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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-23
DRIFT OF OPINION.

There seems to be no abatement
of President Harrison's antipathy t.
Judge Gresham.-Buffalo Courier.
With sturdy farmers at the pillow
and the honest farmer at the ballot box,
Georgia need have no fear for her pros
..erity and happiness Atlanta Jour
nal.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Cieve-
land has a very strong hold on the peo-
pie, and. strange as it may seem, his
popularity appears to be steadily in
creasing. Even Republicans of promi-
nence have a good word to say for him.
Savannah News.
The next Senator from Ohio will
be Democrat and elected by the honest
conviction of the Legislature. There is
not a man among the Democratic mem
hars who is not above reproach, not
outstanding all the slurs of the Re-
publican press to the contrary.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Mr.. Holman has been a member
of the House of Representatives fo-
nearly thirty years, and there is no man
to whom the American people owe .
greater debt of gratitude for faithful,
incessant and utterly disir-.erested serv-
ices No public money has either been
wasted or stolen with his completely
\. Y. Sun.
Senator Leland Stanford SAYS
that the people of this country want
the protective system, and would not
put up with direct taxation The ad-
vantage of the present system, in his
opinion. is that under it the people do
not know how much they are taxed, and
therefore do not mufmur. The CALI
fornia statesman believes in plueking
the goose so as not to make it cry
Philadelphia Record
when Editor Shepard offers $500
for the privilege of writing the inscrip-
tons on Henry Grady's monument he
betrays faith in the power of money
that is almost idolatrous. We advise
him to reform his views in this matter.
If he has $500 to spare, he would do
well to donate it to the poor. In this
way he can build monument to him
self while living and leave to loving
hands the grateful work of preparing the
scriptions.-Atlanta Constit tn ton
In the earlier days Of the Repub-
lie when q new State was admitted into
the Union it was the fashion to send the
braIniest men it had TO the Senate. But
| the fashion has changed Look over
the list from the two 1sakotas and
Washingten- They have picked out
their richest men Spectators, corpo.
ration stsox3egA land-grabbers, mine
owners q cattle-kings have pushed
their way to the front and have become
= perilous fAntr in all Legislation q.
fecting noaeled or eorporate Interests.
t-PhiladellhhsReoo
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Especial Chicago Correspondence

Especial Chicago Correspondence
Aside from the large seaport cities,
Chicago is the only point in the United
States in which the nations of the world
maintain a regular Consular service.
This is the highest compliment which
foreign governments can pay to the
greatness and Importance of the West
ern metropolis; and that the compli-
ment is not unworthily bestowed is
proved by the fact that several of the
leading nations have found it necessary
to appoint Vice-Consuls in addition to
the regular Consuls, as the work OF
their respective offices has grown be-
yond the control of one man.
Consu1s are. in the first instance, COM
mercial agents who attend to matters OF
import and export and certify to the
value of goods shipped. from foreign
points to places in their native lands.
They also represent the interests OF
their countrymen in courts of law, and,
if necessary, perform diplomatic duties.
Diplomatic Consuls are individuals OF
considerable Importance in the social
affairs of the cities where they are To-
Gated. In case such a city is a seaport,
the Consul is expected to do the honors
whenever fleet or man-of-war belong
ing to his country anchors in the harbor.
His rank is equal to that Of Captain in
the navy, and Consul-General ranks
with Commodore.
In Chicago the social duties of Con-
sui are not OnerOus, but his share OF
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battle of LIE BOurget, October 30, 1870,
was decorated with the Iron Cross and
given a commission. At the close of the
war he resumed his studies and after
ward served his government in various
civil offices. In 1882 he entered the Serv-
ice of the Turkish Government, filling
the position of Chief Adviser to the
Minister of Commerce and Agriculture.
In 1884 he rsarried Miss Adele Muhlig,
daughter of the Sultan's chief physician.
After three years service with the Porte
he accepted the Chicago Consulate, Of
fered to him by Prince Bismarck. The
duties of tho German Consulate are ex-
ceedingly heavy, owing to the large
German population of the Northwest.
Besides attending to his regular duties
the Consul is required to transmit to his
government reports of the doings of
German Anarchists and Socialists re-
siding in Chicago and other Western
cities.
Three-fourths of the business between
the United States and France is trans
acted at Chicago, hence the Consulate
ut this point is considered one of the
most important by the Foreign Office at
Paris Mr.. S. b. verleye was the first
diplomatic Consul sent here by the
French Republic. Although very
clever gentleman, he never succeeded
In making himself popular with hi,
countrymen, at whose request he wa.
transferred to new field 81 usefulness
His successor and the present incum
bent of the Office is NJ. Francois Ed
Bruwaert, an enterprising diplomat o
the modern school, who is ably assisted
by NJ. Andre Mondehare, Vice-Consu
of the republic
The representative OF the King Q
Denmark in Chicago Is Mr.. Emil Dreiex
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SOUTHERN RACE TROUBLES.
The South Ready and willing to BE
Judged by All the Facts.

