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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
Gold Thread.

The base of the gold thread of COM
merce is silver, which is brought from
the Bank of England in cakes weighing
about one thousand ounces Gold leaf
is carefully incorporated with the silver
by hammering and afterward the whole
is subjected to a charcoal fire. The bar
is now ready for conversion into wire
This is accomplished by drawing it
from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty times through merchandising
holes in steel plates and finally, when
the capa bilities of this metal have been
exhausted. through apertures in dia-
monds, rubies or sapphires- The deli
cate wire thus obtained must now be
passed through the steel ,rollers of one
of Herr Krupp's little fatting mills.
This brings up to the final process-the
spinning of the fiattened wire round
silk to form the golden thread of COM
mcrce These spinning machines are
worked by water. although two steam
engines are to be found in the factory;
for water power is considered to be
more regular and even in its action. -
Waverley Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
THE OlYMPiAN GAMES.
Peculi arities of an Institution That Gu
lived Dig. asties.

Peculi arities of Institution That Out
lived Dy..asties.
The sacred games of Olympia were
instituted nearly seven centuries be-
fore Christ: and an oath, confirmed by
sacrifice, was imposed on the athletes
before they entered the lists binding
them to play fair, and take no fraudu-
lent advantage over the other cOmpeti-
tors.
reference to these national fc stivals
of ancient Greece calls to mind their eX-
traordinary duration. There is no
modern parallel to them in that respect.
We reckon our Derby, our university
boat race, our Elton and Harrow
cricket match, to be venerable inStitu-
tons. but they are very ephemeral OBJ
ServanceS, in Sooth, compared with,
say, the Isthmian games, which, found
ed about B. c. 500, still constituted.
three centuries and L half later, a suf
ficiently impoTtan anniversary for
Flaminius to select it as the occasion
for proclaining the liberty of Greece in
b. C. 1876, and, two centuries and half
later still, for Nero to repeat the procla-
nation in A. d. &c. Such permanence
puts to shame the life of dynasty; and
there is certainly no important event
in our sporting world which derives its
origin from the year 1900.
But there is another remarkable fea-
ture about these gatherings, namely,
the unchanging character of the per-
forman ce enacted at them. Assuming
the era of Homer to have been i've CEN
turtles earlier than the Inauguration CT
he.Isthmian games, that is about b. c.
1000, the sports which he enumerates as
taking place at the funeral of Patroclus
were identical, not only with those of
the Olym ian, Nemean, and Isthmian
celebrations, but strangely similar to
programme of the present day. Chariot
a nd foot races, boxing, wrestling and
putting the stone are counterparts of
competitive exercises of the nineteenth
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
HAVOC ON THE TRACK.

~ locomotive OpsEs It's Valve After
Bumpi & Another and starts Back on ~
Career of Destruction.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec ga run
away switch engine in the Louisville &
Nashville yards shortly before daylight
played havoc. Two engines collided
and the valve of one of them flew open.
The engineer and fireman had jumped
off before the collision. The latter en-
CINE started backward rapidly with
four cars attached. 1t ran mile
through the yard at terrific rate The
two switchmen on the cars jumped off.
Near Eighteenth street the wild train
dashed into another engine with seven
cabooSes attached and the entire outfit
was wrecked. Engineer William Har-
lSon, of the iasi-named engine, was per-
haps fatally burned. Fireman Ed Mo-
berry was also badly hurt Three en-
gines, seven cabooses and four cars
were wrecked.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
"CRANk" LEGISLATION.
a Peculiar EiIIl Introduced Into the
Senate

