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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
M'KINLEY'S FINE HAND.

One of His Methods of "Protecting" an
Article Not Manufactured in This Coun-
try.
Interest in the Mckinley Tariff bill
has attracted attention away from the
other Mckinley bill which has already
become law. This is the so-called Gus
toms Administrative law, which was
passed several months ago. and which
went into operation on the 1St of Au-
gust.
This law relates only 20 the manner
of calculating and collecting duties. but
it results in many cases in a very large
increase of the duties collected. Some
of the main features of the law are that
the duty must be collected not only on
the cost of the merchandise itself, but
also on the packages and on the cost of
freight on the other side for shipment
to the sea port; and furthermore it is
provided that nothing shall be allowed
for waste by breakage or otherwise.
A case has already come to light in
New York which shows how greatly this
law may increase duties. The Eisner 6;
Mendelson Company, of that city, are
the agents for Johann Hoff's malt ex-
tract kind of medicinal beer which
is made in Germany. This company
has recently received two shipments
from Berlin of equal quantities, by two
different vessels. One of these vessels
arrived in New York July IL The duty
paid on the invoice of malt extract
brought by this vessel was 1868. 20; thai
is, so per cent on the value of the malt
extract and 80 per cent ad valorem on
the bottles
On August the second consignment
of malt extract arrived, and the duty
collected under the new law was ST.
217.20. The cost of the straw wrappings
around the bottles, the cost of the boxes,
the cost of packing and the freight were
all included in the duty collected: and
it was this that made the difference
Mr.. Eisner said in regard to the mat
ter: This sort of treatment is very dis
couraging. The increase in the duties
knocks all the profit out of our business.
No increase in the duties was equired
for the protection of the domestic pro-
ducers of malt extract because they
have been underselling us for years
our price being $50 per dozen, while
the price of the domestic article is but
two dollars.
That is what Mckinley can do when
he is not half trying" Wait till he
gets in his fine work with the rel Nc
Kinley bill for decreasing revenues by
increasing duties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
HOUSEHOLD sREvTlEs.

-Soiled clothes should not be allowed
to remain in the bedrooms They faint
the air and make it impure
Common washing soda and boiling
water should be used to rinse all the
waste-pipes at least once every week or
ten days
If YOU are a tall woman arrange 10
have your workable and ironing-board
few inches higher than they are usu-
ally made. This little precaution viii
prevent many a backache-
Nothing is more beautiful than a
well-kept lawn-not even a fiower-bed
or shade trees First of all get the grass
to grow IN abundance, then thicken the
growth with the lawn mower, then add
other things If wanted
Tomato Omelet-Three eggs. one
cup -four (scant), one tablespoon fine
herbs, salt and cayenne pepper. one
tablespoon sugar. juice of two large
tomatoes, and one cup warm milk.
Bake under roasting meat or alone in G
buttered pam. Y Observer.
Delicate Biscuit-One quart of
sweet milk. two teaspoonfrls of baking
powder, half a cupful OF best butter,
one teaspoonful of sugar, and -four to
make soft dough Roll out half u
inch thick, and cut out tiny biscuits
with small baking-powder can Bake
in a very hot oven.-Boston Budget
Stuffed Tomatoes Get them as
large and firm as possible. Cut a round
place in the top, scrape o. all the soft
part Mix with bread crumbs. onions.
parsley, butter. Pepper and salt Chop
onions and parsley fine. Fill tomatoes
with this mixture, put in well bnttered
tin and bake in moderately hot oven
Housekeeper.
Ice CreaIs Without Eggs Take
equal parts of cream and milk and
Sweeten it very sweet Flavor with ann
extract desired. Pour it in the freezer,
with plenty of rock salt and ice around
| 1T, and let it stand fifteen minutes be-
fore stirring After stirring it for if
teen minutes it will be a nice cream.
Banner and Herald.
I Rice Dumplings cold rice
with little milk, mash smooth and
dredge flour over 1t. slightly. Pare and
scoop out the core from tart apples. or
quarter them Wiring out of boiling
water the dumping cloths. dredge with
flour. Cover the apples w tn the rice,
pressing firmly into shape Wrap in
the cloths and steam for one-half hour.
Serve with cream or sauce--BostrH
| Globe
-Crab-Apple Marmalsde--Wash q
berian crab-apples. put in water to coveS
and boil till tender; press through Q
colander: add three-quarters of a pou2s
of sugar to a pound of the sifted crab
apples: boil carefully. Marmalades
and jams require almost constant stir
! ring as the least bit Of burning epoils
the flavor. Take some ous in a sauces
and let it cool If no moisture gathers
about it and it glistens- 10 is sufficiently
cooked Put up in cups or small jars;
When cold and ready to put away. cover
with pieces of tissue or writing paper
cut to fit and pressed closely upon the
marmalade- Cover again with strong
paper. brushed over on the inside with
the white of an egg and turned down on
the outside of the cup-Earm, Field ead
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
THEY WE'RE TIRED.

