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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
TANNERS ESTIMATES.

Extravagance That Would Compel q
Grievous Increase Of Taxation.
Tanner, the Pension Commissioner,
has a fatal facility in the use of his
tongue. He can not bride that unruly
member. 1t attacks both friend and
foe. Now he is in quarrel with a
Democratic editor, who retorts that
he must himself follow the advice he
has given his staff, aud never flirt with
a fool nor fight with a cripple. Again
he is engaged in controversy with a
Republican Congressman. and seems
to think himself rhetorically pictur-
esque in saying that his impression OF
him is that If his brains were blown
through a cranes bill into q mos
quito's eye the mosquito would never
wink. The Congressman proposes to
inquire of the Administration whether
tho Commissioner is free to 60 up and
down the Union making mischief "a
loyal Republican districts.
Tanners magnifying of himself aid
his Office is a conspicuous foible. He
il but a bureau officer, who has NO
more right to exploit himself than any
other CT dozen such officers He sees
only himself The Secretary of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
Race War in Mississippi.

Mississippi negroes are forming
alliances under the leadership of a
black scoundrel named Oliver Crom-
we'll Race wars are feared, and
Governor Lowry has sent troops TO
the scene of the disturbance caused
by the massing of five hundred armed
blacks. The Southern outrages. -
so frequently howled about in the
North, are frequently caused by the
negroes themselves, and the people
who are removed from the dangers
attendant upon an insurrectlon of
ignorant, criminalled blacks should
inform themselves upon the true
status of affairs before damninR the
Southern people. who rarely resort to
extreme measures unless the occasion
vitality demands it Oliver Cromwell
should be severely dealt with and his
mob dispersed, though the process be
a severe one. Fanaticism rules the
Southern negro when excited by such
desperadoes as this modern Crom-
well, and fanaticism and ignorance
are dangerous in the extreme.
cago Mail
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
THE PIRATE PHOTOGRAPHER.


hes the sort Of person rate as an embryonia
pirate. as he ever seems to gyrate
From the mountains to the sea:
Hes the bane Of timid lovers, as for days h
nears them hovers. till their presence he
@ discovers,
Then he laughs in ghoulish glee
For he thinks 1t very funny, watching them
attracting honey. lip from lip, and ere
they're done he
Snaps the shutter on the pair;
This the object of his ruse IL, and the kiss he
reproduces, although 1t no earthly use is,
AS he doubtless Is aware.
And you never can evade him; TO reform you
can't persuade him. till in the grave they've
laid him
Underneath the willow trees:
But you'll find him, with his small ways, on the
street or in the Railways, like a klepto-
maniac. always
Taking every thing he sees.
II you threaten to expose him you are foolish.
for it shows him you're afraid Of him. which
throws him
Into fits of scornful laughter:
Thus his shamelessness he shows, you're quick
to realize he knows you're bound to silence,
for exposure
Is the very thing he's after.
Though it may be long delayed. he will some
time meet the lady he will love, but I'm
afraid he
VIII have reason to be sad.
II she feels toward him as did, when as neigh
bors we resided, he'll receive the most
decided
Negative he ever had.
- F. II. Curtiss, in N. Y Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
CURRENT COMMENTS.

Under the Bussey decision some:
one should propose a revolutionary
pension for the heirs of Benedict
Arnold. if there are any.-Albany
Argus.
observing people are remarking
that President Harrison has yet to take
the first step in the direction of ex-
tending the reform of the civil service.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The race between Tanner and
Bussey as to which shall Guido the
other in wasting public money is one
of the most disgraceful spectacles ever
witnessed in our Government-N.Y Y.
Star.
We learn from our esteemed
Philadelphia contemporary. the Phila-
delphia Times, that Cheap John Wan
amaker lis much improved by his
trip" There is nobody that stands in
greater need of Improvement Y.
Sun.
The Republican party has done
many things which call for comment.
In matters of policy we have had fire.
quent occasion to oppose it. 1t was,
however, honest in its belief. as we
have been honest in ours. But to
place the name of dishonorably dis
charged soldier next to that of a vet
eran who did his whole duty. and te
support him for life in spite of hi:
crime-that is an act on which a diff
ference of opinion would seem to bt
impossible.-N Y. Herald.
Having. by means of his puppe
convention, nominated himself fol
Governor, Malone now proposes Il
elect himself by appealing to the
prejudices of the negroes, and by using
the Government patronage. This i.
Mahoneism and the ''Old Dominion
is threatened now with a domination
such as it has never before known
1t has been chastised with whips, bu
should Malone prevail it will b.
chastised with scorpions. The whit
people of the State will see to it tina
no such disaster falls upon them. -
Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
Protection EthicaiIy Considered.

