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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26

tor where it absorbs the odors OF
meats and vegetables. And yet the
housekeepers who are most careless
are the most exacting and ready to
Quarrel with their milkmen; when, as
matter of fact. the milkman is hon
est and serving pure milk to reckless
or ignorant customers.
Careful and intelligent housekeep
ers sterilize their milk, particularly
the milk which is for the use of ba-
bies and children. One-third of the
children die before they are three
years old, and one of the leading
causes of this mortality is the use
of unwholesome milk. Careless moth
ers have been known to permit germs
to attack them just as they attack
cows upon farms, and children dra.s
these germs from their mothers. But
whether it be mothers milk or milk
from the cows, unwhOlesome milk has
much to do with infant mortality.
Milk can easily be sterilized in the
home by boiling it in glass bottles,
and then suddenly cooling it with cold
full bacteria, and the cooling must be
quick, III OTucE 10 prevent the re-
development of spores. Every careful
housekeeper rearing a child will glad
ly resort to this method of steriliza-
ton; but careless housekeepers will
probably continue in their careless
ness. and also continue to blame the
milkman for their own faults.
Although milk is one of the best
of foods, and is extensively used
everywhere, 81 per cent. of it is wa
ter. One hundred pounds of milk con-
tains 81 pounds of water, five pounds
of milk sugar. 3.3 pounds of albumen
and casein, and seven-tenths of a
pound of mineral matter. Chemists
and scientists say that pure milk is
one of the best of all food products
while practical men and women know
that it is the best Of all foods for
children. The small proportion Of
solid matter, although exceedingly
nutritive, is so readily dgestible that
its health-giving properties are mar.
Vicious. SMITH D. FRY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26

pills, but as human beings" At this
reunion, friends of education, from
the Atlantic coast to the Hawaiian is
land testified either in person or by
letter to the high esteem in which
they held the work accomplished by
Col. Parker and his co-laborers dur
ing the last quarter century.
Col Francis Wayland Parker was
born in the village of Piscataquog,
town of Bedford, n. H., on October g.,
1897. His ancestors were actively en-
gagged in the French and Indian and
revolutionary wars. His grand
father fought at Bunker Hill. In
every strain of Col. Parker's heredity
are ministers and teachers. He was
well advanced in his studies when, at
eight years of age, he was taken from
school and bound out to farm work
for five years, attending school but
eight or nine weeks each winter. He
now considers that during this pc
| Rod he received the best part of his
education. Here he studied geog-
raphy and all the sciences in prac-
| teal way. although he did not dis
| cover the fact until after about. 20
years of experience in teaching.
Thirteen years of age he left the
farm, and, eager for an education, at.
| tended Mount Vernon New Hamp
shire) academy. Here he did chores
to support himself and worked on the
| farm in summer. At 16 he taught z:
pupils at SIS per month. He contin
ued to teach school, work on farm.
and attended academies until 81 year!
old. In 1853 was principal of the
school at Carrolton, Ill. At the break
| ing out of the war, as a private, h
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26

ability they do so. They claim that
carelessness exists on the farms, that
many farmers do not naturally possess
business ability; and because of this
lack of business ability they do not
take such precautions in all cases as
they should take. Moreover. it is de-
veloped that there are nowadays very
few dishonest farmers. Lack of knowI-
edge is the cause of the delivery of i'm
pure milk in a majority of cases.
Because of these conditions the
creameries have become educators.
They deal only with those whom they
know, and their agents have given in
struction to thousands of farmers who
have gladly received all valuable infor-
nation. Some of the best farmers
who make great efforts to produce
pure and clean milk. are often handi-
capped by careless or sIovenly help
men and women on the farm who can
not or will not comprehend the impcr-
lance of strict observance of certain
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26
THE NOISE OF The STREETS

