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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-20
GRknphA,s
CHRISTMAS

Into the old time way
'1is grandma's Christmas from the boys;
1t makes me young again, >
With all the little ones at play,
And ne'er ache or pain.
First came Dams Nell, with precious
From all the nefghbors near;
Each sent note with wishes sweet,
'Twould do you good to hear.
This easy-chair's from Brother Tom;
Jack sent this fur-lined hood;
And here's Bob's check from Michigan,
For winters coal and wood.
And let me see-gold spectacles
from Dorothy. Dicks lass;
They say she's famous belle
. To think it's come to pass
That Dick, my boy my youngest one,
Forever swapping things.
Should be a magnato in the land
One O. them railroad kings.
This box is labeled from the kids
They live in Idaho
A pair of silver candiesticks!
wonder if they know
How often by the hickory fire
I've spun both wool and thread.
And only lighted candles, when
Q We went upstairs to bed. go
They never in their modern home
Worked their grandpa did,
Who wore the sleeps rough skin and
, And dined upon the kid: o. .
They want me, too. but bless their
hearts,
I couldn't live their way:
I'm used to this old fireplace,
And here I mean to stay.
I'm used to every homely thing
Hallowed by smilesand tear;
] couldn't leave to stranger hands
What love has made dear;
I'm fond of my old rocking-chair,
Though brothers gift is fineso
oFor there once laid the silver hair,
4. That changed as fast as mine.
And down the road a little way
Then up the hillside steep,
! almost see the granite cross
Where father lies asleep;
So here rest and haply, when
Old Santa comes this way,
He brings a whole years happiness,
Wrapped in a single day.
Mary A. Denison, in Ladies' World,
New York
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-20
JUST LIKE SANTA CLAUS.

mas when you amt got a. thing cheer
going to do it. Sam can make the
best of it. Ismean what [ say.
That evening there was nothing
further said about Christmas be-
tween the farmer and his wife. By
nine o'clock they were in bed. It was
Tuesday night and Thursday would
be the holiday. As he lay there, Mr..
Bennett wondered what he should do
with the so cents which he had saved
up to buy his wife present. With
no Christmas, of course there could
be no present. He fell asleep, sad
dened by the thought.
The day before Christmas was
bright and clear. There had been a
generous fall of snow during the
night Sande everything out of doors
was covered with the pure white
mantle. Samuel Bennett was out
shoveling paths when the expressman
drove along, with well-flled sleigh.
Hello, there!" shouted the driver,
cheerily. merry Christmas, Sam!
It's a little ahead of time, I know,
but I may not see you again"
Thanks. The same to YOU" an
swered Samuel, leaning on his snow
shovel. Got lots of bundles, amt
your" o8
Eyes; everybody's got something"
90 ':sThat so? Amt come to ours yet,
have your The poor old man
chuckled at his own pitiable little at
tempt at joke.
mo, not yet" was the merry an
swer fror. the sleigh. ''I'l bring that
around tomorrow, most likely. Well,
good-by. G'langi" and on sped the
sleigh with its juggling bells:
| 81 guess he won't, though" unused
the other, as he fell to work shovel
ing again. 's''Taip't likely Wen get
anything. There amt nobody to send
it to us, that know of
/ And Hannah, looking out of the
window. echoed his thought with one
still more doleful.
"Everybody'n get something but
was intended for rich folks. Nobody
gets that amt got"
! That afternoon about three O'Clock
muffled-up little form. trudgec
| through the snow and up the road t1
the Benefits farmhouse:
'Why. Amy barrow, what you do
| ing here in all this snow?' exclaimed
Mrs. Bennett, as she opened the dool
and saw the little girl standing on The
steps. ''Come right in before YOU
| freeze"
''Oh, Mis- Bennett said the SILVER
ing child, in voice choked with tears
won't you come right over to oul
house? Mas awful SICK
Us that so? What's the matter.
Yes, I'll go right over
| cts one of her bad spells, only
worse" walled Amy. "She says she
don't know but she'll die"
''Oh, I guess it amt as bad as that,
said Mrs. Bennett, kindly. Don't you
be scarf. Sam!'' She was at the
woodshed door now. Hitch up the
mare right off,. I've got to go ovel
to Mis- Darrow's. She's sick"
Samuel dropped an armful of woot
and fastened toward the barn. II
less than Is minutes the old-fash
toned cutter was at the door, Am,
was tucked in between the farmel
and his wife, and they were off a.
fast as the wheezy mare could con
veniently carry them. Mrs. Bennett
had her medicine bottles under he
shawl. She was said by her neighbour
to be s'about as good as a doctor"
The Darrows lived half a mile o.
more from the BENEFITS, farther Oh
away from the village, which wa
nearly two miles from the Bennett
| farm. Mrs. barrow was sufferin,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-20