OF course. the effect of protection
upon the morals of the protected must
in the end be very bad It has q
tendency to make them ce~ardly,
treacherous and grasping. The fear
of meeting outsiders In friendly CON-
petition; the temptation to make poor
goods when poor goods can be sold for
an unjus>ly high price; the business
OF seizing as legitimate prey the labor
OF others and turning that labor to
ones own uses-must, sooner or later,
have bad effect on the individual
and the community at large. A man
can not thrive at the expense of other
men, whether those men are his near
nefghbors or are living at the antip-
odes. without being hardened in his
sensibilities and becoming to certain
extent inhuman- The effect of pro-
lection upon the moral welfare of the
protected is bad; its effect upon their
material welfare Is eventually ruin
GUS Huntington Smith. in Popular
Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
THE WElSING LOTTERY.

How the Cinnamon Of Canton satisfy Their
Taste For Speculation.
The most famous of the many lOtter-
les in China at the present time is that
known as the .Weising. 1t is of recent
origin. is most popular in southern
China and among the Cantonese, and
is briefly described by the Consul at
Canton in his report on the trade of
that place. After describing the great
college established by the Viceroy for
the encouragement of the study of
native literature, with its one hundred
acres of ground in the city. surrounded
by high walls and a moat. its lecture
room. residences and endowments. Mr..
Alabaster observes that although
Canton is not a literary city. there is
no want of opportunities of education
Colleges abound. and any boy who
shows ability has no difficulty in OBJ
tanning teaching and support as long
as there Is hope of success in the ex-
aminations, which in China take the
place of the race-course elsewhere
Gambling. in the shape of lotteries on
the successful candidates, is licensed,
and in place of putting money on the
taste for speculation by backing
favorite students. The lists of those
entering are published. and the man
who can prick on the lists OF entries
the greatest number OF successful
scholars wins the lottery. Men ruin
themselves buying lottery tickets.
tickets are forged or stolen. promis-
ing students are hoeussed or bribed
not to put out their powers; examin-
ers are, it is limited, exposed to seri-
Gus temptations; but as racing en-
courages the breed Of horses. so the
Weising lottery encourages the pur-
suit of learning and furnishes the
local government with a considerable
revenue in the amount given for the
monopoly of carrying It on--Lonoon
15mes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

that told you to come. Mr.. Bailey.
president of the steamship line; it
won't do you any harm"
These two passengers were more
than ever impressed with the geniality
of the Maine lines president. and they
took his advice. They had the best
room at the hotel, and received other
attention that made thep curious as
to where MIR. Bailey got the t.pull''
that he evidently had with the hotel
proprietor. They asked some one who
this Mr.. Bailey was
'.Bailey? Oh, president OF the
steamship line? Why. that's Charles
S. Bailey. He's the richest man in
Maine. Worth ten or fifteen millions
and made it all himself. He was about
the first oilcloth manufacturer in the
country, and is the biggest one yet.
He most owns the steamship line and
a lot of other things. Close as a chest
nut burr, too. about business. but does
an almighty lot of good with his money
on the quiet. He don't go much on
churches, but he has fancy for help
ing young men studying for the minis
bTy VI yOuh9 PIOuCACASs AAO ~ RN' ~
all the money they need right along
until they get to mixing in politics
or temperance. Then he shuts down
on 'em right off. Says a minister's
business is to do good to humanity.
not to talk politics or prohibition.
He'll do most any thing for man he
takes fancy to. I knew a young man
who went to him once and asked him
or 5000. He got it, and was going
to give a note for it, Never mind
that he said. if you're honest you'll
pay me without it, and if you're dis
honest you won't pay me any how;
your word is all I want That's the
kind of a man he is. though you'd
never suspect it if you had any busi-
ness dealings with him. You don't
mean to say you were talking to him
and didn't know who he was? Reckon
you don't know much about Maine;
there amt many pies down Eastways
that he amt got a finger in"
The two travellers made up their
minds that they had reversed the
usual form and had been entertained
by an angel unawares.- Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
UNDER FALSE CoLoRs.

