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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
FOOD FOR POULTRY.
Glover Hay Che Best Winter Ration Zoe
Laying Hence

Glover Hay @ho Best Winter Ration 8oe
Laying Hence
It is only recently, says Che Western
Stockman, that clover hay has been
Sound to be the cheapest and best wins
eef food for laying hens, and that by its
use the great difficulty of procuring
green food is overcome. In fact, Che
essential want of the hens in winter is
not so much that of green food as Of
bulky food of heterogeneous character.
For many years the writers and breed
ers have made a speciality Of recon-
mending all kinds of grains for poultry,
che only variation being that at certain
times some of it was to be whole grains,
and at other times soft food was to be
given. 1t did not occur to them that
the effects of long-continued diet of
grain was as injurious to fowls as to
cattle, and that the concentrated grain
food gave the best results when diluted
(if we may use the expression) with
some kind of bulky material, which not
only promoted digestion, but also large
ly assisted in supplying the elements
necessary for the albumen of the eggs,
which was lacking in the carbonaceous
food of the grains.
To prepare IL as 1000 1or mems, Clover
hay should be cut fine with feed cut
ter and scalded. The scalding is done
by pouring boiling water over it in q
tub at night, throwing covering on il
and allowing it to remain until morn
ing. In the morning, before feeding
add for twenty hens, one pound o.
ground grain mixture. This grain mix
ture may be prepared by mixing TWEEN
ty-five pounds of ground corn and oat.
(they are usually ground together). tel
pounds of bran, five pounds of mid
dlings, two pounds of linseed meal ant
four ounces salt, the whole to be wei
| mixed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

the straight and narrov~ ssay co che
back of the shed. WheNa the wagon
was clear back, the man drew the draw-
pin part gay up, started the horses
little, and presto-the tongue pulled
out and dropped upon the ground.
After unhitching, the doubletree was
thrown into the wagon, the tongue
bounded after it; then the picket gate
closeds making all secure for the night.
1t was all very easy, and eight feet OF
she'd room was saved by q simple de-
vice Chat might be had with every Swo-
horse wagon in the land. The accom-
panging Illustrations show the manner
OF construction.
Fig. 4 IS portion OF front axle, e,
avith hounds, b b. a a, are the jaws of
the wagon tongue kept in position by
the bolts, C, put on from the outside
and held in place by pins passing
through Che jaws; this is done to give Q
clear passage, e, for the rear of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
Abou. tho Same Thing.

He-Now, my darling, you know how
strong is my love for you. Do not say
you will be q sister to me.
She-No. George. l will not say 50.
You
He-Then you will
She-You may be brother to me,
George.-Boston Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
Inst WIZ.

''Well. your rich uncle died 7 hear?"
YES"
II understand his sestate as divided
between you and your brotherY
Yes Jim got the assets and got the
liabilities "-Munsey's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
A Train Wrecked,

Blobson-I don't see how Jabber goS
an Invitation to this party. He's reg
ular train wrecker.
Snappeq-Train wrecker. Why isn't
he in Jail?
Blobson-He can not dance with q
lady three minutes without stamping all
over her dress.-Boston Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

The allthe-year-round COW is tas
paying cow The real dairy cows all
tend in this direction, and n cow that
goes dry longer than two months ought
to be got rid of unless shs - 3 heavy
mixer for the ten moEths.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
Hia Way ont of IL.

Miss Ontente-What perfectly lovely
roses!
Outpocl<et-Ya-as, er-er-exquisite.
ITO the diminutive fower-girD Ccan
you-er-ahem!-er cash q check2-
Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

COHSue. II pOT-
t i on Of { b e
tongue is repre-
scented in Fig. 8,
showing how the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Cement Stronger Than Stone.

