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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

erect an efficient barrier against mort
cages for lifetime. / heard him say
after he paid Old Moneybags his claim,
that ne was strongly tempted to hit
him with the fiat of the sword which
hung on the wall and then throw him
out of the window. l wish he had, for
/ should like TO have had share in the
skirmish. His good mother rebuked
him for the words, but L thought i saw
CLEAN of approval in his fathers eyes,
though he too was fairly good Chris
tan under ordinary circumstances.
And SO the cloud over the little home
lifted. Who was it that said: AT
esentime there shall be ight2' In
iife's dim twilight the old people are
happy and safe once more.
When Memorial day comes I shall be
worn again by the honored commander
of the G. A. r. post as the members
march proudly under their tattered bat
tie flag to decorate the graves of their
dead. Upon those grassy affairs we will
renew our vows of fidelity to the old
flag and the union it gloriously repre-
sents. Already arrangements have been
made with American friends at Havana,
and a silken flag with flowers in pro-
AdSIOH Will IS Tic VI the NOuUS
soldier l served, sleeping peacefully
there with more than 200 comrades
who wore the blue. In Gods good time,
perhaps in 1899, soldiers of the Cuban
republic. then fully established. may
plant the flags and scatter the flowers
on those honored graves.
And on the evening of Memorial day
here we are to have wedding. Louis
Carroll, the returned Klondiker, will
marry Virginia Secession PoindeXter,
daughter of the man who once captured
NE from her father-in-law. Captor and
captured will be there, and the whole
squad will be union to the core. The
dainty little maiden will practice what
she breaches by her Union" with the
son of the man in blue, and the old uni
form will be brought out for the occa-
sion, my hOnored self hanging as of old
near the soldiers side. The old soldiers
| will each wear blue and gray; blue in
faded uniforms. gray in boards and hair.
And over the alcove in which the happy
pair stand to be we'd viii fiutter the
tattered remnant of the old battle flag
Alas, of the old comrades 1 am the
| only one who looks as young as ever. 1
hope to fight the enemies of my country
hundreds of years after all of you who
read this sleep with the silent majority
| under the sod. Shall we meet in Heav-
en-? ST. John in Revelations speaks of
! flaming swords there, and of f1aunt-
! ing blades. Be that as it may, "All's
we'll that ends WE'LL 1 leave those
| love in the happy light which illumines
| their radiant faces as a result of the
reunion and the wedding, the light of
| undying affection which arches like a
halo over the altar of home. Ny simple
story is ended. May it's lessons live in
human hearts for many years TO come.
L EDGAR JONES
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

am rusty anu
slow. Those dark spots upon my
polished blade are specters of blood.
shades of the precious drops which, in
more stirring days, were the red seals
of courage, signs manual of heroes,
testifying to future generations their
knowledge of heroic deeds. In the days
of the Crusades, when mailed knights
went forth to battle for the cross, the
sword handle was held upright and by
that they swore to heroic VOWS. There
fore when they ended with the words
''said by the sword il meant the I'M
Vanished truth. My handle. 100, IS a
cross. said by the sword Low as
then means that l testify truly. Mem
berS of the sword family are long lived,
maintaining their keenness and elias
ITCHY to old age. There are hundreds of
years of service in me yet, and l may
flash in the forefront of many 4 gallant
charge when the sons and daughters of
this generation have turned TO dust. /
flashed bravely in behalf of he old flag in
the civil war. How much wcr,hier was
the oft-quoted sword of Bunker Hill
than the sword of Getty sburg and APP
.pomattoN?
l was presented to Capt. Carroll, a
young volunteer. in 1861. y young lady
with eyes brighter f!inn my flashing
blade or the jewels upon my hiit made
thc presentation in beaa:f of he ladies',
and / saw at once by the uuy in which
the captain regarded her that he
thought more of the gift because Of the
,giyer. She was petite, mere morsel
of humanity. but as dainty Iaorse! as
ever made mark for Cupid's busy
bow. Small in quantity. frst-cIass in
quality. with hear: CT the largest
size in body of the sma.:est. her lumin-
through love-fu eyes. ard she was every
inch a model Of the devoted patriot
women of 1S61 and 1865.
OFF we went 10 the war. II was not
a junket nor yet a pleasure excursion.
In few months the gallant ranks were
thinned, empty sleeves appeared in
many parts of the line. boyis. faces be-
came bronzed. and boyish spirits rip
ened in the su.try asnosphers of con-
fiict into the strong. stern. sturdy
hearts of veterans tr:rei and true.
flashed ever wei toward the front, and
many time that flash ieaping out in
the red flame of conflict became the
beacon which led our boys to victory
In year / led a regiment and gloried
in the achievements of him whose
chosen comrade | was. en- went the
union soldiers. their flag sometimes
waving proudly in victory. sometimes
trailing in temporary defeat. but ever
reappearing through the carnage TO
lead the hosts of patriots toward the
inevitable end.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
LAST A LONG TIME.
Collars for Tiles Are Ems
lily Made and Save Much Trouble
and Annoyance.

