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Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
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BEE BuzzEs.

Kingbirds will destroy bees.
Arrange the hives so that they can be
opened easily.
Place frame of Matching brood in the
frame of each hive.
When there is a scarcity Of honey, bees
do not increase so rapidly.
Wax is a natural secretion OF the bee
and is produced by the food.
Wax may be produced at any time by
simply feeding the bees on sirup.
Thorough ripening is matter of more
importance than the color of the honey.
For contracting the space in the hive
division boards may be used with good
results.
Pollen is gathered by bees for the pur.
pose of feeding their brood. 1t is carried
on their legs.
1t is proper during the fall to requiem
every colony that has in any way a de-
fectiye queen.
All particles Of comb saved during the
summer shonld be melted into wax. 1t is
well worth the trouble.
Hives should not be set fat on the
ground They should be raised about two
inches--the thickness of brick, which
should be under each corner. The air
should always circulate between the
ground and the hiYe.-St. Louis Republic,
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
We EXAMINE EYES EREEY
CLEAN STREETS

Nothing adds more TO a city than good
streets.-Carmi Republican.
Cleanliness is essential TO public health
Clean up the city. and keep it clean the
whole year round. Baltimore American
Encourage city officials who lend them
selves to sanitary Improvement. They
deserve it, and it viii pay.-Galvestor
News.
Dust costs in doctors bills ten times
as much as it would take 70 maintain
clean streets. There are in addition to
the losses in dollars and cents many sad
der losses for which no estimate can be
Galveston News.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12

Drink Grain-o.

after you have concluded that you ought not to
drink coffee. 1t is not 8 medicine but doctors
order it, because il is healthful, inyigorafing and
sppetizing. It is made from pure grains and
has that rich seal brown color and tastes like the
finest grades OF coffee and costs about u IS
much. Children ike it and thrive on It because
it is g genuine food drink containing nothing
but nourishment- Ask your grocer for Grain-O
the new food drink Is and 25a
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
ODD NAMES.

Boney stoots is an enterprising miner
0f Virginia ores.
Ben Edge is grinder Of scissors Ia
TiIlary street. Brooklyn.
A check passed through the bank ut
Blackburg. Va. recently payable to Boss
Rake.
Mike Barbire IS barber of Newark,
N. j. DR.. I'uIin Is dentist Of the same
town.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
LAUGHING GAS.
The stolen Kiss.

The stolen Kiss.
The hammock hung between the treeA
The maiden fair
Lay in it with her eyelids closed
He saw her there
With wildly beating heart he stole
Up to her side
And softly TO her ripe, red lips
His own he applied.
he kissed her kissed the gentle maid,
So fair. so sweet,
And with a tumult in his breast
Beat a retreat
At length she slowly Strengthened up
With open eyes,
she took but one, she said and sighed
A lot Of sighs-
Chicago Times-Herald-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
"sEcAuse YOU LOVE ME.s
neoauue Won lore nae / have found

Because you love me have found
New joys that were not mine before,
New stars that lightened up my sky
With glories growing more and more.
Because you love me can rise
To heights of fame and realms OF power;
Because you love me may learn
The highest use of every hour.
Because you love me ] can choose
To look through your dear eyes and zee
Beyond the beauty Of the now
Far onward to eternity.
Because you love me can wait
With perfect patience well possessed;
Because you love me all my life
Is circled with unquestioned rest;
Yes. even life and even death
Is all unquestioned and all blest.
-E. N. D. in Pail Mali Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12

How Postal Cards Are often Wasted.
Women often send messages to their
dressmaker or to dry goods shops on
postal cards" says The Ladies' Home
Journal, attaching a bit of cloth, rib
bon or lace as samples. This makes
the card 'unmaIlal'le.' so 1t is always
sent to the dead after office and In
variably destroyed Men presumably
men-not infrequently paste clever
joke or a telling political fragment
upon postal and send it to friend
at least. start 1t. But it never arrives.
Nothing may be attached to a postal
card, nor may one word be written up
on the address side except the address
Itself"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
Puzzled.

Pearl-Our minister has been standing
in front of that store for the last hour.
wonder if he is waiting for any one.
Ruby-No; he just tied two knots this
morning.
Matrimonial knots?
Rnby-No; handkerchief knots. He is
trying to remember what his wife put
them there for-Chieago News.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
A ELL EXPLANATION.

