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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-16

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ceiving by Chancellor and Mrs. Bessey
Mrs. Roscoe Pound and Mrs. Spencer
assisted in the dining room.
The J. o. G. club entertained at the
home of Miss Ethel Bignell Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Reese of Cripple
Creek will visit in the city next week.
The Tuesday night dancing club held
their first meeting Of the year at Courier
hall, Tuesday evening. Those present
were, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clark; Misses
Cole, Houtz. jackson, Hayes, Ricketts,,
Morgan. Bunough, Paddock, Richsrds.
Clark; Messrs. Sheldon. Taylor, Turpin,
Ames, Marley, Folsom, Kennsrd, Nc
Creery, Abbott, Ricketts,.
An informal dancing club held a
dance at Courier hall Thursday night.
Miss Sheldon gave an informal card
party Thursday evening. The guests
we're, Misses Barr. Marslsnd, Clark;
Messrs Marley, Reed, Sheldon. Young.
Mr.. Carl Carpenter gave a hearts
party Thursday night. The guests
present will probably form themselves
into club. Refreshments we're served
during the evening to the following:
Messrs. and Mesdames Bolshsw, Dean.
Herd, Hart, Jones, Kimmerer, SpanRler,
Sullivan, Wilkinson; Miss Byers, Mr..
Straight.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Human
on Monday, December II, daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Traves entertain the
Paragon club this evening in the parlors
OF the Lincoln hotel. Those invited are,
Messrs. and Mesdames Evans, Needs,
Merrill, Riser, Maddox. Kirk, Grubs,
Misses Leland, Foster, Rlsser; Messrs.
Ragland Of Waco, Texas; Walsh, Ken
nard, and Alley.
The Nineteenth Century card club
met with Mr.. and Mrs. BignelI, wednes
day evening. The following are MEM
bers, Messrs. and Mesdames Rehlaender,
wilkinson, Hoover, Guenzel, Bignell,
O'Connell, Harris, Foster.
Mrs. M. L. Williams gave neighbor.
hood Kensington Thursday afternoon.
Carnations and chrysant hemums dec.
Grated the parlor and dining-room. A
game was played during the afternoon
and caused q great deal Of me-riment.
The ladies present were, Mesdames
Davis, LIE Gore, Gustin, Brown, Nc
wicker, Ensign, Woodwork, Ludden.
Piper, McNeal, Lyon, Richardson, r. ed,
Wharton, Usher. Lees. Holm, Whedon,
Cochrane, Hard, Clinker. Heaton, Peck
ham, Guenzel. Schurman.
Mr.. E. j. Brown of York has returned
from the Filipines and lie taking the law
course at the state university.
Mrs. Walter Davis entertained the L.
a kensington club Monday afternoon.
The ladies discussed Christmas tree
Tor some poor children of the city. The
members present were; Wilkinson, Ken
nard' Pitcher. Turner, Humphry, Pat
lick' billmeyer. Chaplin, Gerehart, Van
Brunt. Jones. Campbell.
mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Woods spent
Wednesday in Omaha.
The II Beta Phi sorority gives party
a' tpe nome OF Mrs. Lowr this evening.
Inc La Veta Whist club met with Mr..
ana Mrs. Gillian Monday night. The
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statements by personal investigation if
he is so inclined.
Then the captain is ordered to stow
all his booms and boats and his bow
spirit inboard, leaving only one boat
with its crew towing aft, TO be used in
passing hawsers ashore and to have
TWO anchors forward and one aft bent
onto lines, swinging ready to let go at
moments notice.
The canal is divided off into blocks,
and no ship may pass out of one block
TIL she is signaled from the little sta
ton on shore that the block ahead is
clear OF other vessels. The little sig
nal stations along the canal bank are
GASES in the dreary waste of desert.
Some of them have background of
tall palms and bit of garden around
them. The signals are conveyed by
cones or balls, hoisted to a jackstaff
signal yard. At night colored lights
are used.
When signal comes to stop and tie
up, the boat astern, usually in charge
Of the third officer, must pass the lines
ashore and make them fast to piles on
the banks. That is a heartbreaking
job-climbing up those slanting banks
through loose sand waistdeep and
dragging a heavy hawser along.
In passing another ship, one MUST
always tie UP and wait until the other
ship makes the signal letter ID of the
international code
Sometimes ship will be lucky
enough to go all the way through the
canal without being signalled to stop
and tie up, but such happiness is most
unusual, and unless the skipper has
seen fit to pay an extra fee of SO for
the attendance of a boat manned by
natives to pass his lines, the back
breaking work of hauling the hawsers
ashore is likely to keep his own boats
crew busy.
AT Ismaili the Port Said pilot is re-
lieved by another, who takes the ship
on to Port Tewfik, or SIIez, as it is often
called.
THE distance from Fort Said to Port
Tewfik is about 80 miles, and il d ship
has extraordinary good luck, she may
do it in 16 or is hours.
''The standard rate of speed allowed
in navigating the canal is a little above
five knots an hour. II is necessary to
go slow, not only on account of Inirages
and sand storms, but in order to mini
mize the amount of damage TO the
shored-up sides of the canal resulting
from the wash or current created by
the ships propellers.
At Suez the pilot leaves the vessel,
and after jibbooms, boats and booms
have been swung into normal trim
again, she is free to go her way of the
seven Seas-her people swearing joy
ously as the salt winds and salt spray
come aboard to clean out, the leftover
deposits of the last sand storm, and the
odor of the jabberlng natives who in
tested her during the process Of coaling
in Port Said
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A CURIOUS MONUMENT.
From the Baltimore News.)

