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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10

There are 1900 men and 600 women enI
ployed as street sweepers III Paris, be-
sides $500 more workmen engaged in
draining, paving, planting and similar
service. The foremen of the sweepers
get ST day, their deputies eighty cents,
and the rank and file about ssventy-fve
cents. for ten hours work. The women
work shorter hours, and get about forty
FIVE cents per day. They all have to find
their own tools. IL is now proposed {
Increase the wages of the sweepers and
10 retire them on q pension of 500 per
year when they reach sixty years Of age.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10

Trains on the Pennsylvania limited has the
market quotations posted, 8 stenographer and :
yepewter render grSTuitOus services TO the pas
sengers, and waiting maid is provided for the
ladies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

with the fiat stones the manner of build
ing the dam will be as follows: A stone
breaking hammer of six or eight pounds
weight will be required. and with this
the stones are broken into long narrow
strips as nearly equal in width and
thickness as possible. These pieces are
ditch and firmly bedded so that the
tops are even with each other, and they
wiki not fall inward. Flat pieces are
then trimmed so as to fit across the
ditch and lie firmly upon the side pieces
as shown in Fig. 1.
This leaves free channel for the
water, with plenty of room at the sides
for it to percolate into the drain. TIE
cover the top joints SO that earth will
not drop through, all the fragments are
thrown into the ditch upon the cross
pieces, and if there is plenty of stone to
spare the ditch may be partly filled up
to within foot of the surface, so as not
to interfere with the flowing. 1t is then
filled with the earth taken out in the
digging. A drain made in this way at
the foot of high slope to cut off the
water from piece of creek bottom
which was useless marsh nearly thirty
years ago is still discharging large
and continuous stream of pure clear
water; it is an underground brook, in
fact, and works hydraulic ram, which
has delivered water at the house and
barn to supply all needs since 1t was
made.
The round stones need different
method. These should be laid in such
a manner as to wedge them in the bot
tom of the ditch in the manner shown
in Fig. 2, and throwing other stones
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
MAKING STONE DRAINS.

Stone. Being hMperishable, Is the Best o9
All Materials for Drains.
There are several ways of making
permanent drains of stone; each of these
depends upon the kind of stone to be
used Stones differ very much in their
form; the best kind is the hard states
and gneissoid rock. which consist OF fat
pieces which can easily be split or
broken, and of such texture that they
will not soften or break down under the
action of water. The worst are the
round waterworn nodules of the hardest
kind Of granite or quartz, which defy
the sledge and are almost impossible to
be broken in the ordinary way. But
these may be reduced to more man
ageable shape by burning them in
heap with coarse wood mixed With
them. When the heap has barned down
and the stones are still red hot a few
pals of water thrown upon them will
cause them to split and bring them into
a more manageable and useful shape.
The drains OF stone should not be
less than ten or twelve inches in width
and made round in the bottom SO that
the water channel may be kept in the
middle, and the cutting out of the
sides of the ditch will be avoided. Then
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
THE TENNESSEE HOG.
Peculiar ways Of the wild and wary era
E0r-B0ck.~

