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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
Delay Didn't Count.

Copyright, 1879

A MONG the dozen of US who left the
~ train at Carriers Junction to catch
the westlbound on the other road was a
red-haired, red-whiskered man, who
was very nervous, and who went to the
agent at once and inquired how
long we would have to wait. The time
was first put at ten minutes-then at
20-then at 80, and the agent finally an
Eounced that there had been wreck on
the road, and we might have to wait
four or five hours.
Good Heavens!" exclaimed the red
haired man, but I'm expected in Plum
vile at eight o'clock tonight"
YES" calmly replied the agent.
us there no possible way for me to
get there?'
81 don't see none, being you can't
fly"
It's almost a case of life or death"
continued the passenger, after walking
around for a minute and hopping his
perspiring brow.
I'm sorry" replied the agent, with
yawn.
81 couldn't hire a locomotive ?'
"Noap."
Couldn't get hand carr"
''Noap."
Gracious me. but this breaks me all
up!" sighed the passenger. "I was
to be married this evening al eight
o'clock. 1t puts me in an awful posi-
ton"
well, I dunno. Going to marry some
one in Plumville?'
Eyes, of course, and what will she
think of me? Heavensi but why can't
1 fy!"
Perhaps 1 know the party" sug-
gested the agent, ''as Plumville is my
home.'
Its the Widow Atkinson, and it has
just struck me to use the telegraph"
''No use, old man.
"But can explain the situa ton"
There is no situation, sir. The Wild
ow Atkinson is my sister,"
so! What a coincidence" gasped
the redlhaired man.
There is no coincidence. sir"
But 1 must explain things"
"No explanations are necessary. The
Widow Atkinson passed here On the
east-bound train this afternoon. She
was no longer the Widow Atkinson. She
was married and on her bridal tour
NJ. QUAD.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
ERILLs OF FASHION.
Sotes on the Latest In Dress for the
Ladies'.

sotes ON the Latest in Dress for the
| Ladies.
| Neckties of tulle, chiffon and cream
white net are very fashionable addi-
lion to both dressy and plain cloth
| gowns. They are cut wide and long
| enough to pass twice around the neck
and tie in a bow. with ends to the
waist, and are trimmed with frill of
| lace, insertions and tucks between. II
S very becoming fashion, too, except
| for women with short necks.
Other things in neckwear are the
little odd collars and frills of linen
lawn and dainty lace made especially
| for wear with tailor gowns. These are
cut in odd squares and points and mar
| row double bands edged with narrow
lace, which turn down over the edges
Of the dress collar and are sewn on a
| straight band of lawn, which is basted
inside.
Collar bands are still a very distinc
tive point in the costume, and many
very somber gowns have a dash OF
bright color at the neck which adds
wonderfully to the effect. Folds of
white satin with three folds of blue OF
red satin at the upper edge make an eff
fective collar, as do folds of white satin
with gold braid between. Little shaped
pieces stand up at the side of the back
with a frill of lace or chiffon. Bows at
the back of the neck are not in evidence
on any of the new gowns.
Roman sash ribbons are employed
very prettily for vests, and also for
sashes on tea gowns.
The latest coats in cloth or fur are
supplied with very moderate-siZeC
sleeves, quite close to the arm, except
at the top.
We are warned to beware of the
checked silks so literally displayed in
the shops, as they are quite out of date
The fashionable substitute for these
is anything with a Bayadere stripe
The new goods are in wavy lines, with
irregular cross lines at intervals, or in
plain stripes; but some sort of cross
line is the proper thing.
Velvet ribbon, with silk fringe less
than an inch wide falling below eact
row, forms one of the many modes OF
dress trimming.
The problem of how to be comfort
able in corsets seems to be solved ir
the new model, which is straight il
front, short on the hips, more flexible
modelling it in another form.
The new fashionable dress materials
are called peau de gazelle and piuie de
sole. One is fine cloth, very light il
weight and almost as glossy as silk
and the other is plain wool fabric
with tiny silk loops all over it.
Narrow ruches of lace are suppressed
ing the black chiffon frills used to edge
collars, epaulettes and revers.
Aluminium gray, red plum and alb
bess violet, which is a mixture of blue
and violet, are the fashionable colors.
One of the novelties in theater wraps
is cape made of fur on one side ano
handsome brocaded velvet on the other
so that it is reversible. The fur is worn
in the daytime and the velvet with the
fur collar for evening.
1t is the proper thing this season to
have your hat match your gown, or thf
coat you wear with tn. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
s.1xinx the vermin Problem.

