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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
LONG HAIR AND GENIUS.
Musicians Are About the Only Ones Now
Who Shun the Barbers' Shear.

Musicians Are About the Only Ones Now
Who Shun the BARRIERS Shears.
Long hair was in vogue among mu-
sicians and artists long after it ceased
to be worn by the rest of mankind The
long-haired artist, with his velvet coat,
his som brero, and his mysterious cloak,
has altogether disappeared, and lengthy
locks only Hnger nowadays, with a few
exceptions, on the head of the musician.
Indeed this luxuriant thatch would ap-
pear to exercise a potent influence on
audiences, for it is said that, in the
agreement of noted pianist about to
go on foreign tour, there is a special
clause that he shall not have his hair
cut This possibly is an invention, but
it Is an extraordinary thing that mu-
sicians are well nigh the only people
left who give but limited employment
to the shears of the barber. 1t is also a
fact that their hair hourishes better
than that of most people. / have re-
Gently heard theory that the great
prevalence OF badness in the present
day is entirely due to the constant close
cropping which has existed for the last
five and twenty years If you look at
the portraits of celebrities of thirty or
forty wears ago, you will be perfectly
astonished at the carefully arranged
couture which meandered over their
coat collars, and you feel inclined to
begin singing: 'Get yer air cut, =" with
out further delay. You will also be
amazed to learn that most of them re-
tanned this extraordinary growth to the
end of their days It IS sincerely TO be
hoped that the theory which has re-
Gently been started Will not be the
means of the Introduction of a race of
Ionp-haired men--London Graphic.
"A man with a good backbone viii
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

faced consumptive chap sat on the
porch. went in and started to abuse
Florence, but she had right on her side,
and relapsed into the sulks.
CATER that remained more at home,
but did nothing. could get no work
in town-no one would trust me.
"I drank and gambled with the
money Florence worked so hard to
earn-for she had number of board
ers, now-although she gave it to me
voluntarily, what she could spare.
s'One day got TO thinking how use
less was-how different it might have
been with us. / sat in the yard and
happened to look towards the house as
Florence came to the door. Enrol, the
consumptive, sat on the porch, AS
usual. Florence spoke to him, and as
he turned his eyes to her face. saw
something which made me start Poor
Enrol was in love with Florencel
ssThen I remembered a number OF
other circumstances had not paid any
attention to before, and i was con-
vinced of the truth of my surmise. The
poor devil had been told that he could
not live over two months longer in De
Leon, but if he would go to Colorado
Springs he might live six or eight-and
yet he had announced his intention OF
staying at De Leon.
"As looked at poor Enrol lying back
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
SEALING JELLY JARS.
Two Different Ways of Doing This Very
Effectively.

Two Different Ways of Doing This Very
Effectively.
Strain jelly into jelly jars which have
been thoroughly washed in soap and
water and have been standing in boil
ing water for a half hour. When ther
jelly is cool pour over it a small guam
tity of melted parafine, let 1t harden;
then pour in more, for as the first
hardens 1t may crack or shrink from
the sides and leave spaces where fer
ments may enter. In other words, the
jars need to be made air-tight-not that
the air does mischief, but because IL
contains the organisms which on enter
ing the jelly cause by their growth the
changes known as ''souring." The OBJ
ject is to exclude all micro-organisms-
This may be done in other ways than
by use of paraffine. oCut piece of white
paper just large enough to cover the
jeIly; soak it in alcohol for five min
utes, then lit it into the tumbler and
pack over it wad of sterilized cotton
batting, letting it I'LL the mouth Of the
Jar or tumbler like a stopper. This Is
an effectual means of preserving all
kinds of fruit, as micro-organisms can
not go through the batting. Care muEt
be taken, however, to have it properly
sterilized This may easily be accom-
plished by making the wads Of the re-
quired shape and size and putting them
in tin plate in a hot oven for half an
hour.
When putting the cotton into jars be
careful not to touch the under side of
the wad or allow it TO touch anything
until it is placed in the jar; each may
be wound with piece of cloth to make
it look neat, or piece OF paper may be
tied over it-Chicago News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
JAPANESE eAMeoos.

