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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
GOOD EARTH ROADS.
Facts to Be Remembered by Those En-
trusted with Making Them.

Facts to Be Remembered by Those En-
trusted with Making Them.
How to make a good country road is
| a problem of widespread interest. In
large areas of the country, common
earth roads will have to answer all
purposes for some time TO come. In a
recent number of the Pittsburgh Dis
Patch, Mr.. John M. Burn describes a
plan he has followed Tor several years
with entire satisfaction, as follows:
"Cut the bitches down three or four
feet lower than the roadway, use a
twO-horse scraper to curve the surface,
and the natural forces set in opera
ton will do all the rest. The water
drains out of the body of the roadway,
the mud surface dries and toughens
as it dries, the scraper fills all ruts
and cuts away all vegetation, the sun
and air dry a hornhard surface; rain
storms simply wash it off clean, and
in an hour or so after the rain it Ia as
hard as before. / present it as the
most effective solution of the prob
lem of making good country roads with
little expense.
''The greater portion of clay roads
OF farms and owned or rented by people
who do not have the money necessary
to macadamize (stone) them. They
really cannot afford to do SO, and it
is really to their assistance desire
to direct these thoughts. This is such
Il simple matter and so thoroughly ef-
fective that I desire you to consider
the analysis. The existence of the open
ditch with clean bottom gives water
chance to drain out of the body of
the roadway and run away. The tough
mud worked up by hoofs and wheels
becomes tougher and more compact
as it drains from below and dries from
above !
'"The scraper drawn by two slow draft
horses attacks the surface when suf-
ficiently dry, all loose stones are moved
into the wheel tracks, everything is
moved towards the middle of the road
way, no vegetation remains between
the wheelways and the bitches, travel
compacts the still damp material in
it's new position. A rain may soften
some of it again. So much the bet
ter. The scraper trims it smooth again,
and about the third time the road is
smooth, hard, compact and dry. 1t
sheds the water of storm, because of
its curve, and especially because of
solid, impenetrable surface of tough,
dry material. Thus it remains and acts
until frost sets in. If the freeze-up is
rapid, the road is all light and remains
SO. If alternate freezing and thawing
takes place it will roughen up some
what, but the bitches are at work and
very little water can remain in the road
way, and the road don't get bad enough
to speak of.
cit takes water and clay to make
mud. Get the water out as soon as
possible. The bitches do that, and ii
is no longer in the roadway, therefore
not much mud. 1t has been a very
interesting study to me, and have
watched it in all it's Jarying phases for
many years."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

by his shiftlessness. Is not this seri-
Gus leak? One might just as well throw
so much money in the fire. Attention
is called to this matter now because
it is the most suitable time to get few
logs out of the woods and have them
manufactured into suitable lumber for
a shed. In such case all the cash a shed
would cost would be the price of few
nails and the saving bill. Ordinary
dairymen have a dread of contracting
any unnecessary expense. A shed is
looked upon as involving more expendi-
sure to construct than is necessary. A
loan having "a cows and no shed re-
fused to subscribe for a farm paper be-
caase he ''could not afford it," 1t is
hoped this will set some such manure
MASTERS to thinking.
Persons who have not been on tours
of observation through dairy sections
can have but faint idea of how eX-
tensive the waste is in this respect.
It amounts to many millions of dol
lars annually in the state of New York
alone. Probably one-half of the dairy
men would plead guilty to this indict-
ment. But there are many honorable
exceptions. Some keep their manure
under shed cover, and the more able
have their COW barns so constructed
that they can drive team through
behind two rows of cows. A vehicle
is kept standing in the stable, and
when a load is obtained it is driven
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
wAsrEFuL DAIRYMEN.
Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing ID
scribed and Illustrated.

Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing De-
scribed and Illustrated.
This article is respectfully dedicated
to the dairymen of the country, re-
marking by the way that the nlustra-
ton of Peter Tumbledown's barn is a
little exaggerated, but not beyond a
condition all are liable to reach who
pursue his method. Rain from the
caves is conveying his manure down
into the nearest ravine. This will save
him the labor of carting it to the fields.
Just now the poor man is having hard
time. There is a depression in the
barnyard where he has to. walk when
coming to the barn or returning from
it. It is filed with black solution of
cow manure. He has to drain it away
or wade through it. The latter would
be the easier way and he would con-
tinue to do so were it not for the fear
of his patient wife, Nancy, who has
said so many times: "Now, Peter, just
look at your nasty boots!" This part
of the picture is not overdrawn. The
Peters" are very numerous. The rents
in his barn covering furnish plenty of
fresh air and sunshine for his cows, and
lAcn DOOh SdJ ODCSC al z
necessary to prevent tuberculosis. But
not all Peters are just like this one.
There are many grades of them.
Cows pass half the year in the stable,
and here is where they are fed all the
grain they get. The quality of the
manure, of course, depends much upon
the amount of grain fed. / think any
observing farmer would indorse me in
saying that on the average where man
ure is thrown under the caves, as in
Peters case, there is easily an annual
loss of fertility by teaching as much in
value as five dollars per COW. A roof
to cover the manure as represented in
one of the illustrations can be erected
for so cents cow. Now a 20-cow
dairyman who throws the manure
under the caves loses nearly 500 year
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

to the field and spread. This is the
most sensible way. When the coun-
try was new the soil filed with
sweet native grasses and the butter
made had a delicious flavor. By the
lax system of dairying the soil gradual
ly became depleted of fertility, the
tame grasses slowly went out and
weeds and coarse grasses came in. The
butter made now is not of as good quail
ty as formerly. A few of the best
dairymen, observing whence they were
drifting by this system of depletion,
changed their methods, fed more grain,
especially cottonseed meal, carefully
husbanded and applied all the solid
manure made, and now the tame
grasses are driving out the weeds and
other wild growth. This is farming on
right lines. It must be understood
that most dairy lands are not tillable.
The dairymen might go further now
and utilize the liquid manure, which
is almost wholly neglected.-Galen VIII
son. in n. Y. Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
To Prevent Fires on Farms.

Too great care cannot be exercised
to prevent fires on the farm; for fire
once started means the destruction of
a building and perhaps more than one.
The house is exposed to the usual
causes of CONGREGATIONS exploding
lamps, defective chimneys and careless
ness in handling matches: All the fire
caution possible against such happen
ings should be taken. See that the
lamps are perfect; fill them during the
Gay, and move them from place to place
with the utmost care. Make it rule
never to throw match that is lighted
anywhere that ignition could take
place, until the fire on the match is
entirely out. So far as the barn is con-
cerned, never permit anyone to go into
it with lighted pipe or cigar, and the
lantern should always be in good order
and handled carefully. The only prac-
teal thing to do in the matter of fire on
the farm is to prevent iT.-Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
SPOTTED COWBANE.
Short Description of One of Our Most
Deadly Plants.

Deadly Plants.
Every year cases of the poisoning
of children from eating wild parsnips''
are chronicled by the papers. AS
many people are ignorant of the harm
full nature of the plant, it may be well
to describe it. Spotted cowbane
(Cicuta maculata) is member of the
parsley family. It is a weed of the
damp meadow and brookside. 1t is a
perennial, with a purple stem, white
flowers, slender habit and pungent,
aromatic odor. The stems spring from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
SALT BOX FOR COWS.

How to Get Up Convenient Arrangement
at Small Expense.
Live stock should have quantity of
salt fed to them regularly. The better
way is to place quantity of salt where
it will be accessible to them at all
times, and this is done in no more salts
factory way than by the use of COW
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

The old canes should be cut of the
raspberry bushes in order to give the
young canes better stand to grow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

BY planting good selection of varie-
ties, the supply of strawberries, rasp-
berries and blackberries may be con-
siderably extended.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

Wood ashes applied around the trees
will help them make healthy and
more vigorous growth and bear sound
er fruit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

The more rapidly animals are fat
seemed the better the profits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
THE UNIVERSAL NEED.

