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on its stomach. ana this brings on a
retching.
THE careless way some wone4 hav,
OF pinning safety pin ia a child's
clothing is also responsible for many
a case of collie.
Mothers use a baby as they would
a piuCushion, as sort OF a DacksJop.
That is wrong. The pin should be at
tached without any pressure being
placed on the chHd's body.
our nurses are very careful about
these things, and also about overfeed-
ing. The result is that the children
grow up without collie or other tridlng
ills common to babyhOod, and learn TO
love their nurses as mothers."
Bright and Clean.
A stroll through the institution is an
education I'm itself Nothing is left TO
chance; everything is calculated to q
nicely and the greatest care IS used TO
insure against failure. One enters first
into the incubator room, a large, square.
CHEEKY apartment. with lofty ceiling,
where everything Is clean and white. re-
beVed with brass trimmings that shine
with the luster OF highly polished gold.
Ranged on the four sides OF the room
are score OF the fncubators. each in
closed in a case Of spotIess, white porce-
lain.
A glass window and two large glass
doors give a free view of the interiors
where the little mites of humanity are
being given a hold on life. Owe. each
OF the incubators IS placed a neatly let
tered card containing the pedigree OF
each Of the little inmates and showing
their record during the time that they
have been In the institute.
Each a Healthy Tot.
Inside may be seen the baby resting on
a fine wire hammock looking clean and
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Political Rule in Heaven.

AT the criminal term OF the superior
court iu one of the Kentucky districts 90
relates "a Representative from that state.
"a little boy, six years old. was called
as witness iu am assault case. The
district attorney. having doubts as 10
whether a boy of such tender years
knew The nature of an oath. asked him.
Little man. do YOU know what il
ls 90 testify unde- oath%
% 1T is 10 tell the whole truth prompt
Iy answered the little fellow
What would be the consequence il
SOU did not ten the truth2-
.speet 4 would Dee sent to Jail
'Hut would not God punish Won. my
bogg
$50. siTr for Ola E's "a Democrat
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te" men possessed more tact and win
when on rhe Hu#tliugs acknowledgements
IT. Stephens of Georgia. Though small.
in Size ue had a. wonderfully prolific
brain, and was regarded as an exception
ally brilliant orator A Georgian tells
this storz-:
MIR. stephens was SLATED Tor FONT
debate with Rance Wright during a
residential campaign. Wright, 10y the
way OF o tale. said that Stephens haG
said he could eat himself WriehD for
breakfast. Ben Hiu for dinner, and Bob
Eoombs for supper
AR stephens possessed very little
storage room in his stomach, and when
d came MS torn TO reply he said that
ne denied that Ae had made any such
assertion.
IT j had contemplated any such
-'771' said Mr. Stephens, 1 certainly
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that Afr. Grady had given them a sup
per of cats and not 'aossums.
There was CONSERVATION in the camps.
and so fOrcefulIy did the Howell negroes
argue the point that they had been
duped and not given a 'possum supper
that only very few OF them cast their
ballots for prohibition. When Grady
heard Of the trick Howell had PLAYED
him he said.
W ell Evan. spent sIeepless nights
thinking OF your lost condition and -,
] realize there Is no hope for vou ~
VIII be impossible now for me 10 ger
even a shine In rhis town
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Couldn't TAKE lie on

Senator Dick OF Ohio tells this srcv,
ABOUT justice Of the peace VINO ala
business III storr 6 township. that STATE
The good old justice prlded himself
mat a1 appeal had never been faigr-
rom orc ol his decisions; but The truth
as lhe justice had way OF ca5oIing
or threatening dissatisfied Htiganfs ~
such an extent that they We're generals.
satisfied 10 let his decisions stand.
THE old justice met mis- match an.
day Wueu be rendered "A decision I'm "a
case where the loser sWore bv AN fbar
was good and bad that lac would t4Jsa
The case % "a higher court. Nothing
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Remarkable Success Attends Incubation of
Infants at Dr.. Couney's Coney
Island Institution.
Incubator Babies Are Seldom Sick. and
Rarely Have Any Occasion to Use the
Dispensary Room.

