Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-10-11
WISE AND OTHERWISE.


From our Exchanges.
Hymen is the only torch-bearer whose |
never ends.
Many people ,.who hunt for happiness,
are continually finding fault.
Ham,. like tobacco, is smoked and
chewed by great many persons.
Men are not judged so much nova
days by their deeds as by their bonds.
Time waits for no man because some
men are SO long coming to time.
The man who commits suicide before
next November is a recreant and a
traitor to his party.
Be brief, for it is with words as with
sunbeams, the more they are condensed
the deeper they burn.
Hope is like the sun, which, as we
journey towards it, casts the shadow of
our burden behind us.
All, hal Another faster! A man in
Ohio has gone twenty eight days with
out eating anything. The name of the
paper he is editing is not known.
There is moss-covered adage that
says the rolling stone gathers no moss.
But what use would moss be to it, any
howp 1t would only Interfere with
the rolling.
The Russian law prohibits joking
about tho Emporer. That's why no
one in Russia ever refers to Alexander
as an old Czardine.
Young men are respectfully Informed
that when the YOUNG lady's father
stamps his foot he is preparing to send
it through the male.
The man who makes an Investment
fl " the purpose of getting something for
n<,thing generally succeeds in getting
something. In addition to getting left
lac usually gets little experience.
The biggest trust ever known was the
famous corn trust formed by Joseph in
the land of Egypt many years ago. The
time has been so very long that most
OF our "oldest inhabitants" have for
got ten all about it.
A. lady stood hanging on the strap of
a street car, when workman in far
corn er arose anGS politely offered her a
seat. s'I thank ,'ou.'' she said in .
very sweet tone; "but I dislike to de-
prive the only gentlem an in the car OF
a seat.
Our California tourists learned on
their resent visit to the Pac. 'tc Slope
that the Japanese word for hell ls 'Jiko-
gu" This should forever settle the
question of the derivation of the Wv ,'rd
Chicago"
An Atcfison man went to California,
and spent fourteen months The first
fo UT months he worked; during the next
four he found work about one day in
the week; the balance of the time he
managed to get work one day in a
month. What country that must be
for politicians. i
We are apt to think too much of our
own troubles, forgetting that we are OBJ
jects of affection to some heart at least,
and that while we are bro0ding over our
own misfortunes we are saddening the
hearts and darkening the lives of those
who depend upon us for comfort.-EuaI
Seuinghama.
A Tennessee preacher was pleading
with a country merchant to trust him
for half pound of tea when a lawyer
rode up and handedlhim papers showing
that he was heir to $50, 900. Then the
preacher said he guessed he'd also ask
credit for soap and saleratus, too.
Benevolent dame Ito tramp)-Hand
so you are always moving from one
section of the country to another? II
should think home ties would often
make you halt" Tramp-'I'm often
lame, an halt, mum, but it amt the
home ties that does it, it the railroad
ties.'' /:
Miss Mary Creel, Of Louisville, aged
eighteen, with "coprer-colored skin and |
brown languishing eyes," 10 the latest |
entry in the lists of American profes- |
sional beauties. She is travelling in |
Europe, and it 10 sravely asserted that |
she is obliged 70 wear veil in order to |
hide her tfansoendent loveliness from |
the rude gaze Of the vulgar herd.
"What won't they make whisky of |
nextl" exclaimed old Mrs. O'Pauue.
upon reading that ga wild cat distil-
lery'' had been captured in Butler
County, Alabama I'D sooner drink |
abe added, 'sthan. to pour