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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

faded away and gave place to an ashy
paleness suggestive Of a piece OF an
tioue tripe, as he fumb1ed around with
his right hand in vain effort to seize
the hammer and spoil the beauty OF his
rival for the fair hand of the peerless
Claudina, but, regaining his composure.
Birdwhistle said, proudly: 'Search me!'
Eve will, and we will also explore the
room," said old Bigby, viciously.
The pair of old obsolete humbugs
searched Birdwhistle's person and also
the room. Suddenly yelp OF triumph
burst from Bigby, who was investlgat-
ing a wardrobe. He hold aloft a shabby
swailow-tailed coat, and extracted from
one of the rear pockets large red
apple, the corpus dezgcts, SO to speak.
Poor Birdwhistle uttered wild cry OF
dismay, staggering back. and almost
falling to the ground.
81 knew that he was an ex-convict as
soon asI saw him." said Bigby.
''Who dares say that Oliver Bud
whistle is an ex-convict?" exclaimed
Claudina, who had suddenly put in an
appearance.
Claudina's venerable lover held up the
missing apple, and related the circum-
stances-.under which it was discovered.
.sClaudina," said her father, che saved
you from fate worse than death. Take
her, my boy, and may you be"
'sHold!'' exclaimed Claudina, ''this
vile plot. Oliver, dear Oliver, for my
sake tell when you stole that apple.
Just at this crisis, in rushed Tommy
and Bobby. The latter seeing the apple
danced around and said to Bigby:
$50 you have found my apple, but,
you can't eat it because you are not In
the game"
Game? What gamer
ssMe and Tommy was playin' 'hidings.'
< took the apple out of the pantry, and
hid it in Mr.. Birdwhistle's coat-tail pock-
ct, when he wasn't in the room. Tommy
was to hunt for it, but the breakfast bell
rang, and we forgot all about it until
now"
Oliver Birdwhistle raised his eyes and
fervently thanked Heaven that he was
indicated. A moment later Claudina
was sobbing on his bosom.
Gentle reader, there is not much
more to add to this thrilling romance.
A month later, there was q wedding in
high life. At the altar Oliver Bird
whistle stood by the side of his stately
bride and solcmnly vowed to share with
her all his earthly goods, etc., but who
shall portray the chagrin OF wheezy old
Bigby, who made himself so scarce on
that occasion? ALEX e. SWEET.
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FIG. 1. THE COOP IN POSITION.


and three-fourths inch thick, are fast
ened. one at each end, and two near the
middle, with space between the latter
wide enough to admit the middle par
tition. The top and sides are open
frames, made of hardwood Stats, two
and a half inches wide and one inch
thick, halved together at the intersec-
lions and the whole fastened with wire
nails ne-eighth-of-an-inch holes are
bored through the end and middle
Stats for the wires, which are slip
ped in as shown in the engrav-
ing. The top wires are close together.
to keep the fowls from sticking their
heads through.
When completed the sides are secured
to the bottom by two pairs of strap
the inside of the coop, and the opposite
one to the outside, as shown in the
illustration. The ends are made of a
piece of board, twelve inches wide,
two feet ten inches long and three
eighths of an inch thick, hinged to the
bottom by two pairs of wrought butts
screwed to the outside. Two screw
holes are bored through each end-piece
of the top and the end-board, into which
screws are inserted to hold every thing
secure, when the coop is in transit. The
middle cross partition is piece of
three-eighths inch board, twelve and
three-fourths inch wide and three feet
long, with cleats across the ends and
middle. 1t is hinged to the bottom
and may be temporarily fastened like
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
A GOOD ONE.

