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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
STRIKE SETTLED.
The Burlington Strike Practically Sc
tied.

Tho Burlington Strike Practically Set
tied.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Last evening for the
first time the 90" strike was admitted by
both parties to the controversy to be prac-
tically settled, the conference yesterday
between the officers of the road and the
committee of nine resulting in an amicable
agreement on nearly all of the points at
issue. and it is confidently expected that a
complete understanding will be reached
this morning. The only hitch was on one
of the minor demands of the committee,
which the officials did not feel justified in
granting without first consulting Presi-
dent Harkins and the directors of the
company in Boston. They requested
time, therefore, to exchange kilograms
with Boston, and were granted until this
morning.
The Times says: ut is understood that
by the terms of the agreement the old ''Q''
engineers will BE- placed again upon a
square footing instead of being blacklisted
by nearly all the roads in the country.
The Burlington itself will set the example
by giving the strikers employment in
preference to others when vacancies oc-
cur and by burying completely out of
sight the Ratchet which was dug up ten
months ago."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
FARM NOTES.

"A shallow iron vessel is the very best in
which to supply water to the poultry.
Keep it filed with fresh, pure water.
Haul out and apply good dressing of
well-rotted manure in the garden. Save
and apply all the wood ashes. It is diff
cult to have the soil in the garden too rich.
Generally old matted rows of strawber-
ries suffer more from grub than newer
planting, so that if the patch is badly
affected the best plan is to make a new
one.
The most disagreeable thing on the farm
in winter is mud. and, although it cannot
be entirely avoided, yet some of its disad-
vantages may be overcome by carefully
draining every location that allows an ex-
cess OF water to accumulate.
AS rendezvous for skunks and rabbits
the hedge fence takes the lead, and when
we consider the amount of labor necessary
to keep such a fence in good condition and
pleasing to the eye, we much prefer the
barb-wire, although a protection to
stock in winter the advantage is largely in
favor of the hedge.
If you are wintering cabbage, lettuce CT
her plants in cold house. care should
be taken to air thoroughly every day that
the weather ill permit. House plants
should be treated in the same way. A
healthier, stockier growth and better
plants can be grown thus than if they are
kept covered up close all winter.
All garden seed sown should be pressed
firmly in the soil, so as to exclude the air.
and thus prevent the seed being shrivelled
and dried to an extent that in four ca ses
out of five would destroy termination, and
also in Places where termination does take
place, if the soil is left loose, the dry air is
often sufficient to shrivel up the young
plants even after they have started.
Put potatoes on clean land that as been
in corn, so as to have the land free from
weeds. Give the potatoes close cultivation
until harvested, and after fertilizing the
plot put it in grass. If the seed is clean
the weeds will not come up to kill the grass
when it is young. The growing of a grass
crop demands that the land be gotten in
condition year before the seed is sown.
Onions are one of the very first crops to
be planted in the spring. So far as posi-
bic every thing should be in readiness, SO
that the soil can be prepared and the seed
or sets put into the ground the first time in
the spring that the soil is in condition to
work into good filth. The difference of
a day or two getting in the seed or plants
into the ground will often make a consid-
cradle difference in the growth and yield
of the crop.
There are few fruits that are more neg
lected than the currant or that will Give
better results with good treatment. Thew
should have plenty of room, be kept
thlnned out and the soil made reasonably
rich. Sufficient cultivation should be eiven
to keep down the weeds and have the soil
fine and mellow. Properly treated the
currant is one of the best fruits that can ba
raised, but, like many other things, it
needs good treatment if the best results
are desired.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

When purchasing blankets for horses it
Is an object to get the best for your money.
and the cheapest are not ALWAYS those
that cost least at the start. A good blanket
which will prove durable and last, is the
cheapest in the end.
When the cattle are compelled to stand
knee-deep in mud there is a loss of animal
heat, and greater proportion of food will
be required to keep them in condition.
II you burn coal, in many cases it viii;
pay to sprinkle a layer OF ashes over the
hcor of the poultry house.
So long as eggs must be imported there
is no danger Of OVERRIDING the poultry
business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
Needed No Reminder.

