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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

lower right-hand corner is represent
tatiop of the beetle and at the upper
left-hand corner is the larvae.
The beetles that appear in early
spring are those that have hibernated
in the rubbish and decayed leaves at
the base of the grape vines, or in their
immediate neigh borhood. After they
buds. and as soon as the leaves of the
grapes begin to form, they deposit
their eggs on the leaves, and in time
these hatch into small black larvae
with six feet, which begin to feed on
the foliage, Kidding and devouring it
very much in the early period of its
growth. The larvae are usually quite
numerous, and continue feeding on the
vine for some weeks. When they at
tain their full growth, they descend to
the ground and enter the chrysalis
state, where they remain till the aut-
umn, when the beetles escape from
the chrysalis and hibernate in rubbish
and among the dead leaves.
Keep the neigh borhood of the vines
as free as possible from rubbish. and
we have found nothing better Tor ap-
plication than white hellebore. 1t
will need to be applied several times.
Holding cotton sheeting, that has been
saturated with kerosene oil, under
meath, and Earring the vine, has been
recommended. The kerosene kills the
worms.-Farmers' Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

ing one end into the other for a
depth of an inch. The two crQss-pieces
he takes out Of the remainder of the
straw and fits them in through Sits;
and on one of them ne hangs his
wheel. He then makes a slit in the
base of his triangle, and in the first
cross-bar, and slips in his blowpipe;
and then, proceeding to blow. he ''mer-
rily drives the wheel"
1t will be remarked that from begin
ming to end he does all his work with
the straw; he uses neither pin, nor card,
nor thread. nor glue. His only tool is a
sharp penlnife. and he completes his
task and gets the wheel on the spin
within quarter of an hour.
Perhaps our readers would like to
copy him. Seven or eight boys, stand
ing in line, each with a mill in his
mouth, all with cheeks pulled out. and
waiting for the word to blow, would be
a sight worth seeing.-Golden Days
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
CLEvELAND'S ECONOMY.
The Good Work of Reform Is Going Stead.
lily On.

The Good Work of Reform Is Going Stead
lily On.
Mr.. Cleve1and's policy of Kidding the
government of unnecessary officehold-
ers is one which cannot be too highly
commended The expense of pensions
is so heavy that without the strictest
economy it will be impossible to make
an adequate reduction of the tariff,
and every hundred dollars now saved
by retrenchment in executive expenses
is SO much gained to the people in pos
sibilities of tax reduction.
1t is appropriate that the work of re-
form should have been begun in the
department of agriculture, as it is
there that the largest sums OF money
have been spent in salaries without
corresponding benefit to the people
Secretary Morton has made a good be-
ginning, and he is likely to keep on
until he has relieved the people of the
alleged experts and scientists whose
greatest industry is shown in trying
not to work themselves out of their
jobs.
But the department of agriculture is
far from being the only one in which
rctrenchment will be beneficial. Sec
rotary Carlisle has already begun the
good work in the treasury depart
ment, and it will no doubt be pushed
in the departments of war, of the
navy, of the interior and of justice.
The employees of the post Office depart
ment probably do more work for their
money than those of any other, yet
even in the post Office department it is
possible to retrench with advantage
1t is not likely that when Mr.. Cleve-
land has made closer investigation
he will confine retrenchment to the
government employees in Washington
city. In New York, in Boston, in
Philadelphia, in Chicago, in St Louis,
in every other large city, it will be pos
sible to find men who can be spared
from the federal service to its distinct
advantage, even if their places are left
vacant until the treasury is in better
condition to afford liberal expenditure.
Under such policy as that Mr..
Cleveland has inaugurated the restric-
! tion of expenditures to the necessities
of government economically admins
tered will cease to be mere platitude
and will come to be vitalizing force
in the conduct of public affairs It is
| hard to see how Mr.. Cleveland could
| do anything more calculated to make
public Office in reality a public trust
| than what he is doing now. Let the
work go on until every department has
been rid of its barnacles and profess
sioual bureaucratS - St Louis Re
public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

