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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23

Admiral Dewey il carrying his
Devotion TO his wife too far, aud is
receiving some Yery just criticism for
deciding his Washington home
to Mrs. Dewey. The people who con-
tributed money to help buy the Dewey
home had no idea that the property
would be given 20 a giddy old
girl OF forty-avs who uses powder
and wears an $1,000 wedding trosseau.
1t was announced a few weeks ago
that Bion S. Hutchius had bsen ap-
pointed superintendent Of the Yank-
ton SD Indian schools. We WON
dsred where BiOn got his pull, and are
not surprised at the recent report
that instead Of having the school
SUPPLEMENTARY he is connected with
the Yankton Boarding School, which
10 = big sounding name for hash
house.
Last weeks issue Of the Mail and
Breeze contains a good write-up Of
Sumner county by Miss Flora L. Pool,
who visited Wellington month ago
In the interest Of the paper. The
Breeze printsan excellent picture OF
the County High school, and sprcia al
mention 10 made Of Wellington, Con-
way Springs, Belle PLANE, Argonia,
Milan and Mayfeld.
John A. Scotland, representing the
Scotland Directory Co. Of St. Louis, is
ir wellington, arranging to get up a
county and city directory. A county
and city directory is badly needed. 1t
will take about six weeks to complete
the work.
A few days ago J. V. Williams
children received two pet white ra6-
bits. Someone has stolen them, and
the babies are very much distressed.
In addition to the best wheat grow
ing country in the world, the Arkan-
sas valley is said to produce the finest
chrysanthemums grown anywhere.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture Of
Annie E. Springer, Of lbs Howard
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, when she
found that DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption had completely cured
her Of that hacking cough that for
many years had made life a burden.
All other remedies and doctors could
give her no help, but she says OF this
Royal Curs-"it sson removed the
pain in my chest and / can now sleep
soundly, something l can scarcely re-
member doing before. | feel like
sounding It's praises throughout the
universe" So will everyone who
tries DR.. Kings New Discovery for
any trouble Of the throat, chest OF
lungs. Price soc. and sl.00. Trial
bottles free at +. B. Snyder's drug
store; every bottle guaranteed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
Is Becoming Serious.

The coal situation in Kansas and
the central west is becoming more
serious every day. In addition TO
shortage in output and the extensive
confScatiOn OF coal by the railroads,
coal dealers have nov to contend with
a scarcity OF cars for fuel transporta'
ton.
The mild weather existing at pres
entis a bOon that people probably fail
TO realize the value Of. Should ex'
IRENE cold weather set IN the condl-
tiOn of the coal market would In
Stantly assume the proportions OF an
absolute famine.
The immense traffic that the rail-
roads are now, and have been, enjoy
ing, is responsible for an enormous
consumption of fuel. Almost daily
the railroad companies find the sup
ply OF coal at various points exhausted,
and cOnfscatiOn OF fuel in transit
results. Hundreds Of car loads OF
coal have been conaScated by western
roads during the past few months.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
Into the Coal Fields.

1t is rumored that the Santa Fe
will extend the Ponca City branch,
formerly known as the Hutchinson y
Southern, east into the Usage nation
and from there through the McAle>-
ter mining district. 1t was expected
that the line would stopat POnca City
AID it would be made a terminus, but
it is now said that the Santa Fe will
carry out the designs Of the officers OF
the Hutchinson & Southern and
thereby hope to gain tighter hold on
the railroad situation in the two
territories.
II this is done, it will give Yelling
ton direct line to the coal fields OF
Oklahoma, and means that all the
shipments of coal 20 the west from
this part of the country will go
through Wellington.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
j. W. Haughey was { own from Wei

lington Thursday on business Connect
ed with tie LOOT. lodge at this
place. John says his reported hold
ings in rich gold mining claims in
Arizona is no fable, and that he and
one Of the Topeka stockholders are
going out there DeXt Week 10 boost
matters along. But gold mines have
no such attractions for the biz inn
keeper as has a fishing hole, and John
soon switched the conversation onto
his favoritc theme by announcing that
he had business over at COrbin, but
would only 90 as far as Drury that
evening, where he would put in the
night fsh.ng-South Haven New
Era.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23

