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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-17

MT. Dadabhai Naoroji, who, in 1892, as member for Central Finsbury, was the first Indian to enter the House of Commons, was seventy-seven on sep- tenlter 4 last. He was also the first native professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in an Indian col lege. His life has been devoted to In- dfa. He has been thanked for purify ing the administration in Baroda; he discovered the cause of a loss of e600,- 900 to Bombay over the Vebar water works; he has constantly urged the holding Of examinations simultaneous " in India and England for the civil service; and in 1895 he secured the ap- pointment of royal commission on In- dian affairs. When in 1893, with the honor conferred by Central Finshury fresh upon him, he visited India he was the center of vast and enthusiastic re- ceptions from all creeds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF A sPINsTER.
Sapient and sharp Sayings Concern
ing the Frailties of Men
and Women
ITO Be Continued

Happiness is the mirage of love. says
Vada Agnew, in Judge.
The first lesson love teaches is de-
ception.
Women make a woman's reputa ton;
men her character.
The best friends of selfish man
are those who know him least.
1t is well to keep your eyes on very
suspicious man or woman.
The prejudices of women are intu-
tive and cannot be overcome.
Perhaps the Lord made bachelors for
the consolation of wives.
The more diligently the phantom
happiness is pursued the faster it
flies.
There are men so morbid that their
mere presence calls before US all our
past sins.
Matrimony is a two-handed play in
which from the beginning one always
cheats.
Some men are so blase that they
would tire of Paradise after the first
hour.
The man who has never seen wom-
an he could love owes it to nature to
travel.
Men who are most undeserving of
praise usually receive the most. That
shows how little worth it is.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-24
sELF-APPRovAL.

I'm glad that me an Mandy amt the fash
ionable kind
Whose doin's in the papers so persistentiy
you find;
Them drawin's In the clothin' store, a
hangin' on the wall
80 be dressed up like them folks wouldn't
suit my taste at all!
4 never seen mortal on this earth a-look-
in SO,
But, seems to me, the folks that make them
garments ought to know.
doD- see how they stand there in per-
Te+uaf repose,
For If they move, they're sure to git a
wrinkle in their clothes.
An when I see the fashion magazine we've
ordered sent,
I'm mighty proud O. Mandy. cause she
looks different
Their waists are squeezed so tiny, SOS to
make em trim an neat,
That, to come right out an say it, It's a
mystery how they eat!
An sech length from waist to footi But
here my language fails,
s'pose it ain t no subject fur discussion by
the males.
But speakin' of appearances. say 1t with
out pride,
When We look each other over. me an
Mandy's satisfied.
Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-24

