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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

f8E3S 90 OuDUio UICcuibS
Mts1E farm. near Den
yer. The Field
and Farm, of Denver, says that Major
Dubois has made the rather startling
discovery that as a substitute for the
finest brands of Japan teas for the
table, alfalfa leaves, properly picked
and cured, have no equal; and that the
imitation is SO natural that the most
inveterate tea drinkers have not been
able to detect it.
The experiments have been carefully
conducted by selecting only the more
tender and perfect leaves of the first
growth. but no objections can be as
signed to the use of any healthy leaves
of alfalfa before the season of the ma
turing of the plant. The process of
curing, as practiced, is to dry for a day
or two in the sun in pans. or spread on
muslin sheets, then place in boxes OF
cans, and thus be kept until needed for
use. The cooking process is the same
as With any variety of store tea.
The advocates of alfalfa tea claim
that its continuous use proves a great
benefit to the human system, as it serves
as a sort of tonic and corrective, and
will keep one in state OF splendid
health without the aid of doctors or
drugs.
Unlike tea, it is comparatively free
from theme, a narcotic property from
which the caffeine of commerce is OBJ
| tanned. This is argued as an advan-
tage in the Introduction Of the alfalfa
tea, as health journals anu health advo.
Gates will find no basis of prejudice
against it because of this property.
| The tea feature OF the alfalfa indus,
try in Nebraska fits in nicely with
sugar beets and chicOry. If to the
everyday necessities of bread, butter,
beef and pork. which we produce in
great abundance, can be added the lux.
uries, sugar, tea and coffee, Nebraska
will certainly be able to await the wave
of delayed prosperity with as much ease
as any district of country in the United
States.
1t is estimated that the people Of oul
| country demand from the oriental tes
trade about 7S,75O,0 900 pounds of tea
per year. This immense expenditure
of millions of dollars annually for thi.
one article of diet, when supplanted by
the alfalfa leaf, which is produced 81
luxuriantly all over the arid and semi
arid districts OF the west, and under
conditions which have established oul
climate and soil as the home of thu
alfalfa plant, will go far toward solv
ing the question of advisability of gov
ernment expenditure in the recIaimine
of the arid lands.
The excellence of the alfalfa plant a.
an animal dietary has not been ques
toned in any locality where it has beer
tested; in fact, it is growing more ant
more in favor among stockmen becaus,
of its excellent results in growing an(
fattening young animals, and the uni
versal preference given it by all ami
mails over the other varieties of vege-
table foods.
Major Dubois alfalfa tea expert
meuts are just in time for the Trans
Mississippi exposition. and should &C
company Colorado as the beginning o
the new ndustry.-Omaha World Her
aid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

1t takes rich man to draw check
pretty girl to draw attention, horse
the skin, an artist to draw d picture,
William J. Bryan TO draw a crowd, a
topper to draWa cork. and an advertise
ment in the DEMOCRAT to draw trade.
And you don't have to draw on your
Imagination to know that this is
straight goods.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Alfalfa is to be one of the chief fac.
tors in the making of cheap beef and
pork. It is to be the starter, with corn
to put on the finish. When stock in
terests are little further developed, no
other state will so fully enjoy the ad-
vantages of cheap corn and abundance
of nutritious pasturage as will Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Where is the old, blue, army over
coat? 1t has been many day since
we saw one of those striking reminders
of the troublous days of the sixties.
Like the old soldier, it is fast disap-
pearing and becoming but cherished
memory of an interesting page in his
tory. God bless the old blue overcoat
and the men who wore them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
Gard of Thanks,

