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, 1889-02-28
CHAPTER II.

Roberts mother was dead. The
young man found himself alone with
his wife, surly squire, boy that
caught bugs and host of other peo>
pie. A sad condition, surely. He
was devoted to his church work and
his wifo was happy. One day Robert
read book written by the Squire.
1t startled him. He felt his faith
growing cold. He went fishing, but
experienced no relief. He didn't
catch anything. Charlotte noticed
the change in him. He groaned
whenever he thought of her love
slipping away from him, as it must
certainly do when she should discov-
er his awful secret. He decided to
call on friend whom he had heard
preach. When he announced this
intention his wife looked at him in
"wild surmise"
Don't ask me why l am going"
he said.
'You are losing SO much flesh, y
she family whispered
GYes, yes-bHt cannot tell why"
He kissed her and hurried away.
His friend gave him but little con-
ISOLATION. When he returned his wife
stared at him. His hour had cone
He was to lose the jewel of his life
but he must be honest. He had de-
cided to give up his church. How
could he tell her of his burning
secreti She put her arms around
him. Now had his time come. Hi:
frame shook.
Charlotte, you have noticed"
"Yes. dear"
"Oh, low can I tell yous Char
lotte, my faith has received a grea
shock. Lido not believe tha
ltotal abstinence from the fiddle j
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The Reason He Was silent.

Smart Young Man-Is it possible
there's nothing new in baseball or
prize-fights to talk about7 You've
been fifteen minutes at work on my
face, and haven't said word yet.
Taciturn Barber-I lost a good
situation once by talking too much
to every burned fool 1 shaved. Nextl
The weed S of woe may be saidot
be the cigars you get in country
grocery.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

T:"tnr1 Company would allow lncom.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

Nv the entire Kansas oelus 1870 s;ta+;on
Dy Sn x,,;+hout the solicitation
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

Great BEND; tor Reg. OF Dee9ss 4 w;sso,
OIOoo u N,s:urood. for ShRrlff. w 1ISOu
The times., 1889-07-19
Separating Minerals.

Mr.. Carus-Wilson has devised an
effective dry method for separating
the denser minerals from sand. A
piece of cardboard about two feet long
is bent in the form of shoot or
trough Gt must not be allowed to
break), and held in this form by elias
tic bands at either end; this must then
be held, or fixed, at an angle suff-
GENTLY inclined to allow the sand to
travel slowly down the shoot on being
gently tapped. A small quantity of
the sand to be treated is now placed at
the head of the trough, which is then
tapped with the finger When the
trough is tapped, the sand travels
slowly down, and in doing so the
denser grains lag behind, forming a
dark mass in the rear of the stream !;
this dark mass increases as the sand
flows on, and must be collected and
placed in q receptacle just the moment
before the last tap would cause it to
fall off the trough. When q sufficient
quantity of this denser sand has been
collected, it should be placed in the
lid of cardboard box az inches by 6
inches), and gently shaken to and fro
at a slightly inclined angle, the mass
being at the same time gently blown
on with the breath. The finer quartz
grains will thus be blown away, and
hardly any but the denser grains will
notwithstanding American.
The times., 1889-07-19
Fame Easily Acquired.

Talking of how much famo he has
or hasn't, Willie Winter has sense Of
humor enough to take n sacrilegious
tone on the subject After he came
back from his first trip to England,
Augustin Daily said to him: "They
made an awful lot of fuss about you
over there, didn't they, Winterl l
don't see how it came about. Do they
really read your poetry and, if so, how
come they to?"
"Oh, no, no; nothing of that sort, y
said the gentle Willie, hastily. "Of
course they never read line of it,
but, then, they never read any Ameri-
can poet, you know, but Longfellow
and when George Fawcett Rowe in
troduced me around as the great sue
cessor of Longellow, and the poet of
the time in the States, why, naturally,
they just took his word for it and
treated me accordingly" Did you
ever hear anything so charmingly
naif2-New York Star.
The times., 1889-07-19
To the Ricllf.

