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Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-07
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT THE
be held in the assembly room OF the Normal
School building corner of Grand avenue and
Fifth street, beginning on Monday, December
%, 1890, at 10 o'clock a. m.
All teachers now holding temporary primary
grade certificates granted upon primary grade
certificates from other counties, and all appli-
cants for certificates, must be present at the
beginning of the examination.
All teachers now holding temporary gram
mar grade certificates, and all teachers whose
certificates are about to expire must file their
renewal with the secretary of the county
board, on or before December 1S, 1890
By order of the County Board of Education.
1923 .3Ot-d&wky w. w. SEAMAN, Sec.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
UNNECESSARY WORRY.
Distress Of the Republicans Over Imag
airy Difficulties.

Distress Of the Republicans Over Imagin-
airy Difficulties.
The Republican papers manifest the
most touching solicitude lest s'their
friends, the enemy" shall act unwisely
in the organization of the next Con-
gress and in the measures it shall pro-
pose. They turn away from their own
griefs, and, perhaps, hope to mitigate
them in picturing coming fellowship in
misfortune. The selection of the sue
cessor of Speaker Reed is prominent
source of uneasiness to them. At times
they see 1.-THE Confederacy in the sad
dle;'' again combination of the South
and West against the East and
embarrassment growing out. of the
assumed Presidential aspirations of
certain prominent Democrats If
the diversion of their minds in this
direction affords any relief. there
should be too much humane spirit and
cheerfulness over the situation among
the elements that have aided in the
chastisement of the politically hayward,
to desire to interrupt these Republican
efforts Still. there need be little men,
tai fatigue induced by rapid movement,
as it is a whole year before the Demo
cratic House will meet and the natural
processes of evolution may alleviate
their stress in that time. The Demo
Gratis viii have excellent material to
select from. and the man they put in
place of Reed may not wear sash. bat
he viii be = gentleman and humane
man. He will not Cypress the little
lock that survives the Hood He may
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

to us without the sligh test premonition.
in which the skein of life becomes so in
extricably tangled that the more we
try to smooth it out the more we add to
its complication.
Since the wage-EOrkers' memorable
summons had warned the tardy ones
of their danger on that crisp morning,
just one day before Christmas. until
now, at half-past Ave o'clock in the
afternoon, it had hoen a veritable black
letter day with me, both literally and
metaphorically. My head swan and
my eyes were dim and blurred. The
typewriter, too, had been in a sort of
rebellious, cranky mood, as though pro-
testing against the incessant strain that
had been put upon it. Tomorrow was
Christmas day, and had been thwarted
in my intention to go home and enjoy
it. was out of sorts.
From the dingy little Office. on the
third floor, where my monotonous Nfe
was mostly passed, L could look out
upon the great Brooklyn bridge, which
like huge artery united the hearts of
two great bustling cities. 1t was sell
dom / INDUCED in the l0xury of resting
my aching eyes upon the ceaselessly
moving 3anorama on the towering
structure; but when did, it gave me
new courage to resume my tedious work;
for / then realized what host of active
workers besides myself the world con-
tanned.
1t was $50 p. M, and cold winter
day. The cranky typewriter had ceased
its petulant clicking, and rested in it's
corner in moody silence, as who should
say: 1--WE been shamefully abused to:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

1 was disappointed. had thought to
know his full name at least A yagne
presentiment had been taking posses
sion Of me that this was crisis in my
life. ridiculed the idea, and tried to
shake it of. It had grown quite dark
outside. I had lighted the gas My
strange visitor was intently reading
the letter "John" was also the name
of my old lover. But. then. there are
so many s.Johns" in this world. I was
looking out upon the great panorama
again in all the glory of its electric
lights. Bells and whistles were again
sounding, this time for a respite from
toll; and thousands of tired toi1ers were
streaming over the bridge. / was of
again, in spirit. to my own home, hear
ing the tender tones of a mothers
voice John was reading his letter
aloud for the third or fourth time, and
something in the subdued tones arrest
ed me. looked at the now really
handsome face, hatless and illuminated
with tender smile, and I gave a sudden
start, suppressing an exclamation of sur
prise. The bronzed face had been meta
morphosed. The careworn features had
been rejuvenated through the influence
of that letter, which had drawn out the
true heart of the rough miner upon
every 1ineament of his face. Surely I
had seen it before, and that head OF
wavy brown hair. / suppressed my
feelings the best I could, though
knew my own face was hot and might
betray me.
cts pretty handwriting" he said.
holding the letter tenderly as though it
were link between his mothers heart
and his own. s'Better than NINE" he
continued, hiding his MANNED arm in
his shaggy coat pocket I'D like it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
HOW THE FARMERS VOTED.

