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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
When Corn Is Too Expensive.

When Corn Is Too Expensive.
Bulletin 81, Montana Experiment
Station: 1t may appear to those from
the corn belt that the inability to
srow corn in most parts of Montana
is a strong argument against the bust
ness of swine-raising- In peas, how
ever, we have an excellent substitute
for corn. Bulletins "a of the Utah
Station by Mills, and 3S OF the South
Dakota Station by Chilcott, both re-
port peas superior to corn for fatten-
ing swine. Barley is reported by the
famous Danish pork producers to be
the best single grain for the produc-
ton of high-grade bacon. Director
Henry of the Wisconsin Station gives
the following comparison between
corn and barley as pork producers.
vix.:
Al pounds of barley meal produced
100 pounds of gain.
435 pounds of corn meal produced
100 pounds of gain.
Wheat-The results of several sta
lions show wheat and corn to be
nearly equal in pork producing value,
with very slight advantage in favor
of corn.
Oats-According to Henry's Feeds
and Feeding" the Massachusetts, Sta
ton reports that 20 per cent more oat
feed than corn meal was required to
produce 100 pounds of gain. Oats are
more valuable as an adjunct to tighten
heavier rations than when used alone
Rye-The results of comparative
work show rye and barley to have
about equal feeding values. These
facts tend to prove that our grain
foods are exceptionally well adapted
to pork making, and at the same time
the use of these is greatly facilitated
by the possibility of continuous sup
ply of heterogeneous forage crops during
a long growing season, and by root
crops in the winter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
quitoes are greatly incensed about it

quitoes are greatly incensed about It
too.
BY day the girls drift along smok-
ing from their heads like quiescent
Mount Pelees. BY night the dull red
dots of the glowing ends mark them
on porch and in hammock. The fancy
stores are doing a land Office bust
ness in junk sticks. They are cheap
at five cents the dozen
In the woods the girls hem them
selves around with a smoking pail
sade of Tuning sticks stuck round
them. This is to protect the ankles,
the burning sticks keeping the pests
from the face. The burnable part of
the joss sticks ceases four inches
from the end of the bamboo splinter.
There is enough of the sincombustible
part to stick in the hair without any
danger of burning it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

A college professor who was a wise
guy said recently that the reason men
in co-educationa1 institutions resented
the persistent taking of honors by the
girls was that they knew that the ap-
parent superiority was really fictf-
tious: that it was they-the men
who were to occupy the positions OF
Importance and be the leaders of the
world after graduation. If the man.
ager of home commanded as good .
salary as the manager of a bank thew
wouldn't think so.
me woman who has really loved
learns to shun the sensation. Tbara
is too much discomfort mixed mn
with it
The bachelor girl may not be able
to wear Paris gowns. but she never
has to ask anybody for carfara
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

fantile graces to cheer a hitherto
barren life. Flies in a bottle amused
him by the hour, or he played in the
last sunbeams, trying to fasten them
down with his little hands. He knew
no fear, and all the world, was his
friend. His sunshine filed the life
of the old man and overlooked into
ali the homes in the tenement. Thus
it was that his digestion was nearly
rrlned by surreptitious sticks of dirty
candy from the corner grocery, while
a lovely disposition caused him to be
surfeited by caresses from all the ma
tionalities that dwelt together with
more or less harmony under the same
roof. Old Jim worshiped him. His
keen eyes softened when he looked
at him, his gruff voice took on a new
tone, and Mrs. Schlitz said: HE vas
quite agreeable since dot baby came"
But one night as Jim neared home,
returning from the foundry, he saw
an engine at the hydrant belching
smoke and steam. A vague fear filled
him. He hurried on as fas as his
withered old legs could carry him.
Other engines pulled along the street,
water ran in big streams through the
gutter. A hook and ladder truck
dashed round the corner changing fu-
riously. Jim pushed his way through
the crowd. 1t was the tenement that
was burning.
Keep back, you old fool. you've
got to get out of the fire lines"
roared a fireman. Jim glared at him
and ran on. The stairs were filed
with firemen, pipes and running wat
er. Smoke was driving them back.
Jim pushed on. do you know If
they got out my 5aby?" he croaked.
Il dunno, I guess so. Which floor
do you live on?" answered the half
choked fireman. But Jim was gone
Just then there came a crash. The
roof fell in. And Mrs. Flaherty walled
from the opposite pavement. 'Ah!
what'n I do whin ould Jim comes
home and have to tell him the fire.
men brought out the baby smothered
intirely?"
But old Jim had gone home.-New
York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Preparing Orchard Land.

