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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
Tbe- Importance Of bee keeping.

Few people in America realize the
Importance of the Bookkeeping indus
try. 1t is estimated that Europe pro-
duces about SIS, 600, 900 worth of wax
and honey, and that similar sum re-
suits from the benefits conferred by
the fertilizing habits of the bees So
highly is this industry esteemed abroad
that Germany has 1,9Oo,o 900 hivess
Spain, 1890, 600; Austria, 1850, 900;
France, $50, 600; Holland, 24o, 600; Rus
STA. 10, 900; Denmark, 0,OOo; Belgium.
200, 900; Greece, 80, 600 These countries
practically consume their own honey
crop. There is no reason why our con-
sumption should not be proportionately
great. The chief obstacle is the gem
eral ignorance of the value of honey as
food and the use of it only as an oc-
casiopal treat instead Of an article OK
daily food
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05

The mutton breeds of sheep grow so
rapidly compared with scrubs as to al
most surprise those who have not used
them. Such breeds as the Oxford
Downs, Shropshires and Hampshire
Downs will gain from - ounces to q
pound day the first year, if forced by
high feeding. 1t has been demon;
strated by actual tests that lambs can
be made to attain 100 pounds live
weight when 100 days old, and indi-
vidual rams, fed for the purpose of
gaining as much as possible, have
reached $40 pounds when Tcar old.
A ram was exhibited at the Centennial
exposition that weighed 425 pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
The Care of Strawberries.

Strawberries never should be set on
low, level ground that has no frost
drainage. A correspondent of the Ru-
raj New Yorker writes: Il have noticed
the extreme cold that settled in cold
places hemmed in by hills on all sides.
when riding out on cold frosty nights.
As we go from hill to valley we go into
colder atmosphere. Plantations on
hillsides, because of the constant cir
culation of air from top to bottom,
rarely are injured by frosts- On ex-
tremely cold nights, a small fire at the
foot of the hillside will set the air in
circulation and save the crop. I have
tried building fires with great sue
cess
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
SAVES LOTS OF STEPS.

A New York Farmer Tells OF His System
for Cutting Corn.
Have system in cutting corn it
saves lots of steps. | cut corn once In
the same field with fellow who was
not any quicker in the motion than I
was, but in spite of all l could do he
would cut third more corn in day
than | could. / watched him and dis
covered he had a system, regular
method for cutting and putting UP his
shock; he went exactly the same round
of steps for every shock. l had no
system; after got my shock started 1
cut my armfuls here and there, just as
it happened. learned his system and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
Keep only One Breed.

The farmer who would indiscrimin-
ately cross his stock, breeding to first
one breed and then another, would
not be called wise, and this applies TO
poultry as we'll as other stock. Select
a breed and stick to it, for there is not
SO much in the breed as in the care If
the stock is mongrels to begin with
breed to pure bred males all the time,
and constant improvement will be
made. If it is pure bred, do not breed
to some other breed. for whatever
benefit must be derived from the first
cross, will be lost in the next, for the
second generation will be only mon
grels, and will lose the valuable points
of their ancestors very often. Con-
slant improvement along all lines
should be the rule-RuTal World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
LADDER FOR CARRYING HEAVY LOADS

than short, stout ladder. Persons
unaecustomed to carrying heavy
weights, says Richard Jones, will find
it useful. tor it's construction, the
side pieces may be six feet or more in
length, two to three inches wide
and an inch thick. The rounds or
crosspieces may be one foot apart, the
length corresponding to the width of
the ladder. The side pieces should be
of strong, hard wood, free from knots,
and the handles shaved and sandpa-
pered smooth. Such a ladder is fire.
quently used by market gardeners when
removing garbage. Decaying leaves,
stumps, dirt, etc, are shoveled into a
box resting on the barrow, lifted and
carried to the compost heap. j.
billiard, in American Agriculturiss.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05

stuck to it. and | was surprised to see
what a difference it made. / have
drawn a sketch showing the plan. In
this section corn is always planted In
rows both ways, and, in cutting, a
square 7x7, 40 hills, is put into a
shock. The dotted lines show the
course taken in cutting up d shock;
the zigzag lines are where cut two
rows by stepping back and forth. Tt
takes six trips to cut shock don't
believe it is possible to cut and shock
square of corn with a fewer number
of steps. Miles E. Miller, in Farm and
EireSide
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
POINTS IN BREEDING.
Why Some Farmers Do Not Succeed In
Raising Healthy Animals.

