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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22
A COLD CHRISTMAS

William y. Mason. Oh tulCdSp' 0"i .
named Billy" by all his friends and col
leagues on tho floor Of the House OF Rep
resentativcs. was elected first TO the FIJI
tieth Congress, and IN ono term made an
undying reputation rs " story-teller.' -
Billy Mason never tells story about
himself when the JOKE is in the subject"
said Amos j. Cummings-but at that time
Mr.. Cummings had not heard this CHRIST
mas story Of the Illinois Congressman.
Il. was when | wae o boy a. school IN
Bentonsport Iowa" says Mr.. Mason,
" aud for the weakness Of youth humoiy
ask pardon. Being q boy | was IN love. or
thought was. which, 20 the boy. amounted
TO the SEE thing. She was Just as pretty
as picture. and knew II, and l Thought
that everything she did was Just the
sweetest thing q daughter Of Eve could 90
under the circumstances. There was
hut ono drawback to the whole matter.
She hvci about two miles out OF
town Ncl, one Christmas-eye ! started
ont T. sea her on the meancst-
tempered lit.le pony that ever. ran I'M
shOd That pony Is ro ponslole for many
Of NV pessinnstc ideas. There was bout
two feet OF snow on the ground. ana my
far one lived in big house set IN the GEN.
ire Of fiye-acre pasture. or par X. as Oh'F
would call IL now. The house itself was
surrounded by little white renee, ana 10
this tied the pony when went INTO .tAe
lright. warm plrlor where sne sat- Just
what said or dla has nothing to DO Will
the story.
. ,.rc,,r-rs-r. so,y t~r, A MORE PROVOKING
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

sooPURE SILK uANDKERCWEFs, - inches
-lrnre, beautiful br0caicl coiors Will %
sod Monday aud TuesiNy FOR loc each.
These srfuo Han1kerchlels ssli IN al other
stores fIr .ac.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

most boldly in my memory" says Mr.. Fsr-
auhar. "and was the toughest Christmas
that / ever experienced. We were Just
outside Nashville. and IL was Just before
the battle Of Murfrecsboro'. The weather
was so cold that the Thermometer gave
up work in disgust, and we had, not
had very much 10 eat. but had done plenty
OF hard work during the week. Christmas
eve we slept very little and carly Christmas
morning were ordered 10 the front. We
were skirmishing and the suffers camp
and the commssary department were too
far behind US for any use or comfort To-
wards evening-Christmas evening-we
struck the old Franklin pike road aud halt
ed. Every man constituted himself a To-
raging party and started out 10 see what ne
could find TO eat but alas the entire coun-
try had been foraged by both armies many
times before and there was but little TO be
had
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-22

.oooo, tho sURrRC>r IMPORTED PURE
LINEN HANDS LkCHIEF5 IA elegant ON
broidered hems..chsd. drawn threat, nal
scalloped effects wln oe sold Monday ana
Tuesday FOR i9c each. There are some hand-
Lerrhlcf. IA this lot worth ~ AL Joc
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

middlings and bran mixed in, say hall
and half, make splendid feed for Aesh
and egg production. Cabbage il the
leading vegetable, but carrots, turnips
and beets are excellent, if cabbage lie
not at hand. Fowls may do we'll by
feeding them grain and vegetables in y
crude state, but cooked and warm mess
seasoned for the morning meal viii be
better relished and do them more good
after a long nights fasting than if fed
to them raw.
To BID hens of lice, make q box 4x2
feet by ten inches deep; fill about ten
inches deep; fill about three-fourths full
of wood ashes, and then add one gallon
of dry salt and a pint of sulphur flower,
and mix thoroughly. If the fowls have
much ve7nin. it will be necessary to re-
plenish the box every few days, but
they will soon rid themselves of the lice
and the box will not need to be supplied
with ashes more than once month. A
few handfuls Of the mixture scattered in
the nests, will greatly aid the extermi-
nation of the vermin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

