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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
Bugs That Iniure Plants.

To rid the plants of the striped bug,
with which all are familiar who have
engaged in growing melons. use one
part of air-slaked lime, mixed with
two parts of plaster, and apply with a
common paris green sitter. Lime alone
is too strong where the plants have
been injured by the bugs. Another in
sect. which is more to be dreaded than
the striped bug, is the small green
louise which infests the plants in a
more advanced stage of their growth,
often remaining on them until the
vines have nearly or quite attained
full growth. They always appear at
first on the under part of the leaves,
nearest to the stem of the plant. and
show their presence by causing the
leaf to curl up. If anyone has fought
this pest successfully the rest will be
glad to know about it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27

each. form a pretty combination and Is
seen perhaps to a greater advantage In
this bright, clear atmosphere. 1t is
known as the hooded oriole' from a
little tuft of feathers on his crown.
They swarm in the orchards and
gardens and hang their little nests
amid the vines and roses that cluster
around the houses They are sweet
singers, and seem to never tire; neither
does the listener.
The cow blacl1bird is different from
the eastern species, and Will not visit
the seashore. The female is locally
called 1.-The tramp" because it never
builds its own nest. preferrinG to Law
its eggs in other birds nests. Whether
it claims the hatchlings Is a mooted
question. The male is black with
purplish tints, the head and neck
sooty. It is train robber on 4 small
scale, accompanying the freight trains
through the desert for hundreds of
miles, picking up grain. They also
scour the fields when grain is being
sovn, and make it interesting for the
granger. Their notes are harsh, but
are somewhat melodious when they
sing in concert, as in some human
voices. When they cannot get grain,
they eat grub worms
The purple finch, a species of the
linnct. like the leopard, changes his
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
THE KENTUCKY WAR.
The Son OF Col. Breckinridge Succeeds I'm
Stabbing His Man.

The Son OF Col. breckenridge Succeeds I'm
StabbinG His Man.
LEXINGTON, Ky, Sept. 22.-Desha
Breckenridge had a sensational alterca-
ton with James Duane Livingston,
formerly of New York city, in the
Phoenix hotel yesterday. Livingston
was standing at the news and cigar
stand reading an afternoon paper when
Desha Breckenridge came in and bought
a package of cigarettes. Livingston
spoke to Desha and extended his hand,
saying, 'It is all over now; we ought
to be friends. Shake hands"
Breckenridge, with an angry look on
his face, replied, mo, you one-horse
scoundrel, 1 will not take your hand
You profess to be a mans friend and
then stab him in the back"
Livingston replied to this by saying
that he had done nothing of that kind,
when Breckenridge called him -
liar. Then Livingston struck at DeSha
and knocked his glasses off, follow
ing this up with a blow on the neck.
Desha reached for his hip pocket and
instantly flashed in the air long,
bright blade of a big dirk. Both men
were pale as death. Livingston, in
a moment of desperation, grabbed at
the g1ittering blade which Brecl1in-
ridge had aimed at his heart. The
knife went between the second and
third fingers of Livingston's right
hand, cutting the third finger to the
bone. Livingston grasped his right
hand with his left in order to stop the
terrible flow of blood that was dyeing
the thing of the lobby. The hotel
clerks and several bystanders rushed
in and seized Breckenridge. and at the
same instant Matt Lane, a strong
Breckenridge man. ran up and said he
would take hand in helping Desha-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27

