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Mass 14th. 229 16 10th st II. .1OO. 90
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Fer SALE-OR RENT-SUMMER HOMES AT
Chevy Chase, Somerset Heights, Garret Park
Kensington, &e. Select before spring opens:
e to $50 per mo. MILES FULLER. 5Oa 1ith.
5aSo-0
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

FOR RIsNT-REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS AT THE
REMINGTON OFFICE; modern machine; perfect
condition guaranteed. with stand; delivered free
In city; month applies purchase OF new
when directly following rental.
WYCKOFF. SEAMANS & BENEDICT.
de1a-tf Cor. 9Th and
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

sRIGHTwOOD PARK-A CLIENT IN NEED OF
money authorizes me to sell at sacrifice price n
beautiful corner lot, lOOS1J0 feet, In Bright wood
fark, two blocks Of ears: water and gas; 81 $50
cash: balance for term Of years.
fei3t HERBERT A. GILL 1919 + ST NV
tOk SAlE-BROokLAND. DC, 2-STY. B.-w.
frame: porches. well and city water; 2-story
stable; q 80 feet In lot: for 81 500: $500 cash.
bal IN nve years; must sell. Address RARE
CHANCE. Star office fe3-3ts
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WANTED-ROOMS.

WAN ED-ALL PERSONS HAVING FAMILY HO-
tells. boarding houses respectable private homes
with r,snls for rent kindly call Room Is Loan
and Trust building. de:l Sws
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER.

will cut; eight-inch plank should DO.
Mortise three crosspieces of two by
four into top OF runners. Nail boards
on cross ties to make platform 80
inches wide and nearly six feet long
Get a good steel knife and make it very
sharp, say % inches long and five inches
wide. Bevel the edge from the bot
tom or underside. Have a rod made
with an eye in the center and curved.
in order to fasten either end to run
ner and hitch a horse in the center.
This rod should be of one-hah inch
round iron, and long enough to work
nicely, as shown at a. Bore hole in
platform or runner, and put in stake
about six inches high Cb) even across
of the same size, but 20 inches high.
on the right side Of platform near the
edge, and 81 inches from the front of
platform ID. Take a rod of five-eighth-
inch iron 81 inches long and weld a
piece of fat iron one-haf inch thick
and eight inches long to the end of it,
bolt the fat piece to platform Q3 inches
from center to back of PLATFORM. and
bend the rod forward II inches above
the platform. as in e. Bend the rod so
as TO have it extend out over the edge
of the platform, over and back of the
knife CHI, then bend the rod in so as
TO extend about two inches over the
platform at the center two by four
cross brace (f). From there bend the
rod out to G. Be sure to have it carry
the same height all the time.
The bends in the rod are made in
order to bring in the corn and lay it
across the platform without the help
of a man. In this way the danger of
standing over the knife is averted.
Nail small stick something like a
lath from top of stake d to the out
side runner few inches ahead of the
knife Bolt the knife to platform
about 20 inches from back part of plat
form with two bolts, and have the knife
slant back considerably. put a scrap
piece of two-inch plank under the plat
form at C and b, to make the platform
more solid where the large rod and
knife were bolted fast. The large rod
from q to should be with bends so
inches long. Directly across it is 4s
inches. thus using two inches for bends.
The large rod is outside of stake d
about five inches. Hitch on quiet horse.
hang the lines on d and ride on rear
of platform, and when a large pile of
corn is cut and laid across the sled.
stop and shock it up.-Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02

