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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

when she had died, he was given the
Young daughter Of a chief. whose 20
Bent, now became a medicine man,
had cured Of a serious disease. Ben
was known as Ringiringi, the redpuli-
cation being a common feature in the
Maori tongue.
If Ringiringi imagined that in de-
sorting h British regiment n sur
rendering himself to the Hau-Haus he
dom he was speedily ~undeceived.
They made me work." he told long
afterward. like a blessed dog" His
captor. Tito. was something more than
Bent's master; he was Bent's owner,
with power over him of life and death.
He was. in fact. a slave, like any pris-
oner of war. In return for his serv-
ices-falling wood. clearing brush,
digging. and hauling water-he re-
ceived a blanket. a fax nat for a bed.
and W. square meals of pork and po-
%tatoes daily.
He early made the acquaintance of
the Hau-Hau Mohammed. Mahdi. or
Joseph Smith, the author. chief priest
and prophet of the Pai-Mairire re-
lgion. TIE Ia taught his people the
lamentations and chants that he had
learned from the angle Gabriel. who
enioined him to spread abroad the
iiCN iSll6lol. u iuiDucu LIE 0lSGipiSS
with an unquestioning faith in the
new cult. its charms m magic form
ulae. When they went into battle the
bullets would fall harmless. The sign
of the appraised hand was the outward
symbol of the warlike faith. Future
life there was one ard no heavenly
reward. The expulsion of the hated
British was the only guerdon Of a
~fren>ied fantaticism. In all their re-
Iligio,s ceremonies Bent participated.
Il was the widest Maori of them ALL"
lie confessed. That he really shared
their superstitiious beliefs he does not
pretend.
At the end of a year Bent had set
tied Gown to the wild life of the Ma
oris in the bush. He quickly learned
their simple and musical language;
his uniform long ago gone. he wore
only a flax kilt or a waist shawl. He
became ar adept IN their woodcraft,
in bird sharing ano spearing, eel fish
ing and pig hunting. BY the camp
fires at night he heard them sing
songs of lament or of love. tell grew
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. D. @.

A group of army officers was dis
cussing the effect of President Taft's
veto Of the army appropriation bill.
One Of them. turning to his fellow
officers, CAV his view of the situa-
ton.
Il feel" he said, like the soldier
on the hike. who met a darby and
asked how far it was to Cootville. The
darky answered: Ten miles
After another hours march
through the hot sun and dust the
soldier met another darky asked
the same question. The second darby
said: Boss, it's jist ten miles
Thank Cod: said the soldier, we
are holding u own
our own" said the officer who was
explaining to the others, land If we
can hold our own in army legislation
for the mex two or three years. we
shall then enter upon another period
Of constructive legislation like thu one
which extended from 1901 to 1911"
New Uses of the Banana.
James Nee. Harris Of Boston who
recently returned from Jamaica, dis
cussed a comparatively new and very
profitable industry-the manufacture
of dried banana products-on the
island. Germany and Great Britain,
he declared, have SO far proven the
principal market for these products,
but. he added. they soon will be intro
duced in the United States.
There are now in Jamaica six fac
tories manufacturing banana figs,
chips, meal and -four said Mr.. Har-
ris. During the seasons at which the
fruit is the cheapest. all Of these
plants are run at their maximum ca
pacity. The methods of drying the
fruit are different in different plants,
though all resort, I believe. to a hot
air process. It takes about 400 to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
Curious CONVERSATIONS
tTaken from Exchanses.)

