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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24

|. +. Steiner OF Kansas City,
accompanied by his wife, are in
the city visiting Mrs. Steiner S
cousin, Ed. Marx and wife.
Steiner is combining business with
pleasure, having Just married and
is making his wedding trip by
taking his wife over his territory
with him.
On Monday Mrs. Kindall
started to visit her folks in the
country, taking with her her little
two months old son, Arthur.
When she reached the house and
she unwrapped the babe, it was
found to be dead. The funeral oc-
Cured Tuesday, the 2lst at 2 p.
M.
A young lady l6 years old Iiv-
ing with her sister, Mrs. Veal,
whose husband is the section fore
man at Dundee, died early We'd
neSday morning of what is report
ed to be diptheria. Her home was
in Hutchinson. The house has
been quarantined. There are so far
no further cases reported from
there.
A number of the X. C.s from
here went out to J. H. Norris
Tuesday evning and surprised that
worthy member and his wife.
All report having had a pleasant
time, and we regret that work
kept US at home, because we know
what royal entertainers be and
his wife are.
If your papers and other mail is
wet today it is not because there
is so much dew" on them, but
because Uncle Sam S postoffice has
sprung a leak, or numbers of them.
The water poured down through
the ceiling there this morning like
the Arkansaw fddler's home.
Congress Tor some one else) haG
better hurry up and make an ap-
preparation for reparirs, for i,
does rain in Kansas.
At5p. m. Wednesday Probate
Judge Torrey was called to the
Barton house where he performed
the marriage ceremony for T. A
Berry of La Crosse, and L. E
Botrachek of Hollywood. The
ages of the happy young coupl
aggreate over 100 years.
The East side whist club me
with Miss Zoe Chapman Wednes
} day evening and enjoyed a pleas
} ant session. L. p. Aber won tn
gentlemen's prize, winning on
} cut with Frank Norris, and Mis-
} Addie Pressl won the ladies' prize
The name Of the club was change
Ito Mitwoch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24

Topeka, Kans., Nov. 25.- In
testimony in a suit to reduce the
rates on coal. made by the man
ager of the Salt Works at Els
worth, .Kas., today, he admitted
that he got a rebate of % cents a
ton on coal from the Frisco sys-
TEN. He said he asked for it upon
hearing that the Hutchinson Salt
Works were getting rebates.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24

Any Workman who fails to be
present at the lodge meeting Sat
urday night will regret it ever
after.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24
cams and cancel all games.

New York, Nov. 23.-Today
was mourning day for the east
side Jews, six thousand of. whom.
paraded in memory OF the victims
of the Russian massacres. Bands
in line played dirges. Prayer
meetings were held at which let
ters from survivors were. read,
voicing the sentiment. We &ho'
remain envy those dead"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24

The Masonic lodge will work
the Sd.'degree''on Friday evening
at 80.
The farmers who almost swan |
to town today are jubilant over..the
big rain.
Chas. Petit is building a neat
cottage on the Rediger block inl
the 4th ward.
Thunder in November means
well it.sounds laundering good. if
rain accompanies it.
Mrs. Mary Sowards has bought
the Roberts place on 7th street,
paying for the same $3.50.
See Mrs. Stoke for carnations,
roses, chrisanthemums and other
cut flowers and floral decorations.
E. Jig, of near Hoisington and
Antoine Pospishel, of Olmitz, made
this Office a social call Wednesday. !
H. A. c. Hartman and wife |
were over from Clafin Wednes- |
day visiting their son, and other
friends.
Regular monthly meeting of the
Great Bend Fire Department Fri
day evening the'24th. All mem
bers should attend.
c. Hallet a prominent Rush
county politician was down We'd
nesday and spent the day inter
viewing his friends. ,.,; 1.-. '''''--.:.;c :-.-
Watt O'Connell is confined at
home'with threatened attack of
fever. He has been unable to
work for several days.
Mrs, Will Brown and Miss
Cassie Pile were down from
Galatia Saturday and Sunday
visiting A. L. Pile and family.
The business man who patron
lies our advertising columns is
the man we are pleased to say gets
our support, and gets your busi-
ness.
The Captain of Clusters last
fight failed to obey the, admoni-
tiOns of the Marshal, when he got
too much Of jag on, and was
landed in the cooler Wednesday.
Fred Colgrove of Chicago drop
ped in the first of the week for a
visit with Herman and family.
The boys are cousins, and this is
the first time they had ever met.
The south side farmers want us
to suggest to the business men of
Great Bend that they, the farmers,
are ready at any time to pour oil
on the troubled roads, if the oil
is furnished.
The Great Bend Democrat has
installed a new typesetting ma
chine and is putting on all sorts
of metropolitan airs. Success to
the Two Bills"-may they con-
tinue to prosper. Chase Register.
Hue Hickey of the Olmitz
neighborhood was in town We'd
nesday to make his annual deposit
with the county treasurer. He has
little spiel in regard to the in
crease in his taxes the last two
years that speaks volumes.
Fire in the large ware house of
the American Beet Sugar CON-
pany's plant at Rocky Ford caused
a loss estimated at $3.50, 900. fully
covered by insurance. There we're
about 10 million pounds of sugar
in the warehouse.
| With reference to the sugar beet
factories, Secretary Coburn says,
What we want is beets. Some
years ago there was a craze for
cane sugar factories over Kansas.
Factories we're built here and
there, and were soon deserted to
stand stark and bare as monu-
: ments to our unwisdom. There is
no trouble finding profitable mar
ket for all the beets we can raise
: and there will be no such trouble
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24
Special 70 the RustIer.

