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People's voice., 1898-02-17
Barney Hates to Do it, But Will,

Receiver Barney Sherdan's 0baerva-
tiOnS on the liability Of bank stock
holders is given in last weeks PaOla
Spirit. They apply particularly To
tile two national banks in this city for
which he is receiver. However much
lie hates To do it, Mr.. Sheridan will
compel the stockholders of the Two
banks to put up according to law.
Commenting On the matter, he says:
Owing 10 recent decision OF the
United States supreme court | have
begun several suits against stock
nOlderS for collection OF assessment
56 per cent in the Sumner National
aud 100 per cent III the First National.
The glsJ OF the decision is chat if a
shareholder disposed of his stock
years before the bank failed, knowing
It's shaky condition, he or she is liable
for The assessment TO pay creditors il
the transfer was made to avoid liabil-
ity. have learned in this business
much, not the least OF which is that a
>tOckbOlder in national bank or
other corporation ought to look closely
10 see how the business is run. for in
case the concern goes to the wall there
is practically no escape from liability
for its debts If the shareholder has
any property. No wonder | was puz-
zed few years ago when ! read that
Breidenthal waved a fellow of who was
assuring him Of his solvency through
owning stocks, saying as he die 50,
"Oh, Dshaw, that's liability, not
assetsm 1t is not a very pleasant
duty to 90 after people who have al.
ready lost all they put in ami make
them paw Sc or 100 per cent OF their
loss over again. But it must be done.
Liability on national bank stock, like
a Roman nose in a family, never seems
TO run out"
People's voice., 1898-02-17
B0unteus Rains.
Daily Journal, 10th.

Daily Journal, 10th.
sumner county people are wading
IN mud. Heavy rains have fallen
since Tuesday night. Thegovernment
Weather guGge this morning showed
l.ij inches of water since yesterday
morning. The rainfall Tuesday night
was .4S inches. The heaviest rainfall
occurred last night. 1t began yester.
day afternoon and continued until
late al night.
The rainfall north of here was some.
what greater. AT Wichita about
three inches had fallen at ! o'clock
this morning. This is greater than
the amount Of precipitation during
both the months Of January and Feb.
ruary last year. Wee eather;Obseryer
johnson of Wichita, speaking of the
rainfall, the crop outlook and the
weather compared with last year, says
In this mornings Eagle:
Last year at this time the rainfall
had been above the normal 10 lncn,
WHICH Is trfle more than IT was down
" our heavy rain of yesterday. But
thlS last heavy rain, ~ inches at $3.50
p,m., and still falling, makes the rain
falI since January lsJ 3 81 inches,
which Is 2l4 lncnes more Than The
normal amOuntfOr that period, almost
exactly three times what the excess
was last year at this time. The ex
cesSive rainfall of yesterday has no
cOuntertype in last winters record,
although on the fourth of last Febru.
AIRY Sc inch Of rain land melted snow
tell.
"A comparison Of the present year
with 1896 shows that there has fallen
In the past Jwcnty-fUur hours three
times as much rain as fell during the
whole month OF January, 1896, and
about twice as much as fell during
both January and February, 1886.
The temperature this year has
been above the normal most Of the
time since January first, SO that now
the accumulated excess above the
normal is 1873 degrees daily. but since
then the excess mas been nine degrees
daily. This mild weather and cOplOuS
precipitation has been very beneficial
fer wheat, and, with merely ordinary
weather hereafter, comes pretty near
ly inSuriDg an immense crop For all
early crops, too, it nuts the ground in
splendid condition"
People's voice., 1898-02-17

Vate business, aud managed as such.
Now there is Il growing conviction
bnat the best interests Of the people
Will be SubServed by charging it from
a business to ii system. say expert.
mentaI or TRANSITIONAL for experience
may satisfy liiat the change is not
wise, and that it is better to con-
tlnue transportation as a business,
leaving TO Tie interest of those en-.
gagged therein TO determine how it
shall be managed, and giving them
the power to build up, as counsel has
suggested, Industries and tuwns here
aDd There.
1T may he that experience will
Only make more imperative the pres
enJ dcmind HAT transportation shall
be sJ stem, with absolute certainty
and uniformity of rates, in which
Case the change VIII be made. and
this vii. be regarded AS The transi-
tional era. The transition may be
accomplished by the government TAX.
Ing hold Of transportation, and itself
dlocharglng that public duty. Ger
tainly that would be the simplest,
and-fOr the courts, at least-the
easiest solution of the problem which
now impendS: for by the purchase or
condemnation, and in a single Trans
action the state, paying simply the
actual value Of the property invested
in transportation, would have the
same control that the national gov
ernment has over the pOstoffice sys-
TEN; and could prescribe such rates
as it saw fit, making good by general
taxation any loss. But, as Si0,000,-
100000 are invested in the business of
railroad transportation, the public
may be reluctant tn incur such in-
jebtedncSs, and seek to accomplish
the same result of uniformity of rates
by means If legislation similar to that
before us"
People's voice., 1898-02-17

