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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
MuIyane. Kansas. on Fire.

WICHITA, April 13.-Nearly two
blocks of the business portion of Null
vane have been destroyed by fire since
noon. The flames started near
the depot and quickly spread up
the south side of Main street as
far as the bank and on the north side of
the postoffice. At 8 o'clock the fire was
still burning, but was said to be under
control. Particulars are not OBJ
tainable ct present Most of
the buildings were wooden struc-
lures, but contained the principal
grocery, dry goods and hardware stocks
of the town. 4 hotel is among the
buildings consumed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
Great Destruction by Fire.

RALEIGH, =. c., April IA forest
fire in Wsfren county has swept over
four mics, destroying over 200 farm
buildir gs, ten dwellings, ST. Stephens
church, two public schools and d. NJ
Collins -four mills. One wealthy
farmer lost eleven buildings Cattle
and hogs were burned and miles Of
fencing We're destroyed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
Different Points of View.

Irate Patron-''I thought this rail
road was for the benefit of the public. >
Railroad Official-ttYou're away off.
The public is for the benefit of the rail
road. ~. Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
A Victory For the American Side.

PARIS, April 13.-The court of arbi-
tration on Behring sea has decided
not to admit for the present the
British supplementary report. This is
a victory for the American sioe OF the
contention ON that question.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
PiIIsbury Nipped.

CHICAGO, April 14.-Just at the close
of the wheat market to-day it was re-
ported that Pillsbury, the Minneapolis
miller, settled on 5000, 0G0 bushels short
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
An Early Extra Session Probable.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-There is a
growing impression that the extra ses-
sion of congress to adjust the tariff and
dispose of the silver question viii be
called much earlier than has been gen
orally expected. 1t was thought that
the president would call congress to-
gether not earlier than September.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
Storm i'm Michigan.

DETROIT, Mich, April IA destruc-
tive wind storm swept over the town
ship Royal Oak. twenty miles north of
Detroit, last evening, demolishing
houses, barns and outbuildings. Two
persons We're killed and a number in
jured. About 7:30 o'clock rain began to
fall. Considerabl bic wind accompanied the
shower and it increased until o'clock,
when it turned to a verita BILE hurricane,
lasting probably two minutes. So
powerful in its destructive force was it
that houses and barns We're torn into
shreds like so much paper, trees torn
up from their roots and fences and out
buildings RACED to the ground.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20

back into the stream, BarAer?'' I'm
out for sport. not fish," said Barker.
''The more I throw back the more there
are to catch. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
THE FLAG DOWN.
Commissioner BIount Takes Down t
American Flag at Honolulu.

Commissioner BIount Takes Down the
American Flag at Honolulu.
HONOLULU, April 6.-The stars and
stripes which for two months have
foated from the goveroment building
have been hauled down and the re-
naming forces from the United States
cruiser Boston have been sent aboard.
Nothing Indicative of American author
ity remains in Honolulu save Minister
Stevens and Commissioner James H.
Blount of Georgia. The latter sits in
his easy chair at his cottage, cogitating
no one knows what.
On April 1, in the presence of a crowd
numbering probably 1000 persons,
Lieut.. Draper, marine officer of the Bos-
ton, blew the note of retreat on his
bugle and s'Old Glory sank from the
sight of the throng and was replaced
by the colors of the Hawaiian mon
archy, which still retains the flag OF
the island. BlOunt has drawn a Chinese
wall about the purposes of his mission
here and has satisfied neither side as to
whether he came as an envoy to lnveStl-
gate or a minister to negotiate.
On the afternoon of March 81 the
commissioner held lengthy and secret
conference with President Dole and the
ministry, at which he notified them of
his intention to declare off the protec-
torate established by Minister Stevens
February 1. 1t is understood that he
gave as his reason therefor that the
Washington administration did not re-
gard the protectorate as necessary, and
further that in was incompatible with
any diplomatic negotiations that might
be arranged between the two countries.
This unlooked-for-action of the Ameri-
can commissioner was at first feared
would have the effect of making the
natives openly hostile. The suspicion
subsequently proved to be unfounded.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
4 BAD TIME TO LAUGH.
Remarks on the Untimeliness of Boy
 Mirth.

