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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-01
they carried but one:

WE would advise the women
of this lively town to avoid put
ting the ST. Anthony Chronicle
around their house plants as the
chilly blasts from that Wallis
Thomas press combination will
freeze them up. If Larry could
have retained a half interest in
the PEAK and drawn 81 on every
land notice published therein the
Chronicle would never have
chilled the temperate atmos-
phere of the Boise meridian.
But no, this could not longer be.
Wethought Thomas was getting
good wages down there at Black
foot and it was nothing more
than right for him to live off
of his own earnings. The
Chronicle will be kept alive by
Wallis, who has made a failure
of the newspaper business every
where in the past, simply to de-
prive the PEAK of the land no
tees. When Wallis comes tC
this town to run newspaper he
is treading ondangerous grounds
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-01

All hats, feathers. caps and children's
bonnets now left, viii be sold at a big
reduction. MISS MAUD PARRY,
Millinar.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-01

Remember Ashcraft has the best line
of jewelry watches and clocks, silver
wear and etc. in town,
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-01

First Presbyterian Church Anthony
Morning II 100 IA. m.
sabbath school .............. 1900 m.
Junior Endeavor .............. $50 p. m,
Senior Endeavor ............... 6I5 p. m.
Evening Service .............. 7:o p. IN.
Prayer Meeting Wed. eve. :. 1:30 p. M.
To any and all of these services the public is
cordially invited. This means you friend.
WILL STUART WILSON.
Pastor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

to play at banquets, receptions and
teas,
1T has not been two years since
Edna first handled a cornet. Until
Is months ago she showed no sign
whatever of possessing eXtraordi-
nary musical talent.
. Edna worked faithfully for over an
hotlr. Coming quietly into the room
Mr.. White was astenished to hear
his daughter play yankee DOODLE -
"Home, Sweet Home" and Nearer.
Ny God, to Thee"
This was the commencement of her
musical career. She took weekly
lessons and was allowed to take her
own time in learning a selection. At
the end of six months she made her
first appearance at their home church
I in Brooklyn, using her fathers cor
| net.
She is familiar with most of tn .
great cornet soloists of the da.:
quantity discussing the merits of
their rendition and of their instru-
ments, qof which she is herself capable
of good judgment. OF comets she
has decided opinion, formed by
testing anu OSiDS tnC SdiiOuS AudACs
on the market. Her present instru-
+ ment was purchased with the first
! $50 earned.
She is able to accompany the hu-
man voice in difficult selections and
| but needs to hear piece once to be
| able to play it. It is marvellous how
readily this little cornetist can trans
! pose. She can follow at sight a class
ical selection for the voice or any
| instrument.
7. She is wholly unaffected and child.
! ish. Small, with much dark hair and
intellectual brown eyes. She is quite
bpretty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
THE USE OF CEMENT.
1t Is Increasing Rapidly and In Course
OF Time VIII Assume Gigantic
Proportions. Z

American manufacturers are be-
ginning to take advantage of the home
market for cement. The exports. OF
cement are very small. Prior to 1897
they were too insignificant for sepa-
rate enumeration; in that year they
| amounted to 80 600 barrels, valued at
ST, 160, and have steadily increased,
year by year since that time, 392. 462
| barrels having been exported in 1902.
valued at $651,526. Meantime the
| market for foreign cement is becom-
ing more and more restricted in the
United States. In 1892 the imports
amounted to nearly 5000, 600 barrels.
valued at a little less than 81 600. 900,
the impcrtations remaining practically
stationary from that time until 1901.
| when they showed marked downward
tendency, being in that year 1.596. 926
barrels. valued at So. 19S. S91, and in 1902
LOSS, $40 barrels, valued at STATS. 452.
the lowest point reached in the past
Is years. While these figures are
small in comparison uith the volume
of our total commerce. they are chief
" Interesting as showing the tenden-
cies in an industry which is still in
| its initial stages, but which promises
to supply an important substitute for
wood, stone and iron in the building
and allied trades. The use of Port
land cement is IN its infancy and the
manufacture of it on large scale is
| only beginning in this country. Ce-
ment promises to replace stone for ali
kinds of heavy founda lions andoother
wall works, to replace stone for paw
ing. to replace brick very largely fer
building, and to replace lurn Der where
lumb Der has been. used. Indeed. cement
will soon be, next to steel. perhaps
more than steel, the chief building
material of this continent. Our houses
will soon come to be of cement and
every day sees the field for the use
of cement growing at a surprising
ratio.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
RED, BLACK OR BLONDE.
Imagination, But Red-Headed
Get the Good Marks.

