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

MISUNDERSTANDING saesaass II
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Time to put out onion sets and SOW
lettuce seed.
j. e. McMullen has been sick and
unable to teach this week.
This county was visited by a refresh
ing rain, Tuesday evening.
Will Rankin is home on short
visit, from Ashland Kansas.
Sons of Veterans box supper next
Wednesday evening-the oath.
w. e. Carr has resigned as book
keeper at the Great Bend Mills.
Senator John Armstrong arrived
home from Topeka Tuesday morning.
Miss hattie Fruit, or west of town,
is visiting with friends at Cimarron,
Kansas.
Robert Anderson, formerly harness
maker with John Hiss, is back at his
old position.
Wheat has dropped just cents per
bushei since President Mckinley was
inaugurated.
Conductor Lemon and two daughters,
of the Mo. p, were shopping in Great
Bend Monday.
Episcopal services were held at the
Congregational church Wednesday,
st. Patrick's day.
The base ball fever will break out
soon. Some of the boys are already
showing symptoms.
Dave Heller was smiling on old
friends and neighbors, in Great Bend
the first of the week.
William Osmond and wife are spend
ing the week visiting with Sam Makers
at Kansas City Kansas.
Instead of that "wave of prosperity"
it was a dod-gasted cold wave of old
BOreas that hit US last.
Chas. Tindall and wife. of Hoising-
ton, were over to visit Mr.. Tindall's
brothers here Monday.
A licence to wed was issued Monday
to George Black and Miss Minnie
Nordman, both of OlmitZ.
See the DEMOCRAT Office for sale bills,
horse bills, envelopes, letter heads and
all kinds of job printing.
A young four year old son of God
frey Myers, near Dubuque, fell and
broke his arm last Saturday evening.
District 40 asks the DEMOCRAT to
say: I'VE think district SO had better
take care of their own school, -
DIST. 40.
Mr.. Walker, formerly of Spencer 81
Walker, music dealers here, came out
last week from the east part of the
state. on business.
Henry Sprinkler writes from Arkan.
sas City that he has splendid position
there and is happy and contented.
Girls, take notice.
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Curious Stan,D Collection.

Mrs. George Wilson Of Birming-
ham, N. Y, has a unique curio in the
shape of a bedroom set-bedstead,
dresser, wash stand and chairs, dec
grated with postage stamps of every
known civilized country on the globe,
says the Chicago Chronicle. Mrs.
Wilson has been collecting stamps for
the past seven years, and the number
has reached over half q million, $685.
900 being the number. The value of
these stamps has been. estimated at
$751;
All of these stamps have been care
fully washed, dried and pasted on Of
ter the style of a crazy patchwork
quilt, aud represent large patience
and n great amount of labor. There
are seven pieces of furniture in all,
decorated. This curio is valuable, an
offer Of 5000 from Cornell University
having been refused by the Owner. 1t
is, perhaps, the most novel ev1oction
Of foreign and domestic stamps in the
United States. The stamps are stuck
on with glue and are covered with a
heavy spar varnish and can be washed
without injury to the stamps.
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japanese Policeman n.

Japanese policemen are for the
most part recruited from the old
samurai class, and, as might be OK
pected from the sons OF men who
carried loyalty and devotion to or be-
yond the point of absurlity, most Of
them are courageous and incorlupt-
ible. They are intelligent and we'll
disciplined, as we'll, and do an enotm-
GUS amount of work for salaries that,
according to Western ideas, are ex-
tremely small. A Toxic policeman is
on duty only every other day, but his
working day is Il wenty-four hours long.
For eight of these he stands in front
of one of the little sentry boxes, of
which there are 33S scattered through
the city. The next eight hours lie
spends in patroling an assigned dis
trict, in search Of material for reports
to his superiors on all sorts Of politi-
cal and social topics. The remaining
eight ho'lrs he passes sitting or lying
on q berth in his little box, ready to
resnea,to any call foe: his services
that nay be made. Gl his clay off,
the police officer haj'nothing to do
except tJisp. Or census blanks, serve
"a -
summonses, and attend such OF his AZ
regular duties as ho. may not have
been able to perform the day be-
fore. These duties include inspection
of streets, sewers and cemeteries, cen
sorship Of newspapers, preventing the
sale of unwholesome meat, vegetables
and milk, and careful oversight Of So
looms, pawnshops, markets, festivals,
funerals and foreigners. The police
mans authority is highly respected.
He rarely has any difficulty in making
arrests, and he often decides minor
cases and settles petty disputes by
holding a little court Of his W in the
open streets. On such occasions the
surrounding crowd shows no DISPOSE
ton to banter him, and witnesses are
examined and q decision rendered
with perfect gravlty.-New York
Times.
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Uhat Makes Iron Rust.