But the Old Man Come Out Just q Little
Ways Ahead.
In order to prevent being ''stuck" on
his papers yesterday newsboy cried
out: ''All about war with Englandl'
A young man sitting in front of a Girls
void street hotel heard the cry, slapped
his leg. and exclaimed:
THAT'S the stuff I'm ready to go
againl"
"Were you in the war Of 1892" asked
q stranger who sat near.
"N-no, l don't suppose I was"
SIN the war Of 1922"
"Perhaps not"
"In t he Mexican WARP"
mo"
''Were you even able to todd1e around
as a baby daring our civil warp
I'll was over q year old"
"But you spoke about going again.
What did you mean?'
None O. your business. sir. There's
always some old shell-back like you sit
ting around to throw cold water on .
young mans patriotism. and it makes
me tired"
"Does, Ell? See where that finger
went to? Observe this wooden leg. Want
to feel this scar on my head2 / was
there. l am also tired. l am tired OF
hearing young squirts like you talk
about war. Go home, bub-go home and
have your mother change your bib and
wipe your nose."-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

ing the fiscal year ended June so, just
Sis, gil worth from all countries In
attempting to shut out that trifle Nc
Kinley has injured our foreign market
for wheat and corn more than four times
as much for single month and for q
single country.
To put the matter in still more
striking light, for every dollars worth
of corn and wheat that he prevents from
coming into this country from all other
countries hecuts of sixty dollars worth
from the farmers foreign market in a
single country.
And such is the quality of "McKin-
leyismr'
But it IS not France alone that is pay
ing US back our ''McKinleyism" sixty
fold. Canada takes hand in the bust
ness, too, and has gotten her mills of re-
taliation a-grinding. Among other re-
taliatory duties which Mckinley has
given Canada cause to impose IS the
duty Of three cents a pound on our
lard. We exported to British North
America" for the fiscal year 1889 lard to
the amount of Il. las. 600 pounds; for the
year 1890 the export was 5.4S5. 600
pounds
As the result of Canada's duty on lard
our farmers are shut out from that mar
ket It is reported that n. h Fair
banks & Co., the extensive pork pack
ers of Chicago. have leased premises in
Montreal and VII go into the lard bust
ness there. The report states that they
could not sell their American lard in
Canada owing to the three-cent duty.
OF course Canadian farmers will furnish
the hogs for this Montreal establish
ment
This example shows not only how
''McKinleyism" narrows the market for
| our farm products, but also how it drives
American capital out of the country.
Was 1T in view of a fact like this that
Mckinley said: This bill is framed in
the interest of the people of the United
| States?'
Let the farmers keep an eye on NC
Kinleyism."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

