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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
Vertigo I'm Geese and Ducks.

The most frequent difficulty with
ducks and geese is that of vertigo. They
drop down on their feet or fall over to
one side suddenly, at times as rapidly
recovering or dying Immediately. This
happens only when ducks or geese are
ted on too much grain. The best sys-
tenn to adopt is to put them in a field
where short grass is abundant, or even
young weeds, and let them get the food
for themselves. They require but very
little food after warm weather comes,
as they are then well over the laying
season, becoming nonproducers. If this
fact is kept in view-that of the nom
producers requiring but little food dur
ing warm veather-there would be
saving in expenses, as well as fewer
losses occurring from disease, but it is
difficult to convince those having good
breeds that there is such thing as
killing with Misunderstanding too
much-Farm and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
paused when he had got into a sitting

paused when he had got into a sitting
position on the edge.
3sThat doctors done me-" he muir
INJURED. MY ears is singing. Lay me
back"
BeforeIcould do much to help him he
had fallen back again TO his former
place, where he lay for awhile silent.
'.Jim,'' he said, at length. you saw
that seafaring man to-day?"
'sBlack Dog?'' I asked.
''Ahi Black Dog" says he. Hes
bad 'un; but there's worse that put
how. and they tip me the black spot
mind you, it's my old sea-chest they're
after. You get on a horse-you can,
can't you? Well, then you get ON
horse, and go towel. yes, will,-to
that eternal doctor swab. and tell him
TO pipe all hands-magistrate and sich
and he'll lay 'em aboard at the Ad-
niral Benbow-all old Flint's crew,
man and boy, all on 'em that's left. /
was first mate, was, old Flint's first
mate, and I'm the on'y one as knows the
place. He gave it me to Savannah,
when he lay a-dying, like as if was to
now, you see. But you won't peach I'M
less they get the black spot on me, or
unless you see that Black Dog again
or a seafaring man with one leg, Jim
him above ALL"
But what is the black spot, captain ?"
asked.
That's a summons. mate. I'll tell
you if they get that. But you keep your
weather-eye opea, Jim, and I'll share
with you equals. upon my honor"
He wandered a little longer. his voice
growing weaker; but soon after I had
given him his medicine, which he took
like a child, with the remark, IF ever
| u seaman wanted drugs, it's me- he fell
at last into a heavy, swoon-lilSe sleep in
which 1 left him. What I should have
done had all gone well 1 do not know.
Probably I should have told the whole
story to the doctor; for 1 was in mortal
| fear lest the captain should repent of
his confessions and make an end of me.
But as things fell out, my poor father
died quite suddenly that evening,
| which put all other matters on one side.
| Our natural distress, the visits of the
| neighbors, the arranging of the funeral,
and all the work of the inn to be car
ried on in the meanwhile, kept me so
| busy that I had scarcely time to think
OF the captain. far less to be afraid of
him.
He got downstairs next morning, to
be sure, and had his meals as usual,
! though he eat little, and had more, ]
am afraid, than his usual supply of
rum, for he helped himself out of the
bar, scowling and blowing through his
nose, and no one dared to cross him.
/ On the night before the funeral he was
as drunk as ever; and it was shocking,
in that house of mourning, to hear him
singing away his ugly old sea-song;
| but, weak a he was, we were all in fear
of death for him, and the doctor was
suddenly taken up with a case many
miles away, and was never near the
house after my fathers death. 1 have
said the captain was weak; and indeed
he seemed rather to grow weaker than
regain his strength. He clambered up
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12

