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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
AS FROM THE GRAVE.
Gov. Mckinley Comes to Life at the c
lumbus Convention.

Gov. Mckinley Comes to Life at the Co
lumbus Convention.
Nothing is palmer than the fact that
Maj. Mckinley made his speech before
the Ohio republican convention as q
candidate for the presidential nominal
| ton in 1896 1t was clearly the drag
net OF a politician who has set his am
| bition upon the leadership of his party
| in the next presidential campaign, and,
from the scum on the top to the mire
at the bottom, il seined the waters of
| the political pond
The governor, not in the least sbashed
| by the knowledge that he was the spon-
sor for the policy which resulted in the
| crushing defeat of his party last No
| vember, is the first to step forward to
| ask that its standard be placed in his
hands in the next contest; and in doing
| this he leaves none of the resorts of the
demagogue unused
Painting an exaggerated picture of
the condition of the country, which, by
| the way. is the legacy of the republic
| an party, he denounces the democratic
party because it has not already brought
relief.
Proclaiming that If the democratic
president will announce his purpose to
/ adhere to the republican financial pol
| icy confidence will be restored and
prosperity be assured, he denounces
| that president for not entering at once
| upon a different policy.
Abusing President Cleveland because
he has not declared his intention to call
| an extra session of congress, he ignores
| the publicly-declared intention of Presi-
dent Cleveland to call an extra session
| OF congress.
Indicting the democratic party be
| cause it has not made good the prom
| ises of its platform, he condemns the
democratic party because it proposes to
make good those promises
Repudiated overwhelminCly by the
people of the country as a tariff maker,
he breaches to them that he Is the only
living tariff god, and that. all who do
not believe in him shall be damned .
Excoriating the democrats because
they intend to carry out the principles
OF their platform, he pats the demo-
Gratis on the back ana invites them to
vote for him, because he says they have
repented since the election and do not
intend to carry out the principles of
their platform
Responsible more than any other one
man for the present unsettled condition
of industry and commerce, he poses as
the one man who should dictate our
economic policy.
Saying all he can to create a lack of
confidence in the patriotism, honesty
and intelligence of the administration
which must direct the government, he
pirates platitudes about the duty of all
good citizens to help inspire faith and
dispel apprehension
Committing himself to wholesale
pension jobbery, he ISLANDERS without
hesitation Washington, Jefferson and
Garfield.
Gov. Mckinley, estimab1e as he may
be as man, must now be looked upon
for the next three years as politician
Of the carnivorous> gramnivorous, ON
niyorous stripe. What a commotion
among the woodcoczs would be caused,
even as the deliverance of such a politi-
clan, if the last woodcock had not long
ago fed from Ohioi-Louisville Courier
Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
MONEY SPENT AT THE FAIR.
So Far 1t Hardly Comes Up to the EsSi-
mate-The Outlook Good.

So Far 1t Hardly Comes Up to the E:sei-
mate-The Outlook Good.
Much brain matter has been expended
in estimating the average amount of
money spent by visitors at the exposi-
ton after entering the gates Paul
Blackmar, chief of the department of
collections, said few days ago that
while he had some figures based on the
first months returns he could not, in
justice to the exposition. give them out
until a more definite average had been
arrived at.
At the opening of the fair it was Mr..
Blackmar's estimate that the average
expenditures of each visitor, exclusive
of admission fee, would be between
fifty and sixty-five cents. For the first
month, however, it is not believed that
the figures are quite so large.
The returns for May show that the
larger the attendance the smaller the
average amount spent within the gates
by each visitor. Mr.. Blackmar does
not believe that this state of affairs will
continue during the remaining months
of the exposition.
''Our big days" he said, shave been
holidays, when the thousands of work.
ing people living in Chicago came to
the park, bringing their lunches with
them. They did not come to spend
money and had no money to spend.
When the railroads begin to bring in
excursion parties and the percentage of
people from out of the city attending
the fair grows larger. 1 feel sure that
the average daily expenditure of each
visitor will also grow larger. 1t is also
doubtless true that the nearer the ex-
position draws to a close the more will
people buy souvenirs and memorials of
the great fair. In this way the amount
of money spent inside the gates viii be
greatly increased"
The original estimate of the depart
ment of concessions was that the expo
sition would net five million dollars as
its share of the receipts of concession
naires. and they have as yet no reason
to change it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

