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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23
In LITERARY CIRCLES.

Ouida dislikes Observation-Disclosures
it as persecution, sometimes almost
diabolical.
-
It is reported that William Waldorf
Astor has contracted to pay Robert
Louis Stevenson S15, 900 for his next
novel.
~
The copyright OF Uncle Toms Cab
inn expired year ago, but the play
will doubtless continue to draw crowd
ed houses.
-
This story is attributed to Emerson:
On being asked what he Iectured for,
he replied Fame" what do you
mean by that?" enquired the other.
Fifty and my expenses"
-
Ambitious young writer's can find
food for reflection in a remark made by
the hero in ''Ships That Pass in the
Night: MANY of US had better be
busting books than writing them"
-
Wife-''At Mrs. Greenfern's recep-
tion met Miss Slingerof- Ink, author
Of the latest literary sensation"
HUSBAND Horribly ugly woman,
isn't shea"
why, yes. How did you know?"
"She described her heroine as not
strictly beautiful, but irresistibly fas-
cinating." ."-Life.
-
1t is so refreshing to find a novelist
who daFes to depart from the beaten
path Of presenting youth and beauty to
the exclusion of the more enduring
qualities of humanity. Miss Beatrice
Harraden. author of that admirable
modern novel, ''Ships That Pass in the
Night" is to be congratulated for such
an innovation. The heroine interests
and delights the reader. yet she is
neither young nor beautiful,
~
Prof. Richard q. Moulton, of Cam
bridge, England, in an address before
the American Educational Association
at Asbury Park, on July 13, said that
the newspaper and the magazine are
destroying the power to read real liter
ature, and of the two he thinks the
magazine is the more harmful. In
answer to the frst charge it may be
said that the newspaper, while it should
conform to a certain literary standard,
is purveyor of news-a ecFamsreis'
necessity; whoever is robbed 90 his
t"SSe " -g it has not
- ~ ''9'' .or the magazine, it has
u invested with an undeserved
nalo by the egotism of it's publishers
and a species of intellectual snob-
berry" among its readers, who are prone
to regard it's entire contents as stan
dard work.
Haniiin Garland contributes an able
article to the August Forum, from
which can be CLEANED his ideas of
American literature, or rather what it
should be. His first condition is, that
it shall be faithful to American condi
tions. The American writer, to use a
word of Mr.. Garland's own coinage
must be a''veritist" That is, he must
write of the probable, not the impossi-
BILE; of the natural, rather than the ex-
ceptional or sensational; of the present
rather than the past. The last chapter
need not necessarily record the mar
riage of the lovers. The academia
occurrence, upon which so many plot:
depend, has no place in Mr.. Garland;
idea of literature. In short, American
literature must portray life a:
it is not as some author
has imagined it to be; life as it is seer
in the street or market-place, and mo-
as it appears in the study. The con
ventional and traditional must be laiC
aside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

THE A. z. A. captured the Missouri
state convention, notwithstanding the
bitter protests of some of the brightest
and most active young men of the
party. who opposed the arraying of that
party against the believers in the Cath
olic religion. =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

NOMINATE a complete democratic
ticket next Saturday and let US make
an oId-time, square-toed fight for
democracy all along the line. That is
the way to build up party.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

ALL THE Western Kansas papers are
Publishing items OF different men in
their localities who are digging wells
and preparing TO irrigate next year
This is the sort of business that will
make Western Kansas get up and
hump in the near future.-Kansas
Breeze.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23
WHITLOW.

ONE Stryker, a member of the state
board OF education, is about the most
unpopular man in Kansas, especially
with the school teachers. Stryker pre-
pared the questions in arithmetic for
recen. examinations. They were puz-
zles, it is said, rather than questions,
and teachers had trouble solving them.
Out in Dickinson county SO out of $50
applicants fell down on arithmetic.
The teachers now abuse Stryker worse
than the farmers did Todd when he
assaulted the agricultural industry of
the state. Stryker runs business
college at Great Bend, and it is said he
got his questions out of book he wrote
some years ago.-Kansas City Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

