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PAPER
PER HANGING PROMPTLY
DONE.

Paper hanging in all its branches
neatly and promptly done by L.
Tiderington and A. L. Newly. 1928
Wabash avenue.
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Tammanv orgnnIzed Il -

Tammany was organized IN New
York IN 1859 to oppose the fsderallsts.
william Mooney was its arst grand
Iaehem
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MRS. A. WILanN-

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Indiana avsuna.
The broad ax., 1904-09-03

Mrs. Anna L. Newly.
First class furnished roms for rent
to gentleman, with bath and gas.
1928 Wabash avenue.
The broad ax., 1904-09-03
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
UNITED STATES AND ORIENT
How Japan Compares in Size to This
Country-Korea and Kansas
Have Same Area.

Japan contains 162. 655 square miles,
hence it is a little larger than Cali
fornia, and more than three times as
large as New York, says a writer in
Success. If the southwestern part of
Japan proper were placed on the Mex
lean border near San Antonio, Tex,
the country of the mikado would
stretch nOrtheastward till Yezo would
almost touch the Strait of Mackinac,
and the Kurile islands would project
into Hudson bay, the ATTITUDES CORE
spending very nearly. Formosa would
then lie off the southern part of lower
California. Korea, with an area of 81
600 square miles, is almost exactly OF
the same size as Kansas, and in lati-
tude it would extend as far as from
Fort TowsOn, in the southern part of
Indian territory, to. Decatur, in east
ern Nebraska. Manchuria. with ar
area of 1862, $40 square miles, lacks only
10000 square miles of being as large
as Nebraska, North and South Dakota.
End Manitoba, with which it CORE
spends in latitude. 1t is more than
twice as large as Japan, and almost as
large as Texas, Louisiana and Alabama
combined
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
GIRLS BECOME "FLoATERS.'
Lack of Work Makes Tramp Stenog-
raphers of Many in Search
of Employment.

In her failure to get steady work, the
irl who comes to New York is apt to
become a lonely, homeless thing OF mo
continuing city" known and disrespect-
sd by business men under the title of "A
6oater," says the Era Magazine 4
t'fioater' is a girl tramp stenographer,
Eho lives from hand to mouth and town
to town. who gets started rolling round
and does not want any moss, will not
stay in any position long. simply max
ing enough in each place to get on to
the next. 1t is an ugly form of wander
lust The fioaters are held unreliable
and firms have become weary of engag-
Ing them. The number of fioaters is
sadly on the increase Last month the
agency of New York company in Los
t.ngeles reported 60 in that city and
throughout the south came word of con-
tinued increase in the number of these
restless, nestless birds, patheticalIy FOL-
owing the summer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
NO TRAMPs IN GERMANY.
Labor Conditions There Are Not Fa-
vorable to the Development
of Weary Willies.''

To-day the lot of the laboring man
in Germany is in many respects, bet
ter than that of ours, says q writer in
National Magazine. The German state
recognizes the right of every man to
live-we do not. When the Germaa
labOrer becomes old or feeble the state
pensions him honorably. In Germany
the laboring man can ride on the cleo
trio cars for two cents-we pay five
German cities have public baths. pub
lie laundry establishments. big parks,
free concerts and many other features
which soften poverty, although they
may not remove it.
The corollary TO this is that the en-
peror permits no tramps to Eterrorize
his highways. The police IL organized
for rural patrol as we'll as city work. and
every lOafer is stopped and made TO give
an account Of himself. In England va
grancy has been a public nuisance for
generations-with us it has become of
late years almost public danger. Ger
many has no tramps. The man who is
without work in Germany finds no in
ducement to remain idle. A paternal
government sets him to such hard work
that the would-be unemployed finds it.
decidedly to his interest to seek some
other employment as soon. as possible.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
THE PoPE's SLEEPING CAR
Plus x Will Make Use of Magnificent
Travelling Apartment Built
for Leo XIII

The pope owns a sleeping car. II
was constructed in 1868, when the line
from Rome to Naples was opened and
will be shown at the Milan exhibition
in 1905 TO inaugurate the Simplon tun-
mel The car consists of three COM
partments-a throne room, a compart-
ment for the guard of honor and a
bedroom, says Home Notes. Thethrone
room is richly furnished and. has
cupola engraved. with the papal arms
and the twelve apostles. =
1t is so arranged that9the pope, when
seated on his throne. can be plainly
seen by the crowds who might be ex-
pected to throng the stations for his
blessing. AS a matter of fact the
crowds do not assemble aroGnd the
papal car, for IL is never used Whether
Pope Plus X. will make use. of it re-
mains to be seen. but Leo XIII. kept up
the traditions that the bishop of Rome
was a prisoner in the vatican and never
left it. though he was really as free
TO go whenever he would as the most
humble priest in the kingdom Of italy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
QUEER HIDING PLACES.
Paris Woman Saved Her Hoard from
Burglars by Concealing It
in a Lemon.

