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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
TURKISH JUSTICE.

How . Son Exposed HIS Fathers Dis
honesty.
A grocer of Smyrna had q SON, who,
with the help of the little learning the
country could afford, rose to the post of
naib. or deputy to the cadi, or mayor of
that city, and as such visited the mar
kets and inspected the weights and
measures of all retail dealers One day,
as this officer was going the rounds. the
neighbors, who knew enough of his
fathers character to suspect that he
might stand in need of the caution. adj
vised him to shift his weights for fear
of the worst; but the old cheat, depend
ing on his relationship to the inspector.
and sure, as he thought. that his son
would never expose him to a public af-
front. laughed at their advice. and stood
very calmly at his shop door waiting
for his coming. The naib. however,
was well assured of the dishonesty and
unfair dealing of his father, and re-
solved to detect his villainy and make
an example of him. Accordingly he
stopped at his door, and said coolly to
him:
"Good man, fetch out your weights
that we may examine them"
Instead of obeying, the grocer would
fain have put it off with laugh, but
was soon convinced his SON was serious.
by hearing him order the officers to
search his shop. and seeing them pro-
duce the instruments of his frauds
which, after an impartial examination.
were openly condemned and broken to
pieces. His shame and confusion, how
ever, he hoped would plead with
a son to remit him all further
punishment of his crime; but even this,
though entirely arbitrary, the naib
made as severe as for the most indiffer-
ent offender, for he sentenced him to a
fine of fifty piastres and to receive a
bastinado of as many blows on the soles
of his feet All of this was executed
upon the spot after which the naib.
leaping from his horse. threw himself
at his feet. and watering them with his
tears, addressed him thus:
Father, have discharged my duty
to my God, my sovereign, my country
and my station; permit me now, by my
respect and submission, to acquit the
debt 1 owe a parent Justice is blind;
it is the power of God on earth; it has
no regard to father or SON. God and
our neighbors' rights are above the ties
of nature. You have offended against
the laws of justice; you deserved this
punishment; you would in the end have
received it from some other; 1 am sorry
| it was your fate to receive it from me.
My conscience would not suffer for me
to act otherwise. Behave better for
the future, and. instead of blaming.
pity my being reduced to SO cruel a
necessity"
This done, the naib mounted his horse
again and continued on his journey
amidst the acclamations and praises of
the whole city for SO extraordinary a
piece of justice; report of which being
made to the Sublime Porte, the sultan
! advanced him to the post of cadi,
whence, by degrees, he rose to the dig
nifty OF multi, who is the head both of
religion and law among the Turks
n. Y. Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10

and some other things stated and not
stated they were on the point of nomi-
mating him for the presidency in 1892
with tremendous hurrah. when they
were restrained by considerations of
prudence.
Now it is a strange thing that these
Pennsylvania bosses should shower
praises and honors ON . man for OPEN
ing wide to us in other lands CONNER
cial gates heretofore barred. It is far
more consistent for them to thank
Mckinley and the rest for barring
commercial gates in other lands here
tofore open. It has been, and still is,
their policy to bar all the commercial
gates in other lands they possibly can
Therefore we are to presume that
they were not sincere in praising their
hero for opening commercial gates
What they really admire in him is his
shrewdness in pretending to open some
gates to comparatively worthless COM
mercial territory in order the more se-
curely to bar the gates to other COM
mercia1 territory ten times IS valuable.
They appreciate him as consummate
adept in the art of fooling the crowd.
and they have use for his services in
the exercise of that art The man who
can make people think it is better for
them to be relieved of $50, 600, 900 tax on
sugar than to be relieved of $500. 600. 600
burden imposed by the taxes on WOOL
ems, crockery, glass, iron and other
products of pet industries is just the
man to please the Pennsylvania mill
bosses.
They have use for his services. He
is plausible, adroit and unscrupulous-
exactly the kind of man to serve the in
terests of those who regard party as
a machine for securing the spoils of Of
fee and government as a continuance
who's principal function is to help the
few get possession of and securely keep
the hard-earned dollars of the many.
They understand that he will never
open any commercial gates where the
opening will tend to interrupt the mill
bosses in their business of fleeing the
people. Hence the Pennsylvania en-
thusiasm for ''Blaine, of Pennsylvania
and Maine. Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
HOUSEHOLD eREvITlES.

