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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23

of his Gallo compeer-though, as a
matter of fact il is at least open to
doubt whether more frogs are eaten in
France than in some other countries
But from a very early date Johnny
Crapaud '-toad-has been a conven-
tional nickname for the representative
Frenchman, just as John Bull fer the
Englishman, and there is sufficient re-
semblanee between toads and frogs to
warrant a certain confusion of Ideas,
or, as Mrs Malaprop would say, a nice
arrangement OF epitaphs. Indeed, from
lies grenouilles" is said to have been
a local appellation for the good folk
of Paris. This soubrequet of era
paud' is said to be derived from the
ancient armorial bearings of the
French Kings the Lilies Of the White
Flag" being, according to some au-
thorities. in reality "toads erect and
saltant." whether this be so or not
is another question, and one the pros
and cons of which would require too
much space to enter on! Two autheri-
ties at least are quoted as having as
serted the TOAD" theory as far back
as the sixteenth century.
1t is interesting, too, to note the prev
alefce of the frog in classic and familA
lar fable. Probably there are few am
cient Apologies more often referred TO
than Aesop's-old fable of the frogs who
petitioned for a King Log, found
themselves afflicted with King Stork.
Another frog that frequently is Vsed
to point a fnoral--as .needful and salu-
tary now as ever. 1t was in far-back
days--is the vain glorious batrachian
which tried to initiate itself to,the size
of its neighbor the OK, and, as the IA
miliar phrase has it, persisted In the
attempt" Homer's Battle of the
Frogs and Mice" is better known, It is
to be feared, in name than essence,
but the "Frogs" of Aristophanes-intef
esting as being with regard to Euripi-
des much what Buckingham's "Rehear-
SAL was to Dryden--is more familiar.
There is the Frog Prince" OF more
than one fairy tale, in whom one would
not be surprised to hear that compare
tive mythologists, If put to 1T, would
discover the Dawn, or the Sun. for
Adonis, or the Lightning. A good deal,
too, has been written about a still more
familiar friend, 1.-THE frog who would
a-wooing CO., sadly Indifferent to the
maternal approval, and the identity of
the Anthony Rowley'' who says
"Heigh-ho' with such plaintive per-
sistenee Is as much a matter of spec
ulation as is the true inwardness of
the cryptic refrain. "RoWley, policy,
gamriUn and spinach But, probably,
after all, the most familiar phrase ala
fusion to the frog, and that which shall
be our valediction to him, is the ode,
so touching in its pathetic sublimity,
which Mrs. Leo Hunter deelaiiiied In
the character of Minerva:
Can l view thee painting; lying
On thy stomach, without sighing
On / unInoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring Frog.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23

The Emperor MeneliK has had a
curious experience in his efforts to res
place barter by metallic currency in
Abyssinia. The Maria Theresa thaler
has for generations, been current, but
for want of smaller coinage salt
blocks became the standard of ex-
change. and resisted all efforts, even
of the emperor to replace them by new
currency coined in Paris some years
ago. The salt blocks have given way
but not to the new coinage, which the
people will not touch. The new
standard of values is the rife cart
ridge. .-.-.. .........
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23
LETTER.
!. I. Mcn0NnnGH

Hon. JNO. j. McDONOUGH,
Savannah. Ca:
Gentlefnen-Don't, take any paint on
trust. Be sure that it has been tested
by usage and time. The Lohgmaf &
Martinez Pure Paints need not be
taken on trust.
They were publicly tested in saYarl-
nah Charleston, Jacksonville, Norfolk,
Richmond, Augusta, Knoxville, Mem
phis, and New orleans in 1878, by the
most prominent practical painters Of
those cities, and certified to by them to
possess more body than Pure White
Lead hand mixed.
Tens of million gallons have been
since sold and nearly two million
houses painted with them under our
guarantee to repaint. They are the
highest grade; actual cost about s1.25
per gallon.
Edward LovelTs Sons, Savannah, are
wholesale distributing agents for the
L. & M. pure paints and all other pro-
dtictions of our works. Colors: Enan1-
els, Carriage Paints, etc. Sample CARDS
and pamphlets freely furnished.
LONGMAN & MARTINEZ.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23
Expiring Frog.
Alexander Hill,

