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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-03

'ne S'tg 'lsiupS hel uduSu'eI, MIS-.
Bert Fancher.
Oscar O'Bleniss and Walter
Houton, of Clahin, went west Sunday
on land deal.
P. D. Lamoreux and family have
moved into the Welimer property in
the third ward.
Geo. Stewart and family are now
domiciled in their residence property
in the third ward.
Miss Edith Bunting has gone to
Galatia for few days visit with her
sister, Mrs. Brown.
Herman Peugh and Jim Carr of
Holsington Sundayed in town, and
visited their many friends.
Lee B. Dawson, representing the
Unitype Co., is in the city to install
our new Simplex typesettiug machine.
Jack NeelaDd bad the misfortune
to bruise his hand a few days ago
and has therefore joined the sore
brigade.
o. W. Dawson returned from dis
trict court at ST. John, Saturday
evening. Court has adjourned there
for the term.
Uncle Jim Kepple came down from
the west Saturday morning for
visit with old friends, and to look at
ter some, property interests.
Harry Hartman, who has been EN-.
ployed at the Walnut Creek Mill for
some tim, resigned his position and
has gone TO Abilene TO work.
K. K. Tanquary, in the early days
a Barton county resident, but now of
near Guthrie, Ok, is up on a visit to
his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Johnson.
The junior has been repaid for his
growing about dieting. Mrs. P. E.
Murphy donated him two fine chickens
last week, and they have both been
disposed Of.
The Third Ward whist club met
with lse Pursell and wife last FRIDAY
evening and enjoyed very pleasant
game. Grant Jones and Mrs. Ed.
D dye were the prize winners.
Mrs. Ben Kelly returned Saturday
evening, and her daughter, Mrs. P.
d Lamoreux has returned from the
farm, where she had been managing
affairs during her mothers absence.
Mrs. Jake Cardle, Of Iowa, who has
been out on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Fred Shafer Of Albion township
returned home 10 Iowa last week
Mrs. Shafer was quite i'll, but is
better.
John CLANCY came down fr, m
Shafer Friday. He will take Mrs.
Clancy, who was assisting in the
Majestic range exhibit at the ImDle
ment Co. last week, home with him.
She has just returned from an ex-
tended visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Doc. Morgan, at Horton.
H. A. Fruit returned Monday
morning from quite an extended visit
at Cimarron, Gray county. Mr.. Fruit
says there are millions of acres Of
wheat going in now in that locality.
Mrs. Baker, a sister OF Mrs. Fruit.
came down with Henry and will visit
here while. She will also visit a
sister at Larned, and in Pratt county,
and then 60 down to Alva, Ok, where
she has another sister.
| A number Of friends of Miss Fan,
ME Lowrey, mostly members of the
Rebekah lodge, tenderedthat young
ladya surprise in the way Of kitchen
shower at the home Of Mrs. Nell
Livingston Monday evening, The
affair was we'll attended and success.
ful in every way.
c. L. Hobart, whose venture into
the newspaper business by way Of the
Ottawa Independent was unsuocess.
full, the paper having through a row
among the owners gotten into the re.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-11-03

Marriage licensewas on Saturday
issued to Robert E. TinsIey..and Miss
May Hedrick. both Of .Ellinwood.
They were married on Sunday.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
NEAR MUkDEN.
Rumble of Carts Drowned BY the
Roar of Battle.

Mukden, March 6-The rumble of
carts in the streets of Mukden is
drowned by the roar of battle, which
is raging northwest, west and south
west of the city, a few miles away,
between Gen. Nogi's Port Arthur vet
Grams and the hastily assembled army
interposed by Gen. Kuropatl1in to de-
fend the city railroads. The stroke
came like lightning out of a clear sky.
1t is reported that the situation has
somewhat improved, but it still is ex-
tremely critical. It is reported that
the Japanese have been thrown back
in the district of Lunfanshan and are
retiring along the Sinmintin road; but
heavy fighting is continuing there.
The Japanese vanguard posts are
about six miles west of Mukden where
the bursting Of shrapnel is plainly
visible.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
THE INAUGURAL BALL.
Thousands Of Women From Every
State in the Union Attended.