We hereby extend our most sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends
who so kindly assisted us in the short
illness and death of our baby.
Mr.. AND MRS. STANLEY PATTERSON.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Il II
~ der stone; as the
~ f-.LEtT, cries OF the poor
N SS9F and hungry for
grow more persistent day by day, many
OF the greater men of pomp ana promi-
nence are forced to acknowledge that
the claims made by the friends of sill.
yer in the campaign last fall are correct
IN every detail, and that, if tins great
and glorious country shall maintain its
standing as a free republic some radi-
cal changes MUST be made in Its meth
DDS of constructing laws or constituting
them; some check must be put L pom the
ability of aggregated wealth to increase
Its holdings so rapidly, while aggra-
waited poverty more than keeps pace.
AT Lincoln Day banquet IN Chicago,
last week, Governor Pingree, of Mich1-
gan, made a speech from which we
take the following extracts:
1.-The great body of our people be-
leive that by the operation of unjust
laws, many ignorantly passed by the
legislature and some Intentionally. there
has been, and is now, an unequaled
distribution of the wealth of tn coun-
try. From 1860 to 1895, a short peri
cd of thirty-hve years, we have made
three times as many dollars as were
made in the 36S years Immediately
prior thereto, but the comparatively
few have obtained possession of most
of them.
"Dr. Lyman Abbott has made the
| following most forcibIe illustration: He
says, that if Adam, the son of God, was
in truth born 5000 years ago. and
were now living, and if every day of
his life had been spent in honest toll,
only resting on the Lords day, and had
in addition to supporting his large fami-
| ly, been able to lay aside as the result
of his toll sIoo every day-the idea of
interest not having been conceived-in
all of this 5000 years of accumulation.
Adam to-day would not be worth as
much as Mr.. Rockefeller, Mr.. Wander
bilt or Mr.. Gould, who had nothing, or
whose fathers had nothing, compara-
lively, few years ago.
sis it any wonder, then, that the
common people should say. How is it
possible that such enormous fortunes
can be honestly acquired? And when l
say honestly. do not mean that form
of honesty which is made so by legisIa-
ton. but that which is really honest.
The old principle was universally recog-
nlzed that if a man received he should
give something. 1t was the law of equiv
J alence, that no man should receive
more than that which he fairly earned,
and do not believe that any one man
can honestly acquire in ten years more
than it would have taken Adam 5000
years to acquire. l affirm that if the
truth were known, that in each and
every case where vast fortunes have
been accumulated, it was, and is, the
result of robbery of the people IN the
lame of the law, many times not intend.
} ed by the legislatures, but resulting in
robbery just the same"
Had such assertions of truth, such
convincing arguments beeu made by
such prominent republicans as Gov.
Pingree and Rev. Abbott during the
campaign last fall, those able men
would have been classed as 'sanarchists
'repudiators" and "crazy silverites'
| by the entire gold STANDARD press of the
J land.
Yes. 1.-THE mills of the gods GRIND
slowly. but they grind exceeding small
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

By the way. if our young unmarried
people would al call upon Judge
Breeder and see those fine. tasty and
up-to-date marriage certificates there
would be a grand rush for them 10
short order. Call early. and avoid the
rush. No troble to show goods. First
come first served. Cash sales, and
happiness the profits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Maybe the average housewife does
not have much to do. She only gets
meals 1895 times in each year. and
washes the dishes as many times; gets
the children ready for school twice a
day for 180 days each year; pats the
baby TO sleep about Thousand times;
sews on several hundred buttons, not
to mention several odd jobs that the
husband would rather we would not
mention.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

D. G. Luse went to Topeka Sunday,
to call on the state officers. Mr.. Luse
is being urged by his friends as an ex-
cellent man to fill the office of state
he selected
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

A third ward man says his son is
bound to be great inventor. He is
always inventing reasons why the
father should put up some more dough.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Miss Bertha Crummack, of the Sec
one ward, is visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Young, at Peterton, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

Kansas Can Supply the Wdfld With Tea,
When They Get to Making it Out of
Alfalfa Leaves.

URING tn g past
year the basis of q
new and profitable
industry has been
brought to light
by experiments
aud tests recently
conducted by Ma
ior Dubois of the
Dubois breeding
farm. near Den
yer. The Field
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
BARTON COUNTY COWS.
They Help to Keep the Wolf From the
Door" until Prosperity Comes
Some More.


lTO the cow-lot-
bright and gay-the
milk-mald hustles
from day to day and
gathers the lactael
fluid white, while
the morning sun is
yet "out of sight" :"
And cen when the
ev e nj ng sunlight
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
The Old-Time Sand Man.
Here's your white sand, black sand
WhiAo aa.,d

Wnlle SdnO,
White sand and black sand
Now, here's your white sand,
Black sand MANI
Such were the words sung by the
melodious voices of few robust col
ored men through the streets Of Wash
ington half century ago; but the
sand man and his business have entire
ly disappeared, for no longer the mar
ket exists for the material. The white
sand was then used for scrubbing pur-
poses and sanding floors, and the black
sand for use on manuscript to dry the
ink. While large quantities were used
In the departments, many stores and
offices, as well as families, were the
consumers, and in some families sand
boxes are handed down to the grand
children to remind them Of the days of
the old quill pen. These men, with
horse and cart. would early in the
morning appear with few bushels Of
white sand, and possibly peck of the
black material, and for a few hours
they would cry It through the streets,
selling by the peck, quart and pint-a
levy Q21a cents) per quart for the
white and often Is cents per pint for
the black. Now scrubbing soap has al
most superseded the white material,
and plotting paper has driven the the
black sand out of the market.-Wash-
ington Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

