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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

az Virginia, IL ono enormous quagmire OF
deoayei yasation, n region Of gloom and
desoiatlon; but not more &C than the human
aystem when blocked up by aecayea animal
matter, which polsons tho blood ara otlhg5
t.tnorn ia m Otherwise happy household.
d.. Plsrce's Pleasant furgatige Pellets re-
move all waste matter, and give nature q
chance to build up.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
rig E,our MIL, burned,

LAKE Cry, MINI, June 9.--Ths Boston
Touring mill la this city, owned by o. NJ
Crnmpter of PalatkR, Fla, valued a.
S75, 600, was with Its contents burned yes
terday. The loss will reach 100000, with
small Insurance. The fire was OF incendisr.
origin,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

WHEELING, W. VA, June 6.--In addition
to the injured reported ia. Hunter ,di vision
hurt inwardiy. B. Williams Of the OHIO
River railroad was on the train and re-
ceived severe wounds, but was able to go
to the nearest telegraph office and send
news to the city. The Injured are all at
the Mcclure House and doing as well as
could be expected. ]. +. Lege Of the 8. Il
broken arm aud several severe flesh wounds.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

NEW York, June 9.--Racorder SmYthe in
part OF tho general sessions court this
morning, sentenced Brokec aaor3e Z. Poll,
Of six;h National Bank wreckinR fame, 70
Imprisonment at hard labor tor seven years
and elk months In the state prison.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

Sylvester Rice, while drinking whisky
with four companions In the woods at thu
northern end OF Po:tsvllle, on Sunday
dr. pped dead. His companions dtsap
pear0d. His death is attributed to exhaus
ton and alcoholism.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

LONDON, June GA meeting OF the share
holders In the Milford Haven Dock Com
pany was held to-day. A proposition was
approved to construct pier 1890 feet long
oil watch to land passengers from steamers
OF the Transatlantic llues.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

Charles Frazier, an employe In saloon
In Baltimore, wei into the cellar on satur-
day night to get keg OF beer. In ms WORE
he caught an electric Light wire ana WIS
Instantly billed. "
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

while the Corpus Christi procession was
passing through the Central Park, IN San
jose Costa Rlca, on the 9th Inst. an iron
railing bordering the western prone,
made gave way, falling on crowd of
peopIs. -Four psrBons were killed and
many Others seriously injured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

CAiso, June y.,--The Egyptian govern.
ment has paid to Capt, Cn1at In behalf of
Emin Pashs more than e5,0Oo as Emin's
salary ion sever years service as governor
of the Equatorial province In Africa.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
alilliaeru, sc.

MitChGll&BaSh. !
The following attractive bar
gains will be placed on sale in
the respective departments for
this week:
No. Ladies fine Straw
Hats, lacs edge, oil shapes, at
29c. apiece.
Fully worth CSC.
No. 2--Ladiea' and Children's
Black Felt Hats, at
l5c.
Worth Csc.
No. 3-Very fine Black and
White Leghorn Hats at
$1.25.
Would be cheap at 50.
NO. 4-Charlle HAts, all coll
ors, at
lie.
Worth 25c.
No. 5-Very fine Charlie Hate,
ct
49c.
Worth 90e.
No. $50 7oz. nice wreaths al
lOc.
Worth 25c.
No. IA large wreath of
sail colors, French Aowers,at
48c
Worth $l.00.
| No. 6-Our untrimmed Eats
we sell OF one half their former
prices. m.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

More Than ae Bargainod For.
Washington Star.
"Well,n said the merchant to the young
clerk whom he had sent out collecting,
ibid you have any luck2"
s'Some.n
81 suppose you got the amount Mr..
Fatherington owes ? You said he was q
personal friend Of yours"
''No, didn't get the money; the fact
is, ! don't know exactly what to make Of
my experience there"
"How was It'll"
SCI went in and said, mfr. Fathering-
ton, called to speak about matter -
didn't get any further, when he put in
with, That's all right, my boy; she ia
yours; take her and be happy"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12

RiorsT0rd,s Acid Phosphate.
III effects OF tobacco relieved by Its use.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
4 COMPANION.
James ygnltcornb Riley.


