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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19
ONE MORE WARNING.
A WOMAN PAINTS THE HORRORS OF
A KLONDlKE WINTER.

Thousands Must Perish of Starvation and
Cold-Tremendous Folly Of the Venture
mt This Season of the Year-A Bitter
Lesson That the World Must Learn.
A great many writer's who. know the
Klondike are now earnestly and con-
scientiously engaged in the work of dis
couraging the great hegira to that fro
zen land Among these public benefac-
tors none is more urgent than Rather
inc Sleeper, who writes to The National
Magazine as follows:
isn't this nice condition of things
Just ponder moment, and this is on
the word of a gentleman who is there
now: The steamers bring us every
thing we need except provisions. The
Alaska papers tell of loads of wash
boards, paper pals, clothespins and
1870 tons of spoiled bacon brought to
Circle City. Think of that, ye would
be Yukoner, and tremble. Last winter
all at Circle City were put ON an allow
ance of food. OF bacon 100 pounds is
what is needed for one man for the long
winter, and all they got was just 40
pounds apiece That bacon, by the way,
as nearly as we can learn, was spoiled
too. There was no good bacon there last
winter.
ut is not possible to impress suffi-
GENTLY upon the ingoing man the need
of bountiful supply of food. He must
take enough to last. The first supplies
that arrive in the spring are near the
middle or last of June at the Klondike.
Where do they come from? Last year
they left San Francisco and went to the
mouth of the Yukon. There they were
landed at st. Michael's and loaded on to
fiat bottomed river steamboats,. and they
started up until they were frozen in
for the winter. After the river broke
they got through to Klondike At that
time flour was SO scarce that it was sell
ing for $240 barrel and everything
else in the same proportion. A man
must have food, and the one who could
pay the most got it.. We hear of caribou
and bears killed occasionally, but you
can't dig gold at the time you are hunt
ing, and there seems to be very little
food OF that kind produced there. Food,
food. Take enough. Take more food
than you can eat in twice as long a
time as you mean to stay and hold on
to it after you get there. That is the
main point.
when few hundred or thousand
men have found that food which will
support life in one man for seven
months in an arctic winter will not
keep four or five from starvation, and
those few hundred or thousand have
been put away under the ice and snow,
the world will have lesson which will
probably be benefit to the wise here
after. The demise of few hundred, or
thousand, fools will be no loss to hu-
manity. The companies doing business
here will make promises of plenty for
the coming winter, but there won't be
more than enough for those now in the
country. We have had these promises
every year and have never had enough.
A miners wages have always been $40
day, but he must find his own food
and tools. Remember that man cam {
eat gold dust, and if it won't buy eat
ables it won't do any one much good in
this region"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19
Fight In NIidair.

The roof of a two story building in
course of erection at Forty fifth street
and Usage avenue, Philadelphia, was
recently the scene of thrilling fight
between two workmen, one of whom is
now occupying cot in the Presby-
terrain hospital, suffering from dis
located shoulder and a broken wrist,
while the other one is fugitive
The injured man is Joseph Holmes, a
bricklayer, and the person who it is
charged caused his injuries is Thomas
Martin, a hodcarrier In the scuffie
which ensued on the top of the building
Holmes was thrown to the ground and,
landing on lumber pile, received his
injuries.
Martin followed the bricklayer in his
flight through the air, but fell in a bed
of mortar and escaped being hurt.
Philadelphia Press.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