The old idea that iron rusted or OK
idated by uniting with the oxygen of
water and setting free the hydrogen is
now exploded. In the first place, it
has been noticed that iron will not
rust in dry air or chemically pure Wa
ter. Thus, for instance, in Arequipa,
in southern Peru, not only will iron
not rust in the open air, but rusty
iron brought up from the coast will
become clear again. It 10Y seems
certain that carbonic acid is nee
essary to the rusting Of iron,
the reaction seeming to be as follows:
First. ferrous carbonate is formed.
This is dissolved in the slightly acidu-
lated water and becomes ferrous bicar-
Donate. This in turn decomposes in
presence of air into magnetic oxide,
and this last makes with the water the
hydrated ferric oxide or reddish brown
powder, which is known as iron rust.
Electricity, again, seems to have some
thing to do with it. If, of two metals
soldered together, one be electro posi-
tive to the other, the oxidation or
rusting will be slower in the positive
and o rapid in the negative. San
Francisco Chronicle.
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during two of them rain fell heavily.

during two of them rain fell heavily.
lie found trees one hundred and
fifty feet high, of which n largo
proportion bore edible fruit.
This latter was the food of great num-
bers of birds, whose flesh was found
to be exquisite. The place also
swarmed with rats and bats. The
most numerous Of the birds were the
large fruit eating pigeons and a
species of brown dove. Neither of
these knew fear of man, and theY
We're shot by the dozen.
The fuct hat at an elevation OF ], 200
feet above the sea coraline limestone
was found, and the formation of the
hills, cased as they were with coral
from base to summit, led the traveller
to observe hat Christmas Island was
unique and q most remarkable exam
pie Of coral formation. 1t appeared
that from the time the island. csme
within the reef building zone it had
been steadily subject to a moveplent of
upheaval, varied by pauses during
which the cliffs were eroded by the
sea. There is no other such example
known.-New York Herald.
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PEARLS OF

No eyes can see like those Of the
soul.
If our belief is wrong our eternity
will be wrong.
The truly great are those who CON
quer themselves.
Growth in grace is often helped by
having the grace to say no.
If some people would laugh more,
their doctor bills would be less.
AS soon as thought finds a body, it
begins trying to move the world.
When q young lion is hungry, how
much better off is he than a wolf?
The wages of sin is death, no mat
ter how promptly we pay pew
rent.
There is q sense in which the blood
of every sacrifice lifts somebody into
o higher life.
1t is a great mistake for the young
to despise what the old have learned
by experience.
One of the worst things about a bad
man is that he leads O long procession
of others into evil.
The nan who thinks for himself
will also think for the long process
sion that follows him.
boarding up money in misery way
can never be done without making u
beggar of the man who does it.
Rams Horn.
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Cuteness Of the Couotf..

