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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
WINTER CAN BE SUMMER STILL

What tho stormy row the weather,
Snow and ice upon the ground,
Frozen too the lakes and rivers,
Not song bird to be found, -
Cold hands can make hearts grow warmer,
Love and friendship need not chill.
Tho the winds are wild and whIstling.
Winter can be summer still.
Bare the woods once so inviting,
Dead leaves scattered all about,
And the hills have lost their vendure.
Flowers indoors, instead of out
Tho Jack Frost Is at the window,
He may never cross the sill,
If we keep our hearthfires burning,
Winter can be summer still.
Zen the shut-ins can be happy,
For Gods sunshine enters there,
Bidding them be patient hopeful,
Meier give way to grim despair.
Home and friends they have remaining,
Gratitude their hearts will fill,
Whispering. to cheer and comfort
Winter can be summer still
sSee the children's laughing faces,
AS they SNOWFALL, coast or skate,
Lingering for one last frolic.
Tho for school they may be lata
Listen TO their merry shouting,
. Echoing from hill to hill:
We may learn the song they're singing,
Winter can be summer still.
Hear the sleighbelrs joyous jingle,
Ger the mountain, through the vale,
As each youthful party journeys,
Winding neither cold nor gale.
There's a truth in win ter's phases
Take 1t, leave IL, as you will
Life is only what we make it,
Winter can be summer still.
Mrs. FiLdley Braden, in n. Y. Observer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Cooked Food for Milk Cows.

There is no better investment for q
dairyman than a small steam engine.
One of the power of a single horse will
be quite sufficient to do many small
jobs for which hand power would other
wise be needed. But its most important
use in winter will be for steaming and
cooking food This adds largely to its
nutritiousness, because it makes the
starchy portions much more easy of di-
gestion. 1t is not necessary to steam
or cook food for fattening animals, and
in this respect the practice has gone
out of favor, but it pays to steam the
food for milk cows. They require a
good deal of water anyway, and can
take it better with their food than by
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
DehornInx Young Calves.

The most practical and satisfactory
method of dehorning a calf when quite
young is to remove the button-hke,
semi-horny substance with an instrp-
ment known as the trephine. which is
constructed for the purpose of cutting
out circular sections of bone without
injury to tine underlying soft tissues.
By this method the horn is removed
with its foundation and the brain is
denuded of its boDy covering for short
period, but no horny eXcrescence will
appear to disigure the head of the ma
tured animal as may happen when
other methods are used and the opening
caused by the trephine will become OBJ
liberated in a few dayS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
PrenderEast,s Doom.

OTTAWA, Ill, March 22.-The motion
for a supersedeas in the case of Prem
dergast, the assassin of Mayor Har-
rison, of Chicago, was yesterday de-
MED by the supreme court An after
noon session of the court was held,
chiefly to settle this matter, and after
disposing of a few cases in the civil
docket, Chief Justice Baker turned to
No. on the peoples docket, Prender-
CAST VS. the people, and rendered the
decision 1t was brief and to the point,
and in substance as follows: ''The
court has carefully examined the rec
orcs. abstracts and briefs in full, and
has concluded to deny the petition"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
THE REPUBLICANS WIN.
The New jersey Supreme Court Decides
Against the Democratic Senator'S

The New Jersey supreme court DecideS
Against the Democratic Senators
TRENTON, n J., March 22-Chief
Justice Beasley, of the state supreme
court, rendered a decision in the con-
tested state senatorship case of Rogers
vs. Adrian which constitutes complete
victory for the republicans He finds
that the republican senate as organ
lied by President Rogers is a lawful
body and that Rogers is the president
of the senate Some time ago the
democrats declared they would
abide the decision of the chief justice
and would not carry the controversy
any further. As soon as he learned of
the decision of the supreme court Gov.
Werts, democrat, sent for the repub-
lican treasurer-elect and comptroller
elect and issued commissions to them
to date from April =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

the cows teats, which communicate
with the milk bucket by means of a
small hose. An air pump is then at
tached and the milk drawn from the
COW as seen in the engraving. To sue
cessfully use the machine it would
seem that a very quiet COW was ne
cessity.
The best machine, so far as we know,
is the hands of an experE mixer. Five
or six minutes cleans COW, and this
the essence. One does not know if the
milking machine so far millzs clean,
and, if trial must be made with each
COW, why not milk by hand and done
with it?-Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
SnrInr Eahrics

Already the ginghams with china
stripes and most wonderful coloring as
soft and exquisite as silk fabrics may
show. the challies with their pr city
fiowerets in Dresden colors and with
silk bars and stripes. the dainty corded
dimities. the pretty China silks with
odd, old-fashioned patterns. the
sprigged lawns and fine muslins are on
the counters of the shops and with
them all sorts of beautiful silks and
woods in short lengths at reduced
prices appear in very embarrassment
of riches and at prices so low as it
seems downright extravaganza not to
buy them--St- Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Successful Test for Armor Plate.

