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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
THE LESSON OF
THE FOURTH
By Edmund Vance Cooke.

Unfaltering fathers who made
the day and whose firm wrought
words into deeds succeeded, comes
there not voice from your lips
of clay that other Fourth-of-July
are needed?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Gould any jest be blacker?)
She chewed the pretty thing, by
golly,
Now r. I. P. does foolish Polly.
II your lips itch, it's a sign
someone will kiss you-or else it's
a sign a mosquito has kissed you.
The rainfall in the United
States in one year equals ten Mis-
sissippi rivers.
e. M. Balmer was registered at
New York hotel last week. OF
course, he was from Deadwood,
S. D.
Hobble skirt. harem skirt,
Fol-de-rol-lol!
What's Fashions coming squirt?
No skirt at all?
Chicago Post.
Marks: "My old aunt had not
been dead "a hours when her par
rot died, too.
Parks: 1.-The poor bird died OF
grief, / suppose"
Marks. mo. Poison. "-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Old Saying.
Fiddlers, dogs and flies come
to feasts uncalled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

published books differs
the above single sentence, which reads:
States alter
white field,
representing constellation"
Historians and writer's all to the definition of it's colors
symbolisms attributed
heradc tnctues but investigator that he
original following
meaning of the coors.
Red-Sgnifies hardness valor
White-Purity innocence
Blue-Vigilance perseverance and justice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
B. |. p. U. QUOTATIONS

FRUIT - Gooseberries, &c b.:
straw berries, $1.25 a 1.50 crate;
currants, &c Id.
VEGETABLES-Head lettuce
Csc doz; cucumbers. 25c@ $1.O0;
spinach, &c ID; radishes, 15c; rhu
barb, 1c; home grown asparagus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

! Arytl,ig,g
Did you hang the flag out?

Did you hang the flag out?
Did the dog forget it was a
sane Fourth, and hide under the
porch?
The Spirit of '76.
"Hurrah!" yelled the man.
AS he wandered back home
in a highly convivial state;
I'm sho happy" he said,
II am chock fulla Joy"
Addressing his fond, loving
mate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

While race still drinks of the
bitter cup and the earth with the
victims bones Is seeded, the cry of
the blood-blotched stones goes up
that another Fourth-of-July is
needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

ed generals and polished admi-
rails and brave armies had been
fussing around Vicksburg a whole
winter and half a mighty hot
summer before Grant finally
found the way to do it. He took
an army into Mississippi without
any grub-basket and told it it
would have to live off the coun-
TRY. Then he made it march
twice as fast as any army was
ever suspected of being able to
march in that climate, and Vicks-
burg fell less than "a hours after
THE defeat of Lee at Gettysburg
With these two blows tottered the
fabric of the confederacy.
A lion born in an English zoo
has been reared by an Irish ter
rier.
| If the breeze murmurs and the
leaves whisper, can you hear the
grass moan2
Ventriloquism was first describ-
ed in 725 B. c.
Husbands are in heaven whose
wives chide not.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

ANU tVtT OIHCO
then the name of
Grant has stood
for something in
American history.
The taking of
V lex S b u r g
was no 15-min-
ute job. Skill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
GOLD GLORY'S' OFFICIAL BIRTH
THE MEANING OF THE COLORa

The writing below fac smile etching reproduced from the
1777 American
flag the handwriting of Charles Thomson secretary the
letters dotted, the letters
left uncrosed The do show debate dis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

7@Sc; green peas, &c; potatoes
$41Q44 ton.
MEATS-Roosters, 10c; hens
15c; springs, zoe; veal, 100
.l115c.
EGGS, 23c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

When the tread-mill prisons
the child of toll till the baby's
brows are wan and beaded, wher-
ever such shadows blights the soil,
another Fourth-of-July Is needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

When privilege fats at the pub
lie purse, when rights are pillaged
or starve unheeded, then sooner
or later, for better or worse,
another Fourth-of-July Is needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
OUR DAILY BIRTH.
DAY PARTY.

