The Social Reformer from Valley Falls, Kansas • 2

those who have an over-load of venom laid up for somebody because they in our local columns most of the important events that would "be of interest to our home readers. We ask did not get their washes in the elec tion. We sometimes wonder if these all who are interested in the welfare of the place to inform us7 of, these THE SOCIAL EEFOEMER. VALLEY FALLS, 1885. sO.

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E. Kan Meter, Valley Fall. writers do not know that in so doing they are, use saying, "cutting off their noses to spite their own or "jumping out of the frying events as they that we can fill the mission of our paper as a "so other hand, of throwing aside all forma of religious worship, the end of which would be To change the world's Sq7 scenes of active life, Where peace and order are. Into chaotic strife. Never before in the history of the world was there a time when periodicals of this kind were more needed present.

It is the harvest period, the time for the ingathering of souls into the kingdom of our God and his Christ 4 Satan Vis at work gathering up the tares, and shall we sleep through the harvest? God for cial reformer" at home i as well as abroad. It is said that "charity be pan into the fire." "The truth will out," however, so be careful. Men of gins at home," and we shall! try to fellow this rule as closely as possible. ten lose, like the dog crossing the water, by jumping at conclusions. We are now prepared to notice nsomeof cur exchanges.

This was impossible, situated as me were tofore i. Acorcerted movement is in pro sWe believe St. John to be an' honest cess in looking to an Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, agreement between manuiacturers not to employ any persons who are iSecretary of State, has been elected of the American Bible So bid! In the publication of this little sheet we have already been at the expense of about $75, from which we have thus far received less than $5.

ciety. man, and until evidence surpassing anything yet presented appear to the contrary, we shall continue to believe him honestr-and then, under the circumstancesVwe shall give him the benefit of the doubt Ve' insert in this issue a copy of his letter in answer, to charges brought against him by McCullagh; perhaps it may fall into the hands of some who have not seen it We don't care anything about money only as it is necessary to provide our daily wants. The salvation of men is worth more to us, and, like Paul, we are ready to labor with our hands not known or believed to be total abstainers irom intoxicating liquors; also to discharge all employes as soon as evidence is obtained of their indulgence in stimulants. The liquor traffic must go, and this is one of the best ways to kill it. i The Socialists in Chicago are thoroughly organized and armed, ready for an outbreak at any time.

Socialists believing in dynamite had a meeting in Kansas City a few weeks ago. 'The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, to depart from evil." Let us walk circumspectly before to auDDOrt ourself and place the truth before the world. Therefore we asK We have received a copy of Gov message the legislature oi Kansas. It is quite a lengthy document and treats of almost every tsubject of importance at considerable -length. We have received some encourage- ment, sufficient, we feelieve, to justify tthe.

continuation sf our paper, for least six caonths longer, but not sufficient to enable us to enlarge it, ias we expected some time ago. I of those who feel an interest in the cause of Christ to give us as much en AT RANDOM. have arrived at Valley Falls at last and expect to make this' our headquarters for the next three at least. We have succeed couragement as you can. Our position, we know, is not a popular one and we do ed much better (in our 6wfl estima not expect to make money out oi we have put both our subscription tion) as an editor than we expected, arid have learned much, (for we and advertising rates as low as possi come before you more as a learner We are a little behind witn me publication of this owing to unusual rush, of work in the office.

'The 15th of the month is the date of ble in order to cover expenses, and it requires it all to do that 5 than a teacher,) that will be of bene fit to' us in the We do not be- liWtnlorahgpnbKcatfotorofany publication and we shall try to get it jeady for the mail on ox about datehereafter. kind upon the public by sending them throu gh the' maiW and compelling PROHIBITION. The following statement made by tbeclerk of the Circuit Court of Edwards county, Illinois will do to nublish those who' take 5 them 'from' the office to spay for the1 same: "But -we bad honed and our hopes are not al together blighted,) to get A foothold There has not been a licensed saloon in this country for thirty-five years. During that time our jail has not 1 averaged an occupant. here for the' publication of a 'general religious one in which we would have perfect freedom to1' ex This 1 county never sent but one press durselvosj not being ibound person to the penitentiary, ana mat to any religious or political creed.

