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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
EMiN BEY'S EMPIRE.
One of the Most Unique Commute.
Founded in This Century.


Founded in This Century.
Originally German Jew devoted to
science and investigation, he has be-
come in reality an Independent SOW
ereign, and having turned Mussulman
he rules the great region intrusted to
him with absolute authority. His thir-
teen hundred black regulars have set
tied and married in the land, and will
never, he says, return to Egypt by
their consent He himself lives like
an Asiatic, which, no doubt, by blood
he is; and he has formed IL negro army
so we'll disciplined that it has defeat
ed even the fanatic soldiers sent
from KhartOum. He has herds of cat
tie and flocks of sheep, his supplies of
grain are more than ample. and he is
accommodating a stock of ivory which,
II the road to the northward ever
opens. may bring him great wealth. in
the European sense. He is, in truth,
an African sovereign, and as his au-
thority consolidates itself, and that OF
the Mahdi dies awa- under the blows
1t is sustaining from the westward. he
may hope to stretch his dominion from
the Albert Nyanza northward to Khar-
toum. Having renowned Judaism
and quilted civilization for years, he
can be little tempted to quit that DO
sitiOn and return to the less varied life
of an almost penniless student of nat
ural history in Berlin. There is no
reason to doubt his statement that he
will never desert his followers, and
that if he leaves his kingdom he will
carry with him 5000 souls. thousands
of them women and children. To
march southwark with that cavalcade.
through the awful forest of the Aru-
whimi to the Congo. or eastward to
the Zanzibar coast, would be des-
perate attempt, nor is there any thing
to be expected from the settlement
which, If he retreats, he must form in
some new region. to draw him from
the banks of the Nile. where he is a
frince, and whence he may
in time communicate easily with
Germany by the Suakim route
European journalists, in discussing
such a parsonage, are apt to assume
that cultivated European must al
ways be longing for Europe, and this
was clearly SANKEY'S own idea; but we
doubt if that is always the case. Al
most all Europeans detest the tropics.
but ever now and then. in India, in
Cambodia, in China and in tropical
America, a European is to be found
whom nothing would induce to return
to the tanner life of Europe, and who
finds in the society of the inferior
races never-ending charm. A natilr-
allst has always occupation for his i'm
teliect, power has attractions for all
strong minds. and Emin Pasha, though.
we may trust biography which has
every sign OF truth, he has Joined the
long list OF renegades from higher to
q lower faith-for though Judaism is
not Christianity. it is a loftier faith
than lslam-may feel that in partly
civilizing a great African kingdom he
is doing great work. That is the inn.
preston We derive from his own ac-
count in the latest letters published.
and there is no reason why it should
not be true. We are not all alike or
ell convinced that fifty years of Europe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
FADS IN PHOTOGRAPHY.

The Feminine Craze of Having the Hands
and Arms Pictured.
THE craze for having the hands and
arms photographed" says a local
artist, lis rapidly growing. People
seem suddenly to have awakened to
the fact that there are almost as many
meanings in the different poses of the
hand as there are in the face. The
study of palmistry in its more general
features is no more than the study of
dramatic expression. Every one knows,
If he thinks moment, that the hands
involuntarily assume expressions that
suit emotions just as the face does
when it is given full play; but this
.dea with neither hands nor faces has
yet been half worked up by photog
raphers. It can be done only as
rapidly as the popular notion of beauty
approaches nearer true beauty. The
usual idea of the girl who wants her
hands or arms taken now is to find the
pose suited to the sweetest possible re-
pose. 1t is intended to picture the
beauty of dreamy thoughtfulness. And
they are tyrannical, you know. They
look at their arms Or hands in the mir.
ror by the hour, studying every curve.
the position of every finger, how far to
bend each knuckle, and when. they
have gotten the arm and hand where
they want them the result is a picture
of studied vacancy of thought.
"A lady came in the other day with
two very original and captivating no.
tons which we proceeded to carry out.
Her arm was dressed for the picture SO
that just 1.-THE bud of a sleeve was to be
seen at the shoulder. After it was
done we fixed the broad shoulder of a
heroic-looking dummy man in view of
the camera and on his coat placed a
conspicuous little piece of white cot
ton thread. took the picture just as
she was in the act of plucking the
string delicately and tenderly from the
coat-just the instant before the poised
thumb and finger closed upon it. Thus
you see she has the picture of a great
and universal dramatic situation. Her
arm and fingers, instead of being found
in the pose of supreme vanity and use
lessness are seen in the pose that be-
speaks an act of poetic usefulness.
The other idea was Numerically OPP
posed to that one. We placed the
dummy man across the room toward
the door outside of the cameras range.
The lady stood so that the full length
of her extended arm would take.
Pointing her finger at the poor dummy
sutton she said ''gom with all the en-
phasis at a naughty, indignant maid
ems command, and just where the
emotional impulse reached a climax in
the force of the gesture l caught the
picture of the hand and arm. Now,
you see the lady has two pictures that
are brimful of meaning.
s.Well. this idea can be applied to
the taking of hands and arms in q
thousand different poses representing
whatever is the highest thought in the
lady's mind.
1.-The gesture Of the hand. as it would
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
A BEARS VISIT.

