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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

The dialogue (not trialogue. for Bob
had put me forward to do the talkingf,
that Immediately followed, partook Of
the nature of rapid firing proceeded
to establish our credentials, and that
quick. After an energetic recapitula-
ton of what / had started to tell the old
lady, as to the division, brigade and
regiment to which we belonged in Lees
army
.'Why, mother" exclaimed her son
Henry. these boys are all right. for 1
find that while I was member of
Barringer's brigade. they belonged to
Roberts brigade in the same division of
cavalry"
Need it be said that the grandmother
and uncle of Lieut.. Hobson, OF Merri-
mac fame, were prompt enough to
make the '.amende honorable" to Bob
and myself when the truth became
known? 1t were putting it only mildly
to say that the kind old lady showered
blessings on our heads, and if the fatted
calf was not literally in evidence. the
cake and wine and other things WERE
and. but for Bob's impatient longing to
push on to Richmond (that is, Richs
mOnd county,, l should have stopped
a week right there, as Mrs. Hobson and
her family wished us TO do.-Rocking.
ham (N. c. Rocket.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

corn when they could for their horses.
las the weeks went by, however, no
relief came, and more than half of the
finest artillery horses that ever.
dragged a gun died of starvation That
is d simple sentence, but no old artil-
lerylman will read it without n heavy
weight on his heart. The boys loved
their horses. and If they could have fed
them by denying themselves food they
would have done so. When we were on
half rations 1 have seen poor fellows
slip off and divide their short supply of
hard tack or potatoes with the horses.
/ have known men to go secretly
through the lines and risk capture to
get an armful of grass or hay 10 save n
starving horse. Nothing distressed the
men more than TO see the great, strong
animals go down slowly to living skel-
etons and then to death.
"This went on until in two months we
had not in that whole command enough
artillery horses on their legs to handle
three full batteries. Some of the bat
teries stationed on Moccasin point Jared
better, and the horses of the seven field
batteries kept on the line in front were
better cared for, but even these were So,
emaciated they were almost useless
When it became necessary, on the 23d
of November, to put the batteries of the
army of the Cumberland in position.
Gen. Thomas was compelled to borrow
horses of Sherman. The first month
of our experience in Chattanooga told
heavily enough on the men, but IL they
could have kept the suffering, starving
horses out of mind the burden would
have seemed lighter.
MANY of the arti1ierymen weEe, of
course, on duty in the Notifications,
handling heavier guns as well as some
of the lighter ones that had been put
in position, but to most of the boys the
starving horses were always before
them as a nightmare. Certainly no
more pathetic scene was ever witnessed
on 4 battlefield than we witnessed
in the camp at Chattanooga between
the battle of Chickamauga and that of
Missionary Ridge. We saved one of our
best horses by the hardest work WE
fed him all sorts of things, and if a man
could manage to steal an ear of coraa
the old horse was made glad.
During the battle of Missionary
Ridge we lost sight of the horse, snd the
boys insisted that he had been teled of
to the boneyard. but we found that one
of our men who was on the sick list. had
stood by the old horse. He got shim
across the river, located near some of
the supply trains, and by the time we
were again in quarters the old horse
was in pretty fair condition. He was
from that time the mascot of the bat
terry, and he was the property of oneof
the battery boys for several years after
The war-"-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
BICYCLE AS A MOTOR.
Very Few Wheelmen Have an idea of
the Vast Amount of Power Gem
Grated by Them.

s. Few wheelmen are aware OF the
amount of power generated by them
when on a spin, and what wondrous re-
suits could be obtained from it if it were
possible to concentrate and apply it for
practical purposes.
According to DR.. Sehrwald, of Ger
many, there are four points to be con-
sidered about cycling-the friction of
the surface, its graduation, the, natural
speed of the wheel and the resistance
of air. Thus; in making an attempt to
compute the amount of power general
ed, the conditions of the road. the veloc
ity of the wind and the weight of the
wheel and its rider must be taken into
chief consideration.
When the rider eXerts himself to the
full extent of his physical strength, as
in "a hour record making races, the
amount of power produced is wonder
full. 1t amounts to nearly 100000
pounds. In other words. it is equal to
the force required to raise 291.52 hun
dred pound weights to an elevation of
three feet in one day.
From hygienic standpoint" says
DIR. Sehrwald, 1.-The best recreation can
be obtained by cyclist from a speed
that does hot exceed ten miles an hour
for a distance of about 25 miles daily"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
CHEAP LEGAL ADVICE.
a Man Who Believed I'm Paying a
Lawyer for His
Opinion.

