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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
SPIES HELP TO WELLINGTON
Archivist Of French War Office Says
Spanish Officers Betrayed the
Great Napoleon.

An interesting statement was made
not long ago before the French Acad.
emie des Sciences Morales ct Poll
tiques, by ". Bonnal, archivist to the
Frelch war Office. According to N
Bonnsl, Dumouriez, coached" yelling.
ton from 1903 to 1914, and the latter
often reaped the benefit Of betrayals
by aristccratic French officers who
bad relatives in London.
NJ. Ronnal goes to the archives Of
tire Spanish war Office, there to AUNT
up confessions by Spanish officers in
the service Of King Joseph Bonaparte
of their d%n treason-some of these
confessions recorded as early as 1916,
under Ferdinand VII. Without any
sort Of shame they acknowledge then
that they betrayed Joseph to secret
agents of Wellington.
In time Of universal scare, Well.
ington saw more clearly than anyone
this was his great merit-that Ma.
polecn was fast using up the military
resources of France, and, indeed, all
but its soil, climate and genius, and
firing cut the latter. He managed to
keep Spain an open sore in the enc
my's flank, and thus left hopes to the
continental courts for the downfall Of
the Corsican if they could coalesce
against him.
NJ. Bonnal says that plans dictated
by Napoleon for his brother King 10
seph's guidance were found by guerril
las and passed on to Wellington. The
idea Of the lines of Torres Vedras t
defend Lisbon has been placed to The
credit CT that renowned captain. Theil
real author is now discovered in tn,
French Colonel Vincent, who knew III,
country and had served as a military
engineer under Junot and Dupont. Hi
plans TO fortify the Torres Vedra
hills we're stolen and sent to yelling
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
AND IT WASN'T HUBBY AT ALL
Mr.. Younghusband UnjustIy Blamed
= for Fault Of cheIeric Driver Of
the Mules.

Another practical application of the
advisability of believing only half of
what you hear" had an inning in
South side home recently. An upper
apartment is occupied by a bride and
groom. The groom on this fatal morn
ing happened to be the first one up. A
teamster With pair of balky mules on
the street below the. bedroom windows
was admonishing the mules in the only
language mules are said to under
stand.
While the groom was in the process
Of a morning plunge he was aston
ished to hear sobs coming from the ad-
joining room. Hastily repairing TO the
scene of trouble, he was about to in
Quire what on earth the matter was,
when in muffed tones canes the heart.
broken accents of the bride:
"Oh, how dare you speak to me that
way, you horrid thing. I'm. going
straight home to m-moth-" and the
balance was smothered again in the
sympathetic pillow.
The astonished groom stood, gaping
and speeches., while the sobbing was
resumed Just then, waited in by the
gentle morning breeze, came this dul-
Get ACCOMPLISHMENT from the street be-
low: Get up, you blankety-blink-
blank lazy houn' pup, yuh! How do
you expect me to get anywhere? D'you
think you kin stay here all day. yoh
blankety-zip-whoop-blank, etc."
The shout of laughter that broke
the tense silence in that bridal apart.
melt made even the aggrieved bride
sit W in her misery and negligee and
take notice of her convulsed brute
of husband. Indignation was begin
ming to flame high in her eyes when
he recovered his breath enough tC tell
her to just listen moment. She lis
tened to the choicest bit of profanity
the teamster had yet relieved his sys
TEN Of
oh" she gasped, and before the
morning was over had the whole apart
ment wondering what the joke was
Kansas City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Loved for Hls Infrmitv.

A case where bodily and not moral
weakness brought happiness was that
Of Sergt. Thomas Plunkett Of the
Twenty-6rst Massachusetts regiment
during the Civil war. In a charge at
Fredericksburg the color bearer was
among the first to fall. SEEKING the
nag Sergeant Plunkett bore II almost
over the ramparts, where he fell with
both arms shot away.
When the news was carried to kis
sweetheart, so the story goes, che pso,
tested that she could never naHy
him. Then I'll be proud tn.s n.
clared her sister. They were married
as soon as he recovered. he W.
voted a medal By congress and mae
q messenger in the Massachuset&s
state house, whore be served for msiy'
years- 1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Never On.

Senator Penrose, on visit to Allan
tic City, rang for q bellboy to take a
telegram, but It was not until the
twelfth or thirteenth ring that the boy
appeared.
You've been q long time coming, ("
said the senator.
Eyes, sir" said the boy. You see,
sir, it's our dinner hour"
Senator Penrose smiled grimly.
Il know why you bellboys are called
buttons" he said. You're always Of"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Beneficial StImuIant.