He Hunts for Eatabies In q .;xentucky
SchOOl-House.
Miss Sarah Jarvis teaches the Mount
Welcome school in the northwestern
part of the county, twelve miles from
here, says letter from Barboursville,
Ky. That region is mountainous and
wild and the school building is pitched
at the foot of a high mill covered with
den Sc forest. The old-fashioned SPELL
ing bee is still popular in this part OF
the State, and it is also practice at
the school Friday evening to divide the
pupils into two classes and allow them
to spell against each other. Miss Jar
Wis has adhered religiously to this
custom. One Friday evening there
was the usual spelling match at Miss
Jarvis school. The building in which
she teaches is of logs, with several
windows coming down within two
feet of the ground. The match
had been of more than usual
interest, the strength of the two
sides being pretty nearly equal. One
of the pupils had just spelled such a
long and difficult word that the others
had applauded. As the noise ceased
there was a scratching sound at one of
the windows in the rear of the house.
60 drive that dog away" said Miss
Jarvis to one of the boys. The boy
walked back to the window, showed up
the sash, and leaned out to strike at
the animal. When he thrust his head
out ne gave yell and rushed back to
the middle of the ROOM
Startled by the boys action Miss
Jarvis herself ran toward the window
to see what was the matter. Before
she reached it black. hairy head was
thrust into the aperture and she plain
ly recognized a black bear. The
pupils. too, saw the animal. There
was a stampede at once. All rushed
for the door. and in moment were out
of the room and the school-house.
Miss Jarvis is cool woman, and
she retained her GOODNESS. She
took care of the younger children and
kept the crowd together. When she
saw that they were not followed by the
bear the alarm subsidized.
Jake Woodson, farmer, lives about
a mile from the Mount Welcome school
building, and Miss Jarvis informed
him of the raid of the bear. Jake
shOuldered his rife and. followed by
his nineteen-year-old son Henry, who
had a double-barreled shotgun, went
to the school-house- He found the
door open and the bear on his launches
in the middle of the room placidly
chewing several spelling books and
first readers A single shot from
Jake's rifle dispatched him. The bear
was not a large one and was also very
thin, evidently having been on short
rations for some time. Woodson, who
is an old woodsman, says that the bear
had been forced by hunger to come
down from the thick forests on the
hill.-LOuisville COurier-JOurnal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

is better than a cycle of Cathay; and
to found a dynasty on the Upper Nile
may seem to Emin Pasha far more at
tractive work than to lecture in uni
versity which has forgotten him on
tropical beasts and birds. Anyhow.
he had, when Stanley left him, elected
to stay where he is, one of the most
noteworthy figures, which even this
age of separate personages has pro-
duced. Savants are common enough.
and savants with love of exploration,
but the adventurer who obtains a
crown, or the power of a crowned
head over defined territory. is rare
SDectatOr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
FoRElcN GOSSIP.