Ctrom the Baltimore News.)
one OF the queerest tombstones ever
designed to mark the grave of a man
is now on exhibition at the shin hard
ware store of William H. Whiting &,
Co., on the northwest corner of Pratt
ana South streets. 1t is an old iron
anvil, With sledgehammer laid on ton
OF IT, ana will mark the last resting.
piace OF John z. Angelo, an S4-year-old
s' Ii OF PocomoBe City, Nd An
5eio was porn at Woodbury., N. j., on
.lceshlp as blacksmith on June %.
1873. When he had served out his an,
premiership, and reached the age Of 81
Years MS employer presented him the
5hNh ana manner on which he had
oone his first work. He has used If
continually ever since A few weeks
ago ne conceived the idea of using If as
ms tombstone, so he made an iron han
ale for the old hammer, and fastened
II win q metal peg to the top of the
dnVL. lie also attached three links to
tne handle OF the hammer, which is
Fellow. 10 al oou
He then sent the anvil and tic a.
tachment to the Whiting firm N oai
Nanlze, in order that it might not he
rusted away by exposure to the weatbS
er over his grave. 1t was a difficult
"a oss ~ ana 1t had to be dipped in a mass
oL ~ TONS OF molten zinc before if was
successfully accomplished. He wrote -
ehe hrm not to spare any exnanse ~
make good job of it, but thew win
make no Charge for their work An
geio is still working every day for two
shlpyards at Pocomoke City and IL
maze and hearty as the youngest of the
men about the yards. He is a skillfni
,workinan, and, although bent with are.
ne Yields a heavy sledge with power
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KHARToUM IN 1862.


(From the London Chronicle)
The erection of the Gordon Memorial
College at khartoum, and the proposed
rebuilding of the city itself. inves, the
re-established capital of the Soudan
with special interest at the present
time Hence, 1t is worth noting that
when Sir Samuel Baker first went there
in 1862 the place contained about 30 600
inhabitants, exclusive of troops; and
there We're seldom less than 10000 of
the latter kept by the Egyptian gov
eminent in the Soudan, the PRINCIPAL
military stations having been at Khar-
toum,, Kassala and Dongola. Sir SAM
uel Baker found Khartoum to be "a
wretchedly unhealthy town." though he
himself had remarkably good health
during the six months he spent there
while trying TO get 10 the sources OF
the Nile. The new Khartoum that will
rise under Lord Kitcheners inspiring
direction cannot fail to be great inn
provement on the old town in which
Consul Pctherick represented the might
Of the British power.
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GO WEST BY THE FITCHBURG
- RAILROAD. e 1t9fS
November IA 1895
November IA, 1888.

