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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

| The postofice will observe the usual
holiday hours New Years-from g to II
! a. M, and to p. M.
out this week from the east. j. s. is
| still very near deaths door.
January 18th the republican state
| officers will step out and the fusion
state officers step in. And the world
will still move.
W II. Brown left, in company with
Will Miller, for Denver, on last Tues
day evening. Mr.. Brown will probably
remain in Denver the balance of the
| winter.
L. B. Hull. father of Prof. A. S.
Hull of the college, came up from
Douglas, Butler county. accompanied
by his two daughters to make a holiday
visit to his son.
Tell your neighbor about the good
things you saw in the DEMOCRAT and
he will want the paper for himself.
We would like to send the paper to
every family in the county.
A whole lot of people we know are
just now like the boy who sits down to
dinner, and the burden of whose
thought is: How can / manage to
get the biggest piece of pie.
When the big lake is made on the
Cheyenne bottoms. we move that it be
christened Lake BALDWIN, No other
name would be appropriate, and Bald
win Lake" or Lake Baldwin, it must
be.
News reached here Sunday of the
sudden death of "Chunk" Lightbody,
at his home in Clinton. No. His death
occurred on the Goth, from diabetis,
he having been sick only a couple Of
DAYS.
One HORNE cavorted too long with
Tom and Jerry, on Christmas day, and
as result was taken in hand by Car
EWalt and confined in the Moro Castle,
close by the hotel de Aber, for a sea
son of time.
On Thursday last Councilman Geo.
Kincaid and wife celebrated their 21st
wedding anniversary, at their home in
relatives were present, and a jolly good
time enjoyed.
If the rulings OF the contest court IN
this county were held to be good
every voter would have to have an ex,
pert draughtsman to accompany him
into the booth and assist in marking
his ballot properly.
F. NJ. Litchfield has moved his phot
tograph studio from Wichita to this
city and will soon have his rooms open
in the second story of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank building. Watch for
his announcement later on.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Brandt, of Buff
TO extend to the many friends and
neighbors who so kindly aided them
during the illness and death of their
most heartfelt thanks.
Charges of perjury, in the Huckabee
elopement case, were with
drawn by the father of the bride, and
the young couple are now 1.-TWO minds
with but single thought" and we
hope they may live happy eyer after.
Will Brands, formerly resident of
this city, is now foreman in the Office
of the Western Newspaper Union, at
Omaha, Neb. Will is ALI excellent
printer, and we are glad to
know of his securing this coed posi- |
ton.
The colored Odd Fellows are going |
to have 'masquerade cake walk" at |
the Stauffer hall New Years night
Friday of this week. The charge to |
walk will be and 10 cents, ladies free. |
Every body is invited, and all who |
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

News reached here Sunday of the
sudden death of ''Chunk" Lightbody,
at his home in Clinton. No. His death
occurred on the Goth, from diabetis,
DAYS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

One HORNE cavorted too long with
Tom and Jerry, on Christmas day, and
as result was taken in hand by Gar
EWalt and confined in the Moro Castle,
close by the hotel de Aber, for a sea-
son of time
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

F. NJ. Litchfield has moved his phot
tograph studio from Wichita to this
city and will soon have his rooms open
in the second story of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank building. Watch for
his announcement later on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Brandt, of Buff
falo township, desire the DEMOCRAT
to extend to the many friends and
neighbors who so kindly aided them
during the illness and death of their
daughter, most heartfelt thanks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

Be careful tberel write it 1897.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

On Thursday last Councilman Geo.
Kincaid and wife celebrated their 21st
wedding anniversary, at their home in
the third ward. A large number of
relatives were present, and jolly good
time enjoyed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

If the rulings OF the contest court IN
this county were held to be good
every voter would have to have an exr
pert draughtsman to accompany him
into the booth and assist in marking
his ballot properly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

