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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

II rs believed that the new woman
has had the effect of bringing out the
"new boy" The d-fashioned boys
who went in gangs, played wood tag,
talked hog language, built fires in a
cave at night, and told stories, played
pullaway and shinney on the ice. swan
in summer until their chins were blue,
and stole pickles and other loose
things around grocery stores-they
seem to have passed out of existence.
The snew" boy smokes cigarettes,
wears good clothes, skates with his
girl, and dances, instead of attending
kissing parties, as the old-fashioned
boy did. If the old-fashioned boy
had run across q "new" fashioned boy
he would have chased him all over
town.-Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

A business man who always busts,
is not the one the people trust, for
reasons plain as the church steeple
He busts because he trusts the peo-
ple.-EllinwOod Advocate.
THAT is not all the reason, friend;
most of them come to their "busted"
end because they're too alfred wise to
in the papers advertise.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

The y. S. electors chosen this fall
will meet in their respective states on
the first Monday in January, and cast
their votes for president and vice1.res'
ident, who, at the joint meeting of
the two houses of congress on the
second Wednesday in February, will
open them in the presence Of such Joint
session. If any contests are made
they are heard at that time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

AS THE silver republican senators
in congress have done as they said
they would in case Of Mckinley e
election-refused to enter the repub'
ican caucus or assist in any tariff leg
islation until silver was again given
the same mint privileges as gold-how
are the republicans going to bring
about tariff legislarionf Now don't all
you high tariff men answer at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

Sol MILLER, on the constitutional
convention proposition: "The prin-
cipal reasons given against holding q
constitutional convention are the great
expense, and that it is only q subter-
fuge for resubmitting the prohibition
question. Two very poor reasons.
The State is at a very heavy expense
every year for the of new consti-
tuition, and the cost of convention
has been eaten up in this way mum
Der of times already. And further,
as to the prohibition question, il
should not be considered for q mo-
ment. The State is under no obliga-
tion to defer what she badly needs.
simply in order that the people shall
not again have chance to pass upon
that question. The Republican party
had ample opportunity to call con.
vention, and to CONTROL 1t, knowing
that one was needed; but they were
deferred by fear of offending the Pro.
hibitionists. Having fooled away theil
opportunities, and been swamped. a
last, by prohibition, they have NJ
right to kick if another party doe
what they failed to do.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

THERE are in the present House of
Representatives 244 straight republi-
cans, 105 democrats, 6 populists and
! silver party congressman. There
will be in the next House 204 straight
republicans, 1874 democrats, IL popu'
lists, Is fusionists and 8 silver party
congressman. The democrats have
gained 10 seats, the republicans have
lost 40 and other parties have risen
from a joint strength of z to joint
strength of 80.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

WE ARE informed that the senator
and three representatives of this sena-
torial district are unit for a revision
of our state constitution. They are
gentlemen of advanced ideas, who do
not think that 'any old constitution .
is good enough for Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

''SoUND" money carried Lynn
Mass, in November, 1896, by 5000
majority. w. L. Ramsdell. the free
silver, democrat and populist candi-
date for mayor carried the same city
in Dec. 1896, by over 100 majority.
The silver question is dead-Nit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

As A Christmas gift to the gold
standard theorists Of Chicago who
have been looking in vain for that
returning wave of prosperity" which
was to have swept over the land if
Mckinley Was elected, the National
Bank of Illinois, at Chicago, failed on
the Goth inst.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24
No Court Business.

Some short sighted people are al
ways poking fun at poor 'spoor old Mis-.
ouri,' and attempting to ridicule the
state because it has always been safe
~ democratic in politics. Missouri is
one of the best and most prosperous
states in the Union, and her people
are 80 far above some of the states
treducers that little attention is any
longer paid to the contemplate little
snappings and snarlings of those who
would defame them.
DIR. Blanke handed us a copy of the
Herman, Mo-, Advertiser Courier of
Dec. 18th, an extract from which
shows that Missouri people San almost
get along without courts:
The regular December term of the
Circuit Court began Monday. and q
more embarrassing affair in court an
mails hse never been found in any
county IN the state. The Jail ia
empty; no prisoner was awaiting the
action of the grand jury; prosecuting
attorney knows of no business requir-
ing the attention of such o body,
hence, no grand jury has been sum-
moned for the term. There was no: q
single state case on the docket, ead
when Judge Hirzel opened court and
called the civil docket, he coon eser-
tanned that there was no case 20 be
tried during the term requiring the
services ola jury. 60 he promptly
the petit jury, who went
home rejoicing. The court officers
and four lawyers sat about the stove
chewing the rag, as it we're, and Law.
yer Waldecker wanted to know how
many deputies the sheriff needed to
serve the process of the court, while
Lawyer Pope could not understand
the fuse about wanting q court
house at Drake, when there was no
need for one in the whole
The civil docket comprises
IL cases, four of which are damage
suits from st. Louis county, brought
here by change of venue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