An orchardist of large experience
says: The general work of preparing
the land for planting an orchard con-
sists in deep filth, and the more thor
oughly it is done the more certain is
success. The preparation had best be
done late in the fall, when it will be
ready for early spring planting or for
fall planting if preferred. Many sue
cessful ochardists, especially in the
Western states, prepare the land by
opening with heavy pillow a furrow
where the rows of trees are to be set
and then back furrowing the space be-
tween them, making a land section
with tree row in the center. This
method affords a deeper filth under
the trees. and, at the same time, sur
face drainage into the opening and
finishing furrow midway between the
rows, which will receive and, If prop
erly graded, carry on any surplus
water which may accumulate from
heavy rainfalls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
''Old JIM
. .
. .

There was q cry outside the door.
Jim flung it open roughly and
listened, a stick concealed in the hand
behind his back. No step on the
rickety tenement stairs. no derisive
laughter greeted his ear. What was
1t? He peered into the semi-twilight
from under his shaggy gray eyebrows.
Again a shrill cry, this time from the
corner of the landing. kitten In
bundle of rags! He stopped to pick
1t up, two little hands flew up, and
baby cooed in his face.
Old Jim, derisively known as the
"Old Crank" had once been young
and even good-looking; but an acct
dent in the foundry had settled all
that, and the death of his mother had
left him alone to grow hard and sus-
picious and often irascible from an
aching spine. Hence his one little
room, at the top of the third long
flight of stairs, became his den, from
which he emerged to growl, under
provocation or without, at the numer-
Gus children who swarmed the stairs.
Ia fact, he had more than once been
heard to say that if more kittens were
kept and more children were
drowned the world would be better
off; whereby he earned the enmity
of the mothers in the tenement. 1t
was the very irony of fate that
brought the helpless baby to his door.
The innocent babe, delighted to be
held, smiled and cooed and waved
its aimless hands. Old Jim. poking it
cautiously to see If a note of explana-
ton was attached-for he had heard
of such things-was astonished to
hi Gn IA w in ho
tiny wandering baby fingers. So lit
tie, so soft, and yet so strong the
clasp ran up the old mans arm and
settled around his heart. The baby
gurgled softly. That was enough. The
old man looked cautiously down the
hall to be sure that no one was grin
ming at him, stepped back into his
room and closed the door.
Mrs. Flaherty on the floor below
had five small children and a large
motherly heart; and it was to her
that Jim went that night, after the
children were all out playing on the
sidewalk, to ask advice on the food
for the baby, and if she would sell
him some clothes.
Sell We some clothes? Faith, I'd
give 'em to ye gladly, if it wasn't
that Dicks out of work again. But
you don't mean to kape the poor lit
tie thing, do ye? You bein' away so,
all day."
"How can I tell about that, Mrs.
Flaherty? All I want to know now
is whether to give it anything but
milk and how to put its clothes on
"Ah! We helpless man. I'll come up
right away as soon as / do me
dishes"
And the next day she confided to
her neighbor, Mrs. Schlitz: "Ye ought
to of seen that room. Neat as wax,
me dear. To be sure, there was moth
ing much in it. The ould crusty
creetur bent double over the little
baby a changin' its clothes as handy
as any woman, and the little white
baby accom- away up into his black,
wrinkled face, like as if he was its
guardian angel. And he. the cross,
old creetur, a-smilin', yes, actually.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
The RuIl,s Feet.