Charges of perjury, in the Huckabee
Archibald elopement case, were with
drawn by the father of the bride, add
the young couple are now 1.-TWO minds
with but a single thought" and we
hope they may live happy ever after.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Be careful therel Write it 1897.
Not a speck of snow in sight on
Christmas day.
Swear off that bad habit of letting
the printer go unpaid.
Will Hayse is laid up with lame
foot, a horse having fallen on him not
long since.
You can save money by subscribing
for any prominent paper or magazine
at the postoffice.
MT. and Ars. Harry Tracy, of Tope-
ka, were up to spend the holidays with
relatives in Great Bend.
Miss Isabel Corel, of Usage county,
came out to spend the holidays with
the family Of A. W. Hornbeck.
On Saturday. the 10Th, fine baby
girl came to brighten the home of MIR.
and Mrs. W. D. Beatty, at Albert.
Rev. j. A. Davis and wife ana their
two children have been quite sick the
past week, but all are now reported on
the road to recovery.
Property in Barton county can now
be bought cheaper than it ever will
again in the history Of the county.
Mark this prediction.
Women, God bless 'em. They con-
stitute two-thirds of all the church
members of the world, and only one
thirteenth of all the criminals.
v. s. Musil. Ii. Sack, Matt Dick
and Ed. L. Smith, members of the
Ellinwood school board, were in the
city Tuesday on school business.
The Brandt funeral, last Sunday,
was one uf the largest in the history Of
Buffalo township. The remains were
entered in the Everett cemetery.
II a woman ever had to wear sus-
peuders for business reasons, she
would be more careful to see that her
husbands buttons were sewed on.
Editor Hobart does not like the
shows that appear at Great Bend, so
he is going to get up ''home talent
troop to play ''Ten Nights in a Joint"
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Wish you all Happy New Year, and
hope that each and every one of you
may have an opportunity to go bathing
in Lake Baldwin before another New
Year.
Jacob Shuss' little two-year- |
child, who was reported i'll in last |
weeks paper, died on the Oath. a |
very sad Christmas indeed for that |
family.
The day after Christmas the. express
Sion on the average mans face was
hard to interpret. You could not tell |
whether it was hard times troubling
him, or mince pie.
A woman up at Larned is suing her
husband for divorce, because he per-
sists in warming his feet in the oven of
the cook stove. She says she can smell
'em in the biscuit.
A number of timid young men whose
hopes have been running high for the
past twelve months. entreat us to ask
the girls to hurry up-Leap Year dies
at - o'clock tonight.
w. III. Titus and family. who have
been in the eastern part of the state for
about a year, have returned to Barton
county, and are at present making
their home in Great Bend.
George Kincaid's team of white
''colts" enlivened things Christmas
morning by running about the streets
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

In one of the wards of Great Bend
Nimocks had number of the college
students votes challenged, and made
them swear them in. In bis charges
in contest he named three of these
students as illegal voters. When the
votes were re counted last Monday
these three ballots, having been ehal,
lenged and marked with the name of
found to have been votes for Nimecks
Now is not that ingratitude for you2
Wonder if those young men would ever
vote for that fellow again?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

Will Brands, formerly resident of
this city, is now foreman in the Office
of the Western Newspaper Union, at
Omaha, Neb. Will is ala excellent
all-around printer. and we are glad to
know of his securing this coed posi-,
fiOn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-31

The colored Odd Fellows are going
to have masquerade cake walk" at
the Stauffer hall New Years night
Friday of this week. The charge to
walk will be and 10 cents, ladies free.
Everybody is invited, and all who
want TO cavort and have a good time
should attend.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

