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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

be worn for demidress or afternoon
functions in the country-is wide brim
med and trimmed with flowers Rib
bons tied under the hair in the back are
jaunty adjuncts. though scarcely judi
cious except in the cases OF very young
ladies. CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Brush paste ornaments with a soft
brush dipped in liquid ammonia. This
makes them brilliant.
To rem owe the 0dor OF fish or onions
from irving pan put a Hltle vinegar
into the pan and heat il over the Ere
To make dormers boil half pound OF
rice. drain it ana when cold add a quar-
ter pound ~ suet and some scraps OF
an sort OF cold meat tone pound);
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

ana and the triane. These are sold
for from $3.50 to So each
The cypripedium (from two Latin
words signifying the foot Of yenus) is
probably the most popular species of
ali the orchids. The flower resembles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

feshy leaves. and the sepals are spread
ing and OF about the same size as the
petals. Odontogiossunls are air plants.
ike nearly all imported orchids. Leila.
dendrobium. epidendriin. lycaste. mil
tonia, oncidium, wanda and zygopeta-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

Mercerize Is a chemical process Of
rendering cotton threads iustrous- The
thread Is shortened and hardened. pro-
ducing q silky effect. u Is named after
the inventor. John Mercer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06
S1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
A GRACEFUL TOILET
FOR THE PROMENADE.

The graceful gown illustrated Is conf
posed OF soft dove gray cashmere. with
vest and skirt panel OF tucked musiin
and lace. to which the lattice threading
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

~ease ~ Fs sgl urs III Hna $50
ZOOS 81 zl as eieE faEsffs - tas
R1 fl IL snsr1fh .n ssrfse sslza 4.
Erasa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-06

~ ARIS. March 22y-The prudent
e summer girl has already given
q Thought 10 her psrasol. The par
asol IS - import ant a feature of
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
III. X. HIRE.

Lookout Mou in. Tenn
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01

thirty years hence an increase of
1880, 900 tons of sodium nitrate
will be required to produce the
worlds supply of wheat, making
in all an annual consumption of
100000 tons of this fertilizer
to produce the worlds whea
crop alone. On the other hand,
it is estimated that the visible
supply of sodium nitrate will be
entirely exhausted in the course
of fifty years. 1t therefore seems
but natural that in the course of
events there now should be dis
covered an inexpensive method
by which this costly element may
be taken from the atmosphere
and applied to the soil so as to
increase its productive ability.
Every square yard of surface
has pressing upon itseyeral tons
of this costly element. At the
present time this large supply is
only used in a limited way by
one family of plants, aud. since
the discovery by Hellriegel that
such plants as peas, bean and
clover appropriate this element,
much has been done in the way
of supplementing soil nitrogen
by the use ofthese crops. While
the soil OF the central West are
as rule highly charged with
this ost important element,
there being many soils where the
supply is superintendent for or
binary crop production, yet at
the same time the attention that
is now being given to this ele-
ment can but emphasize in the
minds of western farmers the
necessity of practicing economy
in its use. If intelligent use is
made of the clovers there will be
little need during the present
generation on for making drafts
upon the Niagara output, thus
giving. to farmers of the central
west natural advantage in crop
production over those who are
obliged to use these elements in
a commercial way, even though
they may bay be purchased at a
reasonable cost.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
Practical and Economical
Farming. \

