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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

could hardly curb her Impotence. The
mail from Frayne, SO said Folsom,
would arrive that evening, and then
surely there would be news Of Mar
shall. They had slipped away to their
rooms after the bountiful. luncheon
served on their return, in order, as
Pappoose expressed it, that the gen.
tlemen might have their cigars in
peace. Mrs. Fletcher, after seeing that
everything was prepared, had direct
ed the servant to say to Mr.. Folsom,
on the return of the party, that she
would prefer not to appear, and would
be glad to keep her room, as she did
not feel it at all necessary for the
housekeeper to meet strangers, and
Folsom felt a sense of relief. It was
so much sweeter not to have any pre-
siding genius other than Pappoose,
not that he was forgetful of Mrs.
Fletcher's merits and services-which
were great-but it was plain to see
that his daughter would have been
happier had no such office existed as
that created for this deserving and
destitute widow. At three Miss Fol-
som had gone and tapped at the lady's
door-her room was in the third story,
overlooking the street-and was very
civilly assured that Mrs. Fletcher
stood in need of nothing, but, being
wearied, she would like little sleep.
No, she did not even care for cup of
tea. Yet Elinor felt confident that
the voice that replied to her inquiries
came neither from the bed nor the
lounge, but from the direction of the
front window.
AT three the cigars were smoked out
and the host and his guests were in
the library. It was Folsom's custom,
| when a possible thing, to take a brief
nap after the midday meal, and Einor
| felt sure he would be glad of the OPP
portunity now, if Burleigh would only
go, but Burleigh wouldn't. In monot-
onous monologue his voice came float
| ing up to the second floor, drowsy,
unbroken in its soporific flow, and the
| girls themselves, after the morning s
| drive in the clear, bracing air, felt as
| though forty winks would be a Dless-
| ing. Could it be that Burleigh lin
gered on in hopes of their reappear>
| ance below? Might it not be that if
| relief came not speedily Papa Fol-
som would yield to the spell and fall
asleep in his easy-chair? Was it not
Miss Folsom's duty to descend and
| take the burden of entertainment of
those elder shoulders? These thoughts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & CO., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West 4 Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
tree.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
swallowed ui. ral.e reeth.

and it drove him mad. Stomachs viii stand
a great deal, but not everything. If yours
Is weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
1t cures Indigestion, constipation, kidney
fever and ague 1t is particularly effective
in all nervous affections, and is strongly rec
commended at this season of the year when
the system is rundown and most susceptible
to disease. All druggists keep it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
Spring Cleaning Made EASY.

Much Of the terror Of spring cleaning may
be avoided by good management. Settled
weather should be selected for the work,
and everything necessary provided before
hand. Ivory Soap will be found best for
washing paints, floors and windows; it is
harmless, and effective in making the house
clean and fresh. ELIZA r. PARKER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

The lonesomest man in the world is the
one at whose home there is a corpse awaiting
burial The women always find something
to do, but have you ever noticed how drear-
ily the time drags to the man who is stay
ing from work out of respect! "-Atchison
Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

Write to-day to Allen S. Oimsted, Leroy,
". Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we evel
used for all affections of the throat anc
lungs-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind.
Feb TO- 1900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

The individual who sits down and wait.
for the world to appreciate him will dis
cover after the race that he was left at the
post.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
A. She Under.toodIt.

Boston Girl-Have you read Emerson?
st. Louis Girl-No, 1 guess not. Those
ed spots on my face are just common PIN
2les.oColorado Weekly Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

A brave retreat may show greater cour-
age than foolhardy advance.-Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
Putting It Gently.

Ladies'" said the speaker at the annual
meeting of the Boston beanbund, 81 shall,
in calculating my subject, give you nothing
but the-er-the-that is to say, shall give you
er-the-the decollete truth. "-Baltimorc
American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
Uncle Allen.

1.-THE trouble about onions." philoso-
phized Uncle Allen Sparks. 'sis that
when you eat them you have to take SO
many people into your confidence
about it."-Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

Stop lookin' fer trouble an happiness1l
look fer you.-Irving Bachelor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
His Virtue.

about my neighbors-"
mo. You talk about yourself SO
much that you don't have time."-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
Proof Positive.

Female Customer-You say these
spoons are solid silver, young man?
Clerk-Yes, ma'am; every one of
them.
Female Customer-Who are they
made by2
christening, ma'am. His name
is on every spoon.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
JudiciaI CalIantr.

Judge Ito female witness)-How old arc
you?
Miss Passeigh-I guess am
PRAY do not be reckless with your guesses,
madam. We can allow you but three
chances at Baltimore American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

Mistakes are the milestones in q man.
life.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

To be always happy, use Red Cross Ball
Blue. Refuse limitations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19
Not Necessary.