III ruther lay out here among the trees.
With the singin' BIRDS an the bum pees,
A.knowin' tliet can do ms please,
Than TO live what folk call u life OF case
Up thar in tho city.
For really don't '7actly understan'
Where the comfort is fer any man
In walking hot bricks an nsin' a fan,
An enioyin himself as he says he can,
Up thar in the city.
It's kinder lonesome, mobile you'll say,
Alvin out here, day after day,
In this kinder easy, careless way;
But a hour out here. is better'n day
Up thar in the city.
As fer that, Just look at the flowers aroln'
A-pcepin' their heads up all over the Efoua'
An tho fruit a-bendin the trees way down.
You don't find such things as these In town,
Or ruther in the city.
As | said afore such things as these,
The fiowers, tho birds an the bumlbees,
An alvin out bore among the trees
Where YOU can take your ease and do as yo
please,
Makes it bet;er'n the city.
Now, all the talk don't amount to snuff,
Bout this kinder life n bein' rough,
An fni sure it's plenty good enough,
An tween you an me faint half as tough
AS Twin in the city.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
HAMBURG and FLOUNCIRG.

We have in s ock over SOC
pieces OF Hamburg and Flounc-
ing which We sell at about one
hslf the price that you have been
paying for these goods. ANY per-
son Wishing to buy anything in
our line, it will pay you tc call
and look through our stock be-
fore buying elsewhere.
Our system Of selling every
article at a small profit, but Of a
thoroughly reliable quality, is a
willing principle Of this firm.
Strictly one price, All goods
marked in plain figures.
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.swhen may I come again, Mrs..

Monroe?"
The meek face touched en'the sell
fish nature of the woman for whom she
had sewed through so many weary days.
swell, now, 1 don't mean to keep you
waiting much longer" she said: '1et
me see-Pll let you have it before New
Years day. say the thirty-frst-"
Eyes, ma'am." SIC went ont, and
Mrs. Monroe fastened to quiet her con-
science by working harder than before
on the Christmas tree she was prepar-
ing for her children.
Kitty and Harry stood at the window
at the end of the narrow hallway watch
ing for their friend, but it was dark be-
fore her tired footsteps assembled the
stairs.
''Sit up by the stove and get warm, "
said Mrs. Roberts, reading in the de-
pressed face all that could be asked.
81 guess I'd better keep on up to my
room,' said Miss Crimp. 81 only just
came to tell the children that they must
wait a little."f
mo, you shan't go up there now"
Il don't know but it's all for the
best, after ALL" said Miss Crimp, after
the cup of tea and the warmth had done
their comforting work. and Kitty and
Harry had again found ii cir place near
har. ITO be sure, it's been on my mind
for weeks and weeks. this getting ready
Tor Christmas. But there's other things
for Christmas. Kitty and Harry always
get nice things at the Sunday-school
festival, and we are to have dinner to-
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blue-eyed and as bonny as you are, Har-
ry--came near being run over by some
runaway horses and I gave him a little
push out of the way, and he was Mrs.
Marlow's little boy, and now they are
all saying 1 saved his life, which is all
nonsense as told her, and 1 dropped
my lace and thought l had lost
it, but they found it, and that
is how they came to know where I
was And" Miss Crimp took Kitty's
small finger and with it made motions
as she concluded the marvellous story,
Mrs NARROW wants my lace to match
some she made long ago. and says such
old fashioned work is worth great
deal, and she paid me forty dollars for
it, and would insist and not a cent less.
And now, Harry, run and bring me in
that basket in the hall Mrs. NARROW
sent it with her best wishes to a little
boy and girl who have been such good
friends to me-"
BEST after all, Mary Jane" said Mrs.
Roberts, in a low voice. ''Best just as
it seemed to get to the very worst And
rejoice in it for you, for all that it
means l am to lose you"
Don't you think that" said Miss
Crimp, hastily. "Do you think all this
blessing for the New Year can come I'd
me without reaching to you and to the
children?r
Happy New Year." cried Harry, tug.
ging in the big well-f1lled basket "Hap-
py New Year to ever Sidney
Dayre, in Chicago Standard.
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THE ALP AGA.

