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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

WHETHER witch hazel fork in the
hands of seer will find water or not
is question about which opinions will
vary, but there was a good deal of
shrewdness about the plan taken by a
Kansas farmer. He plowed the field
where he wanted the well and sowed it
in oats. Every day he watched the
oats until he finally made up his mind
es to the spot showing the greatest
moisture. There he sank well, and
attwenty. four feet struck fine vein
and his we'll is reputed the best in the
county.-MoundC City Progress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

A New YORK man says he has dis
covered fly destroyer that discounts
all the fly paper and fly poisons that
have yet been put into use. Last
0pring he went into the country and
brought back with HIM when he re.
turned a number of clover blossoms.
He hung them in the room to ornament
Che walls. The clover dried, and since
then he says not fly will stay in the
COON. He has watched and studied
and says he has discovered that flies
cannot stand the scent of dried clover
Will some of our readers hunt up the
clover blossoms and try it?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

GEORGIA has one good law that
ought to be on the statute books OF
Kansas. 1t is to the effect that. when
q doctor has been found guilty of being
dunk he is forever debarred from prac-
tice in the state. If there is man who
should keep every faculty about him at
all times, it is the man who is called
upon to minister to our loved ones in
their hours of danger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

Geo. w. Mitchell returned from
Colorado and Utah, Wednesday
morning. He says he found only
about 10, 900 laborers and mechanics
in Salt Lake City seeking employ
ment; the whole country being over
run with that class of men. He will
probably remain here for a while,
where he knows he can get work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

The man who is good patron of a
newspaper rarely finds fault with its
sayings or doings. If he is liberal
financially, it is ten to one that he
accords great liberality to a news
paper. 1t is those who never pay a
cent to newspaper in advertising or
job work who kick against a news.
paper and especially when it does not
puff them, their business and their
family.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

THE first election in Utah on nation
al party lines came off on the third.
The democratic campaign was made on
the issues of tariff reduction and free
silver, and the ticket won. There were
two other tickets in the field, liberal
and republican, the latter coming out
third best in the fight.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

Among the Pawnee Rock people
attending the commencement exercises
of the @. n. G. last week were Messrs.
Henry Lindas, Geo. Gano, Misses
Grace and Pet Gano, Addie Lille and
Jessie Vosburg.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

A south side man, who, by the
way, may be said II he up to snuff, said
the other day: eft I ever do any
thing mean and want to escape the
watchful eye of the public, I'll go and
hire out to clerk in store that does
not ADVERTISE"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

"BUT there is not a section or line in
the entire bill (McKinley tariff that
will open a market for another bushel
of wheat or another barrel of pork. -
Games G.. Blaine to Senator Frye.
AND that includes the reciprocity
scheme as it is being worked by the re-
publican party.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

Phillip Sauer, Of Wisconsin, who
has farm near Ellinwood which is
involved in the Wilson difficulties,
came out to look after his interests
last week. He is an old and feeble
man and took his trouble to heart very
much.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

JUDGE ABBOTT was nominated by
the republicans at Garden City, on the
Sd, to succeed himself as judge Of the
9th judicial district. Abbott was not
the choice of the ''ring'' republicans,
and will probably be reelected, as he
has made fair and impartial judge and
has the commentator of all liberal
minded men in the district.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

Henry Shultz, accompanied by his
wife, favored us with call Saturday.
Mr.. Shultz will put in 200 acres of
wheat this fall on his farm near Heller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.
ROAD NOTICE.

