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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25
A SEA-GOING HOTEL.
II Makes Eight Knots an Hour Against
Head Wind.
Boston Herald.

There Is novelty in marine architecture
tied up TO the north side Of Rowe's wharf in
this city.
1t is the new and wonderful floating
hotel. j. 5. DanfoIth. from Bath, Me-, en-
route for Florida. where IL will spend the
entire winter.
This novel craft is designed for the ac-
commodation of the hundreds Of northern
sportsmen who go south every winter to
pass the time In hunting aud fishing as
their floating home for the coming winter
Tbs craft resembles, In some respects, an
ordinary steamboat, though, in reality, it is
quito different affair.
1t Is 125 feet long. 80 feet beam. has II
staterooms. and is propelled by two fifty
horsepower engines and stern wheel IL
feet In diameter and 10 feet long,
is fat bottomed. has three keels, and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25
HOW TO Go TO BED.
The Right Way to Prepare for Good
Nights Rest.


What is the correct method to pursue iD
preparing for trip into dreamland-for
there Is right rs well as q wrong way?
The business OF disrobing should be so sys-
temaiized that attending to all the little
nicetles included in the process will be-
come. after while. second nature. There
lie something more to be done. let me assure
you, besides putting your hair up in curl
papers and dabbing bit of cold cream on
your face IL you would wake up in the
morning looking as fresh as rose. In the
first place, do not put off These important
preparations until you are so heavy iidded
that you are willing to omit everything be-
longing to the toilet. And now for the first
step. Early In the evening your sleeping
apartment should be thoroughly aired by
dropping the window from the top and
raising it from the bottom.
Ten minutes will be quite sufficient for
clearing the atmosphere. Now close the
windows and allow the room to become
thoroughly warmed. that you may not ex-
perience chill while taking a rub down.
Prepare big bowl of tepid water, into
whic You besprinkle a small quantity OF
ammonia or Dorax. Take a Turkish towel.
which is much better than sponge, wiring
IL out as dry as possible, and, grasping q
corner in each hand, give the spine vigor-
Gus rubbing. Have at hand another Turk
ish towel. and. as you battle the body in
sections, dry as quickly as possible. How
your smooth, white skin will glow as you
start into action the sluggish circulationl
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25
Superstition About Eggs.

The ancient Finns believed that mystic
bird laid an egg on the lap of Vaimaimon.
who was to hatch IL in his BOSOM. But be
let it fall and Il broke. the lower portion Of
the sheil forming the earth, the upper the
SKY; the liquid white became the moon and
the yelk the sun, while the little fragments
OF broken shell were transformed into stars.
English and Irish mothers tell their children
to push their spoons through the bottom OF
eggshells after finishing their meal. cor else
the witches will make boats OF Them" In
France similar custom prevails, but the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

the Netherlands navy. The sketch shows
her completed for sea. She Is OF 1900 tons,
328 feet long. with beam of 50 feet, has
defensive armor IL inches in thickness, and
deck-plating of inches. She is estimated
to steam IL knots and has engines of $500
horsepower. Her guns are one 2S cent?
meter. one 81 centimeter, two IL centimeter,
two rs centimeter b. l.. guns, eight quick
firing, and six machine guns
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25
LAST OF THE MOHAWKS.
He Is Giant i'm Stature and Over so
Years Old. :
Chicago Herald.

Nearly every day. no matter what ths
season or the weather, there may be seem
on the streets Of Schenectady one of the
most picturesque figures in the Mohawk
Valley. 1t is that of James Hartley, THE
Last Of the Mohawks." This giant form.
once straight as arrow OF his forefathers,.
now slightly bends with age, the prominent
aquiline nose, the keen eyes, the tightly
closed lips, the long thick hair. all make
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25
A NEW WARSHIP,
The Princess Wiihelmina Recently
Added to the Dutch Navy.

