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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Action OF the India Council.

Simla, Sept. 11.-At the session OF
the India council, the viceroy, Baron
Curzon, concurring in the statement OF
Clinton Dakins, the financial member
who, in introducing a currency bill,
said that in the absence of the mint
proclamation from England. it had
been decided to make gold the legal
tender Immediately.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
largest ship on the Lakes.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Sept G.
The steel steamer, Douglass Houghton.
the largest ship on the lakes. lies
sunken across the channel of the ST.
Mary's river al Sailors Encampment.
and effectually blocks the passage Of
all Lake Superior commerce. All
wait here until something has been
done with the wreck and it is said that
it viii take several days to raise the
steamer
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Howard Guuid's Long Cruise.

Southampton, Sept. Howard
steam yatcht Niagara, have returned
to Southampton from Norway, having
cruised $4,000 miles since May Il, on
which date the Niagara sailed from
New York. Mr.. Gould will sail for
New York in few days in order that
be may be able to see the race for the
Americas cup.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Ez-Prisoners os War Find Fault.

The alleged refusal of the govern
the Andersonville, prison because of lack
of funds was severely criticised by the
annual convention of Ex-Prisoners of
War. It was decided to appoint a COM
mittee to investigate the matter These
officers were elected: National COM
mander, James Atwe1l, Pittsburg;
senior vice commander. David T. Davies,
Philadelphia; chaplain, John S. Eergu-
son, Keokuk, Iowa.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Vaccination for BlackIeg.

The Virginia Experiment Station has
issued a bulletin for the purpose OF
instructing stock owners how TO OBJ
tain and use blackleg vaccine for the
purpose of preventing the disease
among their cattle. The vaccine is pre-
pared by drying pieces of muscle
taken from the swelling Of an affected
animal. After being finely ground it
is heated at a temperature of 81 to 80
degrees certigrade for a period of six
hours. It is then pulverized to fine
powder and if kept perfectly dry will
keep for a year OF more. This dried
muscle contains the spores of the
germ of blackleg, which spores are so
weakened by the heat process that
their injection into the animal does not
cause a virulent form of the disease,
but at the same time protects the ami
NAL from any future attack of it. The
immunity so produced is said to be
lasting in animals over six months of
age. In the Year Book OF the United
States department OF agriculture for
1898 the statement is made that from
results gotten from the use of vaccine,
the loss has been reduced from 10 to
20 per cent to less than per cent.
Up to the present time the Virginia
station has been supplied with lin
tied amount of vaccine by the Bureau
Of Animal Industry, in all, about four
thousand doses, of which about $500
doses have been distributed to the
farmers of that state. Although no
call has yet been made, for reports OF
results the station has heard of but
two deaths occurring after vaccination,
amounting to a very small fraction OF
/ per cent, while several have reported
their loss as high as 25 per cent before
vaccination. Vaccination has sow be-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

J. E. Stevenson, writing in Rural
New Yorker, says: One who advised
that airing was unnecessary probably
makes machine with a great amount
of ventilation. There are very few
machines now with automatic egg
turning devices for turning eggs with
out removing from the egg chamber,
and nearly all authorities prefer TAX
ing them out for turning, when they
are sure to get a slight airing twice
each day. If the change from 103 de-
grees to so degrees or less for the few
minutes required for turning is too
great, what about the setting hen that
must come of occasionally for food
and water, even though the tempera-
ture is 20 degrees or less? She Will
stay off in zero weather much longer
than the time required to turn the
eggs from an incubator. In my opin-
ion the change, if not long enough to
chill the eggs, will give stronger
chicks than the continually closed ma
chine or the hen that sits more close
". It is much easier to get the de-
sired air space in the eggs when the
incubator room is at so DEGREES than
when at 80 degrees. and find it much
easier to get out good matches of strong
chicks in the early spring than in hot
weather.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
saso.ooo Due Kansas.