his flock, although roaming freely over
the same grounds with the vicuna, new
ertheless keeps quite apart, maintain
ing distinct family exclusion. The
huanacos are reputed as untamable, and
the only ones ever known in captivity
retained their wild nature unchanged.
The alpaca, like the llama, IS only
found in the domesticated state, and,
like the latter, is of various colors.
white and black predominating. and
often mixed, so that heeces from the
same animal require to be assorted be-
fore being baled for market. The legs
of the alpaca are covered down, or near
~ down, to its feet by wool. or fleece,
while the legs Of all its relations. Like
short hair, giving them a lighter and
fieeter appearance.
The Hama is the largest of all its
class of animals in the Andes, standing
four and one-haH feet. and sometimes
more, from the ground to the center of
its back. It is bright-eyed, furtive-
looking creature, not to be forced or
driven, but amenable to kindness. 1t
carries load of from eighty to one hum
dred pounds for a distance of from six
to fourteen miles a day. Overloaded,
like the camel. it lies down and obsti-
nately refuses to stir In an atajo, or
drove, there is usually an old and expe-
rienced llama, who is leader, and desig-
mated by a little. tinkling silver bell
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
A Good Poultry Ration.

My hens always have free run on the
farm every afternoon during the winter
when there Is no snow. My winter ra-
tons for my 81 pullets and two cocks,
that had last season, are as follows:
In the morning, quarts of wheat.
buclwheat, oats and cracked corn. in
equal parts: at noon. one-haf bushel
of clover rowen, cut fine and steamed
with boiling water, about pounds of
meat that has been boiled off by the
tallow-man and costs 81 per hundred
weight. and three times a week boiled
potatoes or raw chopped apples Occa-
sionally fresh butchers bones, pounded
or cut up, aye given them, while plenty
of charcoal and oyster shells are fur
nished them all the time The drinking
dishes are washed out daily and clean.
fresh water furnished them At night
feed quarts of whole corn omit
the rowen feed when the ground is bare.
rs they can help themselves--Frank
Allen. f ~
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and the Alps, the great bird, the condor.
the American counterpart of the Swiss
lammergeyer. The fishes there have,
also, certain resemblance to those of
corresponding attitudes and conditions
of the Old World, proving that height,
as we'll as latitude, exercises control
ling and analogous influence on every
department and realm of animal and
vegetable nature.
There is very little to relieve the
drear monotony of the Punas of Peru
and Bolivia. Patches of tola, fragrant
shrub resembling somewhat the heather
of the Scottish highlands, form the only
approximations to vegetation that meet
the eye of the traveller, except occasional
clumps of stiff ichu grass, and kind of
swamp moss where the ground is wet.
These furnish all there is of food for the
mules or horses of the traveller in these
inhoSpitable and uninhabited regions:
and few dry stalks of the tola, which
burn out in an instant. constitute almost
che only fuel which he finds for his fire.
The absence of vegetable implies also
the absence of animal life. An occa-
sional condor, circling, mere speck, in
the clear, rarefed atmosphere, or swoop-
ing down with his fierce restless head,
60 reConnoiter the little cavalcade OF
SlVenturerS; now and then biscacha,
an animal strangely compounded of the
rabbit, the rat and the squirrel; a stray
chinchilla-theSe are about the only
birds and animals which the traveller in
the Punas sees for days together, ex-
cepting always the great droves of
1lamas, loaded with ore of tin, copper
and silver, on their way to the seaports,
driven by saturnine Indians, and the
herds of vicunas and huanacos, cousins
german of the llama, which stare at the
intruder from every side. In some val
ley, saturated with springs. sustaining
a short, hardy perennial grass, and
sheltered from the fierce blasts sweeping
down the slopes of the snowy mountains
that rise all around, will, perhaps, be
found a flock of alpacas, celebrated for
their wool, and belonging to the same
great family with the llama, the huan-
AGO and the vicuna; only the alpaca
looks little more like a sheep and less
like a deer, than the other animals
enumerated.
The alpaca is a source of real wealth
to Peru, and Its export has been forbid
den, Notwithstanding that all attempts
to acclimatize it in other countries and
chimes have proved signal failures.
1t is alleged by some that there is
such an animal as the wild llama. but
the nearest approximation, known to
travellers competent to decide On the
question, is the huanaco, which is the
largest of all the llama family, the
llama proper excepted, as we'll as the
shyest. He is, however, like the
vienna Of a uniform reddish brown
color on the back, white on the belly
and inside of the legs, with a blacklist
| head, while the llama is not only some
times of this color, but white, black,
notified, ''ring-streaked" and spotted.
The huanaco is found only in the high
! est and least accessible regions, where
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
Homo for Bald Heads.

