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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

Herman had soldiered all through the
years that the officer was rising step
by step from the ranks of subaltern
of horse to that of the command of
the crack cavalry regiment of the ser
vice.
After the new guard had been
mounted that morning Private Tier
nan made his way to his quarters and
without word to his fellows, left the
barracks and headed for the stables.
AS he passed the door of the commits
sary the Colonel came out and met
him face to face. Tiernans hand went
to his cap in rigid salute.
Good morning, Sergeant" said
Colonel Blake. The old title slipped
out naturally.
Private Tiernan. sir, now was
the answer in a tone that implied it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
Tho HOG.

The hog of today constitutes no less
than $40 different articles of COM
merce, and next to cotton and wheat
furnishes the largest values in ex-
ports from the United States. Its
name has become an epithet, says a
foreign writer on swine. Its applica-
ton to man means greed and BRITISH
ness. 1t is commonly supposed to be
a scavenger, like the puddle duck 1t
takes mud baths. So do men. There
is much virtue in mud. The hog
bathes in pools of 1t to coat his skin
against the attacks of insects; man
dips his festered hide in 1t to improve
his circulation and draw out his govt
and rheumatism. The hog is pachder-
matous; SO is man Notwithstanding
Cuvier's classification. I have seen
men, know men today, with skin
thicker than the hide of a rhinoceros.
The hog is omniverous- is man.
The hog is carniverous by choice-so
is man. The hog is herbiverous, gran
iverous, graminiverous and phytivor-
Gus by education-so is man.
These reflections are induced by the
indignities offered a useful animal.
Inc hog was the cleanliest Of beasts
until man built sly and imprisoned
him in filth, fattened him on filth,
killed him in filth and ate him in
filth. No animal, w.4d or domestic, is
SO clean about its bed as the hog. It
wants pure, sweet, fresh straw every
time The hog has brains. 1t has
been known to excel the pointer in
seeming quail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
Che Cb-fsfmos Tree.

Says an enthusiastic mother: ct
don't believe there is anything on the
face of the earth that gives more
pleasure to the average child than a
Christmas tree. 1t does make good
deal of trouble for the elders, but
surely it is worth while! One is only
a child such a little while, and one is
grown up SO very longt We grown up
people are very well satisfied to have
our yearly presents just given to us.
but surely we all can remember how
the value of the gifts once increased in
proportion to the way they were CIV
en- Was anything more delightful
than emptying a stocking, especially
when each thing was wrapped up and
tied The presents were SO much
more desirable that way than if they
had just been laid out on a chair or
table. And if they came on a Christ
mas tree, words cannot express how
much that enhanced their value. Sure
ly that childish delight repaid all the
hard work that fell to the elders
share, and the remembrance of it
now goes long way to tighten the
work of it all for our own small boys
and girls.
A big tree is glorious, but, after all,
the Christmas we always looked back
on as the very best was the one where
we each had little tree of our own
They were from about six inches high,
for the baby, up to three feet for ia
Their. They were planted in lovely
pots, alG were decorated with little
bits of candles and cornucopias, on
each tree different color. There was
even one tree for the pets. and no sin
gle one was forgotten. Every dog, cat,
rabbit, guinea pig, or doll had a gift.
with its own name marked on the out
side. Truly that was Christmas! I
only wish I had the nine little rascals
to make all the happiness for, and the
means to do it. Children are endless
trouble: but how forlorn it is not to
have them to trouble fori"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
SAW THREE FORMS

