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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
THE oLD.TIME CIRCUS SHOW.

These here circuses we see
Amt the sort that used to be-
Great big wonderful affairs
Keeps us scatterin' our stares
Long the strung-out row O. rings
Tryin' to see all the things
Till our rubbernecks git sore
AS bile, an every pore
Swcatin' plum from head to feet
From excitement an the heat,
An our eyes get tangled SO
Seems they're swappin' places; go
Rollin' up an down the tent
Sort O in bewilderment
Tryin' to see it all till they
Git right in each others way.
Leave the tent plum certain W.
Haven't seen the half, by gee,
An around the town we sneak
Lookin' cross-eyed fer a week!
Give us them op-fashioned shows,
Seats a-pilin' up in rows
Round a single throwed-up ring
Where they showed us everything
In a bunch, an we could set
Watchin' 'em an never fret
Thinlzin' there was somethin' we
Wasn't goin' to git to see.
Denver Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
Correct Dining Table Decorations.

A florist told me the other day that
a well-adorned dining table no longer
exhibits great centrepiece of flow.
ers Instead, the embroidery dolly,
which to be up to date is large and
square, calls for tall, slim vase with
few choice roses or some tall
stemmed flowers in the centre of the
dolly. At each corner of the dolly
goes lower vase Of the same style
as the taller. with the same flowers
in it. Sometimes the vases are low
and hold violets or orchids, but they
must be alike. This florist predicts
for spring and early summer table
decoration great profusion of lily of
the valley, which Queen Alexandra
has chosen as the coronation flower
Good Housekeeping.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
The Northern Spur of Minnesota;

"If England in 1882 had stood upon
the motto, What we have we'll hold
there would be now no Northwest An.
gle. But that is another story" In
these words Mr.. Otto J. Klotz, of OF.
tawa. concluded paper read at the
Ontario Land Surveyors convention
dealing with the Northwest Angle,
Lake of the Woods This is a strip of
territory adjacent to the Shoal Lake
gold fields, which naturally would be-
lorg to Manitoba or Ontario, but
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States made it part of what
is now Minnesota, although it is en-.
tire.y separated by water from the
latter State. Mr.. Klotz in an interest.
ing manner traced the history of the
dispute, and showed that the award,
which originally was even less fair
to Canada, and which was afterward
compromised, was the result of defec.
tive maps Toronto (Ont) Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
A Man Who Knows.

Douglas, the shoe man, who spends
more than $1o0, 0,000a yearfor newspaper
advertising, makes this affirmation:
"Any man who has an article of merit
or any man who has business in q
good location who will advertise and
keep on advertising is bound to more
than get his money back and to be-
come successful and wealthy
adelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
uJidg&AAses g& ~
y ~ az q R
DDshH:sTIs 1D4ssH:sT =: ;
Employer-"What are you idling
your time away for?" Clerl-"Tm not;
it's your time Chicago News.

it's your timc."-Chicago News.
She always meets me at the door,
My little wife so sweet;
She always meets me at the door,
To make me wipe my feet.
Philadelphia Record.
Mother-"You must remember, EN-
incline, that fine feathers don't make
a fine bird" Daughter-"True, nam.
ma, but they do make awfully pretty
ts."-Tit-Bits.
The Teacher-"Without mastering
multiplication we could not go any
further in arithmetic" One of the
Pupils-"Gee! Wouldn't that be a
cinch!'-Puck.
Father-"What is the use of my
earning money, if you spend it as fast
as make it?' Son-"That's all right
father. 1 enjoy it just as much as
you do making ."-Brooklyn Life.
Blobbs-"I shall have to wear
glasses" Slobbs-"Are you troubled
with your eyes?' "Blobbs- -"What
did you think 1 was going to wear
them for - bu1iols?" = Philadelphia
"You are indeed my treasure"
l gently said to her;
She blushcd and said with pleasure:
"Then be ny treasurer!"
Chicago Daily News.
Hewitt-"Tve lost my best friend"
Jewett-"Why don't you advertise for
it?" Howitt-"What do you mean q"
Jewett-"I thought you said you had
lost your pocketbook. Tho Smart
Set.
Il suppose you had to study alat-
omy as q preliminary at your art
work" Hardly. Why, that would
be handicap. My business is to
draw fashicn-platc figures. Chicago
Post.
here, but doesn't one become very
much bored living in the country
alone" uostess-"Oh, 70! Thank
goodness, We have few ca,lcrs."-Tit-
Bits.
Mrs. NcXdcre-"Ny daughter, you
know, is quite lover of music" Mrs.
Newconb Pepprey-"You dent say?
Then that constant drumming on the
piano in your house must annoy her
dreadfully. y."-Philadelphia Press.
"Yes," said the head of the firm,
Miss Addie is q good bookkeeper,
but she makes some queer mistakes" !"
what, for instance?" asked the silent
partner. "Well, she enters our mes
senger boys wages under the head OF
running expenses - Philadelphia
Press.
This" said the fond father to the
dematological expert, "seerls to be a
pretty big bill for the treatment yoa
have given my daughter" 1T was a
difficult treatment" explained the
skin doctor you see, we had to re-
move all the cuticle from her cheeks
and graft q new cpidermis upon
them" 'Well," said the father, reach.
ing for mis- check-book, Il don't know
which one Of us you skinned the
nost."-Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

