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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16
ASSISTING The POOR.

HSrs- Bowser Tolls How She Compiled With
MIR. Bowers Instructions.
EDO you know" said Mr.. Bowser as
he suddenly looked up ut me the other
evening. "thatyo are getting the repu-
tation of being the hardest hearted
woman on this street,"
+.Why, no! Who calls me hard
-hearted?'
Every body. They say you fire
every applicant for charity off the steps
before they can draw Il long breath"
-'But there are II good many impost-
ors around this WINTER
--How do you know an impostor from
AN unfortunate?"
Why, by-by-by--"
you couldn't tell II pirate from a
tax assessor, and you know it! Now,
then, want n change in this business.
/ want the poor and unfortunate to
know they have frie::d in me-"
--But they come along and want food
rand drink and clothes and money, and
L
Don't you throw 'em away, Mrs.
Bowser-not a single one! L was a
poor boy myself once, AT Il l know how
1T feels to be hungry and Jagged"
-'Then you must take the conse-
~queuce.
-.What consequence Mrs. .Bowser.
I've got to have n serious talk with you
some day soon! You are fostering
sentiments which appal me. and which
must sooner or later bring you to the
gallows. When w M;ln loses her
60 % ,>st vi Il
reached dangerous stage. 1 may
come home some night and find you
have murdered our child"
-.Let your patients cone around,
Mr.. Bowser. and will prescribe for
them
Nothing further was said, and he
hadn't been gone ten minutes next
morning, when a couple of very
healthy-looking young men rang the
door-beli. i rather think Mr. Bowser
met 'em on the corner and sent 'em to
the house.
Madam" began one of the pair. rs
] opened the door, IF you would be so
very -"
-sOh, certainly-walk right in; you
are two unfortunate young men. You
have been sick and had bad luck. and
src now trying to get a fresh start
Come right into the dining-room.
They were so astonished that 1 had
10 repeat the invitation.
seated them at the table, told the
cook to provide for them, and as
passed zap stairs heard one of them
say:
..Well. Billy, this IS rich! Shouldn't
wonder if we could also strike her for
"A quarter apiece"
| knew that they would ask for old
clothes, because they were very shah
bv. I therefore brought them down
ESQ of Dir. Bowser's old suits. also
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16
cLEvELAND.s MESSAGE
Leading Republicans Indorse the Presi-
dents Tariff Sentiments

denYs Tariff Sentiments.
indications abound that the Presi-
dents recommendations in his messages
at the opening of tn Congressional
session are meeting with approval in
the highest quarters in the opposition.
Among others of the party Senator
Allison, of Iowa, who has been taking
vacation among his constituents.
for the disposal of the surplus is. to
put it mildly, a grave political mistake
Indeed. the Iowa Senator is SO con-
firmed in this view that he informs the
inevitable interviewer that the Blaine
surplus platform will never be accept
ed by Western Republicans.
On the contrary-and bear in mind
that Senator Allison is a possible oppo-
sition Presidential candidate-he is
free to say that a great necessity ex-
lists 70. a revision of the tariff; that
Congress will perforce be compelled to
act in that direction. and that the party
which fails to do its proper share in the
reduction of tariff taxes will be certain
to forfeit popular favor.
This Allison interview may be taken
rs tnis able and popular leaders
response TO MIR. Blaine's " Paris mos
sage" as the friends of that gentle
man choose to designate the Smalley
document which was so nimbly sprung
on the Republican party and country.
Nor is Senator Allison the only
prominent opposition leader who puts
himself on record against the theory
of taxing necessities while letting
deleterious luXuries go free. If Sena-
tor Allison's position is rather one of
opposition by implication, on the
other hand Senator Aldrich's (of
Rhode IsIand) position is one of direct
opposition. In an address to tho
Providence Board of Trade few days
ago he makes powerful argument
against the message from the French
capital. He says that all parties are
agreed that the revenue must be re-
duced. and adds: There is a gen.
eral feeling among those who have
made n study of the question that the
annual reduction ought to be $780,
100000. 1 know of no intelligent Pro-
tectionist or Republican who is not in
favor of reducing the annual revenue
to such sum as shall be required to
meet the current expenses and the
maturing obligations of the Govern
ment."
This is direct whack at the Maine
statesman's plan of dividing a big SUR
plus revenue among the States for the
direct benefit OF class But to make
its application more emphatically per-
sonal, Senator Aldrich adds: None of
the propositions to collect revenue
with view to dividing it among the
States or distributing it by extraordi-
nary expenditures is. in my opinion,
defensible.
The beauty of this last declaration is
that it kills two birds with one missile
One in Maine and one in Ohio-while
the Rhode Island Senator does not caro-
q copper who knows that it is he who
SHES the stone.
Meanwhile such more than quasi
Endorsements of the Presidents mes
sage as the above still further demon
strate the growing strength of the doc
ument. Chicago Ne1os (I'sd.).
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DESTROYING The DIES.
n Task Performed at the Government
Minis at the End of Each Year.

