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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
CLEARING THE CLOSETS.

a Duty That should Be Performea Be.
fore General House-CleaDine Time.
Choose q fine day for this work, so
whatever clothes, etc, there may be
can be put out in the air. Remove all
clothes from the hooks and put out on
the lines. Take out all boxes, bags,
bundles. ETC., and examine their con-
tents. If the bundles are to be put
away for another six months or year,
remove the cloth or paper in which
they were wrapped. do up in a fresh,
clean cloth or paper. Clean out boxes
or bags. laying aside those articles
that are to be used for the summer.
then replacing the rest of the contents
in the boxes and doing all up closely.
Put those things taken out in a
separate box Or bag so they may be
ready for use when wanted. Clear out
drawers. if there are any, in the same
way.
Remove from the closet the shelves
and drawers; dust them well, then
wash thoroughly in ammonia water
and some good soap. Put aside to
dry. Encase the brush end of the
broom in a clean cloth and with this
wipe down the walls until they are
thoroughly clean. Sweep out the bot
tom of closet, then with some good
soap and ammonia water wash the
paint and floor. At this time the
paint on the inside of the door may be
cleaned; leave the door open so it
may dry quickly. When dry, with q
feather dipped in turpentine. go into
all the crevices around the mop boards
and in the cracks of the floor, not for
getting to visit lodges of drawers and
shelves in the same way, or if liked
sprinkle salt plentifully in these
places. Either of these will keep
away moths
Replace drawers and shelves. and in
each drawer on the bottom lay a thick,
firm newspaper. Put the same on tops
of shelves and on the bottom of closet.
Put back the contents of drawers, US
ing one drawer for those articles that
will be needed in a short while, such
as summer clothes to be repaired, sum-
mer millinery to be readjusted, etc.
Put back boxes and bags, putting those
to be placed away for any length of
time away back, and those likely to be
USED often In q convenient place lake
in the clothes from the lines and hang
in closet 1t is a good time now to
pick out those clothes that can be
spared and giving them to the needy,
thereby doing good action, and also
making space for hanging up winter
cloaks if SO desired. Never on any &C
count whitewash the walls of closet,
but if, through no fault of yours, such
a thing is done, paste firm newspapers
around the walls under the hooks up
on which the clothes hang. and save
good deal of brushing and annoyance.
If bureaus, trunks, table-drawers,
ETC., are cleaned out now, while the
house is warm, it will tighten wonder
fully the general house-cleaning.-
ton Budget
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
HOW DIMES ARE MADE

How the Little Coins Are Turned Out by
the San Francisco Mint.
The silver dime is a useful little coin,
and just at present they seem to be in
demand; so much so that the San Fran
cisco mint is turning them out at q
great rate.
The process of dime-making is an
interesting one. The silver bullion is
first melted and run into two-pound
bars. These in turn are run through
immense rollers and fattened out to
the thickness of the coin. These sill
yer strips are then passed through
machine, which cuts them into proper
size for the presses. the strips first
having been treated with kind of
tallow to prevent their being scratched
IN their passage through the cutters.
The silver pieces are then put into
the feeder of the printing presses, and
are fed to the die by automatic ma
chinery al the rate of 100 per minute,
$4,000 dimes being turned out in q.
regular working day of eight hours.
AS the smooth pieces are pressed
between the ponderous printing dies,
they receive the lettered and figured
impression in manner similar to that
OF paper pressed upon form of
type. At the same time, the piece is
expanded in a slight degree, and the
small corrugations are cut into its rim.
The machine drops the completed
coin into a receiver, and it is ready for
the counters hands. The instrument
used by the counter is not a complicat-
ed machine by any means, as one might
suppose. It is a simple copper-colored
tray, having raised ridges running
across its surface at distance apart
the exact width of dime.
From the receiver the money is
dumped on the board or tray, and as it
is shaken rapidly by the counter the
pieces settle down into the spaces be-
| tween the ridges. All these spaces be-
ing filled, the surplus coin is brushed
| back into the receiver, and the counter
has exactly 1880 dimes, or 1925, on his
tray, which number is required to fill
| the spaces. The tray is then emptied
into boxes, and the money is ready for
| shipment.
The dime does not pass through the
| weigher's hands, as does the coin of a
larger denomination. One and one
half grains is allowed for variation, or
tolerance" in all silver coins from a
dollar down. and the deviation from
| the standard in the ten-cent pieces is
SO trifling that the trouble and expense
| of weighing coins Oh this denomination
is dispensed with.-Asolden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
RAISING POTATOES.

