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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Oyster Catsup.

For oyster catsup take one quart Of
oysters, one tablespoonful Of salt, one
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and
same Of mace, one teacupful of cider
vinegar and one teacupful of sherry.
Chop the oysters and boil in their own
liquor with a teacupful of vinegar,
Swimming the scum as it rises. Boil
three minutes, strain through a hair
cloth, return the liquor to the fire, add
the wine, pepper, salt and mace. Boil
fifteen minutes, and when cold bottle
for use, sealing the corks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

~, Ohio The flow Of oil commenced
EST. as The spectacle is described as
A2e of the most magnificent ever wit
messed in that part of the country. First
appeared a column of water rising
sight or ten feet in the air. This was
followed by black stream of mud and
SEaESa, which, gradually changed to vel
A9w. Then, with a deafening roar, the
gas burst forth in an immense volume,
hiding the derrick from view. AS this
cleared away a solid golden column
R4Ce Ia diameter shot from the derrick
EGsC LOO feet in the air, there breaking
RzAO fragments and falling in a shower
0f yellow rain for q quarter of mile
axound For a period Of five hours
Nhfs great column of oil shot upward.
IN q very few moments the field about
&h4 well was covered several inches
@eep with petroleum. Within three or
&DMT hours the bitches for miles around
we're ever1owing with oil. Dams were
EOAS1ructed in order that the product
za5ght be estimated, but these were
ayeg4lowed and swept away as rapidly
ms built. Some persons living in the
Vicinity, alarmed at the spectacle,
naeke1 their household goods and fed.
The Buckeye pumping station, a mile
distant, was compelled to extinguish
8Gs fires on account Of the gas, and all
nAAer fires within the district were put
Dul 1t was literal flood Of oil. the
estimated production for the first TWEEN
eJ-sOur hours being 14,560,OOO gallons,
About $4,000 barrels per day have been
saved and marketed since the oil has
been brought under full control. The
owner has refused an offer of 100000
Rrr the well, being content with the in
4Dme of $4,000 per day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

President Dole, of Hawaii, is a charac-
AeE. He is fully six feet tall, without be-
Eng ar aA portly, and has gray hair and
g42enfy of IT, His mustache and beard are
aA5ek, gray and long, and his eyes are
xJear ANA gray. His full name is Sanford
BaBnrI Dole When he returned from
CIR law office Of William Bingham, of
Ia&4zaon, ne was about twenty-five years
x2d He had been admitted after eX-
summation to the Suffolk County bar, and
PUMs admitted also to the Honolulu bar
as soon as he returned. In 1884 he be-
game member Of the legislature and was
e@aEpicuous in the revolution of 1887. In
ahat year he was appointed a Justice of
che Supreme Court of Hawaii, which of
&Rs he held until he became provisional
president. Mr.. Dole's wife was Miss
Anna F. Cate, of Massachusetts,. They
Eere married in 1878 and have no chill
Ssrea- He lives on Emma street. The
Apnss is only one story high and is built
81 wood The yard is large and is filled
With tropical trees and shrubbery. The
n2See suits the climate for which it was
AuIft, and looks very pleasant in the sum-
anET weather which prevails win
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
AGAIN IN USE.
Adobe Houses Are Once More Being
Built in the West.

Adobe Houses Are Once More Being
Built in the West.
1t is e curious thing that adobe
houses, the earliest type of houses
known in this country, are again com
ing to be used, as several have been re.
Gently built in Colorado. Everybody
who has ever seen a picture of cliff
dweller's town or Of pueblo village
knows what an adobe house is. The
adobe house is made Of a peculiar
sticky mud and is always sun driei.
The bricks vary in size and are gener-
ally about inches deep, inches wide
and 16 inches in length, while the outer
walls of the adobe building proper vary
from 2 to feet in thickness. One old
mission in New Mexico boasts O. an
outer wall six feet in thickness.
Curiously enough, the exact recipe
for mixing this adobe is held as a Sc
cret by the Mexicans and half-breeds.
Not even have they disclosed the neces-
sary amount of hay or straw to make
up a perfect adobe brick. Mayhap the
Egyptian told it to the Aztec and this
wonderful race to the ancestors Of the
present. The building of an adobe
house must necessarily be confined TO
the months between May and August,
at least in Colorado, Arizona and New
Mexico, for frost is death to the uh-
baked brick The adobe is prepared in
the old-fashioned way-that Of tread
ing-and when the mud is worked to
the proper consistency by the nervous
feet of tho Mexican If is n1acad in mOldS
Of the required size. The mortar is
also Of mud, but dries quickly, and is
as solid as modern cement. Wealthy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Household Hints.

