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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
FAILURE AND SUCCESS.
Why Some Farmers Grow Wealthy Where
Others Go to Ruin.

Why Some Farmers Grow Wealthy Where
Others Go to Ruin.
Given two young men, with an equal
amount of land, side by side, and with
the same amount of capital. Let them
start under exactly the same crcum-
stances. In ten years one of them will
be in the enjoyment of a competence,
while the other will have his farm
either heavily mortgaged or else will
have lost it altogether for debts. The
first man will have risen early in the
morning and given every thing his per-
sonal supervision. He will work hard
himself and hire as little help as posi-
BILE. He knows that after few years
of well-directed industry he will be
able to enjoy his leisure, and he con-
siders the years of hard work to that
end as we'll spent. His neighbor, on
the other hand, lies abed mornings.
He hires four hands where he ought to
get along with two, and he is con-
stantly hard put-to for the money to
supply the constant drain of hired
help. But he does not propose to work
himself to death like his neighbor, and
SO he goes on in happy-go-lucky fash
ion. Finally, some fine day he puts a
mortgage on his farm in order to raise
money for what he thinks are the nee
essary expenses. and when a farmer
does this the end is not far off. 1t is
always the same-failure to meet inter-
est, foreclosure and ruin.
But sometimes two men start out
with equally industrious habits. One
of them takes two or three good agri-
cultural papers. and reads them care
fully, noting the experience of others
in various directions. He does not
think that he is obliged to follow the
methods of his father and his grand
father because any custom has the
sanction of age. He is ever on the
lookout for improvements in farming
operations, and watches carefully the
experiments made by his neighbors.
He adopts the successful plans and
reaps much profit by it. His neighbor,
on the other hand. has a hearty fon-
tempt for new-fangled ideas and mod
ern methods. The old way is good
enough for him, and so he keeps on
blowing, sowing and reaping in the
good old-fashioned style. He finally
finds that his crops cost him more than
do his neighbors. and he finally puts
an old-fashioned mortgage on his
farm. which quickly goes in the good
old-fashioned way-to the money
lender.
But men will be found who are in
dustrious. work early and late, and
vet, somehow or other, do not make
both ends meet. They buy modern
farm machinery and adopt the best
methods, and yet their outgo exceeds
the income with uniform regularity
Take walk about such a mans farm
and see what the trouble is. Here, just
where he stopped work. lies the piow
and harrow IN sunshine and rain, and
often through winter. There under a
tree or insufficient shelter is the costly
header OF harvester. When harvest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23

| ton case the obstructive idea took pos
session of the minds of the Republican
leaders in Congress Although two of
the most prominent Republican MEM
bers of the Committee on Elections
had joined the Democratic members OF
the committee in reporting to the
House that Mr. Thoebe had not made
out a case, that Nj. Carlisle was clear
" entitled to his seat and that there
was no ground for reopening of the
case, and although these Republican
members of the committee addressed
the House in speeches unequivocally
and emphatically in favor of confirm
inc Mr. Carlisle in his seat the petty
trick of obstructing the adoption of the
report of the committee was resorted
to by the Republican side of the House.
Some thirty members were paired
and absent and the Republican
leaders of the House, with
breadth of craftsmanship that would do
honor to moot congress of ten-year-old
school boys. seized the opportunity to
leave the House without quorum by
sitting silent in their seats when the
vote on the contested election case
was taken. When brought to book
they based their obstructive action on
the false ground that the case ought to
be reopened in order TO enable Thoebe
to take further testimony! A most
transparent oubterfuge, but sufficient
in the judgment of such eminent states
men as Tom Reed and Tom Browne to
cover their deceit. Mr.. Thoebe has
had more than year to take his testi-
mony. AS was proved before the com.
mlttce. his attorney had plenty OF
money to rake over the district for evil
dence. But he utterly failed in his at
assault on the election re-
turns which gave Mr.. Carlisle the seat,
and two honest Republican members OF
the Committee on Elections declared
that Mr.. Thoebe had not laid any
ground for reopening of the case.
But the party of obstruction. the
moribund. decayed and crumbling Re
publican party. played its pantomime
to the end.--Harris6atrg PA Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A "bolt and nut" trust is the
latest ailment that threatens the body
polite. The only safe treatment is by
revenue reform in heroic doses.-De-
troit Free Press.
Private and confidential to WIZ
lam E. Chandler: This is 1888, and
not 1868. We just thought we would
mention 1t, you know, as it seems to
have slipped your mind. Boston Globe.
What the country needs more
than perpetual war taxes on necessities
is protection against politicians of tho
Elkins class. and the indications are
that the voters are going to continue
this at the prohibitory point.-M y.
World.
After Boss Chandler has cast his
Senatorial drag net over all the South
ern States. perhaps he will move to in
vestigate some recent attempts at rail-
road legislation up in New Hampshire.
And then. again, perhaps he won't -
Boston Herald
Mr.. Lamar has been confirmed.
Thus ends the first chapter of this con-
troversy. The second chapter will be
recited in the coming Presidential CAM
paign, when the Republican managers
will seek to persuade the country that
the continuation of the Democratic
party in power will result in turning
over the Federal Supreme Court to the
Southern Confederacy, and the conse-
quent resurrection of slavery and seces-
SION The country will listen to this
with the same equanimity that it did to
the declarations of 1884. that a Demo-
cratic victory would paralyze the whole
financial system of the United States,
and bring ruin upon all of our business
ana commercial interests Cincinnati
| Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
lime comes some Of the finer macnan-