The coca leaf is highly priced BY
the native Of Bolivia as stimulant.
He chews 1t like tobacco, but with a
better excuse, since by its use he can
perform great feats Of endurance and
90 many hours without food. With a
pouch Of coca leaves and a small bag
Of parched corn he can run so miles
q day. Fieet-footed Indians consti-
tute the telegraph service Of the coun-
try.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Heroic Rescue.

Threeyear-old Montague and two.
year-Old Harold were having a bath
together in the big tub.
Mother left thsm a moment while
she went into the next room. Sudden
ly q succession Of agonized shrieks
called her. Two dripping, terror
stricken little figures stood, clasped in
each others arms. In the middle Of the
bathroom floor.
"0h, mother" Gasped Montague, 81
sot him out! l saved him! The stop.
per came out and we were going
down!"-Youth's Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
He Saw Il.

Housekeeper-How is this? You
promised to saw some wood If gave
you a lunch.
Tramp recall no such promise.
madam.
Housekeeper-The idea! told you
] would give you lunch II you'd saw
some wood, and you agreed
Tramp-Pardon me, madam; your
exact words were: I'll give you a
lunch il you saw that wood over there
by the gate"
Housekeeper-Exactly; that's just
What l said.
Tramp-Well, madam, saw the
wood over there by the gate when /
came in.
IN nm iIiRIIiii lnlrrlI I1tzIfI;,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Why Thunder Sours Milk.

1t is universally known that milk
turns sour after a thunder storm. This
has been attributed to the large guam.
tity Of ozone which is liberated by the
electricity in the air. The experiments
Of Professor Trillat in Paris do not
confirm that theory. He has estab-
lished that atmospheric depressions
cause putrefying gases-normal qui-
escent-to rise to the surface of GER
tain substances, and in support of his
theory points out that doors of all
sorts are more permeating after
storms. These atmospheric depres.
sions accelerate the decomposition OF
gases and tend to liberate them.
Hence Tactic ferment is produced.
Professor Trillat has made many ex.
periments with diverse substances I'm.
der varying pressures and has OBJ
served that when the barometer is
lowest during storms, etc. the de.
composition Of gases is most rapid
Harper's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
Accountable Gift

A woman who has travelled widely
says one Of the most acceptable gifts
one can make to q friend going on a
steamer is a box or jar Of stuffed
prunes. These are rarely given, can
be eaten when other fruits are indi-
gestible and are mildly laxative.
As one authority advises free use
Of prunes for nervous people, declar-
ing they have Q quieting effect, the
eating Of prunes on shipboard should
help to check seasickness-always
augmented by nerves"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-29
WHY ALGERN0N WAS PEEVED
Genial Elevator Boy Didn't Know Ex-
actly What Name Meant, But
He Didn't Like 1t.

II ain feelin' jes' right, tank de
Lo'd, Mistah Topic" Algernon con-
fided gloomily the other evening. rs
had mighty strong narvis shock, sab.
wy, sab, w'ot ails me is dere was a
man ridin' up in de elebater dis af'er.
noon wot call me names; an de name
O. dat man am Mistoh Flossteini Dere
ain no one in dis house, Mistoh Top
flo, dat | dictates mo- dan l does him
an his family an his fr'en's. An dat
w'ot l git TO- it! l cayn stan mos
anything 'ceptin' bein' call names, Mis-
to Topic.
"Wo't he call me? Well, sab, he
say monk-wum. l dunno zackly
w'ot a monk-wum is, but '-nows it
something bad, or he wouldn't a-call
me 1t. Wet reason did he hab TO-
calm me dat name? Well, sab, it
dis way; he say, Algernon,' he say,
'wo't you pollytics? an l say, rs a
publican to de CO. an l vote To- Mis-
toh Wilson, l say. Dat wy he git
kim mad an call me dat name, Mis-
toh Topic. MoRk-wHm," reflected Al
gernon aloud and with lowering brow.
Il reckon dat mean a kin haidge-hoag,
Mistoh Topic. Yo' t'ink it something
on dat ode, sab? Well, Mistoh Top.
flo, / been call heap NAMES in my
life, but dat de fus' time anybody call
me a haidge-hoag; an l don't like it,
MistOh TopAo'-not wo't a cent" and
Algernon shook his head bitterly, too
sore even to smile when Mr.. TopAooT
gave him a cigar.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31

