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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
FATAL AGE OF THIRTY-sEvEN.
Some Noted Men of History Who
Have Passed Away on Reach
ing That Point.

The age of 81 is a particularly fatal
age. An examination of the records of
the United States government shows
that more people die at that age than
any other after attaining their ma
jority. It is also ascertained that more
misfortunes overtake persons at that
age than at any other in their lives and
that few fortunate events befaI1 them.
An examination of history develops
the same thing. At the age of 81 a great
sorrow befen Aristotle. the death of
Plato, his friend and teacher, with
whom he had studied for nearly 20
years. This sorrow plainly showed it's
effects upon his future life and to it
may be attributed the sad tone of his
later writings.
1t was at the age of 81 that Lord By
ron died of fever at Greece. AS Lord
Beaconsfe1d says, he was greater as
a man than as writer, and his loss
to the world was great blow to it.
Raffaelle, the glory of Italian art,
died at 81. He fell sick week before
his birthday, Good Friday. In him
the world lost one of its greatest artists.
In music, like art and poetry, Eng
land lost her greatest composer at the
age of 81 Purcell, the most distin-
guished musician Britain produced,
died within a few days after attaining
his thirty-seventh year. The regard
with which he was held in England
placed him on par with Milton in epic
poetry. with Shakespeare on the stage,
Locke in metaphysics, and Sir Isaac
Newton in philosophy and mathemat-
les.
It was at the age of 81, too, that Eng
land lost military genius that she
regarded as of the highest rank and
promise. Prince Henry Battenberg
died of fever in Ashantee in that year
of his life.
PASCAL, toe, died at 81, but why seek
more illustrations? These are suffi-
cient to illustrate the fatality of the
age among geniuses. Where death
failed misfortune often befe1l.
So the age of 81 may be regarded as
the fatal age of all those after man
passes his majority. - Philadelphia
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
breaking Glasses.

1t has often been asserted that glasses
could be broken by singing. The state
ment has as often been denied, never
theless it is true. Moreover, the glass
does not have to be of the finest Vene-
tan kind. An ordinary dinner table
wine glass was recently broken in this
way. The man VINO did it had a deep,
full voice. He set the glass on the table,
stood beside it and ran up and down
the scale as though in search OF a note
When he settled on one rather high the
glass shook visib1y. The note was re-
peated, sung as loudly as possible, and
finally the glass shivered and crashed
into bits. An ordinary voice could not
accomplish this, for afterward an eX-
perimenter tried to repeat the scene,
without producing the slightest effect
on a variety of glasses. However, 1t
would be dangerous gift for general
use. Imagine a banquet when an after
dinner speaker in mis- imprisoned or
atory CHANGED to strike the note dis
liked by the table glasses. What a
crash there would be.-Chicago Even
ing News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
SOURCE OF NAMES.

Gumbo soup is okra soup, the south
erners call okra gumbo.
Hominy is a corruption of anhuminea,
the Indian word for parched corn.
'Gooseberry fool" so popular IN Eng
foule-pressed gooseberries.
The Narragansett Indians had dish
called m'sickquatash, which we have
borrowed and named succotash.
When you order waffles for breakfast
you are really referring to wafel. q
German word meaning honeycomb.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FREE.
one of the Graadest Offers Ever Made.

One of the Grn1dest Offers Ever Made.
The first five persons procuring the
Endless Chain Starch Book from their
grocer will each obtain one large Zoe
package of "Red Cross starch, one large
Zoe package of s.HUBINGER'S BEST
starch, two Shakespeare pictures,
printed in twelve beautiful colors, as
natural as life, or one Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar, the finest of its kind
ever printed, all absolutely free. All 9th
ers procuring the Endless Chain Starch
Book will obtain from their grocer two
large 10c packages of starch for sc, and
the beautiful premiums, which are be-
ing given away. This offer is only made
for short time to further introduce
the famous CRED CROSS" starch, and
the celebrated eHUBINGER'S BEST
cold-water starch. ''RED CROSS laun-
dry starch is something entirely new,
and lis without doubt the greatest inven-
ton of the Twentieth Century. It has
no equal, and surpasses all others. 1t
has won for itself praise from all parts
of the United States. 1t has super
seded everything heretofore used, or
known to science in the laundry art.
It is made from wheat, rice and corn,
and is chemically prepared upon scien-
tific principles, by J. C. Hubinger, an
expert in the laundry profession, who
has had 25 years of practical experience
in fancy laundering, and who is the
first successful and original inventor
of all fine grades of starch in the United
States. If you would have the best, ask
for RED CROSS" and ''HUBINGER'S
BEST" which are the finest starches
on the market to-day. The jobbing
houses all handle it, the retail grocer
has it on his shelves, you find 1t in all
the homes, while the careful house
wife has adorned the walls of the home
with the beautiful Shakespeare pic
lures, which are being given away in
introducing RED CROSS and 'HU-
BINGER'S BEST starch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.

