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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20
proverbs

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
Sin strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
. milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is SO perfectly adapted
% their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
IS the most satisfactory treat
ment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

]. c. Brack was down from Otis,
Friday last, and called on the DEMO
GRAFT. He says there is great COM
plant against the railroad company
for not furnishing cars for the ship
ment of wheat, and for also confiscat-
ing coal that should 60 to the con-
SumerS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

Regular services at the Presby-
terrain church next Sunday morning
and evening. On Sunday evening,
Rev. Jolly will preach to the Young
Women. Subject, "Girls, Their
Faults and Ideals" A cordial invita-
ton extended to every one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20
Union THANKSGIVING Service.

At the Congregational chuch mex
Thursday morning at half past ten.
Appropriate Thanksgiving services
will be held, the various churches of
the city uniting. The sermon will be
by Rev. A. B. Eastwood. Let there
be large attendance. The custom
airy offering for the destitute will be
made.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

How old is Ann? Have any of our
readers figured it out? If SO, why
not give the public the benefit of the
information.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

As you wander through this
mundane sphere. scattering joy and
gladness in your wake, Frightening
the pathway of others and earning
for yourself the bright crown and
jewels that await the just, don't for
get to CLOSE THE DOOR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

either of the publishers shall
be eligible to enter the con-
test.
mo votes will be permitted
to be put in the ballot box
until the cash is paid on the
subscription.
Mum bered subscription re-
ceipts, ballots and stubs will
be furnished contestants,
with which to solicit votes
and will also be kept in this
Office. Persons who send in
their subscription money by
mail should cut out and fill
in the following blank and
send it with their money.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

This is fair legitimate distribution of valuable
prizes the disposal of the people of Barton County
The piano. one of the well known makes, mot cheap,
unreliable instrument made for sale and not for use)
can be at the music department OF the Hooper
Drug Co., Great Bend the local agents for these well
know instruments The watch is exhibition at the
Jewelry Store of W. d. Gould The other three prizes
will be announced later.
CONTESTANTS will please call at this Office and get
blanks and Instructions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

Statesmen WANTED to look after
our interest in Barton and adjacent
counties. Salary or Commission.
Address THE HARVEY OIL Co.
Cleveland, O
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20
Lucky Turk.

Some Of the people In Barton
county who will make their Thanks
giving Turkeys happy by roasting
them in the oven of The GREAT
MAJESTIC RANGE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20
T. c. Cork was down from Hoising.

E. J. Eveleigh was in town from
Maherville on Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20

The holiday showing is beginning
to materialize at the stores of our
leading merchants, and the advance
displays would indicate that there
is big holiday trade anticipated this
year. And why not? Who has a
better right to rejoice and make glad
than the people of the best county, in
the best state of the best country on
earthl The editor confidently expects
to get ton of coal in his stocking
this wear.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
MADE TO STAND PULLING.

The Great Tensile Strength OF the
Governments Paper Money.
sThe way some cashiers pay out
small bills In exchange for large ones
must make other men as tired as 1t
wearies me-" remarked all observing
business man to another Washing
tonian as they watched the cashier Of
O fashionable uptown cafe pull at and
strip the ones and twos in exchange for
a ten as though he were pulling piece
Of molasses candy over q hook and
hated to let go.
"It does," acquiesced his friend, who
happened to be q United States treas
u1y expert. ''The way some cashiers
jerk, snap and pull at bills as they pay
them out is utterly abs'lid. The old
adage about pinching q silver dollar
until the eagle screams pales before
the way the up to date flip cashier
Jerks the long green be handles.
"In this connection will glYe you a
fact that is not generally known, and
that is the weight new treasury sin
gle note, and four notes in a sheet, will
sustain without breaking. The figures
may be accepted as official and ac-
curate.
"a single treasury note measures 57s
inches wide by ~ inches long and
will suspend Al pounds lengthwise and
81 pounds crosswise. Notes are printed
four to sheet = sheet will suspend
108 pounds lengthwise and 1T pounds
crosswise.
"The remarkable strength Of Unit
ed States treasury note may thus be
seen at glance, and I venture to say
that not one person in million would
have guessed the great teIacity Of the
paper which, when properly printed
and stamped, becomes good money"
The cashier had interestedly listened
to the treasury experts explanation Of
the weight sustaining and necessarily
resisting power of wear and tear Of
our paper money, and then be said:
You see, it is this way: Bills stick
together, see, and we cashiers have to
make up any shortage out Of our own
pockets, and that's one reason why we
snap and jerk the bills so hard, so we
will not pay out two for one, as might
be done. Again, two dollar bill is fire.
quently mistaken fora FIVE, and vice
versa, and by counting out our money
as if it were drops Of our ifeblood we
are less liable to pass out one for the
other."- Star
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
HANNIBAL. Downfall.

