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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
FAHENINe HOGS.
Disease Caused by Inappropriate eFoo6
and Filthy Pens.

Disease Caused by Inappropriate Foo6
and Filthy Pens.
The natural climate OF the hog, like
the negro, is near the tropics; there
fore the best time to fatten this animal
is before cold weather sets in. It is
only on the rich lands of the west,
where corn is easily and cheaply raised,
| that hogs are raised IN large numbers
with profit. A small lot OF hogs may
be kept on every farm with profit as
scavengers. Without scavengers, such
as the hog and buzzard. the atmosphere
would become a great pestnential me-
dunn Corn is the most prOfitably fed
to hogs when in the glazing stage
They will often eat corn, cob, stalks
| and all. They should have q spacious
lot to feed in, and never be imprisoned
| in a pen. However, they will fatten
faster in close pen Those fattened
on the ground, with plenty of room,
| viii exercise enough to throw of some
of the disease-producing matter and are
more fit for food. But look at the stu
pid, gluttonous beast imprisoned in his
| pen, waliowing in his own filth; at
every breath he inhales the foul ema-
nations from his offal.
An animal fattened under such I'M
physiological conditions must be dis
| eased- A swin barrel should not be
! tolerated on any farm: it is always in q.
1 state of fermentation. The strong,
| sour smell indicates rottenness. and
! swarms of maGgot flies revel in such
! corruption. Let your hogs have the
l slop before it ferments. The hog being
more liable to disease than all other
| animals, and his flesh being the cause
| of more disease to the human family
| than that of any others, should be
consideration worth noticing in p-oduc-
| ing pork. It is officially stated that the
loss from hogs that die of disease in
| this country is annually not less than
| twenty million dollars. In some
counties where distiHeries are numer-
4 Gus five thousand have died of disease
| in one season.
Some fairness give their fattening
hogs salt, which will make them gain
| in weight much faster, but it produces
| a 1norbidly increased appetite and oc-
casiGns constipation The result is,
| the animal fills up with effete matters
| which are accumulated in the cellular
tissue in the form of fat The animal
grows more bulky, and as its CONNER
cial value is reckoned by weight, this
process OF fattening is profitable to
those who sell the swine, but not to
those who eat II; for the adipose ac-
emulation is itself in morbid con-
dition, and the more any animal is fat
tened the more unwholesome it be-
coneS.-Cor. Ohio Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
WASHINGTON POLICE COURT TYPES.

plexions indescribable either with pen
or brush are the result. When negro
families bring their rows before the
court it is growing more and more OBJ
servable that the whittier the women of
the enfranchised race the blacker the
men of their choice. This indicates
more plainly here than anywhere else
that the tendency of the African race is
downward rather than upward In
making this statement 1 assume that
it is conceded that the Anglo-Saxon
race is recognized in America, as
it is all over the world, as the
dominant race; a race of robbers,
freebooters, plunderers, it is true, yet
the dominant race of the world; a race
which first learns to worship Thor, the
god of battles and of plumber, and
afterward takes time to learn the
outlines of the religion of Nazareth and
Gethsemane, the religion of love.
The murderers of the District OF
Columbia are of two classes, as seen in
the police court. They are the OPEN
and-above-board murderers, who shoot
their victims in broad daylight-the
white criminals. Then there are the
fellows who sneak out from the dark
alleys to slug a passing victim with
club, or stone or knife in order to rob
penny or pocketbook-they are the
black criminals. One thing is particu-
larry commendable of the colored muir
derer, and that is, he never pleads in
sanity for his dark deeds.
Congress has recently passed law,
applicable only to this locality; law,
and a rigid one, against carrying con-
cealed weapons. This legislation is di-
rected particularly against the most
deadly weapon of the negro criminal,
the razor. Nearly every one Of the
lower class Of negroes carries a razor
in his bootleg or somewhere about his
person. The police captains and lieu
tenants tell me that this new statute
will enable them to reduce the number
of dangerous assault cases and at the
same time minimize the work of the
judge in the police court. They are now
| anxious for the enactment Of a law
which will reduce the number of drink
| ing saloons, those fruitful sources OF
| crime SMITH D. Fry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
GUILTY Oh NOT GUILTY?

