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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
Farm for Sale.

!: 16O acres, one and a half miles
from Rush Center.
100 acres broke, 40 acres in pas
ture, go in wheat, 20 NOW land.
Good house and barn. 5 acres al
.falfa. Good water, good fencing,
All new improvements. Lam get
ting too old to farm. Price S..
500. Land is about one-third val
ley, balance gentle slope. A beau
tiful view Of Rush Center and the
Walnut valley. Would take a
small residence in some nearby
town as part pay. Come and see
the farm. John Renner. st.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
Big Loss in Wheat Areaq

Chiago, B. W. Snow of tie
Orange Judd Farmer, issael. lis
December crop report. 1t shows
decreased acreage of winter whea
in every state except California,
Oregon and Washington. Seed
ing is under full swing on the
Pacific coast with indications
of a moderate enlargement OF
the acreage there. Elsewhere the
opportunity for seeding is prac-
tically closed, and the total
breadth sown, including Pacific
coast probabilities is estimat-
ed at 27,600,0O0 acres against
q seeding area at this date last
year of 31,000,000 acres. This
estimate covers the total breadth
actually seeded and includes larg
areas east of the Mississippi rlv-
en- where seed has lain in the
ground for weeks without signs
of termination, and still larger
areas upon which seed sprOuted
and died in whole or in part,
and which local observers report
sfOr lack of a stand.
will be intimately abandoned
Under normal conditions there
is always a material difference
between the areas seeded and the
area finally harvested. During
the last eight years the aver
age acreage seeded was 1885,
600 acres, and the average har-
vested was 29,329,000 acoes, or
an average of crop area abandon
ed between seeding and harvest
Of 100000 acres each year.
In 1903, the last previous year
of serious drouth conditions dur
ing the period of termination an
fall growth and the abandoned
acreage was more than double
this normal average. or 100000
acres.
The condition of the crop is
the lowest ever reported on De-
'cember. l, standing at 1879 per
cent, as compared with GIL a
year ago and an average above
go. since the beginning of crop
reporting. The condition is low
everywhere except on the Pacif.
ic coast, and is sensationally
poor in the states east of the
Mississippi river. In Tennessee
the average is Is, Kentucky, g.;
Ohio, So. Michigan, SO; Indiana
so, and Illinois, go. The West.
ern belt makes a better show.
ing, with 81 in Missouri, "a in
Kansas, SO in Nebraska and &c
in Oklahoma.
In the states worst hit by the
long drouth the stand is thin
with large areas on which the
plant is dead. Roots are poor
and the plant is going into
winter quarters so deficient in Vi
tally that the ordinary vicissi.
tudes of even a mild winter will
cause constant apprehension Of
winter klnlng.
The records of crop reporting
show but one exception in &c
years to the rule that a wheat
condition below 80 on December
l is followed by severe loss dur.
ing winter, a low condition on
April l and in an inferior final
WELD
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
Claflin
From the Clarion, Dec. 3

From the Clarion, Dec. 3
Born-Tuesday, Dec. 1st., a
boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Duffey Da-
Wis.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. N. L.
Dondlinger, Friday, Nov. 9th a
boy. Mother and child are re-
ported as getting along nicely.
Claflin is certainly growing
some when it comes to building
residences. Besides all the new
houses that have been built dur
ing the summer and fall, we can
now count eight that are to be
built as fast as the weather will
permit and we predict that there
will be more building done next
year than has been done the
past year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
J. j. Moran, Of the Moran 4
Reser real estate, left Monday ey-
ening for Neodesha, KS. and Tex
as on a business trip.

Morris Roberts underwent an
operation at the St. Rose Hospit-
al Tuesday morning for Appendix
eitis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
Teachers Association Program

~SSSA"sAOA A06 "iA
Meeting held in high school
building, Hoisington, Kansas on
Saturday, December u, 1908.
Session begins at 2 p. m. sharp
PROGRAM
Song, selected. -. Association
Invocation. 49,. Rev. Donaldson
Model Class in Reading. .......
-. -. =. james Freer.
Discussion: A Law Fixing the
Minimum Term of School at
seven months, Led BY.
-. -. =. Geneva Wing
Paper: Misguided Energy.
-. -. -. Virginia Coleman
Concert Entertainment, Arrang-
Ell by. ..,...... C.. E. Cannon
Roll Call
Three Minute Speeches
Time for Answering Pupils
Questions. :. May Common
Importance of Holding Pupils
Attention. -. Roy Owen
What Ais the Noisy School.
-. -. -. Cora McCauley.
Paper: 1.-The History of our Cal
endar.
Mathematical Geography -.
-. -. -. H. N. Bel
General Discussions by Associa-
ton:
Busy Seat work.
Arguments in class.
Prevention of hardness.
County Superintendent Re
marks.
General Business.
Adjournment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11
Albert Items

