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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

THE worse mans temper is, the more
becoming and profitable II will be for hin
10 keep it-BinghamtoD Leader
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

ONE snow-storm does not make a winter,
but it makes cold day for the bootblack:-
n. Y. Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

DON'T Neglect Cough. Take some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar instdnter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

A POLICEMAN should never cuff a person
on the ear. Handouts are the only variety
he should use--Pittsburgh Chronicle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

If a courtlng-match is not declared of IL
must end in a ten " Picayune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

a Piso's Cure for Consumption cured ffs tbuu-
sands even in advanced stages Of Con-
sumption
b. It can be used in all stages. adording sn1an1ko
relief the
c It is without danger. and cannot be fatal.
d within o G. Z note
G. Physicians recommend
T. No evil results from use Try IT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
GOFF's
BRAID.

Whenever you visit
the shops in town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
a GOOD FIGURE.
some Pointed Truths For the Fashionable
Young Lady.

"A girl who sits ungracefully is "a
rarity" said an artist 1.-THE sex's
poses in n chair are i~nstinctively and un-
consciously slightly. Then why will
not girls practice n good carriage?
They spend hours of prayer and effort
over their bangs and their makeup,
yet everybody knows n fine figure Is
the most important requisite of all.
Anv face can be rendered attractive by
expression. Any face for which we
care becomes beautiful to us. But even
love can only soften dislike to regret
over a round-shouldered, hollow
chested form. Good carriage induces
n good figure. 1t Mt least throws such
lines as YOU have into an adjustment OF
harmony. II will make your dresses tit
better, last longer and look finer while
they last. A head well carried ONES
soon to be well poised Shoulders
well squared back fill up your bodice
and improve your silhouette as well as
your profile. Hips well balanced make
your gowns drape gracefully in spite Of
your dressmaker. Feet that come down
to the ground prettily come near to be-
ing pretty feet Even an ugly hand
escapes criticism II well used A short
neck Is forgotten II one moves well. II
women would spend their time bath
ing, rubbing and exercising they would
have something to show for it. Instead,
they sit around in MASKS or make
themselves hideous over night They
use washes, prescriptions and oils, and
they don't half wash. Oh, yes, that is
true. Many women. especially those
addicted to greases, do not half wash.
Absolute cleanliness-sweet, whole
some, dainty cleanliness-is the besi
and only safe cosmetic in the world."-
n. Y. Sun.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
sLuMBER LAND.

"namma TAXI her darling baby"
says > tired little voice
BABY sleepy; siuE Ros. Brothesss
This l. often haby's chaice.
Little head Of siiken nnEieis
by the summer sunlight crowned
TIL its golden rays cntAaElcd
Past In bahy's eurls we're b0und
Dropping rests on mamma's bosom
And forrctfui uf the day.
Happy throuThts 10 dreamland gliding
Fade IN sunset light away
-Rov. brothers. rov. the stream runs fast
The rapids are near and the daylighfs past
Snowy lids. like tender petalA
Close upon the eyes Of blue;
Mother thinks no gem could rival
That serene and perfect hue.
Little hands devoutly folded
Seem TO speak a silent prayer.
Surely. soms sweet angel whispers
To my sleeping one - fair.
BLOW. brcezes. blow the stream runs fast;
Tbs rapids are near. and the dayiight's past
So may I. my darling treasure.
Lay me down IN peace 10 sleep;
when the night OF earth Is over.
pray the Lord my soul 10 keep"
And with such divine composure
Fold my weary hands 10 rest
A. I drift into the haven
Where Immortal souls are blest.
Annie Russell In n. Y. Ledger.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

teution 10 II than o. think that So
cuald scud home out q thc way II ahe
stnrm u there aro.c any ~nccc~sity fofil
Something began o. affect me qa-rr
N. The preparation ooxcd out b.
tween my shoulder blades. fhough AT
the same time ! began 81 feel chilly.
I pulled ON. and these unusual symp-
toms increased My head felt strange
~ light and ! flushed hot and enld
alternately. aud the PRECIPITATION started
out all over me. looked at Sim. he
was very grave and seemed DISTRESSED
about something. A strange dizziness
came over me and l began u entertain
internal qualmS. Sim looked az me
with feeble suspicion.
You are getting sick" he tainted.
without animation.
..No such stufr' I retorted weakly.
"You are getting sick yourself"
And. 60 prove that we vert indeed
men and not to be conquered by 4
/ little tobacco. we both smoked hercely
for n few moments
"Mebby H. the weather" suggested
Herk, checrfuily.
Thus encouraged. we persisted for a
little time. and the work was done
Five minutes later | had Topped ovel
ON the grass and Sim was also down. 1
Is beyond my powers Of description q
tell half Of what we felt II has beef
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