poured out her husbands second cup
of tea. "The Lord amt good to us,
and 1 don't feel called upon to act as
if I thought He was"
why, Hannah, how you talk" and
Samuel Bennett set his cup down SO
suddenly that some of the tea spilled
over upon the table. ''It sounds kind
90 sacrilegious."
II can't help it if it does. There!
you've stopped your tea on the table
cloth. Why amt you careful?"
You kind O. s'prised me, sayin'
that, and"
Surprised you, did I?". and Mrs.
Bennett wiped up the spilled tea with
a cloth taken from the sink near at
hand. II don't knows 1 said any
thing so very terrible. L guess it
amt no worse than actin out a lie,
. tryin' to have a Christmas when you
don't feel it."
''But the Lord is good to us, Han.
nah. They's lot of folks worse off'n
we be- 90
Then I'm sorry for 'em, Sam Ben
nett. Look at us. We amt had moth
ing but bad luck this whole year
Don't talk to me. It's settled"
well to argue the question, so he left
6 her and went out to do the Chores
while she went glumly about the task
of washing the supper dishes. But in
the old mans heart, as he went out to
feed the cow and fix the mares stall
for the night, was the IL nelly feeling
of disappointed CHI; He liked
Christmas. He had G-vays looked
= - ~
ticipation, although for many years
the day had not meant so very much
TO him. But he had taken delight in
trimming up the plain rooms of the
little farmhouse with evergreens, and
he always had managed to give Han
nah little present, while she had
never failed to remember him with
some useful product of her B.. own
handiwork. But these humble gifts
were real treasures to him, for he
measured them in loves own balance,
and their brightness was a reflection
nf the effulyent Christmas glory. He
and Hannah were alone in the world,
their only child having died in in
fancy. But. they had been happy to-
gether and. fairly prosperous until
within the past year.
During this time, Samuel, as he ex-
pressed it, had '1ost his holt One
thing after another had happened to
/. discourage him and set him back
First, his horse died, leaving only the
rather 6ecrepit old mare to help him
in his field work; then crops had
failed.s TNever before had his few
acres of ground yielded SO sparingly
and the fruit trees were never SO
barren Along about harvest time
rs if to complete his misfortune, he
was taken i'll and for weeks was I'm.
able to axork, while doctors bill &C
simulated. He was obliged to hire a
nan t8 do the work, and the farm
lroduced hardly ecSsgh to pay fo,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-20

Cremation in Japan.
Cremation has been the custom in
in japan for 900 years.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
washtngton's High Priced shaa

Washington's High Priced Shad.
Washington's steward was q man
named F'raunces, who liked good iv.
ing and with whom Washington con-
tinually. quarreled about the market
Ing. One time he bought a shad in
February, and as Washington saw it
coming into the dining room he was
charmed and asked what fish it was.
.It is q shad," replied the steward;
"a very fine shad. 1t was the, only one
in the market, and ] bought 1t for you.' .
..But what did you pay for it?'' said
Washington sternly.
''It is a very fne shad," continued
the steward, 'and It is cooked to q
turn" # u h ss;; II, ss5ss S& {.
..But ] want to know the price-the
pricer' ~ < 81 sSs3 ss.# SsE a. *
,. teIt cost sS, $ = stammered out Frances.
& Take It away said Washington as
he raised his hand take 1t away. RI
shall never he said that set such an
example of luxury and extrayagance.''ss
And with that he drove the steward
out af the rooms and the shad was eat
en- in the servants kitchen.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
A Lay Suggestion,

On the last night of a series of tspro
tracted meetings" in the Methodist
church OF . little southern California
village the visiting evangelist was
making a special effort to obtain q
showing of anxious souls. !: He had
prea ched his best sermon and reached
an emotional feryor that he had seldom
.equaled. But nobody responded to his
Invitation. They sang hymn, and
then the evangelist rose again and cali
ed upon the congregation to enlist for
the service of the Lord. Z =#. 4 5S
a battle SCARED, wooden legged vet
3eran who had dropped into the back
seat Watched the proceedings with in
3teresf. For the third time the perspir-
Ing evang elist rose and asked. .sIs
there no one willing to epiist in the
Lords army
81 Then response came from the back
sea-, DRAFT 'em, parson; hang it. draft
,esn r.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
NORTH DAKOTAN KILLED.