He had just received by mail pho
tograph of his boy, whe was away at
college.
cit was thoughtful of Fred to send
me this he said, as he looked at it
and laid it down, ''but great Crosus!
/ don't need any thing to remind me OF
him!'
And the old gentleman sighed heav-
lily as he opened a fresh lot of bills
from Fred's tradesmen.-Chtcago ITi-
bune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
STOCK HENS.

Do not turn cattle ON fields that are uet,
as they injure the grass by trampling.
Very cold weather does not injure stock
as much as dampness. A moderately cold
day, with a driving rainstorm, causes more
illness to stock than severe cold on dry,
clear day.
Idleness among horses is as dangerous
as among men. Keep the teams busy, II
possible, when the weather is fit for work-
Too much rest for them in winter is as
bad as not enough.
Every new fact discovered about the
diseases Of farm animals, emphasizes that
these diseases are owing to impure drinks
from ponds and sluggish creeks more than
all other causes combined.
To stop the bleeding Of . horse or other
stock from snag or wound, says a cor
respondent, make an application OF dry
manure and it will stop the bleeding OF q
wound every time. This information may
be worth a good deal to many readers.
The farm journals are full of all sorts OF
devices for kicking cows, but an exchange
thinks the best method is simply to draw
T! the cows head up high so as to cause q
down arching OF the spine at the loins.
Several who have tried it report favorably
upon it.
The custom of beginning to mess cows .
week before calving tends to an increased
amount of blood in the system, which at
that time is not desirable, as it favors in
hammatory attacks. 1t is safe to diminish
this tendency for a few days before and
after parturition by rather lighter fee ding.
No we'll managed farm can afford to do
| without sheep. They are great benefit
to the farm. besides their immediate profit
in wool. Where there is a mutton market
| the most profitable sheep is the one that
will lay on the most meat in the shortest
time, and farmers should breed for NUT
ton and let the wool take care of itself.
Improper milking, lazy milking, incom-
piete milking, one-handed milking, forcing
dry perpetual mixer, or drying off too
soon, or neglect that causes garget, or too
seldom relieving the udder, are frequent
causes of spelling a good cow. Indeed,
milking COW is fine art when properly
conducted, and the most important work
in the whole dairy business, and the most
| important element in the individual COW
culture.
An exchange believes that horses should
! be imported solely for the purpose of get
| ting something better than can be OBJ
| tanned at home. Importation is defensble
on no other ground. For this reason
nothing should be brought across the At
| lantic which has not been carefully select
| ed, and which will not bear the inspe ction
| and challenge the admiration of every
| good judge OF horse-flesh.
! Probably meal will finish up steer bet
ter than ear corn, but for the bulk of the
feeding there are no trials to which we can
point that show in favor of meal over
whole corn. step still further in the
, right direction is to feed unhusked corn,
fodder and all. to the cattle. Such inno-
vations may appall many farmers, but
! what we are drifting toward is not more
complicated methods of feeding but big
crops to feed, better stock to feed it to, and
simple, rational methods of getting feed 10
| the animals
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
Fatal Panic.

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 2.-Between five and six
O'Clock yesterday morning fire broke
out in Zeller's Hotel. 7l9 and 721 North
Sixth street. Some twenty five or thirty
people were in the place and a scene of
great excitement ensued, during which
three women jumped from q third story
window. These were Mary Wesland, who,
besides being badly burned about the head
aud body, had an arm broken and Inhaled
flames and died at the hospital Mary
Dawson, aged thirty, had an arm broken
in two places and received severe scalp
wounds Lizzie Durham. thirty-two
years. widow with three children, also
received scalp wounds aud had an arm
broken. The lie was a trivial affair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
Hanged.

