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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
PASSENGERS STILL WONDER.
They Can Only Guess What Highs Wife
Had to Say.

They Can Only Guess What Highs Wife
Had to Say.
Two cronies who evidently had not
seen each other before that day for
many a year were going home the other
night on a limits car. They had been
TO the lodge" or many lodges, and
were a little over the line used as
boundary of the condition known as
comfortable" They appeared well
to do, with gray boards. They were
unmindful of the other persons in the
crowded car, and had not impaired to
one another quite all the information
they had in store.
I'm not a millionaire" said the
taller one-can him Mr. High; mo, I'm
not a millionaire
The smaller man-call him Mr.. Short
thought for about fifteen seconds,
which is a long pause in n conversa-
ton, and responded: No, you're not;
neither am IL
The car rolled ahead about a block.
but I've got nice home, though; yes,
I've got a nice home and a nice wife
I've got fat of seven-no, six-rooms
and I've got ten thousand dollars worth
of books in en-
That's So" Clipped in Mr.. Short, for
want of something better to say.
Yes, SIR" continued Mr.. High, rails
ing his voice, though no one in the car
had lost a word of his previous CONVEX
sation. Yes, sir, I've got ten thou
sand dollars worth of books and nice
wife and a nice fiat, but I'm not a mil
Eonaire, Short, I'm not millionaire.
They come up there, though, million
aires do, and they say to me: Why,
High, what a beau tiful place you have
"a perfect dove coop-yes, sir, dove
COOP That's what they say, Short,
millionaires do
Then ensued long silence unbrol1-
en- by the smiling passengers. Short
and High gazed intently ahead at moth
ing, their chins resting on their neck
ties.
High broke the silence at last. ST
wonder: he said, what my dear little
wife would say if she could see her
darling William now? What could she
say? Say, Short, what will she say?"
The conductor put his head in the
door, called ''School street" and then
took Short and High by the shoulders
and said again school street" The
two dignified old gentlemen then arose,
stumbled to the door, shook them
selves together as they stood on the
cross-walk, and passed out of sight
And the question uppermost in the
minds of all the other passengers has
been ever since that night:
what did she say?''-Chicago Trib-
une.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
PEACH LEAVES.


Heat VIII Transform Them Into . Deadly
Poison.
Taking a drink of this cherry siEpp,"
said a doctor the other day, as he was
quenching his thirst at soda water
fountain, reminds me of catastrophe
we had out on our farm one summer.
You think it is strange that drink OF
soda water should bring farm Incl
dent to my mind; well, it is peculiar,
but every time taste amygdalic acid,
and this cherry is filed with it, 1 cali
to mind an incident which cost my
father quite sum of money. My
father was a great sheep grower, and
took pride in the high grade of stock
he raised He also had great deal of
the farm planted with peach trees, to
which he devoted much of his time.
One summer, when l was a boy, some
thing went wrong with the trees, ne
cessitating the cutting off of many of
the branches. The branches were
strewn all over the grass of the peach
grove where the sheep were wont to
rest in the shade. A short time after
this my father lost nearly all his sheep
within day by what seemed to be the
result of some poison He could ac-
count for the wholesale slaughter OF
all the sheep dying with SIMILAR symp-
toms in no way except it was the work
of some enemy. 1 concluded to find
out what caused the sheep to die. It
was my first work in diagnosing, and
it became so interesting TO me that /.
Influenced me in choosing my profes-
sion later.
Il worked hard to find if the sheep
had eaten anything in the shape OF q
poisonous weed, but failed TO trace it
to this cause. 1t suddenly came into
mind that the sheep that had been in
another part OF the farm, and had not
been in the peach grove, were the only
ones that had escaped So concluded
that the poison must be in the peach
orchard. / noted the branches of the
|. peach trees which had been cut, still
lying upon the ground and something
told me that thesa branches held the
secret. l called on a physician to get
some information about drugs, for, as
boy, knew nothing in the way Of
deadly things except the -pizen vine,
and other reputed noxious plants, L
asked him IL the peach branches could
have poisoned the sheep Why, GER
tainly,' he replied, they could poison
with the deadliest poison known
When q branch of a peach tree is fresh
| the leaves contain what we call
amygdauc acid- winch. OF 1ISelI, Is NOT
the best thing to take into the system
| But let that branch lie in the hot sun
and the chemical action of the heat
upon this comparatively harmless
amygdalic acid transforms 1t into the
most deadly poison known as
hydrocyanic or prussic acid So, my
young friend, you have struck the
cause of the death of your fathers
sheep. They died of hydrocyanic
poisoning From that time on be-
come interested in medicines, until 81
| graduated a fall-hedged doctor. I
often look back upon the little Incl
dent which had great influence IN
shaping my career. Now, you don't
think the connection between glass
OF cherry soda water and the killing
of lot of sheep so strained after all -
Pittsburgh Disps tch-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
THE CANADIAN SYNOD.

