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The times., 1899-09-24

The present engagement of the James
Kidder- -Hanford triumyfrate at the Ma
tl0nal viii. on Monday night next, give
way 70 that of one of Charles Frohman's
companies in Because She Loved Him
So" William GIIlelte's comedy was seen
here last year, and those who witnessed
its presentation then viii not need 10 be
told that the piece is one OF the most
charming imaginable
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The story of q KISS.

A fascinating actress, whose name
need not be mentioned, being anxious
to assist a certain charity in the prov
inces, offered a kiss to be put up at auc-
ton. The bidding was brisk and had
advanced in three leaps from two
guineas to thirty, when without fur
Their parley the round sum of e 500 was
offered. There being no higher bid,
the kiss was knocked down by the
auctioneer to a colonel in one of the
line regiments, who forward to
meet the blushing young lady. But to
the surprise of all present, the colonel
introduced dear little fair-haired boy,
explained that it was his grandson's
fifth birthday, and that he had acquired
the kiss as birthday gift for him.
Whereupon Miss - took the child in
her arms and discharged her debt with
interest. The charity. local one, in
which the colonel took keen interest,
was the richer by 500 for the grand
dads generous whim. But little bird
whispered afterward that at the
coloners dinner party that night he
had one also ION the strict q. T."-Lon.
don Mail.
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De KIND.

All! girl-Queen, seated on the throne
Which youth and beauty claim as dover
Seekest thou some secret word of power
Which shall make every heart thine own;
In this one word the answer find
Be kind!
All! master Of the sciences
To whom no time nor space seem far
Nor comets flight, nor course of star
Conversant with the centuries
The soul is stronger than the mind;
Be kind!
Swift speeds the world along its way,
And knowledge widens with the years:
Cumbrous and poor and thin appears
The science of our yesterday,
Like random groupings Of the blind
Be kind!
The rose of beauty has brief grace;
Full soon 1t pales. and drops its leaves.
Not long for it the garden grieves,
For other roses take its place,
And wanton on the summer wind:
Be kind!
For be the beauty ever so bright.
And be the wisdom never so wise,
Men soon forget them and mispr1ze;
But like a Quenchless, tireless light,
Love burns, in human hearts enshrined-
Be kind
Susan Coolidge, in s. Times.
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the parapet, to reach the roof, and the
odds were in favor of there being some
sort of a door or window that would
give ingress thence into the Toison
dor. 1 began after this to be little
more satisfied with my quarters, and
determined to set about my explora-
lions about the dinner hour, when
most people would be within, and the
chance of discovery reduced to mini
mum.
After allowing little time to elapse
l descended to the shop and began care
lessly running my eyes over the mis-
cellaneous collection of articles there
in. The fence followed me about, now
recommending this thing and now that.
At last 1 saw what looked to be ball
of rope lying in corner and covered
with dust.
what is that?' Inquired, touching
it with the point Of my sword.
The man stopped without word,
and picking 1t up, busted it carefully,
then he unrolled ladder of silken cord,
about IL or Is feet in length.
'This, captain" he said, swinging it
backward and forward. belonged not
30 long ago to M. de Bellievre, though
you may not believe me-"
II have no doubt you are speaking
the truth, but it seems rather weak"
ION the contrary, monsieur, will you
test it and see?"
We managed to do this by means of
two hooks that were slung from beam
above us, in q manner to satisfy me
that the ladder was sufficient to bear
double my weight; and then, as if con-
tent with, this. flung it aside.
Twill not monsieur take it?" asked
the man; sit is cheap"
ut is good enough" answered, IF I
had business on hand; but at present
I am waiting"
IF monsieur has leisure might be
able to give him q hint that would be
worth something in crowns"
81 am lazy when in luck. compere.
No, will not take the ladder"
1T may come I'm useful, though, and
will occupy but a small space in mon
sieur's rooms;" and, seeing that I, sp-
peared to wayer, ''shall take it up? I
will let it go for ten crowns"
"Five crowns or nothing" I said,
firmly.
"But it il of the finest silk"
~ do not want to buy. You can take
my price OK leave it."
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the old walls of Paris. Below me there