Washington, March 6.-Inaugural
festivities closed at midnight with a
ball that in splendor, attendance and
artistic effect fittingly ushered out a
brilliant spectacular day
Thousands Of handsomely gowned
women with escorts from every state
in the union and nearly every civil
lied country in the grand illuminated
court of the pension building paid their
social duties to the nations chief ex-
ecutive for the next four years.
The settings for the ball were beau
tiful with riotous wealth of color in
flowers, evergreens, lights and plants.
The ball opened formally at $3.50
o'clock with the arrival of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and party,
and the Vice President and Mrs. Fair
banks. At this hour the balconies
were crowded five deep with early
corners, and the main court Of the
building was rapidly filled The scene
was gorgeous.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
VICTIMS OF THE WRECK.
All the Injured Are Reported To Be
Recovering Rapidly.

Pittsburg, March 6.-All of those in
jured in the railroad wreck at Clifton
and still at hospitals here are reported
recovering rapidly. Maj. McQuigg, at
the Bellevue hospital, is doing nicely.
OF those taken to the Beaver county
hospital, Rochester, only four remain.
OF these the most seriously hurt is
Lieut. Clifford B. Haskins, of the naval
reserves, who besides a diSlOcated
shoulder, is suffering from conclusion
of the brain and internal injuries are
feared. Lieut. Stearn will leave the
hospital and Capt c. F. Geckler, it is
thought, can be taken home sometime
during the week. Jas. Gray, the color
ed cook, who at first was not expected
to live is making rapid recovery. Lieut..
F. w. Briggs, Lieut.. Percy Bolden and
Lieut.. Walter McArrow were taken to
Cleveland
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07

We are authorized to announce Robt.
L. Stout, of Woodford county, candi-
date for the nomination of Circuit Judge
in this district, composed of Bourbon,
Scott, Franklin and Woodford counties,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary April 5th.
We are authorized to announce Col. H.
P. Thomson as a candidate for State
Senator from the 18th district composed
OF the counties of Bourbon. Clark and
Montgomery, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Chas.
Swift as a candidate for State Senator
from the 18th district composed of Bour-
bon, Clark and Montgomery county, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
party.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
RECIPROCITY TREATY.
Germany Wants One With the United
States.

Washington, March 6.-The Berlin
advices indicating a purpose on the
part of the German foreign Office to
renew it's efforts to secure something
in the nature of a reciprocity treaty
with the United States have attracted
much attention in official circles here
as it has been known for some time
past that this was in contemplation.
In fact, this matter has raken shape
semi-officially through The presents
ton of Secretary Hay of resolutions
adopted by the American board of
trade of Berlin favoring such an ar
rangement
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
Field Marshal Oyama is COntinu.
ING His Great Drives Around
Both FlankS.
BIG QUANTITIES OF STORES TAKEN
The Bloody Fighting and Heavy Losses
Will Be Increased When Masses
Of Infantry Meet.
The Grand Total of the Number Of
Russian Troops East of Lake
BaikaI Is Estimated at
About 100000.

Toxic, March 6-Field Marshal Oy-
anna is continuing his great drives
around both TANKS of the Russian
army His front is now huge bow,
the base on the Shakhe river, the
right arm reaching point east of Flu
shun, and the left arm extending to a
point west of Mukden. He is steadily
tightening the great cord of men and
steel Gen. KuropatlIin is striving
desperately to check the Japanese adj
Yances, contesting the flank encroach-
ments and hammering the Japanese
center. The Japanese are making
heavy gains of ground west of the
railway and have captured great guam
titles of stores and other spoils. There
has already been bloody fighting and
heavy losses, and this will be vastly
increased when the masses of infant
ry meet.
Field Marshal Oyama, reporting on
March 4, says:
"A few days ago oar force in the
Hsienchuang direction pressed the
enemy into his position at Tita, which
is Is miles southeast of Fushun, and
Manchuntun, Is miles south of Flu
shun. The engagement continues in
the Shakhe direction.
Four Determined Attacks RepuIsed.
"The night of March 8 the enemy
made four determined attacks against
our positions at Housuntupotzu and
Tangshiatun. All were entirely re-
pulsed.
In the district east of the railway
the enemy's frequent small attacks
were all repulsed.
I'm the district west of the railway
our force is continuing fierce attacks
and has occupied the districts Of
Wuchenying, five miles west of Shak-
ne village, and Laisonpao, three miles
northwest of Wuchenying, and Shu-
hopaO, the terminus of the new rail-
way constructed by the Russians.
"The force on the right of the Hun
river is dislodging the enemy north
west of Siaopeho, which is between
The Hun and Lao rivers, and has adj
ganced north. This force carried the
enemy's defense line between Chan
tan and Shufangtai, and pursued the
enemy fiercely The line now is be-
tween Wochiaho, Is miles southwest
of MulIden, and Taitse, Is miles west
of Mukden, and Tanupo, -four miles
north of Taitse.
The Casualties Were Heavy.
During a previous engagement, the
enemy's casualties were heavy. The
spoils we captured were great. No
time to investigate. We captured
large quantities of provisions at Wan
changpoa and captured clothing de-
pot at Tahantai."
Estimates of Gen. Kuropatkin's
force between Shakhe and Tie Pass,
prepared here, give total of slightly
more than 100000, composed of 1885,
900 infantry, $4,000 cavalry and $4,000
artillery, with 1904 guns. This esti-
mate does not include troops at Vlad-
ivostok and other garrisons, railway
guards and other employees. The
grand total east of Lake Baikal is es-
timated at 100000 men.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
Show sians of Retreat.