From a number OF careful tests made
to ascertain the precise strength OF an
Choir bolts set in Portland cement in
the ordinary way, the fact appeared
that the joint was really stronger than
the stone. In this demonstration pinch
iron rods were set into the stones some
1l4 inches, and then subjected to tho
test. The first rod had screw thread
to improve the grip of the cement, and
the cement began to yield at load OF
81, 900 pounds, the breaking of the
stone taking place at so, 900 pounds.
With a plain, smooth rod it was found
that the cement began to yield at a
load of 81, 900 pounds, but the rock
broke ut 67, 900 pounds. Thus though
the strength of the cement joint was
not developed, it was inferred that in
suitable setting, the cement joint on
smooth rod might be made to break
the road. New York Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
SERVANTS IN AMERICA.
They Are Restless and Seldom Rema
Long In Any One Family.

They Are Restless and Seldom Remain
Long in Any One Family.
They gen orally remain but few
months in one situation. Like every
one else they are restless-require
movement, change-writes Hamilton
Aide In the N ineteenth Century. 1t suits
the head of the family to break up his es-
tablishment when he travels abroad, or
goes to a faa hionable resort in his own
country to inhabit monster hotel.
And 1t equally we'll suits the "estab-
lishment" I'd go to the monster hotel
and get advanced wages for tho crowd
ed season. So it comes about that old
servants, exc ept negroes in the South
ern states, are unknown. In the West
the difficulty OF obtaining any but slat-
ternly Irish girls increases every yoar.
Considering the enormous immigra-
ton, this is a problem no man can
understand. In Colorado lady said
to me: 'sOne does not think of asking
for servaL nt's character here; she
asks for yours. The first year | came
l could get no one-they knew nothing
about me. This year they have been
kinder" 81 he then went on to tell me
that a parlof maid living on ranch
had come to her mistress (who told
my informal ut the story when some
visitors were expected, and stipulated
that she should be presented to them
or she would depart 1t was Hob
sons choice, and the presentation was
duly made. In another family the ad-
vent Of the hnOlx was fh,,o oppnI,noa6
in one Of the papers: miss Sallie
Dexter has arrived from Denver on
visit to Mr.. - in this city.n
A friend OF mine says that when a
parlor maid came to be interviewed
she inquired, do you do your own
stretchingp Upon inquiry she learned
that this meant. 'Do you serve your
selves at tablet" Manners in servants
of both sexes are peculiar as indeed
they are in all the lower orders (if
one may be allowed such an express
sion about Americans.) This is the
only class that never addresses you as
sir" The hotel waiter vouchsafes
no reply II YOU ask him to bring you
food. He fbtches it in silence. and
then leans over your chair listening to
your conversation. One man made a
plunge at my head as | entered the
coffee-room of the hotel at Pittsburg
For moment thought it was an as
sault till he bore away my hat in tri-
upmh to hang it on peg. He meant
no incivility; on the contrary, he be-
lieved he was showing his alacrity to
serve me. But he had not been taught
better. nor are his children taught;
therefore for the present see no pros
pect OF amendment in this respect.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

In the odorous "oiiice" OF one OF the
east side ''hotels' in the midst OF an
Interested group OF co-lodgers, fellow
was airing his grievances against ma
ture recently. ''ralk OF red hair or
freckles or cross eyes or bowlegs or
crooked noses" he said, "they, one or
all may be inconvenient they may be
useless, but they are blessings. yes,
sir. blessings compared to my adam
apple" An adams apple" sir, is
natures kick-her slap in the face
camel's back. on small scale, in II
mans throat. Brains, sir, talent &C.
nius-nothing will atone for it. 1t is
a FROST and it never thaws. | might
have been anything desired but for
my bunch throat but who could be
persuaded that man with an Adams
apple attached to him for life could be
anything but frealSp" York
World.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

May be followed by morning Of la
Grippe" Easily. and why2 Because the
displacement OF covering in bed, a neg
lected draught from partly closed window.
an open transom connected with "A windy
entry in hotel. may convey to your nos
trils and lungs the death-dealing blast
Terrible and swift are tho inroads made by
this new destroyer. Tho medicated al
coholic principle in Hostetter's Stomach
Bttters will check the dire complaint A
persistence in this preventive OF its further
development will absolutely checkmate the
dangerous malady. Unmedicated alcoholic
stlmulants are of little or no value The
just medium is the Bitters. Not less
efhcaciOus is 1t in cases of malaria, bilious
ness, constipation, rheumatism. dyspepsia
md kidney trouble. The weak are usually
those upon whom disease fastens first In
vigorate with the bitterB.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
The President,s Pay.