Facts and Figures Showing the Position
of the People on the Tariff Issue.
In all the Northwestern agricultural
States the issue before the people in the
last election was the Mckinley tariff
bill. The farmers do not like the policy
of that measure. and showed by theiy
votes for Congressman that they propose
to throw off the excessive burdens of
protection.
In Indiana in 1888 the Republican
plurality in the Congressional vote was
4.571. This year the Democratic plu-
rality amounted to "a, 92s.
In Minnesota the Republican plural
ity of 1888 was 81, 456. This year the
Democratic plurality was 14.o76.
In Kansas the Republican plurality
on the Congressional vote of two years
ago was Is, this year the opposition
carried the State by more than IL, 600.
The farmers of Nebraska gave to the
Democratic and Alliance candidates for
Congress an aggregate plurality of
about 20, 1000 In 1855 the Republican
candidates plurality amounted to 25,-
600.
In Iowa the Republicans carried the
Congressional districts in 1883 by IS
600. This year the Democrats win Dy
6, 900.
The ve.dict against the tariff law in
Illinois was very emphatic. In 1883
the Republican plurality was 27.6s7;
this year the Democratic plurality is
"a, 500.
It is to Congress that the farmers look
for relief from the burden of tariff taxa
ton, and it is apparent from their fig
ures that they have done their utmost
to defeat the men responsible for the
Mckinley bill.
In these six States the Republicans
have Al Representatives in the present
House and the Democrats Is. In the
next House the Democrats will have a
and the Republicans Is
There is no doubt as to the position
of the farmers on the tariff issue.-N.
Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
THE LEAD FAX.

A Case OF Gains For the Few and Losses
For the neutrality-suspicious. of the
Trusts and Rings-Prices Which Have
Been "McKtnleyed."
The New York Press prints the fole
lowing in an editorial to show the bene-
fetal effect of the Mckinley tariff on
lead: AT Socorro, n. NJ, town that
was ruined by free trade in Mexican
lead, three hundred extra men have
been placed at work at the smelter and
the Eagle lead mines (this mine has
been shut down for three years. at
S. so per day. and this result is but a
sample of many other places A very
conservative estimate places the num-
Der of men in Arizona and New Next
CO, that were idle when the Mckinley
bill was passed and are now employed,
at 10. 600, and that the output of their
labors will swell the production to the
amount of 81. 500 900 annually"
Whereupon the Press remarks: "The
Mckinley bill is working out practical
results IN spite of the election"
Let US see what those practical re-
suits" are in the case of lead
In the old tariff law there was duty
on lead ores. but no duty on the lead
contained in silver ores Thus a large
quantity of lead ores came in from Mex
leo in silver ores, these ores being
smelted in vast quantities in Kansas
City and other places, and giving en-
ployment to thousands of men These
ores are what are called fux;ng ores,
and are needed in smelling our dry
lead ores Most of our ores are dry
ores, and all the owners of mines pro-
ducing such ores were very anxious to
have the Mexican huxing ores continue
to come in free.
There is, however, small but power
full clique in Colorado, known as the
carbonate ring" who own what are
called the Carbonate Lead Mines
It was in the interest of this ring to
keep out the fuxing ores In order to
secure this result they contributed in
1883 very large amount of '.fat'' to
Quay and Dudley's s'blocks-of-five- cor
ruption fund, it being understood by
outsiders that the ring was to be duly
recompensed when the new Administra-
ton came into power at Washington
| This is what actually happened. After
the Harrison Administration came in
there was a squabble on the part Of the
carbonate ring to get siiver-lead ores
Department
A decision was given by Secretary
Window which restricted the importa-
ton of the Mexican ores, and the price
of lead began at once to advance from
the old figure of so cents a pound
Last May the paragraph in the McKin-
ley bill imposing q duty of IL cents q
pound on all the lead in siIver-lead fux-
ing ores brought in from Mexico was
passed in thu House, after q sharp de-
bata aud the ring became confident
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
FROM DEMOCRATIC PAPERS.

