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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
SIX-INCH TIRES.
CAREFUL TESTS FOR EIGHTEEN
MONTHS TROyE THEIR WORTH.

The most complete tests ever made
on American roads of the draft of
wide and narrow tires, has just been
completed by the Missouri agricultural
experiment station at Columbia. Mo-,
extending over a period of a year and
a half. These tests have been made
on macadam, gravel and dirt roads
in all conditions, and also on the pas
lures, meadows and plOwed fields of
the experimental farm.
Contrary to public expectation, in
nearly all cases the draft was mater
tally lighter when six-inch tires were
used than with tires of standard width
The load hauled was in all cases the
same, and the draft was carefully de-
termined by means of a Self-recOrdIng
dynamometer. On macadam street,
hard and smooth, as an average of all
tests, the difference of draft was In
favor of the six inch tire, and the same
draft required to haul ton over this
road with narrow tires hauled more
than ton and a quarter with broad
tires. On gravel roads the results
show that the draft required to draw
1000 pounds with narrow tires hauled
2,610 pounds on the broad tires. On
dirt roads, dry, hard and free from
rut S, the broad tires pulled more than
ope.third lighter, since 2,766 pounds
could be hauled Oh the broad tires
with the same effort required to haul
1000 pounds on the narrow tiIeS. On
dirt road cut into ruis by the nar-
row tires by ordinary traffic, with hard
surface. the results are in favor OF The
the wheels are run over the ruts made
by the narrow tires. On mud roads,
meath, the broad tires drew ONE-HALF
lighter than the narrow tines; 3,GSO
EoullNS Oh tiit Dib'tii tiie3 uiVN hS
light as 1000 pounds on the narrow
tires. On the same road when soft
the narrow tues pulled materially
lighter, the difference amounting to an
average of one third, or ii load of 1855
pounds could be drawn with the mar.
row tires as easily as 1000 with the
broad tires. When this same road
had been wet to /, great depth by COLI
tinued heavy rains, and the mud had
become stiff and sticky, so that it
would gather on the wheels, the differ
ence was again largely in favor of the
narrow tires.
There were only two conditions of
the dirt road in which the narrow tires
showed to an advantage, VIZ: First
When the surface is too wet, soft or
sloppy to compress under the broaG
tires, underlaid with dry, hard stra-
tum. In the nature of the case this
condition of road surface is of short
duration. If the rains cease few
hours of sun will dry the surface ma
terially. SO it VIII pack under the big
tires, enabling a common load to he
drawn oyer its surface with much less
draft than with the narrow tires. If
more rains fall this sub-stratum is
softened, and the narrow tires cut
deeper, resulting in greatly increas-
ed draft compared with the broad
tires.
Second-Another condition of dirt
roads favorable to narrow tines is when
the mud is deep and stiff and sticky
enough to gather on the bread tires.
a careful observation during the past
two years has shown stiff poorly
drained clay road TO be in this condi
ton but few times. and then only
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
Do YOU Need Dollars?

They can easily be earned by rails
ing Strawberries where climate, soil
and markets are right. ALVIN, OH the
Santa Fe route, is in the heart of the
Texas strawberry country. the best IL
the world. Ask the a. T. & S. T.
agent for pamphlet showing what
others have done. Excursions in
April and May.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
ssurkIeu' .irnica SaIvr.

The best salve in the world for cut S.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt reum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25c. per box, at Porter's.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

The stock-yards case developed the
fact that they paid small dividends in
Casa, adding the rest of the earnings
to the capital stock and issuing stock
certificates to the members of the
company. This is what is technically
known as "WhippIng the devil around
8 stump.'
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Warden Lands 1t advocating doing
away with the stripped suits in the pen
ss4tentiary and substituting cadet uni
forms, using the stripes only in cases
of refractory prisoners. This has al
ready been done in one other state,
with good results.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
SHER, FF'S SALE. No. ISI7.

