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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLDS.

-Scalloped Codfish.-A1ix together
two teacups of mashed potatoes, II tea
cups of cold boiled Goldfish, p teacups
of milk. one half egg and one quarter
of a teacup of butter. bake a light
brown.
"A good way to warm over cold
boiled potatoes is to chop them-not
too fne-heat some butter in frying
pan and put the potatoes in. Just a
few minutes before taking them from
the fire stir in some well-beaten eggs.
Serve hot
You can make Grape look almost
new by holding it smoothly over a
basin of boiling water. Move it about
until every part is steamed. Fold it
up while damp. very evenly, and lay
between newspapers, under heavy
pressure for couple of days.
Pitchers of milk should never be
taken from the table, unless placed at
once in a refrigerator containing only
milk or cream and sweet butter. Rap-
cid butter will communicate its odor
and flavor to milk and cream.
If bushel of old corn returns
you about forty-nine pounds of meal
at one trip and forty-seven at another.
don't jump to the conclusion that the
miller has taken too much toll. Corn
that is new will waste by evaporation
nearly two pounds to the bushel more
than corn that is old and we'll dried
Orange County Farmer.
Sweet Potato Fluff-Boil until
tender six medium-siZed potatoes.
When done, remove the skins and press
the potatoes through colander, Add
gill of hot cream, tablespoonful of
salt and little white pepper. Beat
until very light, and then stir in care
fully the well-beaten whites of three
eggs. Heap in a baking dish, brown
and serve.
Cream Cake. One cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, whites of two eggs.
three and half cups of flour, one cup
of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of
soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar. For the cream: One pint of
sweet milk, sweetened to taste, yelks
of three eggs, thicken with flour to the
consistency of custard, flavor with
lemon. This amount makes two good
sized cakes.
Where ducks and geese are sent to
market requiring them drawn they
may be scalded; then wrap them in
cloth for two minutes, when the feath-
ers and down will come off clean.
Very early in the season small chicks
sell rapidly because of the scarcity of
larger sizes, but the usually preferred
weight is from one to one and a half
pounds, but later on those of two
pounds are preferred. In winter all
stock can be shipped better and more
economically when killed and dressed.
but in summer the best mode is to ship
poultry alive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
CARE OF FARM TEAMS.
Ten Hours Labor "A Fair Days Work 70
Man Beast.

Ten Hours Labor Fair Days Work for
Man Beast.
My theory is that horse. like man.
is not injured by reasonable labor;
that he should perform that labor
when the business of the farm demands
it, and. lastly. that the comfort of the
family shall not be sacrificed to pam
per any animal on the premises. So
much for theory; now for practice.
believe that ten hours of labor in
the field are enough for men or horses,
and even in harvest 1 and my men
leave the field at six. A five o'clock
supper and a rush of work in the ''cool
of the day" will do more to break
down men and teams than any other
practice of the farm.
During the working season I feed
from four to six quarts of oats, accord
ing to the size of the horse. and the
best hay have-all. he wants, if he is
not glutton. I aim to keep him in
good flesh, but not fat.
Here is programme of a day in
summer: Fed at 5:15 a. m. with oats
and hay; then groomed. Leave for
the field at 6:30, receiving water, of
course. Leave the field at 11:3O; al
lowed some drink and, if warm, the
harness is removed and the necks are
washed. The horses are then fed a
small allowance of hay, and after our
own dinner, or about 1890, they have
their oats. The teams leave for the
field at one, receiving water if desired.
and remain till six. On coming again
to the barn, the same care is given
as at noon, the grain being fed after
our own supper. when they are rubbed
off and left for the night. The morn
ing, noon and night feeds of hay are
in about the ioportion of two, one
and three respectively, and it is
intended that each shall be eaten clean.
1t will be seen that L keep horse
for his work, and work means with me
ten hours of labor. l never hurry or
worry, nor do 1 allow long stops. II
the weather is oppressive. or the work
very severe. give rests short and fire.
quent. taking care to raise the collars
from the necks. The article / criticised
said horse should work from sunrise
till noon; then no more till after four
o'clock. evidently seeking the "cool of
the day" Thus we lose the animals
labor in the most valuable part of the
day; besides the forenoon is too long,
and few horses could endure the work.
AS work teams, the horses endure the
afternoon fully rs we'll as the forenoon.
l will say. in defense of my system,
that it does not subject horse to great
physical strain; nor is there the cOnse-
quent danger arising from overlooking.
never lost horse, and mine are never
sick Often In winter, with little work,
change the diet to corn with corn
fodder or oat straw In brief, aim
to treat my horses well, give them all
they need to cat, comfortable quarters
and good carei but do not conduct
the farm for their benefit. nor dedicata
our lives to their pampering. *. DG
CessP0rt, in RurGI Ne0 Yorker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09

