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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-01-05
FOR SALE

A aesi able hudiIg lnt on Depot Avenue 4
mile no IA % Elainox House, Manchester. Vt,
cont ,iniug l28 sqnue rods. Commands an
extensive VI " II tbs surrounding country.
Has beautiful shade and ornamental ,rses.
never failing we'll IT pufo water, sud a email
crook shich crosses tat he lover e rner. The
o sner will sell cheap and on esHy terms. In.
quire II GEO o WOODNOCK.
A. fuherion's Marble aud Granite Wo ks'
Msnehe.Inr nnpnt. Vt.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-01-05
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
SMART Mr.. BOWSER.
His Inconsistency Graphically Portrayed
by His Good Wife.

His Inconsistency Graphically Portrayed
by His Good Vile.
Mr.. Bowser had been reading for
half an hour one evening, when he put
down his paper, glanced around at the
walls, and finally said:
al was over to Johnson's this after
noon to see his horse"
mot with view of buying, Mr..
Bowser?"
..Suppose it was or wasn'tP I pre-
sumo am of age
"Oh. certainly. but you know how
dreadfully we were deceived in that
last horse" -t=e
1--WE were deceived? Net much!
You were taken in and done for, but l
wasn't fooled in the least"
but you bought him and he turned
out to be blind in one eye and all
spawned up"
Certainly, but 1 bought him for a
blind and spawned horse. If any one
can fool me on horse he is welcome
to-
"Wen, 1 hope you didn't buy OF
Johnson"
You needn't worry. You've taken
on so about horses that L shall never
buy another one. johnson invited me
into the house"
did hep"
Certainty; and L guess it was plan
to make me ashamed of my own home. y
.'Why, Mr.. Bowser!"
.You needn't why Mr.. BowseI me.
If 1 had wife like Mrs. johnson
would be happy man. She's smarter
than a streak of summer lightning"
'.In what respect?'
.'In all respects. She has been tax
ing lessons in elocution, and she read
to me beautifully. If you would only
take a few lessons in reading instead
of dawdling around with some old
two-shilling rug might have occasion
to be proud of YOU"
~ have been waiting for you to take
lessons in oratory. Mr.. Bowser."
..Whati What's that! Be little
careful of your language, Mrs. Bow
ser! 1 may not be an orator. but
know something about pronunciation,
and 1 can read short paragraph with.
out getting my tongue twisted up in
hard knot. Mrs. johnson also showed
me some of her paintings"
"Does she paintP'
beautifully. She is one of the fines
artists in Michigan. Their parlor walls
| are covered with her work. and sh'
may well feel proud of her talents
While you have been reading novel;
with your old wrapper on she has gon'
at it aud become an artist She ais
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
THE FARMERS WIFE.
Though Living in the Best OF Air She Tai
No Advantage OF 1t.

Though Living in the Best OF Air She Takes
No Advantage OF 1t.
One of the reasons, the farmers wife
is apt to look sallow and jaded, and
why she grows old before her time. is
that the minute the weather grows
cold she stays in the house from one
weeks end to another. In summer
time, gathering berries or garden veg
etables, or feeding the chickens, will
take her out of doors, but just as soon
as necessity no longer compels her 10
90 into the open air she remains in
side. One of her excuses is that she
has no time for outdoor exercise.
This doubtless is true, for there is no
woman so hard-worked as the farmers
wife, but she must go ont for a short
walk or drive, if somebody or some
thing has to suffer in consequence. To
be sure there are not the incentives for
going out that the city woman has; the
marketing or shopping that can be
accomplished in a walk of a few
blocks. If there is to be any shopping
the team must be gotten up and II
drive of several miles taken. This
means a considerable expenditure of
time and is not done any oftener than
dire necessity requires. Perhaps the
nearest neighbor is not within walking
distance, consequently n walk will be
without any excuse in the mind of the
average farmers wife. Go out and
walk up the road, then, half mile
without any excuse except the saving
of your health; that is the best posi-
bic excuse that you could have. You
will come back rested in mind and
brain. You Will be able to do twice as
much darning and patching. and do it
with better grace, with the renewed
energy which you have gained from
your walk in the fresh, pure air. The
farmers wife lives in the best air there
is to be had and takes the least adVan-
tage of it.-Detrou Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

