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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
Truth About the Mind-cure.

Now, in view of what has been dome
in curing disease by the aid of mental
influence. the public has a right to de-
mand that our physicians shall give us
the benefit OF this healing agency.
Mental influence is pleasant and in
expensive medicine; it cures in some
cases where drugs fail. and its short
ems the term of sickness and lightens
its pain in many other- pases; -furthere
more. it has <ne 3nffrtous occidental
effects But the mind Sdss sbould be
taken ont Of tie hands q the nntrafhed
and irrespdnsible ,visienari4s and ~
impostersvho nov practice It:
will add a3erriple amountsof su5eciffl
and deatf to. what It has n7s6<1S
caused Fnese/ enthusiast4s esser1sd
away BY their seeming suceesses In 4
few cases. insiSt that the .mihd.ctt1trre Is
the only treefmens that is worth INV
thing in all diseases and for. ali per.
sons They knoMstoo little about tina
nature OF disease to recognize symp-
toms which indicate the fitness of this
agency, too little of science in general
to realize that means suitable to re-
move one condition may be entirely
inadequate or unsuitable to counteraca
another.-F. A Fernald. in Popular
Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

0nlste3d's NonainAtl0n Bajected BY IL
. Broad Hand OF Doodle"
When Mr.. Murat Halstead. of Gin
cinnati. said some years ago that -'the
broad and greasy hand of boodls' Was
on the five Republican Senators who
recently voted to reject his nomination
as Minister to Germany. he expressed
patent truth In inelegant language
The broad and greasy hand of Doodle
IS on them. and not on them alone, but
on the entire Republican Senate and
the whole Republican, party. ase.e viss
MIR. Halstead is not Q consistent man.
The fact that he stated this great truth
about, the Senators of his own party
shows that he has lucid intervals in
which he values truth more than con-
.sistency. It Is the Halstead of these
lucid intervals for whom the Republic
has sincere regard In one Of them
he told the truth about James G.
Blaine in Cincinnati English not even
urpassed in force by the above sample
OF what Cincinnati English is at its
best and worst. He no more scrupled
then to describe Blaine as a freebooter
and huckster of public trusts than he
did to tell the truth about the Repub-
ican Senate. 4,
That he is now willing to take Office
under Blaine is as much part of his
personal weakness as the truth he was
inconsistent enough to tell was a part
OF his strength.
1t is true that only in paroxysma1
moments is he inconsistent enough to
tell such truth, but it must be remem-
bered that his nature is paroxysmal in
nearly every thing.
Where there is no question of public
policy at stake. we do not believe in
political revenges, and we think it pc.
culiarly unfortunate. that Mr.. Hall
stead should have been made the VIC
tim of the truth he told. He has not
had such spasms too often to have them
fixed on him as habit. He needed
encouragement rather than rebuke.
His language was that of Cincinnati,
but it was truthful. It was the broad
and greasy hand of Doodle that filled
the Senate with Republican money
sacks; that bought New York and In
diana; that put Harrison in the, Presi-
'dency, Blaine. Window, Proctor and
in the Cabinet, and that is
now controlling the Government of the
United States against the majority of
the people. .a 80
Since, Mr.. Halstead put away the
Bloody Shirt we have forgiven him.
Now we thank him. He can not have
such paroxysms too often.-St. Louis
Republic. s -;1s-E-tf
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
PRESIDENTIAL LOOT.

The First and Second Harrison and the
HaH-Starved Buzxards.
~ It seems a popularity of Presidents
Of the house of Harrison that they at
tract to the place where the spoils car
cass is more OF the buzzards called
ofice-seekers than do Presidents Of
any other family. During fifty years
from the organization of the republic
in 1889 the capital never witnessed
any thing like the countless hordes Of
the hungry and the thirsty hat
swarmed there upon the accession of
Harrison the First Their numbers.
their opportunities by day and by
night, their incessant, ravenous. hid
eous clamor for the loot and booty Of
public places and employments, drove
the poor old man who held the ap-
pointing power to delirium and death
in thirty days. Says a historian Of
his brief reign: Sometimes in his
delirium he would say: My dear
madam, I did not direct that your hus-
band should be turned out. did not
know it. 4 tried to prevent it, On
another occasion he cried out in broken
sentences:' 1T is wrong!NI won't con-
sent!Aitis unjust! These applications
will they never, never cease?' In
deed. it is an accepted fact Of history
that the resistless assault Of the army
Of off1ce-beggers was the cause of the
death of the first Harrison exactly one
month after his inauguration
The horde of buzzards by which Har-
rison the Second is now environed ex-
ceeds in number. rs we'll AZ in raven
sousness, those that killed his ancestor.
And it is the openly expressed opin-
ion of .he Northern Senator from Illi-
nois that they will drive this Harrison
also to his death. unless he shall pro-
coed at once to farm out the appointing
power to the Senators-"which ought
to be ours by right" says that Senator.
Mr.. Farwel overloOks the fact that
Harrison the Second is much younger
man than was Harrison the First,-and
the further fact that, being q graduate
of the political school of Indiana, he.
is cough, sirI very toughr, There is
not so much danger, therefore, that
the Acknowledgements VIII kill hun; but
thelikeness in other respects h,tween
the conditions following the installa-
ton of the two Harrisons suggests
some occult and mystArious relation of
the House Of Harrison to the unsuitable.
{ luoe Of the Presidential loot and booty.
Chicago Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
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Patchwork China.

