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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
In a Sleeping Car.

The first night i'll a sleeper is an
ordeal to an inexperienced traveller.
The porter will make up the berth as
early as desired. and then the lonely
pilgrim retires behind the curtains and
resigns herself to cramped quarters
until the porter's voice rouses her from
troubled morning dreams. There is no
fear but he will make bis rounds in
sufficient time to allow a travelling
toilet to be made. Direct him to make
up the birth with your head to the
engine, and to raise the window at the
foot of the berth and put in screen.
This will insure you comfortable venti-
lation. About the berth are racks, nets
in which small belongings may be
placed, and hooks for hats and dresses
Some women remove all their clothing;
but for obvious reasons this is not rec.
ommended. 1t is best to remove the
gown, loosen all bands, and put on a
negligee or a soft flannel dressing
sacque. 1t is problem which of two
evils connected with the morning toilet
is the greater: You must either rise
very early, to get ahead of the toilet
room fiend who generally occupies one
berth in every sleeper and makes as de
liberate toilet as if she were at home
or you must submit TO a long, weari
some delay, standing in line in the aisle
If you have your oWD conveniences. .yot
can always obtain little water. ant
thus be iependent.--From "Er
Route for Chicago" in Demorest'.
Family Magazine for April.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

else, and probably never will as long as
liquor is manufactured and sold. If
liquor will be sold here in spite of the
state prohibitory law. it is better to re.
strict its sale as much as possible and
control the traic and use the funds
raised from fines paid by violaters of
the law in improving and lighting the
streets of the city, paying salaries of
police and meeting other obligations.
This is the situation in a nut shell.
The millennium has not yet come and we
cannot all have things as we would like
to have them. Let US do the very best
for our city, under the existing circum-
stances, by working harmoniously to-
gether. and let quarrelling; fanaticism
ard bitter personalities cease and COM
mon sense prevail and all viii be well. +"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

THOSE poor, deluded ''stalwart" re-
publicans-Crouch, Mitchell and Dave
| Oyermeyer-are in Washington this
week trying to create trouble and dis
sension among Kansas democrats, and
willfully and maleiousiy misrepresent-
tor Martin was asked concerning the
triune, he said:
''ThOse three men, Mitchell, Crouch
and Dave Oyermeyer, are the three
monumental liars of Kansas, and if
Satan would refuse to receive them as
fully representing his kingdom on that
behalf, he is not well posted. They
are doing Kansas more harm with their
Misrepresentation. or would if anyone
was insanely credulous to heed them,
than anybody or anything named in
Kansas history. They are after office
and the control of Office. They will
fail and fail fat. They will get not
one single grain of comfort or cOunte-
nance in Washington. They will be
ed in the senate. Every man of them
voted the republican ticket and did
what they could to defeat democracy
and Cleveland. They will accomplish
nothing but the disgrace of their state
and their own discomfort and will be
| forced at last to return to the people
they have slaEdered and villified, with
their tails between their legs. They
have no standing here and can gain
none. Cleveland knows them and the
senate knows them for what they are,
as political beggars and mendicants OF
not the slightest merit, begging foI
offices to which in decency and justice
they have not the slightest claim. They
would have done better to have remain.
ed at home and kept their mouths
closed"
II have nothing but reprobation for
the statements of these three,' said eX-
Governor Click. There is not a bit
of truth in their statements touching
the condition of things i'll Kansas. AS
far as Dave Oyermeyer is concerned, be
tried to get the populist nomination for
congressman at large and would have
succeeded if he had kept his mouth
shut. But lie began to talk and did
not get it. That should have taught
him to keep still, but he seems to learn
hard. Their blowing, however, will
amount to nothing but a very bad ad-
vertisement of Kansas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
Short and Decisive.

