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Newport daily independent., 1902-12-11

| D. Price for Xmas presents. l07btf
 Huffman has oysters and celery. dtf
 Huffman has fruit cakes and makes them himself. 194 dtf
 "The Grab attend Hayes Cost Sale, $2O, ,000 stock at a sacrifice. b18l
 The Newport Relief Society will meet with Mrs. J s. Wilmans tomor- row afternoon at three o'clock.
 Mrs Sam Taggart went to Brinkley Thursday on weeks visit to her husband, who is manager of the Black Grocery Company there.
 Come, come, come, at once to I. D. Price's mammoth Christmas Bazaar and select your holiday presents be- fore the stocks are broken. They are going fast Don't be too late. 197 btf
 Spend Christmas holidays with kim folks and friends in the old States. Only one fare, plus $200, for the round trip by the Rock Island Sys- tenn Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. Tickets will be limited 30 days from date of sale. btf
 The attention of our weekly readers is called to the advertisement of The Palace Jewelry Store, s. G. Parker, proprietor, on the last page. MT Parker will open up a well stocked iewelry store the last of the week in the new Jones building and will have something to say through our columns next week.
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-11

For nice rigs of any kind aud good driving horses, place your call with R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front Street. Charges always reasou- able. 62dtt
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-11

Huffman handles nothing but the BEST. 194 dtf
 Huffman will bake your fruit cakes for you. l92 dH
 Low excursion rates for the holidays on the ''Choctawn
 Santa Claus headquarters will be at the Palace Jewelry Store. 192 btf
 Huffman, the baker, has fancy candy boxes to put your candies up in. dtf The very best salmon the whole fish in brine at Bowen's Cash Store.
 19Obtf. Chas. Meyer is selling at actual cost. That's good chance for some one, 190 btf
 Buy Waterman Fountain Pen and be happy. For sale by l. D. Price. 193 btf
 Mayor ]. w. Grubbs, who has been sick for several days is reported better.
 Wooden toys, tin toys, iron toys, paper toys and cheap toys at l. D. Price's. 197 btt
 Ask your ticket agent all about the low holiday excursion rates on the "Choctaw."
 The Palace Jewelry Store will open in few days with a full and complete line for holiday presents. 192 btf
 Misses Susie Jones, Bessie F. L. Watson and Hal Phillips expect to spend Saturday in Little Rock.
 Manager Walter Cotter of the Iron Mountain went south Thursday noon in his special car attached to No. 3.
 J. G. Handel and wife of Auvergne spent Thursday in Newport trading and renewed for the INDEPENDENT.
 On account of vacating his present quarters, Henry Schott will sell his entire stock at actual cost. Sale will commence Dec. 1. 18S b4w
 Charley Owens of the Rea- Patter- son Milling Company, Coffeyville, Kansas left Thursday noon after call ing on his trade here.
 One fare for the round trip on the 'Choctaw'' December 24, 25 and 31, 1902, and January 1, 1903. Tickets good to return until January ?, 1903.
 Plain rings, band rings, set rings, diamond rings rings for the ladies, rings for the baby, rings for every body will be at the Palace Jewelry Store. l92 btf
 Mrs. w. M. Gregg and daughter Marguerite came up on No. 1 Thurs day noon and stopped off for visit with c. R. Hite and family, being on their way to Cincinnati
 A. " Brigham of the passenger de- partment of the Iron Mountain, who formed many acquaintances here at the time of the recent banquet, which he attended, passed through on his way to Little Rock Thursday
 I. D. Price will take subscriptions to all the leading magazines at publish er's prices. Hand in your subscrip- tions to Delineator, Home Journal, Designer, Munsey's or McClure's. In fact any magazine or periodical pub lished in the English language. 193 btf
 This little story in verse was told last week by Henry county, Missouri exchanges: "He didn't have dollar; he didn't have dime. His clothes and shoes were looking just as though they'd served their time. He didn't try to kill bimself to dodge misfor- tune's whacks. Instead, he got some ashes and he filled five dozen sacks. Then, next he begged dollar. In the paper in the morn he advertised tin polish that would put the sun to scorn. He kept on advertising, and just now, suffice to say, he's out in California at his cottage on the bay"
Newport daily independent., 1902-12-11
LOCAL HOLIDAY
EXCURSION RATES

