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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
PROSPEROUS IN SPITE OF
HERS ELF.

Mr.. A. L. Watson of ST. Louis is
quoted in the New York Times as say
ing in respect to conditions in his
section.
I'VE have much to be satisfied with,
little to complain of, in respect to BUSH
ness conditions. On all sides there
are signs of prosperity. Merchants are
busy, labor is fully and profitably en-
ployed, building operations are on an
extensive scale, money is plentiful, the
prospects for the crops in our neigh
borhood are very promising, and the
railroads are going ON to greater pros
perity."
THE rain falleth on the just and ON
the unjust" saith the Scriptures; and.
although the state of Missouri did not
sumciently appreciate prosperity to
east her electoral vote In the last enm-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
Tn. N.x.l Cipher.

The naval cipher would make good
textbook for the puzzle editor and the
queer people who solve their freakish
maneuverings- Words and sentences
are as involved in these mysterious
writings as it is well nigh possible for
human thoughts to be concealed All
the great departments of the govern
ment have their own way of transmit
ting secret messages, but the naval
code is the most intricate and vexa-
tious of all This naval code has been
doing business for a good many years.
but no one ever thought much about it
until the Washington newspaper men
suddenly discovered that 1t was a very
great nuisance in their business Not
that these enterprising chaps are un-
patriotic and want to pry into govern
ment secrets. but the transmission of
= code message takes such long time
that the waiting becomes tiresome- In
some myBterious manner the receipt Of
IN lmportnnt DensaGe - a1way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

No stranger monument ever existed
that that which was erected at the HO-
tel de Vile by the inhabitants of Lune-
burg, in Hanover, in honor of a pig.
This, which took the form of a kind
of mausoleum contained a large glass
case in which was Theoretically in
closed a fine ham cut from the ami
NAL, whose memory was to be handed
down to posterity. Above was a tomb
stone slab of black marble, on which,
engraved in letters of gold, was the
following inscription in Latin: Pass
ers-by contemplate here the mortal re-
mains of the pig which acquired for it
self imperishable glory by the discov-
cry of the salt springs of Luneburg."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
n.alv r,m.a Com,,,m.nt.

Badly Timed Com plfment
Brigadier General James F. Smith
of San Francisco became colonel of the
First Regiment, California National
Guard, in 1897, went to the Philip
pines in 1898, became the first Amer
lean governor of the Island of Ne
gros in 1899, and is now brigadier
general of volunteers. His rapid cd
vancement recalls an incident that
marked the time when he was elected
colonel. The election was held in the
evening. During the day Mr.. Smith,
who is lawyer, was engaged in de-
Tending fifty Cinnamon charged with
gambling. During the hearing the
judge suddenly asked the prosecutor
to point out certain ones of the in
dicted Cinnamon who were supposed
to be standing among the horde of
orientals in the back of the room.
The. prosecutor could not and asked
Mr.. Smith to do SO. Mr.. Smith de-
clined, the prosecutor persisted, the
judge insisted. and the future general,
remaining defiant, was sent to Jail for
contempt of court. He went to Jail
late in the afternoon and that very
evening was elected colonel. The next
morning the newspapers throughout
the state published a brief Associated
Press dispatch from San Francisco re-
lating the fact that James F. Smith
had been elected colonel of the First
Regiment The fact that he was also
in Jail was omitted. A friend of Mr..
Smith, who had gone to Napa the day
before, saw the dispatch and imme-
diately sent the following congratu-
latory telegram: 1.-The right man in
the right place." When the message
was delivered to the new-made colonel
in Jail he couldn't see the humor of it
at first. Then he realized that his adj
miring friend did not know the place"
where the message found him.-Phila-
delphia Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
For. Hayes Land Question.