Now, isn't It tough on a fellow
to be born ON the glorious Fourth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
TODAY IN HISTORY

July 4, 1868, Vicksburg was
surrendered to Gen. U. s. Grant
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

When the peoples tribunes
faint the lawv.till the stream runs
rank and polson-weeded, when
they pilfer the wheat and leave us
straw. another Fourth-of-July is
needed,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Rev. J. w. Lakin of Pough-
keepsie preached a sermon to a
crowd of fans before Sunday
game began.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
by Adam Fay Kerr.

BY Adam Fay Kerr.
HOME, July Al could kick
myself for picking the first two
weeks in July for my vacation.
The Fourth is a dead loss for no.
body has to work that day ex-
cept street car conductors, doctors
and undertakers. I've looked In
the almanac and find that the tall
end Of August is the time to pick
as our vacation butts into Labor
Day and you don't have to start
home SO soon. Readers who have
not picked their vacation time can
use this tip without sending me a
cent. 1 wish l could pick my va
cation spot. Next time I'll pick
my vacation place at Christmas,
just like l start to buy Christmas
presents during the July bargain
sales.
Vacation Idles.
I think the finest vacation trip
that l can make
Will be the one that I have picked
to Wholdachuck Lake"
+In Canada.
The bad boy heard the parrot say:
"Polly wants a cracker"
He gave her one without delay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
By Condo

Says OSCAR
Could We see all
d e r baseball
games free, just
like at Diana
Dillpicgles park2
Says Adolf
Yess, und all
der prizefights,
too.
Says OSCAR
All right den,
I'm retty to mofe
ofer to der
sportds page.
Says Adolf
Schon gut. Now
you ask der edi-
tor to please let
us MOTE.
Says OSCAR =
No, you ask him.
He likes you
better as me.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

A Brooklyn hotel man caught a
2S-pound lobster. three feet tall.
They grow taller in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

My wife knows naught of base
ball, but she knows more, 1 find,
than the astigmatic umpire who
robs the home team blind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

For the fearless fathers who
made the day far more to the
world than the day they decided,
the spirit still lives, though the
lips are clay, when another
Fourth-of-July is needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Judge Lummus of Lynn. Mass.
rules that man may get drunk
on his birthday. Tough luck, our
birthday is February 30.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Halo, Jones! What are you
doing in Boston,"
ION my honeym oon."
where's the bride?"
"Oh-er-she preferred Mag
ara. Chicago News.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

She said: What's the matter,
You inebriate chump?
What's brought you back home
in this f1x?"
ITS Messing, my love, I'm
Just full to the brim
With the shpirits of Sheventy
Shix."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Ventriloquism was first describ-
ed in 725 B. G.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

that Fourth of July, 1859, and
thereafter no lad in Erie, Pa, was
the author of more noise upon our
country's and MacVicar's natal day
Now he is our best municipal gov
|ernment expert.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

Husbands are in heaven whose
wives chide not,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04

A lion born in an English zoo
has been reared by an Irish ter
rier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
MENTAL POWER NOT CROWN,
AngIo-Saxon Success Result Of Char
acter, Rather Than lntelIse-
tual Superiority.

Man is no longer growing in men
tai capacity II the conclusions Of &
British authority, Neville Chamber
lain. are correct. He makes distine
ton between intellect, pure and sim
pie, and the qualities that together
make up what is called character and
finds 1t doubtful If the races often re
garded as inferior are at any disad
vantage In pure intellect. It is unfair
to decide mental capacity by compar
Ing those who have had the benefits
OF education--giving the accumulated
experience Of centuries-with semi
savagos who have been brought up IL
the bush. Two generations ago the
japanese were thought to be little
betater than barbarious, Of smallin.
tellect, and the Bamus of Bengal and
the aborisi! es Of Australia were
similarly regarded, but now they
take front rank in modern univer.
stiles, often excelling Europeans at
examinations. More important to
average success than great intellec.
tual ability are the qualities constI'
tuting character-such as courage,
earnestness, determination, judgment
and sympathy. Even these traits
must be preserved and strengthened
by the same process Of natural selee.
ton that has so powerfully influenced
physical evolution, and the character
OF the individuals has made the char
acter Of nations Anglo-Saxon sue.
cess, past and future, may be looked
upon as a result of national character,
rather than any fancied intellectual
superiority.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Nary Ann Allen.

