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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
THE DOUBLE EAGLE.
As 1t Appears I'm the Arms of Russia
and Austria Is OF Ancieat
Origin.

The eagle, as an emblem of authority,
Is so old that it would be impossible to
clearly trace its origin. 1t is found
upon the most ancient sculptures that
have yet been discovered. and was no
doubt one of the very oldest OF the
totems, or tribe signs. The early Per
sian empire appears to be the first
which adopted it as an imperial en-
blem- Among the Greeks the eagle was
the emblem of Joye. The Romans also
adopted the eagle as their standard,
and so it became the token of Roman do
minion. When Constantine became en-
peror he adopted the double-headed
eagle as the insignia of his authority
ever east and west. When the German
empire came into being in the twelfth
century this emblem was revived as be-
ing that of the Holy Roman empire, and
Rudolph of Hapsburg adopted it as his
imperial arms. 1t appeared the Rus
sian imperial arms in the sixteenth cen
fury, when Car Ivan Basiloyitch mar
ried Princess Sophia, niece Of the elev-
enth Constantine, and the last of the
Byzantine emperors-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
sIxTY-FIvE SNAKES
That Number of Young Ones Swat
lowed by a Thirty-Inch Moth
er WFigSler.

Prof. w. I'll. GAR, superintendent OF
the schools at New Lisbon, 4 small town
in Indiana, made a remarkable discov-
cry in natural history few days ago.
Prof. Gaar is a naturalist of recognized
standing and has many specimens of
rare animals and plants preserved in
his museum, but the specimen snake
just secured is the most interesting and
curious of all this collection, reports a
local exchange.
Prof. Gaar tells the story of his cap
ture and his statement is corroborated
by Frederick. Dryer and John Boyer,
farmers, who witnessed the capture.
Following is Prof. Gaar's story: THE
other day at my nursery killed slate
colored snake about so inches long, of
variety unknown to me. Near the
neck of the snake the skin was appar-
emily broken. and through this aper-
ture, which was a natural orifice, was
surprised to see a small snake wriggle
out, followed by four others. enlarged
the Orifice and discovered a duct or
canal extending the entire length of the
snake. In this duct were 60 more little
snakes, making in all 65 snakes that
were contained in the duct or canal.
The sun was shining hot and the little
fellows snapped and bit viciously, but
they all died in short time.
''The canal which contained the
snakes must have been the regular ali
mentary canal, as there was no other
canal or passage in the body to serve
the purposes of assimilation. This
| canal was full of little snakes it's entire
length, and each little wriggler was in
closed in an individual filmy sack
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
HONOR DUE TO CANADA.
The First Vessel to Cross the Ocean
by Steam Power Sailed
from Quebec.

An interesting but little known bit of
history in connection with early steam
navigation on the ocean was brought
to public attention in the recent address
of the venerable Kivas Tully on his
election to the presidency of the re-
Gently organized Engineers club Of To-
ronto, says the Engineering News.
This was to the effect that to the
province of Quebec belongs the credit
of having built the first steamship that
crossed the Atlantic from either side.
The steamship was called the Royal
William, commanded by Capt. McDou-
gall, and sailed from Quebec on August
5, 1888. arriving at Gravesend on Sep
TENDER II, having steamed the whole
distance.
This seems at first sight to contradict
the well-known claims to priority made
for the Savannah as the first steamship
to cross the Atlantic. The Savannah,
however, on her memorable voyage
from Savannah to Liverpool MAY 26,
1919, to June 20, 1919 used her engines
during IS days and progressed under
sail the remainder of the time, the pad
dlewheels being hoisted on board when
not in use.
The Royal William, therefore, APP
pears to have been the first vessel to
make the vayoge using steam for the
whole distance
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
PLEA FOR THE GOLDFISH.
Chief Cook Says This Fish Ia Not
Appreciated at Its Real
Worth.

