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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
BEND, KANSAS THURSDAY. OCTOBER

probate judge. superintendent OF
schools and commissioner for the first
district. This report was adopted, and
on motion the report of the COMMITTEES
on order of business was taken up,
amended so as to conform with above
report, and adopted. On motion it was
decided that the candidates should be
brought before the convention by an
informal ballot.
On motion a county central commit
tee was then selected, as follows:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

The machine organ of the republi-
can prohibition party, of this city,
last week published column and half
of alleged proceedings to- inlFeach
Governor Charles Robinson in 1864
and winds it up with a paragraph that
shows there was no Impeachment no9
cause for impeachment, rs follows: -
The senate. sitting as high court of
impeachment. convened at the capital
Oh June 2, 1852; and after hearing all
the evidence in each OF the three cases
found Secretary OF, State Robinson and
Auditor of State Hitler guilty AS charg-
ed. In the case of Charles Robinson
however, the high. court of impeach-
ment found that although he had vio-
lated The law in signing the bonds and
in contracting for 90 cents on the dol
lar. when the law expressly provided
for 30 cents on the dollar, yet as be had
not been a party to any real fraud SO
far as the direct testimony went to
show. the court found him not guilty.
there beiug two dissenting votes ON the
first article"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

Willis robbed the estate of his own
father.-Register- -
On. YOU cowarSiIy political mud ma.
chine. Do you not know that by heat
ing youI editorial column with such
stuff you more clearly thar any otter
way you could do, prove thai you are
devoid of argument ia favor CT yezaF
own party candidate and tiraA byssticn
little Insignificant. pueriie. sings at an
opposition candidate you only strengt tiE-
eli his cause i'm the minds of fair mind
ed people. Willis is not our choice
for governor but ne Is tl.e choice of
many an hvnest voter in Barton couI iy
aud your dirty filings of the aboye ma
ture will make the blood boil in their
veins. They will never forget you =
remember that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

CARAwAY is so party blind that LIE
would not stay TO Lear the address of
the next congressman for the big sew
enth to close.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

Well Stokey said last week that he
was for Mr.. Avars Now let him come
on.-Register.
WE DEFY Caraway to show where,
or how We said we were for MIR. Ayars"
or Rev. Ayars either, for that matter.
Wecalled attention to the fact that Rev
Avars was candidate for the Office OF
county superintendent and that Cara
way had set his head to bring about the
nomination of Mr. Grant. and was at
tempting to switch the Rev. gentleman
off the track by booming him for pro-
bate Judge Later developments prove
that we were eminently correct They
also prove that notwithstanding Rev.
Ayars' grand kick gainst thus being
side tracked, he is SO anxious for
office of some kind that lie permitted
himself to be nominated for PROBATE
judge and thus helped TO Carry out
the plans of his party boss The voters S
of Barton county will be slow to fall
in with that kind of a candidate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

The Sd ward mugwumps who some
times vote the republican ticket, labor
ed for one whole week to devise means
to keep Caraway off the delegation
Register.
AND they kept him Off too But
that did not prevent him from running
the convention at his own autocratic
will.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

The conference committee then re-
ported that the like committee of the
republican resubmission convention
asked that that convention be
entitled to name three candidates
on the county ticket, viz: for
representative, clerk of the court
and coroner, such candidates to be sub
ject 10 the ratification of the democratic
convention, and the republican conven-
ton to accept as their candidates the
gentlemen whom the democrats should
name for the ofices Of county attorney,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Monkeys and Their Prey.