Mrs.. Mary Ann Allen died last
Saturday night, at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs, VIM, Grossardt, at
the age of Sc years, after an illness
covering only few days. She had
oeentsutfering from an attack of the
grip tor several days but the direct
Cause of her death was heart failure.
Mrs. Allen came here from her home
at Norris City, Illinois. about three
weeks ago, coming with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Grossardt. who had been
visiting there and had intended to stay
there for the coming summer.
The remains were shipped Sunday
night to her old home at Norris CITY,
for burial and were accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Grossardt and
her son Charley Allen.
Besides her son and daughter who
live here, she has two daughters who
live in Illinois. Her husband pre-
ceded her several years ago.-ClaHir
Clarion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
THE Final Test.

4 big feature of the Denver stock
show Shich opens on January 16, will
be the carcass contest. The block Is
the fna test n meat making and it is
proposed to educate the western meat
producers to that' fact The steers to
be slaughteredsin this competition will
be first judged on foot in a judging
competition add then slaughtered and
judged in the carcass. The idea is to
try to make Che stock growers look
under the hiJe' Of his animals. The
carcasses wiz be judged from the
butcher standpoint as to what consti-
tutes prime edible: meat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Frank c. Kicker.

Frank c. Kicker was born in Illinois
March 81, 1874 and died at the home
of his parents in this city, Tuesday.
January 10, 1911, at the age of So
years. 9 months and 10 days. Fun
eral services were conducted at the
Evangelical Lutheran church in this
city, Thursday afternoon at $50
O'Clock and interment made in the
Ellinwood cemetery,
Mr.. Kicker came to this country
with his parents at the age of nine
years and has been a resident of this
county practically all of the time
since. He was married November
10th, 1897, 10 Miss Alice Knop and
to this union were born four children,
one boy aud three girls, who with the
widow, bis father, mother, five sisters
and one brother are left to mourn his
loss. A year or two ago he with his
family moved to Ford county, where
he was engaged in farming, but a few
motnbs ago, on account of poor health
he returned here for treatment, having
been a sufferer FROM diabetes for a
number of years, but his condition
was such that nothing could be done
for his recovery.
Mr., Kicker was well and favorably
known in this community. He was
an upright and enterprising citizen
and thesincere sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the be-
reaved ones in their hour of sorrow.
Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
WHY HESITATE!
An Offer That Involves No Risk For
., Those Who Accent 1t.

We are so positive our remedy will
completely relieve constipation, no
matter how chronic it may be, that we
offer to furnish it free of all cost if il
fails.
Constipation is caused by weakness
of the nerves and muscles of the large
intestines or descending colon. To ex-
pect a cure you must therefore tone
up and strengthen those organs and
restore them to healthier activity.
We want you to try Rexall Orderlies
on our guarantee. They are eaten like
candy, and are particularly ideal for
children. They act directly on the
nerves and muscles of the bowels.
They have a neutral action on the
other organs or glands. They do not
purge or cause any inconvenience
whatever. They will positively over
come chronic or habitual constipation
and the myriads of associate or de-
pendent chronic ailments. Try Rexall
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

Mr.. George Teeters Of Iowa re-
turned home Saturday night and Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Teeters Of Ohio, who
were here last week have gone to
California to spend the winter. They
had been here visiting their sister,
Mrs. E. Mcbride and nephew, Frank
Wilson, and completing the settlement
OF the Teeters estate which was set
tied amicably and satisfactorily to
every one concerned.
Miss Minnie Griffin left Wednes.
day for Cottonwood Falls after visit
log here with her parents.
J W. Johnson and wife went TO
Winfield Wednesday for visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Munger. Mrs.
Munger is their daughter,
Mrs. Ovid Butler returned the first
Of the week from Enid, Okla, where
she has been visiting friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Artificial Nests for Bass.

