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The Green Forest tribune., 1898-03-31

For 9 fashionable hat, call OR Mrs. Littler.
 Package coffee at A. Blasin- game's at Ice.
 If it's 3 cheap hat you're looking for, call at Mrs. Littler's.
 bowIes Never sicien' weaken or srips' ies. sl'
 Apply at THE TRIBUNE office if you want to buy Green Forest property. We have several good residences for sale.
 It isa great leap from the old fashioned doses ot blue,maSs and hguse40s physies 10 inc pleasant little pills known as DeWitt's Lit- tie Early Risers. They cure con- stiratlon, sick headache and bill- iousness. J. B. Harbert. ' Jasper Meador has purchased tho Model Clothing House, and has tken possession ot the business. Dr. Meador is D good business man and has many friends horo who will be glad to know that ha has again embarked in mercantile lines.-Enreka Springs Flashllgh..
 Twenty-Five years make g gener- ation. That is how .ong AdoIph Fisher of zainsvillo, O., suffered rom piles. Hewas cured by using three boxes Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. J. E. Harbert.
The Green Forest tribune., 1898-03-31

The Gamble Nurseries of Ft. Smith, Ark, want good agents in every county to solicit orders for Nursery stock and Browns Tree Paint, sure remedy against rab. bits, borers and scale. Write for full particulars,
The Green Forest tribune., 1898-03-31

H. c. Hart of Yocum is said to be a prospective candidate for County Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
TIMELY DAIRY HINTS.

1t is n bad practice to wash the dairy
utensils at a well. 1t will pollute the
water.
The placenta should always be re-
moved in three or four hours. If left
longer it will be inclosed by the con-
traction of the womb.
If a quarter of the udder is smaller
than the other parts, Hoard advises
rubbing and kneading it pretty hard
twice day with pure lard.
1t is claimed that when butter is salt
ed in the churn two ounces of salt to
the pound will not leave more sadness
than the average palate will like.
Shade for the cow in summer is near
ly as essential as shelter IN winter
whatever the fellow whose theory is
that the cow should be kept eating and
not loafng, may say.
If the cow stards in the mud puddle.
mixing her droppings with the water,
and drinking the water you will not
get either good milk or butter from the
COW. But we have seen hundreds of
cows that did it.
The greatest enemy of man to man
is he who sneers at what the press saws
about improved dairying or other farm
methods. He is as big fool as the
man who said in his heart that there
i no God.-Western Plowman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
Cooking Frutt. for Cb,,are,

Baked apples may be used where
they agree with children, and a raw
scvaped apple may be given" writes
Mrs. S. I. Rorer on Proper Cooking
for the Nursery" in the Ladies' Home
Journal. Bananas should always be
cooked, unless they are very ripe and
the skins quite black. To bake a ban
ana nicely you should have porcelain
or granite baking-dish. Strip the
skins from the bananas, place them in
dish, sprinkle over a tablespoonful of
sugar; add four or five tablespoonfuls
of water, and bake in a quick oven for
twenty minutes. basting once or twice.
Serve warm blackberry jam, if prop
erly made, is quite an important nurs-
cry food"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
HOME CALISTHENICS.
The Best Time for Athletics OF Ahy
Description Is Right After
the Morning Tub.

Every girl ought to be able to let her
elbows meet at the back, though few
can manage it, says a writer in Leisure
Hours. No girl should use dumbbells
without skilled advice as to the weight
they should be. Much harm has been
done by overnorking the muscles in
calisthenic exercises, and there are So
called professors of the art who do
more harm than good. Sometimes the
weight of the heads is too great, and
very often the exertion is much too
arduous.
Delicate girls suffer very much from
OVERRIDING even ordinary exercise and
the very strongest must feel their
strength impaired by too lavish use
Of any one set Of muscles. The best
time for practicing these exercises is inn
mediately after the morning tub. They
improve the circulation and prevent the
tendency of STOPPING, which almost
every one experiences who never does
any gymnastic work, brace the mus
cles, benefit the figure and impart the
graceful, erect carriage which should
distinguish veery athletic and sport
loving English woman. Only ten min.
utes should be the limit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

