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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14
GRIswoLD, Wash, Jan. %. 1892,

GRIswoLD, Wash, Jan. %, 1892.
DR.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle. Wash.
Dear SRI have been taking your medi-
cines regular until about two weeks ago
| feel perfectly we'll; my heart don't
trouble me any and am getting as fat as
a pig Some tell me that it was faith that
cured me; I am very thankful for that
much faith. remain yours respectfully,
GEO. GRISWoLD.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.

merchandise have been shipped from seattle in
the following amounts: By rail-Northern Pa
cifc, 356 tons: Columbia & Puget Sound, so
tons; Great Northern, IS tons. By water
Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company's
boats, A tons; j. r. Mcdonald, 20 tons; Hassalo,
10 tors: Buckeye, tons Total shipments, 5n
tons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
LIVE STOCK DON'TS.

DON'T give impure water to any class
Of stock on the farm
Don't let your scrub bull-if you own
one-run in the roads.
DON'T sell the heifer calves from COWS
that you know to be good.
DON'T be surprised to find that
diseased feet precede founder.
DON'T use the cruel check rein to
jerk horses head up out of a natural
position.
DON'T forget when inclined to drive
fast that you are riding and the horse
is on foot.
DON'T trust to the grass of very early
spring to keep the herds and hoclzs up
in condition.
DON'T neglect to provide shade for
the pasture in which the cows will run
next summer
Don't breed scrub stock. You desire
to make your farm pay. Scrub stock
will never make it pay.
Don't feed too much corn to any class
of stock. Even fattening animals are
benefited by some bone and muscle
forming foods--Farmers' Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
Setting Ont Trees

If an early benefit is desired. trees
may be set two feet apart, and the
branches will interlock in three years;
but If more permanent result is looked
for, three or four feet aSunder will be
better. and an efficient screen nine or
ten feet high may be expected in five
or six years. Tees set six feet apart
may reach twenty or twenty-five feet
high in ten years For permanent,
lifelong screens, a greater distance
asunder may be sufficient To prevent
injury to the young trees before they
attain the sufficient size it would be
better to set them back two or three
feet from the yard fence When they
become as large as stout fence posts, a
single rail may be fastened to them
horizontally. and If the cattle browse
them moderately it will not hurt the
screen, as it will cause them rather TO
thicken in growth than otherwise. Or
a barb wire stretched upon them viii
prevent any injury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
THE CALIFORNIA QUAIL.

the north and east, but slightly heavier
and carry plumes upon the crest. They
closely assimilate in their general
habits to other quails. They run in
the cover of low bushes and thickets.
build their nests upon the ground and
migrate to a warmer climate in winter
time. They are easily bred, however,
and thousands Of them have been do
mesticated. both in California and
other states. When grown under cover,
as the Englishnan raises his pheasants,
they breed kindly and prolifcly.
They go in large focks in California
two to three hundred together being
seen very frequently there. They are
killed in various ways in their native
forests or prairie retreats, and their
flesh has been found very toothsome
in flavor. Several fanciers not only
breed them in considerable numbers,
but export them alive to Europe and
send a great many overland to the
states south and west. They are easily
handled, taking kindly to domestic
treatment, and furnish the epicure
with rare dish when in condition and
served in proper way at table.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24

Of the say was very E7sgulsr- So they
each tpok q big stone adze aud with
them Clipped off the rough pe<ts of the
sky, thzs giving it perfectly oval ap-
pearance Then they procured finer
adzes- chipping away with them at the
vault 81 blue stoR until II became
faultlesslY smooth and beautiful. as it
is now There are ten heavens. zone
above another, which are the abode OF
warriors who have Perished in battle
Giant killers and destroyers of mon
sters axe found in the folk lore of these
islands as well as in that of other peo-
pie E1' the fairylssnd OF Kupolu lived
the renowned chief Rata, who started
on an exploring expedition in a great
double canoe. He took with him a
youth, named Nganaoa, who was q
famous hand at Staying monsters and
this was very fortunate, because on the
third day of their voyage an enormous
clam rose out OF the deep. its shell wide
open to grab them One shell was
ahead, the other astern-the canoe and
all on board lying between In az
other moment they would have been
crushed between the two fearful valves,
but Nganaoa quickly drove his spear
down into the animal, so that il sank
to the bottom Soon afteFward an octo-
pus of extraordinary dimensions en-
eircled the boat with its tent5cles, but
Nganaoa thrust his spear through its
head and killed it Next a mighty
whale attempted to gulp down the
canoe, but Nganaoa broke his long
spear in two, and at the moment when
the monster was about to crush them
he inserted both sticks inside the gaping
mouth so that the enemy could not close
its jaws
Having accomplished this feat Nga-
naoa nimbly jumped into the mouth of
the whale and looked down into its
stomach. Loi there sat his long lost
father and mother, who had been swal-
lowed alive while fishing BY the mon
ster. The old lady and. gentleman
were busily engaged in plating palm
leaves, and great was their JOY at see
ing their son. Nganaoa resolved while
rcscuing his parents to be revenged
upon the whale Accordingly he took
out one of the sticks, the other sufficing
to. hold the whales mouth open, and
broke it into two pieces These he
rubbed together and thus obtained a
flame, with which he set fire to the
fatty part of the stomach OF the mon
ster. The latter, in agony, SWAN to
the nearest land, where on the sandy
beach father, mother and son all walked
out.-N Y Telegram
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
POULTRY IN WINTER.
Hens VIII Have Good Appetites If Thel
Feed Is Varied.

