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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

"A man who has lately become
prominent in Detroit, more especially
In police circles, is alleged to have
married twenty-one women at differeu5
periods of his enterprising career.
1t seems almost incredible that the
Parisians' pet centenarian has seen
Danton and Robespierre, and that
Washington did not die at Mount YER
non until thirteen years after NJ.
Chevreul was borni
General Boulanger goes to the
barber once a week, pays the artist
ten francs and gives five francs to the
assistant. He never speaks, and the.
barber, knowing his preference, does
not presume to open a conversation.
The shop is near the Louvre.
Russell Sage is the director of
three banks, and it is seldom that he
misses a meeting. For each meeting
that he attends he receives ten dollars.
Mr. Sage, it is said, calculates that
the money he earns as bank director
will pay his butcher and vegetable
bills.
Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska
school teacher whom the blizzard made
famous, has decided to make California
her home for the future. She has re-
ceived 81, 700 in cash from the sub
scription raised for her benefit, besides
two costly gold watches, three diamond
pins and many pieces of jewelry..
Mrs. Azubah +. Ryder, of Orring-
ton, Me-, who is one hundred and four
years old, was one of sixteen girls to
scatter flowers in the open grave at a
memorial service of George Washing
ton. She has large and interesting
correspondence with young and old
persons all over the United States.
Richard w. Thompson. of Indiana,
ex-Secretary of the Navy. has probably
been longer in active public life than
any man living. He was an able and
popular Wing speaker over fifty years
ago, and was elected to Congress about
that time. Apparently there are still
many years of active service in "Old
Dick"
MIR. Cope Whitehouse, son of the
late Bishop of Illinois, has been made.
Commander of the Order of the Os-
manli by the Khedive of Egypt as a
recognition of his services to the cOun-
try by showing the practicability of
the use of the Fayoum basin and reser-
voir for the surplus waters of the Nile
and as q means of adding largely to
the cultivable area of the Delta.
One of the greatest men Georgia
ever produced, says the Baltimore
american, was Governor John Clark.
His portrait adorns the wall of the
State House, and yet, perhaps, not a
hundred of the present generation
know any thing of his history, while
hogs wallow and chickens scratch
above his neglected grave. A century
hence who will remember any thing Of
the local celebrities who now strut
vainly on the stage of life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
eAaopAs oF japan.
Towers Which Control the Mystic Dragon
of Wind and Water.


of Wind and Water.
All the pagodas saw in Japan were
generally built in five stories, with
very fine dark-red wood work and har-
monious gray tiles, while beneath the
shadow of each projecting roof are
innumerable boldly carved dragons
heads peering out from beneath the
caves and panels of fine wood carving
between the stories. The summit is
invariably crowned by an honorifc
symbol in metal, consisting of nine
rings, disks, or cupolas as the case
may be, piled one above the other.
On further examination we shall find
that these rings and these accumulated
roofs are developments of the same
original simple emblem.
With regard to the construction of
these towers there are instances in
which the pagoda is of solid masonry
throughout, but far more frequently
it consists of two towers, one within
the other, and between them winds
spiral staircase which leads to the
summit. In this case the inner tower
is generally divided into as many
rooms as there are stories, the lower
floor forming the temple wherein is
placed the relic-shrine, which, in some
cases, is a miniature pagoda, while
the walls around are adorned with
numerous images OF Buddha.
In many cases We find a pagoda
erected within the court of a Buddhist
temple as the storehouse of its relics.
The honor thus due to Buddha was ex-
tended to such of his priests as were
most distinguished for their learning
and devotion, so that in many cases
pagodas were erected to contain the
ashes saved from the funeral pyre.
In later times. however, this primary
purpose seems to have been abandoned
and many of the more recent pagOdas
are said to have been built on the an
cient model, but solely with view to
geomantic Influences, the tall towers
being supposed to have some mystic
riouS effect on that strange, undefin-
able fung-shui-t mystic spirit OF the
dragon who rules over wind and water
and who controls all human destinies.
Several of the nine-storied pagodas
in the neighborhood of Canton have
been erected solely for this purpose, in
the belief that by their means lurking
evils would be dispelled and the gener-
al peace and prosperity of the province
insured.
Not only is the fertility of the fields
thus provided for, but even the learn
ing and general distinction of the citi-
Zens. Such a one was erected in the
district of Sam-shuee in 1860 because
the prosperity of the neighborhood
had for some years been falling off
and the candidates for literary honors
at the great examinations had been
peculiarly unsuccessful. So three
stored pagoda was erected, each
story consecrated to a different deity.
The god of wealth Gas controlling the
very foundations of prosperity occu-
pied the ground floor, the god of peace
the second floor, while the god of
learning reigned in the top story
Eng lish Illustrated Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