A Method of Cultivation Which Will Pro-
duce Satisfactory Results.
The majority of farmers find it profit
able to grow at least sufficient acreage
of potatoes to supply the table, while
many find it a good crop to raise for
market. At least it is one that is very
generally planted.
The best soil is a rich loan plowed
deep and thorough. Let the character
of the soil be what it may, it is impor-
tant that it should be plowed deep be-
fore planting and then be prepared in
a good filth before planting the seed.
Secure good seed. Planted in good
soil well prepared. a poor quality of
seed will terminate and send up plants
that. under good conditions, will yield
a full crop. But there is always an
increased risk of failure in using poor
seed at any time and of any kind;
and. as a rule. it will prove better
economy to pay a little more for a
better quality of seed and decrease
the risks of failures. As to the best
mode of preparing the seed, there is a
wide difference of opinion. Some cut
to single eyes; some cut and leave two
eyes in each piece; some simply cut into
medium-sized pieces. while a few select
medium-sized potatoes and plant them
whole. One item ought not to be over
looked. After the plants have come
up well it is good plan to thin out,
leaving not more than three stalks in
each hill, selecting out of course, the
best and thriftiest- The usual plan is
to plant in drills, 15 or 10 inches apart
in rows 81 feet apart. The only reason
for planting in hills is that the labor of
giving clean cultivation is much less,
as the cultivation can be given both
ways, making it possible to do nearly,
or quite. all the work with the Guilt
vator. If planted in very clean land
more or less hoeing will be necessary
in order to keep down the weeds be-
tween the rows.
With the soil prepared in good filth,
the best implement to commence the
cultivation is the harrow, and it is not
necessary to wait until the plants have
made their appearance above the
ground before making q start The
weeds will start to grow very soon
after the crop is planted, and they are
much more easily destroyed when
small than at any other time, SO the
work should begin early. By harrow
ing twice. the weeds will be entirely
destroyed and the soil be in a good
condition for commencing with the cul-
tivator. Work close to the plants, so
as to kill out the weeds, but not too
deep. Keep the surface mellow and
free from weeds, and If the weeds are
kept down from the start, the work
will be materially decreased, while a
better growth and yield will be secured.
st. Louis Republic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
BEAUTIFUL AFRICA.

What Can Be Found In the Grand Forests
of the Dark Continent.
Hippopotami are abundant in the
rivers and lakes, and their hides,
when properly prepared (Which is
done by cutting the skin into long
thin strips), will fetch five pounds
apiece in South Africa, and are even
of considerable value in England for
making walking sticks, which have
a beautiful, transparent, amber-like
appearance. But the great wealth of
this country lies in its ivory, which is
preferred to any other in the Zanzibar
market. The elephant abounds in the
neighborhood of Kilima-njaro and
Kenia to the extent of many thousands.
He here becomes quite mountaineer,
and ranges through the magnificent
forests that clothe the upper slopes of
these giants among African peaks.
The natives waylay his forest
tracks with artfully -devised pit
falls and traps, preferring this
more cowardly way of procuring their
ivory to facing the elephant in the
chase. Other tribes to the north and
west of Kilima-njaro kill the elephant
with poisoned arrows or javelins or
sharp swords. Indeed. there is one
district on the northern borders of
Masai-land, where, according to Mr..
Joseph Thomson, elephants are said
to swarm unmolested and their ivory
to rot untouched, for the people of the
surrounding region have no trading
relations with any one, and do not
know the value of the precious article.
A tusk worth 915O in England may be
picked up for nothing. or bought from
any native for a pennyworth of beads
However this may be, whether the ele-
plants are slain for their ivory, or
whether, as in the tales of ''Sinbad
the Sailor" there are districts in
which the tusks may be simply gath
cred from among the bones of ele-
plants who for centuries have died.
and died untouched, in these untraveled
wilds, ivory is procured somehow and
in such quantities-even with the alb
surdly inadequate existing means of
exploitation and porterage-thatt there
is always more than enough to supply
the many native caravans led by Mos
lem traders from the coast which an.
nually traverse this country between
the Victoria Nyanza and the Indian
Ocean. Another item of trade should
not be forgotten, namely, the valuable
and handsome wild-beast skins which
may either be procured in the chase Or
very cheaply purchased from the ma
tives. A leopard's skin may be bought
for about IS. Or IS worth of goods, and
will sell on the coast for Rs or 9S
Lions skins are less easy to obtain
from the natives, as that animal is
rarely killed by them, but the COM
pany's sportsmen might shoot him to
considerable extent. as heis both COM
mon and bold. Monkey skins of the
handsome variety of bushy, white
tailed colobus, which is alone found in
this region, are valuable and fetch a
good price on the coast-H. 81. John
stOn in FOrtnightly Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