By Correspondent.
Mrs. Cooper of Great Bend is
very II at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. j. S. Winget.
Mrs. Colyer, of Independence
Mo-, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Gus Ehlers, for
the past week, returned home
Monday morning. Her son, Jim,
who came with her will remain
here and attend school.
Mr.. c. Dighton arrived here
last week with large stock of
goods for his drug store. He is
occupying the Gallon Hall.
Mrs. Lizzie Delete is assisting
in the Hays store during their
big clearing sale.
Miss Cora Osborne, who is
teaching west OF town, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Miss In
ca Paxon.
Preparations are being made by
the Sunday School for Christ
mas entertainment.
Rev. W. Dunlap has been as
sisting Rev. Donaldson in his
meetings at Eureka.
Wanted-A practical miller
for 300 barrel mill. Must be able
Keep up repairs and take
charge Of manufacturing and &C.
onomically. Absolutely no booze.
KEARNEY FLOUR MILLS,
Kearney, Nebraska.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

st. Roses Hospital was tender
ed a ittleasurprise. Thanksgiv-
ing morning found a donation
in shape of a basket of merchan-
disc to the amount of about So,
given "by the schoolchildren. "
All honor and respect to that
school. Our sincere thanks to
-hese worthy pupils and the pro-
moters of this noble deed.
Mother Superior.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

? s2o'acrs farm for sale, an miles
from Nekoma, Rush County, Kan
sas. Fair improvement. All bottom
land and fenced with hedge fence.
$50 acres in cultivation. Price,
SIS per acre.
J.J. Moran, Great Bend, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

Dock Valentine, a former res
ident of this city, but now Of
Kansas City, visited here Tuesday
with old friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

Read the pain froml on a box
Of Pink Pain Tablets. 1hen ask
your Doctor II there Is q better one.
Pain means congestion biood press
ure somewhere. Dr.. Saoop's Pink
Pain Tablets check heal psins, vom-
anly pains. pain anywts 3 Try one.
and see. 20 for s5c. S ~ Holmes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

The Progress club met Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Grant Jones
and enjoyed a most pleasant ses-
sion. The study for that day wa
Kenilworth and the book was re-
viewed in a most interesting man
ner by the leader, Miss Anna
Taylor who told the story and
dwelt at some length on the de
scription of Mosques at Kenil-
worth and the magic arts as
practieed by Dametrius and Al
ascO.
Mrs. ,Massie was called upon
for some readings which were
a pleasure to hear. Mrs. Liv-
ingston of Cove county is a mem
Der of the club and as a rule, maj
ages to come to thOsemeetings
in which she has part, but at
present is in the east and a
paper by her respecting the glor-
les of the Elizabethan age, polit-
really, in literature and in ma
tional life was read by Miss
Poole. 1t was a very interesting
document.
Mrs. Jones entertained the
ladies with a description of
scenes in and around Boston,
where she spent the fall months
and exhibited a number of souv-
enirs. Delicious refreshments
were served.
A big entertainment is on for
next week when the club will be
entertained with a musicale at
the Library.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

For Thoroughbred Duroc
Jersey male hog, twelve months
old. ct.
L. c. Breeder
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

Mrs. W. H. Young of Little Riv'
er, Kans, visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Bortz this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

Ernest Powell accompanied his
brother George home last week
at Hansten.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-11

