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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
CrystalIizing Fruits.

Few CONNECTIONS are more delicious
than candied fruit, and few sweetmeats
are more expensive, 60 cents pound
being the regulation price, and pound
represents a very small amount. They
can be prepared at about half the cost,
however, at home, if care is taken.
Cherries, currants, pineapples, april
cots, pears and peaches are best expe-
rimented upon. The two former can
be used in punches; the pineapple is
sliced across the fruit, each piece be-
ing a good quarter-inch thick; apricots
are cut on one size and the stone Slip
ped OUT while pears and peaches are
halved, and, of course, peeled.
Make very thick syrup, pound for
pound, adding for each pound a small
cup of water Boil the sugar first, then
drop in the fruit, and when they have
boiled clear take out and drain from
the syrup. If the cherries are stoned
(the red ox-hearts make the finest, be-
ing not too sweet as the white and
without the rank tartness Of the sour
red oEes), it is nice to string them on
a broom splint, as they can be more
easily handled.
Sprinkle literally with powdered SUI
gar, lay on sieve and set the fruit in
a warm oven. l used wire dish, such
as our grandmothers kept fruit in, set
within another dish to catch the syrup.
In two hours turn the fruit. sprinkle
with sugar again. Keep this up until
the sugar has all dripped out. On no
account have the oven hot, as it will
dry the fruit and leave it like so much
leather. And, of course, the fruit must
be laid in single rows when drying.
When the juice has evaporated and
the sugar has formed a glazed surface,
put away in boxes in dry place. Wax
ed paper should be laid between each
layer. A bureau drawer is as good
place as any to keep them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
A Negress Attorney.

Lutte A. Little, 23-year-old negress,
with bright. round face and intelligent
eye, entered the criminal court at Mem
phis, Tenn, one day last week, with all
the aplomb of an old practitioner and
presented her duly authenticated
claims to the privilege of practicing
law in the courts of Tennessee. She
was admitted without a question. She
is the first representative Of her sex Of
any color to be admitted to the bar Of
Tennessee. She is the only colored
woman in the south licensed to practice
law. She is the only living colored
woman in the United States probably
in the world, a member of the bar.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

It will be observed that in this test
the smaller application OF manure has
been relatively the more profitable, but
this may not be borne out by subse-
uuent results. At the sub-station there
has been but little difference thus far
in the apparent effectiveness per ton,
whether used at the Atom or at the s.
ton rate per acre. The results show
an immediate recovery OF about dol
lar and quarter on the average in
Increase of crop, at recent prices, for
every ton of manure used. But the
long continued experiments by Lawes
and Gilbert at Rothamsted, descrip-
ton of which is given in bulletin II Of
the Ohio station. show that not more
than one-half to two-thirds the possible
increase from barnyard manure is re-
covered in the first crops grown from
1t. We may therefore safely Offset the
residual effect of the manure against
the cost of application and consider the
immediate increase as clear profit. In
another experiment at the central sta
ton, potatoes, wheat and clover are
grown in a three-crop rotation, and in
this test the increase from manure ap-
piled to potatoes has reached $3.50 per
ton, potatoes being valued at SO 1-3
cents per bushel. Barnyard manure is
relatively deficient in phosphoric acid,
as compared with ammonia and potash,
and the experiments of the Ohio sta
ton indicate that phosphoric acid is
the constituent most needed on the ma
iority of Ohio soils, but that 1t only
produces its full effect in the presence
of ammonia and potash. The price of
acid phosphate has fallen during re-
cent years until it can now be bought
for delivery anywhere in Ohio, at prices
which bring it's actual phosphoric acid
below cents per pound, and as the
sprinkling of acid phosphate or super
phosphate on barnyard manure is be-
lieved to have beneficial effect in pre-
venting the waste Of ammonia from the
manure, it would seem that the use Of
acid phosphate in this manner might
serve the double purpose of preserving
the ammonia of the manure and in
creasing the effectiveness of both its
ammonia and potash. Experiments on
this point are now in progress at the
Ohio station.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

