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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

ture, which stands at the corner OF
Dauphin and ST. Philippe streets-re-
tain all the features of the original
architecture. The old centers of
French life, ST. Louis cathedral and the
French market, are no longer dominat-
ed by the Creoles. They have been
wrested from them by the Italians who
live by thousands in the ancient dwell
ings of the original settlers.
The only custom which these Italians
seem to have acquired from their
French neighbors is an inveterate OBJ
lection to sunlight and fresh air, for
walk of several miles, on a bright
spring morning, failed to disclose a
single open shutter anywhere And the
shutters to which this a1ludes are not
mere blinds. They are made of solid
boards, locked with padlocks and other
safety contrivances, and applied to
doors as well as windows. In summer
the shutters are opened in the evening;
in winter they remain Theoretically
sealed: and this queer state of affairs
seems to prevail among the wealthy as
well as the poor. The combination of
odors which peryades these houses must
be smelled to be appreciated; a de-
scription in words would not do justice
to the variety of French and Italian
cookery nor to the possibilities of the
olfactory organ.
= The portions of the French section
inhabited by the better classes are char
acterized by large gardens surrounding
the various mansions which, though
gray from age, reflect the importance
of the people who dwell within their
walls. Of all exclusive creatures on
American soil the upper-tendom Creole,
especially if of the feminine gender, is
the proudest and most provincial, equal
in every respect to the high-caste
Brahmin who considers social inter
course with interiors and foreigners
sacrilege. 1t is said that some of these
Creole danes, although born and reared
in New Orleans, have never crossed
Canal street, which is the dividing line
between the French and American por-
tions of the city.
But, as has been said, the younger
generation does not view this tradition
al prejudice with favor, and with its
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
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The readers of this paper viii be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able 20 cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
A WOMAN POLICEMAN.
She Is Young, Pretty and brave, and
Does a Great Deal of Good
Work.

Honolulu has a policewoman. Her
hame is Helen Wilder. She is beauty,
and the heiress to many millions made
in Hawaiian sugar. She is % years
old.
Miss Wilder is a regularly appointed
special officer of the Hawaiian police
force. She wears a soft felt hat, on
which glitters the silver star that pro-
claims her policewoman. She also
carries a revolver, and is not afraid to
use it. She has made several arrests
unaided.
The honor of being policewoman
was not forced upon Miss Wilder. To
be exact. she solicited it. The Hawaiian
heiress loves children and animals, and
it was to protect her small and lowly
friends that she asked an appointment
on the police force.
It was reported recently that the
captain of a steamship that had put
into port at Honolulu had mistreated
his children. Miss Wilder boarded the
ship and found that for slight offense
the captain had locked the children in
stateroom for several days, keeping
them on a bread and water diet. To
the establishment of the protesting cap
tain, she promptly marched him down
the gangplank and straight to Jail.
Recently Miss Wilder has come into
the courts through her zeal as cop"
She detected one OLAF Hollefson,
street car driver, in the act of driving
a. mule whose shoulders were bleed
ing from chatting collar. She COM
pelled him to leave his car and pas
sengers and go with her to the police
station, where she had him booked"
for cruelty to animals.
Hollefson claimed that as Miss Wild
ar had no warrant the arrest was IL
legal. He claimed $4,000 damages. The
courts decided in favor of Miss Wilder.
She rides horse with the daring of
vaquero. She handles the reins with
he dizziness and daring of a stage
triyer. She swims and rows with the
grace and strength of Kanaka.
But wherever she is, or whatever she
nay be doing, she carries pair OF
1andcuffs snap on the wrists OF the
enemies of children and animals.-N.
Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
VICTORIA'S ANCESTORS
Their Bones, Which Have Been
Knocking About for Three Gem
turtles, Collected by the Queen.

