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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

PART ".
CHAPTER XX.-CoNTrNUED.

well, here it isl said Silver. 1--WE
want that treasure, and we'll have it
that's our point! You would just as
soon save your lives. I reckon; and
that's yours. You have chart, haven't
you?"
s'That's as may be-" replied the cap
tain.
ooh, well. you have, I know that"
returned Long John. 'sYou needn't be
so husky with a man; there amt par
ticle of service in that, and you may lay
to it. What I mean is, we want your
chart. Now, 1 never meant you no
harm, myself"
THAT won't do with me, my man."
interrupted the captain. 1--WE know ex-
actly what you meant to do, and we
don't care; for now, you see, you can't
do it,"
And the captain looked at him calm
ly, and proceeded to fill his pipe.
eff Abe Gray" Silver broke out.
"Avant there!" cried Mr.. Smollett.
''Gray told me nothing, and asked him
nothing; and what's more, would see
you and him and this whole island
blown clean out of the water into blazes
first. So there's my mind for you, my
man, on that"
This little Whit of temper seemed to
cool Silver down. He had been grow
ing nettled before. but now he pulled
himself together.
Like enough" said he. 81 would
set no limits to what gentlemen might
consider ship shape, or might not, as
the case were. And. seein' as how you
are about to take a pipe, cap'n. III make
so free as to do likewise"
And he filled pipe and lighted it,
and the two men sat silently smok-
ing for quite awhile, now looking each
other in the face, now stopping their to-
bacco, now leaning forward to spit. It
was as good as the play TO see them.
"Now,' resumed Silver, there it is.
You give us the chart to get the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
The Tables Turned.

On one occasion when a weN-knoyFn
wit was listening to the band on the
pier at Brighton. some medical stu
dents who happened to be there thought
they would have a joke with him. and
accordingly one of their number went
up with outstretched hand and said:
"Ah, good-morning. Afr How do
you do?"
Il am quite well. thank you," replied
he. "but really have not had the honor
of your acquaintance"
what" said the student, you don't
know mel Why, I met you at the
Zoo
Young man. accept my apologies:
but really I saw so many monkeys
there that it is impossible for me to
recognize them all again! ''-Tit-Bits.
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COMFORT FOR POULTRY.
An Economical Cold Weather SUBJ
stitute for the Useful Open
Scratching Shed.

Open scratching sheds are deserved
ly popular. An old close house can,
however, be made to afford some of
their advantages. Cut the windows to
the form shown in the cnt, and have
them quite near the floor. When swung
open, as shown, Cd sunny winter days
the fowls have outdoor air, but protec-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
Everybody Satisfied.

who's dead?' inquired man of the
sexton who was digging grave
''Old Squire Bum biebee-s
What complaint ?''
Sexton (without looking up,-No
complaint Everybody's satisfied
Whist e Es< .si...z.z'|.=
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#The mutineers were soon only eight
in number, for the man shot by Mr..
Trelawney on board the schooner died
that same evening of his wound. But
this was. of course, not known till after
by the faithful party.
ITO BE Continued
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The recent census showed 62O0O Protest.
ants among the 81 600, 600 people of Italy.
The twelve Atlantic cables now in use
represent a total capital of about S., 900 000
If the sun was to be divided into smaller
planets it would make 1910, each the size
of the earth.
The weight of the Greenland whale is one
hundred tons, which is equal to that of
lightweight elephants or 440 bears.
The paupers in. Japan number fewer than
ten thousand out OF a population of thirty
eight million. In that country 1t is consid-
cred a disgrace to be an idler.
The island of Key West is of coral for
nation, contains about two thousand acres
and has a population of some %, 000-Ameri-
cans, Cubans, negroes and Chinese.
Siberia is an empire in itself There have
been discovered along its line of road fifty
four bituminous coal fields, twenty gold
forty copper and two silver deposits.
With all her agricultural wealth, South
Dakota is also third in the list OF gold-pro-
ducing States. The aggregate of gold pro-
duced in the State last year was S5S29,57
The River Nile has its rises. but those
that do mischief are not frequent. During
sudden rise of the Nile, that of 1929, when
10000 people were drowned.
Coffee was introduced into the Philippines
from Brazil in the latter part of the eight
zenith century. Latterly the export has de-
creased greatly. 1t used TO average $500
tons year, but has recently sunk to only
three hundred. This is probably due to the
revolution, for the coffee is of good quality,
some OF 1t excellent.
The discovery has been made that metal
filings OF any kind can be compressed into
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HOW A TEN-INCH SHE'LL IS MADE.
Story of the Process Until 1t Is Ready
for It's Work of Destruction.

