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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

thought that knowledge of the world
was TO be gained by skirting the out
side edge of every species of worldli-
ness. The result of this course of ac-
ton was not what it should have been,
for Tweedwell was an easy mark for
all who wanted fun, and the conscious
ness of his innocence so little accelerat-
ed the pace at which he got out of the
way that he was always being called
to account for what he hadn't done.
The Saturday night after his Satur-
day in town, Jack concocted a piece
of deviltry which was as dangerous as
it was foolish. The result was that an
explosion took place, and the author of
the gunpowder plot had all the skin on
both hands blistered. Burnett, in es-
Gaping, fell and broke his collar bone
and two ribs. The house in which the
affair took place caught fire, and was
badly damaged. And Tweedwen was
arrested on the strongest kind of cir
cumstantial evidence. and had to ap
swer for the whole. Naturally, in the
investigation that followed, the two
who were guilty had to confess or see
the candidate for the ministry disgrace
ed forever.
The result of their confession was
that Brlrnett's father Ga jovial, peppery
old gentleman-we all know the kinGl
lost patience completely, and wrote his
son that he'd better not come home
again that year. Aunt Mary also lost
her temper completely, and, summon
ing Mr.. Stebbins in hot haste, changed
her will and disinherited the prodigal.
She might not have acted so hastily
had the disastrous news arrived either
a week later or week earlier; but it
came Just in the middle of discourage
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

'.Some men gets heap of education, .
said Uncle Eben, "de same as some
! people get a fine collection o. bait wifi
out catchin any. fish. Washington
Star
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

Bill-.'Who first used the expression,
He's all in do you think?'' Jill
why, the whale that swallowed Jonah,
I guess. ''-Yonkers Statesman
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

stella-"Well woman is fool to buy
an inferior article. Town Topics.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

Chronic: HAS your husband got
used to his motor-car?' 'Oh, yes. He
swears at it automatically now.'-Life
-. A.a 60 aa. -e.a..a-.. sN.n.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

It was on a Saturday about the mid
81. A.s. ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

THE ONLY DOUBLE TRACK
RAILWAY between the Missouri River
and Chicago. ss-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
sonp Boiler and Mont Blanc.

The latest failure to ascend Mont
Blanc is interesting, says the Pail Mall
Gazette. The heroes of the story are
German students with whom the pri-
mary diffculty of the enterprise was
that Of finding the money to pay for it,
A happy thought struck them. and they
called upon Berlin soap boiler to make
a proposal. If he. on his part, would
finance the expedition, they on theirs
would piacard the mountain from base
to summit with the posters with which
he advertised his wares. The soap
boiler liked the idea, and the bargain
was duly struck. Happily, however, the
communal authorities at Chamonix got
wind of the proposal. and the German
students are now on their way, leaving
a trunk full of confscated posters be-
hind them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
MADAME.s CLOSET.
and Other Articles Kept
I'm Good Order.