Special 70 the Rustler.
Pawnee Rock, Kans.. Nov. %.
Word reaches here this after
noon that the Mofatt Bank, at
Garfield, a small town in Pawnee
county, about ten miles southwest
of Larned, was blown open at two
o'clock this morning. Noparticu-
lars are given as to how much
money was obtained. The bank
is owned by the Moffatt Bros.
bankers at Larned.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Testi- =.
mony in the Burton trial today
tended to show that the Kansas
Senator endeavored to make an ex-
tensive practice in defense of the
get rich quick" concerns at the
Capitol. Charles Brooks, pro
moter of the Brooks Brokerage
Co., took the stand to tell Of his
meeting with Burton. Brooks
was recently convicted of using
the mails to defraud, and is out
on an appeal. He did not appear
at the former trial.
Andrew Hogan an employee of
the Office of the Attorney Genreal,
in the Postal Department will be
the last witness the government
will call this afternoon. It is un-
derstood that the defense will ask
for dismissal on the grounds of
an alleged agreement. with the
Rialto Company made in Illinois,
and that this court hence bas no
jurisdiction.
| Il ID NJ. = .L..-A -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24

Z. r. Moses is absent from
home this week in the interests of
the Manufacturers Association.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

You will want an ad. in our
holiday edition.
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Take the word quiyer; which may
mean case for arrows, or, on the other
hand. may set our thoughts toward the
shivering of the earth about to quake,
or the trembling of the leaf upon the
tree
Take the common word quorum.
Whoever is engaged on board or COM
mittee knows the impossibility of pro-
ceeding with business until a quorum
is present. This word now adopted into
everyday English is pure Latin and car
ries us back to the days of Roman juris-
prudence
Such words as romp. frolic, rollick
embody an idea of wild and careless
mirth. Crush and quell have different
significance, the spirit of q nation may
be crushed, the uprising of a people
may be quelled.
A common English word familiar to
everyone is spunk. This word, as the
dictionary shows us, goes all the way
back through various languages to the
early Greek, where it meant touchwood
or wood that would readily take fire;
hence spunky person is one whose tenn
per takes fire at touch
Hurry, furry, scurry. are all words
that convey the thought of haste, with
sometimes the addition of confusion.
There is not in the language a more
disdainful word than spurn or more
pathetic word than squalor The word
tenure. used in legal conveyances and
indispensable in defining the terms by
which we rent or buy real estate, comes
to US from the Latin and signifies to
hold
But we need not multiply examples.
When you have a spare half hour go to
the dictionary. 1t is not a volume to be
read through consecutively. 1t is rather
volume to be frequently consulted and
to be regarded as a useful and ever-ready
friend in time of need. Only from the
dictionary can you gain concrete idea
OF the antiquity. variety and versatility
OF language. This divine endowment
is the coronation of man lifting him
above the whole brute creation. and
worthily showing him as made in the
image of his Maker.
Slang, profanity and corruptions of
any kind debase language. Its clean
cut and scholarly use is elevating and
worth striving for. Any good diction-
ary will serve your purpose. Buy the
best you can afford
To the dictionary also we must look
for the latest pronunciation. From
time to time this changes. and it is. all
things considered. better to be up-to-
date than to lag behind the times. The
dictionary is the ultimate court of ap-
peal on points of pronunciation in Eng
l1sh, and those who speak good English
OF course desire to pronounce it Alright.
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YOKOHAMA SCENES
Gland OF GENTLE MAN-TERsn
DURING PEACE RIOTS.
japanese, Like Their Islands, Vol
canic, But People of Wonderful
Self lf-Control-Matters of Nov
el Interest to Travellers.

