Barton County democrat. [volume], March 05, 1909, Image 7

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KEPT PENH TREATY
THE TURN OF
THE ROAD
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gramas
INDIANS SAID TO HAVE PR&
SERVED DOCUMENT.
Tie only bigh-clut I r
fttaf Powder wU at
; a moderate price.
ULMIIZ.
More wind it you please.
J. R. Skolant is down with pneu
monia. The Mo. Pacific has made a
change in agents here.
M. Paulus has left for Iowa to
visit home folks.
Harry Brown, of Kiowa county,
was here visiting relatives and old
acquaintences last week.
C. W. Sheldon, the ex.agent, left
for Ohio 'last Tuesday morning on
No. 4.
Lawrence Seidel is erecting a fine
residence in town. Walt Lindsay is
engineering the job.
. Mr. and Mrs; N. Hall are the
happy parents of a fine girl which
arrived last Thursday.
Chas. Gustin, Oival Shelton and
Frank Hayse, of Galatia, took a fly
ing trip to Wichita one day last week.
TheOlmitz bind gave an enter
tainment and b X supper at Galatia
last Monday. The evening was fine
and quite a crowd turned out and all
enjoyed a good time.
A runaway was witnessed in town
last Tuesday. A livery team hitched
to the dray wagon got frightened at
the depot and started out, breaking
- he tongue and double tree and then
run dcwn the street one horse run
ning square into an old rig belonging
to John Case - wrecking it quite ;
bit,
The twelve vear old boy of Joi
Haberman, was severly burned aboui
his .face a. weetc ago Sunday whiK
Mr. and Mrs.. Haberman were visit
ing. The bo) went to build a fire it
the stove and as it wouldn't start good
the boy poured in some kerosem
which of course caught and blowec
back in the boys face. That is ar.
other warning to those in the habi'
of starting a fire in their stoves wttl
kerosene.
Harry Brooker was up from
Hutchinson on business Monday.
A baby girl was born to Mr.
and "Mrs. W. L. ilowersox Sat
urday evening.
- Jaom "Wright has purchased an
other farm down in the Seward
neighborhood.
' 0. E. (Jolglazier of the south
side, went out to Ford county
Monday to look after his farm
there.
Springtime Brings
House Cleaning
I have everything
yoa need Carpet Beat?
ers, Tacks, Carpet stret
chers, Magnetic Tack
hammers, Scrub Brush
es, Stove & Furniture
polish, etc Also the
famous Sherwin-Williams
"Brighten-Up fin
ishes," Paints Enamels,
Lacs, Varnish, etc
Highest quality in
tin cans, from 10c, up.
Our prices are the low.
est, quality considered.
We handle the only
safe and satisfactory
Filler & Paint for cem
ent blocks and concrete
on the market Contains
no oil and does not dls
troy the bond and cause
scaling or "rotting".
Made and Warranted by
Sherwin-Williams, a
sufficient guarantee of
its goodness. Ask to
see samples.
Bondurant
The Hardware Man
Westerner Declare He Hae It In Hie
Poseeulon fend Hae Offered to
Present It to the City of
Philadelphia.
What Is represented to be the In
dian copy of tie treaty of friendship
between William Pena and the In
diana, made under the elm tree, hu
been offered to Wilfred Jordan, cura
tor of Independeace hall, for inspec
tion, and he la dally expecting its ar
rival from Frederick M. Hans, "Lone
Star," Indian sooit, of Kansas, the
Philadelphia Inquirer says.
Whether it can stand the fire of his
torical criticism to which it will be
subjected from Curator Jordan re
mains to be seen, but he said that he
would feel chargeable with inexcus
able neglect aa a city official if he
had not met the effer with a warm In
terest and anxietf to give the owner
eTery fair opportunity to prove the
genuineness of the relic. Incidentally,
It raises the question: "Where is the
white man's origiaal copy of the Penn
treaty," if there vu one, if It was not
ft of record only In the recording an
gel's book?
Mr. Jordan said there was no reason
to doubt the good faith of the man
who offered the Indians' copy of the
treaty at any rate, whether it turns
out to be a copy or only the Indians'
original chronicle of the event or a
reproduction of that chronicle after
the original wore out
The possessor la Frederick M. Hans,
or "Lone Star," Kansas plainsman
and Indian Bcout His own account of
the matter sent to Philadelphia is as
follows:
"It is a little, piece of buckskin,
eight Inches by twelve inches, old,
Boiled with long kindling, the figures
half effaced. It was given to Freder
ick M. Hans by ome of the squaws of
Sitting Bull. It eemtalns a leafless
tree,, which is said' to record the fall
as the time of the making of the
treaty. Every dot among the feet of
the figures represent a year 8':;ce the
treaty was made. In 1178, when Hans
obtained possessloi'of it, it c-atained
198 dots. Sitting Bull was the chief
medicine man of the Sioux and keep
er of the recordi of the nation. The
Sioux tribe was largely recruited from
the Lenni Lenape Indians, with whom
Penn made the famous treaty. Other
Indian chronicles In Hans' possession
give the account of the rise of the
Sioux. They say a mighty warrior
arose and cut the throats, of 100 Ml
amis. Sioux, meaning, according to
this interpretation, ent-throat warriors,
deserted the Lennl Lenapes, and they
carried with them the Penn treaty
chronicle on buckskin, which was
handed down to Sitting Bull."
