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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
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tied by overtaSed janitors and land
lords. One may not have speaking
acquaintance with his across-the-haI
neighbor in any fat any more than one
would have in an apartment building,
yet one has the history of both at their
tongues end.
The newcomer must stand the same
scrutiny in both buildings when he
moves in. His new neighbors scruti-
nize closely his household effects, and
from them determine his social stand
ing. In the case of woman her gowns
are watched for and commented upon
by the entire building.
If, when family moves into a fiat or
apartment building, it is seen that they
have a piano and not too many chill
dren they are usually considered worth
cultivating. But if they are overly
blessed with little ones, and not with
fine furniture, they are destined TO wait
for some time for acquaintance among
their neighbors.
know of families in ordinary cir
man6ed by fiat or apartment building
critics that always wrap every piece of
their household furniture carefully so
as to entirely conceal it when they go
to move. They do this in self-defense,
and have learned from experience that
it pays to do so. 1t takes less time to
make new friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Pretty Dresses for Little Misses.

all the dresses for this sweet little miss
was of white swiss with tiny tucks and
Valenciennes insertion and lace from
the neck to the bottom of the skirt in
front. wide founce with Valen-
ciennes lace is on the bottom of the
skirt. A large sailor collar made en-
tirely of tucks and the Valenciennes in
sertion. This is edged with Valen-
ciennes lace. At each side of the col
lar are long loops and ends of pink taf-
feta ribbon. Small puffs for a sleeve
with a wide fiounce of Valenciennes
lace.
A second of these dresses, and the
one which she gave to her schoolmate,
was a handsomely designed affair in a
figured organdie with yoke and plain
sleeves of all-over lace, and frilled rib
bon to trim tastefully.
A gown for girl of IA is of yellow
japanese silk with a deep-shaped
f1ounce and headed with tiny ruchings
of yellow ribbon. It has round bodice
made of Valenciennes insertion and vel
low silk ribbon running around, with
wide sash of japanese silk, and fast
ened at the ends with Valenciennes in
sertion and lace. The square neck is
finished with tiny ruching of the silk
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

Explain yourself retorted his in
credulous friend. 1--WE do not live near
a Mississippi river bluff. Chicago is
fat, low and marked by clay banks
well, the truth is, live on Central
Park avenue, north of Armitage ave
nue., where the old Niagara limestone
that underlies the city crops OUT, and
there is but a thin layer of soil over the
stone. If we wished to plant a tree we
would have to blast a hole to receive
the roots and the nourishing dirt. Tie
sewer and water pipe contractors had
to blast their trenches. needed
fence and my son suggested that dig
the stone from the yard and the base
meat of the house. We found that the
limestone broke easily along the strata
lines, and soon got enough stone from
beneath the house to build neat fence
And now we have a place to store the
potatoes and onions for our winters
use. Truly the soil of Chicago is fertile.
The electric lighting companies have
no monopoly in growing conduits in it"
WRIGHT A PATTERSON.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

man who gives to the blind. Any man
with q patch over his eyes and a card
on his coat saying he is blind Will elicit
aid from him, while there are probably
half of these men who are fakes, and
whose eyes are as good as his ever were.
On the other hand, the man who
makes a speciality of helping men with
out feet says he has sure thing char
lily, for it is impossible to double your
feet up into the legs of your trousers.
Tut know of at least one case in which
he was fooled. He gave 25 cents to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

