The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-26
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Milk is found to form an excellent SOL
vent Tor quinine, and also 10 disguise, IN
measure, the bitterness of that drug. 1t
| will be found particularly useful IN admin
iste-ing quinine TO children. Five grains
in 4 lumber full of milk il almost Taste
less.
Have q Free Farms
Kansas >. irit, Is
/ ". have no objections to large farms,
! the iarsr the better, provided they are
lee of mortgage, free OF weeds and so
developed IS 10 raise The largest crops and
! bling The owner the most valuable
! :v.cuues; but large farms, loaded with
debt, 5uriened with taxes, corered with
weeds, and only half developed, are too
! heavy II burden TO be berne, and the sooner
li.e farmer is relieved OF such load the
! le.t-r it will be Tor him.
| d. Eae Loves HE Hu.;I iBs " ill be
Snccessfui.
| kansas Spirit
The farmer who really loves his business
will become a good farmer, and will evil
GENTLY attain success. He who puts his
| Lille iuto his work will do it well and reap
a reward.
Mineral Wells.
! Lawrence Tribune, col
The Two new wells dug on the Nav VAL
! lev i.ir grounds, are almost or quite iden-
Iical in the character OF their mineral well,
from which so much water has been sold in
this city, sId which has proved TO be valu-
able in many chronic diseases.
Ii is probably quite rs valuable as the
congress water from Saratoga springs
which is brought here in bottles and retail
ed II high price, bat being So plenty and
cheap it will not be likely 10 become pop
ular.
Can't some Of our university professors or
| physicians give US an analysis oil il?
| Winter Plants
The rose of sharon-which botanically is
hibiscus-where il will stand the winter,
is one Of the most attractive of our late
summer and fall blooming shrubs. 1t can
not be called really hardy north Of the lat
! itude Of 81, Louis, and yet, like many other
plants, not entirely hardy, if it survives
the first two or three winters, ii becomes
measurab.y 50, surviving even hard winters
well with protection. South Of the latitude
of ST. Louis, this hibiscus makes nice or
namental hedge, its branches being COM
pact and dense, and the holiyhOck like
| flowers, showing most effectively. Never
| iheless we prefer single bush or clump on
the lawn, from its marked individuality,
and robust growth, somewhat coarse 1t Is
| true, but nevertheless attractive from its
very robustness.
| How 10 Get hid eft Ants.
| (Cor EIsaessivche BienenZuechter
During a recent visit to Mr. Human, in
! Ostheim, had an opportunity of becoming
| acquainted with very successful method
| of speedily getting rid OF ants which are so
troublesome in the apiary.
One takes small bottles, fills them half
full of syrup or sweetened water md puts
them in the places where the ants have
their passage ways, in such a man az
the necks OF the bottles lean against wall
or board, in order that the ants may easily
fall into the trap and drown.
by means of camphor, ants can be driven
from rooms where honey is stored
In gardens, lime dust operates very de-
structively upod them. Their hills after
being scratched open are sPrinkied with |
lime dust, and then hot water is poured on
them. |
To render jars of honey or preserved |
fruit inaccessible TO these insects, place the |
jsrs in chests whose bottoms have been pre-
yiously covered with ashes or chalk.
Treatment of Hedge Plants.
Prairie Farmet, I'll
VIII II harden the wood of young hedge |
plants and make them stand the winter bet
ter TO cut the tops off in the TALL before
they quit growing? If SO, when should
they be cut off? Should plants that are
buried for winter be kept entirely from
frost. u. \.
RUsHsYLvASIA, ONO
iasTer To preserve your young plants
OF the current years growth in the nursery
rows, we advise that you let them stand
until the time for digging. Cut the TOT
TO within three inches OF the ground. Dig,
cutting the roots at depth OF six or eight
inches; sort into first, second and third
class plants, tying each class separately and
loosely into suitable bundles. In a dry,
wel!-drained spot, sand preferable, dig
trench so the tops will come slightly above
the surface, setting the bundles on their
roots, packing the soil we'll in and about
them Mound the top with the earth tax
en- out so it will shed wafer. They will
winter perfectly. Or they may be heeled
in, in trenches, mounding over the tops.
If .ou have a suitable cellar they may be
KEEP; therein the way usually practiced by
nurserymen.
She wheat Trouble in I;uilcr
County.
Walnut Valley Times, 90
No wheat was worth 80 cents per bu. at
Kansas City last Monday No. 3, Il cents
No. 4, &c cents.
Mr.. White informs US that the highest
price paid for No. wheat by Eidorado
buyers on Monday was 81 cente.
1t costs per busLel by the carload a. fol-
lows to ship wheat from Eldorado TO Kan
sas city.
Railroad freight ........
Elevator charges OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Kansas City commissions. IG
lOtal... ..-Io.l
No. 2 wheat, therefore, if worth -
cents per bushel in Kansas City, it ought
to be worth IS cents and nine mills in .
Eldorado, less the charges Of the grain buy