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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
A Legend for Tea-Orinkers.

There is curious old Japanese le-
gend which processes to account for the
origin of the tea plant. Somewhere
about the year SIG A. D.. certain
Buddhist priest of great sanctity paid
visit to the Celestial empire. and. in
order to devote himself entirely to the
service of God, he solemnly vowed up
on one occasion that he would not go
to sleep for the remainder of his earth.
~ life. but spend his time in perpetual
meditation. Years rolled by, until at
last one sultry day. nature asserted
herself. and the poor devotee of Budd-
ha fell fast asleep. So great was his
remorse when he awoke that. in order
to preclude the possibility of a repeti-
ton of slumber, he there and then cut OH
both his eyelashes and flung them on
the ground Passing by the spot next
day. great was his establishment at be-
holding each eyelash metamorphosed
into q shrub and exhibiting 1.-The form
OF an eyelid bordered with lashes. and
possessing the gift of hindering sleep"
From these two shrubs. concludes the
legend. sprang the ten plant Gentle
mans Magazine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
AeouT suNsTRokEs


Elttls Danger fron Heat "a Long - Per
splration h Free
The effects of undue exposure to heat
vary widely. and are by no means
always proportionate to the tempera-
ture to which the person has been ex-
posed. The so-called sunstroke. or
heat-strohe. may occur either in the
direct rays of the sun or in hot rooms.
such as laundry rooms or the holds OF
steamships. Attacks may occur in the
night as well rs during the day. and.
in general, ar. to be feared at times
when the atmosphere is loaded with
moisture, SO that free perspiration is
checked. Experience shows that the
drinking of ice-water, when the body
is over-heated, is a prolific cause OF
these attacks
All degrees of severity are met with,
from the lightest attack of headache
and dizziness to the sudden stroke
which ends in death within few min
utes Some authorities would make
three distinct degrees of heat prostra-
ton. although the line is seldom dis
tinctly drawn in any given case
The first variety includes those cases
which show nothing more than a sud-
den faintness. muscular weakness and
dizziness, with, perhaps. nausea and
vomiting. The surface of the body is
cool. the pulse rapid and feeble. In
such cases, rest in recumbent posi-
ton in a cool place for a few hours
will generally give relief.
In the second class of cases, the
respiration and hearts action are
affected, and the patient may die sud-
denly of syncope. Active measures
must be entered upon at once. The
patient should be removed to cool
spot. the clothing removed or loosened,
and cold water applied to the head.
Complete recovery from the effects may
not take place for years.
The third form is the most severe,
and in the majority of cases proves ia
tai The sufferer becomes uncon-
scious, the skin is dry. the pulse slow
and full, the face flushed and the
breathing labored. Generally there is
entire unconsC iOusness, and sometimes
copvuls;ons-
The temperature runs excessively
high, and the first attempt should be
to bring it to the normal point. For
this purpose cold baths and the APP
piication of ice are indicated. As
soon as the temperature is lessened
stimulation must be commenced, to
counterfeit the great depression which
always follows.
1t is imp ortant to remember that
there is little danger from heat so long
as the perspiration is free. By bear
ing this in mind many who are ex-
posed might no doubt avert the threat
ened attack by leaving work and seek
ing shelter as soon as the diminution
in perspiratiOn is noticed.
COMPANION
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
GYPSY LOVE AND LIFE.

Some Now Facts Concerning q Very Inter
esting People.
There is fascination about Gypsy
lore'which is, perhaps, increasingly felt
now that those nomadic insurgents are
being gradually-slowly, it may be,
but surely by the environ
ing civilization The altered condition
of modern society make their wander
ing life more difficult, their language
is invaded by gaujo elements. mixed
marriages attenute the strength of the
Romany blood. and dotted over the
map of Europe there are now little
stationary colonies of house-dwelling
Gypsies. who no longer take the road
or .sfold their tents like the Arabs
The Gypsies have been clearly visi-
BILE in Europe for four centuries and a
half. They have been the Ishmaelites
of the modern world. If at the present
day the law has ceased to treat them
harshly the social pressure is proba-
bly, greater. so that it is now or never
for those who wish to make scientific
study Of these wanderers. A volume.
entitled the ''Gypsies." by Adrian A.
Coloci. forms an excellent Introduction
- such study. The prosecutions Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