Frances Woods has bought house
and lot in Northwest addition TO
Wellington OF Emma N. Jackson, for
S51h.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
Rheumatism Cured In a Day

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures n one to
three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. 10 cents.
Sold by H. f. Smith, druggist. Wei
lingtUn. Is
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23

The fool scientists are now out with
a statement to the effect that the
shooting stars may be a year late, or
may have passed by already. The
scientists owe US an apology.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-11-23
Monthly Rennrt Cards.

We have them in the best form. Call
on or address the VOICE. 75c per hun
dred; less quantities &c each.
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REGENT INVENTIONS.

In a newly-designed safety knife tb, blade is pivoted in the handle to swn, the cutting edge either in front of o, behind fixed guard lying parallel toit thus covering the sharp side of tb, blade when not in use.
 X Californian has patented an auto matic stock-feeding apparatus in wbicl a clock releases a weight at the desrei hour, the fall of the weight lifting tb, cover of the feed box and dropping ba, down from a rack overhead
 To prevent the spread of poisoDou gases from the explosion of giant DOW der in mines a composition made o wheat four. salt and soda is mixed witf the powder. the burning of the mixtr in the explosion neutraIizing the poisor in the powder gas.
 An Iowa man has patented a com bination rake and pitchfork, the tiDe being pivoted on a rod running at rigb angles with the handle, with notebe cut in the disks on which the tines ar mounted to receive spring pins whicI
  lock the tines in position for use.
 In an improved incandeseent electrt light holder the wire is passed througl an eyelet in the top of flat shade, witt wire holder on the under side, whicl engages the socket and the tip of tn, bulb to hold the lamp in a horizonta position, thus increasing the amounto light.
 An apparatus has been designed fol use in exeaYating frozen ground, con sisting of boiler and firebox to hea water and drive the steam into GOV cred heating chamber having the bot tom open to allow the steam to thay the ground. with openings for shove handles fn the top.
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entree to the Carlton club, to which his admission would have been certain but for his failure in business. As it was, the treasurer had to refund Hoo 1ey's money, or, rather, the other peo- pIe's money.
 Such thing could hardly happen in any well-known club in New York, partly because there are few semipoliti- cal, semisociaI organizations to make strange bedfellows.
 By the way, the $50, 900 was wasted. The man who gave it for an empty honor will always be an outsider; as would be one who should get into the Union club by money influence, if such 8. thing were possible.
 He'd go crazy in those dreary rooms where so seldom comes any man of en- ergy= or intellect, one who has ever done anything for the world save live init.
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was doing much good in the world. Some of us may be able writers and send thrilling. helpful words to be juggled with by the compositor, and so sent abroad to perform their mission of consolation to the race; but though in the matter of literary style Mr. w cannot compare with myself and others, to few of us has 1t been Youeh- safed to spread so much cheer abroad by a single communication of not more than 150 words.
 It was interesting to watch the effect of it upon different individuals. saw it melt hearts that the oxyhydrogen blowpipe would not have raised to the temperature of a warmed-oyer board ing house biscuit.
 For instance, did you ever encounter the collector who never speaks2 If not, believe me that he is most rasping to the soul. 1 have had collectors address me in every tongue, from the classic English of the gentleman who sells die ] tionaries on the installment plan to the
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landlady and other persons whom it might concern brought the week to quite cheerful end. Of course the check would appear on the following Saturday, as Friday was MT. W--'s day for mailing such things-or forget ting them, as the case might be.
 Several people called at the office on Monday in relation to little matters that had temporarily overlooked. That was the way expressed it to them, and when the statement was backed by MT. W-'s letter they all seemed to feel very cheerful about it. It was much the same on Tuesday, and on Wednesday there were so many callers that I was really afraid they might not hold out for the rest of the week, but this fear proved vain. Still the anxiety was natural; it was such a pleasure to satisfy these people.
 I began to have a great respect and admiration for Mir, W as a man who
