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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
THE VATICAN LIBRARY.


Ono of the Most Interesting of the Sights
One of the most interesting sights In
Rome is the Vatican library 1t is said
to contain %, $50 manuscripts, large
proportion of which are Oriental and
Greek 1t practically dates from the
beginning of the seventeenth century.
when the most important collections
were embodied in it. The visitor on
first entering the Vatican finds himself
in a brightly. not to say gaudily. paint
ed room. on the floor of which. dotted
at intervals, are brightly painted cup
boards. In these cupboards-safe.
cOmmodiOus. dry receptacles = the
great mass of manuscripts which form
the glory of the library are stored.
Every here and there among the cup
boards are various works of art. gifts
to different Popes. and glass-covered
cases and tables, such as are to be
found in other libraries, contain such
illuminated manuscripts and other
treasurers as are best suited for ex-
hibition.
The cases and tables are carefully
Among the treasures in these cases are
not only the famous Terence. several
famous Virgils. the Palentine Virgil
among them. and many other manu-
scripts of the classics. but also the
world-famous manuscript of the Greek
Bible, the well-known but little studied
Codez Vaticanas.
mt IA h hovsfn
been so jealousy guarded that even
professed scholars have found it diff
cult to obtain more than a passing
glimpse of it. More liberal counsels
have now, however. come to prevail.
One other treasure also to be found in
the same case is the Palimpsest copy,
discovered by Cardinal Nal. of Cicero's
Grafton De Republica- The most in
teresting fragment is the complete sue
cess with which the ancient underly-
ing writing has been recovered. 1t is
hardly possible to believe that the
clear, wcll-defned letters before you
have been covered up with other
writings for perhaps one thousand
years.
The great hall which forms the main
building of the library terminates in
series of corridors of enormous length.
On the floor of these are arranged the
various presents given to the present
Pope last year on the attainment of
his jubilee. All along the wall are
vases filed with countless and almost
inestimable treasures. In one is a col
lection of articles gathered from the
catacombs and early Christian tombs;
in another a collection of chalices and
patens, and other early church plate;
after this wonderful series of speci-
mems of the early Florentine painters,
from Cimabue downward. arranged
chronologically; opposite these again
is small collection of most lovely
some of them early Chris
tan paintings from the catacombs;
others, heather works found from time
to time in the neighborhood of Rome
There is another series of most in
rooms-the Borgia rooms. as
they are called, built for Alexander
vi These rooms are now devoted to
printed books, which, as in an ordinary
library, are here arranged on shelves
along the wall. The ceilings are most
beautifully painted by Pinturicchio
The pictures seem singularly beauti-
full, particularly the series represent
ing scenes from the Saviour's life
Albany On. Y. Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
COLOR AND COMPLEXION.

What Blondes Should Avoid and What
Brunettes Should Wear.
The influence of color upon the COM
plexion and general tone of the toilet
is very striking. Fair blondes should
avoid the lighter shades of blue. which
are apt to give an ashy hue to the COM
plexion The darker shades of blue
may be worn more recklessly by the
blonde than the brighter shades, be-
cause throwing out the complexion in
high relief upon an accommodating
background. and the darker and more
velvety the shade the finer is the effect
Brunettes can not wear blue becom-
ingly, since that shade. when shad-
owed by q yellow skin, enters ito the
co IMPOSITION of green, and the tawni-
ness of the complexion is increased. The
forid brunette can not risk the wearing
of blue. Green is a dangerous color for
brunettes. but well adapted to the fair.
A pale brunette can effectively wear
red-it heightens the effect of the
bruno beauty. 1t is stated by reliable
authority: Crimson should be charity
INDUCED in by the brunette, but GRIM
son may be worn with safety by the
blonde
Yellow is highly becoming to the
pale brunette, and especially by gas
light Yellow grows paler and softer
in artificial than in natural light. II
enters into the olive shade in the bruno
skin with a softening effect, giving it
a rich, creamy tint, that becomes beau
tiful in contrast with brilliant black
eyes and rich dark hair. The artists
long ago discovered what the milliuers
are slow to perceive. and that IL that
yellow clears every thing. Dress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

slow. suicide, and that Il Il on thsA sit;e
of the Atlantic that the industrial
future of the world is to be found. So
thinking. it is but natural that those
who have spare funds should seek to
place them here rather than keep thela
at home. and that young Englishmea
OF intelligence and spirit. finding the
chances of life contracted in their own
densely-peoPled country, should con-
clude that it was we'll for them to
throw in their lot with their kinsmen
in the New World. Chicago Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

