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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
WANT IDEAL ROADS.

The Farmers of DuvaI County, Fla, Are
Bound to Have Them.
The good roads associo ton of DuvaI
county ill make it its business to pre-
pare a good roads bill, to be presented
to the next legislature for enactment
into law. That's business, and the
proper way to get right down to brass
tacks.
This is the age of good roads, and
Florida should not lag behind. The
good roads movement in Duval county
is one that is sure to pe--meate every
county i'll the state, and we should not
be surprised to see state convention
Ct good roads delegates with every nook
and Granny of Florida represented, the
outcome of which ought to be sys-
tematic road building.
What a magnificent developments
would result if the counties would unite
and say one to the other, If you build
DAD to my boundary, Til build one to
yours. The state would soon be grid
ironed with roads, and every road would
be lined with farms, shade trees and
hedgerows. The farmer could get his
produce to market cheaper and mis- chill
dren to school easier, and the education
thus obtained would find its way back
into the soil and out of the soil again in
more plenteous crops, for education is
as essential to the farmer as to him who
would attain success in any vocation.
Ideal road building would be sure TO
bring other blessings. When transpor-
tation is made good it is easy to induce
the government to put into effect it's
1nuch-thought-of extension of the pos
tai delivery system to the country. This
would enable the farI:ler to keep in
touch with the world, TO get his daily
paper, and to apply to his business what
he reads as constantly as the man of the
city applies it to his.
Every county has at its disposal con-
victs whose work should be applied only
to road building. 1t would be bstter if
the idea went even further and became
enacted into law that required not
only the county convicts TO do no other
work than road building, but state con
victs as we'll. Under this plan no con-
Wet would be made an unequal COM
pctitor of an honest v'age-earner.-
Jacksonville (FIa.) Times Union
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
TOOL FOR scRAP1Ne BARK

With this an entire tree, even to the
smaller limbs. can be scraped in a few
minutes. One sees hundreds of old neg
lected orchards about the country that
ought to have the trunks of the trees
thoroughly scraped, the suckers" and
superduous limbs removed, the remain
der grated to good fruit, and the sod
broken about the roots and fortified.
With such treatment, these old orchards
would soon be paying profit instead of
producing, as now, barely enough fruit
to- pay for gathering@CountryG Gentle
man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

PROTECTOR FOR TREES.

How to stake Out = Large Orchard with
Very Little Labor.
The cut shows a simple but effective
method of supporting. young trees, es
pecially where large orchard is set In
such case, the saving of a little labor at
each tree amounts to a great deal in the
case of the whole orchard The trunk
of the tree rests in the angle between
three stakes, and is held there by strip
of cloth used as string. The cloth Is
twisted about so as to have fold of it
between the tt unk and the stakes, to
prevent chatting. The three stakes are
bound together by a bit of wire. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

E16 j.
1t is useless to talk to the average farm
er whose barn is in this shape of what
ought to be done, if what ought to be
done" involves the building of new
cattle quarters. 1t is, therefore, more
sensible to plan how these old "tie-ups"
may be made more serviceable, with
some simple interior alterations. With
this end in view, two illustrations are
given herewith, the first showing the
arrangement of the old-fashioned cattle
stalls, to be found SO frequently at the
present day, and the other a remodeled
version of it. In the latter it will be
seen that the platform has been raised
andmoved forward, bringing the cattle's
heads up to the side of the feeding floor,
a part of the partition being hinged
to let down, so as to form crib for hay.
Uprights four or more inches apart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

St1rute the plates
h e r e become a
frame, which at
each corner EN-
braces the post m
manner shown at a
in Fig. 2. If any
posts additional to
those at the corners
are put down, an
iron stirrup is used,
as depicted at Il.
The cover, or roof.
over the frame
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
HANDY BARK SCRAPER.

Every Wide-Awake Orchardist Should
Make One at Once.
Hundreds of old orchards have the
tree trunks covered with loose, hanging
bark, that serves as breeding places for
borers and other injurious insects.
Such old loose bark should be carefully
scraped off. A most convenient nipple
ment for this purpose is the shank of
an old, WORKOUT hoe Gu. off as shown
in the cut. and sharpen to an edge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

as necessary to receive and best protect
the hay or fodder beneath. AS usually
built, it is four-post affair, one post
(strongly set in the ground) at each cor
ner; but if the shed is one of consid
cradle length six posts are used, as
shown in the accompanying cut Gig.
-. What in an ordinary building con
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
Narrow Tires Destroy Roads.

