davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
CRISP NEWSPAPER CURRENCY.

THE first steel pens cost the mnnufac-
turer S1.25 apiece
SEVERAL. ladies have been permitted
to practice dentistry in kjobenha.n,
Denmark. after having passed the NEG
essary examinations.
A TuEATER party from Detroit ran
over TO Chicago, three hundred mics,
by special train, to see new play,
lunchcd on the road. dined in Chicago,
and returned home at midnight
An eminent writer contends that the
ancient practice of Misunderstanding was
originally suggested by the wish to as
certain the wrist power and consequent
wrestling capacity of c stranger.
IT Is said that e. P. Jewell, of La
COMA, has collected specimens of ISL
spellings of the name Winnipesaukee,
and has decided that ..Winnipiseogee'' is
right It would be interesting to see
the various spellings of this wonderful
lake.
IN taking medicine due regard was
formerly paid by the superstitious to
the positions of the moon at the time
different parts of the body, they sup
posed, being under its influence accord
ing to the zodiacal sign through which
the planet happened to be passing al
the time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14

support the roof between the posts as
shown in the illustration. The fafters
are of 2x6 inch stuff and are four feet
apart. Ordinary fencing, two feet
apart. is used for sheeting, and selected
lumber with split fencing for battens
completes the roof. a shed 12 feet
wide, not shown in the dra wing, is
built on the east side of the barn, and
an opening two feet wide just high
enough for the stock to reach through
easily is, left along that side of the barn
and from it the animals eat hay. The
hay carrier track does not need to ex-
tend beyond the end of the barn if the
end is boarded up smoothly. The hard
pull is required to draw the forkful of
hay free from the load. After that it is
easy even if the hay rubs against the
harm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
A FAMILY CREMATED.
Nine Persons Burned in their Dwelling q
Fort Madison. IA

Nine Persons Burned in their Dwelling at
Fort Madison. Ia
FoRT MADISON, Ia, April I'm a
holocaust Tuesday night in the west
end of the city nine persons Were burned
to death They were: s. V. Kitchen,
So years of age; Mrs S. V. Kitchen.
80 years of age; three children l. 5 and
5 years of age; Miss Sidney Day, sister
of Mrs Kitchen, aged IS; August Kne-
meyer. a boarder, aged Is: Samuel
Kitchen, brother of the owner, aged 20.
No cries were heard from those in the
building and they all persisted In the
flames.
At 1924 Santa Fe avenue stood a. two
story building owned by 5. V. Kitchen,
the upper story used as a dwelling by
the owner and the lower occupied by
the general store and meat market of
Mcintosh & Pease. At 11:45 o'clock the
two minutes later a terrific explosion
shook the building and the flames burst
out furiously.
1t is supposed that some kegs of pow
der stored in the building exploded and
destroyed the narrow stairs inside the
building from the second story, thus
cutting off al hope of escape. The fire
burned very rapidly as the nearest
hydrant was four blocks away and be-
fore connections could be made the
building was doomed.
A dwelling owned byJohn Knock was
also destroyed, but wits no loss of life.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
When the store closed at o'clock there
was very little fire left in the store
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
ExTRAvaGANcE OF NIUE.