Bananas recently sold at seven tol
a penny in London'S Convent garden
Several wireless stations in the West
Indies are operated by wind power.
Women take the place of newsboys
in many of the streets of Spanish
towns.
A porous glass for ventilation is he
ing made in France. the holes helms
small enough to exclude dust and
drafts.
Copenhagen will be electrically
lighted from T~rollhattan. Norway by
a cable passing under the sna.
Italy is experimenting With aerial
mails, an aviator recently carrying a
sack of letters 1O1 miles in IS min
utes.
A French chemist has invented a
process for bleaching almost any col
or from silk and dyeing il a more
durable hue without injuring the fab
rio.
The Chilean government has decid-
ed to spend $12,775 during this year
for q cooking department in some of
h professional schools.
II is planned to make Pittsburgh
smokless by using electrical power
developed from the nearby rivers and
streams. Over 100. 900 horse power
can be obtained this way.
Because frosts do the most damage
when the air is calm. n Paris scient-
list has advanced the theory thai or
chards and vineyards can be protected
by electric Sans to keep the atnaos-
pllere moving.
In accordance with the French
minister Of wars settled policy of re-
living the military spirit in the ranks
of the army as we'll as among the
general public. 1t has been decided to
reintroduce the traditional "ReNeille''
and Lights Out" bugle calls. which
We're abolished a few years ago.
The bureau of manufacturing in
Washington has received samples of a
cloth made in England from a species
of seaweed found in the southern seas.
The fiber. after treatment. is soft, PHI
able, strong. much like wool in it's dis
position to curl and twist. 1t takes
dye we'll, except green.
Three German countries. Bavaria.
Baden and Wurtenhers. besides Aus
tria and Switzerland. border on Loke
Constance. They are all expected to
contribute their share of the SIC. 000.-
600 required for the projected i'm
provement Of the Rhine from Basil to
the lake, to make a passage for barg-
es.
Arabs east of the Jordan have a
custom which shows a kindly feeling
toward another" writes a travel
ar. IF a mans horse dies (next to
his eldest son. his best companion),
his neiehbor will bring in another
hrose and put it in the stall of the
dead M ond allow it to remain seven
DAYS, thinking in some measure Ia
make up for the loss of the dead ami
NAL. The woman also do something
similar when a baby dies. A rela-
ton or friend will give the bereved
mother her own baby to nurse and
care for during seven days: in that
time the parent is supposed to become
reconciled to her loss
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

en- cooked pork and vans for him. He
ate, and was received into the tribe.
Another ordeal-a fre-ordeal-had
stlll to be undergone and then he was
made a full Maori. Bitter regrets
flowed in on him at last. and kindly
m mor or his regiment came back
TO him; but his act was Bile.
and it was now the bush and the hut
with the sole companionship Of fero-
clouss avages. for the rest of his days.
For 1t should be told that the Ma
oris who had adopted the white solder
We're ne most savage of their race.
Ihey belonged to q group of tribes
mat had risen in rebellion against the
English. had abandoned the religion
TO which the missionaries had con-
verified them and reverted to a native
religion. which seemed to be COM
pounded out of the more sanguinary
parts of the Old Testament and some
superstitions of their own. The bulk
of the Maoris in the rest of the North
Island We're living at peace with the
British. but the Hau-Hau tribes were
animated by an implacable hatred of
the whites. Bent seemed at first to be
in constant danger. One ola SAVAGE or
another was always threatening to
tomahawk him. Their hostility wore
off with time. and he settled down to
the life of a Maori, and often of a
Maori slave.
Comedy mixed itself with the
threatened tragedy. On one occasion
a woman was brought to Bent's hut.
She walked in and sat down beside
MIN: She was not old-perhaps about
20. nut women e soon among saw
ages: She was blind in one eye, had
"~blubber" lips and was tattooed.
She wants to marry YOU" said a
Maori. who had entered the hut with
her. ooh, Lord" exclaimed Bent,
what for? ] don't want to get mar
RED" He was given no choice, how
ever. A warrior told him that the
one-eyed maid was his niece, and
Bent must marry her or die. In
course of time the beauty happily de-
serted him. and he married a pretty
Maori girl of MANY uearS Ia Tar
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
teen years has been practicing law in