Quite an important item of bulls
care that is nearly always neglected is
the care OF his feet. Don't let them
grow like a certain breeder uld his
bulls feet few years ago. The Short
Course students were there judging,
and one of them ventured to call the
attention of the breeder to the six
inches or more of toes the old bull had,
and the breeder replied. Young man
don't you know it is now winter, and
of course we keep him on runners"
1t is a simple operation to throw a
bull with a rope and to saw on his
boots with small saw. Nothing else
is as good as a saw, and a good Job
cannot be done unless the bull is
thrown--C. l. HILL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
The Rich Man. PLANT

I don't see what good my money
does me. / can't eat it I never saw
it in it's entirety. 1 dress no better
than my private secretary, and have
D much smaller appetite than ny
coachman. I live in a big barn of q
house, am pestered to death by beg
gars, have dyspepsia. and most Of my
money is in the hands of others who
use it mainly for their own benefit
New York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Alcohol From Artiehokes.

ThornwelI Haynes, United States
consul at Rouen, France, makes q very
suggestive report on the remarks of q
French writer relative to the artichoke
as q source of alcohol He says that
the price of combustible alcohol in
France il nearly double what 1t is in
Germany. In the latter country 1t is
chiefly the Irish potato that furnishes
alcohol. while In France 1t IL the beet
The Jerusalem Ortichoke In advocated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
In After Yesr..

wife-"Before we were married
you pretended that you liked to have
me sit on your knee"
Husband-'Weil, you were q pretty
good pretender yourself. You pre-
tended that you preferred TO ait ON Q
chair
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
Ace No Barrier.

That age is no barrier to scholastic
attachments is frequently demon
strated. 1t often happens that men
who enter a university at the age whom
most students graduate, make better
records than their fellows. Perhaps
it is due to ripened intellectual pow
ers, perhaps to the fact that they work
harder and more earnestly and waste
less time. Such a case was that OF
DR.. Phillip Arthur Reppert, who was
recently awarded the Benjamin Rush
medal for the highest scholarship dur
ing the last four years at Rush Medi-
cal College. He was selected for the
honor from a class of 227. Two years
ago Mr.. Reppert won the Freer medal.
It is the first time in the history of the
institution that one student has won
both medals. DR.. Reppert was form
erly a railroad man. For ten years
he was train dispatcher on the Bur
dispatcher and trainmaster on the
Union Pacific. When five years ago.
at the age Of 38, he sought entrance
to Rush Medical College. the dean
feared he would not be able to keep
up with the classes and advised him
to take a years preparatory course.
Potato Precedence.
Down in Cochran, Georgia, the at
fairs of civil justice are administered
by Judge Edwards, who is also .
capable and enthusiastic farmer. The
Saturday Evening Post relates that
one cloudy spring afternoon court was
convened to try a peculiarly tortuous
and perplexing case. Judge Edwards
listened uneasily for q time, with
growing unrest, every now and then
casting a quick glance through the
nearest window. He was observed at
last to seize a slip Of paper, scribble
q few words. place the document be-
meath a heavy paper-weight. and reach
for his hat
Captain" he called cheerily, EEK
cuse me fur interruptin' You. sub; you
go right on with your argument, which
is darned good one. It's suah gotn'
to rain this evenin', gentlemen, an I
got to set out my potatoes right away.
But you 90 right on, Captain! When
you an the Major get through you-
an II md my decision under this heaA
paperweight"
And the dosr closed upon N asts.-.
ished orator
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
What was itf

a-smilin'. Why, it TUX me aback so,
I offered to kape it next day with me
little Dan I'd just as soon have two
babies rollin' under me feet as one"
sYou vas Elm goot neighbor. Mrs.
Flaherty." said Mrs. Schlitz- 81 dink
you forget he promised to preak your
little Tommy's neck II he came oop
theee stairs Ags.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

