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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
The 6 Mothers Friend. .

The 6 Mothers Friend.
Not only shortens labor and lessons
the danger Of i life Of F both mother % and
child if used a few months before CON
finement. Write to The Bradfield Reg.
ulator Co., Atlanta, Ga, for further
particulars. Sold by
1-9 C. A. HOOPER, Druggist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

The chinch bug has gone abroad
for his health.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

The good Lord seems to be smiling
on Kansas this year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
ifl3d3l[l3(|

After ten yeaz8 excsasive sale, en- now s.
obtained Of Ell Druggists and Dealers in Med1.
eines. II CURES-fske notice mot sfmply heinz
bot CURES LIVER CO4RLxIGT,
8a1tousneo 40 -Dy1p0p9fA.
1 n strictly vegetable preparation and ym
d.. 8. b. Wise, of Boston, Ky. says !:
'sHave peaeticed medicine Is years, and md no
equal 70 HKRBnE - . Liver Regalator.ss
Dr.. W. 4. Baker, Of Msdison, Fla, says |:
a bottle Of Hx.sIxH 10 worth more than
$500 worth Of Quinine In any family"
Acting ON the Liver IN . different way from
any Other medicine; It Il . positive cure for
Chronic Constipation and IL cheaper than PiIls.
Ii peculiar eomposition IL such, that We
guafA1tee to eure any case Of ChfIls and Fever
q Bilious Fever with one bottle.
II coGts but - cents and each bottle con.
tAtns over - sverige docs, making the cot
- than two cents . doee- Wou1d you -
- N, -. - IT, y ncs cur - aISs
E1Al CoDR1aant. Manufactured By
The 70Eb1no co.
ceueos0oEs - Vim. Condeil.l D. Loaass -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

See notice of the county normal
Institute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

Court is in session in st. John this
week, Judge Clark presiding.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
LOCAL NEWS.

The Walnut is on another high.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

Come to this office for blanks OF all
kinds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

Mesdames Wood and Schermerhorn
spent last Sunday at Clafin with
their brother. The ladies' say that
country was all under water.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Driven Out by Failure OF Crops.

Pierre Oak special: The failure of
crops in the section around Devils lake,
North Dakota, because of early frosts
during the past two seasons, has led
many people to seek homes elsewhere.
With this idea in view, Nels Nelson,
representing 600 Norwegian and Swede
families in that region, has arrived here
and has gone on the Sioux reservation
to select claims for them. He brings
the proper credentials and has made a
contract with the ferry company to
cross the entire company when the time
comes. These people do not intend to
violate the orders of the interior de-
partment Ivy going on the land before ii
is formally opened, but will have thet
locations all ready for a rush as soon as
the proclamation is issued.
Bishop Harl, of Sioux Falls, passed
through the city yesterday, returning
from Il visit to all the mission schools
and Indian agencies on the upper river.
The sentiment among the Indians, he
says, is decidly in favor of signing the
bill ceding the lands, and they await
impatiently the coming of the commits.
=sioners. He has taken pains to inquire
into the matter at each point, and his
opinion carries great weight, as he is
known TO be Intimately in the conf
dence of all the Sioux tribes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Sale OF the Cherokee Strip.

Muskogee Il. T. dispatch: The Cher
okees are somewhat exercised over the
attitude of Chief Joel B. Mayes with
regard to the sale of the Cherokee strip
to the United States.
Some time ago President Harrison
appointed three commissioners to learn
the views of the Cherokees and con-
clude the purchase. The initial step in
this proceeding is the calling together
of the Cherokee legislature for approval
of the sale. Chief Mayes, however, has
refused so far to convene the legislature
for such purpose.
A majority of the Indians are said to
be opposed to the sale and to sustain
Mayes, but q powerful minority are
urging him to forthwith convene the
general assembly and settle the prices
to be paid for the land.
1t is understood among the Cherokees
that the commissioners will offer S1.75
per acre, but the Indians are not likely
to accept that figure, holding that 81 or
SIS per acre would be no more than the
land is worth. While the diversity of
opinion as to the sale at any price is
very great, 1t is understood that if the
6 1000, 900 acres embraced in the strip
could be disposed of for 1924, 600, 900 to
the government a sale might be affected.
Unless Chief Mayes can be prevailed
upon to convene the legislature it would
seem as if the object of the commission
ers would be defeated, as no purchase
can be made without the sanction of
that body.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
She was Gay Once.

