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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
A Wafr AIOralfst.

The following is an extract from
u letter in the Bloemfontein Post,
signed 81. G. Mohafi." proper Kafr
beer is our own food, and the beer
that makes the black people drunk
is stuff that is mixed with spirits of
wine and other kinds of rubbish.
How can we walk in the narrow path
if some dishonest brothers spoil. Sir,
if you drink proper Kafir beer you
will never get drunk. No. not even
if you drink till you Dusty. I have
before written The Post and pointed
out to my brothers that they must
not drink rubbish, otherwise they
will go off the narrow path and land
in the prison cells; I nearly was in
the broad path not to clean my yard
once a time; and my advice is still
the same, viz. drink good beer and
keep your back yard clean; I am
an educated native, and 1 am teach
er in my spare time, and 1 do my
duty by teaching the young to drink
pure, unniXed beer, even at my tea
parties. / use my influence. Lon
don Mail
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

cratic dragon should be held as q
sacred trust; it should be devoted
scrupulously to the cause of the op-
pressed. just how it was to be ap-
piled he had not yet determined, but
that could be decided later
Meanwhile it was very evident that
the dragon did not intend to accept
defeat without struggle, and Girls
void set his wits at work. upon the
problem of escape.
Its a little queer that I hadn't
thought of that part of it," he
unused. 81 suppose the other fellow,
the real robber, would have figured
himself safely out of tor would
have thought he had-before he
made a move. AS I didn't, I've got
to do it now, and there isn't much
time to throw away. Let me See
he shut his eyes and went into the
inventive trance beloved of the lit
erary craftsman-s'thek keynote must
be originality. I must do something
that the other fellow wouldn't think
of doing"
He dallied with the second cup of
coffee and outlined plan, basing
it upon a further cross-questioning
of the waiter. The man had been to
the door again, and by this time the
street excitement had subsidized suf-
ficiently to approach the truth. The
rumor of an armed gang guarding
the bank doors had been canard.
There had been but one man, and
the street gossips were beginning to
describe him with discomforting ac-
curacy.
Griswold paid his score and went
out with studied nonchalence. He
reasoned that, notwithstanding the
growing accuracy of the street re-
port, he was in no immediate dam
ger so long as he remained in the
immediate vicinity of the bank. 1t
was safe to assume that this was
one of the things that the Journey
man bank robber would not do. But
it was also evident that he must
speedily lose his identity if he hoped
to escape; and that the lost identity
must leave no trace behind it.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
NOT A DISAPPOINTMENT
The Haunting Fear of a Fair Maid'S
Mother Regarding Young
Daniel Webster.

Pumpkin pie and professors plen-
ty; wheat and poetry good deal
blasted; girls and gingerbread as
sweet as ever" wrote Daniel Webster
gaily in one of his youthful letters to
a friend, says Youths Companion.
Indeed, it is we'll known that he was
by no means a serious or insusc eptible
youth, however awe-inspiring in lis
maturity, for in his early writings
law, finance and politics are diversi
fed by a series of charming Nabbys,
Fannys and Sallies, upon whose ways
and witcheries he expatiated or jest
ed in tickle succession to his young
correspondents.
He seems also to have been popular
with the young ladies themselves and
their mammas; but tradition exists
of one sharp old lady, the aunt of a
very pretty girl to whom young Daniel
had paid some attention, who did not
at all approve of him. Her objection
has been handed down among her de-
scendents as a cherished family anec-
dote.
eff that young Webster ever turns
out to be all he looks like, he will be
somebody very much greater than it's
likely ne Is, she was WONT To say,
''but it our Lyddy should marry him in
hopes, and he just stayed like other
folks, why, it wouldn't be fair to blame
the boy, I suppose, but he'd be a dis
app'intment; yes, he certainly would
be Disappointment"
The fair Lydia, however, was only
one of many transient fascinators.
She remained heart-whole and IMAM
bilious, and suffered no "disapp'int-
ment'-not even in the fact that Dan
iel Webster never gave her the oppor-
tunity to refuse him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Cat Objected to Enumeration.

Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady tells
a story of little boy he knew on
the frontier, who belonged to a fam
ily who had trained him to believe
in the deep water form of baptism.
and was experimenting with the
household cat and a bucket of wa
ter The animal evidently did not be-
lieve in immersion, for she resisted,
bit and scratched, until finally the
little boy, with his hands covered
with scratches, and with tears in his
eyes, gave up the effort to effect the
regeneration of the cat. DOG gone
you.' he cried, $50 and be an Epis-
copal cat, if you want to."-Detroit
Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
An Odd Bridal Tour.