DR.. p. A. Morrow, at meeting of the
New York Academy of Medicine, said
he had had no personal experience with
Thiersch's method. He had used gratis
very much thicker than those men
cluded not only the entire thickness of
the derma, but also simultaneous tissues
beneath. He had been led to do this in
the case of man who had become
somewhat hypocondriac because of
scar ON the scalp, which in later years
became exposed from scarcity of hair.
He first took gratis from the patients
own scalp, on the opposite side, by
means of the cutaneous punch, and i'm
media tely tranSplanted them into holes
of the same size made by the same in
strument in the scar tissue. Very much
to his qualification, union was perfect
within a week. Four gratis were first
made, and he waited several weeks to
see whether the hair would grow 1t
did He then made transplantations
from another patients scalp, and these
also grew and bore hair luxuriantly.
The gratis were fully aauarter of an
inch thick. There was no suppuration,
no untoward result He had employed
the same method in one or two cases OF
epithelioma, and, while there was nc
indication of breaking down, there had
not been sufficient time to justify con-
clusions He thought the method had a
wider field of application For instance,
it might be adopted in lupus, and in re-
moving moles, warts and other facial
Observation-Disclosures Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25

ana
settle down to what they con-
slider their hard fate in life. But
this is folly, when the farm is by far the
best place in all the world to live.
Farmers and their families need not
live without society If they will take
half the pains to cultivate it that is dis
played by townspeople As for COM
munication. country jewellers do not
half employ the facilities for it which
our Government and many others have
provided at merely nominal cost.
Thousands of farmers families do not
send or go for their mail oftener tina
once week Why? Well. it is a
mile, or two or three miles, perhaps
farther, to the post-ofice: all hands are
busy indoors and out: it is long dis
lance to walk. and the horses can not be
spared But little thinking and con-
trivance would easily suggest better ar
rangements- Does a stage. milk team.
or even an occasional neighbor pass the
farmhouse daily? Arrange to have the
mail carried and brought every day.
Many enjoy this privilege now, and If
is easy to note the difference in the in
telligence of families so served and
those who only hear from the post
Office on the day when the weekly pa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25

Tho indian drivers have sometimes .
bamboo whistle, Of plaintive note, with
which they coax and lead their namas,
sometimes taking on their hats before
them, and supplicating them. in such
musical phrases as the Quichuas and
Amayras are capable of. to proceed
The llama is equally suspicious and
irritable II aught goes wrong, his ears
are down in an instant, and his mouth
puckered for that acrid expectoration
which is as sure In aim as it is blisterinp
in result when it strikes the skin. The
animal emits strong and. to the foreign
sense. most offensive odor, which,
when one is obliged to pass through a
large drove. becomes almost unendur-
able. The females are not much used
for burden, being preserved in isolated
localities, under watchful care, for the
propagation of the species. The wool,
or fleece, is much coarSer than that of
the alpaca and vicuna, but is, neverthe-
less, largely used for making coarse
cloths, ropes, etc., in which the natural
colors are contrasted with skill and
effect. The flesh is eaten, and NAV be
suited to the tastes, in no wise epicurean,
of the jewellers in the Sierra.
But by far the most numerous and
graceful of all this diversified family,
the smallest, and perhaps the least use
full, is the lightsome vicuna, the domin-
ating inhabitant of the despobiado, and
which gives something of animation to
its cold and sullen solitudes. Singly or
in groups, often in a hundred scattered
groups, he is to be found where naught
else of life is seen, and where his note
of alarm curves hundred necks, lifts a
b hundred graceful heads, and points
twice hundred inquiring ears toward
the weary traveller among the frosty
mountain wastes On many of the mar
row, family beaten paths of the Cordil-
lera. where travel is least frequent, the
vicuna is not only to be found in great
numbers, but as tame, if not tanner, than
than the sheep of remoter districts
With his group or family of females and
young. numbering dozen or more flor
he is a Mormon). he will gaze with big
eyes, as full and liquid as those of the
gazelle, at the passer-by; and on the re-
port of a pistol, which in the rarefied air
is low, dull and echoless, he will retreat
only few feet, even though one of his
family lie bleeding where he stood.
The vicuna may be tanned, but has
never been domesticated-are result often
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25

