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The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04
ORIGIN OF THE WAKE.


Engllsh Festivals VIII ch Have Been Held
for Many Centuries.
The wake is the popular English
equivalent for the ecclesiastical term
vigil. The wake" or ssrevel" of q
cou ntry parish was of old the day Of
the week, and, afterward, the day Of
the year, on which the church had been
dedicated. On these occasions the popu-
lation gave themselves up to Wholesale
revelry, and the people disported them
selves in all kinds of games and athletic
exercises. These amusements OCCASION
ally drew together largo crowds and
the large crowds attracted the legion of
hawkers and merchants, until the
wake" or dedication festival, degen-
Grated into . common fair without any
religious elements in it.
To remedy some of the more glazing
evils, Edward l., in 1855, passed . statute
forbidding them to be held in church
yards; and in 1448 Henry VI enacted
that no display of wares and merchan-
disc should be allowed on the great
festivals Of the church. A fnrther A.
tempt was made to regulate theh in
1888 by Henry VIII. who appointed that
the wake" should be held in every
parish on the same day, the first Sum
day in October, but this was never gem
orally observed. In the Book OF
Sports" of Charles /. wakes" are ex-
pressly mentioned among the feasts
which should be observed, and though
the custom since the Restoration has
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A BLAME. FOOL.


Blame fool!-wall mebbc SO. but, then, he
want all alone,
For they's lots o. folks thought death song
wot's found ther life groan;
An thet's wot happent joey Thorne, an ef ne
war fool,
rhey's plenty others left 18th us upon the ole
foot-stool.
She KEN up from the city for to what she called
''enjoy
The bcwtchus rooral scenery, an let the breezes
toy
An wanton with her ringlets,"-an' lot o.
mush like that,
witch p'raps soun's gran an pikcherskew. but
Icall-wall darn nat.
But Joe was kind o. dreamy-like an all thct
sort o. bosh,
Jes' sort O soaked right inter him. an made
him think b'gosh!
She was wingless angel, 18th voice like gold
ing hnrps-
AM all thet kindo truck shelled out by oil them
Shaikspere sharps-
An SO when they was any drives or walks 1t
happcnt that,
Fooliike, Joe would hang around an have q
little chat:
An then they'd start together, an while Joe'ud
60 to fetch
A bunch o, water lilies. she'd set on rock an
sketch
Il think she called it that) and Joe 'ud come
aroun' an talk
About the dangerous lily" an the 'srosc an hol-
lyhawk."
'srhe hummin' o. the drowsy bees" an 'rwit-
term o. the jay
An 'kerliderscope o. nature" and the 'dyin'
orb o. day."
An so things KEEP on jss' thiswa till summer'd
passed. an Joe
KEN TO the house the night aforc the day she
he'd 10 go,
An when they was alone, he said he'd hey to
IBID good bye
An then stopped short and bit his lip, an tried
to shade his eye.
guess the light fared up too bright, an thet's
what make Joe blink;
He allus wuz that nervis-like, an allus had, !
think,
Some trouble bout his eye-sight-but he braced
Well, you know jes' how 1t is yerself-the story
that's so oldi
An Carrie-well, she kind o. smiled, an reached
an Tux his hand,
An spoke about her visit, and tole Joe to un-
Thet she 'ioyed her trip to Rosevale. an that ef
Mt any day
He'd need q friend-but Joe turned round, an
stared, an walked away.
An So one day Joe disappeared an lef note
behind
A-sayin' Of they missed him, they need on'y
look an find
Him sleepin in the water-fer thet he he'd
..on'y gone
Fer 70 fetch bunch of lilies from the old &C.
customed pondr'
An thers wot happent Joey Thornc. an CT ne
war fool
They's plenty others left 'ith us upon the ole
foot-stool!
-K.c. Taplcy, in Jury.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04

