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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

IT is better to say: This one thing do
than to say: sThese forty things l dabb
inv ashington GLADDEN..
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

81 wish I could send my boy to the old
SCHOOL, said Hawkins. THESE gentlemen
of the old school seem to know everything
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

MRS BRowN-s'Who was best man at your
weddings" Mrs. White-"My husband, OF
course. Harvard Lampoon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

A JURY trial-listening to the lawyers
Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

ssDoN'T wait for me-" said the boots to the
beaver hat ssWhy not?' asked the hat
Because it's your business to go on 6
head" replied the boots.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23
ONE ENJOYS

oNH A&Jo4 -
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIc SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW roRk. nv
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

No TREES OF first quality can ever be sent
by mail Mayhap you know il By freight,
prepaid if preferred, we ship safely 4. or
fit trees; 2-year Roses of rare excellence
everything You actually pay less than
for the puny stuff 1000 acres Nurseries
$4,000 acres Orchards Exact information
about trees and fruits. STARK Bros, Louis
lana, Mo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

We have received over fifty thousand new
subscribers during February, and many thou
sands more have written asking how to send
the money and to extend the time. Hence
extend this great offer during March. We will
send THE HOME MAGAZINE for one year, and
the five charts, for only FIFTY CENTS, if money
is sent during March. Mention this paper.
DON'T DELAY.
Evening star., 1893-09-09

platforms, constructed in 1873 in accordance
with the classical crazy ideas of Robe
spierre, for the accommodation of the old
men who were to preside over the floral
games or the month of Germnal!
The gem of all these gardens Is the Pare
Monceau, lying in rich district between
the Arc de Triomphe and the handsome
Boulevard Malesherbes. 1t lies lost and
solitary. enveloped in an atmosphere of
repose, an atmosphere of reserve. the true
atmosphere of those who are its special
sign at night, couples who sit murmuring
upon the benches of its sidewalks.
"One is well upon bench at twenty years
of age!"
That is the way the song goes and the
way the Pare Monceau goes.
The Pare Monceau remains open all night
being a short cut for carriages and foot
passengers. nervous pale-green glow
from many electric lights shining in the
trees and reflected from the grass gives
the main alleys a strange theatrical half
daylight. and its shadows in secluded hooks
are deadly black In the daytime the Pare
Monceau Is full of ladies reading books of
decorous children attended by their nurses,
of old gentlemen hobbling in the sun. These
sit and judge the floral games of children
dancing in ring and singing-what? The
Evening star., 1893-09-09
THE MAsHER's BAD LUCK.
He Made a Bad Jump for q bright.
Eyed Country Violet.

He Made n Bad Jump for q Bright
Eyed Country Violet.
From the Detroit Free Press.
II never see time card Of the Michigan
Central Railroad without wanting to kick
myself all around a ten-acre lot," said the
man with the pock marked face as we witt
ed In the depot at Buffalo:
''Did the stock 60 down on your"
Stock hadn't nothing to do with 1t. Fiji
teen years ago I made Detroit my head
quarters while selling wagons and buggies
for house down in Ohio. 1 used to run
out to Ann Arbor, Ypslant. Plymouth and
other towns very frequently. / was 4 sin
gle man then, wore good clothes and
thought myself a successful masher On
one Of my trips l saw a stunning looking
girl at a flag station a few miles west of
Ann Arbor. l smiled at her from the win
dow, and thought she returned 1t. Three
days later l saw her again, and that tirue
was sure made mash. Her father was
cripple. / believe. and she helped run the
station. think it was a milk station, as I
saw lots OF cans about
II decided to go out from Detroit and
complete the mash In fact, sort O. fell in
love with that country violet. Bright and
early one morning l sailed down to the de-
pot, ensconsed myself in a coach, and away
l went In search of my charmer 1t had
never occurred to me to see whether the
press. and l found out from the Conductor
. when only two miles away that it didn't
And so you had to go onr'
And so didn't! You can Judge FOR your
SELF what an ass was when tell you that
! decided to jump from the train. figured
that It would slack up bit at the station
ana that was smart enough to land right
end up. l went to the rear car. got down
on on. the , lower step. and Just as we passed
the speed ae banP b in tset cent tsns haHs
always believed the engineer put on about
ten miles an hour extra. knew the ground
was level, but I forgot about the thixtes
might fall down. but the idea of a calamity
never ever entered my blooming head"
Then there was a calamity?"
I should gurgle. In fact I do gurgle
have been gurgiing for fifteen long years,
and l shall cease to gurgle only when the
spark OF life has been teetotally extinguish-
run. All Of a sudden 1 went head over heels
over the ditch and into the bushes and this
,ns 51ss' dimly realized that was turn
was wa helpless in the N matter. PUT All
curtain came down. and IT WeM WAS fsn SS5 honrs ns
before l knew anything again. A farmer
hSd had picked picked me me up and carried me home.
and the thistles and bushes had cut my
face as you see" ny
Why. haven't you had the smallpox"
TT Never! Got these marks then and there.
We 1orSotten how many million thistle
stings the doctors extracted. but they Lever
got 'em all. My whole body suffered the
same way. Aside from this got d broken
months" A'1'
And the girl-the country violet?"
mats the cap-sheaf. stranger. While I
was cart-wheeling through those bushes she
was being married to a strapping younr
farmer at her fathers house Lordy, I;uf
Wnat fool man can make of himself in
steam!' " S'' VA
Evening star., 1893-09-09