Wanted: a perfect country road wherein
the noble steed
Can draw a broad and ample load at a
pleasant rate of speed;
One hard and smooth and level, yet so
drained and round and high,
It won't be muddy when it's wet, nor dusty
when it's dry.
Gnn.a rrnsa.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
Notice of Forfeiture.
To JonS W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:

TO JONI W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (5O0) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ty-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Aituras
county, Idaho, as required by section 1924.
Revised Statutes Of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
Ior IIor the years ending December 81, 1887, to
December 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
.ne u! same is $3.50, being one-half; and il
wlthin ninety (9) days from the service of
"a! !nls notice, or within ninety (9) days after
tins notice by publication you fail or re-
iuse TO contribute your proportion OF such
expenditure as co-owner, your interest in
, sal9 claim will become the property Of the
Undersigned under the provisions Of said
section 1894. FRANK. LEMON.
Aetchum.. Idaho, July 70, 1892.
First publication July 30, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
Notice Of Forfeiture.

10 J. T. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
lou are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (100) dol
'ars IN labor and improvements upon the
Young AMERICA
.ode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
n,strct nt Altnras county, State of Idaho, in
D;aer ,,;.; 10 hold said premises under tie pro.
,h ,,si9ns m OF section 1924, Revised Statutes OF
me United States, being the amount re
aaired to hold the same for the year end
,ig ,ip december 81, 1892 !; that your proper
.nd .,o1 oi the same is $40, being one tenth !;
ana sssn;n II within ninety (90l days from the
dona dL,uice OF this notice, or within ninety (001
Hfays fay alter this notice by publication you
,all 20 OF refuse to contribute your proportion
nnhsh =, such expenditure, including costs Of
prI;nThtcaton. r;n your interest in said claim
s;ano nn become the property Of the under
SN. '''0 p'osiY1u9 iMHN - nnDNx sSiv
First publication June II lkn4
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
AN OLD LAWYERS WILL.

It Was IN Unusually Sensible Ono in All
Of Its ProviaionA
The will Of Nathan A. Chedsey, Of
New York, contained some peculiar
provisions. Mr.. Chedsey was a lawyer
of the old school. For 20 years he mad
an Office on the top floor OF dirgy
bsildiny in City Hall place. Tie fur
niture was old-faef ioned and every
thing was as PLAIN as could be. HIS
shingle was a small one and it became
so discolored by dirt as to be almost IN
distinguishable. Hut the old lawyer
did a good business and saved his
money, leaving, it is estimated, about
$4,000. The will was drawn with the
greatest care, and il it is broken by rel
atives it probably will not be his fault.
One of its peculiar provisions is that
$4,000 is to go to D church in little
town N Connecticut, Of which his
mother was . meupcber. A portion ct
the income is to be devoted TO the salary
Of the minister, and, If that minister is
as poor as good share Of the country
clergy are, it will be gotisend to him.
Another provision is that to hi: manag
ing clerk he gives $500 for the education
of the mans son, and he adds that it is
his wish that the boy may be educated
without reference to sectariAn prclu-
dicss. It 10 suppoeed that this means
that he p1efem that h be cent 70 the
public schools, a. Mr.. Chedsey was
much attached to tho public system.
To the clerk himself, Mr.. O'Drien, he
holds ont the promise Of wealth and
good business. THE clerk II TO manage
the law practice for five ycsrs, and ffut
the end Of that time the executors th,rk
he has done the work honestly and
rsUrssls, .ht heasinese = to oqoo6ne 11ss
ahsolutsly. 1lsmhlespe the f1nily are
resneuIbefcd ~ .mrl lste4e spz - =
d0ubtfd1 II = man ever diAl,oaed 81 bis
money in : way better designed 70
make It useful ard prodsettve. But
fnlo ExpteSo. =. :.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
puNoEnT PARAGRAPHS


