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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
IRELAND's STAGE RECORDS.
ON Theatrical History Is
Invaluable.

The best known historian of the
American stage died on December %
| last at his home in Bridgeport, Conn,
| but the fact of his death attracted little
attention at the time. Joseph Norton
Ireland's Records of the New York
Stage from 1850 to 1867 is about the
most valuable book on the American
.theater and is highly appreciated by
| collectors. This is the most important
Of Mr.. Ireland's works, although he was
an author of several books relating to
| theatrical history. It is curious fact
about such books that the good ones are
| very highly valued, although few per-
sons take the trouble to write them.
One author long in the business of
theatricals has completed a work which
has continued for years. He has had
other employment in the meantime,
| and his book has been rather a labor of
| love. Now that it is finished and con-
| tains, in the authors opinion, splen-
did history of the actors of this coun-
| try, it is impossible to find subscribers
| who will enable him to publish the
! work. But doubtless it's value within
few years after it is published will be
| many times as great as it is now. But
the general interest in these matters
is too slight for a publisher to under
take the risk, and the collectors have
not yet been found who are willing to
| subscribe in advance for the history. So
it remains completed but without a
publisher. The great value of Mr.. Ire
lands works to-day emphasizes the diff
ference in the public appreciation of
such books before and after they are
published.
Mr.. Ireland writings were the result
| merely of his interest in the stage, and
| this avocation began when he was a
| merchant in this city. He born here
| on April "A, 1917. His father, Joseph
Ireland, was descendant of Thomas
Ireland, one of the original patentees
| of Hampstead, L. I. Mr.. Ireland studied
| in this city and in Bedford, N. Y. He
remained in business here until 1853.
Then he retired and moved to Bridge
| port with the idea of completing the
| work in which he had so long been in
! tcrested. He had never before written
| on the subject but he had gathered
great deal of information which he was
able to use with authority. The writ
| ings which he first contributed to the
press were afterward used to form the
/ basis of his principal work.
Mr.. Ireland owned, at the time of his
death, an extra illustrated edition of
| his Records which contained upward
| Of 1850 portraits and autographs of
| the persons who are mentioned in the
work. The extra illustration of this
copy cost Mr.. Ireland almost as much
| as the original writing of the book, in
| addition to a considerable outlay of
| money. Among Mr.. Ireland's other
| works were Memorials of Mrs. Duff, y
| published in 1882 in Boston, and "A Me-
moir of the Professional Life of Thomas
| Apthorpe Cooper" and he contributed
to dramatic collections and maya
zines. But it is his Records that is
most in demand.-N. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

eat for many sparrows by the side of
its grain elevators and cotton gins.
AT II o'clock every forenoon the
train pulls into the station of the town.
It has come from the south and the
engine is thirsty. A little beyond the
station is big red water tank with a
long nose trussed up against its side.
which is lowered to the engine when it
comes. The red tank holds the only
considerable supply of water in the
town. The sparrows know this. After
the engine has slaked its thirst the
nose of the tank is elevated again and
the train pulls away from the town
and is gone for another "a hours. Be
meath the tanks nose is a little gravelly
hollow, and for ten minutes after the
train has gone the nose drips and drips
after awhile at long intervals, drop
by drop, until it stops altogether. And
its drippings form pool.
The sparrows know the train time
quite as well as the bus man and the
town loafers. After the train has
pulled out they gather about the nose
under the water tank. First they stand
around the pool in arcircle and drink,
the tiny heads dipping into the cool wa
ter and heads going back, that they
may swallow it. AS soon as they have
slaked their thirst they plunge into the
pool and hirt their wings in the water,
as is their method of bathing. They
quarrel and push each other about and
peck savagely. And after they have all
drunk and bathed nc water remains
save a little moisture in the bottom of
the water-worn gravel basin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
WAIT FOR THE TRAIN.
sparrows Know the Time of Its Ar
rival as Well as the Station
Agent Himself.

