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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19

IN R. ". S. MCDOWELL. the crack
III amateur oarsman of the United
IL States, is beginning to train for
his third attack at the great Diamond
SOULS at the Henley regatta this sum-
mer. He will be the only oarsman from
the United States to enter for honors in
the classic of England. The only
other American who will row is
Goldman, of the Toronto Cam Boat
club. To get his name among those of
the winners, Nickalls, Ooms, GUM
ness, E. Il. Ten Eyck, ETC., is the con-
Stunning ambition of the Chicago doctor.
He will wear the colors of the Chicago
Boat club when he appears on the Hen
ley course this summer, and the many
who were there in the contest that he
was deprived of by an accident while
rowing Blackstaffe in the record break
ing heat will be on hand to cheer him
on. Fair women will have their dainty
cambria handkerchiefs at the sturdy
American representative, and the Eng
lish will overlook their favorite sons to
urge Mcdowell on to success.
1t can be truthfully said that the last
time DIR. Mcdowell competed for the
great event ne was the general favor
lite. The money was on him and the
newspapers were in his favor. The
English idea of praising tenacity of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19

Mortlake, give the impression that this
interuniversity race is the hardest in
the world on the oarsman of the two
Fights. As a matter of fact, the strain
that these men get is nothing to that
which comes to the man in the Diamond
SOULS or in the American college races"
The doctor thinks that the future for
rowing in America among amateurs is
very bright, and expects that. the uni
versities of the west viii, in time, get as
much prominence as the eastern schools
have secured. and eventually there will
be eastern-western annual events that
will challenge the attention of the
world, as do the annual struggles be-
tween Oxford and Cambridge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19

and got me a shell. 1t was five weeks
before the regular regatta for a cham
pionship cup and was too strong, they
said to get away from them. Well they
called my bluff and offered to row in
their regatta.
''Now mind you had never been in a
racing shell. There was a great crowd
gathered at the river to see me take my
first ducking. But fooled them. Con-
trary to the usual custom / got in the
shell the first time and did not get
ducked. They were surprised. 1twas
not until the fourth day of practice that
1 fell out. And it is only necessary to
wink your eye quickly in some shells
to fall out. To make a long story short,
I improved and rowed in the race The
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19
A CRADLE SONG.
O and fro. to and fro.

To and fro. to and fro,
With her mother singing low.
Lies my baby, wide awake.
Needing not the soothing shake,
Nor the swinging to and fro,
Nor her mother-singing low.
To and fro, to and fro;
Steadily the rockers go
Ger some crevice in the floor,
AS they did in days of yore
When my Notwithstanding low
Rocked her baby to and fro.
To and fro, to and fro
Hear that midget COO and crow.
See her twist and turn and spy
Just a twinkle in her eye
Then she laughs aloud, you know
A her Notwithstanding low.
To and fro, to and fro
BREAD to bake and seams to sew.
Beds to make, and sweep and dust,
Baby go to sleep; you must;
You mustn't tick your legs up so.
Ma must rock you-sing, by To-"
To and fro, to and fro.
o, rny darling, could you know
All the WEAKNESS and care
You have made your mother there
All your mirth would change to woe
To and fro, to and fro.
Patiently the rockers go,
Till at last the eyelids close,
Carried safely to repose
BY the tender undertoW
OF that song so sweet and low.
o, my pet. my precious one
When her toll for you is done
When alone you seek for rest,
Broken-hearted and oppressed,
You will miss the voice, know,
OF your NOTWITHSTANDING low.
To and fro, to and fro
You to motherhood may grow,
But I'll never forget your glee
AS you kicked and laughed at me.
While your Notwithstanding low,
Rocked and rocked you to and fro.
Charles D. Tryon, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19

men raced In pairs. The event mar
rowed to myself and a famous oarsman,
a doctor. l beat him and having had
no idea that would win, 1 had not done
as the other oarsmen, looked at the
prize beforehand. Consequently when
l walked before Lady Newry, hat In
hand, to receive from the gracious lady
of the weIl-known family, the trophy
I had won, caused great tittering IN :
the crowd by critically examining the
prize. The latter was handsome cup
carved from bit of Irish bog oak. Of
course that victory settled it. was an
oarsman from that date"
E. C. wEsrLAKE-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-19

W-All communications for this paper should
Be accompanied by the name of the author. not
aeccesarily for publication but as an evidence
IT good faith on the part Of the writer. Write
eEly on one side OF the paper. Be particularly
psreful In giving names and dates TO have the
letters and figures plain and distinct
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Sparks From the Engine.

