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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

What Mr.. Curtis calls the wild
debauch of spoils" under the admins
tration will now proceed more indie
Gently than ever. We are even likely
to see a supreme judgeship placed
where it will do most good towards
the presidents reelection.-N. z.
World.
President Harrison seems to be
having a hard time disposing Of the
state department for the next nine
months This is perhaps the first va,
cancy of any importance In his official
family for which Law Partner Miller
has not been the leading candidate
Chicago Times
The democratic platform Is a
great. loud trumpet blare, clear in its
tones, calling to battle No one can
find fault with what it says on the
score of honesty and directness. and nc
one can accuse its authors of timidi.y
or time-serring. The issues of the cam
paign are marked with distinctest oct
line, and whoever casts his vote for the
denocracy's ticket In November will
know under what banner he Is stand.
ing.
The people of the democratic
party have won. They look into OF
feel the future more truly than the
trained politicians. New York viii
vote for Cleveland The south will
never waves. The bold declaration OF
the platform on the tariff will make
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Michigan doubtful states.
Democratic principles always win when
the people are brought up TO the issue
City Times.
-Mr Harrison himself recognizes
this failure of protection to zeep It's
gieefully, Immediately after congratu.
lating Mr. Mckinley on its enlarge
ment- that reciprocity had opened
new markets abroad TO our meats and
breadstuffs-- This is strange. If the
home market has been 50 greatly en-
larged why is it necessary 20 add 20 a
foreign market that already takes
$50, 0OO, 600 of breadstuffs and s12o 600,
600 OF meat?-N- Y World
The addresses of the temporary
and permanent chairmen of the demo
cratic national convention were In
much better taste than were those OF
the officers of the republican national
convention. Both Fassett and McKin-
ley strained great deal for effect. the
former especially Juggling in the names
Of all the repu blican aspirants for the
presidential nomination Owens and
Wilson. on the other hand. dispensed
altogether with claptrap and made
strong. logical speeches which aroused
enthusiasm by reason of their mt-insi<
merits.-Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
THE RAIN OF BLOOD.

The Explanation OF This Seemingly Won
derfuI Phenomenon
The phenomenon of the rain of blood
is due to q small plant, one of the algse
belonging to the volvox family, and
very appropriately named Hamatococ-
Gus pluvialis (also called SphRrella
pluvialis)-the popular German name
for it is Blutagle, and is probably iden-
teal with Sph@rella nivalis of Som
merfelt. This microscopic plant has
been observed in many parts OF the
world Saussure described it in I760 as
giving the snow in the Savoy mount
aims red color. 1t has been seen also
in the Swiss Tyrolese and Salzburg
Alps; in the Pyrenees, Carpathian and
Northeast Ural mountains; in Arctic
Scandinavia, Lapland, Eastern SiberiA,
and the Sierra Nevadas OF California
In 1878 Capt John Ross on his journey
to Arctic America observed il IN Green
land In Central Europe it has been
found in pools formed by the rain in
rocky hollows, stone troughs, etc
The HRmatococcus often becomes in
timately mixed with the pollen of con-
ifers and minute particles of plants
which are known to be carried hun
dreds of miles by occasional currents of
air and winds The raindrops in the
heavens condense about such minute
particles and in falling carry them
down 10 the earth's surface thus
cleansing the atmospheric, where,
under proper conditions, these little
plants multiply with enormous rapid
". Snow, hailstones and raindrops,
collected with all the care Of our mod
ern. meteorological technique from the
SUBMITS of houses and monuments,
have been shown, beyond all question,
TO carry down large numbers of micro
organisms to the eerth's surface from
the higher strata of the atmosphere
Notes and OueriaS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

this vast army of ex-offcials the intel.
igence of his nomination to the vice
presidency will be most welcome They
and all other good democrats will be
disposed to put forth their best efforts
for the election of ticket of which he
is part
Mr.. Stevenson has served two terms
in congress- to which body he was
elected as a candidate of the "inde-
pendent reform party" though the
soundness of his democracy has never
been called IN question. He is native
of Kentucky, a lawyer of ability and q
gentleman Of the highest type in every
sense He may not carry Illinois foI
the ticket, but he will add greatly to it
strength all over the northwest--Chi
COCO Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
A SONG FOR THE CHILDREN.

