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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-30
Black Lanashans.

From Farmers Review: You ask
me to tell you something about Black
Langshans as summer and fall layerss
Now that looks easy, as I have a.
different times bred one kind exclu-
sively, then another. until have bred
nearly every variety in the standard,
and finally after trying Langshans
once or twice have settled on them
as the very best all-around fowl among
the breeds, not only for table and
market, but eggs. l have a carefully
selected flock of hens and pullets
comprising three matings. 80 hens all
together, and during the month or
January, 1902, they produced on q
corn and wheat diet 562 eggs and were
keeping up their average until the
middle of February, when I deter
mined to try blood meal and Red
AIbumen.'' After feeding four feeds
in warm bran mash at noon as di-
rected, my hens stopped laying. so
that 1 got but three or four each day.
l put in a trough morning and night,
so they could get what they required
and after ten days they came back to
an average of 20 to "a eggs per day.
AS summer and fall layers the nom
sitting Mediterranean breeds excel at
that season, though the Black Lang
shan outranks all the other Asiatic
breeds from the fact that they are
more active and better hustlers-
They excel the popular Barred Ply
mouth Rock from the fact that they
are more active and less broody than
they. But out of my 80 have offered
to sit yet this year. I always let
each hen raise brood of chickens as
early as they will, as it reduces their
flesh and puts them in better condi-
tion to lay through the fall and win
ter. I find them unexcelled by any
for eggs the year around.-S. H. Cot
ton, st. Clair County, Missouri.
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Or. eernauIt's Experiment.

Some time ago we told our readers
OF the experiment being made by DR..
Gernault of Paris to demonstrate to
the world the correctness of the the
ory of DIR. Koch that tuberculosis
was not transmissible from animal to
man. The physician named declared
that he had the utmost confidence in
DIR. Koch, and to demonstrate to the
world that Koch was right he would
attempt to inoculaIe himself with the
virus of bovine tuberculosis. This he
did, applying the vaccine to one arm.
The result has been that the arm of
the experimenter now contains sew
eral of the deadly tubercles, and the
victim announces himself as fully con-
vinced that bovine tuberculosis is
transmissible to man. The doctor de-
clares cheerfully that he expected to
lose his life as result of the expert
ment, but that his death will save the
lives OF others. who would otherwise
have relied on the theory of DR.. Koch
that the disease possessed by cattle
and known as tuberculosis is not
transmissible to man. The doctor
will attempt to save his life by having
his arm amputated, but the question
will then be confronting him as to
how far the disease has penetrated
his system. If he lives he declares he
will spend much time warning the
people of the danger from this dis
ease, which some are accustomed to
treat so lightly. The war against tu-
Derculosis should be pushed. Every
person that has cows should ascertain
whether or not they are affected. The
people that use milk from unknown
COWS should sterilize it. In our
creameries the skim-milk should be
pasteurized before being sent back to
the farms.
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Yearly Subscription WA-KEENEY KAN,

ished he read it over and it set his
newspaper instincts all aglow- As he
rose to hand it to the head copy
reader he nearly ran into a vision in
blue and white-a girl with flashing
black eyes and a saucy rosette of a
mouth. He recognized her as Alice
Knox, the pretty daughter of sthe old
man" and twin sister of the subject
of his story. She accepted his stam-
mered apologies demurely and passed
on after friendly word of greeting.
This chance meeting gave him a
new viewpoint on his story-and a
most startling one. This was Her
ceeding fondness for the brother was
a matter of common comment Could
he break her heart? He had no COM
inflated him, but could he be the
means of breaking the sisters heart?
He glanced up and saw her standing
before the door of "the old mans"
room. She was radiant and at that
moment glanced at him and gave him
a saucy nod and smile. That settled
the fate of the story. He took it in
both hands and started to tear it in
pieces, but second thought possessed
him and he rose quickly and walked
over to where she stood.
.'Will you hand this to your father
when you go in?" he said. steadily.
Certainly" she replied. Then she
vanished, leaving the room cold and
dreary. >.
Presently Dick was summoned into
the inner room, where he found "the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-30
Dairy Interests of New York


