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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-06
WILL e. STOKE. Editor and Manager
IN THE CONTEST.
and proprietors.


IN THE CONTEST.
GLOWING is the result of the count WED
6sy nSy 4ta OK oouns S be made We'd
nesday of each week:
CONTESTANT LOCATION VOTES
Mary German, Claim 274o0
Alma Craig Great Bend 251s5
Lnnie Amerine. Great Bend $3.50
Ola Dawson Great Bend 1870
Matte Buhrie, verbeck 100
Cora wiIcons, Galatie AS
Mary Rasely. Liberty 400
Anna Schenk Omit So9
Lena B. Base Pawnee Rock 100
Commute. : 81 : :: s ss ssss-.
-ePut your trust in the Oil Man, and
you'll have light.
w. H. Turner has been up to
Dighton the past week.
Mrs. Matte Compton left this
sseek on her visit to relatives down
in the old Virginia home.
Miss Fannie Cole has been quite
Ill the past, week or more.
Still choice line of Millinery at
Lundblade & Bolinger's.
. Father We,rsma visited at Wichita
and. Little River this week.
Dave Harris, who has been work
ing up north, is home on visit.
Geo. Thatcher has been laid up at
home this week with sick SPELL
The County Commissioners con-
vened in special session Thursday.
Persons wanting burnt wood novel
ties, for the Holidays, leave orders at
the DEMOCRAT Office.
When things don't run smooth,
and darkness pervades the house
phone ia, The OIL Man.
Fresh dread, buns, cakes and
cookies, at theoNew Bakery, opposite
the DEMOCRAT office. Try them.
Preparations are under way by the
Workmen for a dance on Thanksgiv-
ing night. No particular arrange
ments have been made as yet.
Cards are received here announc-
ing the marriage of Miss Estelle Neg
baur, formerly of this city, and Mr..
Isaac J. Binswanger, to take place at
the Coates House, Kansas City, Nov
ember 18th.
Thursday Nov. 18th, is the date
of the big cloak sale. There will be a
big sample line here for the one day,
and garments will be delivered from
goods on sale at Lundblade &
Bolinger's.
Regular services at the Presby-
terian church on next Sunday. On
Sunday morning will be the commem-
.oration of the Lords Supper. Sunday
evening, Rev. Jolly will preach on the
:. subject, Easy Divorce" A cordial
invitation extended to every one.
!. The Degree of Honor lodge and
sthe Workmen have combined for the
~ 8 "a q IVA oNPPCi a. tLC lOQSC
room on the evening of the 18th, at
which some new and novel features
an selling the boxes will be produced.
Come out and get next to the prop
osition.
Rube WEIGH and Kittie Francis
come to the Wilmer opera house be-
fore. long in their newest and funniets
farce entitled Mickey Finn. The in
-cidents are taken from Ernest Tar
.rold's series of stories that ran in the
New York Sun year or so ago, and
afterward had wide. circulation in
book form. Wednesday night Nov. IL.
We beg the pardon of the improve
rment committee of the city council
who have certainly done considerable
good work the past season, and
against whom no complaint should be
smade, But the crossings from the
central school building to the old
auckland corner, and from there to
the EPpstein corner, also from the
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-16

The Board continued the checking
of the Treasurer's returns and com
pleted them up to date. This table
will appear in the DEMOCRAT next
week.-ED.
A rebate of S11.74 was ordered on
the 1902 tax on lot 2, blk 120, Great
Bend City, on account of an erron-
eous report of sidewalk tax on said
lot for said year. Said sidewalk tax
hereby related was ordered placed
against lots % and "a, blk 120, as
the corrected certificate of City Clerk
requires.
Board adjourned to meet Novem-
Der 5, 1908.
F. M. LUTzcHG, County elk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-16
Rocky Ford Cantaloupes.

L. Baldwin of this city has for sale,
home grown Catalogues, just as
good as the Rocky Ford variety,
which he sells at 25c per dozen, good
measure. He has the largest supply
in the county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-16

STRAYED-Sunday night, one black
colt, five months old, with web hal
ter. Leave word at DEMOCRAT Office
and receive reward
G.. L. YEAKLEY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Yankee Village WisdOm m.

