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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28

In the year 1921 Czar Alexander visited
the Qualifications i'm the Crimea. says
Teras Sifrings. He went personally to the
quarters of each company at dinner time
To see how they Jared. Wherever he went
ne found an excellent dinner ON the table,
the principal feature of the meal bcinR a
small ruast pig.
Prince wolchonsky. who accompanied
the cxar, was of n suspicious nature, and
Il occurred To him that IL was rather pecu-
liar that each mess should have u roust
pig. Nd he slyly cut oil the pigs tail and
put IL i'm his pocket
In the next quarters they visited there
was a roast pig Oh the table, but 10 and
behold! il didn't have any tail. Prince
w~olchonsky remarked to the czar that he
thought the pig was am old acquaintance.
and when the GEAR asked him what he
meant. he produecd the missing tail AMI
fitted 10 To the amputatcd stump of the
porkcr. Az soon as the roast pig had been
inspected in one house before the car
could each the next II was whisked out of
the hack door and made to figure ON h
next table that was inspected.
Prince Wolchonsky had good cause to
repent OF his curiosity, AS he acquired the
eternal enmity Of the general i'm
of the Crimca, and even the car himself
treated him with GOODNESS and neglect
] ever afterwards.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28

Mlseook Bts Meaa1n9.
Not long since an awkward, green cOun-
In Arkansas, entered an outgoing passen-
ger coach I'm this city. says the Memphis
Appeal, to pursue his journey To some
point i'm the northwest.
He soon stretched himself out on n seat
and fell asleep.
Not long afterward the conductor came
hurryinR through the car and aroused the
sleeper for his ticket.
"Tickcts, Tickets" said he.
"What for?" asked the disinterested
countryman.
..I'm the conductor, SIR"
Then ycu are the man that knocks
yes, sir. 1 have heard that all con-
"Do 70" know what 20" are talking
"iIl show you very quick IL you attack
up and tried to conceal his real thoughts.
Them, bending toward the complacent
speaker and nudginR him to make room,
he planted himself In the same seat with
'You say You know whereof you speak ?"
~ should say I do, and I arm not going
70 be imposed upon, ether" was the pos-
something about this thing, and / will tell
you thes straight of Il. A conductors life
is n very hard one, and the monotony of
Inc everyday routine has the effect of de-
paid In not overlerRe, and somtimes we do
become a little anxious tn increase Il. We
do this, however, most generally with
some profit to ourselves and no loss to the
Ii il frequently the case that
some unfortunate individual boards my
enough to pay shis fair to the point he de-
sires to reach"
"Then do you knock him down 2"
"We1l, yes, SO to speak. We take what
be has and let him 20. This money we
don't report, because the would
keep y To conceal the kindly act we have
done."
..Is that what you call knocking down 2"
"Why, i took IL you were posted"
mo, sir; here ID my ticket"
The Onductor took Il, and. with CULVER
ing hand. punched the wrong coupon.
His face flushed as he looked with cha
grin or The simple stranger, and, looking
hack, he hurried into the next car.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28

Apropos Of the opening of school, says
the Boston budget, the following story in
old Among the applicants for permit
was "a very young child, accompanied 10y
his Scotch mother. The committeeman
objected tO granting the child requisite
authority for entering school ON IN
ground that he did not appear To have
reached the required Y for admission.
Tn mother stoutly affirmed that the child
was 8 years old, but could not give the
year in which he was born, her emo
not hs,inv "a reliable one so far as dates
were concerned; still she argued that
the child wag obi enough to go tai
school and should and should he given u
permit. ( last the committeeman, wish
ing tn he assured on the point OF the
child's age, told the mott err that she would
have To bring the bible containing the
record ~ the child's age to him before he
would feel free to decide. The next day,
armed with the Desired authority i'm the
shars, OF "a cheap edition of the testament,
she tr~iumphantly led the little fellow
again into the presence of the committee
man, and handing the latter the book
with the mir OF one who had borne DOWN
all opposition, pointed to q fi!y-leaf ON
which was s~crawlcd. "Sandy is 5 years
old" The child got n permit, for there
was mo- denying 40 ingenious n mother Us
that.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28

