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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
LAST CHANCE TO GET A NAT
lONAL VACUUM CLEANER

There only a few of these wonderful dustless
cleaners remaining.
you have not already taken advantage of this liberal
offer do not delay in acting.
The first to respond to this last announcement will be
the lucky ones
,sua You need the NATIONAL Vacuum Cleaner because
It is the only way you can keep your home perfectly dust
less and sanitary.
Doctors say that the clouds of choking, gern-aden
Gust raised by sweeping and busting the of
tagiouS diseases so common during the ecleanng
In the NATIONAL you have reliable Vacuum Cleaner
effective protection against dust dangers price less than
your present cost of broom and sweeper
= The NATIONAL weighs less than pounds. 1t is
easily operated by boy or girl
The large capacity of the NATIONAL makes capable
of thorough cleaning through and through.
But to get NATIONAL Vacuum Cleaner you will
have to act promptly.
take advantage of this splendid offer will
quickly.
National Vacuum Cleaner etal prices 1880 and The
Itemf one for the small of $500
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
House Plans Important.

The care of food in the home and
all other forms of household work are
greatly facilitated by right planning
and then the use of suitable materials
for the construction and furnishing OF
the home An adequate and conve
nient water supply and other conve'
niences are essential, not only fol-
comfort and for saving labor, but also
from the standpoint of home hygiene
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Japanss National Drink.

Sake is the national alcoholic drink
of Japan. 1t is brewed from rice, and
according to the latest available fig
ures the annual production is about
210,000,000 gallons. Beer is becoming
popular, however, and there are sew
eral large breweries, the total annual
output being over 100000 gallons.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Aviator Has Close Call.

A Spanish aviator nearly lost his
life by colliding with swarm of 10
Gusts. He was flying at height OF
sixty feet, when he ran into the
swarm, which so blinded him that
he lost control of the machine and
fell to the ground. 1t was regarded
as remarkable that he escaped with
out injuries.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Germany's Fastest Trains,

The fastest distance trains in Ger
many are the Berlin-Hanover-Dor
nund express, which covers 29204
miles with only three stops, at an av-
erage speed of 5052 miles an hour;
the Oderberg- g-Breslau-Berlin express,
1850 miles with four stops, at 50.14
miles an hour; the Berlin-Konigsberg
express, 36661 miles with three stops,
at 1870 miles an hour.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
ONLY a Burden.

"You have no magnificent ruins
such as we have in Europe" mo,
replied Mr.. Cumrox. 81 thought OF
putting up a few, but I gave 1t up
They're mighty artistic looking, but
they're too hard to keep in repair"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Was a Dandy Story.

"He invented dandy story to tell
his wife when he got home after mid
night" Good one, was it?" "a
peach; it would satisfy any woman. y
"Did it satisfy herr" ut would We
but he couldn't tell It."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
EIirtinu With Fame.

"Why do you insist on nibblins
around that hook?" said the wise
fish. "You know the danger" eyes, y
replied the little fellow; "but we all
have a certain appetite for glory.
am willing to take chance for the
sake of being described to that mans
friends as the big fish that got away
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Laughter Like a BombsheIi.

One good, hearty laugh is a bomb
shell exploding in the right place,
while spleen and dsscontent are a gun
that kicks over the man who shoots
1t off.-De Witt Talmage.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
From "Peter Grimm"

"Then good night to you, my dar-
ling; love cannot say goodbye. l
shall linger in your heart. l shall be
waiting for you. and, knowing all your
life, shall be everywhere about YOU"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
WlfeY Gets Ii.

"What is beneficiary, pa?" "The
woman who gets the ready money
when her husband proves that his
life insurance policy is good for some
thing
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Finqer Prints in Banks.

German banks, according to news
paper dispatches, have begun to intro
duce the finger print as mark Of
Identification on checks. The method
is already in use in the United States.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Oldest Inhabited House.

Kilkenny castle is one of the Oldest
inhabited houses in the world. many
of the rooms being much as they
were 800 years ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
A Ftlrt Like a Dipper,

A f1irt Is like a dipper attached
to a hydrant; everyone is at liberty
to drink from 1t, but no one desires to
carry it away.-N. P. Willis.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04

If baseball were played in Esper-
anto that language might have some
show of getting into universal use.-
Toledo Blade.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Tender Bread Crust.

Bread may be brushed over with
melted butter three minutes before
removing from the oven If a tender
crust is desired.-National Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
See us before ordering your printing
a New Evil.

