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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
A Knave of
Conscience
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1000. by Francis Lynde.)
CHAPTER IX.CoNTINUED.

1t was all over in moment. Char
Hottie saw the mate try to spurn the
disabled negro, and saw the white
man step between. Then the mates
right arm shot out in mighty blow
at the peacemaker, who was stand
ang just within the low guard with
his back to the river.
She looked to see him hurled to his
death in the brown flood; and what
she did see was scarcely less horrify-
zng. The fugitive had stepped aside,
and the mate, carried off his feet by
the impetus of his own blow, STUN
bied on the low rail ana dropped in
TO the river.
charlotte saw instantly what would
happen. If the mate were not
drowned outright, the oevouring pad
s1te wheel would swiftly overtake him
and batter the life out of him. But
-esVhat did happen was more astound-
ing. Like a flash the man whom the
mate would have sent to the death
which was to be his own sprang
overheard fairly upon the shoulders
OF the struggling bully, carrying him
deep under water just as the roaring
wheel was about to engulf him.
All this Charlotte saw; and the
rescue of both a few minutes later,
the nate insensible and the other in
Che throes of exhaustion; and when
1t was over she was fain to go back
30 her room, with her letter to Mr..
Galbraith still in her bosom. For
hscroism is law unto itself, and were
q man guilty of a thousand crimes,
the woman does not live who could
give him up to justice on the heels
of such deed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
CHAPTER XII.

When the plunging carriage and its
yelling escort of pursuers were gone,
Griswo1d sat up and felt for broken
bones. Happily there were none. and
in a trice he was afoot and on bis
way back to the Belle julie" the
handouts hidden by bit OF bagging
The flank movement was not OF i'm
pulse; it was only the carrying out
of plan we'll defined at the outset
the determination to do the thing
that the professional robber would
not do.
The mate was at the heel of the
footplank when he went aboard, and
he saw the manacles.
Hi. there, Gavitt," he called.
whats to pay with you now?"
Griswold explained in barest out
line.
''Who was it, then? Thugs, I sup
pose. after your bit of pay. and the
cop hustled the wrong man, av
course. How come we to get foot
loosen
Legged it. But 1 can't get these
off,
I'll bet you can't Come with me;
you did be doing me a damn good
turn wan night, and I'm not forget
ting it."
He led the way tc mis- room, found
pair of handouts and a key. and
freed the prisoner. After which he
gave hi.l a iong-tailed coat, much
the worse for wear, and an old hat.
take them and be off with you.
before the cops come down to look
for their bits of scraD-irOn" he said
Griswo1d would have thanked him.
but speech-Gavitt speech-was not
to be had.
Once on the levee again, with all
the improbability of finding the ne
gro and the treasure confronting
him, he had an ill-turn that was
most disquieting. But in the midst
Of it he found his man. who had
successfully dedged the officer and
saved the precious bundle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
oLD-TIME BELIEF IN DEMONS
In the Age of the Reformation 1t
Was Rife, md Even Luther Be-
lieyed the Devil Visited Him.

The cures of Jesus excited so much
surprise among his contemporaries be-
cause they were effected by His word
and look alone, and needed no ADVENT
tious aid of magical drugs; though
even He would send on his patients to
the priests to be finally purified by
magical additions from the unclean
spirits visitation. In the age of the
Gospels everyone, from the beggar III
the streets to the emperor on the
throne, believed in the existence OF
demons .infesting men and animals
haunting trees and rivers, even inhab.
iting statues as their tenements. II
was only question of which name was
most potent in eXorcism, and in Acts
49, 6 Gallo drove from the Judgment
seat the Jews, who were rioting about
mere words and names; that is to
say, were assailing Paul for invoking
the name of Jesus Christ as defense
against the invisible powers of evil
rather than the names of Abraham
Isaac and Jacob, says the Interna-
>tional Monthly. In that age. as in the
ages that followed, there was thus
a background of chronological belief
into which fitted the stories which are
a stumbling block to modern divines
like Farrar and Ian Maclaren. In the
age of the reforma ton, this back
ground of belief in evil spirits causing
madness and sickness and bad weather
was still intact, and entered as factor
into mems lives and conduct to a de-
gree which only those can realize who
will consult the litera ture of that age
Even Luther, who burst so many bonds
of superstition, never questioned the
reality of the visits which the devil
noid him
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vibrations to the second than snv
other color, is employed when mela6-
cholia is being treated. These rays
of red attract the mind. their vihra-
uons are necessarily felt by the. pa
tient, and the thoughts in the moor
brain are set in motion. There are
violet rooms for mild forms of insan-
ity; blue and green rooms for the bo;-
sterus, and a white room for the ner-
son who is practically wen.N.
Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
CHAPTER x.