Deacon Short-Robbins gave me a
lead quarter when 1 asked him to
change a dollar for me.
Friend-Did you get after him about
it?
"Oh, no; didn't have any trouble
in passing it."-Harlem Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

You cannot be cheerful if You have dy!
pepsia. You wont have dyspepsia if 20
chew Whites "Yucatan."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

A woman doesn't like to be interrupted
when she is talking, or a man when he's
eating.-Detroit Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

One reason the very young think they
have great many friends is that they never
need any.-Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-19

words distinctly audible to the near
ers below.
s'The majors carriage is coming up
the street, Miss Dean. There are two
officers"
"Two!" exclaimed jess, starting to
her feet. thinking only of her brother.
"Oh! I wonder if And then they
heard her go pit-a-pat through the hall
| to the front of the house, heard Mrs.
Fletcher more deliberately follow.
heard presently the beat of horses
| hoofs on the hard roadway, and the
whir of coming wheels. "Tll go out to
meet them, Elinor-I'll-Tll talk to you
| more about this some other time. You
don't care to go on this ride this morn
ming one bit, do you, dear?" he added,
uneasily.
mo, father; frankly, don't-but he
has been polite to you and attentive
to us. There's no help for it."
| And so Folsom went alone to the
door to meet his. visitors on the porch
without, and did not hear, did not see
Mrs. Fletcher, who came hastily down
| the stairs, her face singularly pale, a
| glitter of excitement in her eyes. On
! tiptoe she fastened along the broad
hall, reaching the library door just as
Folsom stepped out on the porch. On
tiptoe she darted in, closed the door be-
hind her, almost rushed to the north
window, and there grasping the cur
4 tain she crouched, needless of the posi-
bility of observation, and for half a
minute chung and crouched and stared.
Then. as Folsom's genial, powerful
voice was heard in welcoming accents.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
mAIplNSUD.' ...AVA.
GEsM5!, d;SllRgl}S
BELGIAN HARE HUTCH.
Colorado Fancier Describes One That
Is Warmly Recommended by
other Breeders.

The Belgian hare fad is slowly abat-
ing, no doubt, and yet find that peo-
pie take a good deal of interest in
these animals. One of our inquirers
seems to have the same trouble that
I had met; namely, that the young
die off from some unrecognized cause.
The boomers in this business usually
claim that Belgian hares are exempt
from disease. / have lost good many,
and have been unable to say from what
cause or disease. Others who have had
the same experience tell me that they
have had better luck since adopting
the practice of putting a drop of hy-
drachloric acid into one quart or SO
of the water given to the hares to
drink. Another reader, Thomas Ed
wards, of Colorado, gives me plan
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
RABBIT HUTCH.

of a rabbit-hutch which strikes me as
excellent and tempts me to build one
exactly like it. The construction is
shown in accompanying illustrations.
My correspondent describes it as fol-
lows: "The building should have the
floor at least two inches off the
ground, and banked up as much as
possible all around, for warmth. Nest
boxes for breeding does should have
partition in for nest. Partitions be-
tween pens should be of wood, as some
hares will fight through wire and they
will not do well. Nest-boXes should
have the lid hung with hinges, so that
the dirt can be removed and the boxes
opened"
In regard to the management Mr..
Edwards says: 81 feed once a day
corn-chop, and alfalfa green when
can get it. and when 1 cannot, alfalfa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
Do Not Pen the Turkeys.

"I do not wonder that there are go
many failures made in preparing tur-
keys in the market when we take into
consideration the course so many
breeders take in fattening their
BIRDS" says George Wolf, in Farm
Poultry. 81 have frequently seen
focks of turkeys penned up in a
building for the purpose of fattening
for market, and it was failure every
time. This is no more than should
be expected, for turkeys are of a
wild nature, and as soon as they are
cooped they begin quarreling, chasing
one another about and constantly
worrying for freedom. They soon
tire of their food, grow thin, and
will, when killing time comes, weigh
less than when first cooped with the
expectation of fattening them"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
BITS AND PATCHES.
Every Human Being Is n Piece of
Patchwork, Made Up of What Is
Gotten from Others.

Folks are most all guidebooks or
red lanterns if they amt anything
else to speak of-eXamples or warn
ings, / mean-though generally they
don't know it either way" said Aunt
Betty. There's plenty of folks
would be surprised if they knew how
much I'd got from 'em when they
didn't think they was giving me any
thing.
"And it's good deal that way with
what we are and how we do things.
There's a streak of patience learned
from some one who never knew we
watched him and here's bit of
selfshness knocked off because we
couldn't help seeing how hateful it
was in somebody else. We're braver
many a day on account of some one
who didn't know any human eye took
notice of how she tried to be cour-
! ageous, and we have many distrust-
full hour, maybe, because somebody
else boosted their unbelief. Yes,
we've got a good deal of patchwork,
made up of what we get from others;
but then we give as well Gs get, and
sometimes I wonder what kind of
| bits I'm furnishing" g."-Wellspring
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
STERILITY OF EGGS.
It Is Caused Quite often by Feeding
Too Great n Portion of Fat
Forming Foods.

