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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1 :
Harrow the wheat lands as long
a. possible: this makes firm seed-beds,
uhich are abominated by chinch bugs
No animal is so hardy as to re-
quire no attention The more an ami
NAL is exposed the less it viii produce,
either of pork. wool, mutton. beef Or
milk.
"A hen of large breed should not
lay less than from 10 TO 12O eggs. the
small breeds from $50 to Us; any that
lay less eggs than that should not be-
kept -------.-.----s
The advantage in well tiled land
is that the surface water drains Of
rapidly without washing. 1t warns
up quicker and seeding can be done
earlier.
If the supply of hay is short use
straw and corn fodder as part of the
daily ration. Any deficiency in the
coarse food can be supplied with extra
grain In fact. any ration can be-
balanced by the judicious use Of
ground grain and cottonseed or Enseed
meal.
Vines are of some service The
potato vine contains large amount Of
potash, and should be added to the
manure heap. The vine of the sweet
potato and pea is readily eaten by
stock. as also the tops of many roots
that are grown. If all such material
were carefully saved and fed it would
produce many thousands of pounds Of
meat.
weed or bitter weed. is readily eaten
by COWS. and if abundant in pastures
is sure to make the butter bitter. The
only immediate remedy is to keep the
cows away from it, and then, if pos
sible, exterminate the weed. !. The
same weed produces that distressing
form of influenza known as shay fever"
in many persons.
In feeding poultry. one must be
very careful not to use damaged grain
or sour leavings. The latter will Of
half-dozen other troublesome dis
eases. Warm feed only on cold days
should be given. When the weather
is warm do not rely too much upon
the above diet Achange is desirable.
and will work a benefit to the digestive
organs, which are unusually active at
this season of the yesr.
An enthusiastic bee-keeper writes:
The preserving qualities OF honey are
immense. The best hams are cured
with honey. and pears and apples are
often preserved with honey. In fact,
honey has the quality of preserving
for long time in fresh state any
thing that may be laid in it or mixed
with it, and to prevent its corruption
in far superior manner to sugar;
thus many species of fruit may be pre-
served by being laid in honey, and by
this meanSobtain a pleasant taste and
| give to the stomach a healthy tone.
One who has once tried it will not use
sugar for preserving fruit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Kn0~s1edge Which VIII Tighten Many Dis
agreeable Domestic Duties.
If the cover is removed from soap
dishes the soap will not get soft.
When flat-irons become rusty, black
them with stove-polish, and rub well
with a dry bush.
Use charcoal to broil with. The
flames close the pores very quickly
and make the meat very tender.
Silver can be kept bright for months
by being placed in an alright case
with good-sized piece of camphor.
Use squares of dull-colored felt,
pinked at the edges, under statuary or
any heavy ornaments that are liable
to mar a polished surface.
Do not keep ironed clothes On bars
in the kitchen any longer than is
necessary for thoroughly drying,
They g..her unpleasant oSSrs.
Equal parts of white shellac and al
cohol is permanent fxative for
crayon and charcoal sketches. Spray
it on evenly with an artists atomizer.
Mahogany and cherry furniture often
gets dull for want of a good cleaning
with moist cloth. Polish with the
hand. rubbing well. and the result will
be surprising.
Windows can be cleaned in winter
and the frost entirely removed by using
a gill of alcohol to pint of hot water;
Clean quickly and rub dry with a warm
channels skin.
An old and reliable English cook
book gives the following recipe as an
oil-cloth restorer: Melt one-half of an
ounce of beeswax in a saucer of turpen-
tine. Rub the surface all over with it
and rub in with dry cloth.
Telegraph wire of galvanized iron il
much better to hang clothes on in
winter than rope, as the clothes will
not freeze to it. Have it hung up by a
line-man and it will never give" no
matter what the weather may be.
For chapped hands, make camphor-
ice of sne and one-haf ounces of sper-
mAceti tallow, four teaspoonfuls of oil
of sweet almonds and three-fourths Of
an ounce of gum-camphor pulverized
fine. Put on back of stove until dis
solved. stirring constantly, using just
enough heat to melt the ingredients
together.
Laundry polish for shirts, collars
and cuffs, ETC.. is made in the follow
ing manner: Dissolve On a slow fire
one ounce of white wax and two
ounces of spermaceti with one large
tablespoonful of salt Turn into a wet
cup to cool Make boiled starch as
sual.cooking slowly for twenty
minutes. and for every tablespoonful
of dry starch used put in lump of the
preparation the size of a cherry Usa
no cold starch and do not sprinkle.
When the starched pieces are dried
lay them in q wet towel for two hours.
and with a rough polishing-iron bring
out the gloss.-Mrs. W. 81. Maher, in
Good Housekeeping. j
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
TWO COUNTRY BOYS.

