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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
AN ARIsTocRATIc TOM.
He Covers Himself with Sheets In His he
EQf IA nj Tn

He Covers Himself with Sheets I'm His Bed
and Eats at Table.
When people search for cats in the
dead of night beneath the sp1uttering
electric lights of the thoroughfares it
is usually with vengeance and a club,
but such was not the case with Mrs.
Morgan, of Fourth avenue, near
Twenty-eight street, the other night
She had lost pet tabby and was al
most inconsolable. Besides advertis-
ing that she would pay liberal re-
ward for its return, she passed large
portion of the night searching for her
pet among the vagrant street felines
which roam in darkness. Her search
was fruitless, but at daybreak the
wicked animal voluntarily returned
and ''meowed'' for admittance at the
front door.
81 wouldn't take 500 for him." said
Mrs Moran. Then she brought him
in for inspection. He was lying asleep
in a tiny bed which had been con-
structed for his especial benefit between
snowy sheets, with his head upon a
pillow and an embroidered blanket
tucked carefully about his chin. He
was evidently accustomed to these
comforts. for he lay browsing in a
languid manner like well-conducted
cat of refined and luxurious tastes
About his neck was silver collar en-
graved with his name, Tommy
Moran" and bearing two tiny bells.
Hes the most intelligent cat in the
world" said Mrs Moran HE under
stands every thing I say to him and
eats at the table with the rest of us.
When he is tired he gets into his bed.
crawls between the sheets and covers
himself up without any assistance. I
don't believe there's another cat in the
city that could do it. I've had him
since he was q little kitten / can not
understand how he came to run away.
Ordinarily he won't associate with
common cats in the street IN. 7.
World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
THE MOONS REVOLUTION.
why We Have Need to BE Devoutly Graf,
full for Our Satellite.

Why We Have Need to BE Dev0utly Crate
full for Our Satellite.
If we could take birds view of
the portion of the solar system con-
tanning only the sun, the earth and
the moon, we should see the sun NOV
ing with rapid pace through the vast
regions of space, taking with him the
earth and the moon. We should see
the earth revolving round the sun,
taking with her the moon. We should
also see the moon revolving round the
earth, her motion round both sun and
earth causing her to move in an ir-
regular curve, always cOncave to the
sun.
We could then realize as no words
can describe how exceedingly COM
plicated is the motion of the moon in
her orbit, and admire with reverent
awe the heavenly harmony that pre-
walls even in this small portion of the
material universe. For it must be re-
membered that our majestic sun is but
a shining point, seen from the nearest
fixed star, and our earth and moon are
invisible to the suns of space.
The moon revolves around the earth
from any fixed star to the same star
again, in twenty-seven and three-tenths
days, completing periodic or sideral
revolution.
The earth meantime has advanced in
her orbit. and the moon requires more
time to complete a revolution in regard
to the sun, bringing sun, moon and
earth into line. and making the time
from new moon to new moon again
twenty-nine and half days. This is
called lunar month, lunation Or
synOdic period.
The moon is often considered as of
little consequence in the economy of
creation. But what would the earth
do, without her? She is our minister
and companion. If she were blotted
from the skies there would be no tides
of any amount, no silver crescents
hanging in the golden West. no glori-
GUS full moons flooding the sleeping
earth with soft lights and shadows,
and no total eclipses of the sun. the
most sublime phenomena on which
mortal eyes rest.
We have need then to be devoutly
grateful for our satellite. for her posi-
ton in the heavens. for the short period
of her revolution. and for all the bless
ing that follow in her train. Her move
ment round the earth is but one short
chapter in the complex history of our
nearest and most intimate celestial
neighbor. Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
FOR HOMELY WOMEN.
Mirrors That Will Make Their,Faces Loo
Handsome,

