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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
How to Cure Nervous Horses.

-Finely-bred, intelligent horses"
SAID trainer recently. ''are often
nervous. They are quick to notice.
quick to take alarm, quick to do what
seems to them, in moments of sudden
terror, necessary to escape from pos
sible harm, from something they do
not understand. That is what makes
them shy. bolt and run away. We
can not tell what awful suggestions
strange things offer to their minds. It
may be that a sheet of white paper in
the roadway seems to the nervous
horse yawning chasm. the open front
of baby carriage the jaws of a dragon
ready to devour him. and man on q
bicycle some terrifying sort of flying
devil without wings. Directly. how
ever. he becomes familiar with these
objects. he is entirely Indifferent
to them Therefore, when your horse
SHES at any thing. make him ac-
auainted with it. let him smell il.
iouch it with his sensitive upper lip
and look closely at it He may not
earn all in one lesson. but continue
he lessons. and you will cure your
aorse of all nervousness. Homes
sarm and Factory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29

Heavy soils are % much inn
proved by winter exposure that a.
much as possible of such soil should
beplowed up in the fall, and left rough
for the winter.
Glover sown among corn at tie
last cultivating, and plowed down .or
the next crop. is a cheap and practical
way of capturing the fugitive nitrogen
so much needed
-Potatoes.-As soon as the tops are
dead. dig the crop Expose the pota-
toes to the sun as little as possible A
slight exposure even TO diffused light
will cause some varieties to become
green and unfit for food.
Peach Pyramid. dozen and
a half ripe peaches in halves. and re-
move the stones. Make a sirup OF
sugar and water, dissolve an ounce of
isinglass and stir in; fill q mold hall
full of the syrup. Set in a cool place.
until thick. add the peaches and more
of the strip. when formed turn out.
and serve with cake--The House.
wife.
If the colt is stubborn about TAX
ing the bit lead it into stall and put
rope with a slipping moose around Its
neck; then put the bit into its mouth.
doing the work as gently as possible
The colt will very likely pull back and
choke itself. After moments chok-
ing relieve it and try again. With
few such lessons the colt Will hold its
head down and give no more trouble
Take ripe cherries. one or mora
quarts, stem and wash. and. if you
prefer, remove the stones Eve like it
best with them in). place over the fire
and. unless they are very ripe. add a
little water; add sugar to taste While
they are cooking have several slices OF
| bread nicely toasted and placed in a
| large dish; when the cherries are soft.
but not broken. pour over the toast
| To be eaten cold.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
In the case of agricultural pro-
duction for sale without restoration
| by manure from external sources, a
very important condition of the
maintenance of the amount of nitro
gen in the surface soil. or of the di-
minished exhaustion OF it. is the growth
of plants of ,rarious range and char
acter of roots. and especially Of legum-
inous crops. Such plants, by their
crOp-residue enrich the surface soil in
nitrogen.
| Farmers. as rule, do not make the
most of the turnip crop. To get a
good crop of -utabagas requires good
land and ca eful culture, and to be
sown early. Between these, the ruta-
bagas and fhe fat strap-leaf kind.
| which are often sown broadcast among
corn or in stubble, are several inter
mediate sorts, of which Yellow Stone
and Aberdeen are examples, are very
good table turnips. and nutritious for
stock. They may be sown any time
this month. They should be sown in
drills, and if the soil is not rich, apply
dressing of superphosphate. say 800
pounds to the acre.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
TREATMENT OF COLTS.