State intercollegiate Athletic Union rscords were
ond faster than tho former record made IN 1888
Wilkinson of Colgate advanced the intercollegiate
record to 10 feet. The old res,ord was l25 feet
IN inches. made In 1000 by Goodsen OF Koch
Morningside Runners I'm First.
The Morningside Athletic Club carried home an.
other point trophy by winning Tie 9pen a no NE
ietic Club Of Mount Vernon. The Morningsde boys
scored 90 points and defeated. among Others, the
Mohawk Athletic Club. its most pTuminent rival.
by point, The pen1snt A s Cg hs was was
tofio,s team breasted the tape winner in the fast
time of 3sm 30s. Both individual and his clubs
trophy were withheld pending the ascertaining VI
Sooner's eiigdbilky to compete ~ novice.
Exeter Athletes break Records.
Three Exeter Andover records were broken at
Exeter. n. H.. in the dual meet between the two
academies. Exeter winning by q score Of Il points
~ IS seconds, established BY W. A. schick st..
isttr. . famous usrErd athlete. was bro , BY
3 in * q. II Exeter s
broad jumper, added eight inches TO his own rec.
crd. making a new distance Of 20 feet 10 inches.
The only Andoycr nan. to break record was
ne pO asn .si5 TaS s nc. h sn mari
feet st.nford Crew Needs Money.
Owing 10 the difficulty in obtaining funds IL ia
nossiblc that the Leland Stamford crew may NOT
ss II. to es ss' part snus III s.. S'.S SG
test Of . few weeks aso In the race sssinst
WILMINGTON and California.
Crescent Lacrosse Victory.
In ehs first game Of sheif annual internstiouai
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
Reynolds of IriSh-American A.
G. Wins Marathon Under
Wretched Conditions.
ESPTTE the unfavorabie weather
conditions and the muddy track.

- EspTTE the unfavorabie weather
conditions and the muddy track,
w. J. Kramer OF the Long ISL
ana Athletic Club won the 1o,ooo-metre
run in 90 minutes L. 40 seconds. break
Ing the American record. at the New
York Olympic tryouts. held under the
auspices OF the Irish-American A. C.
at Celtic Park.
The most interesting event Of the day
was the Marathon run, In which only
four men started. John j. Reynolds
won by over a quarter OF mile. his
time being hours. 81 minutes. 10 Sec
ohd5. The runners were followed by
two autos, carrying cyclometres. and
n the finish OF the race they registered
oVsr twenty.seven miles. which Ia much
further than tho regular Marathon dis
'oo0ce.
Rsvnolds's time 10 remarkable. consid-
enr the fact that he was obliged to
S~,1re along over hills and along
s,s,A6v roads from the Jamaica turn.
~ 70 the park. where the last half
s,,1ie Of the race was run. During mos,
- ths time the men were running the
-. vss coming down In torrents. and
q .,snd the chilling effect OF It and to
s,s-~ the bad road conditions they had
I. =. nossessed OF great stamina.
ns.tt NcGrath won the hammer
10y v,thout much trouble. his heave
StsOC IA feet 9 inches. Later In an ex-
SSs.;cn no made, a foul throw Of 1s1
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
W0IgaSf Boxes in
PhiNy Tonight
Cspeciai to The Evening World.

PHILADELPHIA. May 81. - Light
weight champion Ad wolgast. who ar.
rived In town yesterday, IL confident
OF stopping the winning career of Young
Jack O'Brlcn when they meet tonight
at the American Athletic Club. VOL
CAST Is In perfect trim for the battle.
having been training hard for some
time for a number OF bouts which his
manager. Tom Jones. has arranged for
him. and save for a little exercise yes.
terdsy he did nothing In the way o,
work
Young Jack OBr!en finished his train.
Ing at Atlantic city yesterday by box
ing several fast rounds with his brot Their
and Jimmy Toland. and his exhibition
OF speed and strength was n reveal ton
to those who watched him. They will
weigh In ut 3 o'clock tonight
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
Kramer Breaks 10000 Metre
. Record at the Olympic TryOutS