Newer apply soap directly to any
WOODEN garment. Make q strong hot
suds and plunge the garment I'm tt
Rinse It also in hot water anA dry
quickly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

"A few days ago a large pond.
about two miles from Abbeville. Ga.
spranR aileak in the bottom and dried
up. The sound of the escaping water
resembled thunder. Many fish were
left behind and picked up. but most OF
them followed the lake.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22

There IL a husband In Garrett
County. w. Va, who only permits his
wife to have one pair Of shoes at q
time. and when he wants her to stay Ut
home he locks the shoes in . trunk.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-12-12
WIDE awake ! 1oad g. n

&c TIE brightest 0f the cAildyen's
FIVE GREAT SERIALS:
THAT BOY GID. BY William o. Stod-
dard. Young and old will follow Gideon's
adventures and his sisters on their fathers
acres with laughter and breathless interest.
THE NEW SENIOR AT ANDoVER.
BY Herbert D. Ward. A serial OF school
life in famous Andover - our Rugby The
boys, the professors, the lodgings, the fun.
"THE SONS OF THE VIKINGS"
BY Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. A right.
down jolly story of modern Morse boys.
BONY AND BAN, one of the best of the
Mary Hartwell Catherwood serials.
SEALED ORDERS. ByCharles REM
ington Talbot. An amusing adventure
story of "wet sheets and flowing sea-"
CONFESSIONS OF AN AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHER. By Alexander
Black Six practical and amusing articles.
LUCY PERVEAR. First of series of
graphic North Carolina character sketches
BY Margaret Sidney.
TALES OF OLD ACADIE. Twelve
powerful true stories by Grace Dean
Mcleod, a Canadian author.
THE WILL AND THE WAY STO-
RIES. By Jessie Benton Fremont.
Aboutmen and women who did great things
in the face of seeming impossibilities.
THE PUK-WUDJIEs. ByL.J. Bridg-
man. The funny Indian Fairy Folk.
BUSINESS OPENINGS FOR GIRLS
AND YOUNG WOMEN. A dozen
really helpful papers by Sallie Joy White.
Twelve more DAISY-PATTY LET
TIERS. By Mrs. Ex-Governor Claflin.
TWELVE SCHOOL AND Play
GROUND TALES. The first will be
"LAMBKIN; Was He Hero or a
Prig?" by Howard Pyle. the artist
EK- Postal-card Votes and Cash Prizes -as1
SHORT STORIES sifted from thousands:
cbaIo,,s SaaS M Vail Riiane. William Preston Otis
EoW Tom M JHmDsd 95D q anoWsSoe Mns MI Thdp IL +
Son SeSaniy geut IFe M fremont @ Polly At the Book
kitchen. Della W. Lyman; Trailing Arputus.
Hezekiah Bgtterworth Golden Marga@res. @ James lame
Il How yHT?y simeog9s aegsyd saynd n SancSo Panza Helped
the Revolution. Miss. Risley Seward The
Dns aoed 3f DaHfng Hags; Prescott t. speo ns
ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES, novelties:
Dolls Of Noted Momen. Miss RiSlsy s. Seward, r.
% West Mdsm Pa a. HSw tne x pda
Frontier Fort. Lieut.. F. P. Fremont Home
of Ramona. Charles F. Lummis. A Rappit
Base Bali Players. F. L. Sloane Of The Hamp-
ton Indian Nine.". A Party In Chinese Pal
ace. E. r. Scdmore.
The Poems. Pictures and Departments will be
more interesting than
~ The Christmas Nxm5ev enlarged I6 faess to
admit great serial Of adventure by Grant I Auens
entitled; WEDNESDAY THE TENTAs -
Tale Of the South Pacific.
Wias Asaake is $2.4O year. Nssv Tok 6esIms Dee
FOR THE YOUNGER YOUNG FOLKS.
BAByLAND (so cents Year,. For the nursery.
| Our LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN ($r year).
The PANsy ($I year,. Sunday reading.
Stecines ef any 5 cents; Of fo1y 10 esAtks.
D. LOTHROP COMPANY, BosToN.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-12-12

