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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20

THE BARTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
WILL E. STOKE.
EditoI and PrSpriOtof',
(of6ce in Opera Block)
GREAT BEND, KANSAS
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND Ball
AT OPERA HOUSE,
CHRISTMAS =: NIGHT.
The best of music. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to everybody.
LOCAL NEWS.
-----
"No more the sun our faces fries.
No mop the brow;
And best of all there are no dies
On any Of us now"
Regular, every day winter weather.
The "Kermiss" was 3 financial
success.
See Aliens Christmas goods, and
be happy.
J. D. WEIGH ran up from Wichita
last Saturday.
Do not neglect to call On Allen for
halliday goods.
Last Friday was one of the dustiest
days of the year.
Now rustic up your taaypullin's
and your spellin' bees.
Lost in the outskirts-A woman,
when she can't end her pocket.
Keep in mind the dance on Christ
mas night. Everybody invited.
The plate glass front is going into
the new opera house block this week.
Sheriff Wilson took in Wichita the
Windy wonder, Monday of this week.
The mince.pie season is Oh and
Nightmares disturb the slumbers Of
youth.
Won't some bright school mann tell
us whether house burns up or burns
down?
Aliens north show window is one
of the most handsome to be seen in
the city.
Kansas has increased eighty per
cent. in population in the last two
years.
This Office is prepared to do cards,
letter heads, ETC., in German and
English.
The next regular meeting of the city
council will be the first Monday in
January.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
E. Benedict has been quite i'll for
some days.
A committee of city councilmen are
negotiating for a fire alarm bell.
We need it.
The new lunch room established by
Harry Kline is the place that will
please the farmers.
Face powder does not always help q
young woman to 60 off quickly in the
matrimonial market
Five more DAYS, and comes Santa
Clause. Gracious! but how this
winter has slipped by!
Jonn Gallon was in town SATURDAY.,
on business, and made his annual call
on the DEMOCRAT man.
Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow!
1t was long time coming but it
didn't take long to 60.
There is rumor atioat that the
collectors on the Santa Fee will go off
duty on Jan. LIST, 1889.
John Gallon buried a child some
two years old, Monday, it having
died of diphtheretic Group.
Great Bends foundry is having
plenty Of work these days. 1t is
proving paying business.
Talking about the weather, the
butchers are about the only men who
can take their pick Of wethers.
The First National Bank is having
improvements of substantial nature
made in their desk arrangement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20

See Aliens Christmas goods, and
be happy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20

Regular, every day winter weather.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20

The "Kermiss" was financial
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20
OUR oFFER:

subscribers who and who viii
January 1889. will send the New York
Weekly World months FREE -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS.

The best Of music. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to everybody.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-06
They Worked In Pairs.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
There were half dozen ofus smo-
king and talking on the veranda one
evening, when a young man came
along with bank note inshis hand
and asked
"Can any of you gentlemen break
twenty for me ?"
If we could we didn't care to, and
when he had gone the man at the end
of the row said:
give got plenty of small bills, but
he looked like sharper to me-"
"On the contrary, he had a very
honest look" observed Boston man.
"Well, the bill was probably coun-
terfeit."
"Come now, but don't be so sus.
picious of human nature"
but I'll bet it wasn't a bankable
bill. Why didn't he go to the hotel
office"
"My dear sir, should hate to be
so suspicious. Have you any mon
-ey to lose T.
"How?"
"Any money which says the bill is
bad ?"
"Yes-$50."
"Done."
The young man was coming back
down the street, and we called to him
He still had the bill in his hand.
"Let me see," said Boston. He
scanned the bill closely for 10 seconds
and then handed it back with the re
mark:
ssI see. Served me right. I'll pay
the bet"
1t was a busted Canadian bank
bill. and the man on the end and the
bearer of the bill were the confeder-
ates. Boston didn't raise any row
over it, but he retired very early
that night.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-06
Hollow Sound.

The democratic cry of "free vhis-
XVI is shown to be particularly hol-
low by the following section (No. 4O)
Of the Mills bill:
That all clauses of section 3244 Of
he Revised Statutes, and all laws
amendatory thereof, and all other
laws which impose any special taxes
mon manufacturers Of stills, retail
dealers in liquors and retail dealers
in malt liquors are hereby repealed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-06
INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1888.
About Noted People.

