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The Republican., 1899-10-12
TRUTH.

Twas honest Mr.. Smith one day
While walking down the street.
Who spoke to those upon the way
With whom he CHANGED to meet
Good morning, Mr.. White I'm told
Your house, your barn and hay,
Your chaise and handsome three-year-old
Were burned as black as clay"
"a lie!' he cried, mid smoke and tears,
Then paused his nose to wipe
'"They say that all these twenty years
You've burned them in your pipe"
Good morning to you, Mr.. Brown,
They say that while at sea,
You sank your gallant ship clear down,
AS deep as deep can be-"
who says that, sir? Tell me his name;
Speak out before you pass"
''They say your whisky was to blame,
You sank her in your glass"
Good morning, Mr.. Black" he said,
1T grteves me much to hear
That Mrs. Black so soon is dead
Before the second year.
''They say you killed her"-"Whatw he
cried
Your drinking so of late
Has crushed her heart until she died
Beneath its cruel weight"
Then White and Brown and Black were
mad,
Such true insults to hear
And straightway for their hearts SO sad,
Filled up on rum and beer.
Three drunkards lie beneath the sod
Three deaths too sad to tell;
Three lifelong insults TO their God,
Three souls in drunkards' hell.
Benjamin Wade Burleigh, in Lever.
The Republican., 1899-10-12
DEWEY A PRISONER.
Interesting "Reminiscences of a Con-
federate War Veteran.
He stood over the Future Admiral
Wyhen the Union Steamer Missis-
sippi Burned at Port Hud-
son, March ii, 1868.

Admiral George Dewey knows what
1t is to have met the enemy and be-
come his, for on the night of March IA,
1868, when as Lieut.. Dewey he was
executive officer of the United States
steamer Mississippi, he fed from the
burning hulk of that vessel and was
captured by confederate artillerymeE.
This happened on the banks of the
Father of Waters" at Port Hudson,
Miss, and is said to have been the only
instance when Dewey ever was a pris-
oner.
But Lieut.. Dewey was not long a
prisoner on that occasion. He had then
the same nerve, dash and GOODNESS now
recognized the world over as character
istic OF the man, and made brilliant
and successful break for liberty, re-
joining his captain, Melancthon Smith,
and other officers of the abandoned
steamer. These had sought safety on
the tichnIond, short distance up the
river.
Dewey's capture is well remembered
by j. j. Mcdaniel, a cotton merchant
now living at Mineola, Tex. Mr.. Nc
Daniel, who then was a mere lad in
his teens, was serving in the confed-
crate army as a member of company f,
First Alabama artillery, which was
ranged along the west river bank. He
enjoys the distinction of having been
one of the guard which covered Lieut..
Dewey and a small handful of sailors
less than a dozen-who fell into the
hands of the enemy that dark night in
March 36 years ago.
Admiral Farragut had given the or
der to the fleet to pass Port Hudson for
the double purpose of stopping commu-
nication between Red river and the reb-
els on the eastern banks of the Missis-
sippi, and to communicate with the
union feet and army above. Admiral
The Republican., 1899-10-12
SCHULzE MONUMENT.

ton. There are now 1922 cooperative
associations in existence, of which 10,-
$50 are loan associations. Only a por-
tion of them adhere strictly to Schulze's
principle of self-help, but all are mod
eled more or less closely after those
which he organized personally. In re-
cent years the number of agricultural
loan associations has increased much
more rapidly than any other type. Some
of these enjoy state support. There are
also associations for the purchase of
foodstuffs for the working classes, for
the purchase of raw materials and inn
plements of industry for artisans, for
building associations and cooperative
manufacturing and distributing asso-
Citations.
When Schulze's monument was I'M
yelled at Berlin recently the press of
every shade of opinion, from reaction
ist to socialist, laudcd him as Il social
benefactor. Some of the liberal papers
complained because the government
had refused to permit the monument
to be placed in any of the prominent
public squares.
1t is located in little triangle formed
by the intersection of three narrow
streets in the workingmen's quarter,
and Schulze's friends say that is where
he would have preferred it if his mod
esty had allowed him to think of a mon
ument being erected to him at all.
Schulze's father was plain work.
ingman. He himself enjoyed only a
limited education, and neversprospered
personally, but the ideas of self-help
and cooperation which he naturalizGd
in Germany have been one of the foun-
tains of the wealth of the united Ger
man people
The Republican., 1899-10-12

