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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-12
WE ARE'ONLY TOO WILLING
That You Should Compare Our
FOOTWEAR and PRICES

With those of any other dealer, and then decd.
whether you can do any better elsewhere.
We are willing because we know we have the clinch
on other buyers We sell for less because buy less
Remember our old established rule Of exchange IL
what You buy here does not suit M return have ex-
changed or get your money back.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-12

The greatest cure on earth Tor pain,
sayation Oh; sing the refrain.
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checkn postal notes or ether business
tnouln be directed 70 REPUBLICAN PUnLisIt-
DC PRINTING COMPANY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
WORDS OF THE WISE.

AphOrisms Selected from the Works o
Great Philosophers.
No thoroughly occupied man wa.
every yet very miserable.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but rising every time we fall
-Confucius
Quarrels would never last long if the
trouble was only on enc side.-ROche-
foucauld.
There are soft moments even to des-
peradoes- God does not all at once
abandon even them.
1t is one proof of good education
and of true refinement of feeling to
respect antiquity.
Cheerfulness keeps up kind of day
light in the mind. filing it with a
steady and perpetual erenity.-Ad-
olson.
There are no persons more solicitous
about the preservation of rank than
those who have no rank at all.-Shen-
stone.
Pride, like the magnet, constantly
points to one object, self; but. unlike
the magnet. it has no attractive pole,
but at all points repels.-Colton.
Believe nothing against another but
on good authority; nor report what
may hurt another, unless it be greater
hurt to another to conceal it.-W.
Penn.
The greater a man is in power above
others the more he ought to excel them
in virtue. None ought to govern who
is not better than the governed
Cyrus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
In the Vegetable Garden.

The market-gardener in the neigh
borhood of large cities is accustomed
to use valuable land. and often pays a
high rent for the privilege. He makes
this pay by growing several crops a
year on the same ground, and to that
end the land is made very rich by ma
nure, this latter being favorable to the
flavor, as it is well-known fact that
quick growth is what is wanted for
vegetables for summer use. The sub
urban gardener, in his small lot, may
readily practice the same principle, by
always growing plants of similar
nature together. For example, all the
early crops, rs cabbage, peas, rad
ishes, lettuce, caulifiower, potatoes,
bush beans, come off the ground
near enough together for our pur-
pose. The ground for these should
be heavily MANFRED in the
spring. Radishes and lettuce take
only a month to six weeks, so
these may be grown be tween the
rows of the other crops. This gives
the rows foot or two between each
other. but plenty of room, when the
lettuce and radishes come of. for the
perfecting of the other crops.
Now. then, to succeed these first
crops we shall want spaces about that
time for late cabbage, cauliflower,
celery, successional pease. beans and
turnips. Even the cucumbers and
melons may be accommodated by
clearing away the leaves of small
space By the time these are growing
rapidly, the first crop comes off alto
gether. In making these arrange
ments. cabbage need not follow cab
bage. but put these on the land the
pease and beans had. and so on All
the winter root crops may be by them
selves. as also pole beans that occupy
the ground III the tIma-Prairie
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

the chiefs once. One OF the most enter
prising and successful OF the detectives on
the regular force was Mr.. Seth Ketcham-
He had worked longer than any OF the
others upon the case, and on the point at
issue sand to his chief and colleagues:
ssInasmuch as BrownlOw declares that his
wife left the house between seven and half
past seven, it must be q falsehood. A man
in his grade Of society and of his peculiarly
stubborn pride Of character could not let
any thing escape through inadvertence, and
if he had furnished this Indication it could
only have been with the purpose of mislead-
ing Justice. It is therefore reasonable to sup
nose that Mrs Brownlow did not leave the
house in the wayin which her husband indi-
Gated In all probability the deed was done
indoors, and the body thereafter concealed
in some way that we have to find out. In
my opinion, therefore, we should search the
house. In all probability Mrs Brownlow
was murdered without Fermentation,
probably in moment Of anger. Between
seven and midnight, the hour when the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
AeOuT FlA1C-GRoW1NG.
Interesting Communicatfon from an Irisl
Farmer on the Subject.


