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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

tones responded: MY dear friend haa
overrated me to sad degree, monsieur,
assure you"
s'Hush,'' said the king, with a gesture
OF playful inconsistencies. IF you
want me to respect your abilities you
must not begin by depreciating Eric's
critical gifts. Remember that / have
reason to swear by them. And if you
doubt your own capacity to dive into
the big European sea OF art and fetch
me up some OF the finest pearls that lie
there, such lack of faith will merely in
crease my own in yourself, since it is
never hard to associate distinction with
modesty. But here we are, almost at
Eric's very doors You are doubtless
tired, and have come to meet you, I
am well aware, with kind OF pitileSs
unexpectedness-'
AS the king paused he put his hand
about that of Alonzo, letting it rest
there with a transient yet earnest
pressure. Nothing could have been
| more simply royal than the way in
| which he performed this quiet act, while
| standing at the arches and ivy-mufded
| gateway which led to Eric's monastic
residence Of dark gray stone. To
| Alonzo his departure and that of his
merry court were as graceful as had
been their coming and their SITUATIONS
| but a brief while since. When they had
| all passed away toward the grand ap-
proaches Of the neighboring palace, he
| turned to Eric with an agitated sob In
| the throat.
For a poor devil like myself, old fell
| low, such goodness is positively painful -
Eric kindly took his arm and they
walked together below the Gothic gate
way up toward the little round lowered
medieval abode which rose just beyond.
/ My dear Lonz, this is one of the hap
+, piest moments 1 have ever known since
1 came to Sa1travia, and saying that
| certainly is saying much. But for you
to call yourself poor devil'-you,
whom once envied as the luckiest of
! rnortals, with your talents, your good
looks and your millions! It's like
| dreaming grisly dream
81 never had any real talents, Eric.
Like my good looks, they're something
you've dreamed
'fPreposterous! You're slow, I'll adj
| nit
| ''Slow? I'm the merest plodder.''
"But some day you might produce a
masterpiece. And some day 1 believe
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FIG. 2.-CoLLECTING THE HILLS.

each trip. The open end of the in
closures shows where the work begins.
and the arrows show where the arm
fulS of corn are to be taken. If five
hills are too heavy or bulky for a one
arm load, double trips can be made for
the fOur-corner Enclosures.
When the shocks are finished. exact
" nine hills stand in each corner of the
shocker, making the four quarters OF
the same size so there will be no tend
ency for the shock to lean in any direc-
ton. By this plan the operator, as he
deposits his last load, is at A, Just
where he began, and at just the right
place for tying the shock, removing the
stick and carrying the shocl1er forward
to the next place for work.
When one once drops into any good
and regular plan of movement in such
work, there is no further thought re-
quired, no hesitancy of action and a
saving of much time is the obvious re-
suite. L. Hill, in Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
FIG. CORN SHoCKER.

make use of ''shocler," as shown in
Fig. 1.
1t is light pole about twelve feet
long, with two legs about three feet in
length. The cross bar is an old broom
handle fitting loosely in q hole bored
through the pole. In using this an
even number of rows must be taken-I
usually take six Taking the shocker
in my right hand, pass up the center
space (three rows on either side) until
1 have passed three hills Of the row and
stand at A, Fig. 2.
l commence work latter running
the stick into place. by cutting the four
hills at L, L, 1, ]. and placing each as it
is cut in its own angle of the shocker.
One can reach over and cut three hills
without taking extra steps.
The nine digits are used in the cut to
represent the thirty-six hills of corn
that are to form the shock. The num-
bers also show the order in which the
hills are to be taken. The Enclosures
around the figures indicate the work OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
sELEcIlNe SEQ coRn.
The Proper Time to Do 1t Is When the
Corn Is Being Husked.