the old walls of Paris. Below me there
was a sheer drop of so to 60 feet,
right into the bed of the abandoned
fosse, which was covered by thick I'M
dergrowth and full of debris. thought
at first of stopping any further concern
with the window, but as was turning
away I looked rather particularly at
the wall below me and saw that
ledge ran along it about three feet be-
low the window. Following it's track
with my eyes, I observed that it was
carried along the face of the Toison
dor, and in doing this became aware
that there was window open at the
back of Babette's house, and that this
was situated on the same level as my
room, but just about the middle, in
When I considered the position of this
window, and that its lookout was on
place where never soul seemed to
come, could not but think that,
madame were in the Toison dor,
in all probability her room was there,
and swore bitterly to myself at the
thought of how impossible it would be
to reach her. I then craned out and
looked upwards, and saw that my house
was a half-story lower than the Toison
dor, and that, whilst the latter had
high, sloping roof, the portion of the
building in which was appeared to be
long and narrow terrace, with low
machicolated parapet running along
the edge. Thus if there were door
or window in the Toison dor that
opened on to my roof, it would be posi-
BILE to step out thereon, and then 1
drew back, my blood burning. If it was
possible to step out from the Toison
dor on to the roof of the house oc-
cupied, it might be equally easy to get
thence into the Toison dor. Taking
my sword I measured the distance of
the ledge from the window sill, and
then, holding on to the mullions by one
hand, stretched out as far as I could,
and found could just touch the top of
the parapet with the point of my blade.
In short, the position was this: that, so
hard and smooth was the outside of the
wall it was impossible for anything,
save a lizard, to get along it to the win
dow behind which supposed madame
was prisoned, yet it was feasible, with
the aid of rope thrown over the grin
ming head of the gargoyle little above
me, or else over the low battlement OF
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CHAPTER XVIII.

THE sKYLIGHT IN THE TOIsON DOR.
Once back in my room flung off my
cloak and took survey of my new
quarters. The room was long and low,
and situated in the topmost story of the
house. In one corner was q settle COW
cred with a faded brocade, whilst on
the other side there was a wardrobe
and few necessaries. The bed was
placed at the extreme end of the room,
and close to the window which over
looked the back of the house, and
through which from where stood the
blue sky alone was visible, there was
table and couple of chairs. Be
tween the table and the bed interviewed
q clear space, about ten feet by six,
covered with q coarse carpeting. If
am thus precise in my description,
would say I have done SO in order to
explain clearly what follows.
So far things were satisfactory
enough, and beyond what had right
to expect in such q locality. The one
drawback was that would be COM
PEELED to use the turret at the end of
the passage for my watch, and thus run
the risk of being observed from the
other houses. In the meantime de-
termined to see exactly what could be
effected from the window, and pushing
the table aside, so a. to get a better
view, looked out. then saw that the
house was in, as well as the Toison
dor. was built against the remains of
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-05-19
ROBERT BR0wN1NG'sR ROMANCE
The Most Beautiful Love Story In
Literature II That Of His Court
ship and Married Life.

Not once In all the years Of their
married life was Browning absent from
his wife single day. At home or on
their occasional journeys he was ever
with her, ready to protect her and wait
upon her. Often ill and unable to leave
her room, he nursed her with the ten
derness of woman; cheering her in
her convalescence and stories and songs,
or reading to her for hours at a time,
as he oft had done in the days before
their marriage. twas in his touching
thoughtfulness-in his little acts of low
ing and unsolicited attention-that his
love for her was most truly shown. Oft
times would he rise early in the morn
ing, long ere the time for her awaken
ing, and Fastening forth into the gar
den or the fields, gather bunch of
fragrant blossoms to place at her bed
side, that they might be the first real-
ties of life to greet her with their sun
shine and with their tender messages of
love upon her return from the world of
dreams. His every thought his every
care. was of her-to add to the JOY or
the comfort of her life; and many were
the means devised by his thoughtful,
solicitude for the accomplishment of his
loving purpose. To shield her delicate
eyes from the light he had placed in the
window of her room a small shutter Of
mica, SO arranged that the sunlight
might fall upon her table in subdued
and gentle radiance.-Clifford Howard,
in Ladies' Home Journal.
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An Embryonic Scheme.

