davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Mrs. Pell's
Decoration Day
~
EMILY S. WINDSOR.

RIY THE aid of the calendar hang
~ ing on her wall. Mrs. Pell found
that there were Il weeks before Dec
oration day.
She was not an adept at mental arith.
metic, SO that it was quite lengthy
and laborious piece of work for her
to calculate that if she saved II cents
each of those IA weeks, she would
have one dollar and 68 cents.
She had just finished counting it up
second time in order to be sure that
it was correct, when her neighbor, Mrs.
Wilkes, from the next room below in
the big tenement house, came in for
their usual evening chat. She was a
thin, nervous looking little woman of
middle age. Neither her faded gray
hair nor her dress was tidy. She was
a strong contrast to Mrs. Pe1l, who was
always neat and clean; she was much
older than Mrs. Wilkes, too.
Most of Mrs. Pell's days were spent
in office cleaning, while Mrs. Wilkes
time was well filled with washing and
ironing.
After they had exchanged their n ews
of the day, Mrs. Pell said: ''Would you
think that bosy could get nice lot
of flowers for a dollar and sixty-eight
cents?"
"Sure and I'd think that lot of
8 money to be spendin' in such a way"
answered Mrs.SWilkes, with look of
surprise on her weather-beaten face.
I'D like it to be more" returned
Mrs. Pell, "but not a cent more than
IL cents a week can I spare"
''Im sure I'm not KNOWN what
IL.
the surprise in her face increasing.
CPL be teliin' you. It's for the graves
on Decoration9day. I've just set my
} heart on coverin' 'em with flowers this
year. I've been wantin' to do it every
year, but esomethin' always happened
to prevent: But thisyear, they're goin
to be there
''Ohl" CALCULATED Mrs. Wilkes
eyes" went on Mrs. Pell, 'I'm feelin'
sure there'll be nothin' to prevent this
year. And it's white roses I want
TEDDY was crazy after7em."
She rocked her chair, and hid her face
in her blue bingham apron.
Mrs. Wilkes could not enter very
deeply into her friends feelings. She
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
PSALM OF THE OLD SOLDIER
The blue is fading into gray,
Inst a u-hon S1,rSat aa-ac

Just as when sunset comes
With bugle calls that die away
And softly throbbing drums;
The shadows reach across the sky
And hush the cares of day;
The bugle call and drum beat die
The blue fades into gray.
The gray is blending into blue
A sunrise glad and fair,
When, in the richness of the dew,
The roses riot there,
The bitterness of yesterday
Is lost to me and you;
The blue is fading into gray
The gray blends into blue.
They're sleeping now the long long Sleep
The boys who wore the blue;
Above the gray the grasses creep
And both were good and true;
And in the twilight of our life
The ending of the way
There comes forgetfulness of strife
The blue fades into gray.
Above each mound the lily giows
And humble daisies nod;
The ruby glory of the rose
Sheds luster on the sod;
The tears-the tears-they are the dew
That greets the coming day.
The gray is blending into blue
The blue fades into gray.
w. D. Nesbit. in the Baltimore American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Razor Was Too Dull.

Mrs. J. Miller, of Little River, at
tempted murder and then suicide.
The attempt was unsuccessful owing
to a dull razor. Awaking early and
while Mr.. Miller was still asleep. she
cut Mr.. Miller across the throat, max
ing an ugly cash, but not cutting
deep enough to prove fatal. Mr.. Mil
Ter jumped from bed. AS he con-
fronted his wife she tried to cut
her own throat, when Mr.. Miller
seized her. She stated that she was
tired of living and wanted to die and
wanted her husband to go with her,
and so attempted to kill him first, in
tending then to take her own life.
Mrs. Miller is 81 years old and has six
mall children.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
The Best Kansas News.
Warden Jes.ett's Good work.

