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ParliaInentarian Wages.

In Austria the pay is S. a day.
In France members of each House
receive the same-S5 per day.
In Germany members of both
Houses receive about $3.50 per day.
In Greece the Senators get SlOO per
month and the Deputies $50.
In Denmark the members of the
Lathsting each receive about S3.75 I.
day.
In Belgium each member of the
Chamber Of Representatives gets $50
q month.
IN Portugal the Peers and Commons
are paid the SAME sum, which Is about
$50 Il year.
In Spain the members of the Cortes
are not paid for their services, but cn-
Joy many advantages and immunl-
ties.
In Switzerland the number in Ma
tional Council get 30 per day, and the
Council Of the State, the Lower House,
Sl.7j.
In Italy The Senators and Deputies.
ure not paid AT ali, hut they are al
lowed travelling expenses and certain
other privileges whatever.
In the United States OF America tn"
members Of both branches Of Congress
receive the s;lmc amount Of pay
namely, 5000 per annlm.
In Sweden the Dict receive $3.50 for
u session Of four months but have to
pays fine of IS for every days ab-
Sence.
In Norway The members of the
Storthing receive $50 per day dur
ing the session, which usually lasts
six weeks, but which has been eX-
tended to that many months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17
Mother not to Blame.

Tom had been an idle, careless,
mischievous boy in school. He did
not mean to be bad boy, but he
wanted to do about as he liked, with
out seeming to care how much he
troubled others by it. He had seat
mate who was quite unlike him, in
that be was careful to try to please his
teachers.
One day Tom heard the teachers
talking about some of their pupils /;
he heard his own name mentioned,
and then that of his seatmate.
"Jamie must have a very lovely
mother, 7 think,n said one; "for he
is always so polite and agreeable, and
tries very hard to please all who are
around him."
II have heard that Tom Dunn's
mother is a good woman" said anoth-
er, "but I don't see how it is that she
has such an unpleasant boy. | think
he has generous nature, and when
he likes can show fine manners. 1t
is my opinion his mother tries to teach
him Just what is right, but he will not
listen to her teaching. You know
there is many boy that will 60 to de-
struction in spite of his mother"
Tom had heard enough to make
him a miserable boy for the rest of
the day; and he had not put con.
science away 80 far but that he could
hear whisper: "You've been mean
boy, they've laid it all to your moth
|erp'
Now he did really love his mother,
and could not bear the thought that
he had brought discredit upon her
name. After school that night he lin
gered until the others had passed out,
and going up to his teacher, he said
slowly, and as if he hardly knew how
to say it: Il want to tell you-that-
that mother isn't bit to blame.
Don't lay it to my mother-all my bad
ways, I mean"
I don't think Tom thought at all
what brave thing he was doing; he
did not think of anything but the wish
to defend his mother; but when the
teacher took his hand and said
"YoUr mother must be a brave lady,
Tom, for her boy has shown himself
brave tonight, and I shall expect
good things from him in the future )"
he thought, II wonder if the other
boys know that, good or bad, all they
do is laid to their mothers"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17
Snares.

Has the reader ever noticed that
verbs beginning with sn nearly al
ways denote some disagreable trick or
habit? Let us take the first one pre-
sented by the dictionary-"Snarl-to
growl like surly dog" How per.
fectly, in this word, does the sound
agree with the sense! 1t is of North
ern origin, Of course. From the North
came the dreaded barbarians who dev-
astated the sunny lands of Southern
Europe, and naturally they had words
in keeping with their manners.
Webster. in defining the verb to snarl,
might have gone OH to inform us that
the growing seems to come through
the nose of the performer; atany rate,
the sound has in it decided nasal
twang, disposing the impatient listen
er to quote the old rhine:
Said Aaron to Moses
LIE: US cut off our noses.
Probably next to the mouth the
nose is the feature by which ill-tem-
pered persons can cause the greatest
amount of discomfort, and when
mouth and nose combine their forces,
one feels the full significance Of the ex-
preston, "a domestic aggravator If
this aggravator be the head of some
much to-be-pitied family, there is moth
ing to do do but to let him severely
alone-a snarler of mature years is be-
yond redemption; one can only think
during some dismal breakfast-hour
spent in his company, what a pity 1t
is that he cannot be banished to the
kennel, to breakfast in company with
his four-legged confrere.
Probably Diogenes snarled-he was
always trying to attract attention in
one way or another-and cynic, the
word that marks his so-called phi
losophy, is derived, as the reader
knows, from k'aonos, a dog; but then
Diogenes had the grace to withdraw
from domestic life, and betake him
self to a tub, whereas the modern
snarler would have no satisfaction in
life if there were no homefolks to be
made uncomfortable, and have their
morning appetites (he is always worse
in the morning than at any other
time) spoiled by his goings-on. A
snarling soliliquy would bring no re-
lief to the domestic Hamlet. There
must be a Mrs. or a Miss Hamlet
present to receive the information that
the beef-steak is cold. or raw, or
burned to cinder, and the coffee is
as weak as water, or so full of grounds
that it isn't fit to drink. The snarler
usually eats twice as much as any
of his listeners, but this has nothing
to do with the case and though he
helps himself twice to uneatable steak,
and calls for second cup of undrink-
able coffee, he is, nevertheless, very
much injured individual.
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Carriage Nomenclature.