Mirrors That Will Make Their,Faces Look
Handsome.
cit is true" said dealer in mir
rors, ''that none of us know exactly
what manner of men we are. The
mirror does not enable us to see our
outer selves as others see U.S. Only
the finest mirrors approach perfection
of surface. The best are made of
plate glass. but if you happen to look
into a large mirror you discover that
the straight lines and right angles of a
room appear all awry. The reflection
most nearly true to the object reflected
is obtained perhaps from a hand mir
ror made of plate glass or from a me-
talic mirror of moderate size.
''Great pains are taken to insure a
true surface in plate glass, but few
mirrors long in use have a surface in a
single plane. A slight defect distorts
the image. I have seen homely wom-
en- look almost handsome in q mirror
by reason of a defect in the surface
that remedied bad feature. It is not
difficult to sell such mirrors to ladies
who need hatterer near at hand.
Here is a mirror that illustrates
what have said," continued the deal
er, taking down a circular glass in
closed in stout frame, which was pro-
vided with handle. The listener,
looking in. beheld an odd distortion of
his own features. One eye appeared
higher than the other, one cheek
bulged as if swollen with toothache
and the whole countenance was carica-
tured.
''Look steadily for minute" said
the dealer, and he began to turn the
mirror slowly. AS he did so the feat
ures reflected engaged in a sort of
Kaleidoscope dance. For no two Sec
onds was the face the same. While
this was going on the eyes of the gazer
felt as if they were being twisted out
of their sockets, and before the mirror
had made full revolution the per-
Torrance had become very painful.
"Feels odd, doesn't it?" said the
dealer. Nov, that mirror is a scien-
tific toy. Its surface is cast purposely
in several planes One eye is reflected
in one plane, the other in a different
one. and the bullying cheek in still an
other. The pain to the eye was caused
by the effort to adjust the vision to the
constant change of plane presented by
the revolution of the mirror."-N. Y.
Graphic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
"a ,.aasAT SCHOLARS FAYE

He'd studied every lexicon. from Portuguese
to Mexican,
A polyglot mosaic was his speech.
And his vocabulary TO Tom and Dick ana harry
Was very aitltud:nous and way beyond their
reach.
He could parley with Guinean. turk or
Abyssnian,
Kandahar.
with modern Patagonian. an ancient Baby
lonian,
ortbe men of Athabasca or Borrioboola Cha.
He could talk with cold Alaskans or with tropic
Madagascans.
Could dialogue with Greek or Jew-and Rus
sian was his pride:
But he read fashion column" and it made
him very solemn,
And he struggled with the 1ockjaw, and
crawled away and died!
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

xAey Are ExceedkDg1y Crude and Sh0uAd
Re SuPszseded By American Tools.
81 have just got back from trip to
China, said an American the other
day, land the one thing that struck
me most forcibly of all the queer
snlngs to be seen there was the
wretched agricultural implements the
people use. am in that line of BUSH
ness myself. you know, and that is the
reason. suppose. why the want of
good tools impressed me SO much. If
the Chinese are as shrewd and invent
i've as they claim to be. why have they
used for thousands of years a pillow
that is simply a broad blade fastened to
ono rough handle and never cuts the
ground deeper than six inches, gener-
ally two or three? They thresh yet
with stone roller and winnow by
tossing the grain into the air. For
harrow they use a hoe. and every
thing else about the farm is on q SINH
lar scale. The nation is largely COM
posed of farmers, and there ought to
be q splendid market there for Ameri-
can implements. One great obstacle
in the way, of course, is the conserve
tive spirit of the people and another
their extreme poverty; but if they
could once be walked up to the posi-
bilities that lie in the use of decent
farming tools the magnitude of the
demand that would ensue would well
repay the pioneer manufactures who
risked some money in the endeavor.
Fl l could only pick up some cute
washee-washee man in this city. who
could speak enough of English for me
to understand him, and who had bust
Ness acpacity enough to go among his
cOuntrymen and show them how to use
and sell the machines. / think could
make my fortune and his in a short
time"-N. Y. Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
PlTH AND POINT.
The greatest Of faults is to be co,


