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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

If Uncle Joe" Cannon gets into the
speakers chair of the house of rep
resentatiyes he will be the first man
reputed to be millionaire to occupy
that high office. Mr.. Blaine came
pretty near the million mark, but
probably did not quite reach it. In
Danville, H., MIR. Cannon resides in
very large and richly furnished
house, but he also wears 'boots."
chews tobacco and tells plain stories
He is credited with having landed"
more constituents in soft berths in
the government service than any
other five men in congress.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

sharp blue eyes roved over the fam1i-
lar room, a strange feeling OF desola-
ton stole over her. In vain She re-
minded herself of hard facts that had
heretofore given her satisfaction; she
was the richest woman in Dalesburg,
her house was the largest and most
imposing, her clothes the finest and
most fashionable and yet 49,
She got up impatlently and, going
over to the window, pressed her face
against the pane and looked out into
the December dusk. Muffled figures
fastened past, carrying bundles of all
shapes and sizes, for it was Christmas
eve; the sight sent queer little thrills
over Miss Cynthia and a great load
seemed to settle on her heart. She
had no one to buy gifts for, she told
herself, and no one cared enough for
the lonely old spinster to even give her
good wishes.
1t had not always been thus. She
recalled the many, many happy De-
cembers she had enjoyed when Sid
ney Bruce, her nephew and only living
relative, had lived in her house. She
had taken him to live with her when
he was a small boy, and her love for
him had grown into a mild idolatry
by the time he had become man.
Sidney returned her affection with all
the strength of his loving heart I'M
til he wanted to marry Edith Blake.
Miss Cynthia had other plans for Sid
ney, and refused to even discuss Edith
with him, but Sidney was very much
in love and cared not farthing that
Edith was poor and a sort of upper
servant in his aunt's house. Edith was
a peace-loving girl who found the sit
uation almost more than she could
bear. for Miss Cynthia had taken her
when an orphan, six years before, and
had been like a mother to her ever
since. Edith loved Miss Cynthia dear
ly, but loved Sidney more, and one
December day she went away with
him and was married.
Miss Cynthia did n OF rave or storm:
she simply ignored the existence of
the youthful pair, and Sidney, reared
in luxury, had to go to work at any,
thing he could find to do. He had
never even tried to support himself
and now he had Edith to love and cher
ish-and support in addition.
Miss Cynthia changed into a cold,
hard woman, and was filled with Bit
terness when her oldest friends OPEN
ly sided with Sidney and Edith. The
latter took small house, not a great
distance from Miss Cynthia's, and
were happy but very poor. Sidney
after many discouragements succeed
ed in obtaining situation in a large
factory as assistant bookkeeper, but
the work was hard and the pay pitt
fully small.
Miss Cynthia watched from her
plate-glass windows and saw Sidney
trudging past day after day to his
work, and her heart hardened, for APP
parently he never glanced at his old
home. He passed with averted eyes
and Miss Cynthia had ample oppor-
tunity to notice how thin and care
worn his face had grown and how
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Gen. Dewet, the Boer fighter, it
appears, thinks Butler was a better
general than either Roberts or
Kitchener. Butler had bigger force
to fight and much smaller one to
do the fighting with. Moreover, the
Beers style of fighting was new to
the world at the time that Butler was
ut the front. This may all be true.
but the British government will
never give to Butler anything like
the honors which it has bestowed
on Roberts or Kitchener. No amount
of excuses will ever, in war or poll
tics save the man who loses.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

When crib is filed with corn it is
satisfaction to know how many
bushels there are. This is easily
learned by multiplying the length by
the breadth, and this sum by the
height. This will represent the num-
Der of cubic feet in the crib. Divide
this by two and one-fourth, and the
result will be the number of bushels
of shelled corn in the crib.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
Frisco System New Observation
Cafe Cars.

In addition to through chair car and
Pullman Sleeper service the Frisco Sys-
tenn operates on its trains out of
handsome Observation Cafe Cars, un-
der management of Fred Harvey. These
cars are equipped with every convenience.
including large library observation room
and PLATFORM; the former supplied With
easy chairs, writing material fastest news
papers and periodicals. Electric lights and
electric fans add to the comfort of the pas,
sengers. These trains leave Saint Louis and
Kansas City daily via the Frisco System
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

The test of Marconi's wireless
telegraphy during the British naval
maneuvers in the Mediterranean did
not result satisfactorily. That por-
ton of the fleet regarded as the enc
my had little difficulty in confusing
the messages sent from one ship to
another to an extent which made
them wholly unintelligible. For ex-
ample, when the admiral sent an or
der to one of his ships, the enemy
kept the air full of telegraphic mes
sages which mingled with the official
dispatches and gave the result of q
hopeless jungle of words.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
Only Two Realities.

