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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

As am often in receipt Of lefferot
concerning the Aylesbury Ducks. wish
to say at the beginning that they are
the champions for feathers. Experience
has taught me this. For ten years l.
have been engaged In duck breeding
and have handled nearly all varieties.
The Cayuga Is . good duck. but being
black. is objected to by some. The
dark pin feathers give them bad ap-
pearance when they are prepared for
market. Yet the Cayuga takes on fat
we'll, and I think NO duck Is better IL
. nice roast be desired. see that Mr.
James Rankin s. giving his Pekfns
quite boose. a being sAc only ducks
that are At for br0ilers. or for quick
growth when it is desired to put them
on the market at an early age. and no
says that there is no breed good enough
to cross them with. This country 10
full of Mr. Rankin's Imperial Pekins.
have had fifty or more of them my
self for long time. But I have dis
posed Of the last Of then. and think
that I will never own another. / Will
agree with Mr.. Rankin when he says
that there is nothing ft to cross them
on. am sure that would not like
to ruin any of my breeds by crossing
them with the Pekins. The Pekin Is
all right to sell by weight when you do
get one fat. as they are Of large frame.
But they are slow to take ON fat But
to get the feathers fit for dress Is
where the pinch comes. Every lady IN
the land will tell you that the little
old-fashioned duck is better for feath-
ers than the Pekin. When the Pekin
feathers are ripe they are as coarse as
hen feathers. and there are about "a
few Of them.
On the other hand. the Aylesbury
ducks are good layers. take good care
Of their young. are hardy and nearly
as large as the Pekins. Their feathers
are first-class for the purposes for
which such feathers are desired. They
have a heavy. thick coat Of feathers
which ripen up evenly and which are
very easy to pick. But they are un'
like the Pekin ducks in that they must
have pond or pool to swim in. Show
me a duck or goose that does not care
much for water and I will show YOU
bird that has poor feathers. Now.
do not wish to injure the business OF
Mr.. Rankin. but If the Pekin duck Is
fit for anything more than to sell or
the market like a fat pig do not know
what 1t is.
H. c. HUNT.
Tazewell county, Illinois.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10
BESSIE.

rs only Bessie Ra-
ven," said Mrs. Lid
dington to her
niece, Mrs. Enfield.
q blooming city
matron, who had
brought her two
boys to the country
for the summer, Il
wouldn't let Hal
and Felix associate
with her on any ac-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

times b required before the vine re-
turns to its normal condition.
90 A plant that is carrying less
fruit than 1t is capable Of maturing
generally produces a very heavy foliage
and an excess of wood. This may prob
ably be explained by the supposition
that the energies Of the plant are di-
rected almost entirely to vegetive &C
tivity.
"a The most difacult and important
feature Of grape pruning Is to be able
to judge Of the kind and amount Of
wood which should be allowed to re-
main upon the plant. This amount Is
dependent upon soil. variety. climate.
character of the season. and to . linn
Tied extent upon the method Of train
Ing. The paramount importance Of
having properly balanced top and
root system is most fully realized by
American vineyardists Of long expe-
rience. Years Of study, especially the
study Of the variety Of grape AMI Ut
the soil upon which 1t is growing, are
brought to bear upon each individual
vine when it Is pruned, and in no d.
rection can the skill Of the vineyardist
be more clearly demonstrated than N
questions regarding the amount and
kind of bearing wood that is allowed
to remain. No rule-of-thumb will COW
er a living and sensitive organism for
the grapevine; in pruning judgment
must be exercised at almost every step.
But it is fortunate that considerable
variation may be allowed without Sc
rious consequences or the profitable
culture of the grape would indeed be a
hopeless task. Yet the less the reliance
placed upon this allowed variation tue
better will be the vine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

count, if 1 were you. There's no good
In any of those Ravens-a vile, low
set"
Mrs. Enfield looked pityingly at the
brown-faced, bare-legged little gypsy.
who had skunk around the back door.
q basket of late luscious blackberries
on her arm, and the deep flush that be-
tokened how plainly she had over
heard Mrs. Liddington's careless words,
still dyeing her cheeks.
"Only Bessie Raven" How often
she had heard that phrase. How bit
ter a meaning did it convey to her
ears.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10


