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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
New symptom Of uy.terIa.

Hysterical persons eften have nar-
rowed field OF viaion and ceftaip Sc
gree of local insensibility. These aigns
allow a diagnosis OF hysteria anf a
connection with this form of neu4osis
of symptoms that might otherwise be
due to different causes. DIR. deoSrroz-
ewski, in La Medicine Moderne, notes
another of these stigmata-the relative
insensibility of the canal of the ear
ard of the nasal passages. With the
least sensitive persons, the tickling of
these regions with a strip of paper
will produce violent reaction. With
persons affected with hysteria, no SEN
sation of tickling, or very feeble one
is felt, though the touch of the paper
is recognized. This symptom exists
in all forms Of hysteria.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
Me- Odo-. forEIoxxer..

1t is a fad in Pairs to perfume flowers
hrtificially. Experiment has proved
that it is possible not only to take away
the natural odor of a flower. but also TO
make it yield perfume derived from
ONE other vegetable product Some vio-
lets. for example, are perfect in form
and coloring. but without fragrance
while others, very insignificant to !cok
at. emit delicious fragrance. The
transfer of the odor from one species
to the other has been accomplished.
Those who have been most successful
in this branch of horticulture refuse
to tell their secret. 1t is said that the
African marigold has been robbed of its
disagreeable odor and endowed with a
perfume that makes it much sought
The fad has been carried to the extreme
of giving TO the sunfower the odor of
the rose and to the chrysanthemum
that of the yioiet.-N. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
WOMAN AND HOME.
The DRESSES WE WEAR.
Why Downs Made at Home Lack Chic
and SRartness.

Why Gowns Made at Home Lack Chic
and snaartness.
Why is it that professional dress
makers, who are, presumably. women
of little education, and no particular
talent, can produce satisfactory gowns
with a pronounced chic in cut and style
that proclaims them at once TO be Gus
tom made" while the amateur, with
greater taste and cultivated artistic in
teligence and perception, should make
such abOrtive creations whenever she
tries to make her own dresses, is a prob
lem that is often commented upon.
Home made" gowns are certainly not as
Smart as those built" by professionals,
ana why not? Why cannot women of in
ptellisenFe, who haveo straitened in
comes dress themselves and their
2aRghters without calling in eNtraneous
aaef? 1t seems such simple thing to
I dc, especially in these, days when the
m@St reiiaHle patterns of the latest
s f8shi@ns may be had almost for the ask
/ ing. and materials cost next to nothing.
Ws4at IS its that stamps it, as it undeni
afsly d0es,|S. dress nude at home, as sec
saa.rafes
la the FIRST place, the trademark, as
+ 1t were. is wanting in amateur work.
= tfEsssssna!Se9 does everything by rule
s4F4 I'@+e, but this want of technical
kp@yNfedEe could be easily rectified
/ either BY taking the trouble to learn the
tBade, which is taught in comparatively
feW lessons, or b5 copying in detail the
construction. of n gown from u good
| aressnalSer's. '<Finish" is also one of
the great essentials in which profes
$s@aals score to advantage. Take the
wrist ef an amateurs sleeve, for in
Stanee. and that of a professional of
good reputation. The difference is
1 lsaest marked. The bottom of the skirt
{ tee. almost invariably betrays its or
+ igip, besides many other little details
dependent upon the character of the
4 dress. Finally, another marked diff
ference between amateur and first-class
4 FFgfGsSional work is in the generous
| use of material. The former never
4~skimps." whereas the latter, if she
! f.salles her own gowns, obviously tries
to save, every penny. In homemade
failinery, especially, this skimpiness is
very apparent. A young woman with
q pretty. taste in trimming bonnets who
could easily have half dozen hats for
/ TIE price she pays for one, confesses
[ naively that she is obliged to buy her
hEadgear and give large sums for each
J e9nfection, because she simply cannot
make up her mind TO buy as much rib
! Ben or as many flowers as is really re-
I auined.
My hats always look economical
size declared, but when am buying
ribbon by the yard L cannot bring my
self to buy enough So this season
She pays S25 for hat that she might
easily have made herself if she would
! Burehase the same materials.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
HOT AIR MOTOR FOUNTAIN.