Mr.. William III. Crane, the come
dian, tells a story which he says was
given him by Mr.. Edwin Booth,
according to Eugene Field. 1t seems
that an old lady so years of age,
lying at the point of death, sent for
her clergyman and awaited herself of
the spiritual consolation that holy
man was qualified to administer.
This important Office having been
discharged, the moribund octogena-
rian fell to discoursing about the
manner in which she wished to have
her obsequies conducted, and she
should be so attired as to present q
pleasing appearance.
"'Tell me, sir" she asked, feebly,
''what kind of collins are now the
fashion for ladies?"
"There are two styles, my dear
sister," answered the pastor, sooth-
ingly. "The collins for married
women are lined with red silk, and
collins for maiden ladies are lined
with white satin"
Well, then" said che old lady with
a sigh, 81 suppose you'd have to
line my coffin with white satin, "and
in q moment she added brighten
ing up, "but you M put in some
strips of scarlet plush, | a pretty
gay when l was u girll'-BOstOn
Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
An Editor Killed for a Burglar.

Springfield (Mass.) dispatch: James
Beebe Smith, local editor of the Repub-
Iican, was shot and instantly killed this
morning by his brother-in-law, RoyalB.
S~turtevant, who mistook him for a bur
giar.
Early this morning burglars entered
the house, and young Sturtevant was
aroused from his sleep by the servants,
who had been awakened by the noise
made by the burglars. He looked out
of the window and saw q man in the
yard, and, seizing his gun, went into the
hall. In the meantime Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith we're aroused and had stepped ont
of their room into the hall. Young
St~urtevant, not knowing his brother-in-
law was in the house. and supposins
himself the only man in the place, at
once fired. Sturtevant discharged the
contents of his gun fully at Smith, who
died without uttering a sound.
Smith had been connected with the
Republican since his graduation from
Harvard, in 1888, and leaves a widow
and an infant daughter. He was well
known here and very popular. Nc
blame is attached to S~turtevant.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
The Dimensions OF Heaven.

Capt. j. b. Starkey, measurer of
vessels in the surveyors office, Bos-
ton custom-house, has made the fol-
towing calculation as to the dimen-
sions of Heaven: "And he measured
the city with the reed, 10000 fur
longs. The length and the breadth
and the height are equal."-Rev.
XXI, 6. Twelve thousand furlongs
1920, 900 feet cubed-497, 1885,
OSS, 600, 900, 600, OOOfeet. Reserving
one-half this space for the throne and
court ofHeaven, and one-half of the
balance for streets we have 124, 1884,
272, 600, 900, 00O, 900 feet cubic. Di-
vide this by 4,096 cubic feet in q
room 16 feet square, and there will
be 30,321,S 43, $50, 00O,0 600 rooms.
We will now suppose the world al
ways will contain 900,0G0,0 900 in
h%abitants. and that q generation
last 33h years, making in all $780,
100000 every century, and that the
world will stand 1000, 900 years, or
10000 centuries-29, 700, 900, 0O0,-
900 inhabitants. Now suppose there
were 1000 worlds like this, equal in
number of inhabitants and duration
of years, a total of 100000, 000,-
900 900 persons, there would be 100
rooms IS feet square for each and
every person
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Too MANY Partners.

Col. Grower tells a story Of how
n night he was going from Athens
to Augusta with Col. Pope Barrow,
and Harry Hill, one of the best
known conductors in Georgia, was
on the road. When Hill went to set
down his lantern it's beams fell on
the face of 81 fellow under the seat.
The fellow at once crawled out and
said: "Well, boss, | acknowledge
the corn; l was trying to beat my
way; You have to put me off"
Col. Barrow and a few others de-
cided to pay his fare as a reward for
his cheek and sangfrOid.
On the next round Hill happened
to set his lantern down near the
same spot. when he found another
fellow, who crawled out and SAID:
"Well, you have me, too. l am the
other mans partner"
Again the hat went around. and
the boys Clipped in to pay his fare.
At this three other fellows that
had been hid, and thought that a
general collection was in order, came
from their hiding places. This was
too much for good nature. Every
body laughed, while he made three
of the miscreants skip.-Brunswick
(Ga.) Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
ALLEN rHoasOlxe alcs DIES SUDDENLY.