of the place made straight for the bar
of the Jolly Trooper" He called for
brandy, filed the glass, raised it, and
then as if mirrored in its contents he
read the words: i've known the
chevron and the plain sleeve to do the
trick as we'll" Herman put the liquor
back on the bar, paid for it, and turn
ed for the door, Then the thought of
the gibes of the recruits came into his
mind like knife. He turned to the
bar again. touched the glass, dropped
it and then said sharply: "Give me a
bottle Of brandy" He took the flask
outside and put it In his saddle bag.
Thus far he had kept the letter Of his
word.
Tiernan headed Joe Hooker for the
railroad station. The wind was sough-
ing along in a way which the expert
enced trooper knew presaged a biz
card. At the station platform Herman
found the post ambulance. The driver
said that he had been sent over to
meet Colonel Blake's sister. Mrs. Car
ruthers, her son and the ColoneIs
daughter. Miss Molly Blake.
They arrived" said the driver in
response to Tiernan's question, ION
an earlier train than was expected and
left for the post in an open wagon be-
fore 1 arrived. Mrs. Carruther's son,
who came with her, hired the team.
said he knew the way, and would
drive the party over. They've had
half an hour the start, and if they
keep to the new road they can make
the post before this blizzard is strong
enough to hurt them. It's too late
now for me to put back, however, and
I'm going to stay here"
Herman looked at the sky The
clouds had banked up thickly, and the
snow was coming faster and faster,
blown by a constantly rising wind.
The last time young Carruthers was
at the post" he thought, 1.-The old road
was in use" He does not know of
the short new one. If he takes the
old trail round the bluff they're lost"
Then he thought of Molly, whom ten
years ago in the far-off Apache coun-
try, he had taught to ride. Molly, for
whom he had been bodyguard all
through her childhood. Without
word to a soul he mounted ard struck
of into the very teeth of the storm
Don't fail me this day, Joe Hooker
he said
The horse. as If In answer, galloDed
steadily forward. The air seemed
turned to ice. yet the wind kept ever
rising. They came at last to the
parting of the old and the new roads
Tiernan slipped from his horse, and
at part of the now disused trail.
sheltered slightly by an embank-
ment. he found the fresh marks of a
wheel Carruthers had taken the old
roundabout road. The blizzard was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

The ro-i of the reveille drums and
the trumpet's prazen falsetto did not
serve in the least to disturb the mo-
rose meditations of Private Patrick
Francis Herman, Seventh United
States cavalry, who was walking post
at Fort Runyon, Mont, in the gray
of that Christmas day morning in the
year 1890. Private Patrick Francis
Herman, Troop K, until day before
yesterday a sergeant of twenty-seven
years standing, was now walking post
like the veriest rookie in the Fort
Runyon outfit, reduce to the ranks by
the finding of a court martial for
drunkenness, and that court martial
convened by the order of his colonel.
And the colonel, the man with whom
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
Glover Seed.


A communication from the Vermont
Experiment Station says that clover
seed absolutely pure Is an unknown
article in the market In buying clover
seed it is just question of how much
impurity there shall be and what the
impurity is. 1t is not necessary to
have a great quantity of foreign mat
ter in order to have very undesirable
mixture. If there is half ounce of
seed of some bad weed in a bushel of
clover seed it may be enough to infest
the farm for years. Vermont clover
seed is probably no worse than any
other; and it is better to SOW Door
seed than not to grow clover-wfthin
certain limits-but in many cases the
goods offered on the general market
may as well be subjected to an ex-
animation.
The Vermont Experiment Station
made number of these examinations
last year. Twenty samples OF red
clover seed showed an average fmpur-
ttE of 1-S per cent by weight Twelve
samples of ajsike clover showed an
average impurity of 80 per cent. By
actual count in small samples the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

seeds of noxious weeds averaged about
300 to each ounce Of the clover seed.
These were principally sorrel, plan
tain, goosefoot, quack grass. pig weed,
wild carrot and kale, in the orSer
named. Besides these there was mora
or less mixture of other seeds like
timothy, herds grass, ETC., and Of other
species not counted as weeds. These
samples were all secured of dealers in
Vermont Any man with a good hand
lens can often form very good judg-
ment of the purity or impdrity of a
sample from which he coatenpiates
buying.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

Herman. I've known the chevron and
the plain sleeve to do the trick as
well. Promise me-"
The answer came half sulkily:
We'll, if you want me to promise, I
will" Then the trooper turned and
strobe away to the stables. taking no
notice of the hand which he knew
instinctively was held out to grasp
his.
At the stables he threw a saddle on
to Joe Hooker, and with a more VII
cious dig from the spur than the horse
had ever before felt from that heel
set out at charge" pace across the
prairie. Miles City came in sight.
Herman rode past the scattered out
lying shacks, and reaching the heart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

