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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.

Why Members of the Feathery Tribe Stay
So short a Time in One Place.
There are some birds that depend al
most entirely for their means of SUBJ
sistence upon the light-winged summer
flies that love the sunshine These the
economy of our cold season does not
provide for. The tree-creepers and the
tits, insectivorous in their propensities,
are content to seek food in the crevices
of bark up and down the branches of
old trees, in the cracks of walls, in and
out among the stones and bricks of old
buildings, peering, probing, pecking at
the creatures that have sought to get
safely through the cold weather by
hiding. Not SO our migrant singers.
Many of them, like the swallows, eat
only such things as they can catch in
their swift fight open-mouthed through
the air; these are few and far between
in the raw and cold atmosphere of win
ter here. Swift and swallow, nightin-
gale and cuckoo, warbler, wheatear,
whinchat, blackcap, wryneck, fly
catcher-all the merry troupe of stroll
ing singers, must follow the sun and
the creatures that dance in the sun
beams to lands that are sunny in winter.
The movements of the birds that come
autumn are prompted by the a bundance
or the scarcity of certain kinds of food
among the varied store our land affords
The nomadic wanderings of our resi-
dent birds are also foraging expedi-
lions. Only in the spring and the early
summer are any birds able to find the
food they require in one particular
neigh borhood.
Then insect life abounds and round
about the nesting place enough and to
spare is to be found both for the busy
parent birds and the Unsuitable chicks
and squads But in the autumn and
| winter there is, strictly speaking, no
such thing as stationary population
| of birds in any place. Then all turn
gypsies and hither and thither wend
| their restless way, eluding the famine
of a frost here, the dearth of a snow
storm there, or the buffeting of storm
| winds, by continually moving on
| Cornhill Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
The NEW ARMY.

n Delegation of Beaver Falls Citizens
Meet COxey and Escort Him In Parade
Through the City-Many Recruits Com
Ing In.
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, April 2.-Seven
thousand people met Coxey's common
veal at Beaver Falls when the army
entered in the afternoon. The crowd
was curious, but not cordial A delega-
ton of mounted citizens met Coxey and
escorted him and his followers in a pa
rade through the town. Camp was then
pitched near the Beaver river on Col
lege hill Meetings were held on the
grounds at once and $50 collected by
Marshal Smith. In the evening the
usual meeting was held in the opera
house, and after the audience left, the
army, 270 strotgg, were marched there
and put to bed in the theater. By 9
o'clock 125 recruits had joined, necessi-
tating the fdfmation-of a new COM
mune called the cyclones. named
after the .astrologer.o Eighty of
the recruits are potters from east
Liverpool Marshal Smith told his
men that any 9f them caught begging
would be dismissed and prosecuted.
One man was dismissed at Darlington
for begging and another at0Beaver
Falls for drunkenness. The march
into town from New Galilee was I'M
=, eventfuL Before leaving Camp Marion
a religious service, with music, was
o held on the field.
MANY RECRUITS IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 2.-Coxey's
industrial army is beginning to assume
serious proportions in the southwest
aud is awakening serioas thought
among the authorities and people of
this state. Two hundred more of the
army arrived at o'clock yesterday
morning on stock train and
Joined their command, who were
camped at North Little Rock.
Nine hundred more at San Antonio
are awaiting transportation. At $50
yesterday fifty joined the force and
left for Memphis Via the Bald Knob
branch of the Iron Mountain nearly
LOO strong. Their discipline is re-
markable. There was no drinking,
and while the army was in camp Gen.
Frye addressed at least 500 people on
the financial situation at North Little
Rock. His language was temperate
and mild9
He vows the movement is just start
ing; that within thirty days 400, 900
men will be in Washington with COM
mon purpose. They mean to be peace
able in their actions and demand
three things: Government Employment,
the stopping of immigration for
ten years and the prevention of aliens
owning land in the United States 1t
is their serious and orderly demeanor
that appeals to the people. They get
everything they want along the line in
the way of food and kind treatment.
The railways furnish transportation
with little objection.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

