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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
How the Money Was Saved.

Detective-I have discovered, sir,
that your confidential book-keeper,
Mr.. De Clerk, is a defaulter to the ex-
tent of many thousands of dollars. As
he has lived plainly. and has not gam
bled in stocks. he must still have all
your money in his possession; but If
we arrest him. you will never get it,
of course; and if we corner him and
try to compromise for half Or two
thirds. he will probably skip to Cana
da with the whole Doodle.
Business Nanny goodness! Mr..
De Clerk!
MIR. De Clerk-Yes, sir.
Business Man-Mr. De Clerk, q few
days ago. l refused you the hand of my
daughter. and / afterward employed
this gentleman. who is a detective, to
look closely into your personal char
acter and past history. His report re-
fers in such detail to your correct hab-
it's and business aptitude that have
changed my mind. You shall have
her.-N. Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

jolt in the whole work because
of your death It is unfortunate
that you have made up your
mind that you know it all
When you have been jostled about .
little while you will want to go to
some secluded graveyard and weep.
You will be convinced that instead of
knowing it all you don't suspect any
thing. Man is like a grounding in the
path of landslide, Alexander; if the
grounding has sense enough to get
out of the way it is all right; but if It
cocks itself up on its hind legs and
looks wise. it will be everlastingly
squelched. Man is also like bow lder
by the sea-shore; the bowlder may be
a great deal bigger than the pebbles
about it, but when an idle stranger
fires it into the water, it doesn't take
any longer to cover it forever than it
would one of the pebbles. 1 knew man
who could converse huently in more
languages than you could shake a cord
of wood at; what he didn't know about
astronomy wasn't worth knowing;
there wasn't 1. science or an art on
which he was not an authority; his
knowledge was simply sublime. He
forgot more every day than you can
ever hope to know. Yet this remark.
able man persisted miserably in creek
ten feet wide because he had never
learned to swim. Go forth into the
world, Alexander, but not with the
idea that you know it all. Try to con-
vince yourself that other people may
have heard a thing or two themselves
and don't expect that they will herald
you at once as the Coming
Man. The prodigal son was
rather fly when he left home. and
you have heard how he returned. He
went back on his uppers. without
enough wealth to buy bowl of soup
at a fourth-rate chop-house. and hum
dreds have had similar experience.
Go forth unostentatiously and without
any drum-major business. If you are
not immediately offered a situation as
president of bank, go to work hoe
ing corn, digging wells or feeding
threshing machines. The world is
full of good opportunities. but the
young man who is so mashed on his
dignity that he will not grasp them is
liable to be left in a most deplorable
and emphatic manner. - Nebraska
State journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
VEGETABLE BUTTER.
A Family of Plants Which Takes
Place of Cows in West Africa.

A FAMILY of Plants Which Takes the
Place of Cows in West Africa
Butter is the name given, in
chemical sense, to all oleaginous SUBJ
stances which remain solid at a tenn
perature of seventy-one to eighty-six
degrees Fahrenheit, For popular pur-
poses it is a misnOmer. us all the fatty
matters included in the term could
hardly be used by modern housewives
even for culinary purposes. The
plants yielding the butter, although
not confined to one country, nor even
to one natural order. are nevertheless
more abundant in West Africa and
India than in other parts of the world,
and are mostly of the order Sapotacea.
The Bassid Parkii. plant indigenous
to West Africa, and which derives
Slts specific name from the renowned
African traveller, Mungo Park, is
particularly rich in the product.
and is source of great utility and
profit to the natives. The fruit Itself
when ripe is eaten by them, and is said
by travellers who have tasted it to be
not unpleasant. 1t is about the size of
large prune, rather sour, but other
wise of an excellent flavor.
The butter is obtained from the
seeds. The following is the manner
in which the fruit is collected and
treated: The crop commences at the
end of May and finishes during the last
Gays of September. The women and
children go each day into the forests.
especially after storms and tornadoes,
and fetch large baskets Or calabashes
to the village filled with fruit which
the wind has brought down. They
throw them into cylindrical holes, that
are found here and there in the Bam-
oarra villages, even in the middle of
the roads. Whilst in these
holes the fruits lose their flesh.
which rots off; they are left there dpr-
ing several months, sometimes for the
whole of the winter. The nnts orc
then placed in kind of vertical oven.
fire is kept up under them, and this
causes them to lose their moisture
AS soon as they are dried, the shells
are broken, and the white kernel Is
peeled. and then ground and made into
homogeneous mass This is then
placed in water which is kept boiling.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