IF Goldfish cost dollar pound"
said the chef, sit would be more univer-
sally beloved. 1 tell you, it is the best
dinner fish known. 1 have tried the
whitefish all over the world, but the
goldfish is king of them all and is rot
appreciated ct his real worth. Cook
him in any way you like and he is de-
icious. Even the dried Goldfish, picked
up and served in cream for breakfast,
is fine dish. Put him in bag, sew him
up tightly and let him boil, or bake
him carefully, well stuffed, and he is
delicious.
Let me tell you that when you make
fishcakes you should not drown out the
fish with potato. Put as little potato
or other substance in the cakes as posi-
bic, and, if you want them as fine as
they can be made, wrap them in blan-
ket of eggs and do not be sparing of
the egg. You can make tasty dish of
Goldfish cakes if you Will follow my adj
vice. Fish cakes are considered a very
democratic dish, of course, but my
patron, who pays me large salary, is
as democratic as he used to be in his
younger days. When he sends down to
me an order for fish cakes for the next
mornings breakfast he says he wants
Meschutt's fish cakes, with egg. That
is the order, and he is thinking of his
younger life, when, as he once told me,
in basement on Broadway he used to
get the finest butter cakes and fish
cakes he ever tasted, excepting yours.
chef he adds always. But 1 know
that dimes in those days were as thou
Ill L. L. L =
appetite was keener and more appre-
c;atiye''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
IDENTIFICATION OF JEwELRY.
jewelers. Have u Method of Number
Ing and Registering That Is
of Lasting Value.

In these days of frequent robberies it
is well to adopt some method of identi-
ccation more sure than that of simple
recognition of ones own jewels. 1t is
next to impossible to pick out ones own
ring from collection of 20. An expert
might do it, but few women can, says
the Chicago Times-Herald.
The best method is the jewelers.
method. Every piece of jewelry they
own is marked with an identification
number. It is scratched by the jeweler
as soon as it is bought, and entered on
his registry books with a full descrip-
ton of the setting and each stone. Ex-
anime your rings with a microscope
and the numbers viii be found.
Whenever an article of jewelry is re-
paired this number, with its repair reg
istry number, is entered on the repair
book wherever it is left. This is true of
all articles of iewelry, but is particu-
larly noticeable in the repair of
watches. Every time a watch is cleaned
its new number is scratched somewhere
on the inside of the case. One can never
deceive n jeweler as to the length of
time since the watch was last cleaned,
as he has it registered on his books.
If you cannot make out jeweiry de-
scriptive list yourself, your jeweler will
fill out the registry for you. Your
chances of recovery in case of robbery
are greatly increased.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
French Romance of To-Day.

People in England are constantly
complaining that French novels are not
what they were, says writer in the
Contemporary. And this is true; the
crop is slighter, and the quality has alb
ruptly varied. "Ye cannot gather
grapes of thistles." A few months ago
one of the first of French novelists told
me how impossible he found it to lose
himself in an imaginary world while
such ominous rumors fill the streets of
Paris. The intricate Chinese puzzle
of fashionable psychology seems. after
all, trivial thing compared to the tire.
mendous issues of reality. And if the
author feels this, judge of the senti-
ments of the reader! The effect OF the
affaire Dreyfus on literature has been
the sudden disappearance of the ro-
man-a-trois, the old provincial theme
of the married lady, her husband and
her lover. After a brilliant renais-
sance, after occupying almost the whole
area of fiction, this theme has subsidized.
and If people read and write novels still
to certain extent, these novels. or at
any rate, the best of them, have who'll
~ different motive, interest, and in
tent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
Missouri Woman Suggests That
When 1t Becomes a State 1t Shall
BE Called JehersOn.

