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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03

good words on them as a sort of
an encouragement to them to
wade mud, face billiards., search
for lost trails on dark nights
and lose sleep while driving over
the county getting acquainted
with you, my reader. We hope
you may all meet them, and
give them the glad hand; and
what is better-give them your
votes on election day.
B. Hofstaetter has moved from near
Pawnee Rock to a farm on Walnut
Creek. northeast of town
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03

F. Klein will make a record as
one of the best peace officers we
have ever had. Everybody who
knows him, is for him, and we
look for his election by a hand
some majority.
JOHN W. MCCAULEY,
candidate for Register of Deeds,
is also a north side man, being
a farmer of Homestead town
ship, where he is we'll known and
respected by all old residents.
Mr.. McCauley possesses excellent
qualifications, is thorough and
exact in all he undertakes, and
in every way most creditable
representative of the wide awake,
energetic Kansas farmer-a man
who will, if elected, take extreme
pride in conducting the office of
Register of Deeds the best that
it has ever been conducted. He
has not before asked the voters
OF the county for support, and
did not seek the nomination;
but he is entitled to the loyal
support of all who want to see
a good man in that office.
d. T. ARMSTRONG;,
editor of the Beacon, is the
present county printer, and can
didate for reelection to the
second term. He has filled the
position of official printer for the
past two years with eminent
satisfaction, and should be re-
elected for another two years
over his republican opponent.
He has a we'll equipped printing
establishment, and can supply
the County's needs satisfactorily.
MIR. Armstrong is entitled to the
support of all Democrats and
Populists, and he will get the
support of many republicans.
CHARLES F. YoUNKIN,
is the nominee for County Sur
veyor, having been placed on
the ticket by the committee up
on the declinatiOn of Bernard
Markey, who has removed from
the county. Elsewhere in this
issue we have made comment up
on Mr.. Younkin's qualifications.
He should receive your loyal
support.
DIR. G.. l.. KOCH,
Coroner, is our candidate for re-
election. We hope nobody will
get killed during the next two
years, so that DR.. Koch will have
an easy time in office-for OF
course you are all going to vote
for him again.
| W. B. PICKERILL,
OF Clafin, the candidate for
Commissioner from the First
district, is pretty well known in
his district as a thorough bust
ness man, one who possesses the
ability to successfully handle any
proposition that may come be-
fore the board. He is quick and
accurate with figures, has a good
understanding of the public
needs, and will make an excellent
member of the board. Heshould
be elected beyond any question
in that district, and will be if he
gets the unanimous support of
Democrats and Populists. In
the north end of the district he
is best known; but when elected
he will make it his business to
look after the interests OF ALL
the people.
| And there you have the whole
ticket. We have not consulted
a single one OF these candidates
as to what they would like us to
say about them-We spring these
HF1Y.Y. "a IN
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
OUR COUNTY CANDIDATES.

