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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13
Farmyard Manure.

own, in spite of the assaults that have
been made on it by different writer's.
Its quality varies greatly according to
the animals by which it is made and
the material out of which it is formed.
The system of bedding followed also
counts for a good deal. Where straw
or wild hay is cut for bedding it Is evil
dent that the litter will count for much
and it's value after decay will be large
ly governed by its chemical makeup
before being used. Some kinds of bed
ding are rich in the most valuable con-
stituents, while others are about worth
less. If spoiled clover hay be used the
result will certainly be different than
if sawdust be used. The latter will add
practically nothing to the value of the
manure
But, though the value of manure is
determined to a considerable extent by
it's source, its manner of handling has
still more to do with its value. Good
management may increase it's value,
mismanagement may destroy it. When
the manure is properly piled and pro-
tected from inclement weather and
from washings a beneficial fermenta-
tion, which is carried on by organisms
of vegetable nature, can take place
only when the temperature is suitable
to the growth of such delicate forms of
life.
1t is therefore evident that the prev
alent custom of piling the manure out
of doors as it accumulates in the win
ter does not facilitate the fermenta-
ton of it. This manure Il all right for
use on land planted in crops that do
not need the extra food till well along
into summer, when 1t will have under
gone the processes that prepare it as
food for plants. Often this winter
made manure is put on the lands de-
voted to early crops and is the source
of disappointment. Though it may be
discolored by the weather, it is yet
ed to hurry along the forms of plant
life that call for rapid forcing to make
them marketable. Science and expert
ence direct that for the manure a
sheltered place be provided as much
out of the way of frost as possible
We will not enumerate the many
points of detail to be taken into con-
sideration when the saving of the ma
nnre is to be put on a scienufic basis;
liquid as well as the solids must be
saved. Too rapid fermentation may
be avoided by combining the two kinds
to keep down temperature, which
should never be permitted to rise high
er than 80 degrees.
The nitrifyfng organisms that are
found in barnyard manure increase its
value.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

mont makes brands of high, of middle
and OF low grade. Every man of them
woulo prefer to sell all of the best and
none sf the poorest class. not because
ne makes more on them-for the mar
gin of profit is much the same in eifh-
er case-but for the sake of his own
good reputation. The popular demand
for quantity rather than quality is the
excuse for the low grade goods. The
farmer himself rather than the dealer
is responsible for them
To make the cheap goods. either IN
ferior raw material must be used. or
else the good crude stock must be d.
luted with what is technically known as
'hller," a material which the farmer
calls dirt The latter is. it is to be
hoped, and, indeed. is thought to be,
the more common expedient used.
The economy of paying manufactur-
ers, railroad magnates, general and 10
cal agents good money for mixing, bag
ging, freighting and selling from 400 to
800 pounds of everyday dirt in every
ton of fertilizer, does not appear. 1t is
far better for the farmer who wishes to
use low grade of fertilizer to buy less
OF a higher class goods and to make
his own low grade by mixing in more
or less muck or soil at home.
The Vermont experiment station has
for years been preaching this doctrine.
1t has inculcated several notions con-
corning the fertilizer trade, none of
which has had any more certain foun-
dation than the one here advanced.
Let low grades a1one-note the charac-
ter of the goods and their fitness for
special needs-and buy as much plant
food for a dollar as can be got. Nine
times in ten the farmer who buys the
cheap goods gets the most weight, but
the least plant food for his money
Vermont Experiment Station.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

but what cares the judge for the law!
The man has no friends. Let him
die" says the judge. And the ruff
fans outside the rail cry: AHA, aha.
that's what we wanti Pass him out
here to usi Away with him, Away
with himi"'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
Forestry.

