Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

through carefully divided practice and
earnest study. While natural born
talent for any of the arts or sciences
may be discovered and may attract
public attention and appreciation,
when the polish of instruction and
careful drill is placed upon that talent
the increase of power and attractive
ness is quickly felt and appreciated by
all people; and if the talent be one
that tends to elevate aud purify human
nature the power for doing good in that
direction is wonderfully increased by
the refining process of study and prac-
tice. This the common, everyday
mind will understand as we'll as the
brighter or more trained intellect. An
exemplification of the pleasing results
of study and drill, under proper tute-
lage, can be found in the wonderful ad-
vancement in ability of the musical
talent of this city as shown in the comic
operetta presented to our people last
Friday evening. The singing was far
above anything of the kind that has
ever before been presented by Great
Bend amateurs, and much better than
exhibited by many of the travelling
vocalists who make a profession of the
art. Our people recognize this, and
their patronage and encouragement
will be freely given hereafter to any
off Mr.. Il oh re
may make to entertain the public. 1t
is just also to state that to the instruc-
ticn and ability of Mrs. G. II. FIanley
is due much praise for the elegant and
finished ability exhibited by those of
her pupils who took part in "Penelope. :"
1.-THE DEMOCRAT has told you all
along that prohibition don't prohibit in
Kansas" Therefore the DEMOCRAT
wants saloons: Sam Wood was mur-
dered a few days since in Kansas, and
yet Kansas will insist On keeping fool
law iE her statutes positively prohibit
ing murder with even death penalty.
Horse stealing is also prohibited, and
rape, arson, burglary, ETC., but strange
to sdy these laws are openly violated
daily sin Kansas Why will the
state insist on keeping such laws in
her statutes when it is plainly evident
that all these crimes 60 right on just
like the whisky law? The open saloon
is worth more to Great Bend than its
schools, churches, Christian Endeavor,
etc. See!-News.
OUR friend of the News, one day
not long since. made the plain unvarn-
ished assertion that "Prohibition don't
prohibit" and this paper last week
called upon the back number editor to
"give Us something new," adding the
sentence above quoted by the News.
If the deductions made by the News
are intended for ''something new' we
little ON the history of the fight made
by the republican press for their one
time favorite, prohibition. The thin
statements our brother of the News
makes were probably made hundred
times by every Humphrey follower in
the state for the last two or three years
And it is just as foolish now as it ever
was. If the News is sincere in its
advocacy of prohibition, why does il
not inaugurate fight upon the Grea,
Bend saloons that are daily and nightly
| running, almost under the nose of thu
News man? Evidently there is a rea
son for It's silence in that direction
that the public is not made aware of
If the News was in earnest when il
stated that prohibition does not pro
hibit," why in the world has it been
in the last eight years, trying to per
suade the public that it does prohibit
Lastly, if it has any reasonable defens'
to make for the prohibitory law o
Kansas, as it is juggled aud tosset
about by republican politicians, VIII.
does it not come out with such defense
instead of attempting, in facetiOu
manner, to cast ridicule upon the state
ments of others and draw inference
that all reasonable people will boot a
unequivocal, uncompromising stand fo
what you believe is right will bette
become man of the large experienc
and ripe age of the News man. See
| Tin-te-te-Tin.
Another large Jinplate plant will b
ready for operation in St. Louis Angus
1st. 1t will, OF course. use America
iron, and will probably use muc
| merican tin if that nrnduct does M