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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
DINNER At TEHERAn.
How the Persians Khjoy tho Princlpal1Gs
Of the Day.

How the Pertains Enjoy the Principal Meal
Of the Day.
There are tiny lambs roasted whole.
salmon which has been brought
packed in ice upon the heads of rum
ners from a distance Of q hundred
miles. appetizing kababs of lambs and
venison. fowls and partridges Tin sil-
yer b0wls), stewed to rags, and served
with strange-colored sauces of the
richest kind; great heaps of boiled
rice in steaming pyramids. white rice.
green rice. colored by an artful admir-
ture of herbs, rice boiled with saffron
of rudy gold color; omelets and
sweet dishes. innumerable little china
cups of toothsome pickles. small china
bowls containing various thick soups,
but not a single joint to be seen.
Every body eats away as if he had
never tasted food before. There are
no forks. no spoons, no plates; but
every mans hand appears to be dip
ping at once into the innumerable
dishes. Occasionally our host. with
his mouth half full, grunts out an en-
treaty that we should taste some
particular delicacy, and in twenty
minutes all is over. Iced rose-water
Is poured upon the fingers of
each guest from q silver ever. and he
wipes them upon a delicately-embroid-
cred napkin. About tenth of what
has been provided has been consumed
by the party; the rest is removed and
gobbled up with surprising celebrity by
the great tribe of hungry servants.
Pipes are brought once more, but there
is little or no conversation; the Per-
slams say that s'to talk after a good
meal is the act of an ill-bred man or q
fool" And then we get up and bid
our hospitable friend goodnight. And
as we leave. we see that the mysterious
covered tray is being taken to the BAN
quoting room, and we know that our
fellow-guests and our host will drink.
smoke, and gamble until an unho1y
hour in the morning. And then we
mount our horses and ride slowly
through the silent, unlighted streets
preceded by our lanterns, which are
an absolute necessity, and we don't
meet a soul upon the road save an oc-
casional military-looking policeman,
who, armed to the teeth. keeps watch
and ward over the silent city of the
King of Kings, for this is one of the
innumerable titles the Shahs of Persia
arrOgate to themselves.-Go0d Words.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
COUNTRY HOMES.
A Contrast In Rural Family Lifo That Ii
Noticeable Everywhere.

A Contrast in Rural Family Life That Ii
Noticeable Everywhere.
It has been my privilege to visit a
great many rural homes. In some it
seems no wonder that children grow
up tired of the humdrum; for from
morning till night the same routine
prevailed day after day. They must
do this and do that. and if little
tardy there was scolding, and when
they did as directed there was never
so much as a s'thank YOU" Often
grieved for many boy and girl just
nearing manhood or wOmanhood,
knowing that their hearts and minds
were starved. See them come into the
setting-room at even1ng-time, after
the days work on the farm, Or in the
kitchen, and see them sit down SO
weary and spiritless, with nothing to
interest them-no nice books or
papers; no innocent games to quicken
thought; no confidential talk with
father or mother, perchance about
some farm product which was to be
raised or sold; no bright rooms to
make home attractive. It was work,
work, with no thought beyond ''saving
money; the parents seemed to care
only for what the children could help
them make; and no part of the pro-
ceeds, however small, was given to the
children, to encourage them to work.
or to buy something which would
gladden. their lives.
Other homes were almost ideal
Bright rooms; books and papers; in
telligent conversation; q general air
of refinement; loving words between
parents and children; perfect trust of
the entire family. For each act, how
ever trivial, the kind thank you" was
given, and request was accompanied
with an ''if you please. No harsh
words. hardening the temper of the
young; and the days toll was pleasure
because the labor was appreciated.
The heads of such families are re-
warded by their children's love for
them and of home. and there will be
no need. or desire, to go to the homes
of others, or to the streets for amuse-
ment; they viii prefer their own
homes. Most children have taste for
the beautiful; give them some thing of
beauty for their own-a picture, a
book, an animal to pet. or whatever
they incline to, and then witness the
pleasure It will bring to them. En-
courage the children in all that tends
TO ennoble; and in old age you can
look upon sons and daughters refined,
intelligent and q blessing. 90 n
Z 1sibsenA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL.

