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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-06-22
Cured when Others Failed.

S. A. Ingalls,, Crown Point, N. y.
Writes.-My wife suffered from kidney
trouble for years. She consulted sew
raj physicians and tried a number of
Kidney Cures without getting relief.
She was induced to try FOley's Kidney
Cure and in less than a week after she
began using it, she was greatly i'm
proved and three bottles cured her.
C.. C. & j. E. StOrmeS,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-06-22
Any Old Sore.

Cut. Bruise, or Sprain quickly heal
ed with Banner Salve the greatest
healing remedy in the world.
q. C.. & j. E. StarmeS.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-06-22

Governor Bradley has RENTED the
prison part Of the sentence imposed on
William Cnmmins, Of Garrard countXi
convicted Of carrying concealed and
deadly weapons,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

only a little beyond the furthest edge
of the road and barely so feet of its
length. So he could form no idea OF the
landscape, or where the spot was sit
uated. Now and then. man, or a
group of men, would walk past, but
the sound of their footsteps did not rise
to his ears. Carriages and vehicles of
several kinds went by. but they glided
along as noiseless as bicycles, unless
Gielow put his head against the stone,
There was rustic seat at the side
of the road, and the artist almost forgot
his inward torture in hoping that some
of the passers-by would sit there to
rest. He had vague idea that if the
people would only stop and look up
he might manage to signal to them.
A young man and a girl came into
view. They were walking slowly hand
in hand, and, as if obeying Gielow's de-
sire telepathically. they sat down on the
rustic seat. The young man put his
arm around his companions waist, their
eyes met, and their faces glowed.
Gielow placed his lips to the crack
and shouted, but he had grown so
hoarse that his voice did not pass
through the crevice in the rock. He
tried again and again and at last gave
up in despair.
Then another thought entered his
brain. Feeling over the floor, he final
~ found a pebble and tried to throw
it through the assure, but this was also
an impossibility. The opening was too
long and irregular for anything to be
thrown through 1t, and it sloped down
ward so gradually that the pebble
would not roll.
Then Gielow thought of something
else. He took off one of his white
linen cuffs. He coiled it tightly, and
tied it with a thread from the lining of
his cravat. He believed he would be
able to push it through the crack by a
certain contrivance he had i'll mind
Then he paused to reflect, and finally
decided that he would write some mes
sage on the cuff, some appeal to the
world at large for help. But how to
write it was the first thing to be decided,
for, on going through his pockets, he
could find nothing but his penknife.
He believed he could. if his hand were
strong enough. cut the letters into the
linen, but would they be noticed by a
casual observer? Then a thought came
to him, which may have been suggested
by an incident in some romantic novel
he had read in his youth. He would
write it in his own blood.
ITO BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
Crimes of Coolies.

They are queer crowd. these
coolies, whether on land or sea. Cum
ming as foxes and cowardly as wolves
they resemble the parish dogs of their
own cities in point of ina bility to hunt
any prey save in packs. 1 heard of an
instance where a gang of them, en-
ployed as navvies in the cutting of a
railway, Dashed their overseer with
shovels and fed into the bush. Nobody
was ever hanged for the crime, be-
cause some 40 of them were in it-and
that would have been rather a large
consignment to condemn, even in the
far east, where human life is so cheap
There are quarter of a million Chi
nese in Bangkok alone, and they do not
appeal to ones cordial emotions-yery
much the contrary. And should this
catch the eye of any intending visitor
to the far east, I would urge upon him
the unwisdom of venturing to spend
a nj ght on Chinese junk without so
much as a revolver to defend himself
with. Occasionally European is dis
covered by the marine police floating
on the water with his throat cut 1t
such case it is highly proba BILE that
he has been foolhardy, as 1 was. But
different people are born to different
ends, and the Chinese contempt of the
European is frequently justified by
facts.-Ludgate Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
What 1t Proved.

