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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

Either people want to be fooled, or
many of them do not care whether
they are right or wrong.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

A bachelor gets lonesome because he
is alone; married man gets lonesome
because his wife is.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

I The women always regard man
with suspicion after stray baby has
been left at his door.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

A girl never thinks much of play
unless she got SO excited she forgot to
eat her candy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

If you can avoid being silly, you'd
better do it; sharp critics are listening
and watching.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

Educate Your Bowels With Cascsrets.
! Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
l0c. Soc. II c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

A man can md reason for any
thing if you give him time to think.
A. woman can, anyway.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

The average man never casts his
bread upon the water until 1T becomes
stale.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

There is one thing always left out in
describing a brides dress: that she is
angry because it is not nicer, and that
her father is mad because it is so nice.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

A man full of himself is as disagreea-
BILE as man full of whisky
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

My doctor said | would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills, Nov. %, '95.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

The few men who have managed to
reach heaven must be terribly spoiled
by this time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04
Cook Ont Of the GubernatorIaI Race.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 30 Sam b
Cook of Mexico has suddenly dropped
all aspirations for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination and will
seek reelection as chairman Of the
atate Democratic committee
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

Every man thinks of himself as
boy longer than he should
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

People are made of clay and usu-
ally there is something the matter
with that.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-04

In winter base ball players swap lies
about what they didn't do in summer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18


Dr. Shaw and DR.. Elmer Morrison
have formed co partnership 10 com.
mence September LIST. DR.. Shaw's
practice has been more work than he
could well attend ia and ne is fortu-
nate to be able TO join forces with SO
able man as DR.. Morrison The lat
ter comes here from Banner City. Kan
-sas, where he enjoyed good general
medical and surgical practice during
the past two years. He attended the
Wooster Medical College of Cleveland
Ohio. and Barnes Medical College, of
St. Louis. graduating from the latter
school in '96. aud taking first honors
in class of seventy. In the junior
class of 80 he stood first in the exam
nations. He is well known in the
county, having been practically raised
here and ATTENDED the college in this
city few years ago. He is a son of j.
L. Morrison, formerly of Fairview,
township, and now making his home
in Great Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
The Star Flour Chest.

Mr.. M. F. Brown, a gentleman who
comes we'll recommended by his home
people and by his bankers, has es-
tablished headquarters here, and has
a number of men engaged in canvass
ing this and adjacent eisies for the in
PRODUCTION of household necessity,
one that house keeper cannot well be
without; an article that is clean, dur
able, economical. labor saving and con
venient 1.-THE Star Flour or Meal Chest
Sitter and Spice Receptacle. ali in
one, and handsome enough to have q
place in your dining room. 1t is proof
against dampness, waste. mice. rats or
reaches that infest the kitchen some
times of the most vigllant and careful.
It is substantial, durable. japanned
bit of furniture and withal at a very
reasonable figure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
CLAFLIN.
From tl.. Hammer

From tbs. Hammer
Harry II sr.man's lev residence Is
nearing c-,nsple lou
Mrs.. yan Gises. OF Deiesan. / ii
nois Is hpes i,,k..sg after her Interests.
Mrs Wick an.i Mrs Wo.fsf-ld Of
ST. l. .uis are visiting with b j.
Meyer aud family.
MIR. Montgomery is erecting q
large granary vn his property east
side of Main street.
While other t,.wns are complaining
of drunkenness. rrhberies, fights, etc..
Clafn is proving herself little lady
by her fine conduct.
Only a email portion of the wheat
in this section has been threshed and
but very little has been marketed, ow.
ing to the prevailing low prices
Mr. Lathrop has purchased the res.
idence properly of John Barnett and
@ill ninve thither in a few days Mr..
Barnett intends going 10 the Strip.
Tie girl who prepares baby clothes
before she is married, or even thinks
of becomiDga mother, generally ia
the most devoted T., her family and
home
IF some of the .'goody good," pei
pie of Clafin would be as attentive to
their own business az they are to
others, whit happy time there
would be
A fine baby by arrived. at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Campbell last
Friday. which accounts for the smil-
ing countenance of DC, as he dis
penses drugs-at his usual place o.
business.
Miss Hattie Zimmerman of Chase,
who formerly taught school east of
town, died at Lyons last week, and it
is said that Will Moli, another promi.
nent Rice county teacher is i'm phi.
Gated in the matter
Mr.. Bowman had rather a serious
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch.
w. w. Sowards and wife lelt Mon.
day morning tor Bloomington, His,
on short business trip.
A splendid rain Saturday evening
and farmers are making good use of
the time by blowing wheat ground.
N. A. WATSON has sold his 100
acre farm in Eureka township to a
German by the name of Springer, liv.
ing west of Olmitz.
JAS. Stalker has gone to Kansas
City, Kansas, where he expects EN-
ployment in the Union Pacific shops.
He has sold his property here to
Sarah E. Hall.
While j. A. Coons was burning off
some stubbie on Thursday of last
week the fire got sawsy from him and
burned six or eight hundred bushels
of wheat III the stack for j. 81 Bitner
and .. P. Putnam.
D. O. Gray is threshing out part of
his wheat this week. He has sold
one thousand bushels of 50 pound
wheat to the mill for SO cents a bush
ell and will ship the balance. The
crop is making yield of about thirty
bushels per acre.
A. II. Baker reports the sale of the
following lands: Southeast section
80, Cheyenne township to Franz Stef-
fon; southeast I and east J of south.
west of section 6, Albion township.
to Carl Yankey; northeast I of sec
ton 2. Union township, to Grace
Wonsettler.
John Bitner has threshed out $50
acres Of wheat on the Putnam farm
The average yield was 26 bushels per
acre machine measure or about 81 or
% bushels by weight. This is an ex
cellent yield for such a large area.
MIR. Sam Carey has 100 acres adjoin:
ing this that is expected to excel it in
yield.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

