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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
CIinninQs.

The oldest shaped county among the
5000 which go to make up the separate
divisions of the various states is War
rem county, Tenn. It lies almost ex-
actly in the geographical center of the
state mentioned and is about as near 8
perfect circle as any division of land
could possibly be.
No disgrace attaches to suicide among
the japanese The result is that an
average of 1900 men and 5000 women
kill themselves every year. Hanging
is the favorite method; next to that is
drowning, with the use of knives or
swords as good third
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
eos BUs. OARS, 17s Bus. BARLEY.

NJ. NJ. Luther, East Troy, Pa, grew
200 bushels Salzer's Silver Mine Oats,
and John BREEDER. Afishicott, Wis. 173
bushels Silver King Barley per acre.
Don't you believe it? Write themi
Fodder plants as rape. teosinte.
vetch, spurry, clovers. grasses. etc. in
endless varieties, potatoes at $3.50 bar
rel. Salzer's seeds are bred to big
yields. Americas greatest seed cata-
logue and 10 farm seed samples are sent
you by John A.Salzer Seed Cola Crosse.
Wis, upon receipt of 10 cents, and this
notice, worth $40, to get start. fKl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

When the Lord hands out a woman her
harp, she will not feei as proud as when the
minister asked for a second piece of her pie
at church dinner.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

Don't snap in two. Timber up. st. Ja-
cobs Oil viii cure lumbago sure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
GENERAL NEWS.

IN the Nebraska house on the 18th a
bill to extent the franchise, giving
women the right to vote at municipal
elections, was defeated.
THE secretary of the Bee Hive Saw.
ings association of Indianapolis, Ind,
voluntarily went before the grand jury
on the 18th and confessed to embezzle-
ment. The grand jury indicted him,
he pleaded guilty and was sentenced tc
two years imprisonment.
AT the recent session at st. Louis OF
the sovereign camp of the Modern
Woodmen of the World the delegations
from Colorado and Oregon asked for
separate jurisdiction, and on their re-
quest being refused they walked out
of the convention and organized .
separate body.
ALBERT Mort, of Baltimore, Nd, has
been appointed national chairman of
the L. A. W., to succeed George d.
Gideon, who declined the Office.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th, ac-
cording to Bradstreet's report, were
227, against 2S2 the same week last
year.
By the breaking up of the ice in Sag
inaw bay on the 18th about $50 fisher
men, mOStiy DeiougIhS W Day Sity,
Mich, were carried out on foe. All
but five, however, managed to escape
to Maison and Lone Tree islands.
About $500 worth of nets and 20 shan
ties also went.
THE La Grange, Ind, county safe in
the courthouse was blown open at two
o'clock on the morning of the 18th and
$500 was carried away. Two thousand
pennies just received from the mint
was q portion of the plumber.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

The more grateful we are for our bless
ings, the smaller our trials will look.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SECRETARY WILSON, OF the depart
nent of agriculture, has issued an or
der that on and after March IS all beef
offered for transportation to European
ports must be accompanied by an Of
fetal certificate showing that the meat
was sound and wholesome.
THE work of making allotments on
the Wichita reservation in Kansas will
begin at once, Washington dispatch
of the 9th stated. The work will oc-
cupy about nine or ten months.
A SPECIAL from Washington to the
New York Herald on the 9th said that
President Mckinley was emphasizing
his earnest desire for the prompt ratifi-
cation of the general arbitration treaty
by personal appeals to his friends in
the senate.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY held his first
regular cabinet meeting at II o'clock
on the 9th. It is said he intends to
make a practice of holding conferences
with his official advisers twice week,
on Tuesday and Friday.
THE department of agriculture has
issued a crop report, based on returns
from three independent sets of regular
correspondents, added to several thou
sand from mills and elevators, all care
fully mbined and weighed, relating
principally to the distribution of
grains, the stocks remaining on farms
and the proportions of merchantable
and unmerchantable.
PENSION examining surgeons, whose
fees amount to $500 and less per an
mum, have been declared not under the
civil service rules.
A WASHINGTON dispatch on the 18th
stated that it was practically certain
that ex-Delegate Dennis Flynn will be
named by President Mckinley for gov
ernor Of Oklahoma at the expiration
of Gov. Renfrow's term.
FL. CLAY EVANS, of Tennessee, has
been rendered the position of commits
sioner of pensions and probably will
accept, as it it one of the most important
in the departmental service outside Of
the cabinet.
M. SKoUZEs, Greek minister of for
eign affairs, has cab1ed the thanks of
the Greek government to the United
States for the resolution of sympathy
recently adopted by that body.
A STATEMENT issued by the immigra-
ton bureau at Washington shows that
for the six months ended December 81,
1896, the number of immigrants that
arrived in this country was 149, sos, a
decrease as compared with the same
period of 1895, of 40, 200. For January,
1897, the decrease as compared with
January, 1896, was 1895, making the
total decrease for the seven months 49,.
525.
THE clerk of the house of represent
atives at Washing ton has classified the
new house as follows: Republicans,
203; democrats, 1872; populists, 81; fu-
sionists, 6; silverites, 5; vacancies, 2.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
IA WAILAN ANINEXA TON.