can only thrive where the market is be-
ing flooded with butter made 30 poor
that no one will buy it, and is sold from
five to seven cents per pound for grease.
A smaller stock of long keeping butter
butter that has been made to keep.
and has 80 nearly fulfilled the desire OF
the maker that it kept itself wholly out
of the market goes with this first, and
the whole is purchased by renovators,
who melt, clarity, and deodorize it with
chemicals; churning the butter-o1 IN
sweet milk; graduated, colored with
butter oil color, and put upon the mar,
ket as fine dairy butter. Why should
not the dairymen stop putting good ma.
teriaIs into poor butter, and selling 1t
for below-cost price; make good butter
that sells for butter, not grease price,
and at once stop two-thirds. at least, OF
this renovating business? It can only
flourish upon the ill-advised economy
of dairymen who will persist in clinging
to old ways, methods, and prices, and so
give the renovators a chance to earn
profitable living that rightfully belongs
to the dairyman; and, besides, would
shut out feature in dairying that. as
fraud, is little short of making and dis
posing of oleomargarine for genuine
butter.-HOqrGs DairymGn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
THE APIARY,
Preserved Honey Comb.


According to the Pail Mall Gazette.
the Cathays Yard of the Taft Vale Rail-
way Company. A large elm tree, grown
in Gloucestershire, was being cut up
into timber, when, right in the very
heart, q cavity measuring eight feet by
was discovered almost completely filled
with squirrels skull. No means of
neither was decay anywhere apparent,
fifty rings" each ring denoting q years
too, being without a flaw. The hollow
was of uniform size throughout, and
presented the appearance of having been
bored with an anger, and great though
its dimensions were, it was practically
filled with the comb, proving that the
bees had been in possession for several
years. Empty combs of the queen bee
also showed that they had swarmed.
How the bees got there can only be
guessed, but it is surmised that a squir-
rel once occupied decayed hole in the
tree, cleared away the decay, occupied
the cavity as its home, and there died.
Then the bees entered into possession
and filled the hole with comb, when by
some means the entrance, which must
have been small, became stopped, the
larger quantity of grub and fly being
taken as demonstrative that the nest was
not voluntarily deserted. Then for fifty
years the growth of timber went on.
The entrance being absolutely obliter-
ated and the hole being Theoretically
sealed, the comb was preserved from de-
cay for half a century, to be found at
last in the way described.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Taking it altogether there never was a
time when our country was enjoying greater
prosperity than at the present moment, and
yet there are thousands of people in the
land who are fussing and Tuning about hard
times. No doubt but many of them are
honest in their complaints, and it is often
because they have not found the right kind
of work or the right way to do it. Now, if
business is not moving along with you sat
isfactorily, take our advice and write to B.
F. johnson & Co., Richmond, Va. II is more
than likely that they can help you, at any
rate, it would cost you nothing but q postage
stamp to apply to them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
A Lucky Lady.

A Lucky Lady.
Weatherford Uex.) Constitution, July 8.
''Yes, sir; have received the coin, and
shall apply it to good purposes" replied
Miss Anuie Dawce, of Strawn, Texas, to our
reporter. Miss Dawce was the fortunate
holder of one-fortleth of ticket No. 81, SOS,
which drew the first capital prize $6OO, 900 in
the drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery
on June 18th. Miss Dawce modestly stated
that she had been investing in the monthly
drawings for some time with more or less
fortune, and had always felt confident of win
ming one of the large prizes. II represent
in this ticket" she said, "a pool of seven,
who are equal sharers in my good fortune"
The following named ladies and gentlemen
comprise the '1ucky seven," each of whom
received 81, 141.1O after paying the expenses
Of collection: Miss Dawce, Miss ]. ]. Coe,
j. S. Crouch, John Grant, j. NJ. Billiard, ].
8. Hapgood and w. B. Dowell. All of the
parties are connected with the Bri 'ge De-
partment of the Texas & Pacific R. R.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
Summer Weakness

. Qoleky Overcome b. IL toning. reviving add
.cod Purifying qualities Il Hoods 6axsapezilla-
1s popular medicine drives of that tired feeling
M eszss nick headache. dyspepsia, scrofuia. and
"a nnmon. Thoosands tsstify that Hoods Sarss-
pefllA makes The weak strong"
health was poor. - bad frr--ent sick
naadneAes. could not sleep well. did not have
mnaA sppstits. and bad no ambition to work.
nave tahsn less than bottle Of Hoods Sarsa-
perlh and feel like q new person" Ms. w. A.
IuaxER. West Hanover. Mass.
Hoods Sarsapartlla
cold % al druggists. 81; for s. Prepared only
nyC.L HOOD & CO.. Lowell. Mas.
100 Doses One Dollar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
THE DAIRY.
Dairy DintS,