When you set hen do not pick out
the eggs indiscriminately, if you have
plenty of them. but select only the finest
specimens. avoiding eggs thatHre either
over or under size. They will give
more uniform chicks.
When we wish to extract juices
from any thing we put it in cold water
and let it gradually reach the boiling
point, so when we wish the viands to
retain their juices and use the water
only as medium of cooking, then the
opposite course must be pursued.
"A physician says if children are left
to themselves to develop properly. as
rule, they will not be able to walk be-
fore they are sixteen months old, and
that if a child seemed backward in
walking it should not be urged to makei
the attempt until about two years old:
The drought in some States de-
creased as it extended toward the for
ests. The Importance of preserving
the forests as an aid to supply OF ram
during the growing season can not be
too strongly urged. The farmers in
each section should form clubs for the
purpose of protecting the forests
Fish Chowder.-Take any large
fish, and cut it in thin slices, lay some.
slices of fat bacon at the bottom of the
pot, and then a layer of fish, onions,
cracker dust, red and black pepper, salt
and butter; then more layers until you
have used Ill the fish. Cover the whole
with water and cook until well done.
Rice Cruel - Mix together one
tablespoonful of rice-four. a saltspOOn-
full of salt, and a small cup of cold
water. Add the contents of the cup TO
a pint of boiling water. and boil for
twenty minutes. Sugar should be
served separately; and. when too thick.
add milk until of the proper consistency.
is farming a success? With some
pretended farmers it is not success
But when it fails with a man who
strictly attends to his business. stays
ut home, and puts brains and common
sense in as foreman, and then fails.
which is never the case, it will be time
to decry farming as profitable busi-
ness.
"A commission appointed by the
French Government to ascertain how
much salt ought to be given to domes.
tic animals, recommended as daily
allowance for a milch COW or OK, or;
for fattening stabilized OK, q to Al
or; for fattening pig, to or; for
lean sheep, to T of an or; for
horse, donkey or mule, 1 OF.
"A large number of practical farm
ers report their success in dehorning
in laffarS I'm fha Enr711e1-'S Rp3,ip7c
These reports seem ''to fully demon
strate the utter uselessness of horns on
domestic animals, and their removal,
when properly performed. is not at
tended with such suffering as to con-
denim the practice" The horns must
go!-FdT71l and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12

to the United States dnder the limitations OF
our treaties with China. the President of the
United States be requested to negotiate
treaty with the Emperor of China containing
prov sion that no Chinese laborer shall enter
the United States.
There was a double purpose on the
part of the foxy Senator in Offering
this resolution. He wished tc 90 make
himself solid with the people of the
Pacific slope and at the same time to
deprive the Democratic Admipistra-
ton of any credit it might receive for
negotiating the new Chinese treaty.
But the President, in replying to the
resolution. raised the scalp of the Ohio
fox. He informed the Senate that
treaty such as the resolution proposed
had been in progress of negotiation
for months, of aL,ich fact members OF
the Foreign Affairs Committee Of the
Senate had been informed by the Secre-
tara of State. If an icicle coated with
soft soap could blush John Sherman's
cheek would have Redeemed at this cx-
posure of his hypocritical pretense.--
Harrisburg PA. Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
Uninhammable Wood.

At the instance of the Belgian Min
lister of Public Works. Messrs. GOudin
and Denny have Investigated the sub
iect of rendering wood ire-proof.
They report that the resistance OF
wood to heat may be considerably in
creased. though absolute incombusti-
bility can not be secured. The resist
ing material must take the form of an
injection into the fibers of the wood or
of coating; and it must be not too ex-
pensive, non-corrosive, speedy in be-
coming fixed. easily applied. neat and
unalterable. An injection of n colt
centratel solution of phosphate OF
ammonia is recommended as the best
treatment for small pieces of wood;
but more generally available plan Is
coating with cyanide of potassium OF
asbestos paint--Scfence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
THE HEAD REJOICED.
German Executioner's Wonderful Pro
fessional Dexterity.

