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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

HeooAnR C1re.nseaaees.
An eaopement has Just taken place
under rather peculiar circumstances
In PAxik Some evenings since gem
aeman living In the Rue de Courcelles
gave brilliant reception in his rooms
and also organised . concert for his
guests The singers and musicians
were hired in the Faubourg St. Denis,
and. although Of cafe-concert cate
cory. it was sedulously given out that
the vocalists were lyric artists of high
repuee. One of them, the barytone.
vas handsome fellow of thirty, with
tne ianguishing airs of Spanish SER
enader or Provencal troubadour of
the oioen time. and after his vocal
performances in the salon he was
eagerly surrounded by groups of
ladies. who complimented him on his
splendid voice. Among his most en-
thusiastic admirers was the vounp
lady OF the house. the daughter of
the host. on whom the serenader from
the Faubourg ST. Denis bestowed his
most bewitching chances. After the
vocal and instrumental part of
the evenings entertainment was over,
supper was served, preparatory to
ferpsichorean performances. and the
barytone. with his fellow-singers.
packed up their scores" received
their money, and duly departed Dur
Ing the supper the host missed his
daughter. and thinking that she waf
iHdisposed he few to her chamber and
found it ''lonely." The house was
searched from top to bottom. and the
Borrowing parent was told by the con-
cierge that his daughter had gone out
In her evening dress. which was only
covered by a macintosh. In the com
pany of tall. dark young man. whose
description corresponded to the identi-
ty of the handsome barytone that had
SO enchanted the company by his fine
voice and good looks The fugitives
have not been discovered; but lack of
funds will make them unable to hold
out long. for the young lady had no
money, and the awful truth has been
discovered that the attractive barry
tone owed a fortnight's rent to his
landlady. was in debt to all the eater<
ers of creature comforts in his neigh
borhood. and frequently patronizee
the local pawn office.-Cor. London
Telegraph.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
DOORS OF THE BODY.
Emana lions Which in Many Instances Of
fend the Sense of Smell.

Emana lions Which in Many Instances OF.
fend the Sense of Smell.
A certain odor is natural to the body,
and it is not necessarily disagreeable
odor. Indeed. that of clean baby is
positively pleasant. 1t is rarely agree
able later in life, because few persons
have perfect health and the full, nor
NAL action of their eliminating organs.
The lungs and the skin are the chief
eliminators of what offends the sense of
smell. Every one is familiar with the
disagreeable odor in the breath of per-
sons who have been eating onions.
Other kinds of food and alcoholic
drinks also produce an offensive breath,
and so do various digestive derange-
ments or effete matter circulating in
the blood, and being eliminated by the
lungs.
The emanations from the skin often
receive a disagreeable odor in con-
do work that has been imperfectly
done by overburdened Or diseased kid
neys, or by constipated bowels. In the
case of overburdened kidneys, the help
given by the skin serves to prevent
serious harm. In the case of diseased
kidneys. it greatly aids in prolonging
life. Whatever the origin of the dis
agreeable odor from the skin may be,
it is most marked in those parts of the
body-the arm-pits, for instance
where the sweat glands are most numer-
GUS. 1t will be seen that, in all cases
of this kind, the removal of the odor
must come from improving the gener-
al health, as well as from frequent
bathing.
But besides these causes of disagree
able odor, there is another still more
marked-the arrangement of the func-
tions of the skin itself. There is what
is called chronic hydrosis. 1t is char
acterized by an excess of perspiration,
which, moreover. has an offensive acid
smell. 1t is most frequent in the feet,
hands and arm-pits. When the feet
are affected, the soles are generally
burning hot, red and exceedingly ten
der. If there is any nervous debility
in the case-and this is often the case
the diet should be nutritious and
generous, and tonic remedies should
be administered.
Sir Erasmus Wilson, the highest au-
thoritY on skin diseases, says that the
affected parts should be washed with
juniper-tar soap-and sponged from
time to time with a lotion consisting
of one part of liquor ammonia to
three of water. When the feet are af-
fected. let the patient have two pairs
of stockings. and interchange them
daily, hanging the pair not in use out
to dry, preferably in the sun. This
will answer every purpose.
In the case of women. ''sleeve pro-
tectors' should be used.-Youth's Com
panion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
-FOUR YEARS.

