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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

IL we had free silver Bar.
Der county farmers could sell
their corn this fall for 80 and
40 cents instead of 5 and 10
cents per bushel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

j. NJ. DUNsMoRE, speaker of the
house Of representatives in 1892 but I'M
seated by the supreme court, is prom
Inent candidate for lieutenant governor
on the populist ticket. His nomination
would be wise and deservant one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

The w. G. L. U. will meet on Satur-
day afternoon at O'Clock. Mrs. Hou-
chin, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

Fine sugar drip syrup 40 cents pei
gallon at WOodward's.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BARRIER co.
Peoples Party Ticket.

Judge of Appellate Court. So. Div. Gen., Dept.
w. DENNISON.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29
First Published July 20, 1896.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the Probate Court of Barber County. KS.
State OF Kansas, Barber County rs: In the
matter OF the estate of Nancy j. Chandler,
deceased.
creditors and all other persons Interested
In the aforesaid estate are hereby notified that
l snail apply, at the next term of the Probate
Court' 10 and for said county, sitting at the
court mouse. IN Medicine Lodge, County of
A D. 1888, for full and final settlement of
said estate. T. b. Stockstill. administrator of
the estate OF Nancy J. Chandler, deceased
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

The best So pants in the city a
WoOdwards. Go and see them.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13
Males in Laying Pens.

The advice is very commonly given by
modern poultry writer's that where eggs
are wanted for the table simply, and not
for breeding purposes, keeping male
in the flock is not only useless, but pos
tive disadvantage, the reason assigned
usually being that the eggs will keep
longer if no male is kept in the pen The
reason is doubtless good one, but it is
not the only one. A series of expert
ments covering the point, undertaken at
the New York Experiment Station, made
it very conclusively appear that where
hens were kept without mole eggs were
produced at about 30 per can't less cost
than exactly similar pens where cocks
and cockerels were kept. In some pens,
too, the production of eggs was nearly a
third larger in pens where no males were
kept than in others of precisely the same
kind, managed in the same way, except
that the presence of the male was per-
mitted. Keeping males in laying pens,
therefore, except where fertil eggs are
wanted for setting, is a mistake in a
variety of ways. The eggs are produced
less economically, they are liable to be
fewer in number, and they are not as
good keepers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13
Chickens and Floweos.

It is q mistaken idea, writes II. B.
Geer in the Southern Florist and Gar
dener, that chickens and flowers cannot
be kept on the same premises. We
know they can, for we raise both very
successfully.
The mistake generally arises in the
way most people 60 at it. In the first
place, to fence the flowers or front yard
and let the chickens run at large is to
invite failure, for unless there is some
thing more than fence even if it should
be eight or ten feet high, to keep the
chickens from entering the forbidden
space, they will be quite sure to do so.
The secret of success lies in III, knowl-
edge of how TO clip chickens wing and
not disfgure it, and fencing the fowls
Instead of the flowers.
We select our breeding stock and cut
the eight or ten outer feathers of the
wing, called the Swing primaries. - the
long Quill feathers that grow on the
outer Joint of the wing below; but We do
not cut the shorter and softer feathers
OF tie wing coverts up nearer the body
of the fowl, so that when the wing is
folded, as it ordinarily is, there is no
disbursement, as the stubs of the clipped
feathers are folded beneath. and out of
sight. 1t is only necessary to clip the
fight feathers of one wing. We usually
select the right wing. Then with
paling fence four feet high the fowls
can be successfully confined in their
yard.
Later in the season, when the young
chickens get old enough to forage about,
the flowers are usually old enough and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13

other district in the URited States. The
total amount of cigars manufactured in
these nine months foots up to 121, 227,-
541, which is an increase of Is, 643, ia
for the last fiscal year. This is very
much larger percentage of increase than
in anyother district. In New York,
which is the largest district in the United
States. there was deficiency for the same
period of time OF 80, 900, 900 cigars. and
in Pennsylvania. which is another large
district, the increase was only Is 100000
over the same period of last year.
THERE were two specially fine whips
made for Queen Victoria during Jubilee
wear, though one is four-in-hand and
the other a postillion's whip. Both
were braided by hand in silyer-gilt wire
and silk, and were replicas of whips
made on that occasion over half CEN
fury ago. They cost $50 and $50 each,
respectively.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13
When Chickens are Matching.