Senator gpooner's Story Of Novel Race
Between . Hog and 3 Horse.
Senator Spooner tells the following
story as it was told to him during his
European tour last summer:
There were gathered together a score
or more Of German students in Berlin,
most of them from Kaiser Wilhelm
University. They were discussing sports
of all kinds, dueling, chicken fighting,
pugilism and horse racing. The latter
subject was under discussion when an
enthusiastic Rhein-Baier acclaimed elo-
quently upon the merits of Kentucky
stallion recently purchased for him by
his indulgent father. One of the party
pooh-poohed his claims for the speed of
his steed, and insolently offered to
wager that he bad hog which could
distance the racer. There was danger
of duel, when the obnoxious student
said:
81 am not insulting, but in earnest
when say that have hog which can
beat your horse, and I'll wager two
thousand kreutzer that my hog can win
mile race one month hence"
The novel wager was accepted, the
date fixed, the money put up and all
sealed as bargain.
The 'Hog-Studenter," as his compan-
ions Immediately dubbed him, pur-
chased the tallest hog to be found in
Berlin. He starved the porker for four
days, then took him to the designated
race-course and drove him around the
track. At the conclusion of the circuit
the student gave his hog fish. There
is nothing more toothsome to a hog than
a fresh fish. The porker in training re-
ceived no other food for that day. On
the following morning the hog was
driven around the track and given
another fish. This was repeated for
two weeks At last the student was
obliged to get a horse in order to keep
pace with the hog as he fastened around
the track to get his breakfast.
Meaetime the hog was getting thin,
and any one who has chased a hungry,
skeleton hog, knows how fast he will
travel. One morning, toward the close
Of the month, the student hurried his
horse and beat the hog, and refused to
give him the fish. The hog was nearly
crazy for his food, but had to starve
another day. After that, the student,
on a fast horse, was unable to keep up
with the hungry hog. When the day Of
the race came, the hog and horse got an
even start, and it was an exciting race
All the students and sporting men OF
Berlin were in attendance, and thew
made the welkin ring as the novel pair
went tearing around the track. The horse
never had raced with hog before. The
hog was afraid that the horse would
beat him and get the fish. The result
was that the hog won the race by nearly
a dozen hog-lengths, amid the widest
enthusiasm ever displayed upon a Ger
man course
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
BLAINE OR M'KINLEY?

"a Cheap Attempt to Throw Tub to the
Agricultural Whale"
Western farmers are disconnected and
unhappy over the low prices of all their
products. As every body else is getting
the benefits, real or supposed. of protec-
ton, the farmers of the West have Justly
commended that they should have their
protection too; and so Mr.. Mckinley has
attempted to introduce the era of pro-
protection to farmers. But what good
will this protection do the farmers?
Mr.. Blaine has argued that the general
effect of protection is to reduce the price
of protected products. Everybody will
admit that Mr.. Blaine is a high authority
on this question; but how are his views
and those of Mr.. McKinley's to be recon-
ciled? If Mr.. Blaine is right the farmers
may expect to see their prices 60 still
lower. Are they ready for that? Are
prices not already low enough? If Mr..
Blaine's views are sound, what are
farmers to think of the protection that
Mr.. Mckinley is offering them? Will it
cure the disease, or will 1t only serve to
BAN boozle them a little while longer
and get them to give protection one
more vote and thus postpone the day of
reckoning?
Meanwhile some of the more thought
full Republican newspapers are assuring
the farmers that the protection to be
given them will do them no good at all.
One of these papers ridicules Mr.. Nc
Kinley's protection to farmers and calls
it "a cheap attempt to throw tub to
the agricultural whale"
The problem for the Western farmer
to work out now is this: What is the net
advantage to me of a protection on what
1 sell which does me little or no good,
along with very high protection on
what buy that does me great harm?
That is a question which will bear
thinking over till next November
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
WHY THEY DID 1T.

Trying to "Hold'' the Farmers OF the West
and at the Same Time Please the Eastern
Manufa cturers.
Now that the combined protests of
western tanners and of Eastern manu-
facturers of boots and shoes have sue
ceeded in forcing the Mckinley commit
tee to remove hides from the dutiable
list, it is interesting to recall Governor
Tears explanation of the committees
action in deciding to put on a duty. 1t
Will be remembered that when the news
nrst leaked out, by way of California,
that duty was be to put on hides there
were such vigorous protests from all
sides that the duty was again taken of.
Then followed change after change
now 1T was off and now it was on-ti1l
nobody knew whether hides were to be
taxed or not.
Finally 1T was reported by Mr.. McKin-
ley himself, on the day that the bill was
finished, that hides were free. But the
same night the political weather
changed, and before the dawning of the
next morning. which was Sunday, hides
were again taxed.
A few days later New England man
ufacturer, who had been in Washington
to oppose the duty, passed through New
YIN Oh LIS way nome. Wnll0 IN new
York he had talk with some of the
leather men and reported to them a con-
versation he had had with Governor
Gear, OF Iowa, who is prominent MEM
Der of the Ways and Means Committee
at Washington.
Governor Gear gave him the reason
which influenced the committee in plac-
ing duty on hides. 1t was something
like this: do you see the condition of
the party in the West? We have lost
Iowa and Ohio; the farmers are discon-
tented and are leaving the party. We
must do something to hold the farmers. :"
There. then; it was simply piece Of
politics. Something had to be done to
hold the farmer.
Some one asked Governor Gear a day
or two later if he proposed to stick to
the hides duty.
''Stick to it, echoed Mr.. Gear. 'Yes,
sir, like dog to bone,''
What kind of dog did he mean? The
committee was at last frightened by re-
ports about probable losses to the party
in Massachusetts, and elsewhere next
fall, and the bone was dropped. What
kind of dog was that?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
foLpING-cooP.

