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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
Predicts Big Fruit Crop.

ssThe indications are that Kansas
will have the heaviest fruit crop this
year in the history of the state" said
President Welhouse, of the S6ate
Horticultural society. Nothing can
damage the crop except hailstorms,
and these are of local nature. The
apple and peach crops are too far adj
vanced to be injured by pests"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
Bad Fire at Everest.

Fire that started in the old City
hotel at Everest, Brown county, wiped
out the main portion of the town, de-
stroying II store buildings. Loss es-
timated at $4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18

The Winfield city council granted .
15-year franchise to w. B. Hurst, Of
Springfield, No., to operate a tele-
phone system in Winfield. The city is
to get fire alarm system free and
four per cent. Of the gross receiRfs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
Joshua Won His Case.

Last fall the Montgomery county
commissioners appointed Joshua Per-
kins superintendent of the poor farm
for period of Is months. When the
new board organized in January 1T
resolved to dispense with Joshua,
but the latter would not have it that
way. He refused to vacate and all
the county stock was removed from
the farm and an tttempt made to
starve Perkins out, also stopping his
salary and refusing to pay bills con-
tracted by him. Perkins remained
and the suit was brought to eject
him. In the district court he won
the case.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
Kansas Grand Army Encampment.

Kansas Grand Army Encampment-
Clear skies and faultless weather
characterized the G. A. r. encamp-
ment at Holton last week. The w. r.
c., Ladies Of the G.. A. r. and Sons
of Veterans also held their annual
sessions there. w. w. Martin, of Fort
Scott, was chosen department COM
mander of the G. A. r. 1t was voted
to hold the fall reunion at Hutchin-
son and the next encampment at juno
ton City. The encampment by q
unanimous vote Endorsed President
Mckinley and the present members
of congress from Kansas for their
friendship toward the old soldiers as
shown by their official action. The
resolutions also reaffirmed the posi-
ton taken against Pension Commits
sioner Evans at the state encamp-
ments at Wichita and Hutchinson
and the national encampment at Phil
adelphia.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
strothers Elected President.

The Kansas Democratic Editorial
association at Emporia recently
elected B. L. Strothers, of Abilene,
president and w. F. Parsons, of Coun-
Gil Grove, secretary. At the banquet
ex-Attorney General Boyle was toast
master. w. A. White delivered
witty address of welcome. Those who
responded to toasts were David
Leahy, B. J. Sheridan, p. F. Yearout,
T. E. Leftwich, S. F. Hutton, A. F.
Hatton and S. F. Nicely.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Capt Conveys IRE Aroused.


Capt. Conveys Ire Aroused.
A Topeka special to the Kansas City
Times said that Capt. p. 81. Coney, of
Topeka. was preparing to prosecute
Cyrus Leland for publishing a letter
which he wrote to Pool Grinstead, of
Doniphan county, and which, it is al
legged, was published in Topeka
newspaper before Grinstead saw it.
This letter was of considerable value
TO Capt. Coney and he was very
anxious to have it's contents remain
a secret to everybody with the eN-
ception of Grinstead, to whom it was
written. The letter set forth the plan
which the "anti-boss" league after
ward pursued in working for the par
don of Grinstead, who is serving a
sentence in the Doniphan county Jail.
The letter declared that the league
would call upon Gov. Stanley in a
body and demand Grinstead's pardon,
and in case the governor refused the
league would vote against Stanley's
reelection.
Assessment of Telephone Lines.
The state board of telegraph and
telephone assessors divided telephone
exchanges 1nUO three GLASSES 1OI dS-
sessment and fixed valuation rate
that will raise taxes from Is to so
per cent. The Missouri & Kansas
company will be taxed $1.25 for each
pole, SIS mile for wire and SIS for
each instrument. The new toll lines
in southern Kansas, in the second
class, will pay $24 mile for the first
| wire and poles, Sc for each additional
wire a mile and SIS for instruments.
The third class of exchanges will COM
prise what is known as the 'barbed
| wire" exchanges through the country.
They will pay Is cents pole, So for
| iron wire and So for instruments.
VIII Not Call an Extra Session.
The overturning of the court of
visitation act by the state supreme
court leaves Kansas without rail-
road law. A demand was at once
started for a special session of the
legislature to pass a railroad law but
Gov. Stanley checked that movement
by declaring that he would trust the
people to elect a legislature in No
vember that would deal fairly with
the railroads and shippers.
| Man Hunt In Morris County.
| Sheriff Mikelshad and other peace
officers of Morris county were scour-
ing the country for two jailbreaking
fugitives from Marysville, who were
| supposed to be secreted along the
Neosho river. While Constable Ed
Roberts was guarding the bridge at
Dunlap one of the prisoners shot and
killed him. The community was in
a state of terror.
| One OF Olathe's Industries tn Boast OF.
c. II. Hyer conducts a handmade
shoe factory at Olathe which is per
haps the largest of its kind in the
world. Mr.. Hyer employs 26 men
and his product goes to individual
customers all over the land, and to
Liverpool and London. He delivers
much of his goods by mail and his
individual postage account is $3.50 pei
month.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18

