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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
THE SEED FLAT.

An excellent box in which the
seeds for early flowers can be sown is
about eighteen inches long, fifteen
inches wide and three and one. half
inches deep. This box can be placed
in the window beside the cutting box.
A good soil for the seed box is made
of three-fourths soddy loan and one
fourth sand; this mixture gives a soil
that drains we'll and does not run to.
gethei after it has been watered a
few times.
In this box can be sown pansy,
verbena, petunia, snap dragon, sweet
alyssum, saliva splendens, or seeds
of any other similar plants that will
stand transplanting and ere desired
for early blooming. Enough plants
can be grown in box of this size to
supply a good sized flower garden.
w. II. MOORE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

AN insurance req ort shows that
Kansas has been large contributor
to the increased business of New York
insurance companies. Just why Kan
sas farmers allow themselves to be
sgulled into paying tribute to New York
for insurance when they can get cheap
.er insurance thru the Cooperative In-
suranee Company Of Topeka, Kansas,
and thus keep their money not only in
the state but in their pocket, is diff
cult to explain. When farmers learn
that that they can insure themselves
they will save an immense amount OF
money.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
State News.

The Topeka auditorium bill passed
both houses.
A syndicate is buying:up the coal
lands of Crawford county.
The bill to appropriate $50, 600 for
a Kansas exhibit at Paris was lost.
Police Matron Thrope of Topeka
gave relief to 826 persons during the
recent cold weather.
Capt. j. H. Collier, a Topeka lawyer
died at his home in that city last Fri
day. He was an old soldier.
Father Philip Williams, an Atchi-
son priest has written a play in which
there are no female characters.
Miss Maud Reese Davies, the sopra-
no who is travelling with Sousa e
band was former Topeka girl.
A prominent lady of Vleits, In Mar
shall county armed herself with an ak,
and unaided demolished joint in
that place.
The remains of all the Tweatieth
Kansas soldiers who have died or
be- en- killed are to be returned o their
homes for burial.
The Offices of head janitor and
superintendent of the state house
grounds have been combined under
the title of custodian.
G. r. Troxel, the Abilene lawyer
who went to Mexico with Gillett has
come back to consult with D. S. Bish-
Cd about Gillett's affairs.
Judge T. A. Hurd, aged 80 years
died at his home in Leavenworth Feb
%. He came to Kansas in SO and has
been judge of the supreme court.
George H. Monroe was killed and
seven other members of the Twentieth
Kansas were wounded in the engage
ments at Manila the latter part of last
week.
Kansas is not adapted to the
the growth of sugar beets. The sum.
mer temperature is too high and the
soil is unsuitable. The percentage
of sugar in the beet is too small.
At a masked ball at Goffs it was
discovered upon unmasking that one
OF the most unique costumes was
worn by young colored girl. This
caused stampede among the other
maskers.
One Of the city railway cars with
members of the Topeka lodge of
Elks who were returning from the
funeral of one of their number,
jumped the track on the west incline
of the Sixth street viaduct. 1t did
not over turn and no one was injured.
This is the second train to jump the
track on the viaduct within a week.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
From State Agricultural Col
lege.
GOOD HOG FEED.

OOOO 1AOO 16hDs
At the beginning of the present
cold snap, Jan. 26, the farm depart.
ment closed a nine weeks feeding
experiment with sixty head of hogs
and had twenty-five not marketable
and in every poor feeding conditions.
Eighteen of these were divided into
three uniform lots of six hogs each.
ALI Of these hogs except one in each
lot had been on an exclusive kaffir
corn diet during the previous expert
ment. A weeks preliminary feeding
was given to make the change in
feeds; and then, during the week
ending February 8, with the mercury
down around ten and seventeen be-
low zero nearly every night, and with
poor sheds, where losses might have
been expected, the following gains
per head we-e made with the feeds
indicated:
Alfalfa hay and kaffir meal S.3 lb. ;
Cotton seed meal and kaffir meal 8 lib
Skim milk and kaffir 1872 lb.
This shows the value of feeds like
alfalfa, cotton seed and skim milk.
j. G.. HANEY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