feet. a distance further than the missile
has ever been hurled.
The surprise of the day came in the
two-mile run, when the veteran George
Bonhag. OF the 1rish-America Athletic
Club, gave UP after running himself
out Bonhag was out TO test his condi-
ton and had as running mate Abel
kiviat OF the Irish-American organiza-
ton. The old-timer made the pace all
the way, although Kiviat was close on
his heels at every stride.
Bonhag went at his task with the
spirit that has carried him through his
whole career. BUT he was unable to
stand the strain. and just as ne broke
Into the backstretch he gave up, leiv-
Ing Eiviat to finish alone. Kiyla.' q
time was minutes 40 As seconds. Bon
bag seemed to he pretty we'll used up
when he quit and said there would be
mo next time" for him.
Mel Sheppard Jared better in his cf-
fort 10 come back. and won the fftson
hundred metre run, although his Zine
was fearfully slow. Sheppard had rs
pacemaser Harry Giss.ng. but he pro-
Ing didn't try hard and let Sheppard
keep tho lead all the way. finally drop
ping out In tho stretch.
Sheppard ran with little of his old
time vigor and in the sprint for the
tape he was almost beaten out by e. A.
Hunger. running unattached. Hunger
closed UP rapidly In the last furlorg
and was only four yards behind Shop
plrd when ne crossed the line. Shop
pards time was 415 4-5 for the fifteen
hundred metres, and II - doubtful II
he would have been able to do better
than $50 had the race been at one mile
Colgate Wins Track Meet.
Colgate University won the annual track meet Of
the New York State Intercollegiate Union ~ Ham.
AZ Tor HMniiton College, 20 40 for 81. Lawrenc :
Upiyeni.y and ~ 40 for Union Two New Yosi
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31

esnes. the lacrosse team Of the Crescent Athletic
uut iaap Haytd Toronto University TO Q tie at Hay
hiae.; bach team scord five goals In the first
penod the play was all in Crescent territory the
lhs a~cscents IA lied In the second half aud gave
,he Canaiian' hard fight. ,qhs teams play again
New Opponent for Frank Gotch.
II nov appears as 10 Gus Sch,enein tAmeticnl
me baltimCre glrDpler. has Won out In lie battle
Batmore neat month for the wori's heavywrir't
uut, Ameri'ss trip 10 humboldt the home Oh
tne Chaninpn, last week Apparently has c1rlple..
,ne Ilns details Tor the contet unlcas some thing
the great grapi'le which has been dtflnitclv .et
Democr,tie Natonal 6onsention. and Mn Of ,hs
place a; the rhth Regiment Armory. The con
falls, the winner 10 be proclaimed the feSo,ni,eI
heavyweight champion Of the world Tie nateh
Will he Al catch weights,
vanderbilt's Boat Wins Race.
Cornelius Nandcrblt's sixty n e.icot .loo, y.ch,
Aurora crossed the finish line q winner in Ls,
first race OF this season on Long Island Sound
She s won from ss0SIs: n rynchOn i.t.lens By
Harbor Yacht Club q which eleven ,aeh,s
started. Despite q combination Of fog th,,nJa,
squalls and gale weather. nine yschts were ali. H.
xthietics Now showing cIss,
In lns.I l~o ga.n.s asaii,st the iiiiIop,.r, ,h.,
Athletics showed their real claAs. At last ,haS
hay2 struck thSir stride, and with Che We, enes
pitchers going In great shaps they will soon ~
able 70 cut down the space between them ana
Of the Highlander pitchers but the fact rrmain.
deadly. blows while in our midst They ba Ssed
inG Is they d1d Russell Ford the afternoon beso,,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
Another Worlds Record Broken:
Shrubs Ne,U Mark for ~ Miles

Alfred
In
ered acres of ground an EMO
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
oUT.OF.TOWH FIGHTS