Mr. Joseph D. Hall. Jr., who writes under
the name of Mrs. T. Wilberforce,' sends
us his book "Humbugs nd Canterbury
Folks" published by j. d. Hall i Co.,
Providence. This is a mixture Of comment
and story set forth in the Yankee way Of
speech There is a preface in which Mrs
Wilberforce says that her husband tried
to tlisSuaCe her from writing It, remarking
that she had nough sight better be maxi
ing biscuits and turnovers, which Is womans
first duty to which she replied that -the
stomach must have food, of course, but,
land Of goodness, the mind needs little
nourishment now and then as well as the
body" She goes on, accordingly, to free
her mind concerning a number Of matters
that she regards as humbugs, and to tell
about the Canterbury folks, who also had
minds to free, and who included partcu-
Iarly Mr. federation WHEREFORE, her hus-
band. There are observations about the
vacation humbug, and the political hum
bug, and the hypnotsm humbug, and the
pessimsm humbug, and humbugs besides;
and there are chapters about the county
fair, the renting of pews, the school COM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
MCCLURE. PHILLIPS Il Co.. New York.
NEW BOOKS.

warwick Castle shown by Its Mistress.
Of the famous sights in England few
leave pleasanter memories in American
visitors than Warwick Castle 1t is such n
satisfactory realization of their dreams OF
what England must be in it > picturesqu en- ess
and historic associations and it comes SO
near the landing in Liverpool that it stamps
itself on the mind with the freshness of all
first Impressions. Then ii is In Shakespeare
country, 40 nearly all good Americans
visit it. The story Of the castle and of its
former possessors is told by it's present
mistress, the Countess Of Warwick, IN two
handsome, very fully illustrat ed volumes,
Warwick Castle and Its Earls" (E. p,
Dutton Il Coz. The pictures are such as
no other author could procure, for, besides
fine external views and hist oric portraits
there are many representations of the in
terror and of pictures and other objects OF
int erest contained in the castle. The most
charming picture in the book, however, is
the photogravure portrait of the author
which serves for frontispiece and will
explain TO the reader why the beautiful
Lady Brooke should have taken the place
that she Gid in English society.
An Incredible amount OF picturesque
English history gathers about the castle
and the families that have taken their
titles from it, De Newburgh, Beauchamp,
Neville. Dudley, Rich, Greville, This Lady
Warwick tells in pleasant way. holding
sensibly to the biographical thread, but
giving an account Of each family that OBJ
tanned the earldom and branching 10 cele-
brated members of the family. She has
material in plenty beginning with the legend
airy Sir Guy and the dragon and with Lady
Godiva There is Richard Neville, the
Warwick who was king maker, and Robert
Dudley, Elizabeth's and Amy Robsart' s
Leicester, whose brother held the title,
and Leicester's adventurous son; there is
the Rich who was Warwick the Parlia-
ment's Admiral, and his brother the Earl
of Holland; there is the Fulke Greville
OF Charles rs time, who become Lord
Brooke and whose descendants are now
the Earls of Warwick. There are Count
esses, too, who left their mark Sir Philip
Sdney's, who eloped; the pious Countess
of the Restoration and the one who married
Addison. Future chroniclers will have n
good deal to say about another Countess
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
BATCH OF SEAGOERS HOME.
Booker Washington Studied Butter Making
a g. Dayton's Views on WarShips.

a q. Dayt0n's views on haTkhps.
Booker T. Washington, Congressman A.
g. Dayton of West Virginia, F. Marion
crawford, the novelist, and lot of other
we'll known Americans came in yester-
day on the Kaiser Wilhelm H.. of the North
Oiernan Lloyd Line. Congressman Day
ton who is a member Of the naval COM
mittee of the House, said!
Il went away opposed to the building Of
10 900 ton battleships. My observations in
France and England have convinced me
that was wrong. There is no question
in my mind now about the practicability
and efficiency of the big ships. l found,
BY comparing the English and French naval
ships with our own, that we are right up.
to-date, This country need not be ashamed
of her little navy
Mr., Washington had been away for rec
reation. Incidentally he has been looking
into the method Of making butter In Nor
mandy with view to introducing 1t on tho
Tuskeaee farm, where there are 100 COWS.
lie was down as Jones" on the passenger
list because, he said, he wanted to escape
invitations to make a speech. but he was
persuaded To talk at the ships entertain
insnt on Monday. He was in France
before.
y couldn't find shoes big enough TN Paris
TO fit mo them" he remarked so this time
took along a supply made here
Other passengers were:
Robert Goelet. John NJ. Bowers, D., GeorSs
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Beckwith. j. B. r.
Cooper, 8. j, Caivocoressi, r. Marion Craw;
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Walter r. Cobb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Woods De Knight, George
Ehrct, Mr.. and Mrs Julian Edwards, W. 5.
lloyt, Mr and Mrs. II. Hsgedorn., Thomas
aoltord, Mr.. and Mrs; s. NJ. Jarvis. 1; a.
Mr. and Mrs. John g. MoWillians. Mr.. and
Mrs H. X Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. James b.
Park. Mr.. and Mrs. o. n Story. \. Porter
and Prof Herbert Friedewald OF Yale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
sCURRILOUs LETTERS SENT.
Woman Under Arrest for Upsetting the
Pence OF Mind Of . Pennsylvania Town.

