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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
ook through the houses of their neigh

look through the houses of their neigh
bors. They can observe every ac-
ton of the neighbor, and the thoughts
of one are the thoughts of the other.
But in heaven everybody is good.
There is no such thing as rebellion,
INSTRUMENTATION and reticence.
Paul says he was taken up to the
third heaven and heard things not law
full for him to utter. He could not
utter them because he could not find
human expression strong enough to
convey his ideas.
There are three heavens. First.
the natural heaven, the canopy above
the earth; second, PARADISE third the
heaven of heavens, or abiding place
of Jehovah.
Scientists know that there is a
large planet or star around which all
other stars and planets, including our
own solar system, revolve. That is
the star Alcyone, of the first magni-
tude as to size.a and said to be thous-
ands of times larger than any other
known body.
I'm this place the inhabitants are
being of the highest rank, but little
lower than divinity itself clothed with
majesty, power and learning. Earth
ly kings surrounded themselves with
the best and noblest of their subjects.
is it violent supposition that the
divine king does likewise in the COM
position of his court?"
For the second heaven, commonly
called paradise, Mr. Copp said he had
no precise location.
Alcyone is the most brilliant star
of the group known as the pleiades,
which is in the constellation Taurus.
and is quite conspicuous on winter
evenings about "a degree north of the
equator. Alcyone is of a greenish
hue and has a magnitude of 3. 0. This
is the star whichis supposed by Nader,
German astronomer to be the central
sun in reference TO which our sun,
its planets and ALI other known sys-
TENS are moving, perhaps revolving
within some almost incomprehensible
period of time, but as general prop
Osition, the hypothesis of and central
sum is considered too daring by astro-
nomers.
The distance OLA lcyone from the
earth is Unreasonable and it's size
may only be conjectured, but that it
is a vast, flaming mass is conceded.
And it also is probable that ray of
light from Alcyone will take at least
100 years to reach this earth.
For some unknown reasons there
were anciently said to have been sew
en- pleiades although only six were con
spicious then, as now. To the Greeks
the constellation was important, since
with its hellical rising in May navi-
cation began, and with it's setting in
November 1t was supposed to close.
The pleades also served as guides for
The pleiades also served as guides for
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02

We were three days out of Faval
we went into a hurricane. There
were big seas, and we were rolling
our boats under. | cut holes in each
boat so that the water would run
out l had never seen such big seas
before and never want to see them
again An Italian steamship came
along during the storm, and after
ward she reported that we must have
suffered. as we seemed TO be in bad
condition. But that Italian did not
Know The Greyhound, evidently. We
cane right through all right, as you
can s5e.
Perhaps the last part OF the voy-
age was the most trying. We sailed
from ST. Eustatia. Dutch West Indies,
for home on March 10. We had gale
from March 10. We had gale after
gale from early in the month, some
days drifting under her poles, many
miles out OF our course. One day we
lost Jhirty-eight miles that way. We
only had provisions for thirty days,
and il took us thirty-seven days to
make Nantucket South Shoals. We
lived on bareback and tea for the last
week OF the trip; not a pleasing diet
when you are trying to beat into a
head wind"
The log of the Greyhound tells of
one adventure which Capt. Edwards
failed to mention probably through
reasons of modesty. On May "a of
last year a big sperm whale was sight
ai and the larboard boat, in charge
OF the captain, went off to get him.
The lance line was made fast by the
olt sheer, but big sea came along
lifted the boat high on its crest and
tossed it high and dry on the
.8Ck of the whale. There was a big
mixup. The boat was stove in as
ternwhere Capt. Edwards sat, and the
threshing of the whale threw all six
men into the water.
The captain moved along to the bow
and cut the lance line with his sheath
knife just as the astOnished whale
made another dive. All hands chung
10 the boat until picked up by another
boat hastily sent from the ship to
their assistance.
The Greyhounds last cruise lasted
four years. OF the 1926 barrels of
oil filled during the voyage all but
700 were disposed of before the ship
reached her home port New Bedford,
to be refitted for a new case.
The old whaling town of New Bed
ford is modern now to a certain
extent. II has trolley cars well paved
streets and a population of $4,000, OF
whom 10000 are Portuguese. But the
quaint old streets which lead down
the hill to Center wharf, where the
Greyhound lies up when she is at
home are still the haunts of the old
whalers, mostly men of sixty and sew
enty years, each still able, il need be,
to fire y-five-pound bomb gun
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02

Keep the pores open and the skin
clean when you have a cut, burn,
bruise or scratch. DeWitt's Carboliz-
ed Witch Hazel Salve penetrates the
pores and heals quickly. Sold by all
druggists. M
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02

without hesitancy. They and the
Greyhound are among the few sur
vivors of an age, now little more
than a memory, when the whalers of
the good old school were in their
prime and glory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Spiders Weave SILK.

