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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19
A Delightful Afternoon.

Mrs. John W. Baughman was
at home last Friday to the follow
ing guests; Mrs. Don Edwards
of Plains, Mrs. James Cavanaugh,
Mrs. Clarence Edison, Mrs. Ralph
Summers, Mrs. Don Henry, Mrs.
Herbert Hobble, Mrs. Wright
Stevenson, Mrs. John Fraser. Mrs.
James Ault, Mrs. Lewis Yocum,
Mrs. Abe Stoufer, Mrs. Thomas
Cav, Mrs. 1. B. Jordan, Mrs.
Henry Tucker, Mrs. James Max
we'll, Mrs. John George, Mrs.
Ollie Woods, Mrs. Frank Cason,
Mrs. Chas. Taylor, Mrs. Edward
Woods, Mrs. Frank McWilliams,
Mrs. Len Sutton.
Whist was the order of enter
tainment and the company seemed
unusually absorbed in the game.
Mrs. Maxwell being the fortunate
player the hostess graceously pre-
sented her with a beautiful cut
cut glass happy.
Preceding the elegant five
course tea, (which embraced the
choicest viands of the season. a
tray of white rosebuds attached to
cards with ribbons with the i'm
pressive words: For our Mother"
on the cards in honor of Mothers
Day which was a reminder in
many ways, as the expression up
on each countenance portrayed.
Mrs. Stoufer ably assisted Mrs.
Baughman and the afternoon could
not haYe been more pleasant
except in one particular. Mr..
Baughman kindly called for the
ladies in his "Winton Six" and as
a matter of course they all wanted
to ride with the driver, Mrs.
George winning the day.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19
Do You Have The Right
Kind of help?

Foley Kidney Pills furnish you
the right kind of help to neutralize
and remove the poisons that cause
backache, headache, nervousness,
and other kidney and bladder all
ments. For sale by all druggists.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19
Ten Acres of Land Adjoin-
ing the City, For Sale Cheap;
Easy Terms; See Farmer Bros.

FOR RENT-160 acres SW /
21-34-32, Seward County-60 acres
plowed, good house, barn, well
and windmill. Address H. L.
Aldrich, NJ. D., Caney, Kas. If
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19

Moore and Falls will insure
growing crops against Hail and
your property against Tightening
and Windstorms in the old reliable,
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insurance in standard companies.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19

We will put a neat gold sign on
your window, and guarantee it for
Eve years. -BREwE g SUTTON.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-05-19

A fine REIMBURSEMENT in the ar
tesian belt of Morton county for
sale cheap. See F. M. Mason.
4-28-tf.
The citizen., 1911-07-14
CHAPTER II.
The Devotion Of Mr. GormI

ne Devotion Of Mr.. GormIy.
The relationship of Miss Haldane
and Gormly was all very we'll so far
as 1t went, but it did not go far
enough for the mans purpose at least;
and Gormly was shrewd enough to see
that things might run on without any
dehnite results in this way forever.
Since the beginning of the acquaint-
ance Gormly had kept track of Miss
Haldane through clipping bureau,-
instance of his practical common
sense which may amuse the romantic
reader. He had neither the time nor
the inclination to search the journals
In which were chronicled the doings
OF social New York-in which the Hal.
dane name was prominent; so he in
structed his private secretary, Cha
loner, upon whose discretion he could
rely, to have sent to him at his private
address all clippings relating to Miss
Haldane. Gormly, therefore. knew the
life of the object of his attention as
well as 1t could be known from its out.
ward and visible presentation before
the public. Indeed, there was little
that was concealable under such cir
cumstances-the higher you rise the
less privacy you have, obscurity being
the prerogative, or the penalty, of the
humble-so that he was entirely
aware of Miss Haldane's goings and
comings, who her friends were, what
houses she visited, what diversions
The citizen., 1911-07-14
WorkInu Backward.