Michigan, although millionaire, is
one of the hardest workers in public
life Senator Clark, of Montana, prob
ably the richest man in the world, &C
quired all of his millions by industry.
He never uses tobacco or alcohol in any
form, is always sober, and always
busy. These are the only conspicuous
rich men in the senate, and every one
of them is a credit to that body, a
credit to his state and a credit to the
republic.
Senator Mcmillan once told the mar
rator how he acquired the splendid
mansion which is his home at Detroit.
He said that as soon Is he was married
he undertook to buy a small house on
the installment plan. By rigid econ
omy, by denying himself all luxuries,
and some necessities, he managed to
pay for the house. Then he began to
buy the adjoining house IN the row.
When that was paid for, his income
was much larger, SO he bought every
house in the row, one at a time. When
they were all paid for, he was mature
man, with a family in need of more
room; SO he tore down the row and
built his palace where he began as q
young man in poverty.
Every successful man has had SIM
liar experience. Economy is in itself n
great revenue. Asst is practiced in the
national capital by senators, it is also
practiced by representatives Their
mode of living, within their incomes,
should be lesson, an inspiration, to
young men and women everywhere
They should avoid debt. The creditor
is dangerous acquaintance He fol-
lows at the debtors heels, dogs him
in his last moments, and stops only
at the graveyard gate. The children of
economical, thrifty people learn their
bookkeeping lessons of receipts and
expenditures every day. They are
thus educated and graduated into good
wives and husbands for the coming
generation. SMITH D. FRY. :
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Dubois, of Idaho, land I have taken
a little fat on East Capitol street.
about four blocks away from the
capitol. You see, my wife did not want
me to come back to the senate; but L
told her must go either to the senate
or the poor house, and so she let me
come to the senate. Now, with S. 900
year, and living in a small fat, we can
get along and probably get little bit
ahead. You must know that when
senator takes fat, that fact issrecog-
nized by all society as notification that
the senator is too poor to give enter
tainments and squander fortunes IN
flowers and wines I am one of the
poor men in the senate, and shall live
as a poor man should"
From Senator Plumb learned that
lesson of economy, long before 1 ex.
pected to come to the senate, says
Senator Burton, of Kansas. Il have
taken a fiat near the Shoreham, where
l am within a minutes walk of all
street car lines. There is no elevator
in the house, and / am on the. third
floor. Nobody will climb those stairs
except those who are anxious to see
me, and whom 1 Will be glad to well
come. The general public will UNDER
stand without any word from me that
there will be no entertainments or
banquets in that fiat. The people who
live for that sort of thing are not in
the habit Of climbing stairs. / hope to
be able TO live within my salary, but it
will be daily study of economy for
me to do so.-
One of the popular fallacies through
out the country is the idea that only
rich men come to the senate. The
three mentioned above are all poor
men; and there are others. Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, is poor
man and lives economically now, as he
did when he was a member of the
house of representatives.
Senators Allison and Dolliver, Of
Iowa; Cullom and Mason, of Illinois;
| the senator's from North Dakota
South Dakota, Idaho and all of the
states south of Mason and DiXon'S line
| are without wealth. 1t will thus be
seen that the body which has beer
| sneeringly alluded to as 'the million
aire club is not composed of very rich
men. On the contrary, large major
| ity of the senators must be classed
with the poor in this worlds goods.
Whether the people should send rich
men to the senate can be determined
| only by the legislatures of the several
| states. But they should bear in mind
| the fact that acquired wealth does not
reduce a mans usefulness; whereas
inherited wealth frequently produces
| love of ease and effeminacy. There
| are several rich men in the senate; but
each one of them has acquired his
wealth by his own efforts, and they are
| all useful senator's. For example,
there is Senator Elkins, of West Vir-
| ginia. He is a man of wonderful en-
ergy and force, always busy, and al
| ways doing his people some good.
There is Senator Hanna, of Ohio, a
man of acquired wealth, who is always
doing things for his people, s>Elan of
| tireless. energy, unPretentious lnd
plain. Senator Depew, of New YorH
attained the senate because of his
| capabilities as a working man; and he
is still busy. Senator Mcmillan, of
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simply, and at once began the days