ployed. and it sometimes happens that
even after being called up the prisoners
will decline to accept the proffered
services of the couneelor.
Before the court convenes Bailiff
Kendig is kept busy calling up the pris-
oners to be interviewed Sometimes
two or three lawyers claim the same
client, angry words follow ard they al
most come to blows.
Judge Miller seldom appears on the
bench later than a few minutes past
uine o'clock, and the murmur and
hustle that prevailed in court before that
time dies away when Bailif Hooe looks
over his spectacles and calls: '.Oyezl
oyezr all persons having business before
the honorable judge of the police court
of the District of Columbia viii draw
nigh and give their attention The
court is now in session" Then the
prisoners are called to the dock, and one
by one they are called upon to say
whether they are guilty" or mot
guilty" for those are the only questions
that interest the court
Hour after hour the Judge sits on the
bench and listens to the tales of woe of
distressed wives, mothers and children
and hears the evidence OF policemen
and others against the degraded crea-
lures in the dock All who appear as
defendants are not common criminals
by any means, for the judge is often
called upon to settle family troubles
between husbands and wives, or be-
tween parents and children Boys are
arrested for playing ball In the streets
or playing handy" or some other
game. and citizens are charged with
various violations Of the police regula-
tons.
There was little Italian girl in the
dock this morning who made complaint
of brutal treatment on the part Of her
father. She told the judge that her
father knocked her down, kicked her
! while she was PROSTATE, and then
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
BUSINESS WOMAN's CONTEMPT.
A Mans Curiosity Despised TIL the Rea-
son for 1t Was Learned


son for 1t Was Learned
A certain business woman often takes
letters and packages to the post Office
to be weighed. AS often as she had
done so she had been impressed anew
with the weak and trivial curiosity of
the male mind, for every time she
handed in something to be weighed the
busy man in charge stopped to turn it
over and read the address
''And they talk of the curiosity of
women" she scornfully thought
A few days ago she repeated this ex-
perience-up to certain point The
variation began when tie examining
male said cheerfully:
1T would be good idea, wouldn't it,
for you to put on here the town these
papers are going to? Yes. certainly;
I'll write it for you I've saved five
hundred ladies' letters from being lost
in the last three weeks by looking to
see if they were directed all right
don't bother about the men, but al
ways look at the ladies' letters
And the crushed business woman
walked away with all the sad dignity
she could muster.-Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15

fel1ed her mother TO the floor with hin
fist when she demonstrated with him.
The Judge sent for the mother, who
testified that her daughter was incor-
Hgible, and that her father was obliged
TO punish her; but that he always adj
ministered household affairs with mod
Grafton The judge was inclined to be-
ieve the testimony of the mother, when
the little girl cried out: Don't blame
mamma, judge She can't say any
thing else Father would kill her ii
she told the truth" Thereupon Judge
witnesses. Through them it was
proven that the Italian is a human ami
NAL OF the most brutal sort. The girl
begged piteously to be sent to the re-
form school, the work house, or any
where rather than to her home She
was given into the care of the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
dren-
The negroes predominant in the police
court They make the room as black as
black can be. If there were thousands
of crows perched upon II benches
they could make the room no blacker.
These negroes, if not interested in rel
atives and friends before the court, ara
taking an idle interest in the proceed
ings- The majority of the prisoners
are black as the ace of spades, but
there are negroes of all grades, from
the Nubian to the freckled Albino.
There are mulattoes. quadroons, &C.
toroons, and the startling racial mix
lures of negroes with whites, and
mu1attoes with octoroons; and COM
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
SIMPLE CLOD CRUSHER.

