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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
BEAR 1T hEROlCALLY.

One Man Who Howled Over Trihes and
Another Who Died Like . King.
One day at the investment of Vicks-
burg-it was on the memorable 22d of
May-during 1ull in the desultory
skirmishes which preceded the assault,
while was lying close to the surface of
the great round globe which we inhabit,
and wishing could get little closer to
it, we heard a tremendous bowling and
shrieking, and down the dusty road
from the front came a blue-jacketed
skirmisher on the trot, holding one hand
up in the other, and the hand he was
holding up had no thumb on it 1t hurt
like the mischief, have no doubt, but
1t was only thumb after all, and how
the fellow was bowling about it, He
was a brave man or he wouldn't
have been where he could have lost
that thumb. But you would have
thought it was the only thumb in the
whole United States army, and that no
one else on the skirmish line had been
hit that morning. So the soldiers saw
only the funny side of the picture, and
perfect chorus of howlS, in vociferous
imitation of the mans own walls, went
shrieking up from the sarcastic line of
the men who were waiting their turn to
face death. In minute another soldier
came walking back from the skirmish
line. He was walking slowly and stead
lily; never a moan fell from his COM
pressed lips, though they were whittier
than his bronzed face, and he held his
hand against his breast. The silence of
the death-chamber fell upon the line in
an instant, as the figure of the soldier
moved along the road with the air of a
conqueror. Half a dozen men sprung
to his side. Tenderly they laid him
down in the shadow of a great oak; his
lips parted to speak message to one
thousand miles away, and the line was
short one man for the coming assault.
He died of his hurt, but he died like a
King.
Oh, my boy, don't yell the lungs out
of you over mashed thumb when only
three files down the line soldier salutes
his Captain before he faces about to 60
to the rear with death bullet in his
breast. You can't help getting hurt.
There isn't safe place in the line.
There are cruel people in the world who
love to wound US; there are the thought
less, needless people who don't think;
there are people who don't care, and
there are thick-skinned people who are
not easily hurt themselves, and they
think mankind is thick-hided race; in
fact, the air is full of darts and arrows
and singing bullets all the time, and it's
dangerous to be safe anywhere. But
when you get hit-as hit you certainly
will be-don't ''holler" any louder than
you have to. Grin and bear it the best
you may. There are some people so
badly hurt that they must moan; do you |
forget your own hurt in looking after |
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
GIVE THEM TIME.

Faults of Childhood Usually Disappear As
the Young Grow Older.
''Old Forbes" as the neighbors called
him, was Pennsylvania farmer of the
old type: correct in his morals, bigoted
in religion, shrewd in business, and
stubborn as iron in his prejudices. He
had three sons of different character
from himself. each of whom, as he
passed out of childhood, became vicious,
deceitful and ungovernable.
Their father at last brought his
troubles to the minister. 81 have done
my duty" he said. ST have never neg
lected to punish them when they did not
walk in the right way"
but did it ever occur to you," said old
Doctor D, "that the right way for a
sheep is not the right way for lamb?
You expect from boys of fourteen the
wisdom of thirty, and punish them when
they fall short. Why are not these
peaches in bearing, Brother Forbes?" he
asked. abruptly.
They were only planted last year"
said the farmer, nettled at the question.
''You must give them time"
Eyes, and give your human plants
time" said the old clergyman, as he left
him without another word.
Farmer Forbes, after much thought,
determined to ''hand the boys over to
their mother awhile
The experiment was successful. The
mother had patience as well as high
aims. Her sons in the end fulfilled both
her hopes and prayers.
There are few families now to be found
even in Puritan New England or Pres
byterian Pennsylvania in which the iron
rod holds sway as it did fifty years ago.
Children are suffered to grow up without
the savage pruning and wrenching of
character once too common, but they
are often subjected to an unnatural
mental strain almost as hurtful A bow
of average ability is put into class of
lads who have nimbler brains than he,
and-what he lacks-the ease of habit in
study. He is urged to take the prize
from John. or to equal William in
marks, as though he would be ruined
for life If these boys pass into higher
class while he is left behind.
In the best schools of the country the
mind of each pupil is developed or stim-
ulated to healthy growth, as plant is
nourished in the garden, without refer
ence to other plants
The wise father knows, too, that it il
not necessary to use the pruning-knife
continually. There are faults of child
hood which disappear with that age, as
the vigorous tree easily throws off the
false shoots that clogged its growth as =
sapling.-Youth'sC Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
LEATHER CLOTHING.

