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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Still new cases of ''it" are being re.
ported. Tho latest is in family liv-
ing near the round house. soath part
of town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Jacob Schoumer, north of EiIin wood
is preparing to build large new farm
residence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Miss May Woodburn was over from
Hoisingtcn to spend Sunday with home
folks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

d. A. Dwyer. who recently locate
in Great Bend township. will -kee
posted on county affairs through tn
DEMoCRAT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Probate Judge FEEDER, on Easter
morning performed the marriage cere-
Brownfield. at the home of Chas Van.
Gil in the southeast part of town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

For Kafir corn and Cane seed sc,
Newcombe, south nf Hotel Greene
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

A young child OF MRS. HoeniR, q
widow woman. at Hoisington, was
quite severely scaIded by another of
the children overturning a kettle OF
water, one day last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Mrs. Hilton is visiting her parents,
Judge D. D. Page and wife, of the east
part of town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Fridays wind turned over q wind
mill for A. L. Whitcomb, in the east
part of town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The best and simplest gas stove is
the Detroit Vapor. at F. H Miller's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Do you want to make money? Go
F. ii. Miller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Mrs. J. j. Anthony returned last
week from Santa Fe. Mrs. j. 8. Pat
rick and children accompanied her
here for visit OF few weeks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Flowers aud shrubs, potted and for
garden planting at Mrs. Ella ID.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

See commissioners proceedings il
full, in this issue of the DEMOCRAT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Now spring, with golden key, un-
locks for Us the years white treasure
box, and takes her myriad jewels out
to scatter lavishly about.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Easter Sunday was not so bad a day
to show of fine feathers. after sIi. The
milliners ought to change Easter to the
4th of July.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Have you given your order for the
Mccormick Header? You can at F.
H. Miller's
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

G. F. Barnett opened up . new bowl
ing alley. Monday evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Floyd Nelson has moved down on q
farm near Burton. Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Topeka is surely "Buffaloed." Theil
mayor was elected by IL majority.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The Santa Fe has put in an extensive
side track north of the new, Moses
PrOo Min
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Iu the Topeka Evening Journal of
the 9Th inst. appeared the death notice
of Mrs James w. McCauley, who died
at noon of that day. Mrs. McCauIey
was former resident OF Hoisington.
moving from there TO Topeka some
years ago. She leaves a husband. a
grown daughter, Miss Sadie, and two
Younger children.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The Kinoard Press Co. have shipped
to the Great Bend Implement Co one
ef their 20 horse power gasoline trac-
tion engines, which they guarantee TO
develop as much pow er as any 20 horse
steam engine with only one half the
expense. Durability and workman.
shin are also guaranteed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Miss Doran, of the Macksville Argus,
has made q mash. She got her fingers
in printing press one day last week
and did not even say ''gollyl"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The city council has ordered q car
load Of paving brick and car of cross.
ing stone, aud some nee6ed street im>
provements will soon be commenced.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Leon Miller, recently with the Postal
Telegraph Co. at Hutchinson, goes to
Ellis this week to take charge of the
Associated Press overland wire.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12
TO LAND OWNERS.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT.
/ recently saw an article in the
Kansas City Times, in which it
was stated that the U. S. Gov
ernment had brought suit in the
u. S. Circuit Court at Topeka,
for the purpose of annulling GER
tain Patents to lands granted to
the A. T. & Santa Fe Railroad
Co., under the act of Congress
dated March Sd, 1868. I imme-
diately wrote to Jas. Clayton at
Topeka, Kans., requesting him
to ascertain as to whether any
of the lands in Barton County,
were affected by this suit. Be
fore l received a reply to this
letter, several Barton County
land owners received letters from
a certain law firm in an eastern
Kansas town advising them
that their land was named in the
petition above referred to, and
advised them to place the matter
in their hands for litigation. In
this mornings mail l received a
reply to my letter from Mr.. Clay
ton together with another letter
from A. A. Hnrd addressed to
the Attorney General of Kansas,
both of which I herewith enclose
to you for publication in the
DEMOCRAT. These letters explain
themselves, and as all of our peo-
pie here were purchasers in good
faith they need not have any
uneasiness as to the result
of this suit.
F. G.. STROTHMAN,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The best prices on Kafir corn an
Cane seed, at NewcOmbes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12
LOCAL AND PERSONAL COMMENT.

