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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01

The Summer. Resort Editor stopped in
the middle of his journey up. Market
street to report the runaway OF an Ice
wagon, and arrested a thought which had
at that moment attacked him from the
rear. i. / ..... :. !,
Hailing coupe, he got inside OF it and
was driven back to the Office.
! Come for a ride said he 10 the
Special Writer on Outdoor Athletics,
whom he found diligently at work in the
reporters room, writing an account OF an
afternoon tea at the Old Ladies Home
t.I've got an idea, and it'll do you good
10 hear ii. as We. go along X
+. The Special WTIter:said he hadn't heard
really good idea since the day the busi-
ness NJ anager 1nistook him for the printers
devil and offered to pay him the latter's
salary: instead OF his own, 10 the consider
able disadvantage of the printers devil.
This good idea" of the Resort Editors
was Just what he was looking for.
: You. get, day off and come with me- -
said the Resort Editor, as they picked
their way over the powders lack toward
that the Resort. Editor might profitab bly,
occupy a portion of his time in visiting
some resort, and leave a few OF his Or
dinary details, in the way >of. stree t.snla sh-
ups and saloon fights. for the Book Critic
or the Fraternal Editor.to look. after. To-
morrow Pm off to Santa Cruz. Youcome
along with me and get: some practical idea
of what outdoor athletics look like.
They've got "a baseballteam down there
and some old-fasnioned editors. who are
still unpersuaded OF the futiIity of the
1istcuff and BAN 900 cane as +argume ents
in the heat of journalistic rivalry. Come
along and--''..--.. ~. >.
The driver of the coupe at this interest
ing point began the ascent of street
crossing, and the. rest OF the speaker 5
remarks were lost in the rumble OF the
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climb up the steep ridge. When they
had reached the top and slid down the
other side the driver steered his way care
tully into crack. between two rows OF
cobblestones, and the Special Writer
found breath to reply that he would az.
cept the invitation.
What makes me want to go to Klon-
dyke and freeze to DEATH" declared the
Resort Editor next morning as he and
the Special Writer entered the train at
The Oakland mole and critically picked
out the two best seats in the still untitled
car, sis the appalling idiocy you see on
the faces about you when you go travelling
anywhere in civilized country.
"Just watch the people enter this car.
Mark their actions as we'll as their ex-
pressions. Every mothers son ana daugh-
ter of them is in tumult until he or she
has fought a clear way to q seat and got
planted souarely into it as though it were
the one ultimate thing in life that he or
she had been battling for since infancy.
Gaze for moment at that, will your
demanded the Resort Editor with savage
triumph, as the personified confirmation
OF his bitter diatribe entered in the person
of a fat, middle-aged party with valise
in one hand and telescope basket in the
other and planked himself down with an
unctuous thud aud fatuous grunt at the
end of perspiring scramble up the aisle
with not a soul ahead of him to make the
scramble necessary.
''They lDiL be in tearing hurry all the
time" continued the Resort Editor. ''No-
body ever thinks of entering car com
posedly. It is probably the sublime no.
tion of that brilliant individual who leads
the rush toward us at the present mo-
meat that by running on the train he may
hasten the end of his journey. Or it may
be that he fears the train will start up
suddenly and throw him back ward out OF
it If he ism Il safely anchored in a seat.'
The Special Writer said that he had no.
ticed the same things himself, but hadn't
made particular study OF them. What
struck him the most forcibly was the curl.
Gus fact that no matter how hur riedlv the
front end of a procession got on train
the people bringing up the rear always
had to move alta snail's pace, and could
never get the fellows just ahead of them
10 quicken their pace.
There's always chap with his back
right up against your face who takes
about four steps to the minute and keeps
you waiting in most EN- barressing way
right in front of some one else. How the
people in front can run a footrace and yet
compel those at the tail of the line to
Dsarch an inch at time is one OF the mar
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TWO Journalistic Savants Abroad on a our Of
Critical Observation and Soma Of the Amin
ad9ersions Gathered En- Route Con-
corning the People They Saw

Writer. imp patiently, ''and pigs an ami.
nal. You can't say that man is alone in
his peculiarity. You're trying to run
man down too much, anyhow"
The Special Writer nodded valiantly.
