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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
'sBlLL.' IS

He wasn't purty-nary biti the wrinklin'
hand o. Time
Had written strange devices in the tan
and powder CRIME;
But prospectin his character, there'd
crop out everywhere
Rich streaks O. golden placer that you
never dreamed was there.
And, spite of all his LONELINESS, some
how his rugged face
Jest seemed to brace a Teller up and give
ina savin' grace,
When times was hard and grub was
high an the co1ors far between
And into the starving miners life there
widened the streak of leani
There widened the streak o. poverty when
all o. the world was blue;
When shovel an pan were red with rust,
with nothing at all to do;
1 don't jest savoy the way of it-and I
reckon I never will
That I somehow failed to appreciate the
worth of my pardner. Bill.
It's shorely hard to understand the ways
O. the human mind,
For we grow indifferent-like to gold. the
more O. the stuff we find.
Twas so with me; I'd lived so long with
old Bill at my side
That Isnever jest knew the worth of him
till my pardner up an died.
lookin' toward the skies
The light O. new discovery a-shinin' in
his eyes o
ST see across the great divide, an like a
golden fame,
catch the CLEAN an glitter of my ever
lasting claim!'
An then he died-my pardner Bill There
g warn't no better BtilsI
An 1 know he washes gravel on the ever
lastin hills
The golden sand in the Stream o. Life
hundred to the pan!
For the Lord won't oplay him low down,
cause mycpardner was mani
For fifty year o. storm an sun BilPs
blanket has been mine;
And his friendship never broke strand,
though it stretched from 40.
He loved me! which the same is mighty
comfortin' to me,
For I Know my PARTNERS grub-staked
for a long eternity!
San Francisco Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
MICROcOSMS.,-
Sapient Sayings Regarding Some
of the Shortcomings of Men
and Women.

It is rather harder to be petty out
doors; there is so much breadth al
around, writes Dorothy Moore, il
Century.
Do I believe in chaperonage? Yes
for my boy!
1t won't do to be only partially q
lady.
Comets are probably male: thei1
eccentricities can be computed.
The. most uninteresting person in
the world is he who is interested in
everything equally.
There is more JOY over one sinner
who makes up a quorum than over
the ninety and nine who come regu
larly.
Before giving ones life to cause
it is well to be sure that the gift is OF
some value.
never knew a man to object to
any sphere for a woman that had him
for the hub.
To observe the habits OF an echino
derm-that is science. To do the
same thing for man-that is. only
fiction.
Temperament covers multitude OF
sins.
/ It is:aueer how much tyranny slip
shod people discover.
Life happens to some folks only in
novels.
If mere ideas are not truth, they
are at least the cloth of which it is
made.
Nothing worries woman so much
as not to belong to things.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22

CHICAGO. LIZ. -
When l received the
sample of Doan's
Kidney Pills I was
suffering terriblyEith
my back, was sick and
unfit to do anything.
The several remedies
/ had used,s though
highly recommended,
did no good, but
rather irTitated tn g
trouble and made me
worse. Before I had
used up the sample I
was feeling so much
better that I got more
from the drug store.
/ could not sleep at
night. Had to get MP
six or eight times, and
the urine was so red,
would almost think
it WAS part blood
therewas athick eand.
like brick-dust sedi-
ment. ! cannot teH
one-half that / suf-
fered. nor how good
] feel now that I an
cured by Deans Kid
ney Pills ; but here /
am, sixty-six years
old. able to do my
own work, feeling
well as / did twenty
years ago. for NhichI
thank Doan,s kidney
Pills ten thousand
times Mrs z 7.
GOULD, 9i4 ". Lake
Street. Doan's Pills
cure Whee otherz
<1zE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
Two sinners.