The other day an old fellow slouched into
Attorney Oscar Kahn's office, on Legal row,
and introduced himself as Mr.. Smith, Jones,
Brown, or something, of neighboring coun-
ty. He said he wanted to consult lawyer.
and was accorded a seat and one of the at
torney's sweetest smiles.
He then explained that while he was away
from home the sheriff or some deputy had
attached his wife's sewing machine and
bureau for taxes. He didn't propose to
tolerate such imposition, he declared, and
came to Paducah to consult a lawyer
about it.
What is the amount of taxes?" inquired
the lawyer.
'Lemme sea dollar and % cents" was
the reply.
The lawyer could not conceal smile, but
fastened to say: 'Well, Mr.. Smith, if you
want my advice, it is to go back and settle
that small amount. 1t looks like the easiest
and best way out of il"
The old fellow thought moment, and re-
piled that he believed he would. Answering
he asked: ''How much do l owe you?"
ooh, nothing, sir" was the reply. 81
wont charge you anything for little advice
like that"
But allus pays fer whut git, and want
ter pay yer jes' the same"
"Oh, that's all right; come in again some
time when you need advice on something
more important, and we'll square it then"
Nav, but / want ter pay it now. Jes'
squeal out. Eff it's IS cents, I'll pay it. Ell
We want so, there it s!' And he threw
down haif-dollar and left.-Paducah (ky.)
Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
Miller Going to Eurnne-

Charles W. Miller, the worlds great
est six-day rider, will probably not
compete in any more six-day races.
Miller, if present plans go through, will
be sent after long-distance paced rec
ords. The most of these trials will be
made on European tracks. Miller will
GO abroad and begin training at Paris
for an attempt to beat the 24-hour
paced record of GIG miles, held by Cor
dang. He will challenge any rider in
the world, Huret, Rivierre or Cordang
preferred, TO 24-hour paced race. By
the terms of the challenge Miller will
issue, each rider win be allowed Q mo-
tor PAGER and a wind shield
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
Wheels for City Employees.

The distribution of bicycles to the
employees of German towns increases
from day TIC day. In the cities of Han
over and Ludvigshafen, and in some
towns of less Importance, machines
have been distributed to the municipal
employees in order 20 facilitate their
work. The municipal council of CO.
logne has just decided that bicycles
shall be reckoned in with the commun-
al budget and placed at the disposal of
the following city employees: Tax col
lectors, policemen, foresters, commits
saries of police, sergeants de vile,
watchmen, men Of the health depart
ment and in the departments of water,
gas and electrical supply, controllers,
and all clerks in the employ of the city.
The machines remain the property of
the city. They are simply loaEeS to
the employees. Forty marks a year are
allowed to the borrowers for each ma
chine to keep it in order. It is ex-
pressly forbidden to use the bicycles
except in the performance OF the city's
service
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
NOVEL CUSHION TIRE
CofIed Springs and = Series Of
Plate Springs.

A cushion tire has been invented by
o. Ramsay, of Ell Campo, Tex, which is
composed of a series of coiled springs
and a series of plate springs, both so
arranged between the tread and the
rim that they can be easily removed
and others substituted, without the ne
cessity of removing the tire from the
rim, says the Scientific American
OF the accompanying illustrations,
Fig. 1 is perspective view of a wheel
rim, with parts broken away to show
the construction of the tire, and Fig. 2
is cross section of the tire and rim.
On the rim there are secured by straps
a series of plate springs curved to form
divergent arms of unequal lengths. The
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
LOVED THEIR HORSES,
The Passing OF Artillery Horses
After the Battle OF Chick a
Rm2uEa-

