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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
ARSENIC-EATING.

Tho Practice More Largely INDUCED In
Than Is Generally Supposed.
The evidence given before the cor
oner and magistrates at Liverpool in
the May brick case goes far to confirm
the statements made from time to time
by eminent physicians that the prac-
tice of eating arsenic is largely in
dulged in in various parts of the world.
When Prof. tombstone, in his Chem
istry of Common Life" first called at
tention to the internal use of arsenic
over thirty years ago, his statement
was received with surprise and deri-
sion. The truth of his assertion was,
however. fully demonstrated, especial
ly as regards the Austrian province of
Syria About two years ago an Aus
trian physician published his observa-
tions on the mental and physical con-
dition of several arsenic-eaters who
had been in the habit of taking vary
ing quantities of ordinary white ar
senic or red Orpiment at intervals for
long period. The presence of the
poison in the urine showed the average
dose taken daily to be nearly half a
grain, or three times the largest dose
prescribed in medicine. Physically
the persons examined were quite up to
the average. while mentally and
Intellectually they were in no sense
below their neighbors. Some were
thin. others abnormally stout, and
the habit did not appear to
have any influence on the forma-
ton of fat. None of the cases showed
symptoms of slow chronic poisoning
and the cause alleged by most of the
persons for giving way to the practice
was that the drug had a strengthen
ing influence on the digestive organs.
Another motive for it's use. especial
ly among girls, is that it improves
the complexion. rendering the skin
smooth and clear. According to DR..
Buchner arsenic is habitually mixed
with the dishes served upon the tables
of young ladies' neutrality-suspicious. in
Switzerland. This remarkable state
ment receives confirmation from the
transactions of the American pharma-
ceutical conference in New York last
year. Among the subjects discussed
at that conference was the use of
''arsenical complexion WATERS" and
the questions which the pharmacists
sought to settle were how much
arsenic did these waters usually con-
tain, and what were the i'll effects. il
any, arising from their use. From
these and other facts it seems that the
practice is more general than is COM
monty supposed. Young persons are
better able, it is said. to assimilate the
drug than middle-aged or old people.
but persons who have once habituated
themselves to arsenic-eating can not
lay it aside. and it is averred that it
ever they are prevented from obtain
ing their daily dose they experience
all the pains and horrors of slow ar
senical acknowledgements (Eng.)
Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

of his cousins, and tho old homestead
is again the center of warm. helpful.
happy life
But. oddly enough. Ann&'s name il
never mentioned in it
There are many well-meaning
women who carry about iron shoes
and have their own way with them
while living. but when they are dead
the world hastily cuts their name on
the cold marble of their tombstone
and forgets them as quickly as posi-
ble.-Rebecca Harding Davis. in indie
pendent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
THE COLTS FIRST YEAR.

Wean 1t When Six Months Old and Then
Feed 1t Well.
The care and attention given to the
colt during the first six months of its
life has much influence in determining
its usefulness and market value when
matured. 1t is not sufficient to iu-
diciously mate the dam and sire. look
ing for the production of a certain
type of horse. That step is one of
the first and very necessary one in
the breeding industry. But after the
fOal has been dropped, every thing de-
ponds upon the treatment given it.
The time of year in which the mare
foals must be considered in looking
after the interests of the youngster. G
If the colt is dropped just before the
spring work commences. and the dam
is put to work. there is a call for
good deal of caution. The colt should
never be permitted to suckle within
an hour from the time the mare ceases
work. In the first place, over-heating
by the mare must Ee guarded against.
and in any case she should be allowed
to get perfectly cool before the colt is
given freedom.
The views of successful breeders
differ as to the method pursued with
the youngsters for the first few weeks.
but all agree on the one Important
point. that they should be kept con-
tinually growing. This can not be
accomplished by neglect or irregular
treatment. Some mares fail to fur
nish as much milk as the foals de-
mand; and where this state of affairs
exists the breeder should know il, and
supplement the mothers milk with
cows milk. No matter how
good mixer the dam may
be. by the time the foal is four months
old. the supply of milk will have de-
creased and cows milk should be
given in small quantities. A little
wheat middlings mixed with the milk
will be found beneficial.
Opinions differ as to the proper feed
for the mare while she is supplying
milk for the foaL Some breeders feed
hay and oats only. or oats and grass
when the mare can be turned to past
ure. Others feed liberal quantities Of
bran and middlings. or ground oats,
corn and bran mixed, one part each.
The average amount fed Is about three
quarts twice each day. If the colt is
allowed to run with the dam he will
early learn to eat grain with her.
and when weaned his growth viii not
lss checked.
On most of the large breeding farms
the colts are weaned when six months
old. During the preceding months
they have learned to eat grain and
grass, and do not miss the mix ef the
dam very much. If they have been
fed cows milk and middlings and the
feed is kept up the dam will not be
missed at all Right here IS an i'm.
portant period. Give the youngsters
Pill the oats they will eat up clean.
hree times a day. with an occasional
eed of potatoes or carrots These
latter should be cooked. and fed about
two quarts at time. The pastures
viii not keer the youngsters growing.
and hay must be fed literally. Clover
hay Is best If the colt is kept grow
ing the 6.st year. we'll developed
horse may reasonably be expe:sed-
Farm and Home
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