State of Kansas,
County of Barton.
Office of County Clerk, Great Bend, July 81, 1891
Notice is hereby given, that on the 21st, day of
July, 1891, petition signed by j. S. Dalziel and
sixty-two others, presented to the Board of
County Commissioners of the County and State
aforesaid praying for the laying out and opening of
certain road, described follaws. viz: Com
menc1ng at the southeast corner of section No. 5,
towdshlp Is, range II west; running thence west
section line between sections and of said town.
ship and range, to the southwest corner of said
section 3; thence north section line between
sections and g. until it reaches the terminus of
regularly laid out road which is about one-fourth
miles north OF southwest corner of said section s.
Whereupon said Board of County Commissioners
appointed the following named persons, viz: Ed
Grizzell, j. H. Strothman and Lon Jordon as
viewers, with Instructions meet, in conjunction
with the County Surveyor, at the house of Lon
August, A. d. 1891, and proceed to view said road
and give to all parties hearing.
By order of the Board of County Commissioners
1913 ID. Z. JONES, County Clerk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

III. e. Benke, one of Barton's popu-
lar school teachers, came down to the
county seat on business Tuesday and
favored this Office with q call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

LosT-A gold pin, star, with "E.
FRANKIE" engraved on it. Finder
please return to Fred Stauffer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
First published July 16, 1911
SHERIFFS SALE.
State of Kansas, | -.
Barton County, 90
V. s. Musil

s. Musn
J.V. Brinkman, administrator
Mrs. G. E. Ashton and Ger
tie Ashton.
By virtue of a special execution to me directed
and delivered issued out of the Goth District Cour
of tie State of Kansas, sitting in and for Barton
county, in said State. 1 will on Monday, Aug nth
A. D. 1891, between the hours of 1 O'Clock p m
and O'Clock p. M. of said day. at the Court Hous.
west door in Great Bend, in the county and stat,
aforesaid offer at public sale and sell to the h1ghes
bidder, for cash in hand, with appraisement, tn,
Lot No. nine Ie1 and NORTH half Of lot No e;ob
49, block No. ninety-nine (99 in the city of Grea
Bend, Barton county, Kansas. Subject to mort
cages aggregating 1920.
Said property to be sold commanded by tn,
said Special Execution.
D. WILSON, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, July IS. 1891 1920
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER.
Great Bend,
Barton Co., Kansas
July 2Sth, 1891.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following is
~ list of the lands and town lots situated in Bar
ton county, Kansas sold st the Delinquent Tax Sale
November 2ad, 1885, and unreieemed at this date;
and described the tax roofs, giving the name
of persons whom assessed, if any and the amount
of taxes charged and interest calculated the last
day OF redemption due each parcel; unless these
lands and lots be redeemed from such sale on or
before December 3, 1891, the same viii be duly
conveyed to the purchasers:
Redding, neqr "a, Il, b.. SSH So
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

n@Au al vertisements or commuoications to OBJ
tain an insertion in the DEMOCRAT, must be handed
in BY wednesday noon of each week, at the very
latest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
Wanfpl,

A girl to do homework. Enquire
at Western Furniture Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
Low Il. r. Rates .

Low Il. r. Rates.
Chicago and return, $500.
st. Louis and return, $26.8O.
Pueblo. Denver, Trinidad, Colorado
Springs and return, $500.
Via Missouri Pacific.
E. w. WAYNANT, Agt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

Detroit and return, $21.65.
st. Louis and return, S14.OO.
Cincinnati and return, S24. 55.
Limited for return until August
18th. via Mo. Pac.
p. w. WAYNANT, Agent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL-Services every Sun
W day morning and evening. Sunday School at
$50 a m Young peoples meeting Tuesday even
ings; Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
W. II. HALL, Pastor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

GERMAN UNITED EVANGELICAL-(New
" Lutheran Services every Sunday morning ut
II O'Clock. Sunday school at 10 o'clock At frame
school house
REV. TRACY, Pastor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

40 90
Is 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
COUNTY TREASURER'S
LIST 0F LANDS AND TOWN LOTS
FOR DEED DECEMBER 20. 1891.
Great Bend, I
Barton Co., Kansas,
Ink 18Th 1901

OFFICE OF COUNTY treasurer,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

CyATHOLIC-Services second, fourth and fifth
~ Sundays in every month, at 1870 and 80;
Sunday School 1t 10 every Sunday
FATHER KELLEY, Pastor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

The following are the deeds filed for
record with the Register of Deeds for
two weeks ending August S, 1891, at
10 a. m
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-11
SARAH Is A TERROR.