The Texas wheat crop is on the
'.fly."
Yes, the fruit buds are all right. al
ready yet.
Cane. Kaffir Corn and Alfalfa seed
at Dawson's.
Trustee Anton Reif was over from
Cheyenne, Saturday.
See the new ad. of the Moses Bros.
Mill & Elevator Co.
Cane, Ksffir Corn and Alfalfa seed
at DaWson's.
Tho hail insurance agent will soon
be abroad in the land.
Fred Ewing was down from Pawnee
Rock, Friday of last week.
The best prices on Kafir corn and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

THERE were, on deposit in the
banks of Kansas, Feb. 1, 1901,
the sum of nearly $34,OOO,OOO,
according to the state bank ex-
aminers report. Is there that
amount Of ACTUAL currency
gold, silver and paper money
inside the Kansas state lines?
Take the deposits as shown by
the national reports, and how
much more do you suppose they
show in dollars than there is
actual money of all denomina-
tiOns in circulation?
sickness, inability to work
and a thankless government is
the reason given in a brief note
to the public why n returned
Philippine soldier sent a bullet
through his heart in a Union
Avenue lodging house at Kansas
City last Saturday night. Only
one more life among thousands
sacrificed that the greed of
"world power" advocates and a
"criminal aggression" admins
tration may exploit their theories
and add to their millions. We
speak of this "lest we forget,
lest we forget. "
SOME of the papers are com
planning because Charles Schwab
is to receive one million dollars
a year for managing the steel
trust. Those who are opposed
to trusts will not complain; fol
the people need enlightenment or
the subject Of monopoly and this
object lesson will be of great ser
vice. When a corporation car
pay a salary twenty times az
large as the salary paid to the
President and two hundred
times as large as the salary paiG
to Senators and Members O
Congress, the voters will see thu
necessity of placing a limit upo1
that fictitious person called
corporation.-Winfield Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The Texas wheat crop is on the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Cane. Kaffir Corn and Alfalfa seed
1t Dawson,s.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Snow No. Is. season of 1900-1, fell
Thursday night, April 9Th. probably
an inch Of vet snow, preceded by
high wind and rain from the north~
east. And there will be others
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Walt Cornell returned Thursday
from visit of week or more down
in Oklahoma. He ran across lots of
Barton county people, and reports
them all happy and doing well.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Fred Ewing was down from Pawne
Rock, Friday of last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Geo. L. Heizer, who has bought the
Henry Klein farm. just east Of town.
moved down from Heizer the first of
the week, to take possession of his
new home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

According to a proclamatio of Gov
ernor Wobbly Eugene. today-April
12th-is Arbor Day in Kansas. Every
body and the kids expected to set out
q tree today.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Trustee Anton Reif was over from
Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

The Claf1in Clarion, whose editor
is assessor and ought to know, says
there are twelve kIckers in that town
How much of the taxes do those 12
pay. Oscar?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Yes. the fruit buds are all right. al
ready vot
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

