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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
Then They Smiled.

They met horse-car, two young
women whose tawny faces showed that
they were just back from the seashore.
and when they had kissed and en-
braced and been through all the pre-
1iminary nonsense necessary to the oc-
casion, one said to the other:
''Oh, you dear thing! had such a
Irritation with your husband while you
were Down East. He came down to
Nantasket almost every night
Eyes, he wrote me about it." the
other returned sweetly. He said you
didn't seem to know anybody, and
were SO lonely he quite pitied you
He was Away so kind to neglected
girls" the first speaker murmured.
You know they said when you were
married that he would have taken all
the wall-fiowers if he could, he was sc
generous.
And then they smiled lovingly or
each Other.-Bost0n Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
Pet Beavers.

An interesting story is told of a pair
of pet beavers by Harper's Young
People. which shows how strong the
building instinct is in the animal. A
gentleman living in Montana caught a
pair of kitten beavers, and kept them
in a box in his barn. They were gentle
affectionate little creatures, and
showed no disposition to be discomfort
ed with their lot, until one day an ac-
cident happened which reused their
sleeping instinct for dam-building.
and converted them into shy, wild
beavers almost in a day. The outlet
OF the watering trough became stopped
up, and the water in consequence ran
over the side and made little stream
through the barnyard. 1t was the
sight OF running water that revealed
to the beavers the strongest impulse of
their natures. At once they dragged
brooms, pitchforks, and every other
available thing to the stream. and did
the best the could to made a dam. The
next day they disappeared. and it was
not until dam arose in a creek near
by that the gentleman knew what had
become of his pets. But they were his
pets no longer; they had at once be-
come as wild as if they had never seen
man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
InnOcents ~ Abroad.

About four o'clock last Saturday
morning Night Marshal John Daw-
son gathered in a buggy load of would
be clippers from Rush Center and put
them under the protecting wing of the
law. The party comprised two girls
aged thirteen and fifteen years respec-
lively, and two boys aged fourteen
and sixteen years. They had driven
down from Rush Center that night,
some twenty.seven miles, and stated
they were on their way to Kansas
City to get married. When first
noticed they were driving around the
city, apparently waiting for daylight
so that their appearance at a hotel
would hot create so much suspicion.
They were, from their talk, very
tough lot of youths, though it is un-
derstood they belong to respectable
families.
The girls were sent home on Satur-
day forenoon. The entire outfit are
fit subjects for house of correction,
and should be put on a bread and
water diet until the hot ardor of their
love is somewhat cooled.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
THE GREAT DOLLAR WEEKLY.

read by more poop 9 IN tine West than
any other PAPER puil,sa,.d. Why? Be-
cause it i,-t:er represents the Great
West thai any Other paper. 1t is the
leader in the Oklahoma movement and
in everything that benefits the West
It is flle largest weekly newspaper
published III the world. being II pages,
81 columns every issue, for only ONE
DOLLAR II Year.
sEverv Western man should take
The TIMES.
Sen,, postal card for Inducements to
subscribers.
THE TINES.
Kansas City, Mo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
LOCAL NEWS.
The Band Entertainment.

A fair sized audience greeted the
members of Our Own band at their
entertainment in the opera house last
Friday night, and we opine not one
person present but got the benefit OF
their price of admission, in good hearty
laughs.
The show was opened with Geo.
Southwell's minstrel" by the entire
band; followed by martha" select
ion by Boos; "Grace Waltz" and
"Montezuma." The young men show
ed great progress nj training under the
direction of George Lottridge, and
each selection was loudly applauded
by the audience. A duet, 'sIn the
Starlight" by Frank Baker and
Fred Diffenbacher was well received
and called forth an encore. George
Lottridge and Frank Baker then rem
dered a duet that was charming indeed.
"a Crowded Hotel" the next part,
was a comedy. The boys did fairly
well, especially Fred Murphy as a
Jolly dutchman.
Murphy and Evans in 1.-The VANISH
ing Man" was one of the best hits Of
the evening. This was followed by
"The Doctor Shop" in which Geo.
Lottridge fairly raised a thunder of
applause as an excited Ethiopian. The
way he handled the doctors book
made II look like some of our valued
exchanges after we have written" a
column of heavy editorial.
All through the entertainment the
boys deserve great praise for their
efforts to please the people. Finan>
cially the affair was passably success.
full.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
A Great Offer.

