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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

THE harrow and the roller are among
the most important of the farm tools.
Without the liberal use of both, the
small grain crops can hardly be put in
properly.
To LEARN any trade thoroughly re-
quires study as we'll as practice-head
work as well as hand work. Our boys
should be taught that farming is no ex-
ception to this rule.
If you have not already done so, it
would be well to examine your granary
now and make sure that it is rat proof
1t will not pay to hold gram if the
rodents have free access to it.
EVERY farm should have a good gar
den. This is comparatively easy now,
as garden tools are made so that al
most every operation of its cultivation
can be performed by horse power.
THE potato crop will always be a
prof BILE one if intensive methods of
cultivation be applied. When one
grows three hundred bushels per acre
it is difficult to avoid a fair profit.
MILLET is of very great value to the
dairyman, when properly grown and
harvested. IL planning for next sea-
sons crops try and arrange for field
of it. If you have no silo, this will to
some extent make amends in the win
ter feeding.
MONEY judicious1y spent upon i'm
proving the farm will usually earn a
better dividend than when placed in
bank. Do not be too saving to have
good barns. good tools, good stock and
everything that will help the farm to
make more money.
ONE or two acres of well-selected
and well-cultivated fruits will go far
toward supplying the ordinary house
hold expenses. A little land devoted
to such purposes always makes an ap-
preciable addition to the cash income,
and will repay the labor needed to Sc
cure it
No METHOD of farming will pay, in
the end, unless so conducted as to add
constantly to the value and productive
ness of the land. Farming don't pay
because many steadily neglect this
phase of their business, and SO let the
farm depreciate with each succeeding
crop.-Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23

matter. The building is so feet long,
Is feet high and 25 feet wide. The
passageway is at the side, the pens to
the left leading into the runs. This
passageway is feet, leaving 20 feet
space for the pens, by 10 feet wide.
This affords large, nice pens and gives
ample accommodation for 35 hens.
Few farmers need more good layers
for their own needs, and a small flock
well cared for very often yields a very
snug sum each month-much more, in
fact, than the majority of barn, ard
focks of hundred with no care what
ever.
Each pen has neat, comfortable nest
ing places. about Ii inches square; dark
nests, always, as chickens prefer them,
and attend to business more thor
oughly. The roosts are movable poles,
and located away from the entrance to
the runs. in order that any cold air
may be avoided. The entrance to each
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run should be provided with sliding
door, in order that this opening can be
securely fastened at night to shut out
the cold, as well as cats, rats, Or other
rodents, that sometimes dine upon
chickens and ducks without the for
mality of an invitation.
The dust box is a plain board a foot
wide, nailed in an angle from the side
of the building to the side of the nest
boxes, along the partition of each pen.
This box should always be half full of
dry, clean road dust, to which the hens
can always have access; this being a
very useful and essential article about
any well-kept hen-house. At the rear
of the hallway we show tool box. T
B, to keep things needful to clean up
droppings, grind bones. chop meat and
anything necessary about the build
ing. The bins, F B, for feed. are also
handy, being right by the pens, and
accessible at any time. This building
is indeed very good one, and cheap to
erect.-Practical Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
DAIRY MANAGEMENT.
Great Change for the Better During til
Past Decade.

Great Change for the Better During the
Past Decade.
Profitable feeding in the dairy must
always be somewhat in the nature of a
compromise. The straw stack, with
out much of anything else, is one ex-
IRENE, and the other is the elaborate
use of highly concentrated food. The
profitable medium lies in giving proper
diversity of good, bulky food. which is
easily digestible. with, say, not exceed
ing six pounds of grain a day. Contin-
ued high feeding upon a ration largely
composed of grain is an expensive
process and few diaries can ''pay OUT
where this method is followed, unless
they are receiving considerable more
than the average price for their prod
ucts. Aside from that, such feeding is
very apt to endanger the health of the
cows, and this frequently results in a
loss which requires large amount of
milk and butter to compensate. Avoid
extremes, but feed well and steadily.
In no department of farm life, the
Western Farmer thinks, has there been
greater change for the better during
the past ten years than in the dairy
and dairy management The improve
ment has been in every branch-in
breeding of high-class dairy stock, in
its dissemination more generally among
the farming community. in the feeding
and care of the cows, and IN processes
of butter-making. The creamery has
been steadily superseding the home
dairy, relieving the housewife of much
labor and resulting in q great gain in
the average quality of the butter pro-
duced. The introduction of the cream
cry in the west. too. has been the
means of enabling farmers to get some
thing besides a calf as their pay for
keeping COW through the year, and
has shown them how they may keep
the farm stocked at a profit: but we
have not yet reached the limit in this
matter and the next decade should wit
ness even a greater advance than the
past has. Especially should this be so
in the further Improvement of stock
and bringing up the average produc-
ton of dairy cows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