G. II. engine 1893 is in the shops I'M
dergoing repairs.
Superintendent Har tman of the Mex
icau Central is in town.
G. Il. hose team had their practice
run last and made very good time.
A Mum, foreman of the G. b. round
house, has returned after weeks va
cation.
S. P. engine 1894 was brought into
the shop yesterday with broken
eccentric.
G. q. engine 955 has been thorough
ly over hauled and painted and is now
ready to leave the shop.
Ben Tracey, formerly q G. h. ma
chinist who has been sick in Mexico
with the smallpox, died this morning.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
LINK AND PIN.

paying So. 25 more, costing him in all
1925.
Yesterday, Officer Harold learning
that Neal had the watch, tried to in
duce him to give it up, but Neal could
not see it in tina. way and would not
give it up unless he got his money
back.
Harold took him to Jail and when
the matter was fully explained he was
released and returned to work, and
when seen by a HERALD reporter he
said:
mo, sah!A Dat nigga doan get dis
watch till 1 feel dat three dollars and
quarter"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
A RULING ON THE LAW
Anti-Rebate Act Does Not Prohibit
the Issuance OF Transporter
ton.

Austin, Texas, August 2S.-The at
tOrney general today, at the request OF
General Attorney Perkins of the Cotton
Belt, tackled the anti-rebate act passed
by the Twenty-sixth Legislature and
this evening wrote letter to the effect
that in his opinion it does not prohibit
the issuance OF free trans
portation. He reaches this
conclusion from the fact that the new
railroad commission law which pro-
hibits the giving of rebates except as
to the penalty, which has never been
construed ss prohibiting the giving of
free passes, although many penalty
suits have been brought hereunder
by the state. Furthermore, the at
torney general cities the journals of
the Twenty--ixth legislature as
evidence that there was no int ntion to
passes, as said journals show
tn at several anti-free pass amendments
were defeated by large majorities. AS
to shippers passes, Mr.. Smith is of the
opinion that the issuance of a pass to
one or few shippers without giving
all shippers like privileges would be
Discrimination under terms of the new
act and subject the officer or agent
issuing such transportation to prose :
cutiou.
Dallas, Texas, August 2S.-The Sep
tenn Der term of the Hopkins county
district court convened at SULPHUR
Springs, today, with Judge Howard
Templeton presiding.
In the course of his remarks to the
grand Jurors, Judge Templeton laid
down a construction of the anti-rebate
law passed by the Twenty-sixth legisla-
ture, which became effective last Sat
urday Judge Templeton held:
1. That that portion of the new law
prohibiting the payment of rebate to
one shipper and not to another was
clearly valid and charged the grand
jury to 1ndict all proven guilty of this
offense.
2 That that part of the new law
prohibiting railroads from showing
preferences or giving undue advan-
tages to individuals or localities was
invalid because of its uncertainty.
3. T. at the law does not prohibit
the giving of free transportation to any
one.
Judge Templeton has q statewide
reputation as An able jurist and his
construction of the arti-rebate law is
expected to challenge interest from all
over Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Red Light Stolen.

The eastbound passenger train had
it's rear end red light stolen on last
Monday night at a station named Lobo
about 30 miles this side of Valen-
tine.
On discovering the loss of the
lantern party was sent out and found
it on Tuesday, hidden under culvert
about half mile from where it WAS
stolen.
The light is the one that is used for
tagging q train and also as q danger
signal, and what use the thief or
thieves had for it is source of
wonder to the company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Skilled Workmen Wanted.