Only the soft part of an oyster
should be given an invalid.
If cake bakes too rapidly on the
bottom, slip an asbestos plate under.
Frozen tea will be found at many af-
ternoon teas. 1t is made like cafe
frappe.
In blacking the kitchen stove better
results are reached if the backing is
wet with coffee instead OF water.
"a little lemon juice squeezed into
the water in which rice is boiled,''
says a notable housewife, keeps the
grains separate"
Lemon skins have a use after the
pulp and juice have been removed.
When they are rubbed 5riskly over
brass or copper, and followed by an APP
plication of soap or wood ashes, they
are almost sure to clean.
The ', hites of eggs intended for cake
making should never be allowed to
stand during the beating process even
for moment, as they return to liquid
state and cannot be restored, thus max
ing the cake heavy.
1t is a mistake to make a large tea
biscuit. Properly Jpeaking, a tea bis
quit should not be more than two inch
es in diameter, ami proportionately
thick when baked. This gives a deli
cate, moist fiaky biscuit, which will
be cooked through before the outside
crust has become hard OF overbrown.
Large wash tubs are needed for rims.
ing purposes, but a small one is better
to use for rubbing clothes. Then, m
stead of a large, heavy wooden pail
that, when water soaked, is all WON
an wants to lift from the floor, have
two smaller fibre or pulp pals, or at
least let them be small, even IL they
must be wooden.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.
Convenient and Practical Row Of
Hens Nests-A Mistake in the Nam
agement of Root Crops-Gauging a
Portable Hens, Nests.

Where but fifteen or twenty hens are
kept and no regularly constructed
henhouse is at hand, Il series of nests
SO made from light material that can
be readily moved about as desired, will
be found valuable acquisition. The
manner of constructing these nests is
shown in the illustration, from the
American AgriculturiSt. Five or six.
or even as many as eight nests may be
thus grouped. The nest space, r, is
one foot wide at the bottom; the front
board is six inches wide; the open space
between this and the roof board, a, is
eight inches wide, the roof board being
about fifteen inches in width. An
alighting or stepping board. \. is six
inches wide, leaving IN inch space be,
tween that and the front OF the nests,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
AN EARLY TEXAN INDUSTRY.
How Catt1emen Laid the Foundation
of Their Fortunes.

How Catt1emen Laid the Foundation
of Their Fortunes.
"The foundation Of the fortune of
many Of the great Texas cattlemen was
laid in the years Immediately following
the civil war;" said a man from the
Lone Star State
During the four years in which the
drafts for the Confederate army prac-
tically depopulated the country Of it's
able-bodied men, the cattle on the
ranges, running unherded and unbrand-
cd, increased enormously in numbers.
Bearing no brand of ownership, these
cattle, which at the close of the war
had become practically wild, were sub
ject to be taken by any man who could
sustain his attempt by force of arms
against other claims Of ownership.
"There was a good commercial de-
mand for hides, and these were the
times when so many got their start in
life by riding, pistol in hand, up to the
cattle wherever found unherded shoot
ing them down and taking their skins.
The adult cattle then running at large
were too wild to be disposed of in any
other way, and so the hide-t taking in
dustry fourished; but when, in time,
through the catching and branding Of
calves, herds had been collected on
ranges, the shooting Of mavericks fell
into disrepute and came under the ban
of 'rustling.' Those men who, through
the practice, had become well-to-do
cattle owners, now were foremost in
suppressing it, through the Instrument
atty Of the courts and, more effectuaI-
~, by informal hangings."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
How to Frame a OMIT.