Hens W I'll Have Good Appetites If Their
Feed Is Varied.
The hens are partial to a variety of
food, which is an advantage to the
farmer, as it gives him an opportunity
of feeding many substances that are
unstable in winter. The superstition
that poultry must be fed entirely on
grain has entailed a greater expense
in keeping poultry than necessary, to
say nothing of the fact that the pro-
duction of eggs has been diminished,
rather than Increased, by feeding the
fowls so largely on grain.
The hen is, like the COW. a producer,
and she is capable of utilizing many
kinds of food. This should be ap-
parent to all from the fact that an egg
is composed of nearly all of the ele-
ments that are required to form COM
plete substance, or to produce a living
creature. If the hens had no duty to
perform but that of simply existing
and fattening, grain would supply
them with all that they require; but, as
stated, the hen Is a producer, and she
must be given suitable foods for her
purpose or she will fail to accomplish
the object for which she is intended on
the farm.
w CApSCS htS COW ~
thrive on a diet of grain exclusively.
She requires bulky food, and she re-
quires a variety. Not only is she al
lowed an abundance of nutritious hay,
but also carrots, turnips or ensilage,
the object being to promote the appe-
tite and assist digestion, as well as to
allow her greater opportunity of Sc
curing the nitrogen, carbon and min
eral matter which is so essential to
milk production.
There is no difference between the
hen and the cow in their demands for
food. The hen requires bulky food.
and she will eat the same kinds that
the cows receive if such foods are cut
very fine. A mess of hay will be eager
ly devoured by a flock of hens, and it
will be of greater service for producing
eggs than corn. Farmers know that
their fowls will sometimes refuse to
eat corn or wheat. 1t is because they
have been surfeited with such food.
When the food is varied the hens will
have good appetites, and, as the appe-
tite influences egg production, the
feeding of a variety is more important
than quantity.-Farm and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
FOREST PRESERVATION.
How to Prevent . Timber Famine Wikhin
q Generation.

How to Prevent . Timber Famine WfkhEn
. Generation.
Further destruction of forests with
ont effort to make good the waste viii
produce timber famine within a gen
Grafton. Many kinds OF valuable woods
have already practically disappeared,
and other kinds are disappearing rap
idly from our forests For one hundred
years the destruction of timber has
been constant, without renewal Re
foresting is not difficult nor costly, and
returns will be ample.
One of the first duties Is to cut from
cumberland only those trees that have
reached their prime, while preserving
the underground from browsing ami
mails by fencing forest tracts Second
growth should be guarded and not
thinned so much as to prevent a proper
development of trunks for economical
use as timber. Natural planting should
be encouraged in the vicinity OF forests
containing desirable species. Such
planting may be encouraged by fencing
in cleared areas about forests and keep
ing cattle out
Waste lands on hillsides or rocky
places, or on the borders of swamPs,
should be planted with valuable forest
trees suitable to the location Plant
ing in groups will insure good timber,
especially from the trees most shaded.
Experimental planting of groups on
waste land will bring valuable expert
ence in tree culture.
Success in reforesting depends great
ly upon a careful observation of nature
and natures methods. No one of ex-
perience would plant black walnut in
marshy ground or black ash on hill
side. Pine and cedar flourish in swamps
and on hillsides alike, and the same is
true of hemlock White ash and black
cherry flourish best on dry ground.
Swamp white oak, valuable tim Der
tree, loves moist ground. Hard maple
is sometimes found in swamps. but it
does not flourish there as well as on
uplands. Elms love moisture.
Trees usually found growing together
in forests should be planted together.
Trees of one species are rarely found
alone, and there is a belief, probably
we'll founded, that variety of species
in forest is most conclusive to strong
and healthy growth. The soil of ex-
hausted hillsides is best renewed by a
growth of trees and a deposit of leaf
mold. A young forest thiclzly planted
must be constant source of profit,
after the first eight or ten years,
through cutting to thin out and give
room for proper development of tops
A. S. Hamilton, President Genesee Val
ley On. W Forestry Association.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
DRESSED ERIC.

