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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
HIDDEN JUST IN TIME.

An Incident of Mr.. Kennan's Travels In
the Land of the Gar.
Mr.. George KEENAN,. the Siberian ex-
plorer and exposer, is one of the most
entertaining conversationalists whom a
person can meet. He is a very unas-
Stunning man and very modest. Some of
his most thrilling experiences will prob
ably never be put in print. or, at least,
not for a number of years, for, strange as
it may seem, Mr.. KEENAN, hopes to again
visit Russia at the end of two or three
years. He had very many narrow es-
capes from death and the mental strain
produced by them was naturally very
great One of these which has not been
printed occurred once while he was in
a Nihilist's house. He had papers with
him which, if found, would result in his
being instantly shot. He was informed
that the officers were on his track, and
would arrive at this house within five
minutes. Russian officers are very thor
ough when making a search for any
thing of this nature, and what to do
with these papers was most pertinent
question. But to think was to act and
taking up a hand-glass upon the table
he pried out the back with his knife,
hastily put the papers in the frame and
restored the back to its place just as the
officers arrived. The search was made,
the glass raised from the table, but the
papers were not found. This is but a
sample of the many experiences Mr..
KEENAN, had in Siberia. He says that
the horrors of the prison system there
in vogue can not be described in words
SO as to convey any accurate idea to the
! reader or hearer.-Philadelp North
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
Death of an Honorable Man.

George H. Pendleton, the ex-United
States Minister to Germany, and for SO
many years prominent figure in Amer
lean politics, has at last passed away,
after his long illness. Mr.. Pendleton.
like the late Mr.. Cox, was a gentleman
and scholar in politics. His great
wealth gave him ample opportunities for
leisure, which he improved by follow
ing many different lines of culture. In
his Congressional career he will be long
est remembered as the author of the
present Civil-Service bill, and he also
was strong advocate of a bill allowing
members of the Cabinet seats upon the
floor of Congress er offeio. AS Minister
to Germany he was very popular and
made an excellent record. While not a
great statesman, his career has been an
honorable and useful one. and his de-
mise will be mourned by large circle of
friends and acquaintances who were ct
tracted toward him by his gentleman1y
qualities, his dignifed bearing and his
unspotted personal Chicago
Tribune (Rep.).
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

No consideration would induce
those States which have adopted the
Australian system of voting to return
TO the old method.-Troy Telegram.
Mr.. Powder1y has come to the con-
clusion that 1.-The great mass of people
who need protection will never get it
under the so-called policy of protection"
Foraker refuses to fix the respon-
sibility for his defeat. We are inclined
to think, as B. Harrison would say, that
''The Lord did t.''-Indianapolis Sen
tinel
The Republicans of Montana have
celebrated the entrance of that State
into the Union by trying to make big
steal. They evidently want the rest of
the country to know that they are gen.
uine Republicans. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Ohio Republican papers and
party leaders are still banging away at
each other as to the causes of the late
Republican defeat in this State. The
only point on which they seem to agree
is that the party deserved defeat. and on
this we agree with them.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Senator Allison discussed the
Gs1Elu III Ills C1OSlHS SpccCH LII Guc ldIc
campaign and declared that 1.-THE vote in
Iowa will be taken as an instruction to
its representatives in Congress" The
vote favored the Democratic platform.
and the Iowa delegation will please note
the instructions.-St. Louis Republic.
General Malone told the National
Republican Committee that if they
| would give him all the money he
| wanted he would buy the vote of Virginia
and break the solid South. They took
| him at his word and gave him just as
| much money as he asked for. Bat, as
in several other of the Generals similar
transactions, he failed to deliver the
goods. (Va-) Gazette.
| If the contention of Republican
| journals be admitted, that National is
| sues were not considered at the late
elections in ten States of the Union, the
signal gains of the Democracy must show
4 that on State issues there has been q
one-sided deliverance very dangerous to
the future supremacy OF the party in
power. No matter from what point OF
view Republican reverses may be CON
sidered, the prospect for the grand oi1
party is decidedly biue.-Pkiladalphis
Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
THE SUPPER TABLE.