System in little things has an effect
ual way of simplifying the affairs of
daily life. ~ don't care if you do call
me Hiss Nancy" said boy whose
sisters were wont 10 tease. him for
keeping his books and papers in me-
thodical array. II gain good half
hour every day by knowing where
things are.
A lady who supports herself by do
ing shopping on commission says that
she is eXasperated hundred times a
day by the persistence with which
people stumble over one another in
following the wrong direction.
al go into Il store, she says. "or
rather | attempt to go in, some sec
onds before | am allowed to have my
way. There are two doors, and | take
the right one, in duty bound. a
crowd of people are pushing out that
very way, however, and am obliged
to wait until the passage is clear.
''If they had but taken the other
door, there would have been an un-
broken stream of people entering and
issuing, and no one would have been
delayed
"The same thing happens within
In the space between the counters,
women push their way in this or that
direction. quite forgetting the fact
that, if the general tendency of prog
ress were always toward the right, the
general confusion would be decidedly
lessened.
81 wish the fact might be impressed
upon the younger generation, at least,
that there is common sense and reason
in keeping to the right Even if we
older people cannot practice wisdom,
they, at least, should learn by our
mistakes. YOUTHS Companion.
The times., 1889-07-19
Facility in Art.

Facility is often mistaken for gen
ius, but it generally leads to medi-
ocrity. How many person | have
known, who, with great promise at
the beginning, soon faltered, and then
stopped; while others, with no early
facility, strengthened themselves by
study and will, and passed FAR beyond
them at the end. So many are salts
fed with doing pretty well what they
can do easily, and want the energy to
do very well when it costs labor and
struggle. But at least four-fifths OF
genius is an indomitable will.
Take Michael Angelo, for instance
he had not natural facility like Ra-
phael, but he climbed to far higher
regions by force Of will, and an
energy that 80 years did not tire
while Raphael passed his elimination
at 81, and his last works, young as he
was, are far from being his best How.
ever, we eneed not go to great examples
common life and every day will fur
nish them. A thousand are pleased
with dabbling in water colors and toy.
ing with them as amateurs to one
who earnestly works with the deter
mination to be an artist. After all,
there is far greater difference between
men in their will than in their talent
What we will to do, despite of obsta
cles and failures, we generally sue
ceed in doing at last "Easy writing, y
says Sheridan, ''makes damned hard
reading;" and we must make up our
minds to work if we wish to win sue
cess.-Blackwood's Magazine.
The times., 1889-07-19
Ho Was u Distributor.

On a side lot near the Forepaugh
grounds on North Broad street there
was q fakir whose outfit consisted of
the stake and ring game. This simple
and enticing amusement is played as
follows: The stake is placed in the
ground at certain angle, which leads
the uninitiated to believe that it is easy
to throw the five inch rings over it,
whereas this feat is almost impossible.
The fakir had a crowd around him
and was raking in the dimes-three
tries" for ten cents-when q black
mustached, middle sized man walked
up and said he'd bet dollar he could
put three rings out of five over the
stake.
The fabir winked at the crowd and
took the man up. The black mus
tached stranger threw five rings
rapidly one after another, and, as
three of them were on the stake, the
throwcr was in ninety cents. They
doubled bets and the stranger won
again. Then they bet $40 even that
nine rings out of the first ten thrown
could not be put over the stake. The
whole ten settled safely, and the fakir,
as he handed SO in silver over, said: (:
''I'm broke; what's your businessg"
'I'm distributor at the postofIice, "
said the ring thrower. II don't do
anything but fling papers all day long
into the mouths of fifty sacks. ."-Phila-
delphia News.
The times., 1889-07-19
The Proper Length.

Stephen A. Douglas and Mr.. Love
joy were once gossiping together,
when Abraham Lincoln came in. The
two men Immediately turned their
conversation upon the proper length
of mans legs. "Now, said Lovejoy,
"Abe's legs are altogether too long,
and yours, Douglas, 1 think, are a
little short. Let's ask Abe what he
thinks of it." The conversation had
been carried on with view to Lin
coins overhearing it, and they closed
it by saying: "Abe, what do you
think about it" Mr.. Lincoln had a
far away look, as he sat with one leg
twisted around the other, but he re-
sponded to the question, "Think of
whata" "Well, we're talking about
the proper length of mans legs. We
think yours are too long and Douglas
too short, and we'd like to know what
you think is the proper length. !"
''Well," said Mr.. Lincoln, that's a
matter I've never given any thought
to, SO, of course, l may be mistaken
but my first impression is that mans
legs ought to be long enough to reach
from his body to the ground. d."-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The times., 1889-07-19
An Appeal to DelinNuents.

