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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
A FRONTIER RANCH.
Pioneer Punchers Take Their Stand on
the OutpOsts Of Civilization.

Pioneer Punchers Take Their Stand on
the OutpOsts Of Civilization.
In 1882 an American cowboy-which
was Jack-accompanied by two COM
panions, penetrated south from Ari-
zona, and as he looked from the noun
tains over the fair plain of Bavicora,
he said: Il will take this The
: Apaches were on every hand; the coun-
try was terrorized to the gates of
Chihuahua. The stout heart of the
pioneer was not disturbed, and he made
his word good. BY purchase he ac-
guired the pla in. and SO much more
that you could not ride round it in two
weeks He moved IN with his hardy
punchers. and fixed up Bavicora SO it
would be habitat bic. He chased the
Indians off his ranch whenever he ''cut
their sign After awhile the Mexican
vaqueros from below overcame their ter
ror, when they saw the American
hold his own with the Apache devils,
and by twos and threes and half-dozens
they came up to take service, and now
there are two hundred who lean on
Jack and call him patron. They work
for him. and they follow him on the
Apache trail, knowing he will never
run away, believing in his Heneficence,
and trusting to his courage.
sat on a mud bank and worked away
at sketch of the yellow sunlit walls
of the mud ranch, with the great plain
running away like the ocean in violet
streak under the blue line of the Pena
Blanca. In the rear rises curious
broken formation of hills like millions
of ruins of Rhine castles The wolves
howl by night, and the Apache is ex-
pected to come at any instant. The
old criada or serving-woman who makes
the beds saw her husband killed at
the front door, and every man who
goes out of the patio has large as
sortment of the most improved artil-
lery on his person. Old carts with
heavy wooden wheels like millstones
stand about. Brown people with big
straw hats and gay serapes lean lazily
against the gray walls. Little pigs
chickens strut, and clumsy puppies
tumble over each other in joyful play;
burros stand about sleepily, only in
dicating life by suggestive movements
of their great ears, while at intervals
pony, bearing its 1.-the rider, steps from
the gate, and breaking into an easy
and graceful lope, goes away into the
vast of land. Remington, in
Harper's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
FADED GLORY.
Tho Plant of q Modern Gladiator Fallen
on Degenerate DAYS.

Tho Plant of q Moders Gladiator Fallen
on Degenerate Days.
In a deep recess of downtown sa-
loon little band of gladiators were
crowded together Their muscles were
grown fla bby from lack of exercise, and
the foam of beer still fingered on their
lips. After a painful pause, in which
no sucker arrived to spend his sesterces
upon their drinks, O'Sullivancus arose
and thus addressed them:
''Ye call me champin, and we do we'll
to call him champin who fer twelve
long years hez met in the newspapers
every form of human beast that could
get backing enough ter send telly-
gram an yet never closed his mOut'.
An if emmy Nv youse blolxes t'ink
can't hit ez hard ez kin talk let i'm
put up is stuff, see? an sign articles fer
a go wild de gloves fer de stake money
Ad' yet l want allus in dis shape,
chinnin' windbag, a bluffin' stiff
Before de guy'ners an sheriffs begun
ter Jump on our necks | win lots er doe
in straight ightin' an spent it like
gentlemun. But now, insted er bein'
lugged round on de shoulders NV plug
hat sports, we'se handid over to turn
keys an uther minyuns of the law thet
we never uster pay no 'tenshuns to, ex-
ceptin' shuvin' henerd er two ter de
cheef or perlice if he wuz inclined ter
git funny. An now it's gittin' so the
papers don't no morn git things well
started afore the guv'ner kums out wild
a swift talk ter ketch the churc hies
an the plays off afore the stake
munny's posted.
To-day 1 met me manager on de
avenoo, an wen l struck i'm fer fiver
e knew me, but e didn't see me. He
grinned, sicllly-like, gasped an quit.
We can't fight an it's gittin' to where
talkin' don't count. We gotter make
break fer de stoige. see?"-Detroit
Tribune.
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]. Comparison ". /"

