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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
A Youthful Editor.

Mark Keynes is a young lad of some
sixteen summers and as many windy
winters, who has been doing the coarse
hand type setting for j. d. Welch ON
the Pawnee Rock Leader at Pawnee
Rock. Mark has attended school and
worked on the paper at night and on
Saturdays. The Leader comes to our
table this week greatly condensed in
size. but full of local news, and the
following ''salutatory'' from Mark.
who, by-the-way deserves to make a
successful mark" in the newspaper
business.
u. D. Welch, the former editor of
the Leader, having accepted more lucra-
tive employment in Wichita. and left
the material in my charge, I shall
endeavor to give the people of Pawnee
Rock and vicinity the local news in a
condensed form. for such time as il
is congenial to taste. In other words
- : -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
Lost and Perished.

The three-year-old boy of Hiram
Dyer well known in this county .strayed
away from the Bent Canyon camp, on
the G range in the Indian territory on
the End inst, and was not found until
the 7th inst, when it died within
fifteen minutes after being discovered
Mr.. Dyer is in the employ of Gregory,
Eldred & Co., at their camp within
twelve miles of Camp Supply. When
the child was missed from the camp,
a search was instituted and continued
until the next day without avail. Two
companies of soldiers and thirty Indian
scouts at Camp Supply were turned out
and they searched for several days, as
did the employees of every cow camp in
that section. Wednesday, = son of Mr..
Andrews heard dog barking on a
range and going to the spot discovered
the child. The little dog had remain
ed with it five days and four heights.
The child was barely alive when dis
covered and died within fifteen minutes.
It had strayed eight miles from home
and had been without food or water and
exposed to the frost and cold. The
many friends of the parents in this
county extend their sympathy.-Medi-
cine Lodge Inder.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
Pawnee Rock.

From the Leader.
F. T. Belt has secured the school
lately taught by Mr.. Prentice.
jeff Grant sold his stock of hardware
to Fred Lowery, of Larned.
Rev. Pitkin is holding protracted
meeting at the Methodist church.
DR.. and Mrs. Daniels left Monday
morning for an indefinite visit with
friends in the Indian territory.
A citizen requests us to mention
that young couples should not be prowl-
ing around private dwellings so late at
night. A word to the wise is sufficient.
When you are squaring up your
little accounts, don t forget the printer
He is as much entitled to his money as
your grocrier-and probably needs it
worse.
Steve Deupree, the cashier Of the
Ellinwood bank, who misteriously dis
appeared about two months ago, was
seen by p. F. Kline in Seattle w. T., SO
we are told.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
Blake's Weather Predictions for 1889,

oAaAc o WodtAcI 1EcuiCtlOuS lOT 1OOSs
This book is ready for delivery. 1t
makes book of so pages with 10 pages
of tables, in which the number of
inches of rainfall in each State and
part of Canada are given for each
month Of the year 1889. Also the max
imum minimum and mean temperature
for each month are given. The tables
also show what the average precipita-
tiOn has been in each state for each
month for the past fifty years. 1t has
required over a years labor. part of the
time with several assistants, to COM
plete this book. 1t also shows what
the weather will be i'm England and all
parts Of Europe, as we'll as British
India, for 1889. Based upon these
weather predictions, a table of proba-
bic prices for wheat, corn, oats and
cotton, for each month in the year. Is
given. Mr.. Blake's reputation for the
past fifteen years as a SEMITIC meteor
ologist is too we'll known to need COM
ment. He has predicted every drouth
and wet season, and every warm, cold
or ordinary winter which has occurred
in that time. This year the farmers of
Kansas have raised many million
bushels of corn more than they would
have done but for his predictions and
advice, as hundreds of them testify.
Following his advice as to the coming
season, they now have the largest acre
age OF winter wheat ever sown in
Kansas, and it is in splendid condition.
These tables show that next year will
produce the greatest extremes of
weather which have been known in
America for more than sixty years.
The floods Will be great .and the drouths
still greater. Success or failure in
nearly every business next year will
depend upon knowing in advance what
the weather is TO be. Price of the
book 10 cents. Address, G.. C. Blake,
Topeka, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
COST AND PROFIT.

