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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

George Benson name down from
Forsyth Sunday to visit the city, aud
while so doing he 10 stopping At the
Macaueen house.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

When Baby was sick, We gave her csstoria,
when abe WA a Child, she cried for c~astoria,
When she became Miss, she chung 10 castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them castoriA
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Mrs. M. q. Naples, who has been
confined to the house for some time
past by severe illness, 10 now, we are
glad to report, convalescing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

range wss from l5o to 250 below. Chi
cago had II lie below with . blizzard.
and In some OF the southern states zero
was reached and passed.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

George Cutler, who for the past week
has been a visitor in the city, returned
10 bis home on Tongue river Sunday
afternoon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

w. A. Cameron, OF Pumpkin creek,
who has for the past three months
bsen s%ojournihg in Helena, returned
Sunday on train No. 2. After spend.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

G. u. Graham, after a two weeks
stay in the city, departed for his
ranch on the Little Powder Sunday
afternoon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Brown Toliafero. foreman OF the
Cheyenne agency cattle outfit, is visit
ing the city.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

@. r.. Middleton foreclosed n chattel
mortgage yesterday afternoon on a
mule owned by Chas. Logan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Hugh Moran, who for the past few
days has been confined 10 his bed
with a bad COLI, was reported much
better yesterday.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

j. h. Conway, of New York city,
arrived in the city Sunday night. and
10 stopping nj the Mcqueen house.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Jim Condit came up from Glendivs
sunday, to spend the Sabbath In Miles.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

There were two extra freight trains
yesterday, u going In each direc-
ton,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

The wife Of w. 5. ID. Smith gave
birth 10 q IA pound boy Sunday morn.
inU
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

DIR. Burger, physician and surgeon
at the Cheyenne agency, is in the city.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Conductor Bosworth passed through
the city on train IA yesterday.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Take some Of Billiards pure Cali
fornia wine for the stomach's sake
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

No trouble to prepare mixed drinks
ct the Club Saloon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Ladies shoes have struck bed rock
at G. B. Towers 4 Co.'S. See add.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

clean cotton rags wanted at this
vffice.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

M. l.. Clancy went down to Milton
Sunday on railroad business.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Red hot beef tea at the Club saloon
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26

Dan McPherson's construction train
was In the city yesterday,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-26
WEATHER RECORD.
LOCAL 1T M S.

Tom aud Jerry at the Club saloon. =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
Remarkably intelligent Cows.

The other morning. q very sultry
one, two COWS came to our gate, evil
IDENTIFY on the lookout for something.
and after being at first somewhat puz-
zled by their pleading looks. / be-
thought myself that they might be in
want of water. No sooner had this
idea occurred to me than had some
water brought in a large vessel. which
they took with great eagerness- The
pair then sauntered contentedly away
to a field near at hand. In about half
an hour or SO we were surprised and
not little amused by seeing our two
friends marching up to the gate, ac-
companied by three other cows The
water tap was again called into requi-
sition, and the new corners were in
like manner helped literally. Then.
with gratified and repeated "boo-oos"
"a unanimous vote of thanks-our
visitors marched OF to their pasture.
1t was quite clear to us that the first
two callers, pleased with their friendly
reception, had stroIled down to their
sister-gossips and dairy companions
and had informed them-how, / can
not say, can you?-of their liberal en-
tertainment. and then had taken the
pardonable liberty of inviting them up
to our cottage--Pall Mall Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
WITH FRoo-HuNTERs.

How the Little Croakors Are Caught Near
Waahingtoe, ID. c.
The country about Washington is
exceedingly productive of frogs The
many swar1ps about the city fairly
swarm with the agile croakers. and the
river. particularly the eastern branch.
is one of the greatest known breeding
places of the best species. It is here
that the hunter mostly goes in search
of his game, and any night the lam
terms of score of boats may be seen
twinkling brightly as the crafts glide
silently, padded by an experienced
frcgger, along the banks of the slow
moving stream Generally two people
60 on these excursions. working to-
gether and dividing the ..ketch."
The modus operandi of catching q
frog seems simple enough when it is
described. but it il quite the reverse
when the uninitiated first tries his
hand.
A reporter accompanied a couple of
the most experienced and successful
hunters On the river on their evening
trip and saw how it is done.
A large majority of the frog
gers rendezvous at the foot of
Seventh street, which is the greatest
gathering place of all the fishing craft
sailing the waters of the Potomac. A
frogger's boat is not itself peculiar; It
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
ONLY A BABE OF THE POOR.
KANSAS