And yet this group represented only
a part Of the wonderful work in life
saving that has been accomplished by
one man-Dr. Couney. This man has
devoted the last seven years Of his life
solely 10 the science OF artificial incu-
baton; in the development Of children
who prematureIy come into this world.
Dr. COuney has two completely eauip-
ped incubator institutes for the care
OF the little ones intrusted To his care
and the wonderful and thoroughly sci
entihc work which he is ACCOMPLISHING
at these places is attracting the atten-
ton not only OF the general public. but
that OF well-known physicians.
As indicative of the great care and at
tention 10 detail with which DR.. counev
has planned these wonderful institutes
Is the fact that they are both located IN
the very heart Of noisy. merry. joy
loving Coney Island, with its myriad
sounds and tumuIt, and yet. as obIivious
20 the noise about them as II they were
thousands Of miles away, the tvyo-sco-e
and more babies IN the institutes live
anu 5lD" Ldt I'D the lucuDatOTS.
While the thruCEs about them make
merry, and electric lights turn night
into day.
-Not murmur OF the feverish. intense
lie reaches the ears OF the tiny charges
ana but Tor an occasional COO and "a
rare cry OF one OF the tots. silence
reigus
Although Dr. Couney's work eavors
Lhuch OF the character or an exposition.
TO the world what can be
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the Baltimore and Ohio. and after sew
eral days he wrote his wife:
Try 20 sell my clothes for what they
VIII bring, and # any money has come
In on subscriptions. please send 20 me
at once.
Il had my spare shirts for supper.
and my dress suit viii have 90 go for
lodging and breakfast. 7 may be able
20 get my dinner with a pair Of shears
and pocket comb I brought with me.
II have lost my pass and don't know
when ] VIII get home. 7 don't want any
more banquets. Don't marry for a
month. anyway, I may get back If
can ind JoscDhus DaufTee"
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ese 4--.t-t4ct AlsEsy
IT THROUGHOUT the history OF the
race we ind on every hand a
strong desire 10 protect the hu-
man life. But it is only within
me most recent years we have found
medical science bending its energies TO
assist in holding the grip on life just
barely held by those little mites of hui
manity who have entered the world be-
fore their time.
A short time ago there was a reunion
OF 1orty-slx children-ranging in age
from the tot in its mothers arms. 10
the romping boy and girl OF seven-who
had come into the world long before
their time, children that would prob
ably have slipped back into the unknown
world, almost without an effort in their
behalf, had it not been Tor the great
strides that modern science has made
They were children who had received
by artificial means that which nature
had denied them; children who had been
given their hrst real grasp on life By a
machine so delicately constructed. SO
provided with every necessary detail
that il performed the functions which
nature had failed 10 perform. The re-
suit was shown in this group OF fortv-si,r
rosy healthy children; as pleasant q
slsnt as the eye could ask 70 look uBon.
sEssEzzEsasaszssss-v
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Didn't Have Crab,s Fuas

some months ago a local preacher OF
some celebrity held services at one OF
me district churches near CrisheId. nd.
where more crabs are raised than in
any other section Of the United states.
In MS discourse, according TO a Nary
land Representative who tells the yarn.
the minister said.
If your right arm offend YOU, pluck
IL out"
II be darned, SAID one OF the ma
ives tnaE parsOu must think we've cot
crab eyes down here
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- a - Of 30.

feet which YOU all know has three
claws before and only one behind; so
il is impossible 10 slide backwards as II
would be for coon TO come down
tree head first, unless ne slipped and fell
down. 'Wunst in grace, alIus in grace.
No b5cksIdin' no sIIppin', ou- safe and
steadfast as a swapping turtles jaws
when he closes down on a nigger's
hand.
That's the kind of hold-fast Democ-
acy ] like
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---'a 10 quit his meauuess. He am
tired OF Twin in the ehafn-psTe, and
jail and wants TO git wild d. r-d-er7e.5
won you come right now while dis
Niger Is iu er n0tIon2 Come. Lord
an come or ruunIn'r
sam got religion. but il didn't last
long, for De got tangled ND with
rope which was tied 10 neigbbar-s
calf"
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An Editors PLIGHT

