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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
CAVALRY OF THE FUTURE.

either forward or backward Handles
are provided on the clutches to readily
throw them into and out of gear when
it is desired to slacken up or to turn the
machine. The riders seat is swung be-
low the bearings, so that he can't upset.
The bicycle will doubtless become
popular, as it is especially adapted to
those who do not care to go to the
trouble of learning to ride a bicycle, md
it is easily ridden, and old and young are
equally suited to it. AS there is no
straddling necessary, the modesty due
to the ladies is always present in the
bicycle, as seen in one of the accom-
panying cuts, and no unbecOming
bloomers or short skirts are necessary.
The wheel can be used advantageously
by soldiers and messengers in time of
war, as it cannot be injured to any great
extent by few bullets, or disabled, as
can u horse. whose life is always at
stake, even by single missile. Baggage
and equipments can be carried to quite
large extent, and the cavalry of the
future will doubtless be mounted, as
shown in the cut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13

bottom, hence makes two troughs and
makes a solid base or bottom of hay
rack. This board may vary from to
inches in width or height. d are strips
or inches wide nailed to lower side
ard edge of board 4, and on top edge of
board b strips one-half inch thick and
3 or inches apart. This completes the
rack.
When sheep have access to the hay or
rough feed no hayseed can get in the
wool If hay and grain are fed at the
same time. The grain should be put in
first and can be poured into the top Of
rack, and it will divide itself equally N
both troughs.
Foot piece Is made of inch lumber.
and should be securely nailed to bottom
of frame. This makes the rack stand
firm. Piece is inches wide and keeps
the rack from spreading.
This sheep rack is easy to make. Any
one who can use a square, saw and ham
mer can make one. 1t is all put together
with nails. 1 know of no better rack
7 have used this rack for stock sheep
for over eight years. Small lambs Will
not get in the trOughs to soil the grain
e. i. Horner, in National StocIman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
KEEP MORE SHEEP.
Many Reasons WAY Every Farmer
ShouId

Many Reasons WAY Every Farmer
Should Have n Flock.
There are a number of reasons why
sheep should be kept on every farm,
whatever the price may be for wool or
mutton, says a writer in the Rural Ca
madam. Sheep should be kept in time
of low prices because the low prices Will
not always exist, but are likely at any
time to take an upward trend. When
that time comes the people will be found
clamoring for mutton, which they
learned to eat in time of low prices.
When the rise comes the number of
sheep being marketed will suddenly
fall off, as will also the number to be
had for breeders. You Will then be
glad that you kept enough of the old
flock to prov ide for the expansion of the
new flock.
Sheep should be kept because there
are many wild grasses on nearly every
farm that will be eaten TO the best adj
vantage by sheep. They have no butter
or milk to be tainted and rejected by
the market for that reason. a lot of
sheep running in the cow pasture might
reduce the weeds to such an extent that
much of the bad effect on the butter
would be avoided.
Sheep cannot be dispensed with for
the reason that they provide meat in
small parcels. each one of which may
be disposed of before it suffers from the
effects of decay. Every farmer can thus
provide himself a constant supply of
meat that can be equaled only by his
poultry. The two make an agreeable
addition to the harder.
Sheep should be kept in large quanti-
ties for the public good. If the present
rate of depletion be allowed TO go on,
there will come a time when we must
import a considerable amount of our
mutton. and the money thus going out
annually will tend. by so mucE. to keep
the balance of the trade against Us.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
NEW ENGLISH TIRE.
Its Inventor Claims That 1t Readily
Initiates Itself.