The fatty matter floats to the top, And
the cirt goes to the bottom. The but
ter is then put into jar filed with
cold water and beaten clear. While in
this jar it absorbs certain amount OF
| water, and to get rid of this it is taken
out and beaten again. By this primi-
tive process only about ten or twelve
Der cent. of the butter can be saved
What the natives would do without
F, it it is hard to conceive. It practical
ly serves them as food, medicine and
raiment Gin the sense that they oil
their skins with it). They eat it in
the same way as we do ordinary but
ter, and mixed with an animal fat, it
is considered a paLacea against all
evils and diseases. it is also employed
for lighting purposes, and the smoke
which is produced by its combustion is
said to be very efficacious in the cure
of snake-bites. It is also largely used
for soap-making; for this latter pur-
pose it has more than once been intro
duced to European manufacturers,
but up to the present has
never been utilized on an ex-
tensive scale No doubt, as the
resources of the country are further
developed, and inter-communication
between the inland and the coast be-
comes more facilitated, We shall find
this as we'll as other products equally
valuable, make their way to this mar
ket.
The Indian representative of the
family, the BGssiG ldtifolia, is very
abundant in all parts of India, and the
butter expressed from the seed is used
in much the same way by the native
by the West Africans, whilst the fruit
in many parts forms staple article of
food. Every part of the tree, in fact,
is of use; the timber being hard and
strong. close and even-grained, is
used for the wheels of carriages, rail-
way sleepers. etc. The flowers whom
dried have somewhat the odor and APP
pearance of sultana raisins. They are
produced in enormous quantities in
March and April, after the old leaves
have fallen; and before the new leaves
have appeared, the crop rarely fails.
The feshy flowers fall off and cover
the ground beneath the trees, and are
gathered eagerly by the natives every
morning during the Towering season
single tree yields from two to four
hundred poundsweight of flowers.
They are very rich in sugar, and yield
when fermented large quantity of
spirit, as much as GIG gallons of
proof spirit per hundredweight hav-
ing been obtained from them.
The spirit is manufactured to a great
extent in India, and it is said that the
government receives quite a large
amount for duty on the spirits dis
titled.
The flowers have from time to time
been placed before important distillers
in England; but owing to peculiar
flavor being developed caused, it is
thought, by the persistent stamens.
which it is difficult to remove from the
fowers-the spirit distilled has never
been brought into consumption in the
British market.-Chambers' journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
JEWELLERS IN ROCKS.

