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

u
0evnge Runashmene Rovived In The
ProvInos OF Xunnan, China.
The Governor of Yunnan states that
In some Of the country districts of that
province the villagers have horrible
custom of burning to death any man
caught Stealing corn or fruits In the
fields They 1t the same time compel
the mans relatives to sign document
giving their consent to what is done,
and then make them light the fire with
their own hands, SO as to deter them
from lodging complaint afterward-
Sometimes the horrible penalty is
exacted for the breaking of a single
branch or stalk. or even false accusar
tions are made and men put to death
out of spite. This terrible practice,
which seems Incredible when heards
came into use during the time of the
Yunnan rebellion, and the constant ef-
forts of the authorities have not
succeeded in extirpating it since.
Last autumn case OF the
kind occurred in the Chluching
prefecture. One evening a man named
Peng Choa-Sheng was going down to
watch his own field. His path led him
along the side of q patch of maize be-
longing. to another man. As he passed
he pulled of head of corn The owner
saw him and shouted out, upon which
he dropped the corn and fed. The
owner went and told his landlord. upon
which the latter proposed that the pill
ferer should be burned.
The two men having agreed, next
morning they laid the matter before an
assembly of the villagers. AS the mat
ter was so trifling some advised that 1t
should be let drop, but their opinion
was not listened to. On the following
day the two men seized their victim
and bound him. The poor mans moth
er came with all her relatives and
begged for mercy. She offered to make
atonement by FORGETTING the whole of
her property to the community. but all
she could say was of no avail. The
men refused to give way, and ordered
her to give her consent to the
murder in writing, threatening
her that otherwise they would put
her to death also. Overcome by fear
she asked stranger. a travelling doc
tor who can not be identified. to write
the required paper for her. They then
piled up a heap of brushwood in an
empty place outside the village and
the next day at noon carried the man
out and laid him bound upon it. The
was compelled to set fire to the
faggots, and her son was burned to
death: Afterward, as soon as she
could, she stole away to the town and
gave information to the authorities.
The two men were Immediately ar
rested. One of them, the landlord.
died in prison, but the other was sent
TO the provincial capital for trial.
The memOrialist finds that in the
fifteenth year of Ch'ien Lung, IA. d.
1850, at the request of the Governor of
Szechuen, it was decreed that in the
case of any person being burned to
death by body of men, the principal
should be executed by the |
lingering process and the participants
in the crime be beheaded. The land |
ord, who in this case was the princi-
pal, has already died. His fellow-of- |
fender was condemned to immediate |
1ecapitation, and the sentence has |
been carried into effect without delay. |
Picking Official Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
HEALTH AND BEAUTY

An Explanatlon OF the Intimate Relations
Existing Between the I've. 1E
To be beautiful, woman must be
healthy; the delicacy which comes
from physical weakness is not an ele-
ment of beauty. The grace of q per-
feet form is the result of sound bone
and flesh; health strengthens the
muscles. and the proper condition of
the stomach and lungs is of great inn
portance-on the perfect circulation
Of the blood and its freedom from all
Impurities depends the beauty Of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
THROAT DISEASES.