NAYS LANDING, N. j., Jan. S,-Robert
Elder was hanged in the Jail yard here at
12:07 O'Clock this afternoon for the murder
of his father Death was almost instance
oas, pulsations ceasing within seven
minutes from the time the drop fell
The crime for which Robert Elder suf-
fered the death penalty was the murder of
his father, William John Elder, on the
afternoons of Saturday, August 4, 1888.
Young Elder was about twenty seven and
his father about sixty years of age. The
mother of the young Elder had not lived
with her husband for nearly five years,
their companionship in all the years OF
their Marie life bringing forth nothing
hut qnarIe.s aud unpleasant feelings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
RESULTS OF AocipENT.=


The curious Ways In which Certain I'M
portant Processes Were Suggested.
Valuable discoveries have been
made, and valuable inventions sug-
gested. by the veriest accidents. An
alchemist, while seeking to discover
what mixture of earths would make
the most durable crucibles, one day
found that he had made porcelain.
The power of lenses. as applied to the
telescope was discovered by a watch
makers apprentice. While holding
spectacle-glasses between his thumb
and finger he was startled at the sud-
denly enlarged appearance of a neigh
S0r1ng church spire. The art of etch-
ing upon glass was discovered by a
Nuremberg glass-cutter. By accident
a few drops of aqua fortis fell upon his
spectacaes. He noticed that the glass
became corroded and soft where the
acid had touched it. That was hint
enough. He drew figures upon glass
with varnish, applied the corroding
fluid. then cut away the glass around
the drawing. When the varnish was
removed the figure appeared raised
upon dark ground.
Mezzotinto owed its invention to the
simple accident of the gun-barrel of a
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro of chandelier
in cathedral suggested to Calico the
application of the pendulum. The art
OF hthographing was perfected through
suggestions made by accident. A poor
musician was anxious to know whether
music could not be etched upon
stone as well as upon copper. After
he had prepared his slab his mother
asked him to make a memoran-
dunn of such clothes IS she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not hav-
ing pen, ink Or paper convenient, he
wrote the list on the stone with the
etching preparation, intending to make
a copy of it a leisure. A few days
later, when about to clean the stone,
he wondered what effect aqua forts
would have upon it. He applied the
acid, and in a few minutes saw the
writing stand out in relief. The next
step necessary was simply to ink the
stone and take off an impression.
The shop of Dublin tobacconist, by
the name of Lundyfoot. was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing doleful-
ly into the smouldering ruins. he no.
ticed that his poorer neighbors were
gathering the snuff from the canisters.
He tested the snuff for himself, and
discovered that the fire had largely i'm
proved it pungency and aroma. 1t
was hint worth profting by. He Sc
cured another shop. built a lot of ovens,
subjected the snuff to heating pro-
cess, gave the brand particular name,
and in a few years became rich through
an accident, which he at first thought
had completely ruined him. The pro-
cess of whitening sugar was discovered
in a curious way. A hen that had gone
through clay puddle went with her
muddy feet into sugar house. It was
noticed that wherever her tracks were
the sugar was whitened. Experiments
were instituted, and the result was
that wet clay came to be used in rein
ing sugar. The origin of blue-tinted
paper came about by a mere slip of the
hand. The wife of William East, an
English paper-maker, accidentally let a
blue bag fall into one of the watts of
pulp.-Lond0as IH-Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

Young poet-''You read my little
poem, Mr.. Sheerce?' Editor-s.Yes.
It was quite pathetic. 1t excited con-
siderable comment in the Office. The
boy who attends to such matters in
forms me that it was the first poem he
ever burned which was so full of tears
as to put the fire out."-Ierre Hdute
ErDress
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

"sBRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocnEs' are ex-
cellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly etective."-
Christian World, London, Eng.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

IT is to be supposed that Helen. wife OF
Menelans, had her collars done mp at the
Troy laundry.-B0ston GoSette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

love is common sense, which is the ground
work of well-regulated matrimony.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

No NATTER how big and stout . prest
digitateur may be he is always siight-o
hanG--TeTds StftSaQs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carriers Little Liver Pills Forty
pills in q vial; only one pill . dose.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

THE young clerk who goes about full
jeweled should he watched.-Jescesers'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

All disorders caused by bilious state Of
the system can be cured by using Carriers
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