Equal parts OF cream-tartar and
saltpeter make an excellent remedy for
rheumatism Take one-kak teaspoon
fuk of the mixture and divide it into
three doses. Take one of these doses
three times . day.
Plate Doilie&-Where tea Is served
on q polished table without q table
cloth. dainty plate doilies are placed
under each plate. These are either
hemstitched. fringed. or the design
worked with the buttonhole shorthand
long stitch. SO the design can be cut
out on the edge.-Ladies' Home
Journal
To polish patent-leather boots or
shoes, mix tablespoonful of sweet Oil
with a teaspoonful of turpentine. and
rub it over the leather with q bit OF
sponge, polishing afterwards with bit
Of soft rag. If there are any cracks In
the leather fill them up with common
boot-blacking before you use the oil
and turpentine-
-Candy.-Two cups white sugar.
one-third cup good vinegar. enough
water to moisten the sugar. boil in an
agate iron or porcelain pan without
stirring) over q quick fire. In fifteen
minutes try in cold water. Before il
hardens. flavor with nearly a teaspoon.
full of vanilla or lemon. Pour on a but
tered plate. Pull Do not stir at any
time.-Detroit Free Press
Beef. au Miroton.-Cut some thin
slices of cold beef and one large onion
or two small ones into slices and fry
them a nice brown in a quarter of a
pound of butter, turn the pan around
frequently to prevent the meat from
burning. Then boil up half pint of
beef broth, seasoned with a little pep
per and salt Put it over the meat, and
serve as hot as possible Her
aid.
People who are subject to catarrhal
ailments have special need to be par
ticular in regard to their feet covering;
they should see to it that their feet are
| always comfortably clad, their shoes
should have substantial soles. and
should come we'll up the ankles, and
not be laced or buttoned tight Light
merino stockings or half-hose may be
sufficient for warmth, but whenever by
reason of much exercise the feet have
become damp. and especially il the
leather has absorbed wet, it is wise for
q change to be made in both stockings
and shoes
"SuOCOldtS SuSJaIOS-A DELICIOUS
dessert is made as follows: Four cups
milk. four eggs, one cup sugar. four
tablespoonfuls grated chocolate. two
teaspoonfuls vanilla Put the chocolate
over the fire in a double boiler with
part of the milk, and let it cook until
| smooth; add the rest of the milk, and,
| when this is hot pour it upon the sugar
mixed with the beaten yolks Of the
eggs. Return to the stove, and cook
until the custard begins to thicken;
| when cool, pour into glasses or small
cups, and heap on the top of each 3
meringue made of the whites of the
eggs whipped stiff with a little pow
dered sugar. Or it may be served in q
large dish An agreeable variation
may be made by substituting for tho
chocolate half a cup of strong coffee
| Boston Budget
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
CURIOUS HAIRDRESSING.
Strange Styles In Vogue I'm Queen Bess

Strange Styles in Vogue in Queen Bess'
Time.
When Elizabeth came 10 the throne
and inaugurated the golden age of head
dressing she adopted some highly re-
markable coiffures, and the ladies of
her circle, who, like not a few of the
men, put their whole fortune on their
backs. followed her initiative, and even
went the length of dyeing their hair to
make it approximate to the decidedly
SANDY" hue of her majesty's. The
men also had their turn, but in the
matter of the beard and mustache, not
in that of the head They cut and
twisted their precious appendages into
all manner of shapes THE BARRIERS"
says Stubs, "have invented such
strange fashions of monstrous manners
of cuttings, trimmings, shavings and
washings that you would wonder to
see. They have one manner of cut
called the French cut another the
Spanish cut, one the Dutch cut, another
the Italian, one the new cut, another
the old, one the gentleman's cut, an
other the common cut, one cut of the
court, another of the country, with in
finite the like varieties, which over
pass They have also other cuts in
Vulnerable, and therefore, when you
come to be trimmed, they will ask you
whether you will be cut to look terrible
to your enemy or amiable to your
friend, grim and stern in countenance
or pleasant and demure. for they have
divers kinds of cuts for all these pur-
poses"
One of tho most curious-perhapst the
most curious-of these was the screw
beard, which dropped from the under
lip in q spiral form, and which was
worn by (among others) Taylor, the
water poet, who has left us a curious
description of the variety of boards
worn in his day. 1t occurs in his
''Superbise F1agellum," and runs thus:
Some like e spade, some like q fork. some
square,
Some round. some mow'd like stubbIe.. some
stark bare,
Some sharp, stiIetto fashion. dagger-Ifke, .
That may. with whispering q mans eyes
outpike.
Some with the hammer cut or Roman T,
Their boards extrsvagant reformed must be,
Some with the quadrate, some triangle
fashion
Some circular, some oval in translation,
Some perpendicular in longitude.
Some like q thickes in their crassitude-
That heights. depths. breadths, triform,
oval round.
And rules geometrical in boards are found
pet vanity of the time was to brush
ones mustache upward from the lips in
a series of small locks An elegant
mustache was a sine qua non to a cav
alier. who. however. paid considera BILE
attention to his hair, and sometimes al
lowed long lock, tied with ribbon, to
fall down to his breast on each side of
his Observation-Disclosures Magazine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
RLAlNE'S GREAT ACT.