| time comes some OF the finer machan-
ism is always rusted so as to break
easily and entail loss of time and waste
while being repaired. Look at the
spindles of the wagons. Instead of
keeping them well CREASED. they are
oiled ''Once in a while" The wood
work of the wagon is checked and
warped from exposure to the weather.
and in short time the vehicle becomes
an old rattle-trap. The farmer who
does not take proper care of the tools
| and machinery finds himself obliged to
invest largely in new articles, while
those of his careful neighbor are still
as good as new.
Take another method in which the
successful and unsuccessful farmer
differ. The former has neat garden
patch close to the house. He has two
or three cows, and the housewife keeps
some poultry. Every time she goes to
town she has some butter and eggs to
sell. and thus keeps the grocery bill
down to the lowest notch. His neigh
Dor, however, has no time to waste on
a garden-gardening is the Chinaman's
work anyhow, and the man with the
pigtail can "beat white man all hol-
low raising vegetables" So the Mon
golian peddler's wagon makes daily
trips to the ranch, and the vegetable
bill makes goodly hole in the farm
er's spare change. AS with vegetables,
so with poultry and cows. There is no
time to putter with such things; every
minute must be devoted to getting in
as large grain crop as possible. So
the pile of empty fruit and meat cans
at the back of the house keeps on get
ting larger and larger. the bill at the
grocery grows with amazing rapidity,
and the first thing the farmer knows
he has to give mortgage to the mer-
chant, and before many years he wakes
up some fine morning to find that he
has eaten and drank the entire farm.
The difference between the successful
and the unsuccessful farmer might be
pointed out in number of other particu-
lars, but the points mentioned are
enough for one time and ought to fur
nish some food for thought, for the num-
Der of California wheat farmers who
have absolutely put their ranches down
their throats is Iarge.-Sa0 francisco
Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
THIS YEARS FIGHT.
Why the Democrats Can Not Lose 1t
Unless They Fail to Fight.