If all poultry houses were lathed and
plastered with two coats Of mortar, the
lice problem would be solved, and the
cold drafts ia winter shut off. To de-
st-oy lice it will only be necessary, once
q week, to burn enough sulphur in the
poultry house to fill it with dense
fumes. keeping it shut for an hour. and
the work is done. When the house is
not lathed and plnsfered it is not close
enough. and too much fresh air comes
in while the sulphur is burning. White
washing viii also be easier on a Pias-
tered wall. and the hens much more
eoEafortable and profitable
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
1t Was a Tigers Tail.
Copyright, 1879


IVES, I might have got this in the
war;" said the man as he held
out hand on which only the thumb
and little finger remained, but it just
happened that l didn't. Mo- am no
battle-scarred veteran"
Rather singular injury" observed
the man with the eyeglasses as he in
spected the hand.
$50 I've been told. The general opin-
ion is that I touched a buzzsaw to see
ii it was running"
But you didn't?'
mo, sir This injury came from a
different animal When was 20 years
of age I was serving my second year at
the plumbing business in Cincinnati.
Our gang was employed for several
weeks at the Geological gardens. In
working around the tiger house I no
ticed that one particular tiger always
went to sleep with his tail hanging out
of the cage. 1 got the idea of selling
his tail in pair of pinchers, and though
l knew how foolish it was, the feeling
grew on me till 1 could no longer re-
sist it,
Did you have any particular object
in view?'' asked the man with the eye
SlSSSeS
Nothing in particular"
Just wanted to pinch tigers tail?"
''That was all. 1 can't remember that
1 was even going to brag around about
it afterwards. I suppose I had some
curiosity to know how the tiger would
take it, but am not clear about it,"
well, and the day came when you
pinched ?''
sit did, sir. I was working near the
tigers cage when he pushed his tail
through the bars and began to doze.
I seized a big pair of pinchers and
crept softly up and shut them together
on his appendage."
81 suppose something happened soon
after that?'' said the man with the eye
glasses as he took them off to wipe
them.
ooh. certainly" replied the ex-plumb
er. Eyes, several things happened. The
tiger yelled out. polsed a paw through
the bars and caught my jacket. and as
I put out this hand he seized it in his
mouth. He made just one snap. When
I backed off to faint away had only
the thumb and finger left
NJ OTJAD
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
HeaIthfuI surrouna.n--

To insure the giving of good mia
the cows must be in comfortable quar-.
tiers, and in the best of health. An
abundance OF pure water at least tuic<
a day, feed that is good. and free from
dirt, decay. or a musty condition. Ths
atmosphere Of the stable should be pure
and free from dust when milking il
being done, that is the throwing dour
OF hay or other food from the loft, and
stirring up the bedding, ETC., should
ali be postponed until after the milkzns
Is nnssned- The cows should al al
times stand on dry clean litter, and
not dirty stuiz--Farme-s Revisu.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