A.sA E6FIOEMl8u 8C tine GOYGrnmeur
MINIS at the End of Each Year.
A little roll of metal red with fire
was placed upon the anvil, a sledge
dammer fell twice upon it, three tiny
sparks shot into the air. and the nlolds
of the old years double eagle gold
coins were wiped out forever It was
= thousandth part of the work that
lasted all day at the mint, the destroy
1ng of the 1887 dies.
This is a novel form of destruction
that falls to the lot of the money-making
establishments biacksmiths at the end
of each calendar year. and is the only
sure way of preventing the willy coun-
terfeitcr from making spurious coin
without regard to date. The dies of the
mint are the stamps that imprint on
the coin all that fancy business that.
when rubbed off by time. gives the
street car conductor chance to insult
Che holder by refusing to accept it.
For instance, it stamps on the dollar
the face of the beautiful lady encircled
by stars and makes a strong contrast
OH the other side by printing a game
looking eagle pcrched on arrows under
sin God we trust"
The die is little round chunk of
steel about three Inches long, sloping
off at the top, which makes it look like
u miniature milkman's can without
handles. On the top of it is cut the
face of the coin it manufactures.
with the date of the year. and some
thing to think about when you
look at them is that the die of a
penny costs the Government no less
than the die that makes precious the
twenty dollar gold piece. Coiner
Steel. of the mint, signed the death
warrant of the old years dies. 1t
meant the destruction of n thousand
of 1875 money-makers. Every stamp,
from double eagles to dollars i'll gold.
from dollars to ten-cent pieces in sill
yer, the fives in nickel and the pennies
IN copper were doomed.
The place of execution was the
gloomy shop in the basement weirdly
lit by hungry freight At $3.50 o'clock
the dies were taken from their cells
upstairs and conveyed thither in black
coffin-likc pans. Coined gold jingled
merrily on all sides as the procession
ptS>Su. w H'tI IcSi ot hdti Solu lOl tHo
steel that gave it power to ruin souls?
So the dies of '87 passed to their fate
unwept.
The little coiners of big money were
first sacrificed. The dies of gold were
flung by handfuls into the flames.
There they lay until the steel grew red
and the face of Columbia blushed
crimson. They Were not taken out by
hand, but with iron tongs. and placed
right-cnd upward on the anvils. Then
the smithy raised his sledge hammer
=aloft and struck each one full in the
face. A shower of sparks. IL smashed
sound and the agony was over. The
ring of the steel had gone. the face
vanished like magic and the die of the
past was but crushed, unshapely metal.
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