simply, and at once began the days
work.
The next day was Saturday. In the
afternoon, as Barbara was finishing
the dinner dishes, Mrs. Ward came in.
s'Will you go to church with me to-
morrow" she asked, abruptly.
Barbara started, and then, recover
ing quickly, said: Yes, if you really
want me to-"
'In the morning; we can arrange to
get dinner when we return"
''What will this mean to you?" Bar
bara asked, after awhile.
81 don't know
''Mr. Ward is willing?"
Eyes, I have talked it all over with
him, and he is willing"
81 don't want to cause you needless
embarra ssment," Barbara began in a
low voice.
.'But it may not cause any embar-
rassment. We will try it, anyway"
"Do any other women in Crawford
bring their servants to church with
them?'
s.Dr. Vane's wife always does. They
are among the old families here. Very
wealthy and"
81 know DIR. Vane. He and father
went to school together in Fairview."
els that so? Then I will introduce
you to them tomorrow"
Barbara could not avoid a smile at
the thought. Nevertheless, she antici-
pated the event of going to church
with Mrs. Ward with degree of inter-
est that she had not felt in her work
as a servant since those eventful four
weeks in her life had begun. A new
factor had come into the problem.
The woman of the house was going to
cooperate with her. How far the CO.
operation was going to be carried, she
could not foresee. Mrs. Wards man
ner was both reassuring and at the
same time uncertain, and Barbara
could not tell how far she might go if
matters became serious for her So
cially.
When Sunday morning came, Bar
| bara joined the family at church time
and they all started together. The
church bells of Crawford were ring
ing, and in Barbara's heart there was
a mingling of the peace of God with
tumult, the peace that goes with the
| consciousness of human conflict over
selfish human passion.
ITO Be Continued
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will not leave. of course, until you
have secured some one else"
Every we'll, we viii leave the mat
ter that way" Mrs. Ward answered,
and she went out of the kitchen as
Carl began to clamor for his pie and
Barbara turned to attend to him.
But Barbara was strongly moved by
this interview. 1t had begun with her
heart full of encouragement and re-
bellion. It had ended with feeling
of doubt concerning her resolution to
give up her position, with renewal of
her former enthusiasm. There were
possibilities in the situation that she
had not considered. And so, with all
these new ideas crowding into her
thoughts, she finished her work early
that evening and went home.
Her mother met her with happy
smile and instantly put into her hand
a letter that had come in the afternoon
mail. 1t had printed on it the address
of teachers agency.
another polite note saying there
are no vacancies at present, etc. Is
that it, mother?"
"I opened it, Barbara. You remem-
Der you told me to if anything came
from this agency, and was going to
send over to the Wards for you this
evening if you had not come" Mrs.
Clark said, as Barbara took out the
letter and began to read.
1t was an offer from the principal of
an academy in a neighboring state of
fairly good position as teacher in the
department of French and German,
the two languages Barbara had made
the most of at Mount Holyoke.
Its a good offer, Barbara. Just the
position you can fill. isn't it %
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imagine" Mrs. Ward continued, and


Barbara, perhaps for the first time,
gave Mrs. Ward credit for many things
she had hitherto denied her. my
wretched health, and cares and trou-
BILE with servants who have had no am
billions and no abilities such as you
have, think have all helped to make
me seem Indifferent and thoughtless.
But I need you, Barbara. Really, /
cannot bear the thought of being with
out help. You cannot realize what
these last four weeks have meant to
me in the burden lifted. You do not
understand how capable you are in
management. I ought to have let you
know it, am sure have felt it deeper
every day"
'You are fiattering me now" said
Barbara, smiling little.
mo, only the truth as it ought to
have been told you. My sickness, the
children, my cares, Mr.. Wards bust
ness complications some of which have
been serious the last ten days, have all
conspired to make me careless of you;
but even my carelessness has been a
sign of my confidence in you. Don't
leave us now, Barbara. We need you
more than you can realize"
What! Barbara Clark! Here has
been trouble in this home, and trouble
of serious nature, and you have lived
in your own troubles, absorbing all
thought about yourself. She began to
be ashamed. She turned towards Mrs.
Ward.
81 don't want to seem to act on just
my feelings alone. Let me go home to-
night and think it OUT
Mrs. Ward looked at her wistfully,
and again tears came into the older
woman's eyes.
ST am asking a great deal of you.
Maybe am promising a good deal for
myself, too, if you decide to go on
with u.s."
"You mean?" Barbara began, and
then stopped.
"I mean that, if you will keep on as
you have begun, am willing to help
make your place different in many
ways from what it has been. don't
know all that this may mean to you.
1t is not an ordinary case as you are
not an ordinary servant girl. There is
another thing I ought to say. If you
remain with us, it ought to be great
source of satisfaction to you that the
children think SO much of you. Do you
realize how much it may mean to a
mother to know they are being helped
in every way while with her servant
That is another great reason I don't
want you to go, Barbara"
"Thank you, Mrs. Ward" Barbara
answered, and the tears came into her
eyes for the first time. Praise is
sweet. Why don't we all give more Of
it where we know it will help, not
| hurt?
eve cannot spare you out Of the
home. We have not treated you right,
| but"
| Don't say anything about that, Mrs
Ward" Barbara interrupted, a feeling
of remorse growing in her at the
thought of her grievances" Some of
them were beginning to seem small in
comparison with her privileges. She
was a real influence in it if what Mrs
Ward had just said about the children
was true. Surely there was more in
the position than physical drudgery
Could even a schoo1-teacher expect to
| be more useful? A host of new ques-
lions rose in her mind.
''Let me go home tonight, Mrs. Ward
and 1 will return in the morning and
give you my answer. In any case,
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y
mother; and I have been scared and
run away; but l am going back, and
I want your blessing again. There
are going to be some interesting
fights with the dragon this time.
mother, I am sure. For, if Mrs. Ward
will do what she Limited at, the drag
on will have two women after him
instead of one. We will make it live
iy for him.
So Barbara walked over to the
Wards, and, going right up to her
room, put on her kitchen dress Cher
armor, she called it), came down, and
at the kitchen door met Mrs. Ward.
81 have come to stay" she said,
with smile.
Mrs. Ward made a step towards her
and Barbara thought at first the wom-
an was going to kiss her. They both
changed color, and then Barbara
gravely said:
81 hope we may be able to do some
thing together, as you suggested
ST am ready to do some thing" Mrs.
Ward spoke earnestly. I've cannot re-
form everything at once, of course
yourselves, for example" said Bar
bara. quickly.
ITO be sure" Mrs. Ward replied
Then she added, with a show of emo
ton that had affected Barbara the day
| before: 81 cannot tell you what a
great relief it is to me to have you
here. 1t means. more to me than can
tell you just now"
81 am glad of it," Barbara answered.
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Explicit Details.

