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The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08

The Philippines attacked the Amer
leans and thousands of the former were
slain, with small loss to our troops.
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ANNOUNCEMENT


We are authorized to announce JOHN B.
CHENAULT, of Madison county, q candidate
for the Office Of State Auditor, subject to the
action Of the Democratic State Convention
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08

FROM far off Nashau, New Hamp-
shire, comes the Weekly Telegraph
with column article from the pen Of
Mrs. James Bennett, of this city, who
has presented a memorial to Congress
on the subject Of Woman Suffrage. On
another page of the Telegraph, as if to
emphasize the growth and intensity Of
the feeling for suffrage for women, is a
special from indianapolis telling of
$1,000 petitioners in Indiana asking the
Legislature to grant equal suffrage in
that State. In twenty-five years the
State that does not give the ballot to
women will be an exception to the rule.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08

THANKS to the Owenton Herald for
kindly comment on CLIMAx.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08

THE peace treaty was ratified in the
Senate on Tuesday
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-08
C.F.BroWeT&Co.,
LEXINGTON, KY.
Watch x
That Lady

Who goes shopping for
real values. She discrimi-
mates land that's half the
battle in BUYING between
the cheap, shoddy stuff at
so-called Glow prices" and
the well-made, nicely fin
ished article offered at q
fair price. Yes! And her
home shows the result OF
thisdiscrimination. Shod
dy material show quickly
in Carpets.
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HIs soN AZ sANrIAao.

Capt. Wygant's eldest son. Henry
Wygant. participated in the battle Of
Santiago as an enlisted man in the
Third infantry. and he receiveg his
commission as d Second Lieutepa ant in
the same regiment, while in the
trenches, after the battle and before the
fall OF the city.
Another son OF Capt. Wygant. BEN
yoari. is naval cadet and participated
in the blockade Of Havana.
1t. Harry Wygant sailed with the
Sd Regulars for Manila last Friday.
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Concessions In. Cuba.

Under what is known as the Fora.
.ker resolution, adopted as an amend
tment to the army, appropriation billg
the government can grant no conces-
sfons in Cuba for railroad 'tohstfuctioin'
Or other public 'improvements..Y 1T is
said that this is proving a great
drawback to the restoration of the is
land and it is probable that a strong
pressure Will he brought to bear upon
the next congress for the repealIo of the
laW.-Omaha Bee. Cha RI cd
81. Many people have thought that it
was full time that our army was with
drawn and the Cubans allowed that
freedom guaranteed to them by$an act
;ofSthe American congress, but that viii
never be done until the Foraker
resolution Shall be repealed, so that
American Spectators may be allowed
to steal all, the valuable franchises in
the island. 1The above chipping is a
formal notice to the Cubans that their,
independents will be recognized
SO long, as there is anything leftnin the
island that it will pay to steal. The,
people Of the unhappy island will
never be fit for self7goYernment until
foreign spectators own all their rail-
roads, telegraphs, street railways.
water, gas'and SOIL Thenlthey3will be
as good as patient, and as intelligent
as we are, and will be fit for anhexa-
ltion instead of indepen dence. let the
good work go on. ~. I'm ....n
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The Fighting Ostrich.

In an instructive work on 4'The o..
trich,"' Mr.. s. G.. c.. Schriener writes
about the great kicking power Of the
bird. The kick is forward, with al
downward tendency, he says, and the
long nail with which the larger. toe Is
armed often cuts and tears severely.
The force OF the, kick tisi great,. q man
goes down before At like "a nilepin. I'll
have seem two cocksf charge ut each
other, the larger of the two. at the
first kick being hupled several yards
on the broad of his back while the
kicker recoiled into aJsitting posture;i
and I owned a cock which kicked al
hole through q sheet of corrugated
iron, behind which man had taken
refuge, The birds can kick as high a
a, mans face. l have, on horseback.
had a hole kicked through my riding
breechasI above theIkneeI and have
known a boy to be kicked out Of the
saddle Deaths from ostrich Kicks are
by 3 no. means unknown. a., really
vicious cock seems to fear nothing. un-
less It be a dog that will attack him..
A most striking instance of the o.
trich's fearlessnless was told me by a
railway guard. 1.-The, freight train he
was in charge Of was one day rattliness
at full speed down steep grade. A
vicious ostrich cock saw AZ coming.
and at once got on to the line between
the RAILS and advanced fearlessly to
fight the monster A. the, sc~reechlng
engine approached he rushed at 1t from
straight I'm front; kissing angrily, and
licked! H s5 was oeut tto ' PIECES Pieces; the next
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True Al Gospel.