Our faith in the sugar industry OF
Kansas is still strong, and we would
like to see Barton county farmers in a
position to reap the benefits that un-
doubtedly arise from the raising of
sorghum and the manufacture of sor-
ghum sugar. Prof. E. B. Cowgirl,
state inspector of the Kansas sugar in
dustry, estimates the cost ahd profit of
the business as follows:
cit is difficult to obtain accurate
fignres from the fact that the expense
from experimental work have not been
separated from expenses of manufac-
turing. It is probably safe to place
the expenses properly charageable to
manufacturing including superintend-
ence, labor, fuel and incidentals at So
per ton of cleaned cane. The seed and
leaves are worth more than the cost
when purchased with the cane at two
dollars per ton, so that the cleaned
cane may be put down at 50 per ton.
Add for manufacturing 81 per ton, and
we have gross cost Of product amount
ing to 81 per ton. The product as
realized in properly equipped and skill
fully operated factories this season,
will not be far from sugar 100 pounds,
at 6{cents, $6.25 molosses. 12 gallons
at Is cents, 1925 total, IS so, cost of
cane and manufacturing. ST; balance
$3.50. a factory using $50 tons day
would thus pay interest on consider
able investment. When we consider
that sorghum cane grown as the farm
ers at Conway Springs and at Douglass
have grown it this season for their
factories, contains above $50 pounds of
sugar per ton, a yield of only 100
pounds seems shameful and shows
abundant room for improvement.
That improvement will be made there
is no doubt. Industry appeals to
science to point out the way and she
should not still her voice until cane
containing 25O pounds of sugar per ton
is made to yield In pure white crystals
at least 200 pounds"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
This Trust Business.

The railroad kings of the country
held meeting last week to take iuto
consideration the advisability of form
ing a railroad trust 1t appears J.
Gould, of the Missouri Pacific, and
Strong, Mr.. of the Santa Fe favors the
movement. We look upon this move
on the part of the railroad companies
as a bad omen to the people. This
trust business is getting to be one of
the greatest curses that exists in this
country, and should receive the atten-
ton of our law makers.-segister.
We can heartily endorse your opinion
of this trust business Bro. Charles,
and admire your foresight in lying low
on the subject before the late election.
''This trust business Is one of the
''greatest curses" imposed upon the
American people, notwithstanding J. G.
Blaine, of Maine, sent out the weighty(?l
opinion that they were largely
private affairs and should not be in
terfered with even by the president Of
the United States" 1t will suit demo-
Gratis just as well if after the attention
of our law makers" has been called to
the evils which the democratic plat
form and the democratic party said
should he remedied. they, the said law
makers, Republican law makers,) bring
about the desired reform and a recon-
struction of laws that will benefit the
people; it will suit US just as well as if
we had succeeded i'm the late election
and could bring about the desired leg
iSlatiOn ourselves.
Keep up the good work, th1Ongh the
Register, and help "a TO awaken the
people to need of compelling our law
makers to consider the interests of
common people; to make laws that will
bring the greatest good to the grea.est
number; laws that will put it beyond
the power OF arssping mi!.ien.,ges e
innuas.ce legislation % sheH own
Interests. fet TIA good work go on
observation-disclosures -:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
Quay's Methods.