The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R R. will sell holiday excursion tickets locally at one fare for the round trip December 24, 25 and 31, 1902, and Jan uary 1, 1903, limited for the return un- til January 2, 1903.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

even II his landlord Is too penurfous
to buy trees. for he can plant grapes
and berries that viii bear the next
season Raspberry and blackberry
bushes should be rep1anted every three
or four years. Put the pulverixer on
der. A small patch of strawberries
should be planted every spring. and it
can be depended on for two crops of
fruit. Melons should be grown with
them the first year. Few farmers fam
lilies have full supply of homegrown
fruit; but there are no reasons why
they should be deprived of these deli
cious comforts of life.-Geo- B. Smith,
Will County, Illinois
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

From Farmers Review: Farmers
families should be provided with an
ample supply of homegrown fruit
every day in the YEAR: and this will
add to the health, happiness and COM
fort of farm life. With little thought
full care in planting. cultfvating and
by canning the surplus, this could east
ly be accomplished without interfering
with other farm duties. A good orch
ard on a farm not only provides fruit
for home use, but adds materially to
the market value of the property. We
are not now laboring under the disad-
vantages that confronted the early set
tiers; for now varieties of fruit that
do succeed in our locality are known
OF these we should plant largely
and when a farmer does not know
what varieties are best to plant on his
farm he should get advice from a
friend who has had experience, as
much depends on planting the right
kinds of fruit Few farmers can af-
ford to convert their farms into hortf-
cultural experiment stations. We
should buy trees of reliable men, and
not patronize strangers just because
they are good takers and hypnotists.
for they know they will never see us
again and frequently sell worthless
stock Never plant young trees near
old ones, as the old trees nave q pre-
emption claim on the subsoil Give
them thorough cultivation and they
viii succeed
4 renter need not 80 without fruit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
Very Intensive Foras. oultur..

A report of some very intensive op-
erations in agriculture comes from San
Bernardo, in Spain, relative to the
production of maize. barley and oats
for forage. The crop was grown un-
der irrigation on field of about seven
and a half acres. The field had re-
ceived 10000 pounds of barnyard
manure, 1,465 pounds of Thomas Stag,
LOO pounds of nitrate of soda, and 374
pounds of superphosphate per hectare
(about two and a half acres). The
corn grew to an average height OF over
Is feet and yielded about 40 tons OF
forage per acre during a favorable sea-
son. The corn was sown early in April
and cut about August 1st- The second
crop of corn was then grown and har-
vested by November 1st- Following
this, barley or oats was sown, which
was cut for green forage the following
spring, before the preparation of the
land for the first corn crop.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
Some Up-to-Dats Hints About CaIti-
vation of the Soil and Yields
Thereof-Horticultur. viticuIturs and
Horticulture.
Tho Rambo Apple

