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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

riors making forts and preparing for
most dreadful carnage. That they are
now ruins alters not the fact daily APP
parent to the older inha bitants that they
are landmarks of war and constant re-
minders of days they would gladly for
get.
Falls Church is beautiful little viii
1age of about three thousand inhabit-
ants, and they are apparently happy
people. Their homes are handsome
cottages of every variety of design;
with large yards, tennis grounds. GRO
quot fields and Fairgrounds for chill
dren beneath the shade of ancient and
wide-spreading trees. Not less than
thousand of these people, men and wom-
en-, ride into Washington on the steam
cars every day to attend to their duties
as clerks in the executive departments.
In the afternoon, leaving the city with
it's heat, noise and hustle, they return
to their homes and enjoy life in comfort
and refinement. A handsome little fell
low about five years of age, asked for
ride, and we took him with us in the
buggy. He showed us the churches,
gave us the names of the most promi-
nent citizens, and finally gave us his
| own name, which was Charlie Foster
Myers. His mother is an Ohio lady, the
widow of an army officer, and the
bright little fellow was named after the
distinguished secretary Of the treasury,
Hon. Charles Foster.
Between Falls Church and Washing
ton there are no less than dozen towns
laid out, with lots for sale. One of them,
Fostoria, is eleven miles from the city
by rail. Another, Bel Air, is ten miles
| out. Another, Graystone, is seven miles
| away. There are no houses erected,
but the streets are regularly laid out
| and shade trees are growing in regular
order, while many lots have been sold
to the department clerks who have not
sufficient funds to purchase lots in the
city, but who hope. some day, to build
homes for themselves in these far-oh
suburbs.
On the return trip, which had been de-
lightfully agreeable, although the sun
was shining, when we were within
three miles of the city. the sky became
overcast with clouds, the wind rose, the
storm gathered, and as we hastily put
up the curtains and spread our rubber
robe. the rain commenced to fall in
torrents. Little brooks came rushing
out of the woods across the road, and
soon we were dashing along an un-
macadamized thoroughfare, covering
our horse and buggy with mud. This
experience led me to say SO much about
the uncared-for condition of the c6un-
try. Northern or western people would
care for their roads, make them passa-
able in all weather and equal to every
emergency. Our climate is peculiar
one, for the rains come down upon Us
very frequently and unexpectedly, in
absolute defiance of all predictions and
representations of the we ather bureau.
Our beloved Uncle Jerry Rusk has
charge of the weather, but he never
knows whether to carry his umbrella to
his Office with him or not.
SMITH D. Fry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

=attire, which includes silk tile, which
smay be white or black according to cir
ecumstances; also kid gloves and patent
leather shoes. The conventional ac-
compartments of diamond pin and gold
watch are included, of course.
The other day l was the leading actor
zin q little street scene; or. to describe it
7more accurately, it was what the play
bills put down as a screaming farce. l
was not only the star, but constituted
pretty much the whole performance.
found myself on a crowded street,
where there ought to have been plenty
of street cars. | had half mile to go.
A smart shower set in, add though the
distance 1 had to travel was long, yet
my time was short.
So also was the supply of cars, evil
IDENTIFY, for there was not one in sight.
opened up my bejeweled umbrella,
~or tried TO do so, but to my dismay, the
handle parted from the top and nothing
1held it to the silk cover but the braces.
II tried, as we'll as my ingenuity would
devise, to induce that stick to perform
"a part at least of its proper functions.
But no. In vulgar phrase. it was nc
longer in it.
By this time, as you may suppose,
the rain was falling, and l not being
constructed like water shed, was
sgetting soaked. Quite disguised. but
lreSOlute, l hurried on, meanwhile roll
ling up my friend OF the gold head
with the care and tenderness to which
9the old cripple was entitled. This
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

who peopled and developed It would
have settled upon these hills and in
these valleys and made them blossom
as the rose. But they passed by, leav-
ing beautiful country to stand alone,
inert. non-progressive and almost retro
gresSlve.
Words are Inadequate to express
and portray the beauties of the
scenery opening up in bewildering
vistas to the traveller here. 1t is almost
kaleidoscope. There are innumerable
grasses, all kinds of timber, soil fit for
imperial development and atmospheric
perfection for the health and enjoy
ment of man. Upon almost every hill
top, however, there are long ridges or
mounds which constantly remind one
of the days so lately passed, when tens
of thousands of American citizens, from
the north and from the south, marched
and countermarched with deadly in
tent These mounds represent not the
toll of the husbandman; not the thrift
of home builders; but the labor of war
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

