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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
THE ARBOR DIAeOLI.

Discovery Of Third Specimen OF the
CarLivOrous Devils Tree.
have taken much interest in the
study of botany during my sojourn in
this country, the fora of which pre-
sents one of the richest fields for the
scientists in the world, and have wan
dered some distance from town on sew
eral occasions in my search for
specimens. On one of these expedi-
tons noticed dark object on one of
the outlying spurs of the Sierra Madre
mountains, which object excited my
curiosity SO much that 1 examined it
carefully through my field-glass. This
revealed that the object was a tree or
shrub of such an unusual appearance
that I resolved to visit the spot.
rode to the mountain. the sides of
which sloped sufficiently for me to
make my way ON horseback to within
a few rods of the summit. But here
was stopped by an abrupt rise so steep
that despaired of reaching it even on
foot Invent around it several times
seeking for some way to climb up,
but the jagged. beetling rocks afforded
not the slightest foothold. On the
top of this knob stands the tree I had
seen. From the spot on which / now
stood could see that it somewhat re-
sembled in form the weeping willow.
but the long, dropping whip-like limbs
were Of dark aud apparently Shiny
appearance, and seemed possessed of q
horrible lifelike power of coiling and
uncoiling. Occasionally the whole
tree would seem a writhing. squirm-
ing mass. My desire to investigate
this strange vegetable product in
creased on each of the many expedi.
tions I made to the spot, and at last
saw sight one day which made me
believe had certainly discovered an
unheard-of thing. A bird. which ]
had watched circling about for some
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
P,TH AND posNr.

"A fool must now and then be right,
BY chance.
Not every one who has the gift of
speech understands the value OF ST.
lence--Texas Siftings.
Why not reverse the ancient Or
der of things? Let trouble go to pro-
test and borrow happiness once in q
way.
1t takes genius to tell a good lie
that will stand the test of investiga-
tion- ANY simpleton' can tell the truth.
III one would be pungent he must
be brief; for 1t is with words as with
sunbeams' the more they are con-
densed the deeper they burn.-South-
ern.
-Gayety is to good humor as per-
fumes to vegetable fragrance: the one
cverpowers weak spirits, the other rec
reates and revives them.-Dr. s. John-
son.
Some men are smart because OF
what they say. Others are great deal
smarter because of what they don't
say.-Merchant Traveller.
The power to hate truly what is
evil must be involved in the power to
love truly what is good, and must, in
deed. usually precede the growth OF
the highest kind of love.-Newman.
There is a sweet pleasure in con-
temptation, and when q man hath run
through set of vanities on the declen-
sion of his age, he knows not what to do
with himself if he can not think. -
Blount-
Duty ought never to wait on feel
ing; but feeling ought always to wait
on duty. A man ought never to pivot
his duty on his feelings; but every
man ought to conform his feelings to
the demands of duty.-S. S. Times
Many confess that they are proud;
| come will even confess that they are
| vain; some will sigh frankly over their
passionate tempers; and others will
admit that they are of careless dis
positions. But who tells. who con-
fesses how mean she is, or how sly, or
| how envious?-Jean Ingelow.
What maintains one vice would
bring up two children. You may
think that little tea or a little punch
now and then, diet little more cost
ly, clothes perhaps little finer and a
little entertainment now and then, can
be no matter, but remember many a
| mickle makes a muckle; and furthes,
beware of little expenses; a small leak
will sink large ship.-Franklin.
Any body can soil the reputation
of an individual. however pure and
chaste, by uttering a suspicion that his
enemies will believe. and his friends
never hear of; puff of the idle wind
can shake a million seeds from the
thistle and do a world of mischief
which the husban dsman must labor
long to undo. Such are the seeds of
the slanderer. so easily sown, so diff
cult to gather up. and so pernicious in
| their fruits.
No man can maintain himself in a
position of great prominence suddenly
thrust upon him unless by instinct and
education he has been prepared for the
responsibilities of the place. Nor can
a man bear the strain of temptation in
such circumstances, and in a position
of trust and confidence, unless his con-
science has been educated and his
sense OF responsibility to others has
become rule of action in his daily
life-Once a Week
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06


