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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17
WHICH PAYS BEST.

How often do we hear farmers ask
this question:
Which will pay me best, cattle OF
sheep? Now, there is much difference
OF opiuiOn ON this question. Those
that keep cattle claim that they are the
most profitable, aud those that keep
sheep think the same their d cks.
calm that sheep are the most profitable
aud l will try and prove II 20 your
readers. Take, for instance, two year
old steer, weighing 1000 pounds worth
c, nts per pound or $40. What is the
cost of raising TO that age!
First year &c milk, grain aud hay $l2;;
one summers pasture, 81; six months
feeding hay or grain, SIG : making a to-
.al cost Of 49, This is n very low esti-
mate; everything is down to the low
est notch.
Now sec that il has cost So dollars
10 raise this calf. Substract his keep
ing from what he sold for. and YOU have
the profit offs dollars. This is counting
nothing for your trouble, allowing the
manure to balance that.
Now for the sheep. II will cost to
raise and keep eight lambr till they are
one year old, for pasture, hay and grain
$l2; for one year more for hay and
grain, so making their total cost from
birth until two years old, $50. Now
the other side. Eight head Of sheep
weighing lbs pounds per head shaking
one thousand pounds at let's per ground
is $40. Two clips Of wool, sixteen
flccccs, weighing five pounds per fleece,
makes eighty pounds Of wool; At thirty
two CENTS per pounds, $3.50. Now
take the $40 that the sheep sold for.
AMI YOU have $3.50 as total receipts.
Subtract cost from this and you have
$50. 60 profit on eight sheep against 50
profi, ON the steer, both weighing the
same at the same aye, and both costing
the same for keep leaving balance of
e25 60 ia favor Of sheep showing clearly
that il b better to keep sheep than cat
lie especially. where We have small
farms. think that this estimate b
correct taking prices in this neixhbor-
hood Ne . basis. Rucfical FarSser.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

=
1he season when farmers see sbout
ready to bring In their dressed hosr to
market l. almost upon %. The frosty
nights and the cool days are such - to
permit hogs to be slaughtered and sent
to market dressed. Now We want al
our rsiders who propose to dispose Of
the hogs in this way, before they bring
them to market, to put them on the
scales and weigh them, and mark their
weights on each one with brush, . lit.
tie lamp-black, and oil. The owners Of
dressed hogs are In the habit Of bring
ing them u know nothing Of, who o6er
them . quarter to half cent per pound
more than they expect to ges, or more
than really good reliable dealer viii
pay, and their hogs are cold. BY and
by, or the same day, these buyers will
actually sell the same h"gs to the pack
ers or dealers or dealers at the market
price, and make good profit out Of them
Why? simply because the farmer has
not been able to verify the weight Of
his hogs, aud has taken the weights
made for him. This method Of paying
higl, prices, which the farmers should
be warned against. The profit will be
readily seen. For instance, farmer
Brown brings In q load Of hogs, and Il
offered by the substantial dealer. liks
Hammond, or IIckel, or parker, g.
per 100 pounds for his load. The hog'
are driven to the store and weighed
aud each hog weighed separately OF
scnIes that arc adjusted to take on ter
pounds to each draft. The whole weight
saved on thc@te hogs is 100 pounds
worth $3.50. Driven over to the legiti
mate dealer, and and sold at their trut
weights, and iis market value, spd the
same hogs, supposiny they were each
$50 pounds, would bring $3.50, bu
sold, as they were, to the peddler, the.
weighed only 2,400 pounds, at 1886
bringing only $s4.S0.
The farmer goes home chuckling o
his luck in meeting with the homes
fellow that paid him Eve cents aboy'
market price but not seeing how hi
pocket is lighter by 1910 than il woula
nave bsea had he weighed his hog
before he loft home. Now, do yoa sel
why the dressed hog ought to b
weighed and marked before they lcav'
home for the city Michigan Farmer
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

d. Kirby, in reply TO nm inquiry IN
the Stirling Bulletin In relations to Hice
corn, says:
have known tic Rice corn (sorghum
Cerucnum.) This sorghum. year after
wear has humbugged farmers by m an
ual new name, Jaman corn, japan omit
Ia, Egyptian corn, Doura corn, Dhoura
corn, Guinea corn, China corn. This
sorghum is the most beautiful Of all the
sorghum plants but wants more rain to
make crop of grain than any other
grain crop grown. The largest crops
of this grain are grown in islands on
the cost of Brazil, Guinea and the In
dies. Here the yield Is not equal 10
any Of the sorghum sacchorum plants
The grain is pear shape, grown IN
paniclcs that bend over like a goose
neck and totally unfit for table use.
Meal made from this corn 10 about
equal 10 SO much sawdust.
When the grain is in the dough grass
hoppers and birds are very fond OF
II X.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