How to make the prisoners of the
institution self-supporting is a prob
lem Warden E. B. Jewett, OF the
Kansas state penitentiary is attempt
ing to solve He hopes to be able to
do it by raising enough corn. pota-
toes, hogs and cattle on the peniten-
tiary farm to feed them. This year
Warden Jewett has put out 165 acres
of corn and 55 acres OF potatoes.
and this fall viii fatten herd of
hogs. There is already quite herd
of milch cows at the penitentiary
and a bunch of thin cattle for beef
purposes probably will be purchased
soon- The prisoners now supply all
the state institutions with coal and
as there is some talk of utilizing the
convict labor in producing the shoes,
clothing, furniture, etc., used at the
other state institutions, it will not
be long until the institution is on a
paying basis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

roses.
carriage filled with baskets of roses.
They had almost stripped the many
bushes in their garden.
After their grandfather's and grand
mothers and Aunt Edith's graves had
been piled high with odorous blossoms
there was still large basketful of
beautiful white roses left.
t'Let us drive around and see if there
are any graves without any flowers
said Berta.
"Yes," said Mrs. Graham, s'I like
that thought"
But there did not seem to be any
graves undecorated until they reached
a more distant part of the cemetery.
There two sunken graves, with
weather-worn wood markers at the
head, were fowerless.
GLOW lonely they 1ook!" said Tom.
''Ys," said Mrs. Graham, 81 think
that you must empty this basket on
them"
'rLet Tom and me do it, said Berta.
So she and her brother jumped out of
the carriage and went over to the two
graves. There were enough roses to
completely cover them both.
'sNow they don't look so lonely"
said Berta, with backward glance, as
she drove away.
And so it was that when late in the
afternoon Mrs. Pell came to the lonely
spot where lay her husband and son,
she found the two mounds a mass of
exquisite roses. And they looked like
the roses she had had in her little
country home in those long past days
the white roses that Teddy. had so
loved
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

campaign leading up to the bloody
battle of Shiloh. On September 20,
1868. when. the regiment was almost
totally annihilated, with the remnant
he was made a prisoner and taken to
Andersonville, where he endured the
horrors of prison life until April 10,
1865. when he was paroled, and June
2 was mustered out of the service.
Several years ago he came to Kan
sas, locating on his present farm in
MCPHERSON county. In 1887 he was
chosen speaker of the Kansas house
and in 1892 was the republican nomi-
lee for governor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Did She XIII the Baby.

Mrs. Grace Merrill-Zegler was ar
rested at Virgil charged with the
murder of her infant child, boy only
a few hours old. At coroner's in
quest the jury returned verdict of
death from strangulation. The Off
GERS set to work on the case and
Frank Zegler, the son of a well-to-do
Verdigris farmer, was arrested for
statutory rape. When the state called
Grace Merrill she refused to testify
against Zegler upon the grounds that
she and Zegler had been married. As
she left the court room she was
placed under arrest for the murder
of her infant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

always knew you were good woman.
Poor Salliei III be seem her again. %
Mrs. Pell did not sleep well that
night. 1t hurt her to think of those
two graves being fowerless another
Decoration day They were in such a
remote part Of the cemetery that they
never shared in the general decoration
Of graves She decided that she would
not go to the cemetery at all. She
could not bear to think of seeing 9TH
ers carrying their flowers while her
hands must be empty.
But in the morning she changed her
mind. It seemed unkind to leave her
graves unvisited. She would go in the
afternoon when the services were over
and the cemetery would be compare
lively deserted. 1t was such lovely
day. The ride in the cars would do her
good.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
A New Railway Map.

The state board of railway com
missioners is writing to the county
clerks for informant ton which will be
necessary to prepare a new railroad
map of the state.-Fhe map now in
use was prepared two years ago and
does not show the correct names of
many towns in the state, and several
of the branch lines of railroad which
have been built since that time ara
not on the map.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Hogs for the PenItentiary Farm.

If Gov. Bailey approves the plan
submitted to him by E. B. Jewett,
warden of the state penitentiary,
the farm at the penitentiary will
hereafter produce all of the pork
the prisoners there can eat. Mr..
Jewett suggested to the governor
that the state purchase hogs, put
them on the farm and then raise the
corn to feed them. This would save
the state money, as it would greatly
reduce the meat bill at the institu-
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
A Good War Record.

