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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
THE CHARM OF MUSIC.
Its Effects Were Very Agreeable 40
the Fellow Who Was Catch
ing Fish.

A fisherman once took his cornet to the
lake with him, in hopes that his harmonious
notes would have a hypnotic influence in
attracting the fish to his hook.
As soon as he had set his lines he raised
the cornet to his lips, and soon made the
welkin ring with some of the latest popular
airs, but without the expected result of gain
ing bites.
"Perhaps don't play loud enough" he
thought. So he blew his cornet louder, but
still no nibble.
''Confound it!' he exclaimed. ''Where
are all the suckers to-day?"
At that moment he gianced to the oppo-
site extremity of the lake, where he saw an
other angler pulling in fish hand over hand,
who, seeing he was observed by the cornet-
list, shouted: Bravo! ErIeorei"
Il am glad that somebody appreciates my
music" thought the man with the cornet
So, again raising the instrument, he accom-
modated the luckier fisherman with another
effort.
"Againi Again." shouted the second fish
erman.
rs my music so create" halloOed the cor
netist.
No." replied the fisherman, ''but it keeps
all the fish over at this end OF the lake" -
n. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
FIna-Lsxai Point Involved.

Police Judge Gard, of lola. ex-Mayol
". T. McElroy. of Humboldt. and ex-
Mayor Taylor. of lola, who were ar.
rested CON indictments by an Allen
county grand jury charging them with
violating the prohibitory liquor law
by refusing to do their duty as pre-
scribed in the laws of 1887, were re-
leased on a temporary writ of habeas
corpus issued by Justice Manford
Schoonover, of the Kansas court OF
appeals They claim the section is
unconstitutional in that it is IAN in
vasion of the judicial department
which is a coordinate branch of the
government" The hearing of the
cases is set for March Il before the
Kansas court of appeals
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

AN examination of the senate por-
ton of the Congressional Record for
the last session of the present congress
shows there were SO, 500 inches of print
ed debate. Atthis rate each of the 80
senators was entitled to about 400
inches. Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
is the champien long distance 'talker
of the United States senate and his re-
marks measure 9, 035 inches. Senator
Pettigrew occupied 1. 397 inches, being
the second; Senator Teller was third,
occupying 1891 inches. and Senator
Butler fourth. occupying 300 inches.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

LONDON is in danger of subsistence
So grave has the peril become that one
of the first measures with which par
lament will be called upon to deal
when it meets will be bill, the object
of which is to put a check, if not an
absolute stop, to the alarming increase
an the process of honeycombing the
foundations and subsoil of the British
metropolis What with two and even
three layers of underground railroads,
the one below the other. and huge con-
duits tunnels. sewers and subways of
every description. the ubsoil of Lon
don is honeycombed to the depth OF
nearly 100 feet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
hIinor Slate NeMs.

Father" Adair, who died at Osawa-
tonne recently at the age of so, was a
pioneer Congregational preacher and
a relative of John Brown by marriage.
]. w. Suteliffe, representative in the
extra session of the Legislature from
Cove county, is republican, although
he was elected by all parties, there
being no opposition.
Senator Tom Anderson, of Shawnee
county. will introduce a resolu ton at
the regular session of the legislature
TO N axe February IL, Lincoln's birth
day. a legal holiday.
Mrs Clara Eaton, matron of the
Paramount college dormitory in Wich-
ita, accidentally fell out of fifth-story
window to the pavement below, her
life being instantly crushed out
The democratic committee of the
Sixth congressional district met at
Colby and recommended James n.
Fike. of Colby, as the democratic mem
Der of the board of railroad commits
sioners-
The Topeka branch of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of the NJ.
E. church, representing s, 200 Christian
women, Mrs. C. f. Wilder, of Man
hdtIdu PTcSAOcuts mas ScnJ 70 congress
a protest against the seating of Brig
ham r. Roberts, an avowed polygamist,
in the Fifty-sixth congress
Attorney General-elect Goddard has
named j. s. West, of Kansas City.
Kan. to be assistant attorney general
West was formerly judge of the Bour.
bon-Crawford-Linn district court
Elmer Beach, a Wichita travelling
man, was offeredathe suDerin te ndency
of the Hutchinson reformatory under
Gov. Stanley, but he declined because
of the small salary. which is 81, 500.
Three barns at Paola were destroyed
by a fire which was started by boys in
a hay loft stealing pigeons
Gov. Leedy granted q Christmas
pardon to Grin E. Laraway, who was
sent up from Butler county for life, Is
years ago
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