It is mighty dry in the Indian terri
tory as to liquor at all seasons, and as
to water at any season save that of the
freshet.
In an Indian territory town where
rains have not fallen and where the
bullfrog is voiceless for the water to
wet his throat a passenger train passes
about II o'clock every day. In the
town is the usual flock of English spar
rows that never becomes discouraged
and is omnipresent. Neither drought,
cats nor small boys with slingshots can
make it move out or thin its mum Der.
All day from II until II o'clock, "a hours
away, the ,sparrows go thirsty; other
wise they get along very well, for every
Indian territory town has enough to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS.
Railroad Speed Apparently Is a
Trifle, Even to Some of the
Very Little Fellows.

The speed of the flight of birds is
often overestimated. The late DIR.
Gottlze, of England, supposed that mi
grating birds travelled at the rate of
$50 miles an hour, which is almost GER
tain1y impossible; and estimates of 140
and $50 miles an hour are frequently
made.
ARGENT fight of carrier pigeons from
the Shetland isles to London brought
out a sustained average speed of 81
miles an hour for 16 hours. This, how
ever, included stops for rests and prob
ably a good deal of circling to spy out
the way, for a pigeon does not fly
straight to the. mark. Better speed
was once made from Paris to Spa-25O
miles, in five hours. but even this gives
no hint of what a pigeon could do
over a measured ten miles. Some au-
thorities put their speed as high as 100
miles an hour; it is certainly very
nearly that.
Sir Ralph Payne Galloway estimates
the fight of teal duck at 14O miles
an hour, but this again is doubtless in
excess of the truth. 1t is well known
that when gales exceed 40. miles an
hour only the strongest flying birds
can make much Roadway against the
wind. Anyone who has travelled at a
mile minute on the pilot of an engine
knows that the air resistance is felt
as an almost crushing force.
Audubon, the naturalist, once shot
in Louisiana some pigeons in whose
crops he found rice of a kind which
couldn't have been eaten nearer than
South Carolina. $50 miles away. From
the state of digestion OF the rice, he
concluded that it had been eaten six
hours earlier. Hence he figured out
a speed of mile a minute for the whole
distance, though manifestly such COM
putations cannot be very reliable. He
placed the speed of wild ducks at As
miles an hour.
In general, it is not proved that any
bird ever flew more than 100 miles an
hour, though it may be true. The swift
er birds can certainly do from 60 to
90 miles, perhaps more, and almost
any bird, 40 to so miles an hour. a
frequent source of error in estimat-
ing bird fight is the fact that, at an
even rate of speed, "a small bird seems
to be going much faster than a big
one.
The carrier pigeon, the frigate bird,
the falcon and the eagle are the cham
pions among big bros. The swallow is
not particularly fast. but seems swift
because he is so 1ittle.-N. 7. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
PRINTERS ODD TOOLS.
Some Of the Queer Appliances Which
Our Great Grandfathers
Often Used.

Once in awhile one hears reference
to the sheepskin mixing balls with
which our great-grandfathers in the
printing trade used to ink their forms.
This is about the only old tool Of the
trade now in disuse with which the
printers of to-day are familiar. There
are others which were more or less
used at various times that have dropped
out and been forgotten. A couple of
these have come to light through al old
catalogue that has fallen into the
writer's hands. One was a short
wooden galley, open at one side and
having clamps below, by means of
which it might be attached to the boxes
of the upper case. Thus supported, it
was three Or four inches above the sur
face of the boxes, leaving room for the
compositor to reach the type without
disturbing the galley. This form of
galley was probably brought into use
about the time that printers discovered
it to be nuisance to carry the galley
on the cap case. The old plan was to
lay the caps and small caps in the four
upper rows of the cap case and then to
rest the galley across the three lower
rows, into which there was seldom ne
cessity for the compositor's hand to
travel. While the propped up galley was
undoubtedly better than the galley laid
across the cap-case. the plan of placing
the galley on a disused case or on
bank rendered it useless.
A universal stereotype block was at
one time in Use, being made with
grooves that ran slantendicularly, or
an angle of about As degrees to the base
and side of the block. The block was
clamped in the grooves. and was readily
brought to any position. Such block
answered very well on hand presses,
but when steam cylinder presses came
into use it proved too unrelia bic. allow
ing the pages to slip, and so it was dis
carded.
The sheepsfoot is a tool unknown in
many modern pressrooms, and in an
other generation we may expect that
the shooting-stick viii also have disap-
peared. Other tools, though altered
and improved in various ways, seem
mostly to hold their own, in spite of the
many additions being made to the list
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
OUR CLUB.

