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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

For celery caterpillar dust with white
hellabore.
If you spray trees when in bloom you
will kill bees.
The tomato is greatly benefited by
transplanting.
The English varieties of gooseberries
are not good bearers.
For rose slug spray with white hella-
bore or use any fine dust.
The old Red Dutch currant is good
both for quantity and quality.
Cucumber striped beetle can be de-
stroyed by spraying with Paris green.
Z. b. Terry insists that one eye of
the potato is best for planting.
Celery can be grown on sandy or CLAW
loan. but likes a rich mucky SOIL
Western Plowman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14

teresting description OF the ouinaniche
appeared. The fish, it was said. is of
wide habitat. and variously named.
In Maine he is known as the '-Schoodic
trout" In Nova Scotia he is called
''grayling." In the land-locked lakes OF
Sweden he IS termed 'silrerlax-
He is found in all the waters
CT Quebec, and is particularly plen-
tiful in the streams of the Lake St.
John system In weight he viii run
from four TO seven pounds. The rec
ord is 17A pounds, taken from very
deep water. with jock Scott fly. he is
hater OF civilization. When land on
either side of his water is plowed he
vanishes-
In England salmon live and do we'll
in rivers that are INSTRUCTED by weirs
and tainted with the dyes and foul ex-
cretions of factories, but .he ouiaraniche
is born Of wild water. He braves the:
rapids, and lives n life of peril and
hardship; and civilization, so infinitely
the inferior OF savagery, commands
him to move on. Not for him are
streams churned by steamers and made
foul by humanity. The dip of the
Indian paddle and the smooth shoot
his lair are as near man as he cares to
come.
He is beautiful. a perfect salmon in
shape. He is deep black on his back
His sides are blush green, and silver
green at the medal line. The belly is sill
yer white. and the gill covers are deep.
rich greenish bronze The eyes ara
remarkably large and brilliant. and
the adults all have black spots on the
body which are irregular and quad
rilateTals or double ks. The formula
of his fighting ability gives him one
pound for every two of the sea-going
salmon. 4 five-pound ouiananiche will
equal ten-pound salmon.
No man a stranger to the Canadian
waters Of the woods can understand the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
birds should Be Protected.

The work of the birds about the farm
in destroying insects entities them to
our full protection. The Maine expert
ment station proposes to issue bull
letin on the subject, and we anticipate
that what many people heretofore have
considered merely very pretty senti-
ment will be shown to have a founda-
ton in the most practical sort of fact.
Even the common non-poisonous snakes
perform duty which shows their
friendliness to the farmer. We are
growing more clearly to understand
that in the providence of the Creator
there is no such thing as waste or mis-
lfts.-Farmers, Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
HOLDING COUNSEL WITH THE JUG.

they said, and then the bass would
come back in good condition. Events
OF the past two weeks have proved
that as far as the bass returning to
their usual haunts was concerned, the
old fishermen were right.
1t requires ar expert fisherman to fish
with live minnow in shadows; but for
the fly fisherman, Or one who uses q
spoon, it is appetizing to find the bass
frequenting them. The Fourth OF JUL
found big crowds of anglers up the
river, and again the record showed that
the water from Harper's Ferry down to
about Georgetown was the favored run
for bass in the Potomac.
Your correspondent fshed at Harp
er's Ferry, and had excellent luck, which
was followed by misfortune of the most
exasperatiDg sort He had enjoyed fine
sport, and in the water behind his boat
as he was coming in trailed string Of
eight fine beauties. A sharp rock
caught the slender string and cut it as
though with a knife. And that was
the last of the bass
In preceding paragraph illusions
were made to the ouiananiche, or wi
nanish, as the Indians call it. The up
per Sauguenay, in the far Canadian
woods. is the home of this wonderful
fish, He is land-locked salmon. In \
recent issue OF sporting paper an in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
Homemade Cream Chee,e.

Cream cheese may be made at home
providing youfoilow carefully the rules
Take four quarts of good, thick milk
pour into it two quarts of boiling water;
turn into a bag and drain over night
Next morning rub this cheese to e
smooth pulp and press through fine
sieve; add gradually tablespoonful OF
melted butter or two tablespoonfuls o:
thick cream. Pack this into small cups
and stand in cool place for about two
or three weeks; at the end of that time
the top may be removed and the cheese
turned from the cups for use.-Ladies
Home Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
Make Only the Rest.