COMMISSIONERS from the Island Of
Negios called upon Gen. Otis and were
received. The result was that those
islands su mitted to U. S. rule with
out bloodshed. AgonciIo called upon
Mckinley to adjust matters if possible
without bloodshed but that arrogant
dignitary ignored him. In all proba-
bility Agoucillo's purpose could have
been accomplished If our nation had
treated him with respect. Why should
the Negros' agents have been received
and Aguinaldo's insulted?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
The Way Trusts Do Ii.

Senator John E. Hessin, in speak
ing of the difficulty the state might
have with the trusts over the bind
ing twine plant, said, 81 tell you
these trusts are bad medicine to
handle. My brother was engaged
with me back in Indiana in the manu-
facture of bagging, and tho trust
came TO see US. We were doing busi-
ness only in small way, but the
trust paid us $4,000 year to stand
idle. We simply creased our machin.
cry, regularly and let it stand, draw
ing from the trust over Sc 900 per
year"
Are any comments necessary upon
a statement like this? Could any
thing be stronger argument for the
government Ownership of manufac-
turing industries? Does it not show
that the trust must exact extortion-
ate prices for their commodities to be
able to pay a small manufacturer
Sc 90 per annum to stand iole, and
be able to make money ON such a
deal? And yet the. people blindly
adhere to the old idea Of private own.
ership, and tremble with terror at
the very mention of government con-
troll. The trusts, under cover of the
war interest, are getting their hands
well into the pockets of the people.
New trusts are being formed with a
rapidity that s--startling. Within
the past few weeks there have been
formed tin plate trust, varnish
trust, a cereal food trust, a soap
trust, candy trust, q trust to get
control of the salmon 6.heries and
cans, and SO many others that it
would be fatiguing task to attempt
to name them all.
We will not be able to buy a piece
of chewing gum or candy, to eat q
dish of oatmeal for breakfast, or even
wash our hands with soap without
contributing to some trust. Nc
doubt we should be thankful for ouI
mercies, and feel grateful that as YET
no contrivance has been invented By
which these vampires can get cor.
ner on the air we breathe, though il
the dry parts Of the country they d.
control the water already. Will tht
people ever get their eyes open o
are they born blind.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
A NEW CROP FOR KANSAS FARMERS.

a NEW GkOT fOh hAASAD EAhAERS.
The Kansas Experiment. Station has
been growing the soy bean for the
past ten years, starting with small
patch. and increasing th, area until
last year IS acres were grown. 1t is
is good drought-resister, is not
touched by chinch bugs, and the
beans are richer in protein than lin
seed meal. With sufficient moisture
to gerninate them, q crop can be
grown after wheat and oats are har-
vested. In 1896 the yield on ground
after wheat was bushels per acre,
in 1898 Ct bushels. With linseed
meal at $25 per ten these crops after
wheat would be worth $6 and $4.6a
per acre. When planted earlier in
the season, the yield of soy beans
is from 10 to 20 bushels per acre.
The soy bean not only furnishes q
crop rich in protein, but at the same
time enriches the soil. Henry Rog.
lerSsone Of our graduates, reports %
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
INFLUENCE OF COLD AND STORMS ON
ON BUTTER FAT,

INFLUENCE OF COLD AND STORMS ON
ON BUTTER FAT.
The Manhattan Creamery received
milk in February 8, which according
to the usual calculations would make
28S pounds of butter; but when the
cream was separated and churned it
yielded only 2s7 pounds, or over 81
per cent short of the usual run. In
looking for the cause it was noted
that on February 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
temps nature, feed or care may not
permanently affect the percentage of
butter fat in milk, but it will cause
q temporary change both in quantity
and quality, and may in a large
measure account for the fluctuations
in the butter fat test experienced at
so many of our creameries.
d. II. OTIs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