Kansas sneered a good deal at that
wheelbarrow crank, Adonis, who got
married in Topeka and took his bride
on a walking excursion to San Fran
cisco. But Kansas admires pluck and
she will be pleased with the news
that the pair have reached Sacra-
mento FIVE days ahead of time and
are bound to win their wager.-Kan-
saS City Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Ninety-Ffve Republicans.

The republicans will have an over
whelming majority in the next legis-
lature. The state canvassing board
has completed its work of canvassing
the returns in the various representa-
tive districts and has issued certifi-
Gates of election to 95 republicans and
% democrats. There is yet one dis
trict in doubt. 1t is the Third dis
trict in Atchison county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Kan.a. Also wanted Him.

Gov. Stanley refused a requisition
from Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, for
the extradition of James Bradley,
under arrest at Troy, who is wanted
in Andrew county, Mo-, on the charge
of grand larceny, on the ground that
Bradley is also wanted for the same
OffenSe at Fredonia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Big Dinner for Convfcts.

Work was suspended at the Kansas
state prison Thanksgiving day. In
the morning the prisoners witnessed
a minstrel show by prisoners in the
chapel. They had a dinner of fresh
roasted pork, baked sweet potatoes,
mashed potatoes, vegetables, apples,
oranges and mince pie. Gov. and
Mrs. Stanley visited the prison in the
afternoon and the minstrel perform
ance was repeated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Cash, for Poll Taxes.

Senator Kennedy, of Coffey, win in
troduce a bill in the legislature to
change the poll and road tax law,
making the tax payable in cash in
stead of work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Highest Plurality to CoIeman.

c. C. Coleman, for attorney gener-
al, led the republican state ticket in
pluralities, his being 44,44s over E. NJ
Pearl, his democratic opponent. Yet
Bailey, for governor, received a thou
sand more votes than Coleman did.
That many people voted for governor
and skipped the attorney general
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
His Opinion.

City Tourists this the road to
Sunny Dale2
Old Inhabitant-It has been for
the last so years, and guess it is
yet.-Iadis napolis News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Wants Pupils 10 Salute Flag.

Department Commander LOOMS
has issued a circular urging that pu-
pills in the public school be required
to salute the United States flag every
morning when school takes up" He
says this viii teach children to DO
patriotic and that the lesson wilt al
ways be remembered.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
TWO Inches Short.

At Winfield a woman got a judg-
ment of Seeo against doctor at Bur-
den who set her broken arm in such
a way that it is two inches shorter
than the other.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Teachers at cl.x Center.

Six hundred school teachers attend
ed the annual meeting of the North
Central Kansas Teachers associa-
ton at Clay Center Thursday and
Friday. Chancellor Strong, OF the
agricultural college and Prof. Hill, OF,
state university; Prof. Nichols, of the
the state normal were in attendance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

w. J. Bailey, republican candidate
for governor. has fled his expense SC
count The state committee, minor
political organizations, hotel keepers,
railroads and bus lines cost him
$500. as shown by the statement or
file.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Botkfn as an Organizer.

J. D. Botkin has been chosen to
take charge of the work of organic
ing the antf-republican forces of Kan
sas and to lead them on to victory
Ia 1904.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

George E. Cole, auditor of state.
turned down" a bin OF Sz4 submit
ted by hthogrspher for embossed
stationery ordered by two judges Of
OF the supreme court
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Berah Ia PROM Kan.as.

W. E. Borah. the republican slated
to succeed Heitfeld as senator from
Idaho, Is native Kansan He lived
at Hutchinson and graduated from
the state university in 1883.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Bryan Talked te Teachers.

During the sessions of the Central
Kansas Teachers association at
Hutchinson last week, the largest
hall in town was packed to hear an
address by W. J. Bryan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

Johnny Jones. of Brown county,
doesn't own a top-notch farm, but
he rented it for half the products
and his share for this year will
amount to more than $1,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

George E. Nicholson, of lola. has
made a gift to Baker university at
Baldwin, of $4,000. The. gift was
Originally planned by Mrs. Nicholson,
whose sudden death a week ago so
greatly shocked lola. The gift viii
be set apart to endow a; chair to be
known as the Florence. B: Nicholson
chair of philosophy and the English
Bible.'''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Made Them All Smile.

Several large wheat stacks belong
ing to Adolph Dubach burned near
Wathena Tracks could be seen and
bloodhounds were sent for to trail
the culprit. After wandering all over
the country the dogs wound up at
the home of Martin Mag, a brother
in-law of Dubach. Mag has an ex-
ceptionally good standing and every
one in the neighborhood smiles at
the work of the dogs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Judgment ON a watch Contract.

