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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Farmers of Oklahoma have been
asked to feed birds. That would have
been laughed at ten years ago, says
the Tulsa Democrat, but now 1t is
looked upon as a business PROPOSE
ton. Birds are delight as well as
a profit. Feed the birds. When one
understands the intimate relation ex-
listing between bird life and plant
and insect life in the economy of ma
ture; how necessary they are to each
other, the Democrat can we'll afford
to give the above advice. Why, If
there were no birds and insects there
would be very little plant life, and
that of the cryptogamic form which
is the least useful to us, belonging,
as 1t does, to the third age Of the
world.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT

Editor Peterson of the Cimarron
Jacksonian rose to a point Of order
on a few things in the following Ian
guage last week: "A certain amount
of vocational training, under COM
petent instruction, may be a good
thing in high schools, but nothing
will set back this vocational move
ment so much as attempting techni-
cal training under instructors who
do not know themselves the things
they are supposed to teach, however
good their intentions. Learning a
thing wrong is worse than not learn
ing it at all. No less an authority
than ]. d. Hickman, head of the
school of printing at Manhattan,
states that it takes at least three
years under expert instruction to
make a printer-as long term Of
training as many lawyers and doctors
have-and yet we hear of small
town high school where the chance
against maintaining expert instruc-
ton is about 100 to 1, giving courses
in printing. Perhaps the next
things offered will be courses in
civil engineering, navigation, medi-
cine, shoe-making,, dentistry, lumber
milling and barbering, taught by in
structors who are specialists in
chemistry, English, bookkeeping,
manual training, pedagogy and math-
ematics. Botch workmanship is bad
and plentiful enough, but when it is
made permanent by gelatious ignor-
ance ossified into a complacent de-
fusion that one has graduated in a
vocational subject, after dabbling
under well-meaning instructor who
has no training in things he tries to
teach, it will result in an appalling
mess of self-satisfied but incom-
petent and half-baked misfits."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Whenever a doctor uses his skill
to commit moral or legal wrong be-
cause somebody pays him for 1t;
whenever a lawyer uses his ability
for pay, or prospect of pay, to make
the machinery grind out grist OF
injustice and tyranny; whenever the
churchman uses his sacred Office to
grasp worldly goods and teach dark.
ness and bigotry for the coin of the
realm, thus leading souls to hades;
whenever anyone in any profession
dishonors himself he dishonors and
discredits the entire profession, nine
ty per cent of whom are Innocent
H. e. Bruce.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31
RAISING INCUBATOR CHICKS

The two most important factors
in chick raising are comfort and
proper food, according to N. L. Har-
ris, superintendent of poultry hus-
bandry in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
The little chick, whether natur-
ally or artificially fed, should not be
given anything to eat until it shows
signs Of being decidedly hungry,
which will usually be in about SO to
As hours. One of the first feeds that
the young chick should receive is
fine sand or commercial chick grit
and good drink of some sour milk
or buttermilk if possible. More di-
gestive troubles in incubator chicks
are caused from lack of grit than
any other one thing.
Zone of the essentials in maintain
ing good digestion is liberal supply
of either sour milk or buttermilk. In
few hours after the sand and but
termilk has been fed, a very small
quantity Of hard boiled egg, includ-
ing the shell, chopped fine and mixed
with bread crumbs or rolled oats,
may be given. A good proportion is
one part egg and five parts bread
crumbs or rolled oats.
ION the second day equal parts of
cracked wheat and corn should be
scattered in litter. At the same
time mash consisting of IS parts
corn meal, 81 parts wheat bran, 4
parts bone meal, and 2 parts of gran
ulated charcoal should be given. The
charcoal Is not feed but acts as a
regulator. The mash should be fed
in shallow troughs that are kept
scrupulously clean. II chicks have
a free range this mash may be kept
before them at all times. If, how
ever, they are confined to small pens,
only what they will clean up in about
20 minutes should be given them.
During the first week or ten days,
it is best to feed Eve times day, af-
ter which time three times daily is
sufficient. AS soon as possible whole
wheat and whole kafir should take
the place of the cracked grains.
Whole kafir is a splendid feed for
young chicks.
Where an abundant supply Of
sour milk is not available it will be
found necessary to add one-half
pound of corn and meat scrap to the
dry mash after the first week. This
should gradually be increased to four
pounds at end of fourth week. When
the hatch is brought OF early and
there is not an abundance Of green
shoots It will be found beneficial to
feed an onion once or twice daily"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Two little school boys, Winifred
Dick and Harry Balm, both about
eight or nine years old, attacked a
little girl, Mary Davis, of about the
same age, at or near the school house
one day after school, and as the re-
suit both boys were expelled from
school, were arrested and spent day
or two in Jail, and must appear in
court Monday to answer for their
.'good time. Meade Globe.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31
ARE YOU AN ADVERTISER