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language that Prof. Garner has gone again to Central Africa to learn from the anthropoid apes. Also I encoun- tered collector once who had been bereft of speech and talked with his fingers, and another who had no brains and was obliged to think with his lungs. Strongly did these poor crip- pied creatures appeal to my sympa- thies; that is probably the reason why they were thus employed, for a man will sometimes pay rather than be made too sad
 But Bowowski, representing a large furniture house, was the most affect ing of them all. He was Pole, and as he stalked into my office and assumed his customary attitude before me, holding his employers bill in a trem- bling hand, such tears as have been wrung from his race by centuries of oppression gathered in his eyes. He looked as if he were presenting petit tion to the czar; perhaps he or his an- cestors had acquired the posture in that way, and had learned that there was no use III saying any thlng. UT lb may be that he spoke only his native language, and was afraid of smashing the bric-a-brae with it.
 Whatever the explanation, Bow owskf never spoke. He merely stood and suffered.
 Wont you sit down, Mr. Bowowski?" ?" l would say; but he seemed as incapa- ble of doing 90 as were the cherubs, all heads and wings, who declined q similar invitation from St. Cecilia.
 The first ray of hope that ever in my presence pierced the gloom enshroud- ing Bowowsli,s soul came from the letter of my friend W. He did not speak, but his lips moved. almost feared he would speak and shatter my conception of his character It is prob
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back in his chair in faint. But Atr. Murtha bore the shock much better; he walked into the office without as sistanee, and in a few minutes was completely master of his emotions.
 Mir. Murtha, said l, affabIy, If it takes nine tailors to make a man, how many does it take to getany money out of him?"
 If he's like some men that know said he. it'll take 10000, and everyone with a search warrant. Still" he con tinued, remembering my unusual re- ception of him, I've known some of the worst of 'em to reform"
 Then, in the most urbane manner, proved to him that his employer really was indebted 10 me; that he owed me an apology and large sum in dam ages; finally, that the bad tailor was the universal enemy, against whom every mans hand should be raised.
 But" said I in conclusion, T hay, decided to submit to this extortion When Mr. W--'s check arrives thii
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Accurate enough, but trivial; trivial. Don't see what you want of it. Why have you made me say don't?' don't say don't. Educated men don't say don't, young man."
 T can change that"
 "All right; all right"
 A little later, two bent, tremulous men creep carefully down the office steps-Edward Cooper and Mr. Hewitt, son and son-in-law of Peter Cooper, and as truly benefactors of their fellow men as he.
 It is an odd story. When Peter Coop CT died, he willed to the people the great institute that bears his name; a noble gift; but apparently he forgot that he would need money for sub sistence, repairs, enIargements, changes. Since his death, these two men and the Misses Cooper have put far more money into the institute than Mir. Cooper ever did, and have made it New York's most useful public institution, And practically they have got little credit for it.
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giver to colleges. He is related to the Nanderbilts by the marriage of Harry Payne Whitney to Gertrude Wander bilt. Schley is no relative of the ad- miral, but a more recent scion of Ger many, member of the banking house of Moore & sehley.
 Of the four, Hepburn IS the best type of an American self-made man. lie was born in the edge of the Adirondackss went to school barefoot as the son of poor widow; became in turn a school master, 8 school commissioner, an as- semblyman, won reputation by the Hepburn Report upon Banks and Bank ing; was made comptroller of the cur rency by Harrison; became banker in New York after Harrison went out of office
 Cannon is an eX-comptroIlera also, and this is probably the only bank in the country with two such prominent au- thorities in it's management.
 The joining of such financial giants in single bank is an illustra ton of the fact that in New York the little banks are being eaten up by the big ones.
 They have stood out pretty well against the eentralization tendencies of the times, becausea banks success de- pends so much upon the personal ac- quaintanee of its officers, and upon it's location, but the fall of interest and ether causes are bringing them to- gether
 State Superintendent Kilburn is try ing to pass a law to prevent big bank from establishing branches, and thus crowding the little local ones, but you know how much good laws do when pitted against time-tendency.
 OWEN LANGDON.
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TIE BENEFICENCE OF DEBT
By HOWARD FIELDING
 Drawings by FRANK VERBEcK