Hoe-Water . Poor Reward for Lie a.
Well Told ~ This-
''Pretty rough, this Oklahoma bust
ness. but no rougher than Texas was
when first went out there" said the
man with the sandy goatee. as he laid
aside his paper.
-Were you ranching?" asked one OF
the group.
mo, sir; was a railroad station
agent"
Must have seen great deal of law
lessness?'
Oceans of it, sir;> oceans of it.
had to kill five men in the year 1866. u
You did!'
Eyes, sir. and wound as many more.
Didn't want to do it. you know. but it
was kill or be killed. The crowd LEI
me alone after awhile. but the Indians
were a great nuisance L was just
counting up how many L killed in
tweuty-eight months, and / was great
ly disappointed.
''How many did you make oute"
'.Only thirty-four but am satisfied
that l have left out seven or eight
somehow. When such a thing as that
is once off your mind it is hard to re
call exact figures"
You have had some narrow es.
capes."
lover a hundred, sir, and been
wounded sixteen different times. The
boys once put up rattlesnake job on
me to try my nerve"
'How was it?"
''They caught five big fellows, and
turned 'em loose in my Office while ]
was at supper. When returned was
very busy thinking, and so walked
right in On them without warning"
Mercy on me! And then? -"
81 got seated at my desk. and the
serpents began to rattle and menace
me. Three of the boys were looking
in at the window, and I was deter
mined not to show a sign of weak
ness"
''But you might have been bitten. y
Il was bitten. Three of the snakes
struck me in the left leg"
'.And you didn't die?"
'.As you see."
But-you-you-"
81 had a quart of whisky, and drank
it and counteracted the poison. II
wasn't quite enough, however, and
there are days now and then when
feel very queer"
what is the exact sensation"
Every dry in my throat, and al
ways make bold to ask any gentleman
near me if he carries a flask. If any
of You gents haDDens to have such an
article with you 1 shall be ever sc
grateful. 1 think 1 feel the Fremont
tory symptoms.
But we haven't. We are all dele
gates to the temperance convention al
Dubuque"
''You are. Well, took my chances
and lost. That's the last time 1 tell
that lie unless 1 see the bulge of a
flask in some ones pocket before
begin. That's the third time to-day,
and / haven't got the first smell of any
thing but ice water."-N. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
THE COFFIN rausr.
One Of the Oldest and Most AutocrAtie -
American Combinations.

One Of the Oldest and Most AutocnAtte -
American Combinations.
The coffin trust is one of the oldest
of the obnoxious combinations of cap
italists for the advancement of prices
in their wares. and is also one of the
strongest In fact, every attempt dur
ing the past few years to get into the
business without first knuckling down
to the trust has proven a failure. The
only undertaken in Chicago who has
succeeded in continuing in the busi-
ness without paying tribute to the
trust is one who does his own manu-
featuring and finishing. When the
trust was first formed it consisted only
of a combinati on of firms manufacture
ing and dealing in the bent wood
only used in manufacturing collins.
Year after year the trust has
been gradually enlarged until
it now includes the hardware,
cloth. metallic and in fact every thing,
and the manufacturers refuse to sell
any unfinished collins. The combina-
ton is now so strong that any firm at
tempting to engage in the business
without first depositing a forfeit and
signing the iron-clad agreement of the
trust is at once boycotted. and manu-
facturers of the various articles used
in making and finishing a coffin are
prohibited from selling goods to the
outside firm on pain Of being included
in the boycott. From year to year, at
the annual meeting of the trust. the
price of the various articles used has
been increased until at the present
time a coffin, when completed, costs
fifty per cent. more than it did eight
years ago, and there seems to be no
remedy for the evil. At least a num-
Der of the undertakers in Chicago who
were talked with by reporter claim
this to be fact. One of them said:
elf L should buy single article man.
ufactured outside of the trust, and the
fact became known, the trust would in
the future refuse to sell me any goods.
Experiences of the past have proven
SO conclusively that the trust has
every thing so completely in its own
hands it wouldn't be safe for me to in
cur its displeasure by encouraging
new outside enterprise. Not long ago
company was organized in Indiana
to go into the coffin manufacturing
business. and member of the firm
came to Chicago to look over the field.
They agreed to furnish collins nearly
fifty per cent. cheaper than we are at
present paying for them, but failed to
get sufficient encouragement to go on
with the enterprise, as every one ap-
peared afraid to deal with them, ard
the enterprise was abandoned. We
hear good deal about the Whisky
Trust and other combinations, but
none of them are as strong and arbi-
trary as the Coffin Trust. Chicago
Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
TOLD BY 1HE WAVES.