At eight a. m. will be debarred. The
foreign exhibitors, that is those
from Canada, Mexico, England and
Europe generally, will have the same
: privileges accorded them as those of
this country.
In the poultry classes Brahmas
promise to be the strong point of the
exhibits. Philander Williams is ex-
pected to show the finest birds in this
class, and the exhibits from the Massa-
chusetts farms promise to be heavy.
OF the Cochins, both American and
full feathered, there are many hun
dreds entered, and Sharp Butterfield,
the Canadian expert, who is to be
judge of them. will have trouble in
deciding the relative merits of the
Vanderbilt and foreign exhibits. Dr.
W. A. Conl1lin, of New York, who is to
judge the ducks, geese and ornamental
fowls, viii certainly have the hardest
work Of all the judges. What sort Of
a showing J. J. Van Allen will make
this year, or whether the birds from
the west of which so much is spoken
will prove superior to the eastern
specimens, is one Of the mooted
points of the show. As for
Langshans there will be twelve
classes. of the brown Leghorns, J.
Forsyth. of Oswego, n. Y, will show
his prize fowls and there will be thirty
exhibitors from the north alone, in
Guiding the Nanderbilts. Unfortu-
nately, the Goulds have not as fine a
poultry yard as they possessed when
the Wall street wizard was alive, and
their showing is not expected to he
great this year. 4 beautiful exhibit of
Houdans is coming from abroad. and it
is likely that the American exhibitors
will be hard pushed. II. V Crawford's
Jacobins are perhaps the most cele-
brated birds of their class and. with
Comparison" are among the few
feathered beings whose portraits have
been painted in oil The prize red Tur-
bits owned by William t. Levering, OF
Baltimore. will vie with the buff
Cochin Wonder" for the honors among
veterans.
The most animated competition will
be over the Plymouth Rocks. An I'M
usually high standard has been adop-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

poultry show than has ever vet been
attempted. The affair is under the
auspices of the New York Poultry and
Pigeon association and continues five
days. The entries have already closed
and those connected with the associa-
tion. including George Peabody Whet-
more, Theodore A.Havemeyer, Jr., Rob
ert Colgate, August Belmont and the
exhibitors generally, believe that all
other enterprises Of the kind will be
surpassed in brilliancy this year. Not
only will thousands of dollars in cash
be distributed among prize winners,
but special premiums, such as silver
cup, valued at one hundred dollars,
goes to the best Langshan, another cup
of equal value to the barred Plymouth
Rocks, a sixty-dollar silver cup to the
best Buff Cochin cockerels and pullets,
and SO on down to the twenty-five dol
lars in gold offered for the best display
of Hamburgs.
It would obviously be impossible,
among the many thousands of fowls
entered, to do more than pick out the
most notable in each class. And be-
fore doing that it should be promised
that all specimens will be shown in
their natural condition with the ex-
ception of game and game bantams.
ANY attempt to evade this rule de-
clares President Thomas FL. Terry, ''as
In borrowing one or more birds from a
coop or in the commission of any ir-
regularity, will debar all coops entered
by the offending party, if discovered in
time, and If not the premium will be
withheld"
The garden will be open for the re-
ception of specimens, in accordance
with instructions issued by Secretary
II. V. Crawford, at eight o'clock on the
morning of Wednesday, February Z,
and those not received by Thursday,
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OF SOME USE

Old Gotrox Ito his fashionable sony
You and your set thoroug, Y disgust
me. You could get along as well with
out head as with one.
Algy-Aw-fawther - how wedicu-
lous! Why, wheah would q fellah
weah his hat?-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
SHOW OFF FEATHERS
Features OF the Poultry Show in
Madison Square Garden.
noteworthy Exhibits and Prizes - Cello
brated Exhibitors Who VIII Con-
vert the Garden Into q Par
adise of Wings.

ICopYRIGHT, 1854.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
Tom my's Curiosity.

Tommy ito Dudley Canesucker) -
Why don't you stand on one leg when
you come here?
Dudely Canesucker-Why, what q
queer question!
Tommy-Well, Sister Alice said that
you are regular goose, and all the
geese / ever saw stood on one leg
Texas Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

"Feller tried to git me terday,'
grinned the old man.
''How?"
"Wanted me to sign note-but.
Lordy, how l did fool him."
How sop
81 writ my name on the back Nv it,
Std er signin' it, an blame me, the
idiot amt foun' it out yit."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

When she was a Child she cried for Castoria.
When st- became Miss, she clung 10 Castoria.
WAap she Lad Childrea, she gave them Csstc-ia
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
SURF of That.