Raising Healthy Animals.
We might disagree greatly as to how
much exercise, if any, should be given
a COW in full milk during the summer
and winter, but nobody can for a mo-
ment dispute the fact that the male,
which is to- stand at the head of a vaE-
TIA bic herd, should have a reasonable
amount of persistent exercise from the
time he Is a calf until he IS discarded
Soft 1abby muscle and weak lungs
and constitution do not go with pre-
potency. The female, from the fact
that she must not only produce young
but also give large surplus product in
the shape of milk, weakens her consti-
tuition SO that there is a danger of her
losing the power to transmit her val
liable qualities from lack of vitality.
Now, if the male also lacks vitality, it
is certain that in instead OF breeding
up. the tendency will be downward
Again, too many dairy men save the
heifer calves from the two-year-oldS.
Certain it is, that an immature animal
cannot transmit its offspring so thor
oughly as one that has been trained to
its life work; that is, if the cow has
been MIXED for several years and be-
come thoroughly mature, she has there
by fastened her acquired and inherited
qualities. The danger is that ore
trusts too much to long names and to
aristocratic pedigree While this may
be valuable in every way, showing the
possibilities of the animal, yet no cow,
however good, can make a fair record
without food adapted to the work to
which she is put First, it must be ap-
petizing; second, abundant; third,
digestible; fourth, it must be given
to her at suitable times and In suit
able quantities. In summer large
numbers of cows are being permanent
ly injured because of insufficient food,
added to suffering for water, and from.
various other causes. If d superior
cow, from neglect, is allowed to shirk
her work, and dry up because of the
carelesSness of the owner in feeding
and management, she is sure to remem-
Der it in the years to come, and more
than this. her calf, Us | believe will
surely inherit some of the qualities
which she has acquired during d Sc
we're drought.-Prof Roberts, in Farm
erS Review
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
Latest Fad in sheep Feeding.

Here is new wrinkle in feeding
sheep. The whole corn crop is run
though a threshing machine or shred
der, tearing the stalks, husks and
leaves into fine feed with the grain IN
termingled or sifted out. as wished, as
with other grain, A flock thus fed,
left timothy hay untouched for it.
which shows them to be wise sheep, and
mixed with clover hay the sheep did
remarkably we'll Rural Wcrld.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
HOW TO CANDLE EGGS.
1T Requires Considerable Practice to Ex-
eel in This Operation.

eel in This Operation.
Have room as dark as you
can or use a box IL by 16
inches in size painted black inside.
Stand on its end and open one
side inches from the bottom.
All above inches closed, set box with
this open side toward you and set the
light in it. Nail piece to bottom,
under front edge, with the top of box
back, this will enable you to see bet
ter. This box can be used in any
place, though it is better in dark
place. Take such light as you have;
the best gamblers use common candles
Take two or three eggs in left hand
and the eggs you candle in right hand,
and hold sideways between you and
the light, as close to the light as you
can, and let it rub against one of the
eggs in left hand; some are quite par
ticular about this, as the eggs reflect
the light through each other; turn the
egg round until you are satisfied you
have tested it. Take strictly fresh
egg as a standard to judge by. If a
place like the vacuum in a mason'S
spirit level appears on the upper
side as you turn the egg, it is not
strictly fresh; though if this vacuum is
small and the egg is all right other
wise it may be comparatively fresh. A
dark or black spot indicates poor
egg; the white of stale eggs also looks
thin and watery. Remember dark
shelled eggs are thicker shelled and do
not candle as easily as white ones. You
can only learn by breaking suspicious
ones, and it requires much practice to
excel.-Charles w. Mcqueen, in Farm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
POINTS OF POULTRY.

