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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22
PAWNEE ROCK.
From the Herald, June Il.

From the Herald June Il.
W. D. Middlekauff is having
his new house painted.
|. R. Payton has accepted a
position with the Lindas Lumber
Co.
John Vosberg and family of
Lewis. are visiting friends and
relatives in and around Pawnee
Rock this week.
Walter Perry of Moonshine,
ILL.,, came in last Thursday even
ing for visit with his uncle, E.
h. Barrstt and other relatives.
The Moses Bros's. elevator is
undergoing some needed repairs
this week, getting ready or the
big wheat rush which will soon be
on.
Wouldn't it he a good idea for
the City Dads to provide for a
better drain from the pump in
front of the meat market and
prevent sickness
Not one man in 20 ever takes
the trouble to thank an editor for
a complimentary notice. But if
the notice happens to touch the
mans toes. he not only abuses
the editor. but gets all his
friends to abuse him.
Miss Louisa Bueford of Nicker-
son, Kansas, has accepted a posi-
ton in Francis & Heyne drug
store. Miss Bueford is a
registered pharmacist and will act
as their pharmacist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22
Teachers Examination.

There will be an examination
for teachers certificates at the
Central School Building, Great
Bend, Kan, on Friday and Satur-
day, June 20 and 80, beginning at
eight O'Clock. Under the new
ruling for the giving out of ques-
lions, it will be necessary for ap-
Dllcants to be present so as to
begin on time.
G. R. Aldrich, Co. Supt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22
Scholarship for Sale.

We have for sale two scholarships
ln>the Nickerson Normal School. one
OF the best institutions in the state
tor any kind of course you wish to
take. Persons desiring to attend an
institution of learning during the
coming season, are requested to call
at this office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22

their uncles, George Haught's at
Seward, Saturday and Sunday.
George Asher has built a fine
porch to his house,
ChaS. McFadden has put up a
new windmill.
'Tadpole."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22
Business College Scholarship,

We have a three months scholar
ship in the Great Bend Business
College. Any young man or
young woman intending to enter
a business school, can get as good
a school here at home as abroad.
and can find out something to their
advantage by calling at this Office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22

Overalls, straw hats, underwear
etc for harvest, at the Lundblade
& Boilnger store.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22

I. A. Patton arrived from the east
Tuesday on a visit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS,

Tuesday to look after some land in
Vestments in that county.
The county treasurer's Office is
sporting a new cash tray on the
counter. 1t is a nice one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Wagner are
enjoying visit from Mr.. Wagner's
mother Of Alden, Kansas.
c. A. Pelter has purchased a new
baggage wagon since the team tore
the old one up last week.
The Santa Fe train men say the
trains are overrun with tramps
all the time these days.
ToweliDg, oil cloth sheets and
pillow cases etc. etc. for harvest.
The Lundblade & Bolinger store.
Little Clara Wagner left Saturday
for visit with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Dannebohm, of
Ellinwood.
Attorney VIM. Osmond left
Monday evening for Topeka and
other points in the eastern part of
the state on legal business.
Miss Myrtle Shafer is taking two
weeks vacation from duties as cashier
at the Cyclone, and left Tuesday
for visit with friends atSeward.
August A. Smith, of Pawnee Rock,
and Anna G. Schmidt. of Mcpherson
were married by Probate Judge
Torrey at his office in the court house
Tuesday.
Mrs. H. D. Ashpole left Tues. for
visit with her mother, Mrs. L. NJ.
Pearson, northeast of Hoisington and
will put up cherries for winter use
while there.
Miss Nina Charles, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Charles, who had
an operation performed at the hospi.
tai last week is doing very nicely, and
will soon be able to go home.
Almost every train that arrives
now brings advance scouts of the
army of harvesters. Those here
so far appear decent, healthy |
young farmers generally, men
who know what the work is and !
are willing to tackle it. |
We received a picture post card |
Thursday evening from DR.. A. |
H. Connect, who is visiting in the
east, mailed from Charlestown, |
Mass. The Doctor is having a
fine time and is enjoying his va
cation very much.
Mrs. c. L. Gum and two
daughters went to sterling,
Thursday, to attend the CON-
mencement exercises of Cooper
college, where her son, Walter,
was one of the graduates. They
returned home Friday morning.
The government will pay for the
packers inspection of meat, says the
press dispatches today. Now if the
government would establish an in.
'pection for The consumers it would
help a little. The packers don't need
much inspection; most Of them have
passed that stage.
The rain Sunday night was
heavier south Of the river than in
own. and the wind strong.
Some of the heavier wheat was
iattened down, but it is thought
t will straighten up again before
'ipe enough to cut.
Dave Lorrimor and family,
Andy Boyd and wife, Louis
olankenhorn and family and Mrs.
Martha Reigel were entertained
sunday for dinner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterri north of the
.ity.
The case against Bert King
which was mentioned in Thurs
lays Rustler took another turn
Thursday evening, when there
vas another complaint sworn
,ut by his wife for the same
assault and battery. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
a 1aoa nEMoCRATTc 81.