'sIt is very wrong. to tell false
hood" said his mother to little Jim.
mfe, who bad caught him in one.
s.Then we're both offul sinners:
amt we maw?" queried Jimmie.
Both, What do you mean?'
. "Nhy, you told Missus Smith yes,
terday that you hoped she'd cal
again, an after she was gone you
said you wished she'd never conn
again. ohio State Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
MYSTERIOUS
MISS DACRES
By Hrs. Schuyler Crowninshield.
Copyright 1901. by J. B. Lippincott Co.
Q
CHAPTER II.-CoNTINUED.


s'Don't keep me long, said Miss
, Dacres. 81 haven't any sewing, and
I don't talk gossip, I'm very busy
ayriting treatise on the best method
to nurse typhoid. I hold that"
''Do you know anything about
rheumatic cramps ?'easked I.
'Wen, I0should smile, rather
mean, of course I do. Rheumatic
cramps are my speciality. Why,
have you got emp
No. said I, "I have not, but my
aunt-however, that is neither here
nor there. What 1 have to say to
you will preclude the possibility of -
but come into the parlor," and Il led
the way to the room in front. of the
dining room. I opened the door and
CROPPED my way across, the room by
the light that came from the hall.
1 threw up the window and pushed
open the blind.
Smells stuffy, don't it?' remarked
Miss Dacres.
That's because: it hasn't been
opened Cor some weeks. My aunt is
confirmed invalid and 1 have too
much to do to sit in the parlor and
play lady. When 1 have any sewing
to do take it out ON the piazza, and
there L Sit down." said I, sud
denly breaking off.
The invitation was superfuous, as
Miss Dacres had seatedsherself weari-
: ly in the best stuffed rocker, and laid
her head back against the clean
Gtidy. However. what she had told
me about her hair had made me easy
in my mind as to that. I saw as !
looked at her that her" eyes were
closed, and I really thought she
would drop off to sleep.
Are you so tired" said /, 'that
you cannot listen to me for mo-
gment?''
81 don't know what's the matter
p with me,s she answered 81 never
was so tired in all my life. I'm aw-
fully nervous. 1 suppose that last
case wore me out. He couldn't have
anybody but me-tool< fancy to me,
/ suppose. It's real sad after you've
nursed a person for weeks to see
him die. You get so kind of attached
gracious! how worked over that
old man.
'Did-did he leave you anything
for all that nursing?" asked 1, for
getting for the moment the object
of our coming into the parlor.
NO, she said, ''he didn't-nothine
but some pretty bads thoughts. It's
. those I'm trying to get rid of here
and hope you won't allude to the
subject until I'm stronger. I'll tell
you all about it later. Perhaps in a
few weeks shall feel equal to the
strain. l."
s'I'm afraid you and I shall part
company before few weels are
over" said I; Gin fact, that is what j
asked you to cone in here. about
this morning"
I saw the deep color creep up I'M
der her pallid skin as / said these
words. Her eyelids treinbled, and ]
felt almost sorry for her.
sWill you tell me why?'' she asked
an low voice. Tell me at once
please. Have you heard-have
done anything? You said yesterday
that might come. It seemed such a
rest to me, such an ideal home, and
aow xou want To- She had pro.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22

