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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

From the Advocate.
The boys are busy fixing up the ball
grounds for the big game Saturday.
1t is often said of hard working
man ''that man will kill himself work
ing" but he never does.
The very best known way to produce
artificial moisture is with a big irriea-
ton pump and good wind mill.
a great many farmers will feed
thirty cent wheat this year in prefer
ence to selling it and buying forty cent
corn.
This is another of the years that the
hot winds made the farmers take Mrs.
Leases advice about raising less corn
and more hell.
Our idea OF an honest man is one
who will go back and rectify the mis-
take, when he has accidently exchang-
ed an old hat for good one.
The Kansas corn crop will not be a
record breaker this year, because the
hot winds got in ahead of it and broke
the record for hot winds,
The condition of the weather during
the past week has been quite favorable
to what corn the hot winds left, and
there will yet be enough corn raised to
supply the local demand.
Charles Metz was up from Hudson
Tuesday He had just returned from
the Strip, and came up to Ellinwood to
make out deed for farm which he
bought near Hudson. Hewas well sat
isfied to stay in Kansas when he got
back from the Strip.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
CLAFLIN.

From the Leader,
The most popular shares nowadays
plow shares.
Charles O'Blennes returned home
Friday. He has given up his position
in the U. S. service.
Considerable wheat is coming in
now. The price is very unsatisfactory,
but many can not afford to hold it over
Those who make light of a slight cold
should remember the old story, that
''twas little cough that took him off,
and a little coffin, they took him off in. -
Lemons must be scarce over at Hois-
ington. A visitor from that burg was
seen to absent-mindedly pocket couple
of them without going through the
formality of paying for them.
w. H. Binnian, vice-president and
U. A. Ubben general manager of the
Hodge header company, were in town
last Thursday. They went out to Hen
ry Burmeister's to see the Scientific
header work.
A misunderstanding between the
Missouri Pacific and Logan township,
has caused hitch in the proposed new
road south of town. Matters will soon
be Strengthened out however and the
road opened.
Jack Mitchell is a ladies' man.
Charlie Montgomery noticed that the
retio of ladies to men was about 10 to I
the other morning. And upon inquiry
Jack acknowledged that they had all
waited to ride on his train. And a
man of his age, tool
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch.
- A daughter was born to VIII Kelly
and wife on Sunday morning.
We were misinformed last week in
regard to the time school will COM
mence. 1t will not open until the first
Monday in October.
Mr.. Schnaras received fifty dollars
last week from the Farmers Alliance
insurance company for insurance on his
horse which was killed by lightning.
Mr.. Hopson received a letter from a
daughter in Iowa the other day in
which she stated that twelve horses in
that vicinity had been shot in one day
to prevent their starving to death. She
says hay is worth sI2 ton and a ton
would bring more than a good horse.
1t seems that they are having it much
worse there than here.
Mrs. Gillian brought to this Office
last Friday a sample of the crop of ST.
berian crab apples raised on their farm
north of town. On the space OF three
inches on a twig were eighteen good
sized crab apples and they were all
beauties. We never saw better sam
pie of the prolific growth of the fruit.
MIR. and Mrs. Gillian have six or
seven bushels of this fruit and expect
to have one hundred bushels of fall and
winter apples this year.
A Great Bend editor cites the in
stance of a farmer bringing in corn
stalk with seven shoots thereon as evi-
dence of the richness of the soil over
there. 1t is fact that the soil around
Great Bend is so rich it viii grow al
most anything. Some years ago an
old soldier with two wooden legs,
located in that vicinity. Every night
when he came IN from blowing corn his
legs had grown two or three feet, and
he was obliged to saw them off before
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
community