husband, and tell him, if possible, Moth
ing about it. For my part, I must do
my best to save this fellows trebly
worthless life; and Jim here viii get me
a BASIN"
When I got back with the basin, the
doctor had already ripped up the cap
tain's sleeve, and exposed his great
sinewy arm. 1t was tattooed in several
places. Here's luck - "a fair wind"
and BILLY Bones his fancy" We're very
neatly and clearly executed on the fore
arm; and up near the shoulder there
was a sketch of gallows and man
hanging from it-done, as I thought,
with great spirit.
Prophetic said the doctor, touch
ing this picture with his finger. "And
now, Master Billy Bones, if that be
your name, we'll have look at Sthe
color of your blood. JIM" he said, ARE
you afraid of blood? ?"
mo, sir" said I.
''Well, then,'' said he, ''you hold the
basin;" and with that he took his
lancet and opened vein.
A great deal of blood was taken be-
fore the captain opened his eyes and
looked mistily about him. First he
recognized the doctor with an unmis-
taxable frown; then his glance fell upon
me, and he looked relieved. But sud-
denly his color changed, and he tried to
raise himself, crying:
where's Black Dog?"
''There is no Black Dog here" said
the doctor. .except what you have on
your own back You have been drink
ing rum; you have had a stroke, pre-
cisely as I told you; and I have just,
very much against my own will,
dragged you headforemost out of the
grave. Now. Mr.. Bones"
That's not my name," he inter
rupted.
much I care" returned the doctor.
cts the name of buccaneer of my ac-
| quaintanee; and I call you by it for the
sake of shortness, and what / have to
| say to you is this: one glass of rum
won't kill you. but if you take one
| you'll take another and another, and
I stake my wig if you don't break off
short, you'll die-do you understand
| that ?-die, and GO to your own place,
| like the man in the Bible. Come, now,
make an effort. I'll help you to your
bed for once"
| Between us, with much trouble, we
| managed 10 MOIST MIN upstairs, anu Ialu
| him on his bed, where his head fell back
on the pillow, as if he were almost faint
| ing.
Now, mind you," said the doctor, II
| clear my conscience-the name of rum
for you is DEATH"
| And with that he went off to see my
| father, taking me with him by the arm.
''This is nothing" he said, as soon as
| he had closed the door. 81 have drawn
blood enough to keep him quiet awhile;
| he should lie for a week where he is
that is the best thing for him and you;
| but another stroke would settle him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
RERTHA.s COMB.

Dear Bertha's hair Is golden spun.
AS If unraveled from the sun
In brightest noon, and clinging there,
In Bertha's hair, tortoise comb,
An oIden comb high crowned and spare.
Recalls dear o1d-fashioned home
And Bertha's mother, young again,
Makes me the happiest of men.
Dear Bertha's locks are wayward things,
And futter like the fiossy wings
OF humming-birdS around flower,
And Bertha's words are like song
heard long since in young loves bower;
And now youth. who dallies long
Beside her chair, with gesture neat,
Picks up the comb from near her feet
All we'll! the wheel of time has whfrled.
And Bertha's world is not my woridi
But that young man who bends the knee
And lifts the bauble from the floor
In bashfu haste-it seems to me
That have seen that youth before;
For Bertha's mothers comb. know.
Enthra1ed me thirty years ago.
Chicago Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
He Had TriedIf.

st is very sad, admit" conceded the
African chief, but after living on a
meat diet for all these years you can
hardly expect me to become a vege-
TARTAN"
Then" said the pale-faced mission
airy, his teeth chattering like a grove
of magpies, IF you m-must eat hu-hu-
man flesh, w-why not-er-utiliZe some
of your own race, instead of combining
yourself TOTO Europeans?"
THAT is exactly what your prede-
cessors wished to know" replied the
chief, ''but I have frequently tried the
experiment when missionaries were out
of season."
''Didn' t-it-succeed? ''
mo. I found that a diet of natives
invariably gave me that dark-brown
taste."-N. Y. journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
HINTS FOR STOCKMEN.

Improve the pastures.
Epsom's salts are the best physic fop
the COW.
There should be ample pasture for
the swine.
Better drive the horse fast up hill
than down hill.
When the frog of the horses foot be-
comes hard, use poultiee..
Build the swine pen so as to facilitate
easy handling of the swine.
Cabbages can be fed profitably to
swine, and they are cheap feed.
Powdered charcoal is an absorbent
of gases in the stable or in the.animal.
AS rule it does not pay to attempt
to cure horse of viciousnesS. Get rid
of il.
II your blacksmith puts a red-hot
shoe on your horses foot, go 20 a black
smith that won't.
1t is just as important to carefully
select the breeding stock for mules as it
is for horses.
If your horse cribs. sell him, is the adj
vice of a writer; and our advice is, dent
buy such horse.
The horse often SHES because its eye
slShl Is not perfect anu II MISTAKES the
character of objects.
little spring" medicine is good for
the horse. y dose of May apple root
will clean out the animal. -
Begin to "break" the calf, as well al
the colt, early, that is, accustom it TO
being handled and to being tied.
If the hogs are confined only during
the fattening process, it may be much
smaller than If they are confined for
longer period--Western Plowman-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12