e. L. Stevens of Ashtabula, N. D.,
was run over and killed in the Eastern,
Minnesota yards at West Superior
shortly after 8 o'clock last Friday.
He was a sbocknaan and was on his
way to Minot with load OF stock.
The freight had been gone but half an
hour before it was learned that Stew
ems had fallen from the train in some
way. A wire to the general Office
caused the engine with a searching
crew to go out and they found the man
on the track a little the other side OF
Thirtyeighth street. His legs had
both been. run over by the train and
the. yehtral cavity, had been opened
up BIZ a brake rod, it is supposed. ;;
This last injury was one that caused
the death. The stock train had
stopped and Stevens brother came
back to look after the body! He was
supplied with a good sum of money at
the time that he was run over. The
accident is supp posed to have been due
to = slip and the fall under. the cars
result 3=. Z. :. ..:.@ a. ,:.$sts $.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
Z I, Z! :. ! u iss3 4 !; /:
The sfPiGket.,s

The picket was generally inflicted on
cavalry and arti llerymen and was q
4singular1y brutal BIT OF torture. A long
post, near which stood a stool, was
driven Into the ground The delinquent
was ordered to- mount the stool, and
his right hand was fastened to hook
i1 the post by q moose, drawn up as
high as 1t could be stretc ched, round his
wrist. A stump the height of the stool,
with It's end cut to b round and blunt.
point, was also driven into the earth
close to the post. hen the stool was
taken aWay, and the snff fferar had moth
ing 70 rest his bare feet up on but the
stump, which, though 1t did not us,l-
ally break the Ski Ii, Il says Captain
Grose, put him ID great torture, his
only means of RELIEF being by resting
his weight on his wrist the pain of
which soon became intoIe erable. & one
can very wen believe him, especially
when he makes the addition that O.
man was not lIlfreq uentiy left to stand
in this posi- lfion for half All hour, all
though the orthodox period of endur-
auce was 15 minute London Graphic.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10

KEG SEES THE FIRST CROCUS.
. The Jamestown Alert has seen the
first .crocus, Thus Kellogg's paper
POLITICALLY describes the appearance of
the first one seen down that way:
The first crocns has thrust forth it's
,feathery calyx and opened to the sun
and wind it's delicate mauve blossoms.
The first crocus in Dakota is the most
welcome of all the flower guests. 1t
is greeted with smile and expectancy,
because it carries a cheerful message
and is the real herald Of the open
door, and of the teening, palpitating
life of summer. Modest and retiring
in it's outer garb of drab, it scarcely
seems real flower, yet it is full blown
and perfect, wearing within flaming
crest of gold, tipped with plume OF
white.
X. It comes in a day suddenly and is
complete. 1t is no lingering, shy and
budding debutante, but is a robust
BLOSSOM, glad of "a little sun-war1nth
and ready to contend with the sharp
est Of winters final blasts.
-4 -5s Hidden in the dry brown grass, it
IS perhaps the most noticed, and the
Worthiest of all the. ornaments OF. the
plain. A sturdy common place of
nature, with little in the great world
to do: or see it fills its mission well,
giving to the future If not the present,
the boon OF bright anticipation and the
hope Of better days. 4 rs !. a..::, ,f.:.5 g. =.
S The little crocus is a happy harbin-
ger, melting to effort and the hope of
reward for labor. To those who thus
read its horoscope. it brings a greater
pleasure than the more gorgeously
arranged lilies, roses and other floral
sisters, brilliant in summers paint or
bedecked in autumn's glaring dyes. i:
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
TURN OF THE TIDE.
CAME AT THE WRONG TIME AT A
4 PERFO ORMANCE AT LISBON.

