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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01

CHICAGO, July 2S-Rev. Solomon Baur.
rabbi of the First Hungarian congrega-.
tio0. has sued the members of his flock
for SO 600 on the ground that they hired
and paid . thug SIS 10 give him . pum-
melting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01
A True BIZ Against Mrs. Maybrick.

A True Bin against WIS. MayDfIc
LIVERPOOL, July zS-A true bill has
been returned against Mrs. Florence Eliza
beth Maybrick, the American, on the
charge of having poisoned her husband,
James Maybr:ck, who was wealthy cot
ton broker Of this city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summary OF the Daily News.
wAsHINGroy xorrs.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
MISUNDERSTANDING MILLER has decided
IN the case OF q naval cadet who rendered
his resignation and had it received, but
subsequently obtained its withdrawal
from the Secretary Of the Navy. that the
Secretary's Withdrawal had no legal effect
and the cadet has ceased to be in the SER
vice.
ACTING LAND COMMISSIONERS STONE
holds that an entryman in Oklahoma may
sell from his entry stone for building pur-
poses when no material damage is thereby
done to the land.
SECRETARY NOBLE has ordered an in
vestigation of the recent rerating Of PEN
sions by Commissioner Tanner.
A SEwLY-ISvENTED knapsack has been
under examination in the War Depart
ment Two thousand were ordered for use
In the army as an experiment. The adj
vantage over the knapsack now in use
consists in having the weight tra nsferred
from the shoulders to the hips OF soldiers.
DAVID w. WEARE, Of Missouri, chief
OF division in the Pension Office, has re-
signed and an Indiana man has been ap-
pointed his successor.
SECRETARIES WINDOW and Tracy have
returned to Washington from New York.
The court martial of Colonel Fletcher,
charged with conduct unbecominR a gen.
fleman and officer, commenced at Fort
Omaha on the 25th.
THE Surgeon-General has received a
telegram from the president of the Gaines
vile (Fla.) Board Of Health, denying that
cases OF dengue fever existed there.
The work of investigating the Pension
Once will probably occupy several weeks.
w. c. ELAN. Republican editor of Vir-
ginia, has been appointed chief of the di-
vision of railroads in the General Land
Office.
The Chippewa Indian Commission is
having great difficulty at White Earth.
Several stormy sessions have been held.
Up to recent date not a single signature
to the Nelson bill had been secured.
SECRETARY WINDOW has appointed So
lon Norton, of Buffalo. N. Y, to be in
spector of customs in the Cleveland, O.
district
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01

a charge of buck. shot entering his back.
There was no positive clew to the MUIR
derer, al houeh two arrests had been
made. Mr.. Hutchinson's wife and four
children had only left a few days before
on a visit to Iowa.
GEORGE ROCKFORD, the eighteen-year-
old SON of John Rockford, a livery man Of
Osborne, was killed the other morning by
a runaway team while on the way for a
load of hay.
REPoRTs from various parts of the State
received by Secretary Mohi err of the State
Board of Agriculture show that the corn
crop is assured and will be unprecedented
in extent
For stealing half a cake from the basket
of picnic party at Merriam Park the
other day two orphan boys were arrested,
taken to Olathe and sentenced to two
months in Jail.
IT is thought that progressive euchre
parties will! not be popular at Olathe next
winter.
JOEL COCHRAN, a prominent citizen of
Oiathe. recently eloped with Mrs Edward
Moil, the wife OF another promin ent citi-
zen. Cochran left wife and three chill
dren and Mrs. Mol left, besides her hus-
band, four children, the youngest ten
years old. The elopement was traced di-
rectly to a very populsr progressive euchre
club which hourished there for two winters
among society people in which Cochran
and Mrs Moll were leading spirits.
DURING = recent storm at Columbus
Fremont Lofty was struck by lightning
and killed while eating supper.
A FIRE at Topeka the other morning, in
the building occupied as general Offices Of
the AtchisoL. Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road. resulted IN loss Of about $25, 600.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
HABITS OF The GREAT.