si1itis and Phlegmonls.
A reporter started out recently to
find out how extensively tonsilitis was
distributed in San Francisco and
learned that it is quite prevalent, as it
| is in fact in all coast cities. As rule
it provides a larger revenue for the
doctors In the fall than at any other
time of year.
Perhaps the most interesting dis
covery made by the reporter was an
other argument against the practice of
kissing, which, it is learned, is also
quite prevalent in this city. If a
young lady with a sweet rosebud
mouth and a voice upon which phlcg-
monis has fastened itself be kissed
phlegmonis will be the price paid by
the one who shares with her the dual
bliss. There is contagion in her sweet
breath and microbes of wondrous form
ride to new fields of conquest on her
silvery voice and soft whispers. Hosts
of subtle but riotous bacteria sit and
wait upon her coral lips quick to board
the mustached one that recklessly ap-
proaches. 1t is thus plain that greater
precautions should hedge OSCILLATION
about in this city, and that no kissing
should be done until both parties have
learned whether or not phlegmonis has
clutched the throat of the other
Phlegmonis is form of tonsilitis.
The ordinary everyday tonsilitis is
not contagious. In brief. the ordinary
form is simple Inflammation of the
tonsils. which are glands in the throat,
whose secretions aid somewhat in the
process of deglutition. 1t is a great
satisfaction to know that this trouble
some little Inflammation is caused by
an invasion of the glands by hosts of
the HptOthrax, a bacterium which is
normal in the mouth. 1t is a vegetable
micrObe which fourishes at all times
in the mouth. nourished by the saliva
and by particles of food remaining in
the mouth. They cause Inflammation
crowding into the crypts in the glands.
PhlegmOnis is an infam nation of the
tonsils. but is different from the ordi-
nary tonsolitis in being contagious, in
the Inflammation extending to the |
whole mouth. and in the liberation of |
the tonsils. When an abcess forms in |
the tonsils the disease is quinsy. Or |
binary tonsilitis seldom lasts more |
than q week, and may be cured in |
twenty-four hours. Phlegmonis lasts |
longer. and is more severe
The disease does not become chronic, |
but each attack enlarges the glands |
and leaves them more susceptible to it. |
1t, of course. greatly affects the voice |
during its presence and when gone
leaves a muff1ed tone as a legacy to |
the singers voice. The only radical |
cure is the removal of the glands.
which is quickly done by the guillotine,
a little instrument with a sliding
blade which ships off the gland in an
instant There are a great many peo-
pie on whom the guillotine has done
its work and they are generally an
Improvement on nature. 1t is said |
that when the tonsils are removed the
voice is improved and one or two tones
are added to the upper register from
the fact that the pharynx is enlarged.
Patti. Lucca. Materna, Kupfer, of the
Vienna opera-house. and other noted
singers have parted with this portion
Of their anatomy forever.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

-Catharine 1. of Russia had a
musical watch. In the interior was
the holy sepulcher and the Roman
guard. By touching a spring the
stones moved away from the sepulcher.
the guard kneeled down, angels APP
peared. and the holy woman stepped
into the tomb and sang the Raster song
Of the Russian churches. Ea~@
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

THE Electoral College seems to be
falling into disfavor." remarked Nc
Corkle- Every true" replied Cumso.
s'but what can you expect of q college
with no base ball club7"-Draks's
Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
"A Scandinavian method of o,,a,

"A Scandinavian method of quarry
ing is to drill row Of holes, close to-
gether. in the rock at right angles to
the plane of stratiicativn, fill the holes
with water, and allow the expansion
due to the water freezing to disrupt the
mass. This method sometimes pro
duces marvellous resultA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

that energy will be retained SO long as
the meteor retains itssvelocity.s. Even.
il the meteor moved through empty
space for a million years, it would still
be able to restore, if its motion were
arrested. the precise quantity of en-
ergy which it had originally received.
Hence. when the supreme momen Mt has
arrived. the meteor expands in the
throes of its dissolution all the energy
it contains. Every thing that the
energy liberated by the explosion of a
ton of gunpowder can do. that meteor
weighing only pound is competent to
accomplish. If the weight of the
missile were greater than one pound.
the velocity remaining the same. the
available energy would be increased in
the same proportion For example, if
the meteor weighed ten pounds, one
hundred pounds, or one thousand
pounds. it would discharge as much
energy as could be awakened by the
detonation of ten tons, of one hundred
tons, or of one thousand of gun-pow-
der Need we wonder, then, that COR
geous lights and that majestic thun-
ders have occasionally accompanied
the humiliation of large meteors.E Sir
r. S. Ball. Astronomer Royal for Ire
land, in Good Words.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-21
A MOTHERS INGENUITY.

