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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-12

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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
The Pear Orchard.

Among many of our western farm
ers growing pears is considered in
the light of speculation Pear blight
IS the deadly enemy that has set at
naught the efforts of our orchardists,
especially when they try to grow most
OF the old standard varieties Re
Gently, that is, within a few years,
new varieties have been brought for
ward that are more or less blight
proof Some of these are inferior in
quality, but may prove to be a valua-
bic foundation for hybridizing with
the other varieties. Thus a pear of
good quality that can resist the
blight may yet be produced. If a
man wants to grow pears, about the
only thing he can do is to keep on
trying His soil should be heavy,
quite rich, and the trees should have
a good start When he comes to the
question of cultivation he will receive
a good many different kinds of advice.
Here and there are men that declare
that trees will not blight if kept in
sod They think this because they
have not travelled far enough to find
the orchards that have blighted to
death on sod land.
But what is true of sod land is also
true of cultivated land, so far the
blight is concerned. Evidence points
to the fact that cultivation and non
cultivation have little effect on the
blight The cultivation of pear orch
ards is followed by some of the most
successful growers of pears in the
East. Other things being the same,
the orchard that is cultivated has the
best chance to resist the attacks of
blight, just as a welI-fed person has
the best chance of escaping disease.
The poorly fed tree, and the tree that
has its nourishment stolen away from
it by the roots of grasses, has not the
thrift to resist attack.
As to varieties, the man that at
tempts to grow new and untried ones
in large quantities is very certain to
make failure, because among a GER
tain number of new varieties only an
occasional one proves to be as good
as the standard varieties. 1t has
been found that hardness and high
quality of pears do not go together.
This is true also of other fruits. 1t
is fact that the pears of medium
and poor quality are more often sue
cessfully raised than are those of high
quality Thus Keiffer is not a very
excellent pear, but it is more success
fully raised than any other.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Our Friends the Birds

Another bird most friendly to man
Is the jolly, lively little house wren,
whose song bubbles and tumb1es all
over itself in it's haste to get out.
He will appreciate box for home
also, but make the hole only an inch
wide. Ninety-eight per cent of the
wren'S food Is insects. The barn
swallow, most useful bird, can also
be persuaded to live near if we
will encourage him a little; sometimes
a small hole cut in the gable of the
barn is all the invitation he needs
In the lilac bushes in your yard you
may find nests OF the yellow warbler,
the cat bird and the brown thrasher,
that long cinnamon brown bird with
the glorious voice, and in your naples
and e1ms the robins, orioles, and vi
reOs, the roSe-breasted grosbeak and
the cedar birds may build, or perhaps
the wood thrush, our finest singer
All of these birds are invaluable,
even though some of them may eat
a few of our cherries. They all pre-
fer wild fruit, if they can find it, and
it is good plan to plant some OF
our wild fruit trees near our cherry
orchards. The beautiful rose-breasted
grosbeak is one of the few birds that
will eat potato bugs in quantities.
The orio1e eats the grub of the click
beetle, of the most destructive
worms known.
In the fields you will hear the
lark. There are also the red-winged
blackbird and the gay bobolink. The
latter is destructive bird in the
rice fields of the South, where it is
called the reed bird, but here it lives
mostly on weed seeds, and is beneh-
cial- The red-winged b1ackbird de-
| stroys weevils, one of our worst in
sects. The stomach of one meadow
| lark contained thirty-seven grass
| hoppers- This bird is, unfortunately,
| sometimes shot as game bird, but
he is too valuable to be spared. Out
| in the wood lot we find the chickadee,
that friendly little gray and white
| fellow, with black cap. In the
| stomachs of four chickadees were
| found moths of the cankerworm con-
| tanning 1,O26 eggs, from which it has
| been estimated that during the TWEEN
/ ty-five days in which these female
moths crawl up trees each chickadee
would destroy 13s.75O eggs.-EIlen
| Drummond Farwell.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04

1t was best, too. he thought. he
stood there, meditatively chewing at
the tip of an unlighted cigar and gaz-
ing abstractedIy into the ha1f-light
of the street beyond
The rhythmica1 beat of we11-timed
footsteps at the lower end of the
warehouse platform, the soft frou-frou
of feminine attire and the rich tones
of a deep masculine voice broke in
upon his abstraction. AS the pair ap-
preached, he heard the woman say:
s.How surprised everybody will be
when they learn of our MARRIAGE.
Zone, especially laughed the man.
''You mean Jack? Poor fool, I have
treated him shamefu1ly,' she laughed.
ttStil1, 1 think I have paid him in his
own coin, and paid him in advance,
for he was too aristocratic to marry
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Keeping Eggs for Hatchine.

