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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

To judge by his recent utterance
Gov. Mckinley suspects the Iowa
voters of experiencing q stringency in
mental powerS-N. Y. World
What objection. if any, have the
republican calamity howlers to the cut
ting of of the superhuous employees in
the pension department? Still it is cut
ting of the pay of the undeserving, and
that has been sore disappointment to
many of the republican organs-De-
troit Free Press
THE election of Cleveland meant,
among other things, the condemnation
of laws placing artificial prices upon
commodities, whether wool or metal,
tin or silver" Such is Secretary Nor
tons concise statement of the demo-
cratic tariff and currency policy, and
none better in the same number of
words has been made.-Albany Argus.
Mr.. Harrison tells the New York
republican league that there is moth
ing in the present business situation TO
suggest any great gain to the country
as result of the Inauguration of demo
cratic politics" which only shows that
grandfather's hat is still too big for
Benny. There has been no inaugura-
ton of democratic policies as yet, as
he very well knows, and there has
been the very great, the inestimable
gain of a certainty of early release from
the policies of Mr.. Harrison,s late adj
ministration which have ripened into
the present business situation."-St.
Paul Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
A PROSE POEM.
The Tragedy Of Two Butterflies I'm the
Far North.

The Tragedy OF Two Butterflies I'm the
Far North.
It was spring far up in the north
where happiness and spring are as fleet
ing as the lives of butterflies.
Around sparkling red rose that had
just unfolded its leaves fiuttered a pair
of butterflies.
AS fire beamed the rose and the but
terfies were filed with fear. A mystic
power held them fast-narrower, ever
narrower became their circles.
They seated themselves upon the
edge of the rose. Tremblingly their
wings beat-they shivered and We're
afraid. But the dark red depth allured
them as a charm.
The butterflies glided down and the
rose closed it's leaves over the pair.
Oh, that blissful eternity which they
dreamed away in the heart of the rose.
Feeble and subdued, a rosy twilight
pierced the daylight through the closed
leaves. The world was far, far away,
as miles distant breakers of the sea
sounded its noises and doings overhead.
Too much happiness isolated! The
pair of little butterflies believed they
were alone in the large whole world.
Yes, the people and the earth had per-
ished for them, and only their bright
red rose still glowed in infinite space.
They knew not whether they lived mo-
ilents or for eternity.
Eternity-oh!
A cold blast of wind comes that way
and strips the red rose of it's leaves
The shelterless butterflies whirl as
withered leaves through the thick gray
fog. They lose each other
forget me not!'
The request was blown away by the
wind.
Oh, love! Oh, happiness! Universal
showers that live only as long as a
flash of Eghtning.-From the German.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13

straight line connecting them will run
lengthwise through the center of the
site for the stack. The load of hay is
then driven along the end as shown
in the illustration, and the fork load
ed. The rope for drawing up the load
ed fork is tied to the crOssbeam, passed
through the pulley on the fork, through
pulley on the crossbeam and extend
ing down to the ground at one side
of the stack and toward the oppo-
site end of it Ito avoid too much of
side draft passes through pulley as
shown. After the fork is set, the load
is drawn up by a horse or team hitched
to the rope which runs through the
pulley at 2. The poles remain in the
position shown at A until the load
strikes the crOsSbeam, when the draft
brings them over to the position B.
The load is then Immediately over the
stack and is dropped upon it. When
the load is off, the poles are easily
tipped and in drawing back the fork
the man on the wagon usually pulls
them back to the position shown at A,
or if they are not thus pulled back they
will come into position when the team is
started TO draw up the next load. This
is very cheap and easily constructed
device for stacking hay, and can be
used where hay is hauled on wagons,
hay sleds or by any of the devices for
drawing in shocks The length of stack
which viii be made at single setting
can be varied to suit the builder Quite
a common method is to put up con-
venient length and simply move the
stacker on far enough to build another
section to the first and so on. making a
long rick. This method also saves time
in moving as the poles do not have to
be taken down. being simply stepped
along to the new position. The guy
ropes must be quite long, varying some
what with the length of the stack
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13

