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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

and 4he names Ieaped with uncontro1labls
fury from streeG 70 street, the crisis Of
wretchedness was reached by the terror
stricken inhabitants
That night Petersburg and Richmond
were evacuated, and Lee, having done all
that man could do, passed with the wreck
OF that splendid array with which he had
struck the Union forces 30 many crushing
blow ont into the open country, with the re-
lentless Sheridan hanging on his tanks.
In all history where is there parallel of
the heroic sufferings of Lees fugitive hosty
Beset on all sides by relentless foe, ragged
and spiritbroken, driven by the pangs Of
hunger to eat the young shoots OF trees, with
the clatter of the pursuing cavalry in their
ears II Tor q moment they fingered for rest,
they wandered on in grim despair. And
when the last supreme moment was come
and the long ranks of the Union army
brlstled in their front, they rallied to their
gallant leaders order to form for the
charge.
But Grants letter to Lee, demanding sur
render and Offering terms of generous
treatment, averted what would have been
one Of the bloodiest tragedies OF the war
the slaughter of men who, right or wrong,
had fought like heroes
SO, on the 9th day Of April, 1865, the
Army OF Virginia laid down its arms, and
the men who had periled so much for a SEN
timent, were no longer Confederate soldiers,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL,

Sometimes when the day is ended
And its round OF duties done,
watch At the western windows
The CLEAN of the setting sun.
When my heart has boon unquiet
And its tongings unbegu1ed
By the days vexataous Trials
And can not be reconciled
Hook on the slope OF the mountains
And DER the restless sea,
And think of the beautiful citv
Txf 1ieth not far from me-
And my spirit Is hushed for a moment
As the twilight falls tender and sweet,
And cross, In my fancy, the river
And kneel at the Masters feet,
And rest in the shade that there falleth
From the trees that with healing are rife
That shadow the banks of the river
The river OF water OF life.
And, some time, when daylight is ended,
And the duties He gave me are done,
sh0ll watch at LIES western windows
The gleam Of its setting sun.
shall fall asleep in the twilight
AS never have slept before,
TO dream II the beautiful city
TIL waken to sleep no moro.
There will fall on my restless spirit
A hush, oh, SO wondrously sweet
And shall cross over the river
To rest at the Masters feet.
Lido Lewis Watson, Sn Boston GIots.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
fro BE Continued
ARTISTIC ETcHINGs.
How They Arc PrOduced-A Most Fas<
mating Tcm plOylnont.

How They Arc Producod-A Most Fasci-
mating EmplOyment.
The art of etching, the results of which
have found such favor with lovers of art,
can hardly be treated as a new feature in
picture making. 1t is generally conceded
that Durer was the first to try the expert
ment of making pictures through the medi-
um of acids and plates, but the process
failed to reach any thing like state of per-
lection until Rembrandt tried the expert
ment as a novelty, fell in love with it, and
finally acquired proficiency that has left
some of the finest etching extant as the re-
suit of his work. Since that period the art
has had such votaries as Van Dyke, Turner,
Fortuny, Potter, DelacrOix and host OF
other lights of greater or less magnitude.
The list includes artists of renown in every
period, so that the process may be said to
have never been without representative.
The process at first consisted of covering
copper or some other metal plate with .
proper varnish or ground made OF res
ineus wax. The design was scratched
through this with a needle; nitric acid wan
then introduced into the lines thus barred,
eating into or corroding the exposed parts
The 'sground" was then removed by the
use of turpentine. Ink was smearcd over
the plate and into the lines, after which the
ink was removed from the part of the plate
which had been protected by the wax. The
plate was then in proper condition for TAX
ing Impressions, which was done by using
fine Japan paper, which was placed on the
plate and pressed into the lines with heavy
roller which was passed over the plate.
Some minor changes have been made to
expedite the process, but the cardinal prin-
ciples remain unchanged.
Compared to the artist who works. in
color, the etcher has an easy time OF it in
suiting the public II the etcher can draw
well and is fairly posted on the effects OF
light and shade, etching VIII come easy. On
the other hand, the colorist must be able to
draw and then use his cclcrs IN such COM
bination as will remove all chances for the
ssgood drawing but poor coloring'' criticism
which is so often heard at art expOsitions,
and from which the etcher's work Is safe.
One reason why there is such a diversity
of opinion in regard to etchings may be 40
counted for by the lack or possession by in-
dividuals of what mist be termed artistic
instinct. To person of artistic tempers-
ment q few lines, with the help OF the inn
aginati0n, may be turned into bower Cd
beauty, while to the other class they remain
lines pure and simple, and half the beauty
of the picture is never discovered Sdn
the etchers. as a rule, are in love with their
work, which is said to be q most fascinating
employment, and it is safe to predict that
they win keep pace with the other classes
Of artists sswhose end both was end is -
hold the mirror up to uAt1rAnCzaen4
4aah u Dstyox Free Pns6
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