so-called debt shall be paid; this rob bery shall be consummated."
 l seemed to detect in Mir. Murtha s eye a pale gleam of doubt. Evidently he was not sure whether my transac- ton with Mir. W was historical or mythological However, contrived to leave him alone in the office for few minutes. and he easily found Mir. W-'s letter in the inside pocket of a coat which l had exchanged for the one I wear when at work. When l re- turned, his mind was at peace.
 Fortunately Mir. W had not men, toned the amount actually due me; and as he has a somewhat grandiloquent style in correspondence, the impression conveyed by the letter was calculated to be in the highest degree reassuring to any creditor of mine.
 With MT. W-'s check in view, life was really much less somber in it's tone. reckoned that other sources of income would just supply my absolute needs at the end of the week, and that this re- mittance would enable me 10 pay my board and enjoy other luxuries to which I had become somewhat nnaccustomed during a hard season.
 There was, however, trifiing delay in receipt of this favor. It did not ar rive on Saturday, as expected, but by showing Mr. W-'s letter to my
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place in Jersey.
 don't know any American better en- titled to own these relics of our re- public's beginning than MT. Hewitt. He is a compound of inconsistencies gen tie, irascible, peppery, warm-hearted- and good man.
 I have often interviewed Uncle Abram. The process sounds something like this:
 Cant do il; won't do it; well, what do you want? Why didn't your paper have the enterprise to report the speech l made on that subject ten years ago at? Here, here's a pamphlet that gives the facts. Go ahead, I'll answer any questions"
 And he does to the extent of half an hour or so.
 The interview is written out and brought back for revision; for the old gentleman is capable of denying an utterance whose appearance in print doesn't suit him. He takes the paper and reads. Then he says:
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week from the following Saturday. It was with great satisfaction that filed away his letter; but it didn t stay in the file very long. Half an hour after receiving it, heard voice that rec ognized, in the little room where my office boy sits-and lies.
 'I didn't ask you whether he was in," said the voice. T told you to tell him that l was here"
 It was MT. Murtha. He is the repre- sentative of tailor who made a suit of clothes for me; that is he said that he made them for me, but do not like to take such 6 harsh view of his work prefer to think that he made them for somebody else-a short, stout man, probably, with one bow leg. and one knock knee-and that he sent them to me by mistake.
 Come right in, Mr. Murtha," said l, opening the door; and at this unexam- pied politeness, Eddie, the boy, fell
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able, however, that he was only trying to whistle his national anthem. No sound escaped him, but as he turned to leave the room l saw the world was not all dark to him.
 On Saturdays. when most of these, people called to learn whether the check had come, my office had the ap- pearance of some ante-chamber of the great, where hopeful throngs assemble to seek favors from the hands of benef- cence. At least. the office boy said it was like that. was not there. He said that l had gone to the bank, and I live near enough to the Harlem river to give some color of truth to this as sertion.
 There were. 1 learn, some murmur- ings of discontent, but this is inevitable in all earthly affairs. On Monday be- gan to set all right again. The check would come next Saturday.
 Mr W-'s letter became so frail with handling that at last l ceased to al- low collectors to find it for themselves, in my pocket. l exhibited it myself, and treated if with such consideration that it remained intact for several months-until the final catastrophe.
 For a long time I had feared that Mr. W might pay this debt I hoped that he would not. The triHing sum would do no good, if paid, among those whom it had cheered so much while yet it was debt. For my own part, 1 knew that the chief prop and stay of my existence would be gone. should have nothing to anticipate. No longer could make those little calculations on Monday, wherein the balance against me at that week end was always made good by W-'s check
 Never shall I forget the day when it came If could have concealed the fact, all might have been well, so long as W-'s letter lasted. But by some unkindness of fate, the checks receipt became known.
 Then there were idle bickerings. The Saturday assemblage, erstwhile so har- monious in a common hope, surged in upon me and overwhelmed me- Moth ing remained when the scene was over, not an atmosphere of selfshness- tinged with the flavor of many trades, occupations and styles of eookery-and Bowowski, standing mute and motion less, the shadow deeper than ever on his brow, his lips sewed together with a most pathetic silence.
 I moved him out of the office as if he had been one of those figures that stand by the doors of tobaeconists' shops. Then returned, and in the empty room cursed w for fool who paid his debts; selfish man who had given me his paltry money when his credit was what I needed There and then made a resc@ution never to be guilty of his error. Other men may strew the month of January with broken resolves, lightly made upon the dawn of the new year, but am sticking to mine as the limpet clings to the rock, and no man whom l owe need fear that will rob him of his hope,
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oTrHE story was a fairly good one,