The way in which monkeys catch
and land crabs is described by sports
man who made an expedition to the
Jungle around Singapore, and there
he enjoyed sport which makes the
contemporaneous records of Indian
experiences pale into insignitcance.
The monkey lies down fiat on his
stomach, feigning death. From the
countless passages piercing the mud in
every direction thousands of little red
and yellow crabs soon make their ap-
pearance, and after suspiciously cycling
for few minutes the brown fur of the
monkey they slowly and cautiously
side up to him, in great glee at the
prospect of a big feed off the bones of
Master Jacko. The latter peeps through
his haIf-closed eyelids, and fixes upon
the biggest of the assembled multitude.
When the crab comes within reach out
dashes the monkeys arm, and off he
scampers into the jungle with CRY of
delight to discuss at leisure his clever
ly earned dinner. Rarely did the
MONKEYS seem to miss their prev
adds the describer of this scene Y
saw, however. one old fellow do so,
and it was ludicrous in the extreme to
see the rage it put him in. Jumping
for fully "a minute up and down on all
fours at the mouth of the hole into
which the crab had escaped, he posi-
lively howled with vexation. Then he
set to work poking the mud about with
his fingers at the entrance to the pass
age, fruitlessly trying every now and
again to peep into it These same
monkeys, the so-called pigtail variety,
are taught by the Malays to pick fruit
for them in the forests, The monkeys
select the ripest fruit, and their mast
ers, by following their movements,
catch th N in cloth before they reach
the ground. The monkey is too we'll
trained TO attempt to eat any fruit
while at work. but when sufficient are
gathered he is duly rewarded for his
self-denial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
"SLOYD."
System of Manual Training Now Beins
Taught in This Country.

The word ''sloyd" has been seen in
print more or less of late years in
magazines as well as newspapers. saws
the Boston Transcript, and always in
connection with the vital question of
manual training and its introduction
into the public schools. 1t is an
anglicized form of the Swedish slojd.
meaning deXterity or manual skill
Compare Morse word slogd, cunning;
English sly.) Of late. however, the
word has been restricted in it's use to
denote system of manual training,
of which the best known is the So
called Mas system, adopted some
fifteen years ago in Sweden.
When this system was adopted at
Mas it was new only as a whole. The
details had been worked out and
proved TO be beneficial by different
persons at different times and in differ
ent countries, but not until then had
they been collected and made into a
systematic whole. The material used
is wood found, by experiment, to be
the cleanest and easiest to work-a
most profitable selection. as with
proper tools it can be worked into any
shape and form.
The purpose of the sloyd instruction
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
A Pretty Romance Connected With the
Great Generals Engagement.

A striking incident in the life of Gen.
Grant was mentioned by an intimate
friend. 1t related to the delicate sub
ject of how the General popped the
question. Those who knew General
Grant intimately can imagine how he
could storm rampant, charge bat
terry of artillery, or lead a forlorn hope
in battle easier than he could ask for
the hand of the woman he loved. The
occasion when the young Lieutenant
in the army and Julia Dent plighted
their troth was not one of those ideal
moonlight nights nor were the stars
twinkling over lovers signs, but on a
dark, stormy night in the woods of
Missouri. The Lieutenant was visiting
his army comrade and former class
mate, Fred Dent. He had driven into
town in a buggy with his comrades
sister. The young people were on
their way home. The darkness had
overtaken them. The rain had fallen
in torrents and the roads were axle
deep with mud. The lightning flashed
and the thunder pealed out of the
blackness of nj ght which followed. A
swollen stream and frail bridge stood
in their way. As they reached the
dangerous spot 8 sudden flash of cleo
trio light revealed the terrOrs of the
flood, and the dangers of the bridge.
In an instant, availing himself of this
moment of light, the brave young Off
Ger urged the good steed upon the
quivering doorway. A dreadful burst
of thunder shook the very foundations
of the earth. The young maiden, who
had thus far bravely faced the terrors
of the situation, stunned by the tre-
mendous crash, grasped the unmoved
Lieutenant by her side with affrighted
force. The bridge now began to yield
to the undermining action of the rag
ing torrent. AS it seemed to sink away
the maid exclaimed in her fears, 20,
we are lost mo, Julia" came a
tender reply from the heart full of
emotion which beat in that brave
young breast. Nothing shall happen
to YOU. I shall take care of you. :"
Another flash in timely succession re-
vealed the terrible situation, but one
judicious stimulation of the powerful
steed brought the Lieutenant and his
hearts treasure once more upon the
SOllu GROUND ol the otnei sue DIS lHe
plankway of the bridge moved away in
the surging flood. Rescued from a sit
uation so perilous was the occasion
for a thoughtful silence. The storm
beaten lovers pushed on their trying
way through mud and rain and wind.
Soon out of the darkness came d
voice, Julia, were you frightened"
What a terrible night it ISL said the
maiden in reply, Il would always
like to care for you and protect you.
May do SOP" Yes in the simple
innocence of her girlish heart was the
answer. -Phitadelphia Inquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
The Samaria of To-day.

