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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

CIVILIZATION as constituted at the
present day, consist in mad and ig-
noble strife for wealth and rank and
power. Competition, robbed of its
Establishments, is only another term for
consumate greed and avarice. Gold is
the God of wealth and fashion. and at
the same unholy shrine kneel the idoli-
tors of our present industrial system.
The demands of trade are considered
more sacred than goodness and great
ness and honesty. To buy cheap and
sell dear; to make machines for wealth
grinding of men and women and
children; to crush the weak unfOrtun-
ate. to Cypress humanity by snppressing
human rights-such are the objects Of
insatiate greed, as fostered by our social
and industrial life. Self constituted
political economists prate of the mex
orable law of supply and demand, while
millions of willing workmen lack the
means of supplying the demands of
hunger. Colossal wealth on one hand,
groveling poverty on the other, and un-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

A GEORGIA editor breaches a whole
editorial sermon when he states in
hOmely but fOrcible language: "Tbe
longer we run newspaper and write
about people and events the more we
realize how impossible it is to scratch
every man on the spot where he itches
the most -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

LEAvENwORTH police collected
1900 in fines Qicences) during April
from liquor sellres, gamblers and pros
titutes. Prohibition is shining sue
cess in LeavenwOrth. The police is
governed by Board of Police Commits
siOners appointed by Gov. Humphrey.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

The national alliance will be held at
Cincinnati on next Tuesday, the 10th
inst, when, it is understood. the ques-
tion of whether or not the third party
fight will be carried into 1892 will be
coftloI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

A"PRINTER's stick" is an iron pam
in which 'blacksmitbs' often mix their
.'pi."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

THERE Will be no .-monkeyipp- at
the Worlds Fair-the Dagos will not
be i'm it..
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

Now that Mr. Halstead is firmly
anchored in Brooklyn Who will have
charge of the pyrotechnical department
of this years Ohio campaign?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

WITH the formidable maturing obli-
cations to meet, and revenue from i'm
ports declining as rapidly as at present,
the administration is getting into deep
water financially. We want to put
here and now on record a little proph-
ecy. If, as Chauncey Depew says he
will be, Harrison is nominated, Cleve-
land will wipe the earth with him.
Well, beloved brethren of the senate,
get Il move on you, OF somebody will
be squealing how much you cost each
day, each hour, each moment and each
second of the session.-Lawrence
Record, (Rep.)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. C. May IL. lssl-
There is a vast accumulation of mat
tiers requiring attention from the state
department just now and Secretarr
Blaine will probably be a very busy
man during the summer. The recente
events in the Chillian situation have.
added to the complexity of affairs and
there is now a long docket of unsolved
diplomatic problems, as follows: The
Italian row, the Behring Sea complica-
tion, the Canadian reciprocity scheme,
the Newfoundland fisheries business.
the Chillian muddle, the Spanish agree
ment, the Venezuelan treaty, the Hay
tian grant of coaling station, the re-
fusal of China to take our minister, she
tronble over the failure of consul at
Victoria to toast the queen. and quite
a number of minor matters, includine
the claim of the Barrundia family.
The grand jury rea ched the sans
conclusion concerning the New Orleans
affair that has already been expressed.
by fair-minded men throughout the civ
ilized world Society viii protect itself
when the ordinary machinery for its
protection fails. Under such circum-
stances it is unexampled for an entire
population to be indited-for the affair
had the countenance and support of
society. The report of the jury may be
considered as final answer to the de-
mands of Italy 1t is difficult to see
what the United States government
has now to do with the matter but to
accept the results of the inquisition of
the grand jury under the laws of Louis
lana, and with that result it is probable
that the government of Italy viii have
TO be content. Only one of the victims
is known to have been a subject Of
Italy, and he was an escaped convict.
If Italy demands an indemnity for the
life of this convict It will be for Con-
gress to decide whether it shall be paid.
The New York Tribune saws: If
the republicans of New York choose.
they can carry the fall elections this
year" There has never been an eleos
tion since the republicans raE Free
mont and Donaldson on the national
ticket, but, somehow-and the Tribune
may discover the same by refreshing
Its memory-the choosing has not
always been the accomplishing.
Choose" Is not qC the -ord the
Tribune wants 20 use III this Uonnec-.
ton
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