THE army of the Cumberland, re-
tired from Eossyille on the night of
September 81, and marched down into
the narrow quarters that were to be
its home for two months. The con-
federate army pressed close IN front
and on both tanks, so that it was soon
impossible to get forage for the horses
and mules, and almost impossibleSo get
provisions for the men. When it came
to choice of feeding mules for the
wagons or the artillery horses, the pref
erence was given to the mules. At
first this did not trouble the men.
They thought that that condition of at
fairs could not continue many days,
and they made frolic of gathering all
sorts of grass and roots and stealing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
HOBSON'S GRANDMOTHER.
An Incident of the Civil War Which
Shows the HObsOn Fam
lily Spirit.

By the daring feat of Lieut.. Hobson,
L am reminded Of an incident in my own
experience a few days after the sur
render of Gen. Lee at AppomattoX,
nothing thrilling as to myself, but IL
Illustrative of the grit that seems to
have descended in full measure to the
young lieutenant, whose name is now
in everybody's mouth.
L was passing homeward, accom-
panied by my friend and comrade, Bob
Leak, in the wake of Stoneman's raid.
The people of Rowan and Davis knew
what that raid was. So vague and I'M
certain were the reports touching
Lees surrender that had preceded us,
Bob and 1 were the subjects of sus-
picion as we rode through the town
of Mocksville in the late afternoon of a
day of wearisome travel.
In the absence of proffer of hos
pitality on the part of anyone, we ac-
costed a gentleman on the street corner
for information and direction as to
where we might lodge ourselves and
horses for the night. Evidently any
where farther on seemed to suit the
mans purpose, if not our own, but he
suggested incidentally that six miles
below there Mrs. Ann Hobson lived,
who, by the way, was great friend to
confederate soldiers.
With the latter specification wildly
impressed upon our minds, we rode
just at evening twilight boldly into the
spacious grove that frOnted the beau
tifully empowered mansion as back
ground.
See, Bob, they're coming to meet
and welcome u.s. said, as movement
from the house to the yard gate struck
our anxious vision. That movement, as
L recall, consisted of an old lady, one or
perhaps two younger ladies, several
children and lot of darkies of various
sizes. Intensely high-wrought excite
ment sat upon each face in that group
at the gate, which by no means was dis
PEELED by our polite Good evening"" as
we rode up.
and who are your" queried the old
lady, with flashing eyes, at once sug-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
THE NEW METHOD OF
BLOOD PURIFYING.
What the New Discovery in Medical
Science Has Accomplished.
The Prompt Symptoms
THE EMINENT SPECIALISTS FREE OFFER TO ALL
READERS OF THIS PAPER.

For great many years it has been
the custom for sick people to say: MY
blood is out of order. It needs purify
ing. feel all used up. My skin needs
clearing. My brain feels tired
They are right, but do they act right
They generally go and get laxative
Bowel cleaner) to purify their blood.
Does their blood run through their
bowels?
Science has to-day furnished proofs
that all the purifying that your blood
needs, in fact, all that can be done,
must be done by your kidneys.
All the blood in your body passes
through your kidneys every three min
utes.
The kidneys strain or filter out the inn
purities of the blood-that is their work.
Purifying your blood is not ques-
ton of taking laxative or physic.
Does your blood run through your
bowels?
What the bowel-cleaner does is to
throw out the poisons confined in your
bowels ready for absorption into your
blood, but the poisons which are already
IN your blood, causing your present
sickness 1t LeaUes there.
There is no other way of purifying
your blood except by means of your kid
neys.
That is why bowel-cleaners fail to do
their work-they fail to help the kid
neys.
When you are sick, then no matter
what you think the name of your dis
ease is, the first thing you should do is
to afford aid to your kidneys by using
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great
Kidney Remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford
natural help to nature. for Swamp-Root
is the most perfect healer and gentle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
How,s ThfSs

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. j. Cheney & Co. Props, Toledo. o.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm
West Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Waiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the>system. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

it can be pulled over the head, like a
mans sweater. The sleeves are large
enough to accommodate the dress
sleeves underneath and the sweater is
large enough to be pulled over the hips.
The skirt is a very full divided skirt
of heavy wool fitted rather close over
the hips. but very full around the knees.
It extends to the shoe tops and may or
may LOT be finished with an elastic
around the separate parts, in Turkish
trouser fashion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
THE CYCLING GIRL.
She Wears a Divided Skirt OF Heavy
Wool and Thick Sweater
Instead of Coat.