The lack of fertility of eggs is fire.
quently laid to the activity or inactiv-
ity of the males. Doubtless, it is fre-
quently due to the females From
analogy, drawing the lesson from 9TH
er animals, the feed has a great deal
to do with the question Of fertility.
Science has not yet found out just how
the elements in food, the potash, the
phosphorus and the nitrogen affect
the life germs, but we know they d o af-
feet them. With the present
amount of light shining on the
subject we would perhaps attach
more Importance to the pres
ence and distribution of phosphorus
than of any other element. Itis IS yet
a subject shrouded in darkness. There
is a difference, too, in the manner in
which one hen disposes of her feed
compared with another. Two hens
may eat food containing phosphorus.
One may distribute it throughout her
system. The other may pass most of
it with the droppings. We know that
of two hens similarly fed and treated,
one will produce fertile and the other
unfertile eggs, the latter through no
fault of the cock. This quality of pro-
ducing non-fertile eggs is one that is
transmitted, and can probably be
largely eliminated by careful selection.
The process would, however, be long
one, and is not likely to be taken up by
any person, except one having a con-
siderable capital; as it would mean the
sequestering of each individual being
watched. Sometimes perhaps a change
of food will remove the sterility. We
know that when hen gets too fat she
becomes sterile, and in that case the
trouble is due to the feeding of too
great proportion of fat-forming
foods.-Farmers' Review.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01

John Moore. of Philomath, south
east of Dublin, Ind, lost a fine Jer-
sey cow in a rather peculiar man
ner. For somc reason the COW
seemed to crave drink, and finally
died. Moore was determined to
know what the COW died from, so
he cut her open. When he did so
big black snake, six feet in length,
crawled from the stomach. He
killed it with a club. The snake was
probably taken into the cows stom-
ach several years ago, and has since
lived to grow to its full size. The
COW had given its usual quantity of
milk until she became sick.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
IA JUDGES WIFE pE,Sa SHR5D 614aRpu Of
She Suffered for Years and
Felt Her Case Was Hope.
'Iess...Cured by
Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. Judge McAllister writes from
1917 West 33rd St., Minneapolis, Mimi,
as follows:
81 suffered for years with a pain in
the small of my back and right side.
1t interfered often with my domestic
and social duties and / never supposed
that | would be cured, as the doctors
medicine did not seem to help me any.
Fortunately member of our Or
der advised me to try Peruna and gave
it such high praise that 1 decided to
try it. Although / started in with lit
tie faith, 1 felt so much better in a
week that felt encouraged.
81 took it faithfully for seven weeks
and am happy indeed to be able to say
that l am entirely cured. Words fail
to express my gratitude. Perfect
health once more is the best thing L
could wish for, and thanks to Peruna
I enjoy that now."-Fiinnie e. Meal
lister.
The great popularity of Peruna as a
catarrh remedy has tempted many
people to initiate Peruna. A great
many so.called catarrh remedies and
catarrhal tonics are to be found in
many drug stores. These remedies
can be procured by the druggist much
cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can
only be obtained at a uniform price,
and no druggist can get it a cent
cheaper.
Thus it is that druggists are tempt
ed to substitute the cheap limitations
of Peruna for Peruna. 1t is done ev-
cry day without doubt.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01

other branches of industry with which
Corean custom demanded that they
should be familiar, and the former
teaching reading and writing in both
Corean and Chinese.
This was a great innovation, and the
result of it was watched with great in
terest. The little girls proved them
selves quite unhandicapped by the
suppression which their sex had un-
dergone for centuries, and learned
with greater facility than the small
boys. They developed many lovable
traits of character, the most distinct
i've of which was their thoughtfulness
of each other.
In Corea there is a special dress for
every particular occasion, and the lit
tie girls who correspond to our brides
maids are clothed in way fearful and
wonderful to behold; but their every
day dress is simple and hygienic
enough to meet with the approval of
the most ardent dress reformer. In
appearance the girls and women of
Corea are often attractive. Their
black hair grows very thick, their
eyes are bright and intelligent, and
their rather swarthy cheeks are tinged
with a color which may be artificial,
but is often the sign of robust health
N. Y. Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
CORRECT DISPLAY OF CHINA.

