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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
What a Horse Would Saw.


Don't hitch me to an iron post or
railing when the mercury is below
freezing. l need the skin on my
tongue.
Don't leave me hitched in my stall at
night with big cob right where
select smooth place.
Don't compel me to eat more salt
than | want by mixing it in my oats
I know better than any other animal
how much need.
Don't think because L go free under
the whip that [ don't get tired. You
would move up if under the whip
Don't think because [ am horse,
that iron weeds and briers won't hurt
my hay.
Don't whip me when [ get frightened
along the road, or L will expect it next
time and perhaps make trouble.
Don't trot me up hill, for have to
carry you and the buggy aud myself,
too. Try'it yourself some time. Run
up'a bill with a dig load.
Don't keep my stable very dark, for
when | go out into the light my eyes
are injured, especially if snow be on
the ground.
Don't say Whoa unless you mean
it. Teach me To stop at that word. It
may check me if the lines break, aud
save run away and smash up
Don't make me drink ice cold water,
nor put IA frosty bit in my mouth.
Warm the bit by holding it half mir
ute against my body.
Don't ask me to back with blinds on,
am afraid to.
Don't run me down steep hill, for if
anything should give way L might break
your neck.
Don't put on my blind Oridle so that
it irritates my eyes, or so leave my fore
lock that it will be in my eyes.
Don't be SO careless of my harness as
to find great sore on me- before YOU
attend to it.
Don't lend me to some blockhead who
has less sense than [ have.
Don't forget the old book that is a
friend to the oppressed, that says: "A
merciful man Is merclful TO MS beast"
Kansas Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

jefferson s works and read letter un
der date of Sept 18th. 1913, they win
find the following:
Bank paper must be suppressed and
the circulating medium must be re-
stored TO the nation, to whom it be-
longs. 1t is the emily fund on earth
which they can rely on for loans; it is
the only recourse which can never fail
them, and it is an abundant one for
every necessary purpose Treasury
bills, bottomed on taxes, bearing inter
est or not bearing interest. as may be
found necessary. thrown into circula
tion will take the place of SO much
gold or silver"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
O, You Pop!


Mr.. Overmyer'S head will be be used
in the next foot ball game in Kansas.
1t is the proper place for mutton
head like his. -Ellinwood Advocate,
PopuliSt.
To person who is acquainted with
Mr.. Overmyer this kind of slush is
really nauseatiDg. The gall a man
must possess TO call gentleman like
Overmyer mutton head. Think of it.
The fellow who wrote that item lives in
town OF about four hundred inhabi-
tants, and prints little, dirty sheet
that has not a single meritorious feature
about it. Overmyer will make more
money in any one week in the year
than this dirty cur will or can make in
the whole fifty two weeks in the year
This shows tue vile methods employed
by populists during the entire cam
psign, and now, that the election is
over, they are not willing to quit
Burlington independent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
WHEN DEMOCRACY WILL DIE.

Written for the San Antonio Express.1
When the lion eats grass like OK,
And the fishing worm swallows the whale;
When the terripins kait wooden socks.
And the hare is outrun by the snail;
When the serpents walk upright like men
And doodlebugs travel like frogs,
When the grasshorper feeds on the hen
And feathers are found on hogs
When Thomas cats swim in the air
And elephants roost upon trees.
When insects in summer
And snuff never makes people sneeze,
When fishes creep over dry land
And mules on velocipedes ride.
When foxes lay eggs in the sand
And women IN dress take pride,
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer,
And girls get to preaching on time;
When billy goats butt from the rear,
Aud treason no longer is crime,
When the humming bird brays like an ass,
And Lmhurger smells like cologne;
When pIowshares are made out of glass.
And the hearts of true Texans of stone
When ideas grow in populist heads,
And wool on the hydraulic ram,
Then the Democratic party will be dead,
And the country wont be worth d m.
BAENooKBURN
Cuero, Texas, Nov. IL.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
The Secret of Life.