A statement prepared at the Pension
Office shows that during the month of
April last there were issued 81 .5I5
pension certificates of all classes, the
first payments on which aggregated S3,-
S74 SIS. OF the total number of certi-
fcates issued, IL ,167 were under the
general law, and %, ,37S under the act
OF June 27th, 1890.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

The legislature of New York having
failed to make any appropriation for
the representation of that state at sise
Worlds Fair it is not an unreasonable
inference that the subject was regarded
at Albany as of immaterial conse-
quence, and the belief Will naturally
gain strength that for invidious and
other narrow-guaged reasons the cisis
Zens of the Empire state are indisposed
to give the Exposition much of a lift.
1t is not creditable to New York shas
the legislature should have adjourned
without giving some assurance to Chr
cagO OF practical and substantial SYM
pathy in her great international unders
taking and evincing patriotic interest
in its success The appropriation tlIat
New York ought to make may yet be
made, but the lamentable fact remains
that it was not forthcoming when ID
would have been most effective In
this connection and by way of cortTast
it is TO be noted that a large and ens
thuSiastic convention met in Atlanta
Wednesday to make arrangements for
a suitable Georgia exhibit at the Fair.
and even though there is some doubt
as to the right of the legislature to
vote any money for this purpose. a
majority of the convention took tho
ground that it might he constitutional
ly done, and adopted recommenda-
ton to the legislature that the hard
some appropriation of 100000 be
granted. This in the southern state of
Georgia. Even in Louisiana, where il
is certain that under the constitution
no such appropriation can be voted by
the legislature, an energetic movement
is on foot, to which Governor Nichols
has promised his hearty cooperation,
to raise through private sources all the
money that may be needed TO give the
state a proper showing at the Fair.
A member of the Austrian Reichs-
rath having discovered that subjects &c
Austria Hungary are treated as slaves
in Virginia, he should turn his eyes to
the Pennsylvania coke regions where
the Hungarians are sovereign. and be
cOnsoled by the thought of the equity
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16

Fashion seems to have performed a
complete revolution in its orbit and has
brought in once more in full force the
cruel and absurd practice of docking
horses tails. Just at present the Gus
tom is in full force, and the unfortunate
animals appear with the shortest pos
sible tails. AS question of beauty, it
must be conceded that there is loss
instead of a gain. The horses glory,
like that of u woman, is in his hair. The
abbreviated representatives of the flow.
ing tails are poor apology for the
sweeping locks that should grace the
animal. The proportions of the mem
bers are destroyed by removing the tail.
1t throws the horse out of balance SC
that his long neck and heavy head seem
out of proportion. 1t produces the effect
of the horse pitching forward on his
nose. The animal when docl1ed looks
harmonious from no point of view.
The loss of the tail as a weapon against
flies and other insects that so torment the
horse, peculiarly sensitive in his skin, is
one of the great injuries done him in the
docking process. Again, however hu'
namely the process of amputation can be
conducted, it is certain that it is gener
ally an occasion of great cruelty, and
that ignorance is the cause of the infic :.
ing of great suffering.
One consolation underlies the matter
1t is that fashion is perpetually changing
and that new generation of horses ma.
be spared the infiction. The horse witt
docked tail, as he grows old, will de
scend to lgncble uses, and when tht
once fashionably mutilated creature ap
pears in the lower roles of commercial
work, the cultured rider may be willing
to accept nature as the exponent o
beauty unadorned. - Scientific american
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

