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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
HAD HIS REVENGE.

How an Indignant Man Got Even With an
Absent-Minded Individual.
The Prince of absent-minded men
lives in Hyde Park. He is diligently
devoted to business, and, Judging from
his usually preoccupied air, he dreams
of the stock market all the way to and
from his Office. Just finishing his pa
per on the grip-car one morning re-
Gently, he awoke sufficiently to a con-
seriousness of his surroundings to no
tice that he had forgotten to light the
cigar in his mouth. A search in his
pockets failed to reveal a match, and,
touching the arm of the gentleman in
the seat with him, who was smoking,
he asked him for a light. The request
was granted. Toying abstractedly
moment with the borrowed cigar after
it had fulfilled its mission, he threw it
out into the street under the impress
sion that it was match. The obliging
lender was astonished and indignant,
but the smoker pulled away, apparent
ly blissfully unconscious of every
thing. Presently the injured individ-
ual asked him: ''Have you any chew
ing tobacco?" "Yes," he answered,
and diving his hand into his pocket he
brought out a handsomely engraved
tobacco box and handed it over. The
gentleman took chew and threw the
box and contents after his half smoked
cigar. Our absent-minded friend sud-
denly became alive to the situation,
and vigorously demanded the reason
for such proceeding. He was deter
mined to have some sort of satisfaction
for the insult offered, and what the re-
suit might have been had not the other
passengers been ready witnesses to
the fact that it was only. tit for tat, is
uncertain. He jumped off the car, and
the last saw of him he was running
full speed back after his box.-Chica-
90 journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
THE WHITE PASHA.
Explorer Stanley and the King of Africs
Slave-Traders.

Explorer Stanley and the King of African
Slave-Traders.
Probably no man has ever excelled
Stanley in his wise treatment of the Af-
ricans. He seems to have a natural in
stinct of the best way to manage these
people, who combine great childish
ness with natural ferocity. Stanley is
firm, but kind. considerable and gener-
Gus. The natives know that he is
strong, and they have faith in his hon
esty and truth, He. has managed the
savages with wonderful skill The
slave-traders hate and fear him, and
many people have thought that if he
were ever surprised and cut of in
Africa it would be by the malice of
these bad men, who fear for their
trade. Stanley. like Livingstone. saw
enough of the horrors of the slave
trade to be in deadly earnest to do all
that lay in his power to stop it Tip
poo lib, the Arab trader, has long
been a slave-dealer, though he has
pretended to give up that horrible traf-
fic since he has been associated with
Stanley. Very likely, if he ever got q
| chance to go into the slave-trade again,
without being found out, he would do
it. And, if Stanley stood in his way.
some men think Tippoo lib would not
hesitate even to kill Stanley, and SO
be rid of him. .Tippoo lib is now a
very great man in Central Africa He
is enormously rich. and he can raise a
| force of many thousands of men when
ever he has occasion to call for them
It is singular that it should now be
thought necessary to send search
expedition for Stanley. after all that
he has done in that direction himself.
But Leopold, King of the Belgians, ana
| others, devoted friends of Stanley,
propose to do this very thing. unless
] news of the White Pasha's safety oomes
to us-Noah Brooks, in St Nicholas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28

sELF-MuRDER eY DRUGS.