The suicide the other day at Kansas
City of Herbert Doggett. rich talented
and of fine social position. is only an
additional emphasis to the fact that
the secret of life lies within and not
without. It is called contentment, and
few there are that find it.
What if crops have failed? What if
Jones is richer than Brown? What if
some dude without au ounce of brains
turns up his nose at your last years
coat? What if the republicans did
make a beastly sweep last month?
What if the populist millennium never
comes? What if your best girl has
bounced you. or your wife trounced
you, verbally, of course? What if YOU
are not handsome or witty, or eloquent?
What if you can't play foot bail ? Be
content. You may be obscure and
poor and unfortunate, but that is no
reason why you should be unhappy,
envious or fault finding. Riches and
position do not always or nearly always
bring happiness, as witness the melau
choly end of young Doggett and thous
ands of others similarly placed in life.
Neither does being poor and unfortu
nate always or necessarily bring un-
happiness in their train, a fact you can
no doubt find illustrated in your own
circle of acquaintance.
No matter what your station in life.
be manly and brave; be honest in small
cheerful. Be content with your lot,
and thank God that you have found
the secret of life this side of the grave.
Abilene News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

NJ ETHODIST EPISCOPAL Services every Sum
NJ day morning and evening Sunday School at
$50 a. IN. Young peoples meeting Sunday even
ings; Prayer meeting Thursday evenings
c. HALL, Pastor
DRESBYTE RAN Services every Sabbath at Il
am. and 1880 p. Sunday school at 945 q. n.
Teachers meeting every Tuesday evening.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening.
" HILLS. Pastor.
CNONGREG ATIONAL Services every Sabbath at
- 1O:45 and 500. Sunday school at ESQ. Young
peoples meeting Sunday evening, prayer meeting
L. c. sCHNACKE. Pastor,
EPISCOPAL Services at German M E. church
~ I'd and zth Sunday in each month, morning
and evening, at the usual hours Sunday School
every Sunday at $50 a. m
REV. VIM. RICHMOND, Rector.
GERMAN NJ E. Broadway Preaching every
~ Sunday except I'd and 4th of each month, at
II a. Sunday School every Sunday at $50 an
Prayer meeting and singing exercises every Wed
nesday at 7:3O. Il. c. WoENER, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN Services in the wilmer building,
~ opposite school house every two weeks, at II a.
and 1870 p Sunday school at $50
CATHOLIC Services second. fourth and fifth
Sundays in every month. at 1890 and 7:30;
Sunday School at 10 every Sunday
GERMAN EVANGELICAL (UNITED). Ser
~ every weeks. Sunday school, every
Sunday. Conformation studies every "Wednesday
and Saturday AT p IN a. new church southeast
of square
REV. II. KUPFERNAGEL, Pastor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

BY GRACE of the Kansas state laws
wisely ~ made by the republicans in
the balmy days of their so 900 major
tiles, controlling ~ railroad freigbts
ETC., people in Barton county, some so
miles nearer the Colorado coal fields
than. Reno county, pay almost double
the price for coal teat the people of
Reno county do. And the dense Of if
is, the same rep. party now i'll lower
in the. state will not change this order
of things.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

THOSE who are leading the populist
party to its inevitable disruption are
still in the saddle, and are bound to
rule or ruin-and will do both. AT the
national conference of that party in ST.
Louis last week Mrs. Stryker offered a
resolution To EN- brace in the documents
issued by their committee on literature
the question of female suffrage, which
resolution was adopted. thus pledging
the national porulist party to the sup
port of the female suffrage fad.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
The Cosmetic Value Of Laughter.

The Cosmetic Value Of Laughter.
The therapeutic value of hearty
laugh is not half appreciated by vast
number of the weary travellers through
this perplexing world. There is moth
ing that so penetrates the remotest
fiber and hidden recess of the body as
a hearty, stirringup laugh; if it shakes
the body, all the better. 1t stimulates
the blood to move more rapidly, and
gives an onward impulse to sluggish
veins. If you would add years to your
own life and the lives of those dear to
you. strive to make the home merry
as we'll as happy, and save up amusing
stories to tell at the table.-From
"Kernals of Preeaution and Comfort -
in Domorest's Magazine for January
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Jefferson on Currency.