A German ExecutiOner's Wonderful Pro-
fessional Dexterity.
We have observed several wonderful
stories of late respecting the skill of
the Chinese eXecutioners, who, it is
said, can strike off the head of their
victims so skillfully that the poor
fellows themselves never discover their
loss until Il moment or two after they
are dead. We recall to mind, however,
the story of German executiOner who
far surpassed the Chinese in profess
sional deHtel,+Y. Upon one occasion it
happened that criminal had "A singular
itching to pls j. at nine-pins. and he
implored permission to play once more
ut his favorite game before he died.
Then, he said he would submit to his
fate without a murmur. The judge,
thinking there could be no harm in
humoring him, granted his last prayer.
and upon arriving at the place of
execution he found every thing pre-
pared for the game. the pins being set
up and the bowls all ready. He COM
menced his favorite sport with en-
thusiasm. After awhile, the sheriff,
observing that he showed no inclina-
ton to desist, made u sign to the eX-
ecutioner to strike the fatal blow while
he stopped for a bowl. The executioner
did so, but with such exquisite dexter
ity that the culprit did not notice or
feel it. He thought, indeed, that n
cold breath of air was blowing on his
neck. and drawing himself back with
shrug, his head dropped forward into
his hands. He naturally supposed that
it was a bowl which he had grasped,
and, Selling it firmly. rolled it at the
pins All of them fell and the head
was heard to exclaim, as it rebOunded
from the farther wall: '.Hurrah! I've
| won the game. Chambers Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
POOR SLIPPERY JOHN.

"A Hypocrite CIeverly Unmaslzed by Prssi-
dent Cleveland.
That aspiring Ohio man, Hon. John
Sherman, is kept busy just now with
explanations and amendments of his
political record. Some time ago Sem
ator Kenna, of West Virginia. had
him on very hot gridiron. Slippery
j Ohm had made a speech assailing the
Presidents message and proposing the
abolition of the internal revenue sys-
tenn as q remedy for the Treasury sur
plus. Senator Kenna roasted him to a
turn by reproducing a speech of Sher-
mans in which he defended internal
taxes as easy of collection and as least
oppressive of all the levies of the Fed
eral Government In 1882 this same
John Sherman opposed the pas
sage of the bill prohibiting the
immigration of the Chinese. So late
as April 6, 1886. he alluded to the
anti Chinese bill as "the result of
passion and feeling" and declared
that it would disgrace our statute
books and set a bad example in re-
spect to other nations. But change
has come over the spirit of his dream
Not long ago Slippery John discov-
cred that the people of the Pacific
slope disliked his attitude on the Chi
nese question. He became convinced
that rs candidate for President he
would not be able to carry any one of
the Pacific States unless he could dem
onstrate his willingness to go back on
himself. He therefore resorted to the
eRpedient of inviting the Republican
Congressman from those States to his
house, and when he got them cor
raled in his parlor he opened up to
them view of his inner consciousness
on the Chinese question. He told
them that he was ready to go as far as
they desired in putting restrictions
upon Chinese Immigration. The Re-
publican Congressman from the Pacific
States being familiar with the sopona-
ceous character of Johns political
epidermis, declined to take him ut his
word and suggested that he should do
some public act by which they could
explain to their constituents how the
people of the Pacific slope could con-
sistently support him for President.
And thereby hangs very pretty
tale.
The Honorable John Sherman is at
the head of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee of the Senate. and as such has
open SESAME at the office of the Secre-
tary of State. Not long after his sud-
den conversion to the anti Chinese
policy he called upon Secretary Bay
ard and inquired of him whether a
treaty with China for the more rigid
observance of the act of Congress pro-
hIbiting Chinese immigration could
not be secured. Secretary Bayard
frankly informed him that the Presi-
dent had been engaged upon such a
treaty for months past. and that 1t was
probable that it would soon be sent to
the Senate. Having secured this in
formation the honorable Senator hast
ened to offer in the Senate the follow
ing resolution:
Resolued, That in view OF the dificuleses and
embarrassments that have attended the regu-
IAtion OF the immigration OF Chinese laborers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
INGALLS,. TRAITORS.


