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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Waste ON the Farm.

Although am neither a farmer nor
the son of a farmer, / have noticed
certain wastefnl ways on the part of
many farmers for which there are sim
pie preventatives. The field is broad
one, and there are no doubt many pro-
Life avenues of waste of which l have
no knowledge. But I know
First-That wood will rot aud iron
will rust and paint will scale if exposed
to rain and sun for any considerable
period. The materials that enter into
the composition of farm machines were
put there to give them strength for
their legitimate duties, threshing, or
moving, or plowing, g,-and not designed
to withstand the combined attacks of
the elements from year to year, as in
the case of the farmer who leaves his
cultivator in the grass at the edge of
the last field in which it was used, or
the mower and hay rake near the last
rick.
Second-That it is the antipodes of
economy to allow cattle to trough it''
through the winter, bumped in fence
corners, even on the cOldest, stOrmiest
days without bite to eat, shivering i'll
the icy wind, or wading later in the
season, knee deep in a muddy stalk
field. The animals lose all they may
have gained during the previous sum-
mer. The milk COW, thus treated, is
well nigh worthless until grass comes.
One COW, properly sheltered and fed,
would give better returns in milk and
butter than three or four unprotected
and uncared for. Even though cattle
be we'll fed during the winter months,
the whole of the provender is required
to keep them alive if they are unshel-
tered. It is not only wasteful, but
cruel in the extreme, to provide no
shelter for dumb brutes in winter.
Third-That feed may be and is
wasted in great quantities by being inn
properly put out. I have often seen
feed lots, after a rain or thaw. re-
duced to a bed of mud into which fod.
der and hay were thrown in the hope
that the cattle would get the greater
portion of it-and they did; but the
one-thfrd or one-fourth of the feed that
the animals trampled into the mire
was what they needed to make growth
Thus the feeder lost in two ways
Hogs fare no better, receiving theil
| doi1x1 <,llCxrov,oo oe food IN a vorifo hlo
morter bed whose capacious NAV rivals
that of the hog itself. Manhattan In
! datstTialist
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Creamery Notes.

Creamery Notes.
There are many hundreds of cream
cries in operation in this country, vet
not one out of 200 business failures are
reported to be e'creameries or cheese fac
tories.
The latest new creamery is said to be
that of Ness City.
1t is claimed that the state has over
100 creameries.
The machinery is being put into the
creamery at Conway Springs. and it will
soon be in running order.
The Cheney creamery has a standing
order from Las Vegas, n NJ, for SOC
pounds of butter per week.
GMt. Vernon, Cowley county, is soon to
build creamery with a capacity OF
1000 pounds of milk per day.
j. F. Krieger lives west of Colwich.
He has four COWS. In one week they
gave 62O pounds of milk. He would
have received $3.50 cents for the milk.
His wife churned. and out of two weeks
milking got thirty pounds of butter and
received Is cents a pound for it, OF
$5.40. So in one week, she could get
more out of the COWS from the creamery
than in two weeks butter making.-M
Hope Mentor.
just now when there is so much
talk about creameries and cheese fac.
tories people are eager for all the in.
formation they can get ON these Sub
jects. The following figures show the
extent of the business done at yelling
ton last year. Four million three
hundred and ffty-fve thousand pounds
of cheese were shipped and the move
ment in butter was little less than .
million pounds. The increase of the
shipments of butter and cheese over
1887 was somewhatemor than 75O, ,OO(
pounds.-Ness City Sentinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

W. G.. NIHoN and wife. the latter
being the daughter of Bishop Andrews
of the Methodist church, employed
Christian scientists to treat their child.
The little sufferer died. The death was
concealed for thirty-six hours. A cor
oner's jury found that death was due
from wilful neglect Wichita Beacon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

QUERY: Will Harrison be Blaine's
president, or will Blaine be Harrison s
secretary of state?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

THE Wichita Nesrs-B Beacon ought tc
learn that Great Bend is not in ssBar-
ber" but in Barton c0unty-the exact
central county of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