Eyes, old Commodore Vanderbilt was a
money-9ctter and n m~oney-saver,' said AN
old-time Wall street operator yesterday to
q select circle of ounR men who were
watching the tape i'm a downtown Office.
ale looked after the nickels, and the
dimes and dollars followed after. 1t was
in 1sG2, I think, when / concluded tn take N
trip to Europe, and I didn't want to impair
my capital-wanted to make expenses,
Mr.: yanderbilt's pet New York Central
and had an idea that I would make a
deal ia il while /! was gone. So l drew
fled. went to Vanderbilts office
sign. Il was ON 1000 shares Of Central
at the closing price of the day before. He
hemmed md hawed; said hc didn't like to
business i'm that way. Finally. AZ IL
favor, lac would do il al I per cent below
the closing. Iagreed. He WAS very busy
his desk Uttered with letters. In those
the -governmen required a war
stamp of five cents OH u contract. VAN
derbilt rcwrotc the put-he wanted il his
own ~way-then took n pcn-knife, and was
for more than ten minutes removing the
5-cent stamp on the put l had prepared.
with q characteristic Rr,Int of satis-
faction, There's B rents saved he glued
the stamp pm the new contract, took my
handed me the put, saying. There's
money for you in this contract; good
morning. and ] WAS gone. In less than
ninety lays the check had advanced
eighty points, but ] had sold long bcfore."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28

From the Norristown Herald.
Sabbatarians i'm a Pennsylvania town
have asked the BURGESS tn stop the sale Of
soda water Sunday. The number of lives
annually wrecked by young men looking
ON the soda water when il fizzes i'm the
glass Sunday will never he known. BY
sustaining from the frisky beverage on the
abbat the young man has an extra
nickel to invest i'm beer Monday. But we
don't suppose he ever thinks OF that.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28
Tim" Campbell and the statue


Al last there is n new story about ''Tim'
Campbell, and, better still, a story which
Tim" admits To he true, says the New
NS:k Herald. II seems that toward the
end Of "Tim's'' term i'm congress-, last
February, a. select party of his constitu-
ents visited Washington ind him. He
showed them around In his hest name
gave them terrapin tn eat, took them to
see Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland, gracefully re-
marking, "Me and Grove came In to-
gether and me and Grove GO out to-
Rether ~ pointed out to them all the dis
tinGuished men, and explained to them
the remarkable objects OF art i'm the CAPT.
tod. "Tim" WINS never "stumped,"
although the alleeorical paint
until while visiting the hall of statuary
Fulton, contributed by the state of New
York. Fulton is represented sitting i'm n
chair contemplating ~ model OF his steam
boat, whose paddlc-wheels stand out rom
spicuously.
"Who II that, Tim p" exclaimed Mr..
doing
"1im' couldn't tell, and he looked pug
sled. All watched him with interest, and
he felt that his whole future reputation in
the Sixth assembly district depended up
ON his answer. In n moment his Irish
wit came To his rescue:
"Surc I've forgot his name for the mo-
ment, hut I can tell yez phwat IL In. Il In
the statute Of the man who invented roller
skates, and that,s wan ov THIN he.has i'm
his hand. See z"
Every one was satisfied md the process
sion moved on.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
A Characteristic Letter.

The vindictive old codger who pub
fishes 'sthe. only religious journal in the
valley" might, If there are still any
germs of conviction in his soul, learn
a lesson of christian charity from the
following which we take from the
Boston Globe:
When Gen. Grant was dying at Mt.
McGregor, the Boston Globe instructed
its New Orleans correspondent to in
terview Jefferson Davis. Mr.. Davis
was not seen personally, but in few
days later penned the following letter,
addressed to Norman Walker, of New
Orleans:
dear Sir: Your request on behalf
of a Boston journalist for me to pre-
pare criticism on Gen. Grants
military career can not be complied
with for the following reasons:
1. General Grant is dying.
2. Though he invaded our country
ruthlessly, it was with an open hand
and. as far as 1 know he abetted neither
arson or pillage. and has since the war,
believe, shown no malignity to Con-
federates, either of the military OF
civil service.
Therefore, instead of seeking to
disturb the quiet of his closing hours,
l would, If it were in my power, con-
tribute to the peace of his mind and
the comfort of his BODY
JEFFERSON DAVIS"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
"InconsistencY."