n the rattle and the roar and the bang
In the street!
Othe tumble and the rumble and the ciang-s1
The feet with iron shoes that go tramping
up and down.
Never ceasing, never still in the never
o the late and early pounding in the snop!
Do the arms that WELD the hammers never
stop
Never, never cease to fall
On the bars.
Hard and soft and great and small. !
And the cars
o the rumbling cars that go
In and out and to and fro,
With their putting and their humping and
their fretting,
And their smashing and collapsing and up
setting!
O the troubles of the engines with the long
Trains they draw!
o the ringing of the anvils and the song
OF the saw!
o the never ending rattle and the never
ceasing roar,
What a story they keep telling-keep re-
peating Ger and Ger
What a story of strong arms!
What tale of busy hands!
What romance reaching out
To the farthest foreign lands!
What story of glad hearts and of faces
that are bright!
What a story of the thanks that go up to
God at night!
Hear the anvil where the red
Rod is laid,
Singing: Bread, bread, bread
For the maid
For the maid and for the boy. and for the
wife,
Singing: Joy. joy. joy" Shouting: Life.
life, lifei''
And the song the saw is singing
Is another song of hope,
And song of joy is ringing
Through the creaking of the rope!
And the feet,
With their never ceasing clatter,
In the street;
They are going soon or late,
Unto rest somewhere beyond
Leading on to those that wait
Wait with anxious eyes and fond
Where the shouting children play around
the doors,
Where the Growing babies creep upon the
floors!
o the feet go on and on and the rattle never
stops,
And flood of sound is poured from thou
sand busy shops,
And through all the roar and banging
can hear
Rising Ger the busy changing,
Sweet and clear.
A song of thanks toe Heaven for the work
there is to do,
For the hands there are to do it and the JOY
it's leading to!
IS. E. Kiser. in Chicago TimeS-Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26
THE AMERICAN COW.
Value of Her Annual Product Is in
Excess of $500, 900, 900.
Department of Agriculture Desires to
Help Farmers to Produce AbsO-
luteIy Pure MIX, Butter
and Cheese.
Especial washington letter.

Especial washington Letter.]
1TTSHE dairy division of the bureau
IL of animal industry is one of the
Il most important and valuable OF
all the working divisions of the
busy deparement of agriculture. Facts
about milk, its production, care and the
mercantile methods which have devel-
oped, and which are being developed,
all receive careful and scientific con-
sideration by men who are not only
scientists, but versed in the business
which has grown into such proportions
during recent years, particularly In
the prairie states.
There are approximately 75.OOo, 900
people in this republic. and there are
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26

wife-How did you get along while
I was away?
Husband-I kept house for about
ten days, and then went to a hotel.
"a hotel? Why didn't you 60 on
keeping house?"
seCou1dn't. All the dishes we're
|dirty.-N- r Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26
Just = way He Has.

The 1oafer sits down by the way
And seems to have no sorrow;
He tells you as he rests to-day
OF things he'll do tomorrow.
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26

Friend-He says you ere in your
prime.
Mrs. Brown-The ideal I'm not a
old rs that!-Puck. !.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03

Antigna's Roads Not 1suiIt for Bicycles
 In the island of Antigua, British West Indies, are about fifty bicycles among the population of 35,000, as against half that number of wheels a year ago. Ali but four or five are of American manufacture and are owned kY natives The poverty of the people the tropical heat, which renders riding between 8 a. m. and D. m. almost im- possible, especially fer whites, and the abominable condition of the roads leading between the various points of the island are against an extensive use If the wheel. The method of road re- pairing in Antigua is to spread on the ground 3. thick layer of stone cut to about double the size of walnut and leave it to be trodden down by passing OK carts of other teams, or the bare feet of native pedestj iaEs-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
TEE GATES OF GIBRALTAR.
Interesting Ceremony of Loching Them
 at Shutdown.

at Shutdown.
 Quite the favorite sight at Gibraltar Is the daily procession at sundown for the locking of the town gates. The keeper of the keys, looking very like a prisoner despite his uniform, marches through the town in the center of a military guard, preceded by regi- mental band, which plays inspiring fa- miliar tunes. The keys, of enormous size, are borne aloft before him as an outward and visible emblem of the vigilance of Britain in guarding her prime military treasure. On arriving at the gates, the guards salute, the martial strains strike up with redou- bled peal of triumph, while the great doors slowly swing to, and are solemn ly locked for the night Then right about turn, ,and the procession marches back to the convent to deposit the keys In the governors keeping, conveying by it's passage an assurance to the peo- pie and garrison that they may rest in peace Once the gates are shut it were easier for camel to pass through tho eye of needle than for any unauthor- ized person to go into Gibraltar. Even . belated officer returning from pig sticking beyond the lines would be con- fronted by so many formalities and the necessity of inconveniencing so high personages that he would probably prefer to encounter the discomfort of Q Spanish inn without.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
Big nY. in English Writing.

Did it ever occur to you that 1t might seem very egotistieal for you to write of yourself with capital T" instead of using the small and less obtrusive one? The English use Of the capital q" is one of the oldest features of the language-to a for eigner. If Frenehman writes refer ring to himself he makes .sie" (the French equivalent of ''I') with a small 'j." So with the German, who may use capitals t. begin every noun. he, always uses the small ''i" in writ. ing .iei1.'' The Spanlard avoids, as Gar as practicable. the use of the per sonal p-onoun when writing in the first person, but he always writes k 'yo,s taking pains, however, to begin che Spanish equivalent of our you with a capital. In English it is snre- Y big T" and little you" as the old saying has it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
FEEL EARTHQUAKE COMING
Animals Seem to Have Sixth senss
 Few People Possess.