INDIAN HEAD PRovING GROUNDS,
March ga distinguished party, in
Guiding Secretary Her many naval
officers and almost a quorum of senators
and representatives, was here yesterday
to witness the trial of the great I3-inch
gun The 13-inch gun was fired and a
twelve-inch Harveyized experimental
plate was penetrated to the depth of
six inches and sustained but slight
fracture. 1t was good showing for
the rlate
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Best strawberries for Market.

The largest straw berries are not al
ways the best for the table, though
they sell better in market. As Gus
toners are compelled to judge from
appearances, however, all fruit should
be attractive as possible. 1t is better
to have variety that can be shipped
to a great distance than one that is
extra large and not firm, as fruit is sub.
iect to injury on the journey If soft.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
THE FARMING WORLD.
ORCHARD DRAINAGE.
Plan Which Is Said to Possess Many
Advantages.

a Plan which Is Said to Possess Many
Advantages.
Our neighbor. John Burdette. now
deceased, who gave to the world the
''Long john strawberry yet grown
here to some extent), and who enjoyed
1he reputation of being one of the most
progressive and successful orchardists
in this vicinity of orchardists, provided
the required surface drainage in the
last orchard bartlett pears planted
by him in the manner shown in Fig.
Of the accompanying illustration
The land siypes slightly. and there is
no difficulty of carrying every bit of
the over-supply of surface water of
toward a shallow ditch at the foot of
the orchard, and from there to the
river. Year after year the pillow fur
rows have heen turned towards the
tree rows, SO that the surface is made
decidedly wayy, the lowest part being
right in the center between the rows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Congress should Take Action.

That the subject of good roads is inn
portant enough to be considered by
congress, and in broad and, liberal
way, there can be no doubt Before
the advent of railroads it was a COM
mon saying that country's civiliza-
ton might be measured by its roads.
If such were the case now, the United
States would be far down in the scale
Call
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

ga-All communications for tnfs paper mus
be accompanied by the name of the author
not necessarily for publication, put as AZ
writer. Write only on one side of the paper
Be particularly careful in giving names an
dates to have the lette-E and figures TAI
am - ss-~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
e;l.d.tone,s Eyes being Examined.

LONDON. March 22-Mr and Mrs
Gladstone arrived in London this morn
ing from Brighton Mr. Gladstone APP
peared to be in good health, and after
brief rest at downing street, drove to
a celebrated ocalist's, where he had a
special appointment in order that a
further examination of his eyes might
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
WHY He Wants Good Roads

As one who was raised farmer bow
and who in common worked the roads
to no avail, / am now reservediy COM
mitted to all honest endeavor that will
lead to, better roads and shall work
and teach to that end--L Higgins,
Professor of English and Physics,
Drake University. Des Moines, Ia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Anutr of the Hour.

What we want to do, as citizens of
to-day, is to bring the public into q
keen realization of the need of new
road lawS-Good Roads
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

EARLY peas are hardy and can stand
light frost, hence the land should be
ready for the seed early in the season,
so as to have them ready for market or
the table as soon as possible.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
MILKING MACHINE.

Picture and Description OF New Eng
lish invention
At recent dairy show in England a
milking machine was shown at work
of which the appended figure is an
illustration. The method of drawing
the milk from the cow by the machine
is to place the India rubber tubes on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
LouisIsna Got It Am.

