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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
EASTER "LIFTING."

A Peculiar Custom Observed In the North
ern Counties of England.
"A peculiar Easter-Sunday custom is
still in vogue in some of the northern
counties of England. On that day the
men parade the streets with the priv
ilege of ''lifting" every woman they
meet three times from the ground. and
demanding in pay either a kiss or
sixpence. On Easter Monday the tables
are turned, the women being entitled
to the chance of recovering their kisses
or the sixpence as the case may be.
Chambers 'Book of Days. thus al
ludes to this custom of lifting: 'In
Lancashire, and in Cheshire, Stafford
shire, and Warwickshire, and perpaps
in other counties, the ridiculous custom
of lifting or 'heaving,' is practiced.
On Easter Monday the men lift the
women and on Easter Tuesday the
women lift, Or heave, the men. The
process is performed by two lusty
men or women joining their hands
across each others wrists; then, max
ing the person to be heaved sit down on
their arms. they lift him up aloft two
or three times, and often carry him
several yards along the street. A
grave clergyman who happened to be
passing through town in Lancashire
on Easter Tuesday, and having to stay
an hour or two at an inn, was astonish-
ed by three or four lusty women rush
ing into his room, exclaiming they had
come to lift him. To lift mer repeat.
ed the amazed divine; what can you
mean?' Why, your reverence, we've
come to life you, cause it's Easter
Tuesday, Lift me because it is Easter
Tuesday? don't understand. Is there
such custom here?' Yes, to be sure,
all us women was lifted yesterday, and
US lifts the men to-day. And in course
it's our rights and duties After
little further parley the reverend
traveller compromised with his fair
visitors for half a crown and thus es-
capped the dreaded compliment. "
Table Talk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

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gnEoema4fah 01ensnsd feom chicago Im-
jDrters and 1GEniners.
Graceful neck-scarfs are worn with
stylish hone dresses.
The toquP and the round hat are the
favorites for spring headwear.
Printed China silks are evidently
destined to a long run of popularity.
Black is d leading color in Paris. and
is in great favor for evening toilets.
Gold trimming and gold embroidery
may be seen on white and black bon
nets.
Low crowns are the rule with round
than at the back.
Spring sky is the fanciful name of a
popular color. It is dull leaden color
rejecting silver lights.
The most popular colors for gloves
are the golden browns, orange and
grays OF the latter there is great
variety-silver antique. spring sky.
Russian gray. acier and nuns gray.
Newly-imported black lace dresses
are being made up over foundations OF
black faille or merveilleux satin, with
no touch of color visible save the empire
sash of old rose, violet, Or Nile green.
Gloves for evening wear are made
in tea rose, cameo, silver. pale
wheat color, primrose, jonquil yellow.
vieux rose, strawberry. raspberry.
Persian mauve. a charming rosy tint of
violet, golden green, golden tan. opal.
a rosy gray, and pale Titan red that
would be chosen for it's oddity alone.
Silk crepaline is beautiful fabric
suitable for evening dress. 1t resem-
bles crepe, but is much softer and
more diaphanous and clinging. It
may be seen in old rose. almond, terra
Gotta, Nile green, ivory reseda, and
primrose. For those who can stand
the color, pale maive-yellow silk
crepaline is very effective.
Young ladies are wearing ribbon
bandeaus in their hair with evening
toilets. A number of high loops of
the ribbon are placed at the top of the
couture upheld by invisible wires to
keep them in position. Silver fllets
are also worn with Grecian style of
dress. Such bands are of course suited
only to women who have abundant
tresses and classical features.
A stylish Marie Antoinette toilet, de-
signed as a dancing dress for a New
York belle, is made of olive and old-rose
shot satin. brocaded with tiny gold
rosebuds. This material forms the
bodice and back breadths, over a skirt
of plain olive silk draped with old-rose
tulle faintly flecked with gold. The
pointed bodice is cut away in deep,
open V-shape in the neck. front, and
back, with Marie AntOinette fichu of
the net vailing the edges. This airy
tulle fichu crosses in front and the ends
are carried to the back and there
gracefully knotted, the sash falling
over the shimmering folds of the bro
cade.-Chicago News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
nolaE Aleo Eili3ak

