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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
ANOTHER SHOT FROM REED.
The Maine Man Again Shows Hls Con-
tempt for Mckinley.

The Maine Man Again Shows Hls Com
tempt for Mckinley.
Speaker Reeds disappointment in his
canvass for the republican nomination
has given a keen edge to his natural
sharpness of tongue. He made McKin-
ley chairman of the ways and means
committee of the house which framed
the so-called Mckinley bill, and made
the Ohio man a presidential possibility.
Now Mckinley has unmade him as
candidate.
Reed feels that the fates have been
unkind. and that Mckinley has been I'M
justly favored.
Reed spoke day or two ago about
Mckinley being straddlebug. refer
ring to the 1atter's attitude touching
the money issue. Later Reed told Il
"Reminiscences with as much pertinence
Mckinley had been advertised as the
advance agent of prosperity" What
Reed thinks of this is made plain in
this story:
Advance agent of prosperity said
he. "Humph! when was boy the adj
vance agent of the circus would &c
through the country and cover the sides
Of barns and the fences with the most
gorgeous posters of what the circus
would be. There would be long pro-
cession of knights in gold and silver
armor. and ladies bedecked in silks and
diamonds, mounted on beautiful Arab
an steeds. There would be huge ele-
plants, tigers, lions, camels, hippo
potamuses and such, enough to stock
wilderness.
when the circus came it was the
usual little old one-ring affair. with one
n,easlE. fiop-eared. slab-sided elephant.
a NANCY lion and one-humped camel.
"It never came up to the show bills,
but there was always at least one first
class acrobat who could ride two horses
at once.''-N. I. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
PROMPTED BY GREED.
The Mckinley Enthusiasm Springs from
Selfish Instincts.

The enthusiasm for Mckinley is a
matter of neither brains nor heart. 1t
is not based upon admiration of the
mans ability or upon affection for one
who makes tens of thousands regard
him as d personal friend. 1t is purely
n matter of the pocket. 1t is based
upon the belief among the masses that
McKinley's election in 1S96-or, for that
matter, CannonS, if Cannon had been
appointed chairman of the ways and
means committee in 1SS9-will give
them constant work with easy hours
ut high wages. In short, it rests upon
the theory that the tariff is the most
important thing in the country, and
that the government can mark wages
up or down. It is due to the spreading
among the ignorant of the idea that
prosperity is to be determined by votes.
Tire success of a campaign based upon
al unreasoning enthusiasm of this sort
must be followed by a notwithstanding
and disappointment which will pro-
woke a tremendous revolution in public
sentiment. Thoughtful republicans
view with the greatest apprehension
the prospect of McKinley's election. 1t
is not simply that nobody knows where
he stands on the financial question now,
Or how so weakened person would
stand if he should become president. 1t
is still more because, even If he were
sound on this issue, he could not posi-
bly, satisfy the eXtravagant eXpecta-
tions that are entertained of the effect
Of his election. The enthusiasm for
Mckinley is due to the belief by the
masses that he will usher in the millen-
ni11m AFT noon on the ith of March, 1897,
and their indignation when they shall
find how they have been deceived IS
something that is dreaded by many a
republican who does not dare to resist
the tide.-N. Y. Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
DIsHoNoRARLE SILENCE.
A Candidate and Party Dominated by
Greed for once.