tions OF making bed In the most
approved manner.
Who WAS that In my room just
noyFa'. said /.
"How do know" she answered
shortly.
Were you up there?"
Miss Dacres stopped her bedmak-
ing and stood upright. 81 declared"
said she. az think you are the most
suspicious person 1 ever saw, .T'E,
glad I'm going. Why should L go in
to your room? What should I get
there7 Not much, I should think,
from" She stopped short She
meant, ! think, from my. appearance.
you needn't flush up SO. You've in
suited me more than a. thousand
times since came into this house,
and as soon as I get my money I'm
going out of here, if 1 have to walk
back TO town."
|. Haven't you been upstairs? ?" asked
[ again, scrutinizing her narrowly.
EYES," she admitted, 81 have been
upstairs, but only to see how your
aunt is getting on. She wanted some
brea kfast, and I'm getting it for her"
"And you were not in my room ?"
ssNo. No! No!" said she, land no
again. What should I want but my
own money, and that, apparently,
can't get. Why shouldn't be sus-
woman out there in the kitchen"
'What womon?"
you'd better ask her. How should
[ know?'' With this short answer
Miss Dacres returned to her bedmak-
ing, and went up the stairs. All
was apparently as had left it. The
key was still in the lock, still broken
off, still stuck SO that it could not be
moved one way or the other. Aunt
Jane Mary was sleeping as if she were
dead. So descended rapidly and ran
out to the kitchen. Glorianna Tow.
ner was sitting by the stove. She waa
holding in her hand a spoon, with
which she occasionally stirred some.
thing which was heating in pan.
"What are you doing, Glorianna?"
asked I.
'A-stirring the posset." said she,
without looking mp.
$50 I see. What were you doing
in my room just now?"
Declare to God I hain't--"
STOP" said I, 1--WE don't use such
language here. Answer me without
prevarication. What were you doing
in my room?" :
"Only come jess as you left the
gate-come across the back pasture"
said Glorianna. "Hain't done thing
but set here an stir as she told me
to. She was coming downstairs as
/ I come in the back-haH door,"
'Who?"
'sThat stranger. Said she'd ben
up to see your aunt. She got the
l. things outen the clauset an set me to
stir this mess"
"Have you seen Baldwin ?'' asked.
Should think so,'' said Glorianna,
| smile breaking out over her sharp
features. She glanced towards the
corner. There across a chair hung
| cowhide. It looked useless enough,
at present, but I could imagine its
posi- bilities in the hands of the why
little woman.
How long are you going to re-
| main ?''
"'Ten Badly comes home long er
me-
I sank down into a chair, hopeless.
Then I must either harbor this little
I fend of a. person. or lose Badly Tow
| ner. my prop and stay.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
What Everybody Says.

LOUISVILLE, Ky
For a year or more
/ have been suffering
with severe pains in
the small of my back
and kidneys; had
tried a number of
remedies but without
relief. I decided to
try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and purchased
two boxes, and am
glad to state that
after taking the two
boxes of pills / was
relieved OF all pains,
and have not been
troubled since Prior
to taking these pills
1t was impossible for
me to get . full
nights sleep, but I am
not experiencing any
difficulty In this re-
spect now. Yours
truly, JOHN z. KRA-
BfER, -2423 w. Main
Sire et--Foreman
American Tobacco
Coz j..
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
InformatIou, Wanted,

professor" said the medical student,
will you kindly tell me the best antidote
for water"
"Antidote for water!" exclaimed the
Istonished professor.
yea" replied the embryo NJ. D. "You
zee, intend to practice in Kentucky, and
I want to be perpared for the worst. Chi
ago Daily News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
How He Fixed 1t.

Cant you learn to say Mop" she de-
manded.
Certainly" he replied, and thereafter he
arranged with his boon companions to ask
him If he would refuse a drink, instead of
asking if he would have one. Thus he was
enabled to say NO" without suffering any
depriyation-Chicaeo Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
Every one who uses Doan's Kidney
Pills free trial has a good word
to say for tI1em-tflat's
why they are most
prominent In the
r,Isfslir eve
public eve.

Aching backs are eased Hip, back, and
loin pains OVERCOME Swelling of. the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick-dust secii-
ment, high colored, excessive. pain in pass
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetfing.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplessness. headache, nervousness.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22


ABERDEKS, WASH
I had q bad pain in
my back ] could
hardly walk or sit
down. 4 could not
wife for sample, but
got a fifty-cent box
of druggist, and they
hs-e made me all
right- Ne other med
icine did me any
good Arc. CARL
9oNs s. LIST St, East
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
Plain.

Parke.After all, sir. the extreme
simplicity of. our. American institu
tons must commend itself to every
one.
we're without cook.-Harper's. Bs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22

Mrs: Clubman-NWill you be home early
Jack" Mr.. Oubman2'fWe-eIi, yes; lJu
don't wait breakfast for me"-Brookly1
Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
About Your Vacation.