DIR. Alexander Hill, master Of
Downing College, Cambridge, England,
has been trying to solve experimentaly
the problem "Can dogs reasori?" An
exceptionally intelligent fox terrier was
taught to open a box by lifting the
wooden latch of it's door with its nose,
and whenever onlookers were present
he did this regularly, In his absence
a hot drilled bone was placed in the
box. Arriving on the scene, the ter
fier ,smelled all around the box, SEEM
ing to know that it contained meat and
evidently eager to get it. His previous
training, however, was without effect.
He seems never to have reasoned:
1.-THE way to secure the meat is to lift
the latch" and, in fact, he did not
raise it. That operation he had per-
formed to win the Appreciation of hu-
man beings; bit to do 1t as an original
effort to please himself and gain d pur-
pose of his own did not occur to his
canine brain. DR.. Hill invites others
to repeat this experiment In animal
psychology.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23
FROGS IN FOOD AND FABLE.
The Animal Forbidding ms n FOod
on Account of Its Uncanny Repu-
tntion-ApoIIo's Connection with

IL.
From the London Globe.
The saying that 'he must have been
n brave man who first ate an oyster"
has become classical but what NEED
~ praise is not his due who first ex-
perimented in gustatory wise with the
rama esculenta"? Not that per Sc
the frog is a whit more forbiodlng
than countless other articles OF Iooo'
but Il had an uneanny repu,a,.oss'
,.,roa ~ frog" II will be remembered
,,as one OF the ingredients In tins
.,itebes' caldron IN Macbeth the
Gcnd dog in Dekker's witch Of Ed.
,,ontoni admits that frog II one OF
No devils fayorite ayatars; 7 ~ con
fosssdly Of close kin with the to ~
wbioh was a recognized form Of nis
satanic Majesty some OF 'se oe''''s
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23

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In packages only. All excellent
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Grandfafher's Rye
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A. B. c. Bohemian Beer
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Old Crow Bourbon
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A beverage for all conditions.
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Yellow Leaf Tobacco
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Harvard Beer
Creamy, mild, sparkling, steadily
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-23

His GeniaIity and Kindness of Heart
which Could Not be Disturbed-His
Rebulxe to Careless Actor and
His Joke Under Heverses--A Stock
SpeePh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26


A. A. Boyce, a farmer living three
and half miles from Trenton, No.,
says "a severe cold settled in my
kidneys and developed SO quickly that
was obliged to lay off work on account
of the aching in my back and sides.
For time / was unable to walk at all,
and every makeshift tried and all the
medicine I took had not the slightest
effect. My back continued to grow
weaker until was unfit for anything.
Mrs. Boyce noticed Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised as a sure-cure for just such
conditions and one day when in Tren-
ton she brought a box home from
eChas. A. Fosters drug store. I followed
the directions carefully when taking
them and must say I was more than
surprised and much more gratified to
notice the backache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Boyce will
be mailed on application to any part
Of the Omitted States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale by
all druggists, price SO oents per box
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Interesting History.

Leavenworth citizens gave a ban
luet the other night in honor of Will
liam c. Hook, who was recently ap-
pointed United States circuit judge.
Among the guests were David J.
Brewer, justice of the United States
supreme court, Gov. Bailey and State
Prison Warden Jewett. Justice
Brewer said his memory took him
back to the time, A years ago, when
he first became a citizen of Leaven-
worth. 1t was then busy place e
$1,000 people, with 1O7 lawyers
shingles hanging out and he added
one more. In those times persons did
not always wait for the slow processes
Of the courts and in some cases the
revolver dispatched litigation and
ended all appeal Judge Brewer said
it was only a few years after locating
in Leavenworth that he was elected
to a judicial position. This gave him
a start as judge, and now he had
been on the bench constantly, and
only twice by appointment, for SO
years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
DIAMONDS FROM THE SKIES.
Meydenhauer's Theory That Precious
Stones Came to Earth
NIeteOrites.

