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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
THE SONG OF THE SUBJECTED.

O. give me . cave or a hole in the ground,
Or a roost on a tree like the primitive man;
Somehow I'm abased and can not abound
In this fol-de-rol house OF the styleo Queen
Anne;
Queen Anne-as trace her all over the nation
feel my gorge rising, cry. 1.-The deuce take
her.
Tn terribly tired of house decoration.
And I long for . home that Is plain a. a
Quakeri
Tn yearning for ceilings that ornaments lack
For walls without fresco. or dado or frieze
For tables not Uttered with smart b-ic-a-brac
For mantels good deal less eager to please;
. For rooms and for halls where there's not such
a clutter,
Qm knocking down something whenever I'm
In fine, for shelter less utterly utter
From the depths of q surfeited heart I am
7earning.
Less pomp wodld see whers Tn hidden to
dine
Would have fewer courses to drink and to eat.
u the feasting were not so exqutsitely fine
could easily feel that the LIES more than
meat;
As it's, Heaven help Us. miserable sinners.
And pardon such thoughrIess aesthetic be-
having
So complex so grand so momentous our dinners
Not the soul but the stomach seems really
worth saving!
OF boudoirs ecstatic in white and in gold
OF logs on the hearth burning nothing but gas.
OF furniture ugly, but awfully old
In the past not the house but the mortal that
builded
Most worthy of honor was commonly reckoned.
But now-in an age that Is known as the gilded-
The house has the honor, the builder is
second!
A Queen truly good may be sure that she'll gain
Only treatment chfvalric from worshiping
man,
But my feelings can not, I shall not, restrain,
My temper grows hot as Iponder on Anne
Queen Anne, as trace her all over the nation
feel my gorge rising, cry, the deuce take
her"
o, TN terribly tired Of house decoration
And long for home that is plain q
Quaker.
Richard Scudder in N Y Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
An AiIment from Erie.

the other day looking across the
street. and newsboy stood in front
OF the man gazing at him very fxedIy-
'sWhat yer looking at9r growled the
man, as he finally realized the lads
presence
Yer nose-
Don't you ksou what ais its''
Mo-
'.It's erysipelas- Have had it fer
ten years.
''Going back theres"
"Where?s'
ITO Erie If that's the kind OF
'sipeias they have there you'd bettec
hunt some other climate. n-Detroif
Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
A Disheartening Accident.

"How are you getting alongs asked
. travelling man of an acquaintance
who had gone on the stage
~. / have met with q share of sue
cess. I played Hamlet tor the first
time"
Ibid you g ct through all right?"
Yes. except that I happened to
stumble and fall into Ophelia's grave
THAT must have been embarrass-
ing"
1T was; but wouldn't have minded
if the audience hadn't seemed so dis
appointed when got out r-Merchant
Traveller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
"A circus man I

"A circus man filled thousands Of
people with wonder by catching in his
teeth a cannon ball, fred from a
cannon, without injury to his molars
Their wonder increased few DAYS
later when they learned that the same
man. in heated discussion with his
wife, had caught a fat-iron in his
teeth with disastrous results Five
molars were knocked down his throak
and he was laid up for . week
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18
Verify. the avenues of labo,

Verify, the avenues of labor are
broadening. Warren. O., has a female
butcher; Cleveland, O. has two female
BARRIERS; Boston has two female real
estate agents; Philadelphia, female
dentist; California, a female stage
driver; New York, several girl boot
blacks and newspaper vendors and
there are scores of female farmers in
the country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

Johnny No. 1-'.Where is Galley
to-day? Johnnie No. 2-ssHe's sick,
poor old chappie- He bought some
pills the other day, and finding they
were of English manufacture he took
the whole box in his devotion to the
mother country."-Tsrro Haute II
press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