Eggs for Matching need not be
turned every day. as some believe to-
be necessary Eggs to produce chicks
should not be kept long that they
would need treatment of this kind
If eggs are to be kept longer than a
week they should be put in a dry
place and kept at a temperature not
to exceed SO degrees if possible. OF
course the temperature should not be
low enough to permit the eggs to
freeze. 1t is advised by some poul-
trymen not to use for Matching eggs.
that are more than ten days old, as
some of the chicks from older eggs
will prove weak in constitution. In
nature of course it is different. A
hen lays a clutch of eggs in perhaps
three weeks and then begins to sit.
OF course some of the eggs are then
three weeks old. But nature makes
allowance for enormous waste of ma
terial- Out of those eggs many of the
chicks that are born soon perish.
Man tries to do away with the natur-
al waste and even to turn it into
profit
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
HORSE WAS A TRUE SPORT.
But 1t Is Doubtful If His New Owner
Appreciated Him.

Shrewd old Yankee horse-trader,
after years of success of a kind to
make David Harum look small, got
badly stuck nag feeble and
spfritless that it squatted like a jack
rabbit every time it's ribs were
touch ed. Tn new owner felt very
sore, but determined to do what he
could to retrieve. He invited a dea-
con of the village church for a ride,
and himself rode the new horse. See
ing rabbit, he jabbed the horse with
his heels, and the animal promptly
Squatted. When the deacon inquired
the cause, the trader explained that
the horse had the faculties of a set
ter, and set whenever he saw game
rise of cartridges brought forth
another manifestation, through the
traders heels; and then the deacon
insisted on trading his own horse and
$50 for the sporting equine. On the
way home, the deacon rode his new
purchase Fording stream, he
raised his feet to keep them dry and
accidentIy jabbed the horse in the
ribs, whereupon the animal sat down
in the water, wetting the rider from
feet to chest.
Whats the matter, Zeke?" called
the deacon. HE can't see no birds
nor rabbits now!"
Fish, Deacon explained Zelze, sol
EMMY. THAT. critters a sport thru
and thru'!"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
PArHos IN a TRUE STORY
Mother of Little Fellow Had No Time
for Pettirq.


The following may have bearing on
the general conditions of the present
day in our cities 1t is a true story:
A friend of mine, physician. has
given much of his energy and scien-
tific skill to work among poor chill
dren. One of his methods of helping
them is to take them a weeks
camping expedition in the country
One night as he sat around the camp
fire with his little friends, telling
them stories, he beekoned to him one
of the 1ittlest boys, who was sitting
apart from the others, and who some
how invited a smothering without
asking for it.
<tCHmb up here in my lap" said the
doctor, and the child did so eager
ly, smuggling to his friend with sigh
of contentment.
Presently he looked up into the dos
tors face and said thoughtfully, as
though he had been considering the
subject for some time. My mother
never does this
Never holds you in her lap, you
mean, Arthur
t'NO-never does
'-Wen, why not?'-
Drearily, but with entire resi- gna-
ton, the child answered:
''She works.
Mothers, sociologists, kind people
answer? He has missed not only edu-
cation, good times, a pleasant home,
careful bringing up, but he has also
missed that small, ina1ienab1e right
OF chi1dren-being mOthered a little
in the hour when the evening shadows
fall, because ..she works'-James
O'Donnen Bennett in Chicago Journal.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Where Hustlina Is Needed.

