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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
Beet Sugar In Nebraska

just eight years ago. In 1895 her prod
yet amounted to 100000 pounds, and
the industry is growing rapidly. The
state law provides for the paying of a
bounty of fve-eighths of a cent per
pound upon sugar manufactured in the
state from beets, sorghum or other
sugar yielding plants grown in it, but
no money can be paid upon sugar pro-
6iuced from beets for which as much as
SIS per ton has not been paid to the pro-
Queer. nor upon sugar produced from
beets raised by the manufacturer
Farmers Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
FOOLING THE FARMER.
Republican Organs Again Resorting to
Their Old Tricks

al
Their Old Tricks
The echo of the recent verdict of the
people has scarcely died out and the re-
turns from the back districts are still
incomplete, but the republican organs
have already begun their grateful task
of pulling the wool over the farmers
eyes in preparation for the next federal
canvass. The great agricultural dis
tricts of the west have shown q ten
dency to dissolve their connection with
the party of the trusts and to consult
their interests by voting for the adop-
ton of policies that are calculated to
promote the general welfare, and there
is hardly doubt that the agricultural
east is open to the conviction that has
already impressed the western farmers,
The e. o. p. finds itself confronted, there
fore, with a condition and not theory,
and it is bound to meet it if business is
to be continued at the old stand. This
condition is now being met by the or
gans, which are catching the farmers
car and telling him that what he needs
is protection.
1t will not be necessary to elaborate
argument with the view of proving
that the republican protection policy is
of no use to the farmers. The record Of
the G. o. p. on this question supplies the
refutation of its own theory. For
years the farmer has been told that he
needed protection and that he must be
protected. and yet it has been neces-
sary to repeatedly extend this assurance
in order to convince the farmer that the
republican party has been his best
friend. If protection is necessary fer
the farmer, why has it not been given
to him? Why has it been necessary for
the 6. o. p. to withhold protection from
the farmer and to confine itself simply
10 promising to protect him? The man.
ufacturers have not been put off with
repeated promises; they have always
got what they wanted in the protection
lire When the farmer has gone into
the market to buy he has found the pro-
tective policy in operation to his great
disadvantage; when he has gone into
the market to sell he has always found
protection taking daysoff.
Perhaps, however, the farmer can still
be induced to lend an ear to the siren
song of protection. Perhaps the wool
may still be successfully pulled over his
eyes. The G. o. p. seems 10 think so at
any rate, for the singing and wool-pull-
ing are already under way.-Binghar.
ton (N. W Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
THE MODERN FARMER.
His Lot Is Not as Hard as Was That OF
His Grandfather.


Most young men in choosing life
business would rather select an occupa-
ton which requires only little phys
icaI effort. That is one reason why
young men from the country over
crowd the cities. For clerkship which
enables them to wear fine clothes and
see the glare of city life they leave
good home. and more comforts than
they can possibly compass by the
nleager salary for which they work;
provided, always, that they are SO for
tunate as to secure situation.
On looking at the variety and perfec-
ton of labor-saving farm machinery
it seems to me only about half needs to
be done by hard hand labor which was
necessary % or 30 years ago. To per-
son who can appreciate, and therefore
value and admire, all the various plows,
harrows, potato diggers. threshing ma
chimes, with a band-cutter and feeding
attachments, or a tanning mill, which
separates oats from spring wheat;
self-binding reaper, strawstacker,
hay tedder, hay loader and pitcher
and the thousand and one labor-saving
machines; including corn planters and
corn cultiyators, seeders of all sorts for
wheat. oats. grass and fiaxseed, etc., it
would seem that but little hard work
was left to be done by hand. Old
men from other walks of life on seeing
all these implements are heard to ex.
claim: ''Oh! that I were young man
now, with 80 or 100 acres of land; how
I would like to farm it! tell you my
tools would not rot out in the. fields
where last used; my granary and cribs
should show even last years grains and
corn; my barn and stacks should burst
out with hay, fodder and comfort for
my family and live stock. The best
raised would not be too good for u.s.
ST. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
we're votes enough for Mckinley some

we're votes enough for Mckinley some
where to overtop Bryan.
In a recent interview Mr.. Hanna saio
he knew during the campaign there
were times when 1.-The best and bravest"
of those outside of headquarters des-
paired of the result, but that was be-
cause they did not know the secrets of
the work being done in the doubtful
states. The figures quoted above, and
others which might be quoted concern
ing other states, suggest that an eN-
splanation of the .'secret work" would
be most nteresting.-Rocky Mountain
(Denver) News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
KEEPING ROADS GOOD.
The Time to Repair Highway Is When
1t Needs 1t.


