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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-16

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Sterett, of this
city, have separated by mutual agree
ment. Mrs. Sterett has the children,
the home property, and $500 in cash.
MIR. Sterett retaining all elese, and as
Stunning the joint indebtedness.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-16

George Leisure, brakeman on the
G. K. & W. branch of the Santa Fe, got
his hand caught in making a coupling,
Monday, and badly smashed. The
doctor thinks he will have to have a
thumb taken off. He went to the COM
pany hospital Monday night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
AN EXPERIMENT IN IRRIGATION.

Dr. Gapin, superintendent of the Illi-
nois Eastern Hospital for the Insane,
has made a report on the results of an
experiment in artificial irrigation by
that institution which contains some
facts OF general interest. In 1893 and
1894 the hospital had about ninety acres
planted to garden, which was almost an
entire failure owing to drought. In the
spring of 1895. acting on the advice Of
the superintendent. the trustees laid
about four thousand feet of water mains
TO about ninety acres of land. Water
was turned into the mains in June, and
from that time the entire tract was ir-
rigated as occasion required. 1t was
planted entirely in vegetables and gar
den stuff. The superintendent gives an
itemized statement of the crops, show
ing an aggregate value of S6.47S from
ninety and one-haff acres. The three
largest items were fifteen acres of cab
bage, 1,479 barrels. fifteen acres of tur-
nips, 3,036 bushels. and twenty-five acres
of potatoes. 5000 bushels. The yield Of
other vegetables was in proportion.
While Ii is not claimed that the yield
was excessively large, the superintendent
says IL was much larger than the aver
age yield in that region last year, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

loaded with the necessary material and ex-
ploded In the air. he claims. discharges a
moissure-producing substance to a height OF
eighteen miles. Three OF such discharges.
properly distributed. he claims. will produce
q rainfall from three TO fve inches within
twenty-four hours, at a total cost not to ex-
The Earl of Mansfield. who attained his
ninetieth birthday the other day. is the most
picturesque figure in Enghnd's aristocracy.
His Lordship wears the bottle-green coat
and high-roll collar OF the last generation.
and, In spite of the protests OF his family.
ern style. Earl Mansfield Is said 20 be the
Earl" whom Mrs. Hodgson Burnett limned
Lord Fauntleroy."
1t mas not been an omm thing TO
hear Prince Bismarck accused of being fond
OF money. but it is certain that he Is also
capable of giving in a liberal manner when
a fitting opportunity is Offered him for doing
so. IL has only quite lately transpired that
Tor thirty years he has been paying three
gratz 500 marks a year each, so that by now
the sum amounts to 1900 marks which he
mas spent on these men alone.
There viii be published next month the
first volume OF a work by Mr.. George Haven
Putnam. entitled Books and Their Makers
During the Middle Ages" A second and
concluding volume will soon follow. Mr..
Putnam takes up in his work the thread laid
down at the end OF his earlier volume on
Authors and Their Public in Ancient
Tines" and he carries his Investigations
DOWN TO 110S. the date Of the passage OF the
nrst copyright statute i'm Europe. The book
Will be published by the Putnams..
Henry Labouchere tells OF an awkward
mistake he made about De Persigny. Napo-
Icons right hand man and the maker OF
the Second Empire" His appearance was
p%ieoeian. and when the London editor saw
him at an evening reception he took him
Tor a waiter and asked for a cup of tea "De
Persigny g-ood-humoredly went for It," says
Mr.. Labouchere. land I was knocked into a
neap az seeing his grand Gordon OF the Le-
gion or Honor. but kept down my confusion
and got into a rattling chat with him."
Speaking Of Queen Taitou. wife OF King
Menelek. OF Abysinnia, a Paris journal says:
The Queens pride and her mania for med
ding With everything have made numerous
enemies for her. and she might be an object
or pity II the King should die before her,
because In that event she would be i'm danger
OF being stoned to death. She knows this
very, Well, and as a precautionary measure
she has accumulated immense riches i'm the
country OF Godjam, where she intends to
take refuge In case she becomes a widow"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