The First Meeting OF q Great Editor and
a Famous Physician.
About sixty years ago a Vermont boy, a
farmers son, was sent to East Poultney by
himself to sell a load of potatoes. It was a
great event for him, the proudest day of his
life He sold out his load, then drove round
to the tavern, put up his horses, and went
in to dinner. How grand he felt ordering a
dinner on his own account, and paying his
own bill f'%
A good many people were in the dining
room, among the rest a disting uished-look-
ing man, no less a parsonage than the sheriff
of the county, who had been formerly a
young fellows eyes fell upon a ''tall, pale,
white haired. gawky boy" sitting at the
further end of the table In his shirt-sleeves,
paying attention to nobody, and eating as if
upon a wager.
'This is pretty sort of tavern, anyhow,
to let such fellow as that sit at the same
table with all these gentlemen! He ought
to come in with the hostler," thought our
proud potato merchant.
Before long the conversation turned upon
some political subject, some act of an early
Congress, and there was a difference of
opinion as to how certain members had
voted upon it. Ali at once the sheriff turned
to the white-haired, half-dressed boy at the
end of the table, and asked:
"Ain't that right, Greeley?"
"No," said the boy; "you're wrong"
"Therer' said one Of the other men. 81
told you sop
"And you're wrong, too" continued the
boy, and he proceeded to give the history G..
the measure in question from beginning to
end.
Our dealer in potatoes was astonished out
of measure, the more so because the whole
company took these statements as law and
gospel, settling the whole dispute at once
and forever. s tlt...
The ''gawky boy'' was Horace Greeley,
who was there at work in printing Office
at East Poultney. The other boy became q
prominent New York physician. The two
did not see each other again for many
years. Then the famous physician met the
famous editor one day in the street, and
told him this story, to his great amusement.
-Y0utt's Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24

There was <fhe same slndx trustfu1 1ouA 81
his face the old man had missed for mnuy =
day, and his heart thrilled with Joy to think
that at last there was no barrier between
him and his boy Harry.
It was q very quiet wedding, for the Cap
tain insisted on its taking place at once in
New York, as he argued that it would be
awkward for Kate to go back to the Orchard
Farm as visitor; and you may be sure
Harry offered no obstacles. to his arrange
ments. though ! ann free to confess Kate
made a blushicg objection to the hurried
ceremony, which was SO transparently in
sincere that 1t did not delay it an hour.
Then the Captain sent the young couple on
for a weeks trip to the seaside, and started
home to tell Martha how effectually he had
stopped those bothersome letters.
-
There were grand doings at the Orchard
Farm. From far and near the guests had
come by boat and carriage; under the big
apple trees long lines of tables were spread
with snowy cloths and laden with the chOic-
est viands; on the lawn the village band
played, making UP in energy what they
lacked in science; and from the flag pole on
the sunmer-house yards of gay bunting
fluttered in the gentle breeze. For on this
day Harry Winthrop was bringing home
his bride. f'es~
But question if all the bright speeches
his father as the hideOuS screams OF the
steam-whistles from the passing vessels
with which his brother captains saluted
their happy old comrade.
And Kate, as she hangs on her husbands
arm and gazes on the fair scene, whispers:
"The wounds are healed at last, Harry, and
for all the long years to come there shall be
in our lives no North and no South i;
But Daniel Winthrop's mind was not just
now devoted to the glories of steam-wbis-
ties. He stood with his hand on his boys
shoulder, watching the gay scene around
four figures grouped on the Iawn-his wife
and his sons wife, Walter Frobisham and
Gordon Grey, and he said: r
1.-THE dead past is burying its dead pretty
fast, boy. I did not think I could be ever
see the blue and the gray blended in such
union. Say, Harry, we must do something
for that fine young fellow, your brother-ln-
lava few thousands would be mighty
help to him to start in his new profession.
Yes, I would like to do something for him
for Kate's sake, for the best gift your IA
Their ever made you was the CHARGE to bring
that brave girl home as your wife,"
A glad light leaped to the young man 8
face-a radiant look that gladdened the IA
theirs eye to behold-and, with a laugh that
but half concealed his earnestness, he re-
piled in the words of the greatest of all
writer's: ~.s.! s.I
''She is mine own;
And as rich in having such q jewel
AS twenty seas, ii all their sands were pearls,
The water nectar and the rocks pure gold"
1.-THE END.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
THE POLITICAL WORLD.