Ebe Picture Shows Where the Different
Parts Are Located.
Expert breeders, of course, know the
points in poultry, but among every
day farmers and average people who
raise poultry a comparatively small
number are we'll informed in this re-
spect The illustration shows a rooster
with the different parts numbered,
and appended below the name of each
opposite its number: l, comb; 2, face;
3, waffle; 4, deaf-ears, or earlobe; 5,
Aackle; 6, breast; z, back; 8, saddle;
8. saddle hackles or feathers; 10,
sickIes; IL, tail coverts; ~, true tail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
CAPTURING a THIEF.
How = New York Stase PouItrymam
Caught - Greedy owl


Caught a Greedy OWL
How he lost his chickens and how hes
caught the thief, is thus described by
Mr.. C. E. Miller, Columbus county, Nj
Y, who writes:
My young chickens, which roosteG
in small, open coops Out in the lott
were disappearing at the rate Of three
or four half-gyown ones every night I
supposed that likely the thief was a.
mink or weasel. and decided totryf
the following plan: 1 made q box
large enough to hold p hen and brood
off chickens. making it tight all
around exsept cne' end, which, Icov~
cred with marrow strips placed one
inch apart (,rire netting would be. bet
teri and intosthe box put q hen and
half a dozen young chickens Thena
after putting all. the. other chickens
securely away in che barn, set a.
small steel fox-trap sutside the box,s
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
CAPTURING A THIEF.

close to- the stripped end, sinking it
level, With the ground and covering
lightly willis fine, dead grass. In the
morning L was greatly surprised to
find alarge and ferocious owl secure
ly fast in tha trap, which, after killing
and, mailing up against the barn, l.
found to measure four feet two inches
from tip to tip OF the wings He had
all the appearances of being an 'ould
fellow '-EYarm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
CoRN-HusKING. DEVICE.

Lt Saves Lots of Hard. Labor and ConsidL
cradle Annoyance.
In the illustrated device for husking
corn, f represents the rear end of an
ordinary wagon box. a are 2x4 in
pine sticks or feet long, rounded at
the ends and extended into the wagon
box feet from the end. The gate. is
bodted to the sides, up. edgewise, SO
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
Feedine Linseod NIeal.

IF mess of one pint of 1inseed meal
and quart of corn meal be mixed and
fed once a day. at night, to forty hens,
it will be sufficient for them during the
summer and makes an excellent RAJ
ton with that which they may pick
uD.-Mirror and Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
CARRYING HEAVY LOADS.

W Is Done Easily with the Aid of 3
Short, Stout Ladder.
To carry produce such as a quarter
of beef, a dressed hog or other meat
or produce, at times disagreeable to
handle, there is nothing more handy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
HARVESTING CORN.

IA Hand Cutter Which LIS Said to Do Very
Rapid Work.
Now that the corn crop is ready for
harvesting the question as to the best
method of cutting it has to be consid-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05

EVERY beekeeper should carefully
save all particles OF comb and convert
them into wax, as they are well worth
taking care OF.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05

feathers; IS, wing-bow; IA, wing
eoverts forming the bar" 10, sec
0ndaries, lower end, forming the wing
or lower butts; 16, primaries, or fight
feathers, not seen when the wing is
clipped up; II, point of breast bone;
Is, thighs; 10, hooks, 20, legs or
.asgianks; 81, spur; %, toes or claws -
- y. Homestead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30

ing the cock fight He was accompan-
led by his friend Billy Reed.
Mr. A. j. Queen, of Marietta, o., was
q business visitor to our city to-day.
Word was received in the city this
morning 10 The effect that Middlebourne
had suffered from & small fire this
morning. L, occurred in the Custer
Vile property. i'm the room occupied by
W. &. Kirchner rs a warehouse. The
flames spread rapidly, and had il not
been for the prompt and energetic ac-
ton of the citizens. large and des,ruc-
live conAagration would have been the
result. AS it was. a buckle, brigade was
soon formed and the flames were I'M
der control before a great deal Of dam
age was done. The loss was small
Mrs. G.. Graham gave a reunion din
ner TO her sons and daughters Thurs
day at her handsome new home on
Main street.
Mrs Carrie Hubbard and LITTLE daugh-
ter. Ethel. of Si5tersviile. were guests
Of Mr.. John Shepherd Sunday.-Star
O. w. o. Hartman, of the Hub, pass
el through town last evening en- route
TO Parkersburg for short business
trip.
The American Bell Telephone Com
pany or Wednesday succeeded in max
ing arrangements for q room in the
home of Mrs J. Morrison for the con-
trail Office. The room viii be centrally
located I'm The mos, business part OF tho
town. and viii be a very satisfactory
point. The central Office viii be in
charge Of Mrs. Salle Savrcs who has
been employed 10 take charge of that
department. Her assistant has NOT
been positively employed. but viii be
in a short time, if 1t has not already
been done.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30