specimen Of middle-class, common
place intelligence, the social recogni
ton for which his wife sighs will
never be hers. The wives of Senators
from her State will return her CALL
she may be invited to tea, even to a
dinner at the fag end of the season.
but that will be the limit Of her in
sight into society,""
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
Bracelets In Fashion.

Bracelets have come in fashion
again, as the result Of the elbow
length sleeve, and many are studded
with beautiful jewels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

Ireland has the highest average
number OF children per family. $50.
while France has the lowest, 3.03.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

The advertising man may not be
superstitious, but he believes in signs
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26

without changing the laws OF tae
state. He is Offering the people
practical reason as to why he should
be elected. That is, he makes IA dis
tinct promise that certain things will
be done in the interests of the people
should he be elected. which is strongly
in contrast with the republican prop
osition of 'letting well enough
alone" This plan of "letting we'll
enough alone" means that you are
to keep still while you are being
robbed as long as you can find the
funds to satisfy the robber.
This is the only time Mr.. Craddock
can be in this county this year, so
improve this opportunity to hear the
next governor OF Kansas
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Inaccurate School Books.

The Topeka Mail and Breeze, a re-
publican journal, under the caption,
"a Few Inaccuracies in Our School
Books" roasts the American Book
company in it's characteristic style
and points out number of ludicrous
errors which occur in some of the
books. The complete geography
seems to have furnished the writer
material for especially caustic re-
marks, as is shown by the following:
''The primary geography seems to
be reasonably accurate, but when we
struck the complete geography it
made us more or less warm under the
neckband. 1t has several pages de-
voted to Kansas. We believe they
call this an appendix to the original
work. 1t may be designated vermi-
form appendix, because it would be a
good thing if it were removed. Th0rc
could be more inaccuracies in this
part of the book-if there were more
pages. Our people are to be taught
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
Vernon j. Rose to Speak.

Those who heard Mr.. Long deliver
his speech in this city recently should
be sure and hear his opponent, Mr..
Rose, tomorrow. The contrast will
attract attention, as Mr.. Rose is say
ing something, and the notable thing
about Longs speech was that he
could talk so long and say SO little.
Come out and hear Issues discussed
both state and national. Learn some
thihg of MIR. Longs record and why
he avoids all issues before the people.
He will discuss the anti-fusio on law and
also the proposed tax measure,
fatherd by the republicans, which they
say is not an issue in the campaign,
even while their speakers are Offering
it as a remedy for the evils which
their speakers admit. This is the
measure which the fusion committee
challenged senator Smith to discuss
on the stump with Major Harvey. The
republican committee declined the
challenge. Come out and learn why.
AT the opera house at p. m. tomor-
row
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
Then and Now.