There is every prospect of lively
overhauling of republican election
methods in New York, Indiana, West
Virginia and Michigan by the present
democratic house this winter. Demo.
cratic congressman from the close
states who have arrived in Washing
ton in the past few days are all eager
for such all Investigation as that which
followed the counting out of Samuel J..
Tilden, and they avers. that such an
inquiry will certainly show that Mr..
Harrison's majority in the electoral
college was secured by what Roscoe
Conkling would have called forbidden
and abhorrent means.''
a conference of democratic leaders
of the house will be held at which the
whole subject will be discussed and a
plan of action agreed upon. It is
probable that such an inquiry will be
conducted by special committee of
the house. made up from the ablest
lawyers OF that body. The resolution
an inquiry into the conduct of certain
United States supervisors of election in
New York and elsewhere, but that will
be only the pretext for an investiga-
tion, which will be far reaching in it's
scope and will take in the hundreds of
we'll authenticated cases of bribery
which have come to light since election
day. A score of affidavits and some
confessions are said to be already in
possession of leading democrats and
more are being secured in all the states
where the integrity of the elections is
suspected.
All the leading republicans who have
collected and handled large sums of
money and persons who are suspected
of receiving the Dudley circular are on
the list of the investigators. Names of
republican workers in some of the rural
counties in New York are said to be
included in very interesting affidavits
that have been received. Among
others who may be subpenaed to ex-
plain certain matters when the investi-
cation starts are w. w. Dudley, At
torney General Michener, and w. r.
McKeen of Indiana; Col. Elliott F.
Shepard, John J. O'Brion and Albert
Daggett of New York; Col Henry L.
Swords of Iowa, Steven B. Elkins of
New Mexico and West Virginia, James
j. Balden of Syracuse. John Jarrett of
Pittsburg, James p. Foster of New
York, and Carson Lake of Ohio. The
affidavits, however. will be the main
depen dence of the committee, and it is
expected that only side lights will be
thrown on the condition of affairs by
the testimony of these Witnesses
Wyandott Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

just as long as the venture pans out
lucratively and things run smoothly We
shall be found at the helm, but the
first wind of adversitv will lay US out
as fiat as cow-chip. Bring in your
advertising matter while our columns
are yet unhampered. We will continue
to mail the paper to all old subscrib-
erS''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
About Ellinwood.

From the Advocate.
The Reigle drug stock was sold last
week to A. B. Cox, of Little River, and
moved to that burg
We would like to suggest the idea of
clearing out the surplus" CANNES in
this city. They make night the noisiest
part of the "a hours.
We want to make request to you,
and in this case we mean you, gentle
reader. If you know anything that
will interest the public, bring your news
to the paper man.
We had intended to visit Bob Smart's
place this week and write up his new
enterprise, but have not had time.
Next week we will tell you all about it..
It is something new.
S. B. Chapple, of Great Bead, has
been making his headquarters at this
place for several days, buying up all the
mich COWS that were OH the market in
this section Of the country.
Englishmen are good enough in their
way, but wasn't it a bad break Harri-
son made when he appointed one for
his private secretary? And wouldn't
the ''repubs'' have raised howl if
Cleveland had done such trick?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
He Believes in He'll.


why do more women than men go
to church? For the same reason that
more men than women go to the states
prisons"
SIS there hell? If there is not there
ought to be-"
lis orthodoxy playing out9 think
SO, and am glad of it.''
That is the way the Rev. Calvin s.
Blackwell talked to his congregation ct
the Central church of Christ, in Chicago,
recently.
In support of his first assertion Mr..
blackwell said: Men are grosserIthan
wOmen-less spiritual. Women 90 to
church because they find spirituaI food
there. Men go to other places TO get
food for their carnal natures. Men,
out Of harmony with Gods laws, don't
like to have their consciences smitten
by sermons, songs and prayers. Men
like to do that which pleases their
senses. Two things will equalize the
sex in church attendance. The moral
code as in personal purity should be as
binding upon men as upon women. eo-
ciety should be as eXacting in punish
ment of men for breaches of this code
as of women. So long as society pets
vice i'll men SO long will men fiaunt vice
in the face of society and neglect re-
ligion.
when society DEGREES tar and featlf-
ers for the first one that dares dabble
in social filth then will the
nave as many men as churches
women. The bible says that there is
hell and believe it. If not there ought
to be simply to give some rascals jus
tice in the next world who do not get it
in this. That there is material hell
and physical punishment believe not,
for the reason that flesh and blood are
of this life only. But 1 unquestionably
believe in the unquenchable fire of self
reproach, the stings of uncurable re-
morse; the bottomless pit Of despair.
These torments are not arbitrary af-
fiictions from the hand of God, but
necessary results of disobedience and
depraved character.
'Is orthodoxy playing out? think
SO and am glad of it. Orthodoxy is on
ly what men have written and formu-
lated into creeds and demanded that
we of more light should read. Every
man should read the bible and think
for himself and not by proxy. The
Historical Church is well enough if
the history goes back to Christ and his
apostles with the testament and person
ality of Christ as the creed.
I'VE live in an age of liberty and in-
dividuality and must have the same
privileges in religion we have in other
things. A few churches can no longer
monopolize all the wisdom of the bible
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
Report of the Regents of the University.