 When. in December, a woman refas- ed to remain more than one night at Amalfi, saying she was sure that the earth was moving, and when next day the landslip occurred. it was sai9 Here, at all events, one human being with the premonitory sense of earth quakes. with which most animals ap- pear to be endued. I have been told of instance after instance of horses, dogs. a monkey, and even ducks, who showed unmistakable signs of panic for a day, two days, and even longer, be- fore the last great earthquake in the Riviera. Only to name a few. 4 Wom. qn at Nice remarked the miserable con. dition of the horse she usually drove, and told her coaehman to take aim home and order brougham from the livery stables for her. The hired horse was as timid, and seemed as weak, as her own. The driver said all the an- lmaIs were of their feet A mon~ key, two tame ducks and other pets, at villa near viIlefranehe. Oil tha Shvove Tuesfay-tfe day before tfs shock which destroyed so much life and property-refused to enter the house, where they were generally very happy. They were all spiritless, dull and scared. A little white lap dog. who sat on the wide arm of his mas ter's chair at meals, and was the most sociable of pets at all other times, re- fused also to "come home to roost." Other dogs also evineed an unwonted terror of being under a roof Cattle belonging to the dairies supplying the winter resorts siekened and seemed terror or-strieken-the quantity and quail lty Of the milk suffering considerably. The woman of Amalf is thought to owe her presentiment to hypersensi- tiveness of nerves, which gave her share of this sixth sense. which tks animals p9ssess.-London News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
cAmrHos GROWING inFLoRlDA
Much of the Gum In the states Comes
 From the Everglades.

Much Of the Gum In the States Comes
 From the Everglades.
 Florida is in fair way to become the rival in eamphor production Of China. Japan and Formosa. Hereto fore the world has derived it's supplies of that gum from the countries named but of the vast camphor forests that once existed in these regions but g. small portion remains. This Is the direct result of the wanton waste In the process practieed for obtaining the gum from the tree Camphor is usual- " obtained by boiling the chips of the wood and roots and bark in great ket. ties with water and condensing the vo- latilized gum on rushes suspended over the kettles. Tn this process the entire tree is cut down and even the roots dug up, but in Florida it was found that the gum could be commercially pro- duced from the leaves and tWigs, sev- enty-seYen pounds of which yield one pound of gum. Hence the bearing tree need not be disturbed or injured i'll any way, as the foliage it bears is very dense and may be thinned down one half without scarcely being noticed. The tree, besides. bears a very great amount of pruning without injury. H. Is an evergreen, and makes three growths 9 year-in April, June and 0e- tober. The tree removes nothing from the soil, the gum being formed entire Iy from the gases of the atmosphere. and hence tbe leaves, when deprived of their camphor ane returned to the soil, constantly enrich the soil. which in time requires no fertilizing what ever. Aside from it's commercial uses the eamphor tree is one of the most ornamental ever cultivated. it's beauti- ful shape being equaled by the arbor vitae only. It's lower branches lie on the ground while the top forms per feet cone. The flowers are small. but exceedingly pretty, while the leaves are of a beautiful pale, glossy green color.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
skefefons Of DeryIahes.

In INGdon just at present the fad dists and the curio collectors are wing with one another for the possession of skeletons of dervishes that have been brought back from the bloody plains before OIndurman. Some 150 to 200 dervish skeletons are on the London market; and experts in bones declare that thel,. superiority over the average skeletons of commerce will cause no little stir in anatomical circles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
Swords May Be Abolished.

The suggestion of substituting a Martini-Metford earbine for the sword an officer usually carries is being large- ly discussed in military circles. The objection against the sword is that when marching through hilly country it hampers an officers movements in getting over rough ground. while carbine could be used as walking stick, thus being great help and sup port.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
wonnts Mace by uauscr snlleta.

The wound inflicted by q Mauser bull let, the missile mostly used by beers, Is quite circular and much smaller han the end of lead pencil, When q man is hit Ny one Of these bullets he feeis no pain or shock. But a stupid sensation and strange singing in the ears are felt, which render the majo-~ fly of soldiers unconscious,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04

Bacon, with his usual sagacity, observ-
ed that anyone who protested to have
discovered a way of putting off old age,
or of renewing youth, would not easily
be believed. But he added that the
thing was certainly possible, and tnat
it was much more likely to be attained
by rules which the persevering study
of nature would gradually teach man.
kind, than. as the aichemiStS, VINO were
unconsciously founding modern chem
istry. still hoped, by means Of "a very
few drops, or even scrupleS, OF some
precious liquor or quintesSence." He
was so far in the fashion, however, as
to give three of the best recipes for the
manufacture of such liquor, though.
with the proviSo that it was rather
mind than body that these cordIals
were likely to affect. One consisted of
potable gold. which there were many
approved ways of making; another
patra's manner, or filed down into a
conserve with sweetmeats; a third of
powdered emeralds and jacinths, about
which he was prudently not very sure
OBJ asperitatem.
Whatever might have been the vir-
tues of such nostrums, one thing Is
clear-they were hopelessly out Of reach
of the ordinary man. and il they had
been efficient the universal longevity
of the rich would have developed a
more complete piutocracy than has yet
been known. But none of them was
any good and it is only in the New At
lantis that men have yet discovered the
water of paradise very SOW
ereign for health and prolonga,ion OF
life'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
MAGICIAN's TRICK REVEALED.

