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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

sTell me not in mournful numbers.
Life is but an empty dream;
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real. Life if earnest,
And the grave is not its goall
Dust thou art, to dust returneth
Was not spoken of the soul.''
To the soul contained in the frail
bark of humanity, tossed upon sea
of conflicting emotions, seemingly en-
gulfed, there comes the voice of Jesus
sounding across the waves of time
and eternity: 'Peace be still. - 81 am
He that lived and was dead, and be-
hold live forevermore. 81 am the
Resurrection and the Life. He that
believeth in Me though he were dead,
yet shall he live, and whosoever be-
lieveth in Me shall never die
Richard Manning was born In
1S45, in the parish of Lighton In the
town of Warrington, Shropshire Eng
land. Being born of Christian par
ents in the communion of the Eng
iish church, he was baptised in in
fancy as member of Christ, child
of God and an inheritor of the king
dom of Heaven. Mr.. Manning's s
whole career showed the influence of
his early training. He had learned
his duty toward God and toward his
neighbor as set forth by the church
catechism. AS a young man in the
first flush of youth, he served his
country as a soldier for five years,
and received an honorable discharge
in 1871. In 1875 he came to Ameri
ca. In 1881 he joined the Tuscan
lodge No. 704, of Free and Accepted
Masons of BROOKLYN N. Y. taking
the Captular degrees, and on March
81, 1882, was made a Knight Temp.
lar. Mr.. Meanings training made
him peculiarly worthy of this honor
Brought up Christian, trained Z
soldier in his native land, he was ar
apt subject. He had those good
qualities which are so necessary fol
one who accepts the solemn vows O
Knight Templarhood. Strong, val
liant, manly, honorable, sympathetic,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
An lnhuman Trick.

On further investigation it appears
that the dog which created SO much
of a furore down. at the Newcombe
place yesterday, was not mad, but had
been "turpentinedV by some inhuman
person who had sought to get enjoy
ment out of the sufferings of dumb
brute. The scare which the ladies'
of the neighborhood sustained might
thave been serious; and there ought
70 be some way eof' Furnishing the
3 party or parties responsible for it.
Police Judge sPagesreported the "mad
dog" scare to US.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
THE LATEST MARKETS:
Kansas City Grain Market.

( April 2f.-Wheat took an upturn
today May opened at about 81. hav-
ing closed at that figure last evening.
For long time there did not seem to
be any desire to do any besiness in
that option, but finally it was on the
market at 81, and closed at 81s.
which was the high point for the lay.
while 81 was the lowest.
July wheat closed last evening at
7455. and opened this morning sat 724.
slid up to 75a to / and closed at .754
bid. 75was the lowest point reached
and 753 the. highest.
September wheat which olesed
last evening at 71s, came ia this morn
ing at .72.to az, went to 724 and
closed at 72s asked. 724 was .theo
top, and 71A the. bottom. -
No. 2 soft wheat sold at $1.01.
Kansas City cash market was. S7s
Corn also went up. May closing
on last evening at II to &, opened
this morning at Al to 8, went to ~. 1.
and closed at 44s to ! bid. 4to5
was the high point, and Al to { the
low. g.
July corn opened at44 to 435, as
against the close last night of 49,,
went to Al, and. closed 435 to { bid.
The top was Al to 8, and the bottom
439. .
No. 2 corn sold for AZ to 474, and
mixed oats at. 40 to 403.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
BALTIC SEA FLEET For PORT ARTHUR.
Watch The Japs Lay For SkrydIoff,

st. Petersburg, April 21.-As a
result OF an expression of the
wishes of Admiral Skrydloff, the
new and latest naval command
er in the far east, it has been
definitely decided to send the
Russian Baltic Sea feet to the
scene of hostilities. In an inter-
view Admiral Skrydloff is report
ed as saying that he intends to
combine all of the Russian fleets
and clear the Pacific and the
Yellow Sea of all Japanese
vessels.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Kansas City Live Stock, :

e April 21.-The cattle market
opened strong and steady this morn
ing, and continued so throughout the
day. The oficia, receipts for yester-
day were '54e4.- and the shipments
2214. The receipts. today are esti-
mated at 1000. The prices at the
closing werearanged as follows: Texas
steers $500 to s425, Texas cows toe
$500 to 1915, native. steers So. .65
to s5.15, native COWS and heifers
$500 to S4.35, stockers and feeders
$500 to s4.60, bulls 1925 to $3.50.
+. The receipts of hogs for today
were 5000; as compared with. s10171,
the official figures for yesterday.
while the shipments officially 'were
given at s39. The markefwas slow
at the opening, which wis about FIVE
cents lower than the best prices of
yesterday. The range, was as follows:
rough mixed s4.60 to $3.50, heavy
s4ss5 to .s495, mixed ss4.70 to
s4.9o, and light s4.55 to 1886.
The top price for the day was s495,
and the. bottom s4.55.
The'receipts of sheep we've 1000,
and the. marketw was strong
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Washington, D. c., April 81

