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Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
AUDAcIous OUTING SUITS.
Some Startling cessuanss Worn ny
MeEnbers OF the Rssser - Sea.

some Startling essszuanes Evoxn ny
Members OF the gnserf Set.
Every fall the smart set start out
with lot of hunting suits asaa others
calculated to be worn on TIE noun
tains as well as a great array Of yacht
ing suits. The yachting ard naguntain
suits are all right and generally have
a reason for their being, but the hunt
ing suits are more for show than ac-
tual use. 1t looks very sporty to see a
lady with gun, but it should be, and
generally is, unloaded
The newest of the riding habits and
the most stylish of them are the elfyitI.
ed ones. Many of the most rabid anna
IONS wear these divided skirts and ride
their horses as do their husbands. 1t
is such an innovation that it strikes
the person that sees it for the first
time rather unp.easantly, but it Is
really step in the right direction. No
matter how good a rider woman may
be, she is never safe sitting sidewise
on a horse, and anything tending to
make her safer on horseback is we'll
The fancy for knickerbockers for
wheeling is apparently to break out
again, and some Of the SWEETEST of the
swells are wearing them. The waist is
almost always of the shirt waist varie-
ty, and the hat is generally of the al
pine shape. Some ladies' prefer the di-
vided skirt still. and others like the
full one, So every one can have what
she likes best: but, as aafd. tie smart
set has suddenly pronounced In favor
of the knickers What with the bath.
ing suits and the evening dresses and
the knickers, | fancy that this genera
ton will go down to posterity as the
most audacious of all the women in
history.
For the mere mortals there are some
very pretty and modest suits for the
wheel. and they are for the most part
divided skirts, so arranged that while
on the wheel there is no exposure and
while off it it falls in close folds. Some
neat ones are shown made of linen IN
the heavy crash quality in the natural
thread color. Others are made of kha-
XII, but the requirements Of the differ
ent governments for this special mate
rial for uniforms has made this so dear
that it is almost ont of reach for
dresses.
The short jacket Is among the new
features of the whole of the outing cos
tunes. They are made of almost every
thing. from linen to covert, according
to what the rest Of the suit Is made of
Strap seams and pearl buttons. with a
little braid, form all the trimming.
But they are jaunty and stylish. A
novelty is the wide sailor collar, which
is made so that It can be detached and
it is supposed to be protection to the
shoulders In sudden stress of weather
that is to say. others seem to think
so, but | do not see what good flap
ping thing like that could do, Still it
gives new effect to the jacket, and
that is enough for those who wear
them.
The advent of the automobile has
created new. need. and naturally
something has been supplied. The dust
has made it imperative to have a pre-
lection for that. and so the coats are
long and somewhat in the shape OF Q
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
TIE THEE FISHERS


Three fishers went sailing out into the vest--
Out Into tho west as the sun weat down;
Zach thought on the woman who loved him the
best
And the children stood watching them out Of
the town;
For men must work. and women must weep,
And there's little to earn and many to keep.
Though the harbor bar be moaning.
Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,
And they trimmed the lamps the sun went
down;
they looked at the squall. and they looked at the
shower.
And the night rach came rolling up ragged and
brown;
But men must work. and women must weep,
Though the storms be sudden and waters deep
And the harbor bar be moaning.
Three eorpses lay out on the shining sands
In the morning CLEAN as the tide went down,
And the women are weeping and wringing their
hands
For those who viii never come home to the
town;
For men must work, and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
And goodby to the bar and its moaning
Charles Kingsley.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
POLITICAL CUPS.

