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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-14

Would you Ike to hear him Diagnose
the case before her in plain English p
\ "Musha. the man has some sinse!
And We c'u'd aisy give him the wink be-
forehand. The mischief av it is to find
a way to get her home"
The doctor is not I'M it. do you un-
derstand? I'll take her home myself, If
the weather holds up"
''And if shell consint to go wild We.
which l misdoubt she'll do nothing av
the kind. Shed feel safer shtayin' wild
the two av us. than goin' wild wan"
I'VE shall see" said Darcie. IF she's
the lady she looks. she will know by in
stinct that she is safe with either or
both of us, or with forty like u.s."
"Ye niver can tell what notions they'll
take" rumbled Mike. in the whisper of
a bass drum. 1.-The inshtinc' av wom-
an is. does she fike him. or does she
not"
swell. is there anything the matter
with that?"
There's nothing the matther wild IL
for him she happens to lay her fancy
on. IT is good thing kssin' goes be
favor-for thin that gets the kisses.
Belize I'm as honest a man as yourself,
but when it comes to scent her home,
I'm like the docther. I'm not in it. It's
him wild the shoulders and the tony
walk to him, and the nate pair av hands.
she'll take; and there may be inshtinc'
in it, but there's small sinse. to be
sure"
Good evening. gentlemen" said Miss
Bingham. gayly. putting back the cur
tains of her tent. and stepping forth
into the light. Her high spirits. and her
happy ignorance of everything but the
bright side of the evenings adventure.
struck the young men silent with
shame and pity.
81 could smell the most delicious sup
per cooking" she exclaimed. 81 hope
lis hep" She stared in establishment
about the room. rs not my father
here?"
I'm bed and ashleep, miss. wild his
boots on. and happy as man can be-"
Mike unhesitatingly informed her. as if
it had been the most natural thing in
the world for her father to go to bed
in. his clothes before supper. yell best
not dishturb him, but sit and ate whilst
the vittles is hot. He's doin' betther
where he is.''
"In bed! In what bed?" Miss Bing-
ham demanded, her color rising.
"In me ould bunk over anenst the
wall. And sorry I'd be to have ye go a
shtep higher to t. IT is an ould miners
byste. an not fit for lady to put her
eye on. The ould mans that weary,
sure he's notpartic'ler: he'd fall ashleep
in the middle av the road. Will We please
TO sit and ate whilst the supper is hot?
1t III not improve be standin'"
Miss Bingham turned doubtfully to-
ward the table, anxious. yet unwilling
to confess her uneasiness.
'.Am to eat all this nice supper
alone? Are you not going to sit down
with me?" she asked. looking from one
to the other of the two young men. her
hosts. passing Darcie by with a blush,
and resting her smile upon Mike. who
answered, beaming:
"Me supper's ate these two hours.
miss; but the long lad there is fasting
yet. Sit down an make less o. your.
self" he whispered to Darcie energetic
ally: "sure can't break bread beside
her!" and Mike displayed his brawny
battered paws. grimy with piue-smoke.
and more or less done up as to the
fingers in soiled cotton rags. as rea.
son sufficient.
ITO BE Continued d
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-14

"How happy fellow feels when he
has really repented for something
wrong he has done!"
Eyes; and how Internally mad he
gets when some other fellow recalls
it to his mind afterwards" -Detroit
Free Press.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-14
n. co.t Of Freeipr cabs.

The United States are certainly entitled g2
retain possession of the Philippine islands 4
the. peace commissioners so decide, LOT tne
cost of the war runs far into the mli9oes,
and the end is not yet. The money paidoue
reaches an astonishing total To free the
stomach, liver, bowels and blood of disease,
however, d not an expensive undertaking. e
few dollars invested in Hostetter's Stomacn
Bitters will accomplish the task easily. Inc
The man who fights and runs away may
live to draw pension.-Chicago Daily News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-14

Eyes. Mrs. Sawleigh, l have four
fine sons breaking my heart by running
after the soldiers!"
AM my dear Mrs. Jawleigh. ave
four strapping darters a-breaking Of
their mothers cart by the soldiers
a-runnin' after Chicago Trib-
une.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
September in the Poultry Yard.