DoaP yoaFs upon this changed earth
1oe 1A and you the other side,
z1e vna OF silence drawn between
Our homo and where you now abide.
-Four yearsi No time can take away
Our lovin&. longing wish to see
Tho sweet smile of that boyish face
Or hear fond words in tender key.
We have our work, and 50 we stay;
Your Heavenly mission we know not;
can not think, whate'e FER 1t be,
Your earthly friends will be forgot.
Our Father leaves for days or years
The little children In our care;
His house Is wide. with many rooms,
Tho inmates ali His kind love share.
So when our gentle brother went
And left deep sorrow in his ploce.
Our Fathers love was just as near,
With all its sure, consoling grace.
To those who still must dwell on earth
And walk in pathways dim or bright,
Those still below and those above
Are not divided in His sight
Joanna e. Mills, in Woman's Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

WoW the T1utocE8to - the 8onato lroPo9G
TO Redues the Surplus.
The Republican Senate of the United
States Is the seat of American luxury.
extravaganza and ostentation. It fol-
lows as q matter of course that all
salary grabs should have their first
orators in the upper chamber. Since
the catastrophe of 1874. when so many
statesmen were retired for their per-
sonal meanness. the only salary raid
on the Treasury has been the hiring of
a private clerk for each Senator. This
was accomplished in the first session
of the Forty-ninth Congress 1t was
abetted by the House because its MEM
bers expected to soon share the
plumber.
Nov the Senators, in the person of
their poorest colleague, a rich man
named Plat. stand forth and ask for
more money. They declare that a
Congressman can not live ON a salary
of about S.. 500 year. paid for less
than six months labor. There are a
hundred millions in the Treasury, and
yet a Senator, on whom the people
lean to be taxed. must live at the
humble rate of 500 week. He, the
magnate of sixty millions of people,
the ambassador of a State, must dwell
like any prosperous grocer. must
forego horses, carriages, grooms,
opera boxes, presidencies, honorary
dignities those delights of modern
life which are ON sale to liberal
buyers.
OF course, if Senators received $40
600 a year this cry of to-day would be
for $50. 600. The protective tariff has
shown us there is no limit to human
greed, and these same Senators are
the high priests of the protective
tariff. They want this money to swell
the social splendor of the capital.
They delight in the vulgar exhibitions
which are SO faithfully reported to the
press. where men fight for first place
at the table-where women's rich ap-
parel is torn and their persons jostled
as no hoodlum of a Western town
would jostle defenseless creature.
Money, always a god in America, has
become jealous and terrible god at
Washington Those Senators, stand
ing before their idol. like opera Choir
listers before the shining Phthah, in
''Aida," want the people to bear the
expense of a heathenish Offering.
Whether or not the taxpayers will
be as choleric as in 1874 remains to be
seen. The Senatorial speeches of the
other day were feelers. If there shall
be no exhibition of public anger we
may count on early action in the
Fifty-frst Congress. Put these sniv-
cling old men in their best light, and
yet their greed is unconscionable.
They are money-makers by profession
They have" like the Duke of Graf
ton. ''done good by stealth" Their
thrift is on record.-Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
cARooEs OF oRlsaIsALs.