It is probable that the idea of We
hicle with wheels, to be drawn by ami
mails, must have occurred to men soon
after the domestication Of the horse
and OK. The first attempts in this di-
rection were very crude. In this
country the p! evalent mode of travel
ing for the first two centuries was on
horseback, the roads preventing any
very extensive use of wheeled vehicles,
but, as the country has increased in
wealth, and the highways, city and
town streets have improved, the de-
mand for public and private carriages
has grown to be very large. A writer
in the Detroit Free Press gives the ORR
gin of the names of some of the most
common vehicles now in use.
The popular Hanson derives it's dis
tinguishing title from certain Ne.
Hanson.
The Brougham, which was first used
by the famous Lord Brougham, took
its title from that nobleman.
Landau, a city in Germany, was the
locality in which was first made the
style of vehicle bearing that name.
Hacks were originally termed hack
ney coaches, because they were drawR
by hackneys~a name applied to easy
going horses.
The Gig was given that name froaa
its peculiar jumping and rocking mo
tion, the word being taken from the
French gigue, signifying a jig or lively
dance.
The term Coach is derived from the
French coche, diminutive form e$
the Latin concbula, shell, in which
form the body of such conveyaness
was originally fashioned. ...
Coupe is French in origin, being de-
rived from the verb couper (coopay) To
cut. This was considered al apprp-
pirate designation because it greatly
resembled coach with the front part
cut off.
Seldom, if ever, is the full. term OCT
nibus applied to those numbering te-
hicles. With the characteristic brev-
ity of English speaking races, the title
has been changed to bus. These wsrs
first seen in Paris in 1927, the originA
name being nothing more than tlE'
Latin word signifying " for all"
Cab is an abbreviation of the italian
cabriola, which is changed to carioke&
(cabriolay) in French. Both wofxsS
have a common derivative, cobriole.
signifying a goats leap. The exacs
reason for giving it this strange appel
lation is unknown.
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Our Words.
BY Mrs. y. N. LORD.

For by thy words thop shalt he iustifie
81"
There's maxim oft repeated
BY the thoughtless throng,
We have often heard 1t uttered
AS we've passed along.
Talk Is cheap, alas how seldom
Do they stop to think,
That our little words may lead US
Fen to ruins brink.
Careless words that grieve and injure,
Tho no harm was meant
Bitter words Of scorn and hatred,
Spoke with vile intent,
Words OF jestipg and OF slander,
Foolish and untrue.
These are words that will condemn US,
In the grand review.
If we'd speak as shall he reckoned
To our best account,
We must wash ut Jesus bidding,
In the cleansing fount,
And our lips be touched with holy
Fire from above;
Then our words will justify US,
For they'll spring from love.
Words OF sympathy and courage,
10 sustain the weak,
Words OF warning to the errlng,
spoke with spirit meek.
Words of counsel and instruction
Given from day TO day,
Hopeful words to cheer the sad ones,
On life's rugged way.
These will bring to US blessing,
While they Others bless;
They'll secure our LoId's approval,
Causing joy and peace.
Let us then be ever careful
Ofthe words we bay.
They'll condemn or justify us
In the Judgment day.
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When you ask for L thing, look for
it. We SO frequently ask for things
and don't expect to get them, and, 0!
course, we are like Mr.. SrurSeon,s
student. One of Spurgcvu'o students
said to him ~ an afraid | have mis-
taken my calling, and that The minis
try really isn't my proper work."
"Why," said Sturgeon, "WLat Is the
reason you have come to that concNu-
sion ." Well, have been working III
such q place for such and such Il time,
and l don't seem To have accom-
plished much" Why, man alive:
You didn't expect that every time you
preached Il sermon somebody would
be converted,- did you ?' NO Of
course didn't expect that" "Well
you don't getit them Expect re-
suits, and you will find them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17
Benlah Land.
BY THE REV. E. C. WINSLOW