FOR THE YOUNGER YOUNG FOLKS.
BAByLAND (5o cents Year,. For the nursery.
Our LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN (Sr year,
The PANsy ($I year,. Sunday reading
Specimen ef any oye GEMS; ef the oay Is cents.
D. LOTHROP COMPANY, BosToN.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-12-12

ITO BE CONTINUED IN OUR NExy
The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-12-12

How quickly time passes when we are
happy; SO quickly that we forget to en-
JOY the present moment 90 much as after
wards we think we ought to have done.
We plan pleasures FOR the future, we
look back with regretful sigh at the
past, butwenever take sufficient pleasure
in the present We exclaim, II was
quite happy them" but do we ever say,
II am au:.s aappv now2"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The President of the Boston Executive
Business Association, Mr.. William d. Rice,
is pronounced advocate of commercial lun-
ion with Canada. 1--WE are practically shut
out" said be, at the merchants BANQUET In
Boston. Thursday night, "from a ccnsidera-
BILE territory. peopled mostly by an English
speaking race, which is naturally tributary
to Boston and New England. Some portions
OF 1t abound with coal and iron, which we SO
much need If we are to reestablish the nu-
merous metal working industries, which
were formerly our pride and our profit. The
maritime provinces, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, are within few hours sail Of
TINS spot. Their trade may be small and in
considerable, but / submit to you that what
there is OF 1t we want. If free and close COM
mercial relations are established a wonder
full development of their rich mineral de-
posits would soon attract a population which
would make large outlet for our manufac-
lures and source of profitable trade for our
merchants. Experienced men who have ex-
amined the subject, tell us that Nova Scotia
can deliver almost inexhaustible quantities
of pig iron, furnace coal and coke on the
wharves Of our New England seaperts at a
cost as low as any city in America is now
supplied" This is one side of a very big
question. Some Of the people of Maine,
especially the farmers, see another side, and
are doubtful about throwing down the bars
TO free competition of agricultural pro-
duce. Then the fishermen see still another
SIDE Free fish they do not want, as thew
have had enough Of it under the treaty of
Washington. When all industries are freely
heard on the subject of commercial union,
there will be found a wide difference of
nnfufop
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Point classmate and lifelong friend of Grant,
Is fighting on new line. Since retirement
from the Office of Quartermaster General of
the United States army, he has resided at
Portland, Oregon. The late Ben Holiday,
the wealthy and prominent Oregonian, who
died at Portland in 81. and who was the
leading spirit in the scheme of building the
railway which runs from California to Ore
gon, ZOO miles, along what was the old stage
route. was particular friend of the General
and asked him to assist in Strengthening out
his affairs. The widow, who died few
weeks ago, In her will nominated Ingalls, as
executor and guardian of her two minor
children-a boy and girl. This provision
OF the win certain Of his heirs are fighting
in the courts, and as the General is man
who is persistent and hard to beat, the fight
is getting lively, engaging widespread atten-
ton. The net assets OF the estate are esti
mated at $4,000.
OF thu ingalls, family Of eight boys and
four girls (all born in Denmark), only three
survive, viz, Jonathan ingalls,, Esq, Mrs.
Major Foster ana the General. Gen. ingalls,,
as Grants Quartermaster General Of the Ar
my Of the Potomac, was one of the immortal
group In MeLean's house at AppOmattox,
and sat close beside Grant when he wrote
his terms of surrender to Gen. Lee, who sat
| opposite them, a fine picture Of which his
| toric scene is possessed by his Bridgton kins-
| folk, as well as photographs of the General,
| the Holiday children, etc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mr.. Smalley says Consul-General New can
easily save 100000 from the fees of his
London office in four years.
The curious habit Of taking ether as an
intoxicant is becoming dangerously preya-
lent In the north of Ireland. On account of
its extreme volatility the intoxication it pro-