Topeka, Sept. 9--W. w. Martin, state
agent at Washington, has prepared the
papers in claim of $3.50, 900, which he
says the federal government owes Kan
sas interest and discount on war bonds
issued in 1861, and will file them With
the court of claims at Washington.
The government paid the face value OF
governor of Kansas. but Martin claims
that the interest and discount were
never paid, and he viii try to get it.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
a SHORTER LINE ELPAso.
Proposed New Railroad from the End O.
the Rock Island at Liberal


the Rock Island at Liberal.
Kan. City. Mo, Sept.-A special says.
The proposed route of this new rail-
road lies from FL Paso. Texas, in a
northeasterly direction through Nogal,
Salado, and on diagonally through the
northeast corner of New Mexico, cut
ting the northwest corner OF Texas,
passing through the western strip OF
Oklahoma and terminating at Liberal
Kan. This is substantially the propos
ed route of this new railroad, and il
will be about 475 miles in length, in az
almost direct line between FL Paso.
Texas, and Liberal, Kan, where it viii
connect with the Rock Island.
A few figures may be given to show
the advantages which will accrue by
the building of this FL Paso and North
eastern railroad. Distance from Kansas
City to Los Angeles by the Santa
Fe route is about /, SO7 miles, while by
going over the Rock Island to Liberal
and connecting with the new road, the
distance to Los Angeles is reduced tc
1,698 miles, saving OF 100 miles. Also
the distance from Kansas City to E
PasO by the Santa Fe is now about l, II:
miles, but by the Rock Island and pro
posed new road, it will be reduced to
$50 miles, making d saving of over 23e
miles
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Brutal Act of Injustice.

London, Sept. IA special dispatch
from Berlin says: 1T is now permitted
to be known that the war office holds
documents conclusively proving that
Esterhazy and Henry betrayed their
trusts, and only the permission of En-
peror William is awaited for the pub
lication of documents showing the SEN
tence of Drcyfus to be brutal act of
Injustice"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Dairy Notes

Herewith we illustrate a sanitary
milk pail in use by the Kansas Agri-
cultural College. The idea is not new,
and such pals have been used here
and there for a long time. We do not
know Of any firm that has them for
sale, but presume they can be easily
manufactured by any timer. The ad-
Vantages of this kind Of a pail must
be obvious to any dairyman. 1t will
certainly prevent from getting into the
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Hawaiians Want too Much.

Washington, September 11.-Admiral
Bradford, chief of the bureau of equip
ment, and General Wilson, chief of the
engineers, have been in consultation
respecting the improvement of Pearl
harbor, Hawaii, with view to the es-
tablishment of naval station there,
as directed by congress. An unexpect-
ed and serious obstacle to the execution
of the project has been encountered in
the shape of refractory real estate
holders. Having exhausted all other
proper methods the officials have de-
termined to proceed to acquire the nee
essary lands through condemnation
proceedings, having satisfied them
selves that this can be accomplished
under the Hawaiian laws as they stand
today.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Mexican Prosperity.

FL Paso, Sept. IA representative
of the Mexican Central has been in
town for n few days from chihuahua
trying to secure 4 number of machin-
lists aud shop men of all descriptions.
The Mexican Central has an immense.
amount of work on hand and it is al
most impossible to secure competent
helm
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Modern philippines Railroad.

Manila, Sept. 11.-Agents for COM
pany of Spanish capitalists, some of
whom live in Manila, announce that
arrangements have been completed for
the building of modern railroad line
in Luzon that will connect Manila with
all the important towns along the west
coast of the island as far. north as
LaOag.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

come so general in Virginia that the
station has decided to manufacture its
own vaccine for free distribution in the
state The only expense to the stock
owner in vaccinating his herd is the
Eaccinating outfit, which consists of a
graduated hypoderInic syringe, mortar
and pestle, glass funnel, cotton for
hltering and small measuring glass.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Two Heavy Fires.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 10.-Fire has
destroyed the stove foundry of Bridge
ford & Co., causing a loss of 5000. 900.
Insurance, about 100000. The Pha-
nix Tanning company, in another part
of the city, was destroyed by fire, ow.
a spectator, was fatally hurt.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
General Miles to go to Manila.