master was mounted. Three months
later, master and mule were on the
Little Colorado, hopelessly bankrupted
and badly discouraged When a divi-
sion of the Wheeler government survey
rode down from the mountains into the
valley and went into camp with the
disconsolate miner, a good dinner and
the company of human kind gave things
a more roseate hue. As the expedition
had lost q number of animals in the
mountains and Baby was likely look-
ing mule. her master turned her over to
the officer in command and started for
Prescott, Arizona, with a voucher for a
hundred dollars in his saddle pocket,
payable by the department quarter
master. Thus it was that Baby en-
tered the military service of Uncle Sam
and became a member in good standing
Of the expeditionary pack train.
-Four months later the Wheeler expe-
dition rode into Fort Wingate with q
lot OF lean, worn-out horses, wicked,
sore-backed mules, and the most thor
oughly disguised, science-hating lot Of
cavalrymen in the service; soldiers
who believed that surveys were simply
official schemes for torturing men into
insanity. Baby arrived with the outfit,
and with reputation of being the
meanest broncho mule in the Rocky
mountains
She was polluted out to me by limp
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
ABOUT THE EXTRA SESSION.

What the Democratic Press Says About
the Special Session of Congress-
The Sherman law is doomed; and In
calling congress together to register
the proper sentence of condemnation
President Cleveland has earned the
thanks of the people.-Detroit Free
Press
Whether the president has become
certain of support sufficient to repeal
the act or not. he has done his duty in
calling congress in session and leaving
with it, where it belongs, the respon-
sibility of acting.-St Paul Globe.
The Infamous Sherman law, whose
operation has destroyed confidence, in
Inundated capital, paralyzed commerce
and threatened the national credit, viii
be repealed. Then trade will revive,
credit viii be restored.-Kansas City
Times.
The president has met the emer-
gency with his accustomed resolute-
ness and good sense, and, aside from
the interests that are impregnated with
the silver heresy and a reversal of our
present laundering policy, his act win
be heartily applauded- Her
aid
The calling of an extra session of
congress on the It'll of August next
shows that President Cleveland Is keen.
IL alive to the financial troubles that
republican legislation has Precipitated
upon the country, and that he proposes
to do his part in undoing the effect Of
vicious egislation--ToledoB Bee
The fact that the administration has
concluded to call the session month
in advance of the date at first unofficial.
ly designated will of itself have a bene-
fetal effect upon the country, for il in
dictates that there Is now at Washing
ton reasonable confidence in the wis
dom of congress action on this ques-
tion--Louisville Courier-Journal
The effect of the call for the ex-
ira session cannot be otherwise than
good Full confidence, of course, will
not return until the odious act shall
have been repealed, but the nearer
probability of that repeal which the
presidents call warrants will de much
to arrest Generalization and to restore
more cheerful feeling.-Louisvills
Courier-JournaL
1t is hardly too much to say that
there is no reason to suppose that any
early session with hearty approval, or
had great confidence In its results In
these circumstances, to reach so i'm
portant decision required In the pres
ident that courage of initiative which Is
something more rare and of more
worth than fortitude or firnness IN re-
sisting attack.-N. Y. TimeA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
The Age of Queen Bees

Queens do not show their age all
alike. A queens looks do not always
indicate correctly her age They vary
in their outward appearance the same
as mankind. Some queens live to be
five years old and some only one year.
Queens, as rule, the first year look
very nice and bright A good queen
the second year looks about as nice as
the first year; the third year her beauty
begins to fade. AS rule the fourth
year the wings get short, and they get
short all over.-Vance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
MY NURSE AND !.


