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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-02-02
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The question now is: What
are the Arizona insurgents going
to dol
John Robl, of Logan township,
was among the Saturday visitors
in town.
At the Merritt Creamery Co.
% cents for butter fat, money
twice a month.
W. Y. Cox OF HOisington drove
over Friday afternoon and attended
the Eagle meeting.
Mrs. Anna Jig, and Mike
Hickey, were Walnut township
people in The city Friday.
A pair of wings we're hitched
onto Freddie Pressl by the local
Aeire of Eagles Friday night.
Henry Lutschg is having to
walk with a cane as the result of an
injured knee sustained from a fall.
d. A. Banta has gone to Kansas
City, Topeka, and other points
on legal business. He will be
absent a week.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. E. church will hold their
annual Easter bazaar, the date of
which will be given when final
arrangement have been made.
| have already planted huney
locust seed, and hedge seeds by
the wagon load. Will have
plenty of young trees for sale next
season. August CARING.
X. L. Weisenberger, route
four, and P. W. Deets, route
three, city, called Friday to re-
new on their Rustler subscriptin.
and secure one of our handsome
maps of Kansas.
Ross J. Lebold writes from
Mineral City, O., to renew on his
Democrat, also to say that he has
been having a good business, and
wants to be rememered to all old
Great Bend friends.
1t will be worth your while to 90
down to the Great Bend Hardware
q Implement Co. and see that
FarriS wheel which the boys have
fixed up. 1t is a wonderful piece
of mechanical ingenuity
1. B.W hite and Harvey Flet-
cher have returned from a visit to
friends and relatives in Okla
hOma. They visited Mr.. Whites
son, Fletcher White, at Okemah,
|. Ty.. where he is in the drug
business, also Harvey's brother,
at Piedmont, Oklahoma. They
had a very pleasant visit.
Renewals to the Democrat the
past few days have been as fol-
lows; F. G. Mckinney, city,
Frank Stoskopf, route one, Hois-
ington, Frank Koser, Williamson,
Iowa, Albret Fankhauser, city, J.
f. McQuillen, Heller, Arthur
Fish, city, Cas-. Settle, Hoisington,
A. R. Hover, Dillon, Geo. Elliott,
route five, city, John Doherty, f.
j. Truck. and P. B. Kimpler,
Ellinwood.
d. I. Dennis was entertained
while at Hutchinson by Jake
Baker and family. lie says they
certainly have about the incest
house and furnishings that he has
been in. Mr.. Baker bought one
of the finest residences in the city,
and remodeled it to some extent.
The friends of the Baker family
will all be glad to know that the
family is so happily situated, and
that all are well.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-02-02

Salesman wanted to look after
our interest in Barton and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission.
Adress Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland
.. Yours truly,
Lincoln Oil Co.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

How grand is the hawk or the eagle
sailing far away in the blue slkyi And
how beautiful are song birds, each in
its favorite position to sing, the song
sparrow with head thrown back, the
bobolink sailing down to the grass with
raised wings! Those who have spent
much time in watching birds In the
field know how differently the various
birds perch, fly, run, climb or feed.
The warblers catch flies, but they do
not do it In such an interesting way as
do the true fly catchers. We come to
know bird by the fight or walk just
as we know other friends by their gait
or even by the sound Of their tread.
In fight the wings of many different
birds make peculiar sounds whereby
we may know the birds even If they
themselves are out of sight. 1t Is not
at all necessary to get close enough to
bird to see It's exact color or the
shape of its bill and feet, for its move
ments and outlines can be seen at a
greater distance. And so we may
know the bird even though it should fly
away, as birds often do as soon as we
try to stalk them for nearer view
st. Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
ANCIENT ARTISTS.