The government fisheries bureau has
discovered that black bass culture is
greatly aided by artificial construction
of nests.
The male small mouthed bass builds
his nest by sweeping the stones of a
lake bottom bare of sand in a three.
foot circle. Using his nose and tail al.
,ternately, he makes a saucer-shaped
nest ready for the eggs of his mate.
But he will readily use a nest that ia
prepared for him, and so the men of
the fisheries are expediting his home
building.
For the large mouthed bass nests
are made of moss imbedded in con.
crete, as this species prefers a tlbrous
bed for its eggs. Ponds with basins
six feet deep in the center and with
shallower water elsewhere are so pre-.
pared. Wild fish caught by hook are
put in to mate here, to the great In
crease of reproduction. Proper assert.
ment of the fish and the prevention Of
crowding accomplish excellent results
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Need Medical Missionaries.

At a recent meeting at Boston Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church Miss
Mabel Losing, who reported for the
districts of India, said that there were
100000 people in her Jurisdiction
and so far removed are the mission.
aries that it often takes eight days
to get from one station to another.
She said that medical work is neces-
sary in her district, but that there is
none of 1t. She said that her veranda
is crowded every morning with women
awaiting an opportunity to be treated.
Dr.. Mary Retiring, one Of the mission.
aries of West China, said that the
work Of her society was to carry the
Gospel to 100000 women and chill.
dren.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
AUTOS GOOD FOB HORSES.
eusyoMen Take to Saddle Horses for
Needed Exercise.

Latest reports from around the
country indicate that in at least one
instance the automobile has been a
benefit to horse breeders instead of a
detriment, as so many peoplesseem to
think. This relates to- saddle horses,
which were never 50 popular ate any
time within Gontemporsneous history
as at present, and many breeders and
dealers attribute this change of'senti-
ment to the general use Of the auto
mobile.
In these days when motor cars are
put to almost every ina ENABLE use,
and when most business men regard
them as indispensable in the daily
routine of their AFFAIRS one great
drawback has made itself' apparent
and thatsis the lack of exercise, with
consequent poor health, to so many
busy men. To overcome this effect
men of affairs throughout the land
have taken to the saddle horse, and
saddle horse breeders report that the
demand for all kinds and classes Of
saddle horses was never so great as
now. 90
, This has been great stimulus to the
breeding of saddle horses in Ken.
lucky and Missouri, the homes of the
greatest saddle horses ever foaled
Other states also fnd the same favor
able conditions, and in this connection
J COLORADO bids fair to take rank as one
Of the leading western states In the
breeding of these beautiful animals
which have been christened by horse
expers and lovers as "the exquisite
American horse" 20
At thehorse and stock show in Den.
vera January 16 to q, some extraor.
dinafy rings on saddle horses will be
exhibited and many of the foremost
breeders in nearby states have already
sent in their entries. The Denver
show is now recognized throughout the
west as a most liberal education for
horse breeders of every type from the
light hasness horse to the mammoth
draft horses. 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
IMPROVING WESTERN CATTLE.
National Western Stock Show Big Fac.
tor - Distributing Pure Bred
Animals,

With the passing of the live stock
business Of the western ranges into
the hands Of stocA farmers and ranch
men, has come a tremendous change
in the quality of the cattle. The old
long horn, long legged cattle of ten
and fifteen years ago have almost
completely disappeared and their
places have been. taken, with the
broad backed cattle of the shorthorn
hereford and pQlled breeds. 1t is
largely due to the big annual stock
shows the country that this evoh-
ton has been 50 rapid and none of the
shows has been q more value to the
west than the NatiO9al. Western Stock
Show, which opens its sixth annual
exhibition in Denver on January 16
This show was organized and contin
ued by an association of some $50
western stOckmen and business men
who saw the importance of educating
the people to the most modern ideas
in live stock and in addition to .exhit
iting the best the country affords il
cattle, the big breed associations hold
public sizes at which Selected animals
are sold without reserve. As a result
of these annual sales herds of pure
bred cattle ape. springing up all over
tie west and it is predicted that at
the coming show in Denver, western
herds will give the eastern herds a
close ruA for the ribbons.
Attic Denver show next month. the
American ShorthQrn Association will
sell fifty selected bulls and heifers and
the Hereford Association will sell an
equal number The Aberdeen Angus
G Association will sell number at pri.
vate sale and the Galloway Associa
i, ton will sell about forty head. These
cattle are all selected from the best
heTfis in the country and this annual
distribution Of pure blood will have
tremendous effect upon the quality OF
the western cattle In the future.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
DaWsey Dope Dead.