An Excellent Device for Shipping Poultry
to Market-It Saves Return Freight
Charges.
A serious drawback to the business of
shipping live poultry is occasioned by
the loss upon empty coops. They are
bulky and clumsy to handle. and. with
the rough treatment they are likely to
receive, they arrive back in very broken
condition, If at all The accompanying
illustrations represent an unpatented
folding-coop, which may be built at a
small advance above the cost of
the old, plain coop. The most con-
venient size is for feet long, three
feet wide and one foot high, with a
hinged partition through the mid
die. The bottom is made of boards
four feet long and three-eighths of
an inch thick. -Four cleats. each three
feet long, two and half inches wide,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
FIG. 1.-THE COOP FOLDED.

FIG. 1.-THE COOP FOLDED.
the ends. All the lumber, except the
framed ends and top, is of pine or other
soft wood.
Fig. shows the coop set up ready for
use. The ends may be let down to fill
or empty the coop. When not in use
the screws are removed from the top
Stats, the middle partition turned down,
the ends folded backward under the
bottom and the upper works folded
down, as shown in Fig. 2. When two
or more are to be shipped together, they
are laid in bundle with the bottom
outward, and bound together. A bundle
of five will occupy little more space than
single non-folding coop. When prop
erly tied together the Stats and wires
are fully protected. The advantages of
such coop are obvious. -American Ag-
riculturiSt.
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"HAvE YOU SEEN TIP"

be tried TO appear very youthful. He
Was . frisky old man, which Josh Bill
tAgs calls "a burlesque on all kinds Of
levity." After the arrival of Claudina,
be seemed to have taken up his abode
In the Vanderclam mansion. He clus-
tered around Claudina SO much that she
scarcely had an hour she could call her
own. At the instigation of her father,
abe vas almost entirely monopolized by
She obese old Bigby. Some people are
born great, others acquire greatness, but
Gus unfortunate heroine had greatness
xhr0ss on her. However, she was quite
equal to the emergency, for one day,
when the voluminous Bigby became OBJ
trusiyely affectionate, she asked him if
he did not have grandson Of about her
aCe whom she might learn to love.
- have no doubt, Miss Claudina,"
teplied Bigby, with large army-sized
snser, shat you would prefer lover Of
che age and appearance of that pauper
school-teacher, but l have your fathers
consent to lead you to the hymenial al
tar, and I'm going to do it."
He then went out suddenly, slam
ming the door, and suffering from sup
pressed rage.
One morning, the young tutor had
occasion to use hammer and few
nails to repair the aged and decrepit
trunk that concealed most of his scanty
wardrobe. While thus busily engaged,
there came sharp rap at the door, and,
on opening it, Oliver Birdwhistle found
himself confronted by the stern faces
of old Vanderclam and his friend
Bigby.
81 believe perceived you emerge
from che pantry just now with . ham,
mer sn0 several nails" said old Van
6erclam. making great effort to con-
eesl his excitement.
EYES, sir," replied the tutor, with
great dignity; II needed those imple-
mersts to repair my humble trunk,
which contains my somewhat scanIy
wardrobe
You seem to be q pretty good hand
at picking up unconsidered trifies, Mr..
Birdwhistle. Did you ever do time at
Sing Sing?" asked old Bigby. with q
boarse, malignant chuckle.
What do you mean, STRIP asked Bird
whistle. coloring as much at Bigby's
manner as at the insinuation.
ssMy friend and future son-in-law,
Mr.. Bigby, means to intimate that a
valuable apple that was in the pantry is
Aow mysteriously missing. Have you
seen it?'' asked Mr.. Vanderclam.
Ehe color in Birdwhistle's cheeks
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
UNDER WHICH KING?

