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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-09-17

California Fruit in London.-On sam
pling it has been found that the first
shipment of California fruit this sea-
son is not of the quality that fetches
the highest prices in the London mar
ket. says American Gardening. The
pears were understood and too good
for the low class trade. and too poor
for the highest class. They are, how
ever. we'll adapted for dessert fruit.
The best pears brought 1892, and the
lowest price was $1.12; average cases
sold for $3.50 to $3.50. The plums in
the consignment were also too small.
but realized $3.50 a crate of four boxes.
Only thirteen boxes were damaged in
the entire consignment. Buyers COM
peted keenly for the best lots. Con-
signees say that, had the shipment
been of the highest California quality,
the pears would have realized $3.50 or
more q case.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-09-17
Fineness Of Soil Important.


Prof. Milton Whitney, of Johns Hop
kins university, has determined that.
in an ordinary wheat soil. there are at
least 10000 million soil grains In a
gram (about a pint, and in some Of the
finest soils this number has reached
$4,000 millions. In coarse or sandy
soils. the particles, by reason OF greater
weight, take a closer arrangement;
hence there is less air space. The more
soils are divided up and made 1ine. like
dust, the more air space, and for same
reason, the more surface In given
bulk. To illustrate: A cubic foot OF
hard granite has only six square feet
of surface exposed to air or water. II
ground to fneness of good wheat soil.
then a cubic foot will have over two
acres of surface, and in the finest lime
stone soil of Maryland the exposed sur
face of all the soil grains in cubic foot
exceed three acres in extent. The
amount of surface is important. as the
water in the soil adheres to these sur
faces. and the roots occupy the spaces
between in search of food. The more
fine spaces there are the more fine root
lets there will be, and the more food
the plant can gather from the soil.
Wet Lands Waste Manure-Wet
lands waste the manure. by not allow
ing ready absorption, the valuable
parts of the manure frequently pass OF
in vapor and are carried by the
winds to enrich your neighbor's soil,
who, by undertakings. reaps the bene-
1T of your labor as well a. his own.
Good feeding should not be governed |
BY the price Of dairy products. Neither
should the enthusiasm Of the dairy
men fluctuate with the market. Cor
stancy In needed In both caSeA
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-09-17
Bes. Height for Ground water.

Best Height for Ground water.
F. H. Storer, in his work on "Agri-
culture" speaking of the height to-
which ground-water should rise in Or
der to do the most good. says:
The height of the ground-water may
be ascertained in any special case by
noting that of the surface of a well,
or any open ditch OF hole in which the
water is standing. But it is to be OBJ
served that the water in such ditch or
well is usually little lower than that
Of the water in the soil. 1t must be re-
membered also that the foregoing
statement would rarely be true for
stiff clay soil. In clay soils the wells
are commonly 'over-shot wells as the
term is; that is, they are mere pits to
receive and hold the surface water,
which flows into them at the top. The
proper height at which ground-water
should stand in order best to conduce
to the prosperity Of the growing plant
is question of no little complexity.
There are number-ess swamp plants
which prefer to have their roots con-
stantly immersed in ground-water
Rice, also, and the cranberry and rib
bon-grass, and few other useful
grasses, flourish with their roots ac-
tually wet. But as a general rule the
plants of cultivation cannot bear such
an excess of this kind of moisture. It
is with them much as it is with the
greenhouse plants, there must be a
hole in the bottom of the pot or the
plants will drown. Many plants hav-
ing powerful roots do indeed send some
of them down to ground-water. There
are innumerable examples on record,
for that matter. of the choking of
drains by the roots of various kinds of
clover. and of turnips. grape-vines and
the like. It is possible to grow a great
variety of plants in mere water. But
in spite of all this, it is notorious that
plants flourish best in soils where the
ground-water is several feet from the
surface of the soil. In the cultivation
of moors and boys in Europe. it is held
as one essential condition Of success
that the ground-water must be kept at
least three feet below the surface of
the land in summer, and as much as
two feet below the surface in winter.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-09-17