Billy-So yer didn't git nothin' but
a jack-knife and a sled fer Christ
mas?
Tommy-Yes. OATS all I got worth
speaking of. Dere wuz suit nv
clothes, and overcoat. and hat or
two, and some underclothes, and q
Bible, and a book Nv poems, an some
stockin's, and gloves, and collars and
cuffs, and a few>other trifes like dat.
not worth speaking of.-Puck.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

The conviction and sentence of a
deputy United States marshal in
North Dakota to two years in the
penitentiary for collecting mileage
from Uncle Sam when he rode on a
free pass must seem hard to the VIC
tim when he knows that most of the
other deputies and their superiors
have been doing the same thing.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
The Worm Turned at List.

"A wife has a right to expect much of
her husband" remarked the philosophical
ly-incined person, musingly.
Yes, L suppose she has" replied the
meek-appearing man with wilted-looking
whiskers; Il suppose she has; but when she
expects him to live up-steadily and with
out swerving-to the motto on her, first
husbands tombstone, somehow think she
is expecting more than she really ought to
expect from common, every day, earthly
man."-Stray Stories.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
wearing on Him.

TOMMY shall be so glad when
Christmas comesi
Nellie-I suppose you think you're
going to have lot of nice things?
Tommy-It isn't that so much. It's
awful hard to be good all the Tune
Boston Transcript.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Speaking of canteens, of course the
government isn't powerful enough, is
it, to prohibit those "low-down sa-
looms" from locating "just outside
the military reservations and de-
bauchinp soldiers?''
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

President Rosevelt's idea is that
the Indian should be absorbed. The
Indian, by the way, is something OF
an absorber himself.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

George Francis Train has written
the story of his life, in book of 10O,-
600 words. 1t must be that George
has overlooked a good many Incl
dents of his career.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Somebody in Tennessee apparently
thinks that Secretary Root is Chi
naman. A man in Knoxville sent a
letter to him the other day addressed
''Hon. Ii HUI Root, secretary of war"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

By the close of 1902 it is believed
that every prize fighter in the United
States will have performed the task
of knocking Peter Maher out.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
KANSAS

We are providing the Filipinos with
education, an ocean cable and
stable currency. The next thing will
be rural delivery.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Down in Mexico they fail to see
any reason for all the joyous hula
baloo over arbitration. Arbitration
compels Mexico to annually pay $43,-
900 to the United States forever.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

A ST. Louis boy aged 16 dropped $50
into a slot machine and came away
loser. Some of these slot machines
ought to be sent up for grand lar
cenv
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt
courage-Johnson
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

We are none of us either as foolish or as
smart as some people think We are.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Many of us might be happy if we did not
suffer from disorders of the liver. Then We
Drops, which cure the disorders and bring
the whole system to healthy condition.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalh
Samuel, Ocean Grove. N j.. Feb. II. 1900.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

We can't help but feel very often that the
advice we give is much better than the ad
vice we take.-Indianapol News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

the Christmas
story dear.
hn6 yet once more we tell IT.; all eagerly
We hear,
Che years haste into centuries. the CEN
turtles grow old.
htill never once too often Is the blessed
story told
And never once too often do we talk of that
strange night
When humble shepherds witnessed the
angels southwark flight;
never our thought grows weary tracing
the sacred way,
That leads US to the manger where Mary's
baby lay.
FOR He whom wise men worshipec
brought gift of peace for strife.
Brought joy for sorrows darkness. brought
hope and love and life.
Wherever watching motherspray for their
babes to-day,
The precious lives are safer because of One
that lay
Defenseless in the manger two thousand
years ago;
Sweeter earth's babies slumber since that
dear head lay low,
unnamed beside the cattle, watched by
the angel throng,
While heavenly hosts were singing the
nrst glad Christmas song.
Wherever hearts grow weary, wherever
sin abides.
Whatever be our anguish, whatever woe
betides,
The darkness would be deeper, pain harder
to be borne.
II Heaven had forgotten to send that
Christmas morni
Once more. then. let US read It. the Christ
mas story dear.
And yet once more repeat It that other
hearts may hear.
The years haste into centuries, the cen
turtles grow old.
Yet once again hearts hunger to have the
story told.
Tell the dear little children about that
wondrous night
When watching shepherds witnessed the
angels earthwar6 flight.
Lead feet that long have wandered. into
the better way
That leads. them to the manger where
Mary's baby lay,
For He whom wise men worshiped brought
gifts of peace for strife,
And Christ was born from Heaven that
mortals might have life.
Ada Melville Shaw. in Union Signal
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

A clean youth makes clear old age
Rams Horn.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19
Stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-19

Life is made up of events and occurrences.
Chicago Daily News. -.
The Washington times., 1902-04-14
DR.. EASTON'S TALK
AT Y. M. C.. A. MEETING
Athletics and Gymnastics Beneficial in
Building Up Soul as Well
as the Body.