The Kansas, City Journal, radical
republican paper, is vilifyipg and
ridiculiDg Mr.. Craddock to the full
extent of its ability. When Mr.. Grad
dock was nominated for governor, the
Journal, of May "a, contained the
following statement:
William Henry Craddock, mayor of
Kansas City, Kans., who has heen
nominated for governor by the demo-
Gratis, is accounted one of the best
politicians in the state, and he has
been in politics less than-two years.
Craddock has fine personality
and is great mixer and makes
friends. He has the same congenial
smile for every one. He takes care
of his friends. whether they be demo-
Gratis or republicans, and in the man.
agement of city patronage in Kansas
City, Kans., he has practiced a rigid
policy of standing by those appointees
! who have done meritorious work. He
has been % years in Kansas.
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that under the proposed law it twill
not be too large.
IL. Railroad assessments are not
changed by the new law. a railroad
is kindly permitted to be assessed by
its ''neighbor."
IL. Kansas corporations are re-
quired to report their franchises OBJ
tanned from the state or city for taxa
tion, while a foreign corporation
must report only those granted to it
by any city.
13. No rule is given to determine
the value of franchise.
IA. A merchant Is no longer per-
mitted TO Offset his debts against his
credits.
ID. A manufacturer does not have
to pay tax on finished articles. even
though his warehouse may be full.
This is to encourage manufacture.
ing,'' but agriculture is not ''encour-
aged" by exempting grain.
Ii. Kansas money loaners must
pay tax on real estate mortgages,
even though the real estate has been
asses sed at it's full value, while a
foreign money loaner pays no tax on
his mortgage. This is done to compel
the young man who is buying farm
to pay tax on the full value of tn
land while he owns only one-half of
it and then pay enough more interest
to enable his mortgagee to pay taxes
on the mortgage-in other words, pay
taxes on three times his investment.
liz The rule for assessing tele-
graphs, telephones and other corpor-
ate property depends entirely upon
information that is to be and can be
furnished only by the corporations
| themselves.
To sum up: The proposed tax law
distrusts the people and sets inquis-
itors over them, and protects the cor
porations and assesses them by their
own standard of value.
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sTo Do Right"

That w. Fl .Craddock, fusion candi-
ate for governor Of Kansas, is capa-
BILE of carrying out his policy of "TO
Do Right, is amply demonstrated by
his record as mayor of Kansas City,
Kansas.
The assertion is going the rounds
of the republican newspapers that if
elected governor of Kansas, Mr.. Grad
dock could not compel the corpora
tions dong business within this state
to pay any more taxes than what they
are at present paying. When Mr..
Craddock demanded of the republican
assessor fair return for taxation of
the corporation interests in Kansas
City, Kans., and was informed by the
assessor that he could get no satis-
faction out of the corporations, the
mayor took personal charge of the
matter, and, in the case of Armour,
Swift, S.&S., Fowler and Cudahy
(the five great packing hOuses) who
returned pers Onal property tax of
1913, 260 in 1900. after being inter-
viewed by the mayor, secured their
consent to return for taxati on in 1901
1872, ,555. In 1902, with the assistance of
Frank Holcomb, the democratic county
clerk, and the newly-elected board OF
democratic county commissioners,
(the first board of democrats ever
elected in the county,, these packing
houses were assessed on their per-
sonal property 81, 1927, 700, an advance
of nearly one million dollars in two
years.
This incident simply proves what
a determined man directing the ad-
ministration of affairs can do toward
bringing gras, ing corporations that
evade equitable laws to a realization
of their obligations to the communi-
ties in which they operate. Mr.. Grad
dock was determined that these pack
ing houses should pay an equitable
proportion of the taxes of his city,
and they were made Ito Do Right"
If elected governor, Mr.. Craddock,
when the time came for him to proceed
against the corporations of the state,
would bring the same resourceful
methods into operation that he used
in the cases of the packing houses of
Kansas City, Kansas.
Mr.. Craddock, with his great busi-
ness tact and common sense meth DDS,
and with the hearty cooperation of a
fair-minded legislature, could do more
good for the taxpayers of Kansas
under the present tax law than could
any carping republican olfice-seeker
who depends on the passage of new
tax law that will create a lot of new
Offices to be filled by his political
friends.
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Craddock and Waterbury.

w. Fl. Craddock, fusion candidate
for governor. and E. S. Waterbury,
fusion candidate for justice of the
supreme court, will address the peo-
pie of this county on the issues of the
day at the opera house in Kinsley,
Friday afternoon AZ O'Clock. Oct. 3.
Mr.. Craddock will devote large
portion of his time to discussing tax
alton and will explain TO the people
how taxes can be largely reduced
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
The Republican Tax Bill.

