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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Tom LEFTwICH says that Hobart
was selected az republican candidate
for vice president because of his we'll
knowR ability as professional re-
ceiver.' The republican party, Tom
thinks, will be ready to go into the
hands of a receiver after the Novem-
Der elections.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

FREE coinage of silver means plen y
of money, gold standard means,
scare IF money. With plenty of money
all prices of farm products viii
advance and labor will be more in
demand. All farmers and laboring
men want more work and better
prices. All SPECTATORS and money
loaners want scarcer money and no
labor. Which will you vote for?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Wilfred Burson, who has been
taking in the sights at Kansas City.
returned last Tuesday with a whole
lot of information about the big city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Henry Bruner and family, late of
Wilson county have located in Great
Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

The Heller Creamery Co. now gets
over 1000 pounds of cream per day
from the Bazine skimming station,
and over 1000 pounds day from the
PaWnee Rock station.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09
Idea

Protect your ideas; they msy bring you weslfa-
Write JOHN WKDDERBCRN CO. Patent Arto<-
neyss Wasninstoa. D c. for their s1.0o prize Or
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

The county normal opsned Monday,
the 9Th, and is moving along nicely.
The enrolment on Wednesday fore.
noon was 112, but many more students
are expected during the week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09
Wanted An Idea

Write JOHN WEDDERBURN q Co. Patent Attcr-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Clarence Aldrich says the state
ment by "Susan" of the G. N. G..
notes. that he had been engaged to
teach the Hoisington schools again,
was mistake. : He is an applicant,
but the board will not elect until after
the annual school meeting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

STPAYED-On the night of June
18th, from l mile east and 4 miles
west of Bison, one Cleveland bay
horse. age 10 years, weight about
1850, both white hind feet, about 155J
hands high. Any Information lead
ing to his Whereabouts WI he l;be. :
ally rewarded.
DALI MoRRIs,
Medicine Lodge, Kas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

During the month of July intend to close every
Dollars Worth of spring and Summer goods the house
We entend give the people such feast of BARGAINS
before heard of in Barton county Every
will be taken off of Summer goods in the house. nothing will
be reserved. You may have the opportunity again
We do carry the goods and that the only
sacrifice them. We the Oh esxz~v-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Who can think
OF some stmp6
thing % psteuff
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

Who can think
OF some sfmpis
thing 70 ~SRnr7
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
FAITH OF THE PRESIDENTS
Most Of Them Were Presbyterians,
but Other Denominations Were
There.


From the Philadelphia Record.
The religious convictions and church
affiliations of our presidents have
often excited the curiosity and inter-
est, not only of church members, but of
serious people generally. Washington
was communicate of the Episcopal
church; Jefferson, though accused of
being an atheist, alludes In his writings
to his belief in supreme being. JEFF
fersOn, however, never connected him
self with any denomination, and not
very often attended any place of wor-
ship. John Adams was Unitarian,
Madison and Monroe were Episcopal
ians. John Quincy Adams was Uni
tartan, Jackson Joined the Presbyter-
ian church after the death of his wife;
Van Buren, attended the Dutch Re-
formed church, but was not member
w, II. Harrison was an Episcopalian.
so also was Tyler: Polk was not a
church member. but on his death bed
was baptized by Methodist clergy
man: Taylor was regular attendant
at the Episcopal church; Fillmore was
a Unitarian Pierce, Congregational
list: Buchanan belonged to the Presby-
terian church.
President Lincoln belonged to no de-
nomination, though before his election
and frequently afterward, he attended
the Presbyterian church. Johnson at
tended the same church as Lincoln.
General Grant was a tolerably regular
attendant on the services of the Meth
odist church, though not member of
any. Hayes was Methodist COM
municant. Garfield attended the Church
of the Disciples sometimes also called
the Christian or "Campbellite." of
which he had once been a preacher.
Arthur was an Episcopalian: Harri-
son is a Presbyterian elder and Mr..
Cleveland attends the Presbyterian
church. President-elect Mckinley is Il
Methodist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