Its Inventor Claims That 1t Readily
Infiates Itself.
A self-lnf1ating tire has been invent
ed, so it is claimed, by an Englishman.
1t is self-1nfating, inasmuch as the air
comes in automatically, and also self
debating, because the air escapes al
most on the same plan in which it comes
in. Strictly speaking, the invention is
an alternating initiating and debating
tire, working automatically. Instead
OF the usual endless tube, which is COM
mon to all or most detachable tires,
piece of tubing of about half the di-
ameter and twice the length is en-
ployed. This tube is coiled twice
around the wheel in u direction opposite
to that of its rotation, and each of the
two ends taper, where it is sealed.
These ends overlap one another to the
extent of the tapering, and so fill up
the space. A valve of the ordinary kind
is fitted near one end of the inner tube,
and the first coil occupies a position
in the hollow of the rim. This part
of the tube is thinner and of smaller di-
ameter than the other half, which is
coiled outside of it, and is situated inn
mediately beneath the tread of the tire.
An outer cover of ordinary character
and attachment is used.
The automatic Initiating is performed
as follows: If the tire is empty or has
little air in it, the weight of the rider
and the machine congresses the tube,
more especially the bore of the thinner
part lying in the rim, to the end of
which the valve is attached. This part
is fiattened under the pressure, and is
the wheel goes around the pressure
travels along it, leaving behind vacu-
um into which the air flows through
the valve. This operation goes on until
the tire is fully inflated, being renewed
at every revolution of the wheel. The
ingress of air follows the tiattening OF
the tire, making the imitation of the
tire an automatic process. The tire
works, whether there is puncture OF
not. and the claim can also be made
that it is non-puncturable.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
Green Done for Poultry.

The bone cutter Is as necessary to the
poultryman as his fcedmill. Ii enables
him to use an excellent and cheap food,
and gives him profit where he might
otherwise be compelled 10 suffer a loss.
1t is claimed that u bone cutter pays
tor itself in eggs, and really costs moth
ing. Bones are now one of the staple
articles of food for poultry, and no
ration should have them omitted. They
IRE food, grit and lime ali combined in
enc. and the hens viii leave all other
foods to receive the cat bone. If cut
fine. even chicks and duck1iDgs will
relish such excellent food, while tur-
keys grow rapidly on it. To meet with
success requires the use of the best
materials, and green bone beats all
other substances as food for poultry
Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
EGGS OF COMMERCE

Big Business Done in the Interna-
tfOnal Trading I'm Them.
There is standard joke in the variety
heaters, so often told that it has come
TO have a familiar sound to the ears of
patrons, concerning a remark made by
city man who heard that eggs had gone
down to cent apiece: Il don't see how
the hens can do it for the price" Not
withstanding the reduction in the price
of eggs, and the almost unlimited sup
ply of them in almost all countries that
have developed their agricultural re-
sources, it is a fact that the trade in
eggs, their expectation from one coun-
try to another, has become large item
of international commerce, as some
recent figures show. The case of Den
mark is in point. Denmark's trade in
eggs with foreign countries, chiefly
with England and Scotland, has grown
enormously. Twenty years ago the an
nual Danish export of eggs was 60O,-
600; now it is recl<oned at Ito, OOO. 000- In
the same period the importation of eggs
into England has increased tenfold, but
only a part of the whole number came
from Denmark, the two other egg eN-
porting countries from which England
draws its supplies being Holland and
France. France exports to other coun-
tries 600, OOO. 900 eggs in a year, and Italy
exports 500, 100000 eggs in ayear. chiefly
to Austria and Germany.
The dairymen of the United States
depend chiefly on the enormous home
market, and they have rivals in the eN-
port of American eggs in the Canadians,
Canada ranking next to France and
Italy and ahead of Denmark and Hol-
land as an egg-eNporting country.
Canada exports to other countries 300,'
100000 eggs in a year. For the fiscal
year of 1895 the treasury figures give
the total exports of American eggs to
foreign countries 900 dozen, which
is equivalent to 1,s12,0 900 eggs. In the
fiscal year 1896, however, the total eX-
portation of American eggs increased &c
32S, 600 dozen, or $3.50, 900 eggs, little
more than twice as much. The export
figures for this year indicate a still fur
Their increase, and market for Amer
lean eggs is likely, therefore, to be Sc
cured in what the political campaign
orators are accustomed TO call, some
what vaguely, the near future.
1t is a somewhat curious fact that the
weight of eggs is materially larger in
northern than in southern climates
Canadian eggs, for instance. are heavier
than those shipped from the United
States, and eggs in the northern states
/, of this country are heavier than those
from the south.-N. Y. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
LIGHTEsT BICYCLE MADE.