regard each other with scant respect and
little interest They sit beneath the trees
on iron chairs that rent for four cents
each. taking the air and watching listlessly
a thousand rusty little open cabs AT forty
cents an hour usurp the brilliant drive Of
Tout-Paris. whose eQuipases in fall and
spring are one Of the greatest sights of the
capital These left-behind ones know each
other. There Is no chancs for pretense.
Mere presence denotes ths puree. They ac-
cept the fact. but do not wilt beneath it.
They are cast down. but only when they
reflect They are Parisi1ns. and the Par
lstan's first instinct is to make the best OF
Evening star., 1893-09-09
London Music Halls.

From the New York Evening World.
In London there is a big population COM
posed OF wealthy young men who have
never been lucky enough to have C. earn
their own living We should cell them Eoo1-
for-nothings but in London they are pooi
for a great deal, and they support tho music
halls. an exceedingly praiseworthy task.
They drop in lounge around and trickle cut.
They go to six or seven OF them ia a night.
rushed there I'm hanson cabs. and they
never sing Come Where the RDuze IS
Cheaper" They roll home at any time. and
their day begins just as New York's Young
men are going TO luncheon. No wonder the
London music hall proprietors &c, fat
Evening star., 1893-09-09
UNHAPPY CONDITION OF RUSSIA.
Arguments as to the Danger of Lend
ing Money to Her.

From Darkest Russia.
Summing UP the facts, then. we find that
Russian finances are based exclusively
upon the solvency OF the agricultural pop
ulation of the country; that these unfo-tu-
nate people are hopelessly insolvent and are
kept In a state Of chronic starvation; that
the corn Indispensable to their existence IL
exported abroad; that they live for half the
year in the open air. sleeping on the bare
ground. and for the other half in hideous
novels: that they are Obliged TO sell their
cattle and to burn the straw of their roofs
In order to prolong this horrible life, and
that they are physically 6egenerating and
becoming unfit for manual labor; that the
government. instead of attempting TO i'm
prove their miserable lot. blithely continues
to augment its budget in inverse proportion
to their insolvency fogging them for ar
rears until they False money at 6,000 per
cent interest; that even under the most fa-
vorable circumstances agriculture is abso-
lutely unremunerative; that Russia does not
produce single grain OF superfiuous corn.
and that mismanagementh has brought about
such an abnormal state of things in the en-
pire that a good harvest Is more run0us
than a failure of the crops.
Lastly. that they who lend Russia money
In the teeth Of these induhitable facts. ere
not only making a financially unsound in
vestment. but are rendering themselves
morally responsible for the untold misery Of
one hundred millions OF their fellow-men
Evening star., 1893-09-09
Here it Is that the children. dancing.
Dansons Ia Carmagnole,
Vive le son! Vive le soni
Dansons Ia Carriagnole,
Vfye le eOn du canonl