FThe Ohio Experiment station has Issued
bulletin on bovine tuberculosis. Its con-
illusions are summarized as follows:]
The disease is caused by the growth
within the animal tissues of vegetable
organism, bacillus tuberculosis.
tuberculosis is produced in the lower
animals by incubation with tubercu-
lous material from human subjects.
tuberculosis has been produced in
man by NEGOTIATIONS with the tubercu-
lous material from human subjects.
The bacterium of bovine tuberculosis
has not been specifically differentiated
from that producing tuberculosis in the
human subject.
The development of tuberculosis in
human subjects has followed in so many
cases upon the use of the meat or milk
of tuberculous cattle that there is no
room to doubt that the disease is trans
mitted from cattle to man in this man
ner.
In view of the experience of other
states it would seem that the rational
method Of extirpating bovine tubercu-
losis lies not in the wholesale and imme-
date testing of all the cattle in the state
and the slaughter of all reacting ami
mails, but in such municipal action as
will control the sale of both milk and
meat within municipal limits.
That tuberculosis is germ disease.
caused as surely by infection or con-
tagion as are smallpox and measles, is
confirmed not only by the innumerable
cases in which it has spread through
herds from single infected animals. but
also by the fact that many herds of cat
tie remain exempt from it, and this fact
demonstrates the possibility of entire
eradication of the disease.
Mulligatawny soup derives its title
from an East Indian word for pepper
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
m. Phia,nnine War.

This contest is proving much more stub
born than we had anticipated. 1t needs a
vigorous contest to straighten matters out.
We should tackle the Philippines and over
come them as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
does dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, fever
and ague, and liver and kidney diseases The
battle is short and decisive. and for fifty years
the Ritters have always won If you are i'll
and don't know what's wrong, try it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
All HeaWweixhts

County Commissioner Montee, Of
Crawford county, has a family that
ought to be placed on exhibition. His
seven sons are all over six feet in
height and their average weight is s03
pounds He has six daughters who
average five feet ten inches in height
The whole family. mother and father
included, average 1s2 pounds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Horses Burned in a Fire.

The livery barn of Leman W. Lee at
Washington was destroyed by fire with
the entire contents, including Is head
of horses, carriages, 'busses and other
property. The origin of the fire is I'M
known. There was only about $500 in
surance on the entire property, and
hence almost the entire loss falls upon
Lee, who is ruined by the calamity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
He nian.t lIke Chopip.

GA musician out OF work, are youe said
cords in the woodshed. Suppose you favor
US with an obligato."
Pardon the pronunciation, madam; re-
piled Peripatetic Paderoosky. but Chopin
is not popular with me.ICathollc Stand
ard Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Origin of she C,rcux.

The origin of the modern circus dates
back to about 1770, when Philip Ashley,
a discharged soldier, gave exhibitions
of horsemanship in an improvised ring
at Lambeth.-Albany Argus
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Three Children Poisoneti.

Three children OF County Attorney
Johnson, at Eureka, were seriously,
though not fatally, poisoned by drink
ing sweet cider from a jug that had
contained London purple.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

The Best Prescription for ChITIs.
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEsS
CHILL ToN1C- 1t Is simply iron and auinine in
. tas teless form. No eu-e-no pay. Price,5Oc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Can't Succeed.

Some men are so deficient In the element:
of success that they would never set the
world on fire even if the world were insured
IN their favor.-Detroit Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Five Horses Burned to Dea.h.

Fire destroyed Aubrey's livery stable
at Wellington and seriously damaged
the Leuning brick block adjoining.
Five horses in the hverv barn were
burned to death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

A man learns of so many honest men 60
ing wrong that ne is constantly surprises
that he doesn't 60 out behind the barn an
try to hold himself up.-Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

He latter the fourteenth round)-''How ]
love to dance!" She-'Then I should thinl
you'd learn. Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Uneasy lies the head that wears bonnie
in which large-sized political bee is COL
tinually buzzing.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Chambers at Fort Riley.

Chambers broke out among the gov
eminent stock at Fort Riley. Over %
horses have been killed. twenty-five
cords of wood had been hauled out to
burn carcasses. Five veterinaries were
busy examining the stock, vaccinating
all not condemned. The disease is sup
posed to have been brought by mules
shipped in from the south last summer
to pasture on the reservation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Santa Fe Building Locomotives.

The Santa Fe company will commence
at once the construction of 10 new en-
gines at the shops in Topeka. This,
with the SO new engines ordered built
at an eastern locomotive works, will
give the Santa Fee GO new engines
within the next year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
will Cost Topeka $4,000.