Crime Of which Many Otherwiso Sonsa.
bile Persons Are Guilty.
When it was stated. couple of
years ago, that the cocaine habit
would prove worse, If possible, than
the morphine habit, the statement was
made after consulting distinguished
physician. It was taken up and rid
lculed by some medical writer's, but
the number of victims is increasing
Many OF them are physicians. Any
drug that does what these drugs do,
any thing. in fact, that gives SEEM
ing strength or sleep to the sys-
tenn. or deadens the sense of pain,
without removing its cause (unless the
strength is derived from digested food
and the influence of natural forces,
and the sleep from natural fatigue),
must have the power to produce a
habit. and the habit overthrows natural
nutrition.
Meantime, the statement has been
made that nerve foods" have been
discovered whose use is not attended
by reaction or injurious effects of any
kind. Medicines are advertised as pro-
ducing no tendency to habit; that
SAOAA use Coll 10 OISCOUG1uu0Q WIFI.
out the slightest inconvenience. ALI
these statements, one after another,
prove lies. To take no medicine, no
stimulant. no opiate, except when un-
mistakably and absolutely necessary
then the least possible quantity to ac-
complish the result, and cessation at
the earliest possible point-constitute
the only safe rules. The best physi-
clans of all schools know this, practice
it themselves, and, so far as possible,
lead their families to do SO. The peo-
pie at large are too ignorant, too much
afraid of pain, too unwilling to deny
transient enjoyments Or to be gov
erned by hygiene; to pay physicians
for wisdom, if they tell them they
need nothing but cleanliness, exercise
and moderation. They turn to the
quack. the patent medicine bottle, the
paregoric, Jamaica ginger (another
name for spiced rum), patent gas, or
any one of the thousand ways of try
ing to escape the penalty of continuing
to act as though natures laws were
fraud. Advocate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Republican Senators are
ready to fight fo- coaaing station
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. but
they won't reduce the tax on home coal.
Chicago Herald. |
III Colonel Dudley should be
made Commissioner he could grant
himself patent on the block-of-five
scheme for distributing boodte.-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
-JohnW anamaker having dropped
into the slot the biggest campaign
contribution evidently expects the ma
chine to drop Cabinet appointment
Wheeling CIV. Va) Register.
-Instigated by the devil. the
United States Senate has put a tariff
duty on the word of God. These fell
lows, if left alone, will put, a, special
tax upon the existence of their own
mothers. Louisville Coutier-Journal.
What a chance lingo James is
missing. How he would declare war,
James has just missed a great many
chances. He came within one of being
honest. Chicago Leader.
"A great many Republicans ara
skating on. very thin ice>nowadays
When they go through, as very many
of them must, since there are hardly
Offices enough to go round. they viii
not fall into the water, but into-the
soup.--N. Y. Herald. g
in repndiating the action of the
German commander on the spot Prince
Bismarck has acted like sensible
man. 1t is unfortunate for. the Re-
publicans in the Senate that he should
have done so under aSprotest and re-
monstrance from Mr.. Bayard,- but
these little misha ps are unavoidable.
IN. Y. Post.
We hope the Republicans of Ar
kansas will be patriotic enough to
check the attempt to make a party
question of the Clayton murder-at
least until after the hanging. It viii
be time enough to investigate the
assassin's politics after his neck has
been broken in accordance with the
laws of Arkansas for such cases mado
and provided. st Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
A Fine Moral Distinction.

James said the grocer, as he
looked up from the morning paper.
they have begun to make maple
sugar in Vermont already"
Yes. sir,'' said the clerk, with ready
comprehension. Those maple sugar
bricks left over from last year are
down cellar. TIL have them sand
papered and put in the front window
tomorrow morning"
Have you the same sign you had
last year to stick up in the box?"
"Yes. It reads Fresh from Yer.
mont. Strictly pure.'n
.You may use that sign again,
James. / don't think 1t would be exact
y right to paint a new one with that
inscription. Chicago Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


There is this difference between
the poor and the good farmer: One
complains of the bad seasons, the other
rejoices in the good seasons.
The danger from gases only In con-
nection with house drainage are said
to be comparatively easy to avoid. the
main consideration being a continuous,
thorough ventilation of the pipes.
The best time. to make war on the
English sparrow is in the winter while
the song birds are away in the South.
Then you may shoot and poison With
out danger of driving away the birds
whose presence you wish to encourage.
1t is certainly poor policy and very
improbable business to grow a crop
and permit it to rot or freeze into
worthlessness. Those roots and vege-
tables that will not stand the frost
ought not to be left to freeze, or stored
where they will rot, not one of them.
Every one is useful either to sell or to
be eaten or to be fed to stock.
Tart apples prepared in the fol-
lowing way are good: Pare and halve
the apples and remove the cores. Put
in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle
plentifully with sugar. Take large
spoonful of butter and rub into it a
small spoonful Of flour. add small
cup of boiling water, and pour over
the apples and bake them till tender.
Zinc placed upon the fire in a
stove or CRATE is said to operate as an
effective extinguisher of chimney fires.
According to this representation when
fire starts inside a chimney, from
whatever cause, piece of thin sheet
zinc, about four inches square, is to be
put into the stove or CRATE connecting
with the chimney. The zinc fuses and
liberates aciduous fumes, which, pass
ing up the flue, are said to almost in
stantly put out whatever fire there
may be.
Perhaps the greatest hindrance to
perfect cooperation in home-making is
the habit. SO prevalent in many fami-
lies, of joking at the expense of the
foibles or faults of one another. Moth
ing is more painful to outsiders than a
kind of sparring which often takes
place between husband and wife; and
a fippant, TESTING way of saying UNI
kind things, however it may win the
jester reputation for brightness and
wit, is entirely to be deprecated in the
intercourse of members of family
American Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28

