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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
BEARS IN INDIA.

Fine Specimens of the Geological Gardens
at Calcutta.
Lord Northbrook gave us for the Cal
cutta Zoo a fine pair of the large black
Himalayan bears. Owing to the care
lessness of the native keeper in charge
of these animals the mother ate a cub
to which she had given birth, and after
ward she pinned and died. The male
was fairly tame, and would stand up
against the rails of its den and eat grass
from my hand. We could get any
number of the common black plains
bear, and for these little gentlemen we
had a bear pit, with two tail poles in
it, up which they used to climb
and get buns, etc, from the public, as
was once the fashion in the Lon
don Zoo.
We received SO many of these little
black bears that we were obliged to do
a small business in bears skins and
bears grease, for even small bear
costs something to feed. We had some
difficulty in getting the Cashmere Isa-
belline bears. / once bought one that
was performing in the streets of Cal
cutta, but its teeth had been pulled out
and its nose mutilated by the muzzle
that it wore when it was going through
it's street performances.
A military friend sent us down from
Cashmere two fine little cubs of this
breed. They were about six months
old and very friendly, being about the
size of collie dog, but their long hair
made them look bigger. We put them
into a comfortable house, with strong
iron gratings eight feet high. and a
tree for them to climb up in the center
of their house. We had forgotten that
this house had only mat-and-thatch
roof, and we did not suspect our young
friends of wishing to escape. They.
however, thought differently. One
night they climbed up to the roof, made
a great hole in it and escaped--Long-
mans Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
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scantlings. The lower portions of the
movable pickets are secured by bolts.
When feeding time comes, the pals of
milk are placed on platform on the
front side of the fence, the pickets are
dropped to one side, as shown in the
illustration, and when the calves put
their heads through, the pickets are
again replaced, and held in position by
bolt or block. In this way each calf
gets the portion intended for it, as after
little while each Will take its own
place, and there is no sucking of ears,
ETC., as happens when they are fed pro-
miScuOuSly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
GRATING OR BUDDING.
Two Methods in Use Among the Nursery
men of America.

Two Methods in Use Among the Nursery
men of America.
If the quality of the fruit is not what
it should be. in any thrifty orchard,
better varieties may easily be obtained
by the selection of cions, early and
spring grating or by budding later in
the summer. There are several meth
DDS of grating in use among nursery
men, but it is not necessary here to de-
scribe more than two, splice grating
and cleft grating. In the former the
cion must be near the size Of the stock
it is grated upon. Cut the stock off,
with a smooth, long, upward stroke of
the knife. The cion, which should be
four or five inches long. must be cut in
like manner in such shape as to fit
nicely upon the stock having some por-
ton, if not all, the wood and bark on
both fit exactly together so that the sap
flowing through the cellular tissue of
the former will pass without obstruc-
ton into that of the latter.
In cleft grating limb of twice or
more the diameter of the cions is sawed
square off and split down the middle
two inches or more. The cleft is held
open by a wedge driven down on one
side, while cion, cut wedge shape, is in
serted in the opposite part of the cleft.
The wedge is then removed and another
cion, cut in like manner, is put in its
place. Great care must be taken to
bring the bark, or rather the inner
bark, of the cion and the stock exactly
together before applying the wax In
both forms of grating a coating OF
grating wax must be carefully spread,
with a thin wooden blade, upon and
around the cut portions of wood. This
should be wrapped around with strips
of muslin and tied securely. Grating
! wax was made by melting resin, three
parts, with beeswaX one part and tai
low one part. If too thick add more
tallow, if too thin more resin. Go to
your neighbors, or send to friends at a
distance, for cions of such varieties as
you desire, and this should be done at
once. Keep them in cool, moist place
till you are ready to use them The
number of successful gratis you make
will depend mainly upon the care taken
in putting them in.-Western Rural
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
RULES FOR FEEDING.
vyell-Balanced Ration for Horses on Av-
eraEe Work.

