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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
Lean and Eat Pork.

The National Provisioner says that
abnormally fat hogs are becoming
drug in the market and no wonder.
Some feeders seem to think that lean
ness in hogs is undesirable, and hence
their aim Is to put as many pounds Oh
fat on their stock as possible. The re-
suit is that they do not reap nearly as
much profit as they would if the lean
and fat were properly intermingled-
Excessive fat meat of any description
is distasteful to the average consumer,
and only those persons whose appetite
is extremely gross can eat very fat pork
with relish On the other hand no
meat is more savory than lean pork,
and it is to be sincerely hoped that, in
view of the constantly increasing de-
mand farmers will cease 70 be 6eluded
by the popular notion that fairness Is
everything and will endeavor in future
to produce hogs of moderate leanness
and moderate falness-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13

know" He gave quick yet heavy
sigh. "But it's so absurd, find, to ex-
pect anything from anybody. We're
all a race of cyclists, little and big"
you're out of the great crowd. Lonz;
you always were," said Kitty, with that
kind of drawing-roOm wall, which she
had got into the way of using, and with
each corner of her mouth tragic droop.
1--WE often wondered why you didn't go
oftener to church; you think SO much
| about other people besides yourself; and
! that, they say, is the essence Of re-
ligion.''
81 begin to believe, Kitty, that it's the
essence of folly"
"No, you don't, Lonz. Oh, dear, how
wish could take the awfulness of it
as you do!'
'Come, now;" said her brother, lay
ing hand on her shoulder and for an
| instant gazing down cheerily into her
| gloomful eyes. ''We've each got six
thousand year left. Uncle Crawford
says so, and there isn't any doubt Of it.
| Think, Kit; there are thousands and
thousands of people who'd consider that
a fortune-and a huge one, too"
''Oh, I know, 1 know! But those are
just the kind of things you can say to
yourself and get comfort out of. /
can't. I'm only a mere little fly that
dances in the sun, Lonz, and that gets
torpid and dismal the moment there's
no sun to dance in
''But you've got fair amount Of sun
| left. Kit
'sOh, don't! Tiff it were nine thou
sand year, I'd feel able to hold my
head up. Yes, I've figured matters
| 4 81. Il
horrors of poverty on nine thousand a
! year. But, six! Ugh! it's destitution!''
| "And suppose" said Alonzo, watch
ing her with curious smile, ''that your
noble Hector has been talking like this
| to his treasured Andromache? Eth, nay
dear?"
Hector? II scarcely see him. If it
| were not that hate divorces and separ-
atoms so. I'd
| Eyes, / understand" As he thus
| spoke Alonzo settled himself quite close
! to his sister on the little lounge that
she occupied. He took her gloved hand
in his and began absently yet somehow
quite tenderly to fondle 1t. .'Now, tell
me, Kit, dear; you don't dream of help
| ing him with your six thousand, do
| you?"
Helping him? Good gracious, MOI
How could 1? Besides, he's got posi-
ton OF some sort. It's connected with
club in Baltimore. He originally
came from Baltimore, you know"
I, 'sYes. wish he hadn't That is,
wish he'd remained loyal to the city
| that gave him birth. And this club
position; what is il? Not a walters,
hope. If SO, Idon't believe he'd stay
long in it. Walters must be civil in
order to please, poor fellows, and they
mustn't be lazy"
sLonzi Oh, no; it's kind of superin-
tendentship. They say gentlemen take
such places"
ssGentlemenl Really! And he-But &c
on"
"Well, there isn't much more to tell.
He'll ELL the position-at least, he said
to me this morning he would It's two
thousand year
| 'sAnd that means separation"
s'Of course it does, Lopz- You don''
think I'd go on there with him, do you?'
''Then you'll stay alone here in New
York;
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
EEEpINe iN wIhIER.
Points TO he Carefully Considered by the
ThouzhtfuI Farmer.