BY THE REV. E. C. WINsLOW.
Thou Beulah land! such peace within,
A glorious rest from inbred. sin
A rest that naught my soul can move,
Centered and fixed In Jesus Love.
Though Beulah Land in thee live,
And from thou treasures receive
All needful blessings full and free.
Thou art the chosen land for me
Thou Beulah Land! so rich thy store,
Enough for all forever more;
Enough for each, none need despair,
Thy love 50 free the world may share.
The Beulah land that lies before
From Pisgah's top now explore;
My hope is anchored In that cliine.
And faith now claims that land us mine
And In that home I soon shall rest,
It's earnest here / now possess;
This Beulah land, this earnest given,
. Is peace on earth and rest In heaven.
Ereeport, Ill.
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What i Would Do.

If were q rose
On the garden wall,
I'd look so tair,
And grow so tall;
I'd scatter perfume far and wide.
or all the flowers I'd be the pride,
That's what I'd do,
If l were you.
Oh, little rose!
If l were bird,
With nest In tree,
Iwould sing a song
So glad and free,
That birds in gilded cages near
Would pause my wild: sweet notes 10 hear.
That's what I'd do,
II were you,
Oh. gay, wild bird
Fair little maid,
If we're you,
should always try
10 be good and true;
I'd be the merriest, sweetest child
On whom the sunshine ever smiled.
That's what I'd do,
If were yon.
Dear little maid!
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AN EXPERIMENT IN ENoLUTION.-
\ striking illustration Of the influence
Of environment on animal forms may
he quite easily produced, according to
DR.. Winalow Anderson. If the en-
bryo Of the land s;lanlandcr be taken
from the cgg and kept i'll water of
moderate temperature, abuntly sup
piled with Oxygen, and amply fed with
small water animals, the organism is
remarkably changed even III Il single
generation. The embryonic lungs re-
main undeveloped and gills grows i'll
stead, rudder tail and even fins are
gradually developed for the new
function of swimming, and the un-
necessary feet and legs become mere
rudimentary appendages.
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If you want to make Satan tremble
resolve to be Il happy Christian.
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"For by thy words thor shalt he justified,
and by words thou shalt be condemned. Mat.
yii-37n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
MERRIAM'S TWO WIDOWS.
A Defunct Broker Who Left Little
History.

A Defunct Broker Who Left a Little
History.
TORONTO, Ont. Feb. ga. y. Mer-
riam, a broker, died suddenly here a
week ago, and his wife, who lived with
him here, took the remains to Port
Huron, where she had lived and married
him, and inferred the body.
Yesterday another woman, claiming
to be the real wife, arrived here from
Chicago, and her claim was Endorsed by a
lawyer here who had obtained a private
settlement with Merriam for wife No.
when she discovered that Merriam had
been false to her. The settlement con-
sisted of a lump sum and monthly al
lowance, which was paid punctually.
There is said to have been large in
surance on MerriamS life.
Merriam was formerly a member of
the Chicago brokerage firm of Fleming,
Loring e Merriam, which was broken
up by the police. Loring was sent to
prison for a year, but his partners sue
ceeded in getting away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
MONEY MATTERS.

TIE capital stock of the Pullman
Palace Car Company has grown to $685.
600. 900, which at present quotation OF
215 represents value of S53, go, 600.
ALASKA exported during the last year:
Whalebone, 81. 159. 905; whale oil, $172,
500; Goldfish, S555. 900: salmon, s., 355. 600;
gold (estimated), s., 200, 600; all other
exports, sufficient to make the total So,
$40, 80.
ACCORDING to statistics lately COM
piled, SIPS, 600, 900 represents the amount
of dividends paid by Lake Superior
mines, or rather Upper Peninsula
mines, since they have been wrought
News Record
THE accumulation Of wealth, esti.
mated at IA per cent Of the gross earn.
ings OF mankind, now aggregates S. 00,.
o0o, 900 per annum and is increasing,
relatively as well as absolutely, from
year to year.
TIE total number OF National banks
organized in the United States for the
the twelve months ended September 81
was 2o6, with an aggregate capital o.
$34, sos, 900, the South having more thar
one-third of the number, and neari.
one-third Of the total capital.-Balti
more Manufacturers Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
DEADLY DAMP.
Coal Mine Horror From Nova
Scotia.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DEAD.
Identification of the Victims BY Sorrowing
Friends and Relatfves-Most Deaths
Due to Choke Damp-An I'm
accountable Explosion.