The "whiskey war" al Fort Scott,
this state, which was started solely for
political effect by the treacherous re-
publican cranks, was quickly ended.
The Tribune of that city gives the stu
alton in nutshell:
1.-The war inaugurated by the whole
sale arrests made by the late assistart
attorney general, has come to an end
and he has very wisely concluded to re-
sign. Mr.. Sheppard should never have
accepted the Office in the first instance,
WHEN he must have known that public
sentiment in Fort Scott was for home
rule and against any interference with
our affa irs here by officers at Topeka.
LAS is well known the vote on the
new constitution in Fort Scott last fall
showed that this city was strongly in
| favor of a new aud more liberal consti
| tuition. and the efforts of few indiyid-
uals to try and enforce the prohibition
| law here or in any other city of the
state where the public sen timent is
against it, cannot but prove failure.
"That the present prohibition law
has been great injury TO the state OF
| Kansas, we believe and think it should
be repealed as soon as possible. Four
fifths of the states of this union regu-
late the liquor traffic by high License
and local option. and experience hal
| proven that it works more satisfactorily
| and is the better plan. The presen
prohibitory law went into effect il
Kansas in 1880. but il has never pro
hibited tt sale of liquor ia Fort Scot
and never viii, simply because prohibi
ton does not prohinit here Or any placi
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
Teachers Meeting.

The Barton County Teachers Asso-
citation will meet in Great Bend, Sat-
urday, April s, at 1:30 sharp.
PROGRAM.
Paper-IS the Common School Course
Sufficient? Will B. Lucas. Discussion
by T. a. Briggs.
Paper-The Character and Extent of
Rhetorical Exercises. NJ l.. Harrison.
Discussion by E A. Shire.
Comparison of Ancient and
Modern Educational Thought, C. H.
Lucas. Discussion by n. F. Daum.
Paper-Dignity of the Profession.
Prof. w L. Clark. Discussion by A
W. Hamilton.
Paper-Examination and Gradu-
ations in Rural Schools. A. McTaggart
Discussion by Supt- Mckinney.
Paper-Proper Punishments, Miss
Julia Miller. Discussion by S. W. Pugh
Paper-The Examination of Teach
ers, F. L. Marsh. Discussion by Will
B. Lucas.
Paper-To What Extent Shall W,
Make use of Miscellaneous Work. g
II. Caraway. Discu ssion by G. b
Luce.
Paper-Which is of the Create
Educational Value, Parsing o
Diagramming? Prof. Stryker. Dis
cussion by Prof. Daum.
Paper-County Institutes. How Max
them Practical, Prof. Daum- Discus
sion by Prof. Stryker.
i Paper-Opening Exercises. Ida Zim
meht. Discussion by Esther Willm:
Paper-FirstS STEPS in Language, Mis-
Alice Button. Discussion by Mr..
Dida Patterson
A. q. e. LlyEsAY, Pres.
ESTHER WILLAs, Sec,y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
VERY Pointed.

To loot the treasury and incur OBJ
legations far beyond the enormous in
come of the government and then
charge the democratic party with exc
travagant appropriations. is gall of the
sublimest quality and possessed only
by the republican party. After squand-
ering a hundred millions of surplus, in
creasing taxation to the utmost limit,
it is no wonder that the people became
distrustfuI Of the republican party and
hurled it from power The efforts Of
the democracy Will be to meet all obi
cations and reduce expenses. This ad-
ministration begins with an empty
treasury and outstanding obligations
that forces re.renchment. but viii soon
get to a sound basis and cut of extray-
agance.--W Winfield Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
a Republican Victory.