Unbalanced Ration for Horses on Av-
erage Work.
For horses on average work we'll
balanced ration that would be satisfac-
tory may be composed of ten pounds of
corn fodder. six of corn meal and six of
wheat bran. A good ration for horses
that would include straw could be made
as follows: Ten pounds of wheat straw,
six of corn, six of wheat bran and two
of linseed meal. Linseed meal has
proved to be an excellent feed as an adj
dition to a ration for horses, especially
dsring the winter and spring.
IT is encouraging to note. says a
writer, the interest taken in the matter
of the economical use of folders and
feeds for farm stock, yet it must be re-
membered that scientifically prepared
rations do not take the place of good
Judgment in feeding and handling the
animals. Feeding cannot be done by
any fixed rules. The principles of feed
ing must be adapted to the conditions;
the individuality and character of the
animals, their age, the period of milk
flow, the kind and the quality OF the
products which furnish the food com
pounds, are all variable factors, and de
naand that minor changes be made in
rules applicable in specific cases
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
AGRICULTURALH HINTS.
ADVANTAGE OF soiLINo.
Why 1t Is More Profitable Than the Time
Houored PssturinE.

Why 1t Is More Profitable Than the Time
Honored Pasturing.
The enormous waste incurred by the
tramping down of pasture by stock
when the ground is soft or the feed is
short is too little thought of by farm
ers. Early turning upon the pastures
in the spring, before the ground settles
or the grass gets start, often does Sc
rious damage to both land and stock.
The grass is soft and washy and the
change from dry nourishing food to
that containing so little nutrition is
often quite serious in it its results.
Under the soiling system more stock
can be kept on given acreage than by
pasturing; much of the expense of fenc-
ing is saved; nearly all of the food
given is available for the formation of
products, as there is no waste of energy
in searching for food and the manure
can be preserved free from waste.
The best crops for soiling are those
rich in heterogeneous matter or protein.
Although smaller crops are usually OBJ
tanned with the legumes (clover, peas,
etc. than with corn fodder, the fodder
from the 1egumes is much richer in nj
trogen and hence of more value in the
production Of milk, cheese, butter and
beef. The legumes, being nitrogen
collectors, are able to obtain much OF
their food supply from the air and sub
soil. They add to the fertility of the
soil by the decay of their roots, stubble
and leaves, which are left in and upor
the soil when the crop is harvested
The advantages of clover to the dairy
farmer may be briefly summed up a;
follows: 1t is more valuable than hay
or corn stalks in production of milk; il
obtains much of its nitrogen from the
air, and can be grown with mineral fer
tilizers only; it increases the value O.
the manure and it tends to improve tn,
soil by the decay of its roots, stubbl'
and leaves, which remain after the crol
is harvested.-Western Rural.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
Amusing the Boys.

George Butler, canon of Winchester
cathedral, was the son of DIR. Butler,
head-master of Harrow. The boy grew
up to be dignifed and serious man, a
power in philanthropy and the church,
but that he had a demure sense of
humor is shown by one anecdote of his
earliest years. DIR. Butler wore a fine
suit of black, with knee-breeches and
cloth CATERS, and with his powdered
hair was figure calculated to move
any schoolboy to admiration and awe.
One morning, little George watched
him, as he set out for school, and OBJ
served that his father wore only one
gaiter. When DIR. Butler returned. he
said to the lad: ssYou were here,
George, when went away this morn
ing. Didn't you see that had only one
gaiter?" Eyes, papa" ''Then why
didn't you tell me?'' Because an
swered George, innocently, ST thought
it would amuse the boyS"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