PF0V1Ou8 GO0U FCeput8CtOu S8Vo0
Postmaster Smith, of Hepler, who
was arrested for making false returns
of business done at his Office, con-
WINGED the federal authorities that
the report was made out by his young
daughter and was Internationally
erroneous. Nearly4very merchant in
Hepler was in the federal court at
Fort Scott to testify to Mr.. Smiths
good character.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-05-18
STANCH AND TRUE.

ADoLPH PATTERSON.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
PHOTOGRAPHY IN
A POPULAR FAD
Numerous Amateurs Who Are
Thus BeauiiiyiDg Their
Homes

Typography has grown tremendously
since the Worlds fair. where one saw
so many specimens of clever work
done by foreign artists. Now every
one who can afford It has table. chair
or mural decoration in this effective
burnt wood, and the amateurs who are
beautifying their homes by this means
are SO numerous that they cannot be
counted.
1t remained for young German art
ist, Frau Tromm, to find new use for
her burnt wood Instruments Frau
Tromm does most beautiful minla-
lures, not by painting them, but by
burning the ivory. 1T is not very dlf-
fcult," she said, smiling, as she show
ed me an exqulsltely shaded portrait Of
a society woman, mot more difllcult
than the ordinary painted miniatures
and much cheaper. See. l win tell
you. In the first place you win notice
the grain of this piece Of ivory. II Is a
crosspiece, mere slice from the tusk,
and comparatively Inexpensive. Now,
to paint a miniature one must have a
lengthwise section, and this costs
much more. Then as for the instru-
ments. they are the same as / used on
wood; first the curve point for hard,
sharp outlines. then the Hat point for
broader surfaces and last the blow
point which gives the soft shadows.
Sometimes / make the entire picture
with the blow point, and then the ef-
feet Is most delicate"
As l had never seen the apparatus
before she proceeded to explain it &c
me. The main arrangement is practi
cally a medical cauterizer. a spirit
lamp. a bulb and tube of rubber. witt
a little tank of benzine. The point OF
the instrument Fastened TO the rubber
tube) is heated IN the flame, then a cur
rent of naphtha charged air is forced
through the tube. In this way naphtha
line gas is generated, and flame OF
great intensity is maintained at the
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
ORIGIN OF THE TRAIN.
Theory Tint II Came From the saw.
ages OF Africa.

Theory Tint II Came From the Saw
ages OF Africa.
There was a great discussion at tho
club the other day. IL was about the
fashionable trained skirt. Some of the
men were IN favor OF It. and others
held that It was a menace 70 health
and that il ought TO be abolished and a
thousand other things. Finally Billy
Jones spoke mp.
How did the blooming thing orlgi-
nate. anyhow" he drawled. Billy is
always asking questions.
"I'll tell You" said Vance de Pey.
ster. with his cynical little smile. 1.-TWO
women were walking along the street,
and one stepped ON the skirt of the 9TH
or, causing a number Of stitches 20 fly
and a goodly amount Of material to
trail behind but at this moment the
victim happened to catch a glimpse OF
herself in a sidewalk mirror. and she
was so charmed with the graceful ef-
feet that instead of getting angry she
went straight home and had her new
dress made Just like IT,"
"Humph" muttcred Billy Jones.
The silence Of deep thought fell upon
the room. "Of course we know that in
medieval tines began Jack Rem
berton IN his high pitched tones.
"For that matter IN the days OF the
ancient Romans" interrupted Billy
scornfully.
a lean, ill shaven face was thrust in
10 the group. IL belonged TO Hermanus
Dryasdust. the scientist what are
you people talking about| he growled
I'VE want TO know where the train
originated" spoke up Billy.
Hermanus put down his book ant
carefully rubbed his spectacles. 81
originated he answered slowly. I'll
Africa"
"The deuce il dldw interrupted Jack
but Hermanus, being once wound up
proceeded without noticing him. "Yol
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THSp
PEN Picture for Women.