were carefully numbered and the ma
teria1 for the new observatory was
carried up to the top of Mont Blanc on
the backs of portcrs. Not all the ma
terial yet has reached the final stage.
but some of it is Is, ZOO feet above the
sea level and the rest 10000 feet. Work
was suspended, of course, at the be-
ginning of winter. but it will begin
again in the spring, and if all goes well
the observatory will be finished by DC
tober of this year. The cut shows the
present stage of construction.
There are some queer things about
this observatory aside from it's eleva-
ton. It's dome will be made of
aluminium, and it's promoter, besides
being seventy years old, is a cripple
and has to be dragged up the mountain
in a chair of his own invention. Conse-
quently the Journeys are accomplished
at considerable personal risk to the
astronomer. NJ. Jansen was one of
those who escaped from Paris in a bal
loon during the siege. In his exciting
aerial trip, which ended by the sea-
shore near Nantes, he carried with him,
carefully packed, great telescope
which he had had specially constructed
for him.-Harpers Young People.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
One Thing More.

Nothing promises SO well for a stu
dents ultimate success as a disposition
to probe every subject to the bottom
lady passenger on board Maine
steamboat engaged the engineer in
conversation. says the Lewiston Jour
nal. He was very polite and attentive,
feeling q little flattered, it may be, that
a person SO impressive in her manners
should have come to him for informa-
ton One by one he answered all her
questions-just where the steam went
into the cylinder, where it escaped and
how it was that the piston rod attached
to che crank turned the wheels that
propelled the vessel through the water
She listened intently, and when he
concluded she turned upon him beam
ing face and said:
Nov. what is the object Of the
1<,i1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Hard Roads in Illinois.

The Illinois house committee on
roads and bridges have reported that
in its opinion there are but two legal
and practicable plans for the construc-
ton of hard roads in Illinois, both
founded on the principle of local OPP
ton, to wit: First, roads to be built by
counties on a general tax on all prop
erty in the county. Second, roads to
be built by townships on general tax
on all the property in the township
All other schemes, looking to state con-
troll or state commission, and the
ablishment of a uniform system of
hard roads, are considered either I'M
fair to large class of taxpayers. inn
practicable by reason of the provisions
of the constitution, or in violation
tboroof
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
MILL FROM ONE STRAW.
a Man Who Can Make Ono In . Quarter
of an Hour.

A Man Who Can Make Ono In = Quarter
of an Hour.
Straw has been used over and over
again to play with. It has been plated,
twisted, woven, made into mats and
pin-cushions. until it seemed as though
nothing else could be done with it.
But here is 4 worthy man with a mill
made out of one rye-straw such as no
one ever thought OF before. We have
had the prisoner who made a watch
completely out of many straws; but
who ever before thought of making e
machine, however humble, out of a
single straw?
He takes a rye stem, and from the
bottom cuts off eight inches for his
blowpipe. He then cuts off from the
same end seven inches. This piece he
cuts in half, and then proceeds to split
and twist these so as to get the wheel
He then cuts off a yard of the remain
ing stem, and folds it so as to obtain
the isosceles triangle with a base Of
Eve inches. and this he closes by thrust
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
AMERICAN WAYS THE BEST
And Foreign Cumbrous and Unintefligent
Ideas Should He Guarded against

