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, 1906-04-18
PRESBYTERY PoSTPoNES .ar-
THE PRAYER MEETING.

The usual mid-week prayer meeting
of the Baptist church will not be held
tonight, as Rev. Lonsdell and his con-
gregation will attend the opening ses-
sion of the Presbytery of Wyoming at
the Presbyterian church.
, 1906-04-18

Now, about Gorky. Isn't it a little
nervy for a man from Russia to come
ver here and at once take a hand in
our internal affairs? What would the
car do with an American who should
go to Russia and at once send a tele-
gram of symapthy to a couple of sus-
, 1906-04-18
GREEN RIVER GIRL
MARRIED AT OMAHA.

A marriage license vas issued Mon
day afternoon at Omaha to Jesse Fair
child of Council Bluffs, Ia, aged 81
years, and Miss Lizzie Mockler of
Green River, aged 81 years, and they.
were married in Omaha yesterday.
, 1906-04-18

A job of printing done in The Re-
publican Office is a guarantee that 1t
is. done right and according to the
very latest ideas. '
, 1906-04-18

Today is the forty-ffth anniversary
of the arrival Of the first troops In
Washington to take part in the war OF
the rebellion, and Colonel F. A. Sitter
of this city was one of the participants.
He notes that five companies were the
first troops to arrive. Two of these
We're the National infantry and the
Washington artillery of Pottsville, Pa,
he being a member of one of the COM
panies. The third company was the AT
lentown Rifles, the fourth the Ringgold
artillery of Reading and the last the
Logan Guards of Lewistown, number
ing $50 men all told. They marched
through Baltimore during the day, but
it was later that the attack vas made
by a mob.
Stopped Work to Enlist. OBJ"
Colonel Sitter says that he was
working as a paper hanger in the home
of a minister at Pottsville when the
call for troops came. That was at 8
O'Clock in the morning, and before 2
that afternoon he had walked four
miles to his home to bid his folks good
bye and was aboard cars en- route to
the national capital. Every workshop,
every factory and every business house
employing any considerable number of
men was closed for the day and those
eligible to military duty fastened to
the enlisting offices and Joined the ser
vice. In this way could the four towns
concentrate so large a force.
Food for Jeff's Dogs.
AS we passed through the streets
of Baltimore well dressed women came
to the edge of the street and reviled
us, telling us that JEFF Davis would
feed your carcasses to his dogs before
the week ends Guess Jeff ran out of
dogs before that and several other
weeks came to an end" =
Was Gallant Soldier. q
Colonel Sitter earned frequent pro
motions for gallantry during the four
years He is now a member Of
the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army
of the Republic, being connected with
Custer Post in this City.
, 1906-04-18
AT START j
OF FIGHT
COLONEL SITTER AMONG FIRST
CITIZENS TO RESPOND TO
THE CALL IN 1861.

Recalls Anniversary of Arrival in
Washington as Member of First
Five Hundred Men to Reach That
Place-Was Told BY Women That
Body Would Be Fed to Dogs.
, 1906-04-18

Gas you know, I wrots you that my doctor
said l must have an operation or l could not
live. l then wrote you, telling you my all
ments. l followed your advice and am en-
tirely well. l can walk miles without an
ache or a pain, and / owe my life to you and
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
l wish every suffering woman would read
this testimonial and realize the value of writ
ing to you and your remedy .n-Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets, WASH
ington, ID. G.
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health SO many women
whose testimony is 50 unquestionable,
you cannot well say, without trying it,
" do not believe it will help me-" If
you are i'll. don't hesitate to get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs Pink
ham, Lynn. Mass, for special advice
it II free and always helpful.
, 1906-04-18
Following we publish two let
terS from n woman who accep-
ted this invitation. Note the
result:

