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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

The London district messenger serv-
ice has decided to equip all it's boys
with bicycle skates, and those of them
who have had their pedal extremities
winged with wheels have created quite
a stir in the British metropolis, speed
ing along the streets, hooking on
behind cabs and lodging the vehicles
on the thoroughfares. The large area
of smooth paved streets makes the
scheme practicable, and the manage
ment of the messenger service is said
to be much pleased with the results
thus far obtained
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Hiled in self-defense to draw their ref
Nvers. not, however, until thew had
ofn fred upon. One odd circumsts jance
coPeeted with these perennial sho5Joting
scrSes in those days was the fsJtt that
IN 1Sthg up the score it waYT always
fountthat five negroes to one white was
about beproportibn of casualties. This
may haeNbeen due to the -4act that the
ratio ofSlack to White i'm every scrim-
mage wa>atout five to sne. or else that
the CaucaiaA, be ng cooler and long
skilled in he usefesf arms. was more
effective in c,osecSombat. At all events,
when impartially investigated it was
found that this Vernon difficulty diff
fered from it's fellows in no particular
except one-that it had no political
significance whatever Waltop's
friends. rejoicing with him in his re-
lease from durance vile, did so after the
fashion of the day, and more or less bad
whisky was consumed before the stage
reached Vernon-where more friends
were met, more treats exchanged, and
where, as the devil of mischief would
have it, he happened into the bar of
the old tavern just at the moment when
two or three others, all white, were hap
pening out. One of these was an old
time admirer of Esther Walton, man
with whom Scroggs had been at outs
for years. There was ajostie-uninten-
tional-a sneer in the careless apology
and a ranking word or two. Peace
makers drew the principals apart. In
deed. Walton was too happy to continue
his Journey home and Estherwards 10
| care to quarrel. But his rivals heart
and brain were burning. and more
liquor made matters worse. The horses
were being brought around from the
stable with the troop of vagrant ne
groes loafing after, when, despite the
efforts of his friends, the half-drunken
| man came lurching out of a neighboring
saloon and with savage oaths rushed
at Walton, demanding satisfaction"
Weapons were drawn and shots eX-
changed on the instant, and one of the
scattered mob of negroes fell dead with
a bullet through his heart, while for
moment Walton, with smoking pistol,
stood alone, looking down at his as
sailant writhing on the sidewalk.
Friends rushed in, carried one man into
| the drug store and crowded Walton in
to the tavern bar. 1t was fair fight.
He had drawn only in self-defense. His
assailant was to blame, and there was
no man to suggest arrest. But he stood
there pale and unnerved now, covered
with sorrow at the disaster to the man.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

THE Kentucky Bankers association
unanimously adopted a resolution in
dorsing the Frankfort bankers for
keeping wine off the table at the re-
cent banquet in that city, saying that
it was pleasing advancement and re-
solving that at all the coming ban
quets ladies should be among the
guests las the only stimulants there"
1t was the first action of the kind ever
taken by Kentucky association of a
similar character and it excited COM
ment, coming from an organization
at whose previous annual banquets
wine has been as free as water.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

GAINES, the portliest and most deep
ly-colored of all the bishops of the col
ored church, an Atlanta, Ga, dispatch
says, has become the prophet of star
ting creed that the black race is sure.
ly and gradually being absorbed by
the white: that in the run Of the years
the black race will disappear, the evo-
luton being reached through a process
of graded mulatto tints and constantly
lessening African characteristics. He
stoutly asserts that there has already
been a sufficient infusion of white
blood into black veins to Caucasianize
the whole race, if the blood was gen.
orally distributed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

DURING the recent performance of
Damrosch's concerts at Willow Grove
park, near Philadelphia, a consider
able number of people listened to the
music without being obliged to go out
to the park at all. This was accom-
plished by electricians fitting up re-
ceivers in the band shell, connected
by special wire with the telephone
exchange at Philadelphia Then this
wire was connected with other wires
and the music distributed as freely as
possible. Perhaps 200 people at one
time listened to the concerts by the
orchestra at Willow Grove, nearly Is
miles away
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

