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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
He Addressed the Jury.

A man who had never seen the inside of
courtroom until he was introduced as a
witness in case pending in one. of the
Scottish courts, on being sworn, took posi-
ton with his back to the jury and began
telling his story to the judge. The judge, in
a bland and courteous manner, said: "Ad-
dress yourself to the jury, sir" The man
made short pause, but, Notwithstanding
what had been said to him, continued his
narrative. The Judge was then more ex-
plicit, and said to him: ''Speak to the jury,
sir; the men sitting behind you on the
benches" The witness at once turned
around, and, making an awkward bow, said
with perfect gravity: Good morning, gen.
tlemen Buffalo Courier
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

stages, and types of the shrewdest of
mankind-the Spectator and the cap
italist who is seeking the advantage of
those possessed with less business abil-
ity, and who conducts his shady trans
actions so that he can just escape the
states prison. This business highway
man knows enough of the technical
ties of the law to evaGe it's grasp.
There is also the legitimate business
man, who invests his capital, as else
where, and conducts his affairs proper
Iva and is an honor to the camp" He.
however, like most others of a mining
camp, is here only temporarily, and
takes little interest in affairs other
than his own. There are few who have
come to sitay-all are fort ne hunters.
Many leave before the camp plays
OUT and many others play out be-
fore the camp does.
The life of mining camp, of course,
depends upon the mineral to be found
within it's limits. When the gold and
silver mines begin to peter out" the
exodus begins, and those who remain
the longest lose what they have accu-
mulated, as is seen in the history of
other mining camps, where substan-
tial brick buildings are tenantless-
monuments of a former prosperity.
No one with business sagacity expects
a mining camp to last very long, I'M
less it has surrounding natural ad-
vantages; and it is popularity of ma
ture that these are seldom found where
rich minerals exist. Nature is charry
with it's favors, and rarely bestows a
variety in any one locality.
Cripple Creek, the richest mining
camp in the United States, may, how
ever, prove an exception, and last
longer than any other camp in the
history of mining. Should the mines
become exhausted within the present
decade the camp can be turned into a
summer resort. The elevation is TO-
600 feet, the air pure and bracing, and
the mountain scenery is magnificent.
Yet, the climate is somewhat soporific,
casting lazy, sleepy spell over a per-
son, which one does not seem to over
come, no matter how long he may
tarry here.
Next to the mining industry the
strongest hold of the camp is the
gambling saloons. While the miners
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

but also to the merchants, because the
gambling mania makes collections
slow and uncertain. Some of the min.
ers gamble away their checks az sooi
as received.
In some of the gambling houses is
displayed the sign: Cheeks cashed
here" The checks for wages are
cashed with faro checks, and the
miner loses them before leaving the
table. Before entering the gambling
den the miner cashes his check at
counter where sits hawklike fellow.
something like a pawnbroker. He
knows that the greater part of it will
never return-that the miner will
perhaps leave empty-handed. These
gambling helIs are located on the first
floors, within easy reach of the pass
ing miner, who sees the game in full
blast as he enters a saloon to take his
constitutional" which he thinks is
necessary before returning from his
work to his needy family. He sees
the. "cappers' of the games winning
stacks of checks and he thinks that
he will risk a few dollars and so
double his hard-earned wages. He
little knows that he is playing against
| a "brace" game-with all chances to
lose and not one to win. The cards
are shaved so that they can be
stripped into sections. It may be no.
ticed that the dealer always takes the
| last SHUTTLE" and it is this shuttle"
| that places the cards into the brace
position, no matter how long the
outsider may have shuff1ed them.
The roulette wheel has a hidden
| spring which the dealer touches and
makes either the black or the red to
win. He swiftly calculates the
amount of money placed on the sides
SO as to throw the balance of trade
in favor of the game.
! There are AZ gambling tables in the
city. most of them located in saloons,
so as to bring custom into the bar
rooms, and the reverse. Some of the
saloons have three or four tables-a
variety of faro, roulette and keno. In
some of the low resorts, run for ne
groes, are crap" games, for the ne
gro is more at home at that game than
any other. The free zone known as
| Poverty Gulch" is set apart for the
negro element, and it has not its coun-
terpart for wickedness in the United
States-the slums of New York and the
Chicago "levee" not excepted. The
stranger who ventures into Poverty
Gulch" after nightfall is either very ig-
norant of this ''darkto own" section, or
very imprudent. The gambling tables
are assessed ten dollars each per
month. There is an "unofficial'' Off
cial who makes the rounds on the first
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

