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Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
Let Your Head S~e Your Heels Sometimes Hour of Hustle
HIcKEL-RosL.

A very pretty wedding occurred
last Wednesday morning in the st.
Peter and Psuls church north Of e.
hnwood, when Miss Kate Robl was
united in marriage to Mr.. Louie Hick-
el, the wedding ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. Father Bast.
The bride wore a beautiful gown
Of white chiffon and carried a boquet
of flowers. Miss Francis Hickel act
ed as bridesmaid and Mr.. Frank Robl
as best man. After the ceremony a
large concourSe Of relatives and in
innate friends betook themselves to
the home of the bride where an elab-
crate wedding dinner was served.
An enjoyable afternoon was spent
by all who were present. The affair
was to have ended with large wed
ding dance given in the Logan hall
in the evening, and to which all the
young folks Of the netghborhoOd had
been invited, but the rain which We
had been wishing for for a long time
finally came, which made it incon--
venient for the musicians to come
from town, so the dance was post
poned until a later date.
The bride and groom were the re
cipients of many useful and costly
presents. Several Of them were al
ready given on Friday evening Of
last week when the members of the
ladies Sodality, of which the bride
was a member, surprised them with
a picture shower. Both Mr.. arC
Mrs. Hickel are very popular with al
who know them, and their hosts oi
friends Join in wishing for them
long and happy married life. "sf
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
PROGRAM.
For The Barton County Teachers
Association.

To be held in the High School Au-
ditorium, Great Bend, Kansas, Sep
tember goth, 1918.
MORNING SESSION 10:3O.
Reading Circle from Country Life
and the Country School," Chapters
!, 2 and 3; Leader, Prof. H. E. Pow
ers.
The entire morning session will be
devoted to this work. AL teachers
holding renewable certificates will
be required to pass an examination
in the Reading Circle work, and it
is to the interest of every teacher
to be present at this session.
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:SO.
Entertainment Program arranged
by Misses Bessie Clark, Lois Glenn,
and Edith Rush.
Lecture--hdustrial Work in the
Country School," Prof. C. E. Bray,
Manhattan.
ROUND TABLES.
After the lecture the following
Round Tables will meet. All of the
teachers are requested to stay for
these as the principal work will be
to plan the line OF work to be follow
ed in future meetings and to get ac'
quainted. Following are the leaders
appointed for the different sections:
High School-Prof. F. H. Barber.
Grades-Grace Mathewson.
Primary-Mattie Fruit.
Rural-Jennnie B. Momyer.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
ON THE eALk.

A lot of good locals and other in
teressting reading matter are omit
ted this week from the fact that the
linotype in the office has been hav'
Ing one of those spells this week
which are common to brutes of its
kind, and which never fails to occur
Just when there Is a lot Of work to
do Well try and make up for the
deficiency next week,
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Conrad oehs Jr., Of WheatIand Town.
ship the Vietim-The Young
est Of Seven Brothers.

Tuesday afternoon during the prog
ress of a thunder storm, Conrad Ochs
Jr,. was Instantly killed by a bolt
OF lightning as he was standing in a
wagon driving team home after he
had been to the home Of Pete Ochs
to borrow a plow.
Tn last person who saw the unfor-
-tanate young man alive was Mr. Ben.
Meyers. He drove by Ben's house
on his way home and as a light rain
was filling he waved his hat at Ben
In appreciation of the fact that mois-
cure was falling once more. After
he had passed the house and turned
northward on his way home the rain
became heavier and so did the thun-
der and lightning.
Mr.. Meyers, with a thought of the
safety Of Mr.. Ochs, looked for the
team along the road and could see
Uhem about threefourths of a mile
north. 1t appeared to him that Mr..
ochs had stopped the team and had
sought shelter, but after waiting for
about 20 minutes he decided some
thing was wrong and rode a horse
out to see.
He found that Mr.. Ochs had been
instantly killed while standing in the
wagon. He fell to one side and his
clothing caught on the wagon, pre-
venting him from falling to the
ground. One horse had been killed
by the same bolt, and the other was
tangled in the harness in trying to
get away. It appears that the boil
struck Mr.. Ochs in the left side, but
It could not be told whether or moi
it had travelled up the lines.
The sudden taking away of the
life Of this promising young man is
a particultrly sad blow to the six Sur
viving brothers, the one sister ant
father and to the many friends of tht
family.
He was % years old and the young
est of seven brothers, who in ordel
Of age are as follows: Philip, ]. P.
George, John, Henry and Jacob. 0n'
sister survives, Mrs. Philip Ochs, o
this city.
The family all lives within a rad
ius Of few miles and some Of tn,
brothers are together nearly ever.
day. They are particularly affection
ate and interested in each others we
fare which makes the loss of on
that much harder to bear.
Funeral services for Conrad wer
held Friday afternoon and intermen
made in the Schonefelt cemetery
Hoisington Dispatch.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
TESTED 100 PER CENT.