ST. JOSEPH No.. MAY 3i.--Frsnhle whit,e,
OF Cedar Rapids was given q wslearned decision
over Frankie White OF Chicago In fifteen round.
Whitney had things all his own way after Inc
second. and The song apparently saved White N
the tenth.
ALBANY. n Y. May 81 both Jack Good.
man. colotei, OF Boston, ard John Patrick Nc.
Henry. the southern weltefgeigh.. sefe disaualj.
lied An the sixth round Of their scheduled Ton.
round bout before the Athlete Exhibition Com.
many Goodman stalled aud McHenry tried In
draw him out and tho referee stopped the bout
CINCINNATI, Nay 31.-Before q iaree c,,vd
a, ,he Iyceum Theatre while Purcell, the Local
how and Bobby reynolds Of Philadelphia. vent
ten fast rounds. There wasn't any decision
Reynolds went at fast eli? during tho carly
rounds and seemed to have Purcell bswildered by
ms eccentric style Of boxing. but Willie soon
caught On TO his style and evcned matten IN in
The last five rounds. Kid Ashs put Battling Tor.
don to sleep in the second round Of tho semi.
wtpdup.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31
Heavyweight Go
In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO. May sl.--soidier
Elder. formerly Of the United states
Army. and Charley Miller Of this city
VIII meet In the ring at Drcamiand to-
morrow evening to settle their differ
ences in ten-round bout Tho fans
are betting even money on the heavy
weights and they look for a fast mix-ur.
Elder Is being backed by George NJ.
Anderson Elder won most OF his fights
on knockouts. lie can hit and apepars
to be very game. lilo looks and Nights
very much IKE Bob Fitzsimomns. has a
good punch in either hand and 10 q fair
defensive tighter.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-31

Jimmy Carroll and suider Rocb. tb> f...A-,
weights. ar down for q ten-round battle They
are clever little fellows who can be rolled uppu 10
put ny fast preliminary
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-01
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-01
THE FARMER: MARCH 1, 1912

me, her hands Oh my shoulders, look
ing me full in the eye. The act q
brave one.
Cowles?" she asked. Because by ac-
cident you have learned that 1 am c
comely woman, as you are strong
man, normal. because I am fit to love.
not ill to look at? Because cruel &C.
cident has put me where my name is
jeopardized forever-in a situation out
Of which can never, never come clean
again-is that why? Do you figure
that I am a woman because you are a
man? Is that why? Is it because you
know I am human and young and fit
for love? All, I know that as we'll as
you. But I am in your hands; I am in
your power That is why I say, John
Cowles, that you must try to think,
that you must do nothing which shall
make me hate you or make you hate
yourself"
II thought you missed me when I
was gone" I murmured family.
II did miss you," she said. "The
world seemed ended for me. I needed
you, wanted you I turned toward
her swiftly. WANTED meT
''I was glad to see you come back.
While you were gone thought. Yes.
you have been brave, and you have
been kind, and you have been strong.
Now, am only asking you still to be
brave and kind and strong"
"But do you love me, will you love
me-can you
Because we are here" she said, 81
will not answer. What is right, John
Cowles, that we should do"
Woman Is strongest when armored
In her own weakness. My hands fell to
the ground beside me. shuddered. /
could not smile without my mouth 60
ing crooked, I fear. But at last l
smiled as best could, and said to
her, ELLEN! Ellen" That was all I
could find to say.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-01

As / argueu ~ 49, self again and
again the laws and customs Of tina;
forgotten world no longer belonged to
rs. We must build laws again. law>
for the good of the greatest number
I can promise, who have been In place
to know, that in one months time civ
ilization shall utterly fade away from
the human heart. that new state Of
life shall within that space enforce it.
self, so close lies the savage in us al
ways to the skin. This vast scheme
Of organized selfishness which is call
ed civilizatio shall within three weeks
be forgot and found useless. be re-
ecinded as a contract between remain.
ing units Of society. This vast fabric
OF waste and ruin known as wealth
shall be swept away at breath within
one month. Then shall endure only
the great things Of life. Above those
shall stand two things-a woman and
q man. Without these society is not,
these two. a woman and a man.
So I would sit at night, nodding I'M
der the stars. and vaguely dreaming of
these matters, and things came to me
sweetly. things unknown in our igno-
rance and evil of mind, as we live in
what we call civilization. They would
become clear underneath the stars
and then the dawn would come, and
she would come and sit by me, looking
out over the plains at the shimmering
pictures. what do you see?" she
would ask Of me.
Il see the ruins of that dome known
as the capitol Of our nation" said to
her, where they make laws. See, 1t
= In ruins, and what see beyond Is
better"
Then what more do you see," Sis
would ask
Il see tie ruins of tall buildings Of
brick and iron, prisons, where souls
are racked, and deeds of evil are done,
and iron sunk into human hearts, and
vice and crime, and oppression and
wrong of life and love are wrought.
These are in ruins, and Whit 1 see be-
yond is better" Humoring me, she
would ask that 1 Would tell her fur
Their what saw.
81 see the ruins of tall spires, where
the truth was offered by bold asser.
ton i see the ruins of religion, cor.
rupt because done for gain.
II see houses also, much crowded.
where much traffic and bartering and