There is no getting around the fact
| that the result of the recent legislature
muddle was partial victory for the re-
publican party.
The sole object of the &. o. p was to
prevent any railroad legislation that
would lower present rates. This the
republican party by the aid of the SUI
preme court has accomplished. The
| legislature has ajourned and the people
of Kansas for the next two years will
have to continue to pay more for rail-
road service than any other western
state.
While Illinois pays IS cents and Iowa
IS cents for hauling ton of soft coal a
distance of forty miles Kansas VIII con-
tinue co pay s1.10 for like service.
The railroad charges on ton of soft
coal for fifty miles in Iowa is 66 cents;
| in Illinois, IS cents; Kansas. S115.
Shipping a ton of coal a distance of
sixty miles cost the Iowa farmer or con-
sumner 73 cents, the Illinois consumer
SO cents and the Kansas man must, un-
der the republican law, pay SIPS.
Under this glorious corporation re-
publican rule the Kansas man pays for
shipping a ton of coal $50 miles ST.
while the Iowa man gets the same ser
vice for S1.15 and the Illinois man 81. 10.
1t cannot be wondered at that the re-
publican corporation party in Kansas
| opposes the passage of maximum rate
bill which lowered rates, when it is re-
membered that in Illinois the railroads
carry ton of soft coal 260 miles fol-
Sl.32 and in Iowa for S1.42 while the
railroads in Kansas are allowed tc
charge $3.50 for the same service.
What are the Kansas railroads in pol.
itics for if not to retain the privilege
of still charging Kansas people
81, 10 for hauling ton of coal 500 miles
while the Iowa roads have the blessed
privilege of charging for like service
only $1.70 and Illinois roads only SI.55
When rates in these states are com.
pared anyone can see why the railroads
shipped car loads of hoodlums into To-
peka for the purpose of suppressing the
state government. They have snap
and desire to hold en- to it.
| Under the present benign republican
laws which have been continued by tht
grace of the corporation republican
party the Kansas farmer must pay IL
cents per 100 pounds by the car load
for shipping his wheat a distance OF
10 miles, while both the Illinois and
Iowa farmer ships his wheat the same
distance for 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Who would not favor the Kansas re
publican party if he owned a railroad
| The railroads are winners in this STATE
just as long as they can keep the repub
lican party in power. They will in th'
next two years get more money out o
the people than will remunerate then
for all the passes issued to republican
bosses. But what will the people ge
out of this victory of the republican
lparty?-Wichita Beacon,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
"Clear Lake" in the bottoms.


visiting. They also made trip to
A dance which occurred at the home
of Mr.. Norton the other evening was
most enjoyable affair, and the crowd
was most cordially entertained.
is now completed. The school board is
comprised of F. Huslick, director; A.
Linsner, clerk; and F. Shremer, treas
urer.
H. c. Benke is at Frederick on visit
of week or two. He was principal of
the schools there several years ago, and
is in the habit of making annual visits
to that place.
I. Budig, one of our oldest settlers,
has purchased a farm northwest of
here, just over the line in Homestead
township, the consideration was SI,44o,
for quarter section.
Miss Bertha Benke started on the
10th for the Worlds Fair. She expects
to attend the entire. session of the expo
sition, and will stay in the family of her
aunt, Mrs. H. Smith.
Jos. Benke is now erecting barn
| which is a credit to this neighborhood,
and on which all the young folks around
have an eye, for they threaten to have
| a dance there, after Lent.
Jos. Lamatch came near having his
buildings consumed by fire, one windy
day last week. Wenzel Beran set fire
to some straw stacks on his place near
him, and the wind changed direction
and increased very much, setting fire to
some stables, almost resulting in con-
| fagration.
The Meyer Bros, of near Dubuque,
have removed from there and will
shortly become settlers of this neigh
borhood. One of them bought the
Jacob Parkinson place, the considera-
ton being S., 200, for 100 acres; and
the other has invested in the Rothschild
farm of 800 acres upon which he will
shortly erect buildings, and occupy the
same, so we are informed.
ga great deal of wheat ground will be
planted to oats and corn. rn."-Dispatch.
The above is by no means true of Chey-
enne township, for the wheat has a
most promising stand. : In this town
ship the people got done sowing wheat,
as rule by Oct. Ist, and don't sow al
winter and part of next spring. Let il
not be understood that it is meant to
disparage the industry of many people
who lengthen out the sowing season.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

that time any creditor of defendant
whose demand is lien upon such real
estate may redeem the same at any
time within fifteen months from the
date of the sale. A mechanics lien be-
fore decree enforcing the same shall
not be deemed such lien as to entitle
the holder to redeem"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