Mending dolls and toys for the
children and keeping baby carriages
for the use of those country patrons
who bring their children along into
town were two forms of successful
advertising mentioned by Missouri
hardware dealers in their state con-
vention at st. Louis recently. But
advertising in the home and county
papers played large part in the dis
cussion of business assets.
When advertising reaches the
stage where even the hardware men
make the discussion of it the feature
of several days program, it is time
for the non-advertiser to take per-
sonal inventory and find out what's
wrong with him.-University Mis-
sourian.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

1.-THE graduating class" announces
the high school reporter of the Eu-
dora News, has sent to the e. A.
Wright Bank Note Company of Phil
adelphia for their commencement
programs. The e. A. Wright Bank
Note Company is going to have the
graduating exercises printed in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. The
Ledger will tell how beautiful the
girls are, how well they did, how nice
the decorations and all that. The
editor of the News has been real
kind to us this term. He has given
us about $3.50 worth of space abso-
lutely free and our school notes have
always had front page position. But
his graduating programs didn't suit
u.s."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Charley Johnson and r. S. Randall
drove to Elkhart Sunday. They ate
dinner at Liberal and something they
ate-supposed to be chicken-gave
them ptomaine poisoning. They did
not feel any bad effects until they
reached Elkhart. Charley was under
a doctors care, but r. S. escaped
more easily. They returned home
MISUNDERSTANDING Signal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

The Bartlesville Examiner says
that negro living in that town, and
known as the king of Little Africa"
lost 800 in dice game and then
fell dead. Any negro that had that
much money and should have the
misfortune to lose it, ought to fall
dead.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

The Lawrence Journal-World de-
clares that George Marbles refusal
to consider the suggestion that he
become Democratic candidate for
governor proves that, while he may
be visionary reformer in most re-
spects, he has grounding of good
hard sense"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

George Hodges has been down in
Florida this winter on fishing trip,
but principally to get long rest.
The other night he made a speech at
banquet at st Petersburg, Fla, and
he made such hit that unless he
hikes back home pretty soon they
may run him for governor down
there,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

The Newton Kansan is opposed to
tin cans in the back yard on general
principles, but it's going to start a
regular riot If tin cans are left lying
about witout holes in the bottom.
For, according to the health service,
cans without holes catch and hold
water in which mosquitoes breed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Another successful revival in Bar
nard is being largely attended by
people from this vicinity" writes the
Eureka correspondent of the Beloit
Gazette. Every year they have a
successful revival and every one in
town is converted and the next yeaI
they seem to harvest just as large q
crop"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

The Newton Kansan doesn't take
any stock in the story that Hender-
son Martin will return from the
Philippines to take part in the COM
ing campaign. That would require
him to give up a $4,000 a year job
which is entirely at variance with
all Kansas political precedent.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31


The old fashioned man who beat a
debt and couldn't silence his con-
science showed up in Halstead in
new trappings last Saturday. Enter
ing hardware store and approach
ing John Lehman he said, Are you
John Lehman and did you run store
in Halstead in 1876? lived on q
claim near here and you sold me a
SIT pillow on, credit. Crops were bad
and l left without settling. I've
done we'll in Colorado in recent years
and want to ease my conscience.
Here is $25 for the pillow and the in
terest.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

To show what serene, lovable
disposition he has, Geo. Arbuckle OF
Kansas City, who has been required
by the court to pay his wife $35 ali
mony per month, sent her the
amount in $500 pennies. He sent
them in lubricating oil can and the
pennies had to be washed with kero-
sene before they were acceptable at
the bank. And still some people adj
vocate the abolition of the divorce
court.-Turon Press.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31
! OVER THE STATE

"A boy thinks he is going to be
his own boss after he is twenty-one,"
says Carl Brown, "and he will be
fooled in several other ways as time
passes"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

and had no chance for escape. Both
men were burned very bad on their
faces and hands.-Texhoma Argus.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

A county superintendent in a
neighboring county asked every
teacher at the county institute who
took their local or county paper to
hold up their hands, six responded.
The superintendent expressed great
surprise and said: you don't spend
dollar year with those papers yet
you expect them to print free Of
charge, notices of all institutes, in
sert long programs, expect them to
advertise you, thus assisting you to
climb the ladder to better positions
and better salaries without cent in
return.-Vega Sentinel.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

