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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13

correspondent asked his name, and he
replied: My name is Reiter; but that
has nothing to do with the case. If
you are interested in oyster culture
just look at the subject, and don't pay
any attention TO me. / am not an oys-
ter. Look at these little fellows who
are growing in their little ways, solely
to become food for the big animal.
Man. who rules the world. We are de-
veloping oysters according to scien-
tific system"
Eyes, but what is your system doing
to produce results?''
I'VE are spatting. Do you under
stand that? We are spatting.''
That naturally evoked the question:
What do you mean by spatting?" and
he said:
This system is purely system OF
spat culture to rear oysters for plant
ing. or seed oysters as they are called.
By the time the spawning season is
over, or at the end of 90 days, the
spats arc ready TO be taken out with
the shells to which they are attached
and transferred 10 the bed, where they
will be allowed to stay until ready for
the market. The spawning season is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13

of Virginia and Maryland will not
give to one man unlimited control Of
the territory under water. The law
makers of these states must be edu-
cuated up to a better understanding
Of the questions affecting oyster Gull
ture- For this reason this method is
especially applica BILE to the Chesa-
peake region, with its low, marshy
shores, offering natural advantages
for the construction of such ponds
A plant covering a tenth of an acre will
yieed 1000 bushels of spat, OF adult oy-
sters, which will cover at least four
acres 1 would not think of planting
more than $50 bushels to an acre"
Have you yet practically demon
strated the advantage of the system -
my method was devised too late to
put in operation this year. but it has
been demonstrated by the different ex-
periments made, by my own expert
ments III 1882, by Mather's experiments
this year at Colo Springs, where water
was pumped through the shells or
cuitch. and by the results of Brooks
work. Brooks suspended his collectors
on the surface and got shells thickly
covered with spat- In my own expert
Donald. in apparatus not more than a
square yard, in 24 hours. we obtained
100000 spat. Ny present conclusions
are based on observations / made at
different places The observations. on
which my conclusions as TO three d.
mansions are mainly based, were made
upon the work in the Chesapeake re-
gion, where I found that, on the brush
used as collectors. the spat would
catch from a point about the middle
clear TO the top Of the twigs. I am
hopeful now of having chance to try
1t at several points. The government
viii make experiments, think, at St.
Jerome's creek and Woods Holl. and
then it is likely can get private con-
eern 10 attempt experiments"
Noting at once the scientific ability
II this student OF oyster-ology, the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
OUR OYSTER SUPPLY.
What Science Is Doing to Keep It
from Petering Out.
Experts at Washington Are Con-
stantIy at work to Stimulate the
Artificial Development of
the Bivalves.
Especial Washington letter.

Are you good at figures? Can you
calculate sums in hundreds, thou
sands, millions and billions2
Unless you can do so you will not
be able to understand how oysters are
supplied by nature, and how they are
multiplied by science.
At the fish commission this after
noon one of the employees gave
some very interesting information
about the luscious bivalves. He was
attending to his regular routine du-
ties, and in response to many questions.
he said:
Zone large oyster will yield one
hundred millions of eggs. A bushel of
good oysters would yield about bill
lion of eggs. The hundred billions of
fry from my hundred bushels OF oy-
sters, 1 propose to have pass back and
forth through my canal. and besides I
have a few spawners in each one of the
receptacles. I will make use of meth
DDS of fertilization which are essen
TALLY my own. 1 depend, however, more
largely upon the natural brood, using
artificial fertilization as an auxiliary,
getting spat from fry produced nat
urally."
''What advantage does this proposed
system possess over other systems?''
This system greatly increases the
chances, by taking advantage of the
full patting capacity of the volume
of water. Oyster embryos, under or
binary conditions. in open water diff
fuse and aff1x themselves throughout
the three dimensions of such a body OF
water. The methods which have been
used provided for collectors only at
the bottom or on the surface. This
system contemplates that the collect
ors shall occupy the three dimensions
of the water, and provides cheap
and feasible method of spat culture, of
almost unlimited productiveness."
Referring to another scientist of en-
inence, engaged in the same worthy
enterprise, he said:
"a good many people will accuse me
of pilfering from Brooks. but my meth
DDS are radically different from
Brooks. Brooks methods of using
floats provide only for the fry that
comes on the surface; mine not only
takes the fry on the surface, but that
which sinks to the bottom as well.
My system simply spreads the spat-
ting surface through the whole depth
of the water.
Among the advantages of the sys-
tenn" he went on, "are the convenience
and accessibility of the arrangement.
The cultch can easily be overhauled il
necessary. Every three bushels of
cultch is completely independent of
the rest, and can be removed and ex-
amined at any stage. a great advan-
tage is that the water rushing through
keeps off the sediment, which has been
found to be very destructive to the
spat. Under this system, too, person
will have control of his plant. The laws
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13