This paper has not said much,
thus far, concerning the personel,
and claims to public favor, of
the candidates on the Demo-
cratic and Peoples Party ticket
better understood as the Fusion
Ticket-in Barton county. Prac-
tically all of them are as well
known to most of our people as
they are to the writer; and we
are exceedingly well pleased to
know that nothing but good
can be known of them.
HENRY LANGFELD.
OF Comanche township, the can
didate for Representative in the
. state legislature is happy Sc
lection for that position. He
is a farmer, and knows the needs
of Kansas farmers and what
legislative action will be best for
their interests; and what is to
the farmers interests in this
county is to the interests of all
our people. Mr.. Langfeld served
as a member of the Board of
County Commissioners for the
years 1887, 1888 and 1889, and
thereon proved himself an able
and careful man. always awake
to the best interests of his con-
stituents. He should have the
undivided support of all Demo-
Gratis and Populists, and will re-
ceive the votes of many republi-
cans who know him well.
Q JAMES w. CLARKE,
the present County Attorney, is
the candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Clarke has proven by one
term that he is the right man
for the place. He is an able at
torney, careful to look after the
financial interests of the county;
unceasing in his efforts to pun
ish criminals, and conservative
in those things which come be-
fore him in his capacity as
legal adviser for the county.
Jim Clarke will give better salts
faction as county attorney for
another two years than any
novice in law or neophyte in
county affairs.
FRED NJ. LUTsCHG,
the present County Clerk, is also
up for reelection. He has filled
the Office for the first term az
thoroughly and efficiently as
that office has ever been filled in
any county. Mr.. Lutschg is ex
. tremely conscientious, and has
perhaps given the duties devolv
ing upon that officer, who keeps
the important records of the
business transactions of the
county, more thought and study
than has any of his predecessors
The statistical tables and valu
able historical data given in this
issue of the DEMOCRAT, compiled
by Mr.. Lutschg, show his
thorough knowledge of the office
He is unquestionably entitled tt
q another two years in the posi-
ton, and if the majority of tn,
voters SO express themselves OF
election day they will none hav,
cause TO regret that they cas-
their ballots for Fred Lutschs
for County Clerk.
w. p. FEEDER,
Probate Judge, is also candi
date for election to the SECOND
: term. Judge FEEDER is perhaps
better acquainted with the entir'
citizenship of Barton County
than any other man in it. III
has filed the office of Probat,
Judge for the past two years
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03

with great satisfaction to every
person having business with him;
being always cordial and accom-
modating, pains-taking and ac-
curate in adjustment of the
more delicate matters which
come before him; and prompt to
protect the rights of all persons
interested in estates that are
probated. He was elected two
years ago by the largest MAORI
ty given a county candidate for
many a year in this county, and
his merits will again win him the
favorable suffrage of the people.
CLARENCE r. ALDRICH.
candidate for superintendent of
Schools, was appointed to that
position in the fall of 1901 by
the board of county commission
ers, upon the resignation of
Prof. Ben Hennessy. During the
fractional year that he has
looked after the county schools
Mr.. Aldrich has demonstrated
his excellent qualifications for
the position, and has SO endeared
himself to the people that there
will be practically no opposition
to his election to two year
term.
W. B. LUCAS,
Clerk of the District Court, is an
other young man cut out espec-
tally for the position he has
filled for the past two years with
perfect satisfaction to all. Mr..
Lucas has made one of the best
Court Clerks who ever polled a
jury or fled a divorce case, and
the longer you know him the
better you will like him. Hewas
selected unanimously as the best
man for the place, and should
be given another two years as
on of the county's most trusted
servants.
j. W.-SODERsTROM,
of Hoisington, the candidate for
County Treasurer for the two
year term, is for the first time
before the entire PEG, lie of the
county for their suffrage. In the
north part of the county, where
he is known as a straight-for-
ward, capable business man, his
support will be almost unani-
nous. In Homestead township
Mr.. SOderstrOm has filled many
positions of trust with honor
and credit. He is a contracting
carpenter by trade, and a hard
working man; a man whom his
closest neighbors trust implicitly
and WHO, if elected to the office
of County Treasurer, will devote
his entire time to the office and
fill it to the satisfaction OF the
people. He should, and I'M
questionably will, receive the
loyal support Of every Democrat
and Populist voter, because,
while being as well qualified to
fill the position as is his oppo-
nent, he stands for and gives
hearty support to the principles
we believe in.
ELMER e. EPPERsON,
of west of town, is candidate for
County Treasurer for the short
term, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of MIR. Griffith.
Mr.. Epperson, although a far.
mer, is thoroughly we'll qualified
for the position. He has a
thorough business education
unquestioned integrity; is affable
and accommodating at all times
and will, we believe, make ar
ideal treasurer. He has never
before asked the suffrage of the
voters OF Barton County, an6
his wonderful popularity among
those who know him insures The
good will of all with whom he il
now becoming acquainted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
Feed for Laying Hens.