When Charlotte had made sure of
the pseudo deck hands identity in
the forenoon of the second day out
she had thought the assurance un-
zas<aiiable and had conducted herself
accordingly. But when she awoke
hate on the morning following the
brave rescue of the mate, assurance
had departed.
With the admission of the smallest
doubt. she could by no means go on
with her plan of betrayal until the
siouht was removed; and. not know
ing what else to do, she went to the
captain to find out if possible all he
kncw about the mates rescuer
The interview was most unsatisfac-
tory She led up to the subject by
Eaiting the captain the story of the
rescue, and so was privileged to ask a
few questions about the rescuer. Did
the captain know him? And, above
ssii, did the captain know the day and
hoSsr when the man had joined the
~rcw?
Capt. Mayfield knew no more than
chat the mans name was John Gavitt
and that he had joined some time dur.
ing the day of departure from New
Orleans. He was a sick tramp, work
1ng his way home to some small river
tOsSn in Iowa.
80 the doubt remained unsoIved
after all, and her hands were tied un.
less 1T could be removed She could
think of no other expedient, save an
Interview with the man himself. and
this she knew was impossible-in its
sringrng about and in any definite re-
suit that could accrue For if she
eouid bring herself to question him.
surely he would lie in his own behalf
And yet it was the impossible
Sting that happened. For that even
ing just at dusk, while she was stand
sng on the guard upon which her
Stateroom window opened. she heard
= step on the stair leading from the
seek above. A\man descended slowly.
and when he came near enough she
Eecognized him. She let him go until
her opportunity was all but lost:
then. piucking courage out of the
heart of desperation, she recalled
lin.
Dne moment, if you please; IL
want to speak to you." she faltered;
and he turned obediently and stood
before her.
Followed a pause, surcharged with
zhe electricity of things onlinous. He
xszzs generous enough to come to her
4escue.
~You have something to say
20 lne?"
Yes; 1 want to ask you at what
1zme you Joined the crew of the
z;kzse Julie"
The question did net surprise him.
nor did he attempt to evade it,
dhough he knew to whas it would
Lead
<-Isetween twelve and one o'clock
&Ae day before yesterday"
-<pEzl you tell me where you were
It Ii o'clock that dayT'
Yes. If you ask me-"
Fl do ask you
II Was in = certain public building
In New Orleans. as near to you as
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
Some Fool Questions.

eve all have our troubles" said the
colored philosopher who runs the ele-
vator in the post office, "but the worst
of it is that we think no one has any
but ourselves. My greatest trouble
is answering fool questions, and 1 get
a good many of them in the course of
the day. Yesterday there was hung
Jury, and one of 'em asked me if we
had good beds for iur,-.en VINO we're
kept oveS night told him / hadn't
seen any yet, and I'd been here for
good while. To-day the weather bu-
reau hung their sign as usual in the
elevator. 1t said Fair and that's all,
same as it often does. 1t hadn't been
there five minutes when a man from
up the state came in and asked ne:
Where's this yer fair at?' I told him
it was in the circuit courtroom if it
was anywhere. Wall says he, 4 can't
take it in. I've got to go to the cir
Gus And that's the way / get 'em
right along. "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
A Heavy Fall.
In certain school moi FAR from Tar
rytown. the head master, with the OBJ
iect of giving his higher class a prac-
ter, placed that instrument on the
window about seven feet from the
ground. and told his senior scholars to
note any change in it, and report to
him. During dinner-hour one boy,
more meddlesome than the others, be-
gan tampering with the glass, with
the result that it fell to the ground
and was broken to pieces Anticipat-
ing matters, he watched for his mas
ter's return from dinner. and. rushing
to meet him. observed. excit eddy: HSir
the barometer has falleni" s'How
much ?'' asked the pedagogue. thinking
of climatic change "Seven feeti" was
the reply. to the amazement of the
master-Woman's Home Compa MON.
The Flour Wa. Tough
Mrs. Youngbride-I've come to COM
plain of that flour you sent me
Grocer-What was the matter witt
ite
1T was tough. ] made pie with
it and it was as much as my husband
could do to cut u."-Philadelphis
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26

