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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
ANOTHER DISTORTED VISION.
Man with Queer Name Foresess the End
of the World.

Man with Queer Name Foresess the End
of the World.
This is sad news which Prof. Lud-
wig Marienburger puts ON the wires,
says the Chicago Rscord-Herald. He
declares that the end Of the world 10
near at hand. He has discovered that
our little old planet has Jumped Its
orbit and is webbing around in space
like a drunken man In the middle OF
the street at q. m, or words TO that
effect. This irregularity on the part OF
Mother Earth. the professor explains.
causes our summers to become hotter
and hotter and our winters to be colder
and colder. Before long, according to
his figures, things are going to be so
bad that nobody will be able to mako
the transit from one extreme to the
other, and the first thing We know the
human race will 30 zip. II may be that
Prof. Marienburger has special oppor-
tunities for finding out things con-
corning tho earth's travels that no
other scientist could know about; 1t 10
a good deal more probable. however.
that he has Just pulled out q guess and
that he has several more coming. II
J. Pierront Morgan were to come out
and say that the worlds trolley was
of or that there was q hot box some
where people might be justified in feel
ing nervous.
p,,t what no, prof Marianhurger 70
DO with the earthi II isn't his. and hs
isn't running It. Therefore We earn
estly advise the public to treat his an
nouncement with the scorn It deserves
The man who has already paid for hi
coal for next winter needn't suffer
pang. He will probably need It, Prof
Marienburger's prediction Of SPEEDY
end Of all things to the contrary not
withdrawing
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
MYSTICAL ODD NUMBERS.
Three, Seven and Nine Have Many Pc
culiarities to Their Credit.


culiarities to Their Credit.
Three, seven and nine appear to have
been the favorite numbers all the
world over. The ancients had three
fates. three furies and three graces;
Neptune's trident had three prongs.
Jupiter's thunderbolt three forks and
Cerberus three heads. We have three
estates of the realm, a man who &C
cepts a bill has three days grace and
three persons congregated together
NAV make a riot. Shakespeare was
well aware that he must have neither
more nor less than three witches IN
Macbeth" and that the brindle cat
must new thrice, and our popular folk
lore insists upon three merry men,
three blind mice and three wise men OF
Gotham. Three meals day is the
usual scale Of feeding.
| OF a more mystical character than'
three Is the figure seven, or, at any
rate. it las a larger number OF re-
Hgious applications. Noah had seven
DAYS warning of the coming OF the
food. and when it came he took fowls
by sevens and clean beasts by sevens
into the ark; the ark touched on
| Mount Ararat in the seventh month,
and after seven days dove was sent
| out. followed seven days afterward by
+ another. In Pharaoh's dream there
were seven fat and seven lean kline
which Joseph interpreted TO mean
seven years of plenty and seven year:
| Of famine. At the destruction OF Je-
richo seven priests bore seven srum'
pets seven days, and on the seventr
! day they walked round the city sever
times. after which the walls fell. III
the apocalypse almost everything II
seven, except the number OF beasts
There are seven churches, seven goi
den candlesticks, seven lamps befor'
seven spirits, the book with sever
seals, the lamb with seven horns ant
seven eyes, seven angels with sever
seals, seven kings, seven thunders
seven thousand slain, the dragon VIII
seven heads and seven crowns. sevel
angels bring seven plaques, and ther
are seven walls of wrath.
In merely secular matters seven oc
ours frequently enough. We hav
seven wonders OF the world, seve
champions OF Christondom, seve
sleepers, seven wise men. seven plan
cts, seven deadly sins, seven ages 9
man, and our ordinary leases are mad
5 for seven or a multiple Of seven year!
But however mystically signiscan
three and seven may be, they cannc
lay claim to any such peculiarities
O are the property Of the figure nin'
a That the ancients had nine muse
nine rivers in the Internal regions,
4 hydra with nine heads and nine god
o for Lars Porsena to swear by. or tina
= in modern times nine tailors to make
= man, or that possession is nine point
i of the law, are facts that pale into II
. significance after one has sat dow
with pencil and paper to investlga'
some OF the special peculiarities OF tt
figure nine. For instance, If you mu
. tiply nine by any other number yc
:. will find that the figures composin
: the product when added together WI
10 always amount to nine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