a Anvil; b. b, Lancets; C. Poison sack; e. e.
Valves, b, Hollow in Awl, l. j, Hollow in
LancetS; m, Tube from sack to reservoir. O. o
Openings from hollow in the lancets; s, Reser-
voir; t. [. Ridges in avn; I, Groove in lancet
u, u, Barbs.
sack, C, by the tube NJ and below by a
slit with the tube made by the joining
of the three 1ancets- The smaller
lancets b, B, have at their bases pecu-
liar valves, E, E Their points are
barbed, q, q, in the sectional drawing,
which also shows the tube in the Ian
Get, and the openings o. o, connecting
the tube with the exterior. These
barbs catch and hold. causing the sting
to be left in when it is used. The poison
is driven through the openings and
through the tube formed by the lance
into the object ctung. This poison is
| an acid fluid which the bee secretes and
stores in the sack, c. Being acid an
| alkali, as ammonia, or soda, will neu-
tralize it and help to allay the pain and
swelling.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

and yellow leaf of life it is well-nigh
impossible for mortal man to revamp
his life and bring his energies to bear
upon the solution of the problems of
existence and advancement in a new
world. or under a new order of things.
In other words, men are rather the
creatures of circumstances than OF
centerstances. Therefore we need not
wonder that the fences are broken, the
the lawns overgrown with weeds,
the roads in miserable condition,
the bridges crude and unimproved,
The people Indifferent and lacking in
the spirit of push and vigor which
are characteristic Of the north
and the west. Hands unused
to toll in early life will
not with alacr;ty take up
the burdens which fall SO lightly upon
others more happily circumstanced in
youth. One accustomed to look upon
the corn and wheat fields of the west,
teeming with life and throbbing with
thrift, might be tempted to sheer OF
jeer at these fields so neglected. But
philanthropy, charity and fraternity
| produce better thoughts. more kindly
| feelings. These are not days for Grim
| for Christian consideration and enlight
| ened thought.
Only one evidence of ingenuity was
| discovered in this entire trip. There
| was place in a fence leading to a res
| idence where there were bars to lei
| down for the passage of horse ane
buggy. Upon either post the farmer
had nailed inverted horseshoes IL
| which to rest the bars 1t was unique
a., indicative of the fact that the resi-
lent had been thinking and had
wrought his idea into tangibility and
visibility. The lawn was clean cut
the trees were trimmed, the veranda
painted white and the children playing
thereon were clean and we'll dressed
The place is an oasis in a desert, ano
demonstrates what can be done by q
sturdy and aggressive man in this won
derful country. But for slavery the
Iyeomen who marched into that wilder
ness northwest of Wheeling on the
Ohio river. that magnificent country
which was given to the republic by
Virginia and which is now divided int
! seven sovereign states, the pioneer'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
A Touch of Pathos.

There is little more pitiful than a
boy who has lost his mother. The
neighbors come in and are kind to his
sisters in their efforts to comfort them,
but the boy seems to be out of reach of
their sympathy. They cannot under
stand his grief, or that he grieves at
all. He does not sit around or weep
into a lace handkerchief; he goes out
and cries on his sleeve behind the barn,
while his sisters in the parlor are hav-
ing their tears wiped away by kind
hearted, motherly women with candy
in their pockets. A boy is SO awkward,
and rough, and homely. and noisy. and
when the only one in the world who
believed in him or his possibilities lies
dead in the house, his heart aches the
same as girls. -Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
The SIZE OF SIIOS.
Too Long Exposure the Cause of q Gre
Deal of Loss.

