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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

seat himself in the stern and natu-
rally expect you to do all the pull
ing"
You shouldn't row so well, then,'
said a masculine auditor.
The majority of girl athletes pre-
fer the surf bathing to fresh water
dip, for, as one girl expressed it,
there is more credit attached to swim
ming in the breakers than to the same
exercise in still water. She no longer
takes her perfunctory dip in the surf,
but swins out some distance and then
comes swimming back with long,
steady strokes, which bring admira-
ton from the observers.
When she reaches the shore she is
not in the least tired and is quite
willing to accept a challenge of any
of her male friends for a race, in
which, if she does not come in first,
she is always a close second.
She is not averse to taking off her
shoes and stockings once in a while
and dabbling her feet in the water
when no one is looking. That, again,
shows how she has broken away from
the bounds which once confined her.
When the weather prevents out-of-
door exercise the modern girl does
not NOPE in the house and read nov
els. She has her gymnastic outfit and
billiard table.
When fall comes and the out-ofdoor
summer sports have gone, then the
modern girl arises early in the morn
ing and sets out on her long tramps.
She may carry a shotgun and go un-
attended by her dogs to a well-known
covert where birds may be found, and
there she tries her skill as a marks
man.
She seldom fails to bring home the
trophies of her skill, while the glow
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
MAIDENS OF MUSCLE
MODERN GIRL NOT OF THE
CLINGING VINE VARIETY.
Robust, Independent and Fearless,
She Can Row Boat or Figure in
Athletic Games After the Men of
Her Set Give Up.

The clinging ivy and the sturdy oak
idea has received it's quietus- The
fragile woman, much adored and
courted by men, is a thing of the past.
Much to the regret of the men. per-
haps. has all this happened. 1t may
be that they long for return of the
gentle maiden who had TO be shielded
from the sun, whose most arduous
exercise was riding in victoria, who
was so essentially feminine.
There is no chance for a modern
Sir Walter Raleigh to spread his cloak
over a mud puddle for a modern
queen The queen would jump the
puddle. 1t is distressing for the men,
who, for the sake of self-respect, must
be stronger and sturdier than the
women. They must be the sturdy
oaks even If the ivy refuses to cling
Their only hope is in developing in
to Samsons. AS soon as this has been
realized thoroughly they may be de-
pended on to rush for the physical
culturists, the gymnasiums, and the
turnvereins. The American girl will
force the American man to hustle for
muscle. Then everybody will have BIZ
ceps which stand out like knotted
hawsers, and America will be the ath-
letic wonder of the world.
"A girl cook in cap and gown on
a yacht? Why, it's outlandish,"
That's what a man said, and a man
usually knows about things yachting,
but for once this gentleman with the
massive brain has been mistaken. 1t
isn't Outlandish in the least. Who
ever found anything that common
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Sea Serpent Chased Him.

Grover Wehnes, the 1S-year-o1d son
of President Conrad Wehnes of the
Geneva N. Y, common council, is
telling of an experience he had few
days ago with a Seneca Lake sea
serpent.
He says he was sailing his yacht
near Kashong Point, when the beat
was slowed down by an obstruction.
He lifted the centerboard, and as
the boat went ahead he says he saw
tie serpent astern. 1t was as big as
a shark. round in body and had great
yellow eyes. 1t kept up with the
yacht for half mile. when it sank.
Il wouldn't take that trip again for
$780," he said.-New York World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
The BEGINNER.

