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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
ROSA RoNHEUR's VANITY.

She Insisted on Having Her Feet in the
Portrait Because of Their Small Size.
Nobody who ever saw Rosa Bon
hours picture would believe her guilty
OF any personal vanity. A blue jeans
blouse and breeches are not the dress
of a woman who thinks much about
her looks But the painter was proud
of her feet. Once an English artist
painted her portrait. She was satisfied
with it, but noticed one detail with
dfsapproval But my feet she asked,
where are they? You must put my
boots in because I have such small
feet They were small in reality, but
in the general carelessness Of the art
lists attire they did not come in for
much attention. She was as proud OF
her Legion of Honor medal as Of her
feet, and il always had an especial
value in her eyes, because she got II
from the Empress Eugenie's own hand.
Most of the women in Paris who have
the order are in religious life. One is
an actress. This is Marie Laurent,
said to be the oldest actress on the
French stage. She received the medal,
not for her achievements as an act
ress. but as the head of the Actors Or
aphanage, home for the orphan chill
dren of actors left without means.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

Selling possesses so many advantages
over pasturage, especially where dairy
ing on high priced land is contem'
plated, that every dairyman should
carefully study the question OF adopt
ing the system. A good deal depends
upon the supply, character, and cost OF
labor at the farmers command. It may
be profitable to practice partial soiiing
Careful experiments have demonstrated
that by feeding cows entirely on green
forage crops in the stable from TIVE
to i've times as much milk will re-
suit per acre as from pasturing the
same land. It was an old saying thai
the cow tramped three times as much
as she ate. OF course, many farms
contain considerable proportions oil
pasture land that cannot be titled, bui
Tor t1llable land, the profit in soilins
Is very great Many more COWS can
be kept on given area and the pro-
ductive capacity OF the land can be
rapidly increased. The saving of ma
nure and its application to best adj
vantage is one of the great gains in
so1ling. But for this sytem OF feeding
some little calculation is required, and
present well arranged succession
throughout the growing season. II
other words there must be no break;
the supply must be certain and ample
The careful and experienced dairyman
viii plan to grow perhaps twice as
much of every crop as he expects to
use. The surplus will not be wasted;
1t can be dried or stored in silo. 1t
Is stated on good authority by the soil
ing system well managed, one acre OF
productive land will feed two COWS for
five or six months; three acres for five
COWS is considered a conservative es-
innate. The time Of exercise should,
however, be not overlooked. One of
the points gained by the soiling is the
saving OF food required through the
useless exertion of the animal in pro-
curing its food at pasture. Moderate
exercise should accompany soiling, and
q small pasture lot should be provided
convenient to the COW house.-Ex.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
LOUSY Pigs.

Many farmers sometimes wonder
what is the matter with their pigs
when there is nothing the matter ex-
cept lice, says Wallace's Farmer
They are not accustomed to looking for
lice except on the older hogs, and pigs
frequently are so badly infested that
the constant irritation from day to
day brings on Indigestion, diarrhea
and other symptoms Of cholera. We
knew Of a number Of cases last spring
where pigs were supposed to have the
cholera and were entirely relieved by
the application of the well known and
efficient remedies fer lice. If you can
do nothing else, fill barrel two-thirds
full Of water, pour a gallon of kero-
sene on top Of it, take your pig by the
ear and souse him in and put him
In a clean place where he can not pick
up new assortment from the pens
and bedding. A better method, how
ever, is to prepare kerosene emulsion
according to the recipe we have fire.
quently published and apply it to the
whole herd. No man can afford to feed
a lot OF miserable lice. The annual
losses from hog lice, cattle lice, horse
lice, chicken and sheep ticks on the
average farm would pay the taxes
Why not save this?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
Some UP-tO-Date Hints About Gull
tivatIOR OF tke Soil and Yields
Thereof VitieuIturs and
EIorieuIture.
Cucumber Melon Diseases.


