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.,- l . J - Wf - " '"-! r IMtllSTKU, KTABM9ltlCn IMS. UirjUVNT, ETABLH1IED 18S1 IV(MOORT,GiTABUUSD1886. Kt.BMOUK KAOI.K, BtTABLttilKD MM. sAVONBona piiocirkh8. kstabluiikd un. J.OLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1901- VOL. XXXV. No 52 &- i RFGISTFR L. flL. ML. JmL..,.& EDITORIAL NOTES. Foil President of tbo United States in 1008, SothLow. Pool' liail is a mighty good game, if you escape with your llfo. What a joko Is would havo been on tho Turkish brigands if it had happen ed to bo Mrs. Nation instead of Miss Stone. Col. Ed. Little maintains his re putation for good senso by firmly de clining to be tho Fusion candidate for Congress in the Fifth district. BARNEY Slir.UIDAN'S now paper is as protty as u plcturo, and ithasmoro advertising in it than oyer boforc, which is better than bolng pretty. Instead of rubbing out tho defeat of last year the Nebraska voters seem to havo rubbed it in. Tho majority against Mr. Bryan Is twice as great as it was. Up at Lawrenco, where all kinds of dead and living languages are run ning in rlvulots down Mount Oread, thoy call tho restaurant-on-wheels an "oatomobilo." Senator Cai. Mouhow, of Wash ington county, is tho last guber natorial entry. Ho is entered by tho Topeka oortHtpondents and classed as"untI-Burton." The oldest son of King Edward, who until now has been entitled tho Duko of Cornwall and York, was on Scturday last made I'rinco of Wales and Karl of Chester. The Kansas Day club will holier for Hantia all right when ho makos a .speech at tho next banquet; but Kan sas will vote for Roosevelt in tho 1004 convention just tho samo. BY moans of disfranchising some twenty or thirty thousand votes Arth ur Pue Gorman managed in pull through In Maryland by soino thirty thousand majority. Thus wo see that virtue is its own reward. Havi: you noticed, dear populist brother, that In all tho election re turns with which tho papers havo hcon filled thoso past few days only two parties aro named, and ono of them is not tho Populist party? Tom Mouoan', who sold tho Demo cratic Messenger at Eurcku lately, will go to Arkansns City and start a Democratic paper, instead of loavlng tho Stato us originally announced. Tho Democracy of Kansas is to bo congratulated. Unole Paul Kuuoek is willing to arbitrate tho Boor caso but states very frankly that if tho decision should br against them thoy would rosumo fight ing. There is probably no word for arbitrate in tho Dutch language and tho old man is not up very woll on Knglish. It will cost tho government $150,000 to hold tho court martial boforo which Commundor Tllley is to be tried on the chargo of drunkenness. If ho is found guilty and tho costs aro taxed up agutast him, it will keep him reason ably busy tho remainder of his llfo to liquidate. The Lawrenco papers aro never at a loss for time copy. They are still running pieces with tho sub-head "road boforo tho meeting of tho society of Mors hold on Octobor 20, , who was ono of tho principal participants in tho ovents which ho describes. " The candidacy of Senator H. B. Miller, of Osage county for Governor Is officially announced. Senator Miller is a comparatively now man to Stato politics, but has long been known us a strong man in tho Fourth district. Ho is a wealthy farmar and stockdcalur. IUciiauij CiiOKKn's comment on tho result iu Now York was surprisingly candid. Ho said the people wanted a chango. And ho further conserved his reputation for truth and voracity by refraining from Haying that It was because thoy woro tired of hoarlng Crokcr called Tho Just. Germany has been popularly sup posed to bo tho lurgosl consumer of bsor por capita of all nations, but re cent statistics show that tho pur capita consumption is greater in both Eng land and Franco. Tho United States drinks loss than half as much bocr as nlthor of the throe nations mentioned, which Is perhaps ono reason why England and her continental noigh born aro just now so much exorclsod about tho "American invasion" of tholr markets. What an empty and hollow sound thoro Is In tho boom Hint Is started now and then for somu man's can didacy on tho Populist or Democratic ticket in Kansas! Will White Is making so much money out of Stratagems and Spoils that ho Is buying fancy cows in re mote parts of tho Stato and having tlicm sent to him by express. Some pcoplo up ut Topeka aro bo mad tit Sheriff Cook becauso ho did not let tho convicts kill him that thoy aro asking him to resign. In other words somebody wants his job. AT tho rato at which William Allen White is mixing up iu Fourth district politics it seems likely ttiat his noxt Volume