Ses FecerSDufKS ExCr80fu1naTy S1uo' "SAAAo
and CapriciOu$ Climate.
One of the most ext raordinary things
about st. Petersburg is the unevenness
of the sidewalks. 1t must surely be
accounted for by reaction against
the prevailing fairness OF Russia
Even in leading thoroughfares the
sidewalks. instead OF being made, as
with US, as level as possible, abound
in the most treacherous ups and
downs. How drunken men survive a
walk through the streets is to- me an
unsolved mystery. In Middlesborough
it used to be profane ~ said that the
Quakers. who had laid out the town,
purposely elevated the sidewalk a
couple of feet above the roadway in
some of the streets in order to break
the necks of drunkards. Possibly
similar benevolent motive prompted
the construction of tn b trottoirs of the
Russian capital. People get used to
any thing, and after q week in the city
you become so accustomed to the sud
den shiftings of gradient as hardly to
notice their existence. In the same
way you become accustomed to
the dvornik, who sits DOING outside
the door of every public building or
tenemented house. AT first nothing
seems more mOnstrorIs than the pres
ence of this sheep-skin clad mortal at
the door of your hotel motionless and
sOmnolent all through the night, but
after awhile you cease to notice him.
He is supposed to be d substitute for
police. and, as he survives the winter,
he may be supposed not to feel the
frosty nights of a Russian spring.
The weather was extre mely capricious
during the early part of May. A
bright warm sun in the morning might
be followed with piercing winds, with
sleet and snow in the afternoon. It
was never safe to stir alb road without an
overcoat. Natives admonished me SOL
EMMY, as if I had been manifestly bent
on suicide. because LETT mine at home
whenever the sun sh0ne. Every one
wore top-cOat in St. Petersburg till
we'll into June. The ice in Lake La
doga, was told. was the great refrig
orator of st. Petersburg. It was not
till past midsummer that summer could
be said to have set in on the Neva
Never in any city have seen SO many
men and women with faces swollen as
if from toothache as in ST. Petersburg.
Re,nesu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
Ague in the Water.

In all districts where water is
drained through a large amount OF
vegetable matter, especially where the
lands have been recently brought I'M
der cultivation. fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers are likely to
be generated, and the germs of dis
ease are generally taken into the sys-
tenn through the medium of water.
But if those unacclimated would take
the precaution to drink only water
that has been boiled, they would very
seldom take these fevers. At heat
of PIP degrees or the boiling point,
these germs in the water are killed,
and the water then becomes harmless.
The writer. some eighteen years since.
was required to travel through and
larry some time in the ague districts
of Michigan and Illinois. After spend
ing few days in the former State he
began to feel the effects of drinking
the water, aud then adopted the plan
of drinking only weak tea This was
the only effective means of obtaining
well-boiled water, as tea is never made
except with boiling water. After ceas-
ing to drink water except with tea, he
Travelled through and spent several
months in some of the worst districts
OF Illinois, and was entirely free from
any symptoms of ague or other ill eff
fects from the water of the various
localities which had been
boiled He also has known several
cases OF persons who have entirely es-
capped the dangers of acclimation by
adopting this plan of using only boiled
Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

An editor in this country does not
nave to saw wood, but he carries coal.
makes paste, attends all the meetings.
reads lot of trash to get little news.
does job printing, runs the hand press.
runs errands. sweeps out once month,
makes out bills once a month and
then makes them out over again next
month and smiles sweetly on the
man who threatens to kill him
on sight. Then there are some editors
who rush the GROWER. !" deal, - ..buck
tiger" get drunk. stay drunk and let
all OF the before mentioned duties 90
to thunder Sun Indcpeude,,r
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
suescRlpr.oN BOOKS.

