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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Death of q Famous Texan.

Tyler, Tex. July 14.-Richard B.
Hubbard, ex-governor of Texas. is
dead at his home in this city. He had
been distinguished figure in the
state for nearly so years. and his fame
as an orator was not excelled by any
Texan living or dead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Iowa Ranks Don't Fail.

Des Moines, Ia, July 12.-The forth.
coming report of the auditor of state
will. show that more than 80 banks,
probably nearly 80, have been organ
lied in Iowa during the two years
ended June 30, 1901. During) that
period not a single bank in Iowa has
failed. The deposits have increased
enormously.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
ALLEN QUITS PORTO RICO.
Governor of the Island Packed His House
hold Effects Saturday and Sailed
for New York.

San Juan, P. r.. July 15.-Gov. Allen
and his wife, with their household eff
fects, sailed for New York Saturday
on the Mayfower. Gov. Allen adj
mitted he had nointentionof returning
to Porto Rico. It is semi-officially
announced that he will enter the dip
tomato service.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Catholic missionaries XIII Students.

Berlin, July 13.-The Cologne Ca
zette publishes dispatch from Seoul,
Korea, saying that bloody conflicts
have occurred on the island of Quel-
part, between Roman Catholic mis-
sionaries and their pupils, and the pu-
pills are reported to have been killed
during the encounters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
..Dick" Liddell Dead.

Cincinnati. July 15.-"Dick'' Liddell.
the former Missouri bandit and train
robber, who has been attending the
Queen City races, where he has been
running his horses, died Saturday
from heart trouble, after lingering
illness of three weeks. sDick" Lid
dell was member of the Jesse James
gang.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
win Garry EXHIBITS of Their States.

Omaha, Neb., July 14.-Maj r. S
Wilcox, department commander of the
G. A. r. for Nebraska, invited Colo
RADIO, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wy
oIning to join the Nebraska delegation
to attend the Cleveland encampment
in September in body. Most of the
states will carry exhibits of products
of the western states.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
AI.etter from Pat Grove.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, July IA W
Brewster, an attorney of this city
has received draft for $3.50 sent to
him by 'sPat'' Grove from johannes
burg, South Africa. The amount was
sent to the lawyer to pay an attorney
fee Grove had been owing number
of years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
To Rouse Church sleeper..

Arcola. ILL.,, July 13.-Rev. 81. A.
Smoot, pastor of the Baptist church,
has employed two little girls as sspot-
tiers" in his congregation, and offers
them one cent each for every person
whom they find asleep during services.
their duty being to go to the sleeper
and awaken him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Young Hanna's wife Outwits Them

Cleveland, O., July 13.-Judge Dis
settle appointed Senator NJ. A. Hanna
guardian of the three children of his
son, Dan K. Hanna, by the latter's
divorced wife. She, however, learned
of the action and with the children
left the city for New York before the
papers were served upon her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Rain Fan at Denison, Tex.

Denison, Tex, July 15.-The worst
drought ever experienced in this
section was broken yesterday after
noon by terrific rainfall of over
two hours duration, the volume of
rain being almost equal to cloud
burst. The storm >was accompanied
by wind of almost tornado force.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Robber. Follow Epworth lacquer.

Colorado Springs, Col. July 13.-The
police have been notified of losses by
pickpockets aggregating nearly ST.
500. There have been Is or 20 cases
reported. 1t is believed that an or
ganized gang of pickpockets is trav-
cling with the Epworth league excur-
sionists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
Excursion boat Blew On.

Sunbury, Pa, July 15--An excursion
boat anchored in the Susquehanna
river at the foot of Market street.
this city, blew up with terrificsforce.
killing two boys and injuring dozen
other persons, two fatally.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-19
POPULATION OF CITIES
AND TOWNS IN KANSAS
As Saozu By An Official Bulletin Jast Issued
from, the Census Office

The number of Incorporated cities, towns
and villages in Kansas has increased from
SH in 1880 to S56 in 1900. A recent census
bulletin gives the population of these places
as follows:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26