A Peculiar E;iIl Introduced Into the
senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-One of those
peculiar crank" bills which OCCASION
ally find their way into congress was in
troduced yesterday by MIR. Mitchell in
the senate. Its elaborate title provides
for the prohibition of electro magnet
ISM, mesmerizing and hypnotizing hui
man beings, etc, and prescribing pun
ishment. Numerous petitions and doc
umerts accompany the bill, and others
equally vOluminous are referred to.
The bill in brief provides that
any person who, anywhere with
in the jurisdiction of the United
States shall apply current of
electricity upon a person for the pur-
pose of affecting another or which does
$50 affect, shall be guilty of crime
punishable by death, and thab any per-
son having knowledge of such current
having been applied, who fails to noti-
fy the proper authorities, shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than SIS. 900
nor more than 50 1000, or by imprison-
ment ranging from two years to the
period of ones natural life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Senate and
House Given In Condensed Form

House Given in Condensed Form.
Soon after the reading Of the Journal in the
senate on the 18th Mr. German announced the
death of Senator Gibson. of Louisiana. and de-
hvered a brief euiogy after which the senate
adjourned There was a very slim attendance
when the house met. Mr.. Wilson. of Missouri,
called up the senate bill increasing the pension
of pensioners of the Mexican war from IS 10 S12
month The bill was passed Mr. Culberson,
OF Texas. moved to suspend the rules and pass
bill limiting the Jurisdiction Of the circuit and
district courts of the United States The bill
prohibits suits in United States courts by or
against corporations, except TO the courts of
the legal domicile of the corporation in cases
where jurisdiction depends upon the citizen
ship OF the parties. The motion was agreed to
ana the house adjourned.
THE senate was in session four hours on the
10Th Several important bills were introduced
and two were passed-one authorizing the sale
OF lands near Fort Miffin. Del The McGarra-
nan Dill was not taken up. but went over. An
effort was made by Mr.. Blackburn to have the
HUDSON riversbridge bill taken up, but as that
would have had the effect OF side tracking the
anti-Option bill the effort was successfully re-
sisted by Mr.. Washburn. Mr.. Blackburn's mo-
ton was defeated by vote of 10 to IL. The
antfoption bill was then taken up and was I'M
der consideration until adjournment. =. In the
house nothing was done, the object of the mem
bers seeming to be that nothing should be done
until after the holidays.
THE session OF the senate on the 2ist was de-
voted mainly to speech making. Among the
speakers were Senators Perkins and PETER
the latter favoring the anti option bill and the
former spoke as to the policy to be pursued as to
the Indian territory. He favored statehood or a
territorial government and opening the Outlet.
The holiday recess resolution was adopted and
Mr.. Mcpherson { Y. j. introduced Joint reso-
luton to suspend the purchase of silver under
the Sherman act of 1895. Adjourned. . There
was no quorum in the house and the attempt
to transact any business failed Adjourned
without doing any thing.
In the senate on the odd the McGarrahan bill
was debated at some length. Mr.. Hunton (Va-)
closing his three days speech in its favor. 1t
then went over. Mr.. PETER further spoke in
favor OF the anti option bill. After short ex-
ecut1Ve session the senate adjourned until jan
uary A.. The house was in session only fifteen
minutes, when it adjourned until January 4.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
LIFE IN A PIRATE SHIP.
Merit and Bravery Rewarded and Dishon
eStY Very SexereIy FINISHED