and asked him II he had chartered the coach
for the day. The stranger, nov Wide awake,
responded. Certainly not. and al once took
the the p 5rUs' Of fsi honor 1oH'WsSg s took IL our travel
Ing companion at a glance. A queer. odd
, sosn ga ie, ,lS1N,, ne was vas; 81 ars so1b, IN a MEL
out vest or crayai. and a 25-cent palm hat
on the back OF his head. His very prom
pressionless. Regarding him as a good sub
ject for merr.ment, ~ perpetrated several
Jokes. He took them all with the utmost In
laugh. although at his own expense. At noon
we stopped az a wayside h0stelry Tor dinner.
we, Invited him to eat With as; ana ne sp,
great honor. He sat with half his person
on a small chair. and held MS hat under
Journey after dinner. conversation drsf,ed
into a discussion OF the comet. a subject that
was then agitating the scientific world. I'm
He made many startling suggestions ana
asked many questions. We amazed him
soans words 81 learned lsnSis and s dhI1G1ssri3 y
wordy pyro;echnics the dazed and ~hswildered
stranger added: What is going 10 beSfhe up
was not certain. in fact. I differed from
most scientists and philosophers. and was
f foilow the 70 d das sgin 9b'ns t5 om the world would
Late In the evening we reached Indian
apoiis and hurried TO B~rowning's Hotel
losing sight OF the stranger aitogether-
- III ~ us TIL NuEA
away the dust of the Journey. In a few
minutes | descended TO the portico. and
there deserted our long, gloomy fellow
traveller In the center, OF an admiring group
or lawyers, among whom were Judges Nc
Lean and Huntington. Edward Hannegan.
Albert 3. White and Richard w. Thomp-
son. who seemed to be amused and inter
ested i'm a story he was telling. / inquired
or Browning. the landlord. who ne was.
Abraham Lincoln. OF Illinois. a member
OF Congress- was the response. I was
thunderstruck at the announcement. L
FASTENED upstairs and told Hammond the
startling news, and together we emerged
from the hotel by a back door and went
down an alley TO another house. thus avoid
ing further contact with our now distln-
guished fellow-traveler. Curiously enough.
years after that Hammond had vacated the
ONCE OF Governor Of Indiana a few days
before Lincoln arrived In indianapolis. on
his way to be ~inaugurated President. | had
many opportunities after the stage ride To
cultivate Mr.. Lincoln's acquaintance. and
was a jealous advocate of his nomination
and election to the presidency. Before
leaving his home for Washington. Mr..
Lincoln caused John p. Usher and myself
to be invited TO accompany him. We agreed
TO join him I'm Indianapolis. On reaching
that city the presidential party had al
ready arrived, and upon inquiry we were
informed that the President-eiect was I'm
the lining room OF the hotel at supper.
Passing through we saw that every seat
at the numerous tables was occupied. but
failed to find Mr.. Lincoln. As we were
nearing the door TO the office OF the hotel
a .ong arm reached TO my shoulder and a
shrill voice exclaimed. Hello. Nelson. do
follow the darned thing ony II was Air.
lincoln" U
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

The country was almost panic-stricken.
There IA no capable military leader in
sight. Grant. Sherman, Sheridan and all
the great captains of the war were as
yet unheard of. Even Mcclellan had
not yet developed his short-lived great
ness. General Scott. a great soldier. but
incapacitated by age, was nominally in
command OF the army. but he had no
grasp of the situation. Yet in this per-
ilous crisis the civilian President swept
the whole horizon with the GOODNESS of
a. veteran and arranged for a reorgani-
cation of the army and a plan of cam
paign in the East. West and Southwest.
The foregoing memorandum" which,
of course, had the force of a general or
der. was the beginning of a long series
of papers by Mr.. Lincoln. showing re-
increasing grasp of the situation. In nu-
merous letters to Generals Halleck, Nc
Clellan, Buell., Mcdowell. Hooker. Scho-
field, Grant, Hunter. Burnside and 9TH
ers he planned campaigns and outlined
movements for all the armies in the field,
in many States and over a vast extent
of territory. Many of these letters, al
ways carrying the force of orders. show
a knowledge of the country in which the
various armies were operating, as to
the location of strategic points, course
of roads, bearing of railroad lines. etc.,
that must have surprised the generals to
whom they were sent. In the closing
period of the war General Grant prob
ably had as complete a view Of the en-
tire field and all the military combina-
ions in 1t as MIR. Lincoln did, but 1t is
quite certain no other general had. Mr..
Dana could not have stated that Mr..
Lincoln developed into one Of the great
est military men Of his time" without
weighing the meaning of the words, and
he was probably correct.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