Judged by All the Facts.
Even in the oldest and most orderly
communities deplorable outbreaks OF
lawlessness sometimes occur.
But just and thoughtful men do not
Judge a commonwealth or people by a
few exceptional cases of disorder and
violence. The drift of public opinion
and the general progress of the masses
are the matters to be considered.
The South can afford to rest her case
upon the facts when she is called upon
to justify her methods in dealing with
the so-called race problem.
In less than quarter of a century the
black citizens of this single State have
accumulated $50, 900, 600. In the South
there are now 16, 600 schools for the
blacks, almost entirely supported by the
Southern whites. These black citizens
vote as they please, and their votes
are counted. When they travel they
are provided with separate accommoda-
tions equal to those enjoyed by the
whites. They exercise every political
and legal right given to other citizens.
Unlike the blacks of the North, the
Southern blacks can enter every trade,
and no effort has ever been made by any
labor organization to prevent them from
obtaining work.
If this is not genuine progress in its
best sense, then we do not know what
progress is. Our millions of blacks,
suddenly emerging from ignorance and
slavery less than a generation ago.
under our laws and friendly care now
enjoy all the rights of American citizen
ship. They have been educated at our
expense. They have acquired homes
and property under our protection. The
various avenues of employment are
open to them. What more could be de-
sired?
This is the situation as tits 1t speaks
for itself. Our record is so far made up
that an occasional incident not in har-
mony with it can not unmake it, We
ask our Northern friends who honestly
desire to deal fairly with US if this is
not the right view.-Atlanta Cons Gitu-
ton.
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PRETTY GIRL SLAVES.

How They Are Bought and Sold i'm the
Market ut STEAMBOAT.
There are actually at STEAMBOAT about
ninety regular slave brokers who sell
and buy slaves, or who are the medium
of buying or selling. The slaves are
lodged in houses known by the public.
just as they know the dealers in ane
sort of merchandise. The principal
slave houses are about thirty.
The Abyssinian slaves are rare on ac-
count of the delicacy of their health.
An Abyssinian maiden from fourteen to
seventeen is worth from 60 to 40 hras
"a Ira is worth about Is shillingsl, but
a handsome one is sure to bring 500
liras White slaves (Tcherkes) are
more abundant. Maidens from twelve
to fifteen are quoted from 60 to 800
liras. and those from sixteen to twenty
from 60 to LOCO hras- The price varies
according to beauty, size, complexion
and accomplishments. Singers and
musicians generally bring a good price.
Many people here buy slaves for legal
marriages. preferring them to Turks.
The reason is that slave has no rela-
lions tmother-in-law especially, and.
therefore, no visitors or callers. She
endeavors to please her husband She
Is obedient and economical, and very
even II prSEty Wen Er6ace0.
Many slaves would not leave their
masters for the world, but many others
would be too glad to obtain their lib
erty- Some are well looked after, well
cared for, richly dressed and have costly
jewels. They dine with their lady and
are treated as companions and as MEM
bers of the family.
Among the possessors of slaves who
were the most noted for their kindness
and benevolence was the late Princess
Zeinoub Hanoum, the daughter of the
nrst Viceroy of Egypt, Mehemet Ali.
During her lifetime she gave monthly
allowances, from two to fiftv liras- to
each of her slaves She had some
eighty Of them married TO respectable
gentlemen, and gave to each dowry of
from e., 600 to Is, 600 Before her death
three years ago, she made a will grant
ing freedom to all her slaves and dis
tr1buting to them valuable presents and
settlements
There are hundreds of young rirls
who are sold to persons who sell them
or exchange them for others of greater
beauty. 1t Is revolving TO see to what
extent slavery Is encouraged here, and
now many of these poor creatures
would ike 70 fly away from the brutal
tey OF their masters, and how many
others are exported against their will
In general slavery here Is the curse Of
the country. -constAutinople Cor. Lon
don News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-23
THE CUT WORM.