remark IN 10 is backed up by state
ments. 1t comes just at time when
every one is doubling the authorship of
other books and gives to one and all
feeling of confidence and assurance
when faith is wavering and the reader
is cropping and clutching for something
tangible and stable. This is essentially
stable book. It tells how to break
colts, how to treat cribbers, bolts and
army worms, how to bring up children
and put down huckleberries, how to
treat a setting hen during GONZALES
cence, how to make a cook stove or a
cistern pump draw, how to write for
the papers, how to keep ants out of the
pantry, how to make parents self-sup-
porting, how to put up lambrequin or
put down a carpet, how to purify
politics orsmake floating islands, how
to modify the tariff or make good,
durable style of pork brine that will
not smell like u delayed autopsy of
dog days, how to make molasses candy
or speak a piece, how to tell by pigs
melt in the fall whether we are going
to have an open winter or not, how to
bank up house, how to win the af-
lection of the opposite sex, how to
meet an emergency, how to make ink
at home which will speak for itself,
how to dye a dress black, how to re-
move lavender pantaloons from fruit
stains, how to sew up man who has
tried to run a colored german, hints on
hen culture, hints on voice culture,
hints on marriage, farming, revivals,
| etiquette; how to make good, palata-
BILE poulhce; what to do in case of
| drowning, how to make one dandelion
root serve as the foundation for gal
! lon OF bitters every spring for ten
years, how to amass wealth and dodge
the grand jury, how to snare grizzly
bear. In fact, every thing you want to
| knew told in a pleasant style for So. so. 9"
1t was at this time that the personal
encounter took place. l am not a
muscular man, but my arms and legs
extend in every direction when I am
excited. They are longer and more
1.-THE than those of the average man.
An artist from Munich once told me
that he thought l was the limblest man
he ever saw, and he had seen a great
many men.
did not permanently disfgure this
person, but jolted him severely and
confused and concussed him in three
or four places, after which he went
away. After he had gone I became
more calm. 1 retired to my dressing
room, where my valet turned my cuffs
for me. / then returned to the parlor.
! On the floor found the prospectus. 1t
had been left by mistake. was cooler
now. took it up and read the name
of the author on the title-page. 1t
was as follows: 'Bill Nye. ~ Y
World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

you. shsr't ask but four things Of you.
II you call any of them absurd or inpossi-
BILE, won't believe in you. and I'll never
put myself in your hands"
'An right" said Colonel Montgomery
"Test me all you please"
"Well, there. There's something for
You to do now" exclaimed Judith, indicat-
Tag the carcass of calf which lay un-
buried not far from the road people are
always saying what a nuisance such a
thing is, and yet they leave it lying there
to faint the world. Got a spade and bury
it."
The Colonel came near remarking that
it was hot day for such employment;
that they might ruin the parade; that he
was not the owner OF the calf, and that the
surrounding atmosphere WAS not fit for
lady to hnger in. Silently, however, he
tied up his horses in the shade, and handed
Judith out to a secluded seat upon log.
Then he went to the nearest farm-h house
and borrowed a spade. He chose a spot
near the calf and excavated with vigor
which soiled both boots and hands. Occa-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