Brown-To on have a large nose
Meddler-ls that any OF your bust.
ness?
Not exactly; but it is very familiar
with my business at times. ."-BrooIz1vn
Life.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31

E A L Fl E r ED
royalty in con-
gress is t h e
spectacle now
being prepared
at the Madison
Square garden,
n e w Y or X,
where, on tn Q
Sth of Febru-
ary,there opens
a moro riraufic
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-08-17
RAISING CELERY.
The Manner OF Treating the Crop IL Nov
Much Simpllned.

The Manner Of Trosting the Crop IL Now
Much SimplIfed.
Our manner OF treating the celery
crop or late years Is very much sim.
pllfied, says Mr. Peter Henderson. In.
stead of sowing the seed in hot-bed
or cold frame. as practiced In Europe
IL rs sown In the open ground, as soon
as II Is MT to work, aud kept carefully
clear of weeds until the time of plant.
ing, In June and July. In our warmer
climate, " raised in hot-beds. as in
England, majority Of the plants
would run to seed. The tops are
shorn off once or twice before plant
ing, so as to insure, "stocky" plants
which suffer less on being transplant.
ed.
After the ground has been nicely pre-
pared, Lines are struck out Oh the level
SURFACE, three feet apart, and
Tie plants set six inches apart
In rows. If the weather Is dry
at the time Of planting, great care
should be taken that the roots are
properly "firmed." Our custom is TO
turn back on the row, and press by
the side of each plant gently with the
foot. This compacts the soil, and par
tally excludes the air from the roots
until new rootlets are formed. which
will usually be In forty-eight hours
after which all danger Is over. This
practice OF pressing the soil closely
around the roots Is essential IN plant
Ing Of all kinds. md millions OF plants
are annually destroyed by its omis-
sion. After the planting Of the celery
Is completed. nothing further is 30 he
done for six or seven weeks, except
running through between the rows
with the cuitivHtor or hoe. and freeinS
the plants of weeds, until they get
strong enough to crowd them down.
This will bring us 10 about the middle
of August. by which time we have
usually that moist and cold atmOs-
phcrr essential to the growth OF celery.
Then we begin the "earthing up ne
ccSsary for the blanching and whiten-
ing of that which is wanted for Use
during the months Of September, Oc-
tober aud November The first opera
ton Is that of handling" as we term
it: that is, after oil the soil has been
drawn up against the plant with the
hoe. II Is further drawn close around
each plant by the hand, firm enough
10 keep the leaves in an upright posi-
ton and prevent them from spreading.
This being done. more soil is drawn
against the row (either by the plow or
hoe as circumstances req'hre), 80 as
TO keep the plant in this upright posi-
ton. The blanching process must,
however. be finished by the spade,
which is done by digging the soil from
between the rows, and banking # up
clear to the top on each side Of the
row OF celery. Three feet Is ample
distance between the dwarf varieties,
but when larger sorts are used the
width of the rows must be at least
four and a half or five feet,
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now come here every winter from our
colder regions Will come in augment
ed numbers anG nearly as many will
retreat hither from the South during
the summer fervor. Meantime the
beauty and attractiveness of Wash.
ington, already transcendent, will 90
on increasing
have seen most OF the finest cities
In the world, and IN symmetry, clean
ness and elegance this city easily
leads them all. II has to-day more shade
trees than any FIVE American cities
and more asphaltum pavements. l am
told. than all other American cities
nut together. Among the most beau
dful cities abroad are Edinburgh and
Paris, but both of them have square
miles of dreadful reeking rookeries,
noisome and contagion-breeding, to
which Washington offers no parallel.
Paris has some buildings handsomer
than any equal number of ours; the
opera house, city hall and Trocadero,
for example-but our capitol is quite
as impressive as the best of them. and
the new library building is something
the country can be proud of, and the
denS of penury and misery which de-
face large areas of Paris are quite
wanting here.
Now that have drifted to this
theme accidentally, wonder IL your
northern readers would not like to
know something more about some pe-
culiar methods IN vogue here. George
Washington was Il very shrewd old
fellow If your readers will permit me
to speak Of him with such irreverent
fD yrniI in o,.tse. Ii.
represent him as n flat-faced old sim
pleton of the goody-goody sort very
liable to be taken in by confidence men
OF all varieties He was nothing of
the kind. He was a cunning, saga
cfous. hard-headed man, familiar with
the world and tough AT a bargain. No
body ever sold him gold brick"
Horse-jockeys far and near acknowl-
edged his imperishable qualities, and
the plain farmers who cultivate the
land on which Washington now stands
discovered his genius. Not only was
Congress induced to select this site
TOR the nations capital as the result
Of bargain which in these days
would consign statesmen to the pillory
for personal corruption, but these
swampy acres on the Potomac were
wheedled out of the farmers who own
ed Them In manner that does not eX-
cite admiration
Washington, Jefferson. EEnfant and
perhaps Madison visited these hum
bled farmers in their cabins; proposed
to locate the capital Of the United
States here; set forth that they might
all became rich as the result of 1t; and
finally made a bargain that the farm
ers should give the government ore
square mile for parks, and what was
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He Made the Sale.