How to Take Care of Them During Their
First Year of Existence.
The first and most essential point IN
raising good horses is to see that when
the mare has foaled the colt has q
sufficient quantity of proper nourish-
ishment to insure rapid growth. The
food should consist mainly OF the
nourishment afforded by its dam for at
least four weeks; then it should be
taught to eat some oats which have
been previously soaked for at least
five hours, being careful not to give
too much; first give about half pint
and then increase the quantity as the
colt gets older The colt should run
with its dam in the pasture. when it
will not require so much feed as oats;
but when the mare is required to work
the colt should be put up in the stable
and fed a little oats and little cut
grass, and it will thrive better. and it
will be better for the mare, shan If the
colt is allowed to follow the pillow.
harrow or mower. which might iniure
it; but during the nights it should be-
turned out with the mare on grass, as
colt needs. the first year of its
growth. all the exercise it can get to
develop its legs and form and tougher
its hoofs, as we'll as the other parts of
its body.
In localities where for the greater
part of the year the weather is wet
and the soil rather spongy, the hoofs
should be paired off at the points in
order that the lower and upper mus
Giles of the legs may be properly de-
veloped.
The training of colt is one of the
chief things in making a valuable
horse The colt should be taught 10
lead and drive single when or before,
it is six months old For breaking"
training" ought to be substituted;
but If one does not teach a colt how to
work. lead and be dutiful while it is a
colt, it will certainly need breaking
later on. Training colts when they
are colts enhances their value one-hals
or more. Feed colts and teach them at
the same time. and do it when they are
young. and when they grow up they
will regard you as their master.-Cor.
Rural New Yorker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
THE TEN-CENT IDIOT.
Why He Is Out of Place in an Enlightene
Country Like Ours.

Why He Is Out of Place in an Enlightened
Country Like Ours.
'How TO live and thrive on dime
day." is the text upon which writer
for one of the New York papers is talk
ing. He asserts that it can be done
and proceeds to give examples of men
who do it. The Peninsular and Orien-
tai Steamship Company, he says. en-
ploy East Indian coolies to do the
hardest work upon their steamers be-
cause they are stronger and healthier.
and can stand the climate better than
white men. The living of a coolie
costs him six cents day and he
thrives upon it. The dock porters Of
Constantinople live on bread and figs,
and easily carry $50 pounds on their
shoulders.
But Notwithstanding the showing he
makes, the writer in question proves
himself to be a plain, unmitigated
idiot when he attempts to apply his
line of reasoning to the United States.
Here people do not have to work for
ten cents day; indeed. an able-bodied
man, if he works at all. is sure to re-
ceive from ten to fifty times that
amount. Then why, in the name of
common sense, should he be asked to
subsist on ten-cent diet?
Nature responds to the efforts of the
tOiler with an increase of a hundred
fold; she more than meets the neces-
sites of her 80, 600. 600 children in the
United States. as is plainly shown by
the fact that we are fast becoming one
of the greatest grain and meat export
ing countries in the world. Improved
appliances yearly increase her fruit
fulness. and labor-saving machinery
adds to the creative power of the la
borer.
The standard of living in this coun-
try has made great advances during
the last fifty years. and the close of
the next century will see the luxuries
and comforts which alone make mate
rial life enjoyable even more fully at
the command of the laborer.
We are living in a grand and won
derful age and in a land where the
rights of the toiler to the fruits of his
toll are being recognized and guaran-
teed. The ten-cent idiot belongs to the
class of benighted heathens who deny
| to labor the largest share in the good
things of life. His day has gone past
He is out of place in an enlightened
nation and a progressive age.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
How to Clean Black Silks.

The most satisfactory way to cleanse
an old black silk. or any dark silk, is
to take dark glove that is worn out,
but not too much soiled, and boil it
down in water from a quart to pint,
or till the glove is shrunken to a small
piece and becomes mere pulp. Add
a teaspoonful of ammonia and sponge
the silk on the wrong side with this
liquid and rinse it off with clear
water. Take out grease spots before
beginning with gasoline. Wipe the
silk as dry as possible, then hang it up
to continue drying. then press it as
dry as possible with a thin cloth laid
over tn. Y. Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
Queer Ideas Concerning Trusts.