Dansons la Carmagnole,
Vive le son! Vive lie soni
Dansons Ia Carraagnole.
Vtve le son du canon!
The bloodth.rsty round Of the sans-cu-
lottes has become a children's game; and
the Pare Monceau II no longer the prop
erty Of q prince.
From the Pare Monceau to the Arc de
Triomphe is a shady walk along the arts-
tocratic Avenue Hoche. as airy and shady
as the park itself. Thence 1t Is more than
half park all along the Avenue OF the Bois
to the Bois de Boulogne itself. At the en-
trance Of this greatest Of all Paris parks
you have the cafe Chinois. where. night
after night. in the open air, the thin and
rather desuitory strains of a Hungarian
lady orchestra assist the patrons TO put
down the even thinner French beer, which
is its cheapest drink.
are SO far and because 1t is a little too
much like la belle nature 1t Is almost neces-
sary, sooner or later, for mere relicf to
patronize a cafe. The chief one Is the Cas-
cade. 1t Is expensive (40 cents for sherry
cobbler), and it's chief value for the ordi-
nary man is as place Of observation IN
the earlier summer, when the great world
Of Paris is driving and riding horseback.
The Cascade is then the recognized stop
ping place, where dukes and )rincesses put
down mixed drinks. Is 1t not worth 10 cents
to sit beside duke? In this same Bots
time. pay willingly 81 an afternoon to skate
with them upon the sacred pond.
This brings US back to the original conten-
ton and the only value of this short letter,
which Is to boast the open air life Of Part-
SLAMS and to recommend its fuller practice
In American cities. Two points are to be
particularly noted.
In Paris well-to-do people constantly pa
tronize the city parks. gardens and open
places. Their mere presence drives out
tramps and other undecorative customers.
who in many American cities monopolize
the city squares to their defilemrnt.
Secondly. In all the Paris city parks and
gardens the sale Of beer and wine Is per-
mitted. This latter might be a cause Of evil
among people less temperate than the
French. But II Is worth reflecting on that
the first characteristic mentioncd-the free
use Of parks by highly respectable people
may have even in France a great deal to
do with preserving good order whore wine
and beer are sold. STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1893-09-09

Carmagnole! 1t is hard to get away from
tns French revolution in the city Of Paris.
This very Pare Monceau has a curious
connection with the last days preceding the
revolution 1t owes its name to a prop
erty bought as late as IT'S by Philippe
q dOrieans, father of Louis Philippe who
made Of 1t one of the most fashionable
resorts or that beau monde which was so
soon to take its choice of hurrying pennf-
less abroad or bleeding on the scaffold
Balls. plays and fetes of the most magnifi-
cent description were celebrated here The
revolution converted 1t into public property.
At the restoration it again became the
property of the house of Orleans. But in
1850 IL was purchased by the city of Paris
Evening star., 1893-09-09

way between the Rue Lafntte and the rail-
way station Of the north; who has ever seen
between the Rue de Japon and the Rue de
Chine? There are parks in Vausirard aid
parks In Bellevills, just as there is the aris-
tocratic Park Monceau.
OF the parks generally visited by Amert-
cans the Jardin des Plantes IL certainly the
most dilapidated. 1t lies In poor quarter,
In the southeast Of Paris. beside the Seine.
Yet for all its dilapidation 1t Is one of the
most useful, giving to many q miserably
situated family-not breathing space, for
there Is plenty Of that in every part Of
Paris on the wide bench-hned streets them
seives-but a feeling Of proprietorship. as
Here sprawl In the shade innumerable babies
reveling In the dirt and gravel. babies at
the breast who try to get down in the dirt.
babies In the dirt who cry to get back to
the breast.
In the evening. when the men Of the fam
lily have had dinner. you will see them rest
ing with the others on the benches here
1t Is true that they have in Paris none Of
that popular beer garden life in the Ger
man style. and in the Jardin des Plantes
there Is only music twice q week and only
in the afternoons. But the French would
rather talk than listen to music and rather
save their pennies than spend them heavily
on beer. in the evening, when the Jardin
shuts up. the families walk along the en-
bankments of the Seine and stroll home
langCidly along the streets. At least the
place has given them a destination, an OBJ
ject for their walk.
If the Jardin des Plantes Is dilapidated
the Garden of the Tuileries Is scarcely more
magnificent, but its air Is nevertheless aris-
tocratfc. 1t Is large, not too well shaded.
the trees being stumpy and planted with
great regularity 1t is also a play ground
but for better class Of children. On its
north runs the rue de Rivoli that hunting
ground OF tourists: on the south there are
the banks of the Seine. This garden Is
one of the greatest promenades of Paris;
mi nff
Two circular basins of water are given over
to children for their toy sailboats. And
there Is an Alice des Orangers, adorned in
fne weather, with two rows Of orange trees
which date from the time Of Francis l.
Near 150OD Marble statues abound here
and there remain two semi-circular marble
Evening star., 1893-09-09