The Barton County DEMOCRAT is
anti fusion. but favOrs Jerry Simpson
because he has always acted with the
democrats in congress. The DEMOCRAT
goes on the principle that it makes no
difference about the ears as long as the
bray is all Tight.-McCracken Enter
prise.
IT DOES not make any difference to
US, Bro. Newton, whether a mule has
either ears or bray, so long as he
works faithfully in the harness and
does not kick over the traces and as
Jerry has pulled right along with west
ern democrats and has never baked in
a time of need we think him deserving
of credit for what be has done. In a
hard pull for the good of democratSof
Kansas we would much prefer him to
the well groomed. sleek CHESTER I. any
day
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

WHILE the populists and republicans
are each concocting plans to do each
other up';; while they are digging up
scandal after scandal against the lead
ers of the two parties, and are each
threatening that they will not let the
other steal the next legislature and or
ganize the house, going so far as to
threaten resort to arms; while those
two unreasonably bitter partisan or
ganizations are thus airing each other
befors the public. the democratic can
didates are growing in the minds of all
conservative men who have the real
good of the state at heart, and our
ticket is commencing itself to the pub
lie as being the only safe one to vote
this fall.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

assistance to the supreme court will guarantee to
Htigants speedy decision in their
The Democracy of Kansas again demand resub-
mission of the prohibitory amendment to the vote
of the electors of the commonwealth believing that
experience from year to year since its adoption has
demonstrated that it the work OF folly and fan
atie.m; that it has not in the slightest degree es=
Eened the evils of intemperance and has been the
fruitful parent of fraud, bribery, perjury and ofc
iai corruption. and in lieu thereof we favor sys-
TEN of high license and local option and demand
the repeal of the iniquitous laws passed for the
purpose of carrying into practical effect the purpose
and intent of said amendment
We oppose woman suffrage tending to destroy
the home and the family, the true basis of political
safety and express the hope that the helpmeet and
guardian of the family sanctuary may not be
dragged from the modest purity of self-imPosed
seciusion to be thrown unwillingy into the uDfem-
mime places of political strife.
The disgraeeful returning board proceedings OF
the last election, worthy of the palmiest days OF
carpetbag corruption, resulting it did in the
lawful larceny of the lower house of the legislature
also the subsequent disgracetul proceedings oi
both Populist and Republican parties deserve the
patriotic attention and condemnation of the people
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
Once More, the Kicker,

Saint Peter sits out by The heavenly
gate, his hands on the strings OF Tyre,
and he sings as be sits long low song,
as he waits for the souls who expire.
He hears in the distance tue chorus of
song that swells at the foot OF the
throne, and he smiles as the music is
waited along, and MARBLES this lay of
his own: There is room in this region
for millions of souls, who by sorrow
and woe were bereft; tits for those who
have suffered, the melody rolls, but the
kicker must turn to the left. There is
room here for people who when they
were young persisted in sowing wild
oats, but who doomed the city with
siEew and tongue. But the kickers
must go with the goats. There is room
for the people who pointed with pride
to the beauty and growth of their town
who kept singing its praise and charm
till they died, but the kickers will
please ambIe down. They'd say that
the music was all out of tune, and
angelic robes handme downs, and
they'd send for a jeweler to the moon
to sample the gold in their crowns. So
while there is room for. million of
souls, who by sorrow and woe are be-
reft, we want no complaints of the
music that rolls, so the kicker must
turn to the left. And the Kansas man
who don't like the state and on wick
edness ioYes to dwell, can accurately
forecast his ultimate fate for his path
way leads only to hell. = Parsons
Eclipse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
ALBERT,