Wonderful and Lasting Work Of the
GrecO-EgyDtian Painters.
The methods of the artists Of ancient
Greece and Egypt were totally differ
ent from those Of the present day and
We're evidently vastly more durable.
Panels of wood were used to paint on
sycamore and cypress panels or
papier mache, and occasionally they
were formed by gluing three thick
nesses Of canvas together. These pan
els were usually about fourteen inches
long by seven inches wide. The artist
used liquid wax instead OF oil to mix
the colors, which were made, not from
vegetable, but from mineral substances,
and We're of marvellous briliiancy and
permanence-blue powdered lapis Ia
Zuli. green malachite, red oxide OF iron,
etc. The colors were laid on in patches,
somewhat after the fashion OF a mo-
sale, and afterward blended with an
instrument called the cestrum, which
appears to have been a lancet shaped
spatula, long handled, with at one end
a curved point, at the other a finely
dentated edge With the toothed edge
the wax could be equalized and smooth
ed, while the point was used for plac-
ing high lights, marking lips. eyebrows.
etc
The final process, which gives the
name encaustic to this kind Of paint
ing, was the burning in Of the colors.
This was done by the application OF q
heated surface to the panel. though In
Egypt the heat Of the sun was prob
ably all that was needed to complete
the artists work.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
LOVE OF HOME.
Am Instinct That Is Remarkably
Strong In the Horse.

An Instinct That Is Remarkably
Strong In the Horse.
The strongest instinct in the horse is
that of home-all his thoughts and in
terests lie there-and the most wearing
pain he suffers is that Of nostalgia-the
longing for the familiar stall and the
well loved surroundings What wonder
that our pets almost invariably return
to us from such unhappy experiences
mere shadows of their former selves
and in such wretched bodily condition
that it is months before they regain
their usual health and spirits. We
blame the man in charge, poor feed,
bad stabling, insufficient pasturage
etc, and overlook entirely the fact that
1t is our own fault and the direct result
of heart hunger which no grass, grain
or rooftree could entirely assuage. OF
course the little used muscles have
frO& lack of exercise, shrunk and lost
theff firmness and plumpness; the crest
has fallen from the same cause; "pov-
erty lines" appear in the quarters and
shoulders; the tail and name are all
out of shape or all worn away; the feet
stubbed off; the coat dingy and sun
burnt; the skin full of all manner of
scars, cuts and abrasions; all these are
the effect, not the cause, Of the lack OF
bodily condition which is two-thirds
due sheerly and solely, in the high
bred, nervous, sensitive horse, to sim
pie hOmesickness.-Ex
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
POOR LITTLE PENGUINs.
Many Are Nursed to Death by the
Adult Birds.

Many Are Nursed to Death by the
Adult Birds.
An antarctic explorer writes: 81 think
the penguin chicks hate their parents,
and when one watches the proceedings
in rookery 1t strikes one as not sur
prising. In the first place, there is
about one chick to ten or twelve
adults, and each adult has an over
towering desire to sit on something
Both males and females want to nurse,
and the result Is that when a chicken
finds himself alone there Is a rush on
the part of a dozen unemployed to
seize him.
Naturally he runs away and lodges
here and there till huge emperor
falls on him, and then begins regu
lar football scrimmage, in which each
tries to hustle the other off, and the
end is too often disastrous to the chick.
Sometimes he falls in crack In the
ice and stays there, to be frozen, while
the parents squabble at the top.
Sometimes, rather than be nursed,
l have seen him crawl in under an Ice
ledge and remain there, where the old
ones could not reach him. think 1t Is
not an exaggeration to say that of the
n per cent that die no less than half
are killed by kindness"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
Men with women. Voices.

Generally speaking, races living at
high attitudes have weaker and more
highly pitched voices than those living
in regions where the supply Of oxygen
is more plentiful. Thus among the
Indians living on the piateaus between
the ranges of the Andes, at an eieva-
ton Of from ten to fourteen thousand
feet the men have voices like women
and the women like children, and their
singing is a shrill monotone. The Aus
tralian native has weak voice, but
a knack of sending it long distance,
and the lowest tribes OF African BUSH
men also possess weak voices OF all
human beings it would seem that the
dwarf race discovered by Stanley in
central Africa have, in point Of volume
and compass, the weakest Of human
voices, and this is only what one
would expect from the feebIeness of
their physique generally.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
THE BAY LEAF.
Famous For More Than It's Use For
Culinary PURPOSES

