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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-08
S1ons the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-08
Strike Gas mt Garnett.
Kansas Graaaate in Tosxis

a strong flow Of gas was struck q
Garrett alta depth of 500 feet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-08
A Bishops Letter.

spring Nature her
spring weather
medicines effective short of Pernna
resisted treatment for Everybody should
Address
Peruna Columbus Ohio
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-08

speak too highly Of Peruna, and now,
when IS years old can say ithasiRvigor-
ated my whole system. 1 cannot bus
think, dear Doctor, that you must feel
very thankful to the all loving Father
that You have been permitted to llEesi
and by your skill be such a blessing a9
you have been to suffering humanity"
Rev. j. Il. Parker. I
A Bishops Letter.
T. H.-Lomax, D. D.. Bishop and Dist
A. NJ. E, of Charlotte, n. c.. writes:
"I recommend your Peruna to all who
want a strengthening tonic and a very
effective remedy for all catarrhal com.
plaints.''- T. II. Lomaxs
Ifyou do not receive prompt and sat.
isfactory results from the use OF Perunas
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving .,
full statement of your case and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitariuzn, Columbus,
Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

For an hour. IN his Swelterlng little attic ROOM
Michael lay sniing-not from pain but from the full
and hnal remuneration of his hearts desire For he
believed, after careful thought. that it would be 4
deeper insult to Miss Lucy Strnger appear at the
speaking clothed necessity clothed him. than to
cut 1t out altogether-not to appear at all at the
School-house. Whict probably meant the laurel
wreath for Percy Willets without a struggle
At length he slept itfuly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

had come To have warm feel
ing in her heart little yearOld Michael Dempsey
And this with the shrewdncss of his kind, he had
discovered and he returned it-hatngly imperti-
nently bushngly and Loyalty, after all
1t had been a hard year for Miss Lucy, and Michael
Dempsey had not | must confess, added greatly to
the easement of the pcdagogC machinery.
Develop in each pupil that quality which is best
and strongest in them said one of the Note Books
And it had taken Miss Stringcr uneasy two
cucdatc tho strongest and best Dempsey quality.
At last she found it
Each Friday afternoon at three Miss Strngcr con-
Quoted a ceremony which she had named, rather
handsomely, she considered, "Rhctoricals The real
meaning of the appelaton probably had touched
OF her young charges. In practice it them
the disagrceable operation of getting of their
mouths from a high thing that Miss Stringer called
the rostrum a piece" They hated it
Now Michael Dempsey had eluded successfully
Miss Stringcrs efforts make of him.
several different times. In point of fact he had
away from school to escape her ministratons In the
end as generally happens, she prevailed She forced
him to learn a poem descriptive of the highly moral
status of young person named Robert Reed The
first gibly dealt with Roberts noble resolu-
ton
"'Ill never smoke tobacco, no,
SAID little Robert Reed.
1T makes bad breath it hurts the health
1t is filthy weed -
This entertaining selection young Michael Dempsey
delivered with spirit and abandon which electrified
his schOolmates, and caused Miss Lucy to feel that
she hnalY had mt upon her pupil 5 most worthy
aptitude From that day she labored with Michael
in the field of Rhetorcas till she only aroused
in him something like enthusiasm over the practices
of defamation but actually made of him a creditabe
performer all things considered.
The solitary rival that Michael Dempsey had in
the garden of oratory was, by unaccountabe twist
of fate the immaculate Percy Willets. And it must
be said that Miss Lucy Sringer beautifully fair
in the training of both Percys taste inclined to the
mlder and more emotional style of piece" For
instance he delivered with exceptional such
passages
There is pie pudding father:
So will give you this
And on the backsmiths toil-worn brow
She printed childish kiss
The 1T of it all that Miss Lucy had arranged
to end her school year with Prize Speaking Contest
1t was, of practically foregone conclusion
that the prize-a neat little book of Selections for
Young DISCLAIMERS lay between Michael and Percy
Both of these had worked feverishy and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

wicked idea-one which never have. and do n,
now attempt TO Justify or to palliate.
Percy covered whimperingly
Don't YOU yell! Don't you open yer headl Don
you! Michael Dempsey jerked on, between his tcet
Come uow!"
Percy NllletS opened his lips to Shrek He got
round llll blow III the stomach that paralvzed his VOC
cords. His feeble abortve kicks his enemy ~
tC0HtiRHef as,e 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