Diamonds from the skies, con-
veyed to earth in meteoric showers,
is a theory first preached by Meyden-
hauer. The diamond, he says, can
be of cosmic origin only, having
fallen as a meteorite at a late period
of the earth's formation. The locali-
ties where diamonds are found con-
tain the residues of not very COM
pact meteoric masses which may
have fallen in historic ages and pen
etrated more or less deeply accord
ing to the more or less resistent
character of the surface where they
fell.
The most striking confirmation of
the theory comes from Arizona, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Here on
a broad plain over an area about five
miles in diameter were scattered 1000
to 1000 masses of metallic iron, the
fragments weighing from half ton
to a fraction of an ounce. There is
little doubt these masses formed part
of a meteoric shower, although no
record exists as to when the fall
took place. Curiously enough, near
the Center where most of the meteor
ties have been found is crater with
ragged edges, three-quarters Of
mile in diameter and about 500 feet
deep, bearing exactly the appearance
which would be produced had
mighty mass Of iron or falling star
struck the ground. scattering in all
directions, and buried itself under
the surface. DR.. Foote in cutting a
section of this meteorite found the
tools were injured by something vast
" harder than metallic IRON He ex-
amined the specimen chemically and
soon after announced to the scientific
world that the Arizona meteorites
contained black and transparent dia-
monds. This discovery was verified
by Profs Friedel and Noissan, who
found that it contained three varie-
ties of carbon, diamond, graphite and
amOrDhOus carbon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
BLOOD HUMOURS
Skin HumourS, Scalp Humours,
Hair HumOurs,
Whether Simple ScrOfuIous or
Hereditary
Speedily Cured by Cutieura
Soap, Ointment and Pills.
9
Complete External and Internal
Treatment, One Dollar.

In the treatment Of torturing, dis
figuring, itching, scaly, crusted, pimply,
eblotchy and scrofulous hunours of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair,
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills have
been wonderfully successful. Even the
g most obstinate of constitutional hui
mours. such as bad blood, scrofula. in
herned and contagious humours, with
loss OF hair, grandular Swellings, ulcer
Gus patches IN the throat and mouth.
sore eyes, unprecedented blotches. as
we'll As boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sites.
ulcers and sores arising from an i'm
pure or impoverished condition of the
blood, yield to the Cuticura Treatment.
when oil other remedies fail.
And greater still, If possible, L. the
wonderful record of cures OF torturing,
disfguring humours among infants and
children. The suffering which Cuticura
Remedies have alleviated among the
young. and the comfort they have af-
6rded worn-out and worried parents,
have led to their adoption in countless
homes as priceless curatives for the
skin and blood. Infantile and birth hue
mours, milk crust, SCALED head, eczema,
rashes and every form ofitching, scaly,
pimply skin and scalp humours, with
loss of hair, Of infancy and childhood,
are speedily, permanently and economi-
cally cured when all other remedies
suitable for children, and even the best
physicians, fail. z--.s<szs--
Sold thssugheut the world ceseur. Rssolvea. SO O.
a s q Is Fs so-ss 81 xss
49, 5 RaF a. oa; g. o 6lsss ass1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
PLANTS DEFEND AND ATTACK.
some Are Armed with Weapons and
Others with PoisOns end
Sticky Surfaces.