No one can serve two masters, and
this is why it looks so inconsistent for
man to claim to he republican and
prohibitionist at one and the same
time"
The above sentence is the beginning
of an article in the Sterling Champion,
under the heading of Inconsistency"
Further along the Champion explains
that prohibitionist is therein spoken of
as third party movement; and pro-
ceeds to rake brother republican
editor over the Goals for being a pro-
hib. Now if Tom Powers would only
be honest about it, and acknowledge
the corn, he would agree with us that
the sentence quoted at the heading of
this article is literally true in its plain
est Interpretation.
The republican party, as party, only
favors prohibition as political dodge;
not as a movement of morality, or
right, or justice. And that is just the
reason we want another vote upon the
question, and if it again carries let it
be enforced to the letter and not made
a political machine. If a majority of
our people don't want it, give them a
chance to say so. If a majority DO
want it, give them also chance to say
so. and enforce it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
New Alliances ORGANIZED.

Township branches of the Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union were
organized recently as follows:
On December 18th, sHighland
Union,'' WheatlandA, township, at
Millard school house; President, Geo.
G. Grey; Secretary, Frank Hayes,
Lecturer, D. o. Gray.
"Pawnee Rock Union,'' at the
Brewer school house, Pawnee Rock
township, on Dec: 14th. President, T.
II. Brewer; Secretary, Geo. Holland;
Lecturer, "A. Garverick.
There are now fifteen township, or
subordinate alliances in Barton county.
Thirteen township organizations were
represented in the meeting held at the
court house in Great Bend on the 14th
inst. Following is a full list Of the
officers of the county alliances.
President. C. Coughlin, of Eureka
township.
Vice Pres, B. Markey, of South Bend
township.
Sec., c. B, Harrison, South Bend
township.
Treasurer, Geo Morris.
Lecturer, l.. s. Crawford.
Asst. Lect., A. w. Ward
Door Keeper, w. H. Maybach.
Asst. D. K, Geo. Jackson.
The next meeting of the county
organization will be held on the second
Saturday IN January, which will be the
11th
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR. @

That is our greeting to one and all of
the many readers of the DEMOCRAT.
That it was merry Christmas to the
great. majority of you we feel confident;
the wonderful crops of 1889 have
helped to make it so, and few if any of
our readers can say that they were not
better prepared to meet the demands
of winter season than for several
years past, and though we may not
have all we desire in the way of the
good things of life, we have enough to
keep the wolf from the door and at the
same time procure some token of
kind remembrance for our loved ones.
a happy New Year! We feel it
will be so to most of you. How swiftly
the new years come, grow old, and
CO. Swiftly to the old; more slow
ly'to the young, perhaps. The old
folks know life is but dream
vapor, and that the years are flying
like arrows that are lost to sight in a
moment The young are anxious to
grow older; but as time moves on and
they attain to manhood and woman
hood they loose this anxiety and shrink
to think how old they are growing;
remembering that old age to many
brings cheerlessness. pain, and some
times poverty. But the birth time of
the years is always joyful, and old and
young alike are filled with hopeful
thoughts and pleasant anticipations.
So, we all shall hail the glad new year
with joy, hoping that it holds naught
but good; believing that in it we may
do better than we have done In the
year just dying.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
Pawnee. Rock.


From the Leader. .
Walter Bowman expects to leave
about the End of January, for college.
The schools will be closed for one
weeks vacation through the holidays.
+ Mrs. Murphy, sister of Mrs. j. L.
Lawhorn, is here on visit from Seattle,
w. T.
Pawnee Rock citizens, that is few
of them, were highly(?) entertained last
Saturday night by some of Larned's
talent.
r A Farmers Alliance organization
was organixed 0st at No. q last Satur,
day evering With a membership of II
to start with.
Ora Brewer, John Hall jr., and Rob
Lamb started south on Friday for a
trip through the Indian Territory.
They will take in the Oklahoma country
before their return.
Volney Ricketts, made us pleasant
call Tuesday afternoon. He was happy
as clam over the arrival of brand
new girl baby, which reached this land
of sunshine one day last week.
What has become u the petition that
was circulated among our citizens a
few weeks ago, asking the Santa Fe to
have No. stop for passengers? II
that one wasn't strong enough, lets
have another one. The stopping of the
night train is an important factor to
the business men of our city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
Fourth Census District.

