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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
WAR DEPARTMENT GROCERIES,
What They Are and How They Are
:. ~; Purchased. -Tt's sxs

What They Are and How They Are
:, ~; Purchased. .~st'' s~s3.i
The War Department maintains q
number Of grocery shops IN various
parts of the country. There il! one IN
New York City, another in Chicago,
another in Boston, another in st:
Louis, another in San Francisco and
so on oil over the United States. They
are kept up for the purpose Of fur.
nishing supplies to officers and enlist
ed men in different sections. In this
way much expense for transportation
is avoided. At every army post there
is such o grocery store, as a rule under
charge Of a commissary. All the com:
missaries ore under the direction Of
the Commissary General of the army.
The army grocery store furnishes
groceries to any officers and soldiers
who wish to take advantage Of the
cheap rates at which goods of this
kind ore offered by the Government.
Everything is sold OF the lowest rates,
the goods being purchased by the
Government, not in open market,
wholesale, but under contract from the
lowest bidders. Flour, for example,
worth S. barrel, comes at $500.
There are no bad debts, officers being
obliged to square up monthly, while
enlisted men must pay cash.
In the wars Of the future far more
attention will be paid to the material
comforts of the soldiers than has been
the case in past conflicts. They will
have such surgical care, with improved
instruments and germ-killing process.
ses, as to make the percentage of
deaths from wounds little above one
half whatit has been hitherto. Health
full conditions of living for the troops
will be deemed of prime Importance
from the military point of view; and
whatever can be accomplished toward
making the diet Of the fighting men
more palatable, more varied and more
digestible, will be done, regardless Of
expense. Science has taken hold Of
warfare and though war itself is con.
fessed survival Of berbarism, it is to
be conducted in the future according
to enlightened and humane methods.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
Rabbits Frozen While Afoot,

Ever since tho late cold snap in
Nevada the Indians there have been
selling jack rabbits in great numbers
and ct low prices. It turns out that
they have not shot them, but that the
animals have been frozen to death.
The Indians prod around in the snow
for them and pick them up by the
score frozen hard as stone. A hunter
says that he saw hundreds of the little
fellows huddled together in Kings
Canyon just after the blizzard, and
was surprised that they should allow
him to approach without stirring. He
blazed away into the bunch, but the
rabbits did not run, and when he came
up to them he found that they were all
frozen stiff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
SeaWecd and Amber.

Tho main source Of the amber sup.
ply is the seacoast Of the Baltic Ocean.
1t is a fossil gum, originally the ex-
udation Of q species Of confer now ex-
tinct. This grew in luxuriant profu.
sion hundreds of thousands of years
ago on the marshy coasts Of Northern
Europe, when the climate was much
warmer than it is to-day. The natural
history of amber is thus explained:
The immense forests of amber pine
underwent their natural downfall and
decay. The resin Of the woods &C.
cumulated in large quantities in bogs
and ponds, and in the soil Of the for
ests. Where the coast was slowly
sinking, the sea by and by covered
the land, and the amber, which had
been gradually hardening, was OF last
deposited at the ocean bottom. But
in the higher regions the pine contin-
ued to flourish, and so amber would
still continue to be washed down to
the shore and deposited in the later
formed green sand, and the still later
formed stratum of Ignite or brown
coal.
The gum became fossilized by its
long burial under ground. More than
200 specimens Of extinct life, animal
and vegetable, have been found i'm
bedded in amber specimens, including
insects, reptiles, plants, leaves, shells,
fruit, etc., which had been caught in
the liquid gum and entombed there
for all time. Some Of these specimens
ore so curiously beautiful as to be a.
most priceless, and one English COL
leotor has q cabinet Of them which is
valued at 100000. One piece en-
balms a lizard about eight inches
long, o little jeweled monster, perfect
in it's form and coloring, which has 10
like in anything existing now. In
decd, in many instances science is
able solely through this medium to
study details of animal life which per-
ished from the earth many hun bred
thousands Of years ago. There orc
flies preserved with wings poised as if
for fight, where tho prismatic sheen
glowing through the yellow sepulcher
is as brilliant as if they were floating
alive in the sunshine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
POPULAR SCIENCE,

