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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Every reader of this paper should give
special heed to the offers which are appear
ing from week to week by the John NJ.
Smyth Co., the mammoth mail order house
of Chicago. In this issue will be found their
advertisement of a thoroughly up-to-date,
first-class sewing machine, at the astound-
fer and other offers do from house with a
commercial rating of over one million dol
lars, and of the highest character, they mark
an opportunity that the shrewd buyer VIII
not be slow to take advantage of. The John
NJ. Smyth Co., $50 to l66 West Madison
street, will send their mammoth catalogue,
in which is listed at wholesale prices every.
thing to eat, wear and use, on receipt OF
only 10 cents to partly pay postage or ex-
pressage, and even this 10 cents is allowed Cd
first purchase amounting to one dollar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
MR.. BRYANss ANSWERS.
The Democratic Leader Is Ready and
t. the Point with n Repub-
Ecan Interrogater.

The following incidents occurred dur
ing Mr. Bryan's tour of Nebraska, and
are good examples of his keen wit, quick
repartee and scafhing invective-
Near the close of his speech at Falls
City, a republican in the audience arose
and denied that President Mckinley de-
sires to retain the Philippines, where
upon, without 4 moments hesitation
or the least show of embarrassment,
Mr.. Bryan quoted this sentence from
one of McKinley's speeches: Il cannot
permit myself to doubt that these is
lands will be retained under the be-
nign sovereignty of the United States"
The republican next declared that
most of the Filipinos were in revolt
against Aguinaldo-
Are you not iattering Aguinaldo
too much" asked Mr.. Bryan, when
you assert that with handful of men
he can not only subjugate his own race,
but hold in check and Illustrate a great
American army?" (Cheers)-
a third time the man broke in to de-
clare that the trade of the Philippines
is valuable. Bryan rose to his full
height and his eyes flashed as he thun-
dered:
Il dare you to measure the lives of
American boys and the heartaches of
American mothers by the paltry dollars
and cents of commerce; 1 dare you TO
do it!''
And the crowd went into a veritable
| paroxysm Of applause. Then the man
| declared that Providence was leading
| the United States to the Philippine is
lands. He had not long to await his an
swer:
'Ah, my FRIEND" came the reply, 81
never yet cornered an imperialist who
| did not finally lay the blame on the Al
mighty" daughter and cheers).
IF you, my friend, were half as anN
/ ious to be on the Lords side as you are
to bring Jehovah down from Heaven
to bolster up the republican party, yoU
wouldn't be here advocating an aban,
| Comment of the declaration of indie
| pendence. You are not preaching the
| gospel of the Prince of Peace. You're
preaching the internal gospel of con
| quest and murder and death!"
The orators last words were
drowned in a tempest of cheers. The
imperialist disappeared. And so vii
the doctrine of imperialism when meas
ured by the enlightened intelligence o.
American Observation-Disclosures Val
ley Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
RELIGION ENTERS INTO IT.
McKinIey's Policy of Imperialism
VIII Interfere with Religious
Liberty.

Every man who has read history must
believe that the only safety for religious
liberty is in a peoples government A
liberty of right, and not by tolera tion-
It is in America that the prosecuted
sects of the centralized governments of
the world have found freedom of wor-
ship and liberty of conscience If any
where in the world there is religious
tolerance to be found it is due entirely
to the example of the United States
in giving all shelter free from perse-
cution. Do the good people who are
charged with fulsome praise anent Mr..
McKinIey's Philippine policy fully I'M
derstand the gravity Of the outcome OF
that policy? Admitting that his pol
lev will carry the Bible with the flag
to the uttermost parts of the earth and
transform a civil government into an
apostolate, which one of the numerous
sects will that apostolic Caesar accept
as his own? When the limits of con-
stitutional power have been transcend
ed. a new Caesar will have been Gre
ated. a Caesar that will not stop at
crumbs, but will demand mouthfuls.
With the least decline in the principle
of popular sovereignty will commence
an independent sovereignty not bound
by any restrictions upon its own con-
duct. What then will become of relig-
ious liberty, liberty so dearly bought?
Is not the suggestion of the idea SUI
ficient to put religious thinkers upon
the alert? To which one of the sects,
as future state establishment, are the
others prepared to surrender their free
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

