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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
Supplement- to
Barton County Democrat.
Great Bend, Kas., August IS, 1896.
A WISE DOG.
Story OF a Plebeian Hound, Demo.
cratic and Homespun.
he Had No Pedigree and No RePertory OF
Tricks, But He Knew a Good Deal
An Instance of His WON
derfui Sagacity.

He was not a thoroughbred, high
toned dog with an ancestry that
made him canine aristocrat, says
the Hartford Courant. He was
plebeian hound, democratic and
homespun in his ways, with degree
of intelligence and common sense
that would do credit to man, the
speaking animal. His name was
Pete, and for twenty years he was
a member of the family of n. NJ.
Wright, of East Hartland. He had
"a good head on him for dog, and
many of his feats of mind power, so
to speak, are traditions in the fam
lily. He knew all the members of
the family when their various names
were called, and would approach the
mother or the aunt whenever told to
do SO, and never made a mistake.
One instance of Pete's sagacity is
worth noting as showing the quality
of the dog.
1t was during the period of heavy
snow and impossible roads imme-
diately succeeding the March biz
card of 1888. One member of the
family was away from home six
miles and half and sick.
There was no way to get any
word to or from her, with the
snow six to ten feet in the roads.
Pete was familiar with the place
where the sick person was, and how
to get there. He also appeared
very nervous and evidently missed
the sick one from the house. One
day it occurred that communication
might be established by Pete. A
note was tied about his neck and he
was told to go and find the sick one.
He plunged into the snow, made his
way six miles and half, gained en-
trance to the house, rushed into the
sick room and jumped upon the bed.
The note was read, an answer tied
to Pete's collar, and he was sent
back. He made the round trip in
two hours and a half, and each day
for two weeks made the same trip,
varying scarcely minute from two
hours and half on any trip.
Well, Pete grew old. He was
weak, his teeth were gone. and it
was hard lines for the old hound.
Mr.. Wright, although he has shot
many animals in his capacity as
agent for the Humane society, could
not bring himself to part company
with a friend that had done such
faithful service and been so worthy
a member of his family. So it hap
pened that one day this week,
Dwight W. Thrall, the general agent
of the society, was out in Hartland.
and he was called upon to perform
the sad Office. Peter was sent
across the Styx painlessly at the
muzzle of Mr.. Thrall' revolver. His
body was put in a new pine box and
he was accorded a decent burial, and
there were real tears from those
who loved him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
Mi~ Trees.

DIR. Spruce, the renowned Souh
American traveller, mentions tree,
a member of the dog-bane family,
the juice of which is used as milk.
On the bark being wounded the
mix flows abundantIy and is of the
consistency of cows milk, of the
purest white and sweet to the taste.
The Indian mode of taking it is to
apply the mouth directly to the
wound and thus receive the milk as
it flows. DR.. Spruce says he has
often partaken of it without expert
encipg any i'll effects.
In Guiana the natives employ the
milk from a tree belonging to the
same family as the last named; in
the vernacular it is known as hya-
hya, and to botanists as Taberna-
montana utilis $50 named after
Jacobus Theodorus Tabernamon-
tanus, a German physician and bot
Gnist). The milk has the same favor
as sweet cows milk, but is rather
sticky on account of its containing
some caoutchouc.
In Para lofty tree. Belonging to
the star-apple family, attaining a
height of one hundred feet, is used
in a similar manner to the others
mentioned. Incisions are made in
the bark, and the milky juice flows
out copiously about the consist9nee
of thick cream, and if it Were mot
for its taste. which is somewhat Pc
GUITAR. could hardly be dis tiEguished
from it.lChambers Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
To Napo!eon's Troops.

Visitors to the battlefield at
Waterloo can hardly have failed to
be struck with the fact that the
monuments upon that classic ground
are exclusively devoted to men of
the allied forces. Subscriptions
have in consequence been invited
for erecting-of course, with the
permission of the Belgian govern
ment-a memorial of some sort to
Napoleon's troops somewhere near
Braine PAlleud or Mont ST. Jean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
Quarterly Statement.

Quarterly statement of County Treasurer show
ing balances on ledger at the opening Of business
July s7th, 1896:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13

Virginia, June 10, 1863; Nevada,
October 81, 1864; Nebraska. March
1, 1867; Colorado, August 1, 1876;
North Dakota, November 8, 1889;
South Dakota, November 3, 1889;
Montana, November 8, 1889; Wash
ington, November IL, 1889; Idaho,
July 3, 1890; Wyoming, July II,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
"YOgrs for HeaIth.'

Expert physicians affirm that the right climate
may cure consumF tio1 and kindred diseases The
night climate is where pure. Dig air. equibi= tenn
Perzfure and constant sunshine are found These
essentials exist in the Salt River Valley Of Arizona
end various places IN New Mexico Descriptive
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For free copies address Geo. Z NicaOlsoa, c p
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EXCURSIONS via A. t. & $. f. Ry.
Hack Needs Vacation.

