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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
HIGHEST EVER PAID.
One Of Meissonicr's Famous Canvnses Sells
for $4,000 Francs.


for $4,000 Francs.
Pail Mall Budget
There is nothing like art as an invest
ment-if you only, know what to buy and
when to sell. Here, for instance. is
Meissoneir's 1914, which, as reported from
Paris, was purchased the other day from NJ.
Delahaute by dealer for 500, 900 francs and
Immediately resold to M. Chauchard,
formerly manager of the Louvre drapery
shop, for 900 francs. This amount
($165, ,000) is not only the highest price ever
given for picture by living artist, but,
in proportion to the size OF the work, is the
highest price ever given Tor any picture by
any artist living or dead.
The BlenheIm Raphael in the National
Gallery fetched ETA per square inch; the
Terburg. e24; the tiny Correggio, Egg. But
1914" which is 80 inches by 20, has
fetched e5S per square inch, thus beating
by 60 the inch Mr.. Ruskin's Meissonier az
inches by 81, which sold at Christie's in
1882 Tor e6, 1890, or ESQ per square inch.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
USEFUL IN THE KITCHEN.

Very Simple Arrangements for scrapIur
Meat and Scaling Fish.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.l
The accompanying sketch illustrates yery
thoroughly simple and novel kitchen
utensil, with which meat can be finely
scraped and which also serves for the SCALING
Of fish. IT is made OF steel plate con-
structed in the shape OF shell. Its
upper part is provided with wooden
holder,f the lower part is sbsrn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

LII in long hay he stood
and raked, and I stood
by and asked: "was
Evelyn Belle truly such
Q beautiful girl?"
"She wur thet, indeed,
stranger. I mind her
comm down the old lene
thar singin' an smilin'
ter husself. Thar wern't
anything wrong tn e m
days. It war a purity
thing ter see her ridin'
astraddle er the young
colts, an dashin' over
ther fields an fences
erround. She didn't
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
CHAPTER VI.

What recalled this phase of my dream to
my memory was the following trihe: On en-
tering the sitting room next morning, saw
. gorgeous spray ofgolden rod in vase on
the little round table in one of the windows.
This brought my dream to me like fash,
and for the time being / was nightly
tickled by it. :
The hospitable doctor was In the kitchen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

seem ter keer-she didn't, far nothin. ,
One night, nigh unter seedin' time, las
fall, my wife, Mandy. woke me up an call
tibet thar was somebody huntin' coons over
thur in the woods back er the
thicket, an when I went, 10! thar
wur nobody but Evelyn an the dogs, out
in ther middle O. thet night. by her
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

toothed. Readers can easily see how this
unique device must be handled. If used for
scraping and chopping meat this must be
first cut in thin slices. Then hold the piece
of meat with your left hand and with the
right scrape the meat with the scraper, ap-
plying slight pressure. Chopped meat
prepared in this way is much looser and
more juicy and perfectly free from fbers,
which is not the case with meat that the
butcher chops for us. In scaling fish the in
strument is used In much the same manner,
being scraped against the layers of scales.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
VIRGINIA SKETCHES.
Sad Story Of Evelyn Belle and Her
Faithless Foreign Lover.
OF MOST RARE BEAUTY.
Clim bing the Indian Trail That Leads to
the Top Of Stony Man.
An ASCENT BY BALLOON PROPOSED

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.J
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
TESTING THE COINS.

How Uncle Sans Assayer Gets the Average
Metal of a Silver Dollar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

