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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
CHARACTER IN CATS.
Painter Who Has Put Them Upon Can
vas Says They Are Not Gem
orally UNDERWOOD.

In speaking Of the putting of cats
on canvas, a painter of them, reports
the New York Tribune, recently So id
"They are without doubt one of the
most difficult creatures to paint, and
lamentably few artists make a success
of their portraiture. They are almost
Impossible to keep quiet, and the par
ticular fluffy tcattiness' of their coats
is far from easy to depict in pigment
The famous cat painters are few, and
when choice or chance discovers one
he, or more often she, finds the gift a
mine of wealth.
''In David Brooke's well-known pic
ture of the darby preacher at dinner,
in the Corcoran art gallery in Wash
ington, the cat in the foreground,could
be induced to sit still only BY having
her feet glued to the floor. But salts
factory results as to the expression.
in which cats face can be particular
ly eloquent, are not to be secured in
I this way. Those who have had reason
to know say that even the fur of fe-
lines in dicative of several things. In
health and contentment it stands out
fluffy from their bodies. while in fear
or displeasure it lies fiat and lankly to
the skin.
Not long since picture was placed
on exhibition of a cat tapping milk,
with its tail held high. Though the
technique was good and the fur really
furry the value of the whole was
practically nil, because no cat has ever
been known to eat with its tail in the
air. With waving tails they do, in
deed, rush toward the food, but with
the first lap or bite down goes the
caudal appendage, lower and lower,
until with full stomach it sweeps the
ground. In the case of young kittens
it is often different, however. They
scramble into a dish of milk with their
pointed, rat-like tails at right angles
TO their roly-poly bodies and some
times forget to take down this sign of
animation and alertness. Anyone
who knows cats knows that the tail
at every angle and with every move
ment is expressive of some definite
emotion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24

.Yes, he certainly did. got his
message just after eight o'clock, or
as soon as the office was opened, and
here I am. Stand up, Brother
Wynne," said Marmaduke Smith. .
Elder Wynne arose, and stood all
doubled up.
HE is imposing on you," I cried.
ssDo you know what he is?''
"Hush, my dear lady, hushl Hush!"
President Smith held up his hand,
while Elder Wynne went towards
the fireplace, turned back the car
pet, inserted a plug whose end was
covered with white plaster within a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
.ITALIZE
YOUR
NERVES i.

If you are shaky, nervous, irritable,
bilious, headachy, out of sorts,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
WiseacFeage.

The way to do some things is to dc
them.
Love is fancy founded on fact.
Contentment is the result of a
limited Imagination.
Filtration envies love, and love en-
vies Irritation.
Purity is not ignorance; it is taste
in the selection of experiences.
Woman is made for man to come
back to.-Carolyn Wells, in Century.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
ssFF ss ss F..Ss's
s.t.,sss. ~

will Vitalize You, and put you to Rights.
What is Ozomulsionf 1t Is vitalized
emulsion; a great reconstructive tonir
food, for consumptive and diseased
wrecks, composed of cod liver oil, guaiaool
IA germicide} and the glyeero-hypophos
phites, forming food medicine which
has been truthfuIIY called
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
doubtful Consolation.

Young Wife-I'm so unhappy.
Girl Friend-Why, dear?
'I'm beginning to realize that my
husband married me for my money"
ssWell, it ought to be some conso'
lation to know that he isn't as bis
a fool as he looks."-Chicago Daily
News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24

Backache is q fOrerunner and
one OF the most. common symp-
toms Of kidney trouble and
womb displacement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
A Speed limit.

"I'd like to know why they call
this train a limited,''' said the dis.
gusted passenger; Il don't see any
thing limited about it.
sYou DON'T" laughed the engineer.
aWell, it's limited to ten miles an
hour. '-Philadelphia Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
nimcuIt Posftfon.

sIs it hard to be detective?" asked
the young woman, admiringiy.
Very" answered Old Siookshaw.
cit keeps man studying day and
night to belize like the detectives that
the story writer's misunderstanding
ton STAR
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
ObIirinE the Sugar Trust.