See NeWcOmbe for fresh Kafhr corn
and Cane seed. Prices right.
Topeka is surely "Buffaloed. Their
mayor was elected by IL majority.
The best and simplest gas stove is
the Detroit Vapor. at F. II. Miller's.
Lunch at Jacks Place" and you
will no longer have that tired fee]s
ing"
Miss May Woodburn was over from
to spend Sunday with home
folks.
Flowers aud shrubs, potted and for
garden planting at Mrs. Ella ID.
Stokes.
Jacob Schoumer, north of Eilin wood,
is preparing to build large new farm
residence.
Have you given your order for the
Mccormick Header? You can at F.
H. Miller's.
The Santa Fe has put in an extensive
side track north of the new, Moses
Bros Mill.
Mrs. Hilton is visiting her parents,
Judge D. D. Page and wife, of the east
part of town.
Fridays wind turned over q wind
mill for A. L. Whitcomb, in the east
part of town.
Do you want to make money! Go
and order an Advance Thresher from
F. Fl. Miller.
T. H. Butler is around again. after
being laid up with rheumatism for
about a week.
A large iron clad stOre-house, about
3Ox75 feet. is being built for the new,
Moses Bros. Mill.
If you wish to buy bicycle buy q
Bend Implement Co.
Herb Porter and Q. w. Salmans,
Larned business men, were Great
Bend visitors, Saturday.
The Majestic Is the best steel range
on earth, go to the Great Bend Imple>
ment Co. for particulars.
Lucky numbers-4>l1-44, and lucky
the man who goes there for lunches
all hours-day or night.
Large list of Pawnee County lands
for sale. Some Rare Bargains.
o. W. DAWSON.
Mics Sadie McCauley will graduate
in the department of music. Washburn
college, this spring.
Uncle Sam. look this way: There is
a Great Bend merchant advertising to
sell green goods
There ought to be, and doubtless will
be, whole lot of paint spread in this
town the next few months.
W. 81. Kerr and family of the north
side, returned last week from their
visit to relatives in Missouri.
Joe Dunn and Frank Red6eld were
up from Ellinwood, Sunday to attend
the Masonic Easter exercises.
W. j. McGreevey is adding two com
modious rooms and otherwise imprOv-
ing his residence on Forest avenue.
Still new cases of "it" are being re,
ported. Tho latest is in family liv.
ing near the round house. sosth part
of town.
Miss Julia Miller was up from Com
anche township, where she is teaching
20 spend Saturday and Sunday witt
her people.
Easter Sunday was not SO bad ds,
to show of fine feathers. after aIi. Tht
milliners ought to change Easter to th'
4th of July.
/ d. A. Dwyer. who recently located
in Great Bend township, will keel
posted on county affairs through tn
/ DEMoCRAT.
A young child OF MRS. HoeniR,
widow woman, at Hoisington, wa
quite severely scaIded by another o
the children oyerturning a kettle Q
water, one day last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

See the new ad. of the Moses Bros.
Mill & Elevator Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12

Tho hail insurance agent will soon
be abroad in the land.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
WORK OF SMART MEN.

The simplicity of the Bible, in
which rests its greatest power, has
become too commonplace for the
critics and they have just finished
their job of doctoring it to suit them
selves. The people who read the
bible for the inspiration and promise
they find in its pages, have no sym
pathy with the work of the revisers.
Even though whole page may be
summed up in few sentences, this
does not satisfy the man who loves
the Book. He wants the original
text, and the simple words that flow
like cooling sprays from the foun-
tain. What is the difference, If by
cutting out the superhuous words
and sentences, the books can be
printed and sold cheaper? Away
with such can't and commercialism.
The books are cheap enough now.
Copies can be had for one cent, the
smallest coin in the country. Let
the old book alone, and let the So
called revisionists show their smart
ness in some other way.
Following close on this piece of
foolishness comes the declaration OF
another smart man from Chicago,
one Professor Triggs, by name. He
has discovered that:
Protestant church hymns as a
class are doggerel, pure and simple,
poor trash as literature. There is
more literature in the dime novel
than there is in the church hymn.
Only one really good poem has ever
been written among all the church
hymns, aud that Is Cardinal New.
mans Lead Kindly Light Church
hymns are rationalistic. They are
written usually by theologians and
are more help to the preachers
sermon and to the pulpit than any
thing eise."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
THE GENTLE RAIN.

