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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Is Il SEsah Be.

r Aaed Muller on q summer morn,
jereed thessceeEs troIa the core, aud
wslIoped the striped 6ass which He~.
| froa tAe melon vises in the morning
ae0. Her dress, though adjusted gitl
patient care. YES, may tR, Q little the
worse for scar, but hef face was as
fair as tbe ripe, Ped. use. though she
had 9 few freseles upon her nose
Her father an boaest and kind old iaS,
vas cut in the headoV making hay;
and trying to lift Vith hi8 BT3wny arm
the pOrtg3ge that covered the dear
old farm. 'TVas an up Hill job and
it made him swear, for lie had child
ren ten and does to spare; for the crop
Was large but the prize Sas not, and
the annual Inrerest made him hot.
Tie judge rode by on his sgayback
horse, and saw Maud Muller and
changed his course. He was struck
by her beautiful eyesand hair, and fell
in love then and there. He stopped
and conv-rsrd of the growing crops,
aud the wayering price of the bucket
shops; and was quite impressed With
her sterling sence, and she, with his
classic elaquence.
He came each day and IoRger stayed
aud offered his hand ia The modest
maid; and she, in true loves parIance
versed, requested 10 be a sister at first
but afterwards yielded VIXEN he de-
INJURED, submitted . brief, and her dad
concured; and 80 it Nas settled ths
twain should be, one ana TIE same for
eternity.
The wedding day Cane: twas a
grand affair, for The cTSaEe OF the
country gas gathered thefe; aud Maud
was dressed like d queen. in the finest
togs she had ever seen; and the judge
was happy and SO vas She-sO was the
whole community.
Meantime the Muller farm seemed
To be fresh meat tor seravenous mort
gagee; but the judge in a dieniGed,
legal way. sought tie crfditsrs out
and advanced the pay; and gave his
~ife's father farm hssides Hitheut
the least show of judicial pride; and
said TO himself as he wrote the defe-
III not see my tatherin law in need;
for he gave me his daughter, and she
alone, is GOrth many times all the.
wealth L own
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Ransss,nr the Elementa

When Milton wrote his Paradise
Lost" over 200 years ago, it never oc-
CURED TO him that the lines; "Our
torrents also may in length of time be-
cume our elements" would receive an
application on the praries of this cUun-
try. They bave. however in the har-
hessiug of the wind by the farmer and
| making il return Ia the soil a most
needed element. Surveyors have Dund
! that the rainfall of Western Kansas
and Nebraska is collected in basins
formed by impervious strata, generally
at an elevation much above the river
bottoms. To bring this water to the
surface windmilis are being adopted,
aud moisture through irrigating ditcS-
es thus supplied. Windmill irrigation
has been profitablY tried in many sec
tions of the Mississippi Valley to
guard against drOuths at critical
periods. and has been found quite
successful. The results of experiments
in this line in Indiana were given in a
recent issue of the Orange Judd Farm
er. 1t is but natural that the practice
should be extended to the semi-arid
regions, and especially in those Sec
tions where the water is held as in
dicated above from draining of into
the river bottoms The cost is not high
and practical experiments go to show
that mill will easily irrigste from
one to three acres of ground, and if
a reservoir is provided, the pumping
can go on in wet as well as dry wealth
er This is most important subject
to large number of farmers in the
West, and should De throughly inves-
tigated by them. 1t may be the saw
ing of many crep, and the opening
up t0 cultivation of many sections
which now, from lack of a natural
apparent water supply, are cIassee as
utterly worthless. Orange judo Farm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

class legislation could in any manner
be justified the farming class should be
TIE first to receive legislative benefits.
From tie Holton Signal we clip the
following glowing tribute to the farmer:
DO you see that man over in the
field driving pair of mules? He is a
farmer and engaged in plo@ing. He
is a man that moves the world If he
would go on a strike and refuse to
raise crop for single year it owould
produce a more disastrous effect than
would result from strike of all the
brotherhoods of railway employees
and trade unions combined. He, with
his glittering share, furnishes sub
sistence for all brotherhoods and every
body else, and if he should ''gO OUT
for some real or imaginary wrong he'd
paralyZe the commerce of the world
on sea or laid. Every locomotive
would rust in its stall, and cars rot on
the sidetrack, the song of the spindle
and the hum of the factory stilled, and
the government would be powerless
to interfere. The man though intelli-
gent dresses in home spun, and patient
iy tolls on year by year, bearing the
ills he cannot shun, and because he
cannot strike the world moves on and
people have bread to eat. And now
just consider how much more our
prosperity depends on the man with
mules than on the dude with his cane
and his waxed mustache."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
The Banker With the Bari" /"