meet The blind beggar finds his best
iicted with eye troubles; the beggar
without a leg, or the one without an
arm is almost sure to get the assist
ance asked for from some one SIM
ilarlv afflicted who has nickles that he
can give away. The man who asks for
the price of breakfast, and tells you
hat he is from the country, and with
nut friends in the city, finds his most
willing and generous contributors
from that large class of men who have
themselves come from the country,
and have had just such an experience
before the days of their city prosperity.
l know a man. living in Chicago who
nearly lost the sight of his eyes last
year. For three months he had to re-
main in a darkened room, and during
that time it was but hazard as to what
would be the result. To-day his eyes
are as strong and good as ever, but he
never passes blind beggar on the
streets that he does not give him some
thing.
Another man of my acquaintance lost
both feet in a railroad accident, and he
contributes literally to the support of
those similarly afflicted when he finds
them begging. The Affections of a
man with one arm gone never appeal
to him. He says he COULD get along bet
ter without an arm than he can with
out his feet, and it is the footless man
that gets his nickles.
If you ever study this subject you
will find it much the same with every
class of manned beggars, their best
friends are their similarly afflicted
brothers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

TN ALL the preparations for the sum-
mer season, for bright holiday fes-
IL tivities at seaside and mountain,
at lake and farm, the children have not
been forgotten. Fond mammas have
been planning for the little ladies dur
ing the busy days of closing school
terms, and now that schooldays are
over the little hearts are gladdened by a
first display of these new gowns that
have been long in preparation.
"They are worth studying all winter
for" said one little maid, who was up
usually blessed with pretty things for he
summer which she will spend in the
northern resorts of the more quiet class
with her mamma. And they certainly
were, for never have 1 seen more be-
coming and tasteful collection of little
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

SECuld be RENE
died, yet there are
advantages as well
which the average
fiat dweller would
dislike to dispense
with.
For inst a n c e,
W h e n on e h a S
friends from the
country it is sc
easy to mention
thai one resides in
such and S NC h
apartment : S, in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

OF ACCORDION PLATED NUNS YELLING.
to write, but am going to diverge
long enough to tell of the kindness of
this same little maiden. After looking
at the pretty gowns which her mamma
had had made for her, and admiring
then one after another. she turned TO
her mamma and said:
Mamma, can l give just one of them
TO Bessie? | know she won't have a
single new dress for her vacation, and
will have so many
Bessie, her mother explained, was one
of her schOolmateS whose parents had
lost few years before practically all
that they had had, and for whom it was
burden to keep their daughter in
school without providing her with
pretty new gowns for the holidays.
Wont one of your last years dresses
do for Bessie?" asked the mother.
"But, mamma, l would rather it was
one of these new ones; it seems more
like giving her something them
And when she was told she could give
her little friend any one she choose She
selected one of the very prettiest of the
whole lot and sent it to her. But her
Kindness was rewarded, for her mother
had another ike it made for her.
One that 1 thought the prettiest of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

ney, at San Juan ''''
and in the trenches before the doomed
city.
But Chicago, not content with having
read all this, wants to see just how it
was done, and the First regiment, the
only regiment that was there at all, is
going to show this to the citizens of
| the lake city.
The thousand men of this regiment
have undertaken the task of capturing
the Spanish blockhouses on top of San
Juan hill without the assistance of Ted
dy and his rough riders. They don t
need these heroes of Guasimas and San
| Juan to help them in a little matter of
| this kind. On the nights of the Both OF
June and 1st of July the blockhOuses,
hill and all will fall victims to the war
riors of the First, and all for the benefit
of the citizens of their home town. Col.
Sanborn will demonstrate how Teddy
lodged the bullets, and the men of his
regiment will let forth with the de-
moniacal yells that frightened the
Spanish foe even more than American
bullets.
In the big Washington park race
track will be erected the hill and the
block houses. There will be good Amer
lean soldiers in the Spanish uniforms
! opposed by others in blue. There will
be the splitting of rifles, the rattle of
the gatlings, and to finish it the whole
scene displayed in an elaborate display
of fireworks.
In this way will Chicago and the sur
rounding country learn of the brave
deeds of Americas soldiers on Cuban
battlefields.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

