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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
The Conservative Quakers.

The Quakers of Philadelphia are as
conservative as BELTS that simple and
sober sect, They are not up to date"
and they don't mind telling people so.
The Philadelphia yearly meeting has
decided to adhere to the time honored
marriage laws of Quakerdom, Young
Friends who marry first cousins, who
marry worlds people c'marry out of
meeting'O or who call in paid ministers
to solemnlze their marriages VIII be
"disowned" in the future as in the
past The yearly meeting sees with
concern and sorrow n tendency on the
part of Friends schools to conform to
the custom of observing special days
and seasons by giving the pupils
Christmas vncations-N York Trib
une.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
ALWAYS TWO SERVANTS.

Mrs. Gabb!e-"Mrs. Upton has two
servants in her house now, | under
stand"
Mrs. Hiram Ofen-'Thats nothing. We
invariably have two IN our house-one
going and the other coming, '--Philadel'
phia Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06

Rrown-Why do YOU want me 10 pay in
advance? Are YOU afraid ! won't bring
the horse back?
LiVeryman-No, no; not AT all, But You
see the horse might come back without
C~~Atlanta Journal D.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
TESTING IT

Say. old man. let's go out and have a
big time tonight"
What are YOU celebrating?
i've Just thought out new excuse
to mention TO my wife. "-llarper's Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06

DIR. Campbell +. Waters, of Johns
Hopkins University, is spending his va.
walton botapizing in Vermont -.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
WEREasHE \ CENTIPEDE

When Phyllis let's me tie her shoe
My glad heart sings. Indeed,
l do declare, | Wouldn't care
Were she a contipede.
Philadelphia Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
Church Membcrship.


But | would like 10 speak word
tan man who believes in God and yet
Is not a church member. You are
ready TO confess him in private con-
versation and yet not willing to public
ly confess him IA a church member,
though In that way yon might help
the women who are lab0ring in the
gospel. In spite of orthodox doctrine
| shrink from the thought that you
will ever be ultimately destroyed But
this do know-your actions in refus
ing church membership may be the
means of destroying scores and scores
of immortal souls.
That church membership Is a mighty
help to every man In his struggle to
lead truer, purer nobler Christian
HE there Is no doubt Every truo
Christian il better Christian when he,
with holy purpose, gives his allie
glance TO some one church and allows
his name TO be placed upon the church
roll, You mar still he Christian and
yet not n church member, You may
he able by the grace or Goo TO be a
good. moral, upright Christian man In
spite Of never having taken this impor
tant step. You may have had gospel
bringing up that has helped you, but
what about that young clerk who is
watching you? He has not yet public
~ confessed faith in God, He has hos
no sacred childhood. He is looking al
you now ana saying, We'll, II Mr., So
and SO can be II good moral man and
not a church member | guess l can
Dare you, oh, moral man, allow tina
hoy to make such an excuse? You
know you had hard time to keep YOU
Christian integrity, in spite Of all YOU
sacreds past DoS YOU feei' that tina
yoAagssnal can 50 felX END teei ante
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
True Courage.

Would you not like to be a Christian
people are foolish enough to suppose
that his greatest work was In the lee
lures on natural history, which he first
delivered before his classes in the Free
Church college of Glasgow. But l tell
you that the greatest Of all the work
Henry Drummond did in his life was
done when he stood before the young
university men Of Edinburgh, gathered
Sunday after Sunday within a large
hail of Edinburgh, and testified to
them Of Jesus Christ. At that time he
nodded mems hearts as well as their
brains. He nodded them, as | believe
no modern Christian minister was ever
able TO mold them. For there as an
unordained Christian scientist, he stood
simply as manly Christian man, APP
pealing to men. If | had my own way
In the world, and had the intellect to
do II, believe could give my Saviour
better service outside of the pulpit than
inside. believe l could have a wider
influence upon the Christian world, If
as a successful lawyer, could testify
for Christ as noted lawyer Thomas
McDongal. used to testify, week by
week in his Bible class; If as a Chris
tian statesman | could testify fol
Christ as william e, Gladstone in the
church chancel Of Hawarden often ties
tilted; If as Christian merchant
could testify for Christ as Lucna NJ
Sargent TESTIFIED.
o man Sitting before me today, d,
not cherish the idea that physical cour
age Is the only or the grea test element
| If manliness. | tell you that the man
| lest men the world has ever seer
have beep. pen who, never saw Il
sasHs Odd ZIG ae sIsatsea;alAena te
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
TO KEEP PRETTY HANDS.
II You Pay Attention to This Bunch
OF "Donts" Y0u Gan Have Them
the Year Around,

