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II
wonder-maker, the magician, entertained a
large audience at the Columbia Theater last
night with demonstrations of the black a ri
OF the nineteenth century. Shade of Gag
hastro. rise and salute your master" as he
| said TO the weird dancing sprite. which
| emerged from the ghosts cabinet If Gag
liastro We're alive these days he would have
| to look hard to his laurels. Indeed. the
| chances are that kellar would teach him
| a trick or two" For Kellar does not deny
| that he tricks you, and the laughing twin
kfe in his eye defes you to discover the
| way in which he bamboozles you to your
very race, There is plenty of fun in the
| snow as Tor instance when the magician
| borrowed a silk hat from gentleman In
| the audience who Is we'll known to the ma
/ jority of Washingtonians, who is the per
| sonification Of dignity and proceeded to
| draw from the tile a quantity Of children .
them to all beholders. But he took It in
| good part. albeit little surprised at the
| unexpected fnd upon his property.
| Kellars tricks are passing strange 1t NAV
not be denied. His digital dexterity, as the
/ program terms, otherwise his facility OF
sleight OF hand Is perfect, and he performs
| feats which seem marvels of magic.
In the latter part OF his entertainment he
| leaves the field of sleight of hand and en-.
| tiers the domain Of initiate of psychica1
| illusions. The projection of the astral BODY
| is executed in plain view and the exploits
| of the theosophists rivaled. The tricks o.
| the Hindoo fakirs. the Himalayas are re-
| produced. In one of these the body of q
| suspended in mid-a1r, without visible
| means of support, a vagrant spirit material.
| lied. Another section of the show Is de.
| voted 10 reproducing by means of his black
art some of the tests Of alleged spiritual.
| istfc mediums. Cabinets are constructed
| upon the stage. apparently Isolated from
all connection with the platform, and tr
these are Immediately matefialized spirits
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIfRoAD
schednle In eject June NJ lsaa

r Schedule in effect June ~ 1909
washington from station corner Of Nsv
Jersey avenue aud G AZ
Fot chicago and Northwest ye.tibuIad rsn,.a6
For C |GoH a. N. 500 m. daily.
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FRANK :. CANNON, 3D. Vice PRIEST & GO, NJ
J.: NJ CCLP, Traffic Manager "' "sFs
" a Ihh General Passenger Agent
l. ). BROWN, General Agent o,o
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WE MANUFACTURES AL THE
Mattresses. COuCheS and Pillows, Iron Beds
Brass Beds and Spring Beds We sell.
STG- NIPH BEDDING co. 9TH and X.
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a. Trains Illuminated with Pintsch light
For Baltimore. Philadelphia New Yort Ros,o,
I I9ah the east week days 7:o5 $50. 1000 m.
TED Exclusively Pullman Train Dinfnr Car
S;oo 6Ghlng S"rl, SEQ, II 80 Sleeping Car open
al 1O;oo o'clock), and 2:35 night Sundays
oa:oo55' 300 am, l2:O5 noon I:l5 DINING carr.
300 b;O5 Dining Carr 500 II 80 tSleepfnr 81.
open 10 o'clock pI.ht S~@
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PEXNsYLyANIA RAILROAD.

=. Pullman Buffet Parlor
Buffet Parlor Car Harris
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
Milk DiIutiOn SeparatOrs.