There is probably no food better cal
culated to promote laying in fowls than
cowpeas. Peas or beans of any sort are
good, but large ones must be ground,
or fowls will rarely eat them. OF cow
peas the smallest variety should be
chosen, as fowls unused to such grain
must be accustomed to it gradually.
But once get them to eat peas and the
victory is won. They are a perfect sub
stitute for insects, meat scrap, blood
meal and other animal preparations
that are often so combined with cheap
substances that the hens are a long
time learning that when they are fed
"Lobsmith's concentrated egg food"
they ought to lay fiuently, instead of
almost imperceptibly. Pea vines with
peas on them cut as soon as the peas
are full grown and while yet green,
thrown into the chicken yard, will give
them exercise and the very sort of food
their nature Graves. They will eat the
peas, the leaves, and as much of the
stems as they can break up small
enough to swallow.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
NEESSSNN SSSSNSSSSG
Things That May
Interest YOu-
SSS.SsSSSSSSS

Over a million persons die yearly in
Europe of consumption.
Five hundreda nd eighty-seven dis
tinct languages are spoken in Europe.
Out of 2.599 murders of Christians
in Turkey last year there were only 81
cases in which the murderers were pun
ished.
The longest railway run in the world
without changing is on the Canadian
Pacific, from Halifax to Vancouver.
1862 miles.
The biggest orchard in the world is
near Santa Barbara, Cal. 1t covers
1,7oO acres and contains 81 900 fruit
and nut trees.
The amount of heat generated by
mans body in days work is sufficient
to raise 63 pounds of water from freez-
bing to oiling point.
Lord Kelvin, who is now 78 years ot
age, is entitled to place no less than 20
letters, indicating various titles of hon.
or, after his name.
During the past ten years immigra
ton to America from Germany, Ireland
and England has decreased, while that
from Italy, Asutria aud Russia has in
creased.
Three are 5000 monks on the prom
ontory of Athos. They pay to the sui
tain 1000 pounds year for the privi-
lege of being allowed to govern them
selves.
The number of ships in the Ameri-
can whaling feet has fallen off in the
last twelve years from 81 TO to 40, and
mnch the same is the case with the
Scotch whaling industry.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16

HOW TO CUT THE CARDBOARD.
parts, following the white lines, and
you will be able to make many anus
ing figures, also all the letters of the
alphabet.
Ruth's "Thank You" Letter.
Ruth skipped to the door to see what
the mail carrier was bringing. Then
came a delighted squeal, and she dane
ed back, her eyes shining as she tore
the envelope, and something "fat and
soft" fell out.
"0h! oh! Look, mother! A lace
handkerchief for me, and 1 never had
one before. And here's note, and it
says, For my dear niece Ruth, from
her Aunt Mary, with her love in every
one of the stitches"
'It is a beauty" said mother "You
will want to write and thank aunty for
it, and you surely ought to send very
nice letter for such a pretty present
See if you can make every letter right,
just as aunty did every stitch.''
- Ruth was seven, and had learned to
write so well that her father, who was
a travelling man, was very proud Of
the letters his little girl sent him. He
always kept them, and carried them
round in his vest pocket. She knew
about capitals and periods and COM
mas; she could spell the words in the
First Reader, and some in the Second
Reader, too. When she wrote, every
letter was round like chubby Ruth
herself, and as plain as print. Yer
diggle writing" explained Ruth.
%My thank you letters all done, !"
announced Ruth, with a tired sigh.
''I'Il read it to you, mother, and you
tell me if it's nice enough to send to
aunty for that dear, lovely, beautiful
handkerchief" Then Ruth read this
aloud:
Dear Aunty-The map you sent me
ia the sweetest one / ever had in all
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
CHAPTER VII.
Light in the Darkness.