The pins seem to be set for Banker
Morrill, as the republican candidate for
governor in Kansas this fall. He has
the "barrel'' and is willing to she'll out
Sreely to the campaign fund. and that
is the kind of a man the republican
6xers want. A desperate, last call''
will be made for all republicans to
come 10 the rack and save the g. o. p.,
ard plenty of good hard cash will be
used to induce the heelers and strikers
to make their greatest efforts-and
Morrill, is willing to put up the cash.
Already this influence" is at work
with few of the leading papers of the
state.
Another thing the republican mali
ayers seem to think is necessary to do
in this year of last resorts, is that the
republican state platform shall totally
ign RI ite questions f female suffrage
aud prosibition. 81 that the candidates
aud speakers can take a position
..f-rninSt" or 'sin favor. as the locality
dem ,nds For Instance, in Barton
county where the peopis are strongly
opp, sed tn either ism. the republicans
wit o. Sc as being f-rninst while in
Ri"e. or Pawnee. they Will oe ''in favor
of both female suffrage and prohi
bition. The reader will notice that all
the republican papers of this county
devote column tedited by the ladiesl
to female suffrage agitation; butt the
editors of these papers do not break
their necks championiEg the cause.
They are playing the people for suckers
1.-THE same old game that has served
them in the past-and as this is their
last play they will run any and all
bluffs that may be thought TO win.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
NOTES FROM oUR NE1GHBoRs.
SOUTH LIBERTY.

From Farmer"
Joe Munger now sports new buggy.
Look out for Easter snow-it is sure
to come.
Making garden and planting potatoes
is the order of the day.
Oats and barley is about all sowh in
this part of the county.
Plow FIRE guard and be prepared
against field and prairie fires.
Farm hands are plenty; but few
farmers are able to hire them. o
Fine weather for March-but a
couple of wind storms got away with lots
of wheat in this locality,
We are informed that ]. c. Weathers
has in his possession and for sale about
IS head of horses, at hard times prices,
at his place 10 miles southwest of
Great Bend.
If these items appear in print we
may come again. o [NoTE-Here they
are, 'Farmer," so come again. They
we're received too late, however, for last
weeks paper. Haze your items in not
later than Tuesday of each week
Monday is even better.-EDIToR
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
THE ELEVENTH YEAR.

