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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31
Light. That shine,

ssDo you think the present generation
will produce men as great as those who
have gone before?" asked the worried man.
Il don't know" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. cit pears to me you don't hear as
much about young men studyin' by pine
knots an taller dips as you did them days.
Cigarettes an fireworks seem to be more
in demand now.'-Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Their Schooling Cost $1OO, OOO, 900.
It is estimated that 10000 negroes
have been graduated from colleges and
industrial schools in the south since
the civil war, at a cost of 100000, 900.
Most of this money has been contrib.
uted by northerners.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31
Farming Prospect. in Alaska.

Agricultural experts who have visit
ed Alaska think the farming prospects
as good there as in Finland, where
"a. O0O,O bushels of cereals are raised
annually and population of 100000
lives in comfort. Alaska's area of
farming lands is estimated at 1906
square miles. Only five states are as
large as that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

Examining the BOOKe.
81 haven't seen your cashier for several
''No, he's gone out of town."
'Ah! Gone for rest, eh? ?"
eve haven't found out yet whether he's
gone for rest or to escape it."-Phladel-
phia Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

The president says that we are
to solve the problems of the present
"untrammeled by the past" It might
be well. though, Mr.. President, to
hang on to the constitution and the
declaration of independence = In
dianapols News (Ind.)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

CATER we are married." said the en-
thusiastic lover, sslife will be one grand,
sweet song yes" answered the older
man, ga soprano solo. Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31
An Admission.

She-You must be careful and not sit
too near me. Mother has a way of com
ing into the room unexpectedly.
He-That is mean of her.
Isn't it? Hardly a night goes by that
L am not nearly mortified to death. DE
troit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

It's love that makes the world 60
round, but it's marriage that keeps most Of
the inhabitants hustiing.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

You cannot be cheerful if you have dys
pepsia. You won't have dyspepsia if you
chew Whites "Yucatan."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

Private Mailing Card with colored views
of scenery ON the Chicago, Milwaukee, & st.
Paul Railway, sent on receipt of ten (lo)
cents i'm stamps. Address F. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent. Chicago, III.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken o.
Ave-. N, Minneapolis. MINI. Jan. 6. 1900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

What a peculiar monocle that golfer il
wearing!"
Yes, that is the very latest. It is called
the hoot-monocle!"-Det Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31
A Guess at 1t,

A rain that was black and greasy fell the
other day in South Dakota. This explains
the recent activity of the inhabitants of the
planet Mars. They have been shooting an
oil well.-Rochester Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

Smart Answer.
''You fell into the creek with your new
breeches on?"
YES, pop. You see, fell in. so quick
I hadn't time to take them off"
ga smart answer, my son. So suppose
Times.
When a man is wrong and won't admi4
it the only thing he can do is to get mad.
L. A. W. Bulletin.
Doctors understand old age, but they
can't cure it.-Atchison Globe.
One-half the world smiles at the frowns
of the other half.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-05-31

The library of the Kansas State
Historical society contains 23,051
books, 67,41S pamphlets, 2a,eo7 vol
umes of newspapers, 23.317 manu-
scripts, 6,397 relics, 5000 pictures, A.
$50 aliases and maps. Estimated
value of the society's collections, $175,-
900.
| Judge Hook convened the federal
court at Salina Tuesday, the first time
| the court sat in the Salina federal
| building which has been furnished by
| the government for court purposes.
| E. d. Anderson, eX-pOstmaster at
Arvonia, was fined 500 and costs for
| fraudulent cancellation of stamps.
Dickinson county people were in
| censed over the action OF the health
| officers who made an order that there
shall be no public gatherings in the
county for 80 days on account of
smallpox. The order puts a stop to
| every school commencement in the
| county, including those at Solomon,
| Chapman, Abilene and Lexington.
It is noted by the Emporia Gazette
that Miss Estelle Marshall, zone OF
the prettiest young women that have
| been in the dining room of the Whit
ley hotel for years." has fallen heir to
| $4,000 willed to her by her grand
mother in Ohio. Furthermore, Miss
Marshall is to receive a large sum
| from an uncle's estate when it shall
have passed through probate, and
from waiter girl she becomes lady
| of independent fortune.
| The Sedan Gas & Oil company
| struck a strong flow of gas in its
first well at depth of $50 feet three
miles southeast of Sedan. 1t is the
best gas well in Chautauqua county.
The next international conference
of River Brethren chuSch will be held
| at Abilene. There is no other single
.settlementof the sect so important as
| the one in Dickinson county, more
than 5000 members being there.
! Plans for holding a state fair at
| Topeka this fall have been declared
off. Shawnee county. would not APP
propriate $4,000 to fix up the fair
grounds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13