Some curious statistics relating to
hair have been collected by the school
authorities at Lille. It is found that
authenticated boys are generally at
the head of the recitation classes, and
blonde girls come out highest as arith-
meticians. But in composition they
are nowhere, says the London Ex-
press.
The dark-haired children of both
sexes have the quality of imagination,
and in their compositions know how
not to fatigue the attention, and as
compared to the auburn and blondes
are born stylists.
I dare say the auburn boys and
blond Iasses in the Lille elementary
schools are of Flemish-that is to say.
phlegmatic-race. Their brains do
not grow at once congested when they
stand up to recite, and for that reason
they keep the mastery eff the vocal or
gans. In short, they continue to know
what they are about. The dark chill
dren are probably of Celtic-that is to
say, Gallic-origin. The blood comes
with rush to their brains, and they
grow confused, splutter and break
down. II they could only be -aught to
remain silent for few moments they
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
pERILs OF THE TRAPPERs.
eEs Went to Their Deaths ON
the Platte River.

In the United States the free hunt
ers approach the mountains by three
main routes. 1t was comil-s down the
Platte that poor Scott's canoe was
overturned, his powder lost and his
rife rendered useless, relates Outing.
Game had retreated to the mountains
with springs advance. Berries were
not ripe by the time trappers were
descending with their winter hunt.
Scott and his furnishing men could
not find edible roots. Each day Scott
weakened. There was no food. Final
1y Scott had strength to go no further.
His men had found tracks of some
other hunting party far to the fore.
They thought that in any case he
could not live What ought they to
do? Hang back and starve with him,
or hasten forward while they had
strength to the party whose tracks
they had espied. On pretense of seek
ing roots, they deserted the helpless
man. The next spring when these
same hunters went up the Platte they
found the skeleton of poor Scott go
miles from the place where they had
left him. The terror that spurrcd the
emaciated man to drag himself all this
weary distance can barely be con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
Mf((5salES3[l{lzHIIaIJH
s9gz7|aelll95s[IDIySs
MRs. ANNIE BEsANr.
English Prophecies of Theosophy
Has Not Yet Lost Her Hold ON
Her London Followers.

The end of Annie Besant is not yet.
This seems to be the feeling which has
been created in England, where the
most famous of living theosophists
has been making three months visit.
Mrs. Besant left England few days
ago, on her way to lndia,o where mat
tiers connected with the school for
natives which she founded at Benares
several years ago claim her attention.
She is going by way of the continent
and will hold theosophical meetiBgs in
Germany, Switzerland and Italy,
evidently sailing from a southern
port. Mrs. Besant will return to, Eng
land in June and pursue her calling as
a latter day Blavatsky in the vicinity
of London o
A few years ago it was prophesied
fully that Annie Besant was about to
be ignored by the world at9large and
England in particular? But this proph
ecy has not been fulfilled: In fact,
the little part of the universe repre-
sented by this island, at least thinks
more kindly of Mrs. Besant0 than it
ever did before. She seems to have
lived down much of the antagonism'
her earlier life aroused and to have
inspired kindlier feeling among her
countgymen thano they were wont to
show her. While ino England Mrs.
Besant held many lectures and it was
only few days before her departure
that she spoke to : great audience in
London. 9 90
She retains her maryelous char5.l
and while she does SO esffe will not
cease to affect o1nultitudesovisibl
while she pursues her present discreet
and intelligent educational methods
in India she will not cease to- win the
approba tom of a large portion of the
English people.
1t is now Mrs. Besant's annual pro-
gramme to spends nine, months of the
year in India and the other three in
England strengthening the theosophi-
cal society with the elearnfng she
brings fresh from the birthplace of
theossphy.o Mrs. Besant is the power
of her cult in England, oto-day. say
what else people may of her. She it
is who arranged for the various
courses ofotheoscphical lectures which
leading English theosophists are this
winter delivering in America. In fact.
every missionary Influence the society
is exerting emanated primarily iron.
her.
Mrs. Besant thinks theosophy ought
to be assimilated rapidly by the Amer
leans, because she considers Ameri-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
QUICK AS LIGHTNING.
AoRapId Recipe for, Making soda Dis
cult, Together with other
Kitchen Hints.

