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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

a tub of water in the milk room. Smiths
swing stancheons, and Il manure gut
ter in rear of cows. The labor of VEN
tiiation, watering, feeding and clean
ing the stables is reduced TO n mini
mum. Manure is dropped under the
stable. The main barn is packed full
of hay annually. 1t also contains sta
bles for six horses. bedding material for
COWS and feed. a circular silo, 40 feet
in diameter and high to hold $50 tons.
will be built this summer, to open into
the main barn. Last winters COW
ration consisted of ensilage. hay, oat
fodder, corn fodder and corn meal,
gluten meal and bran, all except gluten
and bran being raised on the farm.
On this I25-acre farm, of which ten
are in woodland, GO in pasture and SIS in
thorough cultivation, things are made
TO move all the time. The six horses
are kept busy at work except during
winter, and three men are employed all
the time, others as needed. Milk is the
main crop being sold direct to con-
sumers in the neighboring cities.-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

trained for a walking match can tes-
tify to this. Every lays exercise is a
torture. The walker feels that he can
maintain his pace If he will. His lungs
are not exhausted; his legs will still
move, provided he wants to move them.
The question is: "lViIl he will that he
wants TOP When an inch-lengthening
Of a stride, or fiftieth second gained at
step, means ten times greateT>strain
on the abdomen. and agonizing weak
ness of the knees. The temptation to
ease up a little even when champion
ship record is at stake is resisted only
with difficulty. That holds true both
in daily training and at the actual
races, and though grit and persever-
ance are necessary characteristics of
all successful athletes, these. it is adj
mitted by all who understand general
track athletics. are called into play much
more than anywhere else in fast walk
ing match.
There is a mental element in all rae
ing. a man that does not "use his head"
in training as well as during the race
will never win when he is pitted against
competitors anywhere near his equals.
Besides possessing shrewdness, the
walker must be master of a regular
science. The secret of success. Otto
Hassell said to me recently, lis that you
study yourself. Fast walking, as it is
practiced on the track, is an artificial
motion. The human body is trims
formed into an engine, of which eve.y
single men Der works like u cog of 4
wheel - keep the whole. The motion
is not reduced to science in q day or =
season but it requires years of training
until every detail has been mastered TO
such a nicely that the athletes record
is shaved to the last second. To do this
careful. painstaking. constant study,
like the work of translating elementary
Latin. is needed"
The method of walking for one who
wants TO enter races would be different
from that followed by the pedestrian
for health's sake. The hitter. especial
iy, should he be corpulent or short
winded, or in fact, asthmatic. rheumatic
or afflicted with almost any other ili-
ness, will always find a daily morning
walk a most exhilarating exercise. To
gain health and strength. the distance
should be varied from quarter and half
miles to long strolls, and the speed
also should be similarly regulated. One
should stand notonfy erect but with the
shoulders and head forced back. and-a
point nearly always neglected-the
back at the cross should be held stiff
and straight so that none of the weight
of the body is allowed to lean down on
either hip.
The arms should hang to the side,
and in ordinary walking should be left
entirely free; they will then swing
naturally and gracefully. In striding
out, do not make any attempt to step
first on the ball of the foot, as one is
nearly always told. That may do for
the dancing hall, but l think it is non.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

same in mental and moral way. Some
seven years ago | read an article In
Outing. which gave perseverance,
moral trait-as the prime and in fact the
only requisite for great pedestrian
ism. The Outing writer remarked that
sprinters, weight-throwers and other
athletes except walkers who excel also
In baseball or football or the like. prove
the rule ruther than the exception.
Sprinting is an Unborn gift. All that the
good runner needs is TO get himself into
good condition" and some trainers
never allow their short distance run
ners TO excel themselves at ali in
practice. The walker, however. must
train might and main with only good
as basis. He must acquire
an artificial tortuous gait. which he
can keep up for mile only by going
ION his nerve" Anyone who has ever
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
DEMAND FOR CALVES.
1t Ia Brisker Now Than IL Has aeeE
for Long Time.