viction never uttered, yet aIl-powerful, that
for what she gave she must receive genuine
coin in return
Let the reader pause q moment before
tutoring his hastily formed opinion as to the
somewhat remarkable course adopted by
this equally remarkable young woman, and
allow the writer to repeat certain facts al
ready given
She had always been accustomed to hay
ing her own way. She had lived long
enough in her own country to realize the
false and mercenary spirit of most Of ne
men whose rank would allow them to aspire
TO her hand Something in her heart told
her that when she esteemed this Fairfax,
she was esteeming genuine man. But her
very rank and wealth, she thought, would
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
DREAMING.

Sweet memories OF the long ago
Steal DER me like q magic spell;
They check my spirits gladstone now,
And yet, love them, ali! SO well;
live again those bygone years
Which now lie sleeping in the tomb,
Each in its shroud of smiles and tears,
OF brightest light and deepest gloom
] love to dream OF that far-on time,
When all the links in friendships chain
Were true and strong, and in their prime,
Where naught but fragments now remain;
For many links long since have persisted,
Some lost, some scattered, some remain,
While few have furnished which we cherished.
In friendships magic golden chain.
love the past, though fraught with pain,
As well as Joy, and hopes hcd fears,
Yet, would not bring back again
Those precious, cherished, bygone years;
Tor sorrows past possess charm,
And pleasures double seem to be,
And even fears bring no alarm
When floating back through memory.
Then let me dream fond dreams of yore,
or years which can not come again,
OF Joys and griefs to come no more,
OF broken links in friendships chain;
All blend in one harmonious strain,
Which echoes through my inmost heart,
It brings kind OF blissful pain,
would 'twouid never more depart.
-ErangeIine B. blanchard, in Troy Telegram.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
THE AGE OF TREES.
A New York FOrester's Talk on an Into
estinR Subject.

A Now York FOrester's Talk on an Inter
esting Subject.
"a fine tres, that?'
ayes, but 1t Is rather young"
'Rather young? Why, it is over three
hundred years old.''
..That may be-" returned the second
speaker, who combines with his profession
of architecture profound knowledge Of
forestry, ''but that is not very old for q
tree"
Perhaps not for Europe or Asia, but
recollect this is new country" observed
the reporter, who had accompanied him to
Central Park, where a handsome oak tree
attracted their attentions
''How cid do You think that obelisk isf''
inquired the architect.
"a little over three thousand years"
'.Wen, what would you say if told you
that in one of the. younger States of the
Union had sat under tree that was full
grown and vigorous when the Egyptians
were telling on that shaftF'
81 presume should have to believe you"
s'As you please about that. But have
Clipped bark oft a pine tree in Calaveras
County, Cal, that spread shade over many
square feet of ground before those pothooks
were carved on the side of that column.
This tree that speak of is supposed to be
the Oldest tree in the world. Its age is esti-
mated at three thousand five hundred years.
The climate of the Pacific slope seems to be
wonderfully preservative for trees Of its
kind"
'Could tree ever live that long in this
climate!"
81 doubt it. No tree certainly ever has.
But when you speak of this being new
country, bear in mind that all countries
were made about the same time and that
trees were not made by men ~. 7. Nail
aud cypress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09

