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Elastic Mattress
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TEACHERS EXAMS
SNhoiaates For City Schools NAY -ah.
examinations Friday and


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defendant then appealed 10 the birbor
court The suit f. brought for the
payment OF money claimed 70 b. dine.
the plaintiff
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Carpets and Rugs

Lot OF Palisade Velvet Hearth Rugs size
sale s'r sri 'a:''', s.'O quality CSC
Best quality ATWOOD Ingram Carpet with
cotton .,rs chain csc Quality sale price 40
Granite Carpet Of good quality ward vide.
good eolors and patterns, artistic and durable
and much better than mating. our zoe ~
leader; sale price, yard ....-...... Il ~
Union Ingram Carpet in green-and-oak
green-and-lght tan. etc. SOC quality; o.
sale price, yard ............. CCC
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27
BE- taken chat suttahla rarieties5 a

bs taken that suitable varieties are
secured.
For the western me-third Of the
state, corn from central and southern
Nebraska and southern Dakota IS Her
haps the best source of seed, in that
the varieties obtained will mature un.
der western Kansas conditions. There
is danger in obtaining northern agrowr
seed for any locality in Kansas that
tha varieties obtained will mature toe
early to take advantage of the loegel
growing season and are, therefore,
not capable of producing o maximum
yields.
A large quantity of shelled corn i
being shipped into Kansas this win
ter for feeding purposes. AZ a rule,
It is a mixed lot from uGknown
sources. Many farmers VIII be
tempted to use this corn oreplaating
rather than to obtain good seed Of va
rieties known to be adapted to their
conditions. No one can afford to take
this risk. The risk involved is Car
too great and more than offsets the
trouble and expense Of obtaining
good seed. This corn may be a poor
variety unsuited to KaneasS conditions
and the vitality OF the corn iS likely
to be low. Such corn should mot be
planted until every possibH effort
has been made to obtain better seed.
Corn used for seed ne&t year Should
be tested for termination regardless
of the source of the seed. Mit does
not terminate ninety PER cent OIL
better, It b unfit for seed. No farm
er can afford to plant corn d large
portion Of which win not grSE. A Ht.
tie time and eIfon spent in making
termination test will often save re
planting a field or a reduced yield du
to poor seed. q 20
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27
SEED CORN FOR KANSAS.
By L. E. Call, Agronomist.

~ u. 4. Cal, AgronomdSt.
Kansas plants, ON the average, over
one million bushels Of seed corn an.
nuaAy. Because Of the large increase
IN the amount o wheat seeded last
fall, the acreage Of corn in 1914 will
probaOE be below normal. The Quan
tRy d seed required will probably be
between 100000 and 100000 bushels
Kansas produced in 1914 about lS,
100000 bushels Of corn, which Is on
Fly Il percent Of the normal crop
Very little of this corn is fit fOr seed
Because of the drouth and beat 1t dix
s& mature properly, or even wher'
yields Of from five 10 ten ba,shels t
The acre were obtained the corn pro
duced is, as q rule, inferior in quail
Iity and vitality While much Of Il
may germinate, 4 lacks the VigOr and
Vitality necessary to obtain a good
stand of strong, vigorous plants. q
"a large percent of the seed corn
for next years planting must come
from sources other than the 1913 croI
Probably the best source Of seed for
sny given locality is the home grown
1919 crop. This crop vas above nor
NAL in quality. and where the corn
has been kept under proper condi.
tons it wiA make good seed. u the
corn Is Of good vitality, it will un-
doubtedly be superior to seed intro
duced from other. states, or from dis
tant localities within the state. IN ali
pgohebility enough good seed can be
selected from the 1912 crop, together
with a little good seed obtained IN
1913, TO supply. the needs q the state
tst to do this the seed must be Sc
1eOted at once and pot ON the mar
bet and properly distributed. .
The Agronomy Department q the
Kansas State Agricultural College Is
endesVOuing to assist farners &hc
have 6ssurpus 'apoust Of seed Tor
ale b findihg 4 psEsRt and e the
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27
ARTICLE, on ISAAC PITMAN.