" I am so nervous, there is not a
we'll inch in my whole body. / am so
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation OF
the heart, and am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday l nearly had hyster-
les; there is a weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; l cannot sleep, walk. or sit.
and l believe / am diseased all over
no one ever suffered as l do.
This is description of thousands of
cases which come 20 Mrs. PinlSham' s
attention daily. An infiamed and III
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all Of these symp-
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

toms. and no woman should allow
herself 10 reach such a perfection Of
misery when there is absolutely no
need of it, The subject of our por-
trait in this sketch. Mrs. Williams Of
Englishtown. Nj, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
Lydia +. Pinl5ham's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham Of Lynn. Mass.
No other medicine has such record
for absolute cures. and no other medi-
cine is "iust as good. Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia j.. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for IL at a store.
Anyway. write a letter TO Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her all
your troubles Her advice is free.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

frank and incisive way. II considers
conditions not theories, facts not fan
cies believing that our own time and
country are good to live in, and that
the best is yet TO be. Il is a necea-
sary magazine for the men who do
things.
It is illustrated by pictures larger
than those usually published in our
magazines. There Will be clear-head-
ed articles on topics Of vital interest
by men who know what they write
about The editor is Walter II. Page
assisted by trained writer's; no at
tempt will be made to obtain a famous
| list of contrihutors-the idea of the
magazine well carried out is expected
to win respect and interest. Besides
many special articles there will be
each month a history and explanation
of significant happenings and further,
q department under the head of
l"Among the Worlds Workers" which
viii tell the busy mas ia concise fash
ion the new advances and tendencies
lin the various branches Of business
land professional endeavor.
The magazine will retail for TWEEN
ty-hve cents. The publishers first
iplanned to sell it at ten cents q copy
but they abandoned the idea because
they could not publish the kind o.
; magazine they wanted at that price
} without making the advertiser pal
most Of the bills and all the profit 1
b win be sewed like a book. so that i
will open fiat in the hand The slz'
Of the page and Of the type VIII b.
considerably larger than in most o
! the monthlies.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

must know" said he. that the Dor in
habit the Nile district just above the
equator and although the surrounding
tribes enjoy a perfect state Of nudity
the Dor look down upon them with un.
utterable contempt The Dor women
especially pay great attention 10 their
dress. Every morning they so into the
forest and make for themselves short
kilt OF trailing vines. which are sus-
pended from their belt. When a wom-
an marries, she fastons several long
creepers which depend from the back
Of her belt and form a lcafy train of
ample dimensions. With these plctur-
csque trains they perambulate from
hut to hut in everlasting gossip, which
is the essence Of their being. and the
longer the train the greater the rank OF
the lady" Hermanus paused.
Say" calculated Jack Pembcrton,
nwestruck. you've got the biggest i'm.
agination ever
Vance de Peyster shrugged bis
shoulders Anyway. It's one comfort
70 think its OF savage origin" he NUT
tered thoughtfully.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

and leather It is not hard to learn.
and with little taste and originality
one can create almost any number OF
pretty things both for the home aud for
ones friends.
MAUD BAuNE ROBINSON.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

