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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
CRADLE OF AMERICAN NATION
That Brought over on the Mayhower
May Properly Be Given
That Title.

A tenement might have sheltered it
no palace. Still it's Americas
birthplace. It's the cradle Of new
nation, says the Mothers Magazine
in an interesting article on cradles.
Brought over on the Mayflower, it
sheltered the first child. Peregrine
White, who was born to the Pilgrims
in Plymouth bay in 1920. Not a bit
imposing, is It? But it's rare nest,
and the most valuable in America. if
we measure by history.
Not another country in the world
can show us their cradle. We ought
to feel mighty proud of it. There's
something a bit immortal about these
strips of wicker. For the matter Of
that, there is about all old cradles,
historic or unknown.
They come down from past genera
lions. They've seen life. They've
been rocked for hundreds of years in
old homes. They've been associated
with great busiAess-the making Of
men and women who have made his
tory.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
SAILED HIS OWN MAN-OF-WAR
oIdtime Sea Fighter Would Have
Been Properly Indignant at Be-
Ing Called a Pirate.

1t was the year 1919. Captain Blau-
veldt, skipper of the ship La Grace,
would not have liked to be termed a
pirate He termed himself com
manderin-chief of private manor
war" He was popular in New Am
sterdam (afterward New York;
among his Dutch countrymen, but also
in the neighboring English colonies
of Boston and Virginia. Captain
Blauveldt on the La Grace used to
come sailing up the river with the
Spanish prizes, which he sold at fair
and reasonable prices to his "custo-
mers" at New Amsterdam and in the
English colonies. In 1913 came the
peace of Munster between Spain and
the Netherlands, which should have
put commander Of a private manor
war out of business. Great, therefore,
was the establishment of all the New
Amsterdammers to see, in March,
1919, a year and half after the treaty
Of peace, La Grace sailed up the riv-
err with the Spanish ship Tabasco,
captured as a prize In the Gulf OF
Mexico. The gallant captain swore
he had never heard of any peace with
Spain and that when he summoned
the Tabasco to surrender the latter
had answered by firing on him. Be-
sides, La Grace had been built in
France and France and Spain were
yet at war. Notwithstanding these
refutations, the capture was con-
sidered illegal and the Spanish ship
was returned to its owner, The cap
tain and his partners in New Amster-
dam, very respectable citizens, did not
appreciate these legal proceedings. AS
for the captain he left the colony for
ian unknown destination" And he
was a handsome gentleman, fair Of
complexion with gentle eyes and Of
high stature"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Coolest drink in town at Wileys
Drug store. ad II
The Gospel Team of Forgan con-
sitisng of several ladies and gentle
men came to Bethel Sunday evening
and held a very interesting service
which did us all good. We hope
they will come again in the near
future.
ZuIa and Gordon Jones spent
Monday with their sister Mrs.
Don Grimwood.
Bert Boydstom and family visited
at A f Stephensons Monday.
Our abstracts show every trans
action in regard to transferal of
the land. Seward County Alb
strgct Co, ad 1t.
Miss Arletta Glover who has
been visiting home folks since the
close of her school at Yoder, Kans.
returned to Hutchinson Wednesday
of last week but our loss was
another's gain for on May the 29th
she was united in marriage to Mr..
Nathaniel Blosser of near Hutchi-
son.
They spent the week end visit
ing friends of that city and on
Sunday left for their country
home where a sumptious dinner
awaited them.
Mrs. Blosser was a prospective
teacher in the Kansas public
schools for the past six years and
is we'll known in the Bethal CO
munity where she has won many
IrlenuS'
The groom is a progressive
farmer and a young man of high
esteem among his friends and
acquaintance. We all Join to-
gether in wishing them the very
best in life.
Two lots on Kansas Ave. J block
from High School, walks in. Only
$125 90 They are snap ad ct
Griffith & Baughman
Rev. Wadley the Baptist Mini.
ster of Tyrone will preach at
Bethel Sunday June 7th at p IN.
Everybody invited to come out
and hear him. He's alive in the
wor kand we're sure he will have
something good for all.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
HOW PEDESTRIANS ARE HURT
Habit of Holding Umbrella Down to
Protect Face Is Responsible for
Many Accidents.

