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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
THE MANURE CROP.

How to Cultivate 1t the Year Around,
But M0Se Especially in Autumn.
The manure crop is one of the best
the farmer can cultivate. Scrape to-
gether the rich earth from fence cor
ners, from under the buildings and
about the yards; pile up the litter and
surface mold in the forests. ready for
hauling out in winter: cut the weeds
by the edges OF the fields and along the
ditch banks, pile them in heaps and
cover with little earth to rot; bring
together all the refuse of the garden,
the barns and buildings. tho privies
and kennels-every thing that you can
find that will make manure-and put
into compost piles, near enough to the
kitchen to receive the slops, dishwater,
soap-suds, chamber I've, sweepings,
ETC., etc.
Keep also the stables and cattle sheds
we'll Uttered, that the bulk of manure
may be increased. House every ami
NAL at night. that the droppings may
be saved. Do not feed the hogs in the
woods or at the front gate, but in lot
fenced off from cultivated field. Uti-
lie all the manurial resources of the
farm. for there is no manure equal to
homemade manure. and none cheaper.
Keep animals for manure as well as
for other benefit.
Be diligent, year in and year out, In
cultivating the manure crop, for it is
one that can be worked in winter as
well as summer. There are thousand
and one ways to till this staple pro-
duction-a thousand things to increase
the bulk of this bank. / have seen
great quantities of the richest soil
lying idle under barns and other out
buildings. all nice and fine and full of
life-giving nitrogen. It is excellent to
mix with plaster. phosphate, ETC., to
SOW in the drills for truck. corn and
potatoes. The yards around old-set-
tied farm houses are often several
inches deep with rich soil, durable as
a dunghill, and good for any crop. In
the spring-not now nor in winter
dig up this and put it on the land. two
or three hundred loads thick to the
acre. Nothing is better for permanent
improvement, and it will do more good
than tons of phosphate.
have also found. more than once,
q little agricultural bonanza in the
lanes and turn-rows about the farm. A
great deal of rich material gradually
accumulates along these paths. brought
out by the pillow from the fields. and
helped by the wastage from the carts
in hauling. It is doing NO good there,
only helping the weeds to grow. but
would pay handsomely If put back
upon the fields After q few years
these old paths get higher thsn the
rest of the field and really need to be
scraped Of and lowered
It Is about In the above way that !
keep Q manure crop running all the
time. do not stop winter or summer.
but am always collecting whatever 1
can get 10 help swell tho manure pilA
I flnd fertilizers pay best when mixed
With homo made mannroA-Cor. Cbxn.
~ 0satlewas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
Minor and Major Morals

A keen writer in q Boston journal
insists that women are lacking in the
schedule of minor morals, as men are
in major morals. The point is pr0ba-
bly, well taken. Men are more addict
ed to drunkenness, sensuality and pro-
family; women to such forms of selfish
indulgence as refusing to remove high
hats in public assemblies, neglecting
to recognize the courtesy of men in
yielding their seats in cars. and wear
ing dead birds for personal decoration.
The oifense is equal on both sides;
but the lack of consideration for other
peoples sen timents and feelings il
the chief social crime. A cigarette
smoker in public is q male nuisance Of
the feminine order. The comfort OF
the many in the streets or in places Of
amusement ought never to Be sacri-
feed to the vanity or self-win OF the
few.-&. Loasis Globe esoerak
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
WHY KILL SNAKES2
Most Of Them Are Harmless and Not rs
Annoying ~ . Fly.

Most Of Them Are Harmless and Not rs
Annoying ~ . Fly.
The utter horror produced in al
most every one at the sight Of a snake
/ conceive to be the result of educa-
ton. From my earliest recollection.
when going into bush pasture for the
COWS or for berries, my good mother
would caution me to look out for
snakes" or don't let the snakes catch
you," and during those early years
heard awful stories about snakes.
which created . fear of them from
which l have suffered much, and
suppose that has been the experience
Of the average New England boy.
Now ] earnestly protest against that
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
RICHARD A. PROCTOR.


