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The Washington herald., 1910-10-09

Well, here it is almost time to GO
TO press again and no subject tc
write a editorial about.
First we thought we would write
editorial on Race Suicide. the
Bane. of Mankind" and then we
happened to think that we had went
and wrote editorial on that not
so very long ago.
Next we thort we would write a
red hot editorial on "The Curse OF
Riches" but when we got to think
J ing it over we couldn't seem &c
find any arguments in favor of this
subject-the deeper we went into
/ il the more we come to the con-
clusion that riches amt no curse,
but a blessing. especially to them
as has riches. OF course this is
only Our own theory, being as we
amt never had and can't find out
whether riches is a curse or bless
| ing and don't never expect to, but
if we was TO get the chance to step
into some rich mans shoes do YOU
persoom we would refuse the op-
portunity? Not by a jugful-we
would git into them shoes Jest as
quick as we could git our old ones
/ (wore out at the toes snd through
the soles) often our feet-we would
be turrible willing to accept the
riches and take all chances of be-
ing cursed by same.
Which is why we amt got the
heart to write a editorial on "The
| Curse of Riches" and being as we
can't seem to think up any sub
lieckt to write editorial about we
won't therefore write about moth
ling this week, but by next week
hope to have a good editorial sub
ject thunk up.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
RaYi HaYL Hay!

l have more hay this year than I can
git into INV barn and am therefore
ready 10 sell 5 ton of it This is FRS,
class hay with some weeis and thissels.
II You need hay. this s the TINE 10
get il cheap OF me Hay IS handy 10
lave in winter when feel Is scarce.
! will charge you nothing more for
this hay than the market price-what-
ever that is-you 10 haui il away.
If this was next wint,-, YOU would
haft 10 pay ne more. For this reason
row is the time TO buy.
Yours Tor hav.
Pingville. SIN WI SON.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09

While walking over TO Hardserabble
last Tuesday to buy me a Sunday
pair Of pants, being as can b,y
pants cheaper in HardScrabble than
l can in Blngville. I found a buggy
whip in the road which I calkilate
was lost by some person. This buggy
whip is Q and one-half #. long, has a
red snapper on the end Of it. is yellow
in color with a brass feruie six inches
from the butt and . brass thimbletip
on end Of handle Any person calling
on me and describing this buggywhip
as accurately as | have done can have
same by paying me suitable reward.
Bingville. JONAH SMILEY.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Country Correspondence
SNAKE BEND

Alb Wood is laid up. but with what
we did not learn.
Sam Henderson has one of the best
teams Of oxes for plow.ng In this sec
ton. They will sink tn. plowshare
cltsn into the beam If tie Ground am I
too stony.
Carrie Hunt of Hartscrabblc 1.
visiting friends in this visintty, and
several of our young men are sweet on
her
Some as was up early last Tuesday
saws they saw frost, bat we caIltilatr
4 was not enough TO hurt.
The Grim Keeper has nor visited our
midst for quite spell.
Eli Hincklev had a COW ~ die ON
him last week She broke her leg In a
bog and had to be shot Bill always
has bad lueE-he lest horse by eoiick
ave years age
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Bale and HIS Pants

Bale Hawkins says he has a terrible
hard time keepin his pants up on him of
late. Ever sinst that young Teller from
the city, who boarded with Cy Hos
kins went home. Bale has been weariu
belt to keep his pats up Jest like the
City chap did, but Bale says he has 20
wear it so blame tite that ii almost
cuts him in two. Bale says he lows he
will go back 10 suspenders soon
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Bud Got Lickt

Widow Hinckley give bud a good
iickin one day last week As every
body knows. Bud amt quite right in
his head and he got holt of a pail of
paint and brush with witch the wilder
was painting her flour pots and Bud
he catohed the cat and helt II and give
It a coat Of paint. When Mrs. Hinck-
ley licked Bud you could of heard him
boiler a milo.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
HiCaIIOd

Hi Henderson Of Calamity Corners
dropt into the Bugle Office last week
and desired 10 know why We didn't
have into the paper that he had Il
hoarse 10 die on his hands last spring
We told III the reason We didn'r say
anything about ii was tha, We didn't
hear nothing Of il How can We pub
lish the news if We don't hear il, we
ask2 HI lowed this was poor rea-
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Lost