Mrs. Robert II. True, of Clinton, Mo-,
writes to the ST. Louis Republic sug
costing that when the Indian territory
shall become state it be admitted to
the union under the name of Jefferson.
She says:
CT have made the suggestion to sew
eral prominent citizens of the terri
tory in my recent rip through that inn
portant section, and they view the pro-
posed name of Jefferson with enthu-
siasm. They think it would be accept
able to the entire territory thus to hon
or the memory of Thomas Jefferson,
under whose direction the Louisiana
purchase was made. Jefferson's name
is forever associated with the history
of the central state.
''Since the purchase of the original
territory of Louisiana in 1903, many
states have been formed, numbers of
which have been named for individuals
who have achieved greatness. No state
has been named in honor of Jefferson.
who opened and closed the negotiations
for the purchase. The only remaining
portion of the purchase in the union
is the part known as the Indian terri
tory. Progress will demand that a
state be formed of this territory
''The only opportunity of honoring
Jefferson by naming part of the orig
inal purchase for him is in naming In
dian territory Jefferson when it is
made q state"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
where i. Rains Forever.

You can expect shower at Panama,
says correspondent in the Chicago
Record, about three o'clock every aft
ernoon during the rainy season. The
rest of the day and evening after six
o'clock is delightful, and no one thinks
of carrying an umbrella, but at Colon
it rains all the time. and, according to
the old proverb, it never rains but it
pours. 1t is the real thing by the buck
etful. It seems as if the bottom had
dropped out of the sky. Colon and
Panama are Al miles apart. The rain
fall at Panama is about 90 inches annu-
ally. or about eight feet. The rainfall
at Colon is $50 inches annually, or about
Fl feet, and the people get it all in five
months. an average of four feet a
month precipitation, while in Arizona
they only have few inches. It takes
ali the rest of the year for the people
to get dry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
THIS CAT REFUSED TO DIE.
to University Professors
Denomination.

Students of one OF the big UNIVERSE
lies in this city have a cat that has
utterly refused to become q martyr TO
science Its history is another instance
Of the refining and elevating influence
Of science. says the Chicago Iimes-Her-
aid.
Prof. Blank asked j. p. Morgan, the
janitor to get cat for him. as he
wished to illustrate his lecture on Res
piration" by experiments upon the ami
NAL. Mr.. Morgan succeeded in getting
one with the aid of some small boys
When his students had assembled the
professor put the cat into the glass
receiver of the air pump and began to
pump out the air. Before the piston had
time to move more than once or twice
the cat began to feel very uncomfort-
able. and. discovering the aperture
through which the air was escaping. put
her foot on it and thus corked the pipe
and stopped the removal of the air.
Several subsequent attempts TO car
~ on the experiments were alike inef-
fectual, for as soon as the glass cover
was put over her and she felt the re-
moval of the air the cat would put her
feet over the pipe and keep them
pressed there.
The students, struck by the remark
able intelligence shown by the cat,
asked the professor to hberate the ami
NAL and loudly cheered her self-posses-
sion when the cat, after coolly clean
ing herself and smoothing her ruffied
fur, jumped down and rubbed against
the legs of the students sitting on the
front bench. She is now permanently
annexed to the college and an object of
interest to all visitors
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
NUDE TWENTY YEARS.
A Nful Penance Seif-Innfcted by q
Ute Indian Who Killed His
Mother.

81. P. Myton, United States Indian
agent at White Rocks. Utah, has
among the Ute Indians on his reserva-
ton a man who for 20 years has done
awful penance to atone for the acct
dental killing of his mother. but who,
in spite of what he has passed through,
thinks that he has not yet suffered suf-
ficiently for his transgression.
The killing was entirely accidental.
and the tribe held the Indian blame
less and did not punish him.. His con-
science, however. was his accuser, and
it held him up as a criminal
When his first burst of grief was
over he imposed harsh sentence upon
himself. He made q solemn VOW that
for the rest of his life he would not wear
clothing or enter house, tepee, or
other dwelling.
For more than 20 years the redskin
has kept his word. He sleeps in the
open air. with a piece of old blanket
about three feet square hung over him
on some sticks. He is entirely nude.
Mr.. Myton says the Indian lies on the
ground through the winter. even when
the thermometer goes as low as 10 de-
grees below zero.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
Permanently of Profession.

