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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
EvERY-oAY PERlLs.
Careless Mothers Sometimes
sponsfble for Accidents.

sponsfble for Accidents.
We are not altogether unconscious Of
the perils of every day; we pause amid
its hurry and noise. sometimes long
enough TO wonder that we live, when
there are so many ways to die
Modern invention, while it devises a
way to save US time and labor, multi
plies at the same time these perils, fills
the hospitals with its victims and puts
a new weapon in the hands OF death.
A workman who safely threads his
way through a maze of whirling ma
chinery a thousand times is caught at
last in a moment OF carelessness; the
mill girls hair or dress touches a bur
King wheel, and we shudder at thought
of the result; the business man who
has stepped from the moving trolley
car more times than he could count Is
hurled into the gutter unconscious and
dying, or may step too late. trip and
fall before it some day. to be crushed
in an instant.
Even though q reasonable amount Of
caution be always observed, the condi-
tons of industry would still expose the
worker to constant risk. The sailor
slips from the rigging, the carpenter
and the painter fall from their insecure
POSITIONS. the pS NOO
a falling mass of coal buries the miner
and a quarryman is smashed under de-
scending rock.
Such cases might be recounted by
| thousands. Few people can look back
without recalling some narrow escape
from death; danger Turks in whatever
path we may choose; yet the fact can
not shape our feeling of security.
If every person by thoughtfully con-
sidering his own peculiar dangers
| would more fully realize the perils that
come each day many might be avoided
| In the kitchen a careless movement
may bring woeful consequences.
Any doctor could give a score of in
| stances-a face disfgured by painful
| burns. n hand badly cut, a helpless Grip
pie. moaning over the careless step on
the stairs, and strained back and use
| less body because the heavy weight was
| lifted once too often.
Careless mothers are many times re-
| sponsible for accidents that befall help
| less children. Most amusements havr
their accompanying perils, and we can
afford to do nothing heedlessly.
The wide-awake individual whose
mind instead of wandering into the
past or exploring the future is fixed
upon the work he attempts to perform
| is far safer than the careless one who
invites accident by inattention and
| houghtlessness.-Eve
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24

erful man, and with a temper by no
means under the best control, even
when not prepared for penetrating fog
with his eagle eyesight-as he I'M
doubtedly was on the present occasion
so that in case his imm Mediate rescue
involved the disbursement of the light
money the probable consequences were
not pleasant to contemplate. 1t was in
deed trying situation. Meanwhile the
captain continued towing astern, and
under the vessels increased Roadway
was breaking the water like a Dutch
galliot, at times disappe airing altogeth-
er, only to roll in sight again, blowing,
suffering, wheeling, but at intervals
managing to articulate such cheering
words as "Give 1T to her!" cart it
onto her!"
BLOW my Shirt" at length declared
Uncle 'Siah, with determination.
'nough. Well drownd the ole man yit.
this way. sure's death an taxes, an
then there'd be pooty kittle O. fish
up home thar! I'm jes' goin' to let her
come to. this minute: an you fellers
stan by to gait him aboard!"
So saying Uncle 'Siah shot the yes
sci into the wind, and in spite of his
remonstrances, the doughty skipper
was in a few minutes dragged on deck,
minus his sou-wester, it is true, but
otherwise. as he himself declared, Gin
A No. 1 shape" after his remarkable
tow of nearly half mile. Moreover,
to the great relief of all concerned, the
Dominion government failed of being
enriched on this occasion by any con-
tribution from the good schooner
'Chanticleer"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
THE BOY OF THE HOUSE.

