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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18

We're IN Able People.
Ruined temples Of great size havt
been discovered by French investigs
tors in Cambodia, Just north Of Siam.
I An extinct race. bearing the sineulsl
name Of Khmers, inhabited an immenss
territory now forming part Of Cambo.
dia and covered BY forests. Temples
and other large monuments now III
hidden by vegetation, and 1t will prob.
ably be years before the extent Of them
can be ascertained.
The arrangement Of these buildinga
and the originality Of the carving and
ornamentation are declared to be very
astonishing. They evidence . some-
what advanced civilization, but the
period at which It prevailed can not b.
fixed with any certainty.
There 10, however, adocument in the
treasury Of King Norodom Of Cambodia
which throws some light on the sub.
ject. It Is the royal chronicle or
prongsa.voda, consisting Of two parts.
The first Is compiled largely from fab.
ulous narrative, and purports to give
q history Of oil the events that have
happened In Cambodia since the be-
ginning down TO the year 1870. The
second covers the period from 1910 To
the present day.
NM J. Moura and AyHnenier have
obtained from King Norodom an au.
thorization to translate the pongsa-
voda. From their work, as far as 1t
has proceeded, 1t Is learned that the
early history Of Cambodia is divided
into three principal epochs The first
inhabitants were savage people called
Samres. They were subjugated by
the Khams, people from the kingdom
Of Khomerat. on the Chinese frontier,
in the year 500 B. C. The Khams es.
tablished prosperous state called
Kutch-Khloc, but they remained prim-
tive.
In A3 B. C. Prea-Thong, a Hindoo
prince, son Of the king Of Indraprastha,
having revolted against his father, was
forced to emigrate with many fellow.
citizens to southern Indo- China. He
established himself in Hutch .Thloc,
bringing with him ideas Of progress
and men Of artistic ability. lie and
his people quarreled with their hosts,
the Khams, and overcame them, driv.
ing many Of them to Laos, a province
Of the interior.
Prea-Thong married the daughter Of
q Khan chief and was proclaimed king
under the pleasing name Of Prea- bat
Twon-as-Char. He called his kingdom
Crung. Campuchea, kingdom coming
out OF the waters. The people acquired
the name Of Khmers.
Unier Prea- Thong and his Hindoos
arts and manufactures fourished. |
Fortresses, palaces and temples were
built on the fertile land abandoned by
the sea.
The sketches Of some Of these build
ings recently discovered show that
they are large and magnificent in a
yrotesque way. Among the ruins are
hose Of what is believed to be the
royal fortress Of Angkor.Thom, built
by Prea-Thong
Angkor-'rhom was in reality forth
led city, of which the extent can be
'oughly traced. 1t measures about
line miles in circumference. The en-
rance Is surmounted by colossal head
II Brahma. On the walls are the re-
Mains Of a frieze composed Of the fig.
Tres Of gods, the bodies rising from
otos flowers
Among other decorations Is huge
hree-headed elephant, representing
Alrawaddi, the favorite mount Of silva.
N Y. World.
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Pitchers Castoria.
Children Cry for

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nsrvousnsss, chronic dyspepsia and
great misery. The best remedy Il
HOODS oARoApAnILLA.
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Wheat, oats and corn oil yield high
averages, while all the vegetables
grown in every section Of the United
States thrive equally well here.
Alfalfa yields three cuttings sea-
son and averages five tons, bringing
IS to IS a ton in the stack.
The soil is very well adapted for
potato culture and the local markets
afford good prices. Onions have
yielded 5000 to the acre; az l-2 acre
tract has yielded 10 tons to the acre.
Jersey, Holstein and Brown Swiss
cattle all do well in this country, and
farmers who could handle herds Of 20
could easily net $4,000 a year profit
for them. There are several hun
dreds Of farms which could give sup
port to large creameries, and as but
ter brings 25c to 40c the year round,
the opportunity for the dairyman Is
made plain. Fowls sell from "a to 90 |
4 dozen. Eggs average 25c. Ordi-
nary agricultural land can be bought |
'or from $l5 to $50 an acre according |
% Its character and location; with |
adequate water rights for irrigation, |
'emoving all the anxieties and uncer-
ainties Of farming met with in the
'ainfall regions. The cheapest lands
ire located nearer the mountains, or
everal miles from the railroads. |
arm hands earn from $40 to $50 a
month"; common laborers$l.50 to $l.75
day, while carpenters, brick masons
nd other skilled laborers earn $3.50
nd $3.50 day. The cost Of living
about the same as in the Middle and
nd Western States. Ten to twenty
ores Of good land In the Valley Of the
rand River will support an average
lmily comfortably.
