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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07
.oNwARp-uPwARD.

Put cut to sea!
Stand not tamely on the shore.
Tremb bang at the breakers roar;
Ride out beyond the bar,
And let tho cordage strain
To winds upon the open main;
Put out to sea!
Ride out beyond the bari
Never did ship drift aimlessly
Held steady to tho star.
Make yonder height
Stopping not fof clin or crax.
Upward! Let the coward lag.
Take you his scath and scar;
Win yonder summit bare,
And plant your single standard thorei
Climb toward the light,
Higher than eagles are!
But molehill il the d:zziest height
To eye that's on q star.
Climb, hero-sail!
Put your manhood 70 its best.
Sail and climb, with mists abreasts
Some day you'll gain the haven.
Some day the sunlit peak sublimei
The victory's yours in Gods good time.
Climb, hero-saill
Seven times, and yet times seveni
Mountains and seas shall naught avail
To eye that's fixed on Heaven.
John v. Cheney, in Christian Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07
First In Arithmetic.

Aunt Ito six-year-old Willy)-Now, Willy,
If you were to save up one cent each day in
the coming year, how much would you have
on the close of the year in dollars and
cents?
Willy (after a long consideration Three
dollars and fifteen cents.
AuntCBut, Willy, how do you figure three
dollars and fifteen cents2 Don't you know
there are three hundred and sixty-fve days
in the year2
Willy-Well, got ter give fifty cents to
de schoolma'm's birthday present every
year, or she keeps me in late every day.
Don't yer see de point2
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07
NAILS AND HAIR.

Scientific Observable ms Relating to Their
Formation and Growth.
The following interesting observations
have been made by Berthold, of Gottingen.
He found that nails which were cut of re-
formed quicker in children than adults, and
in these than in old people; that they formed
quicker in summer than in winter "a nail
which in summer would be repaired in 116
days, in winter is repaired in 1922 that the
mails on the right hand reformed quicker
than those of the left; that the nails Of diff
ferent fingers reformed in different times;
on both hands the nail OF the middle finger
was most quickly reformed; then those Of
the ring and index fingers, which were
nearly equal; the nails and the little
finger took much longer time, and the
little finger rather the longest, particularly
on the left hand.
AS regards the hair, Berthold found that
in persons from 16 to "a years old, whose
hair had been cut OF for fever, ETC.. the
length had reached in two years from 10 to
Is inches, giving an average of seven lines
per month. By cutting OF the hairs of the
beard (wetted with rain water only with q
very sharp knife, every 10, q, or SO hours,
measuring them with the micrometer, and
weighing them, Berthold arrived at the fol-
lowing results:
1. The growth is increased the oftener the
hair is cut; thus the beard cut every twelve
hours, grows at the rate Of from five and q
half to twelve inches a year; cut every
twenty-four hours, it grows at the rate OF
from five to seven and a half inches per
year; cut every thirty-slx hours, it grows
at the rate of from four to six and three
quarter inches per year. The weights cor
respond with these measurements; cut ev-
cry twelve hours, the yearly weight of the
experimenter's beard would be 313 grains !;
cut every twenty-four hours, it would be
only 2SO grains. g. The hair grows more
quickly during the day than at night, and
this rule seems quite lnvariable. About
one-sixteenth more seems to be formed
during the day. 8. The growth is quicker
in warm weather than in cold but this rule
is less constant ON account of the variability
of the weather.-N. Y. Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Cream not sufficiently ripened does
not produce a good keeping or good
Favored butter. Cream too much
ripened yields bad favored butter.
You ''set'' the hen. says Farm.
Stock and Home;" she does all the
sitting" And the same paper points
out that politeness pays even in the
COW stable. "a gentle man gets more
milk than harsh one"
One of the necessary things for
success with callas is to water them
with warm water; this. together with
the application of stable manures in
stead Of commercial plant food, will
perhaps solve the difficulty which some
experience in growing this semi-trop-
ical plant
breeding sows need space enough
for exercise. If kept in narrow quar-
tiers and given rich. heating food they
can not bring healthy pigs and raise
them. When farmers and breeders
shall have learned to fill at least q
small silo with clover or alfalfa, the
question of keeping hogs over the vim
ter will be greatly implified.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist
"A successful Western fruit grower
keeps borers from his trees by placing
small pieces of soap in the crotches of
the limbs. which the rains gradually
dissolve and wash down over the stem
and collar. He takes cheap bar soap
that is yet green and soft. cuts it into
pieces about q half inch square and
about three inches long, and presses
that into the crotch. Such piece
will last about year.
One good plan for preserving fod-
der is to take stout, forked stakes or
posts. set them in the ground firm and
then lay good. straight. stout poles in
these. setting the posts about ten feet
apart and have them about three feet
high above the ground. The distance
should be gagged by the length of the
fodder. Then with little care the
fodder can be set up in long ricks and
will keep in a very good condition.
Live Stock Journal
Apple Batter Pudding.-Put into a
bowl half a pound of -four. add q pinch
OF salt, and stir in very gradually half
smooth. then add three eggs. Pour
about half the mixture into a buttered
pie dish and put it into the oven to get
firm. Then nearly fill the dish with
apples. pared, cored. sliced and slight
ly stewed with a little lemon rind.
Pour the rest of the batter over them,
return to the oven and bake one hour
| and half.
If poultry raising is ''only fit for
girls and women folks" as some farm
ers assert, then the girls and women
folks have a new field of industry that
adds q valuable solution to the ques-
ton: 'What shall we do with our
| girlsP" Let the farmers girls engage
in this enterprise and they will soon
make their fathers admit that the girls
are mighty handy persons to have
around. Women have the requisite
pluck. industry and good sense to win
in this work.-American Poultry
| journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

