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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30

company, who had obtained fur
Tough, pledged a very valuable
gold watch to Smith for the loan Of
81 900, to be paid with interest on
his return. The watch was easily
worth $1,000 at that time.
Smiths company commander of
course knew nothing of tle trans
action, and was naturally very
much interested one night when
he was aroused by Smith in an
apparent state of the greatest ex-
citement, with the story Of having
been robbed of his watch. The
regiment was at the time occupy
ing a very comfortable cantonment
consisting of palm leaf shacks,
which had been constructed by a
regiment that had been doing duty
in Florida for some time.
Smith told the story of the theft,
how he was in the habit of placing
his watch in his cap, and the cap
, under his bunk every night; how,
having a call to get up he discov-
cred his loss on reaching for his
cap; would the captain have the
company formed in line and insti-
tute a search for the missing prop
erty. He would, and he did, but
the watch was not found. In the
morning Smith was the picture
of woe. He then impaired the in
formation that the watch was no
his; that he had loaned 81, 600 OF
it, and that the owner would cal
up him that very day to redeem it
what am l to do?" he asked
Must I lose my money? Canno
I compel the borrower to pay me-
a part of the loan, no matter if
cannot produce the watch ?"
He was told plainly that tn
loss was his unless he could pro
duce the watch. He must fulfil
his part of the contract, or lost
what he had loaned.
Smith seemed in utter despair a
his loss and for days moped aroun
camp, as though he had lost hi
last friend. Finally the story c
? the theft was forgotten by every
= body, except Smith, perhaps.
= A year passed away, and in Jar
: uary, 1865, the regiment was i
= the trenches before Petersburg
' Va. 1t has passed through famin
: and sudden death, but was sti
r intact and in face of the enemy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30

sey as the representative of the
Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt in
terests. Mr.. Ramsey has person.
ally superintendent various surveys
for routes to the east which were
made during his reign as president
of the Wabash railroad. 1t is also
said that number of the men who
assisted him in laying out the pres
ent line of the Wabash into Pitts
burg and who were interested in
the surveying of the Greene coun-
ty line are working on the Little
Kanawha rights of way atpresent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30

by person who knows something
of their ways of living. As stated
in the West Virginian yesterday,
these people do not mix freely with
the blacks, and the remark of the
young woman shows why. In
speaking of herself she said, Il
know 1 am rather brown, but I am
under a strict law of the settlement
never to bring anyone into the
family who is darker than I am. "
That law, strictly adhered to, will
ere long make the guinea negro"
as palefaCed as his Anglo Saxon
neighbOrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30
Cartwright, at Loeb Lynn,

Has just opened the largest stock Of
Snag Proof Gum Goods ever brought
to the county which will be sold as
low as possible. The stock consists
of felts and gums, socks and gumsN
gum boots. mems and ladies arctlcl
and ordinary overshoes. Come and
examine the stock and secure prices
before you purchase elsewhere. Will
pay % cents for eggs, one-half cash;
25 cents for butter, all trade - 23c
half cash; highest price for buck
wheat flour, dress poultry for Thanks
giving, and POTATOES. Will pay some
money on pork, buckwheat and poul-
try. ct
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30
Nehemiah PebuiIds the Walls 0
Jerusalem.