The TACT % II al was That AlIChaeI DemI
sey had no clothes except those the
scantily on his body. And these wer
scarcely of festal character, consistin
lightly of immodestly ragged pants and
badly torn shirt
Hence Michael Dempsey's gloom. Henc
the rancor and sting of Look ut hi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

rumbed darkly she disappeared into the house.
will be mad enough"
And Percy retired to the hammock once more with
Rollo He grnned inadvertently from time to time.
Carlo beneath the hammock licked his lame foot with
monotonous. sticky noises.
Look ut his pantsl" The disagreeable phrase
ranked in Michael Dempsey's young soul, he Scut
tied down the road 1t caused him the unfor
getabe comfort that the boil the back of his neck
last winter had engendered. There longer
any virtue in the remembrance of Sanders and the
drowned kittens All the grayness and hopelessneSs
that had been assailng him earlier in the after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

beigerently for three weeks the poems which Mis-
Stringer had selected for them. Percy had Barbara
Frietche," and Michael Dempsey The Charge of the
Light Brigade"
1t the day before the contest that the afore-
mentioned unfortunate encounter between Michae
Dempsey and Percy Wiets took place. When
Michael had rehearsed before Miss Lucy during the
afternoon recess, she had commended him highly
she had laid aside, for a moment, her cast-iron
air of mpenetrable gude-of-the-young and had told
Michael Dempsey Just how proud she of him
how well he had worked, and how she hoped that he
would grow into a fine big She ended this by
kissing though you wouldn't have believed 1t OF
her-the boy 5 round grmy little check which left him
torn by the conflicting desires to rub it off hastily
and to fling his arms con yulsivey about her neck He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

Lucy Stringer's last words to him,
Now, Michael, dear be sure to look !
possible tomorrow at the speaking. y
wash your face and hands, brush your hal
a nice clean shirt and collar, and your be:
l want to be as proud of YOU as possible. "
All of which, to her nearer, seemed
practical as if she had said. Michael. d.
your pink velvet suit with the real-lace C
don't forget your diamond necklace"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

did neither merely grinned vacantI7
As Michael approached his mother
unprepossessing dwelling shanty, I'll
Willets called tin the region know
to the better class of Hatchvilie ,
Dog Town-he recalled diSmally Mi:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

pantSi" 1t occurred to the rcCalCItraHt Michael
the dilapdated walls of his homd met his eve
that his mother had, with considerable feeling in the
matter commanded him to return to her that after
to assist her in less ignomniors task than
the WiletS family waShing-eXaCtly speaking. in
turning the wringcr for her.
The thought smote him with renewed anger He
skunk wary behind ash heaps, two three
stunted trees, and occasional woodpile. to the
rear of his dwelling. Here he found Billy the Demp-
sey goat nibblng decately at various pictures !uei
indigestibc things The animals companionshp
afforded him a Slight solace.
Though Michael Dempsey did not put his thoughts
into words he lay behind the shelter of bursting
lime barrel, ne distinctly and for the first time
in his life rcscntfu at the thing call fate He
watched the shadows of afternoon fall and fade in
to pleasant dusk. muttering from time 10
time, stray fragments of mental processes:
Sissy Aw, | can't speak in these pants"
"Aw, | got to it Quit" She'll be sore at
me. tool" Baby-mamma's baby" Kissed
me, by hecki" 81 can't get no best clothes" Gee,
wouldn't it Jolt YOU Forward
= aT i.rI,t RI, H.. -+I,f,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

The res 1T of it all was that Miss Lucy had arranged
to end her school year with Prize Speaking Contest
1t was, of course, practically foregone conclusion
that the prize-a neat little book of "Seecons for
Young DISCLAIMERS lay between Michael and Percy
Both of these contestants had worked fevershy and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01