By Geo. W. Reichard, Official Court
StenOgrapher, 2Oth Judicial District
ot Kansas. .,
The celebration January 4th,. 1914
Of the one hundred and, first anniver'
sary of the birth of Sir Isaac Pitman
calls to mind the very prominent part
this noted shorthand author and his
eminent brother, the late Ben Pitman
Of Cincinnati, play in the conduct q
our every day business affairs. There
Is hardly. an offiee Of any cOnse-
quence' today but what has is stem
ographer as a necessary and permar
neut adjunct to the successful con.
duct of the business rad.afing there
from. It has gotten to be that every
lawyer, musician, real estate office,
broker, banker and doctor, as well
as the other professions, has their
stenographer, and official StenOgFa'
piers are provided for in practically
every court in the United States in
order to preserve the records. The
large department. stores, packing
houses, mail order houses, and the
Ike, employ small armies Of stenog-
Taphers, and their expenditure for this
class Of work runs we'll into the thou
sands of dollars annually.
Shorthand, contrary to common sup
position, is not a modern invention.
The early history of the art lis close
" allied with photography and it
has been traced into the mists of an.
tiQuity. Marcus Tulius Tiro-63 B. c.
who was the slave of Marcus Tu-
lius Cicero. was probably the first
person really to work out a semblance
Of q system of shorthand, which was
9nown as Notae Tironianae. But he
necessarily did not accomplish much
speed, as the means at his command
Tor taking a speech for his master
were very crude indeed- being sort
Of stylus with which ne traced his
symbols upon waxcd or tSllowed sur
faces of flat stones. He did become
more or less profic emit, however, and
the world is indebted to THO fer
many oflthe great Cicero's speeches,
Tor It was through Tiro's system Of
shorthand that they were recorded.
Historians tell us that so pleased did
Cicero become with the work of Trio
that he gave him his freedom and
made him his secretary. Tiro's sys-
tam seems to hove been used much
by the early Christians and St. Paul
Is supposed to have dictated to amar
uenses several of his Epist,es, nOta-
bly that to the Colossians. 90
Prior to the advent of 'Pitman, short
hand was called the black art. 1t
was generally supposed, good many
years before he published his system,
that a writer of shcr hand was a be,
Ing POSSESSED of "a spirit incarnate,
and that his power to take down in
symbols and signs spoken words Of
another, subsequently, reducing them
to writing, was that of a supernatur-
u .being-a power bestowed by the
underworld. Such persons in those
days were known as. witches. and not
A'few were tortured and put to dea'h
because they possessed the Sc
eret Of the black art .
ManN systems CT shorthand were
exploited in the, years before the ed
vent Of Pitman, but it remained fcl
khis genius to discover and promul
gate one Of the greatest time, saver
that ever has been utilized by th,
business world. He presented a new
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

same time help those who desire to
obtain the best seed for their respec'
tiV localities. Prior to Januery 8
1914, there were listed with the ArOn.
omy Department over $4,000 bushels
Of seed corn, some OF which has now
been sold. ALI Of this is. Kansas
grown corn, and as ald parts x the
corn growing section OF the state are
represented, the list offers q good
opportunity to locate seed corn adapt
ed 70 all sections Of the state. Farm
ers who have surplus Of seed corr
and wish assistance In disposing Of II
should notify the AgrOnomy Depart
ment at once, giving the name Of the
variety, amount and price Per busheI
and send at the same time a small
representative sample for inspection
and germination test. Farmers whC
wish to secure seed should write the
AsrOnomy Department and secure q
list Of farmers having seed corn fol
sale. In this way farmers DESIRING
seed can secure it from other farm
erS having seed for sale.
In many localities It may be impOs
sible TO obtain home grown seed. II
this case seed should be obtained thai
was grown as uear home as possible
Where corn must be obtained from
distances Of one hundred miles q
more, the locality from which hat
best be obtained will Varv Gith hG
portion Of the state IN wG;cn it is t
be planted.
In Northeastern KSns IS .'ere IS sui
fic'ent home grown ccrn q the 1S1.
and the l91: crOps to mwe ttsn sup
ply the L.: al demand, ana q thin par
Of the 2tate It Is not nec,iipiy to i'm
port seed from other sor:cee.
In southeastern Kan as tLe situa
| tion is not so fortunate si.lce botl
the 1912 I'D the 1913 CROPS wert
short. In al few tavOrod locsllties O
this part OF the state fa'riy good seet
corn was produced in 1919 This ant
the 1912 corn should be the frs
choice Of seed. The next best sOurc'
is seed corn from Missouri that was
grown directly east of the locality II
which i Is TO be planted.
In north central Kansas, especially
in Smith, Jewell, Republic and a FEW
adjoining counties, there Is sufficient
old corn to more than supply, the 10
cal demand and this should be obtain
ed for seed If possible. II homt
grown seed b not available, corn
from. east central and eastern Neb'
raska should be secured.
The same thing spphss to Csntra,
and southeastern Kansas, With tae e1
ceptiOn that corn from northeast Ken
sas II 70 be preferred 70 that from
more distant sources to the north.
east.
For south central Kansas, early va
rieties from central and eastern Okla
homas wulsbe better than those OBJ
tanned several slundred miles north
and east. IN SRpglAs corn .nOrtb
there Is danger Of obtaining varieties
that wiz n% n1atus. and care should
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