threw over his shoulders. In tho Hnid0
of an African Jungle he had not tho
slightest protection for his bleeding
feet, and even If he had saved his
boots he would not have dared to put
them on, for the tracks would have i'm
stantly revealed to any prowling Arab
or hostile native that a white man was
in the neighborhood. A cannibal tribe,
with whom Deane himself had had q
serious fight, lined the river below,
and he dared not appeal to them for
succor. He was about three hundred
miles from the nearest white station at
Bangala-
All that could be done was to strug-
gle down the river. through the dense
bush and forests, several miles inland,
avoiding all the tribes, except one or
two that were known to be friendly.
and living on whatever they could pick
up that would afford nutriment. For
four weeks this white castaway wan
dered through the country, living on
wild grapes. fried ants and caterpil-
lars and sleeping at night on the bare
earth, with no covering but dried
leaves. At last they came to the
Bakuma tribe. and shortly afterwards
were rescued by Captain Coquilhart.
who had been sent in search of Deane.
It was. an experience that not one
white man in q thousand could have
lived to relate.-La Porte Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
PECULIAR ORCHESTRA.

POrkers Furnish Music.
The credit of the invention of pig
music belongs to the Able de Baigne,
a great musician, who supplied the
court of Louis XI. with many other
curiosities in this way. The ingenious
able was one day asked by the King if
he thought it possible to produce
musical sounds from the cries of pigs
The able thought it was possible, and
received grant of money from the
monarch for that purpose With this
money he proceeded to purchase a
number of porkers, of different sizes
and ages, and, after testing the pitch
and quality of their voices, secured
them fast, and arranged them in order
in large tent. He further construct
ed a keyed instrument, furnished with
a number of wires, tightly drawn. cor
responding with the number of animals.
At the end of each wire which was in
side the tent, and almost touching each
pig. was attached short, sharp spike,
which. when moved by the action of
the key. pricked the pig and made
him squeak. '.By this MEANS"
says an old chronicler, ssthe
able produced such harmony as
to astonish the whole court" That
the cat has been pressed into the serv-
ice of musical science appears from
the account given by Juan Christoval,
a Spaniard, of a procession which took
place at Brussels at the fetes in honor
of Philip II. The orchestra" SAYS
Christoval, twas upon a large car; in
the middle sat a great bear, playing a
kind of Organ-One not composed of
pipes, as usual, but of twenty cats,
separately confined in narrow cases,
in which they could not stir. Their
tails protruded from the top, and were
tied to cords attached to the keyboard
of the organ; and, according as the
bear pricked upon the keys. the cords
were raised, and the tails of the cats
were pulled to make them new in bass
or treble tones, as required by the nat
ure of the airs" Live monkeys and
other animals danced to this music
although" continues the chronicler,
Philip IL was the most serious of
mortals, he could not refrain from
laughing boisterously. San Francisco
Argonaut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
BULL-FlGHTING IN CUBA.
Good ToreadOrs Can Command q Forum
In the Ever Faithful Isle.