OF the pattern remaining, and then the
nicely of coloring will hide the lines of
old and new. This piece [ am working on
now requires a new arm and new leg
and when I get through with that I will
take up the fragments of Marcus Man.
lics and make new man of him.
Zone of the most difficult features of the
art of restoration is that of reproducing
the effects of time upon articles. as, for in
stance, op this picture" and he holds up
the one from which patch of color has
disappeared. This wilt have to be
matched so that even the most expert can
not tell that it has been touched up as
call it. The colors put on viii have to
be mixed to the shade that the original
that has been on for 200 years has turned,
and that is where knowledge Of coloring
comes in. The work that 1 do is the de-
ception OF art" and he draws attention to
very pretty ornament. what do you
think of it2" he says.
What is the matter with that?'' I ask,
for it looks as if there were not blemish
on it.
"There is not" says c. P. Wicomb, the
curator of the museum, who is standing
by, "bus you ought to have seen it before
it was repaired. More than quarter of
it has been built on"
"The ability to become an adept in the
art of doctoring articles of vertu is not
acquired in a day or a week." says
the bric-a- brac doctor. 'but it takes
years of close study, and hardly a day
passes but that discover some means by
which l can improve on my methods.
Particular cements have TO be made to
suit particular articles, non-shrinkable
plastics have to be made and there must
be study how to deceivs the eye. In
marble it may not be sufficient to simply
cement on the piece that was fractured,
but it may be necessary to increase the
original fracture, and by manipplatlon,
after restoring the piece broksp If, give
the fracture the appearance OF y natural
vein in the block"
This peculiar art is wonderfaa one, and
py Its craft collectors may restore many
damaged beauties they would like to pos
sess. 1t offers to many tbs opportunity
10 restore treasures which have become
the victims OF age, accident or mischief.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

trical engineers estimate the cost of a
telephone cable between Valentia and
Hearts Content to be not less than fit cen
million dollars. Every device that prom
ises increased speed of signaling over the
present cables is exploited in the hope of
enlarging the capacity of transmission
and thereby increasing the re venue of the
cable. Unfortunately but very slight i'm
provement, if any, seems probable in this
particular. In the meantime, increasing
business and expanding markets clamor
for greater facilities of ocean telegraphy.
Peculiar interest therefore attaches to
the announcement that there has been
discovered means whereby telegraphic
and telephone communication may be
had between distant points, as Ne W York
and Liverpool, without the use of wires.
A number of inventors in the field of
applied electricity, among whom are
Hughes of England, Siemens of Germany
and Callahan of New York, have expert
mented upon induced currents, in the
hope of solving the problem of telegraph
ing without wires. One of these devices
was exploited by Edison in his attempt to
telegraph from moving train. But the
cum bersome character of the machinery
and its unsatisfactory results relegated it
to the domain of scientific toys. Very
pretty, but commercially impracticable.
The latest in this line is based upon the
assertion that the earth is surrounded by
current of electricity moving from west
to east; that this current is fairly con-
stant at certain altitude, and that its
potentiality increases toward the equator
and dimin1shes toward the poles.
The discoverer has been for some months
past engaged in series of experiments
conducted from the summit of Longs
Peak, a mountain of some Il, 600 feet eleva-
tion, located about eighty miles north of
Denver. Colo. Another station is located
upon one of the high peaks of the Uintah
range in Utah. Immediately west.
The discoverer claims that messages
have been transmitted between these
points. The next trial will be had using
Longs Peak, and the top of Mount Shasta.
or some adjoining peak, which is nearly
upon the same meridian of latitude as
Longs Peak.
The technical description of The ap-
paratus employed is kept secret, but its
operation is understood to be an affair
whereby charge of electrical energy of a
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

The great need of the commercial world
is an enlarged facility of communication
between commercial centers separated by
large bodies of water. The value of tele-
graphic cable between the United States
and the Sandwich Islands cannot be over
estimated. The letter that goes by the
feet greyhound of the seas travels all too
slowly TO meet the requirements of the pres
ent men of business. Commercial trans
actions between the United States and the
continent of Europe, which dozen years
ago were conducted by written corre-
spondence, are to-day entirely entered
upon and consummated by means of the
A tlantic cables. The extra expense is more
than compensated for by the expedition
of the business transaction. So emphatic
is this condition that there is now under
grave consideration the laying of addi-
tional cables and the employment OF te ,e-
phone cables, although competent ele c.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Telegraphing Without Wires