Only baby, with innocent eyes,
That scans with mournful sort of surprise,
Tne face OF its mother and wonders why
Babies must hunger and moan and die.
Only a baby, with face tear stained,
Wondering doubtless what it has gained
In coming to earth with its baby graee
To ind poor babies are here out Of place.
Only baby. an innocent thing,
With touch as soft as an angels wing.
With rosebud mouth and q face as far
As the sweetest dream of q painter rare.
Only baby. q morsel Of life,
Afloat on this turbulent river Of life
With nerves to CULVER with pain and feel
The hand OF want with its grip of steel.
Only q baby. bud from the tree
OF life that blooms by the crystal sea:
That fell to earth from An angels hand,
souvenir of the better land.
Only . baby. child of the poor,
Whose hearts entwine 1t close, to be sure,
But who have more of kisses than bread,
And mingle their tears O. er its little head.
Only baby. fist fading away
In the morning hour of its mortal day.
With white, wan face and small hands
pressed
In meekest submission across its breast.
Only baby with eyelids closed
In that dreamless sleep no hunger knows,
With its waxen hands on its pulseless breast.
The babe of the poor from want finds rest
Only baby's lone mother to weep
And sob her darlings name in her sleep,
And sadly to say In her want and woe:
because we are poor it is better sou
Only baby's short history this.
A tale of its hunger and helplessness:
-
God pity and help the babes of the poor.
IN. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
HOW TO IRON SHIRTS.

One of the Most Difficult and Trying
Household Tasks.
After the shirt is washed and dried.
take the bosom wrong side out and
fold it together in the center. Moist
en- tablespoonful of starch in little
cold water, then add pint of boiling
water; stir until the whole is perfectly
clear. Dip the bosom, wrong side out,
into this starch. dip your hands in
cold water and wiring the bosom while
it is still very hot. Rub the starch in
thoroughly, taking care not to get the
least particle on the right side of the
bosom. Rub 1t in. and if you find all
parts are not sufficiently moistened,
dip it in the second time. Whan the
shirt is perfectly starched, shake it
out and fold both sides of the bosom
again together, thus bringing the side
seams together also; straighten the
sleeves. Now fold the sides of the
shirt over on the front, and be-
ginning at the neck. roll it up
tightly. Fold it in towel, and put it
in cold place several hours. over
night. say cold place, because the
starch would sour if kept in a warm
place many hours. Now, for the iron
ing. Iron first the neckband. then the
sleeves, then the back of the shirt.
then the front, and last the bosom.
Put under the bosom a rather hard.
smooth bosom-board; cotton flannel is
the best material for covering. and
one thickness under a plain muslin
cover is quite sufficient. Spread over
the bosom a wet cloth. and iron it over
quickly with very hot iron; then re-
move the cloth, and with perfectly
smooth iron, as hot as can be used
without scorching, rub the bosom rap
idly up and down, not crosswise, at the
same time holding and pulling the
bosom into shape If you have pol
ishing iron, use the rounded part of
the iron. thus putting all the friction
on a small part at one time. giving full
benefit of the gloss of both starch and
linen.-Table Talk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
BABY'S MENTAL EYES.
How They Are Opened During the Firs,
Year OF Its Life.