the Zinear1 have been many: and Ia.
ter. Even In the last century they
were accused of cAnuibalisml TO their
foreign appearance and strange mode
OF life they added the practice of arts
that were regarded as irreligious and
heathenish.
It may be news to many to learn that
1t was not until 1856 that. by the aholi-
ton of Romany slavery in Dacia- the
freedom of the Zingari In Europe was
completed Colocci agrees with other
observers in regarding the Gypsies as
practically destitute of religion. all
though willing to adopt nominally the
prevailing faith of any country in
which they may be sojourners. In
England they are Protestants, in Tur-
key Mohammedans. Morally they are
unframed children, Indifferent to every
thing but the satisfaction of the desire
of the moment. whether that desire be
the offspring of love, or greed. or hate.
While there is but little Gypsy
poetry among the English tribes. the
''gift and faculty divine" appears pro-
fusely both in Spain and in the remoter
parts of Europe; and one of the most
interesting portions of this book is
that which gives specimens of the
Romany muse. The pieces are mostly
short, often strange in form, but not
infrequently inspired by genuine poetic
feeling. This sometimes finds express
sion in modes so unexpected as to
have almost the quality of genius.
The Gypsy sings the beauty of his
sweetheart; apostrophises the sun and
stars with heather fervor. and cele-
brates the success of the knavish ruses
by which he has gained an advantage
over the busno. Filial affection. also,
finds place in his songs. While he
shows the frankest enjoyment of the
material side of life. there is often a
spirit of profound melancholy mani
tested in these lyrics. The Zingari
have always been famous for their
love of music. The estimate which
gives the Gypsy race million souls is
probably far below the truth.-London
Academy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
LAFE TURKEYS WOOlNG.
How Young HOOsier Popped the Cues
ton to His Best Girl.

How a Young Hoosier Popped the Cues
ton to His Best Girl.
LATE Turley had been counting old
man Hite's daughter, Heppie. for a
long time; but somehow had never
mustered up the courage to ask her to
be his wife. One Sunday evening. how
ever. as he and Heppie were spooning
together out on the front porch, LATE
SO far overcame his bashfulness as to
make an attempt to come to some sort
of an understanding in this matter.
'Heppie." he began, lit looks as
though we wuz goin' ter have right
smart lot o. wheat AFTER all this year
That bottom field O. mines ergoin' to
pan out fust-rate."
I'm glad o. that, Lafe." replied
Heppie. '.but pap says our'n amt err
goin' ter mount ter much. :"
My CONS err lookin' bully. toe"
continued LATE; don't b'lieve I ever
seed it a-doin' so well afore at this
time o. year," ~
well. Lafe," said Heppie as she
smiled winningly into his face, you're
mighty lucky, 'relse you're tip-top
good farmer. dunno which,
''Heppie," said LATE. impulsively,
<.Fm both; I've allus been lucky, an
besides, know as much erbout crop
pin an handlin' stock as ther next
Teller. An that amt ALL" he con-
tinued, i've got forty acres of good
farmin' LAM all paid fer. with a good
house on in, an l wuz a-thinkin'-"
Here he stopped and began whip
ping the dust out of his trousers with
the riding whip which he still had in
his hand.
What wuz it you wuz err thinkin' of
LafeP" queried Heppie softly as she
stole mischievous. yet encouraging,
glance at her embarrassed lover.
-.Well." said LATE. with considerable
effort. II wuz thinlxin'. Heppie, that
considerin' as l am tollable lucky, an,
sides, amt no fool in farmin' matters,
at you wouldn't mind marryin' Teller
Like me, speshully when he loves you
so well at he KANT find words to tell
you about it. -
-'Lafe, she answered softly, as she
nestled closer to him, I've knowed a
long time that you thought more o.
.me than you did any one else. Yes. +"
she continued. II love you. Late, an
I'll be as good er wife as 1 can ter yer;
but you wuz err long time screwin' up
yer courage to the stickin' pint"
well" said Lafe; boldly and utter
~ regardless of the lie he was about to
utter, II wuz sorter waitin' till could
git things licked inter shape afore 1
Axed yeu. don't belive in . TELLER
gittia' = wife until he's got place ter
take her TO. Besides. knowed yer
pap wouldn't or let us git married tin
n got some kind Of start. anyhow. -
-.Lafe Turiey. I don't believe you. :"
retortea Heppis. poutingly. You
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
HINTS ABOUT HORSES.