One email bottle Of HAZE Crest
Discovery cures al kidney and blAd-
der troubles. removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame oack, rbeumstisn and all
irregularities u ne kidneys and
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder trouble in chill
crsn. II not soio oy your druggist;
will be sent BY mail On receipt Of 81
One small bottle is two months .
treatment sro wiz care any csuse
shove mentioned
-. 2. ". HALL,
Sole manufacturer, e. Louis, Mo
formerly Wsco, Texas.
Sold By sl drug .sts and ". b.
Frame, Ardmore, J. J.
READ THIS.
BeuylIe. Texas. sept. l2th.-This
10 70 certify that 1sue used Hsils
Great Discovery f9r kidney and
Bladder Trouble in uy family ano
can tr1ttf8Iy cay taat it gave good
sausfacsor. j. = LEWIS.
Tex Collector austin County.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Brgbrs disease is 10 respector Of
persons 10 attacks men and women
the strong and robust the rich and
poor, the sctiye BODY and brain
workers, the fathers of families. the
bread winners 10 every sphere Of
life, seeming 70 choose for its vic
tins those only who can least be
spared. Smiths Sure Kidney Cure
is the only guaranteed remedy for
Bright's disease. Your money back
II IL fails 20 cure. Price 80 cents.
For sale by City Drug Store. Ard
more and Msdili. 2
The neat time you MAKE a call r.
member how 81 is in your own case.
You have probably dropped Ia al the
most inoppor,une time of the day
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
c.s.u. Envm.,s,o, ci.-.on,

NEHHN8 = HNH'T"N W WH"WF
who is also editor of the Herald al
Howe, Ind Ter, writes:
To whom IL may concern--i was a
sufferer from stomach trouble until
] was induced 70 Try bottle Of DR.
Csldwell's Syrup Pepsin and ] want
20 cay that 10 my opinion II has nc
equal az a stomach remedy. / had
tried many different remedies. but
none with the happy results Of Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
@. A. CLAwsOs, Howe, Ind. Ter
Sold BY W. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Mr.. @. A. stillman, merchant OF
Tampico, H., writes: "Foley's Kid
nsy Cure is meeting with wonderful
success. II has cured some cases
here that physicians pronounced in
durable. ! myself am able 10 testify
10 It's merits. My face today IL . liv-
ing picture OF health, and Foley's
Kidney Cure has made it such. A"
Bonner a. Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
cut. BOD nful.e. OuIekI, ntnI,o.

Cuts aud Bruises Quickly Healed.
Chamberlain Pain Balm applied
to a cut, bruise, burn, scald or like
injury will instantly allay the pain
and will heal the parts in less time
than any other treatment. UnleRs
the Injury 10 very severe 1t will not
leave scar. Pain Balm also cures
rhoumatism, sprains, swollinRs and
lameneeo. For sale by city Drug
store and f. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
Hotel for Sale

Hotel and business house
for sale at Ada, |. T.
Hotel thoroughly equipped
with new furniture and rents
for I25 per month. See or
write me quick for terms.
A. J. WEST,
Ada, !, T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Women who wear low neck and
short sleeve dresses. should remem-
Der that some busts and arms are
too large.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Every woman has certain dresses
and hats that would be- just the thing
10 travel 10 though she hasn't been
out of town 10 twenty years and isn't
going.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
FOSTER
epecIaI Cotresnondence