THxxs- q no period OF . girls life at
which she Is not beautiful aud charming
and all that. but it must be confessed that
it is as q bride that she takes the cake.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

swift,s Specific cured me of maignsnt Blood POISON
dies of Mercury and Potash. s. s. only
Blood Poison but relieved the rheumatism which
caused by the poisonous minerals.
GEO. BOWEL, 2422 Sd Avenue, n. Y.
Nine years ago Scrofula attacked of my children,
and they were badly afflicted With that disease which
persuaded to Swlfts Specific by seeing account
or cures in my county paper The improvement was
apparent from the first few Doses and in short
my children cured. and still sound and we'll
JOHN WILLIAMS. Lexington, Va
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Ia the only medicine which
Ia Blood Humors Cancer Contagious Poison.
Send for books Skin Diseases free
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-17
BACTERIA AND BIOPLASM FOUND.
THE ELIXIR UNDER THE MICRoSCoPE-GooD RE
SUITS OBTAINED FROM INJECTIONS

THE FI1yIR UNDER THE MICRoSCoPE-GoOD RE
SUITS OBTAINED FROM INJECTIONS.
Lima Ohio Aug. 16-Dr a. Mlesse prepared some
Of the elixir yesterday and to remove all impurities
he passed 1t through hltering paper Then he began
his microscopical examination, and found the fluid
pure from any animal life. His examinations were
repeated every fifteen minutes, and in forty-hve
minutes after the time the elixir dropped from the
dlter he discovered cells; in one hour, germs OF
bacteria in small numbers (micezmes) in one hour
and a Quarter many of them, and biOplasm, III one
hour and half, perfect mass OF living animals
In making this report the doctor does not wish 10
no understood as declaring that the elixir is not
useful medicine, but wishes TO make pubnc ms
test so that other physicians may be on their guard
Dr. Herman has patient from Big Rapids Aloh''
and is well pleased with the results The patents
mentioned in previous dispatches are getting along
finely. and no serious results have as yet been met
with. -
Chicago, Aug. 16.-A dispatch from Racine, Wis,
SAYS: several days ago Dr. A. IL. Hay injected d
preparation OF the BrOwnSeQuard elixir into barber,
age sixty-fve who for the last five years has been
compelled on account of paralysis, to use cane in
moving about The barber has put away his cane,
and goes about his business with renewed Vleor
which is remarkable His cheeks have lost their
usual pallor, and now ruddy'
Frederick Md, Aug 1G.-The Brown-Sequad ellHr
was tried during the past few days by Drs. NJ
h. -. j. -t'NHNA4N"N''''
county. The patterns were all males One OF them,
axe seventy six, had heart sease and dropsy; an
other age ninety three had senle debility SUI an
oiher age seventy years had chronic rheumatism,
and the last patient young man OF twenty was SUI
erng from rheumatism. In the first instance but
one injection was given, as the patient was near
DEATH Eight hours after the dose was given ne sad
he felt slightly better, but this was not attributed
TO the elixir. In he second case the patient de-
cares himself brighter and better than for years past
in the third case the patient felt 50 well the morning
after The fist dose that he walked mile TO receive
S md injection, which was not given 10 him be-
cause OF the Inflammation whore tie needle ha1
entered. In the Ia, a.. young man .oc.hes
mat he feels spcnd3dly The doctors STATE mat the
effect has leen meely t. stimulate the pa tents and
ide I EN- over critical stages in their d sease.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 16.-The experiments by Dr.
y ! BALDWIN with the BrOwn-SeQGad lhsdN nave
been completed without any percep bic good results
One patient had high fever and delrlum The nfst
night following the opera lion. He sufferer from
scatica and the third day after the operation IS
100 weak 10 resume his business. In the other case
The elixir had no percepti5le effect either way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-17
NOTES OF TIE STAGE.