piece of cork up into four squares or
.oblongs of the same thickness and size.
Next obtain four large needles and
stick these four pieces of cork on to
them, and in their turn stick them all
on to the circular piece of cork, as
shown in the illustration.
Now glue or gum to one side of each
sof the four pieces of cork a small
piece of camphor-each piece must be
of the same weight. Place them in
position on the cork, as shown. If
this is now placed on bowl of water
it will begin to spin round and round
for several hours, without stopping.
If small fgures-a lady and gentle
man dancing, for instance-be cut out
.of stiff, but light weight paper, and
fixed on to the center piece of cork,
some very ifelike movements cGn be
produced, which will last sometimes
for day or more continuously
Golden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
He Got PLENTY of Change.

A sporting looking man undertook
to have some fun with the train boy,
and offered to buy one-cent newspa-
per if the boy could change $40 bill.
The boy was about to reject the offer,
when another passenger handed him a
large and heavy canvas bag. Take
your change out of that" he whis-
pered. The boy opened the bag and
found it full of pennies. He counted
out 1899 coins to the facetious passen-
ger, who was man enough to keep to
his bargain. It was afterward learned
that the accommodating passenger
was connected with a penny-in-the-
slot company, and had been making a
collecting tour.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13

long shaft with cutters at one end.
The gun remains steady, while the bar
enters into the gun at the muzzle, and
turns at the same time, thus cutting
what are called spiral grooves
throughout the length of the bore OF
the gun. This rifiing is done so as to
give the shot or shell, when the gun is
fired, twirling or rotary motion,
which prevents it from tumbling end
over end, and causes it to keep pointed
in the right direction. The shot or
shell (projecti1e) is long, and has a cop
per band fitted on its rear end. When
the gun is fired. this copper band, being
softer than the. steel of the gun. enters
into the grooves. is turned by them.
and gives the projectile spinning mo-
ton during its flight.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
BITES OF ANIMALS.
why Their Severity Is Out OF All Pro-
portion to the Weapons
Which Inf1ict Them.

Apart from all concOmitant danger
of blood poisoning, the severity of the
bites of fesh-eating animals is out of
all proportion to the weapons by
which they are inflicted. The teeth,
even of the largest carnivora, are
merely the "spearheads;" but the
force which works" these ;nstru-
ments is prodigious. 1t seems as if for
the moment the animal threw all its
bodily energy into the combination of
muscular action which we call a
''bite." In most cases the mere shock
of impact as the animal hurls itself
eon it's enemy is entirely demoralizing
or infiicts physical injury. A muzzled
mastiff will hurl man to the ground
in the effort to fasten its teetl. in his
throat or shoulder. Then the driving
and crushing force of the jaw muscles
is astonishing. The swapping power
of an alligator's jaws is more or less
Ineligible. They are long and fur
mished with row of pointed teeth
from end to end. But the jaws of a
lion, leopard, tiger, otter, ferret or
baboon are short, and the long and
pointed teeth are few. Yet each of
their species has biting power which
in proportion to it's size is almost in
credible.
Sir Samuel Baker, who had long
and varied acquaintance with the
bites of the carnivora, noticed that
the tiger usually seized an Indian ma
tive by the shoulder, and with one
jaw on one side and the other on the
other bit clean through chest and
back. THE fatal wound was the bite,
which, through back and chest, pene-
trated to the lungs" Europeans are
killed by the tigers bite as well as
1acerated by the claws. In nearly all
cases the bite penetrates to the lungs
This kind of wound is characteristic
of the attacks of many of the felidae.
Scarcely any bird RECEIVERS from a
cats bite for the same reason. The
canine teeth are almost instantly
driven through the lung, under the
wing. The cheetah, which has very
small mouth, always bites through
the black bucks throat. The leopard.
when Selling smaller animals, such as
dogs, brushes the head; when attack
ing men it aims at biting through the
iungs.-Goiden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
In Rur.I Parts.

