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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

AMONG the evidences of "returning
prosperity" last week were the fall
ures of the Baxter Bank, at Baxter
Springs, Kans., and the Henry
County Bank, of Clinton Mo. Major
Warner, the Kansas City republican
boss, was the largest looser in the the
Baxter bank.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10
First published in the DEMOCRAT Nov 26, 1851
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,( 60
BARTON COUNTY.


David Schmidt and Eva Schmidt.
DY virtue of a Special Execution to me dIrected
ID and delivered, issued out OF the 2Oth District
Court If the State of Kansas, sitting IN anu lot
ton County in said state, I will, on Monday Decem-
Der 2Sth A d. 1896. at the hour OF 10 O'Clock a. IN.
Of said day. at the Court House west door GrsaI
at pubic sale and sell the highest bidder for cash
in hand the following described real property To-
wit:
The north half of the south west quarter IN q OF
s ID of section No. twenty-five t22l IN townshlP
No twenty f2Ol south of range fifteen (15) west OF
6th n m in Barton County Kansas.
Said property to be sold as commanded by the
ssid Special Execution. ch.-;F
Sheriff Office, Nov. Is, 1885, oe-so
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

VIII some farmer bring US some
country lard and square up on III
su bscriptiOn?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

The republicans are trying to create
a sentiment against constitutional
convection by advertising that it will
cost the taxpayers about 500, 900
The convention will not cost one third
the amount, but even if it did it would
be well spent. The present constItu-
ton was good en- nigh for coyotes. In
dians and COW boys. but for a million
and half of enlightend people-nit!
"A blline News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

The DEMOCRAT would like a good,
live correspondent at Hoisington.
since Charlie Hobart has entered his
possoffice race we have been unable to
find any real interesting local matter
in the Dispatch, and therefore cannot
give any Holsington News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

For ALI. the news take the DEMO
ST. a year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

Five bushels of shelled corn. If de,
liyered before December 18th, will pay
for the DEMOCRAT one year. How
many farmers will take up this banter?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

Do not let the holiday rush permit
you to neglect your eyer. See DR. w.
A. Phillips, at the Greene, December
18th. He treats diseases of the eyes
and ears, and has been successful with
many of our citizens.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

Just while you think about 1t send
us bundle of your laundry work and
be convinced that our work is as good
as the best. Our prices are for shirts
any kind 1Oc; cuffs per pair &c; collars
Sc: ladies shirt waists 15c or two for
Csc, At River Side Steam Laundry.
PR1TCBARD s. Sons, Props.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

1O52-Ladies double cape Black Beaver full
sweep 80 inches long trimmed in braid, sale
price So so.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

2S6S-Black Cbeviot double cape with applique
trimming at S1.69.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

1223-Ladies seal plush cape finished around
bottom with lin beaver, trimmed with % martin
tails elegantly finished and a very stylish gar
ment rs inch length A inch sweep regular
price $40 sale price SO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

25O3-Ladies Jacket Of English Covert cloth
with sets fancy horn buttons large d small
shield front pleated back imperial sleeves regu-
lar price So, sale price 81. 30
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

2625-Ladies silk lined black English ker
sey with large fancy pearl buttons new storm
pointed collar full imperial sleeves elegantly
finished retaied at $3.50, sale price 81.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

26O3-Ladies navy English Kersey Jacket
trimmed with rows velvet piping. new point
collar imperial sleeves shield front one OF the
leading styles of the season, regular price s14
sale price 81.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

2414-Ladies black Cheviot Jackets trimmed
with large horn buttons double breasted facet
with same material and we'll made, sale price S;
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

2458-La6ies Scotch Cheviot Jacket silk velvet
inlaid collar shield front faced with same mater
ial large fancy horn buttons imperial sleeves
one of the best values of the season, regular
nrice S. sale price 81.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

2459-Lades fine Beaver Jackets in tan navy
or brown shield front trimmed with braid and
mouse heads, very stylish garment that retail
ed for $3.50, sale price So.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-10