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The task was certainly difficult one, the
eople being always ready, with the in
distinctive generosity of their heart, to par
don the offenses of those who have accom-
plished really great things, and to forget
very quickly sufferings by the excuses of
glory.
1t is in England we must seek for really
good caricatures of Napoleon. There art
was combined with satire, and certain
caricatures by Gillrav and Rowlandson
might occupy place of honor in the finest
collections of engravings.
Among the numerous caricaturists who
attacked Napoleon Gillray is by far the
most celebrated. His influence on satiric
painters of his time was considerable; not
only in England, but also in France, Ger
many, Italy and especially in Russia he
had innumerable imitators.
]. Gillray is par excellence the caricatur-
list of Napoleon, and he incarnates in his
work all the hatred of England against the
Emperor. Moreover, the satiric vocation
was never more imperious than in the case
of this artist. He seems to have been born
into the world for the purpose of ridicul-
ing his contemporaries. Nobody was safe
from his attacks, and George III was
among the first to experience the stings of
his poisoned darts. Numerous are the
caricatures in which he ridicules with
mercIess humor the eccentricities and the
avarice of his sovereign.
British spleen was delighted with those
biting criticisms, but at last the court be-
came displeased and a minister was COM
manded to buy the terrible pencil of Gillray,
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onymous or signed by obscure names, pub
lished at the time of the formation of the
camp at Boulogne, in which is reflected
under the appearance of defiance the very
real terror spread throughout England by
the prospect of an invasion.
We may mention, also, the satiric prints
executed at st. Helena from nature by
such men as Marryat, Bunbury, Dodgin
and Crockatt, which in spite of intentional
and often grotesQue exaggeratiOn of the
characteristic features of the model, form
valuable Topographic series.
Only the death of Napoleon caused the
pencil to drop from the hands of the Eng
lish caricaturists, and from this moment,
freed from all cause to fear, they bowed
respectfully before the coffin of their
glorious adversary, while France on the
other hand, governed by the Bourbons,
proteges of the Holy Alliance, abounded
in coarse prints that threw insult even on
the long and cruel agony of the great cap
tive of st. Helena.
Gillray, like Rowlapdson, and later,
George Cruikshank, in spite of the differ
ence in the historic epochs he represented,
never varied the features of Napoleon in
any of his designs. For the English sati-
rist the Bonaparte of the Kremlin is the
same as the Bonaparte of Toulon, and on
the rock of st. Helena he is as lean and
long-haired as on the bridge of Arcola
always the same puny, raging dwarf with
long, hooked nose, everlasting frowning
brows, thin TANKS and the jaws of mad
wolf; always dressed in an enormous over
coat loosely belted, and always incoherent
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NAPOLEON and
the CARIcATURIsTs.
NOTABLE WORK OF GILLRAY. CRUKsHANK AND RoWLANDsoN

PARIS, FRANCE, May 25.-From the alb
dication to the return from Elba, and from
Waterloo to 1880, anti-Napoleonic carica-
ture in France was so coarse and so desti-
tute of all art that it is really not worth
noticing. During these two periods the
Bourbon Government openly favored this
production of anonymous caricatures,
vilely colored and with grossly insulting
commentaries, by the appearance of which
they hoped the Napoleon legend would be
effectually stilled.
In a short time repulsive pictures of Ma
poleon were everywhere conspicuous, a
hideous nightmare in the print-sellers'
windows Farewell to the Bonaparte at
the bridge of Arcola No more of the
First Consul crossing the Alps. No longer
Napoleon appears in majesty beneath the
arches of the Notre Dame or in the cathe-
dral of Milan, his brows encircled by the
imperial diadem or the iron crown of the
Lombards.
To the famous engravings signed by the
names of Gros, David, Isabey Gerard and
Appiani, to the popular pictures with
dithyrambic legends, have succeed ed in
Vulnerable caricatures, nearly all anony-
nous, of astonishing coarseness and abso-
lutely devoid of art.
A fact worthy of mention is that in
France no artist of talent consented to
degrade his brush in this base campaign of
insults against the thunder blasted Titan.