A Politicians Ridiculous Attempt to
Make an Admiral of Himself.
In England we do not dote quite SO
much upon uniforms as they do in
France; and little incidents of this
kind are therefore not very likely to
occur on this side of the channel.
Still. a well-known English Cabinet
Minister did once get into difficulties,
not through going about IN multi. but
through wearing too much uniform.
We will not mention the gentleman's
name. for he is still extant. This dis
tinguished politician-not even shis
friends ever thought he was a states
man-was once upon time First Lord
of the Admiralty. Full of the impor-
lance of his Office he determined to
| wear the gorgeous uniform of Lord
High Admiral. whose representative
he was. The first time he had official
business with the feet the right hon.
orable gentleman put on his uniform
and went aboard one of Ter Majesty's
| ships. The Minister. who liked to
look upon himself as Lord High Ad-
miral. had his flag run up and the yes
sci started. In few minutes one OF
the officers came up and politely
touched his hat to the First Lord.
IF you please. sir, what are your
orders?' he asked.
Orders! what orders?"
las your flag is flying, you are in
command"
| '.But don't understand at all"
well, sir. you are in command, and
| in few minutes we shall run into thu
Queens yacht. Will you give me my
orders?"
The unlucky First Lord becam,
crimson with vexation,. and the. Lore
High Admiral's penpant was promptl,
hauled down.-St. James Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

Interior is nobody. The President In
important only as he adopts the Tam
ner idea of pensions ''But. say" he
exclaimed to q reporter At Elmita,
..wait till you see my estimate for
next year. I am debating whether
my report shall ask for $40, 600, 900
or $1l5, 600, 200. Won't there be
damning all along the line when those
fellows see an increase of $50, 00O.-
600 asked for?''
What the needs of the merit9rious
veterans demand the generosity OF the
Nation will accord But there will be.
as there ought to be, decided impa-
tience with demands urged in the in
solent fashion which Tanner fiippant-
ly adopts The war closed in 1865.
It might reasonably be supposed that
every really meritorious claim for
pension was adjudicated within four
years thereafter. In 1869 the total
number of pensioners was 19S. CSC. and
the annual disbursement in their be-
half was some $28. 200. 600. In 1883.
curing during twenty years. deaths.
remarriages, the attainment Of ma
jority by minor children, etc, the
number of pensioners increased from
200. 900, in round numbers. to $50. 600.
and the disbursements from $2S, 0O0,-
900 to 0,0OO. 600. The arrears act OF
1879, with its monstrous Invitations to
perjury, is responsible for this colossal
increase. MIR. Tanner, the great
surplus destroyer, now proposes to
ask for $50. 600. 900 more; that is,
more than as much again as was paid
in 1869. There is screw loose some.
where. The union of the claim agent
the demagogue and the mereenary ID
too much for the integrity of the
Treasury.
Mr.. Tanner fancies he has at his
back the entire Grand Army, but Il
this were SO it would furnish no ex
cuse for wholesale raid upon the
National resources. Open the door a
Tanner would open it and no limit
whatever can be put on claim-ageni
rapacity. Instead of $50. 600. 600 the
demand before the close of the Har
rison Administration would be fol
twice that sum. and this, coupled with
the other free expenditure contem
plated. would compel grievous in
crease of taxation.-Chicago Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
NAMES RICHEST MAN.

