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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
USE SHARP SAWS.
Instructions How They May Always
Kent I'm Good Order.

Instructions How They May Always Be
Kept I'm Good Order.
The first thing to do when putting
saw in order is to ascertain if the teeth
are of equal length. If not, the saw
needs jointing. If the saw goes straight
through the log itdoes not need jointing.
But if the person who files it does not
use it he must trust to the eye to de-
eide whether the teeth are of equal
length. If a wise is not at hand to hold
the saw, cut a kerr three or four inches
deep in the top of stump or the end OF
log. Place the saw in this and fasten
it with wedge. The stump should
be nearly breast-high to be convenient.
To joint the saw, remove the file
handle and hold the file as nearly
level as possible between the thumb
and fingers and run it 1engthwise of the
saw, drawing the file backward instead
of pushing it forward. When filing the
teeth do not file them to sharp point,
but leave the end nearly as large as the
head end of a very fine sewing-needle.
Few saws will stand to cut through
hard knots if fled to a sharp point.
The points of the teeth will break and
the saw will be in no better condition
for business than before filing.
The next work after filing the cutting
teeth, is to set them. This is best &C
complished by using a saw-set made as
follows: Take a thin piece of steel with
a hole punched through one end about
as Ear from the edge as the teeth are
long. Have slot cut from the edge of
this steel to the hole, a. trifle wider than
the thickness of the saw. The best
guage is made by putting small screw
with the joint fled sharp through the
end of a stick three-eighths of an inch
square and four inches long. Adjust
the screw to the width you wish the saw
set, take the guage in the left hand and
place it against the left-hand side of the
saw as you stand facing it from one end.
The end of the screw that projects
over the teeth will show how far the
teeth on the right hand side of the saw
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
QUEEN MAReHERiTA-


Pretty Apees,vses Told of Her Domestic
and social Life.
OF the beauty of Queen Margherita OF
Italy, all the world has heard. and she
is still beautiful, thanks to the deilcaey
of her complexion. the grace OF her
outlines the. sweetness of her exPres-
sion Early in life she was very deli
cate. and SO thin as to be almost trans
parent: but in the course of years she has
grown stouter and now may be said 10 be
too stout for beauty. She knows both
German and Italian literature well, is
fond of music and sings herself with
taste and feeling. She is fond OF the
society of men of thought and letters
and at her intimate evening teas may
be met some o: the leading men OF the
land, who drop N TO chat away an hour
without ceremony.
Among those whom the Queen loved
to receive was the late Minister Ming-
hetti, q simple gentlemanly burgher.
who was well versed in questions Of art
and letters Another of her well-liked
habitues is Bengh;. the statesman and
man of letters. also Prof Villari, Sena-
tor and historian She has even known
how to gain over TO her 1talys greatest
greatest living poet, Giosue Carcuccl
who began life as violent republican
and hater of royalty.
Indeed, sentimental cultus for the
Queen. their first Queen, is widespread
among the Italians Her name, Mar
gherita Daisy. Is symbolized in many
ways and the daisy EN- blem occurs in
every form of festive decoration Her
own favorite emblem Is the pearl. OF
which she wears strings upon strings
around her neck. SO that by her
rows OF PEARLS the Queen can
always be recognized If by 70
other sign And every year this row of
pearls grow richer, for the King, who
shares the Queens half-barbarian love
of precious stones. adds annually a
string To the precious necklet until it
now descends far below her waist and
has really lost some OF its elegant and
decorative character. Malicious tongues
whisper that the Queen so clings TO this
adornment because it hides tendency
to goitre, with which she is afflicted. in
common with many Sayoyards-
A very cordial friendship exists be-
tween King and Queen, and the former
relies much on his wife's Judgment
which is frequently clear and sound
Some pretty anecdotes are told of their
domestic life Upon one occasion how
1 ever. the husband gave the wife one OF
those quiet rebufs into which enters
sense of humor, and which are on that
account less hard to bear. 1t appear<
/ that Humbert once asked one OF the
| Queens secretaries what would be an
acceptable Christmas present for hel
| Majesty The gentleman, truer friend
than courtier. had the courage TO sug-
gest to the King that the Queen had &
large number of unpaid milliners and
| dressmakers' bills The King took the
| hint and begged that they should al
be given TO him On Christmas morn
ing Humbert placed all these bills, re
ceipted, under the Queens table-nap
kin. There was no other present 1t is
said that she took the hint and has
been less extravagant since Leisure
4 Hour
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
LOVES SACRIFICES.
A True Tale OF Strictly Fashionable
Summer Resort.