pretty dolls face is used for the head
A tiny cap is put upon it. The head to
the waist position is the nail file and
below is the powder puff covered with
a skirt of Powered calico or cambria.
More amusing by far, however, is the
shosthread spool doll the men will get.
The head of this doll is the back of the
bowl of a pipe with face painted on it
and cap of calico tied about the face.
The stem of the pipe is fitted down in to
the hole that goes through the center
of the spool, which is cut out as much
as possible. Over the spool a skirt
of calico is fitted and over the pipe stem,
just below the bowl, is a kerchief of
white. At once there is jolly-looking
old woman in view.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
Rye for MIX Cows.

Rye makes excellent feed for cows
giving milk. It contains little fat and
comparatively large amount OF milk
making elements and can be recon-
mended as a milk feed. Green rye is
given the same analysis as pasture
grass, but from experience I doubt if
it is as valuable. For soiling, however it
is of greater value than pasture grass
by reason of the enormous quantities
that may be secured from so small a
piece Of ground. Ii sown early it NAV
be cut in the fall and then two or three
crops cut from it in the spring. RIVE.
either green or the grain, produces no
particular effect different from other
foods of the same class.-National
Stockman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
Eraaicatine Currant worms.

The currant worm is slow traveller,
and seldom leaves the clump of bushes
where it was born and bred, even when
ii gets into the moth stage. Where they
are once eradicated on a farm some
years of exemption may be hoped for,
even when the pest is plentiful few
miles away. Still, the use of hellebore
every spring, just as soon as the cur
rant leaves appear, and renewing it
after every rain, is advisable. [: is far
better to head off the intruder before
the damage is done, than to wait until
currant bushes are stripped bare. In
the latter case probably some OF the
worms have gone into the pupa stage
before the poison is applied. and will be
on hand another spring.-American
CiIlfiyafOr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
HANDY WAGON.

the thing to use in the sugar bush and
around on the farm in the spring of the
year.
Fig. is very handy device for haul
ing corn to the shredder. or just the
thing to bring the corn from the field to
ell the silo. The platform is made of
plank , inches thick, with pieces of 2X4
scantling bolted on at each eud. Two
old moving machine wheels to be used.
The axle should be placed 1 foot three
inches from the center. The platform
should be feet wide by 16 feet long
Charles III. Hickox, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
HOURS.

We have only to stand on the summit of
an hour to command an uninterrupted hori-
zon.-H. D. Thoreau.
Rising, descending, we go
Day after day, now fast, row slow.
The hours lift and bear US on:
Careless we front them, yet each one
Is Like a softly rounded hill,
On which up-climbing, if we will,
We may the shining heavens descry
And far bounds Of eternity.
Too oft we go with down-dropped eyes.
Nor mark the soft recurrent rise
OF these small SUBMITS by the way,
From which, so many times day,
Souls that are wearied and shut in
With cares and griefs and doubts may win
A breath of freedom as they press
To meet the next hours strain and stress.
Dear outlooks! raised by Gods own hand
For pilgrims through this border-land;
The upward way is hard to gain,
Breath may be scant and strength be vain,
Yet every hour, If brave to bear,
Mounting to sunshine and fresh air,
Our eyes may see afar unrolled
The vision OF the Gates of Gold.
Susan Coolidge. in Congregationalist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
revival of coral JeveIrv

Queen Margherita of Italy intends to
be seen good deal this season wearing
coral jewelry, in order to encourage an
industry which of late years has some
what fallen upon evil days. 1t would
not DE surprising if the fashion were
20 spread to London, as coral is becom-
ing to almost any complexion. and can,
of course, be had in any shade, from a
rose pink so delicate as TO be almost
impercePtible up to vivid red. If a
revival OF the dainty old filigree setting
should also set in, the outcome should
mean some pretty things of kind that
would be quite novelty TO the girls
of to-day
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
CAPACITY OF SILOS.
Table Giving the Average Weight Per
Cubic Foot of welI-Matured
and Settled EnsilaEe.