I y
In the District Iourt of Edwards county.
State of Kansas.
E. S. Dreyer, plaintiff,
VS..
Rees W. Price and John Kearny. defendants.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued to me
out of the District Court, in tie above-entIti,
ed action, | will on Monday the .4th day of
May 1897 az 3 O'c'ock p, IN. of said day at the
front door of the court house in the city of
Kinsley i'll the county of Edwards, III the
state II Kansas otter at public sale, and sell
to the highest ard best bidder. for cash H.
hand all the following-6escribed real estate
tO-wt:
The west half of section one o. in township
twenty-four IA, south of Range SIXTEEN QNl
west of sixth 2. VI. III Edwards county, Kan.
Appraised AT SO
with appraisement. t, satisfy said order OF
sale.
Fl. Whitcsidc & G. E. wills n. d; L. Heath.
Attorneys for PiaintiH. 5-2l ShcrlH
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Notice is hereby given that the board of
equalization Will meet at the County Clerks
Office in the city OF hlnSley. Edwards county.
Kansas. the first Monday in June 1897,
when all persons feeling themselves a"grl"ved
can appear and have eIrors IN the returns of
the assessors corrected The board will take
up grievances from townships on Monday.
June 7th. and on city property Tuesday, June
9Th, 1897. Albert +. ADERHOLD.
iSEAL,l 5-2i County Clerk
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Peru has stopped tie coinage Of sill
yer by an official decree. The defeat
of the free silver forces in this country
at the recent election, reaches farther
than was generally supposed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Senator Harris, CT Kansas, has been
appointed OFF the committee for Pacific
railroads, 1t is safe to say that no
steal will go through the senate along
that line, without the people knowing
something of it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Our republican friends who are
happy over the investigation in Tope-
ka, have failed to state why all of the
republican legislators were against the
measure calculated to benefit the
average citizen of the state.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Governor Leedy, like his predec es-
sors, is having hard time witt, the
liquor question. The law should he
inforced while it is on the statute
books.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Complaint is made Of the beating of
another insane patient at Topeka.
Let it not be forgotten that the asy-
lum is still under republican centrol.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Nebraska comes to the front as the
first state to try the initiative and ref
ferendum. A recent law applies it to
,citiex
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Tba hog docking law has been de-
clared unconstitutional, Oh the ground
that it interferes with the rights of
private contract.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
NOTiGE.

20 WuOM IT MAY 'ioNt EHN.-6e II known
that NV petitiOn - On file in the Probate COu I
of Edwards county kans :, asking for per
nit to sell intoxicating liquors ut ms hrnE
store in knsleN. Edwari- county, han-.s-
aua the hearlrg i set for saturday. May
1887 at 9 O. lock Ii. III.
~ =
KinSley Kansas 4prii IS.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

The bank which recently failed in
Hutchinson, has made arrangements
for the money to pay off it's deposltors
in full and will reopen in few days
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
COUNTY OFFICERS.

The Greeks have not only been
whipped, but they will have to pay for
the job.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

It is officially announced that the
Indian is failure as a soldier, but lie
will be continued as a scout.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Six young men started from Hutch
inson, Sunday morning, for New Or
leans In a 16-fOot fat boat.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
CONSUMPTION CAN NOW BE CURED.
T. y. Slocum. NJ. c., the great Chemist and
scientist, Will Send Free, to the Afflicted,
Three Bottles of his Newly Discover
ed Remedies to cure Consumption

cd RemeuleS 10 cure IONS Eu1nptlUn
and all Lung troubles.
Confident that he has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung disease.
general decline and weakness, loss of
flesh and all conditions of wasting,
and to make its great merits known,
he Will send free, TO any reader of the
GRAPHIC who may he suffering.
Already this .'new scientific course
of medicine" has cured thousands of
apparently hopeless cases. Tie doc
tor considers it his religious duty-a
duty he owes humanity-tO donate his
infallable cure. He has proven Con-
sumption to be durable disease be-
yOnd any doubt, and has OF file in his
laboratories testimonials from those
benefited and cured in all parts Of
the world. Don't delay. Consump-
ton, uninterrupted, means certain
death. Address T, a. Slocnm, NJ. G.
Pine street, New York When writ
ing Please give express and postoffice
address, and mention this paper.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
Wanted An Idea ~ ~ S? S ss3ss