An apple grower in Pennsylvania
tells about a hail storm that swept
over his orchard when the fruit -as
only partly grown. Where hail stone
struck an apple a little hard knot
formed that seemed to extend to the
core. 1t ever remained a blemish on
the apple. While the rest of the ap-
pie would color up, the spot hit by
the hailstone remained green in color.
Have any readers of the Farmers Re-
view had like experience?
A cherry grower says that if sweet
cherry could be produced that would
prove remunerative it would take the
market. But the sour varieties are
the only ones that can be depended
on to give good crops. 1t is the same
condition of affairs that confronts us
in the growing of almost every other
kind of fruit. The varieties of-inferior
quality have the most profit in them
simply because they can be depended
on to give fair crops every year.
1t is not possible to inspect fruit in
the same way that grain is inspected.
When barrel OF apples has been head
ed up, the apples having been pressed
down as much as possible, 1t would be
very destructive to the apples to have
them opened and exposed to the bruis-
ing OF repacking. REFRESHING and re-
heading. Nevertheless. the laws should
be stringent enough to protect both
the purchaser and the grower. Much
of the rascality complained of in the
handling Of fruit is due to the repack-
ing by men that retail the fruit.
The question of what is the best
apple to evaporate is being considered
by some of our growers. To some ex-
tent 1t partakes of the nature of the
question, What is the best apple for
market?" In other words, it cannot
be answered except with a good deal
Of modification. If good-favored ap-
pies are used the consumption of the
evaporated product will be stimulated,
but such good product cannot be put
on the market at as low a price as
can fruit like the Ben Davis. The ideal
apple for evaporation is a number two
or three of the first quality apples
That takes all but the best OF those
varieties on the market, and at the
same time does not lessen the quality
of the evaporated product
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
Destroying the Wire Worm.

Ohio Experiment Station: The par
ent of the wire worm is an entirely
different insect from that of the white
grub In this case, the fully developed
insect being the slender, brownish
beetles, known as swapping beetles on
account of their habit, when placed
upon their backs. of throwing them
selves into the air with a slight snap
and turning over and alightiEg upon
their feet. Their life history is very
much the same as that of the white
grub. These are also grass feeding
insects, but while the white grub is
more usually found upon higher lands,
which the female seems to select for a
place to deposit her eggs, the snap
ping beetles, or skipjacks. seem to
prefer the lower, cooler and damper
lands. It is for this reason that the
lower lands are more often affected
by this pest, and it frequently occurs
that the patches of black soil among
clay will be more especially subject to
infestation. While it would seem that
the harder and more compact body OF
the wire worm would be less suscept-
IDLE to climatic influences, neverthe-
less, we find no more practical proven
ton of the occurrence of this pest than
the fall blowing of sod lands, and, as
with the white grub, it is quite prob
able that late fall or winter blowing
will be preferable. While this does
not in all cases, insure absolute free
dom from the attacks of these insects,
there seems a stronger probability of
their ravages another year being pre-
vented in this way than by any other
known to us.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