James Scott, formerly Of Riverdale,
writing to A. c. Fisher from TOnk.
ava, OF, concerning the assault on
Eli Blake, by the saloon element OF
that place, confirms the reported out.
rageOuS actions OF the Tonkawa thugs
but denies that Blake had hired a
spntler to de:ect the violators OF the
whisky law. Mr.. Scott says tie
liquor element at TOnkawa are hold
ing secret meetings in the order OF
the Ku-Klux-Klan to keep down any
prohibition sentiment that may arise
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Administrator Notice.
State of Kansas, [ .,
= Suntnarrnttnfv -

State of Kansas,
Sumner County.
In the probate court in and for said county.
r. IN the matter of the estate Of Fannie X.
Howe, deceased:
NOTICE is hereby given that Letters ~
" Administration have been granted 10
the undersigned on the estate Of Fannie K.
Howe. late OF said county, deceased. by the
honorable, the probate court OF the county
ana state aforesaid. dated the eth day II
February. A. d., lS0S.
Now all persons having claims against
me said estate are hereby notified
that they must present the same 10 the nm
lersiigned for allowance within one year from
the date OF said letters or they may be are
tluded from any benefit Of such estate: and
that II such claims be not exhibited within
three years after the date OF said letters they
shall be forever barred.
HENRY II. HOWE.
Administrator OF the estate OF Fannie X
Howe, deceased
First published in VOICE Feb. 10. 1898.
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Always
Proves EfYactual.

There are no better medicines on
the market than Chamberlains. We
have used the Cough Remedy when
all Others failed, and in every instance
it proved effectual. Almost daily we
Eear the virtues of Chamberlain's s
remedies extolled by those who have
used them. This is not an empty
puff, paid for at so much line, but is
Voluntarily given in good faith, in the
hope that suffering humanity may try
these remedies and, like the writer,
be benefitted.-FrOm the Glenville
W. Va.) Pathfinder. For sale by all
druggists.
People's voice., 1898-02-17

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
ITS action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthyand agreeablesubstances its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Flc syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
HUNTSVILLE, M NEW YORK, N.Y.
People's voice., 1898-02-17

up the case as hopeless. When in
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said must die,
as hereditary Cancer was incurable.
"At this crisis, l was advised to try
S.S.S., and in short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued to do
so for three months, then it began to
heal. continued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer disappeared en-
tlrely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return Of the disease -
People's voice., 1898-02-17

Redbut, Gordon Co., Ga; Beggs Mfg.
Co.: Please SeGd by express at once one
dozen Beggs' Blood Purifier. 1t is
the IN ,St wonderful medicine ever
tried for ScrOfula.-S.R .aylOr. Sold
by II. +. Smith. If
People's voice., 1898-02-17

eye became terribly
indamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
a while l could not
see. The doctors
said l had Cancer of
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Executors Notice Of Hearing
Petition to Sell Real Estate

To all whom It may concern, but More es-
pecially to the heirs and all persons
interested In said estate of Ann Beutley.
deceased. late II Sumner county. Kansas:
YOU are hereby notified that |. Chas Bent.
ley, executor OF said deceased, did
IN The 9Th day Of February. A. d. lSQs
nle petition in the probate court OF sum.
'ereounty. Kansas. praying that might be
uthoriz-d and empowered TO sell the follow.
ing described land, for the purpose OF paving
the drbtsand costs Of administration OF said
state, towit:
southeast quarter OF section 2S. township a2.
range west; north one-half Of northwest
quarter Of section q. tOwnshiD -, range 9
west In Sumner county, Kansas.
And said petition Will be heard at the Office
OF the probate judge Of said county on the
2ard DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. d. ls9S.
at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at which time
ana place each of you and all Others inter-
esttd are notified 10 he present and show
cause II any you have, why an order Of sale
as prayed for should not be granted.
Dated this 9Th day of February. A d. 1898.
CHAS BENTLEY. Executor.
First published February 10. lS9S-in VOICE.
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Pardon Notice.