A. w. Parsons, who resides south
of Texhoma, brought some apples
to this Office the latter part Of last
week which were grown in his orch
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

S. @. w. Leghorn eggs, o. per 100;
less quantities s cents each. e. s.
Bozarth, Liberal, Kansas
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

D. l. Roush, M. D., of Chicago, who
has been lecturing in the different
towns along the Rock Island, includ-
ing Meade, thinks 80 well of our
town that he has decided to settle
here, open an Office, and bring his
family as soon as possible DR.. Roush
is good lecturer, and there are
many from Liberal and Minneola
who are seeking his services as a
physician. He has studied in Ameri-
ca and Europe, taught in some of the
medical colleges Of Chicago, is up to
date, and those who have called on
him for service feel that he knows
his business. We bespeak for him
great success in his growing field
Meade News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

Two men were brought to town
late Tuesday afternoon for medical
aid that had been caught in prairie
fire out on the Coldwater. They
were Mr.. Green and Mr.. Lewis, and
were in a wagon. It seems that they
we're coming up . hill and did not see
the are until they were right At 4
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-31

The more quiet and conservative
element of our citizenship should APP
preciate the work of our officers in
putting the kibosh on booze on the
day of the race. Geo. Ely was rep
resented by a large shipment Of his
goods which the sheriff held up at
the depot until the races were over.
1t was pretty severe for some Of the
boys who thought they could not get
along without their tea, but never
theless the day passed of without
any serious accidents that otherwise
might have caused someone's death
had booze had its way.-Guymon
Democrat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23

into the library and parked his shin OF
a rocker. Molly returned to him pres
emily for more.
give been missing my red roses"
she confessed. Now 1 suppose I'll
get some more. What else does he
think?"
Heaven knows" snapped Bert. He
says he's going to the theater with
you tonight. Is that %correct?"
Molly gleefully nodded her head.
did you forget that you were going
to the club dance with me?" he indig-
nantly went on, feeling like shaking
her.
This time Molly shook her head, her
yes cleaning with devilment, and
from Fern, still on the stairway, there
arose a wild peal.
Bert closed the library doors.
IT forbid it," he commanded.
The change in Molly was SO abrupt
that it startled him into barking his
other shin. First Of all she threw open
the library doors, knowing, however,
that Fern by this time was back in the
boudoir.
"You may do your %forbidding to Mr..
Sledge," she told him, with blazing
eyes. "You were thoughtful enough
to consider seriously sending me to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23
THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES
Bring Suffering to Many a Langdon Reade:
Without Slightest Warming

Women often suffer not knowing
the cause; backache, headache, dizzi-
ness, nervousness, irregular urinary
passages, weakness languor; each tor
ture of itself-together hint weak
kidneys. Strike at the root; get to
the cause; no other remedy more
highly endorsed than Doan's kidney
pills; recommended by thousands, en-
dorsed at home. Here's convincing
testimony from a Langdon citizen.
Mrs. H. Dohman, Langdon, says:
Il, and others of the family, have
used Doan's kidney pills and they
have done just what is claimed for
them. l had trouble with my kidneys
and the kidney secretions were unna-
tural and caused me annoyance. r
was so bad that I couldn't do my
homework. My back ached day and
night and / was all run down. I doc
tored, but got nc better until l began
taking Doan's kidney pills. They
improved my condition at once and I
continued using them until l was free
from kidney trouble"
Price SOC at all dealers; don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney pills-the same that
Mrs. Dohmann had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23

h5d ENLISTED as Il private, but WAS soon
promoted to be lieutenant on account
of his GOODNESS in face of the enemy.
What was the establishment of his
comrades when at the first fight in
which he took part after his return to
the front he paled. turned and fled.
He was rcprimanded by his COM
handing officer and informed that he
must be tried for cowardice. He beg
ged for a chance to redeem himself,
asserting that the cause of his flight
was that he had not sufficiently recov-
cred from his recent confinement to
stand up under fire. He was given the
desired opportunity and returned to
his command. But when Il dash was
made on the German trenches the men
went Y them while Dobbins' legs
again carried his unwilling self to the
rear.
This time Il court martial vas CON
vened to try him. News Of his dis
grace vent to England. and DR.. Blake.
hearing Of it. called upon Georges ia
Their and announced his belief that the
TRANSMISSION OF blood from IL woman
had given his sol Il wonan's constitu-
tional inability to bear arms
So great was the likeness between
George and Amelia that when both
wore the same kind of garments they
could not we'll be told apart. George
at the sisters suggestion feigned i'll
ness and was taken to a hospital. from
whence his sister spirited him away to
the coast and sent him home in wo-
mans dress as herself. Then she APP
piled as George Dobbins for some es-
pecially hazardous duty to redeem the
lost reputation. It was granted. She
stole into the enemy's lines, fired an
ammunition receptacle. destroyed it
and got back safely to the British lines.
An order was issued that the court
martial convened to try Lieutenant
George Dobbins for cowardice be dis
missed, and Lieutenant Dobbins was
promoted for gallant and m%eritorious
service in the destruction of enemy's
ammunition.
The real George Dobbins is at home
6nitting for the soldiers. Amelia Dob
bins is fighting at the front, while DR..
Blake is lecturing on "The Blood. the
Foundation Of Our Constitutional Ma
lures
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23

