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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
DR.. scudder again Indicted.

CHICAGO, March 24.-Dr. Scudder was
indicted anew yesterday for the assas-
sination of his wealthy mother-in-law,
this time being charged with poisoning
her as we'll as pounding on her skull
The poison is said to have been admin
istered with hypodermic syringe. He
is also charged in the second indict-
ment with having strangled his victim.
The additional accusations were taken
as indicating that the prosecution had
gained possession of sensational evil
dence regarding which the public knew
nothing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

TIE ten lines of railroad centering in
London send out 2,21O suburban trains
day, carrying 400. o0o, 900 passengers a
year.
The statistics of anthracite produc-
ton show that the three companies now
controlled by the Reading shipped from
mines hast year 53-3 per cent of the to-
tai production of 20, AS. 600 tons, against
551< per cent in 1890 and 5TI in 1889,
the latter being their largest proportion
since 1888. The Laci1awanna last year
made Isl per cent of the total ship
u.ents, and 1915 in 1890.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

The French government will soon
introduce measure compelling foreign
insurance companies to maintain in
France, either in money or real estate,
sufhclent reserves as a guarantee for
persons insured in France. Penalties
will also be provided in the case of
persons who sign policies dated abroad
that is to say, in some place beyond
the jurisdiction of the French govern
ment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
Are Yau Interested

in the progress of the Worlds Fairl II So.
and you desire 10 form an idea of the work
being performed and the grandeur and
magn,ncence III its conception when com
pleted, send twocent stamp 70 Mr.. X. Il.
Lord, General Passenger and Ticket Agent
OF the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
halfway, Chicago, Ill. and valuable and
handsome souvenir will be sent TO you by
return mail. giving you full view of
the buildings under construction, the di--
mansions of each and total cost and area
OF same. besides other useful information
HUMANITY appears 10 be very una1uaIly-
nlvioed between those who can't stand
prosperity and those who can't get any to
stand-Bing hamton Leader
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
Foretold the Hour of His Death.

UPsHAw. Ga, March 26.-Two weeks
ago Calvin Edwards. while working on
Friendship Baptist church, mashed his
finger. and thinking to ease the pain
put some paint on the wound It
causei what was supposed to be blood
poison. He told his family and friends
at noon that he would die at o'clock
He counted the hours as they went br.
telling those around him: II Will
leave you at IL AMI sure enough about
4 O'clock he breathe3 his last.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

SOME Swiss artists at Geneva are
painting a large panorama of the
Bernese Alps, with the intention of
bringing it to Chicago for the worlds
lair. The panorama will measure
51XS45 feet and cost $500, 900. The
sketches for the panorama were taken
from the summit of the Mannlichen,
6.6OO feet high
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

The French crown jewels are said to
have once included among their num-
Der perfect dragon, two inches in
length, carved from ruby of the first
water. When the Summer Palace at
Pekin was sacked a head of Buddha.
carved from a magnificent ruby, fell to
the duke of Brunswick as his share of
the spoils. After his death it sold for
ga OOO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

The prince and princess of Wales
have decided to erect a monument to
the duke of Clarence in the chancel of
Sandringham church, and the queen
intends to place statue of her grand
SON in the Prince Consort's mausoleum
at Frogmore.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

JAPAN has now school system some
what similar to our own. Controlled
by local authorities are more than u.s.
600 schools, of which &C. OcO are ele-
mentary. The teachers mum Der nearly
~, 900, and the scholars 3,41O, 900, or
nearly half the total population of
school age. The total annual expense
of the system is about 81, 900, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
The CoupIin-Pfn Brake.

