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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09


Whist ths Appolnsment OF Census Dirsstor
Porter Really Means.
That We are 10 have q bogus Federal
census has been certified in the ap-
pointment by the President of Robert
p. Porter to superintend the sta
tistics of 1890. The figures of 1880
mutely denounce the war tariff. The
remorseless effects of high taxes are
there spread forth for all to see. An
other and a still worse showing would
pain the tariff-masters. Accordingly,
the hired man of protection, the del
egate OF monopoly, the private sec
rotary Of greed. extortion and quack-
ery-the man who for a decade has
drawn no dollar that was not part
of the tariff plumber, who has pre-
pared no table of figures that did not
aim to support a lie-this person has
been foisted on the census itself The
Herald can not condemn General Har-
rison too harshly for an invasion so
shameless of a domain that has hith-
erto enjoyed the confidence of the peo-
pie A bogus census of the United
States is shocking in the idea What
ills. then. may not grow out of the
thing itself?
Robert P. Porter, the recipient of
pay for all his tariff arguments" will
proceed to build an array of figures
which will prove that the farmer sells
in the dearest market and buys in the
cheapest; that wooden mills prosper
under a high tariff on woods; that
navies grow under high tariff on
shipping; that wages rise under the
effects of i'm migration, and that immi-
grafton declines under the stimulus of
war prices for labor and goods. All
of the fallacies, overthrown in the
census of 1880, will be carefully rein
stated by the false figures of 1890. The
free trader of 1892, delivering his
speech in joint debate, must appeal for
his facts to the other orators figures.
The huge enginery of monopoly and
tariff, capable of purchasing the cleo
ton Of President and Congress
against a popular plurality of 100. 900.
has laid sacrilegious hands on the
census. A cheap fellow, without love
of his country, will now proceed to
tabulate for facts the impressions, de-
lusions, snares and base fabrications
of every respectable thief in the Ma
ton. The total will be the official emu
meration of the people, their estate,
their employment and their increas-
ing prosperity.
Carnegie, Jones and other old-time
patrons of the cheap man may depend
on compendium which will exhibit a
dwindling aristocracy. a tremendous
growth of the we'll TODD class, a coun-
try without tax. whose levy is baga-
telle, whose yeomanry and labor are
constantly employed at fabulous hire.
whose men and masters are bound to
each other by the unbroken and un-
yielding ties of a home market. The
miner will live in a palace; the oper-
ator will share the hovel. The mill
worker will go to Europe and do the
smuggling; the mill-owner will reap q
profit of sixty cents a day. with long
intermissions of loss.
All this Internal scoundrelism the
low tariff orator must quote in 1892, if
he shall dare to appeal to the eleventh
cens,1s -Chicapo Hora1d
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

The Shameful System of Politics Intro
duced by the Republican Party.
If down-trodden subject of Great
Britain. the son of a peerage-ridden
land. the blind worshiper of stars and
lean to point out the controlling factor
in our political system; the power that
brought men into prominence and gave
them the chief places of the Govern
ment, how would the free-born Amer
lean answer himp
''You have no aristocracy Of birth, ;"
the Briton would say, therefore 1T is not
social standing that puts men to the
front in your country. Nor can it be
that your successful public men are Sc
lected from what You call the aristoc-
racy of brains; for, according to the
accounts of your untrammeled press,
many of your legislators and executive
officers are ignorant and incompetent.
They can not be selected for their excep-
tional probity. for this same untram-
meled press imputes to many of them
the most disgraceful sort of corruption,
nd they never punish their accusers,
would private citizens who were
slandered- We understand, of course,
that you have public men who are of
good standing in the community. and
who are both able and honest But
such men are clearly in a minority
among your office-holders- Now, what
is the power that lifts the others above
the rest of your people, puts them in
place and keeps them there?"
The American, if he had to answer
truly to such an inquiry, would have
no choice but to say:
Money. Some of our public men
get their places because they are rich
Others are able to induce their party
to spend the money necessary to pro-
cure their election. Still others are
elected because they are the friends,
allies or servants of rich men. whose
interests are affected by legislation,
and who are willing to buy place or
power for those who Will be of service
to them Very few indeed are elected
solely for their fitness and without the
use of money or its equivalent in pat
ronage-"
American citizen, with any pride in
his citizenship, to make this confession
to an Englishman; but he would have
to make 1t, if he meant to tell the
truth. We can understand that. un-
der such circumstances, our fellow
countryman might be sorely tempted
to prevaricate. or even to lie outright
But whether he lied or told the truth
the humiliating facts would remain the
same
But perhaps the American citizen
who reads this does not believe that
these are the humiliating facts Per-
haps he thinks these assertions are but
gloomy. cynical. pessimistic generali-
ties. IF he does, let him think the sit
uation over for himself We will sup
pose that he is citizen of New York.
Let him consider how the municipal
government of that city is constituted:
how the legislative and executive OFF,
GERS of the State are chosen, and how
the State itself Is represented in the
National Government The most prom
inent officials of the city are the mayor
and the board OF aldermen The may
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
COMMONPLACE NAMES.

