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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
STAGING IN RUSSIA.
What 1T Costs to Travel Over the Post
Routes of Western Siberia.

What 1t Costs to Travel Over the Post
Routes of Western Siberia.
The Imperial Russian Post is now
perhaps the most extensive and per-
fectly organized hOrse-express service
in the world. From the south ern end
of the peninsula of Kamtchatka to the
most remote village in Finland, from
the frozen wind-swept shores of the
Arctic Ocean to the hot sandy deserts
of Central Asia, the whole empire is
one vast network of post routes. You
may pack your portmanteau in Mimi
Novgorod, get a padorozhnaya from
the postal department, and start for
Petropavlovsk, Kamtchatka, seven
thousand miles away, with the full as
surance that throughout the whole of
that enormous distance there will be
horses, reindeer or dogs ready and
waiting to carry you on, night and
day, to your own destination. 1t must,
however, be borne in mind that the
Russian post route is very different
thing from the old English post route,
and that the Russian horse-express
differs widely, not only from our own
Western pony express" but from the
horse expresses of most other cVun-
tries. The characteristic feature of
the West European and American sys-
tams is the stage-coach or diligence,
which leaves certain places at certain
stated hours, or, in other words, runs
upon a prearranged time schedule. 1t
is precisely this feature which the
Russian system does not have. There
are, generally speaking, no stage-coach
lines in Russia; the vehicles which
carry the mails do not carry passengers,
and, away from the railroads, there is no
such thing Is travelling upon a fixed
time schedule. You are never obliged,
therefore, to wait for public convey
ance which leaves at certain stated
hour, and then go through to your
destination in that conveyance, stop
ping when it stops and starting when
it starts, without regard to your own
health, comfort or convenience. On
the contrary. you may ride in your
sleigh or carriage, and have it drawn
by post horses. You may travel at the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
THE DRAGONS FAKE.

Ia very lonely tower,
So the legend goes to tell.
PAss Princess in the power
OF dreadful Dragons spell
There she sits in silent state,
Always watching-siways dumb,
While the Dragon at the gate
Eats her suitors as they come
Knight and Prince of every nation,
Poet, Page and Troubadour,
O1 whatever rank or station
Eats them up and waits for more.
Every knight that hears the legend
Thinks he'll see what he can do,
Gives his sword q lovely edge. and
Like the rest is eaten, tool
All OF which is very pretty
And romantic, NO, forsooth;
But, somehow, 1t seems pity
That they shouldn D: know the truth.
If they only knew tina SSllly
There is no Princess to gain
That she's invention merely
OF the crafty Dragons brain.
Once it CHANGED he'd missed his dinner
For perhaps day or two;
Felt that he was getting thinner,
Wondered what he'd better do.
Then it was that he bethought him
How in this romantic age
<Reading fairy tales had taught him)
Rescuing ladies was the rage.
So lonely tower he rented,
For a trifling sum per year,
And this thrilling tale invented,
Which was carried far and near;
Far and near throughout the nations.
And the Dragon ever since,
Has relied for daily rations,
On some jolly knight or Prince.
And while his romantic fiction
To q chivalrous age appeals,
It's very safe prediction:
He will never want for meals.
%. He,.ford. in Time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
TRIED FOR SORCERY.
How the zunis Punish Witchcraft
= and Sorcery.
Frank Cushing, the Noted Explorer, De-
scribes His Experience at a Trial
by the Priesthood of the
Bow.