Monkeys are more than pets in some
parts of the world. At Malahar, India
they are taught To work and have ac
tually made themselves almost indis
pensable In the homes of the wealthy.
The Malabar monkey is of the fine spe
eies known as the langur. 1t is very
warm In Malabar, and there is n fan
called the punlla, which used TO be
kept in motion by slave. II required
slave TO work each pnnka. but now
every punka In Mulabar is worked by
monkey. Ii was an English officer
who conceived the idea of making the
langur work in that manner. The fan
Is movable frame. covered with can
vas and suspended from the ceiling
The motion Is caused by pulling II
cord. The officer tied the hands of the
langur To one of the cords and then by
means of another cord put the ma
chine in motion. OF course the mon
keys hand went up and down. and the
animal wondered what kind of game
was being played Then the officer
patted It's head and fed II with candy
till soon the langur thought il fine fun
TO work the punkn. The experiment
was successful. and now thousands of
monkeys are in harness. Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01
Trained TnrtoIses.

Japanese and Korean showmcn IN
addition to their skin MS iugglers and
acrobuts display n truly marvellous
skill in teaching animals tricks. They
not only exhibit educated bears, span
iels, monkeys and goats, but also train
ed birds and, what Is the more aston
lsht1g of all. trick fish.
one of the most curious examples of
patient training is an exhibit by an
old Korean bontmnn Of dozen drilled
tortoiscs. Directed by his songs and
a small metal drum. they march in
line, execute various eVoluti0nS and
conclude by climbing upon low table.
the larger ONES forming of their own
accord Il bridge for the smaller. to
which the feat would otherwise be i'm
possible. When they have all mounted,
they dispose themselves In three or
four piles like SO many plates.
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fortnhlc unon The other sIue


couiortahIc upon the other side.
taii'N So TOO SAID MISS 8aeelle'
Alter you are through win we tea
won you take our three 'hais
around there
"N'eWIsS. said the man and spun
away
MISS 'an'I'" urahk her TEA win
great hre'Alh'SS' SO TO speak ana theh
went below To see how her aunt was
SURVIVING, she smiled on l'afaht as she
passed, ana nope LOANED llSh ON the
surf ei ms heaIl Wave men the
steward came Ter the eha'fS, II was IN
voice OF the UTMOST assurance that he
was nildeh.
axe illle zoe.
Nheh Miss 3aheiie came baeN she
seemed not ut all surprised nj seeing
hlm sun one oil thelr party. she even
Shlied again when he Spraes UP to IN
stan het among het wraps. Ald th'h
when she was ihtrehGhed IN her castle
OF pillow ana plalu he noldiy occupied
the helshborlhg territory and as the
powers III h'r case were othefWise en-
gagged no one entered protest
ANA ttleh theS talked. low thrE
dlu TALK 'hIN seaiar'r Knows now
lar into heart 10 heart conversation
two may progress by the third day
out. l" make matters more asfe'ahle
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PRE-EMPTED BY BIRDS.
she NoGdtcs Thnt own BIrd Key, In
the Gulf OF Mexico.

the 6ult OF MeAlGO.
out in the gulf of Mexico siXty-tiYe
miles from Key West toward the set
ting sun rise halt dozen barren sand
bars from the exquisite turquoise blue
waters. One of these Garden key, is Il
government fort and coaling station;
another is the Eoggerhead key, our last
outpost toward Cuba and Central
America. Other lslcts are untcuanted
save when the great sea turtles crawl.
One alone Bird key, is prc-cmptcd by
the birds Ii would be hard to find
more desolate or isolated region.
Though the climate is warm through
out the year. It Is not until May that
the fcathcrcd hosts arrive from the far
south ut this sandy rendezvous. In the
van come the noddiCs, II few about the
LIST of May and the rest within few
days. \ week later the sooty terms
pour In, and 1t is said that within Il
week of their arrival both kinds begin
to lay. Al the time of our coming
nearly all the birds had eggs and We're
devoting themselves TO their family
cares.
10 reach the buildings from the little
landing place we had to pass through n
tract of bushes. and here 1t was that
saw the first nests of the noddics. Up
on the tops or in the forks of the bush
es each pair had built rather rude yet
fairly substantial platform of sticks.
only slightly followed, and upon each
one sat Il dark gray bird. There WAS
something about these graceful little
creatures that instantly took me 10y
Storm II ease of love at.iirst sight. The
noddy Is very much like n dove-ex-
eept for its webhed feet In size, in
form. IN the softnCss of its plumage.
the expression of its large dark eyes
Hnd its gentle, couiidng ways, There
is no wild alright as the stranger mp
proachcs just shadow of fear Is evil
dent. but the birds sit quietly on their
nests. hoping and trusting, and do not
fly unless approached almost within
arms reach. Then they fit gently
away, alighting upon II noighboring
bush until the intruder has withdrawn,
when they return directly to their
charge. 1t seemed remarkable to find
birds So perfectly tame.-outing
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01
HusEin on Rome.

