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The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
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
cho!era and were entirely relieved by
the application of the we'll known and
efficient remedies for 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 clean place where he can not pick
up new assortment from the pens
snd 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?
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
Christian Endeaxor Topics.

Confidence in Christ-Monday, Sep
tember, IL, the disciples, Luke SILT;
Tuesday, September, II, The sick OF
the palsy, Matt. S:1-S; Wednesday,
September 13. the withered hand. Luke
$3.50; Thursday, September II, the
centurion. Matt. S:5-13; Friday, Sept
Ia. the malefactor, Luke 23: 39-43; Sat-
urday, Sept. 16, the confidence We have
IN Him. John 5:13-21; Sunday. Sept.
II, topic, "Unhesitating Confidence in
Christ" 2 Tim. 1:1-I2.
Study what God has done for his
children. One of the best ways to get
confidence in Christ is to read the BIZ
osraphles of Christians. Keep a rec
ord in your mind. or, still better, on
paper, of the answers God has given to
your prayers, and the good ways in
which he has led you. Often We fail
to trust God because we forget how
much reason he has given us to trust
him, Know what you know. Study
Christian evidences. Be ready to
prove your faith. Let not your conf
dence be at the mercy Of the first
shrewd skeptic that comes along. One
OF the best ways Of obtaining conf,
dence in Christ is to make others trust
In him. Learn from the early mar
tyrs how true Christianity is. They
had all reason for distrusting Chris
tianity; persecution, poverty, impris-
onment. imminent death; but belief
was forced upon them by the facts Act
upon what faith you have, and you will
have more. Wait to act until your
faith is stronger, and it will constantly
grow weaker.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

A correspondent of the Chicago Rec.
ORD writes that journal from Wash
lngton: American horses do not
thrive on our new possessions. It takes
them long time to become acclimat-
ed. The heat, the malaria and insec.
pests are more of a trial to beasts than
TO men. Texas ponies or bronchos.
however. do very we'll in Cuba and
Porto Rico. and 800 have been shipped
over to Cuba since the close of the war.
Three or four hundred have been
shipped to Porto Rico. Any man who
will go down into Cuba and raise mules
and ponies will make a fortune. be-
cause the draft animals have almost
been exterminated during the war, and
a great many are needed upon the
plantations as we'll as by the military
forces. The best stock for that climate
is the hardy little horse that is found
IN Texas and New Mexico" That is a
point we called attention to a year ago.
when the war broke out. The climate
OF Texas, and the conditions surround
ing horses in that state, would natur-
ally enable them to become more easi,;
acclimated in Cuba and Porto Rico
than northern horses.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
Faith and Works.

We heard OF an incident the other
day which finely illustrates the true
religion between faith and works. Two
little girls in New Hampshire who had
been brought up to believe in prayer,
and to practice it, on their way to
school one morning suddenly found
that they were behind time. In their
distress one of them said, Lets kneel
down and ask God to help us to get
there in time" NO" said the other,
lets run as fast as we can and pray
as we rum" The moral and exhorta-
ton of the incident are very plain.
These children answered their own
prayers" they asked for divine help
but they kept on running-"so run,
that ye may obtain. ."-COngregation-
alist.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

Caeoanbee AA1en Diseases.
The April bulletin Of the Ohio, Ex-
,, pertinent Staten thus summarizes the
report Of experiments in the treatment
Of cucumbers and melon diseases:
The cucumber pickle industry con-
tfnues to increase in Ohio and the
yields Of pickles have been more salts
factory Tor 1888 than for the previous
year. The abundant rains, well dis
tributed. and the high mean temper
atures for the growing months have
contributed to this end.
The downy mildew Of cueumbefs and
allied plants, Plasmopara. .Cubensis. has
been fully az destructive to the plants
during the season named as In 1XS1,
but owing to the earlier harvesting o6
the crop the actual reduction of yields
has been only about one.half as great
from this cause.
Anthracnose Of cueurbits, 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 Cucurbitacearum
and Cercospora Cucurbitae have also
been found spotting cucumber leaves
as we'll as Cercospora Citrulliaa upon
watermelon foliage.
Cooperative spraying experiments
upon commercial scale have given an
increase of seventy-five bushels per
acre upon sprayed, compared with un-
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 practieability 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 Is to
August l. II crop of pickles or GU
cumbers is harvested by August Is.
spraying for downy mildew is not re-
Quired. :.
Spraying of anthracnose, downy mil
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 fixture to prevent tomato
leaf. blight, septuisaa Lycopersici. are
again repeated.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
Study the Soil.