To STRANGERS traversing our state
the numerous elegant and expensive
scooihouses are a source of wonder.
After they become acquainted the
wonderment ceases. They find Kansas
to be populated with an intelligent,
progressive people, who appreciate the
benefits and advantages of trained
minds, and place the means of procur-
ing practical education within the
reach of their children.-Lyons Tribune.
STILL the "White caps" are getting
in their cowardly work throughout the
eastern and northern states. What's
the matter whith adopting the republi-
can plan, and- charging all depreda-
tions and exploits of the ''white caps
to the republican party? There would
be just as much sense ia calling such
depredations republican outrages,- y
"the shot gun and hickory rod policy OF
the north" )" etc., as for the republican
agitators to charge every disturbance
that occurs in the south to the demo-
cratic party.
GEN. MAHoNE's kindly advice to the
colored brethren to suppress their aspira-
tions for a place in Harrison's cabinet
may have been prompted, rs has been
intimated, by fear that the appoint
ment of a colored republican to cabinet
position might seriously interfere with
his own ambition. The negro leaders
claim, with much justice. that their
political weight in the republican party
entities them to this recognition.
They produce statistics to show that
but for their votes the republican party
would have been in a minority of
million in the last election. In another
way of presenting the election figures
they demonstrate that if the colored
vote should be eliminated the demo-
Gratis would have million majority of
the white voters of the country. On
this ground the advice to suppress their
aspirations which the negro politicians
receive so freely from the other wing
of the party is heard with manifest i'm
''HE WHO works alone for himself
is never SO successful as those. who
make the welfare of their fellow man a
part of their life work. This sentl-
ment, as understood by the earnest
thinker, is indeed true. Selfishness is
a greater curse to the man who prac-
tices it than to the others who appsr-
emily suffer from his selfishness. A
man of broad and liberal views, who
looks upon every other man as his
equal, until proven his inferior, man
who believes that God made all men
equal and gave to all a conscience and
soul alike; who, though he may be
successful beyond his neighbors in
acquiring wealth and power. does not
think the fact of his riches makes him
any better than his neighbors; such
man will make good leader in any
enterprise. public or private. Such
men will push ahead in any work they
undertake and eventually overcome all
difficulties of circumstances or all damp
eners thrown by jealous obstruction
lists. Such men will build up any town
or community, and such men we need
at the helm to guide the affairs of our
city and county through the promised
prosperity of the coming years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

lowing statement of business transacted
during the past year:
MIX Reed, No. Gallons. g, ,269 ,656
Amount OF butter made, lbs .114 ,O90
Amount of cheese, lbs. d, ,45O
Amount Paid to farmers for :.
muk,.- ~. .--.- .S24, $751; 80
Average price paid for milk, per
hundred s83 cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

THERE are over two million acres OF
wheat in good condition, in Kansas, and
plenty of moisture in the ground to
keep it so until the spring rains come.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

'WHEN the political caldron boils
vigorously the scum always rises to the
top" She boiled excessively, a few
short months ago, and the republican
party appears to be on top.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Mr.. G. HOG needn't to have got
scared and lodged back into his hole
again. ALI the bad weather we will
have for the next five weeks wouldn't
freeze the end of his cowardly little
noze. Come out, Mr.. Hog, and look
pleasant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

BLEEDING Kansas is being bled in a
very sanguinary way. Between fights
over the location of county seats and
fights over the location of school build
ings, she is enjoying or deploring a
very warm spell. Had the things that
have been done in Kansas been done in
South Carolina, the Hon. John James
Ingalls, and the Hon. z. Blair Plumb
would have made the welkin ring and
sing. It is well, therefore, that the
doings in Kansas were not done in
South Carolina. Let US have peace,
though the Kansas motto seemeth to
be, ''let us have pieces. New York
Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

IT Is said that the veterans Of tn
late war are dying at the rate of 500
a day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
UURRENT COMMIT.

