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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
WHY ALL'S WELL IN KANSAS.
TE IL Because Of Sound Money and the
Protective Policy.


Protective Policy.
Few people realize how or why the
condition Of Kansas is watched with
such solicitude throughout the country
especially in the Western States.
The fact is indisputable that there is
something about it's climate, the mer-
curial disposition Of it's people and the
conditions of life in Kansas that make
it sort Of barometer for the rest of the
republic. When there is anything seri-
Gus the matter with Kansas it is GER
tain that all is not exactly right with
her neighbors. When there is q drouth
in Kansas there is apt to be a mighty
thirst in all the region west Of the Mis-
sissippi. When the rains and sunshine
bless Kansas with bouRtiful harvests
and the cyclone and grasshopper give her
a wide berth, the fairness is apt to extend
beyond her borders and I'LL the land with
reason for rejoicings and content.
When Providence frowns on Kansas
the heart of the nation is usually SORROW
full for her-and for itself.
When Providence smiles on Kansas
the rest Of us generally bid au revoir to
melancholy.
Therefore Senator Fairbanks did well,
In opening the Republican campaign at
Marion, Kan, Sept l, to remind his au-
ditors Of the change that had come over
their prospects since the days when the
whole land rang with the cry, What
the matter with Kansasw Happily he
was able to proclaim, IL not from the
house tops, at least to the telegraph OPP
orators for dissemination throughout the
nation, that "All's well in Kansas"
Swiftly be drew the picture Of the con-
ditions as they existed eight years ago:
kansas was suffering from the effects
of Democratic administration. The in
tcrests of her agriculture languished. Her
crops rotted in the field or were market
ed at unremunerated prices" And mucl!
more to the same effect. Then he point
ed to the prosperity Of the present, with
out need to recapitulate the blessings
that good crops, good prices, good govern
ment and sound money showered upon
Kansas as from an exhaustless urn.
During the last seven years." he said"
mo one has shared the prosperity which
has come to the country in a fuller de-
gree than the farmers of Kansas" And
he illustrated the prosperity Of the State
by the increase in her bank deposits
''from $33, 100000 in 1896 to over $780,
100000 in 1908" As a matter Of exact
record it might be we'll to say that the
bank deposits in Kansas increased from
$3O,529, 4S7 in 1896 to $S4.O55. ITO, or
$50 per cent, while those of the whole
country increased from 1921, 1928, $3.50 to
$40, e49, 7O2, or slightly under 1874 per
cent.
Would the reader know how all this
wonderful prosperity came to Kansas
1t was through her own industry stimu-
lated and protected by the sound econ
onic and monetary policies Of the Re-
publican party.
In 1895 corn on the farms Of Kansas
was bringing Is cents bushel; last year,
according to the report of the Depart.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
OF Courae Not.

David B. HILL stated, In one Of his
speeches, that Mr.. Roosevelt, on taking
the oath Of Office after the death OF
President Mckinley, said that he would
not be a candidate for President in 1904
President Roosevelt has never made q
promise as 10 his own personal action
which he did not redeem. The President
Is outspoken, fair and square. These
are characteristics OF the man. He
makes no promises he does not intend to
keep, and he keeps such as he makes.
The silly story started by Hill had nc
foundation In fact, and it is really moi
worth the ink and paper that has been
used in denying 1t, except that it once
more marks the character Of Hill.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
Average wages of farm laborers in the
United States,

1t will be perceived that the average
rate paid in the United States in 1902
for six months is within $1.6O Of the
maximum rate paid to the best farm
hands in Great Britain in May, 1904, and
almost double the minimum paid second
class men.
The figures of our Department Of Ag-
riculture, moreover, apply only to those
laborers hired by the year or season, the
rates where the engagement is by the
day are very much higher, being 80
cents per day, with board, and $1.13
without, in 1902, against SO cents with,
and 81 cents without board, In 1894.
This would make the pay, with board,
in 1894, average $94.50 for a half year
Of $50 days, while the average compen-
satioR Of the American farm labOrer paid
by the day in 1902 would be $133.5O
for the six months, with board.
But statistical averages, valuable as
they are in rejecting the general condi-
tons, are elusive and tantalizing things
when they attempt to cover the rate Of
wages in an occupation like agriculture,
which, including employers and employ
ed, numbers ut least 11,OO0 600 persons
over 10 years Of age and upwards Of ev.
cry ass, color and sex. The American
farm labOrer knows what wages he re.
ceives, and he can compare 1t with what
Is paid In England, and greatly to his
own satisfaction.
He also knows that the above aver
ages in the United States for 1894 and
1902 fairly though family reflect the
difference between his industrial condi.
ton during the last Democratic national
administration and now. And in Novem.
Der he will not vote for any party whose
success would foreshadow a return ia
/ the conditions Of 1894 and 1895.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
FARM WAGES.
1iEWrSA s~ 60 Rates Paid In EnR1and
and the UmitoH States.