Journal of Az riculture: How
many of US that are engaged in
farming are benefac tors to the m
selves and to the mother earth?
How many OF us are practical
farmers! | mean by that to show
whether we conomize and study
the better methods of securing
the best results for our labor,
In order to do that we must keep
our soil in good fertility by fertil-
izing deep blowing, and changing
to different crops. Isn't it much
easier TO tend ground that is in
good condition than land that is
not? We want to- learn what
causes ground to get in bad~con-
dition. l think most OF us know
but how many know the best
methods of getting the ground
in good fertility, and how many
do? Doen't il cost just as much
to pillow around a poor field as it
does one that Is not! l think it
costs more. Then that is not
all. Look at the results. | be-.
lieve every farmer ought to have
enough stock to consume all the
roughness raised on the farm
and in this way avoid waste be-
sides manure should go back on
the farm. Ii surely pays best
to have good stock, for then you
will get the best prices for your
feed that they have consumed.
Now this won't bring the best
results without the farmer econ
omizes and saves. l don't think
it prudent to have more i'm pie
ment &C, ti9n are necessary
Tor the m lnaycment of the farm
tor it takes care topreserve the IN
from the weather. Generally
secondhand implements, etc,
lose the owner lots of money
according to what ne has invest
ed in them. Always take care
of your machinery, or, VIII, n
YOU start up, it will not run
right and you haven't got time
to bother with it. So you get a
new one. And so on it goes. If
we would be more careful and
manage better. most all of us
would be contented with the
farm.-Farmer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01

acre will grow three tons per
year, that IS worth fifteen t0
twent dollars per ton-at least
fortyshve dollars : per acre.
Now don't that get ahead of
cotton? $1,000 net each year?
A great many farmers are as
afraid of it as if it were snake.
They imagine that if they we're
to set a patch of it two feet
square that it would spread all
over their farm. Their immag-
nation is all based on prejudice,
for it never goes visiting like
other grasses. 1t is the easiest
grass 10 confine to one place
that I ever saw and is very easy
to destroy. Just plowi it up aIu
drag it to the surface in hot,
dry weather and it will die.
Hot, dry weather is the time to
kill it; wet weather is the life of it.
Yours respectfully,
J. S. RAWLINs.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
The Peanut Crop.

We hear flattering reports
from all over the country IN re-
gard to the goober crop, and the
number OF producers is increas.
ing so rapidly as to give assur-
ance of these nuts becoming an
article of export next year.
James Kidd sold over 400 bush
els OF his last harvest, and has a
big crop in sight. Andy Finley
has already gathered 100 bush.
els and 200 bushels more in sight.
Jap Adams will make a fine
crop. Finley will devote his at
tenlion entirely to COOLERS next
year, and J. H. Meek will put in
about five acres.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
Setting Bermuda and
Growing onions.

l have been thinking for some
time that l would send you my
experience and plan for settin .
Bermuda grass. By my plan
| have pasture in sixty days
after set field, and the cost
does not exceed 2 dollars per &C, e
for all labor. l take a two-horse
pillow that will go in the ground
eight to ten inches. l take the
entire piece that want to set in
one land; start the pillow at the
outer edges and turn the land
ssflat as l can. l take two hands
to drop roots in furrow and
have them drop one root every
step and in every other furrow.
That gives me one to every two
feet square. After l go over the
field that way then SOW one
half bushel rye to the acre and
smooth the sods with a smooth
ing.harrow. do this in Sept
ember. The grass has time to
take on root-growth before frost,
and the rye comes for pasture
during the winter, and by the
time the stock eat off rye the
Bermuda is out and mixed with
other grass for summer graz
ing or for hay.
1t takes about one hundred
pounds OF roots to the acre, 81 so:
one-half bushel ry', seventy-fve
cents; two dollars for lat Dor; total.
S4.25 per acre. That is worth
$500 just as soon as planted.
have eight acres that l graz
ed thirty head of COWS and hors-
es on all the time, and thew are
all fat and sleek. 1 would not
start on farm without it if it
cost me twenty dollars an acre
TO set it. have lots of it and
can furnish any farmer all the
roots he wants. 1t is the best
hay that a Georgia farmer can
grow as it only has to be set one
time. No expense-only NOV
and bale. That costs him about
two dollars per ton, and one good
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
inexpensive Fertility.