1t would seem as though we mi ght be
excused from answering over and over
again questions relating to the capacity
of silos, but it is perhaps fair to as
sumo that others are much like our
se,ves-not over careful to preserve the
information not specially needed for
present use.
Silage varies in weight per cubic foot
principally for the amount of pressure
to which it has been subjected. Hence
the last foot, or five feet, in silo, which
has been filled up 20 20 feet deep is
much heavier (because more compact)
shan the first foot, or five feet.
The following table gives the average
weight per cubic foot OF well matured
corn silage, al different depths, after
settling two days, and the average for
the entire depth:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
PRUNING PEACH TREES.
Much of the Work of Thinning Fruit
May De Done by JudiciOus Short
eninE of Growth.

A good authority says that at plant
ing time the top should be pruned 10 a
straight whip not more than "a or 80
inches high. With modern implements
OF cultivation there is no need of having
the tops formed as cur fathers used to-
SO as to allow a horse to walk under the
branches. By forming the top low,
there Is less danger of injury from high
winds, and because the fruit is near the
ground the expense OF harvesting is
much less The pruning the first year
should consist in shortening the lead
ing branches of the last years growth,
leaving them distributed along the
stem left at planting time. Avoid hav-
ing the branches radiate from COM
mon center. If properly distributed
along the trunk, a branch broken by
wind or an overload of fruit works no
permanent injury to the tree. Prun-
ing after the first year should consist
IN shortening the main branches so as
to form short-jointed, compact head
Continue this shortening process each
year, doing the work when the wood is
dormant. In this way the trees will be
kept low, and the fruit within easy
reach. Low trees will support all the
y
of ladders will be saved. the fruit can
be more rapidly harvested, and at least
ten years viii be added to the lifetime
OF the tree. If vigorous growth is al
lowed each year without shortening,
n few years the weight of the fruit is
borne at the end of long branches,
which are sure to break with the first
load of fruit, destroying the tree just
when it ought to be in its prime. Many
make the mistake of thinning too much
the small twigs from the inside
branches. They will bear as good
fruit as is grown en- the tree. Nature
will indicate when they ought to be re-
moved. Much of the work of thinning
the fruit may be done by judicious
shortening of the annual growth. This
can be done in winter when work is less
rowding.-Rural World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
FURNISHING A HOME.
The Very Essence of Elegance, Says
MIR. Box, Lies in the Simplicity
of Arrangement.

"There is no idea more wantonly er-
foneous than that il requires \ liberal
expenditure of money to have a COM
Portable and artistic home,'' writes Ed
ward w. Box in Ladies' Home Journal
1.-The very essence of elegance lies in
simplicity. 1t is not art to make par
lor the duplicate of an exhibition room
in a furniture store. That simply calls
for an outlay of money and a failure to
exercise taste. There is no tone in such
room, no air of repose, no comfort, no
individuality. 1t speaks for what it is,
an exhibition. True art in furnishing
is found in allowing a home to slowly
develop under the tastes of those who
live in 1.-THE adoption of an idea here,
another there. The development of
taste requires time and cultivation. No
house worth living in can be completed
at one time. A home of comfort I'M
folds itself, so to speak, and unfolds
slowly. True improvement comes in
this way, and only in this way Young
married people cannot bear this fact in
mind too strongly when furnishing
their homes"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
Paint to Repel Borerx.

All kinds of insects are attracted TO
the plants which are appropriate for
their food. or where their eggs should
be laid, by the sense OF smell. Any
strongly smelling coating over trees
which will disguise its natural odor Will
protect them from attack. White paint
has such distinct odor, and is so per-
manent that il is perhaps the best coat
ing to apply to tree trunks. But still
cheaper substitute may be found in
common whitewash, into which some
carbolic acid diluted has been mixed.
This also holds the peculiar smell of
carbolic acid all through the season.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
NEW CoTILLoN FAvoRs.
SILK Ribbon and Wood Have Taken
the Place of the Grape Paper and
Chiffon of Last Winter.

