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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

dren up without some better reason
than the mere fright of cat 1 stood
there in the middle of the room, look
ing at the darkness chat pressed against
that gaunt opening in the door; and
I'll tell you for moment did feel
desolate, and a lonesome homesiclxness
came over me for the old home and the
old friends. And then, while I stood
there, came a sound that I knew-the
bowling of wolves. hundreds of them,
one would have thought from their
voices.
81 aroused the sleeping children and
assisted them to climb up into the loft
L have described; then, arming myself
with the ak. took my stand at the
hole that served as door. and awaited
attack. But the wolves were devoting
their attention to the hogs, which were
inclosed in an open pen near by. as
could be told by the terrible commo-
ton that came to my ears. This lasted
for some time, but finally the chorus Of
squeals and snarls Gained down, and
finally ceased. 1 began to think the
wolves had become satiated after de-
vouring the hogs and had gone back to
the tangled brakes of the bottom. But
before that idea made any very firm
Judgment in my mind 1 felt. rather
than heard, stealthy step that passed
near the door and paused and went on
again. Then directly it came back,
and the huge gray head Of a wolf was
thrust in at the door above the table.
It startled me, after all, long as 1 had
been expecting it, and almost dropped
the ak. But then, remembering my
self, I struck with all my strength.
The blood flew and the head disap-
peared. / think must have stunned
the wolf at least for peering out into
the darkness saw it lie there strug-
Cling for moment, and then it was
fallen upon by first one and then half a
dozed gaunt figures and torn limb from
limb. The sickening spectacle almost
made me faint. but all at once it oc-
Cured to me that they had been at
tracted to the house by the smell of the
fresh venison. Perhaps if they
had it all they would be satisfied and
go away. With this faint hope driving
me l ran and began gathering it up and
throwing it out Instantly the c1amor
increased to such bowling and raging
as had never heard. Every moment
they fought and struggled more saw
agely. Before I had thrown out the
last piece the entire gang were surging
back and forth around our door. What
was coming next didn't know, but I
stood beside the door with my ak
raised Before minute had need of
it. A wolf sprang up with his fore
feet on the edge Of the table, and was
just about to jump into the room when
the AK struck his face and he fell. But
before he was fairly out of the way two
more appeared, and though 1 struck at
them and knocked one of them back,
the other leaped into the room. Then
they came in crowds. The room was
full of them, swapping, s1arling,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

feet per minute, and double that
amount at ether seasons of the year.
There should be at least ventilation
of fifty thousand cubic feet per minute,
and in some seasons OF the year not less
than hundred thousand cubic feet per
minute. The total openings for the adj
rittance of fresh air amount to about
three hundred square feet, while in
the gallery there are similar openings
aggregating about one hundred and
twenty-five square feet.
Now it must be understood that It
would not do to have these constant
currents of air rushing in at any one
particular place, thus giving colds and
coughs and all manner of diseases.
Hence the entire currents have been SO
arranged that they counterfeit and
neutralize each other, and produce no
drafts. All the air assumes uniform
upward direction, so that there are only
two or three places where the currents
of air may be especially noticed. Be-
tween statuary hall and the great ro-
tunda there is a small spiral staircase
facing the front of the building. through
which an exit is made, beneath the
great central east front staircase. By
IhS lAti OOoCliO.l VI Oh I'LL pijS 1lOLA CiiC
basement, the ingress of air is so &C
CELEBRATED that at any season of the year
a person standing in the passage be-
tween the rotTlnda and statuary hall
could readily take a very severe cold.
This fact being known to all the peo-
pie having business at the capitol. they
seldom stand 4 single moment there.
smother place to catch cold would be
between the rotUnda OF the supreme
court room, directly opposite the chilly
place just mentioned. But these two
places are the least used Of all public
openings into the capitol, and therefore
are the fttest for the ingress of eXces-
sive amounts of fresh air.
So carefully calculated have been all
these sources Of ingress for cool and
hot air that the temperature of the en-
tire building is maintained ordinarily
at exactly seventy degrees; that tenn
perature having been found 20 be most
agreeable and healthful To persons
whose habits are sedentary.
SMITH D. FRY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
HOUSEHOLD eREvIIIEs.