What shall say, then, Of Hancock the heavy
Winfield Scott Hancock, aman idolized by the
army,
He who SO often had periled his life for his
people,
Shedding his blood for his flag and the Union
SO freely
Giving himself as some thought to his country
so freelyt
What was he doing when fighting. seeming
ly fighting
Grossly deceiving the rank and the file OF the
army,
Falsely. pretending to offer his life for the
Union?
What he doing at Gettysburg where he
fell wounded,
Mangled and torn by the shot Of the foes he
Struck from lis horse at the height of so splen-
did triumph
What was he doing. I ask you, and what was
he there for?
Fighting for slavery. fighting for Jefferson
Davis,
Killing off rebels to keep the rebellion alive,
sir;
Proving, by peril and wounds and his skill as a
soldier,
Only his faith in rebellion and love Of the reb-
els.
Proof Do you want itS Why. proof is both
plain and abundant.
Proof that is clear TO the sight of the patriot
ingalls,.
Did not the Democrats give him their best
nomination?
Did not the Solid South vote for him freely and
gladly?
That is enough, sir. Yes. while the immaculate
Ingalls,
Punished jayhawkers in Kansas for robbing of
hen-rooSts,
Hancock the traitor at Gettysburg wounded,
near dying,
Simply fighting for Jefferson Davis, his
partner.
What of the otherf Words fail mo to speak OF
Mcclellan,
George E. Mcclellan, Jen Davis intimate ally.
He. when the great Union army, SO nearly
death stricken,
Saddened, d!sheartened. demoralzed, huddled
so loosely,
Was but mob that was brave but in lack OF
cohesion,
Pulled it together, and made it an army with
banners.
Confident, solid, the army that fought the whole
through,
Winning at last by the disciplined strength
that he gave it.
What did he do IL forf Why did he organize
victory?
Why did he take the great army to YORKTOWN
and chmond!
Simply that he, the Confederates' intimate
ally,
There CHIT deliver that army to Jefferson
DAVIS.
Such was Mcclellan, the ally of rebels, the
traitor,
He whom some silly onos, ont of the army and
in it.
Still would parade before men OF the North as
hero.
Proof? Do you need itS The man was Demo
crat. That is
Plenty of proof for patriot ha;ling from
Kansas,
One whom his party should greet with its best
nomination.
Was not McClellen a candidate, straight Demo
cratic
Yes, for the office filled nobly by Abraham
Lincoln?
That ic sufficient; OF course he was naught but
traitor.
~ Y SIN
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
Unique Work for Women.

The fact that women who do one
thing well find self-support possible, is
well illustrated by the success of IL
sandal company Mt Grand Rapids.
Mich. This establishment is owned
and controlled entirely by women. 1t
started operations some two years ago
with capital of less than two thou
sand dollars. To-day it imports rs
chamois skin direct from Italy, and the
silk used in making them into sandals
for children's wear is purchased di-
rectly from the manufacturers. The
institution gives employment TO hun
dreds of needy women at remuner;s-
tive prices. and refuses to allow
machinery of any kind to be used The
report for the year ended January l.
1888, shows a net profit on invested
capital of over three hundred per cent.
Work begins at eight O. clock a m. and
ceases at four p. m. What have our
masculine brothers to say nowp Are
not women as capable as men TO direct
and control large intere'tsf- Women az
Work
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
A WORD IN TIME.
Young Voters Should support the Demo
cratic Party Because 1t Is

Young Voters Should support the Demo
cratic Party Because 1t Is
The party which contains the most
honest Industrious. useful humane,
home-beautifying. country-loving men.
The party whose honest, humane
men control its platforms. utterances
and nominations.
The party which plows a new furrow
every year. instead of hunting the
same old furrow for official worms.
The party which welcomes honest
men with good ideas. and fears not 70
inquire into. reason and act upon a
principle or question presented.
The party which does the most to
educate women, protect virtue and
home happiness.
The party which realizes that every
day brings something new. and every
year should set the people further
ahead and make them better of.
The party which is the truest in the
keeping of its promises. mercy
Adrance Thought
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
Papa, do not drink tonight

Papa, do not drink to-n1ghtn'
The words came in soft. pleading, tear
soaked tones from the sweet. golden
haired innocent that grasped his HAND
beseechingly. A tear welled up in the
fathers eye. why not. my child?''
he asked. Because Alphonse will be
here tonight, and if you come home
blind, blazing. staggering drunk. anc
smash every thing. you're going &c
scare him off, and plumbers sons arr
not so plentiful this season That's ths
Why"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12
SNAKES IN INDIA.
Observations Made by AN English Clergy
man and Naturalist.