Special Correspondence.
Foster, T. T., sept H. We are
having some pleasant weather tor
cotton picking There will not be
one.half the cotton raised this year
as was last year. Cotton cropis very
short here.
We are needing rain very bad.
WIZ kads, oi Foster, has Just re.
turned from Teas, where he vent
10 recuperate his health.
Miss Lillian Galloway, Of Elmore.
has returned from visiting relatives
at Greenwood She visited her sis-
ter here Thursday.
We are having good school here,
and are we'll pleased with our teach.
or.
Mrs, Boss, Of Foster, is Visiting
relatives
W. A. Clemens passed through
Foster this week on his way to Ire.
ton.
Mrs. j. NJ Hunter and daughter
passed through eoster last Saturday.
Mrs. Allen and daughter, OF Green.
wood, arc here yisiting relatives.
Abe Evans ana wife anG baby. OF
Newport, Visited j. ~. Hunter and
family this week.
Horse stealing seems TO be all tho
go In this country, yet things are
getting to be very serious hore and
there is nothing done TO apprehend
these follows. We appeal TO the or
ficors Tor protection There should
be something done o. rid the coun
try OF these culprits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

You may bride the appetite, but
you cannot bnbe the liver and do its
work Well You must be honest with
IL. help II along little now and then
with dose OF Herbiue, the best lly.
or regulator Price soc. w. B,
Frame, City Drug Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
DEAFNESS CURED,
OF noDay. C.n.ROwkN. MiiwauLee.wi..


81 had bronchitis for twenty
years" said Mrs. Minerva Smith. Of
Danville, H., "and never got relief
until | used Foley's Honey and Tar
which is sure cure for thrCw and
lung disease.n Bonner * Bonner.
The most delicate constitution can
safely use Ballard's iiorehound syr.
up II la a sure and pleasant RENE.
dy for coughs. loss OF voice and all
throat and lung troubles. Price 20
and Doc. w. Is. Frame, City Drug
store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

The Balm wagon j. great ia
yOrite among those who use them.
when you buy the BAN you make
no mistake. Sprag.us q Co. sells
tEnrr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Many physiciSns are now pres
criblng Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regu.
larry having found that 1t is the best
prescription they can write because
IL ia the one preparation which CON
tains the clements necessary TO dl.
gost not only somo kinds OF food but
lig kinds, and II therefore cures In.
aidestion and dyspepsia no matter
what It's cause. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

We can tell What makes your eyes
5lgr and your head swim. You are
bilious and DR.. Csldwell's Syrup
Pspsia Oil cure you or the manufsc.
tgrsrs gill r.ignd you the purchase
price. sold by ". Il. Frame.
II had a running core on my leg
for seven years" writes Ars. Jas.
Forest of Chippewa Fslls, Wis. and
spent hundreds ~ dollars In trying
% get il healed. Two boxes Of Ban
nsr sslys entirely cured IT," Be
ware of substitutes Bonner 4. BON
EeF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

After man has been married about
siS weeks his wife begins 10 discover
unpleasant things to eat which are
good for him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

A diseased liver declares il selfby
moroseness, mental depression, lack
Of energy, restlessness, melancholy
and constipation. Herbine will res.
tore the liver 70 a healthy condition.
Price SOC. W. B. Frame, City Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

Az an external liniment OF most
wonderful pene'rRtiyo and curative
power, Ballard'a Snow Llniment Ia
not equaled by any other In the
world. Price 20 and soc. W. B.
Frame, CITY Drug store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

I'LL back any good oldfashioncd
grandmother against all the incuba.
tors modified milk and other new
tangled contraptions for raising ba.
bIps.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
70 CURE A cOLD one DYA