"Yes, but it amt free enough fer
strangers ter come pryin' round our
farms, like as not TRIUMPH up charge
that'll get us into trouble.
ssHave you talked with this 'bogie'
you seem so much afraid OFF"
s.No, but my Cal seen him close by as
he come over Faze mountain night be-
fore last The Teller was sittin' on a
log, thinlxin' hard, an Cal went close to
him without bein' seen. He's got blue
soldier clothes on an is probably an Of
ficer lookin' for somebody, an I'm in
favor of givin' him.
What it was Ferr1 was in favor of
Lois did not find out, for the voices
sounded nearer, as though the men
had started In her direction, and she
fed through the underbrush to escape
detection.
She gave but little thought to the
conversation she had accidentally over
heard, only in a vague way hoping that
no one would get hurt. These noun
taineers were so savage sometimes in
their actions. It came to her, however,
the next day in her schoolroom as she
kept the tow-headed scholars in order.
1t was hard work to teach school
that day. She knew that in two days
it would be June, and that as she heard
the lessons droned out in solemn mono
tone professions by the thousands
were vending their way to the graves of
the gallant dead and flowers were be-
ing scattered over the low mounds. She
had attended Memorial day service once
herself, and had felt keen heart pain
as blossoms were laid on the mound
dedicated tO the ssup1xnOyvn dead" She
felt as though it were her dead that
was honored.
In her dinner basket that day there
was package done up in brown paper
and carefully shielded from all observa-
ton. When none of the scholars was
looking she had poured a cupful of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
sea.onable Feed for Poultry.

Potato and apple parings should be
placed in pot and boiled and scalded
until they are of the proper consistency
to mix with the morning poultry feed
These scraps help along and are worth
keeping Some farmers allow their
wives to throw them out, or if they
keep hogs they are mixed with the
ssviu and fed to them, but usually the
chickens are entirely overlooked.
Buckwheat is good grain for poultry.
If given to them with corn or wheat
once a week in winter, but never feed
it at any other season They viii not
take it at first but will learn to like it
if given to them when they are hungry
and not too ofoen--Rural World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

Faster and more eagerly she pushed
on, regardless of torn skirts and bleed
ing hands. The thin shoes she wore
gave little protection as she stumbled
on sharp-pointed rocks, but she did not
heed, and almost before she was aware
the summit was gained. In vain she
tried to distinguish the riders. Dark
shadows held the valleys. and white
mist lay like river in the lowest
depths.
Downward she plunged on a course
that she knew would bring her out near
the cabin, taking long needless strides
that would have been impossible in a
less imprisoned hour. Her climb
seemed to have taken so long-would
she be in time?
In shorter time than had seemed
possible the cabins dark form doomed
up before her. She listened in the
deepening night for sound of an inmate
Had the cavalcade of horsemen been
there and departed with their victim?
A sound came to her ears from the
edge of a bluff to the right of the cabin
where steep slope reached down to a
bubbling brook. 1t was a groan. She
hurried in that direction. Some one
was suffering below. It was not diff
| cult to get down the declivity, and in a
| moment she was approaching a man
who lay by the edge of the water.
holding one of his legs with his hands
in agony.
81 fell down the bluff" he began,
''this morning and broke my leg.
couldn't make anyone hear me-" He
groaned again.
1t was very dusk by this time, but
| Lois could see the flash of brass buttons
! on the strangers coat and the deter
mination to assist him was stronger
than ever.
''Lie here a little" she ordered. ''and
I will bring you help
J She made him as comfortable as she
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
THE ROAD PRosLEM.
Views That Are Not as Chimerical a
They May Seem to Many.

views thaG Are NOT as Cntmer1cal a.
They May Seem to Many.
In former articles 1 have endeavored
to set forth the Importance of thorough
drainage This having been scientific
ally done we have a foundation on
which to build superstructure. Up to
the present time the great roads of the
world have been made of stone, and
where it is available it is questionable
if better material can be used. But
as this is an age of great discoveries
and inventions may we not reasonably
expect something from that quarter
that will take the place of and even
supersede the use of stone entirely? 1t
has been discovered that the earth is
full of that beautiful metal aluminium,
that in the near future will to great
extent supersede the use of iron in all
our farm machinery, vehicles of all
kinds. household and cooking vessels,
in building bridges, houses, etc--in
fact, there is no end to the uses it can
be put to. Then why by the aid of the
chemist may not some process be
evolved that will in some cheap way
harden the very earth now lying in the
roads we use?
Again, 1 think it not impossible to
construct some kind of transportable
machine by which to manufacture a
brick or block by pressure made from
| the earth of which our roads are now
made combined with some cheap sub
stance or chemicals that will cause it to
harden, making it impervious to water
or the effects of frost. Who knows but
electricity may be a leading factor in
road making? The inventions of the
nineteenth century seem very great
particularly to a man who has noted
| the progress of invention, science and
art in the world for the last sixty years
After what has been done who dares tC
question the possibilities of the balance
of this century?
| Imagination has pictured to my min6
the possibility of results named Were
American genius to invent a process:
and machine to accomplish the enc
| suggested and made free of patent tai
by the purchase of the right by the
government for the people and the
work done by convict labor it would
very largely solve the road problem.-A
Failor, in Breeders Gazette.
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FRESH DAIRY DOTS.
nuRN at 60 degrees in summer.

