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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
Facta About Shaving.

A close shave means the removal of
a layer of skin all around. The blood
vessels thus exposed are not visible to
the eye, but under the microscope each
little quivering mouth holding minute
blood drop protests against such treat
nent- The nerve tips are also uncov-
cred and the pores are left unprotected,
which makes the skin tender and un-
healthy. The sudden exposure of the
inner layer of the skin renders per-
son liable to have colds, hoarseness and
sore throat.-Medical Classics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

The tragic elimination of chain of
deplorable circumstances by which a
once esteemed citizen of Hutchinson
lost his life at Kansas City yesterday
morning. is in itself a most powerful
and irrefutable sermon against two uf
the most unfortunate vices into which
u man may be beguiled-bad whisky
and worse women.-H,dchiRs0n Ne,cs
INCLUDE specuiatlng in Hutchinson
real estate, as one of the vices, aud the
sermon in the Hyde case will be COM
plete. It's bad policy, too, Easley. to
charge SO much to whisky aud bad
women" when you are so strenuously
claiming that Hutchinson is not the
abiding place of either.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
A PETERTowN QUARREL
It Was Fierce While 1t Lasted, But W
Made Up With q Kiss.

| Made Up With q Kiss.
Miss Susie Tansy-very ue1, Mr..
Hank Stoner, if you want to devote
yourself to Becky Wseden you are at
perfect liberty to do SO.
| Mr.. Hank rStoner-Lord, Susie, what
in creation do you mean?
you?'
"What have I done?"
I'D ask if were you, Hank Stoner ("
"Pshaw, Suze, what's the use of your
| getting SO jealous?''
Jealous? Whose getting jealous, I'd
like to know?'
"You are"
| "I?"
"Yes, you"
Don't f1atter yourself, sir. When 1
| get jealous it'll be for something worth
getting Jealous of. I'll let you know
| that
s'Well. what you want to kick up all
this fuss for because I paid Becky
Weeden little attention st the party
to-night?''
were you! Tagging at her heels ev'ry
| step she took!''
'sNow, SUSIE"
| ing her peppermint drops"
"Well, didn't give you some, too?"
Swell, you chose her three times hand
runnin' in the kissin' games, and you
played post-off1ce and dug a well, and
picked ea1e grapes with her SO you did"
'What of it? There's jist this of it.:
No fellow can take me to a party and
x-n -
thumbs while he's flirting around with
all the other girls in the roomt
'Pshaw, Suze. played with YOU as
much as did with any body"
Eyes, you did,
'Well, 1 did,
"You didn't I saw you kiss Janey
Plumm four times in the Marching
Down to Old Quebec game"
SWELL. great Scott, Suze! I'll kiss
you forty times now, If you so sou
''Smarty!'
81 will-see if I don't"
"Wel1, you just soonf. If you can't
treat me as gentleman should treat a
Sddy when he takes her to party, you
can just take back your old ring and our
engagement can end here.'
''Now, Susie"
81 mean it, sir!''
''No, you don't"
'I do, SIR
"Oh, you're just gassing."
You'll find out if you don't walk
pretty straight"
Lord, Sue, you know you wouldn't
throw me over for any thing in the
| world -,
sob, wouldn't I? Mighty good opin-
ion you have of yourself.
''Oh. let's kiss and make up, Suzes',
81 toon't, Hank Stoner, until you-let
me be!'
''Hee, hee, hee, Suze!''
1T amt any laughing matter with
| stop thatr' -------zs-,--
.Stop what?" II. :, -.
''You know what, and-quit, I say!"
''N-o-o-w, Suze.''
''Don't you dare kiss me again, or I'll
Hank Stoner!'
ssWell.''.
Behave yourself"
"Hee. hee, heet'
eff don't-Hdnk.!'
s'Now, Susiet''
81 don't care, Hank; I do think you
treated me real shabby, so you did, and
If you ecer do so again, I'll get mad and
I'll stay mad, and now see if I don't ~
Time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