(Through the Great Hoosac Tunnel.S
The scenic route of New England. The
shortestsroute, Offering best service and
quickest time: st,..
10 Chicago in IA days
% 70 Denver in 21s days.
81. To California in days.
Through sleeping cars to Buffalo, CIeye-
land. Fort Wayne, Detroit, Chicago and
st. Louis.
Only line running through Pullman
sleepers to Chicago via Bingharnton and
Youngstown. Ata3 1gtlTs tsG se
Unexcelled service to Montreal and Que
bee. Parlor and sleeping cars on through
trains. Day coach to Montreal without
change.
Trains leave Worcester week days. aGf
FOR TROY, BUFFALO, CHICAGO and
the west at sic a. m; 3.45 p. m, 755 D.
m. Sundays at Z. 40 p. nj.
FOR WINCHENDON and intermediate
stations, week days, at $40 a. M. II Is
a. m. 3.45 p. M, 6.23 p. M, 7.55 p. m.
Sundays at 345 p. m.
$40 a. m. connects week days at Gardner
with accommodation trains for all sta
tons west.
$40 a. M, ii 40 a. M, 8. As p. M, 7.55 p. M,
connects week, days for Bellows Falls,
Rutland and White River Junction.
$40 a. m, il AS a. M, 7.56 p. m, week
davs. for Bellows Falls, White River
Junction, Rutland Burlington, Rouse5
Point, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec
For time tables, rates, parlor and sleep
ing car space apply to
j F. HEALY, City Ticket Agent, 800
j. R. WATSON. Gen. Pas. Agt,
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BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.
worcester, Nashua and Portland
DiVisions.)

For Montreal and all points north; Port
On and after October Sd, 1885, passenger
F E6lR' s III flys W JScTo 4 folOys
I'll, Il 20; l1SS a. m; 2,25, $;lo 4.bs. s.25 p: N.
F n s. "a a i%-i,G re- 45s X rs p M
rs, 80. ass. e.25 p. m.
FOR LANCASTER-6.4 3, IL .S5 a.. M; 225,
FOE q, !; NA stsa1 5,s: s 5l;l5 (szprsss
Ayer and Pepperell. nS5 a M: rs
45S,s a.25 p. m. Sundays-6.45 a. M; 445
ETC9g R9eHEsTER- % a. M: 2.s5p. m.
Fo Sg9a k s2SsSsEfTdJsR2: B1pDEFoRn AND
OLD QRGHARD-2.25 p. m: 5sleH
FOR ALTON BAY AND WOLFBoRO--
EoR 4 S 4 Ri c = Il VI a. m. gos
FOR FTTCHBuRG = (Via Sterling Junc-
= tion)-6;4S I1.2U a. m. 4.5S p. M. Sun
FOR LoWELL-,,-S. 4s, II ,s5 a. M; AIS p.
FOR LAWRENCE; IS, 11.s5 a, mi, ass
FOR MANCHESTER AND CONCORD
FOR BUR4fNGToN, ST. ALBANs AND
m me- sgs 3 sun Vi AiaS}N 4 o. IS a.
FOR ST: JoHNsBU FURY NEWBORN ssS z 4 AND
MONTREAL--(NI and BFMir Line}-S0l
"a, a, m; 6;25 p M. SundaySs4.45 .. m. 4
FOR BOSTON-Via Aver 4unetion)--6.43.
S S:@, II % a. m; 2.26, 4,5S tpSf m. Sun
FOR BosToN1lvia Central Msss, r. r.
eeSN, 80 a. M; $40 p. m. Sundays
FOR WARE AND NoRTHAMPueSSNs-s1a
d. J. FLANDERS. Gen. Pas & J. XII. AEt.
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RAILROADS.
NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
Eastern District.)
Passenger trains leave WORCESTER:

