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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
FLOWERS AT NIGHT.

The Nature of the Nocturnal Movements
and Attitudes of Plants.
The clovers are indeed a drowsy
family; they keep regular hours and
make a thorough business of their
slumbers-red clover with their heads
tucked under their wings, as it were,
the young blossom clusters completely
hooded beneath the overlapping upper
pair of leaves, and every individual
leaf below bowed with folded palms.
brought up, and continued their YES
pers through the livelong night, their
little praying bands to be seen every
where along the path. The yellow
hop-clover played all sorts of antics
with its leaves without seeming rhyme
or reason. The tall bush clover, rising
here and their among the slumberOus
beds. presented complete surprise,
being entirely changed from its diurnal
aspect, the ordinary generous 1eafy
spread of foliage now assuming the
shape of an upright wand, each three
foliate leaf being raised upon its stem,
with the leaflets folded inward, clasp
ing the maternal stalk. It had it's
arms full indeed, and seemed conscious
of its, heavy responsibility. The
trailing ground-nut vine and the deli
cate wild bean were hardly recogniza-
BILE in their odd night-dress; and the
desmodiums at the border of the
woods presented a singular contrast
of dropping listlessness, with each
leafet hanging as vertically as a plum
met. I sought the familiar plumy beds
of the little partridge-pea, wondering
what sort of a reception would meet
from that quarter, but found these
plants even more fast asleep and trans
formed than their drowsy neighbors.
and had trodden on a number of the
plants ere 1 discerned them, for, like
the sensitive mimosa, which they so
much resemble, and which
Opened its fan-lke leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses OF night"
these tiny leaflets were now folded in
a long fat ribbon for each leaf, pre-
senting thin edges to the sky. hardly
distinguishable from the thin seed
pods among them.
The nature of the nocturnal move
ments and attitudes of plants. both in
leaves and flowers, has long been q
theme of speculation among botanists.
In the case of many flowers the night
attitudes have been conclusively
shown to have relation solely to their
fertilization by insects
The dropping attitude of leaves at
night was commonly supposed to lndi-
cate an aversion to moisture, many
plants assuming the same position
during rain as in the dew. thus seem
ing to verify the conjecture; but when
the same pranks were played in a
cloudy day or dewless night. the ex-
PLANTATION had to be abandoned. In the
clover tribe the nocturnal positions al
ready described seem to be assumed
only in the darkness. and this invar-
iably, dew or no dew, while the leaves
seem to revel in the rain, remaining
freely open.-W Hamilton Gibson, in
HaTper's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

'THERE-THANK YOU-I AM NOT MUCH HURT"
possible for me to give the information you
demand"
"Your silence may be construed to your
disadvantage"
"I know it; still will not speak"
Thus foiled, Harry resolved to postpone
the attempt to drag the information from
Mckenzie, who was evidently implicated
somehow or other in the murder, when
circumstance occurred which put a new
phase on the position Of affairs.
They had retired early; but the night was
sultry, and Winthrop, who could not sleep,
had drawn a chair to the window of his
room, which overlooked small garden.
Suddenly his attention was attracted to the
figure OF a man crouchirg behind a row OF
lilacs. There was sharp, shriu whistle
twice repeated and answered by some one
in the window Of the room, which Harry
knew was occupied by Lieutenant McKen-
.xie. Presently the side door of the house
was opened, and he saw the young man go
forward in the direction of the lilac trees in
whose shadows he lost sight of him. For a
time he heard nothing but the muttering
voices of two men speaking, but as their
conversation became more animated, the
words were more distinct He was just on
the point of closing his window, when the
mention of his own lame attracted his at
tention.
"I tell you Major Winthrop has his sus-
pici0ns already. He limited as mach to me
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
Facts in Human Life.