HOW Ihey Are Opened During the First
Year OF Its Life.
In the last volume of the .Educa-
ton Series" on 1.-The Development of
Intellect Mr.. ii. W. Brown has pre-
sented a conspectus of the observa-
tions of Prof Preyer on the mind of
the child. which shows chronologically
the gradual development of the senses.
intellect and will of the growing child.
and presents in a condensed form the
result of great number of careful OBJ
servations. It is recorded that sensi-
bility to light. touch. temperature.
smell and taste are present on the
first day of infant life. Hearing. there
fore. is the only special sense which is
not active at this time. The child
hears by the third or fourth day.
Taste and smell are senses at first
most active. but they are not differ
entiated. General organic sensations
of well being or discomfort are felt
from the first; but pain and pleasure,
as mental states. are not noted till at
or near the second month.
The first sign of speech in the shape
of utterance of consonant sounds is
heard in the latter part of the second
month. these consonants being gener-
ally m" ''r," ''g'' or ct" Ali the
movements of the eyes become CO.
ordinate by the fourth month, and by
this time the child begins to have the
''feeling of SELF" that lie, he looks at
his own hands and looks at himself in
the mirror. The study of the child's
mind during the first year shows con-
clusively that ideas develop and rea-
soning processes occur before there is
any knowledge of words or of Ian
guage; though it may be assumed that
the child thinks in symbols. visual or
auditory. which are clumsy equiva-
Tents for words. By the end of the
year the child begins to express itself
by sounds-that Is. speech begins.
The development of this speech ca
pacity Is. according to Preyer. In ac-
cordance with the development of the
intellectual powers. By the end Of
the second year the child's power of
speech is practically acquired
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
One on the Inspector.

A school inspector. hailing from
Glasgow. has the credit of telling the
following story on himself It ought
to be promised that he is not tall and
has not been blessed with much per-
sonal beauty; but he thinks himself
and deservedly so-an excellent public
speaker. Examining q junior class
one day lately he wished to lead up to
breath" as the reply to a question.
He had NO .eply at first; but after q
pause. he said: What comes out of
my MOUTH" A wee little fellow
promptly answered, Gas. sirr' After
ward, in explaining what an adjective
was. he said: II am a man; put an
adjective before man. am a@?''
Little manr' exclaimed one hopeful
The inspector does not like to be called
little He said: .WeIl-ah-give me
another" Ugly little manr shouted
. too literal boy.-Toledo Blade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
CARE OF THE HOGS.
Precautions That Have to he Adopted
with the Coming of Cold Nights.

Precautions That Have to he Adopted
with the Coming of Cold Nights.
With the coming of cold nights or
cold rains, trouble may be expected
in the swine department of most farms
1t is therefore in order to caution the
breeder about checking cough among
the pigs Some strong wood ashes
mixed with their drink or swill. will,
as a rule. check the cold at once; but
I've in the proportion of pint to thres
gallons Of water or swill. is probably
better still Ordinary soft soap
such as every family usually has-is a
good substitute for the above. Com
mon sense suggests that a .'cold" If
not stopped will result I'm lung fever
or some of the other febrile COM
plaints-
OF course, prevention of disease Is
the most to be desired. A sheltered
sleeping place. after frost sets in. is
one good sanitary point But unless
the sleeping apartments are suo-divid-
ed to prevent more than five or six
large hogs or double that number of
shoates from ..piling up" together. the
shelter does not accomplish much ex-
cept in warding on dews and frosts-
A variety of grain food-some of it Old
corn las we'll as the new). along with
a s.bran and oats slop." once q day, il
desirable. Plenty Of rock salt, always
accessible. is good % keep the system
in tone. Clover. bluegrass or other
pasture is an advantage to growing
hogs. and in fact to most fattening
stock In autumn. As rule, however.
care should be exercised. on frosty
mornings. to prevent the stock. young
pigs and shoats especially, from going
into the pasture before the frost Is on
the grass Cold dews or frost Is tne
cause of much of the diarrhRa among
pigs. Recalling of experiences az
consultation with fellow-breeder ~La
Give the farmer and Pork-gro"e
other rules of value to be Observes
Diligent care is the. Watcn
Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

