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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

science and in the mechanical indus
tries connected with it as fairly TO rev.
oiutionize the entire art of war. Should
European conflict break out to-day, the
campaigns would be conducted in al
most as different fashion from those
OF '61 as the latter differed from the mil
itary engagements of chivalry.
In our country the ciamor for coast
defcnses was needed during Cleveland's
first administration.
The building of men-of-war has since
been undertaken on a large scale and
our navy to-day is far more efficient
than most people Imagine. On the Pa
c:fic coast, San Francisco has been pro-
vided with as thorough Notifications as
any European city could desire. and
the Columbia river at Portland, Ore,
has also been well fortified. Guns are
now building for the Boston harbor.
which is already fortified, and these will
be so arranged that 1872 projecti!es filled
with dynamite may be simultaneously
showered upon a hostile feet. Quite a
number of cities on the Atlantic coast
are in a position to rebuff the largest
fleet that John Bull and Alphonso to-
gether could send across the Atlantic.
So far as the excellence of army
equipments is concerned, the United
States is fully the equal of European
powers. In fact, it is generally adj
mitted that we are making the best
rifles in the world, while in the manu-
facture of large pieces for army serv-
ice Germany alone can claim to be q
rival. and none our superior. Nearly all
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
COW PEA CULTURE.
Can Be Grown on Any Soil That Is
Not Too Wet,

The bunch varieties are the ones
which are best adapted to growing for
hay or ensilage, while the runners and
trailers are valuable for soiling purposes
or for turning under as green manure.
The length of season required for ma
turity also varies greatly, the bunch
varieties, as a rule, requiring only u
very short season. The feeding value
of cow peas, either green fed as hay, or
preserved as ensilage, is very high, be-
ing considerably above that of red
clover. Cow peas require a deep, rich,
sandy loan, although, because of their
strong root system, they are adapted to
grow upon almost any soil which is not
too wet. The ground should be well
prepared and the seed should not be
sown until the soil is thoroughly
warmed. Cow peas, by the means OF
the tubercles On the roots, gather large
amounts of nitrogen from the air, and
also pump up large amounts of valu-
able mineral fertilizers from the sub
soil. When the stubb1e is plowed IN
der after the crop has been removed,
these valuable fertilizing elements
potash, nitrogen and phosphoric acid
are left in the surface soil for the use
of succeeding crops. At the Rhode
Island experiment station the total
crop of green vines per acre was 35,-
600 pounds. containing 157 pounds OF
nitrogen. 1o91A pounds of potash, and
31.2 pounds of phosphoric acid, and the
additional quantity estimated to be con-
tanned in the roots was 1734 pounds OF
nitrogen, 10 pounds of potash and SIS
pounds phosphoric acid. - Jared G.
Smith, in Farm News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
WATERFOWL ARSENAL.
Where Uncle Sam Makes Ammu-
milton for Large Arms.
The Manufacture of Gun Barrels and
PrOjectiles Demands the Utmost
Precision andNicety-TheL Latest
Disappearing Carriages.
Especial Boston Letter. |

Especial Boston Letterl
There is an old Latin proverbs Wis
pacem pare bellum, IF you want peace
prepare for war;"
1t has not been until very recently
that our country has come to realize
the truth OF this saying. For 20 years
after the close of the civil war, the
American people Stunned every act.
legislative or administrative, that might
suggest bloodshed. The terrible fury
of that four-year conflict and the sad
fact realized by all that it was a fight
or brother against brother combined
to effect an almost morbid disgust for
anything suggestive of militarism.
In Europe, on the other hand. the two
decades following the close of the
Franco-Prussian war in 1871 were so
fruitful of developments in military
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
CLOVER AND SLOWER.
Two Feeds That Work Together with
Excellent Results.