They Seem Not to Take Kindly TO Our SCH
and Climate
The Japanese balnboos which are at
tainable seem TO be all native OF south
ern Japan. The French nurserymen
have sent these out under names of
their own, generally botanical ones. but
a number received with the native
names seem to be duplicates of those
from France. The Japanese, curiousiy
enough, use Chinese names for these
and other plants, as was found in trae-
ing up the translations of the names
among some of our mild-mannered 0cci-
dental merchants For instance, the
japanese name for bamboo is Take"
but botanically the Chinese '>Chiku" Is
used IN conjudction with the varietal
name; thus Kimmeichiku is the square
stemmed bamboo (Castelloni of the
French); Kokuchiku is the black bam-
boo bamboo nigra in French cata-
1ogues); Hamchiku is the spotted bam-
boo.
Coming from this warm section, which
/ believe has somewhat humid atmos-
phere, the bamboos seem to require a
warmer spring than ours TO give them
an early start. In my garden, at least,
which has cold, clayey soil, they do
not seem quite happy, and begin to
make growth rather late in the spring.
A temperature of 60 degrees and
upward seems to be required to make
them move. 1t is very probable that my
plants, which have been esta blished
about two years, are in too heavy soil
and in too dry a position to do their
best, and that with careful planting
and attention they might make a more
thrifty growth, but 1 doubt if, with
their late-moving habit, they are likely
to prove satisfactory to any but growers
who fancy unusual plants They are
the slowest of plants, also, to become
established, and are not things to be
shifted from one position to another at
the pleasure of the grower.
As pot plants for conservatory decora-
ton they grow somewhat better, the
humid atmosphere seeming to suit
them, and their peculiar decorative
value is useful among tropical plants
Being grown there they also resent
moving outside, and quickly show their
resentment by whitening foliage As
far as my experience goes, l am forced
to conclude al present that the bamboos
are in the garden much inferior in value
to the other noble grasses, as Eulalias,
Arundos, Erianthus, etc, which SO rap
idly each season form grand masses of
graceful foliage and require little care
or attention. However, as 1t is the un-
common and difficult plants which
sometimes prove the most interesting.
it is to be hoped that further trials OF
the bamboos in New Jersey may allow
more favorable reports--Garden and
| Forest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

she, begging on her knees to be spared.
her duty.
''It was easily done. It only took
the Judge fifteen minutes to decide that
Florence was entitled to a divorce, if
ever woman was. I was out of town
and did not return for a month. When
l did, she was gone-as the wife Of
John Enrol
81 suppose she thinks kept my part
of the contract How could I, with
the most terrible crime man ever
committed haunting his every hour? l
found work, but drank in secret, hop
ing that I could drown the demons that
prosecuted me-for little while, for 1
looked for news of Errol's death every
day.
Finally, could stand it no longer.
I had waited nearly six months I
wrote to Florence-wrote the most
pitiful, loving, sorrowful letter man
ever wrote to woman. I asked her to
desert, or even kill, Enrol, and come
| back to me, if she cared to save my
| life At the end I told her how [ was
prospering, and how I was making a
man of myself-all lie. And l de-
| luded myself into believing that this
| woman of women would dishonor her
self a second time for a scoundrel like
mel
sit was hard, waiting for my an.
swer, but it came at last, a month ago.
| Since then I have been-as you found
me-
| He handed me as he spoke a worn.
| ragged letter, saying: 'Read the last
| two pages. They will tell you
| The pages read:
" The physicians say he will live
| that there was a blunder in supposing him con
| sumptive. And, even if this were not so,
could never return to you-for I have learned
! to know and to love better than all the world
the faithful, true man who is now my sband
Before him, you were the only man ever knew
| we'll
ST am glad to know that you are prosperous
and becoming the man you can be. May Goo
| bless your efforts. Believe me always YOU
| FRIEND FLORENCE Enroll
| / turned to Corliss. He was lying on
the bed with his eyes closed, and die
not open them when handed him the
letter, he took it eagerly and thrust il
! into his bosom, clasping his hand:
tightly over the spot.
| "I1I leave you alone awhile. ole
man. Sleep will do you good" l said
''Thanks, Will. Good-by." he an
swered, still with his eyes closed.
When ! returned. few hours later
he had not changed his position. There
was the smile of a new-found peace OF
the pale, worn face, but the hands still
clasped the letter over the pulseles
heart.
And thus we buried him.
| r. L. KETCHUM.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
SHAVING CORPSES.
BARRIERS Who Make This Branch OF the
Business Speciality.