marks He'd bin chawin' terhacker
and readin' a dime novel, but was
ready with his speech and his words
went right home. What he said was:
1.-THE way to boom Squan Creek is to
make a summer resort O. her. We've
got the ocean-the salubrious climate
the 'slleeters-the fiies-everything
necessary fur the comfort and con-
venience of the sweatin' and swelterin'
millyuns who will gladly cum here.
move that committee be appointed to
see what kin be did,
The idea of maxim a Long Branch of
Squan Creek tickled ybody most to
death. and on the strength of what
might happen real estate jumped leven
cents an acre. an clotheslines went up
to 20 cents apiece. A committee was
appointed. and the fust thing they did
was to canvass fur subscriptions to
build millyun-dollar hotel. The en-
thoosiasm was unbounded, and pretty
soon house rent went up Is cents a
week. The enthoosiasm wasn't quite
so unbounded when it was found that
only S2s could be subscribed in the hull
town, but the committee was in earn
est. and wouldn't give up the idea of a
OOOEA. ACy SO04OL = Ooi1A u
dollar hotel, but they could see who
would take summer boarders to git
the boom started, and so they went
about from house to house.
The wilder Parker said she'd take
two boarders and put up bed in her
parlor She'd warrant it to be a feath-
er-bed, weighin' % pounds, with reg'la
goose-feather pillars and a white
spread; and she'd hev Goldfish balls fur
breakfast; and billed ham every day at
12 o'clock. Nuthin' should be left I'M
done fur the happiness of them guests.
but her charges would be SIS a week
apiece.
Sam Black had talk with his wife,
and they agreed to take three boarders
and make the sezun one glad, long day
fur EN- Each of the boarders was to
sleep with one of the children and agree
TO attend family prayers twice day.
If it happened to rain they could hev
rain-water to wash in. but if it was dry
times they must use salt water and do
no lSiclin'. Thar would be scrambled
eggs fur breakfast, corned-beef fur din
Ger, and custard-pie fur supper. and the
charges would be SIT week apiece.
Abraham Starlight didn't hey to con-
salt with his wife. He knowed jest
what they could do. They could ac-
4solnmodate four boarders by haugin
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

nNE spring, when the fish was rum
MIN poor and nobody could find a
basket of CLAIMS by workin' all day, it
was decided to call a public meetin'
and do suthin' to boom Squan Creek.
About so men turned out at the meet
in, and Jedge Truax said he wanted
everybody present to express his opin-
yum. At that DanI Baker got up and
says:
Its my opinyur that Squan Creek
can't never boom with whisky at three
dollars gallon. Redooce the price to
dollar, and the popuIashun will in
crease 100 per cent. in three months.
1t was redoocin' the price of whisky
that built up Chicago and ST. Louis,
and it won't be no experiment"
But Moses Tarbeu got up and poked
up his ha'r and wiped off his chin and
says:
lit pears to me that we hain't got
huff liars in this town, and that's why
she don't boom. If we had 100 more
liars we'd see obizness pick right up
and money as plenty as dirt. move
that we raise money and import 100
liars"
Then Abraha Jackson got up, and
sneezed and coughed and made a great
ado before sayin':
mister Chairman, what we wants to
boom this town is cheaper pew-rent in
the Methodist church. Most of us ar
Eroanin' under the burden of three dol
lars var, and until that burden ar re-
dooced we can't go on buildip' railroads
and factories and settin' the wheels of
industry in moshun. Redooce tina pew
rent to a dollar year, and miHyuns
will rush in here as fast as steam kin
bring 'em. Keep it at present figgers
and Squan Creek will gradually pine
and fade until the marsh grass will
stand four feet high in our Streets
A dozen others riz up and said their
say. but the meetin' didn't agree with
anybody until Cy Fuller got in his re-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

PARTITION AND FEEDING TROUGH
A, Hinged Board; B, Spaces Through
Which Chickens Get the Feed; c. Feed
Trough.
give grain feed mixed with chaff or cut
straw. There is a window along the top
of the east wall to light the cellar. On
south end is the dust and scratch room
inclosed with hotbed frames. Here the
fowls can take their dust bath during
all kinds of weather This / find most
satisfactory in cold times. The loft
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
SOUTH END. WITH HOTBED FRANZ
FOR BUSTING.

cemented. The walls are lined with tar
paper which is painted every spring
with asphaltum. Once week take
broom and scrub the walls and roosts
with water to which little kerosene
has been added. Since l began using
this house my fowls have not been
troubled with sickness or lice.-W. H.
Kraft, in Orange Judd Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
A NIalapropo. motto.

What pretty illuminated eards!" ex-
claimed one woman. THAT one with
the motto Honesty is the best policy
is especially NICE"
YES" replied the other. 'eI brought
them from Europe, and the best of it is
I got them through, with lot of other
things, without paying cent OF duty"
Washington Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

ton board, leaving space of six inches.
Close this by mailing on perpendicular
strips. Make a feed trough and place
in the hall before these strips. The
chickens can get at the feed through
the grating and are prevented from soil
ing their food.
A cellar under the house keeps the
floor dry and is fine place in which to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
Early American Ht.tory.