eastern DlStrict)
Passenger trains leave WORCESTER:
Commencing Jan. l. 'ss. ~ J
Foo PROVIDENCE-6.4O IA. $40 81
a. M; 1910, "a, 40 SOS, 625, lbs, S55 ..
*1.45 3.55, '4.55, 5.55, s.25 p. m. Sundays
az M i?,I s5 s B p n p M utn-''''
m; i24o, ~, 40. SOS. SIS IS, SS5 ,.
m; 1O9 22.5S, 5O9; 6.oa. 7os 1854 m.
turn-9.09 a. M; 500, 100 p. m.
FOR .WHITINs- ~, SO. 1887 a. mt
12.40, "a, 40, 6;25, rs, so p m. Re
turn-5;59. $50, 72S ga. 1o44 a. M; 12.4t,
10,5O a m; 40 p m. RETURNS. A 81 b.;
FOR G T;2i +; "a, $40 o.57 a.
M m R e5G ~ 80 s5S s'gs e. 81 - 10 ?
m; i2s4o, $50, 4.4o. .. 40 $40 10. 95 D. M
sundays537.4 40, 1880 g. M; 40 p. m. Re
t6 tIrnNS 40 a an M n 60 S.4o +. Nh
Return@5.E 6.4e. So. ioss q. nssl IL 81. 81
q TIA 1sS 5as saai fSl Is p M snPSays .
FOR BLACKsToNE-6.4o 40, IA. $40. 1857
a; M; 124O 2:47. 40, 6.25. Us. 9.55 p: m.
FL, 4,27. '5.27, 6.27, 1911 p. M. Sundays
7.4O, 1880 a. M: 4.40 p. m Return-8.g1
a. M; 4.27, 6.27 p. m. 20 gapc
FOR WOONSOCKET--6.4 40 s7.47, $40, 1867
a, m, 12.4O, 2.z7, !. 44ss, ss.OS. 6.25. 95s p.
m. Return-5.3S $751;. 7.O5. S.23, 1923 a.
m. 1928, 2.13, 4.23 1928, 623, 1907 p. m,
Sundays-7.46 10. so a. M; LAO p. m. Re
turn-8.23 a. M: 4.23, 6.23 p. m. ess sd
FOR PAWTUCKET-6.4 s7.47, $40, 1857
a. M; 1240 +2.47, 440, S6.0S 6.25, 7.55, s. 5S
p. m. Return-6.06, 6.A S.04,s 10 .04 a. M;
1904 1.54. 4.04. 5.04, 6.04, 1856 p. M, Sun
days-7.4O, 1850 a. M; 40 p M Return
IS. Q a. m: 4.04. 6.04 p. m. ST.. iss1 s.
FOR NEW YORK-Via Stoningtons Line.
except Sundays-"6. 0S p. m. Re3Girn-
Leave New York 800 p. m. daily except
Sundays. Return at sos a. m. Sundays.
FOR NORWICH-6.40 40. 9.25 a. m. ;ps II 80
ASS, 800 D. m. Return--6.S a. M daily
except Monday, 5.10 9.15 a. M; $50, 5.1b
p. m. Return at 6 10 Sundays. RE
FOR WEBSTER-6. 40, 9.25, II. 90 a. m:
u. 80. As, $40 500 2. m. L9e1
FOR SOUTHBRIDGE-6.40 9.25 and II 90
FOR PUTNAM, ,WILLIMANTIC AND
HARTFORD-6.4 40. 9.25 a. M; 4.55 and
500 p. m. osdc a'ff
FOR NEWBURGH-s.2 a I'm. e.
Express trains. ,-c
S$Stop on signal. ~
For connections and time of trains at
intermediate stations, "see local time ia
bles furnished at ticket office. %7
GEO. L. COMMON, Passenger Traffic
A. &. KENDALL, General Passenger
Agent.
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SOME PAPAOOxES S.

AS big as a whale might be rather
small, as there is species of the
cetacean genus hardly three feet long.
Nor does the expression las awkward
as a crab" apply ON some of the
South Sea Islands, for crab is found
there that not only runs as fast as an
average man, but climbs trees with the
ease of a school boy
Nor does "the busy little bee improve
etch SHINING hour down in Mexico
On the contrary, it soons learns that
as there Is no winter there, there Is no
necessity for laying in a store of honey
and degenerates into thoroughbred
Decentralization Star
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SNAKES THE CATS OF THE
PHILIPPINES,
tFrom Public onininn !

me snakes are the professional rat
,catchers in the Philippine >archipe-
ago and every well-regulated house
h0ld must have it's snakes. ."Nearlv
an OF the older bungalows in Manila. :,
correspondent writes, possess what
are ar called house snakes-huge TeptiIes,
- or IA feet long and as thick as a fire
engine nose, that permanently reside
t ~ III the roof and live on rats. These
Dis creatures are harmless, and rarely.
u ever, leave their abodes. Judgine
from the noise over my cloth ceiiing
pair OF these pets find pasturage
up ABOVE, and can hear them whacR-
ing around about once week in their
chase after rats.
They are good though noisy. rat
catchers; but since they must needs
cay an they catch their efficiency seems
to be limited to their length of stonach
y The only way TO get ria o \,
the rats seem to be to buy more
snakes, and this is simple enough fan
you often see the natives hawking them
around in town, the boas curled IN
around bamboo poles to which Their.
heads are tied '''Sii
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BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD
Corrected to January /, 1899 500
TRAINS LEAVE HtoR