Business a Speciality.
An undertaken hurried into BARRIERS
shop where an Eagle reporter was I'M
dergoing the usual torture that a ''ton-
serial artist" remorselessly infiicts, and
asked the proprietor if he could spare
man at once to shave a corpse. 81 have
a man that I usually depend on" he
said, ''but he failed me tonight and
must get some one right away" The
undertaken was accommodated
''Do you get much of that sort of bust
ness to do?" the reporter asked of the
barber.
every seldom was the reply, ''be-
cause, while it pays one way, it does
not in another. My customers, for in
stance, and those of any other barber
would not relish the idea of being
shaved with a razor that had been used
on corpse, and therefore BARRIERS as a
rule do not care for that sort of work,
but there are some who make it a
branch of their business and have quite
number of undertakers who send for
them when their services are needed
Glow are they paid?''
'sVarious prices, from a dollar up to
five, according to their agreement with
the undertaken. He pays them and
charges it in his BILL
The reporter interviewed a well
known undertaken on the subject He
said: 81 don't employ barber for this
work, because generally have a man
who can do it, but there are plenty of
men in the business who employ a reg
ular barber every time they need one.
Oh, there are lots of cases where the
dead have to be shaved. and that is the
reason that when we hire men we try
to get one who can handle a razor well.
because relatives are particular as to
the appearance of the deceased. You
see, nearly every grown man has mus
tache or some other hirsute appendage,
and in almost every case it is necessary
that he should be shaved. In cases of
death from contagious disease? No,
we don't shave them; there is no neces-
sity, for the law demands that the body
shall be Theoretically sealed in an air
tight caslzet and buried inside of TWEEN
ty-four hours Yes, 1 should say that a
dollar or two dollars is about what a
regular barber would get for shaving a
dead man, and he is generally paid by
the undertaken, who charges it to the
family. Brooklyn Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
william Biaikie on Walking.

After all, walking. when properly
engaged in, is of great benefit to all
those who lead sedentary lives, and
should be practiced every day in the
year in order to keep the system in
good order and full working condition.
If young men and women would stop
for moment, cast their eyes around
them and behold how many people
there are who are simply weakening
their constitution by degrees from the
lack of knowing how, when and where
to walk, it would not be great while
before every man, woman and child
would resolve to make an effort to walk
Alright, and gain in a great measure
that buoyancy, freshness and vigor
which comes to all who endeayor to
take up their burden anew and walk in
the right way.-Young Mems Era
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
TWO BUDS.