Col CUTLER, commandments of
the national guard of California, has
outlined plan for Matchmaking the
militia of the states and placing it
under the charge of the government
His plan is to create u compulsory en-
listment of one regiment of infantry
or heavy artillery in every congress
sional district. also one troop of cav
airy and one battery of light artillery
to every brigade of infantry, the or
ganization and maintenance to be at
the expense of the United States and
under the direction of the war depart
ment without interference from the
governors of states
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

THE New York Auto-Truck company,
with a capital of 81, 900. 600, has been
incorporated. With this capital it is
proposed to place ''auto-trucks," oper-
Grated by compressed air. in the streets
of the city. Mr.. Hoadley, the presi-
dent. said: I'VE have built auto
trucks and we can haul a load of
eight tons % miles without replen-
fishing the air. It is easier for our
trucks to move eight tons than for
three horses to haul six tons in an or
binary street On wet asphalt horses
are almost helpless and with the sub
stitution of asphalt for paving stones
she horse must go,n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

CHAIRMAN WALKER, of the house
committee on banking and currency,
takes a pessimistic view of the pros
poets for currency legislation and
doubts very much whether anything
will be done by congress on the mat.
ter for three or four years to come.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

PRESIDENT PECK, of the Lafayette
memorial commission, acknowledging
the receipt of contributions from Ohio
for the Lafayette monument fund,
wrote to State School Commissioner
Bonebrake, at Columbus, O., that the
total eontri buttons from Ohio amount
ed to SIS, 283. "a, the largest amount con-
tributed by any single state except IL
linoiS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

The sultan of Turkey has inter
posed a serious objection to the reha-
Utilization of the Hebrew people in Pal
estine. He has issued orders that no
real estate in Palestine may be trans
ferred to Jew, and that no Jew shall
be permitted even to visit the land of
his fathers unless he can give sure
certificate that he will leave it again
within 80 DAYS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
Lumber company Burned Out

Texarkana, Ark, JAN AT an
early hour yesterday morning fire de-
stroyed the entire plant of the Little
River Lumber company, together with
500, 900 feet of dressed lumber and 1s
cars of lumber loaded on the side track.
The loss is estimated at s4o.0 00, with
insurance of "a per cent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

THE pope the other day received a
deputation of New York women, who
presented him an illumined address
containing a great number of sigma
lures and purse of sos, 600. The pope.
in return. expressed his heartfelt
wishes for the prosperity of the United
States
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

The director of the mint recently
said that the United States held more
gold than was ever possessed by any
other nation in the history of the
world. 1t amounted to 500, 600. 600 and
was fast increasing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

THE farmers of Germany are report
ed as being very much worried over
the popularity of American corn TO,
breadstuffs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

A MOVEMENT has been started by the
Paris Journal to secure dogs GENE.
terry for the French capital
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

PETROLEUM drinking is reported to
be on the increase in Paris, and the
medical men are wrestling with the
habit to determine it's ultimate effect
on the system. AS usual with all such
vices. the taste. grows upon the victim
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

a NEW YORK doctor says that the
grip microbe can be most easily COM
municated by kissing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
unveiled at New
q to John McDonogh,

left his fortune for building schools in
New Orleans and Baltimore, Md. The
school children raised the 5000 to
erect the monument and thousands of
them participated in the ceremonies
Some 40 school buildings have been
erected in NewO Orleans alone by the
bequest of MI. McDonogh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
Gift to Baker University.

Baker university was given Sc, $50 as
a Christmas gift from Judge Nelson
Case, of Oswego- 1t is to be used for
a new library building. Last month
Judge Case gave $500 toward clearing
the college debt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
James Ru..eIl Loueirs Daughter Dies.