Mckinley charges that Gresham
is a democrat The governor assumes
that his bill is the Bible of the repub-
Hcan party--St- Paul Globe.
-Blaine's death leaves the repub-
Hcan party with not one dominant ma
tional leader in the whole land-unless
P1att or Quay may count---Albany
Argus
The republican managers are
very much annoyed over the tie that
awaits Davenport. The passing of
Davenport means that there will be DO
more Dave Martinism in our elections.
N. Y. World.
The diminutive portion of the re-
publican press that is abusing Judge
Gresham cannot forgive him because
he refused to vote for legalized rob
berry under the name of high protec.
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
The inventors OF newspaper nick.
names in the interest OF McKinleyis1u
have applied the term tariff smash
ers" to the'men who favor reform in the
plan of raising the national revenue by
import duties The nickname is vel
come Smash the tarifI-Chicago Her
aid.
Whether he enters the cabinet or
not Judge Gresham is one of the best
men in the politics of the country. 1t
would be a pity, however, to take him
from the federal bench, where he Is
one of the few men who are above the
suspicion of being the tools of corpora
tiOns!-St- Louis Republic.
Gen Clarkson says that President
Harrison's cabinet is made up of men
unfit to manage a county committee II,
an Indiana campaign Should Clark
son ever realize his vaulting ambition
he would have Quay. Lodge, Dudley.
Davenport and Dave Martin on his
staff-Detroit Free Press
President Harrison seems to he
quite inclined to reorganize the army
before he leaves He is filling yaean-
cies and providing promotions at
great rate; but it is doubtful if the
army is best served by such action. OF
that the officers appointed and pro-
NOTED are the best chosen Albany
Argus
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last. a ta11. ath1etic man. hronzed and

last, tall, athletic man, bronzed and
careless in dress, entered the club and
strolled into the billiard-room.
Laying aside his paper, the watcher
lounged into the same room, carelessly
taking a cue from the rack and testing
the balls on the nearest table.
Hello! Peyton, old boyi'
'sWhy, Carroll Meredith Is that you?''
The greetings were simultaneous, as
their eyes met; and the last conner
grasped Fitzhugh's hand warmly, as he
queried:
Where in thunder do you come
from? Haven't heard of you since we
parted in Paris last year.
'Yet I've been over here three
months, and been good deal in socie-
ty-'
Damn society," calculated Carroll
Meredith. with perfunctory profanity;
adding, with largely-laclking respect:
whats in it, anyway? A lot of green
girls and greener ships, or, worse yet,
old boys and girls playing young. I
hate mutton dressed lamb fashion, Pey-
ton. Got sick of it long ago. By George!
you're old enough to know it all through,
too
''Stop! No allusion to my age Fitz-
hugh laughed. 'Co1ne, let's have a glass
Of wine to the jolly days in Paris
"Um-um!'' Meredith shook his head
rather ruefully. Cant do it, old boy
Meier drink anything now. Why, I've
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23