And Foreign Cumbrous and Unintefligent
Ideas should He Guarded against
It is natural enough, in thinking of
immigration, to dwell upon the influx
of poverty and vice. Even forty years
years ago the 'Know-Nothings'-
took the question, so to speak, by the
wrong end in wishing to refuse citizen
ship to all foreigners rather than to
keep out undesirable citizens-were
alarmed by the fact that foreign-born
paupers and foreign-born criminals out
numbered the native paupers and GRIM
inals ten to one
But there are other arguments of
weight. Here is one: Foreign indus
trial methods are slow, heavy and me-
chanical; American methods are quick,
ingenious, labor-saving. When we re-
member that already in our fifty larg-
est manufacturing cities over forty per
cent of the workers are of foreign
birth, may we not reasonably fear from
a larger proportion of foreign labor the
infusion of old world routine, unintelli-
gent ways, and in the end lower pro-
ductiveness and lower wages?
An instance of just the reverse of this
may prove it by contrast A great Ber-
lin arms works was founded by Ger
man trained in America
He introduced the American system
of working. His thousand employees
are paid almost double the usual Ger
man wages American labor-saving
machines are used. As a result. the
superintendent says, 1T pays us well to
pay this high rate of wages 1t is
economically the cheapest way. Best
paid men produce the cheapest" Thus,
intelligent skill and carefulness are at
premium
But another result has been to in
sure to this firm the bitter hostility
both of other employers who dare not
follow the example, and of some labor
unions which want good and bad work
men to be paid alike
While we give our best wishes to this
interesting trial of American methods
abroad, let us be careful on our side not
to adopt cumbrous and in
dustrial ideas from our rapidly increas-
ing foreign labor population---Youth's
| Communion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
THE ROAD MOVEMENT.
Views of the Kansas Consul of the League

of American wheeImen.
Print and paper are wasted in send
ing good roads literature to cyclists,
who are already converted; the farmer
should receive it instead. Ours is pure
~ an agricultural state. The farming
class is the chief repository of power,
and is quite aware of the fact. For
years almost without number its mem
bers have been accustomed to witness
the formal ceremony of working" the
roads: most of the.., have never seen an
improved highway; they are quite rec
onciled to the present crude and waste
full system And just now fit of econ
omy IS on. Hatred of railroads, of
money 1oaners, is voiced by thousands;
the words bonds and taxes are in i'll
repute. There is only one way to OBJ
tain the money necessary to improve
the highways, and that is by pledging
the public credit, which involves the
use of both bonds and taxes. 1t may
be guessed that any plan calling for
these would hardly receive the support
OF the farmer element, majority of
which is at present violently discussing
political questions-the iniquity of
capitalists, the danger of monopoly,
their own oppressed cOndition-with-
out perceiving the immense Importance
of the practical Question that is at
their gates.
So, for the present, the movement is
blocked. Tho agitation will, be kept
up, converts will be made, and / trust
that two years hence some good bill
will pass. The farmer means we'll and
wants to do right; he can be persuaded,
but not driven; it must be our task to
show him that our prosperity is large
ly dependent on good roads. To this
end we are not only willing, but eager
to comb ine with all classes of citizens.
We want county and state organiza-
ton, the most earnest agitation, the
most thorough discussion of the SUI b.
ject. If our present plans do not mis-
carry we can promise this. E.
Harris, in Referee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
The Value of Glover Hay.

Clover hay, when it is well made, is
the best hay known for general feed
ing purposes, and some clover hay en-
thusiasts claim that ton of it mixed
with ton of straw is equal to two
tons of timothy, which is pretty near
correct 1t is especially good for young
and growing animals on account of the
nitrogen which it contains, as it re-
quires large amount of nitrogen for
the making of muscle and flesh. The
manure obtained from animals by feed
ing ton of clover hay is worth about
SO, whereas that from ton of straw is
only worth above So, according to the
valuation OF the different fertilizers
present in it-Western Rural.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

are hammered fiat and the end pieces
bent back to fasten to the rake handle
ike braces. The hoop iron is easily
punched and light rivets are put
through the handle by using a gimlet.
The handle extends to rest on the up
per edge of the 12-inch blade, where it
is fastened by short piece of lighter
hoop iron passing over it and riveted
to the blade. The flare of the blade
helps to keep It clear of weeds and
earth. If the surface be baked the
edge of the tool should be fled or
ground sharp. 1t is also an excellent
pulverizer for the surface soil to pre-
vent the bad effects of droug ht-L. J..
Simpson, in Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
FIG. 2.-PLANr
SHELTER COMPLETE,
FIG. l.

retain the heat radiated from the
earth, but also admit the light needed
by the plant. The heat of the sun is
entrapped by the glass, and remains
to invigorate the leaf growth. Oiled
muslin, and even common white cotton
cloth, may be substituted for the glass,
in some cases. The shelters should
be collected and carefully stored away
for future use, as, with proper care,
they will last many years. Their use
in the protection of early plants will
often many times repay their cost and
make the crop neutrality-suspicious.
ApriculturiSt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
PORTABLE PLANT SHELTER.
An Excellent Way of Forcing and Pro-
tectinx Young Plants.

