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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

publish what the commissioners did
about raising or lowering the assess
ment in the different townships, at
their meeting last week.
John Birbeck has so far recovered
from his spell of sickness as 20 attend
TO business once more.
The web worm in the wheat is do
ing lot of damage around here, and
some fields are very badly infested.
Will Downey is here on a short
visit to home folks, from Wichita
county. and reports a fine prospect
for a good wheat crop out where he
lives.
There are several bad places in the
roads near town that ought to be
fixed right away.
Our new restaurant opened up for
business last Saturday, and set up
meals for 43 people the first day. and
everything paid for at regular prices.
John Fanshier expects to start in a
few days on an extended visit to
Missouri Texas and Idaho to see his
relatives and married children.
F. B. Newcombe, in North Seward,
is putting in dump and elevator on
his large farm for the convience of
handling his immense wheat crop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

P. E. Murphy has purchased a new
Jones header.
Jacob Damn is sporting a new
buggy.
Frank Edding6eld has returned
from his eastern trip.
Andrew Seibert has purchased a
combined machine and expects to
start to cut on Wednesday.
Bert Pierce took in the dance in
the county seat.
Ed Dodge is one of the best R. Rt.
carriers out of Great Bend, but when
he tries to make grey hound out of
himself he is simply outclassed.
John Lille is building a large gran
airy on his farm in Pawnee township.
Isaac Pelsor is painting his barn
on the old Schruemly farm.
John K. McMullin and wife visited
at E. E. Epperson Sunday.
Mike keenan, finished stacking his
alfalfa Monday evening.
One of our farmers in this neighbor-
hood has b4en feeding a couple of
harvest hands for the last two weeks.
Last evening when the family had
retired they "few the COOP"
Herman Remert and wife are
visiting his father in Pawnee town
ship.
The Workmen lodge at Heller is
making big preparations for their
picnic on the % of July.
Harvest will be on in full blast
about l week from Monday, and we
think about 10 bushels to the acre
will be about the average in this
township.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
SHAFFER ITEMS.

Had little shower of rain Wednes-
: day morning, but not enough to do
much good.
: B. Eitel, an old settler at Shaffer.
died at his home Sunday afternoon of
paralysis. Saturday night he was In
goog health, having some visiters he
talked to them all evening how he
was going to arrange everything On
his place for the new house he just
built, which isen't quite finished.
Sunday morning he complained of
not feeling well, short time after
paralysis struck him, and at 4 O'Clock
In the afternoon he died. We are all
very much grieved at losing Mr.. Eitel
SO suddenly, for he was liked by
every body that knew him, and we
shall miss him. A big crowo at
tended the funeral services at the
house; from there he was taken to the
Advent cemetery between Shaffer and
Bison.
Quite crowd attended the party
Eat Peterson's Sunday afternoon.
Coming to the picnic next Sunday
at Mrs. Beackley's grove one mile
least of Shaffer? You better come,
for if you don't, you will always feel
sorry of having missed a good time
Miss Lizzie Wilhelm has been on
the sick list for few days. She is
feeling better again by this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wilhelm and
Len Andree drove to larned Friday.
Pete Mabley and A. E. Chadock
are Carrying their usual smiles on
their faces again since Miss Lizzie
Hoffman has come home.
Joe Natal of Shaffer, made his
weekly trip out north again last Sat
urday Joe looked like he had only
ten minutes sleep during all that
fine, suppose he took that nap on the
road coming home. Say Joe did
you ever loose your hat?
Messrs. J. C.and G. w. Shaffer
and Pete Mabley drove to Larned
Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
ROUTE THREE.

A fine rain Tuesday evening.
Some will begin to harvest the first
s9of next week.
Fannie Foster called at Mr. Boyd S
Sunday afternoon.
Children's exercises at the Walnut
Valley, Sunday afternoon was well
attended and all report good time.
Quite a number from Route 8 at
tended the children's exercises at
Heller Sunday evening.
Mable Deets called on Mrs. Boyd
Monday afternoon.
Picnic today at Niblo Grove.
Mable and Willie Deets start Thurs
sday to Kinsley to visit relatives
Everything looks nice and green
since the rain, all the farmers have a
smile on their faces,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