Oh, If could
Sing the song would,
Do you know what that song would bef
Twould be one to ring
And Joy to bring
From the east to the western sea
The children all
It's clarion call
Should echo with hearts grown glad,
And everywhere
Its CHEEKY air
Make sorrowing souls less sad,
II would hold the note
OF the linnet's throat
And the meadow-larks trill of glee,
And the katydtd's dear
Little chirp, and queer,
Quaint chime of the chick-a-dee.
The crickets CHR
And the velvet whir
OF butterflies wings; and the hum
OF busy bees
And the talk Of the trees,
When the wild winds wandering coma
The sound Of the sea
In its rhythm would be,
And the drip of the brier-bound rii,
And the broken dream
or the old mill-stream,
F'ettered, but foam-free still.
The flutter of feet,
Fine fairy feet
That dance TIL the dawn appears;
And the surge Of corn
In the summer morn,
Rustiing its golden spears.
The lisp Of the wheat,
And the whispers sweet
When the clovers their secrets tell,
The Scamper from school
To swim in the pool,
The tinkle OF Supper-beu
The rush of the rain
At the widow pane,
When the earth Is patched with droutns
The cIinEfng hail
OF pearls in the pail,
Sweet for the 5aby's mouth
The flare of the fire
When the fame leaps higher.
The crackling of nuts in its glow;
The crinkling aloof,
Crisp creep on the roof,
When the frost steals up like q foe.
The silvery swing
OF skates that ring,
The laughter merry and gay:
And the dTowsy prayer,
BY mammals chair
AT the close of a lovely day,
Kate NJ Cleary, in n. Y. Ledger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
THE MISS BETTYS.

So-Caued Men Who Have No Excuse for
Living.
The counterpart of the masculine girl
Is the effeminate man, who crowds the
piazza of the summer hotel or monopo-
Lies valuable space in the athletic club
room. He pays his dues, not that he
cares anything about the sport, but be-
cause it is the style and there is an add
vantage in having access to fine sta
tionery. This Miss Betty is as muscu-
lar as chicken and as vain as a pea
cock. He talks in a thin treble voice,
his hands are soft and white, his finger
nails are manicured twice day and his
coat fits tight to show off the graceful
lines of his figure. He wears snake
rings on both hands, perfume in his
hair and mustache, an ineffable look of
WEAKNESS and cultivetes a supreme
contempt for people in general Al
though an ardent advocate of marriage
he has long since ceased to regard it in
the light of his progenitors.
He is a lover of his own comfort and
ease. He fancies silk underwear, good
stories and select amusements. He
must have good clothes in variety and
abundance, and, being a gourmet can
not abide home cooking. OF course he
is fond of society, and would not object
to wife provided she is able to take
care of him and will promise that they
shall not be bothered by family rela-
tives. This exquisite emptyhead is not
to be blamed for putting himself in the
highest market. A free-born citizen,
he has yet to know why he should not
command as high a price as the tops
and handles in the foreign market for
his name and hand
Interrogate this shallow, impecuni-
GUS youth and he will tell You that
really he has no desire to marry and
no intention of providing for a wife,
but if any rich girl comes along with a
little beauty and money enough for a
matrimonial venture, why, 1 often
don't mind signing the contract
She does come along; it is a notorf-
Gus fact that she does more than her
share of the lovemaking and the con-
tract is signed--Old Homestead
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
THE POLITICAL wSEAcRE.
He Loves TO Impress Others with HI
Wonderful Knowledge.

He Loves TO Impress Others with His
Wonderful Knowledge.
In every community, be # large or
small, you will find one or more politi-
cal wiseacres- Presidential year the
political wiseacre is right in his glory,
and for the next six mouths he will
fairly revel in street corner prophecies
and dry goods box representations.
am at loss to know how the political
w1seacre lives, for he disdains toll as
something altogether too vulgar for a
man of his massive brain power to daily
with I suspect, however, that he is
kept in food and raimen$ by drudging
wife who either takes IN washing or
keeps boarders to the end that her lord
and master may lift up his voice In the
busy haunts Of men and declare. as one
having authority. what's what. and
who's who" in q political sense- Be
fore the national conventions meet the
political wiseacre has it all figured out
who will be nominated at each. and all
though he generally guesses the wrong
men, he Is not the least abeshed, but de-
votes himself for the remainder of the
season to predicting who viii be elected
at the polls. At least every three or four
weeks during the campaign he conducts
himself m an exceedingly mysterious
mannes. and takes his acquaintance
aside, one at time, and whispers a lot
of incohe-ent nonsense about So and So
withdrawing. Ee delights IN having
people believe thes he IS on the inside
and knows all Of the moves that are
going TO be made ON the political chess
board. but he deceives no one and only
succeeds in making very ridiculous
exhibition of himseif.-Detroit Free
Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

expression Of Indianapolis high life
haughtiness for at least six months to
come. He wishes it understood that he
will be good feller, and now is the
time for Col Abe Slupslzy to chuck him
IN the ribs and tell him Second ward
anecdote@St- Louis Republic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