-Abram W. Smith, of Mcpherson,
aew department commander of the
Kansas G. A. R., was born in Oxford
county, Me-, in 1913 On the 9th of
october, 1861, when he was scarcely
Is years old, he enlisted as pri-
rate in the Nineteenth United States
infantry and became sergeant of his
company. His regiment was assigned
10 duty in the Army of the Ohio and
It took part in all the battles of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
on,y Tbree abead of kansas.

Kansas will fare well on patronage
at the ST. Louis fair. Charles H.
Luling, one of the Kansas COM
missioners, has returned from ST.
Louis. kansas stands fourth in the
amount of appropriations by states"
said he, land it will stand fourth in
the amount of patronage This was
agreed upon by the worlds fair board.
Missouri, Illinois and Iowa are the
only states ahead of Kansas"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Want Better Rates.

The Kansas G. A. r. encampment
has decided to try to get better rates
to the national encampment at San
Francisco. Indignation was expressed
that the G. A. r. is being given only
one-ha1f rate to San Francisco, while
the confederate veterans secured one
third rate to their gathering in New
Orleans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Kansa. Teachers Exempt.

The supreme court has just decided
that garnishment proceedings will
not lie against a district schoo1-board
for the collection of a debt owed by
a school-teacher This rule will have
the effect of eXempting from garnish-
ment proceedings more than 10000
school-teachers in the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Drowned i'm Public Road.

Ten miles northwest of Neodesha
Mrs. Maggie Wright, aged SIS years
was drowned in a small stream in
the road. She and her husband were
returning home from town when they
drove into the stream and were
washed away. Her clothes caught in
a barbed wire fence and held her un.
til she was drowned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Graduating Class One Short.

Because three negro students OF
the Argentine high school were al
lowed to graduate with the white
members of the senior class, one of
the white members (Helen Monahan)
was not present at the commence
ment exercises of the school at the
Baptist church in that city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
new President Installed.

Thursday evening Rev. Philip Gran
nell was inaugurated president of
the Kansas City Baptist Theological
seminary, the only one OF the Bap-
list denomination west Of Louisville,
Ky.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
woman Insurance Examiner.

State Insurance Commissioner Luz
ling is the first official to appoint
woman as examiner of insurance
companies. Mrs. NJ L. Wadleigh, his
stenographer, left for San francisco
to examine the assets of a company.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Bridges Go to Township.

The attorney general holds that
bridges and culverts built by town
ships along a road belong to the
township in case the road is aban-
doned, and not to the owners OF
land along the abandoned road.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Ottawa Gets Madam Tsilka.

The Ottawa Chautauqua association
management has closed a contract
with Madam Tsill1a, the ransomed
missionary, to lecture on July IL.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

0OkkES SSuS4DsS S50VESS ~
women passing through this
trying period.
The painful and annoying symp-
toms experienced by most women
at this period of life are easily over
come by Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It Is espe-
cially designed TO meet the needs
of woman's system at the trying
time of change of life.
1t is no exaggeration to state that
Mrs. Pinkham has over 5000 letters
like the following proving the great
value of her medicine at such times.
81 wish to thank Mrs Pinkham for
what her medicine has done for me.
My trouble was change OF life. Four
years ago my health began to fail my
head began to grow dizzy, my eyes
panied me, and at times it seemed as
If nv back would fail me, had terrible
pains across the Kidneys Hot flashes
were very frequent and trying. A
friend advised me to try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. have taken six bottles of Il
and am to-day free from those troubles.
1 cannot speak in high enough TERMS
of the medicine. i recommend it to all
and wish every suffering woman would
give it a trial."-BELLA Ross, IS Mont
clair Ave, Roslindale. Mass. $1,000 fer
felt If original Of above letter proVfag gsnzinsnsss
cannot be produced.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Leaxen.yorth,s Unpopular Move.

Owing to stringency in educational
funds Leavenworth city will shorten
its school term and reduce salaries
of teachers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
sixty Daxs' Notice.