Little journeys to lake resorts and noun
mer than ever. Many have already arranged
their summer tour via the Chicago, Nil
waukee & st. Paul Railway and many more
are going to do likewise. Booklets that viii
help you to plan your yaca ton trip have just
been published, and viii be sent on receipts
of postage, as follows:
Colorado California," six cents.
In Lakeland. and "Sommer Homes" si1
cents.
Lakes Okoboji and Spirit Lake" fou
cents. +. a. MILLER,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago
A mule kicks back because. he can't
swear.-Detroit Free Press.
Good nature is stronger than toms
hawks.-Emerson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22

While other men are taking summer out
!ngs baseball players are trying to get few
tnnings-Chicago Daily News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
Responded Too soon.

His Aunt-John. why did you enter the
ministry?
John-Because, dear aunt was called.
care you sure, John, that it wasn't some
other noise you heard?-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22

Barton County Democrat.
STOKE AND FEEDER, PUBS. AND PROPS:
WILL E. STOKE, EDITOR AND MANAGER.
GREAT BEND. KANSAS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22


the Vegetable The
corrected thankful for the good advice and
shall
MISS Kus1PE Rock Dec 1900
E. Pinkham's Vegetable will cure
prostraton, all OF won
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-03-24
The CoIoneI's Bitter Thouoht.

"Yes," said the coonel's Northern
friend, Il hate to think about the good
chances l have lost
You're right, sab" responded the
colonel. Il was just thinking, last
night, of mistake made myself
once. Probably you don't know it,
sab, but began to drink whisky when
l was II years of age, sab. If, instead
Of drinking that fust gallon of wills
ky"
Yes" interrupted his friend we
ought never to take the first drink
ought never to contract the habit
Whisky ruins us mentally and
IT." continued the colonel. unheed.
ing the interruption. ''if, instead of
drinking that whisky had stored It
away in my cellah, that whisky would
be more than fifty-five years old to-
day, sab.
And he pushed back the bottle Of
common seven-year old rye and stared
gloomily at the ceiling.-lndianapo
Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-03-24
How II Was Done,

In the course of the customary even
Ing chat one of the company remarked
that certain firm had made arrange
ments for consuming the smoke that
had hitherto darlIened the landscape
ir the neighborhCod of their factory,
says an English paper.
But how are they agoin' to do it;
Joe?' demanded an interested lis,
tener
law doan't knaw," confessed Joe.
"Ye'd better ask ovid John. Els bound
to understand it.
AS a matter Of fact, "Owd john
was as ignorant on the point as his
neighbor. but he had no intention of
admitting it.
ITS this way" a explained. after a
thoughtful paas2. Us the smoke
descends up t" chimney there's a
patent sort o. ian arrange. wot
maks wot they calls a vortex. This
ere vortex ji:Hce grabs tae smoke,
souses it wi waiter. an wnisks it
roond at SIGH a rate Wot it ella 5 into
lump same as ii it wor ma;.in butter
in a churn. This ere lump O smoke
gifts 'arder an arGcr till it is coal
again. and when the pieces of coal
gifts heavy enough it drops back into
t fire and gifts burnt agin. It's vary
simple when yo've seen it done an
Understands it
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= ~ A. =. - - {. - ....A.
Bears the r The Kind You Have a9ays Roug
signature %. E $ zzNz~.MSx
Grammar.

Grammar.
"Wha1 part of speech is the word
'marriage?" asked the girl on the
piazza of the Hardened Wretch.
And he. being himself married
man, replied:
Its subordinate conjunction
The examination paper read: Parse
the word Pennsylvania in the SEN
tence, "A hold-Gp occurred the other
night in Pennsylvania.
The bright boy answered that it was
an abstract noun, being the name of a
state, bat Mr.. Cassatt. when asked
about it, thought it a proper noun in
the objective case, being the object
of "hold-up.'
The woman and the man were mar
ried yesterday parse woman
And the answer of the littlest boy
was, "A proposition, governing
man. New York Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-03-24
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
x nsass the %, NsHAZzzzu
Hat Adjournment Safe from Seizure.