Molly wonder why those chickens
are called leghorns-
Dolly-Don't you see the little horns
On their ankles ?-BrookIyn Lie.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
Knew a @Hoileraax..

A little boy spent a holiday in the
country at his grandmother's. Such a
good time as he had, running and rae
ing and shouting for all he was worth.
AT last night came, and tired and
sleepy the little boy sought repose.
oh, grandma he cried, as he kissed
her good night s.now I know what q
hoilerday really and truly is. for I've
hollered all day longl "-De1roit Chris
tian Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
NUMBER ONE.

Always think of Number One,
I have heard my grandpa say.
If at home, or If abroad,
Number One has right of way.
In your work, or in your fun,
Do your best for Number Onei
But there comes into my head
Something else my grandpa said:
Number One is first, but you
Should be always Number Two,
Number Three or Number -Four,
or perhaps a number more.
While, If you prize duty done,
Some one else is Number One.
-Zitella Cooke, in Youths Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
A Dress Parade.

Cholly-I believe I'd kind of like to
be q soldier. doncherno.
Reggy-Aw. WEAKLY. me deah boy,
you're lad of spirit
"Just think how the long marches
would keep a feIiahss twousers from
bagging at the knees. Up to Date.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
AMUSING EXPERIMENT.
How Boys and Girls Can Have Lots
of Fun with Four Needles
and Cork.

Here is very interesting and anus
ing experiment. Procure large cork
and cut off from the top a circular
piece about quarter of an inch in
thickness. Now cut the remaining
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
ae Asked one QuestIon.

theory that the food one eats deter
mines the character of the eater
When he announced his willingness TO
answer questions on the subject one
of his auditors said:
'.Horse flesh is consumed in Paris, is
it not?"
"Yes, sir"
'sWell. are the French people partie-
ularly noted for horse sense ?''-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13

Elephant. store OF Muscles.
The elephant has 40, 600 muscles in
his trunk alone. while a man has only
SIT Ia his entire body.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
NUMBER 8.
Delightful Summer Tours.

For the convenience OF those who
seek the most attractive way of spend
ing Summer vacation, the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company has arranged
two delightful tours to the North. under
the pcrsonally-conducted tourist system.
July % and August rs. The points in
cludcd in the itinerary and the country
traversed abound in natures beauties:
Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, Thousand
Islands. Quebec, Montreal. Au Sable
Chasm, Lakes Champlain and George,
Saratoga. and the Highlands OF the
Hudson arc all rich in interest and re-
plete with natural attractions.
Each tour will be in charge of one OF
the company's tourist agents, assisted
by an experienced lady chaperon, whose
especial charge will be unescorted
ladies'.
The rate OF 800 from New York,
Brooklyn. Newark Trenton. Philadel-
phia, Harrisburg. Baltimore, and Wash
ington covers railway aud boat fare for
the entire round trip, parlor-car seats
mcnls en- route. hotel Entertainment,
transfer charges, carriage hire-in fact,
every item Of necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets or any
additional information, address Tourist
Agent Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pauy. 1876 Broadway. Now York: $50
Fulton Street, Brooklyn; 1S9 Broad
Street, Newark. n. j.; or Geo. W. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13