"Now, you take pig. !" said he, land you
can't nj axe him walk if there's grain oi
corn or a drop of swiH put into his
trough-and he can smell either of them
mile. Besides, when you get one oi
those wild human pedes trians Gagged In q
house, away from the rivalry of public
racing, he doesn't always overtprn chairs
and footstoofs in his rush to the dining
room when the dinner-belt rings. He has
been known frequently to walk"
Yes" admitted the Resort Editor.
"But what then? After dinner. hewiil sit
around doing nothing for half hour,
then all at once jump out Of his abstrac-
ton, grab his hat and rush: off downtown
and along Market street again at pace
suggesting imminent disaster atthe loss
of a second. Why couldn't he start ten
minutes earlier from home and proceed
with the dignity of a human being 2"
The train stopped at Alyarado and both
the journalistic savants- peered darkly out
of the window -: -
A young man. was seen coming down
from the ho lei. his coat tails flying: above
nimble pair of heels, his hat held
crushed to his head with one hand and
his satchel jerking this way and that in
the other. -
He cleared the car steps with a bound,
landed on the platform with q bang and
rushed satchel-tirst up he aisle and into
one of the numerous vacant seats. Then
he slowly set his ~satchel beside him, re-
arranged his collar, Strengthened his hat,
looked inquiringly around the car and
fell finallyto gazing a5stractedly out Of
the window. :-
: The Resort Editor held his watch in his
hand and seemed lost in grim contempla-
ton of it. -
The Special Writer glanced expresslvely
at the car ceiling, threw a plying glance
at the young man and relapsed into g
m ed station on the beautiful versatility ot
The A merican opportunity to swear.
At length the train started and the: Re
sort Editor closed his watch.
+ He has been sitting there minute and
a. half, he observed to the Special
Writer. ~.
And the Special Writer proceeded toim
prove his American opportunity with g
versatility which included the young
mans ancestry clear back to the days o.
Balaam.
AtSan Jose the train was comfortably
full. The Resort Editor couldn't say a:
much for HIM self hecausa he wasn't com.
Portable. His study OF the faces in the Cal
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| during the past hour and half bad stead
| lily augmented his i'll humor and visibly
accentuated the sneer of cynical disap-
proval that had settled around his lips al
the beginning cf his survey.
"Dye always get in such beastly
temper when you 60 travelng2" inquire d
the Special Writer, after prolong ged
scrutiny OF the others visage, during a
lull in the conversation.
TEN perl" growled the Resort Editor.
Its enough to drive man to drink to
see how people act when they get out
where there are no drawing-room rules OF
etiquette to bind them. Take any crowd
In public and watch strangers when they
happen to brush together. Selfsh2 2 Whew! I!
Every body for hims elf and everybody re-
sentful II heis i'll the least discon moded.
"A man may meet friend on train
and he will stretch the buttonholes out OF
his coat to be agreeable. He will iston
the friend having the best of the seat and
will pile his yalise and hatbox up in his
own lap and swear that he prefers to sit
that way, and couldn't be more comforta-
BILE in any other. But If a stranger comes
IN when there's only half a seat empty in
the car, and in. sitting down In that half
seat: stubs his toe against the vallse OF
the fellow who occupies the other half
there's open enmity established between
/ the two forth with---on the one side be-
cause the vslise was kicke and on the
other side because it was there to be
kicked. -
About every stranger on the road or on
the street there is an air of austere inde-
pendence which forbids familiarity and
regards INSTRUMENTATION or other
wise - as an affront. No kind OF acci-
dent, such as the jostling OF one man
| against another or the descent OF one
woman's parasol on another woman's hat,
is ever looked upon as other than the re-
suit Of bald stupidity or deliberate and
| audacious premeditaticn. Some one is
blamed for every thing that happens. The
! person who has his elbow brushed off
| the arm of his seat by a party hurry.
ing up the aisle glares in amazement
at the other fellows effIontery. and pro-
ceeds to so over several choice remarks
! that he wonl address to him ii he would
only do it over again.
'The chap who comes in and finds
every seat full wonders why on earth the
people before him took it into their heads
to board that particular train on that par
! ticular day. Must every body travel to
| the same town at the same moment Just
because he happens 10 be going there
| then? He says 10 himself that it is just
his luck if he hadn't wanted a seat
there would have been plenty of them
vacant. Fate always did serve him that
| way, etc.