An exchange says the printing press
has made presidents, killed poets, fur
nished bustles for beauties and punish
ed genius with criticism. 1t has cur
tailed the power of kings, converted
bankers into paupers and graced pam
Try shelves. 1t has made paupers out
or college presidents, 1t has educated
the poor and robbed the philosopher of
bis reason, it smiles, cries, and dies,
but it can't be run to suit everybody
and the man will go crazy who tries it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
OUR NEIGhBORS.
ELLIN WOOD.

From the Leader.
Amos Johnson left for Illinois last
Thursday evening.
Frank Casey. east of Clafiin, we'll
aud favorably known here, is very
low with appendicitis.
Thul has just bought two sections
ST land in Stafford county, paying So
an acre, cash. for same.
! Squire raypnr is very low and it is
not thought he cap rally. His condi'
ton is due to the infrmities of old
age.
Mrs. D. E. Willms, accom- panied
by her mother, Mrs N. e. Wedge,
left for Pennsylvania Tuesday morn,
ing, on an extended visit to friends
and relatives.
Wm. Thomas Of Chicago, whose
family are visiting the Herolds here,
arrived this week to join them in en-
joying the balmy breezes of the sun
kissed prairies of Kansas.
WI ats the matter with ball game
at E linwood between Great Bend
and Chase. As We have no club
here, these good teams could easily be
brought together OH the Ellin wood
diamond and would furnish an ex-
cellent afternoons sport.
Aug Weide has received an invita-
ton from the executive committee of
the Stafford g. A. r. Reunion, to be
present at the big soldiers gathering
at staff ,rd. on August 80 to Septem-
Der 8 The invitation is extended to
ali old soldiers of both the Blue and
the Gray. s.whose hearts now beat as
one,0 to Join in this reunion. A great
program is being arranged and the
most eminent speakers in the state
will be present.
c A. Hartley, former clerk for
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
have Been Worked Twenty Centuries IN
the Same Old WAY.

The salt wells of China are one of
the most unique industries of that
country, having been worked for over
1000 years with the same apparatus
and methods now in use. The wells
are drilled to depth of from 1000
to 5000 feet, and supply not only
brine from which the salt is obtained
by boiling, but also a natural gas
which is burned under the pans. Over
the mouth of each well stands great
derrick carrying pulley from which
descends the bamboo rope which sup
ports the bucket.
The bucket is large piece of bam-
boo, almost as high as the derrick.
strengthened by having hempeR
cords wound around the outside, and
iron rings at the two ends. The valve
is strong piece of skin opening in
ward. This bucket, which is not
larger than two or three inches in d.
ameter, will bring up $50 pounds of
water. The end of the bucket when
brought to the surface is veered over
s. tub in the ground near by, where
it Is filtered and stored in reservoirs
for sale to the various boilers Buff
faloes are employed instead of horses
or steam engines TO lift the bucket,
winding the lifting rope up on q
drum This rope is made of bamboo
lines, twisted like hempen ropes and
spliced with strong hide thongs.
The brine is boiled in large iron
pans several inches thick, long rows
of them being supplied with gas
from bamboo conduits, the gas being
derived from the salt wells, either
those exhausted or sometimes from
wells which have never produced
brine but merely gas. Some. of the
brine produces 25 per cent. of, its
weight of salt. The pan salt is eyap-
grated until it becomes as hard as
stone. Each pan turns out a cake
weighing 666 pounds, which is split
into four quarters, in which form it
Is sold. 1t takes little over "a
hours to boil a painful of salt. The
government buys all the salt and sells
it again at an advance of several hun
dred per cent. These salt wells occur
in but two districts, about 200 miles
apart, and are family heirlooms, be-
ing handed down from generation to
generation, the names of Ii and Wang
being the most prominent asso-
ciated with them--Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Manglesdori Bros. Co., arrived from
Omaha, Neb Saturday morning.
Mr.. Hartley has accepted position
as salesman with Stephan u IserB,
and began his duties Monday morn.
ing He is thorough dry goods
man, conversant with all lines of the
general merchandise business and is
y valuable acquisition to that enter
prising firm. His many friends vel
come him back to Film wood.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Mr.. g. II. Luce. the republican candi-
date for county superintendent, made
the DEMOCRAT Office an appreciated
call Friday. Between Mr. Luce and
Dir. Harrison his opponent. the cam
paign will be conducted in clean
manner. as both gentlemen are courte-
Gus and scholarly. and both deplore
the unfair, personal animus display ed
by some of the political enemies of
Mr.. Harrison.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

