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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
PREVENTING PEACH ROT.
1t Can BE Accomplished by Early Spray
ing, at Small Cost.

It Can BE Accomplished by Early Spray
ing, at Small Cost.
Rot is one of the worst enemies of
early peaches, but it can be controlled
by proper spraying, and at cost IF
less than two cents per tree for each
spraying. At the Delaware experiment
station, five or six sprayings increased
the yield threefold, and of this total
yield the amount Of sound fruit was
increased from three to fourfold, max
ing a total increased yield of sound
fruit at least tenfold on trees sprayed,
at cost of 10 or IL cents per tree, COM
pared to the unsprayed. The first ap-
plication was made when the fruit buds
began to swell; the second just be-
fore the fruit buds opened; the third
when the petals had fallen; the fourth
when the fruit was the size of peas;
the fifth when the fruit began to color,
and the sixth about two weeks later.
It is doubtful if the last two sprayings
are really necessary in most seasons.
The best success followed the use of
a weakened bordeaux mixture, made OF
six pounds bluestone or sulphate of
copper and six pounds lime, to As gal
Ions of water. After the first and sec
Olu Sprdy1nSS, dOQ three ounces paris
green to this formula, as a protection
against insects. Another equally good
fungicide (but the paris green should
not be used with it) is copper acetate,
eight ounces to As gallons of water.
There was twice as much rot with two
sprayings as with four or six. Neither
of these formulas will injure the foli-
age.
1t is important that two of the spray
ings be done before the bloom opens.
Five applications made and begun after
the bloom was nearly shed were con-
siderably less effective than when two
were made before the bloom opened.
Four applications made after fruit
had set were less effective than two
made before the bloom opened. When
two applications were made, better re-
suits were obtained when one of these
was applied before the buds opened.
and again when the fruit was about
one-half size, than when both were
made before the bloom opened.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
PROUD OVER LITTLE
A Rotten Record Brings Pride to the
Republicans.

A Rotten Record Brings Pride to the
Republicans
Some of the republican organs are
presenting the record of the house at
Washington as lone to be proud Of
They swell with qualification over the
fact that all the appropriation bills
have been passed!
There was never any trouble in get
ting appropriation pills passed by o
republican congress. Under Reeds
rule in the Fifty-first congress the
house spent billion dollars, and
the speaker was very proud of it
But he was not so pulled up when the
returns came in the next November and
he saw his party buried under an ava
lanche.
Is it a thing to be proud of that the
house has appropriated $4,000, 900 OF
more IN excess of the revenues and
made but one effort, and that not an
honest one, to supply the deficiency
Was the unconsidered Endorsement OF
the presidents Venezuela message
joint action which checked the business
revival and cost the country millions OF
dollars matter to be proud of?
If a do-nothing, preSidential-politi
Jingoism and buncombe session is q
thing to be proud of, it is the sort OF
pride which the good book says ''goetF
before a fall-"-NY. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
Good Roads Increase Trade.

Maurice Thompson. the poet and
naturalist. of Charlottesville, Ind. says
"a successful business man said to me,
all good roads run down hills BY
which he meant that traffic flowed like
water along pleasant highway. Show
me a ffourishing town, and will prove
to you that it is basin into which good
highways pour their streams. know
that this is true in Indiana There is
not a genuinely f1ourishing town within
our state which is fed by ill-kept roads.
Mud colors whatever it comes in touch
with, even the temper and aspirations OF
men and women. Who can keep in a
good humor with clay on his feet2H
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
Antiquased Methods Must Go.

The old-style corduroy highway was
well enough thing in the pioneen
period, and the old system of spalling
the highways and throwing dirt from
the side into the center Of the pike was
doubtless the proper thing in its day,
but the farmer who worked out his
taxes in this way has learned at last
that it has been costly as we'll as a
worthless proceeding, and he is now
among the reformers. There has been
too much destruction in wagon tires
and springs. The farm carriage has
been too often wrecked in the ruts, and
farm stock has suffered. This loss has
finally appealed to the pocket, and the
farmers who have been figuring out
profit and loss on the old system arc
now the advocates of the new. Perman,
ent road improvement is here to stay
and grow, and as the movement spreads
through wel1-directed methods the area
of good roads will be not only gradually
extended this year. but will rapidly in,4
crease. The farmer who looks after
the road over which his farm products
are taken to market is the farmer who
DOW saves money, even when the price
of his products is low.-Cycling Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
A SOUTHERN OPINION.