Why the Democrats Can Not Lose 1t
Unless They Fail to Fight.
mo taxation for surplus was the
Presidents admirable message to Coz
gress and the country. In spite of the
protests of the ablest Republican think
ers and journalists of the country, the
Republican politicians and Presiden-
tial candidates have Joined issue for
the campaign on this point. Both
Blaine and Sherman, differing widely
in other things, have agreed that tax
alton for surplus is not unconstitu-
tional; not unjust; not illegal; not ex-
tortionate; not dangerous to financial
stability; not destructive of commerce
and trade; not onerous to the mercan-
tile classes; not burdensome to work.
people. Never before were the lines
so sharply drawn on this question at
the opening of Presidential CAM
paign. Never before was the Repub-
lican party forced to M ass its strength
to defend the most untenable point in
its fallacy; never before was the Dem
ocratic party in position which COM
mands victory so surely.
Since Sherman made his bid for the
Presidency at Springfield. the Repub-
lican party has made blunder after
blurder, but the supreme blunder is
this attempt to defend the negative
against Mr.. Cleveland's strong. plain
and manly affirmative proposition that
taxation for surplus is dangerous, un-
constitutional, and under any circum-
stances unjustiiable.
A fight joined on such issues has the
possibility and the probability of polit-
zeal revolution in 1.-THE breaking
down of the Republican lines in places
where they have always held against
every attack; of the loss and gain of
States that have been safely Repub-
lican since the party came into ex-
istence; of great Democratic triumph
that will complete the Reorganization
of the Republican party.
We have square fight on plain
issue at last, and we can not lose I'M
less we fail to fight. Louis Repu6-
Iicn1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
Glover.s TeIegraph Bic.

WASHINGTON, Feb 13-CoDgressInan
Glovers bill subjectiHg telegraph compa-
MES 10 regulation by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission, the same as railroad
C ,mpanies, is stuck in the Coamerce Com
mittee, to which ii was referred The
friends OF the measure are therefore grow
ing apprehensive IS 10 it's fate and to-
morrow Congressman Guenther, Of Wis
consin, will introduce a bill comforting
upon the PostmaSter-GeneFalt the authority
to fix telegraph tolls. This bill Will natu-
rally be referred to the Commit &c on Post
Offices and Poss-roais, and IN this way it
Is Lo Led TO ges AN early report
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
A Curious Marine Monster.

Not long ago curious marine mon
ster was captured near Tampico- For
several days a school of unknown Great.
ures were seen disporting in the gulf, a
short distance from the shore; but all
efforts to capture any of them proved
futile, till one was caught by accident
in n fishing seine Ropes were then
thrown around the struggling monster.
and by the aid of horses it was dragged
to land. 1t was q cephdlepterG GAM
pyrus, also known as the '-devil fish, !"
or ocean vampire. 1t measured fifteen
feet long and seventeen feet wide from
the edges of the pectoral fins, and its
mouth was five feet across.-Ctty Of
Merico Letter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Feb. 12-George c.
Jackson aud Alfred Craighead, officers Of
the Sixty eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
Association, Philadelphia Scott Legion. to-
day decided to erect their monument OF
Quincy granite, fifteen feet high, near
Emmetsburg road. short distance north
OF the peach orchard, where they lost near
ly sixty per cent. OF their number while
engaged in supporting Clark's New Jersey
battery during the hottest OF the second
days battle. 1t will be dedicated July 9
next, during the reunion Of both armies, on
the 25th anniversary of the battle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23

ATCHIsoN, Kan. Feb., 13.-r1e hardware
establishment OF H L. Whitaker and the
grocery house of G. F. Rapper, were al
most totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The flames originated in Whitaker's
store. The cause Is unknown Whitaker's
loss is $1,000; fully insured; Kapper'a
loss, SIC. 600. insured for 5000. The loss
on the building IS ZOO. fully insured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
-Peking duekIings at three or for

Picking dueklings at three or four
months old make a desirable dish, if
they are well fed from the swell and
fattened on cooked ground oats and
corn. with potatoes added. They are
also very hardy if not inbred. and
stand our cold winter weather remark
ably well. They are early layers. and
continue with only short intermission
until late in the summer. They thrive
rapidly and when matured will ordin-
arily weigh from twelve to fourteen
pounds per pair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23
A CURIOUS CASE.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 13.-Some time since
Judge Guthrie granted injunction re-
straining the Governor from organizing
Grant County. The Supreme Court Setur-
day dissolved that Injunction holding that
the Governors Offices were purely ml1iste-
rial and mandatory. There was some law
in this case, bat little common sense AS
is conceded, there could be no penalty at
tached TO the Governor for disobeying the
orders of Judge Guthrie, who might fine OF
imprisOn him for contempt. but the Gov
ernor could 50 quickly and so oftes. pardon
himself as to make any judge very weary
man. 1t is understood that there will be
another injunction asked for immediately.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-23

Nearly all the German sovereiens have
congratulated Prince Bismarck on his mill
ltary speech and its resuitG
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06

There are twenty morning and ten
evening papers published In New York.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
Smuggling Diamonds.

