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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18
HOW TO SWEEP A ROOM.
Hints as to the General and Thorough
Weekly s.Brush Up"

Hints as to the General and Thorough
Weekly s.Brush Up"
, First, thoroughly dust and brush
every article in the room What can be
removed, take out of the room; what
cannot be removed must be well COW
cred. Don't forget the backs of pict-
ures; give them a good brushing. If
there is a stove in the room see that the
ashes are taken out of it
Following these preliminaries, the
first thing in order is to brush the walls
and ceiling. This is best done by COW
ering a broom (which should be fresh
and clean), with soft, clean cotton
cloth; colored will do providing the
colors will not stain If CONVENIENT
take down the curtains, poles and all,
from the windows and lay them care
fully in another room The same with
the portieres, if you have them Take
the broom and go carefully ever every
part of the carpet and floor, not forget
ting the corners and edges Don't dig
and push with the broom as though you
were cleaning a cattle stall, but bring
it gently toward you. After going over
the room in this way, if the carpet IS
much soiled sprinkle salt over it and
give it second sweeping Never APP
COrn meal. s1S SOL1S uOUSCkCCpCrS
have been known TO do, as that will call
moths. Some people claim that corn
meal used on carpets will breed moths
It certainly has worked mischief in
many cases to the writer's knowledge
Now that the room is swept, give the
stove a good rubbing with soft flannel
cloths, even If it doesn't need backing.
Manipulating as well as the stove
proper is improved by the flannel treat
ment Wash up the zinc and oil-cloth
with boraxiTe, pearline, or some similar
compound, as they are better than
soap. a brush may be needed Oh the oil
cloth to get into the creases-
If the woodwork is in natural woods
or grained and looks dull aud dingy
apply the following mixture with a
piece of soft flannel: Raw Enseed oil
and good cider vinegar in the proportion
of three of the former TO one of the lat
ter. The same mixture will brighten
up the furniture. 1t should be well
rubbed In, to give it a polished appear
ance-
Hang up the curtains, put furniture
and bric-a-brac back in place, and
the room is complete With care, the
common living room need be swept in
this way but once week, little brush
ing up on other days being quite sufi-
Gent With a vase of flowers on the
table or mantel, the room viii always
present bright and cheerful appear
apca Ohio Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18
a COMPARISON OF RECORDS.
Cizrkson's Superiority Over Stevenson rs
n HeadSHaan.

Clarkson's Superiority Over Stevenson rs
Headsnan-
The republican newspapers have
taaen particular delight in charging
that Mr.. Stevenson, democratic NOM
inee for vice president. is a champion
spokesman. They refer TO his record
as first assistant postmaster general
and insist that it esta blished his title
to the official headsman OF the Cleve
land administration What those who
make these charges expect to gain by
them is not exactly apparent Mr.
Stevenson Is not ashamed of the fact
that he ousted a vast number of repub
ican Postmasters during his term in the
post office department. and filed their
places with capable democrats But he
denies that by so doing he impaired the
efficiency of the postal service.
If the numerous changes which he
made are urged as evidence that he
was actuated solely by partisan mo-
tives, 1t will then be interesting 70
compare his administration with that
of his republican successor. An exam
ination of the records discloses the fact
that he did not decapitate as many
postmasters during his entire term Of
four years as did that distinguished
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18
uNSLUSHiNG RASCALITY.
The Way the Republican Administration
Conducts Civil Service Reform.

Conducts Civil Service Reform.
No party ever had fuller opportu-
nifty to redeem its pledges than the re-
publicans had during the two years
when they controlled both houses OF
congress as well as the executive.
Their power was complete and unob-
strrcted, their responsibility absolute.
What the outcome has been we know
On the credit side of the account APP
pears a strict observance of the civil
service law as far as It reached. the in
PRODUCTION of the system into the navy
yards By Secretary Tracy, a few small
extensions of the scope Of the law in
other branches of the service, and the
appointment OF an excellent civil
service commission But what do we
find on the other side OF the account?
A fat refusal. in spite OF the urgent
recommendation of the civil service
commission. 20 extend the system TO the
census bureau and to larger number
OF the post Offices and revenue Offices,
TO which it certainly was appiicablei
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18
VerT Natural Question.