The greatest Of faults is to be con-
scious of none.-Carlyle-
Some men are SO lazy they
wouldn't help unload If their ship
should come in.
If none but those without fault
threw stones nobody would be hit
Galveston News
No blindness or lack of opportuni-
ty to do great things deprives any of
the right to be q good man.
The lighter the individual the
easier to float in the social swim
Washington Critic.
"A daughter is a little white lamb
in the household to teach men to be
gentlemen.
What you leave at your death. let
it be without controversy, else the
lawyers will be your heirs.-F. Os-
born.
Many a voyager has made ship
wreck on the sea of matrimony because
he didn't choose the right mate
Ocean.
There are three things in speech
that ought to be considered before some
things are spoken. the manner. the
place and the time.-SOuthey.
Wearing q diamond pin is not al
ways q ign of great wealth Many q
man carries his pocketbook on his
shirt front Weekly.
1t makes q difference about q mans
value. whether you take him at his
own estimation or that of his wife,
Somerville journal.
The looking-glass is the only truth
teller that is universally popular. But
this is because we interpret its reflec-
lions to suit ourselves, and not literal
ly.-Puck.
1t was a very proper answer to him
who asked why any man should be de-
lighted with beauty, that it was a
question which none but blind man
should ask.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
TRUE POETRY Defined.
Prof Rice Attempts tn Contradict Some
Prevailing Notions.

Prof Rice Attempts To Contradict Some
Prevailing Notions.
Prof. Thomas r. Rice, the head of
the department of English at Columbia
College delivered an instructive lect-
ure on ''Shakespeare's Dramatic Con-
struction." A great drama, he said, is
made up of two elements; first. emo
ton, and second, action. The problem
of dramatic poetry is to convert an
emotion into an action, and in showing
this Prof. Rice used "Othello" as an
example of the perfect English drama
He also gave some useful hints regard
ing the composition of poetry as fol-
lows:
The true theory OF poetic art. the
poetic movement in all ages and among
all peoples, is the movement of the
human spirit bound in the letters of its
acts. These letters are the rules of
poetic construction. To affect to be
outside of them is to be essentially I'M
poetic To break the law is to pro-
duce discord and ugliness; to
obey the law is to produce poem As
the kind of poetry becomes grave and
thoughtful. the laws of poetry become
not only more difficult to understand,
but also more difficult to apply. Ex-
pand the ballad into an epic and even
the genius of Milton stumbles, even the
art of Virgil fails. in applying at all
points the laws of narrative poetry.
Expand the song into an ode and the
world, having brought forth one Pin
dar. seems unable ever again to appre-
ciate or to apply the highest laws of
lyric expression. But there is one kind
OF poetry that in the strictness. the
goodness, the majestic force of its COM
peling and restraining laws goes even
beyond the epic art of Virgil. even
above the lyric art of Pindar. ORA
matte poetry as fashioned into sys-
tenn by Sophocles. and. under changed
conditions. perfected by Shakespeare.
reaches its results by obedience to such
laws of form and movement as tax the
mind to the uttermost. To under
stand these laws rightly and to apply
them successfully is . feat that has
been accomplished by hardly hall
dozen of the greatest poets. IN. I.
Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

The ancient sock was kind of
slipper or low shoe, generally worn on
the stage by the actors of comedy; the
buskin, on the other hand, was a sort
of boot. often very rich and fine, and
of purple color. worn by the per-
formers of tragedy. It covered not
only the foot, but the midleg. and was
tied underneath the knee. 1t was gen.
orally of quadrangular form. and the
sole was very thick. by which men of
ordinary stature raised themselves to
the elevation of the heroes they repre-
scented. Hence in ancient classic au-
thors we find that tragedy is fgura-
lively designated by the buskin, as
comedy is also represented by the
sock.-Crispin Anecdotes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
a SERMON TO PARENTS.