The underSi ned applicant having been
convicted in The district of Sumner county.
Kansas. OF selling intoxicating LIQUORS and
malntalnsng nuisance in violation nf the
prohiDltory law OF the state and fined In the
sum OF three hundred dollars and sentenced
to Imprisonment in the county iail for tte
period Ot ninety days, hereby gives notice
that on the S4th day Of February. A. D., lSss,
ne Will apply TO the governor for pardon.
JOHN TEGDER. Applicant.
People's voice., 1898-02-17
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No. 81. Accommodation freight. 7:O2 %
Nos 1 and 3 run through to Fl. Worth with.
hutchange.
Nos. and do not run Sundays.
Free reclining char cars on all passengers
TO Kansas City and ST. Joe, where direct con-
nartion is made with all lines north. east
and south. No. 3 mas through sleeper t,r
san Antonio. Tickets sold auG baggac,
,hecked TO all Important points In th. iisi
ted States and Canada.
Nov. q, 1897.
e. HIGoISs. Agent
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Cancer
OF The Face,

Mrs. Laura E. Minis. of Smithville. Ga, ,
says; "a small pimple Of a strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; it soon
began to grow rapidly, nvtwithstand-
ing all efforts TO check il Nv
People's voice., 1898-02-17
Took a Severe Cold after a Big Fire.

After the big fire in Cripple Creek.
| took very severe cold and tried
many remedies without help; the
cold becoming more settled. After
using three small bottles Of Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy, both the cold
and cough left me, and in this high
altitude it takes a meritOrious cough
remedy 10 do any good-G B. Hender-
son, editor Daily Advertiser, Cripple
Greek, Colo. Sold by all druggists.
People's voice., 1898-02-17
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People's voice., 1898-02-17

When biliouso or costive, eat a Cas-
caret, candy cathartic, cure guaran-
teed, 10c, 25c. tt
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

will make it clear that the dress is held
in position by its rubber collar, with
the aid of the breast plat e-fange and
wing-nuts.
The upper edge Of the breastplate is
fitted with a neck-ring and seq
mental screw. The use of this we
shall presently explain.
The boots are of stout leather, with
leadcn solcs, and are secured over the
instcp by buckles and straps. The pair
weighs - pounds-four pounds over
the quarter Of a hundredweight. The
lead soles are firmly attached by cop
per rivcts. The tongues of the boots
are very wide. Boots intended for
rough work are fitted with metal toe
caps. Thus Misunderstanding dress,
breastplate. and boots---is our diver
arraycd. lie has now to be weighted.
Lead weights of 40 pounds each, shield
or heart-shaped, are suspended back
and front by means Of gun-metal clips.
and studs or tabs, and lashings. He
has now only to put on his helmet and
to aflix the air-pipe.
The helmet, like the breastplate, Is
of timed copper, and is fitted with
segment bayonet-screw at the neck,
corresponding to that mentioned as
belonging to the breastplate. The
eighth of turn, and the helmet is
firmly secured. being both air and
water-tight. 1t has three strong
plate glasses in brass frames, protect
ed by guards, two oval at the sides, and
round one in front. The front can
be unscrewed to enable the diver to
give orders without removing any
other portion of the dress. An outlet
valve is provided at the side or back
of the helmet, which the diver can
close should he wish to rise to the sur
face. This valve allows the breathed
air to escape, yet prevents the en-
trarce of water.
At the side of the front glass Is me-
chanical arrangement for getting rid
of the excess of air, and il also assists.
when the back outlet-valve Is closed.
in regulating the expansion of the
dress in rising to the surface. There Is
also an inlet-valve. and this is con-
structed so as to allow the air to en-
ter, but not to escape in case OF
break in the air-pipe. The air-pipe
is made in lengths Of from As to 60
feet. fitted together by means Of gun
metal joints. Securely connected
with the helmet by means of the inlet
valve and an elbow-tube, the other
end Of the air-pipe Is fitted on to the
nozzle Of the air-delivering diving
pump.
His leather belt is buckled on; his
knife, well sharpened, and of good
strong steel, covered with metal
case to keep 1t dry and intact, is slung
upon 1t; and after taking drink, or
little light refreshment, the word In
given: "All right" the face-glass
screwed on, and receiving tap on
the helmet las signal to descend,
down he goes by rope or ladder, either
Of which must be weighted at the bot
| tom.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
GOLD ENOUGH.
Another SiIverite Lie Ia Nailed by the
Official Report from the
Mint.

