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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
COMING AND GOING.

As the dewy dusk Of April skies,
With days bright crown his regal brows
adjoining.
The sun woos budding earth, renewed, to rise
And win the fruitful promise OF the morning,
So when nfe's morning rises from the void,
glory,
The budding heart. by hopes bright pinions
buoyed,
Goes forth unheeding all life's elder story.
With faith and hope through years, alas how
true!
The youth by rosy pathways hastens, hum
ming
gay refrain, whose chorus ever new,
ORiags with the spell-words: "Consingr'-al-
ways "CoDaing!"
But when, through many a change of sea and
The sun hath slowly risen and fast de-
scended
Till. from the horizon, with regretful eye,
He sinks through angry Clouds and day is
ended,
The storm-tossed flowers of weary earth re-
And many a bud that gave at morn fair
token
OF noontide bloom, is but wfthered rose
Its fragrance gone. its every promise broken.
So when the day Of life, through storm and
blast,
uatu SlruSSleo utIuIly OeyOnU lLS Zen1tn,
What wonder IT, regretful. down the past
The heart should look and question what life
meaneth!
No more be2uiled by hope through owery
ways;
The path has long been rude and thorpy
growing;
And in the chant the heart shall henceforth
raise,
The choral word is Going ever .'Going"'
&C. Gardner, in N Y Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
L'ENFANT's WITHDRAWAL.

great capital city would grow into the
thing of beauty which he plainly be-
held as an accomplished fact; but be-
ieved that to some other name, to some
obscure and inferior man, all the glory
in after years would be ascribed. How
he must have regretted the ebullition of
temper which barred him from direc-
ton of the work. How he must have
writhed in mental agony over his error;
and how proud he was in his own self
consciousness-too proud to crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift
might follow fawning." But he is not
forgotten.
About one year after the site of this
city was selected by Washington, the
L'Enfant plans were transmitted to
congress, and they were, in all essential
features, the lines of the city to-day. It
was reproduced by Ellicott, formerly
an associate of L'Enfant, so that the
work of surveying and outlining the
city continued right along. The recall
citra genius witnessed the work, saw
that the plans which he had so carefully
prepared were being carried out with
no changes whatever, knew that the
fruit of his genius had been given away
10 du undpPfecidtiVe COeSTlcs duo feal-
azed the further fact that no monument
would ever mark his grave. no crypt
receive LIS remains, no people do honor
to his memory.
You may well imagine that the orig
tnal map is great curiosity, and also
that it has suffered with time and much
handling. A few years ago the faint
lines were retouched by skillful drafts
men, and then the entire work photo
Autographed by the expert worlmen in
the United States coast survey. The
other maps which were made by Eli
colt have also been similarly repro
duced, so that we will be able to retain
forever both the original and the fac
SMILES of these valuable bits of paper.
We are rapidly becoming one of the an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13


Gent nations of the world. and posterity
viii gaze with wonder upon these evil
dences Of the scholarship. engineering
skill and genius of the eighteenth CEN
tury; and they will read with Interest
the history of the founding Of a politi-
cal metropolis However true It seems
to be that ''the gardener, Adam, and his
wife, smile at the claims of long
descent" it is equally true that there is
trace of the love of antiquity in our
family, state and national histories.
Already we celebrate Bunker Hill, Sar-
atoga, Yorktown, and are proud Of our
years of stability as a model republic.
Why George Washington selected this
place as the site of the new city has
never been explained. A great portion
of it was marshy, low ground. slug
gish creek. then called the Tiber.
flowed. or it might almost be said oozed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13