After Mr.. Harrison took the helm
there was some reduction. but the re-
serve ranged from 1872. coo. 600 TO $780,
600. 600 until December, 1890, when 1t
suddenly fell below S14s, 0eo. 600, and IL
has been much below that figure at al
most all times since then Mr. Ha-ri-
son thought he could do better than ,
per cent. in continuing the ~ per
cent bonds, and consequently lost the
chance to continue nearly One-half OF
them OF any terms, and those not con-
tinued had 10 be redeemed That az
counts in part for the loss OF So Oo0,-
600 between the end OF July and the
end of December, 1880
But it was the silver purchase act OF
that year that shut off gold receipts
and drove that metal out Of the treas
ury and out of the country. In Fe bra
airy and March, 1891, there was a re-
covery to an average holding of nearly
S149, 600, 600, hut since then the reserve
has been dwintiling until now 1t would
be below the SiOO. 600, OG0 held against
greenbacks but for the voluntary ac-
ton of the New York banks in turning
over gold certificates in exchange FOR
greenbacks-
Meantime the deliberate repu blican
policy IF emptying the treasury has
been so successful that there is nothing
left to exchange for gold to meet fur
Their export demands, and the air is
full of talk about issuing bonds under
the resumption act And there is. too,
much probability that II will be neces-
sary to resort to this exDedient. Mr..
Harrison viii not take the steD If he
can avert it, but there is no indication
of any reluctance on his part to make
1t necessary for his successor. An ex-
hausted general fund, depleted gold
reserve. subject to a continued drain of
unknown extent for export, and "a con,
sequent necessity for increasing the
interest bearing debt-these are the
legacy of the republicans to their dem
ocratic successors. And yet thew will
not cease to throw stones back at
past generation of democrats for leav-
ing a like legacy TO their republican
successors thirty-two years ago.-Chi-
cago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
thrice, a.

trembling lips ere they formed the
words:
''Poor, dear mother! How anxious
she must be! But our baby is better,
thank God! How did it Gomez"
''Willie Mckee brought it to mamma.
Carroll Meredith met old Pete ct the
Ferry"
Again the older woman read the let
ter; then, with a deep sigh, she stood
erect, thinking. And fair contrast
were the women, seen thus: Bessie
Westminster plump, fresh, petite, her
low ball dress showing the perfect neck
and bust and softly-rounded arms of
lately-budded womanhood, her bright
face grave and soft in sympathy, and it's
dark eyes tender through unshed tears:
Carolyn Clay tall, majestic, defiant, her
grand head thrown back. the supple
curves of her form well relieved by the
rough riding-habit, its skirt turned in
and seved lightly, TO be used at need.
At length, with sigh-more OF decis-
ion than of discontent,-she dropped
into her low chair again, with the Quiet
query:
''At what hour, dear?''
AT two this morning. the other an
swered, promptly. ''Willie is supposed
to be going ducking; he has passes, if
needful. You will reach the Ferry by
dawn; the moon will be late tomorrow.
and the river is clear
Again Miss Clay's lips moved, but
only the half-audible sound came:
''Merciful God! I thank Thee!''
Then, gliding TO her side, the other
girl Slid softly to the floor, resting her
head in her friends lap, while the
round, white arms cleaned fair in the
freight against the rough habit, as
they clasped Carolyn Clay lovingly. And
her naughty head bowed over her
friend, till it mingled its spun gold with
the dark curls upon which she pressed
her Inns
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23

should thank you for the implied
compliment to him.
ssIndubitably, moi" the virginian ex-
claimed, courteously. cit was but his
bounden duty; and, sometimes little
slow, time ever fulfills that
''You compliment him again." she re-
piled, more coldly. $50 few do their
'bounden duty nowadays"
81 have asked Mr.. Fitzhugh to join
our little party to Philadelphia for
Faust - Miss Nina broke in, joining the
group.
81 hope he will" Mckee said, cour-
teously, intuitively feeling that the
frost was growing more crisp.
But he tells me-" the Philadelphia
beauty answered, with pretty pout,
that he is pledged to join large hunt
ing party in western Virginia next
week"
'sWhat will you go to hunt, Fitz-
hugh?'' Willie Mckee asked, naively.
Another quick glance shot in the ques-
toner's eyes, as the Virginian answered,
calmly:
Anything that may be trapped or
killed. But I am risk1ng the Washing
ton express. Good nigl% You ladies
may possibly conjecture part of my re-
gret in missing the Philadelphia trip
And the polished traitor strobe through
the room and disappeared, as he turned
at the front door, muttering:
'sBah! They cannot suspect IT'S
their very vacuity beats me. But 1
must find out the hour-and the route"
A group of gilded youth and nickel
plated age had approached the girls.
Mex Crianoa6 at his watch
Pardon what stupidity of society
calls rudeness,'' he said; but really it is
compliment; for I fear such distraction
will make me late. I am booked for a
duck hunt at dawn, SO must tear my
self away now
A moment later Bessie Westchester,
with unusual awkwardness Tor her,
caught her founce upon a carved chair
and fed upstairs to repair damages.
Passing her cousin in the hall, she whis-
pered:
Ready at two, sharp!''
The ladies' dressing-room showed no
occupant to the girls glance through
its door; and, passing up the dark stair
way beyond, to the third story, she
tapped softly at closed door, entering
without pausing for reply.
A bowed female form before the fire
raised suddenly at the sound, from the
hands that covered it a pale face
crowned with glossy coils of rudy hair;
and the eager eyes ofCarolyn Clay ques-
toned hungrily those of her friend.
''Oh, Bess! thought you would meUer
come! Has he succeeded? Can I get
Off"
eyes, Caro-; all is ready
''Thank God! Thank God'' Miss Clay
murmured, with a choking sob. ''Oh,
Bess! had anything stopped me again I
should have despaired- broken down!
Never before have 1 been so nervous
so oppressed! If anything has hap
pened over there-if Fairfax"
For answer Bessie Westchester drew
from her bosom the crumpled note. The
other girl clutched it eagerly, rushed to
the table lamp, and devoured, with
burning eyes, the hastily-scribbled
words, without address or signature:
"Only a moment to write. Am al
most wild with doubt. She should be
back, but has not even been heard
from. Fairfax no worse; his fever per-
haps lighter. Messenger waits. God
guard you-and herr
Miss Clay reread the words, twice,
thrice, and pressed them to her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
a LEGACY OF RUIN.
The Republican Policy OF Implying the
Treasury.