Five bushels OF shelled corn. if de,
iivered before December 25th, will pay
for the DEMOCRAT one year. How
many farmers will take up this banter?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

MORE prosperity" The Bank of
Minnesota, at st. Paul, and the Union
Stock Yards Bank, of the same city,
failed on the 22d; liabilities of the two
banks over 81, 900, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

If you want to buy a Christmas pres.
emit we have what you want.
THE GREAT BEND IMPLEMENT Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

A young daughter of Jacob Shuss, o
the south side, is very i'll.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

They have been having a great
squabble up at Topeka over tbs ques'
ton whether a man shall walk across
the state house grounds, diagonally or
only at right angles. A test case
has been taken to the courts and it
has been decided that the whole Nor,
rill administration can not make a
man walk square, if he wants to GO
Observation-Disclosures Satur-
day Bee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

MAN born according to Hoyle is
full of trouble. He cometh forth like
a jack rabbit in the morning and
fourisheth for a day like q field If
green corn before the hail strikes it
His days are like vapor and evaporate
like gasoline on hot day. At times
he scars and moot Of the time he 10
sore. There are moments when he
would rather be alone. He mourns
and water blinds his vision. He laugh0
and sunshine dissipates the gloom
At last he runneth into politics end
swoons away into cloudy oblivion.
where several crafty jaws have given
up the ghost. Finally the glIm is
doused sine die and the soul OF de-
linquent subscriber passes into eter.
nity.-Seneca Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

If THE state of Kansas publishes
her own school books, Geo. W. Crane
will hardly get the job of compiling
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

A WESTERN publisher conveys del:
icate hint as follows: The editor of
this paper is confronted with ga con-
dition not a theory" Our .gold re-
serve" is getting dangerously low. In
the face of the existing conditions we
can't raise our tariff schedule
sufficiently to produce the re-
quired revenue to run the bust
ness and redeem mature interest
bearing bonds. Besides this on account
of physical conditions we feel that
large appropriation will be necessary to
meet the expenses of our interior
department for the coming year.
Interst bearing bonds are maturing
and will soon be presented for redemp'
ton. In face of these facts we mus.
either have some more gold reserve or
issue more bonds. As we understand
that most, if not all, Of our delinquent
subscribers are opposed to further
bond issues, we would respectfully
ask them to protect the little gold re-
serve we have left by handing in a
little gold" silver or paper standard or
''token" money in any amount they
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

The Sterling Bulletin says 'ta con-
stitutional convention would mean q
six years war in Kansas" Shall we
infer from this statement from one of
the wise men of the republican party,
that should the incoming legislature
provide for revision of the constitu.
ton the republicans would fight it for
six years? Or, does the Bulletin
mean its party would continue for the
next six years to kick about one of the
best things that could possibly be done
for Kansas? Will the anburn-locked
statesman who claims the ownership
of "Peek-a.boo" please explain what
he means by a ''six years war"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

Some people act as though it was
lots easier to say something mean about
q neighbor than something good. They
forget that other people may be affiict-
cd the Same way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

The political tide is turning. Re-
action from the blind sweep of igno-
rant partisanship that rolled up over
5000 majority for the single gold
standard ticket in the recent national
election in Lynn, Mass, has set in,
and as q result thereof the free COIN
age Of silver forces swept the same
city, in . municipal election on Tues
day, Dec. 18th, By majority of over
1,70O. Returning prosperity" was
too slow for the working people of
that great manufacturing city, and
they at last have had their eyes opened
to the folly they committed in No
vember. After promising great things
for the working people to follow the
election of Major Mckinley, the fret
thing the large shoe factories did to
fulfill their promises was to cut down
their forces throwing hundreds of
hands out of employment and reduc-
ing their hours of work. And this is
but the beginning. AS the winter
advances and the need for employ
ment becomes more pressing hundreds
more will be turned from the factory
doors. For why should the factories
run, when there is no demand for
goods--no money in the hands of those
who need the factory products, with
which to buy them?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-24

First published in the DKEoCRAr Nov. &c, 1896. ]
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,N
BAKToN COUNTY.
J.P. Byers
David Schmidt and Eva Schmidt.
by virtue of Special Execution to me directed
IL and delivered, issued out of the Goth District
Court Of the State of Kansas sitting in and for Bar
ton County, in said state, will, on Monday Decem
Der 18th, A. d. 1896. at the hour of 10 o'clock
of said day. at the Court House West door in Great
Bend city 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 north half of the south west quarter IN u of
w 10 of section No. twenty-five (22) In township
No twenty f20l south of range fifteen (15) west of
9th p. m, IN Barton County Kansas
Said property to be sold commanded by the
said Special Execution.
L. P. ABER, Sheriff.
Sherif's Office, Nov. 25, 1885, 1910
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
Career of A FamOu, Surgeon.

