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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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Will Lewis, of Pawnee Rock.
was a visitor to the county seat,
Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Wildgen, of Hois
lngton was in the city visiting
friends on Saturday.
Mrs. Ed ellison is in the city
from Claain, visiting her parents
Sheriff and Mrs. Dalziel.
r. H. Moses Jr. and E. R.
Moses went to Hoisington on
business Saturday morning.
DR.. A. NJ. Sipes, who has been
quite i'll al his residence on Odell
street, is considerably better today.
Word comes to town that District
Court Clerk Sam Kellam is sick at
the home of his father, east Of town.
Miss Elva Coughlin of Newton,
is in the city the guest of her
aunt, Miss Lilah Smith and other
relatives.
The three year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Toots Dodge has
been very sick at their home for
some days past.
DR.. Sutherland has rented the
Tom Dennis property on Broad
way and will go to housekeeping
there in the near future.
j. Pefhey and wife, of Dayton
Ohio, who were formerly resi-
dents of this part of the country,
are visiting old friends here.
Mrs. A. j. Teer stopped in this
city Thursday night on her way
home to Dodge City, from a visit
with her daughter at Chanute.
The body Of Will Howard, who
died Friday morning at the hospital,
was sent to his brother.in.law, Albert
McNutt, at ClaAin Saturday morning.
G. c. Townsend of the music de.
partment of the E. r. Moses Mercan.
tile Co., returned Friday evening
from three days trip to Nickerson.
Jake Gustin, of Galatia, was
down to the county seat Saturday.
Jake had completed his harvest
Friday, and was feeling pretty
good.
Mrs. VIM. Cole, mother of Mrs.
Emmerson Smith, died at her
home in Council Grove, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and family
are in Council Grove.
Frank Millard, IT,, came in from
the farm in Homestead township.
where ne has been helping during
wheat harvest, and is back in the
County Treasurer's Office again.
About forty members of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Christian church went on a picnic
out on the Walnut. east of town,
Friday night, and had a fine time.
On the way out the wagon broke
down and they had to walk mart
OF the way. After arriving at
the picnic grounds all enjoyed
themselves to the full measure.
When they started home. the
wagon broke down again and thew
had to walk home. 1t was a fine
evening for walking though. and
the only kicks we have heard
came from the fellows who had to
carry the grub baskets.
CASTORIA,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

WANTED-Position by an en-
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Satisfaction guaranteed. Address
W. S. Alley, ingalls,, Gray Co.,
Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

Ivan Prescott, who formerly
lived in this city, was over from
Claain Friday as a witness in the
coroner's inquest on the death of
Will Howard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
Editor Warren Knause, Of the Nc.

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insurance adjuster, was in the city
few hours Friday, on his way up t,
Ness county 10 adjust some hal
losses.
Z. P. Ayers brought the first
load of new weat to this market
Saturday. 1t was bought b,
the Rock Mill & Elevator Co., at
20 cents per bushel, testing sixty
pounds to the bushel.
A good many OF the harvest hand,
are beginning to drift back to town
now, having finished in a good many
sections, although some of them will
find employment all summer and fall
with the tnreshing machines.
L. H. Davis the man who
struck Will Howard on the head
with a billiard cue at Claain.
Thursday night, was taken before
Justice Clayton for his hearing
Saturday, and waived exami.
nation, and was sent back to Jail
to await his trial.
The telephone supply wagon
team ran away Friday after
noon and was captured on Main
street by couple of harvest hands.
who grabbed the team by the bits
and hung on for about a block.
when they turued them into the
hitching chain around the park
and stopped them.
Mrs. j. W. Soderstrom received
word Friday morning that her
brother-in-law Robert George, a
prominent farmer of Coffey co IN.
ty, was dead at his home in Lebo.
Kansas. Mrs. Soderstrom de.
parted this morning for that place
to remain with her sister, for a
few days,
Mrs. W. F. MCGEE and daugh.
ter OF Kansas City, Kansas, are
here on a visit to Mrs. McGee's
brother Mr.. Koontz, west of
town. Miss McGee is one of the
Kansas City, Kansas, school
teachers, and may conclude to
help fill the educational want in
Barton county.
The Barton County Fair AS.
ISOLATION offers land will paw
more cash premiums on farm pro-
ducts, live stock, poultry, fruits,
vegetables and household products
than any county fair in Kansas.
Get a premium list and look it
over, then prepare to bring in
something for exhibit.
A team belonging to Ed French, of
Hudson, a son in.law of DR.. A. NJ.
Sipes, took little trip on their own
hook Friday night, agd go; on the
track in front Of Santa Fe No. s.
The buggy was pretty badly used up
but the team was not hurt. One of
boys said they had been in the habit
of running races with the "Sandbur
Special" at Hudson, and did not
know that trains on real railroads
could go so fast.
The pupil making the highest
average in examination in the
common schools Of the county was
to be awarded a years scholar
ship in any one of the colleges of
the state, the pupil to make his
own selection. Miss Maud Bailey,
of Clafin, won the scholarship.
and Thursday notified the County
Superintendent that she had
selected Friends University, of
Wichita as the school she wished
to attend.
A gala time was lad at the &.
A. R. Hall Friday night, it being
the regular meeting of the Ladies
Circle of the G. A. r. After
the transaction of the regular
business of the order the Old boys
OF 81 to 65 carried the large table
into the banqueling hall and there
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