A True Tale OF a Strictly Fashionable
Summer Resort.
Pauline-a maiden.
Fitzwilliam-a man Chat is what is called a
man at college, 1. e.. an eighteen year-old boy.)
She-Fitzwilliam, it is now month
since first we met, and during that time
we have been much together.
He Qanguidly)-Even SO; a month.
By Jove! it seems like year, doesn't it?
Scheduling that time we have been
on the most familiar terms. I have
done every thing could to amuse you,
and make your stay here agreeable. l
have mended your tennis blazer; have
sung to you in the pale moonlight. l
have taken you out numberless times in
my naphtha launch, and likewise in my
village cart. 1 have had papa send you
wines and cigars from the city, and /
have spent my entire personal allowance
in presents for you. have permitted
you to kiss me at reasonable intervals.
and have not insisted on your telling me
dozen times day that you loved but
me alone.
He (drowsily)-I guess you're right,
Pauline.
She-Now, don't you think that it
would be just and fair for you to make
some sacrifice for my sake? Not such a
great sacrifice; just something to prove
that you really have an affection for me.
He (royally)-Pauline, will be more
than just and fair. I will be generous.
1 will give you-ah-permissiOn to tell
the other girls at the hotel that have
kissed you.-Tom Hall, in Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13

any old coal-dea1er jokes or stove mp
chestnuts about fixing up the stove-pipe.
Foreman-He hasn't, CHI? Pass that
beer. Just listen to this: 'sThese are to
the man who has to put up stove not
SO much the piping days OF peace as the
piecing days of pipe. which reminds me
that the coal question is up for discus
Sion The price of coal will go up, but
the weight will remain stationary at
seventeen hundred pounds to the ton.
Very fuel weigh over seventeen hundred
and fifty pounds and the man who ex-
poets more must be something of a fuel
himself Now is the time to get coaled
before the weather does"
Compositor-Hold on! Break away!
Turn over few leaves and see II you
can't strike something fresh.
Colonel Gascom lgrimly)-Oh, I'll
strike something fresh in a few min
utes.
Foreman (turns over three pages and
reads)-The Johnnie who has been at
the seaside for the past three months
studying, with powerful glass, the
passing ships that happen to be in line
with the shapely female bather with
short skirts, has now deserted the sea-
side, having purchased bald-headed
ticket-presumably from a scalper-can
now be found with double-barreled
opera-glass focusing the ba1let-dancer,
whose costume is not unlike that of the
Cheyenne bride, consisting principally OF
a six-inch grin and three streaks OF paint,
and an occasional paste diamond
Composition (shouting)-Shut down
the brakes. Pull up where you are! I'm
only human, and can't stand any more
of that stuff!
Colonel Gascom (entering suddenly
with bound and yell of rage)-Come
on, both of you ungrateful whelps! Take
that! Csmites the foreman with an old
electrotype, nearly scalping him. and
almost simultaneously kicking the COM
positor into one corner, upsetting a
galley rack with ten or twelve columns
of live type. The foreman and the COM
pcsitor rally, and general closing up
ensues, when policeman rushes in and
arrests the trio).
Next day, the judge, having heard the
story, honorably discharged the fore
man and the compositor, and fined
Colonel Gascom twenty-five dollars. 1t
is useless to say that close observation
of the Herald would fail to reveal hu-
morous article by Colonel Gascom. en-
titled 'sAutumnal Reveries."
ALEX E. SWEET.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
MACHINE MILKING.
A Scotchman Who Thinks He Has Sue
cessfuliy Accomplished 1t.

