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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
"MY WIFE'S LIFE"
How / was the means
of saving it.

When the lungs are attacked and the
symptoms of consumption appear, then
begins the struggle between affection and
that destroying disease which Stays its
thousands annually. It is happy issue
to the struggle when disease is CONQUERED
and health restored. Such an issue does
not always end the struggle, but it did in
the case of MT. K. Morris, Memphis, Tenn,
who saw his wife wasting and weakening
and physicians helpless, and then sug-
gested the simple 1emedy that wrought
the cure. He tells the story thus:
"Seven years ago, my wife had severe
attack of lung trouble which the ply
sicians pronounced consumption. The
cough was extremely distressing, espe-
cially at night, and was frequently
attended with the splitting of blood. The
doctors being unable to help her, I in
duced her to try DIR: Ayers Cherry Pectoral
and was surprised at the great relief it
gave. Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, so that now she is strong and
quite healthy. That this medicine saved
my wifes life have not the least doubt.
I always keep DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectora1
in the house. Whenever any of my family
have a cold cough we use it, and are
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

stranger of your fathers movements.
Of course, in nine cases out of ten no
harm might be done; but then, again
you might regret it,
81 think my error in the present case
was in assuming that you were not-a
stranger" her face flushed an angry
red, frank modification in her eyes.
''But has it not stopped raining? I
thought as you opened the door that it
seemed almost clear"
"Blundering chump that am, have
made you hate mel" he impetuously ex-
claimed.
"Oh, by no MEANS" her chin very
much in the air. ST never trouble to
hate strangers"
But it was a mere question of time,
I suppose he gloomily went on, hard
" addressing the remark to her. "Soon
or late you were bound to have it in for
me-
There was startled questioning in the
girls swift glance, and then she looked
away. did you say it had stopped
raining?" she asked, stiffiy, after a mo-
ment.
81 believe it has, he duly rejoined,
going to the door to look out again.
Eyes; it has stopped. I suppose
would better go for the horses"
| The spirit OF frank good-fellowship in
which they had renewed their uncon-
| ventional acquaintance in the shelter of
/ the old hut seemed to have been lost in
| it's shadows. In almost sullen silence
| they rode along over the rough trail,
making toward the turning to the Mas
cot mine. At first she coldly protested
against his coming with her, but he said
that it had grown too late for him to
ride on then to the ranch for which he
had started out; he would have to make
the trip another day; and now, if she
really did not mind, he would prefer to
| go back. With chill Indifference Miss
Meredith assented, and then they rode
along with the silence scarce broken
but for the splashing fall of garnered
rain-drops from the branches overhead
and the sucking sound of the horses
hoof-beats in the sodden ground. Once
| he turned to ask if she found the motion
painful for her wrist; and again, when
they came to the point where she had
missed the way, he remarked that it
would have been strange if she had dis
covered trail so hidden by the crowd
ing. quaking asps; but she answered
him only in monosyllables, and he
presently abandoned all effort toward
sociability.
They were equally relieved, perhaps
when they finally came out on the brow
of the hill at the west of the Mascot
mine. The constraint was becoming
almost unbearable. "It will not be
necessary for me to bore you much long
er, you see," the young man observed, q
touch of satire in his smile. For the
narrowness of the way they had beer
riding single file, and he had waited
here for her to come up beside him.
you are going to stop-there?" she
exclaimed, looking down the wide
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