John Hamilton, deputy secretary of
agriculture and director of farmers in
stitutes for Pennsylvania, says all
wagons hauling over two tons should be
required to have six-inch wide tires, as
a single load on narrow tire often
damages the road more than all the
other traffic of a year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
PROTECTION FOR HAY.

A Good Structure, Although There Is
Not Very Much 1t.
A good way, even if it is somewhat
old, of cheaply protecting hay and fod
der is to make an open structure with
a roof that can be raised or lowered,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

cloth will stretch and loosen sufficiently
SO that the growing trunk of the tree
will not be bound at all. A large or
chard can be staked out in this way
with very little labor, and the result will
prove very satisfactory, as everyone of
the three stakes acts as brace-some-
thing that cannot be said of such as are
driven about the tree perpendicularly.
Country Gentleman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

A Pointer for Farmers
The better the roads tine easier it il
for farmer to make a dollar.-Good
Roads.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
Arbitration or War?

The eternal sheathing of the sabre and
the perpetual silence of the belchng cannon
is the object of the peace congress which
is in session in Washington today Rep
resentatives of every territorial quarter
OF the country have gathered TO protest
against ruthless human sacrifice to the
god OF war, and insist upon rational
fraternal arbitration.
The movement is timely at a period
of almost universal unrest and is naturally
spontaneous in the face of the unspeakab,e
crueities i'll the bellicose orient, in Dark
Africa, in our neighbor Cuba. The dis
ciples of peace and no needless slaughter
have vivid object lessons on all sides 10
point the justification of their crusade
The object of their work is not alone the
consummation of the Divine wish, but it
is likewise the answer TO an universal
human supplication for deliverance from
the remaining yestige of an ancient and
medieval barbarity.
War is the necessity of pride on one side
or wiliful error on the other. The panacea
of the peacemakers is tribunal of ar
bitration. This realization, if attainabie,
is benizen worth praying for, and work
ing. for.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
Quite a Picturesque Park.

Washingtonians Will regard with favor
the proposition embodied in Senator Can
mons joint resolution to construct near
this city landscape representation of the
United States, on the scale of one foot to
the mile, which shall show the chief
physical features of the country. 1t is a
decidedly novel and picturesque idea and
one which happily is not difficult of execu-
ton nor requires a great deal of expense
Moreover, the place where this miniature
of Uncle Sans domains can be appropri-
ately put up, or down. whichever you please,
is right at hand. Potomac Park, for that,
of course, will be the name of the park to
be laid out on the flats, is the very spot
for it..
In preparing the flats for the park the
plans could be so arranged as to locate the
map near one end and have the water
there represent the Gulf of Mexico, while
the water on the north and south sides
would do service for the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. Lakes could be provided
as the fac SMILES of the Great Lakes on
the northwestern boundaries of the United
The morning times., 1896-04-21

or loss OF his pension are determined, are
entirely ex parte. All this is illogical, in
congruous, unjust and repciiant to the
American idea of fair play.
Instances are known OF pensioners being
subjected to endless annoyance by ILL.,
disposed neighbors. who made charges
Which finally proved TO have no foundation
Whatever, and many u poor fellow or poor
widow has been put TO considerable and
unnecessary expense 10 dsprove these
groundlcss accusations. The Picker BILL
therefore, contemplates nothing more than
justice in securing the pensoner in un-
disturbed enjoyment of his stipend
1t would be well if coupled with this pro-
posed legislation there could be some method
looking to tie simplification OF the Iegula-
tions and rules with which the passage
OF a claim through the Pension ureau Is
hampered. The convolutinns OF Dickens
famous Circumlocution Office were nothing
compared TO the red tape that literally
course through that bureau. How not to
do it seems tobe the rule that governs there
Mr. Picker might employ some OF his
surplus energy in the gigantic task Of
cleaning that Augcan stable Of its accump-
lated distractions
The morning times., 1896-04-21