SALIVA, Kan, March 28.-Conductor
Peck, of the Missouri Pacific mail and
express. was carried through the city
Saturday morning on his regular train.
but unconscious and probably dying.
while near Hoisington coupling-pin
broke and struck him on the forehead.
inficting a deep wound from which
the surgeons state he cannot recover.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

A SECOND Adventist of Hartford,
Conn, in his will set aside farm to
his son with the provision that it was
not to be sold for 299 years. He ex-
pected that within few years he
would return to earth, and he did not
want his property squandered during
his enforced absence
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

IT is said that Spurgeon died COM
paratively poor man, Notwithstanding
the enormous profits gained from his
sermons and books, which he soon got
rid of by his numerous contributions
to the DOOR,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

NO fewer than IL. 600. 900 acres of
barren land have been made fruitful
IN the Sahara desert an enterprise
representing perhaps the most remark
able example of irrigation by means OF
arteslan wells which can anywhere be
found. Algeria owes to this method of
cultivation that it is becoming most
important wine producing country, as
may be gagged from the fact that it
sent 30 France in 1886 10, 500. 900 gallons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

DURING the last forty years in which
Lord Tennyson has drawn a pension
he has devoted the whole of it each
year toward the relief of authors or
the families of authors in distress. He
has, in fact constituted himself the
almoner of fund of 81, 600 year for
the relief of the necessities of authors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

A BILL prohibiting to private individ-
mails in Italy the sale and export Of
rare old paintings to foreigners abroad
was passed by the Italian parliament
the other day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

THE officers and sailors of the navy
get 81, 500, 600, and the officers and sol
diers of the army $4,000, 600. Uncle
Sam spends $50, 900 for horses for his
cavalry and artillery, and pays his re-
tired army officers million and half
of good round dollars.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

Two little islands furnish four fifths
of the cloves. consumed by the world.
The islands are Zanzibar and Pemba,
and little while ago Arabs found it
very profitable to bring slaves from
the African lake region to the coast
and smuggle them in the night over to
Pemba to work on the Glove planta-
tons
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

MILITARY uniforms were first used IN
France in regular manner by Louis
XIV, about 1868 In England the uni
form was soon afterwards adopted in
the military service, but with little
analogy to the modern dress
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

A Rosa BoNHEUR painting. LES
Chamois." that was struggled into New
York. was sold by the customs officials
for ST, $50.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

THE sixtieth anniversary of the we'd
ding of Mr.. Eduard Hanstein and Al
muth NJ. Hanstein, of St Louis, was
celebrated at the residence of the VEN
cradle couple recently.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

GEN. VISITOR, of Philadelphia, has just
given 800, 600 to the university there,
with the understanding that his name
should not be known, but one of the
trustees incautiously divulged it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

DENMARK is the most drunken coun-
try in the world. Its yearly consump-
ton of intoxicants is double that of
GERMANY
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

CHARLES L HURLBURT, of New York.
has made clock OF 326 kinds of wood.
in 34l, 600 pieces. 1t took over sixteen
years to build.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

THOMAS MANAKA. q Cherokee, who
has resided on the Blue river Choctaw
nation, for some time. died recently.
Manaka was 100 years of age. His age
IS corroborated by contemporaneous
events with which he was perfectly
familiar. Manaka's hearing was in
tact, but he was blind several years.
He was famous hunter before his
people crossed the Mississippi. claiming
10 have killed several hundred deer,
bear and other game He was married
twice, leaving a progeny of seventeen
children. the Oldest 81 years of age, re-
siding on Grand river, in the Cherokee
nation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

The king of Italy has perfect fancy
for attending fires The other evening
he was due at the German embassy.
where Count Solms gave ball. Her
Majesty Queen Margaret radiant in a
toilet of pale yellow silk, and dazzling
with superb diamonds. came alone, and
stated that his majesty the king had
gone to a fire which had broken out at
mandatory of maccaroni and
Italian paste, and he remained at the
scene until the flames We're subdued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

SUNFLowERs are grown on more than
100000 acres in Russia The seeds
make fine oil and the stalks an ex-
cellent fuel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
Lost with All on Board.

BLAINE, Wash, March 2s-Report
his just reached here that the iron tug
Tippic, of Vancouver. British Columbia,
was sunk with all on board in English
bay, Thursday. 1t is supposed the YES
sci struck a rock and sank immediately
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
CURRENT COMMENT.