LLIAMsPoBT, Pa, Oct. l3.-Mrs. Cora
Glo'-y Is under arrest at Dushore, Pa,
on harge OF having written scurrilous
Ietter' to leading citizens OF the town.
The lsters that she is charged with having
writer have been the cause OF divisions In
iamiltss and Of an endless amount OF
trouble She has been taken before the
United States Commissioner at TowandA,
Were she will have hearing.
Mrs, Glover Is the wife Of well known
BUSINESS man, and has always borne an
,mquestioned reputation. For months past
Dushore has been scandalized by letters,
written TO citizers, In which reflections were
cast on the regulations OF their wives.
IN several CASES quarrels ensued, some OF
which went 80 far as TO end IL separations,
finally business man received missiys
IN which he WAS war; al that his wife was
nIlru" TO Lin. lie at once offered a reward
Of 500 for the errest Of the person who
h'l II Local officers made every enort
70 capture the guilty one but failed. Several
P.Iaors, orc n we'll known church WORKER,
ner" -usp"",ed The Federal authorizes
we're notified of this misuse OF the mails,
~ several Secret Service men were pun 10
work ON the case They insist that thsy
nave sufficient ground for Mrs GloSers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14

mittee. religion. superstition and capital
and labor. 1t viii be understood that Mrs.
Wilberforce is a philosopher and historian.
Her book Is illustrated, tho pictures shOw-
ing. among other things, the meeting house
at Canterbury Centre, the Wherefore
homestead at Waldo Four Corners, q quilt
Ing bee in this attractive home, old Zip
Coon running from the devil. dance Of
the orthodox folks OF Canterbury in a
barn; and the bonnet. spectaoles and facial
lineaments Of Mrs. WHEREFORE herself.
In addition to tho illustrations there are
bees. flies, mosquitoes and other insects
In the way Of marginal decoration. 1t ID
plain from this record that the Canterbury
folks were interested in nearly all matters
which are susceptible Of discussion. Any
body feeling himself In need Of advice will
find that Mrs. Wherefore overdows With
II. Canterbury either b or purports to
be village in Connecticut. We have not
looked for II in the gazetteer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Colonel Carter SIN Alive.

Those who have read Mr.. F. Hopkinson
Smiths stories, which have now reached
the dignity Of a collected edition, will prob
ably agree that the best thing that he ever
wrote was Colonel Carter OF Gainesville. 1"
Following Sir Conan Doyle's example, Mr..
Smith now returns to his early love In
Colonel Carriers Christmas Charles Scrib-
ner's sons). Thestory is broug ht in naturally
as an episode of the Colonel's New York
days, and all the pleasant people that fire.
quented the old house back Of Washington
Square are introduced again. Mr.. Smith
manages to retain the charm of the first
story in this second venture, and we really
can't SEQ why he should not keep on and
tell us more Col. Carter stories. They
are pleasant contrast to much Of this
falls fiction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14

GENTLY curious, and it is moving as well.
We doubt if ever a coyote before has been
SO pleasantly and affectionately celebrated.
The authors neighbors, the farmers.
thought considerably less Of her coyote
than she did She saved 1t repeatedly
from famine and from other dangers, but
the farmers made an end Of it at last. They
used poisoned meat.
There are other stories here Of deer and
prairie dogs, of wild ponies and buffaloes,
of muskrats and beavers, of pocket gophers
and field mice, Of grasshoppers and Great
ures besides. There are Information and
charm in these stories. The book Is il
Illustrated by Mabel Williamson. The pict-
ures are too small to be quite satisfactory,
but visitors to Bronx Park will think that
she has caught the part and general aspect
of those curious little burrowers, the prairie
dogs, very well.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Romance Of Colonial Days.