could exist without the gamblers, the
gambling houses could not exist with
out the miners. There are about TO-
900 miners in the Cripple Creek dis
trict. OF this number about 5000 are
tributary" to the city of Cripple
Creek Each miner receives from two
dollars and fifty cents to four dollars
> a daylight hours constituting a
days work. The mines are worked by
relays, or reliefs, of eight hours each,
and the gambling houses are run on
the same plan-they never close their
doors, nor stop their games. And the
mines never close down, except for re-
pairs, and the furnace fires of the
mills are ever burning.
The miners average $50 month
each, and more than half of them lose
the greater part of their earnings at
the gambling tables. Many of them
lose all, and then buy provisions for
their families at credit prices. Others
fail to pay their bills, and this ham
pers trade. The gambling houses are
not only a detriment to the miners.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
He wants a Pension.

The following letter was addressed to the
gar department. by colored citizen Of
1 wuz thinkin' bout j'inin' de army. en- I
write dis ter let you know bout it.. What
does you low fer a right or lef' arm shot off ?
What does you give fer de shootin' off er
one leg? En-, 'spose lost my head by rum
MIN gin bumshell; what would git fer
dat? 1 POI man wild one wife dat ain t
able ter make Twin fer me; en- l wants
ter git on de pension list Do, ef you please,
sub, gimme a chance ter git shoot up, en-
IN vote fer you Wen you runs ergin!'-
Chicago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

Business Opportunities on the line of the
Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois. Iowa.
Minnesota and Missouri. First class open
ings in growing towns for all kinds of bust
ness and for manufacturing. Our list in
cludes locations for Blacksmiths, Doctors,
Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live
Stock Buyers, General Merchandise, Hard
ware, Harness, Tailors. Cold Storage,
Creameries and Canning Factories. Write
fully in regard to your requirements so that
we may advise you intelligently. Address
w: J; Reed, Industrial Agent, G. G. w. Ry.,
COL Endicott Big, St. Paul, MINI.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ais you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. G. G.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
what WIN become of chin.s,

None can foresee the outcome of the quar-
rel between foreign powers over the divi-
sion of China. 1t is interesting to watch
the going to pieces of this ancient but un-
progressive race. Many people in America
STA, constipat ion, blood, liver and stomach
diseases. We are living too fast. but
strength, vigor and good health can be re-
tanned if We keep off and cure the above dis
eases with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
Powers Confer.

and motber. i began = d;scnssio n With With
the cook, "the conference of the powers has
begun"
In this case, also, it was over the partition
of China.-Baltimore American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
One on the Clerk.

He thrust the sealed letter through the
window and put down two cents.
We'll, what do you want:" asked the
stamp clerk gruff1y.
AN automobile, please" he replied,
sweetly. North American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
The Retort Courteous.

a hair cut? Looks as if you had chewed it
off.
Barber-Well, mister, this is free coun.
try, and if you don't like it that way, why
don't you chew it off yourself?LBoston Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
Appreciation.