was child, but the sea was old.
Gray and old was the roaring sea.
When first his mighty waters rolled
AT my restless feet and sang to me:
I was child, but the washing waves
In their wailing grief or their fitful play.
Called my name in the hollow caves,
And told me stories of yesterday.
OF strange old time, know not when, Z
OF distant land, know not where6
or Home beyond the thoughts of men,
And beyond the reach of my fondest pray'r.
was child, but the gray old sea
Told of a time that was long of yore-
Told of past Eternity
Like the great infinsty before.
Long have trodden his beaches bare,
Gathered his sea-weeds brown and wild,
Scattered his spray from my waving hair
AS though were still little child.
But now no more does the ocean tell
His mystic tales of the Past to me,
For hear in his ceaseless surge and swell
The call of far Futurity.
Arthur l. Salmon, in Once Week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
A Double-Shotted Conundrum.

Bromley. whose pate is rather bald.
was at the mirror in the coujugal
dressing-room brushing the locks at
his temples with hair brush that had
little hair in it. Mrs Bromley was
watching him from sofa near by.
Now, Bromley has a weakness for
conundrums. and so he faceti0usly
asked:
''Mrs. Bromley, why is this brush
like my head?"
He expected her to say: because it
is sadly in need of hair" and he would
have accepted that solution with COM
mendable patience; but, unfortunately.
the cOnundrum. like the hair-brush.
had another side to it, for she prompt
~ replied:
Because it is nearly all wood. -
Time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
HINTS TO MOTHERS.

Some Useful Suggestions About the Care
and Training of Children.
All children posses Imagination in
a greater or less degree. and in the
management of the nursery this faculty
may be ranked among the important
ones. In trifing matters where no real
principle is involved L always consider
the easiest way is the best way. as, for
instance, this morning. when my three
year-Old girl took it into her head not
to be dressed as usual, and curling her
tiny pink toes beneath her gown de-
clared mischievously she wouldn't
have any 'tOckin's on at all. :"
For minute was nonplussed. Baby
had not been well for several days and
was just in the humor to rebel vigor-
Ously against inforced obedience. Pa
pa was in the sound morning sleep
that BELTS a night worker, a cry
must be avoided. if possible, so as a
thought struck me l held the small
stocking invitingly open, and said,
pleasantly: THE naughty little foot
said it wouldn't go into this stocking,
but the stocking said I'm going right
on that foot to keep it warm all day,
and the stocking went right on" as
sure enough it did, while baby looked
up with laugh and the question:
What other 'tockin' say, mammal"
and the difficulty was over, though
each article of clothing had to say
something as it was put in place.
Long ago I devised a somewhat sim
liar method for nail-cutting and hair
combing processes, neither of which
give me any trouble, though some of
my more prosaic neighbors. who do
not ''believe in such things" have a
continual howl from beginning to end
of the operation. My oldest was
an only child for several years,
and very delicate one, SO
in winter she was housed
good deal, but / had scarcely any
difficulty. for imaginary playmates
visited us for weeks at a time, assist
ed in the doll-housekeeping, slept and
ate with her and gave her as much
happiness as real ones could have done
She was timid child, disliking to 90
into dark room or upstairs alone, so
L made use of the imagination that
caused the fear to aid in conquering it,
for she would cheerfully go anywhere
as long as the pretended visitor ac-
companied her.
A capricious appetite that refuses a
plain slice of bread and butter will
relish the same if cut into small squares
and called ''caramels," as know from
experience; and SO in Thousand and
one ways a mother can use her child,s
imagination as a factor for good in its
education, and by ingenious devices
rely upon it to assist her in various
nursery dilemmas.-Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
vANDERBiLTS KITCHEN.
Where a $4,000 Chef Prepares Food Ii
Silver-Lined Cooking Utensils.