Tho Rambo Apple.
d. F. Thompson, Stephenson Co.,
In.:-The tree is too soft
Sylvester. Johnson, Marion Co., Ind.:
Very. very. VERY good.
w. T. Weir, Henderson Co, ILL.,
Fine quality, tree very tender here.
r. B.. Stinson, Union Co., I1l.:-A
good eating apple but does not thrive
here.
John Tilson, johnson Co., Ind.:-
Good for all purposes and it bears well
for me.
H. F. Harrison. Clay Co., In.:-l
would not plant it because it scabs too
badly.
Geo. j. Kellogg & Sons, Rock Co.,
wis.:-Not grown here. 1t is not
hardy
o. w. Barnard, Kankakee Co., ILL.,
A splendid early winter apple, very
few better.
L. r. Bryant, Bureau Co., In.:-One
of the good old sorts that is not grown
much now.
was good formerly but seems to be ont
of date.
L. F. Dintelman, st. Clair Co., ILL.,
for butter making.
J. Y. Demaru, johnson Co., Ind
OF course think well of the Rambo
apple, but don't like the tree.
j. H. Karnes, Buchanan Co., Mo-
An old time. variety. and one OF my
favorite fall apples; profitable with le
c. G. winn. Pike Co.. m.:-One or
two trees for family use are all right,
lxx,f t. 4ofx ogoS1x
]. Troop, Tippecanoe Co.. Ind
This is not planted SO largely as it
was, other varieties having suppressed
ed 1t.
T.. j. Burrill, Champaign Co., ILL.,
Still an excellent fall variety. Here 1t
is rather tender. The fruit needs thin
ming.
F. L. Williams, Perry Co, ut:-
There is nothing like the Rambo for
flavor, but it rots too badly to be prof.
liable.
Alpha Nursery Co., Henry Co., I'LL:
A fine apple but no one wants them
any more. We do not think them hardy
enough for this latitude.
Geo. NJ. De Land. Lee Co., Hi
have fruited this but have dropped it
from my young orchard as it is too
tender for our climate.
w. H. Ragan, Putnam Co.. Ind
An old amateur variety, quality of the
best, tree tender but well worthy of a
place in any family orchard.
L. Redden, Pulaski Co., nl.:-An old
friend almost obsolete now. / have
never grown them here. The quality
is quite good, season early winter.
J. Friend. Henry Co.. Ill.:-Good.
Daniel Sharp. Clayton Co., nl.:-
Good in it's season. The trees need
low heading to prevent sun scalding
and should lean well to the southwest.
Chas. Hirschinger, Sauk Co.. Wis.,
have lost all my trees of this variety.
l first planted Rambo in 1849, but they
were all dead long ago. 1t is a grand
apple.
Benjamin Buckman, Sangamon Co,
nl.:-I have several old trees, rooA-
grated. They are tall, upright, have
long branches, and bear heavily-oc-
casionally. The fruit is nice little
apple of good quality, and generally
well appreciated for dessert. apple but
ter and the like. But it is too small
for market There are better varieties
for fall.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
The Cow and Her nrnk.

Prof. Clinton D. Smith. after fvs
years investigation of the milk ques.-
ton, publishes the following conclu-
sions: 81. A COW yields as rich milk
as a heifer as she will as a mature
cow 2. The milk is as rich in the first
month of the period of lactation as ss
will be later, except perhaps during tt.
last few weeks of the milk flow, whe-a
the COW is rapidly drying or 8. The,<
is little difference in seasons as to It's
quality of the milk. While the cows are
at pasture the milk is neither richur
nor poorer, on the average, than tks
milk yielded when the cows were o..
winter feed. 4. The milk of a fair
sized dairy herd varies little in compo-
sition from day to day. and radical
variations in this respect should be
viewed with suspicion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
Exporting r,nnish Butter.

The French consul at Helsingfors re-
ports that in order to encourage the
export of Finnish butter, and to assist
the dairy industry of the country t9
compete successfully against foreisa
competition on the British markets, es-
pecfally that of Denmark, Sweden, and
Siberia, the senate of Finland has re-
solved to grant a considerable subsidy
to the Finnish Steamship company
s.Finska Augfartygs Aktiebolaget
This company is to maintain regular
steamer service between Finland and
Great Britain for a term of five years,
commencing from November of tbs
current year, for which the company is
to receive money grant of 10000 Fin
nish marks (about 81, $500 and year
1y subsidy of 10000 Finnish marks
(about $23.700}.-The Dairy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
Valuable for Hav.

Here are three important PROPOSE
tions having an agricultural bearing:
l. Grass is the most valuable crop in
Vermont and in many parts of New
England and New York.
2 No species of grass commonly cul-
tivated does well on low, wet ground
Such ground usually produces mix
ture of weeds and sedges known as
s.swale hay"
8. 1t has now been shown that a
native species. fowl meadow grass. can
be established in these low meadows.
where it will thrive and produce hay
equal in quantity and quality to the
best timothy or red top.
This announcement rests on the re-
suits of seven years experiments con-
Quoted by Prof L. r. Jones, botanist OF
the Vermont Experiment Station.
Seed of fowl meadow grass is al
most unknown in the seed market,
but it is not difficult to gather from
the wild plants. 1t can be secured in
this way at cost of about $5 busheL
Prof. Jones advises sowing in mixture
on wet soils, the following being mere
ly sample prescription for an acre:
Timothy. 10 pounds.
Alsike clover, 6 pounds.
Red top (recleaned), 4 pounds
Fowl meadow Tin chaff), 10 pounds.
These should be sown in mid-sum-
mer without a nurse crop. The timo-
thy and red top are apt to take the
ground at first, and may predominste
for the first two or three years even.
But as they succumb to the wetness
OF the soil the fowl meadow grass takes
their places, and presently will be
found to have occupied nearly the
whole territory. Farmers. who have
low, wet meadow land, where red top
and timothy do not succeed, should
look carefully into the merits of fowl
meadow grass 1t is native and hardy,
and not controlled by any trust
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

