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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-18

Mr.. Oldchap-"Are you interested in fos-
sis, Miss Gushley!" Miss Gushley-"Oh-
er@this is so uddeni"-Tit-Bit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-18

BOtkin'S
Statement

WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 1898.
Dr.. s b. Hartman. Columbus, q.
MY DEAR DocToR: gives me
pleasure to certify to the excellent
curative qualities OF your medicines:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-18

Stanley's plurality. 1893
Leedy's plurality in 1896. ISL.
<Tie in lS96
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-18

HOODS PMS cure all Liver ms. Is cents
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
SPANISH MARKSMEN.

Why They Always Miss the Target
 Shut Their Eyes and Turn Their
 Heads When They Pull the Trigger.
 Lieutenant Bayne. c. Dent, nephew by marriage of General Grant and a graduate of Annapolis, spent eleven years in the Navy but was retired by injuries to his eyesight resulting from Chagress fever. He applied for duty immediately upon the outbreak of hos tilities, however, and is now one of the instructors on the training ship at Newport. Much of his leisure time was passed in Chicago, where he is widely known and we'll liked. His acquaintance with Latin- American peoples is extensive He likes the up- per classes of them as companions, having found them, he says, uniformly courteous and obliging, but he holds that they have Fundamental organic fault which prevents them being or be- coming fit fighters. They shut their eyes and turn their heads the other way when they pull the trigger, and they can't help it.
 Many years ago." Lieutenant Dent told me, when one of the forgotten South American revolutions was re- volving, the old, blunt -ended, lumber ing Philadelphia, on which I was an ensign, was ordered to Cartagena to protect American interests. I never knew what those interests were, nor could I see that they were In any dan ger, but we went A sailor man would as soon cruise to Ecuudor as elsewhere. It is all so{manyt days run and the an- chor down and shore leave at the end of 1t. We found Cartagena invested by the gallant government troops. It is certain that not any of the gallant pri- yates knew what they were fighting about, and, although I tried many times. could not find out but they did fight every day. The firing was brisk and the cheering the most en- thusiastic and continuous I ever heard We could smell the burned powder fif- teen miles out into the offing, and long before we sailed into harbor we could hear the vivas like a succession of cat calls A South American, you know, will scream 'Vivi!' and dance frenzied- ly about if you let off a firecracker.
 "We were six weeks at Carthagena, and I have never spent a more enjoy able time. It was Fourth of July every day and when we wanted quiet we had only to go on board, sit down in the messroom and fight cockroaches, This was the order of procedure six days in the weeks, Sunday being holiday. There were two thousand of three thou sand troops outside the walls and as many inside. They rose at in the morning and breakfasted. Then the bands played. Then the rebels outside squatted behind fences and stumps and shot at the walls. The fellows in- side peeked over the walls cautiously and shot at the fences and stumps. This kept up until II, when everybody knocked off. Then the bands played.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04

ment by Lieutenant Dent explains why Montojo's vessels could fire at Dewey's squadron for hours and not kill man; why American ships can continually engage land batteries in Cuba and show only an occasional dent in token of it; why American small boats at Clen- fuegos could hang around for an hour within easy rifle shot and saw cables In two with ridiculously few casuali- ties; why American vessels of all sizes and armor stagger backward and for ward within half mile of Spanish Qualifications and never lose piece of string. The Spaniards turning their heads when they press the buttons or pail the lanyads could make no mate rial difference. but probably they shut their eyes before they aim. Of course they are not expected to shoot like Anglo -Saxons. Anglo-SaXons and Ger mans are notoriously the best marks men In the world. But one would think that they ought to be able to hit flock of balloons with mitrailleuse twice in month, anyhow.-From the Chicago Times Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
COUPON.