A Candidate and Party Dominated by
Greed for once.
There is much speculation as to the
outcome at ST. Louis, the chief question
being: Can Mckinley obtain the cov-
eted nomination without committing
himself upon the dangerous question OF
silver?
We incline to the belief that he can
The average delegate to that convention
viii represent the hunger for Office
first and his own or his constituents
convictions afterward, if at ALL The
platform of Senator Wolcott, of Col
orado. for silver platform if he can get
IT, but, if not. then the next best thing
Is likely to be popular one when the
convention assemblies
Why should it be expected that this
convention will reverse all republican,
precedents by suddenly insisting upor
principle first and the offices after
wards? Hon. Webster Flanagan. OF
Texas, was representative and popu
lar republican when he exclaimed ir
1880: What are we here for but the
offices?" A party that has fused with
populism to secure power in the south
ern states, that to-day holds the United
States senate by similar fusion with
the cranks and enemies of sound
finance, is not likely to leopard any
electoral votes by insistence upon clear
affirmation of the true principles OF
finance.
Mckinley has probably judged his
party Alright. We have yet to learn of u
delegate or a delegation lost to him
by his straddling. Threats there have
been, but threats hurt nobody, an1
most of them have had string at
tachment.
But with the people it will be differ
ent. The mistake Mckinley is making,
and his party is about to make in nom
mating him, is in assuming that the
people, like themselves, are an organ
lied greed for office. Nine-tenths of the
people care nothing for the offices, care
little who holds them. What they dc
care. what they have insisted and will
insist. is that their president shall be
man of convictions, with the courage
OF his convictions.
Mr.. Mckinley will find that the
shibboleth of protection will not suf-
flee to bring the presidency to a man
who dare not speak his mind on tho
greater question of finance. His silence
of dishonor will be broken by the death
knell of his hopes.-Albany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Air-slaked lime is a good disinfectant.
There is no other poultry meat that
can be raised so cheaply as duck meat.
Always have an abundant supply OF
fresh water.
Fowls that have free range find their
own feather-making food.
Provide busting boxes and keep them
well-filled with loose dirt.
Better results in the treatment of dis
eases of fowls can be secured by COM
mencing at the first symptoms.
Geese and ducks shrink from one.
fourth to one-half in weight during the
breeding season.
Coal ashes should not be thrown into
the dust bath until the cinders are
sifted out.
on the nests. They need all the eXer-
else they will take.
The pullet that begins to lay earliest
is the one that will lay the largest num-
Der of eggs during its life.
Have the hen houses thoroughly
whitewashed inside and out frequently
and the droppings should be removed.
Families who have plenty Of milk will
find it most valuable adjunct in feed
ing young poultry of all kinds.
Turkeys must have good range to be
profitable. They are good foragers and
insect destroyers if given the opportuni-
ty.
One of the important items in secur
ing the best results with ducks is not
to allow them to get wet.@St. Louis
ReDul1ic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
TIME TO GO SLOW.
The Mckinley Boomers Have Reached q
Critical Point.


Among the most sagacious of Mr..
Platt's remarks about Mckinley and his
canvass, is his suggestion that after the
loise of the preliminary booming is
over there will be an interval before the
St. Louis convention long enough for
the delegates to cool off and do some
calm and serious thinking.
The republican conventions Just held
will complete substantially the roll of
delegates; and unquestionably McKin-
ley's nomination will be proclaimed by
his boomers as foregone conclusion.
On the face of the returns of delegates
there is every reason to believe that it
will look that way. At any rate, his
nomination ON the first ballot will be
made to appear inevitable, in the hope
of silencing all opposition to him as
futile and a political blunder in those
who venture to make it. The plan from
the first has been to rush him through;
and so far as concerns the state conven-
tons it seems to have worked pretty
successfully. If the ST. Louis conven-
ton were to be held this week or next
week 1t might go through to the end
not less satisfactorily. But will the
booming continue to boom during all
the weeks still remaining before the
actual assembling of the body that is
to make the nomination?
That is another matter, as Mr.. PIatt
suggests. The delegates and the re-
publican party will have time to do some
thinking about the wisdom of goisg
into the canvass with a candidate as
to whom the sober sense of the whole
union has the gravest doubts. The hys-
terics of the booming will give place to
sane reflection.
The same may be said of the Chicago
convention. 1t is still far.enough off to
enable the democratic party to get into
a reasonable frame of mind before it is
called to order. The silver crowd have
often before startled the party with
their boasting of the tremendous dem
onstrations they were about to make
in conventions and elections; but when
the time comes for the fulfillment what
has been the result? Instead of making
progress and winning victory, the sill
yer faction has gone steadily backward
and downward and has encountered
only defeat. Every days delay before
the Chicago convention will increase
the probability that the silver demo-
They are fighting for humbug which
will not stand calm discussion.
1t is the same with the McKinleyites
in the republican party. They are try
ing to put up humbug to be run in a
campaign of duplicity and false pre-
tense.-N. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28

Made of two barrel hoops (a) "a inches
in diameter. and six strips of lath (b) 20
inches long, fastened with shingle nails
clinched. The bottom (c) is gunny sack
ing, partly worn grain sacks.
stitched, for the drawstring. 1t is then
scanned up by machine, for all must be
made very strong, but the hens are no:
scanned across; simply sew from hem to
hem, and with needle fasten the seam
just below lower edges of hens.
Strong MANILA cord is drawn into the
kems. The muslin case is then placed
over the frame and drawn tight at both
tops and bottom, and fastened at the
bottom. This makes the floor of the
coop doubly strong. When the fowls
are in and ready for shipment, tn :
drawstrings at top are drawn tight.
leaving small opening to admit air,
food and water. Before the muslin
sover is scanned up, pockets are stitched
on the inside of cover for corn. Thus
is their food supplied in plenty for thu.
journey, and kept clean for them. a
drinking cup is made fast by en-
:ircling pint cup with cloth band.
the ends of which are tackled to one OF
the pieces of lath.-Nellie Hawks, in
orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
McKtnley's Weak Point.