For largest yield of perfect berries,
two favorable seasons are necessary.
The first to perfect the root, the plant
and the fruit bud. The root is the
foundation on which future success de-
ponds. The tint of flower and perfec-
ton Of fruit proceeds from the root. Its
best development requires fine, rich
soil, plenty of moisture and frequent
cultivation. With good roots, vigorous
plants and canes may be expected.
Vigorous canes well pruned, free from
weeds and grass and having sufficient
room to grow, will form many strong
vigorous buds for next seasons fruit.
These fruit buds are promises of fu-
ture payment and the first seasons
work is not done until they are care
fully prepared for their long winter
sleep. The second season is repeti-
ton of the first, as the same care thai
natures this years plant also natures
fruit on last years cane. The fruit
grower should then remember that in
preparing the soil, in selecting plants,
in hoeing, cultivating, pruning, thinning
Of fruit, protection, and in every little
detail, he is performing an important
part in the quality and quantity of his
fruit one or two years hence. Neglect
the work but a single week, and like
an ugly thread woven into a beautiful
pattern, it shows imperfection ever al
ter. The eternal now is the time to
grow good fruit. In many parts OF the
northwest, strawberries have been al
most failure because Of imperfect root
growth last year. In many cases even
staminate varieties were so weak and
pollen so impotent, they could not fer
tilize their own blossoms. Lack of pol
lenization is the direct cause Of failure.
This weakness Of root growth extends
to new setting this year, and great
care will be necessary even under favor
able circumstances, to place new beds
in good condition for next years fruit
ing.-M. A. Thayer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-09-17

Dairy Education Pays-That dairy
education pays is proved by the expert
ence Of the Canadians. Those people
decided that they would teach their
dairymen how to make good butter
and cheese and how to take possession
of the foreign markets. Instructors
were put into the field and these in
structors went about doing good. The
government took an interest in the
matter and did what 1t could to make
a reputation for its cheese in England.
The result was that in a few years Ca
madam cheese had nearly driven Amer
lean cheese from the English market.
Education counted. 1t is the only
salvation Of the cheesemakers and but.
termakers Of America.
A Safe Rule.-An exchange says:
Many an amateur bewails his sad fate
attempting to have a fine garden. Tho
catalogues are full to bewilderment Of
choice things on paper that prove but
q delusion and a snare in the garden
Years ago, I profited by this rule: Get
some Of the old horticultural publiea.
lions and see what was commendea
forty or fifty years ago. From such
varieties as are still catalogued BY the
principal growers make your princinal
selections Follow this rule and Won
will save many dollars and much vera-
ton Of spirit Novelties are NOT by -.
means to Be despised. but they ara Il
b expertmented with, not depende4
upe0. q = =
Evening star., 1896-11-27
STEALING ELECTRICITY.
Current is Taken From Trolley Cir
cults and Used i'm Houses.

cults ana Vsc0 IN houses.
From the Chicago Record.
1t is asserted that the stealing of current
from trolley circuits for use in houses, sa-
Icons and stores is becoming very common.
This is not surprising, in view Of the ease
with which the tapping Of the circuit can
be effected. A simple test for determining
the source Of any suspected electric light
ing was put in practice recently with con-
elusive results. A station superintendent.
in passing a saloon. noticed the electric
lights go out, and then start up bright
again, as the incandescent lights in the
stsplley care sometimes do. He thought
hat was queer way for the lights sup
piled by his station to behave, and he de-
cided to investigate. Being familiar with
the technical differences between the cur
of supplying electric power for the propul-
sion and illumination of cars. he knew that
by very simple experiment he could find
out something more as to the source of
the supply of the current. A lighting COM
pany wires building so that any incan-
descent lamp in 1t can be shut off or
taken out without affecting the others. In
a railway plant the lamps are fed in such
a way that if one is shut off all cease to
glow. The superintendent passed into
side room of the saloon and quietly un-
screwed one Of the incandescent bulbs. AS
he expected, all lights on the same wire
went out. On the following night the cur
rent supplying the electric line on that
street was, by agreement, cut of at a GER
tain time. At that moment the illumna-
tion in the saloon ceased. When the cur
rent was turned on again, the saloon was
again lighted up. Examination showed
that the wire had been tapped near the
saloon, the connection with the feed wire
being made by means of a nail. A large
number of similar taps" were found. In
some cases the job had been done by bo-
gus station man." who had called regu-
larly for payment of the current supposed
to have been consumed. This. at all
events, was the story told by some of those
who were found using the stolen current.
Evening star., 1896-11-27
A LIFE PARTNERSHIP.
The Oyster and Quahaug United Into
One ShelIfish.