Where a $4,000 Chef Prepares Food In
Silver-Lined Cooking Utensils.
Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt's chef has had
such renown that the temple in which
he moves and the altar at which he
officiates must be of interest. Both
are worth his cost to import and worthy
his talents Mr.. Vanderbilt.s kitchen
is really very beautiful to the eye. The
purity of marble. the luster of tiles
and the CLEAN of metal are what one
sees. The floor is of marble. the
shelves, the tables, the sinks, all the
things that are rarely moved are of
marble and cut with the precision of
jewels. The walls are lined with
cream enameled tiles and ali the angles
are covered with brass mouldings.
Where these meet the doors and win
dows they are covered with these metal
holdings. dispensing even with wood
en- trim. The ceiling is made of white
enameled tiles set in cement. But one
does not imperil the head of $40, 600
cook with a loosely-set brick, SO. each
tile is also secured with raised metal
bolts.
Accounting all this CLEAN of white
IL is set in one corner under a large
semicircular hood enriched with en-
bossed copper ornaments and swung
from iron bars wrought in spirals and
foliations. This hood is SO powerful
an agent in carrying off the odor and
greasy steam that it will watt from
the hand a newspaper held under it.
The coking utensils are in keeping
with all this splehdOr. They are of
copper with wrought-iron handles,
many of them ornamented, and some
of them have been copied from special
pieces in the Cluny and other mu-
seums. Luxurious cooking utensils are
indeed the thing of the moment, and a
wedding present not disdained is
set of copper silver-lined, such
as are now displayed among gems
and gold at the jewellers.
Leading from the kitchen to
the buffers pantry are spiral stairs
entirely inclosed in glass to shut out
possible odor, yet retain the light
And this is so successfully done that.
although the kitchen is directly below
the dining-room and buffers pantry.
nothing disagreeable makes its way
alOft.
Before referring to another attach
ment of this kitchen. allusion should
be made to the drains and hose outlet
in the center of the marble floor. for it
is by hose which may play fearlessly
in any part of the room that the
kitchen is kept clean Connected with
the kitchen, and built under the side
walk, is series of vaults. These are
for ice. meat, vegetables. milk and
eggs, and are built in three sections OF
hollow masoHry, that they may be
kept free from damp. and have perfect
ventilation The heavier articles.
such as ice and meat. are put In
through the sidewalk with derrick ana
hoist, which relieves the kitchen OF q
good deal of unpleasantness. as every
bousekeeper may imagine.-N. I. Let
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06

The largest compressed air estab-
l1shment in the world is at Paris. II
has plant with 5.00O-horse power.
Begun in 1881 to distribute the power
necessary for the driving of pneumatic
clocks. it was not long before it was
discovered that the air could be profit,
ably used for two other purposes to
distribute motive power to manufact-
urers by day and to produce electricity
for lighting by night The works.
which are on the heights of Belleville,
on the edge of the city. now occupy
an area of 107 500 square feet. or two
and half acres. two-fifths Of which
Is covered with buildings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06

"A lame Dublin attorney wanted to
be enrolled in volunteer corps
You'd never do" said the ofiicer to
whom he applied for admission; 1.-The
more We told you to march. tho more
you'd halt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06

During the past twenty years there
have been granted in the United States
S28. TIC divorces
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
KERRY.

Sir Maurice O'Connell, who Owns
large and wide-extended estate in the
barony of lveragb, has adopted the
means of buying cattle from his tenants
in lieu Of rent due Of. them. Prior to
the agitation he had fixed two days in
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
sim MONS.

~ TATE OF MINNEs OTA, County of Henne-
- pin. District Court, 4th Judicial District.
William = Conrad plaintiff. vs. Julia 5. Form
walt, Martin L. Fornwalt and Nelson NJ. Bauld-
win, defendants.
The State of Minnesota, to the above named
defendants:
and required 10 answer the complaint of the
plaintiff in the above entitled action, which is
filed in the office of the Clerk Of the District
Court of the 4th Judicial District, in ard for the
County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota,
and to serve copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber: at his Office, in
twenty days after the service of this Summons
upon you exclusive of the day of such service;
and il you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Dated Minneapolis. Minnesota, July 9th, 1885,
FRANK r. HUBACHEK,
Plaintiffs Attorney
No. 55 South Fourth Street.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
SI NJ MONS.