"We will see what it is, at any rate,"
said Curator Jordan, "and If it's what
it purports to be Philadelphia Is the
place for it Mr. Hans has had some
negotiations with the Smithsonian in
stitution at Washington, but whether
they have ever had It under careful
examination or not we do not know."
Capped Projectiles.
It Is a curious fact that armor pierc
ing shells having soft metal caps on
the point are more effective than those
not so provided. The way in w,hich
the cap acts la not well understood. A
needle may be driven Into a board
with a hammer when it Is thrust
through a cerk, whereas it- would
break off unsupported. Some have
thought that the soft cap supports the
hard point of the projectile In the
same way. A British naval architect
who has been studying tie mutual ae
Uon of projectile and armor savn that
a shell frequently falls because a very
email piece of the point is forced back
into the mass and splits It. A larza
piece is then similarly forced back,
ana so on. The main advantage of the
soft cap, this writer thinks, is to pre
vent such spllttini. Cans are inef.
fective at low velocities, but would
probably be less so if made larger.
A Warning.
"Since one in ten of us. If we weath.
er the age of J5, are doomed to die of
cancer," said a physician, "It is good
to know the most prevalent cause of
this terrible disease. That cause Is
pressure local Irritation.
"Certain eastern women wear a hlt
about the waist with a tight and
neavy clasp of metal in front Where
uua ciasp presses these women con
tract cancer.
"Turkish porters carry heavy
weights on their shoulders. Whn
these men fall victims to cancer it is
on 'the shoulder that the disease ap
pears.
"Here with us cancer too often at
tacks men'a tongues. The cause is
the cigar or pipe, which, with its pres
sure and heat aets up the irritation
which is certainly, so far as we know,
cancer's chief caase."
The Real Thing.
Mrs. Bluehose Who Is your favo
rite writer, Mrs. Bhopleigh?
Mrs. Shopleigh My husband.
Mrs. Bluehose Why, I wasn't aware
that he was of a literary turn.
Mrs. Shopleigh-Oh, yes; he writes
checks.
Willing It Mingle.
That European nobleman seems
democratic sort ef chap."
- "Tea," answered Mr. Cumrox; "he
seems perfectly willing to divide up
ome heiress' money, so that he can
come off the perch. and be one of aa
newly rich."
(Copyright, by Ford Pub. Co.)
The dust lay In thick wreath in tha
roadway; the woman's tired feet
Dragged through them, filling the hot
air with a fine, penetrating powder.
The walk from the town was long,
longer than she had thought and
above her head a brazen sun glared
from an arc of tempered BteeL She
was very unhappy, and very much
alone. The river sparkled through the
willowa on her right like sunshine
upon passing lancea. There led a lit
tle path through the intervening mead
ows to the water's edge, and further
on rose an old red house in a walled
garden, deep in trees, cozily, guiltily.
Her house, then.
The people that wear patent-leather
ahoes may walk through grass follow
Ing a tramp along a dusty road to the
bettermen of their condition. -
Those women who are "sensible,"
and wear "blacking leather" boots, are
luddenly apt to feel fools on such a
day. She looked at her feet and was
dissatisfied.
She was quite plain. Her drab hair
was the only part of her person that
did not show the dust Her short fig
ure was bowed unnecessarily, and she
could not afford to lose the Inch
which she was now carelessly relax
ing. It had been a freak, -a whim, un
like her usual conventionality, to be
Tague- at luncheon time aa to how she
was going to spend one of her brief
holiday afternoons, to start in the
blazing sun at two o'clock "so as to
be back in time for tea," and to walk
out from the river town to the river
Tillage, where lived the woman she
had not seen.
But George loved the woman
George, who had once said he loved
her and that waa enough, because
he loved George.
She kaew. How do women know?
She Joved George.
The towing-path ran like a alster
anake beside the solemn stream. It
wa8 dusty, but not so dusty aa the
high road. The Ivied porch of the
red house gave upon the towing-path.
She wanted to go up and hold on to
the quaint Iron gate with both hands,
and press her simple face between the
bars, and look, and look, and look into
the garden of the other woman.
Being neither & town nor a country
child, she could not do this. She
paused and glanced irresolutely at her
dusty feet.
A gold thing guttered on the path,
a heart, with a quaint old embossed
and enameled wreath attached to a
broken chain. ' She picked it up.
