Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-08
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Mr.. Verestchagin. the Russian paint
er. Is putting on SO many airs in New
York that one of the papers announces
he is 'squite Ill with fatty degeneration
of the bump of seH-esteem."
e. ii. Schermerhorn of Newport, R
l.. is worth go, 600. GOO, hasn't been
outside his own doors for years. and
reads the English newspapers exclu-
sively. The cause assigned for his
voluntary seclusion is . disAppoin T.
ment in love affair.
The Countess of Dudley sleeps be-
tween black silk sheets. They are
made Of silk merveilleux-s soft and
fine material. She and the Duchess OF
Hamilton both wear black silk lingerie
The latter has black silk night-dress
with founce of lace. They say it
improves the appearance OF the skin.
Henry Irving has set the fashion on
the other side of wearing long hair
and clean shaven cheeks, and all the
New York Anglomaniacs viii probar
bly, remain in. hiding till their hair
grows. 1t is not likely that Mr.. Irv-
ing will ever succeed in making his
ungainly gait the rage. even in New
York.
A banquet was given in London re-
Gently to celebrate the completion OF
Duke of Cambridge and many other
persons were present
Adam Black, in his speech during the
banquet, declared that American en-
terprise had helped the work to its
successful completion.
The Puget Sound shingle, common
said to be twice as durable as the same
article made of pine. and capable of
being placed ON the market at the
same price. Lumbermen prophesy
that the time is not far distant when
this shingle will drive all others out
of the Eastern market.
Some of the good women of Hart
ford, Conn, haYe organized q dress
making and arithmetic school for
young women who want to learn .
trade, and also how 10 take care OF
their accounts and the like. CONNER
cial arithmetic will be taught, and .
skillful instructor will give thirteen
lessons of two hours each in dress.
making.
A search has just been begun in the
Adriatic Sea, near Trieste, for treasure
which went down with the French
corvette Danal in 1912. The treasure
consisted of jewels and valuables des-
tined for an exalted person in Trieste
The vessel sank as the result of an ex-
plosion, and since, it seems, not
vestige of the craft or its treasure has
been found.
Says the Los Angeles Tssbunes;
"Most women, old or young. beautiful
or homely, fashionable or dowdy,
whom one sees daily upon the streets,
keep up an incessant masticatioff OF
gum, and even some young women
that one does not commonly see upon
the streets. do, it is feared. secretly
Indulge themselves in the seductive and
pernicious vice."
Lieutenant Zachar, of Buffalo, saw q
policeman enter a brewery and follow
ed him in. As he was entering he was
met by man dressed like q brewer
and propelling q wheelbarrow. It
transpired afterward that the man
was the policeman, who had seen his
chief and had donned the disguises
hoping to outwit him. The experis
ment was perfect success.
George Harold, of ST. Helens, Ore,
has had touch of both kinds of for.
tune. He won 81, 500 in lottery. and
Immediately and properly started for
Salem to see his sweetheart. He was
SO anxious to hurry to her that he
could not wait for the train to pull up
to the station, but jumped from itwhile
it was running at full speed, and broke
his arm and banged himself up gen.
erally.
Japanese journalism has led to q
challenge to fight a duel, the first in
twenty years. The editor of the Mp
pom Jin oman of Japan) criticised .
certain coal mine, whereupon the cor
respondent of a leading paper in Tol ie
contradicted the statement, and the
editor of the Nippon Jfs challenged
him. The correspondent declined
duel as s.relic of barbarisms" and fn-
vited further discussion.
John NJ. Goring, of wappinger's.
Falls, n. Y. has a sago palm with
quite history. Its age is $50 years.
The palm was originally grown at
Mount Vernon, and was owned by
George Washington It was brought
from there by Mr.. Van Rensselaer, and
at the time that resort was first con.
CSA ANoO0s ALAO PiohS SeSoAo5 1L0aG SD<A
feet high and weighs nearly four hum
dred pounds.
A citizen of Lebanon, Conn, got q
notion that an attempt 10 rob his house
was to be made, so he changed what
money he had into silver, did iteup
carefully, and buried it at night in .
swamp behind his house, carefully
marking the spot The heavy rains Of
last fall obliterated the marks, and
now the careful man cannot find his
money. and wishes that he had left
well enough alone and taken the
chances Of being robbed.
1t may be safely stated that not one
drummer in ten likes his situation, says
the Trade ReUiesO. After the novelty
of the life wears of an intense loath-
ing of the road grows upon him. There
IL something utterly repugnant to the
average man in being obliged. willy,
nilly, to hurry from place to place as
if driven by an antique To . married
man it is especially SO, and therefore
most drummers are young and single.
An interesting relic was received re-