The question of root tubercles on
leguminous plants is one that has COM
bined with it several other questions.
One Of the most important of these
questions is whether or not plants can
draw food from the depths OF the SOIL
1t has generally been held by inves-
tigators that the deep roofing legumes
draw their food largely from far below
the surface layers of soil More recent
ly good many thinkers on these sub
jects have expressed the belief that
the lower roots do nothing but take up
water and that the food supplies are
drawn from the surface soil. Some
experiments with alfalfa last year in
Italy seem to initiate against this
idea The result of these experiments
showed that the alfalfa roots were
abundantly provided with root tu-
bercles the first year of cultivation
Very few were found on the roots of
two-year-old plants, and none at all
on three-year-old plants. The expert
menters infer that the plant makes
use of atmospheric nitrogen only dur
ing its first years growth, or until
the roots have obtained sufficient
length to obtain the necessary nj
trogenous food materials from the
deeper soil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

It is great deal better to cheer one
man than to be cheered by a thon-
sand
Set a thief to catch thief, but not =
drunkard TO catch drunkard.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

Most men want to do better, but
they are seldom able to decide where
to begin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

Recent Investigations tend to show
that the nitrates in the earth of cav
erns are not derived from the excre-
ment Of bats. as popularity supposed, but
have their origin in the nitrifcation
of organic matter in the surface soil
through the agency of bacteria. and the
subsequent teaching of the nitrates SO
formed downward into caverns. where
they slowly accumulate with other
salts as the water escapes by evapora-
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29
sewage Farm. in Europe.

The municipality of Vienna has un-
der consideration project for the dis
posal and utilization of the sewage of
the city which at present is discharged
into the Danube. In England so-called
sewage farms are now quite common
in connection with the smaller cities,
and the plan has been adopted by both
Berlin and Paris, but to all of the sys-
TENS in use there is more or less objec-
ton, and even with the best of them
there is much room for Improvement.
The scheme under consideration in
Vienna consists in the application of
a method developed by Herr Noebel of
Posen, by which the liquid part of the
sewage will be utilized for the double
purpose of irrigation and enrichment
It fs intended to convey the sewage in
pipes to an extensive plain of poor land
which suffers from lack of water, due
to inadequate rainfall, over which it is
not to be carried in trenches, but the
surface of the land is to be irrigated
by sprinkling the sewage water over
it. 1t is said that by this plan the land
will not be over-saturated, as 1T fire.
quentiy 10 on the sewage farms at Ber-
lin and Paris. The system is stated to
have been already in use at Posen with
satisfactory results.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

The average man deceives himself
Dfteuer than he does Others
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29


In Kansas timothy is usually sown
with clover since the former helps to
hold the latter in an upright position.
The presence Of the timothy also less
ems the danger from bloating when cat
tie are pastured upon the mixture.
which makes a more evenly balanced
ration than either alone. The usual
practice is to SOW the timothy in the
fall, often with wheat, by a special at
tachment to the drill, and the follow
ing spring SOW the clover broadcast.
Others SOW the timothy early in the
spring, and afterwards, about the 1st
of April, the clover. Still others ad-
vocate sowing the clover in the spring
and the timothy in the following fall.
The amount of seed of the mixture per
acre should be six to eight quarts of
timothy and eight to ten pounds of
clover. One correspondent recon-
mends about a gallon of the mixture
per acre, of which one-third is tim
othy. II sown alone, there should be
used about eight to sixteen quarts per
acre. 1t is best to cut for hay when
the flowers are falling. 1t does not
seem to be used alone or with other
grasses for permanent pastures to any
extent in Kansas. Our correspondents
having timothy and clover mixed do
not mention any injury to the timothy
from grazing. Mr.. Shinn of Jewell
county, states that he has a field of
timothy four years old which is in
good condition This shows the pos
sibility of utilizing this grass farther
west than is generally supposed
Bulletin 102 Kansas Experiment Sta
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-29

Vegetables are doing well through
out the southern district of Florida
and shipments of beans, tomatoes and
other succulent products are being
made. Large shipments of oranges
are going forward, together with small
lots of pineapples. Lettuce, cabbages,
celery, cucumbers and beans are avail
able in local markets. Strawberries
have been retarded somewhat by the
cold of the middle of the month, but
shipments continue. The fruit is ex-
cellent-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-07
A Catch in the Back.

