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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28
IN OLD KENTUCKY,
By George Fitch. (Copyright)


Kentucky is one Of the warmest
American states, not only climatical-
ly but politically. It is situated Just
south Of the healthy repartee belt
and is separated from Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois by the Ohio River, which
is often swum by minority delegates
In Kentucky caucuses.
Kentucky is shaped like a suffra-
gette shoe, and is of medium size,
about a No. 9 on an E last. 1t was
settled by Daniel Boone with the aid
Of long rifle in 1869, and the Dan
lei Boone method Of settlement is
lei piously maintained in most parts
Of the state in all important Ques-
tons
Kentucky is a wonderfully fertile
region, and huge crops are raised
whenever the inhabitants have time.
The state is full of fast horses, beau
tiful women, fine whisky and red hot
men. 1t has only 100000 inhabi-
tants, but it could have had 100000
II the early Kentuckian had been wa
ter jacketed and kept below a shoot
Ing temperature. Men kill each other
over politics in Tennessee and over
over cards in Texas, and as a recre-
alton in Chicago, but in Kentucky
crops, politics and family quarrels are
all fatal. The result is that in some
districts the Kentuckian who dies in
bed with his boots off is sat upon
by the coroner, who tries to find the
reason.
Kentucky raises more tobacco than
any other state, when the night rider
doesn't ride. The night rider is a
sort Of boil weeyil which gets into
the crops and ruins them with a
hoe. It travels in crowds and ie
brave and fearless whenever its op
pOnent Is unarmed. The feud Is an
other Kentucky disease which has
put a sad cramp into the population
The feud flourishes Ia the noun
tains Of eastern Kentucky where the
railroad and the public library do not
intude, and Is a sort Of a four gen.
GRAFTON family quarrel conducted with
shotguns. When one feudist meets
another feudist in a narrow alley and
the second feudist refuses to side
track the first fsudist shoots him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28

Miss Lucretaa Tubbs Is visiting m
Stafford.
Tom Shinnick was IN Larued Wed.
nesday on business.
MB. VIII Herman and children
have returned from Enid, Okla, Of.
ter a visit with relatives there.
Stanley Goatley Of Bazine has been
IN the hospital here for the past
week. He Is a son OF I. T. Goatley
Of Pawnee Rock
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28

Miss Hazel Marsh is taking a va
cation from her duties at the Brink
man Mortgage Co office, and is Wis
isiting in Wichita with Mr.. and Mrs.
D. T. Armstrong, and other relatives
and friends.
Frank Bloomer was over from Olaf
lin last Saturday morning.
Henry Cook has had two runaways
lin the Inst week. Hank says he is
getting tired Of such fast business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28
Make Chautauoua
a Vacation Time

Let your vacation be Chautauqua Week
When the big tent is put up, and the band
and host OF great singers, entertainers, ora
tors and lecturers come to town, you'll want
to be free to see all and hear all.
Make it your vacation time. Begin now
to get your plans into shape
It need not interfere with your routine
work. 1t leaves all the mornings for that.
Work that can be done now-do now Get
Il out Of the way.
But the afternoons and particularly the
evenings Of these seven long days. spend
under the big tent.
With a season ticket which includes the
cost OF everything, you pay about fifteen
cents to see and hear each attraction.
Get season ticket for yourself and every
member Of the famiy-TODAY.
1t will give them all an outing-an a va.
cation
1t will give YOU something new to think
about. It will strengthen and build commun.
ity interest pride and sentiment. And that
what builds towns and cities.
The sale Of the tickets Is in charge of the
AAutauqua Committee Any merchant can
erect you.
Chautauqua
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Drying Penelope.

GENERAL persons marooned. in drug
~ store during a downpour OF rain
learned "A novel use for an electric fan.
About 4 o'clock woman carrying "A d.
mnutivc, fluffy white dog alighted from a
taxicab and entered the store. That store
keeps an electric fan ready for business
the year round. but that day il was not
going The woman asked IL the current
could be turned on. Being assured that il
could. she said:
Then would you mind turning il on for
n few minutes? I want to dry Penelope.
/ had to carry her for a block in the
rain and she got damp and bedraggled.'
When II dawned upon the clerk that
Penelope was none other than the scrap
OF a dog he suggested that she might be
dried over the radiator. which still sizzled
with midwinter activity.
THAT would never do" SAID the wom-
an. "She would look stringy. When hair
of this texture gets damp the Very best
treatment is to dry IL with an electric
fan 1t gives life and tone | am going
to call on q woman who lives above this
store. She has never seen Penelope. but
she has heard what beautiful dog she
is. and want the little thing to look her
best If you Will set the fan going l
shall be so much obliged
The clerk turned on the current. and for
ten minutes Penclopc.s tonsled locks tum-
bled i'm the breeze
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GEORGE c. SEIEDD