tlon, ana was rewarded Dy seeing tne doctor
drop the spoonful of cream that he was
but not before 1 congratulated myself on
my subtle diplomacy.
"Who is Joan?" he asked calmly.
"You shall hear all in good time, doctor
Just now am working to surprise you.'
"Lecoq Fox" he nodded approvingly.
'You deserve the name. Ahl but the guilty
would tremble if they knew you were on
their track. I am proud to call you friend.
Joani" he murmurred, thougktfully. sit
is pretty name!'
"And the maiden that bears it is also
prettyp' 1 answered, again at random, but
with inspiration.
This time my host was entirely unmoved.
Detectives are lucky men," he said,
chucking gayly. "Lecoq Fox and the da-
mozelle Joani If were younger, / could
envy you"
exerted all my skill to draw him out,
but he was either too ignorant or too cum
ming to fall into the trap. A After the one
success 1 scored, he defed me with his
laughing good humor, assumed of course.
He INDUCED in smiling discourse on the
word "Joan," quoted Latin, Greek, German
and SanscrIt ior all 1 know, and enlight-
ened me on a wonderful page of religion s
history. For time interest absorbed sus-
picion, and Joined in his laughter till my
sides ached.
But had work to do. parted with the
doctor and devoted a couple of the morning
hours to the runaway Durand. questioned
everybody within radius of quarter of a
mile, but not single Individual could give
me the smallest item of information. No one
bad seen Durxnd, no one knew that he had
gone away. No one remembered to have
seen him on the day before, but soon dis
covered that everybody suspected him Of
freely TO his friends of his love affair; he had
called Ella Constant, the murdered woman, .
'leech, ''curse of his life, and an obstacle
to o rich marriage. I also learned that he
was head and ears in debt, and that the Que
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
ARTICLES OF ANTIQUITY.

On exhibition at the Third National
Bank in Scranton is check bearing the
signature of George Washington. 1t
was drawn just three months and one
day before his death.
A RESIDENT OF New York lately
bought for SLIPS the jewel casket of
carved ivor9 presented to Columbus, ac-
cording to the Latin inscription on the
lid, by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1903.
QUEEN ELIZABETH's prayer-book is
shown in the Tudor exhibition in Lon
don. It is bound in @namelled gold,
and printed by A. Barker in 1874. and it
is one of the chief wonders of the Tudors
shown.
THE speech with which Oliver Crom-
well turned ParliaEaent out of doors in
1868 has come to light through the
researches of DIR. Wolfgang Michael.
and there is Strong evidence that it is
authentic.
The most valuable book in the world,
according to the Rivista Typografica, is
the Hebraic Bible, at the Vatican. In
1919 the Jews of Venice tried to buy it
of Pope Junius IL for its weight in gold
It is so large and heavy that two men
can scarcely lift 1t, and would have
brought s1O0, 900 Il the Pope had not re-
4Q8eQ % 04RQl149ee -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

The Turning point
in woman's life brings peculiar
weaknesses and ailments. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
brings relief and cure. 1t is a
powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic and nervine. 1t Inparts
strength to the whole system In
general, and to the uterine organs
and appendages in particular.
Rundown" debilitated and deli
cate women need it. It's a legiti-
mate medicine purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless. It's guaranteed
to give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Nothing else does
as much. You only pay for the
good you get. Can you ask more ?
AS a regulator and promoter of
functional action, at that critical
period Of change from girlhood to
womanhood, "Favorite Prescrip-
ton is perfectly safe remedial
agent, and can produce only good
results. 1t is equally efficacious and
valuable in its effects when taken
for those disorders and derange-
ments incident to that later and
most critical period, known as "The
Change of Life"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
THE KANSAS DROUGHT.

A Light Rain MISUNDERSTANDING MOhlep
Advises Planting For Feed.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. IA light rain
fell here yesterday afternoon. It was
not enough to do the crops any good,
but it cooled the atmosphere and broke
the heat which had been excessive for
the past four days
Hon. Martin Mohler, Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, said: 81
have no information as to the extent of
the rain, but if it had covered the whole
State its benefits would be limited,
so far as the corn is con-
cerned. There is mech corn in
all portions of the State, especially in
the western and southern portions Of
the State that is totally beyond help,
and no amount of rain could be of any
benefit to it. There is larger area, of
course, that is not SO badly Off and that
a good rain now would help, making 8
yield of, say, 80 to 40 per cent. of a crop.
In Eastern and Northern Kansas good
rains now and for the next two weeks
will give yield of from 50 to so per
cent. of an average crop. Aside fsom
corn, however, rains will be of great
benefit to all portions of the State.
Pastures are scorched and water is
scarce. Good rains will start
the pastures afresh and may per-
haps produce a fair crop of late hay,
which would be a fine thing for she
farmers. The indications now ere, as
Stunning that the rain did not extend
generally over the State, that the hay
crop will be lighter in Kansas than in
any season since 1887. Farmers Gill
have to depend upon fodder targets for
feed this coming winter and they will
be wise if they follow my suggestion in
the circular which l have just issued
and plant corn, millet and cane
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