CHURN at 6U degrees In summer.
THE heifer calf does not need fatten-
ing food. 1t needs plenty of bone and
muscle-forming food.
MARBLES in cattle can be squeezed
out. Sometimes sharp knife is
needed to make the opening large
enough.
IT is poor policy to attempt to raise
calves in pasture in which there is no
shade. 1t is poor policy to keep cows
in such a pasture.
IF the butter consumers would con-
suit their own interest they would
never spend cent in grocery store
in which butterine is kept.
IN no direction can a farmer spend a
little money more profitably than to
buy thoroughbred bull, with which to
grade up herd of common cows.
WHILE it is true that calves should
be well fed they should not be over-fed
the first week of their lives. One
writer thinks that more calves are in
jured by being fed too much than too
little during the first week, and we
think he is right.
OF course there are very valuable
cows that are kickers, too valuable to
sacrifice. But we never saw kicking
COW that we would own longer than
we could get her to the butchers in
proper shape. A cantankerous animal
of any kind is too much bother on the
farm.
DAIRY associations should give con-
slant attention to the enactment OF
laws that will protect the dairy not
only against bogus butter. but to pro-
IL
ness or dishonesty of the few butter
makers who have no regard even for
their own best interests = Farmers
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~ Ozark
A~De1p>d Day
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and on to the spreading prairies during
the decade and a half following the
war had many side eddy and even oc-
casiona1 backward sweep 1t was one
of the former that, leading to the white
topped wagon of the Brakes from the
main-traveled road, guided it to a
resting place among the picturesque
Ozark mountains of Missouri.
There's tim Der there an hills" said
Mr.. Brake, when his wife and daughter
petitioned for ''clailn" on the level
plains nearer the feet of the Rockies,
''an' I've lived among trees an hills too
much of my life back in Virginny to get
along without 'em."
So they lived among the hills as be-
fore, and Lois Brake took up the duties
of n life which seemed likely to go on to
the end with little change She taught
the mountain school and looked with
disfavor upon the advances of the
SWANS of the neighborhood. She was
paid grudgingly for the first and pun
ished for the second by being referred
to as an "old maid"
To be sure she was approaching mid
die life, but her heart cherished as ten
der love as warmed the cheeks of the
bellies of the community. 1t was an
ideal of which she never spoke; for.
when Harold Brooks donned the union
colors and went to battle Mr. Blake
whose sympathies were with the gray,
declared that his name should never be
spoken in the house again. He could
enforce his wishes in this respect, but
he could not deprive his daughter of
recollection, nor did he chide her grief
when word came after great conflict
that her lover had been killed and his
form huddled into a grave of unknown
dead, unidentified and unmarked
On late spring day, which was
really early spring up among the shell
tered ravines and valleys of the hills,
Lois slowly threaded her way among
the spreading walnuts and oaks, return
ing home from school.
She was respondent, wearied with
the grind of daily labors, and was
thankful for the solitude of the mar
row mountain path. Suddenly voices
sounded just ahead and she listened.
Hes spyin' out something, you can
jest depend" said a harsh speaker
whom she recognized by the tone as
what happened ter a Teller over on tn
Smoky hill, last summer, don't your
he continued.
.1No; what was it?" queried McGrath,
the school trustee.
rid him on a rail-" triumphantly.
SERVED him right. Might hev been
worse an not hurt nothin'"
This is a free country" spoke a
cool, sarcastice voice which Lois eould
not identify.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

system in Fig. 2. Others like the fuller
system in Fig. 1. There need be no fear
of losing the vine. The only loss will
be one seasons grapes, which viii be
more than repaid by better fruit there
after. By cutting back a little each
year one can get grapes on new canes
that will be ornamental as well as fruit
full. To get large and more fruit, prune
in the summer. Fall pruning gives
more vine.-H. Il. Preston, in n. E.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25