Mr.. and Mrs. J. v. Susank enter
tanned number of friends in royal
manner Sunday
The Sunny Slope lase ball nine
will venture another game with
Galatia next Saturday.
A number of our young people at
tended the dance at Tom Diehi's
"Budweiser Bill' has his new
house nearly completed. The
cook comes next.
We will soon be looking for the
pretty school-teacher, who wants to
devote another year instructing the
youths of Barton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
PIONEER, STAFFORD COUNTY

Well, is it warm enough these days?
A. T. Fullerton's went to Great
Bend Monday.
F. A. Broadbook sure has a nice
barn.
Homer Robinson and Walter
Broadbook came out from Great
Bend Sunday to see F. A. Broadbook
also to attended church at Pioneer.
Mrs. Couchman's sister, Mrs. Price
and mother Mrs. Hawk, of Great
Bend, visited with her Saturday and
Sunday.
A good many people around here
attended the Carnival at Larned Sat
urday.
Fred Smith is Low painting his new
residence.
Mrs. Seeley and Blanch were visit
ing Mrs. Seley's daughter Mrs.
Charley Lyon near St. John a couple
days last week.
Somebody wanted to know Sunday
where that telephone wire out at the
corner was going to.
Quite a number of young folks
visited at F. A. Broadbook's Sund ay;
all had fine time. I don't suppose
anybody would have been surprised if
he had to have his phone fixed Mon
day.
M. Stricken started enroute Mon
day for Wich ia. Mrs. Stricken went
more than week ago to visit relatives
there; she expects her sister, Miss
Lizzie Link, to accompany her home
They expect to return some time this
week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
ROUTE 2, ELLINWOOD.

Farmers, in this vicinity contem
plate starting their binders Thursday
A dance was given in James
Welsh'S new barn last Saturday.
Mrs. D. F. Deutsch called on Mrs.
Jno. Doherty last Thursday.
Miss Margaret Berry was the guest
of Mayme Doherty Sunday. Miss
Berry is an old friend of Mr.. Dohertys
family and her visit was enjoyed by
all.
Mrs. Jacob Koelsch visited at Mrs.
Doherty's last Tuesday.
The friends of Miss Katie Koehler
will be pleased to learn that she is
improving in health.
Henry Kimpler, of route two,
joined the crowd that went to 101
ranch last Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Kimpler and daughter
were in the city of Ellinwood Satur
day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
SEWARD.

The DAIMLER boys have returned
from their fine ] section of land out
near Kinsley, where they have been
breaking sod for wheat crop next
year.
Geo. FansLier's new house is nearly
completed, and he has one of the
finest farm residences in that part of
the township.
We wish the county paper would
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16
SUNNY SLOPE

Harvest will soon be here fit
'su't cooked before.
Among the Blp;ist picnickers were
Mrs. Gage and daughter Mabel,
: Miss Villa Drake and A. S. Doty and
family.
Did you attend the Sharp Thorn
Swedding. Wonder who will be next?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

Prepare to exhibit somethin. at
the coming county fair. The annual
fall fair can be made more interesting
and more creditable to the county, if
every person takes some part in the
making of it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

Cobs at 81 load, q miles south
east of Great Bend. G. HARTMAN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

One dollar will send this paper any
place in the United States for So
weeks. 1t will do your folks good to
get copy for year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-16

FoR SALE-One 16h., p. Advance
engine; l b Red River Special Sepa-
rator, with weigher. Also, one IL.
Case weigher. All in good shape.
c. d. MARKEY,
Grear Bend, Kas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
BRAVED LONELINESS FOR WEALTH

With Alaska furs valued at $4,000
from Nulato. on the Lower Yukan,
Garrett Busch has arrived in Seattle
after eight years spent in traf1cking
with the Indians i'm the wilderness
which he was the first white man to
penetrate as a trader. When Mr..
busch reached Nulato, Aug. ~, 1897.
with a miners outfit as his sole DOS.
session, he foresaw in that gloomy
solitude a trade In the furs which pro-
tect animal life from arctic winters
which would exceed In returns the
reasonable possibilities OF mining ven
lures.
Mr. Busch settled down at the place
where the little town of Nulato now
stands. He built one-story cabin
with lumber which he sawed from the
native timber and began to trade his
miners supplies to the natives for the
furs which they knew so we'll how to
trap, but of whose value they had no
conception. Through the first win
ter he lived alone, except when an &C.
casiona1 squad of Indian trappers
came by and stopped in curiosity to
learn what manner of man had set
tied In so lonely a spot. To these In
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
Lost Chance to Become 4 Millionaire