Tho IIernhnrdt Made Things Lively
ArOuad the 0liscy House.
New Y0Rx, Feb. 10.-Ths orfatic side Of
Bernhardt's nature has found vent In auch
abuse at the Gilsey houss management that
IL has been found necessary to transfer her
to the Hoffman house, where she was quar-
tered four years ago. A cloud speedily DIS
PEELED the visions Of pleasure OF she nail
boys and chamber maids Of the Gilssy
house for, according to Mr.. Brockway, tho
temper Of the French actress il by no means
divine. The silver did not suit. the coffee
not made right, a certain style OF tea
pot was not to her fancy, and she proposed
that one be procured such AZ she described:
the dinner was not served in the kind OF
china set most admired. the napkin rings
were not OF the proper design, the waiter
was tardy. the hall boys did not strike ner
fancy, the furnishings were not iesthetic
enough.
Nor were these ali the faults that ruffied
the temper Of Mime. Sarah. Tn chamber
maids manner Of making the beds was oh.
jectionable. the elevator was too slow and
1t Jared her nerves. 1t wae sald Dy tne
clerk that Mime. Bernhardt did MOI like u
because the bar was always promptly clofei
at one a. M, and as she often had many
friends 10 take supper with her at that hour
she felt sighted because she could not get
wine o. liquor after that time. he also
limited that Nine. Bernhardtwa in the abi
Of having exceedingly lively times and ais.
turbing the other guests, and that At the
Hoffman house she would be allowed to do
much as she pleased. and no questions
would be asked.
Speaking of her performance a dramatic
critic says: LA Tosca is q foul n alb
horrent play, and more than enough has
been said about il already. This life OF
ours 10 a short one, and people can always
be better employed as it passes han in rak-
ing over a pile Of rotten rubbish. The
duty OF the moment toward this piece Is
fulfilled by = record of its recurrence.
Sarah Bernhardt WAS measured for the
part Of La Tosca. and it fits her. She 10
artificial and ~insincere in her %coquetry, bSs
more natural. She does moi express n
higher phase Of a woman's love than the
animal phase Of it. The most OF Sarah
B%ernhardt's stage women are commonly
engaged in trying to make themselves
sensually enchanting to men, but they never
truly experience love, and the word is pro-
famed when it is associated with them."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-11
THRIVING IN AN INCUBATOR.

Novel Method of Nourishing . Prems-
turely Born Infant.
In one Of the wards of the Babies hos
pital, in New York, . baby is thriving in 81
incubator, says a correspondent of the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. The expectation
il that the child will emerge from the in
cubator in about two weeks about as well
equipped to enter upon the struggle for
existence as the ordinary weakly infant.
The incubator isa box about three feet long
and eighteen inches in width. There is a
shelf in the box, which serves as a founda-
ton of the thick bed of soft cotton upon
which the child lies. Over the box is placed
a glass cover, one end of which is slightly
raised by a bit of wood for the purpose of
giving ventilation. The heat is supplied
through a tin tube about three inches in
diameter, and is obtained from kerosene
lamps, which are kept burning day and
night, regulated as to the amount of fame
BY thermometers inside the incubator. The
intention is to keep the temperature inside
the incubator at ninety-two degrees,
Stretching, twisting, rolling and squirming.
the infant whose life the hospital people
nave undertaken to save is passing COM
fortably through the period Of incubation,
II WASAO - AASs 49, Hh"A SA1 AZ 1Il
what shocked at his meaQernessa and skinni-
ness, he gradually gaZes at him co~ntentedly,
impressed mt treasured by the history Of
his case as related by the hospital physician
and his nurse.
The little boy was born about two month";
in advance of the proper time, and hii
mother died Just az he came into the world.
Had he at once been placed in an incubator
there would have been no oub that b,
would do well. But a friend of the boy
mother undertook to bring him up and KEEP
him in her care for four weeks. When sh
turned him over TO the Babies' hospital b
weighed but three pounds AMI was terribi
emaciated. 1t was decided at snce tina
there WAS but n way to save the little fel
lows life. and that was to put him into al
incubator. The boy had steadily improved
He takes his milk twelve times a day, par
of il from the bottle and part of it from tn
breast, snd he enjoys every mouthful
When he came to tho hospital he ha'
practically but ont lung, the other had col
Iapsed. To-day the collapsed lung has be
some seryiceable again. It seems almos
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-11

