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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
LEADER AMONG WOMEN.
Lady Frances BaIfOur, Head OF the
Equal Suffrage Movement In
Great Britain.

That energetic little gentlewoman,
Lady Frances Balfour, is by all odds
the cleverest of the three bright wom-
en- in the family of the new premier
of England. She isn't the one most
often spoken of in connection with
Mr.. Balfour. That is her sister, Miss
Alice Balfour, who is now mistress
of the official residence of the pre-
mier in Downing street, and who has
been for years the close companion
of her distinguished brother in his
home life. Lady Betty" Balfour,
wife of Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour, is
frequently talked of also. She is and
always has been prominent socially,
SO the additional prestige of being
sister-in-law to the prime minister
of England does not affect her par
ticularly one way or the other.
But of these ladies, Lady Frances
Balfour. by reason of her cleverness
and energy, is most deserving of at
tention just now. She is the wife
of the premier's brother Eustace, and,
incidentally, the high priestess of
woman suffrage in England.
Lady Frances Balfour, who retains
the-title which is hers by birth, is one
of the youngest daughters of the late
duke of Argyll, and is, therefore, Sis
ter-in-law to the present duchess of
Argyll, King Edwards sister, Prin-
cess Louise. The man so long known
as marquis of Lorne, and now as the
duke of Argyll, has the honor of be-
ing sharp-tongued little Lady
Frances elder brother. The cause of
woman suffrage in England has, it
will be seen, monstrous high cOnnec-
tionS.
Lady Frances is president of the
Central Society for Women's Suf-
frage and was the prime mover in
uniting all the women's suffrage So
cieties of England into the present
single body. She is gifted with rare
executive ability and the wittiest
tongue. certainly, that even a woman
suffragist ever had. Lady Frances is
far from unattractive to look at.
She is distinctly of the Scotch type.
Her eyes and fair complexion are
Enthusiastically those of the women
north of the Tweed. In like manner,
the intelligence and animation of her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

worth while by certain of them TO
bring over two carloads of Connells-
vile coal to be cooked as a test by the
German process. The complete success
of that experiment decided the intro
duction of the standard German type OF
cooking oven into the United States.
"Something similar, it would seem,
might profitably be done With the
materials which Americans have not
vet succeeded in converting into salts
factory briquettes. There are expert
enced engineers and dozen manufac-
turers of briquette-making machinery
who would gladly cooperate in these
tests and would furnish machinery
adapted to working the material thus
technically defined. Upon basis OF
such tests, plans and estimates could
be obtained for the erection of plants
in the United States with specified daily
capacity. Among the builders OF bri-
matchmaking machinery in Germany
the following may be cited as OF stand
sard reputation, the first two named be-
ing more specially concerned with ap-
paratus for making briquettes from
coal dust and slack, while the latter
build machinery for briquette-making
dorfer Eisenwerke, A g., So Bruch
strasse, Dusseldorf; Schichtemann d
Kraemer, Dortmund; Tigler, Maschin-
enbau Gesellschaft, Meiderich-on-
Rhine; Rohrig & Koenig, Magdeburg-
Ludenburg; abrik Buckau,
50 Schonebecker strasse, Ma gdeburg;
Zeitzer Maschinenbau Gesellschaft,
Zeitz, Saxony, and E. Fietsch & Co.,
Thurm strasse, Halle A. S.
Robert Grimshaw, an American en-
gineer of large experience on the sub
iect. whose address is at Warm
bucher strasse, Hanover, may be con-
suited personally or by spondence
by those who may desire technical in
forma ton is to machinery or methods,
the cost of plants, etc.
.eThe Stauber process for drying most
substances was first brought into
prominent notice in connection with
neat coal manufacture in 1901. when
the imperial testing sta ton a Chariot
tenburg announced as the result of ex-
periments made with peat brique ties
made by the Stauber system that they
contained 45.14 per cent. of fixed car
bon, 4.54 per cent. hydrogen. 1884 per
cent oxygen and 900 per cent. ash and
had a thermal value of $500 calories
The Stauber system as thus applied in
cludes process for rapidly drying the
moist peat by means of heated and
compressed air within a closed cham
Der CT channel, communicating with
conduit pipes in such manner that heat
ed air can be forced through the drying
channel and cold air through the out
let pipe. the effect being that the cold
air quickly absorbs the hot, saturated
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

