Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-13

chances are that from afar twill not
return again. II once it passes out of
town, the butcher and the baker. the
grocer and the dry goods man. the
cook, the undertaken, the carpenter, the
carriage.wright, the blacksmith, every
one, will lose the chance to touch the
coin ere the setting of the sun. Just
keep the little coin at home, just keep
1t moving well, and every time it
changes hands somebody's goods twill
sell. That single little dollar has thus
wonderous power to make somebody
better dozen times an hour. 1t pays
the bill and wards off i'll. and ne'er its
power relaxes. to sooth the doctor. buy
the coal, and pay for bread and taxes.
The other day an Alabama mob
lynched the wrong man and they
deeply regret it." says the New
Orleans States. They might do "a =
Texas mob ones did. They hanged .
man for stealing q mustang and
shortly after ward learned that he was
innocent. After debating the question
they decided that the captain should
call on the widow and apologize.
Riding up to the fence he called her 70
the door and explained the mistake
that had been made, closing thus:
"Msdam, the jokes on u.s."
0tIr friand nao1on oSf fha Roo,o1
not yet appear to weaken, on his
crazy agitation about joints. joints,
joints. He says he's got 'em going,
without the jointists knowing that he's
adding to his evidence more points,
points points. But the Deacon was
surprised" when he was recently ad.-
vised that his marshal did not trot the
streets all night, night, night. He
suspicioned that, accordin' to the law,
bold Marshel Jordan was ever omni.
present-never out of sight, sight.
An exchange says that alcohol will
remove grass stains from summer
clothes. The exchange is right. L.
will also remove the summer clothes
and also the spring, autum and winter
clothes, not only from the man who
drinks it, but also from his wife and
family. 1t will remove the furniture
from the house and the eatables from
the pantry, the smiles from the face Of
his wife and the happiness from the
home. AS remover of things, alcohol
has few equals.
The police judge thinks the new arr
rangement of city affairs has taken on
little more authority than the law
allows. Recently the Marshal has
made number of arrests of plain
drunks, has thrown the victims into
jail and thrown them out again with
out the formality of trial in accord
ance with law. Will Bro. Armstrong
please see that the laws governing such
matters are enforced.
"Who weeps with you when you are
sad, and laughs with you when you are
glad, and swears with you when you
are mad? The editor. Who has to be
both kind and wise, and never hardly
ever) lies and when he does creates
snrpriseP The editor. Who owns q
heart as we'll as cheek, is possessed of
spirit proud but meek, and lives on 40
cents a weekP The editor.
The DEMoCRAT has received
copy Of a very neat souvenir ad-
vertising pamphlet, issued by the
large hardware, implement and fur
niture firm of G. N. s. E. X. Moses
The pamphlet is unquestionably the
neatest thing Of the kind ever placed
with the public, contains much val>
liable information and many hand
some illustrations.
Open house every day now at the
DEMOCRAT Office, to those who desire
to join the crowd and get on our sub
scription list, or who wish to pay back
subscriptions. Hours: ANY old time.
The best of feeling will prevail, and
the music-welt the musical ring of
the dollar as it clinks upou our table
will sweet sounds for ali,
Grimes Bros. have swung a couple
Of arc lights upon the streets, as q
sample of the lights the city will gel
when 1t has again got down to a logical
J practical method OF doing things
With half the number of these ar
lights that the city used to have o
the incandescents the streets car
be much better lighted.