summed by tho Prospect
Old Maid-Have you parrot for sale:
Bird Fancier-Yes, ma'am. The one il
the white cage.
Old Maid-How mucha
Bird Fancier-Ten dollars.
Parrot-Oh, the pretty. pretty girl
Old MaidHTu take it.
Bird Fancier-Ten dollars on trial; II sd
isfactory fifty dollars.
Old Maid-rll take it, I'll take it.
Parrot-Oh, heavens
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

Frederick the Great thought coffee too
expensive tor his people. saying he was
himself reared on beer soup, which was
surely good enough for common fellows, as
he called his people. He wrote directions
with his own hand to his different cooks a.
to the preparation Of the dishes and sauces.
He stinted Voltaire in sugar while guest
in his own palace, and what he dld give was
cheap and bad.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

AGREEABIE to the wishes o. the German
Emperor, the theaters have resolved t.
abolish all French theatrical terms W1icA
have crept into the language
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07
CHAPTER VI
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Captain Starbright stood biting his mus
tached lip without moving. Had he not
known Lura Joyce so intimately he would
have thought nothing of her remark that
aha Kissed holly in his ear. He knew the
determined nature Of the girl. however,
and realized that his plot for . million was
about to be frustrated unless something
happened to remove Lura Joyce from his
path.
"something must happen, was his men,
tai decision
He did not follow Mss Joyce into the
house, but walked down the steps and hurt
ried swiftly away to the stable. Here he
saddled one Of his grays, led him forth. and
coon galioped swiftly down into the hollow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

dropped it into her hand Then she rose,
emitting q chuckle, and glided swiftly
to cupboard near and opened it. After
short time spent in fumbling about among
various articles she returned and placed .
small vial filed with colorless liquid in hls
hand.
at had it all ready" she said. ST reck-
oned you'd be wanting some before long.
The Old gent at the Holler's gettin' old.
and he needs somethin' stimulatin' to keep
his gray head above ground. 'Twould be
pity eff he'd drop OF with heart disease
some day, an awful shock to the community
like; Ell, Cap'n2"
"None Of that, you bag Of Darkness" re-
torted he, with a nervous grip on the deli
cate substance in his hand. 81 will call
again in q short time, Mother Cabera.p
She went with him to the door, and open
ing it saw him pass out into the night. As
he walked silently and swiftly away he
muttered to himself:
"There were no witnesses to our meeting,
and that was as / wished. Should any
thing happen, any trouble come Of this, that
hag's word would count as nothing against
me. am sharp enough not to be caught
in a trap, fatter myself. Had the ugly
twins been present I should never have
made mention of the object of my visit
never. am not sure that I shall need the
contents Of this vial, but it is well enough
to be prepared. The poison is 80 subtle as
to defy detection, I am told, and if Mother
CABRERA could not concoct such potion no
one in the wide world need attempt it."
And SO the scheming Captain was emil
nently satisfied. Perhaps he would not
have felt such elation had he looked into
Mother Cabera's cabin ten minutes after
his departure.
The old woman waited q sufficient time
for the Captain to get well on his way, then
she went to one corner of the room, moved q
large rush mat aside, and STOPPING lifted q
trapdoor.
"Come up, children; the coast il clear. !"
Then q head peered above the floor, shag-
gy and unkempt, a pair Of glittering eyes
peering from under beetling brows, fit mates
to Mother Cabera's.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
The Capital Augmentation.

