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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
MATCHMAKING IN ENGLAND
Art Has Several Times Been Lost to
British Workmen Since the
Reign of Queen Mary.

The history Of making needles in
England is a curious one, for the
art has been several times lost TO
English workmen since the reign
of Queen Mary.
Needles we're first made in Eng
land at that time by a negro from
Spain, who set up a shop and for
a time prospered at his trade. AT
his death it was found that he had
taught the trade to no one, and the
English had to go abroad for their
needles until 1865, when a German
artisan taught a few mechanics
the manner of their making.
The trade soon died out again
fer some reason, and not until
1850 was it revived by a. foreign
workman, who conducted his OBJ
eratiOns on so large a scale that
there was no longer any danger Of
the secret of their manufacture
being lost.
This was the first time that the
method of making them was not
shrouded in secrecy, and soon the
manufacture Of needles became an
important industry, the White.
chapel needles becoming famous
the world over.
There are now several centers.
in addition to the London quarter,
where the needle industry -four
ishes, Birmingham alone produc-
Ing as many needles in a day as the
original workman made in his life.
time. o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Scheme to Reduce Ardien.a

Hon. Henry L. Dawes in his voun,
manhood was an Indifferent speaker.
Participating in law case, soon after
his admission to the bar, before a
North Adams justice of the peace,
Dawes was opposed by an older attor.
ney whose eloquence attracted a large
crowd that packed the courtroom. The
justice was freely perspiring, and.
drawing of his coat In the midst of
the lawyers eloquent address, he said:
"Mr. Attorney. supposiBg you sit down
and let Dawes begin % speak want
to thin out this rowd."-Boston Her.
aid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
STAMPS FOR DECORATING.
Different Ideas Matched Out from
This Fad Are Many-Monks
Construct Landscape.

Between nine and ten million
stamps are employed in the dec.
Grafton of the walls of the refec-
tory of the HOspice of st. Jean de
Dieu, at Client.
For years the monks have util.
lied their leisure time in the for.
nation of landscapes from bits of
stamps. and at a distance one
would never believe that only
stamps have been used in their
making, so rich are the colorings
and so perfect the drawing.
The idea originated with one of
the brothers who made a small pic.
ture OF the patron saint of the hos.
plce on the walls of his cell.
Approaching the, beauty of his
work. the prior suggested that he
devote his unique talent to fhe dec.
Grafton of the walls Of the refec.
tory, and with the assistance OF
Others among the brotherhood
the monk has devoted wears to the
work, which stands unique among
art productions.
Seen close at hand the work re.
sembles mosaic, but from across
the room the bits blend so well TO.
gether as TO suggest oils. Only
three sides Of the room are vet
completed and contributions Of
stamps are constantly being re.
ceived from visitors who have seen
the work and have become inter.
ested.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
DREAMS NAY CAUSE DEATH
Terrible Nightmares Otter End Fa-
tally-When Sufferer Ices Not
Awake Result Is Death.
People have actually been killed

People have actually been killed
by dreams, asserts the Chicago
Tribune. Most persons have sui
fered from those terrible night
mare visions in which the victim is
pursued by an assassin with I'D
raised knife, or is trembling on the
edge of a fearful precipice, or is in
some other imminent danger of a
sudden and terrible death. These
dreams are common enough. and
nearly always the sufferer awakes,
thankful and happy at his escape.
But sometimes he doesn't awake.
Sometimes the knife falls or the
sleeper in his Authorizations
plunges down the precipice. These
are the dreams that kill.
In the cases where dreams kill
there is a sort of combined action
between the dream and the dis.
ease through which the death is
accomplished. In the first place,
the dream is usually the product
OF the disease. ApersOn may have
heart disease, which never asserts
itself or allows the victim in any
way to know of its presence until
the fact is disclosed in a frightful
dream. Moreover, terrifying
dreams are often the first evi.
dence of heart disease. Then the
frequent recurrence Of these
dreams, dealing repeated shocks
to the nervous system, aggravates
the disease until the heart is 80
weak that one more shock is sufi.
Gent to cause death.
If a person has had dreams II
does not necessarily follow, how.
ever, that he has heart disease.
Dreams indicating heart disease
are usually of a terrifying nature
and relate to death. On awaken.
ing, the sufferer will notice a vic.
lent heart palpitation. Chronic
pericarditis is always preceded by
horrible dreams, such as that Of
being thrown into a lake of fire, or
being crushed in a railroad wreck
or burned by a volcanic eruption.
The approach Of insanity may
also be revealed by unpleasant
dreams, or insanity may be has.
tened by such dreams. There are
many cases where person has
been driven insane by a dream.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
A CHIMNEY-SNIFT'S NEST.
1t Is Made of Small Twigs Fastened
Securely Together with the
Birds Saliva.