No advice, however good, can take
the place of experience. There is no
way that the novice in poultry keeping
can become efficient except by expert
ence. Many people think they have
experience, but later find to their cost
that they had not obtained for a num-
Der Of years, has little touch Of poul-
try diseases, cures the troubles with
ease and imagines that he knows all
all about them and that he can fight
OF anything that comes. When any Of
his neighbors has a like trouble he
cheerfully gives them his advice and
knows, or thinks he does. that if they
follow the recipes they will have no
further trouble. But later he finds that
he knew less than he supposed. One
of the same diseases attacks his flock
again. He tries the old remedies and
finds they will not check this new in
vasion. The enemy comes on fearless
~ and creates havoc in his yards. He
now gets a little more experience and
perhaps comes down to the old remedy
the Ratchet. Thereafter he says that
there is no cure for this or that dis
ease. Is he right? Who knows? We
all need more experience and more
systematic investigation.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

Canada ThIstleS.
Any reader of The Farmers Review
that can answer the question will
oblige G. L. Having several patches Of
these plants in a pasture Of two hun
dred acres. We know those thistles to
be rich in sugar; cut, too. within the
spring cattle prefer them as fodder bet
ter than rank grass. We have known
field mice to climb the main stem, to
eat the seed in its capsules. Thistles
and grass growing together cut with
scythe in moving will make excellent
hay for cows, increasing their flow OF
milk; that produces sweet butter. The
dry spines being sharp. are very disa-
greeable to bare hands. When stacked
in large barns the saccharine matter
sweats vigorously and sometimes fires
the stacks by spontaneous combustion.
II the sod containing thistles is then
broken by blowing. planted with pota-
toes for two seasons thistles are de-
stroyed. In Great Britain many per-
sons use them for edible green's, before
cabbage comes.
RICHARD BAKER. JR-
Monument to the Potato.-A curious
monument has been discovered in the
dense underground Of the so-called
Brandhai, in the Upper Hartz. 1t is a
granite block. about feet high. resting
on a stone pedestal. and on an iron tab
let attached to 1t is the following in
.~.s,<So~. sSuoro In Aho war 17A7 fho
first trials were made with the cultiva-
ton Of the potato" The German peas
ant at the time did not take kindly to
the potato plant on introduction to the
country. It had. however. a great friend
in the king. Frederick H.. who was con-
WINGED Of its value. but who was Obliged
to use forcible measures to get the peo-
ple Of Pomerania and Silesia to plant
TEX.
Why n . womanis husband leO dear
% hor than her husbapd's wlte5
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

There are no trout there! You
might throw a bait and wait year,
and you wouldn't get bite"
1t was a deep, solitary ravine. where.
in attitudes of intense eagerness. Hal
Enfield and his brother Felix were
holding their fishing rods, awaiting the
expected bite, while Bessie Ravens
brown face and big, black eyes looked
out at them from a natural oval frame
OF bushes and vines. as she held a
basket in one hand, and her tattered
sun bonnet in the other.
Hal Enfield, a self-sufficient little
aristocrat, by nature as we'll as by
education, drew himself haughtily up.
Il don't know that We asked any
Information from you," said he.
haughtily Have the goodness to be
about your business"
Il WON'T retorted Bessie Raven.
with an ominous fash in her dark
eyes. Its a free country, amt It!
And I've as much right here as you
have"
Every WE'LL" said Hal. rising and
gathering together his tackle. I'll
go. then. Come. Felix"
But Felix, the younger brother, had
no idea of leaving his cool, shady nook,
for a within of Halls.
Hal stalked away in high dudgeon;
Felix remained behind to cultivate the
Acquaintance of Bessie Raven.
III there are no trout here" said he,
composedly cycling the brown gypsy
face among the leaves, where do they
hide?"
I'll show you." said Bessie, with
alacrity. Just a piece further on.
There's lots of 'em-only everybody
don't know it, Come onr'
And the two children spent a long
summers morning together under the
green trees.
Until just as Felix Enfield was turn
ing to go home, half apprehensive that
he had missed the farmhouse dinner.
he did not perceive that the little gold
cross he wore attached to his watch
chain was gone.
''Ohv' cried he. where is my"
He stopped abruptly. For in the very
moment in which he spoke. he per-
ceived, half-hidden in the folds of the
bosom of Bessie's tattered dress, the
CLEAN of some golden ornament. In
voluntarily he caught at tit was his
own.
"You little thief" cried he, you
must have stolen it,
Bessie stood sullen and silent. her
eyes cast down, her bare feet impa-
tiently patting the velvety grass be-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10
Getting Wild Honey.