Most of us have read OF the
fairy princess who wore a spider.
web gown, but we never expected
to see that fabric in reality.
Now Signor Gallieni, governor
of the island of Madagascar, off
the souteast coast of Africa. send.
word TO America that he ha'
opened a factory where the work
ers are weaving the webs Of Ger.
tain spiders of the island into
beautiful silken fabrics which are
shipped to Paris and made up into
ladies' gowns.
Thousands Of spiders work day
and night in their cages in the
big room in the factory given
over to them, and they induStri
ouslv spin millions Of yards Of
their strong silk threads. which
are carefully wound and taken to
the weaying-rooms. M. Glen
Fling, in the February Circle
magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08

reaping a plentiful harvest. 80
is youth the sprinetime of life.
Il We trifle our youth away, all
the toll and labor in after life can
net wholly repair the ruin began
in youth. Spring may pass away
and return again, but youth can
never, when once gone It's forever.
Happy are they who in youth arc
enabled tolay uD for themselves
crown which is incorruptibl
and fadeth not away.
o Written by Miss PA. Pltten at
Georges Greek Academy, Fayette
County, enn,ylvania, in 1858.
Now a resident ofthii city in
the person of Mrs. 5. VI. Smith.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
and for ward the money in advance
for that is our buSir.eSS method.

and forward the money in advance
for that is our busiLesS method.
6. You shall collect from the
business men in your vicinity as
m ch money as you Can for the
b n fit Of your churches. Although
We get more money from you than
they 90, still it is against our rules to
d mate money for building country
churches.
/. You shall buy your tools from ne
and be your own mechanic in order
10 drive the mechanic from your
vicinity, for we wish il so.
y. You will induce your Deighbor
to buy everything from US as We have
room for more money.
9. You shall often look at the
beautiful pictures in our catalogue so
your wishes will increase and you
will send 10 a big order, although
you are not iu immediate need Of
the goods; otherwise you might have
some left to buy necessary goods Of
your local merchants.
10. You shall have the mechanics
that repair the goods you buy from
US book the bill, so that you can send
the money for his labor to US for new
goods, otherwise he will not notice
our influence,
IL. You shall believe US in prefer.
ence to your local merchants.
II. You shall, in case OF accident
sickness, or need, apply to local deal
ers for aid and credit, as we do not
know YOU Yazoo Miss Sentinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
MAIL ORDER CREED
make test.

Twelve commandments make up
the decalogue OF the mail-order house.
These commandments were not
Written on a stone by Moses, but they
re thoroughly understood and
frequently bumped into by any one
who deals with tn. catalogue mail
rider concern.
Foil, wing are the twelve command.
mems, which lhoI oughIy indicate the
BUSINESS side Of these concerns.
/. You shall sell your farm products
Tor cash wherever you can, but not
10 US; We do not ny from you.
2. You shall believe our statements
md buy all you need from US because
We want to be good to you, although
We are not acquainted with you.
s. You shall send ia the money 10
ADVANCE to give US a chance to get
he goods from t e factory with your
money; meanwhile you will have to
wait pate ntly a few weeks because
hat is ouf business method.
4. Don't look 10 our catalogue for
any standard articles rs we don't
carry them and besides We can't sell
them as cheap as your local mer.
chants.
s. You shall buy your church bells
and interior church fixtures tiom US
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Spring.

. Among the great blessings We
enjoy in this life, is the REGULAR,
: ties of the seasons. We have the
promise from the Supreme Being
Himself, that seed time and har.
vest, cold and heat, summer and
winter, day and night. shall con.
slnue to the end of all things.
Spring is.the most delightful par,
Of the year. Itspreseuts to rs 4
scene of lively expectation. Wher
the snow and ice are changed fol
she soft refreshing showers o.
spring, how pleasant it is to Nail
out on spring morning and nav,
the birds sing their sweet notes o.
praise, ard to see the trees ant
lowers putting forth their bud.
and blossoms. How busily th,
farmers are preparing the soil TO
their seed. with the expectation o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Campbell System Of faruIsa.