The London Lancet says of the late
Professor Bardeleben that "his surgi-
cal career extended over more than
half century; he began his work at
the time when an@sthetics were first
used, and closed it when surgery dares
successfully to attack every organ of
the human body. Although not per-
sonally connected with any striking
inventions or methods, he was always
ready to avail himselfo new methods
in surgery. When more than fifty
years old, at period of life when a
change of habits is seldom seen in
medical men, he, with the late Pro-
lessor Volkmann, made the antiseptic
method first known to the profession
of his country, and in spite of the
scepticism which Sir Joseph Listers
work met with in the beginning, he
was one of his most ardent champions
in Germany"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Tahiti, in the South Seas, is now
lighted by electric lamps.
The LIKE street elevated railroad,
in Chicago, expects TO have complete
electrical equipment by the first OF
next February.
Twenty-Five per cent. of all the
babies born in Russia die before they
are year old, and forty.two per cent.
do not reach the age OF four.
A mining expert declares that there
are large deposits of gold-bearing
gravel in Nebraska, not far from Lin
coin, and that much of it is "fabu'
lously rich"
OF 597 trees struck by lightning in
Moscow, Russia, 302 were white pop.
lars. The planting of these trees as
protectors against lightning is there
fore recommended to farmers.
There is said to be scarcity OF
Cuban cedar for cigar boxes since the
outbreak of the revolution in that
country. A good substitute, and one
often used, however, is cumber wood,
which is dyed to the popular color.
An immense hywheel, twenty eight
feet in diameter, having a face four
feet broad and weighing 180, 900, is on
its way from Philadelphia to Joliet.
Ill. 1t is being transported in two
sections on two cars built for the pur-
pose.
In Siam there is a species of small
black ant oficered by mounted 'gen-
erals" Among the working troops
move at regular intervals'monster ants
elephants as compared to the
others and on each of these sits or
rides one of the small ants, evidently
in command.
It was supposed that aluminium was
mineral that would not tarnish or
deteriorate under any ordinary use,
but according to naval officers its use
for naval vessels will not do at all.
They say that specimens submitted to
tests in salt water have practically
crumbled to pieces.
Such is the clearness of the atmos-
phere in the vicinity of ArequIpa,
Peru, that from the observatory, $3.50
IeeD ABOVE Ine sea, Dlhck spoG one
inch in diameter, placed on white
disk, has been seen on Mt. Charchani,
n distance of eleven miles, through a
thirteen-inch telescope.
New bread and hot morning rolls
have been condemned as injurious and
difficult of digestion. However true
this charge may be, the use of new
bread appears, even from the hygienic
point of view, to have some compen-
sating advantages. DR.. Troitski states
that he has found that new and uncut
bread contains no micro organisms, as
the heat necessary to bake the bread
necessarily destroys them, while soon
after exposure many microbes, not in
frequently pathogeuic, are to be found
on the loaves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

The truth of the alnge that an hour
OF sleep before midnight is worth two
hours after midnight is questioned by
DR.. E. P. Colby, who states that he
made some study OF the subject while
in naval service during the Civil War.
The ships company on shipboard-
officers and men alike-stanl four
hour watches day and night, with the
Interpolation of a dog-watch of two
hours to change the time of each set
OF men on successive days. These men
are therefore obliged to get their re-
CURED sleep very irregularly, but in
more than two years of observation
Dr.. Colby could never discover that
the watch officers and men were not as
fully refreshed by their sleep as were
the medical and pay officers, who
stand no watch, and have hours as reg
ular as any householder. In the varied
industries of our cities, where many
workers are employed at night and
must sleep by day, further evidence
could doubtless be found that the time
when sleep is obtained has not the in
huence upon health and longevity for.
merly attributed to it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
Muscles OF the Hand,

In the palm of the hand and between
the metacarpal bones there are small
muscles Cumbricales and interossei)
which perform the finer motions
expanding the fingers and moving
them in every direction with quick
ness and delicacy. These small mus
cles, attached to the near extremities
OF the bones of the fingers where they
form the first joint, being inserted
near the center of motion, move the
ends of the fingers with very great ve-
locity. They are the organs which give
the hand the power of spinning, weav-
ing, engraving and as they produce
the quick motions of the musicians
fingers, they are called by anatomists
fidicinales. The combined strength of
all the muscles, in grasping, must be
very great; indeed, the power is ex-
hibited when we see a sailor hanging
by rope and raising his whole body
with one arm. What, then, must be
the pressure upon the hand? 1t
would be too much for the texture
even of bones and tendons, and Ger.
tainly for the blood vessels aud nerves,
were not the palms of the hands, the
inside of the fingers and their tips,
guarded by cushions. To add to this
purely passive defense there is a mus
Gle which runs across the palm, and
more especially supports the cushion
on the inner edge; it acts powerfully
as we grasp, and it is this muscle
which, raising the edge of the palm,
hollows it aud adapts it to lave water,
forming the cup of Diogenes. SAP
Francisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
Walking for Health.