Instead of providing relief for the
people in the matter of taxation, the
republican party proposes to enact
into law the tax law prepared by the
commission created by the last legis-
lature.
The following facts concerning the
comm ssion, it's report, and the pro-
posed law ought to challenge the at
tention of every voter.
l. IL is partisan measure. No
member of the legislature other than
q republican was allowed place on
the commission.
2. Four thousand dollars was ap-
propriated to pay the commission to
prepare a partisan bill.
3. Two state Offices are created,
each with a salary of s., 800 year.
4. One county office is created.
5. The state tax commissioners are
elected by the executive council and
yet they are given power to summarily
remove q county assessor elected by
the people.
8. And when, the county assess or is
SO removed the governor can appoint
any person, whether resident of the
county or not, to fill the vacancy,
and the person appointed shall hold
the Office for the unexpired term, even
though a general election might be
held in the meantime.
I. The men who do the actual work
of assessing are not to be elected, but
must be appointed.
S. No assessor is permitted to work
in his own community. Every tax
payer is to be assessed by a stranger.
8. All county assessors are re-
quired to meet in ropeka-at the ex.
pense of their counties-and there
learn what the state tax commission.
ers want them to do. and incidentally
to be threatened with removal if they
should ooey the people rather thar
the tax commission.
10. The report attacks the consti
tutional exemption of $500, but says
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
Dirty Politics.

Nothing is sacred to the average re-
publican politician. This statement
has been receiving additional verifica-
tiOn through the columns of the press
in the last few weeks. The republican
committee has been sending out copy
to the little weeklies in the state and
for lack Of any reasonable campaign
material it has been used, trusting to
the ignorance of their readers. One
thing has been overlooked and that is
people of this state. The latest abb
surdity which has been inflicted on
long suffering public is the story that
Craddock has decided his home in
Kansas, City. Kansas, to his wife
and that he pays no taxes.
Some years ago he did make his
wife IL present of the place they occupy
as a home and that is the only part of
the story that is true, and that is al
together to his credit.
In regard to the statement that he
payS>no taxes: One of the leading
daily papers circulated in this state
sent a representative to Kansas City,
Kansas, to look the matter up. He
found that Mr.. Cradd Ock is one OF the
heaviest taxpayers in the city, and
the county officials stated that be
had always been noted for paying
more than his share of the taxes of
the community in, which he lived. So
much for this story, but what in
terests the voters of Kansas is to
know what inspired the attack along
this line. That is another story and
illustrates the methods of the present
managers of the republican party in
this state. 1t is we'll known fact
that Mr.. Craddock is making his
campaign largely on the question of
equal taxation. His proDosition
broadly stated is that the corporations
doing business in Kansas be COM
PEELED to pay taxes on the same pro-
portion of their value as the private
citizen. He says that the railroad
pay on about ten per cent of their
value while the small property holder
pays on from thirty to fifty per cent.
Now, what is the matter with that?
Any good citizen of the state should
agree with his proposition if 1t is COR
rect. But the republican party can
didates and managers. instead of
meeting this question seriously, at
tempt to ridicule Craddock and say
! that he is only Offering to cut the
taxes of the people in half while he
has dicovered method of entirely
escaping his own. and then they rush
to the defense of the corporations.
tCertainly the corporations have noth-
ing to fear if they are doing their
| share, and the best evidence that they
are not is the fact that the republican
committee deems it necessary to take
/ their part. We wonder If that is the
| way the fat is fried out of them for
campaign purposes. If the republican
defense of corporations is based on
no better grounds than is. their attack
on Craddock, then their case is weak
indeed, and they stand coyincted ol
Ichampioning the cause of the corpo.
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for the next five years that Topeka is
a little dinky town Of % 1000 inhabi-
tants. the third city in the state in
point of population about in the same
class as LeavenwOrth. They will have
dinned into their heads that the great
wheat-producing section of Kansas is
out in Kearney county. where, a.
matter of fact, they do not raise
enough wheat on the average to fatten
small flock of blackbirdS. They
will have to commit the statement that
great smelters are located at Argcn-
tine and q wire plant at Lawrence
when both statements are false and
have been for at least two years.
They will be taught that the greatest
water power of Kansas is at Arkansas
City. when as matter of fact the
mills there have to depend on steam
half the year because there is not
enough water coming down the Ar
kansas river good share of the time
to turn a tanning mill. but the book
says not word about the really
great powers of Lawrence and Blue
Rapids. The person who compiled
hat part of the text book that relates
to Kansas was indeed a lulu. He
should be out somewhere exercising
his vocal powers in calling swine to
their daily repast instead of prepar-
ing books for intelligent Kansas chill
dren to study
No such inaccurate books as those
referred to in the above article would
ever have been selected had the text
book commissioners held themselves
aloof from INSCRIPTIONS lobbyists
and disreputable boodlers.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
Anent Albaugh's Expose.