Louise Michel, the Partisan An
archist, is laid up from overwork.
The English Bishop of Truro has
just inherited $500, 900 from an uncle.
AS boy printer w. ID. Howells
was a hard worker and first-class
compositor.
Carl RechbaGer, a prominent lead
err Of tie German Liberals, is dying
at Berlin.
r. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
is at yallombrose, Italy, finishing a
new story.
Sons Of Senators Spooner, Dolph
and Gray will be at Princeton Col
lege this winter.
The Duchess Of Marlborough has
already distributed large sums to
London hospitals.
Alexander Dumas walks three
miles every day and never works af-
ter four in the afternoon.
George w. Childs has three resi-
denoes all of which are kept in per-
feet readiness for occupancy.
Mrs. McGahan, widow OF the IA
NOUS war correspondent, has been
spending the summer in Maine.
Judge John Davis and wife, of
WASHINGTON, has gone to Europe
Mrs. Davis will spend the winter
there.
Between the hours of $50 and las
every day Queen Victoria works as
hard as any clerk in London.
The wife of Congressman Hit, OF
Illinois, wears some of the most elab-
crate toilets seen in Washington
Amelie Rives Chanler has lost her
sweet, appealing, child-like lowell
ness OF expression since her mar
riage.
Ristics will succeed Christics as
Premier of Servia. Servia seems as
full of tics as shaggy dog at the
seashore.
Dom Louis l. King OF Portugal,
converses freely in English, French,
italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ger
man and Swedish.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-06

Sold by Druggists or sent post paid on receipt OF
price-iI HPHREYs' MEDICINE co. 100 Fulton st. N.Y.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

festive season in our markets and from
the windows of our shops. Holly forms
a decoration of the shambles, and every
tub of butter has sprlg of rosemary in
its breast. The plants most commonly
in use for this purpose appear to have
generally been the holly, the ivy, the
laurel, the rosemary and the mistletoe.
Among the Celtic nations the mistletoe
is well known to have been an object
of great yeneration, and the cere-
mony of collecting it by the Druids
against the festival of the winter
sOlStice was one of high solemnity.
IL was cut by the prince of the Druids
himself, and with a golden sickle 1t
was said that those only of the oaks
were sacred to the Druids which had
the mistletoe upon them, and that the
reverence of the people toward the
priests, as well as their estimation of
the mistletoe, proceeded in a great
measure from the cures which the
former effected by means of that plant.
The Druids cut it from the oak on the
Feast of the Sun, because, as it seemed
to grow without soil on the bark of the
tree, they believe it to live on the rays
of the sun alone, and hence made it an
emblem of that celestial body. We
know, of course. that it is a parasitic
plant, but they did not.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
THE GARB OF CHRISTMAS.
The Pagans Introduced the Custom ol
Using Flowers.
THE CHURCH FORBADE IT
The Mistletoe an Object Of Venera
tion Among the
Celts.

The practice of Christmas decora
tions, which is recommended to modern
times by its own pleasantness and
natural beauty, is of high antiquity,
and has been ascrihed by various writ
ers to various sources. The practice,
however, of introducing flowers and
branches among the tokens of festivity
seems, and very naturally. to have ex-
listed universally and at all times. II
was, as we know, pagan manifesto
ton of rejoicing and worship, and is
forbidden on that express ground in
early councils of the Christian church.
Hone, in his Everyday Book, quotes
Polydore Virgil to the effect that ''trym-
ming of the temples with hangynges,
fiowres, boughes and garlondes, was
taken of the heathen people, whiche
decked their idols and houses with
such array" and it came under
the list of denominations denounced by
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