HoW Rnnsfnn Coav1eeB Are xronsporeoa e
tho Peal Coleasos.
The Handicapped Il an iron
steamship of about $500 tons burden,
and is especially fitted IS q convict
transport With full complement Of
convicts the vessel carries 652 The
officers and crew number eighty. ex-
elusive of q marine convoy escort Of
sixty-two men especially chosen for
this duty. The iron-barred compart-
ments or cages in which the convicts
are confined run parallel, fore and aft.
on either side of the upper and lower
tween decks The iron bars, an inch
thick, of the cages and the woodwork
in which they are set. is heavily and
solidly constructed The cages are OF
unequal capacity and length. but have
a uniform height of seven and a half
feet. The more desperate characters
are manacled and chained to iron
staples in their berths. from which
they are released when necessary.
The greater number. although retain
ing the waist and ankle shackles
of light construction. have the
freedom of traversing the length of the
compartment, which may vary from
twenty-five to forty feet Between the
outer bars and the two plain plank
shelves or hunks running from end to
end of the compartments, which AFFORD
sleeping room for the occupants. there
is a free space of about four and a half
or five feet.
Except during the distribution of ra-
lions no culinary vessels are left with
the convicts. Even the drinking wa
ter is obtained only through an India
rubber mouthpiece fixed in an fnciosed
water tank. and through which the
drinker sucks his draught- Immedi-
ately outside the cages and attached to
the under part of the deck overhead L.
q steam-pipe connected with the ships
boilers Into these pipes are fitted
screw nozzles at intervals of twelve
feet. The object of the steam-pipe is
to suppress any dangerous outbreak
among the inmates of the cage.
By means of short hose.
especially made to resist the
steam heat, quickly attached to one of
the steam-pipe MOBILES. the turbulent
convicts are readily quieted or par
boiled. Strong water jets have been
found next to useless in allaying these
occasional tumults.
After the ship has passed the canal,
but not before, patches of convicts are
in turn brought upon the deck for a
shower bath and short exercise. A
strongly-constructed iron railing, eight
feet high, crosses the vessel amidship,
in order that the convict, during his
bath and while unmanacled, can not by
any sudden rush evade the guard and
reach the quarter deck. Some of the
more desperate convicts, who stubborn
ly resist all disciplinary control. are
confined to the cages during the whole
voyage. Both the upper and lower
tween decks are open and airy, the
system of ventilation being excellent.
and the cages themselves are kept scru-
pulously clean. The cages are repaint-
ed every voyage. The convict. in adj
dition to having his hair cropped short,
has the left half of the head from front
to back closely shaved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
The Force of Habit.

The PostmasterGeneral (to CHIEF
clerk in Dead Letter Ofice):
How many dead letters have you
on hand?"
C. C. = Forty-three thousand six
hundred and ffty-four.
P-G-An dead stock. Good gra-
cious, man. who has been buying for
this department? Mark 'em all down
to -. Oh, I forgot!-De sroit Free
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
The Old Gentleman Knew.

81 wonder what has become of the
poker?' exclaimed Mrs Hunter. the
other night
81 don't know, but maybe pa could
tell" put in her youngest
''Why should he know?"
Because / heard Mr.. Flush say that
pa knew more about poker than any
man in town.".Drake's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11


Jerking his head toWaxd the car wife
took sick two months ago, an he ralked
up all he could. an sent her East to
her fathers folks. hopin' that the old
home people an scenes would help her.
Too poor to go with her. he stayed on
the claim, trying to make q home of II
and hoping that the wife an mother
would come back to him an the twins
well an hearty. Before she went she
made him promise that If she never
came back, an any thing happened to
either of the babies that she was too
weak to take along with her, he'd lay
it beside her in the little yard in the
old home village
''Silent went on to tell how the
woman died. away from her husband
an children, an had been buried with
out their ever seeing her again After
q bit, one of the babies had sickened
an died, an the father tried to be true
to his promise. He was poor-didn't
own his claim yet-and the sale of his
one mule an ole linch-pin wagon
brought only enough to buy ticket
back to the ole home village Not
even enough left to buy a coffin for
the baby. an he had nothing to paw
express charges on a coffin with if he'd
had one. They'd had little bundle
of grub, but he'd lost that.
"'An',' said Silent, they hain't had
a bite since last night Do you won
der the baby cried?"
1--WE didn't. Didn't even stop to
wonder. Never even looked at each
other, but when the engine came back,
ten minutes later, the driver and fire.
man seed the conductor an long
Jim an Bates an me workin'
like white-heads to jack that
durned' ole caboose back onto
the track. An Silent was sittin' by,
holdin' the baby, who was howlin'
louder than ever. An the conductor
never opened his head, not even when
a jack fell over an nearly mashed his
foot out of all likeness. When they
heerd the story, the engineer and fire.
man took hold, an pretty soon Silent
dried up the baby's yells by giving it
some of the conductors dinner, which
had dried out little, an the discour.
aged man tackled the rest.
pretty soon Silent an the conduct
or sneaked off, an we heard them a.
hammerin'. They browsed around ON
the prairie awhile. goin' in an out of
the opposite door of the caboose sew
eral times. Then, when we had worked
ourselves mighty nigh to death, we got
her back on the track, an pretty soon
off we went.
oval. we were different actin set
then. We all looked at the dead baby
in the rough little coffin that Silent an
the conductor had hammered out of
the desk. The little fellow laid on a
great bed of bright prairie flowers,
jest as if he was sleepin'. The other
little chap was stuffin' the soaked din
ner down himself. an never a whim-
per out of him.
pretty soon SEE Silent to me:
'Speers,' sez he, well have a little
less of time than we lowed to have
and chucked bill into the open coffin.
I did the same. an so did Bates and
Jim and the conductor. The apologize
man didn't look so stoopy an dis
couraged after that, an the conductor
didn't use bad language during the
whole trip.
can Bates whitfield out for the
live baby the durnedest lookin' jumpin'-
jack you ever seed, an Silent didn't
say nothin'. but jest laid on his back
an smoked. Tom P. Morgan, in N.
Y. Mercury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