A patient in an English insane asy-
lum imagined himself dead, and moth
ing could drive the delusion out of his
brain. One day the physician had a
happy thought, and said to him:
did you ever see a dead man
bleed?''
NO" he replied:
Did you ever hear of dead man
bleeding?"
''No.''
"WeH, if you will permit me. I will
try an experiment. with you. and see if
you bleed or not
The patient gave his consent. The
doctor whipped out his scalpel and
drew a little blood.
There" he said, you see that you
bleed; that proves that you are not
dead"
Not at ALL" the patient instantly
replied; that proves that dead men
can bleed."-San Francisco Argonaut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
Sunlight and Health.

Sunlight, says the Lancet, has WELL
known effect upon the life of patho-
genie organisms. Direct sunlight viii
Kill tubercle bacilh in few hours or
perhaps in few minutes; whereas
they will live for days if exposed to a
very strong diffused daylight The ex-
hiiarating effect of a burst of sunshine
in the spring is probably not due to
mere luminosity, but TO an increased
actinic action, a chemical action which
we cannot very well explain. but which
everyone feels. In estimating, there
fore, the value of health resort, the
amount of this actinic value in the sun
shine ought to be taken into account,
no less than the number of days upon
which the sun shines during the month
or the year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

hpon floor plan. The veranda is by
90 feet. All chambers have large clos
cts. The parlor has one end treated as
bay window and this feature is carried
out with all the principal rooms. The
sitting-room contains corner fire
place, one chimney answering for the
entire house. Arched openings are
used between the reception hall and
parlor; also between front chamber and
alcove.
Sliding doors are used between par
lor and sitting-room and between sit
ting-room and dining-room. The kitch-
en- is fitted with white porcelain-Ined
sink, maple floor. fuel gas outlets, vain
scoting, speaking tubes and electric
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

front page where the sullen rays of the
lantern fell upon the head lines.
That's plain enough to be read from
where you are" he said. There's
your name at the top"
The big black letters seemed to
stamp themselves on the brain of the
artist. They drew him, as it were, by
force to sitting posture, then he COW
cred his face with his hands and sank
back on his pallet OF straw.
Bantinni drew nearer him and swung
his lantern over his fsS,e 1t was as if
the ordeal. Seeing his fear unground
ed, he laughed lightly.
''You must not die too quickly" he
said; sit would not suit my purpose.
Since you have been here you have aid
ed me vastly, and I may need your as
sistance again."
Gielow made no answer. He had
folded his white lips together as if to
: keep them in subsection.
''You seem to have little curiosity"
went on the count. you have good
control over the features, but I can
make you writhe. What if l were to
tell you that since you have been here
you have with your own hand written
to your sweetheart confessing your
crime and saying that Count Bantinni
had followed you for days and nights
trying to get you to give up your awful
scheme, and that you had finally eluded
his vigilance and carried out your plan
unknown to him %
Gielow's very soul seemed o die with
in him. He closed his eyes to shut out
the diabolical visage of his tormentor,
but even through his eyelids he saw
the red glow of the lantern and felt the
presence of the inhuman fiend.
''And more than that" continued the
voice of the Italian. You have writ
ten letter to the police acknowledging
the crime and expressing your inten-
ton of leaving America for good. They
are trying to catch you, but when they
fail and have forced me to testify
against you'll say forced, for it would
be unseemly in a friend to volunteer
such information-and after my state
ment has compelled Henri to open his
lips. wcjL you can see that with you
buried mere 1 shall be safe TO marry the
girl. You don't think 500" (Gielow
had writhed visibly.) "Well, remem-
Der my power. She would have been
my wife long ago but for the clause in
the will pertaining TO Caruthers. l have
always believed that a great murder
could be committed without the perpe-
traitors ever being detected, and have
carefully worked out the details of this
plan"
The strain was too much for the de-
pleted physical condition of the i'll
starred prisoner. Bantinni seemed to
be talking to him from a great distance.
Then came the sound of the iron doors
closing, the turning of a key in a rusty
lock, darkness, silence, soothing uncon-
sciousness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
ELECTRICAL TERMS.
They Are Simple Enough. Says an
Authority. Once You Get the
Hang of Them.