- WV S~ 81 GA0SGH AAA IM 41MBAAWU
and the UmiteH States
The August Labor Gazette, q govern
ment publication issued monthly by the
British Board Of Trade, gives an inter
esting account Of the half-yearly agri-
cultural hirings at Whitsuntide, 1904, for
the counties Of Cumberland, Westmore-
land and North Lancashire, which affords
an instructive view of the rates paid
farm hands in England. The official re-
port prepared for the department states
that the supply of male farm servants
was fairly plentiful, owing partly to
slackness of employment in other indus
tries" but that wages showed a down
ward tendency in the case of men, but
women were scarce and their wages
were well maintained"
The following were the rates generally
agreed upon for the half year:
Per six months
with board.
Best men ..........s...G.. $500 to 500. 90
Second class men. 5000 to 1890
Youths and boys ........... 1000 to 5000
Best women ............... $500 to 1890
Second class women and
girls .'..s'ss." .......... ZU.UV TO UVVU
These rates have been slightly increas.
ed in the transcription from English
money into dollars and cents at the ratio
of S. per pound, but they afford clear
and authoritative exhibit of what British
farm hands are receiving by which every
Intelligent American farm hand can com
part the wages he receives.
Without knowing the number of men
employed in each class and at varying
rates therein it is, of course, impossible
to arrive at an average rate of compensa
ton. But with $500 per half year fol
the highest and $50 for the lowest Of The
second-class men it is evident that tbs
yearly average for male farm hands ex
elusive Of youths and boys in Great
Britain cannot be much, If any, above
$3.50 year, while the average for WON
en- would be somewhere around 500.
We have no similar figures for thu
United States, but in a recent bulletil
entitled "Wages of Farm Labor in thu
United States" issued by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, the figures of tn
average monthly wages of farm laborer
In this country are given. Multiplied b,
six, to arrive at the half yearly rate
they furnish the following:
Average wages of farm laborers in tn,
| United States.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
Expansion q Blessing.

United States Consul General Guen-
ther. at Frankfort, Germany, quotes a
uoted German professor as saying that
expansion does not lessen a nations in
herent cOmpactness and strength. On
the contrary, a nation can only become
great, he says, by having space in which
to expand. Great Britain is cited as an
example Of what expansion has done for
a nation that originally had little terri
tory
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

The general prosperity the country Aaa
enjoyed under Republican administrator
during the last seven years has proAtS&
the farmer as much if not more than ans
other one class. The farmers know II
and should and undoubtedly will vote d
continue conditions as they are ead have
bAen
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

A director of the United States Sts&
Corporation refutes one of the stats
ments made by calamity-howIing Desc
Gratis by saying that business Is 90 soaS
there will be no cut in prices Of sesal
adding: "All our plants will be runnlAs
at full capacity in a month or TIVE, and
by that time the demand for steel Of al
kinds will be greater than at any d~s
during the past year."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

Rural free delivery has enabled farm
ers to obtain better prices for their prod
ucts. Being brought into daily touch
with the state Of the markets. they are
enabled to take advantage Of informa-
ton heretofore inaccessible 10 them. For
this practical help they are indebted to
the party that does things"-yiz. the
Republican party.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

"T have NO wOrd0 Of abase fer
Theodore Roosevelt. ] believe hiM 60
be a brave, honestS considerations naans
give him fu1l credit fog having a
splendid courage Of conviction 90
Thomas 3. WaGson's speech accepting PopaliSt
nomination.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

