davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
ROADS IN ENGLAND.
How They Arc Iscpt tn Repair All ii,
Year Around,

English roads are good because they
are we'll built and we'll cared for, is the
conclusion arrived at by writer who
has been Investigating the subject. Hc
says that they are the finest anywhere
in the world. Some of the highways
leading out of Bath were made by the
Romans, and all of the other highways
are of scientific construction. with deep
foundations and ample provisions for
draining. Besides. they receive constant
supervision and care. Every county
council has a standing committee OF
roads, which takes charge of the high
ways and keeps them in repair The
committee is divided into sub-commit-
tees. each of which is assigned a dis
trict.
There is an inspector for each divis-
ion. who employs force of road mend
ers and holds each responsible for the
portion of road assigned to him. The
road mender lives in cottage on the
line of the higSvay. which he is required
tC keep in order. He goes over the road
every day and removes in a barrow
everything that is unsightly. After
each heavy rain he looks out for breaks.
and mends them by dumping loads OF
flint where needed Supplies of flint
arc kept along the roads at intervals.
ready for the use of the road member
He watches the road the year around.
and if there is any neglect he receives
a sharp warning from the inspector.
This is the English system of maintain
ing good roads. and it will be necessary
to have siTBilar system in this country
before the roads here will compare with
those of the older country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22

of six posts firmly set in the ground
with two pieces of two by eight lumber
about two feet longer than the hay rack
The crosspieces of the rack must be
fastened very firmly to hold the
weight of the body the pieces slip on
the longitudinal bars. When the con-
trivance is to be used, the top of the
bars should be CREASED. When the rack
is to be taken off, team is driven
through the roadway at n a.. The posts
are just high enough to catch the cross
pieces of the rack and, as the team pro-
ceeds the rack will be lifted until it is all
safely landed Oh the frame. Provision
must be made not to have the body of
the rack fit the holsters of the wagon too
tightly, so that there may be no danger
of breaking in taking it off. In putting
the rack on again. the wagon is backed
into the roadway from b until the end
of the wagon is under the back end or
the rack, then tie the rack to the bolster,
back again and the rack is on.-Amers
lean Agricu1turist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
How. 40 Cultivate Beet..

Beets thrive best in soils that are
rather light and well enriched The
seed should be sown in drills one foot or
fifteen inches apart and one inch deep.
as early as the ground can be worked
When the plants are large enough thin
out to stand six inches apart in rows,
and keep the patch we'll cultivated. An
ounce of seed will sow about so feet OF
drill. and it takes from five TO six
pounds to the acre.-Dakota Field and
Farm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
CALVES FOR THE DAIRY.
l., A. Keene Tells How He Raised Prof
table Animals.

liable Animals
Our method of raising calves intended
for work in the dairy herd commences
with the breeding. We aim to get good
roo1nv animal and depend more on
transmission than upon any special care
in raising But we take good care of
the Young things, for on this depends
largely the future usefulness of the
dairy cow. Care is taken that the pens
are kept clean and well bedded. and sun
light, bright hay and clean water are
supplied
The calves are usually weaned from
their dams when five days old; they
learn TO drink readily at that age. They
are then fed on new or whole milk for
at least one month. from which they
arc changed onto skinned milk. They
are taught to eat oatmeal at a very early
age and they are given all the oats they
will clean up with a little oil-meai added
Al three months old and afterward they
are given a small allowance of corn IN
addition to the oat ration. Thus they
are fed during the first year.
want them in good growing condi-
ton, but they must not get excessively
fat, for bone. muscle and good consti-
tuition, coupled with good strong diges-
ton. are what is wanted in the dairy
cow We are now growing machine
into which we can safely feed our corn
and oats and have it converted into milk
and butter. During the winter of the
second year. having made good growth.
these young heifers are fed all the
bright hay they will eat with two or
three quarts of cut ear corn. Usually
we have sweet corn.
They are bred TO drop their first
calves at IS, to so months old. These
young cows are stabbed by themselves
and carefully handled-in fact. the
| dairy COWS should all be pet coHvs-and
we find them ever ready to convert lib
eral quantities of feed into rich milk.
We keep we'll in mind the fact that they
must now be fed so as to make good
growth as well as good butter--Dakota
Field ard Farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
Another Celebrity.

