People's voice., 1900-08-16

Corinthians to prove the authority
for his demands. That passsge Of
scripture reads as f0ilows: "A man
who prayeth with his head covered
dishonors his head. But every woman
who prayeth with head uncovered, ,
dishonOreth her head. II the woman
be not covered, let her a.sJ be shUrD,
but il it be shame for woman 10 he
shaven or shOrn, let her D. covered" "
Back in 1893, the farmers If western
Kansas were suffering baily frum the
effects 0. series Of drnu,hs and crop
failures. The Odd Fellows lldges of
ahe state made up big sum OF money
TO relieve the members OF the order,
the lodge 10 Wellington contributing
s. tO fund 70 furnish Odd Fellows
10 western Kansas with seed wheat
Tbe money was donated outright, no
Thought OF ever receiving it back
being entertained for a moment. Yes.
terday The Wellington lodge received
/ draft from Dlghtnn for s. with a
letter explaining that good times had
returned through good crops, and
that :he farmers who received the aid
felt it their duty to return the moner,
being ahnndantlV able to dn 50. II
isn't customary for 4 secret Sucierv 10
make public anv NJ its affurs, bn'
this instance testifiCs so well to the
appreciation Of western Kansas peO-
pie, and their remembrance through
seven years of those who helped them
when they were in need, that the
papers are justified in printing it as
An example OF gratitude seldom wit
messed in this world.
Automatic COuplers and air brakes
are liable to displace thousands Of
0rakemen on the railroads nf the
country that have adopted toe safety
devices. 1t is repOrted that officers
Of Se7eral of the big systems are pre-
pairing to reduce the number OF brake.
men wherever the former number are
employed. 1t is maintained by the
managers that with the automatic
coupler and air brake now in use on
all lines the third brakeman on
through freight trains is superfuOus.
The officers also allege that with three
brakemen and a conductor to a train,
the men, not having enough work,
become idle, careless and thOughtless,
and spend more time in cabOOSes than
oG the tops of cars, where they are
needed in case OF accidents. With
freight trains equipped with air
brakes and automatic cOuplerS the
trains mag be stopped without the
assistance Of Orak men and the pros
Dects are that quite number OF men
will find themselves out of employ
Went through law that they urged
and supported.
Gus Hamel treked in from Cape
Nome THURSDAY wearing a $40 gold
nugget, and having several IN his
pocket. He came via Pueblo and
Hutchinson, from the latter place on
The H. & 5. G1S had a "lay" on two
claims at Nome, one on "Silver
GulCh." and the other on Lucky
Gulch." He says that when the We'll
linetOn crowd reached Nome they
heard nothing but Shovel creek, where
Joe Thralls' four claims were located.
Shovel creek was said to be the best
gold district at Nome, and they all
eagerly went there. They found gold
there, but it was 10 such f0e quaint
ties that they could not work the
claims with profit without expensive
machinery. The best mine at Nome
cost S4O0, COO to develop, and it is now
0ayiug enormous profits. Gus looks
better than he ever looked in his life
His cheeks are as rosy as those OF a
sixteen year old country girl, and he
feels fine. Like the rest OF the crowd
he does not regret his trip, and feels
that he got his moneys worth.
The London Daily News has the
following dispatch from Pretoria
dated August 8: "A plot to shoot ali
the British officers and TO make Lord
Roberts prisoner has been OpportuG
ely discovered. Ten Of the ring
leaders were arrested and are now in
Jail. Probably the plot was part Of
conspiracy OF which the attempted
rising at johannesburg was the first
indication" Everything was pre-
pared 10 the plot to make LORD Rob-
erts prisoner and shoot the officers.
and the conspiracy vas only discover
ed at the last moment. The conSpr-
atOrs umbered about fifteen. They
had Fl inDed to set fire TO the houses
in the extreme western part of the
city, hoping that the troops would be
concentrated. The plan was that then
the cnnSniratOrs were fnrcibly to
enter all houses occupied by British
officers. these having been previously
marked, and kill the occupants. All
the Boer sympathizers were acquaint-
ed with the plot, and several had
heen told of to secure the person nf
Lord Roberts and to hurry with him
IN the rea eat commando. Horses
lad been obtained for this purpose.
The affair has created a tremendous
sensation.
To illustrate the supreme gall and
impu e ne Of some OF the agents now
travelling over the country a case is
reported TO US where an agent for the
sale Of sewing machines aud organs
stopped Monday at the home OF Geo.
lOerger east Of town, while Mr.. Ioer.
ger was out stacking wheat, and
called for dinner for two, he having a
coy with him driving one of lis
teams. Although it was not Yet
dinner time Mrs. loerger went TO the
trouble to prepare special meal for
them, diScOmmod:ng herself and FAM
lily considerably in order To accom-.
modate the fellow. The latter 10 the
meantime had placed sampe sewing
machine In the house and tried TO
persuade Mrs. I0erger to buy one Of
| than hut sha thld thp fallnu eko nj