Remarks on the Unt1mei1neSS Of a Boys
 NIirth.
 As matter of fact a boy never should laugh at his father until he (the boy) is eighteen years of age at least. Earlier than that, according to the Minneapolis Tribune, it is not safe. A boy over near the university has for several evenings stood up to eat his meals, and all because he neglected the above rule of conduct. His father takes great pride in a Hambletonian colt he is raising. The old man fairly delights in puttering around the stable, and he can hardly wait until that colt is four years old and trots a mile to harness in 2:0515, as it surely will. The other morning the pater was fussing around in an old silk hat and equally venerable greatcoat, pitch fork in hand, and while he was work ing about the colts heels the boy gave the animal it's feed. The colt does not allow any familiarities while feeding, and when the old man, in a stopping position, backed up against him the colt lashed out with both feet. The man stood so near that the kick broke no bones, but he was shot as from catapult right through the clapboards on the side of the barn. His head was driven through his tile, and when he extricated himself from the splinters the rim of his headgear hung around his neck like a ruff. He regarded the whole business as rough, and delivered an oration through his hat which the boy regarded as amusing. The youngster laughed. First he stood and laughed, then he laid down and laughed and rolled over and over and hugged himself and still laughed. But when that devoted father got clear from the wreckage he seized the nearest strap, and the boy has not smiled once since. The boy knows now that he is not big enough to laugh at his father.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
MODERN ATHENS.
It Is Raising Its Standards to Those of
 Classical Greece.

Classical Greece.
 'I once had chat with the late Prof. Sophocles, the famous native Greek professor of Harvard, on the subject of the pronunciation of our language as taught in America" said the Greek consul, MT. D. T. Timayen- ton Herald. ''I asked him why he taught a pronunciation which he knew was not right.
 "'It doesn't make any difference what pronunciation we teach he re- piled, because these boys will never know anything anyway
 ''The Germans have been the most conscientious and thorough students of the ancient Greek language" contin- ued the consul ''It is but fair to say, however, that a very learned Greek lady, who has been in this country studying your institutions, says that she found a class of girls in Wellesley college who were better versed in Greek classics than the girls in our own schools in Athens. I should say they must be very good, then, for great revival in Creek classical study has taken place within few years. The spoken language is conforming more and more closely to classical standards. Foreign words that have crept into the language are being cast aside. I noticed the increased purity of the language when I returned to Greece and met some of my university classmates. They were following clas- sical Creek so closely that I thought at first it was a joke or an affectation. but soon saw that the set were all talk ing that way"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
IRELAND OF OTHER TIMES.
The Palmy Days of Dueling, Hard Drink
 ing, Fun and JOllification.

The Palny Days of Dueling, Hard Drink | ing, Fun and Notification. ! Never was such a time of feasting and publication as the palmy days o1 the Irish parliament, says All the Year Round. The county elections were a continued scene of fighting, fun and revelry. It is one continuous Donny- brook fair, and the county elector, with good coat on his back and money clinking in his pocket,
 Steps into tent, just to spend half a crown, Steps out meets a friend, and for joy knocks
 him down
 With his sprig of shIllelah and shamrock so
 greeni
 With the same gayety of heart, the more deadly weapons. At that time dueling was a recognized part of the social code. The ''thirty-six command ments," arranged by gentleman of Galway, formed a complete set of rules on all the punctilios of the duello. According to the printed rules of Galway, seconds, if desirous, may exchange shots at right angles to their principals. and, lest the gentle I4cH SnOu1u AdN0 1OTSObCcA CuCH u1dCn- ematics, there is diagram to explain how this right-angled fire is arranged. The pistol was a national weapon, the long, heavy dueling pistol. which was handed to the principal by his second, ''the 1ints hammered and the feather spring set" Some Irish gentlemen who had served in France tried to sub- stitute the small sword for the pistol, and a dueling club was formed in Dub hn-''a most agreeable and useful as sociation'-the members of which styled themselves the Knights of Tara" and who strove by practice in the fencing school and on the field of honor to bring the rapier into fashion again. But their practices were de nounced as frivolous" by the regular blazers, and national habits were too strong for the innovators. "Well hit, but no lives lost" was the bulletin most hoped for on the conclusion of duel, for the kindly Irish nature re- coiled from occasioning the death of neighbor, and perhaps a friend, but wounds were glorious, and none could doubt the honor of one who had been winged on such an occasion.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
HoAxEs ABOUT cANNIBALs.
There Is Not Near So Much Man-Eatine
 as Generally Reported.

There Is Not Near So Much Man Eating
 as Generally Reported.
 Dr. Livingstone, in hitherto unpub- lished letter, warns his friend, Dr. Hamilton, against accepting too read fly stories of cannibalism among Afri- can tribes. The Manyuema, among whom he had been then living for many months, are reputed to be canni- bals, and the people themselves, being "a laughter-loving" race, appear to en- joy the joke of hoaxing the white man on this subject. One showed Dr. Liv- ingstone the head of a ''recent human victim," but it proved to be the skull of a gorilla. Dr. Livingstone persever- ingly tried to get a sight of one of the cannibal orgies which the traders profess to have seen or heard of, but in vain. He offered goods of the value of e1 to any one who would call him to see humaL flesh cooked or eaten, but nothing came of the offer! Livingstone con trasts this absence of evidence with the terrible traders tales he had heard at Ujiji and the information given by adjacent tribes. ''If I had believed, 5 he says, ''tenth part of what I heard l should never have ventured hither" :"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
SECRETS OF sNAKE-cHARMINe.