Peculiar ways OF the Wild and Wary eRa-
E0r-BAck."
A Northern settler in Tennessee de-
scribes the doings of s-razor-back''
hog he had purchased of q native. He
says:
I have seen him plant his long snout
under a gate and raise it, more and
more. until he had wormed himself half
way through, then hold it, resting on his
strong 'srazor-baclx," until the drove of
half q dozen or more followers under
his charge had squirmed through. then.
with an expressive grunt, he would lead
a raid on the corn field, where q forest
of tall stalks, from twelve to seventeen
feet high, had been left supposedly
bare, to decay during the short, wet
winter.
Piggy knows, however, that now and
then an ear has been overlooked: and he
enters the rows, cooking his head, now
on this side, now on that. squirting up
at the top of each tail stalk, until he
sees an ear at the top: then quickly he
straddles the bottom of the stalk and
'.rides it down" within his reach. Quick
ly it is devoured and another 0ought
out and captured, until the field Is
CLEANED, when he rallies his troops and
gulQeS tuem 1uto paStuEcS ASh- 0oso0
and bars are laughing-stock TO Vim
Barbed wire is an agreeable irritant to
his rhinoceros-like hide, and tho hope
less farmer is often at his wits end until
the time when friendly autumn strews
the mountain sides with mast" which,
proves more attractive to these ubiq0
tous monarchs than are the caloyted
gardens.
The Tennessee hog knows ehse the
laws of his native State protect 3im.
while the human would-be masters of
the soil must look out for themselves,
and he acts accordingly. An unpleasant
thing to meet is drove of these pests
when out of temper. ThfG will turn in
. body and chase a man and dog till both
are glad to mount out of reach on fall
en- tree; and there they will hold them
! at bay, with back erect. in asharp line
of bristles-whence their hame-ane
with gruntings which can not be De-
scribed. crashing their long. saSage
teeth, reminding one forcibly OF Che
wild boar, whence sprang thsif aAese.Ss
Albany On. W Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
CULTIVATION OF corn

Stripping the Tree of It's Bars 1eR
Eight or Ten Years.
Corks are an article of convenience 60
which little attention is commonly
given, and yet immense fortunes have
been made in their production Their
cultivation and manufacture form an
important item in the industries Of
Spain An account of this FROM Mr.
Days work on that country Is of in
terest.
The cork tree is an oak which grows
best in poorest soil. It will not endure
frost and must have sea air. and also an
altitude above the sea level 1t is
found only along the coast Of Spain.
the northern coast of Africa and the
northern shores of the Mediterranean.
There are two barks to the tree, the
outer one being stripped for use. The
cork is valuable according as it il soft
and velvety.
The method of cultivating it is in
teresting. When the sapling is abont
ten years old it is stripped of its suter
bark for about two feet from the ground;
the tree will then be about five inches
in diameter, and say six feet up to the
branches This stripping is worthless
The inner bark appears blood red, and
if it is split or injured the tree dies
After eight or ten years the outer
bark has again grown in. and then the
tree is again stripped four feet from the
roots This stripping is very coarse and
is used as floats for fishing nets. Every
ten years thereafter it is stripped, and
each year two feet higher up, until the
tree is forty or fifty years old, when it
is in its prime, and may then be stripped
every ten years from the ground to the.
branches. and viii last two hundred
years 1t is about twenty years before
any thing can be realized from the tree,
and for this reason the Spaniards, who
ara not fond of looking after posterity,,
plant few new trees
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

ern coast line of Nicaragua. This was
done with the double purpose OF ascer-
tanning the course of the river, as well
as to visit a neighboring tribe, who
were accredited with the possession OF
a marvellous stone, termed by the
Sambos siznaa aoalpa, or stone from the
stars. They had so long dilated upon
the virtues of this wonderful stone I'M
til we were resolved to find ont more
about 1t.
Two days journey brought us to .
beautiful series of cataracts, near which
was located the village of the chief, or
alta, in whose possession was the piedrd
antigua, that had been the occasion OF
SO many miraculous tales. We first
sent our interpreter, who was Sambo
himself, to ascertain if we would be
permitted to view the studiously-guard-
en- relic. He soon returned with the
consent of the aoita, and directed us to
the matched roof palace of the chief
tain.
Before reaching it, however, two OF
the wise men had been appraised OF what
was going on and we found them in ami
mated conversation with the chief when
we reached his domicile. From the in
terpreter we learned that they were try
ing to dissuade the acita from carrying
out his resolve to allow US to see the
stone, and were predicting that dire ca
lamities would follow such a sacrilege.
just why the stone possessed such won
derful interest we subsequently ascer-
tanned, but the aoita finally dismissed
his wise men, and with very gruff de-
meanor entered his palace and babe US
follow. On one side of the room we OBJ
served large object, covered with
grass-p1atted mat, and as there was no
other convenient place I started to seat
myself upon it while awaiting the soita's
pleasure. But was instantly caught
by the chief, who, with numerous wild
gestures, tried to inform me that that
was the mysterious stone. He then pro-
ceeded to carefully uncover the same
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
HE DIDN'T TERRIFX
A Terror Strikes q City Whero 3o3D1
Don't Inspire Awe.