sition of the paper An operator, there
FORE while manipulating the keys, finds
his keyboard travelling constantly from
left to right, and at the end of line he
draws the whole mechanism back to
the beginning of the scale for another
trip across the page. AS the writing
continues the machine is likewise moved
downward OH the page until the bottom
is reached, when it is raised and thrown
back to admit another sheet
Spacing between lines is done in a
manner quite new to the average opera
tor At the right hand side Of the type
writer are two metallic projections and
by pressing these together with the
thumb and forefnger the machine may
be moved the width of a single line or
carried down the page as far as it is de-
sired. To move the carriage from side
to side when not writing it is necessary
to depress d small lever at the upper
right hand edge of the type basket.
Near that lever is a hard rubber knob,
which may be grasped to assist i'll draw
ing the carriage back to the starting
point. Spacing between words is done
by striking space bar directly i'll front
of the keyboard. The types are linked
by ribbon, the working of which is
very similar to the ribbon movement Of
other typewriters
For the convenience of the operator
and to expedite the work of raising
heavy books to the proper plane after
they are placed under the machine
there is a continuance at the rear which
is fastened to the table and is operated
by means of a thumbscrew When once
adjusted, the plane regulator need not
be disturbed for whole day or perhaps
week, its readjUstment being govern
ed by the amount of writing done.
The inventors of the book writer rec
ommend it for indelible record, unlim-
tied speed, great durability and absolute
freedom from blurring by the ribbon.
While it is essentially book typewrit-
er and is intended for making records
i'll all sorts of large bound volumes, its
scope Of utility includes the work done
by all other typewriters, and single
sheet OF note paper seems quite as much
at home beneath its keyboard as a book
two feet long. The continuance as
whole is somewhat wider. and longer
than most other writing machines and
is only about 6 inches high. Exchange
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19
GEM SCULPTURE.
Something About the Making of Canoes
and Intaglios.


Gem sculpture, Or lithoglyptics, is
an art Of great antiquity, having been
practiced by the Babylonians, the Egyp-
tians, the Hebrews and the Greeks
Afterward it sank into decadence, but
in the fifteenth century was revived in
Italy. 1t is an art that calls for great
elegance of taste and much skill, for on
small stone, generally precious. de-
signs are represented either in raised
work, as canoes, or by being cut below
the surface, as intaglios
To canoes the term minute sculp-
ture" is indeed applicable, for since
the days of Greek art celebrated statues
have been copied in this way. The first
intaglios were the scarabs, or beetle
shaped signets, worn in rings by the
Egyptians from a very remote period.
One side of the stone was shaped like a
beetle, the other side was fat, and the
name of the king or wearer was cut in.
to it, A hole was then drilled in the
stone from end to end, and through it a
strong wire was passed to hold it in
position in a ring. The fat or seal side
was always worn next to the finger but
when used as seal it was turned
In the art of gem sculpture The
Greeks exoelled all predecessors. The
Etruscans, contemporary with the
Greeks, also attained excellence In gem
cutting, ana 1t is said that 'on these
early gems of Etruscan or Greek origin
may be read as ID IA book the forms Of
their religion and the subjects of popu-
lar interest IN politics. song and fable
for centuries.
Under Augustus gem sculpture -four.
isheo among the Romans, many of them
possessing canoes and lntaglios of great
value. and cabinets of costly gems be-
came numerous 1t is said that Caesar
sent SIX cabinets Of rare gems TO the
temple Of Venus
There are many fine canoes and in.
taglios in the British museum. Among
the finest OF them accessible to the pub.
lie are the Cupid aud Goose intaglio.
the Dying Amazon, the Laughing
Fawn, ;" Bacohus' on red jasper, and
the Julius Caesar of Dtosourides, In
modern times gem sculpture has reached
high state of perfection and beauty
-Philadelphia Times
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

Some wonderful stalactite caves were
discovered recently at Sterkfontein
eight miles to the northwest of Kru-
gersdorp, i'll the South African Republic.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19
1Yw to Use Blotting Paper.

lit is curious about plotting paper, !"
said Mr. Dipperton, that it lasts Ion
ger If used on one side only. l refer
now to the small piece of blotting paper
that we pick up and press upon the
freshly written lines by rubbing it with
the finger tips. Continual rubbing
makes the side that is rubbed upon
smooth and oily and less absorbent If
we turn the blotter over now and then
and get fresh surface and rub indiffer
entity on either side. we soon get both
sides more or less oily, and then it
doesn't blot perfectly on either side. 1t
is better to use it always the same side
down, so that whatever moisture may
be transferred from the finger TIPS is
kept all on one side. Thus used, the blot
ter will take up ink more satisfactorily
and for a longer time than it would if
we kept turning it over. Atlanta
Constitution
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