TWENTY-FIVE women, the New York
World says, signed petition present
ed for their consideration at the New
Amsterdam hotel the other afternoon.
"This," said Mrs. E. c. Claflin in ex.
PLANTATION, lis to beg President McKin.
ley to establish a bureau of heredity.
We all know the evils resulting from
the transmission of disease or criminal
tendency. Prenatal influence canno,
be too strongly dwelt upon" Mrs
Claflin is member of the Ralstor
club for the culture of the unborn and
chairman of the Circle of Heredity
The. petition was taken to Chicagt
and Boston for signatures
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
w. j. BRYAN made an address in
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 9Th, the crowd
being estimated at $4,000 to $4,000.
THE president and Mrs. Mckinley
gave a reception at the white house
the other night to the foreign guests
of the international committee of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew. Invited
to meet the guests were many persons
prominent in the social, religious and
scientific circles of Washington.
THE Indian government, in reply to
further pressing invitation by the
English cabinet to consider Senator
Wolcotts proposals, has answ cred that
it cannot reopen the question of the
Indian currency, and it will not be a
party to the reopening of the minis for
the free coinage of silver. In well-in-
formed English circles. correspondent
said, Senator Wolcott's mission was
considered abortive.
On the night of the Sth ex-United
States Senator Mcpherson breathed his
last in Jersey City, N. j.
CAPT. GEN. WEYLER will return to
Spain at once. a telegram from Madrid
On the 10th said, and Gen. Castellanos
will take charge of affairs in Cuba I'M
til Capt. GeI. Blanco, Weyler's sue
cessor, arrived.
PETER Z. STUDEBAKER, treasurer of
the well-known wagon manufacturing
company, died at Alma, Mich. on the
9th of heart disease.
EX-QUEEN LILIUoKALANI, of Hawaii.
was very sick at Washington on the
10th with symptoms of pneumonia.
Mrs. MARY E. LEASE. of Kansas.
has stepped into the political arena of
Greater New York and is campaigning
to get votes for Henry George for
mayor.
HERNANDO DESoTo MONEY has been
appointed United States Senator for
Mississippi by Gov. McLaurin to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator George.
TREASURY department officials say
that they would not be surprised if the
courts were called upon to determine
the meaning of the celebrated section
% of the tariff bill.
THE state department is engaged in
preparing for publication the volume
known as Commercial Relations of
the United States" embodying annual
reports from United States consuls in
every country in the world upon the
trade conditions in their respective dis
tricts. 1t will present a mass of in
formation interesting not only to eX-
porting merchants, but to public men,
manufacturers and technical workers
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

ANOTHER of the old "blue laws has
been revived and its application en-
forced in New Jersey. Any one who
shall ride a bicycle on Sunday in that
state for any other purpose than that
of seeking medical aid or going to
church does so at his own risk and is
not under the protection of the law.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

A CORDUROY road made of small cedar
trees, which were in perfect state of
preservation, was unearthed the other
day 3s feet below the surface of the
earth, seven miles east of Ashtabula,
o. Prof. Carl Wright, teacher of ge-
ology in Oberlin college, who has Wis
tied the spot and examined the wood.
gives it as his opinion that the wood
has been where it was found since the
glacial epoch.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15
HOW TO WASH EMBROIDERED
LINENS.

