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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Girls, Four-Gored Petticoat.

Little girls as well as their elders
have need of well fitted underwear II
the pretty frocks are to appear at their
best. This carefully shaped petticoat
was designed by May Manton with
that fact in view and can be relied
upon to give entire satisfaction. AS
shown it is of white cambric with frlll
of needlework, but taffeta, Sicilian and
gloria are all correct as we'll as the va
rious white fabrics. When made from
silk or wool a plisse hounce makes the
best substitute for the embroidered
one. although a bias rufiie, gathered,
is correct.
The skirt is cut in four cores so pro-
yiding a straight back that can be
trusted to launder satisfactorily. To
the lower edge is Joined deep gath
cred fiounce that, in turn, is edged
with a frill. The upper side is finished
with painted yoke band, applied over
the material that can be drawn up to
the required size by means of tapes or
ribbons.
To cut this petticoat for a girl of
eight years of age three and quarter
yards of material twenty-one inches
wide, two and three-quarter yards
twenty-seven inches wide, two and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

example illustrated combines that
feature with the new deep pointed
cuffs and stock and is suited to all the
seasons wastings. madras, OXfords,
piaue, chambrays, linen, batistes, silks
light weight flannels, albatross and the
like, but in the original is of silk cham
bray in pale blue, stitched with white,
and is held by white pearl buttons.
The fitted lining extends to the waist
line only, but forms the foundation on
which the waist is arranged. The
fronts and back of the waist proper are
laid in two pleats at each side, which
meet at the shoulder seams. The
fronts include the regulation box pleat
and are gathered at the belt or left
free and adjusted to the figure as pre-
ferred, but the pleated back is smooth
and without fulness.. When the plain
back is substituted it is drawn down
In gathers at the waist line. Orna-
mental stitching, Stimulating pointed
bands, is shown ON the fronts. The
sleeves are in shirt style, but with deep
pointed cuffs that lap over and are but
toned at the outside. At the neck is a
novel pointed stock that matches the
cuffs.
TO cut this waist for a woman OF
medium size four yards of material
twenty -one inches wide, three and sew
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

Eagerly he scanned the page sacred!y
set apart for the benefit of Aunt
Meg" and her amorous amblings.
Yes, it was there at last!
III. A. E.:-Waste no time, but go
and ask her at once. If judge
rightly from the tone of your letter,
you need scarcely have any apprehen-
sion as to the nature of her reply. AS
to monetary matters, girl who can
not comfortably manage and be happy
on the united income doesn't deserve
a husband at ALL"
1t was all over. The last slipper
had sped its course in the air and dis
appeared through the window of the
compartments which had the honor Of
accommodating the happy couple, and
the last handful of rice lay whitening
the platform like miniature fall of
snow.
I'm so glad it's all over at last"
sighed Mildred Ellington as she threw
herself wearily back among the cush-
ions. But the whole affair was a
complete success and went off without
a flaw"
Yes, darling, quite complete, except
for the absence from the ceremony Of
one to whom l owe great deal of my
present happiness-in fact one of your
sister strugglers in the field of liter
ature. Milly, I've confession to
make. l know you'll think I'm m
awful fool, and perhaps be angry, but
promise me, Milly, beforehand, that
you will forgive me-
"I'd promise you anything, Harry.
lit can't be anything dreadful, I'm
sure falteringly.
Then read that and put me out of
my misery"
And taking from his inside breast
pocket a copy of the Daisy containing
Aunt Megs advice, which he had so
successfully acted upon, he opened it
at the fatal page and handed it to her.
Harry" she said quietly, pushing It
away, her eyes filling with tears the
while, Il know what you mean now
She-she was there, and-and you
saw her."
Il saw ner ner, Mllly! eJacuidteu
Ellington, utterly taken aback by her
answer.
Yes, Harry, and you see her now!
II was Aunt Meg at the time, and
knowing whom your question con-
cerned replied accordingly. l, too,
meant to confess all today, and you
have made it easier for me to do 50.
Kiss me, Harry, and say you forgive
me. e."-Waverly Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

until illness came upon me three years
ago. first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed 1 could not en-
Joy my meals; l became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
~ advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any i'm
provement. One day he said.-' Try
Lydia Pinl<ham's Remedies I
did, thank God {; the next month l was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months l was cured. This
is nearly year ago and l have not
had pain or ache since. BONNIE
DELANo, 324s Indiana Ave, Chicago,
1n.-S5oo0 forfeit if aboue testimonial Is not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
The Price of Thickness.