Merit and Bravery Rewarded and Dishon-
esty Very Severely Punished.
The customs and regulations most
commonly observed on board a buc-
cancer are worth noting Every pirate
captain, doubtless, had his own set of
rules; but there were certain tradition
al articles that seem to have been gen.
orally adopted. The captain had the
state cabin, a double vote in elections,
a double share of booty. On some yes
sells it was the captain who decided
what direction to sail in, but this and
other matters of moment were Oftener
settled by a vote of the company, the
captains vote counting for two. The
officers had a share and a half or a
share and a quarter of all plumber, and
the sailors one share each. Booty was
divided with scrupulous care and ma
rooning was the penalty of attempting
to defraud the general company, if only
to the amount of gold piece or d dol
lar Every man had full vote in every
affair of Importance.
Arms were always to be clean and fit
for service, and desertion of the ship
or quarters in battle was punished with
death. On Roberts ship man who was
crippled in battle received $500 out of
the common stock, and a proportionate
sum was awarded for lesser hurts
LOuther allowed ESQ for the loss
of a limb, and other captains instituted
a sort of tariff of wounds which extend
ed to ears, fingers and toes. In chase
or battle the captains power was abso-
lutte. He who first spied a sail, if she
proved to be prize, was entitled to the
best pair of pistols on board her over
and above his dividends. These pistols
were greatly coveted, and pair would
sell for as much as ESQ from one pirate
to another. In their own common
wealth the pirates are reported to have
been severe upon the point of honor,
and among Roberts crew it was the
practice to slit the ears or nose of any
sailor found guilty of robbing his fell
lows
Such feeble interest as now attaches
to what was once the formidable fame
of the pirates is not even aesthetic, it is
merely comic. No imaginative essayist
discusses piracy as fine art; but Paul
Jones is resurrected as the hero of
musical burlesque. Poor Paul! And
he is almost the only one of the whole
buccaneering race whose story discovers
a trace of the legendary gallantry of
piracy. Paul, whose father had been
head gardener to Lord Selkirlx, plum
which he subsequently returned in a
parcel to Lady Selkirk with letter of
polite apology. -National Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
COLD SNAP.
Jack Frost Replevins His Possessions In
the West.

the West.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec CIT was a
wretched Christmas yesterday so far as
the weather went, and the clements
seemed in conspiracy to make it chill
and drear and desolate. In the morn
ing the sky was hidden by a thick dun
veil The wind, cold and raw, came
from the north, with occasional blasts
from the far northwest British posses
sions and intermittent chills from On
tario and uebec-shifting to strike
vulnerable points of Christmas cele-
orators, but never getting many points
away from the pole.
just as the noon chimes rang, came
the snow, filling the air and putting
clean raiment upon everything out of
doors.
AS the day wore on it grew colder,
touching zero at II o'clock. At this
morning it was below and at 5 o'clock
it was ID below.
Dispa tches show the storm to have
been general and very severe all over
Kansas. 1t came from the north and
has played havoc with the wires in
many places So many operators being
away from their posts for Christmas
makes reports from many points i'm
possible, but the Western Union in a
general way declares the storm very
severe.
A dispatch from Washington says:
The temperature fell rapidly during
the forenoon and middle of the day
over all districts east of the Mississippi
river and in the southwest began to
rise very rapidly in the afternoon, with
increasing northwesterly winds and
rapidly falling temperature over the
lake regions, central valleys and the
southwest. An extensive area of very
high pressure is moving rapidly south
eastward from the Dakotas and will
probably cover the eastern states, the
central valley, the lower Mississippi
valley and Texas during Monday night,
with yyarv low
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
THE CHlLDREN's RIGHTS.
Offspring of Whites Il Reds Allowed the
Rights of Full BlOOd&.


Rights of Full BlOodk.
Ell RENO, Ok, Dec 90 In the case
of Morrison VS.. Wilson in the United
States court here. Judge Burford held
that the children born to a white citi-
zen of the United States who had mar
ried a female member of the Arapahoe
tribe might still be a member of that
tripe of Indians and entitled to an al
1otment under the treaty as a member
of the tribe, and that the laws of descent
in Oklahoma applied to Indians, and
that the administrator of an Indian de-
cedent was entitled to the possession OF
the lands so allotted The decision
was rendered in an ejectment suit in
volving 16O acres of land adjoining FL
Reno, of great value, and is of great i'm
portance, as similar questions are pend
ing in all the courts of the west where
allOtments have recently been made.
The decision is con trary to the decisions
in the northwest under similar treaty
with the Sioux
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
Albright saloons For New YORK