-
man and Naturalist.
Rev. j. f. Tenisor- Woods, on the
snakes of the Indian archipelago. OBJ
serves that the cobra never exceeds the
length of about five feet. and that the
larger snake with which it is often
confused is of different species, called
hamadryas ophiophagus. The hama
dryas, which resembles the cobra in
having hood or dilatable neck, at
tains the length of fifteen feet. and
feeds chiefly upon lizards and snakes
1t is aboreal in its habits, but shows a
great Partially to water, to which it
will readily take 1t is very fierce and
is ready not only to attack but to pur-
sue human beings Its venom is
nearly as deadly as that of
the cobra. Mr. Tenison-Woods has
heard of many instances of its Zero
cious characteristic is to say, of its
turning on those who attacked it and
showing fight.
the Twenty-seventh regiment gave
chase to q large hamadryas, but they
had not gone very far when it turned
on its pursuers and quickly scattered
them. 1t then took to the water, where
it was followed by two of the party in
boat, but it soon tried the expert
ment of boarding, and made the row.
ers exert their powers to get away.
Mr.. Tenison-Woods makes mention of
the sea snakes as being wonderfully
numerous in all the seas of India and
China. It is difficult. he says. to ex-
aggerate the numbers one sees on the
surface of the water on q calm day. He
continues:
''When off the coast of Borneo in her
Majesty's ship Pegasus we had some
very fine, calm days, when the sea was
like glass or oil. On every side we
were surrounded by specimens of these
reptiles between two and three feet
long. have seen the same thing on
many different calm days; in fact, 1
1On' know any place where they seem
more numerous than the Bornean
coasts. I frequently saw nearly as
large an assemblage in the Philippine
seas. 1 should say that bathing was a
very perilous business in those locali-
ties. for the serpents are very venom
Gus, and there are many authentic
records of disastrous results from their
bites"
Mention is then made of the python
.eticulatus, or boa. This species is
said to be very numerous, and has a
disagreeable habit of coming to live in
the thatch of houses, emerging ut night
to take its prey, in pursuit of which it
is not particular whether this is some
of the rats and mice of the house or
the chickens and fowls of the poultry
yard. Mr.. Tenison-W Woods proceeds:
Recent writer's have described the
fear which the natives have of this rep
tile, on account of its sometimes at
lacking man. This 1 can not believe,
and whenever have been in the Malay
peninsula, Java, Celebes and the Mo-
luccas, have never found natives much
afraid of them. AS to their swallowing
man, or even a large child. the idea
is too prepOsterous to be seriously en-
tertained. Neither do believe that its
muscular strength is SO great as is gen
orally believed, though no doubt its
crushing power is considerable. y
SINGAPORE Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12

Insurance statistics show that
Americans of the middle and upper
classes are healthier and longer lived
han Englishmen-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-12

Mr.. Horace Davis, the new presi-
dent of the University of California. Is
a relative of Hon. George Bancroft
His wife is daughter of Thomas Starr
King
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-18

In spite of the warnings afforded by
the failures OF other nations which
have attempted 10 make territorial
conQuestS in Africa, Germany seems
determined to enter upon n career of
aggression in East Africa. The
chances for the success of any ex-
petition undertaken against the Arabs
would be very slight and the reward
of success would be exceedingly
small. Africa can never be made a
field for German colonization, and
any attempt 20 turn the current OF
German emigration to America in
the direction Of a province wrested
from the Arabs viii surely lail.
The German government should pause
and consider before it enters upon a
distant colonial war precisely d'..,,ar
10 that which led TO the disastrous de-
feat OF the French In ronQain,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-18

The fact that Count Herbert Bis
marck had made his maiden speech
was chronicled throughout the world
on Sunday. and 1t was not very
good speech. either II Is sometimes
very convenient 20 have father who
is somebody IN particular.