Excellent Results.
It is only natural to expect that a
farmer who is progressive and eco
nomical in one department of his
work will be equally progressive in an
other. Farmers who are raising clover
are the ones who are most likely to test
the value of shredded fodder. And we'll
may they, for they two work together
with excellent results. In referring to
corn fodder generally and in COMPARE
son with other cattle foods, writer in
The Breeders Gazette says:
On every corn farm there should be
grown as many acres of clover as corn.
An average crop of corn fodder is 21a
tons per acre. An average crop of clover
hay is ~ tons. Corn fodder costs in the
barn about $3.50 per ton. Glover hay
about the same. y ton of a mixture of
slower and clover hay then costs $3.50.
Timothy hay has sold readily at the
barn for some years at ten dollars and
upward. If a ton of the clover and
stover mixed, half and half, is equal to
a ton of timothy hay for growing colts,
cattle or sheep, the long neglected corn
stalk, mixed with the hay of our reno
waiting crop, becomes very valuable
article. Experiments which we have
not space to repeat have shown that one
ton of slower and clover, half and half,
will produce as much growth on steers
as one ton of timothy hay. AS timothy
sells for ten dollars per ton at our barn
then the ton of slower and clover is
worth ten dollars, or four times as much
as it costs us in the barn. If timothy is
worth ten dollars a ton to feed steers,
the mixture of slower and clover must
be worth the same. But the fact is
timothy is not worth that amount for
feeding steers, since we have as good a
feed for growth that can be produced
for half that timothy will sell for. Corn
stover then has so much value that we
| cannot afford to feed timothy hay and
| let the cornstall1s go to waste.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
MAI. JAMES W. REILLEY. U. s. A

the supplies are made by the govern
ment at its manufacturing arsenais.
The navy has establishments at Wash
ington, New York, Norfolk, Va. and
Mare Island, Cal. The army's manu-
featuring arsenals are five in number.
One located at Springfield, Mass,
makes the infantry rifles; another at
Rock Island, ILL.,, manufactures excIu-
sively the horse equipments for cavalry
and artillery; the barrels of artillery
guns are manufactured at Watervliet
arsenal. West Troy, n. Y; frankfort
arsenal, near Philadelphia, supplies the
ammunition for small arms, and the
gun carriages, as well as the ammuni-
ton for large arms, are turned out at
Watertown, near Boston.
j visited the last-named place this
morning. Il is in charge of Mai.
James William Reilly, who was sent
there on February L. 1892, when the
capacity of the arsenal was first in
creased from that of a small shop to
that of a gigantic manufacturing es-
adjustment. The arsenal at Water
Yiiet, which made the barrels, had been
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
Cure for Dyscntery In Fowls.

= The disease among fowls known as
dysentary is individual in it's work, and
does not spread. The sick fowl be-
comes droopy. stands about with head
and tail lowered. and passes a dark,
greenish and yellow discharge. very
thin and watery- Treatment of this
disease is at first camphorated spirits
that is, camphor dissolved in whisky.
Take teaspoonful and put it in half
4 glassful of water and give the sick fowl
q tablespoonful every four hours The
second day dissolve little sulphate Of
copper (blue stone about the size of a
bullet) in a quart of water, and let the
sick fowl drink all it will. During
treatment feed soft food seasoned with
little red pepper cure is generally
effected in three days with this treat
ment.-Dakota Field and Farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
SHED FOR HOGS.

tween two long strips of clover that
may be fed by hurdling the hogs upon
it. It is only 3A feet high at the rear
and four feet in front, and is rooted by
tongue and groove boarding, up and
down. This shed may be made as long
as the number of compartments de-
lnand. 1t is entered by the stock at the
rear through swing doors and the feed
ing is done in front. Here long board
is hinged to let down during very cold
or snowy days, and in summer to pro-
tect from the sun.-Farm Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
How She knew.

He-What makes you think that
Balderly Will soon ask you to marry
him?
She-Don't mention it to anyone, but
L know his income isn't large and he's
beginning to argue with me that plain
living promotes the best complexion.
Adams Freeman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
DURABLE FARM GATE.
CaA BE Put in Place for About Three
Eour Dollars.

BE Iuf IN PRICE lot ADOuE InEGS
or EOur Dollars.
The gate depicted herewith is made
wholly of wrought iron. 1t is feet
IL inches wide, the two outside pickets
are feet 2 inches long, and the cen
ter is feet inches long. The two
horizontal bars, the diagonal brace and
pickets are of fat iron, "a of an
inch wide and 3-16 inch thick. The
horiZontals are doubled together, an
eye being formed at the doubled end
and space left for the pickets. The lat
ter are slipped in between the two thick
nesses of the horizontals and riveted in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18
SERvICEABLE HOG SHED.