From an article on Some Wayside
Places in Palestine, in the Century, we
quote the following: II am free to
confess that did not meet the proven
bal good Samaritan as | journeyed
through this much-favored country. If
one meets tiller of the soil he will
sidle off as far as the narrow path will
allow, and scowlingly watch the
travellers approach. The offer of a
plaster will bring him to standstill.
"'How far is it to Nain?
"'God knows comes the fervent
answer.
GLOW long Will it take to 90 thereP'
"'As long as God pleases,' he an
swers, with a shrug of his shoulders
and pull at his pipe.
"'Shall reach there by noonP'
eff God permit.
'"But may | hope to make the dis
lance in an hour?'
LAS God may direct he answers,
walking away.
lis Main distant, or is it very nearp'
"There,' he answers, moving his
finger through wide arc. If one ex-
tracts more neiehborly spirit than
this from Samaritan he must have the
mysterious power OF dervish."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
IN MARBLE CANON.
Quick Work Down Stream by an Advent
urous Exploring Party.

To give you an idea of the number
of the rapids from the head of the
Colorado River to this point. near the
mouth of the Little Colorado River
a distance of about 300 miles, | will
say there are just 200 rapids, not count
ing small draws or rifles, and from
Lees Ferry to this point distance of
eighty miles there are just 100 rapids,
writes Denver Republican correspond
ent. We have run the greater part of
this 100 and portrayed but few, and over
many of them our boats have danced
and jumped at the rate of fifteen miles
per hour, and over some, by actual
measurement, at the rate of twenty
miles per hour for half mile at time
Standing in the bow of one of the
boats as she goes through one of these
chutes, with first the bow and then the
stern jumping into the air as she shoots
from wave to wave, with the spray of
the breakers dashing over ones head
is something the excitement and fasci-
nation of which can only be under
stood by being experienced.
That part of Marble Canon from
Point Retreat for forty miles down to
the mouth of the Little Colorado River
is far the most beautiful and interest
ing canon we have yet passed through.
At Point Retreat the marble walls
stand up perpendicularly 800 feet from
the waters edge, while the sandstone
above branches back in slopes and
cliffs to 1900 feet high. just beyond
| this the canon is narrowest being but
little over 800 feet wide from wall 60
wall, while the river in places at this
stage of water is not over sixty feet
wide. The marble rapidly rises till it
stands in perpendicular cliffs, 700 to
800 feet high, colored with all the tints
of the rainbow. but mostly red. In
many places toward the top it is honey
combed with caves, caverns, arches
and grottoes, with here and there a
natural bridge left from one crack to
another, making a most grotesque and
wonderful picture as our little boats
glide along that quiet portion of the
river so many hundred feet below.
| At the foot of these cliffs in many
| places are fountains of pure sparkling
water, gushing out from the rock-in
one place, Vasseys Paradise, several
hundred feet up the wall-and drop
ping down among shrubbery, ferns and
flowers some of which, even at this
time of the year, were found in boom.
Below this for some distance, are a
number of these fountains with large
patches of maidenhair ferns clinglng
to the wall, fifteen to twenty feet above
| the water. green and fresh as in the
month of May, and with the sparkling
water running down over them they
make most charming picture.
| Our weather has been most wonder
full through the whole winter. The
thermometer has never registered at
o'clock in the morning lower then "a
degree above zero, and in the sun in
the middle of the day has registered as
high as Is degrees. We have had but
one snowstorm down in the canon and
one rain. The sun has shown brightly
nearly all the time, though for eight
days at one time it never shone on us,
we being under the shade of the cliffs
all the time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Dinner Dresses, Escorts and Intro
auctions.