First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
For eight years l AVE suffered something
terrible every month. The pains are eIcru,
eating and / can hardly stand them. Ny
doctor says 1 have a severe female trouble,
and / must go through an operation If l want
to get well. l do not want to submit to it if
l can possibly help it Please tell me what
to do. l hope you can relieve me.n-Mrs,
Mary Dirhmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets,
Washington, D.. c.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
After following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, l am very anxious to send you
my testimonial, that others may Know their
value and what you have done for ma
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-12

wants coffee, sugar, calico or any
article our merchant may have
bought from Kansas City. St.
Louis, Chicago, New York, or
any other market center, she asks
the price, she finds the prices
like a hand-me-down suit ready
made.
We are not complaining at
this, but We feel that what we
can get away from you with, we
should be allowed to spend where
and when we please without be-
ing called thieves" by any
young dude who would not know
enough to feed the calves OF
gather the eggs.
Now my dear friends in con-
clusion let me remind you not to
call us names except in your own
little societies and some evening
omit one game of whist or euchre
and read Matt. ZIP; in fact l rec
ommend that you read the whole
chapter.
Yours for square deal,
Frank Hayes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-12
KNOWLEDGE is POWER.
Pointers Are What lou Want, Read Me
Through.

We give one years guarantee
on the Litchfeld and Success Ma
nure Spreaders and make this prop
ositiOn to you. Take one out and
use it for a week and if it does not
give entire satisfaction, return it
to us. We know you want a ma
nure spreader. If you can save all
the way from three to five dollars
by using these manure Spreaders,
will it pay? You have got to fer
tilize the soil and nothing is cheap
er than the manure you have around
the barn. You may think YOU
can do this with your pitchfork
and your wagon, but you don't
spread it even, and you generally
get it too thick on the ground.
By using the speader you get the
same thickness over the ground
and all this is done by riding over
the parts Of your farm that you
want fortified, and you don't lose
time pitching it out of a wagon
with a fork like We used to years
ago. Come in and take one out
and try it. Also take out one of
our Grain King Feed Grinders,
the most durable and successful
for grinding all kinds of grains.
If you want a corn shelter or a gas
oline engine, see us. We will re-
pair your threShing engine now,
and do it cheaper and do better
work, htan later on when we are
rushed. We will carry your ac-
count till spring if you are rot in
a position to pay cash. Bring in
your old brass and copper if you
have any. Remember, we will
give you cash for it.
DO you want a pump driven with
our new pump driving machine9
We have been putting down pumps
in one-half the time we formerly
did, with one-half the cost. We
keep various kinds of pumps,
Samson and Ideal windmilIs, and
have several second hand wind
mills and towers for sale cheap.
Sewing Machines. We still sell
sewing machines on the installment
plan of S1.O0 a week, with small
payment down. We keep quite a
variety of sewing machines and
can suit you.
Picture Frames. You enjoy
your home in the winter time more
than any other time. You notice
everything in it and you notice if
your walls are bare and you ask
yourself if they would not look
better with nice pictures hanging
on them. We have new pictures,
come and get some of them put
them on the wall in your bed room,
parlor and sitting room. Pictures
that used to sell for $500, you
can get now for $3.50, $500 and
for $3.50 each. Picture frames
at most any price.
Yours trnlv.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-12
E. R. Moses Nero. Co.

Unlike the ordinary farce
comedy, Wood and Ward, carry
a great deal of pretty and appro-
pirate scenery and novel mechan-
ical effects for their Two Merry
Tramps," production which will
be presented here in the near
future. Opra House Wednesday
Jan II.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-12
FROM The BUYERS Side
A ialail Nan Has A Few Things To
Say
Editor Rustler:

see IL Has D6cOllle JIle rule 10
mahgn the man who buys his
goods of mail order houses and
that our county printer sanctions
an article from the merchants
journal heading it Treated as
Thieves" in which the buyer is
said to receive protection as
thieves. y Now let me say my
say and ask a few questions for
our merchants to answer while
thinking of some things to call
their neighbors beside thieves:
First Bro. Hardware merchant
Why not sell us tire bolts for
IA cts per hundred plus freight
from Kansas City!
Or iron at $3.50 base, plus
freight?
Or if you want a freight wagon
or buggy or any of the various
articles which your. blacksmith
can produce do YOU buy them at
, home?
1f'you want suit of clothes do
you not patronize a. merchant
tailor in Chicago! (by name
Sears & Roebuck or Montgomery
Ward). But enough; you buy
where yOG can get the most for
your money; a part of what you
make off us who work you use to
improve gow property but when
the assessor comes around you
swear you have only ten to twenty
five thousand dollars worth of prop.
erty to do a two hundred thous-
and dollar business with; but only
the farmer who forgets the wheat
'heihas in his binis tax dodger''
andonly the man who buys bis
goods Of a mail order house is a
thief.
Here in our little own of Galatia
are four merchants or distributors
one of. whom could do the work
they all do. Four families of
non-pFoducers living off the neigh
borhoOd of producers.
Here we have two preachers,
land need twGo or three more) pro.
ducing nothing; their familie;
however must live; this makes SIX
families,whO must live and moi
produce anything.
In Great Bend the same condi.
ton many times multiplied OBJ.
tains and the papers in order tc
geto the advertising of the
merchants must condem the mar
who buys his supplies where
be can get most for his money.
| am pleased to see the 'Rustler'
folks are not afraid to poke the
, animals Judging by the way they
punch the A. T. and S. F. fol
fayoritism) therefore | trust may
express our feeling at being thu;
skinned. We believe that dis
tributors are a necessity. We
believe that fire is a necessity, but
there can be too much fire.
We have our insurance agent;
land insurance seandals) Oul
travelling statesmen and our bool
agents, our polititions and oul
dive keepers; which two may OBJ
ject to being thus classed togethe1
but if it was near the first O.
November in the even years they
would not object, at any rate they
would be found together. Nov
some of our best friends are mer
chants and for all of them we hav,
kindly feelings; some of thes'
same merchants have said tha
their profits on some articles wer,
too great but they must sell at jus
these prices as they were TIT
prices adopted by their respective
associations.
He defends this practice b.
saying that these prices ar
basedoon prices made by the man
9 ufacturer or Tin case of coaD b.
the operator who is the producer
and therefore is the person VIII
has the best right to name tn
prices at which their. product
,,o,,cf l1o ell 2.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
FORTUNE

$500. And there are thousands of peo-
pie IN San Francisco carrying just such
investments behind their lips today.
Thousands Of little safe deposit boxes,
these mouths. filled with gold OF con-
siderable intrinsic value. but Of much
greater value just where 1t is than it
would be any place else. One persons
mouth may easily hold from s15 to $25
worth OF gold. That is the value OF the
gold IN bullion. or as leaf. which is the
form IN which the operator gets IT.
The $40 worth OF gold (Which. by the
way, IS go per cent pure. that being the
best alloy, II alloy It may be called)
costs from 800 to $500 to insert That
is far more than the cost OF mining,
transporting and obtaining the amount
OF gold that is put into the teeth, and
yet, taken from where 1t is put by the
dentist, 1t is worth only its weight as
broken but pure gold. The skill and
delicacy of touch required TO make a
good dentist is equal to or superior to
that Of a surgeon OF the same rank.
Much OF the dentists work, for in
stance, IS done with the operator look
ing at the tooth with tiny mirror, or
with his head in a strained position,
while the surgeon has a good light, can
look directly at what he is working on,
can use larger instruments and usually
has one or two more assistants.
It is more than a coincidence that
the most precious Of metals should be
the most adaptable for use in filling the
teeth. Pure gold has just the neces-
sary hardness and does not swell or
shrink, characteristics which are not
combined in any other metal and which
are essential for this purpose. Gold is,
however, an exceedingly difficult sub
stance with which to work, hence the
long hours which one must spend in a
dentists chair to acquire these filings.
with a mouthful of gold in his pos
session the case can readily be con-
ceived of a man who might be starving
to death for the lack OF food for these
costly teeth of his TO chew. In fact. it
would probably never occur 10 a man,
however his circumstances might be re-
duced, to have the gold extracted from
his teeth in order to buy food.
It is not likely that the bits of yellow
metal would be accepted at the sign of
the three balls" although cases are
on record in which sets OF artificial
teeth have been offered at pawnshops.
But from your uncle" from the ON
nipresent borrowers and others who by
their wiles extract from US property
that we should never part with, our
little dental fortunes are safe. Always
those who have acquired this bit of
wealth will have IT between them and
absolute penury, whether they remem-
Der it or not.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Zf{l(J)|g17 n ill.,