alize that they could not report
s9eacles with the system in hand.
There were, however, a few fairly
successful systems Of shorthand most
prominent among them being the
Guerney and Taylor, and it was at
GAe height of a well deserved popu.
lsgity Of these systems that Sir Isaac
brought forth the first edition of
Isaac Pitman Shorthand.
Pitman followed q new Tine Of
thought and SO CLEARLY marked the
way for others that shorthand writ
ers down to the present time have
followed the lines of thought eStab-
Eshed by him. He discovered that IN
the English language there are s43
distinct sounds, represented by rs Let.
teN, and he therefore constructed
his system along geomktrical lines.
straight or curved, shaded or hight,
with heavy vowels indicated by heavy
dots and dashes and light ones by
light dots and dashes, placed at the
Beginning, MIDDLE or end Of the
strokes. Diphthongs were indicated
by semi-circdes, turned at different
angles. He employed twelve vowel
sounds, and three positions, above,
on, and below the Fne; one set of
four vowels being written above the
line, another set ON the line and still
another set below the line. This rad.
ical departure from the lines already
laid down by Messrs, Gusrney and
Taylor caused a sensation i'm the
shorthand world, and Sir Isaac was
the object Of such abuse as never be
fore was heaped upon a shorthand au
thor. He had employed three posi-.
tions for the representation of three
separate and distinct sets of vowels
and also the principle of shading. He
also had constructed his system upor
the theory of vocalization, represFnt-
ing a soft sigh, Such as Pc with a
night stroke and Be- the hard sound
OF Pc with precisely the same etrokd
as Pc, only shaded, and 50 ON clear
through his system, in conjunction
with hooks, loops and circles, half
length strokes and double lsngth
strokes, with each stroke 60 scientif..
caIly arranged that the most frequent
~ occurring sounds we're represented
by the strokes easiest Of execution.
There are many systems Of short.
hand in use today, some Of which are
good, and some, perchance, bad
Those which are good are m ,eunE
with well deserved success, and the
Dad ones are falling by the wayside.
BU TO Isaac Pitman we are indebt-
"a for our present day shorthand.
When we speak Of Wagner We think
~ the best there is IN music; when
we speak Of Shakespeare we think Of
the best there is in literature; when
we speak Of Marconi We think OF the
coanAeSs hundreds Of miles over
which We can communicate with each
otheS by means Of wireless te,Agra-
phy, and when VIE speak Of Sir Isaac
P1tman we must acknowledge him as
being one Of the most mighty bene-
factors IN the advancement of the
great progress made by America dur.
ang the last generation. He opened
up a new field BY the mems Of
which literal thousands earn their
daily bread. He revolutionized com
nerce, business and legal procedure.
He was indeed the pioneer Of cur
present day American shorthand, and
though systems may come and go, he
will live IN the history of our short.
hand as does Washington live in the
history f our country.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell and
sons we're heD Sunday for a visit
with Mr.. Mitchell s. sister, Mrs. VIII
Hammond, and family.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