IF hot biscuit are fancied for tea
or lunchsxAA, the following good
recipe saves bringing out pastry
board and rolling pin after the kitch-
en- has been cleared up: Grease the
muffin rings slightly and put them
on the creased baking pan. Rub into
az quart of flour, esifted, with a small
teaspoonful of salt and two heaping
ones of baking powder, a scant half
cup of half-and-half lard and butter.
stir to a dough with enough milk to
make it just too thin to roll out !;
if too thin the biscuits will not 3s
diaky. Drop from spoon each mEf-
I'm ring nearly full; it should Dc
double In rising. Stir the dough to
mound shape with tip of the spoo.:.
By stirring a well-beaten egg into
this dough and rubbing a generous
tablespoonful OF sugar into the -four.
a nice tea cake, to be cut IN slices
with a hot knife and eaten hot with
sweet butter, is made. Bake in
round pans; a quart one should give
eight Slices fluffy within and brown
of crust.
Hot cake may be cut with impn-
nifty, and even fresh brown bread may
be sent ito table in nice slices if the
knife is thrust into boiling water or
otherwise heated before using. When
beginning to make Drown bread this
bseSson don't fail to insist that your
grocer sells oyou old-fashioned ''mid-
dlings," which now comes to market
in bags from seven pounds upward.
If bread made from this is kneaded
aso carefully cas- white and little
sugar or 0molasses added (not
enough to be detected), it will at
once become family favoEite. When
a day old it makes delicious .nutty'
sandwiches. and if sprinkled into the
"eye" of boiling water with the right
hand, while stirring with the left
until of proper consistency, then
cooked for 90 minutes. it is deli
cious -porridge." W ashangton Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
GIRL coRNEr PLAYER.
derfuI Command Over Dimculf
Instrument.

Little Edna White, New England
lassie, now residing in Brooklyn. New
York, is considered the champion cor
netist of the age.
Only nine years OF age, this mu-
steal prodigy has mounted the ladder
of fame several rounds higher than
musicians three times her age; she
is queen of the horn and has al
ready gained a reputation as a So
loist which has even reached Europe.
There is no more sought after lit
tie girl in America than Edna White;
leaders of bands and orchestrats, en-
tsrtainment societies and churches
;ATee. bidding for her services. Society
leaders are endeavoring to tempt her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
Big Tree. of Florida.

1t is difficult even to guess at the
age of the ancient live oaks, says
Country Life in America, but some
of them must number centuries, and
the oldest and greatest of them all
is a monarch of the forest, with its
outer branches sweeping the ground
in a circle 100 feet across. with limbs
as great as ordinary trunks of trees
and bearing a garden of aerial ferns
and air plants upon their bark. This
venerable tree is supposed to be the
largest live oak in Florida. Enormous
grapevine trunks rise siDuously from
the ground and lose themselves amid
the quarter-acre of foliage that
crowns this tree; the .saplings tina
once gave them support have disap-
peared long years. ago, their only
record being the angles and curves
of grape vine stem to which they lent
their transient aid in climbing sky
ward.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
ASBESTOS IN WARSHIPS.
All Vessels of the British Navy Are
to BE Supplied with Abs oIuteIy
Fireproof Furniture.