When a butter maker or creamery
manager finds himself in charge of a
creamery that has been established in
a locality poorly supplied with cows.
the only thing that is likely to win is
hustling- The man that in such a sit
uation waits for the business to grow
up around him is more than likely
to move away before success comes.
In such a position the man in charge
must recognize in himself an instruc-
tor we'll a mechanic and manu-
facturer- If the farmers within reach
of his factory or creamery have the
COWS but do not bring the milk he will
have to preach the advantages of hav-
ing the creamery make the butter. If
they have not enough cows then he
must preach the advantages to be de-
rived from keeping herd of milk
cows Whatever he does he must
preach the dairy gospel and keep at it.
The question of his success depends
the amount of enthusiasm he can
arouse. This means the sacrifice OF
the mans ease and it means eontin-
uity of purpose that would make him
valuable anywhere We con-
WINGED that many of the creameries
that have proved to be failures would
have been successful if the 3-factotum"
had done all possible to stir up inter
est in the subject of dairying and es
peciany of creamery butter-making-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Caponizinq.

The author of .-Capons for Profit
says There are people whom 1 would
not advise to undertake the operation
of caponizing- The person to do 1t
should have above all things faith IN
his undertaking and in himself He
must be convinced that his work Is
right and then go ahead This is no
place to make a trial for fun or in a
half-hearted way 1t is a little of the
genuine enthusiasm that is needed,
and that is bound to overcome diff
cultieS should any be encountered
Then there should be an average
amount of mechanical skill and the
same amount of nerve Clumsy I'm
gers have no business in operating on
a live fowl. If you are a little ner-
vous at first it will do no hurt. Your
nervousness will wear on after you
operate on two or three fowls and
see how easy the job is and appar-
emily how little pain it causes the
bird You must have full confidence
in your ability to do it just right, and
bling. And when you are once at 1T,
it is far better to operate on all the
birds ready for the operation in one
day than fuss along with two or three
every few days. The beginner is apt
to be little nervous wnen he goes
for the first bird, but after he gets his
hand in once everything moves off
smoothly and nicely. His hand be
comes steady and the work passes of
rapidly OF course it is an advantage
If you can see some one perform the
operation, even a single bird. No
more is needed to teach you the whole
operation. We ourselves had to learn
it from books and printed instructions
not very plain ones either-and
succeeded beyond expectations After
a few days practical experience I
thought nothing of caponiziug twenty
birds before dinner. The operation
indeed after you have once under
taken it and succeeded is an easy
enough thing and causes but little
pain and inconvenience to the bird If
you do it right and with proper tools
A good set of tools of course is utter
1y Indispensable, and the person IN
willing to expend So or So for them is
not included in the list of persons
who can safely undertake the opera
ton.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Explanation of Little Value.

An editor on a daily paper has laid
himself open to unkind remarks by
trying to take up a collection in his
Office Happening to want a small
coin, he turned to fellOw-wOrker and
asked for quarter
Haven't got it, but here's dollar
the man replied, as he tossed it over
The editor put the dollar in his pocket
and Immediately turned to a special
writer at the next desk and said
Miss -, could you lend me a
quarter?" Then, seeing the man from
whom he had got the dollar grin, he
added, hastily: -tOh, never mind; l
just got a dollar from Brown
In analyzing his conduct he said
that Browns reply that he did not
have a quarter was apparently the
only part of the transaction that made
any impression upon him But he is
under suspicion in that Office, and viii
probably never be able to live it down
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
ended.

Ones character is said to be re-
veaIed with infallible accuracy by the
way he holds and carries umbrella
One enthusiast, who has made study
of the public's umbrella manners, has
announced that he would want no bet
ter guide in choosing his wife than
to watch her furl and carry her UNI
breHa. The man who pokes you in
the ribs with his umbrella, for in
stance, does not alone announce by
such an act that he is rude or care
less. To the experienced eye, he ac-
tua1Iy lays bare the innermost secrets
of his character The man or woman
who carries an umbrella with the
point backward and downward is I'M
assertive. On the other hand, persons
who in walking, carry their umbrel-
las by the handles, with the points
continually extended or pointing for
ward will be found self-assertiye and
energetic The pedestrian who grabs
an umbrella in the middle and goes
forging ahead with it in this posi-
ton is likely to be found alert, but
| OF selfish, even coneeited DISPOSE
ton.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Creamery co-operatior,..