\ Publisher Tells How They Are 1nero.
duced TO the Public.
ssWhat class OF books do you ind
sells the best?"
ssWen, it has been the result of our
experience that the American people
are at heart religious. If they're not
religious they're religiously inclined
And no book we handle, be it our own
publication or the publication of some
one else which we sell on commission.
sells like the book that has q religious
scoloring. This seems rather strange
when we hear so much about Ameri-
can irreverence, butts fact. Then.
again, we're q patriotic people. and
books about popular military leaders
or Presidents or Presidents wives are
acceptable and find ready sale
s.Isn,t there immense profit in sub
scription books?"
mot so much as you would imagine
from the price of the books Sub
seription books are high-priced and
many. of them are not SO well gotten
up as the books in the trade. But,
you see, we send the books out over
the highways and byways to the peo-
pie. And the agents, whose work
isn't the most enviable in the world.
have to be paid enormously. As q
matter of fact, the publisher of many
a subscription book doesn't realize as
much per copy as do the publishers
who simn,y put their goods on the
trade. Ia. what we lose one way we
make up another. For instance, our
sales of book are much greater than
though We simply put it on the market
and trusted to the merit of the book to
sell it. Merit cuts little figure In q
subscription book; it's the push of
agents. Besides. the lapse of time
makes little difference; the subscription
book, as a rule. is rarely seen out Of
q private house, is rarely discussed in
newspapers, and is just as good for
selling ten years from the date Of the
first issue as at first. Besides it is
possible to run very profitable sub
scription-book business on compare
lively small capital-that is, when you
have but one or two books. In the
trade it is different. There a man
wants quite a large catalogue. and it
all means money. I don't think am
far from the truth when / say that
Harper Brothers have $12, OOO, 900 or
SIS. 900. 600 bound up in stereotype
plates alone, to say nothing about
copyrights, royalties, dead stock and
the like"
'-Your prices. 1 suppose, are a purely
arbitrary matter?"
'sNot so much with US as with the
publishers for the trade. At the book
stores the prices-$1, $1.25. $3.50 Or
$2-are almost wholly conventional
prices. irrespective of what the book
actually costs to manufacture. We
reckon about four times the actual
cost of the book to be about the SELL
ing price. Our prices. of course. are
more or less manipulated by agents.
A subscription book which in the
neighborhood of Chicago-we never
expect city patronage sells for $ is
sold on the Pacific coast at s. and in
Australia at 81 Or s.. But that extra
money the agents pocket. Oh, my!
yes, lots of our subscription books GO
to Australia 1t will be many long
year before the West is as bookish as
the East, and till it is, though book
agents may be regarded as nuisance.
the ,subscription-book trade will
thrive."-CHicGgo NesOs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
III an animal is worth keeping over
winter. he is surely worth protecting
from the cold IL he is worth any
feed at all. he is worth keeping on lib
eral rations.
Oats make the best grain food for
young stock. and especially for calves
and colts. If ground and fed with
turnips (cooked) the young stock viii
thrive on such diet and grow rapidly.
Linseed and oil cake are too rich
to be used as food alone They are
supplementary foods; i. e.. they can
be added to poor fodder to obtain q
sufficient. wholesome ration; or they
can be added to a maintenance ration
to obtain richer ration.
The men who raise prize stock
could not do SO if they turned their
animals out on the fields. They win
their honors by giving attention to
the breeding of the stock. the quality
of the food and the warmth of the
quarters. It pays them to do this.
IF sheep men would have mutton
become q leading meat product in the
market of the United States, instead
of standing at the foot of the list, as it
now does, says the St0cknsan and
Farmer, there must be radical revo-
luton in the quality and condition of
the alleged fat sheep which are
slaughtered for public consumption.
There are very few farms in the
country, East or West, that have ever
been made to produce over fifty per
cent. of their capacity, and very few
farmers capable of making even one
hundred acres do more than this. A
vast majority of those who own more
would be benefited by selling the sur
plus and using the proceeds as capt.
tai to improve the remaining acres
and by purchasing better stock.
Few farm crops are more expen-
sive to harvest than corn. No system
of husking has yet been devised to OBJ
viate the need of taking each stalk
separately in the hand. When this is
done by an active husker little more
remains. The machine husker thus
becomes only an advantage for the in
expert. A wooden finger, bound with
leather to the hand. is really saving
in tearing off the husks from the ear.
Slices of stale bread are delicious
spread with butter and Drowned in a
quick oven, with thin slice of cheese
laid on each, and put back in the oven
long enough to melt the cheese. They
are nice also dipped in a batter made
of one egg, one cup of milk. one cup of
-four and one-half teaspoonful of salt;
fried in hot butter OF dripping until a
light brown, and used as a breakfast or
tea dish, or eaten with molasses Or
sugar as dessert.
"A noted French chef makes coffee
by pouring boiling water on the ground
berries; after filtering, the water is
again boiled, and again poured on the
coffee; and finally a third time. He
does not boil the coffee and water to-
gether, nor put the coffee in cold
water and let it come to a boil. To
make good tea, he says. you must pour
boiling water on it and throw it out
Immediately. Then pour one-third of
the boiling water required, put the pot
over a steaming apparatus and then
add another third, and finally the last
third. repeating the steaming in order
to let it draw without boiling.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06
THE USEFUL SKUNK.
Why Farmers Make q Midtake In Destroy
ing the Little Animal.