The Democratic party can no longer
be accused of having only the ''Solid
South" behind it. It is now backed by
the solid United States.-St Louis Re
public
Senator Cullom thinks that the
Mckinley bill needs revamping. When
new soles, heels, uppers, eyelets and
laces are also added it will be service
able affair.-Philadelphi Times
The story that at the close of con-
ference with Premier Blaine recently
the Presidents beard was covered with
heavy frost is based only upon circum-
stantial probability.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
-"Candidly, Lie" said the Chief
Magistrate, what do you think of the
prospects for '92?'' ''Candidly. sire. -
returned the secretary, sit looks daily
less like a prospect and more like an
outlook."-N. Y. Sun.
DIR. Depew champions the Blaine
reciprocity juggie with a plea for sub
sidized steamships If Chauncey's
penchant for talk is not curbed he will
expose Juggler Blaine's little trick be-
fore the show has fairly begun.-Chi-
cago Times
NC 0cmOCI6tS S0e tWO SOnSICSS-
men in Michigan, two in California, one
in New Hampshire and lot more in
other States by less one hundred major
ity each. Perhaps there is some nat
ural law that gives nearly all the mar
row squeezes to the same party.-St
Paul Globe.
in the flush of success the victorious
Democracy must not fosget that the
Republican octopus, like the dragon in
the fable of old, dies hard The waters
in the vicinity of where the monster re-
eeived his disabling blow are already
discolored with Blaine's ink-clouds Of
reciprocity. "-Chicago Globe
The man who discovers a prompt
cure for the consumption of our depart
ing surplus will earn fame and graft
tude. But at present there is NO
prompter cure than the resort to one OF
two elections as q means of inoculating
the representatives of the people with
little respect for economy.-Pittshurgn
Dispatch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
A PARTY OF THE PAST,

Force and Fraud Have Had Their Day
and Give Way to Better Things.
The Republicans have had no end Of
fun at the expense of the alleged Bour-
bon Democrats who learned nothing
and forgot nothing while they were out
of power. Their writer's and speakers
have humorously described the old
Colonels of the South who preferred to
live in the past and refused to keep step
with the progress of the age.
The Republican sense Of humor is
easily tickled at times, and the fancy
pictures SO frequently drawn of the al
legged Bourbons and Southern Colonels
never failed to excite the amusement of
the insolent and staggering victors.
But the partisans whose knen of
doom has been sounded are at last be-
ginning to see themselves as others see
them A rude shock has clarified their
vision, and they see an uncouth figure,
half soldier, half bushwhacker, in a
time of profound peace, frown-
ing upon the honest toilers around
him. levying tribute in the shape
of robber tariff, and threat
ening to draw his sword when
a protest is made. In this guise ap-
pears the Republican party to-day, a
QuarIer Oh q century after tRe close OF the
| war. It is the same old com animation of
| force and fraud that doomed up in the
| carpet-bag governments of reconstruc-
| ton times.
| Talk about Bourbons and fossil
Colonies! They are progressive twenti-
eth-century men by the side of these
| warlike bummers. whose sole stock in
trade consists OF the passions and issues
of a generation ago.
| The Republican leaders are beginning
to see their party from a new point OF
view. If ever party stood still and
lived in the past, it is the party of Nc
Kinley and Reed. 1t has stood in the
way of peaceful progress; it has nursed
sectionalism, and it has raised its voice
for war when the people were ready to
forgive and forget. It has tried tc
turn this Republic into plutocracy: il
has looted the public treasury, and il
has threatened to perpetuate its rule
with bayouets.
| There is no longer room in this coun.
try for such party. It is party of the
'past, and it will soon be only matter
of history. It has outlived its day, and
| is dying. 1t will not be mourned-tri
umphant Democracy will soon heal the
scars that it has left behind.-Atlants
Cons titutiOn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
ANOTHER TALE OF WOE