I went out and lest the stem outen
my oorncob pipe somers about the first
Of list week or the last Of this week.
! don't where I lost Il; If did I
wouldn't ask you TO ind il for me.
I'm awful put out, because Of this be-
irg * ! can't smoke an J hsit 10 chew
Find il for me please.
HANK DEWBERRY.
BinQyille.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Jim Building

Jim Peterson, while sinking a clothes
line post in his yard laSt week. struck
la rock about 2 feet under the surface,
ard being as the rock was too big TO
get ont. Jim had 10 set the post about
} feet 10 one side Jim thinks it would
of looked better where he first set 1t.
There is considerable luildiug in our
midst this fall.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
SORROW HOLIOW


Jed Perkins has had the asthma so
bad lately that at times he could almost
not get his breth at all. but is better at
this writing.
s. Hemingway had barn raising
last week. Afte- the timbers was lifted
into place, 81 treated the boys to cider
and doughnuts. All had a pleasant
time
News amt what YOU might call
plenty this week.
We need RAIN and have needed II
for quite a spell. Some perdickt that
when it does rain. il will overdo il. We
shouldn't wonder
Mrs James John Williams has a
bealing IN her head. She has tried
everything, but is some better at this
writing. UNO.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Society

Society has begin to brighten I'D in
Bingville with the approach of cold
wether, and the members Of the social
whirl says that this promises to be the
most brilyuntest season witch BingviIIe
has ever went through.
Mrs. Joe Hines Will give a fancy
tea at her home next Wensday after
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09
Births

Sadly and yet with hopeful heart
we take our pencil in hand 10 state that
within the past week nobody has been
The Washington herald., 1910-10-09

Seth Winslow is picking appels TO
take 10 the Co. seat SCRIBBLER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
nANNoN oN REGUI.ARITY.

The doctrine of party regularity
was expounded today BY Speaker Can
non. It was a characteristic delivery.
The Speaker hal made brief call on
President Taft, remaining only a few
minutes about matter in which he
said the President was interested. On
his way out he struck the newspaper
brigade. Asking a match, Of which
he Is always minus, he lit the stump
Of a cigar that had become 'extin-
guIshed, stuck It upright in the east
corner Of his mouth and then started
TO saunter away. Questions Of diff
ferent sorts were fired at him and
then some one asked about the In
surgents. uncle Joe" hesitated.
yAh-ah-ah," he began, and his left
hand went up into the air. He re-
Elected a minute. stopped as II he
would not say anything, raised his
left hand once more, sawed the air
with It in familiar style and delivered
himself accordingly;
''My test of regularity in politics.
church, finance or family is co-opera-
tlon, harmony. / am a great believer
in caucus-the wicked caucus. Get
together and fight out differences
there, and II you are licked come
back again and fight again. We
can't ali have our way in this world.
We do not have our way, no matter
how big or high We may be. The
manly man gives and takes, fights or
yields as he thinks best for bis cause.
/ haven't much patience with these
men Who are wiser than all the other
fellows put together, whose views are
Interchangeable. always feel that a
man Of that sort has no business In
an organization. II he can't fight II
out IN party or church ranks, and
yield II be is beaten. then be bad bet
ter 20 over 70 the enemy, or, better
sull, 20 out and form an organiza-
don Of bis own. But ali this Is chest
nutty. boys; the worst sort Of ehsst-l
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13

|
The Topeka Capital and the EN-.
poria Gazette and other Of them I'm
surgers" can get more consolation
cut Of, what to any one else, would
be a humillating defeat all around,
than any set of politicians that ever
entered the arena.
After they have been kicked and
cuffed and pounded, and disfigured
by President Taft, and "rulec out Of
the party" by Cannon and Aldrich,
and when all OF their efforts to
"browbeat" the President into the
belief that they would cut some Ice
in the next presidential campaign,
has slgnally failed, and they see
themselves being left out In the cold,
they now vehemently assert, that
the Republican party as represented
by Taft, Cannon and Aldrich are do
ing Just what they wanted them to do
anyway, and they never were as
much opposed to the present Repub-
lIcan administration as was general
ly reported.
Again, after the state Of Kansas
had spent lot Of time and money
to enact a guaranty deposit law, APP
another $4,000 to en-
force It's intricate machinery; an
other $4,000 In defending 1t in the
courts; another $4,000 in trying to-
prevent the National banks and other
banks from organizing bank De-
posIt Insurance Company, and when
hey had made a miserable failure
If the whole OF 1t, and tho deposit
guaranty law was knocked galley
vest" by the courts, and all the
Itate money appropriated lost in their
'utile efforts, now comes the Capital
ind says:
1T is we'll to remember that what
aver this company (the Bank Deposit
insurance Company comes to, 1t is
he outgrowth of the bank guaranty
agitation and Is to be credited to that
It Is remarkable what comfort
here Is for the comfortless II you
only look at 1t right. i
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
PITY THE POOR PRINTER.