There are a great many persons
injured on windy, rainy nights because
they hold their umbrellas down in or
der to protest their faces from the
driving rain" explained a New York
ambulance surgeon. I'm their desire
they place themselves in grave danger
OF being struck and run over by sur
face cars, automobiles and other We
hicles.
IF you wish proof of my assertion
Just stand in a doorway some night
where you are protected from the rain
and where you are in position to see
an expanse of thorouShfare which all
kinds of vehicles use, You will be sur
prised at the large number of persons
you will notice crossing the thorough
fare with their umbrellas held down
SO far that 1t is impossible for them
to see anything approaching. They
seem oblivlous of danger, and spec
tator would suppose from their actions
that there was not the remotest
chance Of an accident occurring.
1T is a fact that many pedestrians
are injured on windy, rainy nights.
With their umbrellas pulled down so
that it is impossible to see ahead or to
the sides, the pedestrians walk in
front of vehicles and are knocked
down and injured before they realize
what has happened"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
No Occasion to Worry.

Following brief acquaintance and
a hurried courtship, Sam Hawkins and
Eliza Cook, colored, on the eve of the
wedding were indulging in those sol
emn self-confessions which such an
occasion invites. "One thing All most
fohgot to tell yuh, honey" cooed Eliza.
Use somnambulist." Somewhere
she had run across the word, liked it,
carefully remembered it, and at last
had an opportunity to bring it into
use. Don't wohy bout that" replied
Sam, with easy, chivalrous air, ma
fatheh wuz Mefodis, ma muttheh wuz
Biptis', an Ah'm-well fur's Ah'm con-
ce'ned And jes soon go to youah
chu'ch as any otheh,"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Sunshine

'fhe recent rains insure bumper
wheat crop looks like harvest
would be here by the Goth of this
month. The dashing rains has
delayed row planting and there
will be lots of replanting.
There was large crowd out to
the entertainment and ice cream
supper last Friday night.
Mrs. j |. Bunyard has been on
che sick list this week.
Geo. Peterson of Independence
visited Fred Hartman Sunday
Robt. Vogt who is in a hospital
at Rochester, MINI. is expected
home before long His many
friends are glad to hear he is gett-
ing along so nicely.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
MUST HUMoR THE BALDHEADS
The More "Ivory-Topped" They Are,
the More They Insist on Being
Flattered.

The fat man, leaving the barber
shop, slammed the door viciously
You've lost him." said the boss
you've lost him now for good"
81 know" said the assistant. But,
hang it, forgot"
you shouldn't forget, George" said
the boss.
And gloomy silence ensued We
yentured to break this silence.
What was the trouble?" we asked.
George forgot" said the boss, TO
part the mans hair, He only just
sllcked down the sides and back"
But the man has no hair!" we
cried. He was as bald as an egg
No matter" said the boss. mo mat
ter for that. The balder man is, the
more punctiliously you must make an
imaginary parting on his coco, and the
more carefully you must plaster down
the imaginary hair to left and right.
He'll quit you forever if you don't"
We laughed cynically
1T isn't so ridiculous as it seems"
the barber ended Every bald man,
by studying his head in a certain light,
manages to find bit of fuz on it,,
This fuzz he brushes religiously a half
dozen times day. 1t doesn't seem to
him that he's bald. Hairs little thin,
perhaps But he's not bald-not bald,
like Brown or Smith-oh, no!
"And you break his heart when, af-
ter you shave him, you neglect to
brush his fuzz. Is he them really, as
bald as Smith? Curses, no! You're
fool, that's all. He goes out, slamming
the door. and he patronizes thereafter
a barber who will fuss over his white
dome as though it was Samsons."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Decoration Day Observed