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Give children oranges before bxenk-
last and thus pleasantly andcipete The
use Of sulphur - spring medicine
Newer worry generous, honest
horse by putting rogue or . sluggard
In the harness with him--North west
ern Agriculturist 49,
Dogs are frequently good institu-
ions at home. but they have no busi-
ness away from home, and Is trespass-
ers they should be shot down as
wolves.
To prevent the juice of fruit pies
from soaking into the bottom crust,
wash the crust over with beaten egg
before putting in the fruit
Chestnut rails make the best and
most lasting fence of wood. but wire Is
cheaper and more easily made into
fence. No animal will attempt to pass
a barbed-wire fence
ALI clothes worn through the day
should be brushed. smoothed and care
fully hung away at night, in current
of air. if possible, thus much longer
preserving their shape and freshness.
The ground is ready for pease. IL
an early supply is to be continued
Pease may be planted in succession.
two weeks apart, for family use, as the
early kinds seldom afford but q single
plucking. .zs
The money made by farming is the
cleanest. best money in the world Ag-
riculture fills the farmers pocket at
expense of no other man. His gain Is
no mans loss. bat the more he makes
the better off is the world.-Iowa State
Register.
Green Pea Salad: Put some cold
boiled peas (marrowfats are the best)
into q dish and pour over them
mayonnaise sauce or plain salad dress
Ing, and garnish with small heads OF
green mint
Two or three drops of turpentine
on lump of sugar is an excellent YER
mifuge. 1t will quickly relieve child
when q deathly pallor about the mouth
Indicates the cause of the illness. and
is never harmful. s.F..dss
"A mad, vicious boy should never
be retained. on farm The cows are
afraid of him and will not give down
their milk. The horses will jump
when they hear his voice or he raises
his hand. 1t is hard to tell where such
a boys place is
1t is often a question what to do
with either the whites or yelks OF eggs
which are sometimes left after making
cake, frosting. etc Either will keep
| well for day or two If set in a very
cool place-the yelks well beaten and
| the whites unbeaten.
-Buckwheat Crumpets: In the
| evening before using. scald one quart
| of milk, and add half q gill of Indian
meal. When cool enough to mix. add
flour enough to make stiff batter.
with half a cup of good yeast. In the
morning add two quarts of buttermilk,
two teaspoonfuls of soda. half cup OF
butter, and buckwheat to make a stiff
batter. A little molasses improves
| them.
| THE most disastrous trust that
| ever environed farmer" says Hoard's
Dairyman, sis to trust to luck to grow
a crop from poor seed and half-culti-
waited and impoverished land, while he
talks politics and bewails the grasping
cupidity of the rich, and concludes that
all folks not inside some trust ring OF
thieves are to be incontinently 'chawed
up and that the monopolists are soon
| to own the earth"
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
NAVAL STATISTICS
ComDarison OF the Navies Of Gernaany
and the Unitod 8eates.

a ComDarison OF the Navies Of Germany
and the United ssates.
The German navy. April 1. 1888. had
twenty mine iron-clad ships, of which
thirteen were sea-going fron-clads.
with armor thickness at water line
from to II inches; twelve coast
defense armor-clads. all excepting
one having 8-inch armor, and four
deck protected cruisers. Besides these
there are about 122 torpedo boats.
frst and second class. and the numbers
are being continually increased.
There were also put in construction in
January, 1889. two frigate cruisers,
three corvettes and two dispatch boats.
The most powerful vessel OF the Ger
man navy is the KONG Wilhelm, which
has an armor twelve inches thick amid
ships at the water line, tapering grad
inches at seven feet below the water
line. Two other ships carry sixteen
guns each. The entire iron-clad feet
carries 173 guns. the heaviest of these
weighing thirty-six tons. and the en-
tire tonnage of the feet is over 100, 900
tons. The German navy has also six
unarmored sea-going ships intended
for offensive warfare and constructed
for great speed. Four of these have
other two nineteen knots. The Ger
man navy is commanded by seven Ad-
mirals, who have under them 1928 off,
GERS of all kinds, including engineers
and surgeons, and 14,743 non-commis-
stoned officers, men and boys, marines
and sailors. The navy of the United
States can not at all compare in eff
cheney with the German navy, but it is
prospectively better than may be sup
years, a mere cipher in the ornaments
of the world. In September, 1886, our
navy contained but twenty-four vessels
fit for service. exclusive of such of the
steel cruisers as were then completed,
and the old monitors, none of the latter
being really fit for active use. But
great deal has been done during the
last few years toward building new
vessels. Since 1885. $50. 773, 112 have
been allowed for naval purposes, out
side of the 1000, 900 in the naval ap-
preparation of March, 1889. and since
that time twenty-five steel vessels ave
been ordered, which include different
sorts. having a total tonnage of 63, 600
tons, armed with two 12-inch, twenty
six 1O-inch, twelve 8-inch and eighty
one 6-inch guns. The above batteries
do not include the dynamite guns, the
torpedoes, the Hotchkiss rapid-fire
guns, and the Calling revolving guns.
One of the most remarkable of the new
vessels is the dynamite cruiser Vesu-
vius. which is fitted out to carry three
of the new Zalinski dynamite guns.
This is an exceptionally fast vessel,
running from twenty to twenty-one
knots an hour. The navy of the United
States is commanded by one Admiral,
one Vice-Admiral and six Rear-Ad-
mirals. who have under them 965 Off
GERS, from cadets to Commodores-
There is marine corps of 1850 men
and officers, and besides $500 enlisted
men and $50 boys.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
He Didn't Know Her.