mineral district for 400 miles along the
Tennessee are hundreds of men who
marched and fought as Federals some
30 years ago over the very ground they
now own or work ] often meet yeJer-
ans Who tell me they are now "oper-
alng where they secuted or stood
picket iu 1S63-4. and that they often
sit ON the rocks where they then rest
ed and muse on the changes. and
some of these men known TO me in the
ollel time and not suspected OF any
gea- learning can now talk You blind
ON cold short pig hot short, cold
touch" "hema-i.e." magnetic" and
"basic-spe cular-spathic,' or something
that sounds like that. and can scientific
ally prove that this is The predesuned
manufacturing center of the South.
A VETERAN EDITOR
A Jolly veteran indeed among the en-
,husias,s is Colonel j. b. NacOwan,
chief editorial writer on the ChatanO0ga
I Times. who. I'M his own language came
| into ,he valley with Burnside and has
never been able 90 get away. He be-
gan his military career as captain IN
The One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio in
fauTy. and there seemed 20 be luck IN
tha- very odd number. as ne came out
. O breyet 1rigalier. is fairly prosperous
q leader 0 thought and lives in great
+ comfort ON Missionary Ridge. The
+ Times IS Independent Democratic and
almost f5u0-icalv devoted 90 the gold
standard. but politics as between edi-
F tors Is no, so hot and pclemical here as
+ farther north. II is estimated chat vet
Grams of .le Federal army i'm this city
0uuuuber those of the COnfederaJ2S
+ nearly three Co one. I'm 1864 the regi-
mer in which / served q shor, time
SHIELD The FORT ON the llg red hill rlS-
ing from ,le Tennessee az Bridgeport,
q foN miles west Of here and a dismally
barren place We thought i-. Now most
of The ground is owned by Federal
veteran and from that Lin one can see
,le smoke OF several iron furnaces. I'm
fact the Tennessee valley all the way
across Alabama is. / am -o,d, completely
transformed in population since the
war;
All who followed. by reading the pa
rers the movements OF the Army Of The
Cumberland remember what q treacher-
Gus and Disappointing river the Tennes-
see was Our fellows swept southwark
I from Paiuc8h -0 C0rinth and then east
ward 90 Huntsville. and just when the
Dutfc exue ed them 90 move on Chat
rarc0go lle river fell. and they made
race with Bragg overland for Louisville.
The Muscle shoals were in the way.
/ and every Federal who studied the situ-
alton doo'0ri The neglect Of the need
aF Improvement Dry the g1vrnmenr. It
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30
TO ORGANIZE THE SENATE.
The Republicans win Probably Attempt it.
VIII Elect Presiding Omcer First.

The Republicans WIN Probably Attempt it.
VIII Elect a Presiding Omcer First.
Washington. D. c., November %
There is great probability that the Re
publicans at their caucus on next Mon
day will decide to attempt to reorganize
the Senate on Republican lines. and
that candidate for president pro TEN
will then be decided upon.
Quite a number of Republican Sena-
tors, including three or four members
of the steering committee. were at the
Capitol to-day, and an informal ex-
change of views among them resulted
in the general adoption Of this con-
clusion. There is O. difference of Opin-
ion as to the wisdom of attempting more
than the election of a presiding officer,
i'm the beginning, but the preponderance
Of opinion is that action at that time
viii be confined to this Office If the
Republican candidate succeeds in this
contest, the Republicans then viii place
candidates in the field for the other
elective officers.
So far. Senator Frye's name is the
only one heard in connection with the
Office OF president pro tenn here, but
there are several aspirapts for the other
Offices Among those who are spoken
of for secretary Of the Senate are Hon.
George c. Gorham, who formerly held
this office; Mr.. Durfee, who was for
several years clerk Of the Senate Com
mittee en- Finance, and George Baber,
of Kentucky. For Sergeant-at-Arms,
2. K. Valentine, OF Nebraska, eX-Ser-
geant-at-Arms; Caps. G. A. Curuce, Of
New Hampshire; Major Grant of North
Carolina; and Mr.. Shaw, Of the State Of
Washington, are already in the field.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30
PROPOSALS.
CONVICT LABOR TO LET.