"a r
7 Government legal tender money has
always been the champion Of liberty;
and the friend of the people. In EVERY
important war for freedom it has;
played an important part on the side,
of the oppressed. We need this friend,
of liberty" in peace as we'll as id war;
Therefore we oppose and condemn the
efforts that are p~ersistently being made
by the banking and capitalistic inter.
ests Cor classes) to, retire our beloved.
greenbacks.f Further, we demand that
all money shall be issued directly by
the government, and that every dollar,
SO issued shall be, before, the law, equal.
to any other dollar authorized by the
United States government. af1i.
We favor and strongly urge the es-
adjustment Of postal savings banks,
so successful in other progressive oon9-
tries. The rich use United States bonds
as "a safe and profitable investment for
their surplus capital. The, masses Of,
the people desire, and deserve to have
postal savings banks, 'for'the CONVEX!
Tent and safe keeping Of The savinss Of.
the poor,NDr.' Taylor 't 80 t'"i 4
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Lincoln and Mckinley.

There can't be very much to do in
the presidents office. If there is hei
does not do it. The position seems to
be a soft job with-little-t do and much
to get. Mckinley spends a great deal
of his time in pleasure excursions. In
the winter he went to Georgia and to
Jekyl island, the heaven Of the million
aires; in the spring he spent some time
an Virginia, at the springs, resting and
taking treatment for the tobacco habit.
In the early summer he went TO New
England to make a few speeches and
pull the tail Of the American eagle to
make him scream. He spends the
month of August On Lake Champlain
where he went on a special train ac-
companied by a large retinue of at
taches and servants. In autumn he
will be in Nebraska trying to make
peace with a lot of volunteers whom he.
shamefully neglected in the field. He
will keep up this eternal swing around
the circle until March 4th, 1901, at:
which time he will take a vacation 'tht
Will last for. all eternity. . Here is Il
contrast to the official life of Mckin-'
ley, Abraham Lincoln found some
work ttd! DIP in the presidents Office and
he 2tayed there diligently employed for,
over four years. He made some basi-
ness, but no pleasure excursions. He
went to the soldiers home occasionally.
He visited the sick and wounded SOL
dlers in the hospitals. He went into
the enemy's country once to treat with
the rebels. Mckinley hasn't bee n in
the 5enemy's country Lincoln went to
Richmond after the capture, but lhe
didn't visit pleasant springs and breezy
lakes. He didn't go to sunny southland
IN winter or to cool northern lakes and
groves inSJsumn1ers He didn't5go on
on political missions or travel 4 thod-'
sand1milesS TO tell the soldiers that he.
loved them, They knew that without
telling. With Lincoln the presidency:
was q tragedy while with Mckinley it
is a picnic. Yes, there is a great con-
trast between the first republican pres
ident there e was, and the last one
there will ever be- a,iI un..t III II.
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Paradss His own Inramy.I

Speaking Of the campaign Of 1899,
Senator, Hanna said: Lgr nd.
! ~ MAIDEN headquarters at Chicago
and there watched every move made
by our opponents just as I'VE would
watch a game Of chess We carried tho
fight into, every state and kept our OPP
ponents busy at their homes, So that
they could, not come outside and fight
U.S. OF course, we spent a large amount
iof money. We had to-. When the cam
paign first opened IVES had no speakers
who could discuss the tissue without
being confronted with what they had
said previously id discussing, the cur
rency question, You See, we had to
swing around, for when Major MdKip-
ley astnominated it was thought that
Whitney and his friends would beat
the free silver men.in the demeeratie
convention and make the fight oh the
tariff" ID" a. '''i u" 10 hitiiE ljIt
IN the above statement the prince Of
political scoundrels parades. his own
infamy. He fully conffesses that a II the
charges were true that wereu made
against him. But even his black IT ecord
shines like a star when compared with
that ofrthose: speakers Gwho not
discuss the issue without being CON
fronted with what they had said pre-
viously in discussing the currency
question" " N"'"t
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Establish Il. oxn.1nsanx