mono may find yoai But / am here's I,
Lydia, who neser fail to carry out my WIFI
For the space Of day or two. after hor
arrival, Lydia went through with the usual
doings of strangers at Bar Harbor.
OF course, she and her aunt travelled with
a courier This man had not been idle, DUR
ing his short stay. According to Lydia's
instructions, he had managed to secure q
glimpse Of both Miss Rochefort and Mr..
Fox. The former he instantly recognized
as the Princess Natalie; the latter as the
gentleman he had frequently seen with
Mr.. Dick Oxford in the little Brittany vii
lage.
He conveyed the result of his invee.iga-
tons to Lydia, who now became assured
that she was not about to attack the wrong
persons.
Her mind was resolved and, the next
morning, she informed Miss Gulnare OF this
resolution She proposed ''bearding the
lion in his denim other words, calling
upon Miss Rochefort and, If Miss Gulnare
would be kind enough to lend her a village
cart for the occasion, 1t would constitute
her complete equipment for the onslaught"
OF course, Miss Gulnare would only be
TOO glad TO lend her the vehicle, but would
not Lady Lydia prefer going in the ba-
rouchei
No, she wished to go quietly and alone in
the village-cart. So, OF she started, the
daring Lady Lydia, that closely-shut mouth
and flashing eye plainly showing that she
meant business"
The fates often guide US directly into luck
and cause us to profit by our very blunders.
Glen Gore-where Lydia intended first
calling-and Eld-Field were adjoining, and
she made the very common mistake of TAX
ing the one for the other. She entered into
the grounds of the latter just at the denotse-
s'sent of the scene between Natalie and Fair
fax.
When she drove up before the door the gar
dener was taking up some Of the summer
plants, near by. She asked him to ring the
bell. He did so, and thereby altered the
fate Of Fairfax. He had recalled Natalie to
her senses, and sent her flying upstairs to
her room, while he had also precluded any
turning book upon the part of Fairfax
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
CHAPTER XM.-CoNr1NuED.

Copyrighted. 1887. by O. ". Dillingham; III
Rights ReSerced.l
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale Of Love
and Adventure.
By AMOS LEE.

PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE AUTHOR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09

ron do not know. IL was ] who found and
returned your lost knife. ], too, am the
guilty author and executor of the abduc-
ton. You know how well have succeeded.
Can you deny that you feel an interest IN
mel VIII you say that am nothing to you!
have never loved you more than do now.
have never felt your worthiness and my
own unworthiness, villainy and hypocrisy
more than do now-my wickedness In I'M
posing upon the confidence and innocence OF
one SO far above me in purity and nobleness
Of life You know what am / make no
excuse, no apology. Ny offense is too gross
even to allow of an apology. All say Is:
loved you and knew well that no plebeian
could dream of winning your affections;
much less, your hand. On the eve of my
departure to America, this plan suggested
itself to me, hung about me like night
mare, until, unable to rid myself OF 1t,
yielded, with this result
But" continued he, You, yourself, must
acknowledge that you have been treated
kindly; that your time has passed pleasant
ly and that YOU never were happier. How
ever, am no cruel jailer and viii prove my
love by giving up all my hopes forever
since that is your wish Tomorrow you
shall go. You may blame me, but never as
severely as shall myself. / leave you and
shall trouble you no more.''
So saying, before she could prevent him,
ne quickly look ner nanQ In MS anu, penang
forward, touched it lightly to his lips.
Slight as it was, the act sent the blood
tingling through Natalie's veins. No man
had ever taken, or ever dared to take,
even that respectful and gallant liberty
with her person.
While Fairfax had been talking with her,
his face lost its expression of shame and,
gradually, assumed a look of dignity with
which was intermingled that refined, sor-
rowful look that had attracted her atten-
ton, when she first saw him-a weary, yet
calm resignation to fate; sublime endur
ance. His frankness and every thing about
him was, for the nonce, at least, all spon-
taneitv itself, and, therefore doubly effect
i've.
The girl could not but listen and look. As
he proceeded, her anger began to grow cool
and her hasty resolves to melt. She felt,
yelling up in her breast, the strong love for
this man that, unknown to herself, had
been silently but rapidly growing up within
her.
When he released her hand, and with a
low bow and barely audible, "Addio!''
walked away, she would have been weak
enough to run after him or to call him back,
had not sharp ring from the door-bell pre-
vented her putting the wish into execution.
Speedily retreating up the stairway, she
told Blanche to say to the visitor that Miss
Rochefort was unwen and begged to be ex-
cused.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
Is YEARS AGO.

For Is years have intended writing you
], got my back hurt when about 10 years
old. When about 20 took severe cold In
my back, so that for 10 or - years suffered
death twice over, after almost giving up ]
was induced to try Merrel's Penetrating
Oil. Ny wife applied it to my back freely
and half a bottle cured me, and now 1s
years have passed and my back still re-
mains good. / have recommended Mer-
relPs Penetrating Oil to all like sufferers
since. As long as live I cannot say
enough for it. FELIX MILLER,
To Merchant, Hico, Ark.
j. s. MERRELL DRUG Co., st. Louis, No.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
Sa,mad stu Larger.