en-, which was easily reached from an
upstairs window. He found place for
the hooks and stretched the hammock,
and an hour before our usual bedtime
he was prepared to occupy it. He re-
moved his coat, vest, collar and shoes,
kissed baby good night and won't out of
the window, while sat down beside it
to watch the course of events. Mr.. Bow
ser had slung the hammock about three
feet above the roof. He walked over to
it, gave it shake and fell into it. No,
lie didn't. It lodged him and he went
Gown on his hands and knees and got up
muttering:
sob! That's your game. is it? Well,
you won't beat me again.
It took him ten minutes to get
stretched on his back in the folds of the
hammock, and he had scarcely heaved
tho first sigh of satisfaction when he
gave kick and grcwled:
''Consarn it, but the mosquitoes have
found me out already! Take that!"
For the next ten minutes he was busy
with the pests, and it was while be was
thrashing his arms about and kicking
his feet that the hook at the foot of his
hammock pulled out and Mr.. Bowser
came down with crash on the roof.
Tho gravel flew and he uttered yell,
and 1 appeared at tho window to ask:
''Mr. Bowscr, what has happened?
Has the roof collapsed"
COLLAPSED nothingr' he growled, as
he hunted for the hook.
t'But what was that awful noise?'
'sI didn't hear sound. I got out OF
the hammock to lower it bit. Go back
to bed and stay there!"
When he thought had gone he fixed
| tho hook and got back into the ham
mock, but could hear him growing
under his breath about pitch, gravel,
| mosquitoes and idiots, and 1 knew he
wasn't at peace with all mankind, for
| the next half hour could hear him
| slapping at the insects and twisting
| about. Then I suddenly caught sight
! of three or four boys skulking up the
| alley. It was bright moonlight. and
| from the way they acted l knew that
/! they were ''on'' to Mr.. Bowser. Some
| of them had probably seen him sling
ing the hammock before dark and sus-
| pccted his design. They came opposite,
stood in line and at a signal all let fly
| and jumped behind the barn. Each one
| threw potato, and while only one hit
the hammock, the others crashed
against the house with loud noise.
'.Jewhittaker! but what on earth Is
that?'' gasped Mr.. Bowser. as he sat up
MIR. Bowser, is every thing al
| right?" l asked from the window.
Every thing all right What's the
matter with you? Why don't You go to
bed?'
I'll thought heard another noise"
''Oh, you did! Well. didn't 1 was
almost asleep when you yelled out"
pretended to go away. and after a
bit Mr.. Bowser settled down on his back
and every thing was quiet Then the
boys came out again There were four
of them. They had hat full of mis-,
siles. and each threw three or four be.
fore making q retreat. Mr.. Bowser was
hit in the head with a potato. and in the
side with tomato. and on the leg with
. cucumber and the noise OF the other
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

every night this summer in our bedroom,
when the exercise of a little common
sense and natural philosophy on my part
would have made US comfortable. Mrs.
Bowser, if the wind was blowing in the
window over pan of Goals, would it be
hot or cold?''
cit would be hot"
''Exactiy. 1 am glad to find a woman
possessed of so much knowledge. Now,
suppose the wind blew over snow or ice?n
est would be cold"
Certainly, ard am an idiot for not
thinking Of it before. I'll try it to-
night"
When we went to bed Mr.. Bowser
brought up large lump of ice and
placed it on the window-sil1. He con-
tended that it made great difference,
and fell asleep chuckling over his
natural philosophy. By midnight, how
ever, he had all the clothes kicked down
to the foot-board and his pillow on the
floor as usual. The lump of ice had dis
appeared, but we soon found the results
of it. AS it melted the water had
soaked into the carpet half way across
the floor, and running down through the
parlor ceiling had faxed off two square
yards of the fresco. I fully expected
Mr.. Bowser to declare that the idea was
mine and that urged it's adoption. but
he surveyed the ruin and then calmly
observed:
ssThats what comes of marrying q
woman who doesn't know any thing!"
''But what did do?'
''It's what you didn't do. Why didn't
you tell mo to put that ice into tt 9
bowl? Here's fifty dollars damage 3 Il
on your account"
That evening he came home an hour
earlier than usual, and he had large
bundle under his arm. He didn't wait
for me to ask what it contained, but I'M
rolled it and said:
Here's better thing than ice.
propose to sleep in this hammock after
this"
'But where will you hang it?'
''Oh, I'll find place. How stupid of
me not to have thought of it before!''
After prospecting for awhile he decid
ed on the fat, graveled roof of the kitch-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
NARROWING THE MARKET.