New York, Sept. IA special to the
Journal and Advertiser from Washing
ton says:
After forty-eight hours of almost
constant discussion among the presi-
dent, Secretary Root, Professor Schur-
man, Senator Beveridge, General Miles
and Adjutant General Corbin it may
be stated positively that General Mer.
ritt viii go to the Philippines"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
MilIet as a Feed in the Dairy.


Mi1let, says bulletin of the agricul-
tura1 department Just published, is fed
principally as a hay and soiling crop.
The forage ranks well with that of
other grasses in the nutritive content,
and it's palatability is about that of
the average for the coarser sorts. For
digestibiIity, millet forage compares
favorably with that from other coarse
grasses. Already widely grown as a
hay crop, millets deserve more general
use for soiIing. They are particularly
valuable for feeding to dairy cattle,
young stock, and sheep. There are
many sections of the country where
this crop can be made to supplement
the pastures in such way as to allow
a material increase in the number Of
stock that can be kept on the farm.
On account of the heavy yield Of for
age and the good quality of the prod
uct milIets are excellent grasses for
use in the silo. Frequently a good
crop of miIlet can be raised under con-
ditions which would not admit Of
growing corn for ensiling, and in such
instances it becomes of especial value.
One of the best methods of preserving
this crop is by the use Of the silo.
Those who have tried this method
have obtained excellent results. A
fine quality of ensilage may be made
by using barnyard millet and a legum-
inous crop like soy beans or clover.
The seed of the foxtail nillets is wide
" used as food for fowls and birds
but is seldom fed to stock. 1t has,
stock, such as calves, with a fair de-
gree of success. The seed is an e1-
cellent food for laying hens
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16


The time is at hand and in some
Gounties is now here when the pas
lures will fail and the cows will either
have to fall of in milk, receive green
crops that have been planted for them
before this time, or will be turned into
the meadows. This latter is not wise
thing to do in most cases, but is done
to great extent The amount OF
damage depends a good deal on both
the condition of the sod and Of the
moisture in the soil. If there is good
sod, if the land has been well treated,
the grass will be so thickly matted
that there will be little damage, unless
the ground is SO soft that the tramp
ing OF the cattle will break the sod
If the sod is thin and the heritage
light the cropping will do much dam
age to the crop next year; but in such
cases it would be better to turn the
meadow under late in the fall and put
It into a cultivated crop for a few
years. Where fields are to be turned
under either this fall or in the early
spring, the cropping now will be so
much gain. Where it is expected to
keep a meadow permanently it is GER
tainly not a good policy to turn the
cattle into it after heavy rain, when
the ground is soft.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Brings U. S. q RoEaItX.

San Francisco, Sept. 9.-The steamer
Del Norte has arrived from Alaska
with 1852 seals1ins consigned 70 the
North American Commercial company.
They Were taken under license and
will net the government heavy roy
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Killed by Lightning.

Tuscola, ILL.,, Sept. 1O.-Consterna-
ton was created on the grounds of the
Douglas County Fair Association at
Camargo when terrific bolt of light
ming struck the north end of the grand
stand, killing two men instantly, IA
tally injuring two more and seriously
disabling six others.
An instant after the bolt struck ten
men were writhing on the ground and
physicians were summoned from the
city, who went at once to the scene.
The party was eating supper under the
grand stand when the flash came
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Academy and Convent Burned.

Ottawa, Ill. Sept. St. Xaviers
Academy and Sisters of Mercy convent
is destroyed by fire The inmates, six
ty sisters and pupils, escaped in their
night clothes without injury. The
loss amounts to SIS, 1000. Insurance
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
WUIIs's Iuouf-

Wiilie-This paper speaks of the al
mighty dollar; IS that any different
from any other dollar, pa? Pa-Yesd
it refers to the one with only fifty
cents worth OF silver in it; yet yea
can buy dollars worth with it. /
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
A Rear admIraIDfes.

Washington, Sept "a telegram
received at the navy department an
nounces the sudden death of Rear Ad.
miral Henry Picking, commandant Cd
the Boston navy yard. Death was due
to heart disease.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Dewey Inspects Training Ships.