The Proper Time TO Do 1T Is When the
Corn Is Being Husked-
Now that the season has arrived
when the crop of corn Is being harvest
ed, 1t might be well to offer few sug-
gestions in regard to the selection of
seed corn Many good farmers select
the seed for next years corn crop in
the fall All farmers should do so, but
too many are thoughtless or perhaps
careless concerning this matter. and
when pla nting tire comes they goto
the crib for their seed corn.
This season, owing to the wet
weather, much corn was planted very
late and the probabilities are that
should there be severe cold weather
early IN the winter, 1t viii be found.
when too late, that large per cent of
the corn in the crib will fail TO cermin-
ate This being true, all eorn-vrowers
should see that they secure an album
dant supply OF seed corn before freez-
ing weather and store the same in adry
room where the temperature viii net
fall much below the freezing point
during the severest weather.
Many writers advocate the gathering
of seed corn from the earliest ripening
stalks. on the theory that the corn win
OC CdEAlcr De THIS as II may. ire OSSG
seed corn cannot be secured in this
way The proper time, and the only
proper time, to select corn for seed Is
when the corn Is husked. Let tke
husker keep all the best ears separate
from the balance OF the corn when
husking the shock. Then, when haul
ing in. fasten a box that viii hold a
bushel or two somewhere about the
wagon IN which may be placed the
select corn When taken TO the crib
the box should be emptied and after a
more critical examination the very best
ears are secured for seed This method
causes very little trouble, and you are
sure that your seed corn will grow
when planting time comes. l think
many times that corn thus selected
makes a more vigorous start and isless
liable TO rot after planting than corn
taken from the crib Furthermore, by
n careful selection of seed it requires
but = few years to establish Your own
ideal corn, and You may never fear that
your corn will run out" but on the
contrary viii be more inclined to run
in, and your less careful neighbors
will buy their seed from you.-G. S.
Sanford, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

And no. as the group of people drew
nearer. one figure quietly parted itself
from the others
THE king" whispered Aloozo's
friend, and with an outstretched hand
and a face that seemed to radiate sun
shine, Clarimond, of Saltravia. advanced.
You are most welcome he said in
very fluent and perfect French. "You
see," he continued, 81 do not wait to
be presented to you, but take the Gber-
ty, like this, of claiming your acquaint-
ance." This form of phrase from royal
ty might well have been called gracious
ness, not to say condescension. But the
young king who now spoke somehow
contrived to make it appear like neither.
His voice was rich and sweet, his man
ner affable without the vaguest trace of
patronage, and his person irresistibly
charming. Alonzo quickly felt that he
could not be called by any means man
physically faultless, and yet in his tail,
compact figure, his waved golden locks
and his radiant gray eyes, dwelt a world
of attraction.
Almost before he knew it the stranger
found his sense of strangeness oddly
vanishing. Clarimond made him &C
quainted among the ladies and gentle
men of his little court with no more
seeming difficulty than by a wave of the
hand, happy sentence, or even a feet
ing smile. The manners of those who
composed his train were certainly an
| aid to this easy method of Introduction
| Indeed, as the minutes now slipped by,
| A1onzo began to have the sensation that
he had entered within a circle of
! delicious sorcery where human nature,
Like that other nature which lowered
| and undulated SO picturesquely On
every side of him, teemed with only
the fairest lures. He soon found him
self walking in the direction of the
palace, solely accompanied by the king.
All the others, including Eric Thaxter,
had drawn a little backward, and their
| gay conversation foated so buoyantly
and fearlessly on the scented evening
air as to dissipate every hint of that
austerity which we are told usually sur
| rounds monarch.
"You have been away but a short
! time from America?'' asked Alonzos
| companion, regarding him softly, and
yet with what he suspected to be yelled
lzeenness as well.
Yes, monseigneur," replied Alonzo,
wondering if Eric's English veto as re-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
AMONG THE POULTRY.

