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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
ENGLE
Died,

Mrs. Elizabeth b. Reed, mother Of
Mrs. Speer Lambe, died az her home
seven miles southeast Of Wellington,
Wednesday. at 10 o'clock, of typhoid
fever, after an illness Of twenty-one
days duration.
The deceased was SO years old and
has always been an earnest, devoted
christian. She was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The funeral will be held at her
former home Thursday afternoon at l
O'Clock, conducted by Rev. Z. A.
Hoyt, pastor Of the Methodist church
OF this city. Interment will be made
In Prairie Lawn cemetery.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Woods Successor Named.

The POpulist county central CON-
mittee which met over Cranes book
store last Saturday decided to place
the name OF E. L. Cline. editor OF the
Conway Springs Star, on the Populist
ticket for county high school trustee
from the First district, W succeed W.
L. Wood, declined. The nomination
was non-partisan and it is expected
that the Republican central commit.
tee will endorse the action of the
POpulists.
Mr.. Cline will make a first-class
county high school trustee, as he pos
seSses broad and liberal views on edu-
catiOnal matters, such as are necessary
to make the county high school a sue.
cess
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Bryan at the Wichita Fair.

W. j. Bryan will speak at the
Wichita state fair on Friday, Oct.lst.
Subject, "Bimetallism." This will
be a rare opportunity for the people
OF Kansas and Oklahoma to hear the
gifted champion Of free silver. An
enormous crowd will be present, but
arrangements have been made so all
can see and hear him. The attrac.
tions at the fair this year are away
ahead Of any previous attempts and
1t will pay every one to 90 and put in
the full week, September 9th to Oc-
tOber I'd Inclusive.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
lever sores, letter, chapped hands
chilblains. corns, and all skin erup-
tiOns, ana positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Il. B. SNYDER
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09

0. Derwin, an old and respected
citizen OF Caldwell, died Saturday
night OF cancer Of the stomach. His
death was unexpected TO his friends.
Mr.. Derwin was sufferer with can
Ger for three years past and was una.
ware Of his condition until the day OF
the Republican county convention,
when he consulted a physician in this
city In regard 70 his health.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Editor-Lawyer Reversed.

The gentleman of legal acumer
who presides over the destinies oI
the Daily Mail and who is so prolific
in his volunteer legal opinions, is in
mourning again. Every few weeks
ne discovers some "mare's nest''
about the law-more especially Pop
laws-with which he startles the
public.
In his issue Of last Thursday he
quotes the following from the late
fee and salary law passed last winter:
In all cases where any person shall
be arrested. charged with felony, and
the court shall decide there are not
reasonable grounds for such arrest,
and when any person charged with
any OtfenSe less tnan felony, shall be
discharged for want OF sufficient evil
dence 10 Convict or bind over, the
prosecuting witness shall be liable for
costS-PrOvisO to section 20. Chapter
l32, Laws Of 1897, which takes effect
January s, 1898.
From this he proceeds to argue
that it "Shows one of the most vital
and important changes in the funda>
mental laws the state ever made by
a legislature" "This new law" says
the wise man, virtually bars all
prosecutions for crimes less than fel-
onies, because OF Its provision that
If the evidence adduced at the trial
be insufficient to convict, the prose-
cutiong witness shall be liable for all
the costs, both Of the prosecution
and of the defense. This provision
is without precedent in this or
any other state, so far as we have
been able to learn" His article is
headed "The death of prohibition"
and adds: "If this new law applied
only to prosecutions under the pro,
hlbitory law, it would not be so vic
iouS; but it applies to the proSecu.
ton Of every ofense less than a fel-
ony." And again: "This new law is
the death of practical prohibition;
but it is also perpetual menace to
every man who has been wronged in
his person or property"
Before his conclusion, he had
pretty nearly worked himself into a
frenzy of righteous indignation, say,
ing, "This new law is violation of
the fundamental principles of our
government in this respect and is
the most outrageous and vicious
piece Of legislation that ever came to
our notice."
Indeed it looked like pretty bad
case. The average Populist was in
clined to be little pessimistic absut
it, and only after he had taken up
the revised statutes OF 1889 and
found the same proviso therein, in
exactly the same relation, every
word, comma, period, ETC., verbatim
llteratum, was there any ray Of
light to dispel the gloom with which
he had been overwhelmed.
The statutes of 1889 were ALL of
Republican production and if any
revolutionary crime was intended
the blame lies on Republican shoul-
ders. Judge Herrick has a we'll de.
fined remembrance Of having held
in accordance with the apparent
provision of this statute, when he
was judge of the district, but the su.
preme court reversed him, and held
that the costs could not become a
judgment against the prosecuting
witness. The provision is reprinted
in the new fee and salary law just as
it appeared in the old.
What next sensation will CINE
from that quarter no man will know
till he springs it. 1t will be some
thing, beyond doubt.
Woods Successor Named.
n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09