All devices OF women to save their
money from thieves are not as success
Jul as was that of a Paris business wom-
IN. Her apartments were recently Wis
tied during her absence by a couple of
enterprising burglars, who had good rea-
son to believe there was rich booty
there. In spite. however, of the most
earnest search they were unable to find
anything of value and took Intensely es
of disappointedly. Nevertheless, a sum
of some 10000 francs was lying in the
room they had explored, and that in a
most prominent position. Nine Reutz
nad, in fact, devised an ingenious hiding
place by scooping out the inside of a
'emon, putting her bank notes inside.
md then leaving it on plate on side
table. This transpired in the course of
the complaint laid by her at the local
police station. One would like to have
seen the burglars faces when they read
the papers next day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
Who Owns the RaiIwaysp

II is estimated that only about sS5.-
100000, which is approximately five per
cent of the annual income OF our rail-
ways, goes to foreign investors. says q
writer in Success There are not far
from 100000 owners of railway stocks
and bonds. OF the remaining 95 per
cent. 81. 6s4, 447 .4OS, 40 per cent is d.
yided among the owners of the stocks
and bonds, and 60 per cent among
LIS. BIS employees Counting the fami-
lies supported by the holders of securi-
ties and employees. over 10 .O0O. 900 peo-
pie share in the railroad earnings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
sHELLFIsH ACT AS TRAPS.
Birds and Animals Frequently Caught
by Shellfish-The Oysters
Hard Gums.

1t is by no means unusual fer toe
inquisitive bird or small animal to be
shared by shellfish on the shores OF
some body of water
The familiar story OF a mouse be-
ing trapped by live oyster, though
curious, is not the only instance of the
kind The great naturalist, Frank
auckland, records the story OF rat
which was caught by the same appar-
emily harmless shellfish. Some years
ago a common rail was found dead on
the shores near Penzance. Its beak was
tightly caught in the clutches Of an
oyster. which was still alive. The bird
and oyster were removed and mounted
An even more queer case was that OF
a small salt water fish which was
found in a pool in theTocks caught firm
ly by an immense mussel. One would
think that the mussel must have been
pretty sharp in closing his shell. A
story is told of colGred man who was
caught in a similar fashion. He put his
tongue into a half-opened oyster to
get the juice and the oyster caught him
by the tongue. Jupiter. when released,
was chaffed by his friends. why, the
oyster couldn't have hurt you" said
one, for he hasn't any teeth No, =
replied Jupiter. "mebbe not, but de
Lawd knows dat he have turrible hard
gums
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
GIVES WcoR TO THE SOIL
Fallen Leaves Aid in Furnishing At
.mosphere Nitrogen Which Fer
tilizes the Earth-e

Recent investigations indicate that
the chief source of the enrichment of
the soil, noted particularly in wooded
lands, is not altogether due to con-
seryaticn of the moisture and the adj
dition to the soil of needed elements
by the decomposition of the fallen
leaves. OF PROBABLY greater impor-
lance is the fxation of atmospheric
nitrogen by dead forest leaves when
these rest on a moist substratun1 of
soil. In effect this phenomepop IS
similar to that which is produced by
the tubercie gTowths ION the roots OF
legumes and allied plant families.
A similar observation has been made
in regard to the mountain pine, which,
if verified, will account fof the. shardi-
ness of this tree and the ease with
which it maintains itself in soils that
contain comparatively few nutrients.
1t has been found by the Danish
Heather Improvement society, which
is interested in planting trees on bar
rem sandy stretches on the western
coast of Jutland, that spruce and
mountain pine, when planted together
in pairs, mutually help each other TO
thrive, the valuable uitrogen-fixing
functions of the pine serving to pro-
vide nOurishment for both trees. 1t
has been repeatedly observed that
where such trees are planted. in proxS
unity on barren lands if the pine is
cut down while the spruce is still
young the latter will die or else make
a Sickly growth. On the contrary,
curiously enough, if the pine is not
cut down until after tbs spruce gets
good start the latter wiz make better
progress than if the pine had been al
lowed to live
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17