| Historically at the sheer grotesqueness of
the thing.
Pilon put out a hand to take the map.
l struck 1t away.
Not vet my friend I said. and. fold
ing the sheet slipped it into my pocket
we will bid YOU good evening and de-
! part 10 consider this matter further. sur.
con Said and he bowed with formal
little bow that sat strangely OH his inquire
"a bow. however which was full of sig
nificance
AS you please" said /.
And down the slope they went in 81
lence. until they turned and vanished
around the wood. After that their voices
broke out in chatter. which presently
died away as they receded. Jean had re
manned. ! drew him TO one side and
urged him not to believe appearances: Tor
answer he assured me that he trusted my
word before everything else in the world.
| gave him the letter and telegram | had
written to Maitland. explained that it
would clear up this matter, and warned
him to carry them with his own hands
10 the neiShboring railroad station. This
he agreed TO do rirst thing next morning.
after which he took his departure.
Then ! Went back to the baron, who
was gazing speculatively out TO sea.
Did | embarrass You by my little
speech, Mr.. Woodworth:'' he inquired.
Wen both be embarrassed by it.
fear, in the near future
If agreeable to you. Ill he pleased to
be further informed of this extraordinary
matter"
The right is yours. Gu. neighbor.
Senior Del Hervalle. spread the report
that | possessed a map Of French fort
which ! was about to sell to YOU As
result. ! was in the midst of an investi-
CATION when YOU arrived: your words.
however, terminated it,
All. ! see the baron said. He unused
moment. :. IN beginning To develop a
strong admiration for our Venezuelan
friend :
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Improbable Reformation.

TN a restaurant that strives to incul-
/ cate good manners man who ad
mtted that he was rather slow on ETH
quette, but was tryong to learn, besouSht
the waiter to assist in the reformation.
My chief trouble" said he, lis splash
ing. l used to splash like anything. But
by degrees / am curing myself. know
how? Well. sir. have made it rule to
cover all the spots | make on the table
cloth with silver money. nickels. dimes,
quarters. halves. whatever it takes to
cover them, and then give the money
away. AS | am not rich man, that
nearly broke me and l began to reform.
The waiter nodded encourag ingly and
said he was glad to hear it. The man ate
a substantial meal. When he had fin
ished. the cloth was dsfgured with only
one small coffee stain which dime cas-
lily covered. He handed the dime TO the
waiter.
MY fines" he said, constitute my
tips"
Mournfully the waiter watched him de-
part.
How l WISH" he sighed, that l mad
known him in his sloppy days
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A Business Woman Confesses.

From Harper's Bazaar.
My head bookkeeper. girl who had
been with me for eight years. left me last
Saturday night to get married. Without
warning: Why. of course. What had
ever done to deserve her confidence? For
eight years she worked for me at the
lowest salary I could afford to pay for her
work Beyond a casual good morning
and sundry directions about the work
never spoke to her. What encourage
ment did she have to tell me of her love
affairso When 1 heard about the mar
rage I was hurt-but what right had
to be hurt? How could l have expected
ANYTHING else? The fault was mine.
Until today, though, I didn't quite real
ize the opportunities l have missed all
these wears with my Office girls. l came
in this morning little before our usual
oDening time and found two of my girls
already in the Office. the table spread
with a lot Of little white samples of wash
goods. AS l passed them I stopped and.
pointing to one of the samples, said
Don't get that. Hattie; it doesn't wash
nicely. l know. for I had waist of il
last year" But oh. how the girls faces
hurt me-they could not have been more
surprised il the ceiling had fallen And
all because l had shown little human
interest.
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that dip a great time on the Journey
They made the Pullman section they
occupied look like a cork factory. The
porters were kept on the run bringing
to the cattle raiser the good things OF
life Arriving in Chicago. they went
to the best hotel in the place and
there. over more bottles of wine, the
raiser Of cattle was told that the COM
ing fight was fixed and that they were
going to bet five thousand apiece on
the fellow that was booked to win.
The cattle raiser was invited to get
on the band wagon. The fight was 10
come OF the next evening and the
western man said that he would pool
five thousand with theirs, but that he
would not bet until the next day. That
was agreed upon. They met and went
to the ringside. There the cattleman
saw the ten thousand handed over TO
and things were going finely. 1t was
evident that the man the westerner
had bet on couldn't loose He had
the other man groggy at all stages or
rallied and rushed at his opponent
Suddenly the favorite was seen to ran
to the floor with blood streaming from
his mouth
A doctor pushed his way through the
ropes. Run for your life, he's dead.
he yelled
The cattleman was pushed and
forced through the crowd. On the out
side he was told to meet his two
friends at the hotel They were going
back and get the money. The cattle
raiser assented. but. strange to say, he
did not GO back to the hotel. Instead
he was soon seated at table in
quiet little place and between the
drinks of wine he counted the huge
roll of bills that he had picked from
the pockets of the fake stakeholder
The two prize fight promoters We're
arrested shortly after that and for
two years the dip sent them tele-
him a good tip on a prize fight. The
warden said it nearly drove them
crazy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