READERS of the DEMOCRAT get the
very cream(ery) of the news this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

The good John Winnamaker, who
runs the Presbyterian churches of
Philadelphia and paid $4OO, 900 for a
seat in Mr.. Harrison's cabinet, COM
bines business and religion. He pre-
sented a certain Sunday school in the
Quaker city with banners for picnic.
On one side of the banner was the
legend "Come to Jesus" and on the op-
posite side was "And get clothes at
Wannamakers."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14


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1899
| upppum co,r,. ur
READERS OF the DEMOCRAT get the
very creamteryl OF the news this week
Ir 1s said that tbe veter.ns NJ the
late war ara DIVING at tho rate of < o0r
! a dav.
--
nres;do,t or w;,, p,.;na no u.r~;.o,,,c
eocr.t.,v of st.+.a
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The Wichita Ne'os- Beacon ought to
learn that Great Bend is not in "Bar-
Der" but In Barton county-the exact
central county OF the state.
THERE are over two million acres OF
wheat in good condition, in Kansas, and
plenty of moisture in the ground to
keep 1T so until the spring rains come.
"WHrN the noi;t;caI caldron hollis
v;ooro,,slv tho corr, .,.,.x,. r;ses e, tho
ton ;, She bo;,od exca.s;ve,v few
short months ago, and the republican
party appears to be on top.
Mr. r. Hoo noed,n, to how. ,ot
| scared .ra dodrod h.ol int h;s hol.
aaa;p All the h.a ,r..t,,.. ,,. Ill,
bsvo fo, +ha ,,.~t a.. -. ro,,,s,..
e,.az..t tho a - ~. o,,.. ,...,o
nouo Co., -. Ar. IT, -. -,
pleasant.
coNoprss nrono.os - .o,a +,o
natnral;zat;on low, CO GO - roeusa
c;t;zorsbin to onarch;sts .na no,vn
oois+s cor+.;,,v con-. st.,s o..
noooss.rv to st., tha eood oe r.,,.r.
.nd cr;n,;n.,s wh;oh Eurono - -
inc into tho Irn;tad st.tas
-
voor ou.n +ou,,, +o odvor+;so yo,r ,,,,,,
h,,s;nessp Took of tho n.n.re of
| Wichita uutob;nson To.vonwort,,
and 500 averv hus;pess man ranreeent.d
in some sort of an advertisement and
then nrofit nv their examnle
===
IHE Kansas City Star says: LOOK
out Tor bogus $2O gold pieces" Excuse
,,,,o,, +.,o, ,o,,,;no o,,+ Co.. .s.,,r.
enouphn 81 silver nieces: besides the
s;obt of a 500 oo,d niece hoons or 9th.
cruise would bnrt our ovarwortod o,,.
| tool norvos
| --
In THE bright lexicon OF Great Beno
business men there Is no such word az
fall. Hence, tine good Work now com
menced VIII pe successfully completed
success. and our people have had nu.
merous lessons of late that seemed to
come high. but have been proportion-
atelv profitable.
=--== ==--==-
he co"iuilSSionoiS u 'ile nu'cnil-
son reIortnat"ry estimate tnaI IL VIII
cos1 oo'oO per week u DoaTo d CONVICT
luis strlKes the average Ooaroef DIS
Deihg SoHle"hat nlgn toned, anu possi-
Diy eAIfaVagenC, aS IL Is more IMAM Ihe
pays for his eating while wintering in
ss1Opeky.''- ''-McPhersOn Democrat.
77-=-=:..
o'o' ''"ce
Se'i"'oi so.@ on'o' '"e .ies'el "o III. :,
p oppoi 'o"'',e' ,oi "s 'o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

KANSAS again comes into prominence
by having her state agricultural col
lege selected by the United States
superintendent of education in the
Paris exposition, 1889, to represent the
Agricultural Colleges of the whole
country by a display of photographs.
plans, schemes of instruction, etc. In
the selection of our institution from
the many hundreds of its kind through
out the United States, is well de-
served compliment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

CONGRESS proposes to amend the
naturalization laws so as to refuse
citizenship to anarchists and polyg-
amists. Certainly some steps are
necessary to stay the flood of paupers
and criminals which Europe is pour
ing into the Uuited States.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

THE more committees" a state
senator gets onto, the greater are his
opportunities for obtaining ''boodle. -
The incest place in the world to
squelch an obnoxious bill is in the COM
mittee, and senator who is ON the
make, and uses proper judgement in
working himself into the right COM
mittees has a chance of obtaining
profit as well as pleasure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Do YOU know how much it helps
your own town to advertise your own
businessp Look at the papers of
Wichita, Hutchinson, Leavenworth,
and see every business man represented
in some sort of an advertisement, and
then profit by their example.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14