rs this the best wurst you can
send me?" asked the lady who walked
into the meat store with package
of that edible in her hand.
Madam" answered the man. lit
is the best wurst we have"
''Wen, it is the worst wurst / ever
saw
81 am sorry to hear that. The best
/ can do is to try and send you some
better wurst from ,to-day's lot. but
as 1 said, that was the best wurst we
have at present. I am sure. how
ever, that the wurst we are now max
ing will not be any worse than this
and it ought to be better | assure
you that as soon as l get the wurst
you shall have the best of it. We
never gave anyone the worst of it so
long as we have been in the wurst
business and you may be sure when
we give you the wurst it viii be the
best, for our worst vIrst is better
wurst that the best wurst of our
competitors"
But the lady, whose eyes had ia
ken on a stare of glassiness. was
seen to throw up her hands and fee
from the place, for she was afraid
the worst was yet to come.-Balti-
more American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
CHAPTER XIII.
THE RESCUE.


Representatives of the New York
Record watched every European port
for the arrival of Walter b. Hestor
and the steam yacht shark Ac-
cordin9 to all calculations, the yacht
was due at the Azores not later than
May 18th, but no word came from
these islands. Day succeeded day
with no news of the famous million
aire correspondent.
In the meantime the detective
staff of 40 picked newspaper men
under Jack Stevens was indomitable
in zeal but barren in results. Mr..
Chalmers was steadily losing faith,
but by no word or action did he dis
close his loss of confidence to Miss
Carmody. He prepared the leader
for an article to be published in
The Record on Wednesday, May nth,
in which was set forth the discover
les which had been made pointing to
Hestor as the prime mover in the
conspiracy. This was in keeping
with his promise to Miss Carmody.
In the meantime Editor Van Horne
had sailed for New York, but was not
due until the 22d or 23d of the month.
IN CApner CdDleSEdm OHalH1erS ndQ
given his superior the essential facts
concerning Hestor. The reply of
Robert Van Horne was prompt and
decisive in instructing Chalmers to
make public the facts. The inference
was plain that Mr.. Van Horne had
no hesitancy in sharing his manag-
ing editors suspicious. Mr.. Chalmers
therefore prepared four-page arti-
Gle, and awaited for the day fixed for
the disclosure.
Miss Carmody ordered the steam
yacht bearing her name put in com
| mission, and her captain announced
that he was ready to weigh anchor
on an hours notice.
AT three o'clock Tuesday afternoon
cablegram was handed to Mr.. Chal-
mers. 1t was in the cipher which had
been given to the reporters working
on the mystery. Translated it read
as follows:
Havana. Cuba, Tuesday. May Is. To
| William Chalmers, New York Record:
Have solved mystery. Col. John McTn-
| tyre, OF Havana. built Hester bungalow
year ago Hestor designed 1t. Located
Mcintyre viii act as guide AcIntyre
| Is In Havana with me. saw the Shark
Sunday in Gulf Wire instructions "a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
SIDNEY.

is only a little northwest Of here.
north, and take no chances of run
ming ashore on this island.''
AS the afternoon wore away, the
haze settled and slowly blotted out
the shore line. They crawled along
at hardly two knots an hour. 1t was
exasperating progress, but there was
no help for it. In the evening the
haze lifted and showed the cape still
in the northwest. This proved that
the tide was pulling against them.
The wind died away to breath. and
the sun sank, huge red ball of fire
in bank of orange clouds. At ten
o'clock the wind swung into the
southeast and freshened. but the haze
vet hung over the sea, and Sidney
held his course to the north.
All but Sidney and Mr.. Kent retired
to the hunks and slept soundly as
bank of fog, it was a perfect night
on the water. The raft swayed gent
ly to the deep breathing of the sea,
and the masts groaned in musical
cadence to the ripping of the water.
At midnight Mr. Kent took the tiller,
and Sidney stretched himself on a
steamer chair and enjoyed two hours
of untroubled slumber. He awoke
and relieved Mr.. Kent, who then took
his nap.
Twice during the night Sidney
turned the boat to the west, and
held that course until the hollow
thunder of the surf warned him to
stand out. At about three O'Clock
the breeze quicl>ened, and a 20-nile
breeze sprang up, coming straight
from the west. This compelled him
to cease any more landward expert
ments, and ''The Jumping Jupiter
rolled along at five-mile-an-hour
rate.
cit is satisfaction to know that we
are going somewhere" said Sidney
to himself. "We must be past the
cape by this time. If the fog lifts
with this breeze, daylight will show
where we are"
AS he spoke there was faint glow
in the eastern sky. Mr.. Kent awoke
with a yawn.
where are we at?" he asked.
Sidney shook his head.
eve are headed north" he said.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
THE CITY ,NcoRRuPTleLE