Washington, D. c., April 21.-
Robert EcLaughlin, now a teacher IN
the Philippines in letter with which
he transmitted his resignation as
teacher says that the teachers in the
Pangasivian province have received
no pay between last August and
March of this year. He further says
"We came to this abominable and
diseased wilderness on misrepresen-
tations. Have been obliged to live
in napa shack with dirt floor and
have had to beg money with which
to buy few handfulls of rice to pre-
serve life. If necessary l will appear
before congress and prove these charg-
es and others.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Massachusstts For OInev.

Boston, Mass. April 21st- -Today's
democratic convention for the cleo
ton of four delegates at large to the
national convention now promises to
be comparatively harmonious gath
ering. This will also mean harmony
in adopting the resolution which an
nounced Olney as the presidential
candidate for the state of sMassachu-
sets.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Bowling Contest.

The bowling contest between two
1acal teams at the Cutler alley last
evening resulted as follows:
Joe McMullen 4OS, Ed Marx 368,
Ed Chapman 374, Elton Dow 37S,
total 1928. Mart Swift 460, Everett
Massey 412, Claude Luse 391, Tully
Seaward 376, total 1889.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Ali Bcodkrs Free.

Kansas Cily, Kan, April 21.-The
indictment charging Frank Campbell,
member of the board of education,
with bribery, was quashed today on
the grounds of legal technicalities.
Ali the other Doodle cases were SINH
larly treated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

Farmers and Merchants bank of this
city was visited by cracksmen this
morning at an early hour, secured
five-thousand dollars. The safe and
parts of the building were demolished.
Springfield, Ills, April 21st.-
Governor Yates has declined to inter
fere with the execution of Harvey
Van Dine, one of the car barn bandits,
which is set for tomorrow.
For quick results, put an ad. in this
paper.
Will Ferger's little ones are having
the measles.
Horses for sale, or will trade for
COWS or hogs. See Chas. Miller at
Morgan & Miller's.
C. R. Brokers children are enter
tanning that popular visitor around
town, the measles.
Decoration Day is but a little more
than a month off, Another rainy
spell Oh
For SALE-A quantity of the big
German miIlet seed. CALI on or ad-
dress John 7. Stevens.
This falling weather has a raising
effect on the spirits of everybody
puts smiles where frowns were won't
to play, makes joy and drives dull
care away.
Snow and ice in Kentucky, North
Carolina and Maryland yesterday,
We swear by Kansas and her weather
against them all.
Clay Lucas was in from the north
west today, rejoicing in the "wet
goods" the weather clerk has been
sending US in small doses the last
forty-eight hours.
While Kansas is having rain the
ast few days, eastern states are hav
ing snow and cold weather. A reg
ular blizzard swept New York and
the New England states.
The ladies of the Congregations
church will have charge of the new
soda fountain at Porter's on May 4th
the opening day. The store viii be
decorated and there win be 'musi'
during the entire day.
G. E. Wyman yesterday took Sec
ton of walnut log, found up On tn.
Walnut creek, near the west line o
the county. about % inches in diane
tier and two feet long, and had. Jak'
i Shiyely saw it up in sections iarg'
enough to make gun stocks of.
Twas quite valuable chunk of wood
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Public Sale.

Ed. Fouch viii hold public sale
of farming implements and household
goods, at his place one and half mile
south of this city, on Wednesday
April 9th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

Extra copies of this paper can al
ways be procured at this Office, but if
any considerable number of an issue
is wanted they should be spoken for
the day before publication.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Fined $40 And SIS.