1t Is matter of great moment to the
dairymen as to the price he will get for
his butter. If dairyman makes from
t25 to 200 pounds of but ter day. a loss of
two cents means great deal. tits inst
as expensive to make butter selling at "a
cents as that which sells at two cents
more, and in the latter case the two
cents is clear gain How important.
then, that every dairyman or butter
maker place on the market a product
that win sell for the very highest pricel
Field and Fara
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14

floor to ceiling and so occupy only a
small floor space.
When picking up potatoes in the field
place eight or ten crates on a stone
boat and haul it along between the
rows and throw in from each side, thus
saving all heavy carrying by hand.
Other uses will suggest themselves
and the longer you use them the better
you will like theme. E. Walter, in
Western Rural.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
MARYLAND CHICKEN.
A Dish Which May Well BE Called the
True Masterpiece of Amer
lean Cookery.

The old-fashioned cook of MARYLAND
had 4 special reputation for preparin g
chicken in superior manner. Select a
tender, plump young chicken. SINCE,
dress and cut it up as if for fricassee.
Wipe each piece. season it with salt and
pepper, dip each in melted butter and
then lightly in sifted bread crumbs.
Arrange the pieces on baking pan and
put them in hot oven to bake. Let the
chicken cook in this way for three-qu quar-
tiers of au hour, basting it every Is min
utes, and turn it after it has Drowned
well on one side. While the chicken is
cooking prepare corn fritters to serve
with it. To make these fritters, cut off
the cob a cupful of fresh corn, OF if it
cannot be obtained use a cupful of
canned corn, drained a little and
chopped. Add pepper and salt, two
well-beaten eggs and also a tablespoon
full Of cream if canned corn is used.
Add a cupful of -four and half cupful
of milk. Divide the corn fritters and
fry them in butter in very not pan,
turning them from one side when they
are done TO the other. Prepare a cream
sauce by pouring cupful of cream in
the dripping pan in which the chicken
was baked. Thicker the gravy with an
even tablespoonful of butter mixed with
q teaspOonful of -four. LIE; the gravy
thus formed simmer slowly for five min
utes- Season it with salt and pepper
and strain il and scatter in teaspoon
full of minced parsley Set the gravy in
the oven a moment or two, then pour it
over the chicken, which should be gar
uished-N " Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
A Japanese Pot-Peurr1.

Lavender flowers, one pound; rose
leaves, one pound; ground orris root
half a pound; crushed cloves, two
ounces; crushed cinnamon, two ounces;
crushed allspice, two ounces; table
salt, one pound. Thoroughly mix these
several ingredients, and then keep in &
tightly sealed jar till required to be
used. For sachets, to place among
clothing and house linen, this potpourri
will be found very fragrant and refresh.
ing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14

ham dress is wash ribbon, which comes
in narrow widths at six cents a yard
Sew it around the yoke in loops thai
lie close together so they form a sorl
of ruffle. The ribbon around the neck
can also be wash ribbon. If the ging.
ham dress is washed carefully this wash
ribbon will keep nice all summer, and
you will have very little trouble will
the dress until it is worn out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
recipe for spiced cake.

Yellows of seven eggs, two teacup-
fuls of brown sugar, one teacupfuf of
n. o. molasses, one teacupful of butter,
five teacupfuls of flour, one teacupful
of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda,
one pound of seeded raisins, one-half
pound of citron; cinnamon, ginger, nut
meg and spice to taste
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
E/G./

no.
es. Bottom Stats should be nailed to
UNDER side of second side Stat. End
Stats are nailed on last with end flush
with outside of side slat.
When empty place one endwise in
side of two others, then they can be
handled quicker and take up less room.
They'are handy in storing potatoes in
the cellar as they can be corded from
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
THE GINGHAM BABY,
able Of All the Pretty Little
Maids of Summer.