London Daily Graphic.
The new Dutch warship, the Princess
Wilhelmina, which has Just been launched,
though not large ship as ironclads go, is a
powerful addition to the fighting power of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

A Paris laundryman has discarded all
soaps. sodas and boiling powders. He
merely uses plenty of water and boiled po-
tatoes, and can cleanse, without employing
any alkali. the worst soiled linens, cottons
or wooleps,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

At a recent marriage In England the
bridegroom was feet inches tall and the
bride only feet pa inches. The witnesses
were as notable as the bride aud groom.
One had no arms and signed the register
with pen held in his teeth. another was a
man feet inches tall, and another o
woman who weighed $50 pounds.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

Hair dye Is considered so detrimental to
long life that q Paris insurance company re-
fuses to insure the lives oil persons who use
il
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

Mexican streetcar can be hired for
personal use for So 90 q day, with a right TO
stop a. any one place for two hours.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

Before Cinnamon can leave Australia he
is compelled TO register his departure and
leave his photograph.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

with the net results of their profession.
There is 10 profession which offers so many
opportunities 10 the aspirant as that Of
the engineer.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-25

reason assigned is that the magicians
formerly used eggshells in connecting their
diabolical witcheries.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
NORTHERN PRESBYTERIAkS.
Report Of the Standing Conzuzitbee @
Home Missions.

Report Of the Standing Conzzitbee
Home Missions
PORTLAND, Ore, May sa-To-day sf-
ter devotional exercises led by DR..
Richmond, of Louisville, and the read
ing of the minutes, the report Of the
standing committee on home missions
was read by DIR. Mcpherson, of Chicago
It gave an account of the work Of the
year as conducted by the board of
home missions and Of the support given
by the church, while the needs were SET
forth very strongly.
The board began the year with debt
of nearly 500, 900. One million dollars
was asked for last year and contribu-
tions reached go, 900 OF that amount, OF
which over SS43, 900 were available.
The present debt is s87, 900. The
immense immigration had given for
eign work to do at home The report
gives an account of the work in
various states conducted by LTD mis-
sionaries in churches with a member
ship of 90, 500 and school attendance
of 141 600. The states having the most
home missionaries are; New York, 40;
Kansas, 119; Iowa, 102s Minnesota, 81;
California, 80: Illinois, 81; Nebraska,
80, Michigan, II; the Dakotas, ia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
Hnx to Make Rordeaux ,1ixture. =

The famous Bordeaux mixture that
has been found so efficient as prevent
alive of all such fungus diseases of
plants and fruits as rust, scab and
blight, Is made as follows In a barrel
that will hold forty-five gallons dissolve
six pounds Of puiyerized copper sui
phete using eight or ten gallons of
water OK as much as may be necessary
for the purpose In a tub or barrel
slake four pounds of fresh lime When
completely slaked add enough water to
make creamy whitewash- Pour this
into the barrel containing the copper
suIphate solution, using a coarse gunny
sack stretched over the bead IS q
ssrainer. Finally fill the barrel with
water, stir thoroughly and the mixture
is ready for use. We say pulverized
copper su.phate because it dissolves
more readily and perfectly. Fresh lime
must be used The mixture of the
strength indicated above has been
found as efficient as the stronger one
recommended by the agricultural de-
partment Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
HOGS IN ORCHARDS.
Bits OF Experience from the Maine Expea
iment Sta ton.

Bits OF Experience from the Maine Expes-
iment Sta ton.
Sheep leave their m anure merely as
top-dressing for the orchard, hogs work
theirs into the soil Sheep harden the
ground; hogs disturb the turf and leave
it uneven, but you get finer fruit in
consequence Sheep eat all the tender
twigs and Leaves they can get hold of;
hogs seldom touch the limbs. Hogs
sometimes disturb the roots, but this
is oftener beneficial than otherwise
An orchard set fifty years ago was not
bearing fruit OF any value Two acres
OF it were fenced and some hogs turned
in. The next year more of the orchard
was included and more hogs allowed to
run in it. They turned over every inch
of the sod and kept down the weeds and
the trees bore sgood crop. This year
the fence was moved to include two
rows Of trees formerly in the sheep
pasture, and the Improvement is very
marked. The difference in the two
parts of the orchard where the hogs
and sheep run is so much in favor of the
former that it can be seen for half a
mile.
Young orchards should be given a
thorough cultivation during the first
few years after planting, providing suf-
ficient fertilizing material is supplied.
Many of the most profitable orchards
are on such steep hillsides that they
cannot be cultivated, and in these is the
place to Let the hogs do the work
While an orchard will do well in sod if
thoroughly mulched, yet it will do bet
ter If the sod is turned under, the soil
stirred and 1oosed about the trees
w. NJ. Munson.. Maine Experiment Sta
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
FAMILIES PERISH.
Sad Drowning Of Twelve Persons
By the Floods
Three-Fourths of Pemiscot County, NO.,
Under Water-Much Suffering In Ar
kansas-Iron Mountain Trains
Abandoned

