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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
EEIGHBoRHooD HAPPENINGS.
ELLINwOOD.
From the Advocate

From the Advocate
Owing to the rise in wheat, many OF
our farmers are disposing of last years
crop, that they may have room for the
big one they expect to get this year.
Nearly all our sporting-men have been
taking advantage of the fine weather
to test their skill as marksmen. John
Dick and r. Herold spent several days
at the salt marsh, killing as high as
forty geese in one day.
The management of The home talent
entertainment given at the opera hall
on last Friday evening wish to return
thanks to all who so kindly assisted
them in giving the entertainment and
also for the liberal patronage received.
Last Tuesday evening witnessed the
departure from here of Jerry Cochin
and E. w. Hauser, who left for Nc
Minnville, Oregon, and Raipyer, WASH
ington, respectfully. Both were
accompanied by their families, and ex-
pect to make stay. We predict that
they will soon be back, saying that Kan
sas is good enough.
The BARTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT
says: "a coon and a dozen fat ducks
disappeared from Ellinwood the other
night at one and the same time, and
our poultry dealers are warned to look
out for the animals and fowls" Oh
no, Bro. Stoke, the ':coon" left all right
bul the ducks, which in some manner
escaped, were found promenading down
near the bridge.
Who says We do no business around
here? So far this week there have
shipped from here five car loads of
stock as follows: Nj. Gilmore, two car
loads of cattle; c. II. Schmidt, one car
of cattle; c. Andrae, one car cattle and
one car of hogs, among them one weighso
ing over 800 pounds. This is only a
small bit of proof of what we said last
week, that investment in Kansas farm
lands would be safe investment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

THE Rush Center News has been
swallowed by the Lacrosse Chieftain.
So another republican paper succombs
to the inevitable. Ros1 county, like
many other western counties, had TOO
uisby rspas TOT i6e pcpulstidd.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

The farmers of Kansas are not Door
ia the matter of soil and its possibil-
tiles, tut when it comes to an equal
commercial chance in the way of
dispoSing of the products of the soil and
of opportunities to make their crops
yield them the best returns. because of
the Mckinley bill and kindred vicious
legislation they are not only poor but
oppressed, and in imminent danger of
5erfdum.s@AschBdu CHxwtidu.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
CLAFLIN.


From the Banner.
The Knights of Pythias will give a
grand ball in Ellinwood on Easter
Monday.
The wheat fields are now in an ex-
cellent condition so far as moisture is
concerned.
Claf1in is in the center of the best
wheat growing portion of the great
state of Kansas.
The Sons of Veterans ball on last
Friday evening was a grand success.
there being about forty-five couples
present.
District court is again grinding away,
but Claflin is acting the part of a good
little Sunday school boy. She isn't in
it" this time.
The Misses Anna and Ella Harris, of
Great Bend, attended the bail, Friday
evening, and spent Saturday and Sun
day with friends near this city.
A large land sale was consumated
near this city this week. Mr.. Moran
purchased three quarters of section q,
township II, in Ellsworth county, of
Mr.. n. r. Brown, of Laceil, Illinois, for
which he paid the snug little sum of
So. 10000. Mr.. Moran now owns two
sections of Kansas real estate and this
great calamity that we've heard so
much about of late, dosen't seem to
have struck Mr.. Moran to any great
extent. Kansas real estate is pretty
safe place for investments yet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

A COMMERCIAL congress is to be
held at Kansas City on April 18th. In
this congress most of the western and
some of the southern states will be
represented. The object of the con-
gress is to discuss the needs of the west
and south, and form a union for COM
mercial interests. As the congress will
be entirely non-partizan, and composed
of men who mean business, We look
for much good to result from the meet
inc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