impatient twins defying the proverb? But
the mother will be back sooner if she fol-
low the advice. Our familiar 1.-THE not
calls the kettle black" takes a new inter.
est in its Italian form. The Dot saws to
the pan, keep off or you'll smutch me.
The universal toll of the world finds ex.
preston in the Catalan phrase. .'Where
wilt thou 60, Ok, that thou wilt not
plough" Almost all nations possess =
proverb which declares that ''if you forbid
fool a thing. that he will do" and with
confidence In the good will of the public
the advertiser Of Sapolio puts it in This
form: A'
Forbid a fool thing and that he vii,
90. So we say. for variety: Don't use
Sapolio-but then you're not fool"
touch of nature which makes all Tho
world akin" springs out of the quaint
thought that "A needle, though naked
itself, clothes others" Who can hear -
once and ever see needle without recall
Ing it! Who fails to recognize the pictnre
Il suggests of the aid given to the noor hv
the poor. and Of the help which i. everr
ants? " asS'st-
what can be more practical than tho
statement that a handsaw is . Food
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

resulted in many failures. the slang ran:
Hes very good man. but he can't keep
a hotel" All such phrases are local and
temporary. They do not survive-indeed,
rarely possess merit enough to reach a
second year without evident decline in
popularity. We have noticed that none Of
the advertisements of Sapolo make use Of
slang. and probably for this reason.
Naturally many of the best proverbs
used in this connection relate to household
cleanliness, and all the original ones are
framed to that end. Dirt in the house
builds the highway to beggary." deserves
recognition, despite its origin. House
hold sayings, in the sense of four walled
buildings full of furniture, are quite lack
ing in many Eastern tongues. We believe
that no reference to clean housekeeping
can be found in the Koran or even in the
Bible, except that of the woman who
swept the house to find her lost coin.
Shakespeare rather sights the subject, but
whether because it was not deemed impor-
tant in that intellectual but dirty age or
because he scared to grander things, We
will not discuss. but the England of to-
day well says of home, 1.-THE cleaner 'tis
the cosier It's" and our American adver-
tiser improves the opportunity to add that
humble homes made bright with Sapolio
are better than tawdry palaces? Alas,
for the thoughtlessness of the man who
forgot to ask whether his bride used Sa-
polio. The Scotch proverb records his
case: Eye haze tied knot wi your tongue
ye Wilma loose wi your teeth"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
Our Almanacs.

Il had rather a novel experience last
year in the matter of gathering tables
showing the rising and setting Of the
sun, the changes Of the moon, high and
low tides, etc." said a publisher. "But
l am fixed for this year. In my ex-
perience as publisher l had printed
about everything that l thought could
be printed. Finally, an advertising
concern wanted me to get out an al
manac for them. They furnished all
the copy for the almanac except the
almanac itself-that is, the tables. I
supposed l would have no difficulty in
getting them. but soon found out that
was mistaken. My desire was to get
prepared in an authoritative way. AZ
ter interviewing some of the experts in
Washington found that they were all
disinclined to take any outside work.
Finally one of them consented to do it,
and he did, charging me $500 for the
calculations-$25 for each month.
am about having similar work done
this year, and came here for that pur-
pose, but learned that all the calcu-
lations for the various patent medicines
and many other almanacs are made
by blind man in Pittsburg. Pa, an
amateur mathematician and astrono-
mer of considerable local reputation. /
sent for the tables and have received
them. He charged me exactly &c. or
so cents for each month. understand
that the actual work is done by his
children, who write from his dictation.
He tells me that he has supplied the
same tables for about 100 different al
manacs for 1S97."-Philadalph Item.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
CHAPTER XIX.

ChAf- l. Elt Ala.
"And when one thinks of TIN expense
of staying here, Hettie," Mrs. Llewellyn
says complainingly, more than week
now, with bill running up that is fright
full to think Of, and perhaps another week
to stay before the Plasavon people can
receive us, one cannot help feeling UNI
easy"
you can afford the expense very well,
auntie." Miss Hettie returns in answer,
with an affectionate smile on her lips,
and steady, scornful light in her hard.
bright, hazel e.es.
Il cannot afford it very well, Hettie."
the elder lady answers with peevish re-
proachfulness. and in a martyr1ike tone.
How can you say SOP" she continues,
when you know how small my income is,
only for the allowance Eric makes me ?
And the money that l spent on Edith's
trosseau-to think of all that being
wasted. too!'
"And to think Of all that has been
wasted on Edith" Hester Stapleton says
in q slow, hard voice. indeed, she utters
the words through her clenched teeth.
when one remembers that one cannot
grieve even over the sixty or seventy
pounds spent on French lingerie for her. !"
mo. indeed" admits Mrs. Llewellyn
with sigh, coming around to her niece's
side of the question; when one thinks
of dear Eric. my poor boyv'
Eyes, aunt, when one thinks of Eric"
repeats Hettie in the same hard, suppress
ed voice. Leading him on, and putting
him of, and then suddenly fitting him at
her own pleasure for her ambitious pro-
jects, one hardly ought to pause at any
expedient to keep him away from her dan
gerous influence. Aud then to think that
after we thought she had decided her lot
in life, and that we had done with her"
Hettie says, the color angrily deepening
over her face, that poor Eric had done
with her, mean, and that all that was at
an end between them-to think of her
coolly coming back, and telling us she
had a difference Of opinion with Lord
Oppingham, and that her marriage was
an event in the undiscovered future
such language to use in describing the
affair" Hester says, getting vehement.
Assumed indifference and light-hearted-
ness over a scandalous rupture of an en-
gagement that was the next thing to mar
riage, it was so settled and 30 nearly COM
plcted."
IF Eric were to come over from Ire
land now Mrs. Llewellyn says, signing
longingly, ut would be such q nice little
holiday for MS three here together
4 Yes: It would indeed" Hester answers,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
Lead Pencils.