can be no STOPPING. This last feature. it
is said, will do away with the bicycle
face and is much to be desired.
Whether great speed can be acquired
or not is not stated, but it being an
English invention, and the English be-
ing leisurely riding class of people,
perhaps that is not considered an essen
tiaI, although it may be that great
speed can be cultivated without SO much
exertion. In fact, the extra lightness
by reason of the chain and gearing be-
ing taken away leaves less weight to be
propelled, and may involve no loss of
speed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
OUR NATIONAL MUSEUM.
Better Known to the Public as the
Smithsonian Institution.
Founded with Funds Left to the
United States by James SmfthsOn,
an EngIishman with
Terrible Grudge.
rsneciaI Washington letter.


On that delightful reservation in
Washington known as the MALL" or
Smithsonian grounds, there stands one
OF the most famous buildings in the
world, namely. the Smithsonian in
stitution.'' Although it is not one of
the largest buildings in the world, it is
INTELLECTUALLY remarkable. 1t is built
of Seneca brownstone, and the Gothic
style of architecture makes it resemble
one of the ancient feudal castles with
towers and battlements and embrasures
like loopholes, reminding one of the
ancient battles of the mobiles when they
fought with arrows instead of guns.
Inside. the prospect is very different
from that of an ancient feudal castle,
for there one finds not ferce-bearded
barons with their ladies crouching be-
hind them in fear of the coming foe,
with their army of soldiers, trenchmen.
yassals, serfs, servants, hirelings and
minions. Next to the British museum.
the greatest museum on earth, it is
museum not only of exhibit, but of ed
ucation and for the diffusion Of knowl-
edge.
Here comes the peculiar and, one
might almost say, romantic feature of
this institutions; for, at Genoa, Italy.
on the 9th day of June, and in the year
1929, one of the noblest men that ever
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
IN CYCLEDOM.
CARE OF THE WHEEL
Every Rider should Learn to Keer

every Rider Should Learn to Keep
His Bicycle fn Order.
To the person who has not given the
matter due consideration the mechan-.
ism of a wheel is regarded as exceeding
ly intricate; indeed, riders of a seasons
experience are found who are in equal
ignorance. The non-rider thinks with
CONSERVATION of what the result OF
fall would be, miles from home, or
puncture in the park. A fall would
surely break Il wheel or twist the entire
machine out of shape, and a puncture
would be lawful" If not worse. Now,
as matter of fact, the construction of
a modern, up-to-date bicycle is sim
plicity itself, and the modus operandi
of taking it apart and putting it to-
gether again can be mastered by anyone
with but little difficulty. This is usual
~ found out by the novice along in the
middle of the season after he has sever
al times paid card rates at repair shop
to have a puncture fixed or the chain adj
justed. Cleaning the bearings will cost
the price of Sunday dinner at coun-
try inn, and could be done just as we'll
at home while resting.
One agent tells of young man who
LWISG0u Ills nduulSDdT LII TIC
head and then trundled the machine
three blocks to shop and watched the
dealer repair the damage with his
hands in about five seconds and charge
the amazed owner 25 cents for mis- work.
Ordinary repairing, such as patching a
puncture, Strengthening bent fork,
adjusting bearings, ETC., can be made by
the average rider if he will only take the
pains to watch experienced persons
when opportunity occurs and be sensi-
bic enough to profit by the watching.
After one has mastered the mechanism
of his machine there is a great deal
more enjoyment to be had out of riding
than when the rider doesn't know
anything about it except that tits a bicy-
Gle. He who knows his steed will see to
it that it is in perfect running order be-
fere he goes out. and will not be haunt
ed by the suspicion that possibly some
thing is the matter with the bearings
or the chain, or that his reach may not
be just right. Nor will he be continual
~ annoyed by squeaking and grinding
noises like the rider who depends on the
repair man to keep his wheel in shape.
Chicago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
Bicycle. Driven by Wind.