Ideas of witchcraft and sorcery exist
among the Zuni Indians, and as mat
ter of course resemble those which in
past time have existed universally
among people of that status.
myself was under suspicion on one
occasion. 1t was due to a party exist
ing in the pueblo who were DESTROYS of
defeating a party which had formed
some Americans who were inimical to
me.
The American lived about twenty
miles of the pueblo. They mistook
my mission much more than mistook
theirs, and they thought my conduct
in living among these Indians, wear
ing their costume, eating their food,
practicing their ceremonials and al
ways revering every thing that they
reverenced was in the highest degree
reprehensible and paganistic.
However, it happened on a certain
occasion that I went to Fort Wingate
and procured some turpentine and lin
seed oil with the design of painting
red the door Of my house, which faced
westward, whence come all the
storms.
Unfortunately, just at this time the
measles broke out in the pueblo and
the children were dying every day. 1t
is an extremely fatal disease with In
dians. One day a woman, clan sister
of mine, came to me and said that her
little child was extremely i'll of this
disease. She asked me if had medi-
81 hn% II 20
ease.
I said I had, and she asked me if 1
would give the medicines to her little
one.
Yes, provided you will keep the
little girl in the northwest corner of
your house, within a line three steps
from one wall and three steps from the
other. Then will go when the sun is
so high and when the sun is so low and
treat your child"
| laid out this formula because for
mula are supposed to have quite as
much value among them as medicines,
and in the hope that it would appeal to
her more forcibly.
If she permitted the child to run
about the room and to encounter cold
.draughts it would inevitably die with
in four to eight days"
But the woman said, 'Oh. I can't
promise to do that"
"Why?" said l.
because" she answered, 'the little
one will cry to go out"
Let her cry. For if you let her go
out, you and all your people will cry
when she is lost."s
''Well," she said, sit would not do,
though it were the last relation that
they should have"
'.Well, then" said, "you have no
faith that / will cure the child, else
you would, for the sake of its life, re-
strain it"
In their estimation it is wrong to
.coeree a child, since it may in some
mysterious way, interfere with the
good development and fortunate life of
the child.
Unfortunately the child died within
four or five days. Weeks passed and
I heard nothing of it, but, one night,
after I had been asleep some time,
there was a sound in the room.
woke up and gazed mistily around.
Standing near the door was the form
of man. The embers were just dying
out on my hearth in the opposite cor
ner, and was lying on the ground
Gazing about me realized that an
other man was moving my foot to wake
me up; it is their belief that man
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

USES OF AMALGAM.
The Process Employed to Separate Gold
and Silver From Their Ores.

The Process Employed to Separate Gold
and Silver From Their Ores.
Amalgam is a compound of two or
more metals of which one is always
mercury, and this circumstance dis
tinguishes an amalgam from an alloy.
Nature presents us with only one
amalgam which is silver, and is
termed by mineralogists native ANAL
gam" 1t occurs in Hungary, Sweden,
ETC., and is met with either semi-fluid,
massive, or crystallized in rhombic
dodecahedrons. Klaproth found it to
consist of 81 parts of silver out of 100
parts. Most metals may be amalga-
mated with mercury, and the combi-
nation appears to depend on chemical
affinity.
When the cohesion of metal is
slight, as in the cases of potassium
and sodium, or when its affinity for
mercury is considerable, as in the in
stances of gold and silver, amalgama-
ton takes place readily by mere con-
tact. When on the other hand the
cohesion of metal is strong, or its
affinity forcmercury weak, heat or in
termediate action or both are requisite
to effect amalgamation.
If Al parts of mercury be mixed
with one part of potassium, combina-
ton occurs with the evolution of much
heat, and when the resulting amalgam
is cold, it is hard and has the appear
ance of silver. When the guam
tity of mercury exceeds one hun
dred parts to one of potassium,
thei compound is liquid and an ANAL
gamation containing only 1.5 per
cent. of potassium is susceptible
of disqualification. The density of an
amalgam exceeds that of the mean of
the metals; this, and the tendency of
one or both metals to oxidize, are adj
ditional indications of chemical COM
bination.
There are some metals, it has been
observed, requiring heat to amalga-
mate them. Anthony offers an ex-
ample of this; to effect combination it
must be melted, and while liquid
mixed with hot mercury. Mere heat,
however, causes scarcely any action
between iron and mercury; they may
be amalgamated by mixing the filings
of the metal with powdered alum and
rubbing them together with little
water. After trituration. the alum
may be washed out. By the interven-
ton of tin or zinc, iron may be COM
bined with mercury and a double ANAL
gam is formed. Platina also unites
with mercury, by the intervention of
the amalgam of potassium, but not by
direct action. The double amalgam of
iron and zinc does not rapidly undergo
any change, and is not attracted by
the magnet. All amalgams are decOm-
posed by red heat, the mercury being
distilled and the more fixed metal re-
naming. The process of amalgama-
nation and decomposition is employed
to separate gold and silver from their
ores. The mercury obtained by de-
composing the amalgams is distilled
and repeatedly used for the same pur-
pose with comparatively little loss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

Don't count much on the cleaning
of the harvest field as food for pigs
Nowadays after the harvester haS
passed over them the hog feed left Is q
fraud and a deiusiOp.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

"A religious weekly has this intro
duction to a poem: The following
lines were written more than sixty
ago, by a man who has slept many
years in his grave merely for his own
amusement"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

Ideas of witchcraft and sorcery exist
among the Zuni Indians, and as a mat
ter of course resemble those which in
past time have existed universally
among people of that status.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
From Everywhere.