1t now looks as if the chief material
evidence Of Weyler's generalship would not
accomplish its purpose as military ex-
pedicnt. The trocha or strong line has
been fairly effective in keeping the forces
OF Maceo in the western province, but.
meanwhile, what of the rest of the island?
Made desperate by the persistence with
which small detachmentS of the insurgents
evaded the vigilance of the trocha, Weyler
summoned additional forces from every
part of Cuba, until the flower of the Spanish
regulars is massed in this merely defensive
line. 1t was expected, OF course. that
Maceo would show fight. He didn't do it;
he is too good a general. He merely
holds his force of 3 900 men in threatening
attitude. and Weylcr. while doubtless recoG-
nizing the failure of his movement as an
effective military operation is evidently
at a loss to better dispose his force under
the circumstances. He probably suspects,
too, that Maceo has no desire to do aught
but distract attention of the military force
The morning times., 1896-04-21

States, and even Niagara Falls need not
be lacking. system OF miniature water
ways might show the principal rivers at
least; ornamental trees the great forest
sections. Yosemite Park, and the great
mountain chains could be easily constructed
and the great cities indicated by miniatures
of their leading architectural features. In
brief, Senator Cannon's idea could be
executed with comparative ease and at
comparatively little expense.
1t will be readily seen how great an at
traction so unique landscape would be,
and also now useful 1t would prove as a
practical lesson in geography II would
at the same time subserve an ornamental
as well as a useful purpose. The lover of
the aesthetics as well as the utilitarian
ought to be delighted with it. The Senator
from Utah has not indicated any particular
location for his project, but he can hardly
feel otherwise than grateful to The Times
for pointing out to him the place, as ideally
appropriate for its execution, as will be
Potomac Park.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
Proposed Pension Legislation.

The question whether a pension is Il
bounty or a vested right has been dis
cussed in and out of Congress so much ind
so often that nothing remains to be said
on either side, yet it is probable that the
convictions of neither of the parties to the
dispute have been changed or shaken by
the arguments of the other. The friends OF
the vested right idea, however, have got
their views crystallized in the bill intro
duced by Representative Picker, and this
measure is ardently supported by the Grand
Army of the Republic, which for years has
been trying TO secure such action. Opposi-
ton to the principle embodied i'll the bill
is much less violent than it used to he and
ii is believed that the measure will pass
without encounterng serious difficulties.
The Picker bill is in the line of legisla-
ton calculated TO place the pensioner be-
yond the whims of bureau Officials, or
the malice OF personal enemies. Itproyides
that pension shall not be cut off save
where positive proof is adduced showing
il TO have been secured by fraud, and in
the investigation OF the case the pensioner
is 10 be permitted to confront his accuser
or accusers. All present a pensioner is left
in the dark us to who is the person that
charges him or her with fraud, and the
whole proceedings by which the retention
The morning times., 1896-04-21

Perhaps this Is wishing too mrch The
millennium is conceivable In the abstract
but 1t is rot of mortal ma king In the
concrete. There are necessary evils. Is
war one of them? Is the menace of an
armament, finger 10 trigger, match to fuse,
the most effective enforcement of peace?
Has the oldfashioned disciplinary theory
of the spared rod and spoiled hoy fallen
behind the possible enlargement to inter-
national application?
Universal peace would be sad blow
to the jingos. Those who see no strength
in a foreign policy that does not extend
terms in one hand and declaration OF war
the peace movement They confound
peace with inactivity. War is the triumph
of might. peace and arbitra ton the con-
quest of right. is there choice?
The most brilliant America ms OF all states,
professions and creeds join in this appeal
.of-niv"rsal civiiza ton to orelegate carna &c,
to darkness OF the past and to concur
in an International board OF arbitration
which shall be d final tribunal for the resort
of ali nations To the preservation of life,
right and peace.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
REV. CLEyELAND's FAREWELL
Presidents Brother breaches Re-
mnrknble Sermon.