In laying tile drains the most seri-
Gus danger is that earth viii get in at
the joints and finally clog up the in
terror. 1t is difficult matter to lay the
short pieces of tile so that this will not
occur. 1t is common practice TO put
hay over the joints, and upon this to
pack the earth. The hay, however, de-
Gays within a few weeks and may then
itself be carried into the joints. An
excellent method of preventing this is
shown in the accompanying iliustra-
ton. Closely fitting collars are made of
heavy tarred paper and a collar is
slipped over each joint as Inc tile is
laid. Such collars are easily made,
either by sewing or by riveting together
with tin-headed tacks, such as are used
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
ENRIcHEs THE SOIL.
Science Has Demonstrated BEYOND %
Doubt That Alfalfa Rejuvenases
WornOat Land

There is another remarkable charae-
teristic of alfalfa that none of its rivals
possesses is, the power TO enrich
chemically exhausted land. Along its
tangled roots close examinations shows
masses of what are known TO be tuher-
cies- In other words, every root of al
falfa is afflicted with tuberculosis. In
habiting these tubercles are myriaJs
of bacteria. 1t is a general belief that
bacteria are harmful to the human race.
Some kinds are; but science is author
ity for the statement that bacteria are
not always dangerous. Prof. g. L.
Clothier, of the state agricultural col
lege in Kansas, says, in discussing the
bacteria on alfalfa and similar PLANTS
| Many species are very beneficial TO thu
world. Among them are the bacteria
inha biting the tubercles on the roots of
leguminous plants
remember that one of the assistants
| in this department of that college held
up to me with great show of pride
culture of some sort showing what he
said was a marvellous growth OF bac1
| terra in tubercles. He was absolutely
fond of those tubercles. My thought
was one of great surprise until II in
formed me that one of the best things
for the rehabilitation of exhausted
soils was to grow some sort Of plants
on whose roots tubercles such as those
would thrive. Alfalfa is one of these
plants. Its long roots have a double
/ part to play in this renovation of ma
ture. The millions upon millions of
bacteria draw large quantities of nj
| trogen from the air and store it up in
the tubercles for use when the plant
needs it. Scientific experiment has
| shown this to be absolutely true. Then
| the roots go on an excursion for Ger
| tain chemicals on their own hook. They
| go down ten, fifteen or twenty feet and
bring up the potash and phosphoric
acid that are needed for such a plant
and its tubercles.
Now, when these roots decay or are
plowed underground, they not only re-
lease the great quantities of chemicals
that have been stored up, but they leave
millions upon millions of little open
ings in the earth, into which fresh air
and moisture find their way, and thus
fertility of soil is renewed. In other
| words, the land renews its youth and
vigor by means of a plant which drags
| down into its roots certain chemicals
from the air and pulls up into its roots
certain other chemicals from the deep
soil that could not be reached in any
other way. II has been said that alfalfa
lives more in the air than on the soil.
1t has been proved beyond shadow
of doubt that alfalfa does renew the,
youth of the soil. Phenomenal yields
of wheat and other cereals have fol-
lowed the blowing under of fields of al
falfa, and these yields have continued
year after year.-Harper's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
PAPER COLLARS FOR TILES.