With this issue the DEMOCRAT be-
gins the eleventh year of its existence.
The paper has experienced many ups
and downs-more downs than ups.
however-bnt we feel justified in
stating that it has. during the eight
years that the present editor and
proprietur has guided its course, stead
lily grown in influence and favor with
the people, until today it counts as
it's interested readers larger number
of people than any other paper in
Barton county. The advertisers who
patrOniZe it's columns fully realize the
usefulness of space in the DEMOCRAT
and while we desire to thank our busi-
ness men for their appreciation. we
promise them that during the coming
year the DEMOCRAT promises to be OF
still better service to them as medi-
um through which they can reach the
public.
We are deeply grateful for the many
kind words of praise spoken by our
subscribers in behalf of our paper, and
assure them that we will make every
effort to give them a still better paper
during the ensuing volumn.
Few people realize the great amount
of work, both mental and physical,
required to publish paper like the
DEMOCRAT. We believe if this was
really understood by all. some of our
subscribers would make greater effort
to keep their subscriptions paid up and
thus encourage us to continued effort
to give them a better paper. The small
amount of 81 so is not hard for any
one tu raise once year; out several
hundreds of such amounts becoming
delinquent assume proportions that are
not fair to look upon.
The lack of sufficient payments on
subscription during the past winter
com pelled MS 20 reduce the siZa of our
paper and tins give less general read
ing matter than formerly BY thus
reducing in siZs We were enab'ei To
pull through the winter-giving in the
Ine1ntImr the same amount If local
or home news as formerly
Win ihe opening of spring aud
favnraDie prospects before ':s all. we
feel justified in resuming the former
size If the paper eight pages with
this issue, and we hope thac We shall
not have to again ask tiInse who are in
arrears to come In ard SQUARE up. We
propose TO give ~ gn d value for your
rpsuey aud o2ly ask tha' we he sns
taiIied in che IF,
Or clubbing rates WITH the st. Louis
PuSF-Dispatch [ see "A Big Induce
ment' in another column), is the most
LIBERAL uffer ever made Ia the people of
Barton county The Post Dispatch is
an independent paper, is published ON
each sunday. and reaching yon Monday
or Tuesday, its 80 or more pages will
supply you with reading for the whole
family-and intert sting, live, reading
too; up to date with the latest markets
and telegraph news. Add to this the
DEMOCRAT. with all the local and off
cial county news, and you are fixed
so far as reading matter goes.
If you are favorably impressed with
these papers, show them to your neigh
bors and ask them to subscribe; you
will thus be aiding not only the DEMO
GRAFT but yourselves as we'll; for the
more subscribers we secure the better
able we will be to improve the DEMO
Graf and give you better service.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch.
The dairy business is a winner in
Barton county.
Stone is being hauled for sidewalk
to be placed north of the New York
store.
What is the matter with the Register?
1t has pulled down from the head of its
editorial page its avowed choice for con-
gress ahd representative.
R. L. Harvey was out in the north
west part of the county Sunday and
reports the early sown wheat in good
condition. He says the late sown is
not making much of a show as yet.
The egg and poultry business is quite
extensive in Barton county. Atpresent
large quantities of eggs are being ship
ped from here. AT one store in this
city last Saturday twenty cases of
thirty dozen each were taken in and the
same store expects to ship one hundred
cases this week.
Upon written call a number of
citizens met Friday eveAng and placed
in nomination city ticket. Warren
Whaley was selected chai-pan and
]. w. A. Cooke secretary The fol-
lowing ticket was placed in nomination:
For Mayor-N. B. Scrogin. For
Councilmen-Wm. Niblo, Warren
Whaley, Henry Wildgen. w. H. Hall,
T. NJ. Moore. Fdf Police Judge A.
H. Baker. 1t was decided to call the
ticket .sCitizen's Ticket"
There is some talk of water works
for Hoisington. The general opinion
seems to prevail that the city would
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

take considerable stock in a water
works company and that sufficient
number would patronize the. system to
make it sustaining The. benefits in
nice grassy and shaded lawns and good
house water easy of access would be
large and add greatly to the con-
venience and comfort of our citizens.
In addition to this it would give US fire
protection that would insure US against
any great loss in that direction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
HEIzER SHOTS.

HEIzER SHOTS.
From "a Remington"
Winter again.
The water has stopped running in the
Walnut creek.
w. H. Rice put m new well fol
John Coss last week.
Harry Mecklem is working for Ell
bridge York, near Albert.
Jack Williams has moved onto Will
Schwier's farm, southwest of town
VIM. Schwier is now running the
butter maker in the Heller creamery.
Mr.. John Byers of Great Bend, will
move back on his farm the first of next
week.
The west side livery stable in Heller
blew down during the recent heavy
wind.
Ed. Rowdy. of Medicine Lodge, was
visiting with his father in-law, last
week.
R. B. Briggs and wife attended the
NJ. E. conference held at parsons, last
week.
Miss Blanche Dawson, of Great
Bend, closed a successful term of
school at district 10, last Friday.
Quite number of young folks from
Great Bend and the c. N. c. attended
the closing Of Miss Dawsons school.
George Barns, who for the past six
months has been butter maker in the
Heller creameryeleft. for his home in
Aurora, ILL.,, last Monday morning.
We would say to the ladies of .Heizer,
when out buggy riding not to take down
peoples wire feuces, as they are liable
to get in trouble; and will save the
owner of the fence many rash thoughts.
oLM1Tz OBSERVATIONS.
FrQft'lmperatOr.'
Joe Schlim, of Albert, was up short
time recently.
]. ]. Winterburg drove over from
Hoisington to see our town lately.
Miss Annie Brand contemplates max
ing Albert her home for the summer.
Rudolph Hampel, who is working at
Great Bend, was up on short visit
Sunday
The Misses Bush, Wunderlich and
Haberman came up on Saturday even
ing train to visit hene folks, Sunday.
Chas. 10th was doing business at
the big town a few days agoC His
daughter. Annie. is staying there for
time. %
Art Reynolds, of Stafford county, is
among his old friends in this vicinity.
He talks of moving into town in a short
time,
The Easter services at the church
were very impressive. A short sermon
was f cached In English. and one in
Bohemian. The building was crowded
TO its utmost.
The play Monday evening vas
grand success. The house was filed
to its fun capacity. and beyond. The
actors ali did well, but Mrs. Vincent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