The hotsair motor patented by NJ. Helm
rici works without steam. and. there
fore, many of the shortcomings of
small steam engines are entirely OBJ
waited. The hot air motor has a re-
markably regular and soft, motion,
quite contrary to the steam or naphtha
engines, where each stroke of the pis-
ton occasions shock The main en-
pigment to which the Heinrich hot air
motor is put is the work of pump in
the center of the flower stand. as shown
in our illustration. The benefit of hav-
ing continuous jet of water in room
during the summer is obvious.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08

iapsed Balloon. If. hnyvever, the rub
Der sheeting is cssght by the fingers
in the middle and pulled downward the
inclosed bag will Immediately swell out
to it's full size. This 10 beca use pulling
the rubber sheet makes the space with
in the lamp larger than the ineIosed air
can I'LL, OF what scientists call q partial
vacuum. The outside air rushes down
the glass ~ be to the supply the vacancy,
and in doing so swells the little bag out
to its fullest extent. On the contrary,
if the. rubber sheet on the bottom OF
the chimney is pushed in by the finger.
the little bag folds up limp again. BY
Quickly pushing the sheet ia and pull
ing it out again. the little bag initiates
aud fields, out and in, in perfect time to
the action Of the fingers.
New, this is precisely the action that
takes place when we breathe. The sheet
Of rubber on the bottom OF the chimney
corresponds to the diaphragm in the
human body. The diaphragm is the
large membrane which separates the
chest from the lower part of the body.
The little bag represents the lungs, nd
the glass tube Is the windpipe. 1t is a
mistaken idea with many persons that
VIGIL we 1ISo III khG T0bhiuS5 lHlS thC
lungs causes the lungs and the muscles
surrounding them to expand. But a
precisely reverse action takes place.
We invariably move our muscles and
diaphragm hrst thus expanding the
lungs, into which the air PUSHES to hll
UP the space which would otherwise
become q partial vacuum. The action
Is all uneonscious, and it appears to be
the opposite OF what it really is, but
that is how il occurs, nevertheless. Thus
lamp chimney can he made to perform
several actions Of the human Body. It
bfeathes just as truly. and its lungs afe
coed facsimile Of our own.
The other Instrument looked some
what like . band saw. L consisted OF
several sticks of wood arranged in the
manner OF tia illustration The cross
pieces On the frame represented our
ribs and rubber bands stretched on
taeks ca them acted precisely as
do eur rib muscles. Over the lower
points or the frame was piece of tape.
which lad been stiffened by starch.
This represented the diaphragm. By
moving the frame SO as &c eoatfaet the
rubber hands the upper part OF the
fra.4e (the lung cavity 6eeanse smaller.
By stretching the bands it became
large. It's iInitatieh Of the human
chest movement is perfect, ena the les
son it teaches sheald be appreciated by
every one.-Chicage Inter Ocean-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
BEAR THIS IN MIND.

Some Day the Advice Here Given
May Keep You from Drowning.
The humanbody weighs pound in the
water, and single chair will carry two
grown persons-that is, it will keep
the head above water, which is all that
is necessary when it is a question of
life or death.
One finger placed upon a stool or
chair, or a small box or piece of board,
will keep the head above water, while
the two feet and the other hand may
be used as paddles to propel the body
toward the shore. 1t is not at all
necessary to know how to swim to
keep from drowning. A little expert
ence of the buoyant power of he water,
and faith in it, is all that is required.
We have seen u small boy, who could
not swim a stroke, propel himself
back and forth across a wide, deep
pond by means of a board that would
not sustain tive'pounds weight.
Children and all others should have
practice in the sustaining power of
water. In nine cases out of ten the
knowledge that what will support a
pound weight is all that is necessary to
keep ones head above water will serve
better emergencies than the greatest
experiences as swimmer.
A person unfamiliar with the buoy
ant power of water will naturally try
t climb to the top of the floating OBJ
ject on which he tries to save himself.
If it is large enough, that is all
right. But generally it is not large
enough, and half struggling group is
often drowned in the desperate scram-
BILE of life and death struggle to climb
on top of a piece of wreck or ether
floating object, not half large enough
to keep them all entirely above water.
This often happens when pleasure
boats capsize. All immediately want
to get out Of the water on top Of the
overturned or half-filled boat, and all
are drowned except those whom the
wrecked craft viii wholly bear up. If
they would simply trust the water to
sustain ninety-Tiine hundredfas of the
weight of their bodies and the disabled
boat the other hundredth. they might
be saved under most circumstances.
An overturned or half-tilled boat will
sustain more people in this way than
it will carry. 1t would keep the heads
of as many people above water as could
get their hands on the gunwale.
These are simple facts, easily learned,
and may some day save your life
Golden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
How, Sugar 1. Made White.