Famous For More Than It's Use For
Culinary Purposes.
"Two-thirds of modern recipes seem
to call for "a bay leaf" said a young
housekeeper the other day, land some
how it Is always the one thing in the
whole formula that housekeeper will
omit. One never has q bay leaf, prob
nbly for the reason that they are SC
elusive. Other necessaries confront you
on market stalls and shop counters, but
the bay leaf rarely does.
when 1 finally obtained mine "a
small glass jar Of them) short time
ago l had not the faintest idea of O
connection between the little withered
looking things in the glass and the
laurel leaves Of the poets. To my sur
prise 1 now find that they are one and
the same. l believe most sister house
keepers would be amazed to find that
when they send a bay leaf flutterine
into the pot Of soup or stew they are
really consigning to it the historic
bays which wreath the brows of Ho
mer and the bard of Avon. The scien
tific name is Taurus nobilis, and 1t be
longs, according to my encyclopedia, tC
the laurel family, which includes the
familiar sassafras. 1t is the green bay
tree to which the wicked man is Xix
ened in the Scripture.
my delvings into this subject have
revealed amid much laurel lore the
fact that Bacon and other celebrities
appreciated (gastronomically its spicy
favor."-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
Baptism In Morocco.

This is the way an infant is christen-
ed In Morocco: when the first child Is
born-and the parents are accustomed
to wish for girl as a happy omen
the mother Of the young matron sends
basket containing the layette of the
infant, along with henna, eggs and
pigeons. The baby is stained with
henna from head to foot and the little
body smeared with butter and wrapped
in fannels. The seventh day is the
dap of baptism. At the first hour of
the morning the friends are invited to
the repast. About 0 o'clock a taleb,
or, better still, 'shereef," sacrifices a
sheep on behalf Of the child and as he
cuts the animals throat pronounces
the sacramento words, In ths name
of God it is the baptism of such an
one, son of such an one Then the
child is washed for the first time
henna is put on its hands and feet,
khol under its eyes; it is clothed in its
finest robes and put into its mothers
bed, at the head of which lighted ia
pers are burning"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
Best of All
BY HONORE wILLSIE
Copyright. 1903. BY e. @. Parcels

S~~~S~NSSSSS~S%~D
The aisles of pines stretched in ev-
cry direction, on and on. until the
white of the snow food blended with
the white and green of snow laden
boughs in dim, shadowy blacks The 81
lence of the afternoon was unbroken.
Even the snow birds were not to be
heard, and there was not a breath of
wind to disturb the white drapery that
covered the pines.
Rose, gliding along on her snow
shoes, seemed part and parcel of the
quiet beauty of the winter forest. Her
slender strength and easy grace seem
ed strangely In harmony with the fine
straightness of the pines.
But for the first time In her life Rose
was only vaguely conscious of the love
illness of the woods. She sped on
swiftly, untiringly, guiding her course
with now and then a mechanical glance
at the ak cuts on the pine tree trunks.
In her mind she was reviewing over
and over the scene of the morning.
Again she saw the tense face of her
~AOoDeNASAp WIN CbclOAAAc6S IaCCS
of the two guides behind him. The
cause of the quarrel had been trivial
enough. Rose scarcely recalled it now.
The main point was that her husband,
with his English instincts, could not
understand that his wife, with her
American instincts, could be led, but
not driven.
THE Hon. Hugh BOynton," Rose had
stermed at him across the campfire,
"can builyrag his mother and his sis
tiers, but his wife is just plain Amer
lean and she will not be ordered as If
she were one of his pointersw
The Hon. Hugh had Strengthened his
stalwart figure into lines of adaman-
tine stiffness.
II thought my request was for your
own good, Rose" he had said
"ReQuestw Rose had repeated indig-
nantly, 1T was not request 1t was
an order. would do anything on earth
that you asked me to do, but won't be
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31
Appealing Conscience.