We are in receipt of a Census Bull
etin from Sec. Noble. which gives the
division of the e. 8. for census pur-
poses. Kansas is divided into four
districts Barton Is in the fourth dis
trict, which comprises Barbour. Barton,
Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney,
Ford, Garfield, Grant. Gray, Greeley,
Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskill,
Hodgman, Kearney. Kingman, Kiowa.
Lane, Mcpherson. Marion, Meade,
Morton, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno,
Rice, Rush. Scott, Sedgwlck, Seward,
Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner,
and Wichita counties. s.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
AIMS OF THE ALLIANCE.

The following, from member of the
farmers alliance, writing. to the
Lyons Tribune. may give some idea to
the uninitiated as to what the organ
ization proposes to do: 49,,
.sIt seems an idea has pervaded
some not posted OH the question that
the Farmers Alliance exists for the
purpose of downing all other classes,
especially merchants and bankers.
Such is not the case. Its objects are
to build up, not to tear down. Its inten-
tiOns are to foster and aid legitimate
business, overthrow or bring to reason
able terms that which is not legitimate.
Our idea is to protect ourselves from
the combines and organizations which
have had for their ultimatum the
crushing of the producer in other
words and palmer, legalized robbery.
Our purpose is to improve our mental
powers by study and association to-
gether; to make our social relations
more pleasant, and engender mutual
feeling of regard for our neighbors'
condition. We go by the theory that
united we stand, devided we fall; we
go by the theory that combines should
meet combines to make the fight equal,
otherwise our fall will be swift and
certain. Our whole religion is to pro-
tect our homes from the moral sharks
whose days and nights are spent in
conniving to obtain advantage over us
in our scattered and unprotected state.
We must decide first who are our op-
pressor, next he must come to terms
or suffer financially for his misdoings.
We feel that we have been wronged,
that men who should have looked after
our interests have looked after their
own, or have been subsidized by capital.
We feel that we, the producers, make
it possible for these capitalists to enjoy
the luxuries they do; they take from
ourselves and our families that which
should be retained for our comfort, and
they are continually striving to make
our burdens heavier and their luxuries
greater. It is condition which can
not last. The producer will get his
rights, and the day is not far distant.
Let us make no mistakes; and strive fo1
the upbuilding of the alliance until our
will may be respected and carried out
by the legislators of the land
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
OLD SONGS.
Over and over AGAIN

Over and over again,
In every time and tongue,
In every style and strain,
Have the worlds old songs been sung;
Since the sigh from the soul was stirred,
Since the heart OF man was broken.
Have the notes of despair been heard
And the rythm Of pain been spoken.
The song that you sing to-day,
Sweet on the printed pages,
Was sung in the far-away,
In the youth Of the worn-out ages;
The charm Of your love-born tune,
The gems that your lines uncover,
Were set In some savage tune
By the heart Of some pagan lover.
The fancies that fill your rhymes,
The visions that haunt your lays,
Are the specters of olden times
And the ghosts Of forgotten days;
Ye players on notes OF woe,
Ye dreamers of love and sorrow,
They sang in the years ago
The songs you will sing tomorrow.
But what il the rhymes are new,
And what If the thoughts are old,
II the touch Of the chord be true
And the fight of the singer boldt
Let them come to US still again,
Tomorrow and yet hereafter.
Fresh as a mornings rain,
Old as the sob and the laughter.
IS. Greenwood, In Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
WESTERN farmers are waking u,

WESTERN farmers are waking up,
and propose to Investigate into some
of the causes Of depression in the price
of farm products. They believe there
is something rotten in Denmark
when there is millionaire made every
day almost in railroad and manufacture
ing circles. while month by month the
prices of the farmers stock in trade go
down.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
NE1eHBoRHooD HAPPENINGS.
Ellinwood Iteuus,