The April bulletin of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station thus summarizes the
report of experiments in the treatment
Of cucumbers and melon diseases:
The cucumber pickle industry con
tinues to increase in Ohio and the
yields of pickles have been more salts
factory for 1898 than for the previous
year. The abundant rains, we'll dis
tributed, and the high mean temper
atures for the growing months have
contributed to this end
The downy mildew of cucumbers and
allied plants, Plasmopara Cubensis, has
been fully as destructive to the plants
during the season named as in 1897,
but owing to the earlier harvesting OF
the crop the actual reduction OF yields
has been only about one-half as great
from this cause.
Anthracnose of cucurbits, Colleto-
trichum Lagenarium, has increased in
abundance and destructiveness. A
wilt of cucumbers and muskmelons,
referred to a species of Fusarium, has
also prevailed, besides the usual wilt
disease. Phyllosticta Cucurbitacesrum
and Cercospora Cucurbitae have also
OCCh AOuAQ SpOibAhS 49, -
as well as Cercospora Citrullina upon
watermelon foliage.
Cooperative spraying experiments
upon a commercial scale have given an
increase of seventy-fve bushels per
acre upon sprayed, compared with IN
sprayed cucumber pickle vines, at
tackled by downy mildew. The profits
| from this treatment were not so large
as would have accrued from similar
work in 1897, for reasons pertaining to
| earliness of crop.
| The practicability of saving the late
crop of cucumbers from downy mil
dew, by use of Bordeaux mixture, is
fully demonstrated by the experiments
made. Spraying for this purpose need
not be begun earlier than July % tc
August 1. If a crop of pickles or GU
cumbers is harvested by August 10
spraying for downy mildew is not re-
Quired.
| Spraying of anthracnose, Gowny NIL
dew and leaf blight of muskmelons is
still recommended, although some fail
| ures are recorded.
| Previous recommendations as to the
| treatment of late tomato plants with
Bordeaux mixture to prevent tomato
leaf blight, Septoria Lycopersici, are
again reDeated
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Watering the Cow.

No dairyman who makes a study of
his business is satisfied with watering
his herd once a day. If his cattle can
be induced to drink two or three times
a day he is glad Of it. All the cattle
may not be equally thirsty at the same
time. Cows require an immense
amount Of water, as every farmer boy
has noticed. Experiments have shown
that the average nilch COW needs about
eighty-one pounds of water a day
while in mflk-this is nearly ten gal
lons-and over fifty pounds while dry.
OF this the COW in milk takes rather
more than two-thirds as drink and the
rest in her food, while the dry COW
takes. rather less than two-thirds as
drink and little more than one-third
in her food.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

Sells Brothers have always been known
as the xix gloved" show men; the
splendid discipline of their employees,
the courtesy shown patrons, and the
abs ence of all reprehensible practices,
being distinctive features of the exhi-
Dition.
The attractions are of such infinite
variety that the most diversified tastes
will be fully satiated- Acrobats, gym
nasts, riders, contortionists, vaulters,
wire walkers, jugglers, strong men and
testers, will disport themselves in the
severa! rings and on the central stage;
the hippodrome races of ancient Rome,
rs well as modern contests between
Kentucky thoroughbreds and English
flyers, will be given on an ellipse that
encircles the arenas and stage. The
geological and museum departments
TEEN with costly and absorbingly in
teresting novelties, and the esta blish.
ment throughout is unquestionably a
model one in every respect
A grand spectacular street pageant,
exhibiting the vast and varied process
sional resources OF the combined shows,
will start from the exhibition grounds
at 9 q m, and traverse the principal
thoroughfares of the cities. Two per-
formances will be given in each town
at 2 and s p. m, the doors opening an
hour earlier, in order that spectators
may be afforded ample time in which
to view the menagerie and museum.
The management respectfully suggest
that ladies and children attend the
matinee, as a perfect crush is expected
at night. Cheap excursion rates on
all lines of travel The following is
the route of the Big Double show:
Vin1ta, Thursday, Aug. 81; Chandler,
Sept /; Oklahoma City, Saturday,
Sept. 2; Shawnee, Sept. 4; FL Reno,
Sept. 5; Enid, Sept 6; Wichita, Sept
z; Winfield, 8; Perry, Ok, 9; Newton,
IL; Emporia, IL; Topeka, 10.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Americas yellow PouIt-