going into an exhaustive description Of
the new device, and how it exce!led
those already in the market. He need
ed money to push his patent, he said,
and for $500 would give Townsend a
half interest in all the profits which
he was sure to make.
:. But Townsend was not interested.
Books were in his line mot sewing
machines, and, besides, he did not
have time to spare to give any such
project.
Sadly the inventor wrapped up his
beloved machine and went away. He
returned a few days later and almost
begged for the $500 under the condi-
lions named, but Townsend was OBJ
durate. although 5000 was a mere moth
ing to him at that time.
Singer eventually raised the needed
$500, and at the time of his death his
estate was valued at SIS .O0O, 900 and in
creasing each year. Townsend failed
in business through increased compe-
tition and died in comparative pow
erty. To the day of his death he never
ceased to mourn for the fortune he
lost through his unwil,ingness to put
up $500.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

dams he traded his humble supplies,
except the provisions which he actu-
ally needed to sustain his own exist
ence until spring.
The visits of the Indians were few
and far between. The solitary trader
was often homesick as he sat through
the almost perpetual darkness Of the
arctic winter. In the short hours Of
slimmering daylight he gathered his
little stores of firewood, dragging
them through the snow, and then sat
through the long night counting off
the days on the calendar until spring.
His nearest white neighbors were at
Anvik, 200 miles down the Yukon, and
at Weare. 240 miles up the stream.
He never saw white face until near
ly a year after his arrival at Nulato.
When spring broke upon the lonely
hermit life assumed a more cheerful
aspect. The fame OF the new white
trader had spread far through the In.
dian settlements, and the natives be-.
gan calling regularly at the post with
their stock OF furs. They came from
Koyokuk, from Innoko and from Kus-
hokwin, some of them travelling near
ly 500 miles.-Seattle Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
CHRISTIANS IN FAT SOUTH

Capt. Robert F. Scott, in his recent
book, "The Voyage of the Discovery,
tells how in 1902 his party penetrated
farther south than men had ever done
before. Three men of them were
laboriously working toward the south
with dogs and sledges. In December
Capt. Scott says that they were pass
ing from the hungry to the ravenous
condition; they could scarcely direct
their thoughts from food and the talk
ran on little else. Both on the march
and at night they felt this very badly
and in the middle Of their sleep they
would jump up with the most distress.
lns feeling Of emptiness and the
knowledge that it wanted four or five
hours to breakfast time. About this
time, too, symptoms of scurvy began
to make their appearance. This prob.
ABLY was due to- the character of tho.
1000. Breakfast consisted of penn
Elcan, biscuit and badly made tea.
and for lunch they had small piece
OF seal meat, half biscuit and eight
or ten Jumps Of sugar, and their sup
per was equally frugal; so 1t is no
wonder that they suffered from sfood
dreams" and other consequences of
munger. However, they tried to keep
christmas day as well as they could.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
ST PAUL And MINNEAPOLIS DEcllBER 1905

This is how they spent Christmas In
the extreme south, somewhere about
latitude S17a degrees south:
When we aWoke to wish each
other A Merry Christmas the sun
was shining warmly through our
green canvass roof. We were outside
in a twinkling, to find the sky glori-
cusly clear and bright, with not a
single cloud in it's vast arch. Away to
the westward stretched the long line
of cleaning coastline; the sunlight
danced and sDarkled in the snow be-
meath our feet and not a breath of
wind disturbed the serenity Of the
scene. It was a glorious morning,
but we did not stay to contemplate it,
for we had even more interesting
facts to occupy us, and were soon in
side the tent shifting at the sayory
in g F,ot-~---.----ss~--.
Then breakfast was ready and be.
fore each of us lay whole pannikin
full of biscuit and seal liver fried in
bacon and pemmican fat. It was gone
IL no time, but this and a large
spoonful Of jam to follow left a sense
of comfort which we had not expert
enced for weeks. and we started to
pack up in frame of mind that was
wholly JOYFUL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