Look here" she said, to the young
man in the bird store; II want you to
take this parrot back. You have de-
ceived me-
en- goods exchanged, madam. I'm
sorry, but it's one of the rules of the
store
But you told me he could talk He
does nothing but utter unintelligible
sounds
''Ah, yes l forgot toexplain that to
you You see, he was educated by n
Chinaman.'
And he blandly turned to wait on
the next misunderstanding Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
AN EXPLOSION,
-Four Men Killed and Three9 In
jured by Natural Gas.
DUE TO THE WANT OF VENTILATION.
The BIackened Corpses Burned Beyond
RecOgnItion-AnO Old Woman Found
Dead with Three Bullets
In Her Head.

ALEXANDRIA, Ind, April a. The new
Whiteside block, in which occurred the
explosion in which four men were
killed and three hurt, is total wreck.
The clothing stock was entirely ruined,
as were the barber shop and express Of
flee, and the total monetary loss will
reach $4,000. There was a basement
several feet in depth under the building
without any ventilation and in this
cavity the natural gas collected 1t
seemed to have become ignited by the
fire in the stove. There is said to have
been a quantity of nitro glycerine in
the express Office, and some claim that
to be alone the cause of the ex-
plosion, and that it was caused
by a can falling off a shelf
where it had been placed. The
preponderance Of evidence seems to
prove it to fave been due to
the accumulatiSn of natural gas in tie
manner described The calamity is
due to the careIssssness of architects in
leaving no ventilation for the base
ment After fighting the flames for
hours the rescuers were unable to reach
the bodies of the dead men, and the
four blackened corpses, burned so as to
be entirely beyond recognition, were
removed from the charred timbers and
taken to their homes
AN AGED WOMAN MURDERED.
POMEROY, o., April 2.-The foulest
murder in the history of this county
was committed here about midnight.
Elizabeth, the divorced wife of DIR.
Richard Slaughter, was found dead
on the next neighbours porch with
three bullets in her head. She lived
alone and was 20 years of age. Neigh
Dor Clayton Stahl and wife. on return
ing from an entertainment, fell over
the dead body at their door: She is
supposed to have run to the neighbors
when attacked and was murdered
while trying to get in their door. The
object of the murder is mystery. O
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
RAINMAKING NOT A SUCCESS
Secretary Morton Declares That the Bonn
bardments Did Little Good.

Secretary Morton Declares That the Bonn
bardments Did Little Good.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Secretary
Morton, replying to a large number of
inquiries from all parts of the country
as to the results of the departments
rainfall experiments and the feasibility
of controlling precipitation by means
of explosions, has sent out the follow
ing circular:
Replying to your letter to rainmaking ex-
periments, have to inform you that in case
did they pass the merely experimental stage
and that prospect of ultimate success is not
such as to justify farmers or other citizens in
rainmaking experimentation In this determi-
nation. judgment and opinion am supported
by the scientists and other experts in meteor
ology connected with tn Uni Led States wea ther
bureau. The bombardment of the skies for
water carried by this depar tment did
not produce results calc ulated to inspire the
hope that any method of concussion can be
made commercially successful in precipitating
the mois ture from the clouds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
OUTBREAK IN SAMOA.
King MaIietoa-s Troops Charged with Com.
uniting Many Atrocities