A Japanese house is built different.
ly from an English one. The roof.
which with US is the last important
part of the outward structure to be
completed, is with the Japanese the
first thing to be finished. All the tools
used by the carpenters and joiners
have a reversed action The. Japanese
carpenter does not push plane away
from him, but pulls 1t toward him
The gimlets are threaded in the op
Iosite way to ours; the saws are made
so as to cut on the upward pull and not
on the downward thrust; screws have
their threads reversed. and keyholes
are always made upside down and the
keys turned backward. In the house
IL the clock is an old one 1t will have
stationary hands, with the face revOlv
ing backward and the Eours marked
8, Z, 6, s. 4. and 80 on. reckoning
frosn noon.
The citizen., 1911-07-14

there you we're. There was no help
for the matter. and Gormly's only re-
source was to pay the money, unless
he wanted to unload his goods into
truck wagons and vans and cart them
all over the city. OF course he could
do this; but it would be much easier,
more profitable and more desirable in
every way if he had the right to run
cars out on the pier alongside of the
vessels of his fleet and transport the
merchandise in bulk in that way
He was in a very d. 3perate sItua-
tion. Here he was saddled with a
twenty-five-year lease of one of the
most expensive piers in New York;
here he had a great warehouse 81,
blocks or more away from the pier;
here he had also vast store several
miles from the warehouse; here was
a railroad that practically connected
all three. provided one or two little
spurs or switches could be built from
pier to railroad, and from warehouse
to railroad. 1t was perhaps the one
mistake that he had made in his busi-
ness career not to have arranged mat
ters before all this came to a climax.
The railroad people meant to make
linn pay. They were resolved that
he should; he was equally determined
that he would not.
He was not alone in his position,
however; for it was found on all sides
he discovered it by making quiet in
quiries-that other shippers and
merchants seeking similar privileges
were being held up in the same way.
The road had proved enormously ex-
pensive to build; the stock had been
watered numerically. Contracts
which had been entered into for the
construction of switches were found
to be of little value; mealA were avail
able to break them and evade them,
and the whole water front of New
York found itself practically helpless
in the grasp of this octopus of corpo-
ration
There had been no clamor in the pa
pers over this matter; but there was
tremendous undercurrent Of resent
thought he saw an opportunity Of turn
ing 1t to his own account. To expose
the iniquitous methods of procedure
Of the Gotham Freight Traction COM
pany, to bring about it's ruin or its
downfall by depriving it of the fran
chise It was abusing, to safeguard the
people in their rights in any further
grants, was certainly an object suffi-
GENTLY high and sufficiently vast to
attract the attention, and, should he
succeed, to awaken the admiration of
any being. And Gormly himself with
out losing sight of Miss Haldane be-
gan to look at the possibilities from a
high and noble point of view, in which
self interest took secondary position.
Therefore, late in November he
came boldly out in the open, and over
his own name vigorously attacked the
Gotham Freight Traction company.
He did it in unique way, too In
stead of the full page advertisement
Of Gormly's store which appeared
simultaneously in all the great dailies,
there was presented one morning in
clear, direct, businesslike English
statement of the whole situation ex-
actly as it was. There were no threats.
no menaces, no intimations of any fu-
ture plans or purpose; just blunt
statement of facts printed in large
double-leaded type, and signed with
the familiar facsimile of his now fa-
nous autograph.
(TO BE CONTINUED1
The citizen., 1911-07-14
Doctors Said He Would Die
A Friends Advice Saves Lie

/ wish to speak of the wonderful cure
that | have received from your noted
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and blad-
der cure. Last summer | was taken with
severe pains in my back and sides. Z
could not breathe without difficulty and
was nearly wild with the desire to urinate.
Was compelled to do so every ten min
utes with the passage of pure blood with
the urine. l tried all the different doc
tors from far and near, but they said 10
was no use to doctor as l would die any
way. | was at the end of my rope and
was so miserable with pain and the
thought that l must die that words can
not tell how l felt. One day a friend told
me Of the wonderful help she had received
from DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. She gave
me one of your pamphlets witch read
and determined to try Swamp Root. After
taking half bottle / felt better. Have
now taken ten bottles and am well as
ever was, thanks to Swamp-Root. | wish
to tell all suffering people that have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble, that Dr. Kill
mer's Swamp Root is the best medicine on
the market.
All persons doubling this statement can
write to me and l will answer them di-
rectly, Yours very truly,
CLYDE f. CAMERER,
Rosale. Wash.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23rd day of July, 1909.
VERNE TOWNE. Notary Public
The citizen., 1911-07-14
MOISTURE IN ORCHARD SOIL
Water Is Of Prime Importance While
Tree Is Fruit Making-Chief EIe-
ments of Success.
(By WALTER B. LEUTZ.) }