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toes Engraved In Them
s.What kind of notices are en-
eraved in engagement rings? Well.
usually ancient ones. sometimes in old
English letters. You see the fashion
of having notices. or 'posies' as they
were called. in rings is very old Is
was quite common in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, both for be-
trothed and wedding rings, and just
now is being revived. An English
firm of jewellers has published little
pamphlet on the subject, giving ex-
amples of .posies' found in rings which
have belonged to celebrated people.
some of them in English, others in
Latin, French and German One, in
the ring with which Bishop Bull we'd
ded his wife, runs: 'Bene parere pa
rere parare Diet mihi Deus'--God make
me a good mother and an obedient
housewife I don't imagine there will
be many orders given for that motto
nowadays.
The posies were either double or
single. the double ones being usually
serious. and the single lighter in tone.
A favorite in the seventeenth century
was:
"'God our love continue ever.
That we in Heaven may dwell together
'.And another:
.'sLet him never take wife,
Who viii not love her as his life
"a sixteenth century gentleman felt
confidence in his future happiness
when he had inscribed in his wife's
wedding ring:
~ did then. commit no folly
When married my sweet Molly
''And another justified his matri-
monial plunge by:
s..'Tis at men should not be alone.
Which made Tom to marry Jone-'
Single posies are more popular now,
as not many modern rings are large
enough to admit of two lines Some
of the old single posies which are being
used are:
"tGod above send peace and love-
'.'God and thee my comfort be-
Love me little, love me long
g I bid adieu to all but you
This and my heart
'sLove and leave not
Sometimes we have an order to en-
The last line of Lone Among the
Ruins seems to be a favorite. and also
several quotations from Mrs. Brown
ing's 'Sonnets from the Portuguese !"
Occasionally some one comes in and
orders an inscription in which there
seems no earthly sense, but it's intelli-
gible enough. 1 suppose. to the par
ticular fnancee for whom it is in
tended.
Solitaire rings are not fashionable
any more for engagements. Half hoop
are considered the proper thing now,
| either one row of stones or two, like
this one. with diamonds and rubies-
Burned topaz is coming in once more.
1t was very much worn about forty
years ago. and people who have
jewelry of that date will find it useful.
The prettiest bracelet we have in the
place has two rows of burned topaz.
each stone inclosed in a ring of small
diamonds. "-Chicago News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

Quite paradox that in land d
the free so many covet bonds
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

Arthurs. Uncle Ambrose will be shut
up all day with his lawyers, as he was
yesterday. He will not miss me until
l write and tell him that I have found
an opportunity of enjoying myself.
He will not grudge me that if it costs
him nothing"
The girl was undisciplined, unwise,
headstrong; but if she had dreamed of
what was in her uncle's heart she
would have begged his pardon with
tears.
He was harassed by his late mis-
fortunes He was ILL., He felt old
gone three days. and Harold FeIdon,
not knowing of her absence, came un-
expectedly. he welcomed the strong,
alert. sweet-tempered young man with
almost childish delight
Stay with me. Will you not be
contented for awhiie?" he said. 'sOf
course you will miss Lea She went
away 50 Unexpected told my
housekeeper. Mrs. Coffee, that she was
going to the McArthurs at Montreal.
She is very independent. Lea is. More
so than wish; but she is very beauti-
full and charming. I do not wonder
that she charms a young fellow like
you-so fond of beauty. She has a
wonderful face. and is very like her
father, my brother Raleigh"
His knowledge of Lea and what he
gathered pressed the truth home to
Harold's mind. Without knowing it.
Lea was ungrateful. selfish, ineonsid-
| crate. She believed herself wronged.
, 1889-03-06
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
SMlTH-SlAVIN MILL