Cotillon favors for the coming spring
and summer cotillons, says the New
York Herald, have all been arranged by
the experts at home and abroad. Crepe
paper and chiffon of the last season have
gone out" and silk ribbon and wood
have taken their places. Real golf
sticks, balls, ETC., Will be feature of the
cotillon season.
Spangled satin sashes are another
novelty in the favor field. Those have
the true Partisan touch to them and are
made of ribbon of every conceivable
evening hue. Double-faced satin rib
bon eight to ten inches wide is used,
and each sash requires at least two
yards and a half. They are tied, for
the convenience of the maiden who re-
ceives one, in a huge bow, with very
long ends, and the proper thing will
be for the girl to slip them on her arm
while she is dancing.
Two "nouveautes" that viii be used
are exceedingly grotesque. Both are
cotillon dollies of small size.
For the girls there is the powder puff
doll. This little manikin is made of
beeswax, a nail file and powder puff.
a lump of beeswaX modelled into a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
To secure Good Results.

No doubt there are many men in the
dairy business feeling that the results
from the dairy have not been satisfac-
tory. In many cases the feed is to
blame-there may have been only dry
feed given the cows If silo is used
and filled the coming fall the returns
from the dairy Will be greatly enhanced
in value. Cows need succuient feed
through the winter as well as in sum-
mer. and it will pay TO put up siio If
five or more cows are kept--Dakota
Field and Farm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

Average for

bottom of the silo, multiply this by
depth OF silage and the product will be
the total cubic feet of silage. For in
stance, if a siIo is 12X15 feet inside
measurement, and 20 feet deep, it will
have 5000 cubic feet, and when we'll
filled with mature corn, the average
weight, per cubic foot, will be 33.3
pounds, or 10000 pounds go tons) for
the whole. The lower layer of five feet
in depth will be nearly 20 tons, the one
above is about 171a tons, and in this
proportion for other depths
DairVman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
GARDEN BOB SLEDS.

gether with two three-eighth-inchb bolts.
The dark lines in cut, A, A, are pieces
of 2x4-inch, set up edgeways and hol-
lowed out as shown. - The raves are
made of H-inch thick stuff, i inches
wide. Beams are 3X4 inches square.
BClsters the same. The blocks under
beam are 3x4 inches, cut off square and
bolted up through runner and rave
with two half-inch bolts. This makes
a very strong pair of hobs that are just
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
Pacific Lnhafer.

On the southern coast of California
is found species of large lobster not
furnished with the huge "shearing
claw" of the Atlantic lobster, and which
is now being shipped to points this side
of the Rocky mountains. 1t is known
as the bermuda lobster because it was
formerly common at the bermuda is
lands, although now it is said to have
become nearly extinct there.-Youth,z
Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

enough for person to stand in by the
side of bundle Of fodder. Place the
bundle in the box butts foremost, put
one foot on it, and cut in lengths to
suit cut four to eight inches-until
you come to the band, then reverse the
bundle and cut from the top. Use any
ordinary hay knife. Every farmer
knows the advantage of cut cornfodder
over whole stalks.-A. S. Forsman, in
Chic Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
IMPROVING Relaxed skin.

When the skin has a tendency to be
coarse and greasy, overheated rooms
should be avoided and the pleasure of
sitting over the fire should not be in
dulged in. To tighten the skin and
close the enlarged pores make lotion
thus and apply it once or twice day
after washing the face: Infuse quar-
ter of an ounce of dried rose petals
(Which can be obtained from any large
drug store) in two ounces of pure
white wine vinegar for twenty-four
hours; strain through muslin, squeeze
the petals well and add two ounces of
rectiied spirits of wine and eight
ounces of rosewater.-Philadel
Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

dark blue top. These are OF cotton and
are inexpensive and popular. Another
variety is in silk embroidered in coIors-
The showiest of these is in gray silk
embroidered in carnations.
Another style is in blue and white
traced along up and down the leg, with
figures embroidered around :he leg.
The heels and toes are in solid colors
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

the ends sew white neediework en-
broidery, or il you choose you can pro-
cure fringe or chiffon ruffling.
A standing collar must be worn with
this stock, which is tied around the
neck Tie in one loop and two ends,
and pull the loop through until it slngs
almost as long as the short end. This
Will be found very useful all summer
to wear with the gown it matches.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
CUTTING CORN STALKS
Device That Is just as Good on a
Small Farm the Most Expen-
sive COntrivances.