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
II It falls 70 cure. f.. w. Groves
signature is on each box. % cents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

when woman is in love she has
about az much regard for other peo-
pie az she has FOR herself when she
Dos scasI.k
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

johnston safsapariiia is ,he most powerful
blDpd pafiLrf known. Zee d. and keep your
ligld pure Quart Bgtles.H
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13
GARFIELD o. ASSASSINATION
"csn No Tore be Guarded Against
Than Death b. Lightning"

kAU " WV ~ HA&Nf - -
Than Death b. Lightning"
Washington Sept. LIN John
sbermsn's "BecoiIections" is the
following interesting reference 70
Garfield ssssssinstioD.
Il received letter from Mr.
Hudson, Of Detroit, which e.
pressed fear that General Gar.
field was 10 serious danger Of asfas
sination. giving particulars sent
IL a. once 70 Garfield and received
from bin the following answer
very significant. ID view Of the
tragedy that occurred the following
summer:
Mentor ". Sow lG. ls.J.-
SIS Dear -r TIE letter of Mr
Hudson. Of Detroit with your iu-
dorsemelt. came duly 70 hand
do aot think there ls any ser.ou.
danger IN the direction 70 which
be refers. though ! am receiving
what suppose ~ be the usual
number of threatening letters %
that subject Assassination can
no more be guarded against than
death by lightning, and IL H. not
best 10 worry about either. ! -
pect 10 70 % Washington before
long 10 cIose up some household
affairs, aud / shall expect 10 see
you With kind regards, am
very truly yours.
j A GARFIELD.
" Honorable John Sherman.
Washington. u. c."
Gentlemen Ny wife was afflicted
with dyspepsia and constipation for
years. After trying other remedies
purchased a bottle Of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin for her and she
is rapidly improving. cannot be
without this valuable medicine.
kespt. yours >. ELLIOTT.
Elk City, Kas., Dec. -, 1900.
sold by W. B. Frame.
When a 1Dy knoWs what is in h.s
mofae-s pz-Ipr t n evident that be-
has ~ sisters W they wouldn't let
him q ID there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-13

II is question which causes moth.
or the more worry A boy so sick that
he Is good or 80 thoroughly well that
he is bad
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
Gross EYEs MAY RE ouREp.
A VisuaI Defect Removed BY tn.
Early Use Of Glasses.

A Visual Defect Removed BY the
Early Use Of Glasses.
strabismus or 'cross eyes, are now
safely and almost painlessly corrected
The desired result may be obtained by
the wearing Of proper spectacles in ear
ly youth; but. according TO the Phila-
delphia Record II the evil is not then
corrected an operation later on VIII he
necessary.
The removal Of cataract" from The
eve Is one Of the most delicate opera
tions performed by the oculist A eat.
aract Is formed by the lens Of the eve
becoming Opaque, so as to appear gray
ish or otherwise. when It shuts out the
light from the optic nerve. The oculist
Of to-day cuts into the bah Of the eve
and removed the darkened lens, and
the optician supplies the defect by arti.
hcial lenses that make good the sight
The demand for glass eyes is iucreas-
Ing as the character and quality OF the
eyes improve. unslghtly eyeballs are
now removed In part. leaving enough
OF the muscles to rotate the glass shell
that is placed over them. Where the
work is properly done, the p0ssessor Of
the glass eye can move 1t about with
all the naturalness Of a real optic and
In many cases II is very difficult 20 tell
the manufactured article from the gem
uine. All the wild stories about sub
stituting rabbits eyes for human eyes
or the statements to the effect that ocu-
lists can take eyes from their sockets.
wipe them on a coarse towel and re-
store them unimpaired to the happy
patient, are all moonshine. and anyone
who is called upon to listen TO such
tales is perfectly justified If under such
circumstances he should wink the other
eve.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
TnE ENo o. rAE saIoE a
a SAD Picture Of the chiId-wife sys-
TEN Tolerated In India.