Good Toreadors Can Command q Fortune
In the Ever Faithful Isle.
The older love of the Cubans for
bull-fghting is on the wane. Undoubt-
eddy bull-fghting is still.a fascinating
sport for the old-timers, but there has
been such a succession of clowns in the
bull-ring during the past ten years that
they have practically killed the sport.
When a great bull-fghter turns up in
Cuba-an event which happens about
once in four or five years-he is lion
lied to a wonderful extent for time,
but there is every Indication that bull
fighting as national sport has seen it's
best days in Cuba. I often wonder
what has become of Mazzanini, who
went to Cuba from Spain and fell vio-
lently in love with Sara Bernhardt the
day that he arrived in Havana. Sara
and he were inseparable during the
stay of the French actress in
Havana Wherever the bull-fighter
went enormous crowds followed him.
The conjunction of the French actress
and the hero of the ring was almost too
much for the sight-seers. Mazzanini
was a remarkably-hand man and
he won his way into the affections of
the people by his amiability and good
nature. He was paid $4,000 and all
his expenses for a four weeks tour
through Cuba and Mexico. When it
came to the actual business of bull
fighting, however, he proved himself
more or less muff. The bulls were
so tame that they excited his derision
and he expressed his contempt in pan
tomime to the populace. The populace
grew sulky and refused to attend the
bull-fghts. Then Mazzanini went to
Mexico, where he also expressed his
contempt for the bulls and the place
generally with rather tempestuous re-
suits. The people pelted him with
chairs, benches and every thing else
they could lay their hands on, and then
shot at him casually as he rushed out
of the ring.
saw a woman bull-fghter once in
Havana, but the bull she was to fight
proved to be a calf. The populace con-
ceived itself to be insulted, Sonora
Gloria was imprisoned for seven months
and all the proceeds of the fight were
given over to charity. All of this
shows that it is not safe to fool with
the hot Southern blood of the people of
the tropics.-Cuban Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
Why FARMERS FAIL

The Chief Causes Leading to POVERTY.
Slavery and Degradation.
The Commissioner of Labor Statis-
tics of Iowa, DIR. E R. Hutchins, re-
Gently sent out a blank to be filed by
farmers, containing this question:
''What are the chief causes which lead
to farmers failures?" 1t was answered
substantially as follows by Mr. M B.
Doolittle, of Cresco, Ia:
1. The markets, or consumers, are
too far from products.
2. Too high railroad freight rates.
8. Too high rates of interest on Dor
rowed capital.
f. Too many dogs and wolves in the
country and not enough sheep.
5. Too much fashion, too much
whisky and tobacco. and not enough
enterprise.
6. Too high lawyer and doctor fees
and not enough general intelligence
z. Two much party in politics and
not enough principle.
8. Too much listening to farmers
enemies and too little seeking for COM
mon sense for guide
9. Business as now conducted gives
the farmer no part in making prices.
When he sells, the dealer makes the
price of his produce; when he buys,
the merchant names the price he must
pay. and both are generally against
the farmer.
10. The farmers greatest voluntary
act which enters into his failures is
the utterly heartless manner In which
he: unhitches from a machine which
has plowed his corn, mown his hay or
cut and bound his grain, leaving it to
rot and rust in the field for the
next eleven months In Maine
and Massachusetts, mems shoes are
manufactured and sold at $1.5O
per pair. Corn in that market is
never less, and often much more. than
corn for a pair of shoes. Middle-men
and railroads transport these shoes to
Iowa and sell them for $ per pair.
Farmers pay for them with corn at 81
cents per bushel, or twelve bushels for
a pair of shoes The shoes are manu-
featured or produced for Two and sold
to the consumer for twelve bushels of
corn They who go of with the other
ten bushels have much to do with the
failure of farmers
The Iowa Homestead adds to shis list
two other causes-scrub stock, and the
Itch for Office 10 these may be added,
the want of economy, and of the adapta-
ton Of expenditures to the productive
capacity of the farm--Ohio Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
From the Booming West.

Stranger Tin Western city)lI un-
derstand you claim loo, 900 population
for this town.
Directory Man-Yes, sir. We have
In the new Directory, just being pub
ished, 10000 names That multiplied
by five, the average size of family,
makes 10000 See?
Messenger Boy-Please, sir, Mr..
Hardtype wants to know how many
copies of that Directory you want
printed?
Directory Man CATER some figuring)
-Um! guess fifteen win be enough.
IN. 7. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

"A company with capital of $780,
600 has been formed to build passenger
tunnels under New York City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

William Demuth. of New York, re-
Gently prepared cabinet of portraits
OF the American Presidents from
Washington to Harrison, to send to the
Paris exhibition. They are carved in
mserschaum
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11