1t is exceedingly doubtful whether the
great body of American people are in favor
of the annexation Of Hawaii, granting the
right of suffrage to mongrel, ignorant
and leprous people who are utterly inca
pable of understanding or appreciatiug
our Republican institutions. In fact, 1t is
very doubtful, II the matter was put to q
vote among Hawaiian people, whether
they would consent to change their present
relationship, excepting, perhaps, il any
change was contemplated that would be In
favor of returning to their former mode of
government under the deposed Queen who
was dethroned by the Dole managers, who
deftly accomplished that matter without
reference to the Hawaiian people. The
present scheme is political one, simply;
and there is widespread conviction that
in the end the annexation of Hawaii will
be looked upon as a blunder which will
reflect discredit upon our administration.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
THINGS THAT HAPPEN,

The fund to provide large number of
Pawtucket children with the pleasures of
a trip to the seashore, that has been
started by tho Evening Times, has been
taken up very helpfully by the general
public, and there remains but compare
lively small sum to be raised. Send in
your contributions at once. The expense
to you will be more than balanced when
you see the little ones starting On some
hot day in August for their outing at
Crescent Park.
1t now looks as If the dry goods clerks
would not get their half holiday each
week this year. The plan was in effect
during the summer months last year and
proved to be very successful from every
standpoint, but for some reason the clerks
have had difficulty in enlisting the
sympathy of their employers this season.
The Arabian Nights tales falls into
insignifcance in comparison with the
reports that are being received daily from
the Klondyke, and fabulous fortunes seem
to be awaiting all who are willing to go
and get them. Already the exit to the
land OF gold Is marked, and means of
transportation are inadequate for the un-
usual demands. II must be taken into
consideration, however, that there is q
stern reality behind all OF the highly
colored and inviting stories, and those
who are indeed lucky in receiving much
for their efforts, candidly testify to this
existing condition Of affairs.
s~
What's become OF that hideous mon
strosity Of last year-the "bloomer girl?"
Women Of good sense and inherent desire
to look as well as she can has probably
triumphed, and the ungainly, unlovely and
unbecoming bifurcated garment is rele-
gated to the rag bag. So 1t ought. Never
did lovely woman don such abominable
| garment. The abbreviated skirt OF this
years bicycle girl answer the purpose Of
the wheel just as well, and does not make
everyone look like q fright. In France
they wear knickerbockers, but America, OF
at least Pawtucket, is not quite up to that
as yet.
THE TOURIST.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
Brandreth'S Pills,

The difference between these pills and all other medicines
told in the following statement Of facts:
OIL for nearly one hundred and thirty years.
3D. The purely vegetable made Of the highest
drugs obtainable.
after being made and
duntth old. This
become thoroughly makes of them very
medicine that possible to
4h They Injured the that is the same
truthfuly said
Of medicine There others who claim il, but
demons only Of BRANDRETHs PILLS
5h They produce unless the stomach in
only large In doses
one pills they pain other Inconvenience
heavy will distress Immediately
h the of
para made highly concentrated and makes of these
pills blood purifiers that accent box
tanning of the bloodpufying principle of saapsrila
dollars worth OF liquid preparation in the market
night will rheumatism
all
long follow wake-suh dyspepsia dizziness
breath headache in the stomach,
pills nightonS usually enough-and
certain that a wutolow
them
skin wholesome healhu COLOR
eye slowness pmpes will disappear
always better health
taking dosethey safest medicine give children and
i'm delicate health One pill is usually sufficient
1ath BKANDRETHs PILLS
medicine BRANDRETHs PILLS kePtfor before
they boxed to be sold.
1,h Except
taking
pills night They tr liver and leave
perfectly healthy liver
YOUR and
powerful medicine but it with BRANDRErHs PILLS.
sold throughout the world with without
fail to do their work.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21