Never disturb the eggs when the chicks
are Matching, says Farm and Rench.
Tell your curious neighbors it won t do.
Control your own curiosity. Before
this interesting time. you can be more
or less careless in handling the eggs, but
after they begin to pip, keep hands off.
If the eggs we're uniformly fresh and
fertile the chicks should begin to hatch
during the night of the twentieth day.
or the forenoon OF the twenty-first day,
and 90 per cent of them should be ready
to remove to the brooler by noon of the
twenty second day at The test. Where
eggs are of different ages. ,me of them
fresh laid, some of them one week old,
some two, three, four and even five
weeks old the Matching will reach sout
over tour or five days, some Matching on
the twenty first day and others hatch
ing along until as late as the twenty
sixth day. 1t is Of course best to have
eggs as fresh as possible. In cool or
COlO WCdCuCE Iucy CdA OC hCPO 90 AOAe
as four weeks, and will! hatch strong
chicks, but it will take these old eggs
some longer to hatch, aud eggs not over
two weeks old are much preferred.
When fresh eggs are used and none OF
them begin to hatch until the twenty
second or twentythird days, this is
proof positive that not enough heat was
applied during the period of incubation,
thus retarding the development OF the
chick in the egg and delaying the hatch.
Make sure that the bulb of your Their
mometer is on a proper level in the egg
chamber and if satisfied it was, then run
the machine degree higher throughout
the next hatch, half an inch up or down
in the egg chamber, as regards the bulb
of the thermometer, means often as
much as full degree of difference in the
temperature, hence the Importance OF
this matter.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13

WIN. HALDEMAN, President of the great Louis
vile Courier-Journal, says:
DIR. WINTERsMITH-Sir: waive O rule have
observed for many years, the value of your rem:
edy prompting me to say it cured two cases Of
chil1s in my family after many other remedies
had failed. I do not hesitate to express my be-
lief that your Chill Cure is q valuable specific,
and performs all that you promise for it.
Very respectfully, WIN, HA1pEMAN.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13

The court authorities of Uncle Sam
recently made a mistake that caused
Mr.. Rutherford of the Alaqua vicinity,
no little trouble. A Mr.. Williford o
jackson county was indicted for selling
whisky. The name written in the in
Gictment was Rutherford, and a warrant
was given to Deputy Marshal Campbell
for service. He arrested Rutherford and
carried him to Pensacola. After sew
eral days in Jail the mistake was dis
covered and he was discharged. Just
who was to blame no one seem to know.
-DeFuniak Springs Herald.
The latest enterprise here.the furniture
actory, began active operations this
morning. Nearly all of the machinery
is in place and the workmen are rapidly
learning the details of the business.
Timber from this and adjoining counties
will be used almost exclusively. The
name of the corporation is the Florida
Furniture Manufacturing Company with
Fl. G. Wright, president; G. S. Scott,
vicepresident; and L. A. Hendon, secre-
tary and treasurery. Frank E. Bugbee
is general manager and superintendent.
-Ocala Cor. Citizen.
Wednesday afternoon the woods a
half mile northeast of the city took fire
and burned fercely. The wind was
from the northeast and in short time
the hammock east OF Eustis Park was
threatened. large force of good fire
fighters went to the scene about dark
and by back firing kept the flames under
control. The work was kept up until
II O'Clock. A fire in this time of drought
is a serious matter, and people should
take an extraordinary degree of caution
to see that no fires are permitted to gain
any headway.-Eustis Lake Region.
large fruit yield seems to be assured
for Walton county. DeFuniak's alberta
peach has become famous as the most
luscious peach ever put on the market,
and this season larger quantities will be
shipped than any previous year. Farmers
throughout the county have planned cot
ton on a more extensive scale than last
season, and are very hopeful of the fall
returns. Nearly all of the planters are
in position to regard cotton ais sur
plus crop, and only a very few will be
obliged TO sell to meet mortgages for ad
vances.
For the last nine months of the fiscal
year the increase in the cigar output Of
the Florida district of the Internal Reve-
nna service has been greater than any
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13
Poultry Appliances.

