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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
ICELAND a DESERT.
Interior of the Country a Howlfns Waste
of Sand and Ice.

Interior of the Country n Howlins Waste
OF Sand and Ice-
Iceland is little better than desert.
The peculiar confeuration renders in
tercourse difficult, and, along with the
barrenuess of the soil, makes the con-
ditions of existence strangely hard
People with so little to make life at
tractive might be pardoncdl if they were
to sink into stolid Indifference to
everything but the struggle to keep
alive, says the Atlantic
The size of Iceland is greater than
that of Ireland, and the population
numbers seventy thousand SOULS but
the only inhabitable portion is mar
row strip of pasture land extending
like a green girdle round the coast and
up the deep, narrow fordS The in
terror OF the country is hovvling waste
of sand and Ice, traverscd by darting
glacial rivers and utterly incapable of
supporting more than a few scattered
inhabitants Grass is the only consid-
erable crop. The hills and wales are
treeless and afford at best but scanty
pasturage for horses, COWS and sheep.
Roads and bridges scarcely exist
A Danish merchant at Rsykjavi1 has
wheeled carriage, but in the interior
Sucn conveyance Is unknown and
would be useless if known The backs
of horses are the only means of trans
portaton across country Small boats
carry travellers over dangerous rivers,
while the horses swim on ahead Hard
ly anything that ministers to comfort,
to say nothing of luxury, is produced
in Iceland. Every nail in an Icelandic
house, every pane of glass, every bit of
wooden flooring, every insignificant bit
of furniture, has to be transported
laboriously from one of the seaports to
its destination
That the Icelanders are poor goes
without saying. There is little or no
home market, for every Icelander has
the same products to sell as his neigh
Dor. The circulation of money is,
therefore, very small If a farmer has
direct dealings with the agents for
foreign markets, and is sufficiently
prosperous to have a little surplus each
year. he may handle little money, but
in general the trading at the seaports is
literally trading. An Icelander bar
tiers certain number of horses or sheep
or rolls of dried fish or bales Of hay for
a supply of groceries and other neces-
Saries of life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
A Scene from Life.

One day an editor went into black
smith shop and watched the proprietor
shoeing mule. After while the
editor lifted up his voice aud spake in
this wise:
well if couldn't shoe mule bet
ter than you can I'd tie a pond around
my neck and drown myself in it. That
poor beast is nearly crying, you hurt il
SO. You don't swing your hammer
properly; you don't use the right kind
of nails; you ought to chloroform the
the mule before going to work; you
shouldn't apply the shoe while it's hot
AS matter of fact, you don't know
any more about blacksmithing than
Secretary Morton's great white ground
hog knows about the weather. Why
don't you go and poison yourself, OF
hire somebody TO kick your old shop
into the river, or do somethingI"
The blacksmith looked da2ed for a
moment; then he smiled in sickly
fashion and said:
Il had made up my mind, before you
were half way througt with your
speech to give you such a licking tha,
your grandmother wouldn't know you
with a magnifying glass, but I guess
won't. The fact Is that intended call
ing upon you this afternoon to tell you
that you don't know how to run news.
paper; that you should devote more
attention 10 political economy and less
to patent medicines; that you should
throw more vigor into Your writings
that you should-but you know what
mean. Let us shake hands and call il
square. / guess you know as much
about running a newspaper as dc
about shoeing a mule"
Then these strong men embraced
each other and wept like children il
the red light of the soiithy fre, while The
urbape mule reached around and Kicked
itself on tue forehead to show that il
appreciated ever, thing Washingtof
News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
NEfGHB0RHo0D HAPPENINGS.
PAwNER ROCK.