can become reconciled is under dis
cussion. The city is tranquil.
Disorders continue in the agricul tura1
districts. The great Southern Rosario
railway has been torn up in places.
Troops have been dispatched to protect
the workmen repairing the road. Traffic
is suspended.
A TRAITOR.
LA LIBERrAD. Aug. LIT is reported
that General Rivas. who was recently
recalled from Honduras by the Honduras
Government to raise troops around the
Coadjutepec and join the main army
operating against Guatemala on the
frontier, turned traitor after having had
a fine reception in the capitol When
he was supposed to be on his way to the
frontier he turned back his forces of
1000 Indians toward the capitol and
stormed the barracks. There fighting
has been going on two days, but no de-
tails have been received, as commune
cation has been interrupted since Gen
eral Rivas started the revolution against
the Menendez Governments some months
ago, but was defeated. He then fed to
Honduras
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
Good Northwest Crops.


MUNICH, Aug. L-Minister Won Lutz
is seriously ILL He has symptoms of in
sanity. After raving like mailman he
falls and remains PROSTATE for long
time. Upon recovering he is too weak to
stand He is often delirious for twelve
hours at time and has the appearance
% o. nrunk KEN man ~. aosed With morphine
he had lucid moment and begged his
physicians to allow him to die Point
ing to his swollen feet he cursed the
doctors for keeping him alive without
giving him moments relief from the
tcsydble pains that xacked him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
Geoshehnn,. Double Crab.

PARIS. Ill, July SA-Albert Geoghe-
nan. city clerk, is missing. He is short
omcialiy, and by his connection with a
bank until year ago, between SIS, 600
and SIC. 600. His stealing while in the
employ OF the bank was accomplished
oy failing to turn over the amount of
small notes when paid off, which notes
did not appear in the cash receipts of the
day. His robbery of the city treasury
was done by duplicating and raising
city orders His family are in the CITY
and his wife is Frustrated with grief. 1.
1s understood an effort viii be made e
bring him 70 Justice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
GREAT HAVOC.

Slx Thousand People Killed and Wounded
BY the Bombardment OF Buenos Ayres-
A Salvador Traitor.
BUENos AYREs. Aug. During the
instruction here the ironclad feet
which had joined the revolutionary
movement bombarded the city for two
days. Serious damage was done to
many buildings, especially those in the
vicinity of the Plaza Victoria One
thousand persons were killed and 5000
were wounded. The shipping in the
port sustained no damage.
The banks are open, but the bourse
remains closed A press censorship
has been established. The formation
of Cabinet upon which the factions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

The high position attained and the univer-
sal acceptance and approval of the pleasant
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs as the
most excellentla laxative known, illustrate the
value of the qualities on which it's success
is based and are abundantly gratifying to
the California Fig Syrup Company.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

1NvALIDs, aged people, nursing mothers,
overworked, wearied out fathers, will find
the happiest results from a judicious use OF
DIR. Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters. Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary to change the tide to-
ward health, ere the diseasebecomes chronic
possibly incurable, and there is nothing
better to be found in the whole range Of
mdteria medtcd. Sold everywhere.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THERE has nerer been anything discovered
that will equal Dobbins' Electric Soap for
all household uses. 1t makes paint look like
new, and clothes as acki:e as slOlC. Our wash
woman says it is a pleasure to use it Ask
your grocer for it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

and the martyr OF to-day is that one was
burned at the stake and the other has bis
steak burned for hiIn.-AtchiSon Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

ALL through summer and fall I was
troubled with chillS and fever finally got a
bottle of Smith Tonic Syrup, which stopped
the chluS atonce--C. H Wells, Midwife. Ga.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
New and Elegant Train Service.