The other pipe came to me. For a little
time we were hugely elated. The
smoke was not nearly so sharp and
biting rs That of the sections of grape
vine that we had several times sur
reptitiously smoked. After Herk had
shown us how TO keep the smoke from
getting into our throats and choking
us, we were delighted to find that we
could puff out clouda of it In a most
manly fashion.
Ali That was something like 1t, to
be sure! We felt very large and rapid
ly growing. At the time, it did not oc-
cur to me to wonder why Herk grinned
when we made a few rather grandilo-
uuent remarks. lie sat braced com.
fo, tably back against the trunk of the
tree and sucked his nasty. old pipe and
smiled slyly while we strobe up and
down before him. smoking like men.
"Why, it's nothing at all to dot
quoth |, airily.
Just as easy as skinring a cat" an
nounced Sim.
The thunder rumbled louder, but W
were too much ciVtsd TO pay more at
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

Il h 10 ~ recuuArd that N punish.
ment uf am kind h~fcll Hercules ths
tempirr. The lightning failed o. d. its
dufy. and he hardly ercn got wet
Nhrn b. pridrfully nrl.tcd the inch
dent b. his father. that parsonage. in
stead ~ stnapping him ~ b. deserved
mrscly griuned
A day or two later. ~ Sim and were
passing along the rad tuFsther. We
encountered llerk sitting On n stone
beside the track lie smiled Fcniallv
and seemed DESTROYS Of entering into
conversation but. like the priest aud
Lcvitc Of old. simeon and ! passed by
On the other side.
Tow T.. MoRGaz
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
HAIR CUTTING IN THE EAST.
The solemn Ceremonial which Marks tli'
Marriageable Age la Children.

M~arriageable Age la Children.
In some eastern countries childrcn's
hair is not cut until they are ten or
twelve year of age, the girls then be-
ing considered marriageable. Up to
that time 1t is coiled on the top of the
head and adorned with fresh flowers.
When the great day for cutting comes,
there is n grand ceremony and much
feasting.
One who was present ut q royal hair
cutting tells us that the darling of the
harcm was ROBBED in long, flowing gar
ments Of silk and lace, confined at the
waist by u golden girdle. Her long
hair. coiled for the last time. was fast
ened with diamond pins which CLEANED
and glittered among fresh white flow
ers and green leaves like pearly drops
Of morning dew. There, in the pres
ence of the ladies', her father, and an
officiating priest, surrounded by her
maidens. some two hundred In number,
she knclt under n canopy of flowers
and leaves, while prayers were chantcd.
Then the beautiful trcsses being UNI
bound, her royal father, dipping his
fingers in rose water, and drawing
them careleSsly over her head, clipped
off about an eighth OF an inch of hair
and threw it into n golden'basin, deposr
iting Mt the same time on u great salvcr
placed ready to receive them presents OF
Jewels and gold. The priest cut the mex
piece, her mother the next, and 40 on,
each guest serving in turn until the lit
tie lady was shorn.
All gave costly gifts intended for her
marriage dover, princes, ministers OF
state and dignitaries of all sorts, wh'
waited in the outer courts, sending il
theirs by the attendants. The dal
ended in feasting and IL display Of fire
works.-lrish Times.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
SLIPS OF TONGUE AND PEN.
mundsrs Of writer. fr~m CArsis-sars- ssd
HAD Manuscripts

