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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
FIRE AND SWORD.
Graphic Word-PaintinS of the Fall of New
nrsn

Graphic Word-Painting of the Fall of New
Orleans.
The huge, writhing river, risen up
above the town. was full to the 1evee's
top, and, as though the enemy's fleet
was that much more than it could bear,
was silently running over by hundred
rills into the streets of the stricken
city.
AS far as the eye could reach, black
smoke, white smoke. brown smoke and
red flames rolled and spread and licked
and leaped. from unnumbered piles of
cotton bales and wooden wharves, and
ships cut adrift, and steamboats, that
blazed like shavings, floating down the
harbor as they blazed
He stood for a moment to see a little
revenue cutter-a pretty topsail schoon-
crying at the foot of Canal street,
sink before his eyes in the turbid yell
low depths of the river, scuttled Then
he hurried on. Huge mobs ran to and
fro in the fire and smoke, bowling,
breaking and stealing.
Women and children hurried back
and forth like swarms of giant ants,
with buckets and baskets and dippers
and bags and bonnets, hats, petticoats,
anything empty, and now full of
rice and sugar and meal and corn and
sirup-and robbed each other, and
cursed and fought, and slipped down in
pools of mOlasses, and threw live pigs
and coops of chickens into the river,
and, with one voiceless rush. left the
broad levee a smoking. cracking desert
when some shells exploded on a burn
gunboat, and presently were back again
like flock of evil birds.
1t began to rain.
But the victorious ships, with bare
black arms stretched wide, boarding
nettings up. and the dark muzzles of
their guns bristling from their sides,
came, silently as a nightmare, slowly
around the bend at Slaughterhouse
point, and moved up the middle of the
harbor.
At the French market he found him
self. without forewarning, witness of
sudden skirnish between some Gascon
and Sicilian marketmen, who had
waved a welcome to the fleet, and some
Texan soldiers who resented the treason.
The report of musket rang out,
second and a third re-echoed it, pistol
crack. and another and another There
was rush for cover; another shot and
another resounded in the 1narlSet-house,
and presently in the street beyond.
Then, in a moment, all was silence
and emptiness into which there ven
tured but single STOPPING, peeping
Sicilian, glancing this way and that,
with his finger on trigger. eager to kill,
gliding from cover to cover, and pres
emily gone again from view. leaving no
human life visible nearer than the
swarming mob that Richling, by mount
ing pile of ships ballast, could see
still on the steamboat landing. pillag-
ing in the drenching rain, and the long
fleet casting anchor before the town in
line of battle.-G. w. Cable, in DIR.
SEWER -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
ANCIENT ASTRONOMERS.
The Methods BY Which They Studied tn,
Most Distant Worlds.

The Methods BY Which They Studied the
Most Distant Worlds.
we find in the table at the RameS-
scum distince references to the bull, the
lion and the scorpion, and it is also
clearly indicated that at that time the
star Sirius rose heliacally at the be-
ginning of the rise OF the Nile. This
word heliacally requires a little expla-
nation. The ancients, who had no tele-
scopes and had to use their horizon as
the only scientific instrumcnt which
they possessed, were very careful in de-
termining the various conditions in
which a star could rise. For instance,
if a star were rising at the same time as
the sun was rising it was said to rise
cosmically, but unless certain very OBJ
vious precautions were taken the rising
star would not be seen in consequence
of the presence of daylight
II is quite clear that if we observe
tar rising in the dawn it will get more
and more difficult to observe the nearer
the time of sunrise is approached.
Therefore what the ancients did was to
determine a time before sunrise in the
early dawn at which the star could be
very obviously and clearly seen to rise.
The term "heliacal rising" was coined
therefore, before the sun.
Generally throughout Egypt the sun
was supposed to be something like ten
degrees below the horiz On when star
was stated to rise lleiiacally.
We find, then that more than five
thousand years ago the Egyptians We're
perfectly familiar with these facts and
the difference between n cosmical and
heliacal rising was perfectly clear to
them. But the table at Thebes tells US,
moreover, that the suns journey in re-
lation to some of the zodiacal constella-
tions was perfectly familiar five thou
sand years ago.
These, then, are some of the more
general statements which may be made
in regard to the most important points
so far discussed by those who have dealt
with Egyptian astronomy. and it may
be added that all this information has
come to us in Hydrologic guise.
The various apparent movements of
the heavenly bodies which are produced
by the rotation and revolution of the
earth and the effects of procession were
familiar to the Egyptians, however ig-
norant they may have been of the
causes They carefully studied what
they saw and attempted to put their
knowledge together in the most con-
venient fashion, associating it with
their strange imaginatious and with
their system of worship.-Chicag
Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

