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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-29

gerOuS."
They had been engaged three months
| now, those two whom we left watering
the flowers, without telling the reader
| what Franklin did not like "for Doris. I"
After he had said that they went back
| to the well, and the watering pots were
filed before either spoke a word. Then
Doris said:
II should think you'd like it better for
me than washing dishes, Frank. 1t is
better than the drudgery have been at
Goldmark says have
81 suppose he knows" said Frank, 81
suppose they know their business, those
men; and must say that, though l am
no judge, / think you did splendidly
the night of the fair. But private
theatricals are one thing, and public an
other. couldn't bear the thought of it,
Doris How did he come to think of
proposing such thing to you?"
They had come to the great SNOWFALL
bushes at the farther end of the garden.
Grandma Fairfax could not see them
from the porch. and every evening at
this time Matthias Morton went to the
store, ostensibly for his mail, but ac-
tually to gossip.
There was bench here, with an
empty beehive of the old fashioned, cone
topped sort on one end, and on the other
end they sat down together. He put his
arm around her waist, and she let her
head drop on his shoulder, and so they
talked. Miss Chandler managed the
little play they had one afternoon at the
rooms where they held the fair for the
orphan asylum" Doris said, land she
teaches the district school, and long ago
was her scholar for little while and
spoke my pieces very well, she said,
and she wanted somebody for part in
! the play and asked me"
."Uncle said | might, only mustn't
ask him for money for anything. did
not. We made my costume out of some
old furniture chintz and old lace cur
tains found in the garnet. And, oh! |
never was so happy as while l was on
the stage playing that part and every
body applauding."
"AhI" sighed Franklin, II suppose it
is fascinating, but it is dangerous.
"Why, Frank, you clapped too" said
Doris. Il wouldn't have been happy If
you hadn't"
Franklin cheered up little.
"And after the audience all went
home l staid to help Miss Chandler give
the orphans their feast--cakes and cream
and candies"
Eyes, remember that, too" said
Frank, because wanted to walk home
with you, and waited for you and you
did not come"
what a shame" said Doris. "But
must hurry, because we have no time to
spare. l cannot drag my story on like
this-and haven't any time lowell,
Just one-there. Where was II"
sStufing the orphans" said Franklin.
"For shame! was handing the cakes
to the poor, dear little things" Doris
when on, "when a stout gentleman came
into the room and began talking to little
Tom Bell 1t seems Toms father had
been an actor and this gentleman. who
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-29
RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE.
|. G. G. N. Railroad.

l. O ~. iNs ndiif OCO.
DEPARTURES.
For.St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ. K. & 7 S:45 IN
For St. Louis via Iron Mountoin 600 p m
For Laredo .9:55 N
ARRIVALS.
From St. Louis via Iron Noun.
tain and M, K. and T. ..e:35 m
From St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and NJ. K. and T. 1000 p m
From Laredo 5:35 p m
Southern Pacific Railroad.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leaves for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston 1:20 pm and 9 p m
ARRIVES FROM THE EAST.
Arrives from New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston 7 a III and 4:o5 P M
THROUGH WEST.
Leaves for San Francisco, FL Paso
4:35 p m
Leaves Eagle Pass 1880. a. NJ
Ar. from San Francisco, ElPaso 1855 p III
Ar. from Eagle Pass -. $50 P NJ
S. A. g. A. p. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrville, daily except
Sunday :. 500 P M
Leaves for Galveston, Houston and
Waco, daily except Sunday . 9:5S N
Leaves for Corpus Christi, Rockport
Beelille, daily except Sunday, 1880 p m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily except
Sunday GAS m
From Corpus Christi, Rockport,
Beeville, daily except Sun. ass pm
From Galveston, Houston and
Waco, daily except Sunday $40 p III
Mallory Steamer sail from Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
NICARAGUA CANAL