The ehief diaefence between bossisn
and peerless leadership Is that the boss
always belongs to the other party DE
tnoit News
n politics NC often find the found peg
crawling ont Of the square hole. while the
square peg IS left ID 1he hole simply
through being square Detroit Journal
With nine presidential tickets IN the
field the avefsca yster stirat to be able
70 pick cut saasei hias ri.st VI harujaH
nize with his complexion. St. Louis
Gfobe~F le1noeHat
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
NUMBER 9

one mind power mighty. onlnipotenf
and most dangerous. He receives his
appointment from one man, and is re-
sDonsible TO him and to him alone. He
deals with The masses of the people.
He acts as judge upon the cases Of
thousands Of people, and yet those pep
pie have nothing to say as to who
shall be their judge, or who shall IN
terDret the law which was made In
their behalf and in their interest.
Insist that this Is un-Anel1can and for
eign to the genius Of republican form
Of government The great iniauity of
the present system is fully exempiihed
by your present commissioner of pen
sions. This is not the time or the
place TO discuss in detail his work. II
Is sufficient to know that thousands Of
petitions from Grand Army posts in
this nation have been presented beg
ging for his removal. Your petitions
have only been answered by repeated
injury. You have pleaded, but the
powers have been deaf to the voice
of justice. You have implored. but no
answer has come for your relief.
By Popular Vote.
My friends, this is a great Injustice.
1t is a great wrong. Under the com
mon law We learn that for every wrong
there is remedy. There is a reme5,
for this wrong. and, in my judgnI
this remedy is simple and adequz
would make the commissioner
slons an elective office W. M
She old soldiers the opport
W. should be eommisy
Sous, - who should
iaA sAat ss~e made fofd Is q
Az te how this ia
am not welded ID
theory. ! AIN willing fo
advise as to how this can best Bze
At the present It is my Judgment shs
it would answer the purpose If d law
was passed providing that each Grand
Army post in this nation. should at
stated times hold an election In their
posts, permitting all benefieiaries over
the age Of q years to vote for whom
they desire appointed commissioner of
pensions, and the person who receives
the highest number of votes should be
appointed by the president commits
sioner of pensions. If have the honor
to represent this district in congress,
it shall be my object and aim to do all
in my power to have law OF this.
nature and character passed, a law
making it possible that soldiers. their
widows and orphans shall receive
fair and impartial treatment and that
they shall have a voice in saying who
shall be their judge"
All men may not agree with all the
IDEAS expressed by Judge Jackson, but
whether they agree with his ideas or
not, they must admire the yigor with
which he delivers them. He viii make
his mark a, VIII rank aamong the
sH
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
THE SHIRT WAIST MAN.

In ST. Louis summer resort weather al
inserutabIe providence seems to be oppos
ing the crusade for the male shirt waist
st. Louis Republic.
There is only one objection 10 the "shiri
waist man" In case he establishes th.
fashion there is a type Of masculinit,
that win insist on making II an excuse
- wearing iuiiies. Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16

raglan, though we also see the fegnldi
ulster shape. and some are very like {
redingote All. however, are long ant
intended to cover the whole dress.
At the present time il is more nee
essary to provide against the dust thai
flies than cold. and so light alpaca an6
taffeta and surah are used to develop
these garments. These are all afrang
ed so they can be buttoned down to tbs
very bottom and thus the hands are left
free, while the dress is protected A.
no woman can operate her automobile
and hold q parasol. il is necessary to
have hat that will shade the face ant
yet be pretty Some wear lovely crea
tions and others seem to glory In ex.
posing their faces to the sun on puI-
pose to get tanned, and IN a few
months these same women will be
spending piles of money to get the tan
off.
There are some beautiful hats for
riding in this delightful fashion with
many fluffy plumes and no end Of other
delicate things on them. but if 1t is
necessary to wear dust coats to protect
the dress it seems to me a palmer hat
would be better. Some do wear al
pines and others affect sailors, the
kind with the bell crowns. These have
to be well fastened on.
Tennis as a game has fallen some
what In public favor since golf has
gained such an ascendency among the
smart set. and the dress for that game
is now of light and dainty materials,
and the maiden who plays tennis can
look so sweet and fresh and neat ard
altogether lovely that she can easily
compete with her wind blown and
frowsy sister who goes in for golf Any
dress that Is short enough not to get
IN the way is considered suitable FOR
tennis. Dimity, pique, lawns and light
silks are all quite suitable for this pret.
ty game. Some made of combination
sf plain and figured material are pretty.
HENRIETrE ROUSSEAU.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
wantsd % Remaln Popular.