Husband-"So long as you went
around to the polls to vote, why didn't
you do it?" Enfranchised Wlfe-"An-
other lady was using the BOOTH
Life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
IhA House Party.

Post-"Why did you dismiss your
glorious cook?" Parker-"It was the
only way to get our guests to go
home."-Lippincott's.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04

Remember we furnish stamped
envelopes and paper to correspon-
dents.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
So Appropriate.

Green peas are said to promote
frivolity. No doubt that is why they
are served with the silly and ire
sponsible lamb.-Boston Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
The Difference.

In intoxication man sees two flow
ers where only one grew before; in
love he sees whole conservatory.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04

Chinese Used Incubators.
1t is claimed Chinese originated in
cubator methods Of Matching chickens
centuries ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04
Coal Consumption.

The coal consumption of the world
has just about doubled every ten years
for the last century.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04

Advertise in the. News Item.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
THE JUNE WoMAN's HOME COM,
PANION.

The June Woman's Home Compan,
ion contains an article, "The Vanish.
ing Husband" by Mary Heaton worse,
which presents an extraordinary clear
explanation Of why it is that men like
to get away from women and enjoy
each others society. The main con.
tention IN the article Is that men can
get along without their women-folks.
but women cannot get along without
the men. It is an article full Of able
and at times humorous observations.
The June Companion also contains
a sketch Of Princess Pat" Of Con.
naught; an account of the recent
dramatization Of Little Women; a
description Of what has been done,
In New York City toward reducing
the death rate Of small children; and
a report of the progress made in this
country toward the accomplishment
Of a sane Fourth of July.
Fiction Of power, humor and reality
Is contributed by Owen Oliver. KaHh.
leen Norris, Virginia Tracy, James
Oppenheim and Laura Spencer Porter
Most of the stories are love stories
because the June number Of the Com
panion is called the love story nun.
ber."
In the household, fashion. home
decoration and handicraft de,art-
ments appear many articles of inter.
est and practical use, among which
are articles on "Toothsome vegetar.
ian Dishes" strawberry Deserts"
The June Brides Linen Chest" a
Portable Vacation Huseo," and Sea,
sonabbe Menues for June"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
WORK THAT A WATCH DOES
Read These Figures, and You Won't
: Wonder That the Mechanism
Gives Out.

! It Is a matter Of everyday occur
renee for a person to say to his watch
maker:
! Here Is watch which you sold
me some ten years ago. 1t Las al
ways gone well till just lately, when II
has taken to stopping without any ap
parent cause"
The people who speak in this way
little think Of the amount Of work a
watch has performed in this space Of
time and might be astOnished at the
following figures;
In ten years, which includes two
leap years, and consequently total
;of 1852 days, the hour hand has made
1894 and the minute hand S7,64S rev
:olutions. The end of an average min
ute hand travels more than 1886
.yards-more than six miles. The sec
ond hand has made 5,25S,SSO revolu
'tions, and its extremity has traversed
on the dial distance of upwards OF
1923 miles. The escape wheel has made
52,5SS,SOO revolutions, and as it has
Is teeth, it has come 7SS,S32,OOO times
in contact with each pallet. The bal
lance has made 1,577644,OOO vibra
'tions, and any point on the outside Of
the rim has covered a distance Of
about $4,000 miles, and is equal to
twice the circumference of the earth
Answers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
THE COUNTRY JOURNALIST.

The newspaper man Of today will
probably send his son to one Of the
modern schools Of journalism. The
boy will be we'll trained and returned
to his father a competent and effic.
lent worker. But what Of the Alma
Mater Of the elder journalist? Why
does he not send the boy back to his
college OF journalism? We all know
1t was a good one. A line or two will
recall it. 1t stood in the country vii
lage, just off from Main street" 1t
was dingy little shop with the sign
JOB Printing" stuck out in front.
Not a pretentious place one would
say for the training of journalists, &"
but a first-rate shop for the making
of newspaper men.
The local barber shop, the drug
store, the town constable are splen-
did grindstOnes well adapted to sharp
en- the nose for news. The country
newspaper man also knows the human
interest values. When the Prodigal
comes hmping home down the coun-
try road, light Of pocket. but laden
with world adventure, the country
weekly editor knows where to find
the heart throbs without manufactur-
ing them.
A loyal old Alma Mater is the rural
weekly. Perhaps it Is best that 1t go
the way Of the country lawyers Of
flee and the country Doctors library
as a university, but is can always
brag Of Its alumni. They have made
American journalism.-Publisher's
Auxiliary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
DISASTER TO BRING MONEY TO
KANSAS.
Estimated it Will Reach a Hundred
Thousand Dollars.