A good deal of interest is at
present being taken in a new in
dustry whice has recently been
started near Niagara. It's OBJ
ject is to manufacture sodium nj
trate, using atmospheric nitro
gen as one ingredient. AS this
fertilizer has been selling in the
past at from 500 to so ton, it
will be appearant that any means
that may be used to cheaper it's
cost will greatly extend its use,
and the statement has been made
that by using atmospheric nitro
gen the compound can be made
and placed on the market for
SIS ton. The fact that even a
crude method has been discov-
cred for extracting nitrogen
from the atmosphere is really
important, and to a large extent
solves the problem of maintain.
ing fertility indefinitely. 1t re-
flutes the proposition set forth a
few years ago by an English
scientist before the British AS.
ISOLATION to the effect that the
worlds supply of wheat is seri.
ously threatened by the failing
fertility of the soil. 1t was point,
ed out that the worlds low aver.
age OF less than thirteen bushels
per acre meant LITERAL, starva.
ton for the rapidly increasing
nation OF wheat eaters, unless
some inexpensive method could
be put INTO operation tor manu-.
featuring a cheap heterogeneous
fertilizer. 1t is claimed that
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
Large Profits in Swine.

While good many farmers
NAV he slow in raising hogs to
convert corn into profitable pork
when this grain is as high as at
nresent. it * nevertheless true
that more money can be made IN
the aggregate in feeding the corn
to hogs than in selling it in the
market. There is no surer way
of making money on the farm
than to raise swine in season and
out of season, sticking to the
business year after year, and
pro6ting by the improvements
which come through continuous
eff ort directed towards one pur-
pose. in fact, large fortunes
have actually been made in swine
breeding and feeding on large
scale, where the clover and corn
were raised for no other purpose
than to feed the animals at home.
With the full crop raised to feed
the hogs one will be sure to find
a fair market for it each year.
There, ofcourse, is an occasional
overproduction Of hogs when
prices drop, but the business
must be considered in the aggre-
gate of years, and not by single
year.
There is no other live stock
which can be made to turn out
the same amount of live weight
within a given time as young
pigs which are fed literally from
the day of their birth until ready
for market. It is possibl" to
raise them so that the farming
of the fields will improve year by
year under the process. Every
ton of corn taken from the farm
and sold in the market takes
about six dollars worth of fertil-
ity from the fields. Now the
question is how to save this fer
tility by returning part or all of
it to the soil. BY a system of
clover and corn raising for feed
ing swine we cac. in fact, return
at least three-tourths of this fer
tility to the land. In this way
we do not rob the soil to make
money to-day which tomorrow
we must spend to purchase more
fertility. The farmer who rails
es his clover and corn for the
swine is in a fair way to improve
his land indefinitely, and at the
same time to make good profit.
Hog raising is thus more profit
able than grain-growing or al
most any other distinct line of
agricultural work.-Exchange.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
CLERK WANTED.

AT lhrie. Miss. a good neighbor-
hood and healthy location. clerk
must be honest and attentive. State
age, experience, salary to begin ON
and good reference. Good opportunity
for party WHO likes country and wants
to save most of what h makes.
For present address
ii. X. HIRE.
Lookout Mou in, Tenn.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
Birmingham Business College

Offers advantages for students entering Railroad
paid Positions guaranteed. Bnng needs
and Stenographers Write illustrated catalogue free
WILLARD J. WHEELER. President,
Birmingham, Alabama,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-10-01
harvester and
Shredder for Sale

l have a Mccormick Harvester an !
Shredder for sale at a BARGAIN. hdl
,lv been run one season ana .'I
$50. a good thing for a man M
! cS in a good farming commu"'r WI
Iready has power to run it. WfI'e j
u thor information .
u. s. COLLINS, Fellow ship Mis'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
Poor Choice Either Way.

"When passing through a certain sec.
ton OF certain state once" said q
man who has travelled much, "a friend
and l stopped at the house of a neigh
Dor for tea. Soon after we had sat
down at the table the housekeeper look
ed toward us and asked whether we
wanted long or short sweetening in our
coffee. AS she asked that question l
looked toward my friend, and he look
ed at me. l nudged him in the side,
meaning that l wanted him to speak.
He said he would take long sweetening.
With that she put her finger in a cup
Of molasses, put the same finger in his
coffee and stirred. That was long
sweetening.
"Then she asked me what l wanted,
and said Immediately, Short So she
put her finger in another cup, took out
something that resembled maple sugar,
put it between her teeth and bit it in
two parts. One part went into my cup
and the other into hers. 1t seemed to
be case of no matter which sweeten-
ing you tried you'd wish you had taken
the other"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
Lost BY q Toy Balloon.