certain potentiality is liberated at tn
pl ace of sending in a series of inter-
mittent pulsations corresponding to the
dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
This certain charge of electrical potential
is carried by the natural electrical strata
current in the same manner as the wires at
present used perform their functions. and
is received at the objective station by
specially con structed electrical condenser
which operates magnetic balance.
The transmission of electrical energy
without wires across considerable body
of water was accomplished in Europe some
years ago by wealthy dabbler in expert
mental science. But for some unexplained
reason no practical application has been
made of his labors. In this case lot OF
wires were stretched along and parallel to
the coast of strait several miles in width.
On the opposite side OF the strait were
stretched similar line of wires. Upon
charging the first set of wires with strong
current of electricity a current was mani
fest upon the wires on the other side of the
water.
Should the discovery of the Colorado
genius prove to be what is claimed for
it, oceanic cables will be things of the
past. Electrical communication will then
be had between points by either employ
ing as the stations of transmission and
receipt natural elevations, like the tops of
mountains, or, where such are lacking
the erection of lofty pole-towers.
1t is claimed for the transmitting and
receiving instruments that their mutual
electrical balance is lf-maintaining. So
that If the balance of transmitter ex-
posed on the summit of a mountain be
disturbed, every receiver on every other
mountain situated within belt say Of
two miles in width upon the same lati-
tude will instantly be thrown out of bal
ance and indicate the signal transmitted.
This occurs when transmitters and
receivers are adjusted each and all
to- the same balance. Were their
mutual balances to differ, there would be
no response; and in this is most valua-
BILE feature, as thereby a million trans
mitters may be placed at each station and
corresponding million of receivers be-
side them, and If the electrical balance of
each set. e. transmitter and receiver
be changed in the slightest form from the
other SETS it will be possible to transmit
and receiyeSa million separate and dis
tinct messages without interference.
Such are the possibilities of the new
discovery. f. M. CLOSE, Disc.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

small we are and that each drop in the
ocean OF humanity has the same fate
some time or other, we might see the abb
surd egotism OF trying to be the one to
escape its share by fleeing to the un-
known.
A healthy body is the first requisite for
healthy mind. Given healthy normal
appetite, plenty of air, a purpose in life,
and something to call out self-den1al, the
result will be woman who dares to live
and would be ashamed to think of escap-
ing her share of the work and tears by the
path of suicide.
The bicycle is a moral agent. By taking
girls out in the air, by occupying their
minds with outside things, by causing
healthful fatigue, and tearing down old
tissue in body and mind it does the work
OF reformer.
The coroner would come nearer a true
verdict if he would ask about the suicides
habits of eating drinking, sleeping and
reading, and while the family might OBJ
iect to verdict of suicide from selfish
ness, or overeating, or overindulgence in
patent medicines, the mum Der of suicides
might decrease. OLIVE HEYDEN.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

of a danger which d oes not exist, and with
the example before them in every news
paper they take one final dose and need
the Coroner.
Medicines are necessary; doctors are
necessary; but nature is a powerful old
dame still, if she be given fair show.
Men smoke; women drink tea. 1t is
hard TO tell which habit skaters the nerves
more. No one denies the existence of tea
topers. They endure tortures if kept
twelve hours without their stlmulant
More women than realize the fact are on
the road. Ii one gets to the place where
she has headache if she misses her tea
for meal it is time to take heed. If the
first thought wheE little tired is desire
for tea or coffee instead of food the. evil
has begun. That woman need never say
word to the male relative who must
smoke after each meal. OF course, each
one of US hugs her own pet vice and says
the others are worse, yet the effect follows
cause. 1t is so much easier to cure other
peoples bad habits than our own.
There is another little habit which
makes US bundles of nerves, ready to do
desperate deeds-eating. Now eating is
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