HOU DON'T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER
YOUR FEET, WALTER"
his love was turned to hate, and that he
would be avenged on her. I am positively
alarmed for her safety, and il can only
come across him mean to stick to him till
the delirium of bad whisky and evil pas-
sions is out of him"
tsWen, don't let me detain you. then. If I
come across him I will have him in irons
before he can say Jack Robinson BY the
bye, was just going to see your father.n
"Oh, I'm glad of that. The house is ON
the right, at the top Of the hill-big, old
tumble down place-was boarding house,
but the rats and mice and Frobishams have
1t all to themselves now"
Harry had no difficulty in finding the
house. dingy mansion which had evidently
seen better days, but which now with bind
less and shattered windows and battered
walls, looked indeed a cherries abode.
Dismounting and throwing the bride Of
his horse to his orderly, he climbed the
stone steps and knocked at the door. There
was no answer. Again and again he re-
peated the blows till he could hear their
echoes reverberating through the dismal
rooms, and was about to retire with the bit
ter feeling that some member OF the family
had seen him-perhaps Kate herself-and
refused to grant him admission, when he
thought he heard q cry-yes, he was sure of
tia woman's voice calling for help. With
out pavsin8 to listen twice. he flung him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Rutherford b. Hayes, of Ohio.
has called on the President-elect We
know now where the next Administra-
ton will purchase its fresh eggs and
spring poultry.-Defroit Free Press.
1t is no bad scheme, that of tax
ing the entire Cabinet from Indiana
It would make Mr.. Harrison so popular
in his own State that he might carry it
in '92 without the use of high-tarif
Doodle. Courier-.JournaL
is it worth while to attempt to-
ing bribery when exceptional contri-
buttons to the corruption fund of the
Republican party this year are made
the basis for recommendations to places.
in the Cabinet? Albany Argus.
There is proposition on foot to
secure a foreign appointment for Murat
Halstead- No one objects to this. We
will all willingly sign a petition to that
effect The only question is: Which
point on the globe is the farthest from
the United States?-O Omaha Herald.
Senator Chandler announces
that he will press his resolution TO in
vestigate Southern elections. and
hopes to have his committee In work.
ing order in q few days. Could not.
the Senator find plenty Of material for
his mill to grind on without travelling
so far? Indiana and New York ara
not far OH, aud great chunks OF evil
dence as to bribery and corruption are
lying around loose In those regions, liz
the newspapers are to be believed
Macon Ca Telegraph
The nail manufacturers of the
Schuylkil valley having helped to se-
cure a perpetuation Of their tariff boun-
ties by threatening their workmen with
less work and lower wages If Demo
cratic free trade" should prevail.
now propose to cut down the hours of
labor, and to reduce the pay corre-
spondingly. as a part of the regular
policy of restricting production" in
order to maintain prices The work
ing-men are getting their education on
this question in a dear school, but it
will be complete before ON r.
World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10