We know mother in limited circum-
stances who has several little tots tc
care for, besides numerous h ousehold
duties to attend to, and who succeeds
with her tasks so we'll that it was always
a constant source of wonderment to us
One day we made morning call. We
thought the babies must be asleep, as
all was SO still about the house, but
when we entered tne dining room in
response to the "Come right in here,''
we found mamma cutting out some lit
lie garments for her darlings, while the
three tots themselves sat or lounged on
the floor, still as mice. They looked
up to greet US, but turned back to their
occupation at once. They each had a
large newspaper spread out before them
and we wondered what they could be
doing, for we knew they were too young
to read. Mamma, noticing our puz-
zled look, said: "They are helping me
with my work." "How1" queried we.
"By being good little girls and letting
me have time to do it myself" laughed
she. eyes," replied we, still wonder
ing, "but what are they doing2" "You
see," she responded, "I have to invent
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all sorts Of ways to keep them busy and
out of mischief also, and l find this the
best of all l give them a newspaper
and show them the letter A, for instance
then give them a pin. They are to
stick hole Cor punch an eye out as
tell them,) IN every A on the whole
page. When they get through | 60
over it with them and see how many
they miss. 1t seems to have a great
fascination for them, and then, besides,
it keeps them quiet SO that l can do
my work, and also teaches them their
letters, for we take a new letter each
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"OLL KORREOT."

Moses Folsom, of Port Townsend,
sends the following sketch of the ori.
gin of the use of the letters 30 H."
which, he states, was furnished him
personally by James Parton:
While at Nashville in search of
material for his history, Mr.. Parton
found among the records of the court
of which Gen. Jackson had been
judge a great many legal documents
indorsed 80. r." which meant
"Order recorded" but often so
scrawlingly written that one could
easily read it as o. K. If "Major
Downing" noticed a bundle of legal
papers thus marked upon President
Jackson's table, documents, perhaps
from his former court, in which he
still had interest, it is very easy to
see how punster could imagine it
to be 90. K.," or coll korrect."
No doubt Seba Smith, who wrote
under the nom de plume Of "Najor
Jack Downing" had much to do
with Great ng the impression that
President Jackson was unlettered
and illiterate, whereas many existing
personal letters, military reports,
court opinions and state papers show
to the contrary. He lived before the
day of stenographers and typewriters
and yet carried on a voluminous cor.
respondence. Hundreds of his per-
sonal letters to old soldier friends
are still preserved as heirlooms in
the south, and his handiwork is num-
erous in Washington. He was evil
IDENTIFY rapid perman, and made
greater use of capital letters than is
the present custom, but misspelled
words and stumbling sentences were
few and far between.-Portlaud Ore
g0nlan.
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"What are you trying to do?
called to him from the gate.
"Mrs. Bowser, when | want te
learn anything about a COW I'll ask
you for information. | think know
my business.
So did the COW. She had beer
fooled with long enough. and she
suddenly planted hoof against Mr.
Bowser with such vigor that he tum,
bled over in confused heap. Be-
tween us we got him into the house,
and the girl finished the milking.
Mr.. Bowser recovered from the
shock after while, and | felt It my
duty to inquire:
"Mr. Bowser, don't you think a
week of these pastoral scenes will be
enough for us?
mo, nor six weeks! he growled.
Nothing would do but you must 60
into the country, and now I'll give
you enough of it.
"Why, Mr.. Bowser!
"You needn't why Mr.. Bowser'
me! You gave me no peace until l
agreed to come, and now I'll remain
here five straight years!
NIGHT OF IT.
When the summer sun went down
and the stars come out we were not
as happy as we might have been.
MIR. Bowser still held his hand on
his stomach, the baby cries because
the milk tasted of wild onions and
the girl lost the old oaken bucket in
the thirty-foot we'll while getting a
pail of fresh water. l asked Mr.:
Bowser when the kline would begin
to low and the wipporwills to sing,
and he was so mad he wouldn' t
speak. However, if the kline didn' t
low, the pinchbugs and mosquitoes
did. There wasn't screen at door
or window, and soon after sundown
we were beseiged.
That night seemed never ending.
No one of us three slept wink. The
room was invaded with every insect
known to country life, from bat to
gnat.
When we got up in the morning
the girl didn't know us. We were
blotched and bitten until one could
have suspected us of suffering with
smallpox. Mr.. Bowser knew him
self, however, and before noon we
were back in the city. He scarcely
spoke to me all the way home, but
once In the house he burst out with ::
"Now, old lady, prepare for set
tlement!- !-You've nosed me around
all you ever will.-This has broken
the camers back. Which of us ap-
plies for a divorce?"- Detroit Free
Press.
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ONLY ONE MOTHER.