No less than three attempts TO cause
the wind to aid the bicycle rider IN
driving his machine have recently been
made by inventors, one American and
two French. In the case of the Ameri-
can and one of the French inventions,
an apparatus constructed on the plan
of a toy windmill is attached to the ma
chine, and geared to the front wheel
in such a manner that the force of
the wind can be utilized in turning the
wheel The third continuance also acts
on the principle of the windmill, but
it's motor, instead of having fans all
facing one way. is shaped like an empty
pumpkin she'll, with the segments
slightly separated and inclined inward.
The practical usefulness CT these de-
vices remains to be demonstrated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
A Brace on the Wheel.

An arrangement made of strong elias
tic worn around and under the arms
in the manner of the horseline of
juvenile days has been placed on the
market for the benefit of cyclers. When
properly attached under the saddle it
gives him an extra force on the pedais.
1t is said to give additional power in
riding up steep grades and is a brake
as we'll. as it prevents the rider from
being pulled off the seat when back
pedaling. It can be worn with coat or
sweater and the hook can be bent TO
fit any saddle. When the rider sits up
right the article is not in use, as the
hooks droD out of place
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
LABOR SAVING DEVICE.

and a nest is made in one end, as shown
in the engraving, the top and front hav-
ing been removed to show the interior.
The bottom of the box is covered with
road dust, or coal ashes and a shelf for
setting in water and cracked corn
the best feed for sitting hens. Open
ings for air are made in each end. 4
hen can be placed on the nest, the cover
of the box put on, and biddy left to her
own devices until she brings off her
brood. This plan takes away much of
the care usually experienced in setting
hens in spring.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
weight of Rabx Pie..

What is fair average weight of pig
at birth? At the Oklahoma experiment
station litter of five pure bred Poland
China pigs from yearling sow aver
aged 2.6 pounds the day of birth When
seven days old they averaged 4.6pounds
Five from an older grade PoIand-china
SOW, out of litter of seven, two having
died. averaged PTS pounds at day of
birth and Sc pounds when seven days
old. Nine Duroc Jersey pigs, two 9TH
ers having died. from two-year-old
Duroc Jersey sow, averaged 2.44 pounds
when one day old. AIS pounds when
seven and z-57 when Is days old, two
pigs having been lost in the meantime.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
A SUCCESSFUL Rack.
Owners Of sheep Would Do Wen 10
Investigate Its Merits.


Investigate Its Merits.
Below I give description OF sheep
rack of my own construction, which
may be called combination stationary
rack. Eighty feet of lumber will build
a rack IL feet long. The cut gives both
end and side view of rack when com
pleted.
The rack is built as follows: Frame
stuff for posts should be 2X2 inches A
rack IL feet long should have three
frames and one 10 feet long four frames
Posts should be 81 inches long. Width
of frame an top IS or 80 inches. and -
inches at top edge of piece 5. This is
where the boards rest on for bottom of
grain trough; two boards 10 inches
wide for bottom, and board c nailed Sc
curely TO the out edge OF bottom form
the grain trough, which should be not
less than inches wide. Board A Is IL
inches wide and is nailed on the top
side of slahting pieces 5. which form
bottom of hay rack. These pieces
should be 1x4 inches. They are nailed
to top of frame and rest on top edge of
board B, which sets on the center of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13


(Founder of the Smithsonian Institution.)
the title of duke OF Northumberland;
and thus we base the early history of
the man whose name. to use his own
words. was ITO live in the memory OF
man when the titles of the Northum-
berlands and the Percys are extinct and
forgotten"
On the 2sth of July. in the year of
1885, John Forsyth. the secretary of
state at Washington. received informa-
ton from the American charge DAT
flares at London that the original tes-
tutor of the will. James Hungerford
Smithson's nephew Ito whom he had
left interest in his property and to
whose children, if he should marry and
have an heir or heirs, legitimate or ille-
climate, he left all his property. cx-
cept an annuity of s 100 year to one
John Fitall, an old servant). had died
at Pisa. Italy, on the 5th day of June.
and in the year of 1888. without heirs.
and that as the will runs: in case of
the death of my said nephew, without
leaving a child. or children. then be-
oueath the whole of my property. sub
ject to the annuity of 100. to John
E;tafl. and for the security and pay
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
treatment of Broody Hens.

