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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
CONSUMPTION Cured .

An old physician retired from act
i've practice having had placed in his
hands by an East Indian Missionary
the formula of a certain, simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure of Consumption, Bron'
chitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat
and Lung troubles, after having thor.
oughly tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, feels i,
his duty to makeit known to his suf-
fering fellows. The receipt sent FREE
to all who may desire it with full di-
rections for preparing and successfully
using. Address, naming this paper.
DIR. M. e. CAss.
30 Grand-st., Jersey City, N. J.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

1T is pretty hard to tell sometimes
Just what y fakir is. .
So said an old veteran of the frater-
nifty to on EUessisg World reporter the
|sother day.
''Some people seem to think that q
fakir is half crook. and sometimes he
is; his plan of operation being to rob
people SO ingeniousiy that they like
s.But, the whole-souled, high-bred
gentlemen of our profession are merely
fly lot Of street merchants who buy
an article for 10 cents and sell it for
81. OF course. it is q kind of robbery.
Nobody denies that. But we are all
robbers"
Having delivered himself of this
elaborate definition of his associates
the old-timer lighted a new cigar and
proceeded:
II remember funny experience
which came under my observation
when was doing the West some years
ago. was young in the business then,
but had snap 1 used to work the
cities with.
'The hotel ! was stopping at in Chi
cago was filed with fakir boarders,
and next to my room was a young fell
crutches. He always carried sad
face with him and made a good living
by seating himself in a conspicuous
public place with stock of cheap lead
pencils. which he sold to sympathetic
purchasers.
Zone day returned to the hotel q
little later than usual, and going to my
room heard fearful racket coming
from the next apartment. I thought
the house was coming down, but upon
investigation found the lame fakir
doing a song and dance with as much
gusto and ease as a professional min
strel man. He explained to me that
he was only Strengthening out his leg.
'.Do you know it was once a custom
with the candy-butchery department
of road circus to buy up all the g.
cent pieces they could get hold OPP
said the fakir once more. .'Well, it
was, my boy. and I'll tell you, when
ever Scent piece would 60 for dime,
the butchers always made seven cold
cents out of the deal.
Farmers who came to the country
town to see the circus, and always
bought glass of rosy red lemonade,
were the people taken in by this
racket. While don't believe in any
such methods as these, am not averse
to giving the people the razze-dazzle
for an enormous profit. Got some
thing now that / sell to merchants.
Cost me 80 cents. Get 81 for it every
time. Robbery, amt itP"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Great Oner.

By reference to an advertisement in
another column it will be seen that
the DEMOCRAT and the Kansas CITY
Evening Nears will be sent for one year
to new mail subscribers togather fol
$500. This is All excellent chance t.
secure your home paper and at the
same time one of the brightest after.
noon daiIies In the southwest at about
half the regular price. Send your
orders at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
THE GREAT DOLLAR WEEKLY.

The KANSAS CITY WEEKLY TINES is
read by more people in the West than
any other paper published. Why? Be-
cause ii better represents the Great
West than any other paper. It Is the
leader in the Oklahoma movement and
in everything that benefits the West
It is the largest weekly newspaper
published in the world. being IL pages,
"a columns every issue, for only ONE
DOLLAR q year.
s8Everv Western man should take
THE TINES.
Send postal card for inducements 10
subscribers
THE TINES,
Kansas City, Mo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Geo. A. Schilling, of Stafford county
was in the city Friday, talking cream.
cry. He says the farmers in his part
of the county are bound to have a
creamery. AS he has bfother.in-
law down in Stafford county who is
personally familiar with the workings
of creamery Mr.. Schilling is well
posted and has good grounds for his
enthusiasm in the business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

cit requires no great intelligence to
pick out the boy who threw that spit
ball, exclaimed the teacher.
civilian Slauher, come forth" Not
boy moves. civilian Slauher, do
you hear me?" eyes SIR" Then
why don't you come forth, as I tell
your" ''Cause Pm waiting for the
"ther three fellows to go first. How
can come fourth les they go first?'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Extremes follow extremes, wet
summer follows a dry winter. We
have the dry winter and are going to
have the wet summer, which means
plenty, prosperity and progress. D
Thus sayeth an exchange and we hope
he knoweth whereof he speaketh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Wife: Henry. what is this .razzle-
dazzle they are talking aboutf" Hus-
band: why. Mary, that is what you
gave me to open the door with when /
came home last lodge night. Wash
ingt0ss Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

j. w. Arnold, the gentlemanly ad.
vance agent Of the Trice combination
of specialists, billed the city Satur-
day for the show on Tuesday. Mr..
Arnold is a gentleman whom it is a
pleasure to meet, and creates a good
impression for the company he repre-
sents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Nafiee Tn Voters.