Trusts. as every body knows, are a
detriment to the interest of the great
mas Of people, because by their oper-
alton the price of the necessaries of
life are made high. Republican news
papers. however, have just as much
right to encourage these illicit COM
binations as they have to approve of
and praise high tariff. Tie monop-
olistic journals tell the people that a
high tariff enables the home manu-
facturers to obtain good prices for
their products. and, consequently, they
say the protected employer can pay
good wages to their employees. On
this principle. the more trusts the bet
ter would it be for the country, for the
trust managers, like the protected
monopolists. can also pay better wages
to the men whom they employ than
they could if their business" were in
terfered with. In short the high tariff
bene6ciaries form big trust in them
selves.-Harrisburg (PA Patriot
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
LOOK AFTER The WELL


1t should He Cleaned ut Least Once . Year
Especially In the Fan.
Undoubtedly the well on the farm IL
q source from which come many dis
eases Some wells are never cleaned.
When dug. they are carefully boarded
over, the pumps made tight and snug,
with the ground sloping away on all
sides so as to allow the surface water
to flow from the opening. There Is
no well water that is pure Some
thing depends on the character. Ii
sandy. and the water will disappear
quickly from the surface after a rain.
the well will drain the soil for a long
distance around it. and the conse-
quence will be that a large portion OF
the filth of the soil will find its way
into the well. although the water may
appear sparkling and bright 1t is
contended that the soil removes all
the impurities from the water; but
this depends upon whether the soil.
by long continued absorption, be not
already so thoroughly saturated with
impurities as to refuse to take up
more. That the soil does not remove
ground where well has been recently
dug. has been demonstrated by satu-
rating the surface earth at distance
from the well with kerosene oil.
which gradually found its way to
the we'll (having been washed
down by the rains). and
impaired it's odor to the water. If the
soil be of heavy clay the danger will
be lessened: but on all porous soil the
liability of pollution of the water is
great. No manure heaps. privies,
sinks or other receptacle for filth or
refuse of any kind should be within
one hundred and fifty feet of the we'll;
the further off the better. No matter
how tight the well may be. the toad
will sometimes contrive to get in.
Many wells contain toads that die and
are swallowed up in the drinking
water unknowingly, under the suppo-
sition that the well is tight and TOAD
proof" Wells should be cleansed al
least once a year. and especially in
the fall. For a distance of ten feet
around the well the surface should be
| cemented. and the pump itself should
be cleaned occasionally. Toads, flies.
bugs. worms and even gnats will get
in the water, while even a few drops
of solution from filthy drain or
sink. finding its way into the well
| carry bacteria enough rapidly to null.
| tiply and contaminate all of the water.
Roots of trees and vines also serve as
| drains into the wells, as they loosen
| the soil, and for that reason they
never should be planted near the
source of drinking water.-Christian
| at Work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29

followed him about the country. This
man, who Ia as crazy as loon, told
the negroes that on the 10Th of August
he and his followers would ascend to
Heaven. On the strength of shis the
blacks left their work by the hundred
and followed him about the country.
Labor was demoralized, and the ne
groes were SO wrought on by their
superstition and their religious fanati-
cism that the white people feared the
worst
Finally the Ohio crank was captured
and lodged in the lunatic asylum, but
no sooner had he disappeared than
his place was taken up by negro
justice of the peace named Edward
James. This negro went into trance.
and when he awoke he announced
that the spirit of Dupont Bell had en-
tered his body and that henceforth he
was to be the leader. This statement
was accepted as true by Bells fol-
lowers and they focked after James,
who. at last accounts, was going
through Liberty County demoralizing
the blacks and raising pandemonium.
ANO oOOuSE u<1Q OdmSS
that he was Christ than he stripped
off his clothes and carried on his work
unembarrassed by garments of any
kind. To his principal disciples he
gave the right to set up harems. and
he himself has in his train q number
| of concubines. Children have been
| sacrificed by his orders, and a number
of negroes have been beaten to death
under the pretense that they were
possessed of devils. Where this out
burst of fanaticism will end no one
knows
These manifestations and develop
ments are but part of the negro
problem with which our Republican
friends deal 80 lightly and flippantly.
They are only a few of the results
that grow out of q situation bristline
with dangers that are by no means OF
| a political nature. Constitu
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
INCREDIBLE BARBARISM.