J. J. Franois, b. G. Of Hong Kong. can
be, like Defoe1 immortSl creskion.
monarch Of AL he surveys when he Iands
upon the island Of Bslsmbangsn. on the
coast Of North Borheo. The islbnd wss
conceded to Mr.. Francis during ! holi-
day visit which that gentleman paid "a
Borneo last year, and h described a
being cloee upon nfty miles In circum-
ference. and lying shout ten or eleven
miles 0n the extrome northern poinf a
Borneo. tits 10 miles from the port 81
Sandskan. ard has no iuhabftanfa nor
sny sraoe Of any. The northern half Of
the island y : sandy plsln, ven suited
for paaturing cattle OF Tor cocoannt
planting. The 1eher side consiatu 81 {
dense Jungle Of large troes. son,ethfrv
affer the style d tie dark forest whicS
- impe4ed M. etan1ey In his ltst io1sr-
ney acress Affion- TIE shore. se 4
common II TIE tropics; q friured vfth
nnangfovea There i n abuudance 81
hne Limestone On the hills, the highest
ef xh1eh feeehee over 40 foek and In
the valleys Is poiI evidently very nufte-
bic fpf co1loo planting. There sro t,vo
god MI Wild cntt1e ara ancrr-
ently 1tondnhk sud there 1re t6rss
spectes q dpee. and plenty Of wild pixs.
but no orooo1f1eG. So fax Mr.. Frsucis
ha9 1osnod no dohnite tdes g "a whef
he sheH DO With BaIembanesn, bnt he
tnten1a e ssnd Z eompetent man down
= enor3ne ~ report ppoa the r]accL e
QQlt@jo n r, s r.
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Cocoa should never thicken In the
oup; II Il does It shows the presence o.
starch Of some kind
Hash Roll: Take : rich bisouis
dough, roll into . long sheet and spread
Il we'll With butter and finely mashed
ham or beef already cooked. Roll Up,
MACE n 4 deep plate and steam nearly
three hours. This needs good brown
eravv IN serving, and IL makes an ad-
.,ir.bIe sumner dish. Western Rural
To avoid the odor which too often
a1le the house when cabbage or other
vreeu vegetables arc boiling, follow
thess si1ple directions: Put your
ssbbaoe in : net and whom you have
boiled 1t nve minutes IN the nrss POI q
water. lift It ont, drain tor few sec.
onda and place carefully In second
not which you must have full Of fast
hoijfno water on the stove. Empty the
iIrst water away and boil your cabbage
till tendsr In the second. Boston Bua-
get - =
tapiocs through several waters ana
cover With cold to stand several hours.
Then set over the IRE, sdd pint OF
boiling water and lot simmer slowly
until the tapioos il perfectly clesr.
Sweeten : quart Of blackberries stir IN
the tapiooa, take from tho hre. pour IN
| : dish. stand aside to cool and serve very
cold with cream and sugar. Farm ana
Fireside.
-Cucumber Fritters: Peel and grste
su11 .,ro,vn tander cucumbers. Press a1
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04
PuNcENT PARAoRAPHs.


HE who fights and runs away, may
get shot in the back. Texas Siftings.
We saw 9 bald-headed man in the
very last row, but it was at church, not
the opera. !.
Spontaneous combustion il some
times caused by an accumulation OF
oiled rags and sometimes by . collection
Of insurance policies. ."-Elmira Gazette.
Miss Plaingirl- ~ sometimes fear
that he doesn't love me; yet he kissed
me last night" Miss Prettypert- Then
you may rest assured that he loves you-
IN. Y. Sun.
--Mothor tof spoiled child) ~ am
greatly obliged to you for bringing my
little boy back" Organ Grinder-sI
fraida he teacha munka bada tricks. -
N. Y. Weekly.
--Snooper-'It's no wonder they arc
always finding microbes. bacteria and
such things in France" Simersl -
"Why?" Snooper-''B Because France Is
just the place for Parasites. !"
The Young Veteran =" Smithers?
Smithers is retired artist" Retired
artist eh? Why. be is only twenty
eight years old. That may be; but
you don't have to be very old to retire
from art.
The scene IL Roman studio: Chow
do you know that old fellow is IN Amer
ican?" because he asked the price Of
of that Madonna. Any other but an
American would have asked who painted
Society.
--"Judre of INV horror. madame, "A I
yesterday caught my little Otto, aged
three, in the act of tearing my newly
written poems into fragments." Lady
"What! Can the little fellow read?'
Journal Amusant.
1T ia not imnossible TO say msnv
more ORIGINAL. tbinoa about original
sin, and the fashionable preacher would
do we'll to pound some Of the fsshiona-
BILE sins Of fashionable sinners Of the
present time.-N. O. Picayuue.
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04