An Anecdote That Will Prove of Particu-
lar Interest to the Smiths
There is something unfortunate in
the possession of either very odd or
very commonplace names. The first
affection is likely to render one the
butt of ridicuie, while the second in
wolves endless Inconvenience and Wig
lance in rectifying blunders. All
John Smiths" in spite OF the fact
that they may claim descent from the
hero of the little affair with Powhatan.
must be heartily tired of being con-
fused with others of the same name,
and long, if merely for convenience in
business relations, to adopt another
1t is said that Sydney Smith suffered
much annoyance from belonging to so
large a family that he named his sons
Douglas and Windham, that they
might the more readily be distin-
guished from other Smiths.
James Smith, the author of those
Rejected Addresses" which. accord
ing to literal-minded man, were $50
good that there seemed to be no reason
why they should have been rejected"
also suffered some inconvenience from
his name Yet he was amply able to
take care of himself in the matter, be-
ing willing to use heroic remedies.
1t once happened that another
james Smith came to live in the house
where he had long resided. and imme-
diately there arose variety of COM
plications from letters wrongly deliv-
cred and visitors perplexed- The poet
dot r,l - 49, H. q.
Guilty. So he called upon the new-com-
er. and informed him that he must
leave.
But why should 1 leave?" asked
the intruder.
Because. " was the cool reply, s.you
are James the Second, ana you must
abdicate-
The name Smith suggests an anec-
dote of Bayard Taylor. who, one NIGHT
at party. was greatly bored by the
persistent attempts of a guest to dis
cuss sun-myths. No matter where the
conversation strayed. this Individual
was sure to drag it back to sum
myths
did you ever think that the name
Smith, SO common In all countries, is
derived from the sun-myth?' asked
Taylor. mischievously.
No. indeedr' was the reply.
Undoubtedly. Sun-myth Sumyth.
Smyth. Smithr'
Every one laughed, and the poet
had been successful in banishine the
threadbare subject
No wonder that certain names arousa
the prejudice of the fastidious. The
Duke of Newcastle once received from
= newly-arrived clergyman. nan,e5
Rose written application for a davis
nsnlng- Thus his answer ran:
me Duke OF Newcastle can NOT
with Mr.. Noses request.
-finding Mr.. Noses name is
Nose. ne Is pleased to grant his re-
guest Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
The HORSES FdoT.