The following from thelGsrden
City Telegram, concerning the
Campbell system of dry farming,
will be of interest to our readers
Mr.. Tyler formerly lived on the
south side of the river, and is a
son. in.law of DR.. White Of this
city. j. G. Tyler Of Essex is one
Finney county farmer who is a
strong believer in the efficacy OF
DRY farming. Mr.. Tyler farmed
eighteen acres by the Campbell
system last year and the result,
on this tract OF ground we're such
that he will put in \ larger acreage
according to this system this
season. The land was put in
wheat and the comparison of the
Weld of these eighteen acres and
the land right by it which were
farmed in the ordinary way are
testimonial of the value of the
Campbell sy sem. Mr. TYLER saws
that there was a verv light Weld
on the land farmed inthe ordinary
manner while that farmed by the
Campbell system yielded on an
average of twenty-five bushels to
the acre The conditions of The
soil and rainfall were the same
and the only difference was in the
method of cultivating it.
Mr.. Tyler was in town last
evening and he said that he ex-
pected to try raising beets by the
Campbell system this season. He
will not put out a large acreage Or
beets hut will plant enough to
make test.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Mailing a Lie.

In The American Magazine for
February a maiden thirty-six
years old glories in her single
blessedness with so much self
complacency that there is no way
to Snswer her-no way except By
reminding her of the small boy,
who, coming upon the eDitaph,
Il would not live Away" paused,
recovered his mental balance. and
then with confidence wrote in
chalk upon the tomb: Some
grapes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
tuberculosis Conference

Minneapolis, MIMI, Feb. 81
The Western tuberculosis Con-
gress and the Minnesota state as.
ISOLATION for the study and pre-
vention of tuberculosis began q
Joint conference in Minneapolis
today. The gathering as being
held in conjunction with the
tuberculosis exhibition which
opened last week. Many promi
nent physicians, health officer.
and others are attending th,
gathering.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Tor Food and Drug inspectors

Washington. D. c.. Feb. s.
Civil service examinations were
held in various parts of the coun-
try today for positions in the De.
partment of Agriculture under the
pure food and drugs act. The DO.
sltions to be filled include those of
one chief food and drug inspection
chemist, several subordinate chem
lists and large number of food
and drug inspectors. The salaries
to be paid range from $1,000 a
year for the inspectors to $4,000 q
year for the chief inspection
chemist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
FOR UNCLE SANS LAWMAKERS.
Detached Wings TO Capital Fer Use Of
Legislators.

Washington. Feb. 4.-UncIe-
Sam is suppl ing his lawmakers
with Offices. Two of the most
magnificent buildings in the cotn-
try are being put up by the Ma
tiOnal Government for the pxcIus-
i've use of Senators and Re5re-
sentatives in Congress. Each
will occupy q block and will cost
$500, 600. One of the twin
structures will be for the House,
the other for the Senate, and they
will form detached wings to the
Capitol.
Heretofore the Congressman
have had no regular Offices, each
& has had bis headquarters in what.
ever place pleased him most.
There has been no system about
the accommodations. Now each
branch of Congress will have q
handsome office building, with
uniformed attendants. post office
and telephone and telegraph SER
vice. .
The southern building, for the
House. will have 429 rooms, one
for eVerv one of the 40 Repre-
sentatives and 10 for future
growth in the membership. On
account of their smaller number
the Senators, in the northern
building, will get the better of
the bargain in the matter Of space.
every Senator having q room for
himself. one for bis Secretary,
and bathroom.
In designing these COMPRESSION
al offices the architects put particu-
lar emphasis upon safety from
hire, and the specifications call for
23O, 1000 square feet of terra Gotta
hollow tile foF the building.
Though only fouF-stories high,
each of them will have as great
a quantity of hollow tile brick in
u as many a skyscraper the height
of which makes 6reproofGirg On
absolute necessity.
Thus, while the character Of
Washington architecture demands
that the buildings be low, they are
made Just as safe as if they we're
high. Fire will have no chance
against them.
The exterior Of these capitol
wings will be white marble. They
will be connected with the capitol
by arcades lined with ornamental
brick and brilliantly lighted BY
electricity. Features of each will
be a rotunda, reaching from floor
TO roof and capped by a great
dome TO- feet in diameter; eau
Gus room, S6 feet long and 81 feet
wide; and a dining room, IS BY
80. feet, finished in ornamental
, plaster. O.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Mrs. Nicholas Dick