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THE atmosphere In car is antagonism
from one end to the other-an armed and
watchful pretense OF apathy with chip
on its shoulder ready to fall off and pre-
cipitate row at the touch OF passing
coat sleeve. Observe that interesting
genius, will your"
The Resort Editor wiped his brow with
his handkerchief and pointed to large
individual who had just boarded the car
at Los Gatos, and was contriving to oc-
cupy two seats by placing himself in one
and his feet in the other. All the other
seats were taken, and still the passengers
came in. There was picnic party on Its
way to the mountains. The large indi-
vidual sat serenely in his double section,
obviously and maddeningly conscious OF
his largeness. He was accosted by lean
man in linen duster.
'Will you have the goodness to let me
sit dewn?' he inquired, with mild
sarcasm that caused the Resort Editor to
give way 10 Mephistophelian mirth.
The large individual was absorbed In
gazing through the window at the lncom'
ing crowd. Another large individual
pushed his way 10 his side and effaced the
lean man in the linen duster.
Are you going TO occupy this whole
secton?" he demanded.
The other raised his eyes coolly to the
questioner's face and replied shortly:
II have these seats for three ladies'"
The second large individual grnnted.
"U mph ~ he said, as he moved doubt.
fully up the aisle. wonder what three
ladies' are doing with him ?"
Whereat the Special Writer collapsed,
and was with difficulty restored 10 order
by the sternly reproving gaze OF his con-
frere, who himself had little more to say
during the remainder OF their run to the
City OF the Golden Gross. He seemed con-
tent TO let the people about him continue
the tale where he had left Off
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Nothing else under heaven runs for the
same cause that the Market-street psdes-
trian does. An animal Will run in play
or in fear, or from being driven-or it will
run after its prey when it car catch it by
no other means. As a rule it prefers to
walk deliberately and composedly. A
horse will walk mile to creek in order
to get drink, when il might get it sooner
Dy running. A COW will walk slowly into
its stall after hay. A dog will walk
"Buta pig won't," )" interposed the Special
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vels of railroad travel that 1 shall never
be able to grasp" s.
The Resort Editor gave snort OF sy M
pathetic disgust and glared down the car
until his glasses slipped off his nose and
in falling clanked against something IL
his breast pocket which gave forth hol+
low, metallic sound. Thereupon an
absent-minded air settled upon the brow
of the Resort Editor, his hand drifted In
voluntarily to the aforesaid pocket, and
the Special Writer, suddenly. losing nll
interest in his Surroundings, was heard to
murmur, "I'll take some too
x:x X
4 "After all, though. temporized the
Special Writer at the. end OF ten-minute
reverie, which had been punetuated here
and there by spndry gentle smacEs of the
lips and .surreptitious indrdwings Of the
same in lingering reiterations OF certain
pleasant experience and of certain SYM
chronous flavor abiding herewith, latter
all, the mere habit OF being in a hurry
may not be set down as an absolute badge
of idlocy. 1 believe that's the word you
ussd2 For the matter OF that, people are
always in a hurry in public. Ever watch
a crowd come off a ferry boat p .-~ ~.
The Resort Editors tenn porarily mel
low mood vanished instantly. II
=. az have he replied, fixing the Special
Writer with an uncompromising eye;
''and once l stood in front of such a
horde. u The Resort Editor paused i'm.
pressively. "Only once. L was taken off
my feet. and carried twenty yards, and
then had to run for my life. My first
thought was that had been mistaken for
some euncaugnt murderer with price on
his. head. Nv next and more rational
one was that Thad unwittingly got in the
way OF stampede of lunatcs. who didn t
know why. they were. in a hurry. The
crowds on Market street are always in a
hurry for. the same sublime reason. r.
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the old "bonebreakerr' No ball bearings,
no chain and gear, no improved saddles,
no fancy steering-gear; in fact, nothing
that the ridsr nowadays would consider
absolutely necessary to comfort.
The principal difference to be observed
in the two pictures is the position of the
riders. In the old days the lady used to
ride behind, while now she rides In front.
1t might also be mentioned that at the
present time she has more comfor rtsble
seat and a so much more becoming cos.
tune.
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greater proportion of machinery.