A writer in the Home and Farm puts
the quilt in the frames in the Old-fash-
toned way, bastes it around the e1gcs
and down the center; then she takes it
out, carefully rolls it from each side
toward the center basting; begins in
the middle and on her sewing machine
stitches the rows the desired distance
apart to each side edge. After she has
gone one way she can begin at the end
and go to the other end, but it makes
a smaller roll under the arm Of the ma
chine to begin in the center.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Protecting Bees.

Bees will come out of their hives if
the weather becomes warm for a day
or two. They then clean out the hives
and remove the dead bees. The ami
NAL heat in the hives when Che out
side temperature is high causes great
er activity in a strong colony than may
be desirable. Should the temperature
fall slightly while the bees are work
ing many of them will be overcome
with cold and perish. The hive should
be in some place where it is protected
from sudden changes of temperature.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Incubators for Winter Matching.

Incubators for Winter Matching.
1t is not natural for hens that are
kept in vigorous health to want to set
in winter. The incubator is at this sea
son an absolute necessity for those who
would rear early chicks. Art is in this
instance better than nature. The heat
can be regulated more certainly and
evenly with an incubator than most
hens will do it. The hen has really very
little sense. If the fit of sitting leaves
her few hours she will expose the eggs
to be chilled, and then. return after
every germ of life is destroyed and set
patiently on the eggs until they are at
last taken away from her. In midsum-
mer or late spring the hen can dc the
work as we'll and as cheaply as an in
cubator will. She may not set any
more steadily, but not so much de-
ponds on her fidelity, as in warm
weather the air is very near the right
temperature to develop the young
chick in it's shell.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
To Fry Sausapes.

The ordinary way of frying sausages
is not the best way of cooking them. A
far better way is to put them in the
oven on an ordinary baking tin, turn
ing them from one side to another until
they are brown on both sides. II a
hot oven they will cook in this way in
ten or fifteen minutes. If they are in
cases they should, be pricked thorough
", to prevent them from bursting I'M
der the heat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Use a Light Broom.

Do not send by man to buy broom.
He will pick out the largest oze, give
one stroke with it across the store floor
and say, Eyes, that is just right" But
with half his strength a woman must
sweep for hours with it every week,
digging out corners, coaxing the dust
from carpets and stairs. Have light
broom and dust pan with straight,
firm edge, and send the heavy broom
to the barn and the bent tin dust pan
to the dumping place for rubbish,
which should not be the wood pile or
over the wall.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
lnEa Not Say .Hysterloal Governess.'

DEd Not Say " Hysterical Governess.'
a correspondent asks me why l have
called Charlotte Bronte "a hysterical
gsgeFness." But when or where did
eyex write such nonsense about 1.-THE
gegtal Of Haworth"? If l err not, the
accomplished Shirley brought this
saGrge against me in Good Words.
Rad 1t with amazement, at DingwaL,
and forgot about it. The only article
MAJ ever wrote on Miss Bronte,
1AEnk, was in Good Words. Looking
@gRr i, see that did say she was a
@OFerness. and expressed the usual re
@reA for the unhappy lives which are
30 often lived In that underpaid and
McHilt profession.
me catches al echo OF many laments
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
A Common Mistake.

One mistake is frequently made in
the management Of root crops at the
time of harvest. Many people, when
topping their roots after or just before
gathering, cut off a portion of the root
itself, as shown in the figure at the
right in accompanying illustration.
I would rather go to the other ex-
IRENE, says a writer in American Gull
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
KeeDinc Potatoes Assorted.

Potatoes that are piled in cellars need
pretty close looking after in winter.
Sometimes the danger is from frost, but
it is much more often due to warm
atmosphere. There is rapid exhaustion
of the vigor of potatoes kept for seed
by having the eyes push forth pale or
white shoots, as they will when kept
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

in the warmth and darkness of large
bin. If frost can be kept out the seed
potatoes should be thickly spread on
floors where the sun can shine upon
them. This cannot be done in the cell
lar, but towards spring seed potatoes
should be kept in upper rooms, and the
temperature be regulated by Their
mometer and small stove.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Don,t Grease the GriddIe.