No. 242S-Ladies navy blue Imported kerse
Jacket, siken lined throughout double stitche
collar silk velvet cuffs and velvet lapels peate
back, shield front, imperial sleeves with larg
fancy horn buttons, regular price SO sale prit
$3.50
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02

\ very favoritc last resort of the eight
zenith century physician was to send q
patient to visit the place of his birth, since
it was thought that natal air" would be
likely to prove peculiarly beneficial. This
last theory, although somewhat ludicrous
when viewed from our modern standpoint,
strikes me as being something more than
q mere piece Of plausible empiricisln. 1t
shows that in spite of their terrible faith
in physic the doctors of those days did not
lose sight of the Importance of conforming
to natures programme.
Although the beneficial! effect of sea voy-
ages was to soma extent recognized, it is
easy to understand that the ships of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
damp and stuffy below and provisioned
with salt junk and hard biscuits, scarcely
gave broken down invalid fair chance
of deriving any great amount of good from
Il change OF air taken under such condi-
tons.
Generally speaking, we how consider
that sea aud mountain air owes its virtue
to its freedom from organic impurities.
Probably it is this quality more than any
other which gives it its reviving effect on
these who have been living in the ologged
and polluted atmosphere of large Towns.
Yet purity Of the atmosphere per Sc is no
preventive of those very ailments which
bring the majority of patients to seaside
watering places and highland sanitariums.
If any invalid who has thus sought relief
We're to take careful note of the natives of
his favorito health resort, he would proba-
bly, be disquictcd to find that pale, sickly
children and ailing adults were by no
means uncommon. Patients with weak
lungs are often sent to winter in Devon
and Cornwall, although the mortality from
pulmonary diseases among the permanent
residents of these favored counties is not Il
whit less than among the jewellers in the
miilaEds ard the north, Eot che undoubt-
cd fact remains to be accounted for that
such migrants 10 warmer chimes almost al
ways derive marked benefit from the
chanEe.-National Review
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
THE TABLED SALAMANpER.
Marco Polo Says That the Wool Is What
We Call Asbestus.

We Call Asbestus.
Chingintalas Is also province at the
verge of the desert and lying between
northwest and north. 1t has an extent of
Ii days journey, and belongs to the great
khan, and contains numerous towns and
villages There are three different races of
people in it--idolaters, Saracens and some
HISTORIAN Christians. At the northern ex
trcmlty of this province there is u noun
tain in which are excellent veins of steel
and ondanique. And you must know that
in the same mountain there is IL vein of the
substance from which salamander is made.
For the real truth is that the salamander
is no beast, as they allege i'll our part CT
the world, but ia q substance found in the
parth, and / will tell you about it.
Everybody must be aware that it can be
no animals nature to live in fire seeing
that every animal is composed of all the
four clements Now l, Marco Polo, had
d Turkish acquaintance of the name Of
ZHirfcar, and he was n very clever fellow.
And this Turk related how he had lived
three years in that region on behalf of the
great khan, in order to procure those sala-
Inanders for him. He said that the way
they got them was by digging in that
mountain till they found a certain vein.
The substance of this vein was then taken
and crushed, and when so treated 1t di-
vidcs, as it were, into fibers of wool, which
they set forth to dry, When dry, these
fibers were pounded i'll IA great copper NOR
tar and then washed, so as to remove all
the earth and to leave only the fibers like
flbcrs of wool. These were then spun and
made into napkins. When first made, these
napkins are net very white, but by putting
them into the fire for awhile they come out
as white as snow. And so again whenever
they become dirty they arc bleached by be-
ing put iii the fire,
Now, this and naught else is the truth
about the salamander and the people of
the country all say the same. Any other
account of the matter is iabulous non
sense. And L may add that they have at
Rome napkin of this stuff, which the
grand khan sent to the pope,-"Tle Story
of Marco Polo" by Noah Brooks, in St.
Nicholas
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
KiDlinp's Snake.