There are going to be more funny
things in politics this year than ever
before-and there is always more or
less humor in it. one Of the funniest
things so far is the call issued for
joint Dem -Populist county con
vention in Mitchell county. It en-
dorses Roosevelt and his Square deal"
principles. referring to him as that
matches statesman The Beloit Ca
zette, Republican paper, prints it by
request" and makes this comment
about it:
1T is an unique call, more Of a polit-
zeal harangue than a call. But there
are truths in it. for all that. and it's
ideas viii have to be needed by Re
pubHcans generally, or there will be
something doing"
The call does not limit those who
may participate in the primaries to
Democrats and PopuHsts, but includes
all voters who believe in an honest
administration of state affairs and the
fearless enforcement of all laws on
the statute books in emulation of that
prototype, Governor Folk. of Missouri.
and also Of those who believe in the
doctrine OF the square DEAF promul-
gated by that matchless statesman
President Roosevelt, as opposed to the
atrophied spinal degeneraey Of the
present occupant of the Kansas COVER
nor's chair, who is afraid to turn the
rascals out
AS sideIight. the following editorial
opinion is inserted in the call without
extra charge:
THE author of this call, while life
long Democrat. believes a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet. He
also believes that whether a govern
mental truth is promulgated by a
Bryan or Folk, a Roosevelt or a Had
ley, that the establishment of that
truth as a settled governmental policy
is OF far more Importance than a mere
party name. With the present party
alignment, it would seem that under
the heads Democrat and Republican.
on the sixth day of next November
must be fought out the battle of the
ballots, either for or against the peo-
pie"
There is nothing stereotyped or IN
interesting about that call.
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A ..DEsPOTv

A Democratic congressman made the
charge the other day that the speaker
of the house Of representatives, Is moth
ing more nor less THAI a "despot." And
it is tacitly acknowledged in congress
that the charge is, to a great extent.
true.
The congressman referred to violently
denounced Uncle joe Cannon for his
despotie rulings, bat Uncle joe is as
good-hurnored and well-meaning a des-
pot, as q rule, as ever got on a throne.
But it is nevertheless true that the
speaker Of the house almost absolutely
controls all legislation that passes that
body. No bill can become a law with
out his consent. It is only occasionally
that a congressman car make a speech
without first arranging for it with the
speaker
This is one thing that makes a con-
gresham amount to SO little in Wash
ington other than an errand boy for
the politicians and others in his district
The average congressman has little
opportunity for real craftsmanship, be
cause the speaker runs things What
work the congressman Does he must do
In his committee room. If he is real
good and minds the speaker there may
be a chance for him to distinguish him
self occasionally. but otherwise no one
ever hears OF him.
In reality the speaker is a big part
Of congress. His will is usually abso-
lutte The house has to do as he says.
so that on general 1eglslsti the speak
err and the senate are all that is neces-
I sary to pass the bills. The majority in
the house simply votes as the speaker
directs.
Possibly this sort Of thing is necessary
in order to expedite business in the
house, but it isn't as the average
American citizen imagines it.
But think how much good a little Of
this sort of medicine would do the sen
ate-providing. of course, the presiding
officer of that body held views in ac-
cordance with our owni
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
JAYHA WKER JOTS

