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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
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Stay with the Business You Understan
and You VIII Win.

Stay with the Business You Understand
and You VIII VIM
Every season some stockmen feels
that he has badly failed in what he is
doing. He thinks he would like to try
something else. He has lost money in
one venture, but proposes to find it
again in another. The folly Of this is
apparent at glance, if one but consid-
ers it As rule, treasures are to be
found and recovered where they are
lost. A sheep breeder remarked some
fifteen years ago to the writer that he
had lost on sheep, but expected by per
sistency to recover right where the
losses occurred His anticipations have
been fully verified, but his success Is
partly due to increased experience. In
the best of seasons, and with the best
stock one must know business fairly
or must employ skilled help (Which is
difficult to get) If even moderate sue
cess is TO be found. We know young
farmer who 'sgrew up" with cattle as a
speciality, swine and sheep as auxiliary
stock When his steers are ready for
the market and it is dull, he hastens to
sell, and makes greater haste to buy
| ssstock CATTLE of the best grade, which
his discouraged neighbors are selling.
| His average profits on the two lots of
cattle are always satisfactory. Sheep
and hogs in equal number with the cat
tie (where grain is fed are necessary.
as rule, to secure the full rewards
from a stock farm. Now, with album
dant grass following the rains, even
though low prices have prevailed for
some months, it would seem very good
| policy to keep good growing cattle and
| care for them properly. In more than
a quarter Of a century Of experience
| with from twenty to three hundred cat
| tie every year, the writer knows man
| who has had but four seasons of losses
on cattle and hogs combined. The
| losses of two seasons were on the hogs
| alone, occasioned by neglect. when he
| thought other farm work more impor-
tant Losses result good share Of the
| time from our ignorance and neglect
and from lack of systematic business
management. That which one knows
best, he can do best. Few men past
thirty-fve years old can leave a line OF
live stock with which they have had
long acquaintance, and take up with
profit class of stock new to them. In
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses, in the
order named, mo St farmers find good
returns With nearly equal numbers
of each class, there is small risk in the
outcome of lifetime Orange judo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
If l COULD.

If only knew a way to set time back,
would love to be little child again:
would love to travel once again the track
That seems so free from stumbling and pain
would love to see the felds and flowers ooce
more,
Hear the hum of bees, the murmur Of the
brook,
Wander down beside the willows on the shore
And capture the sly trout with simple hook.
Searching for the sweet wild violets Of spring,
Where the buttercups spread like golden sea,
And the meadow lark first taught its young
to sing
would love once more In summer time to play
p In the barn, where swallows built their funny
nests,
And ride again upon the fragrant load Of ha7,
Or in the orchard take a MONDAY rest.
1 would love to trudge along again to school,
Though It's true Gid not hurry on the way,
And would even sit upon the ounces stool
Could see the boys and girls again to-day.
would love to ransack once again the room
Filled with aroma of healing roots and herbs,
Turn again the spinning wheel and mothers
loom
Which nothing save the signing wind disturbs-
L would love to see the row Of poplars TALL
Where the noisy blackbirds nested out Of
reaofgR
And hear me robin red-breast's bugle call
Or the night-owl with his melancholy screech
would love besits the fireplace to sit
And look into grandLnother'S dear old face,
Watch the cleaning needles as she used TO knit
And hear her sing of loving hope and grace
%, If only knew a way to set time back,
IF could only be little child once more,
Forget the tangled years, and sorrow wraclz,
Dlethinks I'd sail along different shore.
p. c. Huntington, in Chicago Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23

