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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
HE WASN'T GROWING.
to Prices Of Country Comforts
and C0nveniences.

'What!" carpingly CALCULATED the summer
bearder from the city, as he glared pop-eyed-
edly at the altitudinous bill which, says
sented to him. ''Ninety-six dollars and
wife and three small boys? Now, look here,
Mr.. Hooks"
Eye had the use of the boss and carry-all
Farmer Hooks, sdo6ssdly. "Your. boys EFT
up considerable many of my apples, and,
then, there's the fishin' and the scenery,
and -grangers' picnic, and Uncle
Hiram Tinker's funeral, and the eclipse of
the moon, and-er-ah!-all that, and
But, pshaw, man! the only time we used
your old carry-all the horse was so sulky that
I had to lead him most of the way, and the
vehicle broke down and / paid more for hav-
ing it repaired than it was worth. Your
green apples made the boys sick to within a
hairs breadth of an agonizing death, and
to the extent of 50 doctor bill. caught
cold but no fish, fishing. We didn't eat any
of the scenery, nor do we expect to carry
any of it away with US. We were in no way
responsible for the late Mr.. Tinker's flu
neral, and, l may add, did not particularly
enjoy it. We did not attend the grangers'
picnic, and, as for paying you for the eclipse
of the moon, I'll be-
LOCKER here. Do you mean to insinuate
that Pm tryin' to gouge ye?"
ooh, no; certainly not! But, by the way,
the present wealth of the United States is
estimated at 500, OO0, 000, 900, and-er-"
ssWa,ak"
:. 'sWell, I was merely wondering if you were
trying to get it all at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

under roof. Facing on Broadway, it
commands broad view of that thor
oughfare. On the Forty-second street
side the tables are so close to the open
windows that one sitting there might
as we'll dine on the sidewalk. A pass
er-by can readily reach in and help
himself to any of the dishes on. the
tables.
This Broadway of the New Yorker
is highly beloved street. The stran-
ger without the gates hears of Broad
way before he knows there is really
such place as New York And when
one stops to think about it, Broadway
is older than New York. It began its
career when the town of New Amster-
dam was founded. When the sturdy
Hollanders laid out their squat little
town they established only two roads.
One was on the line of Stone and
Pearl streets (the latter in those days
was the water 'front.' which led from
the fort, located about where Peck
slip is now. The other was the pres
ent Bro dway and led up toward the
north past the farm lands and gar
dens, in the direction of the North
river, and then was lost in the wilder.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURES.


The old daguerreotypes often used
to require a half-hour's exposure to-
secure q picture.
The modern rapid gelatin emgfsion
will take a picture in the Eundredth
part of a second.
A collodion wet plate required ten
seconds to secure an image which could
be developed into a good printing mega
tive.
In the early stages OF photography
Daguerre remarked that the time re-
quired to procure Photographic copy
of landscape is from seven toe eight
hours. but single monuments, when
strongly lighted by the sun. or which
IRE themselves very bright. can be
taken in about three hours"
The photographing of condensed air
waves that attend the fight ofoshot or
shell will be remembered. Inca similar
effect. Prof. Wood has photographers
waves of sound. showing the alternate
COMBINATIONS and rarefactions of air
An electric flash. estimated at a mil
lionth of a second. illuminascs thee
source of the sound in this expert
ment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

ness about Park.R When the
thrifty burghers erected the palisade
this road extended as far as the city
gate, which was at Wall street. and
to designate it as their main high
way they called it Here straat-High
street. So, you see, from the very
start Broadway has held the place of
eminence in Manhattan. The other
streets came later on and that they
developed into a tangle in the lower
part of town is not surprising when it
is known how they were formed.
Each of the New Amsterdamers was
left perfectly free to place his house,
in whatever position he might see fit;
and he was also accorded the same
liberty to surround it with any size
or shape of Enclosure that struck his
fancy. AS the town began to grow
little streets were opened--or rather
one should say streets were evolved
from the crooked paths that led from
very patchwork of streets in the low
er part of the island lies the charm of
New York downtown.
The zig-zag paths-for that is all
they are-lend an individuality, a per-
sonality, character, it may be said,
to that part of the city that can be
found nowhere else. In certin parts
of all large cities there is a sameness
that cannot be shaken off. In some
places in New York one msy look
about him, and without any very
great stretch OF the siiaz,iin alton = pic
ture to himself scene in Chicago.
But he could never find in all his
rankings over the earth a duplicate
to the intricate streets, LIE winding
Dyways and the crooked lanes in old
New York. There is a charm, a
quaiatness about it all that is ire
sistible, and we thank those odd
Dutch folk from tho bottom of our
hearts when we see the ever-enduring
| monument they have left behind
them.
With the exception of five streets
Broadway, Pearl. Beaver, Broad and
Wall, and possibly Whitehall-all of
the highways in the extreme lower
part of the city are the outgrowth OF
the whims of the early corners. Broad
way then, as now, was the great
street. It rams out of Bowling Green
and was the dress parade street of the
Dutch lads and girls who strutted up
and down, while their fathers sat on
the stoops of the low houses smoking
their pipes, and their mothers knitted
stockings. The site inclosed by Bowl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
He Advised Others But Did Not Fol-
low Out His Own SuG.
GeatiOna.