Thoughtful Farmer.
There are what may be termed two
general plans of feeding stock during
the winter. One is to provide feed lots,
stables or sheds with racks or managers.
and haul MP all of the feed and feed
out in them. In this way the, manure
is together and can be hauled out and
scattered where it is wanted during
the winter and early spring, as the
other farm work will permit It
The other plan is to haul out good
portion OF the feed, especially the
roughneSs. and scatter on the ground
in the fields, pastures or meadows In
this way the manure is scattered so
that no handling of it is considered
necessary. The principle difference Is
in the work.
To haul UP the feed and then haul
out the manure, of course greatly in
creases the work. 1t is easier to feed
by scattering on the ground direct from
the wagon, and that is the end of<it-
By the other plan the feed must be
hauled up and stored away, and then
fed out as needed, while the manure
must be gathered up. hauled out and
scattered.
But there is a considerable saving OF
feed in feeding in racks or managers in
preference to feeding on the ground
and there is a considerable saving OF
the manure, besides the advantage of
! applying where it is needed to n better
| advantage. One may be termed a saw
| ing way and the other wasteful. as.
| If carefully done, one saves feed and
manure, while the other wastes both,
but one increases labor. while the other
saves it. and if the labor Is OF more
value than the feed and manure the
second plan is the most economical,
but if the saving in feed and manure
more than overbalances the increased
labor, the first plan is the best
Generally on the farm whatever is
kvorth doing at all is worth doing well
1 Upon this basis the better plan Is to
feed out carefully and make, save and
apply all the manure possible, as it Is
| only by this kind of management that
the farm can be made to pay the best
profit
Manure must be treated as crop on
| the farm, and to waste II is to waste 3
product, and under present conditions
| the average farmer cannot afford to do
| this The crop must be fed out eco
nomically to the stock. in n manner
| calculated to secure the best re suits at
| the lowest cost The manure must be
saved and applied to keep up the fer
| tility In order to grow profitable crops,
| even though the labor may be in
creased by following this plan If the
| better plan is to be followed. now is
the time to prepare the quarters for
doing it.-N. ]. Sheperd, in Farm, Field
| and StocEman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13

hidden from her. 1t mainly depends
upon the wife as to whether or not she
is to be managed. If she decides not to
be managed, and this decision will soon
manifest itself in some unexpected way,
it were well for the husband to hedge"
in some beseeming manner. We would
naturally suppose that delicate little
blue-eyed creature with won't you
please love me" expression of counter
ance and a half suppressed lisp that
brings suggestion OF a ''stray note Of
music found floating ON sunbeam"-I
say we would naturally suppose this
sort of ethereal embodiment to be east
ly managed; but she isn't In truth she
holds her husband-if she has one. and
if she hasn't she'll get one very soon
in a condition which is not exact
ly that of henpeclzedness, but which
is slavery almost as abject.
But is he afraid of her? Sure
" not She rules him with her
tears; and it is better to be ruled with
an oal1en plant than with flood of
tears" All! but how should wife be
managed? By attention, by little re-
spects and courtesies, by keeping ro-
nance alive in the house. A woman
who once has loved is forever after a
child of romance A rose given to her
at evening is far more effective than q
morning argument Try at times to
think as she does. Read in her line
rather than ask her to read in yours,
and the chances are that your literary
taste will be frightened if not inn
proved Joke with that delicacy and
gentleness that add spice and perfume
to conversation; but through the smile
of pleasantly let not the truth of satire
shine. Reason with her. Yes, and rea-
son earnestly, but remember that your
court of appeals should be love instead
Of exact and unflinching justice
The man who sets in with the deter
mlnation to rule his wife may find q
certain sort of happiness, but he is not
likely to communicate any of it to her.
Happiness is contagious only in q Pc
culiar condition of atmosphere.
Manage well yourself, and in that may
lie the management OF your wife.
OPIE READ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13