Gett10& VIII nOncys
The usual way when . bee tree has
been found is to cut 1t down. stupefy
the bees with smoke as we'll as may be.
and take their honey. This, OF course.
destroys all future harvests OF sweet
from that tree or swarm. Possibly
Daniel johnson, an old bee hunter. OF
Dedham, Me-, has discovered better
way. The bees provided against their
tree being cut down and their stores
destroyed by selecting . tree which
overhung a deep ravine. II the tree
were cut down it would fall into the
ravine. smashing the tree and Destroy
ing the honey. So he inserted a Gas
pipe from q hollow near the ground.
running it up the tree until the honey
was reached. Then he built fire at
the foot of the tree. So soon as the
fire warmed the honey inside, it began
to run down, where it was caught In
pals. 1t nearly filled a barrel. Mr..
johnson thinks he has a permanent
hive Of bees on that tree so long as It
does not succumb to the effects Of fire
at its roots. He thinks there is enough
honey left to winter the bees, and that
next year they will go to work and fill
the empty combs. But 1t is very pos
sible that heat sufficient to melt honey
comb has killed the bees. and that the
barrel of honey this year is the last he
will get from that tree.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

weeks, before they returned to tAeir
city home-and so he never got the
chance to tell Bessie Raven good-by.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

Why n q womanis husband laaD dear
% her tha1 her husbapd's wtte2
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-10

The Lord never intended that the
lazy man should get rich ra111n0
chickens.
Hen manure should be applied to the
coil ~ wanted and should not - eeer
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22

OF worth and prefer the pursuit Of
pleasure or wealth. Hence their char
act,r RS 'mblrs TINT o. the Indifferent
hlsband apoStrophiSrl hy his wife,
when she said:
Too bad TOR a blessing, too gooi for curs,.
wish from my soul, thou vert better or wors. =
There ar. 9th Is. howsvsr. i,:w
though they Il" hy comparison, who
hive chosen the better part. and
through good and evil report have fo.-
lowed heir high clliinyS, of whom oft
times the world WAS not worthy. In
science and phloS ,phy. in poetry AMI
art, and in every divine walk. their
footsteps may be traced. sometimes
sealing the loiticst heights and ut 9th
ers iourneying through the humhlest
valleys of truth. These men lived not
for themselves alone. but gave their
energies for mankind, and left the
world the better for their work And
whatever the measure of their worth
or the degree Of their success, or the
station they occupied, however high or
however low, whether as sages or SIM
pie citizens, their lives alike taught
Who wtckeGly is wise. or IN lily brave.
Is but the more a fool. The more a knave,
Who nobl- end- bs noble me ms ohtams,
Or falling, niles in y e or in chains,
Like good Aureus let him reign, or bleei
Like Socratss-that man is great indeed
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22
into a mash with cut fodder or hay.