diamonds and other jewels have been
lost in all sorts Of queer ways, but in
none more unusual than the accident
mentioned in the Boston Transcript, by
which diamond brooch was snatched
from the owners dress and left some
where on the great plains.
A young woman was travelling by
rail through Kansas. At Kinsley, where
the train made considerable stop, a
fair was in progress. Here the young
woman bought Of a peddler toy bal
loon for little girl who had won her
fancy.
The child was delighted with the
plaything, and as they rode along she
chatted with her new friend and pulled
the balloon up and down. At length
she playfully fastened the string to the
lady's diamond brooch.
The train was rounding a curve at
the moment, and a strong gust of air
came through the car. The balloon was
carried out through the open window.
The sudden jerk on the string loosened
the brooch, and away.it sailed.
The jewel was so valuable that the
young woman offered a reward of $500
for its recovery. Spurred by this in.
centive, cowboys secured the plains
for days in all directions, but without
success.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
Precedent.

a clever answer in court was that
given to Chief Justice Coleridge years
ago, when he was defending a.lady who
had become a Sister Of Mercy and was
expelled from the convent for refusing
to obey the rules.
She had brought an action for expul-
sion and libel. In the course Of the
trial Coleridge assumed that breaches
of discipline are trivial, contemplate
and should never be noticed.
"What has Miss Sawin done" he
asked Mrs. Kennedy, a mistress of
novices
"Well," said the lady, "she has, for
example, eaten strawberries"
"Eaten strawberries? What harm is
there in that?"
"It was forbidden, sir" said Mrs,
Kennedy.
"But, Mrs. Kennedy, what trouble
was likely to come from eating straw
berries?"
"Well, SIR" said Mrs. Kennedy, "you
might as we'll ask what trouble was
likely to come from eating an apple
and yet we know what trouble die
come from it,
That closed the discussion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
BII,d~ShOt
For Tiger.

No use to hunt tigers with
bird-shot. 1t doesn't hurt the
tiger any and it's awfully risky
for you.
Consumption is a tiger
among diseases. 1t is stealthy
but once started it rapidly
eats up the flesh and destroys
the life. No use to hunting
it with ordinary food and med
icine. That's only bird-shot.
1t still advances. Good heavy
charges of SCOTS Emulsion
will stop the advance. The
disease feels that.
SCOTS Emulsion makes the
body strong to resist. It
soothes and toughens the lungs
and sustains the strength until
the disease wears itself out.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., NY.
soc and SI.oo; all druggists
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
Too Much For the Sheriff.

An Irish widow with quick wit one
day received a call from a sheriff who
had writ to serve on her. According
to the story, the widow saved the day
by some rapid fire counting which took
the sheriff by surprise when he called
at her house and began in formal fash
ion:
madam, have an attachment for
you"
"My dear SIR" she said, blushing,
"your attachment is reciprocated."
''You don't understand me. You must
proceed to court" said the sheriff.
"Well, l know tits leap year, but l
prefer to let you do the counting your
self. Men are much better at that than
women"
Mrs. Phelan, this is no time for fool
ing. The justice is waiting"
1.-THE justice waiting! Well, then, l
suppose l must go. but the thing is so
sudden, and besides I'd prefer a priest
to do it,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
A Summer without Nights.

To the summer visitor in Sweden
there is nothing more striking than the
almost total absence of night. At Stock
holm, the Swedish capital, the sun goes
down a few minutes before 10 o'clock
and rises again four hours later during
a greater part of the month of June.
But the four hours the sun lies hidden
in the frozen north are not hours of
darkness. The refraction of his rays as
he passes around the north pole makes
midnight as light as cloudy midday
and enables one to read the finest print
without artificial light at any time dur
ing the might"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
What the Death Mask Shows.