spots. That is, the male, when Gagged,
sometimes changes from a purple red
to a yellow. Ornithologists have not
explained this apparent strangcness.
It seems that it would be more natural
for the female to turn. It is q fine
singer, but loses some OF its melody
after being imprisoned.
The 'shorned lark so called from
having long erectile tufts over the
eyes. 1nha bits the PLAINS and fields Of
southern California and in the spring
fills the air with sweet notes while
sailing above and around without any
other apparent object than to give an
aerial concert. It is either in the air
or on the ground, never lighting upon
fresno half way ground.
Those tropical gems. the hJlmming
birds, arc here distinct from those
found in the east. The calliopc hum
mer is Mexican species and not found
north of Los Angeles. The coast hum
mer does not venture far inland. 1t is
green, and the head is a metallic violet.
The broad-tailed species is green, with
a red throat. They prey upon the
flowers, sucking honey from them, and
when the scarcity of dew renders the
sweet saccharinc difficult to get they
fall back upon insects.
The water ousel, or hydrobata Mex
icana, is one of the most curious birds
on the Pacific coast. 1t is size larger
than the sparrow, slate color, short
tail, and lives on the banks of streams
feeding on water insects and small
fishes, which it catches by diving,
swimming, or walking under the wa
ter, or flying along its surface. 1t IS
not wcb-fOoted, but has rcmarlza bic
powers of locomotion-Inore than the
average aquatic bird possesses. The
female builds her nest of MOSES, under
a rilI or dam where the water triclk1es
over the top, keeping the moses green
and cool, also hidden from enemies.
In the spring, when it is billing and
cooling time, the male takes a position
on a distant rock in the stream and
their bird love is heard in their sweet
resounding notes.
The white-headed eagle, which is
seen as the emblem of America on our
flag and white metal" is now very
rare in California, owing to tourists
who think they are compelled to kill
something This american eagle"
was very numerous before the Ameri-
cans came to this country. The Mex
lean settlers preserved them from de-
struction because the eagles killed the
ground squirrels. And strange enough,
as if by a tacit understanding, the
eagle seldom broke the treaty by kill
ing the domestic animals Of the Mex
lean. But when the American settlers
began to shoot these eagles, merely
from a wanton desire to see them
drop the eagles made a war in turn
upon chickens. turkeys, even flying
away with young lambs That they
never disturbed the domestic animals OF
the Mexicans is well-esta blished fact.
The american golden eagle of Cal
ifornia has not a golden color, but is
more brownish. Its long legs are boot
ed with feathers down to its toes and
spurs, as if for a ride.
J. NJ. SCANLANp,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
DEEP wHEELBARROW.
Anyone Endowed with Little Ingenuity
Can Build One.

anyone EnuOWeu WITH a LILtIe ingenuity
Can Build One.
A deep wheelbarrow is more useful
than one built on the old plan, because
it will hold more, and the work of
building such a barrow is not much
greater. Anyone who owns a wheel
and irons belonging to an old wheel
barrow can easily construct one by
first procuring two stout pieces for the
shafts and mortising them together
firmly just behind the wheel. The next
mortise must come two inches from
the ground on the legs at A. From this
mortise the floor of the barrow must
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
THE FARMING WORLD.
CHEAP FARM FILTER.

$40 Reason Why Country People Should
Not Have Pure Water.
Town and Country journal. Aus
Eraiia. illustrates a cheap filter, which
we reproduce as explaining itself The
letter press accompanying it is as fol-
lows:
We are frequently called upon to
give advice as to the fltering of water
for domestic purposes, and at one
time and another we have illustrated
and described nearly every device ex-
4ant. Our illustration on this occasion
Is one within the reach of every farm
er and settler in the bush. There is
nothing patent or expensive about it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
Total ....... 143, hos, es9 s6,s67,74z s,O64. BE-

Nearly half the entire production of
plums and prunes, or 1909, 573 of the
total of 2, 554, 1872 bushels, was in Cali
fornia, no other state raising as much
as 200, 900 bushels. The product of
cherries was principally in the states
of Indiana, California, Michigan, Ohio,
Kansas and Virginia in the order
named; and California raised virtu-
ally all of the apricots, or 970,94
bushels of the total of 1,001, 482 bush
els
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
Famous Enough to Be Honest.

Jinl1s ION the raiDI was talking
with ar eminent physician in the
smoker.
Mrs. Jinlzs-What is his name?
He didn't mention it, and 1 did not
like TO ask"
..Then why do you think he is an en-
ineut physician?"
81 asked nun what was the best cure
for consumption, and he said he didn't
Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

Interesting Statistics Cleaned from Cos.
eminent Report.
The agricultural department has is
sued summary of the fruit produced
in 1893. which it says was less than an
average year. The principal southern
fruit crops were produced mainly in
California and Florida. The produc-
ton of apples, peaches and pears for
the wear by states is:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27

So Bradstreet Reports Hereafter Activity
in Many Branches Of Trade
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-Bradstreet's
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
LEGAL NOTICE.
In the District Court of the State of Nevada. In
and for the County of Lincoln,
In the Matter of the Estate of James
McFadden Deceased.