accident with bis threshiug machine
one day lest week, and had To lay of
several days To repair the damage
From what they cav o! the wreck. We
suspect tina; they nlust have tried to
choke the cylinder with a Spanish
ha sieship
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

f, A. Mcclure, formerly of this city
but now in the dry goods business at
Hutchinson, was up Friday looking
after business interests here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

DR.. Lightfoot has an operating room
In connection with his Office and is
well supplied with surgical appliances
and instruments. he is prepared to do
anything in the line of surgery that
can be done with safety outside of a
hospital.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

You people who want city property
and did not buy year ago when this
paper told you it was at the bottom
notch, now see your mistake.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Miss Eugenia Novels has secured q
lcolored school in Oklahoma. nine
months term at $50 y month, and will
go down to take charge soon after the
first of September.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Plover shooting IS engrossing the
attention of the sports. Be careful bows.
that you shoot only that kind of fowl
the Others are not "ripe" yet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Mrs M. g. Shafer last week sold her
hrst ward residence property to Mr..
Ward, a son.in law of DR.. ". II. Nc
Cormick, who has moved here from
Maryland.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

The Great Bend Marble Works are
ready TO furnish you anything in the
line of Monuments, Tombstones, etc.
See j. A. Bland, Salesman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
!MafeepaRt!

Farmers: Spredt bel Oiffen5aber
benz S9neiber DOR brinst guer Sud
iueI3es Sbr sstauft unb id perbe Gud,
ansiise alIer 9lrt baraus anfcrtrsen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Leave all orders for the California
Perfumes, Extracts, and other toile
articles, with Mrs. Castle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

DR.. w. III. Mccormick. of Maryland,
has been in the city couple of weeks,
looking after property interests here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

j. ". Denbo last week bought an
other 80 acre farm in South Bend town
ship. paying 81, 100 for the so.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Mrs. Max Shafer went to down to
Newton last week. They are arranging
to move to Newton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

then set up the beer. Oh he's buoy
ant, sanguine duck, the jocund candi-
date; be starts out early in the morn
and stays until it's late. His patient
wife Cnlocks the door, with a look of
pain she says: You needn't lie to me
your legs been pulled again. ''-Hois.
ington Dispatch.
A Smith county child suffering from
some affection OF the nostrils was
brought to town by its parents and
taken to travelling DOCTOR to ascer-
tain what was the trouble. This GENTLE
man looked wise and pronounced il =
case of chronic cattarrah which it
would require six months to cure; and
be offered to effect the cure for $50
The father offered to deposit the money.
payable at the the expiration of the six
months if the cure was effected.
But the doctor" could not see it that
way. He wanted either cash in advance
or bankable note. This propositi on
failed to catch on to the approval of the
childs father, who took the sufferer to a
local physician. He removed a button
from one of the nostrils of the child
and charged dollar for so doing.
Moral: Don't have any truck with the
straveling doctors"
Thess Perfect Baking powder is made
Of pure materials tested By competent
chemists and will not cause indiges-
tion. Try the brand named Perfect,
A pair OF twins born to Mr. and Mrs.
Vim: Bots, Of near Galatia. died. ons
en- the 9th ard the othez On chs sfh
INC s{tef l'vzne about Hes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

Regular Indian Summer weather
the past week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

The Nj. E. parsonage is receiving a
new roof.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

The $ Perfect Baking powder is made
of pure materials tested by competent
chemists and will not cause indiges-
tion. Try the brand named Perfect
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21
Major Calvin Hood, of Empc

Major Calvin Hood, of Emporia,
has entered the race for the repub-
lican nomination for governor of
Kansas. Mr.. Hood is a.good, clean
man, but has one short coming and
with large per cent. of the opposit-
ion and no small per cent. of his
own party.a serious one. Mr.. Hood
has succeeded in making a living
and has a goodly sum to the credit
side of the ledger. He cannot go
out and beg votes and claim that
he must have the office or he will
lose his farm, etc. While Mr.
Hood is a good, honorable man and
carried a musket and wore a blue
coat with brass buttons during the
late unpleasantness, the chances are
that he is practically disqualified
from being seriously considered in
connection with the gubernatorial
nomination.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