There's more melody in a bullfrog
chorus sagely remarks Alnaira Todd,
than most people imagine
The Newton Kansan is putting in
new pony press. You wouldn't think
the Kansan is in the pony class now,
would you?
Mr. Alex Mustard is one of the di-
rectors of the Dickinson county fair
this year. and Fred Trigg observes that
this ought to make the fair draw well.
A Franklin county man came to the
front during the recent cold snap with
the information that he has peas in
bloom. But he explains that he is rails
ing them in the house.
Here's the latest revision according
to the Minneapolis Better Way. Man
that is born OF woman is of few days
and full of things that the doctors cut
out If they get a chance"
This story from the Erie Record is
really political story. At least it
illustrates the way a good many politi-
clans do: Little Gladys had been re
proved by her mother for cheating in
a game of finch with a little girl
friend. well, mamma" she replied,
1--WE either got to cheat or she'll beat
me, and I'm sure ia rather cheat a
little than let her get the game"
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writer said to the delivery boy, George,
are you selling lots of groceries nova
days2''
George replied: Say! my goodness!
We've got to put on another wagon!
I've made three full trips over this
route this afternoon. Used to get 1t
done in one trip. We always did have
a good trade down there, but it's been
getting awful here lately. And so many
Of the orders are from new customers
that live farther away than our old
ones. and their orders are bigger. I'm
about rushed to death. and there amt
no let-up to it,
Now, have seen every advertisement
this store has put out. and while it is
good stun, it isn't anything wonderful
Any bright man could write It Then
why does it pay?
Simply because this grocer has good
store, and carries a nice stock. and
treats customers eourteously, and tells
people about 1t. No other grocery in
the territory tells them anything Of the
kind If the other fellows woke up and
got into the game. then the reward
would 60 to the one who did the best
advertising. Now it goes to the one
who does the only advertising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record
The things that are killed by ridicule
deserve to die.
A fellow never knows he is IN love
till the girl tells him
The fellow who stops kicking May be
merely getting used to It.
The trouble with a ready tongue is
that it is never ready to quit
The minister. as well as the Judge,
often gives a man a life sentence
Some girls seem to think that every
man is a man after her own heart
A growing boy never needs a watch
to tell him when it is dinner time.
When a woman says Il don't care"
is when actions speak louder than
Wigg-fsHe looks like a man who
has lost a fortune" Wagg-''I guess
he has. Miss Gotrox has thrown him
Blobbs-"He is always talking about
his bird-like appetite" SIobs"'VVelI,
you know the ostrich is bird as
well as the canary"
Hook-ssHave a cigar2'' Nye-
Thanks" A minute later Hook-''If
there is anything I enjoy it's a good
cigar" Nye-''Why don't you get
some?v
Customer-'sThis story to the effect
that the druggist always mas netting
lust as good is a libel, isn't ft2s' The
Druggist-"Sure; we always have
something better"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
EROM OTHER PENS
FIGHTING FUzzY-WUzzTEs.