antl-SlmpSOn meeting was held in
Harper fifteen months before the
election, Jerry Simpson has always
been fortunate. Some unseen power
raises up enemies against him tina.
exert powerful influence in crystal.
zing the sentiment of the people in
his favor. His enemies form bis
streDgth.-Kansas City Times.
The truth of the above is very
apparent. The people of Harper
county will declare for Jerry Simp-
son. Judge Mckay, who acts like
a mad man every time Jerry Simp-
sons name is mentioned, may be
able, through local complications,
menaces and Specious pleas for
harmony, to influence the county
committee to recall an invitation
to Jerry to speak at their county
convention, but the very littlenesS OF
the thing will recoil, and Simpson
will be given a warm place in the
hearts of people who heretofore have
manifested little concern about the
war that is being waged upon him.
This war comes from a set of politi-
clans headed by W. L. Brown, of
Kingman, whose reform tendencies
reach only as far as the spoils ex-
tend-and Judge Mckay has tied
his fortunes to Browns kite. This,
of itself, is enough to write Mckay
down as little man. His election
to the bench and subsequent events
gave him some notoriety, and to
those who have never seen him he
appears larger than he really is. He
is disappointing to all who form his
acquaintance, He ought to be wise
enough to see that Jerry Simpson is
a man of the people. He holds a
warmer place in their affections to.
day than he ever did. He may not
hold the same views concerning
state legislation as Brown, Mckay,
ct al, but that would make no differ
ence to them if he would only dance
when they pull the string, but this
he refuses to do, and the people
honor him for it. Jerry Simpson
has stood true to the people in con-
gress. He has championed their
cause as no other man in the dis
trict could have done with so much
ability and effect. He is better
than ever to follow up the
work already begun, and we do not
for moment believe that the peo-
pie want to dispense with his SER
vices. A crowd Of politicians may
get together and try to defeat him
in order to get more congenial fel-
low to deal with, but the people
should, and We believe will, assert
themselves and retain Jerry in their
service. This Harper episode will
serve the purpose Of calling the at.
tention Of the people to the deep
laid underground scheme of the po-
litical busy-bodies, and we predict
that Jerry Simpson will have no
warmer friend in the coming contest
than Harper county. If not, the
Voice is very much mistaken in its
of our western neighbors.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
The Very Newest, Best
and Dependable Dress Goods

So is to interest to be careful in selection care
tu IN qualities careful in fulfilling all dress good, promises
careful in giving complete and perfect satisfaction to every
customer And we've lived up to that rule Our doors are
closed against anything but the best in Dress Goods The
department as near perfection human skill and foresight
can bring it. And all that we say of Dress Goods
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
A Dress Goods Store

because we deal in many other lines as we'll Each DEPART
ment backs up and strengthens the other The buying pos
s6es of each increased by the support and influence of
all the rest So it to the interest of all onr
for us to buy and sell nothing but
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Applies with Equal Force to
All Other DEBTS

Silks, Lining, and Trimmings Gloves Ribbons Hand
kerchets Underwear Hosiery Embroideres Laces Fancy
Goods, Millinery, Cloaks Muslin Underwear Curtains and
DraperieS
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
We've Set a Hiqh Standard

and we never vary from it an inch Along with this
assurance of reliability you get the added certainty of low
prcedness We claim to have THE LOWEST PRICES Yoa
can be the Judge whether not prices are right
All We ask is that you pay us visit see our stye, and
our prices the matter then will be entirely in your hands
to do as you think is to your best interest
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
NUMBER 60.

