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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
Seed Potatoes.

A subscriber at Camp Douglas. Wis,
writes Orange Judd Farmer: What 1
am about to state in regard to seed po-
tatoes will apply to all kinds and all
places. At the time of harvesting po-
tatoes in the fall collect some of the
small, immature ones, such as are either
left on the ground or fed to the hogs,
and take good care of them through the
winter. At planting-time in the spring
take these potatoes (some of them no
bigger than hickory mutt and cut
into three or four sets. l have planted
sets no larger than kernels of corn.
Don't plant more than two of these
small sets in a hill They are slow to
come up, but keep them free from
weeds and bugs, and when you harvest
them save the largest and medium-sized
ones (no small ones) for your seed the
next year. 1 have satisfied myself tn at
by taking the above course two things
may be accomplished: 1t will add from
one-fourth to one-third to the crop and
will prevent what is commonly called
running out or deterioration. Further
more, if you have kind (say, for in
stance, the hblow) which is run
out, you can restore it by following the
above course.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
HORTICULTURAL HINTS:

PINCH back the grape vine that was
planted last spring
MANAGING an orchard without force
pump is good deal like attempting to
grow corn crop without plows, harrows
or cultivators.
You may easily see the eggs of the
tent caterpillar if you will look, and the
twigs on which the eggs are found
should be cut off and burned.
THROW aside all wormy apples when
gathering, and feed them to the stock,
for the larvae escapes from the apple in
time. and fresh eggs are laid.
TREES, sixty feet in height, have been
transplanted in a Chicago cemetery.
They were moved on rollers, the trees
being kept in an upright position.
CUT off the black knot on the plum
trees, trim them and apply kerosene to
the surface of the cut. Caution must be
taken not to let the oil touch the healt thy
bark.
STUDY carefully the habits of insects
There is period in the life of every
insect when it can be most easily de-
stroyed and we shall never learn when
that is without study.
IT is said that Mr.. Vanderbilt's cab
ooROS COS1 uIm d uo1idr d Acoo- Vo oo
not know which Vanderbilt is meant.
The old man would not have eaten many
cahbages that cost that
In answer to the inquiry of CORE
spondent we would say tina. we do not
advise grating the pear upon apple
trees. But those who inform him that
such gratis will never live are in error.
IT is possible to transplant large.
even full grown trees, but it should
never be attempted, except under un-
usual circumstances A tree that is,
say one inch in diameter, is as large as
a tree should be to transplant ordi-
nari1v
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
WA1ERwiTcHING.

How It II Done-A Stream Can Be Traced
for Any Distance.
Water is indicated under ground by .
stick in the hands of some persons by
the aid of electricity. This agent exists
in all underground water courses. The
person who has the right kind of cleo
tricity in his body can charge a stick
with the fluid SO it will point toward
the electricity in the stream. Usually
peach or soft maple stick or hazel bush
is used. This is the shape of the stick
to be held in the hands, with the inside
of the hands up. thumbs out, grasping
the stick where the dotted lines are
made. Let the stick point up and to
the front at an angle of about As de-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
A LOST ELEPHANT.

Great Search to Recover the Missing Mon
ster Empress.
You wouldn't think that an elephant
could get lost in the United States,
would you?" asked Agent McCadden Of
the Forepaugh show.
swell. one did go astray," he contin-
ued, land we had mighty hard work to
find it Adam Forepaugh had habit
of letting out his surplus animals to
smaller shows, and when he died his
executors had queer time tracing up
his assets and making good the delivery
of animals to the firm to which he sold
the show.
AFTER considerable trouble all the
animals were accounted for but one
trick elephant named Empress, of whom
the executors could get no trace. re-
ceived letter from them one day with
a special commission to hunt up the
missing animal
Empress was worth 81, 600 at low
estimate, and was really of much more
value to a show which understood well
how to exhibit her and make use of her
tricks. After a careful search through
the contracts it was ascertained that
Empress had been let to a small show
which started on a Western tour With
this clew 1 traced the show through the
West and back toward the East until it
reached a spot in the wilds of West Vir-
ginia-
There it seemed suddenly to sink
out of sight and was at a loss to know
whether the animals were roaming over
the hills and mountains, or drowned in
the Ohio river.
Investigation revealed, however,
that the undulating country had been
too much for the show. The HOSES had
become exhausted by climbing steep
hills, fording streams, and dragging
heavy wagons over soft roads The
proprietor was unable to keep up with
his advertised dates, and his revenue
being cut off, the show busted.
Then it was found by inquiry in the
sparse settlements that Empress had
been driven to the Ohio river and
shipped up stream to Pittsburgh The
elephant consumed about SO worth OF
food daily, and she was rapidly making
her temporary keeper poorer. But at
Pittsburgh he pulled together all his
resources and established a low-priced
entertainment at East Liberty, where
the big beast was made to do good ser
vice. There she was recently found,
gaunt and lean She will soon be Turned
over to MI Forepaugh's successors who
will see that her vorscious appetite Is
appaased- '-Philadelphia News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
Convenient Corn Crib.