They had just dined. and the host
hands around box of cigars Il don't
smoke myself" he says, but you will
find them good My man steals more of
them than any other brand ever had I"
-Tit-RitS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

straitened by circumstances the more
likely he is to turn out crooked
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

"A man has rights that no one IL his
house respects after the first baby il
born--Atchisou Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14

could 1 Just get a look at-at your
grandma without her knowing any
thing about it?"
The boy took his sisters hand and
withdrew into the doorway. Then he
said: why, of course. You can see
her through the window
The tramp stood against TIE edge
of the piazza upon his toes and craned
his neck to see through one of the
lighted windows So he remained
for several seconds Once during that
time he closed his eyes. and the mus
Giles Of his face contracted. Then he
opened his eyes again. They were
moist
He could see gentle odd lady. with
smooth gray hair and an expression Of
| calm and not unhappy melancholy.
She was sitting in rocking chair, her
hands resting on the arms, her look
! fixed uncoosciously on the paper on the
| wall She was thinking, and evidently
her thoughts, though sad, perhaps,
! were not keenly painful.
The tramp read that much upon her
face. Presently. without a word, he
turned about and hurried away, closing
the gate after him.
When the two children told about
their visitor later, their mother said:
You mustn't talk to strange men,
Tommy. You and Mamie should have
come right in to grandma
Their father said: He was probably
looking for chance to steal something.
I'll let the dog out IN the yard tonight
And their grandmother: II suppose
he was only man who likes to hear
| children talk. and, perhaps. poor fell
low, he has no little ones of his own"
! The tramp knew the way to the Gene
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-30
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sua-tt ei1rrr rTF-rr ut rnE arss nm
OF hay shen 90 eIp-S. ni5fs o. -
'hosory seat Of. shi /. 10 isii,s "a issa
io get IL cn.. curr'l anil st.Ise.i a.ay IA
god enasl,tsna a. p.9-si f5.1 tsal hm
ihc la'vrr pr-t crht 81 tho H. srss N
turning hrosa u .iil a.. aas.~r "a mi
inttl all are ready. A. .jrsie ~tl. &c, M
rps
Clover rah h- .-ruy1,i, Injured kvr
os'ns IL u remain lr Toe saa too sssa
~ /. sl got 80 dry TIA, "a hsei4as
;h~r1 Wt!l t- q epas i~rabls .s,.s b. Az
caves break ing ~ 4, .h~ saaau lin.
&, 10 T-fy tm p.yf'anl - rurr ots ed a
order TIA, Il may sr-p i.is MT h~.t |,
'Unl ni-ncr rut,iss untii this 10. 4, ,r.,
"aah veil ifsSd oa' AZ isiil ~nsss 90
aA1ro than j.! 50. .h~s yet 9th ars
u The sHh 4, shj MA. sssz warm ssl
lear .hfr. " Tar aoars sill h.z ssM
eI~ni 30 e4fa uat 80 .hs. e Gan h.s rtasl
~ aaf pn. Ia small s'axas. ~aesr 4
should o- Allowed 30 .saad over essAss
strn m Tho bird iAy i, ran be A.a.si
aSi s,1Tsd asay. ~ r,1s,rss A., ~
n 80 81 management e.a h-s sftxs a
Ihn ~ea'her NJ s's slsays 10 ,alsa laa.
Constellation aad shat s.A t.s h~ss aas
, "ar "'.' nns answer ~ a1oshsr Tina
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~ sta S"d up dssa p. either b.axaas. sas
Sr'' rnfSrl al 90 iron, sstilss 10. sisss
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n~'se-n the lsy,rs o, rlsg sv /, s.sk.
'torea Asay vith i~~s sus m shsa
,aossl assy ii zoe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-30

"J'' Mad. frar. t.,I r.