Light in the Darkness.
The intelligence with which Lestrade
greeted us was so momentous and so
unexpected that We were all three fair
ly dumfounded.
Greeson sprang out of his chair and
upset the remainder of his whisky and
water
stared in silence at Sherlock
Holmes, whose lips were compressed
and his brows drawn down over his
eyes.
"Stangerson, too!" he muttered,
THE plot thickens''
1T was quite thick enough before" :"
grumbled Lestrade. taking chair. 81
seem to have dropped into sort OF
council of war"
Are you-are you sure Of this piece
Of Intelligence" stammered Gregson.
'I have just come from his room" "
said Lestrade. 81 was the first to dis
cover what had occurred"
1--WE have been hearing Greeson's
view of the matter" Holmes observed.
Would you mind letting us know
what you have seen and done?"
81 have no objection Lestrafe an
swered. seating himself 'T freely con-
fess that I was of the opinion that
Stangerson was concerned in the death
of Drebber.. This fresh development
has shown me that I was completely
mistaken. Full of the one idea. I set
myself to find out what had become
OF the secretary They had been seen
together at Euston Station about half
past eight on the evening of the third.
At two in the morning Drebber had
been found in the Brixton Road. The
question which confronted me was to
find out how StangerSou had been en-
ployed between $50 and the time OF
the crime and what he'd become of him
sfterward. teIegraphed to Liverpool.
Giving a description of the man and
warning them to keep watch upon
the American hoatS. I then set TO work
calling upo1 all the hotels and lodging
houses in the vicinity of Fuston. You
see. 7 argued that if Drebber and his
Communion had become separated the
natural course of the latter would be
10 nut up somewhere in the vicinity for
the night and then hang about the
station again next morning"
'They would be likely to agree on
soma meeting-place beforehand. re
marked Holmes.
so it proved. l spent the whole or
yesterday evening in making inquiries
entirely without avail. This morning
began verv early. and at eight o'clock
| reached Halliday's Private Hotel. II
Little George street. On my inquiry
as to whether a Mr.. Stangerson was
living there they an once answered me
In the affirmative.
No doubt you are the gentleman
he was expecting, they said. He had
been waiting for a gentleman for two
days
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
OILERS AND THE oVERWoRkEc.

Both Glasses Need Pity-One Is Aim
less and the Other Is Driven.
In fine, 1 hardly know who are most
to be pitied, the rich or idle and lazy,
who underworld, or the very poor who
must overwork to live. The former
grow fabby or tense, according to their
heredity, in both muscle and mind, be-
come fastidious, finnicky and senti-
mental, are specially prone to yield to
temptations, must aimlessly change
their interests, locations and pursuits
from sheer ennui; are easily bored, ard
finally lose the power of being strenu-
GUS about anything. The effects of an
inactive life upon the offspring are
sometimes sadly and markedly degen-
crate.
The overworked, especially If young,
are prone to many forms of arrest. Chill
dren are undergrown in both height and
weight; they are robbed of the paradise
of leisure, which is the literal trans
lation of the Greek word school. The
high ideals and ambitions normal to
adolescence fade into a dull state Of
apathy and encouragement, and, at
worst, of smoldering revolt against the
existing order of things. To be always
tired is miserable, and individual or
social misery is powder magazine liza
BILE to explode at any time.
Man is endowed with fatigue sense
that tells him when he is tired, con-
tinues a writer in Ainslee's. 1t seems
to be a specific feeling, due perhaps to
accumulated products of decomposition
in the muscles. This pain-tire is a
warning to stop or let up. 1t is, how
ever, possible to press on in defiance
of it, and if we persist in SO doing
there comes a point when this fatigue
sense is itself fatigued and tired out
and ceases to act. This is when run
ners get their second breath; when
those beginning night work have
fought through the period of sleepiness
that comes when they have been wont
to go to bed and feel very wide awake
and alert as if they could go on for
ever. But the day of reckoning comes.
They are now living on their capital,
which is being rapidly overdrawn-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
Stomach Stageers in Horses.