ADo you see that young woman over
there? Her picture is now being pub
1ished in all the magazines and other
periodicals in the country
Indeed? Who is she? The daugh-
ter of some man who has become prom
inent in politics? Or a celebrated act
ress? Or has she written a successful
story. or"
NO. She is the Tight Fit Corset com
pany's model."-ClevelandL Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
RAISING ASPARAGUS.
some Varieties which Have Given
General Satiafac ton.


\ conveniently-sized bed is about six
feet wide with path two feet wide on
each side. This will require six rows
one foot apart and bed of that width
so feet long will be ample for an ordi-
nary family, requiring about one pound
of seed. 1t will require about three
years from the time of sowing until the
bed is in full bearing, but once estab-
lisl,ed is good for 20 years. 1t should
be sown in drills one foot apart and
when the plants are four or five inches
high they should be thinned out so
that the plants will be nine inches apart
from each other in all the rows. Great
care must be taken for the first year to
keep down all weeds as soon as they
appear, else they will choke up and de-
stroy the young Seeding asparagus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
HOW ENGLISH Is TAUGHT.
Colleges Scored for Their Methods o
Preventing Our Literature.


Probably no educational problem
has ever been attacked with so light a
heart or has accomplished more harm
to real cultivation than what is known
as English in our college depart
ments Under this compendious head
ing is gathered an attempt to teach stu
dents how to use English as tool, how
TO know English as a tongue and how
to appreciate English literature The
practical result, as the study is carried
on in a large number of institutions, is
that the student is Disguised with the
greater monuments of the tongue. &C
quires conceptions of fantastic precis-
ion in its use and learns just enough OF
its philology to leave him with the i'm
preston that he knows something.
Scarcely any of our colleges has really
grasped the necessity of making vivid
TO students the great monuments OF
literature and treating the rest as sub
ordinate. Instead, we have our univer-
sites studying and often giving prizes
for the study of second and fourth rate
authors, which are dug up and writer
about and treated as of consequence
They are as a part of the teXtual
study of the history of literature; they
are not as soul discipline. Life is
short and a college course is shorter
1t is more necessary in it to discipline
a man into admiration of great men
than to give him minute acquaintance
with the facts about small men or the
details of language Neither is there
any path to style so sure, so subtle OF
so easy as that unknown path which the
lion has trod lone-PhifadeIphia Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22

-Ali communications for this paper should
be accompanied by the name Of the author. not
necessarily for publication but as an evidence
Of good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side of the paper. Be particularly
careful In giving names and dates to have tbs
letters and figures plain and distinct.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22
LIFTING HAY RACKS.
A Device That Does Away with Much
Hard Work.

Hard Work.
To facilitate taking off hay racks
from wagons, and to replace them again.
which is frequently connected with n
good deal of unnecessary heavy lifting,
Howard Walton, Yamhill county, Ore,
has devised a continuance, a sketch OF
which is given herewith, which works
practically automatically, without any
Il Dor whatsoever. 1t consists merely
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22

Travelling through Osceola. Mo-, on
his way to a fairer country, with his
possessions in a big wagon, a dis
gruntled citizen displayed on the sides
OF the van this device: I'm God We
Trusted; in Missouri We Busted"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
BUSINESS CHANCEs-Continued.

mo SELL YOUR BUSINESS QUICK FOR
/ cash see STRAND q RICHARDS, Ills Mar
ket st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

TIRsT-CLAss GERMAN SECOND GIRL DE-
I sires situation; good seamstress. MISS Gull
LEN 1913 Suffer st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE.