Lady of the House How is ii that all
the men who come around for cold Wet
uals nowadays are big. ablebodied fel-
lows?
Ragson Tatters-'C Cause. lady, its only
big, husky chaps wot kin stand dat kind
OF feedin.-P Philadelphia Record.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
Glad to Consent.

5ne- W nat dlu papa sayF
He-I asked his consent to our mar
riage by telephone, and he replied. 81
don't know who you are. but it's all
right :" Boston Traveller.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12

Il seen yer bug the apple. Susy Roach,
and if yer don't gimme 'alf III rub
against yer and yef'lI catch the measles. :
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12


In 1900 the American people arose IN
their might, hurled the old Federal par
ty from power aud buried It in grave
upon which there was inscribed, No
Resurrection, because It had dared to
abridge the freedom OF speech and the
freedom Of the press. but IN 1899 GEN
eral Otis, dressed In little brief au-
thority. with the conniyance and pre-
sumabiy by order of the administration
at Washington, establishes press
censorship which must cause the
grand Turk and the latest successor Of
Peter the Great to turn green with
envy. In the early days Of this cen
tury. when we were a feeble folk,
Thomas Jefferson waged war with the
Barbary powers and conunered them
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-12
CURRENCY TO BE ooNTRAoTB j

Not Content With Foisting Imperia
ism and Miiitarism ON the Repu
lie, They Now Aim to Retire Gree
backs and Place the Power to Isss
Money In the Hands of the Nation
Bank Ring - Thurst0n's Note o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
A NEW ANIMAL.
It's Hard, ScaIy Hide Turns Rifle
Balls, and 1t Lives In South
America.

Natives of the interior of Brazil have
| been exciting natura1istS for years
with accounts of a certain wonderful
| animal, which, from their description,
had never yet been seen by civilized
man. DR.. F1orentino Ameghino, an
italian naturalist, who has been on the
continent pursuing researches for a
length of time, at last determined to
penetrate to the regions, in which the
beast was said to have been found and
see if there was anything in it. Ramon
Lista, Chilean, since deceased, had
told the scientist of an encounter with
an animal something of the order de-
scribed. He had come across it in the
dark, and, although he fired point
blank at it from point less than five
yards, his bullet made no apparent i'm
preston. Armed with these particu-
lars, DIR. Ameghino set out some time
last winter, and after travelling hun
dreds of miles into the heart of Brazil
at last came upon the object of his
search. He saw the animal three diff
ferenT nights before bringing it down
The repeated manner in which his
shots did not tell convinced him that
the reports of the natives as to the
impenetrability of the animals skin
must have been correct, belief in
which, after securing the beast by a
shot in the eye, and then finding that
the hide could not be penetrated by
Ratchet, he was more than confirmed.
The NaOmylodon Listal, named by the
doctor partly in honor of the Ramon
Lista who first saw it, and partly from
its characteristics, resembles more
nearly than any other animal the short
tailed pangolin or scaly ant eater. IT
is larger than the pangolin, being some
six feet in length. The skin is more
than an inch thick, and so tough that
no weapon at the disposal of the sci
enlist sufficed to cut it. It's surface
shows an epidermis, not scaly, but
covered with coarse, reddish-gray hair
an inch and half long, the ossicIes be-
ing buried in the skin like paving
stones in the street. The ossicles re-
semble those of the fossil Mylodon.
though smaller. The pangolin, if its
traits may be assigned to this new
beast. is more a lizard than a mammal.
They have no weapon of defense
against man or the larger animals, and
are so far as is known is perfectly harm
less. The skin of the pangolin has
often been known to turn a musket
ball. It's habits are nocturnal, and it
shows great timidity in the presence
of man. DR.. Ameghino states his in
tentiOn of securing specimens alive for
the old world geological gardens.-Cin.
cinati Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07

other. In the National museum of
Germany is one of the oldest of these
sand clocks, dating from the year 1900.
1t was intended to mark each quarter
OF the hour, for on the first hour glass
the figure One-quarter showed that
when all of its sand had passed down
ward Is minutes were past The sec
ond was marked two-four; it was
half-hoVr glass The third was marked
three-four. making the last real hour
glass. All the difference between the
four glasses lies in the amount of sand
being increased by the amount in the
first one in each succeeding glass.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
What a Roer VIII Fat