The people of Topeka expect to spend
$40, 900 in the Twentieth Kansas recep-
ton. half this amount will be donated
by the city and the other half by the
business and professional men.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Tbey We're Probably Posted.

The post Office at Assaria, a small
town u miles south of Salina, was en-
tered by thieves the other night, who
opened the safe and secured S275. The
postmaster had arranged his quarterly
report, which he expected to send away
the next day. The robbers probably
knew this.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
rhe Grsud ARMY WIN Lead.

The old soldiers of Kansas viii head
the procession in honor of the home
coming of the Twentieth Kansas vol
unteers- Department Commander
Coulter was notified that they would
be given the post of honor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
simpson Is for Breidenthal.

Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson de-
clares for Breidenthal for governor on
the fusion ticket and predicts that the
bank commissioner will be nominated
by reclamation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Excitement In Thts Election.

Miss Hattie Combs was elected queen
of the Fort Scott carnival after an ex-
citing contest, 9, 43S votes being cast at
ten cents each. Miss Combs received
4,37T votes She is teacher in the
Fort Scott high school
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
WIN Surprise Lots of Folks.

People who think they can count on
their fingers the different species of
birds to be found in Kansas may be in
terested to know that the register at
the Kansas university shows total of
350
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

/ believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs. ALI
Douglass, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, "a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Dollar Gas for Topeka.

The city council Of Topeka granted
W. j. Faulkner, of Chicago. franchise
to construct and operate a gas and cleo
trio light plant. Mr.. Faulkner will Or
ganize company at once with 81. OOO,-
600 capital to build the plant. The
company agrees to sell gas for cooking
and lighting for 81 per thousand and
for heating and power at so cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Kansas Youth smothered.

Several small boys were digging
caves in a sand bank near Kinsley
when the sand caved in on Arthur
Minton, aged II, and he was smothered
tn death
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Some people run as easily as the color in
red bunting Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Grasshopper Story.

Reports from half dozen counties
In the wheat belt say grasshoppers have
destroyed much of the young wheat.
In Ellis county large areas have been
cleaned up by the hoppers, and unless
heavy frost soon comes the farmers
fear greater damage to the growing
crop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Revenue CoIIectfons for Septembsr.

Revenue collections of Kansas for Sep
TENDER were Ss3, S47. Sc, an increase of
S23, 900 over August. Of this $50. 900 was
for oleomargarine stamps purchased
by Kansas City packers. Documen.
tary stamp sales We're S31 200.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
He Should BE brought Home.

A recent dispatch from New York
city said:
Miss Belen Gould has been annoyed for the
last ten days by letters from man calling aim
self James NJ Anderson, who has been address,
ing her his wife and says he loves her, and
thathe would like to meet her. He called at the
house last night and asked to see her and was
arrested. Anderson is over go years old and
wears G. A. r. button. He says he belongs to
a Topeka G. A. R. post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Watched the Show Too Closely.

The body of Swan Peterson, an old
soldier, was found in the Smoky river
at Abilene The man probably fell in
to the river while watching the BAT
tie of Manila from the opposite side
of the river the evening before.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
In Memory OF Col. Anderson.

The college of Emporia, a Presbyte-
rian school, will soon have a 500, 1000
library, a gift from Andrew Carnegie.
The gift is in memory of the late Col.
]. B. Anderson, of Emporia, who, in
an early day, befriended Mr.. Carnegie
when he was poor and hustling for a
living.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Kansas city Abandoned Tt.
Murdock's Convention Plan.

Thomas Benton Murdoch, edito, of
the Eldorado Republican, who for
some months has been advocating the
nomination of Gen. Frederick Funston
for governor, is out with scheme to
make the next republican state com
vention a body of 1900 delegates in
stead of 1000 as is now the rule, and
to give it authority to nominate, the
republican candidate for United States
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Tragedy at the OsweEo Barbecue.

A big crowd was in Oswego to at
tend the agricultural institute and
barbecue. During the day two quar-
rels were INDUCED in and in one of the
fights that followed George Parks, a
colored man, was stabbed and killed
almost instantly. No one could tell
who stabbed him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Charles j. Chaddick, a resident of
Larned, has an Early Harvest apple
tree growing in his door yard which
has produced two crops of apples this
year, and is now in full bloom for the
third time. The freak is attracting
the attention of and eliciting much
comment and speculation from fruit
growers of the town and county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Chicago wants Funston.

The Hamilton club, of Chicago, wants
to entertain Gen. Fred Funston at it's
annual meeting and a committee will
come to Topeka when the reception is
held and extend the general an invita-
ton to attend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
ingalls, Seeking Health.