There are many things to be said in
favor of cooperation in the establish
ing of creamerieS. One is that the
profits and losses are thereby distri-
buted- 1t prevents any one man from
becoming very rich and it also pre-
vents any one man from going broke"
1t is a sad thing to a man that has
invested all his money in a creamery
finally have to turn over all his prop
erty to the sheriff. If there is to be
loss the many can bear that loss better
than one. If there is to be success 1T
is better that the many should divide
1T among themselves rather than that
one should have all of the success.
The cooperative idea eliminates very
largely the principle of gambling.
which exists with the individual ven
ture- The spur that drives on the
Individual to invest all his property
in a creamery is the possibility that
he will make more than fair interest
on his money after paying himself for
all services Stability is what is
wanted in the creamery business, and
it can be best found when the institu-
ton is founded the interests of all
the patrons and not on a few. Co
operation has to be studied as any
other science, but it is worth the
studying
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
The SOIlIuquy of a Fool.
BY DAVID ABBOTT PIATT.


1t was an unsavory quarter, where
the night hung heavy and dark over
q narrow section of smoke-grimed, ill
<1GIOred street, and the handsome, we'll
dressed young man, pacing moodily
10 and fro in the shadows of the ware
house at the end of the square. looked
and felt just about much out of
place as he really was.
His was the old, old story of a mans
Surrender to the fatal destinations of
pretty face, and he was wondering,
with increased irritation, why he had
ever permitted himself to become so
EnIserably entangIed with that portion
XesS, posftion1ess girl. He was won
1IerInZ. too, why he had not long since
7xeEoIted from the sitting atmosphere
and prevalent uncIeanIiness of this
Wretched locality-he who had always
reveled in the little refnements and
EuxurieS of idle and wealthy So
CIety- He was Disguised with him
self, with the world, with everything
and everybody, save Clara. She was
Eylanaeless- He pitied her.
Theirs had been a sweet little love
story But it must end now. He
could not go below his social plane
gfr7r a wife without remaining there
with her-he could never elevate her
20 his own statiOn-try as he might.
Such a mesalliance could not result
otherwise than in lifelong misery for
them both, for when the fictitious
strata of romance should slough away
and grim reality begin to peer through
the threadbare happiness that re-
manned, discomfort, aye, dis1oyaIty
would come, with mutual recrimina-
lions speeding in it's wake. Yes, he
mad reasoned it out logically, con-
~c1usively, and in such a manner as
ezo excuse himself from blame at every
turn-
s. Gle wondered how she would take
y .Sf mo doubt she would be heart
broken, out time would heal the
wound with the balm OF forgetfu1ness.
She was too proud, he knew, to do
anything stupid, so he had no fear of
D, aN1Osure to embarrassing publicity
Ss5fiu his imagination kept opening
up new and decidedly unpleasant
fdelds of conjecture. More than one
szTrS had suicided under similar con
Sfitions. What if Clara were brought
.xlsz7zae some day, the sweet voice
ssf5Ned and the merry brown eyes
<5eaIed forever? What If she were
driven out into the world to buffet fol-
IN space with the foodtide of human
7x1cJxedness, then to go down, down
9r deg1 aG atiOn-tO a living death
and the blame for it all laid at his
eOor2 The thought was madden1ng
Ut made him shudder-
Then as he began more fully tt
comprehend the extent to which thi
sxirI's future depended upon him, Their
ssprang into life in his breast sud
den, magnanimous resolve to keel
his plighted troth, let the conSe
-s5uences be what they would 1t wou1
be a bitter sacrifice, he knew; bu
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
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MIX Powders.