a.he Loss EntaiIec on Farmers By Poorly.
Kept Dirt Roads.
We have n the United States se.ne-
thing like 5000, 900 of horses and mn1ss
above the age of two years upon our
farms, and at the moderate estimate of
25 cents as the cost of feed and care of
each of these animals, we see at a
glance that the aggregate expense of
maintaining them is about $4,000, 900
per day. If, by similarly moderate
estimate, we say that they are
kept in the stable in a condition
of enforced idleness by the deep
mud of spring and fall for a PEI
Rod averaging 20 days in each year, we
may easily compute thatethe loss, in
this respect alone. will amount
to Sso,000,O00 per year, sum suf-
ficient to build 10000 miles of excel
lent highway. OF course, considering
the great variety of conditions, and the
consequent number of factors to be re-
garded, it is impossible by mathemati-
cal formula to compute the loss entailed
on any community by the continued
liberation of these dirt roads in their
present condition; but the error in the
result of any computation is more like
exists, and, in whatever way the matter
be regarded, it is certain that
with the imposed burden of extra help
and extra draft-aninals, loss of time,
wear and tear of wagons and harness
the drawing of light loads, and the de-
preciated value of farm-lands, we are
pursuing short sighted policy in per-
uniting the present system to continue.
81 s1i~
ment's reflection will serve to show, we
are gaining nothing and saving nothing
in that great department of agricul-
tural industry to which the condition of
the dirt road is of such marked impor-
tance.
By dwellers in cities the actual condi-
tionoof these country roads during the
wet season is scarcely known; while
with farmers, to whom all roads are
dirt roads, and who have never seen nor
known of highway better than that
which they have used from boyhood,
the dirt road is an accepted fixture,
which long habit and use have impressed
upon them as natural and necessary
adjunct to farm life. -. In the spring of
1891 :. in the state Of New York the
country newspapers were printing long
editorial complaints of the hopeless
condition of the rural highways, and
the consequent paralysis of country
trade, while commercial reports were
published from week to week in which
business embarrassments and failures
were charged directly to the impassa-
bic condition of the country roads.
Half-loaded farm wagons were stalled
in deep mud almost in the shadow of
the magnificent twenty illion-dolla
capitol at Albany, while, as if to show
to what ridiculous ends the perversity
of the human mind will sometimes lead
us, the good farmers of Albany county
were actually sending kilograms to the
legislature, asking for the adjournment
Of a committee hearing, because the
roads of Albany county were too bad
to permit them to get to town in time
to oppose a bill which promised to make
them better!-Isaac Il. Potter, in Cen
fury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
no SET Trees and shru,,s.

In small lawns trees and shrubs are
sset to the best advantage regularly, but
on large lawns, school grounds or
parks, groups OF irregular shape, with
curved outiines.are more pleasing. Such
groups are usually placed at the June
ton of walks or to hide unsightly OBJ
jects, but they should always leave
room for broad stretches of grass be-
tween. In lawn planting, as in
street planting, the roots should be
freed from all bruises by pruning away
the injured parts. The rich top soil
should be placed among the roots,
which must be given their natural
spread, and all parts should be set firm
~ Keep the soil near the transplanted
trees free from weeds and grass, and if
muiched the mulching can be removed
at intervals and good hoeing will
prove useful. after which the mulch
should be replaced.-Charles A. Kefer,
In Troy On. W Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
HAY AND STOCK BARN.
One That Can Be Built at Small Cost ans
with Little Labor.

One That Can Be Built at Small Cost and
with Little Labor.
correspondent sends the Orange
Judd Farmer the following plans for a
barn, which can be built at small cost
and with little labor. The barn is %
feet wide by 81 feet long, and is 16 feet
high to the caves. The frame consists
of three rows of posts Zone at each side
and one down the center), eight to the
row and IL feet apart. These posts are
set four or five feet in the ground. The
center posts are four feet shorter than
those at the sides, and 2xS inch planks,
% feet long, are spiked across even
with the top of the center posts and
four feet below the tops of the side
posts for ties. A 2x6 incn plate is put
on top of the side posts, and braces
from the posts to plates four feet apart
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
A PARTY QUARREL.
Pronounced Hostility Between Factions
OF New York Republicans.


OF New York Republicans.
As the time approaches for the New
York state convention which will name
republican delegates to Minneapolis,
TIE two factions involved are showing
their teeth and breathing forth threat
enings, one against the other. The re-
publican organs that are carrying on
the preliminary warfare assert. with
suspicious vehemence. that there is no
open rupture such as might impair the
strength OF their party within the state,
but prove their insincerity by the grave
charges preferred against the party
wings to which they are respectively
opposed.
The Buffalo Express disclaims all at
ten1pts at rhetoric or extended arga-
meut when it expresses desire that all
delegates from Erie county and ada
cent territory shall be i-Platt men.
1t very seriously objects to having
either that famous ringster or Mr.. His
cock chosen as delegate at large to
that national convention A very ex-
tensive and respectable element of the
republican party in the Empire state
cannot reconcile itself to representa-
ton at that great ratification meeting,
called for Mr.. Harrison's especial bene-
fit, by Plattites and trimmers- The
paper urges struggle against this pos
sibility and declares that the fight can
be made purely family affair without
seriously fracturing republican harmo-
ny or endangering republican success
Let the factional contestants go to a
finish and when the victor is proclaimed
let the ranks close soiidly up as though
no violent break had been made.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
THE FARMING WORLD.
POPULAR EvAPoRAToR.