A new color is called F diseased ghost" If
ghosts can carry diseases, death has far more
terrOrs than have heretofore been attributed 10
it. Think of dying of smallpox with the
prospect of catching Asiatie cholera just as
soon as you're through with it Judge.
Georgia is said to be Dragging over woman
lawyer; but there is this fact-when a man
wants to have business with woman in the
most interesting and important way he is go
ing to prosecute his own suit even if it is leap
year.-Judge.
The rate Of mortality among the Indians in
creases, it is said, 10 per cent year. The word
is mortality but when the United States Army
has fight with the aborigine the word would
seem to be reproduction
They have combines, eleetioneeriug and bal
lot-box stuffing at the election of Bishops at
the Methodist Episcopal General Conference
all the adjuncts of political campaign, except
letters of eclination.-Pitts5urg Chronicle Tsis-
graph.
The wages of sin is death but some people
do not get their wages till long after they are
due.-BostoH Commercial Bulletin.
A buckwheat cake and a home-run depend
largely upon the batter.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
Ottawa has citizen by the name of Kid
nocker He should be appointed principal Of
the public school.-OHaga Local Eews.
The grumbler grumbles most when he finds
there is nothing to grumble abOut.-BOstOn
Courier.
The faith cure viii not cure love. Want OF
faith is the thing for it.-BOst0n Courier.
Omaha Nan-Been to the Women's Congress
at Washington, eh2 What is it for?
Distinguished Female-To remove the evil:
which cry aloud.
Omaha Maxwell. it's high time. For my
part can t see why any woman Of sense should
take baby to the theater, anyhow OmahG
World.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

One OF our contemporaries rightly observes
that radical changes IN the science of steam enRi-
neering have not been numerous in the last quar-
ter Of century but improvements in the details Of
construction and operation have been many and of
high utility. How important this progress has
been in its economical results is indicated by q
statement recently made that railway trains in
England are now driven at an average speed Il
per cent. higher than 20 years ago with but little
more than half the quantity OF coal.-SeieRtyic
"A AIr Myer has just patented, In Germany,
composition for removing old varnish from OBJ
jects. 1t is obtained by mixing five parts of SO per
cent silicate of potash, one Of 40 per cent soda
lye, and one OF sal ammonise thydroehlorate Of
ammonia)
For glue to be properly effective It requires to
penetrate the pores Of the wood; and the more
body of glue penetrates the wood, the sub
stantia the joint will remain. Clues that take the
longest TO dry to be preferred to those that dry
quickly, the slow drying being always the strong
est, other things being equal. For general use no
method gives such good results AS the following:
Break the glue up small, put it into iron kettle
cover the glue with water, and allow IL to soak u
hours. After soaking, boil until done. Then pour
il into air-tight box leave the cover of until
cold, then cover up tight As glue Is required, cut
| out portion and melt in the usual way. Expose
no more of the made glue TO the atmosphere for
any length OF time than is necessary as the atos-
/ phere is very destructive to made glue. Never
heat made glue in pot that is subject TO the direct
heat of the lire or of lamp. All such methods of
! heating glue cannot be condemned in terms too
severe. Do not use thick glue for joints
| ing In all cases work it well into the wood in g
| similar manner to what painters do with paint.
Glue both surfaces of your work, except in cases
/ of veneering. Never glue hot wood, as the hot
wood will absorb all the water in the glue too sud
/ denly and leave only q very little residue.
The electric light is getting to play an impor-
tant part in medical Investigations With little
pea light" attached TO the end of a slender rod
| Sir MoreIl Mackenzie examines the throat Of the
German Emperor. The little battery that supplies
the electricity hangs around the Surgeons neck.
These little electric lights are becoming daily of
more practical use By their aid the surgeon pokes
and pRatyS iDLn nigppg he az herWIla would have
manipulate in "by the feel, and achieves results
/ heretofore impossible.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21