These hot days are not only very
nerye-trying to the human family, but
to our feathered friends as well. See
TO it. by all means, that your poultry
have all the fresh, cool water they
want each day. and supply them with
shade. 4 little tincture of iron IN
their drinking water will prove a valu-
able tonic TO them also.
1t is now time to whitewash their
houses, if you will be free of lice and
the little red mites that are so de-
structive to your poultry. DO not for-
get that Cleanliness is next TO Godh-
ness" and also in the road to success
in raising good poultry. Your cock
erels should be separated from the
pullets and old hens, and the year.
lings or tWo-year-old hens should
now be fed largely on oats, wheat and
barley. as they are fast changing their
fine. beautiful plumage for the coming
winter. This process is very trying
TO them. and unless good care Is
given them you will lose some Of
your best hens. See that they
are contented and. il possible,
have no cock birds with them at all at
this time of the year. as they will do
better and moult quicker, and your
cock birds will be more vigorous when
put back in the pen, when your yards
are mated up for the Matching season.
Your eulls should now be sold or
separated from your best birds,so that
those you intend wintering or selling
for breeders will have the best possi-
BILE chance to develop into as good
birds as their breeding permits.
Do not crowd the young at night.
Arrange so that their roosting places
are cool and airy, but not such that
they will be subjected to any drafts of
air, as they will catch cold and thus be
retarded in growth.
If your chickens do not have free
range, supply them with fresh green
stuff every day. This is not only an
excellent fowl regulator, but one of
the best appetizers and tonics we. have
\ good appetite and good digestion,
with plenty of good, wholesome food,
makes big, thrifty, beautiful fowls
Cor. Epitomist.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
FELLOW LABORERS.
The Novelist Crawford's Introduction
10 Anable Gentleman who
Wrote.

Acqusiutances Of J. w. Fleming, the
hustling assistant secretary of the
Ohio state board Of agriculture, are
reminded by his present preparations
for the state fair Of story which has
gone the rounds Of local fairs concern
Ing him and r. Marion Crawford the
9uthor. The story goes that once when
Mr.. Crawford was making a tour of
tEik country and was travelling through
u rich agricultural region to fiji an
appointment in large town, a brisk
looking young man, with his hat on
the back Of his head, came into the
car into which the novelist was sitting.
held out his hand, and said in a most
affable and companionabie way:
II presume this is the celebrated
Mr.. Crawford?"
"My name is Crawford, /" replied the
novelist.
THE conductor told me you were
aboard" rejoined the other. ALLOW
me to introduce myself. My name is
Fleming. | am somewhat in the book
line myself and know how it goes"
you are an author?" queried Mr.
Crawford. Il am glad TO meet you"
Yes, have published a book regu-
!arly every year since is46."
MAY ask the name Of your latest
book?" inquired Mr.. Crawford, great
ly interested.
Its the premium list Of the Ohio
state fair" cordially replied Mr.. Flem-
ing, taking a small pamphlet from
his pocket and handing it to the as
tonished author. "Allow me to pre-
sent you a copy of it. am the assist
ant secretary. We are going to have
the bes; fair this year we ever had"
Mr.. Fleming is now engaged in put
ling out his annual book as usual,
and booming the Ohio state fair, but
does not have a chance to get off a
Joke like that on a distinguished au-
thor every year.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
LIVED TO BE $40.
Remarkable Longevity Attained by
Native of Bengal and Some of
other Nations.