81 have an idea," said the dentists
patient, as he put on his coat after max
ing an appointment for two hours Of
anguish on the following Tuesday;
81 have plan for filling teeth. 1t needs
a little work in the arrangement of de-
tails, but think it is a great scheme"
''What is it ." asked the dentist.
"When teeth are to be filed, they
should first be extracted; the filing
could then be done without pain to tho
patient, and it would only be necessary
to find some way to replace the teeth"
Puck.
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Determination for this paper should
be accompanies by the name of the author, not
necessarily for publication but as an evidence
Of good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful In giving names and dates to have the
letters and figures plain and distinct.
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Miss Frank-George seems awfully
fond of his uncle. @
Miss Sharpe-How SO?
why, he's let him have his watch.
chain, stud and ring since have known
him, and that's only month!"-Jewel.
ers' Weekly.
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Teacher-Who helped you with this
essay, James?
Pupil-Nobody, sir.
Teacher-Now, tell me the truth. Did
not your brother?
Pupil-No, sir; he did it all himself
Tt-Bits.
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CHAPTER xvu.-CoNr1NuED.


At last I came opposite the Toison
dor. The gate leading into the little
court was shut, and SO was every win
dow facing the street. The signboard
was swinging sadly over the closed door,
and at the first glance 1t looked as if
the house was deserted. would trust
az little to chance as possible. passed
slowly on, and found that the Toison
dor joined on to another but much
smaller house, which had its bound set
to 1t by the wall that crossed the street,
The sash of a window on the top story
of the house was up, and a. came up
to It the front door swung open and a
man stood on the steps and looked me
full in the face. AS my glance passed
him saw that the door opened into q
room that was used apparently as a
shop for all kinds of miscellaneous ar
ticles, and the man himself would have
stood well for the picture of a thieves
fence. which, indeed, he was.
"A good morning. captain" he said.
twill you buy-or have you come to
SELF" he asked, dropping his voice.
As he spoke Pantin came up and be-
gan to importune the man from safe
distance to purchase his wares; but be-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
BREv1TIEs OF FUN.

Jigson- friend Swatkins
talks with considerable feeling"
Nigson-"Yes, and he generally
touches his man"
Marked Down-"Sadie says she's
90. I thought she was 49," "Wen,
everything in the store has been
marked down since the LIST of jan
uary."-Judge.
"Why did Josephine dismiss her
suit for damages?" ''The man proved
that he ran into her bicycle because
he was looking at her."-Chicago
Daily Record.
How He Knew-Mrs. Newlywed
-"Haye patience, Jack! Dinner will
soon be ready" Jack-T suppose
SO, my dear. thought I smelled
something burning Answers.
cit is estimated, /" said the statistical
boarder, 'that 100000 packs Of
playing cards are made every year"
''That," said the Cheerful Idiot, els
a great deal" -Indianapolis Journal.
Snoope"O, I would like to see my
self as others see me, just once.
Snapper-"Well, I can tell you, once
and for all, you would step on your
self and you wouldn't notice it,
Boston Courier.
"Frisbie is the LATEST man I ever
knew" "What makes you think so?"
'tHe actually seems to be glad that
he's getting bald headed, so that he
won't have to comb his hair any
re."-Tit-Bits.
Mistress greatly distressed as
Bridget awkwardly drops the chicken
on the floor when about to place it
on the table)-'Dear me! Now we've
lost our dinner!" Bridget-''1ndade
we've not. Oh have me foot onitf-
Credit Lost.
Mrs. Fowler-"So you have been
to sit up with a Isick man, Ell? John
Fowler, can you look me in the face
and say that?" Mr.. Fowler-"Why,
of course I can, Nettie. What do you
take me for-for just an ordinary,
amateur ?"-Boston Transcript
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
RESIDENCE OF MAYOR GEO. N. MOSES. GREAT BEND