There are few localities in the world
where railroads could do so much to-
ward opening rich country as In
Northern Mexico. The ore Is there.
and 1t is we'll known by capitalists. but
the great problem is that OF transpor-
tation. The difficulties Of getting a
railroad across the mountains from .
Pacific coast port to the mining re-
gions have. up to the present time,
discouraged every capitalist who has
thought Of 1t. Several railroads are
being built through the country west
Of the Sierra Madre, but hardly near
enough to the. mineral district to be
very valuable.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The application Of the Chicago
Union Traction Company and the
Consolidated Traction Company for
an Injunction restraining the State
Board of Equalization from assessing
the capital stocks of these companies
for 1900 was denied at Springfield
Ill.
Rollersville, GA gang Of i've
robbers blew open the postof1ice safe
here and secured $500 worth of stamps
and $50 in money, besides funds be-
longing to the local lodge OF Macca-
bees. The thieves escaped, leaving
no clue.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

IN England the advocates OF great
speed in transportation predict that IN
4 few years they will have single raiI
line ON which trains will be run at tins
rate of ITO miles an hour. In Germany
an electric railroad is proposed, over
which cars are expected to move l2o
miles in 60 minutes. Americans are
not slow, but they are not impatient
for transit so rapid as to exceed the
bounds Of reason. A mile minute Is
fast enough for the great majority OF
scber-ninded and practical people.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

Is Montana creeping into Idaho and
wyoming? There il some evidence
on the Affirmative side Of the question.
but not enough to cause alarm in any
Of the three states. Still. for several
years it has been known that there Is
some trouble with Montana's founda-
lions, which are slipping. and leaving
evidence Of the fact on the surface Of
the ground.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The president has appointed Cap
tain William Crozisr chief Of ord
nance, with the rank Of brigadier
general.
General Joseph Wheeler announced
that he would mot oppose Senator
Pettus for seat in the United States
Senate.
George Lane and family, OF Pitts
burg, Kans., have been arrested
charged with defrauding merchants
of that city.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
"WHAR Dew / CUM IN?"
being III. sooquy Of Farmer Sugar Question:

Thar. mighty lot er tahin thar rights
Tss es nap foos as' Is.
sG s fer ,s s T. sD ire
4R as ap p es II sssn is
CROWNS guess-but wnar dew cum !"
four ss. so NOW h sssy . ssa s.
admit . they hey found sn,. Mound
In fact shes leaves profit greatly
KIN :: 'ss ,sss 'asss s
Buff tharsa any Observation-Disclosures dew l cum IN .
we're glad never ss, h sgu sn out
But WEN wnen aa h pocksboois lacks
Them interested seq h. to protect s,,,...
But guess little b. too thin -,
Take OF sugar an the price win quickly % fall
IT. peog % Dess the
s free sugar as @
More A the 1 6 =. he
buy cheaper-thes whar he an I'll cum in
w T . our or M y s ter
An the Great ter DS Te bees o
W 0q Few R s Ane TN
Thus ter help whar dew an cum in
Tns M,ss b as, s .s Of hs he. sa FEARS
also growing fruit or nice
Ter peese Of the S surely cut. the price
mighty neishS0 both ter me sa an you
Ter him it may right enun but whar dew cum in
An agon all the arguments they shout
s p aa Ts people ss
free in It's ,ss nnc demand
millions Of people enrich d favosed few sv
While they re busy making come in
I'm agon ter keep on pleadn with trends
en other, gain thar selfish pryst e end
kin that tax without n delay -.
To repeal the tax susar-you lot
MeD w hses sedt
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

ona Of orr largest "a lroads has decided to
,ts s;t,. =, oil in place OF coal az fuel for It's
locomotives, and while there may be SONS
donnt as 10 LIS success, there is none concern-
ing III. value OF Hostetter's stomach bitiess.
II a.. been gwen thorough trial during the
past fifty years, and has never disappointed
suv sufferer from dyspepsia. incisestlon, CON
stipation or fatnlency who has gwen IL
fair trial. Bs sure 20 get the genuine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
NOV ne Escapesa.