store like ours judged very largely by its DRESS
GOODS That stock is the criterion by which most women
measure our worthiness If Dress Good, are all right
tney are pretty sure the rest of the store i, all right
We are the more
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
The victories of Hoods
Sarsaparilla over all
Forms Of disease

COncluSlVely prove
That it is an uneQualled
Blood purifier. 1t cOnQaers
The demon, scrOfula,
Relieves the itching and burning
OF salt rheum, cures running sores,
ulcers, boils, pimples, and every other
form of humUr or disease originating
in impure blood. Thecures by Hoods
SarSaparilla are cures-absOlute,
permanent, perfect cures. They are
based upon its great power to purify
and enrich the blood.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09

"Aunty" Neff Of Perth, one of the
well known ladies of that section
OF the cOunty,wasin the city Tuesday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
Marriage Licenses.

D. n. Gilbert Of the Caldw neigh.
borhOod, was in town Monday paying
his taxes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
THE. FARCE GOES ON.
Year After Year the Country Roads Get
Thcis Annual "working.-

Year After Year the Coantry Roads Gel
Their Annual working
In the United States intelligent road.
making in the country is. as general
thing. almost wholly unknown. says The
ST. Joseph MOI Herald The ridicn-
lous misapplication Of rustic labor anc
foolishness known as road working
is the graves, farce an ordinarily intel
ligcnt people ever took part in year aft
or year. II IL too well known 10 nceCl
description, and the fact that IL has ~
long been tolerated suggests n doubt
whether as people we are not desti-
tute Of honor.
The spectacle Of al the ablebodicsl
men of the district turning out un'
der that master of roadmaking farce,
the supervisor. Us he is generally called.
and spending two days each year in
making the roads almost imrassablc for
the rest Of the year, and thus imprison'
ing themselves in the country during
the late autumn and early spring, IL
one that would have delighted the hear,
Of Cervantes and perhaps furnished q
companion volume TO the adventures Of
the knight Of La Mancha.
But the farce goes gravely Oh year
after year. II here and there city be
gins to agitate the cause of good roads
into the country in the interest Of both
country and city residents, il is opposed
with much the same arguments and oh
stinacy that good roads were opposed In
England century ago The fact that il
has been proved in other countries that
good country roads have benefited III,
country on the whole far more than th,
cities IN fact country dwellers, as d
rule. are ignorant Of and apparently
cannot understand or appreciate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
TO WORK FOR GOOD ROADS
Lieutenapt Governor Of New York Advo-
Gates Better Highways

Lieutenant Governor Of New York Advo-
Gates Better Highways.
"Now that I have, through my par
ticipation during one session Of the leg
islature. acquired experience concern
ing the management Of state affairs, il
is my purpose next winter to devote O
large share Of my time and energy to
the securing Of good roads," said Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff Of New York
in recent speech.
Legislation in that direction fail.
ed during the Legislative session Of
1897 because Of the opposition Of the
farm owners Of the state, who natu.
rally prefer to work the roads run
ming through their farms themselves
rather than pay the tax required for
some department Of the state to do il.
We all know that the making Of good
roads requires careful study Of the
subject and practical experience such as
most of the farmers do not possess. ]
sincerely hope that the rural communi.
ties Of our state may be brought to re-
alization Of the real situation and an
other winter acquiesce in systematic
plan for road Improvement, not forget
ting that over 60 per cent Of the cost Of
such Improvement will be betrayed by
the taxpayers Of the cities. I believe
that almost every farmer will save in
the cost Of getting his produce to mar
ket q sum greater than his individual
tax by the substitution Of good roads
for the very poor ones now 30 prevalent
throughout the Empire State"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
THE OLD HUMORISTS.
BARTle AND MRS. PovseR CROSS
SWORDS ABOUT MATRIMoNY.