A writer, Charles Duval, in a Dublin
paper, says that James Carey, the in
former, was buried on hillside near
Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, where he
was killed by O'Donnell, and that his
body lies among those of other outcasts
in the potter's field. He says that some
one wrote in pencil on the unmarked
gravestone, "James Carey, the Irish in
former" and that every time the lettering
is worn of the unknown hand again re-
produces the legend on the stone. Carey's
infamy will live forever and his name will
be term of reproach.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21

Philosophy, art, cyclones and all other
interesting things are indigenous to Kan
sas City and her fame has been held in the
East With feeling akin to reverence; but
now the Kansas City Times says, an eagle
and bald headed eagle at that, attempted
to carry off woman weighing $50 pounds
and since then men can no longer be con-
sidered the most ambitious Of created
things. This is true about man, and we
have known some rare birds in Kansas
but the story's tough.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21

1t is always easy to please those who are
discontented by fierce condemnations Of
the supposed causes OF the trouble COM
planned of, and the more voluble, oily and
fiattering the man who essays to show the
wsy to better things the easier 1t II for
him to become leader. Then his oppor-
tunity arises, and he makes the best Of Il.
For time he swsys the masses by his
peculiar and conscienceless appeals to their
worser nature, until he finally succeeds In
bettering his own financial condition. No
one seems to know or care about his
private character, and the people forget
that dishonest man or bad man makes
a bad leader until something happens
which exposes his rottenness.
A short time ago we had 'leader" from
Homestead here, who was shortly after
ward exposed as brute and fraud. Now
we hear of one Phelan, first lieutenant
OF Debs, shooting his paramour and kill
ing himself; and even the great Altgeld
has lost his prestige since his name came
out In connection with Spalding, the
Chicago embezzler.
1t Is never safe, no matter how harassed
an honest man may be, for him to follow
the lead of every will-o'-the-wisp that
comes his path with clap-trap promises of
relief other than the fore ordained and
old fashioned methods of hard work,
economy, sobriety and honesty.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21

With Mr.. Thorn calmly awaiting the
legal battle that will determine his fate
and Mrs. Mack engaged in purifying the
tombs prison of the immortality Of cigarette
smoking, the New York Journals sleuths
must be rusting. The discovery Of Miss
Stevenson, whose loss from Boston has
been mentioned, might not be attended by
narrowing details, but 1t would put more
OF Mr.. Hearst's money in circulation and
add to the columns of press 'jollies."
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Views Of Our Contemporaries on Matters Of
General Interest
New York Evening Sun: Never was the
competition among the sensational preach
ers Of the summer resorts keener than at
present. The amount OF impropricty that
they succeed in discovering Is amazing.
But then, II there were not great deal OF
real or imaginary wickedness in the world
the calling and occupation OF these in
divlduals would be gone.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
A LUCKY FIND.