BUILD up a prosperous farming
community in agricultural Kansas, and
the towns and cities to which such
community is tributary will be pros
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

The Great Bend Tribune published
an account of a bar banquet given in
that city last week. From reading the
article we should judge that the word
''bar' was appropriate in more ways
than one.-Larned Chronoscope. =
THE Tribune must not be taken for
authority. It's report of the bar ban
quet was libel on the gentlemen con-
cerned in the banquet, and gave not the
faintest idea of the program carried
out on that happy occasion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

Hoisinton was in town yesterday.
he came here to see who he wanted
Tor postmaster. No wonder that the
county Is democratic. It ought TO be,
under such a condition of things
iownsley, in Mondays 4,lttersnipe.
ANDY has doubtless knocked your
eye out" neighbor, as he always did.
It's cold day when Andy Hoisington
don't pay off an old enemy. He still
islands in" with the old republican
ring that is bound to rule or ruin: and
as long as the $4,000 are alipowerful.
it will be "rule." Better give up trying
to get into the combination.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

KANSAS has two great Johns-In-
gals and Laura Wichita Journal.
And it's hard to tell which is the
greatest granny of the two.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
UP GOES IRON AID STEEL.

Nearly all the dealers in iron and tin
plates are holding back in the market
They avoid accepting orders for future
deliveries. All iron and steel products
are rising and the expectation is
universal that prices will continue
upward for some time to come.
This may mean prosperity to mine
and mill owners, but it also means that
consumers are to be taxed heavily fol-
their iron and steel goods. If all other
prices are to go up correspondingly
and season of general activity and
prosperity is at hand, nobody will CON-
plain, but if the manufacturers are only
taking advantage of the necessities of
the country to force up prices on iron
and steel, nobody will make money
except the comparatively few individ-
uals.
A tin plate firm in the east has sent
out circulars to western customers
strongly advising them to cover now
their wants for the first part of next
year. In giving causes Of the expected
rise in prices the firm says that the
basis is not increased demand for tin
plates, but the sharp advance in pig
iron. Barbed wire is on the rise for
the same reason or under the same
excuse.
It is curious that while iron is rushed
up easily and rapidly the moment the
market shows signs of activity, the
rise in wheat and corn is slow and
painful, though the shortage in Europe
justifies expectation of unusual demand.
The difference is that iron is protected
to the full satisfaction of the iron and
steel association and the market is
readily controlled by the close combi-
nation while wheat and corn 90 out
into the world and take buffetings from
all comers.
Wheat, corn, provisions and cotton
are sent out to make living for the
family while iron and steel are fed
high and coddled at home. Agricultu-
raj products are only good enough to
drudge out of doors and pay taxes
while iron and steel are tenderly pro-
tected from every little chilly breeze
that happens along protected from
everything except their own business
and as far as possible from
them.
Since the government compels the
country to consume all iron and steel
manufactures there ought to be some
way of compelling consumption of
agricultural products at remunerative
prices. Iron and steel plants are as
capable Of turning out a surplus as the
farms. The farmers, however, and
other unprotected classes are forced to
pay for idleness on the part of iron and
steel men. Would it not be nice, very
nice, for the farmers to enjoy that
luxury for an occasional season? But
the protectionists say that is impossible.
Certainly. Then work the rule the
other way and make. the iron and steel
men do some of the country's drudgery.
Tin plates recently advanced 81 box
in month. Steel rails have gone in a
few months from S2s to $35 a ton.
Nails have started up. Merchant iron
and wrought iron pipe are being forced
higher every week. It's so pleasant to
have tariff fixed the way you want it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

TEN arc lights would light the
streets of Great Bend in elegant shape.
If we do not have them it will be be-
cause our city council do not under
stand the needs OF our city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

WE HAVE, at this Office, for free
distribution, about fifty copies of the
proceedings of the meeting of the
National Farmers Alliance, held at
DesMoines, Iowa, January last. They
contain a number of interesting
speeches by leading alliance men, from
which farmers can get many good
points cf information. Call and get
one. They are free.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

The Chief of Polio at Parsons, Pa,
while drunk, was recently killed by a
train. His widow has secured an
award of 50, 500 from the saloon-keeper
who sold her husband his last
dripkuand the saloon--keeper man
will pay. In Kansas the man
who sells liquor takes no such chances.
If he be druggist he has a sworn
statement to stand between him and
harm; if a bootlegger he is only amen
able to the state-if caught. Kansas
widows and orphans have no recourse
in such cases.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
BRIEF COMMENT.

