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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
ABOUT BEE PARALYSIS.
Partially Starved Brood In the Cause Of
the Trouble.

Partially Starved Brood In the Cause Of
the Trouble.
A writer in American Bee Journal
says: For several years I warned the
bee-keeperS in times of sudden checks
in the honey flow to look we'll after
their bees, and either uncap honey in
the brood chambers in the evenings, or
feed SO as to keep the colonies well
supplied with unsealed stores. Brood
is always well fed when the colonies
have abundance of unsealed stores.
But if 3 check takes place SO as to stop
honey flow suddenly, while colonies
have large quantity of brood on
hand, the bees will use up the unsealed
stores very soon, and then the bees
won't uncap the sealed honey fast
enough to keep pace with the amount
of brood that requires feeding. Soon
after that the small larvae will be
found looking like little dried worms
IN the bottom Of the cells without a
particle of food. In some cells ready
to cap, will be seen some of this
starved brood, with a brownish color,
lying on the lower side Of the cells
and turned up little. Some of the
capped brood dies through not being
fed enough to last until Matched. And
some of the bees that do hatch out of
this scanty fed brood will be a day or
two longer in Matching. and when
Matched some of these bees will be
dark in color and scarcely able to fly.
And when the owner sees the bees of
the same hives in some cases killing off
these useless bees, he will be apt to
think them old, WORKOUT bees that are
being killed off. If the bee-keeper
would see that his colonies of bees had
plenty of unsea1ed stores while brood
rearing is going on, he never would be
troubled with this state of things in
the apiary."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04

and put not less than 81 Cbetter ~ feet
deep, will stand perfectly, and to all in
tents and purposes are as good as tile.
Since the only expense OF the brush
drain is in labor, it all depends upon
the financial side of the labor ques-
ton. By all means, beginning at the
lower end of the marsh, try some of
these drains, placing them at the most
not less than 80 to 40 feet apart, if the
land is to be thoroughly and effectually
drained.
OF course the brush will rot in a few
years if the supply of water from be-
meath does not keep them fairly well
submerged, but this is not likely to be
the case, since in such ground the
water oozes from the bottom, and
since the passage through the drain is
slow.
Poles and even cordwood are used
under such circumstances with sue
cess. With the former a throat can be
made of fairly good size, which in some
respects will look like the stone drain
shown.-Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04

Place the tops of the branches down
stream, as shown in the cut. Over all
place good covering of straw or some
other coarse material to prevent the
earth from sitting into the drain. If.
as is likely to be the case, this brush is
constantly immersed in water, it will
last for many years, and do the work
required most effectually.
When the ground has become settled,
stone or tile drains should be substi-
tuted for the brush. If stone is used,
it should be remembered that the
bitches must be deeper than if tiled,
since in filing the drain the top of it
will come nearly foot nearer the sur
face than the tile drain, and it might
become obstructed if mice and other
verna;n are present, by their digging
down to the top Of the drain, and al
lowing the earth and silt to sift into it.
Stone drains, if well laid, as shown,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MAKING BRUSH DRAINS.

How to Bring Under Cultivation Land
That Is Often VaIueless.
The figures will serve to give an idea
of the method of constructing brush
and stone drains, both which are very
useful and entirely practicable under
certain conditions.
Doggy land cannot we'll be drained
at first with either stone or tile unless
there is plank or board laid in the
bottom of the ditch, and when there is
a large quantity of brush presented.
by all means use it in the pioneer work,
which may be made to result in bring
ing the land under proper cultivation.
Dig drains through the marsh about
3 feet deep, and fill them half full Of
brush, looping the branches where they
prevent the brush from lying close.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Home.
Novelties" in Potatoes.