With the immense crops which are now
assured it is essential that prices he
maintained so that farmers may reap the
full reward of their labors. This is as
sured If the Republican party is contin-
ued in power.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

liberal compensation for labor makes
liberal customers for our products. The
Republican policy Of protection makes
both.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

weakened and broken down by reason of
the terrible curse of Catarrh. This dis
ease is inhammatory in its nature and is
very liable to affect the membranes and
tissues of any vital organ or part of the
system and produce results which cause
a lifetime of suffering and regret.
Men of science and students of medi-
cine have tried in vain for years to find
a positive cure, but it has remained for
one living in our own generation to fin
ally discover what he claims to be a GER
tain remedy for Catarrh of any organ of
the body. His claims are vouched for
by the words of hundreds of people whose
honesty cannot be doubted; people who
have suffered for years and tried every
other known remedy without avail;
people who had not faith at first but
were finally cured and convinced of the
wonderful power of this new discovery
in medical science.
The famous physician to whom tho
credit belongs for this wonderful devel-
opment and addition to twentieth-cent-
ury science is DR.. ]. A. TOMAS, s9l
Fredericksen Bldg, South Bend. Ind.
He will send anyone who is suffering from
Catarrh free treatment to prove the
merits and wonderful curative properties
of this new discovery. Readers are re-
quested to describe their case when writ
ing to the doctor for the Free Treatment.
If you have any other disease, pain or
about it and he will send free treatment
for that also at the same time he sends
you the Free Treatment for Catarrh.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

Union, A confederacy was formed
and Jefferson Davis was chosen Presi-
dent. The two most famous generals
of this war were Gen Grant, who be-
longed to the Union and Gen Lee, who
was on the opposite or Confederate
side. During this war Lincoln issued
his famous Emancipation Procla-
nation" which gave freedom to the
slaves. 1t was issued Jan. 1, 1868. On
April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered
and the Civil War was practically over.
1t had cost many soldiers on each side
and many millions of dollars. Lincoln
had been again elected Mar. 4, 1865
On April IA, he was seated with his
wife and friends in box at Ford's
Theater. An actor, John Wilkes Booth
crept up behind him and sent bullet
crashing through the presidents
brain. Lincoln was borne from the
theater to house near by where he
fingered until the morning of the fif-
teenth, when he passed away. Booth
ran out of the theater but broke his
leg. When he got away he mounted a
horse and rode away. He was pur-
sued and found in barn south of
Fredericksburg. He was mortally
wounded in an attempt to capture
him and he was buried secretly. On
the 10th Of April Lincoln's funeral
was held. Even the train which car
ried him to his last resting place was
draped in black. Almost every soldier
wore the badge OF mourning. His re-
mains were conveyed to Springfield,
Illinois, where a splendid monument
now marks the last resting place Of a
noble man. Four others besides
were hanged, including Mrs M. E. Sur
rat. and more were imprisoned. Lin
coin died in Washington, April Is,
1865.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
THE CARPET.RA0 BEE.
[BY HELEN A. TAYLOR, DANBURY. ]

BY HELEN A. TAYLOR, DANBURY.] !!
Did you ever my friend such a party
attend
Wherein social pleasure and harmony |
blend?
The housewife long time busy has been,
To cut and make ready for sewing the |
ends,
Then invited her neighbors in the
morning to come,
And to dinner be with her in her
bright, CHEEKY home,
And help her to sew them, no reason
why not.
OF course we all went to meet ON the
spot.
Oh the rags you should have seen
them, high piled DER,
In baskets and boxes, gay colors, good
store,
Fine goods from counters once passed
DER,
Now find their last use to cover the
floor,
just Inviting each one with tools to
begin,
With thimble and needle and scissors
to win,
Which should do the best work and
make up ball,
To be of some help to make carpet for
To say it was quiet, so many ladies TO-
gether,
Would not be just right with such top
ic as weather.
The ice it was dreadful, the road
covered over,
But we managed at last to get under
| cover.
The dinner was fine and we worked
with will,
To each do their best the ball basket
to fill.
Such striving for colors and long rags
to sew,
For the longer the quicker the ball
made to grow.
At last we had finished and it was time
to depart,
But the help and the talking had
gladdened each heart.
Now when that carpet is woven and
laid on the floor,
We often will think of that pleasant
time DER,
A good action is always followed by
pleasure.
Let us help one another as we have
the leisure.
And my lady friends when rag carpet
you make,
Ask your neighbors to help you the
stitches to take.
Twill make good feelings with neigh
bOrS I Ween,
To show yourselves helpful and friend
ly between.
Nor let envy, nor gossip, nor Jealousy
grow
When friends come together to visit
and sew.
Great Plain District.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
else to do I should like to