The editors are anxious to get up
their summer suits, or as much of them
as they can. We, therefore, ask our
delinquent subscribers to do the square
act. Come forward at once and plank
down the hard cash so that we can lay
in our supply. Owing to the hard
times our wardrobe will not be very
extensive this season; however, we
hope to be able to purchase for cash,
a pair of striped homespun breeches
and q linen duster each, a couple of
straw hats at fifteen cents q piece, a
celluloid collar, which will be worn
by first one and then the other, two
pairs of second hand shoes, Nos. IL and
13, aud possibly few other minor
articles of dress, which if we could
only purchase would relieve us of lots
of embarrassment and add very much
to our personal Observation-Disclosures
ton tGa.) Clipper.
The times., 1889-07-19
What Puzzled NIr. Lutirell.

Among the members of the Forty
third congress was Hon. John X. Lut-
trell, of California. The following
story illustrates forcibly the condition
of affairs then and the justice of the
present demand for a reform in the
rules of the house:
"When | came to Washington, "
said Mr.. Luttrell to ex-senator Mes
mith, of Oregon, who was then q
member of the house, Il thought |
was to be member of dcliberative
assembly of representative peers, each
one on an equality with the others,
each with equal voice in the proceed
ings. find that am mistaken. 1t
is more lilse city in its workings.
Here are men engaged IN finance; here
others engaged in commercial pur-
suits. There are some who buy and
sell, there are others interested in for
eign matters. Some are gentlemen of
elegant leisure. There are rings and
rings within rings There are bust
ness sections, the thickly settled por'
ton and the suburbs
'As for myself live in the suburbs,
so far from the BUSINESS center that
may rise in my seat every day from
December till July without once catch
ing the speakers eye. Nesmith, | can
take an Indian blankotand completely
cover with it the men who shape and
control the legislation of the nation
within this so called deliberate body
'Luttrell, you always did have q
good deal Of a fool in your compost.
ton" replied the Oregonian. "Why
go to the trouble of obtaining an Indian
blanlSet9 Why not get dinner plate
and clap it on the head of the speaker?
Washington Post.
The times., 1889-07-19
WHY a CABLE BREAKS.
The Delicate instruments Used To Ascer-
sain the Locality of the Breach.

The Delicate instruments Used to Ascer-
ain the Locality of the Breach.
When the Ponyer-Quertier, a French
steamer builteXpressly for laying ocean
cables, was in Boston harbor, many
pleasurs seekers, as we'll as news
gatherers, boarded her, intent upon
learning something about cables and
men who care for them. One inquir-
ing person buttonholed the first oili-
Ger and piled him with questions
'How do you know, when the cable
lies way out in mid-ocean, when you
have 10 repair breakl"
"Oh, that's easily explained. Deep
ly buried as these cables are beneath
the trackless level of the oceans sur
face, the exact path in which each
one of them lies is well known by
series of chart indications which were
made ut the time of their construction
By means of computations based upon
these sources Of information captain
can guide his vessel to any spot along
the line in mid-ocean, where no guide
posts but the1ights of heaven exist, and
know of a certainty that he is with
in very short distance of point di-
rectly over the cumbent cable hun
dreds of fathoms below"
''You said a little while ago that if
there was break in the cable between
Cape Ann and Ireland that the APP
proximate position of the break could
be ascertained by the operator at Can
so. Now, how could he tell anything
about it except that communication
was stopped!
''Well, it is one of the marvellous
things in modern invention that he is
able to accomplish this. The delicate
instrument called the galvanometer
will tell him, in the space of very
few seconds, at what spot in the hun
dreds Of miles length of cable, down
along the dark recesSes of the oceans S
bed, the accident TO the wire has oc-
Cured. The acuteness of the instru-
ment llcs simply in its ability to reg
lister with unfailing accuracy the
amount of resistance the unbroken
and knowing already the other con-
ditions of the size of the wire and the
amount of its resistance per mile, the
operator can calculate the distance
from the station at which the break
has occurred If there should be two
breaks he, of course, can give infor-
nation regarding the first one only
since the electric connection is stopped
there. If the operator at the outer end
should make a~imilar test of his uD-
broken portion, and it should be
found, upon comparing the two re-
suits, through some other perfect
cable that they did not supplement
each others distances, then it would
be evident that there were at least two
breaks, at known distance from each
other: Such instances have not oc-
Cured, however. Now York Star.
The times., 1889-07-19
Increase of Storms and Floods.