Who busters along with his clatter-
ing blade,
In green regimentals and brass
fronted helm,
With blackened mustaches. and hair
in pomade
And powderLas proud as Prus-
sian?-the sehelm!
Who ruff1es with DULLES and frightens
the tops?
Who growls at the tavern, grun-
voiced as bear:
"Sturmwetter un Hage1! Schnel!
HER NIT mein' Schnapps?"
Why, Friedrich Won Heusen, the
Hessian chasseur;
The scorn of the Briton who gives
him his pay,
The tyrant and dread of the Tory
recruits,
The bugbear of children, who shrink
from the way
And quake at the creak of his
heavy-soled boots;
For foul are the rumors that darken
the door
OF Sugar-House -Prison-that Keep
OF despair,
Where poor, captive Rebels are dead
by the score
In Friedrich the Jailer's benevolent
care!
The Hessian caroused at the inn till
the gray
Stole over the rose where the sun
had gone down,
Then strolled through the fields to
the Collect that lay
Embosomed in meads, to the north
of the town
A lake that was loved by the angler,
who claimed
The crimson-fiecked trout Of its
crystalline waves.
But Stunned after twilight, for mon
SterS unnamed
Arose from the depths of its bot
tomleSs caves.
Arthur Guiterman in New York
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08

As Friedrich glanced out toward its
centering isle
He spied in the thicket, half hidden
from view,
A form, worn and wasted and lean as
a file.
In rags of Reoellion-the Buff and
the Blue.
"Ho, kerl." jeered the Jailer. thy
garments are torn!
Thou runaway Rebel, come hither,
say,
Thy comrades are lonely, thy prisons
forlorn.
No? Dummkopf! I'll fetch thee;
and then shalt thou pay!"
He cast down his helmet in ireful
haste,
He kicked down his jack-boots, he
tore off his coat,
And girding the big-hilted sword to
his waist,
He splashed in the lake with curse
in his throat.
The waters, as black as the glass Of
Lorraine,
Were stirred from their depths .
with a heave and roll;
Fright-stricken, the Hessian surged
forward-in vain,
The Fiend of the Collect had come
for his toll!
He struggled, but silent, resistless as
Fate
A huge scaly arm strained his
thews, fold on fold,
He screamed in his madness; re-
morseleSS as Hate
A great, evil claw gripped his throat
in its hold.
The bubbles rose, sobbing, then
ceased and were still;
The ripple was hushed on the she'll
Uttered shore;
The darkness descended on river and
hill;
And field, camp and prison knew
Friedrich no morei
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-08
FertiIizers for Orchards.

Fertilizers for Orchards.
Scientists and practical orchardists
are generally agreed on the great value
of well-rotted barnyard manure as
the best for an apple orchard. says
government bulletin. 1t not only sup
plies humus. but it contains large
per cent of other necessary nutritfve
elements for maintaining health, vigor
and fruitfulness of tree and develop
ment of qualities for a fine fruit prod
uct. But as the stock of this sort of
manure is not always sufficient for the
general demand. other agents have
to be resorted to, and next in value
and in a concentrated form are I'M
leached wood ashes, which will supply
to great extent the necessary e1e-
ment of plant growth. 1t is maintained
by some authorities that one ton of
unleached wood ashes contains as
much plant nutriment as five tons of
ordinary barn manure, and whenever
obtainable ashes should be used in
preference to any other fertilizer.
There are many kinds of manufac-
tured fertilizers, some of which are
valuable for special soils, but to de-
termine just which brand to use is .
little difficult to decide without know
ing what elements are lacking in the
soil. The three elements most COM
monty deficient in soil are nitrogen,
potash and phosphoric acid, and chem
ical fertilizers that contain the largest
per cent of these substances will be
the most economical and beneficial.
A fertilizer containing one and half
to two per cent of nitrogen, one to
nine per cent of available phosphoric
acid. ten to twelve per cent of potash,
will give excellent results when APP
piled to orchard land in quantities
ranging from 400 to 600 pounds per
acre.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-09
WHAT A NATURAL DEATH?

large per of deaths of the present time at
tributed by physicians to heart failure though
could die if his heart failed to fail refused to STOP
Aside from heart failure" appendicitis be get
ting in its work way conceived of dozen years
However people keep dying of thing an
other partly with the help of doctors and partly in spite
of them Professor R. A Proctor in an article in the
Cosmopolitan quotes eminent physician as follows
"In the wide experience Of long practice have known
only person die natural death natural death Is
when death results simultaneous decay of all the
organs But die mostly from the decay of organ
heart lungs liver BRAIN kidneys. This is natural
death. When person dies natural death he breaks
UP like wonderful onehose shay which built in
such logical way for hundred years to day,
and any termination of life other than that of general de-
cay is unnatural The strength of is the strength
of his weakest organ, and is stronger than his
stomach"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-09
NOW COME ON WITH YOUR TROLLEYS.