| The Experience of q Veterinarian Summed
| Up In Short Paragraphs.
Once during lifetime is all any man
need expect to be suited in family
horse. Be kind but firm with the horse;
| petting is as much out of place as
| abuse. Feed the horse out of a trough
placed on the ground; this is not only
the most natural position, but it pre-
vents the proper elevator muscles Of
the shoulder becoming rigid and fixed.
which by constant use of high managers
and tight refining is frequently the case.
How often do we see horses worked in
towns to heavy carts or light carriages
unable when turned out to grass to get
their heads to the ground without set
ting the fore feet out wide, sometimes
going down on one or both knees. or
setting one leg forward with the other
as far back as possible. Twelve quarts
of good, clean old oats with twenty
one pounds of good. clean old hay.
with sprinkling of salt is sufficient
ration for an ordinary-sized horse for
one day. Beans are the most muscle
producing food given to horses Horse
in the habit of swallowing food without
thoroughly masticating can be cured
by covering the bottom of the feed
trough with loose stones about the
size of an egg.
Never offer unsolicited advice for
the medication of neighbours sick
animal; If it RECEIVERS you have moth
ing to gain, and a good deal to lose if
it dies. Before venturing to use or
prescribe a medicine. become thor
Oughly acquainted with its nature and
action; better leave sick animal
alone to nature than impose blind as
sistance. Never buy horse afflicted
with a mucus discharge from one Or
both nostrils; by general observance
of this much could be done to prevent
spread of CHAMBERS, equivalent to thou
sands of dollars in some districts.
Never trot or run horse suffering
with tympanitic collie. which presents
a swollen appearance. Walk the ami
NAL slowly, or allow to roll at pleas
ure, taking care to provide a>suitable
place. Carrots-about one pound each
morning. an hour before BREAKFASTS
good for horse troubled with worms.
Valuable horses have been sacrificed
by the ignorant practice of admins
tering medicine through the nostrils.
Ground oil cake in single handfuls at
regular intervals for all kinds of stock
is frst-class condition powder. ALI
animals to thrive well require change
of diet; too much sameness produces
nausea.-W. R. Lewis, v. S., in n. Y.
Ill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

THEY WANT IRON.
People in the Stone Age Who Are Anxious
to Get Out of 1t.

People in the Stone Age Who Are Anxious
to Get Out of 1t.
Here and there in few corners of
the world people are still living in the
stone age. but it is observed that they
are very glad to emerge into the age
of iron as soon as they learn something
Of the properties of that wonderful
metal. DIR. Finsch had an interesting
experience while ago among the ma
tives of Northeastern New Guinea.
The Natives had already met a white
man, and had seen axes and other i'm
plements that were far superior to
heir axes Of stone Or shell. They had
also seen hoop iron. and had found
that they could make implements of
It. DIR. Finch had with him a lot of
looking glasses, beads, finger rings,
and other articles calculated to please
the fancy of the untutored savage.
But these gewgaws attracted but little
attention. The savage in those parts
has very practical side to his nature.
and he called loudly for iron. The
women and the young people were
pleased with the beads for short
time, but they soon tired of them
Even the Papuan boys unhesitatingly
threw down their handfuls of beads if
a little piece of hoop iron was offered
to them.
It is easy to understand that as soon
as people who have always used
stone and shell implements appreciate
in some degree the advantage of iron,
no present can be more acceptable to
them than iron. DIR. Finsch found that
an iron nail was a far more valuable
present than the trinkets which delight
the tribes of Africa, who have long
lived in the iron age. He says the
Papuans of New Guinea do not want
raw iron. for they understand neither
smelling nor smithing, but iron in any
manufactured form that is convenient
for their use is eagarly desired. They
think a little piece of hoop iron is a
treasure, for they have found that they
can sharpen it on a rock to an edge or
point.
On the other hand. DR.. Fin sch says
he met natives on the south coast of
New Guinea who were still using stone
axes, though they had had iron axes
for some time. He was astonished to
observe the rapidity with which they
could fell trees and fashion logs into
canoes with no other implement than
the stone axe of their fathers. IN. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
EFFECTS OF cATARRH.

Mental Disturbances Caused by 1mpeded
| Nasal Inspiration.
Considering the fact that chronic
nasal catarrh almost always obstinate
~ resists the usual treatment which
the victims are wont to prescribe for
themselves. many, after experimenting
for time, become discouraged. and
allow the disease to run on indefinitely.
That would scarcely be the case were
all its evil effects rightly estimated.
Many of them are well understood gem
orally. There Is one. at least, which
is seldom duly weighed. even if recog-
nized. We refer to the effect of catarrh
on the mind. It surely lessons its vigor
Brain-workers may have noticed that,
when suffering from a cold In the head,
extent mentally disabled. So it is in
chronic catarrh. The mental faculties
are impaired and the victim more or
less dull and listless. 1t is safe to say
that no man can be at his best
intellectually while troubled with
that affection. Children are quite as
often sufferers from catarrh as are
adults. and the ill effects of it are even
more apparent to them. DR.. Bresgen,
of Frankfort-on-the-Ma according
to the Philadelphia Medical Reporter,
has recently examined many school
children. He found that, in many
who were VIGOROUSLY inattentive and
slow in making Roadway, neglected
disorders of the ear or nose. such as
catarrh Or slight infammations, could
be detected. DR.. Bresgen pointed out
that an impeded nasal inspiration
caused pressure in the frontal region,
which could readily produce bad
effect on mental development.
Such children complain of head
aches. ringing in the ears and
similar conditions, growing more
and more inattentive and lazy. DR..
Bresgen's pertinent reports to the
secretary of instruction were not
needed until the observations of Prof.
Guye, of Amsterdam, confirmed the
experience of the German observer.
Guye found in adults that nasal ca
tarrhs of long standing and of neg
lected character exert a most del
eterious influence over the entire
mental condition of the patient. He
found as results OF the conditions men
toned morbid headaches, vertigo, pro-
gressive decrease of the perceptive
faculties, Discrimination and even in
ability to work. All of these symp-
toms disappeared after the cure of the
nasal affection. Other observers have
also confirmed the views and asser-
tions of Bresgen and Guye. AS after
measles and scarlet fever. disorders of
the nose and ear are of especially
FREQUENT occurrence, it seems the duty
of the teachers. or rather of a special
school physician, to attend Immediate
ly to these conditions. Great mental
disturbances can in this way be pre-
vented by timely and trivial atten-
tiOn.-BOstOn Herald.
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hiding along a country road, you
often notice the cattle stand as if they
had no expectations; they hardly raise
their head as you drive by; while the
cattle in the next field will look up
with eagerness. as though men and
women contributed to their happi-
ness. Now. if you should know the
daily life of the animals on these two
farms, you would probably find that
on one they were fed and housed. but
had no pet names. no one greeted them
Familiarity or petted them; they be-
longed to the farm. while the bright
animated cattle belonged to the FAM
lily. and there's q vast difference.-Sir
John Lubbock
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
BRITISH iNVES TMENTS
Why john Bulls Surplus Capital Is Con-
ing to the United States.