bility that the helpless. pitiable atom In the
box may develop into 4 strong, handsome
man. The nurse Says that her charge NAV
some day DO the presidcnt Of the United
y
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-11
strikers Resume Work.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-The furnaces Of the
Illinois Steel company resumed operations
tonight, the strikers d~isavoving the action
of the subcommittee which ordered a ees-
sation of work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31

me until was sight. People in the
car began to be interested and laughed.
That settled it. The notion of hav-
ing one of those paws reach out and
transfer me to the other end of the car
made me sick and faint.
I'll touched him on the elbow. and
guess my voice shook. | was as meek
rs Moses. | was ashamed of myself
for being so, but | said: Will you
kindly be little careful? You're get
ting me all mud Then | shut my
eyes and listened for the crash. There
was hustle. and the big fellow had
whipped out a handkerchief and was
cleaning off the mud spots. Talk
about nervous relaxation When that
whale spoke l nearly fell eff my seat.
/ beg your pardon. my dear sir said
he, and he bad voice that was soft and
as neatly intoned asa curate's. / was so
busy talking that l didn't notice what
| was doing. I'm very sorry. indeed.
sir
The laugh was on me, and every
body within view was in broad grin.
| had started for Twenty-eighth street.
but got down at Fourteenth street
and took the next train. | couldn't
stand If g"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31
Joke-Proof Englishmen.

Why is it that English people can't
understand jokes? They are not
always stupid, and they are fond of
enjoying themselves, but where an
American sees capital joke and goes
into fits of laughter the Englishman
sits grave as preacher.
Here's an account of single acct
dent" said an American at the club,
reading his paper to an English ac-
quaintance "a man sat on buzz
saw accidentally and was killed. They
buried both of him in the same grave,
suppose"
..Ah! both of him! How's thatP" said
the other solemnly.
You can't put head and brains into q
brass door knob, as MIR. F. g aunt pictur-
esquely expressed it in Little Dorrit,"
and you can't make the ordinary En-.
glishman grasp an extremely Ameri-
can joke as the one just given.
The late General Robert G. Schenck
used to tell story showing the En-
glish girls to be as obtuse as the men.
He was going down the Mersey river
with party and the turbid waters of
the stream prompted him to let loose
to his companion. who was a young
Duchess, that ancient witticism that is
generally supposed to have been
original under similar circumstances
with Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Looking down at the yellow river he
remarked:
The quality of Mersey is not
strained"
Isn't it?" said the Duchess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31
MISSING LINK.
A Cret.t1re That Is Combination of
Animal and Vegetable.