Became a Disgraceful Free Fighting
Broken Up and a Draw Declared.
BRUGEs, Belgium, Dec. "a. Jem
Smith and Frank Slavin fought on pri-
vate grounds near here. The friends of
both parties squabled from the outset.
The Smith party seemed inclined to pre-
vent meeting and placed every obstacle
they could in the way of bringing the
men together. At the ringside the pro-
ceedings were disgraceful and the ring
was finally broken into and the fight de-
clared draw.
The first two rounds Slavin forced the
fighting and got in some heavy blows on
Smiths chest and head. Both men fell
together at the end of the second round,
and Slavin arose bleeding from the
mouth. In the third round Smith sent
his right and left home with telling effect
and Slavin ended the round by knock
ing Smith down. In the fourth anc
fifth rounds the fighting was fast and
furious. In the sixth round Slavin
landed terrific blow on Smiths eye.
Smith fought Slavin to the ropes in the
seventh anu SOIIlo VI Tie CTOWu AlChcu
Slavin several times. Neither Slavin nor
his seconds made protest against this &C
ton by the ringside. In the eighth
round Slavin knocked Smith completely
off his pins.
The spectators again attacked Slavin In
the ninth round and struck him repeat
edly. The tenth round was featureless.
In the eleventh round Slavin again sent
Smith to grass. The twelfth round was
tame. In the thirteenth round Smiths
sympathizers again attacked Slavin,
Smith having been knocked down. In
the fourteenth round Slavin made an ap-
peal to the crowd for fair play. The
sympathizers of Smith derided him, and,
raising the cry of "Police," bolted.
Smith also fled but Slavin remained in
the ring. The alarm of police proving
false, Smith returned with his followers,
but the referee refused to allow the fight
to go on. He said it was impossible to
obtain fair play and declared the fight a
draw. Slavin showed the effects Of his
punishment but little at the end of the
contest and was as full of fight as he
was at the start.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
BROKE FAITH With DOM.
Brazilian Government Already
Discontinue the Promised
Yearly Allowance.
Decree Issued Conf1scating All
His Property and Forbid
ding His Return.
President Fonseca Reported Dying
Mutiny at Rio Janeiro
Suppressed.

NEW York, Dec. 23.-The Times
prints the following: .~
Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 20.-The mutiny
which started yesterday among soldiers
of this city was suppressed by prompt
| and decided action by commanding off,
GERS. 1t was not permitted to advance
far enough to assume very formidable
proportions.
/ LONDON, Dec. 2ea-Advices from Rio
indicate that Gen. Fonzeca is dying.
There is much anxiety as to who is likely
to succeed hin in case of his death. 1t is
feared that the change in ministry which
his death would involve would have seri-
| GUS consequences.
Rio JANEIRo, Dec. 23.-The decree re-
latiIg to Dom Pedro, besides suppressing
his allowance, orders confscation of his
property and forbids the return of the
imperial family to Brazil for two years.
The city is tranquil.
LISBON, Dec: 23.-Dom Pedro and the
ex-empress of Brazil have babe farewell
started for Coimbra. The news of the
provisional governments action in issu-
ing decree suppressing the allowance
to the ex-emperor and forbidding the re-
turn of the imperial family to Brazil has
been withheld from Dom Pedro by the
advice of his physicians.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-!The Brazilian lega-
ton here announces that the illness of
President De Fonseca is not serious.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The steamer
Lassell, from Rio Janerio, which port
she left Dec. 1, reports everything quiet
there. Her captain says there seemed to
be the best of feeling between the civil
ians and the soldiers. Business was
going on without interruption and the
general feeling was one of security. The
captain understood that general cleo
ton was pending in which great interest
was being taken.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Speaker Reed Announces the Remainder
Of His Appointments.

Speaker Reed Announces the REMAINDER
of His Appointments.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Speaker Reed
has announced the remainder of the
house committees. The principal COM
mittees are as follows:
Ju1iciary-Ezra B. Taylor, Stewart,
Caswell, Adams, Buchanan, Thompson,
Mccormick, Sherman. Reed, Culberson,
Oates. Rogers, Wilson, Henderson, Stew
art.
Banking and Currency-Dossey, Con-
ger, Morrill,, Wilbur, Arnold, Walker,
Wright, Evans, Dargan, Covert, Shively,
Wike, Haynes.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Con-
ger, Wickham, Walker, Carter, Com
stock, Bartine, Knapp, Taylor, Bland,
Treacey, Mucherler, Wilcox, Williams,
Joseph.
Commerce Baker, Mason, O'Neill,
Wickham, Brown, Lind, Randall, Stock
bridge, Jr., Sweeney, Campbell, Turner,
Phelan, O'Neal, Wilkinson, Walker.
Rivers and Harbors-Henderson,G ros-
vener, Hermann, Bowden, Clark, Steph-
enson, Moffitt, Townsend, Eiedring-
haus, Blanchard, Catchings, Gibson,
Stewart, Lester, Clarke.
Merchant Marine aud Fisheries-J. N.
Farquhar, Hopkins, Dingley, Bingham,
Banks, Clark, Wheeler, Ewart, Cum
mings, Wheeler, Wise. Dibble, Price.
The chairmen Of the rest of the COM
nlittees are as follows:
Agriculture, Funston, of Kansas; for
eign affairs, Hit, Illinois; military af-
fairs, Cutcheon, Michigan; naval affairs,
Boutelle, Maine; postoffice, Bingham,
Pennsylvania: public lands, Payson,
Illinois; Indian affairs. Perkins. Kansas:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26