Washington, and they will doubtless ON
their return home carry back many a
scalp dangling in their belts.
Five of them are married, one of them
to Capt. Whiting, formerly of the Mon
adnock.
They are the daughters of an i'm
mensely wealthy Chinese sugar planter
of Hawaii and his Portuguese wife, and
they have been surrounded with all the
refnements that wealth could give, aud
are fully competent to hold their own
in the social life of our capital.
Seven years ago All Fong disappeared
with his son, leaving the bulk of his
wealth to his family, and has never been
heard of since. 1t is strongly suspected
that he returned to China to rejoin a
previous Mrs. All Fong, but, however
that may be, it does not affect the
charming personality of his daughters
nor the dot of $15O,0O0 which each of
them receives upon marriage.
The Republican., 1899-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The stairway leading to the tower
of the Philadelphia city hall contains
59S steps, and is said to be the tallest
continuous stairway in the world.
An enterprising young man with
big trunk stopped at Chicago hotel.
When he left the discovery was made
that he had removed the carpet from
his room and carried it away.
\ south side church in Chicago has
a sleeps on which arc lights are placed.
The lamps are 225 feet above the level
of the street and, as it might be imag-
ined, produce an excellent effect and
serve to effectually advertise the
church.
In some places trolley companies are
cultivating strips of lawn between the
tracks, producing a most pleasant ef-
feet. The Electrical Review remarks
that grass in the streets is now a sign
of progress rather than of retrogres-
sion.
There are 1880 central station plants
for generating electricity in the United
States. These plants are owned by
companies having a combined capital
stock of $279, $40, and employing
1,159,7SS horse power in engines OF
water wheels.
Fires on autocars are said to be be-
coming numerous in France with the
increase of automobiles. Many of these
fires are due to ineXperience, as, for in
stance, in a recent case, where the at
tendant foolishly tried to fill the reser-
voir with petroleum without eXtin-
gushing the burners.
To North Carolina must be awarded
the honor of being first to act as col
ony on the idea for independence. On
April -, 1776, its provincial congress
instructed its delegates in the general
congress at Philadelphia ''To concur
with the delegates of the other colonies
in declaring independency, and form
ing foreign alliances" This movement
was led by Cornelius Harnet, who was
called the Samuel Adams" Of North
Carolina.
The invention of spectacles is often,
but erroneously, ascribed to Roger Ba-
con, who died in 1925. Further research
has shown that in 1915 Savino Degli Ar
matt, a Florentine, first worked glass
into the form of a lens. To him, there
fore, may be accorded the honor of be-
ing the inventor of spectacles. He died
at Florence in 1917, and was buried in
the church of Santa Maria Maggiore,
where his stone bears an inscription,
which may be thus translated: Here
lies Savino Degli Armati of Florence,
inventor of spectacles. May God for
give his sins"
The Republican., 1899-10-12


when he wasn't worth one darned cent;
no, sir, not one. Came over here poorer
nor any church mouse you could find in
a deserted meetin' house - and there
he is
Don't take his own liquor, / take it
them" said the other.
The driver looked at him squarely, as
if he had never thought of the thing
well, no, / s'pose he doesn't" he said.
Come in and take glass. Wake the
youngster up; he shall have some, too.
The boy was reused with difficulty, and
made to understand that he was to go
in and get something.
Yes" he muttered; so hungry! so
hungry" but they did not hear him.
Presently they stood by the bar.
Suddenly he looked up, trembling all
over.
Mister, is this bar?" he asked.
'Nes, my boy" said the keeper.
''Then there's curse upon it, and
won't stay here" cried the child with
vehemence. "Who brought me in here?
My father died of the delirium tremens
last week, and it killed my mother, and
she made me promise when she was "a
dying"-here the boy began to sob
that I'd never touch drop of liquor
in my life, for it killed all our family,
and won't, so God help mel"
What are you talking about?" cried
the barkeeper, with scowl on his low
forehead, and an oath on his coarse
lips.
'Im talking about what killed all OF
our family" cried the boy, with another
sob-"RUM."
The three men were silent-one from
anger, one from shame, and one from
thinking sorrowfully that this demon
had also killed all his family.
'Who are you, boy, and who was your
father?" asked the shabby gentleman.
I'm Abel Stone, and my father was
Abel Stone, and my mother was Rachel
Stone; and I'm most starved, but |
wouldn't stop to eat here, ! wouldn't"
said the boy with another burst of in
6ignation.
Come here, Abel, said the first speak
er; Il am your uncle, and your poor
mother was my only sister. And so
rum killed her, did it?"
"Yes, sir, it did" sobbed the boy;
father was bad to her. but she always
said it was the drink"
"Yes, accursed drink" muttered the
man.
Abel was treated to a good supper
but not in the hotel; and his uncle took
him home, vowing that from the mo-
ment the boy entered his house, rum
should go educational Advocate.
1t is as disreputable to get drunk in
a high-toned mulct saloon as it is in o
back alley booze joint.-Iewa Common.
wealth.
The Republican., 1899-10-12