Look at me! Just look at me!'
It was the umbrella that spoke, or,
rather, the remains of what once had
been an umbrella. A sloppy, flabby,
muddy patch Of silk, a dozen bent
wires and a broken stick carved at one
end, was all one could now see.
Only look at me! Fifteen minutes
ago l was handsome, new silk UNI
brella, proud of myself, and my Young
owners pride. Now I am tranp1ed
under the hoofs Of horses and run over
by every kind Of wheel.-not worth two
cents. Look at me!
"And it all happened in jiffy! My,
l should be dizzy yet If didn't feel so
dreadfully fat. Harry was coming
up the avenue, swinging me admiring-
ly and Of course wishing for a. shower.
And would you believe it, he got his
wish!
Harry felt the first drop, and up
was pushed. Joe, who was walking
beside him, declared it did not rain,
and called Harry proud for wanting
to show me off. Harry told Joe he was
only jealous because he didn't have
fine new umbrella.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

Well, It soon rained hard, and then
Joe changed his tune. He wanted to
walk under me, but Harry pushed him
roughly away.
Joe pushed back; he showed Harry
fairly out in the street.
Perhaps Harry wasn't angry, and l
don't blame him either, though I wish
he hadn't laid me down while he went
to give Joe the pummeling he de-
served.
"But we had just. come to that fear
fully gusty corner, where the wind
blows seventeen ways a second. The
instant Harry let go of me one of the
crazy puffs reached under me and
made me so light-headed jumped up
to the seventh story windows in one
bound.
81 felt like balloon until 1--WE other
puffs seized me, all pulling different
ways. I turned thirty somersaults,
landing plump in front OF a big ugly
auto!
And remember, please. never
harmed SO little thing as a grass
hopper. But just look at met"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
GLOWING cOL0RS or syria

The browning glory Of a Syrian
landscape, however, is it's brilliant
coloring. Before left America, says
Lewis CASTOR Leary in The World To-
Day, it seemed to me that the vivid
tints OF Tlssot's pictures must be ex-
aggerated, but they fall short Of the
reality. Of course, no artist can hope
to reproduce the marvellous warmth
and depth of the colors In an eastern
landscape, or to initiate the vague,
soft hues that are so characteristic of
the Syrian atmosphere; but 1t would
be almost us impossible for him to
find tints that were overnight or to
arrange them In an order too daring
to be matched by the Syrian sun.
The very nights are full Of color.
The moonlight is so brilliant that It
is easy to read guide book and, even
ON a moonlight night and in the wild
erness, far from any city's glare, the
starlight has been so bright that
could see the second hand OF my
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

The waste ofSgold in a manufactur-
ing jewelers. premises is likely to be
so considerable that the most strin-
gent measures have to be taken to
avoid loss by reason of the gold dust
falling to the floor, getting caught in
the workers clothes, getting washed
off his hands, and in many other ways,
Some time ago a gold and silver
manufacturing firm had occasion to
put in a new floor in its working room
and the man who made the change
took the old floor in payment of his
work, and was we'll paid
In the process of manufacture it is
impossible to avoid small particles of
the precious metal flying upon the
floor, where they are trodden into
the crevices until the floor IS satu-
rated with them. The floor in a
manufacturing jewelers. workshop
which has become so worn that it
must be replaced contains fully. suf-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
W[|babGiHa1A1gd@e
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cent In color, tinted with the rainbow
hues of heaven. When these angel
wings were outspread they formed a
gorgeous background for the figure,
and When they We're atfrest the tips
OF the wings dropped to- the ground.
There is q quaint tradition that the
idea OF giving wings tp Gods mes
sengers came from tho maple. key,
that odd little winged blossom Of the
maple which at certain seasons Of the
year forms on the stemaand then flut-
tiers to the earth, bornA by two deli
cate. transparent wi gs.ss Whether this
is responsible for assigning wings to
the "upped ones or hot is still a
mystery, but long befose the time of
Michael, Gabriel and / the musical
choirs Of heaven, the messenger of
Isis travelled earth and heaven upon
wings, while Mercury also sped hither
and thither by their aid.
Following the use OF simple white
drapery in the painting of angels
colors delicate azures, greens, reds
and puppies were introduced. Then
there came period of elaboration.
The Spanish and Flemish artists de-
picted angels arrayed in long, heavy,
trailing robes embroidered and jew
eled in barbaric splendpr. Later a re-
action began and painters went in for
the loose, simple flowing drapery of
the Greeks. Some of them even went
back to the Old Testament idea of
wingless angels. Rossetti, for in
stance, made his "Annunciation'' an
gel a slender, graceful and youthful
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