ST was friend-I am-to you, Miss
Meredith he impetuously retorted.
Heaven knows we have no quarrel.
whatever may lie between your father
and me. did not venture my name for
that very reason; it was SO sweet to
meet you again so nearly on the footing
of an old friend. So long as I had no
name you thought me a gentleman
you have said so; and for just so long
you accorded me the same measure of
kindness that you might have given to
any other man under the same circum-
stances. It was a stolen pleasure, GER
tainly; but it has given me one good
hour to remember out of many bad ones
at Windy Gulch. If you grudge it to
me, I am sorry; but for the thing it,
self-my sin of omission, if you please
4 shall not pretend to be sorry in the
least. I am glad of it, and always shall
be, whatever you have to say, Miss Mere
dith.''
The girl rode on for a couple of min
utes in silence, with a little scornful aiE
of ignoring his existence; then, as
though of a sudden bethinking herself,
she looked around, her cheeks flaming
red, her eyes shining with brightness
which seemed perilously akin to tears.
II suppose it would be a waste of time
to discuss the point of honor in the
case," she said, tartly. ''And L am sure
I need not trouble you to come any
farther, Mr.. - Neil" bringing out the
name with evident disrelish.
"All right" he acquiescently re-
joined, checking his horse at once.
But wish we could part friends,
Miss Meredith
"Ah, we can never be friends
Can you not see that?"
There was an odd flash in Harvey
Neil's eyes as he leaned forward, intent
ly regarding her averted face for an in
slant, and his voice was eNquisitely gen
tie as he impetuously exclaimed: Il be-
lieve you are almost as sorry to say
that, Miss Meredith, as 1 am to hear
you. And if that is so, we are friends,
in spite of everything"
"Never!" she vehemently retorted,
giving the horse a smart touch with the
whip; and without another word she
dashed away down the hill, leaving him
looking blankIy after her.
Iro BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
TIE LITTLE BLONDE IN BLUE.

She trips through brae and bower
AS light as fawn;
Her face is like flower
That glimmers in the dawn.
Her peerless form and features
Have witched the world anew.
Her coming brings
A hint of wings,
The little blonde in blue.
So winsomely she dances
IT'S joy to view her glide:
Like jewels are the glances
She casts on every side.
AS Will O. the Wisp at even,
So CLEANS her satin shoe
With twinklings fair
o hearti beware
The little blonde in blue.
She hath cunning dimple
Upon her Saucy chin,
And wise as well as simple
Have lost their hearts within.
A1ack for all who see It'll
Their rapture turns to rue.
So shut your eye
When she goes by,
The little blonde in blue.
If famous Journeys olden
Had known her tricksy wiles
How many a knight had rolled in
The dust to gain her smiles;
What trouveres meath her easement
With lutes had come to sue,
In rondeaux gay
And virelaiS,
The little blonde in blue.
Sly fairies float around her
To work the gallants harm,
And lovingly they've crowned her
With more than mortal charm.
clink my chains with rapture,
Although my hopes are few;
IT'S bliss to see
Her winsorse glee-
The little blonde in blue.
Minturn Peck. n. o. Times.
Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
The Wall. Havc Ears.

1t was 4 radiant night in June, and,
as they walked slowly up the rose-lit
path from the quaint little gate by the
road, he bent his head lower and
touched her cheek with his lips. She
looked up at him in surprise. Perhaps
he had been hasty; perhaps it was not
his right to touch the shrine of his wor-
ship; perhaps the moon had never seen
a sight like that; perhaps the fragrance
Of rose and honeysuckle had never
fallen on the air of June that lovers
breathe; perhaps she did not know the
measure of his heartbeats; perhaps
perhaps oh, word uncertain, filed with
the mystery of man and woman His
eyes met hers, tremulous with emotion
unspol1en, and they moved silently
toward the house, with his arm about
her shoulders, as comrades walk. You
are the most beautiful woman I ever
saw" he whispered one woman
in the whole world 1 love" AS she
threw her arms about his neck in rap
ture the four walls of the house fell to
the earth with dull thud. That man
and that woman had been married ten
years. ~. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
AN UNUSUAL CALL.
The Strange Night Visit of a Coun-
try Doctor.