The Coarse Garments Worn by the Cloths
and Cromwelrs Roundheads.
In the days when Adam de1ved and
Eve spun wool clothing was too costly,
and fg-leaves too frail for constant wear.
The antediluvians found that a sheep
skin made a very comfortable and pict-
uresque garment, and for ages skins
were extensively used in localities where
the Roman arms and Roman civilization
had not penetrated. Alaric, and other
Goths, who glutted their ire on degener-
ate, emasculated Rome were like hairy
Esaus, and even to this day those de-
scendants of the unconquerable Par
thians, the Cossacks of the Don, and the
Tartars Of the steppes, are substantially
clothed in heavy furs. The Russian
peasant, with his sheepskin coat, and
the red Indian, in his mantle of deer
skin, managed to defy the elements.
But in the course of time fur-bearing
animals became scarcer, and the popula-
ton larger. There were not enough
skins to supply the demand. Then wool
was spun into warm clothing, and as
civilization advanced hides were tanned
and used for harness and sandals.
In the days of the bow and
arrow, shields with brazen studs and
tough bull hide were those primarily
used, and still exist among the Zulus
and Hottentots. As the art of tanning
advanced, soldiers were furnished with
leather jenkins. and Cromwell's round
heads were called 1.-The men of iron and
leather" Textile fabrics, ON account of
their softness and pliability, in the
piping times of peace and improved fire.
arms, in which leather and iron were
more an incumbrance than protection,
entirely superseded tanned skins for
clothing, except among the peasantry
and poorer classes. But when the loom
superseded the spinning jenny, and sub
stantial clothing was within the means
of almost all, leather went entirely out.
with the exception of doeskin, so much
affected by the sporting fraternity. But
such habiliments are costly, and the
poorest kind of leather was dearer than
the best is at present. To-day it costs
thirty per cent. less than it did quar-
ter of a century ago. and the many new
devices in ooze and kid, intermingled
with costly fabrics, lend beauty to the
ordinary footwear which was only re-
served for state occasions by our ances-
tors.
Now the finest feathers, embracing q
very large variety, are made at a COM
paratively cheap rate, and could be
worked into garments that would be as
beautiful as they are substantial The
public were charmed last year At the
introduction of colored shoes, and the
boot and shoe department at the Paris
Exposition was one of the finest, and
the one that showed the most advance
Eu,eut [fhat cha wor1d has vet oeop
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
FAT AND LEAN.
Some Practical Hints About Fattening
Hogs.

Some Practical Hints About Fattening
Hogs.
We hear more and more about making
streak of fat and streak of lean in
our pork. The sensible idea is becom-
ing more prevalent that the great Jumps
of fat which we make and market are
not just what the people want. Indeed
thousands who would use pork if it had
streak of lean and streak of fat can
not use fat pork, and there can be no
doubt that all who do use it would be
better off if it was less fat. Yet we do
not sympathize at all with the notion
that fat pork is necessarily injurious in
marked degree.
We believe that it can be shown that
pork-eaters are as healthy and long
lived as beef-eaters. Still, leaner pork
would be more palatable and more
healthful. How is it to be produced?
Some of the experiment stations have
been doing something in that line, but
they claim that their experiments have
been to degree unsatisfactory. Well,
it can not be expected that our present
hog can be made over in minute or a
day or year. It is the nature of the
hog to take on fat. Give it a fat-forming
food and it will convert it into fat. But
there is no special secret in creating
leaner pork. We may never get the
streak of fat and streak of lean laid out
with mathematical precision, and there
never may be any ''streaks' at all in
some hogs.
But the prevailing system of feeding
can not create lean in streaks or other
wise. Lean is simply muscle. Make
muscle and you make lean meat. Now
we all know how to make muscle. It is
made by maintaining the health of the
hog and by feeding muscle-forming
foods. If we feed in that line and breed
from hogs thus fed we shall in time have
leaner pork. If double the quantity of
muscle is created that the average hog
now has there will be double the guam
tity of lean meat. But we must give
the muscle time to develop. We can not
expect that two years growth of muscle
can be made in nine months.-Western
Rural.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
CHAPTER IL

