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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

cratic members from the north. The large
inroads into his strength is apparent when
one remembers that the great democratic
delegation from Missouri-probably the
strongest democratic delegation In house,
would be solidly for Judge DeArmond. The
Arkansas democrats. with probably one ex-
ception, are opposed to Mr.. Bailey. and
would support some other man for speaker,
One could mention two or three pther
prominent southern democrats who would
not only vote against Mr. Bailey, but exert
their powerful influence in behalf of an
other candidate. The democrats of Tonnes
see would, of course, support Representa-
tive Richardson, who is an able parliament
tartan and veteran member of the house.
Leader Bailey is known as a man of great
resources in fight, and the chance that he
could eventually command enough votes for
an election to succeed Speaker Reed should
not be overlooked. He has an ardent fol-
lowing of young southern democrats, but
after his course at the last session of con-
gress, there are some of those who are out
wardly for him, but in fact favorable to
some other candidate whom they would
support as soon as an excuse was at hand
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
Democracy in the Church.

The Northern Methodist church has long
been disturbed by an agitation that de-
mands equal representation for the laymen
for the men, in other words. who make
the church possible as an organization-in
the general conferences. A three-fourths
vote is for some strange reason, necessary
next general conference. Thus far ninety
four conferences have voted on the ques-
ton, and the vote now stands 7,779 for equal
representation, and 1,437 against the propo-
sition A three-fourths vote will certainly
be secured, and the general conference will
doubtless accept the will Of the majority.
The victory of the laymen Is another Of
the victories that are steadily increasing In
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago Record.
The old-fashioned quaker is a friend, in
deed.
Mobs frequently furnish moose items for
the papers.
Hardened hands are the recognized trade
mark of labor.
The stronger a mans love is for liquor
the greater is his weakness.
A woman can use a hairpin for any kind
of a bottle she cares to open.
The man who Is unable to make a new
record is apt to dispute the old ones.
An Ohio man recently died from over
work trying to perfect a labor-saving ma
chine
Some people are away up in the social
scale because they are too light to bring it
down.
The slow movements of the average fat
man rather tend to contradict the theory
that haste makes waist.
Great wit Is said to be akin to madness,
yet we seldom hear of a man going around
Dragging Of his superior insanity.
Some one has said that truth is eternal.
Perhaps it is, but time changes 1t until it's
own mother is unable to recognize it.
The man who gushes over women is
sneered at as sentimental and the one who
doesn't is called brute-so what can the
poor man do?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
FORTUNE OF PRINCE BISMARCK

Berlin Letter to the London Standard.
The National Zeitung states that the va
rious estimates that have been made of
Prince Bismarck's fortune are arbitrary
and exaggerated and it is empowered by
a well-informed person to declare that the
total amount left by the prince In money
and securities did not amount to 2,5OO,G0o
marks. 1t adds that the incomes of his
heirs are diminished by obligatory annual
payments of a considerable amount Under
the head of valuables Bismarck left only
some orders in brilliants and a number of
inalienable silver articles, valued at con-
siderably less than 10000 marks in all. It
is obvious, however, that no account is
taken in this statement of all the mag
nifcent gold and silver articles and other
yaluables in the Schonhausen museum.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

seen; nor need one try to anticipate it; it
will grow out of the situation In a natural
and spontaneous manner. 1t win decide
the nature of the control of the sland
but until plebiscite is held, the Cubans
is master, and that he has no partner or
assistant
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
ONE BARE FACT
From the washington Times.

ETOm
If the secretary of war had logical and
perceptive intellect the one fact that a
hose doctor was made the chief medical
officer at Chickamauea, where the highest
mortality and worst abuses were reached,
and that this horse doctor was subsequent
ly made surgeon-in-chief of the army in
Porto Rico, would lead him to admit
everything, throw himself on the mercy
of the nation, and promptly retire frem
office.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

UNDERGRADUATES of the masses over the
classes. The clergy of the Northern Methol
dist church are now much a privileged
class any class in English society, and
the contention CT the laymen is in favor
of just and equitable representation in the
general lawmaking body of the church.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The mossbacks have unearthed a new
point. They say the Filipinos are a breech-
cloth population; but breech cloths are
spun and woven from American cotton, and
American mills should have a SQUARE
cloths are as honorable in trade as
bTeeches.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Knickerboekers will certainly feel at
home when Governor Van Wyck, of New
Netherland, comes down the river of Hem
drick Hudson to see Burgomaster Van
Wyck of New Amsterdam
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