gave them quarter apiece and invited
them to come again.
Yes. marin, we will-you bet we
willr' replied one of them.
During the day gave away two
bushels of potatoes. two pounds of but
ter. another old suit, two dollars in
money and thirty pounds of flour.
When Mr.. Bowser came up to supper
he inquired.
..Any one here to-dayP"
Yes, several.
-"And you relieved their necessi-
ties?''
II did,"
That's right! You are queer about
some things, Mrs. Bowser, but your
heart is in the right place, after all.
Gave away some of your old shoes and
dresses. suppose ?"
mo. Here is the list of articles.
He reached over for it with smile
on his face, but IL less than Il minute
he began to turn pale and his hair to
crawl up, and he shouted:
Ibid you give away three of my
coatsP''
II did,"
land four pairs of pants?''
Yes
'.And my extra gaiters?''
Yes"
land million dollars worth of pro.
visions?"
about million. Mr.. Bowser; but
what on earth ails yOu?"
s.You-you idiotr' he gasped.
'Are you finding fault with meP"
you've let yourself become the VIC
tim of lot of impostors! You've
helped to r.
MIR. Bowser. I've got to have a
serious talk with you some day. You
are fostering sentiments which appal
me. and which must sooner or later
bring you to the gallows.
"And you gave away all this stuff -
he howled rs he danced around.
Certainly. You were poor boy
yourself once, and you knew how it
was to be hungry and ragged. When
a man loses his feeling of pity and
charity he has reached dangerous
stage. l may come"
He was jumping up and down. too
mad TO frame words, when the door
bell rang. He went to answer it, and
there stood the two men had fed and
clothed in the morning.
us the old gal IMP" kindly inquired
One.
Cause if she is two gentlemen want
~ coo har >, addad tho Othar
who in Halifax is the old galp"
Mr.. Bowser, as his ears began
20 work.
dunno her front name, but she
ives here and bosses the house.
Mighty soft old gal-eh. Bill? Invited
Is TO call agin, and we've called"
''And who are yOu?"
Couple of gents as is playing agin
nard luck, but the morn is breaking
Just whistle for the old gal, will you?
We'd like to strike her for two over
coats and dollar apiece. Tell her it's
he gents she gave the duds to-"
Mr.. Bowser could contain himself no
onger. He jumped for them, but his
,eet went out from under him at the
same time and both men fell upon him.
When my shouts had driven them off
hey had split his lip, loosened four
eeth, put his eyes in mourning and
got his watch. L didn't have word
If reproach for Mr.. Bowser until he
vas poulticed up and put to bed. Then
said:
What a friend the unfortunates
lave in you. Mr.. Bowser?'
1 heard him gritting his teeth. but he
lidn't answer-Detron Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

DONE forget one thing-a low
tariff and high wages generally go to-
gether. That is one of the solemn
facts of history in this countrY.-& r
UeraLd
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

"A yearling that weighs seven hum
dred pounds is worth more than two
weighing four hundred each
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

Lard may be made perfectly sweet
by boiling pared potato in it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-16
THE OHIO lcEBEac.

rsold from the northward comes hitner inc
boom Of John Sherman;
This is the Frost Kings particular darnnR
and hero.
All other boomlets are helplessly kickia' ana
wss sau cam they do with the mercury quite
down to zeros
Solemn and grand as an iceberg o'ertopping
the ocean,
snow-covered, cavcrnous, wholly malessi'
and mystic,
seeu,iny, above or outside of all human emo
Such is the boom of John Sherman, the pale
ocrystic.
Fierce as the blizzard that sweeps DER mo
plalas 6. Dakota,
Quite as unwelcome, it makes US all hubble
| Hard as the cold OF the wild WOODS OF Nor'n
Minnesota,
Free ing the brook to solidity, bridging the
river.
wise as an oracle born Of the Greeks or chal'
Calling aloud for q count that is honest and
Hayesy,
saerman unfurls the white flag to the dear
waving the bloody shirt then with vim that
is crazy.
i Always wherever he travels, from Nashville to
Kingston.
Freezing the leaves that are dead ana the
blooms that are faded,
Over him hovers the shade OF Eliza de Pinks-
| ton,
With him abides the dark stain of the Fraut
that he aided
Say, will this iceberg melt wholly before Jul!
| sinking at last in the sea where it sough
i domination?
Or will John sherman's and other booms per
ish together,
Giving some boomless unknown the desire
animation?
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( Food ana Morality.

Prof. F. T. Miles. Of the faculty OF
the University of Maryland. delivered
a lecture to large audience OF young
men recently, on Food and Diges-
ton" In the course of his lecture
Prof. Miles, in speaking OF the effects
of an insufficient quantity OF food.
said: 1.-The fat disappears first. then
the muscles waste away, and finally
the bones come through the skin. The
brain, the spinal cord and the nerves
are nourished to the last Like king
in a beleaguered city to whom his loyal
subjects give up their food. the nobler
organs are longest nourished In
starvation there is not simple hunger
of the stomach, but hunger OF the
whole body. 1t is not strange that
when hunger presses on people they
will do strange things 1t produces
insanity. and they have been driven to
eating what has been called strange
flesh;' that is to cannibalism. There
are millions of people who have not
enough to cat. 1t is at the bottom OF
anarchy. The police may give them
loaf of bread, but the whole body is ILL.,
nourished, and a restless feeling re-
suits. Not much can be done with the
grown-up people of the criminal
classes, but the child criminal comes
first. The criminal classes are called
dirty, lazy and ugly. OF course they
are. They are dirty because they have
no spare heat to let go; lazy, because
the muscles are weak and nature tells
them to keep still when hungry.
You would be astonished to know how
much of the beauty of the faircst
women is made up of fat. The Grim
inal classes are ugly becauge they have
no fat. How could a child whose mus
Giles and nervous system have been
partly starved be expected to have all
the sympathies and instincts OF high
err class of society An everyday Sab
bath-scEool with breakfast before the
lesson would be capital thing for
poor children. Some say the pool
themselves are to blame for their con
dition by living too luxuriously. One
of the most intense cravings OF thu
Greedy Arctic party was for sweet
meats. Tea and coffee do more good
than harm. They stimulate not only tn
brain, but the activities of the who'll
, body. There will be great mission
to the poor some day to see that they
get enough good food. Baltimore Sun
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Panther and Locomotive.

