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that morning with a gunny sack to
pick I'D coal on the railroad track. But
what could a man do? She had come
back with more than a bushel and they
were married at 10 o'clock. Moreover,
he had secretly inspected the coal and
there wasn't a single clinker among It.
In a further burst of sloppy confidence
Mr.. Blevitsky opined his wife was a
jewel-a woman of whom any man
might be proud.
Everybody danced, after a fashion.
and then sidestepped to the bar the
minute the band gave out Mr.. Ble-
vitsky superintended the whole busi-
ness and sopped up most Of the loose
liquid on the counter with the sleeves
of his wedding trousseau. He was the
life Of the party. For mine, I rubbered
and soaked up Impressions that cling
to me still.
Along toward midnight I became ab-
to her own notion the happiest one
in all that glad throng. She sat mid
way at one side of the hall opposite
the bar, wearing that expression of
proud and defiant agony seen in pic
lures of Christian martyrs burned at
the stake. Her symptoms had puzzled
me for an hour or so when II dawned
on me that she was the Lady with the
High Insteps. Like a statue she posed
her slippered feet thrust forward
so as to star the insteps. The tension
in her limbs necessary to arch the feet
was so great could see the muscles
bulging under the ball dress, and the
loose hair about her temples was sub
merged in moisture. Many a man has
stumbled over the high instep to his
everlasting sorrow. but instead of fall
ing in love with that maiden I yearned
to hand her a couple OF swift kicks on
the ankles.
nature and cramps at length called
a halt in this exhibition Of maidenly
charms. The high-instep lady keeled
over in a faint and the entire assem-
blage of Poles, big and little, talked at
the same time. In the confusio-, in
cident to this divertiser~ ent furtive
Swede, unbidden to the. feast, drew
from beneath his chair an immense
accordion and started to drag there
from a dismal tune. Somebody thr y
a cream EFF which hit the Swede in
the eye. The pastry stuck just long
enough for. me to observe how much
the Swede looked like a watch repairer
at work; then hostilities became gen.
eral and a fusillade OF food and furni-
ture put the pacifi to fi~ht.
There wasn't much furniture avail
able for long range hghting, so the
combatants drew on the larder. The
three Polish musicians and the Swede
mixed 1t hand to hand with their In
struments and the guests, hurting vic
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By Cherries Dryden

anc dry sand cylinders, filled the bill
to my notion, and copied him. In
two months 1 was a second edition Of
this Royal Arch molder in mechani-
cal grace, style and execution. even
spat like Mr.. Spruce.
Anything he did I did. and felt
couldn't 20 wrong. Mr.. Spruce saw
he had scored a touchdown back Of
goal with q lobster, and the knowl-
edge pleased him, for he hypnotized
me with tales about an engine bed
plate he once cast In Sacramento that
weighed sixty-four tons Helpers
hoisted him IN and out OF the
sand mold with q derrick for q
couple Of weeks, he said, and when
the plate was cast they had to tear
the shop down to get 1t outside.
That Job placed him In the front row
of the peach class and I begged Mr..
Spruce for his photograph. What
Henry Irving is to the stage butler this
master molder was to me and fairly
worshiped the sand he handled.
One evening after work Mr.. Spruce,
being a fatherly man with good heart
and kindly impulses, asked me to his
home to supper. AS we left the shop
on the outskirts Of the town q freight
train came along. We climbed to the
top and rode half mile or so to the
place where Mr.. Spruce got of. In
stead OF descending the iron ladder
and swinging to the ground after the
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BY NBCH0A zAS.-
.NEMXO4s