He Makes Himself Pleasant to Strangers
and Helps Struggling Youths.
Passengers on the Maine line steam
ers frequently notice in the pilot
house tall. slender man, with a long
gray beard and the general aspect of
a retired steamboat captain or some
thing of that sort. He seems to take
a casual interest in the navigation of
the vessel, and is evidently on familiar
footing with the officers of the boat.
Occasionally he may invite some curl
Gus passenger into the wheel-house to
see the compass or to peep through
the glasses. With such he will chat
entertainingly about ships, the ocean,
the weather or any other ordinary
subject Incidentally it will probably
come cut that he is president of the
line, and he may mention that he is
also In the oil-cloth business in New
York, though his home is in Maine.
He Is full of thoughtful suggestions
about the best way to avoid sea-sick-
ness, the best state-rooms to try to
get FOR the return trip. and as to other
matters relating to the comfort of the
tris. The passenger who has been
fortunate enough to fall in with him
| concludes that the Maine line has a
most accommodating gentleman for
its president, and thinks it would be q
good thing for the line if it would
hire its president to sail on every trip
and make things pleasant for the
patti Ons.
''Going to stop over in Portland and
come back with US next trip. are youP'
he said to a couple of voyagers recent
~ WELL now, don't you stay IL
Portland; go over to Cushing's Island
| to the hotel there. the Ottawa; it's the
only one there is. and you can't miss
it. It'll only take half an hour or s<
to go there. and you can spend one
night and two days there a good dea
more comfortably than you can n
Portland Just mention ct the hote
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

1t true that you wish to interest capi-
talists In the schemef"
why. that's what am hero for. as
said. but don't want any publicity
about 1t. We are doing this thing on
the quiet. There are other parties
that have claims on those limits. and
If they get ON to the racket, why
they"
The person who came up with him
coughed little and said:
Never mind. Captain Boom. that,
Of course, has nothing to do with the
matter"
'Well. it says here that you have
acquired the right to SO. 900 acres of
timber land. Is that truep"
s'Well, yes. it Is true. That is to say
it isn't fifty Thousand acres, it's about
forty-eight thousand acres. Oh. yes,
and there is two thousand acres more
that. but-yes, that's all right. Fifty
thousand acres is all right. But it's
nobody's business"
''Well. have you engaged Mr.. Theo.
Dolite. the surveyor, to go up there
and run the lineP'
Engaged him? Yes. haze engaged
him, but what of it? It isn't any
body's business but his and mine, is
it?"
mo. but that part of the item is
correct anyhow. I am trying to get at
what is untrue in the item. Now, it
says that you are negotiating with
Captain Briney for the purchase of a
tug. Is that true?'
why, I bought tug from him this
morning. Yes. was negotiating with
him yesterday. But that isn't the
point"
.Well. we'll get at that point in a
minute. The tug is to navigate the
raging Jogawauk. Is the tug for that
purpose or does the Jogawauk not
rage?" ga
.Oh. that's a trivial matter; of
course. that's what the tug is for. but
that isn't what want you to say in
to-morrow's paper that there isn't any
truth in that item about Captain John
Boom"
But. my dear sir. you have just
said it is all true. every line is true"
''Well, that may be. but we don't
want the thing published, and didn't
want it published. and here you have
gone and published it."
''You can't expect us to say it is not
true when it is true. can you, Cap
tain?"
''Yes, can"
''Well. how would this strike your
I'm reference to an item in this col
umn in yesterdays issue Captain John
Boom denies that he has any rights to
any timber limits on the Jogawauk
river. he has not engaged a surveyor
and has no thought of interesting cap
italists in his scheme. He has not
bought tug and does not intend to-
Captain Boom read this item over
once or twice and scratched his head
and showed it to his companion.
NO." he said, ''this isn't exactly what
we want. don't want you to say that
l deny it. you know. I want the pa
per to deny it."
''But, don't you see. the paper can't
tell lie. 1t is like George Washing
ton in that respect"
The two consulted for a minute.
WELL" said Captain Boom. perhaps
it don't matter after all. Better let it
stand as it is
II guess the paper would say that
you deny it if you want to, Cap"
mo, l don't know that it matters.
Well let it go at that Good day. -
Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

The corner stone of q church was
recently laid in New England town
with the usual Impressive ceremonies.
When the block of granite had been
securely cemented in its place small
boy electrified the assemblage by max
ing horrifying disclosure. He had
surreptitiously dropped into the re-
ceptacle under the stone the advertis-
ing card of Boston clothing store,
containing the vulgar but startling
interrogation. DO you wear pants?"
The excitement in the village is in.
tense.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