There are said to be agents working in
Sumner county selling the farmers what
they term dilution cream separators. The
cream separator offered by them does
what they claim it will, but it is said to
be an unnecessary accessory to the dairy.
The agricultural experiment station of
Purdue university in Indiana has issued a
bulletin devoted to the dilution separat-
ing of cream. From it is taken the fol-
lowing:
This is not separator as commonly
understood by dairymen, where cream is
separated from milk by centrifugal force,
but is specially constructed can, usually
of large size, in which cream separates
from milk by rising to the surface, by
common gravity process. The principal
of creaming in this can, however, differs
from that usually performed in the dairy,
through the mixing of water with the
milk to assist the cream to rise. These
specially made cans have certain peculi-
arities of construction and are advertised
by the makers as cream separators,' The
cans of different manufacturers differ in
form and style, but the principal feature
with all is to fill the can partly full of
new warm milk and then at once add a
large quantity of cold water. This, of
course, dilutes the milk perhaps 100 per
cent. In this diluted condition, the
claim Of the manufacturers is, that the
cream will rise more completely and
rapidly than if not diluted; that in 20 to
30 minutes it will all rest on the surface
of the skinned milk, which may be
drawn off from below.
In 1898 the Indiana Experiment Sta
ton for two weeks carried on an expert
ment on the influence of dilution of milk
on efficiency of creaming. The results
of this work, as published, in bulletin a
OF the Station, were that a greater loss Of
fat occurs in skim milk when dilution is
praCticed, than with undiluted milk,
that the loss is greater with cold than
warm water, and that by diluting the
milk poorer quality of skim milk for
feeding is thereby produced"
While the practice of dilution is unde-
sirable, yet if the farmer wishes to try
the method in all inexpensive manner, he
may obtain them by diluting his milk in
an ordinary round can, such as may be
secured of any reputable dairy supply
house, or can be made by any good tin
smith. Such can, however should have
a faucet in the bottom, through which
the skinned milk may be drawn. II
fact if our farmers will set their milk un
diluted in deep cans-say IS to 20 inche,
deep and s in diameter-set in cold wa
ter or cold room, they will get more sat
isfactory returns, than when set in shall
low parS or crooks.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

fered by travelling grocery peddlers can
be duplicated for the same price in the
Sterling stores where same quantity and
quality is ordered. This is on condition
that spot cash is paid.
HOME MERCHANT RESPONSIBLE.
Thare is another side to the question,
also. The home merchant is here per-
manently. He must back up every as
sertion he makes, he must sustain his
reputation for fair dealing, or lose the
confidence Of his customers. The strang-
er who is here long enough to sell one
bill Of goods is hampered byno such con-
sideration. He makes as much as he can
in as short time as possible and then
leaves ior greener pastures.
HOW CUSTOMERS ARE TREATED.
The home merchant takes the farmers
produce, he gives credit, he is accommo-
dating and does many little acts Of court
esy during the year for those who trade
with him. The stranger must have spot
cash, no credit, no accommodation, and
very little courtesy. He must have his
money the minute the goods are deliver
ed. What does he care for the good will
or the confidence Of Mr.. A, or Mrs. B.
Everybody looks alike to him, 50 he gets
their money.
RESPONDS TO MANY Calls.
The home merchant pays large por.
ton of the taxes in every community
His money sustains the schools, tie
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

in. The fact was, the glib-tongued
strangers we're getting higher prices for
the SAME grade of goods than the home
merchant would have dared charge for
them. The deceived ones, as a rule kept
quiet, or went out in the woodshed and
kicked themselves, vowing that they
would never be taken in again
RESOLUTIONS SOMETIMES BROKEN.
But, alas, for human nature, all these
good resolutions vanish when the next
oily-tongued peddler comes along. He
may possibly be selling cheap groceries,
asserting that his goods cnme direct from
jobbers and with an insinuating smile
tells that he will save the middleman's S
profit. Now, this does seem plausible, if
YOU shouldn't happen to wonder who
pays the peddler's expenses. He will
hardly have the nerve to assert that some
! plilanthropist is doing this kind act for
the good Of the great common people,
but he will smooth the question over in
some way-that is part Of his business.
lie will tell good story Of how much
can be saved and quote prices on staple
groceries that apparently are low, but by
the time he gets full order his average
of prices will equal that Of the town gro
GERS, especially if spot cash is paid il
town the same as the peddler require.
and :he goods are bought in the sam,
quantity The Bulletin makes this posi-
i tive assertion that any bill Of goods Of
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
WHY BUY OF FAKIRS -?
When Home Merchants Sell
Same Grade OF Goods as CHEAP.