According to the recent census there
are at present in New York state
1901 sos cows, which is a little over
four per cent more than the number
returned by the census of 1890. The
yield of milk has, however, increased
over 16 per cent. This would seem to
indicate a decided improvement in the
quality of the cows, SO far as milk pro-
duction is concerned In fact, the In
creased average of milk production
must be about IL per cent, a very de-
cided gain in ten years. This is
doubtless due to the use of the milk
test and the milk scales. On $1,000
farms milk production is returned as
the principal source of income for the
farms. This is 80 per cent of all the
farms in the state. OF the entire but
ter, milk and cheese output about
$4,000, 900 worth was consumed on the
farms where it was produced, while
$46,00O,O worth was sent away for
sale. In the last census year milk
brought over $33, ,00O. 900, butter nearly
$40, 900 900, while cheese brought less
than one-fourth of a million dollars.
About $312, 900 was received for cream.
The receipts for milk sold are steadily
increasing, while the receipts for but
ter sold are as steadily decreasing,
showing the trend of economic condi-
tions in New York state. The milk
trade is proving more remunerative
than the trade in butter and cheese.
The amount of butter produced on
farms decreased about % per cent in
ten years, most of it being now made
in creameries.
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Possibilities in. Cow Development.

The dairy commissioner OF Mime
sofa says that the dairy cows of that
state are producing only one-third the
amount of milk and butter fat they
should produce. What is true Of
Minnesota is true of every state OF
the Union. The dairy proposition
face if we could get men to deal with
it intelligently and develop their cows.
Unfortunately for the dairy interest
We have great multitude of farmers
that see in the COW no possibility of
development. They imagine that
feeding her on common prairie hay or
on wire grass pasture will make as
good dairy COW out of her as she
could be anyway. But this is not the
case The COW that is well fed from
calfhood to motherhood makes a far
better mixer than does the one that
is left to hustle for herself on all
kinds of pastures. 1t has been DEM
onstrated that even the common cows
of our country can be made to yield
far more profit than they do at the
present time if they are given the care
that growing cows need. Cows are
young stock they are considered
only food they have for weeks is dry
straw. That they do not get the nutri-
ment needed from this food is mat
ter of little Importance to the owner
who simply says "oh, well, they are
not giving milk" Right feeding and
Development must go together.
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From the Farmers Review: What
have been the prices for poultry prod
ucts this summer as compared with
previous years? Friends in the city
write me tnat they have been paying
at least so per cent more for all their
eggs and fowls this summer than
ever before l think II some OF MS
would report these prices to the Farm
ers' Review it would be Of general
interest-Hiram Parks
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peveIopment of eroiIers.

The broiler should not be fed from
the first with the idea of making him
fat. What he needs at the outset
of his career is food that will make
frame and muscle. Corn and corn
meal should not therefore be given
in any large quantities. Soft food is
also said to be not entirely suitable.
When the birds have attained weight
of . pound or a pound and a half they
may be given a fattening food. The
time during which this need be given
win be SO short that no bad results
need come from it
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: Some Wheat Tests-

At the Pennsylvania station some
tests with wheat gave results that
were summarized as follows:
l. The yield of grain from the DIT
ferent varieties of wheat varied great
1y-
2. The bearded varieties gave the
largest yield of grain and of straw,
and the grain per measured bushel
was heavier than that produced by
the beardiess or smooth varieties.
g. In general, the smooth chAff va
rieties were injured more by the Hes
sian fly than the bearded char varie-
ties
f. Late sown wheat was injured less
by the Hessian fly than that sown
early.
s. The difference in the yield of the
varieties may be accounted for in part
by the difference In the severity of al
tack by the Hesian ny.
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New Zealand Dairy Business.

The dairy business is increasing rap
idly in New Zealand, and the govern
ment is doing all in its power to
boost the trade
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Hope for the Hoo Crop.

