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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-10

The action Of a number of the leading drygoods
firms Of the city in reference TO keeping the
sidewalks clear is commendabe. Their repre-
sentatives visited Police Headquarters yesterday
and agreed to use the walks only for goods in
transit and TO keep free passage open Tor
pedestrians. This is as 1t should be- Heretofore
the sidewalks in some parts Of the city have been
largely used for storage purposes, not only in
defiance Of the city ordinance, but TO the an
novance of the general public. Recently the
edict went forth that the ordinance should be
strictly enforced The decision Of the firms re-
ferred to, who will cooperate with the authori-
ties will have its effect upon others and make
the task Of the police less difficult than it would
otherwise be-
The first act in roaring farce occurred in the
Office Of Controller Fitch yesterday In the com
petition between two companies DESTROYS Of Sc
curing a franchise for surface railroad cover
ing about twenty miles Of streets north Of the
Harlem River. The question between the com
petitors was as TO which should pay the larger
percentage Of its gross receipts into the city
treasury, and the process Of bidding was al
lowed 10 run on until one Of them offered to
pay almost 1000 per cent Al that point a re-
cess was taken. Presumably the farce will be
resumed today. though how anybody can take
Il seriously enough TO let 1t go on without limit
II is impossible TO conceive. The incident re-
calls the absurd bid for the underground rail
road franchise put up at auction by the old Rapid
Transit Commission in December. 1892
Familiar tactics are being employed by the
Democrats in Baltimore in the Interest OF the
German Rasin machine. The exclusion OF Re
publican watchers from the registration places
stuffing Of the registration lists. etc. nave been
going on for some time, but as the last day OF
registration approached more active measures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-10

Bat" Shea must die. That IL the jus, decision
OF the Court OF Appeals. What does Edward
Murphy jr, United States Senator. think about
It? The wretched murderer was his henchman
and was one OF those who made him Senator
And what does Roswell p. Flower think about It i?
Would Il not be better II he had done his duty,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-10

had to be resorted TO- in consequence OF whicn
number Of citizens who were quietly attending
to the business Of registering their names "s
voters have been assaulted and mai'rea'eu anu
prevented from carrying out their pu'po'''
These things reveal the desperate cono'',oh ~
which, the Democrats have been reu"ce" ".u
the need OF a sweeping change in the "'"'e' n"
appeal for protection has been maze u "o'
ernor Brown With n man Ike MI Low urs
in the Governors chair the cheating anu JUN
doing long practised in Baltimore w'"'o oe
made impossible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-10

The Goo Coos against the Chamber OF Com
merce-who could ever have imagined such
spectacle in this city?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Don't let the young pigs get raven.
ously hungry, but do not overfeed
them.
IF calf is half fed when young it
will never be the most profitable ami.
NAL to keep.
GIVE the horses the best feed you
be we'll treated.
USE pure bred sires always. Pick
the best females for breeders, and
never breed to scrub stock.
EVERY man who practices mixed
farming has just as good a reason for
keeping a variety of live stock.
Do YOU ever give the horses a drink
in the morning before feeding them
grain? If not try your own breakfast
that way once.
A YEARLING sheep that has been
carefully attended to will sell in the
market with as much profit as any
other animal that is kept on the farm
DURING the first three months Of
this year Great Britain imported 4,35;
horses, against 1854 in the same
period last year. The number OF
horses exported was 1855 against g.
sol.
STOCK that is allowed to fall off in
condition is always kept at more or
less loss. for it costs as much or more
than it originally did to put them
back to the weight they have fallen
from.
Is YOUR horse well shod and does his
harness fit him? If not put on pail
of boots one size too large or small
a nd LOT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
PROTECTING MANURE.
Webb Donneil, of Maine, Describes New
England Method