All her childhood it had been her
dearest possession; then had corns
George,.and the heart had passed with
her own into George's keeping.
And he had given It away! And she
had lost him. . . Was there any
thing left her anything In the world?
The iron gates swung apart, and
somebody came out of the garden.
There was the rustle of a print gown
(but such a print gown!), and a light
laugh sounded, that of a woman who
has laughed to please men all her
life. Heavy black hair in masses
above an oval face, hair half a shade
less black than the velvet lashes, half
a shade blacker than the velvet eyes.
iney two looked at each other. "I
beg pardon," said the woman who
owned the heart to the woman who
had owned it "you have found my
locket I think. Oh, thank you so
much! I missed it and came out to
ee if it had fallen anywhere about
here."
She took it from the other with
apologetic grace.
"I'm awfully obliged to you. It is!
mucn too pretty to lose. Isn't it?"
She looked again at the good plain
xace, witn its steady eyes, and thouEht:
"Poor dear soul, I don't suppose she
ever naa a locket la her life!"
"It is charming," answered the first
woman, i tad one exactly like it
once, and I lost It"
"Pity!" said the other carelessly.
"This was given me by a man, and I
don't want to lose it because I am
going to send it back to him." She
smiled delightfully. "He 1
Interesting friend my husband has, 1
wways say. But now he has made
up his mind to be married. This la
ail very amusing for you!"
The ripples took the laughter and
ecnoed it Idly.
"Married I to a woman whose name
is on the heart acratched verr fin
and rather badly. He never noticed
it Dut I did. 'Jane.' Saints! Pan
a wife named Jane! And now he's go
ing 10 nave one. Wherefore, this goes
back."
(Was there anything now In the
worm lert to wish for? Only that
George had not been a cad; but that
nerer occurred to her, because she
waa a good woman.)
"May I take itr said George's future
wife, softly. "I will give it to Hia.
My name Is Jane."
8ky ilgna..
Whether dear or cloudy, a rosy
sunset presages fine weather. A sickly-looking,
greenish hue, wind and
rain. A dark or Indian red, rain. A
red sky in the morning, bad weather
or much rain. A gray aky in the
morning, fine weather. A high dawn,
wind; a low dawn, fair weather. Re
markable clearness of atmosphere
near the horizon, distant objects, such
u hills, unusually risible or raised
by refraction, and what la called a
good "hearing day," may be men
tioned among signs of wet if not
wind.
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J. W. Stofcfennf
Hoisington Monday.
J. B. Fenno. of Hoisineton.
was looking after business mat
ters here Monday.
Clyde Allen an1 "Will Vnrnh
were over from the north side
on business Monday. 1
Miss Kate Koelsch was here
from Ellir.wocd Sunday ior a vis
it with Miss Lizzie Komarek.
Green Wilsnn. of TTmainirfrtn
. r o
was in the Bend Monday on his
way to Syracuse on business.
Miss Edith Harris was down
from Pawnee Rock for a visit
over S unday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris.
GwiiliuC ixa, bj Urate KfcOt,
THEKE are two ways of doing
kitchen work --the old way
and the new way. If you do
yours the old way. you take thous
ands cf unnecessary steps.
You spend half your time in going
from pantry to sink, from sink to
cupboard and from cupboard to
range.
If you do your work the new way,
you have a Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet
near the 6ink and range.
You do vour work in one place.
Everything r.ecdrd in preparing a
meal is at your fingers' ends. You
save stens, time and energyyou
have more time out of tbe kitchen.
Let us show you the new way
the easy way of doing kitchen work.
Come to our store. We are exclus
ive agents for the Hoosier.
The GREAT BEND
FURNITURE CO.
"Home of the Quality Kind"
Moran & Reser have purchased
a new Overland auto.
ELdridge York was in from Al
bert on business Mondays
Phil Kopplin was over from
Iloisington Sunday f0r a visit
with friends here.
Air. and Mrs. Silas Bardwell
aav6 returned from a visit with
relatives at Wichita.
Miss Grace Matthewson was ov
er from Claflin for a visit with
home folks over Sunday.
Thomas Gilmore returned Mon
day from a visit at Nickerson
Tith his daughter, Mrs. T. M.
Beardsley and family.
Now is the time for
Wall Paper and 0
Paint 0 We Have
Them .....
The Hooper
Drug Co.LhaedfrS
G. C. Underwood was here fron
Iloisington on business Monday.
Gus Werhahn, of Clarence towi'
ship, purchased a new auto on
Monday.
George Nimocks visited with
relatives and frien ds at Ilois
ington Sunday.
ueorge Weirauch was np from
Ellinwood for a visit with home
folks over Sunday.
Mrs. Mart Swift went to Ifnt.
chinson Monday for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Charles Hall and Mis
Millie Drake were visitors from
the north side Monday.