No cutter animal is found in tho
West than the coyote. The'coyote is
to the plainsman what a fox is to an
Eastern farmer, only the coyote is
more in evidence. Forest anQ. Stream
tells about q dog that had it's principal
sport chasing and otherwise worrying
coyotes, and was led into ambush by
one coyote and then set upon by sew
eral other of the prairie wolves and
almost done to death.
"About 9 o'clock one night" the
paper says, ''one of the coyotes came
to the kitchen door and howled aggra-
vatingly at the dog, which, %1hereupon,
set after the coyote full tilt" The
coyote fed around the house, down to
the coral and around the blacksmith
shanty, the dog yelping after. Be-
hind the shanty were other coyotes,
six or seven of them, and all of them
made for the dog in. a way that made
it feel lonely. The ranchman heard
the fight and the dogs howlsof pain ;
and grasping a rife started that way
on the run, yelling as he went. The
coyotes, each took O farewell nip and
fed, leaving q sore dog behind. Since
then the dog has not been SO
much interested as on former occa-
sions in coyotes. It follows single
coyotes vigorously, but the appear
ance of another sends it back as fast
as it can run"
The coyote likes badger flesh very
much, but one coyote is not equal to q
badger in a fight; consequently the
coyote, when it meets a badger has to
resort to strategem till aid arrives.
The name in which it does this, ac-
cording to the sportsman's paper is
interesting. .
"a few weeAsgo," t11e writer says,
Gas I was riding a5zne1 saw a'ooyote
and a badger. Tae coyote scanned to
be playing with Ae, bada6sr: He would
prance around it, t1rsseh if to bite it,
then run off a little yay, the badger
following, evidently very angry.
When the badger saw me it ran into
its hole, while the coyote went off
forty or fifty yards and lay down evil
IDENTIFY knowing I had no gun with me.
The coyotes device was evidently to
tease, and so kept the badger inter-
ested till another coyote happened
along, when the badger would ha We
been killed"
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On Christmas Island.

A traveller from Boston has lately
come back from Christmas Island
with some interesting stories OF What
10 fonnd there. He seems to have
found almost everything except a good
and sufficient reason why the island
sbonld have the name it bears.
The traveller sailed away from Java
eastward and northward, and in three
DAYS the island hove in sight. 1t is
eeldom visited and seems to have no
~nonulation of its own-indeed it is a
coral formation, literally crowded out
If the sea, Successive and very slow
~occretions of soil have formed and IN
tb,s is rooted vegetation OF consider
able extent and variety.
The island presents to the mariner
ia osnect Of a saddle, two hills form
;ne the pommels. Though the hills
are Of considerable sizs they are Gov
erad with d coral formation to then
varv SUBMITS, the peak OF one OF them
heino an immense %coraline limestone.
No stream or standing water vas
fund an the island, as the soil, If 1t
NOV he called a soil, is SO porous Tim
tha rain is absorbed immediately LEI
~ Y4&E#E# @#&## H-E-1 -
The vegetation was green and unasr
the fallen logs the earth was found 70
Ia soaden with moisture. The travel
Or spent ten days on the island. and
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Re Forgot the Diamond.

The earliest authentic mention Of
the natchless Kohineor, the mountain
Of Hght," Is by an Eastern monarch,
who refers to q Jewel valued at one
half Of the daily expenses Of the whole
verdi" 4 century or two later, the
Persian cengueror Of India, seeing the
diamond glitter in the turban OF the uu-
fortunate Rajah, exclaimed with rough
and somewhat costly humor, Come,
let Us change our turbans in pledge Of
friendship!' and the exchange was
promptly naaae
The Kohtnoor fell into the hands o.
the English, and pending itg delivery
TO the crown Sir John Lawrence, after
ward Lerd Lawrence, was made its
guardian. His ~biographer, Mr.. Bos-
worth Smith. relates a curious incident
Of this custody.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, Sir John thrust
1t, wrapped Up in numerous folds OF
cloth, into his WaIstcoat pocket, the
wheie being contained in an insignil-
hard, as usual, and thought 10 more Of
his precisus treasure. he changed his
clothes fer dinner, and threw his'WHa;st-
coat aside, still forgetting all about the
box contained in it.
About six weeks efterward a mes
gage caae from the viceroy, saying that
the queen had ordered the Jewel to he
Immediately transmitted to her. The
subject was mentioned by Sir Henry
Lawrence at the beard, when Sir john
said, quietly:
Send for It at cnce."
"Why, you've got itw said Sir Henry.
In a moment the fact Of his careless
ness dashed across Sir John. He WIS
hcrrorstricken, but with TO external
sign of trepidation he said:
"Oh, yes, Of course, I forget about it."
and went on with the business Of the
meeting. He soon made an opportunity
Of slipping away to his private room.
and with his heart in his mouth sent
tor his old bearer, and said:
t"Iiare you a small box which was in
fny waistcoat pocket some time ago"
."Yes, sahib," the man replied" II found
It and put it In ore of your boxes
"RGiEg 1t here said the s2hib. open
It." he ordered. when the little box had
been produced, and see what is in
side"
He watched che man with intense
anxiety as fold after fold OF tie rags
was taken OIL.
There is nothing here. sahib." said
the old man at last, in a disappointed
tone, but G bit OF glass"
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T,Uo Moments Of Fright.