hands back ten minutes. The senats
clock then was tall one, and remein-
Der very distinctly elm bling up to its
face. The time thus manufactured was
sufficient and the bill became law. Only
on rare occasions was there any med
ding with the clock to within the past
twenty years Since then the hands
have been turned back at least once in
every congress.
Concerning the work of pages sixty
years ago, or even twenty years ago
and now, Capt. Bassett said: 1.-THE boys
used to have to run all over the building
into all the committee rooms, shouting
and calling the senators when yea
and nay vote was being taken Now
adays, merely press little button
here, and little bells ring all over the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

vas that of seeing that each senator
was supplied with suitable quill pen.
There were no steel pens then and we
had to get a supply of the quilts and
distribute them on the desks. We had
nothing to do with the pen making or
mending; that was all done by gentle
man named Club. then in charge of the
stationery room. We had to be careful
in the distribution. for certain senators
insisted on having certain kinds of
quill, some broad nibbed, some fine.
Daniel Webster always wanted a quill
so broad nibbed that it seemed to me
he could have written as well with a
stick of wood. Mr. Clay was careless
about his nibs. Although he preferred
a fine point. he would use broad nib
without complaining. I've made thou
sands of quill pens in my day Some Of
the senators used to write more legibly
with quill pens than the gentlemen of
the present day can write with steel
pens. We had also considerable trouble
with our ink in early days
81 was appointed a page and COM
menced my ife-work here on Decem-
Der 5. 1881 OF course had no idea
that my term OF service would be OF
moreShan two or three years duration
In 1897 was appointed a messenger.
and in 1874 commenced to announce
the arrival of messages from the presi-
dent and house That is forty-eight
years. 1t was on March 4. 1874, that
first turned backwards the hands of the
senate clock. The senate, then in what
is now the supreme court room, was
considering and voting upon an appro-
priation bill, when it became evident
that the bill could not become law
before the hour of noon Some one sug-
pested tosthe president pro tempore
{Senator Wiley p Mangum, of North
Caroiina), that the hands of the clock
might be so manipulated as to lengthen
the official day. was sent for and was
ordered by MIR. Mangum to put the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
THE SENDING OF A GIFT.
A Little Advice ia Regard to Very Deli
cate Subject.

A Little Advice ia Regard to Very Deli
cate Subject.
Beyond the choice and planning of
work intended for a present, the eXecu-
ton of it should be careful and pains
taking from beginning to end, that it
may be worthy both of giver and re-
ceiver. 1t must be faultlessly clean
and fresh when offered, and however
simple, the best of its kind that can be
done. When finished and ready to be
given, the wrapping of the gift is no
unimportant matter, and If daintily
managed goes far toward the making
of a first pleasurable impression. To
begin with the paper string or whatever
is used in folding it up should be per-
fectly new and unused; for once Miss
Economy must not go to her stores of
wrapping paper and string saved to be
used over again, but for this purpose
should buy what is required. The
gift should first be folded in white It's
sue paper and tied around with ribbon,
inside of which is slipped either the
visiting card or Christmas card with
words of greeting written on the back.
The ordinary wrapping paper comes
outside of all, which, if the package be
delivered by messenger or given in the
with ribbon, and perhaps piece of
holly fastened in with the bow. The
ribbon, except when other shades are
required in special cases, should be
either white or scarlet, but blue may
be used for a love gift One hint fur
ther before coming to the practical
questions of planning and making: In
deciding on the list of those to whom
presents are to be given, include as far
as your opportunities, near relatives.
close friends and intimates, but avoid
as much as possible any conventional
and all mercenary giving. Further
than this, in the true and loving spirit,
let at least some few gifts go to those
''who cannot recompense again. and if
there be any that are strangers or lone
" in the circle of personal acquaint-
ance, be sure, by however slight a
token, to remember them; one such
cordial tribute of good will is often OF
ten-fold value coming unexpectedly to
one away from home and friends
Ladies' Home Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
HOUSEHOLD eREuTiEs.