Profound and Popular.
Prof. r. A. Proctor belonged to
that small but increasing company of
scientists who are at once profound
and popular. There is no good reason
why the two adjectives should even
seem to be incompatible. Yet there
still fingers prejudice. which
formerly amounted to conviction. to
the effect that depth and dullness are
synonymous terms. The world Of
science. no less than the greater world
of humanity, owes debt of gratitude
to every man who helps to dispel 50
mischievous a delusion. In this re-
gard Proctor may be classed with Far
ady. Tyndall, Huxley. and with our
own Agassiz and Asa Gray.
We nave implied that the prejudice
which denies solidity in the attain
ments of q popular lecturer on science
has still lingering existence. It has
occasionally shown itself in newspaper
and magazine references to Prof. Proc
tor as superficial" Those who used
such language respecting him merely
exhibited their own ignorance. He
who. at the age of twenty-six, pub
lished in the CornhiU Magazine an es-
say on Double Stars" which pro-
pounded totally inew astronomical
doctrine that was rejected at the time
because the author was so young, and
al that subsequent research has tended
to confirm, and whose theories con-
corning the solar corona and
the inner complex solar atmosphere
we've proved to be scientific prophecies
Of future discovery. was any thing but
superficial. Indeed. his exact aud
profound Investigations are as we'll
known In every observatory as his
brilliant and popular writings on as
tronomy are in every intelligent house
hold.
Prof. Proctor's wonderful success
with the public was mainly attrib-
utable to two things, his originality
and his adaptability. The man who
has found out something for himself
can nearly always tell it better than
he can who has received it at second
hand Although the author Of "Other
Worlds Than Ours said much In his
fascinating books and lectures that
had been said thousands of times be-
fore. it was all permeated and illumi-
mated by fervor born of the new
truth Of which he himself went forth
as the first prophet and apostle.
Add to this that he knew how to
adapt pure science to the c0mm0nest
things and the tritest themes. He
discoursed on those questions regard
ing the starry heavens which every
bright child asks its mother. He said
perhaps the only serious and sensible
things ever said about the sea serpent.
And he taught the whist player that
the game. when studied q q science,
revealed the possibility Of ..invincible
combinations" So wide was the range
and % lucid the mannes Of Prot.
Proctor's adaptations Of science that
Il would Be no exaegeration to apply
TO him 4acaulay's famous words re-
garding Bacon: He wrote On subjects
hvhich every body Il ints ested n .
seyle which every body un6sgstnn1A'
.boofea l6UW1ieW.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
SAVING coRM.FoDoER.


The Rest Method q Prosorsing This
Valuable and NaesiEioua Fosd.
Tie slipshod methods of caring for
corn,fodder have much to do with the
aversion to it. Many farmers never
bind the shocks. and large number
Of them twist and fall down, and the
fodder is quickly spoiled. Others
leave them in the field all winter,
hauling in one or two at time as
needed. and naturally rats and mice
gather in them and destroy much OF
the grain. When they are covered
with snow the hauling Is such a dis
agreeable job that only actual neces-
sity will induce any one to undertake
it.
The shocks should not be over
twelve or fourteen hills square. and
should be firmly bound near the tops
with strong Irvine about the third day
after being cut; then they will stand
straight and the fodder will keep
bright and good for a long time.
Husking should begin as soon as the
fodder is fairly cured, and the fodder
hauled in and stored under shelter at
once. Some bind it in handy bundles
with binder Irvine as it is husked. and
when this is done it is easily handled
and stored. The Irvine is saved when
the fodder is fed out, and serves for
two Or three seasons.
Many of those who have no shed
room for storing fodder GALL it needs is
roof bind each shock into two or
three bundles, haul them home and
stack in single rows, or ricks, about a
foot apart, so the air can circulate be-
tween them, each rick being laid on q
foundation of two or three rails rest
ing on blocks about a foot high. The
bundles are unbound as they are placed
on the rick and spread out as desired.
A post set in the ground at each end of
the ricks holds the ends up square.
When the ricks are built up Us high as
convenient they are covered with
little prairie grass or hay. which keeps
all rain from soaking in.
An enormous quantity Of this fodder
can be stored under cheap roof set
on ten-foot posts. and if it is bound in
large bundles in the field two men can
handle great deal in day. In stor-
ing or ricking this stuff it is advisable
to begin at one end and finish as you
go along. It can be taken out so much
more easily. Corn fodder preserved
in this manner is much better food
for young stock than much of the hay
usually found on the farm; they will
eat it and thrive upon it much better.
The stumps left standing in the field
are broken down with heavy pole
drawn by two or four horses: On
sharp frosty morning when the ground
is frozen, they will snap off like rotten
twigs. Most Of them are buried by tho
plough, so that they interfere but little
with the cultivation of tie subsequent
crop.
l am satisfied that if farmers would
grow less hay and save more of the
great crop of corn fodder which now
goes to waste every year they would be
better off. The harvesting OF the hay
crop comes in the hottest portion OF
the year, while that of corn fodder in
the most pleasant when it is neither
hot nor cOld-and with the same prep
aration and care as good an article of
stock feel can be gathered from the
cornfield as from the meadow. with
less than half the hard labor, rush and
worry. and with no diminution of the
corn crOp.-N y Examiner.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01