1h"re ar" hundreds 81 .h,1o. -
made whioh are obtained frn,n Cow,
var when coal IA heated in a..
".aA'ifactur" II gaa. i.arzir, !. 80
Of the substances produced rr ",.a
o''1 an oily cpl"rlcss fuiI. rai,cJ
anime. - made. aud !, for,,, ~
''A9' 81 num'rous dyea Thoso d.
Wv "''aln"l hy tho oIida,io, =,
shl''n" by means of n,,ric .,,,
Hr~,nie and other agents Tho 81,
pr"'n'"i include every shade "a
UNI, except black. Tho 90 II" IL
, ,,n.,' blacks are usually very in
Ahtline dyes arc no.,J g.. ~
s''"' '"''r1ng power. ono mar, .,
I've. salt in a million TART -
cnIa. ~ l'"'7'''s'lng deep cr,maop
81 s,,,. ana instantly dycing a skc,n
y, SIX 'nol-tNuod with vinegar tn, !.
"!' nr9 used for many pur,.a'.
,""'r'hg toys, sweottnco,a
-, 80 '""''cS and other artTloa r.
81, ' nature Of s"me Of Thorn !,
."'h'r drawback Gc,,na Is
NV, apw IN" headquarters Of the ma, "
t,tics az oi these dyes IAre. ouan
80 go ar" produced and uso1 IN -, ,,'
country also Brooklyn Eagle ''
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-30
THEFARM And CAR0|I
Farmer Gives his E1perienu I
the Sheep Business
MORE REAuSERATlvE THAN ~
They Tax the Soil the Leas, That -.
Them, and Cause Us the L.a,, !
Tr0uble-E.e. s.ss

~. l. Amss ia wiseoasis fn.,i.s,. ! s.s
oar sheep business date bark III
than | can remeubsr. Its orivi. 4. =
motter's aide was three sau-rIs.,s~ -
i've ewes that shsArsd 2s poash =
WOOL each. We have never bosxht ~
since. bat have cold probably ap.s"ss
2.oN sheep, all our osn psodactn. ~ y
our stock Ia trade to-day sum - ~
ali told. A year ago last Nav y, 80
30 sheep, last May 49,, ~ iha, oa, n.
for the year averaged about All -
which oar looks show dirse, inosssss
81 luU. uesides tho Surplus aaml-,s 1.
have on hand over our avenged M
befod tioek. ssd impsos slns at o,s
original stock with IA ayefsxe - ~
pouais OF sooi pss head 10 a 49,
Tor The 'Ju last May Vi ioS. ts.anas y.
head.
Then. In conclusion, shy 10 - -.
sheep C-ftA My not because % 49,
no experience sith other line. al 80
as &c ere eJntinuoas producers az 49,
hoxs, cattle and grain. And they pss,.
hioet fefndnsfstiss TO as, all thinss ~.
-def-.l. IA the order named,
/ The Larry basin-.s, thoagh aiss~-.
ABLY eonhaiax. seem, 10 bs sysrlss.
especially IA the p'o.iae ton u ~,
solid, fdbb~fy AMI ind sestib,s ehs~,
NhHe tJr Tho hosr falars OF ,hs -,
iarstlaIa &c are sith s.esy hs.is 60
h1peiui. ~ Il THO discourage asals :,
the pres-a. AMI the near past assd !,
neutIDa- % the grain Ted 10 tas u.
the ,uAe-t teftIliL ns eisaients srss =,
hses 10 the and tfun shenee Their esss
While tho I.sihs vi oar sheep sn~ts !.
Tho east. they 10 the iao.g toward -
lnx tho farm Gear vi ioaI s-xsis tai d.
soil shc cas-. TIA, t--st, thea. =,
s,reugih-h Il uo<E are tho lSAss ssa A
ing 20 attsni Gauss ii The teast IrDsst
Se The most iat-t, cuh trntrst AMI sss6,
hand ci srep lhs fssn Ia lbs t-ss ~
iaeiGz coalition. aud tho dollars Ia
come - Il. thfo1sa them come tho -
60, oi any that Gal their ..y aa.s -
lansuishins patrr.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-30
PURELY PERSONAL.
Hugh O'Donnell, Leader of the Home
stead Workmen-Nr. Howells
is interviewed.