1t is an odd fact that the great
American poultry public is
greatly prejudiced in favor Of the vel
low-legged, yellow-heshed fowl. That
it is merely matter of fashion. or
fad, is amply proved by the fact that
II all other countries the preference is
given to the white-meated birds.
France is recognized as authority upon
the edible qualities of all the foods
devoted to the use of man. and in that
sunny land the Houdan stands pre-
eminent. They have been bred for
generations for the express purpose OF
use as table delicacy. They are a
bird of medium weight and large
breast performance; being small
boned and fine fieshed, win a small
amount of offal, they are a profitable
carcass for the consumer to purchase
In the great Paris markets huge piles
of dressed Houdan and La Fleche fowls
can be seen at the numerous stalls
These are reared in small fiocks by the
villagers adjacent to the city, and sold
to professional dealers who make the
daily or weekly tours.-Inland Poul-
try,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
THAT 100000.
Padded Lists of Cuban Soldiers Deceit
and ThieVery.

Havana, Aug. Ex-Governor General
Brooke has virtually decided not to
make any payments of Cuban troops
On the basis of additional rolls. The
first payments brought to light such
an amount Of thievery and attempted
swindling that he has ceased to con-
slider the question Of the distribution
Of what is left of the So, 900, 600 in sup
Elementary payments The sum now
left in his hands he will probably use
to assist wounded and deserving Off.
GERS, who, under the original arrange
ment, were to receive nothing. Most
of the Cuban officials agree with a re-
mark recently made by General Gomez.
He said that the So, 900, 900 would prove
more harmful than helpful, and tho
work of payment has revealed depths
Of depravitv that the best friends OF
| Cuba had not conceived could exist.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Study the Soil.

For the economical application of
fertilizers it is necessary to make
something of study of the soil. Clay
soils as rule contain sufficient pot
ash but they are likely to need either
nitrogen or phosphoric acid and are
usually benefited by both. Complete
fertilizers should not be applied by the
farmer without reservation. They are
only complete as they meet the re-
Quirements of his soil. On clay soils
bone meal is usually a very effective
fertilizer. 1t supplies phosphoric acid
and potash and also lime, which usual
~ exerts q beneficial mechanical effect
on clay. Acid 'phosphates or South
Carolina rock acts in the same way
except that it contains no nitrogen
The average sandy soil Is always de-
ficient in all of the three principal fer
tilizing constituents. 1t is not only
necessary to supply the soil therefore
with nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash but organic matter will prove
beneficial as well. If baFnyard ma
nure is not available blowing under
green crops win serve the result. By
systematic method Of rotation and
pasturage together with the use Of
commercial fertilizers, sandy soils can
be brought to the highest state OF pro-
ductiveness- In the determination OF
what kind Of fertilizer and how much
| shall be applied to a particular soil the
farmer must be his own guide-he
must make his own field experiments
and profit by them from year to year.
Field experiments conducted IA his
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
QUARANTINE.
federal Regulations to be Followed, Not
Those of the State.
different.

federal Regulations to be Followed, Not
Those of the State.
Washington, Aug. 26.-Owing to the
conflict of authority between the state
and national quarantine authorities at
San Francisco, Secretary Gage, after
consultation with Surgeon General
Wyman, today telegraphed the collec-
tor of customs at that port to employ a
sufficient force 20 enforce the federal
quarantine regulations.
The marine hospital service is labor
ing earnestly to keep infectious disease
out of the country and at San Francisco
is directing its efforts especially against
the bubonic plague. the introduction OF
which is feared from the Orient The
local quarantine authorities at San
Francisco have, it is stated, disregard
ed the national quarantine reg ulations,
which the federal authorities believe
it is absolutely necessary to enforce.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
GIVES FREELY TO CHARITY.
Portugars Queen DevOtes Her Tins
and Money to Doing Good