1t Needs 1t.
Most everyone has heard of the man
who gave it out that he always took
it or not. A great many roads are
worked" on the same principle. Once
a year they are given what is known
as fixing up" and the rest of the time
they must shift for themselves. AS a
consequence they shift" from one side
to the other, just as the lay of the land
and the lack of proper drainage may
demand.
And, be it remembered, there is some
times piece of road that nature has
kindly cared for-which really does not
require fixing. Often this is plowed up.
along with defective sections, and is
made soft and susceptible to ruts and
washouts. 1t is also then in a good
condition to produce the largest guam.
tity of dust
A good road should never be thus
repaired" A defective road should
be repaired at any and all times. It
is cheaper. and certainly much better.
Europe's good roads are the result Of
proper building and constant care. They
do not have to be repaired. They are
fixed before they need repairing-in
the sense of being partly rebuilt.
The one great lesson the people of
our land must learn is, that the time
to repair a road is when it needs it.
These once-a-year reformations are toe
few and far between. Fix the roads
now.-Good Roads.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
INTERESTING TESTS.
A Fine, Firm Seed Bed Is Preferable to q
Loose Soil.

A Fine, Firm Seed Bed Is Preferable to q
Loose Soil.
In order to determine the effect of
Compact and "loose" soil upon seed.
the horticultural students in the short
course in agriculture, Madison, Wis,
made the following experiments:
Each student used 100 white beans
divided into two equal lots. Before
planting, the volume of each lot was
determined by pouring given amount
of water into graduated tubes, and not
ing the difference in height of the water
when the beans are added. They were
then drained and at once planted in
tin boxes with tight covers. The boxes
were filled one-third with moist garden
soil, in which the beans were mixed and
the surface covered with an inch of soil.
The same operation was performed with
the second lot, and in addition q small
block of wood was used to compress the
soil about the beans. AS each student
prepared two lots, this gave 100 cups,
which were marked with labels giving
students name and volume of beans.
The cups were then placed for "a hours
in room in temperature of 6S to 20
degrees. The volume of the beans of
each lot was then determined with the
following result: The average increase
in volume of the beans in loose soil was
46 per cent, in compact soil II per
cent. Peter Henderson relates in
Hardening for Profit" an experiment
in which not one seed in 900 of celery,
nor one in 100 of cabbage, started in
strips Of loose soil, while compacted
strips gave an excellent stand. The use
of the feet or roller is based on the same
principle. In the loose soil there are
less points of contact of moist earth
with the seed, causing less water to
be absorbed. slower termination, and
an unfavorable condition for its best
development.
loose soil.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
PRETTY TO LOOK UPON.

Roadside Watering Place Which Is At
tractive as Well as Useful.
A community is ''sized up" not only
by the character of the farm buildings
along the way. but by the character of
the public highway as well, and one of
he necessary adjuncts of a good high
way is wayside watering places. If an
effort is made to have these attractive,
so much the better for the reputation
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
RESCUED FROM A SINKING SHIP.
OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE DELAWARE
PICK Up THE SAILORS OF THE
SOUTHERN CROSS

The officers and crew Of the Clyde Line steamer
Delaware. which reached New-Iork yesterday az
terncOn from Hayt.en ports, had story TO ten
OF a rescue which they made on their return voy-
age. The Delaware was making her way toward
New-York Harbor. when. on October l6 In latitude
81 degrees Is minutes; longitude 70 degrees. % min
utes she sighted the Halifax schooner southern
Cross and took all hands aboard, as the schooner
in hopeless condition.
According the story told by the men VINO were
rescued from the sinking ship, the Southern cross
was bound from San Blass for New-iork with a
cargo OF cocoanuts and left there September H.
The weather was fine until September ~ OF the
west end Of Cuba when a violent northeast gaze was
encountered lasting five days and driving the
schooner l2j miles back into the Guif OF Mexico
The weather then continued fair until Oclooer w.
when a hurricane from the northeast struck the
schooner and hove her down OH her beam ehas' ~
vas found necessary to cut away the loremdst III
order 10 right her. The rigging Of the maininast IA
alling dragged with il the main topsai ana pr0he
off the mainmast below the crosstrees u.
schooner righted but IL was found that the ruduet
was broken and some Of the seams had started -
that she was leaking ON October !. she Wa sPon.
by the German steamer Austral, from NeW-orieahs
for Newport News and Bremen. but there was
p bilty OF saving the ship and assistance was uc
clined But II not long before the nOpeiess
OF the situation impressed on All hahos
ing OF October Is she signaled. and captain
Watts and his rowed TO her In their own poat
The Southern Cross built in 1891 she WAS H'
tons burden and hailed from Halifax. y. 5.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
REPORTED ZIG SALE OF CHAMPAGNE.