AS water is the means of circulation
of plants as well as of animals there
fore it is Of prime Importance that
water be present in the soil, in order
that the plant food in the soil may be
taken up by the trees.
Many orchards have suff1cie avail
able plant food, but lack water at that
critical period while the tree is fruit
making. If soil lacks water some
form of fertilizers are a positive de.
triment If they are present in abund.
ance.
The chief elements of success in pre-
pairing an orchard soil for the best re.
suits may be summed up as:
Removing surplus water from the
soil. The conservation of plenty of
moisture. The judicious use of manure
and cover crops. The use of potash
and phosphoric acid in available FORMS.
Cultivation to keep a mulch Reduc-
ing the number of trees per acre BY
Withholding nitrogen, and increasing
the amount of mineral matter. By the
use of wind breaks BY mulching. By
keeping the soil in the best physical
condition possible. 1t is not wise to
stick to the exclusive use of any one
practice, but to employ various meth
DDS to maintain the fertility of the
orchard soils.
The citizen., 1911-07-14

uaIly enough remarked that she liked
men who did things, who really ac-
complished something for good in this
world.
Gormly instantly resolved to do
something. Now if any man really
wants to accomplish good in this
world. there are few opportunities of
greater possibilities than those pre-
sented in the political arena. There
Is also no field in which it is harder
to accomplish the end Gormly as a
political force was entirely unknown.
lie was without experience. One
requisite, popularly considered vital,
he had, and that was an abundance of
money. Another requisite he pos
sessed, albeit unwittinsly, was char
acter. And still a third was his, and
that was imagination coupled with
capacity-the ideal and the real; the
dreamer and the practical man in one!
An irresistible combination that.
Fortune was further kind to him,
however, for concurrently with his de-
cision she presented him with an
opening. Gormly's business was suffi-
ciently great to have enabled him to
extend 1t in several directions. He
brought Ireland, England, France,
Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, and
the Orient into New York bay and un-
loaded them in his great institution.
He had conceived, some dozen years
before after paying tremendous freight
charges, the propriety Of establishing
his own line of freight steamers. 1t
had amused him to combine the prac-
tice of the ancient merchant prince
with the customs of the modern one.
He had bought the controlling inter-
est in a freight line of half a dozen
large steamers, which he found no
difficulty in using as cargo carriers
for other people when they were not
supplying his own needs.
The purchase of the freight line had
with it lease of one of the piers in
the North river The lease had run
out the year before. He had there
after availed himself of what he con-
ceived to be an excellent opportunity
of subleasing another pier in the East
river. The city had just completed an
elaborate railroad, surface and sub
way, for the transportation of heavy
freight from the water front to the
great mercantile establishments ~
land. This system had been leased
to the Gotham Freight Traction COM
pany, a vast corporation with full
set of ostensible promoters and di-
rectors, but which had back of 1t pow
ers and persons unknown to the gen.
eral public, carefully concealed from
it in fact
The corporation had not been form
The citizen., 1911-07-14
AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP
Champion Hot Spender and Cutup
Found at Pittsburg Amuse-
ment Park.

Talk about your hot spenders and
regular daredevil cutups," said a
Pittsburg motorman, but | saw the
champion Coal Oil Johnny of the lot
a an amusement park the other day.
We were standing outside the gate.
waiting for the car to fill up, when a
bunch of bold young blades came
romping out of the park and made for
the car. They were from the coun-
try. and had been having a high old
time with pink drinks and strawberry
iiggers, and you couldn't stop em with
a breakwall. One of them suddenly
broke way from the bunch and made
a dash for the front enc of the car,
but l blocked his way and told him
he couldn't get on at this end.
30. got the price, he shouted, AN
don't you think | haven't. And he
hauled out a handful of small change.
insisted on his going to the back end
and he put up an awful argument and
got all fused up. Finally he strode
back to the rear platform, paid his
nickel. and. striding straight through
the car with a glare of defiance at me,
he stepped off and marched around to
the rear again. Slapping down anoth-
er nickel. he repeated the perform
ance. and blamed If he dicn't make the
circuit six times before we got started.
each time with his chin little higher
as he passed me. His friends cheered
him to the echo. and suppose they'll
be telling out In Bingville for years
tt come how he socked It to the Pitts
burg Railways company. Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
The citizen., 1911-07-14