John DOhefty has made a test OF
his 1913 crop Of Wheat and averx
grain sprouted. He did not eourt
'ne grains he put to test, but he
placed them where none could have
IOeen lost, and every grain In the LOT
terminated.
The way he made his test was to
take a piece Of blotting paper. wet
IL thoroughly, put the paper on a
plate with the grains on it, and then
cover 1t over with a wet paper. He
put the grains to soak last Saturday. :
and Wednesday he was showing the
terminated grains in town and some
Of the sprouts were nearly an inch
long. He will make a second tsst
from another bin.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
YosT.

The little Yost baby who had been
in the st. Rose hospital for a few
days, passed away at that institution
on Tuesday afternoon.
This was truly a very sad circum-
stance. The little one, only about
two years old. having been the VIC
tim of an accidental rifle shot at
the hands of a brother ten years old
at the home Of the family near La
Crosse.
The body of the little one was TAX
en- to Lacrosse for burial.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
CHEAP MONEY
Coming to Barton and Stafford coun-
ty Farmers-Eastern Insuranee
Money a Big Help rhis Year.

One big reason the absolute crop
failure this year has not brought on
such acute hard times as did the
crop failures Of twenty and thirty
years ago, Is that in those days the
community had to rely absolutely on
itself for funds, and now it Is not
only possible but easy to get quite
large amounts of eastern money at a
low rate of interest on liberal terms.
In those days, even II one could get
a loan, it was only for about $500,
On a quarter, and at IL to Is per
cent interest, while now loans Of
$4,000 to $4,000 or even larger am
cunts, are obtainable on good quarter
sections at rate Of six and a haE
per cent, including all commissions
to agents. This difference is notice
able now farther west, even in Rush
and Pawnee counties where money
is not so easily obtainable because
the large insurance companies will
not go west of the west side Of Bar
ton county, and in those counties the
rate is much higher.
Arthur Taylor, who has his office
in the Brinkman Bank rooms, tells U
that the companies he is represent
ing have not made any difference in
the amounts they will loan or tht
rates of interest because of thE
crop failure and that the money thu
brought in has been big help to th'
whole community.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

H. A. Chadd was up from Seward
tuesday morning on a business trip
and for a visit with his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Keigley, who has been re-
ceTing treatment here for some time
for cancer, and who is IN a very SER
ious condition. Mr. Chadd reports a
good rain down that way Tuesday
evening, and said he had four listers
busy at work getting his ground in
shape for wheat.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Mr.. Edwin Gorwin and daughter,
Sophia, came in from Denver Thurs
day morning for a visit Of few
days with the McMullen families
while on their way to their home in
Burton after an outing Of several
weeks in different parts Of Colorado.
The Gorwin and McMullen families
came to this cOuntr;. together from
Pennsylvania.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

On account Of the crowded ccndi-
tion of the third grade at the west
school building it has been necessary
to divide the grade and hire an ad.
ditional teacher, Miss Bessie Clark
will have charge of the new ROOM
and her room in the east building
will be taught by her sister, Ethel
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued since our last pub
lication:
Henry E. Kaiser, age S6, OF Rush
Center, and orpha Fairbank, age SS,
Of Bison.
Clarence Rowe, age q, and Eliza.
beth Yost, age 20, both Of Great
Bend.
Ed Jurgensen, age Is, and Lena
Kazmaier, age 20, both of Great Bend
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