of Stratagems and Spoilsmay bo written from the standpoint of ux pnrienco nnd not of observation alone. The Register congratulates ,1. Frank Smith, of tho Pleasanton Observer, upon his election as county printer. Smith had an Idea it would work out this way when ho urged tho passago of tho law; and thus wisdom is justified of her children, and aho vlrtuo is its own reward. Sheriff Cooic, who was captured by tho convicts and hold as n shield until tho criminals got away, only did what any man of sf nso would havo done; it was only his Jonah luck that mado him the victim of an episode over which tho wholo Stato is on a. broad grin. The most rocont agitation in Gor many is a demand for tho ropcal of all laws restricting trusts and monop olies in that country. Thoso who ad vocate sucli action claim that lit is necossary in order to make, it possiblo for German manufacturers to meet American competition. Nearly every -ay tho public Is learning something now about Presi dent Roosevelt that It likes. The latest In this lino is tho nows that lie considers it barborous to dock the tails of horses and will absolute not consider tho purchase of a bob tailed team for his carriage. It is in tho nature of things that a tariff suhedulo should bo often revised, for conditions chango in commorco u woll as in otlter linos of human actlv ity But tho important thing is that tno tariff should bo rovlsed by Its friends and not by its enemies, and that is what will happen If any change Is mado by tho present Congress. Wichita Star: Tho""difforoi:ce bo tweon a Democratic administration and a Republican administration is 'hat tho lattor buys In tho bonds that tho former soils. Democracy was troubled whero to get gold, and Re publicanism is troubled in finding what to do with it. Secretary Gago is compoilcd to buy bonds, or else build somo raoro treasury vaults. Christmas boxes Intended for soldiers in tho Philippines should be consigned to Major 0. l Long, San Francisco, with tho natno of tho officer or soldier for whom intondod and tho company and regimentplalnly marked on tho box, and a notation "Christ mas box." The box shall not weigh moro than twenty-five pounds nnd tho charges to San Francisco must bo pro- imi -..: Leavenworth Tinges. Tho man, tho business which prospers today is that which Is conducted along tho broad lines of honesty nnd sobriety, con servatism and truth. The man who is a liar, a knuvo, a poltroon or a thlof, or whosa character stands as a re proach to tho decent pcoplo can no longer bo successful in any business or undertaking, particularly In tho publication of tin In decent newspaper. The doath of LI HungChang roealls his remark that "Gen. Grunt and I suprossed tho two greatest rebellions in history." Tho Chinese rebellion to which Li referred was started' by a farmer becauso ho failed to gct.a gov ernment job, and twonty million lives were suorlllced boforo it was ovor. Tho robolliou which Gon. Grant sup pressed cost fewer than half a million lives but wo thought at tho tlmo it wns a good doal of a scrap. Barney Sheridan (Doraoerat): And now tho Lily White Republicans of Louisiana aro raising tho dovll be causo President Roosevolt ate somo sweet tutors an' possum with Booker T. Washington at tho kltchon tablo in the White Houso. It's a small thine; to ralso such a fuss about and It won't do tho Lily Whites any good in tho long run. Bookor is tho follow who has tho kick coming becauso Toddy didn't havo William Allen White and tho rest of tho cabinet at tho 'posBum lunch. Pnoi E. D. Adams, ono of tho most efficient and popular mombors of tho Stato University faculty, has accepted a call to Loland Stanford, whero ho will havo much loss routine work and a considerably largor salary. It is too bad that Kansas cannot pay her teachers what tliny are worth. Ex-Senator Edwin Taylor, Popu list, Is quoted as saying that tho smart thing for Populists to do now Is to sit around and wait awhllo. Con sidering tho fact that tho pcoplo havo already told tho Populist party to Go Way Back and Sit Down, the Sena tor's advice seems rathor superfluous. Most of tho troubles botwecn men arotho product of misunderstanding. When you think a man has wronged you if you go to him In a good humor and talk tho thing ovor tho chances aro nine to ono that you can straight en it all out without a quarrol. Most men aro fair nud will meet a fair pro position fully half way. The latest thing to bring gray hairs to tho handsomo hoad of Arthur Cap per was tho launching In tho Topoka Capital last Sunday of a boom for Congress for a man who has been dead four yoars. That is worse than crediting a Chanuto gas well with a