and downstairs, and went from the
parlor to the bar and back again, and
sometimes put his nose out-of-doors to
smell the sea, holding on to the walls
as he went for support, and breathing
hard and fast like a man on steep
mountain. He never particularly adj
dressed me, and it is my belief he had
as good as forgotten his condolences;
but his temper was more Eighty, and,
allowing for his bodily weakness, more
violent than ever. He had an alarming
way now when he was drunk of draw
ing his cutlass and laying it bare be-
fore him on the table. But, with al,
that, he minded people less. and seemed
shut up in his own thoughts and rather
wandering. Once, for instance, to our
extreme wonder, he piped up to a. diff
ferent air, kind of country love-song.
that he must have learned in his youth
before he had begun to follow the sea.
So things passed until, the day after
the funeral, and about three O'Clock of
bitter, foggy, frosty afternoon, / was
standing at the door for moment, full
of sad thoughts about my father. when
I saw some one drawing slowly near
along the road. He was plainly blind
and wore a great green shade over his
eyes and nose; and he was hunched, as
if with age or weakness. and wore a
huge old tattered sea-cloak with hood
that made him appear positively de-
formed. I never saw in my life a more
dFeadful-looking figure. He stopped a
little from the inn, and raising his voice
in an odd sing-song, addressed the air
in front of him:
xviii any kind friend inform poor
blind man, who has lost the precious
sight of his eyes in the gracious defense
of his native country, England, and God
bless King Georgei-where or in what
part of this country he may now be?''
'sYou are at the Admiral Benbow,
Black Hill Cove, my good man." said L
81 hear a voice." said he. "a young
voice. VIII you give me your hand my
kind young friend, and lead me in ?"
held out my hand, and the horrible.
soft-spoken. eyeless creature gripped it
in moment like wise. was 50 much
startled that struggled to withdraw;
but the blind man pulled me close up to
him with single action OF his ARM
snow. boy" he said, take me in to
the CAPTAIN
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
DIFFERENT STAGES OF PUPA AND
ADULT FLY.

Under the skin. Whatever method is
employed the results are the same.
The best way tc get rid of the pest is
to kill the maggot. This may be done
by squeezing them out. Place the
thumbs near the base of the swelling
and press firmly until the grub is
forced out. To prevent the attacks of
the fly in summer, mixture of four
ounces flowers of sulphur, one gill of
spirits of tar with a quart of train oil
rubbed along the spine, loins and ribs
is useful. Train oil can be used alone.
AS the fly does not move about from
place to place freely, its eradica-
ton on individual farms depends al
most completely upon the owner
Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
Sir" said I, ..upon my word 1 dare

Sir" said I, "upon my word dare
not
oh he sneered, that's it, Take
me in straight, or I'll break your arm"
He gave it, as he spoke, wrench that
made me cry out
Sir said I. '.it is for yourself mean.
The captain is not what he used to be-
He sits with a drawn cutlass. Another
gentleman"
Come. now. march" interrupted he,
and I never heard a voice so cruel, and
cold. and ugly as that blind mans. 1.
cowed me more than the pain; and
began to obey him at once. walking
straight in at the door and toward the
parlor, where the sick old buccaDeer
was sitting, dazed with rum. The
blind man chung close to me, holding
me in with one iron fist. and leaning al
most more of his weight on me than 1
could carry. Lead me straight up to
him, and when I'm in full view cry out:
Here's friend for you. Bill If you
don't, I'll do this; and with that he gave
me a twitch that / thought would have
made me faint. Between this and that,
L was so utterly terrified by the blind
beggar that forgot my terror of the
captain, and, as I opened the parlor
door, cried out the words he had or
dered in a trembling voice.
ITO Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
RESULTS OF CROSSING.
Has Retarded Progress Wher-
ever 1t Has Been Tried.