BUNNELL & ROYS.
Real Estate, Farm Loans, Insurance and Abstracts.


the
Wichita adjacent
We assured another railroad line being finished wa during
and Of being built through cf rapidly
possihe
lie: city and which give
beosgnx A. aiDsl
lands
Of limited purchases effected
and balance with
MORTGAGE DEPARTMENT.
Money hand On sppstons
make papers
on without bps
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which We sfsss
viii do eH ssd making
sppirasisns elsewhere.
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

A writer in New York says that he
has tested the quality of ensilage butter
II was tried for several days in COM
parison with some fancy Philadelphia
butter at 60 cents per pound. and with
some fresh made diary butter from
Long Island, largely made from carrots
and beets, also some 6choharie county
butter, and he says every one often very
particular people people that ate Of IT,
gave it the preference over the Others.
The flavor was delicious both with hot
and cold bread. and buckwheat cakes
lie adds "mark the tubs 'cnsilage' and
VIC will pay more for it than any ot!'e'
Kind Of fall or winter butter" There
is money in ensilagc, not only for diary
men but for stock men Of oil "denom
inatiOns,n
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

Correspondents - Jesup, Patton Z Co., s.
Williams street, New York; F0A National
Bank. Chicago; Merchants National Bank,
kansas City.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17

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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17
HOME GROWN latEs.
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-17
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Northern Iaks lclcl0.

Henry SweitSr Who lsas scrs~d OUT espssss IN
above trade 80 acceptable Ia The ps~s, hss ssrsr~
ed very LARGE Quantity nj rsss~ sr~ rsm The
sith Aad - ~ teks ptessafs "a tatstsssss fssai-
lies a. sts ia~~ss rnsfkss rftcs, s-u
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
PASSESGERS.

From san Francisco. per W H Dimond. May 9-Wm
Carson. VIM Jarman, Geo Luxnan ] A McCandless and
wife, Mrs \ LeWis,J II Griffith. AW Du Bots, q Kiedeu.
J @ smith, P Q Atkinson, J c McManus.
From San Francisco, per d & Murray, Nzyy-C a Kib-
Iiug, p Pearce, Manuel Pinot.
From sydney aud Auckland, per City of Sydney, May
1O-septimus Hart I2 cabin passengers, and lis do
through for san Frap1scO.
For san EIauc.sco. per Lizzie Marshall, May 5-Thos
Carley, Z Graham.
For san Francisco, per Wrestler, May Miss u Kin
ney-GeO LOrimer, W tombstone, & Thede. Fred StOtze,
9 II Melendry, Richard Manning, ThOs Clarke, Il Sundin,
J Page.
For san Francisco, per Jane y Falkinburg, May 10
" L Johnston, + } Doyle, Mrs Capt d Smith, Frank
smith, " L Horne, VI W McChesney, o ALeach, q COhn,
Mr. Middleton, Mr. Cote, John ogle, John Burke, Mr.
Frink, II Horn. Fred Conway, Antoine Foster, James
Rooney, Frank Silver, II StOhl, ID Coleman, Ewd Weeks,
W II Holmes.
For san Francisco, per City of Sydney, May lO-S Hard
castle, Miss ; Dickson, Mrs DR. Thatcher, $ Shaw, Geo
VOgt, II Kelly, } VI Davidson, Mrs G D Kinney, Koopman-
schap, Dan Forster, James 1 Dowsett. jr, c y Browne,
l. q SresOvfch and wife, Vim Creig. Capt o y Spencer,
Ivory Wells. II AWidemann, Miss Widemann. A II Spen-
Ger, James Peterson, II Mcintyre and wife, Mrs S s Kin
uey and child. ThOs O'Brien, Geo W Macfarlane, L 4
McCirew, Mrs ) NJ Damon and 2 children, Miss Campbell,
l. ' Briggs. Mrs II \ p Carter, Miss S Redeker, r H
Fowler, LamOrski, Paul Meig, L Guibert, Mr. Leigh, Z
Rasch.
For San Francisco per Aikshaw, May 13th-Mr Hendley,
Mrs Keys and > children.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