During the latter part of President
Arthur's administration there was q
considerable reduction in the amount
OF gold owned by the government
Secretary Folger had pursued policy
which Indicated that he did not appre-
ciate the Importance of a strong re-
serve, and his successor, Mr.. McCul-
loch, did not have time to repair the
mischief that had been done during
the short time he was IN office before
the expiration of MIR. Arthur's term.
At no time, however, was there any
approach to the present depletion
When Mr.. Manning took charge of
the treasury department there was a
speedy Improvement and at no time
during Mr.. Cleveland's administration
was there any doubt as to the sufficien-
cy of the reserve. The gold owned in
creased until at the end OF March, 1883,
II reached S21S, SIS, 900. and at no time
from that Gate to the close of MIR.
Cleveland's term did the total fall as
low as s1e4. OGo. O0o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
A PARTY OF THE PAST.
The Old Republican War Vyhoop Has
Lost Its Terrors.

The Old Republican War Uhoop Has
Lost Its Terrors.
If the republican party showed signs
of repentance and a desire to reform,
its present plight would arouse uni
versal pity. Its leadership is divided
and bitter. Most of its membership is
at sea as to any line of policy and ap-
parently content to let the party drift
along as an organized opposition. 1t
has been discredited by the people AND
ousted from the control of national af-
fairs True, some of It's ambitious
members, who aspire to future recogni-
ton, see the necessity of having an is
sue and are striving to create one. 1t
is an open secret that Gen. Garrison is
tenderly nursing a presidential boom,
and he never misses an opening to get
before the people. His latest appear
ance, in denounc1ng the president for
the nomination of Judge jackson, pref
ty clearly indicates that the general
would revive the bloody-shirt is
sue which SO long served party
purposes. A number of influential
republican papers have taken the
same tack and the huttering of
the sanguinary garment can be
seen in several directions. The reason
ing of those behind this movement Is
not difficult to figure out They ex-
pect to gather their campaign material
from the proposed revision of the PEN
sion lists. They will appeal to the old
soldiers and the sectional prejudices so
long kept alive by the g. o. p Of
course they are making a mistake, but
that is the republican way in these
latter years. The civil war can never
again be made an issue. Union vet
Grams are not going to rise up with in
dignant protest because deserters,
bounty jumpers and frauds of every
class are eliminated from the lips of
those receiving pensions from the gov
eminent. That familiar old war-whoop
OF the republican party has lost its ter
rors to the people of the north It has
too often tricked them into a course
both unwise and ungenerous- The re-
publican party must be born again be-
fore it can hope for even a remote re-
sumption of power. Its victories on
war issues have been many. but the
Last one is scored Too many men have
been born since the war and grave
economic questions are now paramount
with the people Mr.. Garrison and his
friends will do well TO reconsideration
troit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FARM POULTRY HOUSE.
Building That VIII Meet All Reason
able Requirements