They dined from 12 to 1, and smoked cigarettes from 1 to 2. The siesta last ed until 2:30. At firing was resumed and continued until 6. Supper was eaten and cigarettes were smoked. The officers went to the house of the gen eral if inside or to the tent of the gen. eral if outside, and reported that they had been shooting. Then the bands played.
 At Carthagena I discovered how the firing was done. The fellows along the wall would sight carefully at some thing outside, turn their faces toward me with their eyes closed and jerk the trigger I observed that the folks out side did the same thing. Not any of them ever looked to watch the effect of shot They knew that it didn't have any The consequence of this sort of thing was that the bullets went any where from fifty yards to a quarter of a mile wide, dependent upon how far around the chap turned his head and how and how hard he jerked at the trigger At first we were chary about going around during the fierceness of the engagements, but soon learned that a position on the walls was less dangerous than a seat on a Chicago street car. We used to stand and laugh. It sounds like exaggeration, but it is the simple truth, that during the six weeks of our stay but one man was killed, and he was a -combatant Englishman peacefully walking along the street. He was struck by nearly spent ball which in some mysterious manner found it's way over the wall At the end of the time the rebels had a long and gesticulatory talk with the presidents people, and then they left When they went away all of their bands marched along the walls and footed. To my knowledge the only men killed In that revolution were lot of rebels who attempted one night to sur prise the town. It was carefully plan ned, and some of their number imme- diately sold out for money. They land- ed on the beach, five or six companies of them, and the machine guns were waiting for them. The slaughter is explained by the fact that a machine gun doesn't care whether or not you shut your eyes. It keeps on working.
 II have seen other Spanish-Ameri- cans shoot, Cubans among others, and they all did it in the same way. It seems to be an ineradicable trait When l read an account of battle between Spanish regulars and Cuban insurgents and learn that one man was wounded 1t does not puzzle me any. I think 1t probable that he shot himself, or some comrade behind him let off his gun ac- cidently. I am unable to see how he could have been hurt by an opponent Probably this matter of fact state-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04

meetings every week In town are main- tained.
 My dear husband, I leave you in the hands of God, desiring to submit to His will, whatever it may be. My love to you In the bonds of peace, and may God grant you to see much of Divine good ness, all of which being the true desire of your dutiful and loving wife,
 MARY POMEROY.
 P. S. Experience King sends her love to her brother
 To Major Seth Pomeroy, in the Expedi-
 ton against Cape Breton.
 Such was the pious cheer sent on to Cape Breton from the New England homesteads, and 1t was not unapprecia- ted
 The son mentioned by his wife in her letter afterward became a clergyman, married a daughter of Governor Law and was settled over a church at Greenfield Hill. Fairfield county, Conn.,, until illness occurred which resulted in his death. AS one writer speaking of our forefathers, ably says, sternly faithful to duty in peril and suffering, and self-denial, they wrought out the noblest of historical epics on the rough soil of New England. They lived a truer poetry than Homer or Virgil wrote. ..
 In 1774 the Massachusetts Assembly appointed him major-general On June IS, 1775 the congress at Philadel- phia appointed nine brigadier- generals. Seth Pomeroy was first on the list com prising the names of Montgomery, Greene, Putnam, Spencer and others.
 Ills remains rest at Peekskill, where he died in the service of his country, having raised regiment to reinforce General Washington's forces; but a fine cenotaph to his memory was erected and still stands, upon the family plot in the cemetery at Northampton, Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
INVESTORS.

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 If death should occur, at any time before maturity, the Investors Estate will receive the full amount of Life Insurance. together with the book value of shares. For exam year. his estate would receive nearly $1S000. Again. at any tlme the Investor can borrow from the Association 90 per cent of the cash value of his shares. For further particulars call or write,
 JEROME KENNEDY, General Agent, Room No. 215 First National Bank Build
 ing 42 Church street. jyl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04

