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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28

Norfolk, Va, Nov. s2.-one ,,;,,;o,
feet o. lumber, the entire kiln svster,
and much valuable machinery OF The
Tunis Lumber company was da-
stroyed by fire last night. The loss
Is estimated at $4,000,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28

natural gas was struck at Winfield
Saturday evening that threw sand.
earth and water 80 feet into the air
It is estimated that the flow has .
daily capacity of nearly 100000 cubic
feet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
s-<s.,,,-r Rich for Two Hours.

Chicago, Nov 23.--In pair of shoes
left ia his shop to be repaired, Axel
Sorenson, n crippled shoemaker of
No ST Davis street. found $500.
The money was in the possession of
Sorenson for just two hours, when
Che oYruer returned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28

New York, Nov. 22-Tke American
Barrel and Packing company yester-
day fled articles of Incorporation in
the office of the Hudson county clerk,
in Jersey City. The authorized cap
ita1 stock is $50, 200. 900. The incor-
porators are Horace S. Gould, Ray
mond Newman and Louis E. Daley.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28

Paris, Nov. 22--Robbers have en-
tered the Museum of Medals at Mar
settles. They secured 7O3 coins. most
~ Roman and provincial. valued at
more than, $40, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
Robbed the Cash Drawer.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. pa lone
nighwayman entered the ST. Joe hotel
at Valley Junction Saturday, and
at the point of a revolver compelled
the cook to lead him to the cash
drawer. where he secured 1892.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
New Mexico 1851 Re,pb,,cao

Santa Fe, N NJ, Nov. 22.-The fun
election returns show the ma iorify
OF 3 s Rodey, republican, for dele
gate to congress to be e,637. The
legislature consists of 81 republicans
and democrats
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
Re.tra,ned from Searching for Liquor

Winfield, Kan, Nov. 24.-The dis
trict court has granted Oscar
Schmidt, a restaurant keeper and al
legged jointist, an injunction restrain
ing the city officers from searching
his place for intoxicating liquors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
A rs.h,nx PARTY Capsl.ed.

Rome, Nov. Awhile six of ths
wealthiest residents of Brescia were
fishing in Lake Como their yacht wa
overturned aud all were drowned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
santa Fe shops Ded,ca,sa.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 22.-The Santa
Fe's new shops in Topeka were dedi-
Gated with a big ball given by the
shopmen. They will give work to
about 1900 more mechanics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
Gen. Y1ioen COMING to Amerca

London, Nov. 22.-The steamer ST.
Louis, which sails from Southampton.
Saturday, for New York, will take
among her passengers Gen. Viljoen,.
the former Boer commander.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
aern.uy,s Deficit ss7.5oo.ooa.

Berlin, Nov. 22.-In the reichstag,
the secretary of the treasury an
nouaced that the imperial budget
showed deficit of $37, 200, Oo0,.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
To the Persian Frontier.

London, Nov. 22.-It is announced
that the construction of the Russian
railroad from Erivan, lis miles from
Tifiis, to the Persian frontier, will be
commenced at the beginning of 1903
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
Barred fre1a Mineral Lends.

Tahlequah. l. T., Nov 22.-W. L.
Trott has introduced joint resolu-
ton No. in the Cherokee house,
to bar out syndicates from mineral
lands.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-11-28
THESE Three Cannot Return.

TIE Hague, Nov. s3.-Permission to
retrrn to South Africa has been re-
fused 10 the Boer delegates, Vessels,
Fischer and Woolmarens. The three
~s.eu visited America
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

is expensive, as the fence Is useless
when he moves elsewhere. Usually the
renter exchanges crops and stock for
money when he moves, which is every
year or two. OF course he puts the
money in the bank and is going to
save it until he can pay cash for a
farm. During the year he sees some
thing that he is very anxious to own.
and as the money is easy to get, it goes.
OF course he is going to have a better
crop this year, and will make more
money on his hogs, and can easily re-
place the money, and more, too. 1t is
just as easy to use it all as it is to
use little, and before the end Of the
year it is all gone.
The buyer cannot do this. When he
sells a crop. or bunch of hogs, and
pays the money on a farm, it is there
to stay. He must deny himself many
things, but he who satisfies every
want win not have his labors crowned
with success. Unceasing toll is the
parent Of success. 1t only takes about
half the year to raise the crop. Dur
ing the other half the renter does not
do enough to pay his expenses. He
makes as much us any farmer while
he works, but the buyer works while
the renter is idle. The weeds need
cutting, the fences need fixing, the fer
tilizers needs scattering, the bitches
need repairing, and many other things
need to be done, so that the buyer is
busy the entire year. Perhaps he has
less amusement but amusement is
expensive.
A farm should have a good orchard
and garden of shrubbery. Neither
trees nor shrubs are costly, but the
renter does not put out new ones, nor
take care Of those already on the
farm. The renter leads an aimless, un-
settled life. He has no definite aim in
view, and works in haphazard, hit
or miss fashion, and it usually turns
out miss The buyer knows just what
he has to do, and each day brings him
nearer the goal of his ambition. Half
Of the secret Of success lies in having
u definite aim and the other half in
unceasing toil.-G. /. Johnson, in New
York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
Colder Than Liquid Air.