OF swil1, as twice or three times the
amount of feed, when fed to them
while shut up on a floor or in small
yard The pigs should be kept in the
pasture until the grass has done grow
ing in the fall. and without having
been crowded at all should weigh over
one hundred pounds each. Then il the
price of pork seems to justify, the
farmer may shut up as many as con-
venfent in a warm pen and fatten for
market, as they will then be n SPLEEN
did condition for fattening and will
grow and take on flesh very rapidly.
Care should be taken not to over
feed, feeding only as much as will be
taken up readily, keeping the appetite
sharp, for If allowed to become cloyed,
they will not do well afterwards. Pens
for feeding should be open toward the
south. Have tried feeding hogs with
pen open toward the south, and also,
at the same time. had hogs shut up for
fatting in a pen open to the north,
and without sunshine. Those having
the sunshine and light thrived SPLEEN
didly, while those in the pen with the
northern front scarcely made any
progress at all, with the same feed and
care. Some might think this idea to
>
tice is not. think that thinking and
observing farmers will bear me out
in this assertion. The pigs taken in
the fall and fattened, should weigh,
when nine months old, two hundred
and fifty pounds live weight, without
having been crowded on expensive
feed but short time, comparatively.
l have not found it profitable as a rule
to fatten and sell pigs the first year,
preferring to winter and sell them
early the next fall. In winter1ng
shoats, find that they do best to have
plenty of room to run about, a large
good Care should be taken that they
have sheltered place. with plenty of
reasonably clean straw for bedding. 1
think it pays best to feed them suff-
c1eptly well in winter to keep them
growing well. 1 have found that hogs
will eat clover hay in winter with as
good relish as cattle or sheep, and will
pick up the hay cleaner than cattle.
This winter 1 have made a practice of
feeding clover to the shoats every day
at noon, and think it profitable, saw
ing thereby one-third of the corn
which would otherwise have to be
used.
1 see no reason why clover when cut
a little green for hay, and saved bright
should not be as nutritious, and do as
much good, as when eaten in the pas
ture, 1t making very good change
once day from corn, and being cheap
feed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26

it, which furnishes the cement neces-
sary to hold it together. 1t Is very sus-
ceptible to the attack of currents, and
while it is said that it soon subsidies
from still water, it is carried long dis
tances by streams.
Found In America.
Loess is very common in the Missis-
sippi Valley, being found from Pierre,
in South Dakota, to Baton Rouge, on
the Mississippi. 1t forms the bluffs of
Council Bluffs, Quincy and other To-
calities on the upper river, and of
Memphis. Vicksburg and sundry other
points on the lower. In America and
in Europe its utmost thickness is 100
or 200 feet. but in China it has "a de-
velopment of ten times that much.
The ioess in China does not cap the
highest eminences, but rests against
the tanks of the older strata 1t In
places reaches 1000 feet in thickness,
and is very commonly as much as L.
600 feet It's characteristic property of
standing vertically is everywhere dis
played Roads are soon worn into the
earth, the walls on either side still re-
tanning their perpendicular, till in the
course of years there is formed
sunken road perhaps 20 or so feet be-
meath the level of the plateau. Often
there are successive cuts which are
transformed into terraces, and houses
or villages built upon them after the
manner of cliff dwellings. Indeed.
chambers are frequently excavated
deep into the walls, and even whole
suites of rooms, the dwellings varying
from simple caves to veritable loess
palaces.
Similar things occur on a far lesser
scale in the loess districts Of the
United States. Near Natchez, Miss,
and at other like places where the
1oess formation prevails, sunken roads
may be seen 20 feet or more in depth,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26