when Ripe They Are Anene the Most
Wholesome "a Frs'fs.
The value Of bananas g food IS not
generally appreciated Ripe bananas
are among the most wholesome OF foods
and their nutrlave value y very high,
ahording al the elem9Dts necessary to
lie. According 70 table o. reiative food
values u appears that pound OF ba-
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04

soiENce AND INDUSTRY.
The sales Of Dresden china ct the
works in Meissen last year amounted 70
s475, 600, the greatest sum ever realizeo
in = single year. =.
Ito coat tin dishes TO Withstand the
action OF chemicals used in developing
and toning photos, use : quick-drylng
asphalt varnish, ss that for bicycles
The highest military authorities
have determined to build in the neigh
borhood Of St Petersburg large isc-
tory for the use Of smokeless powder.
One hundred boys and girls Of Wood
land, Cal, whose ages range from twelve
to nineteen years, have formed Co
operative Fruit Canning and Drying
Union.
lit is reported that An effort is being
made 1t Atlantis, Ga. to organize COM
pany with 500, 900 capital to establish :
newly-invented system Of electric mo-
tive power.
1t has lately been shown that II two
coins are placed ON opposites sides OF >
plate Of glass and electrified for two
minutes they will lesve ; perfect image
Of themselves upon the glass
Herr Meyer, In : recent address In
Heidelberg. announces than we raay
reasonably expect that chemistry viii
teach us to make the hbre Of wood Z
source of human food. Wood hbre con-
sists essentially Of cellulose, from which
-. -x----
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HELD BY THE HEEL.


T was a few years
ago on . dark
Summer nj g b t
that the advent
ure l am about
to relate befell
me.
I b ere had
been a tragedy
at L., t h e
ci umstances
of which we're
so horrible and
cruel that when
b Q particulars
were given t o
t b g public all
N 9 W England
was aroused TO
The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-04

I UTTERED sHRIEK AFTER SHREK.
10 80 Junction. eight miles beyond,
board the train there, and be in the city
at daylight
determined to act on this sugges-
tion. and after few further inquiries
set OF toward the village. The moon
had gone down. and thick clouds COW
cred the sky. 1t was as dark as pitch.
Not leaf stirred. 1t seemed as though
the night we're holding its breath, pre-
monitory symptoms Of lachrymal out
fnrst ot rain. ] did not mind the gloom,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
CltpRfn~


Mrs. Meadow, one of the owners OF
the Spoiled Horse mine of Montana,
recently drove into Helena on buck.
board, unattended, carrying a gold
brick worth $4,000 It took two Dor.
tiers and truck to get the heavy mass
of gold from the wagon into the bank.
The Flathead Indians of Montana
differ widely from most other tribes on
this continent. They are not warriors,
nor are they lazy and good for nothing.
On the contrary, most of them are
thrifty farmers, whose industry and
skill are attested by big stacks of hay
and grain about their dwellings.
Rev. Henry Adams, rector of St.
Paul's Church in Buffalo, says: GAS to
Sunday newspapers, the sooner the
Christian world recognizes that the
Sunday paper has come to stay, and
that it reaches to the thousands who
don't come to hear us preach, the bet
ter for the people,
The property Of Harvard is valued at
%, O00, 600, of Columbia $9, 900, 600, of
Cornell &c, 250, 600, and of Johns Hop
kins 81 ,000, 900. The annual income of
several of them amounts to S5OO, 900.
A Montana mining company has
ERECTED and furnished library and
residing room for fts employees
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
THE SOUTH.

