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The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Points In Profitable Farming,

W. n. Knouse, Swales gives this ad-
vice; Every farmer should plant
from one-half to an acre-according to
the size of his farm-with potatoes,
over and above what may be required
for family use, even the tenant farm
er;; 1t is, indeed, hcartless landlord
who will not give his tenant q half
acre for his own use. Highly-fertilized
and well cultivated from this area can
be taken potatoes sufficient that, at
the average yearly selling price, will
pay every cent of tax on the average
farm. Sweet corn anywhere within
ten miles of canning factory, is
good ready-money crop, and comes in
at a season Of the year when farmers
have little else to convert into ready
cash. Three tons to an acre, 1 am
told, is not an extraordinary yield,
and four tons can be produced by fer.
tilizing literally and cultivating thor.
Oughly. This, at $40 per ton, is $40
per acre equal to eighty bushels of
shelled field corn, and is harvested
with much less labor. The proceeds
will pay the blacksmith's bill and shoe
bill, providing good shoes are bought;
make it a speciality to buy none but
good; they are the cheapest.
A certain amount Of ground on every
farm should be devoted to strawber-
ries, raspberIies and blackberries for
family use; and If market is not too
inconvenient, the area can be very
protitably extended and also include
the farming Of vegetables; as a mar
ket crop, all these give good remuner-
alton, If properly trimmed and culti-
waited. Every farmer should keep
sixty to ninety good laying hens; the
number should correspond with the
accommodations he can provide for
them. Too many in one flock will not
thrive, and are not profitable in conse-
Quence. With proper attention and
judiciOus management the proceeds
from the sale of eggs will pay the gro-
Gerry bill for the entire year, besides
the women can secure q snug little
sum for pin-money by raising broilers
for sale.
1.-THE soil on many of our farms pro-
duces only half of what it is capable,
Better farm ten acres, fertilize highly,
cultivate well and raise as much as
otherwise can be raised on twenty
acres. BY degrees, acre after acre
can be added to the new method, and
meanwhile the taxes can be realized
on the balance of the farm by devot
ing 1t to sheep pasture, by which i,
will suffer no tion."-Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Oats rs Pig Feed.

J. NJ. Jamison, In National Stockman:
This spring in the regions that were
drontb-strickan last veor +hare will ,,e
o D'',.,a ,..s.s.,, - '', ~ ,s.. 49, - ss.-. wa" 70
W!ue Dteau.n VI oats sown. IL q
iaVoraDie season loI grown they VIII
pe very c4sap R uitel 4, ene crop ~ A IA 'ne
Dusnei, anu tne mn QUESTION " Wilt "
40 WIN thehi VII coh1roht 'he FARMER.
iIhout ooupt, Where they succeeu ~
wen US ~ niahe ne tue crop payins one'
tney can De Ieo III mucn larger quan-
titles than ehey are 10 tne Iarm STOCK,
anu give pion.. As d RUE tney uo
not 1orm par! Oh tue rauon 1or the
We doubt yery much whether they can
be fed alone to growing pigs and give
the greatest or most profitable results.
For brood sows that are not to be
made fat but kept in an even flesh.
they make an excellent maintenance
ration. But for the brood SOW sucking
pigs it is certainly necessary for her
to have other grain food. For young
pips they should be ground, the char
sifted ont and the meal dampened. as
the ground food containing the chaff
and the whole grains both is too bulky
n ration for vo11nr pigs. And what ia
moro vonnp MICS do not take kindly to
this food. CHAIR and all
The hest results come from feeding
oats in combination with corn, one
part of oats to two parts of corn.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22

For your Protection.-C Catarrh s'Cures" or
Tonies for Catarrh in liquid form to be taken
internally, usually contain either Mercury or
1odide of Potassa, or both, which are injur-
ious if too long taken. Catarrh is a local, not
blood disease, caused by sudden change to
cold or damp weather. 1t starts in the nasal
passages, affecting eyes, cars and throat.
Cold in the head causes excessive flow of
mucus, and, if repeatedly neglected, the re-
suits of catarrh will follow; severe pain in
the head, a roaring sound in the ears, bad
breath, and oftentimes an offensive dis
charge. The remedy should bequick to allay
inflammation and heal the membrane. Elys
Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for
these troubles and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, Sc cents.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
A Dincrent Motive,