face prove her at first glance a WON
an of exceptional power.
Mr.. Balfour, the sweet-tempered
prime minister, finds much amuse-
ment in the society of this emphatic
advocate of women's rights. He is a
frequent visitor in her home, ard the
warm friend of her hilarious chill
dren-for they are hilarious, having
inherited their mothers keen sense
of humor and her penchant for ex-
pressing it. Some one tells me:
''Lady Frances says what she likes.
She can take people off to perfec-
ton. When she begins to mimic
well, there's nothing slow about Lady
Frances Balfour.'
Lady Frances is supposed to have
Influenced the present prime minis
ter's views on the subject of wom-
ans suffrage. AS everybody knows,
he occasionally presides over the de-
alterations of the ladies' grand coun-
Gil of the Primrose league, and has
done numerous things in and out of
parliament which shows that his SYM
pathies are for an equal franchise
regardless of sex. No one doubts
that Lady Frances has On more occa-
sions than one put the proverbial
bug in her brother-in-lav's ear.
which las caused him to look kindly
on the pet schemes of, for instance,
the Woman's Local Government So
ciety. Lady Frances is a moving
spirit in that organization.
Lady Frances is a Presbyterian: so
is her Dr6ther-in-law. the prime min
lister. Both are philanthropists in
their way, being much interested, /
am told. in hospitals. The Travellers
Aid society also counts Lady Frances
as one of its patrons.-Detroit Free
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
The Railway Beautiful.

The work done by our railroads has
been of great value because so widely
extended. Those who travel are car
ried from one spot of beauty to an
other. In some cases the whole line
of the road has been improved by
planting choice trees and ornamental
shrubs. One of our western roads is
lined for several hundred miles on both
sides with superb chestnuts and ever
greens, says the New York Inde-
pendent. The removal of the insight
ly and the suggestion of cleanliness
about the depots has been specially
useful. Improvement becomes a pas
sion. Near such depots cottages re
sure to be neat and yards clearly. This
class Of improvement necessarily in
wolves the conventional, and that is
not always bad thing in village.
We can enjoy reading the name of a
station in clam shells. Color and con-
trast are perhaps the main thing. a
group of handsome shrubbery, of IL
lacs, or weigelias, with plenty of roses,
cheers the tired traveller and giveshim
something pleasant to think about.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

Berlin and a small plant at the subur.
ban town of Halensee, where two ma
chimes of small capacity-one worked
by hand, the other by power-have
been set up for experimental purposes.
''Of the processes actually employed,
the value of which has been fully es-
tablished by experience, one of the
most interesting is that invented by
c. Schlickeysen, of Rixdorf-Berlin,
and practically operated there, at Mu-
mich and other places. The peculiar
feature of this system is that by it
black, dense briquettes of high caloric
value are made from peat without the
application of heat-simply through
the action of kneading and drying.
Turf briquettes ordinarily contain
about sc per cent. of infiammable ele-
ments, the remainder being made up
of inorganic ash and water. They are
thus inferior as fuel to briquettes
made from brown coal, which average
70 per cent. or more of inflamma BILE
matter. Both represent in their
present form the utmost that science
has been able to do in utilizing inferior
and otherwise almost worthless ma
terials to supplement and exc out the
insufficient coal supply of European
countries"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