Watertown, N. Y. A pril 20.-Rev. VILLA m
n. Cleveland preached his farewell sermon
TO the Presbyterians at Chaumont Sunday.
Although the presbytery In dissolving the
pastoral relations made it to take effect
July /, Mr.. Cleveland would not consent TO
remain.
He preached a remarkable sermon to a
large congregation In the course of his
address he said: perhaps / may be
allowed To speak personally here today.
Let me tell you, dear friends, that | do
not regret my six years stay and work
in Chaumont any way a reproach. True,
the parish is a 5 has been said, small, remote
and obscure. The emolument, though not so
slight as some times, yet has not been large.
True, also. / have failed OF q good i'm
preston In too many hearts, as the
present situation Indicates.
True, also. have been esteemed by some
not according TO the high standpoint of
our text. but by the rule OF worldly
partisanship and personal prejudice; yet.
in spite of all, / am complacent and
thankful that l have been enabled to
preach a positive gospel for so long 10 So
many willing minds.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
Through Underground Washington.

The city sewer inspectors are pursuing
their spring and summer subterranean
cruise through the arteries of the city's
refuse. The experience of the men who
find their pittance for bread in so vile and
nauseous an undertaking is as repulsive
and horrible as the suggestion implies.
Only the virile pen of Victor Hugo has
dared dip in the polluted liquid of a citys
sewers. DESTROYS of sending Jean Val
jean through the most awful trial human
sense could endure he sent him into the
mouth of sewer and through its reeking
length.
1t seems almost incredible that men are
1ound who Will endure the foul odors of
the vile solutions. But the work is n
The morning times., 1896-04-21
PRESBY7ERIANS TO MEET
Spring Session of the Chesapeake
Begins This Afternoon.
Washington Presbytery VIII Con-
vene at Clifton, Va.

This week will contain two events of
much interest To Presbyterians.
THIS evening the spring meeting of the
Presbytery of the Chesapeake will begin
al the Central Presbyterian Church, corner
OF Third and l streets. The presbytery is
connected with the Presbyterian Church
South, and includes the territory between
the Blue Ridge and the bay and the Po-
tomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. The
Central Church OF this city is the only
Southern Presbyterian Church in Wash
ington. ,sssaSsxszsssnE
The prebytery will meet this afternoon
at O'Clock for the purposes of organiza-
ton and the transaction OF business OF q
preliminary nature. A o'clock the for
NAL public opening will occur. and Rev.
Theron Rice OF the Second Church, Alex
andria, Will deliver the sermon, a the re-
quesLof the retiring moderator. Busine IS
sessions will be held Wednesday morning
and afternoon, a recess being taken for
luncheon, which will be served at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Olivia Smith by the ladies OF
the Central Church.
The other occasion Is the assembling Of
the presbytery of Washington in special
E.ceiiog at Clifton, Va. tomorrow 10
settle q difficulty which has arisen there
"a rferpnre TO the amount of salary to be
pad to their pastor-elect, Rev. w. Ii
Edwalis.
1t seems that the session OF the Clifton
Church, accepting the case of Rev. DR..
Talmage in the matter of the call to the
latter from the First Presbyterian Church
OF this city as a la wful precedent, specified
no definite sum as salary, and, as stated
yesterday by high authority in the pres
bytery, the latter did not consider the call
in order, and TO emphasize this opinion has
determined that a call cannot be regarded
as having the weight intended unless
stipulated sum to be paid the pastor shall
be stated in the document.
Ie Is not nticipated that there will be
any serious obstacles in the way OF the
Clifton church complying with the wishes
OF the presbytery in this regard, but unless
they do consceut, the installation of Rev.
w. H. Edwards, which has been arranged
to take place on the afternoon OF that
day, will not occur. A commtteeappoiuted
to confer with the session of the Clifton
church has been in communication with the
latter on the subject, and the impression
prevails that by the time the presbytery
assemblies everything connected with the
entire matter will be adjusted harmon.
iously.
The morning times., 1896-04-21