Nehemiah ReDuii0S the WaiiS Oh
Jerusalem.
Kings do not like the sight of
unhappy faces" 1t is a discount
upon their ability to confer happi-
ness. Napoleon III would not see
Abd-el- Kader until it should be in
his power to grant his request, and
thus change h is countenanCe.
Louis XIV, finest actor of royal
ty," wanted every face to shine
and be wreathed with smiles when
he appeared. 1t is a wonder that
Nehemiah did not 60 to the dun
geon or scaffold for marring the
royal banquet with his lachrymose
visage. But in answer to prayer,
the kings heart was that moment
in the Lord hand like a brook Of
water. He lured it whittier He
would.
1t is probable, too, that in an
swer to prayer, Esther was the
queen who sat beside the king and
aided her tellow-countrymen with
her persuasive influence. In the
crisis, Nehemiah had recourse
once more to prayer, that trusty
weapon he had used daily for four
months. He breathcd an inaudi-
bic, momentary prayer.
The sequel is well known-the
kings favorite disposition; the
letters to the pashas beyond the
river insuring safe conduct, the
bodyguard of captains and horse
men; the order of the kings tores-
ter to honor Nehemiah's requisi-
lions for timber, the Successful
Journey and arrival; the moonlight
ride of observance about the city,
and, finally, the address which in
cited the Jews to rebuild the wall
Never was a great national en-
terprise undertaken under more
, unfavorable circumstances The
, laborers were few, comparatively,
, and inexperienced; enemies many
, and exceedingly crafty; instead Of
clean site, a heap of rubbish; con.
, spiracy within the city, and threat
| ening advances of the enemy.
: But the genius and zeal of Ne
5 hemiah were more thana match
: for even such a combination o
! adverse affairs. Such organizin s
f and administrative ability as he
| displayed has never been surpass
: ed. He fairly hynotized the PEG
t ple-everybody was enlisted. They
2 worked as families and guilds
/ There was good-natured rivalry
S Thoroughly armed, they stood
i ready to repel incursions. Whethe
e they worked or mounted guard
r their families stood in groups be
: hind them, and in the more dis
: tant background stood their home
e and the temple, so that they ha'
G a constant object-lesson to remin
them that the work in which the
v were engaged was for God an
e home and native land.
l. In the incredibly short space {
o fifty-tWo days the work was done
e Happy Nehemiah as on the nigh
Il of the ftty-second day he close
e and barred the city gate. Wha
e Joy to know that the temple, bui
lie with twenty-one years of toll an
a sacrifice, was now, with all il
is priceless contents, after sevent
G years Of exposure, safe frol
II bedouin incursion and the touc
la of sacriligious and plunderin
lie hands
y Thus terminated d task which
l. in its magnitude, difficulty, an
lg importance, stands next to II
lie building Of the temple itself
re The Teachers Lantern.
20 The utility of PRAYER has r
~ markable qualification in the Boo
III of Nehemiah. The undertaken
ID
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30

The instance of a man head be-
ing chopped off, referred to in the
above by the West Virginian, was
an actual occurrence, if the testi-
mony Of old residents of Garrett
county, Maryland, may be believ-
ed. The deed was committed in
cabin in which the Mayles re-
sided near the town of Deer Park,
and twenty years ago the incident
was fresh in the minds of people
who reside in that section. Taken
as a class, however, the Mayles
have been pretty law-abiding
people N West Virginia, every
thing considered, and a number OF
them are good citizens of Barbour
and other counties. Up in Bar
bour especially, the Maybe family
have proven exemplary citizens
they own their own properties;
till their own soil, work early and
late; they have built church or
the banks of Tygarts Valley river
wherin they worship at all seasons
The trouble in which B. F. Male
has become entangled has fallen
, upon the family as great shock
and they feel keenly the disgrace
he has brought upon them, The
murderer is still at large, and it is
extremely doubtful if he will BIT
captured ever, unless he finally
chooses to give himself up to thu
authorities Of the law.-Graftol
Sentinel,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature 43asa s1o Of lIrhEzzzzsW
Strayed Away.

About three weeks ago a red
yeariing steer with crop off and slit
in right ear and underbit out of
left ear. Any Information leading
to the recovery ofthe animal will be
rewarded by communicating with
Salem Lee, Swanton, or Ezra Lee,
Accident, 4O-3t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30