She--Did you ever camp out In the
woods?
He-No. The only time ever wa,
out Of my head Was when had thu
typhoid feyer. and they kept me unde,
euarH ~ TIE hospltal al Through y.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The long tals of the Shah of Per-
sia's horses are dyed crimson for, SIX
inches at their rips--a jealousy guarded
privilege OF she ruler and bis sous.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
How's This !:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
anv case Of Cstarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co.. ToledoDO.
We. the undersigned, have known +; J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their frm.
WEST & TRuAx wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent 1ree'
Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold b. all Druggists
Halls Family pills are the best.
The longest State Is California, 40
milss: the widest, Texas. 760. The next
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
N.v rn.l for I.oconotives.

The largest needle factory in the world
is at Keaditch, Worcestshire. f.ag ana.
Over 1000 eco needles are made week's'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

No matter what ais you. headache 70
cancer. YOU will never get well until your
bowels are pat right. CAscARKTs help naturs.
cure Won withous = grips or pain, produce
easy natural movements. cost you Just ~
cents TO sta-t getting your health back. CAS-
oAnxrs Candy Catbartic, the genuine, pus up
in meal boxes, every talbot has Y. Y. u
stamped ON it. Beware OF limitations.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The FIRST FIRE engine used IN the O1'tea
States was brought from Engiano "
New York City in 1871.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

PUTNAM FApELxss DYES DO not spot, streak
or givo your goods an nnsvenly dyed appear
ancc. Sold by all druggists.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

do not beievs Piso's euro for Co1sump-
tion has an equal fo- coughs AMI colds.-J oTS
F. BOYER, Trinity Springs. NJ. Feb. Is. 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The "heert wood of tree has ceased
to take any part in the vegetative econ
o-.y CT tie tree Its use is to strengthen
h. &r,1r,lr
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The fact that one good turn deserves an
other is what keeps things going.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

Mr.. WinsIow's Soos1-ny 5yruo for chitdrsa
testning, softsa tns sam;, redaces :naanma-
ZION allays pain. cures wind coiic. %: ooEt.,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

FTTSpermanenay cured. No ats or nervous.
ness after frat days use OF Dr.. Xline's Great
Nerve Esstore-. 12triai bottle aud breair frss
DIR. Z. q. KLINE. Ltd, 81 A ch St.. Pm La. Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

Some people regard their friends simply
as something to 5iane things on.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

You can't always tell a polished man
by as sloes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The Texas g. Pacific r ,ilway is IS mile
sho test Ii ne between Shreveport and Daila .
and he West
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04

The sign painter, at least. can always
make q name for himself.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-01-04
5000 TO $500 A YEAR

w. want intelligent Men and Women rs
travelling Representatives q Local Managers;
salary 5000 TO 1880 q year and all expenses.
According to experience aud ability we aiso
~eeS and com mission, depending upon the time
teyoted. Send stamp for full Particular ana
Sate position preferred. Address. Dept D.
rur pFI,L COMPANY. Philadelphia Pa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
But He Can't Explain Away.