"a door," said Aaron Burr, sis not a
door when it is ajar."
There are many points to that joke -
was the comment of Alexander Hamil-
ton. as he slipped his port. because it is
a chestnut, Burr"
The duel followed. = Indianapolis
journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
Fruit Cookies.

One and one-haf cupfuls of white
sugar, two eggs. well beaten, five table
spconfuls of sweet milk, one teaspoon
full of soda, one teaspoonful each OF
cloves, mate, nutmeg and cinnamon,
one cupful of currants or raisins. Flour
enough to roll out and bake.-Ladiez'
World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
WARM POULTRY HOUSE.

a Structure That Is at Once Con-
venient and Easy to Build.
My poultry house is 16 feet long. 10
feet wide and feet high from floor to
caves. The interior is divided into two
parts, one 1ox12 for the fowls and one
4x10 for hall and feedway. The parti-
ton is made of boards put on crosswise
to within IS inches of the floor. A 12-
inch board is hinged to the last parti-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
CHEAP SMOkEHOuSE.

Can BE Made OF Anything I'm WHICH.
Meat Can BE Hung.
A cheap smokehouse can be made
from an organ box (a) or anything in
which the meat can be hung Set an
OLD heating stove OBJ in the ground
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
Shifting Re.ponsshiisty.

Friend-How do you get along with
the cooking?
The Enthusiastically I blame i.
on the range.-Puck-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23
saving the Monex.

81 wonder why it is that we never see
Miss Blythe and Mr. Gay at the theater
any more ?'
"oh. they're engaged now-"-C Chicago
Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

above the chicken room holds the
poultry feed and assists in keeping the
house warm in winter and cool in sum-
mer. Ventilator shafts run from the
cellar, the coop and the loft, terminal
ing in the cupola at the top. The win
dows are provided with shutters which
can be closed at night. The floor is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

eight OF ten feet from the box, pref
erably below 1t on a hillside To conf
duct the smoke from the stove to the
house. lay an old stove pipe (c) aader
ground or use six-ineh tile The stove
must open On top. S. Wilson, in Or
ange Judd Farmer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-24

habitants, the fact remains that its de-
fanaticism called to the attention of
the world the pusillanimity of the
great powers" which for years have
stood idly by while the sultan's min
ions massacred tens of thousands of
Christian men, women and children in
Armenia, Macedonia and other prov
inces. The invasion of Crete by the
soldiers of Greece has done more to
impress upon Sultan Abdul Hamid the
uncertainty of his position than all the
collective notes" which have been left
at his palace by the ambassadors of the
powers. 1t has cowed the unspeakable
Turk to such an extent that he is glad
to have the marines of Russia, Great
Britain, Italy, France, Austria and Ger
many act as his police officers and medi-
ators-a proceeding which he would
have spurned a few years ago. Whether
Greece is to receive any immediate ben
eft from its heroic and humanitarian
enterprise or not, the people of Crete
will hereafter enjoy measure of free
dom equal to that granted few years
ago to their brethren in Bulgaria. And
eventually, it may be taken for grant
ed, the island will become an inte-
grail part of the Hellenic kingdom.
The island of Crete, in which public
interest is centered just now, has an
area of about $500 square miles and a
population of 100000. of whom 100000
ore Christians. 1t has been essentially
Greek for 1880 years. AS early as 1000
ID. c. the Dorians founded number of
independent republics on the island.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-24

