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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Evidence of Indigestion.

Goodness of feet and limbs is almost
invariably an evidence of indigestion.
The GOODNESS is due not to the weakness
of the heart or feebleness of circulation,
as is generally supposed, but to the
contraction of the small arteries. pre-
venting blood from entering the parts.
There is generally an irritation of the
abdominal sympathetic nerve centers
which control the circulation of the
lower eXtremities. This difficulty is not
to be removed by exercise or by any spe-
cial application to the limbs, but by re-
mOval of the causes of irritation. This
may be prolapsed stomach or chronic
indigestion Hot and cold footballs
are valuable. These act not simply
on the feet and limbs, but by reflex
action affect benefcially the abdominal
sympathetic centers, which are in a
diseased condition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
1t Consists I'm the Acceptance of the
Talent and the Tasks God
Has Appointed.

Happiness comes through quiet ac-
ceptance of the talent, temperament
and task that God hath appointed. I'm
able to add one eubit to the stature, or
make one hair white or black, man is
also impotent to alter his birth-gifts. !"
writes Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, pas
tor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, on
1.-The Secrets of Happy Life, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. Through
heredity our fathers chose the life work
for us, and try as we may we cannot
alter their choice. though we can break
our hearts. To-day one part of society
is making itself miserable through an
overestimate of great deeds and an ag-
onizing desire to do striking things.
Yet struggling and agonizing never did
anything worth while. The first sign
of a great piece of work is the ease and
swiftness with which it was done by
him appointed for the task. Another
part of society destroys happiness by
Understanding small deeds and du-
ties. Gods mountains are not made out
of huge chunks of granite, but out of
minute flakes of mica. Size has nothing
to do with the valued work, and man
cannot be happy until he surrenders his
VIII anu cneerIuIIy accepts ING OhO 'aA-
ent, or two, or ten, counting it honor
enough to do his appointed work more
perfectly than any other can possibly
do it. We do not need great and splen-
did things, but that common things
shall be lifted up and illuminated by a
quiet and beautiful spirit. One of the
secrets of happiness is found in the ha-
bitual emphasis of pleasant things and
the persistent casting aside of all ma
Ign elements
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
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HOW TO MAKE THE CELLAR.

HOW TO MAKE THE CELLAR. =
ground than it was formerly regarded
as eXpedient. This gives a chance for
larger cellar windows, giving more
light and better ventilation. The dia-
grams accompanying this show how q
cellar can easily be made on even very
gently slpping ground. Fig. shows the
slope. Fig. shows how the cellar is
constructed, the earth excavated in the
section marked "A' being placed in
front of the barn mot in the rear, as is
usually the case) in the section marked
B." This gives gradual rise to the
great doors in the front of the barn,
and at the same time allows plenty of
room for the cellar below the barn.-N.
Y Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23

armored cruiser is becoming quite IN
distinct. In fact, it may be said that
about the only material distinction be-
tween the two in the most modern de-
signs is that the armored cruiser is
planned to be two or three knots fast
er than the battleship at maximum
speed, and to have a somewhat great
er coai-carrying capcity.
Now you know as much on the sub
iect as a naval expert; at least super
ficially.
Admiral Dewey has lived aboard ship
for almost two years without inter-
mission. Ever since he sailed into Ma
Mia bay and began to whizz, bang and
smash things with his big guns and
rapid-firing guns, he has lived on ship
board.
For several months more Admiral
Dewey will dwell on the Olympia, and
then he will permanently reside.in the
national capital. On his famous flag
ship he viii go to China for a change
of climate. He will then go to India,
and thence around the Suez canal, sail
ing over historic and sometimes sacred
waters. Over him will float the four
starred flag of an admiral, and wher-
ever he goes that flag will receive an
4
appropriate salute.
The sensible people of this country
have concluded to give Admiral Dewey
| a welcome such as no naval commander
| ever before received. They will not
have him carried around the country
| like a curiosity; nor will they attack
his health with the banquets of so cit
| les. They will have him met at sea
| by squadron of vessels of the new
navy. They will have him royalty re-
ceived in New York, and then, when he
reaches Washington, they will present
| him with a magnificent permanent
residence. Popular subscriptions are
being made, and the committee in
charge of the matter believe that not
only will enough be subscribed to pur-
chase a splendid residence for the adj
miral, but that there will be left over
a handsome sum for investment, so
| that his every want will be well sup
piled.
| Already scores of real estate agents
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
SHEEP ON THE FARM.
They VIII Get the Owner Out OF Debt
and Enable Him to Save Some
thing for Old Age.