FIVE county treasurers have de-
faulted in Kansas during the last six
months. Shall We lay that to prohibi-
tion or to the SO 1000?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

THE American Sugar Company has
been at work in several counties in the
state securing aid for the establish
ment of sugar plants. Recently it was
discovered that, at Minneola, in Meade
county, the farmers who were to fur
nish aid for the new works had been
fooled by the American Sugar Co.
Their plan, as charged, was to put re-
fined sugar into the syrup they made.
giving it high grade. The discovery
of this attempted fraud will put a
dampener on the sugar business in
Kansas for some time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

AN Ohio man found a check in his
family bible, on a Steubenville bank,
dated Dec. 10, 1921. There are said to
be many valuable things in that book,
If you will just look for them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

WHY is the editor of the Tribune
with his postmaster aspirations, like a
ladel at church supper? He's in the
soup-and with small amount of
cOmpany
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
HE1GHBoRHooD HAPpHH1Has.

Ellinwood items.
From the Advocate.
Mrs Hotchkiss is very sick this week.
Herbert Sprinkler uis very sick this
week.
We understand from reliable author
ity that FEEDER will be our next post
master.
Mr.. Ives had one of his legs hurt by
being thrown from his buggy last Sun
day.
Archer, it is very likely. will be Ell
'inwood's next postmaster. This is the
talk on the streets.
The Farmers Alli0e, of Stafford
county are shipping their corn to Hud-
son for 20 cents per bushel.
Mrs. Koeler returned last Tuesday
from an extended visit to Mendoza and
other towns of Illinois.
The machinery for the creamery is
being put in this week and in short
time we will be ready for business.
Isaac Bacon who has been confined
to his bed for some time with rheuma-
tism, is now able to sit up.
Let's all work together and procure
the Frisco rail road. It will give us
competition and be of untold value to
us. We can get if we all work to-
gether.
Mr.. Petz and wife met with quite an
accident last Sunday. Their horse ran
away, and in trying to go between two
trees the cart was caught and the stop
was so sudden that the occupants were
thrown something near four feet into
the air and although severely scratched
neither of them were very badly hurt.
Some people never get through i'm
posing on the printer. We may have
sky lights all over our pants, no shirt
to our back, neck tie that our grand
pa wore and no socks, still somebody"
is generous enough to borrow our coal
while we are enjoying the only pleas
ant hours of a printers life. Borrowed
coal sometimes has a bad effect on
stoves.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
Article Z, Section 1O3, of the school
laws of the state of Kansas, makes it
compulsory for all parents and guar
dians to send their children, between
the ages of and IA years, to school for
a period of not less than months in
the year. Notice is hereby given to all
such parents and guardians to send
their children to school as provided in
the above quoted section, and such per-
sons violating this law. hereafter, will
be prosecuted.
BORAD OF EDUCATION.
Me-,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

A. ]. HOIsINGTON was in Great
Bend last Sunday morning, and held a
meeting of the faithful" at the Office
of one of the old wirepullers. It is
thought the next postmaster was pick
ed out at that meeting. A. j. H. is
still a ''power" in this county with a
certain few.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

TowNsLEY, in the G,atersnipe of
Monday says: 'The farmers alliance
was in town Saturday trying to decide
where to buy goods for less than cost. -
If the few farmers who read Townships
paper can stomach the slurs he casts
upon them as above quoted they have
poorer judgment than we give them
credit for.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
Hoisington Note3,


