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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
MARK TWAIN CHIDED. j..
Effect ON His Manner of
q Girls Voice frc4n Up
stairs.

The president of the Chicago Press
club went to New York for the pur-
pose of inducing @Mark Twain to
come here to deliver a lecture for the
benefit of the c. P. c., says the
Chicago Tribune. Mr.. Clemens was
up in the mountains of New York
when the Chicago man arrived. The
latter patiently awaited the return of
the humorist, and succeeded in meet
ing Mr.. Clemens in his study at rath-
er late hour. According to the Chi
cagoan, Mr.. Clemens was not favorably
inclined. Indeed, he was not in one of
his happy moods.
III can't go to Chicago; I won't CO."
he said in an UNDERSIGNED voice. The
Chicago man intimated that the Press
club would be willing to pay any sum
which Mr.. Clemens saw fit to name.
THAT has nothing to do with it,"
Mr.. Clemens replied. 81 wouldn't go
to Chicago for 100000, nor anywhere
else. Now that settles it. am going
to have some rest"
At that, the voice Of a young per-
son, the Chicago man says it was
girls voice, was heard from the top
of the stairway. Don't get excited"
said the voice.
Mr.. Clemens turned his face in the
direction of the stairway and scowled-
"You go to bed" he Numbered. Then
turning to the Chicagoan he said in a
voice almost musical: perhaps may
come some other time-not now"
Then he turned his face in the di-
rection of the stairway again and lis
tened. There was subdued giggle at
the top. And the face of the grizzled hui
morist became radiant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
CHAPTER XVIII.

To say that. Mr.. Rays abrupt an
nouncement was surprise to the
dense throng of listeners is putting
it mildly. To say that It was re-
ceived with incredulity by part of the
soldiery, and concern, if not keen ap-
prehension, by old friends of Sandy's
father who were present, is but a
faint description of the effect of the
lads emphatic statement
To nine out of ten among the assem-
bly, the young officer was total
stranger. To more than nine out of
ten the Identification of the dead Us
Walter Foster, Maidie Rays luckless
lover. was already complete, AMI
many men who have made up their
to differ from them.
True, Mr.. Stuyvesant had said that
the sentry, No. 6, did not remind him
except in stature, form, and posi-
bly, in features, of the recruit he
knew as Foster on the train. He did
not speak like him. But, when close
ly questioned by the legal adviser of
the provost-marshaPs department.
the officer who conducted most of the
examination with much of the man
ner of a prosecuting attorney, Mr..
Steuyyesant admitted that he had
only seen Foster once to speak to,
and that was at night in the dim light
of the Sacramento station on what
| might be called the off-side of the
train, where the shadows were heavy,
and while the face of the young sol
| der was partially covered with a
| bandage. Yet Vinton attached i'm
portance to his aide-de-camp's opin
ion, and when Ray came out fat
footed, as it were, in support OF Stuy'
| vesant's views, the general was Wis
IDLY gratifed.
| But, except for these very few, Ray
had spoken to unbelieving ears
Sternly the military lawyer took him
| in hand and began to probe. Nc
need to enter into details. In ter
minutes the indignant young gentle
man, who never in his life had told lie
found himself the target Of ten score
of hostile eyes, some wrathful, SONS
scornful, some contemptuous. some
insolent, some only derisive, but all
| save those of few silently observani
officers, threatening or at least inim
ical.
Claiming first that he knew Walter
Foster we'll (and, indeed. it seemed
to him he did, for his mothers letter!
to the Big Horn ranch had much t,
say of Maidie's civilian admircr
though Maidie herself could rarely b
induced to speak of him). Ray wa
forced to admit that he had met hin
only twice or thrice during . brie
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Like q Circus.

Mr.. Bingo, the junior member OF
the firm, had a peculiarly Irritating
sneeze. It began with an elaborate
and terrifying series of facial con-
vulsions, and ended with most lame
and impotent paroxysm that always
disappointed the expectant observer.
"Your sneeze," said Mr.. Gringo, the
senior partner after watching him
through one of his sternutations, 'is
q regular circus"
"a circus ?s.-said Mr.. Bingo.
eyes, SIR" was the rejoinder- 1.-The
performance never comes up to the
advance ENTHUSIASTICALLY Compan-
ion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29