But tho resem bIance in general appear
ance is all the similarity there is in the
two bicycles. Oh, what a difference the
riders of modern pneumatic-tired wheel
would instantly find the moment they
jumped on to the old-fashioned "bone-
breaker" OF half century ago. Just fancy
it for moment. Each and every rock
in the road would feel as if it were the
size Of house, and would jolt up your
spine as if you had been kicked by COW.
Then how one would have to work on
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The accompanying pictures show two
styles of tandem bicycles-the first and
the last. They are remarkable in more
ways than one. principally, however, in
the wonderful similarity between them.
The FIRST tandem made is in general
appearance, very much like the wheel OF
to-day, and the wheel of to-day, in spite
OF over half a century of i'm proving. Is
very much like the first wheel made.
This similarity of first conceptions with
the finished article of many years later is
not confined to bicycles. 1t exists in the
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
RELICS OF ROBERT FULTON.

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The SIN allest republic in the world is
Franceville, one of the islands in the New
Hebrides. The inhabitants consist OF
4U Europeans and 500 black work men EN-.
ployed by a French com pany.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29
THE HICKS ALMANAC AND PAPER.

We are informed that the 1898 AL
manac of Prof. Irl r. Hicks is now
ready, and judging from Its past his
tory, it will not be many weeks in find
ing its way into homes and offices all
over America. 1t is much larger and
finer than any previous issue. 1t con-
tains ll6 pages, is splendidly printed
and illustrated on fine book paper, hav-
ing the finest portrait ever given of
Prof. Hicks: l. can no longer be de-
MED that the publications of Prof
Hicks have become necessity to the
family and commercial life of this coun
try. HIS journal, "Word and Works, y
aside from its storm, weather and as
Economical features, has taken rank
with the best literary, scientific and
family magazines of the age. Do not
believe hearsay and reports. See the
Hicks Almanac and paper for yourself.
You will then know why they are SO
popular. They are educators of the
millions, and unrivaled safeguards to
property and human life. 1t is a mat
ter of simple record that Prof. Hicks
has foretold for many years all great
storms, floods. iroulhs and tornadoes
and even the recent terrible drouth all
over the country. The Almanac alone
is 25 cents copy. The paper is ST OO
year with the Almanac rs premium
Send to Word aud Works Pub. Co..
220l Locust ST., St. Louis.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29
PLANS OF roruI1sr cosaaEssnEr.

Early In the session the Popullst
members of the house passed the fol-
lowing resolutions in caucus. The
Populsts are in a hopeless minority,
but it would be better for the country
if the majority would follow the re-
concentrations of these resolutions:
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
caucus that we Will resist all efforts to
so modify the existing civil service law
as to enable any party that may be in
power TO fill the different positions In
the civil service with partisans.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
and Will resist all efforts to destroy our
ereenbacks and treasury notes, whether
it be by direct legislation or by the sub
tertuge of refusing to reissue the same,
except in exchange for gold.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any scheme of enlarging the powers of
national banks. That we oppose the
comforting of power to issue notes de-
signed t. have The same functions as
money to any bank, corporation or in
dlvidual.
Resolved. That we favor the early
consideration and passage of a joint
resolution recognizing the independ-
ence of the Cuban republic.
''Besolved, That we are in favor of
the early passage of an equitable volun-
tary bankruptcy biil''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29
TEE D1NGLEY LAW AND ITS FRUITS.
by their fruits We shall know them"

by their fruits We shall know them"
1t must be apparent by this time to
republicans, democrats, Populists, So
calists and all political parties alike
that the Dingley tariff law Is "A com
plete failure. 1t disappointed its warm
est friends and most enthusiastic adyo-
Gates while the operation of It's obnox-
i0us features far surpassed the predic-
tions and expectatioDsof its most hos
tile enemies. From generation unto
generation it has been a maxim that
experience is the best teacher and
the results brought about by the enact
ment Of this high tariff measure is
verifcation Of the time-old proverb.