The Transvaal Boer Will eat almost
anything in the flesh, fish or fowl line.
for all is grist that comes to his CASTRO
nomic mill. and the following mixture
is voted most delectable by the ma lority
of the rougher classes. A great square
slice is cut off loaf made of coarse
unsifted meal, and covered with a thick
layer of unexpectedly strawberry; a
row of sardines is then placed on top,
and the oil from the sardine box is lib
orally poured over the whole. a loud
smacking of lips and other manifesto
tons of thorough appreciation accom-
pany the disposal of this delicate bonnie
bouche; but the unsophisticated Boer
only INDUCES in this luxury when he
means to enjoy special treat, quite re-
CARELESS of expense Chambers Jour
nal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
AN OLD SAND CLOCK.
1T Used to Mark Time in OIden Times,
Before Clocks and Watches
Had Been Invented.

1t is very easy for us who have
watches and clocks to tell the time of
day or to note the passage of the min
utes, but in the olden time. before the
invention of clocks and watches, there
were Others just as important TO their
owners, if not quite as accurate as ours.
At first the ancients had sun-dials, by
which it was easy to tell the hour of
the day by the shadow that they cast.
In the night time this was impossible,
and so water clocks and sand clocks
were invented. The water clock was
nothing more than a vessel of water
with a small hole in the bottom through
which the water leaked away. An up
right rod in the vessel was marked
by the hours registered on the sun
dial in such a way that as the water
flowed out the figures remaining above
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
CHEAP OIL PAINTINGS.
Or1inary Operatives in the Factories
Can Earn $3.50 a Day for
Spelling Canvas.

The current newspaper yarns
about cheap oil-painting factories are
mostly fakes" said q downtown pic
ture and frame dealer. THE things
are not made in lofts, where gangs of
workmen fill in skies and backgrounds
on endless strips of canvas-that ex-
lists only in the Imagination of report
ers. Most of them are done by Ital
ians on the East side in New FORK. They
work in their living rooms. and most
of the painters have several half-grown
children as assistants. The wholesale
dealers have number of such artists
on their books, and agree to take all
they can do, the firm supplying the
canvas but not the paints. Of course
the pictures are done rapidly An eN-
pert will range six or eight canvases
on a shelf that is used, instead of an
easel, and generally has coJored print
tackled up above as a copy. Then he
proceeds to rapidly block in the sub
Ject. A fayOrite scene is a mountain
lake with a ruined temple in the fore
ground. He will indicate the lake, the
sky and the mountains without at
tempting any details, and pass on to
the next canvas. BY the time he is
through WIN the last one the paint on
the first is dry, and he proceeds in the
same order with the trees. clouds and
temple. Meanwhile his helper is put
ting in all the small accessories. and
by the time daylight wanes the row
will be done. By this system of work
ing the artist does not have to be CON
tinually changing his brushes, and he
loses no time in waiting on the drying
of pigment. We sell such a picture as
he would turn out at about two dollars.
including frame, the net cost of the
canvas to the dealer being in the
neighborhood of 80 cents. The work
man gets 40 cents apiece for his paint
ings, and most of them average $3.50 a
day. year in and year out. I know
one man who makes just double that
amount, but he has two clever children.
AS you may see, some of the pictures
are by no means devoid of merit. in
spite of their slap-dash handling. In
fact, a good many of the 4O-cent art
lists occupy their leisure in doing art
istic things which they may or may
not be able to sell. The others bring
in a steady income and keep the pot
boiling-'-N. o. Times-Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
LiEeoIn's Amusing Report.