It Possesses Good Qualities and Is Made
without Much Trouble.
An evaporation which is quite popular
with those who know its good qualities
is shownsin the cut Sngarmakers who
have used them say that they cost less,
are not as liable to get burned, work
with less fire and will not get foul
bottom, as those with corrugated bot
toms Sometimes do. 1t also takes less
skill to run them and, with proper care,
will produce nicer article than can be
made by any other evaporation. They
are not patented and anyone can make
one to suit his own taste without fear
of molestation. This evaporation is
made of the heaviest tin, with a per-
fectly smooth bottom. 1t is inches
deep and may be s, 10, IL or 10 feet
long by feet inches or feet inches
wide. In fact, it may be made any de-
'sirable length or width. Ten or IL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
Express messengers DISCHARGED.

ST. Louis, April 7--Since April the
Southern Express Co has discharged
about ninety express messengers for
being members of the Messengers
brotherhood The move was entirely
unexpected to the members The Pacific
and the United States companies have
been following the examples set BY the
Adams company in discharging the
brotherhood men and filling their
places with non-union messengers The
work has been done very quietly and
the officials admit that the discharges
had been and were being made almost
daily
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
CONTEMPORARY COMMENTS.

President Harrison's patriotism is
somewhat infiamed just now because
negotiations are not going his way, but
all that will be allayed by the ides OF
November, if not before.-Detroit Free
Press.
There will be mourning among
republicans who hailed the passage of
the Catch bill by one branch of the
Iowa legislature as evidence that the
party had finally escaped from the
clutches of prohibition cranIs. Demo
Gratis redeemed their promises to the
people. Republicans must still shout
der the responsibility for another year
of fanaticism.-Chic Times.
Rhode Island republicans have
opened their campaign by hiring all
the halls in Woonsocket until after
election SO that the democrats can hold
no meetings. This is another outcrop-
ping of the monopolistic spirit that
dominates the party, and also shows
how anxious the republican schemers
are that the people be shut out from
the guidance of democratic truths
Detroit Free Press.
Benjamin Harrison is as poor
politician as he is a statesman. His
premature exposure of Alger's war
record has hit barrel which had Just
been tapped and was flowing freely. 1t
is now yielding like Dakota molasses
keg in January, and in a few weeks
more it will stop altogether. ALI else
might have been forgiven by the prac-
teal men of his party but this. This is
too much.-St. Louis Republic.
1t is not judlcious to apply rigid
rules to the flights of political orators.
The president OF the republican con-
vention in Iowa the other day spoke of
James G.Blaine as 1.-The most command
ing figure of all the earth-tl,e idol, not
only of his own party, but Of all the
earth" If the speaker had thought OF
it he would have included the universe,
no doubt When the precise facts are
reached not one-quarter of the world
has ever heard OF Blaine. The lunatie
asylums would about hold those who
want to make him their idol-St. Paul
Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
EIGHT MEN INJURED.
ft Was Caused BY the Explosion of q Loco
motives Boiler.


LoNG ISLAND CITY, L l., April T.
About $50 this morning, in the yard of
the Long Island railroad, engine No. -
suddenly blew up with a tremendous
report. Eight men were injured, sew
eral of them, it is thought, fatally
The locomotive was completely wrecked
and pieces of the boiler and iron work
hurled in every direction for a dis
tance of many yards The men
Injured were struck by these flying
pieces or badly scalded-
The engineer and fireman were blown
a considerable distance and are among
those supposed to have been fatally in
jured. The men were picked up and
carried into the shops where they were
attended by half dozen physicians
from Long Island city and Green Point
The cause Of the accident is believed
to have been the lowness of the water
N the boiler
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
Purifiers at New York.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Certificate of in
corporation of the City club of New
York was filed yesterday il the office Of
the county clerk. 1t is stated in the
articles of Incorporation that the pur-
pose of the organization Is to secure an
honest and efficient administration of
city affairs, sever municipal from ma
tional politics and securing the election
Of fit persons to city offices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
A FLAGRANT WRONG.
The Plan Adopted by Republicans to Stes
Ohio.