Webb DOnneil, of Maine, Describes New
England Method
l call it a ''New England method"
for, though it may be practiced else
where, I have not in other places OBJ
served its use to anything like the ex-
tent that is to be seen in New Eng
Land. This matters little, however.
The main point is to bring the value of
the plan to the attention of farmers
that now permit their manure piles to
be leached by every rain and by the
melting SHOWS of winter, such manure
heaps being usually situated alongside
the barn and directly under the caves
which may OF may not have cutters to
carry off the rain that falls upon the
roofs Of course. those who leave
their stable dressing exposed to such
conditions do not fully realize the loss
they are suffering, for it seems hardly
credible that anyone would be so ex-
travagantly wasteful if he realized
the truth about the matter. 1 have IN
mind now one farm where for sixty
years or more the dressing of from ten
to twenty head of stock has been thus
thrown out under the gutter1ess caves,
and after every heavy rain during all
that time a thick brown stream has
coursed along through a ravine till it
emptied into a river. Fully one-half
of the value of all the dressing made
on that farm for sixty years has thus
run down into the ocean. As matter
of fact, I presume that much more
than half of the value has been lost,
for on this same farm the liquid por-
ton OF the manure go per cent. at
least in value of the whole) has been
''tie-up'' floor, instead of being saved
by tight manure gutter and the use
of absorbents. It is just such wretched
management as this which keeps so
many of our farms run OUT and so
many OF our farmers discouraged.
There is little enough stable dressing
made on any place, and when this is
leached of from so to rs per cent. of it's
fertilizing qualities, it is small wonder
that the crops are meager and that
one crop seems to use up nearly all the
dressing put upon the land, leaving
little for subsequent crops of grain or
grass.
Some barns have manure cells where
all the dressing made, including the
liquid portion, can be saved; but such
barns are the exception and not the
rule. Barnyards entirely covered by
one or more roofs are excellent where
they can be afforded, but it is useless
to urge the great body of farmers to
roof over their entire yards for the
protection of both stock and manure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
WHEN TO SELL HOGS.
I'm September and October the Pig Sup
ply Usually Short.

In September and October the Pig Sup
ply Usually Short.
While prices for hogs f1uctuate much,
sometimes when it is difficult to see a
sufficient reason for a change, it has
generally been true that prices have
been relatively higher few weeks in
September and the early part of Octo-
ber At this time the supply of fat
hogs is usually small The spring
pigs are not yet ready for the market.
Comparatively few fall pigs are
dropped. Most farmers prefer to wait
until they can feed the new crop of
corn before beginning full feeding.
If we may judge of the past, it will
be good policy to have any small fall
pigs and brood sows, which it is not
desired to retain for breeding pur-
poses ready for the market at this
time. For years past we have thought
the common practice of allowing sowe
to become quite thin in flesh while
sucking their filters mistake. II
they are kept in fair flesh they can be
fattened in a short time after the pigs
are weaned. In several recent years
such sows would have been sold for as
much by the first of October as could
have been obtained for them at any
date notwithstanding their increase in
weight.
The evidence is strong that the sup
ply of good, fairly heavy hogs is now
small. It is quite probable they will
be in good demand as cool weather
comes on. With present indications as
to prices for corn it would seem good
economy to feed with reference to
prompt fattening instead of with the
desire simply of keeping the hogs in
moderate hesh-a plan of doubtful
economy most generally. except for
breeding ADMINISTRATIVE Farmer,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
Keep the Ducklings DRY.

1t is claimed that the Pekin duck
will thrive well without ponds. II is
true that the ducklings can be more
easily raised away from ponds or
streams than when allowed to have ac-
cess thereto, but this is due to the fact
that most ducklings are Matched with
incubators during the winter season.
when the cold waters of the pond
would chill them and cause loss. Young
ducks will thrive better if they are
kept away from the ponds until they
are well featbered; but despite all
claims in favor of the Pekin duck as
being adapted to dry locations. my ex-
perience is that the adult ducks are
more con te nted when they have pond.
Like all aquatic birds, they enjoy the
water, and though they will thrive on
an open field away from water Except
for drinking), yet they give the best re.
suits when they have the privileges Cd
a pond.-Farm and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
TWO RUSSIAN women.
The Strange Natures OF Sonya kOvAlsvsk9
and Marie Bashkirtsen.