Notice is hereby given that the reg.
istration books for the city of Great
Bend are now open at my Office, under
the Farmers & Merchants Bank. One
registration is good for the entire
year, providing you do not move out
of the ward from which you register.
WILL E. Stoke,
City Clerk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

d. c.. Luse, of the American
Coursing Kennels, of this city, is
working some of his ''runners" and
preparing for the coursing meeting at
Hutchinson, on the 4th of March.
We predict that the Great Bend dogs
will carry off some of the prizes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

1t is estimated by the transatlantic
steamship companies that at least six
ty thousand Americans land at En-
glish seapOrts every year, says Lon
don letter to the New York World.
Naturally many tourists die abroad
and their bodies are taken home for
burial, but just how many yenyf few
people have any idea except the Amer
lean consuls at London and Liverpool
and the agents of the steamship COM
panies. To get the dead body of an
American who died in England home
for burial it is necessary to disguise
the shipping records and conduct the
whole sad proceeding in singularly
surreptitious manner. For years mat
tiers of this kind have been arranged
by convenien: connivance between
the American consulates and the
legal provision for an American consul
in England to send home a body as
such. And yet to prevent interior
ence from custom-house officers on the
other side the consul must be consult
ed in the matter. His only recourse
is to have the body sealed for ship
| ment in his presence or in the presence
| of his deputy, and certify to the in
| voice as ''a specimen of natural hist
ory." The unfortunate American who
dies in England goes home nameless
| to some consignee in his native town
and is officially treated precisely as an
| article of merchandise.
| OF course the steamship agents are
informed, and they in turn are COM
PEELED to resort to little deception ON
their own part. To say nothing OF
possible objections from passengers,
sailors are proverbially superstitious
and will not sail on a vessel with a
dead body if they can help it. Conse-
quently bodies are always taken on
board at night with miscellaneous
freight and disguised in packing-cases
that make the deception complete.
The entire undertaking is very costly,
and could not be managed at all but
for the courteous sympathy shown by
consuls and steamship agents for
Americans far from home and in dis
tress. At some of the London hotels
an extra charge of f1O is made if a
guest dies in the house, no matter what
the cause of death may be. A few
years ago the Langham hotel, for a
long time the chief resort of Amer
leans, used to have notices to that eff
feet posted in the bedrooms.
One of the most remarkable of the
many wonderful things of which Pitts
burg boasts is the combination well
that has been struck at the cracker
factory of S. S. Marvin & Co.. on
Liberty street. 1t produces at one and
the same cold water, as pure and sweet
as the dew that falls from Heaven, salt
water as briny as old oceans waves,
and q How OF gas that when ignited
illuminates the entire surroundings.
The well was drilled some time ago,
, Mr.. Marvin's idea being to get sup
ply of pure cold water for use In
his bakery in the summer and
during flood times when city water
is not desirable. At 100 feet the
fresh water was struck, and at 200 feet
the salt waterA and gas were found.
Two castings were inserted, one for the
salt water and gas, the other for the
fresh water; ind now, when the engine
is started and the gas lighted, specta-
tors behold the wonderful sight OF
fresh water. salt water. and fire all
coming out of one well at the same
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

A young son and heir came to
gladden. the days and make interest
ing the nights of r. A. Charles, the
worthy editor of the REGISTER, on Sum
day morning last. Here are the con-
CALCULATIONS of the DEMOCRAT printers
and publisher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

An eastern Kansas exchange says
that "The wind now whistling through
the cornfelds has husky voice"
Out here the voice of the wind In the
cornfeld is not very 'ehusky;" in fact,
the wind just stalks up and down the
rows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