Since it has been settled that bicy-
cling is winter sport requiring only
a clean street, the girl who is fond of
cycling has decided to dress for the
wheel.
She wears a small derby if the day be
windy, which is securely pinned in
place and made firm by a veil.
The veil is of fine strong net tied at
the back.
She also wears a sweter which is of
the new heavy goods so arranged that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07


You see, when he was young and spry
The war come ON. He Wasn't one to lag,
An he listed, for to do or die,
Boun' jist to do his best to save the flag.
An winter evenin's sittin' fore the blaze
like to hear i'm tell about the war.
Bout soldier life an soldier ways:
Bout how they fit, an nit each other for.
Sometimes pap gifts excited. an his eyesTl
snap
A tellin' how they suffered in them prison
pens,
An then bout Kenesaw an Snake Greek
So mixed you can't tell foes from frien's.
Them was excitin' times you bet
A soldierin' up an down in Tennessee;
Pap he was there. too, dom you all forget.
An tells it jist as plain as plain can be-
An then bout Sherman, how he went
An fianked ole Johnston left an right.
The men just got where they was sent
All one to them. a foot-race or fight.
Cause Sherman always knowed his biz
Atlanta was the pint he started for,
Atlanta, so he always said, was his
That was the way to finish up the war.
Then bout the march through Georgia to
the sea,
You ought to hear my pap tell that.
Some things you'd think could hardly be.
They was so queer the way they done it
But then at Bentonville-that settled pap;
A rebel bullet nearly snuffed him out.
Pap says it was a pretty lively scrap.
But all the same the Johnnies had to rout-
Well. that was awful long ago,
Long time before at was ever born.
Sometimes think it hardly can be So
More like some Teller telhn' me yarn
But know pap. at he don't spin no lie,
GXaP'lV things
An sometimes could almos' cry
An wish that, stead of pap, ii had been
ID. T. Stathem, in National Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

gestive OF a wrath that needed no nurs-
ing ito keep it warm"
I'VE are confederate soldiers" was
the quick response.
''Oh, yes" came back at us with re-
newed vehemence, you think to palm
yourselves off as confederate soldiers,
but you are miserable understands
what you are" and before we could par
ticularize the statement that Eve left
Lees army last Sunday, after the sur
render" etc, she called @'Henry!" the
top of her voice, whom at the same in
slant we saw mounted and dashing for
US at gallop, accompanied by another
horseman. both armed and ready for
the emergency
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
HIS Opfufou-

Friend-Do You approve of the idea
that each company shonld haze a cook
with the rank and pay Of corporal?
Ihe Veteran-Of corporal? wiz. a
good cook deserves the rank and nav of
major generali-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
Judtcious FIattery.

The Chinese call their dowager empires
the most beautiful woman in the world
They know better than not to.-Memphi
Commercial Appeal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
saixer,. seed Corn:

Does your seed corn test, Bro. Farmer: Sal
GERS does-it's northern grown, early and
good for so to $50 blu. per acre! Send this
notice and l6c for s corn samples and low
prices to Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wis. (k]
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
Z Marvin, Wholesale
Family Pills are the b.
Cruelty.