gardens: The Jardin des Plaates, which
contains a managerie: the Garden Of the
Luxembourg. In the Latin Quarter, where q
band plays beside a palace; the Gardei. Of
the Palais Royal, surrounded by arcades
and tourists shops; the Garden Of the
Tuileries. which Is the beginning Of the most
city in the world The smaller parks It
would be impossible to mention. Who ever
Evening star., 1893-09-09
Reasons for DOuht.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A Detroit beau, not over brilliant but
good fellow. who is at present at the sea-
side, recently took his first yachting trip,
and a couple of young women. who were
good sailors. were of the party. These girls
were talking about the young fellow during
an interval to themselves.
Il think" said one there's a great deal
more In him than appears on the surface"
Il doubt it," questioned the other; hes
been dreadfully seasick for an hour"
Evening star., 1893-09-09

chasseur walks beside her-a bigger man
than a policeman. In Paris policemen are
not allowed to fiirt
To the child the avenue of The Champs
ElyseeS is what the boulevard is to his
father. Here he begins 20 lead that public
life which is the unique possession Of Paris.
Hours are spent daily in Angling with
hundreds like himself. The retinements of
human Intercourse are breathe1 IN as natur-
ally as air; the art of conversation grows
upon him. The soda water stands he gin
ger bread kinsl<s. the flying horsas of the
Champs Elysees fit him for the mature life
Of the boulevard cafe. The refreshments
are worse than he would get at horne. The
ginger breai Is tough, the soda water syrups
oiten produce stomach ache. the dirty gravel
Is not like his own play roOm-.ilI SO much
the better. 1t is better than home Home
Is arnateurtsh. the outdoor life Of Paris is
professional
OF the large parks the following are called
Evening star., 1893-09-09

to the squares and parks along with their
children. and they chat together while the
children play. Ladies who have No children
come to look on while other peoples chill
dren play. They are in the @e-y heart of
Paris yet the shade Is like forest. In some
of these squares there are distractions ex-
clusively for children-fying horses and
Punch and Judy shows In :orne there are
croGuet grounds and tennis courts. Others
have ponds in which to sail boats. Others
have swans to feed. All are free and yet
are free from tramps. because all are freely
used by decent people.
The grounds Of the Champs Elysces on
each side OF the great avenue are especially
a resort for children. They are called the
Elysian fields and they are ,he true Elysian
fields of nursemaids and their charges. Each
one has his own affair.
Little Georges can crack his whip. the
sprswlins baby sits with dignity and En-
nestine Is nuttering with pleasure when the
Evening star., 1893-09-09
Breaking 1t Gently.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Browns wife eloped while he was
away"
How did they break the news to him."
Told him his best dog was dead"
How could that help him.
well, you see, when he learned the truth
1t was a real comfort"
Evening star., 1893-09-09
Senator Allison Says There Will Be
No Material Modification.
THE FINANCIAL SFRINGENCY.
Its Causes and the Outlook for the
Future.
OF THE SILVER LAW.
Copyright by Geo. Grantham Bain.)