Greenville Mercer County, Pa. il
said to be one Of the most prominent
faith-cure ceuters in this country. A
church IN this interest has been erect.
ed At that place. and another It Jsmes-
town, Z few miles distant
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
Danger in Water Filters.

The old charcoal and gravel filters
which once had the entire confidence
of families and physicians as entirely
efficacious in purifying drinking water.
have been recently found to be not
only of dubious character. but even in
some cases to aggravate the danger
which they were expected to allay.
The investigation of the Rhode Island
Medical Society seems to show con-
clusively that the meshes and inters-
tees of the filtering matter become
c,ogged with the deleteriOus organisms
of the water. and that these increase
in number when the filter is not in use,
standing in the warm air of the kitch-
en-. In one examination by this So
ciety untiltered water containing thirty
six colonies of organic growth in
creased to ten thousand after filtration.
The danger of tho filter seems to lie
in the impossibility of cleansing it. A
simple way of purifying the water is
to boil it freely for ten minutes. Then
pour it into broad earthen dish in
the open air. where it can cool away
from any chance OF contamination.
The water thus prepared may be kept
in stone jar in cool cellar for four
or five hours at a time, and when
cooled with pure ice is good substi-
tute for spring water where spring
water can not be obtained. and it is
probably as harmless as this gift of
bOunteOus nature can be rendered in
the restrictive environments of large
city.-N =. Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01

Look here!" she exclaimed
This is terrible. You charge mo
twenty-five cents for that card of butt
tons. and back East / could get them
for ten cents" Eyes, ma am, but just
think OF the elegant climate you get
throwed in with every card Of but
tons. "-Sasta Barbara (Call Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01

Tho Chautauqua literary scientific
circle class Of 1890 numbers 3hlsa
nembee2
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14

parts of the country. There are re-
ports that timothy and clover were
killed in some places by the drought
of last summer and the cold of last
winter, but such complaints are not
general The season thus far, which
has been unfaYorable for planting and
sowing, has been most favorable for
growth OF grass. The temperature
has been cool and the soil is well sap-
piled with moisture. Grass has made
a very rapid growth during the past
thirty days and clover is doing finely.
As the rainfall was large during the
early part of the season it seems likely
that there will be favorable wealth
ar for securing the hay crop. Corn is
late, and il will require cultivation att
the very time when timothy and the
other grasses will be in condition to
cut There is but little hay or corn in
the hands OF farmers. as the crop of
both was so small last season.
Last year large amount Of stock
in Illinois and other western states
was sold at a great sacrifice for the
reason that farmers did not have suf-
ficient hay and corn TO winter all their
animals. This should cause farmers
10 put up hay in this year of plenty to
have for feed in case there is a short
crop of grass next season. Hay made
from wild grass of red top can DO kept
for several years in well-made stack
or rick built on suitable Foundation,
so that it will not absorb moisture
from the ground. Stacks or ricks of
hay designed for keeping should be
very carefully made and covered with
long slough grass or rye straw after
they have settled. They should be
built where they are not exposed to the
prevailing high winds or to fires. To
guard against prairie fires several fur
rows should be plowed around them.
Farmers who have sufficient barn room
will find no difficulty in keeping timo-
thy and clover hay for more than one
year.
Moving horse-rakes and
other haying utensils should be put in
order before the time for using them
arrives If extra pieces are needed
they should be ordered at once. Re
pairs made by local mechanics can not
be attended TO with too great prompt
ness. as there will be a press of work
In all the shops as soon as hayinp
commences. A farmers time is very
valuable during hay harvest. and he
cannot afford to wait TO have tools re-
paired. Every farmer should have at
least one good hand scythe. 1t should
be used for cutting grass near fences,
among trees and stones, and in places
where it has fallen down. Most of
the injuries to moving machines come
from using them in places where they
should never be operated. They were
not designed to cut grass that grows,
close to fences, trees. and rocks. or
on the banks Of streams - Chicago
Times.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
Honesty Above All Things.