Interesting Concentration from an Iriih
Farmer on the Subject.
Prof. Wlletts, the Assistant Score
tary of Agriculture, has under con-
sideration letter from ireland, which
he thinks may offer a solution of the
economic problem: What shall take
the place of wheat on farms where it
can no longer be raised at profit
The writer, who has been familiar
with fax-growing and linen manu-
featuring since 1910, says in his inter-
esting communications: There are only
two establishments weaving-one at
Webster, Mass, and the other at APP
pleton, Wis, the latter doing but little.
and neither weaving any thing finer
than crash. There is nothing in the
climate or soil conflicting with the as
sertion that just as good flax and linen
may be produced in every State in the
American Union as in any country.
Germany now spins and weaves the
finest linen. and she has no essentially
different climate from America Many
things become successful in Am erica
from the facility with which the
people take up and adopt improved
processes and appliances, and this may
be the salvation of the linen industry,
of the Importance of which there is no
question. There is every reason why
the American farmers should produce
a million acres of fax for both seed
and fiber over and above what is now
produced, which would give II ,0OO, 600
to Is, 600. 900 bushels of seed, worth as
many millions of dollars. and $500. 600
tons of fax straw, worth $50, 900, 600,
and from which 10000 tons of fax
fiber would be obtained, worth $780,
600, 600. Once established, American
invention would, as in all other in
dustries. soon build up an industry to
consume this raw material. / wish the
State experimental farms to grow a
small amount in each State. and such
private farmers as are disposed to do
the same. The fax should be sOwn
upon any good mellow soil which has
been well MANFRED the past year, or
active chemical fertilizers may be en-
ployed to reasonable extent. The
seed should be sOwn at the rate of two
and half bushels on an acre of land,
brushed in. and no further attention
is needed excepting that oany large
weeds may be removed until the fax
has turned for half its length, when
it should be pulled. cured and cared
for to keep it bright, in the same man
ner as is done with hay. The seed
may be taken off by ripping Or by
roller thrashing, and there will be a
market for all fax straw thus grown
at $50 per ton. The crop should give
two and half tons of straw to an acre,
and twelve to fifteen bushels of seed.
The cost of pulling is, in Canada. s. an
acre.
Prof. Willets has informed the
sender that the subject of his letter
would be earnestly considered by the
department, which would lend its aid
to any effort to increase or diversity
the agricultural industries of the coun.
try.-Washington Letter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
A SINGULAR BELIEF.

tion signifed.
The period of fifty-two years formed
a complete era for the Aztecs. and they
questioned whether at the end of that
period the great heavenly clock, hav-
ing performed its revolution. might
not stop forever. This era menaced q
considerable number of the population
once in their lives. and some of them
perhaps twice. Tie night on which
the ffty-second year would expire was
a solemn moment to them, and was
sigualized by extinguishing the sacred
fires in the temples and those on pri-
vate hearth-stones, and by breaking
all vessels that had contained provi-
sions; and the evening was passed In
darkness. with trembling and fear.
The day was in November, when the
Pleiades would eliminate at midnight,
and this moment was the termi-
nation of the century As the hour ap-
peared, the human victim was sacri-
feed, and the sticks were rubbed over
his still quick body for striking the fire
for his funeral pile and the iuaugura-
ton of the new era Men were wait
ing with torches ready to be lighted,
with which the new fire was to be dis
tributed to all the provinces. The
moment OF midnight was halted with
shouts of JOY. The world had not come
to an end and men could hope that il
would last at least through another
era Those who could not attend the
public ceremonies watched kneeling
on the roofs of their houses. The sec
ular festival was suppressed by the
Spaniards. the last human victim hav-
ing been sacrificed on the pyramid Of
Tlaloe in 150z--J- c. Houzeau. In Pop.
ular Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
CASTLES IN RUSSIA.
Peterhof and Tsarskoe-Selo, the Summe
Residences of the Tsar.