dey suttinly do. Pears like we gwinter
have mo- rain
She apparently didn't know she might
be diSobeyins a law of some kind. And
apparently she didn't care.
She was as pretty girl as you would
wish to see. And as innocent-1ookinS IN
her white frock and braided hair as if
she had spent her life in a convent and
this was her first day out.
She was standing on a corner in the
downtown business section. and al her
feet was a splint basket. filled with old
fashioned garden flowers of the kind
that dear gone folks used to call posieS-
mock orange blossoms. columbine. bleed
ing hearts and roses, yellow. tea and red.
passing woman stopped and cons d.
cred the roses. The girl lifted the basket
SO that her customer might select the
best-which shows how she must
have been to the which, after
all, however. was a good mercantile idea.
Tor the flowers We're SO fresh that the
woman added to her purchase a bunch of
Glove pinks and blue monkshood As she
handed the girl the money she shifted at
the fragrant things and remarked that
they seemed fresh as if just gathered.
The girl blushed and dimpled.
They are. ! gathered them before the
sun got on them and I've a pan of water
III the basket-see?
That's a fine idea-and I hope you'll
nave all sorts of good luck.
"Oh. thank YOU, | was getting quite
discouraged until you came. but YOU
cant expect to do much the first day,
can YOU
Just starting. are YOU? On. you dear
little child
Don't make me cry Yes this is my
hrSt attempt, and l hadn't soul to
advise me. because mammals gone to bed
III from worry. ] can tell you. can't i?
Anybody can see YOU are good
Right. YOU are. honey Igiy spin
sterlsh women are always good-they
don have chance TO be anything else.
Now, tell me-
Well. mamma lost her office and left
US with two weeks back bills and |
thought we'd go crazy at first And
Whlie was trying to think which way to
turn | saw on a woman's page i'm mag
aZine that YOU must never look far off for
work. but do the nearset thing, and that
reminded me of the garden. It's my aunt's
garden, two miles out. and | Went there
Just after dawn and walked both WAYS
And this quarter is clear money
She wasn't old enough to see the enor-
nifty of her Offense against conventional
lty, nor wise enough to realize that her
venture meant dimes instead of dollars
She was just she-David fighting the
world Goliath with very small stone in
her sling. But. after ALI
David Won out
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"She went crazy over bridge.

Sad. very sad
oh. no great harm done. Her family
placed her I'm fashionable sanatorium,
and she's playing a better game than
ever now.'-I>ouisville CONFECTIONERY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

\ nice man entered a car. seated him
and. recognizing the well dressed. dow
ager-like person on the other side
stretched his hand across the woman be-
tween.
Naturally. any average sort of woman
would have considered il the polite thing
to exchange seats with the man. so that
ne could be next to his friend-and the
woman did go so far as to make the first
sign of moving, but as suddenly changed
her mind. The dowager person doubtless
furnished the reason:
"Oh-ah. good morning, | am just get
ting out. | cawn't stand Your miserable
car service. Its the worst | have ever
seen in all me life. with the people
tramping over you and crowding and
pushing. Everything is So different in
London. YOU know. If you want a cab in
London all YOU have To do is To 90 on
the street and beckon for one, but here
you must telephone. And as | was some
what hurried this morning | had to take
a tram, but | shall have to get out. !
cawn't stand ii. / really cawnt.
And out she got.
So many jolly, fair-lninded English peo-
pie visit this town that the exception. OF
course, proves the rule. The one ana
only sisantically conspicuous feature of
the incident is this:
Should the average sort of woman have
given up her seat or STAYED put?
The other afternoon when a matinee
crowd was adding to the general hustle
at 9th and ID streets an ancient negro
woman came out Of nearby house
and elbowed her way to the sewer
under the curb. where she emptied a
pail Of exceedingly gray water.
\ pasSerby. apparently taken aback a /
the introduc tion of domestic drudgery
in a business section, paused and said
10 the ancient one:
Are you allowed 10 make use of the
sewer like that?
The old woman beamed socially.
WHO Swine hinder me? m a twenty
year widderwoman, come July-an |
amt askin' no omissions off'n nobody
Is spanked ten head er chillen in my
time. an | got my han in tune yit case
anybody come Strailin' roun' tellin' me
what | gotter do. Cose / uses de
oh, | see Find it pretty convenient
don't YOU"
'Wellum. it's right smart handy when
de folks don't git TO trompin by SOS
TO overJam me. | amt p'ticlar. in genI
but when I'm empin' nah tubs on
wash day dey sometimes wuks me up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