NrE AHr b taf4gas
The 81 Louis convention presents 10
the people the candidate and principle.
OF candidate they have already once re.
corded favorable judgment The prin.
Ciplc is now lFst put before them as the
dominant issue Of a national contest
Against the denomination Of President
Cleveland no dissenting voice has been
raised AZ ST. Louis. In is form and lis
spirit, being made without call Of States,
by a shout Of reclamation. amid n scene
% extraordinary enthusiasm. and in re,
Spouse 10 n demand In which the Democ.
racy Of all the States have Joined, this
denomination Of Mr. Cleveland Is without
precedent IN the history Of the country.
lie IL called 10 the candidacy by his party
speaking with a single voice, and not
Only his own conspicu0us merit aud
proved strength. but the traditions Of
Presidential denominations justify the
choice and constitute an ungury OF
triumph OF Presidents who have been
n second time put in nomination, Wash.
ingion. Jefferson. Madison Monroe. Jack
son. Lincoln and Grant were reelected.
and only John Quincy Adams aud Martin
Van Bnrcu failed 81 reelection
The principle which the convention
presents for popular ratification Is the
honest conduct Of the public business
This principle Is broader than civil service
reform, Il Is broader than revenue reform.
II includes them both and other reforms
with them. The dishonest conduct OF
the public business includes the debase.
mcnt Of the Federal service through spoils
seeking and Spoils giving equally with
the exaction OF war taxes in time Of peace
not for the benefit Of the whole people.
but for the enrichment of the protected
few. Both have been the policy and the
practice OF the Republican party, and by
both the people are cheated Of their pub.
lie rights and their Just private gains
The public business has been honestly
conducted by Grover Cleveland through
the administration which is now drawing
TO It's close. so far az he was free, within
the limits Of the executive power. 20 con.
duct IL upon lines of policy laid down by
himself Outside those limits, within a
sphere where the responsibility for well
or i'll doing belongs almost solely TO the
National Congress, lies the monsirOus
system Of pillage by statute which the
Republican party has made its own and
Is organized TO maintain and defend
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
Anderson Of Iowa.