A mechanical device recently pat
ented pastes paper labels on 100000
Inns in ten hours.
The city Of Santa Fe, New Me1iY,
is without rats, mice and cats, as the
air is too rarefed for those animals.
It is estimated that greater quaint
ties of gold and silver have been sunk
In the sea than are now in circulation
IN the whole world.
DR.. B. Kossmann, Of Charlotten~
borg, Germany, has secured q patent
from the Imperial Governmentcov
a rust preventing paint composed OF
the peroxides of earths of the cerium
group. -
The tanners, Of Newark, N. j., are
said to get more money out Of hide
than anywhere else. Three, and some.
times four, splits are made and fin
ished. It is estimated that $l6 is
realized per hide and the yearly bust
ness done amounts to 100000.
It has been calculated that the hair
of the beard grows at the rate of one
and half lines a week. This will
give q length Of 81 inches in the course
Of year. For man eighty years OF
age no less than twenty-seven feet OF
beard must have fallen before the edge
of the razor.
Through the gift Of Mrs. Charles
Pratt, tho Pratt Institute, Of Brook.
Ign, N. Y, has come into possession
Of 1000 examples Of textiles, ranging
over several centuries of European and
Oriental manufacture. The collection
was purchased from signor Salvador,
of Florence, Italy, by whom it was
collected, and, it is said, cannot be
duplicated,
At Lynn, Mass, there is now in
practical operation new cotton gin
which is attracting much attention.
This is q roll gin, no revolving saws
being used which cut the fibre, the
seed being forced out by scraping
blade close to the roller. In recent
trial q long staple lint run through
this machine was declared to be worth
ISL cents pound against six cents a
pound when run through the old style
| gin.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
Fruit Cures.

"Fruit cures,"s just now q fad in
Continental Europe with people hav.
ing real or imaginary diseases, is by
no means new thing. In the tenth
century All Investigator hos discovered,
many medical authorities became en-.
thusiastid in their writings over tho
remarkable curative virtues OF grapes,
while q certain Van Swietcn OF more
modern date is said to have 'trecom.
mended in special cases tho eating of
twenty pounds Of Strawberries o day.
The same gentleman also reports a
case Of phthisis healed by strawber.
ries, and cites cases in which maniacs
have regained their reason by the ex-
elusive use of cherries as food. These
instances rather SAVIOR of the miracu.
lous, but there is no doubt that the
so'called' grape cure for indigestion
and other evils, is carried on in many
places on the Continent, and that PEG.
pie betake themselves to Meran, We.
way, Bingen, or to Italy and the South
of France with the Intention Of de-
voting six weeks to the cure, during
which time they are expected to have
gradually accomplished the feat Of
consuming from three to eight pounds
of grapes dolly, as the case may be.
Grapes are said to exercise salutary
action on the nervous system, and to
favor the formation Of fat; that is to
say, when fruit Of good quality is en-.
ployed; if the grapes are not sufficient.
]y.ripe and are watery and sour the pa.
tient may lose rather than gaint in
weight. Thelvaluable results obtained
by fruit diet in cases of biliousness
are due to the fact that noxious germs
habitually present in the alimentary
canal do not thrive in fruit juices.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
A Clever Miss.

Women ore VIGOROUSLY bad shots.
In West Australia O mine managers
wife was christening an engine and
had to throw champagne bottle at it.
It was somewhat larger than the pro-
verbal haystack and she was only q
couple Of yards from it, yet she clever
ly managed to miss it and hit her
portly person, knocking him
into q cistern ten faet deep snd badly
hurting him,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
predicament of Sponge Pedlers,

Sponge pedlers, travelling on foot and
covered front. flank and rear with
auttering strings of sponges, are doing
sections Of Maine. They present a
grotesque appearance, and ore good
mari: for oil rural CANNES. They get
on very we'll in fair weather, but when
trains they have to hustle for cover
With AZ thu speed thsy. CAP sttaial--
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
STATE NORMAL School, /
NATchITocnE1,L Il.

Maintained by tho 6t.ts q q !:
training Of teachers. Affords the Z !
preparation for the pro fesdoa q I \. go i:
ing; full course Of academic = q
practical training in the ct q I! - ! 3
ing, ono year Of daily pr "a, d
model schools under guidance q ~ Y
ed training teachers. 0las N 7. s e
emplifies the best Of modsra t = y i Y
in matter and method Of tnsl1sd !, !.
Diploma entities graduate e 49, -
any public school Of Louisiana i. e : !
examination.
Tuition free to students We :. d.
one year after graduation. E !, q. s
pense for session Of eight month, \.
Twelfth annual session beG'ne ~.
|, 1896.
For catalogue write to 81
B. C. CALDWELty ~ SIS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
Indian Climbing Plant.