WARMTH is life to young chickens.
ALWAYS arrange the nests and roosts
SO that they can be readily cleaned.
II small common hens are used in
breeding, mate them to large rooster.
On most farms skim milk is cheap.
Let the poultry have all they will eat
or drink
A DRY house and good opportunity
to exercise are necessary to maintain
good health during the winter.
OK many farms one reason why ducks
are not more profitable is because they
are not given proper attention.
TEN ducks, with two brakes, will lay
all the eggs needed for Matching on
anything like an average farm
THE best capons are never allowed to
roost, but are supplied with plenty OF
clean straw, upon which they rest
THE health of the whole flock de-
ponds upon the health of each individ-
ual member. as most poultry diseases
are contagious
GROUND oats and corn with bran and
middlings mixed with them make one
of the very. best rations for egg produc-
ton in this season
Both the Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-
dottes are excellent market fowls.
They are of good size and have clean
legs and yellow skin
WHEN feeding to fatten rapidly, a
cooked mess <ed warm IS soon as they
fly down from the roosts in the morn
ing will be found very acceptable
GEESE and ducks should be sheltered
at night now, but they will thrive bet
ter If given the range Of good pasture
during the day. They will not thrive
well in confnement--St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
MANURING TREES.

The Only Reliable May of Securing .
Vigorous, Thrifty Growth.
In order to secure vigorous, thrifty
growth with trees, a rich soil is very
essential; you can as easily starve trees
as you can a crop, and the results viii
be as unsatisfactory. If the soil is not
reasonably rich naturally. 1t Will paw to
make itso by the application of fertiliz-
ers in some form. Wood ashes make q
good fertilizer for trees, because the~
return to the soil all of the elementss of
plant food needed by the trees fes
growth. good plan for applying is
to scatter evenly around the trees, and
then to work thoroughly into the sur
face. During the winter is good tina
to apply manure to trees of all kinds
and there is usually more time that can
be spared to do the work, and a better
supply of manure can thus be secured.
Broadcast manure is nearly always the
best; the roots of the trees extend out
as far in the ground as the tops above,
and better results viii nearly always
be secured The manure can be ap-
piled at any time during the winter,
and then when the condition of the soil
viii permit 1t can be worked IL Well
rotted manure viii give the most i'm
mediate results, yet it increases the
work and cost Considerably to rot the
manure before applying, so that a very
good plan is to haul direct from the
stables or sheds and apply on the land.
scattering direct from the wagon, talk
ing pains. of course, to distribute as
evenly as possible If left during the
winter it will act to some extent as a
mulch, and the rain and snow, with
the freezing and thawing, viii carry
the solvable parts into the soil There
is little danger of getting the soil too
rich, so that generally it will be safe to
apply all that can be spared--Orna-
mental-Tree Grower
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you will. As it was, all that wealth
stood in the way of it. Now your
luxury slips from you like u purple
robe, and below it is the dress of plain
tafetas than an occasional paint stain
will rather adorn than harm. Besides,
you will have another potent incentive
You mean
t'Leisure. Most men who lose their
money are in turmoil Of distress about
their butchers bills. But, after all,
though the salary allowed you by the
king is not precisely enormous
He is exceedingly liberal, Erie
Still, for Saltravia, it can't be called
meager. And you will find, dear Lonz,
that it possesses one pungent charm
you can SO often draw it with an entire
ly guilty conscience"
81 see. You mean that I shall not
have much to do"
'You will have a great deal to do in
one sense, little in another. The king,
you know, is enormously rich, and has
notwithstanding his many charities)
a passion for purchasing and possessing
what is beautiful in art. He will re-
quire you at the end of every three
months or SO to show him a certain
proof of faithful stewardship
81 quite understand, Erie. l must
account to him for the sums of money
that have expended"
Good heavens!'' cried Eric, giving
one of his laughs which smote the
bland evening air with an almost flute
like sweetness, you must do nothing
OF the sort. If you fail to convince
Clarimond that you have made your
purchases with avoidance of all rash
and reckless economies-thaty you have,
in other words, been prudently and dis
creetly extravaganza am not at all
sure what adverse views he may adopt
regarding your proper endowmcnts for
the position you have assumed. He
would prefer to take for granted that
you have brought him treasures CT art
which have been rather chosen for their
excessive ideal value as bits of true
beauty than because fashion or false
tradition had touched them with any
vulgar spell. But babble on, and you
are fatigued. You long for your bath,
for a change of linen, and then for a
quiet little dinner, at which you may
wash down more of my inanities With
some really choice wine, gift from
the king himself
They presently passed within doors,
but before they did so Alonzo begged
to Hnger few moments on the terrace
which they had now assembled The
huge hills had deepened from violet to
the melloweSt azure and the hard
white roads glimmered below a heaven
whose crystal was but newly invaded
by the silver shyness Of earlier stars.
Lights had begun to shine in the
palace easements and IN those of the
glOoming villas besides. From the
heart of the dimmed sunset beamed g
pale pool of sky that the two sable
mountains fanked like coasts, and mid
way between either, like a water lily
Of throbbing fire, burned the evening
star. Freshing each instant with the
advent OF darkness, breeze played at
so brisk a speed along the valley that
you might wonder how it could bear
such heavy odors Of pine, of garland
flowers and of wild flowers as well, in
its viewless but dewy clasp
no BE CONTINUED.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
HARVESTING CORN.
a Plan Which Has Proved Satisfactory
Wherever Tried.