-She-.-Isoor fellow! Only one eye.
How came sou. to lose the otherf''
Tramp "a looking for work, muml"
-Tit-Eits.
Shocking Taste 'sGamsby was .
man of atrocous ideas Yes, the
wretch had red hair and committed sui
eide with paris grcen."- Chicago Rec.
ord.
Maud What is the trouble be-
tween Alice and Kate?" Ethel-s'Why,
you .see,, Alice asked Kate to tell her
just what she thought of her." Maud :
eyes" Ethel Kate told her. ."-Bos-
ton Budget.
"A Woman's Fictnre.-Lewyer--
''You say the prisoner stole your watch.
What distinguishing feature was there
about the watch?'' Witness.It had
my sweetheart's picture in it, Lawyer
-"Ah: / see. a woman in the case. -
Scottish American.
The Iiiom. 'slVhyfcr eez it zat
woman's face eez use on zee silverdol
lar in zis country? e. inquired visiting
foreigner. 'Because.'' growled the I'M
pecunious Aative, 1T is the idiom of cur
language t;lat money talks" Detroit
Free Press.
Eminent Fhysician's Clerk -"Sha1l
! make out Mr.. Younghusband's bill
and send ii to him." Eminent Ply.
sician "a man with soft hcart) )-"Weil,
no; not yet. He seer1s to be in seventh
heaven over the arrival of that baby.
and hate to intrude on his innocent
joy.-N.5 Y. Weekly.
This, said the mother, in her b. st
instructive voice, aS she guided the
child through the museum, this is a
praying machine, used by the benighted
heathen.'' II don't think that is half
as nice as having your praying done by
the preacher, like we do, do you, mann
ma?" asked the small girl.--IEdianap-
oils Journal.
--''That's a wonderful light that for
eign scientist has discovered said
Hicks. SITS so strong thai if you let it
shine through a pockethook camera
will make O picture of money in IT.
"Jovc!" said Wilbur. .:Id like to have
some OF that. II it could make a picture
Of money IN my pockctBcuk I'd have an
easier tune with my creditors. ."-Far-
per's Eazar.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY =.
j "A nose OF PROPER proportions shouu
Be one-third the length of the fsee.
Cats and dogs cannot live alta grss1-
er elevation than 1900 feet above go
level.
Indigestion has often been cured
by drinking every morning, half an
hour before breakfast, a glass OF hot
water.
The paper mills soon 70 be estab-
lished at Way Crosse, Ca. will utilize
the palmetto plant, which grows in pro-
fusion in that section.
Cholera, typhus and swamp fever
are due to lack of ozone, according to
DR.. Toveau de Ccurmelles, of Paris, but
grippe and inflammatory diseases are
aggravated by its presence. The latter
are apt to become fatal during the mag
netie storms coipcident with the aurora
borealiS.
IN. Lowe1ls observations give lit
tie larger dimensions to the satellites OF
Mars than have been hithertoaccepted.
He assigns to Phobos, the one nearest
the planet, diameter of Is mites, and
to Deimos, the outer one, diameter of
ten miles. The older estimates were
seven and five respectively. o.
The planet Mars resembles the
earth more closely than any other of
the solar system that we know any
thing about. Mars is smaller than the
earth. and its specific gravity is less:
It's atmosphere is rarer than that on
the highest mountains. 1t has prob
ably no oceans and very little free water,
except in spring, when the snow melts.
AS to Mars being inhabited, it il not i'm
possible.
Fresh Columbia salmon are soon
to be shipped from British Columbia to
England and Australia in steamships
fitted with refrigerators. Experimental
shipments have proved success, and a
company has been formed, with British
capital, to undertake the enterprise on
a large scale. The company is building
a large cold storage warehouse at Var
couver for storing the fish while await
ing shipment. The company expects
to make more profit than is made by the
salmon Gamers.
Last years mackerel catch was al
most failure, and few of the many ves-
sells engaged in the fishery paid ex-
lenses. Bad weather and fog prevented
good catch in the early part of the
season, and the fish were not at all
plentiful. Later in the season the
weather was good, and large bodies of
mackerel were seen at different points
along the Atlantic coast, but for some
reason they were wild, did not school
and could not be taken. The same con-
ditions are said also to have been
noticed abroad. The Norwegian and
Irish mackerel catches were very poor.
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MOURNING IN THE ORIENT.
rhs Dismal and Doleful Wall Of tho Arab
Woman.