RorTugafG queen DeVooeS her IlmS
and Money to Doing Good.
From Harper's Weekly: We hear
less about Portugal than about Spain
at any time, and of late have heard
less than usual The queen of Portu-
gal is a sovereign deserving a long
mark for her interest in hospitals and
hygiene, and also in the welfare Of the
children Of poverty. At Alcantara she
founded, in 1893, dispensary peculiar
~ for meeting the demands OF childish
invalids, as pleasantly situated as pos
sible, and spaciously planned, combin-
ing diet kitchen, consultation rooms,
surgical halls, and much of the depart
mental work Of a hospital. Almost
every day the queen herself goes to the
establishment and takes a personal
share in the labors of the charity, now
waiting in the kitchen distributions,
and again assisting in the surgery. Sew
eral welI-known women Of her court
are equally practical. The general
charge of it is committed to a religious
order, a favorite of the queens, but
the eminent Portuguese physician, DR..
Silva Carvalho, heads the staff OF med
ical workers. In one year (1S95) there
were given to the building 1869 con-
situations, ,7O4 rations from the diet
kitchen, 32,521 bandages, 76,4S0 pre-
scriptions and 40 vaccinations. The
milk and vegetables are furnished
gratis by the queen, and the medical
supplies are also betrayed by her. Fiji
teen hundred babies were treated in
one twelvemonth. 1t is said that there
is not any royal charity Of the sort in
Europe SO efficiently managed, with the
additional active cooperation OF the
fnr1rdor
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Now the Biggest and Richest Show In
the World.
A DAY OF DAYS.
= RedSLetter Event In Kansas
and OIlahoTsas-

This will be a-red-letter day for the
yotaries of sawdust and spangIes here
abouts. The coming of the great
Forepaugh-Sells combination Of cir
Gus, museum, geological and hippo
dromatic attractions, which has been
so long and p1easurab1y anticipated,
will then be an accomplished fact
From newspaper reports, and other
sources, we take it that Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers have eclipsed their
own brilliant achievements of the
past, and it is pleasing to note that
their tour of the country thus far has
been one continued ovation.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

The Agriculture Ledger Of Calcutta,
india, announces the discovery for the
government of a plant described as
similar but superior to ramie. Ramie
furnishes an extremely fine, strong
and valuable fiber, suitable for making
fine. high-e1ass textile goods, and the
Only thing which has operated to. pre-
vent its culture extensively Ia this
country is the fact that it has to be
degumRed, which is always costly
process This new kind OF ramie, il
it can be SO called, Is free from gum,
and therefore does not, in its produc-
ton. present that difficulty. The de-
partment of agriculture IS Investigate
ing the subject, and Is arranging to
procure seed for trial and distribution.
Mr.. Jared c. Smith OF the department
states that a ramie which does not
require degumming would, in all prob
ability, prove a highly valuable acQui-
sition. and its Introduction might be
the means of starting q new line Of
industry in the United States. Such a
plant. he says. might to some extent
replace hemp.
After forty, men have married their
habits. and wives are only aD item IN
the list. and not tae most important
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
New outlet for the Potato Crop.


Miners who have passed the winter
in the Klondike refer to brand OF
evaporated potatoes sent from Canada
which have proved very satisfactory as
substitute for fresh vegetables, says
the Rural New Yorker. We learned
that the Canadian company has vari-
Gus factories in this country and In
Canada. One factory is run at May
vile, Mich. 1t started last fall with
evaporated apples, and then made
apple cider and apple jelly. When the
apple season was finished, they began
evaperating potatoes and kept at it
nearly all winter, through the very
coolest weather. The same company,
We are told, evaporated peaches in
Georgia earlier in the season. One Of
our friends in Mayville gives US the
following information about this bust
ness:
How are potatoes canned?"
They are first washed and then put
in large vat or steamer and steamed
just enough to loosen the skins. Then
they are taken out and peeled by
women and girls. After this they are
cooked until thoroughly done, and
then run through a machine shaped
like a colander. They come through
this in long, white strings very much
resembling long worms or shredded
cocoanut. After this they are eVapo-
rated and put up in tin cans and
| sealed air-tight.''
About how many potatoes were
canned during the season."
Last years run was about 5000
bushels
Does this make any difference In
the potato market for the neighboring
farmers?"
YES, think it does, although the
farmers have no trouble in selling all
the potatoes they grow, to the ship
pers. The canning factory helps to
raise the price. Last winter, when the
factory first started, the shippers were
paying only 20 to % cents a bushel for
potatoes. The factory's first contract
was for 5000 bushels at % cents. OF
course the Gamers want the highest
| quality of potatoes. 1t is understood
here that the factory had a contract
with the United States government foT
all the potatoes that were canned last
winter"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
.Disoouraging Reports About Cotton.

