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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10
THE OTHER DAY.

The other day we played upon the lea
Where meath the grass nimble river
ran:
But now hear. the murmur Of the sea,
And we are turning home as we began.
The other day we dreamed of things afar,
But now we hear the breakers on the bar.
The other day we grew to manhood's
strength:
It's hours were long and full of anxious
care,
But the.. we toiled and gloried in their
length,
And laughed at wrinkles and at silver
When we were young. with strength to
toll and plan.
But, oh, my friend. how swift the river
ran!
Now, bowed by years. we stand beside
the gate:
The golden hours have passed by. one
by one.
In youth. alas! for time we could not
wait,
But now in truth our little day is done.
The other day life was an endless span,
But oh, my friend. how swift the river
ran!
Clarence Hawkes., in Outlook.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10
Best for the Bowe,s.

No matter what ais you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has G. G. C..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10
The American werkin. Man.

Much comparison has been made between
The endurance of the Chinese and the Ameri-
can working man. Those with authority to
speak say that the average working man of
America is as superior to the Chinese as Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is to any other dys-
pepsia cure The Bitters does not claim to
cure everything, but it does cure constipa-
ton, indigestion, dyspepsia, b'l'ousness,
liver and kidney troubles, and prevents ma.
laria, fever and ague.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

new houses are being put up all over the
city?
GyerAYes; and I've been wondering why
they don't put up few old ones just for
a Observation-Disclosures Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

One reason that women are successful il
the legal profession is that their word il
aw.-Indianapolis News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10
At the Restaurant.

First Man (excitedly)-Our restaurant is
on fire.
Second Man Calmly Come, then, hurry
up and perhaps at last we may be able to
get something hot.-Pearson's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Tears stood in my wife's great, gray eyes:
'tI am dying to go to the Paris exposition! -
she exclaimed. "You are very foolish!" said
20 to Heaven!" Recuba bit her lip. 1t was
impossible, of course, to gainsay my logic
Detroit Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Mr. Gump Ito teacher) -"No, don t want
you to teach my son any grammar. Not a
bit of it, "But-but-thi is un-
usual, sir. May I inquire your reasons" Mr..
Gump-t'I intend that he shall be writer
of popular songs''-Baltimor American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

You cannot be cheerful if you have dys-
pepsia. You won't have dyspepsia if you
chew Whites 'sYucatan.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is q bottle of GROVES TAsTELEs!
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine il
ateSteleSs form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

"Papa, what is the difference between a
professional and an amateur golf player:"
@Oh, about s., 900 year" Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

True courtesy is of the heart. - Ram
Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Coffee resembles the earth when it i
ground.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to sun.
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all
druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

If you wish to have beautiful, clear whit
clothes, ask for Red Cross Ball Blue. RI
fuse limitations
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

When a guest refuses dessert, the applause
of the children at the table is sincere, though
it may be Standardization Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Will serve you well to the choicest resorts
of Canada, and the East.
For fares, descriptive literature, and gen
eral information apply to j. II. Burgis, City
Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark ST.,
corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

Heirs of Union Soldiers who made homesteads a
less than led acres before June r. 1874 [no matter
abandOne6)- III the additional Homestead right va
not sold OF used. should address With full par.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
WONDERS OF THE OZARkS.
u REGION WHERE FREAKS OF Ma
TURE ABOUND ON EVERY HAND.
Remarkable Box Canyon Rooted
Over with . Clin-Waterfall No
One Has Ever Seen-Marvel Above
and Below Surface Of the Earth.