]
we'll ventilated house, although many
fail to provide such shelter for their
fowls. I: [ think, writes Nellie Hawkes. in
the American Agriculturist,i it safe to say
that nine out of every ten OF all farm
poultry houses are 80 neglected as to rem
der them almost uninhabitable. it is not
nearly so serious task as you imagine
to keep the house clean. Provide your
self with the necessary implements, keep
the house clean for one week and see how
simple task it is and how satisfactory
to all concerned. If regularly done the
work is not disagreeable.
At each poultry house l keep hoe.
broom and some sort of shovel or dust
pan, and at the main poultry house door
stands the wheel barrow, near the door
is also sand pile, this is frequently re-
plenishe}, for l use a great quantity OF
sand on the floors. After cleaning the
floor is sprinkled first with air Stacked
| lime and then with sand. This is done
daily in summer for only by constant
attention can vermin be kept down. To
succeed means hard work, but well re-
warded labor is no task to the willing
worker.
Drinking vessels, and a great many of
them, are among the needs. 1t matters
not so much what they are, if they be
cleaned often and very frequently filled
with fresh cool water. A fowl will live
a great willie without water, but it suffers
much in the meantime. II this need is
neglectee, they drink from whatever they
can find, no matter how filthy and filth
is almost invariably at the bottom of all
sieges of cholera. The stoneware drink
ing fountains so much in vogue are ex-
cellent and fast gaining popularity.
They are inexpensive. have three sizes
the two-gallon, one-gallon and two
quart. The two quart use for brooder
chickens, and brooder chickens thus wa
tered and kept away from dampness
thrive far better than chicks that are al
ways getting wet. Sardine cans make
good drinking dishes for baby chickens.
Oyster cans answer the purpose nicely
for larger ones. Here and there ABOUT
the yard I have larger cans that l fill
with water several times day. Others
are used for drink in the different yards
for breeding stock and laying hens.
These dishes we converted into such from
gallon maple syrup cans. With a can
opener one side is cut out, and the small
spout is closed by pressing into it large
cork that has been soaked in boiling wa
ter. These answer the purpose very
nicely for large fowls, if kept in the
shade. But they are not safe to have
around where young chickens are run
ming.
More chickens are yearly lost through
neglect to provide them with sufficient
and suitable grit than from any other
known cause.
An incubator is not exactly a necessity
in the successful raising of poultry, but
believe the day is not far distant when
an Incubator will be classed among the
list of the poultry mans necessities. One
of the most Deedfnl OF poultryman's ne
cessities is a good green bone cutter.
No other article OF poultry house furni-
| tura will so soon nav for itself and add
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all communica tons to Pou1tryDe
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13

strong enough to be out OF danger, and
the younger chickens really do them
more good than harm by catching in
furious bugs and insects.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-05-13

Why not use
Wintersmith's?
30 years. sue
cess. Tried and
true. Sells on
it's merits, and
never fails to
cure. Take no
substitute.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
TALKED SOUND MONEY.
Story of Gov. RusSell's Last Visit to
Virginia.
Nor Iorl' Ereni0g Post,

4 few weeks before his death ov.
Russell wcnttu Monticello, Va. =, and preached
the Gosle, OF sound money III The heart of a
State which was given over to the silver
delusion The history uf this trip is of
peculiar interest now, and. as we do not
think it has lofnrc appeared III print, We
tell it as he related II to u friend soon
aftcrward:
He received an invitation to deliver
an address at Lcfrerscn's old home ON
JeffcrSun'S birthday. He replied that
he doub' c; if he was the proper rrator
for the occasion, as he should consider
il mis- duty to discuss the financial Qucs-
ton. and to express his own views. which
would not he COnpcnial to u large pro
portion of his auditors. The olitican in
charge Of the arrangements wrote hack
suggesting that IL" should avoid ii C,niro-
ver,ed question like that of the finances,
and devo:c himself toa general exposition
ur the principles Of Democracy. GOV. Rus
sell immctiia;"lt tclr rsrapl,od that he could
not come with any such und,rrSta ntiing.
and that the managers had frttcr Icok up
somebody else. Rut his robust indcpend-
enCe had won their admiration, and he
speedily. received u dispatch begging him
to come and giving him carte blanche as
10 what he should say. He went. and he
talked to that hostile audience rs plainly
as he would have talked to n crowd of
Massachusetts, people who fully agreed with
him
The morning times., 1896-11-22
JAPANESE REVERE ri LERS.
Object to Having stamps Bearing
Iikcncsscs of Departed Cancelled
B"Sf"n JDUrH"i.