cEsTER FOR BosToN-.5 OF, 200. asps,
sS.5S, 1874, 1000, e10.5T a. M; sL0SbllSl
.1i59 g +2s9 2.5s 2.55, .4$S, SH E5st olsfs
m; 4 80 400 rs, S. So b. p. m. s' ,d
49, s. $50 800, s,ls 40: 90 100 3. bel
$50, 800, 100 s.2s iii IL 90 ~ % M NV ssIs
daysAs.25, 1880 a. m; iS.2d q 90 sIS,
SIS, s6. 90. *11. 90 p. m. 7'SD,a 'ffs'
FOR MILLBuRY-7oO, 10. 90 a. n, SIS.
To B ! M1 1 1857 a. M; 1.s.
FOR zPITTsFIELD AND .ALBANY--e.Ss.,
80 ""ll.R a. m; LOB. 1912 "a 10, ~
sS12. 2S p. m. daily, except Sunday morn
ing. Sundays-Sl1. AZ a. M; 20. II, 3 e. 10
FOR SPRINGFIELD. "a. s. IS. %. As, .1Ol2.
II y q q e 90 M l21O. r.02, g ~ 4lO, AZ
Sundays-oll, AZ a. M; 1912, 500 s712
2; m: sl2.2 midnight. ~f1 Eeif
FOR NORTH OXFORD MILLS H0-
WARTIIS AND WEBSTER-6. 3S. 10 ~
a; M; 800 6.15 p. m. Returning leave
Mebster-5. 30, 8 80 a. M: 125, 4. 20 D. m.
FOR HARTFORD, NEW HAVEN AND
NEW York; 49, 40 II a. M; SO,
5.O6, G3g p. M; "12. 2S midnight Sun
daVs-7o.O6 p. m: 2S midnight ssft
, Express trains. %+Albany sleeper lat
Il ;2s a. m. daily, except Sunday morning
Local time tables. showing tim 5f
trains on all divisions of the road, " 40 be
furnished on application at station; also
through tickets to all important points
A. S. HANSON. Cen Pas ,Agf
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was sorry TO do it," said Mr.. storm
,,ington Barnes, "but was Obliged to take
bnotiee 81 such gross neglectJoe duty, !
lie was. very careless." rep1~ked NJ.
,,ye VAN Ham, "He :. forgot the
prompt book twice -
allowed the company to come away with
out It's road map wv ashington Star.
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II that isn't Just like a woman, Hare
wv, .wo fellows fought over girl, ana sbe
!. ,Perhaps that was a condition 30 49,
hsht' Indianapolis Journal. " 'Ne
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q was with Hobson when ~ deed

- was with Hohson when the deed
az WAS done of which we proudly read"
Give me your handl | never knew
= Fhat you were one of that brave crew
I,nat sank tho Merrimac. We call
> nem gallant heroes, one and ALL
You were with him who put to shame
20, not an Interruption came:
Fhat ls not what | meant or said.
was with Hobson when the maid
Upon his waiting lips impaired
INC KISS mat echoed round the world
Brooklyn Life.
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MARKED DOWN.
(From the Cbicaro ,rrih,,s,r21

Heau ,.... - q 5rcisl
u,ilreetoIy)-How shall we ratS.old Bull,
non same as last year? en-
Manager-Let me see HeETfie faith
sr or II daughters. and fftH after the
s9l!oildays. Better mark hith down about
20 per cent. 81 re
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congressman McKinley's voice first
resounded in Boston little more than
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a GOOD NAME.

Make strictest integrity the rule 40.
9 =. business art DO this because II
cause honesty is the best noiicy os
your word is always your bond If NJ ~
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BARN Z NJ.
His Advice to Young
Men.
LETTER
Characteristic Words Pub
lished the First Time.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to for
- - -
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-08