The first cotton mill in this country
was established In Beverly, Mass in
1857 It was designed to maaufec.
ture cord and bedficffa9.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26

INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT APARTMENTS
OF
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c1asped the manacIes upon the wrists
of the man who was on his way to
punishment.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
FOREIGN FACTS AND FIGURES.

Germany has 329,2s1 miles of tele- phone wire.
 The wage bill of th3 British navy is f5,76o,000 year.
 Posters and advertisers boards pay a tax in Belgium.
 Italy spends 43 per cent of her rev enue on the interest of her national debt.
 In Bohemia 63 nobles own the greater part of the country: None of their estates are less than 12,000 acres.
 Germany employs 537.l22 people on her railroads-that is nearly one per cent. of her entire population. There are r to every mile of line.
 Three hundred and fifteen shoals i'll various parts of the world were de- clared dangerous to navigation last year by British admiralty surveyors.
 Only one halfpenny was bid at an auction in Paris for two bills signed by Mime. Humber-one for $200, ,000 and the other for 1000. The bid was not accepted.
 TOUT tnousdhd loreiSn neTs were eX- pelled by the police from France last year One thousand five hundred of these were Spaniards, 1900 Belgians and 500 Germans.
 Prof William Petrie, the eminent English Egyptologist and explorer, is known by his London intimates as the king of spades" on account of his mania for delving after archae eolog- ieal specimens.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
NOT USED TO SMOKING.
Patient Follows Doctors Directions to the Letter, Hut Does Not
 Get Well.

A Maeclesfeld man was in very bad way of health. After much anxious thought he determined to consult doctor, relates Lon don Tt-Bits.
 The latter, after a most minute exam nation, pronounced the patient to be sui ering from severe form of dyspepsia, and prescribed for him accordingly He was very particular in giving full directions as to diet.
 A light breakfast-cup of cocoa, dried toast, and other simple fare; plain dinner chop, no potatoes, glass of claret; and only one cigar per day. He was most care ful to impress the fact upon the patient 5 mind that the one cigar should never be ex- ceeded
 The patient went away and returned in week worse than ever. The doctor was nonplussed.
 Upon inquiries he found that the man had most faithfully carried out all his in structions to the letter.
 Il know what it is" replied the man of medicine. You've had more than one cigar day. It's the smoking that's done 1t '
 Yes; know that, doctor. It Is the smoking; but I've only had one cigar a; a time, and that was quite enough, for ] never smoked in my life until you tolG me to
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
Education and Training.

A human being wants a whole de. velopment-educato of himself. IF school he hopes to gain the essential basis for and an impetus toward this whole development. But he also wants a particular development. One may prefer to teach or preach or sing or practice law or practice medicine or keep books or be mechanic or con. duct factory. And he expects vari. ous schools to prepare him accord ingly.
 Now this specialization is very we'll But one must not neglect the general development for the special develop. ment. If he mistakes the develop ment of his talents for the practice of medicine for education, he will lack just that of becoming the man he might become. If he fancies that special preparation for the ministry will stand him instead of general preparation to live his life to the fullest, he will fail of his life and of his calling. In word, there is no price so dear as that which one pays when he sacrifices education for mere training-the man for the talent Biblical Recorder.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
FRESH FROM FRANCE,

Paris has double the number of fire men, and 50 more engines than Lon don.
 Partisan butchers who sell horse meat intimate the fact by exhibiting a gilded horse head on their shop fronts.
 The French Acadamy of Medicine has refused to adopt a recommends tion to the government to prohibit the sale of absinthe in France.
 France makes annually 143 .O0O, ,000 pounds of chocolate and bonbons. In this respect she stands second only to Great Britain. Germany ranks third.
 Some of the students in Paris, when perusing ancient books in the National library, protect themselves with mug zles. This is done to prevent the in- halation of dangerous microbes said to infest old volumes.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
SOVTH ERN EDUCATION ]
THE EDUCATIONAL REVIVAL.
An Awakening Needed in Our COun- try SchoOIs-fhings the Peo-
 pie Should Demand.