Dat Meal Pone.-After oat meal has
been boiled. put two pints in buttered
pan, season with salt and half cup of
sweet milk to moisten it Bake for half
an hour in steady oven Serve while
hot--Detroit Free Press
Caramel Coffee-Take three quarts
best bran, one quart corn meal. three
tablespoonfuls of molaSses; mix and
brown in the oven like ordinary coffee.
For every cup of coffee required. use
one heaping teaspoonful of the caramel.
Pour boiling water over it and steep,
not boil, for fifteen or twenty minutes
Good Health.
-Broiled OyeterS-Many invaEds
who object to native oysters in the
shell can eat them with relish when
cooked in this way: Drain the oysters
from their liquor and dry them in a
napkin. Heat and well butter a grid
iron, season the oysters well. lay them
on, and brown both sides Serve on a
very hot dish, with melted butter and
dry toast-Ohio Farmer.
Corn Muffins--Afix together a pint
of corn meal and a teaspoonful each of
salt and sugar Scald with a quart of
boiling milk, and when sufficiently cool
stir in the whites and yolks of four
eggs. beaten separately. Bake in shall
low bread or pie pans or in muffin cups
If corn slappers are desired, thin the
batter to the proper consistency, and
bake on a griddle.-Boston Globe.
I'm cases of couvalescence, where an
uncertain appetite has to be coaxed.
clam broth is often very efficacious in
stimulating a desire for food. One of
1,a =; iS
to drain off cup of juice from the
CLAIMS, add half a teacup of hot water
and season with little salt and pepper;
let it boil for five minutes, skim, throw
in the CLANS, let them stew fifteen min
utes- Take them out and add a soda
biscuit which has been rolled into
powder-N. Y. Tribune
Compete of Apples one cup of
sugar, one cup of water and a tiny piece
of lemon peel into granite or earthen-
ware stewpan; boil gently for five min
utes and skim Pare and core half a
dozen nice, tart apples, and cook slowly
in the strip until partially tender.
Lift with a skinner, place on a plate
with sufficient water to keep from
burning, and bake until tender. Boil
the strip until it begins to jelly. Place
the appleS III grass olSH anu Pour IHe
strip over them. Fill the cavities with
jelly and serve very cold with sweet
cream -Housekeeper.
-Rissoles of Fish.-Any cooked fish
will do; remove all bones from the
meat, and then pick well to pieces, mix
it well with an equal quantity of bread
crumbs and little butter, season it
with an onion chopped very fine, a lit
tie chopped parsley, sage, pepper and
salt; add to this enough beaten egg to
hold it well, and make it up into small,
fat cakes; fry in hot butter; when they
are done add little water to the fat in
the pan; add little flour thickening-
and a few chopped capers; pour the
gravy around the rissoles, and serve
them very hot-Farm, Field and Fire
side
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
ga LITTLE NONSENSE"