The Project Endorsed and the Securities
Recommended by the st. Louis Cc1ven-a
tion-
ST.. LOUIS, June 4-When the Mica
ragua Canal convention met to-day, the
report of the committee on credentials
was presented. It accorded each dele
gate present one vote. There were no
contests or Irregularities J. L. Con-
verse, of Ohio, was made permanent
president, Horace Davis. of California,
senior vice-president, and d. h Nc
Adam and ]. c. Broadweu secretaries
A committee consisting of J. Warren
Keller, of Ohio, and Ambrose Snow, of
New York, escorted the permanent
president to the chair.
The committee on rules decided that
all resolutions should be referred with
out reading and all speeches be limited
to ten minutes The committee ON res
olutions then presented its report This
Endorsed the canal as feasible, recon-
mended government assistance, with
protection secured to the govern
mentas interests, recommended in
vestment in the canal companys
securities to the American people,
and directed the appointment Of
a committee to visit each of the great
national political conventions to secure
their Endorsement OF the government
control of the canal After warm de-
bate in praise of the second resolution,
the report was modified at that point
slightly and then adopted
Then after an address by Rear Ad-
miral Ammen the convention adjourRed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09

eUB-cELLAR FOR CREAM IN HOT CLIMATE.
constructed. It was so cool as to make
me shiver, and glad TO get out of it on a
warm July day.
The upper part was used for a churn-
ing and store room, and had a broad
roof over it and thick stone walls. A
stairway led down into it, and another
into the lower one. Two tiers of shelves
were made on three sides Of this lower
part, and these held the milk and but
ter. The owner told me the tempera-
ture did not vary more than two or
three degrees the whole year. The
only objection to it was that at
times it was damp, but on my
suggestion to use fresh burned
lime to absorb the water-which it
does very greedily = this fault was
wholly removed, with the consequent
mustiness that troubled him in the hot
test part of the summer. This cellar
had been in use for several years, and
had been found quite satisfactory. No
doubt it might meet the case in ques-
ton, if the soil is quite free from water
to the required depth. This is obvi-
ously a sine quo non, unless the drain
age could be secured at moderate ex-
pense. Some GOODNESS may be secured
by using salt water or other solutions
of crystalline and saline substances A
lowering of the temperature of six or
eight degrees may be made by dissolv-
ing a pound of salt in ten gallons of
water. and more by adding sulphate of
soda to the salt But in practice all
these modes of refrigeration have been
found inconvenient or undesirable in
other ways I have experimental with
them in dairy work and found them
more costly and troublesome than ice.
The common ice machines may be made
useful if the dairy is large enough to
stand the expense, as they have been
found Indispensable in breweries on &C
count of their cheapness- So far, how
ever, all attempts to get up q cheap
small machine for cooling diaries have
failed.-Henry Stuart, in Rural New
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
FULLY FOUR HUNDRED KILLED.

Later Reports From the Disaster at the
Bfrkenberg silver Mine Show That That
Number of Lives Were Lost
PRAGUE, June 4-Owing 70 the great
excitement that prevailed when it was
known that the fire that broke out on
Tuesday night in the Birkenberg silver
mine, near Prizbram, had caused the
death of number of miners, many con-
Trajectory statements Were made as to
the number of those who had persisted
One of the first reports had it that forty
had been killed Now, however,
that the excitement has died out to a
great extent and inquiries have been
made among the survivors, it is esti-
mated that fully 400 of the employees
lost their lives in the disaster. Among
those who were killed Were FIVE stu
dents from the Mining academy who
were studying the working of the mine
to gain practical knowledge of mining
operations
Gas continued to form in great vol
umes in tina mine, and tie Maria shaft
is 50 filed with Ii that the volunteers
who are seeking to recover the bodies
are greatly hampered in their work In
fact it is thought now that it will be
fortnight before all the bodies viii be
taken out Large trenches are being
dug in the churchyards, in which the
dead Will be buried. These trenches
are large enough to hold $50 bodies
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
Sue-cELLAR DAIRY.