He walked to the library door and en-
tered-the door of his uncle's room
stood open.
There stands the bedstead as it stood
that night when-when I killed my
uncle. The bloody sheet, blankets and
mattress have been removed There's
where Angus stood, right opposite my
UNCLE; there I stole in behind and
struck the blow. All! what's that !?
blood! blood on the carpet yet? Harl!
that scream! it was in the bathroom
there is nothing there; am very fool.
I must leave the house before lose
my head. What's that?-a portrait,
and with its face reversed. Mine! mine
again! There's something wrong
everything is wrong. Could he. muir
dered man, do that? Away with such
an idea! Herbert Lathrop, be a mani"
He closed and locked the house and
proceeded to the dock of the Sunshine.
which he boarded for home.
He was seated in the cabin when
Capt: Harper entered.
"You are not looking well, Mr.. La
throp. A planters life can't agree with
you. Come, try the brandy on the side
board here
Thanks, captain, believe will.
have been having chills."
"Whiskey and quinine, and plenty of
it, is the only remedy I know of for
Cape Fear chills. By the way, Angus
Bruce seems to be giving the whole
coast chills. 1 suppose you read of his
latest exploits?''
Eyes, read of them. You must see
his mother and sister sometimes go
Seldom, but sometimes meet them
on the street.
81 suppose they are in great distress"
Strange. but from appearances one
would not imagine that they were
crushed, though of course they are in
trouble; but they bear up well. They
will not speak of their troubles with
anyone. lobe, the niger cook, is
around as lively as ever; one would
think that the course of Angus was not
SO much of a surprise to his own FAM
lily"
STRANGE" thought Herbert, land a
large sum offered for his head. think
I must send Mag to Smithville.''
Herbert left the Sunshine at Orion
landing and arrived home just at dusk.
fro BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE CORN HARVEST.
LabOr-SavinE Devices Have Made II
Gathering Easy.

Labor-savinK Devices Have Made Its
Gathering Easy.
Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stocks OF
IL to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the shred
der. Farmers who cannot afford the
latest and improved machinery. OF who
have small areas of corn, cut by sled
as illustrated below, or by hand cutter
The armfuls thus cut have to be tied
in bundles. various materials being
used for this purpose, some using two
or three cornstalks, others small
handful of long, strong straw, swamp
grass or willows. But whether cut by
improved machinery or by hand cut
ter, the large bundles. shocks or stocks
have to be securely fastened to with
stand the fall wind and storms.
To make a corn cutter, as portrayed
herewith, make a platform with run
ners six feet long and two inches thick;
the higher the runners the higher it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
SHE FOOLED HIM.
Married the Deacon and Became Sw<

Married the Deacon and Became Sweet
Tempered.
Deacon" said the man who had been
his lawyer for years, according to the
Detroit Free Press" Il take the liberty
of an old friend and advise you not to
marry Miss Nancy Clawman. It may Of
:end you, deacon, but I'm too loyal not
to speak right out. She's a shrew, a
termagant, veritable Xantippe. She'll
make hell on earth for you"
THAT mote be. amt eNpectin' much
from her. so she can't disappoint me
much. But pears to me that fur man
that's been a pillar in the church nigh
onter so years that my burdens has been
TOO light. The river of life has r1n too
smooth fur me. / amt had no serius
trials and tribulations. / can't see no
credit in bein' Christian under them
there circumstances. Eff L kin bear up
with a partner like Nancy, keepiE' faith
an doin' my duty, I calkalate / will a
been tested an not found wantin'."
why, deacon, you have a Mark Tap
ley disposition. But have entered my
protest and [ can do no more. If you
really want to be tried by fire I can con-
ceive of no better opportunity"
The deacon had an abundance of such
| advice from well-meaning friends, but
despite it the wedding come off. Then
ears were pricked and tongues sharp
end with view of startling Develop
ments confidently expected. They were
sure that the deacon would not only be
henpecked, but clawed, jawed and made
| a slave of. But they were disappointed.
Nancy proved a tender, loving and duti-
| full wife. Her sour visage was trans
| formed into a pleasant, smiling face.
Where her voice used to disturb the air
| like a cross-cut saw it was soft and
sweet. The deacon was surprised if not
disappointed. But it was all explained
| to him and no one else.
| Deacon" said Nancy. I'm not
takin' much credit to myself for be-
havin'. but I'll keep it up to the end. ]
heerd about that Xantippe business,
and L looked it up. You thought you
would marry me and then put up with
my tantrums. You was goin' to use my
Shortcomings to help you into Heaven.
I was to be the female terror and you
the wise and patient Socrates. Well
deacon, I jist fooled you and all the rest
| of 'em. You can't make no cross out O.
me an then git the recordin' angel N
| give you credit for carryin' it,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02