Mrs Spitfire (handing her husband
. photograph)-How do You like my
pictures, John?
s.Who is it?s'
why, it's mel Who DO you suppose
il is?"
II wouldn't have known il. / nevav
saw you look that way before
s.What way?'
pleasant Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
HOMES OF CASTAWAYS.

Thoughts Suggested by q Recent Dis.
covery at Palmerston Island.
The recent discovery by a British
bark that the small Polynesian island
known as Palmerston island is inhab-
tied by men of our race, will revive the
hopes of those who have long mourned
for relatives lost on the Pacific. There
is hardly a person in California who
can not recall the memory of some one
who went to sea long ago on the widest
of the oceans, and was never heard of
again. Spiritualists and other impos-
tors have reaped living by deluding
survivors with stories of the happy life
of the supposed corpse on some sunny
isle, where, as the poetess sang. the
skies forever smile and the beaches
forever weep. Now that we are actu-
ally finding crews long since wrecked
on islands far out of the track of pass
ing vessels, it must be expected that
these sanguine hopes will be revived.
Palmerston island is only one exam
pie. 1t was found to be occupied by
an English sailor, who had lived there
for twenty-five years. He had desert
ed from his ship at Tahiti in small
boat, had picked up wife on a pass
ing island, and had, made himself
home on Palmerston. where he was
lord of all he surveyed The nearest
land is three hundred miles away; his
subjects number thirty-three. of whom
fifteen are his own children. In two
years it will be century since the
mutineers of the Bounty established
themselves on Pitcairn's island. They
lived there eighteen years before they
were discovered, and even now one
only hears of them at intervals. Three
quarters of q century ago three sailors
established themselves on Tristand
Acunha- They got wives from St
Helena, and led happy lives, seldom
communicating with the rest of the
world.
Gin the tropical zone an island
which bears cocoanuts and plantains,
and on the shores of which fish are to
be found, will sustain human life in
definitely without imports from the
civilized world. But Titles clothing is
necessary, and food, with but slight
labor, can be made abundant and
varied What sort of life the inhabit-
ants would lead we can learn from
Robinson Crusoe'' and Charles
Reade's Foul Play" To one who is
accustomed to his daily papers and to
the hum and stir of the busy world,
life would be trifle monotonous, but
there are persons in every age for
whom the career of a hermit has
charms 1t is quite possible that many
islands which sea captains class as un-
inhabited are really the home of casta-
ways, and it might be worth the while
of the schooners which sail out of this
point to Polynesia in quest of copra to
keep a lookout as they pass them
San Francisco Call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

-Cholly Gocularly) = Take that
pencil out of your mouth" Billy
Say, mister. who owns this mouth7'
Cholly-..A syndicate, probably, judy
ing from the size. Grip.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

How can man expect sympathy
who insists on shining up his family
tree only to shake hands with the grin
ming monkeys at the top?-Once q
Week
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
CHAPTER UVL-coNr1NuED.