into mash with cut fodder or hay.
From contact, know the average
farmer and feeder is not educated up
to these points. Can he obtain the
needed knowledge from the veterina-
rian? The problem is sometimes diff
cult because of the limited material at
hand and the price of tLis stuff rs
would balance up the ration being so
high as to make it's use Improbable.
Then the question is what is best un-
der the circumstances! Having de-
termincd this important matter the
quantity to be fed comes next. Me-
dunn or average quantities for differ
ent ages, weights and purposes should
be known, but individual capacity,
natural and acquired, must he found
out. Only liberal feeding is prolita-
bic. Under and o:er feeding are mis-
tlkes. The varying values of feeds
in the manure must not lie lost sight
of when among farmers.
1t is nice to be skillful mechanic
and construct useful things or to uE-
derstand the running of machinery,
but such are not to be compared to
the man who can grow and iatten ami
mails just right, or to him who can run
herd of dairy cows 80 as to get all
from them that is to be had and avoid
indigestion, garget and concomitant
dangers and losses. 1t is done by reg
IL III ty in watering and feeding, avoid
ing exposure or Sudden changes in
diet, gradually increasing the feed up
on new animals until their capacity is
determined. then keeping Il sharp
watch for the first indication Of sur
felt and withholding until the keen
appetite returns.
The condition of the almost here, the
temperature, the amount of fresh air
entering the stable and the exercise all
influence the appetite and digestion,
and arc taken into account by the
practical feeder Some feeds may an
alize well, but are not relished by the
stock, and individual animals have
their likes and dislikes the same as
persons, which opens field for obscr-
vation and tact
The addition OF salt makes feed
more palatable and digestive. \ milk
COW should consume two ounces per
day, mixed through the feed; Il work
horse one ounce. Cheap sugar and
molasses can be profitably used and
various condiments. We should not
allow the patent feeds and medicine
men to monopolise these things.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22
]loftrn.
Wy PIT.

have pet. You may smile if Nou Will.
That love her. and that my old heart strings thr Il,
As her soft little arms around my neck twine
And her sweet, rosy lips pressed against mine,
While her gh; Sllken tresses sweep DER my face,
In bowv softness and .eathery grace
She is my pet.
have Il p: \ bright little eff,
y miniature cory of grandn herse t.
With her lovely gray eyes th,t >him INNER Tx stars,
Aud parkle at evening like Venus or NJ lr>,
When her dear little lips cry out for "aampere,
or her healt bea k pg sohs are hrlshe by .mamere
She is my pet.
have a pet \ brave sturdy bo",
lie essence of mischief: without any alloy
of NEE kneSs about him, a frolicksome sprte.
Whose honest brown eyes ash in sp rklins del sht
At some innocent Trick successfully played
While OF future results he's never afra d.
He is my PEI.
| have a pet \ haxen haired mouse,
The brightest Of all and the life of the house,
With the sof' est blue eyes and sunnieSt face,
That procl I'm m t,pe Ct an Cd Saxon race:
With IA clear. honest laugh, whose musical ring
I. sweet the twitter of blue birds in ,pring.
He is my pet
have pet. A wee Little Spyite,
Who'e smile is soft star begemmed ght.
Whose sweet scented breath, wherever she goes.
Perfumes the whole hons like m'dsUmmer'S re
With liquid brown eyes, honest and true,
Who woul not love her. dc, wouldn't you'
And WHILE Der the household, she regns queen,
She's the one only darling never have seen.
She is my pet
Now, can YOU rec <on which one of this hive
Is dearest to me-though there are only five?
If you can you wiser than hop, to be.
For worship them all, and SO do they me.
With their light hair and brow, dan eyes ard blue
For my life I'm unable to choose 'twixt the two.
So dea " love them never regret.
I'm unable TO tell which one is my pet
Can you,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22
\ MCRDEROUS WEAPON.