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 25.-Three-
fourths of Pemiscot county, Mo-, is now
under water and assistance is urgently
needed at several points on the Arkan-
sas river. Three families have been
drowned, as follows Wash Hall, wife
and three children; Joseph Mallory,
wife and two children; Samuel Moore
(colored), wife and daughter.
1t is estimated that 500 horses and
1900 head of cattle have been drowned
and that 700, 900 acres of cultivated
farms are under water between Mem
phis and Cairo
According to Capt Howard, of the
Anchor line, there are 9e5, 900 acres of
wheat destroyed, 500, 900 acres of corn
ruined and nearly 200 acres of cotton
inundated.
The waters continue to rise and in
two days more it is expected that ,00O,-
600 acres of cultivated ground will BE-
flooded The Arkansas bottoms are all
under water and the number of lives
lost and property destroyed cannot be
estimated because no boats have gone
INTO the flooded districts
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May sa-The fol-
lowing telegram from Gov. Eagle, of
AIkS8nStS, WaS I0c0lN00 Dy
Nat Graves, of the Merchants exchange:
'tGreat distress in overfowed districts
IN Arkansas Citizens of Little Rock
and Pine Bluff doing all they can to re-
Eeve suffering and to save life, but cam
not meet all demands Will Memphis
at once send relief in way of supplies
for few days to the lower Arkansas
river and along the Mississippi. Com
municate with 81. L. Henry, Arkansas
City, and W. NJ. Watkins, Red Fork,
Ark"
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, May 25-This
city is completely under water. All
the stores are flooded out and the tops
Of houses are visible only on the back
streets All trains on the Iron Mount
ain have been abandoned on account of
the bad condition of the bridge over
Doggy bayou All Iron Mountain cars
have been removed from the yards at
this city.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. May a6--Gov. Fifel
returned Monday night from the food
sd districts, leaving Adjutant General
Reese at Shipman to superinte0d the
distribution of supplies, and last even
ing he issued proclamation calling for
contributions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
Methods of Cuhlvating Corn

There Is. right and a wrong way 30
cultivate corn l use an adjustable
cultivator with nine narrow teeth en-
abling me to set the, cultivator just as
wide as it can and pass through the
rows The teeth being not more than
two inches wide il allows them to cut
close TO the corn and not cut furrow
that will cover up the growing plant
This does the work without going twice
in the row. By going across the field
and back one man and horse cultivates
two rows This contrasts quite strong
ly with the two men and two horses
saw last summer. with a shovel culti-
rasor going twice in a row. They each
had 10 60 across the field and back to
do the work that the other man does
Ia round trip.-G- W. Miller, in \. E.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02