HAVE the Tammany braves began to
realize that they can no LANCER run the
west and south in the supreme interest
of Wall Street? They are scattering
AID looking up new locations Croker
has purchased a large ranch in Texas.
and Cochran is nov down south look
ing up a location.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

How about planting those treesg
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
ELLINWOOD.

! From the Advocate.
The merchants are all beginning to
wear broader smiles. Trade is getting
better.
A good rain would have a mighty
good effect upon the business. as well
as upon wheat.
Bert Bachelor and Miss Nora Pugh
were married last week, by Rev. John
c. Miller of this CITY.
AS circulating medium the tramp
has no equal. He is always circulat-
ing. and hard times tends rather to
produce surplus than deficit.
The block JohA Wolf is building IS to
be of pressed brick on the south and
west sides, and is to have three fronts,
two to the south and one to the west.
Ellinwood is enjoying an era of pros
perity that would have done credit to a
far more prosperous year, but then a
gGod town is like a eood man, you
can't keep him down.
Chas. andrea had the misfortune to
have header box blow over with him
during the high wind a gees ago last
Saturday, and was caught and injured
considerably. He is walking rather
lame at present, but will be o. K. in a
few deys.
DR.. Barr left the FIRST of the week for
Denver, where Mrs. Barr is staying for
her health. II is thought She cannot
recover ultimately without having an
operation performed and the doctor
went there for the purpose of consider
ing that matter.
Pete Smith, who was formly a resi-
dent of Ellinwood about five years ago,
has moved his family back from Cali.
fornia, where they have made their
home for the past year, and will try
his fortune in Kansas again. After
you once live in Kansas you are never
satisfied while you are outside of Kan
sas.
Will Atkins returned the first of the
week from Chicago, where he had been
with his little boy to have him operated
on for cataract over the eye. The
operation was performed, and the boy
who left here four weeks ago totally
blind, came back this week rejoicing in
beholding tie glad light of sunshine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
The Salt of the Earth.

The American farmer is the salt of
the earth; upon him depends the pros
perity of the country, and to him is due
the credit for building up this vast
country of boundless resources. and if
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
CITY Election.

On next Tuesday occurs the annual
city election. But very little interest
has been taken in the matter-much
less than should be. Only 474 voters
are registered. 365 males and 100
females. Voting as we will under the
Australian ballot law, the nominations
had to be made by last Friday, and
there"was so little interest taken that
only 'by the skin of their teeth did
some of the nominations get in Friday
night. In the first ward there is one
nominee for council and one for school
board; in the sceoud, two for each.
third one for council and two for school
board; fourth but one for each position
to be filled. The DEMOCRAT favers the
following
TICKET:
First Ward-For Councilman, John j. Hiss,
For School Board, Alb Weiss.
Second Ward For Councilman, NJ Eprstein,
For School Board. VIM. Osmond.
Third Ward-For Councilman Geo. II Hulme
For School Board, ID. G.. Gibbons
Fourth Ward-For Councilman, 1. N. Woodward.
For School BID long term ~ Torrey
For School BID short term ~ oliner
These are all capable gentlemen @well
fitted for the places, and the public
interest can safely be trusted to their
hands.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
CLAPLIN.