When it is desired to break mp per-
slstent sitter it is often q hard matter
to succeed, but il the hen is given
new location she often concludes not to
sit at all. When hen becomes broody
she should be removed after dark to
some place away from the layers If
this location is very near like the old
one it is possible the hen will become
contented and proceed TO sit. At first
she may be given two or three wooden
eggs. and if she shows In inclination 20
sit after day or two she may have the
eggs for incubation. Glass or porce-
lain eggs are cold and may cause the
hen 10 refuse to sit, rather than be an
inducement to her.-Dakota Field and
Farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
Women and the Bicycle.

a physician who wrote and talked
much in favor of bicycle riding for
growing girls and women when the
exercise first became popular says that
now, after five years, his opinion is the
same with one qualification-modera-
ton. Women should not, young or old,
ride long at a time, and should not ride
fast On these limitations he now lays
the greatest stress, giving his consent
to his patients riding at ali only when
she will positively promise to agree to
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
BEES BY EXPRESS.
me- Valuable Hints Regarding
Packing and Shipping.


An exchange gives the following di-
rections for packing and shipping bees:
The manner of packing depends some
what upon the kind of hive, and to some
extent on the season of the year They
can be shipped any time of the year
when bees are flying. If the weather is
comparatively cool, as in the spring and
fall, they do not need so much ventila-
ton as through the warm months.
There is little danger, however, OF Civ
ing too much ventilation at any time.
Just how the ventilation can best be
given depends upon the hive, but with
almost any hive you can have the en-
tire top covered with wire cloth, and
that makes the colony safe against
smothering. If the weather is hot the
bees need a supply of water on their
journey, which may be given by means
of a sponge or roll of rags saturated
with water and placed on the top of the
frames. If the hive contains loose
hanging frames, these must in some
way be made fast. This may be done
by driving nails through the ends of
the top bars down into the ends of the
hive, but the nails should not be
driven in their entire depth, leaving
their ends projecting so they can be
drawn with a claw hammer. When
placed on the cars, let the frames run
parallel with the track: on a wagon
they should run crosswise.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13

lived, James Smithson, bequeathed to
the United States of America the whole
of his fortune, amounting in American
money to about $500, 900, ITO found, &C
cording to the terms of the will at
Washington, under the name of The
Smithsonian institution an establish
ment for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men,"
death is an ordinary occurrence,
and so is bequest; but. for an exile
from his own home, Il gentleman by
birth and education and of the highest
scientific attainments, laboriug under
the bar sinister (for he was an lille
ultimate son of the duke of Northum-
berland), and with an almost broken
heart at the odium cast upon him by his
blemished name, to die in ID foreign land
and leave his whole possessions to the
government of another land than that
which gave him birth. is. at least. nov
city, if not a romance.
Born in France, where his English
mother had gone to escape the odiun
of her disgrace. he passed the early
days of his life in the solitude of OK
ford schools, where, in the year of 1855,
he was graduated with honors from the
Pembroke college. receiving the degree
of master of arts from that institu-
ton. In early life he was known as
Lewis James Maceo, that being his
mothers name. He did not assume his
fathers name until he had achieved
some scientific attainments His ia
Their had been Sir Hugh Smithson be-
fore his marriage to the daughter of
Lord Percy had enabled him to assume
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
HuMsREcHT.s BICYCLE
a Somewhat Striking Novelty I'm the
VeI0cfpede Line.

FeIOcfpede Line.
Humbrecht's bicycle, patented No
vember 10, 1896, is striking novelty in
the velocipede line Two wheels are
mounted on a V-shaped axle, between
which the rider sits. A crank-shaft
having foot-pedals is suspended from
the axle convenient for the rider to OPP
crate. Sprocket wheels are mounted at
either end of the crank-shaft, and con-
meet by drive-chains with loose sprocket
wheels on the axle. The last named
sprockets are loosely connected to the
hubs of the supporting wheels, and suit
able clutches are mounted on the axle
adjacent to the sprocket, whereby the
latter are coupled to the wheel-hubs.
and the machine driven or propelled