Cambridge, Mass. JAM Mrs Ma
bel Lowell Burnett. only child of the
poet, James Russell Lowell, died yes
terday at her home at Elmwood, where
she was born 81 years ago and where
she had PASSED nearly al her life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

DOMINIQUE KRATHOFSKI was hanged
at Springfield, Mass, on the 30th for
the murder of his step-daughter, of
whom he was enamored.
The American bark EVE Reed was
lost near Bermuda The crew was
saved
CHARLES PRELL committed suicide at
Cincinnati on the 3Oth. He left a note
to the bookkeeper of the Globe Tobac-
CO company stating that he was $40. 600
short, but it was intimated that his
alleged shortage was an insane idea
BENJAMIN R. WILLETTs was legally
hanged at the state prison at Wethers-
field, Conn, soon9after midnight of the
goth for murder.s
a DISPATCH from East Liverpool, O..
stated that the efforts to form pot
terry trust have been successful
PADuCAH, KY, has been flooded with
counterfeit nickels-
Two girls. II and 81 years of age re-
spectively, were recently found in
Perry county, o.. suffering from gen
uine Asiatic leprosy.
a NEW two-story building in course
of erection for the Hoydt Bakery com
pany at 1613-t6iT Biddle street. st,
Louis. collapsed the other afternoon,
burying two workmen, who were gol
out dead
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
What the collie. Trial Cost

1t cost about ZOO to convict Iohn
Collins of the murder Of his father at
Topeka OF this sum $1,000 was for
witnesses The preliminary examina-
ton cost about $1,000 and the final
trial in district court nearly 81, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06
state Horticultural Society.


state Horticultural Society.
The Kansas State Horticultural So
eiety at Topeka last week elected
Judge Fred Welihouse. Topeka, presi-
dent; j. w. Robinson. Eldorado. vice
president; William H. Barnes, Topeka,
secretary; Maj. Holsinger, Rosedale.
treasurer. The report of the officers
recommended that the horticulturists
OF Kansas prepare an exhibit during
the coming summer for the Paris eN-
position; that series of experiments
be conducted in fruit crosses and that
reduction in freight rates on fruit
be demanded.
Miami County CattIeman niissIag.
w. r. Johnson, a Miami county cat
tie dealer. was mysteriously missing,
leaving his affairs in tangled state
aud evidences of fraud practiced upon
| those who trusted him. johnson, who
has been shipping cattle to the Kansas
City stock yards for years. is accused
| of duplicating drafts amounting to
! S3.OOo on cattle which he bought and
shipped to Kansas City.
Made Short Work of This Joint.
Citizens of Wood bine the other night
blew up with dynamite building in
which a joint had been started. The
jointist refused to leave on order and
everything in the building was de-
| stroyed, timbers being thrown for
rods. Adjoining stores were some
what injured, but no one was hurt
The join had just gone home whep
the crash came.
stanley Opposes the Death Penalty.
Gov.-elect Stanley will not sign a
death warrant for John Collins. He
said: 81 do not believe in capital pun
ishment and should 1 live to be gov
ernor when Collins is to be sentenced
either for life or for death by hanging.
I shall give him the former. / do not
think any case would be 50 severe that
will sign the warrant of death"
Condition OF Kansas National Banks
The latest report on the condition of
Kansas national banks shows an aver
age reserve of 81 81 per cent, slight
reduction; loans and discounts had in
creased from SCI, 745, 527 to S22, 274, 647;
lawful money reserve decreased from
$3.50, 265 to 81, 400. O0I and individual
deposits decreased from Sa2, los, 216 to
S21. 465, iO7.
The Children Were Left Alone.
Mrs. Edward Blunson. of 3sS Sher-
man avenue, Argentine, went to visit
! a neighbo next door, leaving her two
young children at home alone. The
little tots played with the fire, with
the usual result The three-year-old
boy was burned to death and his
younger sister was perhaps fatally
burned.
Pioneer Kansas Woman Passes Away.
Mrs. Mary Cavaness died at Baldwin
ut the great age of 90. She was the
mother of Postmaster Cavaness, of
Baldwin, and Editor Cavaness, of Che
| topa- Coming to Baldwin in 1854, she
has been one of the mothers of Baker
university and sseas a woman of re
markable force of character.
What the Collins Trial Cost.
1t cost about SIS, 600 to convict Iohn
Collins of the murder of his father at
Topeka OF this sum $1,000 was for
witnesses. The preliminary examina-
| ton cost about 81, 900 and the final
| trial in district court nearly 81, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-06