ALPHONSE LECRoIx.
he lay painting and glaring like some wild
animal; then, with the strength of madness,
he flung Winthrop from him, and hurting
aside the orderly who had now come to his
Officers aid, crashed through the easement Of
the window and fell with dull crash upon
the pavement fifty feet below
"Oh, Harry, Harry % Kate sobbed, as she
threw her white arms around his neck and
hung quivering to MIN.
He pushed back the long black hair from
her brow and kissed her appraised face.
You are safe, my sweetr' he cried, ex-
ultingly. ''Thank God, came in timer
but you must CO." she moaned, drawing
gently from his embrace; ssyes, you must
CO." Then, as though waking from a dream,
she cried: "How could I be so thoughtlese!
Quick Harry, to the aid of my father and
mother! They are somewhere in the lower
part of the house, and I know not what
harm they may have suffered. Obi do not
delay one moment, but speed to their as
sistance."
Harry hurried away at her bidding. For
q time he could not find a trace of any other
inmate of the house, but at last heard voices
behind a door at the end Of a long passage,
at the extreme rear of the building.
Without ceremony, Harry opened the
door, and found himself in a small apart
ment face to face with an elderly lady and
gentleman, who, all unconscious of the trag-
edy, were engaged in reading and destroy
ing old letters, a pile of which lay on the
table beside them. Though he had never
seen Kate's parents, he knew that he was
in their presence. The crutches by the
mans chair and the bandaged stumps of
legs identified him, while the shell-lke
complexion and delicate features of the
lady brought to his mind the descriptions
his mother had so often given him of Mrs.
Frobisham.
''Well, sir" said the gentleman, flushing
angrily, Z" this is strange way Of intruding
into an apartment Of private house; but
perhaps am wrong in surprising that the
privacy of a home remains to US any longer. -
"Oh," Harry exclaimed, sis it possible
that yoy>have been undisturbed by the COM
motion/in your house, or are you Indifferent
to your daughters peril?"
my daughters perll!" the mother
cried, springing to her feet. 'sAh, we
heard noises, but thought they came from
the street. Where is my daughters Quick,
sir, speak!''
Saved, mother, savedI' cried Kate her
self, as she glided by Harry and flung her.
self in Hrs. FrObisham's arms.
"What in the name of heaven does this
melodramatic nonsense mean?' the father
cried, flushed with anger. "Where is Le-
croixa Where is Walters Is there none
with a grain of sense to tell me what has
happened?'
fro BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
OUR WARRIOR.

OPP in his nursery castle
A warrior bold he stands,
No coat Of mail around his form.
No folchion in his hands
Upon his head no visor
The deadly blow to stay;
Yet bark brave blasts his trumpet sounds
He's ready for the fray.
Pass through the nursery-portal.
He's coming fast-beware!
From onslaught fierce I refuge take
Behind the nearest chair;
And there o ercome. defeated,
Receive my doom; t 9 this
loving hug from his small arms,
And from his lips, 4 kiss.
o bold and brave young warrior,
Thou art too strong for me:
I can not fght-I must succumb-
hay heart is all with thee.
-Janaes Cameron. tn Leslie's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

Senator Blair and Senator Rid
dleberger are two awful examples Of
mental and physical intemperance.--
R0videnes Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
LOYAL AT LAST.
a Tale Of Love and Adventure in
the Late Civil War.
BY BERNARD BIGsDY,

AUTHOR OF "ELLEN'S SECRET 80 FALLEN
AMONG THIEVES Z" 'sMY LADY FANTAS-
rIcAI," AND OTHER STORIES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

Copyrighted, 1883, by the A. NJ Kellogg Nesos.
Haper Consp0ny1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

81 with fnry on the door, and to his 5oy
tho rusted iron lock gave way, 90. calling to
the orderly TO tic up his horses and follow
him, ne dashed into the interior Of the house.
second or third floor came the sound of
scu1ding and angry voices
Help, help! For the love of Heaven.
helpF' reached him in tones that gave wings
to his feet
He was just IN time. Over the PROSTATE
form Of Kate Frobisham, his eyes rolling in
frenzy, his hand ciutching her white throat
stood Alphonse Lecroix
With bound Harry fell upon him and
dashed him to the floor, where for a moment
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25
FARM NOTES.

