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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
CLASS INTERESTS ARE FIRST.
Tariff Revision Looked Upon N an
Impossibflity Under Repub-
lican Rule.

Few subjects will come before con-
gress this winter in any form of more
Importance to this nations Industrial
interests, and more especially to the
commercial and industrial interests
of the state of Minnesota, than the
treatment which should be extended
to our live stock and dairying inter-
ests, says the ST. Paul Globe.
For all practical purposes it seems
determined that we shall have no reci-
procity treaties ratified by the pres
ent senate. The chief value of such
treaties is, of course, in the extended
markets they offer to our breadstuffs,
as well as to our ma nufactured articles.
The debate now in; progress in the
German parliament shows what we
have to contend with in foreign lands
in the effort to send into them our
cheap food products. Those govern
ments will give us no market they can
keep from us. They are not willing
that our exclusive trading system,
whereby we seek to sell without buy
ing in return, shall receive even toler-
alton at their hands.
oSi hIdHy Ids UCSll Ol Tie IuOSU
persistent of the foes of our exclusion
laws. The agrarian interest in that
country has consistently and steadily
opposed the introduction of our food
products. The present excitement in
German legislative circles on that score
is no new circumstance. 1t may be for
the poorer classes in Germany the en-
actment of hunger laws" as the So
cialist representatives claim, and it
may be inconsistent with the true well
fare of the German masses but there
is no man who will say that it is not
justifiable as a matter of national re-
prisal.
What the German government is try
ing to do with reference to American
food products we are trying to do
toward ourselves in the attempted adj
vancement of class interests through
legislation. Every Minnesota con-
gresham having a rural constituency
of any extent has made his appearance
in Washington this winter with a
measure designed to drive the oleo.
margarine industry out of existence.
And while one stands watching in won
derment this display of class selfish.
ness and Observation-Disclosures there APP
pear on the scene the representatives
of the cattle-raising interests, with
their legislative programme. They
are against all that the dairying in
terests seem to demand, and they de-
mand a whole lot of things which the
dairy interests seem to be Indifferent
toward.
The republican party has brought
the conscience and moral sense of the
country down to such low level that
it is almost impossible to consider pub
lie measures without immediate and
controlling reference to the interests
which are. pecuniarily interested ad-
versely or favorably. Legislation is
looked on as a form of public favorit-
ism, and it seems to be the principal
question how much more one interest
can get out of the grab-bag than any
other interest.
No wonder, indeed, in such situa-
ton, that tariff revision is looked upon
as an impossibility, and that the
sponge has been thrown up already by
the hackers of the reciprocity idea.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Two Great Lessons.

Just about the time some centena-
rian who has never touched tobacco
in any form dies and gives the world
a lesson some other centenarian hobs
up alive and hearty with the state
nlent that he has smoked and dallied
with hot and rebellious liquors for
80 years or so. This is a perverse old
world, anyhow.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Fredonia Has a Boom.

The Fredonia Gas company has
turned on natural gas at Fredonia.
1t has two wells, with a flow of 49,
100000 feet, eight miles southeast.
The pipe is of sufficient size to supply
a city of $4,000 people. The company
is offering free sites and special rates
to factories. There has been 50-ton
ice and refrigerator plant organized,
also creamery and one of the largest
and most complete brick plants in
Kansas, which will manufacture 120,-
900 brick per day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Poor Lo,. Restricted Citizenship.

Although Indians are to be citizens
and voters, it still will be crime to
sell them liquor. 1t is something very
much like stealing the perfume from
the rose to give them suffrage and
then take away all that makes cam
paigns and elections ENJOYABLE.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Restoration of Eyesight.

Miraculous Restoration of Eyesight.
Miss Kate LeValley has returned to
Hutchinson from a ST. Joseph hospi-
tai, where her eyes were operated
on successfully. Miss LeValley has
been wholly blind for ID years, or ever
since she was five years old. The sur
geon's knife has restored a nearly
perfect sight to her. Her first view
of anything was when the surgeon
held up his fingers and asked her how
many he was showing. 'Three," she
unhesitatingly replied and then there
was a great shout from the 20 stu
dents who had witnessed the opera
tion.-Kansas City Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
cont There i'm Kansas

= "Out There in Kansas" is the title
of the latest of F. D. Coburn's original
cards statistical of Kansas agricul-
ture. One side of it contains the tab
ulated statement of the crops and live
stock products of the state for the
year 1901. On the other side is tes-
timonial, accompanied by picture
Of a fat and hearty girl baby.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
How Ditch Estimates Grow.