A writer in McClure's Magazine tells
how he edited u paper in India with the
help of Rudyard Kipling, and he mentions
as n side issue a peril from snakes which
Kipling once underwent. The danger of
snakes in Lahore was real enough, and the
place was rich in scorpions. The person
who tells the story had been stung by a
scorpion in bed one morning, and kipling
aided him in the afternoon in scorpion
hunt They found 26 under the mating
in the veranda outside the bedroom door,
besides few centipeds, and put the lot in
to a large tumbler and filled it up with
whisky.
lone day when we were dressing in the
morning 1 heard Kipling shouting, and
went into his room. His face was pale
with horror. and he was tightly clasping
one leg above the knee.
There's snake he gasped, inside
my trousers, and think I've got him by
the head. Put your hand up from below
and drag him out.
81 observed that Kipling only thought
he had it by the head, and that really its
head might be at the other end, in which
case-but before had finished, / saw the
horror in his face relax and give place to
puzzled look, succeeded by fits of laugh
ter Endeavoring to ascertain by the sense
of touch whether 1t was the head he was
graspinG, he had discovered that 1t did not
really feel like any part of snake at all
In fact, 1t had buckle, and he realized
that his braces had been dangling inside
the garment when he put 1t on.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
MADE THEM FEEL CHEAP.


i''''ieii' Fl lisi'iiieh'
An American Glrl tfitNellhg alone In
compartment car from Ostend to Vienna
was annoyed by two Englishmcn who be-
gan by staring at her and ended by max
ing remarks ABOUT her In French.
she took no notice OF them, but busted
hersch III inc corner seat near the window,
writing win pencil IN notebook.
ass, assuming 'Hi"U silc uiu hoU understand
my e"iiii'eli'Gu upon Her beauty
%! mn SPL,''i !iioo anu liihoCChcc ana en-
e"i ti4l>es respecting inc eAUeh6 OF
Aer iatAer fortune.
"hllc they were DEBATING whether 1t
"o'ilu DC worth Whlle Tor them to iiirt
with hcf she III once rang the bell for
por'er, anu, SPeaklig III eNceiicnt Il french,
SdNc olrtcti"lla lur hci luhcheon, which
sAU CApecIcu l" take on the tram.
nc TWO H ,,,, n,oheCl at each other III
"lli''Ioiiien.' 1hey hiu peen taking about
NcF l"r l"ll an Hour on the opposite seat
Ml'h"ul SuslCctlAg that she understood
.Heif I''"i'F rteLicn' men, continuing
t,4uIi ooiIN q e'i'i"h III uef1lAiii OF when
ti4eE NnIN 1858 .hAl4 Ihey ulu Oh french,
w, +. -, ''5'h o',i'i upon their Alisau-
1919 s.i,'. ueci'cu IiliC 80 handsome
i'', NJ, anu 'it' mar
80 rI'i- M "oniu .1 Soou sPecula-
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
THE EGISAND INTELLIGENCER.
Is Published Erery Fridayby
FRANK E. GORRELL.
TERMs.-sI.oO A Year in advance.

Transient AdrcrtiSeHt"Hts.-Onc Square, 8
insertions or less Sl.1O. Each subsequent in
seruion % cents. Longer advertisements i'll
the same proportion. y space equal 10 six
lines makes square. FL arc WORK double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
Why the Devil Has CIoven Hoofs.

Legends of the devil are quite common
in Ireland, but the one which is most in
teresting and least known perhaps is that
which tells why the prince of the internal
regions has split hoofs, like those of cow
beast. Moore alludes to the legend In his
story of ST. Kelvin and Kathleen at Glen
dalough. In that story Moore makes St
Kelvin throw his former ladylove over the
cliff in order to be rid of her opportunities,
but the peasants of the Glendalough dis
trict give the story n more poetical touch
They insist that it was not Kathleen that
was thrown over. the cliff, but that 1t was
satan, who had assumed the form of the
lady in order to tempt the saint The mo-
ment the prince of evil toppled over the
edge of the yawning abyss he spread his
batlike wings and sailed away in safety,
much to the surprise of the holy saint
Later on the devil again attempted to lay
a snare for st. Kelvin, but the saint man
aged to get the arch fiend on holy ground,
where, of course, he was helpless While
the devil was in this helpless condition
Kelvin sawed off his legs and attached
cows hoofs to the stumps Since that day
satan has been cloven footed and will be
until the end of time.-St. Louis Republic
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
S1.O0 PER ANNUM.
John BoIgfano's Horse Fly Liquid Is
the Best.