MIA HIGhgIdS DlGA r.
% Mrs. Nicholas Dick, enc of the
early settlers in this community
passed to her eternal re,t at st.
Rose hospital, Sunday afternoon,
Feb. 3rd., at 4:l0, after an illness
of some duration. O Deceased was
taken 60 the hospital about two
weeks ago hut was not able to raj
" from her trouble.
Mrs. Dick, whose maiden name
was Damn, was born in Rne in
Pfalz, Germany, April llth, lS49.
As young girl she immigratcd
to this country with her parents.
settling at New Philadelphia.
Ohio. Here she met Nicholas
Dick, and to him she was married
on Juty DIST. 1872. On April
18th. 1873 they came to Barton
county, settling on a farm eight
and q half miles west of Great
Bend. In 1884 they moved to
town and have resided here ever
since. She was the mother of
three children, Mrs. Minnie
Stephans, of Stafford, Kansas,
Arthur Dick of this city. and
one daughter, Mary. who died in
1901 a few months after her mar.
rage to E. F. Buses. She leaves
to mourn her death, the two child.
rem above mentioned, her hus.
band, three brothers, Jacob and
Lewis living west of the city,
Peter, of Chillicothe, No., Phillip
of New Salem. Oregon, and one
sister. a Mrs. Weaver, living IN
Ohio One sister, who vas Mrs.
katzemaier. has been dead some
years. Her father and mother
VINO settled in this county in
1871. died here some years ago.
Mrs. Dick was a member of the
Catholic church, and the funeral
services will be conducted from
the church Wednesday morning al
1880, Father O'Sullivan officiat-
ING. She was an earnest womanly
woman, whose pathway through
life, like that of many other
mothers. was full Of thorns.
through it all she maintained her
self as be6tting an eStimable wo.
man. and the many friends she
had are proof of the fact that she
was possessed of those traits that
20 to make up the woman with
the motherly feeling for her fami.
w. which must be respected
10 any woman. We trust that the
example she has set will be fol:
lowed by those who are left To
mourn her loss, and that it will
have the effect of leading them
along the narrow path, though
filled with thorns and tribulations,
yet will lead to an eternal rest
ard happiness in the hereafter.
10 her husband, daughter, son,
brothers and sister, we extend our
sympathy and urge them to BE-
ever Watchful that they may be
united with her in the life to
come.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
IN AND AROUND ALBERT.
By Buckskin Bill

By Buckskn Bill
We'll. guess Mr.. Gronndhog
saw his shadow. Six weeks longer
winter, enl
The show which was given in
Schlege's hall last Wednesday
night was reported Il Dum affair.
Walter Hurst and Bob Quinby
are putting up ice at the present
writing.
Mrs. g. B. Worden went to
Hnislngton last tuesday to visit a
few days with her daughter. Mrs.
+. 4 Peugh.
{ The box supper which was given
! by Miss Mabel Hays and pupils at
District 80 was we'll attended. a
nice program was rendered. ard
the boxe, sold welt. netting the
NICE sum of S24 90 which will he
used for the benefit Of the school.
Ell Schroeder acted a auctioneer
at the box supper. They say Ed
can beat }. ). Winget when it
comes 10 auctlOneerlng. How
about it. Shelllei
Miss Claire Wingpt wa, visiting
with her friend Miss Alice Wor-
den, Friday and Saturday OF last
week.
Grandma Brown returned to
HeIzer last Tue, day.
The people who attended that
cake walk at Albert are still look
lng for that special tran to haul
them TO the county seat. Teddy.
+. e. Seekers hay press came in
on the train Friday. Someone
will git JOB now.
K York was marketing his wheat
lat Olmitz last Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
There is a certain small family
located on Main street in our little
burg, that the town would be none
the worse off if they were not
here.
Presiding Elder Aiken preached
at Albert Sunday.
A party of boys and girls we're
down Oh the creek skating. Satur-
day, and report an enjoyable time.
Chance TO Write for the Paper
Who has not a times had ideas
which he or she would like to see
in some newspaper Many a
good though has slumbered in the
brain OF the thinker because of
The difficulties and rebufs which
are always supposed to lie in the
path to the editorial sanctum.
The Chicago Record. Herald,
however, welcomes such ideas and
has a page in its Sunday issue
called The Battle Ground Of
modern Thought, which is de-
voted exclusively to letters from
its readers. The best articles re-.
ceived each week are carefully
edited and printed over the
writer's ma nes. The amount of
really valuable matter that finds
its way into the department is re-
markable and is proof that the
ability to write we'll and enter
tainingly is notcon6ned to profess
sional writer's. The only restric-
tion The Record Herald puts upon
writer's for this interesting page
is that articles must be of a con-
trOversial nature and devoted to
the discussion of some current
TOPIC,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-11-01