If the Philippines belong to Spain, as Sa-
a trespasser, and he should be arrested
and punished. Mr.. Sagasta should attend
to this matter
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Sultan of Turkey concluded it would
not be good for him If he pigeon-holed the
collective note of the powers. He has
therefore ordered his troops away from
Crete. The Cretans do not now know who
their boss is.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
DEMOCRATS AND THE sPEAKEKsHIP
De-

From the washington Post.
Democratic aspirants for speakership of
the next house are not hestitaing about the
uncertainty of its political complexion.
Candidates are already summoning their
allies and preparing for a fight that, If
voters next month make 1t possible, will
rival the fight between Roger @. Mills, of
Texas, and Judge Crisp Of Georgia. If the
indications are to be trusted, Leader Bailey
is losing his grip. He has not the support
of the solid south to begin with, and finds
very few allies among the present demo-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Spanish commission have forgotten
that there was a Spanish-American war,
and the American commissioners are en-
gagged in eating all the dinners they can.
This is the situation up to date.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

General Boynton's mistake before the
Alger Exculpatory Board consisted in the
use of plaster instead of whitewash. He
oyerdid the business in hand.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
The Vote of New York.

One has to deal with large figures when
he considers even pluralities in the popu-
lous state of New York. The pluralities of
the present decade have been:
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Cuba's population has fallen, it is esti-
mated, from 1,629,O0o to something less than
a million.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Surgeon R. Emmett Griffin has at last
divulged the reason for the enormous death
rate among the troops. According to his
testimony overlooking was the cause for
a majority of the fatalities.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Colonel Roosevelt stepped up and paid
his overdue taxes about as a boy goes to
school in the swimming season.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Colonel Roosevelt is convinced that tax
lodging is not a national issue. But he
lodged taxes in Washington also, and that
is national ground.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09
A Loss IN WEIGHT

From the Washington Post.
In case the next house is democraticl
General Joe Wheeler may make dash foE
the speakership. From Reed to WheeleE
r----aA .>AAa a great falling off In weight.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

T. Spain hears that the Pillager indians
marching on Chicago, and will soon
lay siege to Washington, negotiations at
Paris may be broken off at once.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Additional regiments are needed in Porto
Rico, although Brigadier General Freder-
lex D. Grant is on the island.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Next month the battleship Wisconsin is
to be christened, and the honored state has
secured christener six feet high.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch says Mr..
Rockefeller's monument should have been
shaped more like an oil tank
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Pillager-Amercan war will now be
followed by the foot ball campaign, which
is warranted to outclass Bear Island two
to one.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Omaha has decided that it is better to
let the Spanish learn English than it is to
teach in it's schools straight Americans
Spanish.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

Jockey Sloane now outranks Wally As
tor and is much the biggest American
across the sea.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Third infantry will be content to do
garrison duty during the remainder of the
season.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Pillager Indians are Americans
themselves, and they cannot stand en-
croachments.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

'Is the emperor of China dead?" threat
ems to become as famous did the anti
quated query, 'Who struck Billy Patter-
SON"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Cubans are thinking more of the
dependence.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

There are a few good Indians at Bear
Island.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-09

The Empress Dowager of China at leasf
is alive.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
POULTRY DISEASES.
Quite q Number Of Them, Including
R0up. Cholera. InnaenEo ana
Diphtherfa. Are Contagious.

Drs. Smith and Moore, of the bureau
of animal industry, Washington, ID. &.
have made important Investigations on
the above subject They find that
"black head" in turkeys. diphtheria.
cholera and roup in fowls are con-
tagious. They also believe that so
called roup. influenza and sometimes
cholera are different stages Of the one
disease - diphtheria. However this
may be, it is stated that diphthefia is
infectious, and it may be transmitted
to children. Therefore the great i'm
portance of separating all sick fowls
and combining them 10 some outbuilding.
keeping the children away. Doctoring
sick fowls is very Improbable business.
and there is seldom any reason why
the fowls should be sick, provided you
have done your part. Your part is to
keep the roost clean and free from
lice. Give clean water daily. Fill up
all low places where water is apt to
collect and clear away all rubbish
burning it is the proper thing. Fur
nish good, sharp grit for the fowls. and
don't get the poultry so fat that the or
gans Will be so ciogged that they can
not perform their normal duties
Make the roost tight and dry and pro-
vide convenient busting places. Make
the fowls exercise by scratching in
litter. In fact, this last point and clean
fresh water will go long way toward
keeping the fowls in good health.
There is no kind of stock on the farm
that is more healthy than fowls when
they have proper care. Too many peo-
pie try to crowd 100 fowls in too small
a house. This not only lessons the
number of eggs, but is apt to breed dis
ease as well. The fowls in the center of
crowded perch Will get too warm,
and therefore colds will follow. 4
house 20 by so feet is not bit too large
for 100 fowls. The proper way is to
| divide the fowls up into smaller fiocks
of say IL to 20 fowls each, and separate
them during the cold weather at least.
Agricultural Epitomist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
Location. for Bee Hives.