The refutation of the plea of the sill
verites that there is not enough gold TO
answer the demands of the gold stand
ard for money is found in the reports
of the production of gold throughout
the world.
The director of the mint has just pub
lished his report of the gold production
of the United States and of the world
for last year 1t shows vast increase
over 1896, just as 1896 showed an in
crease over preceding years.
Taking the worlds production, Africa
leads with something over $5S,000, 900
The United States comes next with over
$4,000, 900. and Australia next with
over $55, 100000. Russia leads European
countries with $23,000,000. Altogether
the worlds output of gold for 1897 was
nearly $23S. 100000, which is an increase
of $35,000,000 over the output of 1896,
produced in 1890.
The indications for the present year
are that these figures will be surpassed
and that not less than S270. 100000 will
be the production for 1898.
The statistics for the United States
show that Colorado has at least sur
passed California as n gold state, her
output being S10,0O0,000. as against
S14.000000 for California. South Da-
kota-the Black Hills region-comes
next with S5000,000, and Montana with
$4,000,000. With such production of
/ gold the world Overcome that is Il
permanent addition to the world
wealth-how futile it is to say that
there is not gold enough to answer the
demands of monetary system founded
upon IL?
1t may seem paradoxical to say so,
but the more gold we have the less we
will need 1t as money. The worlds
business Is done upon paper, and all
that Is needed is uniform standard
for the paper. That standard is gold,
and we have IL in abundance.-Chcago
Times Herald
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
WHAT'S IN THE JUG2
lied an Abstinence Society and
Became Wise Mnn.

We remember having once met a
was in a wagon equipped with hog
rack making il evident that he had
been delivering his hogs. He was in a
particularly hilarious frame of mind
and at our approach tlourished a two
gallon jug and asked us to take one
with him" s
What's in the Jug" we asked.
"a whole hog. an a good-sized one,
too" he answered.
That the hog was reduced TO liquid
form was evident. This man is
brought to mind by a story told on
Farmer Billson who, like many an
other man who is not n farmer, was
addicted to the drink habit. lie came
to town one summer morning with 4
wagon-load Of corn, sold it, and start
ed for a dry goods store to make few
purchases. There was 4 saloon on the
way.
Farmer Ellison stepped inside to
take a drink. Two or three drinks fol-
lowed, and then he lost all recolec-
ton.
Late in the day he woke to find him
self lying under tree. lie was about
halfway home. His patient horses
were ribbling the grass by the road
side. He gathered himself up, felt in
his pockets, found his money all gone
but seven cents, and then went and
looked in his wagon to see what he had
bought.
There was a jug about three-fourths
full of whisky-ard nothing else.
"Twenty-hve bushels OF corn" he
said, FOR three quarts of corn juice.
Old man." he continued. selling the
jug by the handle. and raising IT above
his head, "this won't do! Old man
here he brought the jug down with all
his might on the iron tire of one of the
hind wheels. touhe utter destruction
of the jug and the total loss of the
corn juice--"we'll organize totai
abstinence society right now!"
This happened years ago. Farmer
Billson is still member of that total
abstinence society, IN good standing
Farmers Voice.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

Jove! l could not whistle that tune to
save my neck, and you will admit that
said neck needed saving right at this
moment.
"Then l began to think how l was
to get past the fellow-if there really
was a man over by the wall. You see,
] was more than half convinced that
my nerves and imagination were at
work again. / determined on detour
around the other side of the piano,
and, stepping along briskly, with just
as unconscious an air as l could mus
ter, passed behind the piano, and
around by the door. The man never
moved from his position by the wall,
and l got out safely, with the convic-
ton that trying to prove thing to
cne's self isn't always wise thing
to do, as had only succeeded in rem
dering my nerves all the more erratic
by my second visit.
~ reached home and turned in for
the night.
Next morning had hardly finished
breakfast when the doorbell rang fu-
riously andsthe senior warden of the
church was ushered in.
"'Were you at the church last night,
Robyn?' he said, much excited, and
without waiting for my answer went
on to tell me that thieves had broken
in, stolen the entire new carpet of the
Sunday school room, the communion
service, all the cushions they could
lay their hands on, part of the library
and, in short, pretty much everything
of value.
"They were undoubtedly there dur
ing my stay in the church, and it is
mighty lucky for me that they didn't
brain me when 1 passed the fellow in
the Sunday school room. But he evil
! IDENTIFY felt secure in the fact that l
could see hardly at all, and had made
any motion that would have betrayed
myself or the fact that I did see him,
| IL would have been all up with me.
"But whistling is a great comfort,
there's no doubt about it. Only you
want to make sure that your whistle
will work well at all times. st. Louis
Republic.