say: We've been a lot Of fools, but we've
overheard that that's opened our eyes
and our hearts, and we want You to
forgive US and let us make much of
You" No, we did not have the courage
for that, so each one had to think of
little break ways for herself. AS for
me, concluded I'd take Miss North a
jar Of my cherries, being some of our
first crop, and about the first in the
neighborhood I found Miss North
knitting on little red wooden mitten.
She seemed pleased to see me and glad
of the cherries, then, said she: II hope
you'll excuse me for going on with my
knitting, as l am very anxious to finish
this pair this evening"
THAT will be little small for Olive,
won't it?" I asked.
'.Oh, dear" said she, 'ft's not for
Olive; it's for little Tim Skiver. Olive
says he comes crying with cold every
morning, but he is so fond of school
that he won't give it MP"
This was the woman we'd accused Of
being proud and stuck up, spending
her time knitting mittens for a little
dtrty-faced chap so he could come to
school, where her niece could teach him
for nothing. If they were stuck up
they were trying to raise the lowest to
their level, instead Of trying to pull
down them that seemed bit higher,
SIS some of us had been so anxious to
do. 1 tell you, went ont of that
house feeling my ittleness as never
had before, resolving to be more like
them I'd picked so many flaws in.
Not long after that the scarlet fever
broke out, and we no longer wanted an
excuse to make much of Olive and her
aunt for angels could not be kinder
than they were. They went every
where and helped everyone, and what
we'd have done without them don't
know. 1t was wonderful how the
little ones chung to Olive. Not a mother
among US could get them to take the
medicine as she could, and often her
singing would quiet them when nothing
else would. Many darling owed its
life as much to her as to the doctor.
There were only three deaths in all,
one OF them poor little Tim Skiver. He
died with his red mittens ON, and We
buried aim in them. Those were ter
rible times, and but for our Olive I
don't know what we should have done.
There's not q mother in the Bend but
would almost give her life for her.
That was all year ago. We have a
new schoolhouse now and Olive Is
paid for teaching it. We are not able
to pay her much, but refused to let her
do 1t longer for nothing, for the Norths
are not rich, more than some of the
rest Of Us. Olive and Miss North have
given us older ones some useful hints,
too, in regard to cutting and fitting and
the choice of colors and materials, so
we find that the poorest may have
something of grace and beauty in
| dress We have an organ in our
| church. too, not grand pipe one, but
Olive can get music out of it, and my
Sary has learned to pick the guitar,
| and we. have that, too, so if you'll be at
church in the morning I'll promise you
some rs good music as you'll meet with
| IN a two. days iourney.-Mrs- Harriet
A. Chute, in Good Housekeeping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
Taxing a Hand ia Politics.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, May ga soldiers
movement has been started here which
may have an important influence on
the politics of the state. The plan rs to
organize veteran leagues all over the
state, and give them distinctively po-
liticsl character, local as well as gen.
eraL Grand Army posts, as such, have
nothing to do with politics, and the
veterans, IT is stated, are not satisfied
The new Idea Yves first preached here
during last week and met the hearty
approval of men high in rank among
the veterans. some OF them being MEM
bers Of Commander I. L Poole's staff,
who were in the city recently.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
TO PREVENT swARMsNo.

Transfer the Brood Combs Above the
Queen ExciudeF.
In paper read before the Ohio state
convention, G.; d. Demarce said: You
can prevent swarming in your apiary
by following my plan and with proper
handling your surplus yield viii be
larger than by any other method made
known prevent Swarming and in
crease by single simple manipulation
right at the commencement of swarm
ing. I transfer the combs containing
brood from the brood chamber to an
upper story above the queen excluder.
One comb containing some unsealed
brood and eggs is left in the brood cham
Der as start for the queen. L fill out
the brood chamber with empty combs.
Full frames of foundation, or even
starters may be used. When the man
ipulation is completed, the colony has
all of its brood with the queen, only its
condition Is somewhat altered The
queen has now new brood nest below
the excluder, while the combs of brood
are in the center of the super. with the
sides filed out with empty combs above
the queen excluder. In twenty-one
days all the brood will be Matched out
above the excluder. and the bees will
begin to hatch in the queens chamber
below 1t; so continuous succession of
young bees is obtained For extracted
honey I tier up with a surplus OF ex-
tracing combs as fast as the colony
needs the room to store surplus Usual
IL the combs above the excluder will
be filed with honey by the time the
bees are Matched, and no other system
is as sure to give one set of combs full
of honey for the extractor in the very
poorest season. The great economy OF
this system is that all the colonies pro-
duce nearly alike. If I want fancy
comb-honey tier the section cases on
the super containing the brood, and
push the bees to start all the combs
they can; at the close of the season
extract the honey from the combs in
the super, and feed it back to properly
prepared colonies to have the partly
filled sections completed This system
also works perfectly if applied imme-
diately after a swarm issues. The only
difference in the manipulation in this
case is that no brood or eggs is Left in
the brood nest, where the swarm is
hived back
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
COLORADO DEMOCRATS.