Lieutenant SchwatIka Discovers q Queer
People in Mexico.
All doubts as to the existence of the
cliff and cave dwellers, concerning
which there has been SO much con-
troversy for many years. to say moth
ing of an expenditure from various
sources of over five hundred thousand
dollars in efforts to prove that the race
was extinct, have been set at rest.
Lieutenant Schwatka, the noted ex-
plorer, arrived here a few days ago.
During his trip he has made discover
les that in an archaeological sense are
important. His party has been sue
cessful beyond all expectations in their
explorations. and especially in South
western Chihuahua Here living cliff
and cave jewellers were found in great
abundance. and as wild as any OF the
Mexican tribes before the Cortes con-
quest The abodes in which they live
are exactly similar to the old
abandoned cliff dwellings of Arizona
and New Mexico, concerning which
there has been so much speculation
and so much money spent in investi-
cation. 1t was almost impossible to
get near them so wild and timid were
they, being moreover exceedingly
frightened by armed white men. The
cliff jewellers of the Barranca Del
Cobre are most of them stark naked,
wearing only, as Schwatka says, "a
wild look and pair of rawhide SAN
da1s." Upon the approach of white
men they fly to their caves OR cliffs by
notched sticks placed against the face
of the cliffs if too steep, although they
can ascend vertical stone faces if there
are the slightest crevices for their
fingers or toes. At one point woman
entirely devoid of clothing. fed
to a river bank upon being surprised.
Being unable to cross she climbed
notched stick twenty feet high. and
then assembled a perpendicular cliff
fully fifty feet high, the alternate hard
and soft strata. forming inches an inch
or two in depth. which she had utilized
in climbing. A flock of children, upon
being surprised, fed to the rocks and
low brush like so many quail. TIL
notched stick, or monkey ladder, lead
ing to the cliff dwellings,. as seen in so
many places in the Sierra Madres,
may account for the cliff dwellings
in Arizona and New Mexico being
pronounced inaccessible, the sticks
having rolled away and left the
buildings unapproachable to the dis
coverers. The cliff dwellers discov-
cred by Lieutenant Schwatka are sun
worshippers, throwing their newborn
children out in the full RAYS of the sun
on the day of their birth, and showing
by many Ot4er forms their devotion to
the great summary. They are unusu-
ally tall and well formed. with skin Of
blackish red. very much nearer. the
color OF the negro than the copper
colored Indian of the United States.
From information secured it is esti-
mated that the cave and cliff jewellers
number from 10000 to $4,000. They
are armed only with horuc. arrows and
stone Notwithstanding IN. NJ Let
ter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
HAPPY CHILDREN.

In Order to Thrive, Little Ones Must Be
"Let Alone" to Some Extent.
Happiness is the natural condition of
every normal child, and if the small
boy or girl has peculiar facility for
any one thing it is for self-entertain-
ment; with certain granted conditions.
of course. One of these is physical
freedom and a few rude and simple
playthings. Agreeable occupation is
as great a necessity for children as for
adults. and beyond this almost nothing
can be contributed to the real happi-
ness of a child.
Il try so hard to make my children
happy" said a mother, with a sigh,
one day, in despair of her efforts.
stop trying" exclaimed practical
friend at her elbow. land do as a
neighbor of mine does.'
''And how is that?" she asked, dole
fully.
why. she simply lets her children
grow and develop naturally, only di-
recting their growth properly. She
has always thrown them, as far as
practicable, upon their own resources,
taught them to wait upon themselves
no matter how many servants she had
and to construct their own play
things. When she returns home from
an absence they await but one thing
their mothers kiss. Whatever has
been brought for them is bestowed
when the needed time comes. Moth
ing exciting is allowed to them at
night, and they go to bed and 10 sleep
In wholesome mental state that insure
restful slumber.
''They are taught to love nature,
and to feel that there is nothing ar
rayed SO finely as the lily of the field.
the bees and the butterflies; there is
nothing SO mean as a lie, nor any
thing so miserable as disobedience,
that it is a disgrace to be sick, AID
that good health, good teeth and good
temper come from plain food, plenty
of sleep. and being good"
In order to thrive. children require
a certain amount of letting alone"
Supreme faith in the mother, few toys,
no finery, plain food, no drugs. and
early to bed, are the best things for
making them happy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

GREAT mistakes are often made in irving
to economist. 1t is safe rule to follow that
the best is always the cheapest. A cheap ply
kicim may cost you your life. If you have
miserable, but unfit to work Lost time is
money lost. One dollar spent for Shallen-
berger's Antldote will cure you in twenty
four hours. Sold by Druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
Fro the Farewell is spoken

On the deck Of the steamer, or on board the
train that Is to bear you away from those
dear to you, you will, If You are wise. have
safely slowed away in your luggage a suf1-
ness Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Com
mercial travellers, tourists and pioneer
emlglants concur in testifying 10 the forti-
lying and saving properties of the great
malarial and kidney complaints and nerv,
aUSQeSS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
He Could Afford to Wait.