A singular tragedy lately occurred in
Algeria, on the line of the railway be-
tween Bona und Constantine. At a
wild spot where the track passes
through the gorge of Nador female
panther had installed herself with her
young ones right upon the track. The
train came up too swiftly to come to a
stop. but the panther might easily have
leaped from the track. She did not,
however. propose to do any thing of the
sort. She was playing with her young
ones at the time. and did not mean to
have her sport disturbed, at least with
out protest. She sprang upon the
swiftly approaching locomotive with all
her force. The blow was instant death
to her. Her head and forelegs were
cut of. aud her lifeless body thrown to
the side of the track. The young pan
theirs, who. less presumptuous than
their mother. had managed to get of
the track in time, ran up and down the
line after the train came to standstill
bowling at the tops of their voices
The body of the dead panther was takeI
to the station at Nador. = Youths Com
panion.
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cerity. II he thinks he Is .s cec0, w. e
,ba soldiers into the belief that nc =
their champion and fitted TO wear inc
mantle of Logan. he is dcceiving MN
s.,lf A client anxious to win his case
would form very uncompiimen'a.y.
estimate of the skill. the judgment
and the honesty Of his attorney II 'no
letter when making an argument 10
the Jury, should insult some OF .no
members of that body, and thus
prejudice them against both him anu
his cause. This is the sort OF law
YER the soldiers have in Senator An,
ralls. He is an injury to them ins'ea.'
Of a hclp.-Dubuque (Ia.) 1stsgr'p"
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corners of her house, wrapping them
in odd bits of cloth and paper. An in
credible quantity of such trifies were
discovered in her house.
The sum and substance OF the whole
matter is that the friends of any person
who shows tendencies to special de-
lusions should recognize their serious
ness at once and see that proper means
are resorted to for correcting them. A
judicious combination of regularity
and variety is the best mcdicine.--N.
Y. Mail and Express.
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Ru1HERFoRD ReoivIvus.
why He May Possibly Prove 10 no '"'
Man Of the Hour.

xv,.~ m. Nav Possibly Prove to 10 s"s
Man Of the Hour.
Tho increasing entries for the june
meeting at Chicago confuse the propn-
cts They are not now prepared -
name any favorite. but incline mo'o
and more to look for the triumph OF
the dark horse, whose identity tney
can not guess. much less establish.
In casting about for a competens
person to fill an important STATION eA-
perience for the work is regarded as :
prime qualification. 1t is Mr.. Cieve-
lands continuing experiences that COM
mends him to the good VIII OF ms
party. Tie only other man expert
enced in the President bus now
available is r. B. Hayes. OF Fremonl
O. He is the one Lying ex-Prcsldent.
His lines have fallen in pleasant places
The tranquil obscurity he now ENJOYS
suits a placid temper, and he might
not be willing to enter again INTO .ae
stirring activities and encounter the
bitter animosities of hot campaign.
He has written no letter OF decllna-
ton. The situation does not seem to
demand that. But he is a man ready
always to respond to the calls OF duty
The voice Of convention must be 70
him the voice of God calling another
Cincinnatus from his poultry yard.
The man for the hour might DC
Rutherford. But this time 1t would DC
absolutely necessary for the party &c
elect him as a condition precedent &c
his tenancy of the White House. 1hs
Louisiana returning board OF the j.
Madison Wells pattern is no Longer
available, and Eliza Pinkston is M
more. Chicago Herald
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NOTES. AND CRITICISMS.