One of the officers of the steamer
Mariposa had u sort of missing link on
exhibition yesterday, says the San
Francisco Examiner. 1t is com bna-
ton of animal and vegetable life called
bulrush caterpillar in New Zealand, ia
which country lit" Cor they) is Cor
are) native.
The caterpillar part of the specimen
is just an ordinary, everyday cater
pillar, of the kind scientists call the
SphoOria robertsia.
The hulrush part of il grows out OF
the back of the worms head, and but
for the fact that it has fork in it. it
could pose rs miniature American
burush Of the kind commonly known
as cattails.
1t is about eight inches high, and has
'whiskers' at the top just as a cattail
has.
The caterpillar is only three inches
long.
He was quite dead, of course. and
careful dissection showed that the root
of the bulrush had eaten out every
particle OF the worms interior, so that
the hairy hide simply formed ii shell to
cover the root.
The plant is scientifically known rs
metrosileres robusla. 1t grows in New
Zealand in more profusion than this
particular variety Of caterpillar does.
While the bulrushes are frequently
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31
The Under-Tow.

You hadn't ought to blame man for things
he hasn't done.
Fer books he hasn't written, or fer fights he
hasn't won:
The Writer'S may look placid on the surface all
aIouu',
An there may be under-tow a-keepin' of him
down.
Since the days of Eve an Adam, when the
faht OF life began,
1t ain [ been Safe MY brethren, fer to lightly
judge man:
He may be tryin' faithful fer to make his life
ago,
An YET his legs git tangled in the treach'rous
under-tow.
He may not lack in learnin' an he may not
want fer brains
He may be always workin' with the patientest
of pains
An yet go unrewarded. an, my friends, how
can we know
What heights he might a-climbed up to but
for the under-tow?
You've heard the Yankees story, of the hens
nest with n hole.
An how the hen KEEP layin' eggs with all her
might an soul,
Yet never got a settin', not a single egg! I
trOw
That hen was simply kickin' gin hidden
under-tOw.
There's holes in lots of hens nests an you We
got to peep below
To see the eggs a-rolliu where they hadn't
ought to go.
Don't blame man fer faiIin' to achieve a
laurel crown
Until YOU re sure the under-tow amt draggin'
Carrie Blake Morgan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31

found without the catcrpiiIur. IL Is
seldom that the caterpillar is found
without some bulruSh is using him for a
negotiating poland the extra size of the
PUSHES that spring from the caterpillar
betoken that there is a natural affinity
for flesh on the part of the plant.
Those who have investigated the SUBJ
ject of the strange combination state
that the caterpillar burrows in veget-
able soil prior TO its metamorphosis,
and its burrowing gets some of the
minute seeds of the bulrush lodged in
the scales of the neck. Nourished by
the warmth, moisture. and richness OF
the insects body, the seeds strike root
into the unfortunate caterpillar's brain.
The change into chrysalis is at once
stopped aud after few days the cater
pillar dies, whereHpon the bulrush pro-
ceeds 10 convert the entire animal sub.
stance into plant life.
The hide undergoes this change also,
but does not lose its form, and many
specimens possess the horns. legs, and
claws intact, but for the transforma.
ton of substance from animal to veget.
able.
The bulrush pursues its way uninter.
rupted until every part of the caterpil.
lar is transformed. when it, too. dies,
and the bunch of seeds at the top blow
away to chase other worm victims.
The native New Zealander is very
fond Of the combination when it is fresh
for food. and when evolution is com.
plete for coloring matter to be used in
their tattoOing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-31
Pullman Car POrters.

Il run between Jersey City and
Chicago" says Pullman car porter.
land how much do you suppose /
made last month? Seventeen dollars
and half. Of course I didn't get in
quite Il full month, but was on the
road over half the time just the same.
A porter, when he runs a full month.
can sometimes make rs much as $50 to
$50. Ii he makes any more it is be-
cause lots of people are travelling on
passes or because he is lucky ut policy.
Men who travel on passes are the most
liberal. There was a time when a
porter could make SIS, and / used to
know porter who made S160 in a
month. That's the highest | ever
heard of porter making. In the east
a porter seldom gets more than a
quarter from Il passenger. no matter
how far he runs or how much work he
does. Porters in the west make the
most money. and especially those on
migrant cars which west of Omaha
are patronized by good class of peo-
pie. There's nothing in being porter
in the east any more. ~. \. Tribune.