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ey. John p Harris, william III. Russell,
William b Winsiow, John M. Ward and
James T. Gaffney
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Continued on Page Ten.
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Tesreau Taken Out for Pinch Hitter.

With yesterdays game the players
cease to share in the worlds series
receipts The four games played net
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First .-Boston-Ames pitching
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
MULE DEVOURED THE PIANO
Animal Totally Wrecked a Musical
Instrument Near Him on Steam
, boats Deck.

Mule ate piano shipped. Send an
other next boat" This message was
received recently by a local piano
house from an "up-the-river' purchas'
er whose $500 instrument had been
forwarded via Mississippi river
steamboat. In its usual pine box the
piano was installed on the lower
deck next to a lanky, sleepy looking
mule bound for the cotton fields of the
upper bends. Although provided with
plenty Of oats and hay, the mule
ripped of a portion of the outer boz,
disposing of six octaves Of black and
white ivory keys, running the chro-
matte scale up to &c" in the treble
clef. He had gnawed away the ma
hogany panels in front, masticated felt
hampers and hammers by the dozen,
completely wrecking the melodious
''insides" of the instrument. Steam
boat Bill, stocking a boiler twenty feet
away said the mule must have had
his foot on the soft pedal as he did
not hear note. When discovered the
animal was unconcernedly gazing
longingly across the river at a grass
covered levee. 1t will cost $500 to re-
pair the piano.-New Orleans CORE
spondent Montgomery Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Charms of WALKING.

I'm Europe whole families go, off
for tramps together; in England,
every Saturday half-holiday sees load
ed trains. of walking parties starting
out of London, making for Epping For
est, or Burnham beeches, for the hills
of Surrey or the river banks. Not
to walk on a holiday is the exception
al thing. A club of people meeting
for regular walks finds it possible to
have a delightful interchange Of con-
versation amid the pure joyousness of
the open air and beautiful woodlands.
This community of thought and inter-
est is, after all, the finest thing soci-
ETY. has to give us. Suburban Life
Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Nc Need to Very,

A lovely woman who lives on Rox-
ford road, East Cleveland, is the
proud mother of two boys. Reginald
is six years old, while Ronald is not
yet two. Both children are active
and inQuisitive, so it has become nee
essary to employ a young SRI to
watch them.
Mamma is subject to headaches,
and mamma has discovered the scrt Of
proprietary pills that will relieve
them. One mustn't take more than
one per hour. And the other after
noon mamma had headache, took a
pill and went to rest. After a while
she got up to repeat the dose-9nd
found the pill box empty. She sum-
moned the maid.
"Frida!" she cried. did Reginald
swallow all those pills. Answer mel"
Nom" answered Frida, with a
smile. Don't be scared none, He's
a chenerous kid-he gate half Of 'em
to der ba6y!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
LITERATURE FOR ALL MOODS
mat 10 What Librarians Are Expected
to Select for Their Exaeting
Patrons.

Infinite are the requirements and
profound the judgment of librarians
The other day a little girl who does
the family marketing rushed into a
, branch library with the announce
Nent that the sewing society was go
ing to meet at her mothers house that
afternoon and wouldn't the librarian
please send around q book suitable
for the elocutionists Of the circle to
rad aloud while the others worked.
The yOunG woman appealed to sent
de sequel to a particularly charming
story that had beguiled the tedium Of
that. same circle on a previous after
noon. In a short while the little girl
returned the book.
EN-. says this amt the kind Of a
story they need today" she said.
'"They ain'to workin' on baby clothes
and shirtwaists today. They're darn
in mems socks and mendin' shirts,
eand they want something suitable"
There was a consultation of librar-
ians. Just what kind of literature
would fit the mental attitude of women
engaged in darning socks and mend
ing shirts was question hitherto un-
considered. They decided on a wo,
mans rights pamphlet called "The
Eternal Warfare" Apparently it
suited, for the child did not bring it
back.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Ivory Smunrlinn.