Kansas railroads have been notified
that they must give notice 60 days
in advance of increases in freight
rates.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
TO spend Another $4,000.

Winfield has decided to do extern
sive prospecting for oil and gas and
at mass meeting OF citizens de-
cided to vote $4,000 in bonds to buy
a drilling outfit One issue of s15,0oa
has already been used in developing
the field.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
The Cat Bit Her.

Miss Phelps, an instructor of the
state normal school at Emporia, was
bitten by cat and is suffering great
" from the wound. The doctor-in
attendance fears blood poison is set
ting in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Davte. for Grand Master.

Conner I. Davies, the popular editor
of the Concordia Kansan, is a candi-
date for grand master of the Kansas
L o. o. +.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Gas at Mound Valley.

A big flow of gas has been struck
one mile northwest of Mound Valley
at depth of 500 feet, with a flowing
capacity of over 100000 cubic feet
per day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Fake Hail Insurance.

P. w. Miller, o. M. Glider and A.
G. Randall, who operated a fake"
hail insurance company at Topeka,
are under arrest charged H-ith using
the mails to defraud.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Lnst an Entire Field.

The Hessian fly is damaging wheat
in north central Kansas Charles
Goppert. near Junction City, lost an
entire field by the pest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Linton. Unique scheme.

Representative LATE Linton, OF
Smith county, is working for mu-
nicipal horse market and feed yard
at Lebanon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Verdict for rs Cents.

A jury in Kansas City returned
verdict for IS cents damages in IA
vof ~ Albert Martin, who sued John
Williams far assaulting him for nom
payment Of a grocery bill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
RovD,apeed to Death.

Carl s.Gafney, a 12-year-old boy OF
Winfield. was thrown from his horse
and dragged 200 yards with his foot
fastened IN the stirrup, death result
ing in a half hour.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
To Build Printing Presses.

The 10 Honson Printing Press q
Foundry company, of Elk Falls, has
been granted a charter The COM
pany will manufacture printing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

presses
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
THERMOMETERS FOE JUDGES

The Washington correspondent of
the Burlington Free Press is authority
for the statement that when Senator
Proctor was at the capital recently he
spoke with President Roosevelt about
the appointment of prominent young
Vermonter who has had experience
on the bench, as judge for the Su-
preme Court of the District of Oolum-
bia. The position has been vacant
several months. pays a salary of So, 600
year for life, and is considered very
desirable. The name. of the Vermont
jurist under consideration is held as
confidential and therefore cannot be
mentioned.
Continuing the Free Press CORE
spondent says: 1.-The name of Assist
ant Attorney General Charles H.
Robb, also of Vermont, who has been
making a brilliant record for himself
ever since Senator Dillingham; brought
him here, has been mentioned in con-
nection with the district judgeship.
The President, as we'll as Attorney
General Knox. regards Mr.. Robb very
highly but Mr.. Robb will not listen
to any idea of his becoming a candi-
date for the place and as far as known
the matter has not been taken up by
the President.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
TILLMAN NOT GUILTY.

Lexington, S. O., Oct. 5-Jury in
Tillman case has returned verdict of
not guilty. The jury made this re-
port this forenoon after being out all
night with the case.
The closing arguments were made
yesterday and in summing up the case
for Tillman, Col, Croft called particu.
lar attention to testimony relative to
the position of Gonzales hands as he
approached Tillman General G. B.
Bellinger closed for the State.
Judge Gary in his charge said that
to sustain the plea of self defense the
jury must be satisfied that the defend
ant was without fault in bringing on
the difficulty; that he believed at the
time it was necessary to take the life
of his adversary to save his own or to
save himself from serious bodily
harm; that man of ordinary firm
ness, prudence and courage in like
situation would have come to the same
conclusion and that he had no probable
means of escape
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
A VETERANS STORY.
ESCAPED WARS PERILS AND FELL A
VICTIM TO THE GRIP.
The Influenza Left His Blood So
Thin That Anaemia Resulted.
Cured by DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale
People.