Protect your ideas: ths< may bring you ~eelfh-
Write JOHN WEDDEEBCEN q CO., Patelt Attof.
nsyss Washington. D. c., for ther $50 prize onR
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Mr., r. b. Greeve, merchant, of
Ihli0wie. Va. Certifies that he had
rpu~,mp,ion. was given up to die.
Hght all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
-medieS he could hear of but got no
g.. u Z: scent m,rv uign 5 -ltting up i'll
u cI,air: WAS Induced to try Dr.. Kings
Nv D-srnv = u"d was cured by the
lS. # two bottles. For past three
ta,r~ las. upen attending to business
and say = DIR. Eing's New Discovery is
the grandesL remedy ever male. aS it
has done 81 much for him and also for
his neighhors. 1t is guaranteed for
coughs, colds and consumption. Trial
bottles free at Porter's.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

Mr.. D. P. Davis, a prominent livery
man and merchant OF Goshen, Va {.
has this to say on the subject of rheu
matism: II take pleasure in recon-
mandiDg Chamherlain's Pain Balm for
rheumatism, as | know from personal
experience that it will do all that is
claimed for it, A wear ago this spring
my brother was laid up in bed with
iufammatory rheumatism and suffer
ed intensely. The first application of
Chamherlains Pain Balm eased the
pain ard the use of one bottle COM
pletely cured him. For sale by Port
ell & Co.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
Something to Know.

1t may be some thing 10 know that
the best system for restoring the tired
out nervous system 10 Il healthy vigoi
is Electric Bitters. This medicine is
purely vegetable, acts 10y givirg g tome
to the nerve ceu;eiS in the Sjum ,ch,
gently stimulates the liver and kidney 5
and aid these organs III throwing OFT
impurities in the blood. Elect ic
Buffers improves The APP etite, and,
digestion aud IS pronounced 10y th0se
who have tried il rs the vgry best
blood purifier ana nerve tonic. Sold
for 5Oc ,ii4 81 90 Il bottle al po+teI.s.
Before it is too iate leave yOur nuai
ness oc ;aSionaijy and Try Il new eli
mate ANA new surrounding No urt-
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and pleasure resurtS Of the southwest
are reached via the SantI Fe Ruutt
Low rates, quick time, comfortable
service. For specific information il
qulre Of local agent, or address w. J..
Blaci, G p. A, A. r. & 5. F. Ry.
fnpeka, Kss.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
ROAD NDrIt r.
Firs, p hliShed Nay 1th., i591.

Kinsley. Kansas. 1prii IS.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
D0ARDUF EoUALIZATIoN.

Albert T. Aderhuld
Ounty Jerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
MISS ANTHONY's DENIAL.
Has Given Her Services to Sufragists
Without Price.