"A Youngstown CO.. man recently
started for Europe. He reached Buff
falo. N. z, when he remembered that
he had forgotten to lock his safe. he
hurried home and there found q letter
Offering him large contract In Gin
cinnati. which he at once accepted and
abandoned his trip.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

Stranger bursting into " orkshop)
IL see by the paper that you've in
vented an electric railway by which
people can leave Chicago in the morn
ing. spend the day in New York. and
be hack in Chicago by bedtime!
What'u you take to drop it, and
smash up the models?" Inventor
..What do you mean? Are you
crazy?" Stranger-'.No; but shall
be if that road goes through-Tve got
a mother-in-law in Chicago. Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

Green Grape Jelly.-Gatn-r full
grown green grapes. pick from the
stem and put into stone jar. Set the
jar in kettle of cold water over q hot
fire. When the juice will come easily.
strain To each pint of juice. add .
pound of sugar. Boil twenty minutes
-Woman's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

There is a man living near Quit
man. Brooks County. Ga. who never
ate q morsel of bread in his life. He
subsists principally on fruits and po-
tatoes. He weighs nearly two hundred
and was never sick longer than an
hour in his life. He drinks gall
Ion of milk day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19
THE ENGINEERS STORY.

Which Caused j Justice to Be Done to the
Extent of Nine Dollars.
In the smoking car, along with half
dozen others of us, was an engineer
who was going down to Peoria, and
after time the Judge started to
draw him out by saying:
II presume you have had your share
of close shaves, along with other en-
gineers?"
II have. SIR" was the reply.
''Been in many smash-ups?"
"a full dozen. I guess.
''Any particular adventure that
might be called wonderful?''
"Why. yes, l have one," replied the
man. after relighting his old cigar
stump. Il didn't think it any great
shave myself, but the boys cracked it
up as something extra"
LET us hear about it." said the
Judge, as he passed him Havana.
''Well. one day about three years
ago was coming West with the light
ming express, and was running to
make up lost time. Down here about
twenty miles two roads cross. as you
will see, and there are a lot of switches
and side tracks. / had just whistled
for the crossing and put on the brakes
when the coupling between the tender
and the baggage car broke"
II see, / see," murmured the Judge.
''At the same moment something
went wrong with old No 40. and !
could not shut off steam. She sprang
| away like a fash. and as she struck
! fho he 10f he o11>
| tered a meadow filed with stumps."
''Good heavensr'
''She kept a straight course for
| about forty rods. smashing the stumps
every second, and then leaped a ditch,
struck the rails of the d. & r. road
and after a wobble Or two settled dow1
and ran for two miles"
Amazing! Amazing!'
Then. at crossing. she left the
ing to the right. plowed her way
across the country until she came to
our own road again. She had long
jump to make over a marsh, but she
made it, struck the rails, and away
she went.'
''You-don't-say-sor'
81 was now behind my train. and
after run of two miles. got control
OF the engine. ran up and coupled te
the palace car. and went into Ashton
pushing the train ahead of me-
''Great Scott! And was no one
hurtP'
mot a soul, and not thing broken
The superintendent played a NEAR
trick on me. though"
'How?'
''Why. the farmer who owned tn.
meadow paid the company $18 for the
stumps I had knocked out for him
while the corn-field man charged S:
for damages. The superintendent
pocketed the balance of the money"
THE scoundrel! And how mucl
are you paid month";"
Ninety dollars"
That's for running on the roadP"
Yes
"And nothing for lying?'
'.Not red.''
1 That's an outrage. The superin
tendent is an old friend of mine. an6
I'll see that you get the 50 ON the
stumpage and q salary Of $500 a month
as long as you live It is such men a
you who make a line popularity. Y.
Sun
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-02-05
Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year was heralded by de-
sultory fusil!ades OF fireworks throughout
town Thursday. The eve OF the festival
was signalized by the brilliant illumina-
ton OF Chinese houses and stores with
the grandest kind OF lanterns bearing the
name OF that nationality. As midnight
approached the crackle OF squibs and
roar OF bombs gradually increased, and
The great feast was ushered in on the
opening hour with a terrific lombard
ment OF the welkin. Nobody, however,
wants Chinese restriction" to apply to
Celestial merry-making Us intense as the
law allows on such occasions.