Sentimentalists, sitting in uphoI-
stored chairs several thousand miles
away. naturally wax hot with indig-
nation over battles or determination
in the Sulu islands. Such practice
has made for fuency. and it is easy
to say that for such an unhappy event
our military officers are necessarily to
blame. This kind of criticism for
more than a century pursued our IN
dian fighters. At one time it breaks
out against the way Kitchener moved
down the fuzzy-wuzzies; at another
against German treatment of the
Hereras. or French treatment of the
Hoyas of Madagascar. Civilized peo-
pie who "eat out of china and own
card cases accept the results Of the
work done in the jungle, although
their hands are high in moral protest
when it is going on. The implication
is that we should be as chivalrous as
messieurs at Fontenoy when meeting
q savage enemy. But something
seems wrong with the theory when an
attempt is made to reduce it to prac-
tice. It does not seem feasible to re-
spect every item of the laws of war
when dealing with a fanatical foe that
shams death or wound in order to
get chance to plunge his knife into
the bowels of an adverse y.-New
z ork Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1.-THE crying need Of this country is
good roads" said Deacon Twogood
today, after he had tried to haul
load of hay to town. That's right,
said a man who had just been preach
ing rate reform, good railroads"
There are altogether too many girls
who are SO sickly that they cannot help
mother do the dishes, although they
can waltz continually till four O'Clock
in the morning at a dance; and too
many young men who are not strong
enough to make their own living at
some good employment, although they
can walk twenty-seVen miles around
a pool table without being the least
bit tired.
Let US never doubt the groundhog's
word again. The six weeks of winter
that he was scheduled to send upon
US expired last Friday, but we doubted
him, and just look at what he added
to those six weeks-for good measure.
doubtless, to show what he can do
when he really tries.
The dispatches say Count Witte
begged the car to allow him to re-
sign" Thus we see that Count Witte
is far different from Tom Kelly.
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climbed to Jacks cabin and sat down
heavily. Jack and Madge followed.
He looked at Jack closely
Great smoke, man, look at your
armt" he cried.
Jack glanced at the blood-stained
sleeve from which the arm dangled
helplessly. 81 know it. he answered
cheerfulIy. "a tree top SLAPPED me. as
the slide passed. but don't care,
every man is Safei
The president stared at the white,
dirt-stained face. s'Madge." he said,
I'D like to have you marry this, sort
Of a man."
That's what Jack and I hoped"
answered dadge. smiling. even as she
mOaned over the wounded arm.
That's settled, then" said the
president briskly. Now let's see what
I can do for that arm and II ne
noticed that the well arm was en-
circlinE Madge,s waist he did not
mention the fact Copyright. 1905.
by p. c. Eastment.)
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fenced all the delights of the chase.
Suddenly the prisoner veered to one
side and. as his guard stumbled for
ward, jumped on him from behind. In
two minutes our man had the reb's
gun and was chasing the fellow back
toward our lines at the point of the
bayonet. They were a tired pair when
they came within hailing distance.
Both were dirty and bloody but they
were hungry also, and in a few minutes
we're eating bareback and drinking
coffee and badgerins each other about
the incidents Of their unusual adven-
f11ra
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
4 eRorER,s sTORY.

A writer in the Advertising World re-
marks that he has always believed that
there were very few businesses that
could not make profitable use of print
er's ink He has also believed that ad-
vertising, to be profitable, must be good
advertising. and still believes all these
things. But a recent experience, he
says, has shown that the goodness"
of advertising is comparative. Almost
any advertising is good" where it is
not brought into competition with bet
ter advertising. To prove his point ne
tells this story:
A certain grocer whose trade is
neigh borhood" trade-that is, whose
store is away from the business center
and depends on the patronage of fami-
lies within a radius Of half a dozen
souares-has three competitors within a
block Of his store. None of the other
fellows does any advertising except in
the windows. Our grocer (we'1 call him
that to distinguish him)-keeps him
self and three assistants in the store
and one delivery wagon and driver. One
Of the assistants puts in each forenoon
soliciting orders. All the other stores
send out solicitors also. Our grocer was
minded to advertise. but couldn't de-
eide how to go about 1t. one of his
customers is a printer who is also an
advertising crank" As result of
conversation on the subject. and perhaps
In sort Of a blunlng spirit, the print
er proposed to advertise the store for
three months in his own way. and to in
crease the business to a given amount,
or no pay. The grocer agreed and one
advertisement was put cut each week.
At the end Of The eighth week. the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IRON the New York Press.1