A baby boy arrived last Friday at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ed
wards Of Newton. Mrs. Edwards was
formerly Miss Grace johnson of this
city, s'
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

l'avenu9 Of thought in shortnanA, and
taught the world to think differently
about it. s.
Sir Isaac PitmSn q vas born at TOW
bridge, Wiltshire, EAglands January
A. 1913. HeGwas educatad in the
Normal College ofshe British and
Foreign schod s9ci;tssOf London. He
published his first wotk On Shorthand
known as Ste3ographG sound Hand, ,
in 1887, and elga@d in teaching hie
system i'm England. Q TIE honor Of
knightheOd vas conferred upcn him
by Queen yictgi& in rGOgnitioG Of
his eminen5 service. oLat@ he came
to THE United stBes, taking up his
residence ID New York. There hs
established the Phouetic Journal in
1872, editing it for more than 50
years. In nthe ensuing sears he issuet
over 200 works fadss shorthand, con.
sisitng of standard literature, includ-
ing the complete Rsble and vicar OF
Wakefield . His system gradually
came to be used more and more and
is today extensively taught in com.
mereial and hieh schools. s Sir. Isaac
lived to see his system Of shorthand
introduced into every EneishSpeabn
country and siqceo Ab death it has
been successfully adapted to several
languages, namelE59 Spanish Dutch,
even to the Mahogany for official use
in Madagascar, and 70 tie Japanese
Language under the name q PhOHo-
graphdca Japonica. 3
Closely allied With Sip Isaac Pit.
man was his brotheF3 Bea Pitman, a.
so born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, En-
ggiand, July 22nd, 1929 He assisted
his brother materially N the prepara.
ton of his system and came to the
United States at the Urgent request
of Isaac TO give instruction in phono
graphy. He established himself in
Cincinnati ghereo he fouAded o the
Photographic Institute and during his
lifetime was, ehieflS0 engaged in Pc
porting court trials and co2vSntions.
He reported the trials of tie asSas-
sins of Presidential LincolA, Che Sons
of Libepty,' the Ku,KIuS KIan,' and
other similar government prosecu.1
tions. o
. % % e'Se
The Pitman brothers osuccaeded in
inEenting the first really practice
system of shorthand, Qand verbatim
reporting in the Eaglish-speaking
Borld dates from the oi1Vention 'Of
photography by chem. 0 Those who
thought upon Che subject obo short
hand prior to their 9ime were prone
to adopt the systems already evolved
by Guerney or Taylor r Other aa-
thors OF shorthand texts only alter,
ing them enough to q6Ake it possible
to say claim to the authorship & a
new system. T6sy ha0 no scientific
basis in fact. No attention was paid,
to the frequency with which certain
sounds occurred, ana. no attempt ap-
pare1tly was made to assign the most
easily executed strokes to the most
Frequently occurring sounds, tie Sau.
thors seemingly giving NO thonght to
such matters, but coustfuctingo their
systems with the sole object of max.
ing them different from the other fel-
bOwose Each claimed osgperiOrity over
the other, but gone vas really oof
much account. They were al invent.
ed with the Viewo5 q expl0tstiOn for
profit, Being for tie most part purely
catch penny publications, and few,
i any, survived longeQo thanos tie
time 1T took for a few guIHblaS tsSe
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

ar. and Mrs. Clarence Heaton Wis.
it'd with his parents in Kansas City
a few dagG last week and also took
i'm Ben Hur while there.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

Mrs. Ed Mitchell and Miss Mary
Mitchell returned the first Of the
week from a few days visit with rel
atives and friends in Newton. g
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

How about thde springs for your
wagon? Just theCthing for any farm
wagon. Strong, durable, and made
in different sizes. Fully guaranteed
at Wilcox's.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

Mr.. ans Mrs. Hylas Butler went to
Lacrosse Saturday 6eveuang where
they s9nt Sunday and. Monday with
relati@s and frienda
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

FOR SALE-Alfafa hay,o two and
a half miles northeast of Great Bend
$12 per ton. JOHN WOOD.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

Rev. Brunner and family Of Kyle
Texas, have obes here for a visit
with Mr.. BruGnet's sister, Mrs. Henr
Briel and fanily. o
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

FOR SALE, Trade or Beut-aA au.
tOmObile garage Write Sam YedeR
Rawnee Rock, Kansas
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

Miss Anna Piper went to lewis
Saturday for a visit Nth relatives.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

For mild, easy action Of the bow.
1sOs, otry Doan3s Regulets, modern
laxative. 25c atsall stores.
Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27
. No matter what
You paint; or,wher,e,.
.Devoe oe'Lead:and
Zinc Paint is right
for it -.