The cases of state VS.. the bawdy
house keepers and inmates, in Justice
Jenhison's court yesterday, were all
settled by plea Of guilty on the part
ofall defendants--twelve women and
three men, and the Justice assessed a
fine of S25 EACH against Joe Cooper,
Sam Boxwell and Dode Hughes, as
keepers, and $40 each against the
twelve inmates. The fines and costs
Owere paid and all agreed to quit the
business. If they should open up
again and the county officers catch
them at it, the next time the penalties
will be much heavier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

A dispatch from Salina says that
all the county fairs will be abandoned
IN Kansas this fall. That's funny.
Just because the Saline people do not
want to hold fair, or rather can't,
they need not think all the other peo-
pie are in the same FIX. IF they win
come to Great Bend for four days
beginning September 18th, we will
show them what successful county
fair looks like.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
Chicago Markets

May wheat opened s944 closed
s94, high S9t;; low s9S. e%
July wheat opened $50. closed
S58. zoe 9
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22
4. GRAIN AND FEED

There is every indication that
reals sure enough Eaipy spell has set
in. For two days and onights now,
there has. fallen in all partssof this
county, a slow, drizzling rain that
while it does not soak the ground
very deep, puts additional life and
moisture into the growing wheat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

Miss Anna Miller entertained
number of friends last evening IN
honor Of her brother, Leon saz&z;sa=
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

Clay City. Ind, April 21st.-The
Farmers and Merchants bank of this
city was visited by cracksmen this
morning at an early hour, secured
hve-thousand dollars. The safe and
parts of the building were demolished.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-22

Springfield, Ills, April 21st.-
Governor Yates has declined to inter
fere with the execution of Harvey
Van Dine, one of the car barn bandits
which is set for tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
DOESN'T WANT TO FLK.

The esteemed Portsmouth Star is not very enthusiastic on the subject Of fiy- ing In fact, 1t rather intimates that Baldwin and Langley and all the rest of them would be better employed peel ing potatoes or at some other useful occupation than in trying to play Ded- alus up among the clouds and things. Hear 1t:
 One of the reasons why the balloon and flying machine inventors are not more successful Is that there Is no ne- cesSity for going through the air. The modes of transit on the surface have not become inadequate or too slow They have been constantly improved with the demands made on them for speed, capacity, safety and economy. What more could be asked now?
 Our contemporary fails to see one of the reasons why men are so anxious to successfully navigate the viewless ing impossibility, or at least the diffl- culty of such feat that they keep at 1t. For ages men spent their time, their money and their lives in the att tempt to find the philosophers stone, and to discover the secret of the trans mutation of metals, but never succeed ed. Other lives have been spent in the vain endeavor to uncover the se- cret mysteries of life so that they might repeat it. For generations men have been trying to find the way to the North Pole, yet are now almost as far away as ever. This problem of flying has engaged the attention and efforts of wise men and cranks from the myth ological era, but yet no one flies with any degree of certainty.
 And so we might cite other instances of mans worry and effort to attain what is unattalnable to prove to The Star no greater incentive to effort can be mentioned than the altogether hu- man determination to do what so many believe cannot be done. If it were not so difficult there would be less attempt to accomplish it. What we want and can't get Is what we most yearn for, as The Star has probably learned in the newspaper business. And that is one reason why so many are eager to l invent some kind of machine that will fly with both certainty and safety. And we think The Star underrates the desirability of aerial travel It is true that transit on earth has made wonderful advances within the memory of man. It is true that we travel swiftly and comfortably and with com parative safety, but that does not sat isfy all the conditions. There are many Inconvenience and discomforts con- nected with surface travel that would not be met with in the air, To get away from the heat and noise and dust. lthe mosquitoes and the mud, the dogs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

spect for the law in many localities is minimized. There has got to De an respect or the jnevitable results will become more and more dangerous to life and property As Judge Cochran says, 1t is the duty of good men and women to inform the grand juries of the offenders. The law-abiding people of . community will approve Of such action. and those who ctndemn 1t will by so doing. confess their own disre- fhemselyes and those who are in sym pathy with them may think or say. ehouid not deter the good people from doing their duty. They owe it to the community in which they live not only to cooperate with the authorities in bringing yiolators of the law to the bar of Justice but to demand through . healthy public sentiment that the of- lenders be punished with sufficient se- verity to restrain them in future from iawless conduct and at the same time to have their eases made an example to others who are criminally in- ciined.
 There has been great deal of law lessne ess in Mississippi, Alabama, Geor- gia and other States of late. This will 10 moral and material development un- less the law-abidine people themselves stand together as a united force against 1t, and demand that the law itself be rigidly applied to those who would insult 1t. If they fail to do this they must take the consequences and blame nobody but themseives, for Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1904.