How Children Arc Made Imperfect Physi-
cally and Mentally.
A child comes into the world IS the
great preparatory field from which it
is very soon to emerge into the bound
less beyond. It is taken from the
womb and thrown into cradle. 1t is
doped and dosed with something to
deaden it to sleep and stagnate it's
blood 1t is denied fresh air, pure
water that goes to help make pure
physical system. It is left unfed hours
upon hours when its stomach is empty
and its physical system is worried by
want 1t is neglected when it wants
food, water or care. 1t is helpless in
the hands of those who torment it
with pins, bandages, yanks, jerks.
sharp words and fault-fnding, till the
growing mind finds itself in hell in
stead of Heaven.
AS the childs grows ON in years, its
mind, ever on the alert, as it seeks for
information of some kind. it detects it's
parents in hundreds of petty falsehoods
and learns to lie. It experiences
cruelty and becomes cruel. It is
abused and learns to abuse in return.
1t is cuffed. slapped, kicked, yanked.
jawed, scolded, worried and hung upon
the outer walls as trash, when it is the
only thing on the place that is to ac-
company its parents into the beautiful
beyond. It listens to profanity and
vulgarity, and becomes vulgar and
profane. It is lied to in all manners
of direct and indirect ways by it's
parents, and thus learns to consider
falsehOOd as a pleasure or necessity, or
both. 1t is not turned to the beauti-
full. as is the work of the glassmakers,
but is left to get up and out of darkness
as best it can. 1t is fed with food that
does not nourish, and it's body becomes
the home of ailment, malady and dis
ease. Then, when it has a headache,
a stomach-ache, blind eye, a de-
formed foot, blemish, or weak,
deformed spot, it is taught that God
made it so, when God never. yet made
an imperfect human being. Every
physical imperfection is the protest of
nature against ignorance, carelessness
and Indifference to results.
Every mentally-imperfect child is
the result of the carelessness and neg
lect of it's parents and the public.
Impure food, deleterious fluids, inn
proper care, lack of paternal love,
pernicious reading matter that distils
dirt into the young mind. all injure
and unfit it for the future. Men have
no business to have land. horses, cat
tie. wives or children until they can
properly care for what they have, and
the most valuable of all they have is
their children. Why is it that we do
not all try to treat them and their
mentalities in proper manner? Good
father and good mother, is not a child
better than a horse, a COW, hog Or a
farm?-'' Brick" Pomeroy. in Advance
Thought.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

u pays to Be honest, you say.
Granted.
Yet how many are dishonest through
ignorance, expectancy, or Intentionally.
One can be dishonest and yet say nothing
A clerk who lets . customer buy q dam
aged piece of goods. q witness who holds
back the truth which would clear prison
er, medical practitioner who takes his
patients money when he knows he is doing
him no good,-an are cuipably dishonest
Speaking CT the dishonesty Of medical
men reminds us that only the past week
there has come under our personal obser-
walton form Of dishonesty which is almost
too mean for narration.
1t is generally known that doctors bind
themselves by codes. resolutions and oaths
not to use any advertised medicines Now,
there is q medicine on the market which,
for the past ten years, has accomplished .
marvellous amount Of good in the cure OF
Kidney and Liver diseases, and diseases
arising from the arrangement Of these great
Eorgans,-we refer to Warmers Safe Cure.
80 widespread are the merits Of this med
icine that the majority OF the doctors OF
this country know from actual evidence
that 1t viii cure Advanced Kidney Disease,
which is but another name for Bright's DIS
ease.
The medical profession have put them
selves on record a. admitting that there is
no cure for this terrible malady, yet there
are physicians base enough and dishonest
enough to procure Warmers Safe Cure in q
surreptitious manner, put the same into
plain, four-ounce Walls, and charge their pa
dents $200 per VIAL when q sixteen-ounce
bottle Of the remedy, in its original pack
age. can be bought 1t any drug store in the
world for $1.26.
Perhaps the doctor argues that the cure
Of the patient justifes his dishonesty, yet
he will boldly stand up It the next county
medical meeting and denounce Warmers
Safe Cure as q patent medicine, and one
which he can not and will not use
The fact is that the people are waking up
to the truth that the medical profes- N is
far from honest, and that it does not pos
sess q monopoly Of wisdom in the curing of
disease, doctoring the many symptoms of
kidney disease, instead of striking at the
seat OF disease-the kidneys themselves
allowing patients to die rather than use q
remedy known to be specific, simply
because it has been advertised, and when pa
tents are dead from Advanced Kidney Dis
ease, still practicing deception by giving the
cause of death in their certificate as pneu-
monia, dropsy, heart disease, or some other
accompanying effect of Bright's Disease.
All this Is prjmd tdcie evidence of incom-
potency, bigotry and dishonesty.
We speak but the truth when we say that
Messrs. II. II. Warner & Co. have done a
most philanthropic work for the past ten
years in educating the people up to the
knowledge they now enjoy, especially Of
maladies growing out of diseases Of the
Kidneys and Liver, and are deserving Of
all praise for their honesty and straight
forwardness in exposing shama and dis
honesty of all Ends-EE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

