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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20
TruubIes of a Democrat.
To the Globe-Democrat:

| 1O Tie
ANNA, ILL, Oct. S.-As election
day approaches / begin to feel uneasy
about how to vote. l have tried
without success to find some reason
why 1 should stick to my party and
vote for the false prophet with the
tireless jaw. L have looked up the
Democratic record for the last forty
years, TO find something good, and
and have failed. l find we tried to
kill Lincoln before he was inaugural
ed: we accused him worse than any
other man since the time of Christ,
calling him an old boor, an ape, an ig.
noramuS. an imperalist and tyrant,
and we finally killed him. But now
our great Col. DR.. Bryan can hardly
make a speech without quoting the
wisdom of that ''oId fool" Lincoln,
Just as lie will be quoting that old fool
Mckinley twenty-five or thirty years
hence.
1 notice we fired on the flag over
Sumter. and caused the mOst cruel
and costly~war of mOuern times. Not
for freedom, but for slavery! We
growl ABOUT paving pensions, but who
caused it? We called ourselves
''Knights of the Golden Circle"
and we circled around among the
thickets and sink holes, plotting mis-
chief against our Union neighbors,
and the Union cause. To make good
rebel Democrats of some men, we
cut down their orchards, or did some
other Democratic devilment. We
called the greenbacks Lincoln's rags,
Lincoln himself an old fool and the
soldiers, whom we now love SO we'll
lin horn, we called Lincoln's hire
lings.
have hunted down through Cleve-
land and Altgeld's time for something
good, but can't find it. But do find
somebody wore ont that Rebellion,
wiped out slavery and has made this
grand and glorious land. Who did it?
Must have been the party in power
But what party has been in power
most of the last forty years? Think
it over yourself.
Now 1 don't want to be leftlike the
fellow who, wnen invited by Old Uncle
Noah to come in out of the wet refus-
ed. saying. Go on with your old tub.
faint goin' to be much of a shower
no how" I'm afraid If we get man
for President who IS .'all talk and no
cider and whose promises and predlc-
tions are all full of danger, that'Il
swamp us all. In conclusion / ask.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Ofthe ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1T is entirely closed, Deafnessis
the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition. hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an infiamed con-
ditiOn of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (cauSed by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pitts are the best
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

General Black, a lifelong Democrat,
at one time congressman-at-larg from
Illinois and commissioner of pensions
under Clevelandis first administra-
tion, has come out strongly in favor
of McKinley's reelection. He says:
''For my part, 1 can not, while my
country is at war, stand anywhere but
under it's flag Like Martin Luther.
Here / stand. 1 could not do other
wise, God helping me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

The gambling fraternity of New
York City are offering to wager any
amount of money that Mckinley will
carry the state of New York by 1O0,-
600 plurality. The Democrats have
been claiming all along that BRYAN
would carry that state by a big major
ity and in fact Boss Croker promised
to carry it in return for a cabinet po-
sition when Mr.. Bryan is elected pres
Ident, but it seems that~the boss of
the ice trust will not be able to deliv-
er the goods promised.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20
A Political Platform.

Did you see the Pops all frown
When they heard that ChOllv Towne
Had been quietly turned down?
Yes.
Did you see them faces make
When they said: ''We'll have to take
One more pull for Bryan's sake?"
OF course.
Did you hear the silver bell
Peal forth joyfully and we'll
That Towne didn't get smell?
Sure.
Did you see Dick Croker smile,
Stretch his mouth half a mile,
When the Towne men lost their pile?
You know it.
Did you see him smack his chops
When the ice trust knocked the props
From beneath the western Pops?
You bet.
Did you think this two-faced crew
Can deceive the crowds anew,
As they did in Ninety-two?
Nit.
Ottawa Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

must Il man because he is Democrat
swallow every, mess his party sets be-
fore him? Must | vote for the man
who says debase the currency and pull
down the flag? God ,forDid. Let me
crawl into the old reliable Republic
can tub out of danger and cast my
vote for Mckinley and Yates, if / am
a good old DEMOCRAT.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