strong hybrids are the Clydesda1e. Suf-
folks and -Percherons" of France
Arab horses give excellent zebroids,
very swift and active
English exchanges announce that the
Argentine republic has recently been
buying British horses. Clydesdales
appear to be favorites in these i'm
portations, and it is thought the in
PRODUCTION of that breed will have a
very beneficial effect Its great activ-
ity, excellent bone, feet and pasterns
are merits which will be valuable at
tributes when transmitted to their
progeny, while the increased weight
and substance that they will also i'm
part are bound to be such as, crossed
how they be, will result in the pro-
duction of a far more useful and val
liable horse for export than those
which are at present being exported
from that republic, whose falling is
to a large extent want of substance,
weight and bone
Guy Wilkes, son of tho far-famed
trotting sire, George Wilkes, has Just
died at the age Of 20. He was put IN
training when five years old and won
nine times his first season, closing 1t
with a record of 2:20. Two years
after he made his mark OF 2:15A az
the fastest son of a. great sire. He
commanded a service fee of 81 900.
Three Of his get got into the 10 list
Then the boom on trotters burst and
his owner, Mr.. Corbett, California
fancier, came to grief. The horse was
so much neglected that he nearly died.
but still brought $1,000 in New York
in 1897. But for this period of neg
lect this great horse might have lived
several years longer.
1t was generally thought that Eng
lish jockeys could give pointers to all
the world in the matter of horse rae
ing. But Tod Sloan went over and
showed them a new style. by means OF
which he beat the best jockeys in
England. He. sat much further for
ward than the English riders, and it
has been found by actual test that a
rider SO perched, besides being easier
on the horses wind, enables the horse
to make from four to seven inches
longer stride than if he rode in the
good old English style. The result ..
this is that Yankee jockeys have had
great run of engagements and the
English are training their younger
jockeys to ride American fashion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
Heredity and Fecunditx.

A. A. Brigham, in a report of the
Rhode Island Experiment Station,
says: Fecundity, which in fowls is in
dictated by great prolificness in the lay
Ing of eggs, is a quality which has
been greatly increased in domestic an
1mals by domestication. To-day some
breeders are striving to bring their
hocks up to an average egg production
OF 200 eggs annually per female fowl.
Food, shelter, care, management and
functional exercise all affect the fowls
egg production, but first of all the
poultryman must seek for his flock
parentage and an ancestry prolific in
egg production. By means of record
ing nests and personal study of his
fowls he is able to select females which
are large producers of eggs. With
those fowls he mates male bird Sc
lected from the progeny of a prolific
mother. The progeny of such a pen
will certainly show the quality of pro-
life egg production, but not all in the
same degree. The pullets obtained
will, under like environment and with
apparently equal opportunities, show
considerable difference in their egg
laying capacity. Some of the female
parents will have transmitted to their
offspring more strongly than others
the desired quality of prolific egg pro-
duction; in other words, some great
layers among hens have stronger
power of heredity than other equally
great layers in transmitting the quail
ty of prolific laying.
By the closest study and watchfrll-
ness the poultry breeder is enabled to
gradually select on both the female
and the male sides birds which in the
highest degree have the power of
transmitting the quality of prolific egg
laying to their offspring. Continuing
this process of selection from genera
ton to generation, there may be de-
veloped a long line of breeders pos
sessing the predominant power of he
reditary fecundity. In the same way a
brown-egg laying family of Wyan-
dottes or Plymouth Rocks may be de-
veloped. Likewise there may be OBJ
tanned as hereditary characteristics
plump breasts, early maturity, fine
feathers and almost any desired color
of plumage or shape or size of body
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
Mud thrown a. rnxIl.hm.n

MUD was thrown at me several
times in Spain a few weeks ago be-
cause 1 was an Englishman," says Mr..
r. Sanborn, a young gentleman from
London. FINALLY, when 1 went to the
bank for some money, 1 asked the di-
rector the reason for demonstrations
of hatred against Englishmen, and he
informed me that it was because of
the reports, disseminated by the Span
ish newspapers at the time, that there
would have been no war with the
United States but for England's re-
fusal to join the powers in interven-
tion-".New York Letter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
Imperial pekin Duck

water fowls, being hardy, easily rear
ed, excellent table fowls, good layers,
while their yield Of feathers is nearly
as great as OF any ordinary goose.
They are creamy white in plumage,
with medium-sized deep yellow bill,
and legs of a reddish orange color.
They are large in size, and their fluffy
feathers make them look still larger.
While swimming no other duck shows
so much body above the water as the
Pekin. The eggs hatch well, the duck
lings are easily raised and mature rap
idly. They are excellent foragers, and
can be easily raised where there is
only sufficient water for them to drink.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
THE SPOT DISEASE.
Growers of American violets Unable t.
Check 1t.