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 Dr. Edison's Obesity Pms and Reduc, ing Tablets are perfectly harmless ana strengthen and invigorate all who use them. pr, Edisons Obesity Remedies do nor nau- seate, however long taken They do noI weaken. but build up the system. NO riglu dieting, no drastic pursng, no ihconVeI- lence, no loss of time, however employed. These advantages are not even claimed Tor any other Obesity treatment. Writtem Guaranty to refund the purchase price II Dr. Edison's Obesity Remedies are taken as directed without good results.
 Free advice about obesity from our NeW York or Chicago Medical Department, Cal or write, Letters addressed to pr. Amy M. Henry, who has charge of our woman Department, will be opened by Mrs Henry or her chief assistant. Reducing Tablets. S2 box; Obesity Pills, $1.50 bottle, 5 bottles, $i; enough for one treatment. pr. Edison's Reducing Tablets are sweet, pal, ntable and easy to take, and may be used with entire safety and great benefit with pr. Edlson's Obesity Pllls, Dr. Edisons Obesity Remedies are sold by leading drug gists and are kept In stock by wholesalers. We forward goods promptly. No printing on our enyelOpes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
The Union Trust Company,
NEW HANNN

NEW HAVEN. ! CHARTERED by the State of Connecti- cut with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under will or deed,
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public. Trust Funds. Acts as trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and Individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebt- edness, manage sinking funds, and do all business such as is usually done by Trust Companies
 It also does general Banking business, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and re- is invested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Com paDy,
 This Company Is by law regularly exam ined by the Bank Examiner of the State of HENRY |. HoTCHKISs, President.
 EUGENE S. BRISTOL, Treasurer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
EtMaMclNI.
The MiddIassx Banking Company
OF MIDDLEToWN, CONN.
 ASSETS, SS,0O0. 900,
Issues per cent. Coupon Bonds payable In

Issuts per reht Uuupon Bonds, payabIe In
 seven years, secured by first mortgage.
 doing business in Connecticut for TWEEN TY-THREE YEARS, during which time 1t has issued and sold many million dollars worth of securities, of which all that have delay. The company has record of hay ing paid on or before maturity every oDli- gation It ever issued. It has passed through many financial panlcs, and all the vicissl- tudes during which many of the more pre- tentious and loudly advertised companies of similar character have been wrecked.
 The following figures show the amounts that have matured and been paid or re-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04

Writing from her
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
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 The Middlesex Banking Company has achieved such a reputation for safety that few years ago the legislature of Connecti- cut passed law making its securities a legal investment for trustees of estates in Connecticut The company Is under the supervision of the Bank Commissioners of Connecticut, the Bank Superintendent of New York, and the Bank Examiner of Maine. The bonds are issued in denomina- tions of $100, $200, $250, $500 and $1,000, bear 5 per cent. interest, payable semi annually, and are sold at par
 For further informant ton, please address
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
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The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
PUBLIC OPINION.


per line per roar-when Webb McNall
unsheathed his snickeBnee and lit out
after the insurance buncO steerers? OF
course they did-and they have been
licked, every one OF them. Honest Old
John Leedy's administration is In the
interest OF the plain people OF Kansas
those who live by the sweat Of their
face, and not by sitting at the receipt
of discount"
Troy Times (Pop): We favor an ex-
ira session of the Legislature as COntem-
plated by Governor Leedy. In the first
place to pass the proposed railroad meas
ure. Second, to pass an insurance law
for State insurance. Third, to pass
measure in the interest Of the coal min
ers Of southeastern Kansas. Fourth, to
pass the initiative and referendum.
Fifth, to condemn for public use the
property OF the Kansas City Stock Yards
Company, In case they have, as reported,
moved their offices to Missouri in order
to escape the regulations Of the stock
yards law of last spring, and provide for
their operation by the State Of Kansas.
Sixth, to pass law regulating charges
by telephone, telegraph and express COM
panies Here are six measures that
would justify any expense in order to Sc
cure their enactment. It has been es-
timated by the enemies Of the extra ses-
sion that 1t would cost $40, 900. There are
100000 taxpayers in Kansas. Twenty
cents each would pay the expenses Of an
extra session. If any one Of the above
six laws can be secured by an extra ses-
sion 1t would be cheap at the cost.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
Ellsworth Reporter
The best, the most valu
able, the richest product!
IN
GENERAL.