For the economical application Of
fertilizers it is necessary to make
something of a study Of the soil. Clay
soils as a 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 . very effective
fertilizer. It supplies phosphoric acid
and potash and also lime, which usual
~ exe.ts beneficial mechanical effect
on clay. Acid phosphates or South
Carolina rock acts In the Same way
except that 1t contains NO nitrogen.
The average sandy soil is always de-
1cient in all Of the three principal fer.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

The Horned Women Of the East.
Very many of the Bible sayings are
made hard to understand, simply be,
cause We, of the western lands, do moi
know the figurative language OF ths
east, and also many things about east,
ern customs and eastern dress. As q
good instance of this let me quote
Psalm LXXV, Verses 4 and 5: 81 said
upon the fools, deal not scolishing:
and to the wicked, lift not up the
horn, lift not up your hOra en- high.
speak not with stiff neck" and
again, 1T is stiff-necked generation"
The explanation of these expressions IL
simple one. The inhabitants OF the
districts around Lebanon are called
Druses, and these Druse women even
down to the present day, wear horns
fastened upon their foreheads. These
horns are of exquisite workmanship,
and are frequently made Of tortoise
shell, inlaid with silver; they are
about a foot ir length and t:ad on the
forehead with a band. When a woman
walks out she wears a veil, which is
drawn over the head and falls across
the horn. II the person wearing thu
horn holds up her head, the horn ID
very much raised, as showing pride;,
when, on the contrary, the head is
cast down, the horn is lowered. and
this is a token Of humility. We are
told that the exalted horn,' "the stiff
neck" are displeasing in the sight Of
God; the humble and the lowly ara
His delight.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

In some notes on plum culture pub
lished in a recent bulletin issued by
the Colorado Experiment Station, Pro-
fessor Charles S. Crandall says:
For the European plums such as
Lombard, Green Gage, and Bradshaw
probably no stock is better than
seedlings of some variety OF
the species from which these va
rieties came-Prunus domestica.
These have been in common use
for many years, but in recent years
have been in some degree superseded
by Myrobalan stocks (seedlings of
Prunus cerasifera, a species OF Euro
pean orgin). Myrobalan stocks are in
common use in European countries
and have rapidly grown in favor with
our nurserymen, not because better
trees can be grown upon them, but
because it is easier to secure good Ny
robalan than good domestica
stocks. Seeds of domestica vari-
eties that will produce an even
stand of stocks is difficult to
oOIoAA, duu tuC MyAOUdldu, WAACu 40
easier to grow and less liable to in
Jury from parasitic fungi, offers an ac-
ceptable substitute. Some nurserymen
import the seeds and grow their own
stocks, others find it more profitable to
import the seedlings. They are usual
ly received during the winter, planted
in nursery rows In spring, and budded
in July and August. In the south the
stocks in common use are the Mari
anna plum and peach, and very diverse
opinions as to their relative merits
have been expressed. Probably the diff
ferences arise from varying local con-
ditions. for the testimony at hand in
dicates that on the light and dry soils
the peach stock does best, while the
Myrobalau is better suited to the
heavier and more moist soils. Even at
the north the peach meets with some
favor as a stock for plums on light
soils, but it is too tender for districts
where severe winters are common. For
the native varieties, Wolf, Weaver, De
Soto and other derivatives of Prunus
Americana, the natural inference that
Americana stocks would be best seems
to be borne out by experience, but the
degree of success may depend in q
measure upon the seed used. The spe-
cies is extremely variable in general
habit and rapidity of growth as we'll
as in the fruit produced.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
New eOptlst for the Potato .cr...

New NOptlet for the Potato .c,.
Miners who have passed the winter
IN the klondike refer to a brand OF
esaporated potatoes sent from Canada
winch have proved very satisfactory as
q substitute for fresh Vegetables, says
the Rural New Yorker. We learned
tnaf the Canadian company has yari-
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
evaporating 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 Mayyille gives us the
following information about this busi-
ness:
How are potatoes canned?"
Ihey are first washed and then nut
Ia large vat or steamer and steamed
inst enough to loosen the skins. Then
tney are taken out and peeled bv
women and girls. After this they are
cooked until thoroughly done. and
then run through a machine shaped
like colander. They come through
tnls 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" 'N'~
Does this make any difference in
the potato market for the neighborins
farmers?"
Yes. 1 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 bushel for
potatoes. The factory's first contract
was for 5000 bushels at 25 cents. OF
course the Gamers want the highest
quality of potatoes. 1t is understood
mere that the factory had a contract
with the United States government for
all the potatoes that were canned last
winter"
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