"a DHNckCut NUtIVe.
what lot of respect everybody
seems to pay that rich Mrs. Beasley.
They dor't leave her alone for single
moment"
'.rhat isn't respect"
''What is it?"
Don't YOU know? She is klepto.
maniac."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
A Preventive of Fatalities In Col.
lierY Explosions.

merry 64VAODAOn0.
Scientific inquiry is being directed to
the saving Of human life in mine ex-
plosions. DIR. Haldane has established
the fact that the loss of life in colliery
accidents is far greater than it need be
when those who work in the mines
and those who manage them have a
clearer knowledge Of the right thing to
do in the face Of the calamity. In q
recent mine explosion, where fifty
seven men and thirty horses were
killed, the cause of death in every
case was proved to be not the want Of
oxygen in the air of the pit after the
explosion, but to comparatively slow
poisoning by carbon monoxide. Suffi-
cient oxygen to support life was left
in the airways all along the track of
the explosion. 1t appears that men
from want of knowledge now 60
straight to their death in endeavoring
to escape. DIR. Haldane is convinced
that hundreds of men have lost their
lives by hurrying blindly toward the
shaft, or by not retiring toward the
face when they met the after-damp
In many parts of the mine there will
be, beyond the limits of the explosion
abundance of air to effect dilution ot
the poisonous carbor-monoxite, or
breathing which the men suddenly lose
the use of their limbs, and finally con
sciousness. SO that a man who waits
for the rescurers, or long enough fol
the aftcr-damp to disperse, will be abl,
to escape either by the intake, or, i
this is blocked, by the return airways.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
The Care of Horse.,

Do not wash down full feed of hay
nor oats Immediately after feeding, but
meals. The capacity of the horses
q little while before they get their
meals. The capacity of the horse
stomach is about three gallons, and a
meal will fill it, and must then have
time for proper digestion. No horse
will refuse to drink before eating, il
properly managed.
Try feeding your horses on an exclu-
sive diet of bran and clover hay. The
cost OF keeplng will be REDUCED one
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
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HOUSES FOR FARM WORK
One Farmers Experience Wit
Heavy MOrses.

One Earmers Experience with
Heavy HOrses.
1t is not many years ago that your
correspondent came to q very decided
change Of opinion in regard to size
and weight Of horses for farm use.
Previous to the time Of purchasing
my first team Of heavy horses,
thoGEht medi,lm-weishts preferable.
arguing that they were more of a
general purpose animal than the drafts,
as they were equally ut home before
the plow and upon the road. l ar
gued, too, that it cost less to keep them,
and, although my argument was not
we'll founded as it turned out, seeing
I had no experience with any other,
hrmly maintained my position in favor
Of the general purpose horse, weigh
ing about 100 to 1900 pounds.
About five years ago, being in need
of team, bought q team of heavy
horses, weight about 1900 each, more
because could not find what wanted
In lighter weights than from any good
Judgment of my own. l had not had
the team a week before their SUPER
iOrity over the other teams on the farm
was proved. They moved Off with a
plow with much less fatigue. They
drew heavy loads with far greater
ease-in fact, they, by reason Of their
superior strength, were masters Of the
situation wherever they were put to
work. found, to my astonishment,
that 1t took no more to keep them
than the lighter horses, unless it may
be that they consume little more
hay. for they receive the same grain
ration as the others, and as for road
work. we do not need to put the farm
horses before n carriage; and when it
comes to taking loads to town they
walk faster than the others, besides
hauling considerably more at load.
l actually balieve it would pay man
to keep an extra horse for light driving
alone. and do his work with heavy
horses, rather than keep general pur-
pose teams entirely. A team which
works hard on the farm ought not to
be driven fast on the road anyway.
So great was the change in my opin-
lon OIL the subject of heavy horses for
farm work that 1 have since bought
another team Of the same kind. These
two teams do the hardest, heaviest
work on the farm at all times; all the
heavy plowing. which it would require
lAtee lighter uOTSeS 10 muuuSe, Luey
walk right through easily; and when
1t comes to drawing grain, hay or any
thing Of the kind. they handle much
heavier loads with perfect ease. In
fact. two of these horses will do the
work of three ordinary ones right
along. could not help noticing this
when we were drawing in wheat from
the field. The big teams walk into the
barn easily with loads which the
smaller teams could not handle, IL they
were asked to.
For certain kinds Of work, the small
er horses are oil right. For cultivat-
ing, moving, light dragging and cer-
tain other things on any farm, they
answer every purpose, or to the small
farmer who has not work enough at
any time of the year to hurry him.
He can take his time and not rush
things us they have to be rushed on
large farm; but when it comes to
big days work on disk harrow or
plow, or where great strength is re-
quired, give me the heavy horses every
time.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Salvation.