Toxic, March 6.-The Russians.
driven from Chin Hocheng, passed Ia
Ell and have remained at Samlung-
ku four days resisting the Japanese
advance. The Russians there, although
having received a reinforcement Of
over 10000, show signs of retreat.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
Raised lntense Interest.

London, March 6-The intensely
dramatic situation in Manchuria de-
veloped by Gen. Nogi's rapid advance
and its strategic possibilities have
raised excitement in Europe to the
highest pitch.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07
Gen. Klober Wounded.

London, March 6.-The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at Toxic states
that the Japanese Col. Mimada was
killed at the capture of Seikajo and
that Col Klol er, commander Of the
second Manchurian army, was wound
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-03-07

Mexico City. March Ambassador
Clayton, who has been suffering from
a severe attack of laryngitis. is conva-
descent American Consul Parsons.
who contracted severe case of ty-
phoid. is without much change.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06

Friday afternoon is a good time in
the week to have all the silver
cleaned
A small oaken tub should be kept
for this purpose and all the silver
should be first placed in this and
washed with soap and water. A little
ammonia should be put i'm the water
When thoroughly clean from all
grease and dried, they should be
covered with a coating of whiting
which has been made into a paste
with alcohol and water, then laid
on one side until dry.
This is not long operation, and the
pieces will be found dry by the time
you are ready to polish them.
The whiting is then rubbed off with
a dry chamOis leather and ali the
silver will be found beautifully bright
silver brush-that is, hard brush
with a long handle-will be found
necessary for carved or embossed
pieces, or the paste will remain in the
interstices and spoil the appearance.
Gloves should be worn and a thin
cloth tied over the hair, if the house
wife cares to do this little duty her
self, instead of leaving it to the maid.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06
Chefs Advice to Home Cooks,

An experienced chef gives this adj
vice: Never wash an Omelet pan with
water, but ScOur it after using with
salt and vinegar and thoroughly dry
it. Before using it again rub it per-
fectly smooth with salt before putting
the eggs in. Dissolve. only enough
butter in the pan to make the slightest
coating and prevent the eggs from
burning, saye the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Keep the pan moving at first and
lift the eggs with knife. An omelet
should be thin at the edges and thick
ill the middle, where the mass should
remain in a perfectly soft condition.
And the buffers advice is this:
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is carefully laid aside until there are
several pieces more about alike.
Sometimes these are mOistened and
laid one on top of the other and set
away to dry, when they may be used
the same as a new bar of soap. Then
i'm the bathroom one may keep wide
mOuthed glass jar, which should be
rather ornamental than otherwise, and
into this can go all the bits of toilet
soap used by the various members
of the family, the remains of the bath
soap and of any good pure white soap,
but no yellow or brown soap, although
this will do no harm if it is added.
When the jar is about two-thirds
full of soap bits, fill it with boiling
water, stir up the contents, and then
stir in a handful of oatmeal or bran
and a tablespoonful of glycerine or
boraX. We find it best to cut the
bits of soap into small pieces, for
they dissolve much more readily; and
a very good soap jelly is the result.
This may be used in the th-tub, to
make lather for the body, the small
quantity of yellow soap removing the
OdOr of perSpiratiOn as no scented soap
will ever do, or it may be used for
washing the hands many times a
day, and it will not prove injurious to
the tendereSt skin in the most severe
weather the glycerine and the oat-
meal being both soothing and healing,
and the boraX removing the dirt and
sOftening the skin, making it very
white.
One housewife, known to the writerA
saves all the bits of her own toilet
soap, which costs % cents a cake by
the box, and, when there is quite a
lot of it, covers it with dilute alcohol,
used about half strength and quite hot.
This seems to make a kind of jelly
which the lady uses on her hair, after
the ordinary egg shampoo, because
she feels that it is beneficial to care
fully wash away all trace of the egg,
and because the soap, which is also
slightly perfumed after it becomes
soap jelly, impartS a delicate OdOr to
the hair.
One who has done her own work
finds that a half bar of soap will
answer for all sink work and dishes
for at least week; and for scrubbing
and the laundry, a soap powder with
the other half will do all the work
required in a week.
Fruit stains ON the hands sometimes
resist the best soap, but disappear
quickly when the skin is rubbed with
lemon peeling. Tomato skins rubbed
over the hands are also efficient in
removing StainS.-BOStOn Cooking
School
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06
Making Home Attractive.