Plan Which Has Proved Satisfactory
Wherever Tried.
There is certainly a great deal Of
time wasted in taking the hap-hazard,
irregular route that is too commonly
travelled over in cutting and getting
corn into the shock. 4 well studied
plan is needed, and almost any method,
well follow ed, is better than none /
don't know as can add anything OF
value to what was sand, and yet. if your
space viii permit, would be glad TO
present plan which has proved quite
satisfactory.
do not use a standing hill Of corn
for the center of the shock. as is
frequently done in this section. but
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
HANDY STOCK BARN.
1t Possesses Many Points OF ExceIIs
and Convenience.

1t Possesses Many Points OF Excellence
and Convenience.
The following illustration from tt
Orange Judd Farmer is the grou :,
plan of a barn near Wichita, Kan. >
upper floor is a vast haymow. Nur 20
Is shed for wagons and buggies, p
shed for farming implements; 8. 5.
are driveways into which hay for stock
Is thrown from above; !, 4. are also
drlveways; 5, 5, are troughs or managers
for feed; 6, 6, are stalls for horses; z g.
stalls for cattle; s, a silo; Q, wheat bin;
10, oat bin; IL, corn bin; IL, windmill,
with large trough; Is, sheep pens; Ii,
entrance to silo, and Is indicates the
doors There are windows from the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
THE MOORISH EMPIRE.
European Diplomats Are Eeady to
Divide the Sultanate.
Why England Does Not Take Imnn.diate
Possession of Tangier and Other Cities
The Resources of q Country
Famed In Song and Story.
Especial Letter.1

The sultanate of Morocco has played
IN important part in European diplo-
matte affairs during the past six
months The country, which is bounded
by Algeria, the Mediterranean, the
strait of Gibraltar, the Atlantic and the
Sahara desert, is one of the richest in
the world. a beautiful and fertile
plain, containing all the large cities. ex-
tends between the coast range and the
Atlas mountains, which in several
parallel lines traverse the country from
the northeast to the southwest Ac-
cording to Clemens Petersen the
climate in the plain is delicious, tenn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
THE CHAMPION sLueeER.

Let poets sing of sluggers,
Who've had their rise and fall
The farmer is the grandest
Old Singer OF them all
Go look at him in August,
When he is fixed TO meet
The champion Of the harvest.
And see him thrash his wheat
Or take him in September,
Some sharp and frosty morn,
How like hero, bravely,
He pulls the ears of corn
Or how he goes forth boldly
To gain the tuoer prize.
And when he finds q later"
He pokes Il N the eyes
He sees a watermelon,
BE thinks. perhaps. is nice,
And in q halt q minute
He plugs IL once or twice.
He finds a big squash showing
= detrimental speck,
And with a strong right-handei
He labs il N the neck
He Frances through his garden,
From which his house is fed,
And when he sees q cabbage
He whackS il On the head
He sails into his meadow,
As upon bat,
And with . low cut, quickly
He lays the grass out fat
Let poets sing Of sluggerS.
Who'Te had their rise and fall,
The famer is the grandest
Old slugger of them all
Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
Donkeys Used for Racing.