One morning late in June |
climbed to the top of our house
to look around the country. re.
lates RussellM .Coryell, in St.Nich-
Olas. 4 had not been there long
when | felt a rush of air on nv
head and ! saw a chimney-swift,
Improperly called a chimney.swal.
low, flying away for another
swoOp at me. l then realized that
! must be near its nest. and look.
ing down a chimney near by, |
saw, after my eyes had become
used to the light. a nest within
three feet of the top with five pure
white eggs about half an inch
long in it. 1t was the first time /
had everknOwn chimney.swift to
build so near the top of a chimney,
for it usually builds some few feet
down where there is a bend which
keeps out the rain that would
soften the glue with which the nest
is held together.
/ thought it would be interest.
ING to take a picture of the nest.
and this being such good chance.
| did so, much to the dislike of the
birds, who kept making swOops
at me.
The nest of a chimney-swift il
not made, like that of most birds
OF hair, leaves or grass. but OF
small twigs which the swift gath.
ers while flying, and which are
stuck together with the birds sa
Iva, which is glutinous.
1t is very interesting to watch a
swift, which is a remarkably good
flyer. 1t never seems to tire and
never rests except when it is or
the nest. 1t is on the wing all the
day and is said sometimes to fly q
thousand miles in "a hours. Chin
ney swifts are good friends of the
insurance companies because they
knock the SCOT down and make 4
less easy for the chimney to catch
fire.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
FIND cAYETY IN TIE TREES
Often a Small Grove Near Dining
Room May Serve to Enliven
Scenery About House.

1t is not necessary to have
gloomy or mOnOtOnOus ever
greens, as many people seem to
think. Often a little grove of trees
near the dining-rOOm window may
serve practical purpose, just as
well as a long distant avenue max
ing a straight line, but not har-
mOnizing with the landscape.
Hold your hand near your face and
you can shut out the sun. Line
your driveway with Norway
spruces and you may dampen the
spirits of every guest who comes
to visit you, and if the trees do not
afford shelter from the prevailing
winter wind you will neither save
a ton Of coal nor protect yourself
from the nuisances that are sure
to come into your neighborhood
sooner or later, says the Garden
Magazine.
What we want is light and cheer
full evergreens over our bOusps
not dark, heavy, dismal ones. In
nearly every case, plant deciduous
trees among the evergreens.
Mixed paintings usually look bet
ter than either kind alone, because
twice a year when deciduous trees
are "doing things" evergreens
give them the best possible back
ground for their unfolding leaves
or autumn eolors. Evergreens
alone generally look too somber.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
THE LEGEND OF THE MAORI
Story Which Is Handed Down from
Chief to Chief-Call Hawaii
Their Fatherland.

The Maoris are not the aborigi.
mes Of New Zealand. This is
the story of their coming as told
by a legend handed down from
chief to chief from generation to
generation: =
TIE Kupe, a priest, lived'on an is.
land called Hawaiki, supposed to
be Hawaii. He incurred the dis.
pleasure of his chief and was com
PEELED to flee for his life. He Sc
cured a canoe, and, stocking i'll
with provisions, padded out to|
sea, leaving his home and his|
friends, as he thought, forever
lie was mourned as dead, butt
about a year later he returned
with glowing story of a wonder
full country he had discovered. BE
gave graphic accounts Of its
mighty forests, its burningmoun-
tains, steaming lakes and huge
birds.
The story caused the widest ex.
element among his people, who
hailed Te Kupe as a god, and prep
aratiOns were at once made to ex-
plore this magic country. Seven
large canoes were built and
stocked with provisions and wa
ter, and party Of islanders, di.
rected by TIE Kupe, set forth on,
their adventurous journey. In|
time they reached the place he had |
described and TIE Kupe's canoe
the AOtea, was the first to touch
the shore. Hence the Maori nameI
"Aotearoa" was given to New Zea-
land.
Just when this took place is one
OF the points in the history Of
these people that is lost in the
shadowy memories Of the past, butt
it is supposed to have been about
800 years ago. The Maoris of to-
day always refer to Hawaii as the
fatherland, and there is a native
proverb 81 kune, mai Hawaiki tel
kune kai te tangata." ''Thee seed
OF our coming is from Hawaiki""
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
GIRLS WHO ARE LoAFeks
Many Fair Maids, Not comreilel .
Earn Livings, FritteT Away
Their Time Doing Nothing.