it can play with great effect should ii
be compelled to acquiesce in the pro-
posals to grant autonomy to Crete
under the suzerainty of Turkey. At
the Berlin conference of 1878 Theodore
Delyannis, now prime minister of
Greece, made an earnest plea for the
incorporation of Crete with the Hell
lemic kingdom. He warned the states
men constituting the congress that
sooner or later the powers would have
10 face the Cretan problem and pre-
dcted that if they could not arrive at
settlement then they would eventually
have to deal with Thessaly and Mace
donia also, whose people were anxious
to become Greeks in fact as well dis
name. Mr.. Delyannis is now in po-
sition to say 81 told you So" for all
Macedonia is but waiting for the word
to drive the Turkish troops out of the
country, and the same state of affairs
exists in that portion of Thessaly which
still belongs to Turkey. Greece itself
! is stronger than it was in 1878. Its gov
eminent, from King George down. is
immensely popular with the people.
Greece may be playing a bold game
of bluff, but the concentration of 90
900 reserves on the borders of 1hessaly
might be interpreted as meaning that
she will carry out the bluff. The sui
tan evidently fears that active HOSTILE
ties cannot be postponed much longer
and is making frantic efforts to send
fresh troops to Thessaly and Macedonia.
! Thousands of reserves have recently
| left Salonica for the frontier, but they
were an ill-clad, poorly-fed crowd who
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-24

which were not conquered by the Ro-
mans until 67 b. c. In the partition of
the empire Crete fell to the east. 1t
was conquered by the Saracens in A.
ID. S23, and reconquered in 96l. When
Constantinople was captured by the
Crusaders the island was given TO Bon
iface, marquis of Montferrat, who, in
1904, sold it to the Nenetians who held
il against the Turks until 1869, when all
but the mountaineers became subjects
of Turkey. Instructions since then
have been frequent, and in 1880 the is
land was eeded to Egypt. but was re-
stored to Turkey in iS4l. A general in
surrectiou broke out in 1858, and in 1866
the entire Christian population joined
in an effort to throw off the Turkish
yoke. In 1865 the powers interviewed TO
secure reforms and compelled the sui
tan to grant new constitution, whose
provisions, however, were constantly
ignored BY the Turkish officials. An
other attempt 20 secure freedom and
annexation TO Greece was made in 1875,
but again frustrated by the interven-
ton of the powers. \ clause was in
serted in the treaty Of Berlin promising
extension of The guarantees of 1865.
The Turkish representatives prom
Used faithfully 10 carry ont the re-
forms demanded. bat the promises
were oniy made 10 be broken. aud ever
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-24
WHAT WILL BE THE ENDg
The Eastern Question May Be
Nearing It's Solution
should Greece Persist In stirring up
strife In Macedonia the Great
Powers Would Ne Compelled
TO Take sides.

To speak of what may be the ulti-
mate outcome of the present misunder-
standing between Greece and the great
European powers would he idle specu-
lation. Every day may bring with IL
Developments disastrous to the Hellenic
kingdom or to the peace of Europe.
Events in the past month have proved be-
yond the shadow of a doubt that the
so-called European concert" is an
iridescent dream. The people of Italy,
for instance, nre so heartily in favor of
Greece's claims that the government
could not live a fortnight should it
attempt to take sides against the army
of liberation in Crete. Public opinion
in Great Britain and France is also with
the Greeks who, standing alone and
unsupported, rushed to the defense of
their prosecuted brethren in Gambia,
under the leadership of Prince George
of Greece.
Admitting, for the sake of argument,
that Greece was selfish in its work of
rescue, that il cared more for the an
.iexation of the naturally wealthy is
land than for the sufferings of its in
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-24
noUsEHoLo HINTS

Keep gasoline tightly corked TO pre-
vent evaporation, and avoid using II
near q lamp OF hot stove.
The best comfortables are filed with
lambs wool batting. which Ia very light,
and much warmer than cotton.
Old, thin underfannels, too far gone
for other use, may be cut into tiny
pieces with which to stuff cushions and
soft pillows.
The woman who goes without a house
keepers paper In these days wrongs
herself and her family. Enough may
be saved by its hints and helps to more
than pay the cost.
While gasoline may be source OF
danger IL handled by needless persons
or those uDaccustomed TO its use, we
must not forget that IL fills an impor-
tant place In domestic economy.
1t II not true economy TO buy tine
heavy seine Irvine fish-net curtains, no
matter how low the price, for, being
entirely Of cotton, the pretty colors will
soon fade.
An improved fryer includes a second
inside pan with q long handle, which
acts as frying basket, and can be lifted
out easily, az the handle IL always cold
Housewife.