he thinks II the irrigation lad been be-
gun earlier in the season it would have
been still larger. The entire cost OF lay
ing the water pipes was about $40 per
acre. Before they were laid the land
would have been high-priced for agri-
cultural purposes at 800 per acre; now it
has a producing Value of $500 per acre.
During the years 1S93-94 the institution
purchased from 40 to so carloads of veg
etables each year while during 1895 it
did not purchase any. The experiment
seems to demonstrate beyond any doubt
that artificial irrigation will pay even in
an ordinarily humid climate. and that as
a safeguard against drought it is Of i'm
mense value.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
NOTHING SPANISH IN THEIRS
sympathy for the b Cause L. Pro-
I'm Youngstown, %.
New York Mail and Exnress


Howard Huffum. OF Youngstown. o.. Is
In town; He came in with the blizzard last
night. He will watt himself Bostonward
tn this evening; Mr.; Huffum Isels Intensely
IN youngstown. A sample Of the sentiment
was given on Monday night at the banquet
OF the Ministerial Association. when IL was
resolved that Spanish onions be stricken
from the bill Of fare TO show how strongly
the diners felt in their sympathy with the
Cuban insurgents.
rotunda of the Astor House this morning.
You can't buy a stick of Spanish licorice
in the drug stores. Nobody'n keep 1t. No.
gists. but before I'll keep Spanish Iicorloe
III shut up shop That shows you how our
people feel.
town noa to m aSs ot se from eon Sne end M Of H ho9nsS-
enthusiastically. and you couldn't buy a
Spanish mackerel for love or money. We've
boycotied EN-, had a small kit in the
barrel. There says she. I've got other
fish to fry and with that she threw her
Spanish lace shawl in the fire.
The boys In Tink.er's schoo got into a
downright row when the old man wanted
them to draw a map OF Spain, and they
quit In a body when. he tried 10 make one
do things by halves in Youngstown. You
can't get a copy of Westward Ho' IN :he
Libraries now. because IL talks too nacn
about the Spanish Main.
You might just as well ask for iricd
snowballs as a Spanish omeiette in a
restaurant. Stopped making 'em entirely.
We are bound 10 show General Weyipr
what We think of him. AS for Spanish
olives, we are opposed to them tooth and
nail and there isn't a grocer In town who
would dare keep a bottle on his shelves.
Night before last a doctor was cal'el i'm
to attend Mrs. Muggins. who YVES threat
ened with pleurisy.
Guess I'll ave to blister you, Mrs.
Muggins,' said the doctor.
Very we'll said Mrs. MusgIns, and
with mustard?'
ter
" What sort of a fly blister, doctor.
dear?' asked Mrs. Muggins.
With a Spanish fly blisser.' said the
doctor.
Not while / nave my senses said Mrs.
Muggins. Stop in at the undertd9er's on
your way down. I'll take n coffin -lrst.'
That shows YOU" continued Mr.. Hun
UNI. that our people are united on these
questions. We believe in liberty or death.
Sic semper t~yrannis- In hoe signo vinces.
United We stand. divided we iall. I.1rrah
for Youngstown
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

An Amusing story Related I'm .sHern-
dOn's Life Of Lincoln"
Terre Haute Express.