Ivory smuggling is looked upon as
q very serious crime IN British East
Africa, and this is only as it should
be, for, in order to secure the ivory
the traders have to kill great num4
bers of elephants. The game preser-
ration laws, particularly as regards
elephants, are most severe, and woe
betiie the man who is caught break
ing the game regulations or in pos
session Of Illicit spells of the chase.
The smuggling of ivory, therefore,
gays the World Wide Magazine, is
treated in the same manner as Snug
Cling gems and clothing into the Uni
ted States, illicit diamond buying in
South Africa, or other forms of Snug
Cling in England. The rigid laws,
however, do not prevent the Arabs
and Indians from indulging in an lille
gal trade in ivory on a large scale.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
ORIGIN OF BARREL UNKNOWN
This Receptacle for All Manner Of
Things Has Been Used Since
Time lmmemoriaI.

Nobody knows who invented the
barrel. It has been used since time
immemorial.
Barrels are used for all manner OF
articles. solid and liquid. There are
barrels for holding sugar. salt. apples.
potatoes. and 90 on; for al sorts Of
oils, from the heaviest lubricants 10
the most volatile products Of petro-
-leum; for beers, wines, and all sorts
Of beverages. 1t is. oontended that
the barrel is the strongest structure
Of, its size that can be made from an
equal amount Of wood. Its contents
are frequently the strongest that can
be made from liquids.
The barrel has tremendous power
Of resistance to pressure from within
and from without A barrel set on
end will, it is claimed, support hal
the weight Of a railway car while the
truck is taken from beneath for re-
pairs. Yet the primitive barrel is pu,
together without nails, screws, bolts,
or pins-it is entirely self-fastened.
The barrel is smaller at its ends
than it is in its middle, so that the
wooden hoops, self-locking, may be
driven on, Tightening the slaves and
pressing the heads into the chimes.
Although not calked, barrels are wa
ter-tight. A small barrel is key, a
big barrel is cask. and still bigger
barrel is a hogshead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
TWENTY WORDS IN THE LEAD
Cleveland Lawyers New Stenographer
Kept Well Ahead Of Him When
. He Dictated.

A Cleveland corporation lawyer has
Q new stenographer-the second new
one in week. Strange to say, he
didn't discharge the first one because
she was incompetent, but because
she was too good. Let him tell it.
."This girl came to me we'll recon-
mended, and when l dictated a test
letter. l found her extremely rapid
and accurate. So l employed her on
the spot. She fell right in with the
work, and l decided that l had found
q treasure. But on the third day she
gave me a shock.
II was debating an opinion in a com.
piicated infringement suit, and it was
very important that it should be &C.
curate in every word and phrase.
This was the third draft l had writ.
ten, in fact. At one place L inter,
rupted myself and said to the steno
grapher:
"'Am l speaking too fast for you
Miss Jackson? Are you getting my
words down correctly
"'Ch, I'm getting them all right.
she answered, smiling. And YOU
don't speak nearly as fast as I car
take. I'm about twenty words aheat
Of you now""
"There's such thing as being toe
good. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Mans and Charts,

Anaximander of Miletus is generally
supposed to have been the originator
of geographical and celestial charts,
about $40 B. c. Modern sea charts
were brought to England by BartholO-
new Columbus to illustrate his broth
ers theory of western continent.
This was about the year 1889. The
first tolerably accurate map of Eng
land was drawn by George Lily, who
died in 1859. Gerald Mercator pub
lished an atlas of maps in 1895, but
it is only within the last so years or
so that we have had really scientific
charts of the earth's surface. 1t was,
of course, impossible to have had such
maps in the olden time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

Montenegro has law ordaining
that any found valuable shall be
placed where the loser can find it.
The fact suggests an anecdote told of
GaribaIdi's grandfather in Dickens
life of the famous clown. On one Of
his visits to Leadenhall market with
nearly $4,000 in geld and silver upon
him, che found that his shoe had be-
come unbuckled, and taking from his
pocket the bag, he placed it upon a
neighboring post, ard then proceeded
to adjust his buckle" Having after
ward to pay for a purchase, he missed
his bag Of gold, and hurried back to
the post where he had buckled his
shoe. Although more than three
quarters of an hour had elapsed
there it remained safe and I'M
touched or the tcp of a post in the
open street," That was in eighteenth
century London.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Magic Of the Rainbow.

