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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

The Cumberland Telephone company
has absorbed the Peoples at jackson
aud the Citizens at vicksburg. An
other case where the longest pole takes
the persimmon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
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SALE IS STILL ON.
The following was copied from
the Kansas City Star, under
date of April 2, 1899:

about the I'd of February there
was a fire next door to the large whole
sale dry goods house of Green Joyce &
Co., Columbus, o. The top floor of
their building caught fire. and as there
was considerable water thrown on this
floor the stock was more or less dam
aged by water and smoke. The goods
on the floors below were carefully COW
cred with tarpaulins by the fire depart
ment, and not damaged at all. But
Green Joyce & Co. refused to accept the
stock from the insurance companies I'M
less at abont 20 cents on the dollar.
This the insurance companies would
not agree to do. so they-the insurance
companies-shipped the entire stock
from Columbus to Chicago and sold it
for what it would bring"
Mr.. SAMUELs shipped an immense
lot of this stuff. part of which was
placed on sale last Friday morning.
The balance will be opened tomor
row morning. Do not wait until
the last moment Come tomorrow
and
Attend this Sale.
1t will Pay You.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

One woman who put in most of the
day Tuesday hauling dry" voters TO
the polls. was overheard to say. In
directing another party TO bring in a
woman voteri Bring her down. any
how, and show her how to mark her
ticket-she won't know any better"
Off, there, Mrs. Evidently quite u
sprinkling of the ladies DID know
better.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
MR.. T. H. STROUT,

PARKERsBURG, w. Va. Says:
Gentlemen
I found that Beggs Cherry Cough
Syrup does the business every time
Not once has it failed to cure my child
rem of Colds or Group. Even La Grippe
gives up its hold when tackled with
Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup. 1 would
sooner be without life insurance, than
not to keep a good supply of this medi.
cine in my house. Sold at
HOOPER DRUG Co
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

It is understood that Lundblade &
Bolingers have bought the A. r. Moss
and j. a. REIN buildings, and will in
a short time pull out the old building
west of the First National Bank and
erect a new brick there. connecting
the new room with the Moss and REIN
rooms, and open large department
gt0ra
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

We rather sorso' suspicioned that
the town would go wet" but we did
not look for such copious gobs of
moisture as was spread all over the
whole county Wednesday. A regular
April rain, with sprinkling of Janu-
airy snow trying to get mixed up in the
play all day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

All small garden seeds in bulk. at
usual prices. These are all fresh seeds.
Ali 10 cent shelf goods cents.
All cent shelf goods cents.
Bargains in everything at the
STAR GROCERY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Judge Breeder moved, on Tueeday.
into his new third ward residence. But
he did not move uutil the family had
put in a couple of votes for Mayor
HuIm0
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

The republican candidate for mayo
of Wichita was elected by only littl
over a hundred, over the Salvation
Army man, Tapp.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

The question naturally arises: Where
was Ajax Hoisington in the city cleo
and land him in the cousomme tureen?
It kind O. looks that way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

At the colored peoples cake walk,
Tuesday night, there was said to have
been warm period along about eleven
O'Clock, when razors were flynn in de
air. No one was hurt, however.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Helm Smith had John Dickson
mighty near knocked out, in the sec
ond ward but not quite. Bob Allison
will still have to play lone hand with
few chips.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Fitzpatrick and Bothum will me eff
again in the ring, at Seward, on the
9Th inst. in 10 round go for scienti-
fic points and things like that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Buses & Smith have a neat ad. con-
corning their bicycle business, in this
issue of the DEMOCRAT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

And the Deacon weeps-eyen TIT
heavens wept all day Wednesday II
sympathy with the "drys."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

DR.. Hess is having a foundation pu'
in, west of residence on Broadway
and will move house onto it thi:
M
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Soon Uncle Dick will be round will
his stick, and his same old trick o.
making hobos hustle along quick.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Yes, Mr.. Jordan, you got on the
wrong ticket"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Will the Beacon please define its in
fuence over city affairs. W6're all
from Missouri.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

