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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
THE RACE PROBLEM,

Republican Plans to Force q National
Negro Issue on the Country.
Recent events indicate clearly that
the most influential men in the Repub-
lican party have determined to create a
National race issue and force it on the
country-if possible for the leading is
sue Of the campaign of 1892. 1t by no
means follows that there will be such
an issue. for the sober patriotism Of the
country will steadily resist its creation.
Should the attempt succeed, however.
the results will be far-reaching, and in
any event unfortunate. Nothing could
be less desirable than to divide the
country into two great National parties
for and against the negro. The unwill-
ingness of the Democratic party to &C.
cept such an issue and to take any atti-
tude of hostility towards the negro has
thus far served only to encourage the
Republican leaders to become more
demonstrative in insisting that there is
National negro issue which the Demo-
Gratis must meet.
We have no doubt that if the Repub-
lican party could succeed in its vicious
purpose it would be hopelessly demon
allied. If it forced an issue of white
against black, putting itself forward as
an 'Afro-American" party. it would be
defeated so thoroughly that there would
not be enough left of it to rally. But
the party winning on such an issue
would be equally demoralized by its
success. The American system of con-
stitutional government, Slapped by civil
war in the last generation, could hard
ly stand the strain of such a struggle in
this. What began in malice would end
in chaos.
No negro issue really exists in our
National politics, and it is a work of ex-
treme difficulty to manufacture one.
But the work has been persisted in for
many years, and misdirected effort to
create it has been redoubled as the
Democratic party has gained strength
on questions of taxation and the admin
istration of Government. The success
of the Republican attempt is not i'm
possible, and it may be that instead Of
outgrowing the politics of the civil war,
as it seemed likely we would from 1850
to 1883, we can only escape them by
greater convulsions.-St Louis Re
public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

ity which means success in Kentucky.
The other night a reception was given
at the Press Club to one Mrs. Patti,
woman that has made considerable noise
as singer. My nephew, who runs a
0ewspaper here, got ticket to the re-
ception, but as he was suddenly called
away on business he transferred the
ticket to me. Wife, she was mighty
nigh tickled to death. I don't know
that I have seen her so we'll pleased
since the report that our red COW had
fallen off of the bluff proved to be in
correct.
Well, we went. Mrs. Patti took
position near one corner of the room
and proceeded to smile on every body
present. I didn't care about being in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

"A black Republican will vote for
q white Republican, but a white Re-
publican will not vote for a black Re-
publican.-Louisville Courier-JournaI
Perhaps President Harrison thinks
that he had too many friends at the be-
ginning of his term; he is succeeding
remarkably in reducing the number
Washington National Democrat.
If it were possible to put label
upon every article affected by the tariff
and show just how much every buyer
was paying as tribute to that policy,
tariff reduction would come in like a
cyclone.-St Paul Globe.
in view of the numerous DRINKS
and disorderlies at Mr.. Morton's ''buf-
at Washington must be glad that the
Vice-President doesn't call his place a
saloon.-Chicago Herald.
commissioner Raum is not gum
ming for the surplus quite so fiercely as
the late Corporal Tanner, but he wants
the scalp of the civil-service law. That
lie took him to be.-Philadelphia Times
We observe that President Har-
rison is not appointing any negro post
mas U6rS OF pOSCIulSGreSScS dS Cu6 NOlb IL.
Why, OIL Why is this? Don't the peo-
pie of the North want negro post
masters and postmistresses?-A
Constitution
The man who occupies the Presi-
Dental chair has never assented to the
maxim: "a public Office is a public
trust" In fact, he said in speech dur
ing the campaign of 1888: eft is not a
case of maxims but of markets."-Mil-
waukee Journal
Senator Ingalls,, it is said, is pre-
pairing for another speech. Probably
he is going to explain why the black
man isn't prosperous in the Republican
State of Kansas. which he represents il
the Senate. Let her go, Senator.-Har-
risburg pa Patriot
1t is lean year upon which the
Republican Government has entered,
and yet it is the year when the next
Congre So must be elected Explains
tons made upon the stump in the COM
ing fall promise to be interesting az
we'll as dificult-Boston Post
With President Harrison, Mr..
Wanamaker and Headsman Clarkson TO
kill of all the Democratic officials,
Speaker Reed to do the legislating. and
Mr.. Funston to pension all the Repub-
ncans, We shall soon become unani-
nous = Jacksonville Qla) T1msa-
Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