"Ask and you shall receive" is the
motto of the sugar trust. 1t asked our
senate, a few weeks ago, to oblige it
by delaying action on the Cuban re-
ciprocity bill until the agents for the
trust had time to buy up all OF the
sugar in the back country districts,
while it was cheap and before the lit
tie planters there had heard that the
duty on sugar imported into the United
States was going to be lowered soon.
The republicans in the senate soon ar
ranged for the delay. 1t appears now
not only that the trust agents have
been buying up the sugar, but that
they have been buying the sugar lands
also. Mr.. Robert N Burnett, the finan-
cial writer on the Washington Post,
SAYS in his letter of December o. writ
en- from New York: "A report has been
current that many Cuban plantations
have been purchased in the interest OF
the sugar trust, to which it will take
title after the reciprocity treaty 1s
signed, This would afford the COM
pany all the benefits arising from the
reduced tariff. Some think the sugar
trust, after the new law has become ef-
fective. will be able to control the raw
sugar market even to greater extent
than it does the market for refined
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
REPUBLICAN BLUFF.
Trying TO Deiude the Voters Into thu
Belief That Everybody Is
Prosperous.

The republicans have fooled the peo
pie so often and so long, or at leas
they think they have done so, in regart
TO prosperity and its causes, that they
think the people will believe whatever
the republicans tell them. This Il
having a demoralizing effect upon the
republicans and is making them ever
more reckless of facts than formerly
If the republican leaders in congress
assert that black is white they fully
expect majority of the people to be
lieve it, at least on election day.
The republicans have but one cause
for prosperity-the Dingley tariff ac
and continued republican administra
ton Good crops in this country witt
high prices, occasioned by the scarcity
abroad, cuts no ice, in their plan OF
salvation, for all OF these things vii
be reversed if the wicked democrats
should get control of the government;
at least so the republicans unhesitat'
ingly tell us, for haven't we had ex'
perience in the past?
Now that we are in the midst OF &C.
we're depression and that hundreds o1
thousands are out of employment en-
tirely, while millions are working al
reduced wages, the republicans con-
tinue to prattle about republican pros
perity" and to assert that we are more
prosperous than ever before. Wher
the Hon. ]. G. Cannon was nominated
for speaker of the house, he said, II
a speech to the republican caucus:
'"The people never were so well ant
perfectly employed as now"
In speech in the house on December l
Congressman Hepburn, of Iowa, un
blushingly stated:
To-day every man in the United
States who wants to work finds com
pensating wages in the great labo
fields of the United States, and at
compensating wages. What has ther
been a time when the distribution O
wealth was as great as it is now, an
when the humblest and the poores
had so large share of the accumula
tions of each year as now? There nev
er has been time"
OF course the democrats quickly &C
cept such challenges as to the presen
condition of industry and business
They are having long lists of wage re
ductions and closed mills printed i
the Congressional Record. They ar
also printing numerous statement
from leading republican papers an
from trade journals which freely an
frankly declare that we are now at tn
beginning of what appears to be
period of depression and are discussin
the probability of the extent of thi
period But what do the republican
care for these facts when they are cor
fident that they can delude the voter
into believing that everybody is pros
porous? Are the people really hypnt
tized on election day by these leadin
republicans? Will the people eve
open their eyes and see the facts fc
themselves? When they do there wi
be big and varied collection of repul
lican statesmen out of jobs. Times wi
then surely get bad right away; YER
very bad
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
FIND FAULT WITH MESSAGE.
Republican Senators Are Disgruntled
at the Passages About
Treaties.

The more President Roosevelt's mes
sage is analyzed the more fault repub-
lican senators are finding with it.
They have discovered, says a Wash
ingtOn telegram, that, among other
things Objectionable, it contains long
discussions of the Chinese and Panama
canal treaties, which are not only con-
trary to usage but distinct violation
of one of the unwritten laws which
control the mutual relations of the ex-
ecutiye power and the senate in regard
to foreign treaties.
Treaties are supposed to be held a
secret until they have been submitted
to the senate. Under the rules of that
body they are maintained as confiden-
tial executive business until such time
as the senate by majority vote agrees
to their publication. Heretofore presi-
dents in transmitting treaties to the
senate have merely indicated their
character. President Roosevelt, how
ever, is no slave to precedent or any
body's rules. He deals extensively with
lue SUBJECT IldLltl VI DOti IlShAlCS, 81
that their contents are familiar to
every American citizen who took the
pains to read the presidents message.
Senators regard this as direct
breach of good faith and are angry.
They say that the president ought to
have known better He will probably
hear from it hereafter when the treat
les are taken up for ratification. Then
the senate will not let such an oppor-
tunity slip by without reminding the
president of the necessity for greater
prudence. 1t is only question of time
when there will be public disagree
ment between the president and the
senate Until now republican senators
have refrained from expressing open
criticism of the presidents conduct
only because they have not been sure
of their ground. They have been
afraid that the public would side with
the president. Now, however, they are
convinced that the president is losing
his popularity and they will take the
first occasion that presents itself to ex-
press their condemnation at his siren
uoSity.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17