OF new gold field would quickly prove.
1t is strange to think. then. that after
all the cost OF finding and securing ths
precious metal. there should be a guam
tity OF II returned each year to the
Garth whence it came. Returned. more
over, IN such shape that. though It's In
trtnstc value is great as ever. IT Is
earth's wealth and from the channels
of human commerce. unless In some
future age our descendants shall gather
a small portion OF 1t here and there
The thought Is a bit grewsome. and
yet rather curious than otherwise. that
every year many pounds OF gold-gold
that will bring in the open market SIS
or $40 an ounce-are restored to the
earth that gave it up. with the bodies OF
hrman beings. Our cemeteries are ver- !
table mines Of gold. the precious metal
being contained in the teeth OF the
dead.
1t needn't cause a shudder to contem-
plate that in future centuries, when
mortal bodies have dissolved again into
OF some Of the burial grounds OF yes
terday or today will. II treated as any
other gold producing soil would be. as
say enough gold to the ton, In all
probability, to make its mining quite
profitable.
In the way Of freak" filings there
have been cases where pugilists and
others who wished to gain notorfety
have had their front teeth filled with
diamonds and other jewels. This was
done by making a cavity In the tooth.
whether it needed filing or not. and
building a sort OF gold cup IN which to
place the gem.
A prize fighter who carried three dia-
monds conspicuously IN his front teeth
lost them and set up claim that he
lad been knocked down and robbed OF
the Jewels by thugs. Jealous rivals
were unkind enough to discount this
brilliant tale, which made excellent ma
teriaI for the victims" press agent, by
suggesting that the stones were dis
posed OF to tide over a temporary fnanti
cial embarrassment Of the owner.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

ounce Of gold in his or her mouth. there
is something like $50 pounds Of the
metal in San Francisco mouths.
Figuring the gold at. say. $3.50 an
ounce. the $50 pounds or 10000 ounces
is worth s22s.44o. Just for the sake
of piling up these kind OF figures. es-
innate that 20 per cent of the 10000, 900
people in the United States have an
average OF SIS worth OF gold filings IN
their teeth. and 1t will appear that the
American people are carrying around In
their mouths more than a quarter OF a
billion dollars.
A mine that would produce such
wealth would be considered a bonanza.
The individuals who are worth that
much can probably be counted on the
fingers OF ones hand 1t Is two-thirds
greater than the reserve gold In the
United States Treasury.
"Salted" down over a large area OF
ground. it would keep hundreds OF men
busy for months gathering it and every
one would make fortune sufficient to
keep him the remainder of his life.
And yet all this gold is contained IN
American teeth
The gold is received by the dentist In
thin leaves or foil, and the total OF this
foil IN the mouths of Americans, basing
the calculations on the percentages
used above. would cover over 5000
acres. The townships in Pennsylvania
measure one square mile each. and
there is enough gold in these $4,000. 900
teetr to cover a whole township.
And all of this gold is destined to be
returned to the earth from which IT
came. Toiling tirelessly In the bowels
OF the mountains Of our great West.
searching endlessly amid the wild
lands of that section and along the
streams and in the highlands OF Alaska
and Australia. undergoing the severeSt
privations and keenest suffering, some
of the climaxes Of which, coincident
with great excitement, were seen In
the rush to California in "49" and in
the stirring scenes in the Klondike a
decade ago-thus have men sought for
gold. and, indeed. are ready to seek 1t
again, as the discovery and heralding
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

Come. come, and 1 cannot resist the
influence that directs itself upon me.
When / enter the Egyptian room and
approach that dreadful case / see not
a portrait but the figure of the evil
priestess of Amen-Ra and about me
the walls of an ancient temple in all
its ancient grandeur.
Like a specter the figure rises out
OF the case and turns it's dark eyes
upon me- Oh, it is TERRIBLE" and as
the vision seemed to pass before her
Mrs. Falcon clasped her hands before
her eyes and her slight form shuddered
noticeably.
1 thought of the SHARE of the fowler;
of the victim at one end Of the unseen
road and the crouching evil at the 9TH
er. The hapless girl had changed ter
ribly in the short time since l had first
seen her; all the youth and brightness
had gone from her face. Something
seemed to be sapping her vitality.
You must not give way to such
feelings" l demonstrated sternly. You
have everything to make you happy.
surely you won't let this fancy Duin
your life? You must fight against 1t;
you must make up your mind not to
yield. You will get stronger with
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