through the center of the ten miles
square. Indeed there were men in
those days so irreverent as to intimate
that Washington was influenced in his
choice by personal considerations be-
cause his own home, Mount Vernon,
was so near the spot selected Others,
probably with equal approximation to
truth, have said that better sites farther
down the river were rejected by Wash
ington because he feared that some
criticism might attach to him for locat-
ing the capital too near his own home.
Whatever motives prompted him, how
ever, it is certain that far better sites
were available along the banks of the
Potomac. Nevertheless, by virtue of
the difficulties surrounding him, the
genius of L'Enfant shines the brighter,
for he surmounted all obstacles. His
plans included wharves along the river
front, bridges across the eastern branch,
as well as over the main stream, to Ar
Hngton, the reclamation of fats,
marshes and quagmires, the Enclosure
of the Tiber, making a culvert of it,
and in fact all the improvements which
have latterly been made.
One thing which he desired and in
tended has not been accomplished, and
will not be for another half century or
more, if ever L'Enfant intended that
the city should lie upon the plateau
known as Capitol hill. But the proper
ty owners held their lots at such fabu-
lous figures that the population drifted
westward, on out to Georgetown, leav-
ing the magnificent east front of the
capitol bereft of that magnifcence
which the genius had anticipated, SO
that the Goddess of Liberty, from her
perch upon the dome, gazes at the ris-
ing sun over sparsely settled section.
The same condition exists to-day, in
that property is held at more than
double it's actual value there. All SUBJ
urban improvements extend westward
and northwestward. instead of east
ward, and all of our statesmen, legis-
lators, justices and diplomats enter
the capitol by the back door because of
this unfortunate condition of affairs.
Congress wisely selected two squares Of
ground, directly east of the capitol
grounds, for the site of the COMPRESSION
al library, and that magnificent struc-
ture is now mounting skywards. II
other public buildings are located upon
the hill in the future the development
of that section will be more rapid
My attention was drawn to this sub
ject of L'Enfant and his plans by gen.
tleman high in Official authority in our
local government, who, after exhibiting
the maps, said: SIS it not time for the
people to know something of L'Enfant,
become acquainted with his merits and
authorize their representatives to erect
a monument to his memory? We have
Sfaf1eS of men of lesser infeIlecfua 1itv
and who have been by far less service
able to their country. It is common
for all peoples to recognize merit too
late to bring pleasure to genius; and
yet, it seems to me, this country has
been exceedingly dilatory in giving
recognition to the merits of the man
who planned the greatest capital city
on earth" SMITH D. Fly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
WHAT A BRIGHT BOY DID.
He Dug Out knowledge from a Cyclic
pedia, and Made 1t Pay.

He Dug Out knowledge from Cyclic
pedia, and Made 1t Pay.
The only thing is to take hold some
where, says Charles Dudley War ner.
and to begin to use the art of reading
to find out about things as you use J our
eyes and ears. knew boy, scamp
of lad, who almost needed a high
chair to bring him up to the general
level of the dining table, who liked to
read the encyclopedia. He was always
hunting around in the big books of the
encyclopedia-book about his own
size-for what he wanted to know. He
dug in it as another boy would dig in
the woods for sassafras root. 1t APP
peared that he was interested in natur-
al history and natural phenomena. He
asked questions of these books exactly
as he would ask a living authority, and
kept at it till he got answers. He
knew how to read. Soon that boy was
an authority On earthquakes. He liked
to have the conversation at table turn
on earthquakes, for then he seemed to
be the tallest person at the table. I
suppose there was no earthquake any,
where of Importance but that he could
tell whera it occurred and what dam
age it did, how many houses it buried.
and how many people 1t killed, and in
what shape it left the country it had
shaken. From that he went on to try
to discover what caused the disturb
ance. and this led him into other inves-
LEGATIONS and at last into the study Of
electricity, practical as well as theoret-
zeal. He examined machines and in
vented machines and kept on reading
and presently he was an expert in cleo
tricity. He knew how to put in wires
and signals and bells and to do a num-
Der of practical and useful things, and
almost before he was able to enter the
high school he had a great deal of work
to do in the city and three or four men
under him. These men under him had
not read as much about electricity as
he had.-ChicagO Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