An Effective Tool for Preparing Autumn
Wheat Ground.
We illustrate a clod crusher espe-
cially effective in preparing autumn
wheat ground 1t Is simple and can be
easily made by any person at all handy
with tools Select two AKA oak timbers,
II feet long and one 4x6 piece. Fasten
together by means OF three cross pieces.
2x4, three feet long, laying the Axe
with the broad surface on the ground
In each AKA timber put harrOY teeth.
giving them a good slant As many of
these can be used as desired, but u on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15

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GoD @CRUsHER

Il for each will do the best service.
The harrow teeth break up the clods
while the heavy 4x6 following levels and
packs the ground For a crusher IA
feet long 4 horses are sufficient but
much better work is done If 10 or IS
feet and horses used In the latter
case the driver or drivers may ride on
the drag. In a dry season this tool
is very usefuL-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
Filth and Disease.

Keep the poultry house always clear
of filth, and there will be less liability
of disease. Clear away the droppings
as fast as they accumulate, and scatter
dry dirt on the floor of the poultry
house A few pounds OF land plaster
over the dirt viii also be an advantage
When the filth Is removed ii may be
added to the manure heap, as It will be
more serviceable in the heap than
when kent IN barrels A house that is
free from odOr. and kept clean, viii be
inviting to the fowls 1t is lice and
filth that sometimes compel the hens to
resort to the trees instead of going on
the roosts--EiresiGe.
"a .r
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15

Grandpa, are beets very nutritious?''
Eyes, George, they are SO considerer
by eminent physicians IS
81 suppose that is the reason most OF
our police are so stout, isn't it??''
II am sure I can't see why it should
be-
why, grandpa, the policemen live on
beats.''-Golden Days
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
EvoIutIon of the pair Cow.

In the wild state, or when specially
developed to the beef type, the cow
barely yields sufficient milk for the
rearing OF her young. but nodded
along dairy lines she becomes a sources
Of great profit to the dairy farmer by
converting coarse. cheap food into the
more concentrated and valuable prod
uct-milk-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
Some Hope

''Cholly, do you ever intend to quit
smoking cigarettes"
"Dcah boy, why should I?'
Because If you don't they VIII kin
you"
.sVen, when they do. deah boy. I'll
quit'-Chicago Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
CouIan.t Hear Both sides. .

Miller wonder why Jones wasn't
appointed on the jury
Muller He was rejected on thu
ground that he couldn't hear both sides
Miller-Eow so?
Muller-Why, he is deaf in one ear.
Harvard LampOoR
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
Part OF the Bird.

The Young Housewife Ito the
butcherj-Have you a nice spring
chicken this morning?
Eyes, ma'am."
''Well, please cut out the croquettes
and send them to my address."-Chics-
on News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
Candid Tommy.

Aged Whoever occurring young wild
ow. says to her boy Tommy)-You are
handsome little fellow.
Tommy twearly)-Yes, that's what
all the old dodgers say who come spark
ing mamma-Texas SiftingS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15

WARN feed is all right but if fed no,
it Is a positive damage
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15
Il PROBLEM, Solved.

(ro BE CONTINUED
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14

posture would consent To keep his hands
closed until the nails grew through the back
of his hand, or would hold both arms above
his head until the limbs become wlthered.
The general feeling, however, seems to be
that most OF the present generation of
fakirs in India are rogues OF the worst de-
scription, who use their supposed sanctity
to make money out of their dupes.
A takir who applied at a railroad ticket
otfics two weeks atio illustrates the peculiar
problems with which Indian railway
Officials have to deal. He had contracted
the erroneous notion that in order TO show
his sanctits 1t was necessary for him to
wear on his person a greater burden Of
chains than prison convict ever staggered
under. Chains and iron bands were loaded
on his person until he could hardly walk.
When asked for a railroad ticket the agent
did not feel disposed TO allow all that weigh /
Of hardware to be carried on the price OF
the passenger fare. He thought It dan
gerous precedent to establish be, there
fore, informed the iron-o0nnd theOlogian
that il he wished to travel by that
line he must put his iron
chains in box or other receptacle and for
ward them at the ordinary freight rates. In
other words, he would not be permitted to
travel unless he stripped himself OF his
armor.
The fakir is usually a most voluble per-
son, ana JnAJ particular specimen was NUN
ing 10th to argue the matter. He talked for
more than an hour, but could not change or
soften the hears OF agent, and at last be
betook himself away in sadness, and with
all his iron drapery wrapped about him.
The railroads have also mad considerable
Il ouble with the fakirs because they have
declined to transport their devotional IN
struments free OF charge. Altogether the
fakir is regarded as q Troublesome and I'M
pleasant parsonage by all Europeans who
come in contact with him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
BRANDY IN FUNEa AL wREATHs.
The Ingenious So heme Devised by a
Frenchman for Smugglin e.
Erovo