Inc persifiage of some of the shops
where the trade is with the poor Is not
without its humor. Into Fifth ave-
nue. butchers establishment there came
the other day a little girl Of the tene
ments. She had large hat with
feather-evidently the product Of some
ill-conceived charity box-and a little
shawl was thinly covering her Shout
ders. She carried small brown paper
parcel.
please, Mr.. Schmidt" she began.
showing this across the counter to him,
my mother says this ten cents worth
of steak amt thick enough. You have
a right to send her a thicker piece"
81 have, have II" growled Mr..
Schmidt, opening the parcel and look
ing sternly and suspiciously at the re-
turned meat. Then he went to the till
and produced a dime.
There, take that to your mother"
he said, land tell her if that's thicker.
she'd better keep it."-New York News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Novelties in COats.

The loose coat wrap is quite an ac
cepted fashion for the season, and
there are many charming little coats
in black silk or soft material which
are very smart with the now univer-
lined blouse of silk batiste plentifully
tucked and inlet with lace is most
effective with a black coat and skirt
and there are many dainty tints of
ciel and turquoise blue and the new
vieuX rose and pink with salmon
tone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Measuring Humidity.

To most minds scientific instruments
are so fearfully and wonderfully con-
structed that no attempt is ever made
to pry into the manner of their per-
forming their functions, the results
obtained being accepted as matter
of course. Yet many such instruments
while apparently complicated, are
really based on very simple principles.
Of these the thermometer and the
barometer are, of course. now general
ly understood, although this was not
always true.
Another meteorological instrument.
however, which is much used, out
which is more or less mysterious 10
the public, is that by which the amount
of moisture in the air is determined
While delicately constructed and bal
anced by means of fine springs, the
chief reliance is placed on a few horse
hairs, which are exceedingly respon-
sive to the influence of dampness.
When the air becomes moist they
which forms an indicator, is drawn
along a scale, which SHOWS Just to what
extent the air is saturated with water.
When the air is dry the horse hair
becomes tense and the indicator is
returned to its appropriate place on
the scale.
1t is in this way that track is kept
of General Humidity, whose damp
forces so effectualy ccnspire to keep
humanity in misery during warm
weather.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
QUEER ARE WCMEN.
That Is, Some of Them Are, Says n Gym
ical Masculine Observer.

That Is, Some of Them Are, Says a Gym
ical Masculine Observer.
women are critically curious Great
ures," said a cynical citizen, "and the
wonder to me is that they ever make
a wise selection in marriage. | do not
mean to say anything unkind. for no
man has deeper or more profound
regard for women than l have, and |
admire Drummond chiefly because he
said that woman represents evolu-
tons, natures, Gods, highest achieve
ment, and that she was really the eli
max of all these forces, and they
reached their limit in her creation,
result the forces had been striving
to bring about from the very begin
ming of time | believe this is true.
Being of a cynical turn of mind | am
not inclined to admit that the world is
wholly good, but what good there is
on this old planet is to be found in
the other sex.
But why is it that we are constant
ly confronted by the perverseness of
woman's taste in the matter of choos-
stance, in the stage portrayals? Take
the average play, and we will gener-
ally find the womans love drifting
toward some fellow who is totally un-
worthy, fellow who is a vertitable
scalawag in all that the word means.
'In nine cases out Of 10 it is neces-
sary to kill few men in order to pro-
tect some good woman-on the stage
from the fearful tortures of living all
her life with an unworthy man. At
least one man will have to be of the
melodramatic kind, why, there is no
limit to the number of fellows who will
be sacrificed in order to get the woman
out of bad matrimonial bargain. Are
mems ideals higher than the ideals OF
women? Is the heroic and the sublime
in mans nature more highly devel-
oped and more delicately outlined than
these same impulses in the nature OF
the falrer sex? Fiction, you know,
and fiction of the standard sort, is
filled with women of the kind I have
mentioned OF course, they are not all
of the kind / have been discussing.
Shakespeare's women, for instance,
are made of sterner stuff, and histori-
cal examples of the stronger and more
thoroughly balanced kind are not lack
ing There are the women of the
French revolution, who lowered above
the men like gantesses. There are our
own noble women, who struggled
through the blood and tears that
drenched the COS, and others might
be mentioned, for we may count all
around us the good examples of wise
women in all Of life's relations.
But | was just thinking lightly
about the apparently natural devotion
which woman has for the scalawag.
and in majority of cases, if she is
called upon to make selection be-
tween two men, she will lean toward
the fellow who needs reclamation, in
deed if she does not take him. If you
do not believe it, keep tab on them
for awhile. New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Tiny Jets For Lattice Centres.