Judge Herrick. who also ran for Gov ernor of New York, may be a good man and a good Judge but he is certainly not politician. A few days before the election he said in a speech at Albany:
 am informed that in Albany men have been allowed to register illegally, and that these men have been guaran- teed protection. I shall be Governor of this State after January 1st, and Il say to you that l shall kick out of, office every District Attorney in New York, Republican or Democrat. whom I find after investigation to have been guilty of prostituting his position to such things.
 It was not so much that he was badly mistaken in the probable vote, for many others were equally so, but that he so eifectually queered himself by saying what he would do for all the crooked officials. He might have known 1t would set all of them to work to keep him out and to get in a man under whom they would feel safe. It was a brave and creditable deliverance as far as that goes, but was not good modern politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
An Impressive Charge.
Birmingham News,

Blrmlngnam NeWs.
 The charge delivered by Judge Rob ert F. Cochran to the Kemper county grand jury, in Mississippi, few days ago. Is characterized by good hard sense as we'll as by courage. Natural ly this charge created widesHSead in: terest. It should put the people of Mississippi. as well as the people of Alabama and other Southern states, to thinking seriously. Judg eCochran resting upon every law-abiding and right-thinking citizen to cooperate with the authorities In bringing to the bar of justice those who disregard and their duty to go before the grand jury without waiting to be summoned and inform against criminals. This Is nec- essary. he said. to force the lawless element to respect and observe the laws. The judge pleaded for a patriot lc cooperation at the hands of good men and women to sweep away crime and turn the minds of the people to a higher and better life. condemned in strongest terms the growing offense of perjury, denounced the blind tiger out rages in various parts of the State, and blamed the justices of the peace for ciently severe to break up the carnival of lawlessness. He charged that in their failure to do this justices of the peace are encouraging and licensing s crime, Pistol-toting and it's natural result, homicide was severely censured by Judge Cochran. and quite a number of cases referred to in which the trials and verdiets were faFces that had a very bad effect upon the communities in which they were tried.
 Judge Cochran said:
 The criminal law has no saving or reforming power; its only force is the deterrent force; it's sole mission is to thunder its tefrors at the fears of the people. If 1t is not enforced and max imum penalties inflicted. they will not In the non enforcement of the law against perjury. The criminal law was designed to hurt; if 1t does not hurt 1t has no power or virtue. The senti- ment that the criminal law should be so administered that nobody will be hurt is the suggestion and scheme of the devil"
 This is all too true. Experience has long shown that a large proportion of those who commit acts of lawlessness do so with a more than reasonable as- sumption that if they are punished at all the verdict will be so light as to amount to nothing. The fear of pun ishment Is the only dependence of lessness becomes rampant. and society has no protection from the criminal element. It Is undoubtedly true that justices of the peace, and other au- thorities not only In Mississippi, but in Alabama and other Southern States far too often abuse their Authority and neglect to mete out proper pun ishment to the offenders because the latter have some political financial or other influence. The result is that laWlessness Is on the increase and re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Just why that Professor from the Smithsonian Institute should go away oyer to South Africa, to find the germ of laziness we cannot tell He could have found them, if there are such things. much nearer home, and among all kinds of people. Probably he holds that South Africa is the original start ing point, and that the disease has worked its way to this country from that far away region. If it has we are free to say that it has become fully aeclimated and knows how to get in its work with commendable dispatch.
 But if this Professor preferred going to colored people for his germ he might
 have found some good subjects right
 here in Alabama, and of the same race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Distressing Stomach Disease

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 One dose day. and a cure begins with the first dose, No matter how long or how much you have suffered you are cer- tain of a cure with one small dose a day of Drake's Palmetto Wise, and to con vince you of this fact the Drake Formula Company, Drake Building. Chicago, H., will send a trial bottle of Drake's Palmet- to wine free and prepaid to every reader of this paper who desires to make a thorough test of this splendid tonic Pal metto remedy. A postal card or letter will be your only expense.
 For sale by D. e. Fowler and other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
WANTED HER FAMILY.
Consisted Only of a Bird, a Cat and
 Three Kittens.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 T want my family, your honor, and my clothes" so spoke Mrs. Mary He'll hake in the Long Island City police court yesterday afternoon. She ap- peared as complainant against her hus- band, John Hellhake. who is a bar tender. The couple live on Borden Avenue.
 Can you care for your family7" ask ed Magistrate Connorton. who was on the bench
 Certainly" replied the woman.
 How many childfen have you?' asked the court. s
 "None." responded Mrs. Hellhake.
 "A family and no children?" queried the court.
 My family consists of a canary bird. a cat and three kittens" explained Mrs. Hellhake, and the court looked surprised.
 You shall have them and your clothes also" said the magistrate, and he directed the defendant to surrender the live stock and personal effects of his wife.