what Francesca Dean told me they had
prepared! And on our butterfly china,
tool"
doori" stubbornly repeated Mr.. Miner
'But Joe Dean painted their door
blue to-day exclaimed Marian 'And
painted ours green"
The pastor sank Imply into chair
'NThen," he said. Eve got green and
blue paint both on the skirts of my
coat - and ] have made dreadful
blunder in the bargain! And 1 must go
at once and apologize to the Dean fam
lily; but not until you. my kind friends,
have forgiven me for my meddling in
reference"
''But really said mischievous Maud.
'<hasty pudding isn't an extravaganza. -
Mrs. Chipley and Marian fastened to
deprecate the pastors humility and he
Francesca Dean
1T is kind O. queer" said Deacon
Philpott. talking the matter over some
days afterward. 1.-The dominic. he
plumb admits that he's sort O. absent
minded, and needs wife to keep him
straight And I'll bet even on pretty
Miss Maud and Francesca Dean
The deacon, however, was wrong for
once in his life. Pastor Miner did get
married, but it was neither to blue
eyed Francesca nor darh-orbed Maud.
Like sensible man he proposed to
Widow Chipley. herself, and was ac
cepted at once.
But, if Mrs. Miner does not object, +"
be said, with due courtesy, II should like
to have the front door. painted blue
once more. "-Home Queen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
HE NEVER DIED
The Perennial Politician Who Is Death
Proof

The Perennial Politician Who Is Death
Proof.
cit is your last chance said the
agent lyon have been very sick; half
dozen doctors have given you up; take
out policy now and be prepared for
the worst"
81 think not" said the old man, wrap
ping himself closer in the blankets
But think of your wife and family -
THAT is true said the man shiver-
ing as though in the arms Of death
'rOur company is liberal; our policies
take immediate effect; if you keep mum
will be able to write you up and no
one will know the differences; thereais
no other company in the United States,
1 believe, that viii take the risk
THAT is perhaps true said the man,
huskily.
According to your own story You
have a silver plate in your head, your
vital organs are shattered, your left leg
is broken in three places, your liver is
dead, your right lung is all gone and
your eyes are closed
Every word true" murnured the
patient, coughing dismally.
Then you do not care for a policy,
ehY
81 do not; not even ten thousand dol
lars for fifty cents; good day, kind sir -
We'll, this is such a strange case,
perhaps you might tell me exactly what
your reasons are: 1 may be able TO over
come them with logic"
Because, sir, never die
whats thatS-
My harvest is near at hand now,
after four long years of waiting. L am
the genuine character of whom You
have often read who has deposited a
ballot for every president of the United
States from Washingtoa's time down
Please hand me that paper there on the
stand as 1 want TO read all the political
news and keep in the swim IN. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
SHEEP SHEARINGS.

AT no time and with no class of stock
is it good plan to wean too suddenly;
make the change gradually.
IT is lamenta BILE but nevertheless
true, that dogs have more friends
among the Texas legislators than sheep.
WITH cheap pasturage, western farm
ers ought to be able to readily CON-
pete with the eastern farmer in raising
sheep.
So LONG as so many are so careless in
feeding and dressing muttons for mar
ket, there will be a prejudice against
mutton.
AS TO whether it is best to sell sheep
early with the wool ON. or later with
the wool off, can only be determined by
the prices.
THE flesh of the sheep partakes more
of its feed than either cattle or hogs,
hence the care necessary in fattening to
secure good mutton.
WHENEVER sheep are exposed to con-
ditions that keep the wool wet, es-
pecially in warm weather, cotted wool
is generally the result
SHEEP will thrive better with a var
iety of feed in the pasture as well as
when on dry feed, and pasture seeded
with a variety of grasses will give the
best results
THERE is no remedy against sheep
killing dogs as safe as that of penning
the sheep close to the house every night.
1t may be some trouble but in many
localities it will prove good economy.
The whole growth of the industry of
sheep husbandry is dependent on the
health and vigor of the sheep. 1t fol-
lows therefore that the fockmaster
should never ''let up" in his efforts to
prevent disease in his flock An ounce
of preventive is worth many pounds of
cure.-Live Stock Indicator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
PROTECTION FOR CHICKENS.

accident Strips of board ten or twelve
feet long are joined at the corners, and
the top strung with wire netting. A
small opening on one side connects with
the coop. which should have a hinged
cover. A small door in one Of the side
strips gives opportunity to feed and
water the inmates Such an Enclosure
can be moved occasionally to fresh
ground, and, if not overcrowded, the
broods can be thus kept confined until
the chickens are large enough to take
very good care of themselves--Webt
Donnell, in Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Milking and Smokina.