DR.. W. A. Nixon returned wednee.
day evening from Toronta, Canada,
where he was called last week by
the serious illness Of his mother and
reports her as being much improved
In health.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

The Misses Ella, Lizzie and Jennie
McMullen, Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Me-
Mullen and children, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Chapman took a hike
out to the Epperson home west Of
town Sunday afternoon and enjoyed
a picnic supper on the lawn returning
home in the evening.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Shelly Winset and John Andrea, OF
Albert, were IN the city Wednesday
for visit with friends while on
their way home after attending the
Hutchinson fair.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Ira D. Brougher, G. W. Thatcher
and Joe Waiter left Sunday evening
for Chattanooga to attend the Nat
ional G. A. r. Encampment.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Mrs. E. C. Emley and daughter,
Pearl have returned to Lawrence Il.
ter spending the summer here. Ms
Emley viii take up the study Of mms
ic again this winter.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

George Sloniger and Harry Nc
Craeken left Monday night for Kan
sas City, where they have secured
a number Of contracts for plastering.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Ruhe Brothers, Of west ot town,
shipped car Of fine fat hogs t6kan.
sas City this week. Fred Ruhe 5s-.
companied the shipment.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Mrs. Amos Johnson and daughter
Pearl, left the first Of the week for
a visit with relatives and friends in
Clinton, Illinois,
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Miss Helen Dawson left for Lave
renee the first Of the week to resume
her studies in the State University
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Mrs. Virgil Lille was here from
Pawnee Rock Tuesday on a shop
ping trip and for a visit with friends.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

R. B. Gardner was a business visl-
tor from Albert Tuesday.
Barton County democrat., 1913-09-19

Rev. VIM. Westwood and X. l.. Weis
enberg are in Bucklin this week at
tending a session of the Presbytery.
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Many 4 fellow boasts that he never
drinks alone because he always waits
for somebody to ask him.
Monte Carlo Robbers

"They are greater robbers at Monte
Carlo" said Il traveller, speaking OF
high charges, than anywhere in the
world The German tourist Is sneered
at in Monte Carlo because when he en-
ters a barber shop he always asks
what the charge Is to be before he sits
down in the chair But what Is a man
to do in barber shops. where ii is no
uncommon thing to be charged 81 or
$3 for the simplest operation?
And it's the same thing in the ho-
tells | know a man whG took a suit
ut a Monte Carlo hotel without asking
the price of anything-and in the res
taurants of such hotels it's common
thing to find no prices even on the
menus, Well, when this man came to
pay his bill it was enormous But he
paid it Then he said:
Have you any twenty five centime
stamps?
Yes, monsieur said the clerk
How many do you wShF
my friend smiled hlandly,
Tel me first, please, he said.
what YOU charge for them herer -
Exchange.
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AGENT QUICK TO SEE POINT
Dogs Collar Revealed Character Of
Tenants and They Couldn't Rent
the Flat.

References which appeared satsfac-
tory had been placed In the hands Of
the renting agent, who was on the
point Of declaring them unnecessary,
owing to the genteel appearance OF
the applicants for fiat, when sud-
denly he exclaimed:
By the way, I'm sorry, but | don't
believe | can let you have that fiat,
after all. It's been spoken Nr.'
When the possible tenants had de-
parted Indignantly, the agent said:
do you know what made me
change my mind so suddenly? 1t was
their dogs collar In lifting the lit
tie fellow up to pet him read the
inscription on his collar. 1t was -en-
graved with four different addresses,
all Of which had been put on since
last tax day. Three OF the addresses
had been scratched out, and II they
had secured my fiat another would
have been scratched out and fifth
added by day after tomorrow. A dogs
collar marked like that shows that
his owners don't stay In one place
long enough to get a new plate on his
collar between moves, and | don't
care to rent to transients,"
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The Servant Question.