A Destructive Pest That Seems Possessed
with the Spirit of Deviltry.
The cut worm, we need not say, is
destructive pest. There are several
species of them, and they feed not only
upon corn, but upon grasses and nearly
all our cereal crops. They receive their
name from their habit of cutting off the
plant on which they feed. If, however,
they would only cut what they eat we
might bear with them. But seemingly
possessed of real spirit of deviltry,
they cut off plant after plant apparently
for the fun of the thing. They are not
an imported insect. They have been
here from the first knowledge that white
men had of the continent. The birds
serve us good purpose in devouring
the cut worm. Plow the land in early
fall, and give the birds a chance. It is
probable that whatever benefit comes
from blowing in the fall in the direction
of destroying the cut worm, is the re-
suit of giving the birds chance at
them, for it is said that the unprotected
latyse will stand temperature of thirty
degrees below zero. Hence there is not
much hope of freezing them to death.
One writer advises that they be de-
stroyed by digging them out by hand.
Pretty tedious and difficult work, some
will say. Well, this writer says not.
He declares that it is by no means so
tedious procedure as would be thought
at first, as by passing along the corn
field early in the morning the cut stalk
will reveal the whereabouts of the night
marauder, which, by digging around the
stub may soon be found and crushed.
AS this plan implies the loss OF at least
a single stalk to larva it would be very
we'll in planting to practice the advice
of the poet: ''Two for the blackbird,
two for the crow; two for the cut worm,
and four to grow" This advice will be
all the more pertinent if the corn is to
be planted after late spring-plowed
greensward. This writer further says
that if our farmers will heed the above,
and give the go-by to all those quack
remedies which obtain annually an un-
merited place in our periodicals, such as
salt, plaster, etc. Though all fertilizers
which promote rapid growth are always
to be commended as aids in the work of
insect destruction), this cut-worm evil
will soon assume less Importance. The
Rural, however, does not agree with him
| in his denunciation of salt We believe
salt to be good thing.-Western Rural.
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
a NEW cRAPe TRELLIs.

You That Have Had Trouble with Grape
Frames VIII Get an Idea Here.
A difficulty in the use of wire trellis
for grapevines, says the Country Gentle
man, is tho tendency of the posts to sag
by the action of heat and cold ON the
wire. Various remedies are resorted to
to obviate this difficulty large posts
are procured, and they are set deep in
the ground; broad, nat stones are placed
against the posts; timber braces to hold
them extend from the top in an oblique
position to the ground. and other means
are used. A new mode by which the wires
do all the bracing is represented in
Fig. 1. One of the wires extends from
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the tolls of Mormon emisssries. Mr..
Arthur A. Dreier, son Of the Consul,
has during the past two or three years
done most of the routine work of the
Office, and in consideration of his serv-
ices has been appointed Vice-Consul by
the Danish Government.
Italy is represented by Signor Paul
Bajnotti, an official who reflects credit
on his government and his fellow-coun-
trymen in America. His rank is that of
Vice-Consu1 or Consular Agent, and all
the business of his Office is done through
the Italian Consul-Generala at New York.
His predecessor in the Chicago Office
was Augustine Scuitti, an old gentle
man of the Garibaldi school, who lived
altogether in the past, and never won
the confidence of his countrymen doing
business in Chicago.
The Consul for Sweden and Norway
is Mr.. Peter Svanoe, who has held the
office for seventeen years. The Neither
lands is represented by Mr.. George
Birckhoff, Jr., prominent Chicago bus
mess man, and Mr.. Louis b erlein looks
out for the interests of Switzerland.
Belgium and the Sublime Porte are
represented by Ma Charles Henrotin, a
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hs.enAL EpucAnoN.


