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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
$3.50 the yard.

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
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Silk and Wool Crepe Barge, a delight
fully soft. light, clinging fabric, in all OF
the fashionable spring COlOrss Il inches
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
IT WAS A SLOW HORSE.
One of the New Stories That Ii Re-
lated About Abraham
Lincoln.

A citizen of Brownstown, Ind, says
the Indianapolis Press, sends the fol-
lowing anecdote of Abraham Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln used to be fond of
telling a story of a lawyer in a west
ern town who desired the nomina ton
for county judge. On the morning
preceding the evening on which the
county convention was to meet the
lawyer applied to the livery stable
keeper in his village for horse and
buggy in which to drive to the county
town, 16 miles distant, where the con-
vention was to be held.
''Give me the best and the fastest
horse you have, SAM" said he, $50 that
I will have time to go around and see
the boys before the convention be-
gins"
porting a rival candidate and gave a
lawyer a horse that outwardly APP
peared perfect, but broke down before
half the journey was completed, so
that when the candidate arrived the
convention had adjourned and his rival
had been nominated.
On his return to the stable late the
following afternoon, knowing that it
was useless to resent the trick played
on him, he said to the owner:
"Look here, Smith, you must be
training this horse for the New York
market. You expect to sell him to an
undertaken for horse, don't you?
Well, it's time wasted. I know from
his gait that you have spent days
training him to pull hearse, but he'll
prove a dead failure. He's already so
slow he couldn't get corpse to the
cemetery in time for the resurrec
fiOns
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

and told me we'd only be in the
way"
just here, it must be owned, Miss
Ray found it necessary to dive under
the table for a handkerchief which
she had not dropped.
Mr.. Stuyvesant, ignoring the teach
ings of his childhood and gazing
over the rim of his coffee cup, OBJ
served that she was with difficulty
concealing her merriment. Then, all
of a sudden, her face, that had been
so full of radiance, became suddenly
c1ouded by concern and distress. The
door at the head of the car had
swung open and remained so, despite
the roar and racket of the wheels
and the sweep of dust and cinders
down the aisle. The steward glanced
up from his cupboard opposite the
kitchen window at the rear, and
quickly motioned to some one to
shut that door. A waiter sprang
forward, and then came the steward
himself. The look in the girls face
was enough for Stuyvesant. He
whirled about to see what had
caused it, and became instantly
aware of a stout-built soldier sway
ing uneasily at the entrance and in
thick tones arguing with the waiter.
He saw at a glance the man had been
drinking, and OWNED he was there
to get more liquor. He was on the
point of warning the steward to sell
him none, but was saved the trouble.
The steward bent down and whis-
pered:
''This makes the second time he's
come in since six o'clock. I refused
to let him have a drop. Can't some
thing be done to keep him out? We
can't lock the door, you know. SIR
Stuyvesant quickly arose and
stepped up the aisle. By this time
everybody was gazing towards the
front entrance in concern and Curl
osity. The colored waiter was still
confronting the soldier as though
to prevent his coming farther into
the car. The soldier, with flushed
and sodden face and angry eyes, had
placed a hand on the broad shout
ders of the servant and was clumsily
striving to put him aside.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Exidence OF the BOOB.

It is said that Ibsen, the Scandinav-
ian playwright, is not always friendly
toward the English. Something which
happened to him lately may increase
that lack of liking or, if he is man of a
humorous mind, do something to les
sen it.
One day certain Lincolnshire squire
who goes to Norway every year for the
fishing called upon the distinguished
man. Ibsen was in good humor, and
received him cordially. Not only that,
but he complimented his guest, say
ing:
.sHow well you speak Swedish"
est was to learn this" said the Eng
lishman, producing from his pocket a
copy of Ibsen's poem, "Brand."
The author was naturally gratified,
and owned it the next day in telling
the story at the cafe
'sBut," he added, ruefully, cit was a
new copy!"-London Outlook.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
THE MAN WHO WORRIED.

--Oh, If might put grief away
And bid adieu to care
The man who worried sighed, one day,
The world would be SO fair!
But peace avoids my yearning breast.
And happiness goes by
All. shall ever find the rest
: long for ere l dep
why grieve?" the sage who heard re-
piled;
%'Has not your toll availed?
The ones you love are by your side.
Where have your efforts failed?
I see around you Iuxuries
That many man would deem
The rich and Iestful properties
OF some enchanting dream"
MY efforts have been fairly paid.
My woes are not alone
From errors I myself have made,
OF chances that are flown
But there's my neighbor! Day by day
He mOunts-his@ fortunes grow
How can drive my gloom away
While he outstrips me SOP?
IS. E. Kiser. IL Chicago Times-Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