4 consulting electrical engineer, who
was asked to put one of the less COM
mon electrical terms in plain language.
said: II am frequently resorted to for
just such explanations, and nothing
surprises me more than the haziness
which still exists in the minds of even
intelligent folks in regard to the sim
plest electrical terms. To most people
the electrical units are still mere Greek,
and comparatively few go to the trouble
to take hold of the more common of
them, such as volt 'ampere,' resist
ance,' 'electro-lilotive force etc, and
fix their meaning, once for all, in the
mind. y man who knows me only by
reputation wrote to me the other day
that he had done this with much sat
isfaction to himself, as he has now n
far more intelligent idea of electrical
doings than he had before. But still.
he said, from time to time some electri-
cal words creep into the daily press,
which conveyed nothing to him. He
mentioned as one of these, the term
watt hour. Now, this is quite simple
The watt is the unit of electric power
1t means the power developed when
1925 foot-pounds of work are done per
HlIHut VI sfos . AOOL- pOuAiOS PCI sCCOhd'
A foot-pound is the amount of work re-
quired to raise one pound vertically
through distance OF one foot. When this
is figured down 50 as to be defined in
horsepower which is understood by
every one, it can offer no difficulty, and
if anyone to whom the word watt is
pulling will remember that a watt is
the 1-F46th of a horsepower he will
have no more uncertainty about 1T.
Having gotten so far, it is an easy grad
alton to the watt hour which is the
term employed to indicate the expendi-
ture of an electrical power OF one watt
for an hour. In other words, the ener-
gy represented by a watt hour is equal
to that expended in raising a pound to
height of 1854 feet An even easier
way of fixing it is to remember that two
watt hours correspond almost exactly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
Sizing I'm Poor Pam,

The heir and hope of the family at
Blank castle was a little rogue of
about five summers. One day a lunch
he was very disobedient. His father,
whose orders had been repeatedly ig-
nored, at last struck the table to ac-
Centuate his parental authority, and
said, Indignantly: William. you for
get who l ann" The velvet-eyed
scamp looked up, and with subtle sim
Plicity said: ''Oh, no; you're only muv-
ver's husband and the hereditary leg
islator remained speechless amid the
derisive laughter of his guests.-Lon-
don Telegraph
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

TO raising a pound to height of one
mile. The understanding of such terms
opens out some very curious facts to the
uninitiated. For instance, certain
dry battery, weighing 6.3S pounds was
known to yield $50 watt hours. If this
force were applied to raising the bat
terry itself, it would lift it to height
of over ten miles. Again, in one hour
the energy translated in an ordinary
16 candie-power lamp weighing about
an ounce would raise that lamp TO
height of 400 miles at velocity of near
" seven miles per minute. Yes, it pays
a man to expend little pains Oh mas,
teT'ing the ordinary electrical terms.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
CHAPTER XVIII.