From the Providence Journal.
oysters have a well-known habit of at
taching themselves to any object they may
come in contact with in the water. An old
shoe or boot, bottle another oyster or a
small Quahaug are familiar examples, but
in almost every instance where an oyster
and quahaug are found grown to each
other one is much smaller than the other.
Exceptions to this rule are so uncommon
that when an oysterman of Pawtuxet found
.an oyster and quahaug attached to each
other and of the same size recently, the
oldest clammers and oystermen in Paw
tuxet said they had never seen the like be-
fore.
The oyster was a large one at least six
or seven years old, and the quahaug, to
which il was attached at the hinge of the
Shell, was within year of the same age,
and had also attained its full growth.
and both were alive. The two united, yet
separate were placed on exhibition in the
window of Green's fish market, where a
large part of the male population of the
village assembled at some time during the
day or evening. There they were viewed
by men with many years of experience in
handling quahaugs and oysters, who all
said they had never seen another instance
where a full-grown oyster and quahaug
had united.
Now, alas, only the shells remain to tell
The tale Of this natural curiosity. Fred
Remington, a clerk in the market, opened
both bivalves last week. and extracted the
meat without breaking the hinges or sepa-
rating the shells. With the edges of each
shell slightly apart, showing the interior.
the two are more Of curiosity than be-
fore
Evening star., 1896-11-27
Autumn Fashions for Men.
From Harper's Bazaar.


There are fewer notifications in mems
dress for the autumn and winter of 1885,
than there have been for several years.
Golf and cycling. perhaps, have had the
lions share of these. The Norfolk jacket
has been replaced by the sack coat for both
the pastimes. and man may leave his
office ard with lew changes Of costume
can emerge from, say, Wall street, as an
example. to the downs of Long Island
full-fedged golfer, or be fully equipped for
his afternoon spin on his wheel. AS in
previous years the knickerbocker was
gradually discarded for riding costume in
the city during the afternoon, so will 1t
disappear from the cyclists wardrobe. The
"knicker" Is picturesque in summer, and in
the vacation season it has been the pre-
dominating feature of mans sporting and
neglige costume In winter, unless one lives
In the country, the prevailing American
idea is to change rapidly, without any ap-
parent effort, frcm every day dress to that
adapted for any pastime or speciality. The
leather strap Used to keep down long
trousers in riding has also found it's way
into the outfit of the wheelman and golfer.
In fact, unless one belongs to a club and Is
obliged to don dress of a peculiar cut, it is
considered only the mark of an amateur
and greenhorn to appear in a rig for the
occasion. At match this is another story,
but ordinarily the very caddies will laugh
at you. The club uniforms are, however,
quite varied.
The cloth which is to be used for lounge,
morning or business suits this autumn must
therefore be appropriate for golf or wheel
ing as for the office or the street. Tweeds
and chevfots still lead, the colors in favor
being grays and browns and the ever-useful
shepherds plaid In London the browns
have had their day, and the prevailing note
in color is gray. There have been already
seen in this country some very smart
lounge suits made of gray worsted. There
is no change In the shape of the sack coat,
which is, as it was last year, rather loose to
the figure. The trousers are ordinarily
wide. The official measurements are about
nineteen inches around the knee and about
seventeen and a half at the bottom.
Evening star., 1896-11-27
HISTORIC PITCHERS.
A Chicago Woman Has One FOrmerly
Owned by Queen Mary.