Miss Geraldine Brooks blends fact and
fancy pleasantly enough in her "Romances
Of Colonial Days Thomns Y. Crowell &
Co... Here, in the opening tale. we see
John Alden mending the washtubs Of the
little colony, while Capt. Miles Standish
sits on bench In the doorway OF their
rude home, smoking his pipe and quietly
enjoying the view Of Plymouth harbor
and Massachusetts Bay, with the green
heights OF Manomet lifting in the distance
The classic love tale Of John and fair Priscilla
is retold, while In THE Secret Of the Trees"
the scene shifts to Virginia and rose en-
powered garden. Then back to Boston,
when the English colors were flying from
the province house and the munficent
Mr.. Faneuil had just bestowed new and
imposing hall upon the city. The stories
range from 1921 to 1885, The illustrations
are by Mr.. Arthur f. Becher.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Mr. Burgess's GO0ps.

A spirit Of moderation has come upon Mr..
Gelett Burgess's pencil and pen In More
Goops and How Not to Be Them" Fred-
erick A. Stokes Company. His horrid
little doughnut people are less disagreeable
than in the former collection, and his d.
dactic instruction in verse Is unexception-
able and emphatic. Mr.. Burgess certainly
has infantie jingles at his command, what
ever may be thought of the matter Of them.
For instance:
Why is II Goops must always wish
TO touch each apple on the dish'
Why do they never neatly fOM
Their napkins until they are told?
Why do they play with food, and bite
Such awful mouthfuls, Is 1t right!
Why do they tilt back In their chairs!
Because they're GoopS! So no one cares.
The cover is a nightmare in yellow and
green and black and goops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14

PUBLICATIONS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
4 BLIE RIHHON IDIOy
se!ia Jesse Courtney Sues Lewis Earle
for SIS 900 for Injuries.

have seen a good many Englishmcn. and have
lived In London for two years, but Of all the IDIOT,
have ever seen there English or any other kind,
your husband takes the blue ribbon.
John Jesse Courtney Of LarchmoEt
who says that this was written TO his wife
Helen by Lewis Earle Of 537 Fifth avenue
has sued Earle for SEQ, 900 for libel and had
him arrested yesterday. Earle gave $50
bail per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14

who has played her part in the England Of
the last twenty-five years. but who Is prac-
tically omitted, out Of modesty. The stories
are all told entertainingly and helped out
with very judicious extracts from doou-
ments The appendix cont ains elaborate
genealogies and some original papers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Man Accused or Murder 70 Wed.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. 10 The eGyaJ,.
menl Of ChauRGey Dewey and Miss MAJ !,
Warehouse OF Wheeling. W. Va, u a..
nouncsd. Dewey IL now under indictn .,
for tbs murder of III" Ferry family d,I,r
a ranch war IN HUMANS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
RARE-La Fontaines Tales, Roxana Gesrn
Rousssau's Confessions. Any boo,
PRATT. 1871 9th av.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

THE CHRISTIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
~ Barclay St. New York,
was founded by direction OF the Apostolic Drl"
CATION, approved by the Bishops, and IL cOndu~tet
entirely by priests WHOSE object IL to furnish 700
Christian literature, church goods and pure f':pl
wines al the lowest possible prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
Good StoPies Of Animals.

An exceptionally readable little volume
will be found in Along Four-footed Trails;
Wild Animals Of the Plains as Knew Them,
by Ruth A. Cook Games Pott 4 Coz. The
story Of tho authors pet coyote is sufi
Evening journal., 1903-10-16
THE PRESIDENTS BRAVE WORDS