cTTaHE story was fairly good one,
 but Mir. VerBecl said that it did Il not appeal to a sufficiently large class of people. I've forgotten, now, what it was. 1 had consulted him be- fore writing it, because he was to be implicated, to the extent of making the pictures, and it seemed right to give him chance to be heard
 What do you call a large class Of people? l demanded.
 Well" said he, after some reflection, ''the largest class l know are the peo- pie that owe money"
 And that reminded me of a story, right away; one that will appeal to this great and important class of persons, and show them in their true aspect as benefactors of the race.
 In the days when l was laid up-and this is no ancient history that Pm giv- ing you-there was publisher who ac- cepted a charming little tale of mine, after several others had had the op- portunity and had failed to grasp it.. In fact his name began with ", and that means much, for always start my stories with the Atlantic Monthly and work gently down through the alpha bet to Lions Herald.
 Well. Mir. w accepted the story, md in the ordinary course of events, his check should have reached me a
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January 27th, "A Bachelors Honeymoora aooe;'
 The romantic dramas of the tr..
 Under the Red Robe are all tbs =. and have been the means of drivino s' x majority of the farce comedies " Y west. but western people seem to bo
 anxious to adopt the romantic dr.. as their eastern brethren, judging fros the large patronage Under the psa Robe has enjoyed while west ~. south. This years production of St.s ley J. Weyman's popular play is s much better than the one seen ,,.. ~ year as to leave no comparison r' last years production the scenery .as property used were those belongino :. the local theatre, but this time ~ V company carries it's own, which v those used in the original Empire tb.. tre production, and so much mo.. elaborate that one would hardly reooa nize the play as the same. WiH.s Morrison, who assumed the leadina role, is young actor who gives nror ise of some day becoming equal to n. Iate Salvini in parts of this kind.
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FACTS FOR THE NATURALIST.

Many acres of canary seed are an nuaily grown in Kent, mary persons there being solely canary-seed farmerS The straw of the canary seed plant is highly valued as fodder for horses
 The flora of Europe embraces about t0.000 species. India has about 1500G The British possessions in North Amer, ca, though with an area nearly a large as Europe. have only about 5000 One of the richest foras is that of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, which numbers 10000 species.
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An Indulgent Bettor.

Guest-Well, what do you want?
 Hallboy-0h, muffin, boss! only dis am room B, an Is got bet wifi Jim Harris dat you'll commit suicide fore mornin', an it's mos four o'clock now but dat's all right, boss; don't hurry yosaif on my account!-Puck.
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he gave It to a col lege,-for an ob- ject in which in- Huentia l bers re interested. His election fol- lowed.
 It was a small club at that.
 If $1, 900 1000 could buy an cleo ton to the aristo- cratic Union club, with it's long wait ing list, headed by the names of the m e m bers' sons, there are men who would put up the money tomorrow. A s Promoter Hoo ley put up $250,ooO