PeferhOf and TsarskOe-SelO, the Summer
Residences of the Tsar.
The small towns grouped around
these imperial palaces are sit
uated in opposite directions at one
hours distance by rail from Peters
burg. Peterhof is the Russian Yer
sailles. Peter the Great endeavored
to reprod uce there the splendors that
he had seen at the residence of Louis
XIV: A park with majestic prospects,
alleys of trimmed and sculptured yew-
trees, fountains streaming from the
mouths of bronze Tritons. The vicin-
ity of the sea furnishes here an addi-
tional decorative element; a fine prom
enade stretches away between the
waves and the oak forest. and leads to
the pier where the imperial yachts
afe mOored. Tsarskoe-SelO is the
more living of the two, and the richer
in souvenirs. In the vast castle built
by Rastrelli, and under the 1arch-trees
that fringe the lake, one thinks one
still sees the shade of the great Cath
crime, who used to lead in this place a
familiar and intelligent life in COM
pany with her favorites, her philoso-
piers. and her poets One fancies
that one sees. too. the shade of the
unfortunate Alexander IL, who used
to delight to assemble us here in his
private fetes when the summer
brought him back to his favorite
abode By the side of the palace the
Lycee calls up the most glorious
souvenirs of Russian letters. It
was long the monopoly of this house
to educate the children of the high
nobility; on its commemorative tablets
are inscribed most of the names that
have made a mark in the politics or in
the romantic movement of the first half
of the century. There Pouchkin passed
his childhood, and some of his verses
describe the entertainments of Tsarskoe.
The Hussars of the Guard who are
stationed in the town keep ennui at a
respectful distance. The park, admir-
ably laid out with its roads that lead
to triumphal arches and classical
temples and pavilions in the style of
the eighteenth century. is contiguous
to the park OF Pavlovsk, which sur
rounds the castle of the Grand-Duke
Constantine. Between these two re-
sidences there is an incessant going
to and fro of equipages, which issue
from the chalets that are disseminated
amongst the sheltering pine-trees. and
drive round the OPEN air orchestras
which are the habitua1 rendezvous of
rusticating Petersburg--The Vicomte
Eugene Melchior de Vogue. in Harper's
Magazine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
WASHING BLANKETS.



fwo Ways That Are Highly Recommended
by Experienced HOusekeePers-
Before putting away blankets for
the summer they are generally given
a good washing by most housewives
When blankets are used without
sheets. as in the case of person sleep
ing between blankets during the cold
weather, they ought always to be
washed ere putting away: but when
sheets have been used and the blankets
are not soiled it is just as well to omit
the washing. being content with Civ
ing them a thorough airing. Put them
out on the clothes-line on . fine day
and let them remain for the length Of
. forenoon: then pack away in a chest
or trunk. with q good sized piece of
eamphor rolled in a cloth or in mus
lin bag. Some housewives have q
closet especially for putting away
such things, built in the coolest part
of the house. and provided with broad
shelves The blankets or comforts
are folded and placed on these shelves.
and between the folds is usually a
large piece of camphor- Some do not
even use the camphor. but take out
the clothes frequently during the
warm weather and air them. airing
the closet at the same time One of
these closets is a great aid to a woman
and ought to be in every house, but on
no account use a closet near a Chin
ney. unless the latter Is not in use,
and If a window can be allowed to one
of these closets it will of itself be a
preventive of moths, as the latter in
sects do not thrive in the light
Some women prefer to leave a pair
Of blankets connected, therefore, do
not cut them apart, but wash them to-
gether. Blankets like these can never
be washed as easily or as well as
divided ones. 1t is hard enough work
to wash one blanket well. Always
cut the blankets apart and bind the
Get ready in tub some pretty warm
water, to which add some household
ammonia, in the proportion of two
tablespoonfuls of ammonia to pail of
water, and with some good white soap
make lather. place the blankets in
this, being careful that the water
covers them; let remain about an hour,
then rub them out. but do not rub on
soap, as it will make the ibers hard.
squeeze out of the water. and rinse in
two waters of the same temperature as
the first, and hang to dry. Never
wiring them if you would have them
soft. but squeeze out as well as you
can When dry take in and pull them
in shape, but never attempt to iron
them.
The following way of cleansing
blankets is liked by some: Into a tub
of cold water put two large table
spoonsful of borax and a pint of soft
soap. When dissolved. put into the
tub the blankets and let remain over
night. Next day. wash them out and
rinse in two waters (both cold), and
hang to dry. Blueing is used by many
in the last rinse water, but it is not to
be commended. as it gives them a
gray tinge. that is not at all as nice as
the creamy shade they usually pos
sess when rinsed in clear water
Boston Budget.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

that Mrs. Brownlow had been murdered
and her body thrown into the river. The
garment, being loose one, might have
worked away from the body as it lay at
down miles away from the spot where it
was thrown IN If there had been no other
evidence in which to identify the garment
it was procured from the examination
made by chemical expert He scruta-
nized very carefully the oxidation that
had resulted from the immersing in the
metal Of the passementerie trimmings in
the water, and from the thickness Of the
crust thus laad on he determined, in .
scientific way, that the garment had been
lying IN the water just the length of tina
that had elapsed since the disappearanee a
Hrs. BroWulow
FRO m coHxuuzD1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
HONEY IN THE COMB.
Sfrup and Parafiine Taking the Place O
Honey and Wax.