1.-THE face for Pysche," passed through
his mind, ''and all the more enhancing
because nature has gifted her with that
divinest of charms-the incessant for
getfulness that she is so beautiful.
She doesn't think in the least about the
divinity of her profile. Self-conscious-
ness, the curse of most feminine beauty,
has mercifully spared her. A woman
like that, who treats herself as if she
were a spinster of sixty, with defective
front teeth and hairy mole on her
chin, becomes an unconscious goddess.
/ don't wonder Lonz adores her still,
and don't wonder Clarimond is aching
to know her.
But aloud Eric said, with his native
affable bluffness:
''My dear Miss Kennaird, it's not very
mighty planet, after all. Don't bore
yourself about Alonzo's proximity.
When he knows that you've honored
Saltravia with your presence, he will
probably be quite too ashamed of his
past misconduct to let you get the faint
est glimpse of him. Oh, know just
how atrociously he behaved. He's told
me, and I've sco1ded him without pity
Kathleen bit her lip and watched the
and wistful eyes.
''He's told you?'' she breatked. "But
if yon don't think me to blame at all,
Mr.. Thaxter, he-he must have given
you very generous version of the
whole affair." Then she drew herself
up, and with almost a lofty calmness
went on. ''But we are going to-mor-
row. We have decided to push on to-
ward Vallambrosa. No doubt you
know it. They say it is so delightful,
and quiet there. Retirement is what 1
most care for just now"
'Retirement?"' echoed Eric with a
mock gesture Of despair. sand here
am, Miss Kennaird, come to you as an
envoy from the king, who greatly de-
sires the pleasure of your acquaint-
ance."
Perhaps Eric had without intention
loudened his voice a little. Anyway,
Mrs. Kennaird heard all that he had
just said; and considering the fact that
Mrs. Madison had minute ago uttered
certain tidings of a most exhilarant sort
to her, she was now suddenly trans
ported once more with hopeful surprise.
''My DEAR" she said to Kathleen, as
the latter drew backward several steps,
with distinct show of reluctance, even
depreciation. II trust that if Mr..
Thaxter wishes to present you to the
king you will not hesitate to accompany
himi''
But here Eric shook his head and
broke into q light laugh.
ssMiss Kennaird needs not to accom-
pany me, 10y any MEANS" he said 'If
you will merely walk with her down
toward this little fountain where the
bronze trftons are. 1 viii bring the king
to her,
Mrs. Kennaird caught her daughter
by the wrist. She was excessively agi-
tated, and showed it, to the great Sc
cret amusement Of Eric.
DO you hear, my love?" she almost
stammered. s'The-the king is to be
brought to your
Half descending the steps which he
had lately mounted, and removing his
hat as he did SO. Eric answered in tones
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
THE FARMING WORLD.
CORN MEAL FOR HENS.

Notes Of Timely Interest to Farmers Who
Raise Poultry.
Very often we see in our exchanges
articles advising the feeding of corn
meal. scaIded until it will stick to-
gether. This is poor advice, for the
hen that is fed on such food will be
compelled to swallow more water than
is at all necessary. The very best way
to feed corn to hens is whole, and if it
is to be fed to chicks it may be cracked.
When we first got in the notion of feed
ing cracked corn we had no means of
cracking it, and we went to our miller
and asked him if he could help US out.
He was perfectly willing to do so, and
we had him raise his buhrs till the corn
when it went through was just coarse
ly broken, say about like grains of
wheat. As the corn was dry, a con-
siderable part of it was much finer
than we wanted it. This we sifted out
and fed to the youngest chicks, and
the effect was SO beneficial that we
have kept up the custom for three or
four years, and the demand for
this cracked corn has grown to
such proportions that now our
Touring mills keep it regular
ly for the sole purpose of feeding
chickens Chickens cannot be grown
to the best advantage in country places
without being fed corn as large part
of their food. Some there are who are
constantly decrying the use of corn,
but they are those who base their
teachings largely on theory, and the
best practical breeders agree that corn
is one of the essentials. The chemist
tells us what elements go TO make up
corn, and from their analyses we are
led to think that corn is not the best
food, but it is with corn like it is with
root crops. The writer once asked q
noted dairyman why it was that
mangels, which analyze so low in
value, were so valuable when fed to
cows, and he replied that there was
something in them that the chemist did
not find. So it is with corn. There is
something in it that makes chickens do
well on it in spite of chemical analyses.
We do not advocate clear corn diet
by any means, but believe in a variety,
consisting of anything edible, for the
digestion of any kind of poultry is good,
but if we were confined to one kind
of feed, corn would be our choice, and
we would feed it dry, even if we had
to feed meal-Farmers' Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24