Gibraltar, Sept. 11.-Admiral Dewey
inspected the United States training
ships, Saratoga and Alliance, and was
loudly cheered when leaving the YES
for Madeira.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Plague Stamped out in Egypt.

Alexandria, Sept. 1.-THE last plague
patient has been discharged from the
hospital. Of a total of eighty-nine
cases, forty-three deaths have occurred.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

Senator Clarke OF Montana has pur-
chased of Senator Stewart of Nevada
the property in Washington known a.
s.Stewart's Castle"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Our Live Stock

It is doubtful just what position the
American stock interests will hold AZ
the Paris exposition next year, as
there is a manifest desire among
Americans to keep their high-priced
breeding stock at home. They are
in favor OF sending fat cattle that may
be killed at the end of their time of
exhibition. but they are too fearful OF
contagious diseases to risk animals
that must be returned to this country.
It is said to be a fact that stock dis
eases are far more prevalent in Europe
than in this country. America has, at
great expense and after years Of war
fare, exterminated some of the worst
diseases, and 1t is not probable that
either the Secretary OF Agriculture or
the leading Stockmen of the country
want to give the said diseases a chance
to re-establish themselves on our soil
The possibility of contagion at Paris
is very great. Animals Will be brought
from all parts Of Europe, and it is pos
sible that more or less disease
will be brought with them.
The government is making slow but
sure progress in its Investigations OF
hog cholera and swine plague. Since
1891 this work has been going steadily
forward. Progress has been impeded
by the fact that one serum could not
be produced that would be equally eff
cacious as against hog cholera and
swine plague. Nevertheless it was
found that by injecting animals with
both kindc nf corIIT,1S nF the hrO6ncfS
of hog cholera and swine plague, a
very large percentage Of the animals
was saved. A report on the tests made
in Page County, Iowa, says: ITO give
the general results with the work car
ried out under the direction of DR..
Dorset, it may be stated that out of 1876
animals treated with the mixed serums
161 were saved, or about 81 per cent.
The disease existed on all Of the farms
where treatment was carried out, a
number of animals had already died
and about so per cent of the animals
treated were i'll at the time of injection
with the serum. In the check herds
there were originally 429 animals, and
the disease had begun both in these
check herds and in the treated herds
about the same time. In the herds
which were not treated, only about Il
per cent of the animals recovered
Comparing these two sets it would ap-
| pear that the serum had reduced the
| mortality about 67 per cent. 1t is IN
derstood, of course, that all of the ami
| mails were under the same condition:
| after treatment as before. AS a rule
| the animals aDDeared to begin to i'm
| prove very shortly after the injection
of the serum. One herd was treated
| with a culture alone without serum
| Only 20 per cent Of the herd SO treated
was saved. In another case a here
which was in very poor condition a
| the time of incubation was treated
with mixed swine plague serum ant
a dead culture. Eighty per cent o
| these animals was saved, while in {;
third similar case where the condition
of the animals was very poor, only g
| per cent was saved"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Gold Quartz at Lookout Mountain.

Chicago. Sept "a special to the
Daily News from Chattanooga. Tenn.
says: While digging a well on Look
out Mountain, C. H. Jarnagin and 9TH
ers discovered gold quartz In large
quantities The gold vein was struck
about six miles from Chattanooga, and
gives evidence of being rich one
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
BOYD Cadets in the Parade.

The Boyd cadets of Topeka. Kan,
were in the great parade. Philadelphia
is paying them an ovation
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
Record on D.ssrtad Han.s..

Within mile from Oongleton, Eng
land. on the highroad from Maecles-
field, there is a deserted village OF over
sixty houses, not one OF which Is ten.
anted.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16
To be Used as an Indian School.