1t is amusing at this distance to
watch Great Bend and Larned papers
cast jealous slurs at each other while
Ellinwood continues to do more busi-
ness than either of them.-Advocate.
MY DEAR Advocate, you never were
more mistaken in your life than when
you insinuate that Great Bend is jeal-
Gus of such an Insignificant little viii
lage as Larued The slurs and the
jealousy are all on one side-on the
side of our neighbor on the west.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

Ouida dislikes Observation-Disclosures
it as persecution. sometimes almost
diabolical.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

WHEN man goes to a Kansas drug
store two or three times a week-and
often as many times day-and takes
a solemn oath that he is SICK and needs
liquor of some kind, he soon gets in the
habit of looking Cpon an oath as a
trivial matter, and is just as liable to
hold the same opinion of an oath when
on jury or in a witness box. Yet
there are men, and good men too, who
profess to believe that the law which
educates the drinking people to this
disregard of the meaning of an oath Is
good thing for our state
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

CHESTER LONG is devoting good
lot of his time, in his speeches in this
district, to an abuse of the democrats.
In Pawnee county there were large
number of democrats out to hear him,
denouncing the best men in the party,
went home determine ed TO do everything
in their power to prevent his going to
Washington as representative of this
district. And the same feeling pre-
walls all over the district where Chester
has got off his trade OF abuse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

It is reported that William Waldorf
Astor has contracted to pay Robert
Louis Stevenson S15,OO for his next
novel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

The copyright of Uncle Toms Cab.
in" expired a year ago, but the play
will doubtless continue to draw crowd
ed houses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

This story is attributed to Emerson:
On being asked what he Iectured for,
he replied Fam, what do you
mean by that?" enquired the other.
Fifty and my expenses"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-23

Ambitious young writer's can find
food for reflection in a remark made by
the hero in "Ships That Pass in the
Night: MANY of US had better be
busting books than writing them"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
GrantSVilIe.

Sheriff Wegman and wife were in
town visiting relatives over Sunday.
Rev George A. Royer and wife,
eff Accident, spent last week in town
among friends and relatives.
Prof. Reeser, Of Franklin, Pa,
gave an entertainment in the school
house on the evening of August 1st.
A large crowd attended the re-
opening of the Reformed church on
last Sunday. The affair was a sue
cess financially and otherwise. Rev.
Leader, of Salisbury, preached the
opening sermon, and the music was
furnished by the choir of the st.
Paul congregation of Keim, Pa.
Miss Mary Bill, of Racine, Wis. :,
and Mrs. Henry Bill, of Wheeling,
W. Va, are stopping at Mr.. Chas.
Bills.
Mr.. &. W. Somerville and family
have moved from his place to
Hyndman, Pa.
ReY. j. j. Young, D. D., of New
York, arrived in town and will
remain for some time. He will
preach in the Lutheran church on
the morning of August 18th in
German, and in the aftGrno57r- in
English.
Mr.. Nathaniel Slicer and wife
and Mr.. Joseph Blocher and family
attended the re-openlng on Sunday
last.
Miss Alice Weible returned to
her home in. Cumberland last week.
Mr.. Henry Wagner and family,
Rev. j. j. Young and family, Rev.
George A. Roger and wife, e. Doerr
ana sister and Thos. H. Bittinger
attended the reunion picnic Of the
Lutherans of Somerset county, Pa.
held at Yoders Station, Pa, on
August 9th.
Mr.. Samuel Sheets and family,
Of Frostburg, were in town Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Mr.. Thomas B. Wiley and wife,
of BittInger, spent Saturday night
and Sunday in town with his
mother law, Mrs. Winterburg.
OCCASIONAL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 1894.