Several cable dispatches have been received II
this city announcing that the largest quantity ot
champaene ever aucdoned of i'm London was sold
last week One Of the dispatches was 10 the effect
that the sale consisted OF 2cM dozen quarts which,
according 10 an advertisement. sold by ordes
of an eminent firm of bankers in NewYork." Buy.
ere were attracted from all parts Of the kingdom
and the average price realized was 50 shillings
dozen The other dispatch read that the sale. which
included 10 900 dozen quart bottles OF champagne
had created great stir in the European wine
trade owing to the large quantity OF champagne
thrown upon the market. The wine was said to ~
OF first quality French vintage, which was takeu
in trust by a New-York banking house from a cele
brated wine firm OF New-York and. finding II neces
sary to realize. they preferred to sell 1t abroad
rather than upset values at home" II said
that the wine would bring at retail in this country
$3.50 900 10 100000
The name OF the owner OF the wine could not b
learned Yesterday. Such act shipping stoch
10 Europe and finding market there would not b
An unwise one according 10 a son OF W. h. Fearing
the wholes Ale wine importer CT No. il South WiI|
iam-st Mr. Fearing said: II do not know whethas
or no, these dispatches are true. The wine trace
is according to my father. extraordinarily quit
This state OF the trade an led TO believe 70 aus
to the hard times. When business Is unsettled ana
peopie complain OF dull business the wine busne<.
Generally suffers. Persons who feel the enects Of
the times do without champagne anu anu ~ IA So H.;
very few large sales have been mace oy ~eu:
known house for some time and that most OF tnS
eal.rs are putting their stocks in their cellars IN
an.cinafion OF a better market after election. The
demand for champagne at the clabs mas fa"en o"
to a large extent A.. u,,.s... xy.s~s
said last night that he had not noticed any decrease
I'm the demand for champagne. This IL eiectiou
time. and much wine is bought at the hotels durins
olVn'
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
4 WOMiN'S SUGGESTION.

,rh. men OF the West Side Republican Club have
been trying TO do some campaign work In the neigh
borhooJ OF East Sixteth-st but with little success
They went over with n wagon and drum corps and
the children became possessed Win the Idea tha'
m. arYuir was intended free entertainment FOR
them They surrounded the wagon. shouting and
da nciny and altogether making such noise that II
WAS impossible for the speakers TO reach the ears
of the voters The men went home In despair and
were about 10 give up all idea OF doing political
,,or on the East Side when the wife OF one OF the
,,.rs Mrs / C. Wentz the first vce-presldent
~, va ~ VEST End Womans Republican Auxiliary
suggested that on their next expedition they taks
hidren with ii In one block. while the orators held
forih i'm another The men We're delighted WIN the
IT, ~ and a pinch and Judy show Will be live issue
m ~ ~ their future campaigns the East Side.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
LOOKS LIKE COFFEE
BUT MADE OF NATURES PURE cRAiNs-A
PURE Food.


PURE FOOD.
The ancient Germans were STURDY Is
and history records that tney were s'ess
users OF grains in their daiiy ioou. ..., s,.. -
Persons who stick to a plen' tful diee ox
grains bread, neat and fruits are reason.
ably sure 10 keep well. Mucn Duttes os
sweets should he avoided, as the starcn oI
the food Is turned to sugar ana nhaiIy u tcS
Tea and coffee make themselves Ieit WIN
thousands OF Americans OF the present oay'
They delay digestion. as shown IN 'a'e eA
perments. and this fact explains tne causs
~ the serious disorders which frequentiy
come TO old and steady tea and conee
drinkers. . -.
A new drink, called Postum Cereal, nas
lately been produced by a carefui preparsr
ton OF the grains, and 1t possesses the I'm.
portant elements OF being fac-simile IN iooks
of the finest Mocha coffee. has ricn. pun
gent flavor. and is easily digested oy 'ns
weakest stomachs. IL Is nourisnins iooo
drink OF the most perfect character and -
quickly taken into the system ana INTO tme
circulation The makers claim that III
makes red blood" and results Just'ty the
claim Ii il especially good for the produc.
ton OF a clear skin. through which the cours-
ing red blood can be seen In pink ana ruooy
flashes producing that charming complex.
ion SO much admired in the thoroughly
healthy woman or man.
Postum can be used by the children a.
well as the adults and the chicks become
very fond OF their coffee" Being composed
OF grains alone, IL IL absolutely pure ana
healihful. q natural food drink, and Is made
by the Postum Cereal Co.. Lin. OF Battle
Creek Mich.
There is bur one genuine original Postum
Cereal coffee with multitude Of limitations
offered as lust as good
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
BIG WAVE STRIKES Ia GASCO6N1.
TWO or THE COOKS THROWN AGAINST STOVE
TWO PASSENGERS BRUISED AND
BOAT SMASHED