In India they have strange species
OF climber with an extraordinarily long
name, botanically speaking, but com.
monty known as the vegetable boa
CONSTRUCTOR" which twines about giant
trees so tightly as to choke them to
death. Sometimes knotholes In the
trees occur just where the serpent's
eyes would be and the effect is start
ling.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
Fatal Fight Between School Boys.

At Usage, Carroll county, Ark, Sat.
urday, Joe Cullender, aged II and
Hugh Usury, the same age, became in
volved in Q fight after school. Both
boys used their knives, and before the
teacher could separate them. Usury
had stabbed Cullender fodk times in
the abdomen and several times in the
breast. Usury sustained dangerous
wounds, but he may recover. Cullen
der's wounds are fatal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
The Japanese Cruiser L L''' a.

The Japanese cruiser ob 4 I, I
successfully launched from -. ~
Iron Works ynrds at San 49,
at 1927 Saturday. The cess1s &
christening the Chitose, tes !
eign warship ever launcnee, "a: - ).
coast, was performed y
Budd. niece Of Gov. Budd -
Of breaking a bottle QlsNln
Was liberated before TIC ~ 4 rs 9:
the ways. IN
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
GOO

Will be given 10 any 'aly III B:
With surERrnUous )l.1ls, pro.
v;ded MRS. ELLA BERRY g, j. II
remove ir permanently. M1', ~. sc
at S1S Camp street. Creo'e Y ~. i|,l
Yu Can Faco Powder, ana h'..
Berry's Soap, all fine toilet spes ~
for ealo at all drug stores, =
from 8l8 Camp street, Not.V''s
ToniahnA. 1910
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

Anew Attorney General;
]. W. Griggs, governor Of New Jcr.
sey, has been nominated for attorueJ
general by President Mckinley.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

Iceberg's Age.
lseRergs sometimes ines Lost 200 years
before ta1Z entirely &elf 1Ys1
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
PRESEl !
.lro ., :. I'M = Is..,|
HOLIDAY | ! !,

We have presents ior Not I'M.
er, Daughter. Son. Sitter, .elIF
Sweetheart, Lover, UnclA All I.
Cousin. We have presenh 3 u n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
Santa Fe Excursions.

Emporia and return June 9th TO Sth,
Certificate plan, one and Il third fare.
Hutchinson and return, May 4th and
5th. return limited to May It'll. 8 O5.
Atchison and return May % and "a,
return limited to May Is, $685..
Abilene, Kan, and return, May 9,
10 and IL. Return limited to May 81,
at s4.05
Fort Scott, Kan, and return, May
IA to Is, inclusive. Return limited to
May 81, at 1851.
Fort Scott. Kan, and return, Nay
ii to Is. inclusive, via Kansas City.
Return limited to May p, at $3.50.
+ Topeka, Kan, and return, May to
II, inclusive. Return limited to May
Is. at S. s..
Eureka. Kan, May to 8 Congre.
gational Ass 4. Certificate plan.
Hutchinson, Kan, and return, MAY
so to June 8, inclusive. Return linn,
tied to June Is, at 81 81
For full particulars about above O.
any excursions. call on or address
w. ToRREY, Agent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
A Word To Volunteers.

'Uncle Jasper" in the Ellsworth
Messenger, gives some advice to the
young man who bankers to go TO war
with Spain, as follows; s'Of course, as
you say, the Spanish won't last an
longer than a SNOWFALL In sheol if i.
comes to a show down. but don't get too
excited in your disire to drink their
royal, Castillian blood. Think of the
horrors of war. Us Kansans, who
live almost exclusively on milk and
honey. {editors excepted), would go
down to an unhonored grave on army
rations, which consists of sow bosom,
beans and black coffee. Did you ever
march ten thousand miles, keeping step
to the rattle of canteen against a car
tridge-box? Did you ever sleep under
fence in eighteen inches of mud
Did you ever smell powder. except OF
the face of a visiting society girl?
guess nit When you get older, my
son, you will find that it is a heap more
impressive to have an individual funer.
al. and have the last sad rites attended
by a long procession ofsorrowing friends
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