Few appreciate or understand how
the rifle of to-day has developed and
been thoroughly modclniZed. The
muzZle-loadlng picc' used lry our grand
fathers. usually OF small bore, taking
a round ball OF pure soft lead. was a
mere toy compared to the modern rifle.
y few years ago. if 4 man under fire
could gain the friendly shelter OF tr t.
trunk, he was safe. but such protcc-
ton would offer no more obstruction
to the modern rifle ball than a sheet of
paper: and 4 foe concealed behind a
tree can now be shot rs easily as though
he were in plain sight, by firing direct
~ through the tree.
With the innovation of the breech-
loader and the cartridge, continues a
writer in the Transcript, apparently a
military man. q new era in rifle con-
struction began. Improvement after
Improvement has been made, until in
the new Government arm, krag-Jor
gensen rifle, we have the most power
ful light arm that the world has ever
seen. Though it is of but 80 calibre.
its cartridge contains forty grains of
powder, the bullet being fitted with q
steel jacket. At any distance under Il
thousand yards the ball from this rife
rcnds human flesh, disintegrates human
organs, and shutters human bones into
fragments. Beyond thousand Yards.
and the gun will carry three miles
and kill-the bullet borcs a small.
round hole through bone or tissue. 1t
will bore a hole through an oak tree a
foot in diameter at a range oftwo miles,
pcrloratc steel plate. and plunge into
solid earth Il distance of eighteen inches
after passing through human body.
The bullet OF this rifle will slatter Il
human head rs though it were an egg
shell, ard remain rs bright and perfect
as when placed in the rifle
Although this gun and cartridge
were manufactured for the us, Of the
government onl y, and to supply our
army with Il deadly and f,r-kiliing
piece for use in war, it is but natural
that the sportsmen should have adopted
the same tactics. and produced SINH
lar shell for their sporting rifles. Such
n shell is already in the hands of tEc
sport and in comm IN us. among
them, but is by ~ m ans the only
highly destructive device OF this kind
employed by them. Two other deadly
contrivances are the ilttcned and the
hollow pointed bullet These are so
shaped rs to expand to two or three
times their original siz: upon contact
with an object, and 50 not only to adj
minister an excessive shock, but also
to tear and dcmolish in a fri i.htful
manner. These bullets arr we'll known
among riilemen to be '.tearers" rs well
as terrors. Upon striking an animal
the size of an elk or deer. they will
often intiict Il CHASTITY wound into
into which the hand and arm can be
passed, while small animal under
similar circumstances is not inlrcqucnt-
ly torn into unrecognizlble shrcds.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22
SPRING REQUIRES.

That the impurities which have ac-
cumulated in your blood during the
winter shall be promptly and thorough
ly expelled if good health is expected.
When the warmer weather comes these
impurities are liable to manifest them
selves in various ways and often lead
to serious illness. Unless the blood is
rich and pure that tired feeling will
afflict you, your appetite will fail and
YOU will find yourself "all run down."
Hoods Sarsaparilla tones and strength
ems the system, drives out all impuri-
ties and makes pure, rich, healthy
blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the one
true blood purifier and the best spring
medicine. Be sure to get only Hoods.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22

The one best and safest place for us
is the one where God commands vs. to
be.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-22
V :I..TA:LES IN HISTORY.

An epicurc will feast on a dish of
asparagus, and perhaps think mean
while that he is enjoying delicacy
which is strictly product Of the pres
ent century. but history shows us that
the plant was grown in all its perfection
two hundred years before the birth of
Christ. According to IIcrodotus, let
tuce was in use even earlier than aspar-
agus, for it was cultivated as early as
$50 B. c. Not only was it grown, but
it was 50 grown as to be had at all
times of the year. and even blanched
to make it white and tender What
better does the gardner of to-day?
The cucumber is one OF the vegeta-
l,tcs named in early Bible history.
though some claim that melons were
really Y meant. As to the melon. the
date of its first cultivation is lost in
antiquity, but Pliny records lis use.
and, as he died in 4. ID. -, ii probably
is as old as the cucumber.
Carrots seem to have come to us
from Il time that is immcmorial, while
history proves that turii.ls were in
use rs a garden vegetable before the
Christian era.
No one seems to have been able to
trace the origin of either the pumpkin
or the squash, bnt we read that pump
kin pies were made more than three
hundred years ago after this recipe:
Cut a hole in the side, take out the
seeds and lilamcnts. stuff with a mix
ture ofapples and spices, and then bake
till done
\ book WAS written on The Radish"
before the Christian era. The ancient
Greeks used t. Offer turnipS, hectS.
and ral>hpS in their obligations to
Apollo The first they offered in dishes
of lead, and the second in silver. but
the third was Offered in vessels Of
beaten gold.
We'll, little boy, what : your namr!,
"Shadrach Ncbuchadnczzar Yoots. :"
"Who gave YOU that namc!@
IL don't know. but il find out when
gets Older, they'll be sorry for it.