The Nstciv Appointed Miafsfev TO Russia Re-
cefres Sudden Summons for the Greo,
beyond.
New York special: Allen Thorndike
Rice, the newly appointed minister to
Russia and editor Of the North Ameri-
can Review, died suddenly this morn
ing at the Fifth Avenue hotel where he
was stopping. Rice had been suffering
from n throat affection for a few days
past, but was not supposed to be in any
danger. He intended to sail for Europe
yesterday on the Inman steamer, City
of Paris, but was compelled to delay his
departure owing to his illness.
Mr.. Rice has been i'll during the en-
tire spring. having been run down from
overwOrk in preparing to go abroad.
He took to'his bed three or four days
ago, suffering from tonsilitis. His ton
sils had formerly given him consider
able trouble and had been clipped.
There was u certain amount of ulcera-
ton apparent, with symptoms of quin-
sy. The case had not been considered
dangerous, however, even up to IL
o'clock last night. The nurse says that
at II o'clock this morning, when only
he and the valet were with the patient,
Rice expectorated some phlegm, or pus.
He felt greatly relieved and went to
sleep. About 2 o'clock the nurse en-
deavored to awaken him to allow more
phlegm to be discharged. but could
not. and Sargent, the valet, made all
They united in their efforts, but were
,nnlla 30 ornroa HIM Dian 1in1 r,th,n
ten minutes Mt $3.50. DIR. Fuller saysthe
breath. Such cases are of very rare &C.
looked for. Rice's luggage had partly
been sent abroad and he had expected
to be able to sail Saturday.
Allen Thorndyke Rice was born in
June, 1853. At the age of 8 years he
was taken abroad and for five years lived
in Europe. In 1867 he returned to the
United States and remained here until
1871, when he went to England and a
graduated at Oxford in 1875. On his
return to the United States he entered
as tant to the Columbia law school.
La 1916 he bought the North American
Review, of which he has ever since been
the editor. He organized in 1879 and
subsequently directed the Charnay ex-
petition, which was dispatched under
the joint auspices of the United States
and France to investigate systematically
the remains of ancient civilization in
Central America and Mexico. In 1884
he bought a controlling interest in LIE
Matin, one of the chief papers of Paris,
of which he is still proprietor. He has
always been actively interested in poll
tics, and in 1886 ran on the republican
ticket for congress in the Tenth New
York district against Gen. Spinola. but
wa defeated by the local political lead
ers. He was o strong advocate of the
Australian system of voting. He has
edited "reminiscences of Abraham Lin
coln," 1886, and contributed to "Ancient
Cities in the New York World" 1887.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Interstate Commerce Circular.

Washington dispatch: The interstate
commerce commission has issued a cir
cular letter addressed to the labor or
CARNATIONS of the country, soliciting
information and discussion upon the
question of federal regulation of safety
appliances on railroads. In opening the
letter reads as follows:
"The large number Of accidents to
employees and passengers occurring on
the railroads Of this country, and the
public belief that a great part of these
might be avoided by the use of proper
appliances. have led many states to
make the mechanical features of rail
road working the subject of statutory
regulations. 1t is well known, however,
that in respect to some at least of these
features the condition is such that regu-
lation, if attempted, can neither secure
adequate benefit to the public nor be
just to the railroads themselves unless it
be uniform over the whole country"
In view of this fact the interstate
commerce commission desires to call
out as full information and discussion
as possible upon the question of federal
regulation of safety appliances on the
railroads.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Isn't This q Morbid Craving?