A man can as soon tell the age of .
saw by looking at It's teeth as to tell
from what direction the wind is going
to blow tomorrow by looking at the
weather predictions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Jacob Shoaf, who formerly resided
in Great Bend, but who not long ago
got into the clutches Of the law in I'm
iontown, Pa, the other day attempted
to break jail with three other compan-
ions, and he now lies in an iron cage.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Justice w. G. Bradshaw, of Albion
township, was in the city last week on
business. He still carries his arm in
a sling, having not yet recovered from
a broken shoulder received some
months ago from a runaway team.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

George Mitchell and w. p. Coates
left last Thursday night for Washing
ton territory. We wish the boys
success wherever they may be. At
present the families of the two gentle
men will remain here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Let every man talk creamy and
cheese factory. Such an institution
will distribute more money where 1t
will do the most good, than any other
enterprise we can establish.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
For Exchange.

A new stock of Boots and Shoes,
for eastern property. J. s. EwALT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
OUR OFFER:
Hard Times" Proposition

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the New
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San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
progress


Congressman Oates Of Alabama
has tax O good deal Of pains to try
to row up Niagara In the path
Of universal suffrage thero has neve,
been backward step yet. But Col
onel Oates sec ms I" imagine it poss
ible to turn back the hands on the
clock Of civilization TWENTY-FIVE years.
Tie ys the right tD vote should be
taken away from tile colored men OF
the South. Colonel, "that little
thing cant be diiI' Tie colored
vot + is here I stay, the only thing
wor' b trying t, d for him ia, not to
di.flanchise him, On your ALBANIA
plan, nor to murder him, on
the Mississippi Plan: but to educatr
him rs fast and we'll as possible SO
that he shall become sful citizen
ont. American pla
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
THE BOGUS COWBOY.

One Of the New York papers pub"
'ished. not long since. q picture OF a cow
boy IN full regalia. with long hair and
spurs who is recoiling in horror from o
huge bear. The ferocious animal Is one
of these stuffed bruins that are used by
furriers as business signs in front of thelr
stores.
There is popular impression that the
average cowboy is not really as danger
Gus as he would like TO have people be-
lieve A little affair occurred at Staten
Island when Forepaugh was exhibiting
Wild West show in connection with
his menagerie,
Captain Bogardus. the champion on
hand shot. and Snspender Jack were
rival attractions. the latter being cow
boy of the most pronounced type. They
got into q dispute. when Bogardus sud-
denly seized Suspender Jack by his lux
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
An August Reverie.

Living .unine on the soft, matted grasses,
Gazing mn lazily into the blue
OF the skv. when the wandering wind as II
OpenS the branches for me 10 look through.
Idly nonder and ponder. and ponder.
Think of nothing, yet happy and free;
Careless of yerything idly wonder
At the irnmensity opened 10 me.
Looking up listiessly, thoughrlessly dream
Mind vacuity. life full OF Joy,
All the dun world seems with happiness teem-
ing,
With nothing TO worry, fret or annoy.
III.
Earth seems paradise. Why should trou-
Or toll 10 win heaven? Why. heaven is
herei
Fortune il worthless. and fame but bubble;
! Sc rn them both. looking into a clear
Deep blue of the sky. while tne wild bees are
humming
Above and around me In harmony deep,
And over the meadows the breezes are com
ing
To fan me, and soothe me and hall me to
sleep.
This, this is happiness. perfect. unmeasured;
Long shall this day without bleGnish or heck
Stay in my memory. lovingly treasured
Lord! There's q wasp down the back of my
neck.
}nf E1.1aarton
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

Ex-Cadet Whitlker, once rather
notorious for being found tied wit.
bis ears cut at West Point, il now g
South Carolina politician, and (accor-
ding to the "philadelphia Weekly
Tribune is expecting an ofite from
President Harrison. He is also do
ing little in the prophetic line.
lie says he believes that within the
next twenty years the color, q race
will be represented in the Presidents
Cable but lie adds that it is too
soon now.
The ambition for high office is a
praiseworthy one; and men Of color
have just the same right to aspire
that white men have. But it is all
nonsense to be figuring fur twenty
years ahead. Most Of as will be
dead by that time, and none Of us
can estimate on any probabilities SO
far in font. All that can be said is
what can be said about white people.
Those colored men who BY energy,
ability, influence and success can
vindicate their claims to high office,
will get it; aud no other ought to
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
"A Japanese CoIiiery.