1t is the active men we want in
life; not the dreamers. Eyes" replied
the man who lives in fat People
who dream are likely to snore."-Wash-
ington Star.
-Keedick-''I don't believe the say
ing that Two heads are better than
one" Freek-'I do, if they happen to
be on one shoulder. You see, run a
dime museum"
Said the preacher: "You are COM
manded to love your neighbor as your
self" Good gracious, as much as that?"
exclaimed the honest man of the con-
gregation.-Boston Transcript.
What do you mean by thrashing
your boy without provocation?'' ''Well,
you see, a busy man like me must discip-s
line his children when he happens to
have time ''-Fliegende Batter.
A Hard Time Coming For Some
One.-He latter rejection) be
sorry for this" She-''I know 1t, but
with resignation) 1t will not be unit
after 1 have married some one else."-<
Truth
Your money or your life!' said tn
gentleman at the safe end of the revol,
yer. But, my dear man, 1 can't give
you either" protested the victim
They both belong to my wife I'm
dianapolis Journal
Carleton Gates-"Are you really so
hard up?'' Tramp-"Hard up? Why,
boss. if suits of clothes WIZ sellin' at
cent apiece, wouldn't have enough to
buy the armhole of a vestT'-Smith,
Gray & Co s Monthly.
-Counsel-''The gist of the matter,
your honor, is that Michael OrFlannigan
hit Patrick McDougal." Paddy Nc
Dougal-"Jist! Dye sayi Don't yez
behave him, yer honor; it's the sober
truthr'-HarvardL ampoon-
-"So,'' said Mr.. Donegan, ''they's
been printing the funeral notices av
man that wasn't dead yit- It's nice
fix he'd be in If he had been wan O.
these people that believe Everything
in the newspapersT'- Washington Star
Influenced Party-'.I shay, piece
man (hic), dyer know where I'm GO
ing?" p C-"Why, 'ome and to bed, I
should say by the looks on yerI'' L p.
-"Norrer- bit-of it-wrong again, ole
man. Fm goin' (hic) to have mother
two o. Scotchi'-Fun-
And, Miss Maud" said young Lin
geriong. ST want to say before go that
like Jacob of old 1 would serve seven
years to gain your hand" How sweet
of you, Suppose you stay half an hour
longer and begin work by cleaning a
path for the milkman- "-Bufalo 'Ex-
press
Reliable Data-'1 say, Anna, my
husband came home very late last night,
can you tell me what time it WASP"
.sPIease, ma'am, I don't know exactlys
but when 1 got up this morning mas
tcr's top-coat was still swinging back
wards and forwar5s on the peg. LA
Cironde.
-s'Extra Dry ncle JOSH guess
James must he doin' first rate down in
the city practicin' law" Aunt Mandy
WHY" Uncle Josh-''lHell, heard
two fellows that come in while was
there say they wanted him 10 come up
and try a new case thateEenin'. Kate
Fields Washington
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
New Jersey Oysters.

An ostraculturist at Claypit creek,
n. J., says that the creek oysters are
not surpassed anywhere. In this he is
confirmed by noted .epicures, who have
tasted the oyster along the whole east
ern coast. The Shrewsbury oysters
have had the call in the New York mar
lzcts for several years, and it might
seem strange that the creek. being only
a sort of estuary of the Shrewsbury,
should produce better oysters than
those grown in that river; but such is
the fact. The fresh waters coming
from the springs and surface of the
wooded hills. near its source, have an
effect that imparts fairness and pc
culiar delicious flavor not to be found
elsewhere. The oysters open their
valves and drink from the incoming
flood tide. and their principal enemy
here is the hard crab, that, watching
its chance, inserts claw in the opened
shell The oyster instantly snaps down
OH it, but it cannot cut with its fat lips
the f1inty claws In most cases the eff
fort is so great that the shell is broken
by contraction Then its power is lost,
and Mr.. Crab at once enters upon the
enjoyment of a luscious meal-N Y
Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
IF He Only Knew.

Young Professor = What curious
plant may ask, Miss Laura, is that
hanging to the chandelier overhead?
Miss Laura-Oh. 1 declare, professor,
I had forgotten all about that! 1t is a
sprig of-of mistletoe.
Young Professor examining it in
tently)-It is quite pretty. 1 do not
remember having seen anything like it
before L was about to remark, Miss
Laura, that to one who is interested in
the charming science of entomology
the Blatta orientalis, or cockroach prop
er. as distinguished from the Blatta
germanicus, or so-called CrotoD bug of
common observation, affords n most
wonderful field for microscopic re-
search, etc.-Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