TIE PROHIBITION branch of the
Beacon editorial force takes exception
to our editorial of the Issue of the DEM
OCRAT March 18th, and says it is "un-
pala atable." No doubt about its being
''unpalatable' to the element in the
to lead the farmers of Kansas into
trouble by having them indorse and
adopt prohibition as party measure.
We intended it to be ''unpalatable"
to look at the situation with fair and
unprejudiced eyes. The lady in ques-
tion also tries to be funny by implying
that we failed to rejoice in the issue1of
this paper of March 18th over the DEM
ocratic victory in Illinois, but the edge
of her wOuld-be sarcasm is all taken off
when it is known that the DEMOCRAT
of that week was printed and in the
postoffice before the news of the result
in Illinois reached Great Bend by tel
,egraph. My dear Madam, if you do not
like the position the DEMOCRAT takes
on the vital questions of the day, pray
point out the errors of such position
and assist US in getting in the right
way. If you do not think 1t safe to
trust the voters of Kansas to say what
laws they want, please suggest some
better way to settle question that you
yourself admit should not be kept as an
element of politics to be made a shuttle
cock by the politicians of all classes.
But for Heavens sake don't tell us
that the way to settle it is to follow the
advice of the few scnemers who have
forced themselves to the front in the
third party movement; that would be
too unreasonable for any sane person
to consider. Tell us what is a more
fair and just way to settle the prollibi-
tory question, and settle it forever,
than to submit it to vote of the peo-
pie and abide by the result? We anx-
iously await your way out"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

REPUBLICANS were afraid Kansas
would loose big advertisement when
Ingalls, went into the soup. But ingalls,
still persists in talking. The difference
between this advertisement now and
before the senatorial election is, that
the present advertisement is read in all
papers of the land while the former one
was confined mostly to republican
papers. The alliance has our thanks
for placing Kansas advertisement In q
better Position.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

argument 10 back up his assertions he
would have at least gained the respect
of the public by producing it. instead
of resorting to that old republican
method of calling names and making
miSstatements. Show your colors. my
fine fellow, and we Will gladly enter
into a discussion with you; provided
the public knows who you are ard the
motives that actuate you; and provided
further, that you write in a decent and
gentlemanly manner.
A blunder in this Office last week
gave Mr.. Stoke splendid opportunity
to make a few complimentary (?) re-
marks about Mrs. Mccormick, the
associate editor of this paper. The
article to which he refers was part of
a clipping from the Woman's Tribune
The article was careleSsly cut into, and
two other articles inserted between,
leaving the first part without credit.
Beacon.
IF ANY or our readers have a copy of
the Beacon of March 5th, and care
enough about the matter to look it up,
they can readily see that the article he
refers to as credited to the Woman's
Tribune has no connection whatever
with the article at the head of the col
umn. 1t is said "a poor excuse is bet
ter than none, "but in Bro. Armstrong;
case, the excuse offered was worse than
none, because it don't pan out right on
investigation. If your columns are
thrown open to all the prohibition ex-
centricities that aff1ict the public, Bro.
Armstrong, it is best to admit it openly
and freely and attempt no excuses or
paliations.
A. w. SMITH, president of the state
board of agriculture, has issued a call
for delegate covention to be held in
Topeka ON April 22nd. for the purpose
of devising ways and means for Kan
sas exhibit at the Columbian Exposi-
ton. 1t is necessary that some one
take the Initiative and we believe that
the state board of agriculture as good
body of men as any to handle the ex-
hibit. Now let all honest and earnest
men throw aside ali party prejudice
and unite in this matter for the good
of the state. 1t will not do for our
glorious state of Kansas to stay out of
the grand Worlds Fair; to make no eX-
hibit there would set Kansas twenty
years behind her Leighbor states. Do
not let the petty quarrel of two sets of
bitter politicians work the great dam-
age to our state that would result from
our making no exhibit. Unite, busi-
ness men, farmers, laborer5 and all by
laying aside party prejudice and all
working for Kansas and her welfare.
THE Worlds Fair matter stood just
this way in the legislature: The sem
ate insisted upon having three republi-
cans on the board, they to elect two
and the governor to appoint one, the
house to have two. To this the house
would not agree, as they wanted the
board to consist of two alliance men,
one democrat and two republicans, the
latter from the senate. This was a fair
and non-partizan proposition, but the
senate was stubborn and would not
give up their pet scheme to have three
of the board republicans, hence the
failure to pass the appropriation BILL
Sterling Champion.
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Puzzled Her.