crMrpAI The best, the most valu-
UGWGnAL' able, the richest products
Of nation are noble and true men and
women.
Troy Times: There is many a patri-
otic stomach in the United States to-
day which would be glad to fight Spain
for assurance of rations.
Atchison Globe: You hear many COM
plants Of Dixey, the actor, because he Is
able to do only one thing we'll. That Is
true Of everybody, except that good
many are not able to do anything we'll
II you are able to do one thing well you
are lucky.
st. Louis Republic: Yankee Doodle"
is a stirring tune. So is Dixie" Now
let us combine the most patriotic words
and the most inspiring bars in each into
one song, and the whole nation join in
a mighty chorus until barbarity is driven
from the western hemisphere and lib
erty and justice reign everywhere in the
New World.
w. j. Bryan: The Populists, / say,
who are willing to go outside of their
party and nominate as their candidate,
one who has been nominated by the
Democratic party, showed moral cour-
age and an earnestness which makes
them more useful as allies than those
who left us in the last campaign because
they were not willing to face the issue
then raised.
w. j. Bryan; No one believes that
bimetallism will prove a panacea for all
political ills, but the money question
must be settled before other questions
can be reached. Financial independence
is condition precedent to reforms along
other lines. The power that controls our
financial policy can control the policy Of
our government on every other subject
wherever occasion arises for exercise of
that control
Cottonwood Falls Reveille: What
kind Of a plan would 1t be to require all
elected officers to have been elected by a
majority Of all votes cast? After an
election, II no one had a majority OF all
the votes cast for a given office, that
then subsequent election should take
place and the votes cast to be only for
the two candidates having the highest
number Of votes for a given office? We
would like to see this method tried.
Beloit Call: There is class of la
bOrers who never strike and seldom
complain. They get up at o'clock in
the morning and never go to bed until
IL o'clock at night. They work with
out ceasing during the whole of the
time, and receive no other pay than
food and clothing. They understand
something of every branch Of economy
from finance to cooking, Though har-
rassed by hundred responsibilities,
though driven and worried, though hu-
inflated and looked down upon, they
can never revolt and they cannot or
ganiEe for their own protection; not
even sickness relieves them from their
post No sacrifice is deemed too great
for them to make, no incompetency in
any branch OF their work is excused.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
ABOUT
KANSAS.