Some years before he BECAME presI-
dent, a firm applied to Abraham I'm
coin for information as to the financial
standing of one of his neighbors MIR
Lincoln replied. as follows: Yours of
the tenth inst. received. i am well &C
qiIainted with Mr.. x and know his
circumstances. First of all. he has n
wife and baby; together, they ought to-
be worth $4,000. Secondly, he has an
Office, in which there is a table worth
one and a half dollars, and three chairs,
worth. say, one dollar Last of all,
there is in one corner large hat hole,
which will bear looking into. Respects
fully yours, A. LINCOLN" We hope that
the report proved satisfactory .
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07

to be very SLOW as though he had
in all his joints, of giving
him little jaggery "a coarse prepara-
ton of sugar), and it was astonishing
how quickly his joints limbered and
his movements quickened- One day
the supply of iaggery gave ont with
yet number of logs to be lifted, and
instead of Sweetmeats, I've received
only blows and prods and tail-twist-
ings TO quicken his tagging footsteps
He was greatly incensed.- He kept on
with his work until the other elephants
and their masters had gone home. The
river of Vygah, beside whose waters
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
TYE, THE ELEPHANT.
Once He Got Very Angry and Pretty
Nearly Killed His Master by
Stamping on Him.

1t has been estimated that there are
about 10000 muscles in the elephants
trunk, and their strength is well illus
trated by the amount they can move
with ease When an athlete wishes to
show the development to which he has
attained, he performs some feat that
brings into prominence the muscle Of
which he is so proud. In like manner
Tye in his present position shows us
how large and rope-hke those 10000
muscles in his trunk have become by
exercise.
His driver or s'mahout" was. in the
habit, when Tye's movements begaH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07

I've and his master were working, was
very low. Deep sand made walking
with a heavy load exceedingly tire
some. Tye had heavy piece of timsseF
in his trunk and his master was grow
ing crosser and more abusive. when
suddenly dropping his load, Tye made
vicious attack on his oppressor. He
knocked the 'mahout" down with his
trunk and then stamped on him with
his two fore feet.
Then, as fast as his heavy, clumsy
legs would carry him, he sped un the
road toward Pasamali. the nearest
town. Tye had not gone far before
quite number OF natives were in pur-
suit Among them was young nstive
50 strong, so agile AND so quick-wittei
that, catching hold of Tye-s tail, he
worked himself up on the animals
back and gained control of the scared
and by this time repentant elephant.
There were those who recognized
where -Tye belonged. and in driving
back to his village who should meet
them on the way but Tye's old mas
ter. The deep sand had prevented his
being crushed by Tye's heavy feet
Everyone expressed great surprise and
delight at this wonderful escape. and
no one appeared more joyful than Eye,
angry and do very vicious things 10
those who offend them, soon forget
their luminosity and resume their usual
quiet, docile demeanor.-Aiice NJ. Afuz-
", in Farm and Home
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
TAKING A PICTURE OF KITTY.

/ took my kitty yesterday
To have her picture made:
They wanted me to hold her still
Because she was afraid.
q never have my picture took,
Because / always cry
When il begins to stare at me,
That awful cameras eye)
My kitty wiggled all about
And stood upon her head,
And 1 forgot the camera
Until-''All done" they said.
But when the picture came it was
The Queerest thing-you see,
The kitty didn't show at all
The picture was of me,
Little Men ard Women
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07

water showed how many hours had
passed since it was filled. But this
was rather inconvenient, for the yes
sci had to be refilled every day, and it
was rather a damp clock at best, not
we'll adapted to stand on the mantel-
piece. Working on the principle used
in it of reckoning the time by the
amount of space left empty, the idea
of using sand, the most fluid of solids,
was reached. This was not allowed to
run away, but merely passed through
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07

Heaven punishes the bad and proves
the best.-Dryden.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
Biggest Ben in the world.

The greatest bell in the world is in
an edifice before the great temple of
Buddha, of Tokyo. 1t weighs loo, 600
pounds and is four times greater than
the great bell of Moscow. whose cir
conference at the rim is nearly 6S feet
and whose height is 81 feet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-07
Full Rugged.

Women are employed as. sailors in
Denmark, Norway and Finland The
St Louis Star remarks that in America
they are not employed in that capacity,
but they sail all the same.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-02-03

du salaire surtout 81 Giles rencon-
trent un gvntil pastoureau dams
les envi, ons. Puts une autre re-
commence avec les memes qual1h-
cations ct le meme salaire. Nos
habjtants sc f6lioitent de la bonnie
fortune qli ]eur envoio une instl-
tatrlce gradu6e. diplom6e;et ensel-
gnant une ecole de 80 q so enfants
moyennant $12 par mois. Pour
eux le dip!ome ct le sa!aire sont
palpha ct l'om6ga de l'6oole. L'6'
ducation veritable, pratlque. la
formation du caractere, tout celia
est laiss6 au hasard. II devrait y
avoir une clause dams la nouvelle
loi or6ant upe 6chelle de salaries
don't le miAimum serait da $25: par
mois.
Ensejgner 3 moins est une at
teinte 4 la dignit6 de renbance ct
une insulte q la noble profession
d'institateur.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-02-03