From Johnny So So"
H. Nordman made a business visit
to Olmitz. the first of the week.
The old saying is: ''As long as there
is life there is hope" and we still hope
for rain.
Eidredge York lost fine colt last
week by its falling into an old, unused
stock well.
Charles Wilkinson left for Sterling
Tuesday, to attend the Leagie con-
ference.
Geo. Schlagel got his arm caught in
a straw carrier, Friday, and had it
badly injured, but not broken.
H. Teten will start his threshing out
fit the coming week. The Haas boys
can't get away with all the grain.
Fred Gallon says his melons are all
breaking off the vlnes-the vines grow
so fast the melons can't keep up.
We heard fellow say "there were
two or three runaways at the recent
meetings" Did he mean two or three
elopements?
Jacob Teten has the finest cabbage
patch in the county. The heads are so
large they are liable to break ''over the
garden wall" -
The boys gathered up their tin pans,
but when they saw they were so far
ahead of time they dropped their pans
and were sold.
Frank Greenwald must have had
good understanding with her. else he
would not have gone to the big expense
of buying a farm.
R. ]. Carter's sisters are here on'a
visit from Kinsley. They report Ed
wards county as dry as the rest of
western Kansas.
You can make up your mind, Mr..
IS Remington" when you see Johnny
So So" scratching he is going to keep
what he gets. He is not like some pep
ple-an the time scratching but getting
nothing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

he could get into the house. In this
way he kept his family supplied with
stove wood for number of years but
after while his natural legs began to
grow again and he soon had two legs as
good as anybody. Then he took the
wooden legs and planted them and they
grew into saw logs from which he cut
lumber enough to build a neat
residence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

GREAT BEND KANSAS MAY 29 1894.
By order of the Democratic County
Central Committee of Barton county a
delegate convention is hereby called
to be held in in the court room, Great
Bend, on Saturday, August rs, 1894,
for the purpose of placing in nomina-
ton full democratic ticket for the
election of the following county officers;
viz:
Representative to State Legislature;
County Attorney;
Probate Judge;
Clerk of District Court;
County Superintendent of Schools;
Commissioner for Second District,
Each election precinct township or
card is entitled to the following num-
Der of delegates and alternates !:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

THERE will be a falling off in the
total vote this year because many vot-
ers have left the state. And there will
be continuous falling off as long as
Kansas is subjected to such isms as
now disgrace her statutes" says the
Wichita Beacon, and the Beacon is
eminen.ly correct. The vote in Kan
sas this year will be at least sc, ,OOG less
than two years ago, and if the people
continue to vote for
a continuance of the crankisms that
have so long kept the industrious farm
ing element from Kansas, and driven
out many others of the same class, it
will not be many years until our glori-
Gus state will be an asylum for the er-
ratio minded. The election of David
Overmeyer will be the first and most
important step towards the redemp-
tion of Kansas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

1T HAS been asserted that President
Cleveland would veto the Wilson bill
because of the Income Tax. He has
settled that matter in a letter to the
Senate by saying that while the Income
Tax feature was Incorporated in the
Wilson bill against his wishes il is not
in violation of democratic principles
and that the judgment of majority of
democrats may be trusted as to its fl T.
ness.-Kinsley Graphic tPop.l
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

WHAT'S in name. anyhow? The
guttersnipe says that Erwin HERBERT
will lecture here. When Ewing Herb
ert shakes his leonine locks at the gut
tersnipe reporter, and transfixes him
with a glance of those soulful eyes
there is liable TO be a vacancy of more
pronounced character in the braip
works department of the little evening
tWinkler.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

ALI the candidates for Office on the re-
publican ticket of Barton county live
in Great Bend. 1t is said that this
fact will defeat the whole ticket. 1t
ought to.-Larned Eagle Optic.
WHEN Great Bend fails to run the
republican politics of this county then
the sun will cease 10 shine and Pawnee
county will cease to have candidates
for every state Office in sight.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

1t is recommended that townships
hold their caucuses to select such dele
gates at such time as best suits the con-
venience of the voters, and that a list
of the delegates be sent to the secre-
tary as soon as selected.
FRED ZUTAvERN, Chairman,
WILL E. STOKE, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

If THE Santa Fe spent 81 100000 in
rebates what's the matter with
having it shown up who received these
s'rebates?'' If there has been favor
ed class we would like, and the public
demands, to know the politics of those
favored ones
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

AND now the republicans insist that
Major Morrill, never said it-that he
was ashamed of Kansas" and that he
has always 'taken great interest in
Kansas" The latter assertion is
doubtless right-he has always taken
great interest-trom to per cent. a
month
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