We heard of fishing party
composed of two printers who
went out on the Walnut Wednes-
day. They had four bottles of
beer tied together with a string
and tied to a stake on the bank.
They would keep nice and cool in
the water. Une of the boys
wanted a forked stick to fasten
his pole with so it would not be
such hard work fishing, and took
the one with the refreshments
hung on it. There was a slight
rattle Of glass, a few bubbles and
the refreshment was on the bot
tom Of the creek in about ten feet
Of water, 1t was not recovered,
Some fisherman in the future may
make an unusual catch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
The Boomers win al ElIlnWood.

Sundays game at Ellinwood
between the Bloomer girls and
the Ellinwood Greens, was at.
tended by the largest crowd Ellin-
wood has had at a ball game this
season. And the game was good,
resulting 3 to 3 IN favor of the
Boomers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10
THE BIRD OF DEATH.
1t Is the Only Venom GUS Member of
the FeatSSercd Tribe.

Ii Is the Only Venom GUS Member of
the FeatSercd Tribe.
Among all the thousands of feath-
cred creatures classified by the train
ed ornithologists but one, the rpir
n'doob, or bird of DEATH" is known
to be venomous. This queer and dead
ly species of the winged and feather
ed tribe is a native of the island OF
Papua, or New Guinea. The bird is
described as being about the size of a
common tame pigeon, of gray plumage
and a tail OF extraordinary length,
ending in a tip o. brilliant scarlet red.
1t is a marsh bird and is found to in
habit only the immense stagnant pools
adjoining the lakes of the interior of
the island. The rpir has a hooked
beak as sharp as a cocks spur and
hollow. The venom with which II in
oculateS is distilled in set of organs
which nature has provided for that
purpose and which lie in the upper
mandible, just below the openings of
the nostrils. Under this poison secret
ing laboratory in the roof of the mouth
is small 1eshy knob. When the bird
sets its beak in the flesh of victim
this knob receives pressure which
liberates the venom and inoculates the
wound. No man native or otherwise.
was ever known TO recover from a
bite inflicted by rpir n'doob. The
suffering in such cases is said to be
much more agonizing than in cases OF
rattlesnake ard ella monster bites.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

the allowance made to the wife re
mains stationary, the demands upon it
have been constantly increasing. The
FIRST year or two is always the cheap
est For one thing little, if any, new
clothing is required. The brides trous-
Ssau acts as a basis from which, at
small expense, gowns hats and cloaks
years, also, the furniture and cooking
utensils being nearly new repairs and
additions amount to very small item.
Often, too, the little ones come, but
the allowance remains the same, and
the wants of three must be met by
what suficed for two. The husband
seldom realizes that while he works
no harder, comparatively, one year
than the other, each year of married
life brings to the wife new experiences
and increasing duties He should in
crease the household allowance accord
ingly.
Bright, healthy children are good in,
vestments their sturdy limbs and rosy
cheeks promise a better provision for
the future than the savings bank, much
as we admire the latter excellent in
stitution Money spent on the chill
dren's food and warm clothing will
yield good interest and in this way it
is better ITO stave off the rainy day
than to save up for it when you can i'll
afford to do so, and thus hasten the
coming of that rainy day.
The young wife should, if possible,
choose the food for her household her
self. She then sees what is good and
cheap at the same time. Then good
Judgment is acquired in discriminating
between the different kinds of food
Many recipes, which on the surface
appear economical, are not so, because
they are either unpalatable, or else re-
ouire so many accessories that in the
end the dish costs as much as a good
roast.
Always purchase at a time when the
commodities, which vary in price ac-
cording to the season, are cheapest.
Money may be saved by purchasing
coal in large quantities at summer
prices. Money may be saved by buy
Ing plenty of soap and storing 1t till
II is well dry, and use up less extrav-
agantly. Then the good housewife will
always watch the store sales" She
can pick up many bargains both for
herself and her children by buying at
the selling off, season
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

