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FIRST FLOOR.

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Woman is the target of all the small wits. A wicked Frenchman says that women have such an innate vanity for dress that if you were to tell one that she was to be hanged in the presence of 20, 900 persons she would at once exclaim: "Great heavensi I've got uofhiuy ko waarU
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B. W. Oason. agent sf the Pacific Express
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Wellington's Courtesy.

The. Duke detested being helped;
not from ingratitude, but from two
distinct feelings-one that he did not
like to be thought what he certainly
was not-decrepit; the other that he
knew very well that the, majority of
persons who helped him simply did so
in order to be able to say that they
had done so. This was to him revolt
ing. Standing opposite to Apsley
House in Piccadilly in the evening,
when the street was even more crowd
ed than it is now, the Duke was hest
tating on the curbstone. A gentle
man nearly as old as himself made
some demonstration of assisting
him to cross the road. endeavOr-
ing to check the tide of cabs
and other vehicles that was setting
strongly. When the Duke reached the
gate of Apsley House he touched his
hat and said: II thank you, sir. !"
The elderly stranger Immediately I'M
covered. Holding his hat on his knee,
he addressed the Duke as follows:
MY Lord. have passed long and
not uneventful life. but never did l
hope to reach the day when I might be
of the slightest assistance to the great
est man that ever lived" The Duke
looked at him calmly, and in a voice
not in the least choked by emotion, re-
piled: Don't be - foolr' and
walked into Apsley House."-Words
on Wellington, by Sir William Frazer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
THE COMING MOTOR.

Electricity as o Universal Substitute for
There was a time when wind and
water acting directly upon wheels of
more or less ingenious form and con-
struction supplied the power necessary
for the rude machinery of the age.
The world made step in the direc-
ton of progress. and then steam
achieved wonders.
There has now been discovered a
greater, safer and cheaper power. and
the steam engine is destined to occupy
its place by the side of the water
wheel, as one of so many old inven-
tions which have fulfilled their mission
and have been superseded.
To many of our readers this will
seem like an extract from Jules Verne.
To speak disrespectfully of steam will
be, in their opinion, just like BIAS
phemy against the multiplication ia
BILE. Nevertheless, it is already an &C
complished fact that hundreds of boil
ers have been set aside by manufact-
urers and mechanics simply because
there has been discovered better and
cheaper kind of machinery by which
the work of the whole world can be
done. Their shops and factories are
provided with the substitute, and the
work is done more safely, more eco
nomically and more rapidly than be-
fore.
What is this substitution for steam?
Why. electricity. to be sure.
Will electricity. then. do all that
steam can do? Certainly it will. and
it is destined in time to take the place
of steam. just as steam has taken the
place of the water wheel. No doubt
steam engines will always be used,
just the same as water wheels are still
used under circumstances which ex-
clude the advantageous methods of
science.
It is a revolution in science which is
already under way and which is pro-
crossing with astonishing rapidity. 1t
is true that the final results have not
yet been arrived at on the score of
cheapness and simplification of the
methods by means of which this power
is to be applied. and in many cases has
been subjected to continuous working
in factories and shops. In the supply
of small power-that which machin-
lists call ''cat-pOwer'' in contra dis
tinction from horsepower" the cleo
trio motor has made great progress
The best illustration of its success in
this respect is shown by its being ap-
piled to sewing machines. looms,
cloth-cutters and hundred other ma
chimes, the mere enumeration of
which would occupy too much space.
American Journal of Railway APP
pliances.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
A Monster Shark.

Ed Roberts and j. Dutra, two fisher
men, caught a basking shark Sunday
night They were about four or five
miles from the shore and had 200 feet
of net out The shark ran into the
net and got tangled. Fighting furious
ly to get free. the fish only wrapped
himself tighter in the folds of the net
The fishermen let him alone until he
had drowned himself, and then, with
the assistance of seven boats, pulled
him into the bay. where he now lies,
near the wharf. The net was DAM
aged to the extent of twenty dollars,
but the men sold the shark to Perez
Brothers. SO they lost nothing by it
The basking sharks are not man-eat-
ers and are not dangerous. The one
captured is between thirty and thirty
five feet long and weighs about two
tons. As the liver of the species is
about one-third of the whole fish, the
amount of oil that can be tried out of
the liver will be between 100 and $50
gallons Cruz Surf
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
q Assam and Chinese Teas.