The value of sheep to the farmer in
a matter upon which there exists some
divergence of opinion, but it is a fact
beyond question that where soil and Sit
uation are suitable, few ii any, sections
of the farmers business lead 10 more
satisfactory results. A Canadian farm
er writing on this subject has appar-
emily great faith in sheep, and says.
"A flock of good sheep of the right
sort well managed. Will get the farmer
out of debt, keep him out of debt, lay
him up something for old age and leave
the farm fertile, clean and productive
for those who come after. This re-
minds me of one great benefit of keep
ing a eve flock on an arabic farm, foI
after the crops have been gathered bye
running over the stubble they win eat
up no end of the seed pods of weeds,
etc, and viii at the same time consume
and make into valuable manure a very
large quantity of remnants of the grain
crop and annual weeds that would
otherwise be left unconSumed OF util-
lied in any way except being turned
in by the pillow. Good sheep of theright
sort are TO be found in every breed
though one must study the land on
which they are to be kept, but the best
should be aimed at whatever the breed
Profitable sheep-keeping can onfy be
assured when first-class sheep are kept;
these cost less to keep, thrive better
and their aptitude to rapid development
and power to assimilate and apply the
food they consume in profitable way
are certain to give a larger profit foI
the food consumed than sheep that are
of an inferior type. OF course we dc
not mean to say that only pure-bred va
rieties should be kept, for there is prob
ably not a more profitable sheep fol
the ordinary grazier than that of the
first cross between two pure breeds
Tests innumerabie and show-yard re
suits have shown that this is the case
Indiscriminate selection, however, viii
not do and the parents should be well
bred and of a good thriving type.-Prai
RE Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
A BREAST OF VEAL.
This Article Tells Exactly How 1t
Should BE Prepared and How
to Stun and Roast IT.

In the spring, when lamb and veal
are in season, they are not only the
cheapest but the most wholesome OF
flesh food. Heavy beef and mutton,
which are in prime condition for food
in cold weather. when they can be hung
until they are tender, begin to pail
upon the appetite in spring. A lighter
and more easily digested meat is de-
manded. Veal comes first into season
to meet this demand, and young lamb
little later. The acid vegetables, fruits
and sauces for meats which are so ap-
petizing at this season are demanded
when these easily digested young
meats are served. Thus the convention
al diet of the spring months, and the
one which is the easiest to procure, may
be readily proved to be the most whole
some for the season.
The breast of veal is the cheapest por-
ton of the animal. The large proper
ton of the bones are in a semihardened
state, when they can be softened by
cooking. The hard bones of the breast
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
BEEKEEPING DON'TS.

Don't tinker at your bees every day
Don't allow any colonies to run short
of feed.
Don't raise a herd of careless drones
to eat up the profit.
Don't expect the supply dealer TO fiji
all orders in one day.
Don't tear open the brood nest unless
there is real necessity.
Don't put off making or buying hives
until the swarms hang out.
Don't encourage swarming unless
you can sell bees at profit
Don't expect anything from weak
colonies with poor old queens.
Don't expect each colony you have
to give you 200 per cent. profit.
Don't think black daubed sections of
honey will bring as much as lily white.
Don't imagine if you made $40 from
one colony you can make 81 900 from
100 colonies.
Don't spread the brood nest in the
spring by inserting combs or frames
of foundation.
Don't invest big money in new fan
gled traps to catch moths or keep them
out of the hive
Don't think bees Will do just as well
in an old key or box behind the garden
in weeds ten feet high as your neigh
boris kept sPick and span.-AmericaD
Gardening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
IMPORTANT CANAL.
fits Completion VIII Prove of Consid-
cradle Benefit to the wheat
Growers of Our Country