: Hot pancakes are such universal IA
vorites, and the family rs so varied in
all its branches, that every one knows
how to mix the most approved ingre-
dents, whether the substratum be
buckwheat, rice, Indian meal or wheat
-four But how to bake ti1em is the
question, without filling the house with
smoke and heavy. greasy odor. Do
not grease the griddle. That's my way
of cooking them. The grlddle must be
be perfectly clean and smooth and nei-
ther too hot nor yet too cool. When
think it about right I wipe it off with o
wet towel, them try one small cake. If
it bakes to nice light brown then
keep the griddIe at that temperature
until the meal is finished, moving it al
ternately to a cooler or warmer place
on the range, as may be needed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

people in the West have taken up the
fad and are building adobe houses and,
if the fashion spreads, the time may yet
come when the adobe dwelling will be
the distinctive type Of American archi-
lecture.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

tivator, and leave portion of the tops
on, as shown in the figure at the left Of
the sketch. In one case we not only cut
away and waste good material, but
also facilitate the escape Of juice, by
oozing out and evaporation. In the
other case we save everything worth
saving. Let US be economical even in
small things
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
Rules for the Refrigerator.

1--NIilk, butter, meat, vegetables
even fish, may be kept in one refriger-
ator, provided each article is placed in
q separate covered dish. Nothing I'm
covered, excepting, perhaps, eggs in
the shell, should be tolerated in d re-
frigerator. This useful piece of house
hold furniture was never intended to
take the place of a safe. 2.-Clean the
refrigerator once a week, or three times
as often if the weather be warm. 3d.
Do not permit left-overs to accumulate.
Either make them up into some dainty
dish according to one of the excellent
recipes that teachers of cookery have
made familiar in our homes, or give
the scraps away, or throw them into
the garbage kettle. Anything, rather
than risk the family's health by keep
ing an unsavory refrigerator.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

ing and clinging enough should take a
novice out skating on the ice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

for refuse to pass through. The hang,
ers, s, may be of any strong material,
and hung upon spikes, driv. II at the
proper place and in q slanting dircc
ton. This row of nests may be chang
ed from the inside to the outside of the
building, or placed where most con-
venient. Where ness are located sing
ly, and some distance apart, the laying
hen will occupy the nest with another
especially if both are in the habit of
dropping their eggs in that identical
nest. By this system of grouping,
when they reach the stepping board, or
walk, and find one nest occupied they
pass on to another, without molestins
the occupant. Another poin- i'll favor
of portable nests is that they are read
lily taken down, and every part can he
thoroughly cleaned. Those who have
tried this plan of grouping nests fird
it extremely convenient and practical.
Plant Food.
The established fact that legumin-
Gus plants are able to gather portion
of the nitrogen they need for food,
either directly or indirectly, from the
free nitrogen of the air, suggests that it
may be worth While to investigate the
foraging powers of different plants for
other nutrients. Every one knows
that in any given soil different plants
are grown with different degrees of
success, and it seems quite likely that
some plants are able to use certain
compounds of potash or phosphoric acid
in the soil which are not readily
available to others, just as leguminous
plants can obtain nitrogen from sources
that are not available to the grasses.
~Some tests were made at the Maine
Experiment Station last year to ascer
tain the capability Of different plants
to appropriate phosphoric acid, and
they seem to indicate that wheat, bar
ley, corn, peas, and especially turnips,
can secure this food from crude, finely
ground South Carolina rock with great
er or less ease, while beans and pota-
tees derive no benefit from it. Of
course, definite conclusions can hardly
be drawn from one years work, but
these Investigations are being con-
tinued. 1t would be a distinct gain to
horticulture and agriculture if it could
be known in what particular form each
particular plant preferred to have it's
food.-Garden and Forest.
A Gauge Runner Pillow.
TTII.. of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02

9R.Ae, Kirkbridge No. 1 oil we'll, Of
which we give an illustration, is located
IN Madison Township, Sandusky Coun-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
A Gauge Runner Pillow.