You will have only one mother, my boy,
Whose heart you can gladden. with JOY,
Or cause it to ache
Till ready to break
so cherish that mother, my boy.
You have only one mother who will
Stick to you through good and through i'll
And love you although
The world is your foe
So care for that love never still.
You have only one mother to pray
That in the good path you may stay:
Who for you won't spare
Self sacrifice rare
So worship that mother alway.
You have only one mother to make
A home ever sweet for your sake,
Who tolls day and night,
For you with delight
To help her all pains ever take.
You have only one mother to miss
When she has departed from this.
So love and revere
That mother while here,
Sometime you won't know her dear kiss,
You have only one mother-just one
Remember that always, my son;
None can or will do
What she has for you.
What have YOU ior her ever done?
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collected his wondering thoughts and
asked her again if she was comfortable.
"Perfectly comfortable" she said. He
sat up in the bunk. She didn't move.
He put his feet in the aisle and sat on
the edge of the bunk close beside her.
She paid no attention to him, when
parting of the curtain let a ray of light
fall on her face.
The eyes were stonily gazing at moth
ing and not feature of the counten-
ance betrayed the slightest evidence of
consciousness. The face was pretty
and innocent-that of pure.minded
girl between 16 and 20 years of age.
1t was plain that she was a somnambu-
list, and that she had no knowledge of
her whereabouts nor of her words or
deeds. The young man tried by talk
ing to her to find out how she had
come to his bunk, but could get no in
telllgent replies other than that her sis
ter and herself were travelling to Salidas,
where they intended visiting some
friends, and moreover, her tones were
loud.
Worst of all the train came to a
standstill while he was endeavorlng to
make her tell where she belonged. The
situation was increasingly embarrassing.
Suppose the girl had a father or big
brother on board and that relatives
should find her in the strange young
mans berth. Odds zounds Suppose
the girl should suddenly recover con-
sciousness and should scream, as only a
young woman similarly placed might
be expected to scream. Caesar, ghost
The young man would not find friend
or believer on the train.
The hero of the tale restored the
maiden to her restful position her onpil-
lows, dressed himself partly, and went
in search of the porter. That function
arv was sound asleep. He was told
that there was somnambulist on board.
The porter could not make out what a
somnambulist might be so he called the
conductor. The last named heard the
young mans briefly narrated story, and
accompanied him and the grinning por-
ter to the berth. There was no Sleep
ing beauty anywhere visible. The berth
was empty. With many mental reser-
vations as to the condition OF mind and
body in which the young man had re-
tired the evening before, the conduc-
tor consented to awaken two young
ladies who were occupants of the car.
Only one of those young ladies could
be found. The young man had not
been dreaming. The sister who was
found was greatly disturbed. She read
lily admitted that her younger sister had
been known to walk in her sleep. The
car was carefully searched, and in an
assigned berth at one end of the coach
the girl was found snugly curled up and
sleeping as sweetly as a babe. The
The operation of leading her back to
her own berth did not awaken her, and
when she opened her eyes to the morn
ing light those beautiful windows of the
soul gave no sign that the owner of
their tenement knew what the night
had brought forth. No one told her of
her strange adventure, and possibly no
one ever will. She might have wondered
why the young man who had been so
observant prior to the momentous night
did so much as look at her again dur
ing the journey. The young man him.
self did not wonder.
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HIS HAIR DIDN'T TURN WHITE.
Notwithstanding the Young Mans Trying
Experience in a Sleeping Car.