A DISPATCH from Rome to the
London Times of July 25 states
that in the fortnight preceding $50
anarchists were arrested, and since
May no fewer than $500 haye
been taken in custody. Large num-
bers have been released, and it is
computed that 1000 of them have
sailed for America. This is hardly
a desirable addition to our popnla-
ton. Congress will do well to con-
slider whether any law it may pass
to regulate immigration may not be
so framed as to exclude an clement
whose creed leads it to plot the de-
struction of all government.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
TALK ABOUT SUGAR.
Iron Ore and Coal Are Also
Discussed.
RAW MATERIALS ARE WANTED
BY the House COnferrees, Who Do Most
of the TaIl<ing-Senate Members Grow
ing Impatient-Want Either an Agree
ment or Disagreement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The tariff con-
ference was entirely subordinate to the
house caucus and was devoid of inter
esting features. The conferrees held
two brief sessions during the day and
discussed the coal and iron ore ques-
tons, besides revertlug to the sugar
schedule. The talk, however, served to
no purpose, except to emphasize the
fact that the disagreement is still I'M
broken and that very little if any prog
ress is being made The purpose of
taking up the sugar schedule again
cannot be learned 1t is also impossi-
BILE to ascertain what reason the house
conferrees assigned for declining to &C
cept the sliding scale on coal and iron
ore proposed by the senate conference.
1t would appear from all information
that can be secured that without giving
any special reason they resumed their
argument for free raw material.
1t has come to be understood that in
these meetings the house members are
doing the greater part of the talking
and that the senators have come to be
very impatient listeners. The yielding
of Senator Voorhees, has led the house
conferrees to the conclusion that other
conqUests are possible. On the other
hand, the senators have not concealed
their impotence at the delay and the
senate cOnferrees have expressed and re-
expressed their conviction many times
during the past week that if an agree
ment is not soon reached the situation
demands the reporting of another dis
agreement. This sentiment found utter
anc9 more than once and being reported
in the senate chamber led to the general
circulation of the report that either an
agreement would be reached or a dis
agreement decided upon today. When
asked as to the foundation for this re-
port one OF the senate conferrees stated
that it was among the possibilities. but
he would not say that it was possible.
There are some indications that an
early conclusion of the conference NAV
be brought about. One of these is found
in the fact that Senator German has
been making careful investigation of the
status of the bill in case a report should
be made. Certain of the conservative
senators have been very impatient of the
delay in conference. and it is known
that resolution discharging the confer
rees from the further consideration of
the bill and receding from the sugar
schedule was drawn up by one of them
on Monday, and would have been pre-
sented on that day but for the interior
ence of members of the conference COM
mittee. There is still talk of the POSSIBLE
ity of such motion, but it will not be
made except with the consent of the
senate conferrees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

of shame on the face Of every true,
patriotic and loyal American citi
zen. They will save the money,
perhaps, but the suffering and the
misery which this saving entails
will hang as Il milestone about the
neck Of the Democratic party and
will eventually drag 1t down into
that OBLIVION which it so richly
deserves.
Can any man, knowing the treat
ment which the defenders of the
constitution and the saviours of his
country are receiving at the hands
of this Administration, longer
countenance, give aid and comfort
to the Democratic party?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
Deer Park.

The farmers are busy harvesting
their oats: The straw is short but
the heads are well filled.
Between one and two o'clock on
last Sunday morning thieves broke
into Mr.. W. G. Jones store. They
got the safe OUT to he door and
there loaded it on a truck and
hauled it about twenty-five yards
when the truck gave way and the
safe 'ell to the ground. They then
broke the knob and part Of Que of
the hinges off. By this time Mr..
Jones was there and raised an
alarm. He tried to shoot but. for
some reason his revolver wou4G not
work. Mr.. S. P. Specht and others
arrived and the thieves then ran
along the boiling spring road. They
fired a shot just as they crossed the
railroad but whether it was at Mr..
Jones or not 1 cannot say. The
robbers had horses a short distance
out of town ready to mount. Had
they succeeded in opening the safe
they would have received a poor re-
ward for their labor, for there was
only about one dollar in it. They
got one or two dollars out of the
tills, two or three pairs of shoes and
about thirty-fve dollars worth of
postage stamps, as the post office is
IN the store. In their hurry to get
away they lost one pair of shoes.
The thieves entered the carriage
shop of Miller Bros and there
found tools with which to do their
work.
There will be a meeting in this
place on Saturday evening next for
the purpose of electing trustees for
the Union church and to make ar
engagements for the re-opening of the
same. All interested are invited to
attend, particularly the old trustees
if there are any living.
Late arrivals at Mountain Home
cottage, Miss N. S. Murray, Balti-
more; Misses L. o. and Bessie
Fishback, and Mrs. II. Birney and
family, Washington.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
Pensions.