crossed the threshold She rang for
Lucy, the colored maid, who, assisted
by Miss Joyce, succeeded in conveying the
falnting woman to bed in another part of
the great house.
Lucy was pretty thoroughly frightened,
too, when she saw Miss Joyce, but Lura
soon satisfied the maid that ali was "a #
should be by assuring her that she had only
been away on business, and that now she
was back to care for Grace, and make her
home hereafter at Lone Hollow.
Mrs. PenrOy did not recover from her sec
ond fainting fit as from the first. and sh,
was unable to leave her bed for several
days.
In the meantime Grace regained con-
sciousness, but remained very weak and
required constant attention. Lura gave
this, and exerted he-E,lf to aid the wound
ed Rrl in every possible way. Mrs. PEN
roy was too weak md al herself to assist in
taking care of her daughter, and so for the
time Lura Joyce was complete mistress of
the house.
Dr. Faxon gave assurance that Grace
would speedily recover. and he came to
lone Hollow less frequently as the days
passed. --s-9r
When the wounded girl asked after her
lover, Lura gave evasive answers. The
young man still languished in Stonefield
Jail, awaiting the outcome of the shot and
1ura feared to make known the fact. since n
shock now might terminate the life of
Grace.
In the meantime Captain starbrisht al.
ternated between Stonefield and Lone Hol-
low. He was pleasant, and even friendly
to Lura and Mrs. Penroy. The latter did
not attempt to prevent his visits, TOR She
had grown to fear the evil man : ,power
more and more s,nce the win had been
found
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

Eyes"
s.And your mother!"
'sShe has been i'll herself most Of the
time, and has made no objections, but has
left every thing to the Captain. he has
procured the medicine, and have taken it
regularly, but 1T doesn't seem to do any
good. grow weaker all the time Isn't It
stranger"
eyes, it is strange!" uttered Lura, In .
smothered voice. "And this has been going
on for three weeks. What Is your medi.
cine?"
"There is some In liquid form followed
by q powder"
, Lura came to her feet and made swift
examination Of the bottles and glasses on
the stand near.
She found two small white powders and
medicine in glass. One of these powoera
she appropriated. Scarcely had she done
so when Captain Starbright entered, and
going to the stand cast . sharp look over
the numerous bottles and glasses.
He turned suddenly upon Lura with:
"Some one has been meddling. There werr
two powders here a short time ago."
+ "Grace has taken one, (" answered LurA
promptly, anxious to avoid suspicion, and
feeling justified in making false state
ment under the circumstances
s. Is that truel"
"Question her if you doubt supposed
the powder was proper enough"
Certainly" he uttered, quickly. It IL
all right"
He then lifted the tumbler containing the
liquid medicine, and going to the window,
raised It and flung the contents to the
winds.
ToLr-a Joyce this was SUSPICIOUS action.
and she was thankful that sho had mad6
sure % one Of the powders In season. II
rack scorid not make her givo it up aou.
fro m cnm4xumvu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

obey orders" ~ 81 - -
Something like a smile touched his face.
Lura realized that he was in earnest, how
ever, and she groaned lnwardly at the pros
pect. What might not happen during her
absence from Lone Hoiowa
There seemed to be no help for it, how
ever, and poor Lura resigned herself to a
fortnight's imprisonment with the best
gr.ce possible. She had no thought Of
disputlng the wisdom of Dr. Colton's dag
nosis. To Lura his word, Of all men in the
world, was law. She regarded Arthur
Cotton as the wisest man on the globe, and
as good as he was WISE She always felt
her inferiority while in his presence, and
this often embarrassed her so that
she shrank within herself and ceased
to shine with the full glow of
her vivacious womanhood. Possibly
the doctor understood more than his i'm
movable countenance revealed. He always
treated Lura as child-with grave Sc
robustness that awed without chilling
1t was late one afternoon Of a cold day in
autumn that Lura Joyce dismounted from
the stage at Lone Hollow. Three weeks had
elapsed since she left by the same convey
ance, and during that time not word had
reached her from the inmates.
They might all be dead for all the stir
they make,' unused the girl, as she glanced
up at the curtalned windows and solemn
gray walls of the OLD house. 81 wrote, but
not one had the courtesy to answer. It
seems to me that Grace ought to be out be-
fore now
The girl tripped swiftly around to a spot
where she could view the window of
Grace's room. She saw nothing of her
cousin, and at once retraced her steps, q
strange misgiving at her heart
sOf course, nothing very bad has hap
pened or should have heard OF It,'' de-
ciared Lura to herself, by way of stiihng the
rising prcmonitions of evil.
She tried. the front door TO fn1 it yielding
to hen touch, and moment later SIZE was
gliding along the wide hall. The room 90
cuQied by Grace during her Illness Mas on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24

Spring Clearing Sale OF Surplus Stock.
Odd Lots, Remnants and slightly
Imperfect Goods at Less Than COST
to Make Room for New Importations.
A large lot of lamps very cheap.
Special prices on dinner sets, tea sets,
chamber sets and fancy articles.
A splendid opportunity to secure bar
gains.
Am opening spring stock Of fly fans,
water coolers, ice cream freezers, wire dish
covers. and other summer goods. which
will be sold at low figures.
A large lot Of lunch, market and other
baskets.
All this and much more at SILvA's,
40 Broughton street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
at EstilI's.