The Bingham baby wears a dress
made of three or four different kinds
OF bingham. Her yoke may be plain
gingham edged with a band of ribbon
below which may be set out bread
ruff of figured bingham, and TO the yoke
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
CRATES FOR POTATOES.
Handy in Picking the Tubers I'm the
Field and in Storing Them in
Cellars Later On.

Potato crates are something which
every farmer needs and which he can
make for himself on rainy days.
Common lath are suitable for the
Stats. The corners should be hard
wood. Three penny nails are the right
size. Side Stats are 1917 inches long,
end Stats 141A inches, corners 1919 inch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
Theory I. avn yer Me,I

Mrs Mishaw-You praise yourseH
too much, my dear People would ap-
preciate you more, and would tell you
so, if you were to cultivate little mod
est reticence.
Mr.. Mishaw-There's where you are
out. did that for years, and nobody
took any notice of me but you.-Brook.
lyn Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
A Case an Point.

Judge-Do you know that drink
drives a man to the devil?
Prisoner--Ies,y your honors 1t brought
me before you.-N. Y Truth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14

London has 600. 900 houses; Paris Ia:
$4,000. and New York has 115.ooo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-14
BAKED SALMON AND POTATOES.

want delicious luncheon dish take the cold
mot
with the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
Marine Tragedies and Their Secrets
FAMOUS VESSELS BLOWN UP.
Fate of the Maine Recalls Other Disasters of the Deep
Equally Horrible and Equally Mysterious.
THE TORPEDO IN MODERN WARFARE.
THE TORPEDO IN MODERN WARFARE.
Isssssggesess9eeasess4

No navy is free from sad stories Of
explosions in it's powder and ammuni-
ton magazines, and since the begin
ming of our civil war the number of
vessels destroyed by torpedoes in
some form, or by submarine mines,
makes a grewsome list. Is it gener-
ally known, for example, that in the
civil war seven monitors and eleven
wooden vessels of war were totally de-
stroyed by submarine mines? Had
the Confederates possessed the same
knowledge at the beginning of the
war the struggle would have been,
at the least, much prolonged, and the
disaster to life and tonnage been
greatly increased.
During our early struggles several
vessels were blown up, notably the
Randolph, of immortal memory, but
the most memorable case, and surely
one Of the most pathetic, was the de-
struction of the Intrepid, commanded
by the gallant Somers. She was fitted
out as a floating mine, and on the
night of September 4, 1904, started
from off shore under sail for the inner
harbor of Tripoli. Anxious eyes
watched her from the blockading feet,
and at ten o'clock thunderous report
was heard, column of fame was seen
vibrating in the skies, and then the
roar Of hundreds of guns mounted
ashore. No one came back to tell the
story, but it is believed that Somers
kept his word not to be taken alive
by the enemy, and blew up the ship
to escape capture. 1t was learned that
the Intrepid had grounded on the
north ledge of the harbor, and that she
had been attacked by three gunboats.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
A SPLENDID Record.

More than forty years ago, the ven
cradle and thrifty Edwin Holt, one OF
the pioneers Of the cotton manufaetur-
ing business in North Carolina "a man
whose name is still borne by worthy
sons), determined TO give two OF those
sons a start in the world.
Calling them into his Office, he told
them of his plans, gave them much
wise counsel and after placing in their
hands capital with which 70 conduct
their business he concluded the whole
business arrangement with these
words:
Remember, my sons, it takes a great
deal Of water to run cotton mill
but no whisky"
This wise saying seems to have be-
come the motive power behind the
business Of the younger Hollis They
became the most successful cotton
manufacturers in the state, and have
done more than any other family to
build up its great manufacturing en-
terprises, and through honest dealing
and Sobriety have accumulated honest
ly-earned millions.
One Of the sons, who started the
business upon his fathers motto, Ctne
Hon. Thomas N. Holt). afterwards be-
came a leader Of men, and the COVER
nor of his state.
Truly,
Lives Of great men all remind US
We can make our lives sublime
There is no honest business that Is
promoted or prospered by the drink
habit. The world needs pure water 10
run its business-but no whisky.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
Liquor shortsns Liz.