Don't polish nails too highly; they
should have only a natural gloss. Too
much polishing makes them tender.
Don't polish nails without first rub
bing on a little rose-tinted paste. Use
the palm of the hand to polish.
Don't cut nails without first HOLDING
them in warm water or sweet oil.
Don't cut them too often, or thew
will become thick and ugly.
Don't cut the 'cuticle or any part of
the flesh around the nails
Don't cut the nails in points, but let
them be carefully arched.
Don't use file or emery paper on
the fiat surface of the nail, but only
on the elge,N level it.
Don't dry the hands with a towel.
but with a silk handke rchief. which
absorbs moisture more readily.
DGn't wear gloves every night, or the
hands will become yellow. Occasional
use of gloves, however. is advisable.
Don't use ammonia in the bath with
out applying cold cream afterward.
Don't let the hands hang down, or
the blood will fill and stretch the veins.
Don't forget that warm feet have
much to do with white hands. When
the feet are habitually cold, the hands
are always red OF blue.-Washingto ton
sta<. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
lad" THAT CAUGHT THOUSANDS.

LAD" THAT CAUGHT THOUSANDS.
the thousands. Of course he pays the
interest out of the capital. When he
has accumulated enough the crash
comes. The financier disappears. the
money is gone.
Fully 100000 was sent to Chicago
in the last IL months in get-rich quick
schemes of this character. The VIC
Tins have been of all classes, city peo-
pie no less than villagers and farmers,
women as we'll as men, rich and poor
alike.
+ Land and improvements windles are
being worked to-day on an enormous
scale. Do you remember the e. S.
Land Co.? We hunted that scheme
down and punished it. This company
owned some practically worthless land
in Tennessee, way up in the noun
tains, where we could hardly get at it
The fake oil, rubber and gold-mining
companies have secured millions-yes
millions of dollars-for land not wort b
a dollar an acre.
Lottery and gambling schemes are
brought to our notice month after
month. There are hundreds of thou
sands of people ready to give up their
cash again and again when lottery
of some kind is advertised, and we
can't always nip these fakes in the
bud"
In the last year something has been
done to put stop to ''divine healing"
absent treatment by mail and one of
the most successful quacks in the lot
Francis Truth, of Boston.-who it was
said was doing a business of 100000
a week, was stopped by the law. Mean
| while others who do only $4,000 a
month continue to flourish, and by a
| court decision recently made, nothing
can be done to prevent people sending
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

their decisions. She does not attend
the meetings because she is the only
woman member and her presence
there alone, she thinks, would appear
too bold.
Every morning al 8 o'clock she APP
pears before her machines, dons her
blue calico dress, which is made of
cloth similar to the goods used in
jumpers and overalls, and superin-
tends the turning out of the large
printed sheets.
She eXcels in color work which en-
braces two. three or more colors, and is
considered especially good in dainty
work. which she is always consulted
about by the heads of the firm.
Although elbowing men all day long
in pursuit of her duties, Miss Peglow
says she cannot agree with Mrs. Clax-
on and her ideas on the Ideal Wife,
or the deterioration of chivalry.
81 do not think" said she, because
a woman works for living that it de-
tracts a particle from her wemanly
graces; neither do l think that a wo-
man that works is not good house
wife as the girl who spends all her time
at home. l think to get out in the
world and work serves to broaden
ones ideas. and / am sure some of the
| workers appreciate their homes a
great deal more from the fact that
| they are at home so little. To work
shows one how fortunate the woman
who does not have to work really is.
CAS- to men losing their chivalry-I
don't believe it: at least, have not ex-
perienced it. and / meet a great many
| men in my business every day"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