A summer school Of forestry has been
established by Yale University at Mil
ford, Pennsylvania. in this school in
stTnction will De given to owners of wood
lana farmers, lumbermen, and others
VINO ".Hh TO obtain a knowledge of the
principles or forestry and practical ac-
quaintance with the care and tendfn,, of
woodlands and win tree planting
II this plan is properly carried ont tbo
school is likely to prove q most .r.-.---
institution There is nothing e.,...
more needed in this country tina
of forestry, and anything VIII
serve to prevent the total DEM
our woodlands is worth the att, .
the public 1T is safe to say that
person IN a thousand In Amerfoa
ICES the Importance Of the sci
forestry, or ever has clear idea H lsH..
IL includes. If nothing were at st &. rx-
cept the lumber supply of the country the
reckless waste of this would be bad
enough. Mischief has already been done
which cannot be repaired. Trees have
been cut down. wantonly, for the sake of
some special part of the wood AMI with
the exception OF this chosen section, left
TO rot or burn. An example Of this Is to
be found in the -5pruce forests of the
Adircndacks. These trees are valuable to
manufacturers Of yiolins. but only a small
part of she trunk is available for thei.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
The Diving Congress.

But few more hours of life remain
to the Fifty-siXth Congress, which is well
In this case death will he a relief to the
| remains and to the political family and
| country. Corruption set in long ago. and
| the sooner its course is arrested by de-
| cease the better for all concerned. When
| 1t shall adjourn sine die at noon today,
| 1t will pass into history as the most ex-
travagant and wasteful gathering of law
| makers and public spendthrifts ever sent
| to exploit and loot a great people. The
| appropriations of the Fifty-siXth Con-
| gress will approximate, if they do not
| quite reach, one and half billion dollars
I II has shown supine subserviency to con-
! troll by the trusts and monopolies of the
country, exercised through the Republic
| can machine. 1t has not hesitated to vio-
late and defy the Constitution at their
| bidding. and many of its members who
should have been safely counted on to
fight some Of its most abominable meas
ures to the bitter end. have been placated.
through patronage. the River and HarDor
bill. or in other ways not mentioned 1t
remains to be seen whether or not the
Fffty-seventh Congress is to be any bet
ter. Let us hope at least that. in its
popular branch, it will possess the sense
OF shame sufficiently to keep up some pre-
tence of being deliberative body with
certain constitutional rights and fuuc-
tons. If so, even at that, it will be
improvement upon its predecessor.
When the Senate meets after the Inau-
guration there will be some familiar faces
missing, and notably those of Senators
Wolcott Allen, Butler, .Pettigrew, and
Chandler. The first named will be greatly
missed by his colleagues who, without
distinction OF party. are attached to him
as one who has always shown himself a
stanch friend. a courteous opponent, and
a man of superior ability and accomplish
ments. Senator Chambers retirement
would occasion more regret than it will
If he had refrained from the exhibition
of bad taste, bad manners. and personal
spite to which he treated the Senate on
Saturday. The consciousness is gall and
wormwood to him. that today he viii, 30
out of the chamber probably never to re-
turn, and that, spontaneously with his
going Senator Clark of Montana, whom
he has pursued reentlessly and with per
sonal animosity for year. will march
in and take his seat with a reasonable |
prospect Of holding it for the next twenty |
years. People who In the past have adj |
mired the audacity and facility in debate |
of the brilliant if erratic Senator from /
New Hampshire. will nov! be reminded /
unpleasantly that savage and indecorous |
in public about fraud and cor
ruptiOn do not fall appropriately from the /
mouth of one OF the chief figures in the !
political conspiracy through which the
Presidency of the United States was
stolen in 1876.
The Fifty-sixth Congress will be long
by the American taxpayer.
md when he shall come to realize what
has done to him, with bitterness and
evling
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
CU5ANS PRESENT AN ADDRESS.
The President asked to sanction the
Constitution and Relations.