The free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer means this: That if you owe a debt
you can go out into the market and
buy silver and have it coined, and use
that silver to pay your debt, as you
can now do with gold.--william J.
Bryan, at Pittsburg, Pa, 1896.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
THE LITERARY WORLD

b. Koenig, the New York essayist
and publisher, has written a new
and timely book on Our Moral, Social
and Political Evils, Their Cause and
Remedy" The book contains chap
ters on Our Political Degenerates,"
"Our Court of Justice" when Should
Men and Women Wed, " The Public
Press" Advice to Parents and Teach
ers, advice to Youth" and other
timely subjects. Mr. KOenig also is
the author Of Ten Years Detective
II the charges were true. upon which
Mr.. Bryan bases his appeals to social
discomfort, there might be justification
for stirring up the spirit OF revolt
under conditions so intolerable. To
declare that his charges are not true
is not to say by any means that our in
dustrial system is perfect or anywhere
near perfect. Mans control over nature
is not yet complete enough to main
tain every human being in affluence.
and. although comfort was never so
general in the world as it is to-day,
and the progress is steadily upward,
nobody knows when If ever the ideal
condition Of universal plenty will be
reached But-and herein lies the
subtle evil of his in1uence-Mr. Bryan
marshals together these common hard
ships and imperfections which still
exist in the very necessity of things
and can only be worked out by the
slow process Of evolution. and charges
the blame for them upon the very
forces that in reality are at work bring
ing about better and better conditions.
The effect of this is to draw men
| blindly into a misdirected, fruitless
struggle against the forces OF progress,
in the vain hope of curing in this way
evils that for the time being exist in
the nature of things, while at the same
time turning attention away from
policies that tend to build up instead
Of tear down;and teaching men to look
to government as a universal cure
all instead Of depending chiefly and
primarily on individual enterprise and
| self-reliance.-F'rOm Review Of the
Month. Gunton's Magazine for No
vember.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
Rcmnre of Rnrns stnmns

Republicans. the design of the Off
cial ballot stamp Is a five pointed star.
When you 60 into the booth on cleo
tion day look at the stamp and try IL
on a piece Of paper. II it is a FIVE
pointed star use it TO stamp your bal
lot If it is not take it back TO the
election officer and demand the proper
stamp.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

A new century brings new eondi-
tions and new methods OF meeting
them. Fifty years ago the average
American was content TO get his news
once a week Now he demands it twice
day, with relays hourly when things
are happening in Africa and China.
The Curtis Publishing Company
bought The aSturday Evening Post
because it believed that the public
which demands its newspaper twice a
day, would want a popular literary
magazine once n week, provided it ad-
iusted itself to tho new conditions and
rightly gauged the demand of the TWEEN
tieth century. And that demand, 1t
felt, would be for magazine Of -the
best quality that money and brains
could make sold at as low a price as
modern machinery and methods could
produce It,
To improve the quality and at the
same time lower the price OF publica.
ton, two things are necessary-a grea
circulation and the best machinery
that human ingenuity can devise. Th'
first has been achieved. for The Sat
urday Evening Post has a weekly cir
culation of quarter of a million, an,
new subscriptions are coming in at tn
rate of q thousand a day. Again, il
ten new presses have just been in
stalled in IFS new eight-story building
which. together with its old facilitie:
b give it the largest and most complet
. periodical plant in the world.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

hollow of the instrument. which can be
handled as easily as a pencil. The
blow point differs from the other in
struments in the fact that it is never
allowed to touch the surface Of the ma
terial worked upon. but is held Mt a
distance of about n quarter of an inch.
allowing a stream of hot air to come
out through tiny hole in the point.
The difficulty in dealing with ivory is
that one can only work ten minutes at
a stretch, because it becomes so heated
that it is likely TO crack.
Besides her clever work in ivory this
original little German artist has her
studio filled with striking examples Of
carved and burnt wood and Spanish
leather painting. She gave quite lee
ture on the subject. and for the benefit
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

"The Worlds Work" is a first-hand
magazine of human progress, dealing
with the vital questions Of contempor-
aneous interest in a thoughtful yet
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

For a Cold in the Head, Laxative
Bromo-Quinine Tablets.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03
"Oueen Of Sea Routes"

Between
Boston, Providence, Noi
folk, Newport News. Savannah.
dERCHANTs' AND MINERS TRANS
CO.'S STEAMSHIP LINES.
Accommodation and cuisine unsur'
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A. ID. STEBBINS, A. 4. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, 4. M.
General Offices. Baltimore. Nd.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