The present mania for record-makinc
and record-breaking has extended to
donkey racing. A London and a Man.
chester donkey were recently driven
over mile course at Tough borough in
light carts. the animals being allowed
to gallop the distance The Manchester
donkey. Flying Scud, accomplished the
distance in 3:1S. and this is said to be q
record filed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
why They Feel Blue.

The West Point Girl-How solemn
those cannon look
The Cadet-Yes; they've been dis
charged. you know--Brookiyn Life
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
A Neutral Point

Mother-There, there JaekI You are
too big to cry
Jack-Ye-yes: and amt big enough
to swear--Judge-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
A Cunning Man,

Trotter-Had your vacation yet?
Barlow-Yes. bot I'm going 20 haze 3
fortnight of rnalarla later--IudSe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

ONE of the best ways of feeding bones
is to pound them in little bits. so small
that the fowls can swallow them read
lily; in this way they are better than
bone meal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
Nc Hurry.

Mistress-You know how to make
bread. presume?
New Girl-No: mum No use learnin'
such things till after gets married.
Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

race of stern. gloomy fanatics who
would hail with delight the utter ex-
termination of Christianity. Intoxicat-
ing liquors are eschewed by the Moors
whose only stimulant consists of coffee.
Polygamy is practiced by the wealthier
members of society. A wife can be Sc
cured on trial If found unsatisfactory,
she can be returned to her fathers
house, but after the marriage has once
taken place the husband is compelled
to provide for her. Failure to do so car
ries with it severe bodily punishment.
Occupation of the empire by the Eu-
ropean powers would unquestionably
work wonderful changes in the empire.
It could, however, be accomplished only
at great expense of money and life, as
the fierce Arabs of the interior would
never consent to Christian domination
without terrible struggle. The Cross
and the Crescent would have to be-
matched until the followers of one or
the other have been wiped from the
face of the earth G. w. WEIPPIERr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

EooD IS the great item of cost in
pork production, care and housing
amount to but little in comparison.
Therefore cheap feeding Is the prime
requisite for profit More grass and
less grain tends to this end
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

IT Is too often the case on the farms
that no care is taken to keep any ac-
count Of the ages of the fowls, and in
consequence too many old hens are
l-arf
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
Lste and Larry.

Father-No appetite this evening,
Ell? What is the matter? Late lunchf
Little Boy-No sir. Early appleA-
Good NewA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
Misery.

The man who was so mean that ne
sat in the back pew in church to save
the interest on his cent while the con-
tribution box was coming around has
at last found rival.
This, man, it. is declared, took his
supper a little later each night.
Now, why does he do that?" some
one asked, in surprise, who didn't know
him very well
''Why. so that presently his supper
viii come after twelve o'clock. and then
he'll call it his breakfast and save one
rnea1t,,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

IT costs too much to feed late fall
Matched chickens to make them profit
able, even though they can be sold as
broilers in the latter part of winter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
GROUND PLAN OF STOCK BARN

GROUND PLAN OF STOCK BARN
stall apartments into the sheds in front
and into the sheep pens at the back
The latter have several openings and
are well ventilated The windmill ris-
ing above the front of the barn is quite
ornamental A pipe carries all the
water to the large trough several feet
from the front of the barn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

Reflection on Her Beauty.
Trivvet-Isn't Mrs Chinner a hand
ss<ne woman?
oicer-Yes. but she isn't az handsome
as she is painted.-Jud2e.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27

Might Have known without Asking.
At the restaurant:
did you play the races last week."
My dear boy. do you think am eat
ing tripe because | like it?''-Chicagc
News Record