at its height Herman blinded his
horse and bending low over the sad
die kept him to his task with encour-
aging words. For an hour they kept
steadily on in the face of the tempest.
To any Others than that plains-tried
soldier and steed the blizzard wos8i
have meant death. He had hoped to
overtake those whom he sought in
time to take them back to the new
path. The hope was given over long
since. Suddenly Joe Hooker stopped.
There was an obstruction on the trail
Herman slid from the saddle, his
limbs already stinened with the cold.
and with one hand on his steed's
bride he led the way gropingly for
a few steps. There he found an open
carriage empty and with two horses
overcome in the trail. Tiernan's
heart nearly failed him. He knew he
was almost on the point where the
trail rounded the bluff. Perhaps the
carriage occupants had sought shelter
under the lee of the embankment-
Toward it he made his painful way. A
cry came family to his ear above the
bowling of the storm He stumbled on
with his left hand still grasping tight
ly Joe Hooker's bride. In another
moment the steep embankment shut
out some of the fury of the wind
and the driving needlelike snow ceas-
ed for moment to blind his vision.
Before him in a hollow of the bank
he saw three FORMS Two were pros
trate, the other was kneeling, and
the soldier realized that the white
face of young Carruthers was turned
toward him, while from the lips came
the smothered cry. Sergeant Tier
man,"
Herman stumbled forward and sank
down beside the motionless figures.
half covered with snow
Save them,'' came in anguished
tones from the boy. Herman raised
the nearest form and looked into the
face of Molly Blake. Exposure had
well-nigh done it's work. Then a
thought flashed into his mind, and
with an action as quick as the thought
he sprang to the side of his horse and
thrust his hand into the saddle bag.
There was the bottle of brandy intact.
In trice a quantity of the stimulant
was forced between the lips of the
storms victims and signs of return
ing consciousness were almost imme
diate. Herman used his saddle blan-
ket and overcoat as a further protec-
ton and soon succeeded in getting the
three into a still more sheltered nook.
After long waiting the storm subsid-
ed, and then came the thump of hoof
falls A minute later a troop of cav
airy, led by Colonel Blake. broke
round the edge of the bluff. The
Colonel slipped from his horse and
took his daughter into his arms. The
troopers started a fire, and when its
genial warmth had made itself felt
the story was told in few words.
Sergeant Tiernan,'' said Colonel
Blake, that bottle of brandy saved
three lives"
Maybe returned Herman, but you
may thank what you said this morn
ing for there being drop In II"
Patrick Francis Herman, retired
first sergeant K troop, Seventh cav
airy, wears a massive gold watch. In
scr1bed on the inside of one case are
these words: From Molly Blake to
Sergeant Herman. Non-Commissioned
Officer and Gentleman Within the
back case Sergeant Herman had en-
graved these: I've known the chev-
ron or the plain sleeve to do the trick
as we'll Christmas Day, $780,"
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NAN
would be a pleasure to add. Thanks
to you.''
LAS you will, Herman; where are
you going?''
I'm an old guard post; I've walked
post all night and I'm going to ride
over to Miles City, SIR
Are you going to drink today. ser
geant ?"-the title again.
Private, sir; 1 don't know: there's
not many that care"
'Tiernan, we've soldiered in the
same command for nearly thirty years.
Yours was a growing fault A deep
interest and liking sometimes moves
man to do a disagreeable duty
Enough of this, however. I want you
to promise me that you won't drink
today. Get out of the mud. Herman:
get out of the mud. Promise me you'll
not drink"
What's my word worth? I'm not
an officer and a gentleman"
1T does not always need a strap on
the shoulder to make a gentleman,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

is ready to top. In some seasons they
occur in large numbers and damage
the tobacco considerably. In the early
part of the season, as a general thing,
but few of them are found, and in or
binary seasons they are not especially
noticed during the early "worming"
of the tobacco. In August they begin
to be more abundant, and generally
leave the plant about the end of the
month, entering the ground, trans
forming to pupae and issuing as moths
toward the end of September.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

At the New Hampshire Agricultural
College experiments were made to de-
termine the value of pumpkins, apples,
bran. milk and. corn-meal in the hog
ration Eighteen were divided into
six lots OF three pigs each. The fol-
lowing rations were fed:
Lot L Milk, corn-meal, and pump
kins, cooked.
Lot 2 Milk, corn-meal, and pump
kins, uncooked.
Lot 8. Milk and pumpkins, raw.
Lot 4. Milk and corn-meal.
Lot 5. Milk, and pumpkins and ap-
pies, half and half, cooked.
Lot g. Milk, corn-meal and bran,
half and half.
The pigs were fed for 25 days and
made the following average gains per
daY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22
Los. from the smut..

Some attempts have been made to
compile estimates of the loss from
smuts in the different states. The es-
Inmates put the loss to farmers every
year at tens of millions of dollars Few
farmers that suffer from the presence
of smuts realize it The heads that
are smutted are stunted and do not
show above the others and some OF
them never get out of the sheath So
the farmer fondly dreams that he has
no smut in his fields ito amount 70
anything" This loss is one that
should not be accepted as a matter OF
course. The process (dipping) for get
tlng rid of smut is well-known and
should be universally applied
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

[HeliothiS

The true bud worm (Heliothis
rhexiae) occurs in the more southern
portions of the tobacco-growing re-
gions, but has not been noted in tobacco
fields north of Maryland. The adult
insect is small, greenish moth. The
larva or caterpillar of this moth is
nearly always found in the bud of the
tobacco plant about the time the plant
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