A rural correspondent of the Ports
mount On. H. Times sent to his
paper this Ineligible account of To-
cal episode:
"a man killed dog belonging to
another man. The son Of the man
whose dog was killed proceeded to
whip the man who killed the dog of
the man he was the son of. The
man, who was the son of the man
whose dog was killed, was arrested
on complaint of the man who was
assaulted by the son of the man
whose dog the man who was assault
ed had killed"
This has suggested the mcre IA
miliar but equally brilliant remark of
the young man whose temporary con-
dition required the servics s of cab
driver. Leaning back on the cush-
ions, he sighed and said:
How mEch pleasanter it is to be
riding in a cab. thinking no V much
pleasanter it is to be riding in a cab
than it is 10 walk than it is to walk,
thinking how much pleasanter it is to
be riding in a cab than it is to walk. "
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-24
WORST OF TYRANTS.
Debt Ruins More Lives Than ANY
Other Bad Habit.
| The Problem of Receipts and Expen-
ditures Is One in Which Every
Man, Woman and Child IL
Interested.
Especial Washington letter.

~ n Ii individuals should be book
" keepers" says the secretary
of the treasury. "The sub
jects of receipts and expenditures
should be drilled into the minds OF
school children. The problem of how
to live within a stated income should
not be left to the solution of maturity
or old age.
''The state should be thrifty. 1t
should be understood that public
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Reflections of a spinster

Routine is matrimony's deadliest
foe.
Man idolizes modesty, yet at once
seeks to dethrone it.
Proximity will bear the market of
any mans personal stock.
A Jealous husband sees a rival in
every man with whom he is thrown
in contact.
1t is a miracle how the constant
suppression of nature came to be
called virtue.
Fifteen generations of model hus-
bands and wives would produce deaf
men and blind women.
A woman's reputation for incon-
stancy is more frequently gained by
safety than fickleness.
Few memories are more poignant
than those o. love-letters written to
one we have ceased to admire.
Every woman has been called beau
tiful by some man. This alone proves
the disregard of the sex for truth
Vada Agnew. in Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-24

If use could be made of all the rain
that falls in the United Kingdom it
would give over 5000. goo horse power
a year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
FIVE MUST DIE.
Porto Ricams Guilty of Heinous Crimes Sentenced to Be Garroted.