The evening gown of black lace or
dotted Brussels net is treated with
paneling of embroidery. The panels
are of white satin yelled with Chan
tilly lace medallions. Although the
medallions are not large in size they
are enhanced by edges of baby vel
vet ribbon applied in three rows. At
intervals here and there the ribbons
are joined with small jet ornaments,
"paillettes." which make lattices of
the delicate structure. This adds to
the beauty of the lace ovals used in
paneling the skirt
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

An attractive petticoat in a plain color
has deep fiounce in plaid silk and
lace. There are perpendicular stripes
alternating, lace and silk, the lace of
deep cream and the plaid showing
several colors in deep shades. The
effect is of stripes of two OF two and
half inches of the plaid and the same
of the lace. 1t is a very attractive
skirt.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

Symonds-So you object to woma
suffrage. I should like to know upon
what grounds, if you have any reason
able ones.
Belcher-I've heard more than d
hundred women say the men are al
alike. With such an idea in their
heads, how can you expect an intelli
gent use of the suffrage from them?-
Boston Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

Il never lose my temper when b
man insults me-" said Broncho Bob.
But you didn't waste any time on
Coyote Bill"
NO But | didn't lose my temper.
I've learned by experience that moth.
ing keeps man from shooting
straight like losing his temper.
Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Cuffs on Lawn Shirt Waists.

Many of the white lawn shirt waists
are finished with wide cuffs made of
alternating rows of insertion and lace,
with narrow ruftie of lace at the end
and coming over one side of the open
ing. The cuffs fasten with three pearl
buttons concealed by the lace ruft1e.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
WORTH wz!sH1 !rs IN GOLD

DR.. RADwAY g. Co., New YORK:
Gentlemen-I send inclosed M. o. for
which you will please send me one dozen
Railways Ready Relief and one dozen
Railways Pills. Your Ready Relief is
considered hereabouts to be worth its
weight in gold. This is why | am induced
to handle it. | have handled = Oil for
some time, but l consider the r. r. r.
far superior to this, as it gives better sat
isfaction. j. NJ. ALEXANDER.
Hoxban, I. L.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
MISS bonnie DELANO
A Chicago Society Lady, in .
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says:

"DEAH MRS. PINEuAM OF all the
grateful daughters to whom you have
given health and life, none are moro
glad than /.
my home and my life was happy
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

New York City.-The novelty of the
season is undoubtedly the shirt waist
with pleats that run to or over the
shoulders. The smart May Manton
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

variety. and if fruit effects, such as
tiny berries, grapes and currants'
form a part of the spray, pearls are
employed for the latter.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

Arsenic is very brittle metal. steel
gray in color, and of no great impor-
tance in the arts. Metallic arsenic is
found native in veins in metamorphic
rocks in Saxony, Bohemia, and abun-
dainty at Chanarcillo in Chilli. Ar
senic is widely disseminated, as few
sulphur ores are free from traces Of
it, The white arsenic of commerce is
arsenious acid.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