Why Farmers Make . Midtake In Destroy
ing the Little Animal.
The much despised skunk is q good
entomologist. and the farmer and
gardener make great mistake in per-
scouting and destroying this humble
little animal. The few eggs he pur-
loins from the farmers hen yard very
poorly compensate for the great
number of noxious inse cts he destroys.
In May, he is sometimes seen about
shutdown, on some elevated spot.
watching for the May beetle as he
wheels his droning fight, and he saves
him, too. not in the sense spoken of in
the immortal elegy, bp ut between his
teeth. He will sit an hour at time
gathering In the destructive beetles.
He is a persistent hunter, and in his
nocturnal rambles moves along with
nose close to the groun d; his sense of
smell is SO acute not an insect, not a
larva, above ground or below, can es-
cape him; his eyes now glow with I'M
usual brilllancy as he q cans every leaf
and branch for the hidd en- prey. About
tobacco plantations hill services are
considered valuable.
Several years ago Obacco was Guilt
waited to some extent in the adjoining
town of Brighton. The writer, wish
ing to get some of the worms to rear
moths from, called on gentleman
owning plantation in the town, and
made known his Object. The reply
was, Take all you can find; we want
to get rid OF them" In going through
the rows I noticed many holes in the
In the ground. five or 81 TX inches deep.
but could not make out the object, as
they did not seem to have any thing
to do with the tobacco I mentioned
the fact to the gentleman. who smiled
as he told me that it was done by
skunks to obtain the tobacco worms
that had left the plants and buried
themselves to undergo their trans
formations. but were forestalled by
the keen-scented animal and made to
serve as food.-VicE's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

The latest instance Of economy is
that of q Boston man VI no declined to
buy q compass to take into the Maine
woods He said that hb was q singer.
and could save expense by using the
compass Of his voice. Bvrliagtom Free
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

Some Jacksonville physicians de-
clare that in no instance has the yell
low fever been known to attack per-
sons with red hair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

Bakers in Holland work on Fridav
and Saturday twenty-six hours with.
out intermission; other workmen hav.
''iong hours, and yet Americans re-
ceive the chief criticism Of being
'soverworked.n -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

a host in himself-the cannibal
that devoaired his entertainer.-TsSos
SiftimQs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06

drove him into a barrel partly filled
with plaster.
Ibid / buy him for fghter!"
shouted Mr.. Bowser, as 1 related the
occurrence. He run. of course.
bought him for rhnner."
He whistled fof Archimedes, as he
had named him, and the animal came
creeping in and hid under the lounge.
When routed oue of that he made q
dive for Mr.. Bows&r's feet. just in time
TO trip him up and let him down with
q jar that made the roof shake. The
scared brute then jumped into the crib
and lay down on baby's head. from
which position he was lifted to be flung
over the alley fence.
lis that the way they run deerP: /
asked Mr.. Bowser.
Whose fault is ite" he demanded.
<.You had that dog !terriied as soon as
he struck the house. 1t was his NOR
tai fear of you which made him act so.
If you don't have something awful
happen to you I'll miss my guess.
Is wasn't week before he came
home with another canine. The beast
was understood, out at the elbows and
down-hearted. When asked what he
was good for, Mr.. B0wser replied:
eff you knew any thing about dogs
YOU could see at glance. He's rat
terrier"
docs he terrlfy ratse"
e.Does hep In one week there won't
e . rat on this whole squared!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-05-17

