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Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11
Daily eagle
THE SONG Of HOPE.

When the sun is in the west,
And the bird is on her nest,
And the wind is at rest
On the sea;
Right above the harbor bar.
Bright as love outshines q star,
And know my little ship is coming back TO mo
Though the sky had many cloud,
When her outward way she plowed,
And the wind wept aloud
On the sea;
Yet, before the day was done,
With the last look of the sun
Rose a rainbow for sign, a divine sign, to me.
So I'm sure that up the bay
shall see my snip some day
Like bird flying gay
To its tree;
And around her prov the spray.
Making rainbows all the way
Will sing treble to a song of treble JOY for me.
Henry ". Austin
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11

Ihave opened my office IN the
Goodyear House block, where
can be found p ats and prices on
my property along tbs Motor
Line.
Cars run regularly 70 the south
east part OF the city. Special in
ducements offered TO thoss WISH
ing 20 build q home.
Prices on Motor Line Property
reasonable and terms easy.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11
eervani. in GermAny

The servant gir, question Is 10. 50 iareh Of
= problem in Germany as II IS IL this ooun-
ty. The very pretty custom prsvaihs there
Of decorating household servants fo< loEg
ard satisfactory service One ''anioo7 has
within twelve years decorated 30 servant
Something q similar nature = done Ia
England -C.sveia1d Lsa6er.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11
TIE PLAN OF cAMPAIGN.

OF their masters
TIE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
We had arranged our plans the night b.
fore, and now we hurried to carry them out.
Down the hollow of the rayine the hunters,
separated from one another by a space OF
from three to four yards and facing the
ridge that hid us from the unsuspecting elk,
were stretched like skirmish line, while l
rode out in front of the center of the line
just far enough to be easily seen by all.
Looking hurriedly along the little line saw
that all were ready, with the loaded carbines
pointing N the air, tho butts resting on the
right thighs, and couple Of spare cartridges
in each mans hand. Raising the butt Of my
carbine high in the air as q signal for start
ing, 1 took half dozen steps forward at
prancing walk, brought the carbine down to
a level, and the line took up trot for a
dozen yards. Then raised the carbine muz-
zle up and the party broke into long,
swinging gallop Half way across the
frosted slope, the carbine was raised to full
arms length, and we burst over the ridge at
gait that Hanover or Iroquois might envy,
and with an unbroken line worthy of the
Cent Gardes. The swift impetus carried the
sweeping crowd half way from the ridge to
the sleepy elk before the latter gained their
feet, and by the time the dumfounded brutes
had "bunched'-the first act Of an affrighted
herd-we were right in among them.
Many of the older hunters dropped their
carbines across their saddle bows, and, draw
ing their revolvers, delivered deadly fire at
binding range. Dashing through this little
bewildered herd like gust of wind, the
hunting party swung to the left Of the slope
OF the long ridge where, from $50 to 200
yards away, the main herd had punched"
600 to 500, if not 900, strong. With all the
rough rattle of shots, the hard hitting Of
horns against horns, and the drumlike chatter
Of the hoofs, there was singular silence,
incongruous with so much rapidly varying
excitement, for orders had been given that
not a whisper should be heard till the elk
had broken in an organized run in o definite
course As the western wall Of elk horns
opened in that direction, with princely
buck at the head, there went up from US q
yell that Glove the very clouds, and scattered
the band only TO bunch again. That shout
delayed them hardly three seconds, but that
three seconds made a success of the hunt,
and before it ended we were among them,
every citizen and soldier now his own indi-
viiual commander, and responsible for hh
own success
A SHOWER OF SNOW BALLS.
Far down on my right the marshal's car
t;,,a baJ looy, Ipootan f,Dr, bic y and NV tho
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11
NOTICE TO Stocs holders.