! Mellen turned uneasi1y. unhappily,
and looked again into the still and
placid face. That meeting was on a
glaring day in June. This was
clouded afternoon in late October and
nearly five months had slipped away.
Yet he had heard the solemn story
of the murder and had never, up to
now, imagined there could be u
doubt. In, mute patience the sleep
ing face seemed appealing to him to
speak for it, to own it, Ito stand be-
tween it and the possibility of it's be-
ing buried friendless, unrecognized.
''It's-it's him or his twin brother.
SIR said Mellen.
"One question more. Had Won
heard before yon came here who was
lilled?"
Yes, sir. They said it was Foster"
And now, with pencils swiftly ply
ing, several young civilians were cdy-
ing to the door.
James Farnham was called, and a
sturdy young man, with keen, wea tn
er-beaten face. stepped into the little
open space before the table. Three
fingers were gone from the hand he
instinctively held up, as though ex-
pecting to be sworn. His testimony
was decidedly a disappointment.
Farnham said that he was brakeman
of that train and would know some
of that squad of recruits anywhere.
| but this one-well, he remembered
talking to one man at Ogden, tall
| fne-looking, young teller something
been he or it might not. He couldn't
Cl>o
the party. He really didn't know.
But there was a chap called Murray
that he'd remember easy enough
anywhere.
It was utterly unnecessary, said
certain bystanders, to question any
more members of the guard, but the
provost-marshal did, and not until
4:30 did he deign to send for the
most important witness of all, the
brother of the young girl to whom
the deceased had been SO devotedly
attached. They had not long to wait,
for Sandy Ray happened to be almost
at the. door.
The throng seemed to take another
long breath, and tIien to hold it as,
the few preliminaries answered, Mr..
Ray was hidden to look at the face
OF the uecedSeQ. fd1e, composed, YET
with infinite sadness of mien, the
young officer, campaign hat in hand,
stepped over to the trestie, and tho
steward again slowly withdrew the
light covering, again exposing that
placid face.
The afternoon sunshine was wan
ing. The bright glare of the mid
day hours had given place within the
Enclosure to the softer, almost shad-
owy light of early eve. Ray had but
just come in from the street without
where the slantipg sunbeams burst
ing through the clouds beat hot upon
the dazzling walls, and his eyes had
not yet become accustomed to the
change. Reverently. pityingly. he
bent and looked upon the features of
the dead. An expression, first of in
credulity, then of surprise, shot over
his face.
He closed his eyes as though to
give them strength for sterner test,
and then, bending lower, once more
looked; carefully studied the fore
head, eyebrows. lashes. mouth. nose
and hair. then, Strengthening up, he
slowly faced the waiting room and
said:
81 never set eyes on this man in
my life before to-day"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
DO The Next THING.

When Napoleon heard his soldiers talk
sng about taking Vienna he gave them
this memorable advice: 1.-The way to take
Vienna is to take Vienna"
Have you anything to do?
Go and 90 it.
Time will never wait for you
A Though'yo sue 1t.
Shirks, like drOneS, will never thrive.
Get there, man. and look alive
IT'S good and helpful plan.
, Only try 1t.
Then, like Courageous man,.
Square life by it.
Do the next thing now, nor say:
Tomorrow is another day."
There's that letter. long delayed.
Go and write 1t.
That bad temper you've displayed.
Try to fight II.
Take back that unkind remark.
Stab no enemy in the dark
You'll not pass this way again
To undo 1T;
Cut your swath of ripened grain
Ere you rue it.
To the Masters granary bring
Sheaves. not leaves, for harvesting!
II. l. Rayne. in Chicago Record-Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
C,.,.dren,. Social I1fbertte..

The social liberties of the Ameri-
can child are one of the evils of this
country. Children's dances and eslib-
dren's parties, once given in the after
noon, have intruded into the evening
and are sending thousands of our
children to their beds in a state of
excitement which means no good for
their future. Tt stands to reason
that no child can, with his or her I'M
formed strength, burn the candle at
both cnds.-Ladies' Houk- Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
ResuI.tins a chiid.. nies

child who is given whatever he
asks for at the table and who is also
allowed to be continually eating
sweetmeats, cakes, buns, etc. be-
tween meals must sooser or later pny
the penalty. 1t is as foolish to EXPECT
a child's digestive organs to do the
work of those of an adult as to i'm
agine he can compete with a grown
person in physical or mental Ii oos,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Ana wtA oxercome Other..