IT IS asserted that Ingalls, has large
sized knife, well ,whetted, for some of
the G. O. p. leaders who so numerically
skinned him a few years ago when the
people turned him down. and that he is
insisting on speaking for the republi-
can ticket in order to defeat it. The
idea is not bad one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

The a. p. A. secret political society
captured the republican conventions in
Missouri. What will the g. o. p. now
say against the grip and pass word"
method of politics?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

Wool advanced one cent pound
last week in the face of it's proposed
placing on the free list in the pending
tariff bill, and every manufacturing
interest is looking up, with promising
prospects for revival in every line of
business.-Lyons Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

INGALLS,, if he were down in Texas,
would be lilly white" republican.
He calls the negro voters who assert
sufficient manhood to disagree with
him in his ideas about sending the
negroes to Liberia Empty, ignorant
and mercenary crap shooters"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

KANSAS will never go back into the
hands of the republicans. Mark this
prediction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Associate Justice.
7. D. McCLEVERTY.
For Governor.
DAVID OVERMEYER.
For Lieutenant Governor,
SYDNEY ]. COOKE.
a For Secretary of State,
EDWARD J. HERNN1NG.
For State Auditor,
w. E. BAN KS.
For Attorney General,
JAMES McKINSTRY.
For State Treasurer,
B. LANTRY.
For State Superintendent,
MILES WYCOFF.
For Congressman at Large.
]. G. LOWE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

IF THE democrats of Barton county
will avail themselves of the opportunity
that lies before them they will this
year elect full set of county officers.
Let them avoid contention and wrang-
ling in the convention on the 25th and
the ticket then named can be made to
win. Let us have no skulkers or lag
CARDS; but every democrat get to work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

KANSAS, the grandest state in the
union; whose farmers are the most
determined; whose business men are
the most enterprising; whose newspa-
pers (most of them) are the most
truthful, and whose women are the
most beautiful, is getting tired of
being pointed out by other states as
the birthplace of isms and hot bed of
cranks. Kansas will this year be
redeemed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

LEwELLING admitted, at Ellinwood
Saturday, that he had been ''in the
chicken business" He said he was
now in the Matching business-hatch-
ing populists out of republican eggs.
OF course he said, There are some
eggs that will not hatch; and you all
know the condition of an egg that will
not hatch" That was rotten fling
from our frisky governor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

''AND the cat came back" Ben Clo-
yer has Topped back to the republican
ranks because he could no longer hold
his job at the populist pie counter.
And another cat came back" Har-
rison Kelley topped to the populist
ranks because he could not get his long
fingers deep enough into the pockets
of the rep. campaign committee. And
each of those cats promise big litter
of kittens. The democrats will now
proceed to drown both cats and kittens
in waterspout of loyal democratic
votes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

THE republicans of Kansas are play
ing a sort of flip flop, film fam, folderol
game. They are all talking about this
or that old reprobate of the opposition
party who has ''f1opped. With those
two parties amusing themselves in that
kind of monkey business the democrats
ought to have no trouble convincing all
lovers of Kansas that the only SEN
sible course would be to elect Dave
Overmeyer governor and break up all
this monkey business that is so dis
creditable to Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16
NOTES FROM OUR NEIeHBoRs.
ELLNWOOD

From the Advocate.
The boys are busy fixing up the ball
grounds for the big game Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-16

From the Leader
The most popular shares nowadays
plow shares.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1894-07-20
OBITUARY.