Burlington is endeavoring to raise
$4,000 with which to prospect for
gas, oil or any old thing. Chanute
is almost on a direct line from
Neodesha and Thayer to lola and
Humboldt. There is no question
but we are in the oil belt. II
stands the citizens of Chanute in
hand to get hump on them and
get some holes in the ground. Lets
find out whether or not We have oil
or sas in paying quantities.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

No one political party has a cor
ner on calamityites. The republi-
can party is perhaps freer from them
than any other party, yet we have
fellows right here in Cbanute who
cannot listen to any proposition that
looks towards the building up of the
town without seeing streak of dark
green ruin in the project-and they
attend republican caucuses and pre-
tend to vote the ticket.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21
IT Plain Statement of Facts.

ii Cy Leland comes back at John
James ingalls, in letter, and while he
does not attempt to be sarcastic, he
sets out some facts as regards the
record of the prize fight reporter,
that are fresh in the minds of the av-
erage Kansan. facts, some of which
have been told in this paper; but as
they are "mighty interestin' read
IN we quote some of them, viz:
"DuriDg the summer and fall OF
1891, when we're trying to rebuild
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

While there is not The remotest
possibility that the populist state
platform will contain a resubmission
plank, the chances of the party are
being damaged by talk of that
character. 1t is very evident that
the democratic element of the pepu-
list party and the other democrats
in the state lean toward resubmiss-
ion but they constitute such small
portion of the reform vote that they
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

the party in Kansas, ingalls, was go
ing around with a tail of woe, proph-
essing the speedy destruction of the
republican party, and giving out the
most rabid Socialistic interviews. He
refused to take any part in the cam
paign that year, and his general de-
pertinent has been so bad that when
Senator Plumb died in December
1897, not single republican in Kan
sas asked Governor Humphrey to
appoint Ingalls, to the vacant seat in
the United States Senate.
ITO illustrate something of the
character of the man, the nature of
the attacks and the relations he bore
to the party in 1892, he was very
anxious to be one of the delegates at
large to the National convention that
year. He wrote me begging my sup
port for the place. | at once ans
wered that If he would stay away
from the State convention he might
possibly be elected, but that under
no circumstance would it be wise
for him to be present. After my
friends and myself had succeeded in
electing him, he wrote me a warm
letter of thanks for my efforts in his
behalf and showed his appreciation
of the same by voting for me along
with each of the other delegates for
the position of National committee
man. mention this for two rea
sons: First, that the action of the
delegates gives the lie to the state
ment that the convention passed a
resolution against my election to that
place, and second, because it is the
only instance in his long political
career within the memory of any
one, where Mr.. ingalls, ever showed
any appreciation of a favor bestow-
ed.
"Just before the Senatorial cleo
ton in 1891, ingalls, made a very
foolish, wild and socialistic speech
in the United States senate, and in
the campaign of 1892, and every
campaign since, this speech was cir
culated as populist campaign doc
ument. At the beginning of the
campaign of 1892 a meeting was
made for him at Topeka, where he
was expected to sound the keynote
Of the campaign. 1t was expected
of course, that he would remain sill
ent about his populistic speech,
made in January in 1891, and his
equally socialistic interviews had in
1891, or else that he would retract
them entirely and make an old fash
toned republican speech, but no
doubt it was his intention to do SO
until he was made the victim of the
Vaccinations of John w. Breiden-
thai, chairman of the Populist State
committee. Breidenthal bought ten
postal cards, had them
addressed to Senator ingalls, day
or so before the speech was to have
been made, purporting to have come
from as many different republicans,
each one urging him to stand by his
speech that he had made in the Sen
ate and to make more emphatic his
had In 1891"
We would be pleased to give the
in full if space permitted,
not that we are spousing the cause
Of Mr.. Leland in the Baker-Leland
controversy, but because Mr.. Leland
states many facts regarding our erst
while leader, who led SO many re-
oublicans into the free silver camp.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

A new party, composed mostly Of
middIe-of-the-road pops was orga,
nized at St. LOUIS last week and
named the peoples party. They
should unite with the prohibition
lists, socialists and democrats, and
possibly they could muster enough
disgruntled fellows to make small
sized funeral procession.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

will have no effect whatever. Buff
falo Advocate.
Right you are brother Cowdery,
the democrats are very small par
ticle Of the reform movement and
what few there are left, are all out
for office and are afraid to say their
souls are their own. There are no
democrats in Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-01-21

We have at last located an old
fashioned populist who claimed
that "both old parties" were
corrupt alike. He was at St, Louis
and joined the new peoples party.