There is being awakened a wide spread interest in education. Through out the country the attention of the people is being called to this great matter. The condition of our schools, both secular and denominational, is being looked carefully into, and large plans for their improvement are being projected. Specially do the schools in the rural regions call for immedia- ate and thoughtful attention. Our scheme of public school education in the country, in many placcs,is scarce ly worthy the name, and are hardly more than excuses for schools. With miserable houses, only the most sim pie and crude apparatus, poorly equipped teachers, only a few months in session, and with inadequate direc- tion and superintendence, it is quite impossible to have such schools as the times demand.
 It is high time our people were moved in this matter. Public schools have come to stay, and they must be made adequate to the great work committed to them. The best men in the country should be made superin- tendents and school commissioners, and should give themselves with great seriousness and industry to the charge of the duties of this office. The best men in the community should deem it an honor to be per mitted to serve on the school board. Fewer and better houses should be secured, trained and mature teachers employed, and more months occu- pied.
 These things our people should de mand, and continue to demand until they are secured. Let it be under stood that our schools are not sim ply to furnish employment to the fa- voritc daughters of a neighborhood, but place for honest and hard work on the part of men and women that have been highly and thoroughly trained for their life work. Let our people be stirred to serious thought and action in these things, and not take it for granted that things are bound to remain as they are. Speak out in meeting whenever things are not what they ought to be. It is the right of an honest taxpayer to get the best for his money, and nowhere is it so important to get the best as in our public schools.-Baptist Un. ion.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
MISS ELIZABETH CANE.

eight months from suppressed men, struation, and it effected my entire system until 1 became weak and debil- itated, and at times felt that I had hundred aches in as many places. 1 only used the Compound for few weeks, but it wrought a change in me which I felt from the very beginning I have been very regular since, have no pains, and find that my entire body is as if it was renewed. I gladly recom- mend Lydia F.. PinlSham's Vege- table Compound to everybody. ."- Miss ELIZABETH CANE, 69 ". Division St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-s5ooo forfeit # nboue testimonial is not genuine.
 At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance for woman's ills of every nature.
 Mfrs. Tini1iiaIT invites alI young women who are i'll to write her for free advice. Ad- dress Lynn, Mass.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
EDUCATIONAL ENTHUSIASM.
The Educational Spirit of the South is Becoming Aroused to
 n Healthy Pitch.

The south is punctuated all over al ings, conventions of teachers, insti- tutes, Chautauquas and summer nor malS, where thousands of our teach CTS are assembled and eagerly pursu- ing studies in the great art to which they are devoted. The reports indi cate that exceptional enthusiasm is manifest among these educators, and that valuable knowledge and inspira- tions are being absorbed by them from erudite and progressive lectur CTS. That sort of enthusiasm, well directed, can not but confer great benefits upon the educational work of the south. Most of the teachers are engaged in primary instruction and are the products of the homes of the people who have felt the first fervor for popular instruction and trained the first fruits of the family for that work. These young people carry back from their summer schools and conventions the best thoughts and zeal for the best methods that are given them from the most com petent authorities. And thus the public mind of the south is being yearly better informed and more earnestly affected for widespread and practical popular education. In due time the results will appear in legis- lation, our schools will be extended and perfected ungrudgingly, and the repulsive blot of abnormal illiteracy will be forever erased from the rec. ords of southern citizenship. The Constitution rejeiees in the prospect to that result opened up by the la bors and enthusiasm of all these southern educational assemblies.-At- lanta Constitution.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
THE "CALLn WAS A "RAISE. n
story Related by WelI-known Min- ister to Illustrate the GuiIeIess-
 ness of Preachers.