Anyone who has seen a thorn on a
stalk knows that plants are armed
against their enemies, which they
have in common with all other living
things. But plants are not content
with defending themselves with
spikes and thorns; they have other
weapons of defense. Moreover, says
Mr.. John J. Ward, in Harper's Maya
zine, many plants have weapons of
attack.
Some plants, like the poison oak
or ivy, have poisonous acids, which
are a warning to animals to keep
their distance. Others, like some
species of cactus. have disagreeable
smells,- that punish the intruder for
bruising them
Not only do growing things shield
their lives with suits of mail, but they
form alliances, and protect each 9th
er. The gorse, or furzeS which is
well armed, selects the most exposed
situation it can find, open heaths
and stony wastes, where it fearlessly
holds up its yellow blossoms for the
bees to fertilize. Straightway less
protected plants seek its shelter, and
so a mutually protective plant army
arises.
Self-defense is abundantly exhibited
in vegetable life. Sometimes, although
less often, plants actually attack ami
mails. A very pretty, simple example
of attack is found in the English sun
dew. This insectivorous plant grows
in boys and on wet ground. The leaves
are covered with glandular hairs,
which secrete a sticky fluid to entrap
various small, flying insects, which, on
alighting, get entangled in the gummy
slime The hairs then bend over and
pour out still further quantities of
this digestive liquid, which dissolves
out all the nitrogenous matter from
the insect to serve as food for the
plant. heterogeneous matter is hard to
get in Doggy places, and so the plant
is equipped with this mechanical
| means of obtaining it.
The pitcher plant attracts animal
life by a sweet liquid. The insect
crawls down the pitcher, but cannot
return, for the passage is barred by
recurved hooks. AS wonderful any
is the American Venus fy-trap." The
leaves are hinged at the center and
close rapidly enough to entrap an in
sect. They remain closed while the in
sect struggles, but when it becomes
exhausted they open to catch other
unwary prey.
Occasionally plants make allies of
their enemies. A tropical acacia,
known as the BULLS horn thorn" ac-
| commodities and provides for an army
of ants, to check the depredations of
ferocious, leaf cutting ants. The
Il, 70
the ant garrison lives and rears its
young. The plant supplies not only
lodgings, but board as well, in the form
| of a special honey, which makes the
garrison a good breakfast, and, more
| wonderful still, solid food in the form
| of little, yellow, fruitlike bodies, which
are developed on the leaflets and do
| for dinner. When an enemy ap-
proaches the hired mercenaries drive
it away. This the plant hires and sup
ports an armV.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
A Cure for Dronsx.

Sedgwick, Ark, June 22d.-Mr. VS.
Taylor Of this place says:
my little boy had Dropsy. Two doc
tors..the best in this part of the country
told me ne would never get better, and
to have seen him anyone else would have
said they were right. His feet and limbs
were swollen SO that he could not walk
nor put on his shoes.
When the doctors told me he would
surely die, 1 stopped giving him their med
icine and began giving him Dodd's Kidney
Pills. gave him three pills day and at
the end of eight days the swelling was all
sgone, but as 4 wanted to be sure, [ kept on
with the pills for some time, gradually re-
ducing the quantity, till finally stopped
altogether.
.Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved my
child's life. Before using them he was
a helpless invalid in his mothers arms
from, morning till night. Now he is a
healthy, happy child, running and dancing
and singing. I can never express our
gratitude.
'Dodd's Kidney Pills entirely cured our
boy after everybody. doctors and all, had
given him up to die.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Prizes for Singers.

The annual session of the Hutchin-
son musical jubilee was held last
week. Prizes were awarded as fol-
lows: Interstate prize, Mrs. Blanche
Lyon, Lawrence; chorus, Salina first,
Hutchinson second, Wichita third;
state soprano, Mrs. Blanche Lyon,
Lawrence; contralto solo, Mrs. Han
nah Naso, Lindsborg; bass solo, j.
T. Conkey, Stafford; tenor solo, Fl. c.
Pribble, Topeka; ladies' quartette,
Lincoln Center; vocal duet, Misses
Louise Winans and Clara Duval,
Hutchinson; violin solo, Miss Vendla
Wetterson, Lindsborg; flute, Edward
Butler, Lyons; piano solo, E. C..
Lewis, Topeka; piano duet, Misses
Mabel Cottingham and Orwell Match
,tte, Mcpherson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
bikes and the Kaw.