The way in which sugar is made per-
fectly white, it is said, was found out
inca curious way. A hen that had gone
through a clay mud puddle went with
her muddy feet into a sugar house. 1t
was observed by some one that wherever
the tracks were the sugar was whitened.
This led to some experiments. The re-
suit was that wet clay came to be used
in refining sugar. 1t is used in this
way: The sugar is put into wooden
jars shaped as you see the sugar loayes
are. The larger ends are upward. The
smaller ends have a hole in them The
jar is filed with sugar, the clay put over
the top and kept wet. The moisture
goes down through the sugar and crops
from the hole in the small end of the
jar. This makes the sugar perfectly
white.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
Eniargins a Girls Skull.

In Georgia town lives girl of II.
with the intellect. of an infant. She
vas bright enough until she reached the
age of seven, and then She began to
lose memory and speech. The case was
q puzzle to physicians, until a young
member of the profession announced
that her skull was too small to permit
fbe brain to grow. This suggested the
.dea of charging the skull, and, such
are the triumphs of modern surgery,
the operation was performed, the girl
survived it, and now, after the lapse of a
month. she is physically as well as ever
and the mental improvement is most
marked. Perhaps, some day, we can
have our heart and lungs made new
again as surgeons grow still more
clever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
EFFORT OF "A LEAP.
1t Pro~okes q Contraction. OF the
WhoIs HamAn Ernnas.

1t Pro~okes q Contraetfot. OF the
Whole Haman Frame.
One would conclude, to look at tie
face Of the accompanying figure, that
it was the picture Of an old man. We
are assured, however, by DR.. A. Four
nier Ola Nature> that it is that Of a To-
year-old boy, and that the same eS-
preston is assumed by everyone Who
makes the Ebert that is neeessafS in
a leap. Says Or. Fournier:
The sffort provokes contraction
of the whole frame; the trunk and the
limbs. at the moment Of the leap. form
d rigid and curved body.
THE photograph represents a sefy
high leap at the nasaent when the inn
pulse is given; it shows the body in
full effort and in entire contraction
We may imagine the violence ef the
effort bs observing the eountehanes Of
the young fad t1s years.; the aSse.
the lips. the eyebrows. the pupils. the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08

forms the pin on which the swing re-
wolves, and should fit loosely in the
socket, hole in the top of the post
which has been set in the ground so as
to project about IL inches.
At the top of the post similar pin is
inserted and passed. through tri-
angular piece of iron, which any black
smith can make for you. At each
corner of the triangle the metal is
drawn out and curved upward into
loop. from which chains or wiresepass
10 the trees at little distance
American Agriculturist
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
Imaaase LOO of Povsr

Prea C. IL. Benjamin, OF the Case
school OF applied science at, Cleveland,
O., has given detailed account of his
recent experiments in determining the
losseof power through friction in the
transmission by belts and shafting.
These were made in 1G different fac
tories. In a bridge material factory so
per cent. of the engines power was lost.
In planning mill the loss wSs 20 per
cent, and IN assewing machine factory
it was nearly 20 per cent. 1t was "a per
cent. in stamping mill, sGnd 65 per
cent. in a boiler and machine works.
The average loss for heavy machine
shops was a little over GO per cent, the
average for light machine work was
about 55 per cent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08

forehead, the neck. adj are eioleatl%
contracted. The effect is the mere as-
eentuated in that the energy OF the e.
tort has eengestea the face.
some would say, to see this hEape,
that. the ieaPer had suddenly felt gfsas
pain aud that he ives about TO burst
into tears
This photograph is interest
ing, as giving the eeatfaeted appear-
anee Of a ieapsf at the pseeise moment
Of the effort Of his leap.
sit is certain that ia this manner D
series OF effe@s tAaa wepid be at once
surprising and Instructive might be
ohtaiaed with the aid OF photography"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
THE MERRY-oo-RouND.
How the Boys and Girls Can MAX
One of Their Own.