Japan is oft referred to as Land
OF Gentle Manners but the traveller
sOJourning in the mikado's realm dur
ing the days of the peace riots"
thought the phrase ill advised.
An English traveller, Lady Lawson.
sums the people up as striving for self
control, but inherently very excitable;
volcanic dwellers of volcanic region.
1t seems we'll to quote her words di-
rectly. Writing in Black and White.
she says:
The effect of environment is very
marked here, where the people are vol
canic by nature, like their native coun-
try, and bubble up as freely as their
own hot springs when they once let
themselves go, their wonderful self
control being entirely an acquired vir-
tue and a thing apart from their real
character. This theory of environment
in moulding nations characteristics
is exemplified in all parts of the world.
The people of mountainous countries
are invariably hardy, patriotic and
imaginative-thei inhabitants of low
level countries like Holland are ph!eg-
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RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE.
Experiments Which Indicate That I,
Is Much More Plentiful Than
Was Supposed.

In recent contribution to the Philo.
sophical Magazine, Mr. A. S. Eve makes
some rather startling suggestions. He
has speculated as to the possible amount
OF radioactive substances in the earth.
Starting with a simple experiment TO de-
termine the ioniZation of the air. data
are obtained which are used as founda-
tion for his argument. From his expert
ment he computes that if the ionization
OF the air has an average value equal to
that which he found that this CORE
spends to an activity which would be
produced by one-half gramme of radium
per cubic kilometer of the atmosphere.
Upon the further assumption that this
lonization value is an average for the
world. 1t is computed that to produce
this activity of the layer of air surround
ing the earth. one kilometer thick.
would require at least 900 tons of radium
bromide. Next. following the sugges
ton that the increase in temperature of
earth as the center is approached is due
TO radium. and assuming that the salts
or this element are uniformly distrib-
uted. this 600 tons of radium would be
contained in a layer of the earth only a
few meters thick. The result thus
reached indicates the possibility of
radioactive substances being much
more abundant than heretofore sup-
posed, and suggests the further possi-
bility that radioactive phenomena may
play an important part in the life of the
organic world.-Electrical Review.
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matte and lethargic, with lower ideals;
while in land with mud soil and
much dust, like Russia or China, the
people are mere clods, mud d-headed,'
and unimaginative. So also in volcan-
ic regions, the subterranean fires burn
ing beneath the surface seem to infiu-
ence the dwellers in these lands and
make them inflammable and vol
canic."
During the peace riots" when mar
tial law was proclaimed in Toxic and
was practically in force in Yokohama,
one lost all thought of gentle aspect,
of a gentle people. 1t had been the ex-
pectation that the capital city and the
important port would be centers of
mucn gayety and festival making when
peace was assured; that the onlOoker
would see Japan at her brightest. The
reality was very different; instead of
a hoIidaymaking Toxic and Yokoha-
ma, one felt in veritable St. Peters,
burg of lawlessness and anarchy. At
Yokohama the American missions, the
churches, hotels and consulates were
guarded by soldiers with bayonets
fixed and threatening. The Bluff, where
the foreigners dwell in charming little
villas, was turned into a military en-
campment, mounted troopers and SOL
diers in khaki adding to the picture of
camp life, but not to ones gentle
land picture.
One feature of the moment proved
of general interest, the Japanese
newsboy, or gOgaiya. He ran about
with the various extras-even yet it
seems strange to think of Japan, land
of cherry blossom and gentle arts.
extras, and if his news was most
startling some six bells tangled at his
waist. Imagine what a large Amer
ican city would be like if the horde of
newSmOngerS were all to be adorned
with such bells, and if the managers
of the papers were the ones to give
estimate of value to "aixtri!''
Though peace and gayety were alb
sent from the streets and environs of
Yokohama at the time of which we
speak, still the foreigner found much
of novel interest. Not least interest
ing were the refugees from Sakha!in
passing through on their way to
Odessa. They tramped along in pic.
turesque groups, the women carrying
the babies, the men the poor house
hold belongings.
OF novel interest, too, the shops and
signs. The dressmakers to the for
eign ladies are Cinnamon, and they
really turn out some very satisfactory
creations" Cock Eye" and "Ah
Sing" may be mentioned as typical
names among this fraternity, names
that the idle traveller delights in. Also
delight is found in such a work of art
as this, sign advertising the shop
OF Japanese tailor: Il have learned
sewing the ladies' dress of the French
or present fashion shape for many
years, and l have opening of a shop
and can work how much difficult job
insure, please try, once try. Our shop
is best and obliging worker that ha:
everybody known"
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brick laid in cement mortar, and the
floors are covered with cement four
inches thick. The cell~r also contains
necessary coal bins and hot air fur
race which heats the entire house.
The frame is built of hemlock lum-
Ter complete, is sheathed with North
carolina tongued and grooved sheath
Ing boards and is covered with two ply
building paper. The entire building.
except the gables. is also covered with
narrow bevel white pine siding boards
The gabies are covered with dimension
cypress shingles with drop courses.
while the scrollwork of the gables is
made of composition.
The exterior is painted with two
coats of white lead and linseed oil paints.
the body color being colonial yellow.
with all trimmings of pure ivory white.
The gables are of terra Gotta. The main
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roof is covered with random width ce-
dar shingles, which are dipped in shin
gle stains before being laid.
All of the interior walls are plastered
with two good coats of common NOR
tar and are finished with hard white
plaster. The trim is of white pine
The main staircase is built of quar-
tered oak. The first floor is finished in
the natural wood. with one good coat of
liquid wood filters properly rubbed
down smooth and two good coats of in
terror varnish, and the secnd story
woodwork is covered with two good
coats of zinc white The hardware
throughout is plain bronze
The dining room and parlor contain
cabinet quartered oak mantels, with
large bevel plate mirrors and tile fac
ings complete. The kitchen and bath
room contain full and complete modern
fixtures and plumbing. as shown on thu
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The Ingenious General.