Sfrup and Paramne Taking the Place OF
Honey and Wax
It is very likely the desire to be too
quickly rich that makes the grocer
sand his sugar, and the apothecary
trife with his 1ife-saving drugs, and
the weaver put cotton with his wool
and starch with his cotton; but it
hardly makes much difference to the
consumer, to those that suffer in con-
sequence, what is the occasion of the
act: it is enough for him, and consider
ably more than enough. that it is done.
Yet when he finds the sediment of sand
at the bottom of his coffee-cup he is
glad that it is there rather than down
his throat; and he knows that il the
apothecary has made the curative med
icine too weak. he has also diminished
the power of the poisonous; and in
general, fancying himself beyond the
possibility of reaching or remedying
the evil, he goes on submitting to it.
thanks goodness it is no worse, the
air of heaven is licensed to no shop
keeper. and one has not yet succeeded
in patenting the essential element of
fire, so that he may breathe and keep
warm without fear of adulteration.
Two or three things besides. he has
f1attered himself, were beyond reach
of the coveting hand of greed: among
them the egg, for instance. and the
bee with that geometrical work of his
which has for ages been doing all
sorts of things with the brains
of philosophers. Lately he has
heard some dreadful suspicious
as to the possibility of counter
feiting the egg. but he dismissed
them as absurdities- But when he
heard that the honey men bought
glucose and set down a mass of it
before their beehives, the bees at
once accepting the benefaction. glad at
heart to find their food close at hand.
without the trouble of laundering
about gardens and into blossoms, and
no long flights to take on weary wings.
he felt that any rate it passed through
the mechanism of the bee and got the
tang and taste of honey if it were not
the expressed flower essence at first
hand. But recently he has received a
shock in which the walls of his last
stronghold have crumbled- There are
new adulterators. if you choose to call
them so, counterfeiters. what you will.
who prepare artificial combs from
parafine as geometrical in shape, as
waxy in appearance, and who then fill
these combs with clear syrup. and seal
them, so that apparently not even the
bee could tell the difference between
the false and the true He sees with
horror that the article sacred to SUM-
shine and summer and poetry. to the
Bible land flowing with milk and
honey. to Sordello's song of Elys, il
vanishing from the market and the
table; and unless man keeps his own
bees he may doubt If he is eating any
thing but strained glucose syrup at
the time when he would like to be
indulging in all sorts of fine and
howery fancies concerning his honey
in the honey-comb--Harper's Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

death or disappearance OF his wife. There
Was only one objection to this theory: In
order to inherit this property be must pro
duce . certificate of death Of his wife.
But after her disappearance this was i'm
possible However, it would have been
comparatively easy to overcome this, for as
long as the death of Leonora was not regu-
larry proven Mr.. Brownlow remained in
practicable possession of the fortune as the
administrator, and 1t would have been very
difficult to GUST him from his position. If,
later on, her death should become an estab-
ished fact, the will would then set aside
any adverse claim It seemed to be a ciev-
erly executed scheme.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

Several Caro- (Mich-) gentlemen
recently saw large rat carry hens
egg on its back They say that It
twisted its tail around the egg and
carried it safely until it was hit With .
stone.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

"A Boston lecturer who has been
fishing says that the biggest fish are
caught with liquid bait The bait Is
taken by the fisherman rather than BY
the fish. and the more the bait L
taken the bigger the fish become
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