Although saRpointed of obtaining
non-iHhammab bic wood, the admiralty
has succeeded in getting, for use in
warships, furniture constructed of .
material that will resist fire. 1t is un-
derstood to be made largely of ashes
tos, and its freproof qualities were
demonstrated IN the course of some in
tefesting tests held recently.
Chairs, tables and various other ar
ticles made of the new material had
Al inch shell burst over them, but the
flames made no impression.o Wooden
furniture of the kind new used in his
ma3esty's ships was then subjected to
like test and it blazed furiously.
Other efforts to set the new material
on fire. failed also. 1t is understood
that the successful termination of
these expefim ents has decided the ad.
miraFty to adopt the fireProof furniture
for general use in the navy Presume
/ bly, its Introduction will be gradual.
for general spring cleaning and re-
furnishing throughout the British feet
would be big undertaking. and ex-
pensive.o
The authorities are notomuch given
| to considering the comfort of officers
e"Sn Lew. TYPE "a starSn1p
is worse than its predecessor Sc far as
the arrangements foFahe aecommo da-
ficn of the human element in the big
stigfEting g achine. issconcerned2an the
officers win have to accept the new
sticks whether they like them or
not, when0the order forethe change is
issued. Not only viii the new articles
be snon5inaa mDable, but they viii be
much lighter than those now in use.
ane saving in weight is an important
gaie. The admiralty is not. However,
doing bit cot pioneering in the fur
nishing line.0 Chattels of noncombus-
tible character have long been used
in the ships of other powers.-PaI
Mall Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

cans "a very psychic people" She
says, however, in the same breath:
'.Your n1aterialism isoo against you.
Too many of your religions seek the
support of the spirit to enrich the
body, rather than the body to enrich
the spirit" 90
This last summer in England has
proved Annie Besant to be more than
ever the friend of the London poor
These same poer always have and, 1
believe, always will.o love her. Her
charity has been too practical, her
sympathy too frequently put to the
test by the needy, to permit of their
doubling her. A matter of minor
Importance to a hungry man or rag
ged beSgar girl is the changing relig-
ious beliefs of the womanowho be-
friends him or her. No one denies
that Mrs. Besant has tried nearly
every religion from strict evangelical
doctrines to her present liberal faith
in theosophy. No one forgets her
brilliant defense in court against the
slanderer which sought to rob her of
her good name. Her avowed dislike
of her husband, her separation from
him and his priesthood in the Church
of England, are details in herslife his
tory long since written. Her children
are grown and married, but both OF
them now yield their mother the 10y.
atty and affection which in youth they
were forbidden to show her.
Sir Walter Besant cordially iisliked
his sister-in-law and caanged the bro.
nunciation of his name that he, nigh,
not be called by hers. But she has
moved on in her chosen path, solitare
and scorned much of. the. way, bu,
keeping always as her guiding star ar
abiding trust in the necessity CT being
true to herself. Perhaps Mrs. Besanr
will live to see her complete vindica
ton and the cordial recognition of ths
work she has sincerely attempted te
do. Those of Us who have seen he1
this summer, are agreed. rs have sale
above, that the end of Annie Besant
= not yet-Eron . London Letter
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
, rmporf.oce of EIectrlciax.

It is estimated by the census Office
that electricity has entered info. tie
daily life of the country to the ex-
tent of 81 for each man, woman and
,l,jld in the United States. OF this
amount 81 goes to the electric etrac-
Ton companies. S1-5o to the electric
light concerns and Ts cents to the
telephone companies Thestelegraph
,lso takes about so cents year fr6In
Zach of the 7s.ooo.oo0 people, while
the rest of the 81 is charged OF to
.lectric fire alarms. signals and gen.
>rai supplies
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

would be all the better for this rush,
as the confusion would have passed
away, leaving only stimulated mental
organs.
Finally, on the subject OF hair. says
a writer in Truth, I am sorry to say
that the red-headed boys and girls in
the Lille schools are at the bottom in
everything, save in good conduct
marks. Nor are they remarka BILE for
good health. The dark boys behave
better than the auburn or the fair, and
are more sensitive to praise or blame.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
cubass Mon.ter veEetabler.

In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh
oas much as 20 pounds. Al. vegetables
do well. Radishes may be eaten from
Il to IS days after sowing, lettuce In
five 8eeks after sowing. while corn
produces three crops a year. Sweet
potatoes are perpetual.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

per between them. All interior trim
and finished floors are Georgia pine,
excepting kitchen. pantry and bath
room, Their finished floors are ma
pie
All doors are pine, cross-panel
doors. Glass throughout is Ameri-
can. double thick.
The entire exterior of the house is
sheathed with fence flooring, having
felt paper between the sheathing and
the finished four-inch o. g.. siding
All shingles are to be of cedar, best
grade.
Composition carving showing in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
Volcano Cellars.