A civil engineer at Topeka declares
that If bikes had been built along
the Kaw river the floods would not
have broken over the river banks.
The nonsense of this sort of talk is
exposed by little figuring. During
the food the Kaw river had an aver
age width of five miles and an aver
age depth of six feet outside of the
channel. To confne all of this wa
ter in the channel proper, dikes $50
feet high would have been required.
Kansas City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Will johnston Be Named.

A Topeka telegram said it was rea-
sonably certain that President Roose-
velt would appoint Judge William A.
Johnston, now serving his third
term as a Kansas supreme court JUS
tice, to be federal judge to succeed
William c. Hook, recently elevated to
the circuit bench. Judge Johnston
is pioneer of the state and has long
been in public life. His home is at
Minneapolis. It is known that Sena-
tor Long really desires to see John
ston appointed federal judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Avn she cou1a stana.

A certain woman, the wife of for.
mer representative in congress and MINIS
ter abroad, who now aims at social lead
ership in the most exclusive and top
lofty circles of Washington, ID. c., is noted
for her love of display and her penchant
for wearing about all the jewels che can
bear up under.
One night she gave dinner. Several
members of the diplomatic set were pres
cent Madame was in high feather, and
she also wore diamond tiara and several
strings of pearls around her neck.
During the evening she complained Of
feeling bit chilly, and told one of the
servants to call her maid.
When the maid appeared she is said
'Susette, I am SO cold; please get me
another string of pearls. "-Argonaut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
To Test ~Deadbeat, Law.

The legality of the railroad dead
beat" law passed by the legislature
two years ago, will be tested in the
courts. That law makes all con-
ductors and other trainmen peace
officers with authority to arrest. It
also makes it a misdemeanor to steal
ride on train. Joseph W. Kelly
was arrested and placed in Jail at
Emporia for trying to steal a ride
on the Howard branch of the Santa
Fe and has sued the company for
So, 500 damages
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
To Plant Orchard in sand.

B. 81. Tracy, formerly assistant at
torney general, was among those
who were hard hit by the flood. He
has farm near Wamego for which
he says he refused $1,000 last fall.
Now ne says it is worth almost moth
ing for farming purposes, as it is
covered with about two feet of fine
white sand. He proposes to utilize
it now for an orchard, and will set
out about 100 acres of fruit trees in
the near future.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Changes in the Faculty.

The board Of regents OF the state
agricultural college has made few
changes in the faculty and filled sew
eral vacancies. r. r. Price, of Rock
ford, ILL.,, was elected to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Prof. Goodsel1 as professor of his
tory and economics. Prof. Price is a
graduate from Baker and Kansas
universities, and has attended other
institutions in the east. o. Err, of
Champaign, H., was elected profess
sor of dairying. Mrs. Henrietta Cal
vim, who has been librarian for two
years, was made professor of domes-
tic science. o. III. Halstead, of ST.
Joseph, Mo-, will be assistant in
structor in mathematics. Prof. D. E.
Lantz was reelected special field
agent and official state prairie dog
eNterminatOr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Trying to Control a River.

Every available man and team at
Blue Rapids has been pressed into
service to divert, if possible, the Blue
river into the channel through which
it flowed before the flood. The new
channel made by the river leaves the
rapids and the dam to one side.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
A Table of Rainfall.

The rainfall in Republic county in
May was Is inches. Tt amounted to
Al, s17, 600 cubic feet for Republic
county alone, and its weight was L.
500, 100000 pounds. 1t was enough to
make lake 80 feet deep all over one
of the townships of the county. 1t
would make a river so feet wide and
ten feet deep all the way from Re
public to Kansas City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Working Through Express Agent.

Attorney General COLEMAN mas been
asked for an opinion as to the
practice of outside liquor dealers in
shipping liquor into Kansas. The
shippers are now trying to work up
an express business whereby they
can. sell liquor through an agent. 1t
is claimed that by this method there
will be no violation of the prohibitory
law. The courts will soon be called
on to settle the question.