RUSSIA for horrors. A batch of 2S3
prisoners, some of them women and
children, and some only political pris-
Oners, were being driven like drove
of hogs, to the Siberian prisons, per-
ished in a fierce snow storm last week.
They were chained together, and
when weak one gave out his COM
panion was left with him to perish III
the SNOW
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

DEMOCRATS will be glad To learn
that the headsman's s axe works just as
well under the present administration
as it did for CIarkson. A batch of ten
or fifteen fourth class postmasters were
turned off with neatness and dispatch
last Sunday.-Larned Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

MRS. ANNA POTTER announces her
self as an independent candidate for
Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs.
Anna will have more time to attend to
her household duties after election day (.
and she will wish she had not potter
ed'' around politics SO much.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

A LARGE number of Saline
county republicans have been driven
into the democratic party by the fool
monkey work of the republicans in the
lasts ession of our legislature Repub-
too late for the party to retreat.-Salina
Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

THIRTY saloon keepers in Fort Scott
were arrested Tuesday morning by an
assistant attorney general sent from
Topeka, among The prisoners being
some of the most prominent business
men of the city. 1t is supposed to be
one of the usual spasmodic efforts of
the g. o. p. to make showing of at
tempted enforcement of the law, TO eff
feet the city election.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
PAWNEE ROCK

From the Leader.
There has been several sprairie fires
around here this week.
Only one month remains of the Paw
nee Rock school term.
The lightning rod swindler has ap-
peared in Stafford county. watch out
for him.
There was the dual house, the war,
and now comes the Doodle, and the
greatest of these is Doodle.
To see another citizen making money
hurts some men worse than six
weeks siege of la grippe.
Henry Eager has traded his city
property and farm to Mrs. J. W. Rat
cliff for her farm near Stafford.
The Christian church people received
the deed to their church last Monday.
They will put up bell and. purchase
| an organ soon.
A sunday school was organized at the
Christian church Sunday with the fol
lowing officers: Supt., B. A. Holland;
Asst. Supt., S. MOsbarger; Sec., Miss
Emma Dufford. They will begin the
school the first Sunday of next month
at 10 o'clock.
The proposed bank at the last mo.
ment was driven away. All the stock
bad been subscribed and the directors
and officers were elected. ALI that re
manned to be done was to decide upor
a location for the building. But tha,
was the question that settled its fate
Like lot of little boys, one end o
town said, I'VE won't play if you don 7
come to our end. and the other though
about the same. There could be n,
compromise SO the Moffit Bros. die
not care TO put their money in tow
W ere the business men were at Wal
We understand that six or seven of ths
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

AMONG the laws passed by the Kan
SaS legislature was one reducing the
interest on tax certificates from twenty
four to fifteen per cent; annulling the
March penalty of five per cent, and
making a reduction of thirty three per
This was good enough, so far as it went
and will save many hard earned dol.
lar for Kansas farmers. There is lit.
tie more, however, that the legislature
preciable extent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30
Observation-Disclosures.
HUIsINGroN.