ated in this vale of tears i made this
discovery early in life
There is nothing so much like matri-
mony as ''chumming" with a fellow at
college. My chum was full Of faults
For instance, he used to lose all his
money at poker instead of buying fur
niture for the room. This practice
would have endangered our friendship,
but rose to the occasion / reformed
him In three months he was steady
winner and we had velvet carpet on
the floor and pictures on the wall
1t is selfshness, perhaps, which leads
a wise man to modify those with whom
| he comes in contact in such a way that
| they will be more agreeable to him, but
| although that method may be called by
| so hard a name / must recommend it
| earnestly. Just how ] have done it is
secret which shall presently divulge
| for the benefit of any bachelor who may
be trembling on the brink of matri
mony.
| Most men fail to realize how important
! is this matter of modifying, by well di-
rected effort, the nature of a wife.
Some men think of wife only as a per.
! son to whom one can transfer his prop
| erty and keep it away from his credit
| ors; or as person from whom one can
transfer her property to himself, and
keep it away from the bargain counters.
| These views are superficial; the charac-
ter is the thing.
| In the first place found Maude color
less. She lacked any well defined char.
acter. IN. B.-Friends are requested
| not to order floral tributes on account OF
these words. / shall escape.) / encour
/ aged her to be more truly typical
| woman. I wanted her to be stupid
| and make all sorts Of funny plumbers
| just as any other woman does. die
not wish her to be too clear in her mind.
| It is a great mistake. Never let your
She might take a day off and mediate
on her husband, and never have any
| sort of an opinion of him afterward
When she is threatened with anything
of that sort buy her a memorandum
| book, and let her keep track of the
household expenses. In three days she
will show you more funny places in the
| multiplication table than there are IL
all the variety shows of a season, and il
| will teach her not to overestimate hel
own Importance. When she tries tc
| pay nine people three dollars apiece out
| of seventeen dollars, which you gave
her on Saturday night, she will realize
how small a human being is in compari
son with the great and everlasting
| truths of mathematics.
| But Maude and / have never quar-
relied about money matters l have
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CHAPTER Iv.-coSr1NuED.

CHAPTER IV.-CONTINUED.
She dropped her eyes as that last sem
tence faltered feebly into silence. Alon-
20 took two or three swift steps toward
her and then paused.
what purpose could be served" he
questioned, s'by youRmother meeting
me frst2''
'None-none," she stammered.
'Are you not my promised wife? Is
it not settled that we shall shortly mar
ry? Have / not offered to break our
betrothal, and have not you ="
1--WE insisted that it should be kept!'
And she stretched out both hands to
him.
He advanced and caught them in both
his own. 81 will believe you," he cried.
ST will believe that you've never once
swerved from me! It's all that evil
genius of your-that deplorable moth.
erl''
'-Ahv' said Mrs. Kennaird, in severe
reproach to her daughter, ''can you be
willing, Kathleen, to let me suffer such
indignity?'
Your mother has just told me, Kath
leen,' hurried Alonzo, while he still
clasped the girls hands, .''that our en-
gagement must cease"
Eyes, those were my words, dear,
painted Mrs. Kennaird; 81 don't deny
them. You've heard me say them t.
yourself quite often, of late"
'"Too often, mamma" came the an
swer. ''And I've always begged yol
not to try and move me. But you would
keep on trying. And it has done NJ
good!' She let her beautiful crysta
eyes caress his face now, as she turnet
to Alonzo.
You'll make this sacrifice, Kath
leen?" holly demanded her mother
you'll marry ruined man, you, witt
your ideas, your ambitions?"
Eyes, yes, mamma"
81 don't want you to look on it as
sacrifice" protested Alonzo, with lip
leaned close to her cheek. "And hav
you such grand ideas, ambitions?
this be true why, perhaps, then, as
wrote you, it's better to"
mo, no." she interrupted him, an
snatched her hands from his only tina
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
Homemade sheep Dip.

