the hour.
Trooper johnson is n brawny man
and veteran. The arrow and bullet
wounds received prove him fighter.
Men of his company will tell you of see
ing: him imperil his life dozen times
over, and they can count up Mt least
seven redskins he has wiped out. a
grand=looking soldier is Trooper John
son=-every inch man. Your eve
would pick him out of regiment for
his bearing, and when you had looked
into his bronzed face you would put
him down MS game to the death.
The trooper rides back at an easy
lope. In half an hour he is at the camp.
There are a dozen gaunt wolves prowl-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20

nary kite; it goes up into the air with
"a rush ana scars far aloft like hover
ing bird, almost without perceptible
motion.
The inventor of this strange flying
machine, says the Washington Star, is
S. A. Potter, of the weather bureaus
staff. The idea from which it is de-
rived was originally with an Australian
experimentcr named Hargrave. Like
the Potter kite Hargrave's flyer con-
sists in its simplest form of two boxes,
topless and bottomlcss, joined together
by frame of wood. But the boxes are
rectangular. whereas those of Mr.. Pot
ter's kite are diamond-shaped. By
this modification of form Mr.. Potter is
enabled t, make his frame ever so
much lighter, so thot the whole affair
weighs scarcely more than pound.
Any boy can make such kite and fly
it far moro easily than one OF the ordi
nary sort. 1t flies itself, one might say,
requiring only to be tossed into the air
where there is a fair breeze blowing.
The Potter kite has several times the
lifting power of the common kite, pos
sessing four plain surfaces instead of
one.
By means of kite observations it is
intended to make sort of map of the
atmosphere, which may be valuable to
engineers of flying machines when
practically completed, just as charts
are useful to sailors. BY means of
them it will be easy to determine what
currents OF mir are likely to be met
with at various heights. 1t is mag
med that lite-fying on scientific prin.
ciples may be serviceable in future
war. A camera sent up on line OF
kites may be utilized to take photo.
graphs of the enemy's forces and forti-
fications. Kites may even carry bombs
filled with high explosives and drop the
latter where they will do the most
good,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
HARD.EARNED SAVINGS GONE.
Newport Widow Loses Money She Intend.
ed to Pay on Mortgage.

Newport Widow Loses Money She Intend
ed to Pay on Mortgage.
a sad case was brought to light at
Newport, r. L., the other day. Awidow
"a very Woodworking woman, by the
way-had scraped together $500, and,
in going less than rs feet to pay the
amount over to a party who had a mort
gage on her home, she lost it. The
money was for interest and to reduce
the mortgage. 1t was in large bills and
represented the savings and the denial
of all Injuries. The police, banks and
leading stores were notified, and at a
late hour the other night the>city de-
tectiye, Ben" Richards, came into pos
session of two important clews. The
loser claims that she can identify tho
bills, because she had saved the money,
by hard work and had examined the
bills many times.
While the small space where the
money was lost was being inspected,
inch by inch, the richest man in Ameri-
ca, Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, spoke
kindly to one of the searchers. The mil {.
lionaire never dreamed that he was so
near scene of misery, and the gentle
man to whom he spoke did not have tho
courage to tell him why he was search
ing in the snow and slush for the saw
ings of a widow who is distracted over
her terrible loss.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
DISPUTE OVER A CANNON.

Ohio Men Claim n Gun in the Possession
of Il Wisconsin Regiment.
The members of the Fourteenth Wis
consin infantry are very much exer-
cised over a challenge that has been
made to their right to the cannon cap
tured at Shiloh and which for years has
been feature in the park at the capt.
tol in Madison. Their right to possess
sion is questioned by a Gen. Ben T.
Runkel, who claims the honor for an
Ohio regiment in a letter published
lately in a Chicago paper. Up to the
time of the appearance of this letter
the Fourteenth men had always sup
posed they were the ones who captured
the piece, and so did everybody else.
Gen. Grant was of that opinion when
he gave Gen. Harvey permission to have
the piece sent home as an object lesson
of the bravery of the Wisconsin regi-
ment. Now it appears from Gen. Run
kcl that they and Gen. Grant are mis-
taken; that Ohio men are entitled to
the credit. Gen. Runkel's challenge
has stirred up a hornets nest of the
first class. The Fourteenth men say
the Ohio regiment may have captured
battery, but it was not the one to
which the cannon now in the park at
Madison belonged. And the badgers
appear to have the best of the argu-
ment. To say nothing of the action
of Gen. Grant in sending the piece to
Wisconsin, which he would never have
done if they had not made good their
claim to the property, there is his
torical proof to the correctness of the
Fourteenth's claim.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
A Premature M.s.a re,

He leaned in detected attitude
against one of the division ratings on
the main floor of the Dours:.. every now
and then gritting his teeth and NUT
tering words that the Reco, d wouldn't
think OF printing. For he had trouble.
OF his own, and to a solicitous friend he
told this story; He made u business
trip to Reading on Monday, and, drift
ing into the company of a few ''boys."
was persuaded to take n drive around
the beautiful epvirons of the capital
of FAULT Bcrlls." knowing how such
drives usually terminate, he wrote n
telegram to his wife before starting.
and left it with the hotel clerk, request
ing the latter to have it forwarded at
nine p. IN. This was about two o'clock.
Shortly after tho Philadelphian and his
friends had left the hotel an of1icious
bell boy picked up the dispntch and
rushed to the nearest telegraph office.
AS result the telegram was delivered
in this city at three p. IN. 1t read:
slave missed the last train tonight.
Will be home early tomorrow. Don't
worry. John."-Philadelphia Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20