How to Keep Cream In Good Condition
IN Hot Climate.
The underground method of cooling
dairy has been tried without much sue
cess for some years, and more especial
ly when it was first introduced about
dozen years ago. The plan was to dig
a deep ditch like a drain, and lay large
tiles or a stone channel in it connected
at the further end with the open air by
a pipe to supply the draft. But the
device was opposed to scientific princi-
pies and chiefly to that one on which it
is impossible to cause cold current of
air to rise in a warm atmosphere, or to
make a warm current flow downwards
into a cold, underground passage by
any natural influence To do this is to
oppose that universal law by which
lighter air rises and colder and denser
air falls-the law of gravitation In fact
But it is possible to get a cool cur
rent of air In this way by some mechan-
ical device which will either draw the
air through the underground channel,
or force it through it. Many devices
have been tried for thus ventilating
houses, as by burning something in a
suitable pipe above the channel and
thus producing a current, a part
of which is diverted into the apartment
to be cooled But none of them has
become practically useful The most
effective way Of overcoming the diff
Guilty described, so far as have
learned, is to use a two-storied cellar,
so to speak, or what may be called a
sub-cellar, the lower part of which is
at least IL or Is feet below the surface,
and is closed against the upper and
warmer air, by a perfectly close floor
having tightly fitting trap door in it
and a stairway down to the bottom.
The cellar is lined with brick or stone
and kept whitewashed with lime to in
crease the light which comes through a
glass window in the floor. have seen
several such cellars in the south, one
of which struck me as being excellent
for the purpose of dairy for which it
was used. The cut shows how it was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
TOO MANY ACRES.
A Small Farm Wen TILED Better Than 9
Large Estate.

A Small Farm Wen titled Better Than q
Large Estate.
It seems to Us that too many in the
south and west fail to appreciate the
value OF few acres well titled. In fact,
some in the south have but a few acres
and then neglect to till them well. If
a man has a fertile farm and under
takes to cultivate large number of
acres, he will finally exhaust its fertili-
ty. Where man is trying to cultivate
more land than he can manage, he fails
nearly every time to return any fertility
to the soil He cannot successfully
maintain the fertility of the large num-
bers Of acres
There are millions of acres of run
down land in the south and west that
might be restored by a judicious Guilt
walton Of a small farm. 1t was exhaust
ed by continual cropping without rota-
ton, and by trying to cultivate extern
sively when it should have been done
on the intensive plan-that is, fewer
acres
OF course in some parts of the south
and west extensive farming viii be car
RED on for years yet The soil will
finally run down and intensive farming
will be done. The necessity of intensive
farming seems to become apparent to
the majority of farmers only when in
creased population demands it They
fail to see the value of intensive farm
ing.
We can look about Us in our own
neighborhood and see that the intensive
farmer is the one who has made the
money. Men running large farms have,
too, made money, but in the majority
of cases the intensive ones have made
more money than the extensive ones
have.-Addison d. Smith, in Farm, Field
and Stockman-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
SHEEP SHEARiNGS.

IF you have sheep that are old fatten
and market them
A SHEEP that only shears four or five
pounds of wool barely pays expenses
Ewes that are sucking lambs should
be fed little longer than the other
sheep
THE sheep that shears good fleece
and furnishes fine carcass Is the kind
to raise.
ONE advantage with small flock is
that the owner can give them better
attention
For the small farmer, sheep are not
only suitable, but with good man
agement can be made very proAta BILE
stock.
THE best way of keeping the sheep
from becoming foul is by trimming
the legs before turning out on the
pasture.
WHATEVER class of sheep you keep,
let them be the best of that class, and
then treat them so as to secure the best
results.
SHEEP distribute their droppings
more evenly than cattle. and generally
on the highest ground where it is usual
II needed the worst.
THERE is more proport,onate DIFF
ference in value between good and poor
sheep than between good and poor
animals Of any other class of stock.
Live Stock Indicator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09

or other grocer's box is partitioned
near one end, leaving space enough to
set lamp, which must be low-stand-
ing or hand lamp. A small pane of
window glass is set in the partition and
the entire large compartment made
water tight by the use of putty and
paint When perfectly dry it is nearly
filed with water and film of kerosene
oil poured on this At dark the lamp is
lighted in its little chamber and the
light shines brightly through the win
dow glass, water and oil. Turing swarms
of night insects to their certain doom
The lamp out OF doors must have rain
proof cover over it Air, so it can burn
clearly, must not be cut Off Fig. 1 is
the compartment for the lamp in the
picture, Fig. 9 for the water and oil
n. E. Homestead
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
THE DARK DAY.
Humorous Incidents That Helped &c
Tighten the Gloom.

