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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
PREPARATION TO KILL BORERS.

PREPARATION TO KILL BORERS.
Unquestionably one Of the most
important points in connection
with growing trees successfully in
western Kansas is to kill the borers
which infest the box-elder and seve-
raj other species Of timber. Al
though several months are to elapse
before the time to apply a remedy
for this trouble, we deem it proper
to give the following prescription
from a Missouri farmer for killing
these pests and for preventing their
attack on trees. 1t may pay to save
this:
Get a pint of crude carbolic
acid, costing twenty-five cents, and
it is sufficient for twenty gallons
Of the wash. Take a tight barrel
and put in four or five gallons of
soap, and as much hot water to thin
it; then stir in the pint Of carbolic
acid and let it stand over night, or
longer, to combine. Now add
twelve gallons Of rain water and
stir well; then apply to the base of
the tree with a short broom or old
paint brush, taking pains to wet
inside of all crevices. This will
prevent both peach and apple borers.
It should be applied the latter part
of June or early in July, in the eli
mate of Missouri, when moths and
beetles usually appear. The odor is
so pungent and lasting that no eggs
will be deposited where it has been
applied, and the effects will continue
till after the insects are done flying.
If the crude acid can not be obtain
ed, one-third Of the pure will an
swer, but it is more expensive. The
mixture is practically the kerosene
emulsion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
TREE SPECIES.

Sugar maple is fine tree Chestnut
will grow on any well-drained soil Lo-
Gust will grow IN a comparatively thin
soil, calalpa is one of the best trees for
durability, elms grow slow but make
handsome shade tree, walnut is fine
tree along the roadside, butternut will
make good growth, but needs a rich
soil. The principal objection to the To-
Gust. poplar and Balm of Gilead is the
liability to send out sprouts that. unless
kept down, often detract from the neat
appearance of the place. Chestnut,
walnut, pecans and hickories will furnish
a supply OF nuts in addition to the growth
OF wood, and in many places it will be a
good plan to set out these in preference
other varieties.
That is floating item. It was
probably written for such portions
OF the country as are thoroughly
subdued for agriculture, but the
recommendations are not without
merit for these plains. Sugar
maple, locust, catalpa, walnut and
elms we have tried out here sufici-
entity to warrant us in advocating
their adaptability. Chestnut, pecan
and hickory should be experimental
with, but their nut-growing period
will be approached by slow stages.
But here is pointer: A large
variety Of tree species is desirable.
We who are Of this country like to
note its capacity in this direction.
Those who come here to look for
homes will be impressed all the
more favorably if they see that the
general run of trees known to this
latitude can be grown in our soil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
DON'T KNOW HIS BUSINESS.

Bro. Tlton, of the Wa-Keeuey World,
while little raw under the collar, is
again pulling in Republican harness.
You might as well admit, old boy, that
yo1 were OF IN taking the shoot you did,
and gracefully take your medicine
IOSevGs Ere.
Bro. BORN, You are attempting to
work your anger where it won't 90
down. If you knew us as well as
you should by this time. yon would
shun the role of guideresss in this
case. Leaving the South in 1878,
solely because We would not run q
Democratic paper, We came back to
Kansas to run Republican paper,
end hare dons that very thing,
0flcoura n 11ni =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

The evil of permitting the use of fire
arms by small children had fresh illus.
tration at the house of Mr.. Main, near
Herndon, Rawlins county, a short time
ago. A ten year-old son took gun, sup
posing it to be unloaded, and pointed it
playfully at his sister, aged four years.
The boy then saw cap on the tube, and
tried not to pull the trigger. But he
lacked the skill to prevent the ball from
entering the right side OF the poor little
girls mouth. She fell dead!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
Coz % REWARD

The above reward will be paid for in.
formation leading to the conviction OF
the party who stole an eight-day clock
from the school house in District u
Trego county, between Friday, Novem-
Der 80, and Monday, December 3, or the
person who stole Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary from the same place last sum
mer.
By order of district board.
41-3 A. T. GREENWOOD,
District Clerk
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
TIE Tribune Republican favors the al

TIE Tribune Republican favors the ap-
pointment of J. q. Brown, county clerk Of
Greeley county, as register of the govern
ment land Office at Wa-Keeney. Mr..
Brown is a splendid man, but he, in COM
mon with the most of the others who have
been mentioned in connection with this
position, will not get it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
THE KANSAS PIONEER.