He is predisposed to an over-produc-
tion OF adipose tissue and nothing less
than a steam derrick could drag him
out Of his Morris chair after dinner
He believes firmly that the estab-
lished order Of things Is all to the good
and that the man who suggests a
change should be examined for signs OF
mental unsoundness. Then he should
be sent to the penitentiary OF shot on
the spot. 1t is not that the world has
changed materially since he was
young; II is only that with the advance
OF years he has acquired an indisposi-
tion to 20 anything requiring unusual
exertion. Younger men call 1t laziness,
but he calls II conservatism. At any
rate, we have demonstrated In our
poor. weak way that radicalism is not
so much a condition Of mind as OF
years, and that the moral that what
ever is is best was propounded by a
man with money IN the bank and plate
glass windows to smash.
Copyright. 1904. by Albert BrtttS
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Z
her dog and her cat! I call
that a shame-a burning
4 shame" Amy Watts said,
holding out her hand to Jocelyn, os-
tensibly sympathetic, but with gleam
of satisfaction in her eye.
Il don't" Jocelyn said stoutiy;
"Aunty Berintha never promised to
make me her heir. She did all she
said and r -e-gsve me my education
with a lot Of frills in the way Of ex-
tras-dressed me well-and gave me
also a chance of earning her money.
L wouldn't take it"
why, II don't understand" Amy
began. Jocelyn laughed softly. The
earning would have been easy-to some
girls" she said. 1T only meant being
a missionary. You see Aunty felt that
she herself ought TO have gone-she
thought she had heard a call that way
but her terror of men and water
was such that she never could venture
to answer it. She wanted me to fill
the gap which she thought she had
left in the ranks. Then, too, the poor
old dear knew I'd spend her money If
got it without the missionary career
in having good times And she did so
hate good times! She simply couldn't t
be happy unless she was very miser-
able"
"YoL stayed with her nine years."
Amy said in a voice of awe. Jocelyn
smoothed out her black gown, and
said cheerfully: "Yes-and I'm glad
of it. Toward the last she clung to
me pitifully-called me her comfort,
and all that. But it broke me all up
70 hnr acfr rdn hn
will. AS though l had a right to be
hurt over II. I've lived SO useless,
child, had to do a little good at the
very last she said. So her dear mis-
sionaries got everything but the place
and the family silver-they went to a
Challoner, down in Texas, the last Of
the name. She hoped he would come
back to live on the place. Somehow,
in spite of all her crankiness, she kept
the feeling of race. I'm not real blood
kin Of hers, you know-only her step
mothers grandchild--"
When is he coming-this Texan ?'
Amy interrupted.
Jocelyn laughed roguishly. mot at
all, l suspect my-Mamy, you'll have
to put up with Frank Palmer after
all. For even If Stephen Challoner
should come, he is likely to bring a
Mrs. Challoner along. Early and often
lS lic 1eAdS IuOllO when II comes 10
matrimony-andh he's all Of 35."
Frank has no eyes now for any,
body but you," Amy said, trying to
mask spite with playfulness and sue
ceeding rather Ill.
Jocelyn gave her a keen look. In
wardly she whistled-a favorite trick
OF hers in case of great surprise. "Un-
less you take that back right straight,
I'll bundle you out. neck and crop"
she said severely. but with twinkling
eyes. II don't deny grudging Frank
to you-what woman could? But you
have possession, which is nine points
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those uncouth days. The high con-
tending parties knew little Of each
others moods and temperaments and
so rushed blindly into compacts pro-
ductive Of much woe. Thanks to the
benign ideas Of modern journals and
the industry of their matrimonial
dope compilers we seldom hear Of
troubles in that line. All hands now
live happily ever after.
The gentleman who took the count
in this instance was an honored MEM
Der OF our staff in the foundry and
the only Pole in the bunch. With keen
insight into the social requirements Of
his set Mr.. Clevitsky pulled of his
nuptials on Saturday night. This Is
an open date in the workaday world,
leaving guests the whole Of next day
to sleep of the effects OF weddings and
other functions.
Mr.. Blevitsly was a nice but some
what unhealthy looking young man.
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I'VE are about 10 unfold a great and far
reaching theory we shall proceed to
our task. P. Rousseau Smithers was
violent form and his symptoms should
be Of great interest to any one who Is
making a study of the manifestations
Of youth. The most important indica-
ton Of his mental state was the general
feeling that any man who had passed
the age OF 40 was a proper candidate
for the scrap heap. He was not pre-
pared to go the length Of putting such
old fogies out e their misery entirely,
but he would have them realize their
general uselessness. AS long as they
behaved themselves and didn't appear
on the streets after dark he was per-
fectIy willing that they should be al
lowed to pay the bills contracted by the
younger members Of the community,
but they were to have no voice in the
expenditure Of the worlds visible sup
ply Of circulating medium beyond sign
ing checks and indorsing promissory
notes.
Another symptom which should be
noted carefully by all inquiring stu
dents was that the affairs Of the world
were all wrong end to. Society was
out Of joint and until the young men
OF the country were given a free hand
in reducing the fracture II would con-
tinue to be lame, halt and blind. This
IS a belief peculiar TO youth all the
world over ar II is only because it
was most pronounced in P. Rousseau
that we take him as an example. The
first thing that must be done, accord
ing to P. Rousseau, was to overturn
the governments Of the world and es-
tablish them on new basis. He was
not exactly an anarchist Of the be-
whiskered type. but he was Of the opin-
ion that every man should have the
sort and amount OF government that he
wanted. II 1t was a monarchy, then
he should be allowed to go off in a
corner and monarch to his hearts con-
tent. II u ICpuDllC W NdS ln6 cOIl VI
government that his thirsty soul
painted for, no one should be permitted
to stand in the way. The principal
consideration in the mind OF P. Rous-
seau was that the fact that an insti-
tuition was In existence was a suff-
cient reason for rolling It up and
chucking it out Of the window. Any
thing concocted by a lot OF graybeards
who never swore at a telephone girl
or got themselves run over by an auto
mobile was sure to be worn out and
generally N @.
Another OF p. Rousseau's symptoms,
and one that is peculiar 10 the disease
from which he suffered. was that he
believed that he was the first man TO
stumble on all these interesting the
ories. He did, realize that there are
always a certain number OF men. gen.
er-lly young, who are agin the gov
ernment, no matter what 1t is, simply
because It happens 10 be the govern
ment. II It were anything else they
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of remedies for social, economic, polit-
ical, religious and individual Ills that
had been put on the market during the
week Then the association would de-
clare it's undying allegiance TO the
whole list, from the taxation Of Thomas
cat to the confscation Of all property
that any one else happened to want
The fact that many OF the propositions
which they adopted were irreconcilably
inconsistent was Of no moment to them.
For example, some long-haired stein
investigator in Stuttgart would adver-
tlse the formation OF a Worldwide
trust as a solution OF all the economic
problems on the board; then some gen
tIeman from Oshkosh would bob up
with a suggestion for shifting thetrust
hip and thigh and In the middle OF the
surplus. To the ordinary mind unac-
quaInted with the subtleties of revolu-
ton these two propositions would ap-
pear to be more or less opposed to
each other, but the. international As
ISOLATION could swallow them both
without winking and ask for more.
Religion, however, was P. Rousseau's
favorite field. He was young and he
hadn't given a great deal OF thought to
the subject, but he was gifted with a
greater amount OF pure and unadulter-
ated intuition to the square inch than
most men even suspect in the course Of
their whole lives, and he could settle
the vexing problems Of free will and
predestinatIon, could decide whether
all children were damned or only the
neighbor's, and could discourse with
amazing fiuency on the idea of the i'm
mortality Of the soul as a product Of
evolution. To have heard him talk
would have made YOU feel sorry for
st. Augustine, Erasmus, the late NJ.
Luther, Andrew Lang and all the other
gentlemen who thought they had some
ideas about things in general. He knew
it all and he wasn't a bit backward
about telling the world. either.
All the things which We have men
toned happened when P. Rousseau was
in the springtime OF life referred to
above, somewhere. We have described
them with this wealth OF detail simply
to show the ravages OF the bacillus Of
youth which we are investigating (see
also above somewhere.) 1t must not be
suppo. I'd that he did any OF the things
which he contemplated. No doubt he
believed In his theories seriously
enough at the time that he confided
them to a cold and more or less unfeel-
ing world. but tempora usually mutan-
ters to a considerable extent Observe
how 1t mutantered with P. Rousseau.
BY the time he was 40 he had come
into two or three inheritances that had
been hanging over his head and had
settled down with wife and children
and all the other appendages OF respec-
liability. To look at him now you
would never suspect that he was the
hot -blooded youth who had got up
early every morning to plot before
breakfast and had pulled Of a world
shaking revolution every other dax-
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)n and OFF the Breed Wagon
nd Hord Luck Iales end Doines of an ArnafemHobo