"'It was indeed so, as Algernon had
said. A favoring gale from Heaven, it
seemed, directed the balloon toward
the cliff again, and in miraculous
manner it was waited against the face
of the cliff. AS it came nearer and
nearer to their resting place Algernon
said, in a husky whisper:
'''"Now, Lena, my hearts love,
jump when jump"
They jumped and chung like spi-
ders to the netting until Algernon had
descended to the car. Then, like the
hero he was, Algernon rescued his dar-
ling one from her perilous position and
laid her upon the floor of the car. She
was resuscitated by a drink of life-giv-
ing brandy. which Algernon found in
a hamper, and an hour later was
pleasantly engaged in viewing the
diversified landscape, over which the
balloon sailed like swallow in its
flight
" Higher and higher the balloon
rose until a band of Indians who were
watching it saw it gradually fade away
against the empyrean blue of the sky
until it dwindled down to the size of an
apple. then faded away until only a
speck like the head of pin re-
m aimed, and then was lost in the
shadowy realms of space.
:" THE END
Well. what did the publishers say
this timer"
''Oh." replied Bryan with smile,
s'they simply discharged my friend,
that's all. Chicago Mail
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-02-20
gser TIT ssraa wtuslutp ?

Da bieie Trase oft seftelIt uirb, mOlea
mir einfad iusen, bab ie cine Dame if
bic es lid felt 40 Sohren CUR Nufsabe mad,
tie, Grauenfranfbeiten, hauptiidlid aber
Sinberfranfheiten gu fubiren. sic bat
bic 3onltitutiOn unb bic BebarfniHe bieier
3ablreiden Slanen beionbers seprift uno
ale Reiultat pruftii@er RenntniGe unb
@rfahruns, tpelde fe i'm 2aufe zines Mens
idenulters ale arantenpftsserin unb Nrst
seiammelt, Bat fte ben Soptbins Shrup
als ~beicnberes Wittel fir 3abnenbe 3inber
3uiammenseiett. Dieie Mebijin bat cine
maeii4e Wirfuns - 7e sibt 8ube unb
@eiunbbeit unb erhdlt %pffenen 0eib. Sn
TOlse bieier Webi3in it Srau Winslcw
meltberiibmt seporben ais W~cbltbdterin
Der Sinber. limb bic Sinber iperben SrcB
unb banten ibr bafir. sud in bieier Stabt
bat fe bic Sinber gu Dant perpflidtet.
@rpBe Quantitdten beS Scptbins Ssrup
merben bier tdsli& pertuuftunb perbraudt.
Wir slauben, Mrs. @inslom bat fi&
burd bteien Nrtifel unfferbli9 semadt
unb mir finb aber5eust, baB burd beniels
Ben Tauienbe BON 3inbern serettet purben
unb baB Wi1ionen benlelben nod nit
@rfols sebrauden perben. Seine Mutter
bat ihre Yfli9t setban, renn le nidt
Wrs. BinslOw's SOotbins Ssrup ans
wanbte. 8eriudt es sne-Q Fables Giitpr
ytew 0crt. = gu ~perfaufen Bel allen
Orusstfen. - Is Gents bic 6lai4e
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-02-20
6iater Garlton's 8rief.

Ser ~fOlsenOe 8rief bes 8orfibenben BET UTAH
@Ommiiion siebt cine Sbee bonn @ertbe bes
nsuen Or. @rentiee'fden Sbaems:
Salt Rate Stir, 1888.
Wertber Opttor: : 8ebor i'd mad benz
Often abreiie, muB i'd Sbuen meme gnerieu-
nuns Sbrer gef9idli9leit ausfpre9en. SHE.
mails tonnte ib paFenbe aussnsldfer besOm'
men, aber na@bem i'd Sbr punberbares 81.
fem fennen Iernte, batte i'd bas gersniisen,
meine Sebfraft tpisberausrlanseu, pie id ie uur
In meinem &uabsniabren beias. Sd bef@lcb,
mid an Sic gu penbeu, nadbem i'd Sbr Sb.
ITEM bur@ cine bibfde iunse Dame bon Gum.
nit gounts fennsn Iernte, pelde init einem
fompIiairten auseufebler bebaftet mar Sic
Ionnte auf cine Gntfernuns bon 6 GuS slis-
manb ertennen, aber nod @ebran9 Sbrer an.
ssnsIdier fiebt fe 70 gut pie irseno Semanb.
Ills fe gum sriten Male 70 bic Strabe auf unb
ab blidte, unb bic sn%tfernten 8erseipfeI fat,
mar fe boiler geruunberuns uab cine neue
@slt. elm Earooies, i@ien ibr eridloFen.
Grsebenf
u. 8. Carlton,
goribenber b. ntab.g ommifion.