There is no surer way to get behind the
bars than TO stand too much before them.
Chicago has 5000 saloons, one for every 200
people. Chicago has a church for about
every 5000 people.
George Stevenson, inventor of the rail-
road, for twenty-five years would not allow
liquors to be sold on the Darlington and
Stockton Railway.
John Morris, a wealthy butcher of Mis-
sour, who has lately died, left $50 600 by
will 10 Mrs. Anna Brown, the leader of the
Lathrop crusade against saloons two years
ago. He had never seen her, but admired
heT pluck.
Francisco Crispi, the foremost statesman
of Italy, has just passed his SEVENTEEN birth
day. He still speaks with all the fire and
iorce of forty years ago. He drinks no wine
or beer, nor does he smoke tobacco, and he
abstains from all luKuries.
Ten Of the rs counties of Missouri are
shown by the census to have decreased in
population from 1889 to 1890, OF these ten
counties eight were rum counties. There
were IN the State, in 1890, thirty-six Pro
hihitlon counties having an aggregate
population of So, IFS which was an increase
OF %, fl3, or 1853 per cent. upon the pOpu-
latlOn OF 1890. This is the way prohibition
drives away population"
The following startling statement as to
how ordinary beer is made is contained in a
circular issued by the sofcallet "Pure Beer
Association" of England Here are soms OF
the ingredients: "Sugar1 black sugar, burnt
sugar, Egytian basIaidk gelaunized rice,
bi-sulphate of line cilcid sulphite Ia glutin-
GUS mucous, repni"'' Blocking substanea
madaF rons a"i'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16

When there are two men at work have
two wagons; then one man can husk
while the other puts the load in the crib.
II the man remaining in the field throws
the corn on the ground it must be ham
died again, and thus effort is wasted.
When one man gathers let him take two
OF three rows on the left side of the
wagon (unless he is left -handed), driving
over the last row husked. He should
have high extra board on the side of
the wagon farthest from him. Every
wagon used in gathering corn should be
fitted with scooping table on the
rear. The best substitute for this is a
board four feet long and wider than the
scoop, one end resting on the rear end
gate and the other on the end of the bed.
The lines should be fastened through
loops put in the side Of the wagon.bed
nearest to the man and in the rear end
gate; then if the team is frightened (and
horses are frequently frightened in field
of ripe CORN, the man can speedily get
at the lines from either the side or the
rear of the wagon; moreover, lines so
arranged are not in the way of the
corn.
Some men are much faster huskers
than others, and this is largely owing to
the better way in which they grasp the
ear. II the corn is TO stand In the crib
for some time the silk should be taken
off as well as the husk. The silk favors
mice and mold more than the husk, and
detracts much from the appearance of
the ear. If the silk Is to be removed
grasp the ear at the point with the left
hand; pull back the husk with the right
hand; catch the point of the ear with the
same hand; shove the left hand, grasp
ing the silk and under husks, to the butt
Of the ear, and break off the ear by
quick upward movement OF the right
hand. The movement of the right ha6d
back to the point of the ear, and of the
left hand from the point of the ear to the
butt, eau be made almost simultaneously.
Some men can easily crib five bushels per
hour, huslling in this way, of corn that
yields forty bushels, shelled, to the acre.
When occasional silks and husks adher-
ing to the ears are allowable, as they are
when the corn is to be fed In short
time, the best plan is to grasp the butt
of the ear, firmly, with the left hand;
strip back with the right hand, the husks
toward 1t; grasp the ear about its mid
die with the right hand, and by quick
upward jerk lift it out of the remaining
husks and break it off.
Many prefer steel or bone husling
peg, slightly curved in front of the hand.
1t should be half an inch broad, else it
will blister or callous the hand. The
best preventive of cracked fingers is
thorough washing IN rain water with
CASTLE soap, and amounting with glycer-
inc, rubbing it in we'll. The best cure
is shoemaker's wax put on bit of cloth
and pressed over the crack when warm.
--Amerfcan Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
HARVESTING FIELD CORN.