IA IOu0 cry OF ''G1Vo harrison q
rest is heard throughout the broad
land, but the noble army of Office
seekers claim they did not elect him to
rest.-N. Y. Herald.
The surplus" that is now Civ
ing General Harrison the most trouble
is the surplus" of candidates for office.
There is more of a demand than can
be met. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
with allow tax club organized
in every township during 1889 and
1890 the, Democrats will carry the
Fifty-second Congress and give His
Grandfather's Grandson Democratic
successor. Begin the work now!-St.
Louis Republic. -
1t is a grea. comfort to the
Western farmer to have Republican
newspaper explain his mortgages If
explanations were cancellations, the
unfortunate farmer would soon be on
the road to permanent prosperity
Louisville Courier-J ournal
General. Harrison is said to be
thinking of appointing Malone to a
Cabinet position. Malone would GER
tainly be a pretty correct representative
of Southern Republicanism, but it ism t
at all complimentary to Southern Re-
publicanism to say SO. Boston Globe.
"A Christmas present in the form
of discharge was given to $50 work
men by the Pottstown Iron Company
of Pennsylvania. There have been a
great many additions to the grand
army of tariff school graduates since
the election. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Popular enthusiasm can not be
aroused by an appeal for a five per cent.
reduction of outrageously discriminate
ing taxes, but the demand for tariff
for public purposes only as against a
tariff for the purpose of still further
enriching pampered monopolists will
fire the popular heart-St Louis Re-
public.
1t has been noted as a strange
coincidence that Ellis Phelan,. an ex-
Confederate soldier. was elected Judge
OF probate in Waterbury, Conn, at the
last election. and ON the same day a
Union veteran was chosen a member
of the Alabama Legislature in the same
district where Phelan formerly lived.
Detroit Free Press.
The only safety for our institu-
tons is to insist that the power of legis-
lation and of taxation shall not be used
for the promotion of any private Or
class interest for the benefit Of one par
of the people at the expense of another,
to take from some to give to others. 1t
is the policy of a despotism and not OF
q free republican, Y. Times.
Seven thousand miners of Penn
sylvania who. on the sixth day of last
November marched to the polls and
voted for ''high tariff and work at high
wages all the year round" have just
been laid of for three months that the
output of coal may be reduced, in
order that their projected bosses, who
had the '.fat" fried out of them during
the campaign. may advance the price
OF that prime necessary of life and
thus regain some of that 'sfat. Mill
waukee Labor Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24

who don't deserve pensions to be able
to get them by means Of political In
huence. 1t robs the deserving soldier
to have to dilute q nations gratitude
with fraud like that There was some
talk of a bill to give every ex-soldier
q pension. Well, IL take that money
if it ever comes, for / served through
the whole war, and need the money,
but I'll take no money on a false
oath. IN. Y. Sun. if
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
CHAPTER XVII.

When Captain Winthrop found himself
one of the hundreds pouring out of the
gateway of the Central station in New
York, fancy he felt, for all his brave
words to his wife, a little nervous concern
ing the troubles he was about to encounter,
Tor, like all untraveled provincialists, his
ideas of the metropolis were not exactly
Hattering to its inhabitants.
1t was mid-afternocn when he arrived,
and, first running into dock" at hotel,
he set boldly out for East Sixty third street.
It was reeking hOt-hotteY than the Captain
in his widest dreams had ever imagined
human beings could endure it and live.
Along Fifth avenue it was bad enough, but
when he turned to the right into q mar
rover and more crowded street he had
fairly to gasp for respiration. The neigh
borhood was not pleasant one; for by de-
grees the character OF the houses seemed
to deteriorate until at last he reached re-
gion of squalid tenement dwellings, TEEN
ing with slatternly women and half-naked
children, whom the sitting cir had driven
to the door-steps. Again and again he
paused, thinking he must have blundered,
but the inscription on the street lamps re-
assured him and he plodded on. Then
things mended q little. There was q marked
Improvement in the style of houses, which
were now of the shabby genteel order, with
windows decorated with cards Of APART
ments to let," and at last he reached No
-2O51.
A pleasant-looking, neat, middle-aged
woman was sweeping the doorstep as he
approached.
s'Does Miss Frobisham live herea' the
Captain asked, hopping his brow with q
bandana handkerchief big enough for q
yacht-fag.
eyes, sir. Please come in.n And the
Captain found himself In a small, dark sit
ting room, made hideous with abort,ons in
wax flowers and colored tides after the
manner Of the New York lodging houses.
6 You'll excuse me, sir" the woman con-
tinued, when the Captain was seated, sbut
might ask your business with Miss Fro
blsham?''
The Captain stared in indignant silence.
ooh, you need not be angry, sir. don't
ask ont Of curiosity; only can see that you
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
= WORDS NOT TO USE.
Read This Over a Few Times and Thon
Commit 1t to Memory.