The Road Problem Is Asserting Itself IN
the Cotton States.
The subject of improved public high
ways is attracting large share of pub
lie attention. In the opinion of the
Southern Farm Gazette, of Starkyille,
Miss, good roads is one great need OF
the day in the cotton states. In order
TO have better roads. it. lis necessary to
reorganize our present general plans OF
road working, and adopt more modern
and more effective methods. It seems
that it would be a wise plan to utilize
county convicts in connection with this
line of work. These convicts are usual
~ burden on the county. They should
be worked. They should be worked
for profit What better profit can the
tax payers desire than the profit aris-
ing from better public roads? Better
roads are indirectly profit to every
farmer that travels over them. The
better the road, the less strain upon the
team and the wagon and the harness
and the patience Of the driver. The
peter the road, the greater the saving
of time in going from one mile to an
other, and the greater ease with which
the burden of freight is transported.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
Emile HoDea.

A manufacturer of farm implements
in an adjoining state, who is waiting
for N1cKinleyism to bring the promised
good times, mentioned his hopes and
expectations to the editor of journal
devoted to his industry. In reply he
received the following: you have my
sympathy. not on account of five-cent
potatoes and Accent wheat, but be-
cause of your extreme credulity in
thinking for moment that the election
of Mckinley will make anything better
than we have now. It is not necessary
for you and me TO quarrel about it; the
chances are he will be elected. At all
events, if money can buy him the place
he will get it. Four years from now we
viii be just as much poorer than now
as we are worse off now than 20 years
ago. It's all right, though, it takes a
good deal of sweating to make people
see what is necessary. but in Gods time
it will come. write you this SO you
will not be deceived and expect Nc
kinley's election to help you pay any
bills.'-St- Paul Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07

upon the end with a lead pencil is the
common plan, but before the end of the
season the pencil mark is usually near7
ly, if not wholly, effaeed. A simpla
plan is shown in the accompanying
sketch. The lath and the name in lead
pencil is used as usual, but over the
name is fastened bit of wood, as shown
in the engraving, to protect the mark,
ing from the weather. a thin strip Of
wood, few small screws and a jack.
knife are all that are needed, and n
dozen of such markers can be prepared
in a few moments. = Orange Judd
Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
Placing Berries ON the Market.

The cost of placing berries on the
market depends somewhat on locations
and the manner in which it is done.
For good berries, carefully picked, Ia
clean, new boxes, well packed and hon.
estly measured. it may be estimated by
the quart as follows: Cost of growing
ready for picking, two cents; picking,
one and one-half cents; boxes, one cent;
cases, packing and delivery, one cent?.
freight or express charges, one and one,
half cents; commission for selling, ono
cent; actual cost on market, eight cenrs
per quart.-Farmers Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
stands for a do,

Mckinley stands for doctrine
whose beneficiaries can afford to pay
well for the special privileges secured &c
them under the bill bearing his name
They can make no better investment
than in buying enough official positions
of the Mckinley stripe to enable then
to run the United States government
Once represented by their own plant
tools, they can secure such tariff iegiS
lation, such legislation in the interes.
of trusts, combines and pools as they
may desire. One of the strongest fea-
lures of the campaign thus far carried
on is that the masses do not grasp this
fact or are too apathetie to make the
fight on behalf of good government that
it suggests. Mckinley cannot be foI
them and at the same time for the pow
erful representatives of syndicated cap
ital that are behind bis candidacy
Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07

Cut another piece, b. to fit between the
main pieces at the rear. Another piece
of four by four in material should
be spiked across the three pieces.
Drive through the upper side 20 penny
spikes, slanting them back well. Fill
the wood, keeping the spikes about
two inches apart. Attach to handles
securely, as shown in the cut. fasten
the whifaetree hook and the harrow is
complete. While this harrow is handy
for numerous crops, it is especially
valuable among strawberries.-J. B.
Mathews, in Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07

"a man to be president Of the
United States needs a good deal of a
backbone of a superior order of stiff
ness. If he has been tried as governor
of state. and has been found out to be
a kind-hearted. limp, everybody's friend
sort Of man, he is hardly to be NOM
mated by wise republicans. is he? 1t is
just as well to think of these things be-
fore it is too late. It will be easier now
than in the midst of hard campaign
New Haven Palladium (Rep.l.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
FOR MARKING PLANTS.

a Label Which Is Proof Against Heat
and Stormy Weather.
Where one has several varieties of the
same kind of plants, or is trying new
varieties, it is always desirable to put
a marker at the end of the rows. A
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07

Hon. Mark Hanna has referred
TO Messrs. Platt and Quay as mere
political babies" Who is Mark Han
ma running for president, anyhow, him
self? or that other Ohio man?1Iowa
State Register (Rep.).
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-07
GARDEN CULTIvATOR.