among private enterprises the most
remarkable in Japan is unqucstionably
the Takashima colliery which takes its
name from the rocky island on which
II stands. In its early days, and these
are out twenty years ago, il was petty
affair, producing Il few hundred tons
annually for the use of japanese salt
manufacturers and occasional steam
ers. Now its yearly output is. saws
the Japan Weekly H,H1, about 500, 900
tons-the sales last March amounted
to 5O.OOO-and its vicinity to Nagasaki
has the effect of bringing 10 that port
a large number of vessels, some to OBJ
tain supplies of fuel for themselves,
others To carry the Drfneral thence TO
Shanghai, Hong Kong, aud Singapore.
1t seems that . certain Mr.. Fdka Kei-
kichi. who - treated as the agent of
people recently dismissed from the
copiery, has been "raying of the mine
as though it were an inferno of min
ers and suffering" and "lamentinp
over The WOrk-peOple as though among |
Uod creatures none were 30 ,vretched |
and forlOrn, and as a consequence the |
japan NAL proceeded 10 giyea quiet and |
comforting, though deeply interesting. |
account uf the great Japanese collierV. |
But irst the writer affords glimpse
OF an extraordinary feature If The col
merry work al thu port If Naoasaki. A
few miles distant from the mine. Not |
less than five thousand women ara |
Kept upon the staff If the entar.prisa |
Tor the purP"~" ot 6ling the bunkers
OF vessels thet" arriving. The method
pursued j. peculiar to Nagasaki
carry ug the coal come alone
slde the snip to bs supplied, and with
SaCh nI Ihem - a regiment of wpmen
ana girls These form Themselves into
ne loop of q chain connecting thc hold
IL the lighter with the deck If the |
steamer. In a moment the hands and
arms of this chain bcg1u to mov. with
urprisIng rapidity and the precision I
II long practice; and little bag. full of
.oai pass up one side If the loon and
ne same bags descend the other side
npty. Iher" j. not a >erund'~ deIav
ne business goes ou with iiphtning-
AZ hihplene.>- amid tbe laughter and |
matter al Ia" cheerful workers. The
esaits achieved are most remarkable
haer favorable circumstances a. Ia
'ce'Flhg capa'1tl. vessel can have
'aF hundred IONS If caaj pat in her
'uheF@ tH an hour, aud ths meatpezS
'He process Is scarcely Inferior 20 it, 81
'i"Fity. such an organization vonld /
'aF'eif "r possible outside II Japan.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

uriant switch and slammed him down on
the hard ground with considerable force,
after which Bogsrdus iolted the cow
bows t0urDUrs with several kicks from q
well developed brogan.
Now. according To all the traditions of
the frontier Suspender Jack should have,
as an overture to the subsequent per-
formancc. shot an aperture about the
size of II general delivery window of a
country post-otiice. into the anatomy of
Captain Bo4ardus. Then the intrepid
cowboy. with wh0op. should have re-
moved the dandrutf in the Captains hair
along with his reeking scalp. For des.
sert Suspander Jack should have bitten
a chunk about the size Of frog out of
the Captain cheek.
This, in Wow of the traditional feroci-
ty of the COW boy, was the least that was
expected OF him, but ouspender Jack
went back on all the traditions of the
border. The cowboy disappeared al.
most us suddenly a. Il broken dollar bill,
and he didn't stop running until he
reached the office of Justice of the
peace, his wild luXuriant switch snap
ping viciOusly in the vacuum caused bv
the velocity of his flight. Bogardus was
arrested and fined $40 and costs. During
the examination Bogardus taunted Sus.
pender jack with being dime museum
cowboy. and still Bo@ardus didn't have
I" spill auy of his gore
Before this sad affair. " hen cowbov
with cascade Of brind,e hair flowing
down his shoulders. tie usual steelV
CLINT in his eye. with his mouth firmly
compressed, passed down Broadway.
even the policemen show cd ), mptoms of
to climb telegraph pole TO
avoid the impending cyclone They re-
yarded the man from the West as more
dangerous than the prong horned guagga
'f"ha efav a'o'"~i a-~ssst~rs >.f@1bo Nile worse
'n the fight than an AbyssinIan Xvi |
'ut the conduct of Suspender JACK mas
broken the spell, so that now even the /
lcket-sellers at the elevated stations do
lot hesitate TO shove LEAD nickcls off on
he terror of the praries - Ieras Sitf-
ngS.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