Almost every exchange that comes to
our table brings the news of some travel
ing fakir or band of falirs selling stoves,
or clothing, or groceries, or washing ma
chimes, or other articles easily obtained.
for less money, Of the local merchant
The number in the state seems to be ex-
ceptionaly large now and it will be larg-
er after the fall crops are marketed. In
this connection the following from the
Sterling Bulletin is very appropriate and
would a-p'y with equalI truth to Well
ingtoa:
i it were not for the human nature in
man to buy in the cheapest market and
sell in the dearest, good many frauds,
fakirs, peddlers and sharpers would be
ont of jobs and be compelled to live by
the labor of their hands instead of bv the
sharpness Of their wits. But the great
desire of even the best of the human
family to get something for nothing
makes it easy to deceive the people and
work all sorts Of schemes on them.
WE'RE YOU TAKEN IN?
We remember year or two ago that
some strangers had great slaughter sal,
in Sterling. People focked to the store
The auctioneer knew his business anJ
played upon the feelings Of the crowC
like skillful player on a piano. Men
women and children almost fell over eacl
other to invest in his bargains" After
wards, when removed from the spell
binders immediate presence, a few min
utes investigation Of their purchase
showed how badly they had been take
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

to this subject of public ownership in
this country in any large way. 1t will be
the paramount issue in the campaign Of
1900. The intelligence Of the people
will only permit of one result. Its gener-
al adoption will solve many of the great
questions now before the people.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

churches and the charities Of the locality.
Every enterprise which adds to the ina
terial comfort or benefit of the town or
country receives his support. If the
streets are to be sprinkled he must pay
for it; if there is to be a grange or alliance
parade or speaking in town he is asked
TO put up part of the expenses; # there
is band to be sustained he is the "sus-
tainer;" if there is horse race, a ball
game, or a celebration, the home mer-
chant is depended upon to foot the bin
They don't complain about these things,
and eheerfully put up" each and every
time. But, when these things are taken
into consideration, is ii right, is il fair, is
it just to let strangers carry away the
money which should be in circulation in
the community? The dollar spent al
home gets at once into circulation and
benefits a dozen people, where the dol
lar carried away is lost, 50 far as bring
ing back any returns. Be LOYAL to your
home town and you viii add largely to
its importance and to your own adysu-
tage.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
STILL IN THE LEAD.

The voting for the beautiful flag now
on exhibition at Buttrey's store it very
close. The voting up to Saturday night,
August 18th, stood as follows:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

Buy everything yOn
may want in the Dry
Goods line during il1e
next Is days. This will
be a fnonstsr sale, cen1-
mencing Friday morn
ing, Aug. Is, at Euele's.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
Rules for Voting
are as follows:

are as follows:
Each SOC purchase of shoes at But
trey's Shoe store entities YOU to one vote.
Each 81 purchase gives YOU two votes or
a S. purchase ten votes. and so on. The
ballot box will be placed at the door and
you will receive your ballot, write the
name of the order you wish to vote for on
the ballot and drop it in the box. On
Sept, 20 at 9 pm. the order receiving the
most votes will be declared the winner.
The flag is now on exhibition at
Buttrey's Shoe Store
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
PUBLIC PARKS AND HALLS.