Tea came into use almost by acct
dent. Some Buddhist priests, going
on missionary expedition from North
ern India to China, took with them the
dried leaves and also some cuttings of
an Indigenous shrub, which was said
to have the power of correcting any
injurious properties in the brackish
water they might meet with on the
way The decoction thus made pleased
the missionaries so we'll that they con-
tinued, as a matter of taste. to drink 1t
after they had reached China, and in
trOduced it to their converts They
also set about planting the precious
shrub. and, although it did not thrive
SO well in China as in its native Assam.
becoming smaller both in stem and
leaf. it was SO well liked that it soon
formed the foundation of the favorite
beverage Of all China Thence it was
brought to Europe. to be drunk and
desired by Englishmen Of every degree.
And 1t is only of late years that Assam
tea has come into the European mar
ket, 70 be looked upon rather suspi-
ci0usly as the rival of its own degen-
Grated Chinese daughter.-London Ex-
change
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

England States, nor has It any OF the
Western, ..burr.n The shibboleth of
the metropolitan cockney of the Amer
lean world is his eninciation OF the
letter ..t'' at the beginning of word
Note a hundred smart mechanics
small shopmen, employees on railways
and tramways and in restaurants
and on the numerous ferries. which
are such important features of life In
the great center. and you will observe
that they all enunciate the with
the same curious hesitance-a quaint
lingering upon the letter giving to the
English word of which it is q compo-
nent a kind of foreign air. Add to this
a trifing thickness of pronunciation,
which is universal in this class. and
you have two of their principal dis
tinguishing linguistic marks. Tween
tyr is never plain .twenty;" it IS
'.twunty," or ''twonty." and said
slowly, as if the word came hard In
a grade little lower down, where ed
ucation has had but small chance,
there is another peculiarly. which
has no existence in New England, and
is but rarely observable in the West.
that is, the substitution of ID for
st." Does it come from contact with
the c. han in these great, sprawling
conglomerations of population?
know not; but certain it is that the
German immigrant, who fam
cies with that robust con-
fidence in himself peculiar to his
race that he speaks English with
astounding fuency and correctness.
never gets rid of the I'd" and goes on
saying ''dey" and .'dem" for they"
and them" to the end of his life. Re-
member that these remarks refer to
the lower middle class and not to the
highly cultivated and intellectual
classes. Cultivated Germans get rid
of the ed" But they never can speak
English so but that the moment they
open their mouths it is easy to discern
that they are foreigners. To return to
the lower strata of the Teutonic stock.
the German of direct Importation and
the German born in America all keep
their national ''d'' wonderfully well.
But that scarcely seems a good reason
why AN Irish-American boy, an Italian
American boy, Polish-American boy,
and an Observation-Disclosures boy-if
you will overlook the expression-of a
certain class should say der" for
"the," ''dey" for they" and dem"
for them" Yet it is the fact that he
does speak in this manner.-Al the
Year Round.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Coffee as a Medicine.

1t is now more than thirty years
since DIR. Landarrabilco called atten-
ton in the medical journals to the
great value OF green or unroasted
coffee in hepatic and nephritic diseases.
After having continued to use the
remedy for upward of a third of cent
ury in many hundreds of cases. he again
appeals to the profession, through the
Moniteur de Therapeutique. to give it
trial in those cases of liver and kid
ney troubles which have resisted all
other treatment His habit is to place
twenty-five grammes, or about three
drachms. Of the green berries Che pre-
fers mixture of two parts of Mocha
with one part each of Martinique and
Isle de Bourbon. coffee) in a tumbler
of cold water, and let them infuse over
night The infusion. after straining
or filtering, is to be taken on an empty
stomach the first thing after getting
up in the morning. He cites many
cases of renal and hepatic colics, dia-
betes. migraine. etc. which although
rebelious to all other treatments for
years, soon yielded to the green-coffee
infusion. 1t is worth trial at any
rate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
JUSTICE Hollis CHARM.
"Reminiscences OF n Celebrated EngIisI
- JurIst of the Last Century.

"Reminiscences OF Celebrated English
Jurist of the Last Century.
A singular story is told of Chief
Justice Holt, a celebrated English
jurist of the last century. When lad
he was wild and fond of adventure, and
on one occasion no found himself with
out money at country inn. While in
doubt how to pay his bill, he noticed a
child lying sick in the room. Learn
ing that it had the .ague, and that the
doctors could not cure it, he wrote
some words at random ON q piece of
parchment. and told the mother to tie
it round the child's wrist, and thus
cure the ague. The woman obeyed.
and the delighted parents asked Holt
to accept his board in payment for his
medical services.
/, II Years after. when Holt had become
Lord Chief-Justice. woman was tried
before him for witchcraft Part of tho
evidence against her was the posses
sion of the very amulet which the
Judge many years previously had him
self prepared as a joke. The woman
turned out to be Hollis hostess. and
the Judge told her from the bench
how she had been deceived. For years
she had used the charm with immense
success.
g~Paracelsus had a ring which he
called electrum and with which he
professed to cure any kind of pain. It
was only necessary to wear it. and
even epilepsy would vanish.
Lameness is cured in some parts
of England by sleeping on stones in
the open air. Sciatica, or boneshave,
as it is also called. is cured by the
sufferer lying on his back by the side
of a brook and invoking aid in four
line verse.
During the London plague amulets
of arsenic were hung over the heart
and an immense quantity of arsenic
was used for the purpose. Quilts of
quicksilver were worn on the neck for
the same purpose.
Pope Adrian and Queen Elizabeth
both wore toad amulets. These were
prepared by mixing dried toad with
arsenic. tormentil, pearl. coral, hya-
cinth. emerald and .tragacanth.-S
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