Enthusiasm OF the Pennsylvania Repub-
Hean Mil Bosses.
The republicans of Pennsylvania in
convention assembled warmly thank
the F;fty-fr~t congress for passing the
Mckinley bill Why should they not?
The Mckinley bill was a Pennsylvania
bill. 1t was constructed in accordance
with the known wishes of the Pennsyl-
vsnia mill bosses, who are also the re-
publican party bosses The bill was to
. great extent directly made by those
Pennsylvania mill bosses. It was to be
expected that they would approve and
applaud their own work.
But these same Pennsylvania repub-
icans, in their extravagant laudation
of Mr.. Blaine, mention as one of his
most glorious achievements that he
has opened wide to us in other lands
commercial gates heretofore barred. -"
And out Of gratitude to him for this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10

9manity, belonging to the class who can
live side by side in the same street
with fellow-creature all their lives
without so much as knowing them by
sight
. Among Mr. Brow ms fixed habits was
n yearly tour.
But he did not take it, like most peo-
pie, in the summer months, but in the
early spring. Regularly as the frst
week in March came round, he went
abroad A common place tour. in
beaten tracks, following the usual
routine of travel in steamers and
trains, and lodging at palatial hotels.
No adventure had ever broken the un-
-eventful record of these tours for over
n quarter of century; no more exciting
incident than an unusual overcharge at
ssome hotel had come within Portman
Browns personal experience.
In IS, when March came round, he
made the usual preparations for his
yearly tour in his usual way.
On the evening before his departure,
IAN old city friend, Mr.. Goldsmith,
-dined with him at his house in Harley
Sstreet. When about to leave. Gold
=smith drew a small case from his
pocket
Il brought this with me On the
-chance that you were going to Cannes.
You will do me a great favor by giving
it into my brothers hands there. It
contains a brilliant of such rare value
that l could trust it to few. 1t will give
You no trouble, being so small; there
will be no risk, as no one will know
you have such thing with you.''
Anything to oblige friend" said
Brown, lightly. 81 would take the
koh-inoor as a travelling companion
under the same circumstances"
The two men were sta nding at the
rstudy window, the blind of which hap
-pened to be up While in the act of
placing the case to his pocket Browns
eyes wandered to the street. At the
moment the light from lamp in front
of the door struck on the face of man
who was passing-or had he been stand
ing there?-a peculiar dark face, with
straight black whiskers.
The man moved on.
Brown drew back hastily.
None of your people knew that you
were giving me this com mission?'' he
inquired Of Goldsmith.
mot soul, my dear fellow: the
matter is entirely between Won and
me. Ny head clerk alone knows of the
existence of the brilliant"
@'What Is he like?'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
THE OLDEST O. THEM ALL.