The train service on the New York Gen.
trail is being constantly improved. Never
there SO many fine trains being run on this
line, and the business is steadily increasing.
Last year, the Company carried over is, COO
the number viii be considerably larger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

Do NOT suffer from sick headache a mo
ment longer. 1t is notnecesSary. Carter.
Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one lit
tie pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THE world is full of shoddy and shams,
but real merit is always recognized. Thirty
years ago DIR. Shallenberger discovered an
Antidote to the poison of Malaria, which has
had an immense sale, although until recent
ly it has not been advertised in single
newspaper. Merit alone has sold it all these
years, sbecause It cures when all else fails.
and is just what is claimed for it 1t infal-
Ebly destroys Malaria and could not harm an
infant. Sold by Druggists, or sent by mail
for one dollar. Address.
DR.. A. T SHALLENRERGER Rochester Pa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

1.-THE match is off, remarked Squillkin
as the ewly-married pair started on thei
wedding tour.-Binghamton Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
Gratifying to All.

A PRIVATE wedding and a pat f1nd" are
cases.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THE paragrapher that was hanged said t.
tbs crowd around the gallows: This life il
but hemp-tie show.'0N. Y. Graphic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

If the tobacco habit could be cured like
swear off.-Binghamton Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

HONESTY is the best policy, but. all the
same, it isn't safe to give many people a
fair chance to Steal.-SomeryiIle Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

Your child is troubled with worms. That's
why he is SO peevish and cross. Give it DIR
Bulls Worm Destroyers. They taste goo6
and will make him healthy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

HAVE you seen the Rams Horn? If not
write to e. P. BROWN, 661s North Penn. St
indianapolis, Ind.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

E. B. WAL1HASL Il Co., Druggists, Hors.
Cave, KY, say: Halls Catarrh Cure cure.
every one that takes it, By Druggists, 15c
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

BILIOCsNEss, dizziness, nausea, headache
are relieved by small doses OF Ca-.er's Lit
tie Liver Pills.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

IT seems quite natural that the threads Of
conversation should sometimes produce
long yarn--Binghampto Republican
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
RAIN! RAIN! RAIN!

waterproof coat it is the farmer. He knows that
Z" Fish Brand Slcker" costs him less per year than
any garment made Did you know IL rains or
SHOWS day IN three the whole year through A
Fish Brand Shcker" makes every day pleasant
day 10 Its lucky owner. Go anywhere with Il IN
water proof Costs less than rubber, and lasts ten
times as long. Rubber is good for show days, but
wear and hard weather, get the " Fish Brand
Sfeier" Every good thing has its imitation, so
has the 81 Fish Brand Sficker.'' Look out Be-
of worthless limitations, every garment stamped
with az Fish Brand Trade Mark Don't ACCEPT
any inferior coat when you can have the " Fish
tculafs and illustrated catalogue free.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

RED, angry eruptions yield to the action
of Glenn'S Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

"How DO you feel nowF' asked the sledge
hammer. "An broken up,'' replied tn,
scrap-iron.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THE only reliable ground hog is the com
mon domestic pork sausage.-N. Y. Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

WY are shoes like congressman That's
easy because they're SO frequently paired
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
SUCCESSFUL NEGROES.