The best time to begin harvesting
corn is the earliest moment the crop can
be put in the crib without damage. Every
day after this the corn is apt to become
more or less damaged in the field. The
autumn days are longer than those of
winter. With gloves a man cannot husk
corn so fast as without them; and he
cannot husk so fast in December or Jan
uary, when his bare fingers will often be
numb, as he can in November, when the
weather is more agreeable and the days
are longer. The earlier the ears arc
gathered the earlier the cattle can be put
in the field, and the more and better
feed they will get. Whea two men are
at work it is best to drive over row,
each man taking his turn oa the "down
rows" The horses should be muZzled, ,
not on account of the corn they eat, but
because they waste a. Perhaps the best
muzzle is a handmade basket just large
enough to cover the nose and mouth. 1t
is made OF hickory slips, aud any
farmer can make it. Many cou-
slider this muzzle better than the wire
basket.
II boy can be had at half wages let
him husk the down row, as the men
otherwise will lose some time while going
from the side to the rear of tbs wagon
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
Efect Of Ice on Animal LIfe.


Professor Henry s. Bodeman, Of San
Francisco, when asked by reporter
about the effect Of ice on animal life
said: "Frogs can be frozen in all con.
ditions to solid ice, SO that the slightest
trace OF life no longer exists, so that no
sign of vitality can be elected from
them, by the greatest irritation, and then
again come to life after having been
thawed out, and appear just as before
the experiment. Dument in 1S42 per-
formed such an experiment with great
success. Many fishes we know, espeo-
tally the pike, can be frozen through aud
through or be left lying in the air and
still be revived on being moistened with
water. With warm-blooded animals
only few experiments of this sort have
been tried. Still, it is known that a few
may be frozen, even to the entire cessa-
tion Of the hearts action and breathing,
even TO the complete disappearance of
nervous and muscular sensibility, and
then by careful heating become, for a
time at least, alive again. And the
chicken in the egg, before Matching, can
be so greatly reduced in temperature
that the action of the heart ceases, with
out suffering injury, if after couple of
days the normal heat is restored. 1t
merely matches so much smaller, since it
cannot regain the lost time Fresh eggs
again, which have been frozen to solid
ice, have developed, after gradual thaw-
ing, with complete regularity in the pro-
cess of incubation. ."-St. Louis Star
Sayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
VARY A HORSE S FEED.

A short time ago valuable horse, an
imported draft stallion, was fed all the
hay he would eat, with dire result. 1t
took an experienced horseman months to
correct the mischief done by seasons
stuffing with hay. Since that severe
lesson we have had constantly the care
Of workhorses, and have found that fully
as good results in feeding were had
where good bright straw, of which the
animals ate little, was used for roughness
and variety, but no greater quantity of
grain was fed them when hay was large
and constant part of the diet. An oppor-
tunity to inspect the feeding Of horses in
a large stable belonging to a street car
company revealed the fact that the horses
required to make twenty -four miles per
day at a jog-trot, in heats of six miles
each, were fed almost entirely a grain
diet, being given only enough hay to
secure good digestion. The common
ration was crushed corn and wheat bran
mixed by weight, and the whole mixed
with coarse cut hay. OF this about hall
bushel was fed dry at one mess
Omaha Stockman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
Castor OIL Tablets.