The state of Kansas and other OFF,
GERS representing it presented a petit
ton recently to Acting Secretary Of
the Interior Ryan, praying an inter-
view and reversal of a departmental
decision relative to the Fort Hayes
military reservation. They want the
land vacated and turned over to the
state. The Kansas officers claimed to
have discovered that certain survey
maps and plats shown by the general
land Office in Washington and necss
sary to the former departmental de-
ciSion are not on file in the local
United States land Office at Wakeeney
and never have been on file there, says
a Washington correspondent of the
Globe-DemOcrat. For that reason they
claim that Cox and his associates, who
filed homestead applications for the
land, could not have obtained original
right by the mere filing of these papers
of application, not being 1ong-estab-
lished rule of the land department,
founded upon the statute, that local
land offices can not allow applications
or entries until after the filing in the
local land Office of the requisite maps
and plats, showing the surveys and
subdivisions of sections and quarter
sections of the lands. An investigation
tition and Information elected by the
department through correspondence
with the local land Office at Wakeeney
corroborated the statements of the
Kansas officers representing the state
Acting Secretary Ryan has directed
the commissioner of the general land
Office, Mr.. Hermann, to call upon Cox
and other individual applicants for
these lands to show cause why these
applications should not be rejected and
the lands made over to the state under
the recent act of congress granting the
unappointed lands in the reservation
to the state for agricultural college
purposes. 1t is a settled rule in the
department that a former decision for
an entry of land will never be vacated
upon an ex parte showing and hence
Cox and his associates are accorded
an opportunity in this instance. to
fully set forth their claims and views.
The papers presented recently strongly
indicate that the department can not
lawfully do otherwise than award the
land to the state of Kansas. Senator
Harris and the assistant attorney gen.
eral of Kansas, and a number of other
prominent Kansans were in Washing
ton recently interesting themselves in
the case. In the petition which they
presented at the interior department
they include some interesting exhibits,
such as a photograph of the map of
Fort Hayes military reservation now
in the land office at Wakeeney, show
ing that the divisions and subdivisions
are not indicated on it, and also
photograph of the map in the General
Land Office here. in which such sub
divisions are shown. In rendering
the original decision favorable to Cox
the department was not aware of the
difference between the two maps, and
1t could not but presume that they
were alike. Why the difference exists
is not apparent as yet, but will prob
ably be brought out in the further
hearing of the case
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

1t is claimed that there are fewer
gum chewers in Washington than in
any other city of it's size in America
Any person who walks down a public
street masticating wad of gum imme-
diately becomes the subject of remarks.
On the other hand, it is asserted that
more cigarettes are smoked each day
in Washington than in any other city
of equal population except those in the
extreme southern part of the United
States.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

The earthquake waves due to the
japanese shock of June Is, 1896, were
recorded on the self-registering gauges
at Honolulu and at Saucelita, in the
bay of San Francisco DIR Charles
Dawson has recently compared the
calculated velocity of the earthquake
waves with the velocity formerly cal
culatec from the usual formula. He
found that at Saucelito, for example,
the first crest of the waves reached the
tidal gauge 10 hours and "a minutes
after the shock, having traversed in
this time the distance of 4.787 miles at
IN average of es4 feet = second
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

At the present time an American
army officers duties are often bewil-
deringly intricate.It is said of Lieut..
N. q. Bishop of the artillery that
while administering his duties in the
Philippines his labors in addition to
his regular tasks as officer, have en-
braced the licensing of business not
provided for elsewhere In the govern
ment; the management of markets and
the collection of market taxes; the
management of the matadero and the
collection of the meat tax; weights
and measures, carriage taxes and taxes
for carts and horses; building permits,
registration of live stock. public land
rentals and the collection of various
other small imposts and taxes. All of
these with a few exceptions, were
farmed out for collection and supervis-
ion to individuals under the Spanish
regime, but Lieut. Bishop has broken
up this corrupt system
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

There is a noticeable falling off in
the supply of pastors for Protestant
churches in both England and Ameri-
ca. There is also a prospect of SIM
liar deficiency in Germany, for while
10 years ago out of every 900 students
who entered the German universities
2G6 were students of theology, in 1893
the number was $50 for each 1000,
while this year it is only 101.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
Men for the Navy.

