Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
OF GENERAL. INTEREST.

lumbia, S. C., by charging visitors ten
cents for showing them through the
institution. The money is used In
| transporting released prisoners to thclF
homes, if they have any. Eighty doll
lars was taken in one day recently
An Oshkosh man who has been out
to Portland. Oregon, states that ne was
almost eaten up with 1ieas ut that place.
So troublesome were they. night and
day that he could neither sleep nor rest.
and when he complained about the
annoyance the natives laughed at him
and told him that they did not notice
them ut all.
People living aloHg the line of the
New Jersey Central make objection 80
the use of soft coal BY the road. -
they say that the SCOT settles on the
windows, door-heads zad water-con-
| ductors Of all houses near the track
| but the company has beer driven TO the
use of the Bisuminous kind in conse-
quence of fAe long strike IN the an
thracite region
If Captain Bauldry. OF She steam
%haIer Orea, Sam Francisco. sticks to
his resolutions to retire froLA' Business
I he VIII retire N. n blaze of glory On
lis cruise just ended he killeds tiI5fty-
sSNe whales, slowed twenty-eight Gall
Sc had room feE)i Snd brought INTO
pert $500 barrels. OF oil ans 46. COO
pounds of bone--the- largest cItch' On
record. and valucdsat about $26SS8SS-
1.-The Kingstois OK NJ Shat says1
''Gcld is where yoa'fih% it. F" has passed
ints.an. atlage. Armstrong. the bIpek--
smFai; Boaght SONS .Kuneas ducLs-suTI~
eraT months ago. His IasOther came to-
visit him few days-ngD. He kilIed';D
ducls ini honor of the occasion. The
old ladJrIFa heard osfguld being fOsUdi
in duck and chickerSgiEz:Srris, and SShe :.
had tile. curiosity tO-tfy THE duck. and
was rewarded by find7sg;a Mttle Nuggets
of go1d}.
Many aYtesian wells spout water
under a. heavy PRESSURE. just as many
gas-weiIs. find the g;as-JTlder n heavy
pressure of several hKndretD pounds te-
the square ineh. This ywater-pOwer is.
used ia5 Tnnay places-sin france bye
means Of tuvbine whSels;. and it is'
probabfa that even the gas pressure
might ia some cases alse bS utilized
In very deep artesian WellS-tAe heat of
Budget.
-Mexican editors oompisztn of the
arrest in1Texas of sor1s<of the cOun-
trymen 6r.TioIating ths.OOngressional
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the inpos4ation a
laborerS under ontract: clai.eing that
the MeNieanss crossed the Rio Grande.
at the peqNesS of An4aTic;tns farmers
and planters % assist them, IN their
harvest, as has been customary for
years, azR.'ti.Stl althou III paid.sfOr their
services, they we're not in conpetitiOn
with any American workmena-
Indie silk, robes zdpr baSses! 1t
sounds add, but as the silk sfaade up
rather sinplyH- and is not very costly
the babies mMas find iESsa. pheasant ok
change tbc the stiff rough. white en-.
broidery IN wfisch mary, of them have
been Tapped. The fancy for ..Hing this
materially comes at AN, odd moment
Just wheu1sonae womcsai are making p.
merit oSsnot letting saeir l;s6le girls
wear s3k'ab, al, but d5essin5s them in
ginghaaGin SKINNER.
The recezlk introd notion 81 Faber..
in Germany of pencils fSr writing
upon glass;. Porcelaiz and metals, in
red, white or blue. is worth noting
The composition consists of melting to-
gether foaEr parts of spernAeetI, three-
of talIow ana two of wax, tawhich are
addeCssixypA<ts of Ell shsr reG1ead, white
lead al. Pfossian blus,- according to thu
color desired. The mass tins prepared
is turned Out in the usual form OF
sticks. andiSs then ready feE use. The.
mariSS4are easily rubbed Oss when d.
! sirei and save all fabelihSa
-AAnO0elty of the Upper ThamoAsiA
a launch, which Owes its motive power
to s2le explosive vapor. Of some hydro
caehon, such as petroleum. The vessel
8 off American origin, and is the first
to. use q petroleum., engine in Great
Britain. The boatis stained by the act
of lighting larsps and the lamp must
he eEasnguishecs to sop the engine
'hhe.fslel costs much lass than TOuld
tie coalnecessaEy for the same amount
of. work. Tho omission of boiler
lsaves1nuch space, .whas neither fFeman
nor working engineer is req2ired.-
4EkSns0tc Ir2UeIers
s The schsoner DE- A BozAon re-
oeAtly brought to- Gloucester frona
j La Have banks a most pec1liar sea.
monster. unlike amy thing aver seen
by the oldest fisherman tners. 1t WA
four feet hong and FIVE inches thiskS
had one dOrsal ga extending the whole
length os its back. and a Triangular
shaped Aead. the lower Jazz extending
two inshes beyond the spper. Both
jaws are armed with very sharp teeth
, The upper jaw had three long Prongs
at the extreme tip. This queer fish