The method by which the appropriation to
remodel the old State House was got through
the House Of Representatives is so patent to
everybody that it hardly needs calculation
On its merits the appropriation would have
been defeated by an overwhelming majority
But by system of log-rolling, with prom
ises Of plenty of pork" the central and
eastern counties were brought up to its sup
port. None of the members of the combine,
seriously deny that this method was employed.
Indeed, like the fellow who had the itch
they appear to be proud of it. BY some acct.
dent, the Androscoggin part of the combina-
ton failed to connect, but we understand
that that mistake is to be rectifed at an early
day. Indeed, the Senate began to reetify it
ON Saturday.
The movement to change the capital was
practically set on foot by the legislature IT.
self. Portland interested itself in it only af-
ter large per cent Of the legislators had
expressed desire for a change, and
then her citizens came forward and made the
offer Of liberal contribution to build CAPT.
tol within her limits and presented argu-
ments to show that the State would be better
convenienced by Portland than by
bate Of Friday night Portland
was berated by some of the men who were
foremost less than two months ago in urging
a change. Thus Mr.. Lewis A. Barker, who.
on Friday evening, raved and ranted about
Portland until even his friends feared con-
gestion Of his brain, and who declared that
plot to remove the capital was laid two
years ago, no longer ago than the tenth day
oil January, voluntarily expressed these
sentiments ON the subject:
II am In favor of having the cauital moved to a
town lnai can accommodate it. should want to
see IL 20 10 Bangor, but rather than not have il
moved at all, would see il 90 10 Portland I
would vote TO move it, too. 1t ought to be in
e w aed ~ she aoIeIs can care for without
either in Bangor or Portland. Ny opinion il that
this Is to come by and by. 1t ought to come now.
Whether Mr.. Barker's conversion was
from heaven or Of men, we do not undertake
to say. Perhaps the Augusta boarding
houses have been feeding him better lately,
But in any event it is not
very creditable to the gentleman's mental
acumen that less than two months ago, he
should have allowed himself to tumble into
a plot which he says had been in existence
for two years to move the capital and which
he now denounces as diabolical There were
many other remarkable conversions deyel-
oped in the vote of Friday night. but Mr..
Barker's was the most remarkable. OF
course the combination is greatly pleased
with its victory, and it probably adds much
to its satisfaction to know that Portland
and Cumberland County will have to nav
large per cent of the appropriations which
were the Ubiquitous bond that held it togeth-
er. When, however, the gentlemen that
compose it get over their heat it may occur
to them that their victory has been bought
altogether too dearly.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

Tomorrow will be town meeting day in
most of the New Hampshire towns, and viii
also be the occasion Of the election on the
amendments formulated by the recent con-
stitutional convention. Seven amendments
to the constitution proposed by the Consti-
tutional Convention are TO be passed upon,
and they relate to as many separate subjects
The first changes the time of assembling the
legislature from June to January, change
which was made in Maine years ago and
which it is surprising has not been made be-
fore in community so largely agricultural
as New Hampshire. The second fixes tine
compensation of legislators at $500 per ses-
sion, with an allowance of SO a day for spec
ial sessions, to be paid for fifteen days only.
The other important amendment is the fifth,
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating drinks, with cider expressly ex-
cepted. BY the payment of fixed sum tc
the members of the New Hampshire men
hope to shorten the sessions of the legisla-
ture and to abolish the lobby. Very likely
they will shorten the sessions; but how the
lobby is to be scared away by any such
means passes comprehension. The
Maine legislators are paid a fixed sum, but
this does not keep away the lobby. If the
New Hampshire statesmen could have been
in Augusta last week they would appreciate
this fact
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
Removing the Capital.