81 have only one request to make be-
fore CO." said the prominent Kansan
on hls deathbed. ''and that is that my
real friends VIII shoot the man who.
after am gone. starts movement to
erect a statue OF me by popular sub
scription | am supposed to be popu-
lar, and after am gone don't want
that Idea broken. =" Wichita Eagle.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
No Fun.

May--You didn't go to the theater
with your Cousin Tom after all! !
thought your fiance had no objection.
MabeI-He hadn't That's why
didn't Qo.--,Iudy
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
Peanut politics.

All decent men viii agree that It is
peanut politics. to say nothing worse
of it, to drag Bryan's domestic affairs
into the campaign and parade the fact
TO the world that Mrs Bryan now en-.
ploys a servant girl to help do the
work. whereas she formerly did it all
herself. ] hulnbly submit that Mrs.
Bryan is clearly entitled to have
servant girl if she wants one and is
able to pay her. and the Republican
papers are doing themselves no credit
by trying to use that fact to the preju-
lice of her illustrious husband No
purer home life has Illustrated Ameri-
can civilization than that of the Bry-
ans. They have not fleuted their do
nestle felicity in the faces of the peo-
pie. but have been content to live
quietly and modestly-a thing greatly
to their credit.
It had to come. 1t was inevitable.
Webster Davis has been accused Of
plagiarism. That appears to be O ia
yorIte method of campaigning with
Republicans. It will be remembered
that when Bryan made his astounding
speech at Chicago in 1896 Fhieh sery-
ed the double purpose securing the
nomination aud the adoption Of the
platform. 1t was suddenly discovered
that Bryan had stolen one portion of
his speech from Patrick Henry and
another portion--the cross of gold fg-
ure Of speech from Congressman Nc
Nall fkf Al u ItIIf S0I1anlaryu
Il did not hurt Bryan much Neither
do apprehend that the same charge
will do any great harm to Webster Da-
Wis
sgro Quigg verb transitivel means to
cabbage to make way with; to cause
to disa aDnear.n That is the latest con
tribution to the dictionary. Ny friend.
Lemuei Ell Quigs. has been converted
into verb. tfa la That happens to
men only al rare Intervals. Indeed
have never knawn It to happen to an
American hitherto Some have had
their names used as ad5ectiyes. For
instance, the wellington boot and the
Mcclellan saddle tree are familiar to
men. Mcintosh Mekdam and Burn-
sides are cases where names of IN
ventors have passed to the things IN
vented. but I.elpAel MI has tle double
honor Of having furniahed the basis for
both verb and adjective. as the ungod-
" newsnaaeFs asE tie verb TO Quigg'
also the al ieefise 'elpiggs 2
npsksaer ernn4 Canaidate.
He has fallen M Ne NAV now gaze
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16

An evening newspaper Of the hngei'
bowl and pink tea variety gives 10 the
world this headline: Killed BY Light
ming. Woman and Mule Die Instantly =
This is a Git companion piece % another
headline published recently which an
bounced that Two I.iges do Out In a
Storm---Onc Cow -IndIanapolls Sem
ffrpl
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16