A good many thousand dollars will
be added to the Kansas treasury
through the wreck of the steamship
Titanic. Already inquiries are begin
ming TO be made by attorneys to Sc
cure the necessary blanks and other
information relative to the payment
OF inheritance taxes by the heirs of
those who were drowned in the steam.
ship wreck.
It has been estimated that Kansas
will receive at least one hundred
thousand dollars in inheritance taxes
as a direct rreSult of the wreck. 1t
may be more and it may be a little
less. As the estates are all foreign
the tax rate is very high and it goes
higher as the estates are divided
among distant relatives.
There were many wealthy people
on the Titanic and the books Of the
Kansas railroads show that many of
these owned large blocks of Kansas
railroad stocks. The Atchison, Tope-
Ike & Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, the Missouri Pacific and
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis are all Kansas corporations and
the stock owned in these companies
by those who died in the Titanic
wreck is subject to the Kansas in
heritance tax law If the requests ex-
ceed five thousand dollars in the d.
rect line and one thousand dollars for
distant relatives. The Union Pacif-
ic, Rock Island and Frisco railroads
are all foreign corporations and the
stock Of these companies is not sub
ject to taxation for inheritances I'M
less it is owned IN Kansas. The stock
Of the other four railroads is taxable
wherever owned.
The four railroads cannot transfer
any Of the stock on their books until
the inheritance tax is paid. Kansas
is sure Of getting her money from
the heirs Of the unfortunate people
on the big boat as the railroads will
not make the transfers until the tax
is paid as to do so would make the
companies liable for the full amount
of the tax. Several Of those drown
ed in the wreck were holders Of many
thousands Of dollars worth Of stocks
and bonds in the four railroads and
the tax will have 10 be paid on all
Of this. The statetax commission
has collected the tax on considerable
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
Not the Same ThIno,

Tnls overheard conversation appeals
to the weary one as nearly epigram.
matte. The young people on the seat
ahead Of US in the homeward.bound
icar the other night talked it out so
loud that We couldn't help hearing II
and jotting down few notes on it.
49," said the girl, "he said he knew
me when l was a little girl?"
He didn't say anything of the sort"
contradicted the man.
You said he did"
; Il didn't"
! Why! Then what did you say?"
u said he said he knew you when
he was boy"
; That put such q wet blanket on the
conversation that we were unable to
read our sporting extra uninterrupted
for the next several blocks.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
What Susie Was,

! The Mexican was showing his new.
ly arrived New York guest to a room,
and after the usual courtesies he
paused on the threshold to say: by
the way, We always turn Susie loose
for the night, and she will pass
through the hall on her way to the
top floor, where she catches rats.
You'd better be careful and not step
on her, as that is the only thing that
makes her Cross"
+ 1T wouldn't be very serious II / did
make q cat Cross" was the laugh,
ing response. But the host shook his
head.
: Il don't know much about cats" he
said. Our Susie is a boa constructor.
She's as gentle as a baby, unless you
step on her. Sometimes she takes q
short cut through this room, so don't
ibe surprised II you see her. Good
might"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
GOOD REASON FOR HIS HURRY
Government EmpIoye Bound by Con.
slderatlons Apart From the
Ordinary Man.

! II was on an occasion when a presi.
dent Of the United States was making
o swing around the country. A man
who was carrying the mail on q week.
.ly route between a Missouri county
seat town and a little postoffice out al
q country store came dashing madly
down the road In the direction Of the
town. A farmer who saw him coming
and wondered at his great haste, halt
led him and said:
whats the matter, Unison! What's
your great hurry this morning?"
Hurry" Jimson repeated, why,
don't you know the president Is to be
in town today?"
"0h, l see," the farmer replied. you
want to get there In time to see him"
/! ITS not that that makes me hurry
ut amt?
mo, sir! You may not know II, but
this working for the government Is
mighty ticklish business, and a man
has got to be awful careful, or he'll
lose his job. Now suppose the presl.
dent gets on the train down there and
asks about me and I amt there, and
he finds out I'm late. Don't you sex
there'd be trouble right on, and J
might be asked to resign?"
Il see."
Yes, sir. So / amt taking nc
chances. When the president steps
OF the train and asks the crowd
Where is JimsonT I'm going to be
there, so l can step right out and say:
Here am, sir.'"-Kansas City Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
individuality,

