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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
AFRtCAN CHIRoMeos.
Creatures That Lnok Exactly Like Dried
Yellow Grass Stalks.

Creatures That Look Exactly Like Dried
Yellow GrAs< Stalks.
My introduction to them occurred on
the borders of Lake Shirwa-one of the
smaller and less known of the great
African lakes-and 1 shall record the
incident exactly as / find it in my notes.
stopped one day among some tall. dry
grass TO mark a reading of the aneroid,
when one of my men suddenly shouted:
"Chiromboi'' ..Chirombo' means
an inedible beast of any kind.
and / turned around to see where the
straight ut myself. l could see moth
ing. but he approached. and pointing
to wisp of hay which had fallen upon
my coat repeated: -'Chirombo. Be
lieving it must he some insect among
the hay. / took it in my fingers. looked
over it. and told him pointedly there
was no ''Chirombo" there. He smiled.
and. pointing again to the hay, ex-
claimed, '.Moiot' '.It's alive" The
hay itself was the Chirombo. do not
exaggerate when / say that that wisp
of hay WAS no more like an insect than
my aneroid barometer. had mentally
resolved never to be taken in by any OF
these mimetic frauds; was incredulous
enough to suspect that the descriptions
of Wallace and others where some
what highly colored; but confess to
have been completely stultified and
beaten by the very first mimetic form
l met. 1t was one of that very re-
markablc family, the PhasmidR. but
surely nowhere else in nature could
there be such another creature. Take
two inches of dried yellow grass stalk.
such as one might pluck to run through
the stem of pipe; then take six other
pieces nearly rs long and quarter rs
thick; bend each in the middle at any
angle you like, stick them in three OPP
posite pairs, and again at any angle
you like. upon the first grass stalk. and
you have my Chirombo. When you
catch him, his limbs are twisted about
at every angle as if the whole were
made of one long stalk of the most
delicate grass. hinged in dozen
places. and then gently crushed up
into disheveled heap. Having once
assumed position. by n wonderful in
stinct, he never moves, or varies one
of his many angles bS half n degree.
The way this instinct keeps up the de-
fusion is indeed almost as wonderful
as the mimicry itself; you may turn
him about. and over and over, but he
is mere dried grass. and nothing will
induce him to acknowledge the animal
kingdom by the faintest suspicion of
spontaneous movement All members
of this family have this power of sham
ming death; but how such emaciated
and juiceless skeletons should ever
presume to be alive is the real mys-
terry. These Phasmide look more like
ghosts than living creatures, and so
slim are they that. in trying to kill
them for the collecting box, the strong
est squeeze between finger and thumb
makes no more impression upon them
than it would upon fine steel wire, and
one has to half guillotine them against
some hard substance before any little
life they have is sacrificed to science
Good Words.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
DiSHORNING a BULL.

An Operation Which Transformed n Vic
Ions Into "a Harmless Animal
1 have seen various articles on the
dishorninR of Jersey bulls on account
of their vicious prOpensities. In 1881
my husband bought n fine registered
animal of that breed, and we kept him
near town on place divided into pas
lures. exchanging him with n herd OF
COWS from time to time as it became
necessary, from one to another. He
was for year or two brought home
every night with the mich cows, and
returned to the pasture next morning,
until he became thoroughly acclimated;
then we began TO leave him with the
dry cattle for week at time without
having him brought to the house. He
became very unruly and hooked so
viciously that we were obliged to ring
his nose. This cowed him for some
time, but he had now become fully
grown, and my husband, finding that
he was getting to be unmanageable,
had him driven up one night with the
mich COWS and had him fastened by
the ring to the stall. Next morning
he, with three or four men, threw
him down. tied and held him
securely until he was placed under
the influence of chloroform. and with a
hand-saw DR.. Foster sawed off both
horns. He was powerful fellow. but
by the use of the chloroform was so
stupefied as to be harmless until the
operation was finished. after which he
was shut in the stall and left.
This removal of horns has cowed him
wonderfully and does not injure his
looks. He is now eight years old, but
has never injured any one. Our boys.
ten to twelve years old. can manage
him; if he sees them pick up stones or
stick. he will retreat At night he is
just one fence from my garden, but he
has never been in it.
On the same morning DR.. Foster dis
horned six milch cows. 1t did not in
jure them. but for a few days we did
not use the milk, as they had slight
fever. / do not know, but think that
herd dishorned would in several
generations produce mooLeyS. l find
that it is an advantage To have them
dishorned as they do not then hook or
injure each other Country Cen
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
EARMI AND HOUSEHOLD.