Any farmer who will use scrub liens
and begin with them as foundation
for Improvement will lose year or two
by so doing, as he can get fowls or eggs
OF pure breeds at such small cost that il
will be really extravaganza to retain the
scrubs. More effort has been made in
improving scrub fowls than with large
stock, but nothing OF importance has
been gained thereby. On the contrary,
the use of scrubs as foundation has
retarded progress The farmers must
first get rid of the superstition that
crossing breeds is an advantage. If
they should judiciously cross, knowing
what they are doing, they might prob
ably accomplish something, but as it is
they do more harm by crossing rhan is
expected. For instance, let the farms
have two breeds-Plymouth Rocks and
HambHrgs. The first he finds an ex-
cel1ent market fowl. well up TO the aver
age as layers, hardy and adapted to
nearly all climates. The Hamburgs
will lay more eggs than the Plymouth
Rocks (mostly in Summer), but are
small and not hardy in winter. Now,
If we can combine the productive ca
pacity of the Hamburgs with the harCii-
hCS> "a lAC the
considers that he will have superb
cross. He does not stop to consider
that the breeders have crossed in every
possible manner to get the same results,
and that the pure breeds are themselves
crosses that have been fixed in charac-
teristics; nor does the farmer consider
that SO farmers in every 100 have done
just what he is about to do. So he
makes his cross, and gets birds that do
not lay as we'll as the Hamburgs, are
not equal to the Plymouth Rocks in any
respect, will not endure severe Writers,
and which are of all colors and sizes.
Then he ceases, as he makes no careful
note OF the cross, neglects the birds-ee-
cause they have become scrubs, his in
terest in pure breeds has passed, and
he is on the down grade to ruin, so far
as keeping poultry for the best results
is concerned.-Farm and Fireside
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
CHAPTER LII.
THE BLACK SPOT.

About noon stopped atthe captains
door with some cooling drinks and
medicines. He was lying very much
as we had left him, only a little higher,
and he seemed both weak and excited.
"Jim,'' he said, you're the only one
here that's worth anything; and you
know I've been always good to you.
Never month but I've given you sill
yer fourpenny for yourself. And now
you see, mate, I'm pretty low, and de-
serted by all; and Jim, you'll bring me
one noggin of rum, now won't you,
matey?''
''The doctor" began
But he broke in cursing the DOCTOR in
n feeble voice, but heartily. Doctors
is all swabs," he said; land that doctor
there, why, what do he know about
seafaring men? I been in places hot
as pitch, and mates dropping round
with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land
a-heaving like the sea with earth
quakes-what do the doctors know of
lands like that? and I lived on rum,
tell you. It's been meat and drink, and
man and wife, to me; and if I'm not to
have my rum now I'm poor old hulk
On 4 lee shore, my blood'n be on you,
jim, and that doctor swab;' and he ran
on again for awhile with curses. Look,
Jim, how my fingers fdges," he con-
tinued, in the pleading tone. Il can't
keep 'em still, not 1. I haven't had a
drop this blessed day. That doctors a
fool, l tell you. If I don't have drain
O. rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors;
seen some on 'em already 1 seen old
Flint in the corner there, behind you;
as plain as print, [ seen him; and if
get the horrors, I'm n man that has
| lived rough, and FL raise Cain. Your
doctor hisself said one glass wouldn't
hurt me. I'll give you golden guinea
| for noggin, jim
He was growing more and more eX-
cited, and this alarmed me. for my IA
| Their was very low that day, and
| needed quiet; besides, 1 was treasured
| by the doctors words, now quoted to
me, and rather offended by the offer of
a bride.
IT want none of your money" said
I, ''but what you owe my father. I'll
get you one glass, and no more
When I brought it to him, he seized it
greedily, and drank it out.
SAY, ay,'' said he, that's some bet
ter. sure enough. And now, matey,
did that doctor say how long I was to
lie here in this old berth %
GA week at least" said I.
'.Thunderi" he cried. IA week. I
| can't do that; they'd have a black spot
on me by then. The lubbers is going
about to get the wind OF me this blessed
moment; lubbers as couldn't keep
what they got, and want to nail what is
another's. Is that seamanly behavior,
| now, want to know? But I'm a saw
| ing soul. I never wasted good money
of mine. nor lost it, neither; and I'll
trick sem again. I'm not afraid on 'em.
I'll shake out another reef, matey, and
| daddle 'em again
AS he was thus speaking he had risen
| from bed with great difficulty, holding
! to my shoulder with grip that almost
made me cry, and moving his legs like
so much dead weight. His words,
| spirited as they were in meaning, con-
trasted sadly with the weakness of the
| voice in which they were uttered. He
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE OK MARBLE FLY.
kesf and sIost Efficient Way to Get
Rid OF the Pest Is TO Destroy
the MaEEOt.