General offices of the F.. Scott,
Wichita Is Western Ry. Co..
WICHITA. Kan, Jan. "a, 1881
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Ft Scott, Wichita & Western Rail
way Company for the election of directors
for the ensuing year and for the trans
action of such business as may come be-
fore the meeting will be held at the offices
of said company in the city of Wichita
Kan, on Tuesday. the 9th day of March
next, A. D., 1SSs. at 10 O'Clock a. M, or at
any hour thereafter that a quorum may be
present J. H. RICHARDS,
II. c. HADLEY. Vice President.
Asst. Secretary d-6l-Sot
Money - Loan
On inside improved city property centrally
located, by the 5. l.. Davidson Mortgage
company. Office in rear Of Citizens bank.
55tf
The Eagle pocket real estate book has
become universal favorite among dealers
generally in the west. a5tfs
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-11
A HUNT ON THE PLAINS.
HOW SOLDIERS CHASED ELK IN
THE NEBRASKAN HILLS.

Exciting Moments for Horses as Well ~
Men-Plan OF Attack Upon . Herd-A
Big Bunch OF Sleepy Elk-A Shower Of
Snow Balls.
Not more than hundred yards away was
fine grouping of game that would have de-
lighted the heart of Landseer, and certainly
delighted mine. Slowly retreating until the
friendly ridge once more covered us, we
crawled back through the cactus to rejoin
our horses and our impatient comrades. As
mounted said briefly that our time was
at hand and the battle not far off. believe
the horses knew this better than the men, for
as came crawling back through the snow
every equine ear in the party followed me as
closely as if had bushel Of oats in my
possession; and when l mounted my own
little sorrel he was trembling from head to
foot, and he laid his nose against my knee as
if to gain information in his own peculiar
way. Every horse in that platoon knew as
veil as every man what was ahead Of him
and better, too, for all of them had been in
thirds of the party. The only noises pat
broke the hush of the still morning were
few hurried whispers and the ominous clicks
of the breech locks as the cartridges fell
home in their chambers. All the horses ears
were as rigidly set toward the crest, about
hundred yards away, as if they were charge
Of fixed bayonets, and the red dilated nos
trils, the fixed eyes and the heaving breasts
showed that they, too, felt all the excitement
of their masters
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Sn General.
Bull and Python.

Last Sunday week one Of the most
remarkable scenes ON record is reported
MS having been witnessed in the vi
ciuity of Table Mountain. A troop of
cattle, consisting of twelve COWS and a
patriarchal old bull, were grazing on
one Of the platcau-ike spurs Of the
mountain, which is surrounded on three
sides by PERCEPTIONS ravines and on the
fourth side, that nearest the mountain,
by dense bush. Some natives higher
up the mountain were attracted by the
sudden believing Of the cattle, and
Jaw two enormous pythons coming out
OF the bush and making for the cattle,
which bad drawn themselves up in a
compact group, with The bull at the head.
As the pythous drew near the animals
gradually backed. till they stood on
mall space that iultcd ont over a tre-
mendous prccipice. Al this Stage
sudden rush was made. but only one
hcifur succeeded i'm escaping The
other cattle, believing most piteouslv.
gradually backed oud one by one fell
over the prccipice, lill finally the bull
only was left. He suddenly charged
Oh the big python, trausdXing The rep
tile on his horns, but the second snake
seized the bull in its folds, and having
its tail around huge bowlder, com
mencod to crush the bull, which, moan
ing pitCously, struggled frantcallv to
escape. The tail of the python lost its
hold Of the rock, but the larger snake.
which had slipped off the horn. tapping
lrs tail around a smaller bowldcr oppo-
site the one the other snake had Just
released, seized the bull and compressed
The animal in its scaly fold The other
python succeeded in regaining its for
mer position, and the bull was literally
suspended in midair by the snakes.
The whole scene looked like some
CHASTITY triumphal arch The snakes
we're evidently getting the best of the
poor brute, which was bleeding pro-
lusely, when, By a sudden effort, his
struggles forced both reptiles to lose
their hold of the rocks and the whole
three were hurled into She ravine be-
meath. The cattle were found on the
first ledge of the precipice all being
dead, but the bull and the pythons had
/ bounded from ledge to ledge, and were
found four hundred feet below the
scene Of the fight. The bull was merely
a mauglcd mass and tie snakes were
greatly mutilated, the larger one having
The vertebrW broken in nine places.
The pythOns, which were Of the rock
species male and female, measured re-
,pectively forty feet and three inches
and thirly-siX feet and nine and one
fourth inches.-Natol (Soutb 1tHcn)
Witness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