just how President Harrison is paid
perhaps one man in a hundred knows.
1t is taken for granted. though, that
the President gets his hands on his
salary in some way and spends it very
much after the fashion Of other men,
says the Washington Post.
The statutes of the United States
fix the salary OF the President and
other public officials. Mr.. Harrison
is entitled to $50, 5000 a year and is
supposed to be paid quarterly. In
fact he is not.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Crounse has charge of the payment OF
salaries and once month he sends to
the division Of accounts u documen.
addressed to tho secretary OF the
treasury in these words. please
cause a warrant TO be issued in favor
of Benjamin Harrison. president OF
the United States, for the sum of "a, =
1867, with which he is to be charged
and held accountable under the follow
ing head OF appropriations. The c.
ton of the statute is quoted and the
document signed by the assistant Sec
rotary.
The warrant for this amount is then
issued and recorded In the proper
books, when 1t is sent to Treasurer
Nebeker who issues his draft on the
United States treasury in favor of the
president. This draft is no different
from any othor, save that it is in the
name of the president alone. If the
chief magistrate is in the city. it is
sent to the white house by special
messenger and delivered to the presi-
dent or his private secretary.
After the President puts his name
on the back Of it the draft becomes
negotiable paper, the same as any
other, and is sent by him to the Co
lumbia bank, where it is deposited to
his credit and becomes part of his pri-
vate account. If he is out of the city
the draft is sent to the President by
mail.
There is no monthly accounting
kept with the President or Vice Pres
ident, as with other officials. but at the
close of his term IL final settlement is
made between the Treasury Depart
ment and the Executive.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

lie was dying. He had risen in the
morning hale old man, upright I'M
der the burden of threescore and ten,
but his limbs bad been stricken pow
erless, his mind wandered, and he
lay mumbling in his speech.
His children were around him
children and children's children
but the old man was boy again. He
babbled of the green fields and the
rivers-of friends; and one golden
arm of sunlight, shimmering upon
the wall, seemed beckoning-beckon-
ing him backward.
''Father." and the voice was very
low and gentle; ''you are better now,
father?"
"Ay-quite we'll. quite well,n and
the feeble, reassuring voice sank into
quiet sigh.
Father" and there was infinite
tenderness and pity in the trembling
tones, there is little Elsie, father
you remember little Elsiep'
His palsied fingers novel as if to
touchthe little one upon his pillow,
and they took the powerless hand and
rested it upon the child's sunny head.
And thus the two lay quite content as
the hours crept by.
The gray winter twilight settled
down over the barren meadows, and
the leafless branches OF the trees Law
darkly against the western sky.
Shadows stole into tho quiet chamber
of the dying, and silence lay like u
mantle over all. broken only by some
noise OF lusty life outside. The
breathings of the sleepers came and
went fitfully, and the little clock on
the mantle clicked as if sparing the
seconds grudgingly.
Once tho child stirred uneasily. and
the swift noiseless attempt of the
mother to remove the little one
reused the old man.
Don't take-her away" and the
hand OF the dying man made con-
vulsive movement as If to hold her
back. Aud so they watched and
waited.
The tickings of the clock had be-
come less audible as tho night wore
on, and some one, noting that it was
fast running down. moved toward it.
Don't " whispered the daughter.
Is was nearing midnight, and the
breathing OF the dying man was fitful
and uncertain. Still the clock toiled
on. Tick-tick-would it never cease?
Calmly, painlessly, the last mo-
ments of recorded time were fast slip
Diep out from an active life we'll
spent.
Suddenly the eyes of the old man
opened, and a new, strange light
burned in them.
YES, dearie," he cried aloud, as
II In answer to some celestial call. the
eyes closed, and life had slipped out
from his keeping. And on the man
tel the beating of the weary heart of
the little clock was stilled.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Not UnlikelY.