1t was necessary that all possible means
should be used to inspire in the people a
horror even of the name of Bonaparte
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"WITH THIS RING I THEE WE'D"

looked at him with a curious, inquiring
expression on her face, but said:
"Oh, come along, Daniels, Delay this fir
tation; if we stay here much longer yol
will be endowing this maiden with your
watch and all your worldly goods"
We had not proceeded very far down the
street when messenger from the other
town told the Batavian that somebody
wanted to see him on business. Promising
to rejoin us shortly he crossed the estuary
and we continued our ramble along.
There's a krisse l should like to have"
said Daniels, as 1.-the young native walked
rapidly down the street with one of the
weapons at his side. We halted him, and
Daniels endeavored to explain to him that
he wanted to buy the krisse, but the Malay
either would not or could not understand.
The midshipman took out several Mexi-
can dollars, and, pointing to the horse,
offered them to the native The latter
shook his head and smiled good-naturedly.
Daniels. concluding that the sum was not
sufficient, displayed some more coins, but
again the native smiled and shook his
head. Then the sailor got impatient and
plucked the weapon rudely from the hands
of its owner.
"Here you are" he said, showing five
dollars in his hand. "This old piece of
iron and wood can't be worth any more"
The Malay made grasp for his knife,
but Daniels struck him a sharp Blow across
the chest, which staggered him. | remon-
strated and was about endeavoring to con-
ciliate the Malay, when, with malignant
glance at Daniels and muttering some
thing in his own language. he walked
smartly in the opposite direction.
'I'm afraid we're going to have some
trouble from this, Daniels" l said. "You
see the black fellow has got his household
god carved on this hilt, and, unless l mis-
take, you shall hear more about your curio.
And see, he has thrown the money in the
street. Trust me that fellow certainly
means mischief"
"Wen, it can't be helped now, sup
pose" said Daniels. ~ don't see where
the beggar's disappeared to, or l would
call after him. We will see our Batavian
friend and have him fix the matter up
Strolling leisurely along and observing
the quaint and interesting things about us,
we awaited the return of our host of the
morning.
"By Jove! What's going on up there?
pointing to a crowd that had assem- bled
some sixty yards away, cried Daniels
'I'm blest if they're not holding some
kind of a meeting, and my friend of the
kris is in the middle of them, making
some kind of a speech. believe"
"We're going to have trouble, Daniels,
to dead certainty" said /. "That fellow
is getting up an indignation meeting and
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stabs him with his horns. The sovereigns
of Europe form the audience and cOntem-
plate the scene with evident delight.
In the valley of the Shadow of Death"
Napoleon is represented as entering the
gloomy valley, holding in leash the North
ern bear. He encounters here the British
lion, the terrier of Sicily the wolf of
Portugal, and last of all Death, mounted
on an Andalusian steed, with arched neck,
and urging them to combat.
Some of Gillray's ompositions might
be reproached for their obscure symbolism,
in spite of the extensive explanatory notes
that cover more than half the drawing or
escape in scrolls from the mouths of the
personages like streams of gall.
A long way after him comes George
Cruikshank, who is only his pale imitator,
but whose "Satirical History of Napoleon"
with its colored plates, constitutes curious
study in Caricature.
Thomas Rowlandson completes the trim
lty; but among his numerous works, al
though entirely consecrated to the paint
ing OF manners and customs, and especially
the evil ones of his own country, Napo-
leonic satire only appears by the way. We
may mention as an example of this great
artists work, the colored print, 1.-The Two
Kings of Terror" title the laconic elo-
quence of which forms contrast to the in
terminable commentaries of Gillray's OBJ
scure designs.
ROwlandson here represents conference
between Death and Napoleon, who sit face
to face, one on cannon, the other on a
drum, in attitudes of meditation. In the
background are battalions mingling in the
shock of battle under stormy sky. That
is all, and yet the picture is painful in it's
impressiveness. 1t is of the highest art.
There is also a series of prints, either an
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European settlement and on the other the
MALAY village. 1t WAS Dutch possession,
and the Dutch soldiers we saw were alto
gether unlike that typical Mynheer Van
Dunk of good and pOrtly presence. They
were as lean as a downeast Yankee, and
their clothes hung about them much too
large for their heat-worn bodies. The first
thing when we stepped off the little ietty
of the Dutch town was to inquire where
we could have a good, comfortable shore
breakfast This we asked a stout red
faced looking fellow who had watched
our boat come alongside.
al will answer that question very
promptly, gentlemen, if you will permit
me-" he said, "by inviting you to break
fast with me. L am countryman OF
yours and merchant, residing in Batavia,
at the side of the island, and will con-
slider it compliment II you Will hohor 1ne
by being my guests.