Sentiment and sense are closely
allied ofttimes. These qualities are
combined happily in the following
extract from the address of welcome
made by General 7. 7. Taylor to the
state horticulturists during their re-
cent meeting at Hutchinson. The
general settled at Hutchinson when
the region thereabout was pretty
much unsettled. He has seen what
he tells. His address is history. 1t
is also prophecy, whose realization is
in dawn for the whole Of western
Kansas. But to the extracts:
every shrub and tree in this Sec
ton of the state has a history which
has entwiaed itself about the heart
of him who planted, watered and
protected it in its early growth; and
and when he rests under its umbra-
geous foliage during the midsummer
noon hours he feels joyful pride in
his skill and success that he has
reared with his own hand living
monument to his memory. Truly
it is the marvellous facility with
which Kansas homesteads are made,
together with the spirit Of satisfac-
ton and contentment springing
therefrom, which is fastening the
ful6llment Of the prophecy made by
Horace Greeley in 1870, THAT the
child is born who will see her fifth,
if not fourth, in population and pro-
duction among the states Of the I'm
ion"
ut is meet thatyou should convene
in a locality given in its primeval
state to man. There were no beau
tiful fringes Of woodland and vine,
no adornment of nature to our land.
A pioneer grass had scarcely covered
its drifting alluvial sands, once call
ed a desert, before the feet OF men,
seeking to establish homes, eagerly
pressed the velvety sod. A poet has
said, 1.-THE earth is drowned in beau
ty," but Of verify this was not the
locality where that pleasurable death
occurred to mother earth, nor in
this instance was beauty unadorned
adorned the most"
Here, when Bro. Switzer came,
in the early spring of 1872, pill
grim wanderer, and encroached on
the range Of the countless herds of
buffalo, where .naught but an ex-
panse of earth and air and sky linn
tied only by the circle of the hori-
zon, rejecting the alluring but de-
ceptiye mirage and all too dancing
waves of summer heat radiating
from the impacted soil, were seen
driving like furnace blasts over the
naked plain, blighting his hopes
and destroying his crops. But ex-
perience has taught him
'That there must be an acrid aloe before ,uscious
peach,
boil OF rotting fax before the bridal veil,
An esq before an eagle. thought before thing. >,
and nothing daunted he toiled on
and on until to-day his friends are
prone to believe that the Biblical
Eden was located in Reno county
where be planted his roof tree.
sOver two hundred miles to the
west of Hutchinson this same broad
plain stretches with the same char
acteristic before you, peopled by the
same class of home-seekers and
home-builders. They are intelligent
men and women. good farmers and
housekeepers who, amid adversely
and the trials of subduing the viii
derness, go forward cheerfully
through fair weather and foul. and
knowing that their journey must be
sped, carry their sunshine With
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
RuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DIR. Jones. 405
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

TIE Messenger opposes the making OF
the streets of Horace the dumping place
for dirt from cellars and elsewhere. This
is a good place to draw the line.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

WE'LL, Sir, we feel content. Lincoln's
secretary of war. alias the nominal editor
OF the Headlight of Ellis, admits that our
article of last week, in which reference
was made to himself, was amusing. Its
aim was to amuse that giant intellect. 1t
is unsafe for such exceedingly great
minds to be absorbed exclusively in the
consideration of affairs of state!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

SHARON SPRINGS Leader, Z: The pre-
liminary census, finished Friday last
shows that Wallace county has between
$500 and 1900 inhabitants. This is
rather a surprise to many who thought
that there could not be over 1900. This
settles the question of organization.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
THE Sentinel claims to speak advisedl.