popularity supposed that the magnificent
train of the peacock is really its tail,
and on this account it is almost invaria-
bly,, when represented in the familiar
expanded form, placed where the tail
ought to beat the end of the body.
This mistake would be pardonable If
made concerning some rare bird known
only from SKINS" but in view of the
fact that the peacock is one of our COM
mon domesticated birds, it is altogether
inexcusable. But a very little observa-
tion would show that the tall OF this
bird is quite ordinary kind of tail; at
all times concealed from view, save
when the bird is moved to make that
wondrous display which has been the
witness against so many OF their ina
bility to interpret what they see. At this
time, if the observer will but observe,
he will find that the "tail' is used as
a support to the train, as may be seen
in our illustration.
These tail feathers have their bases
covered above and below by certain
long stiff feathers known as the tail
coverts, and it is the coverts of the
upper surface which, by their excessive
development, have given rise to the
train which we are now discussing.
The number of feathers comprising
the train, however, is far in excess Of
the number of the tail quilts, and it
would seem that their number has
been increased by drawing upon the
back feathers. In consequence, then,
of the character of this train, it is OBJ
vious that when erected it cannot oc-
cupy the position which is assigned to
it in pictures or stuffed specimens-at
the end of the body, as though it cor
responded to the tail of the fan-tailed
pigeon On the contrary, if we turn to
the living bird we shall find that the
whole of the feathers of the back are
involved in the formation of this
gorgeous fan. The small, highly col
ored metallic and sharply-defined
Iron County register., 1903-12-17

Monsieur Blouet, or Max O'Rell, as
he was known to the reading public,
had graceful tact. He could and did
say sharp things, but the objects of his
satire were never offended.
He was once at luncheon in Mon
treal, when there sat at the table an
Englishman, Scot, an Irishman and a
French Canadian. A mischievous guest
present, noting that combination,
asked him for an honest opinion Of
the different races represented. Not
for a moment was he embarrassed by
the ticklish situation.
''The Scotchman-" he said, and he
clenched his right hand tightly, and
pretended in vain to force it open with
his left.
"The Englishman-" and he went
through the same performance, at the
end opening the hand after an appar-
ent struggle.
"The Irishman-" Here he held his
hand wide open, with the palm upward.
1.-THE Frenchman--" He made a mo-
ton with both hands, as if he were
emptying them on the table.
Everybody understood, everybody
laughed, and nobody was hurt.-De-
troit Journal.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
HANNA'S DISAVOWAL.
Leaves Roosevelt with n had job on
His Hands and Himself
Free 10 Act.