teen years has been practicing law in
Havana.
Despite the frequent outbreaks
among the natives of Cuba" said Mr..
Wright lin my opinion these demon
STATIONS have not interfered to any
great extent with American capital in
the island. The fact thai the United
States government has always carried
out its declared policy of protecting
American life and property in Cuba
has given encouragement to the in
vestment of American capital there"
Mr.. Wright said that h Cuban
people. as a whole. have the utmost
respect for Americans and American
institutions.
Since 1899" he said. the Cuban
people have come to believe that the
people of the United States are their
friends. The Cuban government has
felt all along that this country would
use every effort possible to give the
Cubans a fair n square deal. and
a chance to govern themselves. l do
not believe that this feeling of amity
toward the United States has been
changed, although there have been
reports circulated in many quarters
that the Cuban people, as a whole.
are hostile to Americans. Such has
not been my experience"
IouSCcDdlI III Inln0p1neS.
ut is an unfailing source Of pleas
pines said c. H. Keith of Kansas
City, Mo-. Ito watch the interest MANI
tested in baseball by the little Filipino
boys and in basketball by the girls.
The United States army was primar-
lily responsible for introducing base
ball into the islands, but the schools
developed 1t and added basketball.
AT Gaguio. in the interior Of Lu-
zon. Igorotes may be seen pitching
curves with the skill of the small boy
in an Indian school. Still clinging
to their ancestral loin clothes, the
boys add blouses bearing the letters
of their teams. and thus present a
strange picture. So the national game
has spread through all the archipel-
ago. Intcrprovincial meets attract
the villagers. young and old. from the
adjacent country. They not only come
to see. but they come to root for
their favorite teams"
Mr.. Keith says that when he left
! the Philippines early in March con
ditions had improved to such an en-
tent that there was not ever ak of
outbreaks among the natives against
American rule.
The army of the United Stotes has
done a wonderful work in subduing
the hostile natives" he said. The
warlike tribes have been made to feel
the necessity of keeping within the
limits of the law as laid down by this
government. would not venture the
prediction. however, whether or not
the Filipinos will ever he capable of
self-government. This is a problem
which will take a long time to work
out. Its solution is not in sight at
! present"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02
Tropic Sun Crazes Americans

III
William p. McGovern, a New York
a who has spent the greater part
OF the past seven years in the tropica,
possessions of the United States. is
studying the question of the adapti-
nllltN OF Americans to the climatic
conoitlons IN Porto Rico. Panama
and the Philippines. He said.
The army board has conducted
serious experiments with a view TO de-
.ermlhing If it may protect its men
ny equlpping them with clothing of a
p~arIlcular nature or color. 1t also
mas compiled statistics in an effort TO
determine whether blonds are more
susceptible TO the tropical sun thar
nruhettes. 1T has concluded that there
is practically no difference.
~ was declared that tho violet RAYS
OF the sun caused the nervous diha-
nllltles TO which so many of the
amcricans have succumbed in the
i~hillppln"s and on the Canal zone
ana 1t was asserted by ONE authori.
tles that the black races resisted these
sun effects because of the color Of
.iieir sklns. Experiments were made
With orange-red hat Innings and under
clothing. Tinfoil also was used in the
mats but the determination was hat
these materials did not produce any
noticeable effects. Guy
Ihe army statistics also demon
strated that the blond and blue-eved
soidler is just as immune to the SUI,
as his brunette brother. 1t is, how.
ever. q serious problem. which INNS,
ne solved. For it is. believe. an es.
'ahllshed fact that the suns rays are
accountable for the unusual numbor
"f cases of insanity which develor
among the Americans serving in the
tropics. Some means of protectine
mem from these effects must be
Revolution in Cuba.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

There really is a difference be-
tween standing for a thing because
it is your individual belief and stand
ing for a thing because it is the be-
lief of the people. The first is sell
fish egotisln: the second leadership.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

That italian who played a joke m
4 zoo elephant by giving him Il pint
of pepper will ave to go to Balti-
more for sympathy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

500 pounds of the fruit to manufac-
ture 100 pounds of meal.
The banana fig is as palatable as
n natural fig. and resembles ii
closely in color. 1t has replaced the
natural fig in many markets in which
It has been introduced. The chips are
sold principally for breakfast foods,
being made into a porridge. The ia
maica women feed his food to their
infants instead of milk in many in
stances.
Several OF the manufacturers, who
deal in the European markets. ship
the chips to their mills in those Euro
pean cities. and have it ground into
meal there. Grist mills. the same
kind used for manufacturing meal
from corn. are used. 1t has been said
n a this meal does not keep so we'll
as that made from grain. but 1 am
t"id that properly handled. worms.
ehe ehlet n to it, can be kept
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

straight without permanent occupa-
ton or annexation: If there is a man
in Cuba strong and honest enough to
handle the government for its people.
he has not yet appeared.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

bryan is said to be a good loser at
Baltimore. It's a case of practice
making perfect.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Whether or not silence in a demo-
cratic convention is golden depends
upon whether you are trying to nomi-
nate your own or the other fellows
candidate.
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peferrins the platform until the
punishment fit the crime.
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climbed Mount Mckinley did not FIND
any gum drops at the top.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