None but the initiated know the
accuracy required in printing office
The average reader who detects a
misspelled word or letters upside
down feels that his mission on earth
Ii not accomplished until he has cali
ed the attention of the editor to the
glarlng defect. He does not notice
the thousands and tens Of thousands
Of letters that are in place, or the
multitude Of words correctly spelled,
but his eagle eye is glued on the one
that Is out Of place. So It Is with our
deeds. Man does a thousand good
deeds and no attention 10 paid to
them, but II he makes one mistake
Il Il flashed all over the world. A
lifetime may be spent in building up
Z reputation that may be wrecked In
4 moment. The world is q harsh
critic. exactlng to a fault.-Rocky
Mountain Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
rrGHT THE INSURGENTS.

The time seems near when 1t Will
be determined whether six Senator's
and twenty-one Congressman, headed
by La Toilette and DolliYer, constitute
the entire Republican party or wheth-
or they are simply a fragment Of the
party who have adopted Bryan's
Free-Trade views, and no longer
espouse the underlying principles Of
Republleanism. We believe that all
efforts Of the insurgents to arouse
dissatisfaction among the farmers Of
the Middle Western States, who are
living in an area Of unprecedented
prosperity. viii fail. There Is but
one thing to do. fight the Insurgents
ae yon do Bryan, and stand by Presi-
dent Taft, who has been grossly mis-
represented by them. Six or seven
times IN the history Of the Republic
can party, a small coterie Of men
have turned against the President.
and assumed to be greater than their
party. Their names are forgotten
nov, chardOn CO., Republican"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13

nuts. But ! want Il understood that
ibid not mention this subject to the
President or be to me. am not try
ing to run his business"
The. Illinois legislature Is now in
session, having been called by Gov.
Deneen to enact direct primary law
and to put other legislation on the
law books Of the state. The reports
from that state are that Speaker
Cannon, Representative Mckinley and
several others are using their influ-
ence with senators and members Of
the lower house to kill measure Of
that kind. The speaker Is represented
as such a believer in caucuses, con-
ferences and organization that he
does not consider the direct primary
the best method of public expression.
As a result he is running into serious
opposition from newspapers in his
state heretofore friendly to him
Star, Washington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. 1910.
why "oANNoNIsM" is AN ISSUE

Before our young men are grand
fathers, they will see corn selling like
coffee Is sold today-by the pound"
said Col. LATE Young, owner of the
Des Moines Capital" at the Raleigh.
"Corn Is selling for 90 cents bushel
In some parts Of the West, and 1t
promises to go higher. why this
high price?' Because the American
people are living too extravagantly
and have been for years. We don't
wear the same kind OF clothes we
did ten years ago. A $15. suit OF
clothes used to be good enough for
any Of US, but today we are paying
9S6 for our clothes. remember a
State Senator Of Iowa who went into
his district with a SIS suit OF
clothes on, and 1t precipltated an at
tack upon him, charging extrava-
gance. The farmers are prosperous,
of course, and in my part of the coun-
try they do not want any further
tInkering with the tariff and will not
I'd long as they are getting $3.50 for
their stock.
''The insurgent movement In the
West Is not anything to be worried
about" added Colonel Young. I'm
Kansas, II the men holding political
office don't 'lnsurge' every two years,
they will fall for reelection. So far
as 'Cannonisrl' is concerned, that Is
only a term that means little. With
the general prosperity existing every
where. 1t is difficult for political fac
lions to find an issue, and Cannon
lam Is made an issue because there
IL no other issue to be had."-Wash.
lngton post"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
WHY HF TRADFs an HOME.