in legal parlance contingent fee
is generally supposed to be a fee de-
pendent upon the lawyer winning his
case. But Senator Evarts the other
day gave the term unique definition.
He said: 1T is a very simple thing.
can explain to you what contingent
fee means in few words In short. ii
lose your suit I get nothing. 1t 1
win your suit you get nothing J"
Never did the Senator combine brew
ity and frankness in happier vein--
Saratoga Saratosian-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
Didn't Reveal His Identity.

At the telephone
McCarty--Is this McCanty?
McCanty--It is.
McCarty--Sind me down . bale q
hay.
McCanty--An' who's it phfor?
McCarty--Me mule. We spalpeen--
Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

What do they do when they in
boy; do they put him in a stall and
feed him?" "Not always" said his
father: sometimes they harness him
to the church and expect him to draw
it alone"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

You can get into a woman's good
graces easier by pleasing her baby than
by Gathering herself. Mother pride is
stronger than female vanity.-Bostop
Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

sold for a song" would mean .
good deal if the singer happened to b
one of the modern high-priced singerA
Merchant Traveler.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05


He was a mild, lovable fellow, and
But he felt DULY that his life had been
unhealthy and dwarfed. There. was
no strength in it to resist temptation.
Anna lived but a year after him.
She was calm and self-possessed to the
last.
Poor old Bob insisted on helping to
nurse her, ard strove vehemently to
drag her back to life again. He
watched her face grow thinner each
day with fierce wrenches at his heart
of love and remorse. When at last
he knew that she must go he brought
himself to speak, kneeling by her bed.
We've made a mistake. Anna
somehow. God knows why! We've
got far apart. Can't we come together
again? Can't you forgive me. my dar-
ling?"
Certainly. I forgive you. Robert"
Her voice was weak but composed.
II am sorry you think was to blame
in going apart from you. OF course,
we are all sinners. But 1 tried to do
right. and-there is only one right
way"
She died that night. and was laid in
her grave with a complacent smile on
her little, fair face.
Bob Trench left Oxford Immediately.
It was said that he went to South
America in search of John. After two
years they came back together and
settled down on the old farm. John
is n fhOronUh Trouoh hin oiuooro
impulsive. His father had pulled him
out of the slough and he never re-
turned to it again He married me
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05


with my life." Kate boosted. holly.
Yet it was Anna who called Bob's
attention to the fact that young Whit
ing had been hang ing around the girl
for months.
His salary is mere nothing and
his health is not good" she urged.
''kathy has something of her own.
and if she loves Billy she may wish to
nurse him back to health" said good
natured Bob.
ut is not right that her life should
be sacrificed to an invalid"
Really. Anna. can not interfere.
Kate is old enough to Judge for herself
as to the right course"
s.Dear Robert. there can be but one
right course! l have told you what it
is"
In consequence of this and many
other talks Bob treated young Whiting
with such GOODNESS that he left the
house one evening deeply offended.
fornia, there to grow healthy and rich
and in time to marry girl who re-
sembled Catherine Trench.
Kate is still unmarried.
Grandma Trench died in the second
year of Annals reign. She was un-
accountably weak" the physician
said. land unable to resist acute dis
ease" He told his wife that he ''sus-
pected Mrs. Roberts dietary was not
of nourishing kind; and the old lady
belonged to a large-bodied. hungry
race who required rich food and plenty
of it."
The poor old woman crept into her
grave with dull sense of starvation
! in her mind and heart IS we'll as body.
| She had been Methodist in her youth
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-16