The Wichita Star, a republican
paper of considerable influence
in the southwest, and whose
editor cannot be influenced by
money or political push, says OF
the republican candidate for
state treasurer
''T. L. Kelley Of Miami county,
Republican candidate for State
treasurer, owes it to the people
OF Kansas to clear up some OF
The charges made against him.
We are aware that wnen a man s
political enemies start to get his
scalp they very often are willing
TO ruin his reputation and his
good name. This may be what
uas been done in his case. But
the charges have. been made
specifically, the dates, amounts
and all the details OF his alleged
$1,000 shortage are set forth in
such a clear way, that the pub
lie cannot let the matter go
without at least a plausible ex-
PLANTATION. Ii MIR, Kelley has
peen honest in his public life, he
is certainly one OF the worst
maligned men in Kansas, and
he ought to make somebody
suffer for the lies that have been
told. Ii Mr.. Kelley is guilty as
charged by the board OF county
commissioners of Miami county,
then the republican party of the
great state OF Kansas, has COM
mitted a grevious error in plac-
ing him on the ticket"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
A Bold Hold up.

Wednesday night OF last wee k,
on Mo. p. freight train between
Hoisington and Claain, two men
held up a box car containing 16
harvest hands, and robbed them
of all their cash, watches, etc.,
getting we are told, upwards OF
500 in value. Not a man of
the 16 had a gun. and the things
simply had a 1puddin.' With
railroad fare SO cheap-1h cents
a mile-it might have been safer
for those l6 men to have bought
tickets and rode in a passenger
car.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Don't be a Dudine.

Great Bend has an unusual
large number of handsome girls.
Some Of them should remember
the old saying: Handsome is
as handsome does" 1t is very
disgusting to see good looking
girl, and especially one whose
education and home surround
ings are excellent, acting the
dudine when on the streets. No
prosperous orenterprising young
man will want to take for a wife
a dudine. Ii they pay her any
attention it is only for the pur-
pose of having sport with her,
never with a view to her life hap.
piness.
Bright eyes and fair skin, red
lips and glossy hair will not last
always; but they can be retain
ed and renewed, the beauty
lights can be kept burning, by 6
right direction of the heart whe1
young, ladylike manners ano
womanly modesty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Ellinwood's Depot Burned.

During the rainstorm last
Thursday night-or rather about
2:30 in the morning-lightening
set fire to the Santa Fe depot at
Ellinwood, and the structure,
with all it's contents, was burned
to the ground. The loss includ-
ed all baggage, express and mail
stored in the building, all books
and papers, etc.
Some six weeks ago the night
man was taken off, and there
was no one about the depot af-
ter the latest trains went through.
Fred Drake, an employee of the
Hotel Wolfe, was the first to
discover the fire. An alarm was
given, but owing to the heavy
storm that was raging few heard
the alarm, and the fire had got
great headway before help came.
This fire might have been
stopped at it's incipiency had the
railroad company not cut down
a few dOllars-a month expense by
discharging the man who kept
night watch. A new building
will be put up as soon as pos
sible. In the meantime consider
able inconvenience will be en-
countered by reason of the loss.
The package of DEMOCRATS for
Ellinwood went down Thursday
evening on train No. 8, and were
destroyed with the rest of the
mail from that train. Having
not sufficient extra copies of the
paper we could not supply our
EIlinwood readers with dupli-
cates-and thus the loss is
greater.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
IRRIGATION BILL PASSED.

The. irrigation bill passed by
the. House on Friday, and al
ready passed by the Senate, is
an attempt to solve what Secre-
tary Wilson has well called ''our
greatest domestic problem -
This problem concerns the re-
clamation Of the great arid and
semi-arid region which stretches
from the. Tooth meridian OF
longitude westward to the Sierra
Nevada and at it's southwestern
corner reaches the Pacific ocean.
This region contains about
6OO,OOO,eOO acres Of the public
domain. q Much of this is rugged
mountain. Some of it is ire
claimable desert, valuable only
for it's mineral deposits. But at
least 6O,O0O,O00 acres, it is be-
lieved, can be converted into
farms if the water supply be
scientifically distributed and
economically used. Then there
are perhaps 12o,OOO,OoO acres
OF grazing lands that will be use
full if water is brought near them.
Systematic improvement OF
these lands by irrigation will
provide homes for 25,O0O,OOO
people, at the lowest estimate,
and probably for twice as many.
Successful irrigation farming
both requires and attracts close
cultivation and a dense popu-
lation.
The irrigation act is a distinct
step forward and a good begin
ming. It's operations will neces-
sarily be slow. 1t may be a half
q century before water is brought
to all the irrigable lands. But
the results will be ofeyer-increas.
ing beneticence.
Irrigation of these arid lands
will not only provide homes fol
millions, but will largely pro
tect the region eastward against
drought. On the whole, the ir
rigation law is likely to pass in
to history as the wisest legis
lation OF the present Congress
e-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
END, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1902