Not long ago bright boy accompa-
MED his father to neighboring mar
ket The gentleman wanted bacon and
liver He bought the bacon without
being interrupted, but when 1t came to
liver, the boy wanted 20 know what il
was and where it came from why"
said the father, 'sliver is part OF a cow
or calf
'sGood to eat2' asked the boy.
Eyes; that's what I'm buying it for"
Have got q iver?''
''Yes; don't your doctor tell you that
he gives You medicine 70 keep your Ev-
er in order?-
'sWeil. IL / have TO take medicine %
keep my liver in ORDER asked the boy,
'sboyv do cows keep their livers ct 20
eetg'-Good Health
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

the protection. by members Of the adj
ministration. OF employees who have
violated the statute against political
assessments; the failure to repeal any
law lat variance with the object Of ex-
listing reform legislation" q giaring
disregard of ssthe spirit and purpose Of
the reform In executive appointments
and removals; and, finally, the most
unblushing employment OF persons In
the public service IN running" eau
cuses and local conventions to procure
the election of delegates to the national
convention favorable to the nomination
OF President Harrison for . second
term, and in controlling the national
convention itself-Harper's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

-Sue-s.Hov did you and Tom Hi
low happen to get married, Blanehe?"
Blanche-'We were both single, you
known "Yes2" .'lEeli, we married
to get even. smith. Gray & Co.'S
Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

headsman Gen. Garrison in the two
years OF his incumbency. The number
of postmasters removed per year from
1885 to 1891. inclusive, was as follows:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

"A plain case of misfit-A young girl
in hysterics.-Lowen Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

ONE pound OF Indian tea VIII make
TO cups OF strong tea
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

1t was in high priced restaurant.
They were discussing the characters in
which Booth had been most successful,
and the young man with blond mus
tache was satisfied that Hamlet was by
far his best part.
"1f You ever saw him in that part
when he was at his best, he said, ''you
wouldn't dispute the assertion for mo-
ment."
''Saw himr exclaimed the man with
the dark beard scornfully. eve seen
him in about everything he ever played
Why, his Hamlet was poor compared
with some of his other characters. His
Othello was better than his Hamlet, and
his Macbeth
"Macbethr broke in the young man
with the blond mustache. why, that
wasn't up to Romeo, and that's saying a
good deal. His Shylock was better than
his Othello."
Every one in earshot was interested by
this time, but just as the man with the
dark beard was beginning scathing
retort with some side remarks about the
Fools Revenge" the little fellow with
the single eyeglass reused himself and
said:
81 say! You're both wrong, you know.
I'm not much on drama, but Booth never
played anything as well as he did Shake
speare. Detroit Free Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

Don't condole with friend or con
gratulate friend until five years have
tested the reality of his grief or JOY
says somebody. But my certiel It's a
good idea, after five years or consider.
ably less, to find out how apropos your
remarks are going to be before you offer
em. Instance in point: Imet Vachant,
of New York, in the street the other
day. I've been meaning to write to
Vachant-college friend of mine, you
know-ever since his wife died, two
years ago; brutal of me not to have done
it, for she was a sweet little soul, and
could guess what her loss must have
been. Well, rushed up to him, and
pressed his hand, and stumbled ont a
plea for forgiveness for not having sooner
expressed my very real sympathy for his
wife's loss and all it must have meant
to him.
noticed he went rather red and muir
INJURED something and hurried off as
soon as he could, and when | told my
wife of it and how | thought it rather
queer, she said she didn't think it queer
at all, inasmuch as he was on from New
York on wedding journey with his
second wife. Cards on my desk, in I'M
opened envelope. Thought from their
size they were an ADHESION Common
wealth.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12
His Rebulye.