COrns and How to Treat T1em-Use Of
the Frog.
If horse is supposed to lave corn,
let the shoe be removed; the inside
quarters of one or both fbrefeet upon
being pared will show a streaked. in
famed appearance. The horn will be
soft and more spongy than other por-
tions of the hoof. In bad or long-neg-
lected cases. if you follow the corn
with the knife you will come to sup
Duration. In all such cases one invari-
able condition is found-the horse
stands upon thick-heeled shoe and the
frog of the hoof can not touch the
ground. The whole weight of the
horse rests. not upon its natural. elias
tic support. but upon long. horny heels
and iron. This condition is a violation
OF natural laws. and corn is the
first and most easily-managed conse-
quence. The smith, whose ignorance
OF the anatomy of the organ he has
disabled. is the sole cause of the
trouble. 'scuts out the corn" and
attributes the difficulty to weak
feet, hard pavements, or gives any
excuse he thinks may answer for the
moment, and puts on, perhaps, a s'bar
shoe" He can not tell why he puts
on bar shoe, but he knows it will
give temporary relief, and the relief
Is In this wise-the bar must rest upon
the frog, and the heels cut away to al
low it to do SO. This, by a clumsy
contrivance of heavy iron, is getting q
part OF the relief that nature demands.
The true relief is in such system of
shoeing as will preserve the natural
action of the foot. The natural action
is with low heel, to have the frog OF
the foot strike full upon the ground
and press upward, against the down:
ward action of the coffin bone, just as
spring acts when a weight is thrown
upon it.
The horses hoof, continues the au-
thority quoted, is simply boot; in
side OF it is true foot. The frog is
only part of the hoof that has a nerv-
Gus connection with the living tissue
inside the horn. just above the frog
is the sensitive frog, and on this rests
the coffin bone. The vascular bone is
connected with the hoof by 1elastic
lamine, and moves in the hoof by the
action of the horse, having it's natural
rest upon the frog. If the horse stands
upon a rim of iron, the center of the
hoof is unsupported; the points of the
pressure are under each "wing" of the
coffin bone. From lack of action the
frog dries up and loses its function;
the sensitive frog sympathizes in this
condition. Circulation and secretion
are lessened. There is more or less
fever, probably not perceived by the
groom. or, if perceived, he ''stuffs" the
feet, Inflammation begins at the points
of pressure under the wings of the
coffin bone and the horse has a corn.
The cure of this defect is obvious when
the cause is stated; it is to shoe so that
the horse will invariably stand upon
his frog. This must be secured by the
use of shoe that will admit no other
bearing. No horse can travel safely
without the use of the frog. whip and
Rein.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

or Is elected By the vote Of Che whc
town, and IL. - q rule . reputable
man. To be elected. howovers he must
have the nomination Of his party, and.
to ALI intents and purposes. he must
pay for that nomination by giving of
fee to his supporters About the
board of aldermen nobody has any de-
lusions. It Is mainly composed OF
irresponsible men Of no character-
many of them iquor-dealers- They
buy their places with money and pat
ronage, and they themselves. for the
most pat may be bought singly like
cabbages or in lunches like radishes-
Passing to the State government, he
will find in the Governor and the Leg
islature q State mayor and a State
board of aldermen with two houses.
There are plenty Of honest men in both
houses; but there is generally a good
working majority of men who have
bought the ir places to sell themselves.
nd who, when they are not passing
bills to benefit rich corporations at the
expense of the people. are engaged in
introducing bills designed to damage
the same corporations-bills which
disappear WHICH, eu0AH PEOuAOuSES ok0
bought of.
But there remains the National
Governm emit And can the citizen lay
his hand on his heart and say that the
Congressman from his district spent
no money Cover and above his 1egiti-
mate expenses), either out of his own
pocket or out of his party's funds. to
insure his election7 If he can, he is
able to do more than the Congressman
can, unless he Is very remarkable
and very lucky Congressman. But
who is it who sits in judgment on the
acts of the Congressman. The Presi-
dent of the United States; the Chief
Magistrate of the Nation And in 1880
the party that elected the President
openly boosted that it had bought the
vote of the State of Indiana with
soap" In 1888 the same party an
nounced. in advance, that it intended to
buy the vote of the same State with
fiat" did it.
These may be broad and sweeping
assertions; but any one who honestly
seeks to verify them will find them
specific enough-and the verifcation
easy enough. This makes q bad
showing, not for our system of gov
ernment but for our system of poll
tics; and it makes worse showing
for our people. in that they not only
tolerate these things, but tolerate
their being made matters of common
report. without feeling the sense of
personal shame and individual re-
sponsibility. If the attention of an
honest citizen is called to the digrace
of our politics, he has but one reply
to make: ''Oh. yes. suppose there is
a good deal of corruption in politics
But then you can't help it 1t has
always been so. And of course the
reports are greatly exaggerated
And then, we seem to be getting along
pretty well. guess there's no great
harm done"
Yet there is great harm done-in
setting up an example lat encourages
dishonesty in commercial life and
lowers the standard of citiz en- ship and
civic manhood.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
TO REDUCE DISCOMFORT.