Why john Bulls Surplus Capital Is Com
ing to the United States.
The amount of money which has
within the last year or two come into
this country from England in the way
OF investment is simply prodigious.
In few instances, such as the English
purchases of breweries. the opera
lions have been carried On in a
manner that has attracted public at
tention; but we should say that this
was the exception, and that in the vast
majority of cases the investments made
have been personal ones and have
been made without attracting atten-
ton except in the immediate locality.
For long time past both English cap
1tal and Englishmen have gone to the
west, the one to find investments in
improved agricultural properties or in
cattle ranches and the other TO enter
into American life as farmers, cattle
ralsers and sometimes in mercantile
pursuits. But of late the set of the
tide seems to have been southwark.
and, according to recent reports.
English capital and Englishmen
are to be found. one in large
amounts and the other in considerable
numbers. in Southwestern Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and in
other parts of that great central Sec
ton OF our Southern country, which. if
climate, accessibility and natural re-
sources count for any thing. is destined
to be the manufacturing center of the
United States. this being only another
form OF saying the future workshop
OF the world. These foreign investors
have been drawn to this section by the
inducements held out. and by the many
opportunities of obtaining there larger
returns upon Investments than Gao be
hoped for in the Old World. Since the
conversion of the English three Der
cents under the national-debt CONVEX
sion act of 1888, those who were hold
ers of consols have been compelled to
content themselves with only "a
per cent, and as in many instances
their incomes and outgoes have
been fixed quantities. this has
implied the necessity of foregoing nc
customed methods of life. Such in
vcst0rs have been compelled to look
elsewhere for revenue-bearing invest
ments, and have found in the United
States Industrial fields for the employ
ment of their money that they could
not find elsewhere. More than this.
there Is. growing belief In England
that the United States Is destined to be
the great country of the future; that
army-ridden Europe Is INDUCING In
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
: UNGALLANT PROVERBS.
The Part Played by Women In the Laws {
Various PEOPLES.

The Part Played by Won IN In the Laws OF
Various Peoples.
A contributor to the Freisinnioe
Zeitung has collected from all the fore
most nations of the world a heap of
proverbs of men concerning women. -
1t appears from them that the South
ern peoples. who count themselves the
most chivalrous and gallant toward
the ladies. are more coarse and insult
ing in their proverbs than the colder
Northerners. Although the Germans,
the Scandinavians. and the English are
complimentary to the women in their
proverbs, they are rarely brutal. -
The Frenchman says: "a man who
has a wife has a plague;" "a man
made Of straw is worth double as much
as woman made of gold" The Span
lard says: "a woman's advice is never
of any use. but unless you follow it
she will rail at you as fool;" ..Be
on your guard against bad woman,
but do not put your trust in a good
woman" There is only one bad
woman, but every husband believes he
possesses her." The Italians say: eff
a man loses his wife and a farthing he
has only lost a farthing." The chief
failings of the sex. according to a
whole host Of English and German
proverbs. are changeableness and
talkativeness. the former of which is
equally true Of men and the latter not
disagreeable to men in the Latin
nations. The charge that ..Women's
minds and April winds often change. T"
and the statement that "a woman's
strength lies in her tongue. appear to
be accepted in various readings
throughout Northern Europe. The
specimen of a Yankee proverb is char
iacteristic: esWomen can keep a secret,
but it takes big crowd of them to do
it, The Chinese say that "a wom-
ans tongue is her sword" but s-She
never lets it grow rusty"