The cost of the Nicaragua canal
was first estimated at $9O,O0O,O0O,
next at $1oO,ooo,o 900, and then it rose
to $150,O0o,OO0. Now the lowest esti-
mate is 100000, 900, and the people
of the United States will be lucky if
the cost from first to last shall stop
at that figure.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Two States Will Trade Oratory.

Editor E. E. McJimsey, of Mary
vile, Mo-, has been selected to respond
to ga Message from Missouri" at the
Kansas Day club banquet January 80.
Editor Henry J. Allen, of Ottawa, has
been appointed by President Finch, of
the Kansas Day club, to carry greet
ings from the young Kansas repub-
licans to the Missouri republicans at
their annual meeting and banquet at
Kansas City on February IL. Mr.. AL
len will respond to the toast for Kan
sas at that meeting.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Gov. stan1ey's Letter Campaign.

: Gov. Stanley is sending out letters
to politicians and business men over
the state asking their support in his
candidacy for the republican nomina-
ton for United States senator next
year.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Bought Geuda Springs.

James Tuttle, of Winfield, has pur-
chased Geuda mineral springs in Cow
ley county and he proposes to make
it great summer resort and sani-
tarium. The purchase includes 80
acres, with boathouse, lake, etc.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
A Fortunate Verdict.

1t is quite fortunate that the ver-
dict of the naval court of inquiry was
divided. The partisans of Schley can
pin their faith to the opinion of
Dewey, and the other fellows can
comfort themselves with the bill of
exceptions put in by Benham and
Ramsay.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
What to Get Funston.

Christmas perplexities are as moth
ing compared with the problem in
Kansas of what to get for Gen. Fun
ston when he comes home. He has
$1,000 sword already and life job,
and he has no use for house and
lot.-Kansas City Star.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Harrt. STOOD Il Fun.ton.

There was some objection in the
senate to the confirmation of Freder-
lex Funston to be brigadier general.
Complaint was made that his promo
ton was made under an undue reward
for his part in the capture of Agui-
naldo, but the promotion was de-
Tended by Senator Harris, of Fun
ston's own state of Kansas. Harris
quoted from the records to show that
both Gen. Macarthur and Gen.
Wheaton had Endorsed the nominal
ton, and that both had been cogni-
zant of the expedition in search of
Aguinaldo before it was undertaken,
and had favored it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Will Carry Exhibit. Free.

The Kansas Louisiana Purchase Elk
position commission has obtained a
promise from the railroads to carry
exhibits free of charge. The commits
sioners also fixed upon January rs.
1902, for the farmers to deliver sam
pies of wheat to the railroad stations
for transportation to Topeka, where
the commission will make its selec-
tions. Thirty-six prizes are offered
for one-half bushel samples of wheat,
1a for hard and Is for soft. The prizes
are from So up to $40.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Who VIII Doubt 1t.

Surely this is the season of univer-
sal and accumulated peace. Senator
Hanna and eX-President Cleveland are
fellow-members of committee ap-
POINTED to settle labor troubles and
avert strikes.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
superauous Information.

Whenever bank cashier or teller
runs away with money not his own
the newspapers hasten to say that he
was a trusted employee" Every man
in bank is "trusted;" if he were not
he wouldn't be there.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Another Great Oil Well.

A prospecting company at depth
of IS feet struck an oil gusher at Cha
mute that flows 800 barrels day.
There are 70 producing wells sur
rounding that city. Besides supply
ing the home demand, two to three
tanks of oil are shipped out each day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
First Lieutenancy for clark.

Capt. Adna G. Clarke, of Lawrence,
has been appointed first lieutenant
in the regular army. Clarke was with
the Twentieth Kansas in the Philip
pines.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
should Abolish Prize Money.