"A negro once gave the following
toast: ''De late GubernOr OBJ de State
he come in wild berry little opposition:
he got out wild none at all"
Hotel Clerk-''Front! Show Mr..
Hayseed up to No. 1877 Mr.. Hay
seed-''Thirteen is an unlucIy number,
Mister!" Hotel Clerk-''Well you may
pay before you retire, if you like
Puck.
Wife Cat Niagara Falls)-"How
grand and awe-inspiring it all is,
john Husband drawing a long
breath)-''Yes, but don't talk, my
dear; want to listen to the roaring
waters. ~. 7. Sun.
Young Wife-''Yes, father always
gives away expensive things when he
makes presents" Husband-"So I
discovered when he gave you away"
And then he went to his library to
draw a check for the monthly millinery
bill.
-''rm glad salvation's free" shout
ed a man, as he jumped up in the con-
gregation. '-You may well be, brother"
observed an old deacon who knew his
man, because you'd never get your
consent to pay for r'-iSmithCiLLe
Ne1OS.
81 say, Bobby" said Featherly,
Ibid you hear your sister say if she
enjoyed the exhibition we gave last
night?" ''She was pleased with
your part of it, Mr.. Featherly. She
told ma that you made perfect exhi-
bition of yourself. ~. Y. Sun.
beg pahdon, mum, but you
dropped your vail in the-the lift,
said the bell-boy to the departing
guest, narrowly watching the effect of
his words. James," said the pleased
New York lady to her husband, "give
the boy two shillings. He takes US
for English people. Chicago Tribune.
Western papers are discussing the
vital question, What makes a mans
trousers bag at the knees?" and no
one has thought to advance the theory
that it is because the man wears the
trousers. We don't know of any thing
that will make mans trousers bag at
the knees quicker than wearing them.
-NoTTiStOIOn Herald.
Ashamed Of his grandfather.-Fur
hOOA u pay 1CEO ID SudIl1O
ernor's wedding notice. 1t says he is
the son of John Governor, and the
great grandson of old GOuvernOr.
What the deuce did his grandfather do
that Left him out?" Virgins why,
haven't you heard? The grandfather
worked and made the Doodle. Life
Deacon Denchfield-"Seeh here, Mr..
Diapason, did you have steam pump
on the organ this morning? / thought
you were trying to lift the roof of the
church" Organist-''That's alright.
The pastor is trying to overcome a
quick temper that is a sore trial to
him, and he told me he'd give me - if
I'd drown the choir 50 that he couldn't
hear 'em sing single squeak. BUR-
'ette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

THERE WAS A TEARING OF RoSEBUSHRS.
make you an object lesson for the girls,
that button would mover depart from me-"
Cant we make such an arrangement"
suggested the Colonel
IF you've come to that cross-mark made
with thumb-nail at the end of the lesson
you may give me back tho book" said
Judith.
"Just one moro question. You aren't an
orphani"
"Of course I am, and you knew it. And
on that account tho president doesn't feel
responsible to anybody about me. So you
can stand and amuse yourself with me just
as much as you please, and can give you
pert answers, and my mother won't be
told"
"Good morning, ladies'" said the Col
onel, lifting his hat gravely and kindly,
and crunching back among the rosebushes.
ssNow you have done itp' exclaimed Mol
lie Close, with the asperity of sharp
featured blonde. you've made me speak
out and I'll tell you what think of you"
Do said Judith. the flush around her
eyes becoming emphatic. 81 saw your
nose tilt up and knew you were busy get
ting something ready"
ssYou act horribly, Judy Capell. You've
talked through window and broken
,study-hour, but that's nothing. You've
airtcd. never stoop to that"
"For good reasons"
"pm engaged, and have some respect
for myself
ouailed as you did before that blessed
buffalo. You're coward"
az hone may remain a coward, then"
uyon can't help it, Cowardice is con-
,stitutional in scrawny dyspeptlcs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
The GLORIOUS FOURTH.

King out, ring out ye merry bells.
And let the deep-mouthed cannon roar.
zach patriotic bosom swells.
The glorious Fourth is here once more.
When night descends, what joys are hist
The kissing rocket cleeves the skies;
Hkrk. hear the Roman candle fizz.
. Behold the red and blue light rise.
Now. whizz! z-z-zipl bangi torpedoes crash
And split the fretted car of night;
Ftre-crackers Jump, toy pistols fash.
MID EXPLANATIONS of delight.
Now blaze the barrels smeared with tar,
Slow matches pass from hand to hand.
And salve and sticking plaster are
At druggists stores in gre at demand
Boston Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