uosity would destroy her tormentors. But when
turned from my tOrmentor TO watch the lace-like
shadow of a heecy cloud, flying across a field, or
when would suddenly stop to look at two rabbits
cutting cOquettish capers in a of the fence
he would irritate me with some grating remark
would want TO know if had ever wrestled with a
"yaller teller named Yves what lives in town. or
chow would | like to lie down in the shade and
stay there as long as | wanted to-"
GLOW far are we from Osbury's?" asked, intend
ing, If the distance were more than mile to stop
and wait until my "discordant accompaniment"
were out of sight.
1--WE ken see the house when we skelp the top nv
the rise yander."
| saw, away oil to the right, large and old look
ing brick house Ii was situated on a gently rising
hill, and was surrounded 10y tall trees. | shall
never forget my first glimpse Of that house. I'M
practical even unto romantic fault, fancied that
IL must be castle, provided with mOat and draw
bridge, and hurried into a reverie | had begun
To discern tower and sentinel when my COM
panion snatched me back to Kentucky by remark
ny that he should be blowing that very minute
well go on and pillow - ex claimed.
but will you stop at my house-yander ii is,
that cabin right down thar-an' tell my wife that
couldn't git away frum town no sooner?"
NO"
Wall then, whut you reckon it's best fur me ter
do?"
"How the deuce do | know?"
al didn't know but you mout have a family
yosef. Hold on a mint. Tell you what I'll do.
I'll slip around TO the stable n git my team an go
to plowin' without le;tn' he. know that Pm the
place Wall, good day. FL you settle down in
this part NV the country, drop over an see me
sometime"
A few minutes later passed his house and saw
large woman standing in the door, with her hands
on her hips. In the yard, the fence there sat
the most pitiabe child l have ever seen. Pale,
white haired and ragged with a smear Of molasses
nd aaha its ha 3 inU
ing on the ground with a stick. | saw that heart
moving face many and many time after that day,
but no experience that may come to me in my
after life blot out-without blotting out rea-
son itself-the memory of the last time saw that
pale child.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-16
CHAPTER IL.

Colonel Remington Osbury gave me tight
gripping welcome lie did this even before | had
given my name or stated my business showing that
he was true kentuckian with q sort of miscela-
neous and analy tcal courtesy. When ] went up
the old gentleman was standing at the gate tie
was rather large, and was somewhat above the
medium height. His face, with the exception of an
almost white, short and bristly moustache, was
clean shaver; and | noticed that his eyes were
intensely black Character was written all over
him, | thought indeed there was, 1t seemed, so
much character that not al of 1t could be strong.
He took my valise, and told me to walk right in
and make myself at home | made several attempts
to tell him my name and to state why had come,
but he kept gurgling out, like we'll filled demi-
john, so incessant flow of welcome that l could
say nothing. This excessive, this unheard of cour-
tesy to q stranger puzzled me until discovered
upon being shown into the library, that the old
fellow had been amusing himself with mint juleps
Colonel Osbury, my name is"
Eyes, sub, yes; glad to see you. Let me make
you julep. All my people have gone on q sort
of teed expedition over at one of the neighbors'.
Sort of q marriage there, too, think"
NO. thank you, l don't drink anything"
replied
"Oh, yes you do; oh, yes Now, let me show you
how to make a julep. Jupiter, you know, broke
the jug that contained the nectar of the gods
when some fellow had given him a sip of julep
Jube was a sensible fellow Now here, see this
mint? You want to pick the sprigs off this way.
The commonly-he idea that you must crowd
down the stems is q fraud. Drink this"
drank it. When he had made another ulep, he
sat down on q leather covered lounge, slipped the
perfumed drink, and then, placing the tumbler on
. table at hand, said
"Pm going to lie down here now and go to sleep
Billy-call you Billy, anyway,-light that pipe up
there and hand it to me, will your Thank you,"
he added when / had complied. "Now," he con-
right"
sat there gazing ut him. The pipe fell on the
floor. The colonel was asleep. "A betting can
didate for literary honors,s unused. 81 fear that
am chasing Wild turkey with lap dog. What
and n1d - hwo1e - co1onil go Icool1
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-09
THE WHIPPING POST.
y Man Whipped in Maryland Under
the Law for Wife Beating.