The Plan Adopted by Republicans to Steal
Ohio.
The republican party in Ohio has de-
termined to perpetrate the groSsest out
rage upon popular representation con-
ceived in years. The two great parties
are OF almost equal strength in the state
as shown by the fact that for years
Ohio has been represented in the United
States senate by democrat and a re-
publican, and democrats and republic
ans have alternated as a rule in the
chair of the governor. The state is en-
titled to twenty-one members of con-
Sress. and on a fair apportionment the
democrats are entitled 10 ten, or at least
nine. In the tidal wave of 1890 they car
rled fourteen districts. The republic
ans now propose to gerrymander the
state SO that only five districts shall be
democratic while sixteen shall be
republican. To carry ont this fraud it
has been necessary to ignore population
as basis of representation, and some
of the democratic districts have doubled
the population of republican districts
The wrong is done not to the demo-
Gratis Of Ohio alone but to the democracy
OF the entire country. By this iniquity
the democratic party is robbed of four
neln DerS In the next house OF repre-
sentatives by method as shameless as
the stuffing of ballot boxes or the CO.
crcion of voters.
The democracy Of New York have
just framed n congressional apportion-
nent bill. Although this state almost
invariably gives democratic majority
and 1t has not for years given repub-
lican majority exceeding twenty thou
sand. this democratic bill makes only
seventeen districts democratic, fourteen
republican and three doubtful. The
justice of the democracy of New York
is met by highway robbery on the part
of Ohio republicanism. The four demo-
cratic seats it is proposed to steal in
Ohio are stolen from the entire party,
from New York democrats as much as
from Ohio democrats. 1t would be an
easy matter for the party in this state
to do wrong that shall thwart the
wrong proposed in Ohio, and the temp
tation to fight fire with fire is strong
one. 1t Will be resisted because the
democratic party in New York does not
propose to abuse the power bestowed
upon it by majority Of fifty thousand
at the recent clection.-AlbanyA Argus
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
A Tornado Strikes oiean. y. Y.

OLEAN, n Y, April IA terrific tor
,aado struck this city last night, wreck
ing ten houses and . church One
woman was killed and = number OF peo-
pie seriously injured There were six
teen people in the church when struck,
which was carried twenty feet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
warning of suicide Given.

NEW YORK, April Ga dispatch from
Washington printed in a morning paper
stated that Lieut. G. b. Backus, First
United States cavalry, had informed
the war department that he iatended
TO commit suicide and asked that his
name be stricken from the rolls of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
Five Men Choked to Death.

NEW ORLEANS, April 6--At the Sui
phur mines, Calcasien Parish, this state,
yesterday five men, two from New York,
one from Pittsburgh and two others,
were asphyxiated by hydro-sulphuric
gas Two others, making seven In oil
were overcome, bat viii recover.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
Rfs Tbtrd Set of Teeth.

SEYMOUR, Ind. April 6.-David South
srland, of this city, hearty man of "a
years, shed his last tooth several years
ago. Recently he has complained OF a
peculiar soreness of his gums, and he
has just finished cutting" his third
complete set of teeth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
wife and Chndren FouIIy sIa,n.

BELFAsT, April ALLAN Spiller be-
came enraged at his wife last night, and
battered her head into a Jelly with
hammer. Then he turned upon his two
children and struck them again and
again with the hammer. Death soon
ended their torture
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-14
n.,.,an .n.rc.,I.t. ste.l n-...,,..

BRUssELs, April 6--.wo hundred
cartridges, containing sixty-three and
half pounds of dynamite, have been
stolen from the Baraeaux collieries at
I.iepe
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
An ocean Race.