If the boiled potatoes are done q
little too soon Jay towel over the
kettle or dish. but do not put tight
cover over them.
Furnish the bees on bright, warm
days in early spring rye meal as n sub
stitute for pollen. Place it in shallow
vessels near the apiarF. i.
The practice of softening food for
children is decried by dentists. lit is
mt the bottom of many a set of bad
grinders" one scientist declares.
Sweet corn will not grow well till
the weather is warm. Choose a warm
soil and exposure, and plant late
enough to avoid the risk of ,rotting.
TO clean black silk, sponge on both
sides with weak ammonia water. then
roll up on roller and leave until
thoroughly dry. Win come out very
nicely and repay the trouble.
Ham Croquettes. cup of ham.
two cups of potatoes. one cup of bread
crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter and
one egg. Make in balls. roll in bread
crumbs and fry in hot lard.
Preserve Tarts. very thin
lay jam or jelly over the paste; wet
the edges with white of an egg, and
close them; lay on n baking sheet. ice
and bake fifteen minutes 49,!
Pineapple frltters. make a delicious
dessert, and can be made either of
fresh or canned fruit. Peel the pine
apple. taking care to remove all the
eyes; cut in slices and remove the core;
dip in butter and fry delicate brown.
They may be eaten with a sauce made
Of sugar boiled to strip and favored
to taste.
"A correspondent of the Rural NeS
Yorker suggests that good way to
SOW large field with oats is to go
around, instead of crossing back ana
forth. keeping the geared wheel OF tho
seeder on the outside, SO it will SOW IA
turning the corners. Then. when you
come to harvesting, go around the
same way; then your last sowing will
be cut last.
Baked Cheese.-Take one and q
half cups of finely chopped or grated
cheese. add half a cup of bread
crumbs. one cup full of milk. one egg
beaten light little red pepper and
salt to taste. Put in buttered dish
and bake fifteen minutes in n quick
oven. This is good way TO use. the
last of piece of cheese when it be-
comes tOo dry to be nice alone.
"A number of experiments made al
the Missouri Agricultural College farm
showed that on n moist dirt road il re-
quired force equal TO 4S7 pounds TO
move a load of 2. 665 pounds, or 81 per
cent. more than was needed to move
the same load over a gravel road hav-
ing Il grade of one foot in twenty-eight;
and that on a level gravel or macadam-
lied road the force needed was only
One-fourth as much as that needed on
the dirt road. On a plank floor the
force needed was but one-seventh as
much as that required on the dirt road.
This made no allowance for the energy
wasted by the horse in pulling its feet
from the mud or lifting them over the
little elevations which are always to DO
found i'll muddy roads.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
COMMENT AND CRITICISM.