ington in 1S41, while the poet was Wis
iting some friends in that village.
Residents of that quiet retreat believe
that the poem was originally written
there. and they point to an old chest
nut tree beside the old Talburtt house
as the identical spot where the lines
were written; but they are mistaken.
Sitting there with his young friend,
George Talburtt, the final revision was
made.
In the year 1912, upon the recon-
mendation OF Daniel Webster and
other friends, he was appointed by
President Tyler as consul to Tunis,
Africa In 1S45 he was recalled by
President Polk, and was reappointed
to the same consulate by President
Zachary Taylor, in 1851, upon the ur-
gent solicitation of Daniel Webster.
He did not long survive this appoint
ment. He was then sixty-two years Of
age and died at his post April o, 1852.
In the Protestant cemetery, at Tunis,
his remains were inferred and there
they rested, seemingly forgotten, until
1858, when Mr.. Corcoran caused their
removal to their present home. The
cost of their transfer, the erection of
the monument, the panoply and pomp
of the funeral nobody ever knew, for
the philanthropist told no one nor did
he leave any memoranda by which his
executors could ascertain. Mr.. Cor
coran was very wealthy and reckoned
not the cost of any good deed.
It seems but yesterday that the fu-
neral procession and ceremonies were
held. President Arthur and all of the
members of his cabinet; military and
civic societies; eminent and distin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
THE WASHING MACHINE.

The big machines are run by Zulus, who
are brought from the mines for the pur-
pose of demonstrating the workings.
These savages are dressed in short
trousers only. They refuse to wear
anything else, and under these they
have their native trousers, if such they
can be called.
The method of cleaving the diamonds
to prepare them for. cutting is shown by
skilled workmen, and then the dia-
monds are polished after being out. All
the processes are carried or In full
view of the audience, for whose es-
pecial benefit elevated platforms have
been erected about the machinery.
Thus the production of diamonds, from
the mining of the blue earth in which
the native gems lie imbedded to the last
touch given the polished crystal, win be
shown.
The gigantic Zulus who are constant
ly on guard over the exhibit are in
themselves something wonderful to be-
hold. One of them, called big Jim,"
is great chief who participated in the
late Zulu war. He is a man-killer, if
reports be true, and would most
likely make it interesting for any
night prowler who undertook TO tres
pass upon. his preserves. From the
waist up these natives of the cape are
clad only with bears claws, strung
about their necks, but the neither por-
ton of their costumes is suggestive Of
an acquaintance with some American
Cheap john clothing establishment.
It does not take the rude, 11ntutored
child of nature long to get into the
''swim' when he comes to Chicago.
In a case that is guarded by the Zu-
lus is collection of what might be
taken for ordinary crystals, but which
in reality are diamonds in the rough,
aggregating in value somewhere near
one million dollars. The clay that is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The republicans of Iowa went at
the gubernational boom of Col. Clark
son so savagely that it died ga bornin-"
Detroit Free Press.
Gov Mckinley says the republic
an party twas organized in convic-
ton" Well, it was also disorganlzed
in conviction Let the sentence be
passed--N, Y. World
If Gov. McKinley's state admins
tration is an illustration of his abilities
as a political economist, how much
ought his tariff ideas to be WORTH
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mckinley has been renominatec
by the Ohio republicans on the great
philosophical principle that an applica-
ton of the hair of the dog will cure
.he bite.-Chicago Herald
The record thus far goes to show
that President Cleveland is much more
expert as fisherman than is ex-Presi-
dent Harrison As to duck-shootinp
one seems TO be about as much of a
statesman as the other.-Detroit Free
Press
The strongest words of COM
mendation which Gen Grosvenor could
find to say of the Mckinley bill at Co
lumbus were that ssit is the nearest 40
proaeh to free trade we have ever had"
And this of a measure which was
passed avowedly ''to check imports
and which is the platform of the party
whose war cry is that the democrats
propose to ruin the country with free
charlottesville Courier-JournaL
Disclosures of the scandalous
habits which prevailed in the social and
political circles of the queens court af-
ford perfect reasons for change of the
Hawaiian government. but they do not
affect the problem of annexation Mr..
Cleyeland's conduct of the annexation
question is a lesson to the world Here
tofore nations have grabbed after new
territory with the Ill manners and
thoughtlessness of children Mr.
Cleveland has acted on the theory that
connection with the United States is a
favor which another nation should seek
and that a proposition must be accom-
panied with unexceptionable reasons
A people which come under United
States institutions gain more than they
can possibly Qive--Kansas CITY Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
JAPAN'S FINE ART

