Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-18
BUSY BETTY's' COLUMN.
"a foolish man is he who grows
A field of useless weeds,
But wiser he than ono who sows
His life with evil deeds"

/ a field of useless weeds,
But wiser he than ono who sows
| His life with evil deeds.''
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Use ammonia in water for cleaning
window glass, instead of soap.
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George Sand said the reason learned
women are ridiculed is because they
put to shame unlearned men.
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l Conspiracy as defined by the Ottawa
Republican,: GA lot of old maids in
| Massachusetts are reading bachelors
out of politics That's conspiracy"
~
This is the Crysanthemum season,
and the wealth and beauty of the
| blossoms atOnes, to certain extent.
| for the loss of our summer treasures.
! *s*
| How many housewives use coarse
cloth for cleaning potatoes and other
| roots? 1t is much nicer than knife
( where the vegetable is not to be pared,
and keeps the stain from the hands.
~
| Soap is good thing in its place, but
| few good cooks would use it to prepare
| a chicken for the table as mistress
found her help doing not long since.
1t is safe to say that girl never visited
soap factory.
~
Boys and girls like to read and will
be Influenced for good or bad by what
they read. Parents should take pains
to select such reading for them as viii
interest and instruct. then they will
not form taste for that which is not
good.
The Lawrence Journal in comment
ing on sudden changes in the weather
remarks that From linen trousers and
palm leaf fans to woolens and winter
overcoats may be onlv from one closet
to the other, but the lightning change
is what shocks US ALL"
M
Where is the man who ever lifted a
mortgage by sitting on dry goods box
crying calamity splitting tobacco juice
at mark and saving the country with
his political harangues? Many a man
has lost his home by giving his time to
the aforesaid occupation.
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A wee little girl said, when she went
home from school that she had been
learning how to spell. When asked to
spell rat, she slowly and distinctly said
"R A T-rat." Nov how do you
spell mouse" was asked. "Just the
same only in smaller letters" was the
serious answer
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ooh. precious sighed the loveIsick
youth as he squeezed the dainty hand
of his ootsie tootsie, "canst thou guess
what of all earthly things lies nearest
my heart?'' 81 am poor hand at
guessing" she answered, "but if you
value your comfort or health this cool
weather it should be warm flannel
under shirt" She was too matter of
fact, and the engagement was declared
Off
The Garden City Sentinel thinks:
IF you want to get acquainted with
human nature edit a newspaper for a
short time. You know nothing of the
ups and downs of life until you have
served in that capacity. You may have
preached, swapped horses, conducted a
bank. sold goods, practiced law, sawed
wood, put up stoves and hunted 'tater
bugs but you need a.few months ex-
perience as a country editor to complete
your knowledge of the eccentrlcities of
life.'
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A thoughtful mother rises to enquire
if our Overworked, and underpaid
teachers would not be better fitted for
the duties of the school room if they
could have a little time out of school
hours for recreation, instead of poring
over the unending examination pape~sP
Would not the time given to the month
| ly or bi.mOnthly examinations be better
employed by study of current events,
which could be prepared or selected by
the teacher and made very interesting
and instructive to the pupils? Cannot
thorough teacher grade her pupils
better from their regular studies than
from examination papers? Any of us
who have ever been in school as pupil
or teacher have observed the amount
of cheating done during examinations.
and know that too often the pupil who
studies the least will come out with the
| best grades. and no blame to be attach
| ed To the teacher