A girl lOafer. That does nol
sound very pretty, does it? asks
the Philadelphia Bulletin. And
yet there are a good many girls
whom the title hts. In other
words, there are girls who spend
their time doing absolutely moth
ing. Circumstances do not render
II necessary for them to eaia their
living, and so they stay at home
and fritter the precious moments
away in useless pursuits or idle
ness. Don't a good many of them
lie in bed in the morning and LEI
their mothers get up and get
breakfast? And don't you think
they also dress up in their best
clothes and spend the afternoons
enjoying themselves, while their
mothers stay home and prepare
the evening meal? And when
they are home they spend their
time reading trashy novels or
trimming equally trashy hats.
When a girl goes to a party, and
is late getting to bed, she looks on
1t as quite proper and natural that
she should be in bed late the next
morning, and all Of the family &C.
cepts the fact as a matter of
course. But If the mother is up
half the night with an ailing baby,
neither her lazy daughter nor any
other member of the family seems
to think it necessary that she
should stay in bed and make up
her broken sleep. Perhaps if some
of these girls could appreciate the
enormous value of time, they
would not waste it. Our lives are
such tiny drops in the ocean of
time, that we can never, never call
back one precious lost minute.
Dear girls, don't allow your.
selves to be called by that ugly
word "loafer," and yet you will be
if you deserve it. Ifyour brothers
lie around the house all day, half.
dressed and doing nothing, they
would be called "loafers," so why
not you as we'll as they? 'IOafng"
is a habit that grows on one with
fatal rapidity, and unless YOU
want to be held irrevOcably in its
clutches, you must break away
from it at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
TIE TREE THAT Ii PLANTED
Inscription on Grants Tomb Looked
Upon in Humorous Manner by
Thousands Of Visitors.

Many Of the thousands who Wis.
1t Grants tomb are at first a lit.
tie puzzled, and then are inclined
to laugh, when they read the fol.
lowing inscription on the bronze
tablet that stands a few hundred
feet north of the monument:
'This tree was planted to com.
memOrate the greatness of Elk.
President Ulysses S. Grant BY Ii
Hung Chang, A. D. 1897"
There would be nothing anus
ing about the tablet were it not for
the fact that there are two trees,
standing like sentinels, one on
each side of it, relates the Phila.
delphia Ledger.
(which tree is it?" the visitor
wonders, feeling sure that he has
a joke on the park department.
Not a few take the trouble to look
up the custodian of the monument
for an explanation of the mystery,
When they leave him they look
wiser, and often quite sheepish,
for he intimates that, after all. il
is not so remarkable for a well-in.
formed man to know that when a
great man is to be commemorated
In this way it would be unwise to
plant only one tree. If two are
planted, one is likely to live. Here
both are living, and there is no
harm done.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Forecast from Shells.

The inhabitants of Southern
Chill are said to foretell the wealth
er by means of a strange barome-
ter. 1t consists Of the cast-off
shell of a crab. The dead shell is
white in fair, dry weather; but, in.
dicating the approach of moist at.
mosphere by the appearance of
small red spots, as the moisture in
the air increases it becomes entire.
ly red, and remains so throughout
the rainy season.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
SHIRT OF AVERAGE MAN.
Don't Buy Cheap Wearing Apparel Is
Motto Cleaned from Recital Of
Experts on Subject.