When there is no organic weakness
which isaggravated by the exertion, it
is the easiest and pleasantest thing to
walk right into health. OF course,
there is no virtue in a dawdling walk.
The slow and languid dragging of one
foot after the other, which some peo
pie call walking, would tire an ath.
lete; it utterly exhausts a weak per-
son, and that is the reason why many
delicate people think they cannot
walk. To derive any benefit from ex-
ercise, it is necessary to walk with Il
light, elastic step, which swings the
weight of the body so easily from one
leg to the other that its weight is not
felt, and which produces a healthy
glow, showing that the sluggish blood
is stirred to action in the most remote
veins. This sort of walking exhilarates
the whole body, gives tone to the
nerves, and produces just that sort OF
healthful fatigue which encourages
sound, restfGl sleep, -Demorest's e
Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN.

My ship comes sailing in from the sea-,
And am glad rs glad can be.
OH have kissed my love tonight,
And all life seems one calm delight.
My ship comes in. my ship comes in.
My ship comes sailing up the sea,
And life is like dream to me.
The stars look larger than before;
The moon is silver now. The door
or Paradise seems open wide
As yon church-door for my fair bride.
My ship comes in. my ship comes ini
My ship comes climbing up the sea,
And land and sea are fair to me.
know full we'll In my ships hold
Lie neither gorgeous silks nor goldj
But OIL / know my love loves me
And ask no more OF lanl or sea.
My ship comes in, my ship comes in;
My ship has crossed the lonesome sea,
And am glad as glad can be.
joaquin Miller. in His "Pocms." "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Alphonse Daudet, the French nov
clist, has been sorely troubled by his
uncomplimentary remark about Eng
lish women. He declared the other
day that he had decided to say moth
ing about women in the future, be-
cause this "sex, usually called feeble,
has too many defenders when at
tackled ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Tennessee hle planned and is now
constructing an industrial exposition
of interstate and international scope
to celebrate the one hundreth ami
versary of her admission into the
Union, to open at Nashville, the capi-
tai of the State, September l, 1895,
and to continue 100 days. The plans
call for twenty main buildings to be
grouped around lake, a military
plaza, and a reproduction of the Par.
thenon at Athens, standing snow white
and alone in the middle upon high
terrace. In the main exposition
buildings Tennessee will present in
classified form under appropriate de.
partments the evidences of her re-
soureeful mines, her fertile fields aud
her numerous manufactures. She in
vites every other State and foreign
land to come and place its exhibits
side by side with hers, aud will make
no charge for the space occupied.
The management to which has been in
trusted the details OF the fair desire
that the most unique and the most
complete exposition possible may re-
suit from their labors. For Tennes-
sees part more than 1000 prominent
men and women scattered throughout
the State are said by the managers to
beworking earnestly and patriotically,
and without salary, preparing exhib-
its. For other States, free space in
large buildings for exhibits and sites
for individual edifces are offered, and
the management will render all assist
ance to such commissioners as are ap-
pointed for the successful perform,
ahee of their duties. tennessee,
say the managers, sis in earnest anG
she will prove again by her exposi
tion the fitness Of the term 'Yolunteel
State,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany has asked all the important lines
using Pullman sleepers to join in a
request to the Pullman Company to
reduce the price of upper berths
twenty-five per cent below the price
charged for lower berths. Pullman
cars are ran on 1877, 0o0 out OF 173, 900
miles of road in this country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

"My friend" he said in the soft
tremulo which bespeaks the mendi-
cant, "I'm in hard luck.
The man whom he was endeayor oring
to touch only walked the faster.
w'm hungry and sleepy and amt
got thing ter eat nor any place ter
lay my head"
II haven't anything for you. I've
heard all that before
Heard it beforei Why, look ere,
mister, this aiu't no prize contest for
originality. An if it is, you amt got
none the best o. me-, he went on,
slackening his pace. aud dropping be-
hind. 'I've heard what you said be-
fore; bout 'leven thousand times at
the lowest cAlc'lation. - Washington
Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
CryptOgram on a IIeadstOnc.

In the northeastern corner Of Irin.
ity ahurchyard a certain James Les.
son is buried, and part Of the incrip-
tion on his headstone is in the form
OF a cryptogram. The inscription is
very short but as one letter is used
four times, and as this happens to be
the one in most general use, and also
taking into account the place in which
it is found, it requires little penetra-
tion to find the hidden meaning; 'Re
member Death l"-New York AdSer-
tiser,