Rocky Mountains in Montana; thence over
miles of wild mountain roads in Oregon and
California on stage coaches where Indians and
stage-Tobbers thrive; / have lived in San
Francisco, spent part of Winter in Los Ange-
les, lived among the Mormons in Utah for SIX
months-in truth have been everywhere, but
have not yet found a trace Of the long-lost Geno.
While ] have not exactly been searching for
Geno on these travels have never given up
the hope of some day seeing her, and as long as
/ live ! never shall.
] don't know how it may be with Geno; it
is likely she has good husband, better than
would have been, and that she is devoted to
him and her family; but in my secret heart
hope the old saying will prove true that
woman never forgets her first love- and that
some day, in some unseen manner, Geno may
read this and see that / have not forgotten her.
This has been to my life only sweet memory,
which l shall cherish fondly as such to the end
" Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all roget;
On, death in life the days that are more"
Tn be ed
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
How Gresham Saved His Leg.

In the spring Of 1864 Gresham was relieved
from duty at Nstchez and ordered TO the COM
mand Of a division in the Seventeenth Corps Of
the Army Of the Tennessee, to take part in
Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Gen j.
B. Mcpherson commanded the army and Gen.
Francis Z. Blair the corps, and with both Gresh-
am became fagorte officer. He was at the
head OF his division in the battle Of Kcnesaw
Mountain, and in all the engagements until
the army arrived in front Of Atlanta Then,
ia the battle OF LeEgett's Hin, July 20, 1864,
he was riding IN advance Of his men with a
view OF locating a position for battery. As
he halted on an cmiaence aud raised his Geld-
glasses 10 his eyes his tall figure attracted the
attention OF the Confederate slaTpsh0OteTs, and
he fell with bullet below the knee. The
limp which yet affects his walk is a result OF
that wound. Mcpherson gave his personal at
tentiou TO his transportation TO the nearest
railway station, where he lay several days
before train started for the North. Placed
then in a freight car at night, the light Of a
lantern revealed near him long box, over
which two soldiers were standing guard. Ii
contained tho corpse Of Mcpherson, who had
been killed the day after they separated
Gresham was taken TO his home at New Al
/ bany, where for more than year Inc lay prone
I upon his back, uursed by bis faithful wife
+ Several times the surgeons thought the limi
should be amputated, aud 50 advised, but jus
/ as often the GenerOl objected lie saved the
4 leg, but was compelled 10 go on crutches fo
I several years.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21

people. ". ~ Let them understand the COW
enant and their duties in respect to il. The
open Bible is the right Of the people and the
duty of the clergy. Gods word is a lamp
needed in this dark world d light required
where there are so many stiles to the right aud
the left hand of the straight and narrow way;
a compass without which one must go astray in
the voyage of life. True religion must be
based on intelligence. Moses took the book
of the covenant, and read in the audience"
" ~ 1t is well to read the Bible systematic
cally to the people assembled in churches. The
Sundayschool is doing grand work in the
way of teaching the sacred truths of Gods
Word.
5. Fully understand document before you
assent to it, Let it be read over again to you
We see that Moses carefully read q second time
the commandments of God, that the minds of
the people might be refreshed with the force
and meaning of the laws which they were then
called on to indorse. (Y.7) 1t is we'll in any
organization to read from time to time the
constitution to which the members have as
sented and the vows they made. The clergy
man should once III while refresh the minds
of the parish with the obligations resting on the
communicates. In business way no man
should carelessy sign his name to any paper.
We are rational beings, and God does not re-
quire us to take any step before assigning
sufficient reasons to warrant our action. The
"
ting all of Gods laws as given through Moses
into book form was to keep them before the
minds of the people, to have them thoroughly
understood by those called on to obey them,
and to enable Gods ministers to read to the
people all such divine requirements. A good
time to remind congregations of their special
duties and obligations as church members is
the occasion of eating and drinking (V. III
at the celebration of the Holy Communion.
Repetition in religious instruction is demanded.
1t is not out of place to read over again a book.
Many volume will pay for second turning
of its leaves, and many n sermon might well
be preached a second time. Prove all things.
Fear not any flaws in Gods Word discoverable
by frequent research of the Bible. So preg-
nant are the truths of the Holy Scriptures that
each revision Of them discovers new richness oi
thought.
g. Worship God. Attend church. Be liberal
with offerings. Love Gods affairs. As Moses
was enveloped by the Shekinah so may each
Christian be infused with the Holy Spirit
T. BE firm in religious life. Be not like reeds
shaken by each hereto breeze. Be not like
chaG, blown away by every fail of attiiction
Let the pillar be true symbol of your Christ
| ian life. Indeed, may each reader be pillar
in his respective parish-reliable, easily found
when there is call for work, strong to hold
up the hands Of your pastor never wavering
in duty.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
Two Humorous Church Incidents.
Boston Transcript