i'm London the windows OF private
houses are washed by limited liability
company at the rate of eight cents a
window.
The discovery of bit OF gold In
the gizzard of duck recently killed
on a farm in Forfarshire. Scotland,
has been followed by the finding OF
gold bearing quartz in the same neigh.
borhoOd.
The new constitution of Japan II
described as "a government of the
Emperor. for the Emperor. and by the
Emperor" 1t no more resembles
Magma Charta than a bat does an ele-
plant. and makes the government OF
Japan in reality a government OF II
am
The climate of Afghanistan IS so
very dry that without irrigation noun
ing can be grown below an eievatlon
of 8, 500 feet, at which point dew trst
begins to form. During the summer
season the people live chiefly on mel
ons, which are grown in such guam
titles that strip is made from them.
The London pavements, which
strike every visitor from this side OF
the water as SO perfect, are receiving
a tremendous amount of local abuse
now. Wood and asphalt are too slip
perry; macadam can't stand the heavy
wear. The opinion is freely heard
that London '.has not yet solved the
problem of street pavements, and
seems as far off from it as ever"
Denmark has a new and unique
society. 1t is called the "Celibacy
Assurance Society,"" it's object being to
provide for women who can't or won't
marry. Premiums begin at the age OF
thirteen and end at forty. At the lat
ter age an unmarried woman receives
an annuity for life. If she marries at
any time after taking out policy she
forfeits all claims on the society. The
profits of the society are expected to De
enough to provide well for members
who never marry.
1t is said that in the Southern part
of Russia the peasants use coin OF
such small value that it would take
100000 of them to buy an American
dollar, and these coins are so scarce
that a man who has hundred is
looked upon as rich, and one who has
a thousand is considered very wealthy.
1t is strange to think person wealthy
who owns two-ffths of a cent, and
comfortably well off on one twenty
fifth of a cent,
The very interesting discovery of
many years ago of Jewish colonies in
Western China is now well-supple-
mented by the discovery of Christian
clans or sects in Africa, south OF
Abyssinia. These wholly isolated peo-
pies have retained some forms Of Chris
tian belief and worship since the early
centuries, when Egypt and the lands OF
the South were in the hands of the fol-
lowers of Jesus. Mohammedanism.
arising in the seventh century. cut of
this section. and has Obliterated Chris
tianity to the north of them. What is
left. however. of the better faith is
now so thoroughly degenerate that il
is not worth the preserving. Africa is
full of wonders
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
THE HUMAN BODY.
Chemical Elements and Compounds 81
which 1t II Made Up.

which 1t II lGade Up.
One of the most interesting collec-
lions in the National Museum at WASH
ingtOn is that composed of specimens
and charts illustrating the composition
of our bodies and of the foods which
nourish them. These specimens and
charts were explained recently in a
lecture by Prof. w. O. Atwater. Upon
the platform were arranged large
number of bottles. These, the lectur-
er explained, contained specimens of
the chemical elements and compounds
OF which bodies are made up. Oxygen
forms one-fifth of the air and about
sixty-two per cent of the body, SO that
the body of an average man, say man
weighing one hundred and forty-eight
pounds, contains about ninety-two and
one-half pounds of oxygen.
The quantity of hydrogen in the
body of such a man is about fourteen
and one-haf pounds, and in the form
of gas would fill about twenty-six hum
dred cubic feet; in other words, the
hydrogen in a mans body. if set free
in the form of gas, would fill a room
and ten feet high. The same body
contains about thirty-one pounds of
carbon. These two elements, there
fore. together make up about one hum
dred and thirty-eight of the one hum
dred and forty-eight pounds
The principal compound is water
More than one-half the weight of our
bones, three-Quarters of the weight of
our muscles and seven-eighths of our
blood, or about three-ifths the weight
of the whole body, are water.
Besides water. muscle, bones and
skin contain what chemists call ''pro-
teine'' compounds. These consist
mainly of four chemical clements:
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitro
gen. The albumen, or white of egg,
the caseine-curd-of milk, and myo-
sin, the basis of muscle, are proteine
compounds.
When country boys chew wheat, and
get what they call ''wheat-gum," they
make a sort of chemical analysis in
their mouths, separating out the starch
and sugar, and some of the other in
gradients of wheat. The residue,
which they call wheat-gum. consists
chiefly of gluten. proteine substance.
A bottle containing about twenty
pounds of tallow was shown to illus
srate the fat in the average mans
body. Fat forms about fifteen per
cent of the whole weight of the aver
age adult. The bodies of stout people
have more fat, and those of lean peo-
pie less.
Our foods, like our bodies, contain
water, proteine and fats, and also two
other classes of compounds: carbohy-
drates and mineral matters. Starch
and sugar are carbohydrates. Vege-
table foods, such as wheat. corn and
potatoes, contain large proportion
of carbohydrates. In meats the pro-
portion of carbohydrates is small.
There are small quantities of carbo-
hydrotes in the human body. Thus
inosite, sometimes called muscle
sugar"-a substance somewhat similar
to ordinary sugars found in the
muscles and other parts of the body.
Our bones and teeth contain great
deal of phosphate of lime and other
mineral substances. There are min
sral matters in all parts of the body
md in all our foods.-Youth's Com
)anion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
The Causes of Death.