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 25.-Cotton
especially in the highlands. is suffer-
ing incalculable injury from the hot,
dry weather. Great damage has all
ready been done the plant in all sec'
lions from the scarcity of rain. Capt.
Joseph Evans, a careful and conserval
tive planter of Yell county, writes az
follows regarding his section:
"Uplands cotton is cut short already
rs per cent, and with ten days more o.
the dry, hot weather, there will bd
whole fields of ten to sixty acres thai
will hardly be worth picking. I saw
fields of twenty acres or more thai
would not make one bale. Even thu
best crops in the Petit Jean Valley are
already cut off over one-ha1f 1 have
been familiar with this country fol
over thirty-fve years and have never
seen the crop conditions as discourag-
ing before. .
Similar reports come from the cotton
belt district of Arkansas Here in
Pulaski county the crop will prove /;
failure unless relief 5 at hand within
few days.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Girls WIN Learn by Heart.

Thus runs an ancient rhyme: Mar
ried in white, you have chosen all
right. Married in gray, you will go
far away. Married in black, you will
wish yourself back. Married in red,
you'd better be dead. Married in green.
ashamed to be seen. Married in blue,
you'll always be true. Married in pearl,
you'll live in a whir1 Married in yell
low, ashamed of the fellow. Married
IN brown, you'll live out Of town. Mar
ried in pink, your spirits will sink.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

After taking a snap shot of TenbS
church recently an English pho
tographer was puzzled to find on his
plate an image Of a vessel dressed in
bunting and upside down. He read in
the newspapers next day OF launch
at Pembroke, seven miles away, and
concluded that he had photographed a
mirage.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
Value of Oats,

1t seems to me that the value of oats
as a hen food is not as fully appre-
cfated as it should be, or more people
would write about it and recommend
it more instead of so many of the
things that are hard to get and costly
in price, writes Mrs. May Taylor, in
Journal Of Agriculture. For several
years have advocated liberal ration
Of oats as an egg food, and it is good
for the little chicks, too, if it could be
had chopped finer than the ordinary
chop which we get at the mill. 1 don't
know that the real grain of the oat
ought to be chopped any finer, but the
husk should be; it ought to be cut and
not crushed and ground; there is too
much waste about it as it is prepared
now. The steel-cut oats and the rolled
oats are all right, but the farm flock
don't get any of it; it makes things
about the place too much out of tune
for the farmer to sell good oats for %
cents per bushel sometimes more),
but very often considerably less) and
buy it back at three pounds for the
same price. For a cooked food for
hens we have never tried anything
better than to make the bulk of the
mash of boiled oats, and for growing
chicks we believe there would be moth
ing better if it could be had in shape
to be easily prepared, as it is too
coarse as it comes from the mill, to
make good johnnie cake" or ''pone, y
and to feed it dry or mixed with water
and fed raw; there is too much waste
about it. Hens that eat very much
uncooked oats must have plenty OF
sharp grit-the raw husk is very sharp
and unyielding.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

Charles Barneysgraff, 81, and Mary
Schemiski, II, both of Cincinnati,
wanted to be married in Covington
yesterday. but Deputy County Clerk
Bud McQuerney refused to grant Ii
cense unless the girl could induce her
mother to cross the river and give her
consent
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02

same locality but on a heavy black
soil, whereas his might be a light
sandy soil, would be of little or no
benefit to him. In a general way
sandy soils are leachy and momentum
ing while clay soils are of an enduring
fertility, mainly because they do not
wash excessively nor allow the water
to leach from them the plant foods
which they contain.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-02
shippers and Feeders Combine.

Kansas City, Aug. "a big liva
stock commission company, to include
100 shippers and feeders in Kansas.
Missouri, Nebraska and Indian terri.
Tory, has been planned by Ex-Congress.
man NJ ]. Peters. Forty-one stocli
men, Peters declares. have signifed a
desire to become members CT the CON
Germ.
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Lake of Boiling Mud.

Near Grobogana, Java, there is q
lake of boiling mud about TWO miles in
circumference. Immense volumes of
steaming mud are constantly ascend
ing and descending, and on the west
ern edge of the gigantic bubbles are
continually forming and exploding at
the rate of three a minute
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To Measure Devotion.

The measure OF a woman's devotion
is the extent to which she will make
herself uncomfortable for you; the
measure OF a mans is the effort he will
make to have you as comfortable as he
proposes to be himself.