A little girl who was taken to the Episcopal
church for the first time heard the clergyman
read the text:
'On these two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets"
Grandma" said the little girl after she got
home, do they hang the prophets on the com
mandments just the same as they do presents
on the Christmas tree?"
1t was another little girl who, going to the
Episcopal church, and happening to turn round
their alteration to the creed, took it into her
head that they were all bowling to her. And
so. as she was polite little girl, and not in
clined to receive a salutation without return
ing it, she bowed very respectfully and ex-
claimed:
"Good morning. peoplein
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
HUMOR.
The Hearth-Rag Man,
[Deiroa Free Press

He put up job. on the hired girl whereby
he hoped to sell her patent process for making
fre-rugs she would never need.
Then he rung the door-bell, and when she
answered it, he put on his most insnuating
smile lifted his hat high of his head, and re-
marked in his blandest voice.
"The lady of the house, l believer"
"Oh, yes" she said with a mouthful of sar-
casm, "If I'm so years old and got squint in
one eye and figure like a scarecrow, | s'pose
I'm her!"
He saw his mistake when too late, but as he
slowly backed down the gravel walk to the
gate he said regretfully;
How was l to know that? / was told
she was young and beautiful, and when / saw
you -
IF you've got any patterns I like I'll buy
an outfit" she interrupted; step in and III
look at them,n
The National tribune., 1888-06-21

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have never
troubled you with a communication before, but
must do SO now, in the name Of many com
rades. We want you 10 boom Gen. w. T. Sher-
man, who is capable Of carrying everything
before him from ocean to ocean. beside some
Dixie States Now, conrade, give our leaders
q hint that will remove every doubt Of Re-
publican President. / believe be could not
refuse such q patriotic deed in behalf of his
comrades.-F. RoENIGK, lst Mich. Eng, Green
vile, Mich.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
Ice-Dealing Arithmetic.
TTid-Bits.l !

Ice Dealer Ito applicant)- been in the
ice business, boy2
Boy-No, sir.
Ice Dealer-H-m. Know anything about
arithmetic?
Boy-Yes, sir.
Ice Dealer-H-m. What would 90 pounds of
ice amount to at cent and q half pound2
BOy-Seventy- five cents, sir.
Ice Dealer-H'm. You seem a likely lad. I
guess I'll give you a trial.
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
iood morning, people "
Suburban Summer Life.
[Omnhn World. |

IUHEUtt WVIIU'J
Lady Fair lin her Summer villa)-Perkins
have the Pinkerton guards had their break
fast2
Perkins-Yes, madam; they are now clean
ing and reloading their Wnchesters.
Have the night sentinels come in from the
park ?"
"They have, madam, and they report that no
night"
Very we'll. Request the guards to form
ranks and be ready to accompany me. l wish
to walk few moments in the garden"
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
A Surfeit of CiVility.
Tng.s p

"How do you do Bobby2" queried the visit
ing pastor, holding out his hand to little six
year-old.
Shake hands with the gentleman! Do you
hear me, Robert?" called out his mother, as
the youngster put his hands resolutely behind
him. Robert"-but he interrupted her with {:
'Aw, mamma, he knows he saw me just this
morningw
The National tribune., 1888-06-21
Modern Devotion.

Mrs Friendly (sympathetically)-I am 80
saddened to see you in this garb Of deep mourn
ing. Yours was indeed heartrending loss.
Mrs. De Pugg (pathetically)- yes! My
precious Fantine died in these arms after suf-
ferng tortures for three whole days from the
most fightful convulsions. l never once left
her cushion.
Mrs Friendly (surprisedly) And your little
daughter who was SO i'll with scarlet-fever2
Mrs De Pugg (indiferently)- she got
we'll