Check 1t.
Each year violets are sold through
out the United States to the value of
a million dollars, and yet with all the
money invested in the industry grow
ers are not able to cope with and
master the violet disease a name
given to several maladies which at
tack the violet. The worst of these
maladies is characterized by the spots
with which it marks the flower, and
owing to the ravages of this particu-
lar disease, the cultivation of the vio-
let has been abandoned in many parts
of the country. The department of ag-
rfculture says that the disease attacks
the plants at any stage of their growth,
from the small unrooted cutting in
the cutting bed to the mature plant in
full flower. Plants making a. vigor-
Gus, rapid, but soft or succulent
growth, are most subject to the dis
ease. Its first appearance is charac-
terized by small, definite, usually cir
cu1ar, greenish or yellOwish white
spots, resembling the bite or sting OF
an insect. They vary in size from
dots scarcely preceptible to the unaided
eye to spots a thirty-second of an inch
or more in diameter. The point of in
lection is surrounded by narrow ring
of discolored tissue, usually black or
very dark brown, but changes to a
lighter shade as the spots grow old
er. AS the spot develops, the central
portion remains unchanged in appear
ance, while the tissues Immediately
surrounding it, either to one side or
more frequently in a circle, become
diseased by the ramifying growth OF
the fungus through this portion of the
leaf Various opinions have been ex-
pressed as to the cause of the disease
weakness of the plants, improper soil
conditions, growing them in the open.
fields where they are exposed to
drought, rains, dews and direct rays
of the summer sun, and lack of atten-
ton to properly heating, ventilating
and fumigating the houses. There is.
no effective remedy for the disease
when it has gained a foothold. The
principal fungicides in common use
for the prevention and check of plant
diseases have frequently been tried for
this trouble, but with varying results
The solution of the problem of con-
trolling the disease lies in preventing
1t by giving careful attention to the
production of vigorous, healthy, plant
growth rather than in trying to check
the trouble after it has once gained a
foothold-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
wh.r. Hairy Mammoth I. Buried.

where Hairy Mammoth La Buried.
]. E. Spur, who recently went up
the Yukon river in Alaska, found
great clay bluff that is the burial place
of thousands OF mammoths. This bluff
called 1.-The boneyard" by the natives,
is over 200 feet high. The Yukon's
current is steadily undermining it at
the base, and from time to time sec
tions of it topple down, exposing tusks,
teeth and bones of the prehistoric
monsters. The mammoth was the ele-
plants great-great-grandfat and
until short time ago the scientists
believed that it had lived only in hot
countries. But many remains have
been found lately in Siberia, and az
these relics show that the Siberian
the scientists-who are usually willing
to admit that they have been wrong
decide that it inhabited lands very
near the pole. The Eskimos carve the
tusks into pipes, ornaments and other
ivory articles, and Mr.. Spur says that
theS have a legend about the animal
itself. A long time ago, according to
their account, Alaska was full of lakes
and mammoths were very numerous.
great-great-grandfat a band Of
them still lived on the shores of a
great lake far in the interior, and they
were so strong and terrible that the
Eskimos' ancestors were careful not
to hunt in that region--Chicago Rec
ord.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
NAMING INFANTS.
Baptismal vagaries Due to the South
African War.

Baptismal vagaries Due to the South
African War.
One of the results Of the war in
South Africa was an outbreak of curl
GUS names. Luck1ess infants born at
or about the time of great events are
being christened after the events them
selves as well as after the more promi-
nent individuals concerned. Redvers
Butler Thompson was used not long
ago, and Dundee Glencoe and Glands
laagte have all been given. At the
Cape, among the many curiosities are
Talana, Elanda Smith,. Belmontina,
Grasspana, Modderriva Brown and
Penn Symons White Robinson. A Boer
named Troskie, residing in the Cra-
dock district in Cape Colony, had his
son baptized Emmanuel Kruger
Steyn Triomphus-a very unintelligent
anticipation of the events that were
to come The mania appears to have
taken South Wales in a very acute
form Recently Modder River Jones,
John Redvers Butler Thomas, Harry
White Redvers Joseph, Harold Baden
Mafeking Powell and Ezekiel Methuen
Macdonald Baden-Powen Williams
were the names given to the helpless
infants by patriotic parents in Meath
At Pontypridd there are poor babies
called Richard Colenso Scott, Oliver
Colenso Williams, Kimberley Clifford
Charles Redvers James and Baden
Powell Williams, and at Mountain Ash
Victor Colenso Warren, Warren Sand
ford, Macdonald Claremont, Methuen
Phillips, John Stanley Methuen VIII
liams and Baden-Powen Price.-Bos-
ton Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
FROM HERO TITUS.
The Kansas Lad who Distinguished
Himself at Pekin.