From the Dispatch.
A. II. Baker is the librarian for the
new library.
The Masonic order of this city will
give banquet on the 21st of the pres
ent month.
Marshal Lee swears vengeance on
the stray ours of Hoisington. May he
exterminate the worthless race.
An electric street railway to run be-
tween the two depots and the college is
being considered at Great Bend.
Farm property will never be so low
in price in Barton county as it was:be-
fore the present prosperous season.
DR.. E. B. Ellis, Christian minister,
did not fill his appointment at this
place Sunday, but will be here ON the
22d.
A dozen of eggs is worth as much as
a bushel of corn. This might give rise
to the question, why are there not more
henneries?
The creamery building is complete
and has been accepted by the building
committee. The machinery will be
tested next Saturday.
The crews on the railroad haye been
making big wages the past two months
on account of the increase in business.
The engineers have been drawing
from $50 to 5000 per month; the con-
ductors from 1925 to S175; the brake
men $50 to $100, and the iremen from
500 to $125. This makes money quite
plentiful with the railroad men al
though they are called upon to do an
extra amount of work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

WE hope to see the present congress
speedily remove the tax from tobacco.
Register.
On, YES certainly Remove the
tax from tobacco, but keep it up on
woolen goods. on cooking utensils, on
everything else that goes to make peo-
ple-especially poor people comfort
able. Remove the tax from tobacco,
put slap it onto the necessaries of life.
Trusts and monopolists have no hold
on tobacco, and the people ESPECIALLY
their poor wives, and mothers, and
children need tobacco and will be
benefited by getting it a little cheaper.
By all means let the wise republican
administration yank the pesky tax off
of the weed! But don't let them touch
a hair of the Gorgon head of protected
mOnopOlies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

The agricultural report of the prices
of all farm products, has been made
for this month at Washington, and
shows the prices lower than ever be-
fore. What is republican protection
doing for farmers? 1t is idiocy to con-
cient. We must have more market
for the farmers.-Garden City Demo
CT0f
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

From 10 to IL arc lights would be all
that are necessary at present to light
tile city. They could be had for about
$65 per light per annum. In other
words $3.50 per annum will light the
streets of Great Bend with arc lights.
Register.
AND our city council would be doing
an act of enterprise and commendable
zeal for the city's good should they
contract for the lighting of our streets
as per above estimate. $3.50 year
would be small sum to pay for the
returns we would receive in the way of
public convenience, and safety, and the
of public enterprise. Let US have light.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

TIE Farmers Alliance in Kansas is
said to be already 0,000 strong.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19

FULL proceedings of the farmers
and laborers convention, held at St.
Louis, will be found on the inside pages
of the DEMOCRAT this week. The
convention was in session five days.
and if those taking part in the meeting
stand solidly together by the terms of
their agreement the ''robber tariff
will be compelled to take tumble soon.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25

down to the middle it may not fit for
three or four inches all arounl. low will
that do, or howcan that trouL'e be over
come? Will not the contents be spoiled
by that space? Will you please answer
through the Poultry Keeper, as it may be
of use to others also? Will a molasses
barrel answer for trial?'
We will state that we personally con.
suited Prof Henry E. Alvord, an expert
on sios He states that green food can
be preserved in barrel, box, hogshead,
or anything tight enough to exclude the
air. The air is kept out by pressure on
the top, the covering being pressed down
by stones or any other weight. The fact
that space of an inch or SO may exist
around the edge of the cover, after it
reaches the centre of the barrel, will do no
harm, as the contents will be as solid as
a box of chewing tobacco by the time
the barrel is full, and when wanted for use
must be faked off with a spade. Chop
the green food, fiji your barrel, ad plen-
ty of weight on the loose barrel head and
when it settles, fill up again. If there is
any fear of the barrel have a strong box
made for the purpose. Poultry Keeper.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
Cure for Chicken Cholera.

The cholera in a flock will soon cause a
thorough disgust OF poultry and the best
preventive is to use plenty air Stacked
lime over the yards and on the poultry
house floor. Should cholera appear, the
birds will be very thirsty, droop and the
discharges will be greenish. AS the medi-
cines may not be taken, it isgiven in food;
the water for drinking purposes may be
acidulated by adding teaspoonful of
liquid carbolic acid to quart and half
of water AS soon as they show signs of
recovery reduce the amount OF acid to one
fourth
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
Keeping Green Food for Winter.