From the Chicago News.
Securely locked behind glass doors and
standing among let of cups and saucers
of the modern pink-tea variety, there Is. in
the apartments of Mrs. Dabb, at one Of the
city hotels. .ream pitcher that figured in
the historic supper which Mary Queen of
Scots took the night before her execution.
This pitcher. now more than 800 years
old. and originally owned by the Inflated
Mary Stuart. in spite of Its ancient name
and fame, Is a very unpretentious-looking
affair. 1t is Of thin white china, on
which is traced very unobstructive de-
sign in blue and gold, and does not look
unlike the delft ware popular fifty or sixty
years ago.
Mrs. Dabb has had the pitcher but a
short time, having received it from her
grandmother, while on recent visit to
ner home in the east, but 1t has been In
the Holman family, Mrs. Dabbs ancestry,
since the sixteenth century.
The Holmans are descendants Of the
Plantagenets-the line Of kings that sue
ceeded the Normans-and during the middle
ages the Holmans were quite an illustrious
house. Among scme old family papers
u hich are still in existence is one referring
to the tea set Of which this pitcher was a
part This says that the tea was brought
from "a certain Mistress Kennedy" and
tress, the Queen of Scots. Mrs. Kennedy.
it will be remembered, was the queens
faithful servant.
On the night preceding her execution. the
queen, surrounded by her weeping servants,
supped in her apartments at Fotheringay
Castle. "She supped sparingly and sober
ly as her manner was," says one historian.
When she saw her servants weeping, she
cheered them and then assigned to each
that portion Of her personal belongings she
wished each to have.
After this little feast was over and on
the following day, this pitcher, which Is
now in Chicago. with the other things
that we're not given away. was doubtless
turned over to Mrs. Kennedy and faithful
cid Melvil, for letter from one Of the off,
cfals connected with the execution says
that this disposition was made of all the
deadsQueen's effects, except her papers.
Through all vicissitudes the Holmans
chung to this memorable set of dishes, but
in the course Of centuries some have been
broken. others lost, until the little blue
and-white pitchers that Mrs. Dabb cher
ishes so fondly is the sole survivor of its
historic family.
Evening star., 1896-11-27
NOVEL IMPORTATION METHODS.
Why JaPanese Matches and Tooth.
picks Are So Cheap.

pACAs hEe SO Sheap.
From the Jewellers Review
1t has often been a matter of wonder to
casual purchasers that small articles of
japanese manufacture, such as toothpicks
and fans. could be sold at such low prices.
The small fans are sold at a cent apiece,
while tie dainty little toothpicks command
the same price per bundle
When one examines either of these prod
ucts and speculates upon the amount Of
labor that must be spent to make them in
any quantity. the natural Inference is that
the well-known smaliness of japanese
wages contains the explanation. At first
glance this seems to be the natural ex-
PLANTATION. Such skilled workers as watch
makers get but a trifle more than a dollar
a week for their services, and the less skill
ed and more mechanical trades command
a pittance that to our western ideas seems
incredibly small.
But small as the wages of the Japanese
worker may be- there are considerations
that Indicate at once that some ether cause
must be found. There is duty on both
the articles mentioned, and in addition to
this il must be remembered that Japan is
a good piece away, and that, in the natural
course, freights would give a considerable
price lin this market to articles that were
entirely without cost i'm the orient.
visit to several japanese importing
houses which deal exclusively in fine Sat
Suma and other native wares and in Japan
ese curios revealed the secret of the prices
at which the small wares could be offered
here The large vases which form the sta
pie import of the concerns called upon re-
Quire the most careful packing, lest on
their long journey they come to grief: and
here is where the toothpicks and fans not
only work their passage, but legally escape
duty. Packed in and around the vases are
many thousands of these articles. and by
this use they lose their character as merch-
andise and become merely much pack
ing" 1t would be difficult to estimate the
enormous quantities of this packing
which would be required for a single ship
ment of vases. The market here is con-
stantly glutted, and New Workers can pur-
chase -here at home these tri1es at the
same prices that are asked in Toxic, and
their wonderful cheapness makes American
competition totally out of the question.
Evening star., 1896-11-27
AFTER THE HONEYMOON.
He Told Her the Truth at Last and
Wicl<edly Asserted His Independence