new YORK Sun.
The complete story of the manufacture
of one of the big battle ship projectiles
has always been hard to obtain. The Firth
Sterling projectile works at Demnler, near
PittSburg, are barred TO an outsider, only
representatives of the government and Off
Gals of the company having access to all
the departments. Even the workmen of one
department are forbidden to enter another.
Here is the history of the making of a
ten-inch she'll
In the casting shop molten steel is cast in
a solid piece about twelve and one-half
inches in diameter From the casting shop
it goes to the forge room, where, after be-
ing reheated it is hammered down to ten
and three-fourth inches, being considerably
elongated in the process 1t is then con-
veyed to the machine shop and placed in
a specially constructed lathe. The base of
the projectile is inserted in the lathe
chuck and the conical end is swung from
the lathe center A 'roughing' cut is then
run over the shell, the shell itself is pointed
and then receives finishing cut.
The only parts of the shell that bear
against the rihed surface of the gun is the
larger part of the conical end and the sur
face of a copper ring that encircles the pro-
jectile near its base. The copper is made
soft so does not injure the rifling. After the
finishing cut is given TO the projectile, the
diameter of the largest part Of the cone Is
10 5-100 inches and that of the cylinder,
which is the body of the projectile extend
ing back from the cone, is sG-100 inches.
The workmen now apply the band
score" which is a groove cut for the recep
ticn of the soft copper band. For ten
men pfOJeclle the groove Is IA lncneS VIDE
at the bottom and 4 inch deep. The groove
is wider at the bottom than at the top, SO
that the copper band retains it's position
after it has been placed in the groove and
pounded down until the copper swells out
and fills the groove. thus taking a fiange
hold on the under side.
Then the extracting score is cut. This
presents sectionaliy a view like the letter
V, with the letter lying on one side and the
converging lines pointing TO the base Of the
shell. This grove is made 10 permit a tool
to be fastened to the shell when 1t is desired
to withdraw it from the gun. The shell is
put in the cutting-off machine, where the
surplus length is taken off. The next move
is the boring of hve-inch hole III the base
to a depth of fourteen inches.
In the process of hardening the shell is
suspended. point downward. in receptacle
filed with molten lead. and is allowed to
settle until the hot metal rises above the
cone base. AT first the temperature of the
lead Is 500 degrees, but is increased gradu-
ally to 1900 degrees. The work of heating
requires four hours when the shell is with
drawn from the bath and sprayed with
water to give 1t hard exterior. 1t is then
plunged into a bath composed of secret in
gradients, and when withdrawn II Is cooled
with jet of water
The projectile goes again to the machine
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vick's Monthly.

1t is easy to have roses during the month
or June, while the rose-tide is fully on, and
in many quaint, old garden, the first har-
binger of the rose season, following close IL
the wake of the lilacs, is the old-fashioned
yellow briar. just as beautiful to-day, In its
wealth of glittering gold, as 1t was in days
of yore-those quiet, peaceful days when the
fragrant sweet briar and the spicy cinnamon
rose held so warm place in the heart, and
so large space in the garden These, with
the Scotch briarS, were early boomers and
very hardy. AS their season began to wane,
the provence and the dark velvety damask
with other hardy June roses, took up the
and wrought their beautiful mantle over
many riotous mass in tangle nook and
corner. But their season was all too brief,
and, once 1t was closed, a long twelAs
months must needs roll by before roses came
again.
rhe hybrid perpetuals of our gardens have
opened up more enduring field Of beauty:
and while they do not bloom with the con-
stancy Of the tea roses they are more inn
posing while they do bloom.
Culture is all in all with these roses. A
left to shift for itself, may perhaps never
yield more than its June crop of fiowerss
but keep the soil well enriched-it cannot b6
too rich-keep 1t stirred and mellow. and do
not allow the plant to stop growing. and
note the result. This Is the only way to
bring out the good points for the, flowers
are formed on the new wood. Given we'll
drained bed, from eighteen inches to two
feet deep under above treatment the plants
Of this class OF roses will make surprising
growth OF wood and yield the same proper
branches must be kept well cut back: re-
move all wood that does not show strong.
healthy buds II Is sometimes necessary to
cut back TO two or three eyes before a bud
Is reached from which we may expect new
growth. When branches are developed from
sach buds they Will almost always hear
roses, but not with the freedom, during late
SUMMER that they displayed In June and
All
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shop. the hole in the base is widened half
an inch and the depth is increased two
inches. The hole Is threaded a few inches
and a screw plug is inserted The grinding
room is the next destination, and here the
extreme diameter of the cone is ground
down to ten inches exactly. After a soft
steel cap has been fitted to the tip of the
projectile, on the theory that when the shell
strikes the armored side, of battle ship
the soft steel preserves the point of the
projectile without interfering with it's pene-
trating power, the shell is finished as far
as the Firth-Sterling Company is concerned.
1t is exactly twenty-seven and one-third
inches long. After it has been received at
some United States arsenal it is filled with
an explosive compound and is ready for its
work of destruction.
All large projectiles. from the six-inch size
up, are made as described. The machinery
at the Demmler plant consists of twelve
lathes, four boring mills, two cutting-off
machines, two tool lathes. two chasing ma
chimes, one grinding and one centering ma
chine. This equipment is being reinforced,
as the company has enough work on hand
for the government and foreign countries
to keep the plant busy for two years.
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NEWS.