Hat Adjournment Safe from Seizure.
Attorney General Sheets of Ohio
holds that the state game warden had
no authority to seize plumage and hat
decorations under the game laws Of
the state. His opinion is that all the
department can do is to institute
prosecutions against dealers and not
proceed as if live game was in con-
troversy He said a bird might be
taken to be used as evidence, but not
on the ground that it is illegal prop
erty. The attorney general goes fur
Their and says women who wear suck
plumage are not subject TO arrest. He
holds also that plumage purchased be-
fore the law went into effect is eX-
empt.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-03-24

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rs editorial comment on political
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-03-24
COACHING for Society.

Wanted, in a healthy country town
a lady to take in charge and improve
a young married lady (22) of gentle
birth but neglected education; child
(boy) of Is months to accompany her
bright society Indispensable. State
terms and particulars, etc.-Philadel
phia Standard.
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- A 81 T 90 BE A..
Bears the 4 The Kind You Have Always BuIgh'
s's. "; xtT7Hz Nzzu
Refused the Alternative.

A man going to be hanged was tol
he might i've if he would marry cel
tain vixen of woman. Like ma
of sense he said:
Let me see her first
When brought forward he eyed hel
SHARP nose! thin lips! red hair" e,
claimt he-"Drive on, Jack!'-Ge1
tlernans Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-13
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS.
Line at Wichita Connects With Eight
New Toll Lines.

Wichita, Kan, Nov. 13.-Ten thousand
dollars is the amount of money now being
expended by the Wichita Telephone conf
panY toward building a mole complete
and extensive telephone system since the
original lines We're installed during the
first three months the company did busi-
ness in this city.
The sum named in the foregoing is not
being expended exclusively for the pur-
pose of extending the lines in this city.
but for placing complete connections with
the surrounding towns which will be
great convenience particularly for the
wholesale and jobbing houses here, as
well as the merchants of those towns.
we have just connected new lines with
the Wichita service at Andale, Mt Hope,
Colwich, Garden Plain. St. Mark, and by
Saturday night will have a direct wire to
Hutchinson connected up and ready for
use" said superintendent McVay last eV-
ening Heretofore" he added. ct has
been necessary to reach Hutchinson
through Newton. When we get through
with the Improvements inside of the city,
continued the superintendent. there will
not be a street of any length that is mol
equipped with a cable. We can install a
telephone for any one at almost any place
within the city limits. We expect to have
all improvements completed and IN work
ing order by December L.
The number of subscribers has increased
from / 500 to 1000 since the work of build
ing the new lines commenced When fin
ished the company will have about 2-10
telephones in service. or more than any
other city of the same size. so far as is
known. in the country. The company
has between so and 20 people in its employ
including the IS operators told about il
/ the above
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-13

ing to see if he can find some Of the
relatives of the man who was killed.
The money turned over to Jones con-
sisted of $500 in Russian bills. $500 IN
gold and $500 in United States bills.
There were two diamonds and gold
watch in the belt and all the money
Jones claims to have in bank at
Shawnee, awaiting the relatives of Mari.
Jones described Mari. physically. to
the people to whom he talked. He said
that he had q birthmark on the face and
this description matches that of Mari,
according to the people who knew him
here. The only discrepancy is that Jones
gave mis- name as "Mahr' instead OF
Mari" This mistake could easily be
made in the spelling of the name. Jones
thought that he lived in Hutchinson and
evidently knew nothing about Burton.
Jones says that he landed in the Phil
ippines with Il cents and came away
with about $1,000. He did not volunteer
the information as to where and how he
made this much money as government
interpreter. He says he is making mon
ey in Shawnee and has settled down for
the time. He was wounded in the diff
ferent wars he has been in and shows
the marks of a sabre gut in his face.
The story told is a strange one and is
interesting to the people who know
about Mari and his death in the mas
sacre. 1t is hoped that the money left
will find the rightful owners and that
the relatives will get the benefit of it.