Canada has begun the construction
of canal which is likely to have an i'm
portant effect on American commerce
and the interests of American wheat
growers. The canal is to be a short
waterway from the St. Lawrence to the
upper lakes. avoiding lakes Erie and
Ontario. The canal already built be-
tween Montreal and Ottawa is to be
extended along the line of the Ottawa
river to Lake Nipissing. Thence the
route will follow French river to
Georgian bay and Lake Huron.
When this canal, which is to be twice
the depth of the Erie canal, is built,
grain laden barges and steamers will
be able to pass directly from Duluth,
Port Arthur and other points on the
upper lakes to tide-water. Later it is
intended to deepen the canal so as to
allow the passage of ocean steamers
When this is done, steamers may be
loaded with grain at Duluth and pro-
coed to Liverpool without breaking
bulk.
From Chicago to Liverpool by the
new route will be 700 miles shorter than
by way of the Erie canal. The saving in
time will be even more than this COM
parison of distances indicates; for the
artificial waterway by the Ottawa
route will be only 80 miles as COM
pared with $50 miles by the Erie canal
When allowance is made for the delay
in transshipment, it is probable that
grain will reach Liverpool from Chi
cago by the new route a week sooner
than by the Erie canal. The new water
way will somewhat disturb American
commerce On the other hand, it will
be of great value to American farmers
in the increasing competition with
ether wheat growing countries
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Breed,ng from One strain.

1t is well known that the best mode
OF preserving the beauty of plumage.
and retaining the points of excellence.
is by inbreeding. But this can be done
in way so as not to be too severe. The
aim should be to breed from one familye
If new blood is to be introduced let it
be done by selecting a hen from some
other yard, and mate her with the best
cock you have, keeping the young cock
erels of the union only, and disposing of
the pullets from the same, but do not
make any change of blood in the pullets
of the strain kept By this mode the
blood of the cocks is partially changed
every season, thus permitting of sys-
tenn of in-breeding that may be con-
tinued for several years = American
Gardening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
A MOURNING LAMP.
An Eccentric Bit of Furnishing De-
signed for New York So
cfety WOman's Room.

In a search for fashion novelties your
correspondent has come across most
unique bit of furniture. 1t is in the
shape of mourning lamp. In the New
York home of a well-known society
matron whose sister died abroad a few
years ago there is a room furnished in
remembrance of the deceased relative.
Everything in the room is black, save
the carpet, which was made to order,
and has violet background with black
flowers standing out upon it in som Der
relief. The furniture is of richly carved
ebony. The curtains of black satin
brocade, and all the ornaments are
black.
But the oldest bit of decoration yet
is the lamp-the only hght-producing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Make Your own Perfume.

You can easily make a delicious vio-
let perfume for yourself by putting half
an ounce of orris root, broken into
small pieces, in a bottle with two
ounces of alcohol. Add to this bunch
of newiy-picked violets. cork and bottle
tightly and shake well. After it has
been standing four or five days. few
drops on the handkerchief will leave
the scent of fresh violets. Apropps of
perfume is the laundering of fine linen
and silk handkerchiefs. To obtain the
best results wash them in salt and wa
ter and iron while damp under thi1
cloth wet with perfume.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
ROAST BREAsHoF VEAL.

should be removed. Flatten out a
breast that has been freed from hard
bones, leaving those that are soft and
flexible. 1t should weigh about 2A
pounds when prepared. Dredge about
a tablespoonful of salt and an even tea
spoonful of pepper. Stuff it with a we'll
seasoned veal stuffing. Roll it up and
tie it into shape. Lay it in any fiat-bot-
toned shallow saucepan, with a cover
that has no solder about it.
The saucepan must be large enough
to hold a gallon, and should be at least
nine inches across the top, in order to
be broad enough. Rub the roll of veal
with butter, dredge it with -four, slice
an onion over it and a carrot. Put a
pint of rich brown gravy or stock over
it. cover it and set it in a hot oven to
braise. Basic it every Is minutes. AS
the stock bOils down add boiling water
to thin it, and continue the cooking in
this way until the meat has been praised
for at least two hours, or until it is a
very rich brown in color and perfectly
done.
The Stuffing for this breast of veal is
made as follows: Brown over the fire
two onions minced fine. Soak loaf of
bread freed from it's crust in cold wa
ter for Is minutes. Press out the wa
ter with the hands from the soaked
bread. Add two or three whole eggs,
a tablespoonful of salt, a teaspoonful
of pepper, a tablespoonful of sage
leaves, three skinned sausages and a
teaspoonful of parsley. Add the mince
of fried onions, and after thoroughly
mixing the forcemeat rub it through
puree sieve. Spread this stuffing in
the center of the breast of veal before
it is rolled up. Tie it closely at the
ends. so as to resemble the roll in the
illustration.-N. Y. Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23