a west virginia Representative says
mat one Of the editors OF a Democratic
paper DO his state who went TO New
} ''E TO attend the banquet given To
me Parker boosters. managed TO get lost
from MS friends. mislaid his pass over
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would have changed the order. 7 would
haze taken Ben Hm for my breakfast.
Bob Ioombs for dinner, and my friend
Rance Wright for supper. NY mother
taught me from early infancy 10 eat "a
light supper and so I would have topped
or with Wright
IH" answer completely suuffed our
the good impression Colonel Wright had
made"
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comfortable, wrapped in a tiny spread
and tied around with a dainty pink OF
blue ribbon. A Thermometer and ar
automatic hydrometer show the TEN
perature OF the incubator and regulate
the humidity for a great deal of damp
ness IS necessary 10 the little one All
the tubes IN the incubators are silvered.
and nowhere can one detect the slightest
indication OF dust or dirt.
A generous siCyliRht admits OF plenty
Of light so necessary TO all human life
and the ventilatinE facilities are Of the
most approved pattern, permitting Of
thorough atmospheric conditions A
double line OF brass railing, polished to
its brightest hue, assures against visit
ors crowding around the fncubato and
IN any way interfering with or annoying
the little inmates.
In the Medical Dispensary.
From the incubator room we pass into
the disDensary. In this room the babies
are washed and clothed and cared for
in the most sanitary manner. Every
dish. cloth. ard instrument used in the
institute is thoroughly sterilized in
this room. ana the same careful atten-
ton 20 absolute cleanliness, brightness
and quiet obtains. Delicate Instruments
and the most carefully adjusted scales
for recording the progress OF the baby
are found in this room.
Nursery a Place Of Quiet.
The nursery Is much like others Of its
sort, except that sick or crying babies
are seldom 10 be found in il. For al
though all the babies that reach this in
sUitute have seemingly had not a fight
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0TOH8 TOLD OF and BY MEMBERS OF THE 8ENNTK EN NO

IS I CHIEs sometimes IN making
their verdiots perpetrate VIII
famous verse" says Represen-
tatlYe Smith. of PennsyIvania ..T am
rot against vcrse-makfns. 3, fact r
rainier enjoy reading poetry, but a dead
Ene should be drawn on rendering "a
verdict in rhyme.
IN breach OF promise su!t ia NV
state the evidence showed c1ncIzlziyeIv
that the defendant had proved faitbIess
70 a Ealr LADY By the name of WRIGHT.
The jury returned The verdict.
The plaintiff iu this case is Wright
And well her suit has won
one thousand dollars for tho SLIGHT
Must come from Samuel DUNN
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By HELEN GoDsON.

Copyright, 1904. By Central News and
Press Exchange)
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sofa
andt the la can anc1ld
should be esed
With
their
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Each a Healthy Tot,

Inside may be seen the baby resting on
a fine wire hammock, looking clean and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
MAY BE HESSERT
Description of Strange Actions of Stranger
in Pueblo Roomins House

John Dawson received letter from
bis brother in Colorado telling him of
an article devoted to the strange ac-
tions of stranger in a Pueblo room
ing house. The article in substance
says that three weeks ago a man
about five feet, seven inches tall,
heavy set, with sandy hair and brow n
mustache, obtained a room at the
lodging house of Mrs. Bates. At his
own request he was given a back
room, and his conduct appeared very
queer. For six days he never left
the room but about an hour each
day, never going out to meals but
always eating in his room.
He seemed suspicious, and acted
like hunted criminal. Only once in
the six days did he permit the cham
Der maid to clean up The room. He
was very sensitive, taking offense at
the landlady when she spoke to him
of his queer doings. Although the
lodger, in Mrs. Bates own words,
was "literally coated" with money,
the lady decided that she did not want
his patronage any longer than aweek,
and when informed of this, he de-
parted. The police believe that he
is still in the city although they had
not located him three days ago. The
description talhes with that of Fred
Hessert, and if the latter, his friends
here think he has become mentally
unbalanced. This case which has
been much wrapped in mystery,
seems in fair way to be cleared up
in few days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
BROKE HIS LEG
w. N. Lee Starts TO Church and Meets
With Disaster.

w. N.Lee, New York Life insurance
man, met with painful accident in
Rush Center Tuesday night. Revival
services are being held there and for
about the first time in the past twenty
years, w. N. decided to go to church.
Crossing vacant lot to arrive quick
ly at the house of worship before bis
resolve faded, he fell into an old
cellar and fractured several bones in
his right leg just above the ankle.
He lay in the hole for about an hour
before help arrived to carry him to
the hotel. Mr.. Lee came home this
morning, and the physicians say he
will be laid up for month or six
weeks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
Hiawatha On W. r. Kirk.