InsCS1nS many AEEOctCleS
AUCKLAND, n. T., March 3L-The
steamship Alameda, from Samoa, brings
news of a most serious outbreak in
those islands, which would seem to in
dictate that the United States. Great
Britain and Germany will be called up
on to take prompt action According
to the reports brought here by the
Alameda, the outbreak was caused by
the action of Henry Ide, the Amer
lean chief justice, who succeeded
Chief Justice Cedercrantz on Sep
TENDER 6, 1892 Chief Justice Ide is
charged with fning and throwing into
Jail the chiefs of the rival factions in
Samoa, and with compelling them to
work on the roads, like convicts of the
lowest order. The natives protested
strongly, and made all kinds of threats,
but the chief justice appears to have
disregarded the menacing attitude as
sumed by the Samoans. and, eventu-
ally, the latter broke out into armed
rebellion. The followers of the native
chiefs disputed the right OF the Euro
peans to interfere in what they classed
as purely native affairs, while making
no actual opposition to the state of af-
fairs by which the United States, Great
Britain and Germany, through Chief
Justice Ide, practically maintained a
protectorate over Samoa
Eventually, however. things assumed
such a serious aspect that the chief
justice was compelled to take steps to
disarm the natives, and the latter made
preparations to resist this so-called in
reference with their rights The
fighting began by the rebels killing a
man in the employ of the govern
ment, who was caught near their
camp. The reigning sovereign,
King Malietoa, seems to have remained
thoroughly loyal to the chief JUS
tice, for, upon being called upon to do
SO. he promptly sent a strong force of
his Samoan warriors to attack the
rebels Several sharp encounters be-
tween King Malietoa's warriors and
the natives commanded by the rebel
lious chiefs followed. During the en-
gagements thirty men were killed and
about fifty were wounded
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
The Trouble at sluefieIds.

WASHINGTON, March 5L-Notwith-
standing the report from Colon of
pending trouble at Bluefields, the state
department officials do not apprehend
any danger to American residents or
property there, and the presence
of the British warship Canada, it is
believed, will assure peace for the time
being. The San Francisco, with Ben
ham on board, is expected to reach
Bluefields about the middle of next
week. Once on the scene, Adm Ben
ham probably will communicate with
Minister Baker. and, in conjunction
with him, give attention to the protec-
ton of our citizens at Bluefelds
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
ALL SORTS.

ALL diplomatic correspondence was
formerly conducted in Latin.
CHINESE soldiers get one dollar a
month and have to board themselves.
GRANITE is the bedrock of the world,
being the lowest on the earth's crust.
DURING Victoria's reign India has
coined two million pounds in gold and
two hundred and six million pounds in
silver.
FLORIDA produces over fifty varieties
of the orange. The annual crop is about
two million two hundred and fifty
thousand boxes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
No Naturalization for Chinese.

PHILADELPHIA. March 3L-Judge Dali
las has fled an opinion in the United
States circuit court holding that China
men cannot be naturalized. He said:
'1t is necessary only to refer to the act
of congress of May 6, 1882, entitled, An
act to execute certain treaty stipula-
lations relating to Chinese by its four
teenth sectional is enacted, That here
after no state court or court of the
United States shall admit Chinese to
citizenship and l cannot accept the
position taken in argument that this
section became imperative upon the
expiration of ten years next after the
passage of the act.n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
How's ThIsI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 95c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills. 25c-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

NEBRASKA WHEAT.

Reports Show That Few Fis Ids Were At
fected by the Cold Snap.
OMAHA, Neb., April 2.-Nebraska
grain men and farmers are no longer
concerned over the condition of winter
wheat The general committees APP
pointed by grain firms of various sec
tions of the state to examine
the fields and ascertain posi-
lively the damage resulting from
the recent storms, have reported
favorably. Contrary to the general
opinion, few fields have been affected
by the cold snap. The fields of wheat
that were affected will be planted in
corn. Many oat fields, however, were
destroyed. In many regions farmers
are resolving their oats The acreage
oof all grains will be 90 per cent. heavier
this year than last
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

Several Propos lions for It's Enlargement
Before the House COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, March 3I.-Several
propositions for the enlargement of
the department of agriculture by abb
sorbing various bureaus of the govern
ment have been made a special order
for consideration at the next regular
meeting of the house agricultural COM
mittee One of the bills introduced by
Mr.. Breckenridge. of Kentucky. pro-
vides that the geological survey, the
bureau of education, the bureau of
statistics and the coast and geodetic
survey shall be bureaus of the depart
ment The other. introduced by Rep
resentative Hayner. of Nebraska, pro-
vides merely for the transfer of the
geological survey and the fish commits
sion to the department
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Refused .Absoiution. d.