When man milks COW he should
not attempt to smoke cigar at the
same time. A young man out in the
country tried it, and got along well
enough until he lowered his head and
touched the cows flank with the lighted
end of his weed The next instant him.
self and cigar were dreadfully put
out" The COW introduced about two
tons weight into one Of her hind-legs,
and then passed it under the mixers
jaw. When he ceased whirling round,
and the myriads of stars he saw had
disappeared, he said farming was the
hardest work a man could put his hands
to4-Earners' Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Rattle his bones over the stones,
He's only pauper whom nobody oxl

Only pdupSE RQOlu QOOOGY on
No solitude is so complete, no feeling
of loneliness so acute, as that engen-
dered by living among countless thou
sands without being able to awaken
the interest of single individual 1t
is an agony whose poignancy is beyond
description. But, strange to say, al
though thousands have experienced the
sensation, as soon as they have secured
a comfortable position they pass later
sufferers by without a word Of cheer or
encouragement Selfshness can 60 no
further, and the pessimist can find no
more eloquent theme TO prove the truth
of his sad philosophy
But there are more pleasing features
about the want pages Of a great news
paper. One of them came under my
observation lately. a heartbroken old
lady had inserted a notice in the per
sona1 columns of a Sunday paper ask
ing for information about her son who
had disappeared from home many years
before. She had employed detectives to
trace the whereabouts of her wandering
boy, but with the usual result The
sleuths pocketed their per diem and
supplied their employer with neatly ar
| ranged reports" a friend advised the
mother to try the newspapers She
! spent four dollars IN small notices,
which were published in the Chicago
New York and San Francisco newspa-
pers, without expecting return, how
ever Great was her establishment
| when she received letter from her SON,
dated at Yokohama, N which he told
| her that he had seen her notice and
| would be IN Chicago two weeks later. i
happened to be at the railroad station
! when the two were reunited, and had to
listen to a somewhat lengthy eulogy on
| the power of the press procounced by a
| friend of the happy family.
| Typographical blunders in snail ad-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Grown on Three Acres

A Massachusetts, man raised last sea-
son on less than three acres of land as
follows: Fifteen bushels of green pease,
one Of white beans, ten of potatoes,
eight of popcorn (ears). fifty of red
beets, twenty-five of onions, seventy
Eve of carrots, 500 sugar pumpkins,
LOCO winter squashes, 1000 horse-radish
roots, fifty dozen ears of sweet corn,
2, 600 cabbages, six bushels of parsnips,
large quantities of sunfiowers, one
bushel of Rochester rose potatoes from
one pound of seed. He says he believes
there is big living from small farm
nroDerly mananad
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Food for Horses

It is not the amount of food con-
sumed, but that digested, which keeps
the horse strong and plump put two
quarts of stones the size of small
hen eggs In one of my hangers lately.
The horse did not digest them-in fact,
he did not eat them-but he eats his
oats more slowly now because he can't
get them so rapidly, and. as a result,
digests them fully. It is as easy for an
animal to waste food by boiling it as
to poke it through hole in the Iuap-
ger.-Farm Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Especial Chicago Letter.

Have you ever thought Of how natural
It is to have recourse to the advertising
pages of newspapers? When you want
help or when7you need anything out of
the ordinary you appeal to your fellow
men through the columns Of a journal
whose circulation justifies the expense.
The time was when you would have
gone from one Of your acquaintance to
the other repeating your tale Of woe.
Now you simply walk into the counting
room of a newspaper, pay forty or fifty
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
No Doubt There Was

Five-year-old Bess telling of the med
icine she had taken)-And / took soDe
eompulsion of cod liver oil, and
Mrs Fangle-You mean emulsion,
don't you, not compulsion?
Boswell, I think there was some
compulsion about It Detroit Free
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
The Same Thing,

doctor, what is the meaning Of the
peculiar formation just back of bebyAs
ear?'
'Combativeness, perhaps
"Why, some one said 1t was love of
domestic life"
ssOh, well, it's all one and the same
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Better Still

MattheH-We've got q stuffed eagle
at home
Frank-Thats nothing; there's a real
live hawk that comes and stuffs himself
with our chickens every week--Har-
per's Young People
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Kitchen Mirrors