equal numbers on each side of the open
space by which the spot was accessible.
These movements, though executed with
in few hundred yards of the Loyalists,
produced no alarm, SO perfect was the
discipline of Marion's men. The general
spoke with all the officers and enjoined
upon them implicit obedience TO orders
and to see that the arms of every man
were in readiness for use. When every
thing had been arranged Frank Forstall
and John Henderson were ordered to go
forward on foot and reconnoiter.
Grateful for this mark of the gt nerars
confidence, our heroes obeyed with alac-
rity. Crossing a brook Frank and Hen
derson entered a large field and, guided
by the numerous fires that were Earning
brightly, walked with slow and noiseless
steps toward the rendezvous.
After proceeding a short distance the
tread OF a sentinel was distinctly heard,
warning them to silence and prudence.
1t was now necessary that they should
leave the field and advance under cover
of the surrounding wood. They did so,
stopping when the sentinel walked to-
ward them, and proceeding when he went
in a contrary direction. They came sud
denly upon another sentinel who was lean
ing against a tree motionless as the tree
itself Forstall AID his companion stop
ped, expecting to be hailed or instantly
fred upon.
He is asleep" whispered Henderson.
We're undiscovered Let us move to
the left-softly, softly, my lad"
ITO be continued)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10
STATIONERY CLOUDS.
Curious Formations on the Windward
Sides of Mountain Crests.

Curious Formations on the WindWard
Sides of Mountain Crests.
Swiss meteorologists have often no
tieed a phenomenon in the neighbor-
hood of Alpine crests that for time
provoked their curiosity. 1t was the
continued existence of small cloud
above or on the windward side of a
ridge, when the air elsewhere was
clear. The explanation which has
now been adopted is this: The at
mosphere contains a good deal of in
visible vapor. The quantity is so
large that little chilling will cause
it to condense, for the amount of wa
ter vapor the air can hold in suspen-
sion depends on temperature. Ord1-
narily, as one ascends the tempera-
ture falls, the average being about l
degree Fahrenheit for every 800 feet.
If therefore, a barrier be interposed,
a current of air will be forced upward
in order to pass over it. The air
cools, and if the moisture in it is near
the saturation point enough condensa-
tion will occur to make cloud. After
the current reaches the other side OF
a ridge it descends, the air grows war
mer and its ability to hold the vapor
increases The conditions that cause
condensation cease to exist, and on
the leeward side of the mountain the
cloud disappears. Though the same
thing has been observed in other
countries than Switzerland, it is OF
infrequent occurrence, and only with
in a few years has this type of cloud
been reported in the United States.
One of the first observers of it was
Professor William M. Davis, of Cam
bridge, Mass, who is an enthusiastic
mountain climber, and also high au-
thority in meteorology. He told geo.
graphical society in Philadelphia in
1903 of an observation of single
helm" cloud by him in the mountain
Gus districts of North Carolina. For
a time it was believed that he was
ahead of every one else in noticing
the phenomenon. Frank w. Proctor
writes to "The United States Wealth
er Review" however, to say that the
sight is common at Waynesville, N.
c.. and that he witnessed it as long
ago as 1897. He describes two or
three specimens which he has observ-
ed over two ranges in that vicinity.
He adds that on the sides Of the
mountains facing the valley what
might be called dynamic fog is fire.
quent. That is to say, after rains, or
when there is much dampness, the
wind blowing up these mountain
sides forms fog sheets on the wind
ward slopes, when no fog is to be
seen in any other direction
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10
ANIMAL DOUBLES OF HUMANS.
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Everybody Said to Resemble Creature
of the Lower Life.
All of US have our counterparts IN
the animal world began the man.
Some animal we resemble in man
ners and looks. OF course the coun-
terpart of many is the ape, the mon
key, the baboon. That is only in the
order Of things; but a lot of people
look like birds and animals you see
about the house. / have seen women
who looked like wrens and behaved
fike them, little brown, sputtering,
chattering, fussy things. And there
are others who look like fish. Hav-
emit you seen old maid parrots? |
knew an old maid once who looked
so much like her parrot you couldn't
tell them apart, except that one sat
on perch,
GO down TO little Syria if you want
to see people who look like dragons.
The heads, I mean. There is one wo-
man there whose head is such per-
feet counterpart of the dragon head,
square jawed, bullying eyes, fiat fore
head, you expect her every moment
to develop iridesceHt wings and fly"
81 wish you'd hush. begged the wo-
man. You have spoiled the looks OF
every friend / have for me. There's
Smith Since you called him the
mouse. it is all I can do to keep from
gathering UP my skirts, screaming
and jumping on chair whenever he
comes around. His ears, the shape
of his face. l never saw anybody look
more like mouse, but / should never
have thought of it if you hadn't said
it. And there's Carlston with the face
of a pig. l used to like him. Now
when | look at him I expect him to
grunt. | used to think he was bright.
Now I can't see anything in his face
but. the stupid look of that terrible
animal feline. You have seen Katie
What animal does she look like? kit
temp
The man occupied a moment in
thought.
NO" he answered then. "She
looks like little Japanese poodle"
Its true" assented the woman.
"All she needs is few bangs over
her eyes and a collar. Now tell me
what animal l look like. Tell me
quick without taking time to think
You must have decided long ago, you
are so good at detecting"
The man put his hands over his
eyes for second, then looked bright
ly up.
You look like a gazelle," said he,
with your big brown eyes"
For once" said the woman grave
ly, you have done yourself proud
New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