stool, and growing her cheek again st the
window frame, projected her lesson
thr ough the college shrubbery
At once there was tearing of rose
bushes and mans bearded face at the
window. Mollie ran screaming to the other
IND of the room, and Judith recoi:ed until
Lhe lost her balance on the cricket.
g Let me help you up" he said, extend
.Lg good humored hand.
"Oh, it's Colonel Montgomery" said Ju-
IN. II can help myself, thanks; but
low you've got me mark for talking IN
study hours"
I'm go to the president and take it on
146 elf cott.s. wa. an aa,,,,iooa, aormitorv
a stones throw from the main building.
The Colonel's carriage stood at the gate
f1ollie Close sat back in the room cycling
him with displeasure. But judith kept
her cricket and audaciously saw her rehec
tion in the ColonePs eyes. She was small,
hair brown and curly, supple and cat-like
in motion or repose. and with an air OF
evenly-balanced daring and lncredullty.
You played exceedingly well at the
concert last night said the Colonel.
Eyes; my life depends on doing well.
You better go away and let me get my les
son now. And be sure to say good morn
ing. You didn't say good-morning when
you poked your head into the window"
'GOOQ-mOrn1nR, laQleS' ne SOlOnci
took off his hat and kept it in his hand.
A'Pardon my abrupt ways"
"Mollie and call you the wild buffalo,, -
observed Judith, gazing sincerely upon his
light whiskers. "You look SO shaggy and
tramp around on the fower-beds So"
81 think you're polite, Miss Capelr'
burst from Mollie's indignant lips.
There, I've made you speak, and you'll
get a mark, too" said Judith, in satisfied
tone.
"Well, if i'm a wild buffalo," said the
Colonel, smiling, "you must lasso and dis
patch me.''
~ have dispatched you, but you don't
go"
LET me hear you say your lesson"
She placed the book in his hand.
e didn't the president tell me when he
introduced me that you were Kentuck-
5anr'
THAT question is not in my rhetoric"
"But it's in my mind. The name of
Capell you know" suggested the Colonel.
"Pm Southern myself"
''Are your' exclaimed Judith go, why
did ever call you buffalop
Probably because you like to laugh
said the Colonel, indulgentiy. 4" You'd turn
any thing to ridicAle. Even me-"
he drew forth a brass button on a rib
bon which she wore around her neck.
That's medal for the girl who can
make the most fun I've carried it week,
and if you were only about where 1 could
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
THE WILD BUFFALO"
How It Was Tanned and Caught
A Fourth Of July Romance.
Written for This PaperJ

OLLIE CLOSE and
Judith Capell were
studying by the open
cottage window. 1t
was the last study
hour in the morning
and they were rivals
in rhetoric. so each
worked silently at
the task of memo
rizing and adapting,
giving the other only
an occasional and
preoccupied glance.
Molie swung herself
in the single rock
ing chair of their
sitting-room; but Ju-
dith huddled on a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

CONFIRMED BAcHELoR-''How time does
hy, Miss Seasidel Why, IT was ten years
ago that you refused me on this spot"
Miss Seaside-(who wishes she hadn't
$50 long as that was young and foolish
then, Mr. Smith, Confirmed Bachelor
''But we are both older and wiser now
Harvard Lampoon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

Husband (of economical views)--
That's becoming bonnet, my dear"
Wife (of sarcastic turn)-'-Oh, yes, be-
coming very old and decrepit. ~ 07Itie.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

WHY it fell i-sWeI, the thermomete:
has fallen" remarked Mrs. Fangle. ''SuE
struck, probably" replied her husband
TLd-BHs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
WOMEN WHO SHOOT.
A Dealer In FIREARMS Chats Pleasantly
About His Female Customers.