Its Designer Claims That 1t Reduces
Work to a Minimum.
To make a garden cultivator as illus
trated below, dress two pieces of hard
wood two by eight inches by four feet,
as shown at a. a. 1t should have a
spread of two feet at the rear end.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25
MS0LYEKT INSURANCE CONCERN
appointment of a Receiver of the Omaha
Company Which Has Been Ruined
bv Iosses

OMAHA, EEBR., Feb. 24.-Judge Keysor
this morning appointed Earl w. Gannett
receiver for the Omaha Fire Insurance
Company upon his filing bond in the
sum of 100000 with E. L. Stone, "A. T.
Rector, S. 7. Josslyn and J. J. Brown as
sureties. The appointment was made on
the application of Emerson l.. Stone. a
member of the board of directors. The
application stated that the company was
Incorporated in May, 1889, and that the
capital stock of the company was $1O0, 600,
fully paid.
The capital stock of the company, it is
alleged, has become impaired by losses
and the outstanding Indebtedness amounts
to $4,000, with contingent liabilities in
the way of unearned premium amounting
to $4,000. The assets of the company are
represented to consist of notes of stock
holders of the face value of $4,000, but
whose real value is claimed to be not to
exceed $25,000, and mortgage and other
securities not exceeding $4,000 in value.
1t is also reported to the court that iudg-
ments have been entered against the COM
pany and that the assets are not sufficient
to pay all claims now outstanding.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25
INVESTIGATION BY METH0DISTS
Report on the Prohibition of Protestant
Marriages in Peru, Bolivia
and Ecuador.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 24.-At the meet
ing of Chicago Methodist ministers to-day
report OF a special committee appointed
to investigate the prohibition of Protest
ant marriages in Peru, Bolivia and Ecua-
dor and obtain relief, if possible, was pre-.
sented and adopted amid enthusiasm.
The committee was authorized to continue
the agitation against what the ministers
termed "bigotry and tyrannical intoler-
ance." The report stated that Cardinal
Rampolla. the Papal Secretary of State,
had neglected to fulfill his promise to in
quire into the matter, although three
registered letters had been sent him.
a letter from Secretary Olney, in reply
to one addressed to the President, was
also read, stating that the department did
not feel called on to express an opinion in
the matter, because no case involving the
rights of an American citizen had been
called to the attention of the department..
The report also contained a decree OF the
Peruvian Secretary of State, setting aside
an order of the Junta of Callao for the
civil registration of the marriage of Rev.
f. A. Hazeltine. an American citizen in
Peru, and Miss Amy E. Wood, which had
been celebrated according to Protestant
rites, on the ground that such regi stration
would be violation of the Peruvian law
and the Council of Trent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25
WRECKED THE NEWSPAPER
An Angry Crowd of South Da.
kotans Raided the Mitchell
Mail"
Editor Mcbride Made Himself Verv
Unpopular and Will Be Told
to Leave.

MITCHELL, S. D., Feb. 24.-This
morning large crowd of citizens oi
Mitchell called at the office of the Mail
and demanded that Editor Mcbride i'm
mediately sell them his plant and
leave the city. He refused. Then the
mob proceeded to raid the Office, smash
ing the presses and machinery and de-
stroying the type. The outfit was com.
pletely wrecked.
Some years ago Editor Mcbride married
sister-in-law OF John d. LawIer. After a
short married life she obtained divorce
charging cruelty, infidelity and robbery ot
her money and iewelry. Mcbride attrib.
uted this action to LAWYERS interference
and from that time nearly every issue oi
the paper has been devoted to attacks on
Lawler and attempts to wreck the First
National Bank, of which Lawler was presi-
dent.
A few days ago Lawler died suddenly
and the bank went into the hands of the
examiner. Saturday night citizens met
Mcbride and offered to buy out his plant
if he would go elsewhere. He agreed, but
later decided to withdraw from the bar
gain. The committee lis now looking for
Mcbride, and will suggest that he move.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25