He was. boy of the house. you know,
A jolly and rol1icking lad,
He was never tired, and never sick,
And nothing could make him sad
IF he started to play at sunrise
Not a rest would he take at noon;
No day was so long from beginning to end
But his bedtime came too soon.
Did some one urge that he make less noise,
He would say with saucy grin:
>'Why. boy alone doesn't make much
stir
I'm sorry isn't twinl
s.There's two of twins-O, it must be fun
To go double at everything;
To hoHer by twoS, and run by twoS,
10 whistle by twos. and to sing!
His laugh was something to make you glad.
So brimful was 1t Of joy
A conscience he had, perhaps. in his breast,
But 1t never troubled the boy.
You met him out in the garden path,N
With the terrier at his heels;
You knew by the shout he hailed you with
How happy a youngster feels.
The maiden auntie was half distraught
At his tricks as the days went by,
"The most mschievous child in the worid!
She said, with a shrug and sigh.
His father owned that her words were true
And his mother declared each day
Was putting wrinkles into her face,
And was turning her brown hair gray.
His grown-up sister referred to him
AS a trouble, trial, a grief,
1.-THE way he ignored all rules" she said,
WAS something beyond belief.
But it never troubled the boy of the house,
He reveled in clatter and din,
And had only one regret in the world
That he hadn't been born a twin.
There's nobody making a noise to-day,
There's nobody stamping the floor,
There's an awful silence. upstairs and
down,
There's crepe on the wide hall door.
The terriers whining out in the sun
where's my comrade?" he seems to
say,
Turn your plaintive eyes away. little
dog,
There's no froiic for you to-day
The freckle-faced girl from the house
next door
Is sobbing her young heart out,
Don't cry, little girl, you'll soon forget
To miss the laugh and the shout,
The grown-up sister is kissing his face,
And calling him darling" and sweet"
The maiden aunt is holding the shoes
That he wore on his restless feet.
How strangely quiet the little form,
With the hands on the bosom crossed!
Not fold. not a flower out of place,
Not short curl rumpled and tossed!
So solemn and still. the big house seems
No laughter, no racket, no din,
No startling shrek, voice piping out:
I'm sorry / isn't twin!"
There a man and woman, pale with grief,
AS the wearisome moments creep;
o! the loneliness touches everything
The boy of the house Is asleep.
Jean Blewett. in Toronto Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
Old Virginia Oyster SOUP.

Take two quarts of good oysters and
wash them through two waters Strain
the liquor and add 10 it four blades of
mace, some celery chopped fine, tea
spoonful of black pepper. little cay
enne pepper and salt If necessary. Let
it simmer over the fire five minutes,
then add a quarter Of a pound of butter
rubbed smooth with two tablespoonfuls
of -four and three Pints of rich cream
and new milk, half and half. Let e
come to good boil, stirring all the
time, then put in the oysters and let
them boil up once; 20 more, OF they viii
shrive1 up and be tough. Remove the
oysters, put them in tureen and pour
the soup over them.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24

('Let Us Have Confidence in the Patriot
ism OF Our President at This Time.'D
est international lawyers, the facts here
presented have been obtained Public
men of prominence are excee6in gly
careful of their utterances, because they
are very often misquoted by enterpris-
ing young newsgatherers. But in the
privacy and confidence of his own par
Tor a distinguished senator who has
been a personal friend of the writer for
nearly a quarter of century said:
Tell your readers to pray for peace.
Tell them that wise counsel prevails N
Washington. and that we are prepar-
ing for war. 1t is regarded by careful
men as almost inevitable. But we need
time. Six months will complete our
coast defenses. In the same time our
navy will be strengthened. Cuban
atrocities excite our sympathy, and
they should be stopped. But sympathy,
like charity. begins at home, and we
must sympathize with our own people
first, before we plunge unprepared into
the awful horrors of war II seems TO
be unavoidable; but we must avert it if
we can, certainly until we can meet the
emergency with the least possible cost
and the least possible loss TO ourselves"
That is the whole story in a nutshell.
1t develops the full meaning of the
speech of Congressman Hit, of Illinois.
when he eloquently spoke in the house
of representatives, appealing to all of
our citizens to have confidence in the
patriotism of our president at this time,
regardless of present or future political
views and aspirations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
Skipper Cobia$
ard the
Light Money
q BY George s. Wasson. q
Copyright, isss.J
THROUGHOUT
By Geerae 5. Uasso,,.
Copyright, isss. }