Domestic-Plaze, MUM, I'd like to hos
a loolzin'-glass in tn kitchen
Mistress "a practical HOUSEWIFE
Keep the tinware well secured, Mary,
and you won't need oDe--Judge
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
a Great Love-

Cecil-Nos Weggy; yOu must not tempt
me-weally you must not pwo1nised
her / would smoke but three cigawettes
a day
Reginald Cecil, deah boyi how
you must love herHJudge-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
SaIad--Two

Lobster Salad--Two Holsters shred
ded, not too finely, two heads OF crisp.
fresh lettuce. two hard-boiled eggs
sliced Put these into dish and mix
thoroughly, with mayonnaise dressing.
N " World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
Cautious.

Doct0r-Novv, Johnny, stick out your
tongue and let me see It
Johnny-Well, guess not I've been
walloped often enough for making faces
at you behind your back-Truth-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23

A Modern Specimen--Teac cher
'EWhat is knight-errant- Georgia Gaz-
camp Georgie-''Goin' for the doctor
after dark, ma'am--Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23

Chicago's streets from morning till
night They lose their individuality,
and even the philanthropist ceases to
take an interest in them as soon as
they have secured employment If they
succumb in the struggle for existence,
their fate goes unnoticed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-23
THE ADVERTISING PAGE.
The Most Interesting Feature OF
the Great Metropolitan Dailiea

Humof, Pathos, Passion, Virtue and vice
Exposed In Small "Ads"!The Expert
ence Of q CFank-The Recovery OF
Stolen Property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
A YentrilOauist's Throat.

Professor R. H. Mohr, the ventrilo.
quist, went through strange experience
the other day. In one OF the laboratories
of the Harvard Medical School he SUBJ
mitted to an examination of bis throat
and chest by number of physiological
experts, to determine what special for
nations gave him his peculiar powers.
The experts are uncommunicative con.
cerning the results of the examination,
and the professor, who is not physiolo-
gist at all, did not learn much about him
self.
"They put mirrors down my throat, !"
he said. "They led me by narrow pas
sages into dark chamber, and what
they did there don't know. After it
was all over they told me that my larynx
was fatter than that of other men and
shaped something like woman's, and
also that one of the stops in my throat
was drawn downward instead of upward
by the connecting muscles.
81 can't make much out of that ex-
PLANTATION, but I can make living out
of my peculiar throat just the same"
Then the professor threw his voice un-
der the table and laughed hoarsely.-
Boston Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
IN PRAISE OF THE BLAZER.

OF all the garments ever invented,
designed and cut, there is none 30 USE
full, delightful, or that so thoroughly
fills the purpose of its being as the
blazer. It can be made at very slight
expense, or its value can be enhanced to
the limit of ones purse strings. 1t can
be worn by the Quakeress with perfect
propriety or by the giddiest butterfly of
fashion. Indeed it ls the chief feature
q the summer wardrobe. 1t may be
made in every known color from black
20 white, and has a style of its own that
sets off to perfection every bit of grace
,r chic the figure possesses. 1t has
absolutely developed with "motner's
friend" for no daughter, however given
over to the imprudeuce OF setting round
in the dew, taking evening walks and
exposing herself generally to all tine ills
resulting from cold, is ever known to
refuse OF evade slipping on her dear
blazer. Aiatrouly figures look we'll also
in blazers of modified cut, little less
puff to the sleeves and not so much cut
away quite to the skirt, and the blazer
is adapted 10 more sedatc tastes at once
and becomes as useful and beloved by
mother Us daugnter.-American Dairy
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
Questions Often Asked.