Kerosene oil will remove rust IN
iron
Lemon Snow with cornstarch)--
To a pint of boiling water. add two
heaping tablespoonfuls Of cornstareh
(wet with cold water), the juice OF
three lemons, one and a quarter cup
fuls Of sugar. Remove from the ire,
and when a little cool beat IN the
whites Of three eggs Turn ou1 in .
dish, and pour clsstard around it-Bos-
ton Budget
The question is often askee. chow
long viii pastry keep" 1t can be
kept in cold weather for a number Of
days providing a damp cloth is laid
over it or in case Of puff paste 1t be
rubbed on the outside with butter and
covered closely. This prevents hard
crust forming over the paste. and IT Is
certain TO do If it is put away on d
plate or IN a bowl without a coFer.-
n. " Tribune. -
Railway ing.-Three-quarters
OF a breakfast cup OF -four, ditto @ailk.
ditto sugar. teaspoonful bakingeowier,
one egg. mix all quickly together. and
bake in shallow dish In q quick oven
from ten minutes to s quarter of an
hour. Serve with jam This o. 4
q
it can be made and baked while &sG
preceding course is being ea1en-S
Christian Inquirer.
Orange Marmalade-Slice <fle
oranges very thin and cut small, taking
out all the seeds To each pound of
fruit add three pints of cold wSeer; let
it stand tvrenty-four hours, chen boil
till the fruit Is tender. Let shis stand
till next day. Then add ore pound of
sugar to one and one-kalf potnds Of
fruit, and boil till the fruit is trans
parent which viii be from thirty
minutes 20 an hour.-Good Houskeep-
| ing.
Rice Cream-Bake one ounce best
rice in half pint Of milk with a little
cinnamon. When done remcve Che
skin from the top Dissolve one-fourth
ounce gelatine, that has been soaked
in a little cold milk. in half a pint of
boiling milk, add the yolk of an egg,
and three tablespoonfuls OF white
sugar. Stir over the fire for five min
utes, mix 1t with the rice, then pour 1t
in a mould to set Serve in a glass dish
with raspberry jam put round 1t IN nice
little piles
-Cake--An excellent recipe Tor
cake and one which may be utilized in
! a variety Of ways is the following:
/ One cup of butter. one OF milk, two of
sugar, three of flour. four eggs, two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder. This
makes a large loaf cake and Is very
nice with I cup OF shredded eitrc1
added Half the quantity makes @
good layer cake, and half the same
amount with cup of nicely washed
currants added TO the mixture and the
batter baked in gem-pans viii eelight
the children.-Christian Union.
-Sca!loped PotatoeS-Peet and
slice thin potatoes enough for the
meal Grease a puddinr-dish weA
mix 4 teaspoon of sweet butter Ia tlee
bottom, put in = layer of potatoes,
sprinkle with salt, and fecl1 with bits
of butter, dredge on little -four, ass
other layer OF potatoes. and repeat
When the dish is filled, or the potatoes
exhausted. add sweet rich milk to near
IL cover Place in the oven and cover
closely Bake for forty-ive minutes
or until tender, remove cover and let
brown over The top Serve in a pud-
ding-dish- An oven = little slow Is bet
ter than one too quick, as milk sco-ches
very easiiy--Home-
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springing at my throat and I had to
fight for my life. By keeping the AK
swinging | managed to protect myself
a little, but l was gradually edging
around the wall toward our ladder of
wooden pegs. l knew very we'll that I
couldn't keep up the fight much longer.
My strength was already giving out.
The wolves were pressing nearer, and
l would soon be pulled down and torn
to pieces, right there in the sight of
poor little Jennie and the sleeping
babies. And SO 1 watched my oppor-
tunlty, gave my weapon a longer swing
to drive them further away, and then.
dropping my ak, sprang for my peg
ladder. Here they came like a whirl-
wind, their mouths open, their
eyes abIaze. Two of them &C
tually caught the skirt of my
dress, but l tore myself loose and
climbed out Of their each, and present
ly pulled myself up beside the chill
cren, so unnerved that was compelled
to lie down. When had recovered suf-
fciently to peep over the edge of the lit
tie shelf on which we were all perched,
there the gaunt creatures were, leap
ing high in the air to get at us, and
falling down and being trampled upon
by others. In the midst of the confu-
sion some of them knocked over the
little stand on which the candle was
sitting and it went out, leaving us in
darkness, but the bowling and raging
went on for hours-I don't know how
long. We spent the night on that little
shelf. When day began to dawn the
wolves skulked away gradually, and
before I could see anything in the
room the last one had gone. 1t was
sunrise before I ventured to come
down-and, oh, such a sight as that
house and yard We're. The remains of
four wolves were scattered about the
yard, and the whole place looked like
slaughter pen.
''And we stayed alone whole week
after that, never looking upon human
face. But 1 managed to fasten the
missing puncheon into the door, and
though the wolves came and howled
around the house on the two nights
following that eventful one, they did
not get in. And then they disappeared
and were seen no more in that neigh
borhood-at least in such numbers.
We always supposed that the drought
had diveG them from their old haunts
and they were pressed by hunger. but
l never will forget that horrible night
I spent fighting gang Of hungry
wolves. "-Eort Worth (Tex.) Cor. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
THE FARMERS FOWLS.
Information on a Variety of Very Int
estilC Points,