Ladies attend dinner-parties in
trained dresses and waists either
decollete or with square or pointed
fronts. A maid is always in attend
ance in the dressing-room for the
ladies, on the second floor. Before the
gentlemen leave their dressing-room
the servant in charge gives to each an
envelope containing card on which is
written, under his own name, that of
the lady whom he is designated to es-
cort to the table. Al the door of
the ladies' dressing-room he meets the
lady who has accompanied him to the
house. and both descend to the draw
ing-room. In passing down the stair
case the gentleman either takes the
side next the balustrade or precedes
the lady. Gentleman do not wear
gloves, but full dress is always con-
sidered necessary the only variation
being, if the gentleman is in mourning,
he wears black instead of white neck
tie.
Meanwhile host and hostess wait
near the door of the drawing-room in
order to welcome the coming guests.
In entering this room or the dining
looll, tHc ld'iJ may Idht clIHcI Guo
left arm of her escort or on the right,
though to me it seems natural that up
on most occasions the left arm should
be given to lady. The old, chivalric
spirit of leaving the right arm free for
defense is a custom which ought still to
be maintained.
1t is frequently necessary to intro
duce a gentleman to the lady whom he
is to escort to the table, and at small
dinner-parties the envelope containing
names of those who are to sit side by
side is omitted. In that case word
from the host to each gentleman is
sufficient.
The custom of roof introductions,
as they are termed, has been instituted
in this country, but to my mind they
are an inadequate species of hospitality.
There is no reason why all who as
semble at the same time and place
should not know each other Intimacy
is another and a different thing but
christian courtesy teaches that intro
auctions are incumbent on those who
would entertain at their best. George
W. Chitds IN Good HOuSekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Crippled Congressman.

There is only single one-legged
member of the house-Mr. Stone, of
Kentucky. In the Senate, however,
there are three-Senators Berry, of
Arkansas. and Hampton and Butler. of
South Carolina However, the two
latter wear cork legs and their con-
dition is not visible. There is not a
one-armed man in the Senate, but in
House there are two-COl. Oates, of
Alabama, and Gen. Hooker, of Miss
issippi. Col. Oates has lost his right
arm. Gen. Hooker his left. The story
goes that they buy their gloves to-
gether. One pair does for both.
Georgia has both the heaviest and the
lightest men on the floor oft the House
Major Barnes is the heaviest by fully
100 pounds. Mr.. Gambler is the
smallest in either house. There is an
other peculiarly about Mr.. Gambler.
Since he went into the war he has never
worn a pair of shoes. He will wear
nothing but the old-style boot. atlanta
Constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Eating With a Knife.

you can't teach an old dog new
tricks, " said old Judge Dewey. of yell
low Mound City, when his wife begged
him for the third time to remember to
eat with his fork at her approaching
dinner party. "Ill try not to forget,
my dear, but wasn't brought up to it.
Folks Dug Int to do what they're brought
up to-"
He did not remember at the dinner
party. His knife went to his mouth
dozen times. Next day. when the fam
lily was dining alone, the old judge de-
tected his son, Frank, with his knife at
his lips.
Eating with your knife, sir? Leave
the tablet" Numbered the old Judge
You'll eat bread and milk till further
orders"
Really, papa, l think you are too
Dewey, as she little fellow left the ia
bic. The faces of the elder boys and
the grown up daughters showed that
they agreed with their mother
He ate with his knife" growled the
old man.
so did you at dinner" retorted Mrs.
Dewey, severely.
Don't l know it!'' returned the
Judge. Don't | know it! l eat with
my knife because l was brought up to
it, but that boy wasn't brought up to
it. None of my children was brought
up to it, and if l catch any of 'em do
ing it, as sure as / live, l IL lock 'em up
on spoon-victuals until they learn the
use of fork!'- Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Broke the Toilet Set.