In the employ of the American
Bridge Company at Pittsburg, is a
man whose life story is thrilling
one. For three years during the great
Civil war he served his country as a
member of Company Il, Sixty third
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
then completed his war service in the
Seventh Connecticut. The man is
Mr.. James A. Cloves, of No. 319
Forty-fourtn street. Pittsburg, Pa,
and he tells in his own way how he
escaped greater danger than he faced
ON the field of battle. He says:
Gan attack of the grip in 1898 left
me in low state of health and in a
short time found that was a victim
of anemia. Any exertion tired me
and made me short of breath. My
heart would stop beating at times,
was nervous and weak, had no desire
to eat and there was constant pain
In the small of nv back. My kidneys,
liver and stomach became affected and
| was about as miserable as a man can
be.
lone day l saw DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People mentioned in the
paper and concluded to see what they
would do for me. The first box helped
me and seven boxes cared me entire
ly, making me strong and energetic
again and in as good health as before
my sickness. My son and his wife
and many of my other relatives have
also used Or. Williams Pink Pills
with tire best results and we all rec
ommend them on every possible &C.
CASTOR"
Hundreds of Civil war veterans,
both Union and Confederate, whose
health was broken by hardships in
the army, as we'll as hundreds of 9TH
ers run down by overwork, work or
excuses of some SOFT, owe their lives
and happiness to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Acting directly
on the blood and nerves these pills
have cured many stubborn cases of
nervousness, partial paralysis, loco
motor ataxia. st. Vitus' dance, rheu-
matism, sciatica and all forms of
weakness whether in male or female.
If you are sick you owe it to yourself
to give them trial. But remember
that you cannot try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills by taking something els"
which may be offered as a substitute.
Be sure that every box you buy bears
the full name. Sold by all dealers in
medicines. or sent postpaid at fifty
cents per box, X-boXes for two dol
lars and fifty cents, by the DR.. Will
liams' Medicine Co., Schenectady,
n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
PROBABLE SUICIDE.

Rutland, Oct. 15.-Ezra Johnson,
of Cuttingsville, farmer and first Sc
lectman of the town of Shrewsbury,
was found dead Wednesday morning
with bullet hole in his head, short
distance from home. Indications
point to suicide. Two Johnsons, near
relatives, died each by his own hand a
few years ago. Johnson left home
Tuesday afternoon with rife to go
hunting. A searching party started
the next morning and his brother
found the body. The dead man was
forty years old. He had always lived
in that vicinity and was unmarried.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
DEC4Y Y.
(For the Journal. }

(For the Journal.
Drop slowly, one by one,
The brilliant leaves to earth;
Each day declines the sun,
So potent at their birth.
They lightly hung on high
And waved with ev'ry breath;
In lowly rest they lie,
More beautiful in death.
Next season who will find,
When newer LEAKAGE cheers,
Or once recall to mind
The leaves of other years?
Thus singly fall the men
Who strive for wealth or fame,
Till death o ertakes-and then
Forgotten is the name.
The noble acts and aims
Are blazoned through the land
A lettered tomb proclaims
The gen rous heart and hand.
The record might as well
Be written in the snow;
In future who can tell,
Will read, or care to know?
Charles Bryant Cheney.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22

amined the books found an apparent
shortage of "a 1874 90 for the thirteen
years in which Mr.. Bigelow has been
treasurer. Mr., BigeIow is willing to
submit the matter to arbitration but
the selectmen are not inclined to do
this without authorization and spe-
cial town meeting has been called, at
the instance of Mr.. Bigelow's friends,
to see if the town will consent to
arbitrating the matter. The meet
ing will be h cid ON October l6.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22

uehes, the playwright and poet,
against his wife. The jury stood seven
to five in favor of Mr.. Hughes
Boston. Oct. 15.-The case against
Moody Merrill, who was arrested in
New York some time ago for alleged
embezzlement, was called in superior
criminal court today and he was not
present. A default warrant for his
arrest was issued. The general impress
sion seems to be that Merrill who is
now in Mexico will not come back un-
less compelled to do so. His two
bondsmen qualified in $40, 600 each.