smith lie Talk among the ul6u
on the line of battle was of those
who had been hit and when
Smiths name was mentioned it
elected the remark; "Small loss
if he dies; meanest man in the
regiment
The unkind words came from
Lou Berry, the other principal in
the story. Berry in appearance
was a soldier of quite a different
type from Smith although they had
many traits in common. Berry
was a much younger man and had
been raised in Atlanta, and no
doubt in very bad company. Full
of that predominating love Of the
South, he was Is true as steel and
as fearless as a lion. In some re
spects he was the highest type of
the Confederate soldier. In others
he was the worst. On the firing
line-and he was always there
he was the incarnation of war. In
quarters he was the incarnation of
deviltry. He stole without shame,
and was insensible to reprimand.
No one would trust him. and
everybody liked him. He was
happy only when pilfering or do
ing some one a kindness. 1t was
alleged that he had a bushel of
watches and a small fortune in
greenbacks hid away, all of which
he had taken from the dead bodies
of Union soldiers, His fighting
qualities saved him from much de
served punishment, for he and
Smith were in front in every as
sault the regiment was called upon
to make.
Small loss; meanest man in the
regiment" The remark called
forth a general dissent.
/ why do you make such an I'M
feeling remark?" said the Captain
reprovingly. Berry turned a very
curious gaze upon the speaker
MAY be you don't know the true
story of that job about the watch,
said he. The captain admitted
he knew no more than that the
watch had been stolen. Berry
laughed as if it was the joke of the
war.
well, I'll tell you. Smith
wasn't robbed at all. At least, i
he was, he was in the scheme. A!
soon as he was told that Morrow
that was the borrowers name, wa
coming to redeem the watch mex
day. Smith came to me and said
See here, Berry, this watch i
worth three or four thousand dol
lars and the owner is coming for
tomorrow, I'll place it in my cal
under nv bunk tonight. YO1
come and take it, and as we ar
going to Savannah before a grea
while, you can sell it there 70
S. 900. If you do I'll let yo
, have $500 l agreed at once an
we carried out the scheme"
And did you sell it for So, 900.
I surely did, and what make
, me call Smith a mean man is be
; cause he has been acting ugly tc
; wards me ever since"
Didn't he allow you the $500?
Five hundred nothing. l didn
- give him a cent of the money, an
that is what be is sore abou
What right has he to it, the THE,
- ing rascal"
And that was the way Berr
looked at it. He saw nothing Gu
pable in his own conduct Smit
had got the worst of a thievir
transaction, and it was mean
- him to be sore over it.
80 The story Of the bushel
= watches was probably true.
= Berry returned to Atlanta at Il
~ close of the war and opened
- jewelry store. If living he
doubtless rich, pious and respec
ed.
o. "a A~ wz ~ Eaxa a
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ofrebuiIding the wall was begun,
continued, and consummated in
prayer. Nehemiah prayed four
months before he 50 much as men
toned his matter to the king His
silent prayer in very presence of :
the king is artlessly described;
$50 prayed to the God of
heaven He prayed as the work
continued and enemies ridiculed
and threatened.
The aggressive Christian must
be ready to endure ridicule. San
ballat and Tobiah played a game
of battledoor and shutt1ecock with
in earshot of the inexperienced
builders. They banded jibes at
their expense. "Ha, hal how in
dustrious! Will they finish the
work IN a day?" The weight of
a fox is enough to break down
such a wall as that" Mockery is
no new weapon. The Christian
must just be impervious to it.
X
The advantage of thorough or
ganization has a fine illustration
in this book. The caption Of the
third chapter is very significant.
THE names and order of them
that builded the wall" Each
family, order, and guild, from the
high priest to the merchant, was
given a specific portion to do.
The laborers were armed and in
structed.
+
The discretion of Nehemiah was
masterful. On arrival at Jerusa-
lem he did not handicap himself
by a premature admission Of the
object of his coming. Unobserved,
he made a personal inspection of
the walls. No doubt he jotted
down a memoranda of the work
men and materials required. He
r was forearmed against the asser-
tionSof impracticability. At the
proper moment he set forth the
disgrace and danger involved in
the ruined state of the walls So
feasible did he make their re-erec-
: ton appear, that when in his fer
vor he cried, Come, and let US
build up the walls of Jerusalem "
the people responded, Let us rise
up and buildW
y X = =
The loneliness of Nehemiah is
pathetic. The Importance of his
! proposition was not appreciated.
= Again there was tinge of person
al prejudice against him. He had
been an affluent court favorite in
Babylon, while the people to whom
he came had been in the dust and
! danger of defenseless city, The
! people resented his putting bur-
dens upon them.
:, y
The page fairly bristles with
# suggestions to the social reformer
. of the present day. He must con-
# front a unity of unbelievers, and a
Il disunion of believers Critical
# words will pierce him deeper than
# enemies spear, Traitors in camp
4 are worse than foe afeld Invet-
IS crate apathy in face of unrighteous
" conditions dispiriting to the last
NJ degree. The civic worker hears
h the plaintive, old time refrain Of
O. strength decayed," and I'VE are
not able.
, =
ID Yet never were motives for ag
lie gressive social endeavor NOR,
manifold and inspiring. Now is ;
time to remember the Lord anC
e fight for your brethren and your
IN homes.
lg
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Yet never were motives for ag-
gressive social endeavor more
manifold and inspiring. Now is a
time to remember the Lord and
fight for your brethren and your
homes.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
SANDAGO.