If Bryan is too good to sit in a
convention with Ryan and Belmont
how can he stay in the democratic
party with them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Somehow. a large number of demo-
Gratis AT Baltimore have had the
nerve to question the divine right of
rI3Nan To run the party.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

Have You ever noticed hat Il slug
cish baseball player is seldom a goo
slusgcr"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-02

All people do not think alike. The
ice cream and soda fountain people
have been delighted with the wealth.
er of the last few days.
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Anyhow, Bryan has been the whole
at Baltimore.
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Revolution in Cuba.
y! believe tho revolution in Cuba is
on us last legs said Albert Wright
81 havana. MIR. Wright is a native
Of Tennessee. but for the past fonr-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
FcULTURE OF THE ASPARAGUS
Excellent Remedy for Killing of
Green slugs Is to Dust Daily With
Air-siaked Lime.

Stop cutting asparagus when peas
areoft to- gather. Let the tops grow
until fall. Keep the. weeds down by
applying a thick mulch of coarse ma
nure, rotted leaves or grass. If the
little fly appears, dust early in the
morning with dry ,air-slacked lime.
Paris green solution may be used IN
stead of lime. We have always found
the lime effective IL put on as soon as
the slugs appear. Use fresh air.
Stacked hme and dust every morning
until ale the. worms are killed. AS
paragus grown from seed must be
kept clean of grass and Weeds and
the soil mellow and rich. Use diluted
urine from the stables, or bone phos.
phates one handful 10 every 10 inches
of row, says writer in an exchange.
The best remedy for asparagus rust
is to cut the tops of close to the
ground and burn. Then sow a thick
coat of air-slacked lime over the
rows and give clean culture. All
rust stalks should be gathered dp and
burnt. If any are left the spores will
be blown by the wind on to the new
growth. To grow stout plants from
seed, thin out the plants to stand
four inches apart IN the row
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

weeds with which farmers have to
contend.
1t is to be regretted that so far as
the writer knows, no simple or prac-
tical method has been found that will
surely and completely eradicate
French weed. Some farmers have re-
ported methods that have proved sue.
cessful with them, but other farmers
have tried the same methods and
failed.
Some few things have been learned
by experiments, however. If this weed
Is to be destroyed, the work must be
done thoroughly. The weed produces
seeds SO profusely that If one plant is
allowed to 60 to seed large area Of
surrounding land will soon be in.
tested.
If there is one direction in farming
IN which thoroughness is required, it
Is in trying to destroy this weed. A
Slipshod way will not do, and an ounce
of prevention is worth a thousand
pounds of cure. Farmers whose farms
are free from the French weed should
guard against its incoming with the
utmost vigilance and care.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
GARDEN and
FARM NOTES

Cut the rye heads out of the wheat.
Keep the cucumbers picked of each
day.
An inverted clover soil is ideal for
beans.
II your onions are running to tops,
break down the tops.
Kerosene emulsion is good-or bad
for squash bugs.
Keep the tomato vines of the
ground, on supports Of some kind.
The first essential In fighting weeds
In any crop Is to keep ahead Of them.
There is permanent satisfaction in
the use of concrete equipment on the
farm.
A common rotation for large bean.
growing sections ID clover, beans,
wheat.
The small han6eultvstDr Is handy
and saves much hoe work in every
garden.
Experiments have proved that
beans yield better on old land than
on new.
Hay viii be valuable again this
year. Let none % 10 waste; NOW ev-
cry corner.
Be sure that rain-vater barrels and
cisterns are closely screened to keep
out the mother mosquitoes.
The longer you stick to the cult
vator between the corn rows the more
corn you will have In the crib by and
by. % -
For cabbage worms use insect pow.
der mixed with nour in the proper
ton Of pound of powder to Is Of
-four. Dust the plants well after each
-oip
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
. For Baby Chiefs.