cTATE OF MINN ESOTA, County of Henne-
- pin, District Court, Fourth Judic District.
William S. Conrad plaintiff VS.. Julia s. Form
walt, defendant.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the com plant of the plaintiff in the
above entitled action, which is filed in the office
of the clerk of the District Court of the Fourth
Judicicial District, in. and for the County OF
Hennepin and State Of Minnesota, and to serve
on the subscriber, at his Office in Minneapolis i'll
said County, within twenty days after the
service OF this summons upon you exclusive Of
the day of such service and if you fail to
answer the said complaint within the time afore-
said the plaintiff in this action will take j'1dg
ment against you for the sum Of one hundred
thirty seven ($l57 dollars and fifteen (15) cents,
with interest at the rate of per cent per annunl
from the lst day of January, 1889, together with
the costs and disbursements Of this action.
Dated July 3lst, 1889.
FRANK r. HUBACH HEX,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Mimi, No. IS South Fourth street.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
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Irish Standard" Job Printing com
pany.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE sALE.

WHEREAS Default has been made in the
W conditions of certain indenture OF
mortgage made and executed by Harvey T.
Lewis, single man, mortgagor, to Celia Byrnes
mortgage, dated on the 9Th day of July, 1881
and recorded in the Office Of the register OF
Deeds of Hennepin County. State of Minnesota
On the 9th day of July, 1887, at 2:3O O'Clock p
NJ, in book 22l of Mortgages. On page "a. given
to secure the payment of the sum of Three
Thousand $4,000 Dollars. in three Years after
said date, with interest, until paid, at the rate
of eight per cent. per annum, payable SEMI
annually, according to the terms of six coupon
notes of even date Herewith and thereto at
tached for the sum of $l2O each.
And whereas default has been made in the
payment of two of said coupon notes for interest
due and payable, respectively, on the 9th day Of
January 1889; and on the 9Th day of July, 1889,
said mortgage having elected to declare
the whole principal sun secured thereby,
due and payable as is provided in said
gag and a the ot Is Of to be
said mortgage and the debt secured thereby, the
sum of three thousand two hundred and fifty
six and 67-lQ0 ($3,256 SD dollars, and no pro-
ceeding at.iaw or otherwise having been had or
instituted to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue Of the power Of sale IN said morteage mo-
suant to the statute in such case made
and provided, the said mortgage viii
be foreclosed and the lands therein described
namely; Lot numbered ten 00) in
Block numbered eight (S) in Wolvertons ad-
dition to Minneapolis according to the plat of
office Of the Register of Deeds in and for said
by the Sheriff of Hennepin County,
der, for cash, at the front door of the Court
House. in the City of Minneapolis in said Hen
nepin County, Minnesota. on Monday, the 10th
day Of September, 1889, at 10 o'clock. a.
NJ. of esaid day, to pay and satisfy the
tmount which will then be due upon
said mortgage and the debt secured
hereby, including interest as aforesaid
md expenses Of said sale, and taxes. if any.
md including. also, the sum of fifty (S5ON dol
ars as Attorneys fees stipulated in said
mortgage.
Dated August Sd, 1889.
CELIA BYRNES.
Mortgage.
ANKENY & MERRILL, Attorneys for Mort
Ainn.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
TYRON
Philosophy Of the Day.

The degrees OF luck are so various
that they can be applied to all circum-
stances.
Wisdom waits TO be asked for advice.
Truths differ. Sometimes they are
| told to a mans face, and sometimes
behind his back.
The truth about some men is not
told until after they are dead.
Vanity produces corns and vexations
Of spirit
Trusts are combinations of men and
corporations that cannot trust one
another.
If every man could have his way, the
world would be almost depopulated.
Some men discipline themselves to
death.
A denouncer of the drama is often a
terrifying character in the drama of
his own conscience.
Experience gets there every time
Much sympathy is thrown away on an
ambulance patient. It may be only a
case of plain drunk.
Worry kills more men than wars.
A woman tired of hearing of love is
tired of loving.
Men would be less wicked if they
would hunt for fewer opportunities.
Great men can outgrow nicknames.
Sometimes it is wiser to beg pardon
than to fight. The other fellow may be
bigger, and black eye is cloud.
The man that never knows the time
of day is always too late or too early to
wait.
When policeman says ''Move on!"
it is wise to move. He has two advan-
tages: a club and the semblance of law.
The man that guesses at probabilities
often over-reaches the man that waits
for the truth.
Many a man lives on the reputation
others make for him.