A Dealer In Firearms Chats Pleasantly
About His Female Customers.
''Do we sell many pistols to wOmenP
Well, 1 should say we do" said a
Broadway firearms dealer "Why, a
pretty girl came in only half hour
ago and bought a seven-chamber re-
volver for fifteen dollars. / guess she
knows how to handle it, too, Judging
from her talk. She is going to camp
out in the woods with some friends
from the seminary she attends this
summer, and it will go hard with the
tramp who intrudes on their company.
Young ladies, however, do not buy pis-
tolls every day. AS rule we sell fire.
arms to women who live in localities
where the houses are scattered and far
apart. Of course they are either wild
Ows or spinsters who run their own
farms and have no man about the house
to protect them from burglars and
tramps. Many a Long Island woman
has peppered tramp with buckshot
from my store. A few city women car
ry revolvers. We can usually tell
from a woman's manner whether she
wants a weapon for a legitimate pur-
pose. Not few of the poor unfortu-
mates who parade the streets at night
have a revolver about their person,
and the first time they use it the news
papers have to report a murder caused
by jealousy. This class of female GUS
toners we do not encourage.
''IH the last few years enough pis-
tolls have been sold in this city to arm
all the people in the United States. l
regret to say, however, that the de-
mand is decreasing, especially in the
wild Southwest, where gentlemen
used to take pleasure in shooting upon
the slightest provocation. Public
sentiment is against the indiscriminate
use of the gum A law was recently
passed in Texas making it a INSIDE
meanor to carry pistol. The penalty
was imprisonment for six months and
fine of $3.50.
I'm Tennessee, Georgia and Ala
bama, as well as Arkansas, the sale
was entirely prohibited In some
places dealers are obliged to keep a
list of their sales, and the name and
address of each person to whom they
make sale must be reported to the
authorities. A good revolver can not
be bought for much less than ten dol
lars. But most of those sold are
much cheaper. They are not liable to
burst, but they can not be depended
upon for accurate shooting. Shot-guns
and other sporting weapons are all the
rage just now."-N. Y. Telegram.
Precipitation stains in collars can
be removed by using a very light
bleach. For general laundry work
ten ounces of wheat starch and six
ounces of corn starch to every gallon
of water give excellent results. For
the cold starch, wheat is the best ma
terial, especially for fine work. because
corn starch has tendency to deposit
blue dustlike paricles.-GOodH House
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-29

Hon. s. o. Fisher has threatened to
remove from the Tenth district,
probably because of the base ingrati-
9nde shown towards him in the recent
election. AT meeting of the West
Bay City aldermen Monday night the
subject of Mr.. Fishers intended re.
moval was discussed and committee
composed of members of that body
and prominent citizens was appointed
TO wait on him for the purpose of as
pertaining his reasons for leaving and
If possible to induce him to remain.
1t is not likely Mr.. Fisher will rccede
from his determination, however, and
the Courier cordially invites him to be-
come a Saginawin and grow up with a
growing. prosperous community. =
Scgina1o Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-29

Crawford, Oscoda, Roscommon and
Ogemaw counties constitute ono legis.
htive district, and in the election of n
representative in the state legislature
the law directs that the clerk of oge-
nnw county shall make the returns Of
The votes as canvassed in the several
counties The democratic candidate
this year was ]. Maurice Firn. The
republican nominee was Hon. Stanley
w. Turner, who served as n member
FROM Ingham county in 1877. Finn
with his wonted enterprise had sent
down to Lansing to secure seat, But
now comes the clerk of Ogemaw conn
~ and returns Turner rs the elected
nlan. the vote standing l,761 for Turn
~ and LIS for Mr.. Finn. Detroit
Journal This will do for story, but
ri, MS friends will take it with grain
Of allowance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-29
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming 40 well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song OF
praise. A purer medicine does not ex
island IL is guaranteed to do all that IL
claimed. Electric Bitters viii cure all
diseases Of the Liver and Kidneys.
and will remove Pimples. Boils
Salt Rheum and other affections caus
ed by irupure blood. Will drive Ne
Iaria from the system aud prevent rs
well as cure all Malarial fevers. For
cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters-- Entire
satisfaction guaranteed. or money re-
funded. Price. so cts. and S1.00 per
bottle ct Nh TRAvER's Drug Store. 8
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-29

Mr.. Coleman, the republican repre-
sentative elected in Louisiana, is an
ex-Confederate officer. and his support
came from both the whites and the
blacks. His white supporters includ-
cd many ex-Confederate soldiers, who
have Joined the republican party be-
cause they are protectionists, and be-
cause they believe protection is essen
tial to the development of Southern in
dustries. No attempt was made 10
swindle the voters of Coleman's dis
trict, because the process of counting
out the vote of the ex-Confede rate
soldiers would be a dangerous thing.
They would not bear it rs quietly as
do the negro voters. Blade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-29
Is Consumption rncurablep

Read the following: Mr.. &. II.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says: "Was
down with Abscess of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced me
an lncurable Consumptive. Began
taking DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. am now on my third
bottle. aud able to oversee the work
on my farm. 1t is the finest medicine
ever made"
Jessie Middlewart. Decatur, Ohio.
says: Had it not been for DIR. king's
New Discovery for Consumption !
would have died o. Lung Troubles.
Was given up by the doctors. Am
now in best of health" Try it. Sam
pie bottles free at DIR. N. II. TRAvER's
Drug Store. 8