Madam" he said, ~ represent"
"Yes, you represent that your glass.
cutters will cut four hundred thousand
feet Of flint glass without losing an
edge, or that your can-opener Will con.
vert can of spoiled Holsters to per-
feet sweetness, or that your fy-paper
not only kills all the flies that come
within one hundred yards of 1t, but in
timidates all the rest. I've got all the
washing machines, fly screens, potato
peelers, apple corers--"
LAS | started to say, madam. re-
present the anti-Agent Protective As.
sociation. For the small sum of 81 we
will sell ono of these brass plates
to tack on your front gate to notify
all peddlers that you are fully sup
piled with all the wares You have
enumerated. Only 81. madam, and
guaranteed for one year" ."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
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The whims Of society sometimes
trench upon modesty. For instance
the high kicking which was all the
rage in private parlors recently is now
quite the fad with little girls who
dance daily on the piers at Atlantic
City. They are reported as gathering
their scanty skirts about their waists,
and without shoes or stockings caper
like dolphins in the sun and spray.
The queen of the jolly occasion is the
little fairy that can kick the highest.
To the sturdy yeoman looking for
an accomplished wife there is quail
fcation and inducement-over the
left.
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Laws Affecting MIX.

Laws affecting the sale of milk are
often unjust. but where dalryman
insists on his rights he will make Do
mistake. In England the Law requires,
the milk to contain II certain propor-
ton Of solids, TO protect against water
ing the milk. A dalryman who was
arrested for selling milk below the
standard made his defense tha. as be-
sold his milk as ii came from the cow.
and added no water, and also as cows
varied the standard Of their milk each
day, according TO the feed aud the sea.
son, he was guilty Of no crime, and
had The right to sell his milk On It's
merits, provided IL was pure. He
brought proof Of the facts and was
discharged from custody.
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French Butter Making.

In the French system the butter Il
made from very sour cream is wash
ed In the churn, not saited. but sold
for present use IN Paris and England,
and the keeping quality is not much
studied. Notwithstanding the ex-
treme sourness of the cream wbep
chuned, the butter has almost the
same appearance as that made from
sweet cream-thiS Is the result Of the
washing. The finest French butter Is
shipped at once TO the consumers. and
generally consumed befire the end of
three days; so Its keeping qualities ore
not material. No salt Is used for the
home market. II Is put up IN large
balls of twenty eight pounds to forty
pounds, each ball being covered by q
piece of fine flannel and placed tn O
willow basket. Second and third claSs
butter is made up In one pound rolls
and packed IN grape leaves. For the
English market, butter is put up in
one pound rolls and covered with Ia
comet and lace paper, and packed In
small boxes 14x9x6 inches, twelve rolls
IN each box. NJ Lepelletier Is the
largest exporter OF this kind OF butter
and is said to ship 1,200 boxes per
week, his trade amounting to 12,000,-
600 francs per year. 1t rs sent In re
frigeratng cars. In Paris all butter
is sold by auction at ten markets. Wo-
men are mostly the buyers. Three or
four hundred lots are sold every iipur.
Sworn officials weigh and register the
butter, and make up the accounts OF
sale. The different kinds of butter are
named from the places where they
are made, and classified according to
quality. The best butter is sold at
City and seventy-five cents per pound.
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Our Capitol.