The value of plaster cast as por-
trait Of the dead or living face cannot
for a moment be questioned. 1t must
Of necessity be absolutely true to ma
ture. 1t cannot flatter; it cannot carl
cature. 1t shows the subject as he was
or is, not only as others saw him in the
actual flesh, but as he saw himself.
And in the case Of the death mask par
ticularly it shows the subject often as
he permitted no one but himself to see
himself. He does not pose; he does not
''try to look pleasant" In his mask he
is seen, as it were, with his mask off.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
Full of Snap.

Gretchen, the daughter of an old Ger
man named kruegel. had been serving
as domestic about two weeks in the
household of Judge Vaughan of Rich
mond, when father and employer met
on the village street.
"Vell, yoodge." said Kruegel, chow
you like dot Gretchen by dis dime al
retty?"
Like her?" returned the judge in his
blunt way. why, she's just great!
We never had any one in the house in
her line that entered into work with so
much spirit. She's full Of snap all the
time
Kruegel turned ponderingly away,
and, meeting his frau at his home por-
tai, he sorrowfully said: Teresa, some
ding must coed wrong NIT dot Crotch
en-. yoost dit meeted Yoodge Vorgan,
und he saidt dot she vas full of
schnapps all de dime"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
NOT A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
Germany Losing Money on Her Varl'
Gus Colonies.


New York, April 15.-Germany's ef-
forts to extend and open up colonies
are not very successful from a finan-
cial point of view, says London dis
patch to The Tribune. The total an
nual revenue of the eight protectorates
which are under the rule of the kaiser
is only $2,000,000; and the reichstag
has to vote S7,500,00O to support them
Kiao Chau's revenue is 100000 and a
subsidy of 100000 is required to
make ends meet. Again the revenue
of the protectorate of Southwest Afri-
ca amounts to $450,000, while the total
sum required for it's government is ST.
100000. But even these yearly subsi-
dies do not always represent the full
amounts that have to be provided out
of the imperial funds. The estimates
for the present year include the sum
of 100000 to cover deficits that oc-
Cured in 1898 and 1899 in the budgets
of the protectorates of East Africa,
the Cameroons and Southwest Africa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
A Useful Woman.

"Blennerhasset," said Mrs. Bliggins
as he was about to start down town,
"can you let me have little money to
run the house with today?'
"You can have just 80 cents" he
growled, flinging the coin at her and
slammirg the door behind him as he
went out.
'By the way, Bliggins," said a friend
who dropped into his place of business
an hour or two later, will you go my
security on a note for $780,?
''Shortleigh," replied Bliggins, ut is
an infiexible rule in my family that l
must never do anything of that kind
without consulting my e."-Chicago
Tribune
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
PERMISSION TO USE CABLE.
Total Result of British-Boer Peace
NEGOTIATIONS.

London, April 15.-It is said that
the communication of the Boer leaders
to Lord Kitchener amounted to little
more than a request for permission to
use the cable in consulting Mr.. Kruger
and the Boer delegates in Europe re-
garding basis for peace settlement.
There is a distinctly hopeful feeling
in official circles.
Replying in the house of commons
to the Liberal leader, Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, who asked whether
any terms of peace had been suggest
ed by the Boer leaders in South Afri-
ca, the government leader, A. J. Bal
four, said it was impossible at present
to say more than that message had
been received Saturday from the Boer
leaders, through Lord Kitchener, and
that reply had been sent to them.
Further communication was expected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
The Names of Two Cities.

On the principle of "In Rome do as
the Romans do" 1 think it a safe rule
to pronounce the name of place as
the residents of that place do, says a
writer. Hence we should speak of St.
Louis as though it were written est.
Lewis" not est. Louee." All good Mis-
sourians say est. Lewis" 1t is a little
difficult to put down in black and
white the local pronunciation Of New
Orleans, but it is something like this,
New Awl-yins," with the strong &C,
cent on the "Awl."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-17
An Appropriate Text.

A preacher in an eastern city was a
little fellow, so little that box had
to be hastily brought from the cellar
for him to stand on. The services pro.
ceeded safely until the sermon, when
he mounted the box and announced his
text, "a little while We shall see me,
and little while and We shall not see
me-" At this point the box broke, and
the prophecy was verified amid the
smothered laughter Of the congrega-
ton.