ElinWood Items.
From the Advocate.
Col. Huffman and family returned
from Chicago Thursday morning.
julius Bockemohle, Pawnee Rocks
blushing young barber, was in town
several days this week, talking to the
boys and, well his friends. #
Capt. Grant shipped car load of
the largest hogs, shipped out of here
for some time, six of them weighing
over five hundred pounds each.
We are under many obligations to
our friends who kindly assisted in get
ting out the advocate the past two
weeks and ask the gentlemen to &C
cept our thanks for the excellent man.
ner i'll which they succeeded.
OBITUARY. =
Died, on Monday Dec. 1etfii,, 1889. at
$50 a. m, at the age of sixty-six years
and 81 days, 8fter an illness of eleven
days; Mr.. Herbert Sprinkler
The diseased was born in 1928 at
"hSAO 1O AAAoA
ried Miss Gertrude Demerath and there
resided until 1S46 when he came to
America and settled in Milwaukee,
where he lived until 1852 from there
going to Chicago, Ill, residing in that
city until 1854 when he left for Mendoza,
Ill. In 1875 he left the latter place
for Ellinwood where he has lived until
his death, following the profession of a
carpenter. Funeral services were held
at the Catholic church in this city;
conducted by Rev. Epp, from there the
body was followed to the Catholic
cemetery by large concourse of
friends. He was beloved by all his
neighbors and friends, of which he had
many here, who all mourn his death.
He leaves a loving wife and seven
children, two daughters and five sons,
five of whom reside here. The be-
reaved relatives have the heartfelt
sympathy of the entire community.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

Lord Teynham, who died the other
day at the age of nineAy-two years. was
once soldier; then for many years an
eloquent and successful Baptist preach
er, in charge of a Worcestershire
church Later in life he became con-
spicuous leader Of the Plymouth breth-
re1. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
BRIEF COMMENT.

JUDGE BREWERS appointment las
been confirmed. Old Grannie Griffin
tried to rip the Kansas Brewer up the
back but failed in the attempt, thank
goodness. .fI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26
Time Would Tell.

Patient-Great Heavens, young man,
that's pretty strong medicine
Young Doctor-Yes, it's very power
full. Sometimes it cures and sometimes
it kills.
Patient-Well-I say-here, young
man, is there any danger in my case?
Young Doctor can't tell for an hour
yet, Mr.. Moneybags. Now calm your
seh--Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

IF YOU have an evil habit, stop it.
Don't make any loud protestation
about having "sworn off," but simply
resolve to quit, and QUIT. Then if
you should fail to keep the resolution
you will not feel SO awkward before
yOur neighbors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

THE average time that a man lives
with a woman and then seeks divorce,
in this state, is eight years and ten
months. 1t takes the average woman
about this long to throw fiat iron with
accuracy Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

FORAKER slaughtered! Halstead de-
ceiyed and disappointed! Mckinley
beaten! And Sherman ignored at the
White House! To this complexion
have the Ohio Republican politicians
come at laSt.-Ness Sentinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

CHRISTMAS has come and gone; the
old year is slowly dying; resubmission
is coming, and the DEMOCRAT is
rapidly climbing to the front rs the
most readable paper in Barton county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

SIMS ELY, an old and well known
Kansas newspaper man, has purchased
the Hutchinson Democrat and an even
ing franchise for the associate press
dispatches, and will soon start an
evening democratic daily in Hutch
inSOn. We wish him success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

THE ,SALINA Nea0s which is never
untrue to its sentiments and which has
papers in the state, remarks: ''We
have tried to think that the resub-
mission sentiment was waning in Kan
sas, but every now and then it breaks
out with renewed zeal and today the
sentiment is much stronger than it
was month ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26

The business men of OlmitZ and
farmers living north of there are in
very bad need of a bridge across Blood
creek, north of there. AS it now stands
there is lots of wheat in the north part
of the county going to Rush county to
market, that would come to Olmitz had
they bridge. Our county commits
sioners should look after this matter.
we think a bridge has already been
ordered built there; if it has not, the
property owners should Immediately
get up petition for one and bring It
before the county commissioners. They
will order it built if the proper petition
epmes in. fs