Grand View, Iowa, Sept 29th-Mrs.
Lydia Parker. of this place. says:
Il was troubled with backache all the
time for years. When | would stoop
over a catch would take me in the back
and could not straighten up for some
time.
Il tried everything / could think OF
but got no relief till sent and got
Dodd's Kidney Pills
Il used one box and part of another
before the trouble all left me. but now
/ am well and strong and ! have not
been troubled with my back for some
months.
Il believe my cure Is permanent one
and AMI very grateful indeed to Dodd's
Kidney Pills for what they have done
for me.
II would most heartily recommend
them to anyone suffering with lame
back, fer believe they win cure any
case Of this kind"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-07

A surprising thing is the development
of the telephone system among the
farmers here on the prairies, says a
correspondent in Nebraska An indie
pendent telephone company has been
extending its lines from town to town
and village to village The result is
that farmers living from five to ten
Mules from town are connected and
within speaking communication with
doctor, storekeeper. bank, grain buy
er, etc. Farmers telephone into town
in the morning for the price Of grain,
and if they like it they drive in with a
load or two. For their telephones the
farmers pay from 81 to $3.50 a month,
and as time-savers they are said TO be
worth from ten TO twenty times their
cost. At the rate the telephone sys-
tenn is now being developed it will not
be more than couple of years till
nearly every farmer in Nebraska is on
the wire. With cheap telephones, rural
free delivery and consolidation of dis
trlct schools into central buildings,
where there are several rooms, as
many teachers and grading pupils,
modern life in the rural regions is not
what it once was.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-07

and make him stop-cculdn't you, dar-
ling%
Terry's face was hidden in his hands
now. Then he raised Els head sudden
ly and looked at her.
"Dodo-suppose-- suppose" he said
hoarsely, "thac could put my finger
on the scoundrel-what then"
30. Terry, you could go to him and
make him stop You could tell how
good and sweet mummy is, and how
we all love her. Perhaps he's got a
little girl of his own, and If you tell
that can't live without mummy he
will be sorry. Perhaps he could take
some one who wouldn't mind a Bit
some one who has no little girl, or ia
Their, or you. o. Terry, tell him l can't
let mummy so. And when l am a
woman father says l viii be rich, and
l Will give 1t all to him will give
him eyerything-eve o, Terry,
tell him that"
Terry caught the little, sobbing. tor
tured creature in his arms and pressed
bis face tightly against her fair head.
Then he pulled out his handkerchief
and wiped her eyes
''DoGo, my sweetheart, listen to me.
Mummy is quite safe-no one is going
to take her away. Tiff anyone
thought of-at least" He stumbled
in his speech, and then went on boldly.
Il know the fellow, Dodo, and he is
heartily sorry that he ever thought of
such a thing. You believe me, when
tell you that mummy is all right?'
Yes, Terry" She looked up at him
trustfully. She knew that her darling
Terry would make thirgs right.
.Dodo, sweetheart, L want you to
promise me this: that you viii try and
forget all that you have told me, and
never mention it to anyone, and that
you will be very good TO mummy, and
love her with every bit of love in your
warm little heart Promise me this,
dear"
II promise, Terry-Terry, darlingw
He stopped and kissed with a So
lemnify that awed her-it did not seem
a bit like her old laughing Terry. But
she felt that never had she loved him
as she did now.
MY little good angelw said the
young fellow, with an odd break in his
voice. go and play with the others.
I'm going to have another smoke"
She kissed hird and chung to him With
a tenderness and trust that moved him
deeply.
There is nothing to trouble you now,
dear. / will make 1t all straight"
She went away obediently and quite
contentedly. He watched the slender,
white figure until it vanished; then he
turned away with mist In his eyes
And he was miles away the next
morning when his BRIEF farewell was
taken up to Mrs. Garth. And after
wards she thanked GOO that she had
been saved az the eleventh hour: for
the future held much happiness for
her, and the deep. trusting love Of
Dodo's father won hers so long with.
held.-Chicago Tribune.