quietly pack up and go-no one ever
knew that the person with whom he
dealt was the post Office inspector
himself.
1.-The biggest frauds by all odds have
been in the get-rich-quick lines. 1t is
such an old scheme, but it is always
being worked again. The plan is very
simple-the same as in the case of the,
notorious FranklinS syndicate in the;
east. Some 'con-man' starts to adver-:
tise that he Will pay enormous profits
on investments-two, three. five or ten
per cent. week. When the suckers
begin to send theirmoney, he actually
pays out the dividends. A man may
send 500 and before long he has 5000
back. He tells his friends, and they tell
others. Pretty soon the money rolls
into the Golfers of the tfnancier' by
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
THE LUCKY BOX" FACTORY

their money by mail to be cured by any
process they choose.
Have you seen in recent issues of 6
Chicago mail order paper an advertise.
ment of magic gold dip needle tina,
finds hidden treasures for ten cents
Possibly fhisreminds one of the "lucky
box" scheme of Lynn, Mass. Francis
Parker manufactured little wooden
box with a brass ring in which were
stamped three stars. 1t cost him from
one to Ave cents, and he sold>it for 9e
cents. Everybody. who bought the box
became lucky, said Parker's advertise,
ments; lone broker made $1,000 in
one hour after buying the lucky box;
a spinster won a lover. woman wa.
cured of rheuma tism; gentleman hob
bled in on crutches; got box; walked
of with crutches under his ARM
The advertisements ran in glarins
headlines, and nobody interfered witt
Parker's business until the authoritie:
noticed his enormous mail. When tn.
post Office inspector appeared at tn.
lueky box factory Parker fed. Twenty
seven thousand letters were waiting
for him at the Boston post Office with
1000 money orders that day
E T GUND14ACH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
CHARMING OLD LADY.
The Original of Charles Dickeas'
Little Dorrit" Recalls Novel
lists Happy Youth.

Who that has read Dickens has not
loved and admired the child OF the
Marshalsea," the sweet and charming
Little Dorrit? All of US have loved her
as a child of a bygone age, yet still
Little Dorrit'' is amongst us, hearty
and well. Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper, of
Southgate, now in her ninetieth year,
is the original of Dickens famous
character, although the life depicted
in the book cannot be said to CORE
spond with her own, for Mrs. Cooper
herself was never in that dreary debt
ors' prison. She was born on Novem-
Der ~, 1913, in Hatton Garden, her
father being well-to-do farmer
named Milton, who also had place at
Sunbury, at'which Dickens in his early
youth was frequent visitor. The bed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

office inspector gets some of them into
court and prosecutes. Occasionally
the federal court sends a culprit to the
enitentiary, but the ma jority of them
escape in the fines that do not repre-
sent ten per cent. of the money they
have made in their schemes.
Here's an advertisements:
YOUR LIES FATE in love, business
and marriage. Photo of future husband or
gSife. Birthstone pin and LIES chart for 10
cents and birth date.
This is the advertisement, with the
name omitted, as it appeared this
week in many of the mail order papers.
j showed the clipping to an employee of
the Chicago bureau of post Office in
e0ection.
lis this a fraud9or isn't it ?" I asked.
THAT remains to be proven, was the
calm reply. ''The way to do is to send
the ten cents in reply to the ad and then
file your complaint here if you think
syou have been defrauded."
will you prosecute them?"
The explanation was that it required
Eve such complaints to establish one
cause for an Investigate ton And finally
the official came out with the bold
statement:
amount TO much.'' he said. 1--WE are
tremendously busy here on big cases
trying to put stop to thousand-dol-
lar swindles Better save your ten
cents by not writing for the photo OF
your future wife"
The task of the post office insnec.
tiers is indeed a very difficult one and
The path. to prosecution is more than
devious. A strict law prevents the
opening of any private mail by in
speetors or others. No matter how
certain the government may be that a
firm is swindling. letters are not
tempered with under any circum.
Etances, So the inspectors must re.
sort to many tricks to get proof
Sometimes they go out into the
country. and send in their money 70
the fraudulent firms until thew have
enough letters to establish positive
proof. If the swindlers get an ink
ling that a post office. Inspector is FRY.
ing to lead them on" they NAV hide
their schemes and throw the inspec.
tor off the track. Girls are often nsed
in the guise of stenographers to GET
evidence Sometimes the detectives
themselves get positions in a, firm
: suspected of frauds. Many other
methods, 1 know. are used, but the
post office department is very secre-
tive. Their inspectors work more
quietly than any other detectives
and wAen they finish their case. they
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
MAIL ORDER FRAUDS.
Clever Schemes for Bleeding Guilt
BILE Newspaper Readers.
Cost omce Bureau of Inspection Kept
Busy investigating All Sorts of
Dishonest and Allur-
ing "Ads."
Especial Chicago Letter.