THE Sentinel claims to speak advisedly,
after close and careful examination, when
it says that not one tn ten OF those who left
Ellis county during the past twelve years
have bettered their finances. The World
believes it safe to make the same affirma-
ton as to those who have in the past ten
years wandered away from the first coun-
ty west of Ellis.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

THE death of Mrs. Henry r. Prewitt at
Millbrook, as related by the Times, was
peculiarly sad. She had been married
only fifteen weeks, and had come out
here from her Kentucky home with every
promise of happy future before her.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

THE wife of Hon. James 81. Reeder, OF
Ellis county, died att Hays City on Tues
day. This is an event of peculiar sad
ness. The many friends of Mr.. Reeder in
western Kansas will sympathize with him
in his great affection.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

The establishment OF creamery at
Ness City, the Nescs says, seems. to be
certainty. Gradually the outside towns
follow Wa-Keeney in making improve
ments.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

AND a patent has been granted in Eng
land for the manufacture OF vinegar from
toJpatOee
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15

1T is easy to imagine that we hear old
Mr.. Montgomery, the new editor of the
Hays Sentinel, talking through its col
umns. He talks pleasantly, and writes
in the same manner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-15
ROBBERY AT RANSOM,

In the Northwestern Part Of Ness
County.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23
LIFE IN HlNOOSTAN.
a Buffalo q. Y.) Lady Writes OF Her Homo.
In the Jungle.


In the Jungle.
Miss Mary Graybiel. one of the mis-
sionaries sustained in India by the sect
known rs Disciples. writes very inter-
esting letters to her family in this city.
1t is now over four years since she 'wens
to Hindostan, in company with the Rev.
Mr.. Wharton. formerly pastor of the
Church of Christ. and his wife. The
place ut which Miss Graybicl is now
located is in the heart of India. on tho
line of the railroad which is to be buils
from Bombay directly across to CAL
cutta. The children of the Sunday
schools of the denomination in the,
United States contributed a fund of
some four thousand dollars with which
to erect house for this mission, and in
her. last letter she modestly tells how
the work was done.
1t appears that she had TO serve as
architect, master, builder and general
boss mechanic. First, she bought four
yoke of buffalOs to do the teaming; then,
a few big tree5-they are very scarce in
that part OF the country. She employed g,
a hundred natives. or nearly that num-
Der. whom she taught 10 quarry stone,
which had to be hauled several miles,
and to make brick. first trampling the
clav, fashicniGg 1t into bricks. and then
burning them. using the spare portions
Of the trees for fuel The trunks of the
trees were laboriously by hand sawed
into boards for the floors. roof, etc. A
stone foundation three feet thick was p
laid three feet below ground and rs
much above. this solid base wall being
deemed necessary 20 keep oct the white i.
ants. which are Il great pest of the
country. Evidently a good job was
made of the wall. for Miss Graybiel in
genuously relates that an Engiishman,
visitor inquired who had been the en-
gineer. and expressed much surprise
when she told that she had directed the
work herself.
1t takes Il Buffalo girl To mold her own
among the heathen. or arg where else.
Incidentally Miss Graybiel states that
the son of a German missionary living
some forty miles distant was killed by
q tiger. She attended the funeral. max
ing the journey through the solid jun
gle in a cart drawn by pair of the
buffalos, with the chance of LsinS
sprung upon b. that or some other
tiger Ht any moment Such j. life in.
the wilLS of Hindostan.-Bu6d!o Collr.-
ier.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23
CATCHING lhRES,
An English Method of Netting Little
Birds in Open Fields.