Humorous Incidents That Helped to
Tighten the Gloom.
The Dark day of 1850 had it's humor-
Gus incidents, like others not sufficient
~ marked to go into. history. Men
were divided in their opinions as to its
cause, some ascribing it to natural rea-
sons and others to the supernatural.
In Boston, one of Rev. DIR. Byles' par
ishioners sent her servant to ask him
whether, in his opinion, the darkness
did not portend an earthquake, hurri-
cane or other commotion. Give my
respectful compliments to your mis-
tress." facetiously replied the doctor,
land tell her 1 am as much in the dark
as she is" Says the author of Historic
Storms IN New England"
When the day was darkest, negro,
named Pomp, at Medford went very
much frightened to his master, and
said:
"Massa, the day of Judgment has
come. What shall do?"
"Well. Pomp, you'd better wash
yourself and put on your Sunday
clothes
Struck by this intimation that his
master saw no cause for fear, Pomp be-
gan to bring In his evidence.
.'Massa, it hos come. for the hens are
all going to roost"
'Well, Pomp. they show their
sense
"And. massa. the tide in the river has
stopped running"
"Well. Pomp, it always does at high
water"
"But. massa. it feels cold. and it's
darker and darker.
$50 much the better, Pomp Haven't
heard you say the Judgment day will
be all fire and 1ight?"
Pomp was comforted- Common sense,
together with a little wholesome
''chaff." had banished his fears
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
ON THE TRAIL
Pursuit OF the Cherokee strip Train Rob.
bers-

Pursuit OF the Cherokee Strip Train Rob-
bers-
GUTHRIE, Ok, June 4.-The follow
ing telegram has been received:
POND CREEK. T, June 2-We are on the
trail of the express robbers They crossed the
Rock Island road three miles north of Pond
Creek station and were going west Twelve Of
us are after them Madison has gone after SOL
diers to meet US from the west We expect q
hot fight when overtaHe them VIII tele-
graph you A L PORTER
Deputy United States Marshal
Marshal kenney has returned here
from the chase. On being informed as
to Porter's dispatch he said:
Eyes. 1 believe the boys Will catch
the robbers with Hixson's party. There
are sixteen good men. and they are de-
termined. Marshal Porter Is with the
other party"
Porter's message saying that Officer
Madsen had asked for troops must mean
that he has telegraphed TO Fort Reno
for men to intercept the fleeing thieves,
and as he believed that some govern
ment money had been secured by the
thieves, the military will not hesitate
to act
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
KILLING A WOLVERINE.
a Mysterious RObber and How It
Was Outwitted.