II Maffen, the historian of the Indies,
can be believed, one Niemens de Cugna,
a native of Bengal, lived to the aston
ishing age of $40 years. Although the
story is confirmed by Lopez Caste
guods, who, at the time of Cugna's =
death, in 1856, was historiographer
royal of Portugal, and although it is
altogether the best proved instance OF
SO great longevity, its correctness has
been somewhat doubted. But wether
or not Cugna or his friends mistook the
time of his birth by century or two
there is no use denying him the dis.
tinction of the greatest age of which
we have anything like reliable data.
He is described as a man of great sim
plicity of habit and of very easy and
quiet manners; though wholly litter
ate, he was possessed of a memory so
remarkable that he could recite the
minutest details relating to most Of
even the daily events of two and half
centuries. He is said to have had many
wives during his long life, and it is re-
lated that the color of his hair and
beard changed several times from
black to gray and from gray 10 black.
The next greatest instance of longev-
ity known to us is that of Peter Zoct-
ron, French peasant, whose death is
recorded on January 25, 1924, at the re-
markable age of 1873 years. Immediate
ly succeeding Zoctron is the instance
of Louise TruXo. This person was a
negress of Tuscomia, in South Amer
lea, who, in October, 1880, had reached
the age of 175 years, and was living in
so good a degree Of health that she
promised many years in addition.
However extraordinary these facts,
family by the name of Rovin, which
resided about 1880 in TunirvaX, France
furnished three particulars, each Of
which is without a known parallel. l..
The combined ages of the parents
amounted to 33S years, the father,
John Rovin, being ia and the mother,
Sarah, being 164. 2. They had been
married 147 years, and what is nearly
as extraordinary, they lived through
out this long period in much peace and
eontentment." 3. At the time of their
death they had three children living,
the youngest of whom was 116 years.
England next enters the list and fur
nishes three remarkable instances of
long life in Henry jenkins, Thomas
Parr and Lady Acton. The first, ma
tive of Yorkshire, lived to the age OF
169 years, and once gave evidence in
court of justice on circumstance
which had happened 140 years before.
In his time three queens and one king
we're beheaded, Spanish and Scot
tish king were seated on the throne of
England, and a score of revolutions
had spent their fury and wrought their
effects. jenkins died in 1870 at Aller,
ton. Lady Acton, an English woman
OF quiet manners and even temper,
was the widow of John Francis Acton.
She was born in 1876, and her death, as
announced by the London Times, WAS
at the very mature age of 1877 years.
\. Y. Mail and Express,
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
A PATHETIC STORY.
One That Is Related of the Last Per-
formance of the Great
Beethoven.

The pathetic story of the last time
that Beethoven ever touched a piano
forte is not very widely known. He
was travelling from Baden to Vienna,
in response to an urgent call from
his favorite nephew, who was in
trouble, and, to save money, was max
ing the greater part of the journey on
loot. A few leagues from Vienna he
became exhaused, and was obliged 10
ask shelter at a humble house near.
The family received him kindly, gave
linn supper and then invited him to
a comfortable seat near the fire. Then
the head of the house opened a small
piano, and the sons each brought an
cid musical instrument, and all be-
gan to play.
For 25 years Beethoven had been
deaf, and the music was unheard by
him, but he could see its deep effect.
Wife and daughter laid their needles
down and listened with tears stealing
downt their cheeks, while the musicians
played with moist eyes dimming the
notes. Beethoven watched their emo
tion enyiously, and when the playing
ceased asked to see the music that had
moved them so. The pianist handed
him the ''Allegretto in Beethoven's
Symphony in A." He flushed with hap
piness. II am Beethoven, Come and
let us finish it," Going himself to the
piano, he played the remainder of the
evening, following the concerted mu-
sic with heavenly improvisations. Far
into the night he played, while the
others listened enraptured.
When he went to bed his veins
seemed full Of fever. He could not
sleep, and finally stole of doors for
fresh air. remaining until he was
thoroughly chilled. In the morning
hc was too i'll to proceed on his jour
pcy, and his anxious hosts sent for
physician and summoned his friends
ia Vienna. Hummel was almost the
only one TO come. and he stood incon-
solable beside the masters bed as he
lay there apparently unconscious. At
last Beethoven moved and caught Hum
mels hand in both of his own. "Ah.
llummel, / must have had some tai
ent." he said. family. They were his
last words.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
HERE AND THERE.

Most of the inferior hay on the
market comes of too late cutting.
Grass should not be permitted to fully
mature before being made into hay.
Now is the time for poultry people
to get in their winter scratching ma
terial, such as straw, chaff, leaves,
road dust, clover chaff and many other
things
When you have a horse to sell put
il in as good order as you would a beef
animal at least. Make it look as if you
thought it was worth paying some at
tention to.
Both common sense and experience
teaches that all nostrums to make hens
lay, or to prevent disease, are not
worth picking up in the road, if not
positively injurious.
The well-fed pullet is an early
layer, provided she has not been too
well fed on fattening food. Have the
nests on the ground. If they are nailed
to the wall the fowls will roost on them
and befoul the litter.
Don't delay the preparation of the
soil for wheat, for it will soon be time
to plant. The ground should be well
plowed, and all vegetable matter and
fine surface soil turned to the bottom
of the furrow, and compacted by rair
Potash manures have more effect
on leguminous crops than nitrogenous
ones, but when "clover sickness" or
"bean sickness strikes the land, even
potash manures fail to cure it. There
is no known remedy and the only way
is to grow other crops for a series of
years.
The peaches from the south this
year attracting the most attention and
commanding the best prices in the New
York market have been the st. John,
the Belle of Georgia and the early
Crawford.
Farmers who pack their fruit so
that all of the large apples or potatoes
are at the head of the barrel, and the
remainder of the barrel is filled with
third-class produce, should not COM
plain if they have prices cut.
Compared with well-rotted barn
manure, there are As go pounds of phos-
phoric acid in hen manure to 6 in barn
yard manure Al pounds of potash to 10
in barnyard manure and 81 pounds of
nitrogen to IL in barnyard manure.
The analysis is based on a ton each of
hen and barnyard manures.
1t is not profitable to send grass
fed hogs to market, any more than to
send cattle from the pasture. The
flesh must be hardened by at least a
few weeks feeding upon grain. A good
plan is to grain feed them awhile on
grass
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
THE CORN PLANT.
1t is Not Alone the Grain of the Corn Plant
that is Valuable-The Stover is
Worth Money.