Ex-senator John J. ingalls, left for
Las Cruces, n. M, with hope that the
climate will prove beneficial to his
throat, which has been bothering him
since his illness in Washington early
last spring. Mr.. Ingalls, is unable to
do any public speaking with his throat
in it's present condition. He may re-
main in New Mexico all winter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Mulligatawny soup derives its title
from an East Indian word for pepper
water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
To Cure a Cold Ia One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quiuine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. 25<
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Her Stormy Matrimonial Ventures.

w. II. Catch. a Dickinson county
farmer worth nearly $40, 600, has been
sued for divorce. In his answer to his
wife's petition he says she courted him,
he being widower for a year and at
last he married her in Kansas City. He
says he found out later that she was
only 33 years old but had been divorced
four times. This makes her fifth expert
ence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13

Tragedy HC tHo S8UeIHa SCnUOIs
S. g. Whitehead, public school jani-
tor at Sabetha, shot and dangerously
injured Fay Benson, high school
pupil. The shooting was caused by a
quarrel over the possession of the foot
ha1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Must Make a BETTER Showing.


The state charter board on the 9th
again turned down the application of
the New York zinc company of Della
ware for authority TO do business in
Kansas. The authorized capital of the
company is 500, 200. but when it first
applied for authority to do business it
had only $1,000 paid up. Now it
schedules property as follows: Real
estate, 1915, 900; personal property, s75.-
coo; stocks, bonds, ETC., $50, GOO; mer-
chandise. $4,000; cash. IS. 161.4s. The
board holds that until the company
gives more satisfactory evidence of the
value OF the real estate than a bare
statement. authority to do business in
Kansas will be withheld. The board
also turned down the application of
two concerns whose object is only to
own real estate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
Refused to File the Papers.

A New Suggestion About Funston.
The Topeka Capital urges republic
ans to nominate Gen. Fred Funston for
congressman-at-large next year. The
populist leaders say that if Funston is
nominated for congressman-at-lar
they will run Lieut.. Col. Little, of the
Twentieth Kansas, for the same posi-
ton. and have Little challenge Fun
ston for joint debate on the expan-
sion question.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-06

She asked for Miss Dorothy Dir, wht
had charge OF all the nurses In the hos
pitfalls there. and at last had an audi
ence with her She told Miss Dix that
she came to Baltimore to be an army
nurse. Miss Dix looked at her for a
moment. and then said: MY dear
chl!d, you are too Young and mex
perienccd to engage In such work. The
awful scenes Of suffering and death
would chill your young heart. You had
better take that baby back home"
y must and will be nurse" said
Mrs. Ewing. I'm old enough I am a
wife aud q mother. Here Ia my mar
riago certificate and here In my arms
Il my baby boy. a token OF mother
hood. and furthermore. my dear hus.
baud II here. perhaps dying. and I
must nurse him and hls comrades who
fell with him"
Miss Dix. however. was inexorabls
ana refused to allow Mrs. Ewing to add
her name TO the roll OF army nurses.
She left Miss Dix With a heavy heart
aud again sought Dr. Quick. her old
physician at home. and through him
she met DR. George Rex. the surgeon
III charge OF the Baltimore hospitals.
She told her story to him, and after
listening to her he said that such de-
votlon should not be thwarted. aud on
October 3. 1869. Mrs Ewing. then less
than 20 years OF age. signed tho roll
OF nurses and entered on her duties.
She made an excellent nurse, and many
battle-scarred veteran will never for
Get how kindly she ministered To him
a. he lay wounded aud suffering in
the general hospital.
When her husband saw his wife and
baby enter the ward where he lay no
was amazed and thought he was dream
Ing. lie chided hcr for leaving home
aud begged and cooked her to return,
but In vain. for she told him that she
felt she was doing her duty TO her God.
her country and to her fellow-man, and
that nothing but death could deter her
from doing her duty.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-06

tie story lie had a theory. He i'm
agined he could see somebody expert
menting with chemicals But " the
experimental was Wise he'd sing low"
But he ought to write letter confess
ing how the trick was done-it was
nothing but a chemical trick Of some
sort.
Meanwhile Miss Saline Jones was
surely but certainly failing. She could
not live a weeb. In the doctors opin-
Ion. n she fell away at the rate he had
reckoned. However. he would adhere
to his original plan. lie would give
her enough to insure sleep for four or
i've hours. Meanwhile he would over
haul hs log He had served before
the mast when In his teens. The sailor
lingo still found utterance vhen he
was puzzled.
His thoughts turned toward the
melon patch. As far as he could learn
nobody had visited the melon patch, a
circumstance that did not surprise a
man who argued that not one man or
woman In ten could see two inches be-
yond their noses.
On his way out to his buggy he
asked for Tommy. Tommy had been
taken In by friendly nelghbor. The
doctor sat upright In his buggy when
Tommy made his appearance.
He was very much alarmed when
the doctor asked him to take a little
ride with hlm-as FAR as the end OF