"So you are home from New YorkP'
aYesn
eBeen there oftenl'
sSThis was the tenth time"
'iDid the city look as large as when you
first went therel'
"Much larger"
''It didl That's just the opposite of my ex-
perience. After the third or fourth time
was not at all impressed with its SIZE"
well, stood on Broadway at Canal
street and looked around me, and it seemed
to me that never could get out OF the city"
ssShoo! That was q queer impression"
''WeI, dunno. I Just had my pocket
picked of nv last dollar. Didn't know =
soul TO borrow from, and the hotel clerk
was making out my three days bill YeA
the city seemed to be forty miles across q
me.-DSt-sit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
CHAPTER XIII

WITH ALL HIS FAULTS, LOVE Hin STILL
Lydia SGT IL her village-cart, ceol. calm
and collected, Nth the reins in one hand
and the whip in the other, the ideal picture
Of q woman who has the entire advantage
on her side-and feels it, too
The door opened. A man, with bowed
head and hap1s folded behind him, came
out.
The gardener still stood by the door. The
gentleman did not seem to notice him.
Even the imperturbable Lydia could not
frain from starting as she saw the new
conner. The Fairfax whom she remembered
wore a full beard and mustache. This
mans face was as smooth as boys. If he
We're Arthur Fairfax, his entire expression
had changed. His dearest friend would
never have known him. No wonder Lydia
was doubtful.
She looked again. She could not be mis-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09

Sold BY Druggist and Dealers Everywhere.
THE CHARLES A. voeELER CO.. Baltimore. Nd.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09

taken. There was that unmistakeable fore
head that same scowl of sad thought.
AS he stepped down from the porch, .
voice, clear-cut, hard, metallic az his own,
when he chose it to be so, fell upen his ear.
'Mr. Fairfax, believe?"
The man looked up, startled.
Not ten feet from hun sat Lydia look Of
keen, cool triumph on her fac Lydia
whom he had completely forgotten, or sup
posed two thousand miles away
''Great Heavensi Lady Lydia, you herei
What do you want Of met"
fro BE CONTINUED.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-09
LUM q AGO.

LUM BAGO.
Carriage.-Why so many deviate from q
graceful carriage may be accounted for in az
many ways Us there are misshapen beings.
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS.
Lame Back.-The spinal column is the main
stay of the body. which stiffens up the
straight man or woman, and nature has
provided muscular supports to hold it erect.
TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE
Dlstortions.-Men and women recklessly
twist themselves out of shape, and the NJ
suit is the few standing straight and the
many bending down.
SYMPTOMS.
Pains.-Those which affiict the back are the
most insidious or subtitle. They come at
times without warning; We rise from sit
ting posture to find the back so crippled OF
strained as to cause acute suffering.
TREATMENT.
Cure.-Rub the parts afflicted freely with
ST. JACOBS OIL; rub hard and vigorously.s
producing warmth. and if the pain is slow
in yielding, wrap the parts in flannel STEPPED
in hot water and wrung out.
Sold By Druggists and Dealers Everywhere.
The CHARLES A. voeELER CO.. Baltimore. Nd.
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
SHOCKING CALAMITY.
Eighteen Men Killed and Large Number
Injured by a Boiler Explosion During u
Fire at Necnah, Wisconsin.