Wonders are many in the Ozark coun-
try Nature has scattered freak work
generously in south Missouri and north
Arkansas. Time and the elements have
wrought marvels above and below ground.
Riding out Of Springfield to the southwark
the traveller Iookss from the car window
upon what at first sight appears to be
the fossilized form of a prehistoric mon
ster. Body, legs and head are there In
massive proportions. The animal, as 1t
appears to be, stands firmly on its feet.
But nearer inspection reveals that the
mammoth is a product of the work Of a
water course upon an enormous mass of
lime rock.
Along White river, about twenty-five
miles below the town of Forsyth. is
collection of strange effects. The water
has nodded and left standing erect pillars
Of rock thirty and forty and fifty feet high.
There are places on the Buffalo where, as
one approaches the towering rocks, take
on a startling likeness to castles. with
walls and battlements. The cliffs even
have natural openings which at distance
seem to be port holes of Notifications
These rivers make great circuits of
miles, then return upon their course so
nearly that only a mighty mass Of rock
800 feet thick separates. The water on the
side of this narrow partition is dozen
feet or more higher than on the other
side, the equivalent of the natural fall in
the circuit Of miles.
On Pine mountain, near the Missouri
Arkansas border. are scattered the MUIR
der Rocks" as they are known far and
wide. Fragments of iron ore have rusted
and blotched the gray limestone like
splashes of blood. 1t was among the MUIR
der Rocks that All Bolen, a bushwhacker,
during the civil war, killed forty men, and
made the name seem historically appro-
pirate.
South of White river. in fancy county, Is
Iron mountain. Nobody knows how much
OF the great hill is ore, because Iron
mountain waits. like many other resources
or the Ozarks, upon practical development
But scattered over the surface are what
seem to be rocks and powders, but which
upon examination are discovered to be
masses or red hematite. Specimens Of this
ore have been tested, and analyses have
shown high averages of purity. Many years
ago company was formed with a plan
10 barge this iron down White river. 300
miles 10 the nearest railroad point A
road was built to the river warehouses
were erected some tons of ore were hauled
ana stored. With that the exploitation of
she fancy county Iron mountain ended.
Where Bee creek empties into the White
there is distinctly visible a crevasse extend
ing across the rock bottom of the larger
stream from bank to bank. That crevasse
is filled with lead, pure galena, as If It had
pcen melted and run into a mold. Fisher
r,en floating down White river can see
thus streak of lead through ten or fifteen
feet OF water.
sghs boz canyon IL striking feature Of
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lad. entered the United States navy in 1855.
Until the outbreak of the civil war he
served as junior officer on the Mediterra-
mean, African and Brazil stations. He ar
rived in the United States on board the
frigate Congress at the outbreak of the
civil war. That vessel was soon after de-
stroyed OFF Fort Monroe by the Confed-
crate ram Merrimac.
Capt. Slamm was practically under fire
during the entire struggle against the
South, serving in the gunboats Sagamare,
Massasolt. Union, Pawtuxent, Circassian.
frigate Niagara and Admiral Porter's flag
ship Malvern.
When but % years of age he was pro-
NOTED for gallantry in action. and became
the youngest acting ensign in the navy.
Admiral Porter, In his naval history Of
the civil war; gives the young officer spe-
cial mention.
Capt. Slamm was in command Of the
seamen of the Pawtuxent at the memora-
BILE naval land assault on Fort Fisher, for
which he, with the others in that bloody
charge, received the thanks of congress.
He fought for two years entirely on the
coast Of Florida, participating in over
twenty different engagements. Moving up
the Atlantic coast he served off Charleston,
s. c., at both bombardments and the fall
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ming half way to the wagon hubs will be
in sight for a mile or two. Then will come
a crossing where the channel is q bed of
gravel. dry and dusty. without water in
sight above or below. A mile further on
the creek is pouii.y its joyous. ripping
way. Stretches of dry bed and of dancing
water alternate. The water sinks Noise
lessly and entirely into bed of sand at
one place and appears without any fuss
oozing up from another bed further down.
Even when the Buffalo and the White,
the main rivers of this region, have at
tanned large proportions, they do not
wholly avoid the underground channels.
In places these rivers will show much
smaller volume than at points miles above.
In other places notable additions are made
by openings in the door close beside the
river from which the water boils up and
joins the river.
There are few of the caves of consider
able size which do not have their lost
rivers" Through them flow streams of
considerable volume. The lost river comes
out of one side, crosses the cave and dis
appears in the other side. Often there is
not a sound, not so much as ripple OF
all the TRANCE thrills which come in an
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thiness and powers Of endurance were
demonstrated. She got ashore on the un-
ahArted shoals OF the coast shout tho Kus-
koiwfms and for q time Il seemed she
could not escape destruction. However.
she pulled herself on and went on with her
rescue work--to the relief Of the ship
wrecked passengers and crew Of the Ill
fated steamer Laurada. whose marine
bones are bleaching on the shores Of ST.
George island. During her service In the
North Pacific she has carried many nota-
BILE government officials to Alaska She
has also something of record as o pur-
suer of opium smugglcrs and crafty Cana
dian seal poachers.
Built for the Columbia.
The Corwin was built with special refer
erence to Columbia river service, much
stress being laid on her ability to wriggle
across the treacherous bar at the mouth
OF that stream. In the years Immediately
following her completion. the Columbia
river bar was even more Of q marine ter
ror than It Is now.
Tho Corwfn Is OF 800 tons gross register
and 175 feet long over all. She has TWEEN
ty-six feet moulded depth and draft of
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT PEOPLE.
Archaeological Investigations on
North Pacific Coast of America.