HAVANA. March 3.-The persons who
took part in the demonstration last night
arranged by the political parties in honor
of the Constitutional Convention visited
the convention hall, where a number of
addresses We're delivered Senior Capote.
President of the convention, made a short
speech, in which he said the delegates
had done their work honestly and consci-
entiously.
Disquieting news was being received re-
gardlns the purposes Of the Government
or the United States He hoped the dem
onstration. which showed the will of the
Cuban people, would have effect on the
purposes of the Americans. who were
accustomed to respect the wishes Of the
people
After the meeting there was n process
sion to the palace. where a deputation Wis
tied Gcvernor-General Wood and present
ed 10 him an address to be forwarded To
President Mckinley. The address asks tbe
President to sanction the Constitution ana
relations. this being declared the lawful
and consistent course for the United
states to pursue. General Wood made a
short speech.
The revolutionary papers say that the
action OF the Senate shows that the
United states does not intend to treat as
sacred the pledges made in the Joint reso-
luton OF Congress.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
CHAPELLE SPEAKS OUT.
The BIessi Letter Declared to Ne q
Fabricuttou

| MANILA, March 3.-Monsignor Cha
pelle gave an interview today at the
Archbishop's palace. He said:
| To-day, for the first time 1 feel it best
| for the interests of the Church to be In
tervtewed. Heretofore, when executing
missions. 1 have remained silent, pre-
! ierring that my superiors announce the
progress and results of my work. How
/ ever. considering the present condition
and the widespread publication of incor-
rect reports and quotations. deem 1t best
to state emphatically that [ have not
written to anyone concerning my present
mission. except officially to the proper
authorities
nave discussed extensively my opiu-
IONS on the situation with the military
ala civil authorities. because / believed
" 10 pc part of my duty to give to them
tne benefit of special KNOWLEDGE which
fney We're unable to obtain. During the
cd lesluehtlai campaign il was said that /
States oneas, with friends in the United
NJ Sc Sc We're purely campaign rabrications.
10 vne more desired Mr. McKinIeu'e re-
erection than l.
1t was reported In The .,o-t.o -.
4 hiippine press that 1 eorresponded with
a certain Jesuit named BIessi. who com
ltiihcated my letter to Minister Conrer
who in turn sent the letter 20 ~ go.
department. This report was published I
oeneve. in a Washington paper and the
newspapers copied the report
from that paper
emphatically state that | did not
Wrte SUCH letter to Blessi or to anyone
bIessi IS myth He is not a Jesuit:
hence the matter is absolutely false In
Two most important points First. | came
mere TO reorganize Church affairs on
American lines and TO place the Church
IN position similar to the one she holds
IN the United States. Second. to accom-
piish this. Will do my utmost to bring
AInerican priests here as soon as possi ble
ana the friars will not oppose them. on
the contrary. they will be pleased II a
goodly number come, and they promise to
90 everything toward their maintenance
ana their instruction in the character and
needs of the Filipinos
am thoroughly acquainted with the
rehgious. social. and political situation In
me archipelago. enjoying vast opportuni-
ties to secure information / believe that
the solution of the problem of pacIfica-
tlon still confronting us necessitates the
avoidance of disturbing elements and a
religious conflict. Ii Is necessary to pro-
coed slowly in the formation of a purely
civil central government
i believe II Will be well to wait until
congress has had opportunity to provide
suitable legislation and to wait for the &
Supreme Courts decision on the constitlI-
tional status of our possessions While |
may not have agreed fully with the policy
of the authorities during the last sixteen
months. yet i have not said or written a
single word that would weaken their in
fueuce.
Il am always ready to place powerful
moral influence at the service of the au-
thorities for peace, order. and Christian
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
BRITISH ARMY INCREASE.
The Permanent Establishment fo
Reach Nearly Quarter Million.

LONDON. March 3.-The army esti-
mates just issued will appear quite mean
ingless untn the Secretary of War ac-
quaints the country with the details of
the scheme of army reorganization. which
will take up the most important pant Of
the estimates. and which Will, it is
thought, mean a permanent addition to
the annual outlay. \ general idea OF IN,
financial situation can be gathered al
ready. and the Government meets with
severe criticism. The estimated total for
the year IS nearly $4,000 O0o. which the
Radicals phrase as AN appalling
amount However. over $3.50 COO 900 of
this is on account OF the South African
campaign. a fair proportion of which may
he ~ro1"n.H .ra- South Africa itself
47t '"..I 10 rmal services amounts
". .a.ut with 81. 900. 900 for ner-
.sut % be voted for during,
en-" II is not to be hoped
' oO@,0O1 represents the
nuual cost for future
last year il required
- provide an army of
ne estimates declare
. may now be regarded as
Jiishment of the army
..e t.. ~ half a million in tenn
.., dCa.,.vns due to the operations in
South Africa and China.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