TWO PASSENGERS BRUISED AND
BOAT SMASHED.
La Gascogne the French liner which reache6
this port yesterday morning had rough time on the
Atlantic The Storm shat has been raising so much
havoc along the coast no. all spent when u
left these shores and La Gascogne. while she was
poushng her way across the broad ocean, got her
share OF II and brought the effects back with her.
l. was about noon last Wednesday when the good
ship met her mishap. There had been fair weather.
or az least fair weather for this time OF the year.
and the vessel rad been making i;s usual time
Nearly ali OF the and all OF the passenger
were below deck. The cooks were busy az the galley
and those who watch above had no intimAs
ton OF the coming trouble. II came all at once
The big wave that had been traversing the ocean
after Il had done all the damage possible along the
coast struck the ship and washed her decks clean.
The captain OF the ship said that it was monster
one OF the biggest piles OF water that he had run
into In his long years of service. The wave struck
the ship on the s,arboard bow and left her on the
port side doing good deal Of damage In Its course
one of, the lifeboits on the starboard side va.
smashed The ventlla tors gave the water a good
chance. too and IL poured down them and flooded
some Of the apartments below decks.
But this not al. Two OF the cooks were
thrown violently aga!ns. the stove. burning them.
selves badly. Two OF the first cabin passengers
also thrown down and bruised. No one how.
ever was seriously hurt.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
"FROH PAST To FUTURE"
AN INTERESTING LECTURE BY DIR. E. GUILD
AT THE HALL OF THE ARYAN THEo-
SOPUICAI. SOCIETY.


soPHICAL SOCIETY
Dr. T.. = Guild delivered Interesting lecture
the hall OF the Aryan TheosOphlcal Society NO
l4i Madison-ave.. last evening, on From Past 10
Future" The speaker gave brief historical review
OF the descent OF the Englisn-speakng people from
the Saxons and Britons. following their evolution
through feudalsm. and with special reference 10
ihe effect OF contact with Roman civilization
Each nation" ne added, which mas become an
important fac,or In the worlds history mas hau ''S
distinctive characteristics. The genius OF Rome was
politics that Of Greece art and the amenities OF
social Lfe The Moor- scientists: they gave us
algebra and laid the foundai ION OF chemistry men
England. France and Germany were uhds' ie"u"
sway. and European thought was stihed py 'He
despotism OF ;he Popcs. the Moors had their great
universities their colleges OF music, their SCHOOLS
OF science, literature and art. Their PHYSICIANS pc
orned disseci ions and taught the circulation OF
the blood centuries before Harvey In Ehglahd, re-
discovered that natural phenomenon 30 !.
has ever been. Men races CLIMB the steps Vi
knowledge again and again, toward the fuper"ai
heights OF omnscIence. Eacn race either pfhss up
the laggards or advances the vanguards
'Wha; Of the present? In the travail OF earin e%-
isience the genius Of the human race IS being porn
again. The old knowledge Is being regaIheu' MAJ MAI
Is renewing his Acquaintance VIVA Natusu sny inven
tons In the last halfcentury nave placed iis CON-
rcsch OF the many. But this Improvement IA ma.
teral conditions J. means. not an ehd. We ar ar
now perfeciing conditions which Will permit tne
evolution of the race upon higher lines OF deveAop-
men The perfect body. brain and mind are sritus
sarv for the full expression OF man az splritua
b.ing The fictitious lie OF worry ana hurry VIII VIII
give place to calm. Men will have time 10 iedrn moT
70 be men and will begin to live the LIE OF the SOU
Theosonhv teach,Ng universal brothernoou II M .he
yoic. Of one CRYING in the wilderness Prepare th'
v.av ~ IN. Lord make straight HIS pain " men 81
nsn live as brothers there will he peace ,u
Men cannot be fused into brotherhood ~ i.hiS
ing material conditions The change must De Win. %
TIE development Of the spiritual nature can ay, Tn,
| hiring men into harmony with each 4tneI' ,hs h
hrntherhoo1 OF man the real tedchiis ~. ".
yreat.r mysteries OF antiquity. soon 70 pe
ered IN modern seekers for truth ne near r. .u,
a. N h. an age Of spiritual growth ana u&i,n.,,'d &
hro,hernood Will become living, actusi re"iits'
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
THOTS4NDS TAKE FIVE-CENT PLUNGE6