The strength of the republican
party in Kentucky seems to be mostly
in the militia.-Kansas City Times.
Mr.. Hanna announces that he
will not retire. 1t is not often Mr..
Hanna makes superfluous statements.
Atlanta Constitution.
Senator E1kins, left bower in the
Mckinley deck, is forming a big coal
trust. What is the law between
'spardsi"-N. Y. World.
No matter who may be his run
ming mate next year, it Will be case
of Root with Mr.. Mckinley to get
back into the white house.-St. Louis
Republic.
Certain prominent republicans
are casting about. for means to get
rid of Mark Hanna as their party lead
err. That can be accomplished only by
retiring William Mckinley from the
presidency.-Albany Argus.
Protective tariffs are very nice
when they protect you, but when 9TH
err nations use them they are not so
pleasant. japan has adopted a pro-
tectiye tariff, and we are losing trade,
as a consequence.-Brook Eagle.
The success OF the republican
state ticket will enable Senator Hanna
to clean up some of his political
debts He hardly had a sufficient num-
Der of appointments to go round when
he squeezed into the senate.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Uncle Sam is a very complacent
stock broker. When Wall street wants
bonds Uncle Sam sells them and pays
interest. When Wall street wants
money Uncle Sam buys the bonds and
pays a bonus. And the people pay
the taxes which supplies the money
for both interest and bonus.-Omaha
World-Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
COMBINATION IN RAILROADS
How the Republicans Control the
Vast Political Power in
Them.

Nearly every week some new cOmbi-
nation is reported. 1t does not seem
an eXaggeration to say that we may
soon see all the railroads of the coun-
try controlled by five men, and these
agreed that there shall be no competi-
ton between them. Practically uni
versal railroad trust or monopoly.
The railroad freight bills of the coun-
try will this year exceed $1,000 100000.
over S13 for every man, woman and
child, or an average of SOS for each
family. The passenger travel will
amount to one-third as much.
There are over 100000 men en-
ployed by the railroad companies, or
about one-fourteenth of the total vot-
ing population, all more or less de-
pendent upon the officers of these rail-
roads for their daily bread. These Of
ficers are controlled by the five finan-
ciers who form the governing power
of the railroad trust or combination.
What n vast political power they can
WELD, and they did use it in the last
national election, and will again use
it in the next one. All this great po-
litical power was used for the repub-
hcans, and in addition a vast sum sub
scribed to the Hanna-McKinley cam
paign fund.
Why were these railroad all in favor
of the republicans? And why are the
republican leaders favorable to the
railroads? And why do they set their
faces like a stone wall against enforc-
ing the antitrust laws and giving the
interstate commerce commission the
power they have asked for? The an
swer to these questions is self-evi-
dent.
To pass resolutions against trusts,
as Mr.. Hanna did in the platform of
the Ohio republican convention, or to
repeat these or stronger ones in the
next republican national platform will
not blind the eyes of the voters Of the
United States, unless they are partici-
pating in the Doodle provided by the
trusts and railroad combinations, and
disbursed with lavish hand by the
Hanna-McKinley political strikers
Jeffersonian Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

A NEW American wrinkle is the cul-
ture of rice in artificial swamps, the
invention of some northwestern farm
ers settled in Louisiana. They build a
bank around section of prairie and
pump water into the Enclosure from
artesian wells. When the crop ma
lures the water is let out, the ground
dried off and reapers and binders Sc
cure the harvest at greatly reduced
cost. The land is easily prepared for
the next season, and there is no danger
from drought.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
For the Grave.

A solicitor in a Georgia court Is respon-
sible for the following: He overheard
conversation between his cook and a nurse,
who were discussing a recent funeral Of a
member of their race, at which there had
been great profusion of flowers. The nurse
said: "When 1 die, don't plant no flowers
on my grave, but plant a good old water
melon vine; and when it gets ripe You come
dar, and don't you eat it, but jes' bus, IT
on de grave and let dat good old juice dribble
down through de ground. youths Com
panion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

ALREADY the annual wagonloads of
Christmas gifts are beginning to flow
into the white house. They come from
all sections of the country, and the ma
jority are from people personally un-
known to both the president and Mrs.
Mckinley. Each gift that bears the
name of the person sending it is ac-
knowledged by one or other of Presi-
dent McKinley's private secretaries.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

MUNICIPAL ownership of public
service is supported by the Pottsville,
Pa, Miners Journal with these COM
parsons: Lebanon, population, 1s, 600,
pays an annual rental of $104 for each
street arc lamp. In Logansport, Ind,
with the same population, the city
owns its electric plant, and it costs
S24. A per arc light year, which in
cludes five per cent. interest and de-
probation of plant charges.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

THE total vote of Mississippi at the
last election was 1868. Longino, the
democratic candidate, received 40, 227;
Prewitt. populist, 6 ,421. This gives the
democratic party majority of 80. 800.
The voting population of the state is
$50, 900. The state contains 137, 500
white voters and 1872, 900 co1ored voters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

It was a rare compliment to the
Forty-seventh regiment. on it's way to
Manila, to be invited to parade at
Malta, the British fortress in the
Mediterranean. And it must have
given Sir Francis Grenfell, the gov
ernor of that island, new conception
of the great republic as the long lines
of vigorous young Americans passed in
review before him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
xnn-stnkabTe boats.