We readily assented, and our Batavian
friend took us through the town, Eaeh
citizen had two houses, one OF red brlck
for winter habitation, and the other OF
bamboo for summer use. Among the trees
above our heads troops OF monkeys
gamboled and chattered, for the slmlan
is valuable article of commerce, and is
encouraged and made to feel quite at
home among the abodes of civilization.
The heat as we walked toward the bam-
boo house, where our Batavian friend was
TO eat the morning meal, was lHueSCllp-
ably intense. We had come ashore IN light
duck jackets and trousers, but our hest
suggested that it would be more comfort
able to exchange these for pongee palamas
and grass slippers before we ventured upon
the exercise of eating. This we gratefully
did from his wardrobe, and while the
Malay servants kept the punkah swinging
in the middle Of the room and others wet
down the bamboo walls outside, we ate
delicious breakfast of fish, fowl and fruit,
washed down with some light Rhine wine
The conversation turned upon Malays,
and my friend Daniels was curious about
their literature and traditions and odds
and ends he might be able to pick up Tor
his museum.
II should like above all things" he
said, ''to get krisse, genuine Malay
krisse, for 1 have seen lots of bogus ones,
but never, think. the real thing"
81 think you will find it difficult" said
the Batavian, ''for our Malays here esteem
their weapons very highly and on most of
them you will perceive the carVen Inca
ments of their household gods"
well, divinities or no divinities,"
laughed Daniels, II shall not leave AMER
without krisse."
You'd better be careful said the Ba-
tavian. "Those little fellows are very
fierce and murderous when anything per-
tains to their religious affairs"
Alter keotee such as one rarely tastes
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DENTISTS TO MEET.
A Convention Will Be Held at the
Academy of Sciences on
,TuIy q,

The California State Dental Association
will celebrate the twenty-ffth anniversary
of its foundation on July and for four
days thereafter. A convention will be
held at the Academy of Sciences.
Circulars have been issued by President
Luther A. league to all dentists in the
State calling their attention to the matter
and soliciting their cooperation.
Committees were appointed as follow:
Pathology and surgery-W. J. Younger, ]. L.
Assay, L. B. Holmes, Frank Burton, j. G. Par
sons, S. H. Roberts.
Therapeutics-W A. Knowles, w. F. Sharp,
J. G. Parker, F. F. Tibbits, B. B. Brewer, FL. E.
Knox.
Dental Chemistry-H. R. Morton, Max sichel
ST., I. w. Hays Jr., H. P. Carlton, ]. H. Hatch.
Operative dentistry-L. L. Dunbar, Miss c.
NJ. McElroy, F. league. George Van Orden, A.
F. Merriman Jr., C. R. Sabin.
Mechanical dentistry-T. n. Iglehart, George
McCowen, Warren Decrow. A. H. Mill berry, D.
Cave, ]. c. Cummings.
Dental histology-S. E. Knowles, A. NJ.
Barker, A. Cane, j. F. Twist, F. W. Bliss, h. G.
Richards.
Dental literature and education-C. L. Cod
dard, f. H. MetcaIf, A. C. Hart, w. G. Craig, o.
Carpenter, c. H. Farman.
Microscopy. Van Orden, NJ. A. Greenlaw,
A. H. Mories, ]. ]. Giusti, w. l. Prather.
Orthodontia-J. w. Lundporg, F. ]. Lane, E..
A. Lundy, T. H. Hill, Thomas Morffew, James
E. Combs.
Clinics-Frank C. Pague, C. W. Hubbard, Il.
D. Boyes, J. M. Dunn, A. F. Merriman Sr.
Committee OF arrangements-R. H. Cool, NJ.
J: Dunn, D. R. Taggart, A. Warner, W. R. Meek,
w. A. Moore.
Programme-W. F. Lewis.
The delegates to the convention will be
entertained by the Stomatological Club in
it's rooms at Stockton and Post streets. A
programme, including an excursion and a
banquet. is in course of preparation.
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who, drunkard and gambler, lent himself
with a good grace to the bargain.