\ special from Hagerstown, Nd, says:
The FIRST whipping administered in this coun-
" since the passage of the act Of lSS2for wife
beati occurred here this afternoon. The pris-
oner was David G. Herbert, a resident Of the
CarfoSs district this county. Herbert is tall
Wel-prOpOrtiCGed white man, while his wife,
who made the complaint is a fragile, delicate
looking woman. AT the trial before Justice
Bitner it was proved that Herbert, while
intoxicated last Friday, beat and chOked his
wife into Inconsistencies. While she was
in that condition he grabbed chair, swear
ing that he intended to kill her He was pre-
vented from carrying his threat into execu-
ton by his son wrestling the chair from him.
Herbert has been guilty Of the same offence
several times before, and the Justice deter
mined to impose a Salutary restraint upon
his future conduct by sentencing him to re-
coive fifteen Iashes and an Imprisonment of
five days in jail.
The Sheriff was notified and at once. made
preparations to carry the sentence into exc
cutiOn. thick piece of leather two feet in
length, tapering to the end, and joined TO a
wooden handle was selected for the lash.
The prisoner after being stripped TO the waist,
was made to stand handcuired to the bars
of door in the Jail. One of the
deputies counted the strokes whie
the Sheriff laid them on with
force and in quick succession. During the
whipping the prisoner writhed repeatedly,
and several means escaped him. After tho
last stroke had fallen it was found that por
ton of the prisoners back was covered with
welts, and his right side, which the end Of tho
strap had dashed, was badly discolored, and
in several places ridges had been raised.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-09
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

WE have 1000 missionaries.
CHICAGO has over 1000 saloons.
THERE are less than $50 900 Indians.
THE watermelon crop is abundant.
TURKEY has joined the Triple Alliance.
SEVEN States elect State officers this year.
CHICAGO wants the Worlds Fair in 1892.
THERE is glut of butter in New York
city.
ALGERIA is suffering from a plague Of
locusts
The Governor of North Dakota is to get
$4,000 year.
THE watermelon growers of the South
have trust
CHILE has floated 81, 100000 of ~ per
cent. bonds at par.
NEWPORT, KY, is very much excited be-
cause it has four Mayors.
THERE are twenty cases Of s1nstroke at
the North to one at the South.
RICE will be plenty and cheap, as an IN
usually large crop is promised.
The fare Oh the new Congo Railroad in
Africa is thirty eight cents mile.
THE number of telegraph stations in the
world was increased last year by 1900.
THE premium on gold at Buenos Ayres
has advanced to seventy-fve per cent.
THE Government will take control Of all
TWENTY-FIVE persons are known to have
lost their lives in the West Virginia floods.
EXCESSIVE rains h?,. damaged cotton
and wheat in Tenne@s.a. Mississippi and
Texas.
THERE will be twenty-seven agricultural
fairs in Connecticut during the present
season.
CHILE has let railroad contracts to the
amount of So, 416. 600, all to be completed
within five years.
GENERAL SHERIDAN'S private secretary
from 1875 to 1880, is in jail in Kansas City
for horse stealing.
Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY ministers have
applied for an army chaplainship which be-
comes vacant soon.
THE cotton crop Of Texas this year will
probably reach 1900 900 bales and the corn
crop will be enormous.
THE Shah of Persia is said to have two or
three of his wives accompanying him on his
European tour in mems attire.
OVER $3.50, 900 has been paid to benefici-
aries in the COnemaugh Valley Of PenrsylTa-
MIA by life insurance companies.
ATLANTA. Ga, now owes between 81, 800,
600 and =, coo, 900 upon which 1t Is paying
seven and eight per cent. interest.
TOPEKA, Kan, gets a new industry worth
$50, 900 annually by the discovery Of a fine
bed Of terra Gotta clay near the city
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-09
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Merchandise Passing Through our
Custom Houses Last Fiscal Year.
The value of imports of merchandise dur
ing the last fiscal year amounted II $40 l21,-
476 and of exports to &742, 401, 799, an excess
of imports over exports Of s., 725, 677. OF our
exports the value Of domestic merchandise
was $3.50 2S2, 6O6 and the value Of foreign mer-
chandise S12, 119, 1913.
The total value of imports and exports OF
merchandise was 81, 4S7, 529, 275, as against
81, H9, 81 ,621 during the fiscal year l6So, an
increase of SCI, 617, 654.
The value of imports Of merchandise
amounted to s745, 127, 476, as against S723,-
957, ia during the fiscal year 1883, an in
crease of $21, no. 1862.
The exports of merchandise amounted TO
s742, 4O1 799 as against $685., 954 5O7 during the
fiscal year 1888, an increase of $46, AZ, 2%?
The value of exports of merchandise during
the last fiscal year was larger than during
any other year since 1883, and was only ex-
ceeded by the exports of 1881, 1852 and 1888.
The value of imports of merchandise during
the last fiscal year was the largest in the his
tory of our commerce, being larger than IN
the year 1882, when it amounted 10 S724, 639,-
574
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-09
HONEY BEE KEEPERS,
A Litigation Taken Up by the National
Association.