One lot Of bleached Muslin, slightly
soiled, extra good quail, at 4c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

full steel rod natural wood handle,
quality usually sells for 81 90, Fire Sale Price &c
LOT ladies Silk Paraao steel rod natural wood
handles 35 value, ire Sale Price S8c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

1900 pieces of Finishing Braid, in
white and colors, none soiled, worth
10 and Ice,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

Fire Sale price Sc
SPECIAL. PRICES will be
made on Table Linen Monday q
Tuesday, April 10th and 18th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

1000 yards of bleached Lonsdale
Muslin, short lengths from to 10 y,
not damaged piece among them,
Fire Sale price &c a Yd
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07

HOOPER DRUG Co
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
The business of a Theater.

A prosperous theater in the city of
New York may in a favorable season
do a business of more than $3.50, 900
aud keep in employment $50 persons.
There are 81 theaters, including the va
riety houses, in active operation in the
boroughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx,
while the borough of Brooklyn adds a
score OF Everything which affects
business in general affects the theater
Immediately.
A man will reduce his expenditures
for tickets to places of amusement long
before he thinks Of cutting down his
supply Of cigars. for the cigar belongs
to that class of luxuries which subtly
become necessaries, while the theater
habit. as any observant manager will
tell you. requires constant cultivation.
The management of a theater is there
fore an occupation requiring business
sagacity in a greater degree than it
calls for artistic taste. w. J. Hender-
son in Scribner's.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
HE HAD A BAD HABIT.
And 1t Made Him a Fpor Insurance
Risk In Kentucky.

And 1t Made Him a Fuor Insurance
Risk In Kentucky.
The manager of a life insurance COM
pany had the floor.
"Life insurance companies, he was
saying, ''are as particular about the
people they already have on their lists
as they are about getting them on in
the beginning. They are rich, of course,
but they are nc more anxious to take
in a man who will die of disease within
the first year or two than they are to
take in a perfectly healthy man and
have him hazard his life by taking per-
sonal risks in dangerous pursuits or ~
travel in unhealthy countries.
II remember a funny instance that
occurred once while l was living in
New England. One of our $40, 900 men
had a way of calling a man a liar in the
most careless and indiscriminate man
ner and with only the merest or no
~provocation. One day he was in our
Office and casually mentioned the fact
that he was going to make a trip to
Kentucky.
'Wheny' inquired the manager
alertly.
Next week.
'On business or p~leasureY
Going to buy a pair of horses
'Um-er-er!' hesitated the man
ager. Before you start I wish you
would stop in and see me-
What for? Want me to buy a
horse for you?
NO: I want to arrange about your
policy
"'What do you want to arrange
about it? Isn't it all rightT
"'Yes. as long as you stay in this
country. But if you go down to Ken
lucky We'll have to advance the rate
until you come back
We'll, what i H. began the
policy holder holly. when the manager
interrupted him.
Don't fly the track, my dear fel.
low. he said gently. IT'S all right here
and the rate is satisfactory to Us: but,
by Jove, we can't give you the same
rate and let you go to Kentucky and
call men liars like you do in this Sec
ton. Not muchl We haven't got $40,
900 policies to give away like that. and
you oughtn't to expect it. '"-Wash-
ington Star.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
1t pays to have an experienced
workman do your painting and
paperhanging. See Marshall for
prices, at Kelley's hardware store
His New Coat.