ia
FTo'. the Leader
| M. r. Burnip and wife, of Sedalia
Mo-. are here visiting with Chas
Howell
day from Michigan where they had been
visiting
A man is coming all the way from
Switzerland this summer TO study farm
Ing in Kansas.
Dr. g. L. Koch has sold his interest
in ne drug store of Daniels 81 Koch
to Ton Morris,
". S. McDougal left Monday for
Colorado He will remain there sliort
time and then go to Texas.
MARRIED On Wednesday, April 5,
at Larned. James Hail and Miss Ger
trude DIiIngsr, both OF this place.
RuDe Barrons was not IN to take his
third ii, tns K Z. lodge Saturday night.
Cause, d bouncing BABY boy.
a prairie fire north west of here Fri
day did considerable damage. All otd
house and some sheds were burned.
Ii Marsh Murdock wants to be elected
governor in Kansas III two or four
years, ne mad better let up on his war
against Woman suffrage.
l. L. Guatiy returned from Hodge
MAIL county Sunday. Ike says he WAS
there turee day s wlthout seeing soul
and he ~onlj not live there for sec
tion or 5helr land.
Logan & Smith have had several
large trees transplanted in front Of
their store this week. Let others fol
low their example. A street with good
Shade trees along it would beautify The
town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
POLITICS IN CHURCH.

The Congregational church in this
city is III d faIr way 10 have some
trouble about their coming meeting
here in May. The matter started some
weeks ago, at meeting to arrange for
the entertainment of the visitors, when
some one announced that Governor
Lewelling and Secretary Osborne would
be here. Objection was raised to this
on the grounds that because OF the late
difficulty al Topeka, some OF the repub
iicans might not feel so religious in the
presence of these gentlemen. as without
them. The matter was dropped with
"A little soreness, which might have been
healed over by judlcious handling. But
on carefully looking over the ground.
the Invitation committee found that il
the governor and secretary should be
invited, there are a number of republi
can families in the church who would
not entertain any parties, and refused
TO have any thing to do with the meet
ing. When this bit of news came to
the ears of the populist members of the
church, some of them became indignant
at the stand their republican brethren
had taken and have refused to have
anything to do with tire meeting be-
cause such spirit prevailed. We
understand that the populIstS do not
take this stand because the committee
refused to ask the state officers, but be-
cause the members of the church
planted themselves on the opposition
and dared the committee to invite them.
Barton County Beacon.
Well. here is pretty kettle of fish!
Surely Kansas partizanship has run
mad. It is unfortunate that the COM
mittee on invitatian permitted the pro-
tests of few republican cranks to in
fuence them in the matter to the ex-
tent of withdrawing the invitation to
the governor of the state.
A good populist brother of this city
wrote to Rev. 2. Pinch. one Of the com
mittee, as to why the affront was thus
given the governor and his people and
received in a reply short, sarcastic
note, saying that Governor Lewelling
had become too prominent in politics. .
Wonderful indeed. The Rev. 2. Pinch
evidently does not want politics tof a
certain kind) to be recognized in his
church. He is particular about the
kind, it seems, for Judge Emery. of
Lawrence, one of the so called stal
warts, OF straightouts. who travelled
over the state with Bill Mitchell and
Crouch last fall, making speeches adj
vising democrats to vote the republican
ticket, and calling his dear brother in
the church -Lewelling-all sorts of
hard nampS HE Emery IL oil ricbt
and has place on the program.
We understand that there is another
brother, minister at Wichita, who is
democrat, but one Of the kind who
chose to stand by his party instead of
give aid to the republicans, TO whom
objection was also raised.
Verify, partizanship has run mad.
and the devil will dance in glee as lie
notes how the good shepherds of repub-
licanism are so zealously watching
their fiockS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

SECRETARY OF STATE. r. S. Osborne,
writes that his Office is now prepared
to distribute the public documents of
1891 and 1892. They contain the Gov
ernor's Message, the reports of the Ad-
ju:ant General, Secretary Of State, Au-
ditor of State, Treasurer of State. At
torney General Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction, State Board of Chari-
ties, Librarian, Directors and Warden
of the Penitertiary, State Agent, State
Dental Examiners, Mine Inspector,
Commissioner of Forestry, and Kan
sas State Soldiers Home. These books
are for general distribution, and if you
are willing to pay express on the same,
they will be sent you on receipt of re-
quest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

TIE election OF Carter Harrison as
mayor. Of Chicago shows what the
masses can do when they get stirred
up. The plutocrats and monopolists
fought Harrison, but the people out
numbered them 1t is we'll to remem-
Der that whenever the power of num-
bers can be called into play the masses
have the advantage and the plutocrats
will have to go to the wall.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Funny Kind OF Lunch.