face. Both my brothers are in the
service, and one is barely IT,
"Out at service!" interrupted the
other. "You don't mean"
NO. was the laughing answer,
and in Miss Rays enjoyment of the
situation her eyes came perilously
near seeking those of Mr.. Stuyve-
SAINT, which she well knew were fixed
upon her. 81 mean that both are in
the army"
"Wen-I thought not = still =
didn't know. It's all rather new to
me, this dealin' with soldiers, but I
suppose I'll get to know all about it
after. spell. Our society's getting
much encouraged"
RED Cross2" queried Miss Ray,
with uplifted brows and evident in
terest, yet a suspicion of incredulity.
"Well, same thing, only we don't
propose to levy contributions right
and left like they do. / am vice
president of the Society Of Patriotic
Daughters of America, you know.
thought perhaps your father might
have told you- And our association
is self-sustaining, at least it will be
as soon as we are formally recog-
nized by the government. You know
the Red Cross hasn't any real stand
ing, whereas our folks expect the
president to issue the order right
away, making us part of the regular
hospital brigade. Now, your father
was very encouraging, though some
officers we talked to were too stuck
up to be decent. When called on
Gen. Drayton he lust as much rs mp
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

As q rule, after man has reached
his meridian, he will go on doing as he
has done before; he has become prac-
tically slave to his environment and
habits of life Prune your sapling,
before time has made its rings and
hardened the fibers of the tree. The
most beautiful flowers and the finest
fruit are the results of judicious prun-
ing in the sDringtime of the life OF the
plant or tree. The finest manhood and
womanhood can be developed by a
wise use of the pruning knife in
youth, and the benefits will be found
in old age.-Success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
CHAPTER III

1t was just after sunset, when. for
the second time, the hot boxes of the
recruit car had been treated to lib
eral ibations from the water-tank.
and the belated train again
moved on.
Dinner had been ready in the din
ing-car a full hour, but SO long as
the sickening smell of burning waste
arose from the, trucks Immediately
in front very few of the passengers
seemed capable of eating. The car,
as a consequence, was crowded to-
wards eight o'clock. and the steward
and walters were busy men.
The evening mir, drifting in
through open windows, was cooler
than it had been during the day.
but still held enough of the noontide
caloric to make fans comfort. and
Mr.. Stuyvesant. dining at "four-in-
hand" table well to the front, and
attempting to hold his own in a
somewhat desultory talk with his
fellow-men, found himself paying far
more attention to the lovely face
of the girl across the aisle than to
the viands set before him.
She was seated facing the front,
and opposite the austere maiden
previously mentioned. Conversation
had already begun. and now Stuyve-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
She wa. an Exception.

They had protested they were each
others first and only love.
Sand this engagement ring" he
was beginning.
81 do not care for it. It's style I'm
not used to-"
"Then let me tell you, you are the
only girl who ever declined it on that
account" -Philadelphia Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Pietro Mascagni, whose fame came
with the production of "Cavalleria
Rusticana," has grown weary of his
critics, and as response to them has
dedicated his new opera: "The
Masks" to himself. This is the dedi-
cation:
Ito myself. With distinguished es-
TEEN and uhalterable satisfaction
London News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Against Her Rule.

"Cholly Dinsmore proposed to me
last night" confided Miss Bunting to
Miss Killduff.
"Did you ask him if he could sup
port you in the style to which you
had been accustomed?"
go, dear, no. I never ask men who
propose to me that question. De
troit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Another Version.

The tramp, he tackled brand new bride
And asked her for something to eat;
"Will you give me some bread?" Cbut he
meant whole mead:
She consented with smiles that were
sweet.
She brought him the half of loaf, and
said:
Heres some of my very ownv'
He took 1t. then faltered: 81 asked you for
bread,
And what do you give me?-a stoner
-Philadelphfa Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Why He Declined.

"Have a care, sir!" shrieked the
Leading Lady to the Heavy Villain.
while she tried to pull her train where
the calcium light would strike it.
mo, thanks Missed the Heavy Vii
lain, 'sI've just had one"
True, he had just secured his di-
vorce the day before, but it was so un-
like him to drag his family affairs to
the front in this manner.-Baltimore
American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Inquiring Youth-Pa. what is a dis
eliminating and differentiai duty7
PA discriminating and diffe rrn-
tial duty, my son, is that sort of duly
which impels your mother to ca. me
darling" in the parlor, and som thing
else after the company has gene hosne.
IN. Y. Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