The Northwestern Railroader puts
forth novel theory to account for an
alleged increase of storms and floods
in these latter years. 1t says that there
are more than 10000 locomotives in
use in North America. and that the
vapor from these sent out into the at
mosphere each week will measure
more than so, 900, 900, 900 cubic yards,
which must be returned as rain; or
1000, 100000 cubic yards day-quite
enough to produce rainfall every
twenty-four hours. Other non-con-
densing steam engines add eight times
as much more, SO that the total mass
of vapor discharged into the atmos-
phere must be each week more than
470. 900, 000,000 cubic yards.
The times., 1889-07-19
Compressed Air.

The largest compressed air estab-
lisiiment in the world is at Paris. It
has plant with 5000 horse power.
Begun in 1881 to distribute the power
for the driving of pneumatic clocks,
it was not long before it was discover
ed that the air could be profitably used
for two other purposes-to distribute
motive power to manufacturers by
day and to produce electricity for
lighting by night. The works, which
are on the heights of Belleville, on
the edge of the city, now occupy an
area of l07, 500 square feet, or two and
a half acres, two-fifths of which is
covered with buildings.-New York
Telegram.
The times., 1889-07-19
He Applied the Proyerb.

See here" said big man in ar
angry voice, as he rushed into cheap
clothing store, 'you are a swindler-a
rank, unmitigated swindler, without
any principle or sentiment of hon
esty-that's what you aro."
my vrendt, vot is de matter9' asked
the merchant in a conciliating tone.
"You have no right to call me dose
Names"
II haven't Look at this coat gave
you SO for. It's all pulling apart, and
look at this vest, and these pants.
They look like a cyclone had put 'em
on to 60 out west in"
''Und for dot you call me swindlerY
''You bet do"
'My vrendt, you forged one ting
what is that2"
''You should nefer shudge man
bv his cloding. Merchant Traveller.
The times., 1889-07-19
In the Interest OF Science.

Dyspeptic Patient-Good heavens,
doctor, what are you taking all those
murderous things out for2
Jealous Physician (who worships
his profession)-For the autopsy; I am
going to find out just what is the mat
ter with you.
Alarmed Patient (who is unduly
sensitive)-But I am not dead yet.
Calm Physician-No, but you might
die sometime when would be other
wise engaged, and it is not well to de-
lay the autopsy until decay seizes upon
the more delicate tissues. Hold your
breath while take out your lungs,
please. -Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The times., 1889-07-19
Tho Lnndlord,s Trick.

1T beats any of the games or puz-
zles of the day." said the hotel man,
who was explaining his diversion to
an interested crowd. II call it Tom
and Jerry, and there isn't one man in
fifty can do it. You take any long
necked bottle and lay it on its side
word. 'Now take little bit of paper
and roll it into ball, dry it thor
oughly-so," and again he illustrated
by making the little roll himself.
NOW, place the roll in the neck of
the bottle, near the external opening,
and try, with I'll the lung power you
have, to blow the paper ball into the
body Of the bottle If you do it III
twenty-five minutes I'll give you SO, "
and the hotel man drew the crisp bills
from his pocket.
OF course every man in the party
tried it, and, although the dawn had
begun 10 break before the last aspi-
rant had tried to put the ball in, the
interest in the puzzle had not dimin
ished. The first who attempted to get
in Jerry, rs the landlord called the
recalcitrant bit of paper, blew SO vio-
lently that Jerry leaped to the floor.
Bravo, Jerryl" said the landlord.
Then Jerry was coaXed and ca
ressed by.a gentle breath that played
around him so delicately that he seem
cd destined to glide into the body OF
the bottle.
"LoolS out, Jerry" yelled the land
lord.
Jerry seemed to understand, for
he came flying back, no nearer in
than when he was started This raised
a general laugh, the landlord laugh
ing most loudly, because his call to
Jerry had so disconcaned the blower
that the latter fail sa to gauge his
wind.
The first trial began shortly after
midnight, and the last was concluded
at about A q. N. Only the landlord
had succeeded in getting Jerry in,
and the guests went to bed to dream
of jerry and his master, Tom. Tom
and Jerry are a raz2le dazzle pair
Boston Herald.
The times., 1889-07-19
Lost Time on Short Days.