Practical cheese and butter makers,
and men who have visited and exam
ined the workings of other creameries
and the result upon the farming COM
munity from which they draw their
supplies, say that there is no end to
the practical benefits such an institu-
tion bring to all concerned. The men
who have common range cattle will see
the advantage Of having better mixers,
and will work into a better grade of
stock. They will also see the advan-
tage of taking better care of cows and
selecting their feed with a view to
producing more milk. They will learn
that the ''cow product" is the most
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

THE commissioners Of the Hutchin-
son reformatory estimate that it will
cost $500 per week to board a convict.
This strikes the average boarder as
being somewhat high toned, and posi-
bly, extravagent, as it is more than the
average Kansas republican legislator
pays for his eating while wintering in
''Topeky. y."-McPherson Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

THE Kansas City Star says: "Look
out for bogus $40 gold pieces" Excuse
us, but our time is at present pretty
much taken up looking out for "sure
enough ST. silver pieces; besides, the
sight of $40 gold piece, bogus or 9th.
erwise, would hurt our overworked op.
tical nerves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

In THE bright lexicon of Great Bend
business men there is no such word as
fail. Hence, the good work now COM
menced will be successfully completed.
Experience as a teacher is blooming
success, and our people have had nu-
merOuS lessons of late that seemed to
come high, but have been proportion
ately profitable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-25
LESTER B. FArLKNrR rEsTIFYIYG.

he TELLS or MS CONNECTION WITH THE
WRECKED BANK-LOkNs FROM THE STATE.
Rochester, " Y. May C4.-In tho Faulkner case To-
day Lestor B Faulkner, the defendant, oI amncd
by Mr. Bisscll Among other things he said: " |
have In all attended meetings of the bank called
at my request, ! was called tu sign rPorts as a
director and did 50. did not examine tho books 10
src II tho reports wrre correct Ny hruthnr hrSt
asked 10 borrow money for the bank In Tho summer
OF 1884 James said the failure Of
state bank had created RrrG: uneasiness
and be was subjected 10 unexpected runs.
said hal no doubt that pruDcr security Mr.
Flower would be glad 10 lend me- money. Tho first
loans as rcoI"ct Mr.. Flower said w"rr from funds
left in lis hand, for tina, purpose After this think
a lo,n OF S2OOOO was negotiated. | was next
Cucstcd to r-l-s money, th,nl. whom The canal fInl,
vcrr deposited Jamos Bah 10 I'm the t!ov"r
business We have rof IT, hNv" money quits Ito
always seemed alarmed. when / visiting Nj
Murphy. at Troy. he sNid ih" state did not deposit
much money ia his bank It ought. lie aNkrd
mo Why did not get some Of the money aud said
wouid when became acquainted with The m~thOia
went TO Albany. said TO the officials having IN
charge the canal funds mou ioko than a. az
bppiirAtiep You do all your friends Alko
who connected with hanksp This met with
G prompt offer 20 deposit 10000 srnt on = blank
receipt for James To sign Interest at two or thrrc
per cent was charged. wrote James about
tho canal funds. ~ umo or another
l think the State deposited 10000, In Der"mbor
1855. James wrote asking Tor ah.' After tho
canal fund. SIR. Faulkner said he could not say who b"
next applied TO- Wliuces thought SlO,OOO Wa bur
rOwci on a not" which he thOUgAt hc had made ard
which James Faulkner lndorscd .Nftcr cy fathers
death said vitu"ss "thcr icllousr, about prp.
crty. TALKED with JaTrs several times about his
personal habns aud his InicmpcrHucc. never ~"
bin drink In the hank had heari that d. dh 50.
lie ClalEcd his ILyAclau had ont"rrd him % DRINK.
vas angry ouh told him hr might At least have Its
prcScril tons AZ home and not mako nImhplr " the
bank. Finally cooled down ard D. promised "a
do brtter After Tat for time hrari CON plants
Cashier Kuhn. Ui the Dan'vilb" hauk. VS. arrested
ny sheriff Of Ilv ton tounty today for alleged
completely IN the wrcCkiug OF that Institution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-25
THr sTgrGGLr FOX 1 GorrRyoRyrrp