btional, Presbyterian. Methodist; Episco-
pal, Catholic, Episcopal. German Luth-
eran, Colored M. E. and Colored Bap-
tst.
Three large general merchandise
stores.
One exclusive fruit and vegetable
dealer.
A Grand Army Post, owning their
own hall.
Four weekly newspapers, and one
quarterly.
One main line and two branch rail-
roads-Santa Fe, and Mo. Pacific.
Plenty of music teachers and dress
makers; journeymen carpenters, black.
smiths, painters, tailors, butchers,
cigar makers, printers, plasterers, stone
and brick masons.
And the brightest, most energetic and
enterprising of these many business and
professional men and women use aud
appreciate the advertising columns of
the DEMOCRAT Some do not, and the
reader will ag.ee with US that it is more
to their disadvantage than that of the
DaDer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
THE LATEST SEA-SERPENT.
One Recently Seen Off the Coast of Scot
land

Very little has been heard of the
sea serpent for some time; but crea-
ture which, it is stated, closely re
sembled that monster Of tradition,
has, it appears, been discovered off
Stonehaven, small town about 16
miles south of Aberdeen. Near the
end Of the past week, at about II
o'clock In the morning, the fishing
boat Lily was returning to Stone
haven from the haddock grounds,
when the attention of the skipper,
Alex Taylor, was directed to some
thing floating on the surface Of the
sea, about 100 yards off the coast, in
very deep water. Thinking that the
object might be body, the skipper
oEdered one of his crew to be in readi-
ness with a boat hook to take it on
board when passing, for it was right
in their course. But what was their
CONSERVATION, when they approached
closer, to see the thing rear itself part
ly out of the water and swim seward
across their bows The boat was now
only Is yards away, and the crew
could see the strange inhabitant Of the
water quite clearly. The skipper de-
scribes it as having a back somewhat
like the upturned bottom of ship
on which we're two fins, 90 feet apart,
about the size of the sails of a small
boat, which they closely resembled.
Behind one fin was a protuberance of
the shape of cameps hump. The
body was of blush color, and in ap-
pearance the head was fatter than
that of whale. The monster went
short distance out to sea, and, describ-
ing a circle, turned and passed the
boat again, this time in the rear. At
intervals it raised its head high out
of the water and spouted in the man
ner of whale, the only difference be-
ing that it took a shorter period to
blow. The skipper of the boat de-
scribes the part of the creature that
was visible as being twice the length
of 34-foot boat He did not see its
tail end, so that there is no knowing
what its total length might have been.
1t seems impossible that the fisher
men could have mistaken the animal
for a whale at so short a distance, as
whales are quite familiar to the trawl-
ers of the northeast coast of Scotland
Taylor tells his story clearly and with
out hesitation, and his crew vouch for
the veracity OF his statements, which
are in measure, corroborated by the
fact that in the early morning of the
same day the crew Of another boat
heard an unusual splashing and blow
ing as they were leaving Stonehaven
harbor. Owing to the dense fog pre-
vailing at that early hour, however.
they were unable to discover the au-
thor of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Cheap Dog Proves Dear.

Charles Malone, a prominent Ports
mouth farmer, was found guilty in
Squire Jenkins court Of stealing a 90
cent dog from Henry Pilson, q neigh
boring farmer. The litigation about the
ownership of the dog has already cost
the man over 500. The verdict against
Malone was due to the law passed by
the last legislature, which says: Amy
one VINO shall steal an animal Of the
dog kind shall be deemed guilty Of lar
ceny." Heretofore the law required a
valuation to be placed on the article al
legged to have been stolen Malone has
appealed the case and proposes to car
ry it to the Supreme Court if neces-
Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Facts About Red Haired People.

An eminent man of science has re-
Gently declared that red-haired people
are far less apt to so bald than those
who are possessed Of other colored
hair. The average crop on the head Of
red-haired person x only $4,000 hairs.
Ordinary dark hair is far finer and
over three dark hairs take up the space
of one red one; 100000 is about the
average But fair-haired people are
still better off, 100000 to 100000 is a
quite common number of hairs on the
scalp Of fafr-haired man or woman.
This authority does not comment on
the peculiarities of red-haired people,
but it is well known that they are of a
more passionate nature than others,
and often of Sl,,j and sensitive dis
position, akin to zn.t is known as the
artistic temperament
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Many Yards of Ribbon.