How the Boys and Girls Can Make
One of Their Own.
Sometimes we see erry-go-rOund
or revolving swing for children. made
by simply pivoting a strong board on
a post. A better arrangement is that
shown in our illustration. It revolves
with greater ease and does not neces-
state the children sitting on opposite
ends to balance each other.
Let the board be at least Is feet long,
and at the center attach, by mortising.
a four-inch post eight feet long. which
is braced in an upright position by
means of wire or small iron chains
passing from near its top to point
well out toward either end of the board.
In the base of this post a one-inch
rod should be firmly set, and project
several inches below the board. This
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
SWELL cYcLINe sum.
one Ordered for New York Girl Is
ia Cost Sis.

One Ordered for New York ssfrf Es
to Cost $515-
The most expensive bicycle suit on
record has just been ordered at one OF
the SWEETEST tailors in New York
The girl who meets the bill is worth
million in her own right, is an athletic
beauty and reigning belle'in the ultra
smart set.
The suit which makes the bill is the
most elaborate ever designed in this
country. 1t is lined with silk, finished
with Jewels and will cost aslump sum of
S715.50.
Two Scott and Adie'' shawlS at SIS
apiece will be employed in making the
skirt and jacket, And, by the way,
these English shaSvfs are the very latest
thing for any sort of fancy outing suit
The skirt will be stitched half way
to the knees, with the lines of stitching
hot over sixteenth Of an inch apart,
this is the new device to stiffen the
to the weight
The edges of the jacket are also
stitched, and. together with the skirt,
it is deliberately braided, which latter
touch adds some SIS to the expense.
Bloomers and Innings of suit through
out will be of silk-not less than 10
yards of silk to be used. which gives an
other item of S22.50. With the boomers
have been ordered half dozen in
terlining of the finest lawn at $3.50 a
pair.
Loose jackets are no longer the cor
rect thing for the crack bicyclist.' The
newest waist is tight-fitting always
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08

deck, as if he were seven feet long;
but about that he frequently is, and
five feet about the girth and with six
or seven gallons of oil in his queer
body.
Birch barl<9 canoes are still use0 by
the Indians for this sport, and the way
they handle them in the wide, stormy
waters of the Bay of Fundy is a reeela-
ton as to the seaworthiness OF those
wonderful little >sraft. Boys must be-
gin their training as porpoise hunters
when they are 10 or IL years old, going
out with an older man i'm good wealth
or first. The Indians generally GO two
together, for, while shooting the per-
poise can be done easily by ole III
smooth water. it is not the shooting, But
the landing ofohim that is the ticklish
business. After he is shotGhe is Speafed
to finish him, and then the Indian runs
two fingers in the blow-hole, takes held
of his fin with the ether hand, lifts the
great fellow until at least half dis
length is above the canoes gunwaIe,
and then drdgs him aboard. Imagine
doing that in a birch bark cameo en-
rough winter sea. Yet a man alone in his
canoe under such conditions will @ften
ihPllSn the ledt, Gnu nOI 50 rdfei%
he will fail. and lose his life to boot.
The usual thing is for two to work to-
gcther, ana then accidents are cem-
paratively rare. A man has to stand up
to shoot, if the water is rough. Of
course he could not see his game if he
didn't. One of those Indians an stand
and shoot, and at the same time adapt
every movement to the swaying OF his
boat, keeping her on an even keel with
a success that is simply miraculous
There are many sharks in these wa
tiers. and there are perfectly authenti-
Gated stories of sharks cutting por-
poises in two just as the Indians were
hauling them aboard, but they don't
seem to mind the sharks at all, driving
them off with their long spears when
they are too encroaching, with perfect
GOODNESS. Q
PASSPORT, Me-, is the market where
the Indians sell most of their OIL
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.
MACHINE THAT aREATHEs.
and One That smItate. the CHEST

And One That Initiates the Chesf
Movements Df Man
Two curious instruments we're re-
tently placed on exhibition by theeNew
York academy of Sciences. They were
simple little mechanical contrivances
designed to show the aston of the lungs
and Of the1rib muscles when we breathe
By closely observing them any per-
son may learn in moment just how the
inside of the chest behaves VIXEN we in
hale deep breath. They were made By
Prof. John Z. Woodruff, OF the New
York Teachers college. QIpe af tb8se in
struments consisted of 9p asdiaaf%
lamp chimney over the bettan at which
was, stretched seft rgbBef shset. q pd
in the top of which was aasestefl rus-
Der stopper. TRf@@Rgh the center OF the
stopper was pfase otg5ass tahiag. On
tn end of the ts7sifa, inside af the lamp
chimney. was ESD a little tag made OF
what is known SIS gold bsGter's skin.
Ordinarily the 6ttle heg 81 skin in the
chimneyohanas l9RaH SD fsase 1iise col
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08