We're going to have the mostest funi
It's going to be a club;
And no one can belong to it
But Dot and me and Bub.
We thought we'd have Reading Club
But couldn't, cause. you see,
No one of US knows how to read
Not Dot nor Bub nor me.
And then we said a Sewing Club,
But thought we'd better not;
Cause none of us knows how to sew
Not me nor Bub nor Dot.
And SO 1t is just Playing Club;
We play till time for tea;
And, oh, we have the bestest times!-
Just Dot and Bub and me.
Carolyn Wells. in st. Nicholas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
JvnpJNe

.oda), and this one shall take on royal
purple" Che alum makes purple.)
This is very effective, as we'll as pretty
A boiled egg-boiled for fear of ac-
cidents-is put, large end downward,
IN a wine glass. Another glass like it
IS stood an inch distant. The perform
or must blow forcibly down in the side
aearest him of the glass with the egg,
and it will jump out and into the other
one. Better try this two or three times
privately to make sure of distance and
force required.
Air pressure may be used as the basis
or the dancing water baby" This is
easily made. and is very comical. A
lear glass milk jar should be filed with
water up to an inch from the top. A
small walnut has the meat taken out
md the shell fastened together with
sealing wax, so that it is water-tight.
At the lower end a small hole is to be
made. Two threads are fastened to the
she'll by wax, and these are tied to the
1ead of a small wooden doll. a bullet
fastened to a string around the waist,
and hangs down a trifie below the feet.
The hole in the nutshell is right over
he dolls head. When this is done put
he doll down into the water, and the
water must reach to about an inch from
thesfop, when all is in. A piece of blad-
Ter us to be firmly tied over the mouth.
This should be wet first, as that makes
t MORE pliable, and no air must enter.
When this is dry the baby is ready to
lance for you. You press the cover
with one finger. and that causes cor
responding pressure of air upon the
nut, which is then filed with water,
and that makes it heavier, so that it
rises and falls with each pressure of
the finger.
If one wants to do a really remark
able thing let him get n handful OF
lettuce seed and soak them over night
in alcohol. Then have a flower pot or
box not over six inches deep. In the
bottom strew two inches of well-mixed
loan or florists soil. At the beginning
of the evenings performance the lad
should show this box of soil and tell
them that before the audience leaves
he is going to show them some of his
farming. He then takes his seeds, and,
after putting in the box two inches
more of the soil, composed of one part
bean and one part of quicklime, he scat
terS his lettuce setus All over the Top,
and then sits little more loan, very
fine and thinly, over the seeds. Then
he waters the whole and stands it di-
rcctly in the light. In ten minutes the
seeds burst, in 20 they are two leaves,
and at the end of an hour, ii kept sprin-
i<ied, a couple of times, the lettuce
leaves will have attained the size of a
quarter of a dollar, and ought to be
numerous enough to make the whole
top Chicago Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
War Was a blessing.

''This here last war;" remarked the old
lady, has been a blessin' to my family;
John drawin' of a big pension fer one ear
an three fingers; the ole mans writin' a
war history; Molrs engaged to a sergeant
an Jennie's gwine to marry teller that
come within an ace of bein' gin'rul!'-At
lanta Constitution.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
You Can Get ALIENS Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
aching feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy.
Cures Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails.
Alldruggists and shoe stores sell it. % cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
A MARTYR to Science,

''Why, doctor, you've just been reading
paper before the medical society claiming
that kissing is dangerous to health, and now
you want kiss from mel"
For you, my dear, ! would gladly face
any danger. Chicago Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Not Her Own.