How the Church of England in the Do
minion Has Been ReorgEnized.
The English church in Canada has
hitherto been a dependency of the
Church of England, consisting of two
provinces under the nominal primary
of the archbishop of Canterbury. One
of them was the province of Rupert's
land and included eight dioceses, and
the other was the province of Canada,
including nine dioceses. The bishops
of the English church in Canada re-
Gently held conference in Toronto,
during which they organized the gem
era1 synod OF the Church of England in
Canada and appointed two of the ex-
listing bishops as metropolitans, or
archbishops, for the two provinces.
DIR. Machray, the metropolitan of Ru-
pert's land, will be the archbishop of
one province and DIR. Lewis, the met
ropolitan of Ontario, will be the arch
bishop of Canada.
This action, says the Boston Herald,
does not mean any unfriendly spirit
toward the existing Church of England.
1t simply means that Canadian church
men feel the necessity of putting them
selves in a condition to act independ-
emily of the English church in matters
development The new synod is un-
like the English system IN the fact
that it makes the general synod the
supreme lawmaking body of the
church. 1t meets once in three years,
like the general convention of the
Episcopal church in the United States,
and the bishops will sit IN a separate
house, like the bishops in this coun-
try. The Canadian church follows the
English method in regard to the di-
vision into provinces and the appoint
ment of metropoHtans and the Aneri-
| can system in regard to the arrange
ments for ecclesiastical legislation and
the administering of ecclesiastical law.
It is undoubtedly a great gain to the
English church in Canada to be organ
lied in the form of a synod It has
heretofore been unable To as indie
pcndently and up to the standard of
its own intelligence and interests
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
ROTTEN ARMOR PLATES.
Fine Work of Carnegie and the Harrison
Administration.


Administration
The investigation of the armor plate
frauds show that the contracts entered
into by the late republican administra-
ton with the Carnegie works have
resulted in q fraud on the government
and in the acceptance of a great deal
of costly work which not only will not
answer the purposes of the American
navy but makes the ships dangerous to
the sailors.
This Carnegie plant has been pointed
out as one Of the best results of the
practice of republican protection
Andrew Carnegie has been held up to
the children of America as an example
of what ability and honest industry
can accomplish He began life as q
poor boy. He is now the owner of a
castle in Scotland and the possessor of
many millions of dollars.
1t is probable that these disclosures
of how Carnegie makes his money will
cause this adulation OF him to stop. 1t
is fine enough to be a millionaire and
to own castles in Scotland, but it is a
great deal better to be an honest man
and honestly to earn money to live on
without making it by the effect of
frauds upon the government II Mr..
Carnegie had furnished honest armor
TO the navy and had charged the price
for it fixed by the competition of the
world he might not have a castle in
Scotland. but the government. would
have the ships it contracted for and the
taxpayers would have been saved mil
lions of dollars by open competition
Albany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
OBSTRUCTION IS RgpusL.cAn
Delay In tbs Senate Caused by Fat-Fryins
ProtecfionIsts-