this rose, bring. you, dear madam. con-
stant peace in your happy marriage!"
Four days later he was in Berlin, and
there he found the king with his alb
dication signed and ready. He re-
fused in those circumstances to take
office, and when the king asked him If
he were prepared to govern against a
majority of the chamber, he answered
Yes" without the slightest hesitation.
The abdication was torn up, and Bis
marck accepted office. 1t was during
this struggle that the king said:
II can see far enough from the pal
ace window to behold your head fall on
the scaffold, and after yours, mine"
We'll" said Bismarck. for myself
I cannot imagine nobler death than
that or on the battlefield. Surely. your
majesty as captain of a company can
not think of deserving 1t under fire."
"Never!" was the reply, and the king
sprang up, ready for action.
But the olive leaf had not yet full
filled its dramatic mission. At his first
speech before the Budget committee
Bismarck urged military reform, but
only to be met by the objection that 1t
would be much better for the govern
ment to depend upon moral cOnquests
from by the aid of liberal policy. He
took out his pocketbook and produced
from 1t a little withered twig,
II brought this olive leaf with me
from Avignon," said he, 'in order to
offer it to the radicals as symbol of
peace: but l see 1 am much too soon
with It."
This assurance was met with a smile
and he reused himself to sterner speech.
Germany" said he, does not look to
liberalism, but to the power Of Prus-
| sia; and Prussia must pull herself to-
.t,.. n. frxv hi
moment. Not by speechifying and res
olutions can the great questions of the
time be decided, but by blood and iron. u
And blood and iron decided them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
MEXICAN NEW WOMAN.
She is q Thoroughly Capable and
Careful Railroad Agent.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
There are many things OF interest
along the line of railroad between
Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, but few
attract the Northern traveller more
than the station agent at Eta. This
is Concha Blanca, a young woman with
honest brown eyes and mass OF
wavy black hair. Ella, her post OF
duty in the place where the Indians
flock from the mountains for 100 miles
around for their annual feasts, and
also the shipping point for the big
haciendas in the fertile valley among
these same mountains When the train
stops at Ella in the dark a young wOm-
an in white, for Senorita COncha
dresses to match her surname, stands
at the door of the express car, lantern
In hand, checking the packages on the
big receipt book. When the freight
train stops she fits In and out Of the
long line of cars, telling the brakeman
what to take and what to leave. She
IL from one end of the train to the
other, seeing that no mistakes are
made. The bareheaded girl in a white
dress Is full of business. She wastes
no time on empty words. The train
men respect her She does everything
about the station but handle the bag
gage. There are plenty of stout Mexi.
cans of the other sex hanging about
for that work.
Concha Blanca Is so well esteemed by
the management Of the road that she
has been twice promoted, until now she
has one of the most important sta
tions under her care. She does all
the telegraphing besides attending to
the receiving of shipping of freight
1t was her knowledge of telegraphng
that got the young woman her first
recognition. Her father and two broth
ers were both operators. She learned
to use the key. A station was given
to her where there was not much tC
do besides telegraphing. Her aptitude
for railroad work attracted the atten.
tion of General Manager Morcom and
the promotion followed. Concha Blanca
lives in the station. Her mother keeps
house for her and a younger sister sits
at the telegraph table learning the vo-
cation of the new woman in Mexico
The conductors have got in the way oi
pointing out to travellers Senorita Con-
cha along with the ruins of the an
cient city on the mountain top. the
site where the battle of Tehuacan was
fought, the hieroglyphics on the cliff al
the entrance to Rio Salada canyon and
other objects of interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