EA1 81
Woman.
Seated IN my tent outside the village
watching the horses feed, and wonder
ing if, after all, it was really wortl;
while ever tn return to England,
beard wall. Like the Celtic "coro-
mach" the Arab wall is something out
eide humanity. No jackal or coyote can
produce q sound more dismal. II
makes you sad al once, and yet sadness
must be q kind Of mental convention
after all, for both the "coronach" and
the Arab cry are just as dolcful when
they issue from the lips of q profession
al mournsr. Fancy mute at funeral
impressIng or.e with sadness, or induc-
ing thoughts of anything but gin and
water. At the door of little hut ap-
peared q woman scarcely veiled, her
hair streaming like > pony's Tail. After
her smother, and then group OF chill
dren, all raising the same doleful cry
Then from tho other bcenives and huts
came groups Of women, to comfort and
10 wall in concert; in the midst was the
widow, with tears running down her
cheeks, and striking her nails into her
arms and breast. The night before .
house had fallen on her husband and
killed him.
Tie sorrow that II dumb + not for
Arabs tho rcaeFve Of power we heey -
much Of and which make our grief,
our Joy, our eloquence, our acting,
seem 70 unreal to Ill except ourselves,
-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
COLD WEATHER IN AFRICA.

NOA8tA0OAUe
"In spite OF all that has been written
lately about the Transvaal republic.
most people have an utterly mistaken
idea about it." said Albert Gerard
Theirs, the tenor, who is well acquaint
ed with it, the other day. "Most peo-
pie, find, think that any spot in Afric:
is torrid and terrifcally hot at all times
whereas. in reality, many Of the nights.
and particularly in June, are very cold.
and it takes all the rugs and blankets
TINT one possesses to keep him warm
Though the midday sun is almost as
warm as any summer day." the tenor
went on. lone needs to be well pro-
vided with covering if he proposes to
pass the night on the veldt. To give
you some idea of the cold of the plains
at night, may tell you thata few win
ters ago several natives on their way to
the fields were frozen stiff on the road
from Pretoria to Potchefstrom.
Several of our party one day started
from Bloemfontein for Pretoria, where
tue shooting was particularly good, TAX
ing with us couple of boys to carry
our traps, which consisted of q change
of linen, or, rather, fannels, pair of
blankets each, the cooking utensils and
spare gun. We had for our compan-
ion a young man whom we had met a
few days previous to our departure
young Scotchman, but lately arrived in
the country.
Starting about two o'clock in the
afternoon, we walked briskly, with oc-
casional halts for coffee, until about ten
o'clock at night, when the moon shone
out in full, and we decided to turn in for
the night. The wind was already blow
ing pretty.fresh, and we looked about
for place in the veldt where the ant
hills were the thickest, so that we coul6
set fire to two of them TO heat our kct-
ties and keep us warm during the biy-
onac. After having cup of coffee and
sitting around the fire until thoroughly
warmed. our party slipped off thei.
boots, end, putting them under oui
heads for pillows, pulled our blanketl
over our heads and feet and were sool
fast asleep, imagining, CT course, the
Scotchman would do the same.
"About two o'clock, when the nigh
was coolest, we were all awakened b.
a dreadful groaning, and, pulling ou5
heads from out our coverings, were as
sonished to see Mac huddled up on tbs.
ground, with nothing over him but 1.
rubber overcoat, shivering, chattering
and moaning piteously. The fire was
out. An icy wind was sweeping around
the, veldt. Good gracious, Mac, what's
the matter? Where are your blankets p
we cried. I didn't bring any, chat
tered the unfortunate youth. 'Didn'a
bring any? Then what on earth wa.
that big bundle the Kaffir was carry
ing " That is my b-best clothes, :.
aoaned the sufferer.
we were soon up and bundled the
poor fellow into our own blankets, and.
waking the boys, we made up roarinP
fire and thawed him back to life. The
next day, on arriving at Winberg, you
should have seen Mac rushing into the
nearest store, and, regardless Of 'siIler,
buy two Of the thickest blankets to be
had. This man had never slept before
outside of four walls, and had fondly
imagined that in Africa he would need
no covering. He made common mis-
take about Africa."-N. Y. World.
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kE,Gbl IBA SATURDAY,, RAReH 2, 2s, 1886

neighbors HAD come IN, one more ven
turesome than the r5st read tie mssr
sage. It wAs simply notice that the
woman's sister wquh come up from
Leayenworth that evening to zee her.
--Atchison Globe.