An English Method of Netting Little
Birds in Open Fields.
LarkS, rs rule. have habit of
roosting on stub6le-lieids, when such
are available, and later on repair for
the most parts to faliow lands or occa-
sionally open heaths and moors. pref
erence being generally given to falow;
and it is here that "trammelinr" is
most generally carried on. The di-
mensions Of the net vary, but the aver
age is: Length, thirty-six yards:
breadth, five or six feet. and mesh
either an inch or threc-quartcrs; two
light poles some six or seven feet long
(bamboo for choice. and fitted together
ike the Joints of fShing-rod) COM
plete the arrangement. The plan of
procedure is simple in the ex treme. To
work the trammel the services of two
men are required, one ut each end, and
4 third usually accompanies the others.
carrying a sack to hold the birds. The
ground to be operated upon is
decided on beforehand. also the direc-
ton in which each field shall be worked,
this. of course, depending in a great
measure on the conformation of the
surface. and more still on the direction
of the wind. Having arrived at the
spot where it is proposed to make a
start the net is extended to its full
length fiat on the ground. the poles be-
ing attached to either end, and all is
ready to commence operations. The
poles. when the net is ut work. are held
by the workers in such manner that
the bottom end of each just toucEcs the
ground. and the upper is depressed suf-
fciently to make the intervening stretch
of net cover the area immediately be-
meath. without the top edge brushing;
the bottom or tail, on the other hand,
rails along its entire length. and the
ustling noise thus created causes the
birds to rise. In theory. to do this
seems absurdly easy. but, like throw
ing fly or hitting the leader
of team in the exact right spot.
it requires no small amount of
practice to attain proficiency. The
POLICEMAN must move forward in perfect
lime and step. otherwise the net will
''bag" and become altogether unman-
ageable; in the same way it must be
dropped smartlv and simultaneously at
both ends whee Il bird or birds strike"
above all. the exact extent of the field
being worked must be known tn a
nicely. so as to allow the pivot man
time to make the wheel when the end
is reached without getting tangled
up" A couple Of adopts will frequently
secure fifteen or twenty dozen birds in
q night; by no means unremunerat;ve
business. whereas two novices would
probably not capture two dozen I'll
told. According to DIR. Lister, who oc-
cupied the position of physician-in-
chief to Queen Anne. the LARK, when
eaten either boiled or roasted, "heIps
the collie" How far the theory NAV
be correct we are unable to say, but no
one who has tasted the dainty will, we
fancy. be inclined 10 deny that. either
in aspic or roast. dish or lark is :it to
set before king Pail lIGH Gazette.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23
A Surprising Statement.

We boldly assert that all American
china and glazed crockery ware is
snamelcd with Il preparation consisting
largely of the red oxide of lead. or as
it is commonly known. litharge. This
salt of lead is very soluble in the fata-
cids especially in butyric acid. Al!
fatty goods contain this acid and when
from the frequent alternate expansion
and contraction of the enamel or glaZ-
ing on the various dishes and plates
we use on the able, cracks have formed.
the butyric acid insinua;es itself under
the enamel. takes mp the lead. and with
the food on the plate is taken into the
stomach. where being a cumulative
poison it insiduously poisons the
system. Do not let us deceive ourselves
by thinking that the quantity of lead is
small. but remember that the quantity
of lead set free by carbonic acid in the
water running through a lead pipe is
still less, and We: no less authority
than Professor Chandler has proven
that much lead-poisoning is dre tC
ti;is-Americdn ANALYST.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23
IN THE POOR-HOUSE.


IA lady OF . wenlthy Eastern family. through
ome enlargement, left her home and went 70
The West. Misfortune and illhealth swept
AWAY her little all, and in her old age she found
lhome in the poor-house. One evening shortly
after, she was found sitting by her bed, reading
the poem: Rock Ne to S.eep. Mother" and
weeping That night the death angel came,
and the tired feet rested on ''the echoless
shore."l
''Rock me to sleep. mother, rock me to sleep"
Why does the reader pause: Why does she
weep?
withered the quiv'ring lips, head bowling low,
Care-worn the wrinkled face where the tears
flow;
Far from her childhood home, old and alone,
No one, and nothing, to claim as her own;
Fortune and friends all are lost in the past.
Found, in her old age, the poor-house at last.
''Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me TO sleep"
Trembles the voice for the mem ries that sweep
Far from the sunny land when she was young,
Rush DER her heart as harp long unstrung.
Music that once has charmed, chords lost so
long,
Loves sweetest harmonies, joys happy song,
Come from the silence so long and so deep
"Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me 10 sleep.
''Rock me to sleep. mother TO, k me TO Sleep"
Just as when weary Of playing ''Bo Peep"
Long, long ago, she would turn to her breast
Yearning for love words and kisses and rest.
Turns she tonight, child now once morei
Mother, come back from the echoless shore"
What do her dim eyes see! What does she
heari
Why does she Enger where tear follows tear'
Over and over in sobs low and deop-
''Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Morn came: the sun ,elike fond mothers face,
Walked earth with kiss from nights still en-
brace;
flushed were those lips in that peaceful repose
Only the friendiess who finds it e'er knows.
Mother had come from 1.-The echoless shore
Clasped her again in her arms as OF yore;
Open the book lay beside the lone dead.
Tear-1narked the lines DER and ocr she had
read,
Nevermore here e'er TO wake or TO weep
Rock me 10 sleep, mother, rock me TO sleep"
"Rock me TO sleep, mother, rock me to sleep"
Oh! when the night shadows round the heart
creep
When all the strife and the toiling are done.
Empty and priceless the fame we have woni
Friends whom we loved passed away from our
sight,
Hopes we have cherished all buried in night,
Fondly we turn TO our childhood again,
Longing for love and caresses, as then;
Once more the words from the weary heart
leap
tRock me to sleep, mother, rock me to Sleep"
-Lu b. Cake, IN YOIlth's Companion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23