Terre Haute Express.
A story in which Mr.. Nelson figures is
related In "Herndon's Life of Lincoln" The
printed, was Lincoln's story of the affair
himself. The story as told by Nelson. as
ne modestly claims, lis not so well tod as it
The administration Of President Taylor
feeling that some reward was due Lincoln
eGs ew hls hf In Seb enpr of , Sp W sas stump lump and md
its measures. had offered him the Office of
either Governor or Secretary of Oregon,
ard. with the view of considering this and
other offers, ne returned to Washington.
Lincoln used to relate of this last-named
tourney an amusing incident illustrating
dalrs tavern. in Springfield, early In the
morning The only other passenger i'm the
stage for a good portion of the distance was
souri,. The latter. painfully impressed, no
doubt with Linco.n's gravity and melan-
o m.ny;on undertook er sSs r tS relieve rel the genera!
chew of tobacco. With a plain mo, sir,
thank you; l never chew" Lincoln de-
owed. Later in the day the STRANGERS aIsere p tII-
ing from his pocket a leather-covered case.
offered Lincoln a cigar. when he also polite
ly declined on the ground that he never
smoked. Finally. as they neared the sta
ton where horses were to be changed. the
kentuckian,, pouring out Q cap of brandy
his satchel, offered IL TO Lincoln with the
remark: Well. stranger, seeing you don't
smoke or clew, perhaps you'll take a little
Of this French brandy. It's a prime article,
and a good appetizer. besides" His tai
and unccmmunicative companion declined
this last and best evidence OF Kentucky hos
pitality on the same ground as the tobacco.
When they separated that afternoon. the
kentuckiaE, transferring to another stage.
bound for Louisville, shook Lincoln warmly
by the hand. See mere, stranger" he sad,
spontaneously, you're a clever, but
strange, companion. 1 may never see you
again, and don't want TO offend you. but
! want to say this: My experience has
taught me that 2 MAJ who has no vices
has id few virtues. Good-day." Lincoln
enjoyed this "Reminiscences OF TIE Journey.
ard took great pleasure IN relating X.
During this same journey occurred an Incl
dent for which Thomas II. Nelson. OF Terre
haute. wno was appointed minister TO Chile
by Lincoln. when ne was President. Is au-
thority. In the spring OF 1919" relates
Nelson. Judge Abram Hammond, who was
afterwards Governor OF Indiana. and / ar
ranged 10 go from Ter-e Haute TO in1icn-
apolis in the stage coach. An entire Gay
was usually consumed In the journey. BY
daybreak the stage had arrived from the
West. and as We stepped in we discovered
that the entire back seat was occupied by
a long. lank individual. whose head seemed
to protrude from one end OF the coach and
his feet from the other. He was the sole oc-
cupant. and was sleeping scundiy. Ham,
mond slapped him familiariy on the shoulder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

The political developments the past
week throughout the country must have
made 1t very clear to careful and UNI
biased observers that a large majority Of
Republican voters outside of New Eng
land favor the candidacy of Governor
Mckinley. In some States those who are
known as professional politicians and
party managers have been able to divert
the Mckinley sentiment to favorite sons:
nevertheless, appeals to State pride and
the schemes of those who are regarded
come the desire of the mass OF Republic
an, voters who are connected with the
great industries of the country for the
nomination of the Ohio man. In a Buff
falo district the Mckinley element was
so strong and persistent that 1t could
not be resisted. No man is more de-
servedly respected in New York than Is
Governor Morton, yet the feeling Is so
general In some parts of the State that
his candidacy is to be used by the So
called Plat machine to promote the in
terests of other candidates to the detri-
ment Of Governor Mckinley that large
numbers of Republicans have declared
their preference for Mckinley. In
Pennsylvania the same popular feeling
for Mckinley appears. Senator Quay's
friends have not succeeded in convincing
the voters of that State that his candi-
dacy has been announced for any other
purpose han to secure a delegation
which can be used to defeat Governor
Mckinley. Consequently, in several dis
tricts there are loud protests against
the Quay programme. In the York dis
trict the indications from primaries are
that the McKinleyites have been
successful. In the Pittsburg district 1t
is more than probable that friends of
Mckinley will elect the delegates. In
Illinois the Mckinley people ave beaten
the managers in two districts, not be-
cause the Republicans do not entertain
a high regard for Senator Cullom, but
because they are for the Ohio man, and
suspect that the Cullom candidacy is
designed to defeat him. The same may
be said Of all the "favorite son" candida
cies except that of Senator Allison. His
10 III Yin As sup
porters at home are enthusiastically
working for his nomination. He Is prob
ably the second choice of the greater
part of the Mckinley men in the West.
The Journal is not given to making
predictions. but it cannot be unmindful
of the drift of popular sentiment in the
Republican party when 1t Is as unmis-
taxable as it now is in a large part of
the country toward Governor Mckinley.
Those who are regarded as managers.
and who, in some States, are extensively
known as bosses. in the East are hos
tile to Governor Mckinley, as they were
to General Harrison in 1892. but when
it comes to the great mass of Republic
an voters outside Of New England and
the eastern part Of New York and Penn
sylvania, ii must be admitted, after the
developments of the past week, that Nc
Kinley is the favorite because they be-
lieve that the tariff is the. overshadowing
issue.
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ton In the southern half of the State In
of population in the counties in the
southern territory annot account for 1t.
There could not nave been such an in
crease Of crime IS ID warrant 1t. else
attention would have been called to Ii.
The easiest explanation is that the GRIM
inal laws have been more faithfully en-
forced. The increase was not brought to
the attention OF the last Legislature. so
that. with but six less convicts, the ap-
preparation for the maintenance of the
southern prison Is SIS. 900 less.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