me drought mas Deen DroKen. Ine
heavens opened and the burning
earth smiles in gratitude. And how
softly it came. Not in the teeth of a
storm cloud, with roaring thunder
and binding lightning, as we had all
expected, but as peacefully as ben
ediction, soothing as balm on knaw-
ing wound. And what music could
have been sweeter than the patter of
the drops, what harmony more per-
feet than the rushing of the water
from the ewes to the trough and from
the trough to cistern. How the dry
grass and flowers Strengthened up
and assumed Sunday attire. How
the birds enjoyed the bath iand chat
tered in thankfulness. How TIE corn
waved in gratitude and all nature
laughed in silent ecstacy. How the
cattle enjoyed the down-pour, that
cooled their blood and relieved them
of the annoying flies. How the horses
smiled, as they took off their sun
hats and stood with their feet in The
water. How eagerly the dogs licked
up the cooling draught and then
rolled in the puddles.
And even man, the most selfish of
all creatures, sang songs of praise
with his heart if not with his lips.
With sigh of relief he felt that life
was again worth living, and that
providence had not altogether for
gotten him. But in his matter of fact
way he soon began to- wonder how
long it would rain. He commenced
to calculate how many dollars the
moisture would be worth to the crops,
and what would be his chances of
making a successful speculation. The
long fevered dry spell will soon be-
come thing of the past in his mind,
and all blessings will be as a matter
of course to him. Many of those who
fervently prayed for rain will cease
their supplications now and will for
get to be thankful for the blessing
so gently bestowed.
So runs this busy life away, and
humanity after all is but a child
Delighted with a new joy, the pleas
ure soon wears off, and it hungers
for more. Happy is he who, like the
birds and the flowers, sees Gods
hand in everything; who can bear
sorrows in silent patience, and who
knows how to enjoy and appreciate
the blessings that come upon him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

taste was forgotten. While he was
the strongest man on the farm he
would not do anything but light work,
and would work only as child-when
he felt like it. He would run errands
in maddening glee, and would dance
with joy when he succeeded in fright
ening the chickens or COW.
Sometimes one wonders why such
people are brought into this life, and
yet on reflection their mission be-
comes more clear. His was life Of
free abandon. Not care or pain
distressed him, and though he ac-
cumulated no fortune, left no estate,
he took as much with him into the
other world as the most miserly rich
man in history. How many people in
mature life, oppressed with burdens,
long to be child again. His life was
a rollicking childhood for 81 years.
Though in the Judgment of the COM
mon run of humanity he accomplish
ed nothing, let us reflect. He has
taught those who had to do with him
patience and forbearance. By COM
parison, his example has pointed out
to those who have known his story,
the rich blessings they enjoy. His
innocent, though unnatural life has
taken the conceit out of many people
for after all of how much value or
necessity are any of us to this world?
"God moves in mysterious ways,
his wonders to perform" /" and in send
ing Norris Hurley among us, He has
not degraded His great plan, but has
made us better, in that He has taught
US pity, patience and benevolence.
If it were not for these unfortunates,
the higher instincts of life would be
stunted and blighted. "He also
serves, who only stands and waits. -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01

The Polk county Democratic con-
vention Saturday refused to endorse
the course of the Democrats of Ohio;
reaffirmed the Kansas City platform,
and endorsed w. ]. Bryan. Some of
the delegates to the conveAtion, led
by the Des Moines Leader faction,
were in favor of dropping silver, but
the great majority thought that the
convention could take no other
course than reaffirm all other. plat
forms. To cap the climax, M. II.
King introduced a supplementary
resolution commanding William Jen-
nings Bryan and declaring him the
greatest leader of the party since the
time of jefferson. This was carried
with whoop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
NAME THE FORGER,

Probably the most discreditable
thing that has occurred in the present
gubernatorial campaign is the bogus
interview with Major Conger, pub
lished in the Des Moines Capital and
purporting to be a dispatch from
San Francisco.
After allowing this interview to go
as genuine for ten days, Col. Lafe
Young washes his hands of it by q
signed letter, admitting that the fake
was written in the Capital office, but
says that it was put in the paper in
his absence without his knowledge
and without the knowledge of his
representative in charge of thepaper.
In another signed article he says
that he had set apart a portion of
his paper to the interest of Mr..
Cummins' candidacy.
Col. Young does not say who put
the forged interview into his paper,
but leaves the inference that it was
done by the Cummins'tpress mana
gers at Des Moines.
Col. Young, in justice to himself
and the public, should place the re-
sponsibility of this transaction on
the proper person by name. At
present he apparently leaves it with
the Cummins' managers. He should
name the forger.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
FOUR YEARS OF HEAT.