To wash embroidered linens so as not
to fade the co.ors, fill a tub half full OF
warm water, to which add little Ivory
soap. wash each piece through the
suds carefully, rinse in blue water to
which 4 little thin starch is added.
Hang on the line to dry. Iron on the
wrong side. pressing down heavily to
bring out the stitches, thus restoring
their original beauty.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

TBE bad men OF the west, the New
York Herald says, will shortly have an
additional means of being bad. A
pistol carrying eight shots will soon
be placed upon the market, and it is
said to be so perfect in every detail of
workmanship that it will become the
acknowledged gun.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Ii seems almost like proclamation to
build railroad upon the holy ground
where Moses is said to have received
the commandments of the Almighty,
but line of railway from the Red sea
to the top of Mount Sinai is contem-
plated and few years hence probably
it will cause no more comment than
any other road anywhere else.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

CLOVER sickness, a common disease
which often ruins clover crops, has
caused German scientists to make eX-
periments. They have succeeded in
getting cultures of the bacteria that
produce the disease. They expect that
soon farmers will be able to inoculate
their land just as a human being may
lnf fro tod
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Boston has declared war on the treat
ing system. A party of prominent
men met at a hotel to form a club
whose most prominent bylaw is pro-
vision which absolutely forbids any
member to pay for another's drinks.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

CATS are to be dropped from the Ger
man military establishment. They
have been employed to protect the de-
pots of military stores from mice.
Prof. Pooftier, however, has discovered
a typhus bacillus fatal to mice and
this will be substituted for the cats.
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MISCELLANEOIJH,

IA hECENl uiSpdICu ITOIu IeTTy. oh,
stated that there was a dearth OF
cotton pickers in Lincoln, Payne, Paw.
nee and Noble counties. In Lincoln
county the farmers said they would
take 5000 pickers.
THERE were 1896 divorce suits on the
docket on the 18th for this term of the
circuit court at Kansas City, Mo.
JIM WEwAH, a Creek Indian, killed
a white man named Spurgeon on Dog
creek, Ok, the other day, and on being
asked if he killed his man for money
he replied: mo: killed him for fish
bait" On examination a portion OF
the flesh from Surgeons leg was found
in the Indians fish basket.
REPORTS received at Kansas City
Mo-, on the night of the 10th indicat
ed that the long drought was broken
and a general rain extended over Kan.
sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
the entire territory that has suffered
most severely from the dry spell.
FOUR cases of yellow fever were re-
ported at Galveston, Tex, on the night
of the 10th. At New Orleans 81 new
cases were reported and five deaths.
At Edwards, Miss, nine cases and one
death was the record. At Mobile,
Ala, seven new cases and two deaths
took place.
GOLD has been discovered in the
bluffs along the river front at Warsaw,
III. A geologist made the find. and
from bucketful of earth he washed
out several nuggets.
A LARGE water main burst in New
York on the 10th and wrought grea,
havoc with property around Madison
avenue and Forty-Eighth street
Scarcely building escaped injury by
reason of the volume of water which
poured into the streets, cellars and
Easements.
THE Creek council has convened al
Okmulgee, l. T.. to consider the treaty
signed by the Dawes and Creek com
missions.
NEAR St. Anne, Man., Mrs. Breanin
a half-breed woman, and her six chill
dren, together with a neighbor, per
ished in a prairie fire.
THE drought around Dubuque, Ia,
was reported serious on the sth. The
pastures were all dried up and farmers
feeding hay to their cattle.
Al AANEs q WIG NSASAs " o>
hanged at Monroe, La. on the sth.
He coolly smoked a cigar and drank
egg-nog on the scaffold-
FAILURES for the week ended the Sth
were 2la in the United States accord
ing to Dun's report, against 296 for the
corresponding week last year.
a sEvEN-FooT vein of exceedingly
rich gold ore has been struck in the
Red River mine at Acton, Cal. The
vein is sprinkled thickly with free
gold. The report said that there ap
peared to be tens of thousands of tons
of the richest ore ever struck in that
part of the state.
SECRETARY WILSON, of the agricul
tural department, is making arrange
ments to organize the work of pur
chasing foreign seed for distribution
by the department
THE barn of the Kansas City ono.
Transfer company caught fire abou
$50 on the morning of the Sth. There
were about so head of horses burned
and the loss was between $40, 900 anG
$4,000.
HENRY SMITH, aged four. was left t.
take care of his baby brother while hi.
parents went to the fields to pick cot
ton near Opelika, Ala, but he weariet
of his task and killed the baby with ;
stone.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