CARROLL S. MACGILL, of Baltimore,
Nd, finished his task of eating thirty
quail in thirty days and won his wager.
IT is stated at New Orleans that Jake
Kilrain will be offered by the Southern
Athletic Club the professorship of box
ing, and that he will accept the position
and make New Orleans his permanent
home.
BURKE, defaulting Treasurer of
Louisiana, is reported to be in Spanish
Honduras.
SwITZER, NEwITTER & Co. and other
firms were burned out at Vicksburg,
Miss, on the night of the Oath. The
loss was SIC, 900.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, of Gainesville.
Ga, stenOgrapher of the Cherokee jul
dietary circuit, and Anna Jones were
married recently. The bride is seven
teen years old and is a daughter of Rev.
Sam Jones. The parents opposed the
marriage.
A SERIOUS race riot occurred at
Jessup, Ga, on Christmas day. Two
whites and several negroes were killed
and many wounded.
THE funeral services over the late
Henry w. Grady took placeat Atlanta,
Ga, on Christmas day. His remains
were inferred in Oakland cemetery.
THE Governor, of Texas had informa-
ton recently that riot was threatened
in Tyler County, and ordered out the
militia to aid the sheriff in keeping the
peace.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, was afflicted
with a race riot on Christmas day.
One colored man was fatally and an
other seriously wounded. A veritable
reign of terror existed at Jessup, Ca,
the killed numbering ten and the negro
Brewers outlaw gang being hunted by
armed parties of whites.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
THE SOUTHERN QUEEN.
Cuban Annexati0nists Looking to . Union
With the United States-Advantages Of
Annexation.


Cuban Annexationists Looking to = Union
With the United States-AdvantaEss of
Annexation.
caused by Senator Calls resolution in
favor of the acquisition of Cuba by the
United States has not subsidized. 1t
increases if any thing, although not so
openly displayed. A cablegram from
Madrid tends to keep up the anxiety
and showing that the prevailing opinion
in the mother country is that the
United States Government, although
appearing to be Indifferent, is aiming
at annexation. The liberal party in
Spain is taking advantage of the
situation and is pressing the Govern
ment to grant Cuba all the liberties and
privileges she claims and thus secure
her fidelity and defeat the claims of
the annexationists. In Cuba Calls
motion has taken hold not only of pro-
fessed annexationists, who are in larger
numbers here than is generally
supposed, but also of vast
majority of the Cuban people,
who profoundly believe that it
was presented. in the Senate in ac-
cordance with some secret resolution
passed in the Pan-American congress,
which is the bette nOir of the loyal
Spanish party. The Hidalgos believing
Spain to be still the Spain of the Fiji
teentb century never cease to declare
that ''the eTer-faithful island'' is not
for sale, that there is not enough treas
;ure in the world to buy her, that force
can not take her. and that Spain would
= 1 =. I,or
last soldier to maintain the integrity of
her territory. They contemptuously
ignore the possibility of Cuba going
over to the United States of her own
accord, yet the party in favor of such
action is growing every day. 1t en-
braces all the liberal and disconnected
elements of the population with pow
erful nucleus of the old republican
party, which has made many efforts to
establish the independence of the ISL
and. All now see their only hope is in
the United States. They claim
Blaine is we'll aware of the i'm
portance of Cuba to Spain, and are con-
WINGED that before long Cuba will enter
the American confederation, where her
commercial interests and political as
pirations lie. The plundering and
ruinouS ADMINISTRATION of employees
whom the Spanish Government sends
to Cuba have greatly increased the
public discomfort, and has converted
with the anneXationists a large number
of rich Spaniards belonging to the con-
sentative party, who see their fortunes
melting away through steady deprecia-
ton of property of all kinds. All these
disaffected elements only need to be
united under a strong hand to make
the annexation sentiment of the coun-
try tell. Then Cuba would fall as
naturally to the United States as ripe
pear to the ground. One of the strong
est incentives of the patriotic annexa-
tionists to union with their great
neighbor is that their fair island may
be saved from the grasp of negroes and
the fate Of Hayti and San Domingo,
to which it is tending.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
TEN KILLED.
A Fatal Accident on the Chesapeake 4
Ohio Railroad-The Victims.