Z The silence which the fusion press
OF the state maintains regarding the
senate Investigating committee is op-
pressive.' Can it be the editors have
been dropped a hint that the less said
about the disclosures the better?-
Omaha Bee. 80 y o3I!I
The fusion press Of the state de-
spises that so-ca1led committee SO
much thatitrefuses to waste any SD space
in commenting on Its ridiculous per
formandes-- Asmelling committee, that
gives tlesaminority no representation,
smells much worse than does, any
that it is expected to investigate. Very
sslittles attention will be paid by honor
able men to anything said or done BY
q COMMITTEES thatswould accept such a
disgraceful position. No gentleman
would ssFye on 2 partisan committee
SC. constituted; no witness will APP
pear before 1t except he comes with
vi spartisau p9nrpose ana with perjury
on his lips. The committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose Of blackening
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sional nomination in the Sixth district
fwesfenjoying ia good ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ssional nomination in the Sixth district
Nesten5oying Ia good growths-omahai
Bee. =
The above article is characteristic
of modern. republicanism. The editor
of the ReeYeannot understand how
public duty can rise above PERSONAL
interest or how any man can abandon
his own can vass for Office IN order to-
serve his country. General Barry does
not go to San Francisco on a political
mission. He goes as a representative
OF the state to officially attend to the
reception and discharge of one of the
most gallant regiments that ever bore
the American flag to ia glorious vic
tory. 1t is his duty to be there in
stead of grabbing for delegates in the
Sixth congressional district. We do
not know who is ito he Congressman
Greene's successor, nor do We care,
SO that he is a good man. 1t is none
of our funeral, but if Patrick Barry
is a candidate he will not lose votes
because he is attending to the wants of
u brave citizen 'soldiery. Why
dldlnt you say something about Cow.
ernor Poynter who is also going to.
meet the returning heroes? You and
your kind have for months tried to
.blacken his reputation with the Ne
braska soldiers, because he would not
sign his name to a base lie passed by
a Republican Legislature .r He does not
indorse lying resolutions, but when he
thinks he cam helpgthes soldiers of Me-
,braska lie hastehsS tp aheir ttreliet and
he takes Nth him a thousand dollars
of the peoples money and will spend
it for-their benefit. Governor Poynter
and General Barry will meet u re7.
turning soldiers Iat the Gplden, Gate
and will give them a warm and COR
dial welcome home. In the meantime
the political canvass will have to wait
until all calls Of patriotism are at
tended ito,-7Nonepntoymist. Nm, 'I'
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Hanna, Depew and other good friends
of the peoples party are afraid We will,
have to; go before the country without
an issue. They have forgotten ,tbat:sill
yer has not been restored that the
tariff needs revision, that 1.-THE people
are tired Of licking revenue stamps,
that the constitution of the United
States does not allow the president to-
declare. war, nor does it provide for the,
subjugation Of colonies, that some peo-
pie still believe in the Declaration OF
Independence, that the trusts must be
destroyed that men are gilmore value
than dollars, that we must have 3 grad.
uated income and property tax and
that W" must have direct legislation,
SO that we can. be sure Of these great
reforms Don't shed any tears for,ps.
gentlemen, we, are Just reXeling in good
healthy issues; .they4are as plenty as
water melons in August or republican
promises before election. aGHlE .,,t
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tn. Advantage Of On. Eye.

During the late sppainish-Xmerican
war a~icertain old colonel who had lost
an eye, at the battle Of Gettysburg was
very indignant because he wa put
aside az physically ~incapacitated when
he applied for admission to one Of the
New York volunteer regiments. Filled
with wrath and, chagrip,, the colonel
journeyed to Washington, bent on hav-
ingia personal interview with the pres
,identa He succeeded in gaining an au-
dience, and the president, after listen
ing t. his plea, said kindly: eBut. my
good Colonel y, you have only one
eye!" Just so, sir" was the prompt
'retoinder, 4"but can'tyyoa see the great
advantage of my, having only one eye?
When | aim my gun / shan't have to
Close the other!"2 He Fought at San.
,tiago.s ~ i4t,ti, ,f..-g !
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the r%eputatlon of men hi,