Frank S. Thomas, of Topeka, Sc
cured a Judgment against the Santa
Fee railroad for $4,000 on account
of the alleged violation of a watch
contract with him. The plaintiff
claimed that he had q contract with.
the company to sell 4,s0o watches to
employees of the defendant company.
The company, it was claimed, violated
the contract, and Mr.. Thomas sued.
for $4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Beef.teak DInnerT hf. Time.

At meeting of the officers of the
Kansas Day club it was decided to
give a beefsteak dinner on Kansas
day, instead of the usual banquet.
F. NJ. Harris, of Ottawa, a native
Kansan, will speak on kansas"
Other addresses will be made by Gen.
Fred Funston, Will White, j. L. King.
of Minneapolis; Judge r. A. Burch.
J. w. Gleed,. Senator Tom Noftzger
and Conner 7. Davies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Two Colleges. to Merge.

The directors of the Campbell uni
versity at Ho1ton have voted to ac-
cept the proposition made by the
United Brethren church and transfer
the school to that organization. This
means that Lane university, now To-
Gated at Eecompton, will be moved to-
Holton at the beginning of the next
school year, when the change be-
comes effective. The United Brethren
people agree to purchase the lease
and property of the present college
faculty for SIT. 600. They also pledge
themselves to raise within the next
five years the sum of $4,000 as an
endowment fund
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
No Rest for the Jointist.

The Kansas State Temperance
union proposes to take new tack
in it's fight for prohibition. 1t will
try to get a law through congress to
prohibit the issuance of a govern
ment liquor license to any person
who has not complied with the liquor
law in the state in which he resides.
The bill will be introduced in con-
gress this winter by some member of
the Kansas delegation, and officers of
the union say the solid Kansas delega-
ton has agreed to support it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Latest Kansas Events.
Machine-Fed Chickens.

A poultry fattening house OF 5000
capacity has just been completed in
Newton for the Fred Harvey eating
house system. By new process. an
instrument is used for forcing pre-
pared food down the threats of
chickens, causing them to gain from
one to three pounds of fat in about
two weeks. With this machine one
man can feed about 800 chickens in an
hour, it being possible to move the
apparatus easily from one coop to
another. The Harvey poultry yards
supply poultry for the whole Fred
Harvey system. an average of 10000
head being shipped out OF Newton
each month.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
Receipts From Football Game.

The gross receipts of the Thanks
giving day Kansas-Missouri football
game at Kansas City aggregated
$9,O23, an increase of $2.223 over 1901.
The expenses were $1.s19, leaving
$7,204 to be divided between the two
teams equally. The money will be
used in the support of athletics. This
is not confined to foot ball alone,
but to athletics in general, and in
cludes baseball, track teams, and the
gymnasium. The maintenance of the
fotban team, however, is the largest
item in the list. The Kansas team
this year has cost the athletic board
at Kansas university about $4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05
For DARK study.

The dairy school at the state agri-
cultural college at Manhattan viii
open January and will continue Co
March %. Kansas, it is claimed, has
one of the best equipped dairy schools
in the United States. In the past
year $4,000 has been expended for
an agricultural building, $4,000 for
dairy apparatus, and $1,000 for rep
resentative dairy herd. A 100-ton silo
has been built for the storage of feed
for the herd, and the dairy barn has
been fitted with the latest pattern
Drown stall and all modern conven-
fences. The idea of the dairy school
is to instruct the farmer how to
make dairying a more profitable bust
ness Kansas cows have been chiefly
bred for beef. Secretary F. d. CO.
burn, of the state board of agricul-
ture, reports the average yearly
value of the product of the Kansas
dairy cow to be $9.65. Several cream
cries report that the average re-
ceipts per cow for their patrons
is $50. The agricultural college
secured, IN 1898, an average per cow
of $37.75 for butter fat, at creamery
prices, from a scrub herd that in
quality were much below the aver
age cows of the state; and one scrub
cow, for which was paid $40, returned
s6o.ss for butter fat, and gave a net
profit above cost of feed of S40.3F-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-05

Bert Carroll has filed damage suit
for $4,000 against S. p. Costigan,
sheriff of Franklin county. Carrolfs
home is at Lecompton. He was az
rested twice last September, charged
with stealing horse from Princeton
The last arrest was made at Bunker
Hill, and Carroll was placed in Jail
at Salina, where he was put in a cell
where a prisoner had committed sui
eide. He was "kangarooed" and sub
jected to such treatment that his
health was impaired, it is alleged.
Carroll charges that Sheriff Costigan
made the complaints for the purpose
of collecting fees from the state
The case will probably go to trial liz
January.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-29
BOTH INJURED
Result Of Bicycle Collision on
WaVerIy Street.

