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THE SAME STORY IN KANSAS.
Tha Record of tba Populiat Party Has
Been One of Honesty and Economy.
Muah haa bwn writteu and said about
populiHin in Kansas. Of lata the renub
licttu prHH of tliat state haa been charK'
mg vie popullrtt party with extrava
gance in eiponditures. The records in
the auditor's oUlce show how false the
charges are. The li-gislature of Kansna
iu 1H!5 was republican. It had a total
of 3J5 employee. The louiulature ol
Kansas in 18!) 7 was populist. It had
total of aoi) employes. In 1HU!J tbo
total exwiiMiH for the leghdatlvo sossion
was ?o,aau.47 while In 1807 the ex
peiwcH of the populist legislature was
oniy f i z.oau.i u.
When flguros on legislative expend
tures are mado it should be borne in
mind that (he salaries and mileage ol
members is fixod by constitutional en
actment, und is, therefore, a matter over
wmcn me meiuberH nave no control.
ine amounts paia lor this purpose are
deducted the remainder will aliow the
amount oxpended over which the legi
lature did have direct control. No com
pilation of the amounts drawn for
salary and mileage by members of the
1HU7 legislature has yet been made, but
in 1WU.) tlie amount drawn for this pur
pose was f.'t0,.'ia7. The number of
members and of the districts remain
unchanged from year to year, so that
the salary and mileage account cannot
vary very much. It is reasonable to
assume that the 181)5 figures are a fair
average, Deducting f 3(1.837 from f N5,
yU'2.47, It apponra that in 1805, f 4!),-
1)00.17 wus expended over which the
members had control. The deduction of
this same amount from 972.650,10
shows that the amount was S!)5.l)8l.8().
in oilier words, where republicans apent
fii tne populism spent only M.ii, inak
I ing a saving of almost one-third. The
181)5 legislature (republican) which was
! in session sixty days, cost $882.75 per
uuy, while the 1BV7 legislature (popu
list), which was in session sixty-lour
days, cost f per day, showing an
actual saving of $274.01 for each and
every day of the sossion. In tha matter
of daily expense the populist cost was a
few cents more than $2. where the repub
lienns spout $8. These figures being
taken from the state auditor s record s
of the money actually paid out, are ab
solutely correct.
This is the sort of a record the popu
list party has made iu Kansas. It is the
same sort of a record the populiat party
always makes when entrusted with
power.
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
A Pleasant, Simple, but Safe and Iffaot
nal Cure for it.
Catarrh of the stomach has long been
considered tho next thing to incurable.
The usual symptoms are a full or bloat
ing sensation after eating, accompanied
aouietlmjs with sour or watery rislngs.a
lormation or gases, causing pressure
on the heart and lungs and difficult
breathing; headache, fickle appetite, nor.
vousness and a general played out,, lan
guid feeling.
There is often a foul taste In the mouth,
coated tongue, and if the Interior of the
stomach could be seen it would show a
allmy, Inflamed condition.
The cure of this common and obstinate
trouble is found in a treatment which
causes the food to be readily thoroughly
digested before it baa time to ferment
and irritate the delicate mucous surfaces
of the stomach. To secure a prompt and
healthy digestion Is the one necessary
thing to do, and when normal digestion
Is secured the catarrhal condition will
bavediaappeared.
According to Dr. llariauson the safest
and best treatment is to use after each
moal a tablet composed of diastase, as
eptic pepsin, a little nux, golden seal and
fruit acids. Those tablets can now be
found at all drug stores under the name
of Ktuart'a Dyspepsia Tablets and, not
being a patent medicine, can be used
with perfect safety and assurance that
healthy appetite and thorough digoftion
will follow their regular use after meals
Mr. N. J. liooher of 2710 Dearborn
street, Chicago, 111., writes: "Catarrh ih
a local condition resulting from a iwit
lected cold in the bead, whereby the lin
ing membrane or the nose becomes in
flamed and the poisonoim discharge
therelrom, passing back wards therelrom,
reaches the stomach, thus producing ca
tarrh ( the stomach. Medical authori
ties prescribed for me for three yoar lor
catarrh of the stomach without cure,
but touay i am me nappieet or men
alter using only one box of Stuart's
Dyeepsia Tablets. 1 canuot And ap
propriate words to ex pre, my good feel
ing. I have found llesh, appetite and
sound ret irom their use.