A Scotchman Who Thinks He Has Sue
cessfuliy Accomplished 1t.
It is a Scotchman this time that is
trying to milk cows by machinery.
From the Kilmarnock Standard comes
an account of a patent milking device
by one Murchland. The apparatus,
briefly described, is as follows: An air
pump at one end of the cow stable is
connected with an iron pipe which runs
along over the shoulders of the cows
high enough to be out of reach Over
each cow is branch of rubber tube
which connects with closed milk pail
When in use the milk pail is swung
underneath the animal and strapped to
it by broad band over the loins. The
top of the milk pail terminates in a
neck, from which radiate four rubber
tubes ending in little cups which fit on
the teats of the animal to be MIXED.
Each teat-cup is provided with stop
cock. When the pail has been properly
placed and the teat-cups attached, the
stop-cocks are opened and the air
exhausted by moving the lever of the
air-pump. At once, four little jets of
milk. pulsating with each beat of the
animals heart, begin to flow, and in
eight or ten minutes the udder is empty.
One attendant is supposed to manage
several machines.
The inventor claims that by this
method the natural milking of the cow
by the calf is initiated. So much for a
description of the machine. The lead
ing question is: Will it work satisfac-
torily? We have been told that the
suction of the air-pump will draw blood
from the udder if the vacuum pressure
continues after the quarter has been
emptied. To avoid this the stop-cocks
are turned before the milk is quite all
drawn. 1t is useless to have one at
tendant for each machine, for then he
might as we'll do the milking himself.
Since the milk flow is not usually equal
from the different quar- tiers of the udder
we cannot see how an attendant can al
ways be on hand to turn the stop-cock
just at the right time. A single mis-
take now and then would bring more
trouble than the whole system is worth.
There have been may milking ma
chimes put on the market, and all have
failed. Ingenious as is this Scotch de-
vice we fear it must go the way of all
the others and hand-milking continue.
Unfortunate it is, yet some processes in
our agriculture seem incapable of being
materially shortened by machinery
Breeders Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
AYE AS HOG FOOD.
He Thinks $. HoEsing {" Is the Best Meth
cd of Feeding. =

He Thinks :. HoSsinS {" IL the Rest Meth
cd of Feeding.
John NJ. Jamison, Roxabell. O., writes
to the Orange Judd Farmer: For more
than a quarter of century we have
used. or been familiar with the use of,
rye for hog feed. It was formerly the
custom with member of our family,
where they had field to seed to grass,
to SOW about five pecks of rye to the
acre-sometimes at the last corn plow-
ing, at others after the corn was cut,
having successfully sown it as late as
the 10th of November. The timothy
seed was sown in the fall. and clover in
the spring. The crop was usually hog
ged down. This was an easy way to
keep up the fertility of the land, the
early sown furnishing large amount
of succulent fall, winter and spring
pasture for the hogs. There is no bet
ter winter pasture for them: it has no
tendency to scour the animals like fresh
and succu1ent grasses
To get the best good of rye by hog
ging it should be straw broken, so the
grain may soften by lying on the
ground. Whole dry rye is very poor
hog feed, as the animals will not masti-
cate it sufficiently to make it digest
properly. field without any grass in
it is however of little value; to aid in
digesting the grain there should be
abundance of grass-clover is the most
desirable.
No danger need be apprehended from
the boards, as they are softened by ly-
ing on the ground. We do not attach
much value to whole rye soaked, as
it will be voided without the grain be-
ing broken. Hogging rye is splendid
way to prepare stock for finish for
market on new corn. putting the hogs
on tho rye as soon as ripe and letting
ready, when a few weeks feeding will
put them in the best market condition.
Ground rye. made into slop. makes
splendid feed for growing and fattening
hogs; but when used alone for slop it
should not be ground fine, as it is sticky
and unpleasant to handle; but if the
grains are we'll broken or crushed, this
difficulty is obviated, for when mixed
with bran it is easily handled. We
have often used ground rye alone. for
slop, but our hogs have always had the
run of the pasture. This is necessary,
for the rye is too rich in carbohyd rates
to make complete ration; for hogs
confined to close quarters, bran should
be mixed with the rye. Hogging rye
appears to be falling into disuse, think
to the loss of many farmers, for their
lands can be- speedily built up by grow
ing rye and clover, and hogging both.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
MUELLER AND MEYER.