Our readers are doubtless all familiar
with the Robinson poisoning cases, which
have recently come to light il Somerville,
Mass, suburb of Boston.
1t seems that eight deaths have occurred
from arsenical poisoning, seven in one
family, and within five years. It is doubt
full If the murderers would have been
brought to justice had not an organization
in which the victims were insured began an
investigation as to why SO many persons
had suddenly died in one family.
But the sensation from medical point of
view connected with the case, took place in
Boston at a recent meeting of the Massa-
cEusetts Medico-Lega1 Society, when it was
stated by DIR. Holt that there was general
ignorance of the symptoms of arsenical
poisoning and because of such ignorance
the Robinson poisoning cases had gone on
without arousing the suspicion of medical
men. The Robinson cases were all treated
by regular physicians, with correct di
pIomas, men supposed to know what they
were doctoring for. and to know the effect
Of drugs on certain diseases. Yet in the
five deaths from arsenical poisoning of
which we speak, certificates Of death were
given for pneumonia, typhoid fever, men
nights, bowel disease, and Bright's Dis
ease.
Such q commentary on the general igno-
rance of the medical profession, made by
one of its own number. we believe to be
without a parallel.
Is it any wonder that patients are losing
faith in their doctorsa Here were five able
bodied people slowly poisoned with arsenic
before their very eyes, and yet these very
wise medical men were doctoring them for
pneumonia, typhoid fever. meningitis,
bowel disease, and Bright's disease.
In the very same manner thousands of
patients are being treated this day for
pneumonia, heart trouble, dropsy, incipient
consumption, etc, when these are but
symptoms of advanced kidney disease.
which is but another name for Bright's dis
ease. The doctors do not strike at the seat
Of the disease-the kidneys, and if they
did nine times out OF ten they would fail
as they are on record as saying they can
not cure Bright's disease of the kidneys.
Rather than use Warmers Safe Cure, a
well-known specific for this and all other
forms of kidney disease, they would let
their patients die. and then give a death
certificate that death was caused by peri
carditis, apoplexy, phthisis or cardiac af-
lection.
Is this not the honest truth! Do you not
know in your own personal history very
many instances where physicians doctored
the wrong disease, and caused untold suf
fcring, and many times, death! Which
leads US to remark that very much can be
learned by one's-seh by careful obsefva-
ton, and that the doctors are very far from
having monopoly of the knowledge of
medicine or disease.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

say: You are welcome;' As II would
repel q disagreeable advance; as it
would dash tennis racket; as it would
take a teacup and pour tea; as it would
hold out food to q canary bird-there
are tens of thousands of poses that
will be used by ladies with beautiful
arms and hands in the new craze -
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

The ske eton of a man, evidently q pho
neer Indian fighter, was found the other
day in the middle of a big log taken to a
Georgia saw mill. In the wood that had
grown over it was the imprint of the clothes
as well as the old f1int-lock rife that lay be-
side it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
WHATS rweetsr than roses