Prize money for destroying battle
ships in time of war ought to be
abolished. With the prize question
out of the way the naval officers
would not be quite so jealous of each
other
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Pending an investigation.

The Kansas Dairyman and Farmers
Advocate, of Topeka, have been re-
stored to second-class mail privileges
pending an investigation. The Advo-
cate is edited by Mrs. Annie Diggs,
and when her paper was refused sec
ond-class rates on the ground that
the Advocates subscribers were not
bona fide she went to Washington
and made complaint to the post
master general. Her statement led
to the restoration of the Advocate
to pound rates, until a post office
inspector can investigate the matter.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Preached Fifty-Three Years.

Rev. H. P. McClurkin, aged rs, OF
Topeka, after SO years service in the
Reformed Presbyterian church, has
resigned his pastorate. He has
preached S,26s sermons, officiated at
over 1000 funerals and as many mar.
riages.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Arithmetic Practically applied.

A man in Osborne county has hen
turkey that is IL years old and has
Matched and reared $50 young tur-
keys. He estimates that she has eaten
Sc bushels of grasshopers.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Carnegie's BenefactIons to Date

Andrew Carnegie has given in this
country for libraries and educational
purposes $25,O0O,O00, not including his
latest proposed contribution of $10,-
100000 for students of science. Mr..
Carnegie's total list of benefactions
to date is $S2 10000
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
New Daily Paper for Fort Scott.

A new daily paper is to be estab-
lished at Fort Scott the first of the
year, of which f. C. Raney, late editor
of the Monitor, will be the editor-in-
chief. The Bronson Record, county
paper, has been bought to secure legal
publications from the start and the
new daily will be known as the Even
ing Republican-Record. This makes
three daily papers in Fort Scott and
a hot newspaper fight is on.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Oil Inspection Fees.

S. o. Spencer, state oil inspector,
turned into the state treasury $685.
GO fees collected during the month of
November for the inspection of oil.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
KINSLEY GRAPHIC.
KINSLEY, KANSAS
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

KANSAS

According to the distribution of the
prize money, Capt. Chadwick, the
commander of the New York, stood
second in the hero class at Santiago.
Chadwick pulls down $4,000.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Largest Barn in Kansas.

Labette county has the largest barn
in Kansas. 1t is on r. o. Deming's
farm near Oswego. The barn is 96x156
feet and 46 feet from the ground to
the gable.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
opera House Built BIZ Graneer..

The Grange opera house just COM
pleted in Olathe at cost of $15,O00
was built by the johnson County Co
operative association
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Plevna without n schoolhouse.

Fire destroyed the Plevna school
house, 90 miles west of Hutchinson,
and the board rented rooms in which
to continue school.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
Kansans to Hear Nordica.

President Swensson, of Bethany
(Swedish) college at Lindsborg, has
signed contract for the appearance
of Mime. Nordica, the queen of prima
'donnas, at Lindsborg next March.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
TeIephones Tor Farmers.

A telephone system. with headquar-
tiers at Atlanta, Cowley county, has
been organized for the benefit of rural
residents.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27

Congressman A. M. Jackson, of the
Third district, introduced a bill for
government purchase of Western I'm
ion and Postal Telegraph companies
and operate them in connection with
the post Office department.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
New Book by a Kansas Author.

GA Colorado Colonel and Other
Sketches" is the title of new book
of western stories written by William
Carey Campbell and just published by
Crane & Co., Topeka, Kan. Mr..
Campbell is Topeka boy, and at
present general attorney of the Santa
Fe & Phoenix railway, residing at
Prescott, Ariz. The book comprises
a collection of 20 sketches of life
and scenes in Kansas. Oklahoma, Col
orado, New Mexico and Arizona; pro-
fusely illustrated, 4O2 pages; price,
$3.50.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27

Cigars i'm London.
London alone reduces to ashes 1000,
go cigars . week.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27
seaeraves Urged for a Place.

j. 81. Seagraves, late sergeant OF
the Twentieth Kansas, has been rec
commended to the president for cap
tain of native scouts in the Philip
pines.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-27

Designs on the Atchfson Champion.
1t is reported that Fred Vandegrift
and Frank FARRELL will buy the Atchi-
son Champion and start republican
PAPER, backed by money.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
How Br'er Williams Settled 1t.