THE use of complete fertilizers in.
wolves a waste in all cases where the
soil already contains an abundance OF
one or two Of the chief elements OF
plant food, and requires only the sup
Elementary addition of the missing one
or two elements.-T. Greiner.
WHAT 1 could earn in some other
way outside of farming is wholly out
of the question Ninety-five per cent
of the farmers must earn their money
on their farms or not at all. and must
draw upon all really available sources
of income. w. I. Chamberlain.
If you have no silo grow a crop of
corn for fodder. Plant the seed in
rows, cultivate well, and cut the fodder
corn when the ears are glazed, the
same as for ensilage, but the fodder
should be well cured and then stored
in the barn in a clean and bright con-
dition.
Mosr people think they must wait
many years for returns from the
planting of peach or cherry pits. We
have heard, on good authority, that a
Texas man ate peaches from a tree two
years and two months after he planted
the pit from which the tree grew
Strickman-
IN Florida, where criclzets often seri-
ously damage choice plants just set out,
the plan has been adopted of cutting
of the top and bottom Of three p ound
fruit cans and placing the resulting cyl
inder over the very small rose bushes,
cuttings and other small choice plants
liable to attack.
Cur down the old fruit trees that
may be standing in the pastures that
have passed beyond their period of
usefulness Unless they are taken care
of they will become nests fer the vari-
Gus fruit pests, and viii In turn be the
means OF populating your orchard with
undesirable colonies
IwANr to say this out of my own ex-
perience. 1 have often fed . dollars
worth of feed into one cow and got a
dollars worth of butter ont of her. I
have fed the same amount of feed into
another cow and got two dollars out of
her, and am going to stand by the
two-dollar cow.-H. Adams.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
The Best-Psyfng Turkey.

The turkey that pays best for do.
mestic purposes is the bronze. of the
handsome breed that has been de-
veloped in the last generation In this
country ALI turkeys have been de-
veloped IN America for that matter.
Notwithstanding its foreign name the
turkey is native of this continent,
and was not known in Europe till ii
was introduced from the western
world That is another debt the in
hsbitants of Europe owe to America.
We have not only set them the example
of a great people, happy and prosperous
under republican government, but we
have given thsm the turkey.-Prairie
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13

tom line, feet; stope out, IL feet Con-
tents roughly calculated, 800 gallons
The above, a very rough side view,
may give more idea than measurements
alone At 81 a trap door is fitted, SO
that the sheep may be soaked if neces-
sary. Such a tank will holdctwelve to
fifteen sheep at once, and 1000 sheep
can be passed through it easily in q
day, even when each lot is soaked for a
minute or two. much prefer a swim
ming bath to hand dipping; sheep very
seldom get any of the dip into their
months
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
The Wrong Man.

Temperance Advocate - My young
friend, let me counsel you to read this
story of the shocking fate of a man in
Brooklyn, who met a terrible death
from delirium tremens. It would per
haps inspire you with a wholesome nor
ror OF the wine cup.
Young Man - Perhaps it mightn't
though. You see, I'm reporter on the
Daily Fake, and wrote that story my
SEIZURE invention, every word of It
-Munsev'S Weekly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
A Wornan's Heart.

Myers-Do you think Angie loves me?
Tomson-Well, I'll tell you how you
can find out. You go across the room
and begin to firt with Miss Purple
bloom. If Angie gets mad and looks
daggers at you, you might as well hang
up your fiddle-it's all on the surface;
but if she appears as calm as June
morning and smiles like an angel, her
heart is yours Try It and III watch
Il life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
He Knew Her.

81 want to contest my wife's will, -
said countryman, breaking into law
yer's Office early Monday morning.
SIS she dead?" inquired the lawyer,
for the want of something better to say.
you bet" blurted out the visitor. 81
wouldn't be contestin' it eff she wuzn't.
You never knowed that woman, ]
guess."-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
A Phfl.nthroytst in Boston.

Mrs. Beacon Streete-Had we better
invite the Finsons? Mr.. Finson's father
was in trade, you know.
Miss Minerva-But trade of a most
refined character, you know. He dealt
in nothing but spectacles--Indianap
lis Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
Not In Her Class.

lection to him, Clara? He seems to be
first-class young man
Hesitating Young Woman-How can
he be, mamma? He is the third as
sistant IN a second-class post Office
Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13

made that young turkeys become lame
and swell at the joints The difficulty
is due mostly. to the high roosting
places, the young turkeys striking the
ground too heavily. Old turkeys are
not so liable to be injured, as they are
matured, but the rapid growing young
ones are too weak in the legs to endure
the constant strain upon them when
they jump from high perches.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13
ShEEP-DIPPlNG TANK.