Up in Sheridan county the Republi-
cans nominated G. c. Evans for clerk
of the district court and the Demo-
pops at their convention in Hoxie last
Saturday, not having man eligible
for the office, indorsed Mr.. Evans can
didacy. He will no doubt be elected.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

ALL / want to do from a material
standpoint is to eXhume Mr.. Bryan'S
prophecies of four years ago, and then
let you, for yourselves, compare those
prophecies with their signal non-ful-
fiilment.-Gov. Roosevelt at st,
Louis, Oct.9.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

Mr.. Clevela nd writes inregard to a
letter he sent to business men on
financial questions five years ago: 81
have not changed nv opinions as then
expressed in the least" The spec
tacle of Grover dangling after Bryan
and 45c dollar is not likely to mater
ialiZe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

l. p. Campbell, the eN-Pop nominee
for congress in the Seventh district,
is doing some good work for the Re-
publicans in that part of the state.
He is canvassing the district with G.
L. Long, the Republican congressional
nominee
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

There are twenty German daily pa
pers in Illinois supporting Mckinley
this year against sixteen four years
ago. and still the Democrats. claim
that they will get the German vote
in that states
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

A story is told on an Independence
high school boy that when called up
on to define the word ''space" lie re-
piled that he had it in his head, but
didn't know just how to express it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

Col. S. S. REYNOLDS, of Grainfield,
says that one reason why he cannot
support Frakes is that he is an rayow-
ed infidel and scoffer at all religious
ceremonies and beliefs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

The Populists of Missouri have re-
fused to be swallowed by the Demo-
cratic party and will support the
straight Republican ticket
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

In Hiawatha family of seven each
one belongs to a different church and
when they meet together they have
lively times, nothing like Il prayer
meeting
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20
Ottawa Herald.

A careful poll of Illinois gives the
Republican ticket II ,604 majority out
side of Cook county and Chicago will
swell these figures 25,OOO.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

The Stockton News offers So gold
piece for the name of each and every
man in Rocks county who has chang
ed from Mckinley to Bryan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20

Expunge the account of mans in
humanity to man from the worlds
history and small volume would con-
tain the rest.-Chicago News.
The colored American., 1900-02-24
How to Kill a Newspaper.

The following recipe is Offered by
Western newspaper: Just let the sub
scription go; it's only dollar or two;
the publisher doesn't need 1t anyhow,
then go borrow your neighbors; when
q reporter comes, always be busy; make
him feel as if he were intruding; when
the advertising audjob man comes tell
him you don't need TO advertise; every
body know you; that you will try to
get along without ally printed station
cry, it's too expensive, you have TO
economic; never drop in to see the edi-
tor unless you want free compliment
tary notice or lengthy obituary OF
beloved relative; never recommed the
paper to anybody; when you speak oft
say, Yes, We have little sheet, but it
doesn't mount to much;" keep IL up
a year or two and you Will have dead
newspaper, dead lot of m merchants
and a dead TO Hn.-Ex.
The colored American., 1900-02-24
7 he Amphions Score.

Grand Army Hall was tilled to over
flowing Friday evening February 9, the
occasion being the annual concert ana
e.eption by the popular Amphion
lee Club who fully sustained their
reputation as entertainers. Ihe cluD
rendered a short program OF classic and
popular selections, after which HON
mans orchestra discOursed fine pro-
gram. The roster Of the club for lsOOls
as follows; Honorary members: hon.
Judson W. Lyons, Hon. John T. Green
Prof. E. 8. Hoffman, Captain +. L.
Webster, Messrs. Richard Green, jesse
Koonee, r. w. Thompkins, Hon. IL.
! P. Cheatham, Prof. John L. Layton,
Major Arthur Brooks, Captain Il. Il.
Webster. MessTs. Nathan Ruffin, q. Z.
M. Browne, W, J. Abrams; TenoTs:
.Messrs. Winston Payne, William A.
Mitchell. Joseph D Wilson, Fred A.
Sabbs, Charles A. Champ, William De
Long. Bases: Messrs ] Il. Washing
ton, Benjamin 81. Baker, William Coop
er, Jesse B. Walker, Richard Drew,
Louis Amber, william L. Isabell.
Prof ]. Henry Lewis, Musical Direct
or. Ladies' Auxiliary: Miss M. Z.
Pryor, chairman; Miss Marion Green,
secretary; Miss Beatrice Malvan, Mics
Evelyn Grimes, Miss Lucinda Shorter.
The colored American., 1900-02-24
The New Sunday School Superintendent
for Enon Baptist Church