Pursuant to an order made aud on ale In the
Clerks office in the above named Court on the
S0th day Of october, 1894, notice is hereby given
that Julia McFadden, the administrator IF the
said deceased, made to the said Court, and filed in
the Office OF the CLERK thereof on the Goth day of
October, 1894, return of sale made by her or said
day under previous order of said Court, of the
following Real Estate, and for the following
named sum, to-wit:
All of the right title and interest which said
deceased held and owned in. to and concerning the
Jim Grow" mine which is situated in Ferguson
Mining District. Lincoln County, State Of Nevada,
and all interest which the estate of SAID deceased
since the death OF said deceased, has acq uired in
to. and concerning said property, for the sum Of
fourteen thousand dollars lawful money Of the
United States. as will more fully appear from said
return hled Aforesaid and to which reference is
hereby made for further particulars.
And notice is hereby given that Tuesday the 27th.
day OF November, 1894, at 10 O'Clock q. m Of said
day at the court room of said Court, at the court
house In the County OF Lincoln, State of Nevada,
has bsen dxed for hearibg said return when and
where any rson interested in the said estate may
appear and file written objections to the confirms
ton OF the said sale, and they be heard and may
produce witnesses In support Of such objections.
]. A. CLARK, Clerk.
Dated Oct. 80. 1894.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
PROCLAMATION OF THANKS
GIVING.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, State of Nevada.
Concious of the manifold blessings of the
past year, and with deep sense Of graft
tude to the Supreme Ruler of all mankind,
the people of Nevada should render thanks
to Almighty God for the preservation of
life, health and degree of prosperity equal
to that vouchsafed His children throughout
the universe.
Therefore, in accordance with the procla.
nation of the President OF the United States
and in compliance with the laws and
customs of our State, |, Roswell X. Colcord,
Governor of the State OF Nevada, do here
by designate and appoint Thursday, the Doth
day of November, as day of thanksgiving
and prayer, to be kept and observed by all
the people thereof.
Done at the Capitol, in the city Of Carson,
this first day of November, A. D. eighteen
hundred and ninety-four.
Roswell X. CoLcoRD. Governor.
BY the Governor, o. II. GREY,
Secretary of State.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
" THANKSGIVING n
BALL.

WHEREAs,-At the recent
campaign, political blessings
were bestowed upon each of
the undersigned, to his
hearts desire, and being ever
mindful of the cordial
support, good will and hearty
congratulations extended in
the hour of success, we the
undersigned, hereby most
heartily and cordially invite
the public, one and all to be
and appear at Thompson's
Opera House at the town of
Phoebe, on the night of Nov
ember goth, 1894, there
to indulge in the terpsichor-
can art, vile dull care away,
forget physical and other ills
and bury deep, any sore or
rutfied feelings which the re-
cent campaign may have
generated. 1t shan't cost you
a cent.
j. A. DENTON,
H, E, PRUDENTIAL,
H. J, GOODRICH,
JOHN SHEER,
I. J. OSBORNE,
w. j. DooLEY,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice Of Intention to Apply For a
Permit to Cut Timber.

Notice Is hereby 81 ven that the undersigned are
about to make application to the Hon Secretary
OF the Interior for permission to cut timber on
unsurveyed government land situate in the
County Of Lincoln, State of Nevada, and described
- follows: Situate about ten miles nearly due
south OF the mining town OF DeLamar and in the
same range OF mountains in saw-pit Canyon and
embracing one hundred and sixty acres OF land
containing yellow pine u Der to the amount OF
about seventy-hve thousand feet at for manufsc.
upofnto lumber, and about fifty thousand linear
feet suitable for mining purposes.
JOHN vIETTI
JAMES GIBSON.
Dated. DsLarnar, Nevada, August 22nd. 1884,.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

This is somewhat extraordinary record
and shows what our so called arid lands in
the mountain States can do in sugar beet
and beet sugar production. II the investi.
cations in Nevada during the last three
years had shown that some of the beets
could be depended upon to reach these high
analysis they would have been most salts.
factory, but the whole average for each year
has been high as stated, and in many in
stances the percentage of sucrose in the
beet juice was above 90 and in several in
stances above 81
1T scarcely requires much gift of prophecy
to foretell the early and immense develop
ment of the beet industry in Colorado,
Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana,
and California. These States seemingly
have the climate, the soil, and the water to
produce beets far superior in quality to
those of Central Europe"
The above is very encouraging to those
connected with the work in this State, and
it seems that it ought to be an incentive to
our people to foster this industry and make
1t one of the leading factors in building up
the interests of this great State,
Nathaniel E. Wilson, Station Chemist.
Reno, New, October 4, 1894,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
Three Leading Scientists
Proclaim the Superior Value of
DR.. Prices Baking Powder.