open and shut them according as you
wish the corn dropped BY wheeling
this barrow along in your marked field
it can be easily adjusted to drop the
corn just as you may wish it.
For filing the pan, bore a two-inch
hole (c) in the board wheel and have a
cork, or, better, have swing slide Id
held on by a screw, as seen in illus
tratiOn.
The corn may be covered with har-
row across the rows, but it is better to
use a Planet junior cultivator having
the roller attachment and follow the
rows. Take the two oblong teeth and
turn them to throw the dirt inward, and
the roller coming along behind f1attens
the earth down upon the corn.
4 mistake is sometimes made in al
lowing the machine to drop too much
corn To avoid this, count the number
of kernels dropped the first three or
four feet when beginning a new field.
This machine is a great labor saver in
planting for silo or other use. and is a
good working machine-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Prettx Window Han.inc.

White muslin curtains for windows
will be much used this year in summer
houses. The frilled border is out of
fashion and an embroidered open-work
edge is in vogue. That this launders
more easily than the frilled edge may
be one secret of its popularity. These
curtains with the fiat open-work Dor
der and an embroidered design scat
tered over the surface may be bought
for very small sum. The new dotted
Swiss curtains with scalloped edge
are extremely dainty and pretty for
summer draperies. The dot is large
enough to be conspicuous
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Hints About Summer Portieres

The draperies in the summer house
have much to do with its effect. Take
away from the house the pretty cur
tains that drape the walls, windows
and doors and it will assume a decided
ly bare appearance. Among the new
materials for draperies that are within
the means of women who are planning
for the summer home is snow flake
cloth. 1t is very light tan in color-al-
most cream-sc scattered with fiaky white
dots and showing a striped silk bor-
der in china blue, sage green or old
rose. The silk border is also in Roman
colors. Another new portiere, some
what more expensive, is of Bombay
cloth with a large empire design en-
broidered in tinsel. For Il library this
is very effective in wood brown with
the design in cream white outlined with
gold threads
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
NOVEL CORN PLANTER.
This Machine Is Described a Great
Labor Saver in Planting =
SilO Crop.

Make frame ta) like wheelbarrow
frame three inches larger than the pan
used. Take a tin pan and put on the
axle of the wheelbarrow against the
wheel (b). The hols in the bottom of
the pan must be in the center and must
fit the axle. Cut into the flaring side
of the pan inch openings, the shape of
the end of your thumb, only do not re-
move the piece of tin. Leave one side
hanging so that you can spring this
tin open or push it shut, to regulate the
dropping of the corn. Make thes open
ings three or four inches a. -rt, then
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
Preserving Egg. by Lining.

Lining eggs is both practical and
simple way of preserving them, and we
don't know of a better, unless you keep
them in cold-storage house at tenn
Perature always above freezing-say
SO degrees to 10 degrees-when they
viii keep six months with safety. There
are many formulas for making the lime
solution One of the best plans is pack
ing in jars. Care should be taken to Sc
lect receptacle from which the eggs
can draw nothing; hence glass jars or
stone crooks are preferable Six gallon
glass jars will hold 20 dozen eggs
Slack about peck of lime; to this add
six pailfuls of water and three quarts of
salt. This should all be dissolved, and
When settled is fit to use. Pour the
thin hmewater into the jars, cover
them with cloth, and on this spread a
coating of the thicker Iimewater. The
solution must stand in the jars so as to
cover the eggs A peck of lime viii be
enough to preserve about 100 dozen
HSgs.-Rural World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23
HONORs FOR DEWEY.
Entire Nation Will Unite in Wei
coming the Brave Admiral
Ehe People TO Present Him with q
Handsome Residence at Wash
fngtOn-A Talk About Ma
rine Architecture.
Especial Washington Letter.