The crowd began to gather as soon as the
man fell down. One of the thoughtful ones
ran to a drug store aand rang up an ambu-
ing and Gathering was heard down the
street. Then the ambulance drew alongside
the curb, the natty young physician dis.
mounted from the rear step, and the crowd
standing around the man who had fallen
formed a lane for him to pass through. It
required only glance for the natty young
physician to see what allied the man, says
the Washington Post.
Frustrated by. the heat" he said, eeoollsy,,
to the crowd. Anybody here know him -
lance men were about to pick up his pros
trate man a stout man pushed his way
through the crowd, glanced at the limp form
of the victim of the heat, and said:
house. He lives with my family. He's the
man who writes the Hints on How to Keep
Cool in Hot Weather for the papers"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

ing Green, Bridge, Whitehall and
State streets is one of the most in
teresting from historical point of
view in the city. 1t was here that the
city of New York had it's being. In
1918 a small log fort was erected on
this site, and was replaced in 1926 by
a red cedar palisade surrounding a
storehouse. The structure could not
have been q very formidable one, for
the old traditions say that on one
occasion a well-developed billy goat
butted his way through the palings.
Near here the first church erected on
Manhattan island - the Reformed
Dutch church-was begun in 1888. In
1857 the old fort was demolished and
a government house constructed, as
it was then believed that the United
States government would be perma-
nently located in New York city. The
building was of red brick with Ionic
columns, and for those days was an
imposing structure. When the gov
eminent was removed to Philadelphia
the house served as the residence of
the state governors, but in the early
part of 1900 it was used as United
States custom house. In 1918 it was
taken down and a large block of build
ings erected in its place.
For 80 years Bowling Green was the
scene of an annual cattle fair, which
brought to the town farmers from all
parts of the country, che of the in
ducements held out to them TO attend
being exemption from arrest for Cebt.
The space in front of the fort was
leased in 1882 by several of the resi-
dents of the town and converted into
bowling green and it has been known
by that name ever since. When liz
ITO the i'll feeling between Great Brit
ain and her colonists in New York had
been partly healed over, a leaden eques-
trian statue of George III. was present
ed to the city by the crown. 1t was
erected on Bowling Green, in a space
surrounded by an iron railing con-
structed by the citizens at a cost OF
500. There the statue remained un-
til July 9, 1z76, when the declaration
of independence, having been. read
from the steps of the city hall in Wall
street, the crowd made a wild rush
for Bowling Green and, with many
acclamations of anger, tore the efigy
from its pedestal and broke it into
pieces. The metal was sent to Oliver
Wolcott, at Litchfield, Conn, and he
and his wife and daughters nodded it
into AZ. 1000 bullets, and thus the statue
of King George and his horse was fred
into the bodies of his own soldiers and
helped to proclaim the liberty of Ame@
lea.
And it was from this historical Bowl
ing Green that Broadway had its be-
ginning.
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
Hou.ewife and Burglar.

The burglar had entered the house as
quietly as possible, but his shoes were not
padded and they made some noise. He had
Just reached the door of the bedroom when
be heard some one moving in the bed as it
about to get up, and he paused. The sound
of a woman's voice foated to his ears. IF
you don't take off your boots when you come
into this house," it said, there's going to
be trouble, and whole lot of it.. Here it's
been raining for three hours. and you dare
to tramp over my carpets with your muddy
boots on. Go downstairs and take them off -
He went downstairs without a word, but he
didn't take off his boots. Instead he went
out into the night again, and the "paP' who
was waiting for him saw tear gfsten in his
eye. Il can't rob that house." he said. TT
reminds me of home."-Lewiston (Me.(
Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