A Terror Strikes a City Whero 3eaoS
Don't Inspire Awe.
There landed at the Third street -
pot from Chicago train the other NONE
ing young man wearing . big sombrore
and buffalo-Skin overcoat In hie belt
he had two revolvers and . knife, on9
as he was stalking about the waiting
room Special Officer Button Walkea ID
to him and asked:
t'Going to tarry here any length 81
time?'
''Well, guess I'll do the town"
''Then off with those gimcracl1A 11eS
are not considered at all dangerouA bve
they might brighten mules.''
What! Give up my weapons!~
Exactly. I'll lay 'em away for y0e
until ready to go. You might be mic
taken for terror of the plains if sou +.
went prancing around town rugged eua
like that"
But I've shot Injunsi- protested She
man.
''Bosh! Hand 'em over.''
''And I've been all through Oklohome
and No Mans Land"
''What of it? Peel OF those gim-
cracks The terror business is played
out Why, sir. somebody would hit voc
oH Tic muse DeIOfo you 1sQ gone y
block"
''They would? Don't I look Gkoa
ighter?"
Nav: They'd take YOU foe Santa
Claus-some Santa Claus who got left :
somewhere. Peel Off"
''Well, 1 'spose I'll have to, BUT yen
must be mighty curious lot % people
here. 1 guess you don't appRciate .
desperate man"
mo. we DON'T replied the officer @
he received the weapons, ''or if we get.
hold of one we roll him around until it
is all gone. Now you can 60 sut and
see the town, but if anybody aska who
you are tell 'em you are a sheep dropor
or have some calves to SELL"
The man went outside, walked arannx
a block in a dodgy sort of Ways and -
turned to. sit down and say:
Guess don't want to see Soue to0R
Don't any of your people soesa to APP
preciate the difference between On In
jun-killer and a farmer. W0deR II
Fan buy novel anywhere arouna here's
Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

on the top to wedge the upper stone
firmly in its place, and then filling in
with small stone. This upper filing is
important, for otherwise the capstone
may be moved sidewise and one of the
bottom ones fall out of place. In taking
up a stone drain which had become
choked it was found that by neglect of
this, or by the wrong doing of it, the
drain had collapsed in many places, and
the carelessness of workman with the
neglect of the employer to oversee and
direct the work properly caused an ex-
pense for repair which was more than
twice the necessary original cost of the
work.
When only coarse gravel is to be pro-
cured very good drains may be made in
this way. The ditch is dug narrow, not
more than six inches wide, OF even less,
at the bottom; the largest stone is
thrown in first, and is covered with the
smaller stone, which is trampled firmly
with the feet. The more firmly the top
gravel is laid the safer will be the drain.
A drain of this kind will carry large
quantity of water, and will last indefi-
nitely, but the precaution to make the
bottom of the drain hollow in the mid
sides must not be neglected.
With all these drains, as the earth
covering is not more than a foot thick,
the surface water should be kept from
sinking directly into them, by which
the soil would be washed down into the
drain. To prevent this the soil should
be well rounded on the surface and kept
SO, if it is possible, by blowing the land
suitably; at least this should be done for
. few years, until the earth becomes
consolidated and firm. It is a good plan
when field has been drained to seed it
with grass for few years. The grass
does well on newly-drained land, and if
it has been very wet it will require this
time for the water to find its way to the
drains from tho intermediate ground;
after which the land will be full Of
small waterways and quite spongy, SO
that the heaviest rain will sink at once
into the soil and find its way into the
drains in = very short time. often not
longer than three or four hours.-N. Y.
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
FIG. 1.-wHEEL SLED.

that is, the plank of which the runners
is made is fourteen inches wide. 1t diff.
fers from ordinary sleds only in having
two wheels attached. as shown in the
engraving. These wheels are made OF
oak and turn upon an iron axle which
passes through both runners An axle
made of hard, tough wood would do as
well. The wheels drop" two inches be-
low the runners, and a person who has
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
FIG. 2.-MPRovED WHEEL SLED.