Senator BlatraB wild 9e6oDo 70 H1uper11o
the Southern SCHOOL,
Nothing has done more to bring about
the change in pu.lic sentiment at the
North concerning Senator Biatrs wild
scheme of National education than the
earnest opposition OF the most proni-
nent and most trnstea educators of tho
negro at the So.th. A singular miscon-
ception of the truth is betrayed by the
Burlington Ga Hawkeye when it says:
ssWhateyer may be the individual views
of every one regarding the Blair educa-
tional bill, it may be safely put down
that the opposition to 1t from the South
is most bitter among those who would
not have the negro educated at all if
they could prevent it." As matter of
fact, the stoutest Southern opposition to
the ssBnl TO Promote Mendicancy" has
situations established especially for the
education of the negro.
One of these is Rev. w. e. c. Wright,
professor in Berea (Ky.) College, who
objects to the bill FROM 'the fear that
it would diminis., rather than increase,
local exertions for the support of
schools" and gives this conclusive rea-
son for such apprehension: ALREADY the
used as reason for not increasing State
funds. Southern candidates for Con-
gress have been heard saying to their
constituents: Your children have got to
be educated. Would you rather pay for
it yourselves or have the Nation pay for
it?'" Another such opponent is General
s. C. Armstrong, head of the Hampton
(Va-) Institute, who says: ''We would
not accept aid from State or people we-s
it offered ON the plan of the Blair bill,
being conscious that in the end it would
do us more harm than good. For here
it is not mere education that we seek to
give, but education through self-help.
Take out the self-help and the rest is
not worth much. Apply the Blair bill
to the Southern school system and it
will check the growth of the best thing
in Southern life, the effort of the people
to educate themselves-"-N.Y Y. Post
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A GOOD WEEDER.
A Convenient and Useful Gardening
Tool.

A Convenient and Useful Gardening
Tool.
For convenient size take piece of
hoop iron about sixteen inches long.
Six inches from each end bend it to
right angles, and two inches from each
end bend again diagonally across the
iron. For the handle take piece of
Eastwood board four inches wide and
four to six feet long and cut it down to
the size of hoe handle, except at one
end, to which is attached the iron, bent
as aforesaid. It should be put on with
screws, as nails will work loose.
Keep the middle section of the iron
filed sharp and it works like charm
between drilled plants. If the cutting
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acti " e business
is larger than
that of many
Consuls General.
The dean of Chi
cago's diplomatic
corps, that is, the
oldest member in
length of service,
is Mr.. 81 e n r y
Claussenius, who
represents tn e
"a u S t ro-Hunga-
rian empire. The
Consul is a jovial
man, sixty-three
years of age, who
has held many
Con su lar ap-
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SuOu10 Do Induo u
have an elastic reg
ulator, so that when
the contraction Of
cold w e a t b e +
changes to the slack
wire of summer, the
elasticity may keep
the whole taut.
Different cont r i v
ances may be used
g. AIs~ ,~~c
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w g ll-k n o w n
banker. He is
an enterprising
man w hO has
done more to
build up trade
be t W 9 en- the
countries he rep
resents and the
Unite d States
than a IL the
other Consuls
p u t together.
disappointment
~
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Ouite PODular,

Parker-Did Simpson go along with
you to Oklahoma, Tucker? I've forgot
ten.
Tucker Gust FRONT Oklahoma)-Yes
he went out there as a politician.
Glow did he come out? Did he have
many followers?"
Followers? He did that. Why, they
say it was the largest funeral the place
ever knew."-Time.
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of which is represented by Fig. 4, of an
old and well-known se1f-adjusting
method of effecting this compensation
by a spiral spring. which may be made
of the trellis-wire itself, the coils of
which should be numerous enough to
allow for the expansion and contraction.
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Very Complimentary.