For my part-and | speak humbly as
a man should, protesting no more than
inability to see that women's votes will
be any better than men's-I should be
In more glorious state Of expectation
of benefits to follow the triumph Of the
suffrage il domestic service was in a
somewhat more popular case.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton is a suifrag-
list, but less excited about it than some
ladies. She sees need of it in Eng
land, but as to these States she speaks
in newspaper of the servant question
as far more important than the ques-
ton whether woman should vote or
not.
TO be sure the servant question is
important, and it is matter almost
entirely controlled by women. 1t is
a great domestic industry that machin-
cry has not much affected, that increas-
es in its demands with the wealth Of
the country, and that is better spread
out over the country than any other
paid occupation that engages women.
1t enormously affects the comfort and
happiness of life, it is pretty well paid,
it calls for skill, judgment, brains and
training, and personality counts in it
very much indeed. You hire nimble
fingers ana n capacity for consistent
spelling to run your typewriter, and
nimble fingers and some other limited
capacity to tend loom, but to live in
your house and cook or wash or sweep
and make beds, you hire a whole wo-
man.
There is money enough spent on do
nestle service to make it an attractive
calling, it would relieve very much
more than itdoes now the pressure that
drives girls to the shops and factories
in numbers that cheaper their labor.
But it is not sufficiently attractive.
Girls don't like it because its industrial
standing is not good, because itrestricts
their freedom too much, is too indef-
mite in its demands, and fear, because
they don't like to work for women.
1t is to laugh at that, but isn't it
true? | suppose the average woman
employer of servants is strong on con-
troll and weak on liberty, is inclined to
think of servants as persons of that
class" and suffers from some inability
TO dea. with them on the basis of a com
mon humanity, To be sure IL is a CON
siderable achievement to deal with all
people on that basis; to perceive that
the Offices of life have their various
conventions and conditions of service,
but that all the people who fill them
are the children Of the State. But, as
it is, domestic service isunder the con-
troll OF women, and, truth to say, it is
not ideal. Edward Stanford Martin n
1.-THE Unrest of Women"
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A special from Panama to the New
York Times says that many of the men
nov working on the canal are going to
settle in Panama and take up farming
as an occupation when the digging Of
the canal is finished.
Corn is one of the crops which these
farmers expect TO raise extensively.
Corn has been grown in Panama "since
the memory Of man runneth not to the
contrary" but the methods employed
by the native farmers are not good.
When they desire to put in a corn crop
they burn over a small tract of land.
Then they stick holes in the ground
with sharp stick, drop a few grains
OF corn and close the aperture. They
leave nature to do the rest. ! he crop
receives no cultivation and when har-
vest time comes the owner OF the patch
accepts whatever the gods ser p"
Usually there are more weeds than any
thing else, but the soil is rich and the
moisture abundant and the corn strug-
giles along to maturity, though the
yield, Of course, is small and the quail
ty poor.
This year the manager Of cocoanut
plantation is growing a small crop by
way OF experiment and is using Ameri-
can methods in its cultivation. He an
ticipates good results, and the outlook
is for corn-growing boom in Panama
next year. There is never any lack of
rain there. The precipitation does not
vary great deal from season to season,
and the farmer may count on a certain
quantity OF rain every year and a GER
tain amount Of sunshine.
Ultimately Panama should become a
great agricultural country, and this
doubtless will be the case if any consi-
derable number Of Americans shall en-
gage in farming there.
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ADVERTISEMENT
Beware OF 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering ii
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physic-
ians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney q Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by FL. CHENEY & Co.. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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ADVERTISEMENT
Don't Let Baby Suffer with
Eczema and Skin EruptiOns.

Babies need a perfect skin-covering.
Skin eruptions cause them not only in
tense suffering, but hinder their
growth. DR.. Hobson's Eczema ONT
ment can be relied on for relief and
permanent cure of suffering babies
whose skin eruptions have made their
life miserable. "Our baby was aillict-
ed with breaking out of the skin all
over the face and scalp. Doctors and
skin specialists failed to help. We
tried DR.. Hobsons Eczema Ointment
and were overjoyed to see baby com
plctely cured before one box was used"
writes Mrs. Strubler, Dubuque, Iowa.
All druggists, or by mail, SOC. Pfeitler
Chemical Company. St. Louis, Mo-,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1913.