The Strange Natures OF S0ny2 kOvAISv1A9
and Marie Bashkirtseff.
Only a strong and deeply int resting
personality could worthily give rise to
such a conflict, and such a personality
Sonya Kovaleysky presented. She had
no morbid seif-consciousness, no preco-
cious sense of her own Importance to
the universe, present and future, which
could inspire her to keep diary from
the age of twelve. such as thatof Marie
Bashlzirtseff, hitherto the best known
of her eountrywomen so far as the
revelation of inner life is concerned.
Sonya KovalevsEy's Recollections
were not written until she had at
tanned to position absolutely unique
in the history of feminine achieve
ment, and far above that which Marie
Bashkirtsef ever dreamed of gaining.
She was the professor of mathematics
in the University of Stockholm; she
had won, in q perfectly fair, sealed
competition with the most distin-
guished men the greatest mathemati-
cal prize in the world-the Bordin
prize, which was doubled in amount
on her behalf; she had won the hearts
of the SwedeS, who called her proudly
and affectionately by her pet name
''our Prof. Sonya." Despite her learn
ing, she carried off more prizes of
mems hearts than ambitious Marie
Bashkirtseff, with her beauty. taste,
aspirations for fashions society and a
grand match, or, failing that, love.
The comparison of these two Rus
sian women seems only natural, be-
cause their lilzenesses as well as their
differences are equally illustrative OF
particular features in national and in.
dividua1 character and in the character
of all women. In one point they were,
in a measure. alike; both Sonya Kova-
levsky and Marie Bashkirtseff craved
distinction in their work, and yet
neither was willing to abdicate the
woman's throne in the affection of
men. At the bottom of their hearts
the women who have won fame, and
for any reason, no matter what, have
missed the woman's distinctive domes-
tic career, always regret that loss
While many of them might hesitate or
refuse, like Sonya Kovale vslky, to re-
nounce brilliant independent career
already assured for the problematic
happiness of married life, like her they
desire to grasp the one without sacri-
ficing the other. This is likewise true
of the married women who are ''con-
demned'' to the Obscure" life of do
nestle happiness. But there was,
nevertheless, an essential difference
between Sonya Kovalevsky and Marie
Bashkirtseff; ''our Prof. Sonya" loved
her work for itself. The fate which it
incident tally brought her never spoiled
the sweet and gentle ways which en-
deared her to all. But who dare say
that Marie Bashkirtseff loved her work
for anything except the worldwide
fame which she fondly hoped that it
might bring her, or that she was an
unselfsh. easy, and pleasant person to
live with?-Isabel f. Hapgood, in Cen
flIrV
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
A Remedy for. Lockiaw.

A writer in Clark's Horse Review
gives his experience in curing lockjaw,
in which he says: IF a nail is picked
up, get 1t out, OF course, as soon as pos
sible, then get a half pail Of hot water
AS hot as the horse can possibly stand
it-pour in plenty of vinegar and also
plenty of salt This is all, only it must
be so hot that at first when you. put the
horses foot into it he will pull the foot
out of the water; put it in again and
keep on doing so until you can hold
the foot in steadily. Hold it in half an
hour or longer and repeat it again
after two hours Do this four times
the first day. In nine cases out of ten
ct will save the horse"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
FIDDLE SPRUCE is SCARCE.
That Is, 1t Was Until Man Found Lot of
1t Near Lobster Lake.