Reggy-Here's good news for you.
Your grandfather has Just died, leav-
Ing you cool hundred thousand.
Wilis--Good heavens, what a god
send. Now, thank heaven, I can keep
my bicycle in complete repair.-New
York World
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Feeding Loose Hay without Waste
The cut illustrates successful plan
of feeding hay without waste. In the
Economical Hayrack.
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Economical Hayrack.
d slat fyS cover r or lid fastened M % at the tons @
by hinges in such shape as to allow
cover small ma enough to pass - down o, j., in,
as it is being eaten toward the bot
tom. Three or four inch strips will
be found a good width for the Stats,
and they may be made any distance
apart, depending on the quality of hay,
age and kind of stock. (B. NJ. Good
win, Ark,)
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
A Roland for an Oliver

'If I were so unfortunate" said the
man who had no use for the clergy,
"as to have stupid son, I'd prepare
him for tie ministry"
':In that respect" replied a mild
hammered divine. you think very diff
ferently from your father."- ."-Washing-
ton Times.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Causc nd Effect

Enamored Youth-Your father seems
worried about something tonight.
sweet tiirl-Yes, poor pa has sc
many business cares.
Little Rrothcr-That isn't it. He's
mad because the big dog he bought
didn't cOme.-New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
Getting Ready.

Osgood-1 guess Matthews intends
to run for Office this year.
Wyman-What makes you think so?
Osgood-He's removed the fence
from around his beautiful lawn
Cleveland Leader.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
IecAalsfihlA

can't rec what possessed her to
fall II love with him. He can't dance,
he can't sing, he isn't ha1dsome, he
Why. don't you know? He made q
century-run with one pedal.".-Indian-
ap0ljs Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
PreOceunaffom

Mother (severely)-AIay, did 1 see
Mr.. Dashaway stroking your hair on
the piazza last evening?
May-Yes, ma, but that's only force
of habit.
Mother-Habit? What do you mcan2
May-Why, he stroked his college
boat, you know.-New York Press.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
I'M uu o1.hnnI Way

In uA OR-nHnN WY.
"Get n move on there" impatiently
cried the little boys fingers, as they
held a match down to the reluctant
giant cracker.
"Oh, come off," snarled the giant
elncker.
And in another moment the little
boys fingers did s0.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
SeaSOnQble,

"You and Phillis always seem to
have fuss that lasts through the sum-
mer."
Eyes, we prefer q coolness between
US during the hot weather. WASH
ington Times.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-22
M sinn Of lntellectuality

"Haye you intellectual city people
with you this summer, Mrs. Bayview? ~
"ND; they all have frightful appe-
tites."-Chicago Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17
WEYLER MUST GO.

1t Is alleged that Weyler has notified
the Spanish authorities that unless he
is permitted TO shoot down the Amer
leans found guilty by his drum-head
court martial, that he will resign. He
declares that the Irritating informed
ding of America in Cuban affairs"
must be stopped or he will quit Wey-
Ter being halted In his bloody purpose,
is furious. The trouble with Spain is
that the queen regent in her late ad-
dress, fully Endorsed Weyler, upon the
one hand, while TO execute the Amer
leans upon the other would be TO con-
cede that there was rebellion in Cuba.
This Spain does not concede. They
hold that it is only in the nature of a
mob instruction which being true no
foreigner can be tried or executed I'M
der the conditions Of existing treaties
which guarantee a civil trial So Spain
says that the Kansas boy and his as
sociates must not be executed, while
Weyler says they must. Weyler's
course would be an ADMISSION that
there is war in Cuba which concession
would call for an immediate recogni-
ton OF belligerent rights TO the Gu
bans by the the United States. Wey-
Ter is daily shooting down men, wo-
men and children, and he proposes TO
shoot down the crew of the Competitor.
So long as Weyler remains in Cuba
no peace is possible in the island, and
Spain herself will all the while be
threatened with war and remain in
peril Weyler had better go. Should
he shoot down that American boy and
his associates Cuba Will be free,
whether the Cleveland administration
or not, even if war with Spain
resulted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17
OUR ADVICE ON HICCoUaHs.