Ddlry DIntSs
The testimony accumulates that it is
better to feed mich cows but twice per
day, as it is alleged that well-fed cows
can put in their time resting and re-
masticating their food more proftably
than to spend it in any other way. The
man who thinks a cow ought to be can
tering all over o half-bare pasture to
get a livelihood doubtless does not be-
lieve the above.
If man owns high-priced, valuable
lands, that will grow corn, he need not
worry himself much whether his farm
is naturally adapted to grazing, or grow
ing rrsss, or not. The land that will
grow corn we'll will also grow clover,
rye, barley, and oats; and with them the
farmer is in condition to make milk,
cheese, and butter cheaper per pound
than can be done on the pastures, on
lands worth $40 per acre or more. Two
B00-pound cows can be fed all the forage
needed for q whole year, and it will
grow on an acre, if highly fertilized
and planted with corn. Where are the
pastures, permanent" or otherwise,
that ever did or ever will do that?
1t is q successful way of managing the
creamery business to have branch fac
tory few miles away from the main
one, at goou snlpplng point, ana only
have small building, separator, and
three or four-horse power steam en-
CINE to operate it, and then take the
cream to the main factory to be churned.
The farmers can thus have the benefits
OF the cooperative system at points
where it would not pay to build q large
factory.
There are inquiring persons who are
inclined to change the time of year for
the production of most milk in winter,
and yet who arc at loss to know the
most feasible way to get their COWS into
seasonable mixers, whether to quickly
Freed those that come in in the early
spring, or fail to breed any until about
Dec. 1, and feed we'll and milk the far
row herd meantime. The latter course.
we believe, is being adopted mostly by
those who seek to change from summer
to winter dairying. 1t is we'll, also, for
such farmer to keep an eye out for
good cows that are fresh, and are for
sale in the fall, and either increase his
herd thus, or take the opportunity to
weed out poor cows, if he has them
Hoards DairymGn.i
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
Hints to Housekeepers.

WHEN tins are much blackened by the
fire they should be secured with soap,
water and fine sand.
To PRESERVE mucilage of either gum
arabic or tragacanth, add few drops of
oil of cloves or alcohol.
To PERFUME clothes, take cloves, ce-
dar and rhubarb. each one ounce; pull
verize or sprinkle it in the closet or
drawer. It will also prevent moths.
No STEEL articles should be kept in .
cellar or damp place, but in dry attic
or closet. If they must be kept in cell
lar they should be we'll coated and para
hne and wrapped in cloths or paper;
oiled papes would be preferable.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

: Five cents saved on soap; five dollars lost
on rotted clothes. Is that economyT There
is not cents difference between the cost of
bar of the poorest soap made and the best,
which is as all know, Dobbins' Electric.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

The value of technical knowledge is illus
trated by the fact that unless dramatist is
q playwright his drama is apt to be play
left,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Eyes, Mr.. Baker loves me more than he
used to, Mrs. Parker. 'Indeed. What
leads you to think SO, Mrs. Baker?' .Why,
the dear fellow has discharged the hand
soonest servant girl in the house."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Frank: Glow charming it is out here,
with the flowers in bloom and the birds
singing"
Mabel: eyes, isn't it lovely? But you
Just wait till you see me with my new sum-
mer wrap on"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

'tPoor Bagly! I'm sorry for that man.
Did you ever know person to lead more
desolate and cherries Gfe?" Eyes, I knew
man who wrote Jokes for living"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

''Well, Mr.. Assessor, what are you going
to make out of your boy?'' 81 think he will
do for a policeman because can never find
him when want him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

It is reported that the Persian ruler paid
an extravagant compliment to Queen Vic
toria the other day she replied by saying"O
Shah"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Man of the house: 'sWhat's this little
bundle?'
DBoy: s'It's your wife's dress they told me
to bring around"
"Where's the bill?"
the wagon"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Dou't let that beautiful airl fsds and
aroop into invalidism or sink into an early
grave for want of timelyscare st the most
critical stage of her life. Oh. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription will aid in regulating
her health and establishing it ON firm be-
sis and may save her years of chronic suffer
ng and consequent unhappness.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

A pick-pocket-A gold mine. Chose who
ever owned one will appreciate the defini-
ton, even if they don't unearth the pun.)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

A summer resort-Ripping the lining out
of your winter coat aud wearing it as a
skeleton" in the Office.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
Renovated Butter.