Mr. Joshua Taylo the newly elected
Superintendent Of the EnOn Baptist
Church Sunday School, was installed
Sunday morning by Rev. ]. I. Loving,
thu pastor OF The church. Rev. Loving
took occasion to pay quite Tribute to
the work performed by MIR. Taylor in
the interest of the Sunday School, his
energetic personality and worth as a
Christian. DeacOns Chambers, White,
Harrod and Johnson, also added their
need Of praise and appreciation. The
response Of Mr.. Taylor was full of feel
ing. and highly expressive of the sense
Of appreciation entertained OF the hon.
or conferred. and the confidence re-
posed in HIM by the church. Mr.. Taylor
has been the assistant for some time,
and since the death OF Mr.. J. W. Id
max, the former Superintendent, has
carried on the affairs of the school TO
the satisfaction Of sll concerned.
While not so large as desired, the
Sunday School of EDon Baptist Church
takes high rank as an agency for good,
three-fourths of the scholars being
active members OF the church. The
Lily Rose Club, one OF the most -four
ishing organizations in the church,
and through whose efforts the church
has been supplied with fuel for the
last tN years, is composed Of Sunday
School pupils, ranging IN age from
twelve to eighteen years.
The following comprise the teachers
and general officers:
Rev, J. E. Johnson, Misses II. Ross,
E. A. Dodson, M. e. EweD, L. Z. Cart
er, and Mrs M. Hall; Librarian, MI. o.
Lucas; OTganist, Miss NJ. E. Stewart;
Secretary, Mr.. J. B. Washington; ChO-
rister, Mr.. r. W. SpotlswO0d; Treas.
urer, Mr.. nj. Johnson.
The colored American., 1900-02-24
Stand By Mr.. Palmer.

Editor The ColoIed American, Dear
Sir:-Week after week there appears in
the columns Of your paper some un
fair com melt upon the status CT the
Negro in the Government Printing
Office. May / ask, why? A man III
your position ought to know that in no
branch Of the government are tt ere so
many Negroes employed as in said
office.
We. individually, and as race, should
show gratitude to our friends, and l
venture to say there is no better than
the Hon. Frank W. Palmer. Every
man who evidences a friendship for
our people should be spoken Of kindly,
but of man who dots Ten times more
than any other, his praises should form
one grand chorus. Mr.. Palmer Is re-
garded, by those who know him, as
one of the best friends OF the Negro
race, and he Is, and your columns
could be used to greater advantage
by commendtng his efforts in cur be-
half than in deTractIng.
In walk through the printing off1ce
you Will not have to wear glasses to see
a Negroes fsce-they are everywhere.
l am sure you want co be just 10 all
mankind and !, as your friend AMI an
admirer of the Hon. Frank W. Palmer.
respectfully ask that you give credit
where credit is due.
Yours truly,
WILLIAM I. FERGUSON.
1920 Pierce Place.
The colored American., 1900-02-24

You can dress your hair in the latest
fashionable style easily and safely with
the original OzoniZed OK Marrow.
lcopyrighted) as it is perfectly harm
less and never fails to make kinky hair
straight pliabie and beautiful. Imita-
tlons won't do 1t. Be sure you get the
genuine. Sold over forty years. II
your dealer cannot supply you send Us
fifty cents and We will ship you bot
tie. Ozonized Ok Marrow Co., 76 Wa
bash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. If.
The colored American., 1900-02-24

Rev. W. r. TolIiver has returned to
the city after an extensive tour through
the West. Mr.. Tollivtr has rendered
valuable service IN the interest OF the
Baptist Foreign Mission Fund, aud
Rev. L. q. Jordan, the sur erintendent
of that work. fiuds in him q uOst faith
ful and worthy ally. Mr.. TolliVer will
remain here for some time, assisting
u lCcsl reviVals
The colored American., 1900-02-24

w MILLiAMs III M and CO. 600 9th f. STEVENS Pa
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The colored American., 1900-02-24
= Truly National Paper.