Mrs. He. Clark, who has been
Sex, went to the hospital at Wichita
the first of the week.
Asa Grow shelled corn for J. w.
Lacy the last of the week.
w. J. Shaw and J, II. Lacy were in
Hudson Monday on business.
Joe Walter was on the Salt Marsh
last week, hunting.
R. w. Henry shelled corn the last
of the week.
Eph White visited with Geo. Clark
and family Thursday evening.
Charlie Nets was up in this part
of the country on business last week.
S. c. Hill and family visited with
Mrs. Hills mother Mrs. Geo. Clark,
last Sunday.
Eddie Erdsick and Will Metcher
visited with Geo. Clark and family
Sunday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
THE OIL TRUST
INVESTIGATION.
>
Lathrop On The Stand, Don't
Know Much
FOREMAN GRIFFIN DoDdED.

Chanute, Kansas, March 10
Attorney Gardner Lathrop, general
solicitor for the Santa Fe railway, was
put on the stand today in the State S
suit versus the Santa Fe. Mr..
Lathrop said he did not know whether
or not Rogers and StilIman were
Santa Fe director. He said he
knew John D. Rockefeller was not a
director in that company.
Mr.. Lathrop charged Mr.. Monett
with putting him, Lathrop, Oh the
stand for the purpose of exploiting the
matter in the newspapers.
j. Griffin, district foreman for
the Prairie Co., was not a prolific
witness, lodging all questions on the
dlea of ignorance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
DIST. 70.

E. P. Gage butchered Monday.
Elmer Cue and wife left last week
for their home in Trego County.
Fred Hall bought a team of horses
of J. c. Lowry.
Fred Haggaman left the latter part
of last week for his home in Kiowa
county.
Mrs. Pearson spent couple of
days at Great Bend last week, visiting
her daughter Mrs. H. D. Ashpole.
Ed. Gage is preparing to build a
kitchen onto his new house
The meetings still continue but will
probably close sometime during the
week.
Mrs. H. D. AshpoIe was out from
Great Bend last week, looking after
things and sorting and marketing her
potatoes.
Z. NJ Hall IS getting out stone tor
the foundation for their new house,
which they expect to build this spring.
The Lowry and Keltner boys went
duck hunting on the Bottoms Satur-
day. They secured two whole ducks
and had them stolen from them before
they reached home.
The Graves family who will oc
clpy Mr.. S. S. Shattuck's farm. ar
rived from Mo. last week, and took
possession. We gladly welcome them
to our midst, and hope they will not
be disappointed in sunny Kansas.
They brought with them a number of
hives of bees.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
District Court.

The suit to quiet title, br rought by
Frank Harvey against I. N. Morris,
was called Wednesday afternoon, and
judgement rendered for the plaintiff
Thursday morning the case of the
Geiser Mfg. Co. against Mrs. Ben
Carter was called, and the following
jury impanelled: C. w. Amerine,
John Roble, W. H. Harnden, w. S.
Hill, Ed. Tyler, Hy. Gerretzen, w.
%. Smith, Ed Dirren, John c. Cook,
w. D. Bott, D. c. Luse, r. B. Gard.
ner. Osmond & Cole represent the
plaintiff, and Jas. w. Clarke the de.
fendant. -...-.
Ernest Hauser has been granted a
divorce from Ida Hauser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
School Report.

School report of joint district No. l
for the month ending March 10th
1905.
Number of days taught 20; total
attendance 295; number boys en-
rolled 8; number girls enrolled z;
total enrolment Is: average daily at
tendance La; percentage of attend
ance 98s.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy are
Clarence, Hilda, and Rollo Kreutz-
iger, Frances and Theresia Monger,
Carl and Paul Potts.
School closed on the tenth. Several
of the patrons came in, there WASH t
much of program except Mr.. Jesse
Potts, one of the school board, enter
tanned the crowd with his graphic
phone. which was greatly enjoyed by
all.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
The Deal Closed.