The latest invention for saving life comes
from London, and is non-sinkabie boat II
nreservation of life in other ways, there
would be great Improvement. Hostetters
Stomach Bitters is life preserver, dlscov-
cred so years ago. It cures dyspepsia, moi
gestion and all forms of stomach trouble 1t
IS an excellent tonic for the whele system
and NAV be had from any druggist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

UNDER the conditions of the will of
Maj John A. Logan, recently killed in
Luzon, his entire estate is left abso-
lutely to his widow. By reason of bus
mess complications, the financial affairs
of Maj. Logan had been for several
years in the hands of trustees. Mai.
Logan carried S34, 800 life insurance.
Aside from the life insurance, it is
probable his estate will be less than
$40 600
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

AT Buffalo's Pan-American exposi-
ton, to be held from May to Novem-
Der, 1901, it is proposed to- bring to.
gether representatives of all aboriginal
tribes from Alaska to Patagonia. An
other feature planned is an exhibit of
the architecture of all American zones.
Peru has agreed to transfer its Paris
display to Buffalo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

The marvellous speed of the modern
torpedo boat is hardly conceivable.
The speed made by the British de.
stroyer Viper on her recent trial trip
was SO knots, or 447s land miles, an
hour, a creditable gait for an express
train. This is the fastest that a boat
ever rushed through the water, and it
is claimed that the speed limit has not
vet been reached.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

iatboat as she floated lazily down the De
troit river He smoked his pipe.
Pierre hung over the rail of the scow that
was upward bound He also was enveloped
in haZy smoke.
In the moonlight the two boatmen rec
ognized each other.
.'H'llo, Pierre How you geet along?"
'Oh, 1 been geet along. How you sect
along?"
"Oh, been geet along, too"
'tHow your seek fatair geet along,
Jacques?"
sFMy fatair? Oh, she geet along, She been
died last week.'-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Undue Haste.

The Circassian-What became of the fel
low who started in to fast 40 days?
The Wild Man-De manager advanced hin
a quarter de second day, an he broke his Les
gittin' to a restaurant.-N. Y. Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Gov. BRADFORD, of the Massachusetts,
Bay colony, issued the first Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation by appointing day
for public praise and prayer, after the
first harvest in 1921.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Everything a Disease.

doctor, if microbes in food are hurtful
what makes me get so stout?"
"Oh, my dear madam, there is a flesh,
producing microbe, you know.''-Indianapo
lis Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t IS
entirely closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls CatarTh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

By a new system of telegraphy in
Chicago 155. 900 words were sent in a
single hour over distance of 1,0S0
miles. This is about as quick as light
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

A KENTUCKY farmer has sold the to-
bacco raised this year on 80 acres for
SO, 712. 66, an average of S11.16 per loo
pounds The land cost 81, 400.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

The situation in the horse-shoeing
industry in Mclean county. Ill. is typ
zeal of present trust methods The
blacksmiths and horse-shoers of that
county met and organized what they
call county protective association. F"
but which is in effect trust. One
would expect that the maintenance Of
a blacksmiths' trust would be difficult
but the farriers have the aid Of the
manufacturers in carrying out their
plans The hardware association ha.
agreed that it will charge a prohi
price to all blacksmiths and horseshoe
ers who are not members Of the asso
citation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

The funniest thing out is this
report from Ohio that Hanna has
helped himself and his party by going
on the stump and showing himself to
the people.-BostoH Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Some folks say this worl' is not dey home
OATS why dey moves Whenever house rem
come due-Atianta Constitution.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

An is fair in love-except the actions OF
the other Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
A Bad Case.

Doctor-You are troubled with insomnia
Patient-Terribly 1 can't even SLEEP
when it's time to get up.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

THE individual deposits in the ma
tional banks of the United States, &C
cording to the report of the comptrol-
Ter of the currency, increased S419, OoO.-
600 in the year ending September z.
1899. and on that date amounted to
81. $50, 600, 600. The increase for the
year was 30 per cent. and is probably
the greatest single years gain ever re-
ported, except. possibly. in a year after
. panic, when money that had been
withdrawn by timid depositors was re-
turned after they got over their scare
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
kins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
The Jury Could Not Agree.