Harki 'Tis7roar of labor.
ceaseless. deafening sound,
Now from the trembling scaffolds.'
Now from the yawning ground:
Not the red fires of Vulcan,
Nor Cyclops' pristine powers,
Could match their feats of magic
Who shape this world of ours!
With myriad painting engines,
With countless picks and drills,
They arch the threatening rivers,
They pierce the hostile hills;
In steam and smoke and lightning
Earth's captive forces play,
To weld with Titan touches
The city of to-day.
Still from their sunken footholds
Those cobweb buildings rise
. Whose panes ray back the morning,
Whose fereheads touch. the skies:
While many crowded workshop,
And toiling mill and mine.
Yield UP their costly treasures
To make them fair and fine.
Yet, void of civic honor. @
OF Justice, light and law,
What were the proudeSt structures
That e'er the round world saw?
Rome was a queenly empire,
But power and wealth and state
And fame and triumphs failed her.
With sons no longer great.
Firm stand the nations bulwarks,
Her fortunes wax apace,
While Virtue guards her hearthstones
= And Truth her marfket-Hlace;
Lo, theirs are streets and temples
That dwarf the courts of kings
A free and glorious city
OF incorporeal things,
-Dora Read Goodale. in Youths Com
paniOn,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
he LIT a cigar and leaned back in

as he LIT cigar and leaned back In
his chair.
There is but one thing to do,'' said
Sidney. I'VE must keep on this
course until we round that cape. At
this rate it will be dark before we
make it. We will stand well out to
sea, SO as to have plenty of leeway
in case of an east or northeast wind"
The big mountain peak was now
almost exactly to the west of them.
eff that is old Popocatepetl, as I
think it is" said Sidney, pointing
at the huge purple mass, Vera Cruz
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
A Kansas Mining story.

Down in the Joplin mining district
once a travelling man was rampsing
around in the suburbs of the town
at two o'clock in the morning. The
country down there is as full of
prospect holes as the top of a pep
per-box. Some of them are 500 feet
deep. As a natural consequence the
travelling man stepped into one of
those holes. He fell ten or twelve
feet, and then striking a cross tim
Der clutched it and saved himself from
what appeared to be a terrible death
All night long he chung to that cross
timber, yelling himself hoarse for
aid. When day broke he was still
hanging there exhausted, -disheveled,
and pifiabIe When the sun came
up it ckeered him little, and, grad
ually, as hope came back, he sum-
moned courage to look into the
yawning abyss beneath him. Nerv-
ing himself for the supreme test he
glanced. downward. and found that
his feet were swinging within four
inches of the bottom of the hole
The prospectors had abandoned it at
depth of Is feet.-Topeka Capital
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
over the Deep. Blue Sea-

Every maritime corner of the worla
has its deeply-rOOted notions as to the
best fashion in which TO shape and
spread its sails TO the favoring breeze.
writes Frank H Taylor. in Four-TracfI
News. Half the charm OF PARKWAY
lands is found in the barbaric craft
which enrich the fairgrounds. Ia the
United States. where the Cape Cod
bankers" and Baltimore clippers were
created and from which the America"
went over the ocean to humble the
yachtsmen of Britain. the science of
yachting seems to have reached the
highest point At any rate the cup is
still with us- Our way of getting over
more water in less time than anybody
else by favor of Roreas is apparently
the best way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
Monster Block of cosI

block OF coal ten feet thick was
taken from coal mine near Peters
burg, Ind, and shipped to the worlds
lair at st Louis. The vein from which
the block was taken is more than II
feet in thickness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
Centers of European Population.

