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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
DANGEROUS ROCKS.
A Warning to Young Men Entering Conn

a WarDing to Young Men Entering COM
merciz1 Life.
One of the most successful business
men in this country. 9 nan who begin
"a Nc Without a dollar has made aworld-
wide reputation in anassine huge fort
une, and in maintaining character for
strict integrity, recently warned al boys
entering a commercial life. that there
were three rocks ahead. on which if
they once ran aground they would so to
ruin.
The first was liquor. ..NothAg can
be made of a young aan in business
1ife,r he adds, mo matter what his abil-
ity. If he drinks
The second was speculation The
foundations of any business, whether il
be that OF great controller of a trust,
or a lewSboy selling a dollars worth Of
papers are undermined the moment the
gambling element comes into II
This warning is not likely to reach
effectively any large spectators through
the Companion But It viii reach tens
Of thousands of lads whom farm-houses.
in offices and shops are tempted to in
vest part OF lhsir small earnings in lot
teries or stock gambling Two facts
bearing on this subject are worth their
consideration 80 ,-.rh
a man who asHa legitimate broker
reached controlling position in Wall
street. was asked just before his death
1T he had known many men outside OF
the exchange make fortune gambling
in stocks After some consideration hG
replied:
Not single one. i have known
amateurs come on the street and make
large sums by a chance hit But they
always persevered. and invariably
ended poorer than when they began
The business more than any other re-
Quires long experience and carefully
trained judgment No novice can
master It -
The other fact is that the profits Of
the most fairly conducted lottery in the
United States were so vast that it was
enabled to offer a million and quarter
of dollars year for the mere right to
renew its charter.
What chance has the poor shop-boy or
clerk who buys share in lottery
ticket or speculates in stock, to turn b is
dollar into thousands as he hopes
I against such odds as these?
The third rock in the way OF the busiz
ness man was the reckless backing OF
his fellows His first duty, says the
w Sc counsellor, is TO his partners an&
/ creditors After their interests ere
secured let him be generous
A rock. not pointed out on this chart
has proved the ruin of countless busis
ness craft 1t is the temptation dis
honestly to adulterace or lower the vzluS
! of the goods sold A drug, machine, 4
| fabric is of the best quality and hence
deservedly popular Its owners are reap
ing a small but certain profit A little
more alcohol in the drug. aeheaper make
/ of steel in the machine, a mixture of
shoddy in the yarn, and these profit5
will be UNNECESSARILY increased
But, the public is keen OF eye and
Inerciless of Judgment The dishonest
manufacturer finds his downward road
short and swift His capital OF good
opinion once destroyed, it never can bs
restored Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

When Improvement in stock is begun
we have usually more than Atty per
cent of betterment in the first litter,
because the intensity of character pos
sessed by pedigree boar of highly-bred
stock counts for much more than one
half the litter from a scrub SOW. The
most experienced English breeders first
couple the pair at ages varying from six
to fifteen months. Breeders should be
taken from spring Htters. and if their
growth has been steady and unbroken.
if their vigor is full and individuality
fairly good they may be bred to produce
a litter for the following spring when
they are one year old. The rules which
apply to the SOW may be held to be OF
equal value in determining the age OF
service for the boar. With the whole
summer before him he may have the
advantage of exercise in his open yard,
with cut green food and a good nitro
genous ration to grow sound bone and
good muscle. Properly grown and in
good condition, he may be used at eight
or nine months old.-Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
COOLING THINGS OFF A LEETLE MITE