DR.. Arsene d d'Arsonyal, a member Of
the French Academy of Sciences, pro-
poses to announce his discovery of a
method of extracting from ordinary
petroleum oil Il liquid absolutely un-
freezable at temperature of 205 de-
grees below zero, thus beating the
record for unfreezability hitherto held
by liquid air.
According to DR.. d'Arsonval, the new
petroleum ether" is destined to be
of the greatest importance to scien-
lists, especially in chemical research,
permitting the construction OF ther-
mometers Of precision not hitherto
attained.
In his Forthcoming communication
DR.. dArsonval will demonstrate other
valuable scientific uses of the new dis
covery. One of the Doctors collabora-
tors says that D'Arsonval is on the
point of succeeding in experiments
which aim at the use of petroleum
ether for cooling the atmosphere Of
houses during the summer, project
which exceeding cheapness renders
practicable.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.
No strength without struggle.

No strength without struggle.
Cruelty is one Of the marks of cow
ardice.
People are not reclaimed by calling
them names.
Brave hearts break out their own
opportunities.
Breadth of outlook depends on ele-
vation of life.
Policies make good tools when forged
out of principle.
The occupation Of the hand helps
to garrison the heart.
1t is well to have your fuel before
you buy your kettle.
Our thoughts are the pigment With
which We color life.
Time may be money, but money is
neither time nor eternity.
The truth is found only by those who
are willing to lose their theories.
The hands will not point the right
hours without the handspring of right
motives.
Better to suffer for being ahead of
your times than to be lost for being
behind them.-Ram's Horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
An Excellent smokehouse.

A good smokehouse on any farm
is desirable thing to have, the great
difference between the price of home
grown pork and store bacon making it
paying job for every farmer to
smoke his own meat, and especially
for home consumption. 1t is too eX.
pensive, however, to have a well ar
ranged smokehouse, as generally con.
structed, in all cases, and hence the
reason for presenting the novel af-
fair shown in the accompanying Illus
tration.
AS can be seen, it consists of n box
of such size as Is desired, only 1t
should be four feet high, and is usually
more convenient II three by five feet
square. The meat Is inserted through
the door in the side. which should be
no less than twenty inches wide, and
hinged at the lower part so as to let
down from the top. Hooks should be
fastened to 1t, and staples driven into
the sides and top of the box. as indi-
Gated, to hold the door in place when
closed.
For hanging the meat bore holes
through the top Of the box and far
enough apart so that the pieces will
not touch when hung. Pieces of wire
work best for the purpose. one end Gf
which having been run through the
meat should be twisted together with
the other so as to form loop, and this
inserted UP through the augur hole,
where a stick then pushed through the
loop will hold the ham secure.
The device should be built on slop-
ing ground, provided such is available,
for then the fire that is to furnish the
smoke can be placed at the proper
distance from the box and yet have the
smoke readily conducted to it by means
Of several joints OF old stovepipe. The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

Drainage of heavy, thick SOL, In
clined to be hilly and uneven, is rome
thing that is not always an easy mat
ter, but If one has such a farm, the
sooner he begins to make the improve
ment the better. 1t is waste Of time
and money to attempt farming on
field that demands drainage badly. and
1t is wisdom to abandon the farm en-
tirely or begin to drain it I have
succeeded so well with home system
Of drainage with stones that 1t may be
worth recording. The soil was at first
quite full of stones. which 1 at first
picked off and piled in one part of the
field. A few stones would work up
to the surface every spring, and these
would also pick up. In the course of
q few seasons l had fairly good soil
without any stones to annoy me. But
the drainage was bad. The water
would settle in the soil and on the sur
face in the spring, and the land was
always late In getting into tillable
condition. 1t was cold and wet when
most other soils We're warm and dry.
This made plowing late, or if done
early muddy and unpleasant task.
The land sloped down in one general
direction, but there were numerous
depressions which collected the water
all along.
l decided to drain. l planned the
whole thing out on paper, noting the
general direction OF the slopes. | could
not afford tiles or any expensive ma
terial, and so l decided to use the pile
Of stone. plowed deep bitches across
the land, making them all run parallel
with the main slope, and cutting cross
bitches in the opposite direction. In
this way the whole soil Of the field was
drained so that the surplus water
would run into main bitches and thus
down to swampy levels. Then 1 pro-
ceeded to fill in the bitches with the
stones, using the large ones first, and
placing them so that the largest posi-
BILE Spaces would be left between. Cn
top CT these l packed the smaller ones,
and on top of them placed q layer
of straw and cornstalks. Then l topped
1t off with six inches of soil, bringing
the surface up to within q few inches
of the general level of the field. Now
this drainage works perfectly. The
soil is never clogged with surplus
water. l do not plow over the drains,
but l have permitted sod of grass
to form on them to mark their course.
The water following the line of bitches
drains off below the surface, and there
is steady outpour In the main ditch
in rainy weather. The cost was only
that of my own personal labor.-C. w.
MINERS, in American Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
Wouldn't Stand For 1t.