Boston is the abode of the arts. It
is not surprising. therefore, that q
gentle maiden of the modern Athens,
expert through a lifetime spent in the
pursuit of aesthetic philosophy, should
have invented q new plan for dispos-
ing usefully Of expensive broken crock
cry. 1t is estimated by dealers that
of such fragile mercandise FIVE per
cent is destroyed by breakage before
reaching the consumer. With goods
Of the more costly sort the loss is of
serious consideration, and this the
virgin disciple of the muses. above re-
ferred to is trying in small part to save
as means OF income for herself
She buys the fractured china and
brittle ware of the local merchants,
and fixes it over again in one shape or
another for sale Some of it it is made
into what she calls patchwork" be-
ing composed of all manner of scraps,
fastened together with. cement and
rivets, so as to produce the queerest-
shaped vessels and most grotesque bits
OF bfick-a-brac ever seen In the world.
A paint brush welded with dexter
GUS touch serves to conceal the join
fngs here and there, and so deftly ara
the alien parts united-no two Of
necessity having originally belonged
to the, same article-that one might
we'll suppose the cups and jugs, etc. !,
thus produced to have sprung anew
from the potters hands II is an In
dustry of her own invention, and il
may not be q bad notion to invite the
attention Of unemployed women in
other cities to it7GIobe- Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

A gieeful exultant light shot INTO the
eyes Of the widow. She fairly beamed
upon her daughter, and in voice tremuloua
with emotion she said:
" It is well. An evil man has been frus-
trated. You may go now. Grace. and seek
needed rest. You shall not repent this
frankness, for while have . home you
Will have one. Goodnight, my child; we
will talk further on this subject at another
time"
Mrs. Penroy rose, went to her daughter
side, kissed her with seeming tenderness,
and then Grace went from the room.
'Saved! thank Heaveni" ferventty ejac-
ulated the widow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
1.-THE FOREIGN MISSIONS

The Constellation Of Nobodiss Appointed
by the Grandson Of His Grandfather.
All the charlatanism of the Repub-
lichn party expressed itself in Gar
fields choice of Robert q. Lincoln for
Secretary of War. The persistence of
that idea was most notably proved by
the retention of Lincoln, in a ,subse-
quent Cabinet, whence all but he had
fed. It was in keeping with this boz
gus Republican spirit that Frederick
Grant, partner of Ferdinand Ward,
was nominated for Secretary of State
in New York in 1887. Harrison's
haste to send Grant to Austria-Hun-
/ gary exhibited his faith in Republican
humbuggery. al =. ~. .-s.., :,
- The. mission to the. court of St.
James is now given to Robert T. Lin
coin, a gentleman who. left to his own
you'd remain. IN an obscure
station through life. Mr.. Lincoln
goesto MA place such as was In
trus ted to the Adamses, Franklins
and Jeffersons when the Republic was
4eebEe.sA The idea must be that, in its
might, this Nation needs a lower type
of ability.
Why Mr.. Harrison should pass out
side Of politics to resurrect the son-of-
his-father idea as joss for fools
Worship -can also be explained with
the argusasentun N I'D shomiazem. Mr.
Harrison is himself the beneficiary of
the son-of-his-father's propaganda.
Democratic Republicans should not be
thankful for such step toward mon
archy and aristocracy.
CThe1appointments of Editor Rice, of
the North American Review, to Rus
STA, and Patrick Egan to Chill are in
the nature of wages due. Both these
gentlemen damaged their own reputa-
ton for fairness and intelligence in
upholding the war tariff.
The mission of Mr. Halstead to
Germany was not to be idly criticised.
Mr.. Halstead, once out of Ohio, be-
comes q statesman. Doubtless he
would have reflected honor on his
country-at least the Herald has no
other thought. Merit and service to
his party award him a conspicuous
place in our blue book. If he could
not have shone alone when set in such
a constellation Of nobodies as now for
the first time adorns our diplomatic
heavens, he would have disappointed
even those readers whom he has al
ready disheartened by his overweening
spirit of editorial partisanship. Chi
cago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
Imitation to impossible.