Hush, my babel Lie still and slumberi
Fathers watching at thy bed.
Mothers off electioneering,
With halo round her head.
Soft and easy Il be her cradle
When she's at the nations head
While with the kitchen work I'll wrestle
Coarse and hard is fathers bed.
Hush, my deari Thy food and raiment
House and home thy ma provides.
She's sumner, baby darling.
Gracefully her bike she rides,
Hush, my babel Lie still and slumberi
Father wants to go 10 bed.
Mother won't be home till morning
Eolng to make a speech, she said.
90 We IL lay us down and slumber-
slumher sweet till morning breaks.
Father then must he ahumping-
Mother wants her griddle caEes,
Boston Journal
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

A serious complaint has been made
by the farmers of Germany concerning
the rates of interest they are compelled
to pay upon borrowed money, and there
is at present a movement for the pas
sage of a law limiting the banks and
money loaners in the rates imposed for
agricultural credits. The conditions
here in this respect, as in many others,
do not prevail in the United States.
According to the German plan, the old
est son usually inherits the farm when
the father dies, but he is compelled to
pay the other heirs their share of the
estate III cash, which usually must be
borrowed from the banks at or per
cent interest, which is a heavy and an
interminable burden. The younger sons
emigrate to America or go to univer-
sity Or enter the army, where they are
compelled to spend large portion of
their patrimony for living expenses. -
Chicago Record.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

The Machine Is Called Book Writer
How 1t Is Adjusted to Use on Bound
Volumes-Upper and Lower Case Let
tiers Used at VIII.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19
Do Metals Become riredq

Various instances are on record where
metals, while not showing any appre-
ciable wear, have literally fallen to
pieces, and that without any assigned
cause. On one occasion a steel rail,
after % years continuous service on
the Great Northern railway, i'll Eng
land, actually disinteRrated under the
wheels of passing train. So complete
was the breaking up that scientists
thought it worthy of investigation, dur
ing which it was determined that the
metal had become exhausted and had
broken down, just as an overstrained
animal might be expected to do. This
has led to further inquiry, and scien-
fists are satisfied that metals do become
tired out Fine cracks often appear in
steel rails, and it has been supposed that
they are caused by the continuous con-
cussion of railway wheels. This, how
ever seems to be contradioted by the
examination of newly made rails, in
which similar fine lines occur. The
idea that metals become weary, while
not altogether new one, is to an ex-
tent a plausible one and under the care
full scrutiny of scientific societies will
probably be satisfactorily explained and
settled. New York Ledger.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

A mechanical device recently patent
ed pastes paper labels on 100, 600 tins
in ten hours.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

The number of pupils in the schools
OF the United States last year was 16
4 o. 1877, an increase of nearly 5, O00'-
600 since 1890.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

General Diaz says that the Cuban
armies are better organized than ever
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-19

One young British nobleman is a
groom in Johannesburg livery stable,
while a dukes brother in-law is boss
ing gang of blacks in mine outside
the town.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
Hood
SarsapariIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills take, easy to operate. Sc.
Welded at the Arlington.