Washington, Sept 11.-By order of
the War department the unoccupied
military post at Ft. Spokane, Wash,
has been turned over to the Interior
department for an Indian school.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

Tuesday, September 5, appears from
many kilograms to have been the hot
test day, to that date. 1899.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

Economical F'eeding-An economi
cal food is early-cut hay, silage from
mature corn, cats and peas. An IN
economical way is to give the herd late
cut hay, silage from immature corn,
roots, new and untFied crops The
reason for the early cutting of hay is
because you get more digestible pro-
TEN or milk forming food than IN a
late cut Mature corn only should go
into the silo; otherwise IL causes an
expensive watering of stock Corn has
proven to be more digestIble when It
is cut just as the kernel begins to
glaze Experiments have proven that
the silage of everything is the most
economical way of handling the grain
crop, owing to the amount of milk
given and the amount Of butter pro-
duced being more on the food from the
silo than in other ways OF harvesting
u.-Prof J. L. Hill
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

The Farm Horse.-Strength is not
the sole requisite in a farm horse. The
true farmers horse is one equally ser
yiceable in dragging the pillow and trot-
ting to market with a light wagon,
says the Rural World The farm
horse should thus be a cross between
the draft and road horse. Courage,
determination and Quickness in taking
hold of loads are very important quail
tiles in this kind Of a horse An ami
NAL weighing LOO pounds with these
good qualities will often be more ser
viceabIe than the team that weighs
hundreds of pounds more. A quick,
steady walker, is very essential. Did
you ever stop to compute how many
days work you could save in blowing
a field with a quick walking horse?
The animal that gets over the ground
rapidly saves time and money to the
owner. A slow walker is poorer for
farm work than a slow trotter, and the
time lost thereby is much greater.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-16

milk much OF the matter that now
gets in. The constant falling Of dust
from the COW into the milk is In a
measure checked. If the COW lifts her
foot she is not likely to get it into the
fluid that is to be used as food for the
family. OF course, this must be kept
clean, or the strainer on top will be-
come an element of danger rather than
safety.
The Eddy current., 1899-04-01
saIarIes oI counlY OnIelaIs.

The new law regarding the salaries
Of Eprobate judges assessors, school
superintendent aud county commis
sioners enacted by the 33rd legislative
assembly and approved by GOV. Otero
on March /, reads as follows:
Section That section / ol chm
ter I.X OF the Session Acts OF 1897. bc
aud the same Is hereby amended io
read as follows: The probate judges
ef the several counties OF this territory
shall receive The following enmpensa
tion: In counties OF the first class,
sG0O per annumi In counties OF the
second class, $500 per annum; In eoun
tries of the third class s2lJ per annum;
Ia counties ui the fourth class, $3.50 per
uunum
See. That section Of chapter
TX Session Laws OF ial7, be and tho
same is hereby amended 10 read as
follows: The county assessor OF the
several counties OF this territory shall
The Eddy current., 1899-04-01
Wby DO They do Itp

Why do people live In such q coun-
try as Wyoming when there is so much
room In New Mexico2 sixty people
were brought into Cheyenne the other
day ln wagons who had been snow
bound on the Cheyenne h Northern
railroad for over three weeks. Many
OF them had hands and feet frozen
and all Of them were on the point OF
perlshing fol want OF food. The train
with which they had been imprisoned
had been caught 10 oae Of the fright
ful bizzards Of last month There
were two or three ranch houses which
could be reached by parties from the
train on snow shoes, but in the course
of a week the limited supply OF food
10 be obtained there was exhausted
and the railroad authorities then
bought cattle from the ranch people,
and these were slaughtered 20 feed the
passengers, They had no bread, nor
vegetables, but lived for two weeks on
beef, cooked on the stoves In the
coaches. This, they said. would not
have been bad II IL could have been
well prepared, but they had such poor
facilities for cooking that the meat
was frequently no more than warmed
through; fortunately, however, as one
Of them expressed II, they "had ap-
petites to ilt the occasion" There was
no sleeper attached TO the train, and
the people had 10 cook, eat and sleep
In the day coaches, aud as they had no
bedding OF any kind and the mercury
was most OF the time from "a TO 80 de
grees below zero, and nothing but the
little stove to warm the car, the degree
OF comfort they found can be better
imagined than described.
why will people live in a country
where such conditions are no; only
possibly. but likely TO occur any win
ter, when there is plenty OF room In
the southwest, where the conditions Of
life are comfortable Y-Albuquerque
Democrat.