The question is f frequently asked does the
law oblige the Minister of the Interior to act as
of the Board of Health has he not
plenty of departmental work to do without haV-
ing this put on his shoulders?' The Act of
1876, under which the present Board is c%onstitu-
ted, affords an answer to this enquiry. 1t re-
peals the Act Of 1865, which requires that the
Minister of the Interior shall be, ex ot1clo,
President of the Board of Health. The fact that
this arrangement was deliberately set aside by
the Legislature five years ago, and that ever
since successive Ministers of the Interior have
c~ontrived to have themselves appointed Presl-
dents of the Board, shows how tenaciously men
cling to power and patronage. The experience
of recent years ought to have convinced even a
Minister of the Interior that what is really
wanted to ensure the successful working OF the
Department of Public Health, Is that its head
should be an independent public officer, devoting
his time largely or wholly to the duties of his
office, and being, of course, properly remunera-
ted for his services. That this was the view of
the Legislature we feel sure, and provision was
made in the Act of 1876 for the remuneration Of
the Chairman Of the Board. in case any duties
beyond those of presiding at the meetings should
be imposed upon him. The anomaly of the
present state of things is well shown by the ludi-
crous farce enacted every two years of the PreSi-
dent of the Board reporting to himself as
Minister of the Interior. But it is not the
anomaly or any larcical side of the matter that
moves US again to speak on this subject. 1t is
the practical aspect that the public are talking
about. The ineficiency which necessarily flows
from the attempt to compass too much, and
which must continue so long as the present sys-
tenn is continued, whoever may &c the incum-
bent of the President's chair. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
0 TIE WHARVES.

The T " Lucas is at the EspIanade diseharging her
cargo Of lumber.
The NOtre Dame Auuliatrice sails to-day FOR the
Sound, in ballast
The Kaluua Is in the stream. but Will probably haul
alongside the wharf to-day and discharge
The Pacific slope is at the p II : 5 wharf still discharg-
ing. she viii sail for the Sound probably on the 21st inst.
The Pomare and storm Bird are at anchor in the
stream, with only shipkeepers On board, passengers all
placed.
The " II DimOud T. at Brewer & Cos wharf, discharg-
ing and loading. Capt HCudlett expects 10 sail FOR the
Coast about the 18th inst.
The ID q Murray Is At the Old Custom House wharf. A
large number Of passengers have already been obtained
for her mp trip Captain Ravens viii endeayOr to sail on
the morning % the 18th inst.
The bk Highfyer Is at the EsplaHade opposite the
Custom House discharged She sails in ballast about
the 18th inst for Manila. Captain Schliemsun adyertises
a lot Of ship stores for sale cheap.
The stmr Kilauea HOu while backing out from the
wharf on the afternoon Of the 10th inst, fOuled with a
line which became eutangled with her propeller. Mr.
S0reusOn supplied one Of his divers to relieve the COM
phcattou and the vessel was detained but few minutes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

A in New York City is APP
pretended this summer The New York
Herald of the 22nd April, says: "We have
it on the authority of the most eminent
physicians of the city, that New York is
now on the verge of a pestilence that in
fact premonitory symptoms of the plague
have already appeared" Typhus fever and
smallpox have increased at an alarming
rate n in order to enquire into causes of,
and to provide remedies for, this alarming
state of affairs, a meeting of medical
gentlemen was held; and over one hun
dred physicians of the city assembled in
Chickering Hall. 1t was shown, in dis
cussing the sanitary condition of the city
that the atmosphere was poisoned by
exhalations from accumulated filth that
meat hanging in the markets was poisoned;
that the dust from the streets was full of
disease germs that malaria is created and
fostered by the reeking sewers and cutters
and that the children of the poor, having
no other play grounds than the filthy
streets, are exposed to the greatest danger"
Then it was set forth that this bad cOndi-
ton of things in the great city was owing
to the inefficient action of the Police De
partment and because party politics
lave been made to enter into what should
be a purely sanitary duty performed bya re-
| sponsible officer" The Government of the
| State, in view of the patronage nus re-
tanned, prefers to regulate the sanitary
affairs of the city from Albany, rather than
allow a local Board of Health to have
charge of 1t. There are some lessons for
US in the case of this great city. We earn
estly hope that we may be spared a repeti-
tion of the epidemic of fever, which so very
lately committed ravages amongst us, but
we cannot venture to say that the causes
which are producing it in New York are
no. present here. Nor are we free from the
| deeper lying causes which have left New
York a prey to disease through maladmin-
istration. The attempt to regulate the
sanitary condition of the commercial capt.
tai of the United States, by a distant adj
ministration which has its hands quite full
of other absorbing cares, has something
like a parallel in the case of Honolulu.
We greatly fear that this city will owe any
exemption it may have from serious de-
velopments of fever rather to chance
causes than to the skill and care of ouI
sanitary authorities, until we have a
Board of Health with a paid and response
BILE head, Independent of any Government
Department., and armed with the requisite
powers to enforce on our recklessly care
less, and ignorant population, some atten,
ton to the first principles of practical
hygiene.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