The President doesn't weigh as
much as he did. But the loss is insig-
nificant-only one small Pound.-Chs-
cago Herald
THE woods are full OF good Re-
publican candidatesr exclaims an es-
teemed contemp orary. This is not sur
prlsing. considering the way they have
been taking to the woods lately.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The bloody shirt is not likely to
fall into innocuous desuetude. just
as it was about to drop from the
weary grasp of John Sherman IL was
triumphantly uplifted by Senator
Jingles.- Chicago NeUs.
= Senator Ingalls, is hearing from
the soldiers of Mcclellan and Ham
cock, whom he wantonly slandered.
And the more he hears the better sat-
isfiel he will be that man with his
foot in his mouth is badly handicapped
for Presidential race.-N y World.
If the Republican leaders can
not read the handwriting on the wall,
furnished by some of the municipal
elections in the State of New York.
then they should at once send for Dam
iel They have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting. Cinci,s-
mats Enquirer.
Ii the Republican party is to
Gun. .,. ~ -. IN as's,.h,. h,rndas;, -
.ao eoS. ~ s"I P'.. "' ssns -
ioo1 - WI n"s. ~ ~ 600 .s -
IAN s.0 np a;a. - s. 49, Fl, !.
s S so 1 Dr. "" IT,, -
u'u .o"' ,s ~ 49, ~
eg'oF' vA'"r
~ o7s .p - ps;,. asse' S.A
os' ~" 80. " a. - :. : "''aAc'P n'a'
nas ...'n'c'o"s ~ 'S41'on
.na"N'n o'na n'a.A y s:l :. non-
'ucAy lor 30 Any ue.'nus .ne mem-
oly ~ ,nyss sre M sI% uo pasl MY:
esaS nsnoass ;, sa1 anu y M
n''1 .. .."A'
.ne present managers OF the
nePuolican parry ins,ss tnat tney
aon 80" - - ~ ~. ".s.. .'s. p s''e
support OF any oouy OUT srra'gnt ne.
pu0''o"ns anu .no suics. way 70 ge'
!" " 10y oor e,so = - 1o'n'n =,
su,1 " 1ne - Ans nus anu Dousel'e'
-. -,
Inc Dn' propossc ny the MAJOR
10y OF the conm'teee Is moderate
measure o. 'ar'n revision ava reduc'
} .on' ~ materiaaiy eniarges the iret
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KRIS last great contest with the
Indians occurred in 1867. the year be-
fore his death. when RED KNIFE. q
perfect Indian fiend. suddenly attacked
the defenseless settlers of the remote
frontiers A most graphic. spirited
and thrilling account of that most des.
perate struggle is now being published
in the New York Ledger. under the
title of RED KNIFE; OR KIT CARSON 9
LAST TRAIL" RED KNIFE, as will be
seen by the picture of him which we
give below,
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RED KNIFE

was typical Indian war; or and cut
throat. The history of his raid, and
of KIT CARsoN's skill and heroism in
meeting the perils of the occasion. is
begun in No. z of the New York
Ledqer. ROBERT BoNNER's Sons have
issued millions Of sample copies OF
this number of the Ledger, but there
are. probably, persons who have not
yet had copy. and we are informed
that any one who has not had one OF
these sample copies can get one free
of expense by simply sending his
name and address TO the LEDGER of11cc,
at the corner of William and Spruce
streets, New York. This is certainly
an easy anG cheap way to get speci'
fmen number of the greatest Indian
story ever published.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-16

Omaha father-"My son. when
was young and my mother asked for
enough wood to build fire would 90
out and chop enough to last for week
instead of strolling about and gather
ing up few sticks as you do" Son
-..Yes, I've heard grandma talk
about it." you have ?" YES,
she said when you were sent for
wood you were always gone SO long
she had to go out and get it herself. -
Omaha World.
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A Famous Indian, and Still More
Famous indian Fighter.

We give below picture of KIT CAR
SON, tie famous scout and Indian
tighter, whose thrilling exploits sur
passed in interest and adventure those
of all other frontier heroes. KITS
portrait shows that he was a very lion
in courage and stern determination,
and also man of fine intellect He
was, in truth, the ideal American hero
of the wild Western border.
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"A fireman who had rendered EN-.
Gent service in fighting the fire fiend
recently died. His companions sent a
floral pillow on which was inscribed;
He has gone to his last fire The
widow ri .cted the tribute. Z.
NesCs.
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-.sThat five dollars loaned you
some time ago. F.edgely." observed
K, binson. gets good example 10
Christians" s.Eryes" replied Pledge
". with an embarrassed laugh. chow
-how's thate'' 1T keeps lent "a
well IN \ Ssn