the reputation of innocent men but
the purpose of its appointment will
fail and its eowardly action will only
establish its own infamy. That COM
mittee is a fraud; it is unparliamen-
tary and has no standing among the
people, There is no appropriation by
the state for its maintenance ana it
Willibe supported by voluntary contri-
buttons from corrupt men and rascally
corporations. If it ever makes any
report-which is dcubtful-that report
will be rejected with scorn and con-
tempt by the legislature, which next
time will be elected by. tho people
instead of the politicians 1.-THE Pop
ulist editors have received no hint
in reference to this matter. Except
that which comes from their own
personal integrity and itgood horse
sense.-Non-Gonformist. {
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THEsaODDbCORNER
QUEER AND CURIOUS, THINGS
" "" IT,
6s ff6w AND EVENTS.
m That Climb-Prehistoric Man
) 0+Flies Stopped the Train "A School
for Monkeys ~ Story OF the Fighting
Ostrich. ' 80
IriWhen; I am Dead.

Ei.t NHfiSHeh AIN dead. 81
1 do not want a gaping crowd
10 come with Lamentations loud.
When life has fled;
Nor Iwnuld, ! have. my words or ways
Rehearsed. perhaps. mid tardy praise, ,,
IL 1ttGl1fWhen Lam. dead, ,'5-.",g
I do MT want strange. curious eyes
To scan my face when sim It lies
III OatE In silence dread; Y.if..
Nor do I want them if they would,
To- tell my dqeds were Ill or good,
When I am dead. q.
/ / only only h Want ,,hh, III, avepFyy few" sas vr
Who stood through good and evil, too,
True friendships test; '"l|
Just they whp sought 70, find the good.
a.aqa ForgiYe the rest. odd, "
.5ghheXX, Nh99, WIZ s S}gatl heart,
nat Keeping ap SI9 , tsS ss SsS t n signs
i'H fHSSS44Fy Xan SH t3d9 {he ga Hllffe. dies
fdlhh,ve them eotde, the friendly few"
drop, perhaps, a tear or two, .
d"A''" BY kindh1ssfled;i "9% 10
N6f ID Twahts ihdctiJ sung or said, -
When ! am. dead.
-yJIIitiGituGBtl 1-tiiU
To have them. each come in alone. t"a
And cdlp me, an the Old sweet itone,
Would suit me best;
And HefiJ WitkoutiA sobtor3moanIn as
Go softly out and leave alone
n3fn" 1Theadeadi tblrests GuOST3qir7 l
Just as,l'ke lived almqsty ;unknown, '4i'
A life unmarked, obscure n lone, f.,
aIoiaI Saelst me dtesylis sl{s OF re,
Just one who lived, and loved. and died
A.moundiof earth anh nRulEht1beslde, *'
There let me lie. ne
IN uU!UQtl0i obi Lay;jju SELECTED.
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p!il ~ hnL niI! III
No Time for EHRaIon.

1t is stated that the republicans OF
the United States senate committee on
the currency cannot, agree upon the
proposition that congress shall make
a formal declaration of the gold stand
ardy 1t Isl Understood that a majority
of them are in favor of such a declara-
ton, but one or two dissent. There is,
therefore, reason to ,apprehend that In
respect to this very important matter
there will be division. among u reppurlbe-
licans in congress which may result in
no acton, beingshad, This would be
distinctly Sdishppofnatlngst 10 the sound
money sentiment of the country sane
we think would prove embarrassingoto
the republican party, since lit would
be used by the opponents of the gold
standard as evidence that. thesparty Is
not honestly and sincerelg in favor OF
that standard.-Omaha Bee. n1If.
II your party is honestly and sin
cerely in favor Of the gold standard"
why did it lie5to the people 50. shame
fully at st. Louts? EYoir party has
never yet declared IN favor Of that
standard. On the contrary you asked
the nations Of the world to help you
let go of as much of that standard as
you already had. If you are honestly
IN favor OF me single standard you
obtained a million votes in 1896 under
false %pretenses. YOU elected your pres
ident by promising the people bimuetal-
ism. No national convention has ever
withdrawn that sacred declaration.
Inc great party his as much
pledged ITO bimetalism as Bsany Of the
other parties. the only difference being
that you Will take it when England
gives Permission, while we propose to,
have it without the aid or consent OF
any other nation on. earth.
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IE)H 81 ION IIIW JfiIH ~
Flies RfOnned the Trotn