who, drunkard and gambler, lent himself
with good grace to the bargain.
One of the articles in the convention
probably required him to turn the arrows
of his satire against "the Corsican ogre, :"
"the Corsican plague; for from the day
serve as butt for his raillery, Napoleon
became his daily target. And it must be
admitted that his ineXhaustible fancy did
not suffer from the change of direction.
From the coup d 'etat of Brumaire until
1915, the year of his death, he held on to
his victim. 1t was the unceasing attack of
the hornet on the lion. The list of pic
lures illustrating that Homeric fight is a
long one. Among the most celebrated may
be mentioned Napoleon Putting an End
to the French Revolution" "The Inter-
view Between Britannia and the French
Citizen" and 1.-THE Feast of Belshazzar,"
in which Bonaparte, Josephine and the
courtiers are feasting on the riches of Eng
land.
On one plate, served like Calls head, is
the head of King George; on another a
gigantic pie, representing the Bank of
England. Josephine, enormous and ex-
pansive tit is thus that history is writtenl,
is emptying her glass at a gulp; one of the
guests is swallowing the Tower of London.
But at the moment when the First Consul
attacks a cake representing st. James
palace, three fateful words of the scriptural
story shine out on the wall, and Bonaparte
shrinks back in horror, while behind him
stand his trembling sisters, attired in cos
tunes of the slightest.
Then there are: "The Valley of the
Shadow of Death" 'tThe Plum Pudding in
Danger" 1.-The Toreador," 1.-The Unex-
pected Meeting. "The Castles in the Air.
etc.
l shall describe only the principal.
The subject of "The Toreador" was sug-
gested to Gillray by the Spanish war.
Here we see the Emperor, in matador cos
tune. in the arena. He has broken the
head of his espada on the shoulder of one
of the bulls, who, maddeued by the wound
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with extraordinary violence and bitter
eloquence the feelings of the Russian
people from the passage of the Niemen to
that of the Beresina.
i have constantly before my eyes that
emaciated Napoleon holding review of
skeletons in the middle of vast white
plain. And that return to Paris, that de-
parture in sledge drawn by pig whose
wretched pace is accelerated by the lances
of the Cossacks! He is well worth seeing
that melancholy Napoleon in sordid
rags, from whose long, very long, nose
hangs stalactites of ice.
Sad and cruel images of old time, very
different from those which the French and
Russian peoples exchange to-day with
touching confidence in the mysterious fu-
ture. ARMAND DAYoT,
Inspector des Beaux Arts.
Copyright, 1898, by S. S. Mcclure Limited.
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movement, epileptic gestures, bullying at
titudes, continual agitation.
1t is the invariabe formula.

movement, epileptic gestures, bullying at
tltudes, continual agitation.
1t is the invariable formula.
In Germany caricatures of the general or
consul are rarely seen.
The satirists of Dresden. Berlin, Munich
and Vienna maintain a prudent reserve
until the disaster of 1912. After that date
German carlcature appears in the form of
Klein's bitter and CHASTITY cartoons, and
soon satirical sketches are multiplied to
infinity.
In nearly every case the image of Ma
poleon of declining days is nothing but
rough distortion of the life-like patriot by
DAZZLING.
Less cruel than the English artists, the
German caricaturists show us, now in the
island of Elba, now at ST. Helena, Napo-
leon grotesquely accoutered, bewailing his
sins, while smoking large clay pipe; or
dressed like Robinson Crusoe, contemplate
ing with profound melancholy from under
the shade of great umbrella legions of
rats, who are gnawing at his boots.
At times, however, German caricature
assumes savage harshness and Napoleon
then becomes the great grave-digger, seated
with shovel in hand on throne made of
heaped-up skulls.
There is little to be said regarding Ital-
ian caricature, which is a feeble imitation
of the German. For reasons easy to under
stand it did not appear until the close of
the empire and then only timidly.
''L'Estampe Russo" of which the most
curious plates have been carefully collected
by M. Rawinski. contains considerable
number of Napoleonic caricatures. Almost
all of them have reference to the campaign
of 1872.
Many are only clumsy adaptations of
German, and, above all, of English draw
ings, due to the audacious imagination of
the Muscovite, Lepedeheer, who, with
one stroke, upsets the order, the original
composition, and the spirit OF the legend.
sketches, which are of an infantile art and
atrociouslY colored. but at times reflect