THROUGHOUT the length and
breadth of that once fiourishing
little settlement known as Brandon's
Cove, Skipper Tobias Perkins was noted
for his singular faculty of seeing
through fog, and was, on this account,
esteemed a most yaluab bic man to have
ON board any of the numerous sail of
fishermen then owned at the Cove.
While at times his eyesight was re-
markable, it was generally under
stood that moderate quantity of Old
New England rum sharpened his vision
TO a ma rked extent; and as the vessels
were then always provided with this
commodity, Skipper Tobias, though sell
dom if ever really drunk, was common
~ prepared for encountering the dens-
est vapor produced in the Bay of Fun
dy. But the worthy mariner had still
greater local fame as the hero of a
most wonderful affair in the Gut of
Canso, while on codfishing trip in the
pinkey schooner Chan ticleer," of
which he was half owner.
At that time it was the custom of the
Dominion authorities to collect what
was known as Light money" from all
American vessels visiting those waters;
the cash thus obtained going toward
the support of lighthouses, buoys and
the like. on the coast. This practice,
together with some others, was the oc-
casion of endless friction between the
Yankee crews and their provincial
neighbors. The lighthouse tax was
levied at SO much per ton of the yes
sells capacity, and in the case of the
~.Chanticleer," would only amount TO
some S12; but what rendered its ex-
action especially CALLING to the fisher
men was the fact that the lighthouses
rule, but poorly equipped. so that the Of
ficers collecting the tax were often
tainted with burning dogfsh oil in
their lights.
Buoys were to be met with only at
rare intervals, though in some harbors
private individuals attempted to exc
ont their incomes by placing spruce
poles on certain distractions to naviga-
ton, and soliciting their reward from
visiting vessels. AS our government
exacted no such lighthouse tax from
foreign vessels, it was generally con-
sidered the proper thing co evade it, if
possible, and in order to do this, it was
only necessary to keep out of hailing
distance of the boats crews stationed
here and there to collect these dues.
was not liable to the tax-just as is
to-day the case on our own shores in re
gard to collecting pilotage fees.
Now Skipper Tobias, having recently
been 1eeced, as he regarded 1t, had on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
GOLDSMlTH'S POVERTY.
He Requested to Be Sent to Jail as a
FAVOR.


In 1883, two years after Goldsmith re-
turned from his wanderings on the con-
tinent, he presented himself at Sur
pital mate, with the view of entering
the army or navy; but he suffered the
modification of being rejected as un-
qualified. That he might appear be-
fore the examining surgeons suita bly,
dressed, Goldsmith obtained new suit
of clothes for which Grif1ths, the pub
Usher of the Monthly Review, became
security. The clothes were to be re-
turned Immediately when the purpose
was served, or the debt was to be dis
charged. Poor Goldsmith, having
failed in his object, and preba bly, dis
tressed by urgent want. pawned the
clothes. The publisher threatened and
Goldsmith replied:
Il know of no misery but Jail, to
which my own imprudence and your
letter seem TO point. / have seen it
Inevitable these three or four weeks,
aud by heavens! request it as favor
4 favor that may prevent something
more fatal. l have been some year.
struggling with a wretched being
bring with it-with all those strong
passions which make contempt insup-
portable What, then, has a jail that
is formidable?
Such was the hopelessness, the deep
despair of this imprudent but amia be
author who has added TO the delight of
millions and to the CORY of English
literature Goldsmith's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24

- An communications for thls paper should
% accompanied by the name Of the author, mot
neccesarily for publication but as an evidence
OF gose faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful In giving names and dates - have the
istsers and figures plain and distinct.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
oatmeal win Appie.

Cold oatmeal which has been left over
may be made into an appetizing dish by
molding in alternate layers with nicely
steamed tart apples. sprinkled lightly
with sugar. Other cooked fruits. such
as cherries, eyaporated peaches and ap-
ricots. may be used in the same way
Good Health.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
NOT PREPARED FOR WAR
Gen. Miles Gives Expression to
Some Unpalatable Truths
We Have Some Fine Riaed Cannon,
But Not Enough Ammunition
to Last More Than
Day Two.
lspeclal Washington Letter.]

ISpeclaI W dShlhgton LetterI
This country is in no condition to go
to war with Spain, nor with any other
civilized nation"
That statement was made by Maj.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the
army of the United States, and gen
orally recognized as our ablest military
man.
When Gen. Miles says that we are un-
prepared for war, the men in congress,
who are called statesmen, have been
ciamoring for war, as though all the
horrors and sufferings of generation
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
sauce for Chon.