little tariff bill once grew
Listen 70 my tale Of wool
A little ban OF the chosen few,
Mckinley Reed and Mr.. @
1t grew, it grew!
Listen to my tale OF woe.
Listen to my tale of woe,
That little bill dawned ON the view
Of the elephant and monopoly, too.
Them two them twoi
Listen to my tale Of woei
Chorus
Hard trials for them twoi
Monopoly and his animal true.
And the tariff for the few,
That grew, that grew,
Listen to my tale OF woei
Nov, an for the bin their votes they threw.
Listen to my tale OF woei
Out from the poor mans pockets flew
The dollars Of precious golden hue,
Poor NICK, poor old o.
Listen to my tale Of woel
So the bill was swallowed with scarce a chew.
Listen to my tale of wool
And then the trouble began to brew,
A trouble Jim Blaine cvuld not subdue,
Too truei Too true.
Listen to my tale of wool
Hard trials, etc)
Under the snow where the ballots Jew,
Listen to my tale of woei
They planted the grand DID, party who
To great political trades was true,
Boo-hooi Boo-hoo!
Listen to my tale Of woe!
But what of the bill that was passed through
Listen to my tale of woe!
Lined with the gold Of the chosen few!
All WE'LL Its mission on earth is drought
Listen to my tale OF woe!
Boston Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
"a SLY DIG"

The Secretary of State Permits q Stab ut the
Mckinley Bill to Go Into His Reports.
The State Department at Washing
ton issues every month a stout PAM
phAetentitled, Reports from the Cousuls
of the United States" James G. Blaine
being now Secretary of State is respon-
sible for what goes into these reports
The present attitude of the Secretary
to his party's tariff policy lends curious
interest to the report on the new Rus
sian customs tariff decree. which was
sent to the State Department by George
w. Wurts, secretary of the United
States Legation at St Petersburg.
This report is printed, evidently with
the approval of Mr.. Blaine. in a recent
number of the Consular reports
In his report Mr.. Wurts saws:
The new tariff will be regarded abroad
as prohfbitory for a mum Der of srticles al =
ready enormously taxed at the Russian Gus
tom house, and many of them such Rms
STA cannot produce, or, SO. of q quality 50
inferior as scarcely TO be marketable. tuch.
Tor example, as wine. many articles Cf lux
ury, considered by the educated classes
necessaries, and Others Russia can not yet
cally exclude them by increase of tariff il n
question able policy IN country 30 greatly
dependent upon fmportafions from abroad"
In condemning the tart decree Of the
Gar in Russia Mr.. Wurts plainly con-
dennis the Mckinley tariff put through
by the American Gar" which is built
entirely on the Russian principle Of ex-
clusion- Did Mr.. Blaine permit these
words to go into the official. reports In
order to express the same contempt for
McKinleyism which he expressed SO
forcibly last spring when he crushed in
his fine silk hat and dashed it against
the wall? Mr.. Wurts evidently knows
Blaine's opinion of McKinleyism-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