Tobacco is the most sensitive thing in
the world. You can spoil the best cigar,
pipe or cigarette that ever was made by
lighting it over a smoky lamp or gas jet.
The finest tobacco that ever grew
doesn't taste good after you have been
eating onions. Again, you should rinse
your mouth out after cigar, pipe or
cigarette before lighting another. IL
you do you will find that every smoke
has the soft fragrance of the early
morning cigar, instead of the hot stale
ness of the last pipe.
The Republican., 1899-10-12
LIVED FOR THE PEOPLE.
Monument to SchulZe-Delitzsch, the
German Henry George, I'm
veiIed at Berlin.

Franz Hermann Schulze, of the vii
lage of Delitzsch, commonly known as
Schulze-Delitzsch was the father of the
cooperative movement in Germany.
During his lifetime he was harassed by
the government, which could not for
get his share in the revolutionary dis
turbances of 1S4S, and ridiculed and
abused by the social democrats. He
has been dead 16 years. The move
ment he inaugurated so years ago flour
ished, in spite of ridicule and opposi-
The Republican., 1899-10-12

"Well, asked the young man, doesn't
the bicycle make you feel younger, as l
said it would?"
"Mebbe it does when | am riding"
the elderly gentleman admitted, but
if it happens | have to walk any little
distance, it now seems twice as far as it
did before | learned to ride" - In
dianapolis journal.
The Republican., 1899-10-12
THE All FONG GIRLS.
Beautiful Bellies of Honolulu Now on
Their Way to Visit New York
and Washington.

The ARABIAN Nights" holds no tales
more dazzling than those told of the 13
beautiful All Fong girls and their
oriental home in Honolulu. The an
nouncement of their proposed visit to
this country has made an immense stir
in the social circles of New York and
The Republican., 1899-10-12
Food for the Mind Also.

Page Boy want two pounds of pork
sausages, and cook says will you be so
kind as to wrap them up in newspaper
containing a good love story ?-Tit-Bits
The Republican., 1899-10-12
Most Costly Dinner Service.

The queen has, at Windsor castle, the
most costly dinner service in the world.
1t is of solid gold and is valued at 6 soo,.
600.
The Republican., 1899-10-12

when he wasn't worth one darned cent;
no, sir, not one. Came over here poorer
nor any church mouse you could find in
a deserted meetin' house - and there
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
To Meet April 2Ist.

The legislative committee which
will locate the new insane asylum held
a meeting at Topeka Tuesday morn
ing and decided to meet 10 Topeka
April q. The committee will effect
permanent organization at that time
and then make u tour Of the towns
which want the asylum.
The $4,000 appropriation in the mis-
cellaDe0us bill for the per diem and
~lileage Of the committee was cut to
81, 800 by the conference committee,
and this amount is all that will be
available, As there are nine men,
berS of the committee it is prOba BILE
that all the proposed locations will
not be visited unless some of the towns
put up the expenses of the trip.
The committee has effected tem-
pOrary organization by electlng Sena.
tor Fulton temporary chairman and
Senator Anderson temporary secre-
tarV,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
The High School laboratory.

The chemical laboratory of the
County High school is almost com
plete. The apparatus arrived Tues
day. Each student has a complete
line Of Reagents and his own appar-
atus. This enables him to do individ.
ual work. The work done consists
mainly of inorganic chemistry and
Quantitative analysis.
Instead Of regulation laboratory
desks, tables were placed in Prof
Creighton's class room, and each
student has his own division. The
building is not supplied with gas, and
alcohol lamps have been substituted
for heating purposes. Two Of the
students purchased gasoline yapOr
lamp which answers the purpose of a
Bunsen burner.
The students have been working at
a great disadvantage curing the past
four weeks, on account of the lack of
fixtures. The laboratory period is
from 3 to 4 O'Clock each afternoon.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
Runaway Accident.