our conclusion is this-if we can close
up u business satisfactorily here and
he can sell this place We shall have in
the ~neiShborhood of $15O.O0O clear be-
tween us. You and l arc to marry, so
to Maryland with your father, enter
. into business and take up the social
position to which we are entitled.
When take you there as my bride.
Molly, e~vcrybody's going TO be very
proud of You, and | am quite sure that
you Will like the social atmosphere
there much better than here. I've
dWelt on this so often to YOU that it
must seem like an old story. and vet
this is the first time that it has seemed
very near to u.s."
Molly felt herself wondering why
this glittcring promise failed to thrill
her as it had used to do.
III be the %proudest Glider that was
ever in the family when l can take You
home as my WIFE," he went on. cts
all cut and dried, Molly, and we ex-
poet to have everything closed up be-
fore our wedding day if we can hold
Slcdge off that long"
And vet you scold me for helping
you hold Slcdge off when YOU couldn't
do it yourselves" she rctorted. "Why,
you actually suggested to me that |
should see what could do With him"
81 done like the way you're going
about it" he confessed.
You should be proud of me-" she re
proved him. 81 think that Fern and |
have done a beautiful job of it," and
She began laughing. "We're going to
put on our very best frocks tonight and
be q credit to YOU. You're ungrateful."
ana she began to look indignant again.
Lets forget it," offered Bert, laugh
ing, and took her in his arms. you're
the girl for me, Molly, and there won't
be any moro cnyicd couple in Maryland
than we"
Iie kissed her and held her while he
talked to hor of the social triumphs
which awaited them, the topic which
mad always pleased her most in their
plans for the future. After all, they
would make a splendidly matched cou-
PIE. Moreover, she did owe it to her
father and Bert to give them another
business start.
Continued Next Weck.)
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-03-23
ChAP1ER KIN.
Molly Insists on Protecting Bert.

Molly Insists on Protecting Bert.
~ ERT GLIDER strobe through
NY the Marley porch and punched
the Marley doorbell in Il fine
condition of manly indignation, and he
demanded of the emaciated butler with
The intellectual brow that Molly Mar
ley be brought into his presence at
once. He waited in the library while
tie butler Went upstairs with that
nasty message, and it was no comfort
to his sou whatsoever to hear the girls
deyoting painstaking attention to am
apparently endless job of giygling.
With scant consideration for the i'm
p%ortance of the occasion, Molly, heI
face flushed and her eyes g%Iistenins
with moisture from her recent earnest
efforts. came down when she was
ready, and she was still tittering, while
Fern, upstairs. could be heard in the
throes of frantic laughter.
"Hello, Bert" laughed Molly, holding
her hand to her jaw, and she sat down
weakly. "What's the mad rllsh?"
NA'C uIu Sou say " oltuSC. liz:
sternly demanded.
Her most immediate reply to that
was another half hystericul outburst.
I'm not quite sure" she giggled.
Fern and 1 have just been trying to
recall it all, but we can only remember
the funniest things"
"You've made q fool Of him and of
mel" charged Bert hotIy.
eve don't deserve any credit for
that" snickered Molly. ITS so easy"
"The man has taken too much for
granted" went Oh Bert, unsoftened by
bll this hilarity and, indeed, made only
more indignant by it. "From what
your father says, Sledge seems to be-
lieve that our engagement is off and
that he has been practically accepted"
Molly put her hand over her mouth
to suppress a shrek and, running out
into the hall, called Fern. The girls
met halfway up the stairway, where
Molly explained the glad news, and
Bert, stalking stolidly out there, found
them holding to the balustrade in order
that their enjoyment Of Sledge's OBJ
fuse understanding might not tumble
them down the steps. He strobe back