Tho Kinds of Food Suitable for COmpa
ny Supper.
It is very pleasant to know that the
old-fashioned supper-party has been re-
vivcd. This is the sit-down supper. The
fashionable hour for serving it is nine or
half-past nine. Cups of bouillon, GRO
quettes of chicken, sweetbreads, any
meat entries, salads of meat, fowl or
fish and game of light kind are suitable
for company supper. Raw oysters
served on block of ice, decorated with
parsley and accompanied by slices of
bread and butter rolled in delicate rolls
are favorite dish. Nearly every thing
for supper may be prepared during the
day, and can be gotten ready in the
evening in very short time with little
labor. Simple suppers, in which are
served delicately sliced cold meats, a
simple salad and bread and butter cut in
wafer-like slices are also popular, with
a dish of steaming-hot oysters perfectly
cooked and served, either creamed or
scalloped. Such supper is delicious.
American people are so fond of oysters
that oyster suppers are always popular.
Thin slices of brown bread as we'll as
| white bread should. always be served
with oysters, as epicures often prefer the
brown bread. A venison steak served in
chafng-dish is favorite3 supper dish,
and should be accompanied with black
or red currant jelly, thin fried potatoes
and celery dressed in mayonnaise dress
| ing. Cake and fruit and ice-cream, OF
iced pudding may be served at these sup
pers, where they are elaborate. Suppers
at an evening entertainment which are
| served with the guests standing include
rich salads, sandwiches, rolls. candieG
fruit, confectionery, cold dishes OF
meats, ice-cream and iced pudding. Els
caloped oysters, croquettes and bouilloI
are the only hot dishes served.-N. Y
| Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
DREAMlN. o. HOME.

I can't 5es' tell what's come to her. an yet
That sometimes gon' wrong o. late-to see her
A-dreamin, in the doorway, with that look into
her eyes,
Gas aef they still was restin' on the ole-time
fields and Skies
She's always dreamin', dreamin' o. the life we
left behind
The little two-room cottage where the mornin'-
TIE roses in the garden, the yellow sunf1owers
tall,
The vfolets, but she herself the sweetest flower
o. all.
You see, she ulster sit there in the doorway SO
content,
The sunfiowers follerin' the sum- no matter
where he went:
iThe brown bees sippin honey and buzzin' roun'
the place;
The roses climbin' up to her an smilin' in her
face.
An now she can't forget it. When tell her:
Little wife,
There amt in grievin' for that simple
She twines her arms aroun' my neck, an smil-
in sweet to see,
she says: 1T seems so far away to where we
ulster be.''
There amt 10 use in chidin' or sayin' words o.
cheer;
There's nuthin' in the city life she was ulster
there;
Where preachn cum but once a month an
street didn't run,
An folks they tole the time o. day by lookin at
the sum-
An Iarks got up at peep O. dawn an made the
medderS ring;
tell you folks, when ones brought up to jes
that sort o. thing,
It's hard to get away from told feeling 8
bound to rise,
An make runnin' over in woman's tender
eyeS.e
So there she sits n dreamin' till git to dream
& in, too,
An when her head drops on my breast and
sleep falls like the dew
An closes them sweet eyes O. hers, once more
seem to be
In the old home where well rest some day to-
gether-her and me.
Atlanta Constitution.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
ALLISON INSTRUCTED.