she affected, who paid her attention.
and so on.
Meanwhile the man did not neglect
his business-nothing would ever
make him do that-but he divided his
time between 1t and the young woman
which was a great concession to her
influence One reason why he had De-
come such an assiduous student or the
clippings was because he wanted to
know whether Miss Haldane was, or
was likely to be, engaged to be mar
ried. His apprehensions on that score
were soon set at rest. 1t was Miss
Haldane's second season. She had
created an instant furor when she mad
been launched in society the year be-
fore The usual contingent OF i'm
pecunious foreigners had promptly
laid their coronets at her feet; but 1t
was quite evident that none of them
had found favor In her eyes, and that
she was still free. He would enter It,
he decided; but how?
First of all, something must be done
to bring Gormly himself into the pub
lie eve in some other capacity, some
higher capacity. some more attractive
capacity, than that of mere retailer
of ribbons, so to speak; the public eye
for Gormly being Miss Haldane's liq-
uid orbs And Gormly knew that the
way to private consideration Is more
often than not through public inter
est He had to do something to justi-
fy himself, therefore, to make himself
Known in some enviable way; In short,
he determined to make himself worthy
of ner. And again the question arose:
bat how?
He had thought vaguely Of the ra-
cling game, of the most magnificent OF
Yachts. of the finest and speediest OF
stables, of the fastest string of auto
mobiles, of thousand similar things
which he had dismissed as unworthy
of his high purpose and inadequate to
his end; until finally, fortune favoring
him. he hit upon the field of politics.
Miss Haldane, In some of those now
rather frequent conferences, had cas-
The citizen., 1911-07-14
OFF YEARS WITH CHERRIES
Much Trouble Caused by Plckers Who
Gather Next Years Buds-ClIp-
ping Shears Best.

Watch your pickers on the bearing
years and you will learn why some
cherries, especially Early Richmond,
bear so shyly every other year. Cher
ries are picked with stems on, and in
picking it will be observed that where
this stem is left on a cluster of next
years buds comes off with the cher
ries. The picker is really picking two
crops at once-this years and the
next. Instead Of tearing these stems
from the trees have them use a pair
of clipping shears, or else take the
cherry from the stem in picking. One
careless picker can ruin your next
crop quite easily. Pickers may COM
plain of the slow work in clipping,
but insist on it that you. not they,
are the sufferers by their careless
work.
The citizen., 1911-07-14
iEE{i1;s] iEE;5il1,Isllfj1ll;2TI / . llljIll
H.H@AtIt;$ tIt;$a.sk.>
Practice clean cultivation in the or

Practice clean cultivation in the or
chard.
A grape vine should bear only a
limited number of clusters.
No other fruit plant requires so
careful pruning as the grape vine.
Poultry manure should be freely
used for both fruits and vegetables.
There is danger Of sunscald II too
many large branches are removed in
June.
Set the chrysanthemums where they
can be protected from cold winds and
transforms.
The apple worm is the larva of the
codling moth, and 1t gets into the ap
pie at this season of the year.
You cannot raise young orchard
without spraying any more than you
can raise apples without spraying.
San Jose scale. codling moths, cur.
culios and other pests rob us of 20
per cent. OF our annual $135. 900 900
fruit crop.
Young grapes will bear some fruit
the second season after planting IL
they make a good growth and are
otherwise we'll cared for during the
first growing season.
1t has been proved that 80 per cent
If the worms enter the apple through
the calyx end of the young fruit By
filling this calyx cup with poison
these worms are killed and thefruit
protected.
The citizen., 1911-07-14