God can do great deal with young
man il he is strong. sober. and indus
trious, said DR.. Thomas Chalmers Eas-
ton, pastor OF the Eastern Presbyterian
Church, who was the speaker at the
mass meeting OF the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association yesterday afternoon.
Make your bodies strong vigorous, and
healthy" he continued This advice
may seem out OF place in Sunday talk
on a religious topic. but it is OF the
greatest Importance. You cannot serve
God to the best OF your ability unless
you have good bodies 10 enter the fight.
Therefore. ! am an ardent advocate
Of gymnastics and all sorts OF honest
athletics.
Il heard a young man. just starting out
in life. ask Horace Greeley one day to tell
him the secret of his success in life.
remember Mr.. Greeley turning to him and
saying in his characteristic way:
Young man, ] have only to say to
you what ! have said to thousands of
other young men-take care OF the first
twenty years OF your life and the last
twenty will take care of themselves
"Mr Greeleys words are certainly as
The Washington times., 1902-04-14
SABBATH SERVICE AND SERMON IN tt

true as any ever uttered He struck the
keynote of the whole proposition. And
If you would take care of the first twenty
years of your lives you must certainly
build up your bodies.
Another important requisite is the
study of the Bible. \ young man must
study his Bible to get closer to God. IL
is a great deal better for you to read
little of the word of God and understand
it thoroughly than to read a great deal
and not digest it.
"a young man cannot afford to enter
into business without consulting God
through prayer. Ask what would Jesus
do in a similar position.
Be Manly Man.
Initiate Christ. Be manly man.
Christ walked upright. beautiful man.
If you have the spirit of Christ in you
you cannot help being like him-a beau
tiful specimen of manhood.
Some young people say they can be
just as good Christian out of the church
as in it. I doubt it very much. You must
take a firm stand if you intend to lead
a Christian life, and show your colors.
Just as soldier is expected to wear the
uniform of his country and fight her bat
ties, you must take your stand in the
ranks of the Christians and work for the
redemption of mankind. II you take the
selfish view of Christianity and try to get
TO heaven alone. without helping some one
else, you won't get very far on the jour
ney."
The Washington times., 1902-04-14

side than in, and preach again to the
crowd on the outside. And yet he said to
me on one occasion: Somehow ] never
have much faith in my own undertakings
After he had promised to preach for me
on the evening of the nth or last NO
vember he seemed to think there would
be difficulty in getting crowd. and wrote
me as follows:
Dear Mr.. Buckler: Please allow me
to suggest that the Opera House Is
very large place and the widest and most
continuous announcement alone can NIL
it.
We'll, we advertised very little, but the
place was packed from pit to dome. and as
many we're turned !. way as got in.
when had the tickets for free distri-
hutton pripted on those first struck oil
had the doctor billed: Rev. 7. Dewitt
Talmage, the Worlds Greatest Living
Prea cher One OF these tickets fell into
his hands, whereupon he wrote me this
letter:
Dear Brother Buckler: l wish that
you would leave out the complimentary
remark concerning myself in the ticket
and in the notices of the service for the
18th. II you Will destroy those tickets |
will gladly pay for the loss Of them and
for new ones. l do not like 10 be COM
pared with other men to the advantage
Of myself. Yours truly,
"'T ID. w. TALMAGE.
Fearing that this might not reach me
soon enough he supplemented 1t with the
following by special messenger:
Dear Mr. Buckler: Thinking that the
letter | sent you by mail may not arrive
before tomorrow morning | repeat that
the complimentary merton Of me made
by you on the tickets of admission had
better be left off. and that | wish you
would destroy them at my expense. IL
might be offensive to some OF the Dreth-
rem. Find out the additional cost
of changing the tickets and | Will pay IT,
{" Yours, etc,
ct d. W. TALMAGE.'
the tickets were destroyed and others
printed which read simply, Rev. T, De-
witt TaImage d. D.. will preach. in ac-
cordance with the copy he wrote himself.
MY friends, this great. generous. mod
est man is gone from earth forever The
world will miss DR.. Taimage. for his was
a unique position which it is doubtful II
another can ever quite fill. He rests
this morning from his labors, but MS
work Will follow him..
And so, with the rest OF the world
mourn the passing of this prince OF Israel.
Short as was our acquaintance. brief as
was the friendship II engendered. | shall
always look back upon the hours spent
In his company as some OF the brightest
In my life. Truly. to know him was to
love him.
But while our general In chief has
fallen God will raise up others to step
into the breach, and the battle VIII 40
braveIy on until every foe Is vanquishcd
and Christ is Lord indeed While we
mourn this morning. he for whom we
mourn Is singing the praises OF the Lamp
that was slain from the foundation OF the
world, with tho rest of the redccmou.
around the great white throne
The Washington times., 1902-04-14
DR.. TALMAGE MOURNED
IN SACRED SILENCE