When Gielow next awoke it was with
increased pains from hunger and thirst.
His lips and throat were dry and
swollen; his face was hot with fever.
Slowly his last talk with Count Ban
tinni came back to him.
81 must die here like a dog, and
Dorothy will be his next victim,' he
groaned. eff only I could save her
would not care what became of me-"
But later the realization of mis- blasted
reputation, the downfall of the name
he had been so proud to bear, struck
him like blow and he threw himself
back on the stone floor and wept.
After awhile dull sound like the far
off beat of horses hoofs and the hollow
rumble of wheels was transmitted to
him through the rock against which his
head rested. He found when he sat up
that the sound was no longer audible.
SO he judged that there must be paved
road or street near if not beneath him.
For hours he listened to these sounds,
his serse of hearing becoming so acute
that he could distinguish between the
passing of a two horse vehicle and a
single one. After awhile every thing
became quiet and he judged that it was
night.
Long dragging hours elapsed, then
the sounds awoke TO life again and he
knew that another day had broken.
Touching the uneven rocks of one of the
walls he discovered that they were moist,
and crawling to them he licked their
Shiny surfaces with his parched tongue,
but this only seemed TO irritate his
thirst without giving relief, so he threw
y, ! 10 Il %,.,o 4 ~
practice what he had heard a mental
scientist say about the efficacy of ig-
noring the belief in hunger or thirst to
escape suffering when deprived of food
or water. But he failed in this, and al
lowed visions of cool sparkling streams
in sunlit meadows to pass before his
eyes mind. He never thought of Doro-
thy now except as seated with him at a
sumptuous table.
Once when he put his head in new
position, to avoid the piercing of the
sharp pointed stones, he felt a tiny
stream of fresh air shooting from the
wall about a~foot from the floor. EX-
aiming the stone in that vicinity, he
found a long irregular crack through
which the air entered. Then he began
to beat the stone with his handouts and
noticed, when he struck it near the
crack. that it gave forth the sound of
broken rather than of solid stone.
Again and again he beat the rock until
ne felt more air coming in at the cleft,
and then his heart bounded with eX-
psctation, for he had loosened a piece
of the rock about 4 foot long by two
inches in width. and when he had
tugged at it for several moments it fell
to the floor.
Then. joy untold! a stream of day
light flashed into his face and for an
instant blinded him. When his eyes
had become accustomed to the unwont-
ed brightness, he saw that there was n
widening crevice through the solid rock
from the interior of the cell 10 the out
side. And through it, about so feet be-
meath him, he saw paved roadway
borde red by trees and grass
But owing TO the downward ten
dency of the assure his range of vision
was very limited. In fact, lie could ses
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
THE LITTLE WHITE SUN.

The sky had gray, gray face.
The touch of the mist was chill.
The earth was an eerie place
For the wind moaned over the hill:
But the brown earth laughed, and the sky
turned blue,
When the little white sun came peeping
through
The wet leaves saw ii and smiled,
The glad birds gave il a song
A cry from a heart, glee-swild,
And the echoes laugh ii along:
And the wind and went whistling too.
When the little white sun came peeping
through.
So welcome the chill of rain
And the world in it's dreary guise-
To have il over again,
That moment of sweet surprise,
When the brown earth laughs. and the sky
turns blue,
As the little white sun comes peeping
through.
Annie Campbell Huestis. in s. s. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

and the second a finishing coat, plss-
ter OF Paris hard finish, OF putty coat.
All exterior painting is three coat
work, excepting the roof and veranda
floors, including steps The roof on
the main part of the building and
veranda roof shingles viii receive one
brush coat of olive green paint. The
veranda floor and steps will receive
four coats of the best paint for floor
purposes, having tongues and grooves
well loaded at the time the floor is
laid The finishing coat of paint for
the exterior part of the building win
be a terra Gotta color, with white trim
mings. The brick used for face OF the
chimney is of q buff color, press brick,
chimney capped with stone.
The down spouts, flashing and gut
tiers are of galvanized iron. Art glass is
used when shown on front elevation;
all other glass is American, double
thick, free from defects, excepting the
glass in the two large center windows,
showing on front elevation. These and
the glass in the front door viii be OF
plate glass.
The entire first and second exterior.
walls will be back plastered with q
heavy coat of brown mortar.
The entire first and second foor fin
ish, such as doors, castings, stairs, rail.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
CHAPTER XVII.