The short corn crop of last year IS
very largely responsible for the high
prices that are being paid for hogs
to-day. These high prices, if long
continued, are certain to affect the
HABITS of the people as to the eating
of hog meat. 1t is for the benefit of
the pork producer to have prices at
a medium point but have a market
for an enormous number of hogs. In
this way the profits are widely dis
tributed through the farming COM
munities. The whole country is hap
pier for it. Certainly no one wants
to see an era of high prices for foods
and congested money centers. The
outlook for the corn crop is now good.
Farmers that have hogs will not need
to send them to market before they
are at a size to be marketed to the
best of advantage. A 250-pound hog
is far more profitable under ordinary
conditions than is the 15O-pound hog
The short swine supply to-day is large
ly due to the fact that last year and
this spring hogs too light in weight
were marketed. The rapidity with
which swine multiply will save the
situation. Meantime every farmer and
every citizen is interested in hav-
ing good big crop of healthy hogs.
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Anything you get for nothing usu
ally is not worth that much
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You fell down, and that's all there
is to it!''
and I've blamed good mind to do it.
too. But I'll just lay you OF for a
week SO you can have a chance to
study over the question of your duties
and limitations, and then I'll give you
one more chance" Then the other
fellows guyed him numerically as the
man who had appointed himself the
censor of the paper.
So 1t was that Dick became hard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-30

Winter Protection of Strawberries.
In the case of strawberries it is not
the freezing that does the injury On
many soils, especially clay, when the
ground freezes all night and thaws
the next day under the influence of
the bright sun. the ground contracts
and expands, and thus heaves the
plants up, pulling the roots loose,
which weakens mem. Now AZ we place
some coarse litter over tEe plants
merely to shade them from the sun
to prevent thawing during the day,
and the frost comes cut very slowly,
no injury can result. The plant must
have air for its foliage even il frozen
solid, hence, any heavy, dense mass
like manure will smother and injure
it. The strong ammonia washing
down from manure is very bad for
the foliage, and it should never be
placed directly on the plants, but 1t
may serve good purpose in conserv-
ing moisture between the rows. Light
chaff, straw, or marsh hay may be
used.-R- NJ Kellogg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-10
INFERRED IN THE CATHEDRAL.
Notable Funeral Ceremonies Over the
Body of Archbishop Corrigan.

NEW YORK. May 9.-The body Of the
Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan,
d. D.. archbishop of New York. was in
TERED to-day in the crypt OF st. Patrick's
Cathedral. The funeral was conducted
with all the impressive solemnity and cere-
mony OF his church and attended by a re-
markable gathering Of clergy. Almost
with the break of day crowds began TO as
semble at the cathedral. and when the hour
of the funeral arrived a vast multitude had
assembled TO pay last reverence TO the
dead prelate. Inside. on the Gothic altar.
six candles were burning and the smoke Of
incense hung about il. Around the bier
where the dead archbishop lay three
burned on each side OF him, with a double
row in a candlebrum above his head and
another double row below his feet. These
were the only lights except the bars OF
sunshine which slanted through the
stained-glass windows OF the sanctuary.
Black cloth was hung about the futed
pillars. on the vacant archiepiscopa
throne there was purple and black and wild
laurel tied with red silk. Opposite. on the
eoistle side. a cardinals throne had been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-10
TALLYHO PARTY INJURED
SEVERAL DELEGATES TO THE WON
v CLUB CONVENTION HURT.
Two May Die and Others Are Suffering
from Cuts and Bruises-The
Vehicle Overturned.

RED LANDS. Cal. May "a tallyho
full of sightseers, most OF them from CAL
weston, Tex, overturned on England
Heights to-day and all of the occupants
of the vehicle. nine women being among
the number, were more or less hurt. Two
of the women were seriously, perhaps
fatally, hurt. They were sent to the
Louisa Linda Sanatorium. Among the in
jured are:
MRS. KOPPERN, Galveston, thigh brok-
en- and ankle crushed; limbs will be ampu-
tated; may die.
MRS. f. f. HILBERT, of Redlands,
skull crushed; probably will die.
MRS. BALLINGER, Galveston, bruised
and cut, not seriously.
MISS JONES, Galveston. bad cut over
eye.
MRS. SCHRIMP, MISS CRAWFORD.
MRS JEWELL. of Philadelphia, delegates
from that city to the women's convention
at Los Angeles. Mrs. JEWELS arm is brok-
en- in two places; the others We're only
slightly injured.
Five others are under the care of a ply
stefan, who refuses to allow them TO be
seen, and absolutely refuses TO give their
names.
The accident occurred at a sharp turn of
the road on the steepest part of the hill,
ing frightened and dashing at full speed
down the declivity, when a brake beam on
the vehicle suddenly broke. When Canyon
street, a mile above town, was reached.
the tallyho struck the street-car tracks at
such speed that the accident followed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-10
Borrowed Fifty Million Francs on Al
legged Securities Said to BE Worth
One Hundred Millions.
LAWSUIT ENDS IN A FIASC0
SAFE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO con-
TAIN SECURITIES FOUND EMPTY.
No Trace of Humbert and Her
FamiIy-British Wrath Hurled at
the Combine"