Rev Dr. Minot J. Savage tells the follow ing story, of which he claims not to see the point, to illustrate the guilelessness of mera- bers of his profession, says the New York Tribune. A clergyman and prosperous layman were one day discussing the various aspects of the ministers occupation Final ly the layman said, little bit seornfully.
 'fhe trouble with you parsons Is that you are not practical
 But 1 insist that that is exactly what we are, replied the clergyman. warmly.
 No, you're not, " said the la4man. firmly. Well, how do you make that out! = in. quired the indignant parson.
 Well I'll tell you. You had an offer to go to Boston at a salary af 1000 didn't you!'
 Yes"
 And you're getting $3,OOO here2"
 Well, what of that?"
 ''Nothing.. except you said you had a call, didn't you!'
 "Yes.'
 Well, that wasn't call at all. It was raise.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
\ Standing Reproach.

It is reproach to our religion, ci, ilization, free institutions, democracy. that with all the means the state pos. sesses there should be such an alarm ing number of people who can nos read the ballots they deposit in the box, nor the Bible.-Dr. J. L. NJ. Cur. ry
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
When the Day Went to sIsep

Once upon ;ime, from behind the cur. tain of darkness, came smiling day, and, wrapped in the gray dawn, took it's bath in the sparkling dew Then its morning garment was changed to doth of gold. new made by the sun.
 The day wore on. Through the hours It went wearing a smile of satisfaction. Antil the donning Of the more somber evening dress, after which it was wrapped in the mantle of the night.
 Moral-Even tlae day has its elose-N. Y.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11

"I had cafarrh all through my sys- fem for two years and could get no re- Hef. Twas advised 10 try Peruna, and ' have taken five bottles Of IL and am well and better now than have been for years. lean advise any one who has cafarrn or any part Of fife 1oay .o take Peruna. My little girl, who is eleven years old had cafarrh, buf was cured by Pernna. Before ' began 10 take Peruna [ was sick all fhe time, bur now am entirely cured and all praise IS due Peruna. Airs. M. K. BouSch.
 Miss Pearl Bouseh, writes: "When was a baby 1 contracted catarrh, and
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS
 via the IRON MOIINTAIN ROITE

To points in Ohio and Indiana. One fare for the round trip plus g .00 Tickets on sale September 2d 9th, l6th and 23d good to re- turn within 30 days from date of sale Ex- cellent opportunity to visit the old folks at home Call on or address nearest Iron Mountain Agent for particulars. H. C. TOWNSEND G. P & T. Agt St Louis
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
mrch of the Same Kind.

From Connecticut woman's dairy, dhted l790: We had roast pork for dinner, and Dr. S--, who carved, held up d rib on his fork and sad: Here, ladies, Is what Mother Eve was made of Yes said Sister Patty, and it's mLca the same kind of crit ter. Living Church.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11

Edward Goodley," the Sunday school sui perintendent announced, mas passed the best examination in Bible study. As re- ward I will give him for prize any book he may name. Now, Edward, what shall it be-" Why, said Edward, promptly, T d Avengers, or Flash O Lightning's Feud.' - Catholic Standard.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11

Courtesy Due-"Why in the world is Brokeman laughing so uproarously at that old story Cashum told him just now? we heard Brokeman tell it himself a dozen times, years and years ago" .Probah ply you have, but Brakeman just borrowed a five from Cashum. Cincinnati Commercial Tr5hune
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
+ Worked Well-"Did vou eyer try

It Worked Well-"Did you ever try to kill of the mosquitoes with oil?" You bet we did" replied the old farmer. We just flooded the marsh with 1t last year. ''How did it work!' "Oh, it settled the mosquitoes all right and pretty netr took the house, too Somebody dropped light ed match in it. This year we're talsin' our chances with the mosquitoes, not wishin' to have our ire insurance policy t-nceled But there aint no sort O doubt that 1t does the business, if you're thorough."- Chicago Post.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11

Its terribbe to be sleepy so much O de time," said Meandering M Ike: Why don't you go to sleepy" rejoned Po9ning Pete. ''You might as well. Oats where you re wrong If dere is anyt' ing dreads, it 5 goin' to sleep. l might dream was workin. - Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1902-09-11
TO YOUNG LADIES. From the Treasurer of the Young Peoples Christian Tenn perance Association, Elizabeth Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAA:--I want to tell you and all the young ladies of the country, how grateful l am to you for all the benefits I have received from using Lydia F.. Pinkham'S Vege- fahIe COmDOund. 1 suffered for