The Strange Night Visit of n Coun-
try Doctor.
1.-The life of country doctor is not
one of ease and luxury" commented an
old practitioner. "a call at night and
then drive perhaps of five or six miles
up hill and down dell in the darkness of
the forest. One night I received a call
from a distant farmhouse. Upon ar
irving there, found a lad of about IS
with a bullet wound in his shoulder. I
dressed the wound with much care and
then the lad with much anxiety OBJ
served:
You won't say anything about this,
doctor?"
"'Why not, my lad?' Ipitied him in a
way, for his eyes had hunted look and
he appeared half fa1nished and half
dead.
Because L received this wound in
escaping from the sheriff.
"'You needn't tell me-
CT must. 1 couldn't get work, sir,
and, not able to resist temptation, L
stole. It was for the first time. 1
thought you might speak of dressing
a wound and then they would know
where to find me If you say nothing,
may be able to leave the country. You
have been kind to me, doctor. Do this
and"
Ion one condition, lad
land that is?'
"'You will not steal again.
Would you believe "a theft
"I will believe you
81 promise
Many years afterward 1 received a
box of good things for Christmas from
California. The next year another
box came and so for many years. The
only clew had to the sender were few
words in the first box: L have kept the
promise 1 made you, DOCTOR Detroit
Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF.
Jack Was Making Money I'm Ways of
His Own Choosing.


''Why don't you give that son of yours a
other. "He must inherit some of your SUI
perioF business qualities and the time viii
come when you must have some one to look
after your affairs. He can't manage them
without the necessary training
Don't you suppose that / have canvassed
the whole situations l have let that boy
handle small fortune, and the results have
formal notice to look out for himself
But he seems to have plenty of money.
That's another thing don't like. have
cut off his allowance, yet he lives we'll and
never enters a complaint. Last spring i
thought / would have to put up the office
blinds fer want Of ready cash Ny collater-
ais were not available and creditors were
pushing me. The boy walked into the Office
one afternoon when | was in the throes of de.
spair, said: Things lookin' blue, governor
laid down certified check for $4,000 and
walked out. 1 owe him that yet, but am
holding it back till / can see that he needs
it. When / gave HIM money to buy wheat
and told him how the market was liable to
go, he ignored my advice and bought mil
lions of eggs; right in the midst of hot
weather, mind you. On learning where they
were stored | notified the health depart
ment and requested some of those in the vi
cinity to bring proceedings when the NUS
sance asserted itself. learned incidentally
afterward that he had patent process for
preserving eggs and cleared up big pot of
money. Wheat hadn't gone the way pre-
dicted, but it was his business to do as /
told him. Recently he made SIS, 900 at some
shooting game. / don't know just what 1t
was but one of his friends said that Jack
had taken a long shot at horse and won.
hope the rascal had to pay for the horse. =
Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
A VaIuable Frnnchise Secured.

The franchise of easy digestion-one of the
most valuable in the gift of medical science
can be secured by any person wise enough
to use Hostetters Stomach Bitters, either to
suppress growing dyspepsia or to uproet IT at
maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fever and
ague sufferers, persons troubled with nerv-
business and the constipated, should also Sc
cure the health franchise by the same means
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
Hefnlesn.

Mamma-Wel, Henry, Laura told me this
morning that Mr.. Logginhalls intended to
you for your hand Did you see him?
Papa-Yes, he called.
"And what did you says'
"What could / say? Isn't he one OF the
greatest center rushes in the countryso You
didn't expect me 70 commit suicide did
s''lCleveland Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
What Moses Said.

a master of hounds in England, now
no more, used to relate with great glee
how a small girl. the tiny daughter of
an NJ. F. H.. was receiving her first les
sons in Scripture from her grandmoth>
er, whose text book was a pic
torial Bible. The passage of the Red
sea was the subject of this particular
lesson, and the ancient woodcut showed
the Red sea banked up on each side.
and here said the grandmother. sis
Moses, directing the Israelites to make
the passage What do you think that
he is saying to them to exhort them
to courage?" The little maiden locked
up artfully, and, remembering the Ian
guage of her fathers huntsman when
the hounds came to brook, promptly
replied: 'sYooi over, lads; yooi over
Chicago Inter Ocean
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

Practical Economy.-'We told the man
that the surgical operation he needed would
cost $500" How didh he take it?" He said it
would be cheaper for him to go home and
die. Chicago Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
Saving.