Stuart's Dyspeimia. Tablets la thesufiwt
preparation as well as the simplest and
moat rmiveuieiit reui.tly for any form of
Indigestion, catarrh ol stomach, billions-
ne.a,sotir atoiunch, heartburn aud bloat
ing alt.r meals.
Nejid for littla hook, mailed lr on
Mtoiniteti trouble, by addrmialng Mtuarl
Co., Marshall, Mutt. Tha tablets can be
found at all drug .tores.
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A Strange Experience
By OPIE READ.
(Oopyright, 1806, 1 y the iiuthrr.
CHAPTER L
My name is not Norval, nor have
ever in any way been nssx)ifttod with
tho Grumpittu billn, but my mime is Os
car IIiKikorsmitb. You will at onoo per
oeive that there is nothing in suali
name, but if any man has ever passed
through an exporicnoo similar to the one
which I am going to relute bo would do
mo a grcut kindness by at onoo ooimuu
nicuting with me.
One day I arrived at Cregnioro, a lit
tle old town 011 the upper ArkuimnN riv
er. Just ufter I had eaten brcukfust at
a hotel tho proprietor of tho house caino
to 1110 and snid tbut, as I bud no bug
gnge, I would bo compel kul to pay in
advunce.
"lluggugo, indoodl" I exclaimed
"IIuvo my trunk suiit up, if you pluusu. "
' You brouglit no bagHUgo, sir."
"Then it bus not arrived. It will soon
be here, for I am sure it arrived. I saw
it delivered to an expressman at tho rail
road stution. I uavo no money with mo.
I bopu that you appreoiato my position,
ir?"
Ho doubtfully shook his bond and
walkod away. This annoyed me not a
little, ami I wondered if tho fellow who
bad taken my trunk bad run away with
it. I had no obnek, and I know that I
might huvo trouble in recovering my
property. Just as I turned to go out nn
old gentleman whom I suddenly en
oouutorod throw up bis bands and ex
claimed i
"My Oodl"
"Wbut is the matter?"
"Oh, sir, if I did not know that my
ion Norval was dead, I would think
you Voro lio. He was killod iu the
army."
uo regarded me oioseiy, and la a
quieter tone continuodi
"I have novcr boforo soon snob a re
semblance, Same eyes, nose, mouth
very thing I Will 700 pluaso do an old
man a lavor?"
I ropllod that I would favor him in
any possible way.
"Then ooine with mo to my house. I
want my wife to sea yon."
I told him of the perplexing situation
in which I was placed.
"Here, Mr. Dunehl" he exoluiniod,
calling the proprietor, "Look nt this
man I Doesn't ho look eaaotly like my
on Norval?"
"Exactly. Only he Is much older. "
"Yes, but yon must remember that it
la more than 80 years since Norval
went into the army. Ho was killed at
Antiotam. I want yon to go homo with
me. I will stand good for yonr bill. "
I fed under many obligations to
yon, old gentleman, for I am really in
an embarrassing position, I fear that
fellow baa atolon my trunk, but if yon
will go with mo to the town officer I
will afterward go with yon."
He agreed, and we oallod npon the
town marshal, who. after listening to
my statement, looked at me suspicions
ly and said:
"You didn't oome in on any train. "
"But, sir, I know I did. I delivered
my trunk to a tall negro who walked
with a limp, and who, if I remember
correctly, bad an impediment in his
speech. Tho trunk and I would know
it among a thousand is a large one,
covered with black loathcr."
Look here," said the officer. "You
oame up on a boat, for I saw you when
you got off. Dcsides you could not have
come by rail, for, as there are several
washouts above and below here, there
has not bocu a train in for two days. "
This statement was insulting, yet I
struggled to conceal my resentment
Polico officers in small towns arc gener
ally narrow minded, dogmatic men, and
I cured not to dispute him further than
to reaffirm that I came in on tho morn
ing train. Thou, turning to tho old
gentleman, whoso name I had learned
was Metford, I announced my readiness
to aocouipauy him. He had been ao ab
sorbed in the contemplation of the re
aemblunce between hia eon and myself
that ho had paid but little attention to
the disparity of statements concerning
tho manner of my arrival
Mr. Metford lived in an attractive old
plaoe not far from the river. When we
tS Utrrksl 4 tAria (tai tirraatf toward
enkeffxl lb !, a wtauaq earn out ea
U v.rauda, aud la a tuo4Miit, afi.r
.ilia" uts rUp..l hauJt and Wai4
rfattul a pl. Aa wt ai'robs aba
ttaftd a abrli I and tptanaj inward Iu.