The shades of night had fallen with
unusual deliberation. They had fallen
to the extent of about a. m. Rev.
Wobbles awoke with start. There was
someone in the house-someone who
was stirring stealthily. Rev. Wobbles
was not coward. He arose and pro-
ceeded to investigate. He heard sounds
In the back parlor and went there. The
burglar was there and his dark lantern
made him visible to the naked eye.
"Ahem,' remarked Mr.. Mobiles, by
way of introducing himself.
Throw up your hands," Kissed the
burglar, leveling at the same time
seven-shooter at Mr.. Wobbles. To the
distorted vision of the parson the
weapon seemed to be about ninety-six
caliber.
Yet he was not sore afraid. ''My
friend" he said, with an attempt at
that Righteousness for which he is noted,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02


While much attention is being paid
to the importance of systematic forestry.
systematic ee-planting is sadly neg
1ected in many parts of our country
where it could be made profitable. In
the Middle and New England States
there are thousands of acres, once Guilt
waited, that are now apparent waste ex-
cepting for pastures, which returns but
a small revenue. There are many whole
farms no longer valuable for agricultural
purposes that could be made profitable
if planted with the common yellow
locust, valuable timber tree of easy,
rapid growth.
farmer having a large acreage in Long
Island on rocky land where profitable
tillage was impossible, planted about
thirty acres to the yellow locust, which
made rapid growth on the steep hills
among the rocks, the soil being moist,
lively loan. All underground was an
nually cut, which allowed fair growth
of grass that furnished good pasturage
the entire season.
. After a period of twenty years the
in diameter, and from that time there
las DOCA ANNUALLY cO1O uOIO LII Value
from this rocky waste than from the
most productive field of the farm, and
without expense other than the cutting
and getting to market.
The timber takes the first rank,
whether for strength or durability,
among our forest trees. 1t is invaluable
in ship-building, as well as for posts or
rails, and for railroad ties it has no
equal: for the latter purpose alone it
would be a remunerative industry on
lands now overgrown with comparative
ly useless timber. There are few trees
that make more rapid growth, or are
half so valuable. A peculiar feature of
the locust is that grass grows freely in
its shade, which it will not do under
most forest trees. When the planting is
once made no further attention is re-
quired, other than to thin out annually
all superfuous growths. It increases
SO rapidly by suckers that this atten-
ton becomes necessary in order to make
available the entire product of the soil.
The same rule, we believe, is applied to
all timber growths.-American Garden.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
CARE OF BEES.
How They Should BE Fed and Treated
During the Winter Months.

How They Should BE Fed and Treated
During the Winter Months.
There is but little opportunity during
the winter to give bees attention, and
the proper time to put them in shape is
during the summer months. The
American Agr1culturist says the feeding
should all be done before cold weather
sets in, and they should be settled in
their winter quarters before real winter
is at hand. 1t often occurs that winter
overtakes us with colonies that lack
food. In such cases we can not possibly
use sirup for food, as the weather is too
cold for the bees to seal it over, and un-
sealed stores will not serve properly for
winter. The moisture which always
arises from the bees in cold weather en-
tiers the unsealed honey and dilutes it,
making it very unwholesome. Our only
resort, therefore, for feeding in cold
weather is to make candy and use it.
This is very good and healthful food
if properly made and administered.
It is made from granulated sugar by
melting it, adding a little water-no
more than will thoroughly melt the
sugar-when it is boiled few minutes
and poured out into cakes or states of
three or four pounds each. When cool
this becomes very hard, almost like rock
candy. In feeding this it is placed on
frames just over the cluster of bees
where they can have access to it at all
times. When in this position it receives
the heat arising from the bees and they
remain on it all the time. It is so hard
that it will last them long while. This
candy may be given bees at intervals
during winter, and colonies may be
brought through in good shape that
would have otherwise persisted. This,
or any other work that is necessary to
do with bees in winter, should be done
on warm days. 1t will not do to modest
them on a cold day, but it should always
be done on days when the bees are
wi
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
A SURPRISE PARTY.