'sThe crying want aud need Of today
is not for more law, but for an honest,
fair and impartial enforcement OF the
present htw. Our pension law is en-
forced, If at all, through the depart.
ment known as the commissioner Of
pensions. He sits as a judge and IN.
terprets the letter and the spirit Of the
law. His acts may be arbitrary. aud
lie may wholly ignore the law in its
application to a petition for a pension.
and there Is no adequate relief from
his autocratic ruling. Therefore it IS
just as necessary that your commits
sioner OF pensions should Dc IA honest,
pure aud upright man as it IS for your
judge who enfoEces the civil and eri1n
inai law Of the land The law of the
land makes ample pros Gsion for the In.
peaci1ment Of 4 Judge who Is dishonest
and corrupt. Ihe commissioner Of
pensions sits as 4 judge granting or
refusing pensions as { suits bis pleas
ure He lnseEpress the Law according
to lis wlsllns q bis hulaor or by ifls
hnenee, dehors the record He Is 9
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Winter suspends the activity of certain
microbes, but does not destroy their life.
An material substances have weight.
Even hydrogen, the iightest known gas,
has weight,
The number Of waves required to pro-
siuce the sensation Of red as they break
upon the eye must be $4,000 IN an inch
and 447,0ttE 0ik. 900 in a second,
If the whole envelope Of air were the
same IN character it would reach only
about five miles above the earth; but. as
it becomes rarefed as we ascend, it prob
ably extends to height Of so or so miles.
The Tartaran alphabet contains 202
letters. being the longest in the world
Some of these are really symbols to
represent phrases and emotions
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16

Genessee Pure Food Co. K Rog, N z
Dear SiTs.-Some days since a package Of your
GRAIN0 preparation was left ut my Office l
took it hanie and gave it a trial and have to
say was very much pleaseelSyvith it, as subsfi-
tsite for coffee We have always used the best
Java and Mocha IN our family. Nut am free to
say likefile 6tlsAiN-0 as well aseae best coffee
ever drank Respectfully yoursA
/. A. G. JACKSON, NJ d.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-08-16

Land in England is 500 times as val
uabIe now as il was 200 years ago
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11
COLLEGE HILL.

The recent rains revived the crops
nicely. Some corn had begun to suf-
fer but very little is damaged.
Those of this vicinity who celebrated
the Fourth at Kiowa are Mr.. and Mrs.
Young, Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Thomp-
son, MIR. and Mrs. John otrothers. Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Bradshaw aud Geo.
w. Colburn. They were detained in
Kiowa all night on account of the rain
and did not get home until noon the
next day.
+. M. and d. A. Brumley-father
and son-were up from the strip to Wis.,
1T F. Ms. daughter, Mrs: w. A. Brad.
shaw, Saturday; the 7th.
Farmers who had the blues are feel
ing better since the rain.
Sunday school here at p. M. every
Sunday. John Chilcott is superintend-
emit.
Ernest r. Taylor attended the Rough
Riders Re union and heard Gov. Roose.
welt at Oklahoma City July End and re-
turned home the 4th.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11
BRYAN AND STEVENSON.

The democrats in their national con-
ventlon at Kansas City last week nom-
mated VIM. j. Bryan for president and
Adiai Z. Stevenson, of IlllnOis, for vice
president. Stevenson was vice president
under Cleveland's administration.
Towne was strong in the convention
but at no time had votes enough to get
the nomination. The platform is even
stronger than the Chicago platform and
it was adOrted only after hard fought
contest The vice presidential nomi.
nation was also spirited.
The INDEX regrets that the conven-
tien could not endorse Hon. Charles A.
Towne, the Populist nominee. We
sincerely believe that his nomination
would have strengthened the ticket in
the west and it would have had great
influence in avoiding complications In
state campaigns. So far as we know
Mr.. Stevenson is in harmony with the
platform but it must be admitted that
he has never been enthusiastic in its
support. If the democrats were fgur-
ing on the eastern vote our candid judg-
ment is that New York man would
have added greater strength than the
one chosen.
But Bryan is the central figure of the
campaign and his election is what we
are praying for, and the comparative
lnsignificance of the vice presidential
issue should not stand in the way as a
barrier to his success.
Mr.. Towne will probably withdraw
from the Popullst ticket and the demo-
cratic nominee will in all probability
be endorsed by the national committee.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

1t was only a few years that
municipal ownership of pub
lie facilities was denounced
in the bitterest terms the
language affords by the self
same men who are now its
most enthusiastic supporters.
Education begets progression.
Get out of the old rut and
read, study and deliberate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