else to do 1 should like to
spend a week here. One could spend
weeks in going over the wonderful
They seem to be all
through this section, and to-day near
the old Indian fort we picked up quite
a number of beautiful pieces. The
only thing don't like about the place
is the water. 1t is most decidedly
alkaline, and its taste is far from pleas
ant to me, though here they claim
that they cannot taste anything Pc
culiar. I am drinking weak tea and
coffee at the table, and when I get so
thirsty that I cannot stand it any
longer turn down a glass in big swal-
lows, just as fast as I can, much as
would take so much medicine. Out
among the rocks I found plenty Of
snow and I ate that. Maybe it con-
tanned impurities Of its own, but my,
how good it tasted!
Thermometer As degrees lin the
shade at about l O'Clock this after
noon.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
Saved FROM THE knife
CAL cura Solvent, Dr.. Kennedy's New Medl-
cine Will Dissolve and ExpeI Stone and
Gravel from the System.

A surgical operation is no longer neces-
sary for the removal Of Stone and Gravel
from the Kidneys and Bladder, since the
meao medicine, Cal-cura Solvent, discovered
by the well-known physician and surgeon,
DR.. David Kennedy, of Kennedy Row,
Kingston, N. Y, quickly dissolves and
swiftly expels Stone, Red and White GRAY
ell, thus freeing the patient of the infamma-
ton and pain, caused by the presence of
these lime formations. Better than all,
Cal-cura Solvent prevents the formation of
Stone and Gravel and all uric acid condi-
tons of the blood. The medical profess
sion has accepted and heartily endorsed
the principal upon which DIR. Kennedy
has based his claims for Cal-cua Sol
vent.
Write to the Cal-cura Company, Kenne-
dy Row, Rondout, N. Y, for free sample
bottle.
Remember: Only one DR.. David Ken
nedy ever lived in Rondout, City of Kings
ton, N. Y, and be sure you get his aaeso
and latest medicine, which is sold only in
81 90 bottles.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
A BLUEBlRD'S THRILL.
(BY MRS 1. NJ. SHARPE.1

Over the hills at early dawn the thrill
of the bluebird, sweet and clear,
Came warbling in tune to the dancing
ril, burst from its frozen gear.
The startled woods give a swifter rush
to the loud winds onward gale,
That shall transform the bare brown
boughs into an emerald vale.
From the warmer land In early morn,
the years late coming spring,
One sweet lone song 1 heard, with the
rustling of birds wing.
Then through lone day S, with blasts
of wild and wintry night,
Oh, haste! to bring my messenger
again-sO long in fight!
Perchance he scars beneath the fires
of southern burning skies,
Or lightly wings midst flowery king
dom's deepest dyes,
And fitting with the purple bee and
bird, he fingers in the crimson
glow,
And decks his sapphire breasted plum
age in the silver lake below.
1 would recall swift to my hearing,
awakening in the land,
The first sweet notes of the spring, his
journeyings has command.
New Milford, March l, 1904.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
PROPER TREATMENT OF PNEUMO-
MA.