Miundsrs Of Writer. fr~m CArsie.snrss ssd
HAD Manuscript
A writer recently said Of DIR. John
son: Invariably late down for break
fast. he did onec happen 10 he ~ soon
a. 10 have Ia wait for others" This
fairly rivals George Saintsbury's "con-
stantly right in general" and sur
passes. II possible. the characterization
OF "A politician as rather radical in tho
extreme"
Treating Of the French. an author
observed that ''thc decline OF the mate
rial comforts Of the working classes
had now reached 20 an alarming
height" A physician once boosted: Il
was the first 10 discover the Asiatie
cholera. and 10 communicate II To the
public" The buyer Of n horse was
once warned that he might find him.
self ''saddlcd with u worthless animal. -
Many OF the mistakes that occur In
newspaper Offices arise from faulty chi
Biography.
A BROOKLYN paper relates how some
manuscript of DIR. Talmagc came to its
Office at one time in which occurred the
words: "My text finds the Lord. p"
When the words appeared in print they
were neatly transformed 10 read: My
tall friend. our Lord" Horace Grecley's
manuscript wasa puzzle to most people.
and, therefore, IL is NOT to be wondered
ut that when he wrote: IT'S true, tits
pity. pity It's, tits true" the types made
him say: IT'S two. tits fifty; yes, 'tii
tfty-two"
On a Rochester daily a few years age
n reporter wound up n sketch of Il little
boy, who had died from the effects %
an explosion ofufirecrackers, which he
carried in his pockets, in these words
Ellis afflicted and bcreaved parents viii
have the sympathy etc. The an
nouncamcnt as IL appeared in print was
an offer Of sympathy to Ills a~ilictc'
and burned pants, Irish Times.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

about, and directed him TO move on
ward II he had no business there, or
Il he had, which was not often,
started him off rs soon rs IL was done,
aud cautioned us TO avoid his compan-
ionship.
Even his own father did not appre-
-ciate him. For the elder Mckerchin TO
speak di~sparagingly of his son seemed
a good deal like the pot calling the
kettle black. McKerchin was not u
model citizen. When there seemed
really nowhere else for him TO go, he
might have been found at home going
through some of the motions of culti-
waiting his half-farmed farm or waiting
for somebody TO come along and banter
him 10 swap horses. lie was lazy,
his honesty was open to doubt, and he
was a~rgumentative. lie hunted n lit
tie, fshed n little and passed about
half of his time loafing in town, where
he whitfield the edges of the dry-goods
boxes and vowed that the rest of the
world was in combination against him
TO hold his unfortunate nose on the
.~grindstone of financial degradation.
Altogether, he was little better than a
worthless cumberer Of the ground.
And Herk was pretty thoroughly a
chip of the old block. But, in spite of
his wrong-doing, there seemed some
thing about him for us TO admire and
envy. lie was a year or two older than
we, and that was one point Of supe-
%riority. And then he was so indie
pendent and enjoyed so much liberty.
He came and went when he pleased. IL
he desired to fish, he tished. If 1t
suited him TO return Mt noon, well and
good. If he did not get home till mid
night, there vas no strapping in store
for him. When his father strapped him
at all II was simply upon general prin-
ciples and not for any particular mis-
~,demeanor.
He went to school when he felt like
1t, and granted his own vacations. He
gwore what he liked and that in the
fashion that suited him best. He did
not suffer the festal miseries Of wear
ing best clothes on Sunday, topped of
by n riding collar. He wore his bat
tered hat upon the back of his head OF
upon his ear. He staggered boldly
and professed not to be afraid of any
body, He ever had the hardihood tC
sauce Col. L~udington, the pompous ole
banker of jackson Center, when riding
by one day. i%nsultingly addressing tn,
great man MS ''old Fatty"
At first we avoided Hercules. Their
we pitied him, growing at length to ad
mire him in n sneaking sort Of way
And. finally, we began associating with
him, slipping off, now and then, t.
bask in the sunshine of his superiority
and TO listen to his words as to those o
an oracle. We regretted that one 81
bold should be so bad, and PRESENT.,
began to condone and admire some o
the faults we had previously con
demned. The accomplishment which
seemed to us the most manly was hi
smoking. He smoked u pipe when hi
pleased and a cigar when he coul'
get it.
you'll never be men till you learr
to smoke!' he told us.
We were vt first ashamed of our
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