a SAD Picture Of the child-Wife sys-
TEN Tolerated in India.
A little girl IN India went to the mis-
s.onary school; she was a pretty, clever
little Thing and SO attracted the teacher
that She venured % visit Der in her
home She found the child oYershad-
owed by tie horror q her approaching
MARRIAGE As a baby she had been Be-
trothed, but. according to custom. she
lived ii her fathers house tin She was
IL then she was to be taken from her
own people and given over to her hus
band, a hideous little man. deformod.
his face Scared with disease, Of bad
character and notoriously given to
drink.
The child was terrified OF him, and be
derived a ghoul-llke pleasure from her
terror; used 70 jump at her 10 the dark.
make faces al her. and told her that
once really married 10 him and in his
home he and his old mother would make
short work Of her beauty with a red-hot
fork, so that Il would soon be difficult
TO choose between their two faces
AT last the fatal day arrived. The
missionary's heart aehed for the little
friend she was unable to help, and as
she went about her work she prayed
that God might save his hapless
creature. NF
AT noon the child's mother burst into
the house. "Nahomi is dead she
cried, and the two women hurried to
her home There was NahOml, lying
stiff and cold on the floor, looking very
slim and childish ia her bridal dress
and smooth, fiower-crowned head.
II appeared she had spent the morn
ing in restless agony OF anticipation,
and to quiet herr her miserable mother
had beaten her, and that afterward she
had fallen into an apathy Of despair.
She had washed her little person and
her hair. had braided it neatly had put
on her bridal gown, had decorated her
self with flowers and jewelry, and then
had gone quietly into the yard behind
the house. where a great datnra tree
hung lis great white trumpets against
the blue sky. dug up and ate a little Of
its poisonous root. and then crept back
into her home, whore she now lay,
cold, stark4free o,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
TRIALS OF POVERTY.
One OF Them Brought TO Light in the
Case at Hand.

One OF Them Brought 20 Light In the
Case at Hand.
The writer can vouch for the authen-
ticity Of this story. In an Eastern State
there had been series of barn burn
ings. which had destroyed thousands of
dollars worth Of property In some
cases residences and stores had caught
fire and there was no end 10 the dam
age. Fine horses and vehicles. hay,
grain Of every sort and the odds and
ends Of property which is generally
stored in barns all went The citizens
Of the little village We're greatly in
censed and left no means untried to
catch the offender Finally during the
thirteenth fire the guilty man and his
confederate We're. caught Popular in
'dignation ran so high that had the
crime occurred 10 Kentucky OF the
West the men would have been lynch
cd, and as popular novels say, "This
story would never have been written"
But they were thrown into jail 70 await
trial. The day before the trial a prom
inent man called upon the chief offend
er's wife and found her crying bitterly.
He looked about In vain for some
means Of comforting her but could only
pat her on the shoulder and say:
There, Mrs. s.. don't take on so.
Maybe theyll clear him. though down
in his heart he hoped they wouldn't.
But she only walled louder
"Oh, II isn't that But to think Jim's
to be tried tomorrow before big
crowd Of people and he hasn't got any
stickpln for his necktie. He Is awful
proud, Jim is and when he was arrest
ed he told me 10 get him stickpln If
could, but | haven't been able 70 save a
cent oh, it's awful 10 be so poor
And the kind-hearted man actually
took out a dollar and told her II She
could find a stickpn at that price to Get
Il for Jim to .wearatcourg and save the
family pride indianapolis Sentinel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
PIeaaures of Home lAfe.

what a coy home you have" said
his bachelor friend as be entered Mr..
Nuwed's house FOR the first time.
Yes. indeed, said Mr.. Nuwed. ecs-
tatically. J never knew the real com
forts Of life until ! married. Now II
you'll just Sit down a moment IN 20
down and III the furnace. split little
klndling wood, bring Up some coal for
the CRATE fire. sci Jut the milk pitcher.
mend the kitchen stove. put up a cur
tain pole attend 20 a few other domes-
tic duties and then wen sit down and
have a real nice time. Chicago Rec
ord