There are 1904 languages in the
world, and its inhabitants profess
more than 1000 religions. The num-
Der of men is about equal to the num-
Der of women. The average of life is
about thirty-three years. One quarter
die previous to the age of seventeen.
To 1000 persons, only one reaches 100
years of life; to every 100. only six
reach the age of sixty-five, and not
more than one in 500 live to eighty
years. There are on earth 1,500, 0O0.-
600 inhabitants. OF these SO, 033. 033
die every year, 91.824 every day, $3.50
every hour and so every minute, Or
one every second. The married are
longer lived than the single, and.
above all, those who observe sober
and Industrious conduct. Tall men
live longer than short ones. Women
have more chances of life in their favor
previous TO fifty years of age than men
have, but fewer afterward. The num-
Der of marriages is in proportion of "a
to every 1000 individuals. Marriages
are more frequent after equinoxes-
that is, during the months of June and
December. Those born in spring are
generally of more robust constitu-
ton than others. Births are more FREE
quent by night than by day. also
deaths. The number of men capable
of bearing arms is calculated at one
fourth of the population.-GoLden Ar-
COSY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
LOAD OF CLOVER.

A load OF clover in tho early dawn
fright In the center OF the town. spied.
And straight saw = sweeping breadth of lawn,
With fields on either side
Great clover fields, shorn Of their fleeces bright.
With misty bits of spider-web, dew-eemmed
Flung here and there and daisea poisfng
light,
Snow-fTilied and supple-stemmed.
The sun had cleft in two the foggy lake
OF gathered vapors, hurting them apart,
And wild-star roses twinkled, half awake,
FINK as . sea-shelrs heart.
And dappied cows, with peaceful placid eyes,
Stood waiting, while the maid came tripping
down,
Bright-eyed and rosy. holding tunic-wise.
Her checkered gingham gown.
A slender footpath lost its way among
weedy labyrinth OF restful tint
or plantain, chickweed, fennel, adder s.tongue,
And moneywort and mint.
A home-like garden stretched its crisp, green
lines
All drenched and dripping with the dew of
morn; 4
And flowers were scattered through the sturdy
vines
And stalks of early corn.
Like some fair dame that dreaming sits and
mods,
So swayed the stately double hollyhocks;
And vigorous bean-vines hung their rounded
pods
Above the four o. clocks.
And tawny, spotted lilies shot aloft
Beside the beds of sage and caraway;
And parsley grew among the pansles soft,
In purple rich array.
The vision flashed upon me and was gone,
turned and went my way with lettering
feet
A load of clover in the early dawn
Pissed up the city street.
Hattie UkHu>D. in Good HOHSeEeeoiu0.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
CURE FOR FAULT-FINDING.
A Failing Which in Most Cascs Is Caused
by OVerWOrk.

A Failing Which in Most Cases Is Caused
by Overw0rk.
While pages have been written in con-
demnation of the fault finder, too little is
generally said of the causes that bring too
often into existence such an unpleasant and
thoroughly reprehensible failing. The
fault finding woman is an exceedingly disa-
greeable person, but she is often less to be
condemned than the persons around her
who, she has learned from experience, will
slzirk every responsibility and duty to which
they are not goaded. This goading grad
ually becomes habit, and the innocent and
guilty too often suffer from the effect Of the
jaded temper of nervous, Overworked
woman There are scolds who have no pos
sible excuse for their pecvishness, who
neither work with hand nor brain, and occu-
Ply their time chiefly in fretting, but these
are exceptions. The fault-fndiug woman
usually is Woodworking woman among
drones, and naturally feels the injustice of
her position. The persons who have be-
come accustomed to see her do the drudg-
cry of the work are quite likely to murmur
if their ease is disturbed by the complaints
of an over-worked woman. The only rem-
edy for such cases as this is to divide work
so equally that there shall be noOver-worked
women, and there will be no excuse
for scolding from this cause. Mothers are
often at fault in assuming the entire bur-
den OF the work without allowing their
daughters to soil their fingers in drudgery,
forgetting that the command is given to
their children as well as to themselves:
Whatsoever thy hand fndeth to do, do it
with all thy might and that they are
shutting out from their children the very
discipline that Providence sent for their
good. For a mother to assume burdens
which are more than the strength of one
person can endure and which are sure to
break her down In nerves and wear her out
in temper and body, is to inf1ict double in
juries on her family and on herself. Be-
cause some are strong to bear such burdens
and remain gentle in spirit and healthy in
body, it is no reason why they should do so.
The American mother has higher work
than mere drudgery even in the plainest
home. 1t can not be too often repeated that
work only is honorable and idleness shame,
that no mother elevates, but rather de-
grades, her daughter by enforced Incidence.
The virtuous woman of Scripture seeketh
wool and fax and worketh willingly with
her hands. ''She looketh well to the ways
of her household and eateth not the bread
of idleness." And the virtuous woman Of
Scripture teacheth her daughters the same
course.-N Y. Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