TO FORM A STOCK COMPANY

The advertiser has several valuable
patents, the manufacturing of which
would be profitable. Among others
are a friction clutch which can be
applied to bicycles, tricycles, forges,
car. brakes, wood or iron turning
laths, jackscrews, printing presses,
circle or scroll saws, emery wheels
farm machinery, feed grass or hay
cutters. wind engines and all
machinery requiring hand and foot
power or oscillating motion. Also
an improved middling purifier, an
improved aspirator for -four mills,
a wind engine with which six we'll
pumps can be worked against any
other engine in the market working
On pumps. The advertiser who is
practical millwright, machinist and
pattern maker, desires to make the
following terms with a company:
first, that he shall have 25 per cent.
of all profits; secondly, that the
patents shall remain his property;
thirdly that he shall have the privi- |
ledge of examinlng the books, and
fourthly that he snail be appointed
of the concern and |
draw salary from the company.
For further particulars apply to s.
Box 205, Vindicator Office.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
TERRY Il co,
Enlarge Their stock and Premises.

NA &c AheII STOCK ana PREMISES.
The above we'll known firm. i'm.
bued with New Years enterprise
the+outcome of past success, have
just doubled their commodious
premises, and magnificent stock of
furniture and carpets, which latter
has now attained colossal dimen-
sions Their success is entirely
owing to unhagging industry and
fair dealing.
Mes~rs. Terry & Co., have now
been In business for over twenty-five
years. The firm like all Others has
its varying degrees of success, but
by keeping the nose to the grind
stone, buying judiciously, and SELL
ing for reasonable prices, it has
long since surmounted all Difficult
ties and become an established fact
in San Francisco, in short an in
stitution.
Terry 4 Co.'S, address ie now
Market treot
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

Read tie alticle in anothercolumn,
giving an account Of Dr. Dowie'
Praise and Testimony meeting. The
l octor il doing very remarkable
work. and one Of profound interest
both from mental aud a religious
poiLt Of view. We propose to keep
our readers fully informed Of its
progress.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09
Are You Intending to Build . Home ,

If so, send ms your address and so
cents in stamps or postal note for our new
book containing over Fifty Different
Styles and Plans of Houses, costing from
$2CO to S35O0 suitable for city, town or
country, arranged by the best architects
in the United States and Europe The
book gives pictures and plans OF each
house, showing just how they look when
completed. Any carpenter can build
from these plans. If you ever intend TO
build house, write al once, as this ad.
vertisement will not appear again In this
paper.
Address, f. c. SHEPARD
EvanSburg, Pa.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

Any lady who needs any article of
wear for herself or her young lady
daughter or her little girl, or who
needs any article of housekeeping
goods, will DO well to examine the
stock at Samuels' Lace House, l23
to 129 Post street. He sells good
goods, and cheap.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

and is quiet well hammered gentle
man besides. The moral of this
short collection of notices is simply
this; The colored race can furnish
examples of high natural endow-
ment and Of high acquired attains
ments in great variety of depart.
ments, from mer personal beauty
and physical strength, up to spiritual
leadership in the church.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

Those who wish to keep abreast
OF Inc industrial and scientific pro.
Sress OF the Fay cannot afford to be
without the Scientific 4merican "
adrerlsed on another page IL i
fIiIy illustrated with The best cls>s
oi WOOD engraTings, and each sub
lect IS treated in as popular q man.
mr. as the nature II the theme will
permit. This paper first made a
name Tor itself IN l845, when it was
permanently established. 1t is
published by the well-known patent
soliciting firm Of Munn L CO. The
~ DESCRIPTION price is 50 90 s wear.
copies may be seen at this Office, and
'ubseHpaons received.
San Francisco vindicator., 1889-02-09

Kast, the great boot and shoe
maker of 738 and TAO Market St.,
has opened branch store at I'LL
and 11l% Broadway. His excellent
goods Kast as much credit on Oak
land as they do on San Francisco.