Do not pay high prices for a few
pounds of tubers OF some new potato
that may have many claims in its
favor unless you are sure of its excel
lence, and even then it would be well
to wait until it has been given a test
for several years, as many varieties
may be unreliable in some sections.
Novelties in seeds, fruits and vegeta-
bles are brought out every year, but
they sometimes happen to be old vari-
cites with new names. They spring
into existence as novelties one year
and sink out of sight IN two or three
seasons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
To Tan Hides with Hair On.

The hides should be soaked in clear
water (spring water is the best) "a
hours and then the flesh worked off
with a dull knife and washed clean in
water. Spread on a fat table with flesh
side up. Have paste made of quart
new milk, quart wheat flour, 4 pint
barley meal, q pint oatmeal, 1 pint
corn meal, an ounce sal soda, an ounce
cream of tartar, pint salt and 1 ounce
oil of vitriol. Mix carefully and
thoroughly into a paste having the
consistency of white lead. Spread the
paste on the flesh side about Is inch
thick and let it dry while the hide is
spread on the table. When nearly dry
remove from the table and work over a
beam with dull knife until soft and
ready for use. The hide should be
stretched and nailed to the table so as
to keep its shape.-G. 81. Hapgood, in
Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
The Selection of Seed Corn.

Perhaps never in the history of this
country have the farmers been more
solicitous for the proper selection of
their seed corn. The subject is dis
cussed at almost every farmers meet
ing and in nearly or quite every news
paper devoted to agricultural matters.
It is very evident that weIl-bred seed
corn is to be desired quite as much as a
well-bred horse, sheep, COW or hog,
and that those who are the most care
full in its selection will, as rule,
make the best crops. Deep blowing
and shallow cultivation is now very
generally recommended and advocated.
Even in droughty season, if not too
extreme. a good crop can be made and
secured with frequent shallow cultiva-
ton. It conserves the moisture be-
meath the surface because acting as a
smulch.-Colman's Rural World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Minor State News.


Six prisoners recently escaped FROM
jail at Winfield.
Twenty-six prisoners escaped from
the Wichita city Jail the other day.
A call has been issued for the eighth
annual meeting OF the republican state
republican league at Topeka April 25.
Arthur Craig. negro, was recently
arrested at Kansas City, Kan, for steal
ing pants He had $50 pairs of them
when taken in.
Noah Burk, who came to Kansas
fourteen years ago, but who has been
lost track of, will do well to show up
at his old home in West Virginia, where
it is said a snug fortune awaits him.
Jacob Bartel1, proprietor of the
Huntington hotel at Cherokee, hanged
himself to an apple tree in his yard the
other night. He was so years of age
and leaves a wife and eight children.
Prof. Whitney, chief of the division
of agricultural soils of the United
States department of agriculture,
lately arrived in Kansas with the view
of establishing ten stations in the state
for the purpose of studying the effect
of subsoiling.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
A CATHOLIC School Burned.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, March 2s.-St.
Thomas parochial school on Pyle
street in Armourda1e was burned to
the ground last night. The fire was
doubted1y of incendiary origin. The
building was erected and furnished
two years ago by the Catholics of Ar
mourdale at a cost of $4,000. It was
partly covered by insurance. The
building on the south of the school was
occupied by the acting pastor, Father
Andrews. It was damaged to the ex-
tent of $500, and the one on the north,
occupied by the sisters, was damaged
to the extent of about 500.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
GUiNEAS ON THE FARM.
They Are Profitable Because They Cost
Almost Nothing to Raise.