injury produced by it arises from the
fact that poor or rotten seed, and even
trash and dust, may be ground up with
the press-cake by some of the makers
or dealers. There is certainly a con-
siderable difference in different sam
pies. No one ought to buy any but
the best meal, made from the best seed,
free from hulls or any impurity. If
farmers insist on the best, there will be
no market for the poorer grades, deal
ers will not handle it and the oil-mills
will not make it. The nicer grades of
oil can not be made except from bright,
clean seed, and it is meal from such
seed that farmers should insist upon.
For young stock linseed meal alone
should be used, and if we were seeking
for fancy customers for butter we
should use it for cows also. There is no
question that these oil-meals greatly in
crease the richness of milk, aud are,
for that reason, profitable to the dairy
man. They are also very helpful in
the added richness of the manure,
especially when care is taken to save all
the liquids, and to prevent any very
active fermentation, or heating, of the
pile.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

IT is no wonder that men Of great
minds have loved the country, have
enjoyed teamwork, and this, too, not
as a sentiment, but rs a reality. Wash
ington was a type of the true farmer,
and called agriculture the most useful,
most noble, most heaIthful employment
OF man. Jefferson gave much time and
study in evolving the true philosophical
principles employed in constructing the
pillow, and when built he took great
pleasure in handling il, and in man
aging his farm at Monticello. Webster
declared he felt more pleasure in hold
Ing his own plow, drawn by his own
splendid oXen-about which he wrote
such grand letters 10 his head farmer,
John Tayor-on the plains at Marsh
field, than all the honors of political
and public life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

WHITE HoRsEs.-There is a horse
that is white because the colorng pig
ment in the hide and hair makes It
white, and there is a horse which APP
pears white simply because the absence
OF any coloring pigment in the skin i'm
plies The neaalion of all color. The
positively white horse may be as strong
and healthy as black or chestnut; the
negatively white animal is usually weak
and sickly The former has u bright,
clear eye, and his coat after hard gal-
lop gistens like silver; the latter has a
transparent pink eye, and sweats to the
color of a whitewashed wall in a rain
storm--a sort of dirty drab. Age, eX-
cept in the case of light grays, has lit
tie influence in the matter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
d" When Property Prepared"

In the general summing up of the
opinions of scientific men, pro and con,
it will be observed that their con
illusions, almost without an exception,
are to the effect that oleomargarine
made from clean, pure beef fat
is a healthful article of food-let us
here note the fact" when properly
prepared" Scientific men and the
Jealous advocates of imitation butter
invariably select out the best specimens
OF oleomargarine to prove their invest
cations. These have nothing in COM
mon with butterine or the lower grades
of oleomargarine. The question may
be asked, Why? From the simple fact
that they are not desirable substitutes
for the dairy product; are not easy Of
digestion; that they are frauds and in
imical to good health. There are with
out doubt those who may prefer to eat
imitation butter ON the plea of economy;
certainly no one would desire to deprive
them of the privilege of buying prod
uct which has received such high recon-
mendaliOns from scientific men and
men of national repute, and which is
claimed to be so salable as food The
majority, we venture the assertion, be-
lieVe that they are buying genuine but
ter, and are in total Ignorance of the
fact that an imitation article is being
sold to them. The universal testimony
taken from various portions of our
country proves most cOnclusively that,
Notwithstanding our national law, more
than twenty-five per cent of the oleo-
margarine sold is palmed off as, and for,
pure butter Oleomargariue manufac-
turers and Jealous advocates of imila-
ton butter argue that the manufac-
tured product is preferable to rancid
butter which has lost its color with age
and has gone through the working
over and washing" process in order
TO remove the rancidity, and again col
ored and sold. Calling attention TO and
the citation of one evil does not in the
least correct the other. The working
over" of rancid butter, if an evil, is eX-
| tremely small in comparison with fraud
| butter. The mania for lucre has in
/ Massachusetts, as in other states. so
/ vitiatcd the honor of many dealers in
/ dairy products and robbed them Of their
reason as to cause them to ignore the
national law and to defy the statutes Of
| their own states. What is the result?
There, as elsewhere, they must either
/ change their present law or allow Il con-
/ tinuance of deceit, while perlidy and
| fraud must 20 unpunished.-IF.J d. Tres,
. Minnesota DAIRY Commissioner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