commit IL AVcmOFYs
Cute, for acute.
Party, for person.
Depot, for station.
Promise, for assure
Posted, for informed.
Stopping, for staying.
Like / do, for as do
Feel badly, for feel bad.
First-rate, as an adverb.
Healthy, for wholesome.
Try and do, for try to do.
These klnd, for this kind.
Cunning, for small, dainty.
Funny, for odd or unusual.
Guess, for suppose or think.
Fix, for arrange or prepare.
Just as soon, for just as lief.
Had rather, for would rather.
Had better, for would better.
Right away, for immediately.
Between seven, for among seven.
Not as good as. for not so good as.
Some ten days, for about ten days.
The matter of, for the matter with. ass.
Not as know, for not that know
Somebody else's for somebody's else.
Kind of, to indicate moderate degree.
Storms, for it rains or SHOWS moderately
Above, for foregoing, more than or be-
yond. SIS 81 ~ sef vt.#
Try an experiment, for make an expert
ment
More than You think for, for more than
you think. s
Nice, indiscriminately Real nice may be
doubly faulty
Real, as an adverb. in expressions, real
good, for really or very good
Singular subject with contracted plural
verb, g. G., =" She don't skate well. ~ .ss-,
Taste and smell of, when used transi.
lively. Illustration: We taste dish which
tastes Of pepper.
=
Some or any, in an adverbial sense, e. E.,
's have studied some, /" for somewhat II
have not studied any" for at an.-N r.
Mai and Express. . sstse.l fs..fs..s.4ss 49,. =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24

CHAPTER XVL-CONrINUED.
"Why, don't you see it is these letters
that are upsettlng my poor boy? When a
girl tells man she won't be his wife, but
will keep up a slsterly friendship for him,
and keeps writing and writing, it just sets
him fretting all the time"
''Of course it does; but what can you do,
Danielr'
"Stop 'em."
. He brought down his hand so heavily on
the little table in front of him that the glass
Jar which contained his tobacco fell with q
crash to the floor.
6 It's bad Sign, Martha" he said, rue
fully, for, like all sailors, he was supersti-
tious. 'But all the same Pm gong to try
nv level best to stop this foolish CORE
spondence."
"But how? You can not write to her; for
you haven't her address; and I'm sure it
would never do to ask Harry for it,
''Thats my grand idea, Marthan'
He took from his pocket New York
newspaper, and, first peering out of the
tiny window of the summer-hOuse to see
that there were no eavesdroppers, he read
in whispering tones that would have befitted
some deep-laid conspiracy, the following adj
vertisement:
''MUsIC PUPILS wanted by a graduate of
Richmond Ladies' College. Terms very low
Address Miss Frobisham, 2O51 East Sixty
third street."
"What do you think of that, Marthas
found it quite by accident when was in
town this morning."
Eyes, it is Kate sure enough" his wife
unused. But what are you going to do now,
Daniel?"
She could tell by the earnestness of his
look that the revelation would be startling,
but was hardly prepared for its momentous
character.
"pm going to New York tomorrow,
Martha
Had he said he was about to depart for
Jerusalem Mrs. Winthrop could hardly have
manifested greater CONSERVATION.
Good gracious, Daniel, all the way to
New York;" she gasped.
eyes," he said, with the air of one who
was resolved to do and dare great advent
ures. 81 start for New York tomorrow
night Harry leaves in the morning for a
weeks trip through Indiana to sell lumber
from his new mill, and Pm off in the even
ing.''
"Oh, Daniel!''
CT tell you it is no use writing. must
go myself and see if can not drill some
Q common sense into this foolish young wom-
ans head. Those letters have got to be
stopped, and I'll see if can not stop them"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
LOYAL AT LAST.
a Tale Of Love and Adventure in
the Late Civil War.
BY BERNARD BIGS