The rainbow shimmering high In
the heavens is more than a mere arch
of glowing colors. 1t is a royal am
bassador from the kingdom Of nature,
herald bearing a message of vast
Importance to mankind. Written up
on its brilliantly-hued, shining arch
way is a truth that man has finally
appreciated after the countless ages
that have passed since the first rain
bow glorified the heavens. And this
truth is what? Nothing less than the
revelation of the component elements
that constitute the sun and stars and
the dim-shining nebulae lost in the
farthermost hiding places of the uni
verse. By means of this truth, writ
ten large upon the raindrcps, we
know more about the composition Of
the sun, $4,000 600 miles from the
earth, than We do about the world on
which we dwell.-PCpular Mechanics
Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
;ry for apples or for apple pie. Really

cry for apples or for apple pie. Really
an apple a day from September to
March would be about right. How
many families have even one barrel
or one bushel in the cellar today?
For my family of three l have five
bushels on hand and two bushels
bought for January delivery at OctO-
Der prices. 1t is wrong for apples to
go to waste in orchards and children
a mile away go hungry. 1t is as much
the fault of the farmer as Of the
town people or farmers who do not
have orchards. Apples are cheaper
than tobacco, cheaper than medicine,
and more wholesome than buildings.
Buy apples and buy them now, and
buy from growers when possible, and
buy a bushel for each. member of the
family. ]. H. MILLER.
Kansas State Agricultural College.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
ATHENlAN CLUB.

The Athenian Club met Monday af.
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Waga-
man. The program was led by Mrs.
Mary Zutavern. The program was as
follows:
Political Reform in England-NIrs
Ida Moses.
The Growth Of English Democracy
Mrs. Mary Zutavern.
Tariff Policies of Chief European
Countries of Today-NIrs. Dodge.
INTERPOLATION of Improved Trans
portation Facilities and Economic ant
Industrial Advance.-NIrs. Nellie
Smith.
Reading of Selections From One Of
Burke's Speeches-Margaret Osmond
The club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Baker next week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
LATEST WITHIN OF JANIToR
MIRA AudIey Learns He Is "superIn-
tendent" and Sees People Only
by Appointment.

Mrs. Audley, who had moved into
q new apartment, was driven to the
verge Of distraction by the persistent
failure Of the janitor 10 perform 0er-
tain services which were essential 70
the comfort of herself and her family.
One, ymorning when her indignation
had reached the boiling point she
telephoned to the basement.
Il want TO speak TO the anitor,ss
she announced emphAtically, '
DO you mean the superintendent
inquired the voice Of q woman at the
other end Of the wire.
81 mean the janitor; but II calling
him the superintendent makes him
do his work more promptly-the
superintendent"
"The superintendent amt in his
apartment at the present moment"
replied the voice, with unmistakable
haughtiness.
Are you the ja-superintendent's
wife," telephoned Mrs. Audley.
81 am Mrs Macbeth, the wife of
the superintendent" admitted the
voice.
well, l am Mrs. Audley. Please
send your husband to me as soon as
possible. There are things that must,
be done in my apartment, and that it
was his business to have done days
ago, and | want. What! busy? He
may just as well be busy doing the
work l require as the work required
by anybody else in the house." said
Mrs. Audley holly. $50, please tell
him to come to my apartment without
further delay"
"The superintendent never sees no
body except by special appointment"
came the voice from the basement.
"Oh," murmured Mrs. Audley, and,
hanging up the receiver, sat down to
laugh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
FRANK HARMON HERE.