R. W. Doubrava, of Hollywood,
was in town on business few
days this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

parison, to a single pipe for the water to
flow through. For example, we have two
batteries two motors or lights and connect
ing wires.
In series connection, the current would flow
%hrough one battery, then through the other
battery; then through the first motor, then
through the second, and back again through
the first battery, with connecting wires where
wanted. The batteries and motors may be
arranged in any order, but the current must
flow through only one at time.
The second method is called multiple arc,
shunt or parallel connection. With our two
batteries and two motors as before, the cur
rent flows from each battery separately to
the conducting wire. and through that to
the motors, where it again branches and a
wire leads to each motor After going through
the motors, the current again goes through
one connecting wire back to the batteries,
where it branches as it did at the motors and
goes its journey over again.
Electricity is lazy, for it always takes the
easiest path. If YOU have series connection,
there is only one. path to take; but if you
connect up parallel. and the wires are of diff
ferent resistances more of the current will
go over the wire of less resistance than over
the one of more. That is, if the first wire
has twice the resistance Of the second, one
third of the current win go over the first and
two-thirds over the second, which has the
less resistance. Make your own comparison
with large and small water pipes.
If we want to be economical, and get the
most possible effect out of battery or dyna-
mo, we must do some calculating, and to cal
culate we must have measures.
The first thing we viii measure will be re-
sistance. Wire resists in proportion to its
length. For instance If 100 feet of wire
has a certain resistance to the passage Of an
electric current, 200 feet will have twice as
much resistance, and so on.
II one wire is II inch, and second wire
is u inch in diameter the second will have
times much cross area or section as the
frst-as your geometry would tell you-and
the small one has four times the resistance of
the large one that is, resistance is inversely
IN proportion to the section or to the square
of the diameter.
Another form of this rule is that the
resistance is inversely proportional to the
weight per foot. For instance, if two wires
are the same length. and the first weighs
twice as much as the second, the first will
only have one-half the resistance that the
second has, because, on account of its weight,
the first will have twice the cross area or sec
ton of the second.
If you join two wires together in series,
so that the current has m through the
whole length of both of them, it is evident
that the resistance is the resistances of the
two added together; but if you join them
parallel, that the current goes through
both at once, the resistance is what it would
be if the two wires were melted into one
the rule for two wires being that the joint
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
BETTY 5 NEIGHDOR

"She liked to have me there she sighed,
"and i was hateful about it and ran away"
About midnight, still seeing the shadows
Of people moving. about the room on N the the
got up and hastily slipped ON her. clothes.
Poor little Helen! ] know she isn't sleep, P
something-sit by her.. or talk to her"
Betty was afraid Of the dark. But she
groped her way down the stairs, and softly
un6olting the side door, went out into the
night.
Her heart beat in smothering way when
she found herself out under the trees in the
stiffness Of midnight. But few scared and
hurrying steps brought her to the Lyons
door Mrs. Lyon answered her timid rap. !
81 couldn't Sleep. said Betty. ."and I
thought maybe / could watch by Helen"
"tWel, dear, you may slip in by the bed
and see if you can soothe her. She is very
restless and suffering"
Hslen's. strangely bright eyes grew brighter
Betty went to her and laid her cool little
hand on the hot forehead.
~ came to make you go to Sleep" she
said, cuddling her cheek down on the pillow
by Helen's. 'If you'll shut your eyes-so." !"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -FOUR

ask She was overwhelmed at her selfish
conduct. What if Helen should die?
About six o'clock she saw Aunt Mildred
come out Of the Lyon house. Mrs. Lyon,
who had followed her to the door, was weep
ing bitterly Aunt Mildred's face, too, show
ed signs of tears.
When she came into the room where Betty
was she only noticed her by glance. She
evidently had not missed her all day. 1t
was plain, too, that she shrank from any
mention of Helen.
"Aunt Mildred stammered Betty. "is-is
Helen worse"
"Dont you know? l sent you word not
to come. She is-yes she is worse But /
think will soon be-better."
"Oh, Aunt Mildred. will she die?" burst
ing into tears.
''You must not cry. 1t viii be a welcome
release to her."
So in her friends dying moments she had
run away from her because she found sick
room tiresome.
'You must not grieve. dear. because we
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

pressing softly OF. the wide-open lids. "Pn
boy-sha!l tell you that's"
Helen smiled and nodded. They had had
many gay laugh over the silly rhyme.
the jingle, little old man and little old
woman, and | can get away from you,
canl"
Then she went on about the mowers and
the reapers, the COW and the pig
The half-lost senses were diverted from
their pain; Helen, was pleased, was soothed.
the eyes closed, and at last she slept.
ut is the first time in 80 long, murmured
Mrs. Lyon.
Some of the serious symptoms abated after
this blessed rest. But there were still days
ard weeks of constan care before the child
was out Of danger In all this, il Betty
shrank at heart, she never did in deed.
And she found that what she did cheer.
fully was not hard to do. It was only when
she allowed herself to. be rebellious and inn
patient that the task became wearing. Mrs
Lyon often said, after the danger was past
ut was Betty who saved her-it was the
dear child's own loving thoughtfuness that
did it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
How to See the Wind