Oriental Paintings That Were Recently
Opened to the Public.
The opening of the japanese exhibit
in the Palace of Fine Arts a few days
ago drew great many people, who
went away delighted as well as aston
ished at what they saw
The entrance to the exhibit is guarded
on one side by great bronze eagle, on
the other by a bronze cast of protect
ing deity. A bas-relief of dragons in
clouds, done in bronze, stands Just be-
yond. and near by is representa- ton
of the Kasaka paSoda, an exquisite
piece of carving. At the entrance
hangs magnificent tapestry of silken
chrysanthemums, and a painting of
carps by Tulxok, greatest of japanese
artists.
There are several landscapes, quiet
and restful, in black and white, the
finest being by Hashimoto Gaho. Fish
and birds predominant, and there is one
magnificent tiger.
A magnificent bronze is that OF a
stump with rooster perched upon it,
while ON the ground beside it Is the old
hen with her brood The long tail
feathers in bronze are supple enough to
have been transferred from the living
to the bronze fowl
The entire exhibition is a revelation
In japanese art.
MONEY talks Yes, but never gives itself
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
INTERESTING LECTURES.
Forestry, Agriculture and Live Stock {
BE Discussed at the Fair.

Forestry, Agriculture and Live Stock to
he Discussed at the Fair.
Chief Buchanan is preparing pro-
gramme for a series of lectures or talks
on subjects relating to forestry, agri-
culture, horticulture and live stock, to
take place in the assembly hall adjoin-
ing the Agricultural building. The
lectures will begin June 10, and the
first ten days will be devoted to subjects
relating TO forestry. 1t is the inten-
ton to have these lectures compiled and
if possible published in some perma-
nent form hereafter. The subjects to
be covered are: Tree Planting" 1.-THE
Science of Forestry" woods OF
North America" woods of South
America" ''Woods of Europe" 1.-The
Woods of Africa ''The Woods
of ASIA" 1.-THE Woods of Australia, {"
Effect of Forest on Climate" Culture
and Care of Seedlings Government
Legislation and Control of Forests"
Diseases of Forest Trees" Effect of
Grazing Woodlands Insects Injurious
and Beneficial to Forest Trees" s'Shade
and Shade Trees,'' Effects of Careless
Lumbering," Care of Woodlands.
Among the persons invited to discuss
these topics are: Prof B. E. Fernow,
chief forestry division United States
department of agriculture; Prof C. S.
Crandall, Fort Collins, Ia; r. W. Fur
mas. Brownsville, Neb.; Prof c. B.
WaldroE, State Agricultural college,
Fargo, 8. D.: Prof. John c. Smock,
Trenton, n. J.; Robert Hudson, j. P,
New South Wales; Alfred B. King,
commissioner for Liberia; j. j. Grinlin-
ton, commissioner for Ceylon; Prof c.
s. Sargent, New York; DIR. Charles
Mohr, Mobile. Ala; I'll. 2. Kelsey, Linn
vile, N c.; Prof E. r. Lake, Pullman,
Wash; Prof. John Peasley, Cincinnati,
O.; E. B. Southwick, Central Park, n.
Y The lectures will be free to all ~
itors at the fair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
JUNE'S FLORAL DISPLAY.
"Uncle John" Thorpe Provides a Fin
Programme for the Month.