Policeman 6 a m.)-Come. sir. you
must move on. You've been standing
here an hour.
Pompano with dignity know it,
waitin' for carzh.
Foliceuan-No night cars on this
line, sir.
Fompano (with increasing dignity
Waitin' for day carzh; timesh noxzin'
to nellie.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

II we do have to go to war with En-.
gland about the fur seals, American wives
and bachelors will have to do all the
lighting. You can't enthuss American
married men on the subject of sealskins.
Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

ALI. cases OF weak or lame back, backache,
rheumatism, will find relief by wearing one
of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonua
Backache Plasters. Price % cents. Try them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH has ordered
that The house in which his son killed
himself be pulled down and every effort
made to obliterate the scene OF the trag-
edy and cause it to be forgotten.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

THERE is a man in Hart County, Ga.
who spells his entire name with two let
tiers, Bob Bobo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

One of the most celebrated peals
Of bells in London is that of St Mary
ie-bow, Cheapside, which forms the
basis of a proverbial expression meant
10 mark emphatically London nativ-
ity. Brand speaks of substantial
endowment by a citizen for the ring
ing of Bow-bells every morning to
wake up the London apprentices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

A COTTAGE window On the grounds of a
mining company near King ton, Col,
displays this Inscription: "Wanted-A
wife. Apply within; nobody barred"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

HALF-CURED eruptions will return. Eradi
cate them with Glenn's Sulphur Scan.
Hills Hair and w hisker Dive, so cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

For "a years Dobbins' Electric Soap has
been initdtcd by soap makers. Whyf Be-
sale. Be sure and get Dobbins' and take no
other. Your grocer has it, or viii get it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

"THE manner in which the English are
buying up our reweries is ge,tirc TO be q
serious matter" That's so. With the
iager beor schooner departs The last
vestige of cur American Shipping. BIOS
ron Transcript.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

A BALTIMORE paper speaks of the mys-
ferrous disappearance of a citizen as fol-
lows: CAS- he was last seen In feed store
with eight dollars in cash in his hand il
is feared he has been fouliy dealt with
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

ANY one can take Carter,s Little Liver
Pills. they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

UNDER the laws of China the adult who
loses his temper in discu ssion is sent to
Jail to COO, off.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

81 boaght my vie velvet sack"
Thus proudly boosted Mr. Brogn
~8hesu be. with that upon her tack.
The beSt-dre<sed dame in town.
But velvet sack diamond ring
Can bring no balm 20 81 Gering wife.
Fa-orite Pre- - ription II the thiI
To save her precious life
The great and sovereign remedy, known
the world over, for all female troubles. in
dammation, cruel backaches, and internal
displacements is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription- It is the only guaranteed cure
See guarantee ON every bottle-wrapper-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

DIR. Pierce's Pellets-gently laxative OF
actively csthartic according to dose 3 cents
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

A 1oc. SMOKE for 5c.-.sTansnrs Punch"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11

IAcENT0 0zB per month and 0xpenoool
E.0s - paid active woman - sen goodsf
EWAN1Enb by sample and live a bona Salary psidI
promptly and sxpenses In advznooL Fun par-b
I'M dculars and sample FREE We iussn
Ioas : nw whist ssy- 0t00dard SlHveryv1rev
I0AlAhIs Co.. Lock Dex sos. B0st0n, Mass. Il
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
l0HNSTOWN FLOOD,

OK n e9sm A MONTH can be made work
0sC " 0eOO ing for MS Agents preferred who
can furnish horse and give their whole time
the business. Spare moments be pro6tably
ployed also. A few vacancies n and cities
b. +. JOHNSON 4 Co. 1909 Main ST. Richmo nd.Va,
EB-Pedse state age and business experience Nerer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-10
The Cost of Production.