daily flow of nino mllllonloublc feet of oil. TnE pooplo who aro sending Col. Joo Richards to tho poor house by tho newspapor route, on nccount of a ro port that ho now owns a controlling Interest in tho Fort Scott Monitor, probably do not know that it runH in tho Richards blood to muko a barrel of money out of tho nowspapor busi ness. Major William Richards mado thu Indianapolis Nows worth half a million dollars. Maybo Col. Joo will Jo tho samo with tho Monitor. WITH tho city of Now York, which Is usually good for 10,000 Democratic majority giving tho Republican candi date for mayor a majority ofylO.OOO, and Ohio increasing tho mojorlty it gave McKlnley by 20,000 and Massa chusetts rolling up hor usual 70,000 and Iowa breaking all hor records by doing 90,000 Republican and Nebraska turning Mr. Bryan down harder than over, and so on nil round tho olrclo, It would hardly appoar oil hand as if Democratio skios woro brightening to any appreciable extent. The manner Is which Admiral Dow ey has conducted himself during the Scliloy court of inquiry lias gone far to restoro liini to tho pedestal from .hlch ho stepped down whon ho allow ed hiiusolf to bo considered a candi date for President Inst year. As president of tho court ho has been tho embodiment of falrnoss, firmness and impartiality, and tho Nation lias boon permitted again to seo tho splendid (Iguro upon which its oyes woro cen tered for so long in Manila Bay. A little whilo ago Mrs. Roosovolt was quoted as saying that any woman could dress well enough for any sta tion in life for $300 a yoar, and now they say sho has a heavier mail thau thu President, soveral million of her countrywomen demanding by letter to bo shown. Tho subsequent roport that tho President's wife would spond a thousand dollars for tho gowns sho expects to wear this winter was prob ably sent out as a counter irritant. Another chapter in Emporia'stown row was begun last week whon William Mnrtindale brought suit ugalnst cx Sonator Battoy, Calvin Hood and I. E. Lambort, charging them with con spiracy to soli thoMartindaleproporty for much loss than It was worth and demanding damages to tho amount of $100,500. If half tho things which havo beon whispered about for thopast year touching this matter aro brought to tho light of public record, tho chap ter will bo tho most distressing ono yet written. The following Interesting facts aro taken from tho Kansas City Star largest cemetery in tho world is th CImotior Poro Lachalso, in ParlB Tho city of Paris and suburbs has about 4 million inhabitants and Poro Lachalso contains moro graves than thocity possess Inhabitants. It lies within tho city walls and contolns three divisions, ono for Protestants, ono for Catholics and a third for Ilo brows. Tho last struggle of tho Paris Commune occurrod thero and tho last of tho Communists woro placodugains a wall near tho crematory and shot to death by tho Vorsalllos Infantry. A railroad tunnel paBsos under tho como tory and escapes the graves by a dis tance of a fow yards only. Tho tomb of Sarah Bernhardt is in tills comotery nnd coutalns tho doatli inscription of tho famous actress, only tho date bo lng left blank. Bernhardt comes each j enr and pi aces a wronth upon hor tomb, France's bluff worked. Tho Sul tan of Turkey sent his check when tho war ships oamo In sight. When Uncle Sum forced tho Sublimo Porto to pay up a prece lent was sot which will cost tho Sick Man a lot of money. Justices of tho peaco ate a much abused class of men, but In tho main they mako up In hard souse what ttioy may lack in knowlodgo of tho law. ihorolsthat Labette couuty justico, for example, before whom a widower was arraigned, charged with kissing Ills houso-kcepor who is a widow. Tho Justico promptly decided, after seolng the woman in tho oasojand hearing all thou 'Motive, that inasmuch as tho kissing had beon dono with tho know ledge and consent of tho klsseo, no crime had beon committed. "These pcoplo havo a right undor tho consti tution to kiss ono another," said this Danlol, "and if tho publlcdoesn't liko It tho public can movo on." What conclusion could be morosonsiblothan that? From Topeka reports it appears that tho tax commission has prepared another tax law, tho purpose of which is to roduca tho presout limit of taxa tion. Suohablllls certainly a wise and nocossary measure, if tho pro posed now tax law is to bo placed on statuto books. Tho now law is a drag not which will leave no proporty un taxed, and that is right. But with ovory scrap of property assessed at its actual cash value, tho tax-payer might bo driven Into bankruptcy unless somo limit wus placed upon tho rate of taxation. With