Among the decisions handed down re-
Gently at the adjourned General Term of
the Fourth Judicial Departments New York.
was one OF extraordinary interest and i'm
portance ID the keepers Of honey bees through
ont the country. The litigation is entirely
novel IN its features, and arose under the
following circumstances:
John N. Olmstead and Robert s. Rich
have fine residences about fifty feet apart in
the village of Hobart, Delaware County. y.
Y. Olmstead is q banker, and Rich is one Of
the largest bee keepers and honey producers
in the country, he having over $50 swarms
in his epiaries. About twenty OF these
swarms were kept in the rear of Rich's
house, and were therefore III close
proximity to Banker Olmstead's dwell
ling. In July, 1887, Banker Olrnste.d
served notice upon Rich alleging that the
latter bees were nuisance, and requiring
him to remove the twenty hives from the
place where they were kept to some other
point where they would cease to be an an
noyance. Rich paid no attention to the
warning, and thereupon Banker Olmstead
brought an action in the Supreme Court
against the bee keeper, asking 1920 in
damages for the annoyances already SUI
fered and for an injunction restraining the
defendant from keeping his bees in offensive
proximity to the plaintiffs dwelling
The case came on for trial at the October
term of the Delaware County Circuit, al
DelIll, DeIOre JOSClce douglass SOardnan auC
jury. The National Bee Keepers Associa-
ton, Of which organization Mr. Rich is 3
member, recognizing the far-reaching import,
ance of the case to the interest it represents
took up the defense of the alleged insect tres
passers. On behalf Of Banker Olnstead il
was claimed that defendants bee.
were vicious and offensive insects,
which had caused his household great
pain and annoyance by attacking
and singing any member who ventured out
of doors, and had also annoyed and injured
his horses and pet stock The defense
pleaded general denial of the alleged tre5-
passes, and also claimed that even if the tres
passes had been committed as charged, it was
impossible for the other side tc identify the
defendants bees out of the countless swarms
kept in the neighbOrhOGd as the actual ma
rauders.
Much testimony was given pro and con,
the trial lasting several days and exciting
great interest among the bee keepers OF Cen
trail New York Able counsel fought the
case vigorously on both sides. The outcome
OF the trial was that the jury found that
the marauderS came from the Rich hives
and that his epiary was a nuisance as
charged and awarded the plaintiff Z
cents damages and costs. Thereupon the court
issued Il permanent injunction restraining
the defendant from further maintaining the
nuisance to the annoyance OF the plaintiff.
The defendant appealed from this Judgment
to the General Term, which now hands down
A decision affirming the verdict of the court
below, with costs. It's understood that the
National Rec Keepers Association will con-
time The fight by a further appeal to the
court o. last resort.