his heed, and once having seen, it was
not easy to forget him She now leaned
down and mnrmured to Kathleen:
s'The king, my dear. And 1 think he
is coming this way"
''Let us go upstairs. mamma" said
Kathleen, rising. ''Or viii you remain
here, and shall L"
The words died on her lips, for just
then old Mrs. Madison came putting up
the steps with a young gentleman of
striking appearance at her side. MRS
Kennaird,'' called the old lady, 81
couldn't stand the pressure of circum-
stances any longer. I'm compelled to
beg of you that you'll make me ac-
quainted with your lovely daughter, SO
that can appease the longings of Mr..
Eric Thaxter, who is resolved to know
her or die"
sMr. Thaxter certainly shall not die
without knowing Kathleen" said Mrs.
Kennaird, in her most dulcet tones.
And then there was an exchange of in
Productions gone through quietly
and quickly, as most wen-bred persons
manage to deal with such matters.
Kathleen, who was one of those
women made even more Interestingly
beautiful by WEAKNESS and pain, at
once found herself liking Eric sThaxter.
It had all come back to her that he had
been 'Lon's foreign friend" and for
this reason he was now clad with a Pc
culiar enticement. While Mrs. Mad
ison bowed over her cane and held con-
verse with Mrs. Kennaird, the girl, low
voiced and spurred by desperate sort
Of Eankness, addressed Eric.
Give just heard, Mr.. Thaxter," she
said, chat Mr. Lispenard lives here,
and with you.''
eyes," replied Eric, ''but at pres
emit"
HE Is in Munich. I've heard that,
too. The whole piece of intelligence
has given me great annoyance. I take
for granted that he has told you of-of
our broken engagement"
'sYes, Miss Kennaird, he did tell me-
Prepared though she somehow was
for this candid reply, its gentle delivery
sent the rose tints flying into her face.
Her eyes MOSTLY sparkled as she fixed
them on Eric's. ooh, I'm so sorry
mamma and I should have come here!"
she exclaimed, though with softness
of tone that defeated her mothers
thirsting ear. eve never dreamed that
he was herei I think nobody in New
York except, perhaps, his sister, Mrs.
Van Santvoord, really knew just where
he had gone" Then she dropped her gaze
for an instant, and while she did so her
observer had, as he himself might have
phrased it, artistically explained her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
MYTHS OF THE SOUTH SEAS.
Curious Folk Lore of the Natives of Pacific


Curious Folk Lore of the Natives of Pacific
Islands
The savage islanders of the south Pa
cific believe that the world is a cocoa
nut shell of enormous dimensions, at
the top of which is a single aperture
communicating with the upper air,
where human beings dwell. At the
very bottom of this imaginary shell is a
stem gradually tapering to a point,
which represents the beginning of all
things. This point is a spirit, or de-
mon, without human form, whose name
is Root of all Existence By him the
entire fabric of creation is sustained.
In the interior of the cocoanut shell,
at its very bottom, lives a female de-
mon. So narrow is the space into
which she is crowded that she is OBJ
Hged to sit forever with knees and chin
touching Her name is ''The Very Be
ginning" and from her are sprung nu-
merous spirits. They inhabit five diff
ferent floors, into which the great CO.
coanut is divided. From certain of
these spirits mankind is descended.
The islanders. regarding themselves as
the only real men and women, were
formerly accustomed to regard strang-
ers as evil spirits in the guise of hu-
manity, whom they killed when they
could, offering them as sacrifices.
According to their belief, the sky was
blue vault of solid stone, around the
bottom of which were a number of
holes. Through these the wind spirit
blew. The gods first spoke to man
through certain small birds, but, be-
cause of their indistinct voices, an order
of priests had to be set apart, the gods
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persons Priests were accordingly
named 'tgod boxes From the glut-
tonous habits in which they INDUCED
the phrase ''to gormandize like a god''
is derived. Their power was well-nigh
unlimited Anybody whom they dis
liked they could designate for sacrifice
Human sacrifices were very common.
some families being devoted for genera
ton after generation to furnishing such
offerings
One popular myth expresses the very
poetical belief that the island of Tom
gareva was flashed out Of the bottom of
the sea by a god, who used for the pur-
pose the tail of the constellation ''Scor-
pio," batting this remarkable hook with
a star. Another divinity accomplished
a work of great benefcence by regulat-
ing the sun The orb of day used to
have trick of setting almost as soon
as it had risen. SO that it was impos-
sible to get through any work Even
an oven of food could not be prepared
and cooked before darkness came on
So the deity Maui carefully plated six
great ropes of strong cocoanut fiber,
making nooses in the hole at the edge
Of the sky through which the sun
climbs up from the neither world each
morning. At this point of exit from
the land of ghosts into the heavens the
six nooses were placed They en-
trapped the sun and that luminary was
glad to agree to be in future more de
Hberate in his movements, so as to en-
able the inha OF the earth to get
through their employments-
Originally the heavens almost touched
the earth, but Maui and another god
named Ru pushed them up to their
present lofty position However, the
work was not complete. for the surface