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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

dress which shall be Inexpensive, there
is not so great variety.
One of the prettiest mice" dresses
was worn at a children's carnival at
Narragansett the other day. The little
dress was of summer wash silk-cream
color with figures in pale yellow. 1t
was made with round skirt, full blouse
and low cut neck.
The yoke of this dress was of pale
yellow wash silk, put on separately
from the dress.
The skirt of the dress and the yoke
had a broad plating of ribbon in yell
low to match the dots upon the dress.
The ribbon was made in double box
Flaits and sewed around the skirt plain.
: The little maid wore hat of cream
eolored straw, edged with pulled rib
bon, and at the back stood big bow of
black velvet to match her belt and shoes
and stockings.
To plat ribbon so it will be suitable
for a dress trimming, buy wide ribbon.
double box plat it, and sew through
the middle. Fasteu upon a Sbbon band
and take of when the dress is laun-
dered.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

portion at the end known as the toecap-
Then trim very carefully with the knife
or with a sharp pair of scissors the
rough free edge of the toecap until
you have the projecting edge quite
smooth.
Next stand the shoe on piece of
cardboard and mark the outline in pen
ell. This is to be cut out, as is also an
other piece of exactly the same size.
Each piece thus obtained is placed one
inside and one outside the shoe, and the
whole covered very neatly with some
pretty material, velvet or satin pre-
ferred, the stitched side being turned
under. Cut out some pieces of flame.
to put needles in, and sew them TO the
front of the shoe, just under the ribbon
bow shown in the illustrate
Now for the toe. Cut piece of paper
like the toe of your shoe, see that it has
the cardboard sole, and then use it for
a pattern to cut the cardboard with.
You will only need one piece, and this
is to be covered with material to match
the sole, lined neatly and sewn 10 the
sole.
a pretty cord is then to be sewn right
around the edge of the shoe, a loop left
to hang it up by, and a ribbon bow ted
in the middle of the shoe.
Put scissors and cotton in the pockets
needles in the flannel and pine in the
top, just under the hanging loop, and
you have a workcase that will not dis
grace any room.-N. Y. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
Good Looks and Health.

The secret of beauty is health. Those
who desire to be beautiful should do all
they can to restore their health if they
have lost it, or keep it if they have it
still. 1t is impossible for anyone to lay
down specific rules for other people in
these matters. The work which one may
do, the rest, exercise, baths, are matters
for individual consideration, but none
the less they must all be carefully
thought of and never neglected. As
rule, when person feels well, he looks
well; when he feels i'll, he looks i'll. There
are times when one can guess without
looking in the glass that the eyes are
dull and the skin is notified. This is
not case for any external application.
for, to have a fresh complexion and
bright eyes, even to have white hands
and graceful figure, you must be well.
Health and the happiness which comes
from it are the true secrets of beauty
n. Y. Ledger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
CHAPTER XIV.
I STRIKE THE JOLLY ROGER.

STRIKE THE JOLLY ROGER.
had scarce gained position on the
bowsprit, when the flying jib tapped
and filed upon the other tack, with a
report like a gun. The schooner trem-
bled to her keel under the reverse; but
next moment. the other sails still
drawing. the. jib tapped back again,
and hung idle.
This had nearly tossed me off into
the sea; and now lost no time, crawled
back along the bowsprit, and tumbled
head-foremost on the deck.
was on the lee side of the forecastle.
and the mainsail, which was still draw
ing, concealed from me a certain por-
ton of the after-deck. Not a soul was
to be seen. The planks, which had not
been swabbed since the mutiny, bore
the print of many feet; and an empty
bottle, broken by the neck, tumbled to
and fro like a live thing in the scuppers.
Suddenly the "Hispaniola" came
right into the wind. The jibs behind
me cracked aloud; the rudder slammed
to; the whole ship gave a sickening
heave and shudder, and at the. same
moment the main-boom swung in
board, the sheet grooming in the blocks,
There were the two watchmen, sure
enough; red-cap on his back, as stiff as
a handspike, with his arms stretched
out like those of crueifX, and his
teeth showing through his open lips;
Israel Hands propped against the bull
warks, his chin on his chest, his hands
lying open before him on the deck, his
face as white, under its tan, as a tai
low candle.
For awhile the ship kept bucking and
siding like vicious horse, the sails
filling, now on one tack, now on an
other, and the boom swinging to and
| fro till the mast groaned aloud under
| the strain. Now and again, too, there
would come cloud of light spray over
the bulwark, and heavy blow of the
| ships bows against the swell-so much
| heavier weather was made of it by this
great rugged ship than by my home
made. lop-sided coracle. now gone to
| the bottom of the sea.
At every jump Of the schooner, red
cap slipped to and fro; but-what was
| CHASTITY to behold-neither his attitude
nor his fixed fredericksburg grin was
any way disturbed by this rough usage.
At every jump, too, Hands appeared
| still more to sink into himself and set
tie down upon the deck, his feet sliding
ever the further out, and the whole
body canting toward the stern, SO that
| his face became. little by little, hid
| from me; and at last could see moth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
GRANDMOTHER.