lively down that way. There is a grea
deal to be done before duck-shooting
cabin is ready for occupancy, although all
of them have been left in tue most perfect
order.
But great many things may happen
in six months Very likely the sheetiron
stovepipe has rusted away and a new one
must be put in place. The hunting clothes
must be hung out and aired and consider
able cleaning must be done. But the boys
work with will. for it is a job they like
in view of the amount of fun they know
they are likely to get out OF it.
AS well as getting the house in shape,
it is necessary to overhaul the boats that
have been drying during the summer
These must be put into water and allowed
to soak until the cracks in them close up,
after which they must be hauled out and
allowed to partly dry, and then be given a
coat of paint. All this takes time, and at
least week is necessary to get things in
shape around moderate-sized cabin.
Another thing to be done is to build
"blinds" out of which the ducks can be
shot as they fly overhead. These are gem
eraliy made out of an old hogshead and
covered with DruSn SO aS 10 conceal them
from view. The barrel is partly buried in
the ground so that little of it can be
seen. The dogs are taught to lie close to
the barrel, out of sight, until the game
drops
1t is while constructing these that the
builder is sorely tried. The builder is
sure to be hunter end while at work
takes his gun with him to be ready for
any curlews that may fly near.
At such times fine fat ducks are likely
to fly overhead. 1t looks such an easy
thing to drop a couple of them and nobody
be any wiser. But the game warden is a
close watcher and has a most inconve-
nient habit of turning up when he is not
wanted. 1t is very inconsiderate of him.
20 be sure, but that does not stop his
coming. And when he does come Mr..
hunter who is unable to tell duck from
a curlew is likely to pay about sos for his
fun. AS consequence tie ducks fly by
without striking danger. But things will
change after next Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

somewhat necessary and may be quite
beneficial if one does not overdo it. We
all eat too much. You know the worn
phrase, living to eat. We may wish to live
to eat, but there is certain machinery
within rs, fitted to do certain amount of
work and no more. If we make it do
double work to obtain scant nourishment,
we must pay the bill: and if we provide
good material, but too much of it, the
machine exacts pay for overtime.
Many tragedy was caused by indiges-
tion, many violent quarrel might have
been traced straight back to pie.
Laziness, which is only another name
for selfshness, is fast growing habit. II
means nursing your own fancies and
morbid ideas in solitude and inaction.
Idle purposeless leisure is Satan's own
time. 1t is a bad sign when woman with
nothing to keep hand and brain busy stays
at home. She would far better be talking
about some one else than brooding about
herself. Can selishness go to greater
lengths than this morbid brooding over
ones own troubles ana pitying ones
self?
If we could realize, each for herself, how
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Il Bpic-a-Bpac Doctor

In the workshop of the museum in
Golden Gate Park there has been working
for some time man who has accom-
plished wonderful results. He is hard
working, conscientious artist, Partisan
by birth, whose name is A. Barthelet.
Seen in his ''atelier," as he calls his work
shop he is surrounded by great mass OF
bric-a- brac, bisqueware, wood-carving, ma
iolica ware, ancient pottery and curios OF
all kinds, all in demoralized condition,
looking very much as if they had been
struck by cyclone.
There is marble bust of one of the
monarchs OF England whose nose is 80
badly shattered that it looks as if it were
beyond repair. There are the broken bits
of figure of Marcus Manllus, who saved
Rome during the terrible Gallo siege, and
which is sample of what that individual
must have looked like after being hurled
from the Tarpeian rock for having aspired
to the monarchy. On table Is shat
tered statue of victory crowning a hero
with crown of laurels, but the crown is
lacking; there remains only q fragment of
it. Against wall is very ancient paint
ing from which partof the coioring has
peeled off, while at the bench where the
artist sits is a one-legged and one-armed
equestrian figure of Napoleon I, showing
the result of careless handling.
To the ordinary onlooker these and the
many other cracked and broken articles
appear as mass of useless truck fit only
for the ashman's cart, but not so to the
bric-a-brac doctor. "My dear SIR" says
he, pointing to one or the other of these
articles, .'these will be put in such condi-
ton that it will be impossible for any one
to detect where the break ended and the
repair commenced; but to be able to ac-
complish this one must be gifted with q
great amount of patience, perfect
knowledge of sculpture, wood-carving,
painting, color and an initiative faculty
which, believe, is Unborn. Take this
figure OF Victory, the crown in her
hand, you see, is shattered, leaving only
piece half an inch long, just enough to
give me an IDEA of what it had originally
been. Well, I will have to drill hole in
what remains (for you notice it is china
ware), insert wire and on thai build an
other crown OF plastic matter in imitation