None genuine without our signature on each
can, John Bolgiano." Beware of false imita-
tons We manufacture nothing but the best.
Drives flies and insects of all kinds Off horses.
cows, dogs, &c. Pint, 25c quart, soc; gallon,
$3.50. We also manufacture J. b. House Fly
Liquid. Drives mosquitoes, reaches. ants,
chinches, and all other insects out of the house
permanently. Bottles, DC. and 25c.; pint, &C..
quart, 81 %. The John Bolgiano Co., Manu-
facturers, II East Lombard ST., Baltimore, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
OUR MAILS IN EARLY DAYS.
They Moved Slowly and the Letter Post
age Was Very High.

They Moved Slowly and the Letter Post
age Was Very High.
"In Washington's first term an effort
was made to speed tho mails-to move
them at the rate of 100 miles in "a hours,
or about Az miles an hour, writes ex-
President Harrison in his "This Country
of Ours article in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. This would have been n notable adj
vance, for the carriers were then taking
nearly 30 hours between Philadelphia and
New York. The roads were bad, and
there were many slow ferries
'In 1776 there were only 90 postoffices
in the colonies; in 1895 there were Asa,
and in 1895 there were 20, 064. The rates
of postage when the department was Or
ganiZed under the constitution were high
for 80 miles, cents for one letter sheet;
for go miles, 8 cents; for 100 miles, 10
cents, and so increasing with the increased
distance to the maximum, 25 cents for dis
tances over $50 miles. Stamps were not
in use in those days. nor was the sender OF
letter required to pay the postage in ad-
vance The postage, cents or 25 cents,
as the case might be, was written by the
postmaster on the letter, and if the sender
paid the postage the word paid was add
ed. If he did not, the postage was col
lected of the person to whom the letter was
addressed. These rates soon yielded II
surplus over the cost of the service in spite
of the franking privilege which the law
gave to congressman and tho heads of de-
partments.
"The demand of the newspapers and
periodicals of every class for cheap postage,
seconded by their subscribers, has led to a
reduction OF rates greatly below the actual
cost to the government. In his report for
1899 the postmaster general, after stating
that the present letter rate pays twice the
cost of the letter mail, says that the book
and newspaper mail is carried at a loss of
cents u pound. In recent years the post
office department has been characterized
by very progressive spirit, and it is now
rendering, not perfect service, but a high
GLASS service. No other department has
more nearly kept pace with the marvellous
development of our country"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
VOL. XLI---NO. 40.
NOT AS WISE AS sERPENTs.
A Number of Foolish Snakes That Had q
Lot of Work For Nothing

LOU VI " DIX or NOtn1nS.
Talking of snakes, " said a man who
had recently arrived from the wilds OF
Nicaragua, reminds me of an incident
witnessed while l was in the interior of
the little republic. 1t was in the section
where the hills approach the rivers L
happened to be padding down the stream
and halted to escape the sun, just under
cliff, which was some 80 feet above the
low ground forming an abrupt declivity.
While was leaning against the trunk
OF large trumpet tree near the bank Of
the river l happened to glance up at the
edge of the cliff and noticed snake hang
ing head downward and swinging in the
open space. While I was wondering was
more surprised at seeing another reptile
climb down the body of the first and coil
his tail about its neck Then there came
another and another, all doing the same
thing. until there was rope of snakes
reaching within about three feet of the
ground, all pursuing the same tactics as
the second. Then realized that the things
were trying to reach bottom in this orig
inal manner. They did not reach low
enough, and directly the bottom ones
crawled to the top and shortly reappeared,
each with small bit of twig in his mouth.
When the first one with the twig reached
the end of the rope, the hanging one grasp
ed the wood in his mouth, and the other
hung tail down. Then a second dropped
down the rope, coiled his tail about the
tail of the other and hung head down with
the stick in his mouth, and third, climb
ing the living coils, in his turn grasped
the other piece of twig and was suspended
tail down like the first BY the aid of the
pieces of twig they heightened the coil I'M
til the bottom snake touched the ground
'Say," qucried one of the interested
listeners, 'what became of the snakes at
the top? Did they drop"
THAT WIS just the thing. When tho
bottom snake was about to let go, he SEEM
ed to realize that the ones at the top would
be no nearer terra firma than before and
changed his mind, and, crawling up slow
ly, apparently informed the others, and
the links shortened rs the snakes crawled
up, and the last l saw of the lot they were
hunting for piece of twist vine to make
rope ladder, New Orleans Times DEM
Ocrat
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02