Ny gef1e nurse has hair Of gold,
And eyes of heavenly blue;
Beneath her snowy cap they CLEAN,
So winning. sweet and true.
The rustic of her fresh, print gown
The patter of her feet
Her low voice in the evening time
Are so much muSic-sweet
She raises me with gentle care
And turns my pillow Oft,
And smoothes my fevered, throbbing brow
With palm so cool and soft.
She huns an air when lights are low,
To soothe me in my care,
And, e'er miss ner from my side,
Again she's standing there.
do not speak my love-and She
She loves as well as L
Oh, could have my gent lie nurse,
My gentle nurse for ayei
touch her golden curls-she smiles
But will not draw away;
And when 1 seek to take her hand
She does not say me nay.
Could but speak and urge the thing
think she'd stay-all told
guess I know thing or two,
Though only two weeks old.
"A. Manning, in Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
CHEAP AND Roo,1Y HOUSE.

southeast portion of the house from
sunrise until late in the day, while the
other portions of the house are also
favored with sunlight and heat during
a portion of the day. The windows
may be of ordinary house sash, and
be arranged so as to permit of being
raised and lowered for ventilation
Such well-lighted and warm house will
be very attractive to the fowls, and its
cost will be a minimum compared with
the many advantages possessed. The
roost and nests may be placed at the
rear or at the west end. The door is on
the south side, in order to escape ex-
posure to the west and northwest winds
Farm and FireSide.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
Cruelty i'm shipping Poultry.

II for no other purpose than to be
humane, do not overlook the sufferings
endured by a coop of fowls sent to
market during the warm days of sum-
mer. A visit along the wharves, or on
the streets where the commission mer-
chants do business, in any large city,
viii show that the poor birds suffer ter
ribly for water. Not one coop in ten
is provided with cups for water, and
as the birds sometimes remain in the
coops for week or more, exposed to
the heat Of the sun at times, and are
crowded, they require large amount
of water
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FOR STACKING HAY.
a Homemade Device for Saving Time and
Heavy Work.

a Homemade Device for Saving Time and
Heavy Work.
H. p. Edmonds sends to the Orange
Judd Farmer model of the home
made haystacker illustrated herewith
The frame is made of two poles or
timbers of suitable length, 40 feet be-
ing about what he uses, and this is
long enough to build stacks 25 to 80 feet
high Use poles of light wood to avoid
unnecessary weight In handling; poplar
does well. If suitable native timbe can
not be obtained use pine, splicing two
pieces together to secure the needed
length. Use 6x6 inch timbers for the
lower section and AKA inch material for
the upper part. At the top they are
boited together with single strong
bolt. The crossbar near the top is about
feet long and is bolted to the posts
They are set on top of the ground and
supported by long guy ropes which are
attached at the apex and staked at 1,
L These stakes must be set so the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13

mule is the meaneSt and most uncertain
animal that adorns the North American
continent. This opinion is based upon
centuries of observation and expert
ence, and fortified by numberless mod
ern instances; and this sweeping esti-
mate of the character of an animal
which is as useful as it is depraved is
one of the few things upon which the
public opinion of the Mississippi
region is practically unanimous.
But of the many mules it has been
my misfortune to know Intimately,
mustang mule. which was face
tiously termed Baby was without
any exception the very worst. Baby
was born in Sonora, the satanic
offspring of patient and industrious
pack burro of the Santa Margarita
mines, and of a dissolute, vicious, IN
dersized, Roman nosed mustang stallion
of a neighboring hacienda. We men
ton the Roman nose of the father as
the possession of that feature in horse
which indicates a character depraved
beyond the conception Of any but a
western mind.
The early youth of Baby was unin-
teresting, and her public career may be
said to date from the nocturnal visit
grant Mescalero Apaches, who. after
burning the town and scalping its pop
ulation, ran off every hoof of live stock
in sight and hurried them over the Ari-
iona line into quiet valley in the
Sierra Nevada.
A government mules existence has
passed into a military proverb as type
of hardship and wretchedness, but that
life is one of ease and luxury compared
with the career of an Apache mule
we may, therefore, consider it happy
day for Baby when her master snapped
her with Don Pedro Baca for a hundred
rounds of Winchester rifle ammunition
and that excellent citizen hurried her
off to Tucson. Here, again, she made a
step upward N the direction of happi-
ness when she passed into the hands of
Col. Dan orion, in exchange for forty
blue chips, redeemable for as many
dollars at the colonel's monte bank in
the Chiricahua saloon.
Col. Orion knew his neighbors in
Tucson, and, knowing them, was not
the man to keep live stock on his hands
very long; SO. before many days, he
traded Baby to discouraged miner
for a hole in the ground entitled ''Holy
Terror" silver mine, which the gallant
colonel believed he could work off on
some contiding eastern capitalist as a
bonanza. About a week later, adorned
with an aparejo and loaded with mis-
cellaneous assortment of camp equip
age, Baby trailed out of Tucson behind
lean, paint pony on which her new
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