An Indiana farmer lately dropped
dead of apoplexy while feeding his
stock, and the body was guarded by
his dog for two hours after until the
arrival of his wife. Several times the
hogs evinced desire to mutilate the
corpse, but the faithful canine watcher
drove the animals away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

Fish have some discomforts, but
they manage to escape the annoyance
of being called ''too fresh Boston
Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

To keep the bedding pure and
wholesome. open your beds to air the
first thing in the morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

1t is wrong to suppose that all the
people in Kentucky are Colonies Halt
of them are, or want to be. Colonelss
vives--Somerville Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

An American who recently heard
Bismarck deliver q speech in the Ger
man Reichstag says: The old Chan
cellor stands without q stoop. His
broad shoulders are very squarC- His
head is thrown back upon them. Hs
line eyes (his eyes, very large and
piercing, are what one first remarkr
on seeing Bismarck) glare ont from
under his shaggy brows as the Chan.
cellor faces his bitterest enemy ir
German politics"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

-Republican jackasses are still
kicking at the lion they suppose to be
dead.-N. Y. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

Mrs. De Culture Coins
to marry that young. Mr.. Hayseed
Are yoa crazyf He eats pie with
knife" Miss De Culture-s.I know Il,
ma. but I love him. you'll die al
disgust No won't nnever harx
pie. "-Phnad61phia Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

That's the talk! said me an Jim
an Bates. Silent didn't say any thing.
1.-The sooner he starts the better for
him and us, too, said the conductor.
That's the idea,' said Bates.
Who'll tell himp'
'.None of US stirred.
"Tll do it, said Silent wasn't a
bit surprised, for never knowed how
to take Silent, any how.
".We'n give him a good start. and
then turn in and jack the caboose back
onto the track said Bates, an the rest
of us agreed.
eft wasn't two minutes till Silent an
the apologetic-looking man stood in the
open door of the car, the bowler sorto
heralding their approach by his yells.
The bowler was in Silent's arms. an
the yellow-faced man looked discour-
ageder and depresseder an more stoop-
shouldered than ever. Before they
could speak. the conductor busted out:
Here! Why don't you throttle that cub
-sayp Why don't he be as quiet as
the other?'
1.-The other baby's dead!' said ST.
lent, solemnly.
Then the apologize man. with the
dead child in his arms, turned an went
out of sight back in the caboose. look
ing more discouraged than ever. An
Silent came out with the bowler an
jined US. an the baby yelled louder
than before.
81 believe that Silent spoke more then
than I ever heered him say before at
one time.
Hard row nv stumps. said Silent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
SIGLER BROS.
Legal Notice.