1T Is not unbelief that makes any
man strong. Not by the shutting out
of anything, not by the shutting out u
lie, does power come. 1t cannot come
by any negative. 1T must be positive.
Deny the falsehood with all your
power and voice. That is your duty
But that does not make you strong. 1t
only makes you ready to be strong.
Having turned the lie out of doors, you
throw these same doors open TO the
truth. Then strength will come pour
ing in. 1t has always been through
men of belief, not unbelief, that
power from God has poured into man.
1t is not the discriminating critic, but
he whose beating, throbbing lie
offers itself channel for the divine
force"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Figs and Thistles.

He is not much OF n man who ism
a hero to somebody.
Rams Horn: People who work for
the devil never get any vacation.
1t isn't often q man gets a fortune
without paying too much for it.
The man who can not pray for
people he doesn't like can not pray
for anybody.
There are people who get credit for
being good simply because they have
poor health.
What some people call prudence Is
often what their nearest neighboro
call meanness.
1t is better TO kill a snake in an
awkward and clumsy manner than
not to kill il at all.
II thare wore no ntingy people in
tho church tina devil wcridn't get 10
play GO much
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
THE D UTCHMAN AHEAD.
His Farm W rs Small, but He Got Their
,yust the Same

just the Same.
The old saving that the German
farmer piles up greenbacks where tho
American $ cts out for the poor house
is strikingly illustrated in kankakee
county. says the Chicago Herald. Fritz
Loeb. an awkward youth. trudged into
the county asking the price OF twenty
acres OF land. Young Ed Bunch. hav-
ing inherited 100 acre farm, laughed
at the little German:
Twenty acre farm! That wouldn't
support hen and her chickens"
SOP"
From Mr.. Bunch he bought twenty
acres and a small dwelling. Then no
rolled up his sleeves. Driving daily
to town behind span OF bays. Mr..
Bunch saw Fritz wedding the garden.
cutting thistles hoeing corn. Which
the better farmer? The Germans land
yielded more an acre. his cows gave
more milk, his hens laid more eggs.
More money was made from the twenty
acres than from the eighty. Pretty
Mrs. Bunch glaucing at the German
well-filled ppcketbook, said to him:
You sho uld marry"
mo one not have me-"
Some little Dutch girl might"
SOP"
Years rolled on. Fritz worked so
late in the field that he MIXED tho
cows after dark. He wore his old
blue coat until Bill Todd offered to
give dollar toward buying him
OF %
the neighborhood. Mr.. Bunch rode to
town behind the span of bays. He
now borrowed money from Fritz.
mortgaging the farm and stock. Mr..
Bunch died, the debts unpaid. Tho
property, having for years decreased
in value must be sold. leaving little
for the widow and her two boys, aged
ten and twelve. Fritz said to her:
Der leet 10 boys could drive oop der
cows und dig Eaters. Let dem live
NIT me-"
She consented, and the boys. fond of
Fritz. threw up their hats and turned
somersaults on the grass A thunder
storm in July drove Fritz from haying
to the Bunch farm house. The widow.
ioo'i ih6 oho +iS hohihS, Wdo Sldu W 5oo
him. giving him the best plush chair
in the parlor filling and lighting his
pipe. AS the smoke curled up over
his head he said;
Der farm vhas minep"
yes. Fritz"
der span of bays vhas miner"
''Yes, Fritz"
der leetle boys vhas miner"
Yes, Fritz"
IL no likes to leave holdings. Was
der vedder minep"
She looked through window at the
rainbow arching the retreating storm
cloud, and she answered in low voice:
YES, Fritz"
At y O'Clock yesterday afternoon
they drove 10 a parsonage behind the
span of bays.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
German
Syrup

VIC nave 81
Group. three lines

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in. their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
ED. l.. WILLIS, of Mrs. JAS. W. KIRK,
Alma, Neb. give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, XIV.
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
1t. 1t is simply mi ter, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of Our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inhamma-
hons of delicate Threats and lungs. u
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