An Excellent Way of Forcing and Pro-
tccting Young Plants.
A cheap and effective device for fore
ing and protecting young plants is
shown in the accompanying engrav-
ings from sketches by ]. Ii. Laid. of
Nova Scotia. Two triangular boards,
of the shape seen in Fig. 1, have deep
grooves sawed in them, as indicated by
the dotted lines. Two panes of glass,
of any desired size, are fitted endwise
into grooves in the two boards, and all
is fastened together by mailing to the
boards three strips of lath, as shown in
Fig. 2. A small hole is bored in each
end board, for ventilation. These may
be plugged in the colder weather.
These porta BILE plant shelters not only
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
A Husband,s DiarY.

Wife addressing her husband, who is
busy writing at his desl1)-Whata are you
writing there, dear?
81 am working away at my MEM
oirs."
''Ah! but you have not forgotten to
mention your little WHEY, have you?"
''Oh, dear, no! I have represented you
as the sun Of my life, and am just now
giving a description of those days on
which you have made it particularly hot
for me. "-ElieCende Blaetter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Value of Good Roads.

When the frost comes out of the
ground and the wheels sink down to
the hubs in the mire travel becomes a
costly luxury, and when the rough
roads are covered with snow and the
melting snow is next mixed with the
previous slush, the farmer is almost
mud-bound. At this season the fact
needs no allusion, but it is not out of
place to ask if the cost of good roads
are to be feared in the face of the OBJ
stacles met with every winter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Use for Rough Land,

There is rough land on almost all our
farms where it would pay better to
plant nuts, both for timber and for the
nuts for market than anything else.
A large farm with these trees set on
the roadside, perhaps thirty feet from
the center of the road and twenty-five
feet apart, would sell enough nuts an
nually to pay the taxes and leave a
surplus for each picker sufficient to
pay for the picking. just why farmers
should neglect to properly care for
such trees and suffer loss thereby is
strange
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
First ThlnRE

The first thing is to make the little
sufferer comfortable See that his pill
low is not too high and is often shaken
smooth; that the sheets are not
crumpled, and are well tucked in at
the foot of the bed Even in health no
one can be comfortable with the bed
clothes untucked and working up about
the ankles How much greater is the
discomfort when one Is Ill and the
grasshopper is a burden and the roseleaf
a weight The same thing applies to
the nightgown; see that it is pulled
down under the child-it viii not stay
down, but the operation can be re-
peated often without injury to mother
or patient-Good Housekeeping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Euture Vengeance.

You'll be sorry for this some day!''
howled the son and heir as his father
released him from the position he had
occupied across the paternal knee.
III be sorry? When?"
when get to be a man.
''You viii take revenge by whipping
your father when you are big and
strong and / am old and feeble, will
you, Tomny?''
mo. SIR b1ubbered Tommy, rub
bling himself, but I'll spank your
grandchildren till they can't rest
Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Dement'S of Good Roads.

In times of peace good roads are no
less important; the general condition
of country roads is a very good index
of the civilization and prosperity of the
community. 1t is not difficult to show
by mathematical deduction that money
expended in constructing good roads is
economy from a financial standpoint,
while from a social standpoint the ben
efits are incalcula ble.-Brig. Gen. D.
K. Stanley, U. S. A, in Memorial to
Congress on Road Exhibit at Worlds
Columb ian Exposition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
CarInr for Fruit Trees.

gent fruit-grower who props the limbs
of his'trees when the trees are over
loaded with fruit The proper plan is
to thin OFT the fruit and it should be
done while the fruit is small When a
tree bends with the great weight of
extra fruit it is compelled to do extra
duty in supplying food. while the fruit
will not be as good as when but par
tial crop is borne on the tree. Thin
ming the fruit gives more attractive
fruit and better prices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
cleanIine So I'm the Dairy.