employed, lengthy stretch of perma-
nent grass and about thirty acres Of
arabic land, lying between wild moor
and large river, was infested" with
moles, and many hard days work
have had in leveling the hillocks and
scattering the soil over the surface OF
the land. The farmer who employed
me was greatly in advance of his
times, and his theories as to the prac-
tical usefulness of moles, weasels, and
almost every kind of wild bird, were
the subject of much bucolic ridicule.
That is nearly forty years ago, and
that farmer is dead, but not his theo-
ries. These were founded on long and
close personal observations, and their
absolute accuracy has long since been
recognized by all intelligent field nat
uralists and agriculturalists. AS far as
moles were concerned, the land where
they most did congregate" was natur-
ally poor, but in course of time the
moles improved it, and out of curios-
ity l visited the old stealing and land
last summer and found it rich, infin-
itely superior in heart to that of many
other holdings where the demon mole
catchers were still employed in the ex-
pensive and destructive work.
The mole, like ourselves, is not per-
fect-it has more than one "redeeming
vice." but, taken as a whole, it is
friend of the farmer. 1t destroys vast
quantity of injurious grubs, and in its
searchings for these insects, 1t GER
tainly does injury to the roots of GER
calls and other plants, more particular
ly when the soil is light and in very dry
seasons. The destructive Leather
jacket" is a great source of its subsist-
ence; it destroys mice, and it even does
good as kind Of subsoil drainer OF
the land. l may conclude with an ex-
tract from letter addressed some
well-known naturalist, q portion Of
which appeared some years ago in
work dealing with ornithology, ento-
mology and mammology in relation to
agriculture. To kill moles is to leave
the corn and turnip crops upon light
lands, such as sand and deeply-soiled
void lanD to the ravages of the wire
worm, the grub (cockchafer) and other
insects. l farm, and have farmed, from
a thousand to fifteen hundred acres in
different parishes, and have noticed
that when you try to exterminate
moles, rocks, sparrows, etc., you have
far more destruction of crops. An old
mole-catcher came to me and asked me
whether l would have the moles killed
on my land. | said, mo; if
| had no moles l should have no
crops" He said, you are the first
man whom 1 have heard say that, but
you are right" He then proceeded to
say: 81 was employed by a gentleman,
who had large, sandy field, to kill off
the moles. 1t used to grow nice crops,
though it was so full of moles. killed
them all, and the field never grew any
thing to speak of afterwards. The
grub, wireworm, etc., used to eat the
roots of everything that was sown, and
the young plants died off,"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
A MISSIONARY MEDICINE.

Cleanliness begins within If man isn't
clean inside, he is far from Goiliness, A
constipated sinner is stencil in the nostris
of the Deity. A man whose food sours in
his stomach, and whose liver is leaden,
can't help looking at the world hatefully
with jaundiced eye, and conjuring uRevll
thoughts in his tortured brain. Cleanli-
ness of person begets cleanliness of thought.
Cascarets, Candy Cathartic are the mis-
sionary medicine which purifes mems
bodies and minds. Pure, fragrant, paa-
table, mild and positive, they clean out the
intestinal canal, stimulate the liver and
strengthen the bowels. Then man enjoys
again feeling of charity and brotherly love
for his fellows and recommends others to
take Cascarets and be as happy as he.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

An English paper says: The profess
sional mole catcher was quite an in
stitution in my youth. Like rat-catch-
ing, poaching, bird-snaring and fish
netting, nighttime setting, and even
spearing of salmon in the close sea-
son, mole catching ran in families, I"
and I have known it to run through
several generations. These men
went on circuit" and carried their
implements of destruction with them,
and undertook, for a stipulated price
per dozen carcases. to clear the farm
Of moles. On large farm where was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

New Centres of Distribution-The
big shipping points or production dis
tricts are now the big distributing
points of the country and not the large
cities, as heretofore. Whether this will
work to the advantage of the producer
or not is an interesting subject for de-
bate. The prices for a car are tele-
graphed broadcast to every town large
enough to consume car of potatoes.
melons, tomatoes or any other product
raised for distant markets. The great
est losses to the distributors come from
the class that orders the goods and then
refuses to accept them on some pre-
text when the market fails to reveal a
margin on arrival of goods.-Fruit
Trade Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
First Trip Into Town.

"Here's some more of the horrible
work of them blamed monopolists,"
said Farmer Hayricks, as he hung his
coat over the foot of the bed. Good
ness, whereof" asked his wife. Here S
a sign what says Don't blow out the
gas l s'pose they make these folks
burn it all night. SOS to run up their
bills on 'em. Gosh, don't know what
this country's comm to-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Protected the Birds.-A pretty anec-
dote is related Of a child who was
greatly perturbed by the discovery thai
her brothers had set traps to catch
birds. Questioned as to what she had
done in the matter, she replied: 81
prayed that the traps might not catch
the birds" Anything else?" yes"
she said. II then prayed that God
would prevent the birds getting into
the traps" and, as il to illustrate the
doctrine of faith and works, she added
Then l went and kicked the traps al
to pieces"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Burning Straw Stacks.-A country
correspondent reports that farmers are
burning the straw stacks in his neigh
borho~1 to get rid of them, says Ne
braska Farmer. That is more heathen-
ish than the burning of corn for fuel.
There is some show of reason for that
But straw stacA is an innocent thing
on the farm, and it may be turned to
great good. A farmer had better keep
his hands in his pochets when he be-
gins to think of burning his straw
stacks.-EX.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