Frank Tannehill irs new play, lc-a-Blac"
will he performed for the first time tonight at Tony
Pastors Theatre The pee Is said to combine ele
ments of faIcecOmedy and cXtraHasanZa ana 10 con-
tain a good deal of music
"Antiope,7 which has been played successfully at
the London Aihambra, will be put on the stage az
Ni5lo's Garden this evening by Bolossy Krafy Music
and dancing Will be its leading features, OF course
Mr. and Mrs Kendall viii sail for this country on
SD ember 81. on the Servia The company VIII
sal on september 49, 1t includes twenty-five people
The season Of "The Drum-Major's Daughter" In
pa IS has proved uce'ssful. Tho date for produc-
ing the opera at the Casino has not been fXed.
Pain a. Sons will give unusually brilliant dis
play Of fireworks ar Manhattan Beach this evening
The success which attended the display last Sat
urday induces the management 10 repeat the greater
rortlon Of the programme tonight. After The Last
DAYS Of PompelI," a specially attractive bill VIII DC
given
Miss Marion Manolas brother died on Thursday
night Miss Manola will probably return to the cast
Of Clover Monday.
Colonel r. F. J. Miles of Cincinnati, has bought
" The Pearl OF Pekin.'
Miss Fanny Davenport is at Santa Monica. Cal. and
is said b be enjoying herself greatly.
Imre Kralfy and his family arrived from Europe
Yesterday Mr.. Kralfy has enjoyed his visit, but
has not given his whole time to pleasure he has
been making arrangements In regard TO new play
by william Gillette
signora Carmencits, a Spanish specially dancer
who will sppear in "Antope,' arrived by steamer
last night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-17

Saratoga y. y. Aug. 1G CspeciaD.-The colorod ODD
Fellows Of place assisted by brethren from Troy,
Albany Hudson, Poughkeepsle, New-York Brooklyn and
other cities had celebration In the Town Han Yesterday
eye1ng An address "hc Principles and Advantages
Il Odi Fellowship made by Professor james Storum
Of Washington, d. C. 'Three Links" was the subject OF
address delivered by the Rev Dr. Dixon, Of Brooklyn
supper served at the conclusion Of the exercises.
Manager John NJ. otter. Of the Grand Union Hotel,
announces that the garden party will take place IN the
spacious grounds Of that hotel the afternoon and even
ing % August 81.
Frederick Hawkins and r. Rogers the wefl.known
have signed articles single sculllng match
Saratoga Lake August %.
The United States Hotel walters will give their six
tsenth annual reception August 20.
The naming OF Saratoga the place for holding thu
Republican State Convention September % is highly sat
sfac tory 10 the peOpe here
The sons OF Mr.. Jane Ann Van Horn who led in New
York few weeks will place a pulpit in the new
Zion Methodist Church memorial 10 their mother II
VIII b. unveiled on September with suitable ceremonies
She was for many years resident OF this place
The Rev j. O. Barrows. OF New-York conducted the
daily union prayer meeting to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-17
rr,rp,vs, RrrY1Oy AT sylvan BEACH.

Rome n. V, Aug 10 (spccaD.-The exercises al
the Veterans Union and Encampment a. Sylvan
Beach were OF an unusually interesting Character
Tie bus ness NEE ing OF the asso Ia ion was held IN
he assembly tent at II a. m. President IaInpher
was in the chair, and the committee reported a
constitute for the association, which Wds unsni'
nously adopted The following officers were elected ;
Presiden, {. W Lampher, of Norwich Vlce-presi-
dent, NJ Auer, of syracuse; Secretary william D
Le te Of Oneida: T easurer. c. f. Remek OF On ida
II was about D. NJ. when Majol Ames's bait ny
fired the signal gun and the s. am battle began The
attacking forces were Ma Michael Auer, of SYRIA
cuse with tie till r. forces, two rlfed cannon
and two hOwitzerS, twenty -four men. assisted by
{ aptain BuJiong, with his infantry. consisting o!
thirty five men bers of the Mohawk Il es. In de
I Of the grounds were Captain Remmer, win
Fifty memb rs OF the 2oth Sepa ate COMPANY a.
I ca. supp ed By Cap CaNdnagh, Of the Oneida
battery, with two hOwltZers and twelve men, The
Fl. ht interest n. Exhibitions of drilling am
firing were gwen afier the Datue. The encaInpmeht
closes tomorrow.