Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-15

priests and preachers between the two
oceans. He is the product of nine
teenth century civilization and its
prOphet.-Austin, Texas, IcOnoclast.
There is something inexpressibly
touching in the spectacle of young,
lovely, and tender hearted girl weeping
over the pathetic chapters of novel in
the parlOr while her old mother is in
the kitchen doing the washing. .-Clafin
Banner.
THE something inexpressibly touch
ing' in such case should be clap
board or two-foothickory feeler ,and it
should be touching" not too gently the
tender part of the ''tender hearted
girl"
THE good (?) Mr.. Wanamaker has
been so shocked by the discovery that
the saleswOmen in his store wear bright
colOrs aad low-cut dresses that he has
issued general order that hereafter
they shall dress in black. The order
does not apply to the cut of the dress
as well, and the mischief is enhanced.
The devil has powerful ally in pretty
woman with low-cut black dresses
Florence Bulletin.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
Massachusetts state prohibitory con-
vention denounced President Harrison
forserving five kinds of wine at his
dinner, and Vice President Morton for
selling liquors at his hotel, the presi-
dent will still continue to ''pass the
bottle," and the Shoreham bar to rake
in the shekels, and the ''great moral
party" will still endorse them in so
doing. g.-Howard Citizen.
JUMPING at conclusions is not safe
way to settle a political campaign. 10
hear some of the republican boys talk
the uninformed might think that the
republican candidates are ''in it" to
some extent; but there is nothing in
the facts of the situation to warrant
the least bit of claim in that direction.
The boys are simply jumping at conclu-
siOns in order to keep their courage up.
Like the Irishman who tackled the bull,
its good thing they have their laugh
now.
THERE are fourteen sugar plants in
the state of Texas who have applied
for the bounty. They propose to raise
100000 pounds of sugar, and they
will get from Uncle Sam 100000 if all
their sugar comes up to the standard
test. One of these planters, Col. Ed
ward Cunningham, expects to receive
S12O, 900 in bounty money. This sugar
bounty is mighty sweet thing to the
few men who are to get it, but it is
downright robbery of the people who
pay it.
LAY aside you linen duster, hang
your straw hat on the wall; old Jack
Frost is on the rampage, and the leaves
begin to fall. Call upon your three
ball ''uncle,'' get your ulster out OF
soak, for the frogs are alternating and
10 more we'll hear them crOak. Skir-
mish now, for all that's in you! hustle!
hump!--no time to shirk, for the coal
men-the bold rObbers-now are get
ting in their work. Shed your gauze
and don your woOlens, do it quick
don't lose a minute; colds and coughs
and dysintery have the pulp and
you'll be lin it,
REPRESENTATIVE MILLS about sized
up the financial situation when he said
in his opening speech in Ohio: Let us
not be deceived by superficial appear
ances. 1t is not the scarcity of money
in the country, it is the scarcity Of
money in the pockets of the people who
earn it that produces the distress. If
our circulation were today donble what
it is, and it was i'll the pockets of a
hundred thousand people, our condition
would not only not be bettered but it
would be made worse than it is. It is
not the small circulation, it is the small
distribution that plaques us.'
| The democratic convention of this
county builded better than 1t thought
when it placed in nomination the gen.
tlemen whose names grace our ticket.
Every one of them are sterling demo-
Gratis who have worked earnestly for
the success of democratic principles;
who are. day by day, gaining in popu-
larity and strength. No one has dared
to question their democracy, their COM
potency or integrity; no one can point
to any crooked or inconsistent acts of
their lives, and they have all lived long
enough in this county to establish their
characters as good citizens.
Mr.. Stoke intimateS that the central
committee of the peoples party has
awarded the Beacon $500, for it's SER
vices this fall.-BeacOn.
WE HAVE never at any time init