What the People OF tho Hawkeye state
Expect from Their Representative.
Senator Allison, speaking at Dubuque
the night before the election, said that
the issues in Iowa were the same this
year as they were last. and added:
''n there were good reasons why the Repub-
hcan party should succeed last year, the Same
reasons hold good this year. Our opponents
say in their platform and on the stump that the
protective tariff is wrong The vote 20 Iowa
win be taken as an instruction to its Repre-
sentatives in Congress-
Mr.. Allison said this, no doubt, with
the expectation that the Republicans
would carry the State. He expected
that the Representatives in Congress
from Iowa would be instructed that the
protective tariff is right
The instruction was different from
that which Mr.. Allison desired, but
there is no reason why it should be dis
regarded. Iowa has spoken. She has
pronounced against the protective tariff
as it now exists. Mr.. Allison should use
his influence with the Representatives,
elect from Iowa, of whom ten out Of
eleven are Republicans. to induce
them to obey the instructions of their
State.
Mr.. Allison said nothing of the vote
Senators. This reticenee may have been
the effect of modesty, or he may have
used the woro Representatives" in a
general sense, to include members of
both houses of Congress, and not in the
more restricted sense in which it is gen.
orally used to denote members of the
lower house. A Senator is usually con-
sidered as more especially representa-
tive of the whole State than a member
of the lower house, who is chosen by
the voters of single district. If the
late vote in Iowa is an instruction to
anybody it is certainly such to Senator
Allison.
The country has not been wont to TO
gard Senator Allison as a man who will
ignore after the election the statements
and pledges made to the people before
their ballots were cast. Having signi-
fed in advance his willingness to be in
structed. he will now see, as we may
fairly assume, good reasons for going nc
farther with that tariff bill of his which
was intended to reduce the surplus by
increasing taxation to such point as to
check importations. This was in &C
cordance with the Republican platform
of 1888; but Iowa has already seen the
folly of that plan, and has issued later
| instructions, which her Senators should
not feel at liberty to disregard. The cleo.
ton in Iowa means, as Senator Allison
! intended in advance that it would mean
if the Democrats succeeded, that, not an
| advance, but reduction of the tariff is
| desired by the voters of the State
| Louisville COurier-Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
APPLY ILLUSTRATED.
How Protection Benefits" the People
and the Government.


In order to make general principle
luminous, let us follow a simple illus
tration. Suppose hats can be made and
sold in Europe at 81. Suppose, further,
that in order to protect the American
maker of hats a tax of so cents is laid
by Congress on every hat imported. As
soon as this is done no European hat can
be brought to the United States unless
it can be sold here for $3.50. If the price
here be above that figure the tariff is no
obstacle to importation, since the higher
the price the greater is the profit real
lied by the European manufacturer.
The floods pour in with increasing
volume in spite of all that advanced
craftsmanship" can do to keep them out.
A positive premium is put upon impOr-
tation. Protection signally fails to pro-
tect. In this case it is evident the for
eigner pays none of the tax, since he
becomes rich by Importation, and finds
here the highest market in the world.
The man who wears the imported hat
bears every ounce of the tax burden. =
1t will thus appear plain that SO
long as the importation of foreign hats
continues the American consumers are
paying the full amount of the tariff tax,
not only upon all those imported, but
upon the entire volume of our own pro-
auctions also. But if Importation
stops, as it must when the domestic
price has touched figure even a shade
less than that dictated by the tariff
(S1.50), then all revenue ceases, and the
protection of the home manufacturer is
complete, since he has an absolute
monopoly of the market. But the tax
burden of the hat-wearer is almost as
great as before, and the whole of it goes
as bonus to the domestic manufacturer
and not a cent of into the till of the Gov
ernment.-Prof. Edward Taylor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
A RAzoR'S TEMPER
In MOTT Instances II Improves - the
BLADE Gets Older.