The opponents of Mckinley have one
advantage, Notwithstanding the major S
rreat lead. They have him exposed at
lis weakest point with full month in
which to exploit and hammer it. Let
the hammering be maintained with tire
.ess vigor, and great things may yet be
lone. Just as the constant dripping OF
the water wears away the stone, so mag
/, relentless and incessant attack upon
McKinley's financial views wear away
his cohorts of votes. His present posi-
ton ofsilence upon the silver question
is SO cowardly that to hold 1T for four
,ong weeks must weaken his strength
IN the east. If he declares for gold, he
ehrows away the silver support he now
,ece;ves in the west; and if he declares
for silver, he ruins himself at stroke.
Meanwhile the panicky feeling grows
as to where he is at. The position is
awkward, and cannot long be main
eained.-springfield Mass.) Repub-
tican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

-Hanna's fat has been very sue
cessful in greasing the aXles of the Me
Kinley band wagon.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Mark Hanna can do Maj. McKin-
ley a great deal of good by keeping
slightly more in the background.-Iow
State Register (Rep.).
Mr.. Mckinley is already making
cabinets, and there is no law to pre-
vent, but there is an old adage about
eggs in points,. Paul Globe.
Imagine Mckinley on a campaign
tour this fall. declaring to the people
from the tail of a parlor car: 81 have
nothing to say."-Utica Observer.
--Reed might accept the nominal
ton for vice president on the ticket with
Morton. but not on a ticket with 4
Younger man in vigorous health--Chic-
cago Chronicle
The Cardiff Giant, like Mckinley,
created something of a stir by keeping
its mouth shut, till other people got to
talking and the imposture was exposed.
Albany Argus.
The gentlemen who are srrang-
ing McKinley's cabinet for him should
read and digest the old warning against
counting. chickeA before they are
hatched.-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28

board whatever width you want be-
tween the grooves-about 9 inches l
think the best-and cross them at the
ends of the partitions to prevent the
horses from slipping, as shown in the
cut. Cover the floor with bags or old
carpet to prevent too rapid drying, and
remove the board and pins, and cement
the holes. Don't use the floor for three
weeks. L always use the best Portland
cement. Some put a square stone under
the horses hind feet, but there is no use
of that if the cement is properly put
down; it will last as long as a stone
VILLA. Mitchell, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
WHY steers Paw a Profit.

Recent experiments show that steer
can be made to gain as much as three
pounds a day when young for a short
period, and two pounds a day is not
unusual for three months. The cost of
the food is from ten to fifteen cents per
day, which is nearly eqral to the cost
of the gain. Apparently there is no
profit in steers unless prices are high,
but when it is considered that much
of the food consists of corn fodder and
other foods that cannot be sold except
in the form of beef. the feeding of steers
is really profitable, because it enables
the farmer to sell large share of his
produce which could not oe otherwise
sold at all. A waste of food because it
cannot be utilized is loss of profit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
SHEEP-KILLING DOGS.

Damage They Do Runs Into the Millions
Every Year.
The damage done TO the sheep inter
.sts by dogs is beyond comprehension.
The loss annually runs up into the mil,
ions. That is, the direct loss There
Is another loss, Indirect; many farmers
nave discontinued keeping sheep en-
:irely from the reason that their losses
1ave in the past been so large from the
Expectations of dogs that their profits
we're swept away The dog laws passed
aave been imperative to d large cX-
cent, while in some states they have en-
:ountered so much opposition that they
awe been repealed after being in force
only a few months.
1t seems to us that dog law might
~oe passed that would be effective and
set occasion no great opposition. PEG
pie wild keep dogs. But it is not ncces-
cary that they should keep large dogs:
hat is, dogs large enough to kill n
sheep. A law might be framed taxing
dogs above a certain weight. This
would be putting a premium on small
dogs, and we are of the opinion that
they would be more fashionable thar.
et present. The weight could be put
at the point where the sheep industry
would be protected.
1t is pity that the farmers must be
..axed millions Of dollars each year in
the way of dead sheep that the rest of
the community may have their house
nold pets. We would like to ask our
sheep raisers to give their experience
as TO sheep-killing dogs, and the weight
at which the dogs become menace to
the sheep pdustry.-Farmers Review
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHEAP SHIPPING CooPs.

why Those of Circular Shape Give the
Most Satisfactory Results.
Circular shipping coops are strong
and durable, easily and quickly con-
structed, very light, readily handled,
neat in appearance, least destructive OF
piumage of restless fowls when Ell
route, cost but few cents, and save
express charges. I make the coops in
different sizes for pens, trios and single
birds. Dimensions for larger coops are
given with the illustration. Cheap
full-width unbleached muslin is used
for the cover. A wide hem is turned
down at each selvage edge and machine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
Lice In the Poultry Yard.