The art of dentistry was introduced into
New York by John Greenwood in 1888.
He is said to have made the first artificial
teeth ever manufactured in this country.
On the hill where stood ancient Troy
Schliemann found in successive layers the
ruins of four cities, each of which had evil
IDENTIFY been destroyed by fire
The British isles comprise no fewer than
1,000 separate islands and inlets without
counting mere jutting rocks or isolated
pinnacles. -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
ENGLISH ORGANlSTS.
The Average Salary said to BE Only So
Wnnk.


The average pay of an organist in Eng
land appears to be only So week, if the
computations of n certain English musical
critic are to be relied on, but IL Is said that
places ut this compensation are so much in
demand that there is not likely to be any
increase in the remuneration. In Italy
the pay is comparatively greater, and the
opportunities for outside employment are
more frequent A cathedral in a small
Italian town offers the organist the sum OF
$3.50 annually, and for this he is expected
to play for at least two services every day
and spend some of his spare time in teach
ing the children in the church school.
Three hundred dollars is the salary which
an English church advertises for an organ
list for daily service. Some of the
churches in towns of average size pay only
5000, and others offer as little as 500.
The best of the English salaries are those
paid at the cathedrals, and sometimes a
residence is furnished also These places
are worth from 81 900 to 81, 400 a year and
are scarce.
In comparison with the pay Of good or
ganists here these salaries seem absurdly
small, and it is q curious thing that Eng
land should compensate its church must
clans at u lower rate than Italy. The nc
tual figures may not be lower than the
Italian salaries, but the cost of living is SO
much less in Italy that the pay there is
proportionatelY higher.s=New York Sun,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02

Tommy--Paw, what is a chip hatS The
paper says the lady wore blue chip hat
Mr.. Figgs-A blue chip hat? A $3.50
hat, suppose. -Indianapolis Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02

viii be much worn. They are nice goods, ell
tirely new, very styliSh-very cheap. They
suit everyEOdy's complexion, and you can't
help looking nice in them. We have some en-
tirely new things for
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02

When Charles Hutchinson, the eldest
son of "Old Hutch" but very different
sort of man, was president of the Chicago
Stock Exchange, he Gained tumult in
the pits one day by coming out upon lit
tie balcony above the crowd and standing
with his hand appraised in an attitude half
commanding, half entreating. Everybody
stopped talking after little while to see
what the beloved Charley had to say
But all that he said was, Gentleman!
gentlemenr' 1t turned the tide of affairs
that day almost as effectively as closing
the Stock Exchange might have DONE
Boston Transcript.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
Fishing, Grabbing, Rowing and
Sailing,
otter Point, Bush River, One Mile
Below Abingdon.

Having overfauled all of my
&@NsnS& boats am prepared to nccommo-
date Fishing and Sailing Parties
of any number
Lines, Bait &C., always ready, and expert
enced. trusty men, who know the fishing
grounds, to accompany parties. Parties of six
or more, % cents per head. Less than six. for
sail boat and man, $3.50 per day. Trot Line
and Bait. 81 extra. Row Boat, 50 cents per
day. Fishing Lines and Rods free of charge.
Crabs cooked on the shore without extra
charge.
Large parties will please let me know in ad-
vance of their arrival, so that may nave
everything ready for them.
sEPartics wanting Fish Dinner or Supper
can be supplied at so cents each, by giving a
days previous notice. -
JOHN P. LElGHT,
12ie Abingdon P. o., Hartford Co.. Md