HAD A LONG CON-
versation with Sena-
tor Allison recently
on the subject Of the
rec mt financial
stringency and the
possibilities Of tariff
revision. Mr.. Allison
Is a pleasant man to
talk to, whether he
Is speaking for pub
lication or engaged
in a private CONVEX
sation. The clear
Evening star., 1893-09-09
How the Stay-at-Homes Enjoy Open
Air Life in Summer.
The CHILDREN'S PARADISE.
Some Famous Partisan Gardens
and the Pleasures They Afford.
IN THE BOIS DU BOULoGNE.
August 2o. 1873.

! D BE OBLIGED TO
remain IN Paris In
mid-August Is to be
dams IN puree-in the
soup. The phrase Is
coiloqIIial French.
The thousands Of
slightly weary-look-
ing ladies and gen.
tlemeu who line
the avenue OF the
Champs Elysees for
a full half mile,
morning. afternoon,
AMI early evening.
Evening star., 1893-09-09

things The best Of things in Paris, even
In the dog days. are not bad.
One OF the most pleasing characteristics
of life In Paris has to do with the open AR
PariSians from children up make a contin-
ual use of parks and open squares. They
do not only ride IN them, they walk i'll
them. They do not only walk in them. they
sit In them They do not Unly sit in them,
but sit and read. And, as II they wished
TO turn all Paris into parks. they use the
great. wide. shaded streets in very much
the same way.
Much Of that appearance Of life and
gayety which Paris has Is due TO the out
door living of 50 many well-1ressed peo-
pie We in America have caught this ad-
mirable tendency on our seaside board
walks and hotel piazzas. But It Is in the
cities Ii is needed more.
Now. when the high mob of the rich and
fashionable go away from Paris, these airing
places. gay, beautiful and well-kept. fall
under the exclusive jurisdiction of that very
large class of well-to-do people who may be
called second-class Parisians, prevented by
racial prudence rather than actual lack of
money from going to the seasnore and the
mountains They amuse themselves with
what they find around them. Mothers come
Evening star., 1893-09-09

MENTAL exhaustion and brain fatigue
Promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer.
Evening star., 1893-09-09


Sand was sold on the streets in old-fims
London. where much OF IL was used by
housewives fo- cleaning kitchen utensils
and for sprinkllng over uncarpsted fi00rs
II was vended by measure-red sand two
pence half-penny. and white a penny and a
farthing per peck.
The london OF a century ago had a ceie.
brated vender Of gingerbread who was oOn-
side-e1 the king Of itinerant tradesmen. Hs
was "A dan9lfel character and was always
dressed as person Of rank, with RULED
shirt white silk stockings. a fashionable
suit OF clothes, a wig anc cooked hat ne
was always To be found AT public festivals
amusing the crowd. Some OF his nonsense
has been preserved, such as:
Mary, Mary. where are you now Ma-re''
Il live two steps underground. witt q
wiscom riscom. and why not Walk in.
ladies' and gentlemen. My shop Is on the
second floor backward, with a brass knock
er at the door. Here's your nice ginec--
bread. your sDicei gingerbread which eIu
melt IN your mouth like a red-hot brick Z
and rumble in your inside Ike Punch in his
whcclhar-ow" Ho-arth has introduced
tNis character IN his execution scene Of the
"!1le apprentice" at Tyburn.
Fifty years ago Young lambs 20 eel
two Tor = penny was a weil-known cry
They were chiitfca's toys, the fieece made
perhaps Unnaturaliy. spanglei with sIlt
T..e cAcc,-s wc.e pointed ed. and the horns
and less were OF tin. Sometimes the ven
dCr shoutel:
Young lambs 20 sell. young lambs to s@l
Two Tor a penny, yOGns lambs TO sell.
II Ia as much money IS ] could tell
i wouldn't cry youns lambs tc sell"
Evening star., 1893-09-09

And mat, my OWN"
THAT you didn't win that race was so
longing to see You come In at the head of
them all"
Never mind. I have won something
else; something far better; the best in the
world" He draws her To him again 81
have won YOU"