Porto Ricams Guilty of Heinous
 Crimes Sentenced to Be Garroted.
 SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Feb. 1.-The sentencing of five murderers to be gar roted some time this month by the dis trict court of Ponce, unless these sen tences be commuted to life imprison- ment, has been sustained by the su- preme court of the island. The papers in this case will reach Governor Hunt this week. and number of citizens are petitioning the governors clemency ln the matter. The supreme court may recommend clemency, in which case II will probably be granted.
 The men sentenced are members Of q gang, five of whom were garroted at Ponce in 1900. They committed crimes in the unsettled times of 1898. The men now under sentence robbed a house near Adjuntas, after having mal- treated, mutilated and murdered the inmates. The men executed i'll 1900 committed similar crime near Yauco. The crimes of this gang have been par ticularly atrocious.
 There is much opposition here to the enforcement of the death penalty, but q bill introduced into the legislature abolishing this penalty was laid upon the table.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
FAYETTEVILLE DAILY TALK

The regular services will be held in the different churches tomorrow
 The eighth annual masquerade of Court Welch. F. of A, was held in Carter's hall last night, and it eclipscd any previous affair of this kind in Waterville. Everything which tends to make successful masquerade was there last night. There was l large and merry crowd and any abundance of beautiful and grotesque costumes There were so many beautiful and unique costumes that 1t was hard matter for the judges to award the prizes. They finally agreed that Miss Lizzie Corrigan wore the most hand some gown among the ladies and that Harry Roberts was the most comic ally dressed gentleman. The judges were Edward Lachance, Chris kirs .h- baum and Barney Walsh. 1ynch's orchestra furnished music and J. W. Bunnell was prompter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
An Amfcable SettIenent.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 1.-Presi- dent John NJ. Hall of the Consolidated road announced last night that the con- ference between q committee of twen- ty-four men representing the engineers and firemen of the several divisions of the road with officials of the company had been concluded satisfactorily to all He also stated that a schedule of wages had been submitted by the men and agreed to by the company and also that the time cards of runs had been considered and arranged to the satis- faction of both parties. The schedule agreed upon is that passenger train en- gineers shall hereafter receive $3.50 per day, passenger train firemen $2 per day, freight train engineers $4 day and freight train tiremen $2.1 day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
putcs. Peace Proposals Refused.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-Wiring from The Hague, the correspondent of The Daily Mail says that the reply of Great Brit ain to the Dutch note concerning peace il South Africa is q polite refusal of the request that permission be granted for commission to proceed to South Africa. .'The lack of any authorization by the Boers has proved fatal" says the correspondent, but the door of ne gotiations is not wholly closed, since Great Britain's reply reaffirms the will ingness of that country to accede to any authorized proposal tending to the conclusion of peace"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
Indian Lands to Be Leased

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The dis puted question as to permitting the leasing of the grazing land of the Standing Rock reservation, in the Da- kotas, has been settled by decision to go ahead with the leases. The interior department will proceed immediately with the execution of leases to W. I. Walker of Rock Island, H., who gets 46O,8 800 acres. and Mr. Lemon. cattle man of South Dakota, who gets 7SS,- 4SO acres, making a total of 1,249, ,28O acres. This leaves over half of the reservation unleased and remaining for the use of the Indians themselves if they so desire.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
MARK TWAIN GOT THERE.
Had an Exciting Time Catching His
 Train for Hartford

Hartford, Feb Mir Clemens was able to come here and attend the Yale dinner last night No one who saw him would have supposed he recently had had an exciting exploit, and per days New York Journal, when he might have read this:
 ''iyark Twain is in the city to-day from Elmira with a joke" of woe in which he was the principal actor. He lost his hat, coat, and some blood in q wild rush to catch a fast train for the metropolis. 'Elmira's q great place to keep away from in winter, he said. Don't mind it i'll summer, but in winter. Well, just to show the kind of place it is, express trains passing through it never stop long enough to see whether q fellow gets on or not. The driver of the carriage which l had hired when I first reached town and had not been able to lose. try as 1 would, said we had just q minute to drive a mile to the station to get the express.
 "tWhoop her up v 1 said. We made the station just as the train was pulling out.
 IT made leap from the carriage and q hop for the train, and before l knew it my right foot got mixed lip with my left. and 2 second later my lace touched the rail that the train had just passed over. I was up in another second. running down the tracks, yelling to the brakeman to wait minute. He must have thought that 1 was Prince Henry or Grover Cleveland, for he immediately pulled the bell and the train stopped. I had caught the train and still had the leg. 1 lost my hat and lost my coat, and I came out on top save for the cuts i'll my hand.'"