The average man who buys
cheap shirts wonders why the
sleeves are always in wrong.
That's the fault of cheapness,r
said Mr.. Duncan C. Coale, of New.
ark, 10 the Baltimore News. In
making up big lots of cheap shirts
the bodies, bands and sleeves are
made IN separate patches. One
machine, for instance, will do
nothing but turn out sleeves. They
are cut and seTed Independent of
everything else, and afterward put
On the shirt just as they happen
to come out. And that's the rea.
son your button always comes
around TO the inside instead of
where II ought to be. A man who
buys such a shirt ought to take it
right back to the seller as soon
as be discovers the fact. I'll war.
rant you that nine out of ten shirts
OF that class have the sleeves lin
wrong.
I'm shirts it doesn't pay to look
for cheapness. You can't get quail
lty for a song, and a few dollars
more the dozen will be economy in
the long run, for you've got the
material and finish in the first
place, and in the second place the
goods will stand laundering bet.
ter, and will always have a nice,
fresh appearance. There is a great
run this season on very iimsy
goods-in this respect following
the wOman's shirtwaist-and in
designs delicacy is the point aimed
at by the makers of the best
brands. A misfortune for the
wearer is that the attached cuff is
very much in vogue. | have to
wear two shirts a day in my Or
binary course of business, because
with the utmost care the cuff will
get soiled, and you cannot change
the cuff without changing the
whole shirt. In the course of q
year the laundry bill is consider.
able-incOnvenience of the thing
aside.
"What is the most expensive
shirt | have ever seen? Well, a
couple Of years ago | saw fancy
shirt made for a fellow in Wyom-
ing that must have been worth
several hundred dollars. 1t was of
the finest leather, deliberately dec.
GRATED, and the buttons were IS
gold pieces, while over the left
pocket was a medallion made of a
$50 gold piece with a diamond set
in the center. 1t was a fad of a
wealthy cattle owner of that state,
where Snowy trappings are as
highly priced as monkey dinners
at Newport. l don't know that he
wore it, but if he did, all right. 1t
was his shirt, not mine"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Snakes as Pets

Snakes in tropical countries are
often treated almost as domestic
animals. The ship chambers Of
Rh Janeiro, for example, keep a
boa among their bulky goods to
act as a rat catcher. These crea.
lures often become partially
tanned, and are then purchased by
menageries.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Deceivinp TO the Eve

Electricity is fatal to the dis.
cernment of certain colOrs. Vel.
low and pink, two totally different
colOrs, look strangely alike by
electric light. Heliotrepe is also
like pink, and subtleties Of shade
are quite lostinit. Nolisht shows
up shades and colors like candles
did, when those commodities were
made of wax. 1t is certain that all
the modern artificial illuminants
mix up colors and shades inextric,
ably, and electric light is worst
Of all.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
His Preference

"What sort Of breakfast food
do you like, Mr.. Newcomer" asked
Mrs. Starvem on his first morning
in her house. "Well, ma'am," re-
piled the new boarder, 81 wouldn',
mind some tenderlOin steak, q
couple o poached eggs on toast.
lamb chops, hot mullins, coffee and
cantelOupe."- Philadelphia Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
hard Cider

why, dear me. Mr. Longswallow,"
said a good lady, how can. you drink
down a whole quart of that ere dread.
ful hard cider at single draught?"
AS soon as the man could breathe
again he replied: 81 beg pardon,
madam, but upon my soul it was so
bard ] couldn't bite It off."-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Song Bird In Arctics.

Singing birds have been found
in numerous quantities by e1plor.
ers within the arctic circle. The
immense crops Of berries that
ripen in the northern swamps &C.
count for the presence of the birds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
TURN DESERTS INTO FARMS
Changes Wrought in Arid Wastes by
Irrigation Veritable Miracles
TO Scientific World.