physicians. Then at last she heard
of this hypnotism and tried it. The re-
suit was that inside of a fortnight she
was cured, and she has been free from
this habit ever since.
There are two cardinal principles in
my method Of treatment said Profess
sor Brouyette. The first Is. as have
already remarked. that while the pa.
tient Is in a cataleptic state / remove
all desire from the mind for the particu
lar form of Indulgence with which he
or she has become afflicted. do this
in an impressive and permanent way
that Is only known to one who prac-
tices hypnotism. In the next place.
when I bring the patient out of the
cataleptic state. | carefully explain the
evil effects of the habit and leave ma
ture to build up the broken system.
Sometimes this can he done in a single
treatment, then again a caes may re-
quire several treatments. But the one
fixed idea which I never allow to de-
part from the patients mind Is that the
desire is gone, and gone to stay for
ever. AS soon as nature has done her
part. in restoring the dilapidated func-
tiOns there Is no more danger of the
patients returning to the habit than
there was before he had first begun to
indulge it,
Professor Brouyette has good many
funny experiences in removing trouble
some ideas from the minds of some of
the persons who call upon him.
One day last week he received a call
from young woman who wanted to
get rid of the idea that she was de-
stined to become an old maid. After
applying the mesmeric force he had no
difficulty in convincing her that her
nntinn hof oh
be happy bride at 25 and that her hus-
band would be rich man. There was
not happier young woman in all En-
glewood the next day. She was so elat-
cd that she told her friends about the
seance, and thus the secret leaked out
One treatment was sufficient in her
case.
Perhaps the most remarkable case
which has yet come within the young
hypnotist's experience Is that of man
who lately consulted him in order to
escape from the idea which had fixed
itself on his mind that he was about
to commit an unconscious murder. This
man was in no way vicious, nor was
he an inebriate, though 1t may be that
he was on the bOrderland Of insanity
over business troubles. At any rate he
became sleDpless over the idea that he
was In danger of numbering fellow
man without knowing 1t. Professor
Brouyette still has this strange patient
in charge, and Is confident Of affecting
a cure
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

IF any man Is slave of drink let
him consult hypnotism and there find
a panacea. HypnOtism In Its modern
phases has accomplished wonders.
There has never yet been discovered a
man who could put an idea into an
empty head: but here in Chicago this
young man has come to light who, for
a considerations. offers to remove all
ideas Of q troublesome nature.
Never before has any man set him
self up to. accomplish these things
through the mysterious forces of hyp-
nOtism. But now there has arisen this
young man, who claims he Is not only
able to remove all troublesome ideas,
but who says he is specially endowed
with the powers that will set man free
from whisky, morphine, cigarettes. or
plug tobacco. In France this science Of
hypnOtism is much better understood
than 1t Is here: but this boy not only
studied here but accomplished some Of
his most wonderful results among the
friends who knew him best.
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
For example, he recently took as a
patient a young man who was addict
ed to tobacco. This young man was In
the habit of smoking $50 cigarettes In
a day. AFTER placing him In A,chair and
waving his hands over him in mesmeric
fashion, he told him to go to sleep. I'm
mediately the subject fell under the in
fiuence Of the hypnotist. and seemed
to- be under complete control. The
weirdness of the hypnotist now became
apparent. Nothing could be seen but
the glitter of his big black eyes and
sinuOus movements Of his long, skele-
ton-likr arms. Soon the patient was
apparently in a sound sleep.
''The cigarette fieTS was then asked
II he would like to Smoke. OF, course
he would like to smoke. And the hyp-
notist handed him a lead pencil, which
he smoked with manifestations of the
greatest enjoyment. Then the hypnot-
ist passed his hands over his subjects
face. In the same mesmeric manner,
and said Wake uo.' which the young
man did without delay. He was again
put to sleep and told that smoking was
Injurious. that he would no longer de-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
AN OLIVE LEAFS MISSION,
Its Rejection Followed by Great
Events in European History.