There are two kingdoms OF which
Peace is the sovereign-the home and
church. No one should ever throw the
pebbles Of discord into those waters.
Why one should remain in either when
his presence gives offense is species
of martyrdom we cannot understand.
Discord is antagonistic to the one pur-
pose of church and home life. To fight
for position in either is battle to
the world wider than our necessities
de mand. The margin belongs to those
who are always better than their
neighbOrs or friends.-Presbyteria
Journal.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

BollinE possesses % many advantAee0
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 so:ling.
Careful experiments have demonstrated
that by feeding cows entirely on green
forage crops In the stable, from two
to hve times as much milk will re-
suit per acre as from pasturing the
same land. It was an old saying that
the COW tramped three times as much
as she ate. OF course, many farms
contain considerable proportions Of
pasture land that cannot be titled. but
ior tillable land. the profit in soiling
Is very great. Many more cows can
oe Kept on a given area and the pro-
ductive capacity OF the land can be
rapidly increased. The saving OF ma
nure and its application to hest ad-
vantage is one of the great gains in
so1ling. But for this sytem of feeding
some little calculation is required, and
variety of green crops is necessary to
present a well arranged succession
throughout the growing season. In
other words there must be no break;
the supply must be certain and ample.
The careful and experienced dairymaR
Will plan to grow perhaps twice IS
much OF every crop as he expects to
use. The surplus will not be wasted;
1t can be dried or stored in silo. It
Is stated on good authority by the soil
ing system we'll managed, one acre of
productive land will feed two cows for
I'VE or six months: three acres for five
COWS Is considered 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 it's food at pasture. Moderate
exercise should accompany soiling, and
D small pasture lot should be provided
to the cow house.-Ex.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

Cnsap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa F&
The Santa Fe are selling tickets tc
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
rheap rate OF sa2 so
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2ss5 For particulars call
On or address, l. R DELANEY, Agt,
Wichita. Kans
A big force of laborers are prepar.
Ing the Union Pacific track for ballast.
The ballast to be used is burnt gum
bo, the action of water upon which
makes it as compact as asphalt. The
ballast will do away with the dust
and add greatly to the comfort of the
travelling public.
Mrs. II. j. Cusack an Atchison re-
tired milliner is making corn husk
hats to be presented to Queen Victoria,
Mrs. Mckinley and Helen Gould. The
bonnets will be sent in handsome
boxes lined with satin.
The street fairs in Kansas will be a
big advertisement for the state.
Too many cattle and horses are kill
ed by lightning while standing near
wire fences Why not prevent all this
loss and really make the pasture safer
with the wire than without? Connect
each wire at intervals to the ground
by . wire reaching the moist soil
The ground wire will conduct the
electricity during a thunder storm
from the fence to the ground A fence
wire well grounded is as much preveu-
tion as lightning rod is to a building.
This year in Kansas a patch of corn
fifteen feet long and fifteen feet wide
forms a perfect cube
Clyde Mattox is probably now study
Ing the weather prophets and picking
out a good day to escape.
There was never a better prospect
for corn than now in Oklahoma and
the Indian territory.
A SON of Judge Burwell has been
admitted to practice law. He is only
fifteen years of age.
Grapes and watermelons are eettina
very cheap in Oklahoma
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

,tilizfng conatitMteats. 1T i'd mot only
necessary to supply the soil therefore
With nitrogen. pA0qphoric acid and
potash but organic matter viii prove
beneficial - well III .harnyard ma
'nure is not .axailable .plowing under
green crops will serve the result. By
a systematic method Of rotation and
:pasturage together With the use of
commercial fertilizers, sandy soils can
DE brought to the highest state Of pro-
auctfveness. In the determination of
what kind ola fertilizer and how much
shaIl be applied to a particnlalr soil the
1armer must be his own guide-he
must make his own field experiments
and profit by them from year to year.
f1eld experiments conducted in his
same locality but on q heavy black
SOIL, whereas his might be a light
sandy soil. would be Of little or no
benefit to him. In a general wav
sandy soils are leachy and non-endur-
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.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31

blessed Are the Dead.
Oh, how blest are ye whose tolls are
ended
Who, through death, have unto God
ascended.
Ye have arisen
From the cares which keep us still in
prison.
We are still in a dungeon living.
Still oppressed with sorrow and mis-
giving:
Our undertakings
Are but tolls and troubles and heart
breakings.
Ye. meanwhile. are in your chamber
sleeping,
Quiet, and set free from all our weep
ing;
No cross nor trial
Hinders your enjoyments with denial.
Christ has wiped away your tears for
ever;
70 have that for which We still en-
deayor.
To you are chanted
Songs which yet no mortal ear have
haunted.
All! who would not then depart with
gladness,
To inherit heaven for earthly sad
ness?
Who here would languish
Longer in bewailing and in anguish?
Come, o Christ, and loose the chains
that bind us!
Lead us forth, and cast this world be-
hind us!
With thee, the Anointed,
Finds the soul its joy and rest ap-
pointed.
Simon Dach, 1885. Translated by
Henry w. Longfellow.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
The Chris stian Spirit.