Queen Victoria has just had the bones
of some of her Scottish ancestors, which
have been knocking about loose for
about 800 years, collected and deposited
in tomb. 1t seems almost incredible
that since 1858 the bones of the MEM
bers of the royal family of Scotland
have been lying exposed to the elements,
all uncoffined and neglected. The tomb
in which the queen has now had placed
the bones of her ancestors is the old
royal vault in the corner of the ruined
chapel of Holyrood house, Edinburgh.
The remains were all originally in
this tomb, except those of Mary of
Gueldres, queen of James II. of Scot
land, which have been added to the col
lection.
The royal remains first left their
place in the royal vault in the troublous
times of 1858, when the revolutionary
mob wrenched open the leaden collins
and scattered the bones of James V.
and Magdalen of France, with those of
other royal personages, over the paved
aisles of the Abbey church. For a CEN
fury or so the remains were exposed in
the open to the elements and to the pub
lie gaze. Shame at length compelled
the authorities to collect the remains
and place them in the vault of stone
shelves laid in the wall of the old Nor
man doorway. There they lay bleached
white till a few months ago, when, by
her majesty's command, they were
carefully collected and reinstated in
The restored tomb. The only coffin in
the collection is that which is supposed
10 contain the remains of Mary of
Gueldres, which was unearthed in 1s4S,
N the removal of the Trinity College
church, to make way for the North
British railway.
Upon the entrance to the vault, which
had hitherto been quite open to the air
and protected only by wide iron graf
ng, door of light oak has been placed,
bearing brass plate and an inscription
10 the effect that This vault of the
Scottish kings contains the remains of
David IL, of James II. and his queen,
Mary of Gueldres; of Arthur, third son
IF James ~: of James v. his queen,
Magdalen, and second son, Arthur,
luke of Albany, and of Henry, Lord
Oarnley, consort of Mary, queen of
Scots" The inscription goes on to say
hat their resting place was desecrated
n the year 1885," and that recently
these mortal remains Of her Stuart an
,estors were reverently collected and
.ntombed by command of Queen Vic
oria. "-Philadelphia Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
Dewey Bought a Ticket.

When Commodore Dewey left Washing
ton IN November, 1897, to take command of
the feet in the Pacific Ocean. he did NOT ride
on pass or half-rate ticket Being a per
sonal friend o. s. B. Hege, General Agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio passenger department
In Washington, the now famous sea fighter
bought two hrst-class tickets from Washing
ton to San Francisco via the B. & O., Chi
cago Northwestern, Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific lines. Lieut. Brumby ac-
companied the admiral and they departed
on November 9th
Sore time ago Manager of Passenger
Traffic ID. b. Martir, OF the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, set out to collect the
coupons of the ticket and only recently
secured all OF them. He has had the ticket,
containing Dewey's signature, Autographed
and is issuing fac-simi1es as souvenirs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
Evidence Against Hin.

Il am proud to say" said the man with the
loud voice, that have never made a seri-
GUS mistake in my life
But YOU are mistaken" said the mild
hammered man with the SCHOLARLY stoop;
you have made one very serious mistake"
I'D like TO know where you get your are
thority for saying sop
Your declaration is evidence that you
have never tried TO see yourself as others
see you-'lChicago Times Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

passing away must be noted the disap-
pearance of ancient superstitions
among the lower stratum of French So
ciety. In religious way the French
people of Louisiana have chung with
marvellous fidelity to the Catholic OBJ
servances of a century ago. They are
still firm believers in the efficacy of
amulets and relics, much more so than
the Catholics of the north. A favorite
pilgrimage of the young people of the
city is to the old cemetery of st. Roch,
wherein stands chapel containing
marble representation of the Corpus
Christi. In this chapel there is large
square table with several hundred tin
candlesticks. At the cemetery en-
trance votive candles can be purchased.
as well as diminutive images of ST. JOS
eph holding the Christ child. The
common belief is that the burning of
one of these candles, when accompanied
by n prayer, will cause ones wishes to
be fulfilled, especially those of a senti-
mental nature. The image of ST. JOS
eph, who, according to the tradition,
had a warm heart for love-sick SWANS
and damsels, in order to work wonders,
should be carried head down until ones
wish has come true. the argument be-
ing that the saint, prompted by nat
ura1 desire to be placed in more COM
Portable position, will speedily answer
the prayers of the worshipers. Of
course, the faith in these and similar
manifestations obtains only among the
ignorant, yet few visitors to the city
fail to burn a candle at ST. Roch's or re-
turn to their homes without an image
of St. Joseph in a brass casket.
Slowly but surely these ancient be-
liefs are dying out, and with them, too,
Will depart more of the quaintness of
Creoledom. But one interesting form
of population New Orleans will always
have-the negroes. And these negroes
are the most shiftless and thoughtless
of their race. Thousands of them live
in such abject poverty and squalor in
that part of the city which has by COM
mon consent been set apart for them
that a truthful account of their mode
of existence would not be believed by
northern readers. Improvidence and
utter disregard for future needs seem
here to have reached the fullest meas
ure. And yet they appear to be happy
and contented, free from care and alb
solutely unconscious of responsibility
to themselves, their families or their
country. The man who said that full
stomach maketh a glad heart must
have had in view the negroes of the
south, as nowhere else does the stom-
ach play so great part. It is. in fact,
the ruler of all things; and nothing
could create any social revolution in
Coontown as long as some sort of food
was obtainable. The matter of raiment
cuts no figure whatever. In fact, the
less said about it the better for every
body concerned. G. W. WEIPPERT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
TNaY1y WotAers
Gratitude
[LEIIER TO MS. PINkaAM NO. SD