FIG. 2.-NIPROVED WHEEL SLED.
never used a sled with them on has no
idea how much easier they make it run
One like that shown in Fig. runs
even easier than the other. The wheels
are smaller. but in line with the run
ners. and travel in the same track. and
then there Is no axle stretching across
between the runners. The wheels are
oak, two inches thick, same as the run
ners, and they may be tired with heavy
scrap-iron If desired The fore ends Of
the runners are shod with iron or hick-
DRY. Such sled may be used for draw
ing in corn-fodder, hauling manure on
the garden. carrying harrows, plows,
ETC., about, and other similar work
American Axrfculturist. 3
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
A SLED WITH WHEELS.

Useful Implement to Have About the
Place.
One of the most useful implement:
that can be brought upon farm or mar
ket garden is a small sled. The one
shown in Fig. is six feet long. three
feet wide and fourteen inches deep
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

Mr.. Highup-I don't see why Brother
william doesn't prosper He has IS
good business IS mine and an ex-
cellent location, but he is constantly
having reverses- No matter what he at
tempts, he seems to blunder.
be1, my dear, your brother William has
NO Wtfe to advise him.-N Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
Another Interesting Letter from q
Sunny Land.

An Ancient Stone - Its Importance I'm
Clearing Up an Historical Controversy
Ruins of an Ancient City-Some
Rare Relics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
fSpecia, Correspondence
copyrighted, 1881

HE day following
my last letter we
a b a n d o ned our
camp at Sun Lake,
taking the trail
down it's outlet,
leading toward the
foothills of a high
range of mount
aims running par
allel with the east
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

patriotic political document, indicating simply
a patriotic interest in the elections"
In behalf of the people of Indiana desire
the AttorneyGeneral OF the United States to
inform this body whether the action of his
official subordinate in interfering with and OBJ
structing the duties of United States COM
missioner was inspired by his instructions or
now meets his approval; and, If so. to further
inform the Senate and the country by what law
he and his subordinates are upheld. Sir here
assert, fearless of any intelligent contradiction
from any Senator or from anybody else. that a
district attorney for the United States has no
more legal right over the action OF a limited
States commissioner in the issuance or the re-
fusal to issue warrant of arrest than he has
over the appointment OF a Minister to England
Is the President willing to be held RESPONSE
BILE for the conduct and the language of his law
oficer in Indiana, who openly DECLARES ssthe
blocks-of-fve' letter to indicate simply a patri-
otto interest in the election: Ii so he viii allow
Smiley N. Chambers to remain in office II NOT
he win call very promptly for his resignation.
In conclusion Mr.. Voorhees, deplored
the obvious drifting of the Senator
from Vermont with great question, an
attempt to belittle great wrong in a
manner unbecoming a pettifogger be-
fore justice of the peace"
Mr.. Edmunds then offered a substi-
tute for the resolution as follows.
That the Attorney-General be ana hereby in
instructed to inform the Senate what fnstruc-
lions, any, the Department Of Justice has
given to s. n Chambers, District Attornev fr,r
the District Of Indiana, on the suhiecs of
the arrest Of W. w. Dudley ana his exesor.tsrn
from arrest; and BY Whist aufhur1ty OF law NV
sucn instructions have been given; and that
copies Of an such correspondence - fr.n.
mitted 20 the Senate - = q
The amendment vas aeroed to bv
party vote of 81 to -. and this ended
one of the liveliest days ever Known Il
the Senate. 80 s.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