The November number OF The
Household is exceptionally notewor-
thy. Tho cover, drawn especially for
The Household, is executed in two
colors. and 1t is a pleasing story Of
Colonial days and ways and is in itself
work of art. The stories are from
such well-known writer's as Sophie
SWEET, Will Allan Dromdoole and ]. l..
Harbour. There are illustrated arti-
cles by Col. T. W. Harginson, Kate
Sanborn and Fannie Bullock Work
nan--the only woman who has climb
led the Himalayas. The illustrators
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

A party Of gay masqueraders con-
greqated at the home OF the Misses
Snyder on Halloween and went in Tor
a jolly good time. Herbert Clark made
a stunning eolored dude. Jim GruDb
made a very loving mamma. Messrs.
Beaston, Fox and Green made a splen-
did appearance as clowns, Mr.. Beaston
being so agile in handspring. The cos
tunes were all funny and elaborate
Those participating in the evenings
pleasures. were, Misses Eva Turner
Blanch Grubb, Florie Grubb, Edit
Dill Martie Snyder, Laura Ottie, Car
rie Snyder. Messrs. Herbert Clark
/ James Grubb. Walter Green, Ere;
Snyder, Claude Beaston, Walter Fox
and many others.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

for the month are Chase Emerson, H..
W. Colby, Louis Meynelle and e. Jep-
son. Under the new management, The
Household of Boston. Mass, promises
to become one Of the first in the field
of magazines devoted to home inter
ests.
Evening journal., 1900-11-03

The November number Of the Re
view of Reviews marks the culmina-
tion Of the presidential campaign of
1900 Its various departments-"l The
Progress Of the World, Record Of
Current Events" Cartoons and
Leading Articles of the Month r
summarize the things worth remem-
bering in connection with the political
contests of the year in the United
States, Canada and Great Britain
while contributed articles describe in
detail the campaign methods employed
| I'm Chicago New York and London. ant
! The rudimentary party organization
of Porto Rico. It's editorial treatmen
Of current politics has given the Re
I view a unique distinction among
American magazines.
Amador ledger., 1900-12-07
A Historic Die.

On the desk of the secretary of one
of the oldest copper manufacturing
firms in this city is a steel die which
has served as a paperweight for 81
years, and the coins struck off by it are
now, for the most part, in the hands Of
collectors. This die was used for strik
ing copper tokens which symbolized
the contest between President Andrew
Jackson and the old United States bank
of Philadelphia in 1892 The engraving
on the die represents President Jack,
son, sword in hand and apparently
standing in a money chest. Around the
central figure is stamped Jackson's ex
preston, Il take the responsibility,
which arose out of his controversies
with the bank.
When this die was made, the prede
cessors of the present company no.
only manufactured copper wire, but
also made a special feature of copper
coins, chiefly for South American couu-
tries and for private business firms
which made practice of issuing theil
own copper coins to be redeemed by
them afterward During the civil wal
and just preceding it many private cor.
porations issued tokens which circu.
lated as pennies, and some of them are
now worth great many times theil
original value to collectors.-New Yorh
Sun.
Amador ledger., 1900-12-07
Paid His Debt,

When Joe Chamberlain entered the
house of commons, he was anxious to
try his oratorical powers. A certain
leading politician, who was plotting q
bill through the house, was approached
by one of Mr., Chamberlain's friends
who said:
chamberlain would like to speak on
the bill. Can you give him a CHANGER
well, you know, l think it would
not do. He's new member, and no.
body knows what the dickens he might
say"
Time went on. Chamberlain gained
ground-became power in parlia
ment. The leading politician, on the
contrary, had made series of blunders
which had imperiled his position Al
election was imminent. Forgetting his
previous record. he thought that If he
could get Mr.. Chamberlain to speak fol
him he would strengthen his position
He, therefore, applied to the right hon.
orable gentleman.
The latter calmly surveyed him
through his eyeglass and said:
"Well, you know, | think it would
not do. l am a new member. and no
body knows what the dickens l might
sayw