to sift through hut not large enough
for a chick TO get its head through,
lest they get hung. Next ! drive. two
holes in bottom Of can at the proper
distance from each other to admit
the points of 'wire staple. Make
corresponding holes in the, pail cover,
insert the staple through the four
holes and bend each point outward,
fastening cover and cah together. Re
move top from can and fiji with meal
or bran and there is not a'hopper on
the market more useful for baby
chicks up to four and five weekssot
age.
The hopper for larger fowls is made.
from a long but narrow wooden box.
Any dimensions which suit the space
or wishes Of the poultry man may be
use. Remove cover and front side
from box, saw q small strip from end
of the removed front aud fit carefully
upon cleats placed from front corner
Of top to back corner ef'bottou. (see
line q b. Acrass front Of bottom. c,
nail a narrow strip to prevent feed
from being pushed out on floor.
For the cover, hinge top Of box to
back side and the hopper is ready to
hang upon the wall or place on
blocks the right, distance from floor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
sUNFLoWER SEED FOR HENS
Russian Variety 10 Most Prolific foe
Furnishing Good ouaIItyeofa
Rich OIL Feed c

For poultry the Russian sunfower is
the most prolific Variety Sow seed
early in June. Tie sunflower Is, q
profitable crop to grow for furnishing
good quality Of rich OH feed % take
the place Of cottonsoed OF. 1axseed
meal. Suphower iced is used IN air
the poultry mixtures now sold in the
markets. . q
The sunhower ID q hardy plant, q
vigorous and rapid grower, and a
good plant to grow not only for its
seeds. but also for its bright, beauti.
full yellow blossoms. The plant, when
IN full bloom, makes a good food fc-
honey bees. Have the ground. deeplyl
plowed and thoroughly nell0wed. GThb
ground should be rich to grow large
heads fun Of seed. Mark the rows OF
three feet apart and three inches deep@
Drop two seeds to the running foot
When plants are up this out the stand |
Is 70 20 inches apart. Good culture.
free of grass and weeds, must bs Gtv.I
en- through the seasoR
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

buyers by mail or otherwihe, never
Overestimate the merits OF an animal.
Make good every statement, and make
every buyer a friend. 1t is cheaper
to retain your old customers than to
hunt new ones.
There is no better way to restore or
keep up the fertility Of your soil than
by keeping herd of beef cattle, saw
ing and applying the manure. A lib
eral supply of both grain and rough
feed should be grown and consumed
by the cattle. They should be kept
= well-bedded in9the barns and ell straw
stacks converted into manure and re-
turned to the soil. A well-bred animal
will not consume as much food as a
scrub, and will always sell at a profit,
even If sent to the butcher. The best
individuals will bring a fair profit to
the owner when sold for breeding pur-
poses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
PURE-BRED CATTLE ARE BEST
Ts Be Successful Little Details Must
Not Be oyerIooked-Keep Up
Records Of Animals. @

A well-selected breed of pure-bred
cattle is a source of much pleasure as
well as profit, but to be successful de-
tails must net abe overlooked. M2ny
breeders and beginners are too care
less. They keep no accurate records
of births, neglect their cattle, fail to
keep up the records, do not take prop
er care Of their cattle in winter, and
are often caught with a lot of surplus
and understandable bulls on hand and
no buyers. Letsme add that the only
way to dispose of surplus stock is by
judicious advertising in some good
farm and stock paper, says a writer
In an exchange.
Keep your herd in nice, healthy con-
dition, 80 you will net be ashamed to
showyour stock to prospective buyers.
MAKE yearly exhibit at o few leading
state and county fairs and present
your stock in the most attractive form
at home, as we'll as at the fairs. In de,
scribing your sale stock to prospective
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
Vacation for Breeding sloek.

Give the breeding stock, you intend
10 carry over for nest season. Q vaoA-
ton in vacation Quarters II posEblA
separate the males and fenale1 anud
give each 6Ock outdoos quartsgs q
ample range. well shaded Let them
occupy this summer range. untA tine
10 house in winter quarters in the fan
You viii find that theys moult oul
cleaner and earlier andt that thsv will
prove better in breeding condition.