The fast ships Shenandoah, Captain
Murphy, from New York. and S. D.
Carleton, Captain Amsbury, from Phila-
delphia, are sailing toward the Golden
Gate on one of the longest races upon
the sea ever attempted by sailing craft.
The Shenandoah is an extreme clipper
ship, with the finest lines, and is four
master from Bath.
The Carleton is almost new craft
hailing from Rockport, and on her last
voyage from San Francisco to Havre,
loaded with wheat, showed clean heels
to all competitors, especially to several
British iron vessels that left California
some days ahead her, making the run il
112 days. The iron and steel built yes
sells were at least two weeks behind the
wooden ship.
Many bets have been made in San
Francisco, New York and Philadelphia
on the race. The Carleton is the favor
tie in San Francisco and the Shenandoah
in New York. A New York ship broker
offered $1,000 on the Shenandoah, but
could not be found when the Carleton's
takers were informed of the occurrence
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
OBITUARY..


MIR. Luther Pingree passed away early
yesterday morning at his home at South
Portland. He leaves a widow and seven
children, three sons and four daughters.
The sons are DR.. Malcolm Pingree of this
city, Frank Pingree of Boston, and Hen
ry Pingree, who is in the army. His
daughters are Mrs. Sawyer and Mrs.
Warwick of Hartford, CT, Mrs. Keith Of
Waterville, and Mrs. Captain Nichols of
South Portland. Mr.. Pingree was al
ways strong, well man, and his death
was very sudden. About week ago lie
had shock of paralysis, from which he
did not recover. His business was that
of pattern maker and he also was very
successful as an artificial limb nanufac-
turer. He was a prominent member of
the New Church Society and of the Odd
Fellows. Mr.. Pingree was at one time a
Swedenborgian missionary and was in
tensely in love with the work.
Mr.. Pingree was a past president of
the Charitable Mechanics Association.
Obituary Notes.
Captain Asa McIntire, the Oldest man
in York. and one of it's most highly es-
teemed citizens, died in that town on the
18th inst, aged 81 years and S months.
Captain McIntire WAS member of the
Maine legislature in 1868, and has repeat
eddy held municipal Offices in that town.
He leaves two sons and five daughters.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
MAYNARD's SHAME.
The Majority of the Committee Want
Hills Tool Whitewashed. i,

ALBANY, N. Y, April 1s.--The major
ity and minority reports of the Maynard
investigating committee were presented
to the Legislature tonight. The major
ty report says that all Judge Maynard
did he did as an honorable, upright and
conscientious lawyer and recommends
the adoption of resolutions endorsing the
action of Judge Maynard in taking the
Duchess county returns from the comp
troller's office. The report also endorses
sers in determining the four contested
election cases. The minority report
characterizes Maynard's action in con-
nection with the Duchess county returns
as criminal act and closes with reso-
luton demanding his removal from the
court of appeals bench.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
Fell From His Load.

Guy @. Wilson of West Falmouth
brought load of hay to market yester-
day. AS he turned into Oxford street
from Washington street the harness be-
came unfastened, letting the heavy load
forward so as TO art the horse into a
gallop down the street From his seat
Mr., Wilson tried to quiet his horse, but
without avail, and was thrown to the
ground, the load passing over his feet
Fortunately the reins were caught in g
wheel and turned the horse in the shafts
and retarded his movements so thai
when he reached Boyd street Mr.. Charles
A. Rounds was able to secure him. Mr.
Wilson was not seriously hurt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
For the Pardon of a Murderer.

Mt. DESERT FERRY, April 1s.-The pc
tition for the pardon of Calvin P. Graves
has been signed by thousands of the cit
liens of Aroostook, Washington and
Hancock counties. The petition bears
the names of lawyers, doctors and cler-
gymen and some of the first men in Han
cock county. The brothers of Mr..
Graves are now urged to give to the pub
lie some of the alleged facts connected
with his trial and conviction which they
say they have succeeded in ferreting out.
They say these alleged facts will make
quite STIR
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-19
Passed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Senate
today passed the bill to facilitate bust
ness in the Court of Claims. 1t provides
for the appointment of two additional
judges. Mr.. Daniels's amendment that
the judges should not be of the same
political party was rejected.