"Have you heard the nesEsa'' asked Uncle
Wilton at dinner one day some weeks later
mo, papa" chorused HIS daughters;
sspray tell us.''
"Well, !" said he, ssthe rector'ss son has
fallen heir to = mint Of money; By the death
OF a relative he becorces sole heir to his
80, my! and he IL handsome and col
legiate, too," simpered Kate, who was fast
approaching the old maid line.
1--WE must invite him to our party down
the river" put in Clara 'sI'n warrant he
handles the oars nicely, and, besides, a
millionaire at the Wiltons' rowing party
would be quite the thing; we shall be the
envy of our set" .,--s--
But Babbette didn't join in the converse
ton; she grew very quiet. Could it be that
Max was really q millionairea Would be
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
FOREIGN coss.r
The Queen of England makes her
own tea when travelling.


The Queen of England makes her
own tea when travelling.
in the Farce islands there is a
superstition that seals cast off their
skins every ninth month and assume
the human shape.
The English language is spreading.
Most of the large cities of Europe and
many small ones now have their En-
glish newspaper.
The Japanese are learning to eat
meat. In 1884 only 80. 900 head of cat
tie were slaughtered in all Japan In
1885 the number increased to 10000;
ii 1886, to $50, 500; in 1888. to 200. 600.
in some of the towns in Ireland
there are plenty of people who never
know what it is to eat as much as sat
isles their appetites. These are chiefly
growing boys who do little jobs and
hang around the outskirts of the cities.
The King and Queen OF Greece
have seven children. the youngest q
year old. TIE Princess Alsxandra is
a pretty girl Of nineteen. ThesQneen
is fond of American literature, takes
all the magazines, and adores the
works of Hawthorne. ALI the chill
dren speak French. Greek and Rus
sian.
Irrigation is conducted ON a large
scale in Japan. and dates from long
before the Christian era The irriga-
ton works are massive and costly. and
from a distance look like double-track
railways. These are the large reser-
voirs and main bitches, besides which
mountain streams are utilized in the
usual manner. -.ss
There is in England an organiza-
ton called the League of the Thin
ble," whose badge is pair of tiny
scissors, a thimble and threaded
needle. It is society of gentlewomen
Who make it their object to help poor
needle women to get work. The
Princess of Wales and also the Princess
Christian are greatly interested in the
society. yelsan3 - ~ ~
The Breton peasants make all
their butter from sour milk. he milk.
Is drawn from the COW, is emptied into
nslarge earthenware jar. and allowed
to remain, in the summer, till 1t IS
sour. In winter it is continually
warmed at a moderate fire till it has
turned. The whole contents of these
jars are emptied into q churn worked
by hand or horse gear. The butter
from this. If properly handled. is as
sweet as that made from cream in the
usual manner. .<it ISIS .f
1t was asserted. as one of the many
objections raised against the Eiffel
tower. that the oscillations at the sum-
nit would, under certain unfavorable
conditions. be dangerous; ite is. there
fore, satisfactory to record that, with
the highest wind velocities yet OBJ
served, the movement at the summit
of the tower is hardly appreciable. 1t
is also worthy of note that. according
to recent letter, the tower has had
chance to prove itself of practical
value. A barge having become dis
abled ON the Seine by night. the cleo
trio light was turned on the river, and
the sailors were enabled to save both
themselves and the cargo. 1ss fs,. t.} ,,g3
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