CWEDISH UPSTAIRS GIRL; FIRsT-CLASS
= waitress and seamstress: years IL la ST place.
MRS. NORTON, 3l5 Suffer ST.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

TLDERLY WIDOW, PROTESTANT, INFANT
T. nurse or care invalid. temperate and
reliable, or light keeping in widower's house
where there arr no half grown children; good plain
COOK; good butter-maker; references; city or
country. Address Advertiser, box l35, San Mateo;
Will be al address ! week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
R~ BAY CITY TRANSFER CO., REMOVED
Es~S 244 TO SIl15 Suffer Trunks delivered, 25c
EP BAD TENANTS ELECTED FOR 81;
E~S rolectio ns made: city or country PACING
Collection Co. Ais Montgy 81: room o: tel. b6SO.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

YOUNG FRENCH WIDOW, AMIABLE AND
i accom- lished, wants position as housekeeper:
bachelor or widower's home; city or country
Room 2, 1909 Geary st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

IL good cook; light housewoIk; plain washing /;
kind to children: moderate wages; city or short
distance In county. 2712 Fourth ST., over florist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
HELP wANrED-Contfnu.a.

GAMP WAITER, $40 AND FOUND; Cal
~ to-day, sunday. ~ o'clock. MURRAY
READY, 6S4 CLAW ST
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

T ADY, QUIET AND INDUSTRIOUS, WANTS
Il position as housekeeper any position of
trust: care invalid or elderly couple; teach chill
dren ENGLISH, French, sewing; terms moderate.
box 80. Call Branch Office, 339 Il ayes st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

A MEXICAN LADY OF % WISHES POSI-
~ ton as working housekeeper In widower's
home: care of children; refined home more than
WAGES. H, box 20, Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

YOUNG AN D ATTRA GIVE GERMAN GIRL
l. desires to secure a housrkeeper's position in
hotel; widower's or bachelors home preferred.
223 Post St., room IL, second floor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

PHYSICIAN WANTED 10 LOCATE IN
l. thriving mining district. Apply I'll Powell It,
room 10.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

A MEXICAN WOMAN WISHES TO DO
n washing, ironing and housekeeping; 81 day
and car fare. Isl Folsom.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
DENTISTS.

FULL SET OF TEETH, SIS; PAINLESS
~ extraction: see new com bina ton plate:
thinnest, iightest coolest plate made: warranted
~ years: filings. Soc; u.s. So so lady assist
ant. CHICAGO DLNTAL PARLORS, "a Sixth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

OO01 MISSION, ROOM 1-POSTFIoN AS
OOU2 housekeeper nurse.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
AGENTS WANTED.

I ADY AND GENT CANVASSER RS: CALL
II after 10 A.. NJ, room 500 Parrot building.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

R% ANNUAL MEETING-THE REG ULAR
kS annual meeting of stockholders OF the
Hutchinson sugar Plantation Company Will be
held at the Office of the company, 327 Market ST.
San ! rancisco, Californ a on TUESDAY y. the 11th
day of May, 1897, at the hour of IL O'Clock A NJ,
for the purpose of electing board OF dire tors 10
serve for the ensuing year and the transaction OF
such other business as may come before the meet,
ing. Transfer books will close Friday, Aprll 81
at O'clock p NJ r, H. SHELDON, ecretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

VOUNG LADY WANTS POSITION FOR
Il secondwork; best of references; wages $40
716 O'FarTell st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