Died at his residence G.nnway' in this
county, July 11th, Mr.. William w. Hill, aged
S6 years.
He was the las: survivor of his generation
oftIe Ii 1 fam ly, nd with but one exception,
the. last of those who were the cotemporares
of his early manhood.
Full of years. and of those hoAorS, the r.ch
est in the wnl :, which are the reward Cf an
uprig t, us-lu', and u Wei pent life, lie
passed PEACEFUL! away, surrounded by hls
children and his ciidrerl's cil'lren and sooll-
ID by the last solemn rites OF the Holy Cathn
Church in whose F.it i he lived and died.
A man Of splendid judgement, OF unblen
ished honor, "A most genial aud courteous con
paHion, lie possessed the esteem, respect and
love cf all who knew him
HouoIed, resp ~cled, htloved, what nuhlel
| ep tph could he htV'?
Those TO whom he was dearest IN ;lf,. >hou d
| have no narrowing thoughts Al his death. |
| is but he consum ton of Nature and Of y
lures Laws. l. ke an OAK ahvaLcing iICm
the sapIing of youth to The pcrfe ct ttee at il:
maturity, ana thea grrinlily yicl ling 10 llt
ravages of Time and in' Nnrahlr decay 'niiI Il
| l'netl it lies prrsU"ate il the Forest, 50 Ia
his houor.d head. loary with the Winu,
storms nf T.. Ia we! IA hum i sghm issou L
the i: ck ming Iitri is b,y H. NJ tst"r.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1894-07-20
Meeting 0? the PatuXent Farmers Club.

The third MOI t'iy meeting of this cluh was
held on Thursday evening ist at lhe hospta-
|, home of Mr.. A. w. f ie.en nelr Iceland.
Those present were President f. w. Hill,
Secretary F. Snowleh Hi:l, Messrs. Franklin
Weens, b. Ii. G. Bowie, A. w. EleIen, Wm.
e. B.ouke, f. isscer, Dr. K. S. Hill. The
committee appointed TO inspect the premises
reported that the crops were well worked,
| stock and colts in fine condition. hay secured
and wheat threshed. A pretty Hplstein calf
came in for share of praise After sump-
tuous supper which was heartily enjoyed by all
the club proceeded to business. The host read
practical and weilwritten essay on the sub
ject "What Class of Horses is the NJ )st Profit
able for Farmers to Raise THIS was fol-
lowed by general discussion, tho opinion
being that the coach horse cross between
thoroughbred an some grade of heavy horses
will command the prices now aid therefore
should receive the att ,ntion of farm .rs
The next meeting will be held on Tues Law
August 4tii at place to be anuouncaI lat .r.
The suljAct for discussion will be "What Shall
We Do W.T. Our Corn Land?'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1894-07-20

Hill in Southern Maryland.

A Washington dispatch to the Ne" orr
| Sun says:
Yesterday morning Senator Hill, accom-
panied by Col McEwan, chief clerk OF the
Senate; Col. \. H. MttloN and Chlet Engineer
Hyer of The Washington and Chesapeake
Chesapeake Beach i'll Il carriage. They star
ed about o'clock, aud drove to the beach via
Anacoslia and Upper Marlboro. The meas
ured dist tnce is twenty-five miles, but Sena-
tor Hill thinks tn on warm S lu1y morn
ing it is about sixty miles.
By The time the party reached the beach
they wera all warm and dusty, and, as the
place was deserted, it was proposed that they
take swim, 50 thev all jumped out Of their
clothes with the agility of schoolboys, placed
the garments on sh re, by fashion, and
rllnsed into the brack<h wafer of the bay
with shout OF glee. The Senator and his
companions proved 10 be vcr'al |. water dogs,
for they dived, tloaed aud disporled them
of experts.
Returning, tie party Stopped It Marlboro
for dinner. When the landlord of the ancient
little hotel learned who his distinguished
guest was, with true Maryland hospitality. he
insisted that he should stop over nigh. Dur
ing the afternoon and evening Senator Hill
was presented to number of Marlboro's most
prominent citizens, and talked p ltlcs with
them. AS an extra inducement for Senator
Hill to remain overnight the landlord showed
him the room in which George W tshington is
said to have slept dnring his visits to Mail
boro'.
Iu rt .ting yesterdays experiences in south
ern Maryland to Senator Gibson TO dly Mr..
Hill explained that there was man down in
that section who indorsed him for the presi-
dencv, so he WEI t down there to mend his
political fences, and added til It he found them
in very bad shape.