Good Enough for the Porkers and
Cheap Enough for the Farmer.
Hogs are not particular about fancy
quarters if they be warm in winter and
cool and out of the sun in summer. This
hog shed is just the thing to build be-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

Horses can run out when the Their
mometer is at zero, and not die; but
it does them no good, let US tell you
Western Plowman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-18

A good dog is good dog. But bad
one is the worst property farmer can
have. except bad boy.
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
Shenffs Sale Under Execution.
First published April %. 1897 }

First published April %, 1897
STATE OF Kansas,
COUNTY OF ALLEN S.
In the District Court Seventh Judicial Dis
trict, Sitting in and for Allen County. state of
Kansas.
Mary E. Northrup, Administrative
of the estate of L. L. NOrthrup,
deceased plaintiff,
VS..
Samuel Z. Walter, defendant
By virtue of an execution issued by the Clerk
of the seventh Judicial District Court, in and
for Allen county. STATE of Kansas. in the above
entitled cause, and to me directed and deliver
ed, will on Monday May "a, A d. 1897. at
O'Clock p. m. of said day. q: the front door of
the court house in the CITY of lola Allen county
Kansas. offer for sale and sell TO the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, the following des-
cribed real estate. to-wit: The north half (3s)
of the northeast quarter "a of section eleven
1D of township twenty five (25l in range eigh-
teen QS) in Allen county. Kansas, said property
levied on, and to be solo as the property of
the above named defendant, Samuel E, Walter
Said lands and tenements to be sold without
appraisement to satisfy said execution
C.. C AUsHERMAN
l2l-2ol Sheriff of Allen County. KBnsas.
Sherifs office, lola. Kansas April 21, 1897,
OSCAR FoUsT & Son Attys for Plf.
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
SUMMONS
First published April L

First published April 16, 1917
Frank Overmire, Maria Z. Overmire James
Goodale, Sarah F. Goodale, Phoenix Mutual
Life Insurance Company, G. C. Bruce and Mrs,
- . Bruce, his wife, given name unknown,
Oscar Bruce and Mrs. Bruce, his wife
given name unknown, will take notice that they
have been sued, with others, as defendants,
by W. ID. Church, rs plaintiff, in case No. 443i
In the district court of Allen comfy. Kansas
ana unless they answer the petition on or before
the 2o day of May, 1897, said petition will be
taken as true and judgment will be rendered
for the sum of five hundred and sixty eight dol
lars ts56oOO with interest thereon at the rate of
seven per cent per annum from January !, 1877
ana Tor the further sum OF thirty two dollar
(s32OU with interest thereon at the rate of ten
per cent. per annum from the 1st day of jan
nary 1877. and for an attorney fee of 5000 in
this suit, upon promissory notes made by them,
and for costs, and against each and all defend
ants in this action foreclOsing mortgage given
by the makers of said notes to secure the pay
ment thereof, upon the following described real
estate, situated in Allen county, Ksnsas to-wit;
The west one-half "a of the northwest quarter
ca OF section thirty-five t30 in township
twenty TOUR t2D of range seventeen Q7). except
the railroad right of way and cemetery lots al
ready sold ss shown by cemetery plat and
ordering said premises sold according to law to
satisfy SAID Judgment. interest, costs, attorneys
fee. ana accrued and accruing taxes on said
premises. and forever barring and foFeelosing
the Aforesaid defendants and each of them OF
and from any and all right title. interest estate
premises, and for such other relief as may be
proper.
A. b. CAMPBELL
ATTEST: Attorney for plaintiff
II. III MILLER.
GsEALl Clerk District Court 2O-22
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
THE WASHINGTON COACH.