Information on a Variety of Very Inter
esting Points.
Farmers who have made success of
poultry are the ones we look to for in
formation. Advice without experience
amounts to just nothing. Every year
farmers are looking at poultry as one
of the farm products, and care for them
the same as they Go their stock, and it
has been proven by thousands to be
paying investment.
The fowls that will keep the egg
basket filed, summer and winter, are
the fowls for the farmer. To accom-
plish this requires management 1t
matters not so much what breed you
select as it does in Matching the chick
ems at different times through the year.
If you hatch your chickens all in the
spring they will all begin to lay at once
and all stop about the same time, and
you are liable to be long time without
eggs. / find the best way is to hatch
from about the first of March (halting
during July and August until the mid
die of October. In this way there are
hens laying all the time. The coops
are kept clean; plenty of clean gravel
given daily; different kinds of grain
fed; warm breakfast every morning,
of boiled vegetables thicl1ened with
meal, ground cob; lime in some shape
kept by them all the time; milk, either
sweet or sour. given every day; one
steady hand to care for and feed With
this treatment we never fail to keep
the egg basket filled the year round
We seldom have any sick or droopy
hens. If hen acts sick / take her
out, cut her head off and bury her in
the manure heap. l never use any
commercial stimulant / have never
known by experience what the roup,
gapes, etc, We're although I raise sew
eral hundred chickens every year, for
home and market use. besides keep
ing my flock of thorough breds for the
trade. We never buy expensive bone
meal. oyster shells nor hang a cab
bage head up where tn ey viii have to
jump to get It lay them down and they
/ devour them all in very short time.
What is needed most in the farmers
! poultry yard. IS to select breed best
| adapted to his surroundings and stick
| to it, and he must keep lice out of his
| flock and away from their nest boxes
and roosting places Many farmer
| has lost his whole flock of fowls from
| this cause. They become infested with
| lice, become poor, cease laying, and
! one after another droop and die, and
| he wonders what is the matter. If
| the farmer wants a healthy flock OF
| laying hens he must wage a war
! against lice, for they pave the way to
| disease of all kinds among then--Mrs
John Gaillard, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
a Curious God.

Among the most extraordinary pieces
Of symbolism known to have been used
by the early Asiatics was a figure of a
donkey's head used as a representative
of the Deity. There is no doubt what
ever that the same emblem was once
used among the Utilities, the Egyptians
and one or two other nations as sym
Dol of their Red God SUIT. The super
stitions Of the yellow donkey of India;
the story Of the swift ass Of eastern
Asia and the ass of Dionysius, and
many other marvellous ass stories, are
all survivals of that curious form of
religious worship-the alteration of the
ass head
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
so 1T IS TRUE.