Much of the music sung in city
churches would scarcely be character.
lied as 'sacrcd" if it were heard any.
where except in the house of God. And
there are some odd people who even in
this age Of progress consider that such
music belongs rather to the concert
room than to the church.
Parson Snow was one of these people.
and when he exchanged" one Sunday
with an old college friend who was set.
tied over large city parish he was both
amazed and shocked by the vocal dis.
play-the anthem--with which the
members Of the choir electrified the con-
gregatiOn.
"They had fine voices, my dear" he
explained to his little wife when he was
safely back in his own home, land
presume they wanted to show them off,
and so took advantage of time when
their pastor was away. | thought at
first of rising and requesting them to
desist. Then felt that perhaps it would
be my duty to report the matter to
Doctor Green.
But | finally concluded that, as it
was undoubtedly first offense and
caused by an almost pardonable vanity,
would deal gently with them. So !
waited until they had finished, and then
rose and said, We will now begin the
religious services of the morning.
"And feel sure" concluded the sim
pie minded pastor, THAT they felt ms
rebuke and will not let such a thing
occur againr'-Youths Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

Is this laundering after first editions
but mere craze or fashion?-in which
case | would venture to predict that
when the book loving and book buying
public once begins to consider seriously
what it is that really constitutes the
value of any first edition the ridiculous
and artifcially enhanced prices of such
issues will fall.
Upon this public weakness, whether
fostered by sentimental or any other
feeling, the booksellers are now trading
and are in the habit of calling attention
In Roman capitals in their catalogues to
first editions of almost every conceiv-
able book-of course at the same time
adding correspondingly increased
price to books which are hardly worth
purchasing in any edition.
For the present great demand for first
editions the keen competition among
English speaking peoples from abroad
for any book of special value now
offered for sale may be in a great de-
gree responsible, aided by large class
Of unreasoning beings who buy books
merely because they are first editions,
and who by dint of their long purses are
able to crush in where angels fear to
tread" These are they upon whom
ordinary book lovers look with dread,
and the booksellers not always with
approval.-Notes and Queries.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

On the great thoroughfares rapid cable
cars run at fare of five cents From
Lake street to jackson park is over
eight miles. Tunnels go under the
river on the North and West Sides. The
West Side cable is the newest, swiftest
and best.
We have said Chicago is three cities
the West, North and South ''Sides."
The West Side.
For many years the West Side of
Chicago was as populous as both the
other quarters. The Worlds fair and
the massing of the millionaires' houses
on the South Side, together with the
annexation of southern suburbs, have
brought the South Side to a parity in
population.
Three beautiful parks skirt the west
ern environs of Chicago, connected by
the system OF drives which is to inclose
the entire city. On the northwest is
Humboldt park; centrally lies Garfield
park, with its artesian well. On the
southwest is Douglas park. Each OF
these pleasure grounds Is decorated with
a handsome pavilion and a still more
striking conservatory. Large lakes are
feature of the landscape, and row.
boats may be had for hire in each park.
Union park is n pretty square on Wash
ington boulevard.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

Michigan avenue and Twentieth street.
Its annual reception of old settlers has
made it famous historically.
The Chicago club has recently bought
the old Art institute. 1t vacated fine
building. Il is the oldest of the clube
The Illinois club has a beautiful home
on Ashland avenue.
The La Sale club counts the director
general of the Worlds fair among it's
originators. 1t is Republican club
and owns q marble house ON West Mon
roe street.
The Union club has palatial quarters
on the North Side.
The Union League club has home
opposite the postoffice on jackson street
and is a power in social affairs.
The Ashland club has big house Mt
Wood and Washington streets. The
Marquette is similar institution on
Dearborn avenue.
The Argo club summers at the outer
end of the Illinois Central pier, while
less enterprising oilers swelter in the
heats of the south wind.
The Press, the Whitechapel and the
Sunset are clubs that are often heard of,
and about which public curiosity exists.
The Press club is building ON Michigan
avenue. 1t has nearly all the authors
OF the city in its membership,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12
Swiss Nobility.