Snakes Are Alarmed by Quick Motions,
 and Hence Appear to Re Fascinated. | A snake-charmer can, by simple motion of his hand, make moving snake stop instantly, writes G. R. OReilly in St. Nicholas.
 ''The reason is this: A snake is a most tinid animal. His eyes, as has been said before, while dull to color and form, are quick to motion, es- pecially if it is rapid. If any large thing moves very quickly too near him he gets frightened and scurries off; while at certain distances the motion stops him if he is moving. He stops from astOnishment, fear, or the wish to see what is it that moves. Hence, he glides on, unconscious of the charmers presence near him so long as the latter remains perfectly quiet; the snake doesn't know him from a tree or rock. But when he gives sudden evil dence of life, the snake is astonished and immediately remains stock-still.
 ''In India and Africa the charmers pretend the snakes dance to the music, but they do not, for they never hear it. A snake has no external ears, and per haps gets evidence of sound only through his skin, when sound causes bodies in contact with him to vibrate. They hear also through the nerves of the tongue, but do not at all compre- hend sound as we do. But the snakes eyes are very much alive to the mo- tions of the charmer, or to the moving drumsticks of his confederate; and, be- ing alarmed, he prepares to strike. A dancing cobra land no other snakes dance) is simply a cobra alarmed and in posture of attack. He is not danc- ing to the music, but is making ready to strike the charm er.''
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
A CURIOUS CASE.
1t Established the Fact That There Are Some Rights Which Can't Be Waived.

It Established the Fact That There Are
 Some Rights Which Can't Be Waived.
 A defendant in murder case in New York state was once placed on trial be- fore jury of twelve, says the Brook lyn Eagle. A member of the jury died during his trial The prisoners coun- sel agreed with the district attorney that the trial should continue before eleven jurors and that no record of the death of one of their number should be entered on the minutes of the court. The prisoner was convicted and Sen- fenced to punishment. An appeal was afterward taken to the effect that neither his counsel nor the district att torney nor the court nor the prisoner had a right to waive the latters right to trial by twelve jurors. The con- viction was set aside for that reason. As, however, nothing in the record showed in a formal and official way that the trial occurred and that the verdict was rendered by less than twelve jurors, it was also held that the man had been put once in jeopardy and could not be put twice in the same position. He was, therefore, dis
 
 charged. He was thus tried and not tried, found guilty and not found guil- ty, convicted and practically acquitted all at the same time and under the same proceeding. The contention was that every man indicted and tried for crime previous to his arraignment, and everyone who might be so indicted and so tried after bis arraignment had an interest in his trial by twelve jurors, a right to his trial by twelve jurors, and that when he waived his own right he impaired their right in their trial and their right in his trial, and that the thing could not be permitted. This illustrates how a man holds some of his rights in trust for all the past and for all the future. Of such rights he cannot divest himself and cannot be diveSted.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
AN EVIL SPIRIT.
How Bolivian Indians Were Taught to Respect the Electric Light.

How Bolivian Indians Were Taught to Respect the Electric Light.
 "The Bolivian government" said Amos J. Thomas, as recorded by the Washington Star, recently attempted to establish telephone line between Lapas and Lake Titicaca, forty-fve miles apart. It was torn down and de- stroyed so frequently by the Indians that the government was compelled to abandon it. The electric-light plant in Lapas was preserved by adopting an ingenious method of overawing the natives. After the plant had been in operation but few nights it happened that there was an eclipse of the moon. The superstitious Indians believed that the electric light was absorbing or swallowing the moon They gath cred in large body at one quarter of the town and moved upon the plant to destroy it. It was saved only by the intervention of large body of troops. The government the next day selected several representative Indians, took them to the power-house, shocked them severely, then took them out along the line and shocked them again with the wires and informed them that the electric light was an evil spirit, and that they had better leave it alone. Since then they have had no trouble on that score" :"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
THE SLEEPING SALOON.
John Bulls Curious Version of an Ameri-
 can Idea.