They Are Profitable Because They Cost
Almost Nothing to Raise.
Guineas prefer to seek their food in
the fields, and they seldom come home
for food as long they can find a supply
themselves. AS rule they mate, and
it is best, therefore, to have the sexes
equal. The hen steals her nest, but
cannot refrain from making a noise
when she comes off, which betrays her
to the Watchful farmer. GuineaS are
valuable on farms where the range is
wide, as they destroy a very large num-
Der of insects and do not scratch up
seeds. In fact, flock of twenty gum
cas- will consume number of insects
so large as to almost appear Incredible,
as they are active and always search
ing. They also consume grass and
young weeds, as well as the seeds of
undesirable plants and grasses. The
hen lays about 125 eggs in year, es-
pecially if they are taken from her be-
fore she begins to sit. The flesh of the
guinea is rather dark but juicy, and Of
"gamy" flavor. They may be raised
to remain near the house by placing
the eggs under hens and a few chicks
to the brood when the young guineas
are Matched. They will learn from
the chicks and soon become accus-
toned to the same habits as the chicks,
growing up with them. The eggs re-
quire four weeks for incubation, and
are usually Matched under hens in the
poultry house.-Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
KANSAS SOFT WHEAT.
Reports from Many Sections State That It
Is Badly Damaged.

Is ably Damaged.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 29.-Re-
ports from Topeka. Lincoln, Salina,
Hutchinson, Abilene, Junction City,
Douglass. Cheney and number of
points in Nebraska, state that the soft
wheat is badly damaged A good many
grain men are inclined to believe that
the prospect is rather discouraging.
A division superintendent of the
Missouri Pacific in Southern Kan
sas is said to have reported that
the crop is almost an utter failure be-
tween Carney and Conway Springs.
A buyer at Douglass, Kan, writes:
''The country around Douglass cannot
possibly raise enough wheat for the
local mill and have heard as
high as 90 per cent. estimated killed
south of us. The ground is very
dry. The snow and rain we had a
week ago is helping what wheat is not
dead. but the general propect is the
worst have seen in seventeen years"
o. T. Nest, of Cheney, writes to the
same people: 81 drove sixty miles
yesterday, examining wheat fields.
l found them much worse
than l expected. Not over half the
growing wheat will be left. Most of
the fields plowed up will be put in
corn. That which will be left has not
over half a full stand. I have 16O
acres and 1 will plow up sixty acres.
The rest is not worth much -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
To KEEP FEED AND WATER CLEAN.

inches apart extend from the bottom
board to the outer strip. These make a
rack through which the fowls can extend
their heads to reach the food which is
placed inside. The ledge along the
outer edge retains any scattered food.
The drinking dishes are set at each end
outside of the upright boards. The
hens are kept from getting into the
food with their feet, yet can reach it
easily and withdraw their heads with
out danger of getting hung by the neck.
It may be very cheaply constructed by
anyone accustomed to the use of tools.
Miss Mamie Cable, in Farm and
Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
GOOD FEEDING RACK.

An Excellent Device for Keeping Food
and Water Clean.
Feed and water for fowls may be
protected from dirt and waste as shown
in the cut below. The base is board
or plank feet long and foot wide.
An upright piece of inch board foot
square is firmly nailed crosswise, 6
inches from the end. Thin boards 2
inches wide are nailed all around the
edge. Three strips / inch square and 3
feet long are nailed to the top of the
vertical boards, one at each upper COR
ner, and the third midway between.
On each side series of vertical Stats 8
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Shot His Brother-in-Law.

CoFFEYvILLE, Kan, April 2.-Theo-
dore j. Thornton, a man who is sup
posed to know more of various bandit
groups than becomes a good citizen
rode into Bartlesville, I. T., Sunday
afternoon and shot his brother-in-law,
John Orion, three times with Win
chester. orion returned the ire with
out effect. He died in one minute.
United States marshals are pursuing
Thornton. He will prabably be lynched
if caupht
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
LOAN COMPANY CREDITORS.
They Hold Meeting in Russell and Elect q
Permanent Assignee.