Take one pound of tobacco, one pound
of sulphur, stir them into four gallons
of water, and you make a sheep dip
warranted to kill and keep off sheep
scab. The animals are to be dipped
twice at an interval of fourteen days.
and the dipping must be done thorough
ly. This will kill the worst dose of
scab to be found anywhere, and it is a
disinfectant which will keep the sheep
healthy after they are once cured So
says William Watson, in the Breeders
Gazette. He once cleaned a flock of
so, 300 sheep In New Zealand from scab
in six weeks by the above treatment
without moving the animals from any
of their old infected runs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
SCIENCE IN FARMING.
Some Points About the Movement OF Wa
ter In soils

Some Points About the Movement of Wa
ter In soils
The weight of water prevents 1T
from creeping upward over the soil
particles as quickly as it moves down
ward. NJ. Whitney, of the Maryland
station (R- '91), has found that the diff
ferent substances held in solution by
the soil water may increase or dimin-
ish its surface tension, and hence vary
its amount, its thickness upon the soil
particle, and its rate of movenentsiu
drainage. The fneness of the particles
increases the amount of space in the
soil to be filed with air and water
More than half the space of limestone,
shale and clay soil is filled with air and
water. These are made of the finest
pulverized rock, and the infinitely
small particles lie so close together
that much of the empty space can be
filed with water as shown in the illHs-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
HOW TO. MANAGE A WIFE.
Men Who Ought to Know Relate
Interesting Experiences.
Howard Fielding and MAude-Opie Read
Thinks It Ought to Be Done Quietly
-Bin Arp Wants TO Know II
It's q Joke on Him.
fcopxRIaHr. 1921

A gentleman who deeply needed tina
information and who also knew where
to go for it. has asked me how to man
age wife He could not have asked 3
better man. For whether Maude and
have done well or i'll, the responsibility
has been wholly mine My wife has
been absolutely under my control
Few other men can say this; for in
order to be able to say it a man must be
a good liar by nature, and one who has
never let himself get out of training.
But in my case it is the truth 1t is
always mans fault if his wife doesn't
suit him He should mold her charac-
ter and disposition in accordance with
his wishes. It is wonderful how great
an influence we can have upon those
with whom we are intimately associ-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13

she might throw both arms about his
neck. And now, half whispering in his
ear, she said what served for him as an
ugly counter stroke to the pang of hap
piness just dealt him.
when see you, Lonz, I'm so strong!
All doubts of our future vanish. I can't
help, you know, being her daughter.
There are times I've told you Of them
when she seems to govern me against
my will. And then she's my mother,
and love her. If Pm disappointed
I'm fearful of just how 1 shall be able
to bear it all-moments come to me
when, as your letters limited, feel that
our life together may have lost some
thing of-of the expected SAVIOR and ease
and gracefulness my fancy clothed il
with; be lenient, be forgiving! VIII you
not, for my salle?"
He withdrew himself from her, and at
once said, with tones that bore no trace
of concealnent:
ITO me, kathleen, our life together
would now be even happier than before
And If those moments do come to you
at this early period, what may not occur
when you're the wife of a poor man?-a
man who means. to wcfk instead OF
idling, and can give you simply his
homespun devotion instead of that Other
luxurious existence you foresaw and
counted on?"
Everything horrid and forlorn may
happen in the case you have pointed
put!'' exclaimed Mrs. Kennaird. ''I1
kathleen marries you she viii make you
the worst of wives"
Alonzo had for brief while forgotten
the very presence of this lady who hat
lust declared it with such emphasis.
''Oh, it's You again?" he said, and his
countenance grew one cloud of dis
trust. For Gods sake, cease your per
secutions of this poor girl, whose great
est misfortune is the fact of her being
your childr'
For shamer' broke from Kathleen
what you say is false!'' And at once
she moved toward her mother, who
swept an arm about her waist with 8
glad cry.
''Only few minutes ago, my darling,
Mrs. Kennaird now eagerly said, she
had the insolence to tell me that unles:
you treated me with scorn-scorn, MIND
you, my dear!-he would wholly give
you up!"
Kathleen flushed, and curled her lip
''If he wants me to hate you," she said
The will find himself woefully in error.
81 don't ask anything so unnatural,
here struck in Alonzo, ''as that 20,
should hate your mother. But I de
mand of you that you shall both hate
and despise ner views OF living. know
something of her past life; I've tal<e1
pains to inquire. She is one OF thos.
women who go about the world making
themselves firm and sworn foes of thu
sanctity of marriage.
Hear himr' said Mrs. Kennaird II
her daughter. ''And you'll stand this
you'll marry the man who can sc
Islander your motheri"
Truth and SANDER live miles apart,
said Alonzo. Kathleen" he went on
with his entire mien racked by agita
ton, ''f you come to me at all you mus
come with no more worldly regrets
''You must comet Listen-listenr
Knocked Mrs Kennaird, while she drew
the girl closer to her breast. "Wa,
there ever such an autocrzt? He's re
pulsed you once, my dear, viii you lie
him do so again? Where is your woman
~ spirit2"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
Fattenfne Hogs