PARIS, May 9.-The interest in the great
Humbert-Crawford lawsuit which was
supposed to involve the possession of 10O,-
100000 francs and which for years had
been before two continents, eliminated in
a fiasco to-day, when the police officials
proceeded TO the residence of Madame
Humbert and found the safe in which al
legged securities TO the value Of 100, OO,O 900
francs were said to be locked up, was
empty All the parties to the suit are
South Americans. According to the story,
r. II. Crawford died twenty years ago and
left 100, 900, 900 francs TO Therese D'Aurignac,
now Nadine Humbert. Just as the lady
was about to obtain possession of the for
tune two nephews of Mr.. Crawford ap-
peared with a second will bequeathing the
property to themselves. A lawsuit was
commence for the possession of the money
and securities, which, according to Madame
Humbert. by mutual agreement. had been
locked up in a safe in her house, condi-
tional on her not touching the money until
Humbert in the meanwhile borrowed mil
lions on the strength of the supposed for
tune. One of the creditors recently ap-
pealed to the courts to open the safe, with
the sensational result already set forth.
The Humberts have disappeared from the
house. which has immensely added to the
sensation. 1t is said the victims are out
fully 50,000,0 900 francs. 1t is believed that
the Humberts nave left France. The court
has appointed a receiver for their property.
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SHIP COMBINE" AssAILED.
Bitter Newspapers Attack on j. Pier
pOnt Morgan and His Scheme.