The fate Of hannibal turned upon
the result Of promenade. 1t was aft
er he had crossed the Alps and entered
Italy, with winter quarters established
at Capua. His residence was one Of
the best houses in the city, and while
walking in the garden he heard fe-
male voice singing not far away.
Struck by the tones Of the voice, he Is
sued an order that the singer should be
brought before him. he was so greatly
impressed by her charms that he at
once attached her to his household,
disposing Of tie husband by beheading
him. Retribution followed closely upon
the cowardly preparation Of the out
rage. The balance Of the winter was
devoted to pleasure, discipline and
drills were practically abandoned, and
with the advent Of spring the Cartha-
gtnian army was SO demoralized by
the dissipation Of the city that its pres
tige was lost, and with it came the
downfall Of Hannibal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
Cards Disclose the Man.

'I wish had not played bridge with
Mr.. X" said girl recently. "I thought
him so nice before, and now my liking
for him has quite gone. He was so
keen about trifes, insisted upon every
forfeit, questioned the score and SEEM
ed 50 annoyed when he lost, and yet
the stakes were very small, and he
was only out a few dollars; so, Of
course, it was not the money. It must
have been the disposition cf the man
coming oIt under provocation, and the
test did not show him up to advantage.
Now, Mr.. e., the other man at the Ia
BILE, was so good natured and such o
gentleman in his play that I quite like
him. although I never thought him at
tractive before"
All games Of competition may be said
to assay certain characteristics, but the
most crucial test seems to be card
playing, and bridge is responsible for
many a coolness resulting from self
betrayal at the green table.--New York
Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
An Artful Scheme.

4 newly elected official would some
times return home late at night after
his wife had retired, and when she
asked him what time it was would al
swer, about II" or "a little after
midnight"
On one occasion instead Of making
the inquiry she said:
alfred, I wish you would stop that
clock. cannot sleep for it's noise"
All unsuspicious, he stopped the pen
dulum. In the morning while dressing
his wife inquired artlessly:
"Oh, by the way, what time did you
getahome?'
about midnight" replied the OIL
cial
alfred, look at that clock!"
The hands Of the clock pointed at
2:20.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
wasp's Method Of Attack.

Belt in his Naturalist In Nicaragua"
draws attention to the methods Of at
tack used by different species Of wasps.
One, accustomed to animals and not to
man, takes care to crawl down the out
standing hairs to the skin before In
serting its sting, while others which
live in the midst Of human dwellings
fly straight at mans face. The first
species, true to inherited instinct, when
It attacks unfamiliar human beings at
taches Itself to their hair or their
boards. But there must have been a
time wien the second species discoy-
cred that the face was the vulnerable
part, and the discovery was the out
come Of the action Of brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
SreIIior Her Income.

a good story is told Of c man who
one Gay told his wife that he would
give her all the silver pieces she found
in bis purse or pockets which were
coined the year she was born.
AS result the lady in due course Of
time had quite an amount Of silver on
hand-so much, in fact, that she went
to the bank and deposited it in her
name.
Then, speaking to the cashier, the
lady said: MY husband tells me you
are going to pay him some money to-
day. Will you please pay him in this
silver I have just deposited? I should
be so much obliged to you if you
would"
Of course the cashier quickly replied
that be would be happy to please her.
AS a result the lady has still more
birthday money.-London Answers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
The Affections Of tho Arab.