Sixth avenue the express trains are
bringing the women folk into the
heart of the shopping district. On
the side streets the little shops are
thrown open to the byways, and on
the Bowery-wef1,s thes Bowery is. an
apparently never ending midsummer
fair and pleasure grounds. There the
storekeepers do not pretend to do
business within doors. Their wares
are all displayed upon the street.
Men lounge about the corners, and
women and children pass to and fro.
And so it is on every little crooked
street in the lower part of town. And
on the broad avenues as far up as
Washington Heights one may see the
people walking on the streets or sit
ting on their doorsteps in the cool of
the evening.
But the favorite parade ground of
the New Yorker is Broadway. Broad
way is his pride and his delight. 1t
is there that you may see the true
type of the New Yorker. Broadway is
never deserted. From the earliest
morning hour till the last flicker of
the electric light the strollers are
there. In the area between Forty
second street and Thirty-fourth street
one may see more actors and actress
es in the open air on pleasant aft
ernoon in Is minutes than he could
observe in weeks tour of the the
aters.
This love of outdoor life has so inn
pressed itself upon the people here
that they only go under a roof when
the weather or their business compels
them to. In the summer time they
seek their recreation on the street
and in the open air of the rPof gar;
dens, and they endeavor, as far as
possible, to eat their meals unham-
pered by the confines of brick, stone
and mortar. Not only do the lower
classes eat from counters in front of
lunch stalls on the street and from
palatial eating cars that are driven
about here and there, but those more
favored by wealth and position are
never SO happy as when they are din
ing in a restaurant thrown open to
the town by wide doors and windows.
The restaurant of one swell Broadway
hotel has come as near being on the
street as is possible and still remain
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
World to End This Year.

This is the recent decision of one of the
prominent societies of the world, but the
exact day has not yet been fixed upon, and
while there are very few people who believe
tbs prediction, there are thousands OF
others who not only believe, but know that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best med.
icine to cure dyspepsia, Indigestion, consti.
patton, biliousness or liver and kidney
troubles. A fair trial will certainly con-
vince you of its value
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

he actually.needs 100, geo men to subdues
the insurrection. The Filipinos are bet
ter armed and in better shape to fight
for their independence than they were
year ago.
The net result of the Chinese trouble
so far seems to be the loss of life among
American citizens in Peking, the de-
feat of the Ninth regiment, acting with
the allied forces at Tientsin, and the
disabling of that splendid battleship,
the Oregon. It has been known for
months that the administration would
be glad to wash its hands of the Philip
pines. only that it's understanding with
Great Britain made the islands seem
an available base of supplies in case of
trouble such as is happening in China
now Of course it rather upsets the
plan not to be able to spare any troops
from the Philippines.
The Paramount Issue.
Circumstances combine to emphasize
the democratic declaration that impe-
rialism is the paramount issue, and
of course militarism goes with it. Han
ma, Bliss and Heath are busily engaged
in mapping out the republican cam
paign on new lines. They had earnest
ly hoped that they could force the dem
ocrats to make the fight on the issue of
16 to /, and thus divert attention from
imperialism and the trusts. But it can
not be done. The more honest section
of the republican press is urging that
the financial question was put into the
background by the action of the recent
republican congress, and that the ad-
ministration forces are making an alb
surd spectacle of themselves by trying
to put up man of straw.
Afraid of the Record.
As Chairman Richardson, of the dem
ocratic congressional committee. re-
marked the other day: ''The republic
ans appear to be afraid to make the
campaign on the record of this admin
istration.'' They feel that the less the
people know about the facts the bet
ter will be the republican chances for
success.
The democrats are putting up 4 most
vigorous congressional campaign from
the Washington headquarters. There
is every( prospect that the next house
will have a democra tic ma ority- There
were many things in the record of the
recent republican congress that
aroused the resentment of good citi-
Zens. The attempt to put congress
above the constitution in the Porto
Rican matter was perhaps the gravest
| affront. In many close districts the
republicans have practically given up
| the fight and concede the places to the
! democrats.
p p N
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
An Inflammation.

The Plumber believe that we will all
follow the same vocation in the next world
as we do in this.
The Carpenter-Well, if that is true,
you will be out of job.
s'Why 500"
'What use will they have for plumbers
where there is no water?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
I powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and
Sweating Feet: All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
Best Minds In the Republican Party
See the Weakness of the
Admins ration.