Dear Editor:-There Is no bill de
light in saying NOR than the one which
for another year. The new form adds
much 10 its appearance. You deserv
great praise in giving Us the only truly
national colOred newspaper.
William A. Credit, d. D., Pastor
Cherry :, Baptist church, Philadel
phla-
The colored American., 1900-02-24
MRS. DIR. RENNER
SPECIALIST

in obstetrics: gold medal awarded for the
science OF obstetrics from the University OF
Munich. Bavaria: treats successfully womens
com plants and Irregularities; private santa
rum for ladies before and during confine-
ment. Once hours from to d. m,
6Is Penn. Avenue
NoI thwest, Washington. u. c.
The colored American., 1900-02-24

$500 A MONTH!-The National
C0lOred Teachers Bureau has position
at that salary for a capable teacher of
agricuitdre and dalrying. Address ].
q. Clayton, III. D., Secretary, 459 g.
treet, u. W., at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29
MODERN SLAVERY
Caused BY Weak. Exhausted Stomachs, Il
Almost Universal.

You, reader, would not permit your
neighbor to call you out OF bed at mid
night and oblige you to walk the pave
ment for two or three hours every
night. You would not allow him to
burn your hand wiIful1y, nor to cut
your finger off, just to please him.
Why, then, do you allow your stomach
to cause you loss of sleep, nightmare,
and continual suffering2 Every dys-
peptic, every sufferer from indigestion,
bi1iousness, heartburn, waterbrash,
catarrh of the stomach and other stonl-
ach diseases, Is a slave to his or her
stomach. There is one way-on1y one
of breaking the chains of this s1av-
cry. That is by using Dodd's Dyspep-
STA Tablets
These digest the food you have eaten.
They don't need aid from the stomach,
which Is therefore given time to rest
and gain strength. They regulate the
bowels, which carry off the waste por-
ton of the food not used in making
blood. Thus the stomach is emptied
and prepared TO receive the next meal.
No foul gas can form in the stomach
if you use Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets,
for the food is digested by them at
once and does not remain IN the stom-
ach to rot and cause disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29
comnIIment with a sting.

Talk about delightfully."- put compli-
ments, / heard n girl at supper deliv-
er herself of q perfect jewel the other
night. She leaned across the table
the table next to me-to say It, and she
meant well.
"Oh, Miss Dumdum," she said cor
daily, "Fve got a trade at last for
your
a swap asked Miss Dumdum,
beaming with anticipatory delight
"Uhhuhw answered the other. Lieu
tenant BuIbul said it,
.-Oh, do tell it, pleaded Miss Dunn
dunn eagerly.
1T was an awfully nice one" said
the first girl, ''and Lieutenant Bulbul
meant IT too. He said you waltzed d.
vinely. He said he was awfuIly sur
prised, too, TO ind II out, so know he
meant il. He said he wouldn't have
thought from seeing you walk that you
could dance at alL"-Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29
He WON The CASE.
A story of LIncOln's Wonderful Men,
tai and Physical Ability.

Professor Stevens was once work
ng up a mining case for the govern
ment in a western state where Mr..
Lincoln was practicing law. Mr.. Lin
coin at the time was comparatively I'M
known in law and politics. When the
professor engaged his room in the
crowded country hotel, he found that
Mr.. Lincoln was TO occupy one bed
in the room. as there WAS no other
place where he could be accommodate
ed. After arranging his books the pro-
fessor settled down in an easy chair to
prepare his brief.
Mr.. Lincoln soon came in and made
himself known. he said he also had
to spend the evening making up an
argument upon a mining case. and he
knew less about mines than about any
thing else. In an hour the professor
finished his work and retired, but be-
fore he did SO he granted his room
mate the privilege of using all his
books, maps and papers upon mines
and mining. Then he went to sleep.
and when he awoke at the next
morning he found Mr.. Lincoln just
where he had left him porting over
his books and papers. The lamp was
sui was Ods
light.
As Professor Stevens case did not
come up the next day he attended the
court TO hear AIR. Lincoln present his
arguments. He reached the scene in
time for the opening speech by his
roommate, and he staid all through
the session.
Although Mr.. Lincoln spoke for over
an hour on the technicalities of mines
and mining. he did not make single
mistake. He cross examined some
half dozen surveyors and engineers and
in every case puzzled and embarrassed
them with his knowledge OF the sub
ject. OF course he won the case. But
Professor Stevens said that everybody
in the court believed he had been grad
uated in mining engineering and had
devoted years to the study of the sci
ence.-Satqrday Evening Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29
Why He Bought wholesale.