If a choice article can be grown on
the same space required for an inferior
one the cost will be but little more.
The first item of expense is the use of
the ground, and that item must be paid
under all circumstances. as the inter-
est and use of the land commands a
marketable value. Next, the labor is
expensive. While choice article NAV
call for more labor to certain extent
yet there are items in the bill of labor
that always present themselves For
instance, it requires as much time to
hitch the team, sharpen the tools.
travel to and from the field, keep down
the weeds and grass, and protect
against insects for poor crop as for a
better one. To proportionately lessen
this expense the crop must not only
be large, but of excellent quality, and
the better the quality the lower the
cost proportionately. 1t is sometimes
extravagant to grow an inferior crop,
as the farmer can not afford to do so.
His land and labor are too valuable to
be devoted to crops that do not pay
because they fail to be of the quality
in demand. indianapolis Sentinel
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-10
The Dog Called the Servant.

The possession of an intelligent dog
in the family may be very useful
means out of emergencies. Not long
ago some members of a family return
ing from an evening entertainment
were unable to gain an entrance to
their house. The key had been for
gotten and the servants were evidently
asleep Ringing the door bell produced
no response. The only sound indoors
was that OF the dogs tail gently thump-
ing against the rug, but after a time
that ceased. The dog had recognized
his friends and refused to bark. When
all efforts to enter seemed fruitless the
door was opened by a sleepy servant,
accompanied by very wide-awake
dog. 1t seemed that this friend of the
family had made his way to the serv-
ants room and had gently awakened
her to realization of the situation.
AS he had never been permitted to
enter the room before, it is evident
that his sense of the needs of the occa-
sion had shown him that he should not
wait for a ceremonious invitation
Boston journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-10
LONDON FASHIONS.
Paris Said to Be Yielding tho Palm
Her Anglican Rival.

Paris Said to Be Yielding the Palm tn
Her Anglican Rival.
In Paris dresses are growing more
and more simple of outline, the folds
being nodded upon the lines of the
figure, without excrescence or unnat-
ural protuberance.
Competent judges all agree that the
London fashion bear away the palm
this spring from those of Paris. This
is an indirect hattery of our Gle 4 En-
glish milliners, who are so skillfully
adapt to English taste the ideas they
import from Paris, and add to them
subtle touches of their own which in
crease the effect.
The new tennis suits are exactly like
mans, with starched 'front.' high col
lar and a masculine tie. They are to
be worn under the tennis jackets which
achieved such popularity during the
last two seasons. Ladies' Blazers"
they are called in some of the shops,
and they are to summer what the "la-
dies smoking jackets" are to winter.
The craze for the masculine in gar
ments appears to be increasing. but
the manly shortcut couture has disap-
peared from polite circles.
The sailor hat promises to be as
popular as ever 1t could not be more
so than it has been during the last few
seasons, and it has much to recon-
mend it.
Wooden materials remain in favor
for dresses, though silk is to be more
worn than it was last year. There is
often velvet underskirt to the WOOL
en- dresses. and Paris milliners arrange
this SO as to be visible in little
glimpses. A scarlet velvet shirt is
thus indicated under one of navy-blue
cloth.
Tailor-made gowns and coats are al
most the only wear just now. The
covert coat shows no signs of closing
its popularity, though many button-up
coats are now worn as offering better
protection to the chest and lungs than
the more easily-donned covert coat
that fastens with one button.
Capes are of every shape perhaps
the newest being that which is
shoulder cape at the back, but in front
forms long revers on either side the
buttons OF the dress. ending in point
below the waist The tripple-cape, or
carrick, is to be seen on some well-cut
coats in the park. It is one of those
things that a middle-class tailor or
dress-maker never venturesto attempt,
and consequently it holds its cachet to
the end.-London Standard.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-10

1t is not often that q rooster has
any particular desire to take q bath,
but a Port Dram, N. j.. bird lately
showed that under the pressure Of NO
cessity he could swim like duck. He
was chased by dog to the edged Of
the Morris canal, and, seeing no other
mode of escape. he jumped in. The dog
followed, but the rooster using both
wings and feet as propellers, forged
rapidly through the water. An eye
witness reports that the winged one was
the faster swimmer, and when he strug-
gled up the opposite bank the dog was
bad second. The triumphant rooster
stood upon the shore and crowed for
over a minute. and, while thus engaged
in self-laudation, the dog landed and
almost succeeded in catching him by
the tail. He saved himself by autter~
ing into q trea