A Chicago house is now engaged in
the manufacture OF castor oil tablets.
Each tablet is an inch square and about
a quarter Of an inch thick, and contains
sixty per cent. castor oil. The other
,omponents are cocoa and sugar. One
tablet is considered a small dose for an
adult. The method of compression was
discovered by accident. This is the in
veutor's story: "When lived on Forty
third street two years ago there was a
sick child next door that could not be
induced to take dose of castor oil. 1
fixed up little with some powdered d
chocolate, and the child took it readily
and cried for it. That suggested the
idea of making castor oil tablets. My
partner, who conducts the laboratory,
went to work. The main difficulty was
TO get tablet that would not let the oil
ooze out. After good deal of expert
ment he has succeeded. How he does
it is, of course, our secret. "-Ne,O Or.
leans Times Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Plain whitewash is said to be remedy
for the woody apis.
Feeding the young chickens on clear
surface is good preventive of gapes.
Langshans, brahmas and cochins
fatten very readily and should not be
fed exclusively upon corn.
If the geese are we'll provided with
warm quarters aud are well fed, they
can be picked regularly all winter.
Whenever possible, farm neighbor-
hoods should hold experience meetings,
taking the wives and young people along.
A hen will eat anything that hog
will, and if well managed will return
much better per cent. of profit on the
capital invested.
Select a good, heavy rooster of your
favorite breed let him be broad across
the back, full breasted and active, aud
use him for breeding this winter.
The safest plan is never to inbreed the
fowls; change the roosters every year and
better results will be Sc cured, especially
when it is desired to improve the flock.
Wire netting is an excellent material
to use for making temporary yards for
the fowls. 1t is easily to put up and
can be readily taken down and moved
when necessary.
The trouble with those who fail IN feed
ing bran is-they feed too little meal with
it. When thev feed we'll balanced ra-
ton, of which bran is part, they will
find the milk all right.
Very fat pullets not only wean few
eggs, but if the eggs are used for hatch
ing the chickens will be weak and sick
ly. A thrifty condition of the hens is
necessary to thrifty chickens.
Good horses are always in sach demand
that it seems strange that so many far
mers show an aversion to raising colts.
A colt is easily broken il kindly aud
firmly treated from the start, and no
animal is surer of market.
Many horses are lamed by improper
pairing of the hoof by right handed
I blacksmiths. They pare uuevenly, make
one side tender, and lameness results.
Farmers should make note of this when
they 90 to the blacksmith shop.
By boiling them soft enough to mash
and mix with bran, beans eau be made to
take the place of vegetables in poultry
food during the winter. They contain
good per cent. of nitrogen, which en-
tiers largely into the composition OF
eggs.
1t is not generally known among farm.
ers that the same food that makes q
pound of dressed beef would make a
pound of butter. At the present
price of cattle, the farmer gets about
five cents a pound for his dressed beef
while butter is worth fifteen cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
Moving Sidewalk in Operation.

Another test of the movable sidewalk
at Jackson PARK was made the other day
with satisfactory results. The "side-
Walk as it is called, is designed to
carry visitors from one building to an
other during the fair. 1t ran four hours
Yesterday without a break. The "side-
walk" is in the form of two parallel plat
forms. One of these moves at the rate
of three miles an hour. If that speed is
not swift enough to suit the passenger he
steps over on the other platform, which
moves at the rate of six miles an hour.
Both platforms are carried by the same
trucks and wheels, but the inventors
claim that new principle has been ap.
piled in securing two rates of speed.
The platform that runs SIX miles an
hour runs on the rim of the wheel, while
the three-mile platform runs On the axle.
To satisfy the exposition authorities that
the sidewalk" could be operated on
curve, the inventors put in loop 900
feet long aud operate it with ninety
horse power of electricity. This is suf-
icient power to carry 800 people
Chieag0 Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
TRAINING TOMATOES.

In my experiments in pruning and
training tomatoes have noticed that the
fruit colors better on the vines which
have not been pruned; also that the di-
rect rays Of the sun tougher the skin and
cause discoloration Of the fruit; a fact
which demonstrates Dame Natures SUI
perior knowledge of the amount of
foliage required to nourish aud mature
her fruit. Many of the rocks and trel-
lises designed for the support of tomato
vines doubtless have good points, but as
am somewhat sceptical on this subject
never provide chairs or settees for my
tomato plants, but train them vigorously
to the perpendicular; hence my vines are
supplied with five efoot stakes, two to
each plant, split from ash logs, and
fastened with basket stuff, so there can
be little slipping or stretching ng.-Amer-
ieaa AgricWlturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-16
First Mention of Football.

The origin of football is unknown, but
the first mention of the game is in the
reign of Edward III. (1349), who issued
an edict against it, not from any particu-
lar objection to the game, but because it
co operated with other favorIte amuse-
ments to impede the progress of archery.
The penalty was one of imprisonment at
the Kings pleasure. The danger attend
ing the game occasioncd King James /.
to say from his court, 81 debarre all
rough and violent exercises as the foot
ball, meeter for laneiug than making
able the users thereof. ."-Loadon Tit
Bits