She-The Browns called on us last week,
you know.
HeYes.
Don't you think it is about time we
should retaliate? "-Indianapolis Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

The Philadelphian-tIsn the mud on
this street a trife deep?" Chicagoan (proud
ly)-.Deep? It is the deepest mud on any
paved street in the world!''-Indianapo
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

and Fever is bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, soc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

gorgeous beneath the brilliant lights
of ball The queen of society radiant night
The nervous hands of weak have toiled day
and night the form and aching head have known
rest for the dress must be finished in time.
To that queen of society and her dressmaker would
say word One through dollhouse culture, luxury and
excitement and the other through the toll of necessity
may some day find their ailments a common cause.
Nervous prosation, exctabty, fanting spells, dizzi
trouble which has been promoted by overtaxed
system.
For the society queen alike hereis
nothing reliable Lydia E. Pinkhanl's Vegetable
Compound to restore strength, vgor and happiness
Mrs. Lizzie Anderson, - Union ST., Salem. NJ j. writes:
medicine At
tineIs a
Vegetable
to
the wisdom of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

Bixby-"Your father must be humor,
ist." Mrs. Bixby-"What do you mean %
Bxby-"When 1 asked him for you, he said:
Take her and be happy Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
Feb II, 1900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

u
icine to every woman troubled with any Of these
diseases
Mrs. Sarah Swoder. 1O3 West ST.,
La Porte. Ind. writes:
'tDEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-It gives great
pleasure to tell you how much good Lydia e.
Pinlham's Vegetable Compound has done for me.
ST had been a sufferer for years with female
trouble. could not sew but few minutes at a
time without suffering terribly with my head
time. 1 was advised by friend to take your med
icine. had faith in it, but decided to try it.
After taking bottle felt SO much better that
continued its use, and by the time had taken
six bottles was cured. There is no other medicine
for me. recommend it to all my friends"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

You cannot be cheerful if you have dys-
<pepsia. You won't have dyspepsia if you
chew ''White's Yucatan."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc

One of the peculiarities of the obstinate
man is his inclination to marvel at what he
regards his own yielding Misunderstanding
ton Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

She says least who talks most.-Chicago
Daily News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

The Bluest Blue makes the whitest whit,
that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Refuse imita-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES produce the fast
est and brightest colors of any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

IF We were half as anxious as we try to
make people think we are we would accom-
plish twice as much as we do.-Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

No man proposes to remain single. When
he proposes he expects to get married.
Philadelphia Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-12

Red Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whittier
than snow. Large 2. OF. package only cents.
, 1900-05-31


The man who does not think prosper
ity has come to Saratoga should go out
to the suburbs of this town and take
note Of the ecores of tents that are pitch
ed in every convenient spot along the
river. He should take his stand on
some hill and note the dust rising from
every point OF the compass made by
freight teams, ore teams and teams of
every kind and description. He should
note the busy throngs which swarm our
streets and the Continued activity OF
our merchants aud their clerks. If he
is not then convinced that prosperity
with a big "P" is here he should go of
and hunt a quiet spot III the mountains
IL he can find g and dig a hole and
crawl into it to keep FROM hearing the
hum OF industry that is so apparent to
every one except those who are deter.
mined not to see or hear.
, 1900-05-31

buy a lot of ancient embroidered
garments. Among those which
he purchased was a dress known
to have belonged to Mary, Queen
of Scots. In ripping this to use
the gold and silver threads with
which it was wrought, an apron
q discovered sewed between the
outside and the lining, where it
had been carefully hidden by the
unfortunate Queen herself. Sub.
sequent search has since fully es-
tablished the fact that the apron
is the work of the fated Queen.
1t has been shown to experts in
England, France and the United
States, and all agree in declaring
the stitch used to be the one call
ed the Lost Stitch" which has
been searched for by embroiderers
unavailingly for over two hundred
years. Under the microscope the
work seems to be done in a series
of French knots which produce
infnitesimal disks of silk. These
disks lie side by side and very
close together. There are hun
dreds of them to the square inch,
all evenly laid with colors exquis-
lilly blended. Around the edge of
each petal, forming a line around
every part of the design, is a fine
tracery of white, either II stitch of
marvellous ingenuity or a micro
scopic cord couched on. The
blossoms are chiefly marigolds,
Jessamlnes, roses and morning
glories. They are arranged with
their leaves to form a running
border design-howing yet dis
connected"
, 1900-05-31
To Employ A Night Waterman.