SAVANNAH. Ga. March SL-Bishop
Becker, of the Catholic church in Geor-
gia, has throwna bombshen among
hundreds of Catholics who are mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias, Odd
Fellows and similar organizations by
refusing to grant absolution to them
On Easter Sunday. under his instruc-
tons, communion was refused to all
Catholics known to belong to such or
CARNATIONS Heretofore no serious
objections had been raised to Catholics
uniting with such secret societies, and
if the bishop persists in his present at
titude hundreds will have to choose
between the church and such societies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
R.t,vax FataIitx

MADRID, March S1--An express be-
tween Cordova and Malaga was de-
rallied yesterday while going at high
rate of speed The entire train left
the track. The engineer and fireman
and one passenger, a lady, were killed,
and large number of the occupants of
the carriages were injured, some of
them seriously and perhaps fatally.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Mr.. CRISP DECLINES.
He Has His Hands Full as Speaker of tt
House.

House.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Speaker
Crisp last evening notified Gov. Northen
by telegraph of his declination of the
appointment of United States senator
for the unexpired term of the late
Senator Colquitt- Speaker Crisp says
very large majority of the demo-
cratic members of the house have united
in the request that he continue to serve
as speaker for the remainder of the
session and although deeply grateful
to the governor, and although sacrific-
ing a cherished ambition, a sense of
duty impels him to decline the appoint
ment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Freshets that DeIuge

The lowlands breed miasma, the parent of
chills and fever, bilious remittent and other
forms of malarial disease. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters is sure defense against them
against rheumatic and kidney complaints
caused by a wetting. Dyspepsia, liver com
plant, constipation and nervousness re
likewise eradicated by it. Take it regularly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Clergyman Commits Suicide.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March 31.-Rev.
h Simey committed suicide here yes
terday by hanging Simey was for a
number OF years an Episcopal clergy
man. Lately he has been without a
charge. Ill health and restitution
caused his suicide.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
The Bishop of Meath Dead.

DUBLIN, March 31.-The Most Rev.
Charles Parsons Reichel, d. D., Prot
estant lord bishop of Meathais dead.
The deceased was a native of York
shire and vas edScated at the universe
ty of Berlin and Trinity college, Du b.
lin. He has held many positions of
honor, beginning in 1850 with the pro-
fessorship of Latin in Queens college,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Benedict for Public Printer.

WASHINGTON, March Sit is auth ORR
tatively stated that President Cleve-
land has at last succeeded in gaining
the consent of Mr.. Benedict to resume
his former position as public printer
and that his nomination will be sent
to the senate within the next few days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

PASTOR Ito peasant girll-''Why do yO0
weep so muchl'' Because my lover has
gone to the army for three years" But
those viii soon be over; then he VIII re-
turn" Yes; but l am afraid that in thG
meantime another man viii marry me-"-
Fhegende Blaetter,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
An Illinois Town swept Away.

QUINCY, Ill, March 31-Fire de-
stroyed over fifty buildings. embracing
almost the entire business portion of
the city of Barry, Pike county. The
loss is estimated at s2o0, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

SHK-'sWhcre did Miss Fosdick get hex
lovely golden hair-from her father or her
motherc' Maude-''She must have got n
from her father. notice his is all gomez
BROOKLYN Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

HoBKINs ipetulantlyl - ''Say, Dobkin9r
when are you going to pay me that ten doh
lars you owe mes'' Dobkins (aggrievedl-
Now, do look like fortune-teller, Hob
kirss'-Browning King & Co.'S Monthly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

OLD LADY Tin courtrooIh) -''What 4 mur-
derous-looking villain tie prisoner isl Ia
be afraid to get near him" Her Husband
Ssh! that isn't the prisoner; that's the
magistrate. Pittsburgh Dispatch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
FOREIGN STATISTICS.