The two men whose writings have lone
more than those of any score of others to
mould the existing generation of English
men, ave passed away in rapid succession.
Carlyle and D'Israeli had nothing in COM
mon except their conservative tendencies
in politics and their keen insight into
shams, whether political or social. In
other respects they were the very antipodes
of one another. Nevertheless, the infiu-
ence of their writings upon the youth of
the nation tended in the same direction.
Their best works, those at least which eX-
erted the greatest moulding power upon the
young men of the day, were published
about the same time, when the men who
are now past the prime of life, were just
entering upon manhood. 1t is not too
much to say that '~Coningsby'' and "Sibyl,"
whilst they did more than any other of his
works to establish the fame of D'Israeli as
a writer, also did more than anything else
to render his subsequent career as a politi-
cal leader so successful. That career was
brilliant because of the genius and of the
earnestness Of purpose of the man, but it
would not nave been so successful-might
indeed never have become possible-but for
the influence which his writings, and es-
pecially the two works just alluded to, had
previously eXerted on the minds of all the
thoughtful youth of England. But for the
power he acquired ever the minds and
hearts of those who were entering upon life
during the " ~forties and "%fifties " of this
century, aided as it was by the passionate
and telling political diatribes of Carlyle,
the Conservative party in English politics
xrorII ona fhiy no va lu;nIIoI l,,,-,, D., - g.
ii ION instead of being a great national par
ty. His subsequent work as a statesman
was built upon this foundation, and it was
thus that his genius and earnestness were
enabled to carry him on to the position
which at one time was almost that of a
Dictator-which he eventually held in the
country, in whose imperial destinies he
had such undying faith.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
EXPORTS.

For san Francisco, per Lizzie Marshall, May !-l1,s53
pE-s sugar. 2g3 brchs bananas, . iron tanks, 2 coils rope.
DE- val, S56.C54 2. Fgn val, SEQ.
Tc- san Francisco, Per Wrestler, May la. bbls
no-ssses. CT bbl5 tsllCw z5,Ce3 pkgs sugar, 40 bids hides,
20 Cnchs bananas. 2 iron tanks. ltO bags rice Dom val,
SII7, f92 26. Fgn val, SEQ
For Sau0Frzncisco, per Jane A Falkinburg, May 10
CsOZ pkgs sugar, IS bdls leather, Z9 bnchs bananas. Dom
val, sI5,1S5 s.. Fgn val, 500.
Tor san Francisco, per City Of Sydney, May 10-5675
pkgs sugar, 80 bIs yams. Is bXs betel leaves, 10 bs man
goes, l csc pictures, 2 cs wine, 3 cs spirits, 6 cs whisky,
5 c. whisky, 3 c. whisky, 2 cs brandy, l csc brandy, l
basket champagne, 1 csc decorations. Dom val, S70,l14-
%. Fgn val, S642 70.
For San Francisco per Aikshaw. May 13th-l4, 75G pkgs
sugar, 81 bnchs bananas, domestic value Sl23, 324.42.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

A NEW edition of Sc Sanitary Instructions to
Hawaiians,'' has been recently issued by the
Board of Education, in the English and Hawaiian
languages, for gratuitous distribution. The
Legislature of 1880 UNANIMOUSLY voted a resolu-
ton of thanks to the Committee having the work
in charge, and voted So, 900 for the publication
of a new edition, under the revision of the
Board; and this work has been very satisfactorily
and economically accomplished.
There are now 800 copies of the English
version, and 5000 copies of the Hawaiian version
in the hands OF the Secretary of the Board of
Education for distribution.
We publish in to-day's supplement, the ad-
dress of the author of 's Sanitary Instructions to
Hawaiians," and propose to publish from time
to time, certain chapters of the work. 1t is
understood that this work was not intended for
foreign readers, but for Hawaiians alone; how
ever it was deemed desirable that intelligent
foreign observers of sanitary instruction for this
people, should have some knowledge of the kind
of instruction impaired in the Hawaiian, hence
the publication of the English version and
furthermore as the number of copies in book
form, for distribution abroad, as well as at home.
is rather limited, We propose to supplement the
endeavors of the Board to disseminate these
instructions, by giving a chief portion of the
book the advantage of our circulation.
The author has added a chapter on the treat
ment of smallpox, to the original Hawaiian
edition, and has carefully revised the whole work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