Col. Bell. the United States consul at
Sydney, recently appeared as witness
in the divorce court in that city on the
point whether a certain certificate
would be accepted in the American
courts as formal proof of marriage.
You are a lawyer, think, Col. Bell"
remarked the judge. well, no, SIR -
replied the colonel, with Mark Twain
like drawl; 81 was once, but have re-
formed When the laughter had sub
sided the bench settled the matter with
the dictum: ''Once a lawyer, always a
lawyer" The colonel then pronounced
the certificates valid from the legal
American standpoint
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
TO RECLAIM THE LAND.
Render Submerged California
Estates Profitable.

Application of the Dutch method of
diking has resulted in the reclamation
of about 10000 acres of low-lying
ground in the basin of the Sacramento
river, California, below the city of Sac
ramento, while work is in progress to
protect 10000 more acres from the in
cursions of the last Is or 16 years. About
the Sacramento bottoms and a less area
in the lowlands of the valley of the San
Joaquin. Attempts at diking made over
20 years ago failed because the sur
face soils and the peat used in con-
structing the dikes could not withstand
the wearing effect of the rivers current.
Much money was wasted and the dis
heartened workers abandoned the en-
terprise. The newcomers on the ground
dug deeper than their predecessors and
found a bed of potter's clay, which,
when heaped up in levees, is baked by
the sun to almost the consistency of
pottery. The accumulated water with
in the dikes is discharged into the river
by pumps. A system of irrigation of
the higher portion of the reclaimed
lands is provided, and the apparent con-
tradiction is presented of the draining
and the irrigation at one time of the
same body of land. For depth of two
feet the land is mat of decayed tule
stems, and, with control of the water,
the former swamps have been made the
most productive lands in the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
TO STOP BLEEDING.
Electricity Now Declared to Be the
Most EficaciOus Measure
Employed.

The arresting of bleeding in surgical
difficulties in certain cases, and the cleo
trio current has been used before this
with view to bringing about that con-
dition of heat which is necessary in or
der to cause the blood to clot and so
act as block to the mouth of bleeding
vessels, arresting hemorrhage.
This, indeed, has resulted in the utili-
cation of the electric cautery. as it is
called, in certain operations, the plat
even supplanting the knife, because it
burns through the tissues and at the
same time prevents the wound bleeding
to any great extent. This effect of
heat was, indeed, known to our ances-
tors, who used red-hot irons OF boiling
pitch to scar the surface of the flesh
after their operations, thus causing an
immense amount of suffering to the pa
tient, before the days of chloroform.
A new adaptation of this use of cleo
tricity for the purpose of stopping
bleeding has been devised by incloS-
ing platinum wire in a pair of forceps
or other instrument, the wire being in
sulated in bed of burnt pipe clay, and
as soon as the bleeding vessel is seized
by the forceps and compressed in the
ordinary way an electric current is
turned on, whose effect is so great that
the tissues and the walls of the blood
vessels are all agglutinated, so that the
blood is no longer able to pass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
WINE SPOILED BY AGE.
If Stored Away In Cellars
Too Long.

There is such thing as wine be-
ing too old" said a member of the board
of trade, reports the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. 81 had that illustrat
ed at my house the other day under
rather interesting circumstances. Back
in 1s4s Gen. John NJ. Lewis, who was
then sheriff and afterward mayor of
New Orleans, gave my uncle a basket
of four-year-old champagne. My uncle
afterward moved north, taking that
and other wines with him. and on his
death, in the early COS, the basket was
still intact. There had possibly been
some agreement about opening it at a
certain time, and, at any rate, the cham
payne remained in the family cellar I'M
touched and only last month my cousin,
now in New York, broke the lot and
sent me down four bottles. / was natu-
rally curious to know how the old wine
would look and taste, and a few days
ago, on the occasion of a little anniver-
sary at our house, I opened one of the
bottles. I had considerable difficulty
in removing the cork without breaking
it, but it finally gave way. There was
not vestige of pop and the wine ran
out perfectly dead and limpid. It was
pale amber in color and had a faint,
pleasant bouquet, but the imprisoned
gas that had once given it life and
sparkle was gone forever. 1t was inter
esting as a relic, but not fit to drink, and
some friends who are connoisseurs said
that it had evidently been deteriorating
since 1870. It's a great pity my north
ern relatives held it in too much venera.
ton to sample it about that time"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
RATTLEsNAKE EATER.
A Georgia Negro Who Captures and
Sells the Reptiles Sometimes
Makes n Meal of Them.