problems that are constantly presented
to him i'll his work. With genial man
nerS and hearty laugh that always
makes friends, he combines an atten-
ton TO details and shrewdness in hand
ling them that frequently surprise peo
pie who, depending on his evident good
nature, attempt to impose on him. Mr..
Hannaford halls from New Hampshire.
but began his railroad career as a clerk
Ill the general freight Office of the Yer
mont Central railroad at st. Adams,
VT, in the summer of 1866. In May,
1872, he left the Vermont Central to be.
come chief clerk in the freight agents
office of the Northern Pacific railroad
when the general Offices of that road
were in Brainerd. From that time to
the present his rise has been steady,
passing through the various offices, in
their order, of assistant general freight
and passenger agent, general freight
agent Eastern division; assistant SUI
perintendent of freight traffic, and gem
eral freight agent, to his present posi-
ton as general traffic manager. Under
his management the business of his de-
partment has assumed magnificent pro-
portions, and is on the increase.
In common with most of ST. Paul's
prominent railroad men. Allen Manvel'S
present eminence is the result of a COM
Dination of peculiar innate ability with
a long and persevering study of the
various phases of railroading. His
entry into the field that he now graces
was with the Chicago, Rock Island Il
Pacific railroad in 1859. He has been
with the st. Paul, Minneapolis q Mani
toba railway for less than eight years,
but in that time has risen from a posi-
ton as clerk in the purchasing agents
office, through the various stages of
paYmaster, purchasing agent. assistant
superintendent and purchasing agent,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

before Mr.. Thralfs appointment, Mr..
Board was made assistant land commits
SiOner. This appointment afforded his
friends less surprise than pleasure, for
it is well known that no other person
connected with that department under
stands its details more thoroughly than
he. He has remarkable memory and
conversational ability that makes him
deeply interesting when speaking, even
when the subject is only matter of the
driest detail. Mr.. Boards first
railroad venture was with the
Ohio & Mississippi railroad in 1878,
as private secretary to the general pass
enger and ticket agent of that road. He
was afterwards chief clerk to President
William I. Hart and Vice President
James Ii. Wilson, of the New York Il
New England railroad. He was with
the superintendent OF the New York &
Little Rock Sleeper line at Memphis,
Tenn. He came to st. Paul in 1881. and
in March of that year was made chief
clerk of the land department of the
Northern Pacific railroad, under r. l..
at that time. From that time to the
present his connection with the. depart
ment has been unbroken. 1t is safe to
predict that both of these young men
are starting on what will prove to be
glorious future, for they both have the
ability, and are of the stuff that success
full men are made.
We have mentioned few of the rail-
road men of whom st. Paul is proud,
but only few of them, for they are
both numerous and good, and it is in
tended to devate column or two to
their proper notice whenever space per-
mits of it and details can be cleaned.
As rule, our leading railroad men are
modest, and do not readily confide their
records to the reporter, and he is there
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

the Puritans for the same reason. The
practice was also in use among the ma
tiOns, both of Gothic and Celtic origin;
and Brand quotes from DR.. Chandler's
Travels in Greece very beautiful su-
perstition, mentioned as the reason of
this practice among the votaries of
Druidlsm. "The houses" he says,
'.were declled with evergreens in De-
cember. that the sylvan spirits might
repair to them and remain unnipped
with frost and cold winds until a
milder season had renewed the foliage
of their darling abodeS." In England
the practice. whencesoever derived,
has existed from the very earliest days,
and, in spite of outcry and prohibition.
has come down in full vigor to our own.
In former times, as we learn from Stow,
in his Survey of London, not only
were our houses and churches decorated
with evergreens, but also the conduits,
standards and crosses in the streets
and in our own day they continue to
form garniture not only of our temples
and our houses, but constitute portion
of the striking display made at this
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

yesterday a cam
ell, passing rapidly
toward the east
and bearing the
form of a man
with sad eyes,
was seen by sew
erai parties. 1t is
suspected h a t
this was William
E. Lee, late post
master of St. Paul,
who on March 4
was ordered de-
capltated by His
Royal Begun b.
Harrison. 1t is
surmised that Mr..
Lee is heading for
Abyssinia, where
tenure of office is
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
A Man Forgets Some Things.

New York Sun.
"Pa," inquired Bobby, whats the
meaning of E pluribus unum?"
"Oh. it's a Latin phrase, Bobby. l
used to know when was at college, but
man is apt to forget most that he
learned at college when he gets to be as
old as / am
Just then a procession of college stu
dents passed the door shouting vocifer-
ously. "Rah, Rah. Rah!" Tiger"
yelled the old man, aud he broke both
suspenderS before he reached the gate.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
MORE THAN EXPECTED.

The character of the retail furnishing
trade of st. Paul is that the demand is
for better goods, and we find that the
finest are none too good. -Four years
ago we came to st. Paul from st. Louis,
and have found it to be more than we
expected. 1t has proven to be trade
point of surprising advantage.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
MY LADY'S STOCKING.