IN 1897 the Populist legislature re.
duced the salaries of county officers
because they were too large as COM
pared with wages of farmers and other
la0orers and also passed a number of
laws to benefit the latter. This year
the Republicans in the Legislature
placed the officers salaries back as
high as they were and in some cases
higher. They also created a lot of
new high salaried positions, retiring
some officers on full pay in order to do
so. Farmer, laborer what did they DO
for you?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

Aue CdiiiOrOla legislature has
passed bill prohibiting the publica.
tion of cartoons which are meant to
be humiliating to the subject, also
publishing the portrait of any living
person without their consent, unless
they be a public official or criminal.
A great portion of the city of Ma
nila has been destroyed by fire. The
natives were accused of incendiarism
and the American troops cleared the
district of every native. The fire de-
wasted a number of acres and many
people are homeless.
A peculiar bill has been framed by
a Michigan legislator, which provides
that any person who desires to use
liquor as beverage must get license
to do so. The license will cost S. a
year, and it shall be a misdemeanor
for saloon keeper to sell to any one
not holding q license.
Three burglars recently cast a
baker into his oven to make him tell
where his money was hidden. The
man managed to cry out and give an
alarm which resulted in his rescue.
He was badly blistered, and in state
of mental prostration. The burglars
were not secured by the police.
In the suit for breach of promise
brought against DR.. Lowry, a promi-
nent Kansas City dentist by his as
sistant Miss Smith, judgment for the
whole amount, $25, 900, has been ac-
knowledged by the defendant. 1t is
stated however that Miss Smith can
not collect the amount as DIR. Lowry
is not worth so much.
The Cuban army passe.a in review
before Gomez and the American Off
GERS in Havana last week, and are
to be disbanded. Great enthusiasm
was displayed by the Cubans and
much friendly feeling towards the
Americans was expressed. Shouts of
"Long live the Americans" and
"Cuba for the Cubans" were heard
every where.
The recor de of the internal revenue
bureau show that the total reseipts
from the tax on mixed -four since
August IA, 1898, when the Iaw went
into effect, have been s. 1s9. The
e1pence of collecting this amount
has been $ls.59O. The receipts
from this source during December
1898, were $417 and the cost OF
collecting 1880.
Edward Teeter, resident of Roll
ing Prairie, Ind, recently caught 8
neighbor and his wife stealing his
chickens. He captured ard locked
them up until morning, and then
hung the chickens they had stolen
about their necks, and drove them
through the town at the muzzle OF
his revolver. The couple had been
respected citizens up to that time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

SOME infer that to withdraw u. s..
troops from the Philippines would be
to restore those possessions to Spain.
No Populist would favor such a pror-
osition. The island should be owned
and governed by the people that live
there. Neither the L. S. nor Spain
have any right to it. Spain has lost
by cession what small claim she may
have had and the u. ). has no ripht
TO exact lands from the Filipinos In
payment of claim again st the Spanish
government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

At jena, the Prussian loss
was 81 900 out of los, 900 men,
and on the French side $4,000 ont
OF $1,000 engaged. about one in i've
At hyiau the Russians lost Is 600
out OF % COO, and the French 10000
out Of 5000. proportion OF one In
three for both sides. At Wsgram
the Austrians lost 25,0O0 out of
10O, 900, and the French %, 600 out
of 1OO, O,0o0.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

THE Topeka Mail and Breeze has a
new head. interviewer with the word
Mail are pictures of the Fast Mail
and } eri of cattle. On the Breeze
side is representation Of a gentle
Kansas zephyr moving about sixty
miles on hour taking with it pede,
strain some what in arrears of his
hat which seems to have been quite
taken by the illustration.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
FARMERS NEED COLD STORAGE.