A few years ago the question was
asked, docs nobility still exist in
Switzerland And no one was able to
answer it. OF all the thousand of Eng
fish folk who haunt the Swiss hotels in
summer not one, it would seem, had
inquired whether that Rudolph Won
Erlach, whose equestrian statue they
must have seen, has any living descen.
dants; not one had ever heard of the
Barnese nobility-a noblesse which holds
itself so high that it thinks but slightly
Of the British legation. Yet from the
Jura to the Lugano there is hardly a
canton-there is perhaps no canton
in which noble families are not to be
found.
Some of these, such as the Plantas
and the Buols Of the Grabunden, have
turned their energy into modern chan
nels and make their fortunes, like the
Hausers or the Sellers, out of the Eng
lish and the American tourists. Others,
like the Won Allmen, have sunk into a
humber rank. But the greater part re-
main in statu quo, still enjoying in the
towns or in the country a social pres
tige that varies with their wealth and
their intelligence.-Temple Bar.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12
Falling from a Great IieIght.

It will be remembered that Mr..
Whymper, who had a severe succession
Of falls once in the Alps, without losing
his consciousness, declares emphatically
that as he bounded from one rock to an
other he felt absolutely no pain. The
same thing happens on the battlefield;
the entrance Of the bullet into the body
is not felt, and it is not till he feels the
blood flowing or limb paralyzed that
the soldier knows he is wounded
Persons who have had several limbs
broken by fall do not know which limb
is broken till they try to rise. At the
moment of fall the whole intellectual
activity is increased to an extraordinary
degree. There is not trace of anxiety.
One considers quickly what will happen.
This is by no means the consequence Of
presence of mind" it is rather the
product of absolute necessity. A solemn
composure takes possession of the VIC
tim. Death by fall is a beautiful one.
Great thoughts fill the victims soul;
they fall painlessly into great blue sky.
brakes Magazine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

The original process of curing skins
was probably the simple one of cleaning
and drying them. Removal Of the hair
by maceration in water seems to have
been common among the very early
tribes, and one writer has suggested
that the idea was obtained from the
natural process Of depilation. They
must certainly have been familiar with
1t in the case Of drowned animals, where
maceration can be plainly observed.
Following this, smoke, sour milk, oil,
and the brains of the animals themselves
were found efficacious. Many of these
primitive methods are employed at the
present time, thus bringing into novel
conjunction the days of the rowing Mas.
sagete and those of the thrifty Ameri-
can.-George A. Rich in Popular Science
Monthly,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12
THE AUDITORIUM,

There are at least hundred other
social organizations of influence and
standing. This feature of city life shows
a rapid development.
There are at least 5000 dramshops in
Chicago.
On the whole, Chicago is an excellent
place for the Worlds fair. The inhab-
itants will not be jealous of the EXPOSE
ton. They will accord to it the gran
deur which it has. They feel the need
of "lion" worthy of Chicago" They
will not compel the civil guest to waste
precious time outside the gates of Jack
son park. One sees Chicago by passing
through the streets. At the fair the
greatest of sightseers may sup full u
thousand times and still leave thou
sand things unseen.
JOHN MGOVERN.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

ART INSTITUTE, MICHIGAN AVENUE.
The most beautiful street of west Chi
cago is Ashland avenue, which, turning
into Twelfth street and Ogden avenue,
offers to wheelmen and drivers an as
phalt pavement without equal anywhere
In the city. Leaving Garfield park, en-
tering the city, turning into Ashland
boulevard at Union park, turning into
Twelfth, veering into Ogden avenue,
reaching Douglas park and taking Doug
las boulevard for Garfield park again,
the cyclers may have nearly ideal ride
of over seven miles. Jackson boulevard
is paved with asphalt and has many
magnificent houses. Washington boule-
ward, a fine maeadam residence street,
Is perhaps the finest of the West Side
driving avenues.
The population Of the West Side is
about 500, 900 souls. It has two good
theaters, and the display of shops ut
Halstead and Madison streets is the most
brilliant to DO seen in the whole city.
The reader must not forget that railroad
trains will run from Ogden avenue I,
Jackson park direct, thus making the
southern part of the West Side easily
accessible TO the exposition.
The churches of Chicago, as a general
thing, are not large. Often, too, the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12