Pneumonia is too dangerous a dis
ease for anyone to attempt to doctor
himself, although The may have the
proper remedies at hand. A physician
should always be called. 1t should be
borne in mind, however, that pneumo-
mia always results from cold of from.
an attack of the grip, and that by Civ
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the,
threatened attack of pneumonia may
be warded off. This remedy is also
used by physicians in the treatment Of
pneumonia with the best results. DR.
w. J. Smith, of Sanders, Ala, who is
also druggist, says of it: II have been
selling Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and prescribing it in my practice for
the past six years. use it in cases OF
pneumonia and have always gotten
the best results.'' Sold by r. III.
Beers & Co., Newtown; Taylor, Curtis
s. Co., Sandy Hook; w. N. Hurd, Long
Hill; Ernest Hawley, Hawleyville,
A. B.IBlakeman, Botsford; D. S. Mead.
Branchville.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

FOURTEEN EAh o JILL. " AZ
THE UPPER SCHOOL, LONG HILL.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Ken
lucky, February IL, 1902. His father,
Thomas Lincoln, was very poor man.
At an early age the Lincoln family
moved west and settled in Indiana.
Young Lincoln had to help his father
build log cabin. Lincoln had now
hard trial to bear, for his mother was
taken sick from exposure and died.
A few months later, Thomas Lincoln
brought home new wife. She was
thrifty intelligent woman and tried
hard to help young Lincoln. He re-
ceived a years schooling in poor
country schoolhouse. Until Lincoln
was twenty, his father hired him out
to all kinds of work, where he gener-
ally received Sc a month and some
times Sic day. Just before he be-
came of age, the Lincoln family again
moved west but this time into ILL
nois. Lincoln now made Journey to
New Orleans. While here he happened
to attend a slave auction and he was
very indignant at the treatment OF
the slaves. Lincoln now returned
home and while there, he bargained
with Mrs Nancy Miller to split 400
rails for every yard that she needed to
make him a pair of trousers. 1t took
14OO rails, a pretty high price for a
pair of pants. Lincon now went into
a store as clerk and while here he
gained the nickname of Honest Abe. :"
On one occasion, it is said that wo-
man came into the store and paid Lin
coin six cents too much for some arti-
Gle she had bought. After the store
was closed Lincoln walked to the wo-
mans home, three miles away, and
paid her the money. He now went to
the Black Hawk war as captain OF a
company of volunteers. When he re-
turned he began to study law. After
he was admitted to the bar he was
made a member of the Illinois Legis-
lature in 1884. In 1858 he was nomi-
mated by the republican party as SEN
ator against Stephen A. Douglas. He
was defeated but in the debates with
his opponent he had gained national
reputation. In 1860, Lincoln was NOM
mated for the Presidency. He was
elected and took the oath of office
March 4, 1861. During Lincoln's ad-
ministration, the great Civil War was
carried on and ended in 1865. The
cause of this war was slavery and the
South wished to withdraw from the
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
Adamana, Ariz.,
February 8, 1904.

We left Santa Fe last night, and
about half past six this morning got
off here. We had our breakfast, and a
mighty nice breakfast it was too, and
started for the "forest." 1t was a six
mile drive over the most barren of
country, not over a road, properly
speaking, but over a trail across the
plain, past huge buttes and mesas, till
we came to the edge of the forest. The
government reserve takes in about 1000
acres, over which are scattered the
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

If troubled with weak digestion,
belching or sour stomach, use Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and you will get quick relief. For
sale by R. II. Beers & Co., Newtown;
Taylor, Curtis & Co., Sandy Hook; w.
N. Hurd, Long Hill; Ernest Hawley,
Hawleyville; A. B. Brakeman, Bots
ford; D. s. Mead, Branchville.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
A PERFECT PLOW.

1t was Leroy Pillow" that ploved tia
'LeRoy Pillow" that plowed the hard dry
ground where others failed. 1t was .LeRoy
Pillow that plowed that sticky clay and made
Roy" Reversible Plow, that plowed the steep
sidehill. 1t Is Leroy" Reversible Pillow that
viii do good work on fat land, doing away
with all burrows. leaving your land level and
suitable for all crops. For sale BY ". B..
Glover. NeWtoWn Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
CURES
CHRONIC CATARRH
Of tho Nose, Throat, Lungs,
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels.
Wonderful Now Discovery,
Which Entirely Removes This
Terrible AffIictiOn.
FREE TREATMENT ON REQUEST

There is no other disease so widespread
as Catarrh. 1t infests nearly every home
and is felt to greater or less degree by
almost all of US at some time during
our lives.
Its ravages are not confined to the nose
alone but it soon affects the Throat and
Lungs, then the Stomach and Liver, and
finally the Kidneys and Bowels become