the mines gave outs Then the people
began to move away. One by one the
towns were deserted. One ward in Chi
cago contains more inhabitants than the
State that joined the Union by tele-
graph.
The Republican party thinks it will
want more votes in the Senate in a near
future, and so it proposes to manufact-
ure . new State out Of the wilds OF
Idaho. The Territory Is said to contain
100. 600 people, but small proportion OF
whom are actual residents. About IS, 600
OF them are cowboys whose ''headquar-
tiers are in tho saddle" They own
neither land nor stock, and have no
settled homes There man can claim
as his residence the place where he has
his washing done. But the mountain
cowboy, whose dress consists of q pair
OF leather breeches. suspenders and
shoes, does not have any washing done
There are about as many miners as cow
boys. These are chiefly Chinese and
Indians, and are not allowed to vote,
though they are engaged in q regular
industry and have homes. The number
OF gamblers. saloonkeepers, professional
politicians. land sharks and other dis
reputables amount to about 25, 600 more.
But 1t is said that there are about 49,
600 Industrious farmers, gardeners, fruit
| raisers and bee-keepers in the Territory,
| who own their places and have we'll
| ordered homes. This is true, but they
have all been disfranchised. They be-
long to the sect known as the Latter
Day Saints, few Of whom several years
ago. and in another Territory. practiced
polygamy. No one pretends that these
Idaho Mormons practice polygamy, but
it was stated and generally believed
| that they could not be relied upon to
vote for the grand old party. 1t was ac-
| cordingly considered best to disfran-
chise them in advance Of making q
State out of the Territory Of Idaho. II
these Mormon farmers are not citizens
| the Territory does not contain enough
bona tfde residents to entitle it to Rep
| resentative in a State Legislature.
To admit it to the Union on equal terms
with New York, Ohio, Illinois and
Georgia would be the crowaing outrage
of the Republican party.-Chicago Her
| aid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

rafters and braced by 4x4in braces. each
of which is mortised into the cross-tim-
bers and counter-braced by AKA in.
braces #. long.
The braces above and below are d.
rectly opposite. thus affording the great
est strength and rigid framework. (See
vertical cross section.) Common ''D''
lumber or stock boards dressed on one
side are used to inclose the structure
and cracks are covered with ~ in. bat
tens. Light is furnished by inserting,
on each side of the barn, five 4-light,
10x14, windows and also three of like
size in each end, with the gable win
dows pretty we'll up. The roof is a
''third pitch and singled; the comb
being surmounted by cupola 6x6xs it.,
with blinds for the eight windows.
The ground plan indicates the manner
Of subdividing. Single stalls are it. wide
each and the box stalls 1Ox1O #. and 1Ox15
# The rest is used for grain bins, etc. {,
until required for stalling purposes, then
it may easily be transformed. An alley
10 #. wide passes through entire length
of barn making each side of easy access.
The hay is elevated into the NOW of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Let Us Hope This Ii True.

Experienced cattle growers are of the
opinion, says Farm and Fireside, that
such low prices as cattle now bring can
not long continue. A few years ago,
when their business was prosperous,
thousands rushed into it. A host of
cattle kings appeared on the Western
ranches. The result was overproduction
and decline in prices. When the
prices of cattle fell they were just az
anxious to get out OF the business as
they had been to get in. They were
ready to make any sacrifices to get out.
Thousands of cattle not ready for
market were thrown on the market,
and with the result of demoralizing it.
Raising three-cent cattle is losing
business, and the grower is soon forced
to quit it. Then will come a time
when the ever-growing demand for
beef cattle will exceed the supply, and
prices will go up with bound. The
beef cattle industry is one that re.
quires much forethought. The grower
must study the probabilities of the
future when his young stock is ready
for the market The chances now are
in favor of better prices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
REGARDING COUGHS.
A Cough Is Not a Disease, But q SymptoI
of Disease.