midtown stated those ..just expeota-
tions" we are not informed. his tele-
gram possibly having been. marked
private. use wisely" On Saturday
Mr.. Harrison was presented with a
copy of the Bible (taxed twenty-five
pr cent }. and in its wisdom the Amer
ican Protective Tariff League may
have seen fit to send him sanofher
copy with the page turned down at
Matthew XIV, %:
g Unto every one that hath shall be given, and
he shall have In abundance; but from him
that hath not shall be taken away even tha1
which he hath.
= Albany IN. " Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
MEETING EXPECTATIONS

Harrison Admits His Sub6oFVt0nCy to
the Protective Tariff League.
The American Protective Tariff
League is the original body of political
--fat'' men in this country. One ofits
purposes. before the recent election,
was to secure 1000 men who would
subscribe 800 each to prom Se 1.-THE
protection of American labor" In.
this it was successful early In the can
Nass, and it then extended its oper-.
,ations to special industries. Thus.
from the iron industry an assessment
of $3.50. 600 was levied and paid. - The
chemical industry was invited to
--chip in," but raised less than $780,
. 600, many in the business refusing to
subscribe. These funds were used in
"A manner beyond discovery even by a
dark lantern" In brief, this league
and its sub-agencies raised more
money for Harrison than the Repub-
1ican National Committee did directly,
although the latter body had L. p.
Morton's blank checks at command,
It, is & instructive to note that Ben
Harrison fully appreciates the services
of this league. He has just sent it's
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, jan II, lSSa-Eiaodrd
II Amn,ido,on, Esq, Nesc York CTxy Ny Dear
Sr-I1ave not been able sooner to acknowledge
your telegram. of the 18th, extending TO me
the congratulations of the American Protec-
tive Tariff League. Let me assure you that
appreciate very highly this cordial expression.
and that it will be my sincere purpose TO meet
the just expectations OF those who not only re-
1oice in the result of the late election, but
whose contribution to that success was 30
ordc n 1orrY 81
With kind regards for you. sir. personally, ]
am, Very sincerely yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The "just expectations of this
league were abundantly set forth dur
ing the election. It's members invested
sums Of money inthe Harrison canvass
just as they would have invested
money in other eXtra-hazardOus
business projects The risk was large.
but. on the other hand, If the plan
succeeded, big dividends we're expected.
This organization in brief was aptly
described by Governor Hill in his pow
erful letter to the Harlem Democratic
Club: - -. so - - a
Our Democratic President forced the tight
ing all along the line. He was cOnfronted by
an army whose center Was chiefly composed of
monopolists, whose right wing was made up
-of mercenaries. and whose left wing included
a multitude of impostors, clothed IN the garb
aof pretended patriotism Of whom Washington
In his farewell letter babe as beware. -.s~ -
As the, ~contribution" of this league
was Charge" its 1'.jDt expectations"
are doubtless '.large" also, and Mr..
Harrison is now presumably commit
ted to any and every increase of tariff
taxes that monopoly may seek to
wring from the people. How Mr.. Am
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
THE TARIFF PROBLEM.