for its mate; robin sat singing in a big
elm near by, and s. crow went scream
ing and cawing towards the woods,
which were only short distance away;
but still Champ sat and whistled and
thought. He was oblivious to the
sights and sounds by which he was sur
rounded. Neither the beauty of the
landscape, the song of the birds, nor
the musical tink, tink of the black
smiths hammer had any particular
charms for him just then. At this time
old Pap Raper, having gotten through
with the juvenile customers already
mentioned, came out of the store with
sprinkling can and began to dampen
the porch in order, as he said, ''to cool
things off @ leatle mite" With a
lavish hand he played the can, and in
so doing gave Champs bare feet and
legs liberal drenching with the ice
cold water which he had just pumped
5Som the we'll.
''Much obliged" said Champ. as he
rather hastily arose to his feet, ''much
obliged, Pap, but you needn't to have
put yourself to SO much trouble"
''Oh, no trouble er tall, Champ" re-
piled the old fellow; '-yerslooked sorter
hot an worried 'hput suthin' an jess
thought a leetle o. this nice. cool woorter
would liven you up bit"
well, do need stirrin' up bit," he
answered, ''an' that's jess what I've been
a-thinkin' about for some time. Pap"
he continued, I'm goin' to git out O.
here"
''What!'' che old man gasped, eyer
hain't goin' Ger leave US, are you,
Champ?"
That's what: I'm goin' to start fer
the Black Hills ter-morrer mornin'r'
1.-The Black Hills! Why, boy, there's
Injuns out there, an plenty on 'em,
too"
Il know it; but there's gold, too"
''Champ, take my advist an stay here
in ole IngeaAny. It's a mighty sight
better place than the Black Hills. Sides,
what'll your pap and mother say,
Champ?"
"Yes, Ingeanny is purity good place
for some folks, an I'd like to stay here
but I've made up my mind to go to the
Blacko Hills an I'm ergoin'. I KANT
come back emmy poorer than am now
an may come back richer an may
never come back at all; but all the same
I'm a-goin'."
The old store-keeper made no reply
for moment, but STOOD looking up the
track in the direction from which t1t
evening passenger train would soon bt
due.
Then he turned to go back into the
store, and as he did so he said: ''Champ
hope you'll have good luck; but let me-
tell you, you'll find some purity sharl
feilers while you're knockin'' erount
out there, an eff you don't keep you
eyes skinned you'll get taken in RICH
smart"
81 reckon kin hold my own with 'em
pap; I've never travelled much, that
or fact, but I've allus read the papers
an while they're gittin' whole mea
I'll manage to git enough to keep m
from starvin'."
Here a customer called to the old ma,
from the front of the store and he hui
ried in in answer to the summons.
Champ shut up his jackknife, put
into his pocket, and started of ct a bris
walk for his home, which, as his cours
lay across the fields, was only about
half mile distant
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
RavlnS Crazy.

Witness-An' then, Mr.. Sims, thar,
lowed he was a rooster, an strapped on
tin bill, an went to picking corn with
the chickens.
Probate Judge-Probably the extreme
heat made him little Eighty. He'll
come out of it all right, reckon.
Witness-Next day he wandered out
on the street. an told every newcomer
he met that this town want boomin',
an
Spectators Tin one voice)-Ravin'
crazY!-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
AT It Again.

''Hello!" exclaimed Mr.. Chugwater.
looking over the morning paper. ''here's
another tragedy in high life"
what is it?" eagerly inquired tho
other members of the Chugwater family.
Giraffe in Van Humbug's circus
broke his neck by getting it tangled in
a telegraph wifi you throw that saucer
at me, Mrs. Chugwater. I'll plaster your
face all over with this mashed potatoI"
Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
DEVICE FOR sCALDING HOGS.

twenty-five foot pole can raise heavy
hog into the barrel more easily than
can four or five standing on the plat
form. By turning the pole around (see
dotted lines) the hog can be swung upon
the platform and reversed in a moment
by means of the rope; a is an inch iron
rod driven into the post; shows the
form of the aperture in the pole. This
is cheap and excellent continuance.
Lay the pole away when not in use
Rural New Yorker
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

when laying tile.
It is made of a
strip of half-inch
board, two and one
halfinches wide and
six or seven feet
long, with a half
inch slot down the
center, as shown in
the cut. Mark it
off in feet and
inches like a
so uare. Cut a
round piece from
an inch board six
or seven 1uCQ0S In
diameter, bore a
small hole in the
center not quite
through, to admit a
thumb-screw. Then
put a washer ON the
thum b-Screw a n d
insert il in the
target through the
slot from the back,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
On q Business Basis.