Delay In tbs Senate Caused by Fat-Frying
Protectionists-
In dealing with the tariff the car
dinal sin of the senate has been OBJ
struction, and the sinners are the re-
publicans-
Through many years OF experience
in Coxeyizing schedules the republic
an senators have become close trad
ing corporation With specific duties
they have acquired experiences in ar
ranging duties SO that low tariffs fall
on the grades of goods which are not
controlled by import duties and high
tariffs on the great staple necessaries
of the household.
Republicans have in a compact body
resisted all progress toward vote. It
is they who have given to German and
Brice about all the power used to
blackman the democratic majority.
And republicans were in every deal
Brice and German made. What do
Brice, German, Smith and Murphy
care about the cutlery and hardware
schedules2 What do they care about
cotton cIoth2 The hand OF Quay is
seen all through the metal classified
ton, and Aldrich would as well have
signed his name 20 the cotton amend
ments. The German combine has been
a republican deal.
If the business men who are anx-
iously awaiting settlement have had
their eyes open they must have seen
that the great majority of democrats
in both houses were ready and anxious
months ago to give the country lib
orally devised tariff law. The full
strength of the republicans has been
put forth for obstruction.
Nor can the obstruction come under
any honest theory of conviction on the
tariff. The republican senator's knew
that law of some kind was certain
to be passed. They could not say that
they were fighting in the hope of pre-
serving the Mckinley law. All they
have done is to hold their ranks solid
for obstruction while the German dem.
ocrats did the work of the lobby by
bulldozing tactics. The fasteners
who lead the republicans got what
they wanted for certain special inter
ests, and got it through German and
his band. Then they were willing to
negotiate for roll call. All this four
months of obstruction, in committee
and on the floor, has not been 60
save the Mckinley law, but to capture
as much swag as possible for favorite
trusts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21

began to appear among the democrats
in congress, the republicans took heart
and resented and resisted all PROPOSE
tions to scale in any way the extreme
Mckinley duties. Now that treaohery
has done its utmost in congress to dis
credit and defeat the cause of tariff
reform, the apologists of two years
ago boldly declare that the Mckinley
wall is not high enough, and that they
mean to crown it with a fancy coping
of still bigger profits to their chosen
wards.
Protection, for four years on the de-
fensive, has assumed the aggressive.
Not satisfied with the measure which
the people have twice condemned at
the polls, it invites square is
sue between lower taxes on the one
hand, and yet higher bounties on the
other. If the democrats cannot rally
upon an issue like that, then treachery
and cowardice have struck deeper
than anyone has ever supposed
Louisville COurier-Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
THE CHIMES.

The quarter hour chimes. like some young life
Whose tender melody
! Has just begun;
Not till the hour is done
Can We know fully what the tune shall be.
The halfhorr sounds; an added chord Is played;
Yet the melodious tone,
Though rich and sweet,
Is still all incomplete
Like infancy when but TO boyhood grown
Three chimes play next; the time is wearing on
The air is much more clear.
rcw can see
What the last note shall be,
AS Manhood ripe in goodness doth appear.
-Four chimes. the tune is done. Soft, sweet, a4=
low
Sounds forth the final chord
I think see
An old man patiently
Await the coming summons Of his Lord
The hour strikes; to an eternal rest
The summons comes at last
And every chime
Has sounded in its tine,
And age itself forevermore is past
Anna Temple, in s s Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
THE OHIO oFpREssloMsTs.
An Earnest OF What the sEcKInleyites Pur-
pose TO Accomplish