They had been chums for so long that
when the one gave a chatting dish party
to some of his more intimate feminine
acquaintance the other made a point
Of returning early from the theater in
order to be present. Chum No. 2 had
hardly made his appearance before chum
No. 1, in his anxiety to chatter non
n with the prettiest girl in the
room, managed to upset a basin Of
beaten egg yolks down the front of his
new Tuxedo. Chum No. / was much
distressed apparently, and chum No. 2
fastened to his assistance.
$50 into my room and take mine -
he adjured his friend generously. "I've
a brand new one; just came home to-
day"
Chum No. 1 smiled queerly. "Iknow
it, old boy" was what he said, grin
ming in a rather forced fashion. "Fact
is-well-my own looked a little shabby
this evening and I've got yours en-.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
II PROFESSORS BABY.
Medical Students Provided a SUR
prising Array of Presents For 1t,

Medical Students Provided a Sur
prising Array of Presents For 1t.
when l was a medical student in
the University of Pennsylvania said
the doctor, ''the boys celebrated an in
teresting event in the domestic life of
one Of the professors in a unique way.
The news that the favorite professor
was a happy father reached the students
on Thursday morning, and that after
noon and evening there were consulta-
tions held all owe the university build
ings, and sundry dimes and quarters
were collected by two or three of the
students, who constituted a sort of
finance committee. Every Friday morn
ing the professor gave a lecture to the
students in the amphitheater. The sub
Ject for the lecture that week was The
relation of the Sympathetic Nervous
System to the Nerve Centers of the
Brain. and half an hour before the
time set for the lecture every man in
the class, which numbered abSut $50,
was in his place waiting for the fun to
begin and glancing now and then to-
ward the three long operating tables in
a center OF the room.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the door
opened and the favorite professor enter
ed the amphitheater. He carefully closed
the door behind him, then with a self
conscious clearing of his throat turned
toward the class. At the first glance his
jaw fell. while every one of the $50
fends in the seats above began to yell
at the top of his lungs. Spread out upon
the three long operating tables were
about $50 baby's toys and furnishings
Of every kind and description. There
were rattles by the dozen, Noah's arks,
dolls Of all sizes. a toy cooking stove,
a baby carriage, an embroidered flannel
petticoat. a nursing bottle lying in a
graduated glass, pair of little blue kid
shoes and other things too numerous to
mention. After the first shock of sur
prise and embarrassment, the professor
was game. He thanked US, in a speech
peppered with five syllabled words, for
our thoughtfulness in thus providing
for the future needs Of his offspring,
but he observed, after a careful exami-
nation of the various instruments Of in
fantile delight spread out before him,
that we had forgotten one thing. a bot
tie of paregoric. Then he yawned in a
way suggestive of midnight vigils and
turned his attention to The Relation Of
the Sympathetic Nervous System to the
Nerve Centers of the Brain
"But he was not allowed to proceed
beyond the first sentence or two. His
attention was drawn to the blackboard,
where some student of artistic tenden-
cies had drawn an deliberately decorated
design in red, white and blue chalk,
is Marriage a F%ailure?' The poor pro-
fessor. seeing that there was no posi-
bility of a serious lecture that morning,
entertained US for about ten minutes on
the text posted IN the blackboard; then,
after inviting us all to visit the new
conner in the immediate future, he
marched off to the music of $50 voices
singing, go to Sleep, My Little Pick
aninny' and Daddy Wouldn't Buy Ne
a Bowwow.' New York Sun.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
Who Will be our Next President?

Politicians are now planning for
the presidential campaign of 1900,
but the wal has SO overshadowed
all other matters that politics is
almost unnoticed. Many people
are of the opinion that the candi-
dates will be the same as in 1896,
but there may be a clark horse"
who will win the race. Popularity
has much to do with candidates.
This is also true with medicine.
The most popular remedy to-day
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
and it has retained this for many
years. Science never discovered
the equal of this medicine for
stomach, liver and kidney diseases.
1t builds up solid flesh tissue, i'm
parts vigor and vitality to all
organs, and makes life worth
living. A bottle will make a big
change for the better. Try it.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
AN HONEST ARTIST.
He Would Not Paint a Lie Even For
q Napoleon.