Our article in the February Poultry
Keeper on preserving green food in sum
mer for use in winter calls for a reply to
the following letter sent US from Nons-
vile, Pa:
''In the Poultry Keeper you give an ar
ticle on preserving green food for winter
use for fowls May ask question? You
say: Fill yoursilo or barrelclosely,' etc..
and have head of boards which fits in
nicely, but which will go down into the
the silo or barrel Now, if the head goes
down into the barrel it may fit nicely at
the top, but as it goes down, by settling,
by itself, or through winter by using out,
it won't fit any more, even if it be low
cred only two inches, and as it comes
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
Eectric BitterS.
pine land

This remedy is becoming SO we'll known
and so popular as to need no special mention.
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
same song of praise.-A purer medicine
that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will
remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood:
Will drive Malaria from the system and
prevent as we'll as cure all Malarial fevers.---
For cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.
=. Price so cts, and $1.00 per bottle at
w. A. Allen & Co. IS. 5
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
Keeping Eggs for Higher Prices.

1t is very difficult to have eggs keep
fresh, no matter what the method used
for preserving them may be, buteggsfr from
hens that are not in company with males
will keep for four months by simply plac-
ing them inacool place and turning them
half over twice week. No packing ma
terial is required, but the turning of the
eggs is essential. A temperature not high
er than zoe will answer, but the cooler
the better.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
Golden Wyandottes.

We have promised to Illustrate the
Golden Wyandotte for a long time, and,
through the kindness of Mr.. IraC. Keller,
OF Tiffin, Ohio, we are enabled to fulfill
our promises this week.
From the illustration you can see the
shape of the bird, and for particulars we
give Mr.. Keller's letter accompanying the
illustration in full. This breed is bound
to take the lead for a general purpose
fowl being excellent layers and a good
table bird, combined with beauty. For
new variety they breed very true to color.
Following is Mr.. Keller's letter:
Editor Poultry Department:
The cut | send you of Golden Wyan-
dottes represents the first prize pair at
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25
The Scourge of Lice.

The only way to keep down vermin is
to ''take day off, and do the work well.
Add a quart OF kerosene to tub of
strong soapsuds, SO as to form an emul-
sion. With watering pot, force pump,
or any other contrivance, saturate every
portion of the house, exterior, interior,
floors, roosts, walls, under the roof, and
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25

be sure to get it into every crack and
crevice Then dust each fowl thoroughly
with Dalmation insect powder, holding
the fowl head downwards, so as to have
the powder reach every portion of the
body Lice multiply rapidly during the
summer, and the house should be kept
clear of the droppings.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25

plies the albumen of the egg, which is the
most difficult to obtain. One pound of
meat fed to twenty hens, three times a
week, will not expensive compared with
grain and the results to be obtained.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25

or warm climates, and are one among
the best layers in existence. Forty
of my hens and pullets layed from the
first of january until the middle of May
5000 eggs-seventy per head; be-
sides | set fen of these hens at one time,
but only kept them setting three weeks,
and then turned them back in the breed
ing pens They are excellent layers in
winter, and lay good sized cream colored
eggs are excellent table fowls, and except
none as market bird. for there is no
fowl that has such deep yellow skin, and
they have abundant breast meat, which
makes them so salable. They mature
early and feather quickly.
This breed combines the beautiful with
the useful as well as any other breed in
existence. Having been entered in the
standard they will soon become very pop
ular, having practical merits to back
them. IRA Z. KELLER.
Tiffn, Ohio, September 18th
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-25

MAKE Your Own FERTILIzER.-Send for
sample, price, ETC., of our kilncured, dis
integrated, screened Humus for compost
ing with chemicals, cotton seed meal,
ashes, or stable manure. Address, Hicks
& CLARK, Fort Mason, Fla.