A BOSTON landlord has issued an
edict that no employe of his can wear
either mustache or whiskerS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

Al alone
both in the way it acts, and in the
way it's sold, is DIR. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription for women.
1t acts In this way:
IF you're weak or Z" rundown" 1T
builds you up; if you suffer from
any of the painful disorders and
arrangements peculiar to your sex,
it relieves and cures. 1t improves
digestion, enriches the blood, dis
pels aches and pains, brings refresh
ing sleep, and restores flesh and
strength. For all functional weak
nesses and irregularities, it's posi-
tive remedy. Hence,
It's sold in this way:
It's guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton, in every case, or the money
paid for it is refunded.
They're the smallest, the cheapest.
the easiest to take.
But all that would be nothing.
if they weren't also the best to-
take.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets pre-
vent and cure Sick Headache, Bill
ious Headache, Constipation, Indi--
gestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements of the liver, stomach
and bowels.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
RAILROAD RATTLE.

Gov Francis has signed the Missouri
congressional redistricting bill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

The casting out of the devil
of disease was once a sign
of authority.
Now we take q little more
time about it and cast out
devils by thousands-we do
it by knowledge.
Is not a man who IS taken
possession of by the germ of
consumption possessed of a
devil?
A little book on CAREFUL
LIVING and SCOTS Emulsion
of cod-liver oil willstell you
how to exercise him if it can
be done.
Free.
SCOTT BO~sz, Chemists, Iss South IN Avenue,
New YORK
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31

SooT & BOVINE, Chemists, ~ South IN Avenue.
New YORK
Tossr druggss keeps Scoet's Emulsion Of ccdisvr-
oll-ali druggists e~e<y-~herr %. 81
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
A BEAU NASH STORY.
He Makes 81 Stingy Duchess BE Char!t-
able in spit" of Herself.

Toe story of Beau Nash is so in.
woven in the life of Batn. one of En-
glands most celebrated watering
places. that one can scarcely see its
name without a thought of him, says
the l0Uth'$ Companion. There for
triumphant period he was the autocrat
Of fashion and tyrant over aristOcracy
itself
When a certain hospital was about to
be built there Nash stood at the door
of the assembly rooms one dav to re-
ceive subscriptions. Presently there
entered certain duchess, whose custom
it was Ia spend much on her pleasures
and little on charities. She gave Nash
a familiar tap with her fan and said,
graciouSly:
You must put down triAe for
me, Nash, for | have no money in my
pocket"
with pleasure. madam.' was the
reply. if your grace will tell me when
to stop"
He drew from his pocket handful
of guineas, and began counting them
out.
One, two three, four, five"
ElnlTD, eA'Ql1n! CfleN Jne NNcn-
ess in alarm; 'wha are you aboutg'
"COnsider your rank and fortune,
madam" said Nash, still counting,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten"
Here the lady's alarm gave place to
anger, but Nash continued unmoved.
With maddening assurance he begged
her not to interrupt Tie work of
charity while he went on counting.
Eleven, twelve. thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen"
At this point the eXasperated duch-
ess cried aloud. Catching his hand,
she strovc to stop his reckless number
ing.
Peace, madam" said Nash, you
shall have your name on the front of
the building. written in letters of gold.
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,
twenty"
Il won't pay a farthing morer' cried
she, now at white heat.
CHARITY covers multitude of SINS"
replied her tormentor, cooIiy, and still
went on counting.
Nash" cried the duchess. now
thoroughly enraged, you brighten me
out of nv wits! | shall die
Madam, you will never die of do
ing good" and he was about to count
on, but seeing that he had reached the
end of feminine endurance he agreed
to stop if she would give him 30
guineas. Thus was the matter settled,
but Nash had lost q friend.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
STATE AND CHURCH.