There IL Excellent Eeaeisg Until MA
Poyser stabs Her Oppoesnt with The
Metaphor Of the Striking Ciock-Bas-
CONS baby and Its visit 70 . Nsishser.
"whatr' said Bartle, with an air Of
disgust. "Was there . woman con.
cerned? Then I give you up, Adam. +"
But it's woman you'n spoke well
on, Bartle," said Mr.. Poyser. Come.
now, you Gamma draw back. You said
once as women wouldna ha' been bad
invention II they ID all been like Dinah. "
II meant her voice, man, l meant her
voice; that was ALL" said Bartle. ~
can bear to hear her speak without
wanting TO put wool in my ears As for
other things, dare shy she's like the
rest o. the womcn-thinks two and
two'll come to five il she cries and both.
ars enough about It.
AYE, aye" said Mrs. Poyser. Zone
nd think an hear some folk talk as the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16

uOhlNft, SOt WVhsS
ARE FOOLISH
men werc cute enough 10 count the
corns In bag o. wheat wi only smell.
ing ut il. They can sec through barn
door, they can. Perhaps that's the rea-
son they can sce 50 little O. this side
on T."
Martin Poyser shook with delighted
laughter and winked at Adam, rs much
as TO say the schoolmaster was In for II
now.
"Ah." said Bartle sneeringly. 1.-THE
women are QSick enough--they re quick
enough. They know the rights Of o
story before they hear 1t and can tell q
man what his thoughts are before he
knows EN- himself. +"
Like enough" said Mrs Poyser,
"for the men are mostly so slew their
thoughts overrun EN-. AN they can only
catch 'em by the tail l can count a
stocking top while mans getting q
tongue ready, an when he out wi his
speech at last there's little broth To be
made ON {. It's your dead chicks take
the longest hatchin. Howiver. I'm not
denyin the women are foolish. God Al
mighty made 'em TO match the men. "
Match said Bartle- Aye, as vine
gar matches ones teeth. II man says
n word his wife'll match II with con.
tradiction: II he's mind for hot meat.
his wife'll match 1t with cold bacon; II
he laughs, she'll match him with whim.
pering. She's such q match as the horse
fly is 10 tn horse. She's got the right
venom to sting him with-the right
venom TO sting him with.
YES" said Mrs Poyser, II know
what the men like-a poor soft. ns nd
simper at EN- like tho pictur' o the
sun. whether they did right or wrong.
an say thank you for kick, an pretend
she didna know which end she stood
uppermost till her husband told her.
That's what n man wants in n wife
mostly-he wants to make sure o one
fool as II tell him he's wise. But there's
some men can do wi'out that-they
think so much o. themselves a'ready--
an that's how II Is there's old bache-
lors.
Come, Craig" said Mr.. Poyser jo-
cosely, "you nun get married pretty
quick, else you II be set down for an old
bachelor. an you see what the women
'ull think on you"
WELL" said Mr.. Craig, willing to
conciliate Mrs Poyser. and setting a
high value on his own compliments,
~ like cleverish woman-a woman o.
spirrit-a managing woman.
You're out there. Craig" said Bar
tie dryly; "you'r ont there. You judge
O. your garden stuff ON better plan
than that You pick the things for what
they can excel in. for what they can ex-
Gel in. You don't value your peas for
their roots or your carrots for their flow
ers Now, that's the way you should
choose women their cleverness' s'll never
come to much. never come to much, but
they make excellent simpletons, ripe
and strong favored
"What dost say to that?" said Mr..
Poyser, throwing himself back and look.
Ing merrily at his wife.
"Say," answered Mra Poyser. with
dangerous fire kindling In her eye,
"why, I say as some folks tongues are
like the clocks as run ON strikin not to
tell you the time o. tho day, but be-
cause there's summat wrong l. their
swn inside George Eliot
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
BEEF OR DAIRY.

In making up ones mind ~ to whether
one will commence with dairy or beef
cattle 1t Is well to consider that in the
markets Of America nearly Is worth OF
milk, cream, butter and cheese together,
are sold aud consumed to every 81 worth
of beef. Consider that in all homes out.
side of the cities the milk, butter and
cheese Il as i've to one consumed 10 the
family TO that OF beef. The market. Is,
therefore, inexhaustible, and can never
become less than IL Is. Then the animal
once sold for beef is gone forever, but
the milch COW ought to, and Will, II OF q
dairy breed, produce enough to pay Tor
herself every year, and In the place OF
the COW being gone each time her price
il realized, she still remains In the
owners hands, and Il yet good for III OF
IS wears. There is hardly any compari-
SON between raising 10 heifers for the
dairy. of some first class breed, and the
raising Of 10 even first class steers ior
beef. The milk and butter OF the zen
former will almost equal, when sold, the
price received for the beef steers. The
steers are gone, but all the young COWS
are left.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY.
Priv.te Enterprise Cannot Bald Then
and the state should TAke Hold.

