Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A New York octIl;st says Chat the
reatestenemy to. tho eyes of young
men is the cigarette.
Colonel Dick Taylor is the only
man living who was appointed to Office
by Andrew jackson.
George Washington Christopher
Columbus Cleveland is the name of a
six-year-Old colored boy of brunswick.
ia.
North Carolina owns a negro auntic
aged ISL. whose age is established by
documents in the hands of reliable
white families"
There is a man in Brooklyn who
has drunk 1O.920 glasses of whisky in
year, and has been keeping up the
same average for years.
Hold yonr breath and contract
your abdominal muscles is the remedy
for sea-sickness suggested Oy an En-
glish physician, who speaks from expe-
rience.
"A Louisville young woman is said
to have been made insane by dyeing
her hair. She was found in her room
seated among broken mirrors. crock
cry and pictures, a ravmg maniac
The gilded youth fits his bouton-
Mere to the occasion of wearing IL
For visit of coincidence he wears a
purple flower; for a wedding. white;
for party call. pink; for a ball, red.
mo meat for dinner, ehP" quiered
Jacob Wall as he sat down to his din
ner in Troy. VERY well-I'll go after
some" That was one day eight years
ago. and he has not returned yet He
is probably hunting for something ex-
ira @
"A Vermont man who moved out to
Illinois several years ago took IL trip
back last month just to get an old-fash-
toned doughnut made by his mother.
When he got it he found it just like any
other. and little poorer than his own
wife made.
"A justice of the peace Mt Pent-
water, Mich, recently sentenced Il
man to ninety-nine years imprison-
ment for shooting another mans hog.
He said he would have hanged the mis-
creant if the laws of Michigan had in
cluded hanging among the punish
ments to be used in extreme cases,
An Albany physician asserts that
many young ladies of that city use bel
ladonna to give brilliancy to their eyes.
1t is employed chiefly by those who
have light eyes. The practice is very
hurtful one, as it causes parti%l blind
ness, and besides affects the nerves OF
the face. producing a muscular Aon-
traction.
AT Stratford-on-Avon man living
near sewage farm recently sued the
the corporation for damages on ac-
count of the suffering caused by the
horrible stencil of the farm, and got a
verdict for IS. 900. The afflicted plain
tiff's lawyer said he Thought his
clients nose could stand good deal
for s., O00."
Little Freddy Smith, a twelve
year-Old boy living at Cochranton, Pa,
enjoys the distinction of being the
champion rabbit hunter of the State.
Last season by means of bag and
large pet rat, which he used as a ferret
to explore the rabbit holes, he sue
ceeded in capturing more than two
hundred rabbits.
Major Sinclair. who is in charge of
the Mount Vernon barracks. Ala, has
in his care $50 Apache prisoners who
belonged to Geronimo's band. Under
Sinclair's management they are be-
coming partially civilized. They have
learned the use of brooms and wash
tubs. and few of the more progressive
squaws even iron their clothing.
Bishop Webber. of Queensland, is
described by a leading paper of the
colony as a tallish. well-nourished,
rather awkward sort of n man. with a
foxy beard and an occiput inclined to
be bald no sort of figure. and doesn't
wear stays OF imprOVer beard and
forehead held at an angle of fOrty-five
degrees TO the horizon; expressionle9s
eyes restless demeanor; takes twenty
five seconds of preliminary prayer
always; prize-fghter' nose; theocrat-
ic, mythical and oracular.
The manager of the Hotel del
Monte, at Monterey. Cal, recently con-
tracted for lot of cheap swallow
tail coats, which he offered. to
supply to his walters for eight
dollars apiece. at the same time pro-
mitigating An order that all walters
in his hotel must wear Dress coats.
This was too much for the free and in
dependent hash singers of the Pacific
slope, and they struck in a body. AS
in many another strike of recent date
the only effect was that the walters lost
job.
AT Hartford City, Ind. girl who
had been confined to her bed for nearly
three years. and given up by her physi-
clans and friends rs hopeless para
lytic, got up and walked about the
room on being told that the man who