By BERNAIsD B1GSBY,
AUTHOR OF "ELLEN'S SECRET" ssFALLEN
AMONG THIEVES" "MY LADY FANrAS-
TICAL," AND OTHER STORIES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
CHAPTER xvL-coHrrN,

CoDyriohted, 1885, by the A. " Kellogg Nescs-
paper Conapdny.1
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-18
NEARING THE END.
The Barnum Libel Case Will End
To-Day.

The Barnum libel suit is rapidly
reaching focal point. After Tommy
Leftwith has passed out his burning
soul this morning the charge will be
made by the court and the case given
TO the Jury. Yesterday was occupied in
the introduction of rebutting testimony
on both sides. Fred w. Strang, a
former employe of the GLOBE, who was
summary discharged a few months
ago, posed as witness for the plaintiff
and attempted to create a sensation. He
was quickly exposed, however. and his
animus shown to the jury in the course
of rebutting evidence, which also turned
a laugh upon the diminutive attorney
for the plaintiff.
Hon. E. NJ. Wilson summed up for the
defense in the afternoon in a mastery
effort. lie undertook to show that all
OF the statements in the alleged libelous
article were matters of common knOwl-
edge in the district in which the plain
titf attempted to practice his profession
before they were published in the
GLOBE. and that no damage was done
by such publication; that the plain
tiff had settled with another
paper for the alleged libelous
publication in the same case
for a small sum. which must have been
his measure OF the damage to his pro-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-18
ROBBED THE PARSON,
Thieves Go Through Rev. NJ. ID.
Shutters Residence Success
fully.

Thieves Go Through Rev. NJ. d.
Shutters Residence Success
fully.
A gang of slick thieves, known to the
police of all large cities as second
story workers." or climbers" entered
Rev. NJ. d. Shutters reside rec at 2211
Third avenue south, while the family
were at supper on "Wednesday evening,
and carried off large tin box contain
ing valuable papers, SilverWare and
jewelry belonging to the preacher.
Early yesterday morning a young son
of Mr.. Mills, who lives at 2106 Clinton
avenue, discovered the box on the lot in
the rear of his home. The lock had
been broken and all the valuable jew
elry had been taken, but the papers
and silyerware were not touched. The
box and its contents were turned
over to the police by Mr.. Mills and
by them to the owner. Supt. Bracket,
speaking Of the robbery last night. said:
II wish the GLOBE would warn its
readers against this class of thieves.
The police are practically powerIess
against them. and although the shreWd-
est officers in all the large cities have
tried for years to land one of these sec
one story workers in. jail, they have
never succeeded. They only take the
very best kind of jewelry. and never at
tempt to dispose of it in the same city it
comes from. They are no doubt gentle
manly appearing fellows, and very
likely stop only at frst-class hotels, and
by keeping away from the local crooks
no one would suspect their real calling.
If the people will only keep their doors
and windows locked, aud do not leave
their valuableS lying around loose on
the upper floors when they are at meals
these fellows would get nOthing.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-18
MINNEAPOLIS GETS 1T.
The American Board of Foreign
Missions Coming West.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE third days
session of the annual meeting of the
American Board of Commissioners of
Foreign Missions opened at o'clock in
the Broadway Tabernacle. Rev. DR..
StOrrs presided. Rev. George L..
Walker, of Hartford, Conn.,, read the re-
port of the committee of the condition
of the missionary work in Africa. The
report stated that the missions estab-
lished there were doing satisfactory
work, but what was wanted was
more missionaries. The committee
recommended the passage of resolu
ton calling on the president of tins
United States TO get congress to take
such action that the United Statee
should cooperate with Germany and
Great Britain IN trying to abolish slav-
cry in Eastern Africa. This recon-
mendatiOn reused the enthusiasm of
the delegates and was carried.
The committee to whom was referred
the report of the prudential committee
reported that they agreed with the
recommendation of the home secretary.
They found that two-fifthS of the con-
tributiOns last year were subscribed by
the wOman'S board. 1t was decided
that the next meeting of the board be
held at MINNEAPOLIS