Tale Of = VoiuoDto Woeoh That W1D Ioo
ON an Elevated Railroad.
"This watch In itself is valuabl,
ono, said New York business man al
he took the timepieoe from the peculiar
looking fob in which be carries Il, 'but
10 had an adventure last week that gives
Il a'still greater value to me. The fot
h an heirloom. and, ~ you may see,
would. b apt to attract sttention any
where.
zone afternoon last wesk I was go
fDg up town on crowded train ON the
Sixth avenue elevated. Tbs train was
% crowded that ! was conpelled TO
stand on a car platform close to the
brake wheel. As the train was round
ing tho curve out Of West Third street
took my watch from my pocket, re-
moved IL from the fob. and, after not
ing the time. showed it back into the
fob and returned it, as I thought, to
the pocket. Instead Of getting IL into
the pocket, however. 1t was ON the out
side. and as let 1t 60 1t fell. The
guard saw it as it fell and reached out
his foot to save it from going between
the platforms, but failed. and down it
went.
II got of the train at Eighth street
and ran back as fast as could to the
spot where the watch had dropped. hav-
ing, may of course say, not the
slighSest hope that the watch would be
anywhere to be seen. When reached
the place, my heart almost jumped out
of my throat. for there in the street,
conspicuous among its surroundings,
lay the fob. picked it up. It was emp
ty. No watch could I find anywhere.
"Some one has found it, was natu-
rally my conclusion, and that was the
last / ever expected to hear or see of it.
"But as I walked back toward the
Eighth street station I got to thinking
about the matter differently. If any one
had found the watch, why should he
have left the fob? The more I thought
of it the more I made up my mind that
the watch hadn't been found. I board
ed train at Eighth street and went up
town to the railroad headquarters.
There told Of the singular thing that
had happened to my watch, and the Of
ficer in charge told me that after the
hours were over for the day
the track walkers would start from
Fifty-ninth street down We line, max
ing their regular inspection Of the rails
and roadway, and he would instruct
them to keep an eye out for the lost
watch.
"But,' said he, smiling. Il guess
you will have to come to the conclu-
sion, after all. that some one else will
tell the time by it hereafter if it hasn't
been smashed to pieces by the fall.
Next day went to the Office. My
watch was there A track walker had
discovered it by the light of his torch
1t midnight lying snugly on one of the
yirders or braces Of the iron roadway
beneath the track. The ring was sprung
out Of its fastening in the stem, and
she watch was open. There was dent |
On the case at the hinge. In falling the
watch had struck in some mysterious
way SO that it had been forced from the |
fob, which went on down to the street. |
Beyond the trifling damage mentioned |
The watch was not injured in the slight
sst If there ever was a luckier find
than that, never heard Of it. New
York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
GUILTY, OR NOT GUILTY.

The case OF the Central Falls police
officer who was suspended by the Mayor
OF that city on charges of drunkenness and
conduct unbecoming an officer, and whose
reinstatement to duty was Immediately
labored for by Board of Aldermen who
rejoiced to love the policeman more and
the Mayor less, has been referred to tri-
bunal superior to political manipulation.
On Monday next in the Eleventh District
Court, Judge Goff will legally weigh the
evidence pro and con and impartially de-
eide q question that is not whether the
Board of Aldermen own the city Of Central
Falls, but whether the accused was drunk.
1t is unfortunate for the officer whose
character is questioned that the personal
and political interests OF his friends (f)
have thurst his acquittal or conviction
into the publicity OF a court trial; that
humiliation might have been saved him II
the necessity OF subduing the growing
popularity Of the Mayor was not 80 great
On the other hand there Is pleasure in the
belief that these tempests in tea pot will
result in the fall In returning Mayor vor
0ottschalk to the Office that he has SO In
telligently, fearlessly and faithfully ad.
minlstsrsd. by . vote even larger than The
oomplImeptsry majorIties that have twice
cn1crssd and eIscted him.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-21
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.

According to a telegram from New York
published in the Paris edition of the New
York Herald, President Mckinley is much
dissatisfied with the general situation in
the United States, and it is possible that
he will shortly tender his resignation.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-10

Mrs N. S. Wade % Chicago manu-
ae,urt the peculiar yellow paper used
1y tho telegraph companies and press
associations. and she has grown
wealthy from o. The process Of man
ui1c,urc Is sccrc, which she viii not
disclose
A woman On Milpi,as. Cal. Is said 10
have invented a novel and effective
cure Tor dospondeuoy and kindred eyilA
She made % a rule TO laugh three times
o. day. with occasion or without. aud Is
now enjoying excellent health aud
spirits.
Mrs. McKinleys favorite color Is
blue. as D. shown by the number Of blue
gowns On her wardrobe. and Il Is a
color which she has worn from girl-
hood. \ green cloth costume was one
suggested by Mr.. Mckinley. aud one
which. mex, 90 the inauguration gown.
De cook q special interest IN.
Anna Katharine Green has just com.
pleted an arrangement Tor the serial
publication OF her new story entitled
Tho bronze Hand" Her recent story
entitled "That AFFAIR Next Door has
met with o. decided success, the fourth
edition having tcon called Tor within
month. q 2. puinams Sons are "a,
publishers
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-10