How Ladies and Gentlemen Should Con-
duct Themselves in Public Places.
Do not carry your umbrella Or cane
so that the person behind you is
threatened with the loss of an eye, or
must dodge to avoid thrust in the
face or ribs. Be especially careful not
to carry it under the arm at an angle
of forty-five degrees going up stair
ways.
Do not wait until in front of a rail-
road ticket window to consult the time
table. Do not wait until in front of the
ticket-seller before your pocketbook is
found. Try to have the money ready,
the exact change if possible, and re-
member that while you may have
plenty of time. every one following
you is not so fortune.
When entering a pew in church, do
not sit down in the aisle end, and COM
pei each person to crowd past you. Go
through to the end, and remember that
to be polite requires that the least dis
comfort and excitement shall be caused
by your acts. Brigands, robbers, or
Indians are not likely to make descents
on public places of worship or amuse-
ment in our day, and women may be
trusted to sit in the aisle end of the
pews and seats.
When there are no reserved seats,
and the whole house is sold at uni
form price. it is hardly fair for one
person to go and reserve three or four
seats for her friends, saying 1.-The seats
are engaged to those who, more Just
and polite, refuse to question the in
justice, and unquestioningly take less
advantageous seats, though they sacri-
feed time to secure better, and are dis
turbed, after the performance or lect-
ure has begun, by the late arrivals
public
If you meet friend in store, do
not forget, in your own Joy of meeting
her, that the clerks time is paid for,
and that you have no right to monop-
olize it to the exclusion OF other trade.
In leaving church or any public
hall. do not stop in tho aisle-ends of
seats. preventing other people from
leaving the building who may have no
time to spend that way
To remember that there are other
people who have their own affairs that
need immediate attention. who make
engagements for certain time which
they expect to keep. is to be simply
just To clog little as possible the
currents of travel is the part of every
considerable man and woman--Chris-
tian Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

"A shoemaker at Soran, Germany.
made pair of boots for customer
but carelessly left nail protruding
from the sole; the wearer's foot was
soon scratched, Inflammation ensued.
and the foot had finally to be ampu-
tated. The shoemaker was sued for
damages, and the court compelled him
to pay to the injured man q sum equal
to $225 per year for life. and to pay all
doctors bills and the costs OF the suit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

oh. cousfnssr he Was ssking. 81
brought my man along to 9kate with
and create = laugh in your TIN; but.
great Scott. I didn't count "a such
Triumph
Need we say the judge wot his cleo
tion?-Leslie's illustrated Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

nawk may get the rooster after
oresakIast. but before breakfast the
roosser always takes = crow.-Wash.
ington Critic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09


logging footsteps ever behind. Twice
they crossed the road, and stealthy
figure Gas he thought, unobserved) fol-
lowed them.
"Oh." sobbed Lefty, softly, 81 don't
think the ball is worth it. Let US go
into the first house. Nelly"
with this dummyP" whispered
Nelly; people would think us luna
tics. Courage. Lefty. We're nearly
home"
Oh, the glad relief to get up the IA
miliar steps. and smuggle their escort
into their wardrobei Then both sat
down, and Nelly had to do her utmost
to keep Lefty from going into hyster-
les. But both went to the ball soon
after, in high feather, as pretty q
couple as any one could wish to see;
and Nelly, waltzing with Harry Hill,
never dreamed he had discovered the
dark secret she and Lefty had sworn
to keep. Alas that he should have
discovered only the half of it!
Again, at the masquerade, when the
girls sat in the Directors Gallery, and
looked down on that cleaning expanse
of ice below. with its glittering crowd
of skaters that seemed to flock from
every land. decked out in bravery of
costume that rivaled royalty, they
singled out young Bonar and his gro
tesque companion; they looked at tho
Judge standing behind them in his sill
ver-fox coat, all unconscious of the
liberties SO lately taken with that
handsome garment; they laughed into
each others eyes, did these two
naughty cousins, and made young Hill
furiously jealous by the whisper of
Charlie Bonar's name. and something
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-13
the SEAL FISHERIES.
Correspondence Transmitted by the
Secretary of state.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The President to-
day sent to the Senate mass of documents
prepared by the State Department in re-
spouse 10 the Senate's resolution asking all
correspondence with Great Britain respect
ing questions connected with Behring Sea.
MI. bayard, in his note to the President.
says; Negotiations are pending with a
view 10 the protection of seal life in Behring
sea by International arrangement, and
enough correspondence to disclose the gener
al purpose and scope Of the arrangement
sought Tor is herewith submitted"
9 me correspondence is in five parts. Inc
nISt Ieiates to the seizure of British sailing
vessels 10 behring Sea; the second 10 tEe
n4esotlatlons Tor the conclusion OF Ireatles
S r 'ne projection Of fur seals In Benring
pea win France, Germany, Great Britain,
Russia, Japan and Sweden and Norway the
thlrd 10 Canadian correspondence relative TO
tne seizure OF British vessels; the fourtn 10
prior correspondence relative TO Benring
pea, Alaska Sea, Ohkotzk and the RUSSIAN
ukase OF 1921: the fifth to the treasury regu-
iatlons to determine and settle claims grow
ing out OF the seizures of sealing vessels by
the United States cruisers.
minister West, April IS, 1888. proposed TO
MT MT. Bayard to organize mixed commission.
Inc secretary replied it was preferable 70
await the Judgment of the APPELLATE court, the
cases still being on the docket. On the Both
OF April, Lord Salisbury. through, West, sug-
gested an extension of the time allowed for
appeal In order to have settlement OF
claims by diplomatic negotiation. May 2S,
Mr.. Bayard told Minister West that he IA
vorably received the proposition. 1t trans
PRED that the proctors Of the vessels con-
demned in Alaska failed to appeal in time,
and Attorney General Garland reported that
ne knew OF no way by which the DEGREES OF
condemnation could be reviewed. August
6, West asked Bayard to postpone the sale
OF the vessel until the question of the legality
of the seizure could be legally settled, which
was done. This did not suit the owners,
who thought the appraisement executive
sale ordered November IA, 1888, ought to
take place. Thus the matter stands.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-13
PERSONAL.