Chicago has a half
barrel of beer to
drink every year.
They don't all get
their share, but if
some of them get
a little less others
get a little more,
and in that way
the 100000 bar
rels of beer are
disposed of.
c h i C ago is a
money maker for
Uncle Sam. In the
fiscalyear just clos
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

potatoes andmany
smal vegetables
csid one Chicago
an who was boast
ing o. the agricul-
tura1 possibilities
OF the neighbor-
cos6 in which he
lived
Aumpb!" re-
olied another citi-
zen. "I titled the
soil Of my yard
and grew a fine
stone fence that is
the pride of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

menuIcantS? If
you did not, you
will find it an in
teresting S t u d V,
and if you go deep
enough you will
find that the de-
serving b e g G a r
usually gets the
least of the pub
lies charity.
There is a fellow
feeling for the af-
ficted that helps
the street beggar
make both ends
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

building are one
and the S a m e
thing, for there is
a difference. The
difference is prin-
cipally in price.
Five roomsin a fiat
building in Chi
cago, with steam
heat, hot wat e T
and all the other
modern conve n l.
ences may be pur-
chased for [ b e
comp a T a ly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

IN the NUMBER OF
street mendicantS.
The m e w b o
w oul d like five
cents to buy some
thing to eat-or
drink-have to a
large extent either
migrated to more
profitable fields or
have found other
callings more prof
liable.
But they are not
all gone. Chicago
still has her share
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

l l X e themselves
contribute oftener
to fakes than do
the people who
give indiscrim-
inately. T b e i T
sympathy l e a d S
them to give to
everyone of their
particular class of
beggars without
any investigation
as to their amic-
tons.
L a Ike for in
stance the OR0tIe-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

dresses than those which had been pre-
pared for this particular little maid.
Bessie has earned them all, b" said the
fond mamma as she watched the little
eyes dance with delight over the new
treasures, ''for she has stood first in her
studies of the little ones of her class
all through the winter, and now that
play time has come | want her to enjoy
it, and be prepared to maintain her rec
ord during next winter, which am sure
she will
And l am also sure she will, for the
little ones appreciate the kindnesses
shown them, and try to reward the
parents who provide bountifully as
their means will permit foR their en-
joyment.
But there is n sad side to this prep
aration for the little folks holiday.
When we think of the hundreds of de-
serving little girls in all of the great
city of New York who will have no holt
day, and no pretty clothes, one can't
help but feeling sorry even in the midst
of the JOY of those who have been more
fortunate.
Fashions, prosy or otherwise, is sup
posed to be the subject of which l am
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

In apa T [ IN e N I
b u i ldings there
are maids. and
in fat buildings
there are servant
girls. The apart
ment building has
more pianos and
+ ew er children
than the fat build
ing. The occu-
pants of apart
ments ride in car
riages o I t e n e T
than those of flats.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

SShCA al, q
colonel or just the
plain, undecorated
canvas uniform of
the private, has
had and improved
a chance to tell US
just how the bat
tt e Of Santiago
h a p p e n e d. We
have been told of
what e a C h and
every one did at
Guasimas, at Ca
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

compete with the
great trade of the
lar e er S I or c .
down town." the
merchants havein-
troduced one nos
city [ h at is
thought TO be es-
sentially original
and pecul i arly
"Chicagoe S q u e"
Tho IL S and 5 Of
pater familias and
their industrious
wives find I h a I
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
[9lITIITl

jewellers contribute more nickels to the
street car corporations than do their
neighbors in the apartments.
But the home life of the one is much
like the home life of the other. The
same gossip runs from basement to
roof; the same ouarrels have to be set
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Natural Que~.

''Mrs. Bloggs rs a woman of great ca
pacity."
''Then you have seen her eat."-Clevs-
land Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Ont in Kansas.

Had putty bad cyclone in your
county last week, didn't you?"
Should say we had! Worst 1 ever
seen! 1t left things mixed up almost as
bad as the stuff in bureau drawer aft
er woman's tried to find something
there Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
ConsoIing ThouSht.