Lead pencils are made altogether BY
machinery. The best quality Of cedar
is cut into proper lengths, shaped the
exact size Of the pencil, then split and
grooved to admit the lead. The lead"
Is not lead at all, but plumbago, or al
most pure carbon, the only admixture
being a little oxide Of iron. 1t IL
ground by machinery, and, with little
mixture of glue, or some other sub.
stance to render 1t strongly adhesive.
is nodded into the shape required. It
Ia then placed in the grooves, already
prepared, while special device spreads
glue over its surface, and that of the
wood, presses the two halves together,
and thus completes the pencil, which is
then passed on to be painted or var
nished, dried and packed. The colored
pencils are made Of ocher, colored
chalk or other materials.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
Paid For.

"Mrs. Cumrox's children seem to &c
very fond Of their school," remarked
one woman.
"What makes you think so?
''They are always speaking Of their
dear teacher"
'Oh, Mr.. Cumrox insists on that. He
says that considering how much he
pays for extra tuition it's only proper"
-Washington Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

Every mother believes that her chill
dren have poles that are long enough,
and that their lack Of success 10 due to
the scarcity Of persimmons.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

Papa" said a boy, II know VIVA.
makes people laugh in their sleeve.
We'll, my son, what makes them
cause that's where their funny bone
ts."-Spare Moments,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

"Often, said the Cumminsville sage, "a
man gets credit for having sense enough
to say nothing, when the truth liz that
he hasn't sense enough to say any
thing. "-Cincinnau Enquirer.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20

II yon would keep the wrinkles ont
Of your face. keep sunshine In your
heart
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-14
More Reasons.

Why people come long distances
to buy at the Palama Grocery.
Reason No. because one GUS
toner tells another how much
they saved by dealing at this live
and let live establishment. Rea-
son No. because the saving
from their grocery bill helps them
to pay their house rent. 1t you
don't believe what our customers
say, just give US call and be con-
vince. HARRY CANNON,
Palama Grocery, Opposite Rail-
way Depot.
Tel. 755, every time. Goods de.
livered. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-14

It's one thing to take an order
for a portrait and quite another
to fill it satisfactorily. King Bros
portraits have always been known
to give satisfaction and now that
they have reduced their prices so
low, an extra inducement is offer
ed. See what they have before
you invest.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-14

Our work is better and our
prices are lower for enlarged
portrait work than anyone else's,
We are not making much at it,
but don't let that worry you. II
you have anything in this line to
be done see our samples first
and you won't regret it. King
Bros :, ITO Hotel street. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-14
Won Holt Block, King Street.
Phaetons and Buggies.

If you are in need of a vehicle
of any description, inspect the
stock Of G. Schuman at the Club
Stables. He keeps on hand a full
line of phaetons, surreys, buggies,
road wagons, and Frazier road
carts.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-14
Chisholm & Coughlin.

sea. Polling place: Waimea
Court House.
Inspectors:
j f Scott,
@ b Hofgaard,
j Il Kapuniai.
4th Precinct.
From and including K.slaheo,
to and including Hanapepe.
Polling place: Hanapepe School
House.
Inspectors:
H G Perry,
......
Kamaka.
9Th Precinct.
The district of Koloa from its
junction with Lihue, to and in
cluding the land of Laval. Poll
ing place: Koloa Court House.
Inspectors:
j X Burkett,
w II Neal,
j K Farley.
9th Precinct.
The district of Lihue. Polling
place: Lihue Court House.
Inpeotors:
r w I Purvis,
w T Lucas,
II d Wishard.
9TH Precinct.
Extending from the land of Pa
paa to and including the land of
Wailua. Polling place: Court
House, Kapas.
Inspectors:
SN Hundley,
f B Smith,
j Kawelo.
Sth Precinct.
Extending from Kalihiwai
River to and including the land of
Papaa. Polling place: Govern
ment School House, Kilauea.
Inspectors:
John Bush,
W p Huddy,
j Lono.
9th Precinct.
Extending from Kalihiwai
River to the north boundary of
the district of Waimea. Polling
place: Waioli Court House.
Inspectors:
j Kakina,
G H Willis,
&c Davis.
j. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
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