People's voice., 1900-10-04

luuIdUd-OUu Uleoe HeI, L Sudll
never 60 back 90 her, or back 10 her. "
A mob at Mansfield, O., Tuesday
attacked lot Of Christian Catholic
missionaries and ran them out Of
town after applying coats Of smoke.
stack varnish TO their naked bodies,
from head to foot. Trouble Of this
kind has been going On 10 China, and
aroused good deal Otindignation, as
we have little use for China or the
Chinese.
A former Fort Scott man, writing
from Galveston TO his brother IN the
first named town, says the people o:
Galveston are still unable TO appre-
ciate the hOrrur Of the situation.
"People will meet q friend and say:
We'll, Joe, how many did you lOse?'
Joe Will say: L lost two Jim will
say: L lost four Tom will say:
Dave, lost my wife and all my
family They don't shed a tear-all
are perfectly dazed."
All reports from the country report
an unprecedented pasturage this fall
The grass is as green and almost as
SucCulent as in the spring The long
August drOuth sapped things general
ly and made them look decidedly blue.
Then came the fall rains, in the form
OF mists mostly, and as a result the
pasturage has turned green and beau
tiiul and has an unusulI fall growth.
The reviviiCation extended even to
the larger trees, which have taken oD
a new and deeper shade OF lively
green. Cattle on the range are doing
exceptionally fine and everybody 10
the COW business is particularly happy.
Every now and then a list of The
mortgages paid off in come Kansas
county during the past year, is pub
lished These lists are a deception
unless accompanied by correspond
ing list Of the mortgages placed on
record. 1t frequently occurs that a
man sells piece of m0rtgaged prOD.
erty and pays off the mOrtgaVe while
the purchaser gives a new mortgage
Mortgages are often cancelled 10 pay
one creditor, and the money immedi
ately secured from another. 1t is a
difficult matter to arrive at the true
amount Of mortgage Indebtedness
paid withiD certain period.
St. Joe is trying to get rid Of its slot
machines. The machines have beer
running there for several years, anC
have developed the gambling habit
until it is affecting the morals OF the
town. Women and children buck The
machines a. well as meB, and lose
their money. TIE machines have oh
taiDed such thorough hold on the
town that 1t is hard to overthrow
them. Many Kansas towns which see
little or no harm in licensing Joints
see the evil OF slot machines and .heil
influence upon the young, and refuse
to cOunteDanCe them. Kansas City
as well as st. Joe, is trying to get rio
OF its slot machines.
The following from a formerly Of
Kansas man who is now living 10 Con
necticut will be read with interest BY
the average Kansas farmer: Il liveC
in Kansas seven years and have beer
pretty we'll over the state, but | de
not recall having seen yoke OF oxen
Here they are very common. Every
hill farm OF any size usually has one
yoke upon it. The big, he4vy ol
carts are always painted light b'ue
1t looks odd to western man TO see a
yoke of oxen wohbling slowly along tn,
road, or yoke with horse hitcheC
ahead. have seen a yoke Of OxeI
hitChed TO moving machine, on,
man driving the oxen and anOthe
riding and manipulating the machine
also yoke hitChed to a hayrake, re
QuIriug two persons TO work the UxpI
rake, and 1t was necessary to sigh
across post to tell whether the xer
were moving or not. Time does no.
seem to be such au iDprrtcnt facto
here as in the west.
II the machine invented by a ma
out in Washington comes up to hl
expectations the work in the KanSa.
harvest fields will be different 10 tht
future from what it is now. He la.
made a combination reaper anC
threSher. Machines Of this kiGd nav,
Geen USED before, but nothing like
that made by the man from Washing
ton. He uses 70 cyliGder, aud Gee.
not require near the power that othel
machines OF this character 90, siy
horses being able to work il. 10 pace
OF cylinder the grain is carried as il
falls between two drapers, studded
with steel heads similar to heb nails
moving in opposite directions. THIS,
thresh out the grain, delivering tbt
straw in the wake OF the machine
while the grain and chaff is carried by
an elevator, delivered to fannin!
mill, separated and the wheat deliver
ed into sacks 1t is claimed that tht
machine can be made 10 sell for S50C
and that it has been tested sufficient
ly. By owning a machine, the inven
tor says, the harvest can all be done
for about one cent buShel.
The Rev. ]. Ward Gamble, D. D.
O Vinaland, NJ, has recently re
turned from visit to the state o
Maine, whittier be went in pursuit o
knowledge. The subject Of bis Ques
was the operation Of prohibition
the results OF a halt-century {
alleged pfuhibitinn-in that Common
wealth. he Travelled far and sav
much. He went into hotels, restaur
ants and saloons. lie was politel
invited to drink in many places n
says 1t did not take him long tO dis
cover that to intimate to the Main
people that The law is enforced draw
aSmile or a sigh, simply because ever
one in the state who has taken tf
trOuble IN look into rhe matter knnU