Who remembers Prince Alexander
of BattenbergP Yet for season he
occupied some part of the worlds at
tention and acquitted himself valiantly
on many a stricken field in the Balkan
states. Had he fallen sick in those
days the big journals would not have
let him off for less than column each.
But he has known evil times and les
sened fortunes. So the European pa
pers dismiss him with paragraphs like
this. Count Hartenau, formerly
Prince Alexander of Battenberg, is
convalescent from his dangerous ILL
ness"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

When toast is made three or four
thin slices of bread must be cut the
whole length OF the loaf and placed
one over the other. This done, they
must all be cut in half with one sweep
OF the knife. If this is done by a
young woman. and the slices are not
severed clean through to the plate,
she will not be married within the
year. II the bread parts in two oven
heaps she might as we'll order her
rousseau. On no account must she
take the last piece of toast or bread
on the plato unless she wishes to be
an old maid. New York Advertiser.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Natural soda water Fountains.

In some parts OF the Colorado desert
water boils up from springs, which are
surrounded by circular hillocks OF car
Donate of lime from four to eight feet
in height, the material of which has
been deposited from the flowing fluid.
The latter is so highly charged with
gas that it is difficult to keep corks
in bottles filled with it. 1t seems queer
TO find in such desolate country real
SOLO water fountains supplied by ma
ture. Syrups are not offered to order,
unfortunately. The lime deposited on
the rocky shore, was contributed by
such springs as these bubbling up
from what was then the bottom of the
lake. w Washington Star.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Crises In Life.

THE great crises in life steal on us
imperceptibly We are but
as children seated on the shore,
watching the ripples that come in at
our feet; and while the ripples I'M
ceasingly repeat themselves. and
while the hour that passes is but as
the hour before it. constellation after
constellation has gone by over our
heads UNDECIDED and unseen, and we
in new day, with all our former
life cut off from us and become as a
dream"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09
Religious Notes.

Vermont has 1913 Congregational
churches in 165 towns.
Mr.. Surgeons works have been
translated into the Morse language.
The annual meeting OF the Ameri-
can Missionary association will be
held in Cleveland, o., October 20-22,
1891.
Mr.. William Woodward OF Balti-
more now ninety years old, has been
Sunday-school teacher for seventy
two years.
No less than fifteen Protestant
societies are at work in Spain, occupy
ing 1l5 houses or rooms as chapels
and school buildings.
Sister Katharine Drexel's convent,
which is soon TO be built at Andalusia,
Pa, will be equipped with all modern
conveniences, including electric lights.
This is n somewhat unconventional
innovation for convent.
The new dean of Worcester, Rev.
DR.. Forrest, is an Irishman and was
educated at Trinity college, Dublin.
He became curate of Holy Trinity.
Dublin, in 1855, perpetual curate of
St. Andrews, Liverpool, in 1862, and
vicar of st. Jude's, South Kensington
in 1870. He was appointed select
preacher at Cambridge, and honorary
chaplain TO the queen in 1889.
Robert T. Baker OF New Bedford
claims to be the champion Bible
reader OF America. He has already
perused the great book 100 times,
and hopes to double that before the
close of his life. He is good for
twenty chapters day, and declares
that the exercise has entirely cured
him OF profanity.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-09

Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people de-
serve credit for the best grade of iilustra-
lions now being used for advertising pur
poses The series of full-page drawings
winch have been appearing on the last page
OF the Century repre- cnt some of the most
capable book and magazine artists In the
country. The series must have cost no
small figure. As yet the 'way-up" artists
DO not Sign the work they do for advertisers,
put apprehend that 1t will not be long ere
names as George Wharton Edwards. K. w.
hemble, etc. such men as these bring to
their work, besides their mechanical skin.
trained imagination and an artistic con-
ceptlon OF things. These qualities, when
used In connection with advertisements,
command scarcely less interest than when
used in the ordinary literary way.-printer,s
Ink, August 10, 1891