The true calling of q Christian Is not
to do extraordinary things. but to do
ordinary things in an ordinary way.
The most trivial tasks can be accom-
plished in noble. gentle spirit. which
overrides and puts aside all petty. pal-
try feelings and which elevates al little
things.--Dean Stanley.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
kalnsAs. ITEMS OF INrEREsE.


Following is list of fairs to be hela
In Kansas in 1899, as compiled by Sec
setary F. d. Coburn, of the state board
Of agriculture.
Allen County Agricultural society
c Il. Wheaton. secretary, lola; Sep
tember Sc.
Anderson Comfy Fair association
C II. Rice, secretary, Garnett; Septem
Der 26-2e
Brown County Fair association
Grant w. Harrington, secretary; Hia
watha, August e9-3I.
Clay County Fair association-E. E.
Hoopes, secretary. Clay Center; Sep
tember lila
Cofey County Fair association-J. E.
Whooford, secretary. Burlington; Sep
tember Ills.
COwley County Fair association-W.
J. Kennedy, secretary, Winfield; Sep.
tember 20-2s
Douglas County-Kaw Valley Fair as
socia.ion-Tracy Learnard, secretary;
Lawrence: September 12l5.
Finney County Agricultural society
ID. A. Minis, secretary, Garden City;
September 1915.
Franklin County Agricultural socie-
ty-E- NJ. Sheldon, secretary. Ottawa;
September 1922
Grreley County Fair association-L
B. Newman, secretary. Tribune; Octo-
ber As.
Jackson County Agricultural and
Fair association-S B. McGrew. secret-
tary, Holton; September Ills.
Jefferson County Agricultural and
Mechanical Observation-Disclosures Sny-
der. secretary, Oskaloosa; September
6-S
johnson County Cooperative Fair as
sociation-J. NJ. Warren, secretary,
Edgerton; September 26-29.
Marshall County-Frankfort Fair as
sociation-C. w. Brandenburg, secrs-
sary, Frankfort; September 26-2o.
{, Miami County Agricultural and Me-
ehauical Fair association-W j. Car
Penter, secretary, Paola; September
12-ls.
Morris Comfy Exposition Company-
= ]. Dill: secretary, Council Grove;
september e6-ea
Neosho County Fair association-H.
Lodge, secretary, Erie; August 2s-Sep-
tember l.
Neosho County Chanute Agricul-
tural. Fair, Park and Driving associa-
tion-Aug. Barrels, secretary, Chanute;
September Go.
Ness County Fair association-Sam
g. Sheaffer, secretary, Ness City; Sep
tember 14-16.
Usage County Fair association-C. II.
Curtis, secretary, Burlingame. Septem-
ber 5-s.
Osborne County Fair association-M.
e. Smith. secretary, Osborne; Scptem-
Der 1918.
Riley County Agricultural society
Charles Kleincr, secretary, Riley; Sep
tember 5-s.
Saline County Agricultural, Horticul.
tural and Mechanical association-H.
B. Wallace, secretary, Salina; Septem-
ber $500.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.

Christian EndeavoF Tepics-Unhesltatlng
C0nndence In Chrlst-Blessed Are the
Dead-rh0 Faith That ExAmines-
The Horace Women Of the East.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF nNsTBRE6T TO
ACRlCUITURf6ES

0000 Cp-to-Date Hints About Cal-
tivation of t6s Soil and Yields
Thereof -Hsr4scaaAase. viticulture and
Flor1eulknVe.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-31
Americas Yellow Poultry.

1t is an odd fact that the great
American poultry-consuming public is
greatly prejudiced in favor of the VEL
low-legged, yellow-fleshed fowl. That
1t 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
0ird OF medium weight and large
breast predominance; being small
boned and fine fleshed, with a small
amount of offai, 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 focks by the
villagers adjacent to the city, and sold
to professional dealers who make the
daily or weekly tours.--Inland Poul-
Try.