Gieiow came back to consciousness
through a maze of dreams. He seemed
to be in the studio laughing at Henri
for draping Il curtain awkwardly. Next
he was with Dorothy in the conserya-
tory at her home; she never had
seemed so beautiful. Then a swift
.draught of cold air seemed to be strik-
ing his feet and ankles. She held some
flowers towards him and he tried to
take them, but could not lift his hand,
or stir muscle. She glided away,
melting into a vast bank of orchids, but
when he essayed to follow his feet
seemed chained to the floor. He gave
a sudden cry of terror as she vanished,
and his voice seemed TO rebound from
the walls and ceiling, which appeared
to have contracted. Then he awoke and
found himself enveioped in such pro-
found darkness that he wondered if
his soul were released from his body
and adrift in space.
Great God!" he exclaimed. What
can this mean? Where am To"
He tried to recall his latest conscious
moments, but his brain seemed be-
numbed. Everything was chaos. He
moved his hand, and felt a clasp of
cold steel on his wrist. He heard
chain rattle. Aghast-terrifed ineffa-
lbly-he moved the other hand. 1t, also,
was chained to the stones beneath him.
He attempted TO draw up his feet. They,
TOO, were manacied-
Then he lay motionless and tried
once more to recall past events. Dor
othy! Yes, ne remembered calling on
her and humbly confessing his sor
row for having publicly quarreled with
'Caruthers. She had readily forgiven
him. and shed tears at something she
would not explain. He remembered
telling her that he was not going to
the reception a the Palace hotel the fol-
lowing night. She understood that he
.shrank from being seen publicly,
though she begged him to go and dance
once with her. She reminded him that
Caruthers was away, but even that did
not alter his determination He left
early, for she and her aunt were going
to the Horse Show with Count Bantinni,
and it was almost time for her to dress.
Then he remembered how hard he
worked all the next day, and how he
threw himself that night on lounge
and tried to sleep. Finding this i'm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

ing, newell posts, banisters and base
for oil finish.
sheathed with fence flooring and is
covered with two thicknesses Of tar
paper, over which the finished siding
is placed.
The studding are 2x4 inches placed
16 inches on centers; joist 2X10 inches;
roof rafters PKG inches.
The foundation wall is built with
rubble stone 10 inches thick.
Height of basement is feet. first
story 91R feet, second story feet
The carving shown is of compost
ton. Suitable hardware is used
throughout the building. The attic is
fioored with fence flooring.
The doors are all five cross panel
doors, feet inches wide by 7 feet
high; front and rear doors are feet 2
inches wide by feet high.
The entire house is piped for gas and
furnace.
The shingles used on roof are cedar.
Wood mantel, mirror above tile facing
and hearth.
This residence upon the ground is 90
feet front by 40 feet depth, and is suit
able for a 25-foot lot.
The price stated fully covers the cost
for good, substantial material and the
best labor. The building when COM
Pleted must be ready for occupancy,
having been scrubbed out, windows
cleaned and all work thoroughly fin
ished- GEO. a. w. KNIT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
\ Large Timber Ocean Cradle.

An immense timber cradle has been
under constructions at Seattle, Wash,
during the past three months. and the
last section of the odd-looking craft
was launched on March 20, and will be
placed in position to receive the.first
cargo in a few days. 1t is thought that
the cradle viii have capacity of 3.o00.-
600 feet of lumber. Many lumber ship
pers are afraid the craft will never
reach San Francisco, its destination.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
Great SfrideE.

DO you attempt to deny that we
have been making great strides in civ
ilization?" inquired the Spanish Office
holder.
Not at ALL" replied the Disguised
citizen. Not at all. The only diff
Guilty is that we have been walking
backward" -Washington Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
DAYS of Horror.

First Trayeler-I was in Paris dur
ing the siege.
Second Traveller was in New York
during the draft riots.
Third Traveller was IN Scotland
when the railway strikers paraded the
streets with bagpipes--N. Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

bells leading to front and reap doors,
bath room and front chamber. The
first and second story have double
floors with felt paper between rough
and finished floors.
All plastering is two-coat work-the
first coat a rough brown mortar coat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05
Putting Rubbish to Good Use.

Boston has just put in operation new
works for the utilization of city refuse.
The city makes saving by paying So
500 annually for the disposition of the
rubhisl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05

THIS neat and attractive residence
..an be erected for 81, 700.
There are nine rooms, as follows:
Parlor 1919 by 16 feet; sitting room 10
by 14H feet; dining-room 10 by 14k
feet; kitchen. sA by 9 feet; and five
rooms upon second floor, sizes as shown