From the Youths Companion.
While Bismarck was Prussian envoy
at Paris he made short Pyrenean
tour, and at Avignon made the ac-
quaintance Of young couple named
Luning who were spending their honey
moon in that romantic spot. One day
the three set OUT together for a drive.
but they had scarcely seated them
selves in the carriage when a tele-
gram was handed Bismarck. 1t was a
message from King William, summon
ing him to return to Berlin and as
sumo the post of minister president.
The Prussian chamber had rejected the
estimates for reformed army, which
was the first condition of other re-
forms. and the king was in despair.
Bismarck made no secret of the con-
tents Of the telegram, and frankly ex-
pressed hope that he might succeed
In reconciling the government and the
chamber. But he would not interrupt
the drive. and they went on along the
bank Of the Rhone until. reaching the
vineyards and olive groves, they got
out of the carriage for a little stroll.
Suddenly Madame Luning stopped. and
breaking n double twig from young
olive tree, offered 1t to Bismarck.
MAY this help you to make II up
with your opponents!" she said.
II will accept half of It." he an
swered. gallantly. returning her part
of the twig. May the other half. with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
Surprising Amount Of MisinfOrmatiOu
About the PrOcess.. How 1t Is Done.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
There Is a surprising amount of mis-
information current as to presiden-
tial elections even though a campaign
has been going on now for nearly five
months. in which every item of in
formation possible about such an cleo
tion ought to have been fully explained
Of thousands of people in this country
who still entertain the idea that they
vote directly for president and vice
president, whereas they never have an
opportunity to do anything of the kind.
They vote for men who vote for pres
ident, as they vote for members of
state legislatures who choose United
States senators.
THE TIME.
The presidential election every four
years always takes place on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember. The number of electors to
which each state is entitled Is always
equal to the number Of senators and
representatives from that state. The
number of representatives to which
each state IL entitled according to the
ratio Of Representation as 1t now OBJ
tains and will obtain until 1908 can he
determined by dividing the total popu-
latiOn by ,73,9O1.
1t sometimes happens that some man
Is chosen to run for an elector who has
had talent for making enemies and
who is therefore badly scratched on the
ticket. 1t sometimes happens that some
man on the opposition ticket is excep-
tionally popular throughout the state
A case like this happened in 1892 in
Ohio, when one Democratic electCr and
twenty-five Republican electors were
chosen.
MEETING OF ELECTORS.
The electors meet on the sAcond Mon
day in January, next following Their
election at such place as the state leg
islature may direct, and generally such
place Is the capital. and there they
cast their several votes for the presi-
dent and vice president. This they dc
by signing two certificates of all the
votes given by them. each of which cer-
tificates must contain two distinct Lists
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
TO REFORM MEN BY
USE OF HYPNOTISM
New Field for PhiIanthropic EndeavOr
Just Discovered.
QUICK RELIEF FOR OPIUM FIENDS
Also for Persons Addicted to the Ex.
cessive Use of Alcoholic Liquors and
TobaccO..SOmethi Which is I'm.
pOrtant if True and Interesting
ANYHOW.

II we may believe in the Times-Her-
aid Of Chicago, hypnotism similar to
that practiced by the Sages will soon
be put to new use. 1t is to be en-
listed in the reformation Of mankind.
The expert who has this aim in view Is
named Brouyette, who lives in Engle-
wood, suburb Of Chicago. Says the
Chicago paper:
ANY pedestrian or trolley car pas
senger passing along South Halsted
street in the vicinity of Sixtieth will
hardly fail to notice big yellow sign
fastened to the side of house which
proclaims to the Englewood prOhibi-
tionists and all the wayfarers who
chance to travel in that dry district
these glad tidings:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

one of the votes for president, the other
for vice president. These lists are seal
ed and sent to the president of the
United States senate at the seat of gov
ernment on the second Monday in jan
uary. They are accompanied by a GER
tificate duly executed by the governor
of the respective state, which certifi-
cate sets forth the names of the cleo
tors and the number and division Of
votes as cast. The governors of states
are required to send duplicate certi-
tlcate to the secretary of state of the
United States, who publishes it in full
In public newspaper, sending to the
senate and house each a copy in full
at their first meeting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
AN INTERESTING CASE.