Take three tablespoonfuls of gravy
and two of Worcester sauce, season
with salt, cayenne pepper, squeeze
Of lemon and a teaspoonful of vinegar.
stir till very hot and serve.-Boston
Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24
SMITH d. FRY
Worse.

Landlady-I believe you're getting Ia
grippe, Mr. Hardy Have you got that
tired feeling?
Hardy-No-that empty one.-Up-to
Date
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24

His Lordship latter heated discus
sion)-What do you suppose I'm an the
bench for?
Smart CounseI-Ah, my lord. you
have me there:-Tit-Bits-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24

On Command of the North Atlantic Squad
ROM
The times., 1898-08-04

that, in the light Of subsequent events
conversation with a friend the other day
he referred to this speech. Wars and
revolutions cannot fix in advance the
boundaries of their influence or determine
the scope Of their power"
This was the keynote of the Presidents s
recent conversation. He had been asked
some questions to answer, which definite
ly required the looking forward beyond
what he conceived TO be THE boundary
of human vision" He was enunciaiing
his belief that it was better TO do the pres
ent duty TO the utmost and 10 feel the
way 10 conclusions ra-her than TO declare
what should be or should not be the exact
course of the Government in the end. The
President went back To the Revolution and
TO the Civil War and recalled history
lesson. He recalled how unforeseen were
the results of those wars when they were
begun. He referred 20 what he had said
in New York nine years ago. He review
ed it. as having a bearing on the situa-
ton today. On that occasion the President
said:
"And my fellow citizens, we nor only
knew little of the scope and proportions
of the war and the great sacrifices to be
made but as little can We know OF the
great results which were 10 follow. We
thought at the beginning and We thought
for a long time after the commencement
of the war that the Union 10 be saved was
the Union as IL was. That was the under
standing when we enlisted. thac it was the
! Constitution and the Union-the Constitu-
ton as il was and the Union as il was
for which we fought. little needing the
teachings CT history. tha. wars and revolu.
tions cannot fix in advance the boundaries
of their influence or determine the scope
of their power History enforces no stern
er lesson. Our own Revolution of 10f
produced results unlocked for by its fore
most leaders. Separation was no part
OF the original purpose. Political aliena-
ton was no part of the first plan Dis
| union was neither thought of nor ac-
cepted.''
The times., 1898-08-04
LIE MARES WIVES.
They Do Not Fight Until After His
Denth

New York, Aug. 3.-The life Of Mormon with
two wives, two families and two households de-
pending upon him the life that T. III.
lie Marie of Little Ferry. n. J., lived up 10
month ago, according to the story told by one
OF his wives.
Both women knew all about the affair. it is
alleged, and by mutual agreement they con-
sented to it.
lie Marie is now dead, and there is trouble.
He lost his life in the Bourgogne disaster. and
the households which he had deity controlled
for years have risen against each other. That
is how the strange story is revealed.
Both women claim the property he left in
Little Ferry and 5000 life insurance in the
Royal Arcanum.
The generally accepted Mrs. lie Marie lives
at Little Ferry. The surreptitious Mrs. lie Marie
lives in North Hudson, but she is not known
there as Mrs lie Marie but as MS Gilleaud.
Mrs. lie Marie says she married TO lie
Marie twenty-five years ago, and is his real wife.
She has two children. The second says
her rival was not married at all, and asserts
that she herself lie Marie's eommon-law
wife She has four children.
The second claimant e!oped from Paris with
lie Marie eight years ago. she says. She was
married when quite young to a French soldier
who was drowned at sea from a trropship. In
few months she ried a named Youate-
They lived unhappily, and finally the wife eloped
with lie Marie Alter they came to this country
Mrs Youate learned that her husband had lost
his life in South America.
The Royal Arcanum will probably pay the in
surance to lie Marie's father, who lives in
France
The times., 1898-08-04
PFST-CRAFT VICTIMS.
Condition of the Wounded From the
Seneca md Cnnchn