At independence after four days de-
liberation the jury in the case of
Nicholas Shoekman against the M, z.
& T. Railroad company for SIS. 900 dam
ages reported that it could not agree.
This is the third trial the case has had
in the district court and it was once in
the supreme court. The first trial re-
suited in a verdict of $4,000 for the
plaintiff, who is a boy ten years old.
He lost his left arm in an accident on
the road four years ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

There is a revival of signing of tenn
perance pledges in Dickinson county.
Chapman has been having meetings
and fully 300 signed the pledge, many
of them hard drinkers. Chapman is
the place where the reward for evil
dence recently caused the arrest of two
joint keepers and there has been fol-
lowing a boycott of the supposed in
former. Much bad feeling has been
engendered, but the present meetings
are expected to restore harmony.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
rne Besf Prescr1nr1on ror ChITIs.

and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tome. 1t is simply iron and 4uinine in
tasteIess form. No cu-e-no pay. PTice.5Oc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
VIII Not Tell Their Names.

Officers arrested two men who are
charged with robbing the Bank of
Bluff City. One was arrested at Win
field and the other at Arkansas City.
They refuse to give their names or talk
of the robbery. When captured one
man had $500 in gold and $500 in bills.
The corners of some of the bills are
torn off and they correspond to the
pieces of bills found in the bank vault.
The numbers correspond and the bank
cashier identified them as the same.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Kansas State Temperance Union.
Z. E. Stevens, secretary of the Kan
Las State Temperance union, has issued
the following call:
The seventeenth annual convention Of the
Kansas State Temperance union will be held at
the First Congregational church. Topeka, jan
uary 10 and IL. All churches Sabbath schools
young peoples societies and other religious
temperance organizations are entitled to three
accredited delegates each. In addition all per-
sons contributing to the support of the union
and all interested in aggressive temperance
work are cordially invited to attend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Here Is 8 Real Romance.

Stephen E. Burch, who eloped with
Mary Greenawalt, of Atchison comfy,
November 20. turns out to be wealthy
farmer from Olathe. He feared to marry
woman who knew of his wealth, so
he started out to find girl who would
love him for himself. He disguised
himself as a farm hand. and for a few
days worked for Peter Greenawalt near
Huron. He fell in love with the daugh-
ter, and they eloped to Kansas City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if il fails to cure. 25c-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Farmer smothered in Mao,

The BODY of William Gilliland was
found east of Arkansas City. He had
an epileptic fit while driving home from
town and fell from his buggy. His face
was pressed into the mud and he
smothered to death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
WIN Serve Only q Few Days.

Gov. Stanley appointed w. j. Gregg
as judge of the new common pleas
court of Cherokee and Crawford coun-
ties. Judge Gregg will serve until
January 8, when the recently elected
judge, Edward Sapp, will succeed him.
6. w. Brown was appointed clerk. of
the Crawford county division of the
court and E. f. Tucker clerk of the
Cherokee division.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
HemIlton Dameged by Fire,

Nearly all the business portion of
Hamilton, Greenwood county, was de-
stroyed by fire. The general merchan-
disc store of NJ. M. Miller, the millinery
store OF Miss Varris, grocery store of
Richardson, and Sandberg's blacksmith
and wagon making shop, were totally
destroyed. Loss, about SS5, OO0
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Two More BanlsE Robbed.

The bank at Clearwater, Sedgwick
county. was robbed recently of $500 in
cash and commercial paper valued at
So 000 On the night following the
bank at Bluff City, Harper county, was
entered and robbed of 5000 and a like
amount in notes. Four suspects were
arrested for the robbery
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Six deaths An q Kan.as Famny.

Miss Emma Miller. daughter of Will
dam Miller, merchant of Fort Scott,
lied last week after a short illness.
Her mother died less than a week
previous and she was the sixth mem
Der OF the family to die In the last six
seeks,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
A Soldier Candidate Contests.

Nat Foster, fusion candidate for
county clerk of johnson county, has
feated by three votes on the official
count. He was a member of the
Twentieth Kansas and ran 500 ahead
of part of his ticket.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08

Hei1eVe IL Will Hromote AatriHlohy.
The Elmwood club, fashionable
family club, opened it's club doors at
Topeka last week with an informal re-
ception. The home of the club is the
fine residence of the late Judge C. G..
Foster. One of the rules of the club
permits one tenth of the membership
to be single men. If a single man,
however, fails to marry within six
months after joining the club he will
be dropped from Membership. It is
believed that this will promote matri-
mOny.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-08
Desperate Kansas Convict.

WILDER Norton, one of the 4s
convicts in the Kansas penitentiary
under sentence of death. tried to MUIR
der John Welch, convict, by stabbing
him in the left breast. These convicts
were working together in the tailor
shop. Norton had a grudge against
Welch, and noticing favorable oppor-
tunity near quitting time, bounced on
him with a knife. Welch's wounds
NAV prove fatal