Pom Sydney and Auckland. per City Of sydney, Nay
IC-ts2 scks patOt0es, 30 scks oats. &oo pigs II uW'
TO n Francisco.
T-5m Port Gamble, per T W Lucas, May lO-i''i4.
DIR sed lumber. 2i7,7s5 II rough lumber, ~ Ii lAthS'
100 sEHgls-
Prom AIbsrmarIe Island, per Kaluna, May EZth-2I-
seal skins 90 cs shells, 35 gals seal OIL, l0O gaIIs
tortoise oil. y gals shark oil, Is pkgs shark ms Dds
tortoise meat
from san Francisco, per u c MUoray. May 9-Large lot
or cries. canned goods and Chinese provisions, 3 pigs
II.rbIe. 2 pkgs stone, 325 pkgs liquors, 9 pkgs stationery,
2TsL scks Hour, 1000 scks grain, $50 bales hay, 200 dds
Ifr- A. bbIs salmon, 35 bales bags, % NJ bricks, . pigs
ha. ware. : pkgs dry goods, 60 bdls shocks, $50 pigs
Dc der, - bbls rOsin, 10 bbls tar, s pkSs sewing mecnns'
Is chickens, % pkgs drugs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
INIPORTS.

From san Francisco, per W II DfmOnd, May go pkqs
paper. 2 pkgs printers material, 80 pkgs dry goods. 26
bales hay, 1872 scks grain, large lot groceries and canned
goods. 80 scks -four. . c. crackers, 200 c. coal oil. ~
pkgs cigars and tobacco, IL pkgs clocks, 2 rolls leather.
100 bxs candles, 15 pkgs salmon, 100 bxs tea, 81 bbls beef
blinds, 1856 pkgs oilmeI's stores, 66 Pkgs wen-0oring
materials, % pkgs glass, y pkgs crUckery and glassware,
IA pkQs furniture. 900 m shngls. ? m T W posts, 800 lbs
hair. I1 bbls plaster. 26 m bricks, "a pkgs galvd iron,
n pkQs marble. 10 mules, 20 pkgs boots and shoes, ] bx
gold coin, 1 bx silver coin.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

"a The usual monthly meeting of the Homo
lulu Library and Reading Room Association
was held on Saturday evening last, the Presi-
dent, A. S. Hartwelt, Esq, in the chair. 1t was
resolved that a letter which had been received
from Mr.. Marques, urging the formation of a
musical department of the library, should be
considered at the next monthly meeting. The
Building Committee presented a draft of the
grant to be issued for the land at the corner of
Alakea and Hotel Streets, which has been given
to the Association by the Legislature. With
some modification the draft was approved, and
the Committee was instructed to obtain the
patent as soon as possible. A much more oner-
GUS task was also laid upon them, viz: to devise
a method for obtaining the requisite funds for
the purpose of erecting a suitable building.
Some other business, chiefly of routine charac-
ter, was transacted, and the meeting adjourned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
CONSIGNEES

Per City Of sydney-H E Mcintyre, G W SIscfsrlane
/ Co, Macfarlane & Co, May & Co.
Per 7 " Lucas-H Hackfeld & Co.
Per Ealuua-AF Cooke
Per D G Murray-F T Lenehan, Capt A Fuller, Whit.
ney & Robertson. BOles & COLE p Adams, A Singer, DR. j
; McGTew. A " Bush, c E Bush, c Z Bensen, Dillingham;
& Co. Bishop & Co. & Brewer & Co, ThOs Lack, Macfar-
lane x Co, Brown * Co, Lame 4 Co, G F Wolf, r Love a.
Bro, L o Hall * Son, Hollister * Co, T W Rawlins, A W
Pierce < Co, II Z Mcintyre = Bro, L Smith, A Herbert,
Z A Morse, Wing VIC Tai.