in roofing, and when in place these col
lars will last long time, certainly I'M
til the ground is firmly and immovabiy
established about the thing.
1t costs too much to do this kind OF
draining not to take every precaution
against failure in any part of the work.
In this connection it may be well to
warn ali those who put down tiles
against the common practice of throw
ing back into the trench, about and
above the tile, the rocks that are dug
out with the earth. Not only is there
much risk of breaking the thing but
there is also the risk that in the settling
OF the rocks the joints of the tiles may
be greatly isturbed.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

timbers of the barn were raised nearly
4 foot above the general level of the
soil. The floor of the stalls and the ante
room, including all of the main body
of the barn, but not including the side
shed rooms, were built up with rocks
and gravel depth of one foot, so as to
be even with the tops of the stills. The
floors of both shed rooms were also
covered to a depth of several inches
with broken stone and gravel, so as to
keep them dry
The additional shed could have been
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
brarely served the sire. Soldiers are

brayely served the sire. Soldiers are
always. ready, so l gladly obeyed.
Proudly we sailed the seas. Strange
~ enough my young masters chosen
friend on the vessel was Carroll Poin-
dexter, son of the confederate colonel
who once wore me for awhile. The son
of the man in gray was the bosom friend
of the son of the man in blue, both 10y
ally serving under the old flag, united
heart and soul against its foes It
pleased me to note their friendship as
the sunny symbol following the storm
cloud of civil war.
Finally we anchored one day in har-
Dor of the tropics. The land-locked
bay was almost in the center of large
city, whose gayly-colored houses stood
out against backgrounds of palms, and
farther still great mountains which
erected natures cathedral spires and
lifted their sunlit SUBMITS to the azure
sky.
There was revolution on the beauti-
full island and feeling ran high. Sud
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Dry food is best for chicks
1t pays to grind bones for the hens
Never grease hen while she is sit
ting.
Feed growing chickens variety of
food
Never feed sour or mOldy feed to
duckhngs.
Sci as many hens at the same time as
possible
Bake the cornmeal into bread before
feeding it.
After Matching let the chicks remain
in the nest until cry.
The scraps from the table will help to
make a good variety
The best layers are those that are
active and forage we'll
Just before night is the best time to
put eggs under sitting hen.
Utilize the grain, vegetable and meat
waste of the farm by converting it into
poultry and eggs.-St- Louis Republics
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
A CHEAP FARM BARN.
Description and Elevation Of = Struc-
ture Planned by the Carolina
Experiment Station.

This barn was planned by the Car
Dina experiment station and built for
$780, The main paS, in the center, is
I6N24 feet, and the two sheds, one on
each. side, are each 10x24 feet. Fig. 1
shows the elevation and Fig. 2 the floor
plan. 1t will be seen that the main room
has space for carriages, with harness
room and grain bin. The foundation
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

put under the same straight roof at
considerably less expense, and would
have afforded more storage room. The
lumber bill, not including the second
shed, is as follows. Readers can COM
pare the cost in North Carolina and
their own localities:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
Total =. Observation-Disclosures
Seyenty-five hundred shingles.

To change the plan enough to make
the roof straight over the second shed
would require posts IA feet long and
20 rafters 231a feet long, and to drop
out the corresponding posts II feet
long and IS rafters 13 feet long; then
other lumber, enough to cover the shed,
besides to supply posts and braces,
would be needed.-Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26
singular Ship.

The most singular ship in the world is
the Polyphemus, of the British navy. It
is simply a long steel tube, seeply
buried in the water, the decks rising
only four feet above the sea. II carries
no fnasts or sails, and is used as ram
and torpedo boat.-Boston Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

Sleep, soldier. sleepI Thy work is DER,
No more the bugle calls Ito arms:''
Dream on beneath thy tent of green,
Sleep. colder, sleep. free from alarmsi
Rest. soldier, resti while we to-day
Bring fragrant flowers. with reverent
tread,
To deck the graves of those we love
a tribute to our honored dead
Sleep. soldier, sleep, Thy work is Ger.
Sleep on and rest, free from all care;
While we our gratitude express.
With blossoms sweet and garlands fair
w c. Park, in Good Housekeeping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-26