A petition was circulated here
this week for the purpose of rails
ing funds to employ a night
Waterman, who should also have
the powers of a deputy sheriff, for
the better protection of the bust
ness part of the town at night.
Mart LAWN is likely to be chosen
and he will undoubtedly make a
good man for the place. An eff
fort will be made to have Sheriff
Mcdaniel appoint him a special
Deputy Sheriff, without pay, and
this will give him authority to
make arrests, and his salary will
be paid by the citizens of the
town, until such time as the place
can be incorporated, when other
arrangements can be made.
, 1900-05-31

The truth has been told SO otter
that it hardly needs repetition
Women has been developed intel.
lectually, as all acknowledge, later
than man. The reason is simple.
During the period of physical DIES.
potism this influence carried with
it mental despotism as well, ard
the more finely organized sex in
evitably yielded to the coarser.
Over the greater part of the globe
to the present day women cannot
read and write. 1t was only in
the time of George ~, that there
was abandoned, even in England,
the old law of "Beneit to Clergy"
which exempted from civil pun
ishment those who could read and
write-the assumption being that
no woman could read or write, and
therefore that no woven should
have benefit of the clergy. A
hundred years ago in our own
country, we know by the letters
of Abigail Adams that the educa-
tion of women in the most favored
families went little beyond read
ing and writing. All this is now
swept away; but the tradition that
lay bshind it, 1.-THE Shadow of the
Harem," as it has been called, is
not swept away--the tradition hat
it is the duty of women to efface
herself. Mile, de Scudery wrote
half the novels that bore her
brothers name, and he used to lock
her up in her room to keep her at
it; yet he drew his sword on a
friend who had doubted his claim
to have written them all. Nobody
now doubts that Fanny Mendel-
sohn wrote many of the Songs
Without Words under her broth
er's name, but she was suppressed
by the whole family the moment
she proposed TO publish any music
as her own. Lord Houghton
learned in Germany that a great
part of Neander's "Church His.
tory" was written by his sister,
but the encyclopedias did not in.
clude her name. On the whole. il
, 1900-05-31
SUPREME COURT.
Hands Down an Important Water De
cision.-Board of Control
Upheld.

For many months the legal fra
ternaty, the Board of Control and
all those interested in the water
laws of the state have been look
ing for the decision of the supreme
court on the case of the Farm
Investment Company VS.. Mary
l.. Carpenter and others, handed
up from the District court of
johnson county.
In this suit the plaintiff, which
did not make proof of appropria.
ton of water before the Board, as
required by the state law along
with the rest of the appropriations
claiming that it had a vested right
by virtue of a former appropria-
ton, brought suit to quiet title to
a certain amount of water in
French creek, a small stream in
johnson county. The findings OF
the court were as follows:
"The court holds that the waters
subject to appropriation are pub
lie and belong to the state in its
sovereign capacity as trustee for
the public, and under constitution
al declarations. Such waters are
under statute control through the
agency of the Board of Control,
whose duty it is to supervise all
said waters, their appropriation.
diversion and division; and as a
necessary incident thereof, it may
authorize, rs is done by the stat.
ute, to adjudicate and determine
the rights Of the several claimants
from the same stream; and that
the statute comforting the power
on the Board is not obnoxious
to the constitution. That the
Board is not a court bat an ad.
ministrative board with quasi ju.
dicial functions.
1T is also held that all claim.
ants are required to submit proof
of their claims to the boarc
whether their claims accrued be
fore the adoption of the cons5itu
tion or not"
, 1900-05-31
Notice For Publication,

State of Wyomirg,l
County of Carbon, ! SIS.
In District Court. Third Judicial Dist
In the matter Of tine estate of Edward
l.. True, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Minnie w
True the Administrators OF the estate OF
Edward L. True, deceased has rendered
and presented for settlement, and filed
in said Court her final account of her
administration of oaid estate, and that
Monday the 21st day OF May, 1900, being
a day OF a term OF said court, to.wit: of
the regular term 1890, at 10 o'clock a. m.
at the court of said court, at the
court house in Rawlins in said Carbon
county has been duly appointed by the
SAID court for the settlement of said &C,
count, at which time and place any ne, .
son interested in said estate may appear
and file his exceptions in writing. to the
said account, and contest the same.
Dated April 2sth 1900.
ID. t. DUNLAP, Clerk.
, 1900-05-31