The Pope has plate Of light soup served
to him four times day. He never drinks
any wine but claret.
The Emperor Frederick wore continually
in his buutonhole modest cluster of ,io-
lets, just as his father was always deco
rated with the corntlower.
THE present Sultan is one Of the most
enthusiastic chess amateurs in Europe He
will play the game for hours without inter.
mission, and will not allow any matter Of
state to interfere with the problem in which
at the time he is engaged.
THE Gar of Russia is an enormous eater.
He takes from two to three pounds of solid
meat and an average of two quarts Of
champagne for luncheon, with dinner big
in proportion. Considering the Emperor's
habits it is not surprising to learn that
among those attached to the Imperial court
arc thirteen court physicians and five court
surgeons, two oculists, one dentist and four
other doctors whose particular line is not
laid down.
THE severity OF the life and manners Of
the Tewfik Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt,
according to q French writer, almost scan.
dalize the pashas, who not only feel the re-
proof thus administered to them, but pro-
fess to regard the abstinence of the Khedive
as sort of unfaithfulness to the Mussul-
man religion. Tewfik has but ono wife and
no harem, and delights not in splendor and
extravaganza, but has an almost Christian
love for quiet, domestic life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
ARTESlAN WELLS.

One Of the Most Important Modern Nat
urat improvements of Dakota.
The artesian wells of Dakota are
probably the most remarkable for pres
sure, and the immense quantity Of
water supplied, of any ever opened.
More than a hundred of such wells,
from 500 to 1,60o feet deep, are to-day
in successful operation, distributed
throughout twenty-nine counties, from
Yankton, in the extreme south, to Penn
bina, in the extreme north, giving forth
a constant, never-varying stream,
which is in no wise affected by the in
creased number of wells, and showing
q gauge pressure in some instances as
high as 100, ITO, It's and 1877 pounds to
the square inch. This tremendous
power is utilized, in the more impor-
tant towns, for water supply, fire pro-
lection, and the driving of machinery,
at a wonderful saving on the original
cost of plant and maintenance, when
compared with steam. In the city Of
Yankton a forty-horse power turbine
wheel, operating tow-mill by day and
an electric-light plant by night, is
driven by the force of water flowing
from an artesian-well, the cost of OBJ.
tanning which was no greater than
would have been the cost of steam
engine developing the same power, not
counting the continual outlay neces-
sary Chad steam been employed) for
fuel, repairs and the salaries of engi-
neer and fireman. What has been ac-
complished through the aid Of natural
gas and cheap fuel in building up
manufactures elsewhere, may some
day be rivaled on the prairies of Dako-
to by tapping the iuexhaustible power
stored in natures reservoirs beneath
the surface p. F. Mcclure, in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
a List of Substances Liable to Spontane
Gus Combustion.

a List of Substances Liable to Spontane.
Gus Combustion.
Cotton-seed oil will take fire even
when mixed with 25 per cent. #
petroleum oil, but 10 per cent. of mil I.
eral oil mixed with 10 per cent. of ami
NAL or vegetable oil will 60 far to pre-
vent combustion.
Olive oil is combustible, and mixed
with rags, hay or sawdust will produce
spontaneous combust on.
Coal dust, -four dust, starch, flour
Especially rye four), are all explosive
when mixed with certain proportions
of air.
New starch is highly explosive in its
comminuted state, also sawdust in a
very fine state, when confined in a close
chute and water directed ON it. Saw
dust should never be used in oil shops
or warehouses to collect drippings or
leakages from casks.
Dry vegetable or animal oil inevi.
tably takes fire when saturating cotton
waste at 1902 F. Spontaneous COM
bustion occurs most quickly when the
cotton is soaked with its own weight OF
OIL The addition of 40 per cent. of
mineral oil density 0.S90) of great
viscosity, and emitting no infammab1e
vapors. even in contact with an ignited
body at any point below $3.50 F., is
sufficient to prevent spontaneous COM
bustion, and the addition of 90 per
cent. of the same mineral oil doubles
time necessary to produce spontaneous
combustion.
Patent driers from leakage into saw
dust, etc, oily waste of any kind, or
waste cloths of silk or cotton, satur-
ated with oil, varnish, turpentine.
Greasy rags from butter, and greasy
ham bags. Bituminous coal in large
heaps, refuse heaps of pit coal,
FASTENED by wet, and especially when
pyrites are present in the coal; the
larger the heaps, the more liable.
Lampblack, when slightly oily and
damp, with linseed oil especially.
Timber dried by steam pipes, or hot
water or hot air heating apparatus,
owing to fine iron dust being thrown
off; in close wood castings or bookings
round the pipes, from the mere expan-
sion and contraction of the pipes
American Miller,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