HALIFAX, n. s., Feb. ga frightful
explosion occurred in the west side OF
the east slope of the great Spring Hill
coal mines, the largest in Nova Scotia,
Saturday afternoon and the loss of life
was frightful, it being almost certain
that seventy men and boys were killed.
Twenty-Five bodies had been recovered
up to nightfall. Those brought uI
dead are: William Fl. Turner, Herber,
Armisha, Ernest Benbridge, James
lin Mc-Kinnen, Arthur Ander-
Carmichael, James Johnson, John
Mckinnon, Richard Dawson, John
Boyd. Matthew Collins, Roy Mcdonald,
Samuel Muckle, Jerry Murphy, James
McEvry, Davis McEvry, John Bretliffe,
Edward Smith. James Sharpless, John
Carmichael, Joseph Tatersan, Willie
Brown, Phillip b. White, Thomas
Holet, David Watt and William Mckee
The work OF recovering the bodies is
being pushed forward.
Many Of the bodies taken out are al
most unrecognizable. The dead are
being identified by Borrowing friends
and relatives amid heartrending scenes
In the family Of j. Armishaw three
sons are dead and that of Fred Carmich
ael loses three and that of McVay two
The injured are being cared for and
everything possible is being done fol
them. Doctors from Parrsboro, Am
herst and Oxford were telegraped fol
and arrived promptly to render neces-
sary aid for the alienation of the suffer
ing. Many of those wounded are badly
burned. Only partial list of the in
jured is obtainable now.
The death of most of those brought
up is attributed to choke damp. Some
are not disfgured and look peaceful III
death. Many of the dead and those
missing leave large families.
1t is known that after a thorough eX.
animation of all the pits a few days age
the workmen's committee expressed
themselves satisfied with the excellent
condition of the workings. Deputy In
spector of Mines Madden also inspected
the pits and found no indication of gas
in the locality where the explosion took
place.
Manager Swift is among the missing
All hope of saving the lives of those
in the mine has been abandoned. In
quirieS are pouring in from all quarters
from anxious relatives of those EN-
ployed
Later-The effect of Saturdays disas
ter at the great Spring Hill mine is now
felt more accutely. The work of rScov
ering the bodies was pushed forward
and the searching party entered thu
| mine at IL o'clock Saturday night. I
number of bodies were taken up AMI
yesterday the work went on steadily
The dead We're brought up more rapid,
and it was expected that most of thu
bodies will be out of the pits by to-da,
except those who are buried beneatl
the falls of roof. The total number O
dead is now placed at III. Two of thos
injured died last night. They wer
| Willard Carter and Joshua Mcneil.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE remains of Admiral Porter were
inferred at Arlington cemetery on the
nth. The President and many high
civil and naval and military officials
were present
BEN ALI HAGGIN, the noted turfman,
has died of pneumonia at New York.
The correspondent of the London
Chronicle at Rome states that Bishop
Freppel has departed for home, having
failed to induce the Pope to disavow the
policy of Cardinal Lavigere.
EDWIN S. STUART, Republican, was
elected mayor of Philadelphia over
Albert II. Ladner, Democrat, by an
estimated majority of 10000.
AS to Kyle's election to the United
States Senate, the claim is made that
the South Dakota Constitution requires
a majority of all the members of the
Legislature to elect, which would ne
cessitate Kyle's receiving eighty-five
votes, whereas he received only sew
enty-fve.
In the British House of Lords Lord
Denman's bill to give women house
holders the right of suffrage was re-
jected.
DELEGATE MARCUS A. SMITH, of Ari-
iona, fell on the marble thing of the
Riggs House in Washington and broke
small bone in his right ankle. He
will be laid up for some time.
SPEAKER REED is confined to his
rooms at his hotel by severe cold.
For this reason the House has been
compelled to elect a Speaker pro tenn.
HENRY HASTINGS S1BLEY, first Gov
ernor of the State of Minnesota, died at
st. Paul, Mimi, on the 18th. Sibley
was born at Detroit, Mich, in 1911, and
went to Minnesota in 1884.
PROF. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, the
| eminent geologist, of Ann Arbor, Mich.
| is dead.
81. X. ENos, the president of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad, died OF
pneumonia at his residence, 20 Wes1
Fifty-frst street, New York.
| BARONESS BURDETT-CoUTTs is report
ed to be in failing health, although no.