Here's friend who says that SORROW
Comes to-day or comes tomorrow,
Here's long face who is moaningI
Tell him death is far awayi
Let dull age go weep and pray;
Heed not grief, the ghost there, grooming,
Who would cloud the jocund dayi
All, they say that anguish found them,
Men cut down with battle round them
clear the boys there, gayly singingD
In some region far awayl
What care we who laugh to-day?
Bring no tears, whateer you're bringing;
Honor to the jocund dayI
What's that sound that cools our laughter?
WHAT'S that form that follows after?
Funeral music sadly sounded -!
One more man is turned to clay.
Let dull age go weep and prayi
Youth by death was ne'er COMPOUNDED.
Long shall shine our jocund day!
Oh, my dear one, to my weeping
Marble silence sternly keeping,
Lying there in GREATNESS blindness
Death Is never far away:
Even youth can weep and pray!
Lips that loved have lost their kindness;
Dead they are, this bitterd ayI
l-Rose Hawthorn Lathrop, in Scribner's Maya
zine.
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on I'm sure you never would guess
how we got to it. We had no ladder
we climbed up by means of row of
stout pegs, driven into holes bored in
eee wall Well, said to Jennie. my
eldest child: Jennie, if anything hap
pens tonight I'm going to put all three
OF you children up yonder. and you
must take care of Bob and the baby. ,
And then put the children TO bed.
Il had been sitting there sewing
ebont half an hour, I suppose, when
suddenly our cat came flying through
the opening in the door, every hair
standing on end. and without a mo-
ment's hesitation it went Up the wall
like flash, climbed upon the little
piece of ceiling and did nothing but
growl, with its fiery eyes shining like
two Goals knew something was the
matter, but hated to rouse the chill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
a CONVENIENT BARN.
One Suitable for Holding Horses, Cattle,
sheen and HAY.

One Suitable for Holding Horses, Cattle,
sheep and Hay.
Our illustration represents a barn
capable of holding i5 horses, 50 head of
cattle and so sheep, with room enough
for 1t least 40 tons of hay The end of
the stable portion is represented as left
open to show the arrangements of the
stalls, etc The horses occupy the CEN
trail portion at one end, in two rows.
with a passageway between the rows,
the apartment for the sheep being the
other end of the central space The
cattle occupy the sides, each row fac
ing toward the horses on that side.
Their stalls are Il feet deep. The floor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
Good Cows Are Big Eaters.

A cow giving a big mess of milk has
an enormous appetite, and it is an i'm
portant point to feed her SO that she
viii keep this big appetite To do this
we must keep close watch and see
that she is not overfed- If a cow that
Is in full milk is poor, and shows her
ribs plainly. don't try TO get her fat;
we are not feeding for fat IN the COW,
but for fat in The milk A good cow
will put most o. her feed in the milk,
and may look as if she did not get
enough to eat. but that is all right 50
dicator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
MOUTH BREATHING.

Extract From a Lecture by Dr. j. III. Kes-
loc-. of the Rattle Greek Sanitariun-
Misunderstanding during sleep, is per
nicious and unhealthful,- If merely
habit, IL shonld be broken UP If caused
by obstruction OF the nostrils, this:
sho uld be remedied IS speedily as
possible The habit can be cured bv.
tying the Jaw up so that IL cannot open
during sleep and iy taking thought in
the day time. This difficulty exists
mostly among children 4 child takes
cold, its nostriis are stuffed up and 1t
has what the mother calls the .,snuf-
ies' during which period month
breathing Is enforced. After the difiR
Guilty Is removed, the child, from force
OF habit still sleeps with his moutf
open, the muscles Of the lowef jaw
! lacking in energy to keep the mouth
closed Or it may be rs the result of
frequent colds, that the mucous meme
brane becomes thiclzened and swolleIs
SO that tbs cavity Of the nostril is ta-e
tally or wholly DISTRACTED If -only
partial, the person bv making conscious
effort can take in air enough through
the nose, but in sleep, he is off guard
and his mouth falls open In conse-
quence of the special respiratory effort
induced by etoppage Of the nasal aip
change in form; IL the difficulty begins
in infancy or early childhood the little
one becomes pigeon bseasted," very
serious deformity-
Another conspicuous feature Of
mountaineering when it is physical
condition. not a habit, is a change in
the form OF the fece-s projection of
the Jaw and Q fattening of its arch.
1t has been found by experiments upon
rabbits that IN one Dostril is obseructed
the corresponding side of the face -
not properly developed
Breathing through Che mouth a6mis9
germs from the air which by their work.
coat the tongue and produce'a bad taste
in the mouth, thus affecting the health
The cause of mouth breathing should
be looked into, II due 60 catafrh N
should have propertreatment: If THlypi
have developed, they should lie re
mored--Reported by helen Il Eaps
ming.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