Chauncey ". Depew will soon sail TO
+: rope tor his annual outing. The dat
OF his departure has not been fixed.
Prince Bismarck in an address to stu
dents OF the University OF Jena the othe
day intimated that he would make a ton
OF the German cities.
Prof. Koch Of Berlin is seriously i'll
1t 10 reported, and forbidden to labor 70
long period. L. is thought that tn,
bacillus OF overwork has done the mis-
chief.
Nine. Calliroa Parren is editor OF 4
weekly woman's paper, published il
Athens for the past five years, and hai
made 1t widely influential among Greciar
woman.
/ vi all the Confederate Brigadiers sur
viving and in public life General Wal
thai of Mississippi, recently reelected
Senator, is said to be the most pictnr
esque. He is tall and slender, with a
name OF black hair that is striking in
appearance.
hugh y Donnell, leader OF the Home.
stead workmen, is represented by all the
newspaper portraits Of him to be a hand
some, tastefully attired young man, who
would De sure to secure more than an
average share o! interest from any grou n
OF summer girls.
The Blanche K Bruce. who i, runnin,
Tor the office OF Auditor on the R.nnh-
iican state ticket in Kansas is not the
gentleman who was Tor a time in the
United States Senate and ALEC Register
OF the Treasury, but a nephew Of the
colored statesman.
Mr.. Howells tells an interviewer tina.
ne makes at the outside from $40. 900 10
il5,Wn year by his pen. Mr.. Howells
says also, and most people will believe
tim, that his work is the product OF
psinstaking effort and never OF the fine
frenzy OF inspiration.
Mrs. Della s. Parnell, .he mother NJ
the late CHARLES Stewart Parnell. is ayain
at her home in Burlington, up the Della
ware. She is accompanied to Iropsides
her estate. by Miss Della Dickinson. her
but will return 70 Ire
land early in September.
George William Curtis, whose serions
illness Is eliciting sympathetic yords
rom almost every quarter, lost his for.
tune and incurred debt OF so, OOJ in
trying to establish Punnn,s Ungn-i1,
and spent the best years Of his life in
paying off the debt, which he discharged
70 the last dollar.
The wife Of General Bidwell, Prohibi.
ion candidate for President. is daugh-
.er OF Joseph q. c. Kennedy, who va.
'up erintendent Of the census OF 1897
md was assas.inated in July, 1887, by a
tramp, who imagined that
Mr.. Kennedy had cheated him in a real !
state Transaction.
DR.. J. b. Cran6ll, nominee for Vice |
resident on the Prohibition ticket, was
Irought up as cowboy, studied medi-
line and practiced three years. and he.
ore he became editor and owner Of a
paper was noted for the
AGILITY with which he raised money lar
purposes. II he can b, in.
luced TO look with favor on a barrel Of
my kind, this latter trait may enable
'im TO keep the campaign spigot running.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-30
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
The 81. Paul School Board Abol,heS N,
Distinction Of Sex in the Mater
of Salaries-Etc.

Kentucky has colored State Teach
ers' Assoc alton.
Brook lyE Is to lannch a mammal train
ing school, the vote in its favor being y
, 10 10.
During the last year ! 800 girl. y.r,
graduated from the Boston Cookin,
School
The largest and finest technical schoo
IN the world Is to be erected At Manche.
ter, England.
o. the class OF 1899 a, Cornell Uniysr
sity us favored q protective tariff, anC
Is opposed it.
The Presbyterians are abOut ~ estAt-
Iish college in Salt Lake City, and have
purchased site Of loo acres.
There are seventeen Young men In the
graduating class at Harvard who failed
TO get their degrees this year.
One third OF the students abroad. il il
SAID, die Srematurely from the effects Of
bad habits acquired in college.
During the las, year there graduated
rom the medical CO! Ieges OF the United
states about 5000 young doctors.
More than one-third OF the teachers Of
the United states are man-l24 .92y men
and 2Z1 az women-35 5 per cent.
Ohio Wesleyan University has had thi,
year an enrolment of l,2I7 student,
exceeding the number OF the last school
year by l33
England, with % universities. has
LIB NOR. professors and 5l.slt more
students than the 300 universities of the
United States.
The revenues OF Oxford and Cam bridge
represent a capital OF about SIS, 900 on
The University OF Leipsic IL worth near
v so $1,000.
The Oldest college in North Am.,ic.
wa founded in l5}l-the College Of II.
Ildefonso in the CITY Of Mexico Tho
next oldest is Laval College, Quebec.
In almost all the manufacturing town.
oi Europe during the last half century
schoo Is have been opened for appren.
tees in the industrial arts.
Out Of class Of ll9 girls. the larye.,
Wellesley College has ever gradnatsd
- ziris have health A. good as " hen tbey |
entered, 70 better and IA not as good.
Prussian education i. moro thorough
'unu thAe OF any other country. Every
child - in school from 5 to IA years Of
age. Parents mnst obey the law, pay a
Tine or 20 to prison.
On June l3 the School Board OF ct
raul, u nm, abolished the distinction of
ex In the matter of salaries, and will
hereafter pay the women the came a
men for doing the same work.
President Eliot speaks Of Harvard a.
the only university on thi. continent,
which has had the privilege 81 graduate
nz eight successive generations Of men
one honorable and serviceabls family"
The University Of Berlin, with its
,pD students and scores OF famous pro-
'ssors. has capital OF but s75). OOO. Its i
'rHest endowment, that Of the Counties.
use, is only 10000. Nevertheless il 1
the seat OF the highest German learn. !
~ and claims 70 hsve the ablest corrs /
instructors Of ali the worlds schools. 4