France and Canada Give Us a Dose OF ssMc-
Kfnleyism"-How Frances HetaIiatory
DUTY Our Grain Is Narrowing the
Farmers Foreign Market-Ehect of Can
ada's Duty on Our Low Exports-"McKin-
leyisn" and the Interests of the Farmer.
BY her recently adopted tariff laws
France collects duty of fifteen cents =
bushel on grain imported from other
European countries; but on grain from
the United States the new duty is thir-
ty-three cents bushel, which is prac-
tically prohibitory.
Why this discrimination against us?
It is = dose of '.McKinleyism" which
France has prepared for us to pay us
back for the high tariff folly of the
party in power. The mckinley Ad-
ministrative Customs bill" which went
into effect on August 1. lays great diff
culties in the way of buying and i'm
porting the foreign goods that we need,
and France was very much wrought up
over it. as we'll as over the other and
still worse Mckinley bill which is yet
to corae. France has simply gwen us a
dose of the Mckinley medicine; but it
must be noticed that il is our farmers
who have to take it; and thus. as
Blaine points out ''our foreign market
for breadstuffs grows narrower"
this French duty on grain?
The latest reports from the Treasury
Department present the following in
teresting facts: Our exports of corn
and wheat to France for the fiscal year
ended June 80, were valued at Sc $40. 600,
and for last year 50, 81, 600. Here is an
average of eight and half million dol
lars cut off from our farmers foreign
market at single stroke, and TWAS
all on account of Mckinley
The effect of these French duties very
clearly show by omparing our exports
to France in June, 1889, with the same
month this year. The duty has but re-
Gently been imposed in that country,
but already for the month OF June there
is a most remarkable falling of in our
exports of wheat and corn to France.
Our exports of these two article to that
country for the two months are as fol-
lows: June. 1889, corn, Sol, 653 bushels;
wheat, 165. 1876 bushels. June. 1890.
corn, 21,441 bushels; wheat "a, oO0
bushels
The value Of these exports fell from
S5O7, 1913 in June, 1889, to the pitiful sum
of $50, S75 in June, 1890. That is how
ssMcKinleyism" narrows the foreign
market for our breadstuffs
In the face of fact like this what is
the use for Mckinley to try to humbug
the farmer by raising the duty on wheat
from twenty cents a bushe1 to twenty
| five cents. and on corn from ten cents
70 fifteen?
OF these two articles we imported NJ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

substit for the posts. and the wires
stapled to the edges on each side.
The home gardener can well afford to
put up some sort of trellis for his com
paratively few plants, even if he did
not expect any other advantage from
it but the greater attractiveness and
neatness of the patch. Any thing that
adds renewed interest to the garden is
great gain.
A simple way of treating tomato vines
is to train them to single pole or stake,
say eight feet high, and keep the plants
trimmed to single stem. Soft bands
should be used for tying, and particu-
lar attention paid to give the fruit
clusters some support by tying to the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
FIG. 3.

stake. The plants need not be more
than three feet apart in the row. When
in full growth, and loaded with fruit in
all stages of Development, row of to-
mato plants thus trained will always
attract attention, and may prove one of
the sights of the garden.
Other simple styles of trellis are
shown in Figures and g. The former
is made by setting three stakes, five or
six feet high, in a circle around each
plant, and fastening few barrel hoops
TO them as shown in engraving. The
other consists of two uprights. and
three or four cross sticks or Stats nailed
to them. There are many other ways
of making simple trellises: and the
gardener may use whatever his own
fancy or ingenuity may dictate.-Popu-
lar Gardening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
STYLES FOR AUTUMN

Ladies' Toilets Will he Hore RecomirsE
Than Ever Before.
CaShmereS and soft woolens woveR is
diagonal effects are the first choice fUf
autumn. and brocsded designs arc
prominent in all classes of goods BoS
dered goods have not lost their prestige,
large sized polka-dots being Q fevoritG
design for the brocading which fornls
the border the same pattern. in smaller
size, being powdered" overthe remaizs
der of the fabric
Early importations OF autuu,n neAs
inery display the same picturesque ef
fects that lent such a charm to the sums
mer hats There are the same deep
front brims, short or turned-up backs
and low crowns, and aggressive butter
fiy-bows Of satin or velvet ribbon arG
poised as lightly on crown or brim as
their prototypes in lace rested amid
flowers during the past season, but the
flowers are replaced by a profusion OF
ostrich feathers and tips On many the
trimming is massed on and about the
crown as on the ''c-ownless" hats, and
others have the greater portion at the
back and extending around one side to
the edge Of the front brim, but regard
ing the majority, the arrangement Of
the trimming renders it difficult
to decide whether the crown Is
rounded or faS or omitted alto
gether. Toques with narrow reversed
brims at the sides and turned up high
and close II the back. also various tur-
ban shapes appear, and all these are 10
produced in velvet felt and the strsws
that will be used for the early aNtumn-
In the latter, black braids have the
preference, with gar1iture in hszllishk
tints-
The faForite black note is contributed
to other materials by jet ornaments in.
striking designs. and by black birds and
wings which are very effectively COM
bined with ostrich feathers. AiI-bIack
hats of velvet. ostrich feathers. ana Jet,
have their somberness relieved by the
addition of briliiant-colored birds.
Black straw toques are trimmed with
bright-colored plaid ribbon, and fancy
ribbons in satin and brocade ara used by
themselves or in com binatioa with other
garnitures
The new color-cards indicate ccntin-
ued popularity for brilliant tints. A
rich deep garnet with q purplish tint is
the darkest shade OF red. marking tie
dividing line between 1T and purple. and
the shades pass through various sints OF
cardinal to the brilliant poppy-red. and
there are lava tints that promise to be
very Observation-Disclosures Maga-
zine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