new NATIONAL T 1.na.Ims o'clock.
Annual Gala Concert Marking
the Closing of the
"A IN p English Grand Opera
- - ~ NbN Company's Season.
1. Entire Act III. The Tales of Hoffman.
Olympia. the doll. Lena Mason
IIoff ............. Eugene Battain
\ichlailss, ..... Louise lie Baron
SpaIanzani ....... William Schuster
tochenilie .-.............- Philip Fem
coppelius .-.. Morton Adkins
And Double Chorus.
,. The Barcarolle from The Tales of Hon.
, "knowest Thou That Fair Land from
..Misnon ........-..... Elaine De Seilein
I. The Stars Mere Shining" from la
T"sca ................... .Pilade Sinagra
;. The Misercre. from II Trovatore.
Edith Helena. Eugene Battain ana chorus
q. The Meditation from That's Orchestra
!. The Prison Scene. from Faust:
Herbert Wst.rous. Johanna kri>tofy
and Albert Amadi.
:. Rudolphs Narrative. from La Bohene.
Salvatore Sciarret;
.. Harp solo. from Lucia Stella Nalenza
10. Aidas PRAYER. from Aida Bertha shalek
II. The Torcador Song. from Carmen.
Morton Adkins aud Double Chorus
l.. Aria from La Trayiata" Edith Helena
Il. Canio's Lament. from II Pagliacci,
Eugene Battain
II. Bass solo popular scle ction,.
Herbert Waterous
Is Double Sextet from .,Igcta''
Misses Helena. krisiony. BsgerS and
Coughlan and Mcssrs. Sinagra. S.iarrctt
I.nckstone Adkins. Watcrous, Sehn>ter.
Green and Fcin and The Entire Combined
Choral Forces of the Ahorn Companies III
both Washington aud Baltimore
Conductors. Carlo Nicosia and Almerfco Ninaccia.
PRICES: 5oc. 71c. 81 and 81. 80. Seats selling.
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Two wise confidence men from Chi
cago spotted the supposed cattle rails
er and soon made his ACQUAINTANCE.
Over several bottles of wine one after
noon an invitation was extended and
accepted for the cattleman to go with
them to Chicago and witness a prize
fight at their expense. They showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

win ms myers is almost wonderful In
traction of tine he can unbutton your
,od,' extract your wallet from an inside
pocket and button Your coat again. while
YOU piss!uiiy puff on Your cigar on the
ieai PLATFORM and tell the man next to
you that 1t has been a hot day Cases are
Oh everyday occurrence where some man
mas lost his watch. pin and pocketbook in
the shght pause he made to give a polite
stranger light for his cigar
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-05
Chino and Rau.

Chino produced 4,1iT020 pounds
during November. Ray Consolidated
produced 100000 pounds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-05
REPORT or THE CONDITION or
State Savings Bank

2Gt 1912 as cali
cd for by the Commissioner the Banking
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-05
CURB STOCKS.

j. \. Minnesr a. Go. say today
We have had n decided reaction to-
day Prices were off from one to
four points, and the markets generally
looked very much indisposed. There
was a rally In the last few minutes
probably helped along 10y short cover
ings. especially in the New York list
II would seem as If these prices should
be bargains. that is. as far az the cop
pers are concerned. Lake Superior is
sues are mostly selling under prices
they We're bringing year ago. when
metal was i3is TO 13h, as compared
with i7ls to i7A today. There is this
much about the producing coppers,
those who have them paid for I'm full
need not worry, providing of course
the metal situation Is as strong as We
have every reason to believe. II does
not seem as " Ahmeek and C. a.
directors would come around with an
increase if the metal market was III
poor shape We may have an increaso
in the Copper Producers hgures neAi
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Utah Copper.