Our illustration shows corn crib,
convenient. easily built, and just such
a one as is needed on every farm not yet
provided with safe place for storing
corn. By placing the crib on posts from
two to three feet off the ground and
using inverted pans (painted), no mice
or rats will get into the corn The
space between the cribs proper can be
used for shedding wagons, and by max
ing swing lift, extending from cross
girts above, the box can be removed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
CONVENIENT CORN CRIB.

easily when only the running gear is
needed. In building the crib. use 1x3
inch pieces for sides and ends; 2x4 for
uprights, plates and rafters; for founda-
ton use AKA inch, and for joists 2x6
inch, gained in so that floor covers level
from out to out. As to size. use your own
Judgment, but it's best not to have it less
than six feet wide each side of PASSAGE
way, and the drive to be about eight
feet Mako any length desired. and for
best protection cover with shingles.-
Orange Judd Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
ALL DRESS ALIKE.
Annamite Men and Women Distfnguishahle-
Only BY Earnings.


Only BY Ear-Ringx.
In AMMAN, an empire occupying the
eastern portion of the 1ndo-Chinese
peninsula, with a population of 15.o0O.-
600, men and women wear their hair in
the same way and dress almost alike.
Like the man, the woman wears the
turban, a long tunic, wide loose trousers,
and bright sash, the ends falling be-
low the knees. The physiognomy Is al
most the same, as the men are beardless
and have their hair done up like the
women. The only clew to distinguish
them is the earrings and fnger-rings
worn by women only. The earrings
are like double shirt studs. and among
the lower orders are of colored glass
The wives and daughters of mandarins
alone are allowed to wear good jewelry-
The rings are of spiral wire, fitting tight t.,
and standing out to some height Some
women of the upper class wear also
necklaces of strings OF gold and silver
beads
The hat of the woman is monumental.
It is like a large barrel cover, three
quarters of yard in diameter. Six or
seven silk cords as thick as a quill are
fastened on each side. and when worn
fall down below the waist Where the
ends are fastened to the hat on each side
is huge black or brown silk tasseL
Some of these hats are a1tistically made
of carefully selected palm leaves, and
lined with neatly plated flag leaves
These are expensive, especially when
they have chiseled silver clasps at the
tassels. Many women fasten a little
round mirror in the hat, before which
they arrange their turhan when they GO
to town The lat is the article most
priced by the stylish ladies, and often
costs SO to SIS
The Annanites either go barefooeed
or wear a sandal, consisting of a sole
and two straps, often lined with stuff.
The straps are crossed between the big
toe and the next In putting on the
sandal the big toe is used SO much that
it becomes like a finger. As these san
dals are loose at the heels they cause an
awkward gait and have been abandoned
by the better classes, who wear Chinese
shoes or slippers but the fine ladies
wear these very narrow and short
The AMMAN: ties have splendid hair. 1t
is not rare to see women with hair reach
ing their feet They take great care of
it, washing it frequently with some
soapy mixture, and sitting in the sun TO
let it dry. The men have little beard.
and even that appears only at mzch
greater age than with US, and is never
full This makes it very hard to teA a
mans age. The women are small but
we'll proportional, with small hands and
feet. Their faces would be charming if
they did not stain their teeth black
Children are charming until they be-
come seven or eight years old Then
the nose fattens, the cheek bones be-
come prominent, and the eyes assume
the inclination seen in adults.
The attire of children is not expen-
sive In summer they run about the
streets naked. or 1T most with = little
skirt not reaching the knee All have
q coin, or amulet around the neck to
keep Of evil spirits and disease. The
hair is cut close, except tuft on the
top of the head or lock at each temple
Frank 6. Carpenter
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
A Crafty sehema