WASHINGTON, March 22--The sugar
bounties paid Tuesday and yesterday
by the treasury department aggregated
1888, 1872, all of which went to Louis
lana
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

If currants are given decent treat
ment in the way of maintaining and
cultivating properly. no plants are
more satisfactory troopers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
Incredible

There are some towns in eastern Mas
sachusetts, and not so far from the
Hub" either, wherein card-playing is
one of the things you had better not do
if you are particularly concerned about
pu bic opinion. A certain gentleman and
his wife who had settled in one of these
towns and brought with them a love
of whist recently gave whist party to
some of their neigh bors, who came as
people doing something daring. A day
or two later one of the older ladies OF
the village extorted from her daughter
the confession that she had been at the
whist party.
what do you do at whist parties?"
she asked.
why, they play cards. waJ the re-
sponse-
That's what I'd heard" was the old
lady's retort but didn't believe it -
Boston Transcript
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

ALL young animals should be kept
growing rapidly in size. strength, bone
and sinew.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

The bearer of good news always
has 3 pleasant voice--Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

The poem did not appear in the next
issue. In fact it was never published.
The magazine to which it was sent
soon went out of existence. The editor
went abroad, caring little for the fame
and fortune won at such fearful cost.
Josephine d. Hill, in Banner of Gold.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

It is an editors sanctum. The bright.
sunny room is furnished with artistic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24
Chorus Singing.

CHORUS singing may be very excellent
practice, y said well-known vocal
teacher to the Pittsburg Dispatch, but
it is attended with serious danger to the
solo vocalist. If every person could sing
in choruseS properly-that is, restrain
their ardor and zeal and sing even in the
most exciting passages, with only mod
crate amount of vocal power-there
would not be so much harm in it. But
the trouble IS that persons become ex-
cited and try to make as much noise as
possible, straining every bit of power
they have TO Guido their neighbors. In
such instances, when the voice is over
strained the harm done in five min
utes could not be remedied by
the best singing teacher in five
years. The vocal organs are a delicate
instrument, and should be treated as
such. They cannot be forced, but must
develop. Constant loud singing is one of
the practices which has ruined 80 per
cent. of the voices of the country. 1t is
to this that those who have charge of the
boys and girls in our public schools
should look. Music is a delightful ac-
complishment and great addition to the
public schools; but allowing children to
shrek at the top of their voices, and the
lack of care in Eliminating when a
pupil is in a fit condition to sing,
are depriving the world of many
great singers Boys should never
attempt or be made 10 attempt to sing
while their voices are changing. What
ever voice may be then will surely be
ruined Then, allowing children to sing
when they have colds OF any kind affect
ing the throat, is another evil. Of course,
in dealing with large nun bers, as in the
public schools, the teacher would find it
difficult to give the individual attention
that would be required; but thing that
is worth doing at all is worth doing well,
and unless such personal attention can be
given. it were better that children's voices
be allowed to develop naturally than be
ruined by improper teaching and Lack of
proper judgment. Sir Morrell Mac
ken1ie, after vast amount of experience,
gave 1t as his opinion thatthe voice could
not be built up In less than seven years.
Perhaps the experience Of Mackenzie
was in dealing with the grave faults
which have mentioned. Most singing
teachers contend that, with proper care
and teaching and constant proper prac-
tice, the voice can be built up in from
three 70 four years. But this is a low
estimate. as you can never come across
the ideal conditions that you would wish
10 exact"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24

sweet principal, 'panaquilon" (from
Panax, derivative OF panacea)
Chemical exam nation has failed to
substantiate any of the claims made for
ginseng by the Chinese, aud but for the
export trade with that people IL is highly
questionable whether the root would
have any commercial value in this coun-
try. All that European and American
thereapeutists are willing to concede is,
that it may possibly have some value as
a stomachic. From colonial times the
gathering and preparing OF the root for
market has formed an important in
dustry in certain parts of America. 1t
is found in Canada and thence as far
south as Georgia, fiourishing only in the
cool woods of billy countries. The
method Of gathering is process OF exter-
mination, for the root is dug as soon as
the shoots appear above the ground in
the early spring, and the plant has no OPP
portunity TO grow, much less to mature
and bearo seeds. So complete has this
work of determination threatened TO be-
come in some sections, that governmental
regulations of the gathering appears to
be needed. In North Carolina
there is an unwritten law. more or less
regarded prohibiting the digging of the
root until the plant has reached matu-
rity. In Canada stringent laws on the
subject have been passed. The young
root, containing more Of the juices, is
heavier and more salable, and, therefore,
temptation 10 evade laws, written or I'M
written. for the preservation of the plant
is too great To be generally resisted. As
a result New York state, which formerly
furnished the best ginseng now supplies
only moderate quantity Of fine root
while the most priced grades comes from
Canada. The ginseng industry in the
United States is of considerably less i'm
portance than it was a few years ago,
when the annual expectations TO China
averaged S50O000 pounds. The average
now is about 100000 pounds.
The American ginseng is rated as third
quality by the Chinese, who place the
product of their own country first, and
the Corean ginseng second Japan also
produces a variety Of the root which is of
much inferior quality to any of the others,
and is chieny used in China for purposes
Of adulteration. The best Chinese gin
seng comes from the province of Manchu-
ria. the seat OF government Of the Chinese
empire, and is raised and gathered under
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24