The New-York Association for Improving the
condition Of the Poor has issued statement "a
10 the number OF persons using the public bashs
at No. Centre Market Place from October !. lAk
to September SO 1886. inclusive. The record shows
that SsgS men. li.l25 women. 1901 boys and IN
girls have paid the customary fee OF five cents fo'
the use Of the baths and +.26l children have beer
allowed to bathe free OF charge. This makes
total OF s.soS an increase OF BOA over last years
avures The total number of bathers since the
baths opened on August Il, lS9 IL p652. The n.
c.pts for the year have been A.39l s.. and the
disbursements x,osi Il. leaving debit balance a
sSSs - - ,.. l., +, r,,.
Cutting.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
ST. LIKES HOME ANNIVERSARY.

ADDRESSES BY BISHOP sESSUMs of LOUISIANA
AND DRs. DIX. WARREN AND BRADLEY.
Services were held yesterday IN St. Thomass
Church, Fifth-ave. and Fifty-thrj-st to celebrate
the forty-six anniversary OF st. Lukes Home TOT
Aged Women. at Madson-ave. and Eighty-nnth
st. Addresses asking the aid OF the congregation
in building the home on MornIngside Heights
were made by Bishop Sessums. OF louisiana the
Rev DR.. Morgan Dix, rector Of Trinity Church
the Rev. DR.. r. Wapole Warren. rector OF 81
Jamess Church and the Rev. Dr. f. A. Brao'ey'
vicar OF st. Agness Chapel
Bishop Potter unable 10 be present Bisho!
Sessms spoke of the objects OF The institution, and
said that there very few people in the con.
gregation. indeed who could not afford 10 give Al
of one entertainment and would furnish a home
TO some poor DID, INDECENT woman for the rest Of
her life
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
WOMEN TO DISCUSS LAWS.

nh. prooklyn Woman's Suffrage Association VIII
,.,I, i,s regular meetings on Tuesday afternoon.
ro,oher ~ at o'clock. in Wilson farlors. No. l5i
p,.rrsnont-st The subject Is State Laws MISS
Hone Christensen chairman
Il. EIorence Lauterbach. LII B.. daughter of
,.a I ,u,erbach and the youngest woman
,,,,. from the Law School OF the University OF
sI'wVork viii give "A paper on Special New y ork
New a~s is95,e6" including the DOMESTIC Rela-
.,ons ,ct the Ranes Law, and the Mercantile Elm
poyment bill -, and 7 og,el,,ive Nethods''
NJ e az ni,ine by Thomas c. Sherman followed
VII, VIII Wv Jinl,c'isson by the club members
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
'- .pvOLD FLESH LEAVES BELLEVUE.

.,nold Flesh who locked up in the prison
,,ard Of Bellevue Hospital on October 6. suffering
from p,stol shot wounds supposed to have been In
a,o,od bv himself was yesterday sufficiently re-
ooyered 10 warrant being taken from the hospital
IN his home in Harlem He was In the prison "aru
,,n,u few days ago when he was admitted to bail
u,,d' a ,r.nsf.rred TO a medical ward. His conditon
continued TO improve, and YESTERDAY the pnysicians
lon,ded that !, was physically able TO go nome ne
n - in n carriage to the Hotel Pcteler. One-hun-
dpcd md -twenty-four and LeNington-ave
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
Flint's Fine Furniture.
Charming cosey corner ideas,
Factory Prices.

and Thirty -ninth-st. at | o'clock yesterday morns
ing. 1t is said that Scott attempted to jump upon
the front OF one OF the cars missed his grasp ana
fell with his leg across the rail The engineer vas
arrested a technical charge Of assault. He was
arraigned In Jefferson Market Court yesterday.
Magistrate Wentworth committed the defendant IN
$500 pending the result OF Scotts injuries. Bau
was furnished. II Is thought that Scott Will sur
vve unless complica tions arise. e'
New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
ONLY %~o~%AN's PAGE
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

The stately mansions and ancestral homes OF
New-Yorks old aristocracy at w-Hambufs
Hyde Park Staatsburg and other parts of Dutchess
County on the banks Of the Hudson are nearly all
occupied by their owners, and this particular region
Is the only place that compete with Long
Island a social centre Many handsome enter
tainments are constantly being given by the people
living there.