SAINT was able to see that, beautiful
In feature as was her face in repose,
its beauty was far enhanced when
animated and smiling.
When to well-nigh perfect external
features there is added the charm of
fault1essly even and snowy teeth and
smile that illumines the entire face,
shining in the eyes as it plays about
the pretty, sensitive mouth, young
woman is fully equipped for con-
quest.
Stuyvesant gazed in fascination un-
comfortable. He envied the prim,
precise creature who sat unbending.
severe, and, even while keeping up
semb1ance of interest in the CONVEX
sation, seemed to feel it a duty to
display disapprobation of such youth
full charms.
No woman is so assured that
beauty is only skin deep as she who
has none of it. Her manner, there
fore. had been decidedly stiff, and
from that had imperceptibly adj
vanced to condescensioh, but when
the steward presently appeared with
a siphon of iced settler, and, bowling
deferentially, said he hoped every
thing was to Miss Rays liking, and
added that it seemed a long time
since they had seen the captain and
supposed he must be a colonel now,
the thin eyebrows of the tall maiden
were uplifted into little arches that
paralleled the burrows of her brow
as she inquired:
Miss Ray?-from Fort Leaven-
worth?"
The answer was a smiling md of
assent as the younger lady buried
her lovely, dark face in the flowers
set before her by assiduous waiter,
and Stuyvesant felt sure she was
trying to control an inclination to
laugh.
''Wen, you must excuse me if
elder in evident perturbation. "You
eling-sometimes. Don't you find
it SOP"
The dark face was dimpling now
with suppressed merriment.
Yes-occasionally," was the smil-
ing answer.
"But then, being the daughter OF
an army officer" pursued the other,
hurriedly, syou have to travel a
great deal. suppose you really
have no homer" she essayed in the
half-hopeful tone to be expected of
one who considered that being so
endowed by nature must suffer some
compensatory discomforts.
eyes and-no," answered Miss Ray,
urbanely. Gin one sense we army
girls have no home. In another, we
have homes everywhere"
It is reproach in the eyes of GER
tain severe moralists that fellow
being should be so obviously content
with his or her lot. The elder wom-
an seemed to feel it a duty to ac-
quaint this beaming creature with
the manifest deficiency in her moral
makeup.
Eyes, but should think most any
one would rather have a real home.
q place where they weren't bounden
to anybody, no matter if it was hum
bly," (She called it 'humbly," and
associated it in mind with the words
of Payne's immortal song.) "Now,
when I went to see Col. Ray about
our society, he told me he had to
break up everything, going to Cuba.
but he didn't mention about your
going west"
Father was little low in his
mind that day." said Miss Ray;
shade of sadness passing over her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
An UncaIculating Hero

Helen-Oh, he is not at all mer
cenary.
Alice-But he doubtless knows yos
are worth two millions.
Helen-Yes; but he says he would
love me just as much if I wasnN
worth but million and half
Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
He woulan,t BE Busy.

Let me see the funny paper,
urged the little one.
But I'm looking at it," replied he1
father.
'Oh, well" she returned, you car
look at it after supper, for you don't
have to go mt to Play-"-Chieage
Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Wrong DIAGNOSIS.

whats the matter. pet?"
"That big, ugly man you sent t.
look at poor Fido says he has dis
temper, and told him it wasn't true
and wanted him to go away. There'
nothing at all the matter with Fidoi
temper. It's his poor little stom
chi"-Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
,Twaa Ever Thus.

'Twas Ever Thus.
Jones, like fool, had poked his nose
'Twixt man and wife-and got the blows:
Quoth Jones: cit has been truly said,
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
In the Mountains.

In the Mountains.
Among the summer hills and 6aies
She wanders night and day,
Although she finds her searching fails.
For no man comes her way
And while she vows she can't exist
Without a single one,
Yet all the summer through she's kissed.
But only by the sun
-Lesue's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Aunt Julie-Now. Tommy. that's a
nice boyl Do the churning, and as a
reward I'll let You turn the wringcr
for the new washing macnine.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Could Testify Otherwise.
Its all lie," the tomcat howled.
AS he quickly ran to cover.
While the missiles all around him few,
THAT the world adores loverr'
Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Friend-How is your wife. oil
chap?
Mr.. Henpeck-Last week she WA
dangerously i'll and just now she Il
dangerously healthy.-Heitere Welt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

A Match and q Mystery.
Her name was Short-his name was Long
They married; now, You see,
She's always Long-he's always short
How can such queer things be?
Chicago Record-Heral6.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
A pro.t In sixhf

"fes," said the man who prides him
self on being exceedingly astute. =.
lent him an umbrella"
II am surprised at you! When hin
unrelia bility about umbrellas is one o.
his chief characteristics"
"Yes.s But I lent it with the under
standing that he is to bring me bacl
the one he gets in its place. "-Wash
ington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Girl-Are you lover of music. pro-
fessor?
Professor-Yes, I am; but it does
not make any difference. just go
on and play away.-Heitere Welt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Chin of the old Block.