A representative of the Mexican
Central has been in town for q few
days from chihuahua trying to secure
a. number of machinists and shop men
of all descriptions.
The Mexican Central has an immense
amount of work on hand and it ia al
most impossible to secure competent
help.
The G. b. shops are also having q
hard time in gettin g first class work
men.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
HEHUN6ARIAN BOYS BAND.
Render Fine Music at Myar's Opera
House Last Night.

Ell Paso has heard many fine
musical organizations, but there was
never body of musicians which
aroused more enthusiasm than did the
Hungarian Boys Military band which
opened Myar's Opera house last night.
The sight of forty little Hungarian
boys in red uniforms many of them so
small that their feet do not touch the
floor when seated in ordinary chairs,
repaid those who attended the theatre
last night.
1t is delight to hear these manly
and serious little fellows playing full
sized instruments with all the care an
skill Of grown men. They seem to be
natural born musicians. They attack
with the precision Of veterans and
their music is given with grace and
delicacy positively amazing in boys so
young.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
New WatChmdn.

Since the advent of genial Jim Long
as day Waterman at the G. 81. shops.
The numerous tramps and Mexicans
who used to prowl around the out
skirts of the yard are conspicuous by
their ABSENCE
Jim says that he Is going to put q
stop to this petty stealing, and there
is no doubt that he will succeed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
mo Eve, No See"

A Chinese Car wiper in the G. 81.
shop got his head in the way of q
machinist who was handling an iron
bar and was accidently struck in the
face. He waved his arms frantically
and exclaimed, "Gee, Gle, What's
mailer? You no eye. you no see.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Quick Work

A G. 81. switch engine jumped the
track in the yard yesterday causing
the boys to get in a little quick work.
A. Mum foreman of the round
house, and his assistants had it back on
the track inside of two minutes.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Trick Riding.

John Miners, car repairer in the
Santa Fe shops, ia no doubt an expert
at fancy bicycle riding and takes great
pleasure in giving mis- comrades at the
shop an exhibition once in while.
But the boys all thought he was crazy
the other day when he made several
fruitless attempts to ride safety with
ont q chain on it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Dancing Brakemen.

The railroad boys at Lordsburg will
soon be in the swim.
Prof. A. Helmer, New York dane
ing master, is organizing class and it
is expected that very shortly the boys
will be doing all kinds of fantastic steps
on the top of the freight cars.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
A misunderstanding.

Henry Neal. a colored man employed
in the @. II. shops, was arrested yes
terdsy on the charge of having stolen
property in his possession.
It seems that about week ago an
other colored man came to him and
sold him a pawn ticket for watch for
which he paid S1.00. Neal went to the
pa wn broker and redeemed the watch +,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Nailed.

The boys are wondering how w.
Martin of the Santa Fee shop ever eX-
pected to put on his coat when it was
nailed to the wall.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

Hyou want to sell your real estate,
place it in the hands of Wilson & Mil
Ter. Rooms % 81 "a Sheldon
Block
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Great Activity.

Great activity is going on in the
Santa Fe yards on account of the large
amount of freight they are handling at
present.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

Build your own houses stop paying
rent call on Dresser and Stringer Room
5 MorOhouse Block.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
A REAL SNAP

200 pieces imported all silk ribbons
over inches wide, twenty exquisite
designs, not q yard worth less than 75c,
your choice 25c while they last, limit 5
yards to each customer.
Posener's Cut Rate Millinery,
Sheldon Block,
Opp. P. 0.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

Pillsbury'e, Best Flour is the best in
the world, at Ell Paso Grocery Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

Pilisbury's Best Flour is the best in
the world, at Ell Paso Grocery Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

G. Paso Steam Laundry. Phone Al
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16
DYNAMITE PILLS.
Why Your Doctor Writes Prescrip-
lions In Obscure Latin.