Geraldine-Life will be one grand
sweet song after we are married.
Gerald don't care as long as il
isn't a piano solo.-Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
NOT IikRIE

Jones-Do you think the tramp prob
lem will ever be solved?
Brown-Not if the tramp has to work
it out.-Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Some ADVANTAGES.

While this similarity of buildings has
It's disadvantages, and for some reasons
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

Police returns in Chicago for the past
few months indicate a great reduction
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
100000 Barrels of Beer.

Reliable government statistics show
that every man, woman and child in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
"HeIp One Another"

Did you ever notice who it is that
gives to the different classes of street
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Life I'm Two Building.

The tenor of life in both classes of
buildings in Chicago is much the same.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Many Are Fakes.

But these people who give so hber-
ally to those supposed to be afflicted
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
Productive Chicago.

''I titled the soil and have = garden
that promises to supply my family with
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
To Capture San Juan.

Now each and every soldier boy
whether he wore the shoulder straps of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
ssBabies Row."

In the struggle of the department
stores of the West side of Chicago to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18

One should neve2, be led to imagine
that an apartmenr building and a fat
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Mistakes About IngersoiI.

There is danger that the tributes to
Ingersoll which were sent to his fami-
ly from all parts Of the United State.
will create false impression in the
minds of some hasty persons as to In
gersoll's influence and work. Some
American newspapers are intimating,
as consequence of these messages of
coincidence to his family. that intidel-
ity is good deal more widely exten-
ded throughout the United States than
is commonly supposed. This is very
likely what the European papers will
say. They will be mistaken, however,
and their mistake can easily be point
ed ont.
The messages of coincidence to In
9ersoll's family were sent bv persons
belonging to all the professions and
doubtless representing all thechurrhes.
One or two We're sent by clergymen.
They were tributes to IngerSOll as a
man, and not as a teacher. Per-
Sonally. lngersoll was one of the most
genial and popular of mortals. Men
admired him for his eloquence. his
broadly humane >ympathies and his
intellectual honesty. That he was sin
cere IN his philosophy of negatiOn
nobody doubted. On the most vital
point in the crc,G ui humanity the
belief ia :. future Of eternal rewards
anG uuul- .,lHrula. his ideas were: dia-
m..irirAlly opposed Ia those of the vast
majority of his fellow-countrymen. We,
they re>pS-,ed him for the cour;iy 20
with which he expressed his honestly
,ntcriaiIh--: opinions Everybody loves
:. lover ingerSoll was Il lover of na
ture and of man. Unlike Peter Bell.
the primrose by the rivers brim was
something more than Il yellow prim-
rose to Ingersoll. Though receiving
an immense income for many Years IL
:. LAWYER and a. Il lecturer. he died. il
i said comparatively poor, because
he rave widely. and always unostcn'
tatioT~ly. Ia charity. -G.ohc-D Demo
,.lJf
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
How animals Bear Par.

Dnc of the most pathetic IT, ng> l.
The manner in which the animal king
dom cndule~ suffering. Take horses.
for instance. in battle. After the first
shock of a wound they make no sound.
They bear the pain with Il mute. won
dering endurance. and if at night YOU
hear wild grOan from the battlefield
it comes from their loneliness. their
loss of that human companiOnship
which seems absolutely indispensable
to the comfort of dOmesticated ami
mails.
The dog will carry broken leg for
days wistfully, but uncomplainingly.
The cat. stricken with stick or stone,
or caught in some trap from which it
gnaws its way to freedom, crawls to
some secret place and bears in silence
pain which We could not endure.
Sheep and cattle often meet the thrust
of the butchers knife without a sound
and even common poultry endure in
tense agony without complaint.
The dove shot unto death flies to
some far-off bough, and as it dies the
is unbrOken save by the patter
on the leaves Of its own life-blood.
The wounded deer speeds to some thick
brake, and fn pitiful submission waits
for death.
The eagle, shot in mid-air, fights
to the last against the fatal summons.
There is no moan or sound of pain.
and the defiant look never fades from
its eyes until the lids close over them
never to uncover again.-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Picnic on the Edir Grounds,