in an aguish State like Indiana
it is not an unusual thing for a man to
get the shakc.-W. @. Gresham. -
MIR. Sherman is nearing the top
of Pisgah and catching another glimpse
man as Moses had similar experience.
yet never got there. 70,
Judge Gresham has many active
friends. but his name is not a magnet
ic one with which TO rally that great
multitude of political what-are-we-
here-fors that control the action of his
party Chicago Herald.
Senator Spooner shakes the
bloody shirt in the Senate. while Judge
Kelley pleads for free whisky in the
House. After next Novemb Der we will
hear and see less of these twin relics OF
Republicanism.- Louis Republican.
1t is in this year 1888 that John
Sherman and his followers of Ohio pro-
pose their keynote of sectionalism
conspicuous lack of those qualities
which constitu progressive leader
ship. -SpringJfeld Republican.
Swift, venomous to the last, did
die as he predicted, like rat in his
hole" Ingalls, seems axious to initiate
him, and he will succeed much easier
than in convincing any considerable
number of Amerscans that Hancock
and Mcclellan were allies of the Con-
feder;ley. Chicago Times.
1t is folly for Republicans to shut
their eyes to the true meaning of the
mugwump revolt in 1884 1t repre-
scented II sentiment demanding per-
sonal uprightness and trustwor thiness
in candidates. which is alive to-day,
and politicians are blind if they ignore
it. Chicago Nea0s (Msq.).
The Democrats are willing in
Difference to the Republican Senate to
admit Dakota as whole and thus
give the railroads and the trusts two
more Senators, but are not willing to
divide the Territory so as to give them
four more. They have too much
power in the Senate already. st.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Republicans needn't worry
! themselves about the Presidents
shocking Inconsistency. The Pres
ident has merely said that he regrette
the absence of law limiting Pres
! ident to a single term. He can not
make such law. and while none ex-
lists he has no right to resist a popular
demand for his continuance in the
Presidency Chicago Herald.
Rhode Island has been famous,
or infamous, for bribery in elections
for many years. But it is new thing.
and really interesting. to have the
only influential Republican paper in
the State bringing the guilt of bribery
home to the doors of the bribers and
making some of the most influential
citizens of Rhode Island appear 10
honest men as persons out of place
so long as they are outside of the
penltentiary Washington Post.
The Republican plan about
Southern elections is very simple. 1t
is this: 1. Attempt to induce the
voters of State to abandon their
principles by appeals to their selfish
interests. 2. When the State refuses
to be bribed, adheres to its principles
and stands by those who have pro.
NOTED self-government against carpet
bag plunderers, to complain of the
result as treason to the principles Of
liberty and of the subversion of the
| rights of large class of citizens by
means that every civilized man must
look on with Indignation and horror"
NJ Y. Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
FLOWERS ON FARMS.
How Poultry and Garden Can be Made to
Go Together.


When riding about the country,
have often noticed the lack of flowers
and shrubbery on the premises of a
large number of poultry keepers.
You can't keep heSs and have gar
den." or you can't have garden and
keep hens" are such common express
sions that one is almost forced to be-
lieve the statements true. There are
many people who do not keep poultry
because they wish to raise flowers. and
there are many poultry fanciers who
do not cultivate Il garden for reason CT
the fowls Yet, the TWO things may
go together, as l have found from ex-
perience.
First prepare good seed bed; one
three or four feet square will secure
plants enough to set out quite garden.
Inclose this with a strip of wire net
ting, and when the plants are large
enough to be removed, select a piece
of Swaziland, and with a garden
trowel dig holes large enough round to
contain the plants. but considerably
deeper. Then replace the old soil
with rich earth or compost, packing it
firmly about. the roots of the plants.
The old soil should be carried off and
the ground around the plants top
dressed with fresh manure from the
henroost, as this will lessen the chance
of their being scratched up by the
fowls before they can become estab-
lished. The different varieties, if
grouped by themselves. will produce a
pleasing effect; but however arranged
they can hardly fail to give great sat
isfaction. 1t would be best to keep the
grass cropped, at least till the plants
become well established.
There are many varieties adapted to
this kind of treatment, and from my
experience would recommend the fol-
lowing as some of the best: Perennials
-Digitalis (Foxglove). perennial peas.
| perennial phlox, columbine. dolphin
ium. (cockspur) biennials-Hollyhock.
sweet clover. lunaria honestly. Can
terbury bell. The above may remain
in the seed bed till early autumn be-
fore transplanting. OF the ANIMALS the
zinnia. balsam. marigold. cockscomb.
annual chrysanthemum, ragged sailor
and sunfiower will all withstand con
siderable hard treatment, but the lat
ter should be sown where they are to
flower. The zinnia should be once OIL
twice transplanted before setting where
! it Is to remain. OF roots and bulbs
would recommend the dahlias, gladioli.
lilies, tulips. narcissi. irises and can
mas. Then by adding hardy shrubs il
would seem that one might have al
that need be desired for a flower gar.
| den.-W c. Jennison, tn Farm ana
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
no law EoR HIM.
| Uncle Stephen Encountere Two
Lights Ignorant OF Justice.
Legal