Y >
Lisbon, N. D., April 1Q. An explo-
sion occurred at Lisbon Monday even
ing which might have resulted much
more seriously than it did had there
been a large number. Of people il the
imn ediately vicinity 81,
1t had been the purpose of the Cath
olic society Of the city to put on the
piece ''Turn of the Tide last evening,
and in the production of which it was
necessary to use flash light. 4 ....,
f Shortly before the doors of the opera
house were opened it was thought adj
visable to test the working of the light
to see if it was in perfect order. AS
a result, through some unknown cause,
terrible explosion occurred and con-
fusion reigned supreme. : . .:s@, :s,<.. =.
When the flying debris had been
cleared away it was found that Rev.
Father Mcdonald of the local Catholic
church had been seriously injured,
having sustained broken arm, and
was otherwise shaken up. Miles Moore
was quite seriously injured by flying
slivers and Roy Severance was rem
dered entirely deaf.
The explosion was heard for: blocks
around. The injured were at once
cared for by local physicians and at a
late hour last evening were reported
as resting comfortably as could be ex-
pected.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
MAKE MONEY ON STOCKS
BUNCH OF UNITED SENATORS,
SENATOR HANsBROUGH AMONG

BUNCH OF UNITED SENATORS,
SENATOR HANSBROUGH AMONG
THEM, STRIKE A GOOD THING.
Washington, April 1O.-A coterie of
United States senators is credited, ac-
cording to report from New York, with
having made fabulous winnings on
the stock market, through the recent
advance Of Burlington, Northern Pa
cifc and other so-called Granger road
stocks. =
=: Ex-senator Wolcott Z Of Colorado,
who conducted the negotiations on be-
half of James J. Hill and J. Pierpont
Morgan for the absorption of major
ity of the stock of the Burlington, is
said to have made over $1,O0O,oOO in
the market.
Other senator's who are credited with
having proited by the deal are Hans
brongh OF North Dakota, Spooner of
Wisconsin, Warren OF Wyoming, Elk
iiIis sahd Scott of West Virginia, Bur-
rows of Michigan, McComas, of Mary
land, Quay Of Pennsylvania, Kearns
of Utah, CLARK of Wyoming and Jones
'of Nevada There may have sbeen
other. lucky senator's, but their names
have, not been disclosed. 1t is stated
that not one of the senators that in
vested has won less than 500, 900. a 4
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
SEEDING TIME,

Fargo, April 10.-The farmers of
North Dakota are expecting good
weather to begin this week so the soil
will dry UP sufficiently to permit seed
ing. April 10 is about the average
date. though frequently much seed is in
the ground before that time. In some
parts Of the state where the soil is
lighter than in the valley proper some
seeding was done last week. Around
Hankinson and west of Fargo a few
acres were seeded but two days rain
put stop to the work. 1t will require
at least a week or ten days Of clear
weather to make the fields along the
river in good condition.
There has been so much agitation
over the necessity of securing good
seed grain and taking especial care in
the cleaning and preparation of the
seed that there will be no excuse for
the farmers who SOW bad seed The
agricultural college has issued several
bulletins and tested samples of wheat
from many parts of the state. ALI
the papers have discussed the matter
and printed the bulletins. Much of
last years grain is absolutely unfit to
use, and many tests have shown that
less than so per cent would germinate
properly. Some fine seed has been
secured through the elevator compan-
les from outside points. .
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
Taught IIyH "A I HUNTING Ii.
C,BNSE. s$.ss .s..5ss L Il L L

Down II Logan county a resident
possessed with Al exceedingly fertile
brain went broke early II the winter.
After some meditation he finally hit
upon a plan to keep the hungry wolf
from his door. Among his possessions
was hunting license He inter
viewed the Russian directors o. q
school and when they asked concern
ing his authority to teach ne produced
the license saying IT i was the reguIa-
stion teachers cert iticate and that his
standing was very high. He was ac-
51cepted as q teacher and all wintsr long
taught the little Russians ana drew
his salary every month. II was not
until lately that the deception that
had been pract cticed was bro,ight to
light.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
LANDS GOING FAST.
A FEW YEARS WILL SEE THE
AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND
small JNnETrn a.

AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND
SMALL INDEED.
Washington, April 1O.-According
to returns made to the United States
general land Office, it is evident that
the public lands that are available for
settlers in the Northwestern states
will be exhausted in very few years:
This affords some explanation for the
pressure that is being exerted by people
of different states on Secretary Hitch
cock of the department to open for set
tlement under the homestead law at
the earliest date lands that have been
ceded to the government bya Indian
tribes in cases where the reservations
have been diminished in size, with a
view to making allotments in sever
atty to the Indians. The business of
the land office last year, in keeping
with the general prosperity of the
country, was the heaviest in the his
tory of the Office The returns for the
first six months of the current fiscal
year indicate tremendous increase
even over last years business. Com
missioner Herman said today.
I'VE are just receiving returns from
the various land offices for the first
six months of this fiscal year, and they
show that the number of homestead
entries thus far is 80 per cent greater
than for the corresponding period of a
year ago. These homestead entries
being almost exclusively in valuable
agricultural lands is making great in
roads into the available supply of good
lands. In very few years there will
be little remaining lands suited for
agriculture in the country except such
tracts as can only be utilized with ir-
rigation Methods
Inspector Mclaughlin has been Sc
lected to conduct the negotiations with
the Rosebud Indians for the cession
to the United States of several thous-
and acres of Indian lands in Gregory
and Lyman counties, South Dakota.
The negotiations are authorized under
a provision of the last Indian appro-
priation act, which empowers the sec
retary of the interior to treat with
Indians for the purchase of Indian
lands. There are two townships be-
longing to the Lower Brule Indians of
South Dakota which the government
also desires to purchase with a view
to opening them to settlement. In
spector Mclaughlin has been selected
for this assignment on account of his
acquaintance and knowledge of the
subject.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
WHEN. PERIL COMES.
Sudden and Extreme Danger the
$z ss5 Test of True Courage. 5z5 sssis:. sss5.

ft s:Ss Test VI true tonnage 81 5Sf5s,
It Is when the unexpected happens
that fatalism proves how fragile d prop
It Is, after all, for human courage. The
soldier or the sailor can say to himself
when he knows that he must take a
supreme risk In battle or in q storm !:
Il am powerless against the fate which
was decreed for me from the beginning
Of the world. If my time has come, I
cannot help it; If not all the forces Of
earth and sky and ocean cannot prevail
to harm me- But when without an in
stant's warning a rock crashes through
ships bottom and the waters rush
into the gap, when confusion seizes the
entire company aboard, when the fog Is
too thick for the captain to be seen or
the roar of the sea browns the sound Of
his orders a new test is applied. Then
1t Is that the courage which rests on
nothing firmer than a negation gives
way, and in his greed to save his own
life the stole becomes as madman.
There have been steamship disasters
in which men. Of humble station, Of all
colors and faiths, have shown the finest
quality of heroism, and there have been
those in which the common sailors, all
whites and Europeans, have earned
eternal disgrace by their. cowardice.
The point we are making is not that it
is possible to draw a hard and fast line
between one religion and another o1
one race and another in the matter OF
bravery, but that the affirmative sense
of responsibility for ones own acts, of
the difference between right and wrong
between nobility and ignominy and OF
the grandeur Of duty well done at the
sacrifice of self, is a far surer depend.
ence in the presence of sudden peril
than all the stoical philosophers ever
worked out by the mind OF man
Washington Post. ~
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
INSANE HOSPITAL FIRE

FLAMES THREATEN DESTRUC-
T1ON OF AN INSANE HOSPITAL
BUT LUCKILY CONTROLLED.
Indianapolis, April 10.-Fire at 3
O'Clock this morning threatened the
destruction of the Central hospital for
the insane but control was gained
within an hour. The fire originated
in linen closet in the ward where the
violent female patients are confined.
The patients behaved admirably and
none were injured.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
HOSPITAL BURNS.

PATIENTS RESCUED THROUGH
THE HEROISM OF THE NURSES
New York, April 1O.-The southern
pavilion OF the Children hospital at
Randall Island was destroyed by fire
at 5 this morning. Ninety-four boys,
blind or weak eyed, We're rescued
through the heroism of nurses and the.
use of the fire drill which is constant
ly practiced on account of the build
ing being a fire trap.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-04-10
TOO MANY NOVELS.
Lurid Novels to Much for Harry De-
wore of Louisville, Murdered s.
= His Child Wife.
"Blue Boards Wife" Found on Dress
er in Room where Devore and
=. Wife Lay Dead.

Louisville, April -'Imprisoned
With the Dead or the Fate of Blue
boards Wife, is the title of novel
found On the dresser when relatives
broke into the room occupied by Harry
Devore and his child WIFE,. Bertha, this
morning. Devore, aged 19, had delib-
erately slashed his wife's throat with
a razor as she slept, then used it on
himself. They were married in Feb
ruary. Lruid novels lately threw
Devore into fits of jealousy.