There w. Il family picnic on the
Fair grounds last Tuesday. 1t WAS IA
private family picnic-a kind of re-
union of some half dozen families and
their friend-- Each family had we'll
filled baskets with good things to eat
and when the contents Of the baskets
were spread out on a long table pre-
pared for The occasion there was a
feast for everybody. Charley Blatt-
ner had a nice roasted lamb prepared
for the picnic 1t was roasted by that
best of all cooks. Peter Haas. and of
course it was cooked to perfection.
A. Ruediger, President of the Cape
Brewery and Iee Company, furnished
the refreshments and of course there
was an abundance of the sparkling
liquid.
The picnicers remained on the
grounds till late in the evening and
every one enjoyed the days outing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Coming, August 9Th.

DR.. NJ. G. Parsons, of ST. Louis,
specialist in surgical and medical
diseases OF the eye and ear, also the
new radical cure OF hernia Or rupture
will be at Cape Girardean from August
7th to 18th. .
The DR.. has been visiting Jackson
for the past two years and has gained
an enviable reputation as a surgeon
in his speciality.
His new radical cure for hernia. is
attended with scarcely no pain or loss
of time or danger to life. Not like
the old heroic surgical operation
which is very dangerous and subjects
the patient to confinement 10 bed from
one to three months. With the new
method not more than twenty-four
hours is lost at operation, and in
most cases the patient can adjust the
truss and 90 about his business.
Cross eyes straio htened without pain
or loss of time. Cateract removed
without pain or confinement in dark
room. q
Glasses carefully and correctly
fitted.
Diseases of the ear and catafrh
treated in the most improved methods
known to science.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
\ Picturesque Er>h story

County y>',st-l lir.r E-sIuil Chew r rms
n'p with. 4 --i>n story hat cntit--- him
% 4 oox Il thr S-h liars club. '-hrw
J. vi,itig@ ~ De SiO@c. Ne and
writes thu while trhin~ in tJ,l river
he cot :. bit. and -hrcw o3t what
-eemeG :" him an Olf beer bots. hat
IN -Narliiin" il "!s,-s-ly ncrcciE-d the.
head Of fish pu'.rUiin% fram the
neck o. The bottk. Amazed at the
9nu~Ual sight. Mr chew br.aI,. th,.
bottle aaI found th2a. the fish lad ap-
parentlv .rrown within the emuiy r..
reptacle The catSSl was exactly the
shape Of the pint beer bottl" and on
one OF it. sides were. the cords,
''Ste.s!acr's Specia Brew. lS9>. = dis
tinctly engraved. The fish he'd evi-
!ently 44t into the hottie when small.
and ~ !. "rew toak the shap. of its
classy prison. Ev-"n the words blown
n the glass had become imrrinted
upon TIE sides of tie fish. Th- neck
Of the, catfish was -=mall and slender
Is the neck of the bottle. while the
head p&rtruded. thus enablin" it to
find its -sustenance. Mr.. Chew stated
that as he detached the fish fcSsn the
hook there was still, the odOr ef beer
about it-Carbondsle Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Illfnoisan Wed Soon After Meeting
for the First Time

ANNA, ILL.,, July 21-Flora Bloom.
field, of Astoria, Fulton County, and
l.. l.. Williams, prosperous young
farmer of this vicinity. met today for
the first time at the Illinois Central
station here. She arrived at I2:4O
from Astoria and he was at the train
to meet her at 2:3O. They were quiet
ly married at the home of Mrs. Mary
D. Luton by Squire o. B. Baggott.
Mrs. Luton is an aunt of the groom.
She had visited Miss Bloomfield and
had told her about her nephew and
had also told her nephew about the
young woman. The two fell in love
at long range. All they knew about
each other was what they had heard
and from a few letters which passed
between them. The couple will reside
on the Williams place, east of Anna.
The bi ide's parents are dead.