Some Exceedingly Interesting Phases OF
the Negro Problem.
Our readers have been kept advised
from time to time OF the remarkable
developments of barbarism that have
been taking place among the negroes
in Liberty County and other sections
of the State.
These negroes are not less civilized
than the average negroes in the coun-
try districts of the South. The white
people of Liberty County have long
been noted for their piety, their re-
6nement and their entertainments.
They are descended from Puritan
stock. and from the settlement at Mid
way have sprung some OF the most
distinguished men of the country.
Statesmen, soldiers. lawyers and liter
airy men have come out of Liberty,
and there Is NJ reason to believe that
the negroes there are any more ig-
norant than the average of their race
in any part of the South. If they are,
it is not because they were left to
thems elves as slaves, but it is because
they have deliberately relapsed into
barbArism.
Never were there more fortunate
bondsmen than those that fell to the
care. and keeping of the pious and re.
fined Puritan families of Liberty.
Their spiritual as well as their tenn.
poral welfare was looked after mosl
assiduously. and. although the negroes
then largely outnumbered the whites
as they outnumber them now, the mis-
sionary temper of the white people o.
Liberty did not permit the blacks tt
suffer for lack of religious teaching.
But what is the result? Not many
weeks ago white man from Ohio made
his appearance in Liberty County. and
he was at once hailed as Messiah by
che blacks, who Left their work and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
A coR,LlA.S BRIDE.


Remarkable Adventure OF African
Woman in the Congo Regions
1.-THE natives of Africa are towards
in war;" said Carl Steckleman, the ex-
plorer. They prefer to take prison
ers. and comparatively few of their
enemies are killed outright. They
are afraid to strike for fear they will
receive a more damaging blow in re-
turn. They make slaves of their pris-
oners, and the captives have q sorry
time.
s.Of all enemies they dread the go
rilIa most. And he is a foe that no
man dare despise. He will fight at
sight. Numbers do not deter him.
He is so human and SO desperate in
his defense and attack that the Afri-
cans have long learned that to fight
with a gorilla is to fight to the death.
This dreadful animal keeps to the
woods. as it is necessary for him to
grasp hold of the boughs as he walks
on his hind legs. A man is therefore
comparatively safe if he is on the
prairie.
There are some extraordinary
things told of the gorilla. I will re-
late one of them. had always heard
it said that the male gorilla would not
harm a woman. This is the common
belief in some tribes. One day we
| came to a village in which one hut
had been built apart from the rest.
We inquired for the reason of this and
| found that it had been dedicated to a
| witch. This witch was greatly re-
vered. She had been the wife OF a
| gorilla. The woman had lived in the
| village in house which stood on the
edge of the forest. A great tree over
! hung her shanty. In the village all
the trees had been cut down as a
| precaution against the gOrillas. One
night one of these animals came out OF
the forest, got up into the big tree
which overhung the woman's house.
climbed down onto the roof, threw the
roof of, swung down into the hut,
seized the woman. climbed up through
the hole in the roof up in the tree and
went away into the woods. carrying
the woman with him. His great
strength made this an easy thing for
him to do. He could hold her in one arm
| anu WIFI Ills GWO uIuu iCSS duu Ills OIt
free forearm make his way up and down
trees or through the woods. The
woman was gone for many days. The
people saw that her house roof had
been torn off. They looked carefully
around the house and saw that there
were no tracks whatever. They ther
knew that the dread enemy had car.
ried her off. One day she came back
She told wonderful story. The 60
rilla had carried her for miles into the
woods. and finally had climbed a great
tree and deposited her in his home
There he treated her kindly, brought
her food and drink. but would not per
nit her to leave. After watching hel
carefully for many days he finally lef
her, probably intending to return in g
short time, convinced that she would
remain. The woman came down tt
the ground. and after wandering il
the forest for several days made hel
way back to the village. The people
at first were about to kill her, but they
finally concluded that she was pos
sessed of extraordinary powers. They
therefore built her house for herself
supplied her with every comfort. an(
| looked up to her as a sacred person.
| INDIANAPOLIS News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
POISON IN CLOTHING.
Dyes Which Cause Skin Diseases-DanEer-
Gus Yellow Shoes.