George Parsons Lathrop is writ
ing a novel," says the Philadelphia
Times. That is good news. What
this country needs is another novel.
We r pretty nearly recovered from
Robert Elsmere," and "John Ward,
Preacher" We have squeezed the
last juicy sentiment from the mysti-
cal and impassioned pages of Mrs.
Atherton and Amelie Rives. Wehave
found Mr.. Froude a delusion and
snare. Now we are prepared for an
other one. We don't care what it is,
philosophical, psychological, theo-
logical, analytical, mysticol, histori-
cal or infiammatory. We are hard
ened to anything. We object
to nothing so it goes by the
name of Observation-Disclosures Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
A Story About Wendell Phillips.

The stories which float about
town concerning the distinguished
people, writes Arlo Bates in the
March Book Br-er, are somtimes
true, of course, and sometimes false;
but they often throw some light
upon the opinion which the contem-
poraries had of them, or are anus
ing at the expense o. being obviously
false. A gentleman who knew them
both recently repeated to methe fol-
owing bit OF dialogue as having
been said to take place between Wen
He'll Philips and Thomas G. Apple
ton, when they were young, briefiess
oarristers. He did not vouch for it,
put he believed it to be genuine.
The fact that both Appleton and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
New England .'Searne,s,v

Shakespeare maies Hamlet say:
Thrift, thrift, Horatiol the funeral baked
meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage table. =
But u good New England woman
did a "thriftier" thing than that.
Her mother had a long sickness and
finally died, of infiammatory rheu-
matism, leaving several half-used
bottles of medicine. which became "a
source of great concern to the
daughter, for sit ought not to be
wasted" she said. She offered to sell
it at a discount to q neighbor, but
finding it left ON her hands she took
it all herself for sore throat, colds,
gastric trouble, and whatever all
ment she happened to have.
The same woman once told two
visitors whom she had invited to
tea, that she had been in u good
deal of trouble that day TO calculate
upon just how many biscuits to make
for the meal. She always knew
about her own family; she '~'allowed
one apiece, and an extra one in case
of being extra hungry" but where
two ley persons were concerned
whose appetites and habits were an
unknown quantity, she was in such
q state of mind that she was ''fairly
upsot;" and at the table she watched
with keen eyes to see what was to be
the fate of the one extra" biscuit
which was all she could bring herself
to provide beyond the regular lex
ira" of the family.
A certain New England family will
never forget their inward amuse-
ment at the remark of o NEAR"
woman (as penuriousness and close
calculation are phrased), who had
come to see them in the beginning of
her annual round ofvisiting to "save
her board;" she remarked at the dim
ner-table that the food ''tasted
good" for she had been keeping her.
self "short," in expectation of shut
ting up her house.
She had been brought up in such a
small, narrow way that she could
tell to u pin" every paticle she had
with her. When a | little girl she had
been sent from home to school, and
boarded with her aunt Esther, hav-
ing for roommate q girl named
Hannah. At the close of the ten
weeks term, when getting her things
together, she went to her relative
with these words
AUNT Esther, / wouldn't do such
q thing as to say that Hannah
would steal, but when l came here |
had seven needles and four rows OF
pins. Now, Aunt Esther, five pins
are gone, and there is one of the
needles which | can't find. Hannah
must have taken theml"
Once when she was going away for
two or three days she offered u
neighbor the mornings fairgrounds
to steep over, and to ~saveit, apump-
kin pie which she was afraid wouldn't
keep till she got home. When she
returned sooner than she expected,
and went over and SAID if the pie had
not been eaten she would take it
back.-Wide Awake.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Horrible Death Of /. Brakeman.

Denver Colo dispatch: Alto o'clock
this morning a freight engine doing
switching near Bailey station, thirty-five
miles from here, came in. collision witt
q boulder upon the track and was
ditched. Fireman Lapman was caught
underneath the red hot fire box and was
pinned TO the ground. He lay in this
position, with his head only out under
the machinery, and for more than an
hour..he suffered untold agony. Just
before he expired he called the brake
men to him, and while one-half of his
body was roasting from him dictated his
will, leaving S15, 600 to his two brothers
in San Francisco. He gave instruction
regarding his funeral. and who he ds.
tSired to conduct the services, then of.
NSred q prayer and died. The body was
Fought here tonight to be shipped to
large Francisco. Several other train men
lamps injured. but not seriously.
Nebrask,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
An Audience With Marvellous Pluck.