report OF the Regents OF the University.
The sixth biennial report of the re-
gents, chancellor and faculty of the
state university is before us. a care
full review of the report imrresses us
with the assurance that the regents
have an appreciation of the magnitude
and Importance of their noble work,
and the full measure of its require
ments. The university now presents
itself to the legislature as university
proper, and already. young as it is, has
Il recognized standing among educa-
tors, in the same class with the Michi-
gan university. The regents ask only
for appropriations in amount and for
purposes, indispensibly necessary to
the operation of the institution on the
present plan, and we believe that
the legislature will respond readily to
their reasonable request. Hitherto,our
university has received less amount
of appropriation than any western
state institution of learning, with the
possible exception of Colorado. and has
been accepted as maintaining a higher
grade OF instruction than any one of
shem. We are certain that the mem
bers Of the legislature soon to assemble,
will find in these pages, arguments to
justify them in making proper support
OF an institution whose work has been so
successful, whose eatiook is so bright,
and whose ardent friends are found IN
every eoaHty Of the state.-Iawrence
.los<sseal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

YOU have moth
efdgy, especially when. safast,,ce of
ing against them but a .,,goas.
political opinion. There is -. that
ton Of mobbery about such thiL. ,urg
leaves bad Impression on y, t
minds. Young America is turbulel
enough at the best, and it is not i'm
proved by examples of this kind from
Its Seniors Indianapolis Sentinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

eve HAVE been accused" writes a
Kansas editor, ''of having to eat q
great deal of crow lately. To brand
this as calnmny would give but feeble
expression to our sentiments. We
have eaten nothing for.four days, which
our wife can prove. AS q matter of
fact crow just now, would be regard
ed as delicacy, and it is doubtful
whether we would stick at the feathers.
Hunger makes slaves of us all.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

PEOPLE in the west will now begin
to learn Of the beauties of protection. -
Here is an extract from a prominent
lawyer OF Pittsburg, Pa, wEo has large
amounts OF money invested in that city
The letter is to a democratic friend in
Kansas, and bears date of November
Goth, 1888. The writer understands
the situation, but naturally cannot help
but profit by his circumstances. He
says:
"Well, 1 voted for your part of the
country, and as you did not vote for
yourselves, l am now free to enjoy the
prosperity which the taxation of the
west will bring to Pennsylvania. If
the west is willing to be taxed in order
that Pennsylvania manufactures may
be run at a profit, l will just take my
share under the law of distribution
tho honesty compels me not to vote to
levy a tax to meet our lOsses.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
FROM CLARENCE.

From Buckeye
Wheat continues to improve.
Mr.. d. Bird has completed his new
stable.
Mr.. Atkin and son, started a few
days ago for eastern Nebraska.
The German school was resumed
last Monday morning after short
vacation.
Mr.. J. W. Brown, of Great Bend,
was making business calls in Clarence
last week.
Rev. Kionka and wife are now estab-
lished in house keeping at the Lutheran
parsonage.
Soon will the country literary society,
and the district spelling school flourish
as the sundoWer.
A very pleasant time was had by
our young people at the party at Mr..
F. p. Cline's place Tuesday evening.
The singing school at district No. 2s,
Buffalo township, is rapidly increasing
enrolment. and the scholars making
good progress.
A large number of our farmers are
still cutting hay. To our eastern
friends who are enduring zero atmos-
phere and disporting in three feet of
the beautiful, this will have strange
sound.
Should any Of the DEMOCRAT readers
feel inclined to barate Kansas this
year for her failures. they would do
well to interview John Price about his
big potato crop. His tubers range in
size from a tea cup to quart masure,
and when dug the ground was nearly
covered.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