How . Band of Thieving Sioux Was Rouo1
ed by Uncle Sans Soldiers.
A good many writers have asserte4
that an Indian is a born stole, and that
the reason he doesn't laugh or cry or
express surprise or establishment lies in
the fact that nature did not intend him
to. That's all nonsense, however. The
Indian puts it all on for effect. I've
heard him laugh as hearty as any white
man. and I've seen them when they
were positively Thunderstorm with
amazement.
In 1866 the hostiles got to attacking
one of the stage routes into Julesburg,
and after they had killed dozen people
part of my company was sent out to
give the red man a setback. We rode
over section of the road one day. and
toward evening secreted ourselves in a
long, dry ravine, to see what would hap
pen during the night. The stage was
due there about ten o'clock and soon
after nine we got surprise. A band Of
twenty-three Indians came in from the
West, struck the trail just above us, and
came down and laid themselves away
almost on top of US. We had our horses
down around a bend, with guards to look
after them, and the Indians had left
their ponies at some other point We
were back in the dark where they could
not see us, while they were at the mouth
OF the ravine and every man of them
showed against the starlight sky. We
knew what they were after, and we pre-
pared ourselves accordingly. There
were twenty-eight Of as, and we crep4
up inch by inch until, when we finally
heard the rattle Of the stage coach, wee
NOT a.
bunch of maraudera We could hear
and see them making ready, and lust as
they were about to dash out upon the
trail we gave them a volley.
Talk about an Indian not feeling sur.
prised! Why, they yelled out like 50
many old women scared by COW, ana
two or three Of them shouted to the
Great Spirit to save them as they ran.
We killed nine and wounded four by
that one volley, and only one Of the
wounded lived beyond two DAYS. Tia
survivor was a middle-aged warrior.
bearing the scars of many battles. /
was asked TO question him, and - he
saw my purpose he shut himself nm like
. clam. started OF with:
Has my brother glass in which to
see his face?"
terested at once.
To see that your hair has turned ~
white - the snow
No! It can't be! Get me- = elass.
quickr'
AZ that the group around him burst
o.s Aagn1n8, and the warrior looked mp
S1tn Euefu1 expression and saad:
thoqRht It vns true. I wns %
-: g nv heext stp(Rs1 heaflpgFs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
Some wonderful Eehoe..

Every one is familiar with the phe-
nomena of echoes In a cave in the
Pantheon, the guide, by striking the
flap of his coat, makes noise equal to .
twelve-pound lannon's report. The sim
gularity is noticed, in q lesser degree, in
the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. In
the cave of Smellin. near Viborr. in Fin
land. cat OF dog thrown in win make .
Pliny tells of cave In Dalm alta where
stone tossed in would raise perfect
storm. Fingafs Cave, On the Isle of
Staffa, has Al abnormally-dese
echo.-sk Louis RspQhl5o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

pocket, and has sufficient purchase to be
easily workeds Any number from to
1893 can be pressed into label with .
single impression. The number ready
for impression is also indicated by
same number appearing on top between
two of the dies, and the operator is thus
enabled TO avoid all mistakes. To
avoid the necessity of setting the whole
machinery for single figures from o to
g. these figures appear second tino,
and independently, ON the handles, as
appearing In illustration, and impress
sions Of them can be- taken rapidly
without changing the WHEEL Popular
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
A TROUBLESOME WEED.
A Parasitic Plant for Which Farmer
Should He ON the Lookout.