Bill to Prevent Union Introduced To-
Day in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.--There were
six Senators on the Democratic side of
the Senate chamber and about twice
that number on the Republican side,
with about three score of spectators in
the galleries when the captain opened
with prayer the seventh week of the
session.
@Mr. Sherman, for the first time since
his reelection, occupied his seat.
Mr.. Platt presented memorial and
petition, signed by John Jay, presl-
dent, and other officers of the Ma
tional League for the Protection
of American Institutions, for an amend
ment to the constitution to prevent the
union of State and church and the is
suance of public money to any societies
under sectarian control.
The House bill fixing the time for
holding Circuits courts of the United
States in the Northern districts of
Iowa was aeported by Mr.. Wilson of
the Judiciary committee and was
passed.
After a number of bills of minor i'm
portance had been reported from the
committee and placed on the calendar,
the introduction of bills was once more
resumed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
CCLUMBlA'5 MOVING MOUNTAIN.
4 Railway Pushed Eight Feet Ont by u
in Fru Years.

A travelling mountain is found at the
Cascades of the Columbia. 1t is
tripIe-peaked mass of dark brown
baSat. six or eight miles in length
where it fronts the river. and rises to
a height of almost 2 600 feet above the
water. That it IS in motion is the last
thought which would be likely to sug-
geSt itself to the mind Of any one pass
ing it, yet it is il weIl-estabiShed fact
that the entire mountain is moving
slowly but steadily down to the river,
rs if it had Il Deliberate purpose some
time in the future to dam the Columbia
and form Il great lake from the Cas-
cndes to the Dalles. The Indian tradi-
tons Indicate immense movements of
the mountains in that region long be.
fore white men came to Oregon, and
the early Setters-immiGra many
of them from New England-gave the
above described mountainous ridge the
uame of ''traveliug' or sliding mount
aims.
In its forward and downward move
ment the forests along the base of tho
ridge have become submerged in the
river Large tree stumps can be seen
standing deep In the water on this
shore The railway engineers aud the
brakemen find that the line of the rail
way which skirts the foot Of the mount
ain is being continually forced out of
place. AT certain points the perma-
nent way and rails have been pushed
eight or ten feet out of line in a few
years. Biologists attribute this
strange phenomenon to the fact that
the basat, which constitutes the bulk
of the mountain, rests on a substratum
of conglomerate or of soft sandstone
which the deep, swift current of the
mighty river is constantly wearing
away, or that this softer subrock is of
itself yielding at great depths to the
enormous weight of the harder mineral
above. = GOldthWaite'S Geographical
MaQdzi11e
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
Decoration Day.

Read by James Whitcomb Riley at Army Of
Tennessee banquet Chicago.
It's lonesome, sort o lonesome-its Sunday
to me,
1T pears like moren any day / nearly ever
Yit with the stars and stripes above a-fut-
term in the air.
On every soldiers grave I'd love TO lay lily
there.
They say, though, Decoration days is ginerilly
observed
Most every where's, especially by soldier boys
But me and mothers never went-we seldom
In pint O fact, we're allus to home on Deco
ration day.
They say the old boys marches through the
streets in columns grand
A-fOllerin' the old war tunes they're playin
the baI d,
And folks all jinin' Inland little children.
All marehin' under shelter OF the red. white
and blue.
With roses, roses, roses; everybody in the
And crowds of little girls in white, Jest fairly
loaded down.
Oh, don't the boys know 1t, from their camp
across the bill?
Don't they see their comrades comm and the
old flag wavin' still?
Oh, can't they hear the bugle AID the rattle
of the drum?
Ant there no way under heaven they can rio
Olect US some?
An there no way we can coax EN-, through
roses, just to say
They know that every day on earth is their
decoration day.
We've tried that, me and mother, where Elias
takes his rest
In the orchard in his uniform and hands
acrOst his breast,
And the flag be died for, smilin' and a ripplin'
in tie breeze
Above bis grave and over that, the robin in
the trees!
And yet it's lonesome, lonesome-its Sum-
day day 10 me,
1t pears like, more'n any day / nearly ever
see.
term in the air.
On every soldiers grave I love to lay lily
there.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
SCALING HERRlNCS,
The Work Is Performed In q Some what
Peculiar Manner.