These appear To me iuc0Htr0Vertlhle
and accurate conclusions that the lto-
man streets are damp and meldN where
they are not burning; that the modern
architecture Is fit only To put on n
Twelfth cake In sugar e.. =, the
churches ut the auattro l'ontanel; that
the old architecture consists chiefly of
heaps of tufo and bricks; that the II
Der is muddy; that the fountains are
fantastic; that the castle of st Angelo
Is too round; that the capitol is too
square; that st. Peters Is too big; that
all the other churches are too little;
that the Jews quarter Is uncomforta-
HE; that the English quarter is unpic-
turesquc; that Michael Angelo
Moses is monster; that his Last
Judgment" Is n mistake: that RaphacIS
Reconsideration" Is failure, that the
Apollo Bclvcdcre Is public nuisance:
that the bills arc high. the malaria
strong. the dissipation shameful, the
bad company numerous, the sirOcco
DEPRESSING the Tramontuna chilling,
the Icvante parching. the Poncntc
pclting. the ground unsafe. the politics
pcrilous and the religion pernlcious. |
do think that in all candor and rclicc-
tive charity I mny assert this much.
Letter to Charles Eliot Norton In At
lantic.
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AT a meeting of ministers the other
day one of them laid great stress on
the Importance of considering the sort
of audience one is going to address.
II once lost a chance to preach an eff
fcctive sermon by using the sterro-
typed beginning, i am glad 10 see so
many of you present this morning
The congregation burst into n laugh.
You see. they were prisoners in a
state penltcntary, and the POOR fol
lows had TO be present"
This brought forth another story
from one who for some years was
chaplain of n penitentary. He had de-
cldcd TO remove from the town ana
take a charge elsewhere,
This is my last sunday here ana
I'm sorry to leave you he told his
congregation of stripes
After the sermon one of the prison
crs stepped forward and shook his
hand. This is my last Sunday. too,
parson" he said but / cant say, as
you did, that I'm sorry to leave
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01
PlTH AND POINT.

When friend tells you of his wrongs
he wants sympathy and not nm argyll
mcnt.
Before mans first baby is n week
9ld he knows more thnn he had ever
dreamed about
Speaking Of "sccret sofrows," II is Il
good plan to keep them so. MS telling
only multiplies them
When n man wants to give you ad-
Vice you cant lose anything by listen
ing, but You Will make an enemy by
refusing.
\ man occasionally breaks even.
When it comes to wall paper the Wife
does the picking and the husband does
the kicking.
Every one should have saved up
enough money to take things II little
easier by the time the age comes for
taking II nap in -Atchison
GIobp
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01
A Meat Diet.