Flies Stopped the Train. -"
''W While Sitting around the fire in the
construction a9am1p at a. western rail-
road n evening we heard an intelli-
gent ahd e~onsErvativa' railroad oficial
make ,4he sstahfamfeRpt that in his rail,
road experience he had met with two
'scenas' Wick c6dld. never occur again.
a train stopped BY 4 al'i herd 81 bdraloes,
and'ihe. hadj isesni al, train stalled Iby
grasshoppers: He, Of, course, proceeded
to rreiateg il ddeepaifl the circumstances Of
these unusual occurrences, so that, the
assertions made were received without
'ddestioH. 'As|tb the bdffalo part Of the
ssbry his, statement tisf, evidently indis.
putable, but In the evolution OF things
the grasshopbers may come again.
=. This narration ~ called, to- mind atlthis
time by an occurrence Of similar char,
facteto oa"thelq@high Valley road in.
May, When acheavily loaded, freight
train on the Lehigh Valley road was
stalled near Hornets Ferry, Pa; by
a2fishEsd Spoa 1SI the ra Gtss T Hs'e e4uss {
insects 1ubritatedi the railR very fire.,
quently, and after the sand on the en-
CINE gave out the train came to- a
standstino After studying the ,situa-
ton, a little the trainmen swept the
rails for" distance; and finally tied
brush talthei Eowfatqher, in position to
clear the rails, when traffic was again
*resunded. ThetJtreseneen Of these In.
3ssectsn in SUCH unusual numbers is ac-
counted for by local authorities in this
way" The shad, flyiis found principally
along streams Of water, and in this
part Of Pennsylvania Is used for: bass
fbait' The Lehigh Valley tracks at the
point, named run near by the susoue-
'hanha river and, tie weather being a
little cold at that time when the sun
came up the rails were considerably
WARMER than the ground immediately
along the river The warmer climate
in the vicinity Of the track attracted
Elthe ishad flies. which alighted on the
rails in swarms, completely covering
them. Although the facts necessarily
sound G%sornewhat itfshy,'n they were,
nevertheless. .substaptiated to us BY re-
liable parties. 1,]t's ~ ~
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A School for Mnnkexsa

During these hot Julx- days--whenl
the orsan-grinder tales his vacation;
and languidlv Sins ch;anta r Mu,herrv
street ba hands h;s mhnIay 10 rtne.
to Signori Hardunni;s schooi =, Actine,
and Dramatic Demeanor IN Fourth
street. The Ingenious 2instructcr has,
Observation-Disclosures be acallad - q
his bros pesccttuslla' MONKEY school at
which tie 8 ppupils, Ha,rr Are hhHt othrn,gh :.
complete course ~ ihstff1ction. The
professsstor! shows Htihnem, 'iRRo Row nj dance
and how to '1 wyheedIe7 ippennnles from ihel
pockets Of the in,u,Ibiliic Vim ne,sarteant
gestures III a. tthoIrrd1 ,,nInnI ,;sah +sIehI 49,
nloyed a. = school ~ aa,hs ~ nan
and It was was there that ~ cSonce,ved thsi
idaua. Of 81 \ r., &c, Co. s,nrion,
"Thhee, art 81 acting q %, ,iIeIv ,m,totivs ),
he saws avs ."and = monIevy Il m,,cn mora
Il 4 than I. ! !. lh.dn.
A monkey 4 z hhorrT % mmIuic nh,
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Rat.d

d A, very extraordinary occurrence hap-
pened the other day In Brussels. A
mildwoman. with herr cart d by
two dogs. was passing through q street
in the center Of the city when Of a sud-
den, the roadway opened and cart and
dogs disappeared. Investigation show
ed that the roadway had been under
neighborhood.
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t5Ji D1!5 DbIsI.D y
Prefer the Latter.

1T present there seems to be no way
Of protecting the public and restoring
to the people their government, ex-
cept by having. the government ItoSwInn
the railroads. As between having, the
corporations own the government or
having the government ownothe corr
poration. the American people6vili
prefer the latter.-National Watch
man. i@i ,2ii95
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Peehlstoric Man.

Deep researches as to the structure
OF the human body have recently fur
nniifshed some startling facts regarding
changes which man Is at present un-,
defgoihg physically It 1850 believed,
that man was formerly endowed with
more teeth than be possesses now.
Abundant, evidence exists that ages
and ages ago, human teeth were used
as Weapons Of ddefehse!! U~nfntention-
ally. traces Of such use are often "a.