The widow of Hermann, the celebrat-
ed sleight-of hand performer. reveals
the modus operandi of the famous cane
trick. THE feat of compelling walk
ing stick or umbrella to stand upright
in the middle of a parlor without De-
ing supported by anything or anybody
always seems wonderful. 1t is best,
when about to perform this feat. to
have a black screen for background
and TO order the stick or umbrella to
stand alone about a foot in front of this
screen. To show the audience that
there is no person or apparatus behind
this screen secretly to hep the stick to
stand when commanded, the performer
can take the screen away for few
minutes until all are satisfied that there
is no hidden apparatus there. Pass the
cane around among the audience to let
them see there Is no pin in the canes
ferrule, and that it is an ordinary cane,
absolutely without life.' When the
screen is again in place the stick can
be hypnotized by a few serious mum
blings, which will be certain to keep
the audience guessing in the wrong di-
rection. Then the stick will stand alone
for as long as the performer may de-
sire. The secret of the hypotizing Is
SO simple that the audience will never
suspect it; 1t is previously to tie a yard
OF black thread from the top of one of
the front legs of an ordinary chair to
the top Of the other front leg, letting
the bag of the thread fall to the
ground until ready for the hypnotic
Ing. Carelessly place the stick within
the bag Of the thread, planting the
stick upright about six inches from the
| chair, making 1t appear that 1t Is only
| by the merest accident that the per-
| former selects this particular spot
Now take your hands away, and, OF
course. the stick will stand where you
| place 1t. The supporting thread will
not be seen on account of the dark
background. This and many other feats
any amateur can perform after lit
tie practice"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
TO RESTORE AND IMPROVE FAD
ED SILKS.

Faded silks can be restored by being
sponged by weak ammonia water and
afterwards rubbed with a soft cloth.
Old black silks are improved by q
sponge bath of spirits and water, and
cloth dresses by being brushed with
blue water. After the gown has been
beaten and busted thoroughly dip the
bristles Of clothes brush into blue
water and brush the dress quickly. To
remove grease spots from a skirt of
wooden or other material use benzine.
Unpick the hem or band Of the skirt
and lay a piece Of flannel or blotting
paper beneath the soil; above 1t put a
second piece of plotting paper. and on
removed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
RECIPE FOR ELIXIR OF LIFE.

For centuries the alchemists, who
represent the best of medieval science.
bestirred themselves over their grabbed
scrolls and smoky furnaces to find three
precious things-the universal solvent.
the philosophers stone. and the elixir
OF life. Human ideals change slowly,
for all the change In human environ
ment and language. and power, riches,
and length Of days still represent the
secret wishes Of nine men out Of ten.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04


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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04

The police rifle team will meet that
from Company F Of the N. G. H, today
at noon at the Iwilei butts for the Sec
ond match shoot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-13
A ISSUED.
The A~nti-SaIoOn League Sets Forth
It's Plans.

Itk ElanSs
The A~nti-saloon League has issued the
following statement:
There has never been a temperance or
ganization as broad in its scope as the Anti
saloon League. The object of the league
is the suppression of the saloon. In a To-
cality where the saloon has been closed by
law, ii Is likewise the suppression of the
illegal sale of liquor in that locality. The
league further seeks to secure the repeal
of laws which favor and facilitate the ex-
istence of saloons in the State, and as rap
idly as public sentiment will warrant, to
secure the enactment of laws which will
promote saloon suppression.
THE methods of league work are few
and simple. They are grouped under three
heads: Agitation, legislation and law en-
forcement. The league recognizes, as a
Fundamental principle, the fact that
whether laws are passed, or enforced after
they have been enacted. is a question OF
local and general public sentiment upon
the question. The first work of the league
is TO tone up public sentiment, and the con-
tinued work of the organization is to keep
the public demand upon the question at a
pitch of effectiveness The Anti-saloon
League is a public sentiment building So
ciety.
lit is useless to enact laws and allow
them to be ~disregarded by a certain class
OF men. The league. therefore, is seeking
a just enforcement of existing laws. II is
doing this, not in the interest of any party.
but i'm the interest of each local community
in the State. The league is omnipartisan
and interdenominational."