It's naturaIfor a man to think
he can buy a better Shoe for
S4 than for So. But every rule
has its exception. And our So
shoes are the exception to the
81 rule. Our So grade costs
US every penny as much as
anybody else pays for their
S4 line.
Results are what you want to
judge by-not prices-and we
guarantee our S3 Shoes will
give you the usual S4 worth of
satisfaction. If they don't you
get your So back.
There's an army of men in
Washington who keep on
wearing ourS3 shoes year after
year. Isn't it fairer for US to
mark 'em S3-than to mark
'em S4 and sell 'em for S32
Some folks call that bargain
ing.
The morning times., 1896-04-21

necessity for the public safety and the
public health. The whole intricate sub
stratum of cylindrical avenues must be
carefully traversed three or four times a
year. This is one of the exigencies OF
modern life.
The trips are not made without peril.
The channels are absolutely black, there
is continued danger in introducing exposed
light to the mortified atmosphere of the
sewers and the gases arising from the
heavy bosom OF the foul stream. !. 1t seems
impossible that men can endure it. but
the exciting and unpleasant but neces-
sary adventure is never abandoned for
lack of men willing to undertake it,
The morning times., 1896-04-21
CAN RESIST THE MATABELES.
Captain Duncan Expresses His Con-
fidence at Buiuwayo.

London, April 20.-The Times will to-
morrow publish dispatch from Mafeking.
dated yesterday, saying that Capt. Duncan
telephones from Buiuwayo. that he is
confident that he will be able to resist
an attack by the rebellious MataDe
The most he fears is treachery on the
part OF the natives within the town. He
considers the Laager impregnable. owing
to the forts that have been constructed.
the dynamite mines that have been laid
IN the suburbs and the barbed wire that has
been stretched in every direction about the
town.
- dispatch adds that a force OF Beers,
estimated to number more than 800 men,
are at a point within twenty-five miles
OF Mafeking. Their ostensible purpose
Is said to be to prevent the spread of rinder-
pes, among the cattle, but the real reason
f their being there is that they fear another
re III will be made into the Transvaal owing
TO the gathering of British troops at
Mafeking.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
More Traction Company Evasion.

Editor Times: The Capital Traction
Company now asks Congress for additional
franchises while it has failed entirely
to carry out the provisions of law of an
important franchise granted August 23,
1894. This particular provision required
the Washington and Georgetown Railway
Company, now the Capital Traction Com
pany, TO extend its line to the Aqueduct
later than August %. 1895, and after
the latter date to cease entirely from
switching cars ON NJ street. There is not
now nor has been for months past any
difficulty in completing and operating
the extension referred to. The company
Is erecting an enormous station at the end
of the bridge but the cars can be and should
be run to the bridge as required by law,
and the building finished afterward The
continued switching of cars on NJ street
in violation of law should be looked into
by the Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
kRUGER's REPLY COMING.
Tone Is Friendly but Does Not Ad-
vance Nepotiations


London, April 20.-The Times will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Pretoria,
the capital of the Transvaal, sa ying that
the reply of President Kruger to the in
vitation TO visit England to discuss matters
pertaining to the TransvaaI extended to
him by Mr.. Chamberlain, the British CO.
lonial secretary some months ago, has
been dispatched.
The tone OF the reply Is friendly and
conciliatory, but does not advance the
negotiations. Mr.. Kruger repeats that the
president cannot ask the Volksraad to
allow him to go to London until the basis
of discussion is settled. He hopes for a
satisfactory settlement of the questions at
issue, but says the Transvaal cannot admit
any right on the part Of a foreign power
to interfere with her internal affairs The
republic, he adds, relies upon its iDde
pendence of foreign control in domestic
matters in accordance with the conyen-
ton of 1884.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
For Stealing a Bicycle.

Frank Jordan, a Colored schoolbOy. fif-
teen years old, was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Policeman Heller and locked
up at the First precinct station for the
grand larceny of a bicycle from the repair
shop of Doremus & just No. Ala Eleventh
street northwest. When taken into custody
Jordan denied that be had stolen the
machine, claiming to have bought il from
a man named Thomas.
The morning times., 1896-04-21
VIII Meet In Peoria.

Chicago. April 2O.-The Democratic State
Central Committee selected Peoria as the
place and June % as the date for holding
the Democratic State convention. The call
was issued on the basis of the vote cast in
the Presidential election of 1892, which
is a victory for the gold element, as il gives 5
Cook county a larger representation than
under the vote of 1894.