right! Let o man become ratified in
the forest OF on the plains and he in
Nariably bears to the right and thus
hastens the disaster.
When the horse falls from ex-
haustion Trooper johnson is 25 miles
from the command. 1t does not occur
to him that he will be searched for and
that his trail can be followed. lie now
feels sure that he is lost, and he cannot
reason. ~ veteran of three Indian CAM
paigns-a soldier known to be without
fcar-a man in the prime of life. And
yet his face is as white as dead man 3
and he trembles like q woman-aye!
wceps like child!
One, two, three days go by. Trooper
johnson is favorite with all. Every
man is anxious that he be found. We
go into camp and send out squads to the
four points of the compass. One of
them strikes the trail and finds the dead
horse. Another, returning in the gloom
OF evening, starts up strange animal
which runs away, uttering strange
sounds like human laughter. On the
morning of the fourth day the lost man
is discovered as he sleeps. He is naked;
he is bleeding and torn; there is some
thing SO wild and beast-like in his looks
that we shrink away from him. He is
not glad to see us. We call him by
name. but he does not remember us.
We pity him, but he laughs and gibbers.
He will soon be himself again." saws
the colonel, as he turns away from the
poor wretch we have brought into camp
at last.
He will never be himself again."
solemnly replies the regimcntal sur
geon, who happened to be journcying
with us. "IIe has lost his wits-be-
como an idiot! 1t was the terror Of
ionesomeness that did it," Detroit
Free Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
INDIAN GIRL WINS HohoRs.
Successful In an Oratorical Contest In In



Miss Gertrude Simmons, an Indian
girl from the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota, has been awarded first
donors in the oratorical contest of
Earlham college, in Indiana, and as
result will represent that institution
in the state contest, which meets in
indianapolis i'll March. Miss Simmons
began her English education at the
White institute, near WABASH, this
state. several years ago, and entered
Earlham this year as freshman. In
the society work of the college she de
veloped unexpected talents rs an ora
tor. but it was not supposed that she
would distance the juniors and seniors,
with whom she competed for the honor
of representing the college III the state
contest. Her Grafton was entitled:
''Side by elde," and was exalted in
thought and delivered with an elo-
quence of voice and gesture and clear
ness of enunciation that has never been
surpassed in the college. The judges
awarded her the honor unanimously,
and Prof. Trueblood declares that he
expects her to stand first in the state
contest. She is now % years of age
and is u woman of very attractive man
ner
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20

ing about and munching ut the bones,
End they grudgingly give way for him
us he rides up. Yes, the knife is there.
and he quickly secures 1t. A newspa-
per has been thrown out of one of the
wagons. He picks it up and sits down
to scan its columns. Some one had
thrown away letter; he picks that up
and becomes interested. Some careless
trooper has left q lariat here in the
grass. He secures it, walks about for
few minutes and then mounts to 70.
join the column. 1t is travelling north
west: II will now be about eight miles
ahead of him. 1t must bear to the left
after crossing Comanche creek. He
will, therefore, take short cut and
save time and trouble.
Now follow the cavalryman and Won
will witness curious thing. He rides
away humming the air of merry tune,
and he has not On anxious thought
He passes ridge after ridge, covers milo
utter mile, and SO sure lie is Of his way
that he scarcely looks up. All of sud-
den the horse Stacks down. He has
been taking the ridges at too fast a
pace and is out of breath. A minute
later he is pulled up sharp and Troopey
johnson looks about him with anxious
eyes. What is 1t? Nothing. He has
only to keep on and he will intercept
the column. He has only to ride back
over his trail and strike the plain road
left by the wagons. 1t is only nine
o'clock in the morning, and the sky is
without cloud.
Curious. isn't it? The trooper stands
pP in. his stirrups TO look ahead; there
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
Good Exercise for Young Women.

There is an exercise which is said to
give the men in the English army the
carriage and proportions for which
they are famous, and which every
woman may take each day. Itmay be
taken with dumb-bells or without. The
hands are clasped over the dumb-bells
and held by the side, palms outward.
They are raised to an outstretched po-
sition on Il level with the shoulders.
then brought to the front, still in the
same plane, and then they are raised
above the head until they touch, the
exerciser rising on her toes during the
third part of the exercise.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-20
vAGABoND IN CLOVER.
Tramp Becomes Dude and Spends
Money Freely.
"Duteh Charlie" Found 100000 which
Wss Stolen from tho Overland Elk.
press Near Sacramento ty
Bandits Year Ago.

John L. Harmens, a tramp, so years
OF age, who, by his own confession, re-
covered over $50 900 that was hidden by
train robbers year ago, is locked up in
Jail in Sacramento. For months he has
been living in San Francisco on the fat
OF the land from the proceeds Of tho
money taken from the Overland express
near Sacramento by Jack Brady and
Browning over year ago.
The prisoner has turned over to the
police $4,000 which he had in the Ger
man savings bank in San Francisco,
$500 in securities, q diamond ring, and
diamond collar button.
Harmens found the money hidden un.
der clump of bushes near Sacramento,
where the robbers who held up the train
had buried it. The robbers obtained
over $4,000 from Wells, Fargo & Co.,
but Harmens did not find all of tho
plumber. He says he obtained only $780,
900, but it is believed these figures are
rather under the exact amount. This
conclusion is based on the fact that
when Brady, one of the bandits con-
fessed and took the officers to the place
where the money was buried, only S.
COO was found. Harlnens had evidently
taken the rest of the treasure before the
officers arrived.
Harmens was arrested in San Fran
cisco Saturday and brought to Sacra-
mento. In appearance he is typical
tramp. Among his friends he is known
as dutch Charlie" After he found the
money he went to San Francisco, where
he loaned great deal to responsible
business men. But lie was not miserly,
as it is said that he lived life of luxury
seldom dreamed of by the average
tramp. He bought the most elegant
clothes for himself, making trip to
New York for the purpose, and the
tramp was transformed into regular
fashion plate.