perfect arch. The original course of
the canyon stream is traceable around
the west end of the bridge.
The permanent camp of the party
was made three miles below Edwin
bridge In Armstrong canyon, and a
quarter of mile above the Caroline
bridge, under whose arch White
canyon comes to it's junction with the
Armstrong. The Caroline bridge lacks
some Of the symmetry and grace of
the Edwin bridge, and while it is 200
feet high, the distance from the bot
tom of the arch to the creek bed is
only 81 feet, showing a thickness of
the floor of 107 feet Three receding
ledges form the roof of the bridge.
Up White canyon, two miles from
the junction, stands the Augusta
bridge, the most majestic of the three
From an imposing height of 222 feet
one looks over the edge of the great
structure to the creek bed beneath.
Walls rising to greater and dizzier
heights flank the bridge on both sides.
The floor of the bridge is 65 feet thick,
and under the arch, 157 feet high, the
average ten-story building might be
set without touching the under side of
the bridge. The floor is 261 feet long.
The erosion of ages has cut away
all of the irregular edges, leaving q
perfect arch of splendid proportions.
The same story of chemical and water
action is written on the Augusta,
traces of the water that poured down
from the Elks are still found around
the south end of the bridge, and the
confusion of great rocks below shows
that huge pieces were torn away at
time in that titanic work which re-
suited in the present freak formation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-11-01

ing they took up a position in front
of the white house from which they
could command both walks. The first
trespasser to appear was an Afro
American named Charles Lancaster.
1t was still dark when he arrived, and
the bull at the west corner let him
get little distance by before he made
up his mind as to Lancaster's unde-
sirability. Then he discharged bel
low and advanced on the enemy, head
down and tail up.
Lancaster moved eastward with
some haste, and the bull did likewise
At the east corner the west bulls col
league came charging out with few
savage remarks.
Lancaster emerged from the east
gate about as conservatively as a shot
departs from a gun, and the two bulls
fortunately got jammed in the door
way. The Afro-American never stop
ped till he got to the house of deten-
tion. Meanwhile the two bulls,
finding the mollycoddle crop
little short, tired of the job and wan
dered to Iowa Circle, where they were
later arrested by a policeman and
locked up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-11-01
WINTER LIFE AT CAPITAL
ATTRACTIVE TO WOMEN

Everybody, or nearly everybody,
socially speaking, called on Mrs.
Ryan, of course, but few persons got
beyond the white and yellow portal,
which is guarded by sphinxlike but
Ter, who gently informs all comers his
mistress is mot at home" Within a
week each person leaving a card re-
ceives one in return, with the written
message that Mrs Ryan regrets she
is unable to receive or make visits.
No reason is assigned for the inabil-
ity, nor are the regrets qualified by
any polite adjective, but as Mrs. Ryan
drives, travels in her special car with
out any apparent inconvenience, 1t is
assumed the inability is not physical.
Extremely charitable and a devout
Roman Catholic, Mrs. Ryan devotes
time and means to the propagation of
that faith, especially in Virginia, her
husbands native state.
To the few who have been fortunate
enough TO make her acquaintance and
win her friendship, Mrs. Ryan is gra-
cious kindly woman Of strong person
aity, Interested in the affairs of the
world so far as an intelligent appreci-
alton of life goes, but far removed
from its frivolities.