1t IL Brisker Now Than IL Has HeeH
for a Long Time.
A notable feature in connection with
the leading live stock markets is the
strong demand for calves that has pre-
vailed for several months past, says the
Nebraska Farmer. Prices. of course
rule high under these circumstances,
and considering the character of such
meager supply as is offered for sale,
farmers who are looking for stock 10
take the place of older cattle shipped
out, should bear in mind Franklin's
maxim that one can easily pay too dear
for his whistle. Speaking generally. the
calves that come from the dairy district
will not make very profitable beef anl-
mails. and in considering the question
whether to invest in them or not. the
quality of the young stuff and its prob
able outcome, in view of the fact that
they are dairy calves, must be borne in
mind. OF course, when one cannot
do as we'll as he would like, he must do
as we'll as he can. but high prices for
calves that are inferior from the breed
er's standpoint present condition
that makes one hesitate about what
constitutes doing as we'll as one can.
Whatever may be the conclusion as to
the most expedient course for the imme-
diate present, the remoter teaehing is
not far to seek. Farmers in the beef
growing regions should learn from il
the unwisdom, so long as they are such
heavy growers of grain and forage that
must be fed out on the farm, of relying
upon others for animals TO which to feed
them. When the beef section of the
country is fairly well supplied and has
pretty nearly enough, it can probably
rely on other sections for enough to fill
out the BALANCE OF its needs, since in that
case. prices of young cattle would not
be likely 10 go skyward under the influ-
ence of strong demand, but it cannot
permit its homegrown supply. 10 fall SO
low to COMPEL il to rely largely upon
purchases When this is done, and good
field crops are@raised. the farmer is az
the mercy of the market.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
An Ea.y-Go,ne Chinese Prince.

The famous German traveller, Otto
Ehlers, tells about singular Chinese
potentate whom he visited in Laos
States, while on his way from Siam to
Tonquin. The prince leaves the cares
Of affairs chiefly to his wife. He has
had his throne placed in the palace
kitchen so that he can receive visitors
and watch the preparation of his meals
ut the same time. The subjects seem
to be content with his manner of adj
ministration, and admire the demo-
cratic spirit manifested in his choice
Of a throne room. The dynasty, how
ever, promises to become extinct. as
the princes son and heir is a confirmed
drunkard and at last reports unnar-
ried=
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
p.ra. Green = Coed Remedx.

Paris green and water. used at the
rate Of about one pound to $50 gallons
Of water, is perhaps the simplest and
best remedy for all insects that eat the
leaves of shade and fruit trees. Ii is
liable to injure the leaves of plum,
peach and other stone-fruit trees, and
should be used on them only with great
caution; but as a rule il will not injure
them if as much stone lime is added as
paris green. If, however. lime is used
with the paris green, not over no gal
Ions of water should be used to pound
of paris green. Paris green. you I'M
derstand. will not destroy sucking in
sects, such as lice and leaf-hoppers. AS
a wash for trees none Is better than
whitewash. which can be darkened by
scot II observation-disclosures and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

sense for street walking. A graceful
walk is simply the ordinary square heel
and toe; plant the heel firmly. keeping
the knee tolerably stiff jointed; now
roll the foot forward with a perfectly
smooth motion until you are standing
ON the toes; by that time the other leg
should have been coming forward and
the heel is planted down with the toes
slightly raised. Directly thereafter the
tees of the rear foot are taken off
ground and that leg in turn is thrown
forward, while the front foot rolls it's
weight from the heel to the toe Watch
the feet of graceful girl walker, and
you will see that that is the plain, sim
pie motion. graceful dude is the one
that affects the cat family thread on the
toes, while the average man is said to
walk on his heels because he does not
raise from heel to toe, but plants his
front foot while the rear one is still rest
ing on the heel. and not on the toe
In Il racing walk the motion is more
artificial In order to iengthen stride
the hip is swung forward at each step
as far as possible. habit carefully
to be avoided by a graceful street pedes-
TRAN. The knee must be kept locked
while the foot is on the ground. to give
firmness and prevent q running step.
for which the penalty is exclusion from
the race. The lower arms are raised
and swung TO and fro with hard shout
der motion so as to help the stride. AS
for the feet. The motion is as in ordinary
walking except that the heel is planted
with great force and with the toe well
up. The head must be thrown far back.
the shoulders squared and the whole
upper body inclined at an angle slightly
backward E. T. GUNDLACH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
why We Lost Hair.