territories, Struble, of Iowa; railways
and canals, Mccormick, Pennsylvania;
mines and mining, Carter, Montana;
public buildings and grounds, Milliken,
Maine; Pacific railroads, Dalzell, Penn
sylvania: improvement of Mississippi
river, Burrows, Michigan; education.
ODonnell, Michigan; labor, Wade, Mis-
souri,; militia, Henderson, Iowa; pat
ents, Butterworth, Ohio; invalid PEN
sions, Morrill,, Kansas; pensions, Delano,
New York; claims, Laidlaw, New York;
war claims, Thomas, Wisconsin,; private
land claims, Caldwell, Wisconsin,; Dis
trict of Columbia, Grout, Vermont;
revision of laws, Browne, Indiana; ex-
penditures state department, Scranton,
Pennsylvania; war department, YardIey,
Pennsylvania; navy department, Saw
yer, New York; postoffice department,
Brewer, North Carolina; interior depart
ment, Banks, Mississippi; department of
justice, Sherman, New York; depart
ment of agriculture, La Toilette, Wiscon-
sin; public buildings, Flood, New York;
library, O'Neill, Pennsylvania; printing,
Russell, Connecticut; election of presi-
dent and vice president, Lodge, Massa-
chusetts; eleventh census, Dunnell, Min
nesota; Indian depreciation claims, Her.
man, Oregon; reform in the civil service,
Lehlbach, New Jersey; ventilation and
acoustics, Haugen, Wisconsin; alcoholic
traffic, j. D. Taylor, Ohio; irrigation and
arid lands, Vandever, California.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
AS THE GRAND CENTRAL.

Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central
to Consolidate in Name a. Well as in
Fact. q
ST. PAUL, Dec. 24.-The mornings
Tribune says there appears to be a pretty
well defined rumor in railroad circles
that on and after Jan. /, 1890, the North
sfn Pacific and the Wisconsin Central,
which have been practically one road for
some time, will be still further CONSOLE
dated and appear under name as the
Grand Contra. This will necessitate
several changes in the personnel of the
management. 1t is said that j. M. Han
nahford will be general freight and traf-
fic manager ard F. II. Arson assistant.
The Minneapolis office will be IN charge
of local Freight Agent Martin, whose
place will be talen by Contracting Agent
Morse, a son-il.law of Vice President
Cakes. It is reported that E. p. Capen,
of the Kansas City. will manage the
Minneapolis tick.t office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
MINNEAPOLIS 10 THE sEABoARp.

A New and Shorter Route Formed by the
Green Bay Road md the Flint and PsYs
Marquette.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 20.-Ar-
rangements were perfected in this city
and New York Wednesday for a new
permanent route BY rail or water from
Minneapolis to tn, seaboard, the Flint
and Pere Marquette Railroad company
being the principal agent in the agree
ment. 1t is proposed, in connection with
the Green Bay, Whona and st. Paul
railroad and the Milwaukee, Lake Shore
and Western, to establish a line from
those points by way of Manitowoc, Wis,
Ludington and Port Huron, Mich, and
Buffalo over the Grand Trunk to New
York by the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western. The distance to New York by
this route will be thirty -four miles
shorter than any other route.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
EDITOR WEST CONVICTED.
Sentenced to Five Years in the Pen an
to Paw a Fine of 1000.