Useful Design Furnished by . south AZ
rican Farmer.
A South African subscriber to the
London Agricultural Gazette sends to
that paper the subjoined design:
Top line of tank level with the
ground; 20 feet long; depth in deepest
part, feet 6 inches: width. feet; bot
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-13

rected the horse across the turf to the
opening in the woods. Then, tying
the reins to the saddle, she ''shone''
the lantern over the animals head and
urged him to gentle canter in the di-
rection of Brooklyn.
The sun was up when Van Buren,
(who had prudently passed the night
in the British ca:np) returned to the
Cross Keys. ace lpanied by an aide
de-camp of the british general On
leading the horses to the stable he was
intensely surprised to find Black Ned
stretched upon the straw, his appear
ance indicating that he had been ridden
in the storm. Upon asking his wife
(who was already hustling about her
worlk) for an explanation of this
phenomenon, the good lady folded her
arms and replied:
''Mr. Van Buren,, that's state Sc
cretr'
The officer was discussing a broiled
steak when Shelton entered the bar.
On the table lay an official note, the
contents of which gave the major a lit
tie surprise. It ran as follows:
I'VE have acceded to the terms OF proposed
exchange OF prisoners, Just at hand, and you
win at once release from custody jeremiah
Aarrtner. CLINTON, commanding
Ere the captain quilted the precincts
of Flatbush he contrived to deliver his
thanks to his fair messenger.
''It was a terrible ride" she said,
s'but had q companion coming back.
And now tell me, captain, why you are
80 anxious to leave u.s."
''Ah, madam" whispered the privar
teer, ''your porter is excellent, but so
is my song of The Yankee Sword
and I've sworn to make the major sing
it!''
One dark night, shortly after the
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Sumas city has voted s., 800 for the new
school building.
A good fishing business ought to be
built uD IN this city, il IL were properly
prosecuted.
A sturgeon weighing over 500 pounds
was brought down from Point Roberts
yesterday by JAKE Fisher.
Two Eastern ladies are visiting the
Cascades on a sketchinR tour, aud tho
miners and prOspectOrs are on their bes {
behavior, aud clean shirts and faces are
the order Of the day.
game Of baseball will be played this
afternoon at the baseball park between
the Bellingham Bays and the Red Fronts,
OF New WhatcOm. The game will be for
the benefit Of Mullee andRappold, of the
Bellingham Bays
Charlie Ross, an employe Of the Fair
haven Sandstone company, had his foot
injured at the quarry yesterday by a
heavy piece OF rock falling upon IT, One
OF his toes was broken and one dislocated
DR.. Compton attended to the injuries.
The insurance on w. w. Sly's furniture
damaged by the fire in the Bellngham
Bay laundry building. on Wednesday last
was paid yesterday, the adiuster having
arrived and adjusted the claim. The
company making the prompt settlement
is the Providence Washington, of which
ID. Daun Egan is agent In this city.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
REAL ESTATE TRANS FERS

The following are the real estate trans
fers recorded up to o'clock yesterday,
furnished by the abstract Office Of Petit
bone Bros:
BIN Hixson to X Alien, lot "A, blk 5,
York add to New Whatcom; $3.50.
w Il Moultray and wife to j ID Iouree,
lot 81, blk "A, Sumas; $50.
z j Davies to same, lot Is, blk 10, Sumas;
Ii Barker ct al to Needer, lots and r,
blk 4, Barkerville; 500.
II Fenton to w Mckee, 4 of blks 2, 3, A,
and :, Eureka add to Whatcom, and =
of the unplatted portion Of sw4 OF sW4
see II, tp 80, r 3; 5000.
IA Il Holmes ct al to A III Kerr, blk /,
Highland Park add to Fairhaven; sl,2I5.
Same to same, blk 10, same add; sl,2I3.
+ l. Co to G. Il lrens, lot 10, blk PA, l.
| Co.'S third add; S2l5.
| G. + lrenS and wife to ii Peterson, same
A l. Heath to " II Earl ct al, ; acres in
/ Se4 Of nw4 of nw4 or sec 81, Up 81 l
| 5; 500.
p ii Cumming to G f Mayer, lot ;, blk
| Il. HuntoOn & McKellar's add TO FAR
/ haven; $1,000
l. c Kjeldson to NJ Thompson, lot lG
| blk 3. Bay View add to Fairhaven; 800
l. NJ Hughes and wife To ) ) Rlnehart,
/ lOIS anu -, Olh - N'htl a. "'" W ~
haven; $40.
! | r. Atherton to c A Mobiles, lot Is, blk
). York add to New WhatcOm; 800.
| w ID jenkins to n 5 Coupe, lots and g
| blk 81. WhatcOm; $500.
| j Barwick to A Slaby, IS acres in ne14
of neL of sec 10, tip 80 >; 500.
Il Hartman and wife to W Meek, eH
Of VIZ Of nwl4 of nw4 Of sec 81, tp 81
r3; 81 600.
Same to J + Meek, Wa of wa OF nwA
Of nw4 of sec 80, tip 80 3; $500.
l. A Trecn and wife to c Jones, sw 27L
feet of lot 5, blk %, New Whatcom
$1,000.
A w Steen and wife to | & Hazard
part of blk 5, lots 10 to l6, blk g. and lot
/ /. .. II and II, blk 5, Stems LIST add t.
Blaine; 5000.
T Orton to IL Settlemier, nw14 OF nv
Il of Sw14, sec p, tip 80, ,; Sl33.1l.
= j Lair to Lombard Investment Com
pany, Sc 4 of ne a, less 5 acres, sec 10, I
40, r2: 81 POO.
Same to Same, Sc 4 of ne 4, sec ID, t
40, 2; g., 400.
5 5 Huntington ct al to w Il Mltten,
= Of ne a sec u, tp 40, r 2; $500.
w 5 Meek and wife to 5 f. Hartman,
Z Of wa Of NV a of NV 4, sec 80, tip 80,
3; 500.
J + Meek and wife to S + Hartman,
, \ of W 4 of NV a Of NV 4, sec 3
! tn 80, 3; 5000.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19