1t looks very much as if Mr.. Hanna
we're leaving Mr.. Roosevelt with the
bag to hold" In the bag Mr.. Roose-
welt is holding is a big national scan
dal and several other detrimental facts
peculiarly associated with his admin
istration. They become the more pecu-
liarly his own political property when
the great party boss, Marcus A. Hanna,
declines to have anything to do with
them, says the st. Louis Republic
By cutting himself off from Mr.
Roosevelt and all things Kooseveltian,
Mr.. Hanna leaves himself free to fol-
low his own political fancy in his own
political way. Mr.. Hanna could go
before the republican national conven-
tion unincumbered, from the conyen-
fore the convention with a clean prom
Use of providing a radically different
quality of administration and federal
service, and promise of vindicating
his party's record, of redeeming his
party and rehabilitating it in the peo-
pies respect. By contrast, his COM
petitor Mr.. Roosevelt, could not make
such promises; at least could not give
such promises political value so that
they would pass current in exchange
for the pople's votes. Mr.. Roosevelt
is estopped by the administrations
record.
Mr.. Hanna's declaration that he will
not occupy the Craftsmanship as of old
conclusively demonstrates that Doodle"
possesses a tremendous political signif-
canoe in republican circles; in fact the
declaration almost establishes doodle"
as an issue, were declaration required
to establish what is established al
ready. Certainly a clear distinction,
based in good part upon the fact of
the national scandals, would contrast
Mr. Hannas candidacy from Mr. Rose
velt's, with the difference altogether in
/ favor of the former.
Mr.. Hanna's declaration places him
in semi-receptive attitude. If repub-
licans want him. they may have him.
His declaration clearly attests that Mr.
Roosevelt, so far from being a sure
thing, is regarded as dangerous prop
osition by a big faction in his party.
With Mr.. Hanna's declaration, repub-
lican politics shows its first spark Of
life and interest.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
Took Away His Appetite.

Booker 7. Washington tells a story
of travel in the south when he, with
a friend, was forced to stop over night
in little shanty belonging to a negro
woman. She welcomed the guests cor
daily and soon asked them to sit
down to supper She asked his friend
if he would have wet or dry sweeten-
ing in his coffee, and as the friend did
not know what either meant, he said
he'd take "wet sweetening." The old
woman dipped her finger into the mo-
lasses jug and then allowed it to run
off her finger into the cup. This per-
formance did not at all please Mr..
Washington, and he said he'd take
"dry sweetening." The old lady brought
an almost empty sugar bowl from the
cupboard, took out one lump Of sugar,
bit 1t in two, and dropped ont-half
into Mr.. Washington's cup. Mr.. Wash
ington said it smelled like delicious
coffee, but somehow he did not seem
to have much appetite for tn. Y.
Tribune.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
ST. LOUIS STATUARY 1.-THE PEACOCK'S TAIL
l. Is Not What Most People Sup.
pose 1t to Be.
The Tail Is Confounded with the
Train of the Bird-An Inexcus-
able BIunder ON the Part
of MauY.

II a ballot were to be taken for the
purpose of determining which was the
most beautiful of the birds, the peacock
would undoubtedly hold one of the high
est places on the list. But this fame
has brought with it rather unenviabla
reputation for vanity, resting, it mus
be admitted, on good foundation. Thus
it is that, whether serving as the butt
of the moralist, or subject for the art
ist or the taxidermist. this poor bird
has been made to suffer more misrep-
resentation than ordinarily falls to the
lot of either bird or mortal Whilst, to
make matters harder, the work of these
detractors not seldom appears to re-
ceive the sanction of the man of science!
The Misrepresentation we complain
of rests on a misunderstanding. 1t Is
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
what Was Lacking.

In the smoking compartment of the
Montreal express the other day two
British tourists were talking with a
New York travelling man about their
impressions of Canada, from which
country they were returning evidently
after a long journey over it. "Yeq,"
one of them was saying, Canada is a
delightful place. The country is won
derful, the people are charming and
hospitable to degree, the clubs are
ripping, and the Niagara Falls arc all
my fancy painted them to be. And
when I get home I mean to tell every
one know that they must really come
out and see it all. But, if you will al
low me to make one criticism, must
say there is one thing lacking. They
haven't good bit of cheese In the
whole blooming place."-London Tit
Bits.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17

same artistic atmosphere, must aspire
to the same high ideals, and must labor
with the same ardent desire to produce
artistic and inspiring creations as In
times gone by, when the old masters in
the field of art did their work.
Our illustrations give a glimpse into
the workshops at Weehawken, New Jer-
sey, where the enlargement processes
are being carried out. Nearly 100 sculp-
tors were commissioned to design and
execute figures and groups for the adorn-
ment Of the fair. The models which these
sculptors made in the privacy Of their
studios are enlarged at this workshop,
and to do this work Of building up the
statues requires the services Of about 100
other persons some of them sculptors
and art students. Over 20 car loads Of
statuary have been shipped to st. Louis
from the workshop.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17