She sits beside the window wide,
In wooden rocking chair.
Through cap of lace well can trace
The snowy waves of nair.
So white it shows. so warm 1t CLOVIS.
AS sunbeams softly pour
Through window pane and try IL vain
To make it gold once more.
love her eyes-din. yet so wise,
And. ah. so quick to see
The pitfalls deep, the snares that creep
The trials that threaten me!
love her cheek. the lines that speak
OF life,s long toilsome day.
The tender touch that tells so much
OF patient love Away.
So old and bent. so weak and spent,
Yet keeping youth enough
To help and cheer when skies are drear
And ways are steep and rough.
] love to sit where shadows fit.
My head upon her knee.
And feel her arm. so soft and warm
Close gently over me.
] love to hear upon my ear
The broken voice. so mild,
1.-The long. full day of work and play
Has wearied you. my child!"
A tender prayer is in the air.
oh. sweet. the hour and mood!
And sweet the tone: my little one,
] trust you have been good
Toronto Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
Not So Bad After All.

First Pretty Girl (angrily)-That fell
low across the aisle ought to be horse
whipped. He has been staring at you
for the last ten minutes.
Second Pretty Girl-Why, my dear
you are mistaken. He has been looking
steadily at you, excepting when you
turned in his direction, and then be
would look at me to avoid meeting your
eyes.
First Pretty Girl (sentimentally)-l
wonder-who-he- Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
PRETTY woRK-cAsE.
How an Old Shoe SIay BE Transformed
Into n Dainty and Useful
BOadoir Article.

1t is surprising what a numbe of use
full articles can be made out OF objects
that we generally discard and regard
as altogether useless Many arc the
things that are thus thrown aside, and
it denotes the careful housekeeper or
the handy person who can turn to good
account articles which are usually the
prey of the junkman.
In every house there are bound to be
several old shoes lying about in corners
and cupboards, and these, by pair OF
clever hands, can be metamorphosed
into something that serves at the same
time for use and ornament. 4 lady's
workcase made out of an old shoe sounds
rather funny, but anyone following the
directions here given for making such
case will be astonished and delighted
at the result.
Take the shoe and remove with
sharp knife al the upper except that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
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PART V.
CHAPTER XXuI.-CoNr1NUEp

I dropped upon the thwart again,
none too soon, for Twas near overheard.
j could see nothing for the moment, but
these two furious, encrimsoned faces,
swaying together under the smoky
lamp; and l shut my eyes to let them
grow once more familiar with the
darkness.
The endless ballad had come to an
end at last, and the whole diminished
company about the campfire had broken
into the chorus had heard so often:
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle Of rum,
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho. and a bottle of rum!'
/ was just thinking how busy drink
and the devil were at that very ment
in the cabin of the "Hispaniola," when
I was surprised by sudden lurch of the
coracle. At the same moment she
waved sharply and seemed to change
her course. The speed in the meantime
had strangely increased.
l opened my eyes at once. All round
me were little ripples, combing over
with sharp, bristling sound and slight
ly phosphorescent. The "Hispaniola''
herself, few yards in whose wake
was still being whirled along. seemed
to stagger in her course, and 1 saw her
spars toss little against the black
ness of the night; nay, as Il looked longer,
I made sure she also was wheeling to
the southwark.
l glanced over my shoulder, and my
heart jumped against my ribs. There.
right behind me. was the glow of the
campfire. The current had turned at
right angles, sweeping round along
with it the tall schooner and the little
dancing coracle; ever quickening, ever
bubbling higher, ever muttering louder,
it went spinning through the narrows
for the open sea.
Suddenly the schooner in front of me
gave a violent yaw, turning, perhaps,
through 20 degrees; and almost at the
same moment one shout followed an
other from on board; l could hear feet
pounding on the companion ladder; and
1 knew that the two drunkards had at
last been interrupted in their quarrel
and awakened to sense of their dis
aster.
= 1 lay down fiat in the bottom of
=. that wretched skiff, and devoutly COM
mended my spirit to it's Maker. At the
end of the straits, made sure we must
fall into some bar of raging breakers,
where all my troubles would be ended
speedily, and though l could, perhaps,
bear to die, 1 could not bear to look
upon my fate as it approached.
So / must have lain for hours, con-
tinually beaten to and fro upon the bill
lows, now and again wetted with flying
sprays, and never ceasing to expect
death at the next plunge. Gradually
WEAKNESS grew upon me; numbness.
an occasional stupor. fell upon my mind
even in the midst of my terrors; until
sleep at last interviewed, and in my sea-
tossed coracle / lay and dreamed of
home and the old Admiral Benbow
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
CHAPTER XIV.