duces is so transient that person may get
gloriously drunk and become completely So
Der again In couple of hours. But the re-
action, though at first imperceptible, is APP
parently cumulative in its results, and ulti-
mately leads to mental arrangement. One
well-known Philadelphia gentleman, incred-
ulous OF its effects, recently took dram, and
got so drunk that he broke window in his
ethereal exuberance of spirits, and but for
the kind offices of friend would have spent
the night in police station.
There is one Indian woman whose income
from coal royalties is estimated to be not ia
| from 100000 year. She is said to have sue
ceeded in driving hard bargain with Jay
Gould himself. A white man cannot mine
for himself in the Indian Territory, but he
can mine for an Indian mine discoverer on
royalty. This lucky Indian woman is said
TO have discovered that the lease she gave
uouio was somewhat irregular and to have
turned that discovery to her great profit, for
the little man on Wall street knows as well
as any one that il is better to settle quickly
In all eases involving fuel supplies for West
ern railroads The coal mines of the Indian
Territory are very productive even in the
present infancy OF the industry, and there
are intimations that they will soon be worked
on large scale by a combination of capital
lists closely identified with the Standard Oil
interest who are behind the new railroad
reaching from Denison to the coal fields
One Of Edison's bright young men has
made an important discovery at the expense
OF shattered constitution. One of the chief
problems that Edison has to contend with in
perfecting the electric light was the discov-
cry Of a suitable material for the arc. He
made long series of costly experiments be-
fore he hit upon his carbon points, which are
the little black thread-like loops which are to
be seen inside the little air-tight globes.
Edison has been satisfied that somewhere in
| the world there grew plant or reed or bam-
| boo from whose fibre the perfect arc could be
| obtained. To this end he sent experts to the
utmost parts OF the earth. The other day,
Frank MCGOWAN returned from South Am
| erica after an absence of eighteen months
His mission was to procure kind of bamboo
| which has proved to be one of the very best
materials for the transmission of electricity
de got what he was sent fora large and va
ried stock OF hbrOus materiai-though his
travels carried him through the unbroken
forests OF South America, where he encount-
cred not only snakes, crocodiles and savage
Indians. but exposed himself to wasting fe-
yers. He forded rivers, waded swamps,
scaled the lofty Cordilleras, assembled the
Amazon $500 miles and traverSed the conti-
nent from ocean to ocean.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Pension Commissioner Tanner believes
that the pension system is one Of the great
political issues of the day. "They may
talk as much as they please" he is reported
to have said in a recent interview, ''aboui
the effect of the tariff in the last campaign.
but the people Of this country were disgust
ed with the course of the Democratic party,
and especially its head with his pension We
toes toward the yeterns of the late rebellion,
and the rebuke administered at the polls
was the result Of a desire for a better order
of things in that respect. All our speakers
on the stump pledged themselves to reform
existing abuses in the administration of the
pension laws of tho United states, and while
am In charge Of the pension bureau shall
sndeavor 10 do my part toward carrying out
these pledges" Corporal Tanner may mag
nifty his office little, but there is no doubt
great deal Of truth in the charge that there
are abuses in the administration of the pen
sion laws that should be corrected. The aim
Of Democratic policy for years has been to
practice cheese-paring economy In order
that large surplus might be created to con-
denim the tariff system. The pension Office
was brought into this scheme without doubt,
and Commissioner Tanner has done well tc
reverse some of his predecessors unjust rul
ings. But 1t can hardly he said that the pen
sion law had higher place than the tariff
In the last campaign. The veterans are toe
modest to invest their claims with the claInol
of great political issue.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18
CURRENT COMMENT.
HOW IT MUST BE DONE.
fSomerset Ranortar