1t Near Lobster Lake.
An old lumberman from the head
waters of the Allegash, above Moose
head lake, says there are fifty thousand
hundred-dollar violins growing on two
townships of land near Lobster lake
Until lately, says an authority on the
fiddle spruce, about all the spruce fit
to make into violins was procured near
Lake Saranac, n. Y, aud here it was
getting to be so scarce that men who
were sent to hunt it up made poor
wages. In fact, the chief supply of
fiddle wood has of late come from
the spruce and fir floor boards of colo
NAL mansions. 1t is found that clear
boards, seasoned for years under cover,
give forth very resonant tone. even
if they are not fine grained and
''kinxy'' like the true violin spruce.
Boards from the under floors of aged
houses are preferred, and those which
were laid nearest the big old chimneys
are the best of all. Kiln drying spoils
the tone of the caoicest woods; but a
slow, dry heat. away from the light,
under such conditions as floor boards
are dried. seems to bring out the Eael-
ody in stock that is worthless when
treated by the usual methods.
The true fiddle spruce is the ''abies
rubra" of Gray's botany, and it seems
to be a fine-grained variety of the
''abies nigra," or black "beer spruce."
which is common throughout the east
ern states 1t is found on cold hill
sides at the far north, and it is a slow
growing, c1ose-fibre1 wood of reddish
tint, and remarkably free from rosin
When a man discovers tree OF this
class, large and straight and free from
big limbs and knots, he can venture to
fell it, knowing that he stands about
one chance in twenty of finding i'd
die spruce If the grain of the wood
proves straight, with cleavage which
makes toothpicks, he has spoiled q
timber tree for nothing. If the wood
is ''kinky." however, and full of dots.
like a bird's-eye maple, the tree is
worth fifty cents a cubic foot where 1T
lies, and three times that sum when IL
is sawed and seasoned
This wood not only gives an even,
resonant sound when made into
violin, but it takes a beautiful polish,
which brings out the wavy and spotted
fibre in way to make II admired bv
all About fifty years ago a man in
Newport, n. H., planted the cones Of
fiddle spruce in a nursery, hoping, as
he said, Ito raise his own fiddles,
They grew web, but out OF over two
hundred seedlings there was not a
single tree fit to make into yielins-
Springfield Republican
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
THE FARMING WORLD.
TRAPS FOR DRONES.
An Easy Way of Getting Bid of Useless
Honey Consumers.

An Easy Way of Getting Bid Of Useless
Honey Consumers.
Almost any warm afternoon one may
see numerous large black bees buzzing
about the hives with noise equal to
more than twice their number of work
ers. These are the drones who toll not,
and are useful only to fertilize the
queen. AS this is necessary but once
in her lifetime, it is evident that by
far the greater part of drone's life Is
spent in useless consumption Of stores.
Nor is this all; as soon as honey be-
comes scarce in the field the attention
of many of the workers is taken mp
with destroying these idlers, and the
working force depleted to that extent.
1T is no uncommon thing to see two or
more workers hauling out drone,
and either executing him or driving
him into exile.
It is important to save the bees as
much work as possible, and thus econo-
mize their time. That is just what
drone traps are for, and the one here
illustrated is regarded almost univer-
sally as the drone trap for all apiaries.
a close examination of the cut will ex-
plain the method of its use, think.
appearing as the trap does to the OBJ
server, when in place across the hive
entrance. The back is open sufficient
~ to admit the bees readily. but the
front is closed with strip Of perfor-
nted zinc, the perforations of which al
Cow the worker bees to pass through
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29

areas. and shown little signs of extend
ing operations. Department experts
have been at work investigating his
bugship for some months past in the
neighborhood of Brownsville, on the
Rio Grande. So far no cure has been
discovered, and many acres of cotton
have been abandoned in consequence.
An extraordinary thing about this
creature is that it will live in cotton
boil, and nowhere else, and once
secreted inside OF these shells it is safe
from enemies and snug and comfort
able in a bed of softest down. The APP
pearance of this insect is dreaded later
in the year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
SCREWS FOR REPAIRS.
In Most Instances They Are Far More
Serviceable Than Nails.


good supply of screws, of various
lengths and sizes, should be kept, for
in very many places where nails are
commonly used screws would be very
much better. Screws will hold two
pieces of wood more rigidly than nails;
whereas it is difficult in most instances
to tighten loose work with nails in
places where there is an unusual strain
on the parts to be held together. By
the gross they can be purchased very
cheap and, in the long run, found no
more expensive in many places than
nails. Screws may be made to hold in
soft wood or where the cut has become
too large, by the use of glue. Prepare
the glue thick, immerse a stick about
half the size of the screw, and put it
into the hole; then immerse the screw,
and drive it home as quickly as pos
sible. When there is some article of
furniture to be repaired and no glue is
to be had handily, insert the stick and
fill the rest of the cavity with pulver-
lied resin; then heat the screw suffi-
GENTLY to melt the resin as il is
driven in.
In broken p1astered wall the best
plan is to enlarge the hole to about
twice the diameter of the screw, fill it
with plaster of paris, such as is used
for fastening the tops OF lamps, ETC.,
and bed the screw in the soft plaster
When the plaster has set the screw will
be held very firmly. If screws are
warmed and dipped in melted tal1ow
or raw 1inseed oil, it will prevent their
rusting and they can always be I'M
screwed with ease. large quantity
of screws can be CREASED in a few
Minutes, and the operation is one
which will result in a great saving OF
time and labor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
Protection for Wheat and Corn.