As the result OF n bicycle collision on
Waverly street last evening. Arthur ID.
Wheeler lies at his home suffering from
concussion of the brain. Wheeler lives
at 1872 waverly street and his friend.
Joseph Dedard. lives at 1873. just across
the street. About $50 last evening both
men were riding their wheels in the
street In front OF their houses when a
collision occurred.
Both Dedard and Wheeler were
thrown TO the ground. but the former
was only slightly injured. Wheeler lay
where no fell groaning with pain. He
was assisted into his home and DR.
Alvin II. Eccleston OF 642 Broad street.
was called. He found that the injured
man had broken his nose and that be
side badly laoerating his face he had
sustained slight concussion OF the
brain. He will probably recover. Dedard
Is only slightly Injured. but hts wheel
was almost demolished.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-29
PROGRESS OF UNITED STATES
in ITS MATERIAL INDUSTRIES.

became s7s.eS per capita In 1866, gradually
1880, $1422 In 1899. $12.64 In 1898, $lS.6O IN
1895 and s12.97 In 1902.
The money in circulation amouuteQ %
1885 per capita IN 1850. touched 5000
the close of the war, but again feAl below
the 500 mark until 1881, when II reached
the $40 mark until 1891, when II reached
$751; II per capita. BY 1892 II had reacneo
s2teo gsG capita; in ,a 1898 i was Si;M IN
the highest point that II has ever reach
ed Deposits IN savings banks amounted
u 81 13s,5T6 I'm 1920. $6,93,3 3A in 1890 IA
45. 1s0 in 1850, sl4s.277, ,504 In 1850 $5e,Sn, -
e 1870 sslS IN 1850 5 ~ ~ 5s Ss n II
1901. Meantime the individual deposits
in national banks had grown from
$500 ei0 S73 In 1866 TO 50. III ,69o, 1876 In l9o2
The cause of these financial conditions
above noted--the increase OF currency
bank deposits. etc, Is found In otner Ia
manufactures and OF the various indus.
tries The number OF farms Increased
from 14f9,073 IN 1850 to 5. .739, e57 In 1900, the
value OF farms and farm properly IRON
four billion dollars in 1850 TO twenty pa-
lions in 1890. and the value OF tneaE pgS&51a- 90
grew from 81, l,95s 100000 In that year %
81, 764. 600 in 1900.
The value OF farm animals Increased
from $5f4. 900 In 1880 to 1881. 100000 m
manufacturing industries grew from one
billion dollars in 1850 to IL billions In lNv;
while the number OF people empiVyeo
therein grew from less than one miihon
in 1850 to 90. millions In 1900.
The following table shows the ngures
for a few OF the more important coll
umns OF the monograph for the years
1890 1896 and 1902.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-29
FOR PROTECTION.
Local Insurance Men Prepared
for Uniform Policies.

Insurance men In this city have had
their attention called 10 the recent re-
port made on tho subject OF uniform fire
policies. The National Board OF Fire
Underwriters and seven other proml-
nent insurance bodies recently appointed
n Joint committee son this subject and
copies received by some OF the local
Insurance men show that the committee
has recommended for use throughout
the United States II clauses of uniform
wording for special conditions covering
telephone lighting. cold storage (two
alternate clauses). average. reduced rate
average. rent electricity, lumber. cloex
space. mill yard and sprinkler claussa
The forms that have heretofore been
used have not been uniform for these
special conditions and much litigation
over policies has been the result The
cold storage clauses IN the proposed
form have been inserted because of pos
sible losses due 10 changes In tempera-
ture.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-29

office OF his uncle. Russell Sage. His
entrance into business life was through
necessity, and II thwarted his ambition
10 study for the profession of medicine.
But his father. who is Mr.. Sage's broth
er, became an invalid and the young man
found 1t necessary to begin 10 earn liv-
ing, so he has been working by day and
studying for a stage career quietly by
night at his home, 457 West Thirty-fourth
street.
A month ago he addressed n long and
appealing letter TO George Tyler. general
manager for the Lieblers, In which he
plainly stated his motives for entering
theatrical profession.
II have been In business with my H.
lustrious uncle. Russell Sage" he wrote.
but find the work very uncongenial" 4"
Then he added, This career has been a
long and secretly cherished hope"
To give his new employer an idea of
his general appearance, he said IN his ap-
plication for n position, I'm appearance
] am fair, feet and 10 inches I'm height,
2i years old. and come from an old and
refined New England family"
Manager Tyler has long been hunting
for a good-looking, fair. refined New Eng
,land swashbuckler for Kyrle Bellows
company. so yesterday he sent for young
Sage and engaged him.
Before the contract was signed Mr..
Tyler cautioned the young man that a
part OF the new job would consist OF be-
ing thrown down a long flight OF stairs
every night.
"All right" said young Sage; "T can
stand It, guess. Wonder how much OF a
row there'll be. though, when they find
out that I'm going TO quit the office and
become an actor?''