"Dey tells me dat Br'er Williams
done come ter grief ergn?' Yes,
he in mo- trouble" How Gomez"
We'll, you hearn dat tale bout Br'er
Washin'ton eatin wild de big white
folks?" Yes, dey tole it ter me-"
We'll, Br'er Williams low dat his
time done come ter settle what dey
calls de race problem down disaway,
en- de sooner it wuz settle de better.
So he give great feas', en- pick out
two er de bigges' white mems in de
settlement, en- sen 'um a invite ter
come eat dinner wild i'm" DE good
ness gracious!" Dat what he done,
En- one er de white mems cut i'm
down pine saplin', en- ter one on
hitch two plow lines fun off his mule,
en- meetin' of Brer Williams in de big
road dey took i'm ter de fur woods
ter ak i'm a few leadin' questions
bout dis same race problem; en- wen
dey got thoo' wild i'm Br'er
Williams say dat settin' down
wuznt good fer de helt', en-
dat runnin' mile minute
wuz de fines exercise in de worl! En-
de las word dey heah i'm say con-
scious wuz, Dam de race problem!'
Atlanta Constitution.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
LABOR LEADERS FEAR
JAPANESE INVASION

Denver. Dec. :;.-"Within the last
three years 10000 japanese have been
landed ut two Pacific coast ports to
work in this country. So it is no won
der that organized labor in the West
is as bitterly opposed to the entrance of
Japaneses as Chinese" This is the pO-
sition of President Daniel Mcdonald
of the Western Labor Union on the
question of cheap labor ard the re-
newal of the Gcary exclusion act, says
the Denver News.
AS the head of a great western labor
organization, President Mcdonald is
actively eNerting himself 10 bring
about the exclusion of both Japs and
Chinese. Under his direction the West
ern Labor Union has sent resolutions
and petitions to every senator in Con
.reSs asking for the re-enactment of
the Geary exclusion law, and that Japs
he included in the exclusion provisions
of the new law Petitions are being cir
culated all over the West and unions
everywhere are holding public meet
ingS.
A circular letter has been sent to all
unions asking them to take Il stand
that will influence western congress
men and senators. Said President Nc
Donald: "OrganiZed labor cannot be
too fully aroused over this deadly op-
ponent from the Orient. The Jap is as
much to be feared as the Chinese. The
new law should exclude him also. The
10000 Japs that | speak of are rapidly
filling up the whole Northwest. They
work in the fisheries, on the railroads,
in the lumber camps and in some cases
are firing engines. They work for 81
or SLID day. Our men cannot com
pete with them in this regard. We
must influence every western senator
aud congressman to stand by us. The
movement among the laboring men of
the West is sincere and overwhelming.
| believe it will be heard in the halls
of Congress and that this yellow men
ace will not poison labor's industrial
interests
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
LIVE STOCK SHOW
OPENS AT CHICAGO

Chicago. Dec. 3.-The work of iudg-
ing the aristocratc animals at the In
ternHtional Live Stock Exposition be-
gan yesterday. Judging of pure-bred
steers and the Intercollegiate judging
contest both began at 8 Il. IN. Later the
Judges discussed the fine points of
grade and cross bred steers.
Thus the great show got into full
swing and will continue the mecca of
admirers Of domestic animals until the
close. December 18th.
In the sheep department the judges
took up purc-bred wethers, in the swine
department Tamworths and York
Shires. and in the horse building Per-
chcrons We're put through the PAGES on
the tan bark. The Intercollegiate iudg
ing contest in swine and sheep began
during the afternoon.
The gates Of the exposition were
thrown open nj s a. m. to big crowd
considering the cnrliness of the hour
The majority of them We're out-of-
town cattlcmen. in many cases attend
ed by members of their families. and
General Manager Skinner. basing an
estimate on this crowd. said the days
attendance. would he between 10000
and 10000.
At the formal opening last night Sec
retary Wilson was greeted with loud
applause. His remarks We're largely
on the Importance of the cattle buSl,
ness iii the United States. He said
that while the cattle exports from this
country were worth SSOO0.GOO the
great market was at home. among our
own people. and under our own flag"
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
FISHING FOR CEDAR LOGS.
sunken New Jersey Swamps That Furn-
ish Priceless Shingles.