LONDON. May s.-Distrust and resent
meEt are the keynotes TO the of
all the afternoon newspapers here on the
shipping combine" agreements. They all
refer wrathfully 10 the recent denials of
Messrs. Ismay and Pierre. respectively of
the White Star line and Harland G. Wolfe,
of what now proves to have been abso-
lutely true.
The Westminster Gazette, referring to
diplomatic untruths,' expresses the hope
that 1--WE shall be spared this peculiar de-
velOpment which, in America, accompa-
MES these great trust movements" No
one attempts 10 claim that any vestige of
control of the lines concerned remains in
British hands.
THE dollar god," said the st. James
Gazette, has eaten up the better part OF
the British Atlantic carrying trade, and
the only community of interests existing
is the same as that existing between the
Lady of Riga and her mount at the end OF
their joint excursion. No doubt the smile
tremely broad one. If anything is expect
able from the Board of Trade under the
present management it might be hoped
from the use of the British flags to cover
ships which are British only In name would
be refused and the vessels be placed in
the position of pirates Dealing with Har-
land & Wolfe's position. the St. James
Gazette says ii considers that when the
building is transferred to United States
yards. as is inevitable, as soon as the fos-
tering care of the steel trust has sufi-
GENTLY enlarged American shipbuilding re-
sources, Hariand & Wolfe will have no
alternative but TO cross the Atlantic"
The Pail Mall Gazette finds that the COM
bine is grossly overcapitaliZed' and says:
This was a foregone conclusion from Mr..
Morgan's record. He does not deal in little
things and is not content with small prof
it's. The huge capital is out of all pro-
portion to the real value of the fleets, and
1t is clear that a substantial advance in
freights will have to be made in order to
pay dividends"
The Associated Press learns that King
Edward has expressed to a friend his
strong disapproval Of the combine on
patriotic grounds.
1t is said the government has instructed
the law officers of the crown to examine
the agreements and connected
with the shipping combine.
Owing to the deep interest excited by this
matter the government will give a day for
the debate of the subject in Parliament.
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prepared. all purple These. with the crepe
on the pulpit, were all the signs OF mourn
ing.
The chimes played, and then the bells
tcIled from the spries. and after that the
thousand priests. bishops and archbishops
and Cardinal Gibbons filed in, following a
boy with a cross and candle bearers. There
were bearded Franciscans, in coarse brown
Cowls. with white rope girdles; shaver
priests in white lace SUPPLIES, Jesuits in
dull black, DOminlcans IN black ana white
cows. more priests in lace, bishops in pur-
pie. and after an interval the spare, bent
figure Of the cardinal, in red and two
d~eacons. in black and gold, a halt-pace De
hind him on either side.
Then there were National Guard officers
in uniform. and up the south aisle came
various officers of the city government,
two by two. in black frock coats, bows OF
crepe on their sleeves. Within the altar
rail priests and bishops and archbishops
were ranged in proper precedence, ana the
cardinal ascended his throne, and the at
tending deaconS placed over his red the
white vestments of the mass and on MS
head the white inter, and the mass began;
Eighth archbishops, eighteen bishops ana
more than one thousand priests were pres
ent. The archbishops were Williams OF
Boston, Feehan of Chicago, Elder OF On
cinnati, Ireland of ST. Paul, heane OF Du-
buque. Chappelle OF New Orleans, Christie
of Oregon, Kahn of ST. Louis and Fruchesi
of Montreal. The participating bishops
were Muldoon ~(cOadjutOr) of Chicago,
HOrstmann of Cleveland. Richter of Grand
Rapids, Scannell of Omaha, Burke OF Al
bany, Quigley Of Buffalo, OCOnnor or New
ark, Gabriels of Ogdensburg, McQuade of
Rochester. Ludden of Syracuse, McFaul of
Trenton, Garvey of Altoona, De Oca OF san
Luis Potosi. Mexico, Shanahan of Harris
burg, Hoban of Scranton, Monaghan of
Wilmington, Del, and Donahue, of Wheel
ing, w. Va.
The officiating clergymen were: Cele-
brant, Cardinal Gibbons. of Baltimore; as
sistant priest. the Rt. Rev. j. f. Mooney,
vicar general: deacons of honor, the Ri.
Rev. John Edwards, of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, and the Rev.
Father Cotton, of St. Stephens; deacon Of
the mass, the Rev. Father Mclean. of st.
Peters,; subdeacOn, the Rev. Father La
velel, pastor of the cathedral; master of
ceremonies, the Rev. Father James Con-
nelly, Of the Church of Our Lady of Good
Counsel, and the Rev. Father Thomas f.
Myhan, of St. Anne's. Archbishop Ryan,
of Philadelphia, preached the sermon,
which was a notable eulogy Of the dead.
After the sermon Cardinal Gibbons. ac-
companied by four bishops of the archdio-
cese, Bishops Burke, Gabriels. Ludden and
McQuaid. descended TO the catafalque. The
five absolutions TO which the dead arch
bishop by rank Of office was entitled were
then given. AT the close Of the service a
death mask OF the archbishop was taken.
The body was placed in a casket, which
was taken TO the crypt under the high altar
and placed in a vault beside the bodies of
Archbishop Hughes and Cardinal McCIos-
key. Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, said
the final prayers.
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Other Deaths,

NEW YORK, May 9.-John Moller, a
pioneer in the sugar refining industry. with
which he was prominently identified for
many years, is dead from heart disease.
He was eighty-seven years old. Johann
Moller was one OF six brothers who came
from Germany over half a century ago.
three Of them later becoming identified
with the sugar trade. They founded the
firm Of Moller, Odell, Doscher & Co.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 81. b. Brady,
millionaire head of the wholesale carpet
house of j. 3. Brady & Co, died to-day
from paralysis. Mr.. Brady had been in
business here for over thirty years. was
unmarried and leaves an immense estate.
He maintained for many years a bachelor
residence on a scale of lavish luxury.
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FOR MRS. AND MISS ROOSEVELT.
Presents of Sevres Porcelain from
President LOubet.

PARIS, May 9.-The French line steamer
La Touraine, which is to sail from Havre
tomorrow for New York, will have among
her passengers the Count and Countess
De Rochambeau, NJ. Robert de Billy, a
member of the Bureau Of Foreign Ministry,
and other civilians belonging to the Ro-
chambeau mission, including NJ. La Grave,
who is also commissioner to the st. Louis
Exposition. The mission takes as presents
from President Loubet for Mrs. Roosevelt
the table centerpiece of Sevres porcelain.
which won the prize at the exposition of
1900, and for Miss Roosevelt a sevres tea
service.
LONDON, May 9.-The American line
steamer st. Louis, which sails for New
York tomorrow from Southampton via
Cherbourg, will have among her passen-
gers Gen. Horace Porter. the United States
ambassador to France, and Norman Il.
Ream.