told them, if he did, that negro's oath
would not save him-even if Mag could
save him, she would not do it. if in doing
it she had to condemn me; perhaps it
would be best to send her down, and
find the drift of their sentiments.
ST can trust her. That was a master
stroke, thinking about hunting up her
children-at least will think of it.
When Mag heard her master ascend
the stairs and close his door, she sunk
on her knees before the fire.
''Marster! ole marster! do you think
Mag is forget-no, honey, Mag amt for
get, but Mag can't z'actly see her way
clear. You can rest easy, though, Hars-
ter, for the woman that would have been
my misses if you had lived, will never be
my misses now. Since Angus Bruce
turned pirate, marster, don't know
how I'll bring Herbert Lathrop to jestis,
but I'll do it. marster, I'll do tiff a
nigger's oath won't count. niger can
cut, and shoot and kill. Herbert Iathrop
thinks his soft talk bout huntin' my
chillen bought Mag over. Don't you be-
lieve it, marster! don't you believe it! I
don't want my chillen to belong to u
murderer. I'll member, marster; Til
member! and HERBERT La throp shall be
brought to jestis.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
ua,nta,ntne the stana.ra.

One of the causes of the deterioration
Of hocks of poultry is the practice of
selling OF the cid hens and using pull
lets. Pullets will probably lay more
eggs than will hens-the first year, blu.
chicks Matched from eggs laid by pull
lets are not as strong and vigorous as
those produced from eggs laid by hens.
It is also less expensive to retain the
hens than to feed the pullets a whole
year before they are old enough TO lay
Hens are seryiceabie until five years
old, and sometimes longer. the stock
being less liable to disease and loss of
vigor if cocks Is months old and hens
over two years old are used for breed
ing purposes instead OF pullets that are
mated with cockerels.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
HINTS FOR eEEkEEeERs.s

Shade the hives when the weather is
warm.
Put starters of thin foundation in the
section boxes.
Look out for robbers when the har-
vest becomes scarce. 9
Eastwood is the greatest honey pro-
Queer while in bloom.
Remove all frames filed with brood
from the brood chamber.
Put the honey in the driest, warmest
room about the house.
If exposed to cold or dampness honey
will granulate in the cells.
Strong colonies at the proper time in
sure a good honey harvest.
If you work for extracted be care
full not to extract too close.
A little pine tar smeared on board
viii drive ants from the hive.
A weak solution of carbolic acid and
salt is good remedy for bee stings.
Where the honey is extracted a large
number of extra combs are necessary.
The only way to keep droDes for any
length of time Is to keep shem in
queenless colonies.-St. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
WORD OF ADVICE

It's the. custom to pirate of the sadness,
The sins and the sorrows OF life;
But I'd rather speak of the giadness
And beauty with which 1t is rife;
For the darkest of clouds has it's lining,
The hardest of labor brings sleep:
Meath the rocks there is gold for the
mining,
And pearls may be found in the deep.
Is 1T better to sip of life's nectar,
Or purposely drink Of its gall?
Would you willingly walk with q speoter,
If angels would come at your call?
Would you rather have sunshine and light
ness,
Or darkness and gloom in your dreams?
AS for me, would cherish the brightness
With which the whole universe teens.
Look around and behold the earth's glory
The mountain, the river and plain:
For they tell US an exquisite story,
The burden of Natures refrain.
How the Father of love, in His kindness,
Has given US more than we know;
Though we throw 1t aside in our blindness
And reap Of the pain which we SOW.
But, to harvest the best of lifes treasure,
One lesson must early be learned.
That we give to each other measure
OF what our best efforts have earned.
Then. my children, pray you be ready
To search, as you go, for the flowers.
And to share what you have with the
needy,
For thus you'Iehave blessings in showers.
"A. z. Ross. in N. Y. Independent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
"Call the officers! Call the officers.