The Eastern papers, especially the
republican papers, are tumbling over
each other in holding up Thos. Jeffer-
son as the patron saint of democracy,
and glibly quoting him as a protection
ist and gold standard advocate IF
they VIII turn to page 1919, Vol 6, of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

Is FOur Hair Dry and Brittle, Fa ling Ont Turning Gay
These are only indications that the
follicles or roots of the hair are getting
weakened or diseased. Beggs' Hair Re-
newer will strengthen and lnvigOrate
the fOllicleS and the hair will regain its
natural color and become soft. glossy
and healthy. Sold by Nj. K Hooper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Advertised Letters.

Following is list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postofice at Great Bend for the week
ending January 3rd 1895:
Barrett, Maud Budde, Dena.
Halliday, Hugh D. O'Neal Clinton.
O'Neal, John. Wilmer, W. +.
Persons calling for any of the above letters Will
please say "advertised.'' WILL E. STOKE. P. NJ.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
First published Dec. 10, 1884,
Sheriff s Sale.
State of Kansas

Barton County.
John E. Darrow, executor under the win of
John barrow, deceased.
Chauney L. Jones, The Western Farm Mortgage
Company, The Wichita Mining Company, ]. II.
Long and Mrs J. IT. Long his wife.
By virtue of a Special Execution to me directed
and delivered. issued out =" the goth District Court
of the State of Kansas, sitting in and for Barton
County, in said State I viii, Monday, January
14th A. ID. 1895, between the hours of O'Clock P.
NJ and ocl OK P. NJ OF said day. at the Court
House door in Great Bend IN the County and
State aforesaid offer at public sale and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash In hand, the following
described real property, to wit:
The south east quarter of section twenty four
ga township eighteen (1S) range thirteen(13 west
of the 9th p M
Said property to be sold as commanded by the said
Special Execution GEO J SPENCER, Sheriff.
Sheriifs Od5ce, December 18th. 1884, 3S-42
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Your Blooa Is Your life

Without good blood coursing through
your veins you will soon look wTinkled
and dried up. a few doses Of Beggs'
Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will
change your whole system, giving you
Il healthy, fresh and youthful appear
ance. Sold and guaranteed by NJ. K.
Hooper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

ONLY one letter has been received
by the House committee from ma
rency scheme, while many have writ
ten opposing it. This is pretty good
recommendation for the plan. Law
renee Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

TIE more temporiZing the eastern
end of our great country does on the fl
nancial question, the more determined
does che west, north and south become
that bi-nietallism must come.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

IT LOOKS just little bit like the
present session of congress would ac-
compIish very little. The republicans
and populists have fused TO prevent
the democrats from doing anything;
and there may be enough putty-headed
democrats to join with them and pre-
vent any needed legislation whatever
There Will be a day, however, when
the people. the common herd" will
not tamely submit to monkey business
of the sort that the eastern monopolists
have afflicted the country with for the
last decade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.

Diseases unfriendly 10 women are positively
cured by DR.. Sawyer's Pastilles. Ask your drug
gist for free sample package. II heals and cures
Sold by Simpson & Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Bees LITTLE Giant Pins.

The most complete and effectual pill
on the market Guaranteed to cure
Constipation aud Headache. Call on
81. K Hooper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

For Coughs, Colds, Asthma. Bronchitis,
Or any disease of the throat and lungs,
try Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup. It re-
lieves where all Others fail. Sold by
NJ. n. Hooper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

DIR. Sawyer's Family Cure is the result of exper-
fence skill and honesty. It is positive cure for
all Stomach, Liver and Kidney Troubles. Sold by
Simpson & Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

We would like to correct our lodge
and church directories if the proper
persons will only hand us the cor
rections.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

Experience and money cannot improve DIR. Saw
yers Family Cure, because ii radically cures
Dyspepsia, Liver complaint and Kidney difficulty.
Sold by Simpson & Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

ZanO cures mental and nervous debility,
rial will prove il. Zano cures nervousness Fan
cures nervousness. Zano cures nervousness. Sol
by Simpson 81 Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

DR.. Sawyer's Family Cure cures Stomach trouble
DR.. Sawyer's Family Cure cures Liver complaints,
cures Kinney difficulty. Sold by Simpson 81 Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