A Parasitic Plant for Which Farmers
Should BE ON the Lookout.
Mr.. A. R. Birdsill, Colorado, sends us,
says Farm and Preside, sprig of alfalfa
covered with a delicate vine bearing
profusion of white flowers, accompanied
with note as follows: 'sPlease tell me
what the inclosed vine is. We found
one little bunch of it growing in our
alfalfa of last years sowing. Is it bad
to spread? Will it hurt stock to eat it?"
The plant referred to is species of
dodder (cuscuta), and belongs to the
natural order convolvulaceB. It is a
parasitic plant and is only nourished by
it's terrestrial roots until it becomes es-
tablished upon the host plant, after
which its connection with the earth is
broken, and it feeds upon the juices of
the host plant.
That the readers of Farm and Fireside
may get an intelligent idea of the plant
and its flowers, we have made drawing
10 -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

Fowls in confined runs need extra at
tention or they get out of condition and
cease to lay, the ground becomes tainted,
and they feed on food defiled by their
own excrement, which naturally pro-
duces loss of health and condition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

Fig.1.-Dodder vine and Sule, anu o"on
flowers upon alfalfa. caps III g bears
Fig. "A. Head of flow froro tvo Tn four
ers-natural size. B. An AiouA WV w 49,
individual flower. c. Two perfect seeds. 1t
eellea capsule: D. SEED. is evident, there
ing scale-like appendages. fore, that IN tne
branch represented there would have
been produced from 2, 400 to 1880 vital
seeds. AS these are hardy and ger
inmate readily, it is hardly necessary to
answer more explicitly the question:
SIS it bad to spread?' If one little
spray will produce so many seeds, what
number would . plant or patch of
plants produce? The seeds O) are of
good size, and often escape the fan and
sieve in preparing clover seeds for mar
ket, and it is possible the plant in ques-
ton was sown with the alfalfa. Destroy
it. Do not let it ripen its seeds. The
plant will not injure cattle, but would
be of little benefit as feed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
Too Realistic to Please.

Customer am ze Cont de Neces-
sity, and come to America to wed ze
Ma'mselle de Soper, ze Boston. heiress.
have ze desire to make ma'mselle one
present suitable to ze occasion of her be-
coming re Comtesse de Necessity.
Jeweler-How would you like pair
of scales with a bag OF gold in one scoop
and your name in the other?-Jewelers'
Weakly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

TO help. If he then desired to take my
goods would make no protest, nor
would cause his arrest / would follow
him to the door and invite him to come
again."
AS he read this Mr.. Wobbles' face
beamed with sympathizing assent.
That's what call good common sense"
he reUarked, half aloud. eff Providence
ever sends burglar to my house that is
just the way trust shall have the
grace to treat him."
All! how little the reverend gentle
man knew OF the present, let alone of
the future.
Even then the burglar was on his way
to him.
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Didn't Let Him Finish.

neutrality-suspicious. touch case. my
boy, that your conscience will not per-
NIT you to advocate and
Briefess (interrupting)-Why, look
here, heard ye u defending Hungry
Mike, the burglar, only the other day!
Greenbagge-And, as I was about to
say, you might as well abandon your pro-
fession-Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

dunn sight easier. time. Their perfesh
is full of trials and authorizations,
specially trials"
Then the good parson talked feelingly
on the subject of covetousness and the
badness of pretty much every thing.
His words certainly had some effect on
the burglars mind, for that worthy
actually smiled and winked approvingly
ct his soft mark.
Snow, Mr.. Burglar, just help yourself
and welcome. If there isn't very much
to take remember, pray, that a donation
party was here last week.
For q moment the criminals heart was
touched, but only for moment, and
then he proceeded to fill a large bag
which he had brought expressly for this
occasion, with the parsons light and
portable valuables.
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He SAVED Himself i'm Time

Ella-I know I am ugly, but I love
you, Erastus. I have $4,000 year.
Will you marry me?
Erastus- Yes, my darling. I'd marry
you If you were twice as ugly-as you
think you are, my beautiful birdie
Epoch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
Forocps for Numbering Labels.

The little device for numbering zinc
or lead labels is sent out by a German
firm as the best and simplest of it's kind,
and costing only about $3.50. It is
small enough to be carried in ones
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
CHAPTER III.

Rev. Mr.. Wobbles explained his
friend Pentecost's system, and the burg
lar kindly offered to help put it in prac-
cal operation.
sits good scheme" acquiescently re-
marked the burglar, land if only more
coves 'ud adopt it us blokes 'ud have a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
he DEPARTED.

He assisted him to the front door, and
even looked up and down the dark street
TO make sure that no police officer, &C
cidentally lingering near, should s'col-
lar" his burglar.