side the door
OF pretty rural cottage that the vines have
And the pink and cherry blossoms slyly peep
about him there,
Like so many fairies playing hide-and-seek b.
hind his chair.
He's a.lean and slippered figure, and his step
is far from light,
There are burrows in his forehead and hts hair
IL snowy white.
And his cheeks, like ancient parchment, wrin-
killed.. yellow, sunken, grim,
Yet not drummer in the land but DOTS the hat
to him.
He can sing Chis voi,e will quaver) songs for
gotten long ago
BY the present generation, songs our fathers
And their rhythm quaint reminds you of a brook
and falling leaves
And maple-shadOwed co ttage with the sw al
lows meath the caves.
-8e can tell you Of adventures that wiz thrill
your soul with fear.
"Or recount world of incidents you'll laugh for
hours to hear
While his eyes anew will sparkle meath his
hats extended rim
xOh not drummer in the land but yields the
palm to him.
How his withered form will straishten as he
'reckonS in his day
Ther wasn't marry ov EN-, when he tended that
Away"
With the '.peart and smilin' lassies' that he
met along his ''raout,"
When he chose to show his samples ''aS could
lay the old man aout"
He will tell you of a stage-coach, with Its fly
ers six more,
Faster than our modern engines, with their
smoke, and dust and roar.
:Sweeping round the yawning canyons, even rs
the swallows skim:
All. not drummer OF them all but dofs the
hat to him.
When the evening shadows lengthen, If the
breeze is blowing fair,
-HrOm beneath his fade jacket he Will take.
with tender care,
"A Iocket worn and denied, wherein, framed In
curls of gold
Smiles face that to the oldest will be never,
and a mist will dash his glasses, and grow
tremuous his tone,
sNAnd he tells you how, since Anna died, he's
made the trip alone.
and ere the tale is finished other eyes tn an his
are dim
oh! not a drummer but is proud to dof the Ia,
Half the stories Of century hidden in his
breast,
TO come forward at his bidding in the quaint
est language drest;
And he takes such pleasure in them thai
'twouid really seem crime
Mo- to listen and applaud them tho it's for the
hundredth time.
Con the verge Of ocean drifting, like ship with
out mast,
ALI his bless in gs in the future all his pleasure.
in the past;
Heaven bless him for this lesson, it's moi
strength OF m ind or limb.
But cheerful sunny spirit wins the hearts Of
all to him.
sThe sun OF life is setting the evening OF his
day,
>And ere long his gentle spirit will have passed
from earth away;
I'VE shall miss the we'll known figure from his
seat beside the door,
And the first and oldest drummer we shall SEE
or hear more;
but army OF his fellows still his memory
will keep,
While children laugh. manhood strives OF
broken households weep;
and oft on blust'ring winter nights around the
cheering flame,
viii heads be bowed and speech be hushed a,
mention of his name.
Charles Eugene Banks, in Arl1ansaw Trav
seller
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
Russian Fruit salad.

What to have for dessert on hot sum-
mer days is often an anxious question
to the mistress of moderate households
They are wise If they give up hot pud-
dings and pies absolutely through the
dog days A dish of cool fruit or q
cream cheese with crisp lettuce-would
be more appetizing and more health
full Ice cream is not difficult to make
and there are dozens of recipes for cold
custards and meringues or blanc
manages and jellies in every cookery
book. The following preparation OF
fruit called Russian fruit salad" has
been approved of by several connois-
sieurs: Take equal quantities of peaches
pared, stoned and sliced; pineapples
pared, cored and sliced; apricots pared.
stoned and halved: strawberries and
raspberrieS Put all this fruit in q
china or silver bowl and place on ice
Put into a saucepan one pint of COM
mon red wine. pint of lemonade, q
pint of orangeade, pinch of powdered
cinnamon, a wineglassful of madeira
and loaf sugar to taste Boil, stirring
constantly for five minutes, then pour
into a china jug and set away to cool
When cold pour over the fruit and
serve.-N Y Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10

+. PORTMAN
BROWN was a
prosperous, ell
d erIy gentle
man, of qui e t
ways and fixed
habits. A small
circle of famil-
lar friends sup
pile d all his
social needs, he
concerned him
self little with
kL4 ~0c< ~ h,,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10

Carp. cells and some other fish con-
fined in tanks have been noticed to re-
main perfectly quiet and in one position
for months during the winter. Frogs
also, if given a bit of wood to sit upon,
will remain quiet during the winter
and become lively on the approach of
spring, or on a removal to a warm
room 1t seems to be a case of sus-
pended animation. during the continu.
ance of which they need no food
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10

pertinence to recommend this margar-
inc to me as best fresh butter?" But
terman-"Well, ma'am the gentleman
from whose factory it comes is more to
be relied on to turn out a good article
than poor, unreasoning cowl"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
Prescribed BY the Authorities.

Sympatlic But Near-Sighted Lady Ito
tramp filling temporary engagement at
stone pile)-Poor mani That work
seems hard and you look dreadfully
tired Don't you ever take a vacation?
Tramp(pounding away drearily)-
on my vacation now, Chicago
Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
The Summer Shoe.