"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM--I have many,
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement / was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb.
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and 1eucorrhea. I felt so
weak and tired that i could not do my
work. 1 became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have sweet baby girl never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and I feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I.
am now able to do my work and feel
better than have for years cannot
thank you enough. - Mrs. Ed. En-.
LINGER, DEvINE, TEX.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09


Corner of Dauphine and st. Philippe
Streets. New Orleans.)
one of the great export centers and, I'M
less it's citizens fail to grasp the oppor-
tunities offered to them by geograph-
ical location and inherent possibilities,
the natural trade center for the Cuban,
Porto Rican, Central and South Amer
lean markets.
Ten years hence the provincial New
Orleans of to-day will be a memory.
The clannishness which has for CEN
turtles interfered with its real progress
will have given place to local pride not
based on racial traditions but on the
greatness of the city.
Bearing this in mind, the traveller
who wants to see the New Orleans
with which Cables stories and the
schoolbooks have made him measur-
ably familiar must not delay his visit
to the Crescent City or he will be for
ever deprived of the medieval flavor
which fingers lovingly with all who
have strolled through the already MORT
bund French quarter"
The old tiled-roof houses with their
Gueer shutter doors are being sup
planted by more modern structures,
and but few of those still in existence
among them that shown in the pic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
Wonderfully strengthened.

SCI have been taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
your remedies was in terrible state;
felt like fainting every httle.while. I
thought 1 must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are all gone."-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1874 HELEN AVE, DETROIT
MICH.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
Very Buay.

May and Edith are sisters, four and five
years old respectively. May had been very
naughty, and mamma had taken her over
ment, when Edith suddenly pushed the door
ajar and peeped in. Turning her chubby
face as far round toward her sister as her
peculiar position would admit, May said
very gravely:
Go out, Edie, don't you see I'm busy?"
1t Is needless to add that mamma granted
respite.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
y1ctorf. Gettanr YOUNG.

In view of the fact of the Queens APP
preaching visit to the continent, English
men are especially interested in her majes-
tvs health II is announced that her hear
ing has grown acute and her eyesight keen
er- Youthful faculties IN old age depend
be kept pure and the stomach sweet with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters 1t cures in
digestion, constipation, biliousness, nerv-
business, liver and kidney troubles, as web
as malaria and fever and ague. 1t keeps
people young.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
Those Absurd Names.

'What ridiculous names they have over
there in the Philippines" said the man who
had just walked up to the counter and been
assured by the clerk that he could have the
best room in the hotel. There's Calumpit,
for instance. That name would make a
horse laugh. Who ever heard of anything
so absurd as to give town such postmark
as that?''
Then he took the pen that the clerk had
been holding out toward him and wrote
upon the register:
-. Crawford, Woonsocket, R. I.''-Chi-
cago Evening News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

Rev. (now Bishop Joseph S. Key, wrote:
We gave your Teethina (Teething Pow
ders) to our little grandchild with the hap
piest results. The effects were almost mag
zeal and certainly more satisfactory than
from anything we ever used"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
powder for the feet 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns. Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, ard Sweating
Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, sc Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
An Expert.

Silas-Is your son still practicinp medi.
cine?
,Reuben-Nope. He's learnt it now.-N.
Y. Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

There are some things in this world tina
cannot be done, and it is simply the part O
wisdom to stop trying to do them.-Bostol
Waterman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

Trouble is Ike a mud-hole; it's easy
enough to get in, but takes all ones power
to get out.-Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

A Russian remedy for insomnia is to
lave dog sleep in the room, and pref
rably in the same bed. It NAV be
through sense of companionship, or
,ne of security, or it may act sug-
,estively; at any rate, it is said at times
% prove of value when other means
ail.-Public Health Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
4 STRAIGHT Tin.