The war in South africa is about
owe and it is at last ending as it should
in victory for the English. 1t is to be
hoped that the British flag will, from
this time on, float over the whole of that
portion of Africa known as the Trans
wal, the Orange Free States as well as
Cape Colony, for wherever that flag
floats is to be found liberty and equali-
ty. Wal is a terrible engine of progress
anil quite often the only means of WHIP
ing out bigotry, cruelty and oppression,
as in the present instance. Civilization
will have moved forward a long step
with the victory Of the English in South
Africa.
, 1900-05-31
Bob Lee Found Guilty.

Cheyenne May 29th,-At 4;4C
p. m. the jury sent word that an
agreement had been reached.
Officers went out to procure
Judge Hallett and to bring in
the prisoner. At five O'Clock
court was Governed and rendered
the verdict guilty"
The jury stood 10 to 2 for con-
viction before the last instruc-
tons.
, 1900-05-31
JUST ONE WAY.
To the Encampent Gold
Fields and the Battle
Lake Copper Country

There is but one way of reach
ing the Famous Battle Lake Cop
per Country and the Encamp-
ment Gold Fields, and that is via
Fort Steele and Saratoga.
Fl. Steele and Saratoga Stage
leaves Saratoga daily at l:30 p. m.
arrives at Fit. Steele in time for
train No. 2 east at 1888. Leaves
Fl. Steele on arrival of train No.
4 from west at 1855 a. IN. arrives at
Saratoga 1870 IN. The stage for
Encampment and Battle Lake
leaves Saratoga on arrival of stage
from Fort Steele and reaches En-
campment at 4:3O p. m.
The distance from Fort Steele
to Saratoga is but Twenty-eight
miles which is covered in the
short period of four hours, by the
best and most comfortable of
stages, and over one of the finest
roads in the state.
Every possible care and means
taken to insure the comfort and
convenience of the travelling
public.
This is the only passenger route.
and Fort Steele the only point
where freight and express for the
new camp leaves the railroad.
Extra rigs always ready fol-
the accommodation of extra travel
For rates and information address
G. M. SCRIBNER, Supt,
Fort Steele or Saratoga, Wv.
, 1900-05-31
Democratic Primary.

The Democratic primary was
held in the store of A. j. Doggett
& Co, last Saturday. Hon. A. ].
DoIgett called the meeting to or
der and presided. A. j. Doggett,
Chas. P .Clemmons and Jack Booth
were elected as delegates to the
county convention which meets
in Rawlins on the 9Th of June, to
select delegates to the state con,
vention which comes off in Lara
mic on the 9th of June.
, 1900-05-31

Germany has "had it in for the meat
men of Chicago for many years. Here
totore they have contented themselves
by growing and making threats, but
very recently they passed a bill exclud
ing American Keats in toto. This step
on their part has aroused the American
congress and we may now look for a re-
taliatory measure that will make Ger
many vince.
, 1900-05-31

Interesting is the story told in
the June Ladies' Home journal of
the bringing to light of an apron
embroidered by Mary, Queen of
Scots, Will" in Jail awaiting exc
cution: "A Mr.. Meyers, an Amer
lean costumer, who was in London
on busiLess, had an opportunity to
, 1900-05-31
Should Make a Bigger Fuss.

II the State Democrat doesn't make a
bigger fuss about something the people
of the state will forget that it is in ex-
istence. Republicans who like a lively
political tilt feel like handing the editor
OF the Democrat a club.
, 1900-05-31
Our Goods Climb over Protection.

EAports Of American products and
manufactures we're almost s3o,000.0Oo
greater last March than IN March 1899.
That wall OF protection la not too high
to prevent our goods climbing over it
aud getting but into the markets OF the
world.