1arm-yaru manure ana every Gnlng e1So
that will add to the supply of available
plant food should be applied. Nitrate
of soda or any material containing
good percentage of phosphates can al
ways be applied. Whatever fertilizer
is used should be thoroughly incor-
porated with the soil. When it can be
done the ground should be well plowed
in the fall, the manure applied during
the winter and then thoroughly worked
in with the soil by cultivating and har-
rowing. 1t is essential that good care
be taken in this respect; for the plant
food must be placed in an available
form if any considerable amount of
benefit is to be derived.
In the spring the first important
work to be done is the preparation of
the seed-bed and the sowing of the
seed to secure the plants The bed
should be as free from weeds and grass
seed as possible. The plants will not
make a satisfactory growth among
weeds or grass, and it is important to
have strong, vigorous pants. One of
the best plans of making the seed-bed
is to take piece of new land, pillow or
spade up thoroughly and then pile up
a lot of brush all over the bed and set
it afire. The object is to destroy thu
weed-seeds, and for this purpose the
heat should be kept up for some time,
usually about an hour. This can be
done either before or after spading up.
The more thoroughly the weed-seeds
are destroyed the easier will be the
task of getting good plants. When the
condition of the soil will permit the
seed-bed should be made reasonably
early, in March, if possible; if not,
early in April. Take pains to do thor
ough work, getting the soil in the very
best filth. The seed is very fine, and if
good termination is to be secured it
will be necessary to have the soil thor
oughly prepared.
One ounce of seed will, under aver
age cOndltlOns, make plants enough to
set out three acres of land. 1t is diff
cult to SOW the seed evenly, because
they are so small, and many prefer to
mix them with about twice their buE,
of finely-pulverized soil, taking pains
to SOW as evenly as possible. The seeds
are slow to terminate, and will require
from twelve to twenty days, depending
upon the warmth of the soil and the
season. If the bed should get dry it
will pay to water it. To prevent the
| plants making too spindling a growth,
care should be taken to thin out, leav-
ing the plants about an inch apart.
This work can be done with a sharp
toothed rake, and will always pay in
the better plants that will result. After
the plants are up we'll, sprinkle over
them a mixture of ashes and plaster.
This will be found necessary to protect
from the tobacco fly that often causes
considerable damage to the young
plants.--St. Louis Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
Lime as a Sol! lmprover.

From what little experience l have
had with lime, l am satisfied that it
would be very beneficial On some soils
and for some crops. If had a heavy
clay soil and wanted to grow corn,
wheat, oats or a crop of cabbage. I
would use air-sIaked lime freely, and I
would also use it on sandy soil for
the same crops. have always thought
that our black, rich soil of the West
had lime enough in it for all crops. l
am sure we do not need to apply lime
here yet, except on such soils as have
mentioned. Lime applied to plants
has a very drying influence, and it
should be used sparingly, and if it is
applied to the soil it would seem that
more could be used in a wet than in a
dry season. / have used lime several
seasons in my cabbage ground, and I
find it slow to mix with the soil here.
Different soils and different localities
would show different results, so think
the advisabllity of using lime is ques-
ton to be settled by practical expert
ment. The cost of lime is another
question to be considered. We could
not afford to use it here, unless the
prices of our crops were higher.-F. S.
White, in Rural New Yorker.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
HORSE BREEDING.
Points That VIII Promote the Salabls
Value of Animals.