How German Students Give Presenfs-lf 10
q Fair and square DeaI-A Custom r or
Protection to Initiate In Dealing Out jus
tice to the Farmer-Let Us Have Uncle
Jerry's "Fair Deal"
Uncle Jerry Rusk is still pursuing his
will-o'-the-wisp. protection for the
farmer" His latest effusion shows that
he has gotten down to the root of the
matter in one respect at 1east-he feels
that the farmer is entitled to as much
protection" as anybody else. Here is
what he says:
Isay they're entitled to the same measure
of protection as the other fellows II they
don't get it. it's not a fair deal. that's all
We're getting pretty tired OF rocking the
cradle for some of these six foot. whiskered
infants. while our infants don't get any
rocking at all Unless our infant does get
the same amount of rocking. we're going to
get right up in our wrath an not only kick
the six-footer out of the cradle. but smash
the rockers, don't you understand We
must all be protected alike TO the same ex-
tent
All very true. Uncle Jerry: but how are
you going to give the farmers this PRO
tection?'' The duties which Mckinley
has put into his farmers tariff will
never do any farmer in this whole broad
land 2enny's worth of good Ifeven a
few farmers along the northern border
should be enabled to sell few more
dozens Of eggs, few more bushels OF
wheat, or . few more pigs there is
absolutely no guarantee that they VIII
get one cent more for them than at
present; for the quantities imported are
SO insignificant that to debar them from
entrance by means of high duties can
not possible affect the prices with u.s.
We now import one bushe1 of wheat to
every 8, 900 that we raise; shut out that
one bushel and how much will that
raise the price Of the 5000 bushels?
Absolutely none 1t all
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13

roller for windlass is four feet between
bearings and three inches in diameter.
and can be either constructed at home,
or, what is better, turned from good,
sound maple or other strong material
at some shop. Any blacksmith can
make the hooks. bolts, ETC. Two pull
legs and about twenty feet of three
fourths-inch rope will be all that need
be purchased Any carpenter can con-
struct this derrick by referring to the
cut The heaviest beeves as well as the
lightest lambs can be easily raised for
SHINING or dressing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13

Ing rain, he went back to his Office xa.
his umbrella. The ColoneIs office. is
separated. from the compOsing-room by a
thin partition which does not reach tC
the ceiling, and as he heard his name
mentioned in conversation in the COM
posing-room, and feeling pretty sure the
foreman was RECALLING the compositor
with the many good points with which
his "Autumnal Rev cries" abounded, he
resolved to play eavesdropper. The fol-
lowing is what he heard:
Foreman Tin a disguised tone)-Y amt
bit hungry.
Compositor-Nhat'st the matter-stom-
ach out of order?
Foreman-The old man read sketch
OF his to me which he claimed was
humorous.
Compositor-What! That old codger
trying to be funny!
Colonel (behind the partition, much
surprised)-What's this! What's this!
Foreman-The old duffer has gone out
to lunch, SO I'll give you sample Of it.
Breaches up. and lifts wad of MSS.
from the imposing stone).
Composition (burying his face in pail
of beer to brace up for the ordeaD-
Does the old fool say any thing about
the sere and yellow leaf or the melan-
choly days?
Foreman-That's just what he does
say. Listen. (Reads)-"Autumnal Rev
cries. Although l have not been re-
quested to do so by the surviving rela-
tives, yet / think I autumn make
(groans from the comp, who seeks re-
lief in the beer paiD few remarks at
the grave, as it were, of the departed
season. As an inducement to the reader
to read on, / promise in this sketch to
snub the sere and jaundiced leaf and not
to throw the reader into a melancholy
daze by referring to them at all, except
to mention that the melancholy DAYS
nave actually arrived in our city, and
hat they claim to be the saddest." Can
Lny thing be sadder than these tough
puns? Did you ever hear any thing quite
rs bad as those puns?
Compositor-Never in all my life, and
we read London Punch frequently
Foreman-And Just to think had to
laugh at that stuff.
Colonel Ito himself)-And that's the
man whose salary raised three dollars
Compositor-I guess the poor devil il
losing his mind.
toreman-Brace yourself for another
dose. (Reads)-''This is the season wheI
the considerate road agent warns thu
shivering passengers on the Western
train by covering them with a revolve
and"
Compositor-Ho1do on! That's deai
steal. / read that somewhere.
Foreman would say the whole thin,
was stolen if it wasn't SO poor.
Compositor-I hope he hasn't got OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13