Tb ol I sutli tun, g4tlly laaluf MJ
af Mr, at4 1
'Tint, kluy, dVtilva way la your
fWliaga, Tata la yea ut twl 4 aaa
f tMtf Haiti, air. Alt, it" I a4
k 14 Him "taia t Mr (War Ifot k.f-
naiUI 1 wauled lea la alia en a
hi i la -.ifil iik.ikxM Im lara in
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ab'y tuia.:4 iva iik, 1 im 144 Uljr v14
a It.p fe.f ya (t iu.
l Nflt"aartHlit. aad 1
v. aaala, WI!4I lft, alt. It I
did not know that he was killed oh,
sir, are you not indeed he?"
"Be quiet, Mary," said tho old gen
tleman. "Don't be excited. Let ua make
it pleasant here for Mr. Hockersmith,
and perhaps ho will remain several days
with us. Tell un something about your
self, Mr. Hookersmith. "
"I was born in Riohmond," I replied,
"and my parents died when I wasquito
young. I went into tho army and was
wounded by a piooo of shell at Bliiloh.
After tho war I went home, but found
that tho undo with whom I had lived
was reduced almost to a ponniless con
dition. Ho did not long survive, and,
there being nothing in Richmond to
bind mo to the piano, I wandered away
and lntvo uover returned. I have oomu
to this state to look after tho land in
terest of a corporation, and as soon as
my business is completed I shall go buck
to St. Louis."
"Until then," said Mrs. Metford,
"you must remain at our house, Al
though I know that you are not our
son, yot to seo you" Hero tho poor
woman oomplotoly broke down,
"Mary," said the old gentleman, ap
proaching her and stroking her hair,
"don't give way to yonr feeling. I
would not have urged him to come, but
I knew that if I didn't yon would novcr
forgive me. Don't give way, now."
She became calm, but every time shn
looked at me I oould see her lip quiver.
"What a pity that I am not your soul"
J mused. "Any man, even asido from
natural affection, would fool proud of
such a mother. " I thought of the dead
sou and of what a splendid home hia
death had mado cheerless, aud I almost
wished that I had told the old couple
that I was really their Norval.
After dinner we wore sitting in the
parlor when there oame a loud knock
at the front door. Mr. Metford, who an
swered the summons, soon returned, ac
companied by the town marshal. Ap-
Erooohiiig me aud placing his ungentle
and on my shouldor tho marshal said 1
"I want you."
"Want me?" I asked in surprise.
"Yes, want yon."
"What right have you to want mo?"
He took out a paper and banded it to
me, It was a warrant arresting me on
a charge of willfully and maliciously
deceiving the people of Oregmore. It
was useless to resist, and, although tho
old gentleman and his wife protested
against such an indignity being imposed
on a. guest of their house, yet by tne
feolingloss ruffian I was led away and
lodged in jail.
CHAPTER II.
The nest day I was arraigned before
a justice of the peace, who requested me
to make a brief statement as to bow I
came to town. I did so, tolling blm to
the best of my reoolleotion. I told bim
about losing my trunk, and I ventured
to take to task a villago that wonld
stubbornly shut its eyes and allow tbe
perpetration of suoh outrages. The town
marshal swore that I did bot oome by
rail; that no train bad oome in slnoo
two days before 1 that I bad oome on a
steamboat, the Farmer Boy, and that I
bad no trunk. Tbe captain of tbe Farmer
Boy, a very gentlemanly looking fellow,
arose and astonished me with tne zol
lowing statement 1
"Just before loaving Little Rock day
before yesterday this man who calls
himself Hockersmitb came to me and
said that ho would like to go up the
river as far as Cregmore: that be was
employed by a St Louis land corpora
lion, and that aa bis baggage bad some
' failed to arrive be was without
money, but that It I would let Dim oome
up as a deck passenger be would, upon
reaching this plaoe, get the money from
a friend and pay me. It's ouly a small
amount, and I shouldn't have mentioned
it but for tbo fact that tho marshal oame
down and asked mo about tho strange
fellow."