Swift runners. through the Mahdi's land,
Dart tirelessly to bear the word
When first the hot Egyptian sand
BY some mysterious foe is blurred.
Through listless tropic jungles speed
Dark men, alert, intent and keen,
Who bid their scattered tribesmen heed
Some startling portent they have seen.
1.-the island messengers ply deep
Their paddles in the southern sea,
When first on dim horizons creep
Strange, masted things of mystery.
Slow rousing from his night of days,
The Eskimo awakes reborn,
Hearing first time, in awed amaze,
A gun salure the Arctic MORN
Ger desert sand and meath the sea
The lghtning's instant message goes,
To tell the whole world speedily
What now some lonely village knows.
We scan the path outside the door
BY day and night with eager eyes,
And only things unknown before
Can yield the charm of fresh surprise.
The gossip of the world flies fast,
The idlest rlmors far are blown,
And swiftly gathered TO the past
Are all the deeds hour has known.
Meredith Nicholson, in the Chap Bool
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English comedy sets forth fine old gentle
man who had made a fortune in hog prod
ucts, and who was so grateful that he adj
mitted that he never saw a pig that he was
not moved to take off his hat in respectful
salutation. So our sweet sisters. recognize
ing the inspiration of many of our very best
people, proudly appropriate the emblem of
wealth, luxury and consequent refinement,
and keep 1t constantly before their eyes for
grateful and admiring homage. The man
who contemptuously kicks the ladder on
which he has mounted to an exalted position
merits the reprobation of his fellow-citzens,
but he-or she-who holds in respect and
esteem the prop of his house gives evidence
of the workings of a mighty SOUL
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Hell see you are wearing the national
colors.
She-Of course I am! Why, I think the
American flag is just too cute for anythingi
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Chicago Pigs.
Philadelphia Tim

FnlIaueIpnIa IIIIles.
We are Indebted to Sabbath journalism
for the information that there is a rage
for little pigs among the Chicago giTls:''
that little shoats Of ivory. with pin cush-
ions en- their backs. adorn the dressing la
a very loyal and spirited action. and srni-
nently creditable to the old Creole families
and Brahmin caste Of our beloved city. An
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Unpleasant Reelection.
BROOKLYN Life.

bIOOhIyH Lille.
Miss Passay-I dread to think of my for
tieth birthday.
Miss Pert-Why? Did something unpleas-
ant happen then?
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Puck

Farmer Hornbeak-You know old Zeb
Flint hain't had no faith in banks an has
been keepin' his money in a teapot in the
barn where he could go an gloat over it
whenever he felt like it?
Mrs. Hornbeak--Well, what has happened
Ezry?
Farmer Hornbeak (drfly)-Wa-aI. Zeb
haint got no faith in barns now
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Why They Tarried.
Leslie's Week

LesI1e's Weekly
Old Lady-Here! What are Won men doing
in my front yard?
Weary Willie-We're a-waitin' fer yer
grass ter grow, lady, SOS we kin git Job
cuttin' it. wv
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StrikingIy Effective.

Chicago Tribune.
Il saw one of these idiots who rock the
boat cured once by homeopathic treat
ment."
How was that?"
Fellow hit him with a stone"
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Absolute Necessities.
Life.

Jabbers-I saw furniture van standing in
front of your house this morning You
aren't moving, are you?
Havers-No. My wife took the baby to
spend the day at her mothers, that's all.
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quite a Surprise.

Washington Star.
Young Mr.. Dabster says that he is
welded to his art
Indeed, replied Miss Cayenne 'I
shouldn't have Judged by his pictures that
he was even engaged TO it,
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relief funds in times of war, and it will prob
ably be surprise to most Americans to
know that at the time of the civil war
there came a large contribution from the
Farsees in Bombay to the relief and hos
pital fund
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A Formidable Weapon.
Puck.