By reference to an advertisement in
another column it will be seen that
the DEMOCRAT and the Kansas City
Evening Nescs will be sent for one year
to new mail subscribers togather for
$500. This is All excellent chance to
secure your home paper and at the
same time one Of the brightest after
noon dailies in the southwest at about
half the regular price. Send your
orders at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
Notice To Voters.

Notice is hereby given that the reg.
istration books for the city of Great
Bend are now open at my Office, under
the Farmers & Merchants Bank. One
registration is good for the entire
year, providing you do not move out
of the ward from which you register.
WILL E. STOKE,
City Clerk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
A GREAT OFFER!

We take pleasure in an
nouncing that we have COM
pleted arrangements by which
we can offer this paper and
the Kansas City
EVENING News
together, for one year, for So.
This is only about half the reg
ular price of the two papers.
The News is a daily, is one
of the brightest papers in the
great southwest. 1t gives all
the news from both home and
abroad, is bright, crisp and
entertaining. Sample Copies
will be sent on application to
the publisher of this paper.
Hand in orders at once and
have your home paper and
metropolitan daily sent you
for the coming year. Address
DEMOCRAT, Great Bend. Kans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-07
For EXCHANGE.

A new stock of Boots and Shoes
for eastern property. j. S. EwALT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-23
Semilunar Fardels.

The Use of the LII. D. is the most droli and
inc0pgruOus, but the use of the D. D. is the
most discreditable. The wild profusion with
which the pages of the clergy list of every
sect in America areSpotted all over with the
symbols described by the late Dr. Cox as
'semilunar fardelS," is due not only to the
amiableness or the business enterprise of the
colleges, but to the small vanity of what
George Eliot unsympathetically character
lies as the clerical sex. Here is a curious
paradoX-that the one set of men to wb.:m
this sort of distinction is forbidden, under
the command: BE We not called rabbi"
should berthe only set of men in America to
seek it, and make much of it, and ostenta-
tiously parade it.
The lawyer who should put LII. D. on his
tin sign, on his briefs or at the head of his
note paper, would soon find his life made
burden by the wags of the profession 1t is
only the Christian minister, who, being
tapped on the one cheek with this accolade,
promptly turns the other also. 1t is well I'M
derstood that ministers as class do very
much like this kind of thing; and faithfully
doing to others as they would that these
should do TO them, ais punctilious in handy
ing complimentary titles among themselves,
such as are disused by the good taste and self
respect OF more secular men.-Rev. DR.. Leor-
ard Woolsey Bacon in Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-23
REFUSED.

My shoes are down at heel,
And my dress is soiled and torn;
I'm as miserable gal as you could see:
With my little brother Bill
q was big when be was born),
I've been begging round to get bite for tea
Last year The Daily Times
Got the dollars and the dimes
OF the wealthy. who have more than they cca
spend
And they sent us for spree
on the river, don't you see,
And thought The Times the times was going to
mend
So this spring, when mother died
Uord, how Bill and l have cried2-
jun thought as how I'd see The Times men;
Maybe they would give us bread,
III told 'em mothers dead;
But I'll never. never go to them again.
With a supercilious air,
And stony hearted stare,
They all turned their backs on brother Bill and
me;
Just dirty ragged gal
And her little begging pal
Was two things they didn't banker for to see.
And printer told me since
(He'd a neckte like prince)
That they never gives to beggars calling so;
But to organized concerns,
That by praises as rctu hs,
Makes good lad" for the paper, don't You knows
st. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-23
Tetanus Treated by Absolute Rest.

Professor Renzi, Of Naples, records several
cases of tetanus successfully treated by abso
lutte rest. The method advocated is asFfel-
lows: The patients ears are closed with wax.
after which he is placed in a perfectly dark
room far from any noise. He is made to I'M
derstand that safety lies in perfect rest. The
room is oarpeted heavily in order to reiiev,
the noise Of stopping about. The nurseenters
every quarter of an hour with well shaded
lantern, using more the sense of touch than
sight to find the bed. Liquid food milk, eggs
in beef tea, and wstsrl are carefully given,
SO that mastication is not necessary. Con-
Stipation is not interfeEed with. Mild doses
of belladonna or secale are given TO relieve
pain. This treatment does not shorten the
disease, but under It the ParoxysnB grow
muder, and finally cease. Numerous physi-
clans attest 70 tho value of this treatmeut-
Bulletin Med.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-23
re Deserved a Medal.