To catch chinch bugs, mix kerosene
and salt-one quart to the bushel--
and strew it in a row two or three
inches wide around the field. in the
middle of a space ten to fifteen feet
wide, devoid of vegetation by plow-
ing and narrowing. At intervals of
three rods bore holes eight inches
deep with a post augur, trimming off
the tops with a knife to make them
smooth and funnel shaped; fill half full
of water and pour in little coal oil.
The bugs strike this salt track, turn
aside to go by it and roll into these
holes, whence they can be dipped out,
more kerosene added and the pile
burned. Keep the holes smooth and
fresh, pour little kerosene on the sal&
once a day, and with bright 10y
watching every day to keep things in
shape, the bugs can be kept OF.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
CRATE FOR YOUNG STOCK.

one end, the handles slipped into the
iron sockets at the sides, the crate car.
ried to the point desired, and the ami.
NAL driven out at the other end. Such
a contrivance is specially valua BILE in
handling calves. which in many cases
can neither be. led, driven or coaxed
along. The crate should be made light
but strong, spruce being the very best
wood for such constructions, as it is
light but exceedingly tough.-Ameri.
can Agriculturist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29
ALLEY TRAP.

freely, but not the larger drones. The
latter. trying to escape to the outer air,
crawl about in search of an exit, and
finally find it through the apex of the
wire cone shown in the center of the
trap. (The latest patterns contain
three cones.) This leads them into an
upper chamber or apartment entirely
Enclosed with perforated strips, and
from which there is no exit for them,
except through the one by which they
entered, a route they are very seldom
able to retrace. In this way in the
course Of one or two warm afternoons
about all the drones in the hive may
be captured and destroyed at leisure.
Or, if one does not care to kill them,
an opening from the end of this cham
Der to the outer air, closed by a sliding
tin, may be left open and the drones
allowed to pass out this way. AS they
cannot return by this route, they are
effectually debarred from reentering
the hive. If this method is adopted,
however, care should be taken that
they do not simply go into another
hive If they are killed while Gagged
see that no workers are with them.
So much for this GALLEY trap" az it is
called, as a drone exc1uder. AS a
queen catcher it is also valuable. The
queen is also larger than the workers,
hence unable to pass through the per-
forated zinc. To prevent the issuing
and departure of a swarm during the
absence of the apiarist, place the trap
before the entrance as for drones, tax
ing care to see that the entrance at the
end is closed. If swarm attempts to
issue the queen will either be forced
back into the hive or caught in the
Slrone chamber, and held till the re-
turn or convenience of the apiarist. OF
course the swarm is not likely to 90
without her.
Formerly it was considered sufficient
to catch her, and prevent the departure
of a swarm to parts unknown. Now a
new feature is being successfully intro
duced-a self-hiver. The top of the
trap is perforated or removed for this,
and box made with the ends fitting
tightly over the ends of the trap, the
back consisting of the front of the
hive, and the front a sloping board,
not too smooth, extending upwards;
all forming a second chamber above
the trap, bee-tight, but with open top,
which should be exactly on level with
the top of the hive. On top of this,
place the hive into which you wish to
Introduce the new swarm. The large
chamber of the self-hiver then will
open at the top, directly into the empty
hive, and the swarm following their
queen up through the trap, will pres
emily find themselves in their new hive.
BY placing trap across the entrance
to this to retain the queen, one can be
sure the swarm will stay here, and at
the same time allow the workers free
passage out of and into their new home.
BY this method one may leave the
apiary to look after itself for the day,
without fear of losing a swarm of bees,
and find them on his return at night
already hived and settled in their new
quarters. Gardening.