feathers of the upper back are raised
to form an oval centerpiece and back
ground for the head whilst the long
feathers of the tail proper rise up so
as to stand almost vertically beyond
the middle of the back-that is to say,
so that they entirely conceal the wings
when the display is viewed from the
front.
Viewed from the side it will be seen
that the wings are dropped as in the
display of the turkey cock. But the
main point to which attention is drawn
here is that they lie behind the train
and not in front thereof, as is repre-
sented in pictures and stuffed speci-
mems. Those who will, may easily
verify these charges by a visit to any
picture gallery or museum, and almost,
without exception, they will find the
facts as here stated.
The wonderful symmetry displayed
in the arrangement of the "eye spots"
is point specially worthy of atten-
ton. No less remarkable is the fash
ion in which the bottom of the train
is finished off. 1t will be noticed that
it may be traced from the level of the
breast on either side, outwards and
downwards, till finally lost at the outer
angle of the fan. If the shafts of the
feathers of the whole train be exam
ined, it will be found that they appear
to radiate from the oval centerpiece to
which we have previously drawn at
tention. In the stuffed bird, as in pic
lures, all this symmetry is conspicuous
by its absence. Herein the central
shield is made to lie horizontally,
whilst the lower edge of the fan is
made to descend from the top of the
back Immediately behind the displaced
shield. Thus the whole Of the body
and wings stand out in front of the
fan; whilst, as may be seen in the ac-
companying photographs, only the
head and neck are visible from this
point of view. The display, as repre-
sented by the artist and the taxider-
mist, is a physical impossibility.
w. P. PYCRAFT.
Iron County register., 1903-12-17
POLITICAL DRIFT.

THE old superstition of knocking
Wood" is very common at the capital
Just now.-N. Y. World
Senator Scott, of West Virginia,
i. still for Hanna for president. Looks
as if he had something he wanted to
trade.-Los Angeles Herald.
THE really ought to be stopped
tenor of President Roosevelts com
ments on the Bristow scandal report
suggests that he really ought to do some
thing.-Indianapo Sentinel.
Speaker Cannon has very weak
voice, but that is not so serious defect
as the poor eyesight common to presid-
ing officers when the wrong man is try
ing to address the chair.-Albany Ar
gus.
THE wisdom of acquiring the
Philippine islands cannot be doubted
now. What a convenient place to send
men about to undergo one Of those Off
cial Investigations indianapolis Sen
tinel..
1t is hard to understand the mys-
terious ways of prosperity. The discov-
cry of new oil fields throughout the
country has had the effect to increase
rather than reduce the price OF the il
Eliminating fluid-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat (Rep.).
Secretary Shaw bases his plea for
a ship subsidy on the argument that the
marine interests of the country are the
only ones which are not protected. 1t is
a ghastly shame that there should be
any discrimination in passing around
the graft. Detroit Free Press
Two republican administrations
have placed us on business basis. In
Nebraska a federal grand jury is in
yestigating the sale of postmasterships
by the republican party, while in Wash
lngton they are investigating the sale
of the government by the incumbents.-
st. Louis Republic.
-Twenty-three of the democratic
members of the United States senate are
quoted as favoring the nomination Of
Judge Alton B. Parker for the presi.
dency. They represent many widely
separated constituencies, and that al
most all the democratic senators recog.
nize the distinguished New York jurist
as the logical candidate is distinctly i'm.
pressive.-Buffalo Courier.
The republican leaders in New
York have been having merry time
of late One of the party organs now
says: "The governors victory wa!
complete. There really was nothing lef
for Platt to do except to acquiesee." L
adds that the governor laid down thu
law to Senator Plat and Col. Dunn il
no uncertain way and now all is sweet
ness and light and harmony. Everybody
knows what that kind of compusor.
harmony is worth, especially where Ton
Platt Is the person who is said to be IL
the strait-jacket.-Chlcago Chronicle.
The truth is if there is to be any
purchase Of the southern delegates thu
Roosevelt crowd would have to shell ou
pretty good sums to remove the opposi
ton against the president. He has man,
hostile workers among southern repub
licans, not because they were bought b,
the other side, but because the presiden
has treated them very shabbily and es
tablished himself in their view as ;
monument of inconsistency Many o
them will stick to Mr.. Hanna like por
GUS plaster If there is any show what
ever for him to win. n.--Birminghan
(Ala) News.