manner OF brakemen. he moved that
we spring to the roof OF q lonely box
car standing on a parallel track and
descend at leisure. 1 said all right and
he led the way.
Anybody but lobster IN the can
knows that a brisk run on leaptng
from a moving train Is necessary 70
maintain a dignifed equilibrium, but
1 was In the clutch OF a master mind
Two seconds after Mr.. Spruce hit the
roof OF the stationary, car he was
due to jump OF at the far end. going
full speed He arrived on schedule time
and so did I, one lap behind The fall
on the frozen ties below telescoped
Mr.. spruce's spinal column and
broke my own nose and three OF his
ribs plunging down on top OF him
Thus did an iconoclastio box car.
painted red, shatter my first and only
idol. Mr. Spruce went to the hos
pitaI and when my nose subsided 50
I could see around It pulled my
freight for the warm belt IN Dixie. We
never met again. Since then L have
travelled on the inside. outside and un-
derneath box cars without a chaperon
and never got hurt. This mention Is
made not as a proud boast, but as part
Of q mottled career.
In the ensuing chapter another boy
and myself sail as cargo from Mem
phis to New Orleans and are dts
covered
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- States, the British Empire and
on Long Island. 1t is also a disease
which carries with It its own remedy;
that is a sad fact which any one is at
liberty TO use II he can do anything
with II. The germ OF this disease has
not been isolated as yet. but the ex-
tensive researches which are being con-
Quoted in our elaborately equipped lab
oratory for the investigation Of va
rious profound problems which no one
cares anything about and wouldn't un-
derstand anyway are expected to pro-
duce results in this direction which viii
sstonish the world. News editors are
hereby notified that our regular days
for astonishing the world are Tues
days, Fridays and Sundays; on all 9TH
er days We are resting from our prodig-
ious labors-
Having thus warned the public that
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Copyright. 1904. By charis. Dryden.