On paper in Milwaukee
Works salaried constructor sss:
Of profuse and wordy verses,
Who of late, it rather strikes me
Has run shy on timely topics
To embody in his lyrics,
And has dug up yours truly
From the grave of his ancestors,
And has made him speak and gesture
In manner somewhat sacky.
In a way extremely nutty.
Now, cannot cop the whyfore
I, very much dead Injun,
Famed in history as a lover,
Famed for stringing Laughing Water.
With angappellation:splendid >sss8
Both for deer and hot air shooting,
Resting on my we'll earned laurels-
Should be dug up by this scribbler
And my reputation tarnished;
Should be made to mix in music,
Politics and comic op'ry
Made to interview transformers,
Sketch the rabble and the smart set,
Do stunt in merchandising,
I, who 1 used to.pawn my wampuml
Pawn my wampum for highball.
Say I've got a holler comm
Got healthy holler comm!
Why. oh why, should 1 burdened
With the load of these things modern
Which are to my soul revolving,
Just because Wisconsin poets
Happen to require the money?
GUY FORESTER LEE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
WAR EXPERTS
CAN'T SEE IT
Port Arthur Not Expected To
Fall For A Week or So.
STOESSEL MAY SURRENDER

London, Dec. 1.-War experts
here do not expect the fall of Port
Arthur to occur today. With the
capture of 203-Metre Hill two events
are possible. Either General Stoessel,
desiring to avoid further loss to be-
fall the garrison and realizing the
futility of resistance, may surrender,
or he may continue to hold out to the
bitter end. To use the captured hill
to the best advantage, the Japanese
must drag the heavy siege guns to
the summit, to force the evacuation
of the forces remaining in the
garrison. Experts believe it will take
at least several days to place the guns
in position.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
WANTS AFORTUHE
"Nellfe BLY," in Contest Over Estate of
Robert Seaman.

New York, Dec. 1.-The heirs and
executors of the late Robert Seaman
are contesting the right of Mrs. Sea-
man, formerly known as "Nellie Bly, %
to keep the fortune of one million dol
lars or more that was once her hus-
bands. The fight over the property
began before Surrogate Thomas in
this city. The case went over and
will probably not be taken up again
before the first Monday in January.
There are two wills, one leaving
Mrs. Seaman only $500 and the
other giving her almost all of the
great estate, including the Ironclad
Manufacturing company's plant in
this city. These two wills are to be
made the basis of fight between Mrs.
Seaman and ten other contestants.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
Mrs. Chadwick Visits Lawyers.

New York, Dec. Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick, leaning heavily on the
arm of her son, left the Holland
House this morning presumably on a
visit to her lawyers Mrs. Chad
wick's lawyers announced that at the
conference this afternoon everything
will be settled. "The woman" he
said "will make a statement covering
her past. Her total obligations are
about seven hundred thousand
dollars. She is able to pay them and
live in princely style afterwards. as
she isworth about a million over her
liabilities. 1t is none of the public's
business why she negotiated all of
her large loans"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02

THE J.R. BURTON CASE
Government Attorney Takes Position
That St. Louis Court has jurisdiction.

Washington, d. c. Dec AR
gument in the case against Senator
Burton, of Kansas, was resumed to-
day in the Supreme Court. Judge
Dillon, in his presentation of the
Senator's side, exhausted the three
hours allowed him, the court allowed
another hour for Attorney Lehman,
of ST. Louis. The Governments side
of the case was argued by Solicitor
General Hoyt in an hour and a half.
Mr.. Hoyt's argument was that the in
quiry by the post-office authorities
was matter in which the United
States was interested, and that the
services rendered and the compen-
satin received by Burtoni'swas in
violation of the Statutes. Also, tn at
the St. Louis court had proper juris-
diction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
MAY BE ARRESTED
Mrs. Chadwick and Prominent CIeve.
land Man in Danger.