II has been shown that in many cases it Il
easy to successfully initiate
! Scarcely has q new invention been an
nounced before q host Of limitations spring
mp on every side.
No higher encomium can be paid the IN
ventor or discoverer than to encounter
imitation, notwithstanding such flsttery is
NOS acceptable '-ii
al In some cases successful imitation il rem
dered impossible, inasmuch as the imitator
ID unable to lend Q complete knowledge to
the subjece or has not the means at hand to
I'D him. f- trf-
Perhaps no article has been the object Of
wide specific for the prevention and cure Of
kidney and liver disorders, Familiarity known
as Warmers Safe Cure.
In the preparation Of this intensely poou-
lar remedial agent It Is claimed that it Is
impossible to successfully initiate safe cure,
evenf the correct formula Is known, be-
cause the peculiar devices and highly sx-
pensive mechanism used in its manufacture
are beyond the reach Of the would-be imi-
tator. -, 49,.
Adding to this the lack Of a long expe-
rience, which has rendered perfect every
step in its preparation which inventive
genius can suggest, together with the great
skill exercised in the selection of only the
very best materials, the genuine article Is
perfection itself
y Some EFFORT Is also being made to initiate 9
popular line of old-fashioned log cabin
"home cures" known as s'Warner's Log
Cabin remedies, comprising a sarsaparilla
for the blood. hops and buchu for the ston-
ach aud system, cough remedy for colds,
rose cream for catarrh, extract for relief
from pain, hair tonic, porous plasters and
pills. .l,,,.. fs.t.-,t. E.. :.
Successful imitation is rendered impossi-
BILE for the reason that the same care has
been given in their preparation.
> An expensive laboratory, costing thou
sands of dollars, has been specially con-
structed for their manufacture and is under
the immediate supervision Of one Of the best
chemists known.
j. Poor material and means employed would
be susceptible to easy imitation, but with
the best of material, machinery and skilled
labor employed, these household articles are
given to the public beyond the reach Of al
successful counterfeiters
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

Read 81 C1rsalass.
One or two things . writer must do.
he must either read or circulate; 'tWero
better n he we're to do both If he
doet 1either. s6s sVfu surely s.Break
dewnr1 he may grow fat and be heart
Ter in body than ever before. but his
ability to produoe with his brain VIM
be gone He has rum out of stock.
p6or fool!
You may search history through and
youu not find . great author Who
..broke down"
Mr. rSAfespe.re aidnrt break down;
he replenished his mind both by read
ing and-by circulation Charles Dick
ems didn't break; he was not a reader.
but he was q circulator; night after
night he traversed London, studying
human nature. Father Prout was a
reader but no circuiator; in the study
of literature he found that food
and refreshment which his magnif-
cent brain required Victor Hugo
didn't break; he improved with
age The big men have achieved big
ness by conducting their intellectual
affairs on sensible. practical princi-
pies. The fire that il constantly re-
plenished will not 60 out until 1t Is
put out $3.50.
The so-cailed literary men who CAD
and prattle about the waning intellect
nal powers of age are either those
who have no intellectual powers to
waae, or those who have neglected or
abused their gifts. With these Great
ures we have no patience, nor shall we
have any dealings; but to every young
and ambitious. sauthor we give this
golden advice: Disregarding all
croakers. pay diligent heed to the re-
Punishment of your minds; lay in
stock constantly; read ten pages Of
what somebody else has written ia
every one. you. yourself write Abide
by this advice, and. though you live
to be as old a. Methuselah, you viii
never break nor falter.-Chicago
News. .f3
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
Why they Were Appoinfed.
8 d. Blaine. couldn,thelp it

lanes q. Blaine couldn' thelp it.
John Wanamakcr, for raiue received
Walker Blaine, nepotism. pure and simple
Wn aism ~ - - Because Blaine ase.sedis
J. 8. ci.rkson. Tor htsr Offensive parsa.Ansnfo.
Redneld Proctor.
J. S. Noble, }0od only knows.
Jeremiah Rusk-
John %i n q = New cane1 For friendships sake
Frederick D.Gr.nt, o. his fathsr Eepatastea
Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
POLITICAL COMMENTS.