y
IN Burdens Must BE Removed.
Hon. Roger @. Mills makes con-
else statement of the necessity Of tariff
broad principle runs through indus
trial and human freedom and it Is
bound to prevail
Between the parties on the tarih
issue, the question is altogether this
of liberty. There is no political lib
erty apart from Industrial and COM
mercial liberty. It is not ques-
ton of percentages, but of system OF
government. The government OF a
free people must, to preserve their
freedom, take their money as taxes.
As long as taxes are just and equal. it
makes no great difference how they
are levied. Tariff taxes considered
merely as taxes for government rev.
enue and restricted to government
needs are the best. Beyond this they
are the worst-the most insidious in-
struments of oppression that tyranny
ever devised to accomplish by fraud
and indirection what it fears to at
tempt by an open exercise of power.
If it were not question of liberty,
the whole issue on the tariff would
soon disappear. Sixty million people
would not long listen to wrangles over
percentages, but when their rights
and their freedom are concerned they
will listen, and it will not be long be-
fore they will cease to listen, to act.
The whole plutocratic power of the
country is massed in support of the
system that has made plutocracy pos
sible in America; that has fastened on
the country an industrial and CONNER
cial slavery UNDER which the vast ma
jority of the people are required to
blindly abandon their industrial and
commercial rlghts-not to the gov
eminent they have established, but to
a class created by class law; with none
of the restraints of an official govern
ing class, but with all its vices.
The conditions thus created are not
to be borne by a people that desires to
remain free. Not only is the serfdom
of labor consequent upon them, but
worse consequence is the negation of
the right of the American citizen to
control his own affairs in every thing
that does not involve unjust interior
ence with the rights of others. If the
American citizen has any liberty at all it
is the liberty of wearing what clothing
he pleases without Government inter-
ference; of selecting his own food, of
determining for himself what articles
it is best for him to buy and what not
to buy.
It is not denied, and it can not be
denied. that the protectionists refuse
to concede that any such right exists.
Their whole theory is that the Ameri-
can citizen must be forced by juggle
of the tax laws to use goods of one
brand only-the goods that have the
American Protective Trust brand ON
them. =
President Cleveland fifty character
lied this system when he called it 1.-The
communism of capital" 1t is tyr
amy that will Be, overthrown. The
question is of liberty. not of per cont
St Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
THE CLAYTON MURDER.

-
Why the Democrats Party Il In No wise
Responsible for the Crime.
The assassination of John M. Clay
ton. an Arkansas Republican politi-
clan. is attributed by Republican news
papers as a matter of course ia mis-
political opponents. If Pennsylya-
mia Democratic politician had been
murdered under similar circumstances
Republican newspapers would be
quite content to await the develop
ment of evidence in the case. before
they would ever admit that politics
had any thing to do with the matter.
To the jaundiced eyes Of the Repub=
Iican journalist the South is Nazar-
eth out of which nothing but evil can
possibly come. At the same time it is
q fact that more murders are COM
mitted in the Northern States In pro-
portion to population than in the
South and some of them within the
last twelve months were due to politi-
cal animosities.
About thicty years ago an assassina-
ton of a. character qsiite similar to
that of Clayton occurred. in the town
OF Jacksonville, Ill. Hon. Murray Nc
Cornell, one of the ablest lawyers in
that State and a much more promi-
nent Democrat than Mr.. Clayton has
been Republican. was shot dead in
his Office at Jacksonville by some one
who fired at him through the window.
The assassin was never discovered.
but nobody ever attributed the muir
der to politics. There swere,a however,.
quite as good reasons for styling that
a political murder" as there are for
doing the same in the case of Clay
ton. 80 FbB Se6g5
It Is not reasonable to believe that
the assassination of Clayton was due
to the fact that he was a contestant for
a seat in Congress-. For years it was
the practice of the Republican carpet
baggers down South to contest the
seats of Democratic Congress men-elect
on trivial grounds with the inevitable
result that the Republican Congresses
would seat the contestants in spite of
the fact that they had been beaten
thous ands of votes at the cleo
ton. When those fraudulent con-
tests were made the people of the
South were greatly excited. but none
of the carpet bag contestants ever suf-
fered any bodily harm. Is it likely
that now, when the. Southern people
have settled down to q condition. Of
thorough tranquility and when no
political point can be gained by them
by resorting to violence. such an assassi-
nation would be committed for political
reasonsp The idea is too absurd to be
entertained for moment
Clayton is represented to have been
a man of amiable disposition. He re-
ceived the votes of many Democrats.
He was beaten by SO large a majority
that his contest was hopeless. In the
face of these facts it is difficult to be-
lieve that his murder was conspired
by his political opponents. The DEM
Ocratie Legislature of Arkansas has
offered large reward for the detec-
aion and arrest of the murderer. In
SO doing it has not merely taken
proper step for the. vindication of the
law, but it has given the lie to the
charge that the assassination of Clay
ton was a political murder. Harris
burg (Pa. Patriot
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
ITEMS FOR GARDENERS.