There is in one of the big dry goods
stores a weighing machine which is
similar in outward appearance to a
nickel-in-th e-slot machine, but which
works without the preliminary dropping
in of a nickel. 1t was the means the
other day of calling attention to a very
honest old lady. She had her arms full
of packages, and she held them all
while being weighed, evidently fearing
to lay them down lest some one should
walk away with them. When the
weighing process was over she laid
them all down, however, fished out a
nickel from her pocketbook, and then
began vain search for the slot into
which to drop it. She looked the ma
chine an over, in front, in back, on the
sides and on top, and even when her
closest scrutiny failed to discover the
slot, she did not grasp the idea that the
machine was free laborer, but laid
the nickel on its top and walked away,
apparently in the hope that the next
person who came along might know
how to feed the money to the machine
and drop it in for her-New York
Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
The Parks of London,

Who knows or ever could think OF
the fondness of the London people for
swimming or bathing, or of the means
they have for enjoying their baths9 In
one of the great parks in the heart of
London an ornamental sheet of water,
more unsecluded than the lake in Cen
trail park, is made all but alive with
bathers between 5 o'clock, or earlier in
the morning, and 8 o'clock a. IN. AS
many as 10000 men and boys have
been known to battle in that pond in
one day. That is the same park, by
the way, wherein, if you should go on
a summer night. you would see the
sward literally dotted, peppered with
the black forms of sleeping men
homeless and unemployed, or luxurious
men, who prefer the grass to crowded
tenement quarters. There is no too
nice objection to this by the law or its
blue clad myrmidons Julian Ralph in
Harper's Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
SOciable Apes.

The Revue Scientifique has been dis
cussing the question whether the apes
of Africa can be taught to do things
which they have hitherto been sup
posed incapable of learning. Emin
Pasha told Mr.. Stanley that he had
seen apes carrying lighted brands as
torches during night journeys. From
Purchas' book of travels a quotation il
given from Andre Battel, who in 1926
says he saw number of apes sitting
round fire, but it does not appear
that they lighted it, but only took ad-
vantage Of a camp fire that had been
left by travellers.
In the Geological gardens the chin
panzees and other anthropoid apes
have been certainly found capable Of
acquiring various knowledge, as indeed
may be observed in humber specimens
of monkeys in companionship of Ialt-
ian organ grinders. Some of these
show almost as much intelligence a.
well trained dogs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10

The history of the various versions
of "Orfeo' remains to be written. It
can nsrer sufficiently be regretted that
Mile. Pelletan, who devoted her life
and fortune to publishing final edi-
ton of Gluck's works, died before "Or-
feo" was included N the magnificent
series issued by her disinterested munif-
icence. Originally brought out in
Vienna in 1854, ten years later the work
was remodeled and partly rewritten for
the French opera, for which Gluck
wrote most of the great works upon
which his fame rests.
In sense, it may be said to date
from his earlier manner, but it was in
"Orfeo" that he first struck the vein
of dramatic truth which was after.
ward developed so nobly in the two
"Iphigenias," "Alceste" and "Arnide. y
In "Orfeo" Gluck first revealed himself
as a master of pathos who has never
since been surpassed. Saturday Re
view.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
New BlOtting Paper

A new process for manufacturing
plotting paper consists in taking un-
sized paper as it comes from the paper
machine and exposing one or both of
the sides to the disturbing action of
mechanical means for opening up its
surface; for instance, to the grinding or
abrasive action of sandpaper, emery
wheels, wire brushes, OF 10 the action
of cards or scrapers. Such action sep
arates and lifts the surface fibers. This
process is said to produce highly alb
sorbent or bibulous paper especially
adapted for use as commercial blotting
paper and for other purposes where an
absorbent paper is required, and hav-
ing its fibers separated and raised and
presenting velvety surface as distin-
guished from ordinary blotting paper.
BY this process plotting paper can be
manufactured from any kind of paper,
regardless of the stock or material from
which it is made. Paper Making.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Augustin Daly,s Literary Passion.