There Is just one little, tiny. in
fintesimal error In the assumption that
our primordial ancestors lived entirely
upon uncooked fruits and nuts. n
trining characterization which vitiatcs
the conclusion that what met our
wants when we danGlcd head down
ward from a tree limb viii meet our
wants now that we have been turned
t'othcr end up. The error is this. They
didn't No animal lives exclusively on
vegetable or animal food What's II
chicken. carnivorous or graminivOrousE
GraminvOrous. of course. 1t lives up
on corn and oats and wheat. the seeds
Of plants, grass blades. the lettuce that
you expected to eat, and all such. Yes.
well. You keep them ON that diet and
see how many eggs you get And then
you give them beef scraps with their
grain and notice the difference. -Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
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tears welled up to his eyes and We're
prevented from overlooking only by
pride. His opponent caught sight of
the tears and ut once released him.
This was putting Donald on honor not
TO renew hostilities without due warn
ing lie drew himself up with all the
remains of dignity which he could
command.
You have the better of me. sir, in
the matter of strength But rest as
sured that l shall not permit the mat
ter to drop. You will hear from me
again. sir"
Now. youngster. tell me what is the
matter. If owe an apology. you can
bet l will make ii ut once"
Truly this northerner was not SO en-
tirely deficient In courtesy 1t might
be we'll to explain.
Miss Mason, my cousin. upon whom
you called few minutes ago went to
her room in tears rs you left nat
urally take it for granted that you said
something To offend her"
I'm tears! Something to offend her!
Are You quite sure about the tears, my
boy" There was cagerness In the
questioner's tones.
Certainly | am sure"
"Thcn come with me and watch me
apologize"
And Donald's rather short legs found
much difficulty In keeping pace with
the longer ones of Mr.. Douglass. In
fact, Mr.. Douglass reached the house
good five minutes before Donald
came up, pulling and blowing He
could not understand why his cousin
should be standing there In the door
way with her head on Mr.. Douglass
shoulder and crying at the same time.
lie pushed forward hercely.
'Oh, Donald. Donald. dear" said
Miss Lettuce. smiling most happily
through II mist of tears. Donald went
forward more slowly, confronting
something now which he did not pre-
tend to understand.
1--WE apologlzed. Donald" snid Mr.
Douglass.
1t was not to be expected that Don
aid. Mt the age of fourteen. should have
arrived III an UNDERSTANDINGS vi Wohldn
nature sufficient 10 comprehend that
Miss Letticc had rejected Mr.. Doug
lass and that the tears which she shed
We're tears of regret at her OWN action.
Nor did he understand exactly the
part he had himself played in bringing
back the man who had been rejected
bringing him back to he accepted.
But. despite the fact that he was
only fourteen. Donald was the best
mnn Mt the wedding
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-01

One Of the qucerest little animals Of
the antipodcan wilds Of the paradox
ical continent of Australia Is n little
geological oddly which the naturalists
have called the kangaroo rat, II nv
craGes no largcr than the common 70
dent Of the Norway variety, but is II
miniature kangaroo in every respect.
Its mode Of loc0motion is precisely the
same MS that Of Mncropus signnteus.
Besides this, the female carries It's
young in pouches Which nature hns
provided for that purpose and in many
other respects initiates thc habits and
characteristics of its gigantic relative.
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There was sound OF revelry by aft-
ernoon in the barrack room, and 1t was
quite evident that something had
gricvously offended the gallant sons of
Mars. Presently the door was flung
open and an officer entered. what is
the meaning Of this disgraceful noise z"
he snapped. and in reply the orderly
handed him basin. Would you
mind tasting that sirF' he said. The
officer did so. why, you ungrateful
lot Of rascals." he cried, 1T strikes me
You want something to growl about.
1 think this Is very good soup indeed.
and If It's good enough for me"
Yes, sir; that's Just It," interrupted
the orderly. They want to persuade
us it's tea, sir"
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NO. 1913
THE SlClLlAN.
His Life Is IIcdGcd About by Series
of Absurd supcrstitions.

His Life il Hcdgcd About by Series
of Absurd supcrstitions.
People of Sicily are vastly supersti-
tious. The Sicilian believes, to give
few examples, in the existence of a
double tailed lizard which condescends
to take in its mouth the winning num-
hcrs of the lottery. lie believes it is
on a Tuesday or Friday. lie believes
in the power of maledietions and of the
evil eye and attempts to defend HIM
self against them by wearing amulets,
such us the corno, coral imitation of
the horn of the goat; by splitting three
times on the ground while pronouncing
n magic formula or Gin certain dis
tricts) by invoking the name of Virgil
who somehow acquired during the mid
die ages bizarre reputation MS a ma
gician. He believes in sorcerers, of
whom Il Eoodly number practice pro-
feSsionally on his island, selling to him
among other wonder working charms
grotesque eolored images of st. Paul to
be attached to barren fruit trees and
barrels in which wine has soured He
believes that n person born on Il Fri
day is able TO predict the future and
that person born ON June 90 dhe fete
of st. Paul who was unframed by the
viper which encirclcd his hand) is able
to do both these things and to charm
serpents besides.