L VOuAU MOI RANT u Lie EVEN HOx
q Napoleon.
There was no love lost between the
Emperor Louis Napoleon and his cousin,
Prince Napoleon, whom the Parisians
called ''Plon Plon." The prince used to
make abusive speeches against the en-
peror, which people were only too ready
to repeat to him. "Let him alone,'
Louis Napoleon would reply. "He is
too well known. No one would turn me
out to place him on the throne"
The emperor was correct. for no one
said a good word about "Plon Plon."
He was commonly believed to have
shown the white feather in the Crimea
and never exposed himself where the
lead was falling. An English lady, who
in her young days mingled with French
society, tells in her "Foreign Courts
and Foreign Homes a story as discred-
liable to Prince Napoleon as it is hon
orable to a French artist.
While the artist was painting the
historical picture of the battle Of the
Alma, which the emperor had ordered,
Prince Napoleon called at the painters
studio to make known to him the facts.
On leaving he said he wished the prom
inent figure in the battle to be himself
mounted on his white charger. He sent
the horse to the artist so that he could
paint its exact portrait, When the pic
ture was finished and invitations were
sent out for a ''private view," the
white charger was seen. a prominent
figure in the battle. but without a rider.
On hearing Of this terrible omission
the prince sent an aid-de-camp to ask
the reason. The honest artist said the
horse should remain if the prince wish
ed, but no rider would be on it. ''Tell
the prince I have never yet painted a
lie" The hint was taken. The prince
ordered the horse to be rubbed out.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
Its Meaning,

"Oh, yes" said Miss Flyppe. "Mr.
Gayson is a nice enough fellow, but he
ought to have his clothes made by a
tailor"
"How do you know he doesn't9''
asked young Throggins.
GLOW do I know? lean tell hand me
downs on anybody by the way they fit. "
"That MEANS" bitterly soliloquized
young Throggins as he wended his way
homeward an hour later, ''that I'll
have to pay $35 instead of $15 for my
next suit. Chicago Tribune.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
A SCENE OF
The Slaughter That Came With the
End of the J~anizaries.

The Slaughter That Came With the
End of the J~anizaries.
On the 10th day of June, 1926, the
whole corps of the janizaries in the
capital assembled, overturned their
camp kettles (the signal Of revolt) and
advanced upon the seraglio. With his
own hand the sultan unfurled the
sacred "sanjak sheriff and called upon
the true believers to rally round their
dischah and caliph, and the jealous
Mussulman citizens rushed from all
quarters and rallied under the sacred
symbol. The ranks of the janizaries
were raked with grape and solid shot
by "Black He'll" Ia nickname for Ibra-
him. general Of artillery and his gun
ners as they pressed through the streets,
compelling them to fall back to the
Etmeidan, where they defended them
selves with extraordinary ferceness,
Staying great numbers Of their assail-
ants. The artillery, supported by the
marines and the bostangi. pressed for
ward and compelled them to retreat to
their barracks, where they offered des-
perate resistance to the assault.
From every street cannon ~thunGe-ru
on the u"li. WIKI. -. ,1.lIS>.pn. the
building was oon l Il names, the walls
torn and battered down by grapeshot,
and the j%anizaries, overwhelmed by
ruins, shot and flames, persisted in their
burning and blood stained barracks.
For two days the gates Of the city re-
NAMED closed, and with relentless vigor
every corner was searched for such
janizaries as had escaped the general
massacre, and when found they were
hastily executed. Nearly 20, 900 jani-
zaries were destroyed on this memora-
BILE day, and many thousands were aft
erward put to death in the various
cities of the empire, and thus not one
of the number under arms was left to
tell TIE iSie. Self Culture.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
Accounted For the Fit.

fOE tne 61ts
Hon. George R. Peck SO keenly ap-
preciates a good joke that he tells the
following on himself:
"When. after q foreign trip, I was
being welcomed by some Of my friends
in Topeka. I wore a suit Of clothes
made by asLondon tailor that was I'M
comfortably tight in places I expressed
my surprise that q loose st in London
should prove a tight fit in Topeka,
whereupon an Irishman Of the party
exclaimed:
":Mr. Peck, don't forget you're a
bigger man in Topayka than you were
in London. Chicago Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
~senaitiye Clocks.