rev ferk Evening Post
A valuable indication OF Northwestern
Republican sentiment upon the question
Of tariff reform is furnished by Congress-
man Anderson. Of the Eighth Iowa dis
trict General Anderson. after serving
through the war, was for three years as
SCISSOR Of internal revenue, served for a
time as district attorney and was Gar.
field elector. His experience in federal
and other offices has given him fine OPP
portunitles for sounding public senti-
ment throughout the State. He says, ac.
cordng 10 the Heads Washington cor
respondent that failure on the part Of
the Chicago convention 10 place the party
right on the tariff question will seriously
endanger the chances Of Republican sue.
cess 10 the Northwest, adding:
II will not do for the convention TO
stand squarely upon platform Of pro-
lection 20 American industries without
demanding from Congress some measure
Of relief TO the consumers OF the country.
Our people in Iowa believe In tariff for
revenue only. with only such Incidental
protection. In the way Of transportation
rates, rs is offered by our remoteness
from the labor markets OF Europe. IL
won't do TO denounce the Mills bill as a
free trade document and give us nothing
in return for II The masses of the PEG,
pie are too intelligent 10 be deceived by
such arguments They will tell these
gentlemen that a bill which makes only
Rn average reduction Of per cent on a
AZ per cent tariff all along the line can
hardly be called free trade bill. In fact,
il is about as slight reduction as IL is
possible 10 make il IL you propose making
any reduction at all
Gen Anderson is no less emphatic
about the corporation tendency of his
party, saying;
The nomination OF Mr.. Thurston Of
Nebraska rs temporary chairman OF the
convention will fall like wet blanket
upon the people OF Iowa. Michigan, Ill
inois and Wisconsin. Thurston is rail.
road man. pure and simple. He ran
away from Omaha when the Pacific In.
yestlgating committee made It's appear.
ance there. in order 10 avoid answering
the ugly questions that would have been
pTopOunded 20 him. | mean by this,
telling Of the railways methods In bribing
legislators and using their enormous
power to defeat the will Of the people.
Ii Is this failure 10 treat US fairly in the
matter OF the tariff, and this constant
trucking 20 corporate power. that Is
weakening the hold OF the Republican
party upon the sturdy citizens OF the
northwest We wish II were otherwise,
for We all--and In this include myself
believe Il has performed greater work
than any political party in the history Of
the world. But II is slowly drifting away
from It's original moorings. aud there are
many Of US. in the northwest especially.
who feel that We cannot conscienliously
follow j, ia It's search for strange gods
much further
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
DemOcracy,s Good Luck.

Chicago Herald.
OF all the men who became famous as
champions Of Democracy in its twenty.
four years Of defeat Allen q. Thurman
Is aside from Bayard. who belongs to
later generation, practically the sole
survivor, Since the National Democratic
convention of 1884 assembled, death has
removed nearly all of the ancient party
leaders Tildon, Seymour, Hendricks.
Mcclellan and Hancock have all died
within the last four years.
Thurman is the connecting link be.
tween the new and the old Democracy.
He stands for all that is Of good report in
either. He is an honest man. a universal
favorite, q statesman who finds his enemies
not In parties but in classes, No Re.
publican as a Republican objects to him
He has been the tribune Of the whole
people. He has been opposed by enemies
of the whole people,
1t lisa fortunate thing for the Demo.
cratic party that Il has such a man at
hand willing to be summoned into its
service. IL is creditable TO the party that
II shows its admiration for his character
as II docs.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
The Ticket.


pes h0lnes LcAuef.
The republican convention came TO a
sudden termination BY the nomination Of
Harrison on the eighth ballot and Levi
i. Morton for vice president. This Is a
desperate bid for the vote of Indiana and
New York. The nomination of Harrison
is particularly weak II Is weak in his
own State, weak on the Pacific slope,
and especially weak in the east So strong
n republican paper rs the Chicago Tribune
said OF him no longer ago than last
Saturday that he is unpopular at home.
disliked abroad; not supported by any
German newspaper or recognized BY any
German leader in the United States: not
numbering among his close friends one
man who has ever served with
him In the Senate Of the United
States: hated In California be.
cause he voted fourteen times against the
restriction of Chinese immigration: op.
posed in his own State because he is cold
and distant in his manners and identified
with every public act that has ever been
adopted which could wound the sensihili.
ties OF voters not numbered among his
own particular clique in the Republican
party; having strong support among poll.
ticiaus. but little among the rank and file
Of the party; never elected TO any office
save that Of the reporter Of the supreme
court by the popular vote. and il is not
probable that he ever will be- the residu.
AIRY leCatee of the President Of the New
York Central railroad"
The Democrats did not expect the good
fortune OF being opposed 20 so weak a
candidate.
Mr.. Morton is conspicuously q stronger
man than Harrison in all the requirements
OF a statesman. He is learned, accom-.
plished and used in the arts of staiecraft,
but he has none Of the elements Of pop.
pulariiy that distinguish both Cleveland
and Thurman. Had the ticket been re.
versed aud placed upon decent platform
Morton could not have come within 25 900
votes Of carrying New York, Loaded
down as he is with the bungling job Of
platform carpentry and logv running
mate, the majority against him is likely
TO be twice that The Democratic man.
ayers, themselves, II they had had the
management Of affairs, could not have
shaped things to better insure Demo.
cratic victory than this Republican COD.
vention has done.