Q. What is Alabastine?
A. Alabastine is durable coating for walls
and ceilings.
Q. Is it the same as kalsomines?
A. 1t Is entirely different from all other prep
arations on the market.
O. Wherein does 1t differ from these kalso-
mines on the market?
A. 1t is made from cement that goes through
q process Of setting on the wall, and grows
O. What are kalsomines made from?
A. From Writings, chalks, clays or other inert
powders for base, and are entirely dependent
upon glue to hold them on the wall.
Q. Why do kalsomines rub and scale2
A. Because the glue, being animal matter,
decays in short time by exposure to air and
moisture, and the binding qualities Of the
material are then gone.
Q. Does the Alabastine contain any injurious
substance?
A. Alabastine has been most carefully tested,
and is recommended by leading sanitarians
throughout the country, on account Of its
o. What has the same investigation shown
regarding wall paperl
A. Sanitarians condemn in strong terms the
use Of wall paper for walls OF living rooms on
account of the poison used in its manufacture.
@. Can anything but plain work be done with
Alabastine2
A. Any kind Of work, from plain tinting to
the most elaborate decorating can be done.
Q: How can learn to do this work and dec
crate my house?
A. By writing the Alabastine Company, Grand
Rapids, Mich, for book Of instructions and
suggestions, and illustration Of stencils; also
showing six sets of tinted wall designs. Sent
Tree.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
KEEPING EGGS IN DRY PACKING.

A few of the methods of packing
eggs dry for keeping have been tried at
the New York State Experiment Station.
With these the eggs were all wiped when
fresh with a rag saturated with fat or
oil in which had been mixed some anti.
septic, and packed tightly in salt, bran,
etc. Eggs packed during April and
May in salt, and which had been wiped
with cottonseed oil to which had been
added boracic acid, kept from four to
five months with a loss of nearly one
third, the quality of those saved not be-
ing good. Eggs packed in bran after
the same preliminary handling were all
spoiled after four months. Eggs packed
IN salt during March and April after
wiping with vaseline to which salicylic
acid had been added kept four and i've
months without loss; the quality after
four months was much superior to ordi-
nary lined eggs. These packed eggs
were all kept in barn cellar, the ordi-
nary temperature of which varied from
sixty degrees to seventy degrees Fahren-
heit, and each box was turned once every
two days. Little difference was observed
IN the keeping of the fertile or the in
fertile eggs, and no difference was no.
ticeable in the keeping qualities OF eggs
from different fowls or from those fed
on different rations. New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
MANAGES HER OWN PLANTATION.

Among the women of the South who
spent the winter in Washington, was
Mrs. Leila Seaton Wilder, of Alabama.
Mrs. Wilder is the largest cotton planter
about Decatur, and one of the largest in
the State. "Six years ago." Mrs. Wilder
says, "my husband died, leaving me a
plantation of 1900 acres, extending a
mile and a half along the Tennessee
River, and about the same on the Flint.
My father and mother were Ohio people,
who moved to the South, where was
born. l was only a schoolgirl when
married. I had never lived nor even
been in the country until my husband
took me to his plantation. Every day
when his horse was brought around mine
was saddled, too, and when, after twenty
months, he died, I had learned all the
intricaces of cotton-raising. For time
lived in Decatur, but the results Of the
plantation were not satisfactory, so ]
went back, dismissed managers and
overseers, and took entire supervision
myself. l have not had a manager in
six years, and my people, think, are
proud of working for woman, and of
the good fortune that has attended my
management. ."-Chicago Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
WHY AeTRAKHAN COSTS.


Do women know why 1t is that Ast-
rakhan, or Persian lamb, as it is oftenest
called nowadays, costs so mucha asks
Celia Logan. It isn't because in and OF
itself it is specially beautiful or specially
becoming, for it is neither. 1t is the
cost of life that they are paying for.
Just as the female is about to give
birth to the kid she is killed and the skin
stripped from the unborn, but often iv-
ing little one. The inhuman practice is
owing to the fact that only in this way
can the soft, fine silkiness Of the fur be
preserved. After birth it becomes harsh
and wiry. Two lives have to be taken
to get one small skin, and this is what
makes astrakhan 80 dear. This, too, is
why shutter when I see woman wear
ing an astrakhan coat or cape.
Is fashion worth following that is so
prodigal of life as thisG 1t is worse than
the slaughter of seals and birds for
fashions sake, and the slow torture of
the goose for the pate de fois gras that
makes the epicure happy. Aud these
are bad enough.-Louisville Courier
Journal.