A SOUND LEGAL OPINION.-E.
cambridge Munday, Esq, county at
torney, Clay county, Texas, says;
" Have used Electric Bitters with most
happy results. Ny brother also WAS
very low with malarial fever and jaun-
dice, but was cured by timely use of
this medicine. Am satisfied Electric
Bitters saved his life" Mr.. ID. /.
WilcoXson of Horse Cave, KY, adds a
like testimony, saying he positively be-
lieves he would have died had it not
been for Electric Bitters. This great
remedy will ward off as well as cure all
malarial diseases, and for all kidney,
liver and stomach disorders stands un-
equaled. Price fifty cents and 81 at
any drugstore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
advertisements.


II 5s nm cstaJiishe5 fact that Hoods Sar.
s1parlla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures by its powerful action
in correcting he acidity Of the blood, which
is the cause OF the disease, and purifying
and cnrichlng the vital fluid.
II is certainly JoiY to assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others IL
will do for you. Therefore, If you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy fair trial
A Positive Cure.
"I was troubled very much with rheuma.
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. l
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed q good deal of the time. Being rec
ommcnded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, /
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
j cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
as one Of the best blood purifiers in the
world" w. f. WooD, Bloomington, ILL.,
For Twenty Years
nave been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1883 found no relief but grew worse. then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparllla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine |
ever nad." IL. l. BALLOON, Snlrley' Mass.
81 suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. V. a.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, ILL.,
We shall be glad to send, free of charge
to all who may desire, book containing many
additional statements of cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilsa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for 50. Made
only by c. l. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

lT does not pay TO spoil valuable
horse for The sake of making him wear
out an old collar. Many horses are in
jured by old ill-ftling collars which
cause the horse to become fretful and
uneasy and often cause permanent in
iuries.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

\ wELL-KNowN poultry-raiser said "
have tried several kinds of egg foods hut
always 20 back to that called the Prolific
Poultry Food, made by /. Il. Lon Of Bur
lineton VI That is the old reliable L call
it, It is my ideal of an egg ood.' 1t
keeps the flock healthy and bri yht, and
they do just everlastingly shell out, ,honoh Il
Sold in Montpelier by Marvin x Sher yashi,,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

A FAMILY GATHERING 90 Have you a
father Have you mother? Have you
son or daughter, sister or brother who has
not yet taken Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for the
cure of coughs, colds asthma, Group, and
all throat and lung troubles? IL SO, Why
when a sample bottle is gladly given TO You
free by any druggist and the large size costs
only SOC and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Coltnn.Seed for Stnck.

Mr.. Edtor:-I saw in late issue of
the WATCHMAN an inquiry in regard to
feeding cottOn-seed meal to hogs. A
few years ago, when we heard so much
about the great value Of cottou-seed for
feeding stock and fertilizing, i had
seven fine shoats that would weigh
about one hundred twenty-five pounds
each. A. the milk became less in the fall
/ mixed in a littlc cOttOn-seed with each
feed. Sometimes ! scalded the meal and
sometimes fed it uncooked. The hogs
seemed to dislike it, but by mixing it
with other stuff got them to eat it.
One of the best was soon found dead
and one or two others were sick. Two
more died after lingering along Il week
or ten days and one that was very sick
recovered after time. This grew to
be fine pOrker in the fall, although
somewhat smaller than his mates. ]
found his liver considerably enlarged
and hardened when slaughtered him.
Those that died emitted very disa-
greeabe odOr when examined and evil
IDENTIFY died OF some bowel disease. |
fed thirty or forty pounds to the seven,
and was ten days or two weeks in feed
ing ii. Now, then, although cotton-seed
meal may analyZe high in food and fer
tilizing elements, there seems to be
something indigeslible about it that
makes it dangerous to feed to stock,
and to hogs in particular. AS for my
self, ! shall feed no more cOttOn-seed
when ! can get corn, oats, barley or
something else. LEVI SWIFT.
MiddleseX, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