Iron the New York Press
Smoking wouldn't be half as much
fun to a boy if his parents made him
do it.
When young woman acts as If she
didn't know what a beau is It is a sign
she has several
The incest thing of all about a vvo-
man is the way she doesn't care how
little brains you have If you are hers.
It takes woman who wears false
hair to sheer at another because she
suspects her figure isn't all her own.
Ihere Is no use trying to reform by
taxing smaller drinks. because you will
take more Of them; and there Is no use
taking fewer. because you VIII make
them bigger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Nearly every man has a fool idea he
wastes a lot of time on.
There is nothing so nice as a nice
woman. But the dogs bark at bad
one.
Even my wife, Church White said
today. has never claimed that am
good looking"
When the average man learns how
to take care of his money, he is past
the earning period.
You are always hearing of physi-
clans using the knife; don't any of
them ever use the fork?
Patience is the best investment a
married woman can make, and the sec
ond best is a cook book.
It is the notion Of some women that
to be a perfect lady a girl should hold
every man at Proper Distance.
The most sympathetic person in the
world cannot restrain a smile at a wor-
ried expression on the face of a fat
man.
There is one reward no man seems
to be in a great hurry to get to, and
that is the reward piled up for him in
heaven.
There is one thing sure: If Mother
followed all the rules of beauty and
health her family wouldn't get half as
good attention.
A woman has been a perfect success
as a wife if the suspicion has never
crossed her husbands heart that he
might have done better.
Women are such capable creatures
that they have been Known to play
whist and take care Of a baby crawling
around on their lap at the same time.
Perhaps the reason short calls are
fashionable is that the caller who stays
( less than fifteen minutes is not expected
to ask the daughter to play on the
I piano
Whenever we see a man going home
/ from work at night with a dinner pail
/ in his hand, we always hope that a
/ particularly good and piping hot sup
/ per IS waiting for him.
An Atehison young man said to some
I friends today: watch me in the fu-
! ture. nv am bftion in life shall be to
make the rough places smooth for my
wife, to care for her and shield her
from danger" All Of which sounded
/ very noble and lofty, only as he spoke
/ the young fellow was preparing to light
/ a cigarette.
If you want to be interested visit a
family where there is but one baby,
and two or three old maid aunts. Sis
/ ters always love each other in a way
/ TO attract admiration, and an old maid
! loves her sisters baby almost as much
as the mother, And away down deer
/ IN her heart, an old maid thinks the
baby loves her as much as 1t loves It's
mother. If we could have our Wish,
We would wish to be a baby in a fam
( lily where there are two or three old
maid aunts; then we would receive
/ Attention.
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It is pretty wen settled now that the
cause Of the d. & r. G.. wreck last
week was because a telegraph operator
was trying to do double duty. he had
worked FOR nineteen hours and fell
asleep at his post Many times a rail-
road company overworlxs its men, but
in this case it was not the railroad
company's fault. The operator was
working overtime from personal choice
in order that the regular operator
might be absent on an errand for them
both. So in this instance the fault lies
entirely at the door OF the operator
who slept on duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20

Every town has its bankrupts. They
are not all financial bankrupts by
long shot. There is the social bank
rupt and the moral bankrupt and
last. but not least, the religious bank
rupt. The social bankrupt may wear
good clothes and have money in his
pocket, but he has no credit in the
better circles of society. The moral
bankrupt has to pay cash for every
thing he gets. The religious bankrupt
has donned his cloak SO often that he
has worn holes through It and the
eyes of the world see the bankruptcy
sign beneath. But the least of these
is the financial bankrupt. He may
when Fortune smiles, wash away the
spots, but there is little hope for the
moral and religious bankrupt. Moral
credit is something you can't get at
the bank or from the hands of patient
friends You shaVeato dig 1t out your
self. A financial bankrupt can be
made whole again by the stroke Of the
pen. So, my friend, when you see the
bankruptcy sign coming toward you
and you have to hang up something,
take care that it is your pocketbook
Hang on to your morals, your religion
and your social status.
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There is a fair prospect that the IN
dian will keep his place in the process
sion. The Carlisle schools football
players have recently beaten West
Point and they have often defeated
team of full-bIooded Indian girls from
he Fort Shaw (Afontana) reservation
school have, in playing that game
taken a long string of feminine scalps
from the girls of white universities IN
+be vest. The educated red man is
displaying cameraderie and an
adaptabiiity to the new conditions
which promise success to him in civil
cations struggle. One or more OF
them will represent their end OF the
coming state of Oklahoma in congress
This is right He is to the manner
born. The real F. F. AS are the In
dams. Some of them. in the coming
time. will sit in Roosevelts CHAIR
NJ. Harvey in the March Atlantic.