The N1okerson Argosy, a republi-
can paper published nine miles from
Hutchinson, gives the lie to the re-
publican stories about the abuse of
Wade Thomas at the Hutchinson Re-
formatory. The Argosy says: Fri
day, while at Hutchinson, we saw
Wade Thomas, the inmate of the Re
formatory that was reported to have
been so badly burned. He had a
slight burn on one hand. He was
well dressed and from his movements
any one could tell that his body was
not burned. Why any one not q
Pop should write such a pack of lies
as was published in the Wellington
Mail and copied In nearly all the
dailies we cannot tell. The truth
about the Pop party and its manage
ment of public affairs is bad enough
without lying about them. Thomas
was being returned TO the peni
Tertiary. He ought to be put in the
coal mine and kept there his natural
life. He is q human brute"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
KlOndyke.

8ebient g8albmeiiter O1oi 8owle,
Samltag ben 3Oten 9lpril.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
Do The Best You Can.

In one Of the large railway Offices IL
this country is comparatively young
man who is at the head of large de-
partment. When he entered the ser
vice of the company, FIVE years ago, he
was green and awkward. He was given
the poorest pay work in the department.
The very first day of his employment
by the company, man who had been
at work ID the same room for six years
approached him and gave him little
advice. ''Young fellow, want to put
| a few words in your ear thatiwill help
you. This company is soulless. cor
poration that regards its employees as
so many machines. 1t makes no diff
ference how hard you work or how well.
So you want to do just as little as pos
sible and retain your job. This is a
slave pen, and the man who works over
time or does any special fine work
wastes his strength. Don't you do it. !"
The young man thought over the "ad-
vice." and after quiet little struggle
with himself he decided to do the best
and the most he knew how, whether he
received any more pay from the COM
pany or not. At the end of the year
the company raised his wages and ad-
vanced him to a more responsible posi-
ton. In three years he was getting
third more salary than when he began.
and in FIVE years he was head clerk in
the department, and the man who had
condescended to give the greenhorn
''advice" was working under him at the
same figure that represented his salary
eleven years before. This is not a
story of a goody- goody little boy who
died early, but of live young man who
exists in flesh and blood today, and is
ready to give "advice" to other young
men just beginning to work their way
into business. And here it is: "What.
soever thy hand fndeth to do, do it
with thy might.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

WILL E. STOKE, Agt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

Pupils neither absent nor tardy dur.
ing the first month were; George Nor.
ton, Lila Rearick, Cora Highley, Maud
Couchman, Ethel Post, Clarence Nor
ton, Edward Couchman, Dennie Post
and Fred Jacobs.
Second month: Lila Rearick, Maud
Couchman, Ethel Post, Edward Couch.
man. Dennie Post and Fred Jacobs.
Those present every day. and not
tardy, during the term of six months
Edward Couchman, Lila Rear1ck and
Ethel Post.
Appropriate exercises were rendered
Feb. IS, in commemoration of Wash.
ington and Lincoln.
With the proceeds of box supper
we purchased window blinds, teachers
armchair, erasers, and a few other
articles which add much to the appear.
ance and comfort of the room.
Our school closed Friday, April 9th.
The teacher showing her appreciation
of the kindness ana perseverance Of
her scholars by preparing surprise
treat, consisting of candy, oranges.
apples, nuts etc.
An entertainment was given IN the
evening to well filled house and every
one expressed themselves well pleased
Then came the time for pupils and
teacher to separate. All with the best
of wishes for each others future welfare.
The former to go to their respective
places OF abode. to enjoy the va ca ior
days, and the latter to her home anc
! friends, but not soon to forget the
pleasant winter passed in the coy little
school house on the hill. nor the many
good. kind and generous hearted people
Of Calvary
DEETTE WoRKAL, Teacher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
Teachers Examination.

An examination of applicants for
teachers certificates, will be held in
the central school building, Great
Bend, Kansas, Saturday, April 80, 1895
commencing at o'clock a. N.
NJ. l.. HARRISON. Co. Supt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

The Great Bend Marble Works are
ready to furnish you anything in the
line CT Monuments, Tombstones, etc.
See J. A. BLAND, Salesman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.