II sent for you. Edward" he said, at the
conclusion of the recital, sin the hope that
you might have influence with some of your
Irish friends which would help me out OF
my horrible position. Think Of 1t, Edward!
Think Of me sworn body and soul to the
service Of q reasonable conspiracy! How
can l. as an honest citizen, eyade my duty
to disclose the whole business to the Gov
ernment."
''Good Godr exclaimed O'Brien. SHOW
can you talk of such thing! Do you
know wha. it meansf Remember James
Carey!''
81 know, know" replied the wretched
banker. l an aware of my peril, and the
knowledge is driving me mad. Can't you
help me, Edwardr'
'1f things had been otherwise" said
O'Brien, presently-"I mean if there had
been any tie between you and me on the
strength of which l might have made a
personal appeal to the Executive, tell you
| frankly there Is no man in London who has
better right to ask u favor of the Clan
! na-Gael than have. But as it is, on what
ground can appeal to themf'
MY dear Edward" replied the banker,
Il have never desired more than TO be con-
vinced that you and Winifred were sincere
~ attached TO one anothor. II my consent
tothe ngagement-condltionall OF course,
on your rendering me this service Will
facilitate your negotiations with the Coun-
Gil, pray consider you have it."
This assurance did facilitate matters
very much. Two or three DAYS later
O'Brien reported that, after difficult
negotiation with the leaders OF the Clan
na-Gael, he had persuaded the Council, IN
| recognition of his own services TO the
cause, to rescind Mr.. Tidywaite's oath OF
allegiance, on his swearing perpetual
secrecy as to his own relations with the
Clan. few days later the banker was
conducted again, this time by O'Brien, TO
the headquarters of the London Division.
Here certain formalities were gone
through, the oath of allegiance was re-
scinded, and the special constable found
himself once more a faithful subject OF
the Queen.
Early ir the honeymoon O'Brien told
his wife how her fathers consent To their
marriage had been obtained.
But don't understand it now" said
Winlfred, when she had heard the story OF
her fathers singular adventure. "Who
were the other conspiratorsi And who
planned it alls''
"The conspirators, my dear, were
party OF promising medicals from st.
Mary's reinforced by one or two of our
compatriots from Guys. It was my re-
spected best man, jim Sullivan, who cap
tured your father. He met you at a dance,
you may remember, where you told him the
governor was going as u special. He
planned the business-bless his soul!-as Il
mere practical joke at first. We developed
the idea afterwards"
Poor papa!" said Winifred. II wonder
he survived it. He must never know, Ted"
And he never did.--LOndoJs TrI;th.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23

would the ladies be in favor of a
uniform marriage law. do you fhink?"
asked member of Congress of one OF
MS fair constituents; and she replied:
'Very likely. If the uniform were a
pretty one and hai handsome map
in il"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23

If animals be debilitated and should
lose appetite warm mess of mixture
OF corn-meal and bran twice 4 day w!ll
serve to invigorate them. The drink
ing water should also be warmed fo,
them
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23

It was nearly q fortnight before the doc
tor allowed Mr.. TIdywaite to leave his bed,
but IS soon as he was able to get about
again the old gentleman sent for Edward
O'Brien- On the young mans arrival he az
once narrated the story OF his terrible ex-
perience.