Look about you, if you will. and an
swer the question for yourself, whom
has the DIngley law benefited? Has it
benefited the laborer? Nay. Has 1t
benefited the consumer? Not unless
we concede that increased prices and
higher taxes is benefit. The big cot
ten mills of the country have declared
10 per cent reduction of wages to take
effect January 1st, cotton goods are high
in price than they were a year ago
Willie the raw product is cheaper than
ever before in history. Do yor wonder
at it? Men who are well Informed on
public matters do not. The corpora
tions-the men who are at the head Of
tins government-fix the price on every
thing and the masses-the labOrers, the
producers and the consumers drink
deep OF The bitter gregs. TheDingley law
las pat every article of CONSUMPTION
Oh the highly protected list while such
stuff as diamonds and skeletons are on
the free list. The excuse and plea for
this unAmerlcOn arrangement was that
IL was necessary TO create revenue but
row comes the report OF regular month
u deficits followed by President Nc
Kinley's admission in his message to
congress that the Dinghy law has fail
ed to maintain the gold reserve and
that bond issue is threatened. The
Gage bill giving authority to the
United States treasurer to issue bonds,
should he deem 1t expedIent, is now
pendingin congress and has the hearty
support of all administration republi-
cans. No more emphatic and posi-
tive admission could he made that the
Dingley law is failure in so far as rev.
enue is concerned. Then where is the
benefit? Our sugar, our clothing and,
in short, everything that we buy is
dearer, while the wages OF labor are
reduced. The tariff is a tax. 1t en-
riches the manufacturers and impover-
lShPs the consumers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29
HON. WHARTON BARKER

In last weeks Advocate and News
Hon. Wharton Barker, editor of the
Philadelphia American, writes the fol-
lowing. Mr.. Barker is national char
acter, a sound reasOner and a thorough
ieformer:
The Peoples party has now the op-
portunity to unite all those who want
reform and to conduct a campaign that
Will end in 1900 in victory for the PEG.
pie over the ollgarchy of wealth that
now directs the policy of the govern
ment. If this opportunity is to be selz
ed, it this responsibility is not to be
shiTked, the Ca npaign must be opened
early. The Peoples party is now sadly
disrupted and weakened, there is dis
cord that brings weakness, not the un-
ion that brings strength. To bring about
union, reform the shattered lines of
the People party, stop suicidal bicker-
ing, put an end to the working without
any harmony of understanding and
hence at cross purposes, l urged the
holding of national nominating con-
ventlon of the Peoples party next April
or May. Only by opening the campaign
thus early can there be assured ample
time for education and organization,
only by so doing can the Peoples party
be restored soon enough to its once
high estate to enable it to expound its
principles and recruit needed millions
of votes that must be found outside of
the Peoples party. Time must be Civ
en- to show that the Peoples party and
it alone stands for equality, equality of
opportunity for all, and that this de-
mands the carrying out of these cardi-
nal tenets of the Peoples party:
Creation and maintenance of an hon.
est measure OF values; free coinage of
gold and silver; government owner
snip and operation of railroad, tele-
graph and telephone lines; opposition
TO trusts; opposition to alien owner
ship OF land, and cOurt-made laws:
recognition of the right of the people
to lie, i. e., the iniative and refer
endum.
On such a platform and under the
leadership of courageous and aggres-
sIve presidential and yice-presidential
candidates, believe the reform forces
would in two years and a half embrace
a large majority of the people of the
country. AlIthose engaged IN produc-
tive industries, on farm and plantation,
IN mine. mill and factory, and IN trans
portation operations, would see long
before the end of the long campaign
proposed that under the flag of the
Fe"p.es party there was liberty, justice
ana equality of opportunity; and under
the flag of the oligarchy Of wealth, in
dustrial slavery and RUM.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29


IHE republican papers of Alva have
kissed aud made up" The Courier
has purchased the Republican part of
the Pioneer Republican and w. F.
Hatfield takes the Pioneer-the demo
cratic part-and will publish it as a
democratic paper hereafter. In this
night the Courier has won. Only few
months ago the Courier, which was
then Populist paper, was bought
aud operated by republicans. 1t i'm
medialely opened up fight on the Pho.
neer Republican and chargedthat it was
ademo republican institution. The p,o-
neer Republican denied the charge but
so many of the republicans of Woods
county believed them to be true that
tie PR. was forced TO dissolve. Doug
lass, the proprietor of the double action
sheet claims TO have lost 500 on the
deal but says he did 1t lin the interest
"f harmony" W. c Douglass. the pur.
ported owner of the Pioneer kepuhii.
can IS postmaster at Alva while F q
Douglass, the editor, announces that
he VIII prepare himself for the law bus :
mess Tins is the Republican news.
paper row of Woods county settled Int
the factiOnal war goes merrily on. 80
mote itsbe.