Many people fail of success with bees
because they do not place the hives
right If too shaded the bees are likely
to be ATTACKED by the moth miller.
which breeds those worms that destroy
the honey. 1t is well to have the bees
up early, so the hives should front to
the east, so as TO catch the first raw
of the morning sun. Either a we'll
rooted, low building should be put up
as a bee stand. or the hives should be
set on bench under tree all through
the summer. In winter il is not best
that bees should see sunlight. If an
underground cellar ont of doors can be
fitted up where the temperature may
be kept below freezing all the time. il
viii be much better than the warmer
house cellsrs-American Cuitixator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
DOG IS A POLICEMAN.
Canine in Buffalo, N. ", Who Is Fa-
miliar with All the Duties of
Patrol Sergeant.

Buffalo is the only city enjoying the
distinction of having dog for police
man. Jack is not on the pay roll, but
he is honorary desk sergeant, just the
same. He came to the patrol barn of
police station No. 1 two years ago, when
he was pup. He showed signs of I'M
usual intelligence and Ed Stanton, the
patrol dryer, kept him.
About year ago Jack formed lik-
ing for Sergt. Ryan, of the first pre-
cinct. Very often the dog waited for
the sergeant in front of the station
house, and when the latter appeared
followed him around the precinct. AT
first the dog was shy, but, after max
ing few Journeys, it became holder
and kept by the sergeant's side. There
was 90 objection to this.
One of the duties of a sergeant is to
visit every patrolman every night. The
patrolmen usually have some idea of the
time when their superior officer is to
come, and. for this req son, sergeant and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
AMONG THE POULTRY.

The pullet is so called until she is
year old.
Do not undertake to raise geese with
out good pasture.
Never feed sulphur to fowls in damp
or rainy weather.
Bone meal can usually be fed to grow
ing chickens to advantage.
Be sure and provide plenty of shade
for fowls during the summer.
In quantity of eggs pullets will excel.
but not in quality for Matching.
The loss of feathers often proceeds
from unclean busting arrangements.
When a chicken picks itself frequent
~ it is good indication that it is lousy.
With guineas-to insure fertile eggs
it will be best to keep them in pairs.
A good dust bath will help materially
in keeping the fowls in good condi--
ton.
It is a good plan to dip the eggs in
tepid water the day before they are to
hatch.
Care and cleanliness in feeding fowls
will be richly repaid nincreased health
and thrift.
Turkeys are good foragers and win
pick up their food from the fields during
the summer.
Geese are kept largely for the feathers
they yield, and If the most is made out
of them, care must be taken to pick
them regularly.-St. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
Bulky Food in Summer.

There is no necessity for giving cut
clover TO fowls if they have the run of
grass plot. If confined in yards. cut
grass of any kind may be given once
day. or sod of grass may be placed in
the yard for the hens to pick. Bulky
food cheapens the cost because it pro-
notes digestion, thereby keeping the
fowls in a thrifty condition and Undue
ing egg production. A diet consisting
exclusively of grain is too concentrate
and units the birds for enduring the
warmth of summer. Bulky food is
necessity at all seasons of the year, but
more particularly so now.-American
Gardening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
Bran n. Poultrv Eood.

Bran is a good food because it con-
tains more mineral matter than the
ordinary ground food, and provides the
hens with the substances required. It
is not proper to feed it every day. how
ever, as it is better to avoid the use
of concentrated foods in summer to a
certain extent. but a mess of brain
three times a week will be found bene-
fetal. To six quarts OF bran add one
pound of linseed meal. giving a pound
of the mixture to 90 hens, allowing no
other food during that day. Moisten it
slightly, and feed at night. just before
the fowls go on the roost.-Farm and
Fireside
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
Her Are Wa. Her Pride.