Pioneer Kansas Woman Passes Away.
Mrs. Mary Cayaness died at Baldwin
ut the great age of o. She was the
mother of Postmaster Cavaness, of
Baldwin, and Editor Cavaness. of Che
topa- Coming to Baldwin in 1854, she
has been one of the mothers of Baker
university and @sas a woman of re
marka BILE force of character.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06


A clever woman, provided she be not
sarcastic and too fully alive to sense
Other own Importance is generally an
attractive one. Men may be charmed
for a time by a pretty face, but they
soon tire of mere prettiness. Nor does
1t follow that all women Of good sense
and sharp intellect are necessarily
plain. Bright thoughts, enliven the
most ordinary face until the reflection
of the mind shining out In all its ra-
dance makes one forget that tile fea-
lures are not pure Grecian, and leads
us to believe that such a woman IS in
reality great beauty.
The vivacious creature of varying
moods and quaint fancies is the one to
charm. A man fdrgets the type OF
beauty she may or may not possess, SO
interested does he become in the pleas
ing study Of a mind that renders her
face ever winning, Irresistible and
pleasing, because like the surface of a
lake, there comes a change with every
varying motion.
The attractive woman should cult
vate the mind, for a grace of soul and
education of spirit count far more thar
limpid eyes, a rosebud mouth and q
dimpled chin. She should be ever
teachable, for there is not one iota Of
lovableness in the man or woman who
thinks he or she knows It all.--Bostor
Herald.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06
suushiny Women.


l know q man who says he fell In
love with the woman who Is now hts
wife because She was always cheerful
in dull weather; that one summer.tbey
found themselves under the same roof
for a number Of weeks, and that the
other folks would always make the
discovery a long time. before this sgirl
did that It was raining and lnsuffer-
ably duh, says a writer in the st. Louis
Republic. The damp, dull. weather. did
not seem to dampen her cheerfulness
and that she always came down in the
morning smiling and CHEEKY Such n
woman, this man rightly concluded.
was worth her weight In gold. She
would always be able to get the best
and happlest out Of life, and she al
ways has, ,.+~.
When n woman greets YOU mt her
door with a smile, and starts her char.
ting in a happy vein, you are at once
glad that you have gone to see her nnd
you forget your own worries. If vo,l
have any. and join with her In discuss
ing only the happier affairs of Won,
life, and hers, and the lives of otbo,
people that you know.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06
Bullets Now Made of Paper.

b.. There used to be a saying in the old
duoling days Of a generation past that
every bullet has It's billet Now # we
may Believe. statement IN Der Mil
'tararsl, the time has arrived when q
billet even q hulet-doux, may be con
verified into bullet. The Journal states
that "a French. army surgeon has in
vented a bullet made Of compressed pa
per covered by a Thin sheet Of highly
polished aluminium. The new bullet,
Ntis' claimed, is less expensive th5n
those IN usei It makes equally as good
targets at any range, and the wound
made by It is, surgically, cEean, healing
with far greater ease than wodnds
made by any of the missiles now In. useS
Thus, while the, number of wounded
may be no less, the labor of surgeons
viii be Hghtenea by the absence of sep
tic condltlons.-lnvention.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06
Rusiness Abi1ltv of women.


tits said that through the medium Of
clubs women are developing business
ability, executive capacity, tolerance
for the opinions and views Of other
people and a broad sense of charity
and loyalty toward the world, which
Will materially strengthen their entire
character The achievement Of kings
and queens and princes does not make
all Of history by any means. The do
ings Of the common people-the great
class which keeps the world strong and
true and helpful-make the noblest his
tory, and women who realize that they
are women sharing with all others in
their sex the highest aims and ambi-
lions for the good of the world have
made a discovery that gives life a diff
ferent color and makes a woman's pos
sibilitles rise to the noblest height. The
true club woman is usually a strong
land intellectual patriot, and an earnest
student Of political measures and laws.
Indeed, women claim that the wom-
ans club is a fine school for culture
and broad mental occupation, and the
true, wideawake woman is proving
herself a power in the world-a power
that Is a permanency,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06
THE soYLEss TOWN.