An Arab-meaning tent dwelIer, for
in an equine sense the town dweller Is
no Arab-loves first and above all his
horse. Next be loves his frearm; next
to bis gun he loves his Oldest son. Last
comes his wife or one Of his wives.
Daughters don't even count; I mean
the Arab scarcely takes the trouble to
count them unless in so far as they can
minister to his comfort, Getetic or 9TH
erWise. Until some neighbor comes
along and proposes to mary-in other
words, to make a still worse slave OF
one of them-she IS only chatsel,
soulless thing. And yet she Is said to
be a pretty, amiable, helpful being
said to be, for DO one by any hap ever
chances to cast his eyes on one worth
seeing. This disregard for women, be
it said to their honor, does not always
apply to the Bedouins Of the Syrian
and Arabian deserts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
PARIS PAWNSHOnS.
Why They Are Poor Places to Get
Learn os Stolen Watches.

Why They Are Poor Places to Get
Loans OF Stolen Watches.
OF watches alone there are received
here and at the twenty-five branch Of
fees from q thousand to twelve hun
dred day, about 350,000 in year, the
average loan On q watch being 30 OF
40 francs. The official assured me that
in this great number Of watches scarce
ly one in a thousand has been stolen,
the fact being that people who have
come dishonesty by watches or other
property fight shy Of the mont de ptete.
The reason Of this was presently made
plain as we watched the fornlalities Of
record, and I realized how difficult it
would be for any one to dc business
here under concealed identity. Every
client receiving loan greater than Is
francs must produce some official docu-
ment-an insurance policy, citizens
voting card, a permit to carry arms or
a rent receipt bearing his signature and
throwing light upon his station in life.
For loans under Is francs the client is
simply required to show an envelope
through the mails to his address. All
these facts, with various others, are
duly inscribed upon huge record sheets,
SO that whoever deals with the mont
de piete exposes himself to the scru-
tiny that must be unGateful to folks
of shady antecedents. Indeed, certain
persons make this a grievance against
the mont de piete and declare the Paris
system an impertinent intrusion upon a
clients privacy, which would seem
point badly taken il the client is an
honest man. = Cleveland Mofrett Oh
Paris Pawnshops in Century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
-------- - -
HOW TIME is MAIZE.
Uncle Sam Regulates Els Clocks by
One Of the Fixed Stars.


One Of the Fixed Stars.
Strange as it may seem, Uncle Sam
does not make use Of the sun for reck-
oning time, but he turns his attention
to some OF the regular steady going
stars, or fixed stars" as they are
called. Every clear night an astrono-
ner with a big telescope looks at GER
tain Of these stars and makes his cal
culations, from which he can tell just
when the sun would cross the seventy
fifth meridian. One Of the great clocks
in the observatory IS called the trans
mitter, because it transmits or sends
out the signal that keeps standard
time. This clock is set and regulated
by the star time, and then every day
at three minutes and fftee1. seconds
before u q switch is turned Oh, and the
beats Of the pendulum Of this clock are
sent by electricity over the wires to the
telegraph Offices in Washington and
New York. When the telegraph oper-
ators hear this sound on their instu-
ments, they know that the moon signal
is about to be sent out, and they at
once begin to connect the telegraph
wires with other towns and cities until
IN q minute or two the "tct:, tzck' Of
the clock at Washington is heard in
hundreds Of telegraph Offices. The
beats stop at ten seconds before II, as
notice that the next ''dcl:" will be
the noon signal and so as t5 give the
operators time to connect taeir wires
with the standard time balls and clocks.
There are time balls IN great many
cities-usually op top Of some promi-
pent building, where they can easily be
seen. The one at Washington is On the
roof Of the state, war and navy depart
ment building, at the top Of high pole,
ready to drop the instant the signal
comes over the wire. In the govern
ment Offices at washington and in
many places In other cities there are
large clocks connected with the OBJ
servatory BY electricity. These are so
arranged that when the 12 o'clock sig
nal is flashed over the wires the hands
Of each one Of these clocks spring to
12, no matter what time the clock may
show. In this way hundreds Of clocks
are set to the correct time each day.
Well, the moment the sun is supposed
to cross the seventy-ffth meridian the
telegraph instruments give a single
tick, the time balls drop, th, clocks be-
gin to strike and everybody in the Dis
trict knows it is II o'clock.--St, Nicho-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
The Servant Problem Not New.