'CaII the ofhcerS! Gall the omcers!
'Scoundreli>
"Ah! you are after me! Slam the
doori Slam the doorI Now watch
there he goes, now for the sheriff!
what, Bruce! a pirate-Black Beard
and 100000 for his headi Better;
better yet. I hope he'll soon be killed,
killed dead-dead men can't talk.
81 am planter. own Kendall. You
say, squire, that Clara will be my wife Z?
Why, that's what I've worked for. To
obtain her hand was one of the objects
that caused me to stain my hands with
but no, Bruce did that!
Clarence and Fannie marry the same
day, October 10.
whats that, Mag? Me marry the
sister of Agnes Bruce? You're crazyi
Why, he killed my unclei
''No, you, you! Herbert Lathrop!
Mag. Mag, never say that again;
some one might hear you. It's said
that walls have ears. I'll buy your
children and your husband, and any
thing you want, but don't say that
again.
$50 to Smithville and see what the
mother and sister of Bruce say? Well,
Mag, we'll see about that have faith
in you, for you expect me to restore
your children, and I'll do it, Mag, I'll 90
it. wonder if Tom Hill is all right.
''Ah, the 10th of October is here.
Now, it is night and we will walk in
at the chapel door; there is the priest
in his white robes, and there is Clara
leaning on her fathers arm. How
beautiful she is-here is Fannie on my
arm. What! Clarence and my cousin
first? That's well. Why, now they
are man and wife, and Clara and
stand before the altar.
''Who is that! Who is that! What.
Black Beard? Seize the murderer of
JOHN Lloyd! What. me! Help! help!''
And from, the bed leaped Herbert again,
his eyes staring and his whole frame
qual<ing.
THANK Godi Thank Godi it's day
light. Not for the world would close
my eyes again. I must send Mag to
Smithville; I can't stand this. Ye
gods, I am Whiter than these walls.
What! eight o'clock? Had I walked at
the usual time. I would have been spared
half of that horrid dream. Why, can
hardly stand, and am wringing wet.
Aunt Mag! Aunt Mag! keep your idle
thoughts at home.''
When Herbert entered the dining
room Fannie was seated at the table.
Good morning, Fannie"
Good morning, cousin; why. how like
a ghost you look. Are you ill?"
"I am not well, Fannie, and rested
poorly. L am going to Wilmington to-
day to see DIR. Davis; do you wish to
go?"
''No, Herbert, ] don't wish to see the
place soon, and yet have spent many
happy hours there, when my dear
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
WOMEN AS FARMERS.
Peculiar Scheme to BE InauEurated
by q Nebraska Woman.

Peculiar Scheme to BE lnauGurareu
by q Nebraska Woman
Mrs. Hattie y. Bemis, of Arabia.
Neb., does not see why women should
not be successful as farmers, and an
nounces that she is going to try the
experiment if she can get dozen
women to assist her. She owns a large
tract of land in northwestern Nebraska
which she says she intends to give to
u deserving widows of northwestern
farmers. In return she will require
them to cultivate it without mans as
sistance. She says she will start them
out with all the machinery they need.
sufficient supply of cattle, horses.
swine and poultry to serve as a nest
egg. and money to last them until the
first harvest can be disposed of. She
admits that the climate is dry. but pro-
poses to instruct her wards in the OPP
Grafton of a system of soil culture by
which method experiments have proved
the rainfall of the section is sufficient
to insure bountiful crops. The near
est the women will be allowed to come
to dealings with men is to sell the crops
to them. II Mrs. Bemis ever learns
that a man has been employed about
the premises the farms will revert to
her. Any member o. the community
who marries will also forfeit her title
to a share in the Chicago
Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
Good News from sft..o,rr

Robert Cornwell. a Barton county
(Mo.) farmer, living near Golden City,
after numerous experiments. thinks he
has succeeded in developing 3 potato
that will grow without vines. hey
grow entirely under ground, and will
do away with the fear of potato bugs,
son, not to mention the damage they
do. A field planted with the vineless
potato may be worked with the ordi-
nary harrow. Should the new potato
prove to be good producer. as Mr..
Cornwen hopes, it is likely to super.
sede the present variety.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02