IFfOW he Indianapolis Moved
Congressman Crumpacker ought not TO despair
Of tho Republic The Iynching at Terre Haute
was atrocious, indeed but it is not the first
lynehing in this country, nor it is safe to
say, will it be the last. 1t does not follow,
therefore, that We should throw mp our hands
in helplessness and cry for a strong" Govern
ment. as Mr. Cnnnpacker does. II is enough
he said to make believe this should be
military Government a monarchy. 4 rem
rescntatiye Of the people in the Cangrcs, of the
urhted States ought to be ashamed to give NJ
terance 10 such a sentiment
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
The senate,s slot Marbiu,.


(From the Boston ifcruldJ
The House Of Representatives has become vcry
mach registering body to what the Senate or
dams. Not invariably so; its concurrence IS
necessary TO legislation and it sometimes as
serts its power effectively, a recent instance Of
this being furnished in its action on the Rev
enue Reduction bill. But the important legis-
latiou Of the country, rule is fixed by the
Senate. The House has lost its early character
as body OF equal influence in legislation ami
has become helplesSy under the control OF a ma
jority THAI ruthessly prevents that debate which
was formerly feature that placed it on a par
in influence with the Senate
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

$50. otate called, and
wniie the convention was cheering for
him, and it seemed evident that it would
nominate him, ne sprang upon a chair
and stopped It all by an appeal. or rather
demand, mat no delegate who would
not cast reflection upon me shall cast a
ballot for me l cannot said Mr.. Nc
Kinley 10 the convention, Il cannot. con
with the wish of the State whose
credentials | bear. and which has trusted
me: / cannot. consistently with my own
views of personal integrity. consent, or
seem to consent. to permit my name to
be used as a candidate before this con-
vention. | would not respect myself if L
could find ii in my heart TO do or permit
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

Yesterday in Washington wss not ex-
actly the kind of a Sunday that the Ma
tional Woman's Sabbath League would
fancy. Congress was in session. transact
ing worldly, and some very worldly. bust
ness. The streets were ablaze with color
the air rang with martial music. as bat
talon after battalion marched up the
Avenue from the railway stations. Every
where there were happy faces This last
is what the Sabbatarian sisters. perhaps.
would Most object 10. But think of that
wicked Congress. Where be the Sabbath
smashers?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
War Tax Reduction.

From the New Orleans Tines emocratD
War taxes. not only in this country. but in all
countries have knack Of sticking so that
once put on, they are either never again re-
moved or not removed until many years have
elapsed after the passing Of the emergency whic,
was the cause OF their coming into existence
Good luck therefore is with the American people
that they have had their war burden materially
frightened 50 soon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
AInbnma's Senator'S.


From the Birmingham Age-IIerald)
Both Of these distinguished senator's ,r. 10
alert and as keen in debate As they ever yer,
both being standing testimonials TO the value ami
efficacy Of Alabama air and Alabama soil Thy
are seniors IN services as well as in yeas. and
both OF them should he and ass,irediy viii h.
kept in the Senate while health and visor remain
Ia them. ~
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

To Mr.. Mckinley. personally. we tender
congratulations. and the expression of our
hope that he may live long prosperously,
and happily in the pleasant land of his
birth and achievements
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

Although excluded from the highest
British society for an offence against it's
standards of propriety. William Waldorf
Astor is reported as being unwilling to
stay excluded. 1t is said that he is plot
ting not only to get back, bu. to get back
with title. The plan ascribed to him is
this: The hereditary championship of
England. whose possessor challenges all
creation to dispute the right to the throne
of the monarch at his or her coronation.
is held by whoever may happen to be the
proprietor Of Scrivesby Manor. The office
is attached to the feoff and not to any
Individual. 1t has been hereditary for ages
in the family of Dymoke because that
family has continuously held the property.
Now, it is said, Mr.. Astor is negotiating
for its purchase. The point of the whole
matter is that it has been customary in
modern times to buy off the royal cham
pion from exercising his rather ridiculous
medieval office by knightng him. Were
Aston to become owner of Scrivesby Court
he could. it is asserted, insist upon ap-
pearing in full array in Westminster Hall
at the coronation as the Kings champion.
The question is whether Edward VII
would allow himself to be dssuaded from
his determination not to knight the ex-
American rather than undergo SO painful
an experience.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
LOU Auv,ce TO Bad cubans