The republican state committee,
through its officers, has been spread
ing campaign lies broadcast in great
quantities since the opening of the
campaign. The fusionists are run
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
COUNTY TICKET.

of Kinsley Township.
Sheriff. ..P PHILIP MOLETOR
of Trenton Township.
County Attorney. ney.................A.C. G. DYER,
of Kinsley Township.
Register of Deeds. s......,....D. B. RUSSELL.
of Franklin Township.
Probate Judge .. IF. q. BLANCHARD,
of Kinsley Township.
County Clerk CHARLES STURDEVANT.
of Wayne Township.
County Treasurer ...... ......W. ID. ERWIN
Of kinsley Township.
Clerk OF District Court. .......M. A. MERTEN.
of jackson Township.
Superintendent OF Schools IL. r. CLARK,
of Kinsley Township.
Surveyor -. H. A. REEDER
of Franklin Township.
Coroner. DANIEL KNlSlEf.
of Tren ION Township.
of Belpre Township.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26

rations of the state against the in
terest of every farmer, merchant,
mechanic and laboring man in the
state of Kansas, and as such shame
shall be their portion.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26

spring pressure, both wheels are
drivers, perfect balance and light
draft.
NEVER CLOGS, NEVER CHOKES.
Seat furnished with all drills.
The Superior" Disc Drill is the
best general-purpose seeding i'm
plement ever used on a farm. It
does the finest kind of work under .
all conditions.
IT is ALWAYS READY FOR WORK.
1t is especially recommended
for use in hard ground, in weeds,
corn stubble, grass, etc. The
ground is never too hard nor weeds
too thick to prevent this drill from
doing excellent work.
It works where others fail.
If it comes from
MlSNER & GONDER'S
IT'S GOOD.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
The NON-ARRIVAL OF
i grain and coasting ships is
due TO dense smoke at the

j grain and coasting ships is
due to dense smoke at the
mouth of the Columbia River.
The steamer Columbia is re-
ported to be stranded in the river
near Astoria.
The flames are destroying thou
sands of dollars worth of property.
Forests and villages are disappear
ing in the flames and is not to be
likened to any calamity which ever
existed in this part of the country
except it be the disappearing of
all competitors single disc grain
drills from the farmers use, and
the use instead of the
SUPERIOR SINGLE DISC DRILLS.
These drills are furnished with
broad tired steel wheels, rear lift,
solid steel frame, perfect low
double-tree hitch, draw-bars made
of high carbon steel, each disc and
bar independent, perfect direct
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-26
pOPIuIST DEMOCRATIC
TICKET TICKET


Supreme Court Justices. 6-year term.
J.D. MCCLEVERTY.
of Bourbon county.
B. F. MILTON.
of Ford county.
e. s. WATERBURY,,
of Lyon county.
Four-year term.
FRANk DOSTER.
: of Marion county.
TwO-year term.
JOHN C. CANNON.
of Linn county.
Congressman-at-Large,
J.D. BOTKlN,
of CowIey county.
Governor.
W. H. CRADDOCk,
of Wyandotte county.
Lieutenant Governor.
FRED ]. CLOSE.
Of Ellis county.
Secretary of State,
CLAUD DUVAL,
OF Reno county.
State Treasurer,
d. H. HEFLEBOWER,
of Miami county.
state Auditor
J. M. LEWIS, JR..
of Edwards county.
Attorney General,
r. 81. PEARL.
of Brown county.
Superintendent of Insurance,
DANIEL HART.
OF Norton county.
For Congressman of seventh District.
VERNON J. ROSE,
of Newton.
Judge of 33rd Judicisl District,
A. H. WILSON.
of HodgemaD county.