CHAPTER XI.-CoNrINUED.
And Willie Mckenzie came. Harry found
him, as he had anticipated, whole-souled
young fellow, a little the worse for wear
just then, but full of animal spirits and with
frank, winning manners, which quickly
broke down the barriers oe new acquaint-
anceship. AS they sat smoking their cigars
together on the stoop that evening, Win
throp preached the subject which had such
a thrilling interest to him. Taking the
links of the watch-chain he had found on
the spet of Barclays murder from his pock-
ct, he abruptly handed them to the young
man with the pointed question:
''Have you ever seen these befOre?"
He was astounded at the CHASTITY paleness
of McKenzie's face. He literally trembled
as he gazed with black look at the golden
links.
'sWhy do you asks" he stammered.
'tNay; let me be the questioner," Harry
continued, gravely, for wild thought en-
tered his brain that this young fellow,
though of course he could not have himself
perpetrated the foul deed, was privy to its
accomplishment. ''Have you ever seen
those links before!"
81 do not know-that is-well, they are
very like those of chain I lost some time
ago"
''Well, not exactly lost-disposed of
am not at liberty to tell YOU"
''You must"
"'Must' is little word with a big mean
ing, Major.''
s.Pshaw, mani" Winthrop exclaimed, 81
am not putting these questions to crafty
an idle curiosity. The links of that chain
you hold in your hand were dropped by the
man who murdered Frank Barclay"
eyes, yes, know. My uncle wrote me
all about the sad affair"
''Then surely you will tell me into whose
hands the chain passed when it left your
possessionr
81 can not, Major Winthrop. Please con-
slider that it is utterly and absolutely inn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

The funeral of a Colorado editor
who charged State official with be-
Ing such dastardly robber that he
would rife a cannon, was largely ak
tended.-Rashingto Cvitie
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

to be established IN the Caucasian province
of Kutais, with a view to Introducing there
the manufacture of altar Of roses, for which
Russia now has to depend upon BulGaka
aud Turkey
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

There would be no objection
raised against any Ascending fnancier
settling in Canada if he would drst
settle in this country.--Bin2AGs,te&
Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
CHAPTER XI.-CoNr1NUEr

copyrighted, 1855, by the A. ". Kellogg Nesos-
paper COnspany1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

S1Iy ~, our IatuerSi
If you can imagine these words, half
sung. half chanted, slowly, in broken
time and on low key, by hundred
voices, to an accompaniment made by
the jingling and clashing Of chains,
you will have faint idea of the
''Miloserdnaya," Or exiles' begging
song. Rude, artless and inharmon-
ious as the appeal for pity was, 1 had
never in my life heard any thing SO
mournful and depressing. 1t seemed
to be the half-articulate expression of
all the grief, the misery, and the de-
spair that had been felt by generations
of human beings in the etapes, the for
warding prisons and the mines.
As the party marched slowly along
the muddy street between the lines of
gray log houses, children and peasant
women appeared at the doors with
their hands full of bread, meat, eggs,
or other articles of food, which they
put into the caps or bags of the three
Or four shaven-headed convicts who
acted as alms-collectors. The jing-
ling of chains and the wailing voices
of the exiles grew gradually fainter
and fainter as the party passed up the
street, and when the sounds finally
died away in the distance and we
turned to re-enter the post station, !
felt strange sense of detection, as if
the day had suddenly grown colder,
darker, and more dreary, and the
cares and SORROWS of life more burden
some and oppressive. George KEENAN,,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
LOYAL AT LAST.
A Tale Of Love and Adventure in
the Late Civil War.
By BERNARD BIGsBY,

AUTHOR OF "ELLENS SECRET" FALLEN
AMONG THIEVES =" amy LADY FANTAs-
TICAI," AND OTHER STORIES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