DIR. Blank-Yes, the old saying is true
that at forty a man is either fool or a
physician.
Smith-Am glad to hear you say so,
doctor, as it agrees with what have al
ways remarked of your talent
Dr. Blank (much pleased)-Ah. In
deed! And what did you say of me?
Smith-That you were both before
you were thirty.-Arcola Record.
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IncApAcitat0d.

Humane Pedestrian Ito woman split
ting wood)-I should think your hus-
band would do that kind of work for
you.
Party Addreesed-Oh, he says his
arms are too tired to split wood.
ssIndeed! What makes him SO tired?"
"He's the cannon-ball tosser in Haver-
CALLS Herculean Museum"
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y q t11e'11J . us e&1 P1ofht1OfO OOI1SUI was
DIR. Hinkel, who served from 1877 to

1855, when he was
succeeded by the
Baron Won Nor
denfycht. The
Baron is a COM
paratively young
man, who has a
bright future be-
fore him. At the
age Of nineteen,
when a mere col
>1ege youth, he
enlisted for act
ual service in the
Franco Prussian
W ar, and for
bravery at tn g
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FIG. 8

trained-by sort of combination of the
fan method and the Kniffen system.
But any other mode may be adopted
which the owner shall desire.
In order that the wires may always
be held stiff and not slack, provision
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-23
Cause OF ms Irtercst.

Bagley-See how interested Judge
Tooley Is in the play.
Bailey-Well, if any one Is interested
In the performance he ought to be.
Baglsy-Why, did he write the play;
Bailey-No; but seven Of the ladies II
the company graduated from his dtvorcs
court Judge.
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FIG. /.

the top of one post to the base of the
next one; and another wire, crossing it.
reaches from the top of the second post
to the corresponding base of the first.
The base of each post thus holds the
top of the other by the purchase"
which it has on it. The horizontal wire
across the top holds them both.
Fig. 2 represents the trellis on q
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smaller scale, and shows how the whole
is braced together. The wires are Sc
cured to the posts in the usual manner,
and part may simply pass through the
posts. If required, the end post may
be braced with wire to short post or to
the foot of tree, all the others being
already braced.
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has held his position since 1865.

WHO has uSlQ u.
Mr.. Dreier h a 8
been q resident
of Chicago since
1854, and has
held many hon
orary Offices. In
his capacity as
Consul he has al
ways made war
on the Mormonl
church, and has
been instrument
al in rescuing
m q y deluded
Danish women
and girls from
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A pOlntmentS n
his day. He was appointed Prussia's
Consul in Chicago in 1861. In 1868 he
was made Consul for the North Ger
man Confederation, and in 1871 Consul
for the German Empire. While at
tending to his Consular duties, MIR.
Claussenius built up lucrative bank
ing and exchange business, and when,
in 1877, Bismarck made Chicago diplo-
matte Office, Mr.. Claussenius resigned,
as the holding of his position would
have compelled him to give up his bust
ness. In the same year he was appoint
ed Consul for Austria-Hungary. post
which he still holds.
The most important Consular Office is
that of Great Britain, which at the pres
emit time is held by Colonel James Hayes
Sadler, gentleman who has held office
under the British Government for the
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WITH any thing like fair manage
.nent the growing Of clover can always
b made profitable On the farm.
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consul at BOu- COLONEL SADLER.
logne. Subsequently he served in the
same capacity at Caen and Rochelle.
After eighteen years of service he was
promoted to the Consulate at Panama,
and a year later he was transferred
to Chicago. English Consuls, aside from
attending to their commercial duties,
have the right to marry subjects of the
Queen residing in foreign lands, and
are compelled to register births and
deaths of Englishmen, duties which
make the Chicago Office any thing but
q sinecure.
Germany's first diplomatic Consul was
DIR. Hinkel, who served from 1877 to
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greater part OF
his life. The
Colonel is a dig
niied gentle
man, about sixty
one years of age,
and a graduate
of Oxford. The
early part of his
life he spent in
her Majesty's
army. In 1868
he was appointed
British Vice
ConOp1 Of Pon
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g. shows how the vines may be