DIsINFEcT your swine pens with fresh
air-slacked lime. You can prevent dis
ease by doing this thoroughly.
TEACH the pigs to eat grain as soon
as possible. 1t will not be much trouble
If you give them half chance
IaPRoPER feeding is the principal
cause of diseases of swine. Feed a
varied ration and never crowd them
with indigestible food so as to derange
the digestive organs and you viii do
much to insure their health.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
SPLITTING STOVE WOOD.

piece of hard wood three or four feet
long, twelve inches wide and one and
one-half feet thick. Take a block of hard
wood six or eight inches square; hollow
out the top little and fasten to one
end of the first piece. Place one end of
the stick of wood in the notch and the
other on the block. It is then easily
spit--Cor. Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
ROOMY HEN HOUSE.

Its Cost at q Minimum Compared with Its
Many Advantages.
The illustration of poultry house is
intended to show several advantages.
The house should be 1Ox15 feet, of any
preferred height, and will comfortably
accommodate twenty fowls. Having a
fat roof it gives the most room at the
least cost. The roof may be covered
with tin or tarred paper. A window is
at the east end and also on the south,
which brings the SUMS rays into the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
SPLITTING STOVE WOOD.

A Device That Amy Bright Boy. Can Con-
struct Quickly.
A novel device to aid in splitting stove
wood came to my notice the other day
and 1 give it for the benefit of boy
readers, for any bright lad can con-
struct one in few minutes. Cut a
notch as shown in the illustration in a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
A Litefal Belies.-Ten Broke.

A Litesal Beiief.-Ten Broke-"I
wish / hadn't married such an ortho-
dox woman" Askit-''Does your wife
make you go to church?- Ten Broke
NO; but she holds to the Biblical
theory of the creation. Seems to think
I'm made of dust'-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
LET OF

ut cost Columbus only about eight
Thousand dollars to discover America -
SIS that all? Then he certainly did
not tip the walters. Truth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13

l. L authorita-
t i v e opinion
west of t b e
Mississippi riv-
c r i S agreed
that, with the
exception o f
the Indian the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13

MADE me fa1nC and SICK at the stomach.
Then she squealed gently and moved
into the thick of the herd.
rocked in the saddle nursing my leg,
filing the valley with language, and
then in an agony of pain rolled from
the back of my horse to the grass,
while Tom Mulhan roared till the tears
rolled down his face watching me. i
thought my leg was smashed, for the
sharp hoof had cut through bootleg,
trousers, socks, and underclothing into
the bone. ] was lame for a month, and
the many clubbings gave her seemed
to affect Baby very little and did not
take the pain from the wound. With
me she was entirely outside the pale OF
human sympathy, an animated target
for ill-usage. Yet she gave as good as
she got.
Starved and dubbed all that winter,
the spring found her the latest and
iveliest beast in camp,as ugly and viva
cious as in her early Arizona days.
When we got back to the settlements,
and we were homeward bound for Win
gate, she, being a presentable mule,
she was sent into Santa with Tom Bax-
ter's team for supplies, while the col
umn swung round to Pino's ranch and
on to Pena Blanca on the Rio Grande,
to await her arrival.
Tom Baxter left Santa Fee with q
skin and canteen full of bad whisky,
and after he had pulled up on the mesa
Of La Bajada, he crawled into the
wagon TO take a snooze. He awoke
later to find his wagon travelling at an
unusually rapid pace. and, looking out,
his heari stood still Ht, was whirl:nv
rapidly down La Bajoda hill, the steep
est and most dangerous in the terri
tory. The trail was little more than
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-10
AMONG FARMERS.