1t will be remembered that the
Administration, in making up its
estimate for the expenses of the
Pension Bureau for the present
year, made very material reduction
from that of the preceding year.
1t was question IN the minds of
a good many old soldiers how this
saving could be effected when they
knew that the pension roll was
being still augmented.
The why's and wherefores of this
reduced estimate is being made
apparent to a great number of the
old soldiers and pensioners of Gar
rett county at this time, and it is
not half so hard for them to under
stand this lesson in Democratic
financial and pension methods. 1t
is a common occurrence, laterally,
to meet men coming from the post
office in this and other towns of
our county, with down cast faces,
with the suspicion of tear lurking
in their eyes, and If one takes the
pains to enquire the cause of their
detection he will be answered, 81
have received notice that my pen
sion has been either reduced or
entirely taken away"
OF course the Administration is
going to save that $25, 100000. OF
course they are going to show a
reduction in the expenses of the
Pension Department, but the meth
DDS and means by which this saving
is to be made should cause a blush
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
HORRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
4 Husband Cuts His Wife's Throat and
Then Suicides.

CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-Henry Russell,
colored, murdered his wife Carrie by
cutting her throat with a razor. He
then ended his own life by slashing his
own throat. The scene of the tragedy
was in the building in the rear of No.
6 South Sheldon street. The couple
lived on the second floor. Russell came
to the house and commenced quarreling
with his wife. In short time the
woman was heard screaming and sew
eral men who went to her assistance
were driven out by Russell, who threat
ened to kill them if they came back.
The police at the Lake street station
Were notified and Sergeant Ellwood and
Officer O'Connell were sent to the house.
Before they arrived Russell had cut his
wife's throat from ear to ear and then
taking the dying woman in his arms he
bore her to the window and hurled her
out into the yard.
He then stood at the window with q
bloody razor in his hand and looked
down upon the apparently dead form of
his wife. Before any one could enter
the house and seize him, the desperate
man drew the bloody razor across his
own throat. The first cash did not
seem to have any effect upon him and
he again brought the razor into play and
slashed and hacked at himself until he
fell dying to the floor. He expired IN,
short time.
The woman died while being taken to
the hospital. Russell had frequently
threatened to kill his wife if she did not
cease Quarreling with him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
Free Wool and It's Effect.

If wool be put on the free list the
American wool grower will haYe to
submit to the disadvantages of rails
ing wool in this climate on even
terms with his foreign rivals, who
do not have such difficulties to con-
tend with, and so without adequate
Protection must necessarily be
driven out of the business. Our
seventh largest agricultural indus
try, producing annually $G6, 900, 900
worth of wool land representing an
investment of 100000, 900 in
sheep, will be destroyed by Free
Trade. Sheep will be fattened and
will then be sent to market as food,
and focks will disappear forever.
Our food supply will in time thus
be decreased and our manufacturers
eventually will be driven to buy
their wool in London or in Austria
liza. Gold will thus be sent out of
the country again, increasing the
harmful influences that must follow
with the balance of trade perma-
nently against us. The wool grow
ers will be forced into some other
industry, They would probably
pillow up their present sheep pas
lures when the land is suitable and
raise wheat, of which we already
have an overproduction and a sur
plus. 1t is to the interest of Amer
lean farmers to diversity their in
dustries and to produce such articles
as will find a market at home in
stead of abroad. The present
administration favors the glut of
few products with their consequent
to the producers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
Communicated.