Nowadays madames closet has ID be
Is dainty, as comfortable and as prac-
ticable as her other surroundings. IN
the first place it is desirable 10 haTe as
much cedar in the woodwork finish
!ngs as possible to guard against
moths, many dainty gowns having a
ouch of fur about them, says the New
York Herald. The walls are draped in
tapestry effect with a pretty lowered
;retonne, which tones with her bed
room and boudoir. This is not only to
De decorative, but for the purpose of
protecting the garments hanging
against the wall from the plaster. The
hooks must stand out well. fully foot
rom the wall, in order that the gowns
may hang quite free, and on each hook
is tied small sachet bag, toning in
color with the flowers Of the cretonne
IN the walls.
The sachet may contain the pet per-
fume that madame effects, but the
daintiest is a combination of orris root
and, wood violet, which gives TO the
gowns a sweet something, delicate and
unbeatable. The gowns are then sus-
pended on forms from the hooks, keep
ing in mind we'll the figure and ar
ranged to hang straight, SO that the
lines may not sag out of shape. The
coats are also put on shoulder forms
and great care is exercised as TO the
perfectness of the fl. A second row
of hooks at a proper distance is for a
curtain of the same cretonne as the ia
pestried wall, which hangs in front Of
the gowns, completely covering and
protecting them.
The first shelf, which runs around
three sides of the closet, is like a dou-
bic section tray of a trunk. upholstered
in the same cretonne, with an inter-
lining of cotton, on which is sprinkled
thiclzly old fashioned lavender. Into
these compartments go madame's bod
ices and blouses, whose shape is care
fully kept in good lines by a profuse
stuffing of tissue paper in body and
sleeves. The third shelf is devoted to
a succession of pigeonholed boxes
opened by dropping down the front
side These dainty cretonned boxes
are destined to contain a pleasing va
riety of hats. from the plain tailored
affair to those for full dress occasions,
each in its Individual case, which has
stand in the center to hold the hat
so that the face trimming and dropping
plumes will not be marred. In these
hat boxes are also numerous little
sacnet bags.
Madame's shoe box is a dream of
beauty-a long narrow affair of happy
lowered chlntz, brass hinges and many
bright brass nails. IT contains all the
shoes and slippers in row on trees,
without which no unused boot or shoe
keeps it's shape. All the bureau draw
ers have pads made to fit. exactly and
interlined with cotton sprinllled with
orris and covered with China silk the
color that madame affects on her lin
gerie. Sweet grass baskets for hand
kerchiefs, stocks, wells and maline
| make an agreeable addition to mad
ame's wardrobe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01

THE Topeka Daily Journal pub
fishes list of the number of saloon
keepers in the various states of the
Union, taken from the U. S. Census
reports. 1t gives Kansas over 600
saloon keepers. Only two of the
southern states have as many. Re
publicans gave Kansas ''prohibition"
and have retained it on the statutes,
the democratic southern states does
differently. Further comment is I'M
necessary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
MUSHROOM RAISING.
Interesting Description OF the work
Carried ON I'm Greatest Gar
dens I'm France.
necessary.

The strangest of these underground
worlds which visited was one devoted
to hte raising Of mushrooms. It's lin
its seemed unbounGed as, indeed, they
were, for It pierced the hillside In every
direction, says a writer in Scribner's
Magazine. We entered through an
opening under an orchard Of cherry
trees. About ten feet inside the entrance
was a well, and near It lantern. which
my kind guide lighted. We had pro-
ceeded but a few steps when suddenly
the. air became very close and warm,
and dense white mist shut us in. I
found this was heat and steam rising
from huge piles Of manure stacked In
an adjoining passage. When brought
from the cavalry barracks near by it is
here worked" by the admixture Of wa
ter until it attains the required consist
eney. We soon passed this steam and
heat and entered caves where the air was
dry and cool.
In these manure is laid out in round
ed hummocks along the walls and IN
the wider passages IN lines down the
center as well. Sometimes there are as
many as five Of these rows. The mush-
room seed is then placed In these manure
piles, and the date of the planting" Is
written on the wall above the section.
The mounds are then covered with a
fine powder obtained by sitting the tail
ings from the quarried limestone, just
40 coal dust lie separated from coal The
mushroom is now planted and the hum
mock is left undisturbed for three
months, more or less, when the first
growth begins to appear. The mush-
rooms continue to sprout during three
months, but then engender a certain
poisonous gas which kills their own
seed. The whole planting must then
be removed and the place thoroughly
cleaned.
During harvest time" crop Is gath
cred every "a hours. Three men with
their great baskets make the rounds Of
this underground farm every morning,
and every day In the year can count on
an immense crop. which they ship tc the
large cities, near by, and even several
miles away. The dfscolored and IN
ferior mushrooms are sent to the can
nerfes, but for his best growth the pro-
Queer receives only 20 cents a pound
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
Happy New Year.