Fancy Foliage on the Hats.
Gold and silver tissue is now used
to make foliage of the most fancy
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
Many School Children Are Sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray u nurse in Children's
Home, New York, break up Colds in "a hours,
cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed
FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N, Y,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

en-eighth yards twenty-seven inches
wide, three yards thirty-two inches
wide or two and one-eighth yards for
ty-four inches wide will be required.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

one-eighth yards forty-four inches wide
for the bolero.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

half yards thirty-six inches wide or
one and half yards forty-four inches
wide will be required, with five yards
of needlework for frill.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

The man isn't necessarily crank who
believes that one good turn deserves an
other
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

The extension of the use of e1ec-
tricity in British warships in place
OF steam for subsidiary purposes IS
to be made the subject of series Of
experimental tests. At the present
time the capstan, steering engines,
ventilating fans and derrick boists
are worked by steam power.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20

1t appears that the greatest velocity
Of rife ball is not at the muzzle, but
some distance in front. An average
OF 10 shots with the German infantry
rife has shown muzzle velocity Of
20GS feet per second, with maximum
velocity of 2132 feet per second at 10
feet from the muzzle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30
YOU'RE FEELING BETTER.

Feeling better ara ycu5 Well,
there is nothing like feeling all right,
even though things are not all right,
or going as you want them to go. 1t
lie best to take them az they come.
Sometimes We are happily disappoin.-
ed. We have been thinking that We
would not get much wheat, and per
haps would not get any; but the last
rains have brought it out. One party
said that be thought he would have
ten bushels per acre, where be had
not expected to have any, another
bought be would get seven bushels,
Snd another fifteen bushels per acre.
If you ere going to hsYe some wheat
you will have to have q header Or q
binder. Won't you please think this
matter over, and if you are going to
get header or binder, give US your
order go that we can get your ma
chimes here in time. Give us your
order and you will not hsve to take
the mschine if the crops do not pan
out. We sell the Harvester King,
the Hodge, and the Craver headers,
anu Sue OuAiuClGu, LIZ Ouckeye, anC
the Minnie Binders and mowers. In
fact you want 8 mower right now to
cut your alfalfa, do you not, also a
rake? Please call and see US.
We can sell you walking lister
for s19, riding lister for s34. q
walking cuItivator for SIS, a top
buggy for $50, Wallpaper from 5
cents roll up, and a high arm sew
ing machine warranted for ten years
for SIS.
We would like you to call and see
US and price the goods in our various
deparine n:s, as ne have goods at
prices that would make you buy if
you ever thought you would want
the goods.
Don't forget to take home with
you for your folks, one of our Quick
Meal gasoline stoves. They are
health preseryers. AMI money savers
Please call and see us,
Yours Truly.
THE E. r. MOSES NERO. co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30
Be Frank and Open.

General Robert E. Lee once wrote
to his son at school: "You must study
to be frank with the world. Frankness
is the child of honesty and courage.
Say just what you mean to do on every
occasion, and take it for granted you
mean to do right. If friend asks favor
you should grant it if it is reasonable;
if not, tell him plainly why you cannot.
You will wrong him and wrong your
self by equivocation of any kind. Never
do wrong thing to make q friend or
keep one; the man who requires you to
do so is dearly purchased at such a
sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly, with
all your classmates; you will find it the
policy that wears the best Above all,
do not appear to others what you are
not. If you have any fault to find
with any one, tell him, not others, of
what you complain; there is no more
dangerous experiment than that of I'M
dertaking to be one thing before a
mans face and another behind his
back. We should live. act and say
nothing to the injury of any one. 1t is
not only best as a matter Of principle,
but is the patA to peace and honor"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30
a Tough Experience.