Admiral Dewey is coming home on
the first-rate protected cruiser Oiym-
pia. He will take several months to
make the trip, because it is a trip
for recreation, for health and for
pleasure rather than a hurry-up
business trip He has earned a right
to four months of leisure; and the
American people would probably vote
him perfect leisure for the remain
der if his lifetime, if he desired it.
Speaking of the ''first-rate protected
cruiser" reminds us that, outside of
men of the navy, probably few people
understand what are meant by the
terms ''battleship," ''armored cruis-
err protected cruiser" and ''gun yes
sci" or 'gunboat," as used in describ-
ing types and classes of naval vessels.
They are not strictly limited in their
scope of significance. Generally speak
ing the term "battleship" is applied to
a type or class of vessels which are
protected by as heavy armor and armed
with as heavy guns as they can carry
On a given displacement and at the
same time leave sufficient f1otation to
enable them to carry machinery pow
erfu1 enough to drive them at fair
speed, usually about Is knots per hour,
with good supply of coal and stores.
The "armored cruiser" is vessel also
protected by armor and having its guns
mounted in turrets or shields. The es-
sential difference between battleships
and armored cruisers is that in the
latter the armor is much thinner and
the guns smaller and lighter, and the
ship itself is much more highly pow
cred for greater speed, and also has
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-23

what is called greater radius of ac-
ton than battleship; that is, it can
steam a greater distance on one coal
ing.
The protected cruiser" is ship
without armor in the proper sense
of the term; that is to say, without
-armor placed vertically on its sides.
The word protected" means that the
ship is provided with a protective deck.
This is structure which begins at each
side of the ship some little distance be-
low the water line and slopes upward
on each side towards the middle line
of the ship to a point somewhat above
the water line, and then the inner edges
of these slopes are connected by fiat
deck, covering what. is known as the
vitals of the ship, that is to say, the
boilers, machinery, magazines and the
larger part of the coal bunkers. The
thickness of the protective deck varies
in different ships, but usually it is
about four inches thick on the slopes
and about one and one-haH to two
inches thick on the fat or horizontal
part.
A gunboat, or gun vessel, is simply
an armed steamer of comparatively
small dimensions, with no protection
of any kind except usually water
tight deck of ordinary ship plate, which
is worked over the boilers, machinery
and magazines.
Under each of the above heads there
are again wide diversities of type and
model In most navies battleships are
divided into two, or sometimes three,
classes. first, second and third. In our
e. T..
the first-rate being represented by such
ships as the Indiana, Iowa and Oregon,
and the five new ones now building and
also the three new ones just contracted
for; the second rate being represented
at present only by the Texas. Armored
cruisers are similarly classified. At
present we have but two armored cruis-
ers, strictly speaking, in our navy, the
New York and Brooklyn. Protected
cruisers are also classified in most
navies into three different rates. I'm
der the French rating we have only
two tirst-class protected cruisers in our
navy. The Columbia and Minneapolis
are the only protected cruisers we
have which would be classed as first
rate in the British navy. The Olympia,
which is the next largest, would be
dtCO dS ii SCCOno-CIdSS protected CTIlS-
~er in the British navy. She is general
by considered a first-rate protected
cruiser by our naval authorities.
The tendencies of more recent de-
signs is to reduce the distinction which
has hitherto prevailed between the bat
tieship and the armored cruiser types.
That is to say, in the designing of bat
-tleships within the last two or three
years naval architects have reduced the
thickness and weight of armor and also
the caliber of the guns and increased
the engine power and speed, in the di-
rection of the armored cruiser type,
while on the other hand there has been
a tendency to increase the size and
fighting power of armored cruisers TO
a point more nearly approaching the
character of the battleship. Conse-
quently at this time the line of demar-
cation. from the naval architects point
OF view, as between the battleship and