Value of Animals.
The first requisite, whether for road
sters or draft, is purity of blood in the
sire. Let this be the first step: The
difference in value between ordinary
horses and good horses is a hundred
per cent, between good horses and the
best, quite another hundred per cent,
or more.
To sell we'll, horse must be good
looking-symmetry is not sufficient
and good in form, and possess that
make that wears well in work, we'll
placed, well-made legs, and sound feet,
with sound tendons that have free play,
we'll back.
Action is our next point. Height,
celebrity and power, cover or long stride.
To gain this all the movable bones
above the knee and hook, coupled with
their relative positions, the concert OF
points. must be long-e. g., a deep, OBJ
lique shoulder blade, a proportiOnate
arm, as muscular as you can breed it,
long muscular forearm, and fore feet
we'll to the front, hind legs under the
incidence of the weight, shanks or
cannons, short and fiat between both
knees and Understanding for these
important points to rest on-not tied
under, the leverage bones well devel-
oped; long and prominent elbows;
trapezium, the bone at the back of the
knee, and the sesamoids and the back
and summit of the fetlock, and pas
terms we'll developed. hips moderately
wide, the, stiles we'll up in line with
the elbows-point of the hook pro-
nounced-also those bones at the back
Of the lined fetlock.
1t is for want of sufficient develop
ment, as stated above, that the great
middle-class horse shows so little re-
Enumeration.
Knees and hooks demand great lat
eral width (breadth) above them, and
at their base clean, bold joints, pas
terms oblique and long, of good SUBJ
stance, provided they are not down
or weak. Power at the knee and
hook represents stability and force in
action.
Muscular power is demanded in
value at the shoulders, back, loins and
quarters. The horse moves best whose
limbs are so placed that he can move
with power, precision and celebrity
coordination in action. He must 90
all round, well up, and get away to
make a hatful of money.
Breed from game parentage; go for
shoulders and soundness! Soundness
in hind limb and eyesight! Then edu-
cate and impart manners, for an UNI
broken horse fetches broken price!
The education of horse should be
done artistically; finishing a horse,
good grooming and biting, ETC., is
cemunerative. Manners are seductive.
Ability in harness or the pig skin is
striking.
Grand shapes always rivet the buy
er's attention, especially if accom-
panied with a big heart. Clean
actioned, forcible horses are the sale
the supply short, the demand world
wide. A fine performer in leather or
across country is justly admired.
Breed the best and grow the best,
and use all the latest aids to improve
ments, and horse-breeding will pay
handsomely for years. Scottish Farm
ing World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
FACTS ABOUT FRIDAY.

FRIDAY, February %, 1872, George Wash
ington was born.
FRIDAY, December 2, 1871, the Albany
library was founded.
BISMARCK, Gladstone and Disraeli were
born on Friday.
FRIDAY, March %, 1909, the Hudson river
was discovered.
FRIDAY, June 80, 1851, Louis XII. humblet
the French mobiles.
FRIDAY, March IS, 176, the stamp ac
was repealed in England.
FRIDAY, June 10, 1892, Columbus discov
cred the con inent of America.
FRIDAY, December %, 1920, the Pilgrim.
made their final landing at Plymouth Rock
FRIDAY, June 10, 17s5, General Winfield
Scott was born in Dinwlddie County, Va.
FRIDAY, June 10, 1884, Spurgeon, the cele
brated English preacher, was born.
FRIDAY, November 20, 1871, the first Ma
sonic lodge was organized in North Amer
lea.
FRIDAY, September %, 1850, Arnold's
treason was laid bare, which saved the
United States.
THOMAS SUTTON, who saved England from
the Spanish Armada, was born on Friday.
FRIDAY. January 10, 1443, Charles the
Bold, of Burgundy, was born, the riches,
sovereign of Europe.
FRIDAY. November Is, 1914, the first news
paper ever printed by steam, the London
Times, was printed.
FRIDAY, October IS, 1881, the surrender Of
Yorktown, the GROWING glory Of the Amer
lean army, occurred.
FRIDAY. June u, 1902, Alexander Won
Humboldt, in climbing Chlmborazo, reached
an altitude of 1920 feet.
FRIDAY, SerGember z, 1865, Melendez
founded st. Augustine. the oldest town in
the United States by more than forty years.
FRIDAY, April & 1916, the first known
newspaper advertisement was published in
the Imperial 1nteliigencer, in England
FRIDAY, May IA, 1885, Gabriel Fahren-
heit, usually regarded as the inventor OF
the common mercurial thermometer, was
born.
FRIDAY, October z, TIT, the surrender Of
Saratoga was made, which had such power
and influence in inducing France to declare
for our cause.
FRIDAY, March 5, 1895, Henry VIII, of
England, gave to John Cabot his commits
sion which led to the discovery Of North
America. This is the FIRST American state
paper in England.
FRIDAY, November 10, 1920, the Mayfow.
err, with the Pilgrims, made the harbor OF
Provincetown, and on the same day they
signed that august compact, the forerunner
of our present constitution.
FRIDAY, July z, 1776, the motion was
made in Congress by John Adams, aud Sec
onded by Richard Henry Lee, that the
United States colonies were and ct right
ought to be free and independent.
FRIDAY, March 20, 1913. Pope Clement XII
promulgated his bull of accommodation
against the Freemasons Ever since the
allocution communicating indiscrimlnate.
ly all Freemasons the order has received
an immense forward impetus in Italy
France and Spain.
FRIDAY, July l, 1925, General Lafa yette
was welcomed to Boston and Toasted by
the Freeinasons and citizens and attea ded
at the laying Of the cornerstone of Bunker
Hill monument, erected to perpetuate the
remembrance OF the defenders of the rights
ana liberties of America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
Tobacco Culture.