An ice and cold storage house on
the fruit farm is of immense value in
preventing the waste in summer
fruits that come naturally through
rapid decay. Berries, cherries, plums
and peaches can be kept a humber of
days, even weeks, and there is thus
afforded ample opportunity for using
or disposing of them. Let the farm
er and fruit grower be as painstaking
to prevent waste in their products as
the packers and the manufacturers
are to prevent waste in their large
commercial establishments.
w. L. HALL.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

1T is fortunate for the peopIe of
Kansas that there are AS many Papu-
hstS aid Democrats III tie irgislatnre
10 there are; because they hold the Re.
publlcans In check. Corporation
grafters Can not get their special laws
thru, and Republicans are forced to
favor occasional reform measures in
order to get their salary appropriations
passed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

THE u. S. government is acting to-
ward the Philippines now As big, gruff
animal might act toward smaller ami
NAL into whose habitations he had by
chance or otherwise trespassed. Not
,one iota more of reason has been used
by the United States than is used by 2
dogs which engage in an alteration on
the street.-the u. s. absolutely refus-
ed to reason or even give the Filipinos
q hearing, No more tyrannical or big
.oted official act has 1een recorded in
history than McKinley's arrogant re-
fusal to listen to Agoncil)o's pleadings
for arbitration or any possible recon-
citation. The Filipinos knew that
they were weak and that we were
strong, yet in their hearts throbbed
and beat the love of liberty. They
knew that Americans had a (self-as-
sumed) reputation for intelligence and
(alleged) Christian charity. What
must have been their surprise and cha.
grin at tyrant McKinley's middle age
mercy-his barbarian justice-his E
thiopian ethicsl We are not partisan
in our criticisms of the president for
violating al principles Of war and OF
peace-of politics, of justice-of relig-
ion of law and of ethics. Had Bryan
been elected and done 80 the wrong
would have been the same. Let us be
too broad for partIsanship, and toe
broad to oppress weaker people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
THE GALA LILY.

When the Gala Lily begins to
bloom, if the pots are placed into
shallow pans of water and left there
the blooms will be found to last much
longer and remain more plump and
fresh, than where water is simply ap-
piled to the surface of the soil.
w. H. nj.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

Bless you m,n, Mckinley has
fought no more in this war than q
RABBIT. And a smattering of states
manship would not only have pre-.
vented any clash at all in the Philip.
pines but might have averted the
Spanish war. But go on with your
hero worship. 1t is popular, and
being 90, few care whether it is right
or not.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

By vote of 7i to 35 the house
passed bill which practically repeals
the fee and salary law enacted by the
Populist legislature of 1897. The
houss bill places tie fees and salaries
of the sheriffs, clerks and county Of
6cers back where they were, in some
instances even increasing them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

A young lawyer in another state re-
Gently died of fatty degeneration of
the brain. He weighed ever 800
pounds, and yet local paper says in
a lengthy eulogy-''had he lived he
would have become a great man."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

A new company of players came IT,
20 existence recently. They did not
make hit at their first performance
but the audience did. They made it
with antiqusted eggs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

Hose who make uuiiuI ms for u. s.
soldiers receive less than SO cents a
day. Unto the commander-in-chiefo of
those who wear the uniforms the gov.
ernment pays about s375a a day. There
is too much difference between the
wages of public officials and of private
labOrers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

SOME one has said that snipe has
nerve running clear to the end of its
bill. If this be true doctors must
have evoluted from snipe instead of
monkey.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

WHEN a boy pounds his finger he
cries. When man does the same
thing he swears, for swearing is just
crying grown up.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

A writer who has ideas enough to
oil several large books, may have no
cents in his pocket book.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

The fool tells Uhat he is going to
do, while the wise man goes ahead
and does it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

If woman ever has any distiD-
guished callers they always come On
wash day, or during house cleaning
time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

IT is not so hard for a person with
pretty teeth to always wear a smiling
face.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

IT Is the woman with the silk under
skirt who is always afraid of soiling
the bottom of her dress.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

TIE man who says he can stop a
bad habit if he wants 10 either lies, or
else he never wants to.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