Cleveland, O.. Dec. 1.-The suit
against Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was
continued until next Saturday at the
request of the lady's attorney. Word
has been received here that the peace
negotiations between Banker Newton
and Mrs. Chadwick are off. It is
stated that the Federal authorities
have taken an interest in the case and
summoned Newton. Mrs. Chadwick,
it is said, is apt to be arrested. A
prominent man is said to share her
danger. The signature on the mys-
terious note it developes, was
Carnegie other than the noted An
drew.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
WORLDS FAIR
NOW IS OYER
Greatest Exposition In History
Formally Closes Tonight.
THIS IS D R. FRANCIS DAY
.Many Notable Exercises Mark The End
of The Big Show.

st. Louis. Dec. ALREADY the
sound of the hammer and saw is
heard in the buildings of the great
Louisiana Purchase exposition
which formally closes tonight. In
the Administration building
and many state buildings Lthe
removal of articles has al
ready begun. The real work of re-
moving the big, fifty million dollar
show starts after midnight tonight
when the wrecking crews and the
packers will enter the various palaces.
To-day is David R. Francis day at the
Fair and a state holiday by the
governor Of Missouri's proclamation.
Despite the overcast skies all st.
Louismade "a final trip to the grounds.
Business in the city is universally
suspended. Today's attendance is
expected to bring the total up to
nearly nineteen millions. President
Francis was taken to the exposition
grounds this morning in private
electric car, escorted by all the of
fciaIs of the exposition. The exer-
cises marking the closing of the fair
were held on the Plaza St. Louis,
which has been the scene. of many
notable gatherings. The beginning
of the end of the fair will be sounded
tonight at 1920, when the firing of
one hundred minute guns will begin.
AT midnight taps will be sounded, and
the greatest exposition the world has
lever known will be a thing of the
past.
Q The fair will come nearer being a
financial success than any ever held
before. The total attendance at the
Columbian Exposition was twenty
six million.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
A Curiosity.

O. w. Dawson brought in a very
interesting curiosity the other day
which is worthy of mention and will
be heard of with interest. 1t is a
copy of the Farmers. Friend,
monthly paper dated Great Bend
Sept. Is 1873. This is the second
publication that ever saw the light in
thisscounty. The names mentioned
in it with few exceptions are totally
unknown to the writer, but the old
timers would recognize them. Ed.
Tyler heads the title page with a
card of the Barton House of which
he was then proprietor. H. H.
Kidder also has o-thirds page ad-
vertisement setting forth the allure
ments of his general store. An ad
on the second page declares J. A.
Minnis new man with new grocery
in new country. An unique feature
IN the journal is the advertisements
of saloons. And here is table
which will seem strange to the present
inhabitants, the grain crop of Barton
county in 1878:
Acres of corn planted $500.
Acres of wheat harvested S 45.
Acres of barley harvested 80.
Acres of oats harvested rs.
Try to imagine Barton county with
only forty five acres of wheatl
!. Among other notables features in
the paper is the grocery and. provis-
ion advertisement of A. c. Moses,
father of E. w. c. L. Lynn and Sew
Moses. The Farmers Friend was
published by F. Sheldon, and the
copy mentioned is three columns
wide and .containes twenty pages
filed with advertisements and good
reading matter. 1t proves sn.Great
Bend, even in infancy, the best town
in the best county on earth.
Fred lie Valley and assistant re-
turaed to Hutchinson this morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02

The Wednesday night Whist Club
met last night at the home of ". P.
Feder. Mrs. Bert Fancher and M.
B. Fits succeeded in holding the
first table longer than any other
couple. The younger gentlemen
found they could not cope with M.
BIS experience in riffling the cards.
Excellent refreshments followed an
evening of much jollity. The meet
ings of this club are growing more
felicitious and are looked forward to
with increased pleasure. Charles
Lundblade and wife are the next. 20
entertain two weeks hence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
GLOOM IN RUSSIA
Admit that Port Arthur is in Very
Serious Straits.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-The war
office admits that the capture of 203-
Meter Hill is an irreparable blow to
the defenders of Port Arthur, and
fore-shadows the end. The war
office is convinced that the approach
of the second Pacific squadron made
the Japanese decide that the elimina-
ton of Port Arthur was matter of
vital importance, and made Immense
sacrifice of life to achieve results.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-02
PET STOCK SHOW
A Large and Notable Exhibition Held
at Winnepeg. MINI.

Winnipeg, MINI, Dec. 1.-The
poultry and pet stock show which
opened here today is the largest and
most notable exhibition of its kind
ever given in this part of the Domin-
ion. The entries number several
thousand and include choice speci-
mems of turkeys, geese, ducks, chick
ems and other varieties of poultry in
addition to an elaborate display of
dogs, cats Belgian hares and other
pet stock. The exhibition will con-
tinue through the remainder of the
week.