10 The Editor of the Press:
The writer begs to offer an humble sugges-
ton on this subject, and hopes that it NAV
interest the city and Board of Trade commit
tees, as well as all who believe in fair play
A paper issued in another part of the State
intimates that Portland should be kicked
from the State with cowhide boots.
In view of the recent snubbing our CITY
and its citizens have received at the hands of
many legislators at Augusta, would 1t not be
well for Portland to make strong effort to
have the State divided, retiring gracefully
instead of being kicked out
Il is not unreasonable to hope that Cum
oerland, York and other western counties
would join with us in such movement.
Cumberland county pays one-fifth of the
entire State tax; York and Cumberland com
bined do more than one-third Of the business
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
of the State. and probably pays more than

Of the State, and probably pays more than
one-quarter of the entire State tax:
III Aro0stook, Kennebec and PenoDscot
counties can do without us, surely sucn
combination could do without them. our
State tax would be much less after such q
division than at present, and we should not
be smaller In territory than several other I'M
portaDt States in the Union. We should not
then be called upon to shoulder the Durden
of such large territory. which now uses eV-
cry effort to belittle and injure us
Allow the capital Of the new State 10 De
located in Auburn, BiddefOrd or Portland, as
the people may elect. At all events let lar
play and just dealing prevail, and let us
avoid In future such treatment as we nave
experienced in the past from KenneDec ana
Penobscot legislators.
We certainly have men of SUFFICIENT aDiilty,
integrity and experience to organize ana al
minister the affairs of a new State success
fully.
1t seems that such gross Injustice as has
recently been practiced upon us at Augusta
should be regarded as a personal affront pv
every taxpayer in the city, and 1t Is TO be
hoped that our capital committees and every
enc will take an active interest in this i'm
portant matter.
Let us arouse ourselves to action and show
the management of the Republican party
that If they can afford to dispense with York
and Cumberland couties, surely we can live
without them. FAIR PLAY.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
MAINE TOW MS.
Saccarappa,


The adjourned town meeting to vote on
the articles in the warrant, was held Satur-
day. All the important articles were carried
as printed Among them it was voted to
light the streets by electricity another year
to accept the proposition of the Portland
Water Co.; and to give $75 towards the OBJ
servance Of Memorial day.
Fairfield.
Hon. l. G. Libby, of Burnham, has gone to
Montana to close bargain already begun by
his SON and partner, Mr.. Merrill, of Newport
who has been travelling through the extreme
western country for several weeks. They
have finally fixed upon Highwood ranch, in
Montana, and with Mr. LibDy's approx al
will purchase. This ranch consists of ten
Thousand acres of water front and fifty thous-
and additional. 10000 sheep, "a horses,
camp, carts, buildings, sheep sheds, etc. The
price to be paid is $4,000. If purchased,
MIR. Libby's four sons will at once locate
there, and Mr.. Libby will retire from the
cattls business in Maine. His plan is to put
a good man on his large farm at Burnham
and move to Waterville, where he can take
life easy.
This change will make radical break in
the cattle trade of the State, as Mr.. Libby
has been king of the business for long
Time Time For many years he has had over
100000 invested in the business here and
his purchases have extended from Aroostook
all through the central portion of the State.
Paying cash for every head taken he has
been Of great assistance to our farmers in
disposing Of their surplus stock Stock yards
will probably be located near Waterville.
where the Maine trade can be supplied, but
the business will be conducted on small
scale compared with the past
In the purchase Of horses made by Messrs,
Bishop and Morgan yesterday, at Waterville,
five were taken from the stables of G. II.
Nelson, ESQ.,. thus testifying to the worth of
SunnySide Stock
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
A SAD HISTORY.