Crossing the Flemish borders. Alva
aid siege to all the chief towns, and
every triumph he gained was sullied by
the most vindictive cruelty. In capitu-
lating the 3arrisons. were shown no mer-
cy, and every arocity which greed of
rapine, wantonness of lust and blood
thirsty love of slaughter could devise
was perpetrated by his express direc-
ton In spite of these horrors he war
of liberation among the Dutch W mt OH,
and the beacon fires of freedom were
everywhere lighted.
Unfortunately at the time Queen Eliz-
abeth of England had re-established
friendly relations with Spain, and the
trading merchants and hardy mariners
of the Netherlands were excluded from
the Kingdom. These "bcggars of the
sea, as they styled themselves, driven
back by necessity upon their own coun-
try, sought to establish base for their
patriotic operations and fell upon the
Spanish garrisons in the Dutch seaports
Of Brill and Flushing, and expelling
them. raised the banner of their Orange
dclivcrer.
Alya was in time succeeded by his
son, Don Frederic, but affairs took no
brighter hue for the Dutch. Towns were
taken by assault, and in spite o. Span
ish promises to spare life and property
Alva could boastfully write to King
Philip that they had cut the throats of
the burghers and all the garrison (of
Naarden) and had not left II mothers
son alive. Self Culture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13

One evidence of the ever hustling char
acteristics of the average New Yorker is
shown on the stairways Of the up town
station of the elevated railroad at Park
place and Church street. The steps of
these stairways are covered with rub
Der, but every other step has large iron
rings imbedded in the rubber.
This was caused by the fact that the
New Yorker is never content to wait
even one minute for train, and that
when he hears one approaching as he is
at the foot of the stairs he will rush up
the stairs two steps at a time hoping to
catch the train.
AS result the elevated railroad Off
cials noticed that the rubber mating ON
every other step was wearing out twice
as quickly as tho rest. For II long time
they pondered as TO the cause, and one
day Manager Fransioli solved the prob
lem. To know was to act in his case,
and tho steel re-enforced rubber now
lasts ii anything longer than the or
binary mats on the other teps.-New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
TOURISTS ABROAD.


The amount of money expended by
tourists In Europe has, If official records
abroad are to be accepted as authentic
increased enormously of late years
There has been recently filed 'th the
Swiss minister os finance ard lstoms
nt Born detailed statement OF hotel
receipts in that country, from which 1t
appears that the gross receipts of Swiss
hotels rose from so, 500, 600 francs in
1880 to IA, 1888, 600 in 1894. The entire
annual expenses of the Swiss republic
amount in year to between So 600, 600
and 10000, 900 francs (the budget for
this year is given at tho latter flgurcl,
and it would SEEM therefore, very rlSch
as ii the hotels of Switzerland take in
in year more than the government IT,
self does.
The Swiss figures are not the only
ones furnished in Europe recently on
this point. 4 French record shows that
every year there are 21O 900 foreiuucrs
who pass FROM Ct fortnight to whole
winter on the Riviera Every person is
supposed to eSpend on an averagl |, 600
francs, or 5000, III the country IN 9th.
er words, the foreign visitors sprnd in
the country every winter the sum of
S5d, OOO.OO0 The English are put down
rs contributing onn-third Of this amount;
the French themselves contribute anoth.
CT third; Germans Belgians, Dutch,
Russians and Americans contribute the
remainder From being poor country
when it was annexed to France in 1860
Nice has become one of the richest de-
partments of the republic.
Some figures recently compiled of the
revenues TO hotels from tourists i'm Paris
show the average number of foreign
visitors to be G0,000. 1t is customary
to estimate at 10 francs, or So, a day
the hotel bills of strangers in Paris.
Estimating at SO a day each the hotel
bills of go, 600 tourists and at about as
much more their other outlays it is to
be seen that tourists in Paris can be nut
down for an expenditure of nearly $3.50
600 n day.
The total sum expended by tourists
in Europe in year is probably not very
far from S7O0, 900, 900, aud very con
siderable portion of this comes frop, the
pockets, the purses and the bankers
balances of Americans, who are pro.
verbally the most liberal among travel.
ers. Russians come second. Brazilinns
third. Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
Hlll Wna EnnlCd.

