Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-25

prohibited smoking in the lobby of the
postofice.
4 man who has lived in Kansas for
twenty years says he doesn't regret it
q jump in the road.
A man who is now selling fruit trees
through the state got his start in life
running a Kansas paper.
A question is up as to whether poll
tics is a trade or profession. In Kan
sas it is disease; chronic
Out in the stock territory it is said
that it has been necessary to feed
stock more heavily this winter than at
any time during the past ten or q dozs,
en- years.
The Union Pacific has paid out con-
siderable money of late in settling for
damages caused by prairie fires start
ed by their engines out in western
Kansas.
Kansas papers evince great interest
in John Collins chances for new
trial A Topeka lady who recently
of the state says that if she was asked
once about that case, she was asked
500 times.
A prominent Kansas exchange says
''By mulching fruit trees now the frost
can be kept in the ground longer
when it turns warm, thus keeping the
buds from swelling the first warm
spell, and will insure you a crop
where otherwise you might fail
There isn't colored citizen in the
town of Moran; nor in Mound Valley;
nor in Nortonville. Such a condition
would not be worthy of comment in a
western Kansas town, but there are
few places in the eastern portion of
the state of which this can in truth be
said.
Postmaster Alrich of Cawker notes
that a letter was mailed in that town,
addressed to Admission, Alaska, and
the answer thereto received in sixteen
days. However. people who write let
tiers to friends in Alaska and do not
get returns within this time should
not abuse the local postmaster.
Perhaps the dingy banner which
floats above the east entrance of ths
state house may have looked at one
time like the flag of the United States,
but constant tapping in the clouds of
smoke which are running the appear
ance of the building has caused it to
more nearly resemble the black flag
of piracy of the days Of Captain Kidd.
At the beginning of the recent cold
snap, the farm department at Manhat-
tan closed nine weeks feeding ex-
pertinent with sixty head of hogs and
had twenty-five not marketable and
in very poor feeding conditions Eigh-
teen of these were divided into three
these hogs except one in each lot had
been on an exclusive kaffir corn diet
during the previous experiment. a
weeks preliminary feeding was given
to make the change in feeds; and then,
during the week ending Feb. 9, with
the mercury down 10 and II below
zero, remarkable gains were noticea-
BILE.
The Manhattan creamery received
milk on Feb. 3, which according to the
usual calculations would make 2SS lbs
of butter; but when separated and
churned it yielded only 237 pounds, or
over 81 per cent short of the usual
run. In looking for the cause it was
noted that on Feb 1. the weather
turned cold and it showed for two
days. This goes to show that dairy
cows especially should be provided
with conditions as nearly uniform as
possible. Any sudden change in tenn
perature, feed or care may not perma.
nently affect the percentage Of butter
fat in milk, but it will cause tempori
ary change both in quantity and quail
ity.
s.Onions,' remarks a Kansas ex
change, desirious oe giving pointe,
in this period of general i'll health
ssare almost the best nervine known
And as stinkine they are mighty
hard to outclass. Old Sol Miller al
ways referred to unions as vegetable
pole cats
Chorus of Kansas papers, sit would
be easier to give the names of those
who have not been sick this week than
to print the list of those who have
been suffering from some cause or 9th.
err
Mcpherson county claims to have
the best court in the state.
According to Secretary Coburn:s re
port Kansas produced cotton in 1898 tc
the amount of So, $3.50. 1t was raised
| in three counties-Labette, Wilson and
| Montgomery, the latter producing
| 81 900 worth. In 1897 the crop of the
state was worth 81, $50. so, raised IL
six counties-Atchison, Haskell, Mont
gomery, Rocks, Washington and vii
son. In that year Haskell and Rock!
tied with a crop of $50 pounds, which
was worth 50.
| The Twentieth Kansas made it rati,
er hot for them, but the Filipono
| should thank their stars and an auxil
| + ~