will increase the amount of crop to the
full extent of paying fos material and
erection of trellis, while the better
quality of the fruit resulting from such
treatment will be clear gain. The
trellis consists simply of row of
stakes at reasonable distance apart on
each side of the row Of plants, and
strands of wire strung along the posts,
at say eight inches apart from each
other. A more detailed description
was furnished us by Mr.. Stahl, but our
printers, unfortunately, have lost or
mislaid the manuscript.
One of the State experiment stations
reports satisfactory results from the
use of a trellis put up Like the. one de-
scribed with this exception, that pieces
of six-inch board in single line, were
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
TO TRAIN TOMATOES.

Different Methods of TreIlis Work, All Of
Which Are Good.
Growing tomatoes for the canning
factories at six to eight dollars per
ton excludes even the possibility OF
profitable trellising. The grower for
market who receives from one dollar
upwards per bushel may find it advisa-
BILE to put at least some brush or litter
of some kind around his vines. in order
to keep the fruit from contact with the
soil Perhaps it may even pay him to
put up simple trellis such as shown in
Fig. 1. This method was suggested to
US by NJ. John NJ. Stahl, who believed
that treilising patch in this manner
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

Taxable values in Texas increased
from S311. 000. 600 in 1880 to S765, 600. o0G
in 1890, gain of las per cent in ten
years And yet the State has scarcely
one protected industry. Texas man
ufactures nothing, and all manufactured
goods go into the State free and al
much less cost than Texas could make
them herself And all this flood OF
cheap goods" has not ruined Texas, On
the contrary, she has much more than
doubled her wealth in ten yearsi And
with out tariff to keep out cheap goods
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11
The Reward sf Knowledge.


A Brooklyn manufacturer paid bill
without murmur the other day simply
on account Of the way it was worded-
His engineer found that the hot wateS
PUMP would not work and sent for .
fdachinist The latter bothered with it
half day and said il must come apart
This meant a stoppage of the factory for
a long time 1t was suggested that q
neighb boring engineer be sent for as he
was a sort OF genius in the matter of
machinery. He came, and after study
ing the pump awhile he took hammer
and gave three sharp raps over the
valve Il reckon she'll 60 now" he
quietly said, and putting on steam,
she" did go. The next day, says the
manufacturer, Il received q bill from
him for SIS so. The price amazed me.
but when i had examined the items
drew q check At once The bill read
this way: MessrS Blank & Co, Dr.. TO
John Smith For fixing pump, so cents;
for knowing how, S25' Had he charged
me SIS so for fxiBg the pump / should
have considered it exorbitant But 50
cents was reasonable. and recognize
the value Of knowledge, SO / paid and
said nothing. Chicago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-11

Employer-Mr. CASHIER. I am afraid
we'll have to make an investigation of
your books. We have reports that yon
are living extravagantly.
Mr.. Casher-This takes me by sur
prise, sir. I live pretty we'll, but the
salary of five thousand dollars year you
pay me enables me to do it.
Employer-Yes, but it does not en-
able you to live SO extravagantly as the
reports appear to indicate. The Office boy
says he saw the ice-man deliver piece
of ice at your house this morning.-The
Jury.
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Bark Lice Wash.

The following wash for bark lice and
worms on apple and pear trees is said
by Insect Life to be effective: Five
pounds each of potash and lard dissolved
in five gallons of boiling water; one
peck of good stone lime Stacked in five
gallons of boiling water; while hot mix
with the potash and lard. The above
mixture can be kept in an old tub OF
barrel for any length of time. To use.
add to each gallon two gallons of boil
ing water and while hot apply to trunk
and large limbs with an old broom. II
this mixture is applied to trees while
young, and used year after year, the
bark of the tree will be kept as smooth
as glass and all bark lice and borer,
killed.