seriously sick. The baroness is about
II years of age.
| ALTHOUGH the elections bill is believed
to be dead, it is said that some of the
ardent advocates of that measure art
trying to induce several of the free sill
| yer republicans to join in an effort tx
resurrect the bill because of the Cleve
land letter on the silver question.
BILL has been introduced in tn,
senate granting pension Of So, 500 ;
year to the widow of Admiral Porter.
IT is announced that the Prince o
Wales will visit Ireland during the com
ing summer.
PRINCE SANJo, president of the council
of the court of Japan and custodian o
the grand seal, is dead.
JUDGE JOHN BERKSHIRE, of the su
preme court of Indiana, is dead.
The Wisconsin legislature has passe,
a resolution opposing the bill now pend
ing in congress providing for the un
limited coinage of silver.
BARRUNDIA's widow and daughte
have sued the United States govern
ment for 81 ,O0o,o 900 damages.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE Idaho house has passed the Aus
tralian ballot bill.
The president has nominated eX-Gov.
Charles Foster, of Ohio, to succeed the
late William Window as secretary of
the treasury.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended February 21 showed an average
increase of "a compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York there was a decrease of rs
ONE hundred lives were lost by an
explosion in the Spring Hill coal mines,
Nova Scotia, on the Dist Many of the
bodies taken out were unacceptable.
SIX lives were lost by the burning of
tenement house on Sand street. New
York, on the 2lst.
THE two children Of Mrs Curt Blake,
living near Paris, Ind.-a girl aged
9 months and boy aged years-were
playing near tub of boiling water the
other day. In some manner the tub
was overturned, the contents submerg-
ing the little ones and scalding both to
death.
FIRE broke out at midnight in the
| warehouse in the submerged district at
Parkersburg, Va, caused by the water
| overlooking some lime. 1t spread rap
| idly, and ten houses, including four
| warehouses, were destroyed. The loss
| was over $4,000.
ADvICEs received by the Gaulois, OF
Paris, from Buenos Ayres are to the eff
| feet that the government troops have
! revolted in the province of Cordova and
have seized the governors palace.
| SEVENTEEN lives were lost by the
wreck of the American ship Elizabeth
near San Francisco.
| A DISPATCH from Morocco announces
that the arms factory at Flesh has col
lapsed, several persons being killed and
many injured
| THE Washington express struck a
team near Wayland crossing at Hudson
Mass, killing Daniel c. Oakley and ar
unknown man.
| THE region about HolbroOk, Globe
City and San Carlos, in Arizona. has
been devastated by floods. Severa
drownings are reported.
ADvICEs from Chilli say that there has
been desperate fighting at Pisagua and
that the insurgents were finally defeat
led. A battle was begun near IquiQue
the result of which as yet is unknown
THE senate on the 21st was occupied
the whole of the day with debating the
proposed guarantee of 100000. 600 tG
the Nicaragua Canal Co. The house
was in an uproar most of the time ove1
the quorum question. The judicia
salaries bill was passed The house
was in committee on the post-office ap
preparation bill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
Nebraska Wheat Crop.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 22.-The publica-
ton of notice by the state relief com
mittee for bids to furnish $50, 900 worth
seed grain for the drought stricken dis
tricts has developed the fact that a great
many Nebraska farmers have wheat to
sell and that much larger amount is
still in country elevators than was here
tofore estimated. Nebraska farmers
will not only be able to furnish all the
seed wheat desired, but a quantity is
vet to be marketed from various por.
tons of the state sufficient possibly tc
affect the market
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26

OWING to the growing uneasiness
among the colored people of Arkan-
sas the democratic members of the
legislature have promised to create one
congressional district in the black belt,
provided the negroes will discourage
the threatened exodus to Oklahoma
After the passage of the separate coach
act by the senate many prominent col
ored men held a secret caucus with dis
tinguished members of the democratic
party, and it is reported satisfactory
agreement was reached by which the
black congressional district is to be
formed