THERE is something wrong within S'i97'
those who are afraid to look within LA
Seeker tN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19


believe the Dutch cows are a good
hreed-probably the best for milk
sellers to keep-uuless their milk is so
very weak Gas it sometimes is) as to
incur couiscation ON the charge of
watering. As for our interest in Jer-
seys, we are not breeder Of them, nor
are we a dairyman. We keep few
cows Ohree, just now, and though we
have never owned full blood, we mean
always to have at least half-blood Jer-
seys, simply because, in twenty years
experience, we have always found such
COWS by far the best investment for
practical use.
PURE JERsEYs.-lt is quite common
to hear people say that half and three
quarter-bloods make better cows than
the pure Jerseys. Haf-bloods from
our best native COWS and quarter
bloods from these crosses probably con-
sttute the majority of the Vermont
herds that are crossed with Jersey
blood at all. They are fine cows-many
of them as good as their full-blood kin
dred, and often with better constitu-
tons. There are, or have been, few
rather weakly herds OF Jerseys in New
England, mostly in the hands of fancy
farmers. Stock from these herds has
not given satisfaction to practical dairy
men, and for some time we ourselves
shared the belief that the pure Jersey
cattle could not well endure our cold
winters and careless keeping here in
Vermont. But wider experience
and observation have satisfied us, as
regards the first, that there are many
hardy strains of Jersey blood that will
thrive well in New England in the
hands of careful and humane men;
while on the other point we feel sure
that the belief in the tenderness of the
Jerseys has been of great advantage in
stimulating our farmers into giving
their dairy stock the care that all, native
and imported alike, ought to have, and
must have, to be profitable. For the
waning class of farmers who do not
expect to make more than one hundred
pounds of butter yearly TO the COW,
scrub natives are good enough. For
those who want to make butter for the
profits to be got out of it, well-kept Jer-
seys-grades or pure-are what they
will have, and do have, the country
over.
ACCLIMATIoN OF PLANTS Very
mistaken ideas prevail on this subject.
Our efforts to secure, hardy tree fruits
for northeastern Vermont have given
us a costly experience in this line and
taught us that no such thing as "ac-
clmation" is possible for any existing
plant or tree. If it is tender there is
no possible treatment that will make it
otherwise, though a few successive
mild seasons may excite false hopes in
the eXperimenter. All experience joins
in proving that the only possible accli-
nation is by seedlings. Seedlings vary
in hardness, some being more and
some less tender than the parent
plant BY the careful and persistent
growth Of seedlings every species can
be worked considerably farther north
by human efforts. even in the case of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

PREJUDICED ?"-Some few men in
terested in Holstens " have charged,
and probably may again charge, us with
being prejudiced against these Dutch
cows. Some have even charged that
we have personal interest in the Jer-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

REMARKS. There can be no doubt
that cotton-seed meal, even the best, is
harder to digest than linseed meal,
and it also seems to contain something
absolutely injurious to young animals.
Nevertheless, as it is richer feed and
makes richer manure, at the same time
costing less per ton, many will continue
to use it for cow-feeding, if for nothing
else 1t is quite likely that much of the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-05-17
Affirmed. Reversed.

The secret of a towns success Les
first in its natural advantages, and sec
ond in the united efforts of its citizens.
And we are not certain but what the
latter might be considered first. Many
a place with but poor natural advan
tages has been made busy, bustling
city by its enterprising and public
spirited citizens. We could give in
stances but it is not necessary. Co.
operation, unity of spirit, concert Of
action is the thing. Our neigh5oring
town of Oxford furnishes a fit illustra-
ton of this. AS the 2orehAgAt says:
The unanimous opinion Of the news
papers of the country which have
spoken of Oxford S success is that it is
caused by her business men and cit
liens generally working together. Our
citizens, in any movement which is
for Oxford's betterment, always, to
man, put their shoulders to the wheel
and push all their might and main
and thereby hangs the secret of their
success.