The archaeological remains are found in
the light and sandy valleys and hillsides.
The wind is continually shifting this dry
sand from place to place. For this reason
no definite age can be assigned to the
specimens secured. 1t is certain, judging
from the complete absence of European
objects at many of the localities explored,
that the remains found at these places
antedate contact with the whites. A num-
Der of them must carry us back several
hundred years. The modern Indians make
small arrow-ponts, and disclaim the large
kind found in excavations. The work I'M
doubtedly proves that these ancient people
and those now inhabiting this region were
practically the same.-Scienoe.
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ed. 1t is expected that the government
will realize snug sum for the vessel as
she Is proved a very seaworthy craft, and
would make an excellent lumber carrier,
after her machinery has been taken out
Sealed bids will be opened here by Capt.
Tozier, in charge of the cutter service on
the Sound, and the highest and best bid
will be recommended by him for accept
ance by the secretary of the treasury.
Propositions for the purchase of the ves-
sci must he securely sealed and plainly
marked. proposal for purchase of revenue
cutter Corwin,' and addressed to Capt.
Dorr f. Tozier Port Townsend.
The Daniel Manning, which will succeed
to the vacancy in the Sound patrol, made
by the contemplated sale of the Corwin, is
now at the Mare island, Cal, navy yard
undergoing renovations and repairs made
necessary by her recent long and sue
cessful trip around Cape Horn, from New
York. where she was on anchorage duty.
The work to be done is Of but minor i'm
portance, and 1t is expected that she will
be In commission here before the sale of
the Corwin Is consummated. The Manning
is vessel of 724 tons, and was built in
East Boston, Mass, in 1897. She mounts
seven guns and was one of the mosquito
fleet pressed into service for defense from
possible attack on the Eastern coast dur
ing the late Spanish war;
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twelve feet six inches. At present she
has a crew OF about forty officers and
men. Her officers are: Captain, J. A.
Slamm; first lieutenant. p. H. Uberroth:
second lieutenant, Charles Satterlee; chief
engineer, Charles F, Nash: assistant en-
gineer, 8. NJ. Rock; boatswain, Knudt
Knudtson; gunner, Charles Christensen;
carpenter, Bert Powers.
With the removal OF the Corwin from
the service her officers and men viii no
doubt be scattered to the four winds of
American waters. For the present they
will probably be appointed to the various
vessels constituting the revenue marine.
Capt. Slamm has written to the depart
nent. requesting Pacific coast assign
fnent. II should like to be so placed" he
said. ''as to be able to continue my resi-
dence in Seattle; for I like the city and
her people, for we have been treated
kindly here"
AS soon as the corwin has finished
coaling, which will probably be Monday,
or Tuesday, she will proceed to Port
Townsend, where she will tie up at one
of the docks to give would-he purchasers
an opportunity to inspect her.
Capt. Slamm's Fine Record.
Capt Jefferson A. Slamm. then a mere
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Confederate forts, until his vessel saw the
fall of Wilmington. ~. c. From there he
was ordered to tho James river neefs and
ne was In the first vessel that saw the
fall of Richmond, the Confederate capital.
After. the civil war he was transferred
to the revenue cutter service as lieutenant.
being but "a years OF age. where he has
served until the present time-thirty-four
years. All this has given him service
afioat of forty years.
He has never been assigned to shore
duty for rest, and today holds the record
of having been longer on sea service than
any other commissioned officer under the
United States government
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SALE OF CUTTER CoRwIN.