~ ss9s1x
M !: :; !: ):
HHESLlf IL " long re m m
IHKHR M That I saw on the
TltlNtIK ~ cars one day,
'ilE HIM AS the train was fly
ing southwark,
In the latter part Of May.
Tt was only two aged women
Who met by chance that day.
One had eyes of love1iest blue.
The other, the sweetest gray.
Where go your" said the blue-eyed one
To her with the eyes of gray.
I'm going to visit my husbands grave,
In the southland far away"
''Was he a soldier?' the blue-eyed asked,
AS she gaZed in the eyes of gray;
And half unconsciously she grasped
Her hand in a loving way.
The eyes of gray lit up with pride;
Eyes, he was soldier true;
He fell at the battle of Shiloh
"Ohi there's where mine fell, too
And then they ciasped each other and wept.
The eyes of blue and gray
Mingled their flood of sympathy
AS the train sped on its way
-'What uniform did your soldier wear?"
MY soldier wore the blue
s'Ah," said the other, mine wore the gray"
mo matter, they both were true
Eyes, they were true, our loved and lost.
True till their diving daV.
And it matters not what they were on earth,
They are clothed in white to-day"
And when we came to the station,
A very small town by the way,
The men all stood bareheaded
AS the two went on their way.
They walked up the street together,
Like children hand in hand,
Out on the country highway
Where the old church used to stand.
And on and on till they reached the place
Where their soldiers brave were laid:
Then they kissed and wept DER each grave
alike,
And together knelt down and prayed;
Then each told the other about the past,
How they lived with their children dear.
And agreed, while God would spare their
lives,
To meet there once year.
And then they walked back to the station,
These soldiers widows in tears,
Helped by each others sympathy,
To bear their burden of years,
Back to the west they travelled,
To their children, kind and true;
One with eyes of the sweetest gray,
The other, the loveliest blue.
IN. Y. Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22
THE FISK MONUMENT MuT1LArBD.
Ahe heprehensibIe Work of Relic Hunt
ers---Bo"st Made by Drummer In
New York State.

The heprehensibIe Work of Relic Hunt
ers---BONst Made by Drummer In
New York State.
The following story under Brattleboro
date line appeared in the New York Sum
day Sun. The article is said to have been
written by former Brattleboro boy who is
now connected with influential city daily:
The monument over the grave of Col.
james Fisk, jr., in the cemetery here, has
been seriously mutilated. 1t is of Italian
marble, and was carved at Florence, Italy,
at cost of S25, 200. About the base of
the shaft are four figures of women. One,
with steam engine carved on the chaplet
around her brow, represents the Erie rail
road; another is Commerce, a symbol for
the Fall River line of steamboats,; a third
is the Muse of Music, emblematic of the
Grand Opera house, and the fourth is
typical of Commerce in its broadcast sense
In the figure representing railroads the
first three toes on the feft foot have
been broken off, and all the toes on
the right foot are gone. In the figure
OF the Muse the hand resting on the
Tyre has been broken off nearly to thu
wrist, three toes on the right foot have
been knocked off as with a hammer, and
nearly half the left foot is missing. The
right foot of the figure representing Com
merce has been badly mangled, all the toes
being gone, and the left foot is broken back
nearly to the instep. The Steamboat $
statue has been similarly disfgured. The
top of the Tyre of Music has been Clipped
off. Above the figures is medallion in
high relief on the face of the monument,
with portrait of Col. Fisk. One side of
his mustache has been Clipped off.
All of this work has been done by relic
hunters. On railroad train in New York
state recently drummer pulled a piece of
marble out of his pocket, and showing it to
a friend, boosted that it twas a toe from
one of Jim Fisks marble wives" The
Sun correspondent asked the superntend-
ent of the cemetery why this vandalism
was not stopped. The superintendent re-
piled that it was exceedingly difficult to
catch any one at the Internal work. The
mutilation of the monument has been 60
| ing on for some time, but so far no one has
| been detected in defacing it. The sculptor
of the monument was Larkin Mead, whose
statue of ETHAN Allen is at Montpelier
A few years before Col. Fisk's death an
| effort was made by residents of the town tC
| build fence around the cemetery in which
| his monument now stands, and a com
mttee was sent to New York to solicit
funds from former Brattleboro boys
Among those called upon was Col. Fisk
and to the committees solicitation he re
pied
eyes, l will give something, but l dc
not see any need OF a fence around tn,
cemetery. The fellows who are in canno
get out, and those who are out do no
want to get in
He little foresaw that relic hunters vert
| to mutilate his own monument.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22
Death of George Parsons Lathrop.