Justice-Did YOU say. the defendant picked
the hdy's pocket while passing her on the
street,
Counsel for PlaintfF-He did, your honor.
Justice-Ths prisoner is honorably dis
charged And if he win come and take seat
on the bench for about two minutes viii cut
him a leather medal from my boot leg
Burlington Free PreSs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-23
jerks, DREAM.

jerks had queer dream the other night.
He thought he saw prize-fghters ring, and
in the middle of it stood a doughty little
champion who met and deliberately knocked
over, one by one, a score or more of big,
burly-loOking fellows, as they advanced to
the attack. Giants as they were in size the
valiant pigmy proved more than match for
them. 1t was all so funny that jerks woke
up laughing. He accounts for the dream by
sion, after trying nearly every big, drastic
pill on the market, that Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, or, tiny Sugar, coated
Granules, easily knock out" and beat all
and only genuine Little Liver Pills.
Beware of limitations, which contain Poi
sonOus Minerals. Always ask for DR.. Pierces
Pellets, which are Little Sugar-cOated Pills,
or Anti-bilious Granules. One a Dose.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30

THE current number Of Puck very
truthfully remarks that there Is an ap.
pearance Of u cruel shock to q large
number Of sincere Republicans, who
voted for General Harrison for Presi.
dent under the pacined belief that he
was q patriot and statesman. This
large class Of Republicans are silent
now. They do not care TO talk politics;
they are thinking more about business
which does not pan out as they expect
ed IL would, last Fall when they held
iubilations and exploded fie works IN
honor of llarrison's election. They do
not feel very good either over the list OF
appointments. They feel Inundated
when they see how the President Is TAX
ing care Of the Hoosiers and his own
family. 1t is also painful TO observe
that the administration is simply drift.
ing without rudder, anchor or compass
II evidently has no foreign policy, aud
no domestic policy, save TO take care Of
the Harrison family and the inter
MARRIAGES.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30
rnn nnaIarnAqIoN AoT.

The Toledo Commercial and other
Republican papers OF lesser consequences
have undertaken 10 diatort the NEWS
DEMOCRATS denunoIation OF tho In
famous Registration Act passed by the
late Republican Legislature into posi-
tive opposition to Registry Itself
These high minded journals have The
temerlty 10 justify the measure, but In
not a single Instance do they discuss
the extTayagant expense involved, 80
far aa the principle OF tho measure Ia
concerned the NEwa DEMOCRAT has
not yet recorded nm objection, II the
PURPOSE eau boRhown, truly and square
ly In favor Of honest and fair elections
and TO prevent fraud ~ the polls"
oAmenw will be the verdict OF every
honest voter but before you leglalate
against "iraud at tho polls" tho as
sumption Is that you must show That
fraud has prevailed or Ia likely TO pre-
vail at some election, There IL not tho
man In the community who
will assert that CantOna elections
have not been frlrly conduct
cd, aud for the OHIO Legislature 70 as
sert its prrrogatiyea to tho extent Of
saddlug on this city an expense Of
about i've thousand dollars per annum
for the purpose Of acquiring an honest
election when no preienae Of dis
honesty has ever been yentnrcd, we
assert Ia piece Of robbery and Iobbery
that no upright journal can Justify,
The fact starea us III Gountenance that
our elections have never exceeded ga
expense Of over two hundred and eighty
dollma per year. Whereas, this new
remedy fora disease that does not exist,
win involve an expense OF about fce
Thousand dOilaBperyear WIN the high
toned Republican Journals who rushed
no bllndly to the defencoof the measure,
defend tho robbery that 10 Involved IL
the increased expense, and will they say
20 their reidtm that II 10 not n job OF
toraker aud his drum majors"
throughout the state 10 appoint
few moro Office holders whom they
may control and thus endeayor Mt least,
10 perpetuate the Forakian dynasty, II
thoy do, they will prove their utter
blindness 10 the fact and had better
leave tho subject severely alone,
We insist that the expense caused by
the measure viii never receive the en-
dorsement Of the taxpayers OF Canton
The Foraker "bugleru" may endeayor
70 ealahlIsh favor for II among lepub'
lican voters, but when they approach an
honest Republican who 10 familiar with
IL, no will tell them NJ Is job" We
have satisfied ourselves on that point
And what Ia more the Republicans Of
Canton are not sufficiently interested In
Foraker TO Justify this sham measure
OF his, (which bears the title
Of "AA aoi 10 proBcRt .traUd al the
poHs," but In reality means "Aa act 10
boost j, u, Foraker into ho u, S, Sen
ate or the Presidency at the epponse Qf
the taGpayorsof certain cities Of Ohio"
Let the Republican journals who
have 80 cheerfully accorded support 10
the measure, give their readers COM
parson OF the expense aud they viii
get u verdict that win surprise them
IL isa job In its entirety, and the voters
of this city will place the seal Of con-
demnatlon upon II In November
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30
600 REWARD. 900.