o bud upon the apple tree,
Waiting the springtime's sweet release,
Shall gentle winds and gentler showers
Come lightly through the vernal hours,
And let thee bloom in peace?
And when thy swaddling bands have burst
And thy fair cheek shall greet the sun.
Shall beauty come, with colors rare,
And paint soft virgin bushes there,
Ere springs brief day be run?
Then, waxing to thy fruit at last,
Wilt thou be sweet and fair of face;
As roses, mid smiling land,
Or marble, meath the fashioning hand,
Win more than beauty's grace:
Or shall thy cheek, fl-furrowed, mock
The prophecy Of summer days?
And when the 1ocund harvest song
Shall make TIE Deum all along
The astor-studded ways,
Shalt thou. unseemly, yet reproach
The stint of natures care for thee,
Or, dying, fall TO kindred mold,
Which winters mercy shall enfold
o bud upon the apple treef
o babe upon thy mothers knee,
Who gazest with thy wondrous eyes
Tell me. what is the world to thee?
What daily wonders dost thou see
To I'LL thee with surprise?
Are the bright waves that dance with glee
Under the sunlight's golden ray
A path of diamonds to the west
No human foot has ever passed,
Inviting thee away?
Shalt thou have had thy little day
While all the world was fair to thee.
And Eldorado's rainbows yet
Against thy happy eyes were set
Across jasper scar
o little eyesi o little feeti
How much, how little shall We know
OF golden mornings, turned TO gray?
Through what dark mazes shall ye stray
Alas, fear me sol
o, as the pregnant years befan,
May oil their cycles gently move,
And peaceful skies thy mornings bring,
And all thy bells of evening ring
The Angelus of lovei
In mercy kind, in love complete,
o fateful future wilt thou bel
Alas; my heart rlisgives me so.
Here al the gates of veal and woef
Alasl thy fate may not know
o bud upon the apple treei
o babe upon thy mothers kneei
Samuel Hoyt, in Youths Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

There is a decided moral differ
ence between Judge Gresham, who, as
the orator at the dedication of the
Grant monument, denounced in fitting
terms the corruption of the ballot box
and pointed out its peril to the repub-
lie, and Benjamin Harrison, who.
through a plant judge, shielded the
counselor and abettor of such corrup-
ton Judge Gresham's popularity
arises from his sterling honesty. Such
popularity as Benjamin Harrison pos
sesses is due to the fact that he is the
fountain head OF republican patronage.
-Chicaco Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

Cleveland and Stevenson is the
ticket which the democrats present to
the country. The world knows Cleve-
land. He is one of the historical char
acters of modern times When medi-
OGRE presidents shall be forgotten the
name of Cleveland will be as closely as
sociated with American history as those
other ilIustrious presidents, Washing
ton, jefferson, jackson and Lincoln
Toledo Bee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
The republicans are already rails
IL -

The republicans are already rails
ing the cry that Gen. Harrison is ''a
soldier who has never known defeat"
A presidential campaign in which the
republican party did not depend large
~ on sentimental appeal to the war
spirit would be novelty indeed. How
easy it is to arouse military enthusiasm
in this country is shown by the fact
that Ben Harrison expects to run part
~ ON his military record--Chicago
Herald 4.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

-Maud-"Do you suppose that all the
creatures that go ont between acts go
to see real. sure-enough men? May
s'No, indeed; most of the time it's only
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

Tramp-.'Please, lady. kin I have
fit on your lawn? I feel it a-comin'."
Lady-.'Go around back and have it on
my daughters new tennis court; il
needs rolling. "-Indianapolis News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

When Carnegie begins squirting
hot water from the protectionist pipes
he is laying against his strikers, Nc
Kinley will be entitled TO claim another
triumphant yindication.-St- Louis Re.
public
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
CORRUPT METHODS.
Nominations That Are Sold to the High
est Bidder,