Rev. ). A. Barrows closed his labors with
the Baptist church In Buckfeld Sunday last.
MRS. H. L. Heath, of this city, left yester-
day Tor st. Joseph, Mo-, to visit her brother.
She will return about the LIST of Anril
MT robert Chapman, brother of Mayor
onapnan' lett yesterday for an extended
tour Oh the West. He will probably 90 as
lar as Colorado. His trip is for his health.
nev. ., w. Dick, pastor of the Baptist
cnurcn at Harrington. has resigned to be-
come pastor of the First Baptist church in
Newton, N. H.
senator and Hrs. Frye passed through here
Yesterday en- route for Rockand, to attend
the funeral of the late Archibald G. Spear,
the father of Mrs. Frye.
Inc Secretary of the Navy has awarded
.he contract for two wrought iron spindles
LOT the Anderson Rock Light station. New
Hampshire, to J. F. Cruit and A. Z. Hamil-
ton of Maine, at 5000.
MT and Mrs. E. 81. Elwell and Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. N. Rich, of the Maine Press Associa-
tion, went to Boston to attend the dinner of
the Massachusetts Press Association at the
Vendome last evening.
Among the other Portlanders. besides
those already mentioned in the PRESS. who
went on the Raymond excursion to California
and Mexico Monday. were Mr.. and Mrs. G.
e. Shaw and Mrs. d. w. True.
Lieut.. Lester R. Wiley, second lieutena mt
of the Hamlin Rifles. Co. G, Second Regi-
ment of Bangor, has resigned his position on
account OF his business preventing him Civ
ing proper attention to his duties.
VIM. Nj. Sargent, ESQ.,, has been employed
as attorney for the Milbridge heirs of the
Brown estate In Portland. At a recent meet
ing OF the interested parties it was voted to
raise the sum of 5000 to defray the expenses
attending the preliminary proceedings in the
case
MIR. Harry Cotton of Dexter, who has been
in the employ Of the contractors on the Can
adam Pacific railway during the building of
that road through Maine, is to go to South
America for Messrs. Mckenzie. Mann & Co.
in the spring, and remain with them during
their railroad operations in Chill.
it's stated that Hon. John l.. Cutler has
decided not to be a candidate for collector of
customs in Bangor son account of his new
business relations with the firm of Cutler g.
Stetson, and that ]. w. Palmer, we'll
known lunberman, will be urged for that
position.
The old Swedenborgian church in Wash
ington' In which Rev. VIM. B. Hayden of
Portland has been preaching this winter, was
Quilted by fire Feb. 9th. The services Sunday
were held in the Spencerian Business Col
iege' The fire caught from the furnace. The
damage was $1,000.
MI Joseph Hay, who died Monday in
Lynn, Mass, was formerly well known
citizen OF Portland. He was engaged extern
sively in the boot, shoe and leather trade
ana acquired considerable property. He
removed to Lynn some twenty-five years ago
so that he might be better able to carry on
manufacturing. He was 90 years of age last
month.