She was an humble waiting maid
in Oakland. Oakland is the Athens
of California, and the ah, therel of
San Francisco. She waited upon an
Athenian table and cooked Athenian
steaks for Athenian appetites. She
was not all lost. She had relatives in
San Francisco, and she visited them
on her off day. 1t is one long off day
in Oakland.
1t had been her custem of forenoon
for many months to make this little
pilgrimage, and winter approached
and the sun rose later and set earlier,
in accordance with the rules of the
celestial trades union. One day a
couple of weeks ago she went to her
mistress.
please, ma'am, you'll have to let
me go an hour earlier now."
"Why"
Because, ma'am, I've got to go
over to the city, and, you know,
ma'am, the days are so short now that
l loose more than an hour. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The times., 1889-07-19
What Londoners Consume.

Taking all London's food together
the fish, the meat, the poultry, the
vegetables, the fruit, the groceries and
the bread-and it shows an annual
consumption of close on q million and
q half tons a year. Adding to this the
Misunderstanding the water-and di-
vided by 365, we have a daily con-
sumption Of $500 tons.-New York
Telegram.
The times., 1889-07-19
Works, Not Faith.

Two wei. known clergymen missed
their train, upon which one of them
took out his watch, and finding it to
blame for the mishap, said he would
no longer have any faith in it.
But" said the other; "isn't it a
question, not of faith, but of works9"
Living Church.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
Express Changes.

Wells, Fargo & Co. have just COM
pleted commodious Office on the grounds
of the Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany at the south end of the Arcade
depot, this city, and on December lat
will inaugurate new system of forward
ing and delivering goods by express. All
incoming matter to the city will be de
livered directly from the trains to the
merchants, and all merchandise cent
from the city will be received at and
billed from their depot Office. This will
be very great saving of time and an
advantage in every way to the patrons OF
the company, as it will allow nearly an
hours more time upon outgoing ship
ments: as they can bs billed up to the
last moment before the train leaves, and
will be as great saving upon all in
coming matter. as it will not be neces.
sary for it to be sent to the up p.town office
for distribution, as heretofore. No doubt
shippers will appreciate the company's
efforts to promote their interests and will
take advantage Of the same.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28

BE. Bssohams n Pills act like magic on . weak
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
A DEED IN ESCROW.
Montana Alleges j. s. Chadwick
Did a Queer Thing.

Montana Alleges J. s. Chadwick
Did a Queer Thing.
Ex-Auditor Of this county 4. A Mon.
tafio yesterday filed a suit against j. s..
CHADWICK and others to quiet the title to
q lot h the Mott tract, back on the hills.
Montaflo alleges in the complaint that
the lot ia worth $4,000; that many
months ago he sold i. to H. B. Pinney
and made deed, which he delivered
into the hands of Chadwick and others,
to be held in escrow, and delivered up to
Pinney upon the mutual consent OF
Montaiio and Pinney. Pinney defaulted
in the matter of making the payments
on the property according to agreement,
and then Montana notified Chadwick not
to deliver the deed to Pinney.
Chadwick refused to be bound by Mon
tafio's directions in the matter, but
threatened to deliver the deed to Pinney
anyhow, and did 80 deliver it. The con-
tention of Montafio is that the deed 80
delivered is invalid, and he wants to
have it declared go, and set aside.