The choice of such q person as
Mr.. Allan Thorndike Rice to take the
place so admirably filed by Mr.. Lo-
throp at St. Petersburg belittles the
government that makes it-Boston
-Memorandum from Murat Hal
stead's diary under date of March %,
1889: ''rhe United States Senator is
vindictive animal. Great care is
necessary in stirring him Chi
cago Herald. e.,i ..t-
Lost, stolen or strayed, a war
horse. Answers to the name of
Foraker. Information only wanted.
The person finding him can keep him,
as his former masters have no further
use for him.-Chicago Times.
-Halstead doesn't go to Germany
as Minister. Here is chance for
Som, kkiS sSIas, ~.
-. f'':ia s'ft A Garfield
~ r .. Chicago Times.
-"Offensive partisanship" is not
a good reason in Postmaster-GenerA
Wanamaker's opinion for the removal
of a postmaster, so Mr.. Clarkson
bounces the Democrats for pernicious
activity in politics.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch. rs'{A iraa a. !tlit. Z
-Organizations for. the reduction
of wages should not be tolerated under
q prosperous. high tariff administra-
ton. proclamation from. President
Harrison on the subject might do
much good now in Pennsylvania
Louisville Courier-JournaL
PA, I'd like to be man, and
have soft job with big salary like
Fred Grant" .tMy boy. you make
me feel bad. It grieves your fathers
most earnest prayer is that you will
grow up to have too much brains for a,
foreign mission. ~ Chicago Herald r
The office-seekers should step
aside for few minutes and permit
President Harrison to operate protec-
ton so as to ."fill the dinner pails' of
the tens of thousands of iron orkers
and WOODEN operatives who have re-
Gently had their wages reduced by
highly protected" manufacturers
Buffalo Courier.
The popular movement against
trusts has behind it feeling of injury
and belief that the business distress
among Manufacturers and the depres-
sion that has overtaken commercial
and agricultural operations are large
ly due to inequalities and disablli-
ties inherent in our present revenue
system. Philadelphia Record. ~
1t is estimated that the .'aggre-
gate wealth of the Cabinet" is not
above s., OOO, 900. The reader should
be careful not to mistake the word
s0ealth as signifying value. However
great the aggregate wealth of the
pIutocratic Cabinet may be. its sggre-
gate value to the country promises 70
be very small Chicago Globe.
The grandson of his grand
father" could not refuse to countenance
the claims of 1.-The son of his father"
and hence the sending of the Envoy
Extraordinary"t TO Vienna TO COM
plete the matter it would be now in or
der to-send TO the. Senate the name of
Ferdinand Ward as Consul General 10.
thu same city Some Arrangement
might be made to procure his release
from Sing Sing. The firm OF Grant &
Ward would thus be ehabilitsted un-,
der more favorable auspices Albany
On W Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18
Alfred Daniel. of Douglas County

Alfred Daniel. of Douglas County.
ia, Is rather remarkable character.
he b eighty-two years old. was never
sick 2 day in his life. was never in bed
at sun-pp. never lost a tooth. has been
20 SIX log roihngs this year, lifts moro
than most men. often INDUCES In coon
and possum hunting. has been a deacon
In the Primitive Baptist church for
nfty-eight years.swas never drunk in
his life. and an oath never escaped his
lips He is the father of twenty-four
ch1ldren-dfteen now iving-has
seventy grandchildren and q number
1t great-grand-childre ST.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

ACoDgSessmen are elected to
make laws-not to serve ON patronage
boards or to act a. bosses of their dis
tricts By permission OF the President
st Louis Republic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18