A lady staying short time at one
of the hotels recently had the ill luck
to break a soap dish of valuable toilet
set, says the St. Louis STAR Sayings.
The proprietor said the set was quite
valuable, and that, as it would be
difficult to match the set in the matter
of a soap dish he would have to con-
slider the whole set destroyed and
charge her for it. The price he put
upon it was somewhere in the neigh
borhood of $50. The lady was fustered
somewhat, but as she had the means
she paid the money and went back to
her room. Shortly after her ar
rival there servant rushed down to
the clerk and said that either the lady
was crazy or was being murdered in
her room, and clerk and a couple OF
porters dashed upstairs. AS they
neared the room they heard series of
crashes, and they burst in the door to
find the lady standing amid a heap of
broken china surveying with much
pleasure the ruin she had wrought.
When asked for an explanation she
said she had paid for the set, and as
she had no use for it at home she
thought she'd have some fun with it.
The proprietor will not be so much ION
the charge hereafter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
Where Wild Fowl Go,

Until the acquisition of Alaska bv
wonder where certain wild fowl went
when they migrated from temperate
chimes on the approach of summer, as
well as snow birds and other small
species of the feathered tribe, says the
Sitka Alaskan. TWAS afterward found
that their habitat in summer was the
waters of Alaska, the Yukon River and
the lakes of that hyperborean region.
A reporter recently interviewed G. j.
Green, of Norton Sound, Western
Alaska, and he confirms the statement
of Dali and others. People wonder
where the wild fowl come FROM" said
he. ''They see the sand-hill crane,
wild goose heron and other fowl every
spring and fall pursue their unwearied
way. but, like the wind, they do not
they go. Up on Golovin Bay, on the
north shore of Norton Sound, is the
breeding place of these fowl. All the
birds in creation, seemingly, 60 TO that
country to breed. Geese, ducks, swans
and thousands upon thousands of sand
hill cranes are swarming there all the
time. They lay their eggs in the blue
stem grass in the lowlands, and if you
go up the river little way from the
bay the noise of the wild fowl is almost
deafening. Myriads OF swallows and
robins are there, as we'll as millions of
magnificent grouse wearing red combs
and feathered moccasins. This grouse
turns white as snow in winter. You
can kill dozens of juicy teal ducks or
grouse as fat as butter-balls in few
moments. The wild fowl and bears
! live on salmon berries, with which all
the hills are literally covered"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22

is by no means Only to give general
skill to the hand, but also to stimulate
and broaden the mind and to excite "a
love and respect for all honest work; it
is to be looked upon as educational, a
thing which will help us all and gener-
ations to come to be more fully and
evenly developed.
On the value of the various systems
there is much dissent; but all be-
levers in manual training agree to the
following principles. The work must,
l. Interest the pupil. 2. Give use
sui articles as product. 8. Promote
general dexterity. t. Develop the
sense and love of order and exactness.
5. Encourage cleanliness and neatness.
6. Take into consideration the ability
and strength of the pupil. Z. Cultivate
the esthetic sense. s. Develop and
strengthen the body. 9. Counterfeit
sedentary occupations. 10. Progress
methodically. IL. Train the percep-
ton md develop the constructive and
inventive faculties. II. Cultivate at
tention, diligence, and perseverance.
These qualities the sloyd will be found
to supply more fully than any other
system, while it is better calculated to
secure a symmetrical development OF
mind and body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
"a Sovereign Spectacle"

A letter in the Salt Lake Tribune,
describing the snow storms in the
Serras, says: The flakes come down
as large as a mans palm. They catch
and cling to the limbs of the glorifed
pines and turn them into temples. The
trunks of the great trees are the pillars
while all above is mass of exquisite
work in green and white. There are
festoons and streamers, and the soft
soughing of the wind comes to the ear
like the muffled beat of the breakers
upon a low coast 1t requires strong
nerves not to be impressed with the
immensely and wild grandeur of every
thing around. When mountain storm
sounds all its solemn pipes and starts
upon the march, it is a sovereign spects-
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