Lieut. D. w. Blamer, of the United
States navy, opened recruiting sta
ton at Indianapolis recently. and for
ten or twelve days enlisted a large
number of men for the navy. The
building of new battIeships for the
navy opens opportunity to many land
lubbers" to begin a sailors life. Men
from eighteen to twenty-five years
were enlisted with pay of SIG month,
and youths from fifteen to seventeen
years were taken as apprentices Each
man received a bonus OF four months
pay and an allowance of $45 worth of
clothing as soon as the recruiting ON
Ger accepts him In addition to sailors.
the recruiting officer enlists sAilmak-
ers. machinists, electricians, musicians,
boilermakers, hospital stewards. paint
era, carpenters. coal pawers and men
from other tradeas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29
Make H..se eloulx

The Telegram would suggest that If
there is to be any tinkering with the
tariff it be done by the friends of pro-
lection, not its enemies It will be
best to make haste slowly. We have
had some experiences with democratic
revision of tariffs and we are hardly
prepared to repeat them--Youngstown
(O) Telegram
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

In little handful of earth in the
crotch of the branches of the big elm
in front of store at Norway. VT, is
a currant bush. The shrub has been
growing there for two or three years,
and has attained a vigorous size. Last
year it bore fruit for the first time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

Women have almost a monopoly cf
orange packing in California. The fruit
is so dirty when it is first picked that
it has to be carefully busted before it
Is ready for shipment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

Reuben HayI kin approximate what
a bitter blow Bryan's presidential de-
feat wuz Z him now
Jonathan Straw-How kin y?
Reuben Hay-WaAl. know how bad
I felt when I wux detected fer town
marshal las Nonday.--Colum (Qj
State Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-29

A mammoth tooth, Is inches broad,
O foot long and weighing 16 pounds,
has been found near Chelsea. Cal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
Breeding MnIes.

- " No.
We are OF opinion that mule breed
Ing has been too much neglected in the
south and perhaps elsewhere. The
mule is really the most useful draft
animal On the farm and by far the
most economical For real rough farm
work mules are better than horses.
They are not quite SO speedy as horses,
but there is much blowing on every
farm tilat c:sIlaor be done both rapidly
and well. and for steady pulling at q
uniform speed the mule has no equal.
They are5hartlieF and more easily KEPT
and more ehpapiy fed than horses, and
when grown for marker they are al
ways ready sale at higher prices than
farm hofses Large mares and well
bred Jacks are needed to produce mules
that will bring 200 al years old.
Farm and Hancl.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
SHEEP IN COW PASTURE.
They VIII Thrive ON Heritage That
Cattle Will Not Touch.

They VIII Thrive ON Heritage That
Cattle Will Not Touch.
While Professor Shaw says that
from 10 to 20 sheep could very we'll be
kept on every hundred acres on the
farm without costing the owner any,
thing for food in winter, we will go
further than that and say that we
think from two to six could be kept for
every cow that is turned to pasture
and that on most farms that we have
seen the COWS would find more feed as
a result. They eat many plants which
the GOV does not eat, and many Of
them are such weeds and bushes as en-
croach upon the pasture unless they
are kept down by hand labor or other
means than the grazing Of the cow.
That they enrich the land ove which
they roam is too we'll known to require
any argument. The proverb that "the
hoof Of the sheep is golden" is centu-
ries old and is too evidently an allu-
sion to their ability to improve the
soil they travel over to need al ex-
PLANTATION. Cows have NJ objection to
feeding over the droppings of the
sheep. They are so fine and so scatter
ed and so quickly lose their odor that
the growth which is produced by this
%fertiliZing element is more liable to be
eaten too closely than to be neglected.
When they have been together a
short time, they will be found to keep
very closely together, the sheep learn
ing to look to the cows as their natural
protectors and the COWS as ready to do
battle for them as for their calves. We
would not take a pasture suitable for
60 sheep and add 10 cows to it, for
they would find short picking, but the
pasture that would feed 10 COWS must
have been exceptionally well kept from
weeds and bushes if there would not
be feed enough left that the COWS had
rejected to feed from 80 to 60 sheep
all the pasturage they would need.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
PEDIGREED CATTLE.
PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE CARE OF
IMPROVED STOCK.