Quite a common form Of indigestion
among horses is stomach staggers hav-
ing the following symptoms: The ears
droop forward, the eyes are dull, the
animal sweats profusely under even
light labor and seems to have little
control over the hind quarters at times.
During a portion of the time the appe-
tite is almost ravenous, at other times
there seems to be little appetite. When
the symptoms named appear the corn
should be cut out of the diet and the
grain ration materially reduced.
Change the entire ration as much as
possible and keep the bowels in good
condition. Dissolve one ounce Of glau-
Der salts in the drinking water twice
daily or give as a drench if the animal
will not drink. If the daZed or sleepy
symptoms continue give a purge Of
salts and afterwards drachm doses of
iodide Of potash three times daily until
the sleepy feeling passes off.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16

Clipping Work Horses,

Whether or not It pays to clip work
horses was tested at the Michigan ex-
pertinent station and reported in a re-
cent bulletin. The conclusions were
not as definite as might be desired.
The station, however, believes that the
horses which were clipped did their
work with much greater comfort in
early spring than those which were not
clipped. This of course means a great
deal when animals are at work pre-
pairing the land for spring crops. The
clipped horses always look better
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-16
A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

After very brief pause the detec-
tice continued:
"Of course, after that there was
nothing more to be done. l found out
where Lieutenant Charpentier was,
took two officers with me and arrested
him.. When 1 touched him on the
shoulder and warned him to come
quietly with us, he answered us as
bold as brass: 4 suppose you are
arresting me for being concerned in
the death Of that scoundrel Drebber,
he said. We had said nothing to him
about it, SO that his alluding to it had
a most suspicious aspect"
Very" said Holmes.
He still carried the heavy stick
which the mother described him as
having with him when he followed
Drebber. 1t was a stout oak cudgel."
What is your theory, them"
"Wcll, my theory is that he followed
Drebber as far as the Brixton road.
When there a fresh alteration arose
between them, in the course of which
Drebber received a blow from the
stick in the pit of the stomach, per-
haps, which killed him without leav-
ing any mark. The night was so wet
that no one was about, so Charpentier
dragged the body of his victim into
the empty house. AS to the candle
and the blood and the writing on tho
wall and the ring, they may all be so
many tricks to throw the police on to
the wrong scent"
"Well done" said Holmes in an en-
couraging voice. Really, Gregson,
you are getting along. We shall make
something of you yet
Il fatter myself that 1 have man
aged it rather neatly" the detective
answered proudly. ''Ihe young man
volunteered a staten ent in which he
said that after following Drebber
and took cab in order to get away
from him. On his way home he met
an old shipmate and took long walk
with him.. On being asked where this
old shipmate lived, he was unable to
give any satisfactory reply. l think
the whole case fits together uncom-
monty well. What amuses me is to
think of Lestrade, who had started off
upon the wrong scent. | am afraid he
won't make much of it. Why. by Jove!
here's the very man himself!"
1t was, indeed, Lestrade, who had
assembled the stairs while we were
talking and who now entered the
room. The assurance and jauntiness
which generally marked his demeanor
and dress were. however wanting.
His face was disturbed and trou-
bled, while his clothes were disar-
ranged and untidy.
He had evidently come with the in
tention of consulting with Sherlock
Holmes. for on perceiving his col
league he appeared to be embarrassed
and put out.
He stood in the center of the room,
fumbling nervously with his hat, and
uncertain what to do.
"This is a most extraordinary case"
he said, at last-'a most incompre-
hensible affair.""
'Ah, you find it so, Mr.. Lestrade?"
cried Gregson, triumphantly. Il
thought you would come to that con-
clusion. Have you managed to find the
secretary, Mr.. Joseph Stangerson?"
The secretary, Mr.. Joseph Stanger-
SON." said Lestrade, gravely, was
murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel
about o'clock this morning"