Ladies-For diseases of women, DR.. Sawyer's
Pasties will reach the difficulty radically, posi-
lively and efectually. 1t is mild, but effectual.
Sold by Simpson s. Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
A Little Tartar

On the teeth destroys the enamel and
ruins the teeth. Sexafroo will remove
this very annoying growth and leave
the teeth white and pearly. M K.
Hooper keeps it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

Ladies-Dr. Sawyeras PastilIes are effectuel for
female weakness, pain top OF the head and lower
part of the back. 1t strengthens and cures. Sold
BY Simpson & Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
Stop That Cough

With Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup. 1t
is the most effective medicine ever put
on the market for all throat and lung
troubles Price %. so and 81. NJ. K.
Hooper keeps it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

you will be convinced that it will all Stomach,
Liver. Kidney and Bowel difficulties. Sold by
Simpson s Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

When Baby WIS sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castor.
When she Lad Children. she gave them Cara.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03

The republican treasurer of Wyan-
dotte county is defaulter in a large
amount. He WAS preceded few
weeks by the Ellsworth county treas
urer. also republican. Both cases
follow very closely upon the "redemp
tom of the state by the republicans.
This fact, however, is not commented
upoE by the republican press. Had
these defaulters been democrats every
whipper-snapper republican paper in
Kansas would have had big ''scare
heads" about '.another democrat gone
wrong" etc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.

SUIT has been commenced in Pawnee
county against L. Silvey, chairman of
the TIN district democratic COMPRESSION
akeommittee, in which SO 600 DANA
ges is Claimed by one w. L. Kenton for
alienation OF the affections of his wife.
One Net Adams. Larned lawyer
whose life and practices we don't be
lieve have been the purest in the world g,
brings the suit for Kenton who IS resi-
dent of Illinois. Whether or not Mr..
Silvey is guilty as charged we know
not; if guilty he should be punished.
There are many indications. however,
that this damage suit has been worked
up for purely political effect, and in
order that the personal spite CT a bitter
enemy of Silvey's may be appeased.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03


mer that the passage of the new tariff
law would greatly increase the price of
sugar. In the nature of things the ar
gument seemed reasonable, and when
price, small dealers bought in large
Quantities. Every woman who man
ages her own housekeeping remembers
that during the fall the price advanced
cent higher than it was in May. Yet,
notwithstanding all that has been said
about the increase in price, on Tuesday
of this week two car loads of the best
freight prepaid. for $3.50 per hundred
pounds in a town, comparatively small,
with in 100 miles of Kansas City. A
wholesale dealer in sugar id last
night that he had never known sugar
30 sell for as low price in Kansas
City territory before. The lowest price
he had known under the Mckinley law
for the same grade of sugar was 81 80
hundred pounds. City Star
JULIUS CESAR was considered a
great man and SO no was. But he had
his limitations and some unknown
writer gives a few illustrations; He
ever rode on bus IN his life; He
never spoke into a telephones; He
never sent telegram; he never enter
ed railway train; he never read q
newspaper; he never viewed his troops
through a field-glass; he never read an
advertisement; he never used patent
medicine; he never cornered the wheat
market; he never crossed the Atlantic;
he never was in a machine shop; he
never went TO a roller-skate rink: he
never controlled a manufacturing com
pany; he never dictated a letter to a
type writer girl; he never invested in
railway stock; he never played game
of billiards; he never saw an electric
light; he never listened 60 monograph
he never posted letter; he never had
his photograph taken.
IT LOOKS just little bit like the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
CITY OFFICERS.

CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor Ed w Moses
Clerk G. L. Hobart
Treasurer y J Richards
Marshal I EWalt.
Police Judge, c II Smith.
COUNCILMEN.
John J. Hiss G W Moore
L P Aber Theo. Griffith
Geo. c. Kincaid Y WOODY ward
A r Moss John ". Brown
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-03
.aodern vsoooEnen.-
ladies' Circle

Pap Thomas Circle No. Is, of O. A, r., meets on
I'd and 4th Tuesday nights of each month, at Grasd
Army hall. Mrs Martha Moore. Pres.
Mrs. Sarah Craig. Sec