1t will be noted that the greatest
gain was made by the lots having
corn-meal as a part Of the ration. the
pumpkin-fed lot being in the lead
The least gain was made by the lot
receiving only milk and raw pumpkins.
The table shows there was a range
in daily gain from LIZ pounds in the
lot fed raw pumpkins to 2.26 pounds
IN the lot receiving corn-meal in con-
nection with raw pumpkins. We also
see there was but little difference in
lot gain and average daily gain where
pumpkins were fed cooked or raw.
Again, the highest market value was
from the lot fed raw pumpkins and
corn-meal. Close to this lot in value
are the lots fed cooked pumpkins and
corn-meal; corn-meal, and corn-meal
and bran. There was but little differ
ence in the cost Of the food for these
lots, the corn-meal-brain ration being
the highest.
The lot fed raw pumpkins and milk
brought in the least money, but the
cost Of food was less by half than any
Of the other lots. Estimating the cost
for each pound of gain we find the
raw-pumpkin lot produced a pound of
gain at cost of only 2.39 cents, while
~O---
worth of food to produce one pound OF
gain, and the corn-bran ration cost
over cents per pound. The highest
cost to produce a pound of gain was
in the app1e-pumpkin ration, where
AGA cents of food was required to pro-
duce once pound of gain. This was
due to the price of apples. The lat
ter, even at the low price of 10 cents
per bushel proved less economical as
food for feeding these pigs than any
of the other rations, and where they
were used in connection with pump
kins the average profit for the whole
period was but 33 cents for each pig.
All things considered, the lots fed
pumpkins, either raw or cooked. in
connection with corn-meal, produced
the greatest profit, and at least cost
for each pound gain, live weight.
Prof. Burkett of the experiment sta
ton draws the following conclusions:
1. The cooking of pumpkins doet
not increase their feeding value.
2. When pumpkins are available
for pig feeding they can be fed most
economically in connection with corn
meal
3. While raw pumpkins fed in con-
nection with milk produced a pound OF
gain at small cost, so few pounds were
produced it is advisable to feed corn
meal with them.
4. Apples, even at the low price OF
10 cents per bushel, are not an econom-
ical food for pigs.
O. Bran is not desirable as a food
for pigs, even if fed with corn-meal.
This is further considered in the fol-
lowing experiment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

Her (I5rfS1U70S GreeTf76.
It's Christmas, and she sends to me
A neat and pretty card;
But as 1 read my face grows long
It must be quite a yard.
It's not because its worth is slight
That / am filed with woe;
1t is an Invitation to
Her wedding. don't you know?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-22

When a man is down his enemies
stop kicking him and his friends be-
GIN
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-30
PREP AIRING FOR WAR.
Correspondents Barred From
Japanese Naval Maneuvers.
RUSSIA PRESENTS A DEMAND.

Leave to Land Troops in Korea the Latest
Move-Japan Will Resist the Cz.r's At
tempt TO Gain Foothold in the Hermit
Kingdom.
SEATTLE. March 3O.-The govern
ment transport Garonne, from Manila.
Feb. II, has arrived from quarantine
with news Of active preparations in
the military and naval departments OF
Japan for war with Russia. The Rus
sian feet at Nagasaki has disregarded
the harbor authorities and anchored
where it pleased. The war spirit is said
by Captain Conrad of the Garonne to
be strong in Japan on account of the
cars secret attempt to gain influence
IN Korea in violation of the treaty. A
grand assem- bling of the Japanese navy,
to be followed ly maneuvers from
which foreign newspaper correspond
ents and the public generally We're to be
excluded, was fixed for the last of this
month,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-30
PROTEST AGAINST TARlFF.

Mass-Meeting Is Held In New York to Ex-
press sympathy for Porto Rico.
New YORK, March 30.-Between 5000
and 1000 persons gathered at Carnegie
hall last night at a meeting called to ex-
press sympathy for Porto Rico and to
protest against the proposed tariff legis-
lation. Some 300 Porto Rican residents
Of this city attended. Speeches were
made by the chairman, O. @. Shayne,
ex-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Nc
Adoo, Senator Mason Of Illinois, Sena-
tor Allen of Nebraska, Congressman
Lentz of Ohio and Ex-Governor Camp
bell Of Ohio.
Communications from prominent
Porto Ricans protesting against the i'm
position of a tariff and asking for the
rights of citizenship and civil govern
ment were read.