Ny lady's stocking,
with its clocking,
as TO and fro her
small feet go, in
may dance doth
me entrance, and
moeks me for
/ love her SO. So
quick and agile,
soft and fragile,
the silken black
ness firm en-
closes and hides
from view and
lover true. the
five pink toes
ike buds Of
roses. Now gen.
uy pressing, soft
caresSing the
arching instep
white as snow, I
catch the CLEAN,
the lustrOus
sheen. meath
dainty skirt
10 slipper
low. My
brain is
wh1rling
wi b the
twirling. the
music sweet
the curt'sy
low. All
round my
sweet
guests
are
flock
ing.
Iwould were my lady's stocking.
N. N.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

rlty TO enter
st. Paul'S
musical cir
cles, be per-
suadcd t o
assume this
illuStr a t e q
at t i t u d e,
represent "a
tive of the
moment of
effort when
he has pro-
duced a new
pot pour
and realizes
his success,
we have no
doubt b u t
[ II q I [ ii q
Peo pie s
would not
suffer from
any lack Of
patron age.
We suggest
that the gem
ial profess
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

be induced to strike this attitude once
an evening and at each matinee. The eff
feet upon the musically-inclined would
be tremendous.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
SWEET SINGS rHE LARK.

WEET sings the lark in the
(~ meadows.
SS BY the waters Of bonny
TN Dundee;
n High hangs the sun in the
q ESS June time,
SSsN Ger the walls of bonny
NTT'\ Dundee.
G & = :: :: !: !: s: e.: !: +: : : :: :: :: =: =: :
called Douglas.
Son of Allan, the laird OF Dundee.
Sing sweet, . We daughters of Scotia,
Ny love has been given to me.
Quick is the roll of the war drum
In the streets of bonnv Dundee.
The bagpipes cry out in their sorTow
As the warriors leave bonny Dundee.
OF all the lips in the lowland
There are none so sweet unto me
As the lips Of the chieftain called Douglas,
Son of Allan, the laird of Dundee.
Pray low. o ye daughters of Scotia,
Ny love has been en- from me.
Fresh is the bloom of the thistle
In the fields of bonny Dundee;
The voice of new year is ringing
Ger the walls of bonny Dundee
OF all the chiefs in the lowland,
There were none so fair unto ME
AS Douglas the first of the chiefta4ns,
Son OF Allan, the laird of Dundee.
Weep low, o We daughters Of Scotia,
My love returns not 10 me.
H. .LC.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
A LEE-WA

Special to the Globe.
DESERT OF SAHARA, March 8, 1885,
In the midst of the great sand wastes
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

fore obliged to hunt up mutual friends
for the desired Information. This was
notably the case with the gentlemen
spoken OF i'll this article.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

collection of portrait photographs at the
late state industrial exhibition. Located
as he is. IN the largest and most prosper :
Gus gallery in the state, he still find 5
his place almost too small for his ra pid-
" increasing business; and we'll he
deserves the patronage he receives, for
he has devoted years to his profess ion
and has called to his aid every inven-
ton for assisting him in the production
of elegant Photographic portraits, hav-
ing lately received from Europe one OF
the finest instruments for making life
size photos, having points of excellence
in which he Justly claims superior ity.
Visitors to his studio will al ways be
welcome.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS
FROM
he Following Facts
--r rI'EiE --
NAPA VALLEY WINE Cd.

00o 77eHHeP" H7eH0e, KHHeuP0HS,
Is the Only House in the City which receives it's
Wines and Bran dies direct from the VINEYARDS
Of California.
We are agents for H. W. Crabbs To Kalon
Vineyard, whose products have again carried off
some of the first premiums at an exhibition lately
held by all the growers.
We don't offer you Port and Sherries at $1OQ.
because good pure Port of some age can't be sold
for such money but guarantee you that our
Wines are not merely palatable (the manufact-
ured articles are often more so than the pure)
but invigorating and health-restoring.
Fully three-quarters of the reputable physi-
clans in this city prescribe some of our Wines and
Brandies, and we request you to askyour Family
Physician as to the estim ate he has Of Our Goods
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23
PROF. BROoKE's EFFORT.