"Uncle John" Thorpe Provides q Fine
Programme for the Month.
June is fine month for flowers as
as well as for weddings and will not
be ignored by ''Uncle John" Thorpe
and his assistants During the latter
part of May the great flower beds about
the big greenhouses have blossomed
with display of pansies and tulips
that have challenged the admiration Oh
observers.
This month the pansies will be in ali
their glory. Tulips will be about out,
but there are many other flowers to
take their place. Peonies will be out
in the greatest profusion. The big red
and white blossoms will make the
flower beds about the greenhouses look
like natural carpets. On the wooded
island all the hardy Towering plants
will be in bloom and that will be the
prettiest spot in the fair grounds.
Roses will not be forgotten. nor will
they be missed in the floral display for
the month The great variety of the
flower affords an opportunity for un-
commonly fine displays, and the chances
will be made the most OF. Designs will
be worked out in them, and the display
i'll be literally ''acres of roses.''
RhododendronS are flowers of great
beauty and adaptibility for display
work, and they will be found by their
admirers in profusion. So will the
campanulas, pretty, bell-shaped blue
flowers. So far no particular displays
have been arranged for special days,
but later such plans will be matured
All in all, the floral features for the
month of June will be upexcelled dur
ing the time of the fair. 1T will be the
month par excellence for lovers of
nature in flowers and foliage to go to
Jackson T,arly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
FRESH FISH.
How the Young Fry Are Hatched Out In
the Government Building.

How the Young Fry Are Hatched Out IN
the Government Building.
You can see fish Matching by the mill
lion in the northeast corner of the Gov
eminent building, where the fish COM
mission has its display. There are
myriads of yellow and pike perch
breaking out of their tiny globular ge-
latinous eggs there every day. Some
of them are fed to the big fish IN the
aquariums and some are turned loose
in the lake. The process of the fish
hatchery seems simple enough. but the
commission people want it under
stood that it took a long time to per-
feet it.
The impregnated eggs are brought
into the exhibit in big cans nearly every
day. They are put into glass jars and
slow currents of lake water at the nat
ural temperature are kept flowing
slowly through them The eggs look
like a mass of translucent jelly glob-
ules. One jar will contain as high as
$50, 900 perch eggs. It takes from TWEEN
ty days upward, according to tempera-
ture, for the eggs to hatch Each fish
as it matches seems to consist of two
tiny black spots which are eyes and an
infinitesimal strip Of geIatine, which is
the rest of the fish They can all swim
though at great rate right from the
start, and as the young fry are drawn
off through the escape tubes of the jars
into watts that contain million or more
exceedingly fresh fish they seem to be
always on the go.
OF the eggs that are being Matched
now, those of the pike perch. known
generally as ''wall-eyed pike" come
from Lake Erie. The yellow perch
eggs come from the aquarium. Within
a few days the commission expects to be
Matching black spotted trout eggs
brought from Leadville, Col, and later
in the season shad, lake trout and Cali
fOrnia salmon
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

and they pass it by with but little more
than a passing glance. OF course they
couldn't make away with any of it if
they wanted to, as there are always
plenty of lynx-eyed guards about, but
it seems strange that SO much loose
wealth does not attract more attention
than it does
In the Montana section of the Mining
building the other day an oldish couple
paused before the silver statue of JUS
tice worth seventy-fve thousand dol
lars on a pedestal of gold worth two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

to sorter who spreads them out on a
table and looks for the diamonds. The
exhibit is one of great interest, in that
the entire process of getting diamonds
is shown. First. there are shown pic
lures of the mines and the methods of
getting out the ''blue earth" or dia-
mondiferous soil. Then begins the
practical part of the show. The ma
chimes for disintegrating the rock and
dirt, washing it and getting the dirt
away from the stones are shown.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
To Avoid sagging Seams.

