Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-04

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lFifteen boy IA the F1ttsbotk17
cooking school took Yr1nes for e11czen8
cy in cooking.
Quoting the vital statistics Of q
certain town. . newspaper said: .s0z
the births. seven thousand three hum
dred and eighty-five were children
"A South African chief sold gold
mine to an English speculator for .
hand-organ and rug. TWAS pretty
near approach to "a kingdom for =
horse"
1t is written of voitaire that wheu~
in his painful effort to learn English
he discovered that the letters a-g-u-e.
spelled '.agu," q word of two sy1lables,
but if you increased the length by add
ing two more letters, and so got
plague, the word became one syl-
liable and was pronounced .'plag, he
threw the book across the room and
fairly danced in rage.
There is q German newspaper pub
iished at Jerusalem. and it says that
the city is growing In size and popular
ton at a remarkable rate. which 10
surprising. because neither its situar
ton nor its trade Is favorable to-
rapid increase. The Jews take the
lead in building. followed by the Rus
slams and Germans. The Greeks and
Armenians are also busy building
cafes, bazaars and shops.
They were hunting up old school,
teachers in Vermont lately. and found
that the oldest in active service was lit
tie short of fifty years at the desk
This veteran is A. ID. Searles, who be-
gan teaching in 1S41 at the age of nine
teen. He obtained his first certificate
from the poet John G. SAKE He Is
now in control of the school which the
late Sir Curtis NJ. Lamson gave to the
village of New Haven Mills, Vt
An amusing misadventure hap
pened the other day to q we'll known
artist in Paris. He had purchased an
old helmet in bric-a-brac shop. and
when he got home the idea occurred to
him to try it on. 1t went on easily
enough, but when he wanted to take 1t
off he found it impossible to do So
Finally he was forced to go to a neigh
boring gunsmith's to have it removed.
His appearance on the street wearing
this medieval relic produced decided
sensation.
Why do theater goers prefer seats
on the right of the houseP When you
are on the street on which side of the
walk do you keep? On the right, don't
your Of course you do. And yet
look to the left. eha If you do MT you
are different from every one else.
Ill A.
look to the left Twenty-Five or thirty
years of this sort of thing naturally
gets one accustomed to it. Now, when
you sit for two hours and half or
three hours in one position, IL you
have to keep your eyes to the right,
you will find that it tires the muscles
of the eyes quite perceptibly.-
Argus.
An uncommon incident occurred
| at church near Louisville recently. A
| revival was in progress. and among
| those who went up to confess his sins
| was q young man whose life had not
been noted for Christian-like deeds.
He had been connected with the fire
department and was q most energetic
worker at fires. Several members Of
the church were around the young sim
ner, giving him words of comfort and
encouraging him In the step he was
about to take. At that moment fire
alarm struck. The young man sprang
suddenly from his kneeling posture,
rushed from the house at the top Of
! his speed and hurried to the scene Of
| the fire. He has not been to church
since