time of his marriage to the period of
rupture between England and the colo
nies. During nearly 10 years he was al
lowed to pursue this enviable mode of
life, that of a wealthy planter, lord over
a wide domain and multitude Of serv-
itors. Besides the home estate of Mount
Vernon, with its 5000 acres, he owned
other plantations and other thousands of
acres unsurveyed. Nearly l, 900 persons,
mainly slaves, were employed in various
capacities on these estates. To them he
was uniformly kind and just, but Sc
verely exacting about the performance
/ of their duties.
Having preserved the methodical
habits of his youth, Washington con-
Quoted his vast agricultural operations
with the exactness and system of a mer-
chant engaged in large ventures and
floating rich argosies. In a single year
he raised 1000 bushels of wheat and
10, 600 bushels of Indian corn, and yet
tobacco was the great staple. Nearly
all the woolen and linen necessary for
his army of laborers and dependents
were manufactured on the estate, but the
finer grades of cloth and clothing were
obtained from England. The vessels
which semiannually took out his tobac-
CO to London and Liverpool always car
ried an extensive order for clothing, i'm
plements of agriculture and articles of
luxury not obtainable on this side of the
Atlantic.
He and his wife looked to the tailors
and dressmakers of London for their
fashionable garments, which, by the
way, were always of the best material
and the latest style.
'Plain clothes, with gold or silver
buttons, are all that desire, he once
wrote his tailor in London. 'The best
was good enough for him" evidently,
and be was willing to pay for it.
In perusing his duplicate invoices,
which have been preserved, one is
tempted to quote the detailed lists en-
tire, so quaint are they, so complete, so
illustrative of the methodical character
Of the man. The greater part of these
orders perhaps were made up of articles
for his wife and stepchildren, as for in
stance:
l salmon colored tabby velvet, Of the enclosed
pattern, with satin flowers; 2 fine lowered
lawn aprons; pairs Of woman's white silk
hose; pairs fine cotton do; pounds per
fumed powder; puckered petticoat of fash
ionable color; go . small Bible, neatly
bound in Turkey, and ''John Parke Custis''
wrote in gilt letters ON the inside Of the cover;
a neat, small PRAYER Book bound as aboye
with "John Parke Custis, " as above. s%%
A small Bible bound in Turkey, and marked
Martha Parke Custis, wrote on the inside
in gilt letters; small Prayer Book, neat and
In the same manner; u yds. green callimanco;
o fashionable dressed Doll, to cost / guinea
and do. at s.; box Of gingerbread. toys and
sugar images and comfts. $~~ The above
things TO be sent in a strong trunk separate
from J. P. Custis's, whose viii likewise be put
into trunk, each having their own names.
One very good spinet. S~s Books according
to the enclosed list. to be chaE0ed eanails 20
The Iola register., 1897-04-30

oo-n JOIN rzzze anu martina Parke Cussis-
likewise one ream of writing paper. "ss
Etc, etc.
Many, if not most. of the adornments
of the Mount Vernon mansion seen there
today were thus ordered many months
in advance from London and only reach
ed their destination after perhaps a year
of delay. And this was necessary, not
because Washington was an anglomaniac
or preferred to patronize the arts aud in
dustries of other nations in preference to
those of his own country, but because of
the dearth of the same this side of the
Atlantic. Great Britain had taken good
care by vexatious restrictions to prevent
the growth of American industries of
any sort and to absolutely inhibit the
The Iola register., 1897-04-30

production of articles of luxury as we'll
as of necessity.
Though not highly intellectual, like
his great compatriots Franklin and
jefferson, Washington loved books and
sent many an order to England for the
then standard publications. Still, he
was more of thinker than reader and
drew direct from nature more than from
books at secondhand. He rose at 4
O'Clock in the morning throughout the
year, spending the time before breakfast
(which was at z in summer and at in
winter) in his library. After q frugal
repast he mounted his horse and rode
over his plantation until near time for
dinner, which was at 8. and for which
he dressed He always retired at 9,
summer and winter, and whether his
house contained only himself, wife and
servants or was filled with guests
An indication of the change in public
opinion is seen in the general patronage
of the lottery, which was invoked on all
occasions, even to provide funds for the
erection Of a church. Examine,
washington once wrote to friend, IF
any of the enclosed tickets came up
prizes. y He also INDUCED in gaming liz
small way, but he held gambling in
detestation, writing favorite nephew,
avoid gambling, vice productive of
every possible i'll. "
And, while we are examining what
today would be called the ''seamy" side
of his life. let us note that he certainly
did use on occasions very strong Ian
guage in the shape of an occasional ex-
pletive. In his letters, would to God"
is an expression frequently used, and
many of his companions at arms have
declared that he could swear like a
trooper when it was really necessary or
at the Outburst of some violent emotion.
The Iola register., 1897-04-30