Ed. King, who lived here a
number Of years ago, and a
nephew of Henry Ward of south
OF the river, was in the city d few
days this week. Ed, it will be
remembered, was railroading in
Mexico in 1900, a brakeman.
He, together with two others OF
the train crew, was thrown into
prison because Of a train wreck
in which a greaser was killed.
He lay in jail over five months,
suffering the greatest Of indigni-
ties. but was released on May 2,
1901, through the intervention
of the {. S. government. At one
time, it will be remembered, there
was danger of serious interna-
tional trouble over these men,
and Mr.. King now has claim
for $4,000 damages which this
government will unquestionably
force the Mexicans to pay. He
bears marks of the chains and
irons which were loaded on him
by the Mexicans, and also sus-
tanned q. broken jaw and injury
OF the vocal organs. He has per-
sonally visited Washington III
behalf OF his companions, and it
is hoped that the final settle
ment Of their cases may cause
the Mexican government &c
modify their cruel methods OF
treating Americans who may be
SO unfortunate as to secure the
i'll will OF their constabulary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30

For Supreme Court Justices
6 year terms, II. f. Mason, J. c.
Pollock, A. L. Green; 4 year term
A. III. Ellis; 2 year term E. w
Cunningham.
For Congressman-at-Large-
C. f. Scott.
For Governor-W. j. Bailey.
For Lieutenant Governo1-D.
j. Hanna.
For Secretary of State-J. R.
Burrow.
For Treasurer-T. T. Kelly.
For Auditor-Seth Wells.
For Attorney General-C. C.
Coleman.
For superintendent of Public
Instruction.. L. Dayhoff.
For Insurance Superintendent
Charles FL. Luling.
The Bailey slate-in other
words. the Cy. Leland slate,
went through almost without
an erasure- to T. T. Kelley
who ought to be sent to "Davy
{ D. r. Jones locker" The
platform isloaded with ''recipro-
city," claims the republican
party responsible forgood crops,
is silent on prohibition-neithe1
for or against-jollies Roosevelt,
throws a little sob to the old
soldier and a great deal to the
Spanish-American veterans, and
lets the trusts and combines Of
with a halfway endorsement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30

In Barton county the poor,
down trodden railroads have
had the valuation of their prop
erty for purposes of taxation re-
duced $4,000 from last years
valuation, by the republican rail-
road assessors. Those officials
probably realize that Barton
county will never more do the
republican party any good, and
they are willing to rub it on the
few republicans left, in order to
punish the democrats and pops.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-30

-
Following are the students enrolled
IN The Barton county normal institute
opened Monday.
H Reif Harry Mecklem
Della Hammond Louisa Lipphardt
Ella Ruger Augusta Schroeder
Florence Dahm Emma Willms
Martha Dannebohm Marie Brewer
Mary Sutherland Eugene Harrison
Lille Lucas Ruth Barrow
Fleet Covalt DeEtte Worrsl
G Kelley Cora Watson
E q Burke Lizzie Brown
D K Baty Mamie Smith
Bernice Durand Elizabeth Wesley
Maggie Zimmeht Kathleen Grant
Birdie Manning Pearl Whitcomb
Berdie Archer Violet Names
Bertha Hagen S NJ Taught
Lizzie Walker Mercy Wilson
Addie Walker Anna Dabm
Alice HeEne Efie Hainlins
Blanche Gallup Lenora Jackson
w A Thornhill Clare Winget
Chas D Cave Emma Bunger
Edna Halbert Eva Goodwin
Bertha Robertson Gertie Baglsy
Rose Murphy Elma Soderstrom
Mae Jones Hettie Koelch
Bessie Hood Clarence Clark
EGrace Kelley Euee Lowrey
Lucinda Murrant Maggie Bitner
Ada Dundas Katie Dundas
| Lois Bicknell Cora Bickaell
Edward Opie II Burger
| Sophia Samson Lucy Sansen
Alta Law Cora Wilcons
| Jessie Eveleigh Lizzie Eveieigh
May Connor Chas Hogue
Lucy Lacy Mary Hull
Nellie Dale John Youpkin
Mary Riegel Dot Lee
| Hermione Lee Agnes Z Merray
| .------
We are having the greatest sale thil
county has ever known. To hurry
| selling Wa hare slashsd prices-which
will surprise you-snd We are doing
what We advertise.
MILLINERY EMPORIUM.