In making up skirts of all sorts, ey-
cept those of rigid materials, it must
not be forgotten that only a bias stay
fabric should be used. 1t is out of the
question to keep a skirt in perfect
shape if the seams are staid with tapes.
In spite of all care they will sag on
either side of the tape, thus making
the skirt into series Of sca1lops- II
worn on a damp day the tape shrinks
and increases this annoyance. Some
of the most expensive skirts have beer
entirely remodeled after one or two
wearings by following out the mis-
taken and foolish notion of rigid tape
stay pieces
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

after looking it over for a few moments
the woman said:
81 wonder what that figger is made
out Of? I suppose it's lead, amt it?''
eyes, 1 guess SO" said the man, care
lessly, ''it's lead or tin, mebby," and,
without deigning a look at the largest
block of gold in the whole country,
they passed on and became deeply in
terested in pile of coal in an adjacent
exhibit.
Several of the mining states of the
west have made extensive and elabo-
rate exhibits of ores and minerals. and
in some cases the displays of agates
and crystals are extremely beautiful
and artistic. The facade of the Cali
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

I to be worked is put up in strong sacks
and is as jealousy guarded as any
other portion of the exhibit.
This is indeed a wonderful sight and
one that will draw to the Mining
building a great many people who
have read all about the production of
diamonds but have never had an oppor-
tunity of witnessing the operation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
PHQh2hlY.

'sI wonder what mans sensations
are when he is struck by ightning?'
said Dawson.
ssI should think he'd feel more o,
less thunderstruck." said Hicks--Har
per's Bazar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
Legal Opinion.

| Young Mani wish your opinion, sir,
as to whether your daughter would
make me q good wife.
| Lawyer-No. sir, she would not. Five
| dollars, please.-Bostca Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

belle in the matrimonial market that the
chrome does to pound CT tea on Vesey
streel-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

guished citizens, not only Of Washing.
ton, but of cities and towns all along
the Atlantic coast, united in this tardy
effort to honor the memory of a man
as good as he was great. The hillside
was thronged with people, and the
ceremonies concluded with the singing
of Home, Sweet Home by one hun
dred voices, accompanied by the com
plete Marine band.
The life of John Howard Payne was
a homeless life. While friends were
almost numberless, and appreciation
of his genius was manifested during
his lifetime as it seldom is done until
after the lamp of life has gone out; yet
he was wanderer by choice, and well
calculated by his environments to
write the lines which are sung in every
home and are doubly dear to all who
absent themselves from loved ones.
His early education. was undertaken
by his father, who was professional
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
TREASURES OF EARTH.
Enormous Wealth in Gems and
Minerals at the Worlds Fair.
Piles of Precious Metals from the West
ern States and Diamonds in the Rough
from South Africa-Odd Notes
of Interest.
Especial Chicago Correspondence. ]

Especial Chicago Correspondence.
There is in the various departments
Of the worlds fair enough mineral
wealth exposed to the gaze of the thou
sands of visitors each day to furnish
ransoms for several kings, and high
priced kings at that. Piled up in gilt
tering profusion in the different state
exhibits in the mammoth Mines and
Mining building and in the state build
ings of several of the western states
there are gold and silver bearing ores
enough to make mountain of riches,
and nodded into various forms through
out the fair there is enough more of the
precious metals to make a great many
men independently wealthy. Aside from
this there is among the multitude of ex-
hibits, in the form of watches, jewelry
and ornaments. an enormous amount OF
gold, silver and precious stones, sur
passing in quantity and richness any
thing of the kind ever before placed on
exhibition in this country.
People who have barely enough of
the ''needful' to keep them on a peace
footing with the butcher, the baker and
the rest stroll about among the golden
ores with as much unconcern as if they
were gazing on SO much worthless rock.
There, close to their hands, are riches
enough to enable them to retire per-
manently FROM active business pursuits,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22

MONEY talks Yes, but never gives itself
sEay--Worid's Fax Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-27
Specimen Cases.

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