Nearly 1000 .OOO. COO, 900 yards Of rib
bon OF all shades and colors are con-
sumed by the fair sex in general Of
the continent Of Europe every year.
OF this high amount France alone
takes one-third, 1t being a well-estab-
1shed fact that Trench women are par
ticularly prone to q. ything of a snowy
color. Britain comes next, but very
long way behind, with 10000, 900 yards,
and the rest is divided principally be-
tween Spain. Italy, Germany and Bel
GUM and smaller principalities. Blue
and the higher pinks and scarlet are
the favorite shades.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
The 1,Eae of Births and Deaths.

According to the British Medical
Journal. Raseri, who has analysed. 49,
474 cases of death and Sc, 515 of births,
where the exact time Of day was noted,
finds that the maximum number Of
deaths occur in the early afternoon
e to p. M, and the minimum, in the
last hours of midnight, whilst the max
fmum number of births occur in the
early hours of morning, and the mini
mum in the early hours of the after
noon. Is regards the cause of this, he
points ou+ that the hours of the maxi
mum nu>S,ber Of deaths are precisely
those when the pulse rate and tempera-
ture are at their highest in heath. and
when there Is febrile eXacerbat:on in
Illness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
A Famous Cork Room.

The famous cork room that has been
Tor ten years one of the attractions OF
New York City is about to be destroy
ed. The walls and ceiling Of che room
are covered over in an artistic man
ner with champagne corks, no fewer
than 10000, representing 10000 quarts
and 10000 pints, being used in the
decorations. There has been more
champagne than this consumed in the
room during the st ten years, but
large quantities of Che corks had 20 be
thrown away, SO as not to mar the
artistic effect OF the 10000 used in
decoration. The &C ks are a-nxed to
the ceiling and walls by felt and seal
ing wax.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
A UEtrEe Bible.

The most costly book in the Royal
library at Stockholm is Bible. 1t is
no wonder that it is Considered
precious, for there is not another just
like it in the world. In weight and
size alone it is unique. 1t is said that
100 asses skins were used for its
parchment leaves. There are go pages
of writing and each page falls but one
inch short Of being a yard in length.
The width of the leaves is twenty
inches. A Bible, tie leaves Of which
are considerably longer than the larg-
est newspaper at precent issued, would
be big thing to handle, and when
to this is added the fact that the COW
ers are solid planks, four inches thick,
1t will be understood that this costly
Stockholm treasure IS not exactly a
pocket Bible.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Our 1s-Inch Gun.

The 13-inch gun of which the
Americans appear to be so enamored
at present costs 100000, weighs 81
tons, is 40 feet long, and takes about
a year to make. 1t can only be fred
once in five minutes, and each shot
requires $50 pounds of powder, Al
1900 yards steel projectile fred by
the gun is capable of penetrating %
inches of solid steel. The armor-
piercing shells used in this gun cost
E100 each.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Power of a Pound of oo..a.

A curious and interesting calculation
has been made on the dynamic power
of coal. IRON this we learn that
single pound of good steam cool has
within it dynamic power equivalent to
the work Of one man for one day.
Three tons of the same coal represent
q mans labor for a period OF twenty
years, and one square mile Of a seam
of coal, having a depth Of four feet
only, represents as much work as one
million men can perform IN twenty
years. Such calculations as the above
may serve to remind US how valuable
a commodity coal really Is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Traffic Over London Bridge.

1t is computed that about 100000 Pc
destrafns and 10000 vehicles cross Lon
don bridge every day. Each leaves be-
hind a little shoe leather or a little
iron-5ust trifie. But when litter and
dust are added t. these minute losses
the whole fills between three and four
carts. The most surprising fact of all,
however, is that the incessant traffic
across the bridge reduces to powder
about twenty-five cubic yards of gran
lite every year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Wasteful Americana.

A lecturer on the wastefulness OF
American housekeepers estimates that
loo, 600 families could be fed with the
food daily thrown away by hotels.
restaurants and large private estab-
lishments in New York alone.