THE CRUISE OF THE CORACLE
It was broad day when awoke, and
found myself tossing at the southwest
end of Treasure island. The sun was
up, but was still hid from me behind
the great bulk of the Spy-glass, which
on this side descended almost to the
sea in formidable cliffs.
Hau!bowline Head and Mizzenmast
Hill were at my elbow; the hill bare and
dark, the head bound with cliffs 40 or
so feet high and fringed with great
masses of fallen rock. 1 was scarce a
quarter of a mile to seward. and it
was my first thought to paddle in and
land.
That notion was soon given over
Among the fallen rocks the breakers
spouted and bellowed; loud reverbera-
tions, heavy sprays flying and falling.
succeeded one another from second to
second. and I saw myself, if ventured
nearer. dashed to death upon the rough
shore or spending my strength in vain
10 scale the beetling crags.
Nor was that all; for. crawling to-
=ether on fat tables of rock or letting
themselves drop into the sea with loud
reports, beheld huge Shiny monsters
soft snails. as it were. of incredible
bigness-two or three score of them to-
gether. making the rocks echo with
their barkings.
/ have understood since that they
were sea lions and entirely harmless
But the look of them, added to the
difficulty of the shore and the high
running of the surf. was more than
enough to disgust me of that landing
place. felt willing rather TO starvs
AT sea than to confront such periis-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
y.rartes of a Landslide.

In the village of Sattel, in Canton
Schroyz, a curious landslide occurred
a short time since. An inn was carried.
without sustaining any injury, 35 feet
down hillside, stopping just short of
being precipitated into the river
Steinen. The garden, the immediate
surroundings of the inn, the road in
front, are all intact. Even two large
elms near the house have not suffered.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
A Conclustve INSTRUMENTATION.

Peacock feathers and shells are con-
sidered unlucky, are they not?" in
quired the lady who is writing a book
On superstitions-
II dunno about peacock feathers be-
in unlucky," replied Mrs. Corntossei
'sBut know shells is, because last week
Josiar lost S11 in a game tibet was
played with 'em.'-Washingto Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
Acted Her Part weu.

She-Do you remember, Frank, the
night you proposed to me, hung my
head and said nothing?
He-Do I remember iti Well,
should rather say did 1t was the last
time saw you act so!-Yonkers Stetes-
man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
DAINTY LITTLE DRESS.
Something for the Youngest Sister to
Wear When She Goes Visiting
in the Afternoon.

For morning and for play occasions
the little eight-year-old girl can have
a choice of dresses. The summer ging-
hams, mulls, lawns, ducks and cham
brays are so numerous that a wide va
riety is offered aer. But for a ince
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

A Chinese traveller applying for a
passport must have his palm brushed
over with fine oil paint. and then press
it on thin damp paper, which retains : :
exact impression of the lines on his
hand.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
Durat,on OF s1arr.are..