Scientists devotng closer products
Recent examinations OF baking powders by Prof Long, Dr.
Haines and Prof Prescott made determine which
powder the purest highest in leavenng strength most
efficient in service and economical in cost They
decide that DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder excels in all
the essentials of ideal preparation household use
They write:-
"Cfcago, March a9h, 1894
We have purchased in the open market Dr. Prices
Cream Baking Powder and also Of other leading brands
OF baking powders, al@ auhntted them chemical
isis We find that Dr. Prizes Cream Baking Powder is
pure of tartar powder, that it considerably
greater 1eavenng strength than any the baking
powders we have tested
PRoF. john H. LONG, NoyHar~srw Uni0e,Sit, Chicago
DR. WALTER s. HAlNEs, Rash Aiditai College, Chicago
PROF ALBERT B. PREscorr, da! ef Michigan Ann Arbor"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
SEALED PROPOSALS.

sesled proposals will be received at my Office up
to noon OF the 9th day of November. 1894, or the
erection OF Jail building at the town Of Della.
mar. New, to be constructed of two by eight
l2xS) inch plank, double thickness, divided into
two rooms, doors to have gratngs one foot square.
the whole building to be 12Xlb feet when com.
at my Office.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
Phoebe. Ney.. Oct. II, 1894.
]. A. CLARK, Clerk.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
SUGAR BETS IN NEVADA.
Nevada Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton.
Newspaper Bulletin No. III

nevada agricultural Experiment Sta
ton.
Newspaper Bulletin No. Ill
Under the above heading there appears
in the Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manu-.
facturer OF September 20, 1894, the follow.
ing editorial notice:
'The Planter has received Bulletin No.
% OF the University of Nevada Experiment
Station, and it is simply surprising to see
the wonderful results had there in sugar
beet production during the last three years.
"Omitting six analysis of unripe beets in
1893, which were made only to determine
the progress of ripening, the entire lot of
analysis for the three years average in per-
centage as follows:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

This is a peculiar world. One is strup.
Cling for justice and another is fleeing from
it. One man is saving to build house and
another is trying to sell his for less than it
cost, to get rid of it. One man is spending
all the money he can make in taking girl
to the theatre and sending her flowers with
the hope Of making her his wife, while his
neighbor is spending what gold he has to get
divorce. One man e'capes all the diseases
that flesh is heir to and gets killed on the
railroad. Another escapes with a scratch
and dies with the whooping cough. One
man stands off his creditors and goes travel.
ing, while another pays his debts and stays
at home.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
y. u A. M.
We Have Money to Loan
AT 6 Per CENT.

on farm or City Property in anv sec,io,, =,
country where property has fixed market vsIr vi
money ready for immediate loans where sacnrit,
s snu ..ie is good No commission. We solicjt
.ppnosM'ns' Blanks furnished upon request.
ALLEN q CO., 40 d AZ Broadway. N
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
In The South.