INSTRUMENTS FOR KEEPING SAWS IN
ORDER
need setting. This style of setting is
far preferable to combined set and
guage, for the reason that many saws
others, and with a com bined set and
guage such teeth will spring back, leav-
ing an uneven set in the teeth. To
guage the raking, or p1aner teeth. use
small, straight edge, just long enough
to reach to cutting tooth at each end
when the center is placed over raker
tooth. Gauge the rakes from one twelfth
to one-twentieth shorter than the cut
ting teeth, according to the size of the
teeth.
A saw with but few teeth will need
the rakes shorter than one containing
many small teeth. Care should be taken
to file the rakes slim enough so they
will wear down as fast as the cutting
teeth. This will prevent the saw from
riding almost wholly on the rakes after
few hours use as it will if the rakes
are filed blunt File every other rake
from one side of the saw and turn the
saw and file the rest from he other side.
In filing all from one side the saw is
quite apt to run sidewise, as it is almost
impossible to file them without bevel-
ing little, which will produce this re-
suit
In using saw great care should be
exercised not to spring upward on it's
end when it is pinched in log. Many
good saws are rendered worthless by
this straining. The edge becomes too
long for the back and it is impossible
to make it run free and easy. Neither
should a saw ever fall even few inches
and strike the teeth into log, especial
ly if just filed, as a slight turn of the
saw when the teeth are fastened in the
wood is apt to break the JOINTS. II.
Andre, in Home and Farm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13
The Beginning Of Winter DairyinR.

Winter dairying requires a whole
year of preliminary preparation. The
COWS must first be provided. These
should come in about September and,
hence, must be bred about December.
It has been said that this is an unnat-
ural period for breeding; that spring is
the breeding time for cows. This is a
mistake. Cows will breed at any time
f the year. The natural habits of wild
.nimals are based upon conditions, as
the supply OF food, for instance, which
do not apply to domesticated animals;
and it will not be difficult for any one
who desires. to have a winter dairy to
keep back the cows from service until
the period required Then follows the
provision for feeding-the fodder crops,
especially, which will be required-and
these will. in most cases, necessitate
some changes in the ordinary farm prac-
tice. which will easily occur to those
Observation-Disclosures Agriculturist
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-13

The same thing is much more true or
corn We imported only 1926 bushels
last year, nearly every bushel of which
came across from Mexico at Ell Paso.
Texas Mckinley has, however, come
to the rescue of the farmer by putting
up the duty on corn in order to shut out
that pitiable sum of !. 6s6 bushels VIII
any farmer be better off now?
But the protected manafac turers buy
from the farmer?
Yes; they do-and at the lowest free
trade market price How long will our
farmers continue to be humbugged by
this home market" nonsense. The
home market for farm products is sim
ply and only a small part Of the worlds
market in which the prices of the
worlds market for farm products are
going 20 prevail, however high McKin-
ley may pile his duties on those COM
moditieS
This call for protection for farmers"
is one of the greatest humbugs of the
age-and that for the simple reason that
there is absolutely no way to protect"
the farmer You can hurt him by pro-
tecting other people; but You can't help
him by protecting" him That is all
poppy-cock.
But Uncle Jerry is right in saying
that the farmer is entitled to the same
measure OF protection as the other fell
lowsI'
OF course; nothing could be more Just
But let us suppose that such a scheme,
in which all could be protected alike
to the same extent could be put into op-
Grafton. Now. then how would flair deal''
work? Uncle Jerry's protection means
higher prices for ones produce or ones
manufactures-or else il means nothing
at all. If the manufacturers are TO be
benefited to the extent of 81. o00 600 by
protection they can get their extra
profit only by charging higher prices to
their consumers, who are largely the
farmers
Now, then, let US square the account
by making the fair deal" It is clear
that the farmers must be benefited
| 81, 200, 600 to counterbalance their loss.
Where is that 81, 900. 600 to come froma
1t ought to come from the manufact-
urers who are benefited, else the deal
is not fair. Grant that it does come
from them-and where are youe ANY
thing gained? Have you gone one inch
further up the hill? Here is the account
| of the manufacturer:
| odh-
Loss--- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS looo o00
| Net gain $1,000 81, COZ, 600
| And the farmers account:
| O90. oOu
Loss ------------------ LoOl,ooO
Net gain 50. oso oou
| And there you are,
That is the way German students give
presents to each other. Mueller and
Meyer each wants a walking cane.
Mueller buys one for Meyer and has an
inscription put on it:
TO Ny FRIEND MEYER
FROM BIS EVER FAITHFUL