The readers Of the NEWS. DEMOCRAT
will be- pleased 20 learn that there IL al
least Que dreaded disease that science
has been able TO cure In all its stages
and that Is CaMrrh, Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known 20 the medical fraternity Ca
tarrh beiug q constitutional disease 10
Qulres constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally,
actiLg directly upon the blood and mu'
cous surfaces of the aystem. thereby do.
stroying the foundation Of the disease
and giving the patient strength, by
building up the constitution and assist.
ing nature IN doing It's work, The pro.
prletorB have so much faith IN It's cura.
tive powers that they offer One HUI.
dred Dollars for any case that II fails
20 cure, Send for list Of testimonials
Address,
FL CHENEY &O0., Toledo, o.
-gg-God hv nfnvrle'o 7he
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30
III DHFHNoH OF aoppnNNDss,

The Canton News. DEMOCRAT Is
making u d0uble.leaded effort 20 stir up
prejudice against the registration law
IN that city because OF Us expense,
Such Inv would not have been neCes
saty but for the frauds perpetrated by
the Democrats. Our criminal laws ave
expensive, and yet who would ask their
repealY The registry law Is Of the same
nature. True II iS not 80 much 10
punish rs II 10 TO prevent crime, IL Ia
expensive, but by what cheaper method
can you protect the ballot box against
Democratic fraudsY--[ Toledo CONNER
cial.
"Such y law would not have been nee.
assary but for the frauds porpetrated
by the Democrats" says the CONNER.
cial, Therein lies The bone Of conten
tlon. We repeat there Is not the man
In Canton, Republican or Democrat,
who will say our elections
have ever been tainted with
fraud. We ask therefore, why
provide a remedy at an expense TO our
tax payers Of about Eve thousand dol
lars per year ior an oyl that does Nv,
exist2 The voters OF Canton did not
ask for the measure, They are all of
them well satisfied with our home elec.
tious, and when the time came for the
discovery TO be made that our elections
were not fair, our people would be
prompt enough TO act The rotten
Ohio Legislature just adjourned need
not provide code Of morals fof the
people Of Canton. God forbid
Canton Is just now engaged in a sys
tenn Of local improvements, aud the i've
Thousand doll IT'S stolen from her treas.
ury by this FOrnker job 10 an infamy
that deserves The most positive denun.
cialiOu
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30
MAJOR MeKtNLnY AS THE soL-
DIma'H flthAD,