The average duration of marriages in
England is % years; in France and Ger
many &c; Norway. "A; Russia. 80.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06

drained elevated sandstone plateaus above
the caves.
We know the air is dry, because the tim
Der carried in 1912 has not decayed, and
iron hinges have been here since 1913, and
show no sign of rust. We know the air
is pure, because here animal matter does
not decay, but simply dries up. The
mummies found in the caves were not pre-
pared mummies, but simply desieated bod
les. The uniform temperature of from SO
degrees to "a degrees the year round has
been demonstrated. Consumptives take
long sea voyages and visit high attitudes
to get the benefit of aceptie atmosphere,
but they suffer from variat lions of temper
AZURE, from storms, and at high attitudes
exercise cannot be taken, while the cave
air predisposes one to take exercise with
little fatigue. l have known delicate wo-
men to walk for nine hours in the cave.
clambering up steep assents and over
rocks, and come out of the cave feeling
no sense of fatigue until they reached the
warm, impure air outside, charged with
the doors Of decayed vegetation, when they
would almost faint, and would require as
sistance in ascending the path to the hotel.
We think the atmosphere in the glen at
the entrance remarkable for purity before
we have become sensitive by hours in the
pure atmosphere of the cave. 1 once went
with friend and guide to Roaring river
and sevral other remote places, which re-
quired remaining in the cave over night.
It was night when we came out, and we
had become so sensitive by our stay of
thirty-six hours in the pure air of the cave
that we were almost overcome by the suf-
locating mephitic odors and oppressive
ness of the outer air. We dreaded to in
hale il into our lungs, and returned again
and again into the pure air flowing from
the cave.
Air freed from bacteria is one of the
main reasons for success in modern sur
gerry and a sanitarium into which this air
could be pumped would doubtless be re-
sorted to for difficult surgical operations.
Consumptives in high attitudes are COM
PEELED to remain in doors in winter wealth.
er and breathe the vitiated air of closed
rooms, while in sanitariums supplied with
cave air, but letting the air in at the up
per parts of the rooms and out at the
lower part, all Civilizations would pass out.
and pure air would be constantly rushing
in at uniform temperature, winter and
summer Then, it would be a boon If we
could escape the oppressive heat of sum-
mer into hotels kept cool and pure by the
air from these great dry caves
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06

a state of things should exist in small
colony like Sierra Leone which has been
a British possession for close upon lO0
years, is little short Of a national DIS
grace and il Is high time the authorities
Of Sierra Leone we're brought TO BOOB.
We have other duties in Africa besides
collecting a revenue on palm-oil and maxi
ing money out Of spirit duties. We pirate
OF progress, enlightenment and so forth,
and yet here in a British colony Benin
on a small scale has apparently been long
allowed to flourish with immunity.
The whole matter is one which must
give food for anxious thought to those
who attempt to realize the immensely OF
the problem which cOnfronts us in Africa.
DR.. Horton, IN his luminous book, The
Vindication of the Negro Race" stigma
tized as a theoretieum absurdum the ale
cation that British civilization and Chris
tan influences have demoralizing effect
upon the negro. one would wish 10 al
ways agree with this view, but, If there
is no demoralizing effect. there must be
an elevating effect. But is there? Are
we 10 take the case OF Sierra Leone after
100 years occupation as an unfortunate
example? VIII Christianity ever succeed
in imDlanting its root essence in the mind
of the African negro?
Two things at least are clear. First,
that In the dark and dismal fetishism OF
West Africa civilization is confronted
with far more formidable foe than is at
all realized by those who gIibly talk OF
the speedy regeneration" of the negro,
as though 10 stamp out the inbred GUS
toms of untold generations were the mat
of few years at most. Secondly. that
of the awakening of Europe to the meas
ure of her responsibilities in Africa there
is yet little or no sign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
FINIsHED THE TESTIMONY.
Hutchinson Island Property Investi-
cation Ended