Two Unhappy Papers That Support the
High Tariff Party and Advocate Tariff
Reform.
The tariff-making business at Wash
ington has failed to please many of the
papers which support the High Tariff
party.
Conspicuous among the unhappy ones
are the Chicago Tribune and the ST.
Paul Pioneer-Press The latter paper
thinks that it would be madness to 90
before the people on such a platform as
the Mckinley bill presents. This b IL,
it says, is in the interest Of the manu-
facturer and not Of the public; and it
WAKES so earnest in its opposition as to
say that it is time for every true Repub-
lican to protest against bill that would
prepare the way for the overthrow of
the entire protection system and the
triumph of free trade.
The Tribune invents the happy term
tariff boodlers' for those who are
growing rich under protection. 1t says
that after listening for days and weeks
to the representatives of special inter-
ests who, on the committees Invita- ton,
hurried to Washington to support their
tariff bounties and get more if possible,
the committee reached the remarkable
conclusion that the country at large
wanted such changes as would advance
prices on consumers and enable few
persons to pile up great fortunes. It
agrees with Representative Payson that
what the people of the West want is
not an increase Of the tariff, but a re-
duction of duties all along the line.
But Mr.. Mckinley gives US an in
crease of duties all along the line; and
SO these too papers are unhappy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
GREATNESS AND SERVICE.
Thoughts Suggested BY the Recent Death
of a Famous Inventor.


Those who achieve most are not al
ways accounted greatest by the people
whose collective judgment make pub
lie opinion. Many a politician whose
life is given up to trickery and whose
days and nights are spent in scheming
receives more praise than the unosten-
tatious individual whose honest work
and genius make possible for mankind
achievements impossible before. But
for all that the world is gradually COM
ing to better appreciation of what
really constitutes great man. In the
old days of kingly rule, when ''the
divine right" passed unquestioned and
the voice of the people was but an in
distinct murmur that rarely reached so
high as to disturb a throne, the popular
hero, the great man, was the ruler, the
master whose bidding was imperative,
whose right was tradition, and whose
authority was that given by might
But with the spread of republican ideas,
with the growth of the belief that it 10
the people who are masters, the worlds
ideal has been changing until it now
more nearly approximates that of the
Great Teacher who babe the greatest
be a servant and the chief min
lister. To-day the man who serves
society most and best, not he who COM
mands best or he who bleeds the public
most, is more highly esteemed than ever
before in history. And with the growth
of civilization it must continue to be so
more and more. Men like James Mas
myth, the great Scotch mechanical
engineer who died recently, judged by
this true standard of greatness, his ser
vice to mankind, are high above such
mere destroyers as Wellington Mas
myth gave to civilization the steam
hammer, which since its invention in
1889 has had a wonderful influence in
advancing the mechanic arts. Thanks
to it, some of the impossible things in
mechanics sixty years ago are the COM
monplaces of to-day, and with those adj
vances came host of great advantages
to society. Its invention is the center
from which radiates hundreds of me-
chanical Improvements that have ben
Gifted man. Scarcely less important
than this was his invention of = safetv
foundry lathe by which the most uuon-
derous castings can be poured with
entire security to the workmen. Asuc-
ton fan by which the perfect ventil,.
ton OF mines was effected was another
OF his more notable gifts to civilisatie.
and Cleveland Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

honor and profit? The idea, you see, is
ridiculous. Not only win the European
manufacturers refuse to take part as
exhibitors in our Fair. but they will re-
frain from attending it. Any man who
would expect any thing else of them is
f~o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