Lights Ignorant OF Justice.
'sCome in, uncle" 81 n
The lawyer had caught sight of an
old negro at the door.
Il aia't yo' uncle. but I'll come in.
Time white folks dun stopped eallin,
ever cullud generman err uncle
thought de cibil rights law gwine stop
dat. but is doan pear like hit did. My
name is Steben Wheeler. sah."
'.All right. Mr.. Wheeler; glad to
see you. Sit down. What can do
for you ?"
The old fellow sat down. and after
CHANGING at an array of law books.
said
Pear ter hab a good deal o. law on
ham yere."
yes. n good deal of it.
81 went inter er lawyers Office down
street yander. but he didn' pear ter
hab ernuff books ter suit me. SEE L.
dis amt no place fur me- Amt ernuff
law yere. Is you got any law fur me
yere. sab ?''
What sort of law do you want ?''
'.De law % jestice, sab. OATS w'ul
I'm after"
well. 1 think SO. What is your
case Pr 4r
Wants ter sue er lady. sab. fur
whut da calls er brich o'promise. -
IF your case is well founded. I'll
take it Such cases. however.are rather
risky. VINO is the woman?" .I
''She's my wife at de present, sahP''
''What. sue your wife for breach OF
promiseP never heard of such a
thing
''Den mebbe you ai4't got no law
fur me. But, sab. de Ease is ez cl' ar
ez daylight. 1t WIZ dis way: l sorter
took or likin' ter er lady name Merry
BOwles. She want good lookin', but
she 'peared ter be or good pusson, an.
mon dat. she said she had money.
Wen we 'gunter talk bout gittin'
.maird tole her. did. dat wuz too
po'. but she lowed dat she had three
hunnud dollars saved mp. an dat after
we wuZ maird l mout hab hit. / tuck
her ut her word, did, but after we
wuz maird an axed her WAR dat
money. she didn' fetch it. She had
dun promised. you see. an now eff she
amt in er brich o promise. l neber
seed nobody dat wuz. Any law up dar
in dem books fur dis case?"
No
'Ain't even dis muchP" (measuring
on his tinger)
No"
''Den leabes you alone in yo' ig-
nunce o. jesticc. Good mawnin'
sab. "-ArkGnsnU Traveller
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24

The list might be extended. but
enough are given to furnish food for
thought. If this heavy burden were
necessary to support the Government
no patriotic citizen would object to the
tax thus imposed. but the truth is it is
not necessary. BY the maintenance of
this tariff money IS being drawn from
the people that is not needed and can
not be used. The injustice of such Il
system is too evident to need discus
sion, and the suggestion that the in
Justice be done away with and the taxes
reduced to the actual needs of the
Government is the cause of all the
Rowling about free trade and dangers
to American industries. There is still II
greater injustice in that the tariff does
not bear equally upon the people. The
Democratic policy is to readjust the
tariff so that the burden may fall upon
the luxuries of life and not upon the
necessities. and the idea is equally alb
hOrrent to the protectiOnists. Shall
the tariff be reformed and taxation re-
-duced to the necessities of the Govern
ment. honestly and economically adj
ministered, is all the tariff issue there
, is before the country to-day. This is
to be the issue in the next campaign.
We ask every man to consider it fairly
and to read for himself = Man chester
an H. Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24

Chicago Clerk Ito employer)-"I
shall have to ask for an increase of
salary, Mr.. Hamfat-" Employer =
''Why. 1 raised your salary six weeks
ago. James, on your getting married. ;:
Chicago Clerk - al know it. sir, but
now I've got to go to the expense of a
divorce. Employer-''Oh. well. say
81 week more"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24

This beefsteak. 'said IL boarder al
a second-class hotel in the mountains,
unjust be three weeks old. al
couldn't say" replied the waitress
I've only been here two weeks -
Rehobeth Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24

Fairfield Center. Me-, is village
that must be popular with book agents
There is not dog owned in the place
nor within q mile Of it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
FACTS FOR TAXPAYERS.