Chip of the Old Block.
what fine head your boy has"
said an admiring friend.
eyes," replied the fond father,
"he's a chip of the old block-ain't
you, my boy?"
eyes, father; teacher said yester-
day that was a young blockhead." p
Tit-Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

You Know Him.
He so eagerly tells all he knows.
We scarcely need stop to ask
The reason why, for it is because
1t Is such an easy task
Harlem Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09

Sweet-Tempered Wife I'm glad
you're takin' a wash, John-thert
amt drop o. ink in the place.-Alll
Sloper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-09
Horse Sense.

There's a small grain of wisdom
Which runneth this way:
Men who have horse-sense
Know how to say neigh"
philadelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-29
INTEREST In FIELD DAY
NINE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE
ALREADY ENTERED.
In the List of Entries There Are Ath-
Ietes with Good Records to Their
Credit-CovaI Not Barred.

State Manager Robert Hall, who Is in
to be held Saturday, is a very busy man
at this time. Nine high schools lave sent
In their fees and will participate. They
are Lafayette, Covington, Veedersburg.
Terre Haute, Hartford City. Muncie. Craw-
louisville, NJ. T. III. S. and Shortridge, both
Of this city. In the nine schools entered
there are 19 men, making fifteen events.
including the relay race. The meet will be
called at 100 o'clock on account of the
large number of events. 1t has also been
arranged by Manager Hall to have the
heats in the bicycle races run while other
events are being given. Another rule
adopted which will insure a continuous
performance is this: When an event is
called and all the participants are not
present the absentees are given two minutes
in which TO appear ready for the track,
and If they fail in that time they are to be
disqualified.
There are In the list of entries a number
Of athletes who have made good records.
This will insure "A lively meet. as the NJ.
I. II. s. Of this city will have 10 fight hard
if they carry off the prizes. Covington,
which made such a good showing last year,
is entered again this season, and 1t is said
may do better than last years work. The
team from the NJ. Il. H. 8, since its victory
at Louisville, has been resting on its
~laurels. and little work has been done by
the men. This, however, has been due
largely to the bad weather. +.
1t has now been decided TO allow Coval
to ride in Saturdays contest, as it has been
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF the
ShOrtridge athletes that he has not as yet
entered the professional ranks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-29
AS VIEWED ABROAD.
Comments of the London Press-"A
L~amentable HeadIons FALL"

LONDON, May 2S.-The London newspa-
pers have paid scant attention to the deci-
sion of the United States Supreme Court in
the insular cases. The few comments made
deal principally with the confusing nature
OF the Judgment" 1t is, however, agreed
that the practical result is obvious-that it
leaves Congress free TO deal with the an
nexed territories as IL pleases.
The St. James Gazette says: at Is one Of
those legal hctions which had so much TO
90 with the development of our own insti-
tutions. 1t is certainly a convenient Judg-
ment for President McKinley's government.
and will probably clear away many diff
hculties bequeathed to American statesmen
by the Spanish war"
The Daily News. which comments on the
decisions as perhaps the most mOmentous
which this tribunal was ever called upon
to make" regards them as IA curious issue
to 40 years of triumphant democracy"
and says: 1T is not progress, but retro
erosion; not the advancement of human
ity, but that disheartening product of our
times-the militarism of a democracy. We
venture to think that the trainers OF the
United States Constitution would have
laughed at the possibility OF such a devel-
opment as Incredible. The decisions have
extricated President .1cKinley from an I'M
commonly awkward position; but 1t is a
lamentable. headlong fall in the moral
scale and a turning of the back on all that
has been the special glory and distinction
of the United States in order to join in the
barbaric scramble for the waste places of
the earth"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-29

Congress enacted the Foraker law were
Illegal and must be refunded. IL Is pre-
sumed that the court. following the same
lines OF reasoning, Will decide that the du-
ties collected on goods from the Philip
pines were also Illegal and are subject to
free entry into the United States until Con-
gresS acts, as IL has already done in tho
case Of Porto Rico. Such a decision would
mean not only the refundiag Of duties here
tofore collected. but would open the ports OF
the United States TO merchandise and goods
OF every description from the PHILIPPINES
probable that importers might take advan-
taSe of this TO ship goods into the United
States through the Philippines. and thus
defraud the government of its revenues.
Whether the danger from this source Is
great enough To warrant the calling of
Congress in extra session is one which will
DO decided only after full deliberatiOn.
IL IS possible, however. that this danger
may have been already obviated in the
enactment OF the Spooner legislation dele
eating temporarily TO the President the
power to govern the Philippines. This may
be considered an act Of Congress within
the meaning of the Downes decision az
frming the constitutionality of the Foraker
law. But il is a delicate question, and one
which the President and his advisers will
consider in all its bearings before coming
to a conclusion. The members of the Cab
met decline 20 discuss the subject for pub
~lIcation. They united in a message Of con-
graduation to former Attorney General
Griggs, who prepared and presented the
governments case to the Supreme Court.