'It was a brave act. young man." said
the grateful father. with deep feeling.
cat the peril of your life you rushed in
to tho burning building and saved my
daughter. How can ever repay you?"
Would couple OF dollars be too
much?" suggested the brave rescuer.-
Chicapo Tribuna
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

GRADING TARGET. and tighten to any
desired height. Paint the outside of the
target red, and the center white. Level
square at the lowest point of the
drain; set the target at the highest
point with the center level with the
square; then raise the target to give any
desired descent for the fall of the
water in the drain.
The device shown here is simple. and
its construction is explained by the
cut Two men bearing down on this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

Five years later, almost to day, as
old Pap Raper himself declared, and
about the same time in the day. he and
some of the neighborhood boys were
sitting on the back porch, talking and
waiting for the train. Finally it came
laundering in. stopped at the station
for an instant and was off again almost
before the little knot of lOungers on the
platform had had time to see whether
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
AN obscure Compliment.

Gwendolin| have often wondered,
Mr.. Fassett, what your age may be.
Fassett-Well, Miss Gwendolin, thir-
ty-seven years have come and gone since
l first saw the light.
Gwendolin (snickeringly) = And do
you know how old am?
Fassett-I do not know how old you
are, but you don't look i..-Jewelers'
Circular.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
He i,ldn,t Avoid n.

Smith observing crowd around an
ambulance across Breadway)-Been An
accident over there?
Brownies; man hurt very badly.
Run over, or something.
anybody know who the man is?'
s'Oh, yes. He's DIR. Smarty. author OF
the book. 'sHow to Avoid Street Acct
dents "-Texas Siftiuaa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

The only way to make money from
the dairy is to start in with the expec-
tstion of sticking right to it through
thick and thin for number of years.
No dairyman has ever made money out
of the dairy by going into the business
when milk and butter were high, and
going out Of the business when they ara
low.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

"A desperate horse thief In Maine,
who escaped from jan, has been captured
by boys Discovering him, they gave
chase and cornered him in deserted
honse. where one Of the lads drew q TOW
pistol and fred several blank cartridges
1T him. The fellow then gave himself
up A carriage was obtained. and be
was returned to jail By The triumphant
youngsserA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
New Use for Old Wagon Tires

Our engraving. from a sketch fur
nished by s. A. AsQuith, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, represents one corner OF
wagon rack for hauling hay, corn fod-
der or other forage. The rack is made
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
Doctors Differ.

Lady-You say, professor, that tobsc-
CO Is an aid to thought and stimulanS
10 the reasoning faculties, g but Prot
Greathead says tobacco is in every way
Injurious How do you account for thai
difference?
The Professor-Easy enough. madam.
Prof. Greathead does not smoke. and
consequently he can neither think
straight nor reason correctly--N- Y
Weekly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
CHAMP HEATON.
The Story Of His Western Trip In
Search Of Wealth.

.ANP HEAT
o n, la rg Q Of
build. pompous
in bearing, loud
in voice and
s ia 8 s ertive
in N q n n e T,
d r e s s ed in .
hickory shirt,
the sleeves of
w h CHI w e T Q
rolled up above
b is e ! b o w S,
brown ovcrallS,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
The Doctor Could Cure 1t.

Physician with ear 20 patients cheso
There is a curious swelling over the
region of the heart, sir, which must be
reduced at once
Patient tanx ously)-That swelling il
my pocketbook, doctor. Please don't
reduce 1t too much.-London lid Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
TWO USEFUL DEVICES.

Grading Target for Laying Drain Tile
and Device for Scalding Hogs.
Herewith is shown handy and easily
constructed device for obtaining grade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

"THERE'S SEVERAL OF EN- BOUT HERE. I"
anybody had got off or not. A large and
dignifed looking gentleman, we'll
dressed and carrying a valise, came
towards them. sis this .Middleton's?''
he asked.
| He was told that it was.
'sCan any of you direct me to the Hea-
ton farm?"
'sWall,'' said Pap Raper, (which Hea-
ton farm do you mean? there's several
of 'em bout here"
81 think" said the stranger, 'sthat the
man want to see is known as Uncle
Billy Heaton."
"Wall," volunteered the old store
keeper, she lives only bout half er mile
from here if you go 'crost the fields; if
you go round the road it's little more'n
q mile, guess"
81 think can find the way" said the
stranger, and he at once started off in
the direction which had been pointed
out to him.
In day OF two it was the all-absorb-
ing topic of the conversation of the
neighborhood that Champ Heaton had
come back and that he had brought with
him ''dead loads" of money.
That fall, however, found Champ
''plowin' for wheat as usual on his IA
theirs farm. He had stayed long enough
in the Black Hills to ''make stake"
that is, enough to buy new suit Of
clothes and a first-class passage home.
:, To-day, if you were to drop off at Mid
dleton's, you more than likely would
find him sitting on nail keg on the lit
tie platform at the back of old Pap Ra-
per's store.-Ed. r. Pritchard, in Ar
kansaw Traveller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