dingy cabin with the sunshine OF her hair.
With yo-heave-ho and yo-heave-hoi
For ships must sail
Tho fierce the gale
And loud the tempests blow.
The captains fingers rested on the pretty.
curly head.
I" Tomorrow will be Christmas day." the little
maiden said;
" Do you suppose that Santa Claus will find US
on the sea,
And make believe the stove-p pipe is . chin
ney-just for meg'
Loud laughed the jovial captain, and by my
faith" he cried,
" If he should come we'll let him know he has a
friend lnside."
And many rugged sailor cast a loving glance
that night
At the stove-pipe where lonely little STOCK
ing 1uttered white.
With yo-heave-ho, and yo-heave-ho!
For ships must sail
Tho fierce the gale
And loud the tempestS blow.
On the good ship polly the Christmas sun
looked down,
crown;
No happier child he saw that day, on sea or
on the land,
Than the captains little daughter with her
treasures in her hand.
For never was a stocking so filled with Gu
rious things!
There were bracelets made Of pretty shells,
and rosy coral strings;
An elephant carved deftly from bit of ivory
tusk;
A fan, an alligator's tooth and a little bag OF
musk.
Not tar aboard the esPolly'' but felt the
Christmas cheer,
For the captains little daughter was to every
sailor dear.
They heard Christmas carol in the shrek
ing wintry gust,
For little child had touched them by her
simple, loving trust.
With ayo-heave-ho, and yo-heave-ho!
For ships must sail
Tho fierce the gale
And loud the tempests blow.
Grace F. Coolidge, in St. Nicholas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

be able at times to even recognize the
shrunken greatness from the Portland
district Of Maine He will not thank
God that the House SIS not deliber-
alive body" The majority will rule,
but it viii not disturb the spared monu-
ments that choose to be mute observers
Of the procession as it passes by.-St
Paul Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

day." The weary fin gers that had
manipulated its keys for nine tedious
hours rested upon the dingy window
sill; and the eyes that had followed
steadily the hateful alphabet all day
were now resting upon the wagons, the
noiseless cars. and the mass of pedes-
TRANS, going in two opposite streams
over the bridge.
was present in the body in this
cherries Office, and my eyes seemed to
take in all that passed before them:
but in spirit / was out among the hills
of my native place, Two hundred miles
away. So. while the weary hands rested
on the sill of the window, and the
tired body leaned for support against
the casing. and the aching eyes seemed
reveling in the scene before me, was,
mentally. in Dayton. N. H.. village
two hundred miles away FRI this tur-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
Butterworth's saeacity.

In my opinion, no man could have
made a successful race for the Presi-
dency Of the United States standing
upon the issue Of the Mckinley bill 1t
was the most unwise policy anf party
could pursue to take the stand of favor
ing an increase in the tariff when it Is
and has been apparent that reduction
is what has been needed, and is wanted
/ think saw what was coming; at least
my action showed what was 9 wise
course. and other Republicans know
only too well the inevitable corse-
quences of the Mckinley bills adop-
tion--Benjamin Butterworth-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
FOUND BY A LETTER.
How John Stanley Discovered His
SwGetheart on Christmas Eve.

I had been q
busy. wearisome
day with me.
ever since the
changing bells
and screeching
whistles b a d
startled t b q t
winter morning
pr g C i 8 g / y at
seven o'clock.
w Orse tn a n
that, it had
proven one OF
those vexatious
period 8 that
SOnetimeSc come
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

r WAS the good
ship polly and
she sailed the
wintry sea,
For ships must
sail tho fierce
the gale, and q
precious freight
had she;
Twas Che cap
tain's littl e
daughter stood
beside her IA
theirs chair.
And illumed the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

The best clause in child's life
Santa Claus. Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

On Christmas day. though the tpr.
keys tender. the eaters stun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18
IL Benefits Vermont.

The bounty on sugar applies to the
maple-tree product as well as to the
beet sugar and cane sugar. How TO get
the bounty on maple sugar is told in
our market notes The crop being the
product Of a tree which takes years to
grow. it is easy for the maple sugar
producers to cooperate in making and
marketing their maple sugar. SO as to
prevent over-production, preserve .
weli-regulated market, and obtain fair
prices for an article that will entff7s
them to the highest bounty.-Farm and
Home
Before the Mckinley bill passed the
Omaha Bee. in referring to the binding
twine trust said: tsWhen il Is under
stood that the cost of binding twine last
year was two cents for every bushel Of
wheat amounting for the entire crop e
nearly ten million dollars. and that the
estimated profit Of the trust was forty
per cent, the importance Of this item
to the farmers Of the country can b ~
allied" And Jet the McKinlaY h512
puts . taxt6 On binding twina
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-18

if you'd just put bit of post-what
do you call it?" he said, coloring like a
schoolgirl.
.sPostscript?n I SUGGESTED. Certain