WHAT 10 eweeter than roses
That bloom in the beauty OF Junef
Or the stately and fragrant hiiee
VIII se bells ring . summer tuner
All. sWeeter the roses blowing
On the cheeks OF those love.
And the lily of health that's slowing
The cheeks red rose above
But how soon the lily and the rose wither
IN the faces of our American women. Why
Is it, Simply because so many Of them are
victims of weaknesses, irregularities and
functional arrangements Incidental to the
sex. II they would use DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription all these beauty and health
destroying ailments might be warded on.
and we would hear less about women grow
ing old before their time.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

An expedition lately started from Evans
vile, Ind, to explore Central America. The
company is equipped with photographers
and naturalists' supplies, and takes along
several newspaper men to write up the
country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

EDWARD BULwER DICKENS the Youngest
son Of Charles Dickens, represents pro
lection district in the Parliament of New
South Wales
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

OLIVER Optic has used a typewriter four.
teen years, and has not written book OF
story in that time by any other means
Amelie Rives, beginner, says: 81 always
tate" Bill Nye travels so that he can not
use typewriter or q stenographer con.
stantly. Some day, he says, he will 'dic-
tate' till he gets black in the face.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

A NAN lately died at Lancaster, Pa, aftel
fifty-three years of illness. When a boy o.
ten years he became afflicted with rheuma
Gsm, and from that time until his death
was confined to his bed. His body wa
that of a boy, with the head of q full grown
man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often
the very first dose This is what is said by
all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

THE Chicago clearinghouse has decided
that hereafter gold coins should be received
at the banks only at their actual value as
shown by weight.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

My idea of q moral hero.- said
Whackby, .'is man who speaks what
he Thinks NO" said Cooler, Its
q man who speaks what you think."-
Lewiston Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
WEST BROOK, NORTH CAROLINA,
Sept. 9th, 1886.

Sept 9th, 1886.
DR. A 7. SHALLENBERGER,
Rochester, Pa. Dear Si-The two
boxes of Pills you sent me did everything
you said they would. Ny son was the vic
tim Of Malaria, deep-set, by living in Florida
two years, and the autidote has done more
than five hundred dollars worth of other
medicines could have done for him. Ihave
had one of my neighbors try the medicine.
and it cured him Immediately. Inow recon-
mend 1T to every one suffering from Malaria
Respectfully yours, W. W. MONROE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

The forerunner Of train of evils, which
TOO often eliminate fatally, is inactivity or
iethargy of the Kidneys. Not only is Bright's
disease, diabetes, gravel or some other
dangerous integral disease Of the organs
themselves to be apprehended, butdropsical
dihusions from the blood, rheumatism and
govt are all trAceabie to the non-removal
from the blood by the kidneys of certain i'm
purities. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters dep
uFates the blood, renders the kidneys
active and prevents their disease
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

THE s'Collapsible'' is the title bestowed
upon the new bonnet that can be shut vi
like fan and slowed away In mum OF
pocket
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

THE largest ruby In the world il said to
Oe stone weighing twenty-four carats and
measuring an inch IN length and three
quarters Of IN inch in width. 1t is owned
n London.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

To regulate the stomach, liver and bow
els, DIR. Pierce's Pellets excel One q dose
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

THE average life expectancy in the United
States is now fifty-fve years, and the death
rate is the lowest in the world, notwith-
standing the fact that there is one physician
to every six hundred inhabitants
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

ALL advancement in agriculture must
now be made by experiment; by the prac-
ticed hand guided by the principles OF sci
ence. The greater the number of expert
ments conducted intelhgently the more
rapidly will the art advance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

IT Is reported that an English syndicate
has subscribed 81 10000 for the completion
of the tunnel under North river at New
York, work on which ceased some time ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pillsf They are a positive cure for sick
headache. and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

THREE Michigan women, whose birthdays
come on the 18th of March, have not failed
to pass that day together for thirty lone
years though no two Of them live in the
same town.