II hardly think my wife sees the
joke yet" said Brown, with a smile
''and l am also inclined to think that
she was deliberately trying to create
a false impression, to which l plead
guilty.
zone night last week I thought
heard some one prowling about the
house, and as there have been num-
ber OF houses broken into lately, l con-
cluded that the noise was made by
burglars. AS | sat up in my bed lis
tening Glanced to glance into the next
room, the door of our bedroom being
open, and there stood Il sure-enough
burglar examining our silverware,
With this startling discovery came
the chilling thought that l hadn't such
q thing as firearm in the house. But
1 determined to run bluff, so turning
to my wife said in loud voice:
"'Where's my revolver?
"'John,' she answered in a voice
equally as loud, there isn't such q
thing in the house, and you know
itv "-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
ENGINEERS FALSE ALARMS.
Why Things Look Different From What
They Are.

"When a mans sitting in an engine
cab, looking up the track with con-
slant watch for danger burden on
his mind" said an engineer, things
sometimes look different from what
they really are. This is especially true
If after long service his eyes begin to
be little affected.
II used to know an old engineer who
was one of the most careful men on the
road. In fact, he was always worried
and fear of an accident got to be al
most mania with him. One day he
was pulling long freight down pret-
ty fair grade when he suddenly clapped
on the air and gave the 'highbalP with
the whistle, sending the brakemen out
over the train setting the hand brakes
ms fast as they could. Finally they
brought the train to stop, and every
body ran up to see what was the mat
ter. Among the men who came up
was a red-shirted section man. When
the fellow got close, Jack, the engi-
neer, began to rip out the biggest
string of eXpletives 1 ever heard. He
dressed up and down any man who
would wear red shirt while working
on the section, for Jack had seen that
shirt and thought it was a red flag and
stopped the train"
81 lad an experience myself not long
ago." spoke up another engineer. ut
was since the new electric headlights
were put in. You know how they look
coming UP the track. They're so bright
you can't see anything else, and it's
hard to tell whether they are moving
or not. l was running freight, and
had pretty heavy train. We were
coming around a curve just before
making a siding to pass another train,
when one of those electric headlights
flashed on me. 1 thought it was all
over with me, but stopped to put on
the brakes and reverse, and hung on
Just a minute in the hope of getting
the train stopped before jumped. The
grade wasn't very heavy, and l got
the train stopped all right. Before I
started to jump l looked again. l dis
covered then that the light didn't seem
to be any nearer. 1 investigated, and
found that the other train was at n
stand still waiting for me at the
switch. Salt Lake Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any ease OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
j. CHENEY Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obllga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST Il TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpITo, KINNAN&MARvIN, Wholesale Drug
gists Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, T5c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
Buying or Renting a Farm.

It doesn't make any difference
whether a man has small means or
can pay cash, the best policy is to
buy. Every farmer is ambitious. He
wants to own n farm-to have some
place to call home, even IL 1t Is only
forty acres. The expenses are about
equal, buying or renting. The rent
amounts to as much, and often more,
than the taxes, interest and repairs.
The renter has more money to put
into stock, but his possessions must
accommodate themselves to the farm
he rents, and this is often nconvenient
Or he must build extra fence. which
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
WIRE NETTING TO PROTECT YOUNG CHICK

apart so that the distance from the out
side of each shall be just six feet.
Make the furrows $50 feet long.
Stretch roll OF six-foot wire netting
along the burrows, fastening the edges
run on both grass ground and plowed
land for the chicks, and hawks cannot
molest them. The coop can be set at
one end, the other end being stopped
with sod. The plan is shown in the
cut.-W. D. Maine, in New England
Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