To our customers, friends, to every
one. Let the year 1904 be the best
year that each and everyone of us
have experienced. Not only in max
ing resolves, pledges, ETC., but in go
ing to work, and doing what we
should do.
Let us be on good terms with our
neighbors, our friends and with every
one, and if anyone wants to hate US,
and kick u.s. and talk about US, let
them do it, but don't let US do it. Let
US return good for evil. It's hard
to do, hut when we do it, we make
stronger and more lasting friends.
Life is too short to fret and worry
about the little things. Just stop and
think; are not all of these things little
or imaginary things? In other words,
don't cross the bridge before you un-
til the bridge you've reached, and
when you do this, you will be amply
prepared to bear all troubles and
trials, when they come.
Why should not each of you be
happy all through the year of 1904?
health, good crops, nice families
pleasant homes, and cattle, hogs and
poultry, What more do you want?
Just this, and this only: Enjoy what
you have, and don't fret over what
you have not, or what you want to
get. Remember that today is yours,
tomorrow may never come. Either
you are building for others to enjoy
or you are building for yourself and
| others. Satisfy yourself in this, but
be sure you are on the right side.
Again wishing you a happy and
| prosperous New Year, and asking
that you do not forget us during the
coming year, when you want anything
in hardware, stoves. furniture, carpets
and curtains, pianos and organs
watches, clocks, jewelry, paints. oils
buggies, carriages and sewing ma
chimes, we are,
Yours very truly,
THE E. R. MOSES Nero. Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
Railroad Time Tables.
Santa Pc Road

weetbound. East bound.
10. s........7Osp. Ne. No. $1,000 $50 q. m,
No. 567..... 10 81 a. N. No. s.......s:55 Pm.
GREAT BEND DISTRICT.
No. ST Scott City II Is No. 576 clio
No. 555 1890 p. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays,
No. & Daily.
No. 562 SIT and SCI daily except Sunday.
No. stops only at Ellinwood, Sterling, and
Hutchinson.
No. 562 stops at all stations.
All freight must be at warehouse not later than
p. m.
Refrigerator freight for the East every
Wednesday by p.
GEO HaOM E. AFRO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
First Published in the DEMOCRAT Dec. II, -eaS.
Notice of Final Settlement.
The State of Kansas,

The State of Kansas,
Barton County,
In the Probate Court in and for said County
In the Matter of Estate of b. D. Van Nest,
Deceased.
Creditors and all other persons interested in the
aforesaid Estate are hereby notified that shall
apply to the Probate Court, in and for said Coun-
ty, sitting at the Court House. i'll Great Bend,
County of Barton, State of Kansas, on the 4th
day of January A. D. 1904, for full and final
settlement of said Estate.
EDNA 1. ENGLEMAN,- formerly Edna I. Van
Nest, Administrative of the Estate of 81. D. Van
Nest, deceased.
Great Bend, Kan, Dec 9th, A. D. 1905.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
CIRCULATION AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF KANSAS,
RARToN COUNTY. .

STATE OF KANSAS, 60
BARTON COUNTY,
Will E. Stoke, being duly sworn deposes and
says: 1 am the editor and manager of the BAR
TON COUNTY DEMOCRAT, a weekly paper of gen.
eral circulation, published at Great Bend, Barton
County, Kansas. I have under my supervision
the circulation of said paper. and hereby certify
that the avera ge weekly circulation of said paper
for the months of September, October, November
and December 1908, was 2040 copies. further
swear that fhe present actual circulation of said
paper is 2136 copies.
WILL E. STOKE,
Editor and Mana ger.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th
day of December. 1905.
SEAL LOUIS ZUTAvERN,
Notary Public.
Ny Commission expires january %, 1907.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
Wonderful bird Flight.

The most wonderful bird flight noted
Is the migratory achievement OF the Viz.
ginia plover. which leaves it's northern
haunts in North America, taking q
course down the Atlantic, usually from
400 to 500 miles east of the Bermudas
reaches the coast of Brazil in one un,
. broken fight of Is hours, covering dis
lance OF 5000 miles. at the rate of four
miles O minute.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
First published in the DEMOCRAT Dec IL, 1903 ]
Notice of Final Settlement.
The State of Kansas, T.