tive Committee brgan reading tI., morning ~" dopo-
slipnS from GrocnbHcr County, whore COZ contested
thirty ono vons. Tho deposition, woro passed. upon
and three vO,rs were thrown out. lvirr Fleming
did not contest any vote IN Grccnbricr County.
Gof attacked the entire vOi" ~ the county. on the
ground that tho Iummi, .ous-4 Of the County Court
dd not al the tim" prescribed by law for rhc
purpose Of asccrtAnng the result Of the election. but
the committee decided uat this dG not lGvaldAtc
the clio, non. General Con also attacked the No"
Uf Hampshire County technical grounds. Out hI'
objections WrIr not sustained. ~ present JWlg'
Fleming has lost seventeen votes aud GCu'al ''uN
eighteen The committee occupied this after
noon In reading the dcpustOuS from ohio County
where judge Fleming Cuntc5t, thirty hvo aud Gen.
rral Gyn lNI votes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-25
4 BANK SURPLUS MISSING.
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL OF NEw-HAvEN
IN TROUBLE
1rs CASHIER AND TELLER DETAINED AS EN-
BEzzLERs-ALLEGED SPECULATION
IN MINING STOCK.

IN m1NlNb SIOih'
New.Haven, May "a (specIaD.-There is the biggest
kind OF sensation IN banking circles here. Cashier
John c. Bradley OF the Merchants National Bank,
has been arrested for carclcssness in handling the
funds OF the bank, C. ", Palmer the tellhr
be.n- in oIstOd. for a similar offence The president
OF the bank Is Ex-Governor BlgelOw. The lndlca-
tions the bank treasury has been depleted to
the amount Of 100000. although some officials OF
the Institution say the amount will not exceed
s50,Oo Bank Examiner DoOley is conducting All
examination. and untl he is ready 10 report It Will
be impossible to state accurately the amount Of the
defcieucy The banks directors state that Bradley
and Palmer discounted worthless paper without their
knowedge, and there are rumos that Palmer has
been specializing In Western mines. Palmer has
been high liver. but Bradley has apparently lived
a quiet life. and has been prominent in church and
political circles The surplus Of the bank Is
800 900. and leading bank men think that II is all
gone The following furnished by President
EiGelow:
Certain irregularities have been foEnd IN the bank
Involving the cashier and assistant tesr. Tnere will
probably be considerable less 20 tho bank, which
will not howsvor, impair the capital. II Is not yet
asCertan0d whether these officers havs beon the bene
nciarcs Of these Irregularities but have been dis
counted which not presented to the Board Of
Directors fr their approval and ths loss this class
Of paper cannot at this moment be stated"
1t IS thought that tho Irregularities have been going
on five or six years. John f.. Bassett, hardware
dealer here is one Of the persons from whom notes
were discounted. lie has gvcn mortgage on his
property 70 insure tho bank against loss. Bradley
owned a small house. Palmer rented bis homo, but
: pent money freely about town. II VIII be day
two before the actual facts Will DO known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-25
prprprvryrpyG p0n NEW c0EDrcrORs.

Plttsburg. May "a ,spcc!al-Juticc Bradley. Of
the United states supreme Court, who with judge
SlcKonnan Of the United States Circuit Court, hrari
the Westinghouse Edison electric Hight suit VIII rrith
to Washington tomorrow night. lio viii |rito tho
opinion Of tho court
When asked today what wcrc the plans of tho
Edison Company, iu ca4o Of a. adverse decision, an
attorney for the company said: Mr. Edison and
his assistants have not been asleep. They have been
rXp.rmcning right along and you may iocl certain
they have something to fall back on II this suit gy"s
against them. Our company will neither receive nor
make any proposition toward consolidation with the
Wesiiu ghOusc COMPANY.
n is spld that both companies havr been expert
sItng for the purpusr Of discovering some con
uctor not covered u the pa,cnts in controversy and
with satisfactory results.