Dawsey Cope, who with his wife
has been making his home with the
family Of his sen, W. D, in this city,
died last Friday morning at I o'clock
after an illness Of five months with
dropsy. The funeral services were
held. in the Congregational church on
Sunday afternoon with Rev. Jos. Buie
in charge, and the remains laid 10
rest in the Johnston cemetery east
Of the city.
The deceased was born April 20,
1888 in Fayette county, Pa, where
he lived until grown. In 1855 he
moved to Quincy, ILL.,, where Oct. 81,
1859, he was united in marriage TO
Miss Alkaline Riggs, who now sur
wives him. Ten years later taey moved
to Richardson county, Kansas, and
in 1870 to New Sharon, Iowa. In
lS76the family ain moved to Kan
saS, locating in Butler county, and
five years later vert to Barton county
where they remained until year
ago when they came to Waynoka.
TO this union was born eleven
children, six of whom are still living:
c. E. of Beaver county, Oklahoma,
W. D. of WayDoka, F. H. of Nick
elson, Kansas, Mrs.. A. B. Merkle of
Ashkum, Ill, Mrs. L. M. Marquis of
Hoisington, Kansas and Mrs. R. E.
Foy of Whitewater, Kansas.
The deceased united with the Uni
ted Brethren church in 1896 and re-
manned a member of that church
until his death. Those in attendance
at the funeral from distance were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Merkle of Ashkum.
ILL.,, Mrs. Foy Of Whitewater, Kansas,
J. H. Jones and daughter Ethel of
Whitewater, Kansas, son in law and
daughter Of the deceased and F. H.
Cope of Nickerson, Kansas.-Hois-
ington Dispatch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Lockwood.

Achsah Naome Lockwood passed
to her eternal rest on Tuesday night
at 1890 at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Ed. Matthews, at the age of SO
years, 2 months and 25 days.
The deceased was born in Clermont
county, Ohio, Oct. Is, 1S4l. At an
carlo age she went to Lee County,
Iowa, with her parents, remaining
there until 1878, when she and her
parents moved to Ellsworth county,
Kansas, where she resided with her
death.
She was an earnest Christian, one
who in her daily life followed in the
footsteps Of her Master. While the
most of her time was spent at home
she enjoyed large circle of friends
She was a member of the Baptist
church, having joined at the age OF Is
years.
The funeral services were held
from the home and were conducted
by Rev. Wilson. Interment was
made in the Montgomery cemetery
Cha1in Clarion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
SAFETY AT THE MULES TAIL
Worldly Negro Was SkeptlcaI About
Advice Offered by His Aged
Father.

The Saline river, Arkansas, was out
OF banks and swift flowing, owing to
the heavy rains. An old negro and his
two sons wanted to cross, each riding
a mule. The older son ventured first
and came up safely on the other bank.
The younger went next, the father re-
naming to watch, thus the two anx.
iously witnessed the younger negro's
battle against the swirling currents.
The mule was swimming low, the rider
showing little except his head and
shoulders above water, when the sad.
die girth broke, and saddle aid con-
tents slipped of the animal behind,
which allowed the faithful mule to
partially emerge from the water. It
was a critical moment and the watch
ers from opposite banks were all anx.
Lefty. The imperiled boy clutched
frantically ahold of the tail Of the
swimming animal, but the old negro
evidently failed to note this and shout.
ed the first advice that came into his
mind. He cried: Look to de Lawd,
Eph'um, look to de Lawd, look to de
Lawd!"
The more worldly son on the other
bank was obviously skeptical about
such advice under such circumstances,
for he screamed out, 'Nevah you min
lookin' to de Lawd, Eph'um, nevah you
min loking to de Lawd, you hor right
on to dat mules tail. "-Norman F.
Mack's National Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Pushing the Poultry.

The west is just waking up to the
fact that it is spending too much mon
ey away Com home for poultry and
eggs. The NATIONAL Western Stock
shoy which opens ipoDenver on jan
uary 16, will inaugurate the National
Western Poultry Show. 1t d expect
ed that this initial exhibition win ex..
hibit ever 5000 birds. @.