Whether this crop can be made
profitable or not depends largely upon
the yield and the quality. Taking the
average yield and the average quality
a very small margin of profit will be
secured. But when a good quality is
raised so that price considerably
above the average can be obtained, or
when a heavy yield can be made, a
very fine profit can be realized.
The kind and quality of the soil
have much to do with the quality of
the crop. AS an instance of this white
hurley tobacco, if grown on a strong,
rich, rather black loamy soil pro-
duces a tobacco that is considered
too strong, while if the same variety
is planted in alighter soil, such as we
have in many parts of Missouri, this
quality is much better. 1t is therefore
important to understand first the vari-
ETY. of tobacco that is best adapted to
your soil and locality. The soil should
be dry and warm, contain considerable
lime and I've, If possible, reasonably
well protected from hard winds.
As with most special crops some ex-
perience is necessary in order to han
die properly and for this reason the
better plan is to begin ON small
scale and then gradually increase the
acreage as experience is acquired.
This will lessen the chances of failure.
Plenty of fertilizers should be used.
Like cabbage, rhubarb, asparagus and
onions, tobacco is a grass feeder and if
the best growth is obtained plenty of
fertilizers must be used. Stable or
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you consti-
pated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate the
bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

YourH is the time of hope: When g
man gets o little older he stops hoping ana
begins reaching out for whatever ne cah
pet.-Somerville Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

The German Herr IS an equivalent for
the American Mr.. The American her Is
more than an equivalent for an American
Mr.-Terre Haute Express
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

POLICE officials, in raiding poker rooms,
should make up their minds to ''hew to
the line, let the chips fall where they
may.n.-Rochester Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

The heroine Of recent magazine stoy
was ssnimbussed with the 5onauh OF ner
hair and her husband was .myoped. =
man who is ''myoped" is liable TO mistaKe
his ed-headed wife for one OF those MN
bussed" things. -Norristown Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

The man who first suggested the use Of
IN K as the signature Of u person who
could not write was no Philosopher The
fitness of things should have led him to
select the cipher, which as nautograph
is eminently significant in most cases
Binghamton Leader.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

WHAT this country wants more than
any thing else is more holidays, more ex-
cuses to lay off from work one day, often
involving the necessity of laying of the
day following to recuperate.--Texas Siftr
ings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

AN inveterate smoker Vesuvlus.-
Prairie Farmer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

The best known remedy for consumption is
Oxygen Cure. Write DR.. Geppert, Cincinnati.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

AN enterprising halter sent out a cir
cular stating that men are bald because
they wear wool hats instead Of silk ones.
This is not the only reason men are bald.
They sometimes marry the wrong woman.
Peoria Transcript.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

The ubiquitous sign, Post no Bills mas
never deferred tailor from nrlng MS Mis'
siyes at you through the postroffice.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

A GLASS eye has one compensation
everybody else can see through the device
if the wearer can't.-Life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

A MODERN economist says take care Of
your nickels and the slots will take cart
If fhemselyes.n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

"LATE hours are bound to tell on man, I"
says an exchange. But not half so surely
as a spiced breath. -Yonkers Statesman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

ALL played out = open-air concerts
Oneida Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27

MEN who have horse sense know when
to say neigh.-Boston Courier.