A young man whose home is in Chi
cago, and who has been in Denver a
little more than week, had an expert
ence in the Pullman sleeper between
Kansas and this point which he will not
soon forget. Interesting and novel as
it was, he does not care for repetition
of the adventure. At about II O'Clock
of the first night from Kansas City-the
hour which most uncanny things are
wont to happen-the young man was
awakened in his berth by pressure on
his feet, and he saw sitting at the foot
of his bed and dressed for the night in
a spotless white garment, with insert
ings and ruffles and things foreign to
the midnight makeup of male human
ity, the form of girl or young woman,
whose features he could not distinguish
in the dim, if not religious light. While
the young man is not susceptible to
shocks so far as the foibles of woman
are involved, he was somewhat astound-
ed, and lay still for few minutes won.
dering what to do under the circum-
stance. Presently he found his wits
and voice.
care you comfortable ?" he asked IN
his softest tones.
'I'm quite comfortable" was the
calm, unruffled reply.
The passive assurance OF the woman
in white interfered somewhat with the
young line mans of thought and conjuc-
ture, but he was not long in tormulat-
ing a second attack.
"Wouldn't you prefer seat at the
head of the bedl" he asked.
"No, l thank you" was the response ;
"I'm quite comfortable here"
"Perhaps you would like pillow 2'
he suggested, offering her one of the
two upon which his hea had been
resting.
BY this time the young man was
thoroughly satisfied that the woman was
young and pretty, if not unsophlsti
Gated, SO when she adjusted the pillow
between her head and the footboard of
the berth the temporary owner of the
premises was more pleased than panied.
Partly in Difference to what he thought
was the impenetrable impudence of his
ghostly visitor, partly in spirit OF fun,
and partly on account of the proverbial
meagreness of the sleeping car pillow,
the young man held out the other
feather cushion, saying:
"Won't you take the other one ?"
Yes, she would and did, placing it
with Its companion piece and snugly
Nesting her head upon the pair. All
this time the visitor had sat upon the
edge of the berth her feet resting on
the floor OF the aisle, her head and
shoulders against the tootboard. The
conversation which the young man had
indulged in was IN pianissimo tones,
that he should disturb no other occu
pants of his unexpected caller had been
less guarded in volume. In fact they
might have been heard good many
feet away had there been any wakeful
car within the distance named.
AS the creature in white lay content
edly back upon the pillows, her hands
crossed and her breath coming and 60
ing with what seemed to be measured
regularity, tempus did not fugit very
fast her berth mate. He hardly knew
what to do i'll the face of such indlher-
ence under such circumstances, but
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"Will you marry me, Bridget"
asked a widower of year of his
cook. How many afternoons
week out kin | have, sorr?" she
asked in reply.
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EOR s ALE.

A SMALL FRAME DWELLING HOUSE
IA suitable for two families also smal
frame tenement, located on Bell Street in the
own OF ElktOn. Apply to
Mrs. A. NJ. TORBERT,
Elkton, Md
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The more weather we have, the more
we are convinced of the truth of the
declaration of the scientists that dry
summers are caused by the destruction
of our forests. If our forests had not
been felled, we might have had food
this summer that would have outf1ooded
the high water in Noah's day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-21

JosIAs RINGGoLD, Esq, says his crop this year
was rs and 2s bushels to the acre, the fy-result-
his wheat fully 100 bushels and he would, doubt
less have received If seeded later forty bushels to
the acre. Has used q. W. Kennard Co.'S ferti
lizers five years, ana has always grown large
crops; knows he has saved money by buying them
takes great pleasure in recommending them tC
any inquirers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-21

"This is the seventh time within two
hours that you have asked me when
the train left for Lansing" replied the
policeman at the Third street depot to
a young man with satchel. "Is it
against the law1" "No, but it is rather
annoying to me" i" "Well if it annoys you,
how do you think l must feel about it ?
The fare is $500 and I've got to think
of some way to get out there on ST. so"
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Inc above reports are from Kent farmers ant
only lew among our many pleased customer
and We have more to come. Remember we do no
publish and republish old testimonials; every
thing new and true. Call on early. We bou2 h
early, filled our house early, saved In buyin.
early, and from the way orders are coming in ex
pect to do large, early and fine business. an,
save our customers money.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-21

JNo. N. DoDD and JNo. LoLLAR, Esqs., report
a remarkable result on corn ground, seeded late
and consequently winter killed; the wheat branch
ed greatly, and the head was from to q inches
longer than other wheat sOwn in his fallow where
high priced brands OF fertilizers, made Jy othe
parties, were used. Mr.. Lollar says that no othe
fertilizer but Kennard's could give such a won
derful result. He knows their worth, havinl
always grown a crop rom their use.