Professor EirOuyette tells of one
case that Is very interesting. A lady
of great wealth, whose husband was
one OF the most prominent business
men In this city. had secretly become
q slave to the morphine habit. She
had tried all kinds of remedies and
fealed. She was in despair. She went
to Europe and visited the different re-
sorts and consulted the most famous
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
DECLARING THE RESULT.

On the second Wednesday in Feb
ruary succeeding there is joint meet
ing of the senate and house called at
y. m. at the hall of the house of rep
resentatives, the president of the sem
ate acting as the presiding officer. Two
tellers are appointed by the senate and
two by the house. The president of
the senate reads all papers and certifi-
Gates pertaining to the electoral vote
and delivers them in alphabetical or
der to the tellers, who read them In
the presence Of the two houses. The
result of this reading is then delivered
to the president of the senate, who an
nounces it. which announcement con-
stitutes a certificatiOn of the election of
the president and vice president Of the
United States
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

THE WAY TO CURE catarrh is to
purify the blood. and the surest, safest,
hest way to purify the blood is by TAX
ing Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood Purifier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
HYPNOTISM

Cures liquor, morphine. to-
bacco, cigarette. and all use
less habits. Stammering in
speech, catching of the breath,
etc. remove all ideas that
cause trouble.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02

HOODS PILLS are prompt, efficient.
always reliable. easy to take, easy to
operate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
Sir David SalOmOns.

Sir David Salomons, an English writer
on apparatus for electric light stations,
has singularly varied scientific tastes. He
Is member of geological, microscopical
and astronomical societies and particularly
prominent among civil and electrical en-
gineers in Great Britain. Both in London
and at his country seat, Broomhill, in
Tunbridge Wells, he has splendidly equip
ped laboratories and machine shops, be-
sides which, at the latter place of resi-
dence, one may find a small theater, in
which he gives magic lantern exhibitions
to illustrate his scientific hobbies. A
command of photography is another of his
accomplishments. His experiments with
high frequency electrical currents and with
Vacuum tubes have attracted good deal
of attention, and no one in Great Britain
has such a large collection of horseless car
riages or is so intelligent an enthusiast in
regard to such vehicles as Sir David. -
New York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
A Swiss Mountain Storm,

From Intcrlachten we went over the
Brunig pass together to Lucerne. While
crossing Lake Lucerne we were favored
with u mountain storm 1t came up sud
denly. The sun was shining brightly when
the storm burst upon us, the thunder
crashing terrihcally, the rain pouring down
in torrents, the wind blowing furiously,
the setting sun tinging the clouds with
red, the rain looking like blood. l never
saw anything more terribly beautiful. The
storm passed over in few minutes, the
wind bundling up one great cloud and
rolling it along the face of the Righi like
huge ball.
can speak of only one thing in Lucerne
the great organ in the cathedral. Tho
sun was shining brightly when we went
in. After waiting a few minutes the or
ganist began. do not know the name OF
the selection. l was not at first particular
ly impressed. l only just enjoyed the mu-
sic. Very soon however, the music
changed. 1t was evidently representing a
storm. We could hear the first signing of
the wind, then it would die away, and
there was pattering of raindrops, then
the wind rising and low murmurs of thun.
der. All at once crash of thunder the
wind seemed to be driving everything be-
fore it, the rain poured down in torrents
l looked out of the door to sec whether Oh
not sudden storm had come up. The sun
was shining brightly Suddenly it seemed
to me that a voice said: "Peace Be still'
The storm died away. 1t seemed as though
I could see the clouds breaking away, the
sun coming out. A beautiful hymn Of
praise was sweetly chanted. l looked to
see where the choir was. There was no
choir, it was all the organ. 1t filled us all
with a feeling of awe, and when the organ
stopped we stole out quietly, and even aft
er we were in the open air we felt as
though we hardly ought to speak aloud
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