ornaments of dining-room. Tint the
walls to match the general tone of the
room, or else cover them with very
thin, hardwood veneer, accurately fit
ted and tackled in place with the small
est-sized brads. Varnish the veneer,
and keep clean by weekly wiping with
soft cloth wrung very dry out of
tepid water.
Leave the shelf surfaces plain and
cover them with linen, cut to fit, and
ornament with line of drawn work.
Heavy butchers linen is best, though
the soft-toned art linens may be eff
fectively used. Set one shelf apart
for glasses, preferably the upper one,
Cut the linen for it twice the shelf
width, hem it all around, then double
it. Thus there is a light pad all over
the shelf. 1t can be kept as fresh as
the single covers, and will safeguard
glass.
With a crowded glass shelf, put down
small pieces first, inverting them, then
turn bigger pieces over them, taking
care that they DO not touch. But be-
lore IlShlllS ii blS DOHl mus upon LIS
own margin, it is well to test it, and
see if it presses equally all around.
The slightest inequality may mean de-
| struction.
Pressed glass and colored glass may
be piled together with comparative
| impunity. But if when the pile is
Jared any piece in it gives out a
| lor &c xx-iSa +n ~
The rattle portends breallage, since
it shows that something presses un-
evenly. Slender-stemmed wine glasses
look pretty tied in clusters of three,
the stems crossing and suspended by
bright ribbons from screw hooks in
the top. They need not hang low
enough o menace other things. Claret
jugs can be likewise hung, and other
fiat things may go in racks across the
back. In that case the back needs a
padded linen, like the shelf proper.
Test hanging things by setting them
swinging, so as to make certain they
will not strike anything else.
Keep plates carefully sorted, and
piled size and pattern together. Give
big platters room upon the lowermost
shelf. If it is not properly grooved
tack strips of lath along it, and cut
the linen for it wide enough to go in
and out. Stand the platters on edge
the biggest next the wall, graduating
them toward the front. With a very
high shelf space they look prettier on
end, the highest in the middle, and get,
ting lower toward the ends. Hand
some covered dishes are best set in a
row in front of the fiat ones. Use
judgment and an eye for color in all
placings. A small, clear yellow Bit
against a background of dull blue
illumines everything around it.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
MODEL CHINA CLOSET.
Some Excellent Suggestions for the
safe-keeping of Cut GLASS and
Dainty Porceiains.

The china-closet in many houses is
built into the wall. This disposes of
location. Home-makers have to ac-
cept the goods and the ills the land
lords provide, but wherever located it
is imperative to have good shelves and
plenty of them. Very many built-in
closets have shelves much too far
apart. But it is some times possible
to make the high shelves answer by
putting screw hooks all over the un-
dersides and hanging there cups and
mugs, little pitchers, etc. Hang the
saucers against the wall back of the
cups by means of fiat wire china racks.
There may be double or even a tre BILE
row of the racks. In filing them study
colors as much as possible. With sau-
GERS of various sizes put the biggest at
the bottom, unless such placing ruins
the closet color-scheme.
Well arranged, and full of handsome
wares, china-closet is among the best
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
KEEPING UP FERTILITY.
and Proper Application of All
Sorts of Manure.

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Journal of Agriculture writes that
paper as follows:
The first thing in keeping up fertil-
ity is the saving and proper applica-
ton of manure. Thousands of farm
ers are letting the manure waste in
their barnyards, and are using COM
mercial fertilizers. Fertility can be
kept up in this way, but lack of hui
mus will soon follow. Soil deficient
in humus will dry out in dry weather
and seeding of clover will be next
to impossible. Do not fiatter your
selves with the idea tha. you can keep
up your fertility on commercial ma
nures alone. You must save and use all
your farm manure. Spread the ma
nure on the higher portion of the
field. Save everything. Do not let
a thing go to waste, but put it on
the land. 1t makes little difference
when you put it on, only see that it
goes on.
Plow under all the clover you can.
Rye will do to plow under very well.
Any green crop will answer. Do not
let the ground lie bare during fall
and winter. Sow your corn stubble
to rye. This can be done at the last
cultivation. 1t will not only save fer
tility by the roots taking up fertil-
ity and storing it in the plant, so as
to be available for the next crop to
follow, but it will make excellent pas
ture for your sheep and hogs during
the fall and far into the winter.
Do not hesitate to draw the manure
as fast as made during the winter,
and spread as fast as drawn. If your
land is too hilly this may not be the
best plan provided you have good
way to save the manure at the barn.
But as the manure is usually kept
around barns, the loss from washing
down the hills will be no greater than
the loss around the barns. Manure
drawn out in winter saves that much
from the springs work. Often in the
spring the ground is soft, and l have
seen ground injured as much by the
trampling and cutting up by the
wheels as the manure did good.
A wise rotation of crops is also
necessary in keeping up fertility. No
rotation should be longer than four
years. Three years will be better.
But a four-yea rotation will do very
we'll provided clover is given an i'm.
portant place.