ARnlIT Emporia Times (Pop.):
VHHCGS Those Republican officials
nHNOAO' who burned Lansing coal,
without paying for it during MorrilPs
hrst term, are sincere in the wish that
he had succeeded himself.
Howard Citizen (Pop): It is pro-
posed to hold the Populist State conven-
tion June 20. This is too early. The
farmers will all be busy and can't attend
the conventions. Put it off till August.
The campaign will be long enough then.
WaKeeney Independent (Pop.) Ed.
COburn, who declined recently to be a
candidate for Governor, has never seen
Cy Leland, and wouldn't know him If
he did. That was exactly the kind Of a
man majority of the Republicans of
Kansas wanted.
Kirwin Independent (Pop): Populists
all over the State are enthusiastic over
the operation Of POpulist laws and con-
sequent prosperity, and they cannot be
blamed If enthusiasts are found among
them who desire the passage of max
imum railroad bill, the only POpulist
measure that failed.
Pittsburg Kansan (Pop.): According
to the Topeka Capital Insurance Com
missioner McNall is "torturing" the in
surance companies doing business in the
State by actually compelling them to OBJ
serve the laws. 1t hurts the feelings Of
the Republican papers to see a corpora
tion imposed on in that way.
Moline Republican (Rep.): One Of the
uvfo In avyIrt 80 ivanr 10
we ever saw was an old soldier drawing
a pension from the government and
voting the Democratic ticket. The Re-
publican party is and always has been
the soldiers friend and has given him
his pension, and how any man drawing
pension can have gall enough to vote
anything else but the Republican ticket
is more than we can understand.
Concordia Kansan (Pop.): 1t is a
matter of supreme Indifference whom
the Republicans nominate for Governor
John w. Leedy will be his own sue
cessOr. The people have confidence in
Leedy. He has proven himself to be a
man OF the people, interested in the well
fare Of the people above everything else.
In convention the politician proposes, at
the ballot-box the voter disposes-a
that's where lies the strength of Leedy.
The people Of Kansas are for him.
Kansas City Times: The buttermak-
ers' parade at Topeka Tuesday demon
strated that the farther removed one
was from the COW, the more prosperous
he looked. The fellows who milk and
churn in Kansas were poorly dressed,
while the Eastern men, who neither
churn nor milk, but who do all their dali
rying on the butter board of trade,
dressed like princes, and had plenty Of
fat and money to burn. 1t is in the but
ter business as in most everything else
the men who do the hardest work are
the poorest paid.
Kansas City Gazette (Rep.): II
nomination is possible without fixing,
and manipulation, it would be that of
COburn. He has the inherent and gen.
eral strength in all parts of the State
to draw men to him. Everybody con-
cedes that If he were placed on the ticket
he would be an immense vote-getter,
he would draw thousands Of POpulists
back to the party, and we know the fix
ers, enlisted in the interest of others.
were greatly relieved by his declination.
But what sight it would be IL he should
be nominated anyway! How refreshing
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

eternal justice makes us believe that
that purified life and saved soul will be,
in the crown Of the Salvation Army lass,
who pointed her the way, jewel, than
which there will not be a brighter in all
the realms Of bliss.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

tue pAlI. Clay Center Dispatch
psSSn % DVVT (Pop.): In discussing the
WUAD DILL oytra saaaiOn nueation II
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-06
STILL IN A MIDDLE.
Mr.. Dorals Insists That He viii No,
Resign.

Mr.. Dorals Insists That He will Not
There is nothing new in the school
muddle and there seems little chance
for a settlement of the matter. There
vas a rumor around yesterday that
Mr.. Dorais had stated that he would
resign in order to settle the contro-
versy. but Mr.. Dorais last evening de-
MED this very emphatically.
Il would very gladly have declined
the appointment" said Mr.. Dorais.
had II been intimated to me that my
membership would not be pleasant to
others on the board. and after 1 ac-
cepted l would gladly have resigned
had I been given an opportunity to do
so quietly. But I have been placed In
a position where IL il impossible for
me to resign without practically ad-
hitting that ! am guilty of some helm
Gus crime and without allowing a cloud
to rest over me indefinitely. 1t is i'm
possible for me to resign under exist
ing circumstances and I have not
thought of such q thing. I have no
seen Mr.. Long or any other members
Of the board to-day. There has been
no compromise and / expect to serve"
It is said that there will be a confer
ence this evening OF some of those in
terested in settling the muddle. but
nothing definite can be learned regard
ing il.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-06
S~tockhoIders' Meeting.

The annual stockholders meeting of
the Parrot Silver and Copper company
will be held tomorrow. and in antici-
patton of the meeting the officers and
stockholders have been gathering in
the city the past few days. All of the
officers and members of the directory
are now here. as well as a number of
other stockholders. Those now here
are: President Frank ID. Farrell of
Ansonia. Conn; Vice President Achille
F.. Migeon of Torrington. Conn:
Treasurer J.. II. Mathews OF Bridge
port. Conn; Secretary and General
Manager Robert h. Grant of this city:
Directors Thomas Wallace. jr.. OF An
sonia, A. NJ. Hotter of Helena and A.
]. Davis of this city; Stockholders Col.
Rutherford Trowbridge of New Haven,
Conn, and f. II. Tomlinson of Tampa,
Fla