This is the season for lice, and it is
only the well-kept coops and yards that
are free from the vermin. Lice will
drive the sitting hens off the nest, will
force them to lay on the ground out
side, will cause the chicks to droop and
die without apparent disease affecting
them, will invite disease by debilitat-
ing the fowls, and will cause loss where
profit should be the result. Do not wait
Cor lice to come, but keep the pests
away. Frequent whitewashing of the
coops, the rubbing of kerosene oil on
the roosts, the sprinkling of tobacco ref
use over the nests, and the liberal use
of Persian insect powder well busted
into every crack and crevice as well as
over the floor, the nests, and every
where else will be the only safeguard
Prairie Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
Cure of Egg-stealins Fowls.

We have never failed to cure the mos,
inveterate egg-eaters by giving them
plenty of a1buminous food, in cut green
bone, meat, worms, etc., and a sufficient
supply of sharp grit in oyster shell,
pounded glass or crockery. etc. Some
times we have seen fowls entirely
broken of egg eating by giving them q
supply of ground oyster shell or othe.
gritty stuff alone. Constructing nests
in such way that eggs deposited there
in will roll away from the hen and slide
through hole in the bottom of the
nest. into a drawer underneath, is TAX
ing useless trouble, even if the nests are
made to work well. Hens do not like
TIC lay in such nests, and will not if they
can help it. Furnish all their needs in
food, etc., and the hens will not have to
try to lind unnatural substitutes for
their natural OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-28
One Way Out.

Mrs. Bowers do wish you would GO
to church with me occasionally. How
are people to know that am married,
If they never see you with me?
Mr.. Bowers-Easy! Take the chif-
dren with yoE.--Puck.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-21
AN AUSTRALIAN CONFEDERATION

Among the statesmen and publicists who
have developed In the Australian colo
MES. the project OF a great confederation
between the colonies OF that continent has
always been a favorite theme. There has
been TO o'herc. interested In the growth
and expansion OF the free institutions
which have been the heritage OF the Eng
lish-speaking race. much OF fascination
in the thought that In the far OF South
Pacific there should in the near future
arise another great republic. founded by
men OF kindred race and with institutions
parallel TO our own. ana developing along
the same lines.
That project seems TO be ripenins to-
wards fruition. Some I'VE years since there
was general movement in that direction
throughout all the Australian colonies.
but the disastrous commercial failures
there following upon the downfall Of tho
Earrings momcntarily put the project 20
one side. The energies Of all the public
men IN the colonies were bent to meet The
emergency caused by the financial panic
and the long period OF Industrial PROS
haAiVb WHICH ioieWcu. NOW. since thefs
has been a slight Improvement In material
conditions in the colonies. there Is again
strong movement 20 take UP the cues-
ton OF the foundation OF a Federal govern
ment- Recently there was a meeting a.
Sydney, OF the primo ministers OF all IN,
Australian colonies. to discuss the uues-
ton. and ~ possible 20 agree rpon soma
plan Of action to inaugurate the work q,
framing a srea; Australian confederation
Nothing definite was accomplished. h,,
tho movement has received an impetus
which VIII Doubtless carry II through. Ths
desire for confederation Is strong in all
quarters and all that remains Is a mers
matter o. arranging details.
Tbs plan Of government for the pro-
posed federation which seems "a M
generally advocated Is a compromise be-
tween tire American system and the Eng
lsh parliamentary form OF government,
with which TIE eoionists are mos. IA
rnsliAr
From the constitution OF this country
the teea Of q Federal supreme cour, ,s
taken as particularly acceptable: also he
iiea 81 $50 houses Of congress or psrila-
rssnt. ;he oas 20 be elected by popular
saTraxe and the other BY .he local Iesis
lAsive bodies o< the Different paglaments
The chief executive. OF course. Is left AZ
an imperial appointment. The proposed
scheme provides. however. Cor a c4hsne,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-21

Il had never intended tAe construction %
msschsevcusiy put upon its words. ana 1t
resented the snjussice.
No asperslon is cast upon Eastern WASH
fnston Repubffcanism or upon the honor OF
ifs people when II 10 stated thar II Is dur
ssg hard times and through want and dis
tress that agitation over money systems
always arises. There b nothing like the
free silver strength in Eastern washing
ton that there was two years ago; and
even then there we're many men opposed
to the movement who felt II better judy
ment TO wait patiently the turn Of the tide.
There were hundreds Of men who busted
themselves IN N agitation which threat
ensd serious consequences Most Of these
men finally drffted out Of the state. and
to its advantage
Picturing the wonderfully improved con-
ditions ACROSS the mountains there IL .
temptation to contrast them . little too
sharply. perhaps. with the pre-existing
adversely. but for any person to Affect that
the Post-Inteiligencer seeks 20 decry that
part Of the state Ia . very unfair construc-
ton Of anything that has appeared in it,
columnA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-21

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