Students Of household management
will learn with satisfaction that IN 1865
many Of the evils now to be complained
Of were distinctly recognized Some OF
the more curious fines which were I'M
posed by country gentleman upon Of
Tending servants were penny for leaT'
ing a door opeE, missing prayers, leaT-
ing beds unmade after S presumably
a. ny, and cooks could only have fol-
lowers at the rate of a penny fine for
each one. 4 curious custom seems to
have then existed that eniree to the
house was denied during the family
meals, and as the fine for allowing
breach Of this custom was heavy it may
be presumed that the sin was esteemed
great.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
Recoenfzed the Smell.

The sexton Of an Episcopal church IN
Boston has many stories to tell Of the
remarks and comments made by Wis
itors.
One Christmas when the church was
beautifully decorated with cedars and
frs an old lady walked up the aisle
to the chancel and stood shifting the
air after every one else had left the
church.
Don't it smell solemn?' she said at
last to the sexton as she turned away
with evident reluctance. 81 don't know
as ever realized just what the 'odor
Of sanctity' meant before. today. We
don't have any such trimmings IN the
church I attend up in the country
Youths Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
SHATTERED DIGNITY.
An Exit From Church That Had q
Flavor Of Comic Opera.

All GO" lauren osl0 e
Flavor OF Comic Opera.
The crude hu1nor that makes the
small boy want to throw a stone at q
silk hat on man bristling with dig
nifty Is not to be disposed Of as mere
Ill conceived prank Of youth. There is
deep In most people spring of IN
subduable humor that leaps gleefully
when conscious dignity gets fair tun-
Bile. That is why, for all the solemnity
of the place, the soberest charity and
the best bred propriety in the world
could not prevent a litter at q little
farce that happened once in a church
In Brooklyn.
A gentleman and his wife, who We're
offended at something the preacher
said, gravely rose and stalked toward
the door, with their. heads held high In
assertiye disdain. TIE wife followed
the husband.
Unfortunately when they We're half
way down the aisle the husband drop
ped his.giove and stopped to pick it up.
Fate, tic humorist, determined that
the wife should keep her head so high
that she did not see her husband stoop.
She Went sailing on and doubled over
him in riotcus confusion.
The congregation held it's breath and
kept It's composure. The two recovered
themselves and went on. Hoping to
escape quickly, they turned to what
looked like side door. The husband
pulled it open with an impressive
swing. Before he could close it out
tumbled the window pole, long duster
and a stepladder. The congregation
could hold its mirth no longer, and
man and wife fed to the real exit in
undignifed haste amid a general and
peryasive smoker.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08

TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN.
What These Two Terms In Medicine
Mean Made Clear.