jim Robinson may take charge OF a
racing team this season.
Il Is reported that a bicycle track
will be built az Ambrose Park. Brook.
Ign. this spring
Larger gears will be the rule the
coming season IN cycling racing. Bald
viii use an Si-gear Las, season ths
usual gear was q 10 20.
The University Of Pennsylvania nj.
cycle squad Is In charge Of r. W. nm
Jr. The men are training Tor the IN.
tercollegiatc championships.
Jimmy Michael. the little Welsh
champion. Is back In this country.
he says he vii make America his IN.
urc home and next fall viii bring
his wife over.
Il Is expected that the rscommenda-
ton OF the Assembly TO the Racing
Board. removing the permanent sus.
pensions placed upon Fred Titus By
March 10. will be aoceded 10.
william Randall. the Rochester rae.
Ing man. expects 10 race this season
as the team mate Of Con Baker. Both
men expect TO make their ars, appear
anee this season AZ New Orleans.
W. r Murphy, the well-known pro.
fcsslonal rider, viii have charge OF
the Princeton bicycle squad this wear.
Murphy expects 20 develop some crack
riders Tor the intercollegiate cham.
plonships
The ATLANTA whcolmcn OF Newark
have engaged the waycrly trottins
track from May until October. The
club proposes TO hold several race
meets durIng the season. and will rent
the track 90 other clubs wishing TO
hold races.
Michael claims while abroad 10 have
adjusted an his differences with Chap.
pIe Warhurion. his old trainer. and
with the \. G. T. OF England War
burton may bring over Champion. the
mildlc-dlstanco rider o. France. a man
/ OF Mlchnols size.
The proposition made by T.. c. nald
TO ride series OF races against any
professional Tor from $1,000 TO 5000
has aroused the IRE OF Tom Butler. the
Boston crack The latter expresses his
willingness 20 meet Bald. and seems 10
be anxious to clinch the match AZ once.
lack Prince. who organized the com.
panics which built the Nashville. Mem.
phis and CHATTANOOGA colisoums, saws
that the Southern bicycle circuit will
omen at Memphis, April . and 3: Nash.
vile. 8 and 6. Chattanooga, Z and s.
Atlanta. and 10, and Montgomery. Il
and 10.
Frank waller, the Flying Dutch.
man." as he calls himself. won the elk.
day bicycle race. which closed IN Pitts
burg last night, beating Louis CHM,
the Cleveland rider. out by two miles.
The full record was; Waller. i.si6
miles: Gimm. i.2ii miles; schoch. i.iss
miles: Hall. i.iSi miles: Foster; LII
mileB; Ruckel. l.iOS miles.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-10
oPERA-nouFFE SKETCHES.
Some Amusing Occurrences OF Long
stage Lifc.

stage LIE
Miss Emily soldene's MY Theatri-
cal and Musical Recollection" 10 An
amusing volume. The lady made her
debut some thirty-soyen years ago as
Miss Fl,z-Hcnry. In a music hall. In
1865 she rose above music halls and
became the Azucena IN III Trovatore"
Then Miss Soldene found her chance
In opera boune. Her prime hit was In
"Genoylevo." Then came successes IN
La File De Madame Angot." La
Pcricholo' and Carmen" In Dublin
In 1870. when Carmen" was sung. tAe
car drivers took the name OF the piece
as complimentary 20 themselves. says
the New York Times. They said. "See
that now. see what soldcne IL bring
ing us-an opera Of our own. the opera
Of The Carmen. Here b. another BIZ
Of theatrical anccdo,c she records
During the rehoarsals OF La PERI
cholc. when Mr Campbell and I made
our hrst entrance the carpenters dog.
FOX terrier, always accompanied us.
and, wagEing his tail. sat down with
much gravity IN the center Of the
stage. with BIS back 10 the tootllghts.
and. az one particular past % my OPEN
Ing song lifted up i.T voice and gave
grcwsome and most dismal howl. This
went on FOR several mornings. the dog
always bowling az the same place. al
ways paying the same tribute 20 my
yocallzntIou. u wns very funny. and
I thought va might utilize o. SO for
Che performance We bed n Toby frIil
made Tor my apprJclator We went
20 ls the street singers. spread our
carpet. tuned our maudolins. and COM
moBccd 90 sing Directly I began dog
~ took up hIs cue beautifully. howl
inr long and loudly u was great
terrific applause and encore. Every
body slid How cloyor' Who trained
the doF7"
on dress rohearsalE she says.
"a dress rehearsal % years ago was
q nearly uuhlri-0f hing in Eng
land 81 q rule. the costumor urough,
the costumes into the 'heatCr on the
uirh, o. the 6rst performance at 1855.
and considered you ought to bo awful
Dr. obliged at 'hoir arriving az al Ey-
0rybodys dress would ho too TIGHT iu
the bust or too loose in the waist. or
vice versa. general confusion and dis
quot prevailed aud productions sui-
fgrol."