An Instructive Compilation of Facts, Hinta
and Suggestions.
Plants in pots should be MANFRED
sparingly. H"f'tf4f - Esi.E5 90
Good drainage will aid materially in
drying out the soil in the spring.
Fresh horse manure is the best for
the hot-bed; have it we'll mixed with
coarse litter.
In setting out shade trees along the
road or in pastures select part of them
of good varieties of nuts-chestnuts,
walnuts and hickory.
After years of trial, it has been
pretty definitely ascertained that strips
of zinc washed clean and the variety
written upon it with lead-pencil is
the most economical as well as the
most durable label for orchard trees.
Always use milk-warm water in
watering the. house-plants. The better
results secured will pay well for the
trouble, as chilling the plants will
often prove Injurious.
There should be a full supply of fruit
on every farm. If there is not good
supply growing. plan to have supply
as soon as possible by setting out this
spring.
One cause of failure to make a profit
with small fruits is the poor quality.
There is always a good demand for
really good fruit. while often the
market is overstocked with the lower
grades.
Varieties of fruit that sell best in
market are not always the best in
quality. With many the appearance
is quite an item and nice looking fruit
will sell at high prices. Determine
first the purpose for which the fruit
is grown, and then select varieties &C
cordingly.
Woven-wire netting makes a good,
neat fence around the yard and garden.
Raspberries should be set out az
early in the spring as the condition of
the soil will admit. They usually start
to grow very early, and should be set
out in thin places SO that after they
start to grow they will not need to be
disturbed.
With good care an asparagus bed
get start of plants or SOW the seed
early in the spring. Put the bed on
one side. where it will not be in the
way of the preparation or cultivation
of the garden.
Considerable time and labor can be
saved in seeding and cultivating the
garden if every thing is planted in
long rows. The sowing of the seed
can all be done with aNseed drill and
nearly or quite all the work of Gull
tivating can be done with the garden
cultivator much better and more
economically than with the hoe.
If shipping to market. get the
necessary supply of boxes, crates and
baskets ahead. Waiting until they
are actually needed will often result in
serious disappointment If not actual
loss The majority of manufacturers
offer a sufficient inducement to make il
profitable to order in good season.
It is important both in the garden
and among the. small fruits to give
clear cultivation. using fertilizers tina,
contain no weed nor grass seeds, clean.
ing up and burning trash of all kinds
having the soil in good condition sc
that the work of cultivatiug can be
commenced as soon as possible afte,
, the seed is planted. and then talkine
pains to see that thorough cultivation
is given in good season.-St I.oua,
Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
ElY'S
CREAM BALM

Ihdpc used flco bot
ties Of Ely's Cream
Balm and consider
myself cured Isuf-
fcred 20 years from
cdtdy7h and cdtdTrh-
al headache, and this
q the first remedy
that afforded lasting
rcltSG. T.Hi10in-
SON, f45 Lake st. /,
Chicago, III.
A particle Is applied 1,
Able. Price 80 cents at Z
% cents. ELY BROTHE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
COD LIVER OIL,

with Extract of Malt and Compound Syrup o.
Hvpophosphites, Cures Consum ption. Bronchitas.
Coughs Colds, Scrofula and all Wasting Diseased
1t IL m pleasant and PalAtable to take -
honey.
Its strengthening effects areoAlmost inme.
diRte. Ft Z
It does not como mp to assert itself sea3s
oecasaonally after being swallowed, ~ eth.
er Emulsions certainly do.
1t great producer OF BONE and MUS.
Gle. nc puriaes the Blood. and patients gain
rauadlv In Welght while taking 1t.
1t In q true EuRulal0n. the only one thatas
always ready. always alike. and that never
has q thick, gu9my aud greasy BLOB ~ the
ton to upset the PATIENTS STOAACA.
Ne a. used In all the leading Hospitals.
1t In prescribed by the most eminent RhYsA.
elaus In the Unitod States and Canada.
Askyour Druggist for Il and take no other.
IA MAGGIE 4 CO.. Lawrence, NIAsa.