lie dwelt upon the tremendous power
of the writings of Paul and the Apostles
wonderful insight into the saving power of
God. He said in part:
This wonderful declaration, All things
are yours was made to you-to the
Christian churches all over the world.
One of the greatest obstacles in the
way of the union of all religious creeds
and the followers of Christ for the con-
quest of the whole world is the dissen-
sion that exists among the people of God
over the most trifiing objects.
LAS man stands upon the theshold of
life and views the great panorama before
him God causes to pass before his gaze
a great vision of eternal life. All things
are opened to him. But the picture does
not suit the young man or young woman
He is 4 hero worShipper and despiscs the
prospect of work in an humble place, al
though it leads to boundless life and
power. and turns to the perpleAities OF
the world. And when in later life he
realizes that he has made a mistake and
grows tired of the contentious of the
world, he turns to the inheritance of God
But, like the earthly heritage that has
been fought over and contested fer years,
he finds that the larger part of what was
due him has been used up in the fight
has passed away in lawyers fees.
Gods Power to Conquer.
Il want to tell you today that the world
is yours. not only in the sense described
by the poet. but in the highest sense.
God can give us the power to conquer
the world for Christ. We cannot ami
hilate space or band the world together
by our own efforts. but God has the
power in store for us if we will only grasp
il and turn it into the right channels.
only the man who has the view and
comprehension of life that comes through
the power of God can really know what
life is To him death is but the lifting
of the latch and the opening of the door
that leads out of the sick room. with its
pains and SORROWS. into the open air and
warm. beautiful sunshine.
There is no division of the work, no
division of the church or creed in the
| sight of God, and if We would do as we
are hidden we must build and weld our
works together.
Has Christ called you to Him and
given you that wonderful power to make
all things yours? Why won't you accept
| it,"
The Washington times., 1902-04-14

hen to glorify God in the onward and 10
yard movement of humanity.
Even in religion there are things
shich are temporary and things which
ire eternal. Religion is something more
han a series of intellectual propositions
mhodied in a creed. or an order of out
ward ceremonies in a ritual. Creeds are
as useful 20 religion as 81 ammars are to
literature. Forms are as useful TO
church as tactics are to an army. But
eiigion itself is something above creeds
and forms; it is life with God. in Christ,
ior man.
See ever. in nature, in art. in friend
ship. in work. in religion. the things that
are above.
Let me write your motto today. Not
an inscription for tombstone:
Resurgam: / shall arise at the last
day But a watchword for your heart.
"Resurgo: I arise now: ! am quickened;
begin to live upward. with Christ,
through Christ. unto Christ"
The Washington times., 1902-04-14
Mr.. F. CLAUDY LECTURES.
Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Me.
heIunq" His Subject.

Mr.. Frank Claudy, president OF the
Washington Saengerbund. delivered last
night at the clubhouse lecture on "The
First Performance of Richard Wagner
The Ring Of the Niebelung.'"
Mr.. Claudy. who has made Wagner mu-
sic and opera special study, and who
went to Bayreuth purposely to witness
and study the Wagner plays. is unusually
we'll informed on the subject. and there
fore was enabled to describe not only in
authoritative but also in clear and elo
quent language the first performance of
Wagner's masterpiece.
Mr.. Claudy possesses the rare gift of
fine descriptive powers and his word pic
ture Of Wagner's creations were not only
highly interesting and instructive. but
brought forward in language which was
beautiful and inspiring.
Mr.. Claudy received the congratulations
of the audience at the conclusion OF the
lecture. On next Sunday evening the
Saengerbund will celebrate the last even
ing entertainment and anniversary Of the
bund with an exceptionally fine musical
program.
The Washington times., 1902-04-14
No Mention of Great Divine
at His Former
Church.
GRIEF ON EVERY FACE
derstOod the Great Loss They Had Sus-
tanned and Mourned the Man Who Had
Directed Their Spiritual Affairs.

Death cast a gloom over the congresa-
ton of the First Presbyterian Church yes
terday, the scene of some of the most
fruitful years of work in the career of
the late Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt Talmaee.
The great minister Of God was dead.
but his works and memory still lived and
brought genuine sorrow into the hearts
of the large congregation that assembled
in the house of worship where his pres
ence was so familiar. They had seen and
had heard the man. and he had worked
among them for the upbuilding of man
kind He had been their friend ana
comforter in sorrow, and they loved
him.
No Word of His Death.
No word of his death was mentioned n
the pulpit. yet the silence carried with it
more respect for the dead than could any
words of eulogy. Pastor and congrega-
ton knew and understood the loss they
had sustained. and in their hearts they
mourned the man who had so long and
nobly championed the cause OF God.