81 THIS season, in the great wheat
growing section of the San Joaquin
valley, giant harvester has been in
use which cut, thrashed and stacked
the wheat growing on 100 acres daily.
The machine when all it's sickles are in
use, cuts the enormous swath of SO feet.
Eight or ten men are able to handle it
easily, and it turns out from 1.4O0 to
1880 stacks of wheat in ten hour day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

A RELAY of six thoroughbred horses
the other day raced five miles on the
Tioga bicycle track at Philadelphia
against four crack bicyclists and the
horses won in minutes and So seconds,
with the wheelmen only five yards be.
hind
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Z. GLASS manufacturers representing
practically the entire industry of the
United States met at Columbus, o.,
the other afternoon and virtually per-
fected a great glass trust, bringing I'M
der one head every mandatory in the
country
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

The Country's Necds-"What this coun-
try needs" said the earnest citizen, lis more
warships." Yes" replied Senator Sorg-
hum, rehectively, ''and more consulships -
Washington Star.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Guess from Experience She-"Who was
it that said that woman's best friend was
her dressmaker!" He Probably the
dressmaker Tit Bits
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Bill-Were you ever caught in the rain :
Jill-Yes; that's where i was caught. !
was accepted while taking girl home under
my umbrella.-Whim Whams
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15
Caught in the Rain.

Can't cure? Try it. That means
Rheumatism cured by st. Jacobs Oil.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

A COMPANY has been formed to deal
In bottled compressed air.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-15

Hot or cold. Neuralgia's the same.
St. Jacobs Oil cures the same.
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AOO$A y lilo and liver Stimulant. SEQ.
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bv laws, A man who studies these laws of
nature carefully and reduces them to a sci.
euce, can count on exact results every time.
A doctor knows that certain remedies
affect certain diseases.
When disease eeems to have no remedy.
time Nature may have the remedy right at
hand, but it will only be discovered by the
doctor who has studied longer and deeper
than others into this particular disease.
Consumption seemed for a long time with.
out q remedy, until DR.. Pierce made bio
wonderful Golden Medical Discovery" 30
years ago. It has proved to be marvellous
and almost unfailing specific for consump.
ton and all forms Of lung, bronchial and
throat difficulties.
It's effects seem almost magical but Its op.
Grafton Is based upon simple natural laws.
It has the peculiar property of enabling
the blood making glands to manufacture
into the circulation. This nourlshing, vital.
ling effect is rapidly manifested in the
iungs and bronchial tubes where It stops the
wasting process and builds up healthy tissue
tits readily assimilated by stomachs which
are too weak to digest cod liver oil, and 1t
Is far superior to malt as a perma:
nent and scientific flesh builder in all
wasting diseases.
"Twenty five yesrs ago eight different doetors
told me that would live but O short time. that
had consumption and must die, writes Geo r.
coope ESQ, Of Myers Valley, Pottawatomie CO..
Golden Medical Discovery and am still on the
land and among tho living: have faith to be.
jieve that Il has heightened my life Tor the last
twenty Ave years. and have so much faith IN all
Of your medicines that want one Of your Com.
men Sense Medical Advisers"
Dr. Pierce's medicines are recognized as
standard remedies throughout the world.
Ills pleasant Pellets" cure constipation
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM OUR kadULAR CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, AUGUST End. 1897.
Individually the Office seekers who
have crowded the lobby just outside OF
the Presidents Office, on the second
floor of the White House, may have
lacked the weight needed to get what
they wanted, but collectively they had
weight enough to make the floor sag in
the center to the depth of four inches.
Had the crowds which trequented the
East Room, which is directly under
meath, on President McKinley's hand.
shaking days known the condition OF
this floor as they waited for the Presi-
dent, Maj. Mckinley would have shak.
en- many thousand fewer hands, and
there might even have been few Office
seekers had they been Informed Of the
danger they were in every time they
tried to see the President. Workmen
are now engaged in strengthening this
floor.
The last prop was knocked from un.
der the industrious newspaper men who
have been engaged in manufacturing
news showing the certainty of war
between the U. S. and Japan by the
official announcement that Japan had
accepted the proposition Of Hawaii to
arbitrate their dispute concerning the
immigration and other laws of Hawaii.
Members of the administration say that
this government will have nothing
whatever to do with the arbitration,
unless it should fail to be concluded
before the formal annexation of Hawaii
to the United States. In that case
Japan would deal directly with this
government after annexation.
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The fifteenth series of the Johns
Hopkins University studies by DR..
Milton Reizenstein treats of the eco
nomic history OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. He says: "The counties Of
Maryland did not take much interest
in the railroad. The western part of
the State was busy getting from the
Legislature all the aid possible for the
canal, which had been deserted by the
federal government. 30, when in 1866,
the city delegation to the Legislature
asked for an appropriation to the rail-
road of 100000, the only way to get
enough votes to carry tie appropria-
tion through was by making deal
with the delegation from Washington
county. To secure their vote clause
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was put in the bill compelling the rail-
road company to build its road through
Hagerstown. and in default of that to
nay to the commissioners of Washing
ton county the sum of 100000 for
felt. The road left Hagerstown 20
miles to the north, and before the
county could get a judgment against
the company the clause in the law was
repealed, 4 II A branch line has
penetrated into Washington county,
adding to the value Of the farm pro,
ducts and contributing to make Hog
erstown the fourishing railroad and
business centre it is today.
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lNhnrmonf Gu1fme glib,