A correspondent writes 10 the Eagle
lin haste" asking for cure for hic-
coughs.
He says that he has been hicoough-
ing on and of now for about four days;
that the house is no longer square with
the foundation and the SCOT has been
knocked down the chimney and the
stove-legs jolted loose. He does moth
ing but "hicsx. hicsx' hicsx. all day
long, and far into the night" 10 use
his own language
In giving cure for this malady. Il
might be well 10 look into the causes
OF it The ordinary attack Of HE
cough is due 10 some irritation OF the
nerves of the stomach and Is put down
as q reflex spaSm involving the SensOry
branches OF the vzgus and the motto.
ibres OF the phrenie-
A great many doctors would advise
the Eagles correspondents 70 take his
Esgus out. soak It IN a tub. with a little
bluing added. and then hang Il on the
ciOthes-line 10 dry. or course this
would be al right ordinarily II care
were taken not 10 allow the vagus 10
swell up 50 thz; IL could not be showed
backinto place But the chances are
THAI the correspondent could lot SIT
around waiting Tor his EssUs 70 dry
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17

DOUBLE UP PRICES.

The New York Herald, (goldbug) edi-
torially and sarcastically sneered, the
other day. that ''free coinage of silver,
16 to /. would at least send prices
booming up 100 per cent higher" The
confession is refreshing even from
that source, and although made with
different intent from that in which it
is accepted. The Herald is not so
blind in its worship of the yellow god
of Wall street as not TO understand
that the demonetiZation Of silver hay-
ing cut down all prices and values by
one-half that its reconciliation would
double them back TO the old standard.
This is precisely what free coinage
advocates have all along been contend
ing, what the debtor who borrowed on
a silver basis has been pleading for,
and what the money loaner who wants
double the amount of his original loan,
has been kicking about The Herald
will not claim, dare not claim, that
debts, taxes and interests have been
scaled down one-half, as have prices,
values and al kinds of products, and
it must therefore admit that a grave
injustice has been done TO all debtors.
all producers, all owners of real estate
and owners of the stock of the great
transportation lines-making in all by
far the larger proportion Of the Amer
lean people. This admission is, in
fact, made by all gold standard papers
with any pretension TO truthfulness,
but they say the wrong has continued
so long it cannot be undone. They lay
less stress upon the argument that the
higher prices which would accompany
free coinage would injure working men
whose salaries would not be proper
tionately increased. This Sophistry has
been thoroughly disposed of by the
leaders of the great labor organiza-
tons. There Is no man living by the
skilled labor OF his hands who does
not know that his wages are now much
lower than they were and that en-
ployment is harder to find, and often
cannot be obtained at all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17

to attempt to compel other men to do
what he voluntarily did.
The other day a committee Of the
great Methodist church, now in general
conference at Cleveland, Ohio, was
very evenly divided over the question
Of making prohibition religio-political
creed. The fight waxed hot The
committe was treading on dangerous
ground for this country. Had the
Methodist church the numerical or po-
litical power to force itself upon the
country as the state or established
church Of the nation, il might possibly
venture SO far. But even armed with
such temporal power it would be in
danger. The question of constitu-
tional prohibition has even proved dan
gerous TO the political supremacy as
the Republican party Of Kansas has
learned at the cost OF at least two les
sons. Had the Methodist conference
adopted such a law into the church
every member who was not willing to
be transferred politically TO the Third
Party Prohibitionists would have been
compelled TO seek another church re-
latiOn or otherwise give up his politi-
cal conscience and convictions, or
otherwise the great body of its mem
bership would have to refuse 10 be
bound by any such rule.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17
PROHIBITION IN VERMONT.