The Ingenious So heme Devised by a
Frenchman for Smuggin e.
From Parsons Weekly.
The customs officers who are stationed at
the gates of Paris 20 guard against excisa-
Bile goods entering without paying the duty
have occasionally to deal with very ingent-
GUS attempts at smuggling.
The other day, for instance, an attempted
fraud was laid bare which goes to show
how fertile the contr abandists are In expe-
dients. At the Menilmontaht gate a man
in charge Of pony cart, in which were
three large wooden boxes. attempted to pass
the barriers.
Have you anything to declarep asked
one of the officials.
Nothing" said the man, "unless the
government has put a tax on cemetery
wreaths."
And as he spoke he drew the lid off one
OF the boxes, revealing a number of the
wreaths and crosses Of artificial flowers so
common in French burial grounds. The
man was about to pass on when something
about him aroused the suspicious of the
chief official He took the cover of one Of
the boxes and admired the beauty of the
flowers and their remarkable fidelity to
nature.
Lifting one casually in his hand he found
1t was remarkably heavy, aud closer exam
ination showed that when stripped OF
flowers and moss it was q zinc case filed
with the finest brandy. The rest Of the
contents OF the boxes we're of the same
nature, and were at once oonfiscated. AS
frauds of the kind are severely punished by
the Partisan authorities, the ingenious in
leisure enough in Mazas to design something
novel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
A REMARKAaLE OPERATION.
Removal of Fractured Vertebral Bones
The Patient May Recover.
From the Philadelphia Ledge

1H5 EdblOAJ way ROSONOA.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
New York, Aug 2.-John J. Hackett is
a trolley street railroad conductor in Pas
sale, n. j. His car was run into by loco
motive Of the Erie railroad over a week ago,
and he was picked up in the road. He had
been struck in the back between the shout
ders, and the physicians saw Immediately
that his spinal column had been severely
hurt. But he didn't die, and he recovered
consciousness and showed marked signs OF
improvements. The doctors were puzzled.
They concluded that such remarkable vital
ity must be further investigated.
Hackett was paralyzed-a positive indi-
cation that his spinal column had besn seri-
ouslY affected. 1t was evident that me
of the spinous processes mad cen b oxen or
rammed into the column. To allow these
vertebre to remain where they were meant
inevitable an speedy death. Their removal
might result in recovery-at least partial
recovery. The OPERATE n was performed on
last Tuesday afternoon. and Hackett has
survived the effects. 1T is not impossible
for the man to lIve,n says one OF the physi-
clans, but | arm afraid he will die. He
won't die for some time, and, if he has suf-
fcient vitality, he may recover. II he does
recover he will be pretty much as good as
he ever was.
tween the shoulder blades and had been
mashed in by a sudden and heavy blow.
They pressed against the spinal cord, and,
OF course, had they remained there longer
would have killed the man. The paralysis
was caused by these knobs being jammed
up against the spinal cord. ! made an in
cision near the column about six Or eight
inches long and gradually removed the pro-
Cesses
Had the man not been so fat we would
have had less trouble aud would have been
through m ,oh sooner. As it was, the oper-
alton lasted about an hour aud half. The
pieces removed we're about half an inch
long. The lowest one gave the most trouble.
aud part of the body of the bone mad also
to be Saken out, as it was badly shattered.
don't know how badly injured the spinal
cord is. Icould not ascertain that, owing
to the copious flow OF blood and pus. His
life all depends on that. If it is not too
badly lacerated ana he has the vitality, he
has a good chance of recovery"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.