Inside the house7,a rOOu9 or
the whole interior of the house;
outside the house, ey any part.of
it; or any other buildings; Devoe
Lead@nd-Zinc Paipt giIl do the.
job tight .
Made Of right materials .pa together
in The Eight way, ready 90 use Specify
DevOe 10 your painter. 80
B4RRICKLOW. DRUGC0.
0 Great Bend, Kansas
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-09-25
mos TWO OTHER
.x|vES ON THE Job
after HONEYMOON
mne. Tnubmann, Opera
Z Singer, Now Regrets Ro-
\ nance With Movie Man.
iiin WAS IN LONDON.
Sc Was One Too Many After
FIRST Spouse Had Been Re-
ported in Boston.

WAN Nine. Sophie Traubmann. In
eoeea singer, who lives 1t No $50
,Wese Ninety nth street. reached
I1saaea With her new husband N an
t0ort 70 escape his alleged wife In
DeGoon, Il was only TO be confronted
~ . third alleged wife there. aocord-
- % . cablegram from London r.
Se1vsd asrs to-day.
y. According 10 the London oabls
Ma Tsaubmann said che and her
09oooA.yoar-oid daughter. Eleanor.
VDoot ~ summer In Europe and re-
eGEqoo - the United States on the
An1AnlA whom the war started. On
- w over she met George Albert
G0eoodor, VINO said he was . MIN
~ promoter. Of London, on his way
- 70 place war Aims. She agreed
- onA her slx yearS widowhood ~
go - thsy landed, and whom they
- unable TO we'd In Montreal they
$3.50 % 70 New York. whore they
V10eo married In City Hall Sept BY
- bridegroom, she said, gave her
. o1ook for $1,000 on London bank.
a. told her he owned two buildings
n London. They spent their honey
0o1n in her Ninety. NTH street fst.
onl "a few days he gent to Glove
Lad 70 visit his mother and brothers.
Wheu she Joined him there . day
o. 40 later. she said, she was met
+. WI the announcement that she had
~ dupsd. - Schroeder had . wife
- '3o0ton and . son being cared for
~ Cleveland by his fathers family.
AoDordinG to Nine. Traubmann.
oo1goeder confessed psfors his TAM
~ tha3 be WaS ettli married to the
UoDtou woman.
& une. Traubmann decided 70 try TO
1vnh Tie matter up In America by
$500 With him TO Europe and did not
~ her parents. Schroeder insisted
NJ a3Air Of the Boston wife could
~ D1jlntcd. On the eve Of their de-
,109thFo On the Campania his brothers
VyOAo her they had reason to think
~ M . Aancee In London. Schroeder
1870 this. but admitted he might
49, dt0oulty IN breaking on rela-
49, WITH Q WOMAN he called "Ial.s
~ landing ct Liverpool Nina
y au6maan rot possession Of . wire.
- sent Schroeder ABOARD the Cam.
T1ofoA by "Liw saying she would b In
G01On 70 meet him.
\ Wien their train reached London
Dakroodor spied 'Ln," according to
4 80. Traubmann. and rushed over
~ kiae her. The singer interviewed
>n6l declared she was Schroeder
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RID STOMACH Of
GASES, SOURNESS,
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Dispepsin" ends all
stomach distress in five
minutes.

Yos don't want . slow remedy when
your stomach 10 bad--or an uncertain
ons--of . harmful oue-your stomach
b too valuable; you mustn't inisre u
With drastic drugs.
Paps's Diapspsln d noted for its
speed n giving relief; its harmless
nsss; 10 certain unfsiling action In
regulating SICK, sour. gassy stomachs.
It's millions a cures In indigestion.
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble have made Il famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home--keep Il handy--eet . large
liity-cent csse from any drug store and
then II any one should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; q
what they eat lays like Iced. ferments
and SCUM and forms gas; esusss hesd-
ache. disxinsss and nausea; eructA.
lions Of acid and undigested food
remember - soon - Pape's Diapepsin
comes In contact With the stomaeh oil
such distress vaaishss. lie pronptssss.
certainty snd ssss n overcomiag the
wort stomach disorder 10 . revelation
10 those who try II.
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wife. Schroeder told I'm" Il wasn't
%. whersupon Nine. Traubmann pro-
duced the marriage certificate. Tho
other declared she was also his wife.
Schroeder left the two women com.
pairing notes and escaped In a taxi.
cab. Accompanied by Nine. Traub-
MAINS ds2shter they went to q
story, Scotland Yard men were sent
TO eearch for Schroeder. The Ameri-
can Embassy will also b asked to
aid.