The value of a guage on a pillow to
regulate the depth at which a pillow
shall run is so obvious that nothing need
be said in it's favor. The cut shows an
attachment for that purpose. A fiat
wheel out on the beam is so arranged
that it can be raised or lowered by op-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
A VALUABLE sPOuTER.

An Chic Oil Well That Yields S1O,-
900 Per Day.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-09-13
WE'RE NOT ALL ALIKE.

1t is vain to treat merchants if they equal
They unequal by methods generally by nature
and circumstances.
Our methods such that enables to place goods to
you and save the usual profG.
In Ship Chandery quote you: Blocks patent and COM
pick, from to inches Manila Rope threads to inches
Ratline Lanyard Selling Marlin Spun Yarn and all kinds of
arred rope Pig Lead for yacht kees copper paint sail duck
Cotton and Flax, every sze Iron Wire Rope to inches
Flexible Steel Wire Rope to inches; Stockholm and
American Pine Tar, Paints in oil and dry.
In fact every conceivable article needed to make up
complete ship chandlery store.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-09-13

Voyage from f iii and Singing of Home.
Sweet Home "-Characteristies of o fl
cials-Kava CeremoDy-OPening Of
Parliament-The Treasury Key Lost.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-09-13
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN TONGA,
Conclusion of an Able and Interest.
ing Article by Prof. Alexander.

WORK OF ONE BASIL THOMSON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
Wife and Baby Drowned.

ALBION, Neb., Sept. PA dis
tressing accident, resulting in two
deaths, occurred at Brady's, six
miles of this place. Bert Holton,
wife and child were driving into
the village in a road cart. When
near the elevator they were obliged
to cross big canyon and this was
filled with water to depth OF five
feet. In crossing, the cart was
overturned and the three occu-
pants were thrown into the water.
The rain and darkness caused them
to be separated and when the man,
almost exhausted, was rescued,
the wife and baby were not to be
found. The body of the child was
found during the night, but that
of the woman was not recovered
until the next morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
A NEW DISCOVERY

In wonderful confinement drops, which
permit an easy, painless childbirth. The
case OF a young and loving wife OF 20
years dying in this city of childbirth re-
Gently, would not have happened, had
my drops been used.
III my directions are properly followed
a mothers laborings will all be over with
in one hours time.
/ am the compounder and discoverer,
and have sure remedy to make teething
of children easy thereby avoiding cutting
of the gums, contracting of fever and an
untimely death.
What do you think of remedy which
will put vigor enough In a child to walk
at seven to eight months of age. Il have
it,"
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Kilgore ackuowl-
edge my confinement drops TO be genuine
and recommend them.
All female diseases cured without
operation. A guarantee for all. Call ON
or address, Mrs. EDNA SCHNEIDER,
304 Villita street.
The following testimonial is self ex-
planatory:
CRAB APPLE, Gillespie Co., Tex.
Mrs. Edna Schneider, San Antonio, Tex.
My wife was recently confined with
twins and thanks to your wonderful con-
finement drops, she suffered no pain to
speak Of; whereas, without them, our first
born caused her much Inconvenience.
991m lSignedl PETER LAND.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
NOW is THE TIME

To secure big bargains by attend
ing the Great Salvage Fire Sale OF
fine Furniture, Carpets, Rugs,
Linoleums, Curtains, Shades, Dra-
peries and other useful household
goods. A great many articles are
not damaged a particle, but every
piece is marked in plain figures
and will be sold from twenty to
fifty per cent less than the real
value. Don't miss this great sacri-
flee sale, as you may never have
another opportunity to secure
household goods so cheap.
In order that we may have more
room to show the stock, and to
better wait upon our patrons, we
have opened a branch store at 404
Military plaza, (sOuth side), where
those articles most damaged will
be sold.
N. B.-The store at 203 Alamo
plaza will be opened in the fore
noon, up to II o'clock. The store
on Military plaza will be open in
the afternoon from one until seven
o'clock.
If you will but pay our stores a
visit, the prices of goods will catch
your custom.
l.. p. PECK & Co.