ed to promote the health of its mem
bers. Therefore when Gormly ap-
piled to the authorities for permis-
sion to construct switch from his
pier on the one hand and his ware
house near the river front on the other
to connect both with this subway, the
permission was instantly granted, but
coupled with an expense demand upon
him for something like a million dol
lars
Gormly could give Miss Haldane a
million dollars to play with; he would
not spend ten cents for bribery. He
saw instantly that the demand upon
him was a mere attempt to hold him
up. To build the switch would cost
perhaps forty or fifty thousand dol
lars; the privilege might be worth as
much more; but inasmuch as no
streets were crossed, no overhead traf-
fic hindered, he was doubtful even as
to that. The road had been built by
private capital subscribed by the peo-
ple-on a public franchise. The In
terests of the public were supposed to
be paramount A reasonable return
upon their investment was all that the
promoters had right to expect.
Gprmly had consulted his attorneys,
had appealed to the city council, and
had done everything that he could to
settle the matter short Of publishing
tie whole affair. He had failed alb
solutely everywhere. The members OF
the transportation committee of the
board of aldermen were very sorry,
but they did not see what could be
done A gentle hint that Gormly
might prefer to indemnify the alder
men for their trouble in case they
should give him permission was met
with panied silence or explosive wrath.
1t was furthermore pointed out to him
that the board had no power, the
rights of the people having been vest
ed In the corporation for q ninety-nine
year period. 1t was too bad that the
innocent aldermen had allowed them
selves to be placed in such. an unfor-
tunate/ position; but SO 1t was--and
The citizen., 1911-07-14
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for a Time.

A change to the right kind OF food
can lift one from sick bed. A lady
in Welden, ILL.,, says;
Last spring l became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. | got worse and
worse until became so low | could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though l tried about every kind.
Il had become completely discour.
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought l was doomed to starve to
death, until one day my husband, try
ing to find something | could retain.
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with
out distress. began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (Which had been
fabby), grew firmer, my health Inn.
proved in every way and every day.
and in very few weeks l gained 20
pounds in weight.
Il liked Grape-Nuts so well that for
four months | ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat
ing as if had sat down to fine ban
quet.
Il had no return of the miserable
sick stomach nor of the headaches.
that used to have when l ate other
food. am now a well woman, doing
all my own work again. and feel thai
life is worth living
"Grape-Nuts food has been a God
send to my family it surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven on 1t wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letters new
one appears from time TO time. The2
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The citizen., 1911-07-14
SET OUT STRAWBERRY PLANT
Several Methods In General Use, but
Matted Row System Seems Best
Keep Weeds Down.

There are several methods of plant
ing In general use, which may be mod.
ifed to suit the planter. The method
which seems best al apted to ordinary
conditions in the n.atted-row system.
In the spring. when the land is in
good condition to work. harrow smooth
and mark out rows four feet apart and
as long as possible Then set the
plants at is or 24-inch intervals in
the rows. and cultivate often enough
to keep the weeds out and the soil
loose until September, when, If the
plants are vigorous growers, the run.
ners should be about six inches apart
1t is desirable to train the runners
the long way to the rows. cutting out
plants that crowd In ordinary plant.
ing trowel or spade is used to set the
plants. A spade is an easy implement
to open the ground with Strike ii
into the ground and work 1t back and
forth, draw out the spade. spread the
roots of the plant. and set It so the
crown comes just to the surface of
the ground. Firm the soil we'll about
I the roots of the plant. AS soon as
possible after setting the plants. cul.
ltivation should commence, and It
SHOULD continue al frequent intervals
till fall Keep th. weeds down and
the top soil loose. II the runners get
too thick. cut out part of them. leaving
about six inches between them, Run.
ners may be encouraged to root by
putting an inch or two of soil over
each one near the end
The citizen., 1911-07-14

We wish to take a plant from the
pot. Often we wish to examine the
roots or the soil or the drainage,
and the easiest way to do 1t is to
place the fingers over the soil, in
vert, and tap the edge against the
ledge of the table. The manner Of
grasping the pot is shown in the IL
lustration. Before doing this 1t is
well to thoroughly water the plant.
as this adds to the weight and acts
as a lubricant in the separation Of
the roots and soil from the pot.
In re-potting 1t Is we'll to observe
these suggestions as you will thus be
enabled to remove your plants from
the pots without injury, and promote
their health, growth and bloom.
The citizen., 1911-07-14
Can snlel In ANY ronaue,

Ex-Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massa,
chusetts, who was appointed by Presi-
dent Taft as this country's special rep.
resentative to Mexico'D centennial cele-
bration, can make a speech in any old
language. Whenever the city of Bos.
ton wants to welcome distinguished
German, Guild is called on to make the
welcoming address in German. II a
French dignitary blows in, Guild gets
on spiel in French. When he went
to Mexico he told the Mexicans all
about themselves in Spanish.