SAVANNAH DAILY MORNING NEWS,
''Roslyn's Trust" by Lucy G. Lille; Guel-
d." novel; Suzanne" by author of "a
Great Mistakes" "a False Scent" by Mrs
Alexander; "A Troublesome Girl" by The
Duchess; "The Man in Blue" by Mrs. Mary
A. Denison; Harper's Monthly for July,
Peck's Sun, London's Illustrated News doc.
edition., Horseman, Sporting South, Sport
ing Times, Sporting News, Sporting Life,
Sportsman, New York Weekly, Saturday
Night, New York Ledger, Fireside Com
panion, Family Story PAPER, Public Opin-
ion, New York Herald, World, Sun, Star,
Press, Times. Tribune, Boston Herald, Bos-
ton Globe, Baltimore Sun, Cincinnati En-
quirer, Cincinnati Gazette, Philadelphia
Press, Philadelphia Times, New Orleans
Democrat, Atlanta Constitution, Ma
con Telegraph, Augusta Chronicle, Charles
ton News and Courier, Charleston World.
Florida Times Union, Louisville Courisr-
Journal, Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
Selling Out.

Everything must be sold out, without re-
serve, to wind up the old firm, on account
of the retirement of the senior member of
the firm of Hymes Bros. g. Co., proprietors
OF ''The Famous" New York Clothing
House. Clothing, hats, shirts and furnish
ing goods will be offered regardless Of cost.
The goods must go, andin order to wind up
the firm as quick as possible the orders are
''Sel regardless of COST Such slaughter
of clothing Savannah has never seen that
will be the consequence of this peremptory
order. Come and cIothe yourself from head
to foot. Bring your boys. A little money
will buy pile of goods during this sale.
Cash only viii take our goods; nothing will
be charged "The Famous" IA Congress
street. corner Whitaker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
MEDICAL.
HEADACHE.

" 1 was for many years a
perfect martyr to Headache
and Dyspepsia, and some
times thought it would kill
me. After trying many
remedies, and finding them
Of no account, I concluded
to try Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, and I am now and
have been for fifteen years
a stranger to a headache.
/ can recommend the Regu-
lator, for it is no humbug."
B. l. DoDD, Putnam Co.,
Ga. 81 have suffered for
five years with the Sick
Headache, and find it is the
only thing that will give me
relief. W. J. ASTON, Ar
kadelphia, Ark. I use
Simmons Liver Regulator
when troubled with Head
ache. 1t produces a favor
able result without hinder
ing my pursuits in business.
l regard it as a ready pre-
scription for Disordered
Liver. w. w. WILMER,
Des Moines, Iowa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
STATE OF GEORGIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Afrf.ANrrA "a lima On fQQo

ATLANTA IA, June 81 1857.
ORDERED, That every bank institution In
" this state. and every branch thereof. make
return to the governor as required by Law Of its
condition at the close of business on the t30thj
THlRTiETH DAY OF JUNE, 1899 and that
such returns be transmitted 10 this office and
filed within 800 thirty days from the list day Of
July. 1892 with published copy Of such return
attached
In said return every requirement Of the law.
as set forth in section 1866, 1867 and 1855 OF the
code Of 1882, must be strictly complied with
A list Of stockholders must be given in the re-
turn now called for, unless given in last return
By the governor:
J.B. GORDON, Governor.
JAMES T. INSECT, S. e. b.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
Daniel Hogan.
OFFICIAL.
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STATE OF GEORGIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATt ky,.A IA Tnna o. fQaa |


ORDERED That each insurance company IN
" this state, or doing business therein, shall,
through its chief officer, or through its chief
agent, residing In this state, make to the gov
ernor a semi-annual statement containing full
and exact report Of its condition on the Goth
THIRrIETH DAY OF JUNE 1889 Said report
must comply with every requirement of the in
surance laws of the state OF Georgia; must be
filed in this office within sixty days from the let
day of July, 1889; must be published as required
by the statute, and when filed in this office
copy Of the report as published must be filed
with it. Annual statements will not be received
as a compliance with this order calling for semi
annual statements.
Failure ON the part Of any company to OBJ
serve this order will result IN the forfeiture Of
its right to do business In this state until the list
day OF January, 1890 and the recall and cancel
lation of It's license by the insurance commits.
sioner.
By the governor:
J.B GORDON. Governor.
JAMES T. NfsBET s. &C. D.