The cedar shingle industry which
flourshed at Dennisvile, Cape May
county N. j., few years ago is now
almost extinct, and the export of the
Once-priZed wood, some of which is
said to be nearly 5000 years old, has
been reduced to minimum. The
SHnken cedar swamp reaches from the
mouth of Dennis creek to what IS
known as Cedar Swamp creek, and
runs along Cedar Swamp creek to the
village of Petersburg. The age of this
swamp is not accurately known. Twen-
ty years ago Prof. Cook. then state
geologist, visited Dennisville and eX-
amined tree dug up by Charles Ro-
bart of Cape May, which he then said
was 5000 years of age. The valuable
cedar, which consists of fallen trees,
lies buried underneath the swamps.
creeks, meadows and ponds at a depth
of four feet. Thousands of acres have
been worked, as this wood is very
valuable for shingles. A roof OF dug
up cedar shingles will last for fifty
years. The wood is not so plentiful
now, as the log men have worked the
swamps for years, and the present
growth of cedar does not fall and bury
itself. The process by which the wood
is obtained is very interesting. An
iron probe about five feet long is
thrust into the mud until it strikes
buried log, when the logmen keep on
sounding until they discover the
length of the log. They then thrust In
saw and cut all the way round the
log to free it from distractions. If
the log happens to be in the swamp or
meadow it is dug out, but if in pond
or creek, as soon as it is freed from
the saw it Immediately springs from
the mud and floats on the surface of
the water. No signs of these buried
logs can be seen and they are found
only by probing. In many swamps
there are three growths under the
mud, with the present growth stand
ing above them. An immense log has
been dug from under a large aged
stump that was also under ground.
Some logs gnawed down by beavers
have been worked in what is known as
Robins swamp. From 1860 to 1870 Ell
mer Edwards is said to have secured
lOO,SOO,000 dug-up cedar shingles.
From one log SIS worth of shingles
were obtained. A large amount was
sent to Winchester, Mass. to be used
in the manufacture of violins.-Chi
cago Record Herald
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06

Dlt "aNalAp VI 4hicu'
scribe the best, and as l know and have
proven that there is nothing in Materia
Medica which equals Lydia f.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in
severe cases of female disorders, |
unhesitatingly prescribe it, and have
never yet been sorry. l know of moth
ing better for ovarian troubles and for
falling of the womb or ulcerations; it
absolutely restores the affected parts
to their normal condition quicker and
better than anything else. l have
known it to cure barrenness in wo-
men, who to-day are happy mothers OF
children, and while the medical pro-
fession looks down upon patents
have learned, instead, to lookup to
the healing potion. by whatever name
it be known. If my fellow physicians
dared tell the truth, hundreds of them
would voice my sentiments. y Dir.
WANATA, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit If a5ovs testimonial is not genuine.
The record of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cannot be
equalled. Accept 10 substitute.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address Lynn, Mass.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
French Sugar Production.

Paris. Dec. 3.-The internal revenue
report shows that the beet sugar pro-
duction for the month of October this
year is practically the same as for
1900. but the deliveries for consump-
ton have fallen off from 6O.O0o.o0o
Kilograms to 43,O00,OOO Kilograms. The
customs returns indicate the colonial
sugars are largely replacing home
growers and manufacturers is not as
good as last year.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06
An Unreasonable Protest.

Il feel hurt" the young lover re-
marked TO the adored one. "Why?"
Because all the time have been
courtin5 you | find you have been max
ing inquiries about me- But courts
of inquiry are all the style just now" ="
said the fair girl.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-12-06

Vienna papers assert that Turkey is
preparing an arrogant circular note to
powers protesting against their per
petual Interference in Turkish af-
fairs ana demanding TO know their in
tenion regarding Crete.