It is just as easy to make a hog weigh
heavily and produce meat that contains
fair proportion of lean as to feed the
hog so as 10 secure mostly lard. In
stead of depending wholly on corn for
fattening hogs, let the diet be varied
A hog will relish clover hay if cut fine
and scalded. or he will accept green
food of any kind When allowed a
variety of food there will be less liza
bility to disease compared with hogs
that are fed on swill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
SPACE IN SATURATED SOILS.

tration. Loamy and sandy soils are
more closely grained, SO that the ad-
hesive surface of the particles Is too
small to hold enough water by capil-
larry attraction to fill the larger spaces
between. The total space is much
less, however. The most finely pulver-
lied soils weigh the least when dry, but
will hold the most water. Thus a
heavy clay soil may really weigh light
but it is much heavier when soaked
Fine grained soils not only hold the most
water, but its drainage through them
occupies the most time, as shown by
the number of minutes at the left OF
diagram Agriculturist-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
AGRICULTURALH HINTS.
AUSTRALIAN LApY-sue.
4 Useful Insect Recently Imported from
the Antipodes-

4 Useful Insect Recently Imported from
the Antfp0des-
b. NJ. Lelong, secretary state board
of horticulture, of California. des-
cribes the lady-bug received from
Australia in April, 1892 This insect
preys on the cottony cushion-scafe. Its
attempted colonization has proved suc-
cessful- Experiments will soon be
made to determine what other species
this valuable insect. whose functions
equal. If not surpass, those of the We
dalia cardinals, viii destroy.
The beetle is slightly smaller than
Vedalia cardinals. averaging one
eighth of an inch in length. The
elytra are cardinal red when the per
feet beetle issues from the pupa-case,
afterward changing to deep blood red.
The male has blae TX line down the
center of his back, from the thorax to
the point of the abdomen, where it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
30 the Maxim Says.

Mrs. Keedick (praising young Mr..
Adlet to her daughter)-He doesn't
smoke, drink or swear. Hes a good
boy and would be true to you
Miss Keedick Shaking her head)-
Hes too good to be true, mamma
Truth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
A Thoughtful boy.

Mother When you play marbles,
why in the world do you get down on
your knees and drag yourself over the
ground?
Little Son-'Cause IL don't want to
wear out my shoes--Good News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
opie Read HEDGES"

There are undoubtedly many ways to
manage a wife, but failure is generally
the result-that is if the wife should re-
ceive the intimation that her husband
is trying to manage her. If a wife is
managed at all it is better to conduct
the performance in manner SO quiet
and confidential as to keep it entirely
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
And He sIIrht Never Recover.

Professor Occurring on galvanisml-
What would be the effect, Mr. Broken,
If you should hold quantity of gold ir
one hand and silver in the other?
Broken-1 should experience q de
cided shock--Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-13
MOTION and Emotion.

81 am always moved by the sound Of
music said young Phlathead as tbs
clock struck eleven
LET me play something for you.
said Miss Uplate with sudden eager
ness.-Chicago Newa.