Copyright. 1904, By Charles Dryden.
~ oCIAL diversions other than be-
~ ing q boarder IN the home OF
Omy boss were open to me at
4 Omaha during the merry winter
season was q popular young fell
low IN my seti 30 one Saturday night
I cut out the keg and shop stories to
be among those present at q Polish
wedding. Up to that time never had
witnessed q marriage ceremony, but
was more or less familiar with some
Of the dire rssultA
Murder. failure to provide. suicide
and anmony, I knew, often followed
the golden chime of the wedding bell,
bat that was the fault OF the newspa-
psrS. They had no advice TO lovers,
no department OF health stunts for
girls and how 10 manage husbands IN
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FABLES FOR TIE FOOLISfI

ton. They weren't quite sure as to
what they were going to revolve or In
what direction; any old revolution was
good enough for them so long as it
kept turning. The first thing in order
was for the secretary to read he list
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would still be agin 1t. even II they had
constructed 1t themselves.
By way of demonstrating his sympa-
thy with all movements for the de-
struction Of everything in sight P.
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Pumpklnsville branch Of the Interna-
tional Association of Allied Anarchists
and Stein Investigators. They met
every Saturday night and drank dam
nation to {, Irch and state and sue
cess to the glorious cause Of revolu-
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OUTH is the springtime OF life;
this Is a discovery OF my own
and Is patented IN the United
States, the British Empire and
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HUNDRED dollars! and
her dog and her cat! call
that q shame-a burning
sharnen Amy Watts said.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

The editor ofthe DEMOCRAT desires
to thank the voters of Barton county
who kindly remembered him on cleo
ton day. Considering the number
of Roosevelt democrats and Kelly re-
publicans who voted straight tickets
regardless of local issues, we feel that
we received fattering support from
the more liberal voters of the county.
The result of the election will make
no difference in the columns of the
DEMOCRAT. We shall supply our
readers, in the future as in the past,
with ALL the county news, official and
otherwise, and maintain the standing
of the paper as the only wild ,-awake
AMI up-to-date weekly published in
this part of Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

. BOTH amendments offered to the
voters of Kansas at the recent cleo
ton carried. Both are good. Now
if the coming legislature wishes to be
honest with the voters, and to pre-
mote honesty of intent and respect
for law, it will submit to a vote of the
people the vexing prohibitory liquor
law. Give the voters chance and
they will say whether or not they
want existing conditions continued.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
Frank Hageman, Pres M. c. Stevenson Cashier.
AN Vice. Pres. Fred Eberhard Asst Cashie
United States Depository.
National Bank of America
Salina, Kansas, March 10, 1904.