Sealed bids will be received at the West
Virginia penitentiary al MOundsvllle, w.
Va. until twelve o'clock meridian, on the
4th day of December 1895, for the labor OF
one hundred and fifty male conyicts, Ior
a period not exceeding five years from the
4th day of December 1895.
L. Each bid must DE accompanied WIN
a bond. with security to the satisfaction
of the board. rhat the bidder VIII comply
with the terms of his bid If it is accepted,
and DE sealed mp and addressed 10 the
warden. endorsed "Bid for Labor.
e Each bid shall specify the articles pro
posed 20 be manufactured and me mum,
her of square feet of shop room Whlch VIII
be required, and If steam power is re-
ouired the amount of power and the price
Der day they are willing 20 pay thereIoT'
and shall DE unconditional.
3. The price per day for each convict
shall DE specified, and IT different price
per day is stated for different porous
each period and price must be SO stated,
that one may be accepted and the o1her
rejected
+ NJ the person bidding desires. to man
ufacture different classes ol articles, ne
labor 10 be employed on each must pe blu
for separately. H..
s. Convicts VIII labor nine hours a day
Ply order Of the Board of Directors.
no5OaWt NJ. AN FELL dlueH'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30
PROBATE OF WILL.

Office of the Clerk OF the County Court of
Ohio County. state of West Virginia.
Tn the matter of the probate OF the last
VIII and testament of Julius Jacobs. de-
ceased The object of the petition dlcd in
this matter on the Dist day of November.
A. D. 1861 s TO have admitted TO probate
a paper writing purporting To De the win
of Julius Jacobs deceased bearing date
ON the Sch day of July. 1884 and 30 appear
ing from an affidavit filed with me in my
ONCE that GustaVe Jacobs and Fanny
Lang. the persons who are therein and by
said petition declared to- De- interested in the
probate of said viii. are nOn-resldents of
this State. IL is ordered that they DO APP
pear 1T my Office, i'm the city of Wheeling.
I'm the county and State aforesaid. within
one month after the date of the first pub
Ecadon hereof and do what is necessary 20
protect their interest i'm this matter The
hearing OF said petition is set for he 23d
day of December, 1885, al the hour Of 10
o'clock a. m.
published the first time November %.
1s5. GEORGE HOOK. Clerk
". =. Francis Atty. no22c2Wt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30
T3YSTEr'e SALE,

BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
John ID. Hall and Lille y. Eall his wife,
dated the nrst day of December, 1894. and
now of record i'm the Office of the Clerk OF
the County Court of Ohio county. West
Virginia. nm deed of trust book No. A.
page No. 34, ] viii sell at the lower END of
The Second ward market house, in the
city of Wheeling, w. Va, at public auc-
ton. ON
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER BOTH. 1873,
comm encing at o'clock a. M, the follow
ing described personal property, to-wit:
Large oak Bedroom Suit. consisting of
bed. dresser and Washstand
Oak Combination Folding Bed.
Lace Web Spring.
Felt Mattress.
Daghastan Rug.
! Room Carpet, containing 2S-s yards
Brussels carpet.
Hall Carpet, containing Is yards Brus-
sells carpet.
% Feather Pillows.
1j Stair Pads.
Shades.
Terms of Sale-Cash.
no22,29 HARRY u. BOWEN. Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30

uore1val from the Ohio far INTO Ala
bama. II, was as II mountain consist
ing of one great and regular fold like
an inverted U had been splitto the base
and the northern part removed 90 give
the student complete view of nature S
methods The arch seen at that dis
-aneo seems almost as regular as ma
sorry. and I could gaze upon it for
hours with @ pleasure an the greater
for nay ignorance al that time
The annual floods Of I know not how
many WIl'ou years have covered an
rhe lower part of the great valley with
aIuy.on. There are no stones to speak
O., on tho surface. and one arriving at
tho edge OF the valley finds the steep
and rocky mountain rising abruptly
from a level field OF almost inexhaust-
lh'e fertility There is no gradual
change from low valley 10 mountain
pes urs as I'm New York. and the corn
row often terminates an O wall of rock
The residents claim -ha, this formation
gives them comDlea immunity from tor
n1l0-s. sudden changes of remDer3-ure
severe storms and several other Ills
and while The site Of Chattanooga is not
QUITE goo feet above sea level hey claim
fer it the eGUahle average Of a mountain
vale FIN q latitude of warmth They
also have much to- Soy about the run o.
mountains and valleys bringing every
thing down HIN 70d 10 centre ut this
place but Of ar this know nothing by
experience.
CHARLES APPLFBBE.