They Hold a Meeting in Russell and Elect a
Permanent Assignee.
RUSSELL, Kan, March 28.-A credit
ors' meeting of the Central Kansas
Loan & Trust Co. was held yesterday
afternoon, a quarter of a million liza
bilities being represen ted. Charles P.
Copeland, treasurer of the company,
was elected permanent assignee and an
appraisement of assets ordered. The
company has three thousand acres
of clear land and equities in many
western farms, but little cash can be
realized. The surplus of the company
has gone to protect guarantees The
liabilities consist of $25. 900 debenture
bonds and 1925, 600 guaranteed first
mortgages on Western Kansas farms.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
TO NAME A RECEIVER.
One VIII Take Charge of the Snow d Ham
iltnR Printing Co. iIl Tnneiza-

One Will Take Charge of the Snow q Ham,
ftOn Printing Co. in Topeka
Topeka. Kan, April 2.-Judge Hazen,
of the district court. decided the case
of State Printer E. II. Snow against
his partner in the state printing firm,
c. B. Hamilton. The decision is not
a complete victory for either side.
Mr.. Shows application for an injunc-
ton to prevent Hamilton from dis
posing of the plant was denied. The
application for receiver, however,
which was asked for by Snow and one
of the stockholders in the company,
was granted, and the receiver will
probably be named to-day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04

Official Statement Issued by the Live Stock
SanitarY Commission.

Official Statement Issued by the Live Stock
Sanitary Commission.
TOPEKA, Kan, March 29.-The state
live stock sanitary commission has is
sued an official statement in regard to
the pleuro-pneumonia scare in Norris
and Geary counties. The statement in
cludes the opinion of DR.. Devoe, the
government inspector, who failed to
find any traces of the disease
among the herds of cattle exam
ined, and is intended to counteract the
effects of the scare and restore conf
dence. It shows that Kansas cattle
are all right. The commission has
raised the quarantine established in
Morris and Geary counties. DR.. Devoe
returned to that section to examine
other herds, in order that he may make
a complete report to the national bu-
reau of animal industry
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
REBUILDING at RsId.s Next Week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 2.-The
work OF removing the salvage from
Reid brothers packing house was COM
p1eted this afternoon and the work of
clearing away the debris of the late
fire was begun. The company expects
it will take all of this week to remove
the debris and intends to begin work
the early part of next week on the re-
building of the plant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
KANSAS GRAND ARMY.
State Headquarters Have Been Removed
the State House.

TOPEKA, Kan, April I'm accord
ance with the provisions of a bill
passed by the late legislature the
headquarters of the Kansas G. A. r.
have been esta blished in the state
house. The room occupied by the de-
partment officers is opposite the
governors Office on the second
floor of the east wing. The
room is small, but we'll lighted and
ventilated. It was formerly occupied
by Bank Commissioner Breidenthal.
The headquarters of the live stock SAN
itary commission and the G. a. R. de-
partment are in the same room.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
A Heroic Mother.

OTTAWA, Kan, March 29.-The little
child of Mrs. Frank Blockman set fire
to its clothing yesterday, and, when
the mother was attracted by its cries,
was completely enveloped in flames.
Snatching the child up she tore the
flaming garments from its body and
saved the child's life. Her own hands
and arms were burned to a blister, how
ever, while the child was terribly
burned about the head.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
DR.. BELLS OFFER ACCEPTED.

The Medical College and Hospital of the
Kansas University Certainty.
LAWRENCE, Kan, March 2s.-The
Kansas medical college proposal is
and chancellor of the Kansas state
university last evening appointed
a committee to determine a course
of study and select faculty.
The offer of the building, No. 24O0
Southwest boulevard, Kansas City,
Mo-, for temporary use, pending the
erection OF permanent buildings on the
grounds in Rosedale, Kan, which
were donated to the university, was
accepted. The college will open there
Septemb Der /.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
DEMAND UPON BRElDENTHAL.
Mr.. JObes Will Ask Him to Step Out of the
Bank commissioners Office.

mr. JObeS VIII Ask Him to Step Out of thu
Bank commissioners Office.
TOPEKA, Kan. March %. &C S.
Jobes yesterday fled his bond with
the secretary of state as state bank
commissioner, and to-day will make
formal demand upon John Breidenthal
for the Office. Breidenthal will de-
cline, and Mr.. Jobes will go to
the supreme court with an action in quo
warranto to GUST him. The case will
probably be made upon an agreed
statement of facts, as the only ques-
ton at issue is whether, under the law,
Breidenthal could be appointed for a
full term of four years, or whether he
is simply filing a vacancy. If the lat
ter view is sustained Mr.. Jones may
enter upon his duties at once.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
A Lynching Bee Nipped.