Mrs. Jonathan Macy and daugh.
ter Of Rome, were thrown from a
buggy at the crossing west OF the
VOICE Office, Thursday morning and
narrowly escaped serious injury. They
were driving horse and buggy west
On Harvey avenue. The horse became
frightened at the barking OF some
dogs and ran away, making sharp
turn at the corner Of Jefferson avenue.
The horse stripped himself Of the
harness and continued the flight.
The buggy with its occupants and
co ltents was overturned. Mrs. Macy,
who is a large woman, was thrown
upon her face and her nose was badly
bruised. 1t bled profuselY. She was
otherwise bruised, but not seriously
The daughter, who is Is or l6 years of
age, was not hurt. Mrs. Macy was
taken into Miss Mary Anderson's
home and physician dressed her in
juries. The buggy was badly demOl-
ished, but they were able to get home
with it.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
A Heartless Deed.
NUMBER 10.

Missouri City, No., March Early
this morning a mob OF about sixty
men, all masked, rode into Missouri
City and went to the jail, battered
down the jail door and seized Odil
Summers, alias "Reuben Blue" who
Was locked up on a charge Of vagrancy.
They took him to the public school
grounds, stripped him and tied him
to tree and lashed him forty times
with a twisted grass rope. He was
then released and warned to leave
Clay county and never return.
After Summers had been disposed
OF the mob went to the home OF Perry
Chaney, a respectable teamster, and
secured his nephew, Jim Jackson.
The mob then went successively to
the homes OF Jesse Yates, Jr., Joe
Ashbury, Dennis Stevens and Ben
Monkers, taking each OF them as they
went. The i've prisoners were taken
toa stone quarry, stripped. whipped
and admonished 10 leave Clay county.
Ashbury sold his property today and
will start tomorrow for Denver.
The victims declare that they do
not know why they were punished,
but the trouble is believed TO be the
outcome OF recent robberies of chicken
houses and pig yards, the farmers Of
this vicinity complaining bitterly of
such depredatiOns.
Perry Chaney's daughter, who was
low with consumption, died today as
a result Of the outrage. When her
fathers house was attacked she went
out and pleaded with the mob to spare
her cousin, young Jackson. The ex-
element and exposure resulted In
death. Odll Summers is in a precar-
ious condition.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
Ready and DeYoe Resign

Councilmen W. NJ. Ready of the
Fourth ward, and E. r. DeYOe Of the
Second ward, resigned Monday night.
Their designations we're accepted.
Mr.. Ready resigned as result of a
law passed by the present legislature
making it Illegal for city officer tC
appear as counsel in any suit in which
the city he serves is defendant. The
law is known as the Waggeuer law.
Its passage was secured by Bale Wag'
geuer of AtchisOn, to deprive his per.
sonal enemy, VI. F. Guthrie, OF seat
in the Atchiso1 city council. Guthrie
is attorney for the bridge company al
Atchison. The law affects all Kansas
municipalities alike. Mr. Ready de,
cided that he would rather resign bis
seat in the council than give up any
possible practice of prosecuting dam
AGE suits against the city growing Out
af defective sidewalks.
Mr.. DeYoe intends to move out Of
the Second ward in May, when his
seat nou.d become vacant. He aecid'
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
School Board Meeting.

The board of education met Monday
night aud besides allowing six or
seven bills, considered thegrievances
OF parents Of several Of the SA pupils
who failed to pass in the recent
examination. Prof. Bear explained
the matter and majority of the
members expressed themselves as
satisfied with the explanation.
Miss Lena Pifer, a student Of the
County High school, complained to
the board that Superintendent Bear
I'd refused to give her a duplicate
ggrade card for the one which she had
lost. The professor explained that
the grade book was at the disposal of
the High school faculty for them to
copy and that he had refused to make
out duplicate cards because it inter
fered with his work at class hours.
The board took no action 10 the
matter.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10

services. When the amended bill
came up for passage with the other
bills, Mr.. Pitts explained his vote
against the appropriation ordinance
because Of the presence Of the special
attorneys bill, and this explanation
was recorded by the city clerk.
Ready's cement sidewalk ordinance
was passed with only one dissenting
vote. 1t went through with whoOp,
aud will become a law as soon as it
receives Mayor Browns signature and
is published in the JOURNAL. 1t
provides for either brick or cement
walks. On Washington avenue be
tween the Davis house and the wig.
wan, the walks are to be fourteen
feet wide;-on Washington avenue
between the wigwam and Eleventh
street, the walks are TO be six feet
wide; on Washington avenue between
the Santa Fe tracks and the Davis
house, six feet wide. Ga Harvey av-
enue, between G street and Jefferson
avenue, fourteen feet wide; on Har-
yey between Jefferson and the Rock
Island tracks, six feet wide. On
Lincoln avenue between c street and
Jefferson avenue, ten feet wide. All
Others four feet wide. Sidewalks may
be built of wood, cinders or other
material on streets seldom travelled
where petition signed by ten prop.
erty owners living in the vicinity is
presented to the council and receives
six votes therein. Those voting fer
the ordinance were: Ready, Lichten-
berger, Pember. French, Luening,
Dean, Smith and DeYOe. Pitts was
the only councilman voting against it,
Councilman Dran presented plans
for city building which is proposed
TO be built on the city's lots on North
Washington avenue. The cost OF the
first story. including tue second story
! joists, is estimated at s2,364. The
cost Of the second story is estimated
at s3,22S. The total cost Of the two
story structure is estimated at S., ,592.
The Masonic lodge is considering the
adyisability Of building the second
story if suitable arrangements can be
made with the city. In the event
the second story is built, the K. Of p.
lodge prop ,ses TO top the building of
with third story. A committee
from the K. Of P. lodge, Emil Roser,
Emmett Winner, Green Dowis and
Harry Claytor. was present Last night
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
Marriage Licenses,