A Building That VIII Meet All Reason
able Requirements
A house convenient to the farmers
kitchen is appropriated many. times
during Indictment weather, when the
barn, if far away, necessitates her
bundhng up and going to much trouble
and unnecessary exposure to obtain
what eggs are needed for the home,
as we'll as what she may wish to dis
pose of in town for needful articles
she may want each week. Time and
again severe sickness has been brought
upon the faithful woman on the farm,
simply because her husband would not
expend a little of the money he wastes
In tobacco, or something stronger.
when such an investment as we'll
arranged henhouse, handy to his
kitchen door. would pay him in every
way he could look at it. A doctors
bill is avoided; he uses the money he
would spend for his vices, that afford
only temporary pleasure to himself.
and. in fact, decided injury to his
own health; SO that, considering all
things, the best investment he could
possibly make is for convenient hen
house.
We show, in our illustration, a build
ing which would about meet the re-
quire ments Of the farmers wife. 1t is,
as you see, plain, substantially built
and quite ornamental. 1t affords the
proper shelter, which is the important
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
sLAINE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The Late Statesman Feared for the Fate OF
the Republican Party.

The. Late Statesman Feared for the Fate OF
the Republican Party.
The most interesting of the letters
of the late Hon. James G. Blaine. post
humously published, il given to the
pu bile by the Boston Globe The name
of its recipient is not printed for OBJ
vious reasons. but the letter itself
throws a flood of light upon the DO
sition taken by Mr.. Blaine toward the
republican party for the last two years
Of his life 1t reads:
II MADISON PL-, WASHINGTON. D. c.
SATURDAY, Nov. s. 1890 (
NY DEAR MRS -: Mrs. Blaine hands me
your entertaining note because she considers
me the party in interest. both as regards diet
and politics Thanks for the substantial wheat
and thanks for the sound advice in the field of
politics The hopeless feature is that the
younger men who controlled the last house are
in the majority in the party. They resembla
the beggar on horseback who always rides to
the devil
- and -. with only four or five others,
are all that remain of that magnificent party
that carried the country through untold perIls
between 1861 and 1859. But we are ali ''old
fogies.''
confess do not look forward with conf
dence to the fate of the republican party. The
power was in their hands after the victory OF
iSSs- but the patrimOny has been wasted as a
spendthrift throws away his fortune It is diff
hcult TO find a second 'tstreak of luck
Very sincerely, JAMES G. BLAINE.
Mr.. Blaine's hostility to the three
great measures of republican policy
Inning the last four years, the McKin-
ley tariff, the force bill and the silver
act of 1890, he was at little pains to
conceal, but it had been generally as
sumed that such was his confidence in
himself that he believed he could in
dace the party to abandon those meas
ures and under his leadership induce it
to start out in different paths So FIR
as the Mckinley tariff was concerned,
he succeeded TO considerable extent,
for In the late canvass the reciprocity
or Blaine feature of the Mckinley law
was the only feature of that measure,
except free sugar, which the republican
party undertook to defend.
This letter shows that two years ago
Mr. Blaine regarded himself as having
been thrust aside, and expressed no
confidence in the fate ofsthe repu blican
party. How steadily events have since
confirmed his prediction is current his
tory. The republican party learned
which Mr.. Blaine wrote his frank
words 1t learned nothing from the
equally portentous elections of 1891,
and no sign has yet been vouchsafed
that it has learned anything from its
disastrous defeat of last year The
death of Mr.. Blaine has deprived the
repu blican party of the only leader
who even in retirement could pull it
from the bog of bourbonism into which
IL has Sunk-Albany Argus
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
The Elements of Nutrition.

Oats supply the elements necessary
to balance the corn ration. They build
up the bone and muscle structures.
Rye and barley furnish these elements
also and can be profitably purchased
and fed if you do not happen to have
them. Anything that viii furnish all
the elements of animal nutrition might
he used with more or less profit when
fed to the brood sow. for she is building
the frames and muscles of an unborn
litter and putting into them, or failing
to put into them, that almost indie
scribable. yet notable feature that we
call quality.-Colman's Rural World.