Chan Chun Man, the head of Canton
ese firm employing over 10000 hands,
has been studying American Industries.
In Philadelphia, apropos of the Chinese
awakening, he said:
China has for thousands of years
been highly enough civilized to despise
war. Her newborn respect for war Is
not an unmixed good. There is, per-
haps, little of degeneration, of bar
barism, in it.
But at least China will no longer be
.he laughing stock of nations more
warlike than herself. 1t will no long
sr he possible to say to her, as the
Japanese once said. that a Chinese
general explained a aefeat with such
report as this:
The ignorant enemy, unaware that
guRs could not be fired against an OBJ
ect behind them, came upon US from
the rear. and thus rendered all our
cannon useless. Boston Advertiser.
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that o. the wearer's real boot
The false sole. by itself. with fas-
tening straps, is next seen.
The second boot shows a false sole
intended TO make big foot leave a
small-sized footprint.
Finally. we notice The appearance of
a boot so equipped when seen from
below. and remark how different in
size and shape the false sole. shaded,
is from the real sole itself Needless
10 add. the fact that a man arrested
has such false sole in his possession
Is pretty clear evidence against him.
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For Perspiring Hands.

Perspiring hands are almost always
evidence of nervousness. 1t is good
plan to bathe- them occasionally with
white wine vinegar. busting afterward
with powdered orris root. Make it a
practice to sprinkle the inside of your
gloves with powdered prepared chalk.
The girl who is annoyed with this
trouble should get plenty of outdoor
exercise
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Underground Wires.