A. G. Pierce of Manitowoc Rapids rails
ed this year 100 bushels of Strawberries
from one acre. All these berries found a
market here in Manitowoc and none were
shipped south. This was a splendid
yield considering the year, as small
fruits are considered failure. Mr.
Pierce is unusually successful ID raising
small fruits.
Farmers of this county have reason to
congratulate themselves upon the fact
that they sowed but little spring wheat
as 1T IS very poor crop.
The Agricultural Experiment Station
has issued a new edition of the bulletin
describing the manner in which milk may
be tested by the Babcock milk TEST. This
bulletin is quite valuable one for dairy
men as the directions are quite explicit.
The term June grass color" is used
considerably by dalrymen with reference
to the color of butter during the warm
season. But none of them seem to IN
derstand its significance or why the ex-
preston should be used.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-10

First publication JULY -, 1897 No &C
SNTATE OF WISCONSlN. -MANITOwOCC COUNTY
- CoUBT. In Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of Frank Markee
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Anton
kautza. the executor of the estate of Frank Mar
kee late of Manltowoc county deceased, testate.
representing among other things;
That said deceased died seized Of certain real
estate in said petition described: and that the
homestead of said deceased is part only of said
tract of land; and that the homestead and the
other land is subject to a mortgage:
And that 1t Is necessary to sell all of said real
estate to pay the debts of said deceased includ-
ing said mortgaged Indebtedness and the ex-
penses of administration. and praying for Incense
to sell the same, and 1t appearing to the court
that it necessary to sell the said real estate for
that purposes;
1t is ordered That said petition be heard at a
special term of said county court to be held in
ana for said county at the office of the county
Judge, in the city of Manitowoc, IN said county,
on Tuesday. the 18th day of August, A. D., 1893.
at 10 o'clock AN.
1t is further ordered, that this order be pub
lshed at least three successive weeks before said
day fixed for the hearing of said petition. in the
Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper publish
ed 1t the city of Mantowoc IN said county. and
that a copy thereof be served personally on all
the persons interested III said estate and residing
in this county. at least twenty days before said
day.
Dated this 18th day of July. A. D. 1888
BY the Court,
augs EMIL BAENSCH. County Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-10
LA GRIPPE.

During the prevalence of the Grippe
the past seasons it was a noticeable
fact'that those who depended upon
DR.. Kings New Discovery, not only
had speedy recovery, but escaped
all of the troublesome after effects OF
the malady. This remedy seems to
have a peculiar power in effecting
rapid cures not only in cases of La
Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat,
Chest and Lungs. and has cured cases
of Asthma and Hay Fever of long
standing. Try it and be convinced.
It won't disappoint. Free Trial Bot
ties at Henry Hinrichs' Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-10

IT may not be just proper to head an
item referring to John Sehuette Marine
although he thinks he is q born sailor
and that if he had confined his attention
to boats he would become famous in that
line. He can manage a sail-boat pretty
we'll. however. Up to within few days
ago if there was particularly obnoxious
person whom the people of the city would
like to have taste the sweets of blessed
Immortality, they would try to induce
him to take a sail with John Schuette.
But he has improved and is pretty good
sailor now. 1t is just possible he may
yet learn how to sing.