: No process is so fatal as that which
would cast all men In one mold. Every
human being is intended to have a
character Of his own, to be what no
other is, to do what no other can do.
Our common nature is to be unfolded
IN unbounded diversities. It is rich
enough for infinite manifestations. II
is to wear innumerable forms of beau
~ and glory. Every human being has
q work to carry on within, duties to
perform abroad, Influences to exert,
which are peculiarly his, and which no
conscience but his own can teach
Claiming.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24

stock of the four railroads held by
residents of New York and New Eng.
land and has collected. the tax in
several instances ON stock held in
Europe. 1t does not matter where the
stock is held or by whom, if the es-
tate going to a single heir is large
enough to come under the inheritance
tax law it will be paid or the new
owners win never get control Of the
stock.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
ROOMS AND BOARD FOR INsT-
TUTE STUDENTS.

Persons having rooms to rent or
who wish to board Institute students
will confer a favor by notifying me
within the next two weeks. | can
also dispose of a number Of good
rooms for light housekeeping.
JENNIE B. MoMYER,
County Superintendent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24

PRESIDENT Roosevelt entered upon
their wild scramble to obtain dele
gates to the next republican co1vel-
ton, the people have come into the
following information, which they
never knew before, except as it came
to them through unproven charges or
unverified rumors:
That Mr.. Taft, by his own admis-
sion, has been "a man Of straw"
That Mr.. Taft, in his advocacy of
Canadian reciprocity, was not think
ing, primarily, Of any benefits that
would come to the American farmer
and wage Garner, but that he believ'
ed reciprocity would make Canada
IAN adjunct to the United States,
which would transfer her important
business to New York and Chicago. ="
By his own confession, the president
was thinking of the Big Business in
tereSts when he was advocating reel
procity.
That Geo. W. Perkins, organizer
Of the harvester trust, and member
OF the board Of directors OF the steel
trust, was highly pleased" with the
present administrations methods Of
prosecuting the trusts.
That there is close personal al
hance between Mr.. Perkins and Mr..
Roosevelt, as evidencde by the fact
that Perkins, in a sworn statement to
the Secretary Of State of New York,
admits he spent $4,000 to help
Roosevelt win the primary election
in New York city this spring, thus
revealing that the Big Interests would
be perfectly satisfied to have either
Taft or Roosevelt president.
That Mr.. Taft, in the present cam
paign, and Mr.. Roosevelt IN his pre-
vious campaigns, made free and I'M
restricted use OF federal office hold.
ers to obtain the nomination.
That Mr.. Roosevelt, while constant
ly whiting messages and giving out
interviews, while he was president,
all processing the deepest hatred of
trusts and Illegal corporations, secret
ly and clandestinely suppressed a re-
port showing that the harvester trust
was an Illegal combination in re.
straint Of trade, and later ordered
that a contemplated suit against that
trust be dropped until he gave the
word to start It," which word he
Gever gave, ....
That Mr.. Roosevelt's trip to Africa
was financed by Andrew Carnegie,
the greatest beneficiary of a repub-
lican high tariff that ever lived.
That Mr.. Roosevelt was so fright
ened by the possibility of tariff ag1-
tation during his more than seven
years in office, that in all his mes
sages and official papers he never
made amy mention of the tariff ex-
cept to say, once, that he would dis
cuss it in a later message" which
statement he withdrew from the mes
sage before it reached Congress.
If the present scramble for dele
gates continues a while longer, il
may safely be said, therefore, that
both Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt, at
the present rate, will thoroughly
demonstrate that neither of them is
fit to be president.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
DRESSMAKlNG PARLoRS.

Miss Matte Hickey and Miss Grace
Lambert, experienced dreSsmakers,
have opened up dressmaking parIors
at the home Of Mrs. Marie Swift,
sO2 Kansas Ave, where they will be
pleased to meet all and any persons
who may have work in the dressmak.
ing line. They will be pleased to
guarantee you satisfactory work.
Phone 259 Blue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24

Farmers. mechanics, railroaders, Ia.
borers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectic
OIL Takes the sting out Of cuts.
burns or bruises at once. Pain can.
not stay where It is used.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24

Walter Herold, trustee, and John
Doherty and Fned Steckel, members
Of the board Of review, Of Lahn
township, were in the city Monday
afternoon on business with the coun-
ty assessor.