The State of Kansas,
Barton County,
In the Probate Court in and for said County.
In the Matter of the Estate of G. P. Merritt,
Deceased.
Creditors and other persons interested in the
aforesaid Estate are hereby notified that shall
apply to the Probate Court, in and for said Coun-
ty, sitting at the Court House, in Great Bend,
County of Barton, State of Kansas, on the 18th
day of January A. D. 1904, for full and final
settlement of said Estate.
W. G.. MERRITT, Administrator of the Estate
Of G. P. Merritt. deceased.
Great Bend, Kan, Dec oth A. D. 1908.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
MUST GIVE TO HAVE.
Those Who Would Be in Possession
of Beauty and Sweetness
Give Heed.

What would you think of a rose that
would say to itself: Il cannot afford
to give away to strangers all my
beauty and sweetness; l must keep it
for myself. I will roll up my petals
of beauty; I will withhold this frag-
rance for myself. 1t is wasteful eX-
travagance to give these things away"
But behold, the moment it tries to store
up, to withhold them from others, they
vanish. The fragrance, the beauty, do
not exist in the unopened bud. 1t is only
when the rose begins to open itself, to
exhibit it's petals, to give its secret, its
life, to others, that its beauty and fra
GRANGE are developed, says Success.
So selfishness defeats its own ends.
He who refuses to give himself for
others, who closes the petals of his
helpfulness, and withholds the fra
GRANGE of his sympathy and love, finds
that he loses the very things he hoped
to gain. The very springs of his man
hood dry up. His finer nature be-
comes petrif1ed. He grows deaf to the
cries of help from his fellowmen. His
tears are dried up, and he stares at mis-
fortunes without wincing.
Refuse to open your purse. and soon
you cannot open your sympathy. Re-
fuse to love. and soon you lose the
power to love. Your affections are
paralyzed. your sympathy athrephied
from disuse, and you become a moral
cripple.
But the moment you open wider the
1oor of your narrow life, and, like the
rose, send out freely your fragrance
and beauty upon every passerby,
whether peasant or millionaire, you
begin to develop a marvellous power.
UnharPisd Justice.
Some years ago an Ohio court was the
scene Of many amusing incidents. The
Judge was man from Connecticut, who
retained the New England speech and
other characteristics which had been his
birthright- He declared that there were
~no frills'' about his court. but there
were some appurtenances without which
he evideatly felt It impossible to admin
lister justice In wise and temperate way
One morning an eager petitioner was de-
manding the settlement OF certain mat
ter then and there, but while he pleaded
the judge. with a disturbed face, rum
mayed among the papers on his table.
Hold ont" he cried, at last. This
court has lost her psnsil. and you might
Just az well walt till she finds 1t If you
want her fairly to take in what yours
saying. Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
The new Pacffac Gable.

four long stretches-San Francisco te
Hawaii, 2,276 miles; Hawaii to Midway
1.254 miles; Midway to Guam, 2,5st
miles and Guam to Manila, 1.4s0 miles
Its average depth from the surface il
nearly three miles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
a Lovely Endinr.

Bogg-What allied the editor of that
comic papers who died the other day.
Bing-I don't know I think one of
the doctors said he had been ticklsd to
Gsath.-Chelsea Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-01-01
Mutual

Mrs. A. Cerbity-You have accepted
George? Why. you know very well that
i don't approve OF him
Her Daughter1That's all right.
mother. Neither does he approve o.
zoui-Stray Stories.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-19
NEW Works. STRAWBERRY
TRADE.

New York Times.-Attention is at
tracted to New York as strawberry
market by the announcement that the
Florida crop has all been shipped.
New York. it is said, consumes fully
2e.00O,000 quarts of strawberries every
year. They begin with Floridas. which
are usually here for Christmas and sell
at 81 a box wholesale. The retail
price is whatever dealer can induce
a customer to pay, and good strawber-
ries at Christmas are rare enough to
command almost any figure.
Formerly the strawberry market of
New York was one of the most import
ant during the summer. A hundred
cars a day were sold here. Dealers
came from all nearby cities and towns
to obtain supplies, and good berries
are bid up sharply. Now these cities
and towns set their own cars. and New
Works market is limited to local re-
ouyrements. Twenty-Five to 80 cars
about sufficient to supply the demand
and unless the fruit is exceptionally
good. prices decline sharply under
those moderate offerings.
Berries are now coming from Charles
ton and other parts OF South Carolina.
Within a week or two, North Carolina
viii begin to ship. and thus the season
moves northward with the summer.
ending with New Jersey, New York
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-19
CORK PRODUCTION