Fire st Neenah, Wisconsin.
NHENAH Wis, Aug. 23-At 1880
O'Clock last evening the large paper mill
owned by George Whiting. situated on
the island between this city and Menasha,
was destroyed by fire. While the burn
ing structure was surrounded by crowd
of spectators, the battery of boilers ex-
ploded. The roof and the walls were
thrown outward, sending shower Of
bricks and timbers among the spectators.
Eighteen persons were killed, seven
fatally injured and number less serious
ly hurt several Of whom will die. The
mill was three story structure built four
years ago at a cost Of 800, 900, and was
operated day and night. When the flames
broke out about fifty men were In the
building. The fire alarm brought several
hundred people to the spot and they
crowded as close to the burning building
as the intense heat would permit.
About 80 a. M. while the building
was mass Of fame, the explosion oc-
Cured without warning. The roof of the
building was thrown upward and out
ward, {. the walls OF brick crumbled
and crashed into the street. and
In an instant scores of men
were buried by the heavy debris.
There was moment of silence, and then
cry of horror went up from the multi
tude. The first strong impulse to fly
from possible further danger was soon
overcome. and hundreds began the work
Of recovering the bodies of the dead and
rescuing and caring for the injured.
Body after body was found, crushed and
mangled by ,the great timbers and ma
sonry almost beyond recognition, aud
then removed to the City Hall. The in
jured were carried to neighboring resi-
dences or to their homes "a soon as their
identity could be established.
The dead are as follows: John Moore,
Joseph Bridges, VIM. Gueltz. Thomas
Dourgais, Frank Shelter, Gil bert Mericle,
Frank Mandover, Frank Muncimer, Chris
Laighouser, John l.. Eichowzer, John
Hoffman, Lewis Roesch, Joe Bul, John
Elke, Thomas letters, - Shoewelsji,
Sylvester Jeijhous and an unknown man.
Fatally injured: Albert Hoechm er,
Benz. Grouse, Jos. Schmitge, Joe Smith,
John Suller, = Tingle, - Soeltz. The
loss on building is 500, insurance,
$4,000.
All that were killed aud injured we're
spectators who were standing east of the
mill. Those killed were struck by the
rotary, and those injured were hit by
bricks and missiles. 1t is said the fire.
man of the mill attended an excursion
during the day. and at night fell asleep,
and when he awoke he found the mill in
flames. All of the killed and injured are
poor hard-working people, and nearly oil
the families are left destitute. The mayor
has appointed a committee TO solicit aid
for those injur ed and for the families OF
the killed.
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
A MISSING PACK AGE.

A Registered Mail Package Containing 3
Ten Thousand Dollars Mysteriously
Missing.
NEW York, Aug. 23.-It has come to
light that registered package contain.
ing $4,000 has been stolen from the regis.
tered mail pouch which reached the New
York Post-office on last Friday night
from Portland, Ore. The package
was addressed TO the Chemical Ma.
tional Bank Of New York, and was
mailed by the Portland correspondent
of the bank. The post office people hero
are very reticent concerning the missing
package, but 1t is believed that no trace
of 1t has yet been discovered A singular
fact in connection with this theft is that
package from Portland addressed to this
same bank and also containing $4,000
was stolen from the mails about one year
ago. In that instance New Y FORK postal
clerk was dicovered to have been the
thief and was sentenced to term OF I'm.
prisonm ent therefor.
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
A Reliable Remedy.

ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTERs never fail
to give speedy proof Of their efficacy as the
best external remedy for Weak Back,
rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds,
Coughs, Sore Throat Pulmonary and Kid
ney Difficulties, Malaria, Dyspepsia, Heart.
Spleen, Liver and Stomach Affections,
Strains and all Local Pains.
They have been in use for over thirty
years, and their value has been attestcd by
the highest medical authorities as well as
by voluntary and unimpeachable testi-
monials from thousands who have used
them.
Ask for ALLcocK's, and let no explana-
tion or solicitation induce you to accept q
substitute.
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
Drowned in the Conemaugh.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 23.-Yesterday
morning Rev. Il. B. Comings, pastor
of the Squirrel Hill Presbyterian Church.
and Edward C. Orth, civil engineer OF
this city, were drowned in the Conemaugh
at Sheridan, Pa. They set out In can
vas canoe from Johnstown to paddle
down the stream and so on into the
Allegheny to Pittsburgh. The storm had
swollen the stream, aud the voyage re-
after going about two miles, were
swamped ct Sheridan, and both were
drowned. The bodies have not yet boon
found,
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01

NorHns wins love like unsslhsh thought
fuinsss for others. He who thinks nothing
Of himself In his Intercourse with his fell
lows, Is surest 10 make his fellows think
Of him with gratitude, when they are with
him, and when they are away from him.
There 10 no way Of winning q place in tho
hearts Of all like losing all thought of ones
self or Of ones claim on the love Of any.
5. s. 1Ymea
The Osceola times., 1888-09-01

Experience, with unerring finger, indi-
Gates the remedies which man should use.
The enlightened rely upon her, the ignorant
and credulous abjure her guidance, and are
misled by charlatanism and bombast For
mauy years Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has been achieving victories over disease,
which are record ed in testimony from thou.
sands OF the debilitated, nervous, dyspeptic,
bilious and malaria prosecuted. -