A beginner should study the avail
able literature pertaining to the busi-
ness, and then put. in practice what
he learns. As Felch says: Success
in the poultry business is like the old
Indians idea OF a good time. He used
tobacco, rum and a little more rum.
But with poultry you must use good
stock, good care and little more good
care" Follow this. and success is
certain. A large number of the fall
ures with poultry have been made by
people who seemed to think that any
one could take care of a hen and a
flock of chickens, and invested heavily
before they knew the business. / be-
Heve that it takes as much study and
experience. il not more, to be a sue
cessful poultry man than it does to
enter any of the trades or professions.
When you have decided that the poul-
try business is the right vocation for
you, the next thing is the right loca-
tion- The market, soil and climate
should be the factors in determining
the location, in the order named. A
good market is most essential,-near
some large city, If -possible--Charles
g. Greene.
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home, for the game is as popular as
it was when it began the athletic girls
career
The modern athletic girl swims,
paddles her canoe and rows. Old men
look at her with wonder.
I'm our days. they say as her boat
skins along, IF a woman ventu-ed
on the water at all it was in a fat
bottomed boat. And il that should
tip the least bit there were screams
AID requests to be taken ashore i'm
mediately. This new girl can row
as well as we can
Really" said one healthy looking
girl to another not long ago, ''the men
are getting positively rude. nowadays.
If you ask one to go rowing he will
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Antarctic Eccentricities.

Some of the seamen returned to
New Zealand from the Discovery, who
have had experience of both the Arc
tic and Antarctic, say that the cold
in the latter is less severe and the
atmosphere drier. A curious phe>
nomenon they did not expect, and
cannot explain, is the fact that the
cold winds in the Antarctic were
usually north, while the comparative
ly warm winds were southerly. They
saw icebergs of the most fantastic
shapes, resembling houses, churche es
and steamers. The sledge dogs
struck work repeatedly, and the men
had to do quite as much pulling as
the animals. In the western s1edge
journey an ice-slide was descended
in one minute ten seconds. 1t took
three days to ascend the same slide
on the return journey, the sledges be-
ing hauled up by block and pulley.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Indiana Dairy Meeting.

Any Indiana dairymen wanting a
dairy meeting held in their locality
will do well to address H. E. Van
Norman, secretary of the Indiana
State Dairymen's Association, Lafay-
cite, Indiana The association is anx-
ious to preach the gospel of dairy i'm
pro.ement and will arrange to hold
meetings in suitable places. The
vicinity of cheese factories. cream
cries, skimming stations or cream
shipping stations are desirable 1ocali-
ties for this work The schoo1-house
is almost always obtainable for such
meetings and should be so used. 1t is
desired to do most of this work this
summer and fall, and those wishing
such meetings should apply at once
for dates, speakers and programs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

Places Free From Cow Ticks.
l. 1t is well known that the United
States Department of Agriculture.
recognizing the poisonous properties
Of the COW tick. has established rig
i'd quarantine line running from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean north OF
which the COW tick is not supposed to
be found. This line runs just north
of Mississippi and includes to the
south OF it eight or ten counties in
Tennessee.
2. There are many farms all over
our state that are free of ticks. Re
Gently I wished to vaccinate some i'm
ported Hereford cattle in Marshall
county and was unable to find a tick
infested native COW in the neighbor-
hood from which to draw the blood.
Upon further examination / was told
by some parties that they had not
seen COW tick during the summer
within a radius of five miles of that
place. / do not think / am wrong in
estimating that fully one-half of the
townships in our counties that border
on Tennessee are free of COW ticks.
The same is true to a less extent of
many of the counties south OF these.
We have made observations in Pano-
la, Lafayette, Pontotoc. Union, Lee,
and Prentiss counties and know that
in them it is by no means uncommon
to find tick-free districts. In the north
ern part of the state we attribute this
to the fact that the temperature gets
low enough to destroy these parasites.
g. Cow ticks are never found in a
field that has been cultivated since
occupied by tick-infested cattle, since
plowing up the land destroys all ticks
and tick eggs. The cultivated lands
of the state include a large area.
t. Pastures and woods that have
not been occupied by ticky cattle for
twelve months will be free OF ticks.
Much of our pasture lands are used
longer than year by horses, sheep
and other live stock.
s. We have seen that water, ON
overfowed lands kills mature female
ticks, kills and washes away seed
ticks, and washes away tick eggs
Much of our state. including the Mis-
sissippi bottom lands, and certain
prairie regions are thus freed of ticks.
6. Small lots around towns are usu-
ally free of ticks since they are close
Iy grazed and the direct rays Of the
sun prevent tick eggs from Matching.
Bulletin 73, Mississippi Experiment
Station.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