NEW YORK, Dee. 23.-The excise com
missioners have approved the applica-
tons of 200 saloon keepers for the priv
iiege of keeping open all night The
aiI-nlght license costs 500, and is dis
tinct from the usual license. which al
lows the saloons to keep open from a
M to a. m. The applications must
meet the approval of the new board of
aldermen, which is regarded as prac-
-tically assured. The list begins with
the saloons nearest the Battery and
goes upward Other patches of appli-
cations will be approved and submitted
to the board of aldermen later.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
PoIsoNs ONLY TO THE BLOOD.
Interesting Facts Regarding the Deadly
Vonorr, af

Interesting Facts Regarding the Deadly
Venom of Reptiles.
Nature seems to have provided that
no poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice
versa Thus the most deadly snake
venom can be swallowed with impunity,
the juices of the stomach presumably
decomposing and rendering itharmless-
Many experiments have been made to
prove this On one occasion, recorded
by Humboldt. one person swallowed
the whole of the poison that could be
obtained from four italian vipers with
out suffering any bad consequences In
the same way the envenomed a, rows of
the South Americans can be swallowed
with safety, provided only that there is
no wound on the lips or inside the
mouth. Fontana, who in 1887 published
a book on poisons, remarks:
Being reduced by contradictory evil
dence to the necessity of testing the
venom myself, did SO, but not without
repugnance, and I shall advise no one
to try it in gayety of heart lest he
should happen to have some excoriation
on the tongue-a circumstance not al
ways easy to determine I could find
no taste in it except of a very insipid
liquor
Among all the people the sucking of
the wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy of immediate ap-
plication for snake bites. In Africa a
cupping instrument is employed in
emergencies of the kind to draw out the
poisoned blood. The ancients followed
the same method, and when Cato made
his famous expedition through the SER
pent-infested African deserts he en-
ployed native snake charmers, called
Psylli, to follow the army, They per-
formed many mysterious rites over men
who were bitten, but the efficacy of
their treatment appears to have con-
sisted in sucking the wounds.
A vivid notion of the intensity of
cobras venom is given by the experience
of DR.. Francis I. Buckland. He put a
rat into a cage with d snake of that spe-
cies, and it was killed after a plncky
fight. Upon examining the skin of the
dead rat Immediately afterward he
found two very minute punctures like
small needle holes, where the fangs of
the cobra had entered. The flesh
seemed already to have actually morti-
fed in the neighborhood of the wound.
Anxious to find out if the skin was af
fected, DR.. auckland scraped away the
hair from it with his finger nail. Then
he threw the rat away and started
homeward. He had not walked hun
dred yards before all of sudden he felt
as if somebody had come behind him
and struck him a. severe blow on the
head and neck. At the same time he
experienced a most acute pain and sense
of oppression about the chest He knew
instantly that he was poisoned, and SO
lost no time in seeking an apothecary
shop, where he was dosed with brandy
and ammonia. He came very near dy
ing. Undoubtedly small quantity of
venom had made its way into his system
through little cut beneath his nail,
where it had been separated slightly
from the flesh in the process of cleaning
the nail with q pen-knife a little time
before. Commercial Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
PRINCE VICTOR.

perial family. He is now in Brussels
and the Bonapartist leaders in Paris
have sent agents to that city to induce
him to sign the manifesto and author
ize its publication. He has been living
in comparative retirement recently, but
has kept a careful watch upon the
course of events.
The imperialists have been canvass
ing earnestly for supporters among the
deputies, but not with much success,
while the division between the mon
archiStS and the BonapartistS her to-
fore on common ground as opponents of
the republic, has grown and each now
shows considerable jealousy as to which
will ptcGt by the difficulties of the re-
public.
Should the Bonapartists act it is ex-
pectcsl that they will attempt to strike
a blow in Paris rather than in the prov
inces. They, like the monarchists, are
being carefully watched and every
movement is reported to NJ. Ribot and
President Carnot. The proceedings of
the secret conclave, at which the mani
festo was determined upon, were known
to the government almost as soon as
the conclave had adjourned and the
government is already in possession of
the terms of the manifesto.
NJ. de la Fosse writes to Figaro that
the parliamentary republic is ruined
and ought to be replaced by a consular
republic with Prince Victor Bonaparte
as the first consul. The suggestion is
looked upon as an attempt to revive the
empire through the same process by
which the first Napoleon arrived at the
Throne
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
s1oo Reward S1oo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, +. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
and ONCE work Decreasing.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The State
ment of the commissioner of the general
land office in his annual report to the
effect that the work of that office is
up to date was regarded as q CRAFTY
ing condition, but the sequel is
not quite so agreeable, because the
land office officials are confron ted with
the problem of how to keep employed
the present force of clerks. Two years
ago the weekly issue of land patents
was approximately 5000, and this num-
Der has now fallen to less than 1000
per week. 1t is expected that early in
the new year there will be reduction
in the force from 20 to so per cent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29