in my morning walks" remarked a
Brooklyn clergyman in referring to his
vacation, Il had as companion an
elderly gentleman, whose acquaintance
l priced highly. After a cross country
ramble of Ave miles one hot afternoon
we stopped at farmhouse for a drink
Of milk. l drained my glass, and how
refreshing it was! But the old gentle
man drank lightly and set his glass
down with goodly portion Of the rich
milk untouched.
Very fine drink he said as we re-
sumed our jaunt.
Then why didn't you drink all of
it? asked.
"'That's the way make my cOntri-
button to the conscience fund.- he ex-
planned seriously. When / was a boy
worked on farm and was taught al
ways, after rinsing. to leave a little
water in the milk cans New York
Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

1t may have been that in the hurry
and confusion of getting away from
London the purser of the steamship
Bramble got things mixed up. He
knew that he had among the passen-
gers no less than three fond American
mammas who had been trailing over
Europe with manageable daughters
and were coming home with disap-
pointed looks, and he hoped to give one
of them last chance.
However 1t happened, it was known
among the passengers even before the
Bramble left her dock that great
man was on board. 1t was Mr.. Julius
Smithers of the Chicago beef trust,
and his fortune was variously estimat-
ed at from ten to City million dollars.
There were men who at first denied
that Smithers was a member of the
trust They could name over every
packer who had ever been mentioned
in the papers, and the name of Smith
ers didn't figure in the list. They were
about to denounce him as an impostor
when red headed man suggested that
Smithers might have come into the
trust on a merger of some sort. There
were mergers merging all the time,
and what if the beef trust and the
tombstone trust had consolidated their
interests?
The thing was as good as settled in
an hour. Mr.. Smithers was a man of
forty. He was rather rotund and bald
headed. He had just the faintest incli-
nation to be fiashy. Mr.. Smithers was
very democratic for a man worth I'M
told millions. He made acquaintance
rapidly, and the steamer had not made
a hundred miles to the westward when
he started a game of poker in the
smoking room and had for companions
a drummer, cattleman, ward politi-
clan and the inventor of the sausage
stuffing machine. He was given a seat
at the captains table. 1t was after
ward said that this was a mistake and
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

DIaze, SAT down DeIore IT. Inc pam
in her arm was very great, and she
rolled back her sleeve and piled soft
handfuls of snow on the flesh.
The whispering of the night through
the pines seemed very sad and lonely
to Rose. 1t was only by watching the
beauty of the scarlet fire glow on snow
and sweeping branches and murmur-
ing over and over to herself that she
was not afraid that the girl kept her
self from screaming with terror.
Then from out the darkness behind
her came the soft fluff fluff of hurrying
snowshoes, and Hugh, hot and breath
less, stood before her.
''Roser he cried. Rose, thought I
had lost your
Rose looked up at him in amaze
ment. How did you find me, Hugh?"
"Find youl Why, I've been follow
ing you ever since you left the lodge
But just at dusk my snowshoe broke,
and before 1 could patch it up you
were out of sight"
Rose put another handful of snow on
her arm. Hugh threw himself down
beside her "Oh, Rose" he cried, what
have you done to yourselfT
Rose looked up at him. Suddenly
she realized how she had been BELT
ting great thing in satisfying her
foolish pride. Suddenly she saw that
this was best of all; not that she keep
her girlish vanities, but that their love
held true no matter who ordered or
who obeyed. Suddenly she felt as If she
wanted things as they had been at any
cost.
Hugh" she said, 81 don't mind. Or
der me about all you want to; only
take care of me and don't let me go
away again."
Again the little bewildered look came
into Hugh's face as he gathered her
close.
81 don't want to order you, Rosie.'
he said. II was stubborn, and you
know what is for your own best good
anyhow. All 1 want is you,' and for
the rest you may do as you please"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