A Kansas physician writes to a Chi
cago mail-order house and tells why
he prefers to trade with home mer-
chants:
"Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, ILL.,,
Your letter Of recent date, asking
why had not traded with you for q
long time, Is received, and as you ask
me to tell you frankly why, will
give you a few reasons. First, am
in business in this community with
its varied industries for my sup
port l cannot ask the merchants Of
this town for their support II / do
not give them mine.
Second, In looking over my books
fail to find either Mr.. Sears, Mr..
Roebuck's or any other of your COM
pany's members names, which re-
minds me that neither of these gen.
tlemen have ever given me a penny's
worth of patronage. Why is this? Am
/ too far away, or have neither Of
them needed a physician or are they
afraid of the mail-order plan when
1t comes to the practice Of medicine?
I can certainly give you good satis-
faction by mail as your house can
and will appreciate either Of them
when in need of medical service.
Third, in looking over the sub
scrlption lists for improving our
streets and highways, have failed
to find the name OF either member
Of your firm down for one penny to
assist in the work.
"Also. have been unable TO find
your name on any Of the charity lists
where help has been rendered to orr
poor. In other words you are not
down as a contributor to our Helping
Hand Society. In fact. IN eli Tie
for the betterment OF our
community, when our community has
needed the united efforts Of her pub
lie spirited citizens, have failed to
find your name among the eOntribut-
ing merchants.
"Your name Is not on our city tax
books nor DO find where you have
paid a city license to do a mercantile
business in competition with our
home merchants. These are q few
answers to your questions and / trust
you win see the Justice in them"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13

Il Is reported that Governor Stubs
a 70 call a special session of the leg
lhlatnre 70. III up the bank guaranty
liisie. 10 resurrect the public utilities
somnlsaloh corpse and introduce q
loW-fhnSled recall" BY which state
sffieers can be- bounced whenever
tnonsh klckers get together. By all
means Yet us hare II. Il would only
odd about 10000 to the ta1ea and
what's trifle like that Besides
everybody knows the state ls suffer-
lrE fhr more laws and more officers
o lratel around at public expense
BID shoot hot air into the papers. A
eclal resnion at this time would
fafniS1 enough hIlarity 70 make a
can rintr seen IKE one Of Pafker's
sInltals IN fun blast and TIE GOV
nsr would have re time Of hls
let 'er cone
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
KANSAS RrlEEps AFREsH.

From the New York Sun: Breath
less with expectation, we open the
Hon. Blanco Bill's Emporia organ.
and this is what stop she plays;
T"There is no questioning the fact
that this new year downed upon .
nation that is rioting ID extrava!
gance."
Full Of this Spartan mood, what
pain is ours as all the prodigal pipes
begin to screech from this same in-
strument:
Joseph L. Bristow.
1.-THE only real Havana cigar on
the market. Mild and sweet. You
have never smoked a real cigar UNI
til you have tried one Of these. Only
10 cents. Every puff dream, Now
on sale"
Mild and sweet the Hon, Joseph
L. Brlstow, specialized, bland, Of an
inquiring innocent sociologist aspect,
not such as we know him in his
anti cannonism and insurgent hours,
the Hon. Joseph L. Bristow beams
down upon the fount Of dreams that
dedicates him to fame and itself to
Kansas Are not we too dreaming?
Is It by Decent cigars, however mild,
sweet and Bristovian, that the Sun
flower spendthrlfts are to be won
back to the straight way Of their
fathersY The stern and rOck-bound
Kansans of heroic elder Kansas, the
men Of the Bible and sharp's rifles,
did they waste their substance upon
and pollute their lips with the herb
loathed Of the Hon. George Trask and
little Robert Reedi
And the mild and sweet Brlstow.
terrible as an army With banners
against the Danvllle despot, Bristov,
the champion Of the people, the new
hope Of Chautauoua. the brother in
arms Of LaFoilstte. is BriEtow with
all his heroics to so Up IN smoker
Must Kansas puff the jade awayi
Besides, an lnsurgent cigar Is but
too common In this world Of sin and
Cannon, the Man Of Sin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
the various reasons why a rest in the
grave is desirable.