New York. Aug. 3.-There are now about 200
sick and wounded soldiers distributed among
the different hospitals in Staten Island. There
are eighty-six from the Concho in Fort Wsd
WORTH twenty-five from the same vessel at the
S. r. Smith Inirrnary in New Brighton: there
six officers who arrived the Seneca in
Fort Wadsworth, and ninety three also from the
Seneca in the Marine Hospital at Clifton. Re-
ports from the hospitals this forenoon were to
the effect that all the sick and wounded were
improving. None Of the sick was said to be in
danger of death at the present time. but there
might changes for the worse in the con-
dtion of some OF the men.
The men who arrived on the Seneca are the
most improved for they have been on Staten
Island for nearly three weeks, and during that
time have had the best OF medical Some OF
the Concho's sick were transferred from that
ship only yesterday Most of them suffer-
ing from fever of the maaria kind The early
morning reports from the sick at Swinburne Isl
and and these detained at Hoffman Island were
also favorable Health Officer Doty visited the
islands and spent the forenoon in looking after
the comforts of the men. Altogether there are
twenty-nine sick soldiers on Swinburne Island.
The work CT Drs Carpenter, Ferguson and
Mooney, the Red Gross physicians, is bearing
good results. They watched over the sick all
Monday night while they were the Concho,
and busy attending the soldiers at Swnburne
Island row. -
The work of disinfecting the Concho was con-
tinued today Tne quarantine boat James W.
Wadswo:th with her steam disinfecting ap-
paratus, was alongside the vessel. and will prob
ably be occupied with the Concho for several
days. to come. The hold is being scrubbed and
secured, and at present it is not known when
the Coneho will be released from quarantine. 1t
was reported that all the hunks as well as the
woodwork in the cabin and staterooms, the car
pets and hangings, would be ripped out by DR..
Doty and burned Dr. Doty, it is said has
notified the Mallory Line the owners of the
Concho, of his intention to do this. As yet DR..
Doyt has not given the order to begin the work,
but it is said he will do when the fumigat-
ing is completed. Should nearly all the interior
of the vessel be torn out, the job of reftting her
would be an expensive one for the Government.
Deputy Quartermaster General Kimball would
not consent to the tearing out of most OF the
inside woodwork without instructions from
Washington, and Major Summerhayes will for
mally forbid DR.. Doty to destroy any part of
the ship other than the hunks, hangings and
carpets 1t is DR.. Doty's intention to burn all
the parts of the vessel he has decided to re-
move The authority of the health officer to de-
stroy whatever he thinks advisable in order to
purify the ship IS not questioned, and the serv-
ing of the notice on him by Majer Summer
hayes is only to ptotect the quarte:master's de-
partment in New York pending instructions from
Washington
The times., 1898-08-04
THTyGS THEATRICAL.

The opening of the theatrical season in
this city has generally been marked by
the opening of Kernan's and this year will
bring no exception to the rule. On Mon
day afternoon Robin Hood. Jr--." will
be presented in the renovated and newly
arranged little structure. Helen Russell
will head the aggregation, which is said
to possess a chorus of the prettiest girls
on the burlesque stage Besides the usu-
al fore and after pieces, the show will
have an oliO of exceeding merit and
should make an excellent impression upon
next weeks audiences
The times., 1898-08-04
Lansburgh & Bro.

TO-DAY we inaugurate grand
l. clearing sale OF all Summer
Ready-tc-wear Suits for ladies and
children IN white lawns, organdies
and ginghams; Washable and Shk
Shirt Waists, Paraso,s and Um-
brellas. These goods must be sold
and we have marked prices on
them which viii readily move
same. This sale you cannot az
ford to miss, for you will surely
find something you'll need to
help out the Summer. These
goods are all to be found on cur
Second Floor. Plenty of room and
clerks. Come early to avoid the
rush.
The times., 1898-08-04
Sword 10 Lieuf Lee

Harry Lee. son of J. W. Lee, residing
at 3S4 Street northwest, was yesterday
appointed a lieutenant in the United
States Marine Corps. Mr.. Lee has for
the last six years been an employe Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
was member of the Columbia Athletic
Club and Washington Light Infantry
Corps J. S. Mewshaw. station master
al the Pennsylvania depot. on behalf of
the employees of that company, yesterday
presented TO Lieut.. Lee a handsome
sword and belt, as a token of their
esteem and appreciation of his sterling
qualities.