George Parsons Lathrop died Tuesday
at Roosevelt hospital in New York after a
brief illness. The end came so suddenly
there was not time TO summon his wife or
any of his relatives to his bedside.
Mr. Lathrop was born in Honolulu, Ha
waii, in 1851. He showed literary bent
at very early age. He was only "a when
he became assistant editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, holding the position two years.
He turned from that magazine to the work
of editing Boston Sunday newspaper. He
was only 20 when he and Rose Hawthorne,
the daughter of the great novelist, Ma
thaniel Hawthorne, were married.
In 1891 both Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop were
baptized into the Catholic church He was
bitterly attacked by the Independent and
other religious newspapers for this action
and published replies defending the church
of his choice and his wisdom in joining it,
The literary world was again astounded
when it learned that Rose Hawthorne
Lathrop had given up her home and decid-
ed to devote her life to a mission for those
afflicted with cancer. Among the many
volumes published by Mr.. Lathrop, the best
known are; "a Study of Hawthorne,
'The Masque of the Poets" "An Echo OF
Passion" Spanish Vistas, Newport,
Somebody Else, " after Glow" "Woulc
You Kill Him." and 'In the Distance"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22

Joseph Jary, Is a farmer of Middlesex
committed suicide Wednesday morning by
hanging himself in his barn. He went to
work in the morning in his usual spirits,
but when his wife went 10 call him TO break
fast she found his body hanging by rope
attached to one of the beams of the barn
There is no apparent reason for his act
Jary leaves a large family.
Chief-of-Police Smith of Burlington ar
rested Frank Delarme Saturday for steal
ing a horse and buggy from II. 5. Mott Of
Alburg. Delarme confessed and was taken
to Jail to await the arrival of Mott. He
claimed to have left the Rochester, n y,
reform school several months ago. He
stole the team at Alburg on Friday and
drove to Burlington where he was fble to
sell the team by representing himself to be
peddler who had been offered position
in Massachusetts,
The large barn and outbuildings and
many farming tools, owned by f. b. Shum-
way, were burned at Bradford Monday.
The fire originated in the north part of the
barn from some unknown cause, and owing
to the strong north wind blowing at the
time, spread very rapidly. The engine
company saved the house and shed a few
feet north, The fire ran through the grass
across a large bed of strawberry plants
then continued through pine woods fol
nearly mile south, and it was only by
very energetic efforts that buildings one
half mile distant were saved.
The long talked-of wrestling match be
tween Edward Desc of st. Adams and r
E. Henderson of Wells River for purse Of
| $3.50. 5000 for the winner and $50 for the
loser, took ace Tuesday evening at tn
opera house at Montpelier in the presenc,
of 800 people. Sheriff c. F. Smith of Top
sham was master of ceremonies and II. NJ
Dufur of Waterbury referee. Desc VOL
the first fall in two hours, Henderson tt
second in one hour, and at half past on
Wednesday morning the match was de
clared a draw, much to the disgust of thos
who had patiently waited to see squar
finish
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22
MASSACHUSETTS, NOTES.
The Percheron stallion Case at Greene
Held.

The April term of the superior court
opened at Greenfield Wednesday before
Justice Dewey. The grand jury was
charged and Immediately began work I'M
der the direction of Dist Atty. Hammond.
The suit of the bank of Ellcottville, N.
Y, against Simeon p. Reyes and others,
which has been before the courts for sew
eral years, is once more to the front. 1t is
generally known as the Percheron stallion
case. Some years ago two New York men
arranged to sell Percheron stations in sew
eral sections of the country at fancy prices.
They disposed of one in Franklin county to
a number of well-known horsemen. They
signed Joint and several note for $500.
Later on this note was negotiated at the
bank of Ellicottville. The signers of the
note claimed that they were deceived and
defrauded. The horse was afterward sold
at auction for about 500. The case has
been heard by Judge Mason of Northamp-
ton as auditor. He found for the plaintiff
BY direction of the court the jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff against Simeon p.
Keyes and others for 1888 This was a
test case. There are two other notes of
like amounts held by other banks and those
of the signers of the joint and several notes
who are responsible will probably be com
PEELED to pay the amount of $500.