among themselves or among the stock
holders, knowing the Government claims 2"
Hubbard said he thought they would
nave that right under the decision of the
United States Supreme Court and under
the statutes. There was nothing in the
law to make it fraudulent or wrong.
Patterson called attention to Judge Nc
hlssick's argument that the Central Pa
chic Company could not be lawfully
made to make any funding contract ex-
tending beyond 1911, when its charter ex
pires, and asked Hubbard s opinion of it.
Hubbard said he thought there was
nothing sn the point, as the death of the
company would not interfere with any
liens which it had created on its property.
Chairman Powers agreed with Hubbard.
Mcguire said: ''That is not the point
Assuming that the contract would not be
void, but would be binding on the COM
pany during its life and on its property
afterward (although my own opinion is
that the contract would be vold),
still it must be clear that the fund
ing scheme would absolutely come
to an end in 1911, when the charter of the
life of the company would end absolutely.
The constitution and laws of California not
only prevent the extension and life OF the
corporation, but provide that at the end of
its corporate life its assets must be turned
over TO the trustees and Immediately sold
and the proceeds distributed among the
stockholders after payment of its debts.
Now certainly no contract MADE by the
corporation in its lifetime can override
that law of California and prevent the dis
tribution of the assets of the company for
period of eighty years after the time
fixed by law for such distribution. That
is the position we take on this question,
and | simply wish it to be understood"
Patterson was proceeding to ask Ma
guire another question when Johnson of
California interrupted, saying: ~ must
object to any further interruption of Cen
eral Hubbard's argument. He has already
been interrupted a great deal, and it inter
feres both with our understanding and
with this argument"
his stopped the coloquy and General
Hubbard proceeded without further inter-
ruption. 1t is evident that the Union and
Central Pacific companies have not yet
agreed upon funding bill.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25

Uncertainty as to Hhat the Outcome
Hill Re.

Hill Be.
Brigadier-General Keppel, in command
of the Pacific Coast division, which en-
braces California, Nevada, Utah, Western
Wyoming, Arizona and the Hawaiian
Islands, in which there are seventy-fve
posts, said yesterday that, not having re-
ceived any official dispatches or orders, he
could not venture an opinion as to the
possible outcome of the apparent division
in the army.
The trouble which has arisen" said he,
lis the most serious that has ever occurred
within our ranks, and it may mean dis
ruption of the organization. If something
is not done to satisfy all who may in
terested, it is possible that there will be
seceders, who will do all they can to Sc
cure control of the affairs of the army.
1.-The Information we have, mainly gath
cred from the newspapers, is such that we
cannot take any action in the premises.
Should there be what is generally known
as a split the posts in this division would
probably take action to determine if they
should follow one leader or another, or
take steps to organize an entirely new
army.
''It is really too bad that anything of
this kind should occur. for the army at
this time is in splendid condition and fully
equipped for doing good, and is. doing
good"
The brigadier, in answer to question,
stated that recently the army adopted a
| new device 20 distinguish the rank of Off
GERS. Captains now wear red edging on
the peak of the cap and on the collar, and
the lleutenants wear yellow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25

in the Legislature, and has reused the
monopolies to renewed efforts. There is
no question but that the L. and N, the
Queen and Crescent and the Huntington
interests have Joined their forces for
mutual protection from what they recog-
nize as danger to all if til is anti-railroad
sentiment is not smothered. The pres
ence here at this time and the frequent
consultations at General Dukes reception
parlors at the Capitol Hotel of the leading
lobbyists OF each road show that taey are
acting together.
They will use every effort to beat both
the Goebel bill and McChord's bill giving
full powers to the State Railroad Commits
sion. All are interested in this latter, and
it is ''United we stand, divided we fall"
II. Z. Huntingdon, the nephew of
Colossus P, is at the Gibson House in
Cincinnati. and it is understood thar GER
tain of the joint lobby spent part of
Saturday and Sunday in that city in con-
sultation with him.
There can be no doubt as to what the re-
suit of that consultation was. The repeal
bill must be defeated at any cost Figures
are not to be considered 1t must be de-
Ii llOHl tuc nOSe UnaC
they have done it is possible to beat it in
the Senate by extraordinary ind uce-
ments" for few votes, strong fight NAV
be looked for tomorrow. They know
what they are counting on better than any
one outside can. The open and avowed
advocates and opponents of the bill are, of
course, known, but there are many who
profess to have formed no opinion yet as
to the merits of the question, and have not
decided as to how they will vote Some
of these men are honest, though very OBJ
tuse if they have not been able to make up
their minds at this stage of proceedings,
and will be largely influenced by the argu-
ments offered in the debate.
Others, it is TO be regretted, seem open to
missionary work, and no effort will be
spared by the devout lobbyists to convert
them. Some will go on record against the
bill and get out of politics when this ses-
sion ends, as the will misrepresents the
sentiments of their constituents. The
sentiment of the people of Kentucky as
whole is for the repeal of the trust charter,
and the members will know it.
Some, however, if the inducements are
sufficiently large, will brave that senti-
ment. There is no questionthat the Hunt
ington party have an ample fund of Gin
ducements" to draw upon and that thev
are not going to lose for lack of using them
wherever they are needed.