senate wing of the capitol, announcing
the fact that yea and nay vote is be-
ing taken"
Capt. Bassett informed me that during
the past sixty-one years he has been alb
sent only thirty days when the senate
was in session: and twenty of those days
have been on account of sickness during
the past five years. 1t grieves him ito
think that he must succumb to the in
exorable laws of nature, and he says:
''When sickness has kept me indoors, in
spite of all of my endeavors to be cheer
full. am simply miserable. You can
not understand how feel. After six
ty-one years of service, the idea that
the senate is in session and I am not
there seems awful. 1 can picture to my
mind the vacant chair, and of course 1
feel confident that nobody can perform
my duties satisfactorily" This is a
touch of human nature.
Capt. BaSSett has numerous tokens Of
the regard of the distinguished men
whom he has served for these many
years; but above them all he prizes his
official present" as it is appropriately
termed. On the fiftieth anniversary of
his appointment as a page, he was pre-
sented a gold and silver snuff box, upon
the lid of which is the following inscrip-
ton: each member of the United
States senate has joined in presenting
this testimonial to Isaac Bassett on the
completion of the fftieth year of his
services as an officer of that body in
recognition of his personal worth and
official fidelity. December 5, 1881
Capt. Bassett has a private nook in
the senate wing of the capitol, which
few people ever see and fewer still have
ever heard of. 1t is near the room OF
the senate committee on the library
and would be very dark little den but
for the gaslight. In that cubby hole is
a lot of historical and antique articles,
each of which has q volume of reminiS-
cences clustering about it. He has all
the snuff boxes there which have been
used by senators. You know that there
used to be snuff boxes in the inches on
each side of the vice presidents chair.
and, as they were replaced by new ones,
Capt Bassett kept the old ones and Ia
beled them. Snuff boxes used to be as
necessary as water pitchers are nova
days, for almost rybody used snuff.
He also has piece of the cane which
Preston Brooks broke over the head of
Senator Sumner But what else he
has | cannot describe, for l do not
know. He is keeping all of these
things for description in the book
which he will some day publish about
his official life. SMITH D. Fry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

''I like it very much,'' his friend said,
as they looked through the house which
Mr. Gratebar is building in the suburbs;
''but don't see why you need such an
immense ice box, and l don't see why
under the canopy you build it on the
second floor
lice box!' said Mr.. Gatebar. s'Why,
my dear boy, that isn't an ice box,
that's my own room, and l am building
it with double ceiling, double floor,
double walls and double door, so that
can't hear the children at play."-N
Y. Sun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Would rake the Hit

Infatuated Husbaud--Yes, talk on,
talk on. / know you wish me dead and
buried It wouldn't be six months be-
fore you would send word to that fool
of a lover of yours in Chicago to come
on
She (sweetly)-Hardly as long as that,
dear Jack I should probably kill two
birds with one stone, by simply adding
TO your funeral notice Chicago papers
please copy. Tom used to be so quick
In taking hints-Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Tree. OF the NatIonal Cap.toL

Washington city contains in its streets
and squares over seventy thousand
trees, although the work of system
attic planting was not begun I'M
til 1872 There are three hundred and
thirty little parks at the intersections
of the streets and avenues, besides the
great consolidated government reserva-
ton extending westward from the cap
itol to the Washington monument. two
miles away About seventy-five thou
sand dollars annually is expended by
the government and the district of Co
Iumbia in planting and caring for trees
Chicago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Life q Failure.

Little Boy-Did you ever catch any
whales?
Sea Captain-No Never shipped ON
a whaler.
''Was you ever shipwrecked?"
mo"
'.Never cast on desert isle?"
mo"
Never caught by cannibals?"
NO
''Nor bitten by serpentsg'
NO"
''Huh, you might as well stayed on
land Good News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

"A cunning young man, unmarried,
attended wedding in the country the
other evening, and after the ceremony
was over he suggested to Young lady
present that he and she sing, More to
follow" The young lady. however,
said she preferred to sing sJust as I
am-' The young man remained quiet
the rest of the evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Good Parters.

Mrs. Bay-Did Meg and Jack part
good friends?
Mrs. Ray-Yes; they parted every
husband and wife in the set with their
scandali-Truth-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

Dorothy-How did Mr.. Diffident avow
his passion for you?
Eloise-Oh, SO delicately. He said:
'All the world loves me because of my
sentiment toward you "-Pcuk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
He Was Truthful.

''He told me he was a single man.
judge" sobbed the bigamist's second
wife.
''Well, amt two men. ann ~" snarled
the prisoner.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
A Gigantic Crystal.

White expect the Bronsons will be
a little cool on account of the gift sent
for their crystal wedding.
Greene-What was it?
White-A cake of ice.-Town Topics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05

-Mason-''Did the doctor give you
any hope when he called last?', Ire
mens-'I don't know. The whole
blamed prescription was written ~
Latin or something. "-Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Proof Indisputable.

''I say the hog is responsible for the
success of most farmers"
''Why sop
Doesn't the hog furnish his annual
sty-penned?''-Des Moines Argonaut-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
Rad a Soporffic ERECT.

HE may be dull, but he is wealthy.
and he is certainly. very attentive to
you. Does he say nothing?''
Yes. mamma; every time he talks"
Life.