L ioAn thc OiauC.
L. Baldwin was over from Great
Bend Tuesday to look the field DER and
begin the preliminaries for starting a
populist paper in this city in the near
| future.
Conductor Tom Moran has been
granted fifteen days lay-off and yes
terday he departed for Trinidad, Colo,
where he will spend the time visiting
friends.
The Hoisington city schools closed
last Friday, and now everybody is kept
busy watching the kids to keep them
| out Of mischief.
Hoisington base ballists are begin
ming to sget their hands in.' Russell
and other points had better bestir them
selves.
A L. Peugh few days ago received
new chair for his barber shop, and it
| is one of the finest we ever saw.
S Degen is greatly improving his
residence property ON East First street
by grading the lots and building nice
fence with stone foundation.
Hoisington now has lawyer, j. B.
Prose having located among us to serve
those who may have business in the
courts or legal matters looked after.
He will be found at A. FL. Bakers
Office.
F.. Johnson yesterdy purchased the
residence property on West Fourth
street just west of Joe II. Borders
residence.
| L. Howard, who formerly worked at
Great Bend, is the Missouri Pacific
night operator at this place, vice W. E.
Alien, promoted to the station agency
at McCracken,
o. S. White and Miss Emma Pearson
were married last Sunday evening by
Rev. F. C. Overbaugh, and the heartiest
congratulations and best wishes of a
large number of friends attend them.
Rev. r. A. Dadisman is busily en-
gagged in packing his household goods
preparatory to moving to Little ieiver,
| where he will reside during the ensuing
| year as pastor of the NJ. E. church.
After two years. residence in this
city, Mr. D. and family leave many
| warm friends among us who regret
| their departure.
From the Dispatch.
BoRN:-To John Huston and wife.
On Monday evening, March 20, a son.
The lumber has arrived and new side
| walks are being put down rapidly.
G. n. Bicknell says he has 40 acres in
oats and did not plow up any of his
wheat ground either.
| Wild geese and ducks are as thick as
flies in summer time. Sportsmen are
making good use of the time.
r. Wehr is putting ia scales and
grain bins at Olmitz and" will be well
equipped to handle grain at that point.
The directors of the Hoisington n
Creamery Company met Saturday per
announcement and arranged for the
running of the creamery the comm g
year.
One of the largest and most energetic
farmers in Barton county issJ. II. Bit
ner, who lives about eight miles nor th-
west of town. To see and know of the
amount of land he farms would make
some of the eastern people open their
eyes i'll wonder. This year he has crop
of twelve hundred acres of wheat that is
looking above the average.
PAWNEE ROCK.
| From the Leader
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

The old boss of the old Barton
county republican party is in sore dis
tress; he is having more trouble than
anybody. Having, hy his overbearing,
insincere, bull headed PERSISTENCE led
his party into the deep waters that sur
round it today, so far as city politics
goes, he cannot rely upon his former
Oarsmen to come to the rescue, and
cries out III sore distress for assistance
from those who rock the cradle" Poor
babe!
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

nine directors favored the south end of
town and that this proportion also rep
resented the capitals choice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

The Tpeka Capital says that Jim
Legate's LONG record of infamy in Kan
sas smells to heaven" AS Jim has
been a shining light in the republican
party up to within the last nine months
a large proportion of the stink must
have ascended from the g. o. p. The
Topeka Capital never smelled Jim S
record of infamY until he got out Of
the republican party Wichita Beacon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

THUS far the Doodle Investigation at
Topeka has not substantiated the
charges made by old Joe Hudson
against Lewelling, Close and Little. AS
to Jim Legate, he does not deny re-
ceiving money for legislative purposes,
paid it to. What is disgusting about
the whole thing is, that while everybody
knows there were corrupt practices
used by both republicans and populists,
there is very little of censure for either
given by the press of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

The mortgage redemption bill passed
by the Kansas legislature allows eigh-
teen months in which to redeem prop
erty under foreclosure A provision of
th,. bill is that, For the first nine
months after sale under foreclosure the
right of the defendant To redeem is
exclusive; but if no redemption is
made by the defendant at the end OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

state printer! $4,000 for .. S. senator!
Well, well, what did the republicans
want an investigation for? Possibly
just to bring out the fact that they
still have money and are ready to use
it in their usual way il they can find
some of Ingalls, political mercenaries.
No use talking; the good people OF
Kansas will have to eventually rely
upon the democr attic party for an honest
and clean stste government. Jim
Legate, Cy Leland and those old timers
have got the cinch on the other parties
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

The Atchison Champion, a prOhibi-
tion paper, says: 1T (prohibition) has
been a night mare to the republican
party. Politicians have played horse
with it long enough. The law was
made political hobby. 1t was ridden
to death. 1t helped to land horse and
rider in the ditch. Let purely moral
questions stand aloof from politics.
There are thousands of drunken demo
Gratis and drunken republicans and
thousands of drunken populists and
prohibitionists. The good men of all
parties favor temperance. You can
safely trust the iresides of the land.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-30

OF course you are going. Where?
To the General Association" at Great
Bend, May 4, s, 8, 7 and s. Let me
whisper this to you. You cannot afford
to miss It.