Here is a little bit of testimony as to
the influence of strong drink in short
ening life, and of course In impairing
the life by establishing diseased condi-
ditions, II may be, long before the end.
Onicial statistics show that while the
mortality amongst the Russians is 40
per 1000, the rate amongst the Kazan
Tartars. who are abstainers from in
toxicants. is only 81 per 1000. These
Tartars, who live in Russia, number
sc, 900. With the exception Of their
teetotalism they live under exactly the
same conditions as the Russians. Grant
ing the accuracy Of the figures given.
and following the silly argument used
by good many people in this country
it is to be supposed that the Russians
prefer "a shert life and a merry oneP'
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
Drink Away. the Came.

At the recent Leeds (England) assizes
Justice Phillimore made several refer
ences 20 the sinister part drink had
been playing in the cases that came be-
fore him. His lordship said that in
the course Of these assizes he had had
IT borne in upon him and burnt upon
his soul more than he even thought Il
possible TO what an extent crime waf
due 10 drink. Drink, he said, was ne
excuse for a criminal act, and II woule
be an evil day for innocent and peace
abiding citizens OF men and womes
should destroy lives, and then seek for
shelter by saying they did it in a mo-
ment Of drunkenness. These testimon-
ials Of judges have been rather frequent
Of late, says the Glasgow Christian
Leader. and as for police cases OF all
kinds due TO drink the newspapers OF
late appear to have been full OF them
Yet a large class Of people go on argu-
ing that things are markedly improving
in this respect, and that in consequence
of increased facilities for education and
recreative exertions OF different sorts
there can be no back-sliding, as il
drink can be consumed anywhere and
make more or less drunk without the
old and bitter consequences. Such
revelations as have been made at the
Leeds, Liverpool and other assizes Of
late are but the mutual sequence TO
rising national drink bill.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

down tide streams. The fuses were
generally Of the percussion type, and
illuminate of mercury entered largely
into their composition.
The Housatonic was destroyed by
a submarine boat, but the Albemarle
was blown up by Cushing with tor
pedo carried on the end Of a spar.
This torpedo was made OF stout cyl
indricaI copper case, filed with pow
der and fitted with a hollow tube.
which carried at its bottom illuminate
cap. A small sized grape shot, secured
with pin, was held at the top, and
by releasing this at the eYentful mo
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

on board. Among other crimes laid
so unjustly to Irish sympathizers by
the English press and people was the
destruction Of the British gunboat
Dotterel in the Straits of Magellan
She arrived off Punta Arenas about
nine a. m. on April &c. 1881. The
captain went ashore soon after to pay
his official call. and about ten a. m.
two terrible explosions were heard,
and an immense cloud of smoke was
seen lowering over the ship in the per-
feet calm of the morning. Projectiles
of all kinds, masses of human beings,
of ship equipage and of general wreck
age were discovered flying through the
air, and the water for a quarter of a
mile around the ship was Uttered with
debris. Boats put of from the shore,
and out of the whole ships company
of over $50 souls only eight were
saved. Fenian plots were held to be
the cause of the disaster, and South
America and Australia were the
scenes of police inquiry for months.
1t is now believed that the explosion
was due to the spontaneous ignition
Of a paint then used in the British
navy. This, under deterioration or
when exposed to heat, was found to
give of a highly inhammable gas, and
as the first explosion occurred in the
of the paint locker, this
plausible theory is now accepted
During the last twenty years two 9th
er cases have occurred-one, when in
1880 a Spanish gunboat was blown up
in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, and
the other in 1893, when a most dam
aging and distressing explosion oc-
Cured on board of the German ar
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

dangerous, however, and all effort was
thereafter directed TO the dirigible, or
the automobile, torpedo. Generally de-
scribed the dirigible torpedo is one
that contains its own propelling and
firing mechanisms. and Is pileted from
the shore by means OF electric cables.
which function the machinery.
The automobile torpedo is a weapon
that is shot from a tube, generally
called a torpedo gun, and takes up its
line of progress by machinery contain
ed in its body. There are many forms
Of these, like the Howell and the
Whitehead, for example, and some ex-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