We would advise our readers TO
avoid investing money in any OF the
reputed recipes for making milk
powder. There are some of these in
the hands of men that may want to
use them for the purpose OF pulling
money out of the pockets of the IN
suspecting public. Sometime q method
will perhaps be discovered for making
milk powder, but when that time
comes the recipe will not be given
away nor sold for dollar. Several
scientists at home and abroad have
been working on the problem The
United States Consul at Bergen, Nor
way. reports that DR.. Ekenberg has
had last winter been able, he said,
to produce a milk powder that re-
sembled fine wheat flour. 1t does not
sour and seems not to be affected
by the weather. 1t can be shipped
in bags, barrels or boxes, like flour,
and will endure long journeys. 1t can
be changed to milk by adding about
ten times its bulk of water We
have, however, heard nothing about it
for several months, and it may not be
all that the consul reports it to be.
The great trouble with all the milk
powders so far produced has been that
water was readded to them. If a
powder can be produced that will
change to veritab1e milk on the adding
of water the dairy and creamery bust
ness will be revolutionized.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
An Inhabited Moon.

The little daughter of a prominent
western senator, relates a Washington
correspondent, has been attending
school during the last winter, and her
proud father, mother and a mum Der of
friends went there on the day OF the
closing of school to listen TO the ex-
animation. The teacher asked the
class if the moon was Inhabited The
senator's daughter. who was sitting in
the front row, wriggIed about and
raised her hand Thinking to please
the fond parent, the teacher asked
her "Yes'm; one moon is answered
the child 4 don't know about the
other We'll, my dear, which one is
inhabited?" asked the teacher The
honeymoon" answered the child. ITS
Inhabited by my aunt and my new I'm
Gle sJohn-'-Washingto Post
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
The Slayer in Dairyino.

The dairyman with staying qualities
is the one that makes money in the
end This past year the prices of all
kinds of feed have been excessively
high and many are either giving up
the business or preparing to do so.
But this is not the part of wise men.
There are ups and downs in every
business, and the dairy business has
it's downs. But at this time it should
not be forgotten that it has also its
ups If this is time of high feed
there will certainly come a period of
1ow-priced feed and of good returns.
Taking one year with another dairy
prices are as good can be asked for,
at least so far the retail prices are
concerned The producer that allows
the midd1eman to take more than his
share is not looking after the business.
The men that stay in dairying are the
ones that make money out of it. Near
~ always, however, it will be found
that they have been enabled to be stay
ers because they have studied the
great questions connected with their
business and have taken advantage of
every condition; that they have
weeded out the worthless cows and
have provided the best systems of feed
ing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Eggs for Fall Matching.

From the Farmers Review: I have
purchased a new incubator-in fact,
the only incubator I ever owned. I
want to fill it with eggs some time in
November AS 1 have hens of my
own, where shall I obtain eggs with
which to fill it? Can I Depend on
store eggs for this purpose? I once
tried some store eggs and found them
of little value, as only one or two out
of every dozen Matched. That was
when I was using hens As gen
eraI rule can we depend on the stores
for eggs at this season, when those
eggs are to go into the incubator ?
What do other people do that have
this situation to face? An answer
will greatly ob1ige a novice--H. H.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04

one so far beneath him. You know,
jim I'm not exactly in his class"
you're a thousand times BETTER he
replied stOutly-
The girl laughed at his vehemence.
ftAt any rate, I must write and thank
the foolish fellow for the many pres
ents and The du1cet tones
traiIed off into indistinctness.
He saw his arm go round her-that
Jim's. He saw their radiant faces and
heard the happy, heart1ess laughter
as they passed under the light at the
end of the platform, less than a rod
from where he stood, cold and dumb,
amid the hiding places of the shadows,
a pent up tornado of fury raging in
his heaving breast.
The story, ouch as it had been, was
| ended.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-09-04
Sulphur Will Not Keep Eggs.

The twenty Leghorn EGGS laid
during five days May 18th to 10th,
were, on May IS, 1899, packed small
ends down, carefully separated, in
finely powdered sulphur blowers of
sulphur Result: Good, 0 per cent;
bad, 100 per cent On examination
May 81, 1900, the shells of these eggs
appeared discolored or darl1ened- The
air cells were doubled in size and
were mou1dy within In most cases
the albumen was intact. The yolks
were thickened- These eggs had not
kept well, but were not rotten The
flavor was Sta1e.-R. l. Station.