An acquaintance grilled, scored.
deviled and served with mustard and
cayenne pepper. excites the appetite;
whereas q slice of cold friend, with
currant jelly. is but a sichly. unrelish-
ing meat-Thackeray.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
The Faults and ForIies Of the Az

Are numerous, but of the latter none is
more ridiculous than the promiscuous and
random use Of laxative pills and other dras-
tic cathartics. These wrench, convulse.and
weaken both the stomach and the bowels. If
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters be used in
stead of these no-remedies, theresult is &C
complished without pain and with great
benefit TO the bowels, the stomach and the
liver. Use this remedy when constipation
manifests itself, and thereby prevent it
from becoming chronic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

"A man must be excessively stupid,
IS we'll as uncharitable. who believes
there is no virtue but on his own side.
Addison.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

THE prevalence Of Malaria in large sec
tons of country where, until recently, it
PLANTATION. If you are sufferer, 1t will be
more interesting to you to know how to
get well. A few doses of Shallenberger's
Antidote will do the work, and do it fIane-
didtcly. The medicine is prompt in destroy
ing the poison, and always safe; even for
young children. Sold by Druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

Engravings OF Buildings, Portraits, Etc
II you want Engravings of any descrip-
ton = Buildings, Portraits, Machinery
Maps, Piats, etc.,-write to us for samples
and prices. Only photo-engraving estab-
lishmeut west OF the Mississippi run by
electric light
A. n. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER Co.,
Kansas City, No.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

ANY one can take Carter's Little Live
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble t
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

A Dose in Time Saves Nine of BALES Hon
ey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Fixes Toothache Drops Cure IN one minute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

FEW root crops are more profitable than
carrots. They are an excellent food for
horses and colts, and they stimulate the
flow of milk in cowA.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

THE rarest and choicest Of precious metals
is gallium. It is valued at $3.50 an ounce.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

MAKING good butter IL not the simples,
thing imaginable, and it is not an exception
to the rule that knowledge is essential Il
SuCceSa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

Mrs. Mead. of San Jacinto, Cal. re-
Gently plowed 100 acres Of ground with
q team of oxen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

ENGLISH army authorities are consider
ing project for enlisting young boys an(
letting them grow up into soldiers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

CfcIINa has become the rage In parts o,
Spain. and large numbers Of machines ar
being shipped to Barcelona
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

TIE sale is reported of a piece OF property
in Chicago 1t the rate of $50 q square inch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

FoR strengthening and clearing the voice.
use browns Bronchial Troches." 81 have
commended them to friends who were pub
lie speakers, and they have proved extreme
IL servlceable. ''-Reu. HenyV Ward Beecher
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

The guitar is becoming very fashionable
in England.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

MI friend, look herei you know how veal
and nervous your wife is, and you know
that Carter Iron Pills will relieve her, nov
why not be fair about it and buy her q box
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell II sc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

FENCING has become so popular anon,
ladies' upon the continent that many con
vents include it in their curriculum.