Before even the hottest headed Of ,ha ,.t-..
leaders do anything rash they should rcp,cn,r,g
how impossible it for them 10 ,i4Es ~.
on and how easily Uncle sam shook him nj
Even a desperate and last ditch ,.tri, w; w..
would not avail the island anything in a ll,i,
arms with It's big neighbor '''' "'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
Concerning Senator CinrI.,s cose


Can the Congress Of the United States 70 bc-
hind the returns of the legislative election If ,
State and show that members OF the STATE body
think not II the Legislature itself onifs or r..
fuses TO expel legislator, his vote as oia;.r1,.
recorded, viii sta"d --' -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

Secretary Long has favorably endorsed
Gunner MorgaDs application for promo
ton to the grade of ensign. subject to
examination. Thus, once more. is the
shaft of public disapproval hurled at
Sampson. AS on previous occasions. prob
ably it VIII break. split, and shiver in
atoms on his damask cheek.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
Aristocrncy by Culture.


NII"'I VI'I u TauI UlSpatCh)
What Is there Of magic in a four-ve.r cours.
the naval school that eonfers social ,Iiztinc
ton inuses ''reiinement'' should il NOT eyi.t
in the cadets natureg
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

From the Cleveland Plain DeaIcr)
Il see that Wisconsin finally has law :axin,
bachelors
sort o. single tax. amt it?r
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
Cuba's Debt of Grnti,,d.

(from the Louisville Commercial,
No other nation in the world In, cyar Iona
'or another what We have done ion Cuba. and
VIC have right to expect some recognition M
our service. %
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

while possessed Of lhe friendship of most
Of its leaders of his time, it was very
natural that he should consider it entitled
to its full constitutional powers and duties
and to the most respectful consideration
on a plane of absolute equality with the
President Of the United STATES Mr.. Car
field was the only President of our
time. except Mr. Mckinley, who came TO
the White House after such an expert
ence at the Capitol, and he had precisely
the same theory of the relations between
the President and Congress. According
to this theory, Congress ought not to
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

Thirteen new Senators will take their
places in the Senate today. The number
is unlucky. but the components of the
bakers dozen will Hot mind that. IL
wonid be hard to find anywhere a hap
pier individual than a new peer in our
House of Lords.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

Among notable deaths of the day we
are not sorry to mention that of the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty, which expires with
the rising Of the sun this morning. 1t was
an un-American hybrid which was wicked
in its conception and shock to patriotic
decency in its birth. The strengthening
plasters which the Senate applied later
helped it a little but not much. Let us
dance upon its little grave
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

| purpose. The lumbermen therefore ruth
| lessly slaughter as many trees as they
cam take out the small slice of wood on
which they expect to make their profit
| and leave the branches and the rest of
the trunk where the tree fell. The dry
and resinous branches easily kindle and
the result is a forest fire which sweeps
over large tracts of woodland, and de-
stroys growths which centuries cannot
replace. a little care and supervision
could have prevented this vandalism, but
care and supervision are exactly what the
American public do not want to take.
But the mere destruction of the trees is
not all of the mischief. The wasting of
climate. 1t means floods. droughts. I'M
certain weather, lack of irrigation. and
no end of other evils. All this is ignored
by the public. and the aforesaid natural
calamities are classed under the head OF
mysterious dispensations of Providence.
If the proposed Yale School of Forestry
VIII help to arouse interest in this sub
Iceland ii seems likely to do soft will
do good work: and if it trains young
men to understand and care for the
woodlands which may chance to be in
their charge. with intelligence and good
judgment. so that they will not he vast
ing the inheritance of future generations,
it will also be a valuable institution.