Not but that we believe these to be good in their places, but we hope to keep them where they' belong, and in a spiritual as the snn casts; its rays of iiffht upon' all vegetation and keeps it in a' living condition, so to cast Him, ere He chastise us, like a disobedient child, with the rod of men. The President-elect, Cleveland, ex-presses-himself about right on the dlvit Service Reform, JHisf letter in answer io a communication sent him by the Executive Committee of the National Civil Service Reform will be found elsewhere in. this issue. This letter has' given much confidence to doubting persons1 -in regard to his future action, and undoubtedly has great weight in the present advancement of the business interests of the country. 1 While our list issue was being made news came to the office of the sudden death of the little son of Mr.

and Mrs. R. E. Van Meter. None but those who knew little; Percy can in any way sympathize "with them in their loss.

We shall never i forget this lovely little child; although i it was not our privilege to see him more than once or twice, his- bright little face has left an impression that shall never be eraced. We are sometimes disposed to question the wisdom of placing such little tieasnres in the hands of any one and suddenly taking them away. But we remember that the Giver is seeking to train us for a higher and holier life than this, where we can fully appreciate his gifts, and that even these are kept in store for us in a better world, we can but humbly submit to his will, remembering that our treasures are, there will our hearts be also, u. There is much talk in the papers lately about St. John, and it has reached a high plane of abuse by the rays of heavenly light upon all these organizations, the Bible and the spirit of infinite grace Prize-fighting is a growing evil in England.

Its-suppression is being sought by some of the leading men, their efforts seem to be fruitless, as the magistrates persist in inflicting only nominal penalties so long ias the fighting' is, fair. 'Owing to the sudden affliction which befell Mr. R. E. Van Meter an le loss of his little boy, during the time of our last issue, the latter no local.

news, for which deficiency we will now endeavor to in the present number. We have made a number of very desirable acquaintances since our arrival. vVe find the people quite sociable and ready jfco entertain strangers. We expect bur stay here, sshould it be i limited to the three months now decided upon, to be very pleasant. nl We have before us a copy of the Golden Cresset, a neat little four-column folio which is devoted to the tbettering of humanity in the way of exposing frauds, and waging a war of extermination against all sin and oppression of every We take in recommending it to the public See advertisement elsewhere "in this issue.

1 as oW guide. Wo believe that the man was sent up iui muiuo while "drunk, on whisky obtained from a licensed saloon in an adjoining -1 We have but very few paupers in our 1 poor-house, sometime only three or four. Our taxes are thirty-two per cent lower than they are in adjoining counties where saloons are licensed. Our people are prosperous, peaceful and sober; there being very little drinking, except near Grayvilhy a licensed town of White County, near our 'border. The different terms of our Circiit Court occupy three or four days' each year, and then the dockets are cleared.

Our people are so well satisfied with the present state of things that a very large majority of them would bitter 1 V. fPsvt maf3a in fnvnv press has as much and in many cases more muueum? ujah als than the speaker from the sacred desk, and if we can take a position from which we have, as it were, the world as an audi ence, not being bound by any creed but that given bv the all-wise Creator, his written word, and from a direct, communica tion at a throne of grace, we shall feel that we occupy a position which everyone who loves God and human ity should support, The danger is annarent to every thinking per licens under any circumstances. 1 Within two weeks after the Scott law was pronounced unconstitutional in Ohio, thirty-three new saloons were opened in Franklin, Madison and Clark counties, son, when creeds are followed too closely, of plunging tho hofders thereto into blind superstition. Ana While our paper is not intended to be wholly local, we expect to notice the danger is also apparent, on the.