Jj"Sf"H .JJHFHh-
Private letters from Kiptu hear proof that
the japanese have Their own WI Y Of doing
things They recently had new issue of
postage stamps which bore portraits Of TWO
Of the princes wEo died in tnc recent war.
Stamps of = and Of ) sen were to h"isSucd.
In the United States one purtrait would
have been on the 2-Scn stamp and one on
The 5-s III stamp, bJt in Japan II w: thought
mat TINS wOud DE- discriminating against
The memory nt the u:I pi, tur,-,i on inc !Uwcr
Denomination.
IuIs - way plilatelstS find that there
are two new 2-Scn and two new 5-scn
stamps each denomination i.a wing one kind
III memory Of each prince. But even this
careful arrangement did not prevent a new
trouble Suuc conservative JapanrSc are
rnn'cnding that il borders On di>rcspcct to
The imperial family To pullute their pic turcs
WIN stliva and uHen 10 nIodrh them with
Ink IN the process Of cancellation.
one mIn has declared in the papers that
he shall decline 10 receive any mail matter
bearing these stamps. Some pcstuastcrs
have requested that they he allowed I u put
the canccling mary only TN The edge OF the
stump, 80 as Ia avoid deiiling the IrlnCcly
faces. To old-faShioncd Japanese il Is
pcuially displcaSing 10 see f'rcigncrs put
ling portraits representing men Uf diyiEe
descent into their mouths and putting
them on the envelopes with as much ill.,
difference as We employ with The faces Of
Washington, Franklin. and Grant On cur
stamps Some Japanese. ir they use the
stamps at all. must revcrcntly lift them
io their head. carefully wet The glue with
pure water and then utter pra yer us they
attach them 10 the envelope.
bid IL ever occur t0 an American that it
WAS discriminating 10 place purtrtit on n
lower flsutIpiftl c I
ever was discussed il was probably agreed
tiat tile srcaterhonor went withthrchcapcr
stamps, which are in wider ana more gen
erAl use. As for Attaching any respect
10 'hem-do you know without looking
Whose pictures are IN Cur various stamps:
The morning times., 1896-11-22

have to pay for another house" His
lmpudpnce saved him.
The method of u street car detective is
often very simple. He gets aboard of the
car when IL starts from the stables or
pnwer-house and counts the passengers
who ride during that run. His figures are
turned into the coinpany's office, and If
the conductors register and book do not
correspond In the number of fares with
the count made by the detective, the
proceeding Is repeated on another trip.
Should like discrepancy appear on this
second run, the conductor Is invited into
the office for brief interview. He is not
accused OF stealing, but is informed that
his services are no longer required
Sometimes IL happens that ife tables are
turned. If the conductors trip book shows
up more passengers than the counter re-
ports, the detective is under suspicion OF
iucompetency. His retention in the ser
vice thereafter depends upon a slender
thread.
Siirewd trainucn have learned 10 detect
a.'spotter' in ncarl every instance. There
is an 'carmark." they say. which cannot
be obscured, and there is a system Of
telegraph by winch his presc.;e on II car
can be communicated To the conductor of
every other car met with between Lincoln
Park and Georgetown. or between the
Union station and the Navy Yard
sPOTTERs NOT POPULAR
Naturally the conductors do not Ike n de-
tertive. and take pains 20 discover them.
Once known, diSguiseS are practically use
less. On JliSd -CbJnI u-n-r cities are drawn
upon for men To fill the position. They
come anG go, fitting to and fro as birds
of passage, and contrive somehow to keep
stant!y un the pay roll, Notwithstanding uC-
casional failure.
As IN the steam railway service. the hon
est conductors on a street car lire suffer
from the uisteedS OF the occasionii black
sheep. One guilty, all guilty. So far as
the company knows, until developments
disclose the real culprit.
The detective has other duties besides
that of watching conductors. and atuunE
these IL the discovery OF evidence in, ;Icsi
dent eases. He aust hunt up witnesses
known 10 be possessed of information
favorable To the company. Some OF these
ma have given wrong addrc scs, or
their addresses may not have Teen cor
reCtly taken. The detective must find
them. tie must also visit the int -cd pas
sengerS. ii any. and turn cross, .xanlincr
in order, il possible, to elicit facts Of value
to his employers.
The salaries uf the detectives rang"
from $50 to $3.50 per month. according
To capacity. They may be said to -arn
every cent they get.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
BILL NYE'S y ERyE.
How He Turned n Joke on Hermann,
the WouId-Be Funny Magician.
Buffalo EceHiHg Tim IS