"A little common sense covers mall
titude of gton Qa.) Dem
ocrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20
Heart
Pains

are Natures warning notes of
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Heart Cure.
"Quick, darting pains shot
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shoulder and at night my limbs
would be numb and cold. One
bottle of DIR. Miles Heart Cure
relieved me and six bottles COM
pletely cured me-"
w. l.. BYERs, Whit, Texas.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20
Dr.. Miles
Heart Core

controls the heart action, accel-
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DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20
College Notes.


the home OF Miss ella Wolf.
Miss Amy Wheeler, accompanied
by her father, went to Waitsburg
Friday. She returned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowers, of Golden
dale, were at the college from Sat
urday till Monday visiting their
son.
Prof, Miller, Miss Malotte, and
Prof. and Mrs Thyng went to Spo-
kane Saturday to witness the play
of King John.
Among the visitors of the past
week are; J. A. Gibson, of John
son, and Len Abrams and DR.. Pc
cock of Colfax,
Mid-semester exams are being
given this week. They may be ac-
companied by liberal supply of
DIS, but we hope not.
1t is believed that Paul Cooper
will find his other unknown i'll
few weeks if the chemicals i'll the
laboratory will hold out.
Chas. Saxton, Freshman at the
u. of T., remained over Friday night
from the ball game. He was the
guest Of Boone and Little.
Little grains of powder,
Little drops of paint,
Make ladv's freckles
Look as tho they amt Elk
The Pharmacy and the Business
departments expect to play game
of base ball some time during the
next three or four weeks. A prob
able date is May II.
Dr. Wilson lectured to the S. S.
p A. Friday afternoon on the Gre
lation That Should Exist Between
the Pharmacist and the Doctor. f"
1t was much appreciated.
On account of base ball, the time
of drill has been changed. Battalion
drill will be held on Monday, and
Tuesdays and Wednesdays will be
devoted to company drill,
Friday morning tho students de-
cided to adopt a college pin. A
committee has been appointed to
make arrangements, and we can
hope to be wearing the pin before
college is out.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hamilton
were visiting friends at the college
Friday and Saturday. BOYD has a
two-weeks' lay-ofr from his duties
as superintendent of the power
plant at Snoqualmie Falls.
The Seniors are practicing base
ball daily. They expect to put up
a strong game when they meet their
opponents upon the diamond. c. H.
Goodsell is captain, and Miss Grace
Colburn is manager.
Several of the boys who did not
go to Moscow Saturday played
a game on the athletic grounds.
Sides were chosen and considerable
merrlment was created. Whenever
a player made an error all the play
ers would stop and give the college
yell
In the near future Capt. A. d.
Dunn, assisted by Harvey Young
and Pat Lynch, will meet a team
composed of Capt Geo. Dunn, An
ders and Chandler. The first named
expect to win all the sprints, and
the latter some of the weight and
seeoad in the high jump.
The members of the Annual staff
have about completed their labors.
The pictures, drawings, and all the
written material have been arranged, 7
and Mr.. Hatch left yesterday for
Spokane on business connected with
Its publication. All that remains
now is to receive and correct the
proof. The board of editors are
confident Of the success of the An
nual from literary and artistic
point of view at least. They ex-
pect to have it on sale by the 18th
or goth of Nav.
Last Sunday evening Geo. B
went to bed. Later his room mate
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20

Moki Tea positively cures sick head
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20

Last Sunday evening Geo. B
went to bed. Later his room mate
came home but did not awaken Geo.
Along about eleven O'Clock the ever
present but always invisible bed
roller entered and turned over the
bed. Instantly there was confusion.
Geo., III cropping about, grasped his
roommate's foot, and then a tussle
ensued. The whole Dorm was
awake for out of that room the most
horrible yells and groans issued.
The one thought he had a bed
roller, the other was trying to make
known his identity. For further
particulars enquire of Wilkins.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20

Several of the boys who did not
go to Moscow Saturday played
a game on the athletic grounds.
Sides were chosen and considerable
merriment was created. Whenever
player made an error all the play
ers would stop and give the college
yell.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-20

In the near future Capt, A, d.
Dunn, assisted by Harvey Young
and Pat Lynch, will meet team
composed of Capt Geo Dunn, An
ders and Chandler. The first named
expect to win all the sprints, and
the latter some of the weight and
seeo'id in the high jump.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
DEATH OF A RENEGADE
A. e. NELSON, A DEsERTER, SHOT
Own Men-Letter Fr6m
Philippines.