Old Trumpley and pretty May Sweet
ly were playing euchre.
do you KNOW" he remarked. "that
whenever you hold the Joker. your low
er is thinking of you?"
Whenever May found the Joker in her
hand, she could not help biushing.
Old Trumpley watched her face. He
won most Of the games.-Light
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

PLANTATION. ''do you know that we have
had close Gala dozen close calls
from being burned alive in our beds?"
LANDS, no! What do you mean?"
81 mean that there hasn't been an
hour in the twenty-four since we moved
into this house that it was not liable to
take fire. In other words, we have been
slumbering on the edge of Volcano"
''Why. Mr.. Bowserr'
Nothing but the hand of Providence
has prevented great disaster" he con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
Testing Salt.

The following method of testing salt
used for dairy purposes, an exchange
says. is laid down by salt manufactu-
rers. It is simple test, and can be
tried by any one. The NEST practical
method of testing salt in the absence
of chemical analysis, and one SO SIM
pie that any dairyman can satisfy him
self of the purity or comparative quail
ties of dairy salt: Take as many COM
mon drinking glasses or large test
tubes as there are samples of salt to
examine, and fill each alike with pure,
cold water; then dissolve teaspoonful
of salt from each sample and note the
comparison the instant the salt is
added. The solution showing the least
scum, sediment, foam, milky color, or
other impurities, is the best dairy salt
Flaw or of the salt may be detected from
this solution after it has stood from
one to two hours, clos ely covered. A
good color in salt is, of course, desira-
BILE, but the whitest or glistening salt
oftens contains impurities extremely
detrimental to dairy products which are
hard to dorect, but some of these may
be traced in the solution method.-Farm,
Field and Stockman.
FROM 400 to 500 bushels of onions
may be grown to the acre, but when
you are figuring up the profits. New
York onion grower suggests that you
do not forget to take out the cost of
about ffty loads Of manure to the acre.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
SOMETHING NEW.

Purchaser-You don't call this a re-
frigerator? Why there is no place to
hold the victuals!
Dealer-It is not intended Tor that
madam. You see this glass gives you a
full view of the ice. and the refrigerator
is intended to go in the parlor among
the costly bric-a-brac.-TheJ Jury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

BELIEF shall never marry Mr..
Loose When do marry, shall marry
q sound man" Mother@"What f. the
matter with Mr.. Loosen Belle-s.He'a
cracked. "-Yankee Blade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
THE BoWsERs.
Mr.. Be Excited Ideas About Spon-
taneous Combustion.
DON after supper

DON after supper
the other even
ing, Mr.. Bow:
ser slipped up
stairs, and as
his a c t / o n
looked We r Y
mysterious to
me 1 followed
him. I found
him overhaul
ing the clothes
basket.
MRS. Bow
ser, he began
nv NAV of nv-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
Betting on a Sure Thing


Reggie-Cholly's matched his pair of
donkeys against Bertie's cobs and Ted
dy's bronchos.
The Major-Cholly goin' to drive the
donkeys?
Reggie-Of cou'se.
The Major-Then I back the donkeyA
Reggie-But I don't see why, don't
cherknow.
The Major-Because three of kind
beats two pairs.-Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

in School-Pupn reciting-"'When
the old Romans felt their end approach
ing, they wrapped themselves in their
toQas and awaited DEATH But suppose
death did not conner feacher-'Then
Isupppose they unwrapped themselves :"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

She-Isn't that the woman who wor-
ried the life out of her husband and
killed him by inches?
He-Yes, and now she goes and sobs
on his grave till you can hear her over
the fence.-Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
Wounn,a WAY.