eyes," said the retired army officer,
IT can recall two occasions when I
was terribly frightened"
"Oh, Exclaimed the romantic young
lady, 'tdo tell me about them. I sup
pose it happened when you were
fighting the Indians"
"No," he replied; some time was
when I was married. and the other
time was when We had our baby chris
tened."-Cleveland Leader.
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Il Warming.

- "William, DEAR" exclaimed a Wash
ington woman, whose husband is
prone to oversleep himself, sit is time
to get up!"
The only response was a yawn.
civilian, dear; you'll have to get
nm. if you don't want to be late in
getting down town."
Eyes"
She left him q little while, and COM
ing back found that he had relapsed
into slumber again. Shaking him,
she said:
civilian"
"What is it?"
"If you don't get up this minute,
You'll be so rushed getting away that
YOU won't have time to find fault with
lie breakfast" Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
Was;.:ncton's Camp Dinner.

The following pleasant letter was
written by General Washington to Dr.
Cochrane, a surgeon general in the Con
tinental army. It is dated West Point,
Aug. 10, 1870, and is prtated in the
Philadelphia Saturday Eeyiew:
Dear Doctor-I have asked Mrs.
Cochrane and Mrs. Livingstone to dine
With me tomorrow, but l am not In
honor bound to apprise them OF their
fare. As I nate deception, even where
the Imagination enly Is concerned, l
will. It is needless to promise that my
table is large enough to hold the ladies;
Of this they had ocular proof yester-
day. TO say how it is covered is rather
more essential, and this shall be the
purport Of my letter.
Since our arrival at this happy spot
we have had a ham, sometimes a Shout
der of bacon, 10 grace the head OF the
table; c piece Of roast beef adorns the
foot; and a dish of beans or greens al
most imperceptibiy decorates the CEN
ter.
When the cook has a mind to cut q
figure, which l presume will be the
case tomorrow, we have two beefsteak
pies or a dish of crabs in addition, one
en- each side Of center dish, dividing
the space, reducing the distance be-
tween dishes about six feet, which
without them would be nearly twelve
feet apart.
OF late he has had the surprising sa-
gaoity to discover that apples Will
make pies, and it is a question if, in the
violence of his efforts, we do not get
one Of apple, instead Of both of beef
eteaks.
If the ladies can put up with such en-
tertain1nent, and Will submit to partake
Of it on plates, once tin, but now iron
{not become SC by the labor Of scour'
ing, l shall be happy to see them, and
am, dear doctor, yours,
G. WASHINGTON.
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Just as Fresh.

"Horatius,' said the professors
wife, 81 don't believe you've heard a
word that I've said, and here I've
been talking half an hour"
"Well," said the bordering pro-
lessor, "who would believe it? You
seem just ms fresh rs when you start
ed. "-Cleyelanl Leader. f.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
Allow IF Co,-rrSNerR:9r.

Fog-Heuderson IS Il gcol enough
follow, but lie is terribly slow at seeing
G joke.
Eass-E'm, HIM?
Fog-He slipped an a banana peel
the other Gay and had a fall. Every
tedy laughed but Henderson could not
see the point OF the ioke.
BasS-Not surprising.
Fog-Iie saw il acout twenty-four
hours lsteT, however, when another fel-
lov did the same tiling.-ucston Tran
'scrint.
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p.n,t Give Way to Despair,