a Cough Is Not Disease, but symptom
of Disease.
A cough is not a disease but a symp-
tom of disease. The body is a network
of nerves, and sometimes cough is a
response to a remote irritation-some
trouble in the ear, perhaps, disturb
ance in the intestineS, or a pressure on
some distant nerve
1t may be due to enlarged tonsils, to a
long uvula. or to an infiamed mucous
membrane in any part of the air passages,
from the back-mouth down through the
bronchial tubes
In hysteria there is often an unmis-
taxable but useless cough, for which
there does not seem to be the slightest
reason. 1t is a single loud bark, wholly
unlike the peculiar, rapid succession of
sounds heard in most other coughs
There need be no alarm about it; 1t has
no connection with any organic d sease-
Every one is familiar with the spas
modic character of whooping cough-the
long, whooping inspiration, followed at
length by the violent, repeated expira-
tions. The spasm is wholly unlike that
of asthma 1t is confined to the larynx,
which it partially closes
The catching, painful character of the
cough of pleurisy is due to the fact that
the cough presses the lungs against the
infiamed brane, the pleura, by which
they are invested. In asthma there is .
temporary spasmodic closure of the
bronchial tubes, producing a sense of
suffocation. As the spasm yields, there
is cOpious expectoration of Hmpid
mucuS.
In consumption the irritation is not i'm
the mucous mem brane, but in the lung
substance. Hence, in the early stage of
the disease, the cough is mere 'shacl, :"
there being little or nothing to raise; the
well-known cough of the later stage is
connected with the ulcerous condition of
the lungs.
1t is the Office of the mucous membrane
everywhere to secrete thin, lubricat-
ing fluid. When this membrane is in
famed, the membrane is not only much
increased. but is changed in quality, be-
coming thick and tenacious. In infiam-
nation of the bronchial membrane, as in
bronchitis or a common cold, the cough
is the only means of relieving the lungs
of what otherwise might cause fatal
suffocation- To arrest the cough, and
leave the real trouble behind, would be
to kill the patient
Much of our coughing, however, is USE
less By an effort of the Will we may
often overcome the tendency to it. As
the larynx is specially irritable at such
times, the cold, inbreathed air may
bring on a useless coughing-speE. A
slipping of Hnseed tea is here helpful by
protecting the sensitive nerves from the
air with thin coating, and care should
Be taken to breathe through the nose,
instead of through the mouth--Youth's
Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Nothing Small About Him.

Gas this is to be the last interview
shall ever have with you, Miss Harris, 81
said the rejected lover, brokenly, 81
take the opportunity to make you a
present of all the bouquets, books and
trinkets I have sent to you during the
last six months, together with the
numerous theatrical entertainments,
concerts and lunches you have enjoyed
at my expense"
''To make me present of them!" ex-
claimed the young woman, haughtily.
81 do not understand you, Mr.. Spoona-
more"
81 give them to you absolutely, Miss
Harris" said he, picking up his hat.
Heretofore have looked upon them
merely as investments. Chicago Trib-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
HOUSEHOLD sREvrTlEs.

Two ounces of common tobacco
boiled in q gallon of water, rubbed ON
with stiff brush, is used to renovate
old clothes 1t is said to leave no smell
Chicken Fricassee.-Cut the chicken
into pieces and boil it until tender In
just enough water to cover it. then drain
it and fry it brown in plenty OF nice
butter. Remove it to q dish. thicken
the butter with flour and add the liquor
in the kettle, making rich gravy. Lay
some small slices of toasted bread in the
dish with the chicken and pour the gravy
over all, after seasoning it to taste
To Corn Beef.-For one hundred
pounds of beef take twelve pounds rock
salt, one quart molasses, two ounces
saltpeter, three gallons of water and one
ounce of soda Put all together, boil,
and skim until clear, then dip in the
beef while the liquid is boiling. When
the beef is cool pack it closely. Let the
brine become cold, then pour it over the
. beef, add small bag of salt and .
weight to keep the beef under the brine
Liver Pudding.-Take two nicely
cleaned hogs heads, two lights. two hv-
ers and the best parts of half a dozen
melts, half a dozen sweetbreads and
three or four kidneys split open. Soak
with two slices of salt pork the next
morning. When done add some of the
grease SKINNED from the water in
which they were boiled and grind in q
sausage mill. Season with pepper. salt
and finely chopped onion, and press into
a mold.-Household.
Oatmeal Bread.-Boil two teacupsfuI
of oatmeal as for porridge, and add q
teaspoonfu1 salt, and when cool, half q
teacupful molasses and the same amount
of yeast if the homemade is used, or
half small cake of compressed yeast;
| stir in enough wheat -four to make the
| batter stiff as can we'll be stirred with a
spoon. Place it in well creased bread
| pans, and set it in a warm place to rise,
as it must be very light before it is
| baked. Bake an hour and a quarter.
The above quantity will make two
loaves.
Rice is almost a remedy in itself for
some kinds of sickness, as cholera and
bowel complaints. 1t makes easy work
for the digestive organs, and being SO
nutritious it is valuable to both the sick
and the well. 1t is a dish of which one
never becomes tired, and once a day is
not too often to place it before the fam
lily. 1t would be advisable to one who
does not relish it to cultivate taste for
this easily digested food. Its cheapness
is another merit. and it bears lucky
name, or it would not be such an i'm
portant accessory at every wedding
The Housekeeper.
| Apple Tarts--Pare and cook very
tender dozen sour apples Mash fine
and pass the same through a sieve.
Beat smoothly together one and half
teacupfuls of sugar, half teacupful of
butter, the Juice and grated rind of two
lemons, three well beaten eggs, or, If
eggs are plentiful, the yelks of six eggs,
then stir in the apple sauce Line pans
with nice pastry, fill with the mixture
and bake in quick oven Beat the
whites of the eggs stiff, add little
sugar and spread it on the top of the pies
and return to oven moment to brown
Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
White Hair All the Rage.