These loose-ftting russet leather
shoes that are now worn so generally
in summertime cause us lots Of trouble
said shoe clerk in q big uptown store
the other day. You see, the summer
shoes are SO much more roomy than
the ordinary shoes that the foot broad
ems, and then when our customers, es-
pecially those who wear the summer
shoes all the season, come to get fitted
with an ordinary shoe they wonder
why we cannot fit them as easily IS
usual and why the size that used to at
them pincAes and cramps their feet
We have to give some of our customers
half a size larger, and those who like
to have their feet look Is small rs pos.
sible protest that it is the fault Of our
etocll, when it is of course the fault Of
their summer shoes. The low shoes
that SO many women wear in summer
cause us more trouble even than the
mems russell shoes These low shoes.
or ties, worn constantly develop the in
steps, and then of course il is very hard
to get shoe as small as the one the
customer was in the habit of wearing.
Then comes real trouble. 1t Is hard to
break the news to a young and pretty
woman that her foot has grown larger
during the summer, and it Is still harder
to get her to believe that tramping over
mountains and sauntering on thu sea-
shore in low shoes has given her q big
ger instep."-N- V Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
GEMS AND JEWELS.

New Ideas in the Line of Fashionable
Ornaments
Hair ornaments and garter buckles
of silver ornamented in enamel are
now seen
A link cuff button is formed Of q gold
arrow and a heart set with diamonds
Joined by the link. Another has q
horseshoe set with small diamonds and
plain gold nail
A very snowy scarf pin recently dis
played had a large pearl set in the head
and a serpent set with diamonds coiled
about it The serpent's head is drawn
back as if about to strike at the pearl
A silver watch guard for the fob rep
resents broad strap secured by a heavy
silver buckle. 1t Is formed of small,
closely woven links, is flexible and can
be adjusted to several different lengths,
like an ordinary leather strap.
A remarkable brooch is now on ex-
hibition in the window of a jeweler ON
upper Broadway, New York 1t con-
sists of three unusually large diamonds.
set in the familiar form of a trefoil
with smaller stones between The to-
tai weight of the three large stones il
fifty-three caratS-Jewelers' Weekly.
Evening journal., 1891-04-07
THE COMPETITION ENDED.
An Agreement Entered Into Between
Claus spreckeIs and the Havemeyers

An Agreement Entered Into Between
Claus spTeclSeIs and the Havemeyers.
PHILADELPHIA, April THE Record
says; After a fight of over three year,
Claus Spreckels and the sugar trust have
come TO an understanding by which ther,
will be no further competition between
them. The negotiations, which have been
going on for some time, now at New Yorl
and again at San Francisco, were virtu
ally concluded in this city on Sunday
Theodore Havemeyer, Of New York
president Of the sugar trust, went through
the big refinery OF Spreckels on that day
and made careful examination Of il. Mr.
Searles, Of New York, secretary of tn,
trust, and other gentlemen interested in il
were also in the city, and IL is understood
that the agreement reached at San Fran
cisco last week between Claus Spreckel
and j. Craig Havemeyer was indorsed
BY this agreement Spreckels isn't to sci
his sugar in that part Of the country easi
Of the Missouri river, and the Havemeyer.
are not TO invade the territory west Of tn,
Missouri
The trusts refinery in San Francisco anc
that belonging to Spreckels are to alter
nate monthly in closing, and in this wa.
it is expected that the production on tn,
Pacific coast can be so regulated that ther,
win be no difficulty in maintaining prices
When asked what effect this agreement
between his father and the trust wOulC
have upon the Philadelphia refinery, Clau,
Spreckels, Jr., while admitting the comb
nation on the Pacific coast, said that il
would not affect the refinery here.
Evening journal., 1891-04-07
Indicted Director wand ! S,ay

NEW York, April 7.-Notice was served
on District Attorney DE Lancey NicoI by
Page & Taft As William street, counsel
for the twelve indicted directors Of the
Hartford and New Haven Railroad com
pany, that a motion would be made in the
supreme court for stay Of proceedings on
the indictments found against them. The
district attorney was also notified that on
the 10th Of the month motion would be
made for removal Of the case from the
court of general sessions TO that Of the
court Of oyer and terminer The notice OF
motion is accompanied by aflidavits OF
President Charles p. CLARK and John NJ.
Bowers, biographical sketches Of the twelve
directors and package Of newspaper clip
pings Of the proceedings before the coroner
and the grand jury. The affidayits Of Mr.
Clark and Mr.. Bowers relate TO their con
nection with the railway. The directors
have been notified to appear to plead next
Wednesday.