been a subject of study by DR.. Exner.
German biologist. Our ancestors, he
holds, were totally covered with hair,
and its disappearance may be accounted
for by the fact that it's absence was
regarded as a beauty, preference being
given In aboriginal mates to those
having the least of it. The hairs are
modified sense organs, which have
lost all connection with the nerves.
Primitive man was probably clothed
in an irregular covering of hair. which
varied in length. color. structure and
thickness with the functions for which
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

the usual ten numbers in Sianese script.
The company first began making these
machines about three years ago, under
the instructions of a secretary of the
Siamese court, who came to this coun
try for the special purpose. There are
now several hundred of the machines
in Siam. and the saving of time and
labor is much greater than would be
the case in any occidental nation, as the
Siamese have no script, and all letters
are printed Individually. In no respect
does the mechanism differ from that of
the English writing machine, save IN
tie unimportant matter OF the dead
keys" There are rs keys. the same
number as the regular machine of this
make
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

to which one end OF a string is at.
tached; the other end, after passing
through the guide loops, L. is
in the hand of the operator.
Tightening the string. the device
closes. Slacken the string and the
device opens TO let go the ripe fruit
which it has seized. ID is socket OF
device screwed on top of the three-foot
lengths of bamboo or some such light
but strong material. The rod can be
heightened by adding these three-foot
lengths. Unserewing the pieces re-
duces the device into small compass
for transportation or for storage dur
ing winter.-John Saunders, in OHIO
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
HOW TO KEEP ONIONS.
They Must he Handled Quite ms are
fully as Apples.

They Must he Handled Quite are
fully Apples.
Half the secret of keeping onions
well is in housing them in a perfectly
dry, sound condition. II to be sold be-
fore cold weather, keep in any dry place
with plenty of air; a loose floor where
air can pass up through them is best.
For winter use, keep at "a low temper
allure; if kept from actual freezing
there is no danger OF the temperature
being too low. They must be kept dry,
but if they become frozen they should
not be handled. merely covered and
kept in the dark until the frost grad
ually leaves them. 1t is not the freez-
ing which does the mischief. but NOV
ing them when frozen, and repeated
thawing and withdrawing of frost.
Wherever the essential conditions pre-
vail of uniformly low, dry temperature,
absence of light and not too severec
frost. they may be safely stored for
winter. Moisture and heating in bulk
should be guarded against. To avoid
gathering moisture and heating, the
bulbs should not be over two feet deep,
better less. If too warm they grow and
rot.
For winter storage, place them in a
building with tight floors under which
the frost cannot get. On such a floor
place scantling. upon which lay narrow
boards one-half inch apart. Upon this
drying floor build up false partition
one foot within the outside walls. Thus
arranged, they have a free circulation
of air all around and under them. When
the temperature sinks to 20 degrees it
is we'll to fill in the space with straw
to stop the circulation of the cold air.
They can be put in bins of this struc-
ture, from two to three feet deep.
Cover with hay or cornstalks sufficient
~ to protect them. Always handle
them as carefully as apples, as even
slight bruises cause them to mold or
roi.-N. L. Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

cause it to be spread on the sidewalk
and gather a crowd Of boys about him.
the smallest urchins in the front rank.
At signal from MIR. Bell the raven
GUS crew would precipitate itself upon
the feast. Two men always watched
the scene with smiling faces-the
frankfurter man, who had done a good
days business at one stroke. and MIR.
Bell. His appearance in Broad street
was always the signal for excitement
among the urchins
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
4 Mou.e,. Century Rum.

A wheelman of Corunna, Mich, has to
thank mouse for the addition of %
miles to his cyclometer record, says the
New York World. He hung his bicycle
from his cellar ceiling, the other even
ing, not far from a swinging shelf,
where food was kept. A mouse bent on
supper reached the shelf. and when he
had sampled the viands ieaped to the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
THE FARMING WORLD.
MODEL COW STABLE.

Labor of Feeding and Cleaning He
duced to a Minimum.
The Illustration shows a portion OF
the cow stables, built on at the north
end of the barn, the feeding floor being
ten feet wide and each side IL feet for
stable. The main barn is GO by 40; the
cattle barn 60 by 81, with a milk room
on the west side IL feet square. The cow
stable is one-story structure, with a
14-foot monitor roof, five window VEN
tilators on each side overhead, three
doors at the north end 1.-TWO for cattle to
enter), n smooth, clean floor, the Buck
ley basin watering device, regulated by
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
siarr,aEe n Success.