father was alive. What a very fiend
one must be to murder a defenseless
old man. Why, father never would
have dreamed that he stood in danger
from Angus Bruce"
His infatuatiou for Miss Hill made
him desperate said Herbert. ''He
could not bear that other than him
self should possess her hand"
At one o'clock Herbert was in Will
nington. Tae principal theme of con-
verSation there seemed to be Black
Beard and his exploits, among the
latest being the Beaufort and Balti-
more episodes.
The Mary Lockett. an incoming YES
sci with funds to buy cotton, had been
oyerhauled Is miles from the inlet, and
after seven Of her crew had been slain,
the pirates plundered her, securing a
large amount of money, and although
no man nswering the description of
Black Beard was seen among those
who boarded and plundered her, the
pirates vessel was a two-mast schooner,
and it was generally conceded that
Black Beard was her master.
The Sydney &. Jones, another cotton
carrying craft. three weeks overdue. it
was claimed had been plundered by the
pirates, and with her entire crew sent
to the bottom of the ocean.
1t wac argued that the days of Black
Beard must be drawing to a close, I'M
less he at once abandon the Carolina
coast.
His crew, it was estimated, numbered
100 men, and was said to be composed of
fugitives from justice, ex-convicts and
runaway slaves.
a steamer was fitted out in the harbor,
which would soon leave in quest of the
pirates.
Herbert visited the old home of his
uncle, which had not been entered since
he had taken Fannie to Kendall; the
furniture and the belongings of the
house had not been removed, and every
thing seemed familiar.
He went up to his old room, there
stood the half-empty bottle of brandy,
| from which he had drank that night.
He turned a glass, and drank it down,
| then he passed into his cousins room ;
| there suspended from the wall hung a
| painting of his uncle; he glanced at it
| but once, and left the room; next he
passed down the stairway, and at the
bottom hesitated-
'Why should I go there? Pshawi
I'm nervous Why should I not? am I q
| coward 2'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
Failed But Once.

Don't be afraid. Come right in-my
wife's out. Have a little somethingf
Here's nice quality of old
Good heavens. man, you've got the
wrong bottle! Look at that label:
Don't you see it's marked 'Poisonl'
''Oh, that's ali right. That saves Ii
from the hired girl. My own invention,
you know. Clever, isn't it? Never
failed but once"
sHow was that?'
Hired girl couldn't rend."-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
HIeH-cLAss POULTRY
Why the Progressive Farmer WIZ
Raise No Other Kind.

Why the Progressive Farmer Wig
Raise No Other Kind.
No man has a better chance to keep
high-class poultry than the farmer He
has unlimited range for them. and this
is conducive to health and best results
in rearing the young. He produces at
first cost every necessary food product
that goes to keep a flock during the
year, and no one who desires to pur-
chase eggs for Matching would ever buy
of breeder who keeps his fowls penned
up If he knew where he could get eggs
from farm-kept fowls.
There is just as good market for
high-class poultry as there is for
poultry for market, and the demand is
always good for good stock. The farmer
who keeps this kind of poultry has two
chances to make money. His flock viii
be profitable as an investment at mar
ket prices, and he will make many sales
without effort at much above market
prices.
1t is no trouble at all, as the writer
knows from experience. to get from so
cents to one dollar a dozen for eggs
from high-class hens during the hatch
ing season, and even at the smaller price
there is an immense profit in the bust
ness.
With the better care that Is always
given TO good stock comes a greater re-
turn in eggs and meat for the feed used,
and here is an additional profit on the
transaction.
There is no excuse in these days that
justifies any farmer in allowing his
flock of hens 10 remain mongrels. Tbs
man who does this is standing in his
own light and does not live up to his
opportunities. 1t does not need fancy
houses. elaborate systems of yards nor
extraordinary skill in breeding 10 make
a success with fine poultry. Plain, hard
common sense, such as is needed te
raise good crops and conduct any farm
successfully, is better than any number
of nice theories which are of no practic.
al value.-Farmers' Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
THE STING OF A BEE
t Is . Very Complicated and Deis-

1t Ii . Very Complicated and Delft
cate Structure.
The organ of defense which worker
bees possess is very complicated
structure. The sting is composed of
two highly polished. sharp hollows
spears or lancets, B B, and an awl, A, as
portrayed in the cut, held firmly to-
gether by projections 7 on the central
one, which fit into grooves T on the
sides of the other two. These 1ancets
lying together form a tube between
Them The central lance A, sometimes
called the sheath, is larger than the
others and has cylindrical reservoir s
at its base which connects with ethe
poison sac c, by the tube NJ, and below
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-02
STRUCTURE OF A BEES STING.

by slit with the tube made by the join
ing of the three lancets. The smaller
lancets, B B, have at their bases peculiar
valves, E E. Their points are barbed.
q L, in the sectional drawing, which
also shows the tube in the lancet, and
the openings, o o, connecting the tuba
with the exterior. These barbs catch
and hold, causing the sting to be left
in when it is used. The poison is driven
through the openings and through fE<e
tube formed by the lance. into the OBJ
ject stung. This poison is an acid fluid
which the bee secrets and stores in the
sac c. Being acid an alkali, as am
monia or soda. will neutralize it and
help to allay the pain and swelling
Farm and Home