Hold your metallic surface at right angles
to the direction of the wind-i. e., if the
wind is north, hold your surface east and
west, but instead of holding it vertical, in
cline it about forty-two degrees to the hori-
zon, so that the wind, striking, glances and
flows over the edge, as the water flows over
a dam
Now sight carefully along the edge some
minutes at sharply ydefned object. and you
will see the wind pouring over the edge in
carefully and you will hardly ever fail in the
experiment.; the results are even better if
the sun is obscured.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

That is, the current in amperes equals the
e. M. f. in volts divided by the resistance
in ohms.
This is a very important but easily remem-
bered rule of electricity. And remember,
when you use it, to count in all the resistance
in wire, battery and everything else
The currents commonly used or. telegraPhic
main lines vary from five to fifteen thou
sandths of an ampere. Arc lamps, such as
are used for lighting modern streets, vary
from seven to twenty amperes.
Perhaps you are familiar with electro.mag-
nets, and know that if you wind an insulated
wire around piece of iron or steel and then
pass a current through the wire, the iron
viii pick up any small piece of steel or iron
like the common horseshoe magnets do The
horseshoe magnet is Steel which retains the
magnetism given it in this way, but iron loses
it as soon as the current ceases.
The softer and purer the iron, the Quicker
and more complete the demagnetizing. Iron
and steel are the only substances that will
act in this way, except nickel. Nickel, how
ever, is so very slightly magnetizable as not
to be worth mentioning
This property Of iron and steel has been
used in numberless ways. One well known
way is in the compass, which is simply steel
magnet fixed on pivot SO as to turn easily.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

did not think it best for you to be there to-
day. When | went over directly after break
fast, 1 found Helen would not need to be
read to today. We did not feel il. would be
wise for you to see her suffering"
Betty's sobs increased.
Don't, dear! You could have. done moth
ing. You were not shut out because she
does not love you"
Bettv's face was so drawn with crying that
Aunt Mildred took her in her arms.
"Hush, Betty! Helen has not known who
was beside her all day-she may never knowp
"But, Aunt Mildred, l ran awayi 1t was
so beautiful this morning. / could not bear
to think of that room. So ran off where
no one could find me-not even if Helen sent,
Oh, dear-oh, deari"
An EXPRESSION OF panied amazement went
over Aunt Mildred's face.
II thought you were grrieved because you
were not allowed to go%
"No, auntie-because / didn't want TO &c"
that"
No good news came from the sick child up
to a late hour
Betty could not sleep, tired as she was.
She got up often and went to her window to
look over at the watchers light
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

Complete tables of resistance can be found
in electrical works or catalogues. -,
Now for a unit that is very often met with,
and not much understood-the unit OF electro
motive force the volt. Electro motive force
or L. M. f.. as it is often written, corre-
spends to pressure in our water pipe;
Whether your pipe is large or small. ii you
have very deep reservoir behind 1t, you
know. very we'll that there is great pres
sure on the water, tending to drive it through
the pipe. The pipe may be so small or stop
ped up that the water viii hardly go through,
but that is due to resistance, and the pres
sure is there just the same.
Similarly with our current, the i. M. +. is
the pressure that the battery OF, dynamo ex,
erts to drive the current along the WIRE, and
the unit of measurement is called the volt.
The best idea of the volt that can give
you on paper is that it is a little less than
the e. M. +. of certain kind of battery, cali
ed the DanielPs. =,
If we take volt of E. M. f. and force it
through an ohm of resistance, we will have a
certain amount of current. This unit OF cur
rent is called the ampere:
Ohm's law, as it is called, gives tins rule:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

resistance is equal to the product of the sepa-
rate resistances, divided by their sum.
There has been adopted as the unit of re-
sistance what is called the ohm 1t is the
resistance of copper wire Of the following
sizes:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

it is possible to see the wind, if the right
means are employed.
Take a polished metal surface of two feet
or more, with straight edge; a large hand
saw will answer the purpose. Take windy
day for Che experiment, whether hot or cold,
clear or cloudy, only let it not be in rainy,
murky weather.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

IND is air in motion. Sometimes you
hear people declare on very sultry
day that here is "no air." OF
course that is impossible; there is
always plenty of air, but there is
not always a wind. Strange tn say
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
Nl.zSzW!!N6itoIk&WesterD
JANUARY IL, 1908.