London and Manchester are still dis
putting as TO which is the greater Eu-
ropean center of populations Most peo-
pie would suppose that London owns
the title beyond peradventure Even
If one draws circle with a radius of
80 miles about Charing Cross station
one gets a population of more than
100000, as against $500, 900 within
similar distance from the Manchester
exchange But protraeting a circle
with 40-miie radius one gets a great
er Manchester that shows population
Of more than 5000. 600, as against =
greater London Ct only about 7.eoQ.-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
d. KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
Tale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics - x
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
The Wurst Yet.

ITO Be Continued. ]
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17

gangway. Mr.. Bernard Seymour Sa-
luted him with an impressive gesture.
GOOD morning, Captaini"
Capt. Baldwin bowed but said moth
ing.
Il am Bernard Seymour; special
commissioner of The Record said
Mr.. Seymour. present my card and
my compliments to Miss Carmody and
Mr.. Chalmers"
Come aboard, Mr. Seymour" said
Capt. Baldwin. Il am glad to meet
you"
"Ah. is this SEYMOUR" said Mr..
Chalmers, who now appeared.
Glad to meet you, old man. Accept
my congratulations. 1 hope you are
not mistaken in your man.
Il never make but one mistake on
| the same case" said Seymour, shak-
ing hands cordially with the manag-
ing editor. when can 1 pay my re-
spects to Miss Carmody?''
Here she comes now said Chal-
mers. Miss Carmody came forward
radiantin ayachting costume of white
broadcloth, trimmed with gold braid.
81 have the pleasure of presenting
Mr.. Bernard Seymour" said Mr..
Il am delighted to meet you, Mr..
Seymour" said Miss Helen as she
| extended her hand. Il have heard so
much of you. it seems as il j
knew you am glad to welcome
you aboard the Yacht"
Mr. Bernard Seymour bowed pro-
foundly. He had framed a speech,
but it had eluded him. He felt that
he must say something.
You can't lose me. I am glad 70
The daily tribune., 1904-01-09
Stepped Against a Hot Stove.

A child of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
when getting his usual Saturday night
bath. stepped back against hot stove
which burned him severely. The
child was in great agony and his
mother could do nothing to pacify
him Remembering that she had a
bottle Of Chamberlaiu's Fain Balm
in the house. she thought she would
try it. In less than half an hour aft.
er applying it the child was quiet and
asleep, and in less than two weeks
was well. Mrs. Benson is we'll
known resident Of Kellsr, Va. Pain
Palm is an antiseptic iiniment and es-
pecially valuable for burns, cuts.
bruises and sprains. For sale by all
druggists.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-09
Arrested as Vags.

Victor. Jan. 9-The first arrests
made under the vagrsncy proclama-
tion took place shortly after o'clock
this morning, when the militia of this
city ARRESTED, @. A. Jones, S. Il. Sar-
geant and p. d. Thomas.
The three men were taken to Camp
Goldfield and incarcerated in the bull
pea, where they will await the arrival
OF others before being deported. If this
action is decided upon by Col. Yer
deckberg
1t is reported that four arrests were
made in the town Of Independence also
but the militia refuse to verify the
statement
No arrests have been made this aft
ernoou but Col. Verdeckberg stated
that Wholesale arrests Of vags would
be made next week
At the preliminary trial this after
noon Victor Poole WAS ordered released
and the military counsel did not make
any objections
The daily tribune., 1904-01-09
The Best Remedy for Group.

From the Atchison Daily Globe
This is the season when the women
who know the best remedies for Group
is in demand in every neighborhood.
One of the most terri BILE things in the
world is to be awakened in the middle
of the night by whoop from one Of
the children. The group remedies
are almost AS sure to be lost. in case
Of Group, as revolver is sure to be
lost in case of burglars. There used
to be an old fashioned remedy for
group, known as hive syrup and tolu,
but some modern mothers say that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is bet.
ter. and does not cost so much. 1t
causes the patient to throw up the
phlegm" quicker, and gives relief in
shorter time. Give this remedy AS
soon as the croupy cough appears and
it will prevent the attack. 1t never
fails and is pleasant and safe to take.
For sale by all druggists.