Why Miss LIE Grande decided not to
bathe.-Life
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28
Two MEN FRUSTRATED. .ONE DEAD.
The Hottest Weather Ottawa Has
Known in Years.
The Thermometer Plays About the Hun
dred Point Until Nearly Midnight
Business Almost Stagnated on
Account of the Heat,
THE WEATHER.

For five days Ottawa has been a fiery
furnace. The heavy rains Of the last
week and previous weeks had soaked
the earth with moisture until it was
little else than sponge. The airhad
become heavy with vapor and the in
tense heat made life in Ottawa and vi
cinity not unlike a residence in the
sweat room of Turkish bath estab-
lishment. From Sunday afternoon
until midnight last night life was all
but uncomfortable. There was not
cool place TO be found, unless 1t was in
the interior Of an ice house. The in
tense heat abated but few points at
night, and when morning broke again
resumed its full force.
The heat reached its climax of in
tenSity Thursday, when from ! o'clock
until the Thermometers about the
city registered upward Of a hundred in
the shade. Hundreds Of people went
to their homes and tried to keep cool,
but failed. Great quantities of ice
water and ice-cream were consumed,
but the city perspred just as though
there was not pound Of ice or an
ounce of ice-cream within ten miles Of
the city. Toward midnight, however,
a very welcome breeze began blowing
from the south ard the Thermometer
dropped ten or twelve points.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28
YHE NEWS.
THURSDAY.

The House of Representatives voted
on the Silver bill yesterday afternoon
A motion by Mr.. Springer to concur IN
the Senate substitute To the House
bill providing for free coinageh was
defeated by "A vote OF l52 to l35; and
the House then, by rising vote OF llb
to s., honoured in all the remaining
amendments.
The Spanish authorities have eStab'
lshed ten-days' quarantine at all
ports against vessels ayiving from
cholera infected districts. The total
number of cases Of cholera in Valencia
to date is 1876, of which lib have proved
fatal.
At Springfield yesterday, Governor
Fifer heard additional arguments in
support OF the petition for the pardon
of the imprisoned anarchist, Neebe.
T.. b. Hueston < Co., heavy opera
lOrs on the New York Cotton En-
change, failed yesterday. The failure
caused considerable excitement.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

DR.. j. j. Taylor, leading Republi-
can OF Streator exploits himself in the
Monitor in furious three-auarter-
column diatribe against Congressman
Hill. The grocdmen Of his objection to
Hi! is that as man he is below
medIocre-weak ana insignidcant-
small potatoeS-''cannOt grasp the
issues because he has not compre-
henslve brains IA pigney for leader
in constituency OF giants-a feather
weight in ring Of heayy-weights. {"
The doctor blames the Ottawa dele
CATION for fostering Hill upon the dis
trict for second term, and says: IF
the Democrats are as wise as the Re-
publiCans have been foolish in their
nomination, an over
whelming victory will crown their
effort in this district at the next cleo
ton" DR.. II. is scientist of some
repute and as his sizing up" OF Mr..
Hill appears to be based on sound
psychic principles, it is doubtless in
the main correct. The Democrats will
not fail to make note of the hint he
gives them
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

The visiting aldermen at the West
inghouse electric light works at Pitts
burgh were delighted with their trip,
and find the light there perfect and all
that sort of thing. Surely, they didn't
expect to find it a failure in the COM
panys own works, did they? But the
people of Ottawa don't expect to buy
the works or to move their electricians
to Ottawa. Give us city electric
light plant that will run with common
men in Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

The Worlds Fair directors at Chica-
90, at meeting on Friday, decided
unanimously in favor of the lake
front as the location Of the Fair, pro-
viding that certain negotiations pend
ing with the Illinois Central Railroad
Co., are satisfactorily concluded. The
national commissioners will have their
first meeting at Chicago next Thurs
day, when no doubt the question of
site will be permanently settled. The
lake frort as proposed to be filled up
and improved, will give about $50 acres.
In case more ground is needed. there
can be an annex of indefinite extent at
Jackson Park. Meanwhile the vote
the Herald invited on preference for
site showed large majority in favor
of Jackson Park.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

The Rev. Madison c. Peters, who
recently left Philadelphia TO assume
the pastorate of Bloomingdale Re-
formed Church in New York, and
whose late marriage to Philadelphia
lady has been announced, gets his
name again into the newspapers, this
time in connection with a charge of
plagiarism, preferred by several Phil
adelphia papers. Mr.. Peters, in an in
terview published in the New York
Herald. defends himself with vigor, al
leging that the charge is mere spite
work on account Of his remark, when
he came to New York, that there was
mo live man in Philadelphia who
didn't want to get TO New York" The
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28
FRIDAY.