A Kansas City negro burglar who at
tempted to steal time will soon begin
doing time. A fifty cent alarm clock
is hardly worth five years in the nj
Tertiary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Many horses, especially during the
first year of their working period, are
constantly in possession of a sore
mouth, and this not only causes the
animal great suffering and usually loss
OF flesh, but is also matter of great
inconvenience to the driver, says an
exchange. This, if continued for sew
eral months, is also liable to leave the
animal with a chronic habit, such as
throwing the head while hitching or
unhitching. We have in view one very
valuable young horse, owned by
neighbor, which became almost worth
less on account Of the habit of throw
ing its head, and at the same time lung
ing sideways into the bitches. The most
effective plan which we have ever tried
consists of winding any ordinary bit at
the corners and down on the same for
about an inch, with tanned sheepskin
(Which can be procured at any harness
store), being sure that it is not too
thick and heavy. With this we'll wound
on, now have a cup Of sulphur, and
each time as the bit is placed in the
horses mouth moisten the leather and
rub on little of the pulverized arti-
Gle. 1t is we'll also to leng then the bril-
die as much as possible during this
time and not drive with a tight check
ing rein. After having adopted this
plan we succeeded in curing a young
horse of very sore mouth which was
contracted during the working period
the past season.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

On the day of his marriage Yon
kers man jumped out of a hotel win
dow and killed himself. 1t must be
good deal of trial for woman who
has never worn but one of her we'd
ding gowns to go into mourning.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Small Ridges.-The small ridges left
by the drill should remain. They pro-
tect the young plants from the wind
and from heaving in the winter, for
the same agency that pulls the plants
up by the roots molders the ridges
down at the same time. In dry
weather the plants find more moisture
in the valleys than if the surface were
a level plain to be swept by the wind.
as a floor is swept with a broom.-Ex
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

On account of the great quantity Of
fine flbrous roots growing near the sur
face, gooscberries should receive a
heavy mulching about the time growth
commences, to remain ON till fall.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

A Kansas woman tried to cut off the
head of a chicken with Ratchet and
severed her thumb slick and clean. A
woman and Ratchet is frightful
ombination.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The stomach that is not turned thus by shak-
ing up on the ''briny wave" must be well forti.
fed one. The gastric apparatus can be rendered
proof against sea sickness with that stomachic
so popular among travellers by sea and land
Hostetter's Stomach Bttcrs. 1t defends the sys-
TEN against malaria and rheumatism, and sub
dues liver complaint, constipation and dyspepsia
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

A shrewd spinster who keeps four
cats finds a scuttleful of coal in her
back yard every morning. BY strict
economy she buys only half ton OF
coal year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Cover the Bulb Bed.-Be sure to give
the spring blooming bulbs a nice warm
winter blanket of leaves, litter from
the stable, or brush, or combination
of all, and do not be in a hurry in
spring to get them out of their winter
clothes. Don't rush out the first warm
day and clear away all the brush and
litter just because it is unsightly look
ing. The crocus and snowdrop will
not need so warm a covering as the
other bulbs and can be uncovered
earlier in the spring. But from the
tulip, hyacinths, etc., gradually remove
the covering, leaving the finest uf the
stable litter on the beds permanently.
-Vick's Magazine TO- +ember.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

If any joys are headed this way the
telegraph never hears of it, but it
makes the announcement that the grip
will ravage this country again this
winter, with more serious results than
followed it's last appearance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

There is such tning as an aggra-
vated wrong; have an enemy 80 stupid
that he doesn't know it when get
evdn with him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

About the worst piece of luck thai
can happen to busy man is to make
favorable impression upon a bore.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Mr. Ben Garland, one of our cattle
kings, lately bought in the Panhandle
1000 cows with calves, for which he
paid $25,O 900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Chicago's new library is to be KEPT
open on Sunday. This ought to keep
good many people out Of the muse.
ums of anatomy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Thoroughly rinse the buttermilk out
of your churn with cold water before
oo1dinr IL
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The great polar explorer pronounces
his name, Nensen, but that will not
affect the price of lectures in this coun-
try.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Shredded Corn Fodder.-The woeful
fashion of waste Win corn fodder will
stop. Cut up, shredded and baled, it
keeps green and sweet, and is a rich,
nutritious food. In this shape it prom
tses TO be an important item of food in
the future.-kA.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The number of sheep in the world is
estimated at $50 900, 000 and $50, 100000
of these are supposed to be merinos.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