rYivAte Enterprise Cannot Bald Then
and the state shosid TAhs Hold.
Once this country seemed TO be ap
preaching an era Of roadbuilding.
Fragments of the splendid design Of
that great statesman Henry Clay. the
national road, still endure, and the i'm
petus Of the national governmep: Affect
ed at least one commonwealth-the
Estate road" Of Indiana did much. very
much. to develop its resources
Il may be said that the railway sys-
tenn has rendered the construction Of
national and state roads needless Let
this be granted, though IL 10 open to
debate, yet it still is true that good
roads are needed IL farm produce Is 70
be 5auled easily and cheaply at all sea-
sons Of the year to the railways, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. There il not
q pound Of freight hauled upon the
railways Of this country that is not frst
hauled to the railways, and thousands
Of tons Of dead weight that never are
loaded on cars are hauled over the roads
and streets Of the country. Great M IL
the yearly frcightage on all the ships.
canalboats and railways Of the country,
il IL far less than the freightage that
passes along the country roads. Self
evident as this proposition il. 1t Is over
looked by the farmers We hear fire.
quent grumblings concerning American
railway freight rates--though they are
the lowest in the world-but does the
complainer ever think that il has cost
him more to haul 40 bushels Of corn or
wheat over ten miles Of bad roads than
TO ship il 100 miles over railway;
Reconstruction Of our country roads
is becoming a necessity. More money
is lost in ono year by bad roads than
Il levied upon all the tariff dutiable ar
ticles imported. or than Is collected
from NIL the internal taxes levied BY
the general government Three hundred
millions Is the estimated loss by bad
roads. Neither tariff duties nor internal
revenue ever have produced such sum.
Private enterprise cannot build roads.
Good roads are the result OF wise ex.
penditure Of public funds. And hence
good road laws are needed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16

The alligator Is an original kritter. q
chip Of the old block, and az ugly to
contemplate az o Kongo darky. They
are residents ov Florida, and gro IL feet
and 0 inches, and then halt Their teeth
are all tushes, and their mouth IL az
full ov them al buzzsaw IL Their eys
are sot up and down in their he'd like
chinamans, and they hav an appetight
equal to l8 distrikt skool masters. They
are the krokerdiles ov America, and lay
eggs az eazy az hen duz, but don't
kackle when they cum oph from the
sest. They are CRATE towards, but
amt afrad. ov yuDg pork. or little dar-
kies, and kan eat all the time. or 90
without eating a. long AZ . goldfsh
kan. The alligator was made for sum
useful purpose, but. like the muskeeter,
the bedbugg and the kokroach, their
usefulness has been karephully hid from
~ Yu kan shoot . hundred alligators
q day on the St Johns river. but you
kant bag one. and thare amt emmy more
game in them than thare il in rotten
log. They are long lived. and liv. II
mi memory serves me right, 4 thousand
years, aud their crate strength lays In
their tails They hiss. when they are
angry, like . tea kittle, and want a.
much room to turn round In ~ . fore
and aft nkooner. Billinga
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-16
soMe ONE MIGHT HEAR.
I hreathed my vows ono evening
Cnso my low N fair.

Ihreathed my vows one evening
Unto my love 20 fair.
Her trcsxes brushed my forehead
Az leaned above her chair.
Z saw her burning bushes
Al whispered In her ear.
But, Oh, she would not answeri
ssid shc. "gone one might heari"
erasped her hand and pressed II
All fondiy In mine own
And told her that her image
Was set on memory's throne.
Vowed loved her truly,
That abe 10 me was dear.
But. oh, no answer got
Save she feared "sonie one might
heart"
secuted nj her caution.
Ny breath did fan her cheek.
implored In fervcnt language
That shc TO mo would speak.
] saw her with emotion
wips from her eye n tear.
Yet still she softly murmurcd.
"suppose some one should hearl"
Ny hopes began to vanish.
Ny tears commenced To flow.
And 10 hide from her my weakness
turned away TO 20,
when heard trembling whisper
Fall softly on my ear.
"Oh. yes, fondly love you.
And care not who may heart"
Finley johnson In New York Ledger