A Fatal Accident on the Chesapeake Z
Ohio Railroad-The Victims.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.-Oficers of the
Chesapeake s. Ohio railroad have in
formation from White Sulphur Springs
that passenger train No. going west,
was wrecked about two miles west of
White Sulphur Springs by a broken
axle and ten persons killed.
The mail car, combination car, coach
and one sleeper were derailed. The
sleeper was turned on it's side. The
other sleeper, ROckbridge, was not in
jured. The coach telescoped the COM
bination car, and there the loss of life
occurred.
The following were among the killed:
Kidder Kidd, of Hannibal, No.; -
Barksdale, baggagemaster,o of Hunting
ton; II. Morrison, mail clerk, of
Charleston; he was not on duty but
was returning to his home; newsboy,
name not known two colored
men, names not known, who worked
on the Allegheny section; Thomas
Karsch, of Blackstone, Kan; j. d.
West, of Howardsville, Va; the other
two names are not known.
About ten are reported injured,
but only the names of two are
given, who are most seriously
hurt-the conductor, Schweikert,
whose legs were crushed, and Section
Master Meyers, who was hurt in the
back and breast. The dead were sent
to Ronceverte and the injured to the
Caldwell Hotel at White Sulphur
SDrinpS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
GENERAL.

ADIsPATCH from St. Paul de Loanda
says the American solar eclipse party
made some fairly successful expert
ments, although clouds interfered.
PRESIDENT CARNOT, of France, who
is suffering from influenza, is slightly
better.
THE Bell Telephone Company in the
past year has put out 80. 900 phones.
REV. MIR. STURGEON has had another
severe attack of govt.
The French Government has ap-
pointed a committee to examine the
plans for bridge across the English
channel.
DIscOURAGINGrumo existed ON the
23d of Samuel J. Randall's health.
THE fight between Jem Smith, the
English pugilist, and Slavin, the Aus
tra1ian, took place in Belgium on the
Esd. The fight was pronounced draw,
the English bruiser's friends prevent
ing finish, as it tended in Slavin' g
favor.
AT a meeting of the Brazilian Sugar
Company in London the chairman said
that the new Government in Brazil
had shown every desire to follow the
honorable course of the old Govern
ment and had paid the moiety of inter-
est due the company.
THE London Daily News says that
Germany viii send an ironclad to Bra
zil to protect the German colonists on
the Rio Grande.
DIR. ScHWEINFURTH, in a letter
from Cairo. urges the German Govern
ment to secure the services of Emin
Pasha and send him to the interior of
Africa to cOnciliate the Arabs and
create a commercial center at Lake
Tanganyika.
THE rumOred consolidation of the
Wisconsin Central and the Northern
Pacific under the name of the Grand
Central. was denied by the officers Of
the former road
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Assistant Secretary Of the In
terror has Overruled the decision of
the Pension Commissioner refusing a
pension to Mrs. Sarah A. CorsOn be-
cause proof was lacking that her hus-
bands death was due to the effects of
the service. Mr.. Bussey holds that the
doctors outside of the medical expert
thought death was caused by wounds
received in the service.
EDwARDfT. WAITE, son of the late
Chief Justice Waite, died at his
mothers home in Washington on the
23d of Bright's disease.
Mr.. ANNIBAL PRICE, the new Hay
tien Minister to the United States, has
been presented to, the President by
Secretary Blaine.
of Kansas City, who committed suicide
by drowning himself in the Potomac
at Washington, took place at Airing
ton. The remains were buried under
the auspices Of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The Secretary. of the Interior has
allowed S5,779 of the original claim of
Smith & Smith, of Cove County, Kan,
amounting to ST., 1873 for depredations
committed by the Northern Cheyenne
Indians in 1873.
A STRONG effort is to be made early
in Congress for the passage of postal
savings bank bill in accordance with
the recommendations of Postmaster
General Wanamaker.
THE football game between AnnapO-
lis cadets and the Washington football
teams was witnessed at Washington
by large number of naval officials and
others. The game was won by the An
napOlis club with q score of 20 to O.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent a num-
Der of Christmas gifts to the poorer
mem bers of the G.. A. r. in Washing
ton.
THE widow of General George III.
Thomas died suddenly at Washington
on the 25th.
THE President accompanied by Sem
ators Edmunds and Hawley and others
left on the 26th for a three days duck
hunting trip to the mouth of the Poto-
mac and along Chesapeake bay. They
went in Commodore Bateman's steam
yacht.
SUPERINTENDENT HAMILTON, of
the marine hospital service, has pre-
pared regulations to prevent the intro
duction of leprosy into the United
States.
THE Secretary of the Navy has
adopted new design for the flag Of the
navy, to take effect July L, 1891. 1t
will be applied to both the flag and the
union jack of the navy and consists of
a rectangular arrangement of the forty
Two star3
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
THE LATEST.