sell me, ana look my SKATES along
I'm glad it was you" she murmured
Are your" he asked in surprise 81
thought you would have had almost
any one else rescue you"
Il did feel that way for a moment"
she confessed, when / first saw it
was you. I wonder why you turned
around"
Something seemed to stop me-" he
explained. ut was funny sort of
feeling. l just seemed to see you be-
hind me, and l had to turn around to
make certain. 1t seemed almost as If
great hand made me stop"
II think 1t was fate" she said softly
Maybe | sort of half saw you and
was not conscious of 1t until l had
passed you" he suggested.
Il would rather believe it was fate"
she persisted.
$50 would l." he said soberly. Here's
the landing"
The crowd had left the ice and had
gone home to supper There were no
sleds around, SO he slipped Off his
skates and caught her up In his arms.
'It's only couple of blocks" he
said. We'll get home more quickly
this way"
She did not make any comment until
he had carried her into the house and
had bestowed her comfortably upon
the sofa. AS he turned to go she spoke
his name softly. He turned back.
''Will you be over after teaY' she
asked
Surely" he answered. az shall want
to know how you are getting along"
"Will you bring the ring" she whis-
pered
81 have it right herev he cried out
eagerly.
For answer she stretched out her
hand, and he slipped it on.
"This makes me think of the only
Browning know" he laughed. IRE
member:
There's a time In the lives Of most
women and men
When all would go smooth and even
If only the dead knew when
To come back and be forgiven"
II forgave you long before that" she
whispered Il care more for you than
do for Browning"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

A travelling salesman died very sud
denly in Pittsburg. His relatives tsie-
graphed the undertaken to make q
wreath; the ribbon should be extra
wide, with the inscription, REST In
peace" on both sides, and II there is
room, Eve shall meet in heaven" The
undertaken was out of town and his
new assistant handled the job. 1t was
startling floral piece which turned up
at the funeral. The ribbon was extra
wide and bore the inscription, REST In
peace on both sides, and IL there IL
room we shall meet in heaven"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-31

There were men aboard looking to
get into good thing on the ground
floor They knew that the beef trust
was good thing. They threw out
hints to Mr.. Smithers, but he laughed
and shook his head and replied:
"Not yet, my boy. I've got the dough
to start 1t off, and 1 want all the
plunks there are in it. See me next
season."
"Will beef go up?"
Thunder, no! We expect to knock
the price down to 10 cents pound"
'Then how will you make your mill
lions out of it?"
Mr.. Smithers didn't make any direct
answer. He simply winked a long,
quivering wink with his left eye and
conveyed the impression that there
was coon up the tree. The merger
man enjoyed the sunshine of fiattery
and envy and toadyism for five or six
days.
Then Sandy Hook was sighted one
morning, and he announced to the
three scheming mammas that he want
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daughters. 1t was to be private con
verse. There was agitation. There was
perturbation. There were consulta-
lions. Mr.. Smithers selected a corner
of the music room, and to that spot the
victims were led in turn. The CONVEX
sation was about the same In each in
stance
MY dear girl" began Mr.. Smithers,
with paternal blandness, Il told you
had a good thing on hand and would
try to arrange to make you an offer.
am about to do so. You have never had
any experience ON the stage, but you
are a mighty good locker"
"Sirp' demanded the maiden as she
retreated step.
"Oh, l shan't ask you to dress unbe
comingly. It's just a plain, straight
play called The Beef Trust and show
ing how that corporation by raising the
prices parted two happy lovers and
brought grief and death to other house
holds. Three corking acts and cast of
twelve people. We introduce a drove
of cattle, a slaughter house and a
butcher shop among other spectacular
effects. Will move right along without
a hitch. Papers are bound to give it
free columns of advertising. l can put
you in the cast at $50 per to begin on
What do you sayY
None Of the three said anything-not
to Mr.. Smithers. Ten minutes after
the last interview a murmur swept
over the great steamer. That was fol-
lowed by a growl After the growl
came cries of xiii him! Throw him
overboardw There was a rush Of feet
along the decks, but Mr.. Smithers was
pulled into the purser's room and saved
from total wreckage, and when the
steamer reached her dock the captain
lent him pair of false red whiskers to
disguise himself and escape the mob.