SOME drills may be run by horse
power, steam power or electricity, but
the majority of bores are run by gas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

A howl has gone up from the r.
publican press because the senate.
which is controlled by the fusionists,
has ninety. five employees, or abou.
twenty more than at any previous ses-
sion. 1t is no doubt needless extraya-
gance, but the house, which is Repub-
licap, has gone the sena,e one better.
There are more house employees than
there are members of the house. The
total is 134, or thirty-nine more than
the extravagant senate enjoys. This
includes fifty committee clerks. seven
stenographers and seventy seven other
clerks. sergeant-atarms, door keepers,
j+nitors and pages. Both the house
and senate are keeping fully abreast
of the present day tendency to make
the legislature a snap for all office
seekers who are unable to get jobs any
where else. The absurdity of allo wing
each house committee a clerk is appar-
ent. Such committees as those on
military affairs, irrigation, woman's
rights, rules, public lands and forestry
have about as much need for q clerk
az in the language of Tom McNeaI, a
grasshopper has for an overcoat In
July. Committee clerks alone in the
house will cost 50 900 for the session.
The charge of extravaganza against
the Populist sen ate Is well taken, but
the same charge against the Republi-
can house is better taken. -Atchison
Champion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08
hObSOn.

Hes over at Manila far.
The hero Of the Merriuac.
He went to raise some Sloops of war.
And got many a sounding smack.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08

HOW Kansas IefoTmeLs are edueS-
ting The statel Two years ago they
passed all precedent aud adopted three
independent reform measures. T.xt
BOOK law, Stock yards law and Fee
and Salary law. At the time there was
great outcry among the opponents
of ref"rm but now they preceive the
wisdom of the laws and are pacifed.
The special session, too, passed the
railroad law which will protect individ-
uals against corporations and now
some Republicans are actually propos-
ing laws in the interests of the people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18

Secretary Root Orders Five Battalions of
Infantry to BE Sent Home.

WASHINGTON. Aug, 1.-THE Secretary OF
War has determined to reduce the army now
in Cuba. and orders have been issued to
Gen. Brooke directing the return to tho
United States OF one battalion OF each OF the
following regiments: LIST. 2nd 9th. 9th and
10th infantry. Arrangements are being made
to procure tho necessary transportation to
bring these battalions home. On their return
they will be assigned to posts in this country.
Soon after Secretary Root entered the War
Department he called for a statement showing
the location Of each OF the regiments OF tho
regular army and was surprised to learn that
over $4,000 troops were on duty In Cuba. This
he considered excessive. and determined upon
the withdrawal OF Ave battalions 1t was con-
sidered the better plan to select battaions
from different regiments rather than bring
back a complete regiment which would have
to be broken up and distributed about the
country to different army posts for garrison
duty. Another idea was to select the battallons
that had seen the hardest service. 80 az to give
them an opportunity to recuperate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
THREE BURNED BY BLAzING OH.
Mother Dead, Baby Likely to Die and the
Father Victim, Too.

bottle OF kerosene fell on the stove at the
home OF John X. Killcummins at 400 West
Fifty-third street early yesterday morning.
and burned Mrs. Killcummins and her three
year-old son Peter severely that the woman
died in the Presbyterian Hospital last night
and the child is likely to die. The husband
was also burned.
Killcummins keeps store on the ground
floor OF the building and lives in the rear His
wife was building the fire yesterday morning
when the Kerosene bottle fell In moment
her clothing and that OF the baby In her arms
blazed up. and she ran screaming to her hus-
band in the store. Killcummins did what he
could to smother the flames but his own clothes
caught fire. Then he and his wife ran into the
street. dragging their child after them. and
there passers-by extnguished the flames with
their coats while others turned in an alarm
The aremen put out the flames with a loss OF
$500.
Mrs. Kicummins and her baby lay uncon-
scious on the pavement for nearly half an hour
before an ambulance appeared. No one in the
and mono appeared to offer his services