Fashion-mongers seem determined to
wear white hair by some means or other
this season. London authority asserts.
An effort was made some little time
since to induce us to bleach our own
locks, but this foolish notion happily
did not meet with approval, and tina
hairdressers have had to revert to the
old mode of powdering in order to pro-
duce the desired effect To many faces
powdered hair is distinctly becoming,
but, on the other hand, a very large pro-
portion of compilations are unable To
bear the strong contrast, as may be eyi.
denced at a bal poudre. However. be.
coming or not, those who follow CLOSELY
In Fashions train, will be compelled to
submit to powder foHfun evening dress.
unless something more popular is de.
ylsed at once.-Louisvifle Courier.
Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Life in Pizen Creek.

Missionary Gust arrived, to the mayor
of Pizen Creek)-I am very sorry to find
that there is no suitable place for a
young man to spend his evenings.
mean to try and
Mayor Rather becoming excited)-
Smitten Washington! no place for q
young man to spend his evenings, heyf
Amt you heard of my Square Faro
Bank on Choteau avenue? There's a
place for young man to stay all night
if he's got the dust and the sand! Roar.
ing Jehosophat! what's your idea of q
suitable resort for young man?-Chi.
cago Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Il WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU SING"

4 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU SING"
troduced to her myself, because never
went wild over music nOhOw.
reckon you remember that fellow
Tom Boyle. that used to sing in our
neighborhOod. He beat Matt Wilson
out of twenty-five cents, but he didn't
beat me out of any thing, for, as say,
Ydon't go wild over music. No, didn't
care to be introduced to her, but wife
she was as keen as briar, so decided
that it wouldn't do no harm, and up we
marched and were introduced. Wife
sho says: ''They tell me, Miss Patti,
that you do sing right pert" Patti sort
of looked at her, not knowing what she
meant. Wife, being great hand to ex-
plain things, says:
81 have hearn, since I came to this
town, that you are right smart singer"
Then Patti she sort O. laughed, and
wife lowed: 81 don't want to fatter ye
none at all, but would like to hear ye
sing few tunes" Then Patti sort o
gigg1ed, it .peared to me, and said she
didn't feel much like singing and hoped
wife would excuse her. s'Oh, don't be
bashful," wife says; ''just come right
out and sing as though there wasn't any
body here. Do the best you can, and
we'll excuse you if you don't do quite as
well as we think you ought to. I'm
powerful fond of good singing, and do
believe that l would turn away from
hogs jowl and turnip green's to hear a
f1rst-rate song. My husband here laughs
at me for being SO foolish about music,
but just can't help it. My daughter
ann amt more than sixteen years old,
but she can sing like a martingale her
self.
ST wish she had come along, for know
you'd like her voice. The way she sings
Billy in the Low Ground, is plumb eau
Zion. You're older and have got more
experience than she has, and if old
Beasley gives me a good price for my
goose feathers I'll send her up here and
let you give her a few lessons" Jest
about this time we were showed away
by other folks that wanted to shake
hends with Patti, but wife she kept
hanging around till she got another
chance, then she says: s'Miss Patti,
how old mout you be?' and Miss Patti
says: "I'll soon be forty-eight."
"Ven, wouldn't a-took ye for more'n
fifty, nohow," said wife. Patti didn't
say any thing at this, but jest then
somebody else shook hands with
her. Then we had another general
shufhin' up, and wife was showed aside
But after while she got back at hel
again and says: 81 reckon that dress yor
got on cost right smart sum- Patti
smiled and said it did. Jest then 9
man come along and said the lunch was
ready downstairs, and wife took hole
Of Patti and said: 'Let's go down anc
eats snack" Patti said no, she was no
hungry. II reckon" said wife, sstha
anybody who knocks around good dea
and has to eat first at one place anG
then another don't get very good vid
01ts as a general thing.
''1've got son who used to brake OF
Che railroad, and he had to put up will
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
NEvADA's TWIN SISTER.