Jersey City dispatch: The audience
1t the Academy of Music showed mar
vellous pluck tonight. The wood
work underneath the gallery caught fire
through a leaky gas pipe during the
performance. A still alarm was given
and the people sat and watched the real
Ere scene unmoved. A hrs truck was
called immediately, and a squad of po-
licemen, headed by Chief Murphy,
were in the theatre in an incredibly
short space of time after the discovery
of the blaze. When the Gremen en-
tered the building a few persons showed
3 disposition to rush cut. but Fireman
Coleman dealt one man = powerful blow
with his fist. This had the desired ef-
feet Of stopping q rush which might
nave resulted in a panic. The police
did good service in allaying the fears of
the nervous and women in the audience
watched intently the firemen as they
battled and subdued the flames. The
orchestra played with commendable
vigor, which impaired confidence during
the excitement.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
ZONES NOT Allowed TO RESIGN

Washington dispatch: Richard L.
Walker, of Kansas, who was to-day ap-
pointed United States marshal for the
district of Kansas. succeeds Marshal
Jones, against whom charges of mis-
conduct in Office during the time of the
opening OF the Oklahoma settlement
had been made. The president and the
attorney general decided not to allow
Jones to resign, and the order for his
removal was made to-day. Attorney
General Miller said to a united press
reporter this afternoon hat action in
Marshal Needles case had been sus-
pended until more information cor
corning the charges against him could
be procured. Mr.. Miller added that SO
far there was nothing to show that Mar
shall Needle was guilty of the charges
preferred against him.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Kansas C1by special: An entlrely new
and unique confidence game was played
upon a farmer named John Waterhouse,
of Alma, Kas., at the union depot to-
day. A man with brass buttons on his
coat represented to Waterhouse that he
was a conductor of a freight train on
the Union Pacific railroad; that he was
tired of the business and would sell his
position for $40. Warehouse gave up
the $40 and received an order from the
stranger to run the train. He was then
taken down in the yards and placed
upon a caboose of q freight train al
ready made mp. When the conductor
of the train b, arded the caboose Water
house told him to get out, he was in
charge. Two brakemen gently took
Warehouse up and threw him of on
the track.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Ready in Answer.

"Camp-meeting" John Allen was
always ready with a retort for friend
or foe, sometimes scathing, and al
ways humorous. After his CONVEX
sion, he met an old minister, who
piled him with very seaching ques-
tions as to the genuineness of his ex-
perience, and the young man COM
planned of the severity of this cate
chism.
eff the tree be well rooted" said
the minister. cit will not be harmed
if we shake it."
But" said the convert, "the Mas
ter said to His disciples, Feed my
lambs not Go and shake them"
At another time, when Mr.. Allen
was about to begin his sermon in a
new place, n former pastor said to
him, care you q long preacher"
Give feet seven inches" was the
immediate reply.
At a meeting administers, D baptist
was invited to give his views TN the
subject OF Methodist economy, and
at once rose, saying that, although
there were many excellent things in
NethOdism, it seemed to him to have
too much machinery.
Mr.. Allen was on his feet in a mo-
ment.
"The Methodist church may have
more machinery than the Baptist"
he replied, "but it doesn't require as
much water to run it,"
When the question of prohibition
was under general discussion, q red
faced topper ole day said to Mr.. Allen,
Il shall vote against you on this
question"
"Iourface voted before youspoke'"
was the quick reply.
A lawyer of opposite politics said
to him, about the same time, "Mr.
Allen, on which side are you goingto
vote? for l shall vote against you"
Son the right side," was the ms
wer. (Which side is yours?"
One morning at a Methodist camp
meeting a young man arose, and
said, pompously, Il do not b~elievein
singing oh, to be nothing / pro-
pose to be something, and l want
people to know it."
Brother Allen instantly rose, and
repeated the verses:
IF a man think himself to be some
thing, when he is nothing, he deceiveth
himself. But let every man prove his
own work, and then shall he have re-
joicingin himself alone, andnotinan-
other"
The question of ambition was not
discussed further that day.