All work makes Jack 4 dull boy He should
leave the office while this summer, take Jill along
and go TO Colorado.
An illustrated book describing Summer tourist
resorts in the Rocky Mountains Of Colorado, viii
be mailed free on application TO c. T Nicholson,
e. p. A. A T * : F Ry., Chicago
Tourist tickets row on sale al reduced rates TO
Pueblo, Colorado Springs. Manitou and Denver,
over the picturesque line, Santa Fe Route
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DUE FROM ACCOUNTS

: :
/, III Miller, treasurer of Barton county. Kan
sass do soiemnly affirm that the herein
set forth is true and correct
+. h MILLER.
County treasurer
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 9Th
day Of July, 1896 NJ B Fits,
County Clerk
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
Czmpaiyu Sonps.

We have just received from tie MUSIC
publishing house OF Tue 5 BraiRard s
Sons Co., 15l Wabash Ave. Chicago. ,,
copy of the Red Hot Democratic t,aI.
Daign Song Book for The campaign of
1896 TIE book contains solos, duets.
mixed and male qusFtets. and - espec
tally arranged for campaign clubs Ii
is not cheap word edition. and Is sold
for the remarkably low price of 10 els
or s1.00 per dozen postpaid
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13

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clean and repair. Prices TO suit the
times. Work guaranteed satisfactory.
Leave orders at DEMOCRAT cftics-
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Great Bend, Kas.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03

Lone Oak township will organize
Bryan free silver club at Peru Sat-
urday evening. All persons who be
lieve in free silver are invited to at.
tend and sign the roll. Lone Oak
ought to attend the speaking Mon
day ID full force
The delegates from this district
to St. Louis last week J. G. Dor.
man of Clinton and W. 2. Cole
man were selected delegates to
the Indianapolis convention. Dor
man is in his dotage, Coleman
formerly lived at Rich Hill, out for
the past four or five years has been
resident of st. Louis. By what
authority does Coleman assume to
represent Bates county or the Sixth
district.
The music department of Butler
Academy offers special inducements
| to those who desire a first-class mu'
sical education. Send for catalogue
and examine the excellent course in
music, A teacher of unquestioned
ability, up to date in methods of in
structiop, is in charge and will guar
antee satisfaction. Give your son OF
daughter a definite course, and re
ceive a diploma of graduation, tina
will be valuable. 4Otf.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03
TIER WEEKLY TIMES
LOCAL. ITEMS

Good so acre farm for sale or ex |
aange. j. A SILvERs. 80 tt.
" F. Kinney is visiting in Kansas
Gty
Hear Judge DeArmond at Burdett
saturday night.
The public schools OF this city
Hll open Monday.
". h. Warnock has moved his
anily to Kansas City.
The Butler flambeau club is get
ag in trim for the fall campaign.
The corporation daily papers do
aot control the votes of the masses.
The annual conference of the Nj.
L Church South will be held at
Nevada September 10Th.
Mrs. I. A. Black and twin chill
afen have returned from their visit
70 warrensburg.
Bryan and Free silver club vii! be
otganizs in Lone Oak at Peru next
Saturday night.
The Cottage boarding house, in
ared by fire a short time ago, is
Yang repaired.
Rev. Nj. Mcbride, of Nevada, will
aold services at st. Marks (Episco
nl) church Sunday, Sept. 9th.
The gold democrats of Maryland,
nave refused to put out third tick
Ct or nominate an electoral ticket.
Squire D. G.. Newsom united IL
carriage Sunday evening, VIM
compton and Mrs. Elizabeth Stucky
Senator Cockrell will speak in But
Ar September 7th. Every free silver
man in the county should be pres
sot and give the senator royal vel
eome.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Arnold 60 on |
visit to relatives and friends in |
Jackson and Lafayette counties.
The interest in the election of
Bryan and DeArmond should not be
allowed to lag in this county. A free
silver Bryan and DeArmond club
should be organized in every town.
ship in the county.
Harvey c. Clark will speak at the
Hacker school house, in Mingo
township, Saturday night, and a
Bryan Free Silver Club will be
organized. Every voter in north
east Bates should attend this meet.
irg and hear the silver question ably
and eloquentIy discussed.
Judge Booker Powell. John Raw,
uncle Kit Divers, accompanied bv
their families spent Sunday at Boul
ware Springs, south of town. They
took their dinners and the day was
pleasantly spent IN the beautiful
grove. 1t ia said this spring is equal
in medicinal qualities to those of the
ElDorado.
John Sweig, q Nevada man, was
held up by foot pads near the Smell
ters in that city the other night and
robbed OF 81. He showed fight and
was cut with knife in several places
aud brutally kicked by the men
Nevada is real live town, and il
: the line of forgery and footpad bust
ness ranks we'll up with Kansas Cit,
and St. Joseph.
Tuesday afternoon span O
horses attached to 1. spring Wagon
, took fright near the store Of Bennett
Wheeler Mere c.. and dashed dow
the street on the east side of squar
at full speed. The wagon had bee
capsized in making the turn wheI
stopped by DR.. Renick's fence, wa
g total wreck. The team belonge
to Mr.. Amos Black, living southeas
Q of the city.
= Prohibition County Conventio
, will be held in the court house
j.. Butler Friday Sept. 1lth, at p. m
, for the purpose of placing in nom
nation county ticket. All prohib
g tionists present or prospective al
D. cordially invited Hon. H. P. Fari
u prob ibition candidate for governo
will be present and speak at 3 D. l
The public is invited to hear him.
.' .' A. H. CULVER, Chairman.
"' u. +. HICKMAN, Sec.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03
At Burdett.