ooh. knowed would get it," said the
butter, land I guess can stand it. But it
does seem kinder hard to have been fined by
Judge with dyed whiskers. '-Indianapo
/ T0urpa al
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Lusinda B. Chandler. of Chicago. Ill.
Promotion of Health; founder of the
Margareth Fuller Society for the study
of Economics and Governments, and
also President of the Chicago Moral Ed
vocational Society. Mrs. Chandler is an
ardent friend of Pe-ru-na. and in writ
ing to DIR. Hartman on the subject she
stated as follows:
Chicago, Jan. 6. 1899.
Dear Doctor suppose everyone that
is confined to their desk and not getting
the required amount of exercise, will.
sooner or later, suffer with catarrh of
the stomach and Indigestion. / know
by experience that Pe-ru-na is a most
excellent remedy for these complaints.
It has relieved me, and several of my
friends have used it with the same salts
factory results. Yours very respect
fully. Lucinda B. Chandler.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

1t Is funny how little it takes to max
some men do mean things.-Was hingto
tai Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

He struck It. St. Jacobs Oil struck hi
Rheumatism. It was stricken out
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

It is a pity amateur actors can't Sc
themselves as Others see them.-Atchisol
Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Feeze and fret? Why: st. Jacobs Oil
cures Neuralgia. Soothes it down.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
s'PAP.''

Pap. he ant clipper like he used to be.
He's mostly poorly like. an complainin',
Fact is. he's gittin' ole, an he
Feels some the effects OF his campaign
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-06-15
Thousands of Requests
FOR FREE BOTTLES

Are received by the manufacturers
of DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, and upon strict investiga-
tion it has been found that no less
than 81 per cent of those receiving
trial bottles have been so helped by
the Remedy sent, tnat they have
bought large sized bottles at their
druggists.
There is no doubt that Favorite
Remedy is the very best medicine
known for diseases of the Kidneys,
Liver, Bladder and Blood, Rheuma.
tism, Dyspepsia and Chronic Consti-
patton. The manufacturers are pre-
pared to send free trial bottles post
paid to all those who will write. CIV
ing their full name and post office
address to the DIR. DAVID KEN
NEDY CORPORATION, Rondout,
N. Y, and mention the OHIO DEMO-
Graf.
Put some of your urine in a glass
tumbler; if in "a hours it has a sedi.
ment, or milky, cloudy condition |;
If 1t is pale or discolored, ropy or
stringy, you need good medicine,
and Favorite Remedy is the best one
you can take. 1t speedily cures such
dangerous symptoms as pain in the
back, frequent desire to urinate
especially at night, scalding burning
pain in passing water, staining of
linen by the urine and inability to
hold it. Also the unpleasant and
dangerous effects produced on the
system by the use Of whiskey or beer.
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy is sold at all drug stores at
sl.O0 a bottle, or six bottles for $500.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-06-15
THE STREAM OF REVELATIONS.

The Court of Inquiry has been only
scratching the surface of the beef
scandal. When 1t begins to dig deeper
1t will find many interesting facts.
The testimony of Colonel o. NJ. Smith,
purchasing commissary of the Govern
ment at Chicago, clears up some
important points that it has been to
the interest of the War Department to
suppress. He swears that he pur-
chased between May II and June 8,
2,759,272 pounds of canned roast beef
on orders from COmmissary- General
Eagan. This is the beef, stringy.
tasteless and covered with green scum,
which the soldiers could not eat 1t
was not "roast" beef. 1t was boiled.
with every strengthening property
squeezed out of it. Colonel Smith also
testified that the second class brand
of beef was ordered direct from Wash
ington, and that he did not select II
or inspect it.
Manager Gardner, of Swift & Co.,
testified that the twenty-fOur hour
clause was inserted by General Eagan
personally at the request of the firm.
The Commissary General swore be-
fore the court that he contended for
a seventy-twO hour guarantee, and
that the twenty-four hour clause got
in without his knowledge
Every dereliction of duty in the
preparation and carrying out of the
meat contracts has been traced to
Eagan. He ordered the purchase of
old canned beef that had been shipped
to Liverpool. The contractors found II
easier to deal with him than with the
purchasing commissary at Chicago,
whose duty it was to buy and inspect
the beef, and Colonel Smith was
ignored.
But nothing these witnesses can say,
and nothing the Court of Inquiry may
do, can interfere with the peace OF
mind of the blackguard Eagan, who
is travelling for pleasure with the
badge of Presidential favor on his
his breast, and in his pocket salary
that will continue for six years at
$500 year.