The expense is not the only obiec
ton of the telephone and telegraph
companies to putting their wires un
derground. The underground wire is
very much diminished in power OF
transmission, so that 15. miles of un-
derground circuits in New York cuts
down the current as much as 500 miles
OF overhead transmission.
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Just Like a Boy

The late Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge WIS.,
tied st. Louis family some years ago.
There was in this family little boy
with an inordinately sweet tooth.
Mrs. Dodge" said the boys mother
one day, do you think it is right for
Bobby to eat so much bread and jam?"
TT doesn't hurt him." the visitor an
swered.
But all that jam?" complained the
mother, anxiously.
oh" said Mrs. Dodge, with grim
smile, s'he doesn't. eat it. He leaves ii
on the doorknobs. Philadelphia Bull
1etin.
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Favor Electrical Roads.

The government of Switzerland has
planned to apply electricity to all the
government railway lines and to oper-
ate these lines from water-power plants
utilizing the mountain streams as a
source of energy. Two experts have
been sent to the United States to study
electric-railway methods.
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Pattern No. 5408.-A very dainty and
becoming morning jacket is shown in
this design, developed in pink and white
china silk. trimmed with point de Paris
lace. Under-arm and side-back seams
aid in giving shapely appearance in
the back, and broad sailor collar fin
ishes the neck. The full sleeves are
shirred at the lower part to form ruffle,
further elaborated by frill of lace
French flannel, challis, pongee, lawn and
dimity are all suitable to the design
The medium size will require rs yards
Of 36-inch material. Sizes for so, "a. 36.
38, 40 and AZ inches bust measure.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
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A French Belt.

A striking French belt is of gray
silk elastic. marked oddly with Law
ender and plum shades. It has a cut.
steel buckle and is very wide-say,
seven inches. There are others of
this pattern in black, covered profuse-
ly with jet beads. Again, gray, with
cut-steel beads.
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A FINE COMBINATION.
Here Is Pretty and Practical Ar
ticle to Present to Ones Girl
Friend.

powder puff bag. jewel case and cor
set pad combined. This useful little ar
ticle is made of soft silk, cotton and
chamois. The powder puff bag is made
separate and attached to the case 1t is
made of silk and lined with chamois
and finished with drawstrings The case
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A sallow Complexion.

Sallow compilations are often caused
by unwise eating and torpid liver.
Make it habit to take the juice of a
lemon in a little cold water and with
dash of salt added Take this every
morning before breakfast
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clews afforded by
their footprints.
t h a t some of
them. to put the
police off t h e
track, now carry
false Soles. The
first boot in the
diagram is shown
fitted with a de-
tachable leather
false sole. intend
ed to make a foot
rrint larger than
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Remedied.

Playwright have just dramatized
the want" columns OF yesterdays 8
newspapers.
Manager-Whatever possessed you
to do that?
when you declined my last play
you complained it was lacking in sit
uations. Cassell's
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BIGGEST Silver Producer.

The United States produces the larg-
est amount of silver of any country in
the worlG. The famous Comstock lode
produced ore containing from so to 80
psr cent. pure silver.
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plans. The entire house is piped for
gas.
This house as here shown and de-
scribed can be erected in most locations
as low as s1,7O0, depending upon the ma
terials, ETC., selected in each case This
house can be built on 2O-foot lot by
leaving off the side piazza
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and pad are made with silk and cotton.
A row of stitching divides the pad and
case.
The case is lined with chamois and
closed with drawstring. 1t is finished
around the edges with the buttonhole
stitch and the monogram and a floral
design, either hand painted or embroid-
cred. This makes a dainty Christmas
gift.
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DICTIONARY
NEEDFUL A PIECE OF FURNI-
TURE AS CHAIR OR BED.

No Cultured Home Well Furnished
Without One The Fascinating
Study of Derivations-LatinW Words
Sonorous; Greek Words Full of
Color; Anglo Saxon Derivatives
Pithy-A knowledge of Accurate
Use indispensable for Drawing
Room Conversation-Word That
Have "Clang-Tint.
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(Ttese plans and designs were made by
Dennis & Gastmeyer, architects, $50
broadway, New York;
The perspective view and floor plans
as here shown represent model little
home Of attractive design and conven-
lent arrangements for % foot lot
There is a cellar under the entire
house. The cellar walls are built of
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Didn't Like to Wait.

Ella-Does Fred always kiss you
when he leaves?
Stella-Yes. and sometimes 1t seems
q II he would never go.-Town Topics
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USE FORGED FOOTPRINTS.
How French Crooks Are Pooling the
Police with Their Ex-
ira Soles.

so many burglars in France have re-
Gently been arrested through the