property listed at its fall valuo and tho rato of taxation limltad by law, say to two per cent, Kansas will make a good deal bettor showing, and offer a much moro at tractive Hold for invostraonts than it does now. There has been a groat doal of talk about poaco iu South Africa, but the llrst doflnlto proposition camo only yesterday when it was announced that ttio Boers woro willing to lay down tholr arms on condition that England should withdraw her troops, guaran tee the nutonomy of tho two republics, roloaso tho prlsouors and pay for tho burned farms. In consideration fr this, tho Boers aro willing to cede to England a certain gold district, it is not llkoly that England will accept the terms for John Bull Is mighty proud and stiff-necked when ha onco sets his heart on anything. But it is by no moans certain that aftor threo yoars moro of lighting any better terms will bo obtatnod. It is certalnlyelear that from a monoy point of vlow England woulr bo tho winnor by accopting.tho proposition. Not satisfied with disfranchising thirty thousand negro voters at ono stroko and thus preventing that many Republican ballots from gotting into tho boxes at all, it appears that tho Democrats of Maryland havo thrown out soveral thousand Republican votes that did got into tho ballot boxes. Tho Maryland law, following tho usual Australian ballot laws, providos that any ballot which bIiows any other mark than thoso used to Indicate tho voter's choico of candidates, shall bo discarded. It is alleged that in somo of tho counttos sovonty-flvo por cont of iho Ropublloan votes wore thrown out becauso of tho violation of this provision, and tho inferenco naturally Is that thoy woro marked boforo being given to tho voter and for tho purpose of providing un excuso for casting out tho vote. Mr. Gorman will doubtless bo agaiu tho Senator from Maryland, but ho has won tho prize at what to an honest man would bo doomed a hoavj cost. .' r-.iu a1 4 ; ! : mV ?"&$ 7s J&$ hi. JS 'i18 11,1" Bn nree28L ,?r-,mYlI Overmycr. tollteU or ub tho Deiuocrutle nominee for hit tusnttuer, Iturvcy, can curb his Tendency to biciU through the fenoe, THE KINDNESS OK NATURE. Emporia Gazette: How kind tills season Isl After the hard wltlioring summer that shriveled the follago of tho grnss and trees and cracked tho earth and destroyed so many growing things now comes tho mild nnd heal ing autumn, a pcnltenco of nature for her iwaywardiiess. Tho leaves that tho hot winds scorched hang on far past their wonted tlmo and tho grnss which lay brown and dry and almost ashen, today Is green and fresh and beautiful; and tho -cattle feeding all day on tho open range, roll languidly to tho corral at twilight, and when thoy havo filled tholr paunehos with water, llo down and moan nnd gronn in animal contentment through tho night as though thoy wero on tho now grass of May. Thoy will go on pas ture thus till Christmas. Tho Holds of corn crisped in tho August sun aro now green ryo fields, and tho fodder that was;iost;in the summor, tho fall has restored. Tho herds aro a llttlo thlnnorthan they were, andj tho bal nnco of tho farmers' books is kept on tho good sido; a llttlo loss to feed and a little less fodder. Everywhere ono seostblB ovonlng up process of nature this tempering tho wind to tho sliorn lumb. Tho great stream of ; tendency, the schomo of things hero, call it "hat you will fate, destiny, provldenco or God 1b good. Viewed largely and from beyond tho shadow of tho passing hour got away to seo things big and In perspective, and tho trend of all mo tion and forco seems good. Nature bloody with, tooth and claw, as somo poot has callod her, is at heart and in tho soul of her Infinitely kind. Llfo, even tho raoanost llfo, Is a great oxporlenco; how much better it Is than not to havo known: and tho saddest death is so immeasurably better than endless mortal consciousness nnd mortal llfo ! "Ho glvolh his bolovcd sleep." Nature is kind. God is love. INJUSTICE TO KX-.SOIiI)IKUS. Tho Register Is In receipt of a loi ter from an Allen county boy Bcrvlng in a regular regiment in tho Philip pines In which tho statement is mado that thero aro moro than 800 dis charged regulars in tho city of Manila who aro unable to got homo. Tho letter states that tho army officials there tell tho soldiers that If tho Gov ernment takos them homo any tlmo within a year from tho date of their dischargo It is complying with its con tract with thorn aud so transport after transport Is sent out without a man on board, and tho soldiers either havo to pay their own passaco homo on a mail steamer, at an oxpenso which leaves nothing out of tholr savings during tho threo years of