Capt. Theodore l.. Kinsey of Tampa
Fla, is in the city in connection with
the claim of the Parrot estate against
the government for losses incurred by the
extension of the harbor line across the
property of the estate.
Capt. Kinsey was for number of years
a resident of Savannah and conducted a
large sawmill business on Hutchinson Is
land, opposite the city Kinsey's mill
was one of the landmarks of the island
Capt. kinsey was a most enthusiastic
yachtsman. He was one of the founders
of the Savannah Yacht Club and was
the clubs commodore for several years
Capt kinsey, in his testimony before
Mr.. ]. S. Harrison, the commissioner ap-
pointed to take evidence in the PARROT
case, testified that he conducted the mill
on Hutchinson's Island from 1865 until the
business was broken up in consequence of
the order of the war department estab-
fishing the harbor lines, notice being
given him not to make any improvements
or repairs which would enhance the value
OF the property as the government was
liable TO take possession of It at any time.
In consequence OF this order he was
unable to make repairs to the wharf so
that ships could land there and was
AFRAID 70 make further contracts with par
ties IN the interior for timber, ii being
customary TO make these contracts a year
in advance.
Capt. kinsey testified that he paid the
Parrott estate rental of 5000 a year and
that he would have continued to pay this
rental, but for the destruction of his bus
iness In the manner described. The mill
properly rendered value.ess in this man
ner he estimated at $4,000
other witnesses testified as to the value
OF the property, the land and wharf prop
erty being estimated at $4,000. Mr.
George II. Walker, who has representad
the government at the investigations OF
the Farrott and Willink cases, returned
to Washington last night
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Registered at the Pulaski is Mr.. D. S.
Fargason of Dawson.
Mr.. w. r. Minis OF Syl vania was among
the visitors in the city yesterday
Mr.. r. M. Shankl:n was down from At
lanta yesterday. stopping at the De SOTO.
Mr. II. f. Williamson came down from
Atlanta last night, registering at the Pu-
laski.
yesterday was Mr.. j. II. Quarterman of
Waverly.
Mr.. L. d. Darlington came up yester-
day from Brownsville, aud is stopping at
the Pulaski.
Mr.. r.. L. Tinis was among the visitors
who spent yesterday in the city. a guest
of the Screven House.
Mr.. William b. johnson left last night
by the Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad for Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Duckworth arrived
in the city yesterday from their home in
England, and are at the De Soto
Mr.. Daniel Hogan left yesterday for New
York and the East. Mr.. Hogan will spend
the next two weeks buying spring stock.
Mrs. A. Mcfarland and Miss II. f. Haas
returned last night from a two weeks Wis
il to Mrs. William Luther of Oveido Fla.
Miss E. r. Meyer of Walsh & Meyer
has returned from the Northern market,
where she purchased the firms spring
stock.
Lieut.. G. b. Pritchard, Jr.. of the Ninth
Cavalry. u. S. A., leaves to-day by way
OF the Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad for New York. Lieut.. Pritchard
has spent several weeks on furiough in
Savannah. his old home, on visit to his
parents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
RECIPE FOR MAKING GOLD.
e. G. Brice of Chicago Makes PubIRc
His Nuch-TaIIxed-of Formula.

From the New York Sun.
Chicago, March lie. C. Brice, president
ana general manager of the National Met
allurgical Company, made public to-day
his secret how to- make gold Mr.. Brics
has succeeded in making some people be-
lieve he can manufacture gold out OF
baser metals. His company has $4,000 Of
paid up stock, and owns plant on Lowe
avenue with retorts. blast furnaces and
other necessary equipment for gold MAX
ing. 1t also owns an antony mine in
Utah.
The company held a meeting last night
and voted to appropriate $4,000 more for
improvements at the anthony mine, and
MIR. Brice says that as the company has
secured all the right to his process by
patents applied for in all parts of the
world, 1t viii no longer conduct its opera
tons secretly but that the gold factory
viii be open to public inspection at all
times. His reason for secrecy was that
he was not fully protected.
This formula is now made public:
Take of chemically pure anthony,
parts; sulphur, 10 parts; iron. part;
caustic soda, parts Place these ingro-
dents in graphite cruicible and expose
to q white heat OF 5000 degrees from eight
to forty-eight hours. Powder the result
ing mass and mix it well 10 incorporate
the metal with the Stag. Combine this
with charcoal, / part; oxide of lead,
parts; and caustic soda, parts. Fuse the
whole until a metallic bottom is obtained.
Scorify and cupel this metallic mass and
the resulting head will be gold and silver.
Mr.. Brfce says that Robert w. Hunt,
head of the leading firm of metallurgical
chemists in Chicago, made test Of this
formula for Secretary Gage, and reported
that he got both gold and silver. Mr..
Hunt realized only few dollars TO the
ton, but Brice says the ore he manufac-
lures viii assay $3.50 to the ton in pure
gold and silver