said that u tobacco illness, while II
lasts. is the most distressing Of all sick
ness, and we had a thorough attack.
We could scarcely have stood erect IL IL
had been to save our lives. ] am salts
fed that there were two more
thoroughly sick boys than Simeon sim
zoe Sims and Thomas Perkins Morgan.
"The oil of tobacco Is so poisonous
that "a drop ON n dogs tongue will kill
a man. | heard Sim moan, in agony
Of body and spirit
In his extremity, Simeon had recalled
and sadly mixed two old and doubtless
truthful adages repeated to him by his
father. did not correct him. Herk
grinned like n badger.
The cows filed homeward along the
path, u hundred yards away. There
came "a burst Of r%ain-cooled wind. a
large drop FLASHED on my ch,ck and
| Others battered on the leaves of the
oak. Herk jumped up and pocketed
his pipe.
wal" he said, coolly, Il guess I'll
be goin'."
And, without further farewell, he
deserted his victims and sped home
ward ut n rapid trot. We tried TO strug-
gle 10 our feet, but fell back limp and
n~erveless.
The storm burst with n flash of light
ming, a crash OF thunder and a food of
water. IL was n veritable summer
tempest, brief but full of fury. And
we we miserable little wretches lay
shelterless and suffering on the ground,
and feeling as IL we would never he
well again, while the lightning flashed,
the thunder doomed and the torrents
of water seemed beating and soaking
the last remnant of life u Of us.
The sun set and darkness fell almost
instantly. The black became so dense
that | could not have see my hand be
fore my face except when n brillian'
electric glare rent the gloom. | won
dered vaguely il we were to be strucl
by lightning in addition to our othe'
punishment, and felt scarcely a care i
we were. | remember yet that
thought miserably that the lightning
mad not done its duty il it had allowed
Herk McKerchin, the deliberate autho
OF all our woe, TO escape unframed.
A little of the deathliness began L
pass away and | struggled into "a sit
ting posture. A CLEAN of lightning re
vealed Sim sitting up. a wretched
soaked, white-faced scare-crow TIL
storm passed AWAY as suddenly Us !
had come, and presently the cloud
parted and the moon shonc out Tn
believing of the thunder sounded les
and less loud and the drops fell fror
the drenched branches of the oak wit
a musical tinkle into the puddles below
Presently we felt sufficiently reco'
: cred to start homeward. Our fathers
/, who had grown anxious about us, me
/ two soaked, muddy and half dead littl
wrctches coming in u very forlorn an
limpsy fashion.
: The truth came out. We did not n
: tempt to conceal IL, and SO broke
l spirited were we that / doubt II "
: would have made any serious objectio
: had they set upon us and beaten I
close TO the point of death.
l But they did nothing OF the kline
| Justice was tempered with mercy. "
were cleansed and cuddled off to be
. by our plying mothers, and upon tf
morrow our fathers, believing that OF
: transgressions had carried sufficieI
punishment along with them, conten
ed themselves with giving US a goe
talking to.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
wh.tKeep. the Blcycler Upright.


Let rs suppose a cyclist mounted on
his wheel and riding, say toward tho
north. lie finds himself beginning to
tilt toward his right. He is now going
not only north with the machine, but
east also. lie turns the wheel east
ward. The point Of support must of
necessity travel in the plane OF
the wheel; hence it ut once begins to
go eastward, and, as it moves much
faster than the rider tits, it quickly
gets under him, and the machine is
again upright. To m standing ut a
distance, in front OF" rear, the bottom
of the wheel will be seen TO move to
the right and the left. Then
the stability Of the bicycle Is due to
turning the wheel TO the right or left,
whichever way the leaning is, and thus
keeping the point of support under
the rider just as u boy keeps upright
on his finger n broomstick standing on
It's smallest end.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

D THE preju-
diced eyes of
Sim Sims and
/, Herk Me
Kerchin was u
boy to be en-
Wed. He was
not a pretty
boy, and peo-
pile older and
wiser than we
had long ago
decided that he
was not a nice
boy. Our ia
theirs frowned
on Hercule $
when he came
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24

-"ButI had asked you, darling. Why
then didn't you keep our engagement Sc.
cret for a little while?" II couldn't. Ed
ward. That hateful Miss 0idish said the
reason | wasn't married was because no
fool had asked me, so | up and told her
yen had. '-.Philadelphia Times
The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-24
TWO AMBITIOUS BOYS.
Our Experience In Making Men
of Ourselves"

written for This Papcr.l
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-13
TEL ORIENT.
CHINESE NEWS.