To Julia Finn, of Streater, Illinois; William
Ryley, o. V. Wilson and III. l. Wilson, partners
doing business as Ryley, Wilson & Company, OF
Kansas City, Missouri; The Wood Manufacture
ing Company, OF parts unknown; Rufus L. Nc
Donald, George Henderson, Jr, and A. W. p.
Mcdonald. copartners doing business as r. L.
Mcdonald Company, of ST. Joseph, Missouri
John j. Britain John D. Richardson, Charles
S. Hemper and Joseph S. Roberts, cOpartners
doing business as Britain, Richardson d Com
pany. of st. Joseph, Missouri; Thomas G. Ber-
ham and Edward c. Moffat, partners doing
business as Berham q Moffat, of parts I'M
known; kirkandall, Jones Company, OF parts
unknown:
You, and each Of you, will take notice that you,
together with John Bonfield, John j. Berry and
Jennie F. Berry, c. HI. Lebold, j. M. Fisher and
z. A Herbst, copartners as Lebold, Fisher &
Company, John j. Berry and Patrick Berry,
partners doing business as Berry Brothers, have
been sued in the district court of Dickinson
county, State OF Kansas, by B. R. Able. by his
petition filed therein January g. A. ID. 1889. The
plaintiff claims judgment against John Bonfeld
for $500, dated May LIST, A. ID. 1885, with interest
at the rate or twelve per cent per annum from
said date, and the costs Of suit and decree en-
tered foreclosing the mortgage, given to secure
said sum and interest, on the following lands,
to-wit:
The east half of the southwest quarter (EH
Wa and the southwest quarter or the southeast
quarter Is W Il SE ~ in section lumber sixteen
[l6), and tie north half of the northeast quarter
(NH n E ~ in section twenty-one (2D, all in
township sixteen (16), range one ID, east of the
sixth principal meridian, in Dickinson county,
State OF Kansas, asking that your interest in
dantS be forever barred and foreclosed. You and
each or you will take notice that unless you ap-
pear and make answer to said petition On or be-
fore the lst day of March A. d. 1889, the allega-
tons therein contained will be taken as true
against you and judgment in bar entered accord
ingly. c. r. UNGER, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
a Worthy Honor.

In the reorganization of the
board of comfy commissioners a
worthy honor was conferred upon one
of Dickinson cOunty's most estimable
citizens, Commissioner Simon Stein,
of Solomon, by electing him president
of the board for the coming year. Mr..
Stein has an enviable record as bust
ness man. He was for years before
coming to Kansas Superintendent of
Mines at Wilkes Barre, Pa, and has
long been known here as a gentleman
worthy of trust. The REFLECTOR con-
graduates Mr.. Stein upon his new
honors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
Official Paper Of County and City.
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

SJudge B. W. Peck joined in the
holy bonds of wedlock this morning
Thos. Dodge and Ida Hopkins, both OF
Solomon.
BgThe sheriff from Aulsville, Mo-.
took the prisoner, VIM. Ebberts, who
was captured in South Dickinson Sat.
urday back for trial.
CIR. Tischner. of Enterprise, was
unfortunate Sunday in having his
dwelling house destroyed by fire. Loss
IS, 500, small insurance.
~J John Pratt, who was bound over
for appearance at the next term of the
District court yesterday, found the re-
CURED bonds, $500, and is at liberty.
I9J. ]. Eisenhower, of Willowdale
township, had the misfortune last
night of having his barn burn to the
ground, destroying all his farming
utensils and forty head of horses.
Scarcely anything was saved. AS there
is only a small insurance the loss is
severe one.
~Quarterly meeting of the Free
Methodists of Abilene will be held at
their new church on North Mulberry.
between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
Services commencing Friday evening,
Jan. 25, continuing over Sabbath. All
are invited to attend. Rev. Z. Lenard- |
son, chairman, officiating.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
a Presentation.

A pleasant incident this afternoon at
the court house was the presentation to
ex-COunty Attorney G.. W. Hurd of an
elegant Office chair by the county COM
missioners and County Clerk Bert.
The presentation was made in the
county clerks Office in the presence of
few citizens. County Attorney C. c.
Biting made the address, referring in
eloquent terms to Mr.. Hurd's services
and their appreciation on the part of
the donors. Mr.. Hurd briefly thanked
the givers for their remembrance and
then submitted to congratulations on
the part of those present.