Too Long Exposure the Cause of q Great
Deal of Loss.
h B. Gurler, in a recent issue of
Hoard's Dairyman, said: Judging from
some pointers picked up in converse
ton with feeders of ensilage, there are
some making the mistake of exposing
too much surface TO- the number of cat
tie fed. know of some cases where
trouble with milk from ensilage feed
was traced to moldy and decayed en-
silage, caused by too long exposure.
Unsound feed of any kind will make
milk of the same kind. l have traced
off-havored milk to rotten hay from
bottom of stack or NOW.
1t has occurred to me that we might
have rule to apply to size of compart-
ments in silos. Let it be certain num-
Der of square feet per animal
Probably majority of farmers feed
some kind of dry coarse feed besides
ensilage and do not feed more than one
cubic foot per animal per day, and il
we remove two inches per day from the
exposed surface as advised in the Wis
consin bulletin. we are using one-sixth
of foot in depth daily or one foot in
depth in six days By this rule we
could have exposed six square feet pei
animal to be fed For twenty cows q
s.lo or compartment ten by twenty
would be the proper size This be
lieve to be a safe rule.
In cold weather the surface exposed
per animal. can be increased, but fol
fall and spring weather, 1 believe 81,
feet per animal is plenty near enough
the danger line.
have been thinking for some time
to give my ideas on this question AND
hope it is not too late to discuss tn,
matter before we commence filing oul
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

the street volunteered the saiutation to
his chum:
..Patsey. the ould gint's Altered to
get his umbrella wet, see!''
A bevy of young and smart-loolking
shop girls whom I met, as 1 passed
them, loudly snickered.
This affected me seriously.
The umbrella which had brought me
to this ridiculous plight now began to
torment me as most intolerable bur-
den. gripped it, as if it were a mortal
foe whom was determined to strangle.
Then 1 put it under my arm and
pointed it up and turned it down alter
nately. But as these evolutions
smacked strongly of the performance
of drum major, I desisted.
Meanwhile, the public. from an in
vestment of mere curiosity. were now
disposed to reap a dividend of fun.
At the windows of the drug stores
and saloons along my route, custom
ers glued their faces to the glass and
grinned.
To the half-dozen young gentlemen
who zealously accompanied me, and
whose rags, like feathers, dropped in
the rain, these manifestations of ap-
plause along our line of march were
inspiring and suggestive of yet greater
possibilities of amusement
Accordingly, they became more
demonstrative. One of them suggested
the improbability of finding any flies
on me. Another accounted for this by
the opinion, dat der flies" didn't suf-
ficiently appreciate soft thing.
Ere a block had been passed, my
! company had been reinforced by re-
cruits to full battalion. And I,
a martyr to dignity and, by Pc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
THE SEASONS COuoRS.
Handsome Shades and Combinations jus
Introduced.

Handsome Shades and Combinations just
Introduced.
No actually new colors are to be
noted, although there is perceptible
difference in colors previously named
the same as now. This difference is
slight f1attening Of tint, SO to speak; in
other words, a slight falling off from
the extreme richness of color, which,
although so exquisite in itself, is often
adrawback to the complexion. to which
little crudeness of color sometimes
affords opportunity to display its own
projections
On importers color-cards there are
at least ten shades of blue and brown
to five of green, which tells a story of
its own. Green is making vigorous eff
forts to hold its own, but the fact is
that gray and navy blues are really and
actually the most popular colors at
present Brown comes in many shades,
and is increasing in popularity steadi-
ly. The newest shade of this color is
choca. sort of creamy chocolate color.
which is exquisite in the soft woolens
and repped veloutine silks
Faience is q delicate old blue. which
in fine ladies-cloth, silk and satins is q
perfect foil to pure blonde loneliness.
such as Rubens delighted to put on cam
vas Serpent is a familiar green which
has corresponding note in its own key
of color. Dark blue is seen to best sd-
vantage in serges and heavy cloths for
street wear, while datura is purplish.
dull, dark blue, matronly hue for ele-
CANT reception dresses of silk or silk
and cloth combined
As color combination,g gray and black
leads; and black with mandarin, a vivid
reddish orange, is a splendid contrast,
| much in favor with brunettes and gray
eyed demi-blondes, to whose tigerish
beauty this oriental combination is
specially becoming
There are a few splendid shades OF
red, which only appear incidentally in
fashions color harmony, and the few
] heliotrope shades are sumptuous in
| tint
The evening colors are ciel. little
| less blue than last season, turquoise,
old rose, maize-color, cream. bOuvreuil,
an exquisite dawn-fiushed color, neither
lilac nor rose-color. but suggesting both;
| and besides these, silvery gray, Nile
green and white complete the list
| Demorest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
CONCERNING SOME FOLKS.