"Henceforth," she cried, her dark ewes
flashing, women are to be free!''
The sultan bowed
Every WE'LL he rejoined, calmly. az
haven't any kick coming. It'll be a great
saving to me, 1 tell you thoses"-N. Y.
World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

1t takes cheerful man to be thankful
that he is bald-headed, thereby saving
barber bill.-Washington Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

Use St. Jacobs Oil and say to
rheumatism: "Will see YOU later"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

The old storage battery-St. Jacobs
Oil has power to cure Sciatica.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

A window crack: result lameback
Use st. Jacobs Oil; result, cures attack.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

Cupid might do more business # he would
exchange his bow for a popgun.-Chicago
News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

intellectual women have very dirty
kitchens.-W ashington Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11

As To His Photograph.
Cholly-I don't think the photographer
caught me expwession, do you?
She-I don't see any .-Puck
The news & observer., 1897-12-25

j THINK GIiterentiy now.
At the end of The week it was said
that 4he new company cleared up about.
$500. This Was not as much as the com
munty had expected, but the syndicate
was apparently satisfied, and the ncW
machinery was put up, At the end Of
tie next week tie 4<yudicate was silant
as to their returns One Of them made
a hurried visit to san Fraucsco, 1t was
said that he was unSlle TO see eitEer See
Yup or the agent to whom the mon y
Was paid 1t was also not.ced that there
was no Chinaman remaining III the set
tlement, Then the fatal secret was out.
The heap OF taiiinEs had probably
never yielded the See Iup company
more than $40 a week, the ordinary
wage of such, 2 company. See Yup had
conceived the brilliant idea Of ''BQonl
ing" it on d borrowed capital of 5000 ia
gold dust, which he openly transmitted
by express to his confederate and credi
tor in san Francisco, who in turn Sc
cretly sent it back to See Yup by coole
messengers to Ike again openly trans
mitted to San Francisco. The pdckage
of gold dust was thus passed backward
and forward between debtor and creii
tor, to the grave edifcation of the ,ex-
press company, and the fataI curiosity
OF the settlement. When the syndicate
had gorged the bait thus thrown out.
See Yup, on the day the self-invited
committee Inspected the claim, prompt
ly ''salted" the tailings by conscientious
" distributing the gold dust over it sol
deftly that il appeared to be its natural
composition and yield.
have only to bid farewell to See Yupl
and close this "reminiscences Of mis-I
understood man, by adding the opinionI
of an eminent jurist in san Francisco, !
to whom the facts were submitted; $50
clever was this alleged fraud, that ii is
extremely doubtful if an action would !
The news & observer., 1897-12-25

f.k fE Et5
hc quality OF the timed meats or half
ooked provisions they hastily boted,
egrhigiAg the time II took to prepare
9Ha consume them; whether they too
,Eten sliugIsnted their meals by tobacco
ar VIII skey. the singular physiological
ruth remained tllat these young, finely
selected adventures living the lives of
tbs, natnral aboriginal man. and look ng
tAe picture OF health aud strength, ae-
tually suffered more from indigestion
tban the )aupsrpd duellc. Of the citeSl
Tha quaaity of 'pateut medicines
'sMtlcrs." 'pillS," ''panaceas" and
'lozengoS" sold IN the settlement almost
exceeded The amount OF the reaular pro-
Visions whbse effects they were sur
unscd ca correct flte sufferers eagerly
scanned afeefisen1u3S AMI pacaras.
iheyc were occasional runs" on new
.'see,, 6,~ and general conversation
sS,4taalg turned into q discussion nt
ghefr respective merits. 4 certain child
tss faith 0u3 trust in each bew remel'y
yds soc tbe' beast 5hstr,sr ne and I&-
thctie or tha symptoms Of These grown
up 1eardCd men,
~NFeu. rcnCemcn.' sab1 Cyrus Tar-
E,r, g)ancinu a1eund at h fe.Eow sqf-
garees. "ye ku talk of your patnt n93-
sirts aid Eve Tackled 'em a}t hut odly
TIE othcr doy-4 >trHch sntha,' that | lm
eaM 90 hang on 10 you bet
I,vcry exc was turned modify to tpe
sltakcr, but no ole, said anyt&ing.
And / ,iAft g,9 il oatc5 aANplti4c-
tnentS. ner uH or rirrularS, got t
outcr my Eead Just by solid tlipkind
continued Parker.
"WGaf was II. Cv%" asked one uGSo
The news & observer., 1897-12-25