"A professional thief is also an
arithmetical paradox-he works out
ali his essays in addition and multi
phcation by means Of subtraction- -
Baltimore American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Carl DuDder reals sons Gosa Jokes -
| Several People
Whats the matter with you
asked Sergeant Bendall yesterday -
/ Carl Dunder entered the Woodbridge
Street station with grin on his face-
May pc / vhas green like some
grass. eh?n chuckeled the old man IN
reply.
Il have often said So"
"Cnd doan' come in der house when
he rains. may PEI"
well, what is it ~
Il beat a schwindler py his own
game-hai ha. har'
1T isn't possible
Yes, she vhas. Sergeant. You vhas
| always down on me- You pellet
| vhas an idiot. you speak dot ought
to hat some guardians oafer me. und
you make me feel bad However,
show you dot vhas no childrens-
goes down py der Third Street depot
yesterday. to wait for dot Toledo train.
und pooty soon o stranger comes opp
| to me und says:
Il vhas all right
How vhas farming this year?'
"'Werry good
".vhas your wheat and hogs and
| turnips all rights? G
"'She vhas.'
How vhas all der folks in Po-
dunk2'
".Au WELL
dot vhas good Say. Smith. like
to use SO right AWAY Here vhas q
$50 check on der bank oop town. Gift
me der $40 and take der check, und
Inject you at der bank in an hour
land you gave him the money!"
Yes"
''And took the check?n
''Of course
is worthless"
"Vhell. dots What der cashier said"
well, you are an idiotr'
Say. Sergeant. doin' you see some
SMOKES in dot?"
mo. / don'tI''
..Vheu. you must be IDIOTS, too. Dot
man dakes me for farmer named
Smith, und 1 vhas Carl Dunder all der
while-ha! ha, ha, Now you see der
point"
Yes. but you are SO out"
so 1 vhas-so / vhas- / doan' see
dot pefore-"
ANY one else take you for Smith,"
''Vhell, not exactly, but 1 vhas oop
to some snuff NIT a plackleg who
WANTS to beat me-"
..rll bet he got the best of you"
Il bet you SO, 900, 900 he doanl He
comes in my place to get a s. bill
shanged- vhas on to him shust so
| queek ash dot 1 know he likes to
| fiim-Ham me, and I keeps my eyes
| open"
Can you shange me s., Mr.. Dun
| ker?'
"'Mit pleasure
II count him out - in bills and s.
in silver und 81 vhas counterteit-haf
ha, har'
..Weu?''
..Vhen. he likes two hats for one.
und gift one hat nit a hole in him
ma. ha, hai''
IL vhas pooty much obliged. Mr.
Dunder- He vhas hot day2'
90 SO he vhas. So long
''Und he goes AWAY shust like
lamb. Doan' beat him?"
'-Got the bill with your
Yes, 1 bring him along to ask you
something's. Who puts that mans
name on him?"
'Where-there? That's no name?r
Il read him dot he vhas c. o. Un-
| terfeit 1 guess he vhas Sherman"
THAT reads, Counterfeit"
'.She does?"
''Of course it does, and you are beat
en-, just as 1 expected Mr.. Dunder, 1t
Sergeant it vhas all right-right
Doan' speak Ply me one word To-
morrow goes Ply der lunatic asylum
and knocks on der door
Who vhas dot" :.
Carl Dunder'
Was you want?'
IS i likes to come in and shtop TIVE
hoonered years.
All right-you vhas in
'Good-pye. Sergeant. Shust keep
quiet und doan' shpeak- vhas going
Il vhas goner'-Detroit Free Press
A SINGULAR BELIEF.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-14
DROWNED OFT BY NEW RJOOD

The bodily transfer Of that County Democracy or
ganzaton which Is headed by Justice Daniel OReilly
into the Tammany fold OF the IIId Assembly District
has already resulted in signs of political disquet In
The hour glass district Alderman Patrick Napoleon
oakley was about yesterday giving 1t out attentive
listeners that the recruits were plenty strong
enough to down the pstry opposition OF the original
Wigwam men in the lid Civil Justice Charles NJ
Clancy who talked OF before the County Democracy
influx to contest the field with REGISTER Slevin has
pulled out Of the fight. The Justice says that be Is
100 good Tanmany man TO soil tho judicial ermlne
~ squabblc tor the leadership In the meanGime
Sne genuine 1ammany men Of the district are be-
sHnlhs 10 complain OF the dcar made by Grant and
1fokcr which has let this herd OF OReiiy's In on 10
unem' they threaten to " kick but as they are
weak IN NUMBERS and divided among themselves fhe
LEADERS are paying little attention their QUERY