Among other privileges which the peo-
pie of Glasgow enjoy through the enter
prise of the corporation are fine music in
the public parks, magnificent art gal
lery and peoples palace, the latter of
which includes fine museum and art
collection, with large area for the dis
play of plants and flowers and for enter
tainments and other adjuncts likely to be
attractive to the people for whom they
are designed. The city, besides, owns
other public halls, which are conducted
without loss. Free concerts are given
under civic auspices, and there seems to
be general disposition to make the life
of the residents Of Glasgow at large as
desirable as possible without trenching
too deeply on the public funds Glasgow
has magnificent and ornate town hall,
which is the pride of the community; it
has system of intercommunication bv
rail, car, bus and subway, unequalled in
Great Britain, and is earnestly pressing
forward the municipalization of the tele-
phones, that it may have an efficient sys-
TEN, and greatly extend the use of the
telephone by the cheapness Of the service
and the multiplication of public call Of
fees. Glasgow is also deeply engaged in
promoting its great exhibition for 1901,
which is pledged to excel all previous
undertakings of similar kind. In fact
in every direction that can tend to the
betterment of the condition of the people
and the prosperity and prestige of the
city, the corporation is working with
conscientious and persevering assiduity.
LET GLASGOW FLOURISH.
Let Glasgow Flourish" is the motto
of the city, and there can be no doubt
that it is being ideally realized. While,
through its excellent system of govern
ment, Glasgow has many fine parks and
open spaces, pure water in abundance, a
splendid and cheap tramway service,
good gas, good streets, ideal sanitary
conditions and many agencies for the
benefit of both mind and body, it has oh.
tained all these without any real addition
to its financial burdens. Nearly every
undertaking from which it was possible
and desirable to make profit Yields q
substantial return; the city, in fact, i.
wealthier by reason of its expenditure
The wonderful progress and prosperity
that Glasgow now exhibits are to be at
tributed to the remarkable enterprise O.
its corporation ard its bold adoption O.
the modern spirit of municipal duty.
The above is a very conservative state
ment OF what this city has done. Glas
gov, under public ownership carries it
citizens on its street cars for2 cents anc
nevera breath Of scandal or bribery
while Chicago, under private ownership
charges 5 cents and the bribery an,
scandals connected with her street ca
franchises have been a disgrace to tn
city. With that low rate the street car
have been a source Of revenue TO the cit
as have lighting and water and at rate
lower tlran any private owned plants O
| earth furnish an inferior article. ANY
thing that any people on earth can d
Americans can and will do better. Al
tention has only recently been directe
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17

See biggest sale OH
record. Begins Friday
fnOrniny, August Is at
Engle's.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
A MODERN
CITY
from the Scottish American.

FROM the Scottish American.
The public spirit and enterprise of the
city of Glasgow, Scotland, are now pro-
verbal all over the world, and the name
of the great western metropolis Of Scot
land has become a synonym for all that
is progressive, enlightened aud humani-
tartan in its methods of municipal gov
ernment. Since the time when this great
city secured its inexhaustible supply of
pure water from Loeb Katrine some for
ty-four years ago the career Of the muni-
cipalitv of Glasgow has been uninterrupt-
edly onwards and upwards. The original
capital invested in this great undertaking
was 6I,9S554S, but since then the cor
poration has duplicated tie aqueduct and
enlarged the holding power of the loch
and its tributaries at cost of a million
and quarter pounds, most of which has
been paid out of the proceeds Of the un-
dertaking. The city, moreover, far from
increasing the rates, has with the in
creased supply diminished them. No city
has cheaper water supply than Glas-
gov; every house is supplied directly
from the main, and the citizens can de-
pend upon the enormous supply of 54
gallons per head without the slightest
risk of interruption.
DISPOSING OF ITS SEWAGE.
Another great problem that Glasgow is
wrestling with at the present time is the
disposal Of its sewage. The ambition of
Glasgow, according to some interesting
special correspondence in the Manchester
DAILY Chronicle, " is to purify the Clyde,
which IS at present an open sewer as we'll
as an open harbor. Avast sewage scheme
which will cost over a million sterling,
has been adopted and is about to be car
ried out. Tie works for the treatment OF
the sewage a, Dalmarnock have been
completed, and deal with about fifth of
the sewage of the CITY, 600, 900 gallons
day. Here, after the precipitation has
been completed and the liquor has been
put through several processes, the ef1uent
is made so exceedingly pure that it is
claimed that the workmen even prefer il
for drinking purposes to the limpid wa
ter o. Loch Katrine. When the scheme
is complete the people hope to see the
Clyde clear, sparkling river, which will
be the favorite resort of fish and of those
who love sport. 1t must be remembered
also that the solid matter left over at the
sewage works is turned to profitable &C
count i'll sludge shape as manure, anC
also in dry form as fertilizer.
ITS STREET CLEANING SYSTEM.
Glasgow has also an excellent system
for dealing with its street and ashpit re
fuse. Though the net cost of cleaning
the city is E7o,oOo, the difference be
tween that sum and the gross cost o
6u1I74 is obtained in revenue from tn,
works conducted by the department Fo
dealing with 10000 tons of refuse annu
ally the cleaning department has 9o
railway wagons of its own and a private
railway line running over its farms of Sc,
or 600 acres, part of which has been re
claimed from bog. The department send
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-17
Public Utilities
Used to Benefit
the People