If the average observer were asked
to name the three ablest and most re-
spected republicans now living, whom
would he name? William Mckinley.
Mark Hanna and Theodore Roosevelt?
Not if he were honest and thoughtful.
Or would he name Thomas c. Pfatt,
MAT" Quay and Henry Cabot Lodge?
Undoubtedly, thoughtful observer
would select eX-President Harrison, eX-
Speaker Reed and Senator Hoar. of
Massachusetts,, if called upon to de-
eide. These men. although widely diff
ferent. are the representatives of the
best ability and character in the repub-
lican party of to-day.
Gen. Harrison was his own man
every minute that he occupied the
white house. There was no Hanna
over him. He impressedhimself great
~ upon his fellow-citizens as a man of
sincerity and force Of character. Quite
naturally, Gen. Harrison has little
respect for Mckinley, for whose admin
istration the eX-president scarcely at
tesnpts to conceal his contempt. The
other day. talking to an interviewer,
Gen. Harrison said that he ''did not
| think that the republican party had
HuISuCU TIC IiS COuISC Will Ic-
| gard to the trust question, and thought
the administration was playing fast and
loose with the people on the matter. He
| regards the administration, however,
| as having been a wise one for the most
| part. but admits that several grievous
| mistakes have been made in handling
| the reinss of government" When not
talking for publication. he has damned
the present administration with much
| fainter praise. He is known to take no
stock in the Philippine and Porto Rico
| business.
Thomas B. Reed, the brilliant ex-
| speaker, whose equal in mental equip
ment the Mckinley outfit cannot pro-
duce, is VIGOROUSLY out of sympathy
| with McKinleyism, and left public
| life rather than be compelled to defend
| the weak administration for which he
feels SO heartily a contempt.
Senator Hoar, the ''olG man elo-
| quent," is constrained, by affection for
the party whose cradle he rocked, to
stand by the ticket; but everybody
knows that neither his heart nor his
brain is in the cause.
How can McKinleyism, distrust ed if
not despised by the best minds in the
republican party, expect the support of
| the people, or-most ridiculous of all
| appeal for democratic support on ''pa-
triotic" grounds ?-Albany Argus.
The handling of the revenues has
been such that the piling up of sur
| pluses in the vaults is now threaten
ing scarcity of funds in circulation
| for commercial needs this fall. which
can only be relieved by using these un-
necessary taxes in the open market
to purchase bonds at a big premium,
! and thus enrich the bond Spectator
at the expense of the masses. Either
this or virtual panic now confronts
the country and is the visible and tangi-
BILE answer to the boasts of s'skillful
financiering" which republican organs
and platforms are so boldly making
| Houston Post.
when the trusts read the reports
of Mr.. McKiniey's Canton speech OF
acceptance they can exclain with lit
fvprrf h S,1v,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

When the trusts read the reports
of Mr.. AIcKinley's Canton speech of
acceptance they can exclaim with lit
eral truthfulness: ssNever touched us!''
st. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

Vegetable c0nsp0uno
cures tho Ills peculiar ia
women. II tones s41 their
general health, seaSeS
do WIN OV0PWFOuNhf
nerves. cures those
awful ba0kEackbos and req
ukafeS H1s0nSfs,uaffO8s
II does this because II
acts aixrocfly on the fe-
male 0s,Ha1ksns and makes
Il healthy, relieving and
curing all inflammation
and dxspkace1senfS.
Nothing else Is Just as
good and many things that
may be suggested are
dangerous. This great
medicine has q constant
record Of cure Thou
sands Of women testify to
IL. Read flbols. Leffes.e COM
stant1y appearing IN abie
UaOeSs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
The Unheard-Of Expected.

George, what does a presidential eandi-
date do when he receives the committee to
notify him of his nomination."
ooh, he acts just like girl who gets pro-
posal which she has been staying awake O
nights looking or.'-Indianapolis Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
Halls Cafarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.

Max O'Rell says Paris is so fast that the,
use quicksand in the hour glasses! Ma,
is dizzy joker, but time flies all the same
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

1t would require very little to make most
Of us happy-until we get it.-Indianapolis
News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
NEW 1YoRK'S RIALTO.
Gothamites Take Great Pride and
Comfort in Broadway.
IT In Crowded from the Beginning to
the Close of the Day-Orfgin OF
the Most Famous Street
I'm America.
Especial New York letter.

Especial New York Letter.
YHEN the Dutch founded New
w Amsterdam they contracted
the habit of living outdoors,
and the dwellers of later New York
have readily followed the custom set
them by the early inhabitants of Man
haitian. From the first gentle breeze
of spring till the frost appears in the
late fall all New York is on the street.
Broadway is the Rialto. From Broad
acre square to Bowling Green is one
moving panorama of life. Over on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

Red Cross Ball Blue is the best in the
world. Large OF. package costs cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03

Fortunate is the liar who loses his repu-
tation.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-03
D1sTRUsT OF M'K1NLEY.

ADOLPH PATTERSON