boy TO his home is a room fitted up
exclusively for his use; place Tor
his TOYS and games, and later MS
books, pictures, tennis racquetS ana all
that goes to make up cOZy den,
where he will be proud to invite his
boy friends. Many a boy who would
gladly have invited his friends to such
a room. through not having place of
his own has gone away to spend his
evenings. For boys have the same
social instincts as older ones, and will
have companionship with those of
their own age, in their homes if pos
sibIe. if not. it can be found only too
readily outside.
Boys usually want a home full of
nets. and the love and care that a
child gives to helpless creatures is
ennobling and refining. In the country
there is no reason why boy should
not have any number of them, but in
the cities it is not always so cOnven-
lent; yet it may be arranged by
little planning, as has been done by
two boys in the crowded residence
section of Boston, who have turned
one unused basement room of their
home into a small-SiZed menagerie.
Ine DdTTOI anu CdDdly dlC diiO"Su
up stairs. but the dogs, white rats,
SQUIRRELS. rabbits and raccOOn form
happy family where they are no an
noyance to any one, while the boys
spend many an hour every day play
ing with them and teaching them
tricks.
Instead of giving so many presents
which are useless and trifing, would
of drawing materials, if he cares for
the pencil, camera, printing press
or a tool chest? Where is the boy who
would not appreciate a chest of tools
and be happy in making something
that would be of service to someone,
and at the same time be educating
the mind along practical lines?
Boys. as well as girls yes, and the
fathers and mothers too, for it seems
to be a demand of human nature in
general should receive little whole
some praise after a task well done.
1t is not only pleasant to hear, but
acts as an incentive to still better
work But there are parents who so
overestimate their children'S abilities
that they render them too cOnceited
to be tOIerable to those outside their
to their higher education, as they
think they know it all without further
necessity for study. Nine. Marchesie
says: 'Many a pupil with voice of
the finest quality is rendered absolute
Iy worthless by the overpraise of ad-
miring relatives" Truly it is an art
to be able to give sufficient praise
to encourage and bring out the best
that is i'm a child and at the same
time not make him cOnceited and
worthless by Over-praise.
Music is almost a necessity In max
ing home attractive and where is the
boy who does not like it? L believe
every boy who has any talent along
that line should be taught to play
some instrument, just for the merry
evenings at home.
A home filled with love, hope and
good cheer: merry, lively and sympa-
thetic: a desire for continued improve
ment and Advancement; and, above
all, an unselfish and ever-ready help
fulness and appreciation of one anoth-
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06
In the Shoes of the Maid.