grave is desirable.
"Just think" she cried, "of paying
seven cents a quart for milk" It's
downright robbery
The woman, to whom she was talk
ing has spent most Of her life on
farm, having moved to town, with
her husband, within the past year.
milk at seven cents a quart" said
she, firmly but respectfully, ''is en-
tirely too cheap. 1t should be TWEEN
ty-five cents a quart. If milk came
down like rain, and farmer could
pump it out of his cistern and sell 1t
for seven cents a quart, there might
be reasonable profit; but, under
the preent conditions, quart Of
milk represents no end Of hard work,
and discomfort, and expense. There
is no Job under the sun more dis
agreeable than that Of milking COW,
unless It be the Job Of milking sew
eral cows. The farmer has to get
out of his downy couch before day
break, on a cold, beastly morning,
and go down to the aromatic COW
stable and do the milking by the
struggling moonbeam's misty light,
and the lanthorn dimly burning. It
is a slow, arduous, unpleasant Job;
and the COW, being nervous and
touchy in cold weather, is always
apt to give him short-leg Jolt, and
knock the side Of his head off. In hot
weather It Is worse, for then the COW
is pestered with flies, and she swats
him with her tail, and kicks him with
her triIbys, and reaches around and
prods him with her horns, and some
times lies down and rolls on him.
Even II he escapes personal injury,
the bucket Is pretty sure to be upset
Just when II is about full, and he has
to sell q good many gallons before
he evens up the loss thus oeeasiOned.
A man earns more than seven cents
a quart Just in the milking Of his
cows, and In order to get q quart OF
milk, he has to feed COW about thlr-I
ty cents worth Of breakfast food. A
COW Is all appetite. she eats all day
and chews her eud all NIGHT and her
thoughts never wander from the bill
Of fare. Every once in q while she
dies, and one dead COW knocks the
profits from az trainload Of milk.
The farmers wife has q worse tine
with the milk than does the farmer.
She has to strain It and sift IL, and
CARY Il TO hts cellar, and carry Il
back again, and sit up With It at
nlghls; and run II through q Wringer.
and measure Il and nurse and ana
Iyzs 4. and fuss with 4 untn her
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13
HOPE FOR THE RUsTLER.

Says wise exchange: There Is
every reason to believe that the COM
ing year will be the most glorious
commercial year we have seen for
hundred years. That 1t Is pretty
big prophecy, but It is written, and
we shall stand by 1t. There has
never been a time 80 far as 1t is
recorded when there we're more fav-
orable indications aud fewer unfav-
orable ones. So tina; " We do not
have the biggest year III OIL national
history 1t will te "a. own fault and
not the fault Of nature But that
does not mean thn; fried chicken is
going to fly into the mouth OF the
fellow who sits down and waits. 1t
means that there will be fried chick
en- only for the fellow who hustles
around and gets the chicken and
then fries II. 1t indicates that the
rewards will go as they have always
gone, to the man who knows little
in advance that It Is going to be a
good year and who takes advantage
Of his knowledge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-13

| LIN AND THE NEW TARIFF.
Premeditated Misrepresentation
seems to be the plan OF campaign q
the anti-Taft candidates for con
gress In Kansas. Senator Young Il
a candidate for the Republican nom
nation TO congress In the Sixth dis
trlct His appeal for Republican
votes is based on the charge that
President Tart and Republican con-
gress has handed the people goid
brick; the same issue upon which
Tom McNeal, Judge Rees ana other
anti-Taft candidates are running.
Young's organ, the Beloit Times re-
Gently printed this editorial:
zone doesn't have to go very iar
to get practical illustration OF Pres
ident Tafts idea OF revision down
ward In tariff. Since the new tariff
law went into effect, the most USED
staples IN tne local ury soous s.oiee
right here In Beloit have raised from
ID to 30 per cent IN vaiue' Inc
simple reason Is that the merchant
has to pay a similar increase on tne
wholesale market For instances
calicoes sell a cent ana a nan more
a yard than six months ago. STOCK
ings that merchant PAID $z'lV
dozen for, are now $2'oO dozen.'
Apron muslin In the past tnree
months had been raised from iiVe
ana q nan Genus W eisn' eon's'
ident TAFT declared IN ms recent
speeches that the Payne-Aidrich Dill
effected revision downward on tne
whole, although 1t was necessary 70
raise some commodities WINE
others were lowered IL Is or
served further that the mil soous
from Senator Aldrich's part OF tne
country got the fuil Denent Oh tne
raise"
This is but another example OF ms
representation, premeditated or otn-
erwise, Of the effect OF the present
tariff law. The articles representeu
as having been increased IN duty W
the existing law are cai'cos' s'OsA
ings, apron muslin and otner COM
mon cotton ware concluding WIN
the statement that "the simple rea-
son is that the merchant mas 70 pay
similar increase on the wholesale
market"
If he pays that, which ne proDaply
does, 1t is not because OF the tarlil.
The simple truth is that no one Of
the articles, except the stockings
has been increased in the rate OF
amount of duty in the existing law
over the Dlngley law. All OF these
articles, except the stocKinss' arc
valued at less than Z cents per square
yard abroad and are subject to the
specific rates Of the new tariff law
which are precisely identical with the
specific rates OF the pinsiey l""' ~