Observe the strictest cleanliness be-
fore you ever draw your milk to the
factory; have arrangements and prep
arations made for the thorough strain
ing and handling of your milk in the
most careful and clearly manner, and
no patron would allow anything to go
from his premises to the factory that
he would not place upon his own table
There is quite as much dishonesty in
allowing improper or filthy milk to go
to the factory as in allowing some
member OF the family to skim it before
IT goes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Unreasonable.

Here, my poor man." said Mrs. Skid
more to the tramp, sis piece of pie for
you"
THANK you. madam replied Weary
Watkins. 81 cannot eat it now, how
ever. Would you mind putting it
away for me till this evening, when
viii cali with dress suit on? never
eat pie except at dinner."7Judga
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

understand at last how their taxes
We're made, and they rose and smote
these modern Philistines hip and thigh,
and drove them and their president and
senators and representatives out, and
put in a new lot of men to make their
tariffs ST Paul Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
The Height of Style.

Mamma-What are you doing, pet?
Little Dot-I'm writin' invitations
for my dollie. invitin' other dolls to her
party
Mamma Cooking them over1-Very
nicely written But what is this black
cross at the bottom?
Little Dot-That's dollie's mark.-
Good News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
a. Happy as lie Could Afrord.

s'Mr. Addem,'' said a Broadway mer-
chant to his sad-faced bookkeeper, 81
wish you would try and look a little
more cheerful
81 Think" replied the bookkeeper,
swallowing a big lump, THAT for nine
dollars a week I'm awfully jolly
Texas SiftinUS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
THE FARMING WORLD.
II DESTROYS VINES.

Habits OF :ae Grape Vine Flea Beetle
HOW to Fight Il.
The grape vine flea beetle is an ex-
ceedingly destructive insect. Like most
insects IL has r;Ivenous appetite, and
although only some three-twentieths
of an inch in length, it will devour a
bud containing three or four punches
of grapes at a meal. If there are many
of them. therefore, an entire crop of
grapes may be doomed. In the follow
ing cut a leaf partly eaten by the
worms is represented, while at the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Bright Faces.

One of my friends who seems to have
gained the secret of perpetual youth
and good spirits said to me lately: do
you notice L always put on my sweetest,
most unruftled expression when I'm in
a great hurry or get caught in a crowd,
a thing I detest, or whenever I want
to look worried, because. most other
women do look SO like crazy rights in
the least crisis?" 1t is not the great
men or women who look the most
borne down by responsibility and anx-
ietv. Gladstone shows less lines of care
than a woman out on shopping ex-
cursion on ''bsrgain day."-Kats San
born, in Chautauqusn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
Hit His SOFT spot.

Magistrate O'Googhan = Hov'n't you
been befar me befar?
Astute Prisoner-No, y'r honor, 1
never saw but one face that looked like
yours, an that was a photograph of an
Irish king.
Magistrate O'Googhan = Discharged
C3ll tn mkt case.-N. Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

w o r k O S o 1 |
with a mellow
surface no tool
equals the home
made scume hoe.
A strip of iron
cask hoop ~
feet long and ~
to 2 inches wide
and an old wood
en- rake handle
are the essen
tials. 7 w c l v e
inches of the CEN
far Of thiS h0nn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13

WHERE it is desired to secure as large
q number of turkey eggs as possible, it
is nearly always best to put the first
lRyings under common hens.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
FOR KILLING WEEDS.

A Scuffie Hoe Is the Best Implement
That Can BE Used.
To kill weeds while they are small is
the only cheap way. For rapid hand
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-13
The HIGHEST housE.
An Observatory to BE Erected on Il
Top of Mont Blanc.

Top OF NJ ont BIanc.
M. Jansen, distinguished French
astronomer. is experimenting the con-
struction of an observatory at the top
of the highest peak of Mont Blanc. The
building was first set up at Meudon to
make sure that it was perfect, and last
spring it was taken apart, the pieces