a Lewiston (Me.) merchant has in
his etore an old fashioned clock which
is peculiarly sensitive. 1t sometimes
stops, and if any n steps into the
store or goes by it will start again,
and if a horse steps on a certain spot in
the street it will start.
A mar who happened to notice it and
WHO had one like it himself said that
his would not run after he had started
his furnace in the fall. In the spring,
after he ceased to keep a fire, it would
run, all right.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

Personal opposition can neither
swerve nor stop them. Cuba will
not be forsaken and allowed to
lapse into the barbarism Of Hayti,
with its sham republics. It was
not for such a cause that San Juan
hill was scaled and Cervera's fleet
destroyed.
No Difference to the mere letter
Of a resolution adopted in the heat
of a great crisis, no respect for the
political record of any one man,
will be allowed to thwart the
cause of plain right, justice, and
national progress in this case.
Cuba was not freed from Spain to
be plunged into chaos worse than
oppression. It was freed to be. re-
deemed, and voc to the man in
public life who sets himself up
against such redemption.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
To Cleanse The System.

Etfectually yet gently, when
costive or bilious, to permanently
overcome habitual constipation, to
awaken the kidneys and liver to a
healthy activity, without irritat-
ing or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds, or fevers, use
Syrup of Figs, made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup %.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

Major E. A. Maglone is one of
our prominent legal lights and a
man Of brilliant literary attain
ments. His after dinner speeches
have given him a wide reputation
as an orator. He has made for
himself a most enviable reputation
as a lawyer since his coming to
Devils Lake in 1894. Major Mag
lone is also prominently identi-
fed with the Knights of Pythias,
the Masons, Ancient order of
United Workmen, and other
fraternal societies,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

The meeting Of the committees
appointed to look after the inter-
ests Of the returning troops was
held in Fargo last Saturday.
Maj. Edwards and Mayor johnson
were anxious to have the boys
mustered out in Fargo, but the
committees from the other towns
were unanimously in favor Of San
Francisco as the mastering out
place. Acommittee was appointed
to procure as low a rate home for
the volunteers az possible, the
matter of paying their fare to be
left to each company's home town
to decide. A committee consist
ing Of Senator Hansbrough, Sena-
tor McCumber, Congressman
Spalding, Governor Fancher and
Adjutant General Miller was ap-
pointed to receive the boys in San
Francisco and give them a hearty
welcome on behalf of the state.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
How Coffee Grows,

This is how coffee leaves @ad berries
look at about the time TO /Ghe harvest
The coffee tree is an evergreen plant,
growing 10 or IL feet high. Its leaves
are a dark, shiny green on the upper
side and paler underneath. They are
i've or six inches long and from two to
three inches wide. Flowers come in
fragrant white clusters and give place
to berries which when ready for gath
ering are a deep red. It takes from four
to seven years to bring a plant to bear
ing.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11
Proud of Her Work.

He looked with forced admiration at
the slippers-forced because he already
had half a dozen pairs
"You don't mean to tell me that
they are all your own work3 What q
talented little wife I'm going to havel"
And she smiled, though the plain
truth was that she had bought the up
pers, paid q man to colo them and then
managed to sew the bows on crooked
after her mother had made them. Yet
she was very proud and really wonder
ed how she had managed to accomplish
SO much.-Detroit Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

, The contract has been let for
the 'bdilding Of a flax fiber mill in
Fargo. The development Of this
new industry will be watched with
interest, and if it meets with the
success that is anticipated, mills
will be started in this section of
the state-the section that raises
fax in such great abundance.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

A movement is on foot to have
Col. Ames, the commander of the
gallant 18th Minnesota, dishonor-
ably discharged for cowardice. 1t
is reported that during an engage
ment with the Filippinos the
doughty commander Of the Twin
City pets hiked two miles to the
rear and issued his orders from a
typewriter behind formidable
breastworks.