An invention of street fender is just out which
is large revolving cylinder the full width of the car
This cylinder is of light steel framework
In revolving rapidly catches anything that may happen
to be in the way throws to SIDE including men,
women and children But the Cleveland street car com
pany has adopted a fender for all its which has
proved real ifesavng device. The inventor and some
railway men have been standing in front Of rapidly NOV
ing cars for the sport being picked unbruised by
the ingenious device It is impossible for the person
caught up by this fender roll out and get crushed IN
der the wheels The inventor a Mr. Benjamin Ley OF
Cleveland that he has taken into consideration
the rebound that body makes after being struck
and his prevents person from falling out and
being ground under the wheels The fender is made Of
steel lattced together that cushion is formed The
lower portion the forward part is furnished with a
hollow rubber tube heavy enough make servceabe
but still light that injury result to the human
body when struck When this happens the weight of the
body tits the portion upward at the forward end
and the victim falls into the basket thus formed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-09
HIS BELOVED SLEEP.

'Of all the thoughts of God that are
Born inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmists music Deep
Now tell me if there any is
For gift or grace SURPRISING this:
He giveth his beloved sleep
"'Sleep soft beloved sometimes say,
Yet have tune to charm away
Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep;
Yet never doleful dream again
Shall break the happy sumber when
He giveth His beloved sleep
His dew drops mutely on the hill,
His clouds above it saileth still,
Though its slopes men toll and reap
More softly than the dew is shed.
Or cloud is foated overhead,
He giveth His beloved sleep.
"And friends,-dear friends,-when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me.
And round my bier we come to weep,
Let one most loving of you all.
Say Not tear must DER her fall -
He giveth His beloved sleep, -
Elizabeth Browning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-09
xAy BE A MIGHTY CLASH.

Since the time when the oldest Of cannot recall
a clash between England and Russia has been imminent
practically always the interest that Of the
eastern question Japan has threatening fall afoul
Russia for decade the interest But Japan
doesn't count save in her estimation. Things
suning an ugly look the far east. Lord Curzon. the
Vceroy OF India is careful He is not given to
IN speaking International questions Of grave
import forhids loose talk Of such
1t is impossible therefore pass lightly by his en-
phatic declaration gathering Of chiefs powerful
among the nhabiants Of the hot shores Of the Persian
gulf that they forget that England would never
permit another great power obtain any footing that
Of the Indian ocean divide with Great Britain the
overlordship Of the region fronting the guf The
viceroy promised protection these who acted in accord
with British wishes and directions and med
others that no unfendly conduct or preferment cg any
other nation would pe tolerated
This attitude the part Of Great Britap emphasizes
another point CT irritating and dangerous friction with
Russia Fer large c the Russian empire the route
through Persia offers The natural way the
tendency Russia extend her possessions south
the Indian natural is
and formidable to powers which would like block the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-09
MONROE DOCTRINE MUST MONROE.

Our Democratic contemporaries aided and abetted by
the European press have much to offer in the way OF
criticism touching Reeseves recognition Of the indie
pendence of Panama intimatng insinuang maintain
ing that policy might lead abrogation repud
alton of the Monroe Doctrine Wherein might be hard
for any one other carpers The essence
of the Monroe Doctrine South American protector
ate by the United government of North America
The New York Journal of Commerce grasps the idea in
asserting that should object most strenuousy to Ger
many European power exercising control over part
of Brazil or making colony of it, but if German
settlers gain predomnance in part of the coun-
try as to be able without outside interference aid to
carry revolutionary for independence" to
success would be business to suppress it or TO
help Brazil suppress it. 1t is not independence in
South America that object to- but dependence
any European power it may be that future revo
buttons continent may take the direction of
troll by new elements the population the old Span
ish Portuguese blood that has made such slow pro-
gress the long period Of its almost exclusive possession