"What the eye doesn't see the heart
| doesn't grieve over" This old, old saw
! Is surely most applicable to the mysteries
| of modern pharmacy.
The ACCESSIBILITY OF physicians prescrip.
fions being couched in Latin has frequent
ly been questioned, but the fact that in
| many cases medicines of the highest val
ue would be refused by the patient il
once their composition was known is a
great point in favor of the present prac-
tice.
Many patient, for instance, would
probably gasp at his doctor prescribing
TO him dynamite as a remedy in heart
disease. Dynamite is simply porous clay
saturated with nitroglycerin, and this
same nitroglycerin is freely prescribed in
cases of that prevalent disease of old age
angina pectoris."
Pure venom OF the rattlesnake is being
used by eminent practitioners in severe
cases of scarlet fever.
Dried bullocks' blood mixed with glyc-
erin and brandy or simply powdered is
one of the latest additions to the physi-
clans armament.
The following prescription would prob
ably be accepted by most of us as hav-
ing respectable appearance about II
uuu Wueu uiSpenseu Wouiu prODaDly De
taken in most blissful innocence:
Responsibilities orientslis, drach. xii.
Div. in pulveres cxliv. Capiat imam ter
In die.
Now for our translation:
Take of crushed cockroaches 10 drains.
Divide in IA powders. Take one three
times a day.
Will it be believed that the above pre-
scription is other than a relic OF old time
quackery? Well, it is fact that il is
being used in this present year OF grace
and has only been introduced during the
past few years.
Among other animal products used in
medicine one familiar TO all of us is pep
sin. II may be news to some that pepsin
is simply the gastric juice of the pig.
Leaving the animal world, we find gold,
silver, copper and even glass lin the form
Of silicate Of soda) all In constant use at
this day
And finally as to poisons. The most
effective of tonics. and vastly used, Is
strychina. Stropanthus. introduced from
central Africa some few years ago and
now recognized as our most potent heart
sedative Is the deadly arrow poison of
the African cannibals.
Arsenic is our most frequently used
blood purifier, prussic acid is our best
and in many cases only allayer of vomit-
ing and saves many more lives than it
destroys, while morphia, aconite, mercu-
ry and many other of our virulent poi
sons are too well known in medicinal use
to need mentioning. Mail.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16
sleeping HI. Life Away.

'"There goes the happiest man In the
borough" said Norristown barber,
pointing out of the window to little,
elderly man, dressed gayly, who walked
with his eyes fixed complacently on his
new but old fashioned yellow shoes.
THAT fellow" continued the barber,
became rich suddenly, after a life of
hard, uninterrupted work. Now that he
has money, he knows of nothing better
to do than sleep. He sleeps all the time,
and 1t is running his health. In the morn
ing he comes down to breakfast at his
boarding house, messes with the food a
little. and then, as soon as his bed Is
made, skates up stairs for snooze. At
dinner he tries hard TO eat, but his appe-
tite is bad. He plays with his food and
blows to the other boarders about the
fine maps he takes while they are work
ing hard, and IL they pretend to be en-
vious he shows that he is delighted. OF
course he sleeps all the afternoon, but at
night, although he denies this, it is well
known that he rests poorly.
81 suppose it is better il you are rich
TO ruin your health by sleeping too much
rather than by drinking or dissipating in
the other ways, but just to sleep seems
to me foolish thing to do, because when
you sleep all the time you might as well
be dead. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16
Convict's Dress
A Lady Entertained Him Unawares,
but Did Not Care to Visit Him
and His Wife Afterward.
BY B. F. CRESSwELL.
Copyright, 1899, by Beatrice +. Cressirel.
BY B. +. cREsswELL.
Copyright, 1899, by Beatrice F. Cresspcu.

1 thought my cousin, Annie Rigwel,
would have made me more welcome when
! came to stay with her at her Dartmoor
farm. had been ill; change of air was
recommended, so l offered myself to my
cousin, in that fashionable manner, as n
paying guest" and l must admit that
after long, billy drive to Brackworthy
thought she surely would be glad of So
ciety in so isolated a spot.
But her welcome was not of the hearty
kind / expected from west country
woman. SHE greeted me without enthu-
siasm. | observed that we were almost
strangers to one another, and she made
no professions of wishing we might be
better acquainted.
you'll find us very dull and lonely
here, Florrie," she said. you won't want
to stay long"
During the days that followed she often
asked me if / were not getting tired of
the place, in a style suggesting that she
would not be sorry if left. One morn
ing she observed to me: Il am expecting
a visitor here, Florrie. He may come any
day, I'm not sure of a particular time. 1t
lit is a gentleman who is coming TO see
the farm. You know l am selling the
place. / intend going to America"
1t was the first time had heard of any
of her plans, and l observed with what
difficulty she now spoke of them.
One morning, few days afterward,
she said she must drive into the town for
business and would be absent all day. |
might be lonely, added she. Would not
come with her?
"Oh, I've plenty to amuse myself WITH"
answered. Il shan't feel dull, and who
knowsi-your possible purchaser may
turn up, and l can show him the farm.
What's his name, In case he should turn
up" said !, just to tease her
Ellis name? Hartland," she answered,
In a suppressed tone.
l watched her drive away, our maid
beside her. Eliza could not understand
i was staying at home for my own pleas
ure and tried to cater for my amusement
before she left.
Zone O. they convicts from Princes
Towns escaped" she said to me, when
Annie was out OF the way. lis all
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16