ssSee Ynp" pay twice, and withheld the
money from the government! 1t is
very probable that the Californan's
recognition Of the sanctity Of joke
and himself believing thai "cheatse
the government was only cheating hp-
self" largely accounted for the sympa-
thi4s of ire rest IF the miners.
Bnt these sympathies were not always
unanimous.
One evening / stroled into the bar
room Of the principal saloon" which
III Tar as mere upholstery aud comfort
vent, WAS also the principal house in
the settlement The first rains had conn
nencea; the windows were open, for the
influence Of the southlhad odaroahotao
/ efrated even this far off mountain mn-
ing settlement, but. oddly enough, There
VAS i fire III the large central stove,
around which the miners had collected
with their steaming boots elevated on
4 projecting iron railing that eHcirelpd
fl They were not attracted by the
warmth, but the stove formed q social
piyot for gossip, and suggested that
mystic circle dear to the gregariOns in
stinct. Yct they were decidedly a de-
spondent group. For some moments The
silence was only broken by gasp, a
sigh, muttered oath or an impatient
ha of position There ri iii
IN the Fortunes OF Che settlement nor in
their own individual affairs, to suggest
this gloom. The singular truth was that
| they were, one and all, suffering from
tie pangs Of dyspepsia.
Incongruous as snch n complaint
u jlnight seem to their healthy environ
Iment-their outdoor life, their daily ex-
lercise, the healing bassam of the noun
Jtain air, their enforced temperance in
! diet and the absence of enervating pleas
! ures lit was nevertheless the incontest-
ible fact: Whether it was the result OF
the nervous, excitable temperament
which had brought them together in his
| feverish hunt for gold; whether it was
The news & observer., 1897-12-25

lie against See Yup in the premises,
There being no legal evidence of the
'salting, and none whatever of his ae-
tuai allegation that the gold dust was
the ordinary yield OF the tailings, that
implication desting entirely with the
committee who examined it under false
pretence, and who subsequently forced
the sale by intimidation"
The news & observer., 1897-12-25
BUCKLEN's ARNIoA sALyp.

The best Salve In the world for Outs
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Ghapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, sy nc
pay required. 1t is guaranteed se Civ.
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by al
druggists.
The news & observer., 1897-12-25
NO CLIKE NJ PAY

That is the way all druggists seli
'ROvE'S TASTELESS CHILE TON
O FOR Chiss spd fever and all forms of
1alsra- IL is simply Iron snd Quiu1ns
"a tasteless form Children Iose II
,dults prefer II TO hltted. nauseatinR
ontcs Price. 5Uc.
The news & observer., 1897-12-25

= n :
>7oe'
w" 1he Siliny cqss was Just ,pur
M"9 pray ~ TO my
%ta1,',tt ~ ""A iii't "eaA / haahi !
V, = =, ? 20 iedVe e, rock at h-A!
So '''e az ioea
" hat was it!' they asked, eaeerly
II went down to his shop the next
day, when he was alone, and Was feal-
in@ mighty bad, uhd / got hold OF his
pjgtaiA and ! allowed I'D stuff it down
h3s 'hioat i be didn't tell me' what lle
The news & observer., 1897-12-25
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The news & observer., 1897-12-25

One Mbuts Cough Cure rures quick
iy That's whp yGu want. Carolina
Drug Store
The news & observer., 1897-12-25
REMUA ATS
FOR SALE.

Busy selling prior to Christmas has
left so many Remnants that we institute
for The week alonday, December 9th, TO
Saturday Janusry LIST, a Great Remnant
Sal8 All Remnants will be gotten out and
marked in plain figures and will sold.
A great harvest of bargains to be gath
red in by money savers
Every woman within a redius of one
hundred mill S OF Raleigh should be inter
ested and will be repaid for the trip to
Raleigh. ..a