The corn plant is very valuable,
worth almost as much as the ear. The
corn plants absolutely wasted in this
country annually might be represented
by a row of IL figures, with dollar
mark on the left. The silo is the ideal
place to save all in the best possible
condition, but, comparatively speak
ing, there are very few silos, aud the
great majority of farmers have to make
the best of it without the silo.
The corn should not be allowed to
get too ripe before cutting, and par
ticularly it should not be frosted.
When the grains are fairly solid and
just about out of the doughy condi-
I ion, cutting should be pushed rapidly
The corn should be set upright ON the
ground, not too thickly together, as
fast as cut, and secured by tying, SO it
can not fall or blow over.
The corn should be cut close to the
ground, as the feeding value of the
part below the ear is worth more than
twice that above tie ear, and high
stubble on the field is a nuisance in
more ways than one. In week or
two the corn has dried anu cured very
nicely and assumed rich bronze col
or. When husked 1t should be han
died with care, so as not to lose so
many leaves, and then tied in large
bundles or sheaves and again in an
upright position in large shocks. New
er allow il to lie down, as in that po-
sition il will deteriorate very rapidly
by fermentation, molding, leaching,
etc.
To have the stover in the finest and
best feeding condition, it should be
stored in the barn or under shelter as
soon as cured and dried in the shock.
In storing the sheaves should he placed
in an upright position, and there win
be no mould. If there is no room to
store il in shelter, the next best meth
cd is To put it in a waterproof stack;
but hardly one in fifty farmers can
succeed in building waterproof stack,
so that rather thatn have it rot in a
pile. l advise TO set il up in large
shocks very solidly and carefully and
tie the tops well together with strong
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
Orchard Eertilizing.

There is reason for believing that the
orchard needs fertilizing even more
than the ordinary field crops. A part
of the fertilizing element of the latter
is returned to the soil each year. The
plant food that is taken up in the
orchard is taken away from the soil
forever. None is returned to it. 1t is
estimated that in a single season an
acre of apple trees will draw from the
soil 40 pounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds
of phosphoric acid and 72 pounds of
potash. These must be returned or
the productiveness of the orchard will
be lost.-EX.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Don Carlos is said to be worth $780,
900 ooo most of it in rapidly convert
ible securities.
Mrs. Burton Harrison has just com
Melted a new novel of English society
life. to be called, Two Men and
Girl"
The earl of Minto, Canada's new gov
ernor general, has such a quick tenn
per that he is sometimes referred to as
"Old Pepperminto."
An autograph of William Shake
speare, regarded as quite genuine by
competent judges, was sold recently
ut auction. in London, for $50.
Jean Riehepin, the famous French
playwright. was only few years ago
porter in Partisan hotel. He is said
to have gypsy blood in his veins, and
has led a wandering and picturesque
life.
Haldane McFall (Nme. Sarah Grand's
stepson) has served in zouave regl'
ment, and the hero of his Forthcoming
novel OF West Indian life is a zouave.
The chief characters in the story are
negroes.
1t is Is years since the first japanese
newspaper was established, and now
there are in existence SIS daily and
weekly papers, 35 law magazines, 35
medical magazines, II scientific and
large number of religious journals.
Marion Crawford's next book will
rot be a novel, though it will have to
10 with Italy. His wide historical
knowledge of the city of Rome, only a
part of which has come into his novels,
will appear in a large, comprehensive
work in two volumes of 300 pages each,
In one street in Brunswick, Me-, are
he homesteads where Longfellow
wrote "Outre Mer," Mrs. Stowe, Uncle
Toms Cabin" ]. g. a. Abbott, "a His
tory Of Napoleon Bonaparte;" Prof.
Cleveland, his "Mneralogy," and Prof,
Upham his Moral and Mental Philos-
ophy."
Lord Francis Hope, who married May
Yohe, has just been permitted by the
English courts to dispose of some SO
Dutch and Flemish pictures, which,
with other heirlooms, he inherited
from his grandmother's estate. The
sum offered for the pictures was near
Y 100000.
Jules Barber, the veteran play.
wright and ibrettist, has sent in his
resignation as an officer of the Legion
of Honor, on account of the recent sus-
pension of Emile Zola by the council OF
the legion. In his letter he says: II
feel as much pleasure in returning my
officer 'srosette as | did in receiving it,
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08