In making out the list of seed wanted
care should be taken, first to got such va
rieties as are best adapted to your soil and
locality. Then such selection of varie-
ties will enable you to keep up good
supply the longest time without the neces4
sty for making another planting.
An excellent way to utilize dull days
when but little work can be done, especial
ly during cold or rainy weather, is to
sharpen all the tools and implements, so
as to have them ready for spring use.
Give them a thorough cleaning, oil the
machinery and keep them in a dry place.
Sunfower seed is coming to the fore as
an article of commercial value. AS an
admixture to chicken food its merits are
indisputable Veterinarians use it in
med icinal way in the treatment of horses.
Its growth is considered of use in the pre-
vention of malaria, and the extra ction of
a valuable oil from it is a locke for re-
suit.
The grape vines should be trimmed in
cold weather. If the work is deferred un-
til spring the vines will "bleed" close sap)
and be weakened. The raspberries, black
berries and all small fruits can be trimmed
in winter and the old wood cut away. The
Strawberries can be manured and aspara-
gus beds looked after, it being The earliest
of the vegetables.
Seed that is slow OF termination is often
overtaken by grass, the rows being COM
pletely covered and destroyed. An excel
lent method of marking the rows so as to
define them, in order to work them with
the hoe, is to drop a few radish SEEDS at
intervals ef about ohe foot AS the radish
soon comes up the rows can be worked and
the radish afterward pulled out
To a considerable extent the injury to
fruit trees from thawing and freezing can
be largely prevented by carefully mulch-
ing as soon as the soil freezes hard. Bag
asse, old straw, leaves. corn fodder that
has been through a cutting box, are all
good materials to use as a mulch; or the
soil can be banked up around the base of
the stem, and this will aid to prote6t.
When grain and hay crops are sold of
the land they carry away the fertility OF
the farm, but when such crops are fed to
stock not only is portion of the crops left
over as manure, but a higher price is re.
ce.ved for such crops in the shape of beef
pork, mutton or milk, which enables the
farmer to restore any less Of fertility by
the increased receipts consequent upon the
keeping Of stock.
1t is important that the manure heap be
handled once or twice during the winter
Only the fine, decomposed manure should
be hauled out. The coarse material should
be made into another heap, we'll packed
and saturated with urine, in order to gel
the manure fine before spring. Unless the
heap is given care too much heat NAV 81
generated and the materials Injured by
"fire-fanging. F" with a loss of ammonia,
This is prevented by turning the contents
of the heap over occasionally.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25

SENATOR RANSOM has been nominated
for another term ly the Democratic legis-
lators Of North Carolina.
THE North Carolina Electoral vote was
the first one handed in to the United States
Senate.
THE Virginia State Farmers Assembly
adopted aresolutiOn in favor Of the unlim-
tied coinage Of silver.
A PASSENGER train on the Little Rock &
Fort Smith road struck a landslide west
of Ozark, Ark recently and was wrecked.
Engineer w. A Voss was killed and several
persons injured.
GOVERNOR FLEMING, of Florida, has is
sued a proclamation convening the. Florida
Legislature in special session on February
8 next to pass a bill providing for State
Board of Health, and also for county
boards Of health in all counties where it
may be necessary.
Va, 1000 in number went on a strike re-
Gently because of changes in the size of
cars to be loaded.
THE trial of II. L. X. Balm, a director of
the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk,
Va, which failed some time ago, ended in
a verdict OF guilty. Pending a motion for
new trial he was admitted to bail
THE Board of Trade of Jacksonville,
Fla, has passed resolutions strongly
urging protection against foreign grown
oranges aud calling for law fixing the
import duty at 81 a box on oranges and
lemons.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25
THE EAST.

THREE girls were burned TO death in a
tire at cigar box Factory, TlT Fifth street,
New York, on the 18TH
THE bank at tTunkhaunock, Pa, OF which
Congressman Burnen IL president has
been forced TO suspend because OF an exc
cution for sac OJ0 issued against it.
SENATOR HOAR, Of Massachusetts has
been reelected.
FRYE has been reelected Senator from
Maine.
THE New York Herald OF the 10th pub
5ished a sensational dynamite story, from
which it would appear that the British
Government and the London Times had
entered into conspiracy with certain
desperate Irishmen supposed to be in Kan
sns City to destroy enc OF the Atlantic
steamships, the alleged idea being that
ehe diRbolism would force Congress to
pass the Extradition bill and bring Par d.
Rell into di-repute.
The weavers OF Fall River, Mass, have
decided to ask for an advance Of wages
with the alternative Of a strike.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, OF Pennsylvania,
chief marshal of the Inauguration parade
has appointed Adjutant- t-General Daniel
II. Hastings, OF his State, chief OF staff,
and notified all organic atoms Of more than
CITY men TO notify him before February 20
OF their intention TO participate.
G. G. kendall n real estate agent of
South Boston, who had had the care of a
number of estates, went away two weeks
ago, saying he would be absent a few
days, aud has not been heard from since.
The amount to which he is involved is va
riously estimated at $4,000 to $4,000.
OVER a thousand cigarmakers OF New
York City, mostly Cubans, have struck
against a reduction OF - per thousand in
wages. This is the busiest season and the
man expect TO win.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25
wAsnTNGToN VOTES.