Frank Harmon of Wichita, former
ly of the Galatia neighborhood was in
town Wednesday visiting friends and
returned to Wichita that night. Frank
is one of the creditors of the late
Ben Karst of Galatia and has been
looking after his interests in the Karst'
estate. If the estate should be sold
now the debts would Just about be
paid and nothing would be left for
the family, he says. The creditors
are anxious for the Karst boys to go
ahead and run the business Of their
father as the farming interests, he
says, will not only pay the debts next
year but leave several hundred dol
lars profit to the family and put them
in shape for still better returns later.
He says julius Wilcons has a good
farm near Wichita and is so well
pleased with it there that they would
hardly be likely to move back to Bar
ton county. julius son-in-law, c.
Hall, and wife also live there and the
two men farm five SOS of land. They
are nine. miles from Wichita. Frank
and family live in Wichita. Frank
still owns his farm near Galatia and
T. pays a good income so he. has no
notion of selling at present at any
rate. Frank says he never saw wheat
looking better in this county than at
present.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Peculiar Source Of Income.

A curious story is told as to how the
Rothschilds supported Carafa, the
composer. The latter was far from
rich. His principal income was de-
rived from a snuff-box. And this was
the way of it: The snuff-box was
given to the author of La Prison
d'Edinbourgh," about 30 years ago, by
Baron James de Rothschild, as a token
of esteem. Carafa sold it, "a hours
later, for Is napoleons to the same
jeweler from whom it had been
bought. This became known to Roths-
child, who gave it again to the mu-
stefan on the following year. The next
day it returned to the jewelers.. This
traffic continued till the death of the
banker, and longer, still, for his sons
kept up the tradition, to the great
satisfaction of Carafa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Repartee.

An Irish waiter named Kenny was
noted for his wit and ready answers.
A party of gentlemen staying at
the hotel heard Of 1t, and one of them
made bet that he would say some
thing Kenny could not answer.
A bottle of champagne was ordered,
and the one who made the bet CON-
menced to open 1t. The cork came
out with bang, and, not unintention-
ally, hit Kenny in the mouth.
All" he said, that is not the way
to cork" NO" replied Kenny. as he
soothed ~ the injured part, but it's
the way to Kilkenny"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Where the Weioht Fell

Among the ancestors of Wendell
Phillips were several Puritan clergy
men. Perhaps it was push of here
dity which made him. at five years of
age, a preacher. His congregation
was composed of circles of chairs, ar
ranged in his fathers parlor, while a
taller chair, with bible on it, served
him for pulpit. He would harangue
these wooden auditors by the hour.
Wendell" said his father to him one
day, don't you get tired of this?
mo, papa" wittily replied the boy
preacher; 81 don't get tired, but it is
lather hard on the chairs"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
KANSAS APPLE SITUATION

Kansas has had a bountiful apple
crop this year. Hundreds of cars Of
Kansas apples have been shipped out
OF the state-to the Dakotas, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Illinois. Ohio, Oklahoma,
Texas and western Nebraska, and to
western Kansas. Many farmers have
reported letting their apples fall to
the ground and rot. Let us see if
there are not some points to consider.
First, not One-haH Of the farmers
who have had apples to sell, sprayed
their fruit and hence did not have, eX
cept in a few cases, a very large pro-
portion of good fruit. Second, only
a small proportion of apple growers
in Kansas seems to know how to
grade and pack their apples for mar
ket. Mind, apple growers, except in
three places, did not organize to han
die their apples in a businesslike
way. Spraying has become an abso-
lutte necessity, and the farmer who
will not spray his trees may as well
cut his trees or sell his farm to a
man who will attend to the orchard.
One might as well go to town with
twenty-pound jar of butter and ped
die it around and dig out a pound for
a customer as to try to sell apples
from a wagon. Both belong to the
pioneer days. A man who has car
of steers to sell doesn't try to peddle
them around and sell at retail, but
ships them to a market. He who has
a car of apples to sell must ship them
to a market, and he must find out
where that market is or depend on
some agency to do this for him. If
he has a good article to sell he must
put it in shape for the market. Then
the wisdom Of organization is most
apparent. Organization means sys-
TEN and rules and a business agent.
The three cardinal rules for apple
growers are: Spray, pack, organize.
Good apples are scarce in the United
States and are selling now for one
dollar per bushel in Kansas towns
and will sell for one dollar fifty in
sixty days.
The man who sprayed his orchard
should not have rushed his good ap-
pies to market in September and Oc-
tcber. He should have picked care
fully, graded honestly, packed neat
| ly, and should have put some boxes
of choice apples in barns for the No
vember market and others in cellars
for the December and January mar
ket. There was not need of good
bushel of apples being fed to the
hogs or even sold cheap.
Then the Kansas people who do moi
grow apples do not eat half enough
nor do they buy for winter. In our
Clearing House" work this fall we
had a letter from a farmer. for whom
we had found a market, saying that
he and all his neighbors had sold
their entire crop and that the little
town from which these apples had
been shipped would have to have ap-
pies shipped in. Every family in Kan
sas should have in the cellar now a
bushel of apples. for each member OF
the family over two years old. No
boy or girl in Kansas should go hun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Pride of the Family.