A man you seldom hear of in lit
erary way, and who is one of the most
discriminate book buyers in the United
States, is Mr.. Augustin DAILY, the play
wright and manager. He is on the best
of terms with literary men and women
both in America and Europe. He has
a library full of interest to the student
of the history of the stage and to the
general lover of rare'books. Although
Mr.. DAILY is not himself collector of
portraits or illustrations for the extra
illustrating of books, lie is liberal pur-
chaser of extended works of an inter-
esting nature.
The latest addition of Importance to
his library is an edition of the Thack-
cray letters with extra illustrations in
serted 1t cost him not less than IS, 600
for the qualification of this within alone.
l suppose that Mr.. DAILY has one of the
finest libraries of dramatic works and
rare prints in the country, and his in
vestments represent thousands of dol
lars. l know he has filed a standing
order at one of the New York book
stores to send him anything new in the
way of books bearing on the drama or
stage. Then he has his best books
illustrated with rare prints, portraits,
play bills and sketches One work of
ten royal octave volumes contains 8, 900
of these special illustrations alone. and
cost Mr.. DAILY over $40, 000.-Edward
w. Bok's Letter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Invention of POplin.

The original invention of poplin is
claimed by Avignon, France, once a
papal see, on which account it was
called papaline, in compliment to the
reigning pope, at which time (the Fiji
tenth century, this rich material was
produced to supply the gorgeous ecclesi-
astical vestments and hangings in use.
The industry was introduced into Dub
lin by French immigrants, refugees at
the time of the revocation of the Edict
Of Nantes, who settled in that part of
the Irish capital called the Liberties. "
The La Touche family established the
first organized mandatory there,
which commenced operations in 1893.
Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
They Fell Into His Mouth.

Ihave watched upon many occasions
the stealthy advance of crocodile to
capture small birds, when in flights of
many thousands they have settled upon
yielding branches of dwarf willows.
The elastic boughs bent down beneath
the weight of the innumerable flock,
and the crocodile's head appeared
above the surface at distance, sank
below and quickly reappeared (the eyes
and crown alone above the water)
within ten yards of the unsuspecting
birds, all of whom were busily ell.
gagged in twittering excitement, quarrel
ing for places, and occasionally dipping
their beaks in the water when the bend
ing twigs permitted them to drink. In
a few moments after the disappearance
of the wary eyes tremendous splash
was accompanied by a pair of open
jaws which swept the occupants of the
lower branches into the greedy throat.
Wild Beasts and Their Ways.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10


Literary workers do not like to dis
cuss their methods. Perhaps they are
sometimes little ashamed of the ma
chinery out of which they get names
for their characters, just as they might
be of their rhyming dictionaries How
many authors have written stories with
all the names left blank, or with the
actual names of their best friends or
the best known of people, and after
ward sat down with directory, tax
list, the catalogue of college, or the
list of victims in railroad disaster, to
select or combine laboriously the right
names to give to their people!
Others do not do this at ALL they
think the name to begin with, and in
the evolution of the story associate the
imagined character with the name 80
intimately that they could not go on
with the story if the parsonage were to
have any other name. A good deal, it
is known, depends upon a name, and
in spite of the progress and the power
of the gospel of realism there is as yet
no such thing as absolute, common
place, everyday realism in fiction names.
Boston Transcript.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Rediscovered and Reinvented.