Dyes Which Cause Skin Diseases-Daneer-
Gus Yellow Shoes.
The Berlin Medical Society at re-
cent meeting discussed at length the
effects upon the skin of dyes used to
color wearing apparel. Dr.. WeyI. a
general practitioner of high repute.
told about his examination of dress
waist which had caused an obstinate
wearing it. He found the red cotton
goods with which the collar and cuffs
were lined saturated with a poisonous
red dye, which came off whenever
brought in contact with perspiring
skin.
Another woman of DIR. Weyls ac-
quaintance poisoned her skin by wear
ing blue stockings which she herself
knit. The first day she wore the
second day the Inflammation extended
to the calf, and the third day to the
knee. When Dr. Weyl was called the
woman was in bed with large swell
ings and eruptions on both legs. She
recovered after being treated for two
weeks.
DIR. Weyl said that much of the vel
vet which, for instance, is often worn
around the neck by young women,
causes irritation of the skin and
roughness of the whole face. One
piece, which he procured directly
from q dyer and manufacturer, pro-
duced eruptions after it had been
worn but few hours. Every bit of
cotton or wooden underclothing, ac-
cording to DR.. Weyl. should be thor
oughly boiled, soaped and rubbed be-
fore it is put on for the first time.
Colored silk underwear is not so dam
gerOus as other cOlOred underwear,
because the fiber of silk holds the dye
much more firmly than the fibers of
other goods.
DR.. Weyl also describes the case of
a young man in Munich who had been
poisoned by the yellow dyeing matter
used in cOloring russell shoes. After
wearing these shoes for one week the
young mans feet were covered with
small yellow blisters, which, in the
middle of the second week. began to
spread to his ankles. His doctor had
him give up the shoes, and cured the
eruptions in ten days. The yellow
leather was subsequently examined
at the Munich Hygienic Institute, and
was found to be saturated with dan
gerous yellow dye. DIR. Weyrs advice
to his colleagues was: Don't wear
russell shoes. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29
THE SHAFTS YOUTH.
As u Young Man Nasr-ed-Deen + new SoI
of the Ills of Life.

As u Young Man Nasr-ed-Deen Knew Some
of the Ills of Life.
When youth the Shah and his
mother were very much neglected and
had to undergo many humiliations.
LAS he was very awkward in his man.
ners and gait and spoke in timid.
hesitating way he drew several years
ago one of the innumerable carica-
lures that with him form source of
unfailing amusement, and showed the
sketch to his courtiers. Who is this?'
he asked of his minions. None dared
speak. That was l as 1 felt and
looked at that time he said Many
q time did we lack food. my mother
and l. he continued, drawing deep
sigh. Where. then, were you fellows,
now so lavish in your protestationsP' :"
The Shah was held in great detesta-
ton by his father, who was anxious
that the second son should come to the
throne. Nasr-ed-Deen was. however,
at fourteen made Governor of Aver
beidin, that northwestern province
whose capital is Tabiz. But fortune
does not seem to have smiled on him.
even in that position. ''There his
fathers ill-will followed him, and
many a time. because his salary was
not sent regularly. the young Prince
and his mother were deprived of even
the necessaries of life. Once. after
waiting impatiently for the where
withal to keep the pot boiling. tax
collector sent what purported to be
the revenues of a certain district.
They consisted. however, only In kind.
and one lot-a number of fine rugs
had to be sold at great loss to an
Armenian dealer to furnish next day.
dinner."-St James Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29

There are three points in the
cause. may it please your Honor" said
the defendants counsel. In the first
place, we contend that the kettle was
cracked when we borrowed it; second
1y, that it was whole when we re-
had it >,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29

Corn Pie.-This is made with
grated corn. with or without eggs, as
preferred. Without the eggs less
cream is used Butter, sugar, salt
and pepper are added. and the corn is
allowed to come to boil before being
poured into the crust This is also
very nice as side dish.-The House.
keener
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-29

This is the time of the year when
no European potentate knows at what
moment some brother monarch may
drop down upon him with two hum
dred trunks and a thousand or SO OF
attendants. It is nice to be private
sitizen.-DetroitF Free Press.