Remarkable Progress of Negroes ON 90 Gsk
and Off South Carolinsn
CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. 1.-The cen
sus man who was assigned the enumer-
alton of the Sea-Island coast of this
State has made a most remarkable die
covery. Hawai- ISLAND, some miles
down the coast is owled by
two families of the ante-bellum
Sea Island barons 1t had been
thought to be uninhabited until
the census man visited it on official
business He expected to find there a
handful of American citizens white and
black, but he was agreeably and wonder
fully disappointed. He found large
black colonysof about $50 souls, and in
making the tour of the island he, of
course, expected to find the population
ignorant On the contrary, he had
struck a region, the only one in the
world in which all the inha bitants
were English speaking, reading and
writing negroes Every negro he met
could read and write. Every child OF
suita BILE years could also read and write,
and the women were just as intelligent
as the men. All were prosperous and
prospering under the wise rule of a mu-
lGGto cacique named Quash Stevens.
Good Northwest Crops.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Aug. 1.-The
best authorities estimate the wheat
crop of the present season in Dakota
and Minnesota at 100, 900, 600 bushels
Colonel G: d. Rogers made guess a
year ago and although he started out
10, 600 above all other crop prophets,
bull or bear, he came out OF
the wheat campaign with colors
flying, for he hit just little un-
der the mask. President Greenleaf
of the Chamber of Commerce is pretty
good prophet and he agrees with Colonel
Rogers as to the total production. He
places Minnesota at 40, 600. 600 bushels
and the Dakotas at 60, O0O, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THE lazy bootblack does not improve each
shining hour. He should take lesson from
Howdoth, the little busy Been. O. Plea
yuQe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
Though Totally Destroyed

By dyspepsia, bodily comfort may be re-
vived again by the potent aid of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which renews the proc
esseS of digestion and assimilation, thus
furnishing the system with the elements of
vigor, the groundwork of functional regu-
larity. Fever and ague, constipation, liver
and kidney troubles, rheumatism, are over
appetizer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent SINAI
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
FURIOUS FIRES.

eJort1Scres Burned Over q t ChicaEo-Great
Fire at Seneca Falls, n. "
CHICAGO, July S1.-Fire, supposed to
have originated from a spark from a
locomotive, started about seven o'clock
last evening in the lumber yards just
north of the mouth of the Chicago river
and famed by heavy breeze it spread
rapidly, burning over nearly forty acres
before II was subdued.
At $50 o. m. the indications were thae
the fire might be one of the most extern
sive that has occurred in Chicago since
the destruction Of the most valuable
part of the city in October, g.S71. 1t be-
gan on the docks of Fitzsimmons &
Connell, contractors. and rapidly spread
to the lumber yarEs of E. E. Aver & Co.
and Z. E. Whitcomb & Co.
All about the locality where the
flames started are vast stretches Oval
liable lumber piles and manufacturing
Establishments. The region is known
as the north pier and is situated on the
north side of the river, not more than a
few squares from the site of old Fort
Dearborn, the Indian trading post that
marked the beginning of Chicago0 COM
mercial impor lance. A wilderness of
ships and wharves rendered the place al
most inaccessible for fire engines, but
the fire boats provided by the city
for just such an emergency remedied
the difficulty in measure. The scene
of the fire is penetrated by tracks of the
Chicago & rthwesternSailway, which
crosses the river near by for a junction
with the Illinois Central and the east
ern trunk lines. Skirting the North
western trgsrks are the lumber yards Of
the Peshtigo Company ani1 H. Paencke
& Co.
1t is estimated that the total loss will
exceed $500. OOo. The principal losers
are: Aver & Co, $4,000, partly in
sured; FitzsimmOns & COnnell, $40, 600,
no insurance; Chicago & Northwestern
railway, $4,000, on forty ears, and the
city of Chicago, 100000
THE FIRE AT SENECA FALLS.
SENECA FALLS n. ", July S1.-The
Pew building, against the erection of
which three or four years ago earnest
protest was made, fulfilled its mission
as fire trap yesterday morning, and it is
feared has also proven a death trap.
Shortly after three o'clock the build
ing, which was directly opposite Hoag's
Opera House on Fall street, was discov-
cred to be burning in Sutherland &
Sq0ire's restaurant In few minutes
the entire structure was on fire. At
seven o'clock the commercial part Of
the town was in ashes or in flames
All three newspapers were burned out
and the telephone service suspended.
Careful estimates by insurance men
and others place the loss at between
5000, 600 and $4,000 with insurance
amounting to only 100000 The heav-
lest individual loss is that of the
ThOmas-Houston Electric Company
slO0. 900, with but $40. 600 insurance
Abused by Strikers.
McKEEsPoRT, Pa, July S1.-James
Jackson, an ex-striker, started for the
National rolling mill Yesterday morn.