scalded-t death by the boiling ever
of caldron.
The infant Mercury is represented
as sitting in a shoe-shaped cradle,
like the old woman who lived in q
shoe without the children; it is an
absurd picture with the face of q
man and the body of an infant.
Kinglcy's water babies are not the
only little ones who have been
rocked in shells. One of the most
celebrated kings of France was era
died in a large tortoise she'll, and
the great abalone shells of the Pa
cific with their lovely iridescent lin
ings are often used for that pur-
pose.
The simplest cradles are hewn
out of a log of wood or the trunk
of a tree is followed out; these are
so clumsy and heavy they must
needs be stationary. Julian Ralph
declares that in some parts of Vir-
ginia these are in use at the pres
ent time and that they are so large
one end is used for the baby and
the other for a bread pan.
In olden times in England rnince
pies were baked in the shape of the
WHERE 1ATlSO QlQ lie.
The leaves of the Victoria Regina
in India are so strong and spread out
to such a size that little Hindu be-
bies are often laid upon them. and
gently lulled to rest; they will bear
the weight of child two years old or
more.
Among the Seminole Indians and in
most of the South American states
tiny hammocks are used for cradles.
In New Guinea the nude little one is
Graded in a Melted bag, which hangs
low>her waist.
The cradle boards for Indian pas
pooses are most curious and inter-
esting with the bed of soft moss. and
handsome bead ornaments. Some
times the cradle is suspended from
the plant branch of a tree, where ct
sways gently in the breezes, or it is
set up against the side of the wig
wan or tent.
The Alaskan mother fastens a rops
to her child's cradle, runs it up over
her head, through a pulley. and then
attaches it to her great toe, so that
wherever she happens to be she can
gently jog the cradle.
The Siberian cradle looks like
great -four sieve, except that the bot
tom is cloth instead of wire This is
suspended by cords within easy
reaching distance of the mother.
Mothers in Holland often VIII eel their
babies in a rolling chair like the pic
ture.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
CHEAPER THAN COAL
Germany Uses Briquettes Made of
Peat and Coal Dust.
Improved System OF Supplying Heat
Ii No Longer an Experiments
Hints from Consul General
Mason.
Especial Industrial letter.


E5HE anthracite coal strike, al
though settled temporarily, is
- certain to give rise to the crea-
tion of an important new industry
the making of heat from agencies
little employed in the United
States heretofore. Canada is al
facture of peat briquettes; ia Cali
fornia briquettes are made of coal
dust and refuse, and in Pennsylvania
investors and inventors are engaged in
devising means for the production of
condensed fuel which may be had at all
times, whether coal mines are operated
or not.
Bsers of fuel-and that means every
body-will be very deeply interested in
late report sent to the state depart
ment by Frank II. Mason, consul gen
eral to Berlin, which deals with the
use of briquettes, made from brown
coal, carbonized peat, coal dust and so
forth, used as domestic and steam fuel
in Berlin and other German cities, and
the wholesome effect of such fuel, to-
gether with coke and fuel gas, in pre-
serving towns and cities from the
smoke nuisance and at the same time
affording fuel cheaper than the hard
coal.
Mr.. Mason says there are in opera
ton in Germany SO manufactures of
fuel briquettes and he goes on to say:
eff Americans are really interested in
the subject there is no need that they
should risk any large sums Of money
in uncertain experiments. They have
only to study the machinery and meth
DDS employed in European countries,
compare their crude materials with
those found and used here, and they
can thus start at the point of technical
knowledge which Europeans have
reached after many years Of expert
ence. When, some ten years ago, the
attention of American ironmakers
was called to the German system of
making blast furnace coke in retort
ovens, which saves the valua BILE VIOLA tile
elements of the coal, it was thought
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

A writer in What to Eat gives a
recipe for frozen fruit pudding as
follows: Four eggs, half a cupfdI of
sugar, a rounding tablespoonful of
corn-starch, a quart of milk, a cup ST
either strawberry or cherry pre-
serves, fourth of a pound each of
raisins and English wslnuts and
vanilla TO favor. To save time it is
better to seed and cut the raisins and
chop the nuts the day before Beat
the yolks of the eggs and the sugar
until light, add the cornstarch dis
solved in a little cold milk, thee re-
naming milk heated to boiling. and
cook over hot water for IS minutes
stirring constantly until thickened.
then occasionally. When the mixture
is cold add the preserves, raisins and
nuts and flavor with vanilla. Freeze
as ice cream, and when half frozen
add meringue made of the white
of the eggs beaten stiff, and sIowlA
added to them a fourth of n c11DfnI
of sugar and water each. cooked tn n
thick syrup. Turn out at serving
time. and garnish with whipped
cream, preserves and English wal
NUTS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
TALK ABOUT CRADLES.
Baby Has Many Queer Lodging Places
II Reports of Travellers Are to
BE Believed.