VCLC dill vi dflu America nj 1Of
the living it could be occupied by
a third OF the entire population of
the United States. Go into the
foothills Of Colorado and Nevada
There the sagebush springs from
the sand as it does on the sun
baked mesas of Arizona and New
Mexico away to the south. The
stahstician estimates that even
IN Kansas, Nebraska and the Da-
kOtas fully 75,OOO,000 acres will
produce only a scanty herbage-
just enough to keep range cattle
alive a few weeks during the graz
ing seaSOn-yet these states are
not considered a part of the desert.
Already a modern miracle has
been wrought. The one who has
not visited the oasis created by ir-
rlgatiOn may scout this assertion,
but should he chance into the val
ley through which the Rio Pecos
hows, or in Colorado along the
Poudre river, the landscape Of
field, orchard and garden which
nature has created in a literal will
derness will convince him beyond
the shadow of a doubt. In the
southwest fruits and grains both
OF the tropic and temperate zones
are to be seen growing in luxuri-
ance where yesterday only grease
wood, sagebrush and cactus ex-
listed.
Yet the soil is unchanged, save
Tor the application Of water. 1t is
that of the desert-without mois-
ture, almost incapable Of support
ing life. When mOistened, how
ever, these particles of sand, even
alkai rock, contain properties 50
fertile that from them springs
vegetation more abundant and
luxuriant than the crops that are
gathered from the rich black loan
of Indiana and Illinois and the
fertile valleys of New York itself.
Though less than ten per cent.
OF the available area for irrigation
has thus far been reached, in Col
orado itself no less than rs per
cent. of the lands available for cul-
tiyation depends upon the artifi.
cial water supply. These farms
aggregate 100000 acres. The
South Platte valley, the most ex-
tensively irrigated region in the
United States, including portions
of Colorado, Wyoming and Ne
braska, has 100000 acres which
are artifcially watered, Farms in
Utah thus supplied aggregate
100000 acres; Arizona contains
100000 acres, New Mexico $50, 900
acres, Nebraska 100000, while
some of the most productive val
leys of California, which send
their fruit and vegetables by the
carload to all parts of the United
States, as well as the principal
cities of Europe, are nurtured en-
tirely by wells and canals. Yet
the average size of an irrigated
farm is not over 40 acres, which
gives an idea of the millions of
people who today depend upon
these great water works for their
livelihood,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Not Far Out of The M

:. M \ Gaskell thinks he
Is a regular lady killer. ~
b.. sstner-I shouldn't wonder |
. mao ! q talk talk with him last evening,
an ana ! really thought | should die q
ue wearled me so.-Stray storIes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Live on Water

Sea anemones are able to exist
for three or four years without
uourishment beyond that which
they extract from the water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
For Thernselveo

People who stir up strife gener.
ally tumble into it when it is fair.
y boiling Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Reliable Information.

Gray-Some one told meothat
your wife was both handsome and
intelligent.
Smith-Who told you that!
"Your wife."-Chicago Daily
News. o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-29
Chinese Delicacy.

Wasp soup is looked upon az q
great delicacy in China.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-18
w q. I. u.

The w. c. T. u, will hold their
regular session at the home of Mrs,
Ed Noble, Wednesday, Dec 20 at 2:3O
a mothers meeting will occupy the
the time after the business session,
led by Mrs. j. A. Bivens, following
is the program for the afternoon:
Song.-"SoHing Precious Seed"
Scripture-Gen. 1919; Deut. 4-9-1l-
10; Josh. 24-15.
Prayer-"That we may realize our
responsibility as Mothers Mrs. Jose
Carr.
Roll call-Temperance or Bible quo
tations.
Paper-"Should we not bring up our
boys as pure as our girls?" Mrs. M
Ikard.
Paper-"A model mother and her
great influence" Mrs. A, Il. Curtiss.
Discussion of above topic.
Song, selected.
Address, Mrs. Trice.
Prayer for our boys and girls, Mrs.
Robson.
Adjournment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-18
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that on
Tuesday, December 10, 1905, applica-
ton will be made to the Hon. Hosea
Townsend, judge of the United States
court OF the Southern district of the
Indian Territory, at Ardmore, for an
order of sale of the interests of Helen
Whitener, minor. in the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
Lots and Z in block 144 and lots
! and 2 In block 325. in the city OF
Ardmore. Southern district, Indian
Territory.
Said property being part of the es-
tate of p. s. Ramseur, deceased. Said
application will be made in open
"ourt on said above named date by
the guardian Of said Helen Whitener.
This 9th day of Nov. 1905.
@. T. MOTZ, Guardian.
BY Potter, Bowman & Potter. At.
torneys.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-18
WARNING ORDER.

In the United States Commission
er's court in the Indian Territory.
Southern District:
c. p. Han, plaintiff, VS.. Jas. Threat,
defendant. No. 1912.
The defendant Jas. Threat, is warn
ed to appear in this court in thirty
days and answer the complaint OF
the plainiff G.. p. Hall.
Given under my hand and seal this
22nd, day Of November, A. D., 1905.
II. N. ROBNETT,
United States Commissioner for Tie
Southern District 1st. Commissioner
District, Indian Territory.
II. w. McGill, attorney.
Attorney for nonresident, s. H.
Butler.
First published November 22, 1905