DON'T be a wiggletail all your
life. The wfggletail swims brave
ly around in the rain barrel and
hasks in the sunlight; but let the
waters be troubled and he turns
tail and dives awayin in the depths,
scared at nothing. Get on the
surface and stay there until you
can sprout wings to carry you
higher. All wiggletails can come
to the surface; but not all of
them can grow wings and become
independent, aggressive mos
quitos, singing through life and
enjoying the best that is.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

So FAR Hon. T. T. Kelly, the
republican candidate for state
treasurer, has been able to rally
but one Of his home papers to
his support in denying the
charges of raising checks and
warrants when he was county
clerk, and that is Barney Sheri-
dams democrat paper. About
the answer he gives to the charges
is that Kelly is no bigger thief
than the other republican office
holders who are making the cry
against him. Hutchinson Ga
zette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27
Why. Indeed2

Every once in a while some re-
publican editor, during a lucid
interval, will tell the people a bit
of truth. Here's something from
Ed Howe, editor of the Atkinson
Globe. Thousands of columns
are being printed in the news
papers about congress repeating
the tariff on live stock and meats.
There is not the slightest proba-
bility that such a thing will be
done. Congress is controlled by
politics, SO absolutely that it
looks dishonest. The steel trust,
the sugar trust and other trusts
have powerful friends in congress.
How the trusts control so many
congressman we do not know.
Sometimes we think it does it
with money and at other times
We think it is due to politics;
Republican members of congress
believe they must stand by the
policy of protection which has
been overdone, without any sort
of question. We are a Republi-
can, but it has always seemed to
US that protection is a tax on
the many in the interest of the
few. Why western people should
clamor for protection IN the in
terest of the east we have never
been able to. understand"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

WANTED, candidates; any old
democrat or populist will do; all
asked is that you swear by your
beard that you will support the
republican ticket in Barton coun-
ty. For further information,
apply to Ira I'll. Clark, member
of Longs committee who once
said Long was not worthy Of
Republican support. Lordy,
what a sweet, lucious bait Ira
put out for democrats, in the
Register last week! All suckers
now grab it, quick.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

KANSAS is averaging 5000
gallons of milk per minute for
every day in the year, enough to
make a river fifty feet wide and
two feet deep, flowing at the
rate of a foot a second. This
milk makes about fifty million
pounds of butter, worth twelve
million dollars. Within the next
ten years this will be doubled,
perhaps trebled. Kansas is
capable of producing 100000
900 pounds of butter a year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

IT IS now announced, beyond
dispute that Dick Boss will not
accept the republican nomina-
tion for representative. The
nominee will be w. j. McGreevey
or D. A. Banta of this city. We
don't believe, however, that Mr..
Banta will offer himself as a
sacrifice. The Long men would
not like to see him in the legis-
lature-they would rather see
the democrat candidate there.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-27

BARTON county republican
managers are still at sea on
available candidates, especially
as to county treasurer. They
realize that they will have to put
up a mighty popular man to
stand any show against the
north side candidate OF the demo-
Gratis and populists-Mr. Soder-
strOm. We are told that the
bosses offered the nomination to
Nj. b. Fits, Rube Charles and
Henry Harper, but got turned
down with thanks by ali OF them.
At the present writing it seems
that they may settle on Bob
Bailey as a last resort; and Bob
is said to be in a receptive mood.