IF you want the best food, you will be interested
IN the following facts, which show why " Royal 4"
Is the best baking powder, why it makes the best
and most wholesome food, and why its use has
become almost universal-its sale greater In this
country than the sale of all other cream of tartar
baking powders combined
The Royal Baking Powder NEVER fails.
1t is absolutely pure and wholesome.
1t is combined from the most approved
and healthful ingredients.
1t makes the finest favored, most tender.
delicious and wholesome food.
1t has greater leavening strength than
any other baking powder, and is therefore
the cheapest.
1T never loses its strength. but will keep
fresh and of full leavening power until
used.
1t acts slowly i'm the dough, so that none
of its strength is lost before the baking is
completed.
1t makes food that will keep sweet, moist
and fresh longer, or that may be eaten hot
and fresh with impunity.
The reasons why the Royal Baking Powder is
superior to all others in these respects easily
stated. One is because it is made from chemically
pure materials; another is because it is made with
greater care and accuracy than any other. 1t is
always uniform In composition and leavening
power. It has been the standard baking powder
since it's introduction. The founder and con-
ductor of it's business since is still at
the head of its management. Thus all the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
Cth,pinZ -.

DIR. John Eye. the skin grating
specialist. of Reading. Pa, has a new
scheme. This is to graft pieces of
hairy skin ON bald-headed men. so
that they will be able to grow a lux
uriant head of hair. He says he has
already tried it and that it is success
The rather rare event of diamond
wedding was recently celebrated by
Mr. and Mrs Ira Ward, at their home
In New Haven, VT. They are aged re-
spectively 90 and 95 years
Vice President-elect Stevenson was
most' Hospitality entertained by his
southern friends during his late visit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
CONDENSED TeLeGRAMs.

Cholera is increasing at Ha mburg.
Electric linemen have struck in
Toledo, o.
NJ. Freycinet has withdrawn from
the French cabinet as minister of war.
The Zuni Indians in New Mexico
were reported in an ugly mood and
trouble with them was imminent
The supreme court of Montana has
rendered decision which practically
settles the fight over the legislature in
favor of republicans
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG syrup CO.
SAY FRANCISCO, cAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-29
FOUND IN PRINT.

THE town of Icicle. in Washington,
has been renamed Leavenworth.
A PERSONAL in Boston paper reads:
Mr.. Rowland. who had his face
slapped at the horse show in New York
the other night. is at the Vendome.''
HERE is the college yell' of the
Central university, Kentucky: ''Brack-
ETY.. Kax, Kowax, KowaX, Brackety,
Kax. Kowax. Kowax, Wo-oop, Wo-oop;
Hullabaloo-C. o., c. u
a BosToN sehoolboy. who evidently
has n bright future awaiting him, late
" began an essay with these words:
The world was formerly inhabited by
inmortals, but they are now all dead" "
SOME of the residants of a new town
in Oklahoma desired to name it Upper
airy; others wanted to call it Jerusalem.
After a heated discussion. they came to
q compromise, and the town is known
as Tipperusalem-