we are in receipt Of a letteE from q
well known veteran soldier, a member
OF the q, A, II, and a prominent liepnb'
liean, who asks US 10 discuss Major MO
Kinley's record Ia Congress on the sol
diar business, This soldiers address Ia
Minerva, stark county, We quote q
paragraph from his letters
aWill you give your views Wit 70 and
when Mckinley ever ala anything ~
Congress fOT tle soldiers iulerealf, "
so, please state In what way ana AZ
what time during his stay ~ washing
ton, Dozens OF soldiers ~ this neigh.
bOrhOOd will knife him u ever he runs
for Olilee again am an old 49,
and am determined never again 70 vote
q Republican ticket, Please hend one
number OF your DEMOCRAT containing
your views about Mollinley's 3 great love
for the soldier after having treated
them 10 batch OF lies and silent con
tempt"
The NEws'DEMOoRAT Is not dis
posed to do Major Mckinley any inlua
tice, hence we open our columns TO any
Republican Of Canton, or stark county
or elsewhere 10 give as the deeds done
by Major Mckinley for the benefit OF
soldiers.
We don't mean by this ioords spoken
on the stump, ~ our space Is too lin
tied TO contain all the patriotic ardol
tho gallant Major has allowed ~ theap.
IN the form OF eloQuence, but Nhal
Major Mckinley has done, officially, a6
member Of Congress,
At present, Wa are not able 10 To-
meml or what ha has done, but with The
aid Of many admlring friends OF th,
Major but hope 10 spread his soldier
record in Congress before hia constiIu
enGy
The circulation Of the Nrws'DEno
oRAT daily and the STARK COUNTY
DEMOCRAT ia large, and We offer Thu
large circulation free, to any person
who win give, In neat and condensed
form, the soldier record Of Major Nc
Klnley In Congress,
When $50 got this record We ghal
then show by the VARIOUS acts OF COng
reas, what tho Democratic party has
done for the old soldiers We optoier Il
treat this matter fairly aud without do
Ing Injustice 10 any person,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30

THE Massillon Independent thinks II
has discovered au inconsistency II
states that Gen. Sherwood, In q conSo'
latlon speech at MOssiIlon after tho last
Presidential election, advocated the
Australian system, and that now we OPP
pose the present registration act rs ap'
piled to Canton, The editor Of the In
dependent evidently don't comprehend
the Australian system, That Is o Oys.
tenn to stop vote briblng and ensure q
free, pure ballot
No one claims the Registration law
can have any tendency, even, to pre-
vent vote buying, or brIbing at cleo
tions. II has no common object with
the Australian system, II is simply q
partisan dodge, to increase the power
aud patronage Of the Governor Of Ohio,
rob the taxpayers Of Canton of 5000,
aud make places and pay fora lot Of
political hceers,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30

EVERYONE will remember tho tfe'
mendoua raid made on President Cleye'
land because he went on yachting OK
onraion Memorial Day and yet Memo
rial Day did not occur on Sunday, And
now comes an incident that double
discounts Cleyeland'a performance, and
IL involves President Harrison Last
Sunday was Memorial Sunday In Wash
lngton, The Grand Army mon OF tho
Department OF tho Potomac assembled
In the Metropolitan NJ, u, church, as 10
their custom 10 do once year, TO hold
a memorial service In honor OF General
Grant In the church where no, an Preal'
dent, used 10 worship, On Friday
President Harrison was Invited 10 DO
present AT the service and accepted tho
Invitation, Thepyealdentlal pew'-that ID
10 say, the seat which President Grant
used 10 occupy In tho church, was TO-
served for President Harrison ~ the
guest of honor hut President llarr
riaon did not 60 lie broke his promise,
and did not have the courtesy 10 send
his regrets, A Washington diapatoh,
touching this insult TO tho Grand Army
says
oThe President had not the eourteiy,
or th6 presence OF nina, 70 send hlu
regreta before starting on hia Nhhing
trlp The Grand Army people don't
Ike hla action NJ all, There are many
of them who do not hesitate 10 remark
that President Cleveland, with all hid
faults, never treated q Grand Army in'
ylNllon with such signal diseourteay,
Why such u pIoua "rrsdent,a Republl'
can and a Union General should break
the SABBATH and hin own promise, Insult
The Grand Army and allght the memory
of Gen, Grant In such u way 10 some,
thug the old soldiers can't understand
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-30

KANSAS In the last Presidential cam
palgu was the banner protection state,
aud IL became no because the people
were sorely In need OF help, aud the up
peals Of the Republican speakers and
newspapers in behalf protection, and
their promises that II would bring
prosperity, lured them into voting The
Republican ticket In the hope Of i'm.
proving their condition. Now relief
seems further of than ever lmmed.
ately after the election, trusts, monop.
olios and syndcates began dlsch0rging
l0borers aud cutting down wages, ana
many of those who voted the Republi.
can ticket are amazed and dazed by
their woetul disappointment, Their
homes and farms are passing away from
them through the operation of mort.
cages aud trust deeds, aud the situation
Is one that fills them with despair
Extract from u letter from Geo, W.
natch, ColIeyville, Kansas.