an Earnest OF W hat the MchAnley1fes KuF-
pose to Accomplish
Dyed-in-the-yyool McKinleyism had
the floor and everything else at the re-
cent Ohio republican convention The
promised shading of opinion in favor
of some recession from the extreme
policy of protection, named in honor
of the governor OF Ohio. was not ap-
parent in any direction. On the other
hand the Buckeye republicans not
only stood out on the advance line and
hurrahed for McKinleyism, but, en-
couraged by democratic demoraliza-
ton in congress, they dared to push
cut still further.
That is the logic and the history of
protection 1t is never satisfied Its
appetite thrives Justify upon in
diligence. The extreme protection of
to-day is insufficient tomorrow. As
the infant wakes fat it leans less upon
its legs and more upon its crutch, and
needs occasionally to replace the old
one with a stouter TO support its
aabby, overfed weight. Having con-
tituted themselves the especial guardi-
ans of extreme protection, the Ohio
republicans, with never a thank you
for what they have received, and never
regret for what it has cost the coun-
try to pay the price, raise a shril cry
for more
1--WE condemn and denounce." say
they, .'any attempt to repeal or
amend it (the Mckinley act) which
does not have for its object better pro-
lection to American labor and Ameri-
can interests than is secured by it."
In the republican vernacular, Sd ct
ter protection for American labor" is a
euphemism for bigger bounties for pro-
tected monopolists. The Ohio repub-
1icans, sounding the keynote of Gov.
McKinley's presidential campaign, de-
clare their desire to advance protective
duties still further, to tax the Ameri-
can people still more oppressively for
the support of favored and pampered
interests, to impose upon the burdened
taxpayers of the country a yet heavier
weight of unconstitutional taxation
of the many for the benefit of the few.
1t is a fair warning. This is what
repulicanism aims at. This is the pur-
pose of protection. This is what the
party of Mckinley will do if it gets the
power.
After the election of 1892 republicans
were disposed to apologize for McKin-
leyism and to admit that it might have
gone little too far. When divisions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
CHAPTER XIII.

fSHSID oAO> Z Nun HDHTS
While the steamboats, were flying up
the river, aud all aboard seemed to
share in the madness of the time, the
cool head of LIE Fevre kept its balance.
He took Coralie and me by the arms
and hurried us as far astern as possible.
''We are rushing on to destruction, ;"
he said. 81 know something of this
boat; her boilers can never carry the
steam that they are crowding them
with. Remain here; this is the safest
place on board. 1 will go forward and
warn them
Brave, great-souled being! We
never saw him more. Even at this dis
tance of time tears fill my eyes as !
write, at the thought of his courage
and devotion. One of the survivors
afterward told me that he saw him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
Correct.
une.

''What did the Englishman say to
you, dear?''
HE said he was beastly hungry"
s'And you said?''
THAT it was quite natural for hin
to be so."-Truth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
4 Cnnex Island Lung

a Coney Island Lunch.
Lady-Give me glass of sarsaparilla
and one of those fried cakes
Waiter (calling)-One Sass an a
erawler.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
CHAPTER XXIL

copyright. 1890. by A. n. Kellogg Newspaper Col
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-02-10
ncnth I'm Yannr.

Minneapolis, Feb. 5.-The mystery sur.
rounding the explosion in the +. E. Bar
rett tar paper manufacturing plant at
Nineteenth avenue solth early Sunday
morning has been cleared up, and the
discovery made that n life was lost.
Night Engineer Johnson's rangled body
was found yesterday morning in the
still room, where the explosion occurred,
cold in death. Exactly how the diaster
happened is not yet definitely known,
but it is supposed that vapor from the
still was escaping on account of the pipe
being clogged up, and the engineer, hear
ing the safety valve pounding, went up
on top of the still to investigate, and
the room being full of intiammable va
por, the explosion took place which cost
johnson his life. He was knocked near
ly twenty feet from the place where he
stood. and falling upon a small steam
pipe tie latter was broken and, the hot
steam and water escaping, he was
frightfully scalded. His face was burned
and scalded beyond recognition. His wife
had no suspicion of anything wrong until
she heard of her husbands death, and
she was Frustrated. by thte errible news
Her father lives in the southern part of
the state. He has been telegraphel for
and will come to Minneapolis to-day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-02-10
battle witt, Bandits.