1t was surmised, but never known,
that, to prevent the valuable supply of
ammunition falling into the hands OF
the enemy. Somers fired her, destroy
ing his own people and the Tripolitans
swarming out of their boats into the
hapless American tender. In June,
1929, the wooden ship Fulton, then
stationed as the receiving ship of
Brooklyn, blew up from causes never
revealed Seventy-five persons were
killed and about thirty were wound
ed. Tradition has woven many a ro-
mantle. many an impossible story
about this disaster. One yarn told
creepingly how a gunners mate had
been punished as he thought unjustly
and in revenge destroyed the ship. In
so doing he lost his own life, but
failed in killing the object of his ha-
tired, an officer, who had left the ship
quietly a short time before the COM
mission of the crime. The real story
seems to be that a fuddled gunner's
mate by some error made his way
Into the magazine with an exposed
lighted candle, stumbled into the pow
der barrel of the period and thus blew
the ship skyward.
Tho Amphion's Destruction.
In the English service there have
been a number of notable cases of ex-
plosion, but mainly in action. One
well known in time of peace was the
destruction OF the frigate Amphion,
Capt Israel Pellew commanding, of
Plymouth, England. Here, too. a gun
ner's mate appears as the god in the
Iaachine-for, apocryphal or not it is
believed to this day that the seaman
IN question went with q lighted lamp
into the magazine to steal powder,
which then had a ready market. Sew
eral hundred people were destroyed.
among them prominent officials and
citizens of the town who were dining
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

ment Cushing destroyed the Abe
marie and his own boat at the same
time. and then made one Of the most
daring and romantic escapes in the an
nails of naval history. Many I'M
proved systems were employed and
much ingenuity was displayed, the
most inventive of all experimenters
being a confederate officer, who previ-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

mored ship Baden. then at anchor off
Kiel
OF the war inventions employed to
destroy ships by submarine or aerial
projectiles or by mines the number is
legion. We were among the earliest
to employ these, and our contribu
lions to the history of torpedo war
fare have been very many and very
notable. The famous Battle of the
Kegs" has been sung in mock heroic
verse, and the Philadelphians of 1777
had many a merry jest over the valor-
Gus attack made by the British gren-
adiers upon these innocuous barrels.
Capt. David Bushnell of Connecti-
cut was one of the earliest expert
mentors with torpedoes, though Rob
ert Fulton was the first to call maya
zine of powder intended for use under
water by this name. This great in
ventor made many experiments, and
the partisans and opponents of the
new system filed the journals of that
day with acrimonious discussions
The failure of torpedOes in the war Of
1912 and the general feeling against
this mode of warfare as inhuman and
barbarous caused, however, its prac-
teal abandonment for many years.
The Confederate Torpedoes.
Submarine boats had been generally
employed in all experiments up to the
beginning of the civil war, and it was
really not until 1853 that movable or
fixed isolated torpedoes were brought
into general use The confederate
torpedoes were usually made of cop
per and filed with powder, varying
in weights. according 10 circumstances
of employment. from fifty to one
hundred and fifty pounds. These |
were carried on spars attached to
ships or boats. were anchored on the |
bottom, or were sent drifting singly /
or in pairs, connected by long lines, |
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
E.sn,np warm Preserves the Body.


II is the advice Of an authority TO
those who would grow plump and pre-
serve their compilations TO keep warm
Many a woman has gone through life
shivering and plain, when she might
have been comfortable and pretty if
she had only known 1t. There is mis-
taken notion, which obtains CONSIDER
able credence, that the Nghtest IN
derwear and bed covering that one can
get along with contributes a tougher
ing effect that is valuable. This is
only true when the reverse practice
Is carried to extremes. A skin special
list says that the permanent roughness
Of some women necks and arms came
in the beginning from continued chilli
ness. What is known as goose flesh
condition OF the skin existed so con-
family that it became permanent. II
you belong TO the thin, pinched sister
hood, make it a business to wear
warm, light clothing and keep your
self in big, luxurious chairs, or in a
nest Of downy pillows.-NeW York
Eyvaniny Post
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
A MISUNDERSTANDING.

American Tourist understand
Marquis. that you fell in love with a
distinguished American lady on &C
count of her pretty foot?" Marquis
Dat is it. De pretty way she roots de
bills. New York Weekly.