A Kansas City man is nursing a sore
shin which he parked looking over his
right shoulder at the new moon for
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Chicago's woman street commissioner
will prol alb place tides on all the
hydrants.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Secretary Wilson says that we make
in this country the finest cheese and
butter in the world, but are handi-
capped by the adulterated stuffs thai
are palmed of on the foreign markets
The Farmers Review some time age
asked its readers as to the kind of floor
most serviceable in a poultry house
The majority Of the replies favored q
board floor.
Prairie soils viii Seldom prove sat.
iefactry In the grow Il orchards.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Have you found any better pasture
than alfalfa?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
q God-send to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan,
Chester Florida Sept II, 1895.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The criminal lawyers in Buffalo are
bemoanng the destruction by fire of
sausage factory in that town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15


given which indicated that barnyard
manure had produced increase of crop
10 the value Of $3.50 per ton Of man
use in the three grain crops of a five
crop rotation, leaving the residual eff
'ect on the two grass crops yet to be as
certained. By an unfortunate lapse of
memory, however, the mistake was
made of computing only half the guam
tlty OF manure actually used, as it had
oeen used on two crops in the three
years, namely, corn and wheat, at the
rate OF tons on one plot and tons on
another on each crop, making total
application to the two crops of sixteen
IONS and eight tons respectively, and
reducing the value of the increase due
to the manure to about SLIPS per ton.
The manure used in this test had been
accumulated from horses and cows in
an open barnyard during the winter
and summer previous to its applica-
lion, and was under, rather than above
the average open yard manure in quail
Ity. similar comparison Of manure
and fertilizers has been made at the
central station, beginning Immediately
after the relocation Of the station in
Wayne county, on the same crops, corn,
pats, wheat, clover and timothy, grown
in a five-year rotation. Four wheat
crops have now been taken in this ro-
tation, three crops each of corn and
oats and five crops of hay, the mead
Dws thus far being mown but once
year. Five tracts of land are included
In the test, each tract containing thirty
plots of one-tenth acre each and so
managed that each crop will be repre-
Sented each season after the first rota-
ton is completed. At this stage OF the
work only partial results can be given,
as a full rotation would include hve
crops each of the cereals and ten crops
of hay; but it may be useful to note
the results already obtained. which are
as follows, the value Of the increase
being computed on the bases OF 50 10
cents per bushel for corn, % cents Tor
pats. &C 2-3 cents for wheat, So per
ton for straw and slower and So for
hay:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The best breed of stock to keep is
the one that will secure the most rap
id and greatest gain in the shortest
time
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

The tomato needs rotation with 9th
err crops.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Electric or steam power shears are
now largely used by the large flock
owners
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

A Maryland negro fell thirty feet
into the hold of a steamer and was
saved by lighting on his head.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

1t is said that most fools are good
looking.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Gloxiana seed can be sown either in
the fall or spring.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25C
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Above all things don't be close-fisted
and mean; mean man is despicable
creature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Let the pigs have the windfalls OF
the orchard.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
A W GLEASON.

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send Tor
F. C. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
Aim ost inside Ont

If you like man show it by refusing
to laugh at his enemy's Jokes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

On the foregoing basis he places the
cost per bushel on different yields per
acre, including cents per bushel in
each instance for thrashing, thus:
10 bu. per acre cost "a cents per bu.
Is blu. per acre cost 20 cents per bu.
20 blu. per acre cost q cents per bu.
25 bu. per acre cost 22% cents per bu.
1t is on record that in 1889 E. F.
Burchfleld Of Harper county raised an
average Of AZ 1-3 bushels on 20-acre
field; j. p. Marker of Ellsworth coun-
ty the same year raised so bushels per
acre on 1870 acres; Israel McComas of
Jackson county had 81 bushels average
on a 19-acre field, and Warren Fulton
of Pottawatomie county harvested "a
bushels per acre from Is acres. Sec
rotary Coburn has no doubt later
thrashing will show that these figures
have in many instances been surpassed
this year in Sumner, Cowley and other
counties, but suggests it would be a
mistake for everybody to rush into
wheat expecting to acquire fortune
through often realizing the phenome-
nal yields mentioned.
The Farmers Review would like the
opinion Of its readers on the above es-
Inmates.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

Coz. of an Acre of wheat.

James Glover of Harper county, Kan
sas, sends the state agricultural de-
partment an estimate, which he says
many good farmers approve or have
verified, showing the cost at which
wheat can be and is raised for in that
county on lands that can be bought
for $40 to $12 per acre and give yields
ranging anywhere from Is to 40 bush
els per acre. His figures are as fol-
lows.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15

South Dakota pays so cents per
bushel for the destruction of grasshop-
pers, thus fixing the market price.