''Seen anything of feller round
here with rcd whiskors an squint?"
queried Bill Sykes Of Newberg, as he
adjusted his red comforter and blew II
sonorous blast from his bibulous nose
preparatory TO taking little stimulant,
" cause if you have I've got business
with him. He come to my house yes
terday, an after talking around spell
AN telling Hammer he thought she was
my darter an making fool of her he
said he would have to inspect the we'll.
Sent out by the state you know
well, l got pailful of water, an
he poured some in sasser and looked
at 1t through mikyscope. Then look
ed at it, an say, fellers, that water was
full of alligators n foot long-microbes
he called 'em The upshot was / bought
the milkyscope and some stuff to put in
the well to kill the animals, an / paid
him $40, but twas partly Hammers
fault
Here Bill looked around deflantly and
continued: "That stuff was salt an wa
ter an there want no bugs They were
painted on the glass TO the mil1yscope. ;"
And with rather derogatory remark
about the honesty of man generally Bill
left in quest Of the man with the squint.
-Dowagiac Republican
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
A Clever Craftsman.

The sliokest craftsman in our office at
this kind Of work is little, dark com
plexioned fellow who sits in u corner
and says never a word. He has glass
eye and three wooden legs His name is
Camera. He takes his cap off at draw.
ing for only minute and says to the
foreman: 81 have made n more accurate
copy than any tracer in the office could
nave done. Every line is exact, every
circle Is true and all your figures are
correctly copied. If you are using your
drawing for constant reference, I will
only delay you minute, and your copy
Will be ready for printing in an hour"
To any intelligent man such am appeal
Will not pass without careful exam
lnation. Machinist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13

The special correspondent of q we'll
known trades paper furnished most
satisfactory laugh awhile ago for a
friend of his who lives up in northern
New York state, and he does not know
it yet. He had gone up the state to visit
some mill or other, and the before men
toned friend volunteered to drive him
over to hi destination. Now, while the
special correspondent has wonderfully
general fund of information he knows
little about the country, and when they
were passing large cheese factory he
exclaimed: "Why there's a creamery
Just wait II minute while / go in and
get drink of buttermillz. "
With this he jumped out of the car
riago and entered the building. My
country friend says that whey is not
pleasant to take and that even the pigs
won't eat It. But when the special cor
respondent asked for buttermilk the
people in the factory gave him big
glass Of thin, aciduous liquid, which he
swallowed down at u draft. The drive
was then continued. The special CORE
spondent seemed to be very thoughtful
He finally exclaimed in his explosive
fashion:
"Well, Smith, | don't know What
breed of cows You raise up here, but
that was the darndest buttermilk | ever
tasted. Paper Mill.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
MagnetizIng % Soap Bubble.

Oxygen is million times less "at.
itractable" on susceptible" than iron,
and therefore experiments to show its
attractability have to be extremely del
icate. 1t was with one of them that
Professor Fleming concluded his lecture.
He took soap bubble-soap and water,
by the way, being diamagnetic--and
filing it with air placed it in the field
OF very strong electro magnet. The
bubble did not quiver. Then he filed
another bubble with oxygen, and again
turned ON the current, Instantaneously
the bubble inclined itself toward the
magnet. 1t bobbed back again when tho
current was turned off, but at a second
attempt, when again the current was
turned on, the attraction SO unsettled
1T that it burst London Graphic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-07-13
4 Common Danger.

If you have ever had a cold which YOU
permitted to wear away" it may in
terest you to know thatit was danger
Gus proceeding. Every cold and cough
which is neglected paves the way for
consumption, bronchitis, asthma or
catarrh. Otto's Cure, the famous
German throat and lung remedy, will
euro any cough or cold and save YOU
from consumption. Call on H. Alex.
Stoke and get sample bottle free.
Large size 25c. and soc.