Decoration day last Saturday
was an ideal day here and an un.
usually large crowd was at the
cemetery in the forenoon. The
.old vetrans under the leadership
Iof their Post Commander. VIM.
McNabney strewed butiful flowers
on the graves of their comrades,
after which they gathered at the
soldiers plot, where ten of their
comrades lie side by side. when
the solemn and impressive services
of their ritual was conducted.
There are in the cemetery the
graves. of thirty who wore the blue
and two who wore the gray,
all alike had a flag over their
mound and all alike had flowers
in abundance strewed on their
graves. After returning to town
the old veterans we're the guests
of the w. G, T, U. at a splendid
dinner at the home of Mrs. Had
l. an e, in company wit h the
different pastors of the town and
other invited guests.
Meeting at the hall at 9 O'Clock
the published program was car
ried out without hitch, the hall
was crowded to its caplcity, start
ing with song America followed
by invocation by Rev. Ward then
a patriotic drill by twenty-four
young ladies trained by Mrs. Mey-
er and Mrs. Vickers, after which
short address by our young
county attorney, Clyde r. Com
mons in his usual vicarous
way. Then came the principal
address of the day by Mrs. Grin
stead, OF this address it is not
necessary to comment only to say
she did credit to her reputation as
a national lecturer. The reading
of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
by Mrs. Gregoire was we'll rend-
cred. To all those Old Soldiers
who desired to take off their hats
a few words by commander Nc
Nabney on what Memorial day
meant and the singing of the Star
Spangled Banner closed the exer-
cises There are only fifteen of
the Old Veterans who wore the
blue left and to get that many we
have to take in twelve miles
around Liberal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Go to Wiley's Drug Store 70

Go to Wiley's Drug Store for
cigars. ad 1t
District court has been in ses-
sion this week but was not closed
until today so the report must go
over until next week. The jury
cases were disposed of first so that
the JURORS could get back to their
work also that the expense would
be as little as possible to the coun
ey. Judge Downer is considerable
when it comes to county expenses
and is careful that expenses do
not increase when he can avoid it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Harvest Hands

We have a large number of APP
plications from parties in the East
wanting work in the Harvest fields
Come in and look them over. We
will gladly assist you in any way
we can to get your extra harvest
help. adj. 1t Griffith&Baughman.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
$1O5O.OO

Bays dandy, close in, 4 Room
Residence some terms Let us show
you. ad %. Grilfith&Baughman.
We have moved but are still
making abstracts. Seward County
Abstract Co. ad 1t.
to morrow while the drinking
fountain is being dedicated so that
boys who work in the shops can
help in furnishing music for the
occasion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Some Almost Small Enough.

There was a crowd of people in the
5 and 10-cent store about quittin.
time. Several customers were stand
ing around the table, which held the
mouse traps.
A man rushed in and not waiting for
his turn pushed his way through the
crowd and approached the sales girl,
please sell me mouse trap right
away; want to catch my car" he
said, as he dived into his pocket for
the change
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Deceived.

Little Willie was left alone with
sisters beau.
Mr.. Chumpley," he presently said,
what is popinjay?"
"Wh-why, a popinjay is a-a vain
bird"
Are you bird, Mr.. Chumpley?"
Certainly not"
That's funny. Ma said you was a
popinjay, and pa said there was no
doubt about your bein' a jay, an sis
ter said there was small hopes of your
poppin, an now you say you amt a
bird at all. That's funny"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Wiley's for pure drugs.
Bethel Notes

Rainl Rainl We heard some of
our neighbors say they were going
to sell out and go to dry country,
that Beaver County is getting to
be too wet for them.
Mrs. Terrell and children visited
at j. F. Hollands near Blue Bell
last Wednesday.
Arlon Rolo and little sister of
Liberal are visiting relatives near
Bethel this week,
Hazel Glover attended church at
Union Sunday.
Ed, Watson and family near
Flors spent Sunday at W, F,
Potters.
See us in our new location on
west second street. Seward
County Abstract Co. ad. It,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Many of the greatest sculptors of
the world have produced the wonder
full figures and groups to he shown
on the grounds and on the great pail
aces of the Panama-Pacific Internal
tional Exposition at San Francisco in
1915. The picture above shows one of
the exquisite figures by August Jaegers
for the great Court of the Four Sea-
sons.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Since January 1st this section
of Kansas has had over len inches
of ram fall. Since MAY 28th the
precipitation has been 5. IS inches.
The barber shops will be closed
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
How Bill Got Along