These are only a "FEW" of
our Closing Out Sale prices. Give
us call and be convinced.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
For particulars address the owner
GEO. M. SORELLE
FairhaVen, w ash
1870
SUMMONS

state OF Washington, county OF Whatcom, S.
In the superior court of the state OF Wash
ingtOn. for the County of Whatcom, hold
ing terms at New Whatcom,
A. NJ. Loux and J. S. Holland, co-partners
doing business under the firm name and
style OF LouX Holland, plaintiffs,
J. II. wilmot. defendant.
Action brought In the superior court for the
County Of Whatcom, holding terms at New
MhatcOm, and complaint filed in the office
OF the clerk of said court on the 18th day Of
June, 1891.
The state of Washington to the above-named
defendant, J. II. Wlmot, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that Loux & Hol-
land, plaintiffs, have filed a complaint
against you I'm the Superior Court of the state
OF washington, for the county of WhatcOm,
holding terms at New Whatcom. which will
come on to be heard sixty days after the first
publication OF this summons, to-wit: Sixty
days after the thirteenth day OF June. 1901
ana unless you appear and answer the same
on orbetore the twelfth day of August. 1891.
the same will be taken as confessed. and the
prayer OF said complaint granted
The object and prayer OF said complaint is
to obtain decree Of this court foreclosing a
certain chattel mortgage, bearing date of
June 9Th 1891 executed by defendant, j. ii.
Wilmot, TO plaintiffs herein, upon all the
personal property OF the said ]. II. Wilmot
now In and p'rt OF the Royal Bodega
Saloon" and in that certain frame building
situate on lot three, of block thirty-two in
the City Of Fairhaven. Whatcom county
Washington, and for such other and further
reliet as TO the court may seem Just and
equitable; and for further particulars refer
as aforesaid
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Superior court, affixed this twelfth day OF
June, A. d., 1901.
County Clerk and Clerk of Superior Court
100 By c. II, HURLBUT,
Ihp Deputy Clerk,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
NOTICE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND
ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that a special cleo
tion will be held July Both. 1901, at Four
teenth street School house, In School District
No. =, OF Nhatcom county. state of Washing
ton, Tor the purpose of determining whether
or not the directors Of said school district
shall borrow money and issue bonds of the
district In the sum of one hundred thousand
flO9WQ~dollars, for the purpose OF purchas-
ing and improving school cites. building and
furnishing school houses. paying teachers
salaries and for other school purposes
Said bonds II issued. shall bear a rate of
interest not TO exceed ten per centum per
annum, and shall be payable In twenty years
after date
The election viii be by ballot Those I'm
favor OF the issuing of bonds as above speci-
fed. Will vote, Bonds, yes:" those opposed
Bonds. no"
The polls will be open from o'clock D. m.
20 O'Clock p. m. BY order OF the board of
directors.
Dated this 18th day OF July. 1891.
lsigned) GEO. Ii. WATRoUs
NV School District Clerk.