"Trois Mousquetaires". Je trou-
vais alors la lecture de rE0H0 DE
L'OUEsT tres int6ressante sinsi
gum certain nombre de roman
francois quiEsurpassaient en-. int
ret les romans anglais, Je commits lie
peche de lire des romans d'araour
ct len al la contrltion, mails en-
meme temps j'si auemente tres
sepsiblement quoique inconoi M
ment ma provision de mots ct
d'txpr. ssions. Ceoi m'aurait pris
le double de temps ct de travail
al ]~'avais su,vl la v1eille methode
ct consu|t6 la grammaire ct lie
d1ct,onnaire 3 chaque mot.
j. p ux dire que c'est de cette
maniere, av. c l'hids de mon ami
de F,anca. de lECHo DE L'OUEsT
ct de mes romans que j'ai. appris
3 LIRE H. ~franeais.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-02-03

Deux d6oapitations polltlques
eette semaine qui auront leur re-
tentissement dams I'm avenir rap
proch9. L'une des victimes NJ
Louis n. Arm au 6tait ing6nleu1
au Palais de Justice ct pautre NJ
j. G. Marquis 6tait copiste au b.
reau d'Enreglstrement.
M. Armeau n'6tant pas r6publl-
cain a dn SO ret,rer par la volont6
des commissaires du comt6 don't
Ia ma1orit6 est r6publioaine.
NJ. Marquis a contribute plus
qua. tout autre d faire 6lir son CHEZ
Frank G. ,Metca1f ct le remercie
ment quill a est de sortlr au mi
lieu dun hiver rigoureux q une
heure davis.
En- v6rite la politiquq est incer-
taine ct nompre de politicians Cd
place sont sans occur.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-02-03
Ecoles de Quebec.

II est question de changer Tad
ministration ct le cour .d'etudes
des ecoles primaries dans la Pro-
vince de Qaebec. LIE Cabinet Mar.
chand await eu l'intention de Greer
IN minlstre de l'instruotion publ
que. Mails il y q change d'opinion
q Ia derDiere heure, parce que re-
ducation de tendance est trop de.
lioate pour la metre sous r6g,de,
de la polltique inoonstante et par
fois sans scrupules.
81 le Cabinet vent des reformes
il feralt bien mieux de considere1
la base de toute education, c'est 3
diresles instituteurs, ct d'exiger
des diplomes d'6cole normale.
I'm mems temps, sill r6glait les
sslaires en- les 6levanr 4 IN chifre
.conVenable pour 'permettre az
'pauVre institateur de vivre d6cem.
ment, il aurait fait faire IN pas 81.
gantesque dams la direction de la
reforme des etudes PRIMARIES.
Nombre de 1eunes. demolselles
ayant une 6oucation de convent
cont munies dun dlp]ome d'ensei
gnement en- graduant ct se cro1ent
sacr6es institutrices sans conna1.
tire IN traftre mot de la p6dagogie.
Flies SO r6pandent dams les
cempegnes ct offrent leurs servi.
ces q des prix 1idicules, CO qui a
pour edet de f. N cette CARRIE
re d nombre de Eersonnes qui
voud:aient faile une specialize de
L'enseignement. Nos Giles
ee fstiguent tien'ot de- r6cole ct
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-02-03

I'm quarter de roc peasant en-
viron 100 tonnes s'est d6tach4
dun montague pres de Steuben-
villa, Ohio, ct a ecras3 la MISSION
habit4e par NJ. Burns, So femme
ct son fills; tous les trois ont 6t6
griAvement blesses.
Berlin ": nired1 derniar Penn
pereur Guiltaum7 a raca, a Zoe
caeion de Ia: niversaire dc So nais-
sance les f l;c1tatloos de 90 "a
,milla ct du psrsonnsl du palais.
@a.illaume II, empereur dale
;mague, est n6 le ~ jaavi r 1859.