Prof. T. A. Jaeger, Jr., of Har-
ward, who has been making investiga-
ton of the eruption of Mont Pelee,
believes that people OF volcanic coun-
tries can escape destruction by build
ing cellars or chambers of masonry
in which they can seek shelter when
the eruptions occur.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
Oldest Schoolhouse.

The ''old log school house at Camp
Run, Westmoreland county, Pa. is
said by the Young Peoples Weekly
to be the oldest school house in this
country. 1t is very primitive in all
it's appointments, but the teacher,
Miss Celia j. Miller, who is only 80
years old, has enlisted the help of the
'sbig boys" to make some improve
mentS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
No breakfast Society.

A society has been formed in Man
chester, England, the members of
which eschew the morning meal. Tho
non-breakfasters contend that. break
fast retards activity of both mind
and body, and is fertile cause of in
digestion. dyspepsia, and like all
mentS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
paste { for cIeanapr Bmh..

For cleaning enameled baths, zinc
tubs. etc. use a paste made of equal
quantities of shaved yellow soap.
whiting and soda dissolved over the
fire with the smallest quantity OF wa
ter required to keep it from baraina
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

ceived; but such were the fearful odds
taken by every free trapper who went
up the Platte, across the parched
plains or to the aheadwaters of the
Missouri
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

Designed and written Especially
for This Paper.

THIS five room cottage can he
erected for s1.1oo upon a stone
pier foundation.
The size upon the ground is 22x3S.
Sizes of rooms are as follows: Par
lor, 12x121a; sitting room, o12x12%;
kitchen, 12x12A; chambers. sxf0!k.
and sx9k; vcstibule, 4Ax5; bath
room,' 411ax7A; pantry, 4NS.
Sitting room has 4 corner fireplace
with wood mantei. Kitchen IS fit
ted up with sink, maple floor and
wainscoting.
The entire first floor is plastersd
with two (2) coats of plaster, one
rough and one finishing putty coat,
The floors are double, having felt pa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13

The entire house is piped for gas
Closets have three shelves each.
Exterior painting is three-coat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
ELEVATION OF ELEVEN HUNDRED DOLLAR COTTAGE

apex of front gable is Of compost
ton. The flooring on front veranda
is of 1M-inch stuff, and must have
the tongues and grooves we'll loaded
at the time it is being laid.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To D. C. Clark. one of the co-owners in the
 placer mining claims described as follows: Fl Regina claim, notice of location of said claim being recorded in Book 99, page l93. in the rec ords of the Cupe Nome Recording District Terror claim, notice of location of said claim being recorded in Book 99 page le2. in the rec ords of the Cape Nome Recording District. Blucberry claim, notice of location of said claim being recorded in book vy. page 2lo. in the rec OrdS of the Cape Nome Recording District. Ln Fiesta claim, notice of location of Said claim being recorded in Book g9. pag" l96, in the rec ords of tine Cape Nome Recording district. Anchor claim notice of location of said clat;n being recorded in Book 0g, page is5 in the rec ordS of the Cape Nome Recording District Fl Corona claim, notice of location Of sad claim being recorded in book yy page I9s ill the rec orts of the Cape Nome Recording District. All of the above described claims being situate in the Cape Nome Recording district, in the Dis trict of Alaska.
 You are hereby notified that I, J. T. Hsmil- ton. am one of your co-OwGerS in the above de Scribed mining claims and have performed dur ing the year 1902 SiOO OO worth of labor upon each of the said mining claims for the purpose of comply ing with Sec. 2324 of the Revised Sat utes of the United States. And you are hereby required to contribute within ninety days liter the publication of this notice your proportion of said expenditures or your interest in said claims will become the property Of said J. T. Hamilton your coOwner
 J. T. HAMILTON. O. OWNER. Date of first publication, April IS, 1903
 Date of last publication. July lS 1905