tholr enlist ment, or stay nt Manila whero thov can find nothing to do and whoro thoy must necessarily bo at a greater or less oxpenso. Tho lottor expresses tho opinion that tho prnctlco seems to bo a deliberate attempt to forco tho men to re-cnllst. Tho Register is very reluctant to crlticlso tho manaccmont of tho army, but it has every confi dence In Its correspondent, and feels certain that thoro must bo uood ground for tho statements, moro espec ially aB thoy aro mado by a man who expects to spend his life In tho army and will thoreforo novor havo any per sonal complaint to mako. Whethor legally bound to do so or not, tho gov ernment is certainly under moral obli gation to;roturn discharged soldiers to tholr homos at tho oarliost reasonable moment, or allow them travol pay by which thoy may defray their own ox ponses, und we uro sure that whon tho PROVIDED HE DON'T FLY TIIE matter is brought to tno attention of President Roosovolt tho present prac tice will bo very promptly modified. THE NEW HAI,LOTI,AW. Tho outcry against tho new ballot, law becauso a considerable pcrcentagv of tho voters failed In tho recent elec tion to mark their ballots properly, Is not woll founded. Owln?to thn fuel. that tho election was of so llttlo im portance but llttlo interest was taken in it and no uffort was mado bv thn nowspapcrsornnybodyolseto Instruct tho voters. Tho voters wont Into tho booths, many of them, without any warning that tho manner of voting had been changed from that to which thoy wero uccustomed, nnd It is not surprising that a largo numbor of miH takes should havo been made. But noxt yoar, when thoro is a full Statu ticket In tho field, thoro v ill bo no trouble. Tho now method is really tho simplest and easiest wo havo ovor had since tho Australian law camo into vogue, and a vorv llttlo instrun- tlonlwlll mako every voter master of it. l lie new law is all right. KANSAS OLU'S AND COMMKNTSa III a firrht nt. IjintTnnWMl, killed a Uoir. The dog only succeeded in wiping live of tho cuts nlnolivesout ot it. A young married couple wont from Eureka to Knnsns nitv mill, ii,( i on their trunk: "Don't laugh. We JUDb UWU1UU b IlOip 11," In thoSO dAVH nt unnntnllvnlts... f.-lr. cheorlntr to learn Dint, un v.,... ..,111 contribute to tho Ottawa Republican aucuiui in liuius un me unuing or mus slu nearls. Ahnut tlftv nt llin mnot .....,. ti ters about Lawrenco mado a blground up after thoso big timber wolves that recently appeared west of town. Thnv got ono scraggy coyote. A Vflllnrr rnlllllil ilrnrn 11,. 1.. n. r a In. Scott minister's houso and nt Minlr rpnilPAt. Hnrn nmnltwl 1... 1.1 Thoy remained in tho buggy and pass- uiiiujr muwu hi, ma ceremony with in terest. Tho IIutcliinNnn Nnwa cinnin,i .. "AlIlOilL' thn Ijllllirpa" nrilim,, C.t..- day of last week and tho imxt Satur dnv it had to Usnn n ftmi. .,.... 1.. -. .... ruKv au I lie- men in order to make brief mention 01 un 01 lliem. An Independence man has a s.linmi. for retaining control of tho prico of wheat by farmers by curtailing the acreage. If ho can curtail tho drouth and tho chinch bims and the Hossian fly tho schomo will work. Now it dRvelrins Hint. l.nU 11,.. .,.,!. In tno Kansas (It.v mmcut.... ...!.. guessod on the total vote cast in Ohio and tho othor half on tho total vote lor govornor. 100,000 peoplo will be sure this accounts for thoir not win ning first prizo. Tlio nnrllncrtn.. T ., .1 .,.. .1 . i.i. ..... ...... ....,u iiJUUjJCUUUUb KICKS fn thn irni'iirnmnnt an n.w.-.l...- .1... r dians in idleness. But, doar brother, tho Indians had such a peculiar idoa of supporting themselves. About tho nnlv thlnir lhn ... . ... uui; vmiK vuojr uvcr (jruw jouu OI tviftllnrv una onnlna 1fiO CiC( nnnnla Innnntn.. T t honn illiinnmmirin1 1r !.. .. -ro chango of tlmo card which wus made to Bulttbe neods of a few digger In dians and prarle dog shippers in Ari- rtnn Tlm wnua nt .v.. ,, T "7" wl lu uvurage railroad are like, thnsn nf pmi. denco. Tho town of Highland isquarantined for8mallpox and an exhangodeclarod that no trains stop thoro now. High land is six miles off a railroad and tho Vldotto declares no trains stop there, for if ono ovor did wander ovor thero it would bo lurlatted out by the postoflice. Tho State Agricultural college has decided that what the world needs to improve it is moro poanuts. In nutri tive units por pound tho poanut ranks 142i, whilo potatoes aro 182, bacon 1251, boof 530, milk 145. And tho dis covcro say Kansas cangrowbllllons of thorn. The man evidently thinks that tho millonlum moans ono contin uous circus. TRACK OoTernor. will bo drien UU'lho race Is run, If "tS.3TO"1' .?'S1 " - '"ijiUwiiiiiiii m ' ' ; I n