she-My dear. want $50 to do some
shopping.
He-My goodness! Why, it's only
-Do you remember that you came
home last night in a very shaky condi.
t:on?"
Hunt Perhaps 1 did"
"Yes. And didn't say a word. did "a
NO, my dear, not word"
We'll, you know, silence is golden"
Here's the $50. my iove."-N. Y.
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

tire of the front wheel. That immedi-
ateiy began to rerolve, and the mouse
naturally ran to the highest part of it.
1t could stay on the top of the tire and
II couldn't get enough foothold to Jump
to the wall. So it ran round and round
the revolving wheel. and the next morn
ing was found, almost exhausted, but
still running. with % miles to its
ere dit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

why is it, Miss GigIamps. that no
woman has ever written a grand epic
poem?''
principally, think. because she has
always had to put in her time trotting
round waiting on some man-"-Louis-
vile courier-Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
otIENCE IN WALKING.
Pedestrianism Oncs on a Time
Was a Famous Sport.
AS Athletic Exercise Ia Is still
without q Peer-HOw 40 Walk
Gracefully and at Per-
feet Ease.
Especial Boston Letter 7

Ten and fifteen years ago walking
races were almost as common ascycling
meets to-day, and each summer the
public followed with equal eagerness
the newspaper accounts of many one
to seven mile walking matches, as well
as the larger twenty-four hour to seven
day ''go as you please" races.
AS an athletic exercise walking Is
1.saitsa with being prominently
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04
HANDY Fruit PICKER.

1t Lands Apples, Peaches and Pears
Without BruisinE.
The cut shows device for gather
ing ripe apples. peaches and pears.
without bruising. a a are two rings
about four inches in diameter, on arms
of scissor-like device. acting as spread
ers for mouths of velvet pouches, for
selling and holding the fruit-one at
time. of course. c is a spring for
keeping the device open. d is a.lsyeT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

Lay the grape vine on the ground st
the beginning of winter. and IL Il Is
tender variety furnish protection
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

MACHINERY ELECTRICAL
s In he O. the Grand oeing of
building
% @ @ S essn % % & CEN
of the building both
che snl s % the @ say @ main
soe oon @ ] R n N @
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-04

it was intended. The hair now remain
ing was left for a definite purpose.
Certain hairs serve as organs of touch.
notably the eyelashes, and in q less
degree the eyebrows. Both serve to
protect the eyes. In animals the hair
serves 10 maintain and regulate the
body heat, but in man the hair of the
scalp alone has such purpose.
Scissors and Cor.ets an E.cuteheon.
, One day in 1870 beautiful carriage
appeared on the boulevards of Paris
with an escutcheon in the shape of a
pair Of corsets and an open pair of
scissors painted on the panel of each
door. This was the coat Of arms OF
Rhomberg. the first man who made q
name as a woman's dresmaker. Rhom-
berg. who was the son of Bavarian
peasant from the neighborhood of
Munich, owed his rapid success to his
genius for concealing and remedying
defects of figure. He left an annual in
come of SC, 900 francs to his heirs.
"A reading-room for the exclusive
use of the blind, and complete collee-
ton of raised-Ietter books, will be added
to the conveniences OF the new Con-
|gressional library
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-28
THE NEwsPAPER LAW.
All Subscribers Should Road tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

! 1. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. II subscribers order the discon-
tinuance Of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. II subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
Office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
a. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsihle.
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prima facie evidence
of intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
2. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take a paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
his subscription to run along some
time unpaid. and then orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and
have postal card sent notifying the
publisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine, the same as for theft.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-28
CARPETS AND RUGS.

And Their Marked Effect or the Nov
ing Habit.
a certain man who owns a row of
dwelling houses over in the northwest
quarter of the town has learned wisdom
by bitter experience. A friend of mine
went to him not long ago to rent one of
the houses, says a Washington Post
man.
'Do you lease it by the month OF by
the year," she inquired.
THAT depends on what you are going
to have on your hoors," answered the
landlord "Are you going to have
carpets?"
"No," answered my friend; 1--WE have
rugs"
you'll have to sign a years lease,
them" the landlord made reply, smil-
ing craftily. eff you bought carpets
and had them fitted to the floor know
you'd stay in the house as long as you
could, but these rugs are too easily
adjusted to any sized room. You'll have
to sign years lease II you have rugs.
There are seven houses in my row and
six of them haven't kept ateuant longer
than two years art a time for the last
five years. The seventh house-well,
the people in it had carpets made and
laid for it five years ago. and they
haven't thought of moving. Carpets.
I'll rent by. the month; rugs, a years
lease"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-28
EASTWARD THROUGH


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