their hands. Does the Senator deny
that he called on President-elect Har-
rison in Indianapolis?''
81 called on President-elect Harrison -
admitted Quay.
Certainly you didr' Mr.. Voorhees, ex-
claimed. s.The Senator will not blame
me if 1 draw the big inference that
he wanted the prosecution of Dudley
stopped and that he went to Indian
apolis to see him, and that he did say
certain things in quarters where it
would do the most good, and with an
emphasis that was not forgotten"
Concerning the libel suits which Dud
lev brought in New York Senator Voor-
hees said:
Before the election Dudley thought to blind
the people by bringing suits against several pa
perS in New York Subsequent proceedings,
however. have doubtless convinced even Dud-
ley difficult it is to play Jekyll and Hyde at
the same time; how difficult it is to combine
the assumption of injured innocence and
honesty with the conduct of a scheming, con-
spring political freebooter From the earliest
day it possible for any one Of his libel suits
in New York TO be forced to trial by the more
than ready and willing defendants; to the pres
ent hour Dudley has been an alert, vigilant and
persistent exile from the jurisdiction ofthe En-
pire State. With the first symptoms OF an op-
portunity to put his good name to judicial
test and to recover enough money for another
huge corruption fund he fed from New York
with the speed OF a bank embezzler, and found
In this district as safe refuge, it seems, as II
he had gone to Canada.
Senator Voorhees, then turned his at
tention to Judge Woods, and showed
how that Judge, in charging the grand
jury ON November IA, before the Repub-
lican leaders had had opportunity to
get together and sound the alarm, had
spoken his own judicial mind and fairly
instructed the jury in its duties His
charge fully and completely covered the
case Of Dudley and his allies At this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-24
WIDE OF THE MARX.

THE Boise Statesman has n long
article on the Mormon" vote in
Idaho, which is more than usually
dense and nonsensical. The an
nexed paragraph is part Of IL:
Every Mormon sheet in idaho and
Utah is filed with dire prophecies Of
utter defeat for the Republicans in
Idaho this year. and every member of
the organization is being quieIy as
sessed TO increase the already large
campaign fund which will bs used 10
help out the Democratic vote"
We would like the Satesm4H TO
quote ons Of these s.dire prophe-
cies" which have appeared in any
mormon" paper, either in Utah or
Idaho. The DEsERET News has
repeatedly expressed the opinion
that the Republicans will carry the
State. We believe that now. As
TO help for the campaign fund, We
do not believe there is a "Mornaon''
in idaho who has paid cent for
any such pIrpose. The feeling
among the ''Mormons'' in Idaho is
that the sO-called Democracy OF
Idaho has exhibited such cowariice
and treachery, tina. it is utterly un-
worthy OF the support OF any one
connected with the people whose
interests it has betrayed.
II the .SsatesBlGH will take the
trouble 10 enquire with a desire to
learn the truth, it will find thst the
"AiOrmons" Of Idaho will not at
tempt TO vote for either party, and
that some seeding "MOrmons'' who
can vote without violating any law.
have determined to vote the Repub-
lican ticket. These Republican
howls about the "Mormon' vote are
a terrible waste Of breath AMI very
inpolitic as well.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-24
IN A MIDDLE.

THE press Of the country seem to
be in a muddIe over the question Of
the "M5fmcn'' vote in Wyoming.
The papers always get muddled
when they attempt to descant on
anything relating to the "Alor-
mons, To illustrate the present
condition Of the editorial mind take
two or three sample comments:
The Buffalo, y. Y, Commercial
says:
Sin spite Of the adverse Mormon
vote republicans have carried wyO-
ming by 4 handsome majority. The
Mormons voted the democratic ticket,
naturally. II is on just that side OF the
fence that one might expect to find
them"
The Boston, Mass, Herald re-
marks:
There has been a good deal Of cha
grin that the Mormons were acting
with the Democratic party out in the
new Territories, yet they all marched
mp like little men and voted the
straight Republican tickle; in wyo-
ming last week. The Republicans
know how to get their votes when
things get down to business, every
time.r
We could give many more con-
1icting statements similar TO the
above from different papers. They
show that the editors Of the country
know as little about the politics o.
the s'MOrmons" rs they DO OF the
religion OF the Enormous" Their
writings on the subject are like par
rot talk, and they only echo the uh-
founded opinions Of half n dozen
leading journals, or the lies that fly
over the wires sent by the Salt Lake
dispatch fiend.