The MARBLE or swelling on the back of
.attle is caused by the larva of fly
which attaches its eggs to the hair on
he legs. TANKS and neck of the animal.
These hatch and the larvae establish
themselves under the skin, usually on
either side of the backbone. Here they
iced upon the animal juices until ready
TO pupate, causing the swelling or war
Die. When growth is completed the
grub leaves the MARBLE, drops to the
ground, crawls under the most con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
s,I,f Ear. for Cattle.

Cattle of any age will eat split ears of
corn without soreness of the mouth,
which frequently results when fed on
whole ears, or on parts of ears which
have been broken crosswise of the cob.
Even calves of nine months will grow
fat upon them This is specially de-
sirable way to prepare it to feed to
mich cows A steer of three years is
not fully provided with grinders, and
even at that age it is hard for him to
mastiezte whole ears.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
Glass in Philosophy.

eff man refuses bride it is not al
ways an Indication that he is honest.
Give an example"
Give the price,
''What is fame?''
Having your statue put in the park
and leaving fund to pay guides to tell
your name and what you did
In the fable of the Turtle and the
Hare, what is the moral?'
THAT the turtle knows how to catch
on"
''Why should the Irish be good golf
players?'
"'Cause they're fond of wearing of
the green.''-N. Y. Truth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
a Remedy for ChoIera.

A successful poultry raiser gives the
following remedy for cholera: Confine
the sick fowl in a separate PEN Place
a half gallon crock in this pen, fill this
with water and to this add indigo one
ounce, chIorate of potash 20 grains.
Feed them nothing for three days and
give no other drink. When the fowls
have become better give them soaked
bread. Carbolic acid is a good proven
tive. STR a teaspoonful of acid in a
gallon of drinking water. Observe The
strictest cleanliness, and disinfect by
sprinkIing chloride of lime and quick
lime about the runs and in the houses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
= Domestic IpterIude.

Manageable Daughter think, pa,
that you do Arthur injustice when you
say that he is penurious.
Precocious Brother-What's penoori-
Gus, pa?
Pa-Why, Bobbie, penurious is close.
Precocious Brother-Then you're
right, pa. Mr.. Penrose is awful penoori-
Gus whenever he comes to see Sis
Boston Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
MODEL FEED BOX.

thrown into the box without raising
the cover. The hens, moreover, do not
like to fly up and alight upon this net
ting. 4 square pan should be placed
in one end of the box TO keep water in.
In this position it can neither be soiled
nor spilled.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
A MODEL FEED-BOX.
Hens Cannot Get Into Ii, Neither Can
the Greedy Birds Crowd Ont
the Weaker Ones.

The cut shows feed box that the
hens cannot get into, and with which
they cannot crowd each other. The
cover (Which slopes so that the hens
will not y upon IT'D is covered with wire
netting, which permits dry grain to be
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
rLe rreat artist MichaeI AueeIo

Inc great aI tiob Sitcildei <1HSciO WAS
famous an architect or designer as
he was a painter He designed the
church of ST. Peter at Rome, which IS
built in the form of Latin cross. He
also designed another church in Rome.
and, besides these, planned a number of
famous structures.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
The FoundatIon Of FarminE.

Good blowing lies very close 10 the
foundation of successful farming, be-
ing the foundation stone upon which
nearly all thorough and successful soil
culture must rest. 1t is an operation
which should never be performed care
iessiy, for, while il often is expensive to
pillow the ground thoroughly it is even
more so TO permit of the work being
done in hurried and superficial man
Epitomist>
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
4 Matter of CoIors.

Sister Mile wants to know if you
won't let us take your big awning?
She's going to give a porch party to
morrow night and wants to have ii on
the PLACER
wants my awning?"
yep. She would have borrowed the
Joneses', but theirs is blue, you know,
and Miles hair is red.'-ClevelaEd
Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
Permanent Relief.

Il don't believe patent medicine ever
did anybody any good"
Il do
'Whom?''
'Well, there's Stringers; he got cured
of one of the worst cases of financial
stringency I ever saw."-Chicago Jour
nal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12

'sThe doctor put my husband on hi:
feet in week" she explained 1T wa:
no trouble at all. The bill he presented
lifted him out OF Chicago Post