Two white men were recently j"iled
at Wichita for abusing a colored wom-
an, and one night a mob of co1ored
men were reported to the officers as in
tending to storm the Jail and kill the
brutal assailants, but the activity of
the officials nipped the project in the
hrd
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Strikes .somciaI- Publishers.

1t is stated that an old law has been
unearthed in the office of the secretary
of state which fixes the rate for pub
fishing official papers, laws. etc, at
fifty cents for the first insertion and
twenty-five cents for each subsequent
insertion. The state has been paying
just double that price
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04

Gov. Morrill, has called the peniten-
tiary directors to look after the case of
Deputy Warden NJ. II. Markham, who
declined to take charge of the prison
in the absence of Warden Chase, sus-
pended.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
A Smooth swIndler.

A smooth swind1er recently put in his
appearance near Circleville, Jackson
county, where he purchased number
of horses and paid for them with bogus
checks on a Kansas City bank. He
purchased eight horses, sold them and
got away before the discovery was
made.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Could Not Resist Liquor.

John II. Wild, foreman of the Santa
Fe freight depot at Atchison, took
laudanum with suicidal intent the
other night and died next morning.
Dependency as the result of not being
able to stop drinking was thought to
have been the cause.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
The Rogers Investigation.

Senators Willcoxson, republican, and
Cook, populist, and Representatives
Moore and Warner, republicans, and
Pancake, populist. have been appointed
a committee to investigate the charges
against Senator Rogers, member OF
the board of regents of the state uni
verSity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Dead on His Wife's Grave.

The body of Capt. J. E. Dodge was
found at his wife's grave in lonely
cemetery 8 miles west of Lawrence tho
other day, with a bullet through the
heart. A letter clearly showed that he
had committed suicide.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
Snider Resigns.

S. 81. Snider, state superintendent of
insurance, has resigned, because. he
says, his political views do not har-
monte with those of the present adj
ministration. His term would have ex-
pired July L. Ex-Gov. Anthony had
been appointed and confirmed his sue
ceSSOr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
An Invalid Homan,s Sad Fate.

Mrs Mary A. Brown, an invalid So
years of age, was recently burned to
death at Ackerland, Leavenworth coun-
ty. She had been left alone for a short
time in an invalid chair near the fire,
when spark flew out and ignited her
clothing. Her screams brought her
son to the rescue, but he could not save
her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
G. a. X. Encampment.

Department Commander Harris, OF
the Kansas G. A. R., who recently
went to Louisville, KY, to secure head
quarters for the Kansas department
and delegation at the national en-
campment, has returned and an
nounces that very satisfactory arrange
ments were made for excellent ac-
commodations at very reasonable rates
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04

A young man was recently found
lying alongside the Santa Fe tracks
near Elmdale in an unconscious condi-
ton and badly injured, having evil
IDENTIFY fallen from the train. He was
taken to Kansas City. Papers found
upon him would indicate that his name
was Marshall C. Short, of Savannah,
Ga A ticket from San Francisco to
Savannah and a letter indicating he
was going to Alabama to claim his
share of an estate were also found
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
To BE Investigated.

The governor recently received
telegram from D. E. Salmon, chief OF
the animal bureau of the agricultural
department at Washington, informing
him that DIR. Derive. of the department,
had been ordered to Kansas to investi-
gate the disease supposed to be pleuro-
pneumonia, which affects a herd of
cattle in Geary county. Chief Salmon
says he cannot understand how pleuro-
pneumonia could appear in Kansas.