Sealed Bids for Purchase Will BE
Opened February 10.
Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
PORT TOWNSEND, JAN 20.-The sale
Of the revenue cutter Corwin, recently
condemned by q board of special survey.
will take place in this city February 10.
ofiicial requests for bids having been print
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exploration Of these underground passages,
there is nothing quite so weird as when
the torch casts its light upon one Of these
rivers flowing by with nothing to show
whence 1t cometh or whittier 1t goeth-
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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are large deposits Of coal and some gold.
but 80 Tag as / have seen sone. Z De chief
minerals are found on some ~ The other
islands"
do you thtnk. general. that no isi-
ards are worth what they are costing ua o.
II think SO, and even we've iheY rot
60 rot see hos the United States c9tiId
have taken any other COURSE. ~ after
matters are settled the FiHrlnoe uRnt 20
be freed from che Omitted Gtaies So bs-
comes = political question whirh the f.Hg-
pie at home emn decide a. pYeaeut ihtv
have ared GA tha eas % cur country nnd
we cannot tolerate that Our national
honor demands that We have the ayfanRa-
nont Of the matter ~ our oan satlefac-
tion
Personally. ! think TIE people viii soon
become toys} ard cgntehtr8 9 believe
they wiH ig time govern theusoirtr. ar
a part ~ our ewu people, aH1 thar one
or two states can he added fe fle Eriau
frum the Fnilgrjuss with as lofal rlii-
zens as those e aaF nt fFt aiais we
made ffon tire territory which 80 raf
from Mexico. ThsFr are from 900 ~ 10
i4po.9o9 ~ consumers heee. aua toe Boz
lands viii fufHiah good market. Thty
viii aiso Pc 3 base from shlfh we can
push cur commercial relations w4th China
and me rest ef tAs Tar ERr These is-
lands nre ca Ire Trade routes 20 Austria
Na, China, Japan and }ndia. RnA every
ship that paae~s wtH at H0me tims stnp
bore fgr coal and food supplies. sse fio
reason - by ARE Philippines wlNi not Er5w
steadily On vaIae~
Hos has BE- haguened that the war hrs
lasted - long Many people in the rnl-
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looking. They have enormous stomaches.
made so by their LIVING almost entirely
ora roots vegetables ana fruits The
stomRchs Reminded me u ,ha banana
st0machs' Of the peasant children of
Puerto Rice"
"Wiu We have any trouble ia conquer
ing themf'
II soc no reason why we should bother
with them NJ aIl" replied the general.
They are comparatively few and are 80
weak moptaly and physically that 81
would De din3cult 10 make American clti-
gems out OF them. They are nearer 90
tire Hottentuf than the American Indian
ia the scala 0g possible civilization. Az
they would need would BE a smsl reserva-
uon. and X we'll treated they would
bother nobody"
How about the IEorrotese''
81 don know much about them said
Cen GRAFT They are Ga the northeast
ern part ~ Luz0n. My campaigning has
been chiefly Us the sn-th sud northwest
They are. Z am cola. entirely different
from thc $eEritJs. and though savage.
are a nne race
what kind % a country dia you and IN
%oTthw cst-yn LuEou. general1
'-rhc whole of L.uzou is @ land of noun
taius and valleys. The northern part IA
made up % ranges az mountains wlJh fer
tile valleys between them- The valleys
are usually we'll caiuva ted. being covered
with rice Gelds and sugar plantations.
some OF The mountains are Tremendous
They rise up from the rcs, in places SONG
times reaching aga altitude - 5asv or 500
feet They are Of volcanic origin and the
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lagos In crossing the mountains during
ms last campaign. when I was chasing
Aetlinahdo. They are savages and their
settlements are usually Nttie more than
hanictx They build their houses In among
The trees. raising them hiah OF the ground
on poles with wallis and roofa of grass
ana palm leaves They take the palm
leaves which arc long and wide, and pialt
them with the mo4nttin grasses. The
grass IN that part az the country grows
from six TO ten zoe, high. "a often reached
above my head when 1 was riding through
IL on horseback n Is very a5tUng, and.
with the palm leaves. Il can he woven
into a very closu mAt.
AS VIC came To these villages the people
soNsnpered away ike so many rnonkeys-
They we're afraid % us. an8 usually hid
themselves behind trees or rocks. rreping
out at ua and ready 60 ran ~ we showed
any intention cf coming near them some
Of the mon were armed wsih bows snd ar
rows and Va had been warned that their
arrows are poisoned. They aid not attack
us. sad We did not bother tacm-
what kind 90 iooking people are the
Negriios. general J asked.
s.Thev are a race % dWarfcd negroes
RENTED Gen. Grant. THE word 'neKrltn'
means 'httlc negro Tho &cEriios Ne SAW
IN bat few cases came up 20 uN shoulder.
and some we're pigmies ln stEt They have
woaliy hair. which stands out On curly
Masses over their heads. faces as black
ga those Of the African neg9es, thick 3ips
ana fat noses Most of them we're Ia
hreech cloths. the women wearing a strip
about two feet long about the thighs and
waist. Both sexes are puny and slckly
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sides OF many Of them are covered with
lava. On some sections there g. a thin
stratum of limestone ovor the lava, This
gives forth a hollow sound y0n ride
over IL on horseback. and feared at
times nay horse miEat break through.
'"The most % the mountainous regions
are covered with dense gFosth % vege-
tasion and those which have any depih %
soil are heavily timhered saw large
tracts 81 nagnlacept trees including many
varieties ~ valuable bard wcois. sav
houses and furniture made * the wood. u
takes q polish Ike mahogany Z gant zen
fhat was more Interested ia watching out
far the angry Fulpspas who rigbt vs hid
behind tss trees wlfA tseir guns than as
20 how rise trees would r1t up for lumber
] could sec 70 passing that tse timber r. of
immeuse value. Aooui Sunig bay faT In-
Stance. there are thousands - acres 90 VIZ
kin forest wai1h have never been toue5ei
This timber BE- easily Eotieu A. '9r The
bay vii admit the lArser steamers TacY
might iu fact. sail iniaFlt gpslie down Z
such a thiHz were posstble end heir masts
w1ua rot craze the bottom. n is. ! ON
.ai8. about 100 fees deep and a great
depth b. found even az tire shore line Tae
Oregon Rad 90 rat oat about afty fathSus
90 chain w3en IL came to anchor az
swinging distance NJ the land
'"The Spau.4Eds appreciated the value ~
this timber conuaael Gen. Grant and
were making arrangements 70 get % cat %
usa IN shipbuldinT az che iln1s the var 5e-
gan ley have graded little railroad ~