Mr.. Walton-Ive just landed this
muscalonge, and I want my picture
friends.
Prof. Heipau-An right, sir. Put that
minnow in your pocket, and take your
pick of my justly celebrated papier
mache piscine prodigies- Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-18

I'm his message to Congress in 1854
President Arthur said: The healthful
enlargement of our trade with Europe,
Asia and Africa should be sought by re-
ducing tariff burdens on such OF their
wares as neither we nor the other Amer
lean States are fitted TO produce, and
thus enabling ourselves to obtain in re-
turn better market for our supplies Of
food, of raw materials and of the mann.
features Of which We excel
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
Out of Town.

A crippled child was taken out of the
slums in Philadelphia one summer to a
farm house among the hills, where she
remained for fortnight. 1t was her
first visit to the country. The next sum-
mer the farmers wife went to the city
to. find the child, and to bring her home
with her. But want and foul air had
conquered. Shewas dying.
Il wish l could CO." she said, with
eager eyes. Are the fields green this
year? And are the trees growing the
same way still?"
A poor shopgirl, with some of her
companions, was taken by good woman
to the seashore for the first time. Her
friend, seeing her standing alone on the
beach, went up to her and found her
weeping.
Excuse me, ma'am," she said, "but
Pm not used to these swell things"
Do we realize that there are in this
free, bountiful country people so poor
that the sea and fields and all good
things seem to belong only to the "swelr'
rich?
Children's relief and fresh air funds
are doing much in our cities to give to
the overworked poor in their garrets and
alleys glimpse of the country during
the summer, but there are sill count.
less thousands who are left behind
Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
Swallowed His Cigarette.

DR.. Lapeyre mentions a remarkable
case, in which an elderly gentleman, in
consequence of a sudden slap on the
back, unconsciously drew the cigarette
he was smoking into his right bronchus,
where it remained without causing any
symptoms or in any way revealing It's
presence for nearly two months, when it
set up pneumonia in a circumscribed
area, and produced cardiac weakness and
some odema of the lungs.
After this condition had lasted with
out much change for about two months
more the patient expelled during a vio-
lent fit of coughing the cigarette, envel-
oped in mucus and waxy looking matter,
and then remembered that he had never
found his cigarette after the slap on the
back four months before. The pneumo-
mia persisted for two or three months
after the expulsion Of the foreign body,
and some oedema of the right lung, due
probably to embolism, remained at the
date of the report nearly year later.
This, as well as some other cases that
have been published, appears to show
that the bronchi are exceedingly tolerant
of foreign bodies, even when not encyst-
ed.-London Lancet.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
A Case of Tree Resurrection.

About 1875 large tree of the elm
species, growing on the farm of Mr.
Smyth, rector OF Little Houghton, En-
gland, was blown down, upturning an
immense quantity of dirt in its fall.
This large ball of earth had almost en-
tirely washed from the roots on the up
per side when, in 1881, workmen were
set to work removing the old forest
monster. When they had sawed off sew
eral of the large limbs on the undermost
side, to their great astonishment, not to
say downright terror, the tree rose of
its own accord and went back into the
pit excavated by the upturning roots six
years before, standing up in it's original
place, straight as an arrow. In 1882 it
threw out fresh, green head and still
stands, even to this day, a curious ex-
ample of resurrected tree.-St. Louis
Republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
The LIGHTNING Was Mad.