Judge DeArmond will address the
voters of Burdett Saturday night.
The ladies as well as the men are
invited to be present. Every voter
whether he be republican, populist
or democrat should be present.
A number of Butler people visited
the holmes camp meeting at Black s
grove, six miles southeast of town,
Sunday.
Woody,the bright little son of W.
NJ. Campbell, of Foster, is visiting
his auut, Mrs. r G. West of this
city.
The fair at Mexico. Mo-, wound
up with killing. Frank Gibbs
colored shot and killed his brother
Louis
E. E. Brown who has been travel
ing through Iowa, claims the state
will 60 for Bryan and free silver by
10000.
H. +. Carson, one of the county's s
most substantial young men, enrolls
his name on the books of the boom.
ing TIMES.
Bailey Moore, living a short dis
lance northeast of Adrian, had q
horse bride and saddle stolen from
his barn Sunday night.
Remember Senator Cockrell will
speak in Butler Monday. Every
section of the county should be rep
resented at this meeting,
A. J. Smith, we see from the
Adrian Journal has decided to &C
cept the nomination for prosecuting
attorney on the republican ticket.
The old home OF Jas G. Blaine, al
West Brownsville. Pennsylvania il
which he was born and spent hi:
boyhood days has been taken down
J " Cole, of Ballard. has his al
dress changed 10 Culver Mr. Col,
is one of our best farmer friend
and subscribers and he has on
thanks for renewing.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03
Are You Tired

All the time This condition is a
sure indication that your blood is
not rich and nourishing as it ought
to be and as it may be if you will
take few bottles of the great blood
purifier. Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thous-
ands write that Hoods Sarsaparilla
has cured tha'u OF that tired feeling
by giving them rich, red blood.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03
The Balm Wagon,
Best on earth,
Deacon Bros. i Co.

Isaac Webb moved to Warrens.
burg this week where he will engage
in the dairy business. Isaac is afaith.
full hard working young man and
the TINES wishes him good luck.
There is every prospect that times
will be little tight this winter and
the poor should be making their ar
rangements before frost to stem the
billiards.. Plenty of wood and coal
and sack or two of -four and side
of bacon should be laid away during
this pretty weather.
| The mail carrier informs US that
a Bryan free silver club was organ.
lied at Amoret Thursday night with
an enrolment of lot names, Sena.
tor Cockrell will speak in Butler at
| 2 olock p. IN. Monday, September
| 7th, and it would be a treat to have
the Amoret club greet him on that
day in a body. Come marching,
boys, with your banners flying for
16 to l,
/ F. H. Glenn is in receipt of Il ring.
ing letter from his friend, DR.. W. II.
r. King of Carthage. DR.. King was
formerly a republican, but now all
ardent silver man, and enthusiastic
for the election Of Bryan and Ben
ton. The Doctor expresses the opin.
ion that "the position of the repub-
lican party OIL the silver issue is
inconsistent. unpatriotic and the
] success of that party means destruc.
ton to American liberty. Nevada
| Mail.
Two boy burglars, Syd dney Frazier
aud Winfield Huxley, aged respect
lively Is years, were arrested in
4 Springfield by the police Sunday,
l while breaking into a hardware
= store OF late FIVE hardware stores
and several business houses have
been entered and goods stolen. The
boys confessed to doing ali the
, stealing and told where the goods
| could be found. Both boys belong
j to highly respectable families. Fra
zier is the son of clerk in the ex
n change bank.
u Corn was quoted at 19t, in st
Louis Wednesday, the lowest it haI
n ever been since Joseph bought corr
in Egypt during the seven years 0
y plenty. It is estimated that it cost
lO5c bushel to get corn to the cit.
III market, leaving Sc for the farmer
At that rate it would take about A
bushels an acre to pay his rent, g
- that all be raises over 40 bushels t
- the acre be gets for his labor. Thi
- is very encouraging for the farmer
But our Republican friends at s.
Louis resolved that the existiD
price of corn must be preserved
Pleasant Hill Gazette.
A terrible accident took place {
the ST. Louis county fair held {
Dwyer Station, Friday. Among tt
D attractions advertised to take plae
u in the afternoon was balloon asce,
sion by Mrs Geo. W. Hibbard. A
ready, the lady started On her voyae
to the clouds amid tie shouts Of tt
thousand of people who had assen
: bled TO witness the feat The bl
balloon sailed away and about la
mile from the ground the parachu
upon which the young woman vi
TO make her descent was seen
separate from the balloon and IA
In her fright che let loose the b
loon and fell The fail was 2,6t
feet. and she Was dead when picks
up.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03