The first public trial of electric
lighting in Hongkong has taken place
and the local papers record THAT it
was success.
An English company with large
capital has bought the petroleum
fields near Payta, in Peru, and ex-
poets to furnish oil enough for the
whole of South America. Australia,
China and Japan. Immense tank
ships are being built for the bust
ness.
Autumn freshets around Tientsin
are now over, and very Measuring re.
ports are coming in from Shantung
and the Yellow River, from which
region all danger of famine has
now seemed to have disappeared.
Much distress is now rife in Foo
chow, amongst the poorer classes of
people, owing to the almost total
failure of the sweet potato crop,
which is their chief food.
On the 10th November, Mr.. Hecht,
in the presence of the Tung-llng
Dan, tried the guns on the high fort,
s. E. of the harbor of Keeling, For
mOsa.
The Chinese fleet did not complete
their Korean cruise so successfully
as could have been wished, for the
Ching-yuen was run on a rock, and
but for her water-tlght compart-
ments, would probably have sunk.
The Ping-yuen, Foochow iron clad,
recently reftted, also come into v Ell
hai-wei very much damaged and
scarcely fit for service. These YES
sells have gone into dock, the Ching
yuen in Shanghai, and the Ping-yuen
at Poft Arthur.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-13
POLICE COURT.
MONDAY. Jan. |:

Chung Waa was tried for keeping
tenement houses without license. He
showed that he sublet the whole up
per part of the building over six
six different persons. If they made
tenement houses of the rooms he had
nothing to do with it. Discharged.
All Man, hack No. so, drivers No.
260, was fined S25 and $40 costs
for furious and needless driving.
Appeal noted. There were two Chi
nese on the driving seat of the hack,
and they were giving chase to a
brake containing white woman and
child. Their excuse was that the
woman hit them with her whip.
John Johnson, sailor, broke in a
door at Kiklhale and assaulted the
man of the house, Kahaulelio, a DO.
lice officer, when the latter was turn
ing him out. Fined S15 and Sl.3O
costs.
Kaailaiki, the native woman SEN
fenced a few days ago for larceny of
articles from Mrs. d. Manaku, was
found guilty of stealing sack be-
longing to Mrs. Henry Robinson.
Sentenced to hard labor thirty days
and to pay $3.50 costs, this sentence
to take effect at the expiration of the
other sentence of hard labor one year
and fine of S25 and costs. Appeal
noted to Supreme Court and q jury.
Ten fines and forfetures for
drunkenness were recorded.
TUESDAY, Jan. 10.
All Wal, for larceny of property
from w. S. Luce, was sentenced to
one years hard labor and to pay $40
fine and S1.20 costs.
Wa Hon was remanded for SEN
tence for possession of opium.
One case of drunkenness received
Sc penalty.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-13
THE WEEKLY BULLETIN.

The WEEKLY BULLETIN, issued to-
day, contains an unusually attractive
amount of general reading matter,
besides q complete record of local
events and reliable editorial COM
ment. Mr.. Frank r, Stockton re-
markable story, "The Great War
Syndicate, is continued, besides
which are included Biological
Sketches, Latest Paris Fashions,
short articles on leading topics, a
puzzle department for the young
folks, short stories, Washington cor
respondeEce, current comment, Sc
iected poetry and bits of wit and
humor. The paper is well illustrated
and gives exactly the information
desired by friends or relatives resid-
inc abroad Be sure and secure a
copy for the outgoing steamer to-
morrow.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-13

convention concluded between the
two countries in regard to japanese
emigration to Hawaii is reverted to
viz ). that the passage of each emf
grant, 500, shall be betrayed by the
Hawaiian Government. Up to the
despatch of the third batch of emf
grants the SO which had been paid
for each migrants passage was
charged to the emigrant as an adj
vance of money by the Hawaiian
Government. The emigrants natur-
ally rebelled against such a proceed
ing, and their complaints having
been backed up by outside parties
negotiations were started between the
two Governments which have finally
ended as stated above.