The settlers of Bunkerville and the Muddy
Valley are discussing the proposition of
forming road district and building de.
cent road between the two places. 1t has
long been necessity, but the extent of the
task compared with the resources for this
work at command, have deferred the people
from undertaking it. Crossing the Virgin
river with anything of a load, at almost any
season of the year is dangerous piece Of
business on account of the quicksands,
which make it necessary, when once started
from one bank to the other, to keep moving.
A stop Of a minute to rest the team, and the
wheels are seen to SETTLE A few inches of
this andthat wagon must be unloaded right
there in order to get it out This phase of
river travel is well understood by the resi-
dents there now, and accidents are of seldom
occurrence. Travellers however, frequently
take along guide from Bunkerville to
Bonelli's crossing to guard against this
danger. As an instance, last month family
of man and wife and several small children
passed down with two wagons. The
husband led with heavy team, the wife
following in light rig. Above Bunker
vile few miles, in crossing the river the
woman stopped to water the horses; the
wagon settled and she could not start again.
The husband seeing the trouble, left his
wagon in the bed of the stream in what an
peared to be patch of solid sand and went
to the relief Of his wife. This occupied
little time and when he returned to his own
team he found his wagon solidly fixed in the
sand to the hubs. The balance of the day
was spent in digging out. 1t is thought
that less than $1,000 will build a road which
will be passable for all teams, and cross the
river but once or twice. The settling up Of
that section will make the construction of
road without delay almost necessity.
The schools at Bunkerville opened week
ago last Monday. There are now two de.
partments, Mrs, Martha Cox presiding in
the senior, and Miss Macarthur, Of st.
George, in the junior. Miss Macarthur
passed an examination here year ago and
is said to have passed admirably on the ex.
animation papers sent down by the State
Board.
The next item of interest will be rustl.
ing by candidates for bondsmen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-17
Empire Grove campmeeting, East Poland

Empire Grove Campmeeting, East Poland
To the Editor of the PRESS.
The annual meeting of the Empire
Grove Campmeeting Association COM
menced on Thursday evening last week,
and will close August goth. The encamp-
ment is made up of about sixty cottages
many OF them quite costly and of fine
architectural proportions and appear
ance, with ABOUT halfias many family
tents, an excellent boarding hall, spac-
ious lodging house Of % furnished rooms
and large sta BILE, on it's outskirts.
Water is brought on to the grounds by
galvanized iron pipes from a genuine
poland spring" and distributed over
the grounds for the convenience of the
cottagers- The Grove is q splendid
Smixed growth, the grounds are graded
and laid out into convenient streets and
avenues and the Grand Trunk and Port
land & Rumford Falls railroads, each
have stations within half IL mile, the
several trains on the same connecting
with teams for the conveyance of passen-
gers to and from the encamplnent. Con-
venient post office regulations give to
the cottagers two mails per day from
each road.
Among those owning and occupyina
cotJagers with their families upon these
grounds are Capt. Wm.N Il. Swan of
Chelsea, Mass; VIM. H. Miles, ESQ, of
Somerville, Mass; Gen. J. j. Perry of
Portland; c. H. Houghton, ESQ.,, of
Canton; Dr. G. W. Cofran, of Boston,
Mass; Capt. Levi Marston, of Yarmouth
Vile; John Swan, ESQ.,, Bethel, Capt.
L F. Walker. of Yarmouth: Maj. B. F.
Beals, Auburn; S. H. Rodgers, ESQ,
Bath; and Ethan Willis, Esq, of South
Paris.
Public exercises and preaching SER
vices are held at the pulpit stand at 10. 80
a. m, p. NJ, and 7.30 evening of each
day.
The singing is conducted by select
choir under the lead of Rev. Z. f. Jones
of Lewiston, with Miss Winnefred Miles
at the organ.
The 18th being the first Sunday of
the meeting there was a large crowd
computed from $500 to 1900 attended
the public services. Rev. j. A. Cary
superintendent the religious interests of
the meeting, preached in the forenoon
and Rev. DIR. Stackpole of Auburn in
the afternoon. Both were very abIe SER
mons greatly enjoyed by crowded atten-
tive audiences. 5Aa
The meetings thus far have been a
great success. Rev. DR.. Gallagher, pre-
sident of Kents Hill Seminary and col
lege, one of the most eloquent preachers
in the denomination, has been engaged
to preach next Sunday: and the other
half of the day will be occupied by one
of the ablest divines in the order, whose
name | have not learned.
REPORTER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-17
WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA.

This series consists of colored plates and de-
scriptions with proper botanical nomenclature
of the Wild Flowers of America each part
containing at least sixteen plaIes. and to
embrace two to three hundred beautiful
flowers. Owners of all the parts are entitled
to free presentation at the end of the work of
of the elaborate index and CHAPTERS
to bind with the volume, These wild Flowers
OF America" are not for sale and can be got
only through the PRESS.
There will be Is parts, one part appearing
each week. One of the coupons printed below
and Id cents will secure part one and two
coupons aud Is cents any oil the other parts as
issued. Parts to IL now ready.