Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

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1t is said that one woman out Of
three ali over Utah drinks whisky and
gets drunk about so often They claim
they do it to keep OF malaria
Baseball Is going up in the world
An American sculptor has statue urs-
der that title in the Paris Salon. repre-
senting a young man in the act of
throwing ball
The Atlanta Journal suggesting
the bloom of the cotton plant for the
National flower. says: lis there any
other flower Of the country whose
product is so essential to the thrift of
millions of its people, which is in every
way so well fitted for Uncle Sam TO
wear in his buttonhole?
Ten years ago there were twenty
two railroads which could not inter
, change cars owing to the gauge Now
ali are alike and cars owned in Maine
are seen slipping over the rails in
Texas. The railroad system OF the
United States Is declared to be as per-
feet as system can be made
The Governor of Wyoming lately
pardoned a man sentenced TO a term OF
years for murderous assault on the
condition that If the convict ever
drinks another drop of liquor he shall
forfeit his liberty and be sent back to
prison A similar pardon was granted
in Mississippi few years ago
During 1888 there were 525.ol9
immigrants landed in this country
From Germany there were 106.e 757
from England. az. O4O; from Ireland
a. 600; from Sweden, 4S.S45; from
Italy. a, 424. and from Russia 55. 504
The lowest recorded was from Malta
and the mex tlowest 81 from Portugal
According to the New York Sum. .
new industry has been invented by .
clever English girl. She calls herself
an accountant and auditor for large
households She finds plenty of en-
ployment in looking after the business
of a few families of large expenditures
whose heads have not taste for the
work.
Recently an old lady died at Beth
iehem, leaving an estate of 5000.
which fell to near relative The
heir secured a Bethlehem attorney.
who in turn sec ured another attorney
When final settlement was made the
lawyer deduced 81. $50 from the estate
for his services. and the near relative
got the balance.
Among the curiosities developed
in the hunt for relics of Washington Is
a contract with his gardener, in which
stipulation is made that the gardener
shall keep sober all the year, except
that he is to have four dollars at
Christmas with which to be drunk
four days. and two dollars at Easter
and Whitsuntide to be drunk two
days. Fancy such a contract being
made with the President of the United
States in 1889.
The hair of the beard in grow
ing. raises little hills of flesh around
each root" says barber. land In
shaving man smoothly the razor cuts
| these of. leaving the blood vessels
| exposed Under the microscope these
bleeding vessels can be distinctly seen.
and the flesh is seen to be entirely
without the covering of skin it should
have The natural result is that the
close shaver il always troubled with
| colds and affections of the throat"
The great plate-glass windows
that adorn large store fronts have
their origin in the vanity of women
A woman likes to see herself as others
see her. She can do that in mirror.
When she is on the street the show
windows serve as mirrors to tell her
how pretty or bad she appears, if her
hat is on crooked, her back hair down
or her new-fangled hustle awry- Then
they are attracted to the goods in tho
windows and go into the stores to in
spect and buy. Tradesmen who OBJ
served the manner in which they
looked in the windows urged the glass
manufacturers to make large panes-
They gradually made them larger and
larger until now they fill the entire
front