Proceedings OF the State Convention -
Denver-The Free Silver QUESTION
DENVER, Col, May ea-The democratic
state convention was called 60 order by
Frank Arbuckle, chairman OF the demo-
cratic state central committee, a few
minutes before u o'clock yesterday,
and Col B. F. Montgomery, OF Arapa-
hoe county, was elected temporary
chairman without opposition Commit
tees Were then appointed
The following permanent officers were
elected: Chairman, John McMichael,
OF Pitkin county; vice presidents, Theo-
dore E. Eastland, of Summit, and 5. B.
Fitzgerald, of San Miguel; secretary,
Rod S King, of Lake; assistant secre-
taries, ii. a. Seldomridge, of FL Paso,
and James Graham, of Ptlin-
There was strong fight for the four
delegates at large to attend the conven-
ton at Chicago. Hon. 7. NJ Patterson.
of Denver, was elected by reclamation,
but for the other three there Were five
nominations, namely: Theo ODonnell,
of Denver, James Shinn. of Lake coun-
ty; J. B. Orman, Of Pueblo; DR.. Paul, Of
Aspen, and a. B. Mckinley, OF Denver.
Mr.. Mckinley withdrew In favor of Mr..
Shinn and Messrs Paul and Orman
Were elected By reclamation This mar.
rowed the competition between O'Don-
nell and Shinn- Vote by ballot was
taken and when the record reached 227
for O'Donnen and LEI for Shinn, Mr..
Shinn's name was Withdrawn and Mr..
ODonnen elected by reclamation
The report of the committee on reso-
buttons was lengthy. 1t denounced the
policy of the present administration in
relation to the removal of sthe Ute In
dians to their reservation in Utah;
asked for a modification OF the existing
tariff laws and demanded as q right the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. It
was resolved that the delegates TO the
national convention use every endeavor
to secure a free silver plank; demand
ing the restoration of silver and its free
and unlimited coinage; and ie was de-
clared as the sense of the democratsof
the state that they could have little
hope of the election of the Chicago
nominee unless such declaration was
made.
A minority report was presented to
the effect that the convention support
no man for president or vice president
who is not unequivocally in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
and that the delegates to the Chicago
convention be instructed in case the
candidates and platform were not in
favor OF silver DO withdraw from tho
convention
The minority report WIS tabled and
the ajority report adopted
Following are the delegates aud al
teEnates elected By the two congress
sional districts:
First congressional dstrict-Frsnk j.
Adams, of Creede, and William Bailey,
of Durango: alternstes, James Mcclure
and W. G. HyneS
Second congressional district-Martin
Currigan, of Denver, and c. Donovan,
of Boulder; alternstes, Col B. E. Mont
gomery and A. d. France
Although the delegates were in
structed every mention Of Senator
David B. Hills namewas loudly APP
pleuded At o'clock the convention
adjourned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention In Control of the
Anti-C1eveland Men

The State Convention In Control of the
Anti-Cleveland Men
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 26.-The dele
gates to the democratic state conven-
ton met by congressional districts yes
terday and selected the following dis
trict delegates to the national coDven-
ton: First-Thomas r Moses. l. c.
Walker. Second - Reuben Miller,
Charles NJ. Meacham- Third-John ).
Rhea, 2 M Weldon Fourth-B. Z.
Beard, L z. Litsy. Fifth-W. B. Halde-
man, W. j. Abran- SIXTH. C. Ter
rill, r F. Harrison Seventh-Charles
Bronston, William Lindsay. Eighth
C. H Rhodes, J. a. Sullivan Ninth
E. Walter Sharp, ]. II. Northrup Tenth
John Salyer, ]. NJ Robertson
Eleventh-O. II. Waddel, G. b Den
ham
The first surprise of the convention
was the selectiDnsof Charles R long as
temporary chairman as the candidate
OF the nti-Cleveland element He was
selected by large majority over the
Cleveland candidate
Nominations for the four delegates at
large to the national convention being
declared in order, the following candi-
dates were placed in nomination: Henry
WattcrSou, of jefferson county; William
f. Reed, of Marshall; James a. McKeu-
zie, of Christian; William @. Wells, of
Lincoln; James r Hindman, of Adair.
w. c. Owens, of Scott; William Lindsay,
of Franklin, and John B. Cast leman, of
jefferson
On motion of Warren county dele
gate, Mr.. Henry Wstterson was de-
olarsd a delegate at large by scclama-
ton
The roll Of counties was now called
on the selection of the three remaining
delegates at lsrgs, but this process con-
sumed nearly an hour. In the multiple
ity of candidates for delegate at large.
only two men received the majority OF
all the votes cast necessary for an elee-
ton These Were James A. Mckenzie
and W. G. Owens and the announcement
Of their selection WIS greeted with APP
plausa- John B. Castlenan received
within four votes Of the number neces-
ssry to a choice and an attempt was
made to select Mr.. CasGeman as the re-
naming delegate By reclamation This
was vigorously resisted. however, and
the tiresoEne roll of counties was again
ordered to be called although II was
DOW after 1 O'Clock a u