IN MO6t IngtAnce8 H Improves ~ the
Blade Gets Older.
tfBow does that razor go?" queried ..
well-known tonsorial artist Of re-
porter few days ago as the latter was.
being shaved.
1T pulls a little" was the reply.
''That's just what / thought" uttered
the barber, as he wiped the blade care
fully and proceeded to strop another
which he selected from q number lying
on his shelf.
do you know" he continued. ''that
razors are just as freaky and change
able as women? Why, that razor 1 just
put away, after good honing, will
sometimes shave twenty or thirty men,
with only slap or two over the strop,
once in awhile, and perhaps sorne other
time the edge will be gone after have
shaved two customers. OF course some
people claim that the difference in.
boards accounts for this, and that is in.
a great measure true, but oftentimes
the edge will go back on fellow while.
shaving man whose beard is like silk
another peculiar thing about them.
is that they will not work for other peo-.
pie the same as for the man whose GUS
tom it is to use them. Now, / would just
as soon think Of throwing all those nice.
blades you see lying on the shelf away
as to let some other man hone or strops
them for me. What's the reason?' Well,
it lies just here. There are many Diff
ferent kinds of edges, and only the man
who is used to the razor can know what
they will stand. He has to study them. of.
course, and he will know just what
stroke to make on his oilstone and what
passes to make on his strops. The razors
seem to become acquainted with the
touch of the man who constantly handles
them. and work well for him; when, If .
strange barber should take one, his
work with it would be likely to be
rather poor for some time-in fact, until
he had nursed the sensitive blade
| around to his ways and his peculiar
| touch"
(Which do you consider the best razor
! to buy-the most expensive or the
| cheaper grades?"
Il was just coming to that No. L
| don't think that as a rule expensive
| razors are much better to use than those
of medium price and quality. Now
| there is a razor" said he, taking one
| with a horn handle down from the shelf,
chat / bought in an auction room for
| twenty-five cents. That was cheap
| enough, you must confess, yet cheap
| as it was, it is now one of the best razors
on my shelf, it having turned out ex-
| actly as would wish This razor is good
| on almost any face, while some others
| which have, while can shave one man
with them with ease, another man may
sit down in my chair and that same
razor will pull so that the customer will
cry out with pain.
Another interesting fact about them
is that they improve with age, that is,
the temper viii improve. and have had
razors in my possession which were of
no earthly use to me, but after laying
them away for year or two would pick
them up once more, when / would find
them frst-class in every particular.7-
Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
CHEAP JOHNS PoLIcx.
IN. Y. SUM-

IN. Y. Sun.
Ny name is Cheap or Holy John
Tn good, O, mighty good.
And the lay thx. am on
Can't be misunderstood.
keep the Sabbath holy.
roll up pious eyes;
am sweet as roly-poly,
And how I advertise!
teach the Philadelfy youth
In Bethany Sunday-School;
And when it pays tell the truth,
Such is my simple rule.
Iwould discharge or dock my clerks
x they should dare to swear;
Ny speciality is pious works,
Dress goods and underwear.
The country p. MS comprehend,
IT'S told them DER and DER,
II they would prosper they must SEND
Their orders to my store.
My duty as the p. NJ. G.
Is. this: must insist
To make the P. MS buy Of me
And order from my list.
One large and tallowy smile
Steals DER me DER and Ger;
This Cabinet is but an aisle
And transept of my store;
Let sinners kick against the pricks
And ribalds rage and roar,
So my annex of politics
Brings business to my store.
Ny policy is c. o. D.;
No trouble to show goods;
One price for all, and that to me
Sums all beatitudeS.
Send in your orders early, gents,
By telegraph or mail;
Roll in the dollars and the cents
To Wenamaker's S:he.
I've worked the Cabi net to a man.
And gave special rates
The other day to all the Pan
American delegates.
My stock of politics is small,
But I've goods by the acre;
Republican PostmaSterS all,
Come buy OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
Cfrcumsta noes Alter Cases.

SmithersHWhen 1 make a promise
and fail to keep it. it worries me ever
afterwards.
Withers-Well, made promise once
and kept it, and it's been worrying me
ever since.
SmitherS-What was it?
Withers-To marry the woman who is
my wife.-Munsey's Weekly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

when Smifkins and Blifkins went up
the street on which they both lived.
There was light Pickering in one of
..Shmifkinsh, tbersh light in tn win
dow FIR thee" 'sYesh," was the reply,
lat dollar n quartern n hour
Merchant Traveller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
Power of the Devil-Fish.

> A few days ago at the end of the
Naples wharf a forty-foot pile of about
one foot diameter was loosely tied with
one hundred feet of cable. The hands
suddenly noticed the cable running
from the coil, and before any one could
secure it both pile and cable were NOV
ing rapidly to sea. a devil-fish had got
entangled in the cable. Boats were at
once secured and started in pursuit, and
after two-rnile race they captured the
line and log, the monster having be-
come loosened, which fact accounts for
them being able to overtake it. When
we consider that this species of ray at
tains weight of 5000 to 5000 pounds,
with strength to correspond, this is not
astonishing. Some months ago the pas
sengers of the steamer Fearless har-
pooned one of these fish near San Carlos
bay, and, after towing the steamer for
some time, the engine being reversed
and pulling against him, they were
compelled to cut the line to prevent
being carried on the Sannibe1 bar
Fort Meyers Press.
-Novar mt pota tone on zfha table in a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