Sam docking at a machete)-Dat's one OBJ
dem Cuban mathchits or whatebbah yo'
call DEM
Pete-It'd be err handy ting in a pokah
game eff yO' cud carry it in Yo' shoe
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THREE BLIND MICE

Three blind mice! See how they run,
They all run after the farmers wife
Who cut off their tails with the carving knife.
Did you ever see such thing in YOUR life
Three Ind mice !-Nursery Rhyme
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Born Patriot.
Puck

Bobby wants to go to war"
Old '
Il know it.; but he says if he doesn't go
ne VIII be ashamed to look his children in
the face"
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1t Depends.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

What is your honest opinion concerning
americans inquired the interviewer
Let me understand" returned the emf
nent Frenchman. Are we speaking with
reference to the Cuban affair or the expo-
sition in 1900?''
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Chicago Record.
test"
What's the troube?'
We reported that they had plan brew
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Puck.

Uncle Hiram-Tell yer what. I like these
here impressionist picters!
Mr.. Gotham-Ah?
Uncle Hiram-An' I've guessed most Nv
'em, too!
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Inventive Genius.

Brooklyn Life.
Browne-They make those folding beds to
resemble everything now.
Towne-YeS; / even saw one the other day
that reSembled bed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-18
Editor Of The Piedmont Independent ard Member The w. Viz
ginia Editorial Association.

James perhaps
bic N
the distinction of being the world
one So far known is not editor city
piedmont. wv Va y InGerendent He So shows the same % Jn @ ] %
publication
did when he his bed of affection
the merciess
seemed punishment kill
on the 9th day of June well
foo, ~ li r, @ R @ ' @ a. anu power powerful measuring
IN m x"Rs, and Weighing @ po nd'' having used no into%can
fireman helper
of wonderful vitality and proved that it
the shaded Grad. Tho enono - 49, oan ~ ,, ,"
wild The stop
touching perfume thinking
awful
cent flower
As returned to the dropped
he
speak to his fireman the post
and crashed
into the standing engine The result the
wheel passed
his other leg and his right Yet help
reached him he sitting ready
taken to his home in Piedmont and the doctors called i thew n,S
about doing ANYTHING for bm for the
riby burned the back and side being
Of material Mr. Combs made and diagnosed ordinary
- S @ @ ., ,t pp," ,s sner acting quickly they did
So ana three wen" TO work on three limbs simultaneously lie slept
on while the the bones
Joint one added
soothing burns somewhat surprised 70 see him
they returned next morning
to console with his widow as generally
% rs gnt during The n and that the wife would be mourning the
loss Of adevod husband and the children aTectona'e
long story short he got we'll after
he
cast about for occupation Having been printer he
roadnR the
referred TO- editor Independents
du what he has endured will that lends
made the
Mineral
its
Romney, w of
mi v
the % nd from his Fairv
tricycle. office
of
dac"
~ the annual session Elkins.
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7 Now that they no longer have the
Spaniards TO fight, the army oilicialB
who have been 20 busy trying 90 shift
the responsibility for the shameful
shortcomings in tho furnishing Of pro-
per supplies 10 the men ia the army,
not only az Santiago, but in the camps
In the u. $. from their own TO some.
body clse's shoulders, can give their
entire attention 90 fighting each other
instead of welding the Official white
wash brush. Perhaps IL may be posi-.
ble when Congress assemblies TO ret an
investigation that will really ihgesti-
gate. If so, there Re little doubt that
mach incompetence wh. be located.
and some crooltcdness. too Bv that
time many volunteers now in tho SER.
vice will have ceased % bc soldiers and
their evidence will bc available. wbil.
now thcir tongues are tied by military
regulations.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-18

! The w,lv Sultan of Turkey appears
% huyc talked this government TO u
standstill in the game Of diplomacy
that has been going on for several
years over the claims OF American
missionaries for 500 900 fer property
DESTROYED Ivy Turkish mobs. The
claim was first made by the Cleveland
administration, and from It's first fling
until very recently the public has been
told from time to time that the govern
Inent was about to compel the Sultan
10 settle mp. Nothing official can be
obtained az the state Department, but
from other sources IL is learned that
the Sultan has positively refused To pay
cent, taking the ground that his
government was not responsible. Or
dInarily such n refusal could have been
easily met but ia this case the refusal
wa bised on n quotation from an ar
we given Nv this & o 'ornment that % q
presented a claim for property destroyed
by riotous mob. That Is what brought
this government 60 standstiil until
the next move can be thought out ft
would be an easy matter to- send
strong fleet 10 Turkish winters and
force payment. tut IL mast first be de-
cided that IL would bo wise 70 establish
such n precedent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-18

A minister in town not many
Thousand miles away surprised his
audience a few Sundays ago by
making the following announce
ment from the pulpit "'rhe regu-
lar session of the Donkey Club will
be held as usual at the close of ser.
vice. Members will line up outside
the church door. make remarks and
stare at the ladies who paes, as is
their custom. Any member known
to escort a lady to church and sit
with her like gentleman will be
expelled from mem bersbip." The
application was to the point, the
effect was marvellous, so it is said.