PRINDIBLE.-The friends and acquaintance
OF Mrs MARGARET PRNDIBLE. Mr.. John Prndi-
bic and family and of Mr.. T McAuliffe and
family are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral OF the former from her late res dence.
Bryan and Price streets, THIS Sunday AFTER
NOON at $3.50 o'clock.
KELLER. The relatives and friends OF Mr.
and Mrs. JoHN W KELLER and family an of
his mother. Mrs. A. Burnes, are respectfully in
vited TO attend the funeral of the former from
the residence of the latter. No. 90 Tattnall
street, at II o'clock THIS MORNING.
MASTICK--The relatives add friends of Mr..
and Mrs George F. Mastick and family are re-
specially invited to attend the funeral OF their
infant son, GEs GE E., from residence on Thun-
derbolt shell road, at . O'Clock THIS AFTER
NOON.
MAX-The friends ana acquaintance OF Mr.
ami Mrs. K. MAX and family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral of the former
from their residence, 172 Jones street, THIS
MORNING at 1920 o'clock
SIMMONS.-The friends and acquaintance OF
W. $. SIMMONS and of A. T. Reid are invited to
attend the funeral of the former, from the resi-
dence of the latter, 1863 West Broad street, at
$3.50 O'Clock THIS MORNING.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
Beauty Behind the Bar 8
From the Chicago Trtba ne.

profound sensation has been created in
the City of Mexico by the arrest of the
Misses Maria aud Holinda Escolarde, the
| beautiful aud accomplished daughters OF the
late Gen. Ignacio Escolarde, one of Mexico's
noted military heroes. They are accused of
altering $40 bills and passing them as 500
bills.
The girls are aged Is and 81 years re-
spectivelv and have been the bellies of so-
C ct in Mexico's gay capital for the last
two seasons. They have confessed their guilt
and state that they began their swlndliug
operations about year ago, and claim that
they adopted the work ia order to raise
money with which 60 buy elegant clothing
and jewelry. They state thatth sir mother is
utterly ignorant OF their criminal practice.
The police have thought for some time
that a gang of counterfelters were operat-
ing in the city, as they have often been
consulted during the last several months by
prominent merchants who had discovered,
on footing up their daily operations, a
counterfeit 500 bill in their cash drawer,
inquiry of their clerks failing TO throw any
llgut on the matter.
The counterfeit was a very poor one and
consisted in substituting two letters on an
ordinary $40 bill aud adding a 40" to the
number 10. On che corners Of the bill
where 1t said "Diez" the first letter was
changed to &c" and the last to an an, -
making it read "Cien"-l0O.
Several clerks readily noted the character
OF the bills, but seeing the elegant apparel
Of the fair purchasers, their refined manner
and apparent respecta ility, politely re-
turned the money, saying It was counter
felt. and advising the 81 he more careful
in the future, Offering their sympathy for
their having been victimized. Thsn the
sisters would snatch the bill aud leave in
precipitation. They were traced at lat 20
their homo, iientifed by sons OF the vic
timiEsd clerks. and arrested They arc in
jail, EAvinz boen refused bonds. Their aged
mother Is heart-broken.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
CLOTHING.

ON AUGUST IA, 1883, George
Combe died in England.
He was perhaps the greatest
of all phrenologists, but he in
dulged in no claptrap on the
subject. He realized without ex-
operating the significance Of
cranial characteristics. He was
most unerring in discovering and
defining the mental and moral
traits of his subjects, and was, as
a matter of fact, a man of PRO-
:o""d philosophical conception
Almost beyond conceptio
are the values given in our Puff
Bosom Shirts at ninety-eight
cents. Can you imagine any
thing cooler or more dressy?
in connection there
with we are still selling our SOC
Teck and Four-in-Hand Scarfs
at Twenty-Five cents. Respect
fully, APPEL & SCHAUL.