Fresno, Cal, Feb. "a fight between
Bandits Evans and Morell ard Deputy
Sheriffs Timmins and Boyd occurred in
Slippery Rock county, twenty miles east
of Dinuba yesterday. The officers were
looking for the bandits in that neighbor-
hood, and were riding in a cart when
they got near the place of a .ranchcr
named Robinson. Timmins alighted and
started in the direction of the house. He
had only gone a short distance when
Evans and Morcll came out of st.
Glars house near by and Immediately
opened fire on the officers. The latter
had the advantage of being separated
and could have raked the bandits from
both sides, as Evans and Morell were
in a line with them. Instead, it is re-
ported, the officers took to fight, the
bandits diligently firing upon them. Aft
er the officers had fed some distance
they returned a few shots without, how
ever, ceasing to fly. In their fight Tim
minis and Boyd became separated, the
former finally turning up at Dinuba and
the latter at Reedley Timmins tele-
phoned news of the fight to Sheriff
Scott, who started for Sanger last even
with Deputy Hi Rapelje. 1t is said
twenty-five shots were fred, the robbers
firing twenty and the officers five.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-02-10
Don't Fold Your Letter. to the quee

Don't Fold Your Letters to the queen
A useful piece Of information to
any Of those suffering from that dread
full infection ca1coethes scribendi, and
who in consequence feel themselves i'm
PEELED to write to Queen Victoria, will
do well to bear in mind is that they
must on no account fold the paper on
which they have written. No ccmmuni-
cation which bears evidence Of having
been creased will ever fall into her
majesty's own hands. The proper
method is to write on thick, glossy
white paper and to dispatch the missive
in an envelope which fits it. Any fold
ed communication never reaches the
queen, for the simple reason that she
won't look at 1t. All such letters are
opened by the mistress Of the robes,
and as a rule their contents never get
beyond her, or If the letter is of i'm
portance it is returned to the writer
with directions how to forward it.
London Letter.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort,and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
teF than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
=. Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
ative effectualiy cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts. on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without. weak
ening them and II is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
Ristsi In SOC and 81 bottles, but it 10 man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and be.ag wall informed, you will not
accept any substitute Il offered.
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Mtller,s Failed Bnnk.

Huron, S. d., Feb. 5.-The continued
absence of Cashier Hill, of the Hand
County bank at Miller, adds to the un-
easincss Of creditors. The assignees
claim they can do nothing toward maxi
ing schedules of assets and, liabilities
until Hill returns. The arrest of ]. G.
Yatzer, president of the Atlanti Qowa)
bank and also of&4he Miller bank, has
added to the fears that the failure Of
both institutions is more disastrous than
at first supposed. It transpires that be-
sides the $4,000 belonging to: Hand
county supposed to be IN the bank when
the assignment was made, there are
funds belonging to several. township and
school treasurers, ranging from 500 to
$1,000 each. The hope that Hill had
transferred the money. to, other banks
to protect Treasurer Ro~secraaps': bonds
men has vanished No DEPOSITS have
been, made with banks here; where Hill
would. be most likely to put the money.
The county commissioners have been
called in special session to-day to exam
inc the treasurer's books and take steps
to secure the county against loss as far
Us possible. Rosecrans' bondsmen will
also meet to-day.
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Harrtson.'is Ont.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. San interest
ing story has just begun to go the
rounds of the politicians, concerning the
recent visit to this city of John w. Cow
dy, chairman Of the Indiana state exec
utive committee. The story told now
indicates that it was a very important
talk, and that ex-President Harrison will
favor Gov. Mckinley's candidacy for
the presidential nomination. The gen.
tleman who gives the information rays
that Gen.! Harrison will under no cir
cumstances be, a candidate for the nom
nation. He does not care to, re-enter
political life, but prefers to end his days
in such dignified pursuits 40 made Gen.
Hayes life after his retirement from
the presidential chair q model of good
citizenship.