The slender stranger had just bought
a dollars worth OF IL" tickets and
was folding tsem when the man from
Harlem asked:
WHY"
1t is so seldom that n New Yorker
asks Il reason for anything that the
slim stranger explained. Because one
ticket seller in the L Is sleight Of
hand artist" said he. 81 offered 50
bill i'll payment for a single ticket a
few weeks ago and ought to have re-
ceived $4.9J in change. 1 counted it
twice and could make out but $40. I
pushed it back to the ticket man, and
he at once pushed it back to me, gruff-
ly saying, Can't you count| and as he
said it l saw n quarter fall into the
pile of change from the palm that
pushed it. 1 retOrted, It's all right
now and pocketed the money without
recounting il. He saw that had Oh
served the trick, and the look he gave
me would have made me feel weak if
had not been through the same ex-
perience shortly before at the same
window.
Since then 1 have bought my tick
cts by the. dollars worth, as it is easy
to count change in even dollars and
puts less temptation in the way of the
ticket man."-New York Mall and Ex-
prpSS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29

To begin with he's "a good fellow"
That's a phrase easier understood by
men than by women. 1t generally
means-well, IT means he's an all round
good sort in the male line.
Saturday afternoon he was feeling
pretty good. He had been quite thirsty
If what he had taken was TO be judged
as a criterion. And the libations left
him in a thoroughly good humor, and
he felt at peace with the world.
In this delightful mental and phys
zeal state lie bethonght him of Il friend
OF his in Providence, and lie further
thought that he would call up that
particular friend on the telephone.
SO he went to a Broad street hotel,
told the young woman there who had
charge of the telephone that he wanted
to speak TO Mr.. So-and-so In Provi-
dence and wouldn't she kindly call up
the party.
The girl did as she was babe.
"Party's on the phone" she said,
and the man went into the telephone
box, sat down and put the receiver to
his ear.
And then he calmly and sweetly
dropped off to sleep.
When he woke up, he owed the tele-
phone company $3.50.
He said he wouldn't pay it; but he
did.-Philadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29


save a very long river Journey. ne
visited the district and found that by
taking advantage OF two small streams
= c1Ezl OF about league would be all
that was necessary.
The committee were delighted with
this report. and they begged the sur
veyor TO write an official letter to the
government on their behalf. asking
that they might be permitted to begin
the work at once.
Ten years after this the surveyor
was again at the village OF Cabecera,
and the first question asked him was:
do You not think a canal could be
made from here 10 ProxecueT
On his informing them that he had
been asked the same question ten years
before and had taken some time and
trouble about the matter, the chairman
replied that on account of politics, the
death of his father, etc, the govern
meEt letter had probably been over
looked. Search was made. the letter
was found and once more all was ex-
element. Nothing was talked about
but the canal
Some years later yet the surveyor
was again at Cabecera. Immediately
on his arrival deprivation waited upon
him. do you think n canal The
speaker never got any further with
that questiSn.-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-29
wouIan,t BI.ckcn nj, Boo,,.

1t would be superfiuous TO praise the
hospitality of American private houses,
but it was impossible not TO see how
much of it is hampered and curtaiied
by difficulties of service, of which all
my hosts complained. L hardly e"eE
ventured to ask for hot water In dress
ing or to utter an actual request that
my boots should be cleaned. Ny plan
was to place them outside my door, as
at a hotel, and 1 generally found that,
if not BACKED. they had been rubbed
over before the next morning-G. c.
Broderick'S Memories"