AtBRANCH of the British Sailors and
Firemen's Union has been formed in
New York and increased wages will be
asked January IA, when there will be a
grand street demonstration. The long
shOremen are with them.
By a collision between freight trains
in cut near Meyer station, below
Scottdale, Pa, the other day both en-
gines and fifteen cars were wrecked
and the train men all injured but not
fatally.
A .CAvE-IN of large proportions oc-
CURED at Plains, a suburb of Wilkes
barre, Pa, recently, when, without
warning, the surface of the earth settled
and great holes appeared, some of them
thirty feet deep. st. Leo's Catholic
Church was damaged, as were the par
sonage and several other buildings.
WILL and Calvin Odell, brothers, of
Burnett County, Tex, charged with
murder and robbery, were killed the
other night by the deputy sheriff of
Edwards County while resisting arrest.
BUSINESS failures tDun's report) for
the seven days ended December 81
numbered 2S8.
THREE new Bishops of the Roman
Catholic Church. were consecrated at
st. Paul, Mimi, Oh the 9th. They
were Rev. John Stanley. of st. Paul;
Rev. James Mciiolrick, of Minneapolis,
and Rev. Joseph r. Cotter, of Winona.
On the Frazier river road near Van
couver, B. c., six young men were out
sleigh riding when tree fell. crushing
the sleigh and four of the occupants
and the horses. The other two escaped
with severe bruises.
ONE house was wrecked, a Steeple
blown down and other damage done at
Fall River, Mass, the other night by
storm. No one was hurt.
By the giving way of a scaffold fifty
feet from the ground on a new bank
building in Baltimore, Nd, three men
fell and two were probably fatally i'm
jured.
JOSEPH NEWMAN and Ernest Lom-
berg stepped from Chicago street car
In front of a freight train the other
evening. Newman died in two hourH
and Lomberg's case was critical.
NANHIZE, an Apache Indian, who
murdered Lieutenant Seward Mott, of
the Tenth cavalry, on the San Carlos
reservation March iG, 1887, has been
hanged at Globe, ARR.
THE cable working between Maran-
han and Rio de Janeiro has, according
to latest adviees from Brazil, ceased to
work. No cause is given for the break
in the line, as means of communica-
ton between the two points are limited