THE Senate has confirmed the nOmina-
tiOn OF Walter G. Newbsrry as postmaster
at Chicago.
JUSTICE HARLAN, Of the United states
Supreme Court, has appointed Solomon
ClaypOol whose nomination by the Presi-
dent is before the Senate, as acting district
attorney for the district of Indiana.
TIE President on the 10Th vetoed three
pension bills and a bill to pay Sls to
Michael Pigott, postmaster at Quincy, H.,
Tor the use of "a telephone.
THE majority OF the Ford Committee on
immigration proposes a ive-dOllar tax on
Immigrants.
President CLEVELAND has been nomi-
mated as arbitrator between Nicaragua
and Costa Rica in dispute about the pro-
posed Nicaraguau canal.
THE Board Of Indian Commissioner at
its recent annual meeting in Washington
passed resolutions urging the extension of
the civil-service system to the Indian
service and opposing the removal OF tribes
from reservations where they are doing
well.
THE President gave n reception to the
Diplomatic Corps Mt the White House on
the 18th.
The nomination of Walter H. Bragg tc
succeed himself as Inter State Commits
'sioner has been favoraby reported in the
Senate.
THE representatives OF the wool growers
and wool manufacture were before the
Senate Committee on Finance again on the
18th, but were no nearec an agreement
THE Secretary of the Navy has received
notice that the United States steamer Os.
sipee had arrived at Kingston, Jamaica.
THE House Committee on Post Office,
has authorized favorable report on tn,
bill TO increase the foreign money order
maximum to 800.
THE President vetoed three private pen.
sion bills on the 18Th.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25

ONE HUNDRED Cossack families, who
propose to found a colony in Abyssinia,
recently arrived at Suakim, Egypt in
an Austrian steamer. An Italian gunboat
was watching the vessel 10 prevent the
colonists landing on country claimed by
Italy.
THE Anarchist leaders at Paris have is
sued an address calling upon their ad-
hereuts not to vote i'm the coming election
for deputy in the Department of the Seine.
NINETEEN Nazarenes have been SEN
fenced to terms of Imprisonment in Aus
tria for melting the people TO refuse to
perform military service. In their de-
fense they declared that the Christian
faith forbade tho carrying of arms. The
case excited much sympathy, seven of the
prisoners being women.
THE steamer Phyapeket has been sunk
by a collision with an unknown vessel
near Singapore. Forty-two persons were
drowned.
BY the collapse of house i'm Marseilles,
France the other day seven Italians were
killed and nine injured.
TIE alleged Cossack colonists seeking to
settle i'm Abyssinia are said to be in reality
a military expedition led by the notorious
Colonel Atchinoff.
THE Shah Of Persia will arrive in ST.
Petersburg March -, and after fortnight
there will 80 to Berlin, Paris, Madrid and
Con tantinople.
WHILE hunting recently the Emperor of
Germany wounded slightly a citizen of
Berlin who was looking on.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
has declared semi-annual dividend of
per cent.
JUDGE HANNEN. OF London, has granted
Mrs. Boucicault agnes Robertson) de-
cree Of divorce.
BISMARCK received an ovation on leav-
ing the Reichstag after his speech on the
German colonial policy on the 18th.
The Santa Fe directors have agreed TO
pass this quarters dividend.
TIE damage done by the earthquake Of
December 80 in Costa Rica was estimated
at So, Oo0 600.
MINISTER PHELPS Rnd Consul General
Waller were prominent guests at the Fish
mongers' banquet in London on the l6.h,
apd both made neat speeches.
REv. tiR. SPURGEoN, the noted London
Baptist preacher, is improving in health.
A LETTER addressed by Henry NJ. stan
ley TO Tippoo lib has been received in
Brussels. 10 was dated August I7 last.
The explorer had seen Emin Bey and was
in good health, thc expedition having lost
only two men by drowning and one by ds
sertion.