Slowly but surely the facts about the
labor situation in Idaho, of which we
gave some account in No. sc, page y,
are reaching the public. A most i'm
portant contribution to this result has
Just been made by the Scripps- McRea
syndicate of papers-the Cinclnhati
Post, the Cleveland Press, the st. Louis
Chronicle, the Kansas City World,
and the Kentucky Post-papers with
an aggregate circulation of half mil
lion copies daily. The syndicate, find
ing that censorship of telegraphic news
had hidden the facts of the Idaho AFFAIR
from the public, sent a staff corre-
spondent, H. H. Smith, to the spot, and
through Mr.. Smiths uncensored re-
ports, sent through the mails, the facts
have been brought to light. The story
is a long one, but its leading features
may be summarized: On April 20 an
armed and masked mob blew up mill
at Wardner, Idaho. In the excitement
two men were shot. There Is no evil
dence that the labor unions, or even
labor union men, committed this
crime; but the state authorities have
treated it as labor conspiracy. The
governor declared martial law over
the whole of Shoshone county, pro-
cured federal troops to execute 1t, and
virtually turned over the government
of the county to the state auditor, one
Sinclair. A military press censorship
was at once established, local county
officials were arbitrarily removed from
Office, 700 miners were arrested and
confined in a bull pen, in which 100
are still imprisoned, indictments were
found by the wholesale, the bitterest
enemy of the labor organizations In
the whole country was selected to make
out Jury panels, and with jury so
selected one miner has been convicted
of murder in the second degree and
sentenced to seventeen years imprison-
ment. To the many details of outrage
under cover of martial law, which The
Scripps- McRea correspondent narrates,
it is impossible even to allude. For
tunately for law and order subcom-
mittee of the United States industrial
commission has wandered into Sho~
shone county and investigated the sub
iect to the bottom. Through congress,
therefore, complete and trustworthy
account of what now appears to be an
unwarranted and extremely dangerous
disregard of the safeguards of liberty
by the authorities of state, aided by
a detachment Of the federal army, may
be looked for.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-08
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

The Republican party has no longer
any claim upon the votes of taxpayers
or wealth producers. It has become
the political machine of the money
kings, trusts, and corporations and Ia
vors a large standing army.-National
Waterman.
In voting for Mckinley western
farmers have received great benefit.
The pillow trust has advanced the price
of all farm implements about rs per
cent, and as every farmSr owns one
or more of these implements he has
been enriched that much. His pillow
is worth more than it used to be-
Wichita (Kan) Beacon.
If the people rule, by what right
does Mckinley order the truth con-
corning Cuba and the Philippines sup
pressed and perverted? Are not the
rulers entitled to know what their SER
wants are doing Justice
If the people will arouse themselves
and commence at once the work Of
educa ting their neighbors and friends
upon the issues before the country and
party of the gold standard, trusts, and
monopolies and imperialism will meet
with a crushing defeat in the election
Of next year in spite of all the money
that can be used in its behalf.-Na-
tional Waterman.
Nature is opulent. All over the
world she annually produces much that
goes to waste and in her bosom she
carries untold wealth of everything
that goes to make life desirable. But
man, with his fear of not getting his
share, steps in with a grab game that
nullifies the extravaganza of nature.
Only those things to which 1t has been
impossible to apply private ownership
are free to all on even terms and in
such quantities as defy exhaustion.
Take air, for instance. How would 1t
be IL the air was measured off into
square feet and owned" by individ-
uals? How would you like to trade
your present supply of unlimited air
for the prospect Of making fortune
out of the ownership of air? Wouldn't
do it, would you? Well, If the ground
was not privately owned you could
have your share of 1t, just as you now
have air, light and heat of the sun
free. And Of all the products of labor,
under public ownership, you could
have your proportion at labor COST
Appeal to Reason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-08

After long, weary days, / stood again
And waited at the Parting of the Ways;
Again the figure of woman yelled
Stood forth and beckoned, and / fol-
lowed now;
Down to no bower of roses led the
path,
But through the streets of towns
where chattering Cold
Hewed wood for fires whose glow was
owned and fenced,
Where Nakedness wove garments OF
warm wool,
Not for itself; or through the fields 1t
led
Where idleness enforced saw idle lands,
Leagues of unpeopled soil, the COM
mon earth,
Walled round with paper against God
and man.
From "The Parting of the Ways" by
James Russell Lowell.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-08

Among recent inventions is device
by which the air-brakes Of railroad
train can be applied from the track,
as the train passes, without the inter-
gention of the engineer. The air
brake system is connected with lever
controlling a vent in the train pipe,
and attached to the truck Of the pony
wheels close to the track at the for
ward end of the locomotive. On pass
ing over an obstruction, placed on The
track for the purpose. the lever is tilted
and the vent opened, thus letting the
air in to the brakes. The engineer can
reset the lever from his place in the
cab.