ITO WHAT do you attribute the curative
properties of your springss'' asked visito.
at q health resort. sWell." answered the
proprietor, thoughtfullv, II guess the adj
vertising I've done has had something to do
with it.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

this afternoon, The speaker was No
Kenxie.
~ no cares for Major Wmthropr' was
the grun reply.
do. q, Plat, is it not enough that hav-
ing disgraced your mother and sister by
your illconduct, you are driven to come here
like q thief in the night to beg few dollars
from me; that you have gambled or drank
every cent you could cali your own away,
but you must add theft to your mad folly.''
s. You mean that cursed watch and chain !''
"I do. 1t is no use for you to deny that
you took it, for / saw you glide from the
window the night you robbed me. Yet, for
your sisters sake, have kept the crime a
secret"
ST tell you I'll get it back for you," was
the sullky response.
You must do more. You must tell me
who has possession Of it. 1 am almost
frenzied when think of what may be pos
sible. know the grudge you bore poor
Barclay; I heard you threaten him that
night at Charlottesville. You shall not
leave this place tonight until you have
made clean breast of every thing"
I" And who. to hinder mel"
There was then sharp scufle, and Harry
dropped from the window and flew to the
spot, just in time to catch in his arms Nc
Kinzie's Keeling form and see the figure of
a man drop to the other side of the boarded
fence.
''There-thank you-I am not much hurt, -
the young man cried, while he clung to
Harry so persistently that pursuit after the
fugitive was impossible. at was only a
fellow I knew in better days-he was I'M
fortunate-we had some words-and you
see my sickness has not left me very strong.
Pray come quietly back to the house. !
would not for a great deal disturb the
ladies in their slumber.''
Harry thought for a moment before he re-
piled. He had not shadow of doubt but
that this young Platt, who apparently was
the ne'er-do-wel son of his hostess, was
his friends murderer, but he shrank from
duplicating the man, who was about to mar
ry the ruf1ian's sister, in his conviction. So,
acting on this impulse, he said, as uncon-
cernedly as though receiving disreputable
acquaintance in gardens at midnight
were common occurrences: swell, let us
go back to bed, my dear fellow, and if
| were you, I wouldn't wander about by
starlight till was a little bit stronger
But in his heart OF hearts he swore that
| it should go hard with the festive Mr.. Plat:
| if once he could get upon his track.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03
ENLEs. BEGGING SONG.

n Touching Incident OF Life ON the Greos
Siberian Road.
] shall never forget the emotions
reused in me by this song when I
heard it for the first time. We were
sitting. one cold. raw. autumnal day,
in q dirty post station on the great
Siberian road. waiting for horses
Suddenly my attention was attracted
by a peculiar, low-pitched, quavering
sound which came to US from dis
lance. and which. although made APP
parently by human voices, did not
resemble any thing that I had ever
before heard. 1t was not singing, nor
chanting, nor wailing for the dead. but
q strange blending of all three. 1t
suggested vaguely the confused and
commingled sobs, means and entreat-
les of human beings who were being
subjected to torture, but whose suffer-
ings were not acute enough to seek
expression in shrieks or high-pitched
cries. AS the sound came nearer We
went out into the street in front Of
the station-house and saw approach
ing chained party of about hundred
bare-headed convicts, who. surrounded
by Gordon OF soldiers. were marching
slowly through the settlement singing
the ''exiles' begging song" No at
tempt was made by the singers to pitch
their voices in harmony or to pro-
nounce the words in unison; there
were no pauses or rests at the ends of
the lines; and I could not make out
any distinctly marked rhythm. The
singers seemed to be constantly break
ing in upon one another with slightly
modulated variations of the same
slow, melancholy air. and the effect
produced was that of rude fugue or
of funeral chant. so arranged as to
be sung like a round or catch by a
hundred male voices, each Independent
of the others in time and melody, but
all following a certain scheme OF vocal
ization. and taking up by turns the
same dreary. wailing theme. Tha
words were as follows:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

Have pity on US. o our fathers!
Don't forget the unwilling travellers,
Don't forget the long-imprisoned.
Feed US, o our fathers-help US!
Feed and help the poor and needyi
Have compassion. o our fathersl
Have compassion, o our mothersl
For the sake OF Christ, have mercy
On the prisoners-the shut-up onesi
Behind walls of stone and gratings,
Behind oaken doors and padlocks,
Behind bars and locks of iron,
We are held in close confinement.
We have parted from our fathers,
From our mothers,
We from all our kin have parted,
We are prisoners:
Pity US, o, our fatherSi
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-11-16
The Influence o. Tobacoo.