How the q. O. p. Hopes to Retain q Ma
jority in the Senate.
Nevada was admitted to the Union as
West Virginia was, because the Repub-
Hcan party needed its vote in Congress.
It joined the Federal Union as John A.
Logan Joined the Methodist church, by
telegraph. A convention was held in a
mining town, and the constitution
drawn up there was ''wired" to Washing
ton. If it had people enough to consti-
tute State then it has never had since.
Its only industries consisted in raising
some of the precious metals and in SELL
ing whisky. Nearly all the people
lived in mining camps, misnamed towns
The mines were owned in San Francis
co, where the Senators lived who repre-
scented Nevada in the Senate of the
United Stataa In . few years most o1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
A BARN PLAN.

It q . Strong, Neat, Durable and Com
Portable Building.
TIM plAns snd specifications hero pre-
sented are OF the barn owned by Henry
Sinnett, HUXLEY, Ill. Size of barn. S0x
sOx18 f., resting on q low foundation
made from quarried limestone. ALI
posts, sills and cross-beams are sxS in
yellow pine. From sill to cross-beams
above is it., thence to next timber in
hay-loft 8 it., and then to the top OF
plates #. more, center measurements.
Rafters are 2x6x20 it., and set Q #
apart, resting on purline plates, 6x8 in,
and supported by purline posts-p. p..
exc in, set at right angles with the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Spoken Like . Prince.

Miss Caldwell Ito Prince Murat)-I
shall allow you only $40, 900 year.
Prince Murat Ito relatives) = Look
here! How much will you pay me not
to marry that American girl?
Relatives Ten thousand dollars a
year.
Prince Murat (haughtily, to American
girl Miss Caldwell, am not beggar.
I am Prince. (Goes out with tremendous
dignity. Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
PiE-Eatinx Sows.

trollable craving for animal flesh. 1t is
a feveriSh mania which overpowerS the
maternal care for the young and drives
her to eat them All this trouble may
be averted by feeding before narrowing
greasy s1op, or raw meat, bones ZEN
trails of the beef from a butchers
slaughterhouse even if dry and hard is
the most desirable), or cheap salt meat.
It will pay to use clean tallow or lard
of the best quality, if no other article
can be furnished the sow, week or two
before and after birth of the litter.
This course is imperative in the advent
of this craving if the young are to be
preserved.-OrangeJ Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

such mean vidults that he was so pow
erful hungry when he got home that he
mighty nigh eat himself to death. He
said he Didn't believe anybody in the
country could stew a chicken like I
could. Poor fellow! He sent US word
once that de was coming home, and we
decided to kill the Dominecker hen.
She hadn't seemed sick at all, but after
my son had eat about two pounds and
a-half of her We found that she had been
suffering with the cholera. It made son
so awful sick that he gags even now
when he hears hen cackle. You say
you don't want nothin' to eat?''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
OK YOKE.

whifaetree and attach the latter to the
foremost end of the pole. The yoke
staple must have two rings; one is
slipped over the end of the pole, the
yoke is drawn hack somewhat, and the
other ring is placed under the draw
strap, and the bolt run through both
strap and pole. It will be seen at once
that this obviates the necessity of hav-
ing long chain run from the yoke to
the whifletree bolt placed near the
wagon box.-Farm and Home.