The Topeka Capital notes
that the aggregate wealth Of
Kansas is greater now than
it was in 1896 and gives all
credit to the Mckinley adj,
ministration, adding that
crops are no better now than
they we're then. Every farm
er in Kansas knows the crops
have been better during the
few past years than they were
from '93 to '96 and the Capt.
tails statement to the contra.
ry only shows it's propensity
to state falsehoods.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11


We are always ready to
honor a faithful public ser.
want who discharges his duty
to his constituents and who
secures the enactment of laws
for which the people are
clamoring, and it is right that
we should. But we too often
lose sight of the man who
develops public sentiment
the agitator and educator.
The man who educates the
people, who conceives new
ideas and defends them in
the face of odds has a harder
task and a more discouraging
one than he who merely acts
after public sentiment has
been crystalized. Too often
the real statesman dies un.
honored while others who
have taken advantage of his
tutorship are eulogized to the
skies.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

However much divided the
various reform elements may
be, all are agreed that the re-
publican party is more daring
and bold in its service to the
monied interests of the world
than any party in the ma
TONS history. Dividends of
organized wealth are astound.
ing and the people who are
taxed to accumulate them are
feeling the effects. The re-
former who is inclined to di.
vide with his neighbor on
minor issues does not stop to
think of the great peril that
another republican admins
tration will bring.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

The principal question on
which the result of this years
presidential campaign rests is
whether the American people
are more taken up with mill
tary honors than they are on
matters of home and Justice
between men. The hope of
the Office holders is to intoxi-
cate the voters with military
enthusiasm. The opposition
will work on the issues Of the
day-business propositions
that mean dollars and cents
to the industrial forces of the
country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

Don't get afraid of a man
when he talks about some.
thing that you think is new.
Just remember that abolition
was very new and unpopular
at one time and so was the
rebellion against KingGeorge.
But when the people began
to understand what these
things meant to them they
were endorsed. Every adj.
vanced idea must be new and
somebody must advocate it
and the man who undertakes
it is a hero whether he sue.
ceeds in educating the people
or fails.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11
Webster Davis publicly re

Webster Davis publicly re-
nounced allegiance to repub-
licanism at Kansas City in
the convention, and pledged
his support to Bryan. Davis
was assistant secretary of the
interior and was one of the
big guns of the republican
party. The attitude of the
party on the Philippine and
Porto Rican issues and the
sympathy of the administra.
ton with Great Britain in
her persecution of the Beers,
drove Davis out, as it has
thousands of others.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

Mckinley and Bryan are
face to face with each other
again. The people have had
four years of Mckinley and
and they know that concen-
trated wealth is stronger than
ever before in history. -Four
years more will make it more
intense. Bryan stands as the
opponent to trusts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

Bryan has demonstrated to
the country that he is a man
of good spinal column, in his
insistence on the silver 16 to
l plank. The Tammany or
ganization was not strong
enough to weaken him and
the people have therefore
reason to have faith in him.
McKinley's greatest fault is
his weakness. One of Bryan's
greatest virtues is his firm
ness.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

1t is fallacy to conclude
that because there is more
wealth in the country now
than there was at some previ-
Gus time, that the people are
more prosperous. The great
est calamity that can befall
a nation is an enormous
amount of wealth concentrate
ed so that a small per cent of
the population control it,
leaving the mass of people at
their mercy. But that is the
condition into which we are
gradually drifting.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

The republicans will be
very silent on the tariff dur
ing this campaign. If there
is anything that is thorough
ly unpopular, by reason of
experience, with the Ameri.
can people, it is a high tariff.
But the trusts demanded it
and the republicans had to
again insert it in their plat
form.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11

The Kansas democratic del
egation made a mistake in re.
fusing to support Towne.
Their support of the Popu-
list nominee would have sim
plified the congressional diff
ficulties and practically bar
red confusion at Fort Scott.
We hope that further fric-
ton will be avoided, although
it must be admitted that
there are some discollraging
signs.