He Told Her the Truth at Last and
WickedIy Asserted His Independence.
From the Chicago Post.
1t was shortly after the honeymoon. and
he had grown a trife weary of super
abundance of sweetness, as men will some
lines.
He was tired when he got home. but he
kissed her afTectionateiy. Even a tired
man can hold up his end in kiss. you
know. provided it is not too long drawn out
Dr too frequently repeated So the kiss
was all right.
Then she kissed him. and that was all
right, too. She had been brought up very
strictly and had been taught that all debts
should be paid with the utmost prompt
ness. so that ii was only natural that she
should return his kiss at once 10 avoid
remaining in debt to him
A little later she kissed him again, and
that was different Before and during the
honeymoon II would have been all right,
but there had come to be degree of mo-
notony about five-mlnute Wifely kisses that
Is never experienced previous TO marriage.
Consequently he was desperate when he
got the fifth kiss and she put her arms
around his neck and asked:
Am the first woman You ever kissed?"
he mad answered that question six or
seven hundred times before. SO there was
no particular novelty about it, but he felt
now that 1t was about time to give his
conscience little consideration Any one
OF his previous answers would have ruined
George Washington's famous cherry-tree
reputation, and he felt that he could not
anord to lie more than six or seven hun
dred times about a little matter like that,
Therefore he replied coldly:
Not on your life!"
George" she cried, breaking away from
him, do you dare stand there and tell
me"
Now, don't get excited" he interposed.
1 might as we'll square this thing with
my conscience now. And besides YOU
have no kick coming. You're the only one
out Of the 432 that ever got such a breach
of-promise cinch on me that l was afraid
to try to break the engagement. and you re
PLAYING in pretty good luck at that"
Then he cooked his hat on one side and
started for the door with the air of a man
who feels that he has won a great vic
tory, but nevertheless thinks it wise to go
to the club for the evening.
And, by the way" he said, as he paused
IN the doorway, that question is a foolish
one, anyway and you ought 10 break YOUR
self Of the habit of asking it. What YOU
are a lot more interested in when / come
nome at night is this: Are you the last
woman 1 ever kissed@ You young mar
ried women all make the mistake Of con
eerning yourselves with the wrong side
Of the CEREMONY
He shut the door gently, feeling that he
nad impressed a valuable lesson on her.
Evening star., 1896-11-27
No Faith in Thermometers.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
After Mrs Willoughby had engaged her
new observation-disclosures, to do the beavv
work and look after the furnace, she found
that 1t was necessary to instruct him
carefully in his duties.
One of his lessons consisted In the use
OF the thermometer in Indicate the tenn
]erature of the house. Michael knew
nothing whatever about thermometers. and
the instruction naturally took the form of
a complete course, beginning with a de-
scription of the way in which the instru-
ment did its work.
You see this fine line of mercury in tho
glass tube, Michael?'
"Oi do. mum"
well. when it's warm the mercury goes
up. and when it's cold the mercury goes
down. Do you understand that, Michaei?''
"Oi do, mum"
Very well. Now I want to keep the
house as nearly as I can at 10 degrees,
Michael"
''Sivnty dagrays. is 1t, mum?'
Yes, Michael Look at this thermom-
eter and you will see that the mercury
now just touches IS degrees. That shows
that the house Is not warm enough, and
you must fire up the furnace a little Do
you understard?'
"Oi do num-
And IL the mercury goes up to 75 or 81
the house is then too warm, and you must
a little, or let some cold outside air into
the house by opening that window in the
hall just a little way, and being careful
to close it the minute the thermometer gets
down to 10. Now do you think can trust
you to look after the temperature care
fully?"
The timperature, mum?'
Yes: the heat and cold of the house, you
know
'Indade you can, num-"
Mrs. Willoughby went about her social
duties, and late In the afternoon returned
home. Her first look was at the thermom-
eter. 1t indicated 50 degrees. and she con-
graduated herself that Michael was doing
his work well. Michael himself had mis-
givings, however. not about the manner
of his work. but of the reliability of the
Thermometer as indicator of tempera-
ture. Mrs. Willoughby saw him go outside
and then come back and gaze at the ther-
momster in the hall with a troubled ex-
preston of countenance.
rs anything the matter, Michael?" she
asked
Michael shook his head.
Sure, num-" he replied, 'it's mesilf as
is afraid thin thermometers is no good"
what makes you think that, Michael?"
We'll, mum, thot one In the hall points
to sivinity, whole the one out on the porch
says only thirty-foive. Which av them am
OF to belaye?'
Evening star., 1896-11-27
A Life Saved.
York Weekly

From the New York Weekly.
Mr. Simpkins (wildly)-"You must be
mine. Say .yes.' or will drown myself"
Miss Prettie-"You will at least wait un-
til 1 have had time to think it over, 1 am
sure"
MIR. Simpkins-"How long? 1t is now Sep
tember. Will you give me my answer in
October?
Miss Prettie-'I will If can. If not, you
will have to wait longer"
Miss Prettie the following December)-
what! Still in the land of the living? II
is a month, nearly, since ! refused you.
and you know you were to drown yourself
IL said no."
Mr. Simpkins (despondently)-"Yes bu,
you waited SO long that the-the water got
too cold"