but he finds little
President OF the United
chair who has found so
many Theodore Roose-
conauauon the head OF our great repup
great his sen-
unveng Of the sherman monument
yesterday, the President said
We the public service
murderer takes single e the orup-
zionist he bbe taker strikes
public
will nisdeeds THIS cannot
avoided; dVereo
stopped and the Wrongdoes punished Remem-
for and reformation
Il
Off
this high To this
I Ia those fit TO
In American citizenship Such
President homy and simple that they
Commandments patdes
require the greatest nstenee
Sheridan like Thomas Wilson and
preserving the Union and when
from the farms
their
descendants viii
political coruponst
the
who debases the public brave by the President
encouragement comfort his administration
Evening journal., 1903-10-16
rhe TnrkIsh Army.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Turkish army at the present time
is divided into four classes-the regu-
lars. the reserves, the reserves Of the
second class and q sort of militia, made
up of old men and boys, illy-equipped
and illy-armed. This latter class would
scarcely be called upon for anything
more than local duty, except in Neil-
table life and death struggle of the
empire, or these four classes the reg
ulars and great proportion Of the first
class reserves are fairly well equipped
and are armed with modern smokeiess
rifles. The sccond-class reserves ana
the militia are poorly equipped and are
armed with old-fashioned Martini IL
fes.
Few countries in the world have bet
ter raw material available for the build
ing up of an army than Turkey. The
Turk is a natural fighter. He Is igno-
rant and oftentimes cruel, but as man
he stands head and shoulders above
the mass of his Christian inhabitants
of his empire. The rank and file OF the
Turkish army is undeniably good Wen
oaicered. well generated and well
equipped, it could. in its own country
make the army of any nation In the
world look to its laurels. How much
superior the Turkish soldier, when
properly handled, is to the Russian was
shown most clearly at PleVna.
Evening journal., 1903-10-16
THE IMMEDIATE AND PRESSING NEED

The OF Wilmington idea
possible persevere for
there great possibilities for this city and all that is required coop
Of al ersons andin interests
Underneath foundation of steady
substantial possibilities Few cities have been
fortunate this respect Each marks an advance in opua
uon IN manufacturers and in invested capital There nave Oe
growth the best as
that have exhausted possibilities In fact we nave
ieeneu po Mne we must prepare ior sret ~ M r,s =, ~
shall count 100000 Inhabitants day not far distant ont OIL the
p0pSn Of Delaware w viii be found @ IN the Limits @S 81 I % nr trade and
fostering every enterprise designed to advance their
enterprises and to encour-
while have been reading from day to day Of the
Phiadepha invitation it to
been idle We informed
invitation been given to enter Wilmington and the proposition
been presented in a Wilmington
many advantages
a freight and traffic
ml on the
where the greatest Of iron and
whether the wabash wilmington
advertise our ndyantages which day win bear
commercial interests must
Tho chrana river be kept
made by engineers twenty
OF water the specified minimum depth Yet in places mas
shoaled until there is but twelve eet OF water There an appropriation a
by be but should
depth Of twn-one feet secured and main
compared with the benefits that would follow such
The Harlan aolnssworth paid
during single week and wimingons prosperity rests upon it. There
thosewh arede forget
appropriation could be made
which would of
would accommodate all craft that
For high tide would wenty-seyen
feet and as ships coming IN Tor repairs are light ana as % nu at our
condition there would bo water enough for all pur-
Aniggardly about IT,
remarked yesterday that un maintain
channel few there YIN be no ship 6u r7s yyhmng
Andy most ran industry ana the greatest ~
in building of Legislature Council has been directed
10 appropriate the government appp
atoms II is mere pitnce derived
should ask the government be gen.
willing contribute this
small amount officials have objected to
appropriations of emptes
into the river be remeded We shall waste
protesting that this sewage small
settle at the bottom Of the stream we must
provide disposal or probably our demands for appo
viii be in van
TO build several hun
shelter
public enterprise this Is out Of the
nndt capital
IN accomplished whenever
need
Evening journal., 1903-10-16
Cleveland Sentiment in the South.
rom DE NashviIIe Banner.

from the Nashville Banner.
The South. as a section. has no rea-
son to feel otherwise than friendly to-
ward Mr.. Cleveland. He has always
been a warm friend of the South. He
gave important places in his Cabinets
to representative Southern men, ap-
pointed Southern men to high diplo-
matte positions and was especially gem
erous to ex-Confedorate soldiers. In
recent speech in New York and at ali
other times Mr. Cleveland has shown
himself in sympathy with Southern
sentiment on the race question. The
South admired the firmness with which
Mr.. Cleveland suppressed the Chicago
riots in 1894, though some Southern
politicians embraced the opportunity
thus offered to make an alliance with
Altgeld against Cleveland. And the
Southern people admired Mr.. Cleve-
lands determined position in the Ven
czuela case. Growers backbone" was
formerly much vaunted In the South,
and that backbone is as rigid as ever.
There is little room TO doubt that
with Mr.. Cleveland as the Democratic
nominee he would not only carry the
solid South. but restore it to its old
time proportions before the Bryan her.
esy put the border States in the Re
publican column.