Rochester, N Y, May 5.-Susan B.
Anthony has written the following let
ter in reply to the charge that she had
extorted money for her work for equal
suffrage. Miss Anthony says:
Il have made it the invariable rule of
my life never to reply to newspaper crit
icisms, therefore I shall make no answer
to the attack of Mrs. Beckwith of New
York city. which appeared April Is.
will ask, however, for sufficient space to
make one statement.
Il have been an officer of the National
Woman's Suffrage association since 1852.
and its president since 1882. During that
time 1 have never had one dollar for my
services, nor have ever received any
money from the national association for
my suffrage work in the last so years. I
am usually paid for my lectures by any
society which sends for me to come to a
special place. In all OF the labor.ous
state campaigns, including the long hard
one in California last year, I have given
my services without money and without
price. The various requests that have
been left to me, to use at my discretion,
have all been appropriated to the suf-
frage cause. Not a dollar of them has
found its way to my pocket, and the
slender income upon which I live is de-
rived from an annuity purchased for me
by my friends
mot one officer of the National Wo-
mans Suffrage association is, or even
has been, paid for her services. and most
of these women have contributed many
years of hard work and a large amount
of their own money. Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, the national organizer, goes
to her office every morning and does a
full days valuable work without a cent
of salary or other financial remunera-
ton, and this she has done for several
years. She is able to do this because her
husband is a man of good business and
comfortable income. Rev. Anna H
Shaw depends for her own support, and
that of a number of relatives whom she
is educating, upon the money received
for her lectures, which are always fur
'nished to suffrage associations at reduc-
ed rates, and very often absolutely do
mated to them. do not know one of the
leading workers in the suffrage associa-
ton who is making any money whatever
out of it, and I do know that all of
them could make great deal of money
if they would use their abilities in other
directions. This great obstacle to our
success is the lack of funds to carry on
the work.
Il should not take the time or space
to make even so much of a statement as
this. were it not that such attacks as
that of Mrs. Beckwith are frequently
made, and, though I do not mind them
personally, I fear that they may injure
the cause of woman suffrage, which [
value above all else in the world. For
the progress which this movement is
making, permit me to refer your readers
to a statement in the May number of
The Arena SUSAN B. ANTHONY"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
MUNYON'S
CHALLENGE.
HE MAKES A BOLD PROPOSITION--=TOPEK NEWS
PAPERS WILL INVESTIGATE.
5000 Walls of Munyon's Guaranteed Rheumatism Cure
Will be Distributed Free From the Office of the
at O'clock and Closing at O'clock Saturday
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
GRANT BRICKS FOR G. A. r.
Mayor Strong Will Distribute Parts
of the Old Grant Tomb.

New York, May 5.-Mayor Strong has
1000 bricks to give away. They are not
gold bricks, but the regulation bricks of
commerce which were used in the con
structiOn of the old Grant tomb
When the body of General Grant
was removed to the new tomb said
the mayor today, "a Grand Army post
in Illinois wrote to me requesting
brick from the old tomb as a souvenir
Other letters followed from various
parts of the country. until now have
nearly 100 requests for bricks. So one
day last week, while at the tomb. I told
Contractor Brady to send l LOCO of the
white bricks down to my office They
arrived Saturday, and then I grew
doubtful as to whether I had the right
to give the bricks away, the city had
paid for the building of the temporary
tomb. This morning the board Of esti-
mate and appOrtiOnment granted me
the necessary authority and I shall dis
tribute my 1000 menentoes among the
G. A. r. posts of the United States. If
win be a case of first come first serv-
ed"
There are 10000 of the bricks aside
from those in the mayors possession. so
that laymen who desire the souvenirs
may obtain them by writing to Mayor
Strong or to Contractor Brady, in care
of the Grant Monument association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
GOING TO THE BOWWOWS.
Rev. Thomas Dixon's Gloomy View of
the Future.

New York, May 5.-The sermon of
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., at the Acad-
envy Of Music on Sunday, is creating
much interest in religious circles. He
said:
Men have renowned religion; the
ministry is in its decadence; women
are the only supporters of the church. "
THE organic church." continued Mr..
Dixon, has lost its hold On the public
mind. The decay of the organic life
has become assured. Women are the
only ones who hold steadfastly to the
church organizations of the day There
are not 80. 600 men in the city of New
Y ork today who go into Protestant
churches
1T is an awful fact. This is true also
of the Roman Catholic church Accord
ing to the last statistics it is estimated
that 1886, 900 persons attend the Catholic
churches, but it must be understood
that out of that number there are
many who go to church once or twice
a year and some who never go unless
they think they are about to die. With
in the last 100 years they have lost from
their organic union coo. 900 persons,
whereas today they ought to have $780,
600 communicates in this city.
The decline of the ministry is an
other great factor in the decay of the
ecclesiastical machinery. If there is
Tunt in the family who is of no earthly
a preacher out of him. There are /, 900
preachers in the city out of a job. There
is not only q glut of preachers in the
market, but there is a perfect cyclone
of preachers walking about without
jobs. / run across a dozen of them
every day.
If men of brains get into the min
astry and begin to think and give ex-
preston to their thoughts they have
got to get out mighty quick or stand
trial on charge of heresy. DR. Briggs
the brainest man the Pres byterian
church ever had, was put out when he
began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
HIS BODY is SACRED.
Envoy of Chinese Emperor to Queens
Jubilee Refuses to be Fumigated.