During 1889 slightly over one hun
dred million dollars worth of gold has
been dug from the earth on the four con-
tinents- The largest quantity came
from Australia, California and South
Africa Africa is looking up.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

Hops by train-load from the new
State of Washington now reach London
In twenty-seven days. British beer is
not entirely British now.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

Meyer put potatoes on the table in a
covered di il. They will re-absorb thel
own moisture and become soggy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
FIGHTING FOR PRINCIPLE.

JOHN WANAMAKER.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-27
The Alamo Monument.

SAN ANTONIO, March 25.-At a
meeting this evening Of the executive
committee Of the Alamo Monumen mt
association, it was definitely determine
ed to fix the minimum limit of the
fund for the construction Of granite
column in this city, commemrate the
massacre Of the Alamo, at 100000
and to adopt vigorous means to make
the movement truly national one. An
address will be delivered by Gen. H. p.
Bee, chairman of the committee set
ting forth that the heroes Of the Alamo
were not Texans, that in 1886, the
year in which the massacre occurred,
there was no Texas, but the men who
gave up their lives in the cause of lib
erty in the old Alamo fort were from
all sections Of the union. Hence, the
effort to rear monument to their men,
DRY should not be confined to Texas,
but should extend to all parts Of the
United States. April 81 being San
Jacinto day, and as such designated
as a holiday by the laws of Texas,
the Alamo monument essciatlon
will on that day make q special
effort to augment the fund by enlistinq
the aid of all ladies in soliciting con,
tributions.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-27
PHILOSOPHY OF sELrrsHNEss.
INJURIOUS TO THE EYES.
me kissing Found.

HILLsBoTo, Tex, Mach 25.-The
mystery concerning the sudden disap
appearance of E. D. Aud, bookkeeper
for Hayns & Files Of the city, has been
apparently cleared up. 1t is alleged
that he is an embezzler. Haynes &
Files Of this city, and Sheriff Cox, re-
ceived telegram last night from W.
G. Briggs of San Antonio to the effect
that he had him under arrest in that
city, and Sheriff Cox left for that place
for him to-day. Major Haynes has
made affidavit charging him with en-
bezzlement and the Bexar county Off
cials have been notified TO hold him.
Aud has, it is said, been stealing in a
small way for some time, and his books
are full, it is claimed, of evidence of
of his guilt. His method was, it is
said, to raise entries and pocket the
difference. No news has been receiv-
ed to date regarding the whereabouts
Of the horse obtained by him from the
livery stable the night of his disapap-
pearance, and it is possible that an
indictment for horse theft will be also
presented against him. His wife is
quite i'll, being near confinement. The
unfortunate young man formerly resid-
cd in Itasca and has borne an excel.
lent reputation.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-27
A substitu.. for CoS.,.

The Paris correspondent Of Tho
Glasgow Mail writes Of the discovery
Of an extraordinary nature made in
the island Of Reunion which threatens
to make havoc in the coffee trade. Il
is said that plant called the wild or
ange grows on the island. Il produces
q fruit which is green at first and af-
terward BLUSH, verging into purple a.
it ripens. Hitherto the product Of the
plant has not attracted any particular
notice in a commercial sense, but il
has recently been tested and found to
possess qualities which will render it
an admirable substitute for coffee. the
use Of which will place within the
reach Of those who hitherto have not
been well able to afford the high prices
which in many places are asked for
good coffee o beverage which will b
in every way the equal of the latter.
The government Of the colony is said
to have the matter in hand, and about
$4,000 acres in the highest portion Of
the island are now under cultivation
for the growth Of the "wild oranges u
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-27

The opening Of Oklahoma to settle
ment, which is expected to be formally
announced to-day BY proclamation Of
The president, will make stir every
where and decimate farming population
to some extent in all sections contigu-
Gus and some remote. The lands are
rich and subject only to homestead
presumption, and it is about the last
public land left that is desirable.