THE yearly salary of the president of
Mexico is $4,000.
A MAID of honor to Queen Victoria
receives 81 800 a year and has thirteen
weeks of attendance at court.
AN enumeration of the population OF
Aggershuus. Norway, in 1853 showed
that $50 couples had been over eighty
years married.
INSURANCE statistics have shown that
in England, if the wife dies first, the
husband survives nine years; while, if
the husband dies first, the wife sur
wives eleven years.
ACCORDING to official statistics re-
Gently published, $50 persons died in
Germany during the last cholera cpl
demic; 1914 of these deaths occurred
in the city and state of Hamburg.
There were S92 deaths in Prussia
THE metropolitan and city police dis
tricts of London. according to Whit
takers Almanac for 1894. cover an area
of 44S, 4a1 acres with a population of
5.63S, 800. The total length patr6ed by
the police reaches $500 miles.
= -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

ssNow, AS to the degree of iustifiable hongs-
eide" said the eastern judge in charging u88
jury, that is where man Is killed in SELF
defense or in college. ''-Plaindealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

Have you new beans and corn?'
Waiter-'Yes- sir; 1 just opened the
cans myself" liner Ocean
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

TESTED BIZ TINE. For Bronchial affec-
tons, Coughs, etc, Browns BRONCHIAL
TRoCHBs have proceed their efficacy by test
of many years. Price, % cents box
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

NooSE can get cut of life more than be-
puts in, and whaf he loves to do will be his
Gfe's work.-RaIn's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

La FIANCKE-''I am awfully sorry, lack,
but those roses you sent me don't match Euy
gown" LIE Fiancs (who paid nine dollars
a dozen)-'>Can't you change your gown.
dears ''-Vogue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

EVERY singer in Quartette can tell you
three good reasons why the organization
isn't absolutely perfect.-Elmira Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

''DowN brakes! ~ cried the railroad mans
wife as the dinner platter slipped from his
grasp.-Louisvilie Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05
Haxd Times.

do you know, 1 had great difficulty
to get my landlady to accept five dol.
lars on account"
''Why?"
''She wanted ten."-Ballo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

CONFINEMENT ter be rally enj'y'bIe,' =
said Uncle Eben, s.heb ter be earned by
h4'hd wo'hk. Elsen tain muffin but jes'
plain IaZinesS. "-WashingtOn Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

AS shell has struck before you hear the
report of the gun, so SANDER does its fatal
work before the calumniator can be 10
Gated
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

REVENGE is sweet sometimes, possibly,
but never when the other fellow gets in his
work on you.-Somerville Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

'sHow beautifully Mrs. Bankbill expressed
herself in her address before the club. Were
the thoughts her very own, do you thinkE'o
Mrs. Catchly-''Oh, dear yesl She paid
ten dollars for them, she told De."-Inter
Ocean
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

CA1LER-"Are you fond of etchingsl They
-" Mrs Nurich-''Well, you see, have .
new cook andI don't suppose she knows =,
thing about cooking them"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

The cost of railroad construction in
Europe averages s115, 900 per mile: for
the whole world the average is $50, O00
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

CARE you going TO speak to her fatherl''
81 am not I'm afraid he's going to speak
to men. Y Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

The BExKFIrs-''What makes some girls
look young so longer THE men are to
blame. They vent propose."-Lifess Cal
endar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

Coon fruit does not make the tree, but q
good tree makes good fruit.-Ram's Horn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

A HOST in himself-Tlse cannibaI who do
YOURS his entertainer.@Grip.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

The falling off in the January earn
ings of the Union Pacific system is
$3.50, S51 gross