The Arlington hotel was the scene
OF very pretty wedding Thursday
afternoon about O'Clock. The con.
Lractlng parties were w. L. ERNEST
OF ArgOnla, aud Miss Eta Nelson Of
Caldwell. The marriage ceremony
was performed by Probate Judge
Doubleday, in the presence OF Mrs. C..
o. Mead of Arkansas City, wife of the
well known miller; Mrs. Charles IL.
Scoring OF Arkansas City, Mrs. Helen
Graves Of Guthrie, OF; Mrs. Willis
X. Folks, Mrs, S. A. Mcdonald, Mrs.
A. d. Speed and Mr.. Charles Smith
and Mr.. Asa NJ. Black OF this city.
There was just the slightest tinge
OF unexpected romance IN the wed.
ding. The groom, who is subStan-
tial farmer living twenty-three miles
west of the city, and the bride, a de-
mure and pretty miss, the daughter
OF well to do and highly respectable
family Of the Caldwell neighborhood,
drove to the city Thursday. They
reached here shortly after noon and
stopped at the Arlington. The groom
Is a Roman Catholic. The rites Of
his church prevented the ceremony
being performed by protestant min
lster. There is no Catholic priest in
this city now and the couple were 10
a quandary Just what to do. They
anal'y saw their way clear by having
the ceremony performed by the pro.
bate judge. When the groom had
fully made up his mind to have the
wedding ceremony performed by that
Official, he went out to allow the
young lady an opportunity to dress
for the occasion. Mrs. Mead aud Mrs.
Scoring were being entertained in the
parlOrs Of the hotel by Mrs. Willis K.
Folks. They were delegates to the
congregational church association.
The bride called Mrs. Folks aside and
cOndding in her, asked her If she
would kindly assist her in dressing
Tor the wedding. They had intended
having the ceremony performed at the
probate judges office. but Mrs. Folks
was 50 favOrably impressed with the
appearance of the young lady that she
became interested and resolved to
have the wedding take place at the
Arlington parlOrs. A hurried con-
Sultation was held with the other
ladies and they quickly decided to
make the affair as pleasant and home
like as possible to the two young PEG.
pie, and when the groom returned he
found everything in readiness for a
wedding at the hotel
Mrs. Meade presided at the piano
and the bridal couple marched into
the parlOr to the strains of Mendel
ssohn's wedding march. Mr.. Double
day pronounced the ceremony that
made them man and wife and congrat
ulations and an impromptu social
time followed.
The newly married young people
then went to the photograph gallery
and returned home, thoroughly i'm
pressed with the hospitality Of the
ladies who did so much to make their
wedding ceremony an impressive and
beautiful one.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
KentuckianS Meet,

Another mass meeting Of Ken
tucklans Was held at the council
chambers Friday night for the purpose
OF listening 10 J. 2. Grinstedds re-
port on speaker and TO transact such
other business as might be necessary.
Mr.. Grinstead reported that Judge
l.. Order had consented to address
the reunion prOyid ed the date Of
holding the same would be fixed al
saturday, October 8. The meeting
agreed upon holding the reunion on
that day.
The committee on program gave a
rough outline OF what is being pre-
pared for the days amusements. The
Wellington Military band will be en-.
gagged 10 furnish music all day. A
male QuarteJte from Guelph township
is deslrOus Of giving practical illus
tratiOn of their vocal powers on thai
day, and they will probably be en-
gagged TO sing in the morning.
The principal event of the day will
be Orders speech. The KentuckianS
are looking forward to the greatest
treat OF their lives. Orders elO.
quence is well known. II there is
anything Kentuckian likes to hear
it is an eloquent orator, and Orders
speech will be the great drawing card
Of tie day. The male quartette Of this
city, will be engaged TO sing some
southern songs in the afternoon before
the speech is made. Other interest
ing features will enter into the pro-
gram.
The reunion will be in the nature
Of basket picnic, and will be held in
Fonda park, south of the city. 1t
was intended by some TO hold an old
fashioned Kentucky barbecue, but
that would be such mOnsJrCus un-
dertaking for the first attempt, that
they thought basket picnic should
be held this year until the machinery
OF the association was started and
found to be in working order A bar
becue will likely be held next year.
The Kentuckians have contracted
for 400 feet of table, il that amount is
needed, to be used on the picnic
grounds that day.
1t was further decided at the meet
ing last night to solicit no one for
money to pay the expenses Of the re
union, except Kentuckians. The
expenses will likely foot up close on
to 5000, but there are 1000 Kentuck-
ianS in the county and there will be
no difficulty in meeting the expenses.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer and recommend an official badge
for the association.
Another meeting will be held at
the council chamber Thursday night,
the 23d inst, to listen to definite
reports from the various committees.
The work of preparing for the re-
union is now being actively engaged
in. Everything is being done to make
the affair success. A crowd Of sew
eral thousand people is expected 10
Wellington that day.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
HASTE and Jackson Arrested.