John Ruskin attained his seventy-seventh
birthday recently. The veteran author is
enjoying fairly good health. considering
his advanced age, and takes walks FREQUENT
~ in the neighborhood OF Brentwood. his
Lakeland home.
A French engineer has conceived the in
teresting idea of reproducing the house in
which Napoleon lived at st. Helena, as an
attraction during the Paris exposition of
1900. The house will be an exact copy of the
original, with panoramic canvases represent
ing the natural surroundings.
1t is doubtful whether any one has more
gold and silver plate and other objects CT
value than the Pope. 1t is declared that
were he TO melt down all the medals, chains,
vessels and other objects preserved in the
Vatican, the amount OF gold obtained would
make more coin than the whole or the pres
ent European circulation.
Henry w. Sage, the benefactor whose
birthday Cornell recently celebrated. has
given that university at different times sums
amounting to 81. 155, 600. As the Cornell Sun
would not be a university at all. but merely
a polytechnic institute. Ore OF the most
notable Of his gifts is Sage Hall. for women.
1t is announced that william Dean How
ells, the novelist. is collaborating with Paul
Hester on an adaptation of Howells's ia
nous work, 9Th Rise OF Silas Lapnam.' TO
be acted by Vim. II. Crane later in the sea-
son. The play Is we'll under way, and is
said to emb5dy all of the principal Incidents
OF the book, with little or no change OF
treatment.
Even the great SchopenAauer was not a
hero to the people OF his household. In a
little book of personal "reminiscences OF the
philosopher. published at Leipsic recently,
the author quotes Schopenhauer's house
keeper as saying of him In the course OF a
dispute: "For my part, Herr Doktor. I don't
see what the people can find in you; / have
enough or YOU"
w. Hazenfiug. OF Yates Center. Kan, has
invented an apparatus which consists Of a
specially constructed gun. which. when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
Anecdote of Governor whitcomb.


James Whitcomb was a prominent citizen
OF Indiana in her early days, and he was
not only a politician. but one OF the best
amateur musicians in the country. He COM
posed several pieces for the violin, which
was his own chosen instrument, and many
are the stories told OF him and his hdile.
At one time he was travelling from Indian
apolis to eastern Indiana. and stopped for
the night. at a house on a lonely road. He
entered the cabin with his companion, and
there they found a lame young man named
Amos sitting by the fire scraping al an old
violin with most disastrous results.
He laid the violin on the bed and started
away TO the stable with the horses. Mr.
whitcomb at once took up the violin, tuned
1t. and when Amos returned was playing
light and beautiful airs. Amos was en-
open in wonder, watched the musician. Then
Mr.. Whitcomb struck no Hail, Columbia"
and the youth could bear It no longer. He
sprang to his feet
"Tf / had $50" cried he. 'Fd give Il ali
for that fiddle. I never heard such music
Mr.. Whitcomb said nothing. but kept on
playing. BY and by, when he had finished.
he laid the violin on the bed. This was the
young mans opportunity. he sprang up.
seized the instrument, carried IL to the fire.
where he could see more plainly. and turnel
IL over and over. examining every part.
Mister" he sang out. In high excitement.
81 never in my life see two fddles so much
alike as yours and mine"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

Anderson claims to have the oldest clock
peddler in the United States. Mr.. Henry
Whitmore. of that city, now in his ninetieth
year. came to Indiana in 1876 and for many
years peddled clocks in this and adjacent
States. In those days a clock peddler was
a welcome visitor everywhere, for, besides
his wares, he disseminated news. and good
stories. Every farm house was open to him,
and If there was a acknowledged chicken
plumper and better fitted for the pot than
any of the rest he got 1t. A man who
peddled clocks fifty years ago ought to
have a special arrangement with Father
Time. perhaps an arrangement for further
time. but 1t is not known IL Mr.. Whitmore
has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16

The population OF the counties which
send their convicts to the State prisons
aggregates about the same. according TO
the census OF 1880. In 1892 the population
of the southern prison was 5s2 and that
Of the northern 1913. Jan. 81. 1896, the
number OF convicts in the southern pris-
on was S41 and in the northern SAT.
Thus. the population of the southern
prison has Increased 249 and that of the
northern only fifty-four. This is a most
remarkable increase In prison popuia-