From the Banner
Alex. Veach has rented the a. H.
Dougan farm miles q. w. of aoVn.
Frank Roesler and w. B. Norris
have each purchased a ee9 safety.
Chris Evans is busy hauling lumber
for his new resideeee ese mile north of
town.
There is basiness man in this town
that goes to the livery Stables and hires
rigs and drives them ell DAY aHd does
not feed them.
AS far as our eyes Dill carry 90 can
behold nothing of mueA Impotence
except green bodies Of 6aeat, of 9hich
every Barton county farmer need be
prodI.
The wheat in this part of the county,
although more backward than IN some
years. appears to be in good healthy
condition and bids fair for q good
wheat crop.
A number of friends gathered at the
residence OF w. F. Putnam last Tues
day evening in honor of Miss Ella as it
was her .H.sweet sixteen" birthday. A
pleasant time is reported.
A few small boys were on the streets
"bare- footed" last Monday. Young
America always gets the spring fever
about this time of year, and are liable
to be bathing III the river before this
time next week. It's too early yet,
boys for such sport.-Little River
Monitor.
Well go you one better; there are
boys around this town that have been
going bare foot most of the winter, and
there are others that have been in
bathing as early as the 18th of March.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-05
[. SCHWARZ & SON,
518 KING STREET.

weight, now in Washington, wants to
get on match with Hite Peckham, of
this city, and offers to give the latter
$50 if he can stand before him for eight
rounds, the meeting to take place be-
fore any club in Washington or vicinity.
4 number of young men of this city
yesterday procured team and started
in the country on persimmon hunt.
When about two miles out the wagon
suddenly broke down and the Party
were compelled to use shanks's mare in
order to reach home.
Complaint is again made that flowers,
&C., placed on graves in the cemeteries
adjoining the city, are stolen. The
grave yards are within the police juris
diction of Alexandria, and should the
guilty parties be caught they will be
made to pay for their acts of vandalism
1t is said that two Alexandria mer-
chants who signed the subscription
paper to raise funds to assist in build
ing the new Hunting creek bridge have
declined to pay their subscriptions and
that the Board of Supervisors of Fair
fax county will sue TO recover the
amounts.
The schooner Bradshaw, which ar
rived at the shipyard some time since
with load of phosphate from Florida
and which lost two of her masts on the
trip, has been sent to Baltimore for
masts and to be rerigged. Her new
masts have already been made in Phil
adelphia.
The Virginia Humane Education So
ciety, of which Miss Lucy F. Fawcett,
of this city, is the secretary, has issued
the first section of q leahet called "The
Check Rein" 1t is an appeal to horse
owners, drivers and teamsters to abol-
ish the cruel overcheck now so univer-
sally condemned by veterinary sur
geons as painful to horses and produc-
tive of disease.
A meeting of republicans took place
in the county on Saturday night, which
was addressed by John NJ. Langston,
colored, who was introduced by Rich
ard W. Johnston, chairman of the re-
publican executive committee. Thos.
II. Mckee. secretary of the republican
Congressional committee in Washing
ton, will address the republicans of the
county tonight at Rosslyn.
The case of John Lawler, charged
with pouring coal oil in the pump OPP
posite Washington school, was called
in the Police Court this morning. There
was no additional evidence against the
accused, and the latter's son testified
that his father was in bed at twenty
minutes to eleven on the night he was
charged with committing the act. The
case was again postponed and should
10 further evidence be obtained the
accused will be discharged.
District Lodge No. 13 of Good Templars,
embracing the lodges of Fairfax, Prince Wi,
liam and Alexandria counties, and the city OF
Alexandra will meet here on Saturday, No
vember 18th.
The total personal property taxed in the
District of Columbia is $11,719,3o9.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-05
LOCAL .BREVITIES.

Mrs. Laura Virginia Harrison, wife
Of Mr.. John Harrison, died at her resi-
dence in West Fad yesterday morning.
Mrs. Richard Courtney, formerly of
this city but now of ST. Georges Island,
died suddenly on Friday from con-
gestive chill.
Mr.. Jos. Kaufman is making hand
some improvements at his extensive
establishment at the corner of King
and Royal streets.
All the churches were we'll attended
Yesterday. At Christ Church in the
evening the Bible talk by Mr.. Matthews,
of the seminary, was largely attended.
The judges of election in the Friend
ship precinct of the Third ward have
appointed Messrs. Frank Vented and
George Washington, jr., clerks in that
precinct.
a car on the electric railway jump
ed the track down the road yesterday
evening. No one was injured but there
was thee hours delay occasioned. in
getting it on the track.
Operations at the planning mill OF j.
H. d. Smoot were resumed this morn
ing and all but three of the employees
who struck on Saturday returned to
work.
A compromise between the managers
of the two race courses in the coun-
ty is again being talked of, but others
on the contrary say battle to the fin
ish will be fought between the managers
of the courses.
Jack Ryan, the Chicago middle