AS Bill sat in the kitchen talking his mother and telling
her about New York and his work there knock the
door and in Emily and her mother Bls mother had
invited them the big dinner she had prepared
for Bill Bill coudn keep his eyes off Emily and marvelled
how pretty she and what good sensible girl she had
become.
Bill walked home with Emily and her mother that night.
After her mother had gone into the house he sat talking to
Emily for long time explaining her that the he
had called her and her mother while they New
York because he "broke" to entertain them
Emily said that all past now and that she very
happy hear of his Then he told her about his
work and his being West of the firm branch
houses to put it in shape
Then Bill said to Emily, "Dont you think if I make
good there and things go along all right it would be
good idea if stop off my way East and
be married cause Emily, girl you surely know that
since kids have loved you"
Emily hid her head on Bill shoulder and she whispered
low he could hardly hear it. Yes, Bill think it would
be DANDY idea III. G.
ITO Be contnued)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30

TN Herbert Spencer's Essay on
Education" the author says,
THE first requisite is to be
a good animal"
Ironcal people have called at
tention to the fact that Herbert
Spencer wasn't But this does
not weigh,tn the scale against the
truth of his dictum.
Any system of education that
does not tend to make the child
a good animal is faulty in the ex-
treme.
The world is coming to the be-
lief that the object of education
is to make the individual ac-
quainted with this planet upon
which he lives, that feeds and
sustains him. 'in order that he
may better adapt himself to life
here and now.
The more accurate knowledge
he has about this world, its his
tory. the men and women who
now live and those who have
lived. the better educated the in
dividual
The other day | saw hundred
young men shoveling and cart
ing snow off of college campus.
And congratulated professor
Of political economy. on the num-
Der of working. students at the
college.
He looked at me in pity and re-
piled, why, those fellows are not
students. here. We have entered
into a pact to the. effect that at
this university no useful thing
shall be done"
II youth is not brought up to
work before he is twelve, he prob
ably will never be able to acquire
the habit afterward.
He justifles himself in his own
inability. prides himself on his
ineh1ciency. wraps his ignorance
around him and lies down to
pleasant dreams.
You can graduate at Harvard,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
Fifty Men Who Think"
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

the world by actually isolating
and weighing ONE electron. This
seemingly impossible thing clio
tied the admiration of all stu
dents Of nature on earth.
William Ramsay, in his near
approach to natures arcane
place, the absolute zero of tenn
perature, in the terrific cold Of
solid helium. l saw him handle
liquid hydrogen so cold that if
YOU touch 1t with the finger you
are ready for its amputation.
Twenty day Man.
Naldemar Poulsen, the invent-
or of the astonishing instrument,
the telegraphone Here wordS
are impotent in description But
the energy that causes sound in
the aural areas Of personalities
brain is actually put into and
taken out of the first layer of thu
molecules Of metal on disk in
stead Of the indentations on a
phonograp hic record. That is =
highly polished smooth disk OF
metal will talk to you. Edison
little use to try to recount his
mappi6capca 10 -+vliaa 5,,~{,es
the regulation time of a mathe-
matician, from ten to twenty
hours daily.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz, an
other twenty hour man. he
knows what a gigantic alternator
will do before they build it. His
equations in electrical engineer
ing are classic and are published
around the world.
l can not take space to men
ton more, save Brashear. the
millionth-of-an- inch in accuracy
man. the spectre bolometer and
lens maker But the mighty ra-
cent dead; Kelvin, the master
that deduced the equations for
the Atlantic cables: and a great
er the simply amazing mathe-
matical formulas upon which are
now based all wireless telegra-
ply and telephony. all wireless
write the names Polncare and
Newcomb, the supreme mathe-
maticians, for all other mathema-
ticians look upon them with a
veneration that can not be told
in words. They both added inte-
erals to the growing list, and
created new equations - ~
Wark infinihv A1kDr' 49,, 8,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
Bv EBERT HUBBARD

Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Ok
ford or Cambridge and, literally,
not know peas from beans, or
Berkshire from Duroc.
The production of food has been
left to the ignorant, the illiterate.
the depressed, the mentally I'M
couth.
Educated people simply take
food for granted
They may know all about
ancient Palestine, Greece and
Rome, but nothing about North
Dakota.
And yet there Is no study that
brings quick and as sure a re-
ward in way Of red cheeks. shin
ing eyes, strong muscles and use
full knowledge as practical farm
ing.
College graduates with teach
ers' certificates are plentiful.
Combined coachers and teach
ers are not hard to find.
But when it comes to showing
boys and girls how to do practical
work, YOU will look long before
you find your man. and when you
locate him you'll find he has
good job already.
For five hundred years teach
ers have been trained to have a
sort of contempt for anything in
the line of useful physical en-
deavor.
Good school teachers are plenti-
full, and can be secured all the
way from fifty to one hundred
dollars a month But teachers
Who not only can meet the book
requirements, but who know
enough about practical agricul-
ture TO make a study of farm
ing attractive, to-day command
two hundred dollars or more a
month
And the fact that the world Is
willing to pay good wages to men
who can teach us how to work
is the most hopeful sign Of the
time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
n Can you 0ire me list Of
X the ffty Hiring rho really


" the fifty Hiring uhQ really
Think"
Alt is not usual to pay high
honors to the master minds OF
the world until after they have
passed out" or died. But I will
mention the names of a few, be
cause the entire world has al
ready classed them as masters
that is, men able to add to the
already vast sum of human
knowledge.
I suppose that Joseph J. Thorn
son, Cavendish Laboratory, Cam
bridge, England, now stands at
the head Of the human species He
discovered the only entities in ex-
demonstrations. That is, he
broke up the chemical atom that
Hdu Iulcu lplil the udy , VI lie
mocritus and Lercippus, the
Greeks. down to Dalton and
Thomson. These, not atoms,
we're the first entities in the uni
verse
Thomson is also an. exalted
mathematician, and therefore vas
in possession of the colossal pow
err TO show the mathematical
place Of the electron in nature.
Newton wrought three mighty
works He discovered universal
gravitation; he discovered differ
entails. or the consecutive state,
and then put them to incessant
use. Here are some others:
Madame Curie. the discoverer
OF radium, who was able to add
to knowledge; Ernest Ruther-
ford, the great manipulation Of
electrons and discoverer of the
mathematical laws Of radium en-
anations
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
Nicholson and Millikan.

Albert A Nicholson. who with
consummate skin measured the
absolute length OF waves OF cad
MUM light, now accepted BY the
entire scientific world as the set
and ixed-for-all-time standard Of
length. He found the absolute
number Of wave-lengths In one
absolute centimeter. so that IL
the meter. the bar Of platinum
iridium in France, were DESTROYED
a new one could he made with
unerrnE accuracy.
Robert Andrews Mllikan. who
startled every scientific man in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-22
Newark Clergymen
Planning to Attend
Meeting at Grove

Many local clergymen, representing
the various Protestant denominations
in this vicinity, will attend the an
nual campmeeting services, to be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
Ocean Grove Association, to open at
the popular seaside resort on Friday
next and to continue daily until Sep
TENDER g.
Among the speakers from this Sec
ton of the State will be Rev. DR.. A.
w. Hayes. of Madison, and Rev. DR..
Wescott, of Jersey City. Other noted
diVines to be heard will include Rev.
Allan MacRossie, of New York; Rev.
Robert Bagnell and Rev. t. ]. Nc
Kenney, of Philadelphia; Rev. E. L.
Watson, of Baltimore; Rev. A. w.
Cooper, of Reading, and Rev. r. F.
De Coursey, of Wilmington.
The services win open on Friday
afternoon with a conservation meet.
ing, with Rev. DR. Aaron Ballard
president of the association, presid.
ing. Prominent clergymen from va.
rious sections of the country will at
tend the union religious gathering,
and many will participate in the SER
vices. A feature on the program will
be the presence of the famous
"Gipsy" Smith, who, it is announced,
will speak on five days during the
meet.
There will also be special music and
other attractive features to assure an
exceptional program. The committee
is arranging for the usual overflow at
tendance.