Some of the processes used in ancient
times have been lost, or are not clearly
understood. but we can produce like or
better results by different and less Ia
borious means. Many of the useful
and elegant arts, which have long been
held as indispensable to our modern
comfort and civilization, were not I'M
known to the ancients, but we may be
said to have invented them, as we
knew not how they were produced
formerly. In plain words then, we
have rediscovered and reinvented very
largely. Laborers' tools, implements of
agriculture and manufacture and the
weapons of war have been used from
the earliest times. We have improved
upon them all.-Thonas j. Bowditch
in Troy Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10

In Bombay, as in Lancashire, 'cot-
ton is king" The boats plying in the
harbor, the wharves of the splendid
docks, the picturesque bullock carts
that throng the streets are all cotton"
After New Orleans Bombay is the
greatest cotton port in the world.
Four million hundred weight are
shipped abroad every year, and 2,000,-
600 more are spun and woven in the
eighty-two mills of the Bombay presi.
dency. The value of all this cotton is
about 912,000,000. The old Cotton
Green, vest space devoted to dealers
in the raw material is one of the show
places of the city, and forms striking
picture Of busy native life.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Ducka and Snow.

Wild geese or wild ducks, unlike
most of the species which breed on the
shores of the Arctic ocean, are in no
hurry to leave their summer quarters
SO long as there is food enough on the
tundras. Hence, their early appear
ance in the south may be- taken as a
sign that the snow has acquired posses
sion of the northern feeding grounds.
But it admits of no other interpreta-
ton, since it by no means follows that
this cold snap will take an equatorial
direction, or that the birds will outstrip
the progress of the cold. In reality,
they often arrive with the very weather
they are held to prognosticate.-Ex.
change.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
To Smallen.

J. NJ. A. sends new word from OF
tawa: "a little friend of mine in his
anxiety to express the difference be.
tween right angle and an acute angle
said that the former was much larger
than the latter, but if you were to
smaller tie right angle you would have
an acute angle. Permit me to suggest
that the editor of The Century Die
tionary tax into account the new word
thus coined by 6-year-old boy, for !
submit thai The idea it conveys cannot
be otherwise expressed without cuin-
bersome circulnlocution. Critic
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
Slew Fourteen Soldiers,

Near Shanghai some time ago four
teen officers of the salt department Of
the Chinese empire saw heap of salt
in house and seized it as contraband.
A woman, installing the soldiers for
pirates, sounded gong, and the men
Of the village running up, killed all the
invaders. Then, having discovered
that the dead men had acted upon au-
thority, all the villagers conspired to
cover up the crime. They loaded the
boats with the bodies, took them down
the river, and burned each boat to the
waters edge. But the true story came
out, and the villagers were punished.
One villager, who had been sentenced
to suffer decapitation, killed himself,
but his body was seized and his head
cut of. -Four were strangled; Others
were banished. -Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-10
GIRLs' NAMES.

Frances Is Sunstained and free:"
Bertha -pellucid, purely bright;"
Clara, clear" % the crystal sea;
Lucy. q star Of radiant light"
Catharine Is pure" As the mountain air;
Henrietta. a soft. sweet star"
Felicia is happy girl"
Matilda is lady true;"
Margaret is shining "pearl:"
Rebecca, with the faithful few"
Susan Is a lilly white;"
Jane has the willows curve and grace"
Cecilia, dear, us dim Of sight;"
Sophia shows wisdom on her facet"
Constance is firm and -resOlute;"
Grace, delicious, favor meet"
Charlotte, noble, good repute;"
Harriet,a fine "odOr sweet"
Isabella is lady rare;"
Lucinda, constant as the day."
Marie means "a lady fair;"
Abigail, Joyful" as May;
Elizabeth, IAN oath of trust;"
Adelia, nice princess, proud"
Agatha "is truly &c I'd and JUST"
Letitia,"a joy avowed;"
Jemima "a soft sound in the air;
Caroline. "a sweet spirit hale;"
Cornelia, harmonious and fair;"
Selma "a sweet nightingale"
Lydia, "a refreshing we'll"
Judith "a song of sacred praise;"
Julia, "a jewel none excel"
Priscilla, ancient of days"