Another matter that amounts to rea-
sonable sized fraud is one that butter
drive out to Of esistence. # thew viii. and
the bpttes-yspovatings business. i
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Mr.. Sullivan no longer skips a rope and
40 longer skips his drinks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

The baggage smasher's line of duty i
naturally q trunk line.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

=. g. PARKER, Fredonia. N. T., says:
s'Shan not call ON you for the 800 reward,
toy believe Halls Catarah Cure win cure
lin fox peztculazs. Sold By &uegistA Ia
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

The fatterer is one who says to us q tlthe
of the smooth things we say to ourselves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

The mosquito never waits till the first of
the month. He sends in his bill at all
hours.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

A colored head-weighter- the stove-pipe
hat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry for Profit.


Hens in hocks of ten to twenty will
lay, says the Tennessee Farmer, under
favorable circumstances, to their utmost
capacity. Hens in focks of twenty to
thirty-f five will lay only fairly we'll. In
focks of thirty five to fifty they will not
pay for their feed. More than fifty hens
in one flock are a nuisance that we
would not fool with. This does not
mean that one person cannot keep fifty
hens proftably. 1t does mean, however,
that one person can arrange his fowls in
to focks of fifteen to twenty, giving
them q seperate run, say yard 50x20O
feet, with grass in it, and multiply such
separate runs as much as is desired, and
make all pay.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer does
not believe it profitable to feed hens all
the corn they will eat. He writes: In
the morning give rye, quart to about
sixty hens, sprinkled in straw so'that
they have to scratch, and tell you,
they enjoy scratching for it, too. Then
nail up couple of heads of cabbage
in the henhouse, SO that they can reach
it, and let them eat all they want.
About noon give little oats and rye,
just to get them to scratch, and at night
give them table scraps, and once in a
WAA40 41S940 ouAAOWC1 b00Os L Use
corn as little as possible, as don't
think it proper food for laying hens. In
the way of drink, give milk altogether,
and think it far better than water. I
keep my poultry house we'll bedded
with straw, and even if you don't feed
any grain in the straw, they will scratch,
anyway. In very cold weather keep
fire in it and think it pays we'll.
Poultry Notes.
PROVIDE sufficient number Of nests;
those darkened and having an entrance
from side instead of from top are much
the best. We have made practice of
placing china or glass eggs in the nests
when it was about time for the hens to
lay.
CHICKENS from black fowls, such as
Langshans, Black Hamburgs, Courier
Pattes, and even Spanish and black
Minorcas, come with more or less white
in their downy coloring, and sometimes
black on back and yellowish white on
the under part, and sometimes part Of
the head is white, and even the flight
feathers show some white when they be-
gin to grow, but they soon disappear.
GROUND oats. corn and barleys With
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
RURAL TOPICS.
MFORMATION FOB THE HUSBAND.
NAN AND HOUSEWIFE
ets> Breeder. Poulterer. Nurseryma1,
I'D Housakeeper.
THE FARM.
Sheep Losing Their Wool


Oldish sheep are apt to lose wool
from their bellies if grain fed, especially
in feeding with corn. The cause is in
digestion from overlooking. This
produces fever, and the extreme heat
under the sheep when lying down de-
stroys the fibre OF the wool, and loosens
it from the skin. 1t is very hard to
feed old sheep corn, without over-feed.
ing. In extreme cases clumps of wool
are loosened from all parts of the body.
Such sheep are utterly worthless for
keeping. After lingering through the
winter their owner has their hides and
some very poor wool in the spring for
breeder e w not i leep any sheep
than six years, and he will not feed any
sheep with corn except those he is fat
tening, and even then with great eau
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Care viii kill a cat. But cat doesn't
are.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
A more pleasant physic
You never viii ind
Than Pierce's small 'sPelletB,"
The Purgative kind.