Tennyson was exceedingly chary
throughout his life of replying to criti-
cism or clearing up obscurities In his
works, but n letter of the poet shows that
on occasion he departed from his custom
airy rule. The letter in question was adj
dressed to Mr.. Edward Campbell Tainsh
In acknowledgment of q copy of his
STUDY of the Works of Alfred 'Tenny-
son." the following lines having been
cited by Mr.. Tainsh as an instance Of
mechanical supernaturalism:"
Though family, merrily, far and far away.
He heard the pealing Of his parish bells,
Tennyson replied: "A friend of mine told
me that he had heard his own parish bells
in the midst OF an eastern desert-not
knowing at the time 1t was Sunday. He ac-
counted for it to me by stating that there
was ringing in his ears which his old
associations nodded unconsciously into
the sound he heard. There Is nothing
really supernatural, mechanically or 9TH
erwise, in 'E. AS hearing bells, though
the author most probably did intend the
passage to tell upon the reader mystic
ally"
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16
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STATE OF MAINE.

| U MBERLAND. IS.
Supreme Judicial Court. In Equity.
Edward II. Daveis v. Westbrook Manufac-
turing Company.
Edward H. Daveis OF Portland. in the County
OF Cumberland and State OF Maine. complains
against the Westbrook Manufacturing Com
pany, q corporation organized and existing
under tine laws OF the State OF Maine, In behalf
OF himself and all other stockholders OF said
corporation, ard lleges.
First: That said westbrook Manufacturing
Company Is q corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Malnei that Arthur W.
Kicker /. Clerk OF said corporation, aud 1t, Of
nee Is at Westbrook in the Comfy OF Cumber-
land;
Second: That said corporation has ceased to
do business. ana tina there are existing iiablli-
ties az anst said corporation. and existing as
sets thereof requiring distribution;
Third: That at \ me ting OF the stockholders
Of sal corporation duly iled therefor. held at
said Portland on tie twenty-ninth day OF No
EThat the westbrook Manufacturing Company
e, and the sane is hereby, dissolved ana
terminated;
That Edward II. Daveis, President OF the
hereby is, authorized and directed to bring a
bill In equity In the supreme judicial court In
the State of Maine, against said Company.
praying that Il mag be dissolved, and that
trustee or trustees may pc appointed by the
Court;
Fourth, That the complainant Is the Pres-
dent OF said corporation, and also q stock
holder and director thereof.
WHEREFORE your Complainant prays,-
/. That such notice be given In the premises
as TO this Honorable Court may seem meet;
2. That said corporation DO dissolved and
terminated. and that trustee or trustees be
appointed TO receive the assets OF said corpora
lion. and distribute thd same under the orders
EDWARD Ii. DAVIES.
Bird g. Bradley, Solicitors.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16
Pretty wedding Custom.

There is a pretty wedding custom in
Peru. The origin and the significance
could not learn. Some say it is Biblical
and others that it is an old Moorish GUS
tom. 1t is customary for the padrina, or
godfather, of the groom TO hand the pa
drina, or godfather, Of the bride tray
containing 10 pieces of money. II may
must be ID pieces, because Christ and the
IL apostles make that number. The god
father hands the tray TO the bride, and
she hands Il to the priest. and the priest
spends the money for charity. Chicago
Record.