To the Editor of the Republican.
Primarily the people are rcspon-
sible for the condition of their
schools. It they want good schools
they can have them, and if satisfied
with poor ones they are sure to be
OF that character. Determine that
your schools shall take rank with
the very best in the State.
| have read three articles pub
liShed in the last two issues of THE
REPUBLICAN. TO be frank | am
not in sympathy with any one of
them as a whole. The right spirit
is not manifested-simply laying
the foundation for a general wrang-
ling which will resultin great injury
to our schools. This we cannot af-
ford. Our schools are poor enough
now.
| believe now, under existing cir
cumstances, that to pass the bond
bill would be wise. | see no other
way to save our schools, The
small increase in taxation would be
insignificant compared with the loss
our children would sustain should
the bill be defeated-an inestlmable
loss to them and our school term
cut down to about two months-a
little better than no school. Let
us then do all we can for better
schools,
1t appears now as if it is Oakland
VS.. The County or The County VS..
Oakland. | am not citizen of
Oakland but feel that as a people
our interests are common. | will
also say that think our school au-
thorities have made a mistake in
going ahead to build in Oakland.
1t is surely premature. They should
have waited for the result of the
election. We believe and all others
are with us, that Oakland needs
school, building; in fact | believe
she ought to have two and that the
two could have been built for much
less than the one now in course of
erection and would have been more
satisfactory to the people even of
Oakland.
The frequent reference made that
District No. Z pays about fourth
or one-ffth of all the taxes cut no
figure as an argument for the action
taken by the School Board. The
tax rate is the same all over the
county and the poorest district in
the county is entitled to the same
consideration as the wealthiest.
Give all the children of the county
an equal chance.
Let us as people be unit for
better schools. Yzx.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

About 800 men are at work at the Pull
man shops
Augustus Nicola Caine, the Frensh
sculptor, is dead.
The National Association of Dentists is
in session at Fort Monroe, Va.
The house judiciary committee has
recommended to exclude japanese.
The offices of the l.. A. w. have been
transferred from Boston to Chicago.
Pos tmaster General Bisssell has left for
Kennebunk port, Me-, to remain for a
week.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck Lake Shore express No. IL at Kess-
Ter, Ind.
From July % to Aug. 4; 313 new cases of
cholera and 240 deaths were reported in
St. Petersburg.
Geo. Wechselberger, a Chicago plumber,
in fit of jealousy, shot and instantly
killed Oscar Flesch.
j. L. G. Mowat, librarian of Pembroke
college, Oxford, England, committed sui
eide by hanging himself.
Zeimer & Co., New York drygoods
dealers, have failed for 100000.
The British steamer Culmore was in
jured in a collision with an unknown
schooner off Smiths Point, Md.
Mr.. Gray has introduced in the senate
resolution looking to having govern
ment printing done by contract
The business portion of the town of
Franklin, Ills, was destroyed by fire
The loss is not known, but will be heavy.
Thirty members of Carl Brownies army
captured train near Atlantic City, but
were driven off. Three of them were ar
rested.
The steamship Balmoral has arrived at
f3ravesend, England, from st. Petersburg
and reported that one of her seamen died
Of cholera.
Mr.. Shinichiro Kurino, the new Japan
Csc minister to the United States, is on
his way to this country and will arrive
next month.
In an attempt to wreck a Panhandle
passenger train in Chicago, an express and
baggage car were derailed. No other
damage was done.
Mr.. Brice of Ohio has introduced In the
senate bill for the appointment of a
public building commission Of three archi-
tects of high standing.
During the month of July the steamers
leaving New York have carried l9,96S en-
igrants back to Europe, while the incom-
ing steamers have brought only 1850
steerage passengers.
Adjutant General Tarsney was fined
$3.50 and cost by Judge Campbell at Colo
RADIO Springs, for contempt of court in
refusing to appear before the grand jury
at once and testify regarding the outrage
Of which he was the victim.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
Reduced Rates to Washington, D. C..

The biennial encampment of the
Supreme Lodge and grand encsmp-
ment of the Knights of Pythias of
the world will be held at the Ma
tio1al capital August 9th to Sep
TENDER 5th.
For this occasion the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Co. will sell round
trip tickets at reduced rates from
all points on its lines east of the
Ohio River, August 23rd to 28th
inclusive, valid for return trip until
September 9th; a further extension
of time to September 18th can be
secured, provided the ticket is Ge-
posted with the JOINT agent at
Washington, d. c., on or before
September 9th.
The rate from Philadelphia will
be $500, Pittsburg $500, Cumber-
land 1876, and correspondingly
low rates from all other stations.