What baveyou to smy concerning
tbeso statements?" asked tho justioe.
"Nothing, only that they are not
true," I replied. "As I tell you, I oame
bere by rail, arriving yesterday morn
ing."
Bot no train arrlvod yesterday
morning."
Then I bocame indignant "All right;
have it your own way," said I. "One
man cannot stand up against ao many.
If I deserve punishment, flue me, and I
ill go on tho rock pile or tho oouviot
farm aud work it out"
The town marshal shifted and twisted
himself about in bis chair.
Your honor," said he, "tbia man
alo mado falso statements to Mr.
Bunch, proprietor of the hotel. He ob
tained board under falsa prtitensea. "
I understood bim. Ha would org
charges agaiust tue merely todeiand bis
owu pot Itlou,
"Judgv'aaid voice that I knew.
Looking round, 1 SAW Mr. Metford.
Every oue wailed for bim to spak. "I
met Mr, Hockersmitb at lh hotel yes
terday morning. Ou aoccaut of the
Wonderful ruaeublauc which ha bears
to toy sou Nerval"
"Yea," rviliid lb judg. "IW
Norval I I aaw bim buried."
"Ou aeeoaut (4 thai rv.tublaitc, "
ectttiuuad Mr, Matford, "I Invited Mr.
It.vk.ruulih to adnupany in bout.
II ipUliKxl hi nttiarraw4utttt, and I
uld Mr. HutRu thai I would stand gout
for In bilk Ha (hat ohora la wipd
at,"
"That's all vary wall, f.nlltwa,M
atdaluwht the Iowa utarahal, "bat
aa'l allow fallow loeota la Ibi way,
I tllv thai a taaa hot4 t uuitht
fur tyt4t Just l aaut as a iMitthl l
t 1W Ualtug. Thai my lb k.i, "
"I ant (14 la boar yoa pk au et ur
stJuJ7.''riib4 JUi, Mitfutd. "Yua
bvrtvw4 lit! if in ahotil 10 Mth
a) a4 vw4 thai ihi Wwtld iluru
tit tuity withtM a ni Yvt voit
bava fiW4 la p y tjt (Mitia Via
it I a t4 y ( .l to tutt a. a M
lylag . e4 aew, sU " kav riul4
4 ttf ywur aiiaikiali 1 lait II
(4 N wall to a I )tM f4ii.
tlcti 4 Ju.tik YtMti a4Mc, mat im
at a Wartaiil i ai.t, i -"
li a a lut4 Uiw t4ttiJ kit. a4
w Itat la 1 r. IU f K'.w r4. " V mm
all know me," he replied. "I am not a
Stranger. I didn't come here and try to
beat any of you. I'll pay the $10. Don't
fret about that I don't think it is riant V
to hop on a man that's trying to protect v.
the community against fraud. I've got
nothing against this follow and am will- 1
ing to seo him turned loose, " '
"I am glad to hear you say so, " said '
Mr. Metford. "You needn't make oat '
tho warrant, Judge Well, Mr. Hock- '
ersraith, " turning to mo, "aa thoro is
nothing against you here, you will
plnano accompany me homo."
When wo wont to the house, Mrs.
Metford's Up trombled. Tbeso old poo
pie would not bear to my loaving thorn ;
so I remained all night The noxt morn
ing I awoke with a burning fevor. Then
I went into a state of delirium and for
several weeks know nothing. When I
regained oousciouaness, my mind was so
oonf usod that I could rot think. I knew
that I talkod incoherently. Therefore I
said but little.
One duy while I was sitting in my
room a man was shown up by one of
tho servant Mr. and Mrs. Metford
wore away from home, having gone
over to a neighbor's house,
"Don't you know me?" said the man.
. "I don't think that I ever-saw you
boforo," I replied.
Ha looked at me and smiled sadly.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
' 'I moan nothing offensive. Yon know
AbeCatharn?"
"Never hoard of him. "
"I am sorry, for I had hoped that
f on would roooguiee me, "
"How can I recognise yon, sir, when
Ibis is tho first time we have ever met?"
He shook his bead and mattered
something which soundod to me like
"Poor fellow. " Then be startled ma by
sayingi
"I have been your keeper for years."
"My keeper?'