"HE alleged fra uds in the post of
flee department now being aired
at Washington are supposed to
Involve hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. The whole country was surprised
when the enormous sum-$10, 900 here,
$50, 900 there-Were mentioned as frac-
lions in the supposed corruption fund.
Yet this is but bagatelle compared
with the simply gigantic frauds inves-
tigated every year by the inspection of
Uncle Sans mail
Swindles aggregat:ng $15,O00,000 to
$40, 900, 900 are enearthed every year by
the post Office inspectors, and proven
In court. Thefts by letter carriers or
post office clerks constitute only
small portion of this. The greater part
of the frauds is perpetrated by So
called business men, who use the mails
for schemes that draw the dollars out
of the pockets of gullible folks month
after month, year after year, by the
same old schemes.
A corps of 200 inspectors, as species
of special detectives, is employed all
over the country hunting down these
swindlers.
The post office bureau of inspection
HIS 10 QIfiSIOHS. by lar the SSSt OI
these has its headquarters al Chicago.
Col. Stuart, inspector general here, has
% inspectors under him and investi-
gated last year 10000 cases of alleged
frauds. New York city, the second
largest, had 10000 cases, handled by 16
inspectors. The enormous work of the
Chicago department is due partly to
abe fact that the city handles more
mail than any other.
Eve closed up the business of thou
sands of swindlers right around Chi
cago last year. said Chief Clerk r. J.
Holmes, of the Chicago department.
cit is no exaggeration to say-that the
swindlers got several million dollars
out of the pockets of the people,
1t is also no exaggeration to say that
che swindles are going on at this very
minute to the amount of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Fake" oil com
panies, investment schemes, "sure ten
per cent" propositions, etc, etc, are
being advertised in the papers and are
Gourishing more than ever. The post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

Indian mullins are most delicious
when eaten hot and fresh with but
ter. This recipe for them is simple:
Pour boiling water on quart of corn
meal, stir it thoroughly till it forms
a thick batter. When it has cooled
a little, add a tablespoonful of yeast.
two well-beaten eggs and a table
spoonful of salt. Set the dough to
rise in a warm place for two hours,
then butter some square tin pans and
fill them two-thirds full with
dough and bake in a quick oven.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
I'd ftetH!I a1lEA I515I]D
s47let(l9l5iDJSS
WOMAN PRESS FEEDER.
Annie PegIOw Operates Two Big CYL
inders In q ST. L0his ONCE and
Belongs to Union.

Annie Peglow, of No. 3O16 Missouri
venue, claims TO be the only woman
pressman in the United States, says
the ST. Louis Republic.
For five years she has operated two
cylinder presses at 314 North Third
street. The firm considers her one of
is best workmen.
Miss Peglow entered the employ of
the company 2D years ago as a press
feeder. At that time women press
feeders were a novelty, but since many
girls have entered that branch of the
printing business, and now some of the
larger printing companies hire hun
dreds of women press feeders.
Running a cylinder press was never
thought of as woman's work until it
occurred to Miss Peglow. None has
tried it since. She was an enthusiastic
prinser and she determined to learn
all about the business.
Il just 'nosed' about until I caught
on; then began to try and convince
my boss that L was as good pressman
as any of the men and finally I got a
trial, which proved successful, and
here am, us the way she explains her
presence before her two big machines.
She belongs to Pressmen's Union No.
e. In order to allow her to enter the
union the international body of press
men allowed their constitution to be
amended so as to admit her. 1t caused
quite a little discussion at the time.
Miss Peglow does not attend the
meetings of her local, however. She
leaves the transaction of all union
business to the men and abides by
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
sIarrfed the Dauxhter.