Bill Nye, the humorist, and Hrrn. nm,
the magician, met the first time IN u
small ONO town. Each knew I'll. her
very well both hy reputation and fiCn
personal characteristics, hut they H.,v.r
had been introduced. BY chance they
stopped at the same hotel on IN" sea
sion referred to and We're given ats at
the same table in the dinin.-rUum.
They bowed politely and began talking
about the weather. each h.li.=ing that
the other did not recognize his vS Il lis.
Just as Nye raised his knife and fork
to cut Il dish Of lettuce salad Hermann
uttered u cry Of protest and surprise. Nye
stopped in astonishment.
EXCUSE me, sir" remarked the wizard,
but l thought ! saw something queer
there in your lettuce.
The humuriSt carefully looked over the
salad, tcaf by leaf. but found nothing and
again raised his knife To cut it Again he
was stopped by sharp cry from Her
mann, who added. apCloeeJically. Il beg
Il thousanG parions, hut surely could not
have teen mistaken that tine. There IS
something there. Excuse C,c-and ne
pointed to- a large lettuce l"ac, raised it
and disclosed underneath 4 nasHifcent
diamond cluster ring worth several hun
drfd dollars.
Sye slowly picked UP the ring and with
out the slightest manifestation or SURPRISE
drawleG out: This sort h1 thlilS fdS
gone Just far enough. I'm continually she'd
ding diamonds wherever 90. Day te-
fore yesterday | lost a solitaire In
sugar bowl in Pittsburg, and in ClevcithI
this morning the Chambcrmaid. i'll sweep
ing my roou found three nr four more.
1t is positively giving nln brain fag 30
keep track of these things. and I'm going
TO give it up as bad Jon
Becklning To waitress, he slipped
Hermann's ring into her hand, and said:
Here's trifle for You. Keep 1t to re-
member me by; it's yours
1t took the owner of the ring about
half q day TO recover it. anG it cost him
several bottles afterward.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
Establishing a Precedent

''T'hat gas hill is a cellar higher than
ever bcforr,' he SIid
Il know il. EIy dear she replied, Bat,
Hou know, one of the children WIS sick
ami we burned more gas than usual
''oh, / suppose il can't hc hc!pci,'' he
returned rcgrctfully. ''lt does seen. though
as If everything was conspiring to bank
rupt me.''
why. dollar isn't much. she protested
"Of course not he admitted; but #
you had been paying the gas bills as lun..
as have you'd realize what il is 10 cs-
'ablish such precedent as this That one
bill will put us in Il new class ut the gas
office. and they'll make their estimates
upon the new basis. ! don't believe they'll
eyerlet us get back To the Old figure again.
Chicago Evening Post.
The morning times., 1896-11-22

got as white as 4 sheet didn't know ox-
aCtly how tu 90 at him because. YOU >er we
didn't really have any proof and the only
thing to do was u work a bluff He
saved the trouble though. Came up like
Il good uuethe very first thing nj admitted
the whole business
I'VE recovered most Of the money, all
hut few dollars, but Of course we couldn't
prosecute. WHY, boys, if | should tell YOU
WIN that man was you'd never get through
writing stories about il. We found OUT
afJerward that lee had key that fitted
the front door and had Just walked in and
helped himself
The - ID. leaned hack and sighed and
looked rcgrctfully at his empty glass
Ranty yawned and looked across the table
at the a. u. What an exquisite old liar
You are. he said, swcctly, Come on
Hutch, I'm guin. home"
The morning times., 1896-11-22
Private Hearing

Bilks-Spain has good cause to complain
Of this country now.
Zim-IIow is that"
Bilks Consul General Lee is coming from
Havana with II secret message Tor the
Presidents private ear. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-06

Long John yellow corn. received frsS
Golden beauty. Early White. pearl.
Hickory. King, 500. AriichoiSes. 15o;
Vincless and Pumpkin Vans, zoe; Al.
falfa Glover, $500 bushel; kanir and
Milo Maize, be pound onion seed, 500
pound; Prize Taker, $50, Bliss Triumph.
S95 barrel. Agent for Planet, Jr" Flows
and Cultivators. Holloway x Co, Seed
Merchants Dallas. Texas. II