Many OF Them Able to 0utstrip the SUI

Many or Them Able to outstrip the swim
est Birds.
High speed is attained by insects in
their fight. many of them being able
to outstrip swift birds 1t has been
computed that the common house fy
in ordinary flight makes six hundred
strokes per second and advances TWEEN
ty-fve feet. but that rate OF speed II
the insect be alarmed. may be increased
six or seven-fold, 80 that under certain
circumstances it can outstrip the feet
est race horse. It Is no uncommon
thing to see a bee or wasp endeavoring
to get in at the window of railway
train In full speed. and it is calculated
that If a small insect can fly faster than
race-horse can run, an insect as large
as q horse would be able to travel as
fast as q cannon ball. Leuwenholk re-
lates an exciting chase which he beheld
in a menagerie about q hundred feet
long between a swallow and a dragon
fiy-among the swiftest of insects The
insect few with incredible speed. and
wheeled with such address that
the swallow. in spite of its utmost
efforts, completely failed to evertake
and capture it. A pigeon fancier OF
Hamme. in Westphalia, recently made
a wager that dozen bees liberated
three miles from their hives would
reach it in better time than a dozen
pigeons would reach their cote from
the same distance. The competitors
were given wing at Rhyhern. a village
nearly a league from Hamme. and the
first bee reached home quarter OF a
minute in advance of the first pigeon
Three other bees reached the goal be-
fore the second pigeon. the main body
of both detachments finishing almost
simultaneously an instant or two later.
The bees, it may be mentioned, had
been handicapped in the race, having
been rolled in flour before starting. for
the purpose of Identification. Accord
ing to Chabrier the male of the silk
worm moth travels upward of one
hundred miles in one day, and there
are many British moths. as entomolo-
gists well know. which can cover long
distances in an Incredibly short space
of time.-Chicago Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
PARTISAN FUNERALS.
Burial Takes Place Two Days After Death,
Even Sooner.

Burial Takes Place Two Days After Death,
Even Sooner.
The French method of dying must
necessarily be similar to that of the
entire remaining world. but the same
thing can not be said of their funerals.
Burial takes place two days after death.
or even sooner. The body is dressed
on the day of burial and viewed by
few friends, and then. very early in
the morning, the coffin is carried down
perhaps eight Or ten fights of stairs
and is placed on catafalque in the
courtyard, beside the cOncierge's
lodge, and in full view of the public.
HideOus wreaths (seldom fresh) of ex-
pressionless black, white, or blue i'm
mortelles are piled around, and near
these is placed an urn of holy water.
For three or four hours the coffin keeps
its lonely vigil, and every man. woE-an
and child that passes by. no matter
what their respective occupations.
makes it a point to step in for mo-
ment to mutter a short prayer for the
dead and sprinkle holy water before
passing on their accustomed way The
requieum services at the church are
very much the same as elsewhere, but
in some of the provincial towns a few
strange customs are still retained.
remember, writes Paris corre-
spondent, once attending the funeral
of a young girl in Fontainebleau,
where they sang part of the service
through hollow, resonant trumpets,
and any thing more depressing or
melancholy could scarcely be imagined.
The cemetery of Pere La Chaise, so
called after the confessor of Louis
XIV. covers no less than one hundred
and fourteen acres. and is situated al
most in the heart of Paris. On fete
days. and especially on the feast of
All Souls. this cemetery is thronged
with people bearing great quantities,
of paper flowers and wreaths and
crosses of the always ugly and popular
immOrtelles, to place on the tombs of
their departed friends. 1t is one not
ably admirable trait of the French
that they never. under any circum-
stances, forget their dead. The tombs
and monuments of Pere La Chaise,
while very handsome and costly, par
take to great extent of the same
character. and are exceedingly
gloomy. There are few simple
graves in proportion to the pre-
tentious tombs. and these latter most
frequently take the form of small
stone or marble chapels through
whose open doors may be seen minia-
ture affairs arranged in spotless linen
and containing statues OF the Virgin.
st. Joseph or the family patron saint.
N Y Star .t.e i-lsz y
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

until one IN the afternoon tho thronc
of visitors never slackens- Secreta-
ries. ambassadors. cardinals from the
congregation, distinguished stran-
gers. bishops from afar. have audience
in turn There are 1900 bishops in
the Catholic church. and with all of
them the Pope is in more or less con-
slant personal relations. Nothing can
be more gracious. more animated or
more sy mpathetic than the manner of
the Pope. His eye. which. when fixed in
thought. Is deep and piercing, beams
with kindliness. and the severely rigid
lines OF his intellectual features relax
with the pleasantest OF smiles as he
talks. using, as the case may be, either
French. Latin (Which he speaks with
great purity and facility or his own
musical native tongue. After four or
five hours spent in this way he returns
to his papers and his books until three,
when he dimes. His meal is frugal; a
little soup. two courses of meat with
vegetables and dessert of fruit, with
one glass OF strong wine. suffice for his
wants. After dinner he goes out for a
drive or a walk in the garden of the
Vatican. La the evening he resumes
his papers. and at night. between nine
and ten, all the members OF the papal
household assemble for the rosary,
after which they retire to rest. But
long after that hour the Cardinal State
Secretary. Rampolla- or the Under
State Secretary, Mocenni. is often sum-
moned to the papal apartments, where.
by the light of the midnight lamp. Leo
watches and thinks. and prays for the
welfare of the church. contemporary
Review.