A peculiar feature of the smoked
herring industry in this country is the
method by which the fish are scaled.
Enormous quantities of them are capt
ured in weirs and gill nets, and the
catch thrown into boats. When a load
has been secured the fisherman 'treads
them OUT by walking briskly back
and forth through the mass of souirm-
ing objects at the bottom of the boat
The motion of the fish upon each other.
and also the contact with the feet and
legs of the "treader" quickly removes
the scales. In the course of half an
hour skillful operator will thus scale
four or five hogSheads of the fish.
Another method consists in using q
piece of board about a foot long and
four or five inches in width, which is
securely fastened to long handle.
This is thrust into the center of the
mass and moved brisklv about until
by continued stirring the scales are
moved in an incredibly short time.
The work must be done while the fish
are fresh, as otherwise the scales be-
come set and can only be takeu off
with great difficulty.
Care is exercised in both processes
as If not Systematically done, many Of
the catch will be only partially scaled,
and if stirred about or 'trod out" for
too long time the flesh will be soft or
bruised. in which case the catch will
be less salable. and, if the skin is
broken, absolutely worthless.
After scaling they are washed and
sailed in tubs, barrels or hogsheads:
then strung on sticks, from twenty
five to thirty-tive being placed on each,
according to their size. The next step
consists in rewashing, to remove all
the blood and dirt that has accumu-
lated, and the strings are then laid on
frames in the open air to drain and
also to harden and dry the gill-covers.
This being accomplished they are
taken to the smoke-house, properly ar
ranged, the fires started and the smok-
ing begins.
Several kinds of wood are used for
this purpose in different countries.
white birch being preferred in France,
while in England. Scotland and Hol-
land oak Clips and sawdust are con-
sidered the best. In this country pine
logs that have been soaked in salt wa
ter are selected as the salt renders
the wood less iuiammable and it also
gives Il greater volume of smoke.
Some of the curerS, when the smok-
lug process is nearly completed, build
a fire with oak logs for the purpose of
giving Il higher or brighter color to the
fish. AS a matter of fact, however, the
woods make little or no difference. the
chief ilea being to Wet kind that will
burn slowly and at the same time yield
sufficient amount of smoke TO cure
the tl>ii, ami at the same time burn so
slowly that there is no possibility OF
scorchnY them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-22
Bones's Duck.

Bones was shaggy fat Skye terrier
with a short tail. Just why these
scrubby-looking Skye terriers always
find luxurious homes and fond adj
mirer5 | don't know, but they seem to
do it. Bones was no exception. He
was the household pet. Every mem Der
of the family cuddIed and kissed him.
and he returned their affection with
equal ardOr
When any one came home after a
short absence, Bones showed extrav-
agant delight, and his demonstrations
were usually rewarded with candy or
cake.
He had a trick of catching up any
small object which came handy. and
bringing it to lay at the returned ones
feet. as if to display the generosity of
his heart.
Sometimes he overshot the mark,
like the rest of us.
One day the lady of the house re-
turned, and Bones, dashing out 10 find
some taken Of affection to present her.
fell over three unfortunate little ducks
walkin" primly behind their mamma.
lie caught one up in his mouth, and
with joyful haste rushed back to the
parlor
Poor duckl Poor Bones! The duck
struggled. Bones took firmer grip.
The duck struggled harder. Bones
gave hurried gulp. and. to his own
dIsmay as well as 10 the ducks, the
duck went down Bones's throat, aud
never came up again.
The shout of laughter which greeted
his exploit was too much for Bones.
He ran out faster than he came in
His stomach and his conscience both
troubled him for long after. 1t was
only necessary to say. ID luck. Bones!'
to see bin stink away with the fun
niest expression of doggish shame.
caused by the remembrance of his I'M
Intentional dinner. -Hrper's Iou11g
PeOpLe