The word cradle is Anglo-Saxon: in
Anglo-Norn it was bers or bersei-
from which is derived the moderu
French berceau. In Brittany cradles
to-day ere called bansel: children are
put into them and hung up next to
the ceiling out of harms way.
There were no cradles in England
before the seventh century, says the
Chicago Tribune, for an old history
says that the archbishop OF Canter-
bury severely punished a woman for
leaving her baby Lying loosely
around" on the hearth, so that it was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12

air out of the drying chamber and con.
denses it in the conduit pipes. thus
greatly stimula ting the process of
evaporation by which the peat is dried.
Peat in its raw state contains from 40
to S5 per cent. of water and in the
humid climate of northern Europe is
usually very difficult material to dry.
It is claimed for the Stauber method
that it reduces the moisture to Is or
20 per cent. quickly, effectively and,
what is important, without changing
the chemical composition of the peat
or in any way adding to it. The drying
machine is in the boiler form (cylin-
dricaD and of a size to conveniently
produce five tons of dried peat per day.
In large plant this unit would be SIM
ply repeated, a a number of machines
can be worked with air currents gem
Grated by the same engine. The peat
coal can be used for locomotive or
other fuel raw, or it can be cooked. and
produces coke wholly free from sui
phur and as valuable as charcoal for
certain industrial purposes.
Estimates furnished by the COM
pany give the cost Of a plant capable of
turning out so tons of peat briquettes
per day s follows:
Buildings 20 20
Steam engine ana fixtures. ..:....-.-: $3.50
Means of transporting material ard
pFOCuct S,SaV
Total .$s5, 20
ga second process is that invented by
F. Schulke of Bach strasse, Hamburg,
the salient feature of which is that
the turf or peat used is cleaned OF
roots, stones. etc. then hquefiel by
water and pumped through pipe
several miles to the works, where, an
claimed by the inventor, it is leached
and converted by heat and pressure
int briquettes at net cost of So ton,
or into artificial coal having thermal
value of $3.50 calories at cost OF
So so per ton. 1t is understood that a
large plant is in process of erection on
the northern coast of Germany for the
utilization of this method, but as to
the actual condition of the enterprise
or the practical value of the process
on an industrial scale, no exact infor-
nation is at hand.
''The Schoening-Fritz process for
making artificial coal and briquettes
by carbonizing dried peat is an elab-
grafton by German engineer of the
system invented by Schoening and
used with more or less success at
Stamsund, in Norway. The German
patent is owned by corporation
known as the Deutsche Torfkohlen
Gesellschaft, which has its office in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
Charcoal as PurIa.-

Housekeepers 60 not use Charcoal
enough about their kitchens. A few
pieces of charcoal laid in the refr;g-
orator absorb impurities in the al,
\ bag of powdered CHARCOAL t;ed
around the mouth CT the faucet re-
moves impurities in the water as IL
passes through it, Charcoal used :,
this way soon becomes foul. and should
be frequently replaced by fresh sun
ply 1t is best to burn up charcosi
that has been used as germ trap.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
To Remove mi1aew stains

Mildew stains may easily be removed
by wetting and soaping the spot, COW
ering it with powdered chalk and then
putting it in the sun to bleach. Damp
it from time to time as it dries and then
wash it in the usual manner with SOAP
and water. If necessary repeat the
process.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
Water from Solomon. Well

Water from King Solomon Sealed
Fountain" seven miles from Jerusa-
lem. is now supplied to the city. 1t
is conveyed through modern iron
pipes, part of the way, but the re-
mainder of the distance it comes by
an ancient sluiceway known as Solo
mons Aqueduct.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-12
EI.xor for .f,eruoon Te..

A mingiing of Glove and lemon fla
vors in the afternoon tea is delight
full. Drop a whole Glove into each
cup just before serving.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-03