TEE farmer who thinks there can be
nothing new in agriculture should
remember that thirty or forty years ago
his grandfather thought the same way
Il is a fact agriculture has made more
advancement during the past ten years
than in. any other ten years of the
wurli 8 histuny.-EdMus Fd1rser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

LORD SALIsBURY's declaration in
favor of woman suffrage in England
has produced profound impression
and several of the leading papers Of
that country have earnestly indorsed
it. He says he speaks only for HIM
self, but there is reason to believe
that he seeks to make the idea Gov
ernment measure, and that it will re-
ceive strong support in the rank of
his party.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

ONE reason why the presidents
message was read with especial care is
that nothing worth reading is likely to
emanate from the White house for 1T
least four years. to come.-Leavenworth
- STANDARD.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

about five minutes at the end of which
time he was confronted by two armed
men, who, despite his explanations,
marched him OF to tent in the woods,
where he was compelled to stay all
night under quarantine. Next day he
was soaked for an hour in diluted car
bolic acid and his clothes hung over
sulphur, after which he was al
lowed to 60. He does not joke on that
subject any more.-Ex.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

On THE 9Th day of January the
Kansas legislature will convene. It is
hard to predict what it will do ,as Kan
sas legislatures (ef the same politics)
heretofore have not done very much
that they ought to and good deal
that ''had'nt Orter."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

SAY, READER, is it not plain, every
day fact, which must go without
denial, that when any person, company,
corporation or combination asks to be
protected, there must be some persons
to do the protecting2
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

sas, started up last week, and is paying
right from the start. We would like
to know that our farmers had become
awakened to the need of united action
in the starting of such an institution.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

The only guest partaking Of Har-
risOn's Thanksgiving turkey wss Dick
Kerns a railroad president Of St. Louis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

The travelling public will feel like
commencing the city council for pass
ing the ordinance, last Monday night,
locating the hacks and omnibuses at
the Santa Fe depot on the north side of
the home track aud away from the plat
form where passengers alight from
trains. The railroad company are widen-
ing the platforms. putting down new
walks, and otherwise arranging matters
to make them convenient and less
dangerous to travellers. Let the new or
dinance now be enforced without fear
or favor, and there will be no more
trouble from that locality.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
EDITORIAL AID GENERAL.

THE big railroad trust shoald be
big railroad bust.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

II is estimated that the poor quality
of the whisky being sent to Kansas is
contributing a large share towards
temperance. For instance, adultera-
tion is going on at such a rate and as
each succeeding consignment contains
greater quantities of water, our drink
ers will soon get used to the taste Of
water and the time will only be short
until they can take it .straight-cOme
to it by degrees. We believe the
argument will hold togather.-EI.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

powN at Jetmore the prisoners IN
the county Jail are put to work diging
a well in the court ward.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

A DRUMMER stopped at Columbus,
Tenn, the other day and for joke
made the remark that his sympathies
had heen aroused few days before by
the suffering in Jacksonville, leaving
his listeners to infer that he had been
there. He had the room TO himself for
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

WHILE the Woman's Congress was
in session at Detroit last week a num-
ber of the ladies were robbed in the
crowded aisles each time the meetings
were dismissed and although a very
small number of men were present the
police could never fasten suspicion. on
any one. Mrs. L. S. Fox discovered
the thief by a peculiar smell which she
noticed while being robbed and pointed
him out to detectives who arrested
him and made the discovery that he
was the most daring and clever thief
in Michigan, with dozen aliases.