The long pending deal for the sale
of the Morrison house has finally
been closed, confirmation having
come by telephone today. TIE pur-
chasers are Joe Degen aud M. c. FL
more of Holsingtou, who intend to inn
mediately organize stock company
with large capital to conducta whole
sale grocery house. Improvements
and the remodeling of the building to
suit the business will be begun i'm
mediately. Every citizen in Great
Bend will be pleased to hear of the
completion of this sale, and We are
sure will stand ready to lend a help
ing hand in pushing the company,
which will mean much to Great Bend
to successful conclusion. Here's
hoping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
FATHER TlHEH'S GREAT SPEECH
wichita's Eloquent Priest Arouses
| Vetrans at Galena.

Father Henry Then of the Cath
dral made great hit at Galena Deco
ration day. Galena makes Decoration
and Memorial day one of the great
events of the year, always having
some orator of national reputation to
deliver the address. This year they
invited Father Then, and he proved
the oft-repeated assertion of the
Eagle that Kansas has talent in every
line which does not have to take a
back seat for any in America. Having
always had men of great fame, there
was some nervousness felt for fear
Father Then would not come up to
the standard, but before he was speak
ing five minutes that fear vanished, or
blossomed into applauding enthu-
siasm. Returning to his hotel after his
magnificent effort, he was recognized
in the streets by the old veterans, who
started to applaud in his honor
which resounded from end to
end of the city of derricks. The
Galena papers have written to friends
here to secure extracts from his
speech to satisfy the : demand of old
soldiers to have his lofty and patriotic
sentiments on record, and the mayor
of Galena has made special request
or that part of it that embraced
brilliant tribute to the flag. The Ga
lena Evening Times, in commenting
on the days doing, says:
"The Right Rev. Then of Wichita
delivered the memorial address, and
it was the finest ever heard here. The
patriotic fire and interest infused into
the tribute he paid the old soldiers
had to be heard to be appreciated.
He held his crowd in breathless inter-
est from start to finish, and when he
had done hundreds crowded around
the speakers stand to shower con-
gratulations upon this able orator. -
Wichita Eagle.
Father Then will lecture at the
Opera House on Wednesday evening
March 29th. His subject will be,
"Know Thyself."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
OYAMA IS STILL lRRESSTABLE
All Hope Gone That Kuropatkin
Will Make a Stand


London, March 16.-Baron Hay
ashi, the Japanese minister here. has
just issued the following statement:
.'Our troops occupied Tie Pass at
twelve twenty, Thursday morning.
Our advance is pressing the enemy
everywhere"
ST. PETERSBURG IN GLOOM.
St. Petersburg, March 16.-The
temporary relief felt yesterday. when
it was announced officially and gen
orally conceded, that General Kuro-
patkin was safe at Tie Pass and able
to repel all assaults gave way to the
deepest gloom with this mornings
news that Tie Pass had also been
captured by the Japanese, and the
Russian army is again in full fight.
The rapid advance of Oyama's
forces, which had been heretofore re-
ported in bad shape and an exhausted
condition, gave rise to great appre-
hension even before the news reached
here that Tie Pass had fallen.
It is believed now that Kuropat-
kris plan is to fall back gradually to
Harbin, four hundred miles away,
checking the foe by giving battle
wherever strategicpoints were reached
and that his stand at Tie Pass was
only intended to be temporary, and
that he abandoned this position to
avoid being surrounded rather than
because he could not successfully re-
sist attacks.
HEAVY FIGHTING.
London, March 16.-A dispatch
from Santoupu. eight miles north of
Tie Pass, says:
''The Russians have retreated from
their positions along the Fan river,
after repulsing fierce Japanese at
tack Wednesday. They burned many
cords of wood and otker supplies. in
dicating that the retreat was made in
good order. Heavy fighting occurred
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
GUGGENHEIM DEAD.
Began as a Peddler, Dies Worth Many
Millions.

New York, March 16.-Meyer
Guggenheim. the copper magnate and
head of the Guggenheim family,
which controls the smelling business
of the United States and Mexico,
died today at Palm Beach, Florida, of
pneumonia. He began business as a
peddler of shoe polish.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
Teddy at a Wedding.

Washington, March 16.-President
Roosevelt goes to New York to-
morrow to attend the wedding of a
cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt. He will
be guest at banquet in honor of
st. Patrick, in the evening"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-17
Card of Thanks.

We extend to our many kind
friends most earnest thanks for
kindnesses shown, and especially for
the floral offerings at the burial of
our husband and father, Frank Dell.
Mrs. FRANK DELL
AND CHILDREN.