During a picnic held by the colored
order of Odd Fellows lightning struck a
tree under which the festivities were
conducted. The following Sunday old
Dan Hightower, colored preacher of
great renown, arose and said:
"Brudders and sisterers, we'se jest had
er awful Illustration O. whut de Lawd
thinks O de wickedness O. dis yere worl!
While dem follerers O Satan wuz er
dancin' an er slzylarkin' under dat tree,
an wen da oughter been er prayin' ur
raisin' money fur ter git this yere church
outen debt, yere come de lightnin' O de
Lawd an struck de tree. Oh, whut a
warnin' was dat, sinner man. Sinner
pussan, jes' stop fur er mint an think
what er warnin' come down on dat Ca
sion. De sinners got up money fur dat
ter hep save their souls, WY da ginter
grunt an plain O hard times.
"Nebber mine; de ightnin' gwine
come wus den dat de naixt time de sin
hers an de folks dat 'tind like da is
Christians gifts up one O. dem picnics.
Wy, brudders, er picnic amt nuthin
but old Satan er sunnin' hisse'f. Brudder
Mallory, put down dat winder, eff you
pleases, sab. Dar's er rain comm up.
De sinners is er buckin' right er gin de
church wen da goes off da ter
There came a terrific peal of thunder
and vivid flash of light. One corner
of the church fell and the rain came
pouring in. The house had been struck
by lightning.
The old preacher did not lose his pres
ence of mind, for when, after the fright
was over, ''sinner man" asked what he
thought of lightning striking church
as well as tree under which the picnic
was held, he said
"It's disser way: de lightnin' has got
so ulster strikin' at deze sinners dat it
KANT keep still, an you'se got it so mad
it doan know whar it's hittin'. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

CELIA GIEGERIGH, PLAINTIFF, VS..
~ James 2. Mccarthy. George + Hill, Russell
L. Gilbert, John Doe and Richard Rec, defend
ants.
sherih7s sale No. 13,474
Order of sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of the
Superior Court OF the County of Los Angeles,
State OF California, on the 18th day of Novem-
ber A. d. 1890, in the above entitled action
wherein Celia Giegerich, the above named
plainriff obtained u Judgment of decree and
foreclosure and sale against James p Nc
Carthy ct al, defendants, on the Sd day of No
in gold coin of the United States, which
said decree was on the Stn day of November,
A. d. 1890, recorded i'll Judgment book 25 of
said court, at page SO, am commanded to
sell all that certain lot, piece or parcel OF land
situate, lying and being in the county of Los
Angeles, State of California and bounded and
described as follows
Being all of lot forty-two (42) and the north
half IN. ~ of lot forty three (43) in Rosas
tract, as per map OF said tract as recorded in
Records of Los Angeles county, State of Cali
foruia
Public notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day, the 29th day of December, A. ID. 1890, at
II O'Clock NJ. of that day, in front of the court
house door OF the County OF Los Angeles, on
Spring street,I will in obedience to said order of
sale and decree OF foreclosure and sale sell the
above described property, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy said judgment,
with interest and costs, ETC., to the highest and
best bidder, for cash. gold coin of the United
States.
Dated this 4th day of December 1890
M. &. AGUIRRE.
Sheriff of Los Angeles County.
By A. NJ. THORNTON, Under Sheriff
johnson Il Borden, attorneys for plaintiff
lg-6-fri4t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUN-
i ty of Los Angeles, State of California.
In the matter OF the estate of James German,
deceased.
Order to show cause why order of sale of real
estate should not be made.
Richard Dillon, the executor of the estate of
said deceased, having filed petition herein
duly verified, praying for an order of sale of
real estate OF said decedent, for the purposes
therein set forth.
1t is therefore ordered by the said court that
all persons interested in the estate of said de-
ceased appear before the said superior court on
Friday, the 9Th day of January, 1891, at 10
O'Clock a m. of said day, at the court room OF
said superior court, department thereof. cor
ner of Franklin and New High streets, in said
county of Los Angeles, state of California, to
show cause why an order should not be granted
to the said petitioner to sell SO much of the
real estate OF the said deceased as shall be
necessary.
And that a copy OF this order be published at
least four successive weeks in the Los Angeles
Daily Herald, newspaper printed and pub
lished i'll said county of Los Angeles,
w. II. CLARK,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Dated 9th December, 1890. 1S-lO-td