Utah copper directors have declared
the usual quarterly dividend of -
cents share. This will make S4,-
727,54S dishurscd this year and total
of SI6,2i0.02O pain since organization,
which somewhat exceeds the par val
ne of the company's issued capital
stock
Although Uah Copper will he in "a
position To- earn $40 or more share
on its stock after IL has entirely re-
covered from the effects of its recent
labor troubles. il is not probable that
h will increase it's present dividend
rate earlier than April and possibly
not before July For YEAR or two.
past the company has boon putting 90
considerable portion of It's surplus
earnings into construction and equip
meut or it's Bingham u Garfield rail
road and 10 is spending about Sl.65O.
900 annually ON advance stripping ar-
count ion excess of the amount charg
cd against the tonnage of ore mined !
each year. I'm addition To this tho !
i'i'li" l'"'''N II 10 nulu nv (
the company's cash surplus until itI
is no longer necessary for it To Dor /
row money on its copper in transit |
and in process OF refining.
These are the factors that have been
for the delay i'm increasing
l'tah Coprer's dividend rate When
the di"id"ndS are increased the bulk
eff these expenditures viii have been
completed and it is reasonable to an
tcipatc that the rate will he doubled.
copper continues 10 sell at
approximately its present price.
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MINES AND MINING STOCKS

derstood that these shares will not
come on the market.
Under the agreement of April :,
1909. between the East Butte Co and
the Pitts Mont, $4,000 shares of
capital stock of the East Butte CO.
were placed in trust with the Ameri-
can Trust Co. of Boston 10 be sold
10y the East Butte c.. the proceeds
of which should go towards the pur-
chase Of Pitts. Mont. Copper Co
bonds
These bones now having been pur-
chased without the use of any OF the
lS9,O0o shares originally set apart FOR
that purpose this block of stock will he
returned ny the American Trust Co
and placed in the treasury of the East
Butte Copper Mining Co.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT.
Dec. 5-l2-l9-26

Dec. 5-12-l9-26
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Probate Court for the County oil
Houghton
At a session of said court, held ~
the Probate Office In the Village VI
Houghton I'm said county, on the
ith day of December a. u. 1872.
Present, Hon. George G, Ben'le''
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate 90
Thomas Moore. Deceased
William Moore. Administralor
said Estate, having filed in said cou''
his final administration account AM
bis petition pray ing for the all'""n
thereof and for the assignment '"'
distribution of the residue Of SAID CO
tate,
II Ia Ordered That the 3Oth a''
Of December A. ID. 1912 at ten 'Io
In the forenoon at said probate o''''
be and Is hereby appointed Tor exam,
ming and allowing said account an
hearing said petition. -.
1t is Further ordered, That pun
notice thereof be given by pupllo'"o,'
of copy of this order. once ih va
week for three successive weeks ~,
vious to said day of hearing III Wv
Calumet News, newspaper pi''''
and circulated in said county.
GEO. c. BENTLbi'
,s,, r,,i,.c or Probate
A true copy.
I.illas G.. Mitchell,
Register Of Probate -
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OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
ST. Girl Metod Society Holds Its An
nusl Meeting.

There was a good attendance o
members last Sunday at the annua
meeting of st. Girl Metod Slovenian
society. when officers for the ensuing
year were elected. They are as fol.
lOwS:--
Presidcnt-Michdel Klobuchar.
Vice president-John Groscnca.
Financial secrctary-.John Glenich.
Recording secretary John -. Sl-
Mich
TrcaSurcr-John Plautz.
Trustecs-Ant Geshcl, John -
Sunich, Joseph Grichar. Ignace Lovre-
itch and Michael d. SuniCh.
Marshal-f'ranll Scdlar. Sr.
Assistant marshal-Frank Star
nisha.
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MAKES BOWLING RECORD.
Wilbur Banner Hangs Up Score OF
2oe on the Ahmeek Alleys.

Wilbur Balmer of Mohawk hung
M new individual bowling record
Tor Keweenaw county Monday evening.
when he made score of POS on tho
Malner alleys at Ahmeek. This with
IN two points of a perfect score. ~
Feat which every bowler tries hut
which is seldom accomplished I'm the
entire country. Before Balmer could
make his score, 1t was necessary for
him To hang up eleven straight strikes
and to make eight pins on the last
ball