The United States Public Health
Service has issued warning to smok-
ers against the use of the automatic
cigar cutter on the ground that it is
a medium for the spread of disease. 1t
is pointed out that many smokers, on
purchasing cigar, and before clipping
off the end, place it between their lips.
"This would SEEM" the statement
declares, "to be very effective meth
Cd of bringing about the interchange
of mouth secretions and possibly the
spread of infection. 1t is suggested
that the use of such automatic clippers
should be avoided by the public on ac-
count of the possibility that disease
may be spread by them by reason OF
the nature and manner of their use"
Before the day of the automatic clip
pers it was common practice for the
purchasers Of cigars to bite of the ends
and the custom has not been entirely
outgrown. Some smokers use their
pocket knives for Opening" cigars, and
from sanitary viewpoint the habit is
not bad one. On general principles
the automatic clipper would appear to
he safe and sane device, but there
are possibilities, as the Public Health
Service shows, which will be unpleas-
ant to smokers who entertain fear Of
germs.
The great majority of cigar lovers
will not worry themselves much about
these matters. In fact, they will let
the health experts do the worrying,
and If ban should finally be placed on
the automatic clippers they will find
other ways Of getting at the true in
wardness of cigar. In the meantime
those who smoke cigarettes and pipes
may congratulate themselves that they
are not menaced by germ-infected clip
pers.
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Personal Liberty Vanishing.

Foreign born residents in North Da-
kota complain Of excessive restrictions
upon their personal liberty. This re-
stricton reaches not only in the drec-
tion OF intoyicants but in all other dir
ections. They resent the persistent
Official intrusion upon their privacy.
AT every legislative session laws are
enacted which still further circumscribe
their freedom; and still North Dakotans
as yet have no income tax. They can
loan and borrow without having TO dis
close TO official functionaries to whom,
from whom or the amount. We in
Wisconsin are worse Off. We have all
but lost our personal liberty. We are
regulated in ways almost infinite. In
comes, gifts, borrowings, loanings-
these are all practically an open book
here. The pea Gamer is subject to
prosecution II perchance he works his
help overtime 10 save raw materials
from decaying. One may not build a
house without permit. Every exit
and every piece OF machinery must be
inspected and authenticated one can
no louger hire whom he peases, nor
can the workman labor as long as he
chooses. A hundred new-fangled liml-
tations are put upon the citizen He is
no longer free agent, no longer en-.
joys the liberty OF the old-timo citizen
OF the democracy.
North Dakota Is not alone In feeling
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ADVERTISEMENT
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Mr.. John Bowling of San Francisco,
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Up'tO.date Printing at the PILOT
ONCE MORE IN GOOD STANDING
Church Member Compromised Hla
Debt and Again Was Given the
Right Hand Of Fellowship,

There were two colored men talking
in loud tones at the other end of the
railway platform, and we walked down
to hear what the row was about. One
of them was a deacon in a colored
church and the other was a drayman
The former was flourishing paper in
his hand and saying:
Oars de figgers, right dar. You
owes de church 'zackly foteen hun
dred fur pew rent. and Tze been sent
it."
"Fo'teen hundred dollars, eh~' quer-
led the drayman.
Yes, sab. Oars de iggers, all fig
gered up by white man. You amt
dun paid no pew rent in all you bon
days. Does you dispute dem fggers,
sah?"
NO. reckon not"
"And am you gwine to settler"
Fur how much?"
"Why, sab, de committee dun sot
upon you last night till leben o'clock,
and it finally dun decided not to settle
dis case short of two hull dollars"
Wall, | reckon I'll dun pay it..
Yere's de cash.
'Yas, sah-yas sah-dats k'rect,
sab Dat proves you was an honest
man, sub. You is now all squar' wild
de chuch, and if you wants to git up in
q front pew and do shoutin nobody
hain't gwine to pint at you and say
de Lord had dem fo'teen hundred dol
lars charge up again you on the gate
posts of heaben. "-Baltimor Ameri.
can.