S@mo Interesting aud Important Matters
fpr Home Consumption.
Starting with the admitted fact that
the average tariff tax on imports is
not less than Al per cent. and that the
List according to the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury in 1885.
comprises A. 1872 articles. let the intel
ligent voter consider, as he looks
around his home. what part of the list
Interests him. He can sit by his kitch-
~en fire and find the following which
have drawn money from his pocket and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME.
An Interesting Week In Both IIousc'
Measures to be Debated.

An Interesting Week In Both Houses
Measures to be Debated.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-There will
probably be struggle for precedence in
the Senate tomorrow between Senator
Palmer, with his bill to establish bu'
reau of animal industry, and Senator
Plat, with his South Dakota bill. Sen
ator Palmer's bill holds the position ol
unfinished business, but Senator Plat
will ask that it be displaced. Both Sen
ators express purpose to do their ut
most to secure the right OF way. The
winning measure is likely to take up
nearly all the time OF the Senate through
out the week.
"Wednesday will be devoted to the
obsequics OF the late Chief Justice.
The Memphis bridge bill may secure q
hearing in the morning hours and it is
probable that Senator Wilson, OF Mary
land, will some time during the week
ask that the regular order be laid aside
to afford him chance to deliver his
spcech on the character OF the western
mail service. One day may be devoted
to unobiected cases of the calendar.
District of Columbia matters will oc-
cupy the first legislative day OF the week
in the House, prominent among them
being the bills to promote anatomical
science in the districtby giving paupers
bodies to medical colleges, and the
Georgetown & Tcnnallytown cable road
bill. both OF which will be subjects oil
controversy. The Commerce Commit
tee will be given the floor Tuesday. II
has held Il large number OF bills for
action, including the Nicaragua Canal
bill, the bill to loan Government eX'
hibits to the Ohio Centennial Exposi'
ton, the Bureau Of Health bill, the
"drummers" bill and the bill to prevent
frauds on American manufacturers, in
addition to a great number of bridge,
light houses and life saving station bills
II is also the intention TO call up the
postal telegraph bill, not for action, but
10 raise and determine the question us
10 the right OF the Commerce Commit.
tee to substitute such bill for the one
which proposes to place telegraph com
panies under the operation OF the Inter
State Commerce law.
The Public Lands Committee will en-
deavor to get the House to resume the
consideration of the General Public
Lands bill on Thursday. :,
The Logan-Blair Pension bills will
probably give rise to an interesting de-
bate Friday, and the week will close
with the consideration Of bills reported
from the Committee on Private Land
Claims.
The Tariff bill, prepared by the ma
ioritv of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, will make its advent in the House
early in the week and be placed upon
tho cnlnnlnr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-26
FR0N OVER fHF OCEAN.
o'Brien Speaks at a Proclaimed
Meeting in Ireland.
ANOTHER RIOT IS THE RESULT
In Which Some Blood Is shed-The
New Empress Ill-trcatcd by Ger
man Nowspapers-othcr In.
teresting Foreign News.

DUBLIN, March 25.-The Government
has proclaimed the National League
meeting which it was proposed to hold
at Youghal to-day, The town is
crowded with police. Mr.. o'Brien, who
was in Cork when the notice OF the
proclamation was received, proceeded
Immediately to Youghal, declaring that
he would hold the meeting at all haz-
ards. Upon leaving London, which he
did for the purpose OF speaking at their
meeting, Mr.. 0'Brien was advised not to
purchase a return ticket, they expecting
that the carrying out of his avowed
purpose would result in his arrest. Mr..
0'Brien, therefore, bought a ticket for
the journey TO Ireland only.
He addressed the Pensonby tenants at
Youghal at IN early hour this morning,
and after word attempted to hold the
meeting which had been proclaimed by
the government. He mounted n ear
with the intention Of addressing the
people, but was seized by policemen and
dragged to the ground. The police then
charged upon the crowd with drawn
batons, and serious melee ensued, in
which n number OF both sides were
wounded. 1t is alleged that several OF
the police were stabbed. Magistrate
Plunett was thrown down and beaten,
and he received a cut on the head.
8fr. 0'Brien escaped to the priests
house, and subsequently harangued tho
crowd in a stable. The police and sol
diers are parading the streets Of the town.