WASHINGToN'S HEADQUARTERS AT NEW
BURG.
In him, in truth, we find combined two
opposite natures, the one calm and dis
passionate, the other violent and explo-
sive, but which, by strong effort, he
usually kept under firm control. These
two diverse natures we see exemplified
in his conduct of the Revolution. His
ardent, even reckless, nature impelled
him constantly to dash impetuously up
on the enemy, but the restraint of cool
second thought held him back-at what
cost of feeling only one of his tempera-
ment can understand.
As to religious convictions, there is
no certain evidence that Washington
was a communicate, though he was q
vestryman and attended rigidly to his
duties His Sundays after church were
usually devoted to his correspondence
and even TO the making out of his in
voices He always "said grace" at table
and was observant of religious forms.
When his wife's daughter was at the
point of death (and whom, being child
less, he loved most tenderly), "the great
heart Of her guardian was sorely smit-
ten with grief, and, kneeling at her
bedside, he audibly and earnestly prayed
for her recovery of health. p" And so love
and death, happiness and sorrow, alter
mated in the life at Mount Vernon.
To be confined.
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
SherIFS Sale.
First published April Is. 1871

First published April Is 1871
State of Kansas, Allen County, SIS.
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict sitting in and for Allen county, State O!
Kansas.
Emma Fortwangler plaintiff, |
VS..
Samuel F. Helms and Sophia A.
Helms his wife, dfts.
By virtue of an order of sale issued by the
Clerk OF the Seventh Judicial District Court in
and for Allen county. State of Kansas in the
above entitled cause, and to me directed and
delivered, l will on
Monday May l., A. D. 1897,
at O'Clock p. m. OF said day, at the front door
of the court house in the city of lola, Allen
county. Kansas, offer for sale and sell TO the
highest bidder, for cash in hand the following
described real estate. to-wit The northeast
quarter "a of section five t5 of township No.
twenty five (25 south of range No. twenty one
(2D east of the sixth 9TH principal meridian
situate in Allen county. State of Kansas
Said lands and tenements will be sold with
appraisement to satisfy said order of sale
G e. AUsHERMAN,
Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas
Sherifs office, leila, Kansas, April, s. 1897
Keene & Gates attvs for plf
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
A SCIENTIST SAVED.
President Banaby of HarSVe College, Survives Serious Illness
Through the Aid of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
From the Republican, Columbus. Ind.

County. Mich. Being of an ambitious na-
ture, / applied myself diligently TO my work
and studies. In time | noticed that my
health was failing. My trouble was indi-
gestiOn, and this with other troubles brought
on nervousness.
My physician prescribed for me for some
time and advised me to take a change of
climate. did as he requested and was some
improved. Soon after, | came here as pro-
fessor in physics and chemistry, and later
was financial agent of this college. The
change agreed with me- and for awhile my
health was better, but my duties were heavy,
and again | found my trouble returning.
This time it was more severe and in the
winter | became completely prostrated. |
tried various medicines and different physi-
clans. Finally, ! was able to return to my
duties. Last spring / was elected president
of the college. Again j had considerable
work, and the trouble, which had not been
entirely cured, began to affect me, and last
fall | collapsed. | had different DOCTORS but
none did me any good. Professor Bowman,
who is professor of natural science, told me
of his experience with DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People and urged me to give
them trial, because they had benefited him
in similar case, and 1 concluded to try
them.
"The first box helped me. and the second
gave great relief such as | had never ex-
perienced from the treatment of any physi-
clan. After using six boxes of the medicine
was entirely cured. To-day l am perfectly
well. l feel better and stronger than for
years. | certainly recommend this medi-
cine"
To allay all doubt Prof. Barnaby cheer.
fully made an affidavit before
LYMAN j. SCUDDER, Notary Public.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price, 90 cents box, or six boxes
for $3.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by
the lOO). by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
The Iola register., 1897-04-30
Bridge Contracts Wanted.
(First published April d. 18g71


Public notice is hereby given that between the
hours OF and O'CLOCK p. m. on the 22nd day
OF May 1897. the Board of County Commission.
ers of Allen county Kansas. will at the Office of
the County Clerk of said County in the city of
lola, publicly award to the lowest possible hid
der. contract for the building of an iron or
steel bridge across Deer Greek on the section
line between sections 10 and II. Twp a. Range
Is. Which said bridge shall consist OF one
span 100 feet in length, with roadway "a feet
wide Sealed proposals fo- the building of said
bridge are invited and must be fled with the
day of May 1897.
JAS WAKEFIELD E. D,LACEY
Co Clerk Chairman