PRoGRAM-THURsDAY EVENING":
Music Male Quartette.
Invocation.
Piano Solo, Retta Nimocks.
Grafton Chemistry Practical study
Bette Beatrice Junes.
Essay-Saxon Grit, Mabel Brinkman,
Oration-What is it to be Rich? Nellie
M. Zimmeht.
Oration-The Power of Thought, Vic.
la F. M. Foote.
Essay Klondyke or College? Elnora
M. Vollmer.
Piano Solo, Bliss Florence Poole.
Grafton -Annexation of Hawaii, Herb,
ert N. Woodward.
Oration-Light of Other Days, Minnie
e. Elliott.
Oration-The Enforcement of Law,
Chas. FL. Armstrong.
Essay-Dickens' Schoolmasters, May.
me e. Connect.
Banjo Solo, Miss Frances Poole.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Music. Mandolin Club.
Invocation.
Piano Solo, Miss Winnie Wilcox.
Oration-The Mind its Own Educator,
George 81. Dale.
Oration-Success and Aims in Life,
Earl Z. Wilson.
Oration-Imp ortance Of an Education,
j. Paul Lewis.
Observation-Disclosures Ideals, Helen A.
MINIS.
Vocal Solo. Rev. J. G. Berger.
Oration-Blind in the Midst of Beauty,
Lillian May Case.
Oration-Progress and its Agencies.
Herbert s. Winterburg.
Oration-Needs, Elizabeth Allen.
Essay-We Build our own Monuments,
Meta B. Weiss.
Cornet Solo, Walter McCray.
Presentation of Diplomas, by President
D. G. Luse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

If you want an order suit, Diffen.
bacher can get you one for less money
than anyone.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

FoR SArE-A neat. roon house,
well built and in a good location.
Small stable. chicken yard and house
deep well, trees. etc. Cash, or part
cash and part time.
WILL E. STOKE. Agt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

See the Great Bend Implement Co
for Canton Listers and Cultiyators.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
School Report.

Following is the report of Dist. No
Ioz, Beaver Township. Barton Co. for
the two months beginning Feb. IA, and
ending AnriI JSoS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

than to be planted under six feet of
Cuban soil with little board stuck up
on your grave. on which is written:
"Unknown Dead.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18
DANGEROUSLY HuRT.
4 Runaway Accident Attended with
Ncrions Results.


Henry Dillard. who lives at 2li Austin
street, driver for b. A. Booth Co..
was painfully and seriously hurt yester-
day morning by runaway accident which
occurred In front of Booth a Co. S store ON
Main street.
About $3.50 a. M as billiard was mount
ing his wagon to drive OH, boy rode ,ip
in front OF the horse on bicycle This
frightened The animal, which, making a
sharp turn threw billiard to the sidewalk
Unfortunately, billiard had the lines in
some way wrapped around his body and
he was dragged some distance. Befors ne
could eXtricate himself he was hurled
against telegraph pole then against a
buggy. BystandeJs rushed 10 his assist
ance. He was carried into the store end
physician summoned. who discovered
that Two ribs were broken and his spine
injured File was also suffering from in
ternnl homorrhago. billiard was removed
10 his home and was last night reported
as resting easy. though his condition is
still regarded az serious.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18
CITY pREvIrlEy.

TIE Knights and Ladies of Dixie will Civ
concert and ball tonight at Pythian hall II
thu Fifth ward.
Neither Yates and family will conduct tn,
services at the Salvation Army barracks, oil.
TREY Wis street, tonight.
There will be a meeting of the iourneymar
BARRIERS at Greenley & Gray's barber shol
Friday night, February is.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet at ths
residence of Mrs. II. f. Roberts, $40 Peast
avenue, this afternoon at $3.50 o clock
Flags were at half mast yesterday over the
spect to those who lost their lives in the dis
aSter 10 the battleship Maine.
The monthly social of the Epworth League
OF Shearn church Will take place tonight In
the chapel, corner OF Texas avenue and Milan
street A fine programme will be rendered
ald delicious refreshments served Visitors
graph.
Walter Burk, aged II years. who died
Wednesday afternoon at O'clock was buried
AT o clock yesterday afternoon in the Ger
man cemetery, Rev Father Grove officiating.
Deceased WIS a son of Il. H. Burke. an en-
gneer on the Houston East and West Texas
railway.
There were four afidavits made In Justice
tlll'b court yesterday against r. " Wilson,
Two charging him with forgery and two with
having IN his possession forged instruments
TWO aihdavits were also made against David
prcr Ean for swindling. All of these ana
ami they grow out of the cotton transaction
reported IN yesterdays post, wherein the par
nos attempted to secure money on what were
pronounced bogus bills of l6ding