Some folks is alters grum blin' no matter what
they've got,
"A indin' fault with what they nave ana want1n
what they've not;
And you'd think, to hear EN- kickin' an cussin'
of their luck
That the worlds bad investment an the
Lords gettin' stuck;
An it riles me up to hear 'em aeon plainin' all
the time
With their measly misconception of the work O.
the Sublime
An it sets me to rehectin' on the merits OF the
An DRAWN Of conclusions appertainin' to the
race, Fl
Till I've got to thinlsin' that it's sinful to
complain;
That Tiers just much of pleasure there
ever was Of pain;
That there amt more to cuss about than
what there is to bless.
An things are pretty ekally divided up
guess;
For when you strike balance 'twixt the shad-
der an the sun.
The two will allers ekaliZe when all is said and
done;
An the world is balanced even, or it wouldn't
SPIN arOun',
For the hills'll fill the hoers when the thing is
leveled down.
There's another old time doctrine an I've found
1t mighty true,
That you never get thing without a-losn' some
thin too
That there never a gain without corre-
spondin loss;
That you're not agon to wear the crown un-
less you bear the cross.
An when you see pint in life, the where you'd
like to get,
You may make it soon or later, but you'll pay
fur 1t, bet.
"A man may get the larnin' of the sciences an
SIGH
An another deals in futures an may strike it
sudden rich;
IBut the first has lost the peace Of mind that
once he used to feel
An the last has lost the relish OF the hard
earned. honest meal
An when you see a Iellers got things extra
nice,
You can gamble that for all he's got he's paid
the market price.
An IL your life was figured out, I'll tell you
what my friend,
You'd find it balanced just the same as his'n at
the end. gsT
Then quit your fool complaiuin' an studyin'
For the time you spend in cussin you can better
spend in work,
Things do take bilious look at times, ]
must admit,
but q kickn an complainin' won't help the
thing a bit.
An the clouds that come driftin by'n vanish
one by one, Fgrt.ft fre.
An a-peerin from behind 'em is the glory OF the
There's as much of sun as shadder in every drap
o. dew,
There's as much of day us darkness when you
take the year all through:
There's as much of sun as shadder in every
human heart,
An OF day an night in every life you'll find an
ekal part.
An should there be a residue stan'in' either
way
Trhe Lord'n make it ekal on t'other side some
day.
Albert Bigelow Paine, in Epoch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
THE BEES STING.
Structure of the Organ Described
Amply illustrated.

Structure of the Organ Described and
Amply illustrated.
The organ of defense which worker
bees possess is very complicated
structure. The sting is composed OF
two highly-polished, sharp. hollow
spears or lancets. B, B, and an awl, A,
in the illustration, held firmly together
by projections T on the central one.
which fit into grooves T on the sides Of
the other two. These lancets lying to-
gether form a tube between them
The central lance A. sometimes called
the sheath, is larger than the Others
and has cylindrical reservoir S at the
base which connects with the poison
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

AM q man who
has long been
S u S pc cted of
common sense,
yet a IN G r e
t r i fl e m a Y
throw me off
my mental bal
ance. 1 aspire
to some dignity
of manner, and
on the public
b o o k S / am
credited with
some items of
re spectability.
l Weara stylish
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

J. NJ SMITH tells the Rural New
Yorker that he uses silo for preserv-
ing the waste leaves trimmed from
cabbage plants and other garden
wastes For the last two years he has
put his small carrots into the Silo with
out topping and finds that they keep
nicely.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
Cause and Effect.

Mrs. Solomon-Georg shall need a
new pair of slippers this week. The
soles of these old ones are completely
worn out
Johnny Solomon-Papa. shall need
a new pair of trousers this week. The
seat of these old ones is completely
worn out.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
A Good pisinfectant.