I send a sketch of device use for
cutting cornfodder, for feeding. Where
one wants to feed team of horses or
4 COW or two, it is all that is needed.
The space between the ends of the
door boards (A) and the crosspiece OBJ
should be 11a inches wide, for the hay
knife to work in. Make the box wide
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
TWO HOMEMADE TOOLS.
a Pair of BObsIeds for Spring Work
In the Garden and Handy De-
vice for Hauling Corn.

Fig. 1 is a homemade pair of bob
sieds, or fat bottom mud-bobs, that
will take the place of the cid, long
mud-sled. The runners are made of
plank 8 feet 6 inches long by inches
wide and IA inches thick, bolted to-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
NEAT TAFFErA STOCK.
With One Yard OF Goods You Can
Make n Very Effective One to
Match Your Gown

To make a very snowy taffeta stock
get one yard of taffeta 10 match Your
gown. Cut it in two strips fengthwise,
and sew the ends together. Line
throughout with white ribbon. Upon
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
SUMMER STOCKINGS.
The Piazza Girl May He Pardoned 70
She Permits n Passing Glimpse
of Them.

Stockings are so gaudy this year
that the summer girl will be cruel in
deed If she hides them beneath her vol
luminous skirts. One style of summer
stockings has plaid legs, and above
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

Some women worry themselves gray
trying to look young.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-19

Wonderful Growth in Population and Wealth.

The report that the representatives of
States for the purpose of effecting a
large loan from American capitalists,
While it nay prove to be only Il m
is an indication of the change which is
rapidly taking place in the financial af-
fairs of the world. From the time of
the discovery of the western continent
America has been a large borrower in
the money centers of Europe and the
sums which have been paid to European
banks and capitalists in interest by the
business men of the United States are
almost beyond calculation. Of late
years, however, American securities
have been returning, the foreigndeb has
been to a large extent extinguished and
Europeans have been obliged to do
much planning to keep the greater part
of their supply of gold from coming to
this country. If there are no represent
atives here now looking for loans, the
time is not far distant when there will
be, and in a few years the flow of inter-
est money to America will begin to off
set the stream which has been going in
the other direction for centuries.
The development of the American re-
public is without parallel in history. AT
the beginning of the present century
the settlements in North America were
confined almost entirely to the Atlantic
seaboard, the country west of the Ale
ghanies was a vast wilderness, while
the territory west of the Mississippi
river was UNEMPLOYED. The people We're
struggling with the hardships of the
pioneer, the future of the stability of a
republican form of government was in
serious doubt and the wealth of the ma
tion was comparatively nothing. There
are men living who have witnessed the
establishment of government and civil
ization from one ocean to the other,
have seen the 10 original states grow in
to As and four territories, the population
increase from $685. 900 to $4,000, 900 peo-
pie and wealth accumulate until now
the United States is probably the rich
est nation on earth.
Such have been the achievements of
the 10Th century. What will be those of
the Goth?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-19

genuine doctrine roll in his grave with
Indignation.
The country will have to look to the
more level heads in the Democratic
party to choke off and suppress these
wind TANNERS, who are d~arkening
counsel with words without knowledge.
They are become a grievous nuisance.
They give sensible people a pain, for
their Importance is inversely as their
vocal area, and the better part of the
public is anxious to escape further in
Fiction. That the majority of the Dem
ocratic party is not with these political
misfits was made manifest when that
memorable Texas state convention sat
down 50 hard On Mr.. Bailey that he was
bereft Of speech for a whole week.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-19

their careers that they are no
the other hand are the butts
of ridicule and sarcasm, they will
be showing wisdom by seeking some
steady employment in private life; their
day has passed. Several men of prom
inence have reached that stage within
the past six months, and before the
election of 1900 rolls round the papers
of the land will laugh them into obscur-
ity. The most dangerous foes men who
desire to pose before the public as great
statesmen have to meet are ridicule and
sarcasm. When those instruments of
torture are put to work against them
the end will soon come.