There is considerable talk about the viola
ti0n of the prohibitory liquor law and its nom
enforcement. and not without reason. 1t is
generally attributed to lack of interest or a
weak public sentiment. Some are swift to
lay ii to indifference OF officials and others
soundly berate the Republican party, to whom
they charge every ill humanity Is heir to.
Ask these persons IL they have FLED any com
plants or sued out any warrant against
liquor dealers and they say they have not,
they are not In that kind Of business. We
respectfully submit that until they do more
In this direction, they complain of the derelic-
with very i'll grace. The Prohibitory law
from the very nature Of the case will not en-
force itself. Conversation will not do it.
Growing will not doit. There must be some
vigorous, unpopular work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

With the peeping Of the frogs in the
marshes, the bloom of the apple tree and
other joyous signs of spring. comes also the
sign that the yachting season is about open.
Lieut.. Hem appears on the Galatea's deck
and declares that the Volunteer can sail all
around the Valkyrie. Lieut.. Hem is a true
sportsman and knows no prejudice, even il
The Yankees did beat his pet. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY IS.

We do mol read anonymous letters and commu
ncations. The name and address Of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are.not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The Boston Post speaks Of the parochial
school Issue in Massachusetts as ''the conflict
OF Hon. John ID. Long with the Pope Of
Rome" But what has the Pope of Rome to
do with schools In Massachusetts 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Richard Pigott, the forger Of the Parnell
letters, showed himself fraud to the last by
committing suicide with an insurance of five
thousand pounds on his life. His life was
worth no such sum. and suicide was mean
way Of bringing the obligation to maturity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The short sighted photographers are trying
to FORM trust. Do they think they can ever
get pleasant expression ON the face Of a
man who realizes that he is putting himself
into the clasp OF an octopus?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The undersigned will receive subsc rim
ti0ns for the aforementioned FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS, $5,0OO,OOO 6 per
cent. Gold bonds OF the Oregon Pacific
Railroad Company at par and accrued
interest.
The subscription will be opened at 10
O'Clock on Thursday, May 23, and will
close at 12 O'Clock ON Saturday, NAV
20, but the right is reserved to reject
any and all applications, or to alIot a
smaller amount than applied for.
Payment to be made: 10 per cent. at
the time OF allotment, As per cent. June
10, and the balance OF AZ Der cent. on
July II; interest to be adjusted to date
OF final payment, when the bonds will
De delivered. Payments may be antici-
pated IL desired, aud interest
will be allowed thereon at s per cent.
Copies OF the Articles OF Incorporation
and OF the mortgage have been deposited
Win tne undersigned, from whom forms
Oh application may be obtained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The Rev. James Townsend, the newly
pointed recorder of the general land Office at
Washington is colored man. He is about
ioriy-hye years of age. of light complexion
aud bears himself like gentleman. Never.
tneiess some Of the thirty-fve women clerks
VINO work In his division of the Office have
enormously objected to his appointment, and
about bali have applied for transfer to ether
divisions. As Mr.. Townshend has not yet
entered upon his duties, this little tempest
can be over no short coming on his part; ;
but merely because he has negro blood in
his veins, which is not sensible reason at
oil -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Emperor William applies the principle OF
arbitration to labor difficulties very success
fully. He has a million armed men at his
hack -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Marshal Needles is too duh to successful
ly hem in the delinquent deputies in Okla
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18
A Maine officer Sat Beside Grant at
Appomattox.

[Bridgton News.l
NAL Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, formerly of
Maine, the distinguished war general, West
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

Even Harper's Weekly can find no fault
with President Harrison's appointments to
the Civil Service Commission. sIn appoint
ing Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York,
and Mr.. Hugh S. Thompson, of South Caro-
lima. to the vacant places in the Civil Service
Commission, and IN retaining the present
member, Mr.. Charles Lyman, of Connecticut,
President Harrison has TAKEN" it says, "a
course which will be most heartily commend
ed by every friend of reform. 1t is the earn
est that so far as the commission is con-
cerned there will be no evasIons of the law"
OF the two new MEMBERSHIP also says: ''Mr.
Thompson, before coming to Washington as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, was
known as frank friend of reform, while
Mr.. Roosevelt has been conspicuous among
Republican reformers, and took an important
part in the passage of the New York reform
law" Harper's Weekly might also have
gone on, although of course 1t wouldn't, to
compare either OF these two new men with
Mr.. Edgerly, whom Mr. Cleveland kept in
one of the three positions until the very last
moment Of his administration, in spite of the
fact that the man had no sympathy with the
reform.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-18

The Massachusetts Senate. In close diyis-
ion in which the President threw the decid-
ing vote, has passed bill giving women.
qualified to vote for members of school COM
mittees, the right to vote ON the question of
granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating
liquors. There was great deal OF discussion
as to whether the bill was temperance Or
woman suffrage measure; and some passages
OF the debate were as exciting as a debate in
Waldo county grange not long ago over the
equally difficult question. whether digging
clans is fishing or farming. The Massachu-
setts question could be decided both ways, as
the bill is undoubtedly both temperance
and woman suffrage movement.