e not unlike hundreds Of other boats
used for various purposes on the riQer
A light canoe or skiff. propelled by
broad double paddle or shovingpole,
if in the hands of skillful boatsman.
makes good progress The frogeer's
outfit is also simplicity a lot of bags,
light. hardwood stick, and a bulls
eye lantern of the most approved pat
tern. This is all. if the rubber coats
of the men and bottle of bait that is
stored carefully away under the stern
sheets, are excepted.
The boat skirted the banks and sud-
denly the light of the bullseye flashed
out and the nights work was COM
menced. The lantern was attached to
the bow of the boat and its rays fash
ed far over the waters and amid the
tangled shrubbery. 1t was dazzling
in its brightness, and for a moment
the frogs squatting about in the wann-
kapin leaves ceased their croaking
and winked helplessiy at the light.
unable even to drop into the water
This was the hunters opportunity and
he seized the frogs. one after another,
by the nape of the neck with his right
hand. With the left he held the bag
and threw them, one after anothe.
into it. The work was done quickly.
We had struck a sort of nest, and in
a veryshort time half dozen frogs were
writhing in the bottom of the sack.
When no more were within reach the
bag was closed. the lantern slide shut
tight. and the boat glided into fresher
fields. Every thing had become very
quiet in that neighbOrhood. Now and
then the first experience was gone
through with, varied several times by
the uses of the stick. The
lantern was flashed. and the
| man in the bow instead OF
using his hand. banged the
stick down now and again, whaclx,
whack! whack! upon the nose of his
frogship. who would Immediately drop
into the water, turning up his white
stomach, dead. By the time the moon
rose there were over twenty five
pounds aboard, so the boat was turned
homeward.
There are several other modes OF
hunting frogs for the market. The
with air rifles, going to the swamps
lying along the river shore. 1t takes
a quick eye and a steady hand for this
sort of thing, but they generally sue
coed in bringing back a dozen Or two
from their trips There are numerous
other methods, with hook, fly. stick
or net, but they are used infrequently.
The gun and lantern are by far the
| most popular.
Up to within a few years ago only
the legs of the frog were eaten, but the
animal having become very scarce in
Europe, the experiment was tried OF
| eating the entire frog. and it was dis
covered that the delicious flavor of the
legs was also found in the other por-
| tons. These were used mostly for
| making kind of broth that is much
liked by epicures. For invalids there
is nothing to compare with it. staying,
as it does, in the stomach when the
most delicate food fails. Washington
Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
HOUSES WITHOUT NAILS,
Many of Them Were So Built In the Sou
During tho War.

Many of Thorn Were So Built In the South
During tho War.
Did you ever see house built with
out nails? I have. and tolerably neat
and comfortable. too. In Moderate
times. in the South. we learned good
many arts unknown before to us. The
women spun and wove their own
clothes. for instance. and the farmers
raised corn and hogs instead of cotton
and were never as independent before
or since. But there were a good many
articles always considered necessities
which we had to get along without.
among them being coffee and nails.
Fair substitutes were discovered for
coffee. however, and. as said. we got
SO we could pretty nearly do without
nails The ordinary farm house was
built of logs. These were put up in
regular "pen" fashion. The door fac
ings were made of split timber.
shaped and smoothed by jack plane,
or more frequently by a drawing
knife and held in position by wooden
pins. The inside walls were faced
with the same timber, wooden pins
again taking the place of nails. But,
perhaps. the chef deuure of the self
taught mechanic was the roof This
was q poser for while. but the prob
lem was solved and the roof was built
in this way: The rafters were put up
in the usual way. wooden pins fasten-
ing the tops and the fleet" The end
rafters, however. were longer than
the other. being extended over, say two
feet. or whatever distance you wished
to protect the roof beyond the wall.
The lathing was then pinned across
the rafters and you were ready for the
boards. Upright pins in the ends Of
the elongated rafters held a pole in DO
sition which served as a foot rest for
the first ..layer" of boards. elects a
foot long were then placed in position,
feet resting against the first pole. then
another pole was laid on, being held
up by these elects. and answering the
double purpose of holding the first
layer of boards In position and serving
as footrest for the next layer. This
process was repeated until the roof
was completed Ingeniously-con-
structed locks were then placed on the
doors and your Confederate house was
| finished--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