a well-known New Yorker of con-
vivial habits has for many years. upon
his return home late at night, ,indulgedi in
a rice-pudding lunch. which was always
left on the kitchen dresser by his good
wife The other night he arrived horne
somewhat the worse for his days de-
bauch- In the dim light left burning
low he spied his fazorite dish and ate
the contents The next morning his
wife missed seven lace collars she hzd
left in the starch over nigh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

COLUMBIAN two cent stamps can be
purchased for one dollar each by cred
ulous people who expect to get steel
engraving of the great discoverer at
that price. They are offered for sale
by a sharper, who advertises splendid
steel engraving of Columbus for one
dollar" In exchange for a dollar he
sends stamp. and as the stamp is a
steel engra, ing, he complies with his
offer-Cimarro Jacksonian.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

THE adoption of the Australian bal
lot system will mark ap era in Kansas
politics. as it has in other states. There
are more voters in this state who vote
rs tteir masters dictate than many peo-
pie suppose. This reform will free
this class of votes, giving them a
chance to vote as they please. Every
man ought TO have the spirit 20 exer-
else this right anyhow. but many have
net that much spunk and should be
helpe out Troy Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

AT LEAST one point seems to be
definitely settled in regard to the fed
eral Offices in Kansas They will be
used in such way as to build up the
democratic and not the populist party,
ani the men who find fault with that
can'I be verg good democrats. - Chetopa
Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
EDITORIAL OOMkEET.

TIE Daily Press is such prominent
paper at Topeka that Editor Chapman
has to post up notices to his adver-
tisers that his columns are full and
no more ads can be taken. Long live
the Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

IF THE Kansas City Times would
convince the people of Kansas that it
is still democratic, it must give little
care as to its headlines. The stalwarts
may say that ''up to two years ago
Senator Martin was a republican" but
the people of Kansas know better.
Senator Martin has alwaJ been con-
sistent Democrat, and nothing but q
called stalwarts have been but recently
converted to democratic principles and
if the people understand the situation
as they believe they do the '.stalwarts'
still vote the republican ticket.-Alma
Signal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN is re-
ported to have said To a gentleman a
day or two ago, in speaking of the
future of the present political parties in
this country. that, In bis opinion, the
death knell of the republican party had
been sounded. The future Of the
democratic party is still undetermined, >
lican party has been accomplished and
its over rwheluSng defeat last fall marks
its complete and final overthrow"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
ELLiNwooD

Escm the Advocate
TIE trees are decorating themselves
III their new spring suits.
You may HOW shed Your heavy fan
mel underwear and take cold instead.
Christ Wagner, has accepted posi-
tion in one OF the mills in Great Bend.
BORN: To MIR and 1frs. Ed Bocke-
mohle on Thursday March 80, girl.
The kids about town have turned
their toes out To 2rass-that is they are
gong barefooted.
The K. OF p. ball.was successful
affair both socially and fiancially, as is
always the case with the dances given
by the boys.
Leo Bockemohle is now at his old
stand at tie Bank OF Ellinwocd, hav-
ing resigned his position with the First
National at Great Bend,
G. McClintock, and wife of Ration
n. NJ, were in the city few days last
week visiting among the friends and
IGldtlNSS Vi HIS VI llS Al tlllS CITY.
The total male vote Of Great Bend
was about the same as the total male
vote Of Ellin woOd, but the ladies of the
Bend do not seem TO have the same
self respect that the ladies of Elm
wood have.
John Klein, clerk at V. S Musil's
store, returned last Thursday from a
months rusticating iii the mountains
Of Colorado, and visiting relatives and
friends there. John is delighted with
his trip and thinks that country very
fine.
Farmers are complaining of the dry
weather running the wheat. You Will
please not get alarmed at this as every
crop we have ever raised in Kansas yet
has been ruined by the kick ers at about
this time of the year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

THIS is spring house cleaning time,
and The postmaster general is pntting
several irooms and scrubing brushes TO
work. He has not done much cleaning
in Kansas. to be sure; but that is be-
caase he is averss To tackiing the
d:rCisst places first
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
HDISINGTUN.