Great need is often felt of a good, re-
liable disinfectant in such Quantities
that the amount of the purchase money
precludes its use An ounce of per
manganate of potash, which may be
obtained of any druggist viii make q
bucketful of as good deodorizer and
disinfectant as can be obtained 1t
only needs to be dissolved in water,
and can be kept in crystals until it is
needed This solution is sold in bottles
at large price in England. under q
registered name, and has an enviabie
and well merited reputation--N Y.
Recorder
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
The Retort Discourteor

Sharpson-You're lazy.
Phlatz-I have known It for years
"Then why don't you REFORM?
Reform? Do you suppose q hog,
even If it knows itself to be a hog, can
change itself into an elephant"
Certainly not" lYawns)- Chow do
yoa know? Ever try it?'-Chicago
Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
LEAF BLIGHT FUNGUS.

4 PAs1sitic Growth which Destroys
ThOasands Of strawberry Plants.
As to conditions which affect blight
IN the strawberry, the Kentucky state
college of agriculture, by the director
of experiments in the published bulle-
tin, goes into the subject in its minutia,
Of which the following is a synopsis:
Young plants are not liable to blight
until their leaves are nearly grown,
and new beds, commonly, show but
few of the spots until toward fall. An
exception to this rule was noticed this
year which is worth recording. Some
rows of young plants were put out
alongside old. badly blighted ones In
the fore part of August it was observed
that the young plants next the old
ones were becoming badly spotted, the
first row being especially affected.
while the plants farthest away were
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
A Child,a Logic.

thing that everybody does?
Mother = Yes, child, and Furnishes
them when they do wrong
Efie-TheHiS's better to be lazy and
do nothing, so to be on the safe side.-
Once q Week,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
Why Not !?

Theatrical Manager-Yous surely don't
expect to succeed on the stage solely on
account of your beauty?
Society Woman-Yes, but I do.
know scores of actresses who succeeded
and they aren't one bit good looking
Munsey'S Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

Miss Blanche Snow-I's 'fraid rs de-
privin' yo's OBJ yo's seat, sar.
Mr.. Chesterfield Knight-No deprav-
ity, miss; no depravity.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

THE HANDLE PARTED FROM THE TOP.
finally accomplished, set out briskly.
People were scurrying along in
either direction-those having no UNI
brella on the run, and those having
one holding it at quite the proper an
gle.
At last the odd sight of an elegantly
attired gentleman grasping neatly
rolled umbrella, aud striding calmly
along in the rain, was too much for a
curious public, therefore various re-
marks reached my ears
Say, mister" squeaked an urchin
from the shelter of u dry doorway,
<sdon't you know it's a rainin'?''
All oblivious, 1 passed on. Then a
. shrill-voiced young Arab from across
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-07-31
THE WAY TO FARMLAND.

What is the way to fairy-land
Which is the road to takef
Over the hills, or over the sands
Where the river rirples breakf
The hills stand listening night and day
As If to wonderful tale;
The river whispers along It's way
Secrets to every sail.
They mast be listening and Whispering
there
With the fairy folk. know;
For what but this is the sound in the air
So sweet, and'soft, and low p
The sound that floats DER the misty hills,
Aud runs with little shivcr,
As of ii thousand musical trIlls,
OYer the running river.
o hills that stand SO lofty there,
Listening night and day,
Listen to ME and sho me where
The fairy-folk do stray!
And river, liver, whisper low,
Whisper me low aud sweet,
Tell me the secrets that you know
OF the fairy folks retreat.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-07-31

BIBLE PUZZLES ExPLAINED.-A
"day's journey" was thirty three
and one fifth miles.
A Sabbath days journey" was
about one English statute mile.
A "cubit" is % inches, almost.
A "hand's breadth" was 81 inch
es.
A "fngers breadth" was about
1 inch.
Ezekiafs reed was IL feet long.
A"shekel of silver" was about so
cents of our money.
A ''shekel OF gold" was $500.
A salient of silver" was s516.32.
A salient of gold" was $13.S09
A "piece of silver" was about Is
cents.
A "pennyr was the same as a
"piece:"
A "farthing" was 3 cents.
A Unite" was about IL cents.
A "gerham" was equal to about
1 cent.
A "homer' was a measure that
would hold I5 gallons and 5 pints.
An SONAR" was 6 pinls.
A "hin" was l gallon and 2
pints.