Mean Made Clear.
Pasteur, the great French saVant,
founder of the sciences Of bacterfology
and preventive medicine, proved In the
first place that the epidemic diseases
are due to minute living organisms,
plants and animals and that for each
definite disease there Is specific micro
organism. This was the great funda-
mental fact. Later it became evident
that these microscopic parasites cause
disease by certain chemical poisons
which they produce, called toxins. In
many cases the micro organism, II
grown in culture tubes outside the
body, Will produce the same toxins.
After being separated from the living
germs which produced them these sub
stances will produce all the symptoms
Of the disease when injected into an
animal body. The body at the begin
ming Of an attack Of fever is not, how
ever, passive. Its cells react against
the poisons introduced and a struggle
ensues, the end Of which is life or
death, the fighting being purposeful
and definite. The body cells secrete
a specific chemical body which has the
power Of neutralizing or rendering
harmless the particular toxin intro
duced. This antidote to the poisonous
toxin we call the antitoxin. When "a
man recovers from an attack Of small
pox, it is because his antito11ns have
proved too strong for the toxins Of the
disease, and his after immunity, it
seems probable, is due to the persist
ence within his body Of the antitoxins
once produced.-C. E. a. WinsloW in
Atlantic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
The Badger as q Fireman.


A badger which had made its home
among the granite cliffs dealt with the
fire god with sagacity and skill, says
Nature a friend, while painting a sea
piece, discovered a badgers lair and
thought to play the animal practical
joke. Gathering together bundle Of
grass and weeds, he placed it inside the
mouth Of the hole and, igniting it with
a match, waited for the ignominious
fight Of the astonished householder.
But Master Badger was a resourceful
animal and not disposed to be made a
butt Of practical jokers. He came up
from the depths Of his hole as soon as
the penetrating smoke told him that
there was fire Oh the premises and
deliberately scratched earth on the
burning grass with his strong claws
until all danger was past No human
being could have grasped the situation
more quickly or displayed greater. skill
in dealing with an unfamiliar event,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
CLAW HHuttcr." 2

It IS not generally known that ID
many parts Of the world clay Is eaten
on bread as substitute for butter.
This Is termed ''stone butter and Is
used in Germany. In the northern
parts Of Sweden earth is often baKeo
In bread and Is sold in the public mar
kets on the Italian peninsula as well
a on the island Of Sardinia, Persia,
Nubia and other tropical countries.
This practice probably had its origin
in the knowledge that all earths have
some sort Of favor and take the place
of salt, a necessary ingredient In all
kinds Of food.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
Human Calendars.

In Siam every woman is walking
calendar. On Sunday red silk, with
parure Of rubies, is worn; Monday
brings a silver and white dress and
necklace Of moonstones; Tuesday Is
dedicated to light red, with coral orna-
ments; Wednesday is devoted to green,
with emeralds; Thursday sees display
Of yariegatei colors, with catseyes;
Friday the lady is arrayed In pale blue,
with flashing diamonds, and Saturday
In more somber, darker blue, with sap
phireS to match.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
Jackson,s Statue on the Constitution.

jackson SIlCUe on Tee ScuStAt0
In 1893 Commodore Elliott ordered a
figure Of General Jackson to be carved
to take the place of billet head which
the United States frigate Constitution
had carried through the war Of 1872.
It was placed on the bow of the frgate
In June, 1884, when she left the dry
dock in Charlestown navy yard. The
excitement among the political enemies
Of Jackson in Boston was intense. a
meeting was called in Faneuil hall
which, however, did not take place
and anonymous letter writer's threaten
ed the life Of the commodore unless the
statue was removed. On the night Of
the % Of July, 1884, in the midst Of
terrific thunderstorm, Samuel P. Dew
ey, young mar OF twentT-eight, rowed
out to the vessel and managed to saw
off the head Of the statue and carry 1t
away. The head was replaced month
later in New York, and the figure re
NAMED there until 1874. It now occu-
pies place in the grounds Of the Naval
school at Annapolis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-08
How She Gagged Him.

care you fond Of birds" she asked
innocently as she stood at the piano
fumbling the music.
81 dearly love them," be replied with
never a shadow Of suspicion:
Then she ran her slender fingers over
the keys and began to sing, "Oh, Would
I We're Birdw-Chicago News.