(This Outfit Represents an Outlay of s7l5. =
and worn with a series of vests and
shirt fronts.
1t sounds very simple just to say: st
shall order at least three vests for my
new bicycle suit doesn't it? Well,
that is what the "millionairess" in
question did, and these three vests are
going to cost $25 apiece. Che principal
color in her suit is green, SO she has or
dered one vest of sage green, one of
geranium red, embroidered in black and
gold, and one of white broadcloth, en-
broidered in silver. With these vests
she will wear snow-white linen shirt
fronts and black satin ties.
And S25 is not so very extravagant for
a vest, when you stop to consider that
the garment is made when the material
is syvet and has to be nodded to the
figure
\ Panama straw hat, fawn color and
trimmed with scarlet and green, will
add one SO item, and bicycle boots of
finest leather will add another of SIS.
Gelf stockings in mixed greens and
tans will be eyvorn in place of the high
top boot An entire box of these stock
ings has been ordered, as it is difficult
to match them exactly. Fifteen dollars
half dozen will buy she softest and
best in the shops.
But the browning extravaganza of
this particular hiking maid is yet to
come. Her belt of elephant green leath-
er is clasped with buckle of oxidized
silver set with emeralds. The buckle
is in the form of two bicycle wheels; the
rim of each wheel is bordered with
erald forming the hub. This trifing
decoration to adorn the SLENDER waist
of the pretty wheelwoInan will cost
treble the price Of her wheel; that is to
say, exactly S3oo.-N- Y. Sunday Jour
nal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
EDlsoN's LATEST IDEA.
Proposes wonderfuI Uaion ol
PhonO&raph and I.iPetoscOpe.

Proposes WonderruK UsiSn Ol
Photograph and f-ipetoscOpe.
Edison is said TO have remarked: Il
believe it will be possible TO present
grand opera on the stage of the Metro
politaT opera house il all the perfection
of its detail. with nothing more than
a big sheet, lot of monographs. and
big microscopic machine. / am not
going 10 give up until | am SUCCESS
full" he says, .and every experiment 1
make brin@s nae appree5ably nearer the
HlaRil-" WSSiies we h3Ves emily memory
ef the gfsas aetses ef the past, the
VeieeS aesiae ena gestures Of their sue
eesseTs msy De Sareserved te U.s. Sir.
Edison states that the R3Ae tsseene was
eaty Que step in the grsat se4aefae wbiisssh
BE hRs long held IN tadhst. He has for
years had nastny expefts v@skfng @ue
his plan. Tie great difi4sgfty 20 be
o. ere<aoaz was faae Isaetaifie character of
the tone Of the, ph0nugfufsIss ana the.
change Of it's ,iInkre TIA tna& Of The hA-
man voice. so that the n0l1Hiatiess OF
the Ain2ers and actors eassfd he easily
reproduced. Another trsuisle was she
synchronfzatio,, OF tAe fshonogra phs
with the isinetoseape reproduction Is
is mach custer in theory thaa 81 Pra@
flee.
4 stage is to oe cleared IN thea-
Ter. sheets 10 be placed at che back
aud sides Behind the saftains are \
number of phonog phs capable of uaesI-
sipIying sanIiti hundred times. one :oF
| each actor in the east. Euch Is Iaaded
with the. dialogue Of its particular
player. In the gallery is huge kislete-
scope, containing hnndreds OF yards Of
finn, upon which is The whole play.
actors. costumes aud scenery. The
orchestra plays softly. and out from
the wings steps an actress. Slowly ana
easily. The play rams to the end Of
| the first act. and the curtain falls te
! rise upon the second. FroIn che fila
as. o00 distinct photographs ct the rate
] OF - q second are thrown upon the
sheet, SO fast as to seem like one realis-
| tic scene. The photogra phs are worked
| by. electricity. connected on the sans
/ circuit that works the kinetescops. the
timing or persons voice and actions
] perfectly corresponding. A man in bis
[ owa house will be able te enjoy any pla 2
| by his favorits aetors.-Chicaeu inter
Ocean.