Could Prof. Brooke, the latest celeb
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

RTISTIC PHOTOG-
raphy-Travel where
you may, you will
never find a more
co N pie tie photo
graphic studio than
that of T. NJ. Sven,
4l9 Wabasha street.
Mr.. Sven has the
reputation of being
the best photo artist
of the Northwest, re-
'ceiving the gold
medal for the best
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-23

would we're my ladys stocking.
N. n. F.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15

the stranger with whom Grace
had been seen beneath the trees, and
who was received far more war My by
his wife.
Hubert Lavoiser was not as young
as was thought, being over thirty, Mrs.
Burleigh had busy time of it to try
TO find out all particulars and heap up
the scandal; but the 0sbornes were
special favorites. and curiosity faded on
its being known Hubert was Grace's
step-cousin; while when became Mrs.
Lavoiser the Ivydene Scandal died out
altogether.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15
Living on the Reputation of Others.

Living on the Reputation of Others.
"Take everything that have but my
good name; leave me that and 1 am
content" So said the philosopher. So
say all manufacturers ofgenuine articles
to that horde ofimitators which thrives
upon the reputation of others. The
good name of ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsTERs has induced many adven-
turers to put in the market limitations
that are not only lacking in the best
elements of the genuine article, but are
often harmful in their effects.
The public should be on their guard
against these frauds, and. when an ex-
ternal remedy is needed, be sure to
insist upon having ALLCoCK's Porous
PLASTER
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15

New arrival Gn New York; | was
told to come here, for information
about getting naturalized. New York
ofhcial-Happy to meet you, sir; hope
you had pleasant passage. What
can do for you? "I wish to know
how long a man must be in this
country before he can voteP" "Um-
er-which tick etP"-Omaha World.
The enterprising parson: Eastern
country rustic Ito the new in
cumbent)-Begy' pardon, sir, but be
yeau agoin' to farm yer glebe, STRIP
Cause as how-that's the artist an for
rudest bit O land in the who'll parish
an our last parson, he used to get in
his haye-then he clap on the PRAYER
for rain! an where wor wep-PatncE
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15
Mothers viii Find IL

Pleasant to the taste and safe medicine
for their children, for its action is most posi-
tive and efficient in speedily curing colds, pre-
venting what might result in a severe or dam
gerous Lung disease, or chronic inflammation
of the Throat and Lungs, the leaders on of
Consumption.
Brant's Pulmonary Balsam has been tried
and tested, and pronounced by thousands.
who have tried it the best remedy for ali
Throat and Lung Troubles.
We have recently doubled the size of bot
tie, giving the best and largest % cent Cough
Remedy on the market. Fully warranted by
Saur q Balsley.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15

A neat and pretty wall-pocket is
made of a half-section, cut vertically,
of one of last seasons theatre hats. If
you do not wish to cut the hat it may
be supplied with a wooden base, and
will then make an excellent umbrella
stand.-Puck.
All the men engaged in the Arkan-
sas and Texas train robberies for the
last two years are now under arrest,
but SO far not single railroad official
engaged in robbing passengers of their
lives has felt the touch of the hand.
cuffs. detroit Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15
TIL e Popu Iation of NaDoIeon

Is about $500. and We would say at least one
half are troubled with some affection of the
throat and lungs as those complaints are,
according to statistics, more numerous than
others. We would advise all our readers not
to neglect the opportunity to call on their
druggist and get bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the throat and lungs. Trial size free.
Large bottles 80 cents and 81. Sold by all
druggists,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15
Ifthe Old Man is n Little Off

Gross, fault-fnding and hard to please, you
may be sure that his Stomach is out of order,
that he has or soon will have Dyspepsia, that
most miserable of diseases. "Bitter Apple
Tonic" will straighten him up and restore his
usual good nature quicker than anything else
you can give him.
Cures Dyspepsia, Malaria, Constipation,
Nervousness, restores the appetite. etc.; the
best % cent Bitter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15
Interested People.

Advertising patent medicine in the pecu-
liar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's
Balsam, for coughs and colds does, it is in
deed wonderful. He authorizes all druggists
to give those who call for it. sample bottle
free. that they may try it before purchasing.
The large bottles are 30 cents and 81. We
certainly would advise trial. 1t may save
you from consumption.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-15

We are always ready to answer any
questions which may be asked us con-
cerning political issues, but when a
man writes to know whether reduc-
ton of the wool tariff will affect the
price of flannel cakes, he exhibits a
levity totally out of place in "cam-
paign of intellect."-Terre Hdute EIr-
press