According to a bulletin tsued by the
cramber of commerce of Cadiz, the
production of cork in Spain is estimat-
ed at 2S.450,716 pounds; that of Portu-
sal, at S2,5l5,104 pounds; Algeria and
other cork-producing countries togeth-
er, about 20,S21.S40 making
the worlds total annual cork produc-
ton Sl,2SL760 pounds. The export of
raw cork from Spain in 1902 amounted
to 9,664,966 pounds. and for the first
eleven months of 1908 to SIZES. 6o2
pounds. The export of manufactured
corks from Spain in 1909 amounted to
Assesses pounds, valued at s4.445. 700
R. NJ. Bartleman consul. Cadiz. Spain.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-19
The Walking Parson.

The Rev. A. N. Cooper, vicar Of Filey,
near Scarborough, by his feats of pc
destrianism, has earned the title of
The Walking Parson.'
In 1887 he walked to Rome 743 miles.
and in the three succeeding years
walked respectively across Ireland.
from Hamburg to Paris, and from Ffley
to Budapest His other long walks
have been across Belgium, through
Spain, to the north of Scotland. to Ven
ice ana TO Monte Carlo. Yesterday he
left York for Liverpool for walk to
Andorra, a small republic between
France and Spain. Mr.. Cooper walks
an average of thirty miles per day, and
this pace he can keep up for weeks.
His tramps are for the subject of most
interesting lectures.-London News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-19

self recently arrived at the age Of 20.
"Chevreul ascribes his longevity
said Mr.. Depew, to the fact that be
ing sure of his position in the factory
of the Gobelin tapestries so long as he
might live, though his position was a
modest one he never worried about
finances, never had serious troubles,
and never had touched alcohol or tobac.
co. He had lived most temporarily
and rank the muddy waters of the
Seine.
Beside him was gentleman who
enjoyed the dinner TO the utmost and
was hilariously and rather uproarious-
ly proposing the health of everybody
at the table. The old gentleman every
little while would place his hand upon
his neighbor and check his levity.
Why does Chevreul take so much
interest in his lively neighbour l in
quired of my escort.
Because he is his son. was the re-
ply.
How old Is the boy?' said l.
'Seventy-3ix,' answered my polite
escort"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-19
In the Gardens of the Alameda.

Landing at Gibraltar and having to
stay there a day, we spent most in
teresting afternoon in the Alameda,
the public garden laid out in 1914.
Here for the first time | saw pecul-
lar pine tree which fiourishes through
out Spain, from Cadiz to Segovia,
and should therefore be hardy in our
country. The color is beautiful
dark green, somewhat lighter than
our white pine, or pinus strobus, and
its shape is a perfect sphere. Smaller
ones were like gigantic Bay trees in
in the same manner for decoration
without the disadvantage of having to
be stored in winter. ! never saw
beautiful specimen of this tree from
the window of slow-moving train
without longing to have it dug up and
sent to my own garden.
In this Alameda at Gibraltar grew
also stately cypress and gnarled ce-
dars; magnolias, and the feathery
acacia mimosa, sycamores, oaks and
locust; the beautiful pepper tree and
the tender banana; pomegranates,
with their scarlet flowers, and orange
trees laden with fruit; olive trees
with their silvery foliage; oleanders,
abutilon and fuchsia growing like
trees.
Blooming at one time were a great
number of flowers that with us would
follow in succession and make floral
procession of several months. | felt
at once that | should have to begin
gardening all over again to under
stand climate that would produce
chrysanthemums, dahlias, marfgolds,
and other late-blooming plants in
early June. Japanese iris was there in
quantity. Paths were bordered with
German stocks, pink, white and pur-
pie, and with the old-time Glove pinks
Great plantations of carnations filled
the air with their spicy odor.-From
Some Gardens in Spain, by Helena
Rutherfurd Ely in Scribner's.