Garret P. Serviss the great scienti-
ttc writer predicts that we shall have
four seasons of hot weather, each
succeeding one hotter than the pre-
ceeding one. His representations
are said by astronomers to be based
on logical grounds and are as fol-
lows:
"The burning heat now affecting
felt also on the other side of the
Atlantic and generally throughout
the northern hemisphere, is convin-
cling proof of the fact that the earth
is the satellite of variable star. Only
on the assumption that the source of
heat is directly in the sun, aud due
to an extraordinary increase in it's
effective radiation can the widespread
and long continued nature of the pre-
sent meteorological disaster be salts
factorily explained.
"All astronomers know that the
face of the sun is blanketed with ab-
sorbing vapors, while its interior is
much hotter than the glowing shell
that we see. Strip off the vaporous
blanket entirely, and the surface of
the earth probably would burst into
smoke and flame in the instantaneous
gush> of unbearable heat that would
be poured upon it.
Whenever, as occurs periodically,
though not always to the same extent,
the solar'vapors are thinned, the heat
from within leaps out through the
weakened shell and strikes the earth
and the other nearby plannets as
with a breath of FIRE from the sud-
denly opened door of a blazing fur
mace.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-01
THE ScHLEY INQUIRY.

lis all right to keep history straight
but it is unfortunate that the records
must be written by such men as Ed
gar s Maclay. The person who chron-
icles the events of the past for the
edification of future generations
should have no axe to grind. Malice
should find no place in his makeup,
and personal friendship or enmity
should have no influence with his pen.
1t is not his province to judge of
events or set his opinions up as law.
But Mr.. Maclay does not seemIto fill
the measure, and as a result the
heroes of Santiago are to be dragged
through the mire of a court of inquiry,
and the public is to be treated to an
exhibition of mud singing that can
do no possible good, but iuestimable
harm.
The two specific ,charges, made in
the history objected to by Admiral
'Sehley, are insubordination and cow
Rrdice, and they are statedIin just
those words. The first charge is
made because Admiral Schley's ship,
the Brooklyn, did not proceed to
Santiago with the rapidity that the
navy department had expected. The
difference was readily and satisfac-
torily explained to the department at
the time and was due to misinter-
probation of the signals given by
friendly Cubans on shore. That of
cowardice is made up out of the fact
that during the battle, the Brooklyn,
at one time turned tail and described
circle or loop before the enemy.
Despite this fact the Brooklyn was
hit by more Spanish missiles than any
other American vessel taking part,
and punished the enemy with sever
ity equal to any other. The force OF
the Spanish feet was concentrated
on the Brooklyn and her peculiar
maneuver may have been the wisest
one possible at the time. ButiMaclay
does not see it that way, and nplace
of giving the commanders credit for
one of the swiftest and greatest
victories in naval history, he gets
down on the plain of fault finder,
and a stickler for facts as they ap-
pear in his lop-sided camera.
In quenching fire what difference
does it make whether fellow throws
the water on the fire standing still, or
runs around telegraph pole to get
better shot at it-just 30 the fame
is extinguished. The true historian
would pat the fellow on the back and
forget any false motions that we're
made in the excitement of the moment
while the other kind would object if
the fellow did not have his teeth
brushed or his cravat tied straight,
Let US hope the court of inquiry
will make short work of the investi.
cation and that the men who risked
their lives in glorious achievement
may be known to history as heroes
unscarred by criticism.