Although you have suffered for a long time from
A.,a,1a. dyspepsia, kidney trouble, nervousness
...,,,.ness, Know that Hostetter's Stomach
-. has cured worse cases than yours, and is
n Da,ss,tt to help you as it has helped hosts Of
otneIs. ara dangerous" Meie hills grow to be
'De,ayji in consequence OF disreearding it.
me Gu Disease at the outset with this tncompar-
shls defensive medicine.
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i, ,oeai applications, as they cannot reach the
sy.ssi porkion OF the esr. There is only one
aasySIto cure desfnsss. and that is BY censtitu-
s,a = remedies. Deafness is cauaed by an in
Hr.stschian Tube. When This tube gets in.
Na NY Won have q runlb!ins sound or ,mper.
fset hearing. and waen it is eatirsly closed
nssinsss is tbs result, and unless the infam-
ration can be taken opt and this tubs r.
DESTROYED forever. Nine cases out OF ten are
caused By cstarrh, which ia nothing bue Al In.
famed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
Wewill give One Hundred boilers for m
r.ss OF Deafness (caused by catsrrh) that can
not be cured by Rail's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, frea.
fold by Druggt-ta, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
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-. Awful to Contemplate.

roo Awful to Contemplate.
.,..nch M~illiner-Oh, par blue! ze D..
sre telling ze exact cost Of making
.s.,stant-But, why your alarm, ma
Mr,lncr (tragically)-Why! Why?-
vyhy, suppose zey next tell re actual
...t of making a $40 bonnet!-New
yor, Journal.
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II IT Only ue.ped q Little

y vou,d be worth 50 cents. One hours FREQ.
I'm from the terrible irritating Itch Of letter Ia
Wortt more than a whole box OF Tetterine costs.
!. will cure-sure. and its the only thing that
eli cure. 50 cents at drug stores, or by mail
from j. T. shuptrine, Savannah, ga.
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Sixty thousand tons of sugar beets
we're grown in two counties OF south
ern California last year.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
lsething. softensthe gums, reduces inhamma-
tion. aliayspsin, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle.
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M the 40, 900 species of beetles widely dif-
,used over the earth's surface, not one 10
.nown to be venomous or armed With a sting.
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FITS stopped free and permanently cured.No
FITS after fI st days use OF DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NEeyEREsroRER. Free So trial bottle and treat
ise. Send to DR.. Kline, s31 Arch ST., Phiia, Pa,
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Over 40C, 900 cured. Why no let No-To-Bae
cayes money. makes hoalth and manhood.
cnre guaranteed. so csnts and S1.00, at all
druggists.
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The remains of a fossil dog six feet higf
were some years ago unearthed in Brazil.
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Pisos Cure is the medioine to break -
ehfldren's Coughs and Colds.-hrs. NJ. O.
RLUnT, Sprague, Wash, March 8, 1894.
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Na.To-Bac for Fifty Cents,

AIondon omnibus carries on an average
sM messengers each week.
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WHEN bilious or ~costive, eat q Gascaret
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; ~, 25c.
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CAscARETs stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe; Zoe.
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Jusr try q Toe. box of Cascarets, candy ca
thartic. finest liver and bowel regulator made.
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The births exceed the deaths throughout
the world by over $50, 900 u year-an aver
age OF three a minute.
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IT Is exercise alone that supports the spirits
and keeps the mind In vigor.
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Deafness Caano: be Cured

The trouble with luck is, you get too much
al the wrong kind.
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The ropes on a first-ciass man-of-war cost
about $4,000.
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sirable n as the wise people.
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enough rope, but he makes a lot Of
trouble for others before he does It.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-03
A FEW OF THE MANY
HOSIERY SPECIALS.

BEGINNING At $3.50 O'CLOCK
UNTIL SOLD
So dozen Ladies' Silk-Finished Hose.
Hermsdorf dye, high-spliccd heels ana
double toes. the best 25c. Hose I'm TINS
city, for u 1-2c. a pair Limited guam
tty to each customer
Ladies' Fast Black Seamless Hose, &c.
a pair.
2S dozen Ladies' Imported Black Cash
mere (All-WooD Hose. always 25c., az
this special sale y lie. pair. Al re-
tail only.
Ladies Best y 1-2c. Full Seamless Hose,
heavy weight. &C.. pair.
Girls and Boys Extra Heavy Imported
Fast Black Ribbed Hose. double knees
and feet. would be cheap at 25c., here
u lie. a pair; all sizes.
FROM 1890 TO II O'CLOCK
Chndrens Heavy Ribbed Fast Black
School Hose. the usual Zoe. ones, for
% Il,