Leave Sis a. m. for Roanoke.
Norfolk and all points on the Shen-
andoah division. Pullman Sleeper
Roanoke to New York, via Hagers-
town, Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke
to Norfolk.
9:45 a. m. for Roanoke, Rich
mond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
Dining Car to Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke to Norfolk.
2:55 p. m. for Roanoke and Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley. philadelphia
and New York. Sleeper to Philadel-
phia. Cafe Car Gary and Roanoke.
1898 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg, Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
Sleeper to Roanoke and Pullman
Sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk.
Leave Blueeld 500 p. m. for Ken
ova, Columbus and all points West
and Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars.
1888 a. m. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus, Toledo. Cafe Dining Car.
Leae 9:03 a. m. and 2:25 p. n.
daily for Tazewell, Norton and all
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and points on
the Clinch Valley division at 2:40 d.
m. and 1928 p. m.
Leave GAS a. m. for Kenova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave $40 a. m and 2:40 p. m.
for WEIGH and intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West
ern Railway for tickets, maps and
additional information.
w. p. BEVILL, G.. p. A.,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
NEGRO POLITICAL CLUES.

Washington, March 5.-Promi-
nent colored men from several states
are in Washington soday to arrange
for a consolidation OF the negro vo-
ters of the country and for the or
ganization of negro political clubs
In all centers OF colored population.
The conference will be continued
through tomorrow and will prob
ably name a national committee and
provide for the participation OF
negroes in the campaign. Senator
FORAKER is apparently the favorite
presidential candidate of most of
the delegates.
The executive committee of to-
days conference consists of DR.. J.
A. Robbins OF Virginia, A. w. Rog-
ers OF North Carolina, Samuel r
thompson OF New Jersey, T. IT.
Amoore of Pennsylvania, Harry C..
smith of Ohio and ]. w. Poe of the
District of Columbia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
SERVICES
CHRIST CHURCH

Rev. Richard w. Trapnell.
rector. Ash Wednesday - Lit
any and holy communion. d. M.
Sundays. holy communion, LIST and
Bird Sundays in each month at IL a.
m. Morning prayer. IL a. m; even
ing prayer 1880 p. m.
Week Days-Tuesdays: Evening
prayer and address. 4:3O D. m:
Wednesdays, litany and lecture. s
D. M; Thursdays. evening prayer
and address, 4:30 D. M.
Holy Week - Ante-Communion
every day. 1870 D. m.
Easter Day - Holy communion
II a. M; Sunday school festival
3 80 p. m.
The rector may be seen immedi-
ately after any of these services.
Calendar for Lent-10O8.
March Ash Wednesday.
March S-First Sunday in Lent.
March 1l-Ember Day.
March 13-Ember Day.
March Timber Day.
March 15-Second Sunday in
Lent.
March 22-Third Sunday in Lent.
March 20 - Annunclation Blessed
Virgin Mary.
March 29-Fourth Sunday in
Lent.
April Fifth Sunday in Lent
April 12-Sunday 0Palm) before
Easter.
April 13-Monday in Holy Week.
April IA - Tuesday In Holy
Week.
April 10 - Wednesday in Holy
Week.
April 16-Maundy-Thursday
April 17-Good Friday.
April 1S.-Easter Even.
April 19-Easter Day.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-05
CAPTAIN MANSFIELD RETIREs

washington. March 5.-Captain
henry Buckingham Mansfield. one
OF the most picturesque figures of
the United States navy, retired to
private life today by operation of
the age limit. Mansfield took part in
many heroic exploits during his long
career in the navy. He made the
famous trip in the schooner yacht
America in search of Confederate
privateers in 1863 and commanded a
launch from the frigate Mohican in
the expedition which "cut out, and
burned the piratical steamer For
ward in Tecupan river, Mexico.