The leading sensation just now in
Vermont, is the $4,000 libel suit
brought by Governor Woodbury.
against the Rutland Herald. Briefly
stated the substance of the case is that
the governor runs a temperance hotel
of the strictly true blue variety at Bur-
lingtOn, and as proprietor of prohibit
ton hostelery and chief manager Of a
prohibition commonwealth. it is quite
evident that he has a reputation to sus-
tain and one tOo,-it would Seem-that
must be upheld at all hazards. The
newspaper,-againSt which the COVER
nor has instituted legal proceedings
had the temerity 10 call in question the
widely advertised character of that
fashionable resort, with the startling
accusation that guests of the hotel
were provided-when so desired-with
taoooed beverages, such as whisky,
gin, rum, wine, etc, and that the call
boys served guests in their rooms with
these forbidden drinks. In short. that
the guests of the hotel in question, who
wanted any kind of liquor could have
it if they had the money to pay fer il.
The appalling part of this affair is that
the charges made by the editor are
sustained by the testimony in court.
with additional revelations upon the
witness stand that TO say the least
must prove very annoying and perplex-
ing 10 an extremely sensitive nature
as the governor seems 10 be-and one
who values his reputation so highly.
He is not only fighting Tor his reputa-
ton as q temperance tavern keeper,
but his reputation as the guardian of
the morals of his state. and fixes the
Price of this double eared attachment,
called reputation or character. at the
modest sum Of SJ0,oO0 Aside from
al matter OF a personal nature pre-
scented by the case, il furnishes an ex-
eellent object lesson for those extreme
fanatics, whose only engine OF reform
Is law. II shows plainly that viola
tons Of prohibitory liquor laws are
just As frequent and fragrant in staid
New England communities. as among
the people of the west who are more
impatient under restraint. Prohibl-
ton is the evil genius Of every state
over which il hiss obtained control
The system Of espionage necessary for
even show " success is alone enough
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17
THE AKooND OF SWAT.

PROFESSIONALLY, in the rush and
| hurry of the times, in the crowding of
the wires with unverifed rumors, and
in the filling of columns by reporters
with facts, one papers is too prone TO
accept the contents of another as be-
ing probably true, and in thus being
misled itself misleads its readers. So
it has come to pass that the average
reader viii not take the most solemn
asseyeratiOn of a newspaper as being
absolutely true even though it be q
matter of cold figures in a case of sta
tistics. 1t is not that the writers de
sire to give out wrong information or
attempt to mislead. They are simply
the victim OF existing conditions and
circumstances. For instance an item
mas gone the rounds of the American
press of late, running as follows:
Queen Natalie of Servia has the most
beautiful teeth of any royal parsonage
in the world AS a contemporary OBJ
serves, there is q calm assurance, q
broad comprehensiveness. an air of su-
preme OmniScience, in this and other
like statements that is quite common
and very reprehensible." Such state
ments are snapped about and reprint
ed by editors with a universal trust
in each others veracity that Is as
founding. There may be cause TO fear
hnr +atf = h. !. \
ing damaged thereby. Such items are
all well enough for the peruSal of men
who read the news while they are
Snatchlng a fifteen-minute lunch from
a stand-up counter. Such men Will
simply glance at the item, utter a
HIN" or an "Ah," and never think
another thing about it, But there are
Others who read. mark, learn and in
wardly digest every line of printed
matter that comes TO them in the pa
pers. These are apt TO wonder how
the editor found it out. Has he. for
the sake of that one little paragraph.
examined all the reports Of the royal
dentists on this terrestrial ball? Has
he looked himself, perhaps, at the mol
ars of the present Akoond of Swat?
Does he know how few cavities dis
figure the pearls Of the Rajah OF Sara
wax?
And so arises q malaria Of distrust.
which. next time the editor presents
figures and arguments 10 show that
free silver VIII make dollar wheat, or
that only the election OF Simpkins to
the legislature can prevent q rise in
taxes, is as like as not TO cause an
obstinate fever Of disbelief. Let Us
not be so positive about the teeth OF
Queen Natalie.