Sentenced to Five Years in the Pen and
to Pay a Fine of 200.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-James J. West, ex-
editor of The Chicago Times, ex-presi-
dent of The Times company, and still a
claimant in civil suits for a controlling
interest in its management, was con-
victed of over issuing the stock of the
company knowingly, designedly and
with intent to defraud, and sentenced to
pay fine of 81 900 and to be imprisoned
in the penitentiary for the term of five
years. Charles E. Graham, Vests pri-
vate secretary and ex-secretary of the
company and his alleged confederate
and co-defendant, was acquitted. When
the clerk of the court read the jury's
verdict West betrayed little emotion.
The weight of the crushing blow, how
ever, fell heavily on Frank j. Smith, the
only one of his counsel present, whose
lips quivered and whose eyes filled with
tears. MIR. Smith took few moments
to regain command of his feeling and
then entered motion for a new trial.
The hearing of arguments on the motion
was set for Thursday and Friday. Jan. 2
and 3, 1850, pending which time Mr..
West was left at liberty on $4,000 bail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
EDITOR GRADY IS DEAD.
The SflveP-TOngucd Orator of
Georgia q Victim Of IHneu-
mOnfa.
The Whole South Mourns the
Death Of a Son and Ben
efactor.
Funeral Services to Be Held at Atlanta
on Christmas Day-A Sketch
of His Life.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 42.-Henry w.
Grady died Of pneumonia at $40 a. m.
Mr.. Grady was i'll when he left Atlanta
for Boston TO deliver the speech recently
delivered there. He went contrary to
the advice of hisphysicians and returned
quite sick. Saturday his condition was
very serious and Sunday it was under
stood there was very little hope for his
recovery. The announcement that his
death was possible was a shock to the
people, and the most intense interest was
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
CONSUL LEWIS RECALLED.

His Presence in Tangisrs is Obnoxious to
tho Moorish Government.
WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-William Reed
Lewis, United States consul general at
Tangiers, Barbary States, north coast of
Africa, has been recalled by the presi-
dent. This action was taken at the re-
quest of the Moorish government, to
whom Mr.. Lewis, as the representative
of the United States was Objectionable.
Mr.. Lewis was the subject of an official
investigation by the state department
two months ago, on charges preferred by
the residents of Tangier, of using his Of
fetal position to extort money. With.
out receiving vindication, other than
that the charges were not proved, he
was sent back to Tangier.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
CENTRE

minutes so % to show that they did not
vote on the election of officers. This
was allowed and the senate adjourned.
The house bnckled down to work in ear
nest and passed House Bill No. /, fixing
the terms OF the supreme court. This
bill will, no doubt, be passed at once by
the senate. and then will 60 to Governor
Toole for his approval or veto. Whether
he, approves it or disapproves it, such
action will be a recognition of the Re-
publican legislature and if he does neither
the bill will become a law without his
action after the lapse of the. specified
time. The same will be the case with
regard. to all bills which pass both
houses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
s1avin Will Challenge Sullivan.

LONDON, Dec. 24.-Frank P. Slavin,
the Australian pugilist, will Immediately
issue challenge to fight John L. Sulli-
van for $500 or $1,000 and the worlds
championship, the fight to take place
within six months after the signing of
articles either in America or Australia.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
DlSTRUSTFUL OF BRAZIL

Financial Circles Uneasy Regarding News
from the New Republic.
LISBON, Dec. 24.-Uneasiness prevails
amongst bankers and merchants here
because of the evident untrustworthyness
of advices from Brazil. Private tele-
grams received in cipher via the west
coast and London quote different fig
ure for exchange from that allowed to
pass the censorship at Rio for direct
cabling to Lisbon. 1t is thus difficult to
calculate basis for commercial transac-
tiOns. and the actual situation in Brazil
is left in uncertainty.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-Articles of
agreement have been signed by Jake
Kilrain and Felix Vaquelin for six
round glove contest, Queensbury rules,
to take place in this city on Jan. 10 next,
for a purse of $4,000 of which the loser
is to receive $500. If Kilrain fails to
knock out \aquelin in the six rounds he
loses the fight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-12-26
Chief Justice Waite's Son Dead.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Mr. Edward
T. Waite, son of the late Chief Justice
Waite. died at his mothers home in this
city. His mother and wife, brother and
sister were at the bedside. The remains
were taken to Toledo, where the funeral
will be held. Mr.. Waite was engaged in
the practice of law in Toledo, where he
was much respected. His death was due
to Bright's disease.