Possibly it is a source of benefit
all around when the housekeeper who
keeps maid is obliged to take upon
herself for periods brief or prolonged,
the entire performance of her labOrS.
Not only will she find out some things
that may have escaped her notice
about the conduct of her menage, but
she will be brought to fuller sympa-
time in such service.
On a certain day, we awake to find
that the hired girl had not put in an
appearance. This really excellent
girl had been, we thought, especially
neat. But today! On one shelf of the
pantry an empty salmon can, greasy
and odorous, repOsed on a paper which
stuck to the shelf Something had
been spilled there sometime before,
but the wreck was covered with a
respectable looking chOpping bowl
Both bread boards were dirty. A
broken glass dish was carefully saved
with the pieces inside. ''Clean" dishes
were sticky. At least dozen empty
fruit jars, some of them containing
mOldy juice, were gathered from all
quarters, until the kitchen table, with
breakfast dishes from the pantry,
loked like housekeeping time. How
much easier for me to have emptied
and washed these articles at once
instead of letting them accumulate!
MARY, please wash each fruit can
as you empty it, and put ALL upturned
or with their covers, on the upper
shelves" Such, the general instruc-
,rix ho, A hac a.
full of old bottles, tin cans and trash
of all sorts were gathered. and the
scraps which should have been given
to dogs or chickens filled large ket-
tie.
And the kitchen safe! Cake pans
put away unwashed- bread pans
greasy pitchers, glasses which
do not belong there-mOre sticky cans
and covers. Upon the top, in cloud
of dust and not easily seen from be-
low, were other articles, from an old
slaw cutter to a small china doll and
a butter plate. The warming closet
of the range was full of greasy pans,
measures and dippers. In the table
drawer were crowded more can
covers, jelly glass tops, olive bottle
cOrks, old rubbers from the fruit cans,
broken biscuit and cooky cutters, the
can opener all sticky from it's last
encounter and the cork-screw in the
last olive cork. There was no room
for the few knives, forks and spoons
which do not hang up. OF these
knives, one was discovered i'm the
warming closet As | started to pare
the potatoes, 1 was again reminded
that to purchase pairing knife is
only to observe how quickly it may
Did | eXpOstulate or explain or ad-
monish upon the arrival of the maid
the following morning? Not a bit
of it. Upon the kitchen table were the
upturned clean glass jars. Safes and
pantry were clean. Evidences of the
general upheaval were everywhere,
but besides these general hints none
were given. True, l had discovered
that with this girl l must be more eX-
plicit and provide certain times for
this particular branch of work but
the time was not nOw.-GOOd house
keeping.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06

wife cares to do this little duty her.
self, instead of leaving it to the maid.
Home Ideas.
The Attic ROom.-When you are
building a new house or rearranging
an old one, plan for a hospital ward
at the very top of the house. l know
it will be a long journey and cost
many weary steps from kitchen, bath
and living rooms; but, after all, those
steps are well worth taking. Even
in the case of the simplest illness it
is better for both patient and well
persons that they be separated as
absolutely as possible; and, when
Johnny suddenly comes down with
scarlet fever, or you succumb to nerv-
Gus prOStratiOn, you will be only too
glad that such isolation, from cOnta-
giOn on the one hand and from noise
ON the other, is possible.
Choose the sunniest of the attic
rooms, have the walls and floor
painted, and refrain from hanging
pictures there. In the first place,
they catch dust, never to be desired
in sick-rOOm; and, secondly, the
pictures that would be delegated to
this apartment would probably be
such as were too good to throw away
and yet not good enough to be well
come elsewhere. Works of art of
this description will certainly not be
a source of pleasure to an invalid.
On the other hand, they may cause
positive suffering; for sick folk have
strange fancies, and a picture that is
not really beautiful may give rise to
painful impressions and distressing
dreams.
The furnishings should be severely
simple. The most important article
is the bed, which should be a high,
narrow, hospital cot. This is a great
Improvement on the ordinary, low,
household bed, as it allows the nurse
to use her strength to the best ad-
vantage. She is thus able to move
her patient with the minimum of dis
comfort to him as well as to save her
own back and arms the strain of un-
necessary STOPPING. A chest of draw
ers, some plain chairs, a bedside table
and a wash-stand will complete the
furnishings. For the latter L should
recommend enamel ware utensils
rather than the usual china ones, as
Tie lOIuucI dIc ldI llSuteG W I'LL duu
carry and will not break. Have white
muslin curtains by all means. They
are easily washed and they give a
cosy air to the whole room, but, as
for any other articles not really need
full, repress them sternly. A sick room
that is crowded with furniture Or
ornaments will never be restful.
You will be surprised to see how lit
tie trouble and expense it means, after
all; and in the moment of sudden
emergency you will find your attic
room of infinite use and comfort.
The Bits of Leftover Soap.-These
bits of leftover SOAP are among
the things which an economical house
keeper feels that she must save with
her own hands, if they are to be saved
Much has been written and said anent
the after.
Toilet soap of a favorite sort, at
twenty cents bar, we feel must be
used down to the last scrap; and this
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-06

er'S efforts, will make the home so
attractive that the children will say
with sincerity, ''Be it ever so humble,
there's no place like hOme."-New
Idea.