From ,he Blade.
1t rained on Easter Sunday and how
we may look tor rain on each of seven
Sundays.
The recently condemned farmers
sca.es are being reset and generally re-
pared ahd Will soon be made useful
| aSe.in.
| W E. Looney returned the first Of
the week from his two weeks trip to
st. Louis and Washington, but we
have as yet heard DO postotfice news.
| Joe Ii. Borders sold his residence in
the uorGhWest part of town Tuesday,
for 81 100 cath 20 G. ". Carr, who will
muye to town about tie first OF Septem-
| Der
| Well, the latest rumor is to the effect
that the new Missouri Pacific passen-
ger Tram, SO long looked and wished
| for, 50 earnestly hoped for and badly
needed, las proven another myth.
j NJ. Butler, j w. Johnston, p. Nc
Cory, ii. NJ. Brown and j NJ Carr re-
turned from Wichita last Friday night
where they had been called as wit
nesses IN tbs United States district
court.
| The base ba!.ists are preparing and
arranging their grounds on the south
SIDE OF town preparatory to an active
season. The grounds are 10 be fenced
ana an anpnltheater to accommodate
five bundred people viii be built, and
visiting teams will iind it profitable to
play on Hoisington's S diamond-if they
can make "a better score than our team.
| From the Dispatch.
! BoRN:-To Mr.. aud Mrs. Arthur
AnIicon ON Monday, April 3, d son
Chas Hall Is having house put up
northwest of town for his moth3r.
BORN: To Rev. aud Mrs. r. A.
Dadisman. GU Saturday, April /, d ten
pound ooy.
| S. B. Wood has purchased Geo.
Rapp's grocery stock and took possess
sion last week.
| Ii seems that nearly everyone who
| owns lot is making improvements
thereon aud it will not be many years
before there Will be scores of beautiful
shaded and grassy lawns i'll Hoisington.
| April 26th ill be big day in Hpis
ington. The anniversary Of ODD Eel
low-snip will be celebrated in this city
by ali the members OF the order IN the
county; the Catholic fair will be in
progress and the big ball game will be
another attraction. Come to HOising
ton On the 26!h If you want to have q
grand tine and see crowd of people.
CLAFLIN.
| = Have you ever stepped TO remember
that the first quarter of 50 has already
passed away?
George Tincher came in from Colo
RADIO last week to spend few days
with relatives and friends here.
Some enterprisiDg farmer can strike
a good lead by starting a dairy and
supply the town people with mills
The stock law ought to be inforced
in tie city. No shaded streets will
ever be seen here as long as stock is al
lowed to run at large.
There are several young men in town
| who prefer hard work to a light job.
| They bad rather hold $50 pound girl
all night than a 15 pound baby for IF
teen minutes.
,dsrs Gros. ard: of near here apd jim
Smith Of Holyrood were joined in the
bo.sls u 1sed'oclS OF Tuesday of last
! wrek, aud viii make HOlyruod theiI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
future home. We extend congratu-

lations.
There is move on foot to have tie
public well fitted up with new pump,
and thus furnish better accommoda-
tions for our farmer patrons. 1t is
something much needed and we hope
all will lend q helping hand.
G. Wednesday of last week 1fr.
Manka made his will, and prepared for
the end, which summons came on the
following day, when he passed quietly
away and beyond this vale of human
trials and tears. MIR. Manka had been
d sufferer for Some months from cancer
of the reetum, which slowly but surely
brought him nearer death s door. He
was an old and respected farmer whose
example in life might be followed with
profit by those who come after him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

FTossi the Leader
M. z. Burnip and wife, of Sedalia
Mo-, are here visiting with Chas-
Howell.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18

unfortunate in its editors, tho last
issne scorches the people of White
Salmon In great shape; says the Knu
son family cost the county Si0O. which
Is false as the able (?l editor of the
Sentinel knows, however, We consider
the source aId IL 1t does tho long
cared gentleman any good, let him
bray, II Is an asses nature to kick any.
way,
We understand that q, II. Palmer
has rented his ranch aud will make
his home in Hood River In the future,
We are sorry to lose any OF our good
citizens, and that is the class to which
MIR. Palmer belongs. The best wish
es of many friends 80 with them.
w. l.. Morris has moved into the
house formerly owned by l.. n. Blow.
ers.
The house of A. IL. Jewett was de-
stroyed by fire last week together with
the furniture, cooking utensils ctc.
Fort mately for Mr.. Jewttt he was In.
sursd, and consequently will not have
to stand all the loss.
I. a. Starnos who has been up In the
Okanogan country for the past wcel,
has returned. Aruos.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
The Spread of Influenza.