Of heroes who went forth to victory.
OF those great battles fought long years ago.
tell them: Mamma was tiny girl.
When news OF Sumter fired on filed the
land -
With stories learned in history at school,
try to in terest my little band
Brfs as to-day think of other years,
A vision of those other mothers comes
Those mothers who with breaking hearts and
Sent out bestowed ones from ancestral
homes
Aye they could tell-if any yet there be-
Those white-haired mothers-they could tell
a talei
They know the depths of wars dire misery.
They know when tears have been Of none
avail
OF none avail to bring their dear ones back,
Father and son upon the fatal field
Think you they have forgotten 1T? Aiacki
Griefs grow apace-1oys lighter harvests
yieldl
Many will pass with careless look to-day
The soldiers grave, ever a sacred spot
Unnumbered heroes, long since passed away:
This younger generation knew them notl
see white-haired woman kneelins low
Beside mound marked with no costly
stone;
A.f1ag floats DER it; by this sign we know
II ID d SOlulGr RFdFo-Snc WcOpS diOnOI
Some one has placed chaplet of bright bloom
Upon the grave, the mothers tears fall
fast
40, Jamie. Jamiel Canst thou not make room
For mother: She has come to you at last
$50 many years I've sought and found you
not
So many years-and meath this southern sum-
AT last find your grave, a humble spot,
Marked with my JAMES name-the very onel
Snow. God be praisedl I'll go back to my
home,s
am too old to come to thee again;
But 1 have learned to wait-Soon death will
come
And kindly bear me from my toll and paint
81 cannot think but that the Father just
VIII let me find my soldier boy once more,
He gave his life for freedom, and he must
Be safe and happy on that peaceful shorel"
Her hair is white her form is old and bent
She has no other sons to give away
Alone, she waits with look and heart intent
The soldiers mother waits for him today
Dora D. keeney, in Springfield (Mass.) Re
mn icau
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
Incurabie,

Hicks-And you say that Styles was
shot at by a miscreant in the public
street What a fright it must have
given him l don't suppose he'll get
over it for years
Wicl1s-He'l never get over it, He
is proud as Lucifer about it. He fat
tiers himself that he was mistaken for a
millionaire.-Boston Transcript
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
A SOLDIERS GRAVE.

Glad robins singing in the boughs,
Low murmur of the bees,
A hillside burying ground closed round
With wilding apDle-tree
The snowy flowers drift softly down
Upon the quiet graves,
And IN the south wind over one,
A small flag gently waves.
Those floating colors make for me
That grassy mound shrine.
What though the one who sleeps beneath
Knew naught of me or mine?
Yet that brave life, quenched long ago,
Seems of my own part;
For he who dies for freedom, lives
In every freeman's heart
Marian Douglas, in Harper's Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
FOR FEEDING CALVES.
a Device So Simple That 1t Needs But Lit

A Device So Simple That 1t Needs But Lit
tie Explanation.
Our illustration, reengraved from the
Canadian Live Stock journal, shows a
plan of feeding calves while running in
the fields, and is SO simple as to need
but little explanation. In an ordinary
picket fence, four or more alternate
pickets, as may be required for the
number of calves to be fed, are left
without mailing. Two strips of wood
an inch wide and two and four inches
broad respectively are nailed on the
front side of the fence to correspond
with the width of the upper and lower
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
A Good Excuse.

Judge-Why didn't you give the
purse to the police when you found it2
Prisoner-Because it was late in the
evening
Judge-But why didn't you give it on
the following morning?
Prisoner-Because there was nothing
more in it then.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
Nemesis

Little Brother-If you mock anybody
that shutters. you'n become a stutterer
yourself.
Little Sister-Win /?
.eYes. you will; and if you mock any
body that Hmps you'll get lame. cause
that's punishment
Then guess that's why ladies has
to begin wearin' hoop skirts They's
been laughin at folks that used to wear
'em. Good News