A gentleman who was stopped by
an old man begging, replied: Don't
you know, my friend. that fortune
knocks at every mans door?"
Yes" replied the old man, che
knocked at my door once, but was
out, and ever since he has sent his
daughter
His daughteri" replied the gentle
man. whatever do you meant"
sWhy, e"-Tt-Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
A Time-Sarfng Device.

Mistress-Oh, Norah, when you set
the table you placed the knives on the
left side, where you should have put
the forks.
Norah-Inds8e, ma am, an thot's
aisily fixed. Oil turrun the table
AROUND. IN Y Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
His EarIx Trafninr

"a two-cent stamp, please" said
the lady at the stamp window of the
post office.
.'Yes, madam" replied the new
clerk, who had just graduated from a
department store. "Will you take il
with you or have it sent ?"-Chicage
Daily News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Hearing from Tompkin..

Dickson-Remember that brilliant
young fellow Tompkins who was in
our class at college? Wonder what be-
came to him? l always thought the
world would hear from Tompkins.
Richardson-It did. He became an
auctioneer, afterward travelled as q
barker for a sideshow, and is now
beating the bass drum for the Saliva
ton Army.-Kansas City Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
m7h5nILIESz
Ig- SN16a9AAz Il Il Il * ssas55gs 1871
Hiekory Dickory Dock.

"Where are you going tonight. my
dear?" asks the lady mouse of he's
husband when she saw him arraying
himself with unusual care.
'.Oh, few of the boys have invited
me out to go on high old time" he
explains.
Yes" she comments; "and one OF
these nights you will try to run up
that grandfather's clock once toos
often and will find a trap set in its
Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Unable to QuaIifx,

She-Do you think the time will
ever come when this country will
have a woman PRESIDENT
He-Neyeri
She-Why not, pray?
He-No woman will ever be able to
arrive at the constitutional age
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Competent,

Bank President-so you want the
position of isnitqn do you3 Have
you lad any experience about banks ?
jimmy the Cracksman-Had any
experienced I should say yes. wy,
Say! l wus de champeen sank-robber
NV de west for Is years.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Full Size.

81 just saw in the papers, pop,ssaid
Mrs. Newrich, that Mrs. DeStylei
had a minerature O. herself painted
ga minerature-hows cheap. YoS
just slip down to the nearest depart,
ment store and get them to make
full-size crayon picture of u.e."-BaI
timore Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
A Favorable Verdict.

The old gentleman steadily regard
ed him.
WELL" he said, cit is evident that,
my daughter did not pick you out for
your personal attractions. Hence !
must conclude that you have some
practical points that are of value
Take her, my boy, she's yours. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Something Missing.

Boarder-This soup seems to be
rather weak. What kind is it. any
way?
Landlady-Chicken soup. I told the
cook how to prepare it, but she evil
IDENTIFY failed to catch my idea.
Boarder-Yes; or else she failed to
catch the chicken.-Cincinnat En-
,uirer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
COnNerNHG.

'I don't believe in arbitration,
I'll run my own affairs" said he:
ST will not brook outside dictation,
The matter must be left to me-"
But presently the other party
Began to press him to the wall,
Whereat he gave Endorsement hearty
To arbitration, after all.
Chicago Record-Herald.~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
The Modern War.

Yes" replied the bright father, to
the visitors query, my resemblance
to my son has been remarked before,
and some people are kind enough to
say that l resemble him in my bust
ness methods. Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
InuUnS.

81 off," said the political aspirant,
feel sorry for the great men whose
names are given to SO many children
that turn out to be scalawags."
1T is tough" yelled disturber I'M
der the gallery, 'but never mind.
You'll never have to be pittied on
that account" Chicago Record-Her-
oil
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
a BargaRn.'

ssYou shall never leave this house un-
til you pay what you owe mel" shout
ed the irate landlord.
sAIl right" said the boarder, "just
put that in writing and I'll sign it,
" Sun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Calling the Roll.

Census Enumerator-Have you any
children, madam?
"Yis, sor- I have foive of thin
two living, two dead. and one tachi1s
school in Brooklyn."-New Haven
Chrnnicle