WANTED - POSITION AS COVERINGS
w during he summer months by a Stanford stu
dent. Addr IS NJ. H., stanford University.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04

again, and finally, on May 4, 1850. in
the second great confagration, that
being the very day upon which it W as
completed.
While the name was literally legion
OF the Italian osteries, German wirth.
schafts, French cabrets, Spanish firidas.
Chinese chow.chows. American, Eng
lish and other restaurants, at every
one of which prices were charged that
would stagger the rich and well kept
habitues OF the palace Of today, the so
called first stop hotels were neither
conspicuous in dimensions nor numer-
Gus, "Top high water" mark was sup.
posed to have been reached when the
Ward House was B6ilt and opened, in
the autumn Of 1S49. 1t was situated on
Clay street, opposite the middle Of the
plaza, and, although then regarded as
an inspiring and luxurious affair, would
today hardly pass for third rate beer
saloon. 1t was the favorits place of
resort and indulgence for the life of
that day, however, Francisco
Chronicle.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04
just One Thing

is cured by DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey.
1t cures that every time. That one
thing is Inflammation of the mucous
membranes of the lungs, bronchial
tubes and throat, coughs colds, chest
troubles, Group, catarrh of the head or
throat, cold in the head, ''lagrippe. :"
asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough,
sore throat, loss of voice or hoarseness
are all due to inflammation OF the mu-
cons membranes. DR.. Bell 3 Pine Tar
Honey is quick, sure and safe cure
for this particular class of complaints.
1t IL pleasant to take. Children like 1t
and will ask for it. 1t is harmless. 1t
is made from pine, tar and honey. Old
folks know that these are good, harm
less medicines. In DR.. Bells Pine Tar
Honey they are combined by new aud
scientific methods with vegetable
plants, giving them remarkable medi-
cinal value. DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
will not cure. consumption. 1t will
ward it of In its incipiency and give
relief and comfort 10 its later stages.
There isn't another cough remedy on
the market that does not claim to cure
consumption. Such claim is ri.
diculous falsehood. Put no depend
ence in remedies that need a lie to sell
them. DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey is
put up in 25c and 81 bottles. If the
druggist does not keep 1t, 1t will be
sent upon receipt Of price by the E. e.
Sutherland Medicine Co., sole manu-
facturers. Fountain Park, Paducah,
KY. There Is no other remedy ''just
as good" When druggist says so, he
is thinking of his profits and not Of
your welfare. II is household ne
cessity.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04
LITERARY NOTES.

With five delightful stories in the
August Cosmopolitan. one might Judge
that 1t was intended solely for light
reading In midsummer, but a second
glance shows that ii contains as we'll
much Of serious interest. The second
paper by the special commissioner sent
by The Cosmopolitan to India tells
tale, the like Of which has never before
appeared in any periodical. We have
in histories second hand accounts of
great famines, but they lack that start.
ling distinctness which comes from be.
holding at first hand the sights de-
scribed. Twenty millions OF people
slowly starving to death, many OF them
In sight Of the railways. No American
can form any idea of the state of at
fairs now existing In India. Mr.. Haw-
thorne has gone into the interior and
stood amongst the dead and dying. It
is the first time that we have had an
American investigation OF the condi-
tion Of affairs in India, The report
will open the eyes not only of the civil
lied world, but Of the English Parlia-
ment and the Queen herself to the ne.
cessity of extraordinary exertion in
behalf of these unfortunate millions.
President Dwight, Of Yale, furnishes
this months consideration of the ques-
tion, docs Modern College Education
Educate in the Broadcast and Most Lib.
eral Sense of the Termp" A charming
ly illustrated and charmingly written
article on "Japan's Stage and Greatest
Actor" by Robert P. Porter; the sec,
ond part Of LIE Gallienne's New Rem.
dering of the Rubaiyat:ili~a sketch Of
that most wonderful crusader Godfrey
de Bouillon, und new poem by Bret
Harte are also part of the contents Of
this August Cosmopolitan.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04

the horseman we'll up the plain OF
Waimea, region keenly inspiring to
every sense. Here the air, save for
shorty rain season, is clear and quite
sharp with occasional frosts. Over the
mountain side roam immense herds of
cattle and wild horses; the pursuit of
these is the chief occupation of natives
and of whites whose noble muscular
development is clearly the effect of
lawful tonic in the mode of life.
On island Maui, at an elevation OF
four thousand feet, is belt OF large
sugar plantations. In these little
worlds of varied industrial require
ments hospitality is generously dis
pensed. Here the climate is ideally de-
sufficiently cool, while yet
no frosts nor chilling winds are ever
known. Through admirably irrigated
grass tracts multitudes of violets ap.
peal, with many another flower and
fruit of New England, growing at
peace with their tropio born comrades.
Perhaps nowhere else out of doors will
so varied collection OF plants thrive
From Hawaiian Island Climate. by
G. F. Nichols, NJ. D., in American
Monthly Review of Reviews for Au.
gust.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04
A Missing Brother.