Luther Thompson, formerly hospital
steward at Fort Smelling has received a
letter from Bert B. Kavanaugh of Luverne,
Mimi, now hospital steward with Com
pany X, Twenty-second United States In
fantry, in the Philippines, giving graphic
description Of the tragic death of Alfred
+. Nelson, of the hospital corps, who de-
serted from the American army before
the surrender of General Lacuna at San
1sidro, May 21, 1901. Nelson deserted at
Capen last December, Joined the insurgent
forces and was made lieutenant DOCTOR
by the commanding officer of the insur-
rectos. Kavanaugh writes:
Nelson seemed to have terrible hatred for
all his former comrades and fought against
them with the tenacity of tiger, but at last
richly merited fate-was shot down bv
one Of his own men. Fagen, the negro rene
gade was also with the same forces, but has
never been captured and it now leading bands
OF iadrones, stealing and looting. The papers
have reported this man dead or captured sew
eral times, but they are in error We hope
1t will be but short time before these
renegades and murderers-they are nothing
else-will be brought to justice and punished
to the full extent Of the law.
The Twenty infantry has been
through the hardest campaigns in the
Philippines since it's arrival, March A.
1S99
Effects of Campaign.
Speaking generally of present conditions
in the islands, the letter SAYS:
The majority of the men now commence
to show the hardships they have passed
through in the past two years and half
We are transferring them every now and then
to the general hospitals in Manila and to
transports homeward bound. Nearly all have
been stricken with chronic diseases, which
will stay with them through life. Although
the duty in most Of the provinces Is very
light, being similar to garrison life in the
States, it is terribly monotonous.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
Croker's Support of Devery Equivalent to Say
ing to the Public "What Are You
Going to Do About II"
The First tiff" Between Boss PIatt and the
President The Acorns Make
Stir in Politics.

New York, Sept. 3O.-At last the issue
Is fairly Joined. Tammany will stand by
It's own. Croker has come out fiat
footed for Devery. The deputy commits
sioner's buster and violence, his cynical
disregard Of public opinion, his foul
mouthed vituperation have not alienated
Croker's friendship. Many of the district
leaders have besought the boss to throw
Devery overheard. They have told him
that Devery is costing more votes than
the organization can afford. Croker's s
answer was to propose, personally, the big
deputy commissioner for membership in
the democratic club. AS If that were not
explicit enough, he declared to visiting
delegation that Devery was a much misun-
derstood and maligned man. On the sur
face this means that the boss will remain
true to his old friend.
Fundamentally it bears much broader
significance 1t means that Tammany
feels Itself strong enough to answer public
opinion with the voice Of the unlamented
about it? It means that, though
Shepard, a paragon Of respectability, Is
nominated for mayor, there will not be
the slightest bluff at a reformation OF
present Tammany methods. The candi-
date will be pledged to Devery. That
pledges him to a rule of unchanged con-
ditions; poolrooms, policy shops and
gambling dens fourishing unrestricted,
vice under the red lights counting out the
protection money into the avid hands Of
the police, criminals unmolested so long
as they obey what Josiah Flynt calls the
Tammany commandment, to "be right;
In short, "wide-open" town. At the
head OF this wide open town, If Tammany
wins, there will be in the mayors chair
a highly respectable member Of the COM
munity, who will be so enmeshed in
promises to Croker that he will not have
to worry at all as to the policy of his
administration. 1t will all be attended to
for him.
The Woes of It. Platt.
ANY OAO WIN Ac6dA uS LhO AlAO VI q PO
1itical leader as one long round Of rest
full ard assured autocracy, Is hereby ad-
jured to observe the panied visage Of
Thomas c. Platt, sometimes called the
"Easy Boss" Of New York state. That
astute politician has recently undergone
a trying experience at the hands of
certain gentleman whose idea of mild rec
reation is to hunt mountain lions, in a
slouch hat. Lest any should mistake this
for a prize guessing contest, it may be
prohtably stated that President Roosevelt
is the man referred to. Shortly after
President McKinley's death, Senator Platt
and Governor Odell went to Buffalo to as
sure President Roosevelt of their sup
port, should he desire the presidential
nomination in 1904. 1t would be too
much, perhaps, to say that they arrived
painting and perspiring; but to state that
no grass was blighted by the long-con-
tlnued pressure Of their feet is we'll with
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
Dewey Made AguinaIdo No Promises


Philippines
asked Aguinaldo that the sake of settling certain and dis
tell
actually had with Widman Admiral Dewey He replied
kind At he tried
articles which
absolutely
official
little pamphlets
positively
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
swEnIsH RIsHop HERE

New York, Oct. 5.-The Rt Rev. Knute Ge-
sellus Won Scheele, bishop of Visley Sweden,
will arrive here to-day. He is commissioned
by the King Of Sweden to represent him at
several important functions including the BIZ
centennial of Yale university. Bishop Scheele
is - member OF the Swedish riksdag
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
Will Die of Airgun Wound

Victoria 5Whie
8 the viii lresut fatally
the
the boy spranks.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-05
Position Of yellow Pine.

The effect of reciprocity on the lumber
industry of Minnesota has been thoroughly
gone into by the advocates of the prin-
ciple here. The proceedings of the high
joint commission leave no doubt that the
first great concession asked by Canada
would be on lumber. She seeks a market
for the vast supply upon which her mills
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-31

SIXTEEN PASSENGER bicycle mer-
ry-go-round; cost $3.50; price $3.50.
Enquire, 1876 Merchant street. $50