The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-11-11

Kansas.
Some mighty fine prairie hay is be
ing marketed in Kansas just at pres
ent.
Thousands of tons of baled hay il
being shipped out of Kansas every
week.
Just at the present time everything
is apparently on the boom in the Sun
flower state.
New and sub stantial residences are
continually being erected in the Kan
sas towns, and there seems to be en-
ployment for everybody that wants to
work.
The furniture stores are bearing
down hard with their advertisements
just now. This is the year that farm
ers will proceed to put little slick
ness into their homes.
Never in one year has there been so
many debts paid and so much improve
ment made as there has been in Kan
sas during the past twelve months.
Let the good work go on and all will
be happy.
E. D. King, proprietor of the Mead
ow Brook sheep farm, near Burlington
came nearer scooping the platter with
Merinos than any other exhibitor at
the Omaha exposition. He secured 10
out of % first premiums, and in all
gathered in Al premiums. When de-
liberate effort is made to make it pos
sible for any Kansas product to strut
at the head of the procession it gener-
ally succeeds.
professor" who cures "by the
| laying on of hands" is working down
in Butler county. He advertises that
he will teach this particular science
of healing to limited number, and
says, eff you want to learn the grand.
est and best paying profession on
EARTH call or write at once" And the
chances are that it is good paying
profession-for him.
The dairy department of the expert
ment station has been experimenting
with ether as means of distinguish
ing between butter and oleo margar-
inc. Take very small portions of but
ter and oleo margarine, about the size
of pin head and place in separate
spots on clean piece of glass Adrop
of ether placed on the butter will as
sumo a wavy but somewhat regular
outline; while drop placed on the
oleo margarine will have ragged out
line, very much like the appearance of
a cog wheel with the cogs sharpened
to point,
Some time ago William Hasset, who
lived with his wife in little shanty
two miles southwest of Kickapoo, was
arrested and sent to Jail for stealing.
His wife was left at home to live as
best she could. Mrs. Hasset was of
melancholy nature and dreaded power
ty to such an extent that she brooded
over it a great deal. Last Monday
several Kickapoo young men went
hunting and as they passed the Hasset
shanty their curiosity was aroused by
finding the doors of the house wide
open. They went close to the house
and saw no signs of life therein. Their
curiosity took them inside. Lying on
the bed was II cat curled up apparently
alive, but which investigation showed
was dead. 1t was clearly evident that
the house had not been occupied for
some time, and people who knew Mrs.
Hasset we'll are sure that she commit
| ted suicide. 1t has been nearly a
month since she was seen by her neigh
bors. An old well near the house will
be examined for the body. The Has
set woman was believed to be insane.
Several years ago she built fire in
the corner of the room and placed
pot of potatoes there to cook. The
house burned down and she had mar
row escape from death
1t is said that there is very little
prairie hay for sale in Barton county
this year.
On Saturday, Oct. Is, the veterinary
department of the agricultural college
inoculated some hogs as proof against
swine plague. The only available
place for the operation was in front of
a row of cows. The squealing of the
hogs caused the cows to be irritated
and nervous. The yield of milk from
these six cows was six pounds below
normal, or an average shrinkage of
one pound per cow.
Stacey's trial on the charge of send
ing obscene literature through the
mails will come ur before the Febru-
airy term of the federal court.
There seems to be good deal of