POSTOFF1CE AND CUSTOM HOUSE.
terra Gotta are everywhere. A letter
can be mailed at the elevator shaft. The
old buildings--called old now, with only
twenty years of age-are all doomed.
Their handsome facades, their stately
columns, arches and acanthus leaves cut
in stone must be demolished, keeping
Chicago in turmoil, hut preparing the
city for the labors of the future. If
huge monuments are prophetic it must
be that those labors are to be tremen-
dousg ttA7'
Visiting Chicago.
During the next year Chicago will be
visited as Paris and New York are Wis
tied. People will not go there, ON bust
ness, nor to change cars for some farther
city. They will journey thither to in
spect the Worlds columbian EXPOSE
ton, of which they have heard so much,
and to see Chicago, of which they have
heard so much more. What are the
observation-disclosures thatcity2 What
Kind of place is the. tourist to behold2
Are there'any sights, lions, attractions?
How is living, how are hotels, how
about the drinking water?
Chicago's Hotels.
There are about 1900 houses in Chi
cago, Lake View, Evanston, Hyde Park.
Englewood, Austin, and Oak Park that
carry the names Of hotels. They range
from the caravansary, with 200 suites of
chamber and bath, to the cheap lodging
house, where ten cents will rent place
to sleep. Besides these accommodations
the newspapers teen with advertise
ments of board to be had, and if the
visitor will visit some handsome street,
and thereafter search in the advertise
ments for a boarding house lin that
quarter, he cannot go awry. He will be
safe, comfortable and economical. A
list of we'll known hotels Is appended
Their highest prices by the day are
given. Where that figure is nine dol
lars, it must be understood that guests
can be kept as low as four or five dollars
day. as.s-asaa ss-l-ass=a.-sa
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-10-12
woMAN's TEMPLE.

III we seek for causes, we are told that
Chicago was the point farthest west
ward by water carriage in thetemperate
zone during the greatest historic migra-
ton of the human race. If the emigrant
desired to reach region westward of
Lake Michigan, the journey as far as
Chicago would be the easier and least
expensive part of it. A city is made
not by itself, but by its surroundings;
not by those who stay, but by those who
pass through. The entry of steam power
into the affairs of men only increased
the advantages of Chicago. That city
could offer to a railroad the most freight
and the greatest number of passengers. .
Fort Dearborn was built in 1903. It
became untenable during the British
war of 1912 on account of Indian hostil-
tiles. The garrison, with women and
children, marched out on Aug. Is,
1912, and ON reaching tree which now
stands dead at Eighteenth street and the
lake a massacre began which finished
with the escape of only few of the
whites. .ftTtn tsEFfF tli
With the advent of the civil war Chi
cago, as railroad center, rendezvous
and news distributing point, became the
cynosure of the west. It's press carried
the news of battle and made the daily
newspaper necessity. AS battles were
not everyday events, the local affairs of
the young city were ceaselessly pressed
upon the attention of the people, and
skating rink, murder, a horse race, an
ri ofo a1,,1 ~,
served to fill western Americans with
the never ceasing idea that in some way
Chicago was the most wonderful spot
on the globe.
The young men of Michigan, Indiana
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, increasing
the wonder and curiosity of their elders,
looked steadfastly on Chicago for in
spiration and good fortune. 1t was at
this date-war times-that the New
York Tribune and Moores Rural New
Yorker lost their supremacy in western
minds. THE western star Of empire rose
clearly into the armament of history.
The reader must recall the fact that
these people were pioneers. They had
built log houses in the forests. Wells
had been dug and curbed, baskets had
been made, brooms had been made,
shakes (shingles) had been split, fences
had been built, and the tools were but
an ak, o saw and spade. A city of
100000 souls, with stone fronted palaces
six stories high, had risen in their very
sight. 1t was mighty to them twas
their all. New York, Philadelphia,
London, Paris, Vienna-these cities,
with their smooth streets and shady
vistas, were in another world.