People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-02-27
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ried away from our sorrows and trials
to condition Of holy rest in God.
Being content, the poorest man is
rich; while he who counts his millions
hath little joy be he otherwise"
An AtchisOn man recently caught
three different men kissing his wife
whereupon he went to a lawyer.
"YOu have very good grounds for
divorce" the lawyer said. 81 don't
want DIVORCE" the citizen replied:
u want to get out an injunction to
make them quit itm
General Harrison and Mrs. Dim
mock are going to be married on
Easter Monday. Like a sensible man
the general is going to postpone his
honeymoon until after Lent when he
and his bride can attend pOst-nuptial
dinners, 90 to the theaters and en-
Joy other harmless forms of gayety.
The eldest boy Of the German EN-.
perOr is a little bit Of an infant terri
bic. One day the little crown prince
was being laboriously catechised by
the chaplain who continually i'm
pressed him that all men are sinners.
WELL" exclaimed the boy impa-
tlently, father may be a sinner, but
know mother isn't."-Ex.
The Lord has so provided things in
his construction Of man that brains
and nerve are seldom found in the
same individual. This was gracious
fOrethought and it leaves a way for
almost everybody to getalOng smooth
ly. The nan who does not have a
good supply Of one of these articles,
generally has hard row to hoe.
Mrs. Lease announces that the sub
Iect Of her lecture at the auditorium
on March IL, for the benefit OF the
Central Christian church, will be
"What Ais UsP" She will deal with
the past, present and future, as also
with national, universal, state and
local questions, and with frmness
that will leave no doubt of her posi-
tion.-Kansas City Times.
You may find honesty among
thieves, truth among liars and wis
dom among fools, but you'll never
find a spark Of manhood, wOmanhOod
or principle in meddler. The thief
may chronicle the truth by mistake,
the fool may say wise things by acci.
dent, but the man who noses around
and mixes up in other peoples affairs
will ever remain the same contempti-
BILE, unprincibled cur.
An exchange says re" is the most un-
fortunate letter in the alphabet. It's
never In cash, never out of debt and
never out Of danger. The aforesaid
exchange fOrgets that the letter re"
is never in war, but always in peace.
1t is the beginning Of existence, the
commencement Of ease and the end of
trouble. Without it there would be
no meat, no meal, no bread. no whis-
key, land we'd be glad if there wasn't)
no gospel, no hell, no newspaper, and
no advertising.
Here is an example in arithmetic
with which all school boys may keep
their wheels turning during the even
ings: A young man went to preach
er to get married, and the preacher
asked how old is your father? He is
two years older than my mother. My
Oldest sister is two years older than
my youngest sister. My youngest
sister is four years older than my
younger brother. H old are they
altogether, asked the preacher? The
young man replied that five Of the
children are II years older than my
father and mother together. How
old is John and each Of the children
and his father and mother?
Mrs. Emma Newhouse, who lives
with her husband, Peter Newhouse,
a sewer workman, at 1924 East
Eighteeth street, has, with care and
attention, reared flock of geese,
claiming the exclusive ownership of
the fowls. Yesterday Mr.. Newhouse
disposed Of one Of the geese for his
own profit add his wife demanded a
payment Of seventy-fve cents, at
which she valued the bird. She
claims that her husband refused to
pay her, so she went before Justice
Withrow this morning and charged
Peter Newhouse with stealing the
goose. lie pleaded not guilty and
gave bond for his appearance for trial
tomorrow.-Kansas City Star.
Those patriots who consider them
selves injured because the Campania
did not run aground alongside the st.
Paul can ascribe it to the lack of fair
play so characteristic Of the British.
1t would have been an act of chivalry
worthy Of high-spirited nation and
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