i HIS NAVE IS %FGioAx
aG4fh4 sbd3S lbeds i'm tstsf ieAt oea
NJ 6e& sp3kssspss VIII stle col YSfers
..'s .s'ss,ia!..,l. m. "a IA. Z sn..
-sHs,axadsi1 asGssea a 4as.s sa.aa. -sAs-saz,
Hes floating round thick as moats in the sun
beam,
AZ rhick - me rain when tho deluse began;
He's thick a. the shadows that follow the sun
Ts<saiy oFssln., Harrison man,
He comes In . legion
-~-------------F From every REGION
This thick multitudinous Harrison mani
o. he's thicker than bees I'm the buckxhea,
6sst eae s'H IKE IN !. ,.,
Lake tS elael3cleA = loeasts tIAt swariaed
] % dense shst AZ dartened the light Of the
Z - aaso<ies; - ~ - - - ~
O. he comes in great droves, like . buffalo In
* He comes down N hordes, IKE Wild caravan,
He comes from each party and sect and per
This only original Harrison mani : ~
In great inundation
liese He doods the whole Nstioo- f7,i
This only original Harrison mani e. IL,
And he wants to 60 up and govern Alaska, eli
And ne wants TO be Minister down to Peru,
Ana he wants 70 be Consul In Wild Mada&ascaf,
. And he wants the post-ofnce in Kalamazoo.
In fact. he wants to be spread out like butter,
All over the world from Maine to japan.
To be scattered round thick from Cork 70 Cal
cutta-
This only original Harrison mani et4
ID BE wants the whole planet .,.,.,- :.
To run it and man it.
This thick mult,tudinous Harrison man!
/ n4, q; IS W. Foss. in Yankee Blade.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

!, -Physiciau-'I think from your
symptoms. madam, that your Hver
must be quite torpid ~ Mira Haceide-
1and salzes alive. doctorl guess
You mean frigid instead O. <orrid, for
TN ~ about frose tie hull endurauss
Hmat"-Judna
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

Vain effort
Although two tramps seized and hurried
the girl over . precipice, she was NOT killed.
She lives, and you will yet meet her, If you
have not already, since her resurrection
from supposed death at the bottom Of
HanRman's Gulch." 81 $50 ;i'.''s
"Why do you thus address mean artie-
ulated the Captain with no little difficulty.
"What has the fate of this simple girl to do
with met"
EDO you say it has nothingi" :,
The hooking smile still fingered on the
face Of Louis Fipgal - =
"Of course, that is the fact"
"But in that case who paid those two
rufaans for their worka''
"I do not know"
Captain Clinton Starbright, you do know, -
asserted Fingal, with ringing emphasis.
" You would gladly give your right hand to
be assured that Lura Joyce was dead"
"Where did you learn so mucha"
"From. observation. You attempted to
take Lura Joyce's life last night, but was
frightened from your work." n
Captain Starlight shook the hand of
Fingal from his shoulder and attempted to
gain his feet. For the life of hum he could
not. An invisible hand held him down, and
seemed to bind the very throbbings OF his
heart =
Ahi what spell is thisa
Captain Starbright writhed and twisted
N his chair while Fingal continued 10 re-
gard him with that plying yet malicious
smile. 49,,
A tinl<ie ON the glass caused the helpless
Captain to look without A face was
pressed against the pane, the sight Of which
broke the lethargic spell and caused STAR
bright to como to. his feet with the quick.
ness OF an electric fash. cry Of terror fall
ing from his lips.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-18

I, kdossp.t matter. Let the past go in
terrupted the Captain. - /
Then hebent and examined the clothins
Of the murdered old man. !
(. An ejaculation Of disappointment fell
from his lips. He thought perhaps to ind
valuable papersy and IN this he was porely
disappointed II might be that,h thought
dead II was NOT. however. and hence the
discontinue Of the wicked schefner.
One of the twins was working at some
thing near while. tina Captain Wss making
this exsEnination.l He noW-cAno toward
revealing in his banda q heavy stone about
which he bad attached q stout. bu0kskin
cord. .sps'
.sThis will forever hide the work NUT
tered the brute, Is he proceeded to attach
the weight to the body Of his victim.
"You are very thoughtful, HAM," said
the Captain, at the same time moving into
the dense shadow where he could watch the
movements Of the twins without being him
self seem
Presently q splash and gureiing round
announced the work complete. The man in
tho shadows brsathed easier q he sam the
form Of Don Benito sink beneath the waters
OF the forest pool. He had nothing to fear
less he realized thAs he had placed himsen
in dangerous position BY employing the
TWINS to commit murder. RN
He was now IN the power of these ~
low villains His ouiy sAfstyizyin placing q
wide distance between tie Caberas' ana him
SELF The Captain would never. haye vent
ufed upon this last tragic work but tqr the
ezigencses Of the case. Tho sudden ap
pearance of one he had supposed long slAcs
dead quite unnerved him 10 had shsutn
his hand in the Attempt 70 remove Lnra
Joyce nom hin path, and every step in
crime seemed BY fste to necsssitate an
other, 30 that tonight he stood . brandDa
murderer IN tho eyes Of at aAst thxeo -,