watch and could find quite distinct
shadow cast by Jupiter. A moonlit
scene at home gives only the impress.
sion Of light spots and dark spots;
everything is black or white or gray:
but here in Syria the moonlight
shows all the colors of the rainbow.
The green of the trees and grain, the
red Of the tile, roofs, the blue of sea
and sky and the white Of the distant
mountains are softer and more deli
cate, but hardly less distinct, one
from the other, than in the sunlight.
But the sunset eolors are the best
of all, especially when the mountains
come close to the sea. hesitate to
compare Beirut with Naples; yet we
have as clear skies here, the sweep
OF the bay is much the same and, in
stead OF smoky Vesuvins. there is the
splendid range Of Lebanon, cnlm1nat-
ing in Jebel Sunnin, almost twice as
high as the italian mountain, and for
half the year crowned with dazzling
snow.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
What is an angel
and whence came
the popular symbol

ism Of a heavenly
messenger with it's wings, it's flowing
draperies, It's branch of lilies or it's
flaming sword? What historic or re-
ligious reason is there for putting
wings on angel figures and why should
there be any argument about their
sex? Out of recent controversy be-
tween the artistic and the religious in
depreciation of an angel these ques-
'tfUns3 HavsgE grown and @have- eaHea- at
tention to the fact that very few peo-
pie have any definite conception Of
an angel.
The Egyptian, the Greek and the
Persian deities all had their winged
messengers who obeyed their COM
mands, and the Biblical angels follow
the same idea, but no writer of an
cient times goes very deeply into the
origin of angels. 1t is taken for
granted that the angel host existed
prior to the creation, and it's numbers
were infinite, each host consisting Of a
hosts themselves innumerable.
What these upper Ones" these
messengers from heaven, looked like
opinions differ, as religious paintings
of every century show. Daniel says
that when an angel appeared to him
he 'sbeheld man clothed in linen
whose loins were girdled with pure
gold of Uphaz. His body was also
like the beryl and his face as the ap-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
For the Small Sum of $500
Publisher Could Have Been
= Sharer in the Immense
Fortune Of Singer.

The announcement that the will OF
Mrs. Singer. q relative Of the late mil
ilionaire sewing machine inventor,
Isaac Merritt Singer, had been filed
for probate the other day brought an
other thrill Of sadness Of the 'it-might-
haye-been" type to members of the
family Of the late William A. Town
send, former book publisher Of this
city says the New York Press.
EARLY in 1851 Townsend was at the
zenith of his fortune He not only
published the works of. but was an
intimate friend OF James Fenimore
Cooper, Frank Forester" authority
on rod and gun, and other celebrities
of that time.
To the Office OF the publisher there
came one day man rather poorly
dressed and carrying under his arm
the model of q sewing machine. Some
what to the annoyance of the pub
Z Usher, the man with the machine
Isaac Merritt Singer insisted upon
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

cided influence on art. Her 1nferiority
to man was an accepted fact.
Rank among the angels was first OBJ
served in the early part of the Bible.
There the first of the archangels are
mentioned. st. Michael, the guardian
angel of Israel, was made the captain
of the archangels. His army COM
prised six others of the elect in angel.
mood, among whom were Gabriel,
Raphael and Uriel. Next to the arch
angels came the cherubim and Sc
raphim in the heavenly hierarchy. The
seraphim are supposed to be closest
to the throne of the Creator, while
the chernbim, who are wiser than the
seraphim, are given special duties to
perform
In his Madonna di San Sisto
Raphael represented cherubs as little
children with tiny wings. Some were
just neads and others had arms, but
no bodies. Murillo, too, filled his pic
ture of the Immaculate, Conception"
with tiny winged heads. Perugino
gave US cherubim with three pairs
of wings surrounding a baby face, no
doubt basing this fanciful image on
tnat verse in the Bible which speaks
of the cherubim with three pairs of
wings, one to cover the feet, one to
cover the face anu the third to fly
with.
But what has religion of to-day to
say about the belief in and representa-
ton of angels? Rev. DR.. Thomas r.
Slicer gives It as his opinion that
angels were men and angelic at