A cross old woman Of long ago.
Declared that she hated noise;
'The town would be 80 pleasant, you
know,
If only there were no boys"
She scolded and fretted about It till
Her eyes grew heavy as lead,
And then OF sudden the town grew still,
For all the boys had fled.
And all through the long and dusty street
There wasn't boy 10 view;
The baseball lot, where they used to meet,
Was a sight 70 make one blue.
The grass was growing on every base
And the paths that the runners made,
For there wasn't soul'h all the place
Who knew how tho game was played.
The dogs weresleeplng the liyelong day;
Why should they bark or leap2
There wasn't whistle or call to play,
And 50 they could only sleep.
The pony neighed from his lonely stall,
And longed for saddle and rein;
And even the birds on the garden wall
Chirped only duh refrain.
The cherries rotted and went to waste;
There was no one to climb the treesi
And nobody had a single taste,
Save only the birds and bees.
There wasn't a messenger boy-not one,
To speed as such messengers can;
If people wanted their errands done
They sent for messenger man.
There was little, I ween, Of frolic and
noise;
There was less Of cheer and mirth;
The sad old town, since It lacked its boys,
Was the dreariest place on earth. '"'
The poor old woman began to weep,
Then awoke with sudden scream;
Dear meW she cried ~ have been asleep
And OH whata dreadful dream"
New Haven Register.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06

Ile threat Is shortened by standing
RULES and the shoulders heightened by
a square-cut dress.
Fhere Is. no danger of the gaping
rock If skirts are made in true Par
isian'fashion, to fasten in front.
Ornaments appear in the form Of
buckles and long pins, with various
Of large fiattened slabs Of
Guy letS oblongs and striking designs
in coleg.
blIck gowns ofgloYely transparent or
selnl-diaphanous weaves over silk or
satin, ana in heavier materials for day
Wear win take high place in the ranks
fore US.
allie, bengaline, victoria reps and
many other lustrous corded silks are
Drought out in charming variety, and
slese are used alike for entire gowns
,aucy waists capes, coats and for styl-
ish combination toilets and costumes.
Ribbons are now utilized In every
way LOT dress trimming. The narrow
one-eighthto three sixteenths Of an inch
Wide Is used for embroidery effects on
yeIVet laces, cloths and silks. Rib
no., non now Is scarcely seen in the nib
lnery combinations.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-01-06
a rALk MrH lie AUseAND.

~ ECAUSE a man Is tired ne
need not be Indifferent or cross
IL But, alas! when he comes nome
and finds everything prepared for MS
comfort he too often accepts II as uis
due. as a matter OF course, and never
thinks Of the worrying detail whlcn
has occupied so much time in bringing
It about. He never thinks how mex
pressibly "tired" his wife is Of It ALL
though she may be too much OF WON
an to shirk it. Sunday, too, when there
Is, or should. be. no business -When
a husband should do his part toward
making that day social and bright
how often does he retire to his room
that heamay spend his time readins
and smoking alone.
No wonder the wives Of such men
get discouraged. No wonder they say
as they often do, what is life worth
If my husband only values me as q
housekeeper, and, worse still, one
without a salary-when, after all my
unrecognized services, have the NOR
LITIGATION Of asking, every time ! need
money, as If l were a beggar soliciting
charityY "Tlredp Does he not talk
with animation enough If "a friend
drops in? If you won't 60 out with
your wives to seek agreeable company
or relaxation, you are certainly bound
to be social and agreeable at hone-,
bound by your marriage promises
bound by your wife's performing her
duty with regard to your comforts
bound by your little children, who see
their mothers sad. WearY face.