WASHINGTON, May 1O-Tbe house
adopted the conference report on the joint
resolution authorizing the president to
arrange a conference for the purpose of
promoting arbitration and encouraging
reciprocal commercial relations between
the United States and the republics of
Central and South America and the
empire of Brazil.
A bill appropriating $3.50, 900 to supply
a deficiency in the appropriation for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1850, was
called up and passed with amendment
appropriating $3,500,000 to supply a
deficiency in the appropriation for the
payment of pensioners of the war 1912.
The house then went into committee
on the tariff bill.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Mills (Texas)
submitted a resolution fixing Saturday
the 10Th inst as the date for ending the
tariff debate. Adopted. Bills were in
troduced authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to make certain additions neces-
sary to the Chicago post Office and Gus
tom house and granting the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore and Southern railway tho
right of way through the lumber district
in Wisconsin.
Neal introduced joint resolution pro-
viding for a constitutional amendment
relating to eleoting president and vice.
president, and fixing the president 3
term at six years, after which he is
ineligible to another term. The tariff
discussion was resumed. Hatch (Maine)
spoke in favor of the bill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-05-17
TALK or FUSION.

Michigan Democrats and Greenbrcker
Want to Capture the State.
GRAND RAPIDS, May 10.-The Demo-
cratic state convention opened Thursday,
and the city is crowded with delegates.
AS usual there is considerable talk of
fusion with the greonback element,
which holds its convention here next
week. Many of the latter are in favor
of fusion with the Democrats on the old
basis, but they do not want the dividing
lines wiped out. l. NJ Weston, of Kent;
George Il. Yaple, of ST. Joseph; M. NJ.
Chamberlain, of Wayne. and Peter
White, of Marquette, were elected as
delegates at large to the St.
Louis convention. The resolu-
tons Endorsed the administration
of President Cleveland and his tariff pol
icy, approved of the conduct of the pen
sion department under John c. Black
and appreciated the honor conferred upon
Michigan by the appointment Of Dickin-
son to the cabinet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-05-17

sion, Sunday school union and tract
society apply for new acts of ineorpor-
alton, while preserving their old identity.
Also that commission be appointed to
arrange for the transfer of property for
missionary purposes, held by the mis-
sionary society of the church to the board
of home missions and church extension,
also that the boards thus Incorporated
adopt the duties of the corporations
whose successors they are.
The reports Of the Episcopal commit
mittee was presented recommending
Tuesday, the 22d, as the time for the
election of bishops. A heated discussion
was had over the proposed change from
Thursday of this week, to the day previ-
ously appointed. 1t was charged that
more time was wanted for electioneering,
and it was finally voted to fix the cleo.
ton for Tuesday next. Adjourned Until
tonight. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-05-17
IA VILLAGE ANNIHILATED,

Every House In the Town Wrecked and
the Demolished Cars Scattered in Every
Direction.
DENVER, Colo, May l4.-News has
reached here that the ''Thunderbolt" on
the Santa Fe collided with a freight
train near Fountain. A can of powder
in the freight exploded, completely
wrecking both trains. The twenty
houses in the city are almost totally de-
stroyed, together with the new Baptist
church, which was blown from its found
alton and scattered over acres of ground.
Men, women and children were knocked
senseless and pieces of broken rails, car
wheels and timbers were carried with
terrific force for half a mile. Six per-
sons were instantly killed and sixteen Sc
riously injured.
The coroner's jury after viewing the
dead adjourned to meet at Colorado
Springs, Wednesday next. 1t is almost
impossible to get any accurate figures as
to the amount of damages. The town is
completely ruined, while the railroad
company's loss is variously estimated at
from $75, 900 to 500, 1000.