sought, as his fleece is remarkably fine
and silky, in these respects surprising
that of the alpaca. Attempts have
been made to cross the vicuna with the
alpaca, and a certain padre of the Sierra
succeeded in producing several hybrids
said to have been fertile. His por-
trait, in the act of caressing one of his
hybrid pets, is hung in the Museum of
Lima, in commemoration of his success.
Many of the vicunas are killed annu-
ally for their fleece, of which hats and
ponchos of great softness and beauty
are manufactured and sold at high
prices to the traveller and haciendero.
The royal robes of the Inca were made
of the fleece of the vicuna, but the an
clients were wiser than their success
ors. They instituted grand hunts of the
vicuna, caught and sheared them, and
let them go to reproduce their precious
coat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
How To Make Prime Butter

1t Is the aggregate of little things
that makes success of almost any %usi-
ness The last session of the New
York Dairymen's Association declared:
l. Milk from healthy COWS only should
be used = Avoid excitement of the
cows, produced by chasing with dogs or
in any other manner. Harsh treatment
lessons the quantity and Injuries the
quality of the milk g. Cows should
have an abundance of suitable
food and pure water, and salt
where they can have ready access
to it every day T. Cows should be
kept from all foul odors at not
be allowed to eat or drink any thing
that will give faint TO the milk s.
Milking should be done at regular hours,
with clean hands, clean udders and clean
stables. and the milk kept from any
communicating odors. G. Milk should
be strained Immediately after being
drawn. and not be disturbed until
creamed- = Milk pals and other YES
sells for keeping milk and cream should
be thoroughly cfeansed-frst well
washed and scalded with boiling water,
and then aired to keep them perfectly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

KEEP the temperature of the fruit eel-
lar at about forty degrees.
WILL grapes grow on gravelly soil9
asks correspondent Yes. but it should
be enriched.
THE long roots of trees, often reach
ing to an incredible distance, show how
much food tree needs. seeks and takes
up
LIQUID manure is In splendid shape
for applying to small fruit and the gar
den; and it can be made by the teaching
process.
II is a good plan. To give some shelter
to any variety of grape, in our cold eli
mate Laying the vines down ON the
ground is good
TAKE care of the cabbage. Bury
them. heads down. and when cold
weather comes cover with manure or
some coarse litter.
PUT grapes where 1T is cool and dry
and airy, if you desire to keep them 1t
makes no difference how cold 1t Is If the
grapes do not freeze
TAKE good care OF the orchard and If
may help convince you that apple
growing is much more successful than
you think 1t is Apple trees need food
Many an orchard that seems TO be
pretty nearly in its '-dotage" would re-
new its life with a generous application
OF manure.
If there are any vines. currant bushes
or any thing of a similar character that
do not bear as they ought to, and you
do not intend to attempt to cause them
to do SO. dig them up Do not let them
cumber the ground A great deal can
often be done with such things, BIZ
pruning them SO as to leave only one
shoot. and removing most of the roots.
Having done this, manure we'll
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
CONVENIENT MAIL BOXES.

per comes perhaps not then, but wait
for chance drive that way In most
cities the mail is delivered several times
every day. Some communities send a
person daily, or twice a day, to
bring and distribute the mail.
In others it is the custom 10
take turns in regular order. Under
any condition it is well to have bag
carried. 1t greatly dininishes the risk
of losing the letters. change sent fol-
stamps, etc. The illustrations show
some of the convenience which are
in actual use. A substantial post
having been erected beside the road, a
strong hook is set in it to catch the fam