Hon. F. NJ. Cockrell, our senior
United Stated senator. He is one
of the ablest speakers in the nation.
Let's give him rousing turn out. 4
grand ovation. Everybody is iuvit |
ed, democrats. republicans, popu |
lists and prohibitionists.
Judge DeArmond will speak al
Merwin Saturday afternoon
Jas. Crooks, one of Bates county's
substantial farmers and best citizens,
living northwest of town, called and
renewed for 81.
The gold democrats will have to
call another state convention at ST.
Louis Nearly all the candidates
nominated are sending in their let
tiers of declination 10 the committee.
The old soldiers of Kansas City,
Kansas. have organized free silver
club. G NJ. Reed, second X V. c.
is president, John Burk, second, X.
V. c., vice president: S B. Keller,
Fifth K. Y. G., secretary and tressur-
er.
Robt. Scholtz, of Appleton City,
through his attorneys Graves &
Clark, brought suit against the town
for $4,000 for damages sustained
by falling down on store Sidewalk.
It was matter of such deep con.
cern to the people that the Journal
got out an extra.
Every little republican paper in
the country is being supplied with
gold bug supplements from national
republican committee. Last week
every republican paper in this sec.
tion had the same suppliment as
that seat out in the Record The
suppliment is furnished free o
charge to the papers.
Frank Porter living near the
Humphrey place in the south par
of the city is dangerously sick, 81
DIR. Boulware informs us, and fear
are entertained that he will not re
cover. His ailment is brain fever
and it is thought his present sick
ness was brought On from the effect
of slight sun stroke which he re
ceived during the excessive no
weather of few weeks ago.
The bond holder wants his bond
and interest made payable in goll
The eastern man that loans none
on the western farm wants the prir
cipal and interest in gold. If gol
is the only sound money, and tx
only money in all the world wort
100 cents, why not the farmer d
mand gold in payment for his horse
cattle, sheep, hogs, wheat, oats, fla
and corn. II the farmers could cor
bine as the money lenders do al
demand gold payment it would n
take long for the money question
: adjust itself.
Miss Maggie Abel, who has be
% spending the summer at home, L
- ~ Monday for Colorado Springs to !
~ sumo her school work in that pls
st for another year. As teacher Nj
Abel has few equals and her va
"A able services IN the schools OF Co
IS RADIO Springs the past year /
n' brought her promotion to the HI
schools of that city with an advar
Y. in salary. The TIMEs is glad to hi
'g of he- good fortune and the b
'iS wishes of Batter friends will ever
with her.
~
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03

Hoods Pills act easily, promptly
on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03
SENATOR COCKRELL
Butler, Sept. 9TH.

Everybody in the county knows
Hon. F. NJ. Cockrell, our senior
United Stated senator. He is one
of the ablest speakers in the nation.
Let's give him rousing turn out. \
grand ovation. Everybody is invit
ed, democrats. republicans, popu-
lists and prohibitionists.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-03

A number of Butler people visited
the holmes camp meeting at Black
grove, six miles southeast of town
Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-18

made very slight changes Of level important The
present indications in Greenland also point TO
successive oscillations in the height OF the land
As soon plain or line OF nils rose ABOVE inc
line of perpetual snow, they began to store UP the
water from the sea, In the end Gaping the whole
hemisphere to a point far below the Arctic circle
with Ice But the very weight Of this Ice tended 10
depress the risen land, while the lowered sea level
invited the water from the tropics with sus-
gestons Of this the reader should be able 10
xo,k out a glacial theory OF his own. He VIII
er1 in General Greely's book less this theme.
hut for its length a strikingy complete summary
of Arctic research from It's beginnings to the pres
an, dax The work Is not only narrative. but
ac argument from results in reply TO those VINO
condemn all expeditions to the frozen zones as
useless. Both these volumes are Illustrated. ma
=, professor Wright and Mr. Upham by numerous
cop,es Of photographs. and that OF General CREEPY
by a large number Of maps beginning with SNAKE
speare's New Map" dated 1900
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