The story of wreck is always sad, but how few
are the disasters at sea compared with the thous-
anos upon thousands of wrecks of human health
and life by disease You are weak, tired, nervous.
exhausted and run down in both nervous and
physical strength. You have run upon the rocks
of disease, and are like the ship, steadily sinking
Complete prostration paralysis, insanity or death
viii follow unless you save yourself by the use Of
that wonderful vital restorative, Dr. Greene's
Neryura the greatest brain, nerve and health re-
storer ever discovered, Its cleansing, purifying
and at the same time strengthening and invigora
ting effect are most marvellous. You have only
to purchase 1t at your druggists for S1.00 per
bottle and use 1t faithfully in order to regain per-
feet health and vigor. tits purely vegetable and
harmless. 1t is the discovery of DIR. Greene of "a
temple Place, Boston, Mass. the great specialist
IN the cure OF nervous and chronic diseases, who
can be consulted by the sick free of CHARGE ner-
sonaly or by letter.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

The gentlemen who maze the gallant fight
against the last of the chain of appropria-
lions in the House of Representatives Friday
night, deserve full measure of commenda-
ton. Mr.. Fogg's impromptu speech, made
at the close Of long and exciting debate,
was one of the finest pieces of oratory heard
in the House of Representatives this session.
Mr.. Looney made an equally earnest protest.
Mr.. Talbot of East Machias, Mr.. Pattangall
OF Pembroke, Mr. Chadbourne of Biddeford,
Mr.. ROBBIE Of Gorham, and Mr.. Wakefield of
Bath made equally eloquent and courageous
assaults on the policy of the appropriation.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

One of the worst features of last weeks
performance at Augusta was the juggling
with the receipts and expenditures of the
State. Within three days of one another
the finance committee presented two esti-
mates, so widely different that one would
hardly suppose they related to the same SUBJ
ject. The committee rose to the exigencies
of the great combine" every time. And
had it been found after the second statement
that another hospital was needed at Belfast
to carry through the capital scheme no doubt
third financial exhibit would have been
made to cover the case.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

The combine" claim that enough Senators
are tied up to secure the success of the CAPT.
tai appropriation in the Senate. This is
probably true. And yet, only few weeks
ago, about two-thirds of them expressed the
opinion that the capital ought to be some
where else than at Augusta.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11
'THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. MARCH IL.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nlcatlons' The name and address of the writer
are In all cases Indispensable not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
we cannot undertake. to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

biddeford will make another struggle to-
DAY to rid herself of the corrupt and extrav-
agant ring that has misruled there for half a
dozen years past. All honest men will wish
her success.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

John Ericsson, who will be buried in New
York at noon today was wonderful worker.
In the last year Of his life he was so careful
OF his time that he refused to see any but his
most intimate friends, and their visits he
cut short. He even refused to make friends
for fear that they would take up too much
of his time. He felt the moments which
brought him nearer to the realization of
discovery of utility to the human race were
too precious to be wasted. He won renown
by the construction of the Monitor, OF
memory immortal in American history. To
this he wished to add an invention that
should be of permanent advantage to the
human race in its peaceful vocations. Such
an invention he completed and In his will
he makes provision for its application to
practical purposes, if such application shall
be possible. 1t is the sun meteor for utilizing
the suns radiant heat for the production of
motive power. The performance of the
little Monitor at special crisis was an in
estimable service to the cause of liberty and
humanity. The claiming of the sun to the
wheels of Industry for the benefit of the
human race would be a service of even
greater daring and glory.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

This loan was taken by the Northern
Banking Co. ON the report OF Messrs.
w. II. Lunt and ii. ID. Hill, COMMITTEES
sent to Arizona to investigate ali mat
ters relating TO IL. The following Is an
extract from their report:
"We have no hesitation In recon-
mending the per cent Bonds Of the
Arizona improvement Co., OF this Issue.
as absolutely safe, and most cOnserya-
tive and remunerative lnyestment.v
Jana DIFF
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-11

GAS gentle laxative Paine's Celery Com
pound is surely without peer. think ought
to know, since have tried remedy after RENE
dyfor about five or six years and have found
nothing that equals tin my case of costiyeness."
j. B. JENKINS, Teacher Cloyds Greek, Tenn.