Ting first in San Augustine, and about
ten years later moved with her hus-
band into Parker county, some miles
west of where Weatherford is now.
She is living with q married daughter,
and is still bright and cheerful, not
withstanding he- age and the trials she
has passed.
'Oh, Z felt az home in San Angus
tine" she said to the Globe Democrat
correspondent, "but I didn't want to
move to Parker county. 1t was SO far
from every place-just like going clear
to the edge OF the world and then
jumping off. But it was the only place
that would suit John, and so we came
and stopped our two wagons right
where you could hear wolves bowling,
and built little hut there and moved
in. The house was built of logs, with
the ends notched together, and the
off by an adze, and the door was of
puncheons, too, thick and heavy
enough for a Jail door. We didn't have
any window in the house, and so John
left one of the puncheons out of the
door, as twas summer time, SO that we
could get little light. And having
SOt thdo ioi, Oolill NChO W SASdi ilIS
land and fixing for his crop.
''Oh, the times we had while we lived
in that house! Once l remember John
and our nearest neighbor, who lived
ten miles away, agreed to go to mill
together. They had to go clear to
Dallas, and it was ten or twelve
days trip. The neighbor came by early
in the morning, and he brought with
y,sx H. 1, III Id ~
way, because it ran so close that he
couldn't resist the temptation. And
he and John drove away and the chill
dren and l were left alone.
'I had lived in Texas long time,
and hadn't thought of being afraid. /
wasn't of the scary kind, you see. So
1 went singing about my work and
finished up lot of sewing 1 mad on
hand, and as fresh meat was rare with
us,sI fixed up all 1 could of it for dry
ing And as evening came on 1 got
pile of dry splinters ready for kindling
and brought the AK in the house. Not
that 1 was afraid. you know, but it
suddenly occurred to me that I was
sorry John had gone. had never
been alone before, except when there
were near neighbors, and 1 acknowl-
edged TO myself that the sensation
wasn't q pleasant one. There were In
slams in the country, knew. Some of
chem were savage, for one of the ma
Sauding bands had killed several peo-
pie only a few months before AS for
Wild animals had no need to be told
about them. Had 1 not heard the
wolves bowling, night after night?
AN d had not Q bear killed our largest
hog only a lev nights before and
dragged the body away? still think
that l Was not much afraid, but I
turned our little table down before
that open place in che door. Then
looked all around the room until my eyes
Fell upon little patch of ceiling about
Dix feet square, where John had laid
some loose puncheons over the joists
end made q kind of shelf to store things
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
Caught at Last.

She grabbed the letter with the fe-
rocity of tiger. She found it in her
husbands overcoat pocket, addressed
in a fine feminine hand. Nov have
the>wretch, she Kissed through the set
teeth of her rigid jaws. She crumpled
the missive in demoniac grasp, and
then her fiery eyes shot upon the in
scription: Mrs. John Smith, Butternut,
Vile" ''That's it, that's it!' she again
Kissed in her triumph. cts the letter
1 gave him to mail to mother three
months ago" = Binghamton Repub-
Gcan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
Cultivation of forests.

a forest is like any other crop in its
growth and Development After 1t
reaches maturity it begins to decay,
and II not interferred with, growth and
decay will just about balance each
other, and no progress or increase of
crop can follow. The true way IS to
cut the timber as fast as it is fit, thin
ming exactly the right distance apart
as may be, permitting the young tim
Der to come as fast as the natural tim
Der is removed. 1t would take many
years TO get forest in just the right
condition; but when once fairly
started. no other known crop can be
made to yield SO large proft-Farm.
Field and Stockmau-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
AIarr,inc state OF Affairs.

Chum-That rich uncle of yours hangs
on pretty we'll. doesn't he?
SpendalI-Indeed he does, and here
am head over heels in debt
''What doctor does he have?"
''None. He won't have a doctor"
my gracious! You must get him out
of that notion or he'll never die
Brooklyn Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
LIVE STOCK EARN.

of the cattle stalls slants to a manure
ditch behind the cattle, and behind this
is the passageway- The cattle may be
fastened with stanchions or in any
other approved way The horse stalls
have dirt floor. The barn Is - feet
long. As feet wide, Is or 20 feet high at
the caves. The upper part is used as
box
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
Valuable Information.

Small Mile, anxious to help entertain
a new acquaintance who was calling on
her mamma, volunteered this piece of
information, pointing to her still smaller
brothers who came into the room:
desc is my little builders. and they's
hoff borS ,,