Some of the American methods of
smuggling diamonds are original, any
way, and a peculiar case recently
brought to light in New York, and
never before in print, rather pictur-
esquely illustrated this. A man trav-
eled constantly between Havre and
New York, re-engaging passage in the
same steamertrip after trip. He kept to
himself and affected moodiness, and
his continuous voyages were taken to
be the whim of wealthy and eccentric
gentleman, without family, who loved
the sea, and who preferred the COM
forts of Cunarder to the risk and re-
sponsibility connected with private
cruiser. He seemed to have a dislike
TO shore, and cared to stay on it but
little. A gay young fellow used to
come to see him off at New York, and,
after brief, boyish parting, would
leap ashore at the last moment. This
jocund young soul carried with him
every time large quantity of da-
monds, which his distracted and eccen-
trio confederate had secreted in a hole
which he had cut in the state-room he
continually occupied. The steward ac-
cidentally discovered this cozy niche
one day, and then all was over for the
gentlemanly lover of the sea- Chicago
NeW&
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
Durability of Raft Timber.

Raft timber that has been foated
down rivers has been ascertained to be
no longer liable to the attack of dry
rot. SO much so is this said to be the
case that in Alsace it is customary to
specify that only raft timber shall be
employed. The water slowly dissolves
out the albumen and salts, and thus de-
prives the fungus of the nutriment
needful for its development. A French
Investigator, we are told, has found by
experiment that, whereas fresh sawdust
when buried rots away in u few years,
sawdust from wood which has been
soaked some time in water, and has
thereby been deprived of soluble mat
tiers. will remain in the ground under
similar circumstances wholly UNI
changed and only slightly tingcd on the
exterior with earthly matters dissolved
from the soil.-Boston Budget.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
HARD ON CHARLEY.
How a Loving Wife Satisfied Her Hus-
bands Desire for Potato Salad.

bands Desire for Potato Salad.
Charley Callboard came home the
other day, and when he sat down with
his family at the table he resented a
great stack of something that was
piled up in big dish in the middle of
the table He tasted some of it and
looked frightened.
''Is that to eatP" he asked.
'Not for myself or the children"
said his wife, ''but it is a favorite dish
of your own, and thought it would be
a pleasant surprise for you"
MAY l ask what you call this
rough on hungry men, and what are
the ingredients" he asked, severely,
trying it again and shuddering.
why, l haven't Analysed it very
thoroughly" she said. "but it is COM
posed largely of grease. don't know
of what kind, but it's very greasy
grease; then there are potatoes, some
quite raw and others partially cooked,
or at least not wholly raw; there is a
large quantity of onions of vary
ing degrees of strength; some
extremely hard cucumber pickles;
some scraps of picked beets, very
thick and old; a strange kind of oil,
such as | never smelled before outside
of machine shop, and a deluge OF
vinegar sharpened with certain chemi-
Gals; and some ingredients that are
new to me. l heard you say a number
of times that you didn't want any
thing better for a midday lunch than
plate of Emil Weinnenbier's potato
salad, and as you said there wasn't
another place in all this world where
they could make it as he does, | sent
Thomas down to the saloon and got
some for You. 1t is very cheap, and
I'm so glad you like it. Have some
more. dear?"
And people who were passing down
the river on an excursion boat with
the band playing just at that time. say
they heard Charley say mo" so plain
ly that they recognized his voice. Mrs.
Callboard says she married Charley to
make happy home for him. and
whenever she hears of any thing he
likes she is going to get it for him if
she and the children have to go with
out bread.-Robert j. Bardette, TIA
Brooklyn Eagle.
-lhere are twenty morning and ten
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
GAVE UP AT LAST.
The Straw Which Broke IA Dakota Settlers
Proud Spirit.