It is an ackn owledged fact that wom-
en- more often attain very great age
than men. Among women, one of the
most famous centenarians was the
countess of Desmond, who died in the
reign of James l., from the effects of an
accident. Her reputed age was las
years. This wonderful old lady at the
age of 100 years was so lively and well
that she actually took part in a dance:
and only five years before her death she
travelled from Bristol to London-a ire
mendous journey in those days-in or
der to personally attend to some bust
ness matters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23

of Lost Souls). Years after French
trappers gave it the more concise name
of lie Purgatoire" (Purgatory). Years
after that the great American bull
whacker entered the country. Unable
to twist his tongue to pronounce the
French name, he called the stream
''Picketwire.''
This river was the scene of an inter-
esting encounter between two hunters
and a grizzly bear. A trapping party,
under the lead of Kit Carson. had
camped near the Picketwire to trap
beaver. One of the party, named Nc
Intyre, who had killed an elk the even
ing before, but had not brought in the
carcass, said to another trapper,
Hobbies, the next morning, that there
was good chance of finding grizzly
by the elk. Hobbies offered to help
bring the meat
On arriving at the ravine where the
elk was, Hobbies told Mcintyre, who
was green man in the mountains, to
| cross over to the other side and climb
| the hill. Hobbies then went to the bank
of the stream, when he saw a large
grizzly bear making his breakfast off
the dead animal.
Inc bear was In thick, Scrubby oak
brush, and Hobbies, making his dog lie
! down, crawled behind rock and shot
at the beast. The bear, snarling at the
wound, went tearing through the
brush. Hobbies reloaded; but when
ready for another shot, he saw, to his
amazement, the bear chasing Mcintyre,
who was ten feet in advance and bel
lowing like mad bull down the ravine.
Hobbies, sending his dog ahead, start
ed to the rescue. Just as the dog
reached the bear Mcintyre darted be-
hind a tree, flung his hat in the bears
face, and stuck out his rife toward the
beast. The grizzly seized the muzzle of
| the gun in mis- teeth. Being loaded and
cooked, it went off, and blew the bears
head open, just as the dog fastened on
| his headquarters. Hobbies found his
comrade sitting down few rods away
| his face as white a sheet. Mcintyre
after that fright, would cook or do any
chore; but he declared that bear-h Uni t.
ingA was not in his line.-Youth's Com.
panion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
Lfme I'm PouItry House..

Lime may injure the droppings by
permitting of the escape of ammonia.
which has deferred poultrymen from
is use. but If the poultry house is
cleaned daily. and the droppings re-
moved to the manure heap, or mixed
with twice their bulk OF earth and kept
moist (not welt, there will be no loss.
Lime is one of the best substances thai
can be used in the poultry house. 1t
destroys the germs Of roup. prevents
gapes, and dries the floor. lump of
stone lime being the best thing for
absorbing dampness in the house.
Farm and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
POULTRY HOUSE PLAN.
a Structure Large Enough for Forty
Hens, Conveniently Arranged
But Not ExtravaEaRt.

A substantial and convenient house
for 40 hens can be built as follows:
1t should be IL feet wide by "a feet
long, and six feet rear by eight feet
front, inside measure. The stills should
be four by skies, resting on wooden.
brick or stone piers. The frames
should consist of, sides, two by four
scantling placed for lathing, a 1s-foot
stick for rear aud a 16-foot stick for
front. which cut in two exactly without
waste. Roof rafters two by skies IA feet
long, allowing for overhang roof, front
and rear. The siding should be-frst,
hemlock boards nailed on studding.
then builders paper on them. then sec
ond-quality novelty siding outside of
all. The entire inside should be either
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23
HANDY CHICKEN COOP.

Slated run, as shown in the cut, with
a board cover for the top of the Slated
part In sunny weasaer it can be used
as shade for the chicks in the position
shown in the cut, or placed on top of the
Stats to shelter both hen and chicks
from the heat 1t is also kept on top
of the Stats during rainy weather, Civ
ing the chicks a chance to scratch in
the soil and yet keep dry. The top OF
the Slated portion slopes little so as
to shed water. Put the Stats far enough
apart so the chicks can go freely in and
out, as crowding through narrow
spaces often results in deformity.-
Orange Judd Farmer.