Sheriff HeSkett arrested Jack Has.
tie, Jr., and John Jackson last Satur.
day, OF trouble growing out of the
violations of the state fish laws.
HASTE and Jackson had promised
with the other persons implicated in
the charge, to pay a fine of $40 and
costs if the prosecution would dismiss
the case against them. They failed
to keep their promise aud Saturday
the county attorney ordered their ar
rest. They were afterward released
on their own rpcognizance and told TO
appear before Justice of the Peace J.
NJ. Ready Tuesday. The matter
will probably be settled by the fine
and costs being paid.-Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
Sherif's Sale.
No. S2i9

No. SS52.
In the district court OF Sumner county, in
the state OF Kansas.
Isadore c. Stephens,
Plaintiff.
Elizabeth J. Tucker.
William A. Tucker
and Luther Burnett,
Defendants
DY VIRTUE OF an order OF sale issued to ne
ID out Of said district court In the above
entitled action, Twin on
Monday, the Goth day September, A. D. 1897,
between two and three o'clock, p. m. OF said
day, at the front doorOf the court house In
the city OF Wellington, in the county OF
Sumner and state of Kansas, offer at public
sale and sell to the highest and best bidder
for cash in hand, all the following described
real estate, tO-wit:
The east one-half %. OF the northwest quar-
ca OF section number twenty-three C2j), in
township number thirty-three CJ2l, south OF
range four IA, west Of the sixth principal
meridian, lying and situate in the county
OF Sumner and state OF Kansas.
The above described real estate is taken BY
said order OF sale to be sold, and will be sold
without apprssement to satisfy said order OF
sale.
Witness my hand this 10th day Of August
A. D., 1897. JAS. r. HESKETT,
Sheriff of Sumner county. Kansas.
HERRICk & ROGERS Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First published in VOICE Aug. 10, 1897.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
Capt, Mahan Dead.

Capt, NJ. j. Mahan died at mis- home
in Sedalia, No., Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock. His son, D. P. Mahan.
OF this city, received telegram on
Sunday morning calling him to his
bedside, as he was dying. In the
Afternoon another telegram was re.
ceived stating that Capt. Mahan had
passed away. D. P. Mahan left that
night over the Santa Fe for Sedalia
The cause OF Capt. Mahau's death
was not stated in the telegram. He
was very old and the loss of his wife
some weeks ago bore heavily upon
him. Grief over her death no doubt
fastened the end.
Capt. Nathan was well known in
wellington, this place having been
his home for a number of years. BE
was highly respected By all who knew
him
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
A Barn Burned.

A 1re alarm was sent in from the
Fifth ward on Sunday afternoon at
5:45 O'Clock, as q result of the careless
playing with fire on the part of some
youngsters. Gus Hamels barn on
South Washington avenue, was en-.
tirely destroyed. A portion of the
building burned was on the property
of Geo. B. Dean, next to him. The
loss was not very heavy.
The fire was started by some boys
who were PLAYING with a bonfire near
the barn. When the gamins real.
lied what they had done they ran
away like deers without giving an
alarm. One Of the boys who was
responsible for the fire, when last seen
was running past the round house for
dear life, with one shoe off and without
hat or coat.
The barn was small affair, and
contained nothing of much value.
There was no insurance.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16
Summons.

state OF Kansas TO Henry s. Palmer, J. s.
Greenwade and ". q. Greenwade.
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that Won have
l. been sued In the District Court OF sumner
county. Kansas, by N. c. Neal and that
unless you answer the petition fled by said
plaintiff on or before the
lith DAY OF OCTOBER, 1897.
said petition will be taken as true and iudr-
ment rendered against you accordingly, fore
closing mortgage executed and delivered by
Henry $, Pain er and Mary A Palmer TO N.
w Dubois dated October 81, 1890 on tho fol-
lowing described real estate In Sumner
county, Kansas. t0-wit:
Lots FIVE ~ and six l6) and the south half OF
the northeast quarter OF section four "a,
township thirty-fve (3) south, range four
"a, west OF the sixth principal meridian and
for the sale Of said real estate without ap-
praisement TO pay the debt secured by said
mortgage.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said court
this 18th day Of August 1897.
SEAL. W NJ. COPELAND,
Clerk Of said District Court.
BY E. NJ. BELL,
Deputy.
HERRICK 4 ROGERS Attorneys for Pltff.
First published In VOICE Sept, 9, 1897.