"Yes. I am connected with the Mis
souri Insane asylum." ,
"I don't dispute your position as
kneper, but I can assure yon that I have
Dover seen the institution. I am a St
Louis land man, " '
"Lot me tell you something which
has just oome to light You were
Wounded at the battlo of Antletam. "
"Hbiloh."
"At Antiotam. Yon and a young
Virginian, who, to some extent, re
sembled you a man named Hooker
smith fell close to each other. In the
report of the killod and wounded yon
were put down on the dead list, and
this man Hockersmitb was reported to
be wounded. You bad boon struck by a
piece of shell and was, npon recovery of
the wound, found to be hopelessly in
sane. You went to Richmond, but your
supposed relatives spurned yon, so I
have beard, and, after wandering
around, yon went to Missouri and were
placed in an Insane asylnm, where yon
remained nntil a few weeks ago, when
Iron escaped. Your name, I have learned,
s Norval Metford, and I have oome to
tell yonr parents, after satisfying my
self that it is you"
Tbe room began to torn around. Tbe
man's voice sounded away off a great
distanoe. Ho seemed to be shooting, but
I could not catch his words. Then some
one, dressed in red tight breeches, oame
In and danced on tbe back of a chair.
blacksmith led in a horse and began
to shoo him. His bellows roared and bis
anvil rang so loud that I bad to pnt my
fingers in my ears. His fire began grad
ually to darken, and with a sodden puff
it wont out, loaving me in total dark
ness. I groped about, but could find no
opening in the wall X cried aloud for a
lamp, and I cursed the blacksmith for
allowing his fire to go out Crawling
around on my hands and knees, I found
a match. I kissed it I pressed it to my
heart "Thank Oodl" I cried. "Thank
God that once more there shall be light
in the world I" Tears streamed from my
eyes. I tried to light the match. The
tears hud dampened it, and with the
feeblest little glow it died away, leav
ing mo in despair. I heard a voioe, low
and sweet
"Who are you?" I asked.
A tear fell on my forehead, and clasp
ing my bauds I turned my face upward.
"Whose tears are tboae falling upon
me?" I cried. The voice, soft and swoet,
sang, but tho tears continued to fall.
"Oh, can't you give me a lamp?" I
eried in agony. Something touoned me.
It was a lamp, oold and dark, but I
hugged it cIosa to ma and took oar lest
my tears should fall upon it I placed
it on the floor and with my hands
olasped around it I lay down and prayed.
A feeble little gleam flickered between
my flngera. Th lamp grew warm. I
removed my hands. Tbe little blaaa
flickered, aud then yea, oh, glories of
baavan, then there oame a grand bural
of light 1 lay on a bed. Th sun ahou
Into Ih room, A faoe, my uiotbnr'a
famt, waa bowed over me. "Thank
OimII" ab exolaimad and encircled my I
sack with br luvlug arm. My father !
waa Ihrrw, ka looktag upuia tit.
"Thtra, uar," aaid my tncthar. ,'
"steep very ubi.i. for wk ytm bava
aovarvd lMtwea lir and death."
I olo4 my ya ami warm raoollao-
lions l ured ov.r iti. J roe Id raneui
bat all bow 1 lfl thai d.aff bo.
aad want lata th arnty.
a e
I am sitting la my room, looking oat
tm th grassy cloy what I ply4 au
many yaats aga. Tbt la la old I
wa.4 I k tu swing la lit m4 aha,!
1 fc.ar my. nu4hi aingtug u th attllM
fvxMtt, Tay aay suy feu laabs agalaft
a a did whan I waa a Uy. Tati44
rifl bi la a bava vt ba4aaa
a fkj.Wu aaya that a w day
ftrvaa auw I ran rmM Ik baatttaaa 4
Uf My tttoltt. MtMl Bt4 foaa. bf
ii , lay lvw,
" .... .
"IiN ka I la alight tjKptuaa 1
tut Nv.r, Kevval, ilaar," sf aaya f
As)W w4Mal tM tMUtt4 fea baff
arts tlt4tt arH4u4 rJkvMiiM
itittM kvt hki, uw att (m aibgiag
Ion. ash U hallway. T .1 ada toy
tatfa. al U. gkl. H4al!iiM4t b
ataaajMl hiaa, M Im liagli a b kll4
wkwa 1 was a Wr, s mt aaue I
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