'Well. Hi get leeCle out o Cnelr
way" says he. and with that rolled
over about a foot to the left. shut his
eyes, and was snorin' inside of three
minutes.
After the battle was over we had to
stay on the field pretty much all night.
When we begun to fall back next
morning there wasn't any way to get
to camp but through ravine MAT the
enemy's guns raked-and they kept
rakin' of us into another world pretty
spry as we went through that gulley.
We couldn't take along the wounded,
40 thew crept into the bushes the best
they could. and there they had to lie
all day before we could go after 'em
and fetch 'em out 1t was hard. but
that's war.
But we couldn't let 'em lie there all
through that hot day. with no water
and nothin' to stanch their wounds. So
about noon we got leave to call for .
volunteer to 60 over to 'em-
Now betwixt US and that ravine
there was about forty rod of old field.
as bare as q brick, right in the enemy's
range. It was q pretty smart risk to
run to cross that field with water and
cotton. and we all knew it; but the
word for q volunteer wasn't out of the
Cap'en's mouth before old Cool jumped
up.
IN GO. sirr' says he 81 haven't
got no membranes to home. and he
grinned. So he started out with ten
canteens full of water slung onto him
and q budule of cotton under his arm.
All of us we're watchin' him, and prob
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

Marriage is not one-tenth as much
q failure as the average summer resort
engagement American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-05

It depends very much if not alto.
getner upon the spirit with which peo.
pie go about it to do things, whether
their labors shall prove pleasant and
profitable to themselves or otherwise.
It. is possible to make Of all labor q
source Of pleasure 40 well a. profit.
For example. when Hugh Miller was
earning his daily bread by toiling in
the old red sandstone quarries of Scot
land, had he went about it in the spirit
OF his fellow workmen, who doubt.
less looked upon the rocks they were
tearing from their ancient hiding pla-
ces as inanimate masses Of dead matter,
it is safe to say that his name would
never have been heard of outside his
native village. But to Hugh Miller,
with his teeming brain and glowing
fancy, there were ''sermons'' in the
dull stones on which he was working,
aud rs with his mallet and chisel he
fashioned them into y roper shape, lie
might even have heard the dashine Of
the waves of pre-Adamite seas, 10 he
certainly read = portion Of the records
of creation. as put there by the hand oi
the great Architect himself. To those
who have eyes to see and ears to hear,
there are in truth, d.
! Books in the running brooks,
Sermons IN stones, aud good In every thing. s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-05

Political murders are tho regular Or
der of the day in Mississippi, and yet
Governor Lowery issues no proclama.
tion for the arrest and conviction OF
the murderers as he did in the case ID
tho prize fighters. In Warren county,
few days ago. at an election. when
the voting was not going to suit one
party. firing was opened against the
other, and when it was over, two dead
men were found, another who was ia
tally shot, and four wounded. And
now the telegraph tells Of q prominent
citizen of Ssrtia. in the Same State, be.
ing assassinated in his own dwelling,
because. as is supposed, his politics
were not of the regular regulation sort.
The Mississippi Democrats are sowing
the wind just now; some of these days
they will reap the whirlwind.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-05

Mat. McCabe. Of New Brunswick,
ILL.,. offers to pay five dollars to AIRY
person troubled with bloody flux, who
will take Chamberlain 8 Collie Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy according to
directions aud does not get we'll in the
shortest possible time. One half of 4
rs cent bottle of this remedy cured
him of bloody f1ux. after he had tried
other medicines aud the Prescriptions
of physiaians without benefit. Mr..
McCabe is perfectly safe in making
this offer, as more than q thousand
bottles Of this remedy arc sold each
day and IT, has never been known ia
fail in any case of collie, cholera NOR
bus. dysentery, dixrrhoea or bloody
f1ux, when the plain printed directions
werH followed. For sale by c.. W:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-05

From the beginning Chamberlain's
Collie. Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy
has gradually grown in favor and pop
ularity, as its sterling qualities became
more widely known, until It 10 now
the recognized standard throughout
more than 80 states and all of the ter.
ritories. 1t is tho most reliable and
most successful remedy known for
bowel complaints and has won it's pop.
ularity on it's merits. 25 and so cent
bottles for sale by e.. W. Smith. -,