Don't 60 to a doctor with broken heart
he is likely to call it appendicitis and oper-
ate.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

The Best Prescription for CEtlIs>
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TASTELESs
CHILL TONIC 1t is simply iron and quinine in
tasteieSs form. No cure-no pay. Price, soc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

I could not get along without Piso's Cure
E. C. Moulton, Needham, Mass, Oct. ., 81.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

She-"Do you love me as much as you did
when we were marriedy" He-.More. Il
thinks-but not so much as L thoughte !
loved you then Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09
BE HAD INVESTIGATED.
Prepared to Prove They Were
the Real Thing.

We had got back to the hotel after doing
the whirlpool at Niagara when the Well
preserved old man whose face carried a look
OF solicitation approached TO ask:
Well, you have seen everything, and are
ready too, go:''
Have you any fault to find:"
Not a bit
'rYou-you don't doubt that it's real
water pouring over the falls?
Not the slightest"
ttAnd the roaring" he whispered you
don't imagine the roaring TO be put-up
"Of course not"
81 am glad of that You found Goat
island real, solid lands It didn't turn ont to
be the end of the bridget"
''Oh, no. Goat island Is all there, and no
humbug about 1T
And you expected the whirlpool to 20
round and round, of course: / trust that
your expectations were realized!
Fully realized, sir
THAT is good,' he feelingly exclaimed.
NWater perfectly natural-Goat island real
land-roar not produced with sheet iron
whirlpool whirling around as advertised-no
fraud-no deception Sir, it makes me feel
good; II makes me happy. l came here three
months ago, and have carefully and consci-
entiously investigated everything, and / as
sure you, sir, that everything is genuine and
up and up, and that you needn't be afraid
to talk to your friends when you get home
Real thing, sir-real thing, and should any
deception be practiced depend upon me to
find 1t out and put the confding public on
its guard. Chicago Evening News.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09

READERS OF THIS PAPER
DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING
ADVERTISED In ITS COLUMNS
SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING
WHAT THEY ASK FOR, REFUSING
ALL SUBSTITUTES Oh INVITATIONS.
The daily sentinel., 1899-01-09
MONDAY JANUARY Q.
We've Got It.

There seems to be an effort being
made on the part Of a certain railroad
and other interesting parties to turn the
contemplated beet sugar factory away
from Grand Ju ction, where it was Or
iginally intended to be located. 1t
would be an irreparable mistake to 10
cate the first beet sugar factory in the
northern part Of the state, as it is a SER
ious question il it could be made sue
cess for three reasons, namely: land is
higher priced. the soil is not rich enough
and scarcity OF water. Grand Junct-
ion is prominently the location for the
first factory, The soil is exceedingly
rich, the season longer, land is cheaper
and there never is and never can be a
shortage OF water. Let the fret factory
be located where conditions are favor
able to its success, in order that it may
have every advantage. and having prov
ed to the world that in Colorado beet
sugar can be made at profit, then let
other localities take it up.-Florence
Refiner.
The daily sentinel., 1899-01-09
IL II DkAc0lt to ShOOt E1ecavsAV
1s0A . ships Desk-Rule Fsa1ows1
~ American Navy.

Necessarily the deck Of . vessel at
sea offers much less satisfactory plat
form from which to shoot than the
solid foundation provided in land fort,
since even when the ocean is calmest
the vessels must constantly roll from
side to side. Theoretically the best
time to fire would be at the moment be-
tween the rolls, when the deck of the
ship is perfectly level, and in general
way it may be said that an attempt is
made to do the shooting at that in
slant. It is practically impossible.
however, to fire invariably when the
decks are horizontal. No matter how
careful the gunner, the piece is almost
always exploded just before or just
after the proper instant, says the New
York Press.
The American practice, both in the
army and navy, has always been to
shoot low and always save ammunition
until it was possible to use it effective
ly. In the navy the tradition to shoot
low has crystalized into standing rule,
unwritien. indeed. but none the less re-
ligiously observed. and its wisdom has
been proved on more than one occasion
of great importance.
The precise form of this unwritten
naval rule is to wait for the downward
roll" This is the converse of the maxim
obtaining in the British navy that it is
best to take advantage of the upward
roll," which has been observed almost
from the beginning of naval fighting by
the gunners on English ships.
This was rendered the more certain
from the fact that the spherical projec.
tiles then in use would ricochet along
the surface Of the waves il they struck
the water exactly as a stone will skip
along the top of pond when properly
thrown from the hand of small boy.