The Club held its usual meeting on Friday
evening. The lesson studied in Literature,
dealt with the age of the great satirists, Dry
den, Pope and Swift, and covered the Angus.
tan age of English literature. Some extracts
from the Spectator were read, giving some
idea of the social condition of the period.
The lesson for next week will be FIVE pages
in chapter iv in literature and the former
lesson in Geology. Adjourned 10 meet at
the usual time and place. ass
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leafhs.

On July Is, 1897, ut the residence of his son,
Mr.. Sanford Eyler, Of Emmiisburg district,
of general debility, MIR. Adam H. Eyler,
aged about 70 years. His remains were
buried at Fountain Dale on Tuesday.
On July "a, 1897, at Creagerstown, this
county, Mrs. George Staup, aged " years
On july 31st, at Lewistown, Nd, Mrs. Bar
bara Lightner, aged 70 years.
On July 31st, near Creagerstown, Miss Annie
Houck, aged ~ years.
On August End, at Logs, Md, Mr.. FRANK
Low AGED % years.
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Beware Of Ointments for
Catarrh that contain Mercury

Catarrh that contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
~. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the sCstem. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. IT is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio by F. j. Cheney
& Co. Testimonials free.
D9- Sold by druggists, price rs cents
per bottle.
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The CA7oc7lN CLARION.
CHAS. E. CASSELL.
Editor and Publisher.
Thursday, August s. 1897.
Newspaper Law Decisions.

!. Any pei rho takes paper regularly from
the Observation-Disclosures directed to his name or an
others or whether he has subscribed or not-is re-
sponsible for the payment.
If any person orders his paper discontinued nc
or she must pay all the arrearages or the publisher
continue to send it until payment is made and
collect the whole amount, whether the paper is taken
from the Office or not.
No paper will be discontinued until paid up.
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Gracchanl Items.

Rey. - Lavan of the Reformed church.
Baltimore City, now spending his vacation
with his family at Mr.. G. H. Blacks near
town, has promised to give sermon in the
Morayian church here on Sunday evening
the 9Th inst at 7:45 p. IN.
On August 10Th the annual congregational
lovefeast and communion in commemoration
of the special visitation OF grace upon the
Moravian church in Herrnhut, Germany, in
1877, will be celebrated. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all to these services.