"rhe first impression made by tho
smoke OF t"bacco is Through the blood.
said u prominent physician to a re-
porter, "and inasmuch as the whole
volume OF blood courses through the
body in f"Om three to five seconds.
the indications Of it's effects are ielt
universally in the young smoker.
Aft'r II short time, as the blood be-
comrs charged with the poisons. the
organic nervous chain and the organs
II supplies are powerfully impressed.
For the young the habit Of smoking
ca'lses impairment Of growth and
physical prostration.
81 do not believe that it is possible
that any man can constantly be Q mar
tyr to dyspepsia. Cigars, if they
are good, produce dyspepsia very
quickly, for in smoking them mic otine
Is more rapidly absorbed.
''Smoking DESTROYS appetite and
enfeebles digestion. Consumption
does the same, and one Of TIE most
common presages Of consumption is
Indigestion. For these reasons I
have made it \ rule for years past to
Insist that every consumptivo patient
should abandon tho pipe and cigar.
and | have found rigid obedience to
this rule worth many formal pres
criptiOn. New York Star.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-11-16
A Oot t,on Picking Machine.

a disra rl from Aurora, ILL.,. saws:
u. II Ball has just returned from
Mississippi where lc went a few dav.
nS" t" test new cotton picker, an in-
ventl"n H. which he is interested.
company was formed in Chicago some
months ag" to experiment with and
manufacture this picker. The capitai
stock was pl;"e'i at $l.OO0, 1000. The
report of Mr.. Bali conc.,. minv the test
OF the machine in che cotton fields ia
such as t" make visions If wealth
f'"at before thr mental gaze of the
""w enthusiastic stockholders. The
""achinc, while some defects are /. ,,e
re"'e'iird. demonstrated the nns.i,i,i-
ty OF what has heretofore been con-
s'dered impossible, namely, picking
cOtt0n successfully by machinerv'
The machine was driven up and down
the rows rapidly, aud took up the cot
ton 80 clean that not a double hard
full was left, doing the work Of 100 ne
groes. A machine is now being made
which will be- finished in two weeka
and vii! again be taken to Mississipp;
f"r another test upon the present
crop Of cotton.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-11-16
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
10th Judicial Distric: Ctmrr Par
l~h If Lafm,cl,p.
Succession Of Pierre Lorio. No. 1892
Probates.

Pursuant :" N order and decree oi tn.
ahove entitled c0mrt and in Ot,e.siencc 10 n
commission to mie directed, In the above en-
titird aud numbered success,on bearing dat.
II Oc:"'.er. -. lSS9. will ODER f.,r sale MT
public auction pursuant tp law to the ,xst
aud hixhrs, bidder Ut The cOurthouer In the
town "f II, hnlaux. on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 81. lsSs
between the hours Of II o'clock n. m. and 1
O'Clock p IN. the following .lc.crihe.l ,,".
pcrty. bfl"ny'n. t" he : iii SUGGESTION, rw,t:
rertai l"t "f groumd sitnatul in ,hl.
parish. in the town ot rhiboeianx, b, inx the
southern half e To- n" thirt, --,yht 3sI IA
represented "n u plan of said town made and
executed by Iam-s b. Gri"a.e on the ls,
'lav "f May, i*i.. heinx h.,,n.ls.,i in fro, or
west by l. yer Canal street, north or ,u.
w"r,is tn. hav"u LaEnrrha. BY tho other
half "f said lot NJ. thirt, eight t:Ss.: south
iv ST Bridget street. and east by Narrow
strcet. together with all the buii,llux. and
improv-msn,s thereon
;erMs and conditions Of sale Ca.h on the
spot in Uniteh States Treasury notes to nav
debts.
DESIRE H. LORIO,
Oct II, looy. Administrator.