John Bulls Curious Version of an Ameri-
 can Idea.
 Between the British conception of a saloon and that in vogue on this side of the Atlantic there is this in common that both are entered by side door after nightfalL There the resemb- lance ceases. John Bulls saloon is an exhibit in the Transportation build ing, wherein it is full as difficult to look upon the wine when it is red as it ought to be in Evanston or Bangor. John Bulls saloon is as dry as his comic papers He fables it sleeping saloon" to distinguish it from all-night places where we never sleep. 1t oc- cupies a position in the rear of the London & Northwestern Railway com pany's highly vanished trainlet, in- geniously constructed to defeat the ends of the trafficlrer in popcorn, five a bag"
 The British sleeping saloon is our great-grandmothers' Pullman car. It is the great American sleeper as it would have been had it been invented before the war. Entering by it the British passenger finds himself in di- minutive closet where he is permitted to smoke his pipe. Two rigid-backed chairs would elbow each other for standing room if they had any elbows. The man in charge says: "'His is what a man 'as to put up with in Tchicago," as he opens the door. Six berths are slowed away on either side of the smoking saloon The berth saloons are divided into compartment saloons, four compartments comprising the en- tire carriage. Two of the compart- ments contain four berths devoid of any evidences of curtains in front. Ths remaining couple are of semi-se- elusive character, containing two berths each, and being intended for roommates or elderly married couples The car is probably half the length of the ordinary Pullman, and is destitute of even the adornment of the harmless necessary darly with the appetite for quarters.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
OPIUM AND ITS DISCUSSES.
The Drug Sold in Many Forms to People
 Who Land in the Asylum. a5~

The Drug Sold in Many Forms to People Who Land in the Asylum. s.i One druggist, who kept a record of his prescriptions for several years, assured New York Herald man that nearly two thousand out of sixteen thousand prescriptions he had counted called for opium. But that is not all. When the patent medicines that go to make up three-fourths of the merchant able stock of the chemist are gone over we run across more opium. With few exceptions, the patented cough balsams all contain opium. That's why they are so dear. The more expensive the preparation the larger the amount of opium it contains. It almost seems as if they were a cloak under which the unrestricted sale of opium is carried on in open violation of the law.
 Many fends carry a doctors pre- scription calling for half an ounce or more of opium in their pockets for years and have itreplenished as often as they like. When the paper becomes old and faded they have it copied by an oblig- ing druggists assistant and it lasts for another year or so of daily use. They are the persons who sooner or later go to fill up our insane asylums and pri- vate retreats. If they are poor they become burdens upon the community. If they have influential friends they find home in some retired retreat where the hope is kept green that they have not passed beyond human aid. By this time they are physical and moral wrecks, for nothing like opium will undermine a noble character and strong will.
 All this is the pernicious side of opium. Now what good can be said of it? A great deal. It is beyond ques- tion valuable drug and no doctor can afford to be without it for moment. To relieve excruciating pain, which of itself may kill a person, it has no equal as sedative, sleep producer and a tonic. If walseful nights have sapped a sufferers vital force until there is little left nothing like opium will bring on rest and freedom from pain. There are many kindred conditions in which the use of opium is indicated, yes, de- handed, but rarely has it any other value in the therapy for the cure of disease. 1t is seldom more than remedy of expediency. As rule it disguises the very symptoms that enable thoughtful, competent doctor to strike at the root of the evil, as he should, and it is precisely for this req son that it's apparent haphazard use is so much to be condemned in medical practice.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-14
THE STRIKE OR BUTCHER BIRD.
Tales from Florida Showing Its Great
 Skill and Cruelty.


 Skill and Cruelty.
 The shrike bird is very common here in Florida, says letter to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, and generally known by the name of butch CT bird. It is a most cruel and vindic- tive bird, and it seems to have the same traits north or south. Most varie- ties of orange trees, especially seed ling trees, are covered with thorns, often three or four inches long. It is common to find beetles, grasshoppers, katydids, and the harmless chameleon impaled on these thorns, and one often surprises the bird in his cruelties.
 was once taking dinner with friend in town. The windows were open and iii the room was a canary bird in it's cage. Suddenly butcher bird darted in a window and flew around the bird cage. The poor little canary seemed fascinated and drawn to the side of the cage, when the can nibal thrust its head in between the wires and, with most dexterous twist, took off the head of the canary and, dropping it on the dining table near my plate, flew out of the window. So quickly was it done that, though seven persons sat at the table, none of us realized the catastrophe until the helpless little head fell on the table. k Only couple of weeks ago I came across two boys on the road who had killed blaclzsnal1e, some five or six feet long, which they were stretching across the road. While standing look ing at the snake, and within few feet of it, butcher bird bounced down and almost as quick as lightning seized and twisted off the end of the tail and flew away with some inches of it to orna- ment some thorn on an orange tree.