The outbreak of influenza is spreading
fast, with its customary concomitant of
n highly increased mortality from res
piratory affections. In the metropolis,
for one week, thirteen deaths were at
tributed primarily to influenza, the total
death rate being 1919 per 1000, or slight
ly less than the preceding week. Itmay
be noted that the death rate at Plymouth
for the week ending Nov. % was 3S3,
or precisely double what it was three
weeks previously, There has also been
a rise i'll the death rates of Newcastle
on-Tyue and Sunderland. Influenza con-
tinues to be very prevalent i'll Scotland;
it has appeared in u severe form ne
Sandy, one of the isles of Orkney. In
Glasgow it is said that it has never been
so widespread and severe rs at the pres
ent time, and almost the same is true of
Edinburgh. In both places the resources
of the profession have been severely
taxed
Abroad the accounts are of like i'm
port. At Berlin it has been prevailing
during the past month. 1t has been
very severe at Hamburg and Dusseldorf,
and is also spreading rapidly in the Sile-
sian provinces and Schleswig- -Holstein.
1t has appeared again in Paris, where
Professor Brouardel has stated that it
was responsible for 100 deaths during
one week. The Australian mails bring
accounts of the deaths of several promi-
nent Melbourne citizens from influenza,
and our New Zealand correspondent
also speaks of its prevalence.-London
Lancet.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
Calamity Rescued.

Five days ago pretty Kittie NJ. Hall,
of Mayhews, aged eighteen, came to
Sacramento. Att social party she met
Edward j. Farmer, prepossessing
young man of twenty-one. The liking
was mutual. Miss Hall said she had
left home temporarily to avoid the inn
portunities of an aged lover, who was
distasteful to her, though favored by
her parents because of his financial
ability.
I'm help you out of your difficulty, Sc
said the gallant young man.
How" she asked.
''I'll marry you myself. if you say the
word"
She flushed shyly, asked for a minute
in which to reflect, gave him permission
to obtain license and became Mrs.
Farmer.
The ancient suitor arrived soon after
the ceremony was performed. He went
straight to the county clerks Office, and
when informed Of what had happened
said, with some show of chagrin, That
settles it., and walked out.
Farmer and bride were invisible. He
is clerk in dry goods store on mod
est salary.-Cor. San Francisco Chron-
icla
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
4 POLITICAL WAITER.

The past winter has been a remark
able ole from political standpoint.
One Of the peculiar features being the
number of legislative dead-locks. Three
states, Wyoming Montana and Wash
ington, failing to eject senators. 1t is
quite probable that the senators ap-
pointed in consequence Of the failures
OF the legislatures to elect will not be
seated In Kansas the democrats had
senator elected for them by the pop
uiists. Ia Idaho, California and Ne
braska charges of wholesale bribery of
tie legislatures are made. and in Idaho
this charge is openly made by no less a
pvr>unage than the governor On top
OF ali Ills Senator Mitchell resolution
10 provide Tor amending the CouStitu-
tioA 80 that senators VIII be elected by
the people ought to have quick action.
The American house of lords is doomed
when once this change IS made, and a
man with brains will have an equal
chance to get there with the man Of
money or corporate influence.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
Death In q Big CITY,

The shadows of metropolitan life could
scarcely have a more CHASTITY illustra-
ton than in the case of the corpse Of the
old man at u Greenwich street window
staring into the windows of the elevated
cars for two days, the butt of the train
mems Christmas time humor. A little
while before was the killing and man
Cling of another man on the elevated al
most Immediately opposite a window
where sat his wife and child looking in
nocently out and wondering who it was
being carried away under the protecting
blanket.
We are wont to look upon the extraor-
dinary situations created by the novelist
and playwright with satirical severity,
but the pen of Sue, Dumas, Dickens and
of host of i1nitators never conjured up
from imaginations vivid with sesearch
and practical observation a more pa
thetically impressive picture than is pre-
sented in the dead man at the Greenwich
street window. Yet such things are so
common in New York that they are
swallowed up in the great maelstrom of
metropolitan events-forgotten in day.
New York Herald.