Moses Henderson is a sable son OF
Africa and lives two miles from Ameri-
Gus in rocky field where rattlesnakes
are most plentiful, says the Savannah
News. Moses makes living by cap
turing snakes and selling them. This
Is the truth, strange as it may seem.
One day lately he killed a large one
with IL rattles on it. This was a fat
snake and Moses ate it. The other day
he brought very large snake to the
city, trying to sell its hide. There were
% rattles on it. The snake was very
poor. and Moses said it would not do to
eat, and he stuffed its hide and sold it
for a good price. Every year Moses
makes a good deal of money selling
snake oil. He says right down the
pertebrae of a rattlesnake is a fatty
streak of flesh that makes an oil, when
fried, that will cure any case or rheu-
matism. 1t is strange to how many
people he sells this rheumatic snake oil.
He has long list of certificates from
people he has cured. Some of them are
from intelligent whites, who declare
that the oil has cured them when all
other remedies have failed. He sells a
vial of the oil for one dollar and guar
antees a lasting cure.
Moses says his father was an African
voodoo doctor and taught him how to
cure all aches and pains with snake
oil. The negroes of Sumter county ven
crate and fear him as mysterious doc
tor who can cure when all else fails,
and look upon his snake oil as some
THING enchanted
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
In Old Madrid.

A correspondent in the Frankfurter
Zeitung draws a lurid picture of the
interesting Generalization of Madrid
The present population includes. he
says, 10000 professional beggars, the
same number of abandoned women.
5000 thieves, and there are hundreds
OF gambling houses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
Why Moth. Fly into FLAMES.

Moths fly against a fame because
their eyes can bear only small amount
of light. When. therefore, they come
near flame their sight is overpowered
and their vision confused, and as they
cannot distinguish objects they pursue
the light itself and fly against the
fame.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
The Carp a wonder.

People marvel at the mechanism of
the human body, with its 1872 bones and
60 arteries. But man is simple in this
respect, compared with the carp. That
remarkable fish moves 40 fewer than
1883 bones and muscles every time it
breathes- It has 1920 veins, to say
nothing of its 90 muscles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
Charitable People

The Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without
a poor tax Spanish communities of &c.
900 self-supPorters feed a pauper popu-
Iation of 5000 or more
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
A Rarem Car.

Central Asian railroad managers try
to meet the desires of their public A
harem car with latticed windows has
been constructed for the emi- of Box
hara.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
HerrfrEa.

More behring's are eaten than any
other kind OF fish.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
Gloves for German Army omcer..

German army officers are ordered by
imperial decree to wear reddish-brosyD
do0skin gloves during the maneuyers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13
The st. JOhnsbury Band.

The band boys appeared in their new
uniforms Saturday evening and for the
benefit of the citizens marched from their
rooms on Main street to Prospect
avenue, then down Eastern avenue, up
Railroad street to Portland street, and
back to the band stand on Railroad
street where they gave concert.
The suits are very dark blue with
braid trimmings, and gilt epaulets are
to be added to them a little later. The
caps are the same color and have the
letters st. ]. B. in gilt on the vizor.
The measurements for the suits were
taken by our local tailor ]. c. Stevens,
and the work was done by the M. c.
Lilley Company of Columbus Ohio.
The drum major looked very imposing in
his uniform which is a very striking
combination of dark blue and white.
While these are decided change from
the old suits they are very modest and
extremely neat. In every way our band
is one Of which we are Justly proud and
the towns. people ought to contribute
literally to the expense to which they
have been to procure their uniforms.
The concert this week will be ON Main
street, Thursday evening.