The annual meeting Of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, of Harvard, held at
Boston yesterday, Bishop Henry G.
Potter. of New York, delivered an adj
dress criticising the political abuses
which he declared prevailed in this
country, claiming that personal gain
and not the good OF the government
was the chief aim of parties and !ndi-
viduals in the struggle for prcfermcnt.
He compared the present aspect OF pol
itics in this country with the period in
Roman history when the Pratorlan
guards offered to put the empire up at
auction.
All the cereals opened lower on
Change yesterday, but regained the
price within an hour aud closed for the
day at an advance OF less than lc over
Wednesdays closing. Provisions dull
with tendency toward lower prices.
Receipts of cattle, $4,000; slow and
barely steady. Receipts Of hogs, D.
600: slow and strong ten cents lower,
with the bulk Of the mixed selling at
$3.65 to 1910, and the heavy 1924 and
1915. Receipts Of sheep and lambs,
5000; common sheep 10 cents lower,
and common lambs DC lower
The debate on the National Elec-
tiOn bill was commenced in the house
yesterday. Congressman Lodge, Of
Massachusetts, opened the debate, de-
claring that the government must, If
compelled to do so, exert all its conSti-
tutlonal powers to secure honest cleo
lions in the south.
The members of the Worlds Fair
National Commission effected tenn
porary organization in Chicago yestcr-
day, and appointed committee OF
eleven on permanent organization.
At a meeting of retail lumber deal
ers from nearly every state in the
union, held in Chicago yesterday, the
United Association Of Lumbermen
was organized.
There Is as yet no change in the con-
dition of the Ill. Cent. r. Il. strike, at
any rate none for the better.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

The widow of the late John V. A..
Hoes, died at the home with her
daughter, Ella c. Neville, at Green
Bay, Wis, on Tuesday night. The re-
mains will be brought to Ottawa for
burial, arriving on the c. B. & q. at
noon today. Mrs. Fanny Reynolds
Hoes. forty years ago was among the
elite of our best society: personally at
tractive, with many accomplishments,
gay and charming woman. In 1852
she united with the Congregational
church and was always ready to do
her part as she was able in the social
and benevolent ways of doing good.
After the decease of her husband and
marriage of her children, her residence
has been elsewhere and she herself
seldom a visitor here. About year
ago she spent a little time with
former friends here, her last visit.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28

Mr.. Speaker Reed got a decided rap
over the knuckles" by his republican
brethren in the house on Thursday.
When, on Wednesday, the silver bill
as passed by the senate was reported
to the house it was passed over in the
usual way, the house being occupied
with other business. Thursday morn
ing, however, on reading the journal
of Wednesdays proceedings, mention
was made Of the senate silver bill as
having been referred to the commit
tee on coinage" The clerk being
asked or whose authority he had made
such statement in the journal, ans
swered on authority of Speaker Reed.
Now ne motion of the kind having
been made in the house, and the, COM
mittee on coinage being hostile TO the
bill, this reference by the speaker
without authority from the house
looked very much Ikea trick to smoth-
er the bill, and to circumyent the
trick, Mr.. Mills at once moved that
the journal be corrected by striking
the clause out. The speaker claimed
that he had a right to make such
reference of the bill without direction
of the house, by general usage, As he
had done in hundreds OF other cases.
The friends Of the silver bill contend
ed that while the house may have to!-
Grated his doing so in regard to bills
of no Importance, he had no such
right, and that its exercise on the case
of SO important bill as the present
should not be endured, and on vote
being taken the resolution Of Mr..
Mills was adopted, seventeen republic
cans voting with the democrats in its
favor. 1t was the hardest knock the
Speaker had yet received from his own
party, and the fight over it was SO hot
and vigorous that 1t consumed the
whole days session.