Himself at Pekin.
Calvin Pearl Titus, the Wichita boy
who hoisted the flag over the walls OF
Pekin. writes as follows to Wichita
friend of his fine exploit, says the
Kansas City Journal: My company
was in the lead 1 had the honor to
be the first man to scale the wall and
to put the first shot down into the city,
for which little thing I am to re-
ceive a medal of honor from Uncle
Sam. 1 have the large silk flag got
on the wall with the bearers blood
vet on 1t. That afternoon we relieved
the legations. How glad they were
to see US, ragged as we were! When
we marched in the women brought US
water and it was about all they had
couldn't speak to them il had tried
/ would have cried like a baby The
next day we attacked the imperial city
ana captured four gates, one within
the other The last gate was taken
by my company. with two killed and
two wounded going through it Al
the first gate q big piece of shell passed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26
Money In HOrr,

Michigan farmer has this to say
on the question of making money out
Of hogs:
I have always believed it best to
raise the most improved breeds, be-
1ieving that high-bred animals are the
most profitable. but think there is
great deal of truth in the old adage
that the breed is in the mouth; in
other words, there is more gain in
good care and management than in the
breed. have always had the best sue
cess with March or April pigs. Early
pigs are best for two reasons: LIST If
designed for fattening the first year,
they will have acquired a reasonable
growth before winter and can be
turned OF before very cold weather
I'd Early pigs stand the winter far
better and make faster growth during
the cold weather, If wintered over, and
are larger in the spring in proportion
to their age, than shoats two or three
months younger, and when turned into
clover pasture have larger frame and
eat more, making a greater growth
through to the end. / think it good
plan to sort out, give away, kill and
destroy the scrubby looking pigs while
running with the mother, as l have
noticed that the scrubs continue to be
scrubs in most cases to the end. 1t is
always best to get the pigs to eating
well before weaving, and feed well un-
til they are ten or twelve weeks old
on ground feed and milk well soured
in barrel before feeding. Well kept
pigs at that age will have acquired suf-
hcient size to run in pasture, being
large enough SO they viii not get
through a good fence and into mis-
chief Glover pasture is as good for
young pigs. with a reasonable amount
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26

River runs in China Here the soil is
sunken raVines cross it in every direc-
ton and the whole scene is made up
of succession of yellow, perpendicular
walls, in some cases 1000 feet high.
Such surroundings cannot but have
their effect upon the people who dwell
among them, and the beings who in
habit this land of crumbling cliffs are
the most superstitious, while at the
same time the most philosophical in
the whole world.
Composed of Loess-
The plateau is composed of nearly
horizontal carboniferous strata, super
imposed upon older rocks and over
lain on their TANKS by heavy deposits
of loess. This latter is a material
which is very widely distributed over
the earth, and which by it's peculiari-
ties excites attention and is easily rec
ognized wherever found.
1t was first observed on the Rhine,
then probably in America, and finally
in China, where it's development in
so remarkable degree has been made
the subject of special geological study.
Nowhere on the globe has a like for
nation been found Loess is yellow
ish, brownish or grayish earth which
is so soft and friable that it is easily
reduced to powder between the fingers,
and yet of so firm a consistency that
when undermined by currents of water
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-26

The most remarkable country in the
world has just been described by the
German explorer, Baron Won RIGHT
hofen. Its landscapes have weird
ness and grotesqueness that Dante
alone could have properly described
and Dore illustrated. This strange
country is a plateau comprising the
mountainous region of Shan-si and