EHnm, che father OF CIaudlna, went
aroeAd with fresh-baked smile on his
face that would have done credit to a
man Who had just had an aching tooth
Nithdrawp from circulation.
The Vanderclam family is one Of the
oldest and most ostentatious on Manhat-
tan Island. BESIDES his blocks of houses
he is the proud owner of q coat-Of-arms
and an ancient crest, which latter looks
alike . spawned jimplecute regardaast.
and 70 sOnie extent, in immediate jux-
fsposition 60 two-year-old Durham
ssyascutAs. the latter holding in his
beak tho sguirming motto OF tho Van
derclams:
s.O. give Us . festr" in Latin. The
original old e-with-his-name-
b2oWn-in- the-bott1e Vanderclam got
his start in life by selling old junk for
more than be paid fos it.
Isut there we're no specimens OF the
domestic Nv on the charming Claudina-
She was q large, copious girl, with hand
some features. and large, dark eyes like
those Of an astoDished fawn. She had,
moreover q queenly form. Besides her
taiiCr-madc figure. she had still another
handsome figure Of several millions in
her own right.
There was only one person in tho
Vsnderclam mansion who was not
stirred up over the arrival OF Claudina,
and that person was Oliver Birdwhistle,
who had charge OF the education OF
Tommy and BObby. Claudina's two
younger brothers. Oliver Birdwhistle
was not handsome. for his mouth was so
large that he had to be measured for
his tooth brushes. but on the other
hand he vas saturated with intellec-
tuality. He generally wore pensive
asaile and patched clothing, for he Wss
penniless. and an orphan.
Oliver Birdwhistle did not see the
beautiful young heiress until next morn
ing at the breakfast table. He could
not help stealing q glance at her lovely
face as he prodded his epielOttis with
chunks Of sausage impaled on the tines
Of u silver fork. Oliver thought that
she was the most lovely human being
he had ever seen. He smiled at the alb
snrtlity Of his falling in love with such
. superior being, as he Inadvertently
shOveled q spoonful Of salt into his COZ.
Tee.
Claudina. ON tho other hand, felt her.
self strangely fascinated by the pale,
intellectual face and noble bearing Of
the young tutor. She was SO struck by
his manly beauty that she did not even
observe the glossy and careworn condi-
fion Of his gArb She did not even notice
the movements OF his arm when he fed
himself. She. too, smiled at the ridicu-
1Ousnees OF the idea that she should ever
wed one whose social status was SO in.
= fesiOr To her own. At the Same time
she absent-mindedly stirred her coffee
with her knife.
or course, ClaudinA was q great catch
In the matrimonial market. It was to
be expected that there We uld be compe-
titicn 70 secure the prize, but Claudina's
pa had already made his little arrange
ments to supply her with husband, in
the shape Of an old business chum by
che name Of Bigby.
San, Rigby was . tat, wheezy old man,
with = head as destitute OF hair as the
inside OF q churn. At the same time,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
BUGS AND ROT.

How to Prevent the Ravages of Both on
tho Potato Vines.
Potato bugs and potato rot can be pre-
vented by spraying the vines with the
bordeaux mixture, adding 1 pound of
London purple or of Paris green to each
100 gallons of the mixture. This prac-
tice was followed by the Ohio expert
ment station last year, the vines being
sprayed May %. June Is, June 90, and
July 16. Blight appeared about the
middle of June and did serious damage
for the next six weeks on such plants
as were not sprayed. The sprayed vines
showed much less injury, remaining
green after the others were dead and
yielded q profitable crop, while the
blighted and unsprayed portion of the
field was practical failure. The tubers
on the treated portions were also much
more free from scab.
It will be seen that it is no more work
to apply this preventive of potato rot
than to spray on the usual solution to
kill the bugs, as both operations can be
done at one time. The bordeaux mix
ture is made as follows: Dissolve 81
pounds of sulphate of copper (blue
vitrio) in quarts of water; slake 81
pounds of lime'in quarts of water; add
Fl gallons of water to the slaked lime,
and pour this into the vessel containing
the copper solution, rejecting while
doing so the undissolved Jumps of lime.
Another formula for the bordeaux mix
ture is to dissolve 6 pounds of copper
sulphate in 16 gallons of water, and in
another vessel Stake pounds of lime in
6 quarts of water, mixing the two after
they are cool. This mixture is also the
best preventive or remedy for rot and
blight on all fruits and crops, especial
ly the grape. 1t should be applied with
a brass force pump. If ordinary MOBILES
are used, they should be cleaned and
oiled at once when through spraying.
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Preaching and Practice.

Mr.. Wealthy-I presume, sir. you will
join our new forestry association?
Mr.. Richman-Most gladly, sir. The
way our virgin forests are being de-
stroyed is a shame-an outrage. John!
Put few more logs on the grate.-The
Jury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
A Radaemine Onalitx.

Wild Westener-In your last paper
you referred TO me as horse-thief, q
murderer and liar
Editor-Well, what was there wrong
about that?
Wild Westerner-I don't see why you
want to blast mans reputation with a
statement like that. 1 may be, as you
claim, horse-thief and murderer, but,
thank Heaven, sir, 1 am no liar!-Judge.