Victoria. B. C., May 5.-When the
Canadian Pacific steamer Empress Of
China arrived here on Tuesday and
went into quarantine al Williams
Head because of two cases of smallpox
aboard, the incident attracted but little
attention. Now it threatens to assume
international proportions.
There is aboard his excellency Chang,
special envoy from China, who will rep
resent the emperor at the diamond jub-
lice in London. His excellency has re-
fused point-blan to undergo fumiga-
ton, and not only has the dominion
government been appealed to but Lord
Salisbury and the Chinese representa-
tive in London have received his pro-
tests. He says that if a hand is laid on
him it means trouble between Great
Britain and China, as the person of an
ambassador is sacred. The officials
have suspended operations, and await
orders from the federal authorities at
Ottawa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
THE GARRISON RATE BOOK.
Insurance Companies are Dropping Il
Owing to McNall's Rulings

The Prussian National Insurance
company, in replying to Superintend-
ent McNalHs inquiries concernfno tba
relations of the company to Harrison
Clarkson's rating bureau or combina-
ton OF ire insurance premium rates.
answered the questions submitted bv
Mr. McNaH in an evasive manner
However, Immediately following the
letter to Mr.. McNalI the company sent
Mr.. Clarl1son a letter, which says:
We hereby notify you that we have
withdrawn our support from your
rating bureau and hereby officially de-
cline to longer remain a. subscriber
thereof This seems, in the opinion of
superintendent NcNaI, to be in viola
ton of the law, and we do not care
to disregard his position in this mat
ter
The letter further intimates that the
company very seriously questions the
value Of the rate books issued by Mr..
Clarkson.
A J. Harding of Chicago, manager
of the Springfield Fire and Marine In
surance company, notifies Mr.. McNau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
Americans and Their Money.

A late issue of the Farmers Union has
an editorial upon Coffee and its effects
on health and public interests" The pa
per strongly urges upon the notice of its
readers the fact that America is drained
of millions of dollars annually to send to
foreign countries for a product that Is
one of the prime causes Of the increase in
nervous diseases in America today and
states that a well informed physician on
stomach and nerve ailments has, after
a years experiment, produced delicious
beverage from American cereals, wheat,
ETC., which has the exact color of high
grade Java coffee and turns to the rich
golden brown OF Mocha when cream is
added.
1t is said to be less acrid and bitter
than the lower grades of coffee, but has
much the mellow ptquancy of the more
expensive grades of Java and the Ara
bian berry.
This grain beverage never produces the
unpleasant effect on heart or stomach
and liver that is all too frequently the
case with imported coffee, and while it
looks and tastes like coffee, the origina-
tor expresses the wish that it be known
as Postum Cereal, a food drink, and not
as an imitation of any other beverage.
coffee. tea, chocolate, etc: This bever-
age is said to become very popular with
those who find it hard TO dlgeSC coHee
and the children can be served with it
as a liquid food, pure and nourishing.
while to them it appears like berry cof-
fee. Postum, it seems. will go about
three times as far as soc coffee, and it
is interesting to know that the company
at Battle Greek. Mich, is working up
quantities of wheat and other American
cereals in its production, and that the
money thus expended goes directly to the
support of our American farmers It is
said to have found great favor with the
wealthy classes for its ability to make
red blood and with those who count the
cost of food because of the economy and
a marked improvement in general health
when used The gain to America by its
general adoption should be great
There is but one genuine original Pos
tum Cereal coffee. with multitude of
limitations offered as Just as good