needed for streets, and that the resi-.
due should be plated into lots aud
divided equally between the govern
ment and the owners. This was a
pretty fair arrangement The result
shows, however, that when the par
ties Of the first part went home that
night they conducted a dialogue some
thing like this
A.-"Well, how much shall we take
FOR streetsP
B.-"Why, all we want OF course!"
A. 0aughing)-'We want II all"
B-"That would be inhuman. We
must leave the poor devils some of
their property"
A.-"Theyll have good many lots
anyhow"
The conversation probably dragged
on for awhile, bur the net conclusion
was that after accepting the handsome
douceur or one square mile for parks
the fathers of their country generously
cut the remained in two IN the middle.
taking just one-half for the streets!
Some of the farmers, by being con
seryative, got rleh. Others went Wild
and died poor. When building BEGAN
Il was found that there were few near
neighbors. The houses across the
street We're good way off. The
streets were too wide to pave; 100 wide
to take care Of; grass grew In them,
and flowers, and cattle browscd every
where, and hogs wallowed. How to
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less. For a proper outlet, lay large
sat stone, two or more feet square,
above the tile, as shown In the en-.
craving. Place number OF small
stones on each side to aid in support.
Ing the stone in proper poESon
After heavy rains. or at least several
times a year, examine the outlet and
remove all accumuia tioDS of material
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SUMNER TN WASHINGTON
CHAT ABOUT THE NATIONS FL
NEST CITY.

wsshirxton's shrevd aud Profitable
Plsnning How lie Took the Farmers
Into the Combination-Tbe Problem Of
wide streets Politics and Taxes
This is not strictly "the season" in
Washington, but there are dead loads
Of people here yet Perhaps the pop
ulotiOn of the city is as great as in
mid winter, for Congress is still here
with its accessories and the President
with his official satellites, and although
a few thousand have fed to northern
Summer resorts at the dictate of com.
fort or of fashion, other thousands
have come here from New Orleans,
Mobile, Charleston and southern cities
who find the change of latitude sutii-
Gent
In ten years Washington will b. one
Of the great pleasure resorts of the
continent. The tens of thousands who
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Mother-We must make some inquir-
tes about the young man Who rs call
ing on Clara.
Father-We have inquired about
forty different young men, and that's
all the good 1T did. Sooner or later
she gives them the mitten.
"She is in earnest about this one"
f'Think soY'
81 know it. When they start out
for a moonlight walk she directs their
steps uptown toward the park instead
of downtown toward the ice cream
saloons. New York Weekly.
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As to Swearing.

Wife-You say man does not swear
at random, but harmoniously 10 the
subject to be sworn at Now how
would he swear If he came home hun
cry TO dinner and there was no dinner
In sight?
Hubbie-My love, you have that last
sentence out of plumb, You shouldn't
say ''how would he swear" but 'how
he would swear" If he came home
hungry to dinner and there wasn't
any dinner.--Detroit Free Press.
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Farmers spend time and money on
tile or stone undertaking, and then
have the outlet of the drain wholly
unprotected. Consequently, in year
the action of the frost, displaces the
drain. and partly or wholly fills up
the channel. If the fall Is slight, the
whole work sometimes becomes worth
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The Fresh Air Mission

Farmer Tibbets-Hang that COW, I
always have 10 club her fore l can
make her stand still
Little Nephew from the city)--Is
that the one that gives the whipped
cream?
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One word describes it" perfec-
ton" We refer to DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve; cures obstinate sores,
burns, skin diseases and is a well
known cure for piles.-W. S. Rishton,
Druggist. If.
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Ate ner Whlte nrend I.nst Yenr.

The Infanta Eulalle must Sigh az
times for the royal hospitality OF her
American visit. Her pension has been
reduced, and she has gone to London.
where she will live economically and
bereft of much of her state.