Proud Spirit.
A Dakota settler who had had bad
luck financially was fin ally taken sick.
A friend called to see him and said to
his wife:
81 was surprised to hear of your hus-
bands sickness thought he was re-
markably strong and healthy"
"Yes, John was always very healthy,
but he got so discouraged at last that it
jes' made him sick"
But he was always of such a
cheerful and buoyant disposition never
expected to see him give up this way"
Yes, John was always mighty
gritty. When the barn burnt up an
killed the new team he never said a
word. but jes' braced up an built
another barn an got another team"
"Yes, | remember he did"
Then when the house burnt he
didn't complain bit, but went to liv-
ing in tent jes' as cheerful"
Il know it. :"
"When the farm was sold on mort
gage an the children were all took
sick John KEEP right up as happy as
ever"
"Yes, that's so"
"By'n'by the sheriff took the COW an
cook-stove, an wagon run over
Johns foot an smashed it, but still he
didn't pear to be a bit discouraged. y
II know he didn't"
"Then our oldest girl run away an
married corn-doctor, both our horses
died, John got beat on lawsuit an
fell down an broke his leg. Still he
held his head right up an said he'd
come out on top yet"
Yes; WE'LL what was it that could
possibly have occurred to break his
spirit and make him sick ut lastP"
ale had to sell the old black dog for
fifty Gems to git money to buy flour,
an the man just bought him for his
hide an nothing else. an we know it.!
just rs soon as John saw the man tie
old Tige under the wagon he come right
in and throwed himself on the bed an
says he: 'Samanthy, that's too much
to stand-I won't never git off n this
bed live mani / reckon | won't be
long follerin' him-you orter seen the
way old Tige could take hog by the
ear an swing ii right around in a
circle!' -Dakota Bell.
The religious seats in England and
Wales now number $50.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
SHREWD SAM SAMPLE,
A Commercial Tourists Success as Ready
Letter Writer.

Letter Writer.
When Sam Sample called on Billy
Bliven the other evening he found him
with his coat off, his shirt sleeves rolled
up and his hair mussed. Before him
was a pile of note paper, and waste
basket by his side was full to the brim.
whats the matter ?" asked Sam.
Cant you figure your expense account
to suit youp'
IF this was only an expense account
my existence at this moment would be
n bed of verbenas and heliotropes. Sam,
you're married."
mo use of throwing it up to me-"
'Tm not | want your help. You're
man of experience and ought to know
good way out of this affair I'm try
ing to write her letter asking her if
she'll marry me-"
''Oh, that's simple enough" said
Sam, and he took seat and dashed off
the following:
"DEAR -: 1 have long lived in silent ad-
miration of you-so long that the chains OF
silence have rusted themselves, and | must
speak. You have the opportunity to build up
outcast in the world without ambition, without
hope. will not attempt to conceal it, love
you, and ask YOU to link your destiny to mine.
Please answer by return mail, and obge.
Yours, WIN BLIvEN.
''How does that strike you?" asked
Sam, after he had submitted the docu-
ment.
at would be all right for most girls,
replied Billy, "but this is an unusual
kind of girl. She comes from Chi
cago where her father has made five
hundred thousand dollars since the
fire, and she is business clear through"
''All right" said Sam, chcerfully,
"we'll try it again." and he dashed off
the following:
Miss -: write this to inform you that my
income has now reached figure which iustifies
me in asking your hand in marriage. viii you
kindly confer with your father and get his views
on the subject An early reply informing me as
10 your and your family's feelings this sub
Ject Will greatly oblge. Yours, etc,
WIN. BLIvEN.
1t is needless to say that Sam acted
as first man when the happy event took
place. Merchant Traveller.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
a Rifle With Steel Bullets.

The French Government is expert
menting with a new rifle called the Pra-
Ion gun. The great advantage of the
new weapon is bullet of steel to re-
place that of lead. The steel bullet be-
ing much less in weight than the leaden
would enable the soldier to carry a
greater number of cartridges, which
is of essential Importance. 1t also in
creases the celebrity of the bullet on
leaving the gun, which circumstance
decreases the curve made by the projec-
tile and considerably reduces the jerk
suffered by the gunner on discharging
the weapon. These advantages are
great. Nevertheless, the weapon has
not yet been found perfect, and can not
yet be adopted. But it opens new
field OF further improvements in gun
ncry.- Chicago Ne,os.
New Orleans has brass band of
fourteen members that are all news
boys.