The only passenger who got off the
evening train at Jackson 3 Valley came
up to the shanty hotel, in front Of
which dozen of US were sitting after
supper. Taking vacant chair and
lighting his pipe, he said to the post.
master next to him:
About six weeks ago my brother
Ben started from Laurel Hill for this
place. He got here all right, but
can't find what became of him after
wards. Hev you hung anybody
lately?"
I'VE are hanging somebody every
three or four days." replied the post.
master. Lets see. This is Tuesday.
| think we hung chap last Friday.
Yes. know we did,
IF my brother Ben was hung it was
several weeks ago. Ben was big fell
low, with sort Of bumped back, and
be had sort o roar in his voice when he
spoke "
Would he give us any excuse to
hang himY"
VI think he would. Bein in strange
town, and wantin' to show off, he'd go
around bluffin' everybody. Brother
Ben is great on the bluff"
but would he shoot or do anything
OF that sort2" asked the postmaster.
VI never knowed him to, but he
might Bluff was his great holt, but
it's jest possible that he might hev
shot at somebody to back 1t up. Try
and think If you hung him."
Let's see-let's. Big man-big voice
bumped back-great hand to bluff.
Did his toes turn inp"
"Y,s, they did,"
And when he roared he sort O.
winked one eyer"
That's Ben to dot"
1.-TWO front teeth gone, and scar on
his cheeky"
Exactly. You must hev seen bi other
Ben."
Eyes, have. We hung that man
five or six weeks ago, and his grave ia
up on the hill. He bluffed around here
for three or four days, and was finally
ordered off. He didn't go, and so we
hung him.
"And did he die easyp" asked the
strange.
"Purty easy, If remember right"
"Hev much to sayY"
mot much. Said he'd like to see
his brother Jim once more, I think"
That's me. So he's hung and
buried, eh?"
"Yes, hung and buried. No hare
feelings l hope9"
"Oh. none tall. I was jest inquiriD
yon know, and bein satisfied that /
was my brother Ben, and bein willin
to believe that the burned kuss deserv
ed what he got, guss I'll 40 In ant
get some supper and then jog aloni
back"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04
Rryan,s Rlarney.

Mr.. Bryan is giving the silver Repub.
licans out West great chunks of taffy
to catch their support in 1900. At o
banquet given to him by the silver
Republican club of Los Angeles, CAL,
Tuesday night, Mr.. Bryan is quoted as
saying that he used to think that all
good was contained in the Democratic
party and all bad in the Republican
party, but latterly he had seen so
many good Republicans he had chang
ed his opinion. He wanted to give the
silver Republicans the front rank In
the battle now being waged. II Mr..
Bryan truckles around in this fashion
to the broken ends and misfit frag-
ments of parties till 1900, he won't
know where he Is at" himself by that
time. e.-McMinnville Standard.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04

Charles A. Conant, of the New York
Journal of Commerce. contributes to
the American Monthly Review of Re.
views for August an admirable expo.
sition Of the new t..riff law. His article
is intended to tell the business man
what he may expect from the opera
tion OF the new schedules So much of
the newspaper discussion of the Ding.
ley bill has been warped by partisan
ship that the ordinary citizen is at a
loss to know the real animus of the
measure or its probable bearings on in
dividual and general interest Mr.. Co,
nant writes with moderatian and can.
dor; his article is calculated to enlight
ed the public on topic that requires
first OF all impartiality in treatment.