Travis. "What going into the Adiron-
dacks without q guide?"
DeSmith: "Of course. Do you suppose
man who has rotted around Boston for
five years is going to lose his way in the
Adirondacks? Not much"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
THE HOUSEHOLD.
How to Make a Poultice,

There are SO many people who cannot
make poultice that DR.. Abernethy' 8
method may be serviceable. Scald a
basin, put in coarsely crumbled bread,
and pour over it boiling water. When
it has soaked up as much water as it can
take in, drain we'll, and then will be LETT
only light pulp. Whether the poultice
is of bread or linseed, it is better to
spread it thin, and to renew it often, the
weight being an objection to the patient.
A mustard poultice is best with part lin
seed neal and little vinegar. Oil the
outside of the cloth, and it will in q
great measure prevent blistering.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
REVOLUTION IN CIGARS
Important Facts Nade Known to Tn
Smoking Public.

An lntsrylew with Mr.. Tansill, or n
W. Tanslll Il Co. He Explains tho
Origin aud Development of HIS Ini.
nsnse Buslness-Relates tho (.auseS
ofHls Phenomenal Success.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
Notes..

GOOD soil makes good cattle; poor
soil, poor cattle.
NEVER wash a horse with cold water
when he is heated.
FEED your horse three times daily,
but never overfeed.
WATER before feeding, but not while
the horse is hot from work.
THOSE farmers who are resolved to
stick to cattle must also resolve that the
beef combine" must go.
THE so-called wolf in the tail" is
really Inflammation of joint which be-
comes suffused with serum, and feels
soft under pressure. There is no worm
in it. The supposed worm seen on cut
ting into the deceased part is one of
the tendons. which are white cords of
the thickness of a knitting needle. The
trouble may be caused by an injury, as
one COW treading upon the other, or by
exposure to severe cold and partial
freezing, or by the effects of smutty or
widowed fodder. The remedy is to ap-
ply turpentine or any strong liniment to
the part.-New York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

A small boy recently mentioned Pullman
as one of the seven sleepers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

Ask your druggist for ''Tansill's Punch. I"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03

a Lesson In Phyui6logy.-IeacAsr
Sammy, how many bones are there n IL
human body; your fathers, for instance"
:, sammy: Zone, he's the ossihed man q
the museum" 81 -
Bear stories are not always Tie nahsd
truth. &
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
& Cutting Fodder for Sheen.


and, as is known, will pick off the leaves
and fine branches of the best cured
clover, leaving the body of the stock
uneaten. And of corn fodder they never
eat more than the leaves, tassels, etc.
They pick over straw, but eat only the
chaff and fine parts. But when hay is run
through cutter and cut very fine, they
will eat it quite clean. Even straw cut
fine. will be mostly eaten by sheep. In
a large experience in cutting fodder we
have found the saving in cutting for
sheep even greater than cattle. When
the fodder is cut it is easy to mix with it
ground feed or grain, and the sheep
will then eat the cut fodder and grain
tog, Their, insuring remastication of the
grain and its digestion and assimilation.
In fattening of sheep, cutting the coarse
fodder will be found very advantageous;
first, because much fodder will be saved
and the grain better utilized; second.
because the sheep can safely be crowded
in fattening, without danger of disease,
when the grain is always eaten with
coarse fodder. When sheep are fed
heavily with grain alone, it is not reised
and remasticated, and sometimes is
likely to produce fever in the stomach;
but when the grain is eaten with cut
louuer II lies llSnt ana porous III the
stomach, and is well acted upon by the
gastric juice, which can circulate freely
through the mass; the food is then
readily digested, and passes through
the system without creating any irrita-
ton. As coarse fodder is raised and re-
masticated, the grain mixed with it is
also raised and remasticated. Using
short cut coarse fodder makes it most
convenient to feed great variety of
food that sheep are very fond of-corn,
oats, middlings, oil cake, peas, I'M
marketable beans, barley, etc. We have
no doubt that cutting feed pays for all
our farm stock, when feeding is carried
on upon a considerable scale, for
then the cutting will be done with
ample power, which enables two tons of
fodder to be cut per hour, but with only
a few animals it is likely to cost more
than the gain in fodder.