its products and its manures over half of
Scotland, and incidentally makes a sub
stantial profit from farming as we'll as
other industries connected with this de-
partment.
The gas service Of Glasgow has belong
ed to the corporation since 1869, and
though the price has been reduced from
IS, I'd. to IS. I'd per 1000 cubic feet,
gross profit of $4,000 was made last
year, The net profit after meeting loans
and sinking fund was only yf64I, but the
1885, ,327 private consumers are getting
their dividends in the cheapness of the
commodity. The electric lighting works
are in the lands Of the corporation also,
and last year showed a net profit over all
ontgo;ngs of 6I,5S3.
The city, moreover, provides its own
markets either out of the rates or bv the
common good, and these are conducted
at a reasonable rate of profit. Last year
the markets of the city earned profit of
k2,3oO while those contributing to the
common good earned over $4,000 profit.
Three slaughter houses are also main
tanned by the city, and these yield profit
enough to cover the interest and leave a
balance over. The city also maintains
hospitals which are among the finest in
stitutiOns of the kind belonging to any
corporation, and for the treatment and
isolation Of infectious diseases in these
places it pays L3S,oOo wear.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-07
CHICAGO, III, Oct. II. 1900.

q Dear Sirs: Our experience has proven
that cattle and hogs that have been fed with
Rex Food and kept in thrifty condition
throughout the entire feeding period, show,
solid and smooth finish which of course as
slsts them in bring stronger prices when for
Warded to market.
..i We are, always anxious to see any one
interested in live stock make a complete
success of the business, and believe your Rex
Food will prove OF benefit in this particular. 81
We have already earned and sail try
to retain the reputation Of being able to get
the full market value for all stock consigned
to US on the Chicago or Kansas City market
and no doubt the finishing qualities of your
Food will assist us in this direction.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) RICE BROS.
Remark: The above letter was written
to the Rex Remedy Co. by Rice Bros. who
who are among the very best Live Stock
Commission Merchants in Chicago and Kan
sas City
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-07
NOT THE ONLY FOOD BUT THE BEST FooD.
EIWEII IOWA An.;l :.

-~@''AA13 II,
Dear Sir: | have been a user of Con
dlmental Foods for years and have derived
benefit from them. have used them on cat
tie and tested them on scales SO that | knew
what was doing. Have used the--Food
and the--- Food and finally the Rex
Food and | want to say that think more Of
the Rex Food than any of the Foods for
have gotten better results from use of the
same amount than from either of the Others
can see the benefits so very plainly as to
convince me overwhelmingly of the profits of
its use.
Today have in my yard some stockers
which were fed Rex Food and some cattle
that have been fed corn all winter without
the Rex Food. The stockers are in the best
OF condition and in shape to take on a GOOD
deal more meat than the others which i
bought and they had had good care but thew
do not show that general condition which
makes it plain to an experienced eve that
they will not do so WE'LL
In my tests with the other Foods got
good results but while that is true am much
better satisfied with the Rex Stock Food
Yours truly,
ORRIN LASH.
Remark. The above statement furnish
ed by Mr. Lash ms ans great deal. He
knows what he is talking about. There is
no guess work in his experience. Mr. Lash
is one of the most extensive farmers and
feeders and one of the most influential men
IN story county, iowa. those who read his
statement will know what Food to get.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-07
YALE, Iowa, May IL, 1900.


Dear Sirs: have been feeding the Rex
Food since the first of January to 1914 steers.
During this time we have had much unfavor-
able weather for feeding and especially during
the month of February, but during my entire
time of feeding this food, have not had a
steer off his feed for single day. Prior to
time of feeding this Food had trouble with
my cattle belching up their feed, but none of
this since using the Rex Food, and my cattle
digest their feed better. l have used other
Foods but consider the Rex Food more salts
factory and cheaper to the use and believe
it to be profitable ration with grain feed.
Yours very respectfully,
GEO. F. HENDERSON.
Remark: Mr.. Henderson had bought
one ton of - Food and had some of it
on hand when he bought 1000 lbs Of Rex
Food. He gives us this statement and SAYS
that he expects to feed a ton'of Rex Food
aYa al tr3-4 s.tf