and finds himself twice man. Like MIR.
Boeter, the doctor is also In search of
some nice paradise somewhere, into which
he can jump, leaving meat, alcohol and
human nature behind him
AS to the simpler appliances of civiliza-
tion, Mr.. Boeter is still kanalua. He
admits houses, because the birds build
nests, but merelyas shelter from rain.
He favors beds but strongly draws the
line at chairs, with which he thinks the
natural man should not daily. He is a
little troubled about the question whether
there is enough fruit growing wild TO sup
port the human race, but in case Of abso-
Lutte necessity, he will consent TO plant,a
few cocoanut trees, as he has conceived an
extrayaRant admiration for this fruit,
and in short is a whole cocoanut club in
himself. He thinks, however, that If the
cocoanuts could be eaten which are now
wasted in the pernicious manufacture OF
hair oil, there would be enough TO 90
round, and no planting would be neces-
sary. Since Mr. Boeter has been in town
he has eaten, besides cocoanuts. manages
muskmelons, figs and papaias, all OF
which he pronounces excellent, even 10
the seeds of the papaia, which are
equal to the finest watercresses.
He does not believe in the slavery Of
horses, and rejects. of course, the whole
system of personal service as a wrong.
He does, however, occasionally ride in the
street cars. but he justities the apparent
inconsistency on the ingenious ground
that dusty streets are most unnatural and
not a place for wholesome exercise
Moreover his paradise is not yet
achieved. and in the transition state he is
compelled to accommodate himself to cir
cumstanees. Thus he uses money--which
he scorns-and wears watch, though in
the blessed future men will take no
thought of time. He will not wear hat,
but carries one in the hand, not TO at
attract undue attention
Upon the close of the interview, Mr..
Boever courteously invited the reporter
10 share his monday meal. The latter,
however, felt that to do so would be
worse than the act of David when he
took his neigh boris one eve lamb.
Mr. Boeter expects very shortly to visit
the other islands If he is disappointed
he will turn his back on Hawaii and seek
the lost paradise of innocence and ignor-
ance among the islands Of the South
Pacific.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24

ground in Boston represent an outlay of
hundreds of thousands. Those in New
York over Sl,00O.G0O, and the man who
talks from Boston to Chicago sends his
voice vibrating over line that for the
copper wire alone cost S150.000.
The untechnical mind simply quails in
powerless incomprehension before the
amazing compiica lions of the telephone
switchboard. There are central once
swltchboards in this country that have
cost 100000 and upward, and one that
has cost 100000; and they look it. Each
operator is provided with do en- sets of
ingenious and intricate devices for con-
Meeting, for ringing, for listening, for
talking, and so on. Each subscribers
line passes through a maze of wires
and apparatus, lightning protectors, test
ing appliance, calling anunciators, an
swering switches, and "ring-Off" annun-
ciatorS.
Every subscriber must have a switch
not only opposite the particular operator
who answers bis calls, but also opposite
every other operator. for any one of them
may receive calls for him. So his line
loops in and out all through the switch
board, and he has a switch at every few
feet along the board. 1t is just as if you
bad doors all round your house. so that
people could come in from all parts with
out having to go to the front door.
There are LOIS of auxiliary apparatus in
a big telephone exchange, d :, namos for
furnishing current for ringing, storage
batteries for operating the transmitters,
measuring instruments for testing the
lines, motors for doing various kinds of
work-every possible application of cleo
tri ity is availed of IN working a tele-
phone system.
Are many people required to keep all
this in order and to operate it? A small
army. Engineers and electricians to de-
wise new methods for saving time and to
plan for extensions of the system, wire
men, instrument men and mechanics to
build switch-toards and place in
struments, inspectors to overlook the APP
! paratus and keep it in good order, line
men to build overhead wires and Law
underground cables, operators to work
the switch boards; in fact, a veritable
army of employees made up of regiments
trained in the different branches of the
work.
A large telephone company has on the
average one employee for every ten or
twelve subscribers in its system. Is not
our French authors sententious remark
well borne outl