Notice of a Proposed Change and
 Adoption of Textbooks for the Pub
 lic Schools Of Arizona.
 Notice is hereby given by the Terri torial Board of Education Of the Ter ritorE of Aliz0na. tEat in accordance with the recommendation of a majority of the County School Superintendents of said Territory. il is proposed to change the following named textbooks now in use ia the public schools. to- wit: Ali of the Appleton series of readers and all readers supplemental thereto. and the California system of vertical writing books.
 All other textbooks heretofore adopt ed shall continue in use until changed as provided hy law.
 Il is also proposed to adopt textbooks on the following subjects, no adoptions thereof having been heretofore made. viz: Higher Arithmetic. Advanced Physiology. Elementary Algebra. Phy- sics Physical Geography. Geology. Geometry. Rhetoric. English Litera- ture General History. All Of said books, except the Physiology. to be adapted to the use of pupils in the 9th and 10th grades.
 That sealed bids or proposals for furnishing books cu the above named subjects will hc received by the under signed at his oflice iu Phoenix. Arizona, up to f2 o'clock. noon. on the first day of July. 19G2. MI bids ia be marked "Schuoi Book Proposals" and must be accompanied by Il certified check for two hundred dollars as q guarantee that the bidder will enter into !" con- tract according to laW. tu furnish all books on which hc may submit bids, sHid check tu be made payable to the Secretary of jhe Hoard of Education.
 TGn said Board will meet at the Of fee of the Governor. il the Capitol building at Phoenix. Arizona. on July 2 1902. at 1G o'clock q. nl.. at which place and tine all bids and proposals will be publicly opened and considered by said Boar.s Tine Board. however reserves the right to reject any and all bids CT proposals.
 The following extracts from the stat ute relating to this subject are made 2 part of this notice:
 l. Sealed bids and proposals must be accompanicd oy a sample copy of the books proposed to be furnished. to- Setiler with d statement of the whole sale and retail fIice at which the pub lisr.r agrees la furnish each: book within this Territory durin@ the full tine tor which said books are to be ados.t d.
 9 Tb" publisher or publishers. whose proposals shall he accepted. must enter into a Hlittsn n contract with the Ter litorial Board Of Education and shall si<- d good and sufficient bond. in a reason&hl, sum to be fixed by the noard. for the faithful performance thereof
 Done by the Board of Education of he Territory of Arizona this, the 1st day ut May \. |. 19o'
 ta1aIp E L. LONG.
 Secretary oI :L- Board of Educaton First publication. May l. 1892
Arizona republican., 1902-05-03
Excursion to Nogaies, Via. Southern Pacific
STRAY NOTICE.

Came to my place on or about March 20. 1902. one sorrel horse. weight about 1.000 pounds, branded w. p" and vented on left side; star in forehead; collar marked; T. hands high, 6 years old.
 Also, one roan saddle horse, weight S5G pounds, 14l2 hands high, branded H on right side. about 10 years old. Said animals can be seen at my place one mile west of Liberty, in Buckeye precinct, Maricopa county. Arizona
 MONT ANDERSON.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of John Van Tuyl deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed Geo. F. Piedmont. eXecutor cf the last will and testament oG Joau Van Tuyl. deceased, to eho creditors of and gil persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, Wi,h the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said e&ecUtor at the furniture store of Richmond Day com pany at No. T East WashinSton street. Phoenix, AriZ.. the same being She place for the transaction Of the bus mess of said estate in said county of MaricCpa.
 G. E. RICHMOND. ENecutor Gf the last Will and testament cf jchn Van Tuyl, deceased.
 Dated at Phoenix this z4th day Of April, 1902.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF STANDARD IRON WORKS.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we, Noses HTgd-zs. William Griffith. Laverie C. Hughes and Walter L. Sutton. all ot Phoenix. Arizona. have associated ourselves together for the purpose of form ing and organizing and do here by form and organize ourselves as and into a corporation under tn. law: uf the Territory of Arizona for tine purpue.. of engaging in and carrying cn the business hereafter specified ana ,io hereby pursuant to said purpose Iuai,-, adopt, sign and arfnos. ledge these Ar ticle3 of Incorporatior.
 Article l.
 Section l. The nan1,.i of the incorto- rators are Moses Hughes William Griffith. Laverie C Hughes and Wal ter L. Sutton.
 Section ,. The name of this cor:o- ration is Standard iron -0rks'
 Section 2. The principal place cor the transaction of the business O. this Corporation is the City or Phoenix: Na1icopa County, Arizona Provides. however. that this corporatior may transact business in such other place CT places as it's business may require, and may maintain ar office or offices at such place or places as it's Board of Dire tors may by resolution prescribe. and at such office or offices it's i:o,.rd "f Directors may meet suI transact ,h,. business of the rnrpor3 tiun.
 Article H.
 section I. TA's corporation ehtI commence "t the time of the fling fer record of it's Articles of In corporation in the cfiice of the County Recorder Of Maricopa County. Arizona. and the filing of a certified copy thereof with the Sec retery Of 1he Territory Of Arizona And it shall endure fer twenty-five (25) years thereafter.
 Article ILL
 Section I. The capital stock of his corporation shall I,. Fifteen Thuu.ard Dollars &l5."""' divided unto ;5Ix huu dred lG0cJ shares ot the par v4lua | Twenty-Five Dollars [425) each.