hole for the fireplace should be about
away from the box. The trench for
the stovepipe should not be over one
half as deep, and dug so that the upper
end of the stovepipe will come out un-
der the box near the centre; an old
elbow joint makes this very easy to
cred with the loose dirt thrown out,
and the sides Of the box banked up
with earth, its cracks even being calked
as much as possible, for notwithstand-
ing all the precautions, enough smoke
viii still escape to insure the neces-
sary amount Of draught
When the affair is completed and the
hams are all hung fire should be
kindled in an old kettle or pan, using
corn cobs for fuel, since these make
the best material, not to mention that
they are easy to handle and will last
long. As soon as a good smoke has
been started the furnace" should be
set in the hole prepared for it and
boards laid over the top, or, better, q
large piece of sheet iron, tin, or some
thing of that nature. By banking this
up so as to keep the smoke from escap-
ing, one will be In a fair way to have
some first-class bacon. Several hum
dred pounds Of meat can be smoked at
4 time, and, let alone the economy Of
this, the device is Of inestimable value
as n safeguard against fire. Unlike
some kinds Of smo,lehouses, so-called.
it harbors no danger whatever. il
rightly made, Of burning a single build
ing ON the farm.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11
AGRICULTURAL.


W. ]. Overton, of Illinois, writes to
the Breeders Gazette that he does not
believe the place for the draft horse
is on American farms. He has raised
some of the largest and best draft
horses in the county and sold them at
the yards at figures not reached by
any other draft horse in six months,
but he never could get the work out OF
them he could get out of a good-sized
American horse with as much Morgan
blood as he could get. When they tried
to breed their small or medium sized
mares to the draft horses they thought
they wanted larger horses. They got
them larger in some parts. 1t might
be in the head, the legs or the body,
but usually not all in cne colt. No
one will claim that they have as good
a wearing breed of horses as they
had twenty years ago. ''The farmer
who only raises colts for his own use,
with now and then one to sell, had
better stay by the good-sized, smooth,
American-bred horse" he says.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

The Improvements in the last two
centuries in surgical and medical
knowledge, sanitation, hygiene and the
other arts of wholesome living have
naturally tended to pro,ons life.-Bal-
timore Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

Protecting Youns Chicks From Hawks.
Where hawks abound, young chicks
must be closely guarded. If shut up
closely in pens, growth will be greatly
retarded. A good plan under such
circumstances is shown in the accom-
panying cut. Plow two burrows par
allel to each other and just far enough
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

Mother Gray's sweetPowders for Children
the Children's Home, in New York. Cure
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor-
Gers, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over sc, 900 testimonials.
At all druggists, CSC. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

It's better to be back number than
not to be numbered at all.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

Some wise men don't get SO much credit
for wisdom as some foolish men who are
good guessers
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not spot, streak
or give your goods an uneyenly dyed appear
ance. Sold by all druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

The gauchos of Argentina live en-
tlrely on roast beef, scarcely ever tast-
inE vegetables or -four dishes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

The Christian Missionaries in ia
pan number 692.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-11

In China the year begins in Feb
ruary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
HAPPY JOHNNY BURNS.

They wuz man in Sunday school last
Sunday, said at he
Wished We would all be good and grow
like Moses used 10 be,
But / don't Fcare so much fer that, as
others mebby does
I'd ike 10 be like Johnny Burns, cause
he wears gaIIus-uz.
Ny nav she never wants to let me play
with Johnny, Ger
She says his folks is fgnerunt and amt
the style fer her,
! I'd every time she scoIds me when l do
what Johnny does
/ visit he wore my waist and I could
have his gaIIus-uz.
Ny paws almost the richest man they are
in this here town,
cause we live in a big white house and
Johnny he lives down
Beside the railroad track-I visit at I
lived where he does,
Cause nearly all the boys down there
are BeaTiR' galius-uz.
Eisht my paw'd git poor some day. and
then we'd haft to go
And live down by the track and not be all
stuck I'D, you know
Then mebby maw'd let me be dressed the
way at Johnny wuz,
And he'd be friendly with me, cause I'd
have on gaIius-uz
s Z Kiser in Chicago Record-HeraId.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
A FLORIDA ROMANCE
By LINDSAY S. PERKINS.

Benny the blossoms IN the spring time long
BY river, brown deep
There music in the trees,
There was joy in shade
But my heart not at ease,
For / loved little maid
Twas the Lily of Palatka, who good she fair
With the morning in her glances the midnight
Oft wandered by the river, and still remember well
How my young said signing my
But in eestatic hour
When together strayed
To escape the coming shower
Meath the broad palmetto shade
my guileless boysh passion first kissed Lily there
With the dawnIigh her ganres and the twilight her
Many years have between and she away
Who my bashuI distant, happy day.
And the Lily that knew
Is no longer but a dream
OF a flower of angelhue
- Floating far down memory's stream,
Yet wodorn heart still ondy keeps her portrait painted
there
Wiz the sunlight in her gances and the starlight her hair