Whom May Concern
Prof Austin Larson this and did quite extensive business
All the people have speak
heard benefited
while and
business L. House undoubed
capacity
Respectfully, F. HAGEMAN, President.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

AND now the fun begins. Tom
Kelly is elected, and Governor Bailey
has had it rubbed in on him good and
hard by Treasurer Kelly refusing to
pay the governors grocery bill. That
was rather small in Tom, was it not?
He ought to be willing to not only
pay the governors grocery bill, but
his barber bill, laundry, cigar, bill
lard street car and peanut bills. He's
got the stuff-or access to it-and none
to interfere or make afraid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

The state militia ought to practice
up now and get ready for duty. When
Carrie breaks out with The fever again
next summer, Governor-elect Hoch,
if he makes his promise good, will
call out the boys to enforce the clos
ing of the joints. Won't there be fun
in Kansas-and Ellinwood?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
George S. Murphy, Pres. c. E. Bowen Cashier.
{. F. Little Vice. Pres. J E. Ewing, Asst. Cashier
The First National Bank
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have the Manhattan about individual
and knowing Newspaper do could
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with talked
with
force He has plenty because
ability his bills
morning Respectfully, GEO. S. MURPHY Pres
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
Ladies Furnishings

In this department we are showing
all the novelties of the season. New
effects in silk belts IS to Soc
An elegant assortment of Neck
wear at less than wholesale prices,
75c and 81 values, choice of entire
lot for one week, l0C
New Hand Bags of seal and walrus
for Sl.SO down to Csc
Pearl Waist Sets, CSC value i5c
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
Millinery at Cost.

Here is the Biggest Saving
you ever got. Our entire line,
without reserve, of Street and Dress
Hats on sale at strict wholesale
cost. The assortment is large,
styles the latest and prices
come and see for yourself.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
Wednesdays and Thursdays
Consultation Free.


bank endorsement banks
where him
integrity ability and honor He has Offices Wednesdays and Thurs
days in Great Bend Paro Floor Hotel Greene.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18
In Our

In Our
Ready-tO-Wear Department.
Extra Special in Ladies Tailor-made
Suits of fine quality Cheviot in bi.'ck,
brown and blue, handsomely stitched
with fancy braid and buttons, worth
$15, special $1l.95
Ladies Dress Skirt, 7 gored with
large tucks and fancy panel front,
made of the new mannish effects, a
splendid Sc value, for $3.50
All Brush and Velveteen Bindings,
for yard &c
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made of good PercaleS and Flannel
cites, all fast colors, nice patterns,
well made. neatly trimmed,
$l.5O down to 75c
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Hosiery

We carry the Celebrated Monarch Brand Hose,
every pair warranted to give satisfaction.
One case Children's Black Ribbed Hose, sizes 6
to g. regular 15e values, tor 12kc
Is doz Ladies 20c Fleeced Hose fer 15c
Infants Fine Cashmere Hose in blue pink, white
black red. sizes to 81, special per pair Csc
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Linen Section

Linen Section
Direct imported Damask from Ger
many, England and Ireland.
so inch Bleached Table Damask,
Csc quality, for per yard 4Sc
SO inch Bleached Damask, 90c
value, for per yard 69c
SO itch half bleached Damask,
55c quality, for dc
81 inch half bleached Damasks,
35c value, for Csc
81 inch unbleached Damask, 29c
value, for zoe
So inch red Damask, fast color,
25c value, for l9C
NAPKINS 2Ox2O inch bleached
Linen Napkins, regular price $l.75,
now $l.39 doz
22x22 inch bleached Damask Nap
kins, regular price 1925, now
$3.50 doz
1900 yards pure Linen Crash, 10c
value, for Sc yard
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

Don't fail to attend the Catholi
fair in Clafin on Thanksgiving.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

Fine Colorado apples S1.O0 bu
box at Lundblade & Bolinger's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-18

For good time, attend the Fair
in Claflin on Thanksgiving day.