Mollie-Ever notice how Dollie can shake
her curls2
Pollie-Yes; she hasn't had 'em on for
week.-Yonkers Statesman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Every church and schoolhouse should be
coated only with Alabastine. Hundreds
OF tons used yearly for this work Genu-
Inc Alabastine does not rub and scale OF.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Some actions, like frescoe work, only re-
veal their color after they have been done
awhile.-Ram's Horn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

AlabastiEe can be used over paint or
paper; paint or paper can be used over
Aiabastine. Buy only In five pound pack
ages, properly labeled: take no substitute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many doctors bills. F. Hardy, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Somehow we always expect the fellow
who gets mad first to come out of the ar
gument second best.-L. A W. Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Putting a watch under ones pillow will
not make bed tick.-Christian Work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

The Best Prescription for Chf1ls-
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEs
CHILL Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine il
tasteiesS form No cure-no pay. Price, soc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Deep as is the Sciatic nerve, St. Jacobs
Oil viii penetrate and cure Sciatica.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

The bell may be very musical, but it does
not make the engine go.-Ran's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Bad, Worse, Worst Sprain. Good, Better
Best Remedy-St. Jacobs Oil.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Something very soothing in the use of st.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia Subdues and cures
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Alabastine packages have full direc-
lions Anyone can brush IT on Ask paint
dealer for tint card "Alabastine Era
free Aiabastinc Co. Grand Rapids. Mich
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

To Care a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance. and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make 1t the ideal
laxative
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name OF the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. n z.
For sale by all Druggists--Price Soc per bottle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

all lOOdy d well WIZ
man. 1 would say to all
suffering women. take
Lydia E. Pinkham's
medicine and your suf-
erings will vanish.
MRS. MAGGIE PHIL
LIPPE, of Ladoga, Ind,
writes:
dear Mrs. PINK
HAM-For four years !
suffered from u1cera-
ton of the womb.
I became so weak I
could not walk across
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The Huntington Herald states
the case in a nutshell. Raymond
has to go right or wrong. We of
course know that he is wrong and
that ne ought to get out. He has made
several bluffs at resignation. Now
will he call the turn or will he wait
until he is asked to tender it?
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The deliVerance from DR.. Haworth,
OF the Huntington Herald, in refer
ence to the President OF the Univer
sity is somewhat of a surprise com
ing from the source it does. DR..
Haworth like great many others
started out as a very warm friend
and enthusiastic supporter Of DIR.
Raymond, but his observations and
experience seem to have convinced
him that he was wrong and he has
taken very decided stand the other
way.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The dollar dinner, which was
the special feature Of the National
Democratic Carnival, held at Dallas,
Texas, was attended by notable
gathering of prominent Democrats
from all sections 1t was something
more than dinner; it was a party
conference of Importance
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

Counting pensions as military
expense, we are now carrying the
largest military budget la the world,
and no longer have the right to look
down upon the poor downtrodden
millions of Europe because they are
compelled to bear such heavy mill
tary burdens.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

West Virginians are jealous set
of people and they will not long en-
dure man who continually insults
and traduces their citizens when he
IS deriving his support from them
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

Ha! ha, ha! 1t is enough to
make wooden horse laugh to hear
Boss Hanna bewailing the indecency
OF associating Dewey's name with
the Presidential nomination What
comical chap that man, Hanna, is
getting to be.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

Its all one way and the President
of the University will not be able to
withstand the volleys of just crit
cism with which he is being assailed
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

1t look like there will be some
place to feed people on Chadwick
Day from the announcement in an
other column.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

Too many next mornings will
knock out heroes as well as ordinary
folk.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The handshakers easily made
Dewey do what he had never done
before-cry enough.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

If the weather nan will do the
elegant for us we will agree to do
the rest for the occasion.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The anti Mckinley Republicans
are now talking up Dewey as rival
candidate for the Presidential nomi-
nation.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The many friends of Rev. L. II.
Jordan are sorry to hear of his dis
missal from the church and minis
try.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

The rain will either come at once
or wait until after the celebration.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-06

Everything is ready but the shout
ing on Chadwick Day.