Nominations That Are Sold to the High
est Bidder.
It has come to be an accepted princi-
pie IN republican politics that the NOM
ination for second place must go to a
man able and willing to furnish cam
paign fund of magnitude, a millionaire
with millionaire friends.
This is simply more or less con-
scious attempt to make presidential
elections the subject of sale to the
highest bidder, and it is thing the
evil possibilities of which it is difficult
to exaggerate.
Four years ago Mr.. Morton was NOM
mated in the expectation that he would
fry out well. There was no question
raised as to his fitness for the place,
and still less as to his qualification to
succeed the president in tn event of
his death. His handbook alone was
considered.
Mr.. Morton paid less for his nomi-
nation than was expected, and SO this
year he is put aside in behalf of man
who is not only rich himself and gem
erous in the expenditure of money, but
who is closely allied with multi-million-
aires who strongly desire his political
and social advancement and who are
known to be ready to place fat check
books at the party's service.
But whittier does all this teud? II
money can buy the second place why
should it not presently buy the first?
And if the presidency is to be put up at
auction as the imperial crown of Rome
was, will not decay and national ruin
ensue in the one case as certainly as in
the other? Is it not worth while to
check this evil tendency at once by de-
feating a party which sells its nomina-
tions, till discipline shall have brought
it to better min6?-N. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

"A man with good backbone win
often win more battles than one who
has bigger head-Ram's Horn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

During the campaign of 1888 Col Dud-
icy wrote a letter advising the 'sbunch-
ing OF voters in blocks of FIVE" 1t was
proved by conclusive evidence that Col.
Dudley wrote and sent the letter. His
handwriting was identified by promi-
nent republicans of Indiana who were
active in an attempt to secure the
proper punishment of Dudley's attempt
to debauch the ballot-box of that state.
MIR. Dudley never denied the authorship
of the letter, though that simple act
would have been rewarded by check
for one thousand dollars by the pub
fishers of the Indianapolis Sentinel
Mr.. Dudley was asked in a legal ex-
animation: els this your letter." He
refused to answer on the ground that
he might thereby incriminate himself.
The colonel avoided the state of New
York that he might not be forced to
answer the same question there. an or
der of the court having been made for
his examination. Many republicans
living in Indiana testified t. having re-
.eived the CLOCKS OF five" letter just
prior to the election
democratic district attorney was
appealed to by prominent republicans
Of Indiana to move for the Indictment
Of the briber. Mr.. Dudley had mus
ssred courage to sne certain New York
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-01

jackson to the saloonf Ianswer: The
Protestant church members of jackson.
Will God hold them guiltless in that
great day. Will he require Of them the
blood Of those who are destroyed by the
saloonf May the Lord raise him up a
people that will 'come up to the help Of
the Lord against the mighty"
Rev. l.. S. JONES.
Bro. Jones has not stated the situation
here in Jackson a bit too strongly.
Responsibility for the nine gin-mills
Of jackson, with all that they imply,
rests upon the church-membership of
this city, IL it does not extend all the
way to some of the pulpits them
selves. When the movement was start
ed last May to call local option cleo
ton, il there had been "grit and
grace enough in Jackson, where it
was most to be expected, that election
would have been called, and the sa-
looms would now be voted out Of Kinds
county, as they have since been voted
out of Sharkey and Yalobusha and
as they will be out of Claiborne to-
day. Think of asking parents to send
their precious boys to college in a
town where moral and religious sentl-
ment on this question Is at such q low
ebb as 1t is here! The faith in God
that would enable father or mother
to do such thing and expect to see
the boys come back undemoralized
and unframed, would remove the
Jackson gin mills ten times over.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-01
New Cook Book Free

Inc Price Baking Powder Co., Chica-
~ mas Just published its new cook
oook' called liable and Kitchen" com
pled with great care. Besides contain
lns over 500 receipts for all kinds of
pastry and home cookery, there are
'"iuaole hints for the table and kitch-
Gu showing how to set a table, how to
sn.er the dining room, etc.; hundred
and one hints in every branch of the
culinary art. Cookery of the very fin.
oS' and richest as we'll as that of the
AoSt economical and home like is pro.
vided for.
liable and Kitchen will be sent
~ postage prepaid to any lady patron
st Suing her address, name, town and
.'a.el plainly given. Postal card is as
soou as letter. Address Price Bak.
ais rowder Co., 1874, 1856 and 1888 Michi-
ean street, Chicago, Ill.