every resistance. Even II 1t Is In her
power, why should this woman wish
to do you in particular any harm?''
How can 1 tell?" she answered list
lessly. Hers was an evil nature.
priestess though she was: l knew 1t
the moment 1 looked at her. II she
has done no wrong to others, it is only
because she could not reach them-as
she can me-"
After this I considered 1T my duty TO
write and tell Captain Falcon what had
occurred. He thanked me and promised
that his wife should be better looked
after in future. 1 thought it wise to
keep out of their way. as 1 should only
serve as a reminder of what was best
forgotten by them both, and I hoped
that very soon Mrs. Falcon would be
safe at the other end of the world
1t was within a week of the date OF
their sailing, and I was hurrying
through the galleries, for it was clos
ing time at the Museum. But. late
though it was, I paused a moment to
look around the first Egyptian Room,
for though I told myself the danger
was past, as I had not seen Mrs Fall
con again, 1 did not feel as reaSsured
as / pretended to be.
I had just turned the familiar cor
ner when 1 started back with a cry
of fear. A slight, girliSh figure lay
prone on the ground before the case
containing the unknown Priestess OF
Amen Ra. l stopped and looked into
her face, but 1 knew before I saw 1t
that it was Mrs. Falcon. Her eyes
were closed, and the whole form so
still and deathlike that even while 1
summoned an attendant and sent for
a doctor, I told myself Ii was useless
There was no pulse in the slack wrist;
no breath between the parted lips.
They were a long time bringing help,
and Captain Falcon was the first to ar
rive. / recognized his step at the end
of the corridor. and I started up, wish
ing to break the news to him before
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

81 me effect as fthe living magnetizer
would have. Let us suppose, for the
sake of argument. that the picture on
this coffin lid has some unnatural pow
er, why expose yourself to it? Ten
thousand men and women might go
past and see and feel nothing-but you
are not one of the ten thousand"
Il have been trying the whole week
to keep away" she said with a pitiful
little sob in her throat.
l took her gently by the arm and led
her out of the building, and before we
parted 1 made her promise not to come
again.
MY husband does not know I have
BEEN" she said. He would be very
angry If he did. / shall be thankful
when we are out of reach of this hor-
rible place" looking up at the great
museum with a shudder Il wish we
could sail tomorrow"
But, though I hoped for the best, I
was not altogether surprised when 1
came upon her again few days later
in the same spot.
II can't help It," she said, in dull
lifeless voice. "She gives me no peace
till I come
There's a voice ever murmuring,
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

~ oUTHFULS Of wealth.
NN Teeth laden with precious
metal 70 the value OF
many thousands and even
mIllions-veritable gold mines-these
are the product OF modern dentistry by
which are wrought gold OF the most
skilled and intricate workmanship is
the possession OF half the people met
every day on the street or elsewhere.
The city IS hIled with q constant
throng OF Eold-laden people. the ag-
gregate value OF whose dental wealth
IN pure gold IS. beyond conjecture, thou
sands OF dollars. Estimated as bullion
or as wrought gold, the value Of the
riches thus carried on the person Of
thousands reaches into the tens and
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. Peo-
piles mouths to-day represent a greater
wealth than ever before, and, with in
3creasing appreciation OF the import
sncs OF dentistry, the amount OF gold
which is each year slowed away in
the mouths OF the dentists patients is
constantly increasing.
II il is an odd. so 81 IS q safe way to
invest money, and probably the only
safe shape in which gold OF equal in
trinsio value and OF like cost TO the
owner can be carried about. 1t is not
necessary to have a paddock or a time
lock on your mouth even if you go into
q nest OF the most vicious thugs, for
these gentry have not yet carried their
depredations to the point OF picking the
bits OF gold from their victims mouths.
Perhaps the game is not worth the
candle.
1f the knights of the road ever adopt
the penchant OF stripping the gold from
the teeth Of those whom they waylay
Il will be q harvest for the dentist, but
a doubly painful and exasperating loss
for the robbed.
Tooth wealth is an innovation of the
past half century, and dentistry, it is
asserted, is now passing from the realm
OF luxury TO that OF necessity. this be-
Ing due to an awakening TO the impor-
tance Of keeping up the teeth. simulta-
neously with vast strides in the knowl-
edge OF dentistry.
Conception OF the enormous value of
gold carried in San Francisco Jaws is
only a realization OF one OF a thousand
end common but curious circumstances
which must in some way be called to
our attention before we understand or
appreciate them.
Not long ago there was assembled a
convention OF 500 persons, the aggre-
gate Of whose investments IN their
mouths, 70 the personal knowledge OF
'one who was present, was over s125.ooO.
That IS to say, each man present car
ried from $40 to SIS worth Of pure gold
IN his mouth. put there at a cost OF