Managing "a House Economically.
For no class should there be more
sympathy than for the young house
keepers who are trying their best to
make a limited income cover the thou
sand and one expenses of daily life.
The young wife is apt to blame her
self because a dollar does not contain
more tnan ten times, and to wonder
how she can put aside something for
"rainy day." which gives such peace
of mind
When first married the husband
probably set aside whatever he could
afford for little expenses. At first
this seemed sufficient, and the house
wife could put away little occasional
~ to prevent the horrible feeling of
helplessness which lack of ready mon
ey always brings. But in two or three
years everything changes; the de-
mands of one week encroach upon the
next, and the saving of five dollars or
so is impossible.
Herein lies the difficulty. that while
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

number of the latest Partisan creations
show bands of taffeta in combination
with thread laces, making handsome
ensemble. The design sketched here is
of cream white handkerchief linen,
sheer and soft, yet with enough crisp
ness of texture to supply the touch of
daintiness indispensable to the ultra
modsh lingerie designs The waist is
tucked below the bust line, the tucks
running around the figure A neck cut
away in V-shape is finished with tiny
ruchings of lace stitched together with
a final band of white taffeta. This band
is used as a connecting link between
the lace ruchings and shirred ruffle
of linen draped upon the blouse in fichu
effect. Pulled sleeves, fitted to the
arms below the shoulders by wide tuckS,
lend charm TO the design. They are
finished with ruffies of linen and tiny
bows of black velvet ribbon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

Fashions for the rising generation
are unusually sumptuous this year.
Here we get an idea of the extrava-
gance of children's modes, the design
being a frock of toile de sole, trimmed
with lace and embroidery. The ma
terial is by no means new, for it is the
silk linen of seasons past parading I'M
der a euphonious French name. This
is true of a large number of the silk
and cotton fabrics used so successfully
in making dainty dresses. The skirt
of this model is hardly more than a
deep fiounce, closely gagged about the
waist-line under a heading of embroid-
cry beading. "A band of Val. insertion
is set in above the hem, and the bot
tom is finished with an embroidered
rufie. Half hose of striped silk and
black patent leather slippers are ac-
cessories of the small girls toilette to
require much consideration. and are an
item of some expense. The little blouse
has a yoke of lace and embroidery
bordered with a ruffie of the latter,
corresponding with that used upon the
skirt.
5,0oo,0 900 Women Wage Farmers.
Nearly 100000 women 90 to work
every day in the United States-go TO
paid work, whether the returns be 81
q week or $1,000 a year. Sixty years
ago Harriet Martineau, while visiting
America, declared tat she found here
but seven occupations for women
teaching, Reedlework, taking boarders,
upesetting, employment in cot
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10

Look here, son!" exclaimed the
angry parent. Il near you were bet
ting on the races yesterday"
well, father, / only put up few
dollars that Flyaway would win
Haven't ! told you it was wicked
to gamble? Haven't / warned you
against it? If l ever hear Of your
doing such a thing again will thrash
you good. Now you take this note
down to Broker & Sellers Office, and
hurry up about it. think this re-
markedly open winter is going to hurt
the wheat crop and want to buy
few thousand bushels on margins.
And don't you loiter on the way,
either"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10
Fashion Notes.

Foulards, voiles and other loosely
woven fabrics will be again in favor.
"Fraisette," a new Partisan color. is
on the faded rose tint. shading into a
brown mauve.
Lots of CATERS are being made TO
match spring suits, worn, in nine cases
out Of ten, over black shoes.
Pastel colored broadcloths trimmed
Simply with wide white silk braid
make charming evening cloaks.
Eyelets in tear-drop patterns-long
things rounded at the lower end-com.
bined with the tiniest of round ones
make up one attractive design.
1t looks as though the leading types
in winter wedding gowns, the princess
and the Empire and the robe with
court train, would flourish at Easter.
Among slippers some of the plainest.
primmest of styles prevail A quaint
pair of pale blue kid ones have eyelets.
through which broad bow of inch
wide ribbon is tied.