"A. Book of Scotch Humor" illus.
trates anew of a native of Annandale
the saying that prophet is not with
out honor save in his own country.
Il ken them a." said the rustic, speak
ing of the Carlyles. Jocks a doctor
ABBOTT London. Tam's a harem-scarem
kind o chiel, an wreats book an
that. But Jamie-yon's his farm you
see owre yonder-Jamie's the man O.
that family an I'm prood to- say
ken him. Jamie Carlyle, sir, feeds
the best swine that come into Dunn
fries market"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Proper Yellow FEELING.

- One Of John Quincy Adams clients,
} whose case was to be tried on a GER
tain morning, found that he could not
get his counsel. to leave his fishing
boat except long enough to write
note to the Judge, which read: Dear
Judge: Fore the sake of old Izaak
Walton, please continue my case un.
til Friday. The smelt are biting, and
fTcan't leave" And the judge, hav-
ing read the note, announced to the
court: "Mg. Adams is detained on
important business"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
Stitch In Time.

A Los Angeles brain specialist says
that all Americans will be baldheaded
within 300 years because of their
intense brain activity. Editor AXE of
the Iron County Register, at Ironton,
saw the item, and with more or less
caution tells his subscribers: 81 will
begin at once to curb the too, too
lively tenor Of the gray matter which
ILLS my Uranium. Forewarned is fore
tended, you know."-St. Louis Re-
public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

Leonard Burnham was visiting in
this city Saturday, going to Hutch
inson Saturday night. He has sold
his job printing office in Ponca City,
Oklahoma. He was joined by his wife
who was formerly Miss Elva Slim Of
this city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
His Art Instincts.

Jones had invited a friend to dinner
and asked him to carve a chicken that
was placed before him. The guests
set to work With good will. but after
a deal of muscular exercise was COM
PEELED to acknowledge himself beaten.
Where in the name of leather did
you get that birdf"
Il don't know" replied the host.
unless it should prove to be the Of
spring Of some hard boiled egg
Chicago News.
HllIifgIiil II I,lE.FEE5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

think I could stand it better if he ac- tua1ly had married her. Then I would know that he wouldn't think her SC perfect''
 With this naive remark the conver- sation ceased, leaving me to wonder at this extremely unusual and painful form of jealousy.
 What will the outcome be? Certain ly no man, vain though he may be, can enjoy the constant accusation that his slightest mood entails. While he may be glad to know that his wife loves him to distraction, I fear it will not be long before he will wish for a little less affection and a, little more common sense.
 Many there are who argue that there is no real love without jealousy, and l agree fully with the sentiment. But there are as many kinds of jealousy as there are occasions for it.
 To rake up a rival who was merely love and who besides no longer is alive carries the passion even beyond the Othel1o stage.
 Every wise wife must realize unless in the boy and girl stage, that there were ''affairs'' before she came on the scene
 It should be considered by her as complimentary that she was the one who finally f1anded'' him. If she is really sensible she will feel glad that marry a man that no other woman wanted.
 Of course if she is terribly 1mag1na- tive she can conjure up all sorts of painful tableaux in which the other woman and hubby figured. If she is sensible and really loves her husband and wants to be happy, she will just wipe out ali thoughts of his past and do her duty as his wife She will make the present and the future her pleasure and her care. She will not be silly like the wife I have mentioned, who, not satisfied with her real mar .ital happiness, has to drag from the grave the shadowy memory of some thing that her husband probably would never think of, if she did not insist upon harping on it.
 CtOITSIN PHERE