Charlie Cox took up subscription
On the streets Wednesday afternoon
aud secured slO.5O with which to REIN.
burse Mrs. Miller, poor woman liv-
ing on the west side who nursed Miss
Bertha Stands, servant girl who was
in the employ OF John Saylor, through
a spell Of sickness and pneumonia.
Miss Stands had 90 place TO go when
she was taken sick with measles, and
Mrs. Miller took her 10 aud cared for
her like mother. The measles
developed into pneumonia, and
through good medical attention and
careful nursing she is on the road to
recovery. DIR. Emerson waited oD her.
Money given for such purposes is
charity well placed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
Real Estate News.

ID. Chandler, as trustee, has bought
1f Frank Hagerman of Kansas City,
Mo-, 320 acres Of land in Creek town.
ship, tile consideration being 49,
S. II. Conway Of Davis county, Ken.
lucky, has bought lots % and "a,
Cheyenne street, Caldwell, of Sllas B.
Bswers, for sl75.
Mary A Van Raspach has purchased
OF W. t. Dean Of Montgomery county,
Kansas, lots II and IS, block Is, Con-
way Springs, for $50
Luella F. Stewart has secured a
qnilclaim deed frum Thos. George Of
Kansas City, Mo, to lot 4 and 40acres
OF land In Downs township; also lots
aud and 50 acres Of land in Cald-
well township. She has sold the
above land and a tract of land in
Falls township to H. B. Williams.
Robert McKibten has quitclaimed
to Mary b. McCammon for s25, lot 32
in block 80, Conway Springs.
The Milford Savings bank has quit
Gained TO Mary Myers At acres Of land
in Wellington township.
Lola c. Splitter has secured sher.
ifs deed to tract of land in yelling.
ton township fof 81, 800.
Mary W. Holmes has bought of NJ.
V. b. Holmes lots 8 and ia block 4,
Myers addition to Wellington, for $50.
c. II. Tipler has bought Of F. Daley
lot /, block 9, First addition 70 Ccuda
Springs. for 500
ThOs. ]. Jordan Of Caleasean coun
ty. Louisiana, has QuitcIaimed TO Jas.
L. Manela l6O acres of land 10 Morris
township VergIl Megil OF Montgom-
cry county, Kansas. has made a quit
claim deed TO Manela for the same
land.
Sol Tuttle has Quitclaimed to Eli
Ames small tract OF land adjoining
and in Central Park addition to Cald-
well, for $3.50.
Chas. f. Childs has purchased of
Daisy Hayden Of Butler county, Kan-
sas, lots l, 8, s and I, book III, New
Caldwell, for $3.50.
The No.,doock earlnoa h.nl n ..
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
WELLINGTON KANSAS FRIDAY MARCH TO- s9q-sECoND SECTION

ed to resign that night in order that
his successor might be elected at the
April election.
These designations place the num-
Der of councilmen to be elected next
month at eight. Should Will Lich-
tenberger accept a nomination for
mayor, he must Of necessity resign
his seat in the council, and nine men,
bers must be elected. Lichtenberger
aud French are the only members of
the present council who will hold
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-10
Forth r street IN Iillio n For.,,,

Forth B street to Lille NJ. FORSYTH,
for $3.50.
Mary A. Clark has bought several
lots on Market street, Caldwell, of
jennie f. Clark for $500.
Chls. L. Hall has bought OF E. G.
BOzman lots 10 and 20, block s, Ar.
gonia, for s2l0.
Mary A. Mitchell has secured a tax
deed to lots 10 to IS, inclusive, all 10
block 6, FIRST addition to Geuda
Springs.
Ii. E. BurfOrd has bought 100 acres
OF land 10 Eden township Of the North
America Trust Co. for $1,000.