OF all the rapaciOuS, cunning and mis-
.chievous brutes 1 have met with, the
wolverine, called also carcajou, and
. glutton, is the worst. A thief, robber
and murderer, he is the plague and tor
ment of northern trappers, and an adj
verse factor always when estimating
the possible profits of a fur-hunting
{, campaign. So wary is he and so acute
are his senses of sight, smell and
hearing, that it is well-nigh impossible
either to get q shot at him or entlce him
into trap.
He is not large animal-seldom
weighing over forty pounds-neither is
he swift of foot, nor even an agile
climber fold historians to the contrary,
Notwithstanding; but his strength to
the square inch is something amazing.
What he lacks in size is more than made
up for by industry, inhexible purpose,
intelligence and a provision Of teeth
and claws which enables him to work
greater havoc inhalf an hour than many
larger beasts of prey can effect in half
i. day.
He does not, as some old writer's as
sert, get his living by lying In wait in
Etreetops and enticing deer and other
game within reach of his fnbled dead
1y spring" by dropping leaves, pieces of
moss, ETC.. on the ground below. He
does not eat at one meal five or six
times his own weight, but is content
with what he can hold
He does not sin some mysterious
manner" incite foxes to drive prey be-
meath his crouching place, nor do a
hundred and one other incredible
things for which these imaginative
writer's have given him credit. Indeed,
he does not crouch-for prey-at all, in
treetops or elsewhere, nor otherwise
act as do numbers of the cat family.
His bumped up, chunky form, short
legs and semi-plantigrade feet do not
fit him for acrobat;c feats nor give him
speed enough to run down game In a
straightaway race, as does the wolf.
But he never goes hungry when per.
csistent exertion, impudence and in
genuity can procure him food.
He will follow the hunters trail 70,
miles upon miles, feast upon any
offal or carcass he may have
left, and rob his trips, one
after another, of mink, marten
fox or what not If the game be caught
in log pen or a deadfall he will pull
either to pieces, no matter how strong
ly constructed. If in steel trap he
will tear the captive out of its jaws, ani
will in both cases, after feeding to re
pletion, rend the victims into frag
ments, and hide these away in perhap:
a score of different places for future
use or it may be from pure wantonnes.
and a greed for blood
If any traps are empty he will eau
tiously dig around or under each one
spring it without endangering his owl
paws and then complacently devou
the bait. True, he is sometimes caugh
in steel trap, but only when this ha
been set and concealed with unusua
skill or when hard pressed by dogs
with no rocky stronghold available. h
has been fairly driven to step upon it
jaw.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-09
MAKING SOLID WALKS.
The Materials Employed Should Be Placed
IN Successive Layers.

The Materials Employed Should Be Placed
In Successive Layers
Making walks and carnage drives OF
gravel and broken stone placed loosely
in position, renders them deficient in
smoothness and solid character. They
are soon uneven and distorted in some
degree, and are liable to be more or less
displaced. To prevent this result, the
material should be placed In successive
layers, and each one beaten hard before
the next one is applied It is here that
broken stone, with its angles, has
great advantage over rounded and worn
gravel. the smooth pebbles OF which
roll over each other and do not remain
in place The angular fragments, on
the other hand. become, by their angles,
compactly wedged together. The -ex-
cavation which Is made for filing to
make walk. if eight inches deep, may
be filed with four successive layers
the first two inches or more at the bot
tom, evenly spread and then beaten
solid; then the second layer similarly
treated; then the third; and last, the
upper stratum of an inch or two, of
finer material and with a very even sur
face, smoothly beaten Such walk
viii be far more perfect and well COM
all filed at once, and not thus packed
in solid mass.
A carriage road is to be similarly
treated, pressing each added layer with
a heavy roller, and finishing the whole
by pressing repeatedly and making
thorough work. For public roads.
whether made OF earth or gravel, the
rolling should be thorough, and the
slipshod practice especially avoided OF
| leaving the material IN heaps for the
passing vehicles to level and make hard
which they however never accom-
plish, and only make lumpy rutted
| wagon track.
Anyone may see the compacting proc
ess illustrated who burns anthracite
coal in an open stove, or where the top
is open or accessible. Take the size
/ commonly known as ''grate' or 'sstove
COAL" and observe the facility with
which the flame streams up through the
crevices Of the coal, when the fire hap
pens to burn furiously. Now take a
| light poker or any light iron rod and
| tap this coal surface number of times,
| going over the whole repeatedly, and
causing the fragments of coal to settle
among one another and fill up all these
crevices, greatly reducing the intense
ness Of the fire. In the same way the
broken stone is made to settle by beat
| ing into nearly solid mass
| Where gravel instead Of broken stone
is used, it should be assorted and
screened so as not to be larger than
chestnut coal for all but the surface
and not larger than stove coal for car
riage roads--Country Gentleman