Many Valuable Animals Nearly
Ruined by Panipering or Neglect.
Feeding and Shelter In Winter.
Proper Care of Cattle.
Two errors are commonest to begin
ners in stock raising-pampering and
neglect, says the editor Of The Breed
er's Gazette. The first is most apt TO
be manifest with that class which has
been attracted to the trade chiefly as
an investment for idle funds or money
on which they seek better returns than
they have been getting. AS good prices
have been paid, it naturally follows
that good care should be given the puc-
chases.
Probably the majority of animals dis
posed Of at auction-certainly the most
Of those that command high prices
are stuffed" about to the last limit.
Eat sells them. This is undoubtedly
true. more's the pity.
Some men who purchase such care
fully prepared animals believe that
they must carry on the stuffing process
and arrange thus to do by building ex-
pensive stables and affording every
luxury Of care and overfeed that can
be conjured up. Later this mistake
will be realized. You can kill an ami
NAL by kindness. You can feed the
usefulness out Of a COW. You a sap
the vigor of a bull, and all in the effort
to treat them kindly.
Other men seemingly buy pedigreed
beef cattle under the impression that
one Of their characteristics is to live
and thrive on less than scrub cattle.
The first act Of such a man on getting
home a valuable purchase is to turn
the animals out, root hog or die, no
matter what the conditions. If it is in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10

the winter, no protection is offered
from the icy blasts. If summer heat
has parched the pastures, they watch
the dust kicked up by the heels of the
tramping, hungry cattle, wholly obliv-
fous of the fields Of waving corn that
should yield up their succulence to the
corn knife to tide over the shortage Of
grass. Shelteriess and fairly feedaess,
these valuable animals are allowed to
shift for themselves, and when they
run down to a condition in which their
former owners would scarcely recog-
nize them there is the conclusion that
Zine stock don't pay; it is too tender"
Between the man who pampers and
the man who starves hundreds Of valu-
able beasts are yearly ruined. The ped
igreed animal is just like the common
kind, only improved in form, finish, di-
gestive capacity and fattening ability.
It will not live on less feed than the
scrub. 1t was bred to make more meat
on less food. There is no more reason
for ~overfeeding than for undertaking.
There is no necessity for. fancy build
AA6o oAO Gil SApCAStt SAulHIQGAls "a
box stall Or two for COWS about to calve
and some ground feed for the calves
and younger animals should be among
the provisions made, as especial atten-
ton ought to be given to the younger
members of the herd.
Well cured corr fodder with the un-
husked corn supplied in ample quaint
ties will carry breeding cattle through
the winter satisfactorily if decent shell
ter is provided. Straw and a little hay
to vary the ration, a few oats, a little
bran, a handful of oil meal now and
then are helpful. Rational care may
be bestowed on pedigreed cattle at very
little expense.
The man who can lay by blue grass
pasture for winter feeding need not
trouble his head If he has cut I'D his
corn and has good barns or even sheds
open to the south for protection from
winds and storms. The man who has
not the advantage of blue grass for
winter feeding must give a little more
attention to his cattle. If he will grow
plenty Of sorghum and cut and cure it
when it ONE in head, he will find It
an admirable supplementary feed to
his corn.
The essential in the care Of pedigreed
breeding cattle in the winter time is
protection from winds and rain and
snow. Then, with an abundance of
nicely cured corn fodder, either whole
or shredded, and the corn that grows
on it, the herd will thrive. 1t is an
economy under most conditions to
shred the fodder, but the chief Difficult.
tn is not the form, but the lack Of food
Cattle will not make growth or tat on
winter winds and ice water. The best
bred ones will suffer just like the scrut
from such neglect. ~ VI 4 81 -,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10

Bismarck Tribune readers know
what the American Agriculturist is
the best farm paper published. The.
Orange Judd Farmer is the western,
edition Of this famous magazine. By
special arrangement the Bismarck
Weekly Tribune one year, the Orange,
Judd Farmer n year and the fam
Year Book, retail price rs cents-aIl
three Tor 81 IS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
CARE OF WEAK LAMBS,
How to Treat Those That Are Unable
to Suck the Eve.