fodder yari, and the waste will be
only on the outside sheayes, while all
the others will come out in good,
sweet conditin. You say why all
this fuss about corn fodder? Well,
ton of corn stoyer, well cured and well
cared for and properly fed, is worth
as much or little more than ton oil
timothy hay when eaten by your
dairy cows. And, who ever saw
farmer cut timothy about half way to
the top aud let it lie around in the
field until winter, when needed, then
haul it home and throw 1t on the ma
nure pile for the cows TO run over anu
trample? The wasting of corn stoVer
seems to be an acquired bad habit OF
the American people. Let us reform.
Times are too hard; we can no longer
afford it.-Cor. Epitomist.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

The first European book that evernn-
peared IN the japanese Language was a
translation of Hcine's German songs
a collection Of 1876 letters written bv
Charles Dickens to various corresnond.
ents was sold in London lately for s74s.
Prof. Drummond is in great demand
IN Germany just now. PAX Vobiscum"
has reached its fiftieth thousand. while
The Greatest Thing in the World" has
sold to an extent of over 1is.OOo-
remarkable achievement for a book in
Germany. -
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

A bill collector hates to be ont
Il. A. W. Bulletin.
Harvey-"George said he k1sses
Did hep" Flora (ambiguouslyl-asyUs wv
much. boston Traveller. NH
A physician says that dyspeps. .
ouently causes war TO rage in V as
midst.-Chicago Daily News. WI
"Did you say the man was sbot,u
woods, doctor?" mo, didn't. I. .a'
he was shot in the lumba region '"N :"
Yonkcrs Statesman.
."There's a young woman who mai,
little things count" How does sbas aA''
it?" Teaches arithmetic in ,u uo
mary school. Boston Globe. p'
The only reason boys never pet h.,
habits from their fathers is becora
the old gentlemen hang on to them
tenaciously.-Denver Times-Sup
Tommy" said the teacher to >.
pill in the juvenile class, what is sr1
tax?" 81 guess it must be tax !,
whisky" replied Tommy.-Chic,Sa,
News.
He-"They say his father paid I.,
hush-money for several years, ani
now he's doing the same. sbs
"Mercy! Who is she?" He-"Hjsb,
by's nurse. ~. Y. Times.
Juyens-"Bad law, that, against M.
family" Senex-"Oh, | don't know. ,
gentleman doesn't want to swear !,
public" Juvens-"Of course not. bn,
the illegality makes the temptations
resistible. Town Topics.
She-"After we are married we mns,
economic. | shall bake my own
bread" He-"Very well, darling 4
you really want to do it I won't object,
but you shan't bother your little beaa
about baking mine. ."-Brooklyn Life
An Alarming Symptom.-Jack do
Broke-"Doetor, l desire to put myseB
under your treatment. The fact is
am losing my nerve" Doetor-"Whst
are the indications?" Jack de BroR,
@"Well, for one thing, l have begun to
dread asking my friends for loans"-
y. Y. Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
LOVE SIGN OF THE ROSE.

She trained little rose 10 grow
And grace the gate above;
And hence, ] love the pathway 50
That leads me 10 her love.
And Oft my heart before me goes
To read the love sign of the rose
Though fairer bloom for lovers tryst,
To me IL seems as fair
As II an angels lips had kissed
And blessed IL, blooming there.
For Heaven its sweetest smile bestows
on the dear love sign of the rose.
The pattering of little feet,
When shadows blur the sight,
And rosy-twining arms that meet
And necklace me at night
These my glad heart enraptured knows
At the dear love sign of the rose.
Not far away Loves steps shall stray
In fhorny paths to roam,
While Ger the meadows OF LIES May
Shine signals sweet of home.
When night falls drear. one heart still
knows
Rest al the love sign of the rose.
F L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.