How to Treat Those That Are Unable
to Suck the Eve.
There are many times when lambs
are dropped that are too weak to get
up and suck the eve. If it chances to
be one Of twins, it may be that before
1t is found the other and stronger one
will have taken all the milk from the
eve, d. the lamb may be SO chilled as
not to have the power to suck. We
have saved such aslamb when it scarce
~ had life enough to swallow by giving
warm milk a little warmer than it
came from the cow, and if we had it in
the house we would add about q tea
spoonful Of spirit or a little warm gin
ger tea to the half cup Of milk, says an
expert grower. 1t will take but one or
two teaspoonfuls Of milk at a time un-
til 2 OF 8 days old.
When fresh milk is not at hand, use
condensed milk, about q teaspoonful Of
it to ten spoonfuls of hot water. Be
sure to have it at least blood warm.
When it is able to stand alone, the
lamb may sometimes be put back on
the W If she will own it and has milk
enough for both. If not, it can be
brought up on a bottle and will usually
outgrow the n on the eve if given all
1t will drink of good milk. t,
> After the first feeding rub it dry and
wrap it in a warm blanket, then place
1t where it will keep warm. With q
flock large enough to keep a man to
watch them at lambing time this may
not be necessary, but where they are
visited two Or three times In a night
there may some come in the interval
that will need attention. i.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
wfntering stock I'm Ene1and.

Stock there is winfered mostly on hay
md straw and nnangeIs and swedes.
though q good many common white
turnips and cabbages are grown for
feeding before Christmas. lust now,
itDece1nBer, The mangel tops are being
fed id the grassfields. the cattle not
being housed yet, though they soon
Will be Nobody there thinks OF hous-
Ing sheep j e yarding them. They
run on the grass and Id the turnip
fields All winter or have turnips Or
mangels hauled to the grassfields, and
those that i being fattened have
grain Id addition.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
WASTE OF CORN FODDER
Valuable Food That Should Be Turn
ed Into Profitable Meat.

.e0 into profitable Meat.
Professor Shaw renews his plea for
greater economy upon the western
farm. Of that most palpable and use
less extravaganza witnessed in ninety
says:
The waste Of corn fodder in the Mis-
sissippi valley is a Erievous waste. In
the aggregate the uncut corn. must
amount to millions and millions of
acres. And n acre in those states
where the season is long grows so
much food! In a recent ride from
Omaha to Kansas City for more than
half a day the train steamed along
through cornfields nearly all Of which
were uncut.
There was enough Of uncut corn in
this n part Of the Missouri valley to
feed hundreds of thousands of cattle
through all the winter. All this valu-
able food will waste, and it is only a
fragmentary portion of the waste that
will take place all up and down the
Mississippi and many Of its tributaries.
The day will come when all this will
change. The Gay will come when it
must change. at one time the greatest
profit may thus have been obtained by
large holders of land. It may be so
still. But surely in those days of high
priced meat and of shredders more
money could be made by using more of
this valuable food. The people in those
areas where this practice prevails will
be hard indeed to persuade to change
their ways, the force of habit is SO
powerful, but it is a change that ought
to be brought about.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-10
Editorial Comment on the Pioneer
Limited.

Limited. .
Nothing richer has aver been pro-
duced by any railroad. ST. Paul Pho.
neer Press.
It's a world beater."-St. Paul
Globe. 5',t ~. -
THE best thing the railroad world
can produce. st. Paul Dispatch.
Prominent and discriminating peo.
pie marvel at the creation OF elegance
and comfort wrought by modern car
builders" Tribune.
The Pioneer Limited stands today
perfect In construction. gorgeous ia
finish and the acme OF luxury and com
ort."--Minneapolis Journal.
THE closest inspection bewiIders
and takes the breath away, for the
magnifcsnce and beauty OF it all Is
simply tremendous" - Minneapolis
Times. ss#4gs t2s..5&} .1l5g
The Pioneer Limited leaves Mime
apolis at 7:30 and st. Paul atI $40
every evening In the year for MilWau-
kee nj Chicago. via Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway. iNo extra
charge on tits train.)
For tickets, berths or information.
apply TO any ticket agent, or address.
v j. IT. C0NIEY,
ASST Gen, Pass. Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
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