girl might do outlandish, and if they
did, who would dare say so?
A yacht doesn't necessarily mean a
floating palace. Persons of moderate
fortune may indulge in the pleasures
of a small and comfortable yacht
without undue extravaganza, and
there is no place where a girl may
have a more restful or entertaining
time than aboard a yacht. To ex-
change the binding sands of a hot
beach for a boat rocking over the cool
waves is too enticing an opportunity
for the average summer girl to resist
if it comes to her. If she likes to
mess around" with cooking and that
fun to go into the galley, put out the
cook in cap and coat and get up a
luncheon or a dinner.
The sweet, pale, clinging woman
has disappeared. She who screamed
and tainted on the slightest provoca-
tion has gone In her place stands a
woman who is robust, independent
and fearless, and none the less beau
tiful because she is strong.
She is as great a devOtee of out-of-
door games as the men of her fam
lily. She can go into any sport with
out being stigmatized by Nine Grun-
dy as vulgar. She can carry a rifle
on her shoulder without being called
mannish- She knows how to use a
fishing rod.
The golf girl leads in outdoor life
In short skirt and shirt waist sleeves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Anory Bees Clear a Street.

A swarm of bees collided with an
electric car at Fort Wayne. Ind, a
few days ago and became panic
stricken and scattered. The windows
of the motorman's apartment were
open and the bees flew into the car.
causing CONSERVATION among the
passengers, several of whom were
stung. The bees took possession of
the street, and when bicycle riders
and wagon drivers suddenly found
themselves stung by angry bees.
there were many strenuous flights to
safety.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Hog Feeds.

At the Ontario Experiment Station
swine feeding experiments justified
the following conclusions:
1. Barley alone gave larger gains
than when combined with either oats
or corn
2. Barley and roots gave larger
gains than barley alone.
g. Cooked roots gave much better
results than raw roots. but it is very
probable that the individuality of the
animals had more to do with causing
this difference than the cooking Of
the roots.
4. In the case of cooked roots, one
pound of grain proved equivalent to-
So pounds of roots. This is not nearly
SO high a value as many people place
upon roots for feeding hogs; but il cor
responds very closely with the results
of extensive Danish experiments.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
RanciditY in Butter.

If butter-fat is sealed up and kept
in cold dark place it will retain its
normal character and appearance for
many months, but If it is kept in
warm place and exposed to light and
air it will quickly undergo chemical
and physical changes and become
rancid. Ransidity is developed by
oxidation, by which means it loses it's
customary appearance and smell.
The acidity does not greatly increase
as is shown by analysis. There is
difference between whole butter and
pure butter fat in their becoming
rancid. The rancidity OF the former
is caused largely by bacteria working
on the casein, lactose and other in
gradients that serve as bacterial food.
But in the case of pure butter fat
there is no bacterial development for
the reason that this substances will
not sustain bacterial life. Two Euro
pean experimenters-Ducl and Rit-
sert-have proven that bacteria can
not thrive in a medium of pure fat,
and that all changes taking place in
fats are due to oxidation. Air, light
and warmth are therefore the great
factors in producing the rancidity OF
pure butter-fat- When pure butter-fat
begins to get rancid it begins to
cnange color, getting lighter. This
action begins on the surface and
spreads downward very gradually till
the whole lump is bleached. With
this change comes a lardy smell and
taste. The taste at first acid becom es
burning and pungent- After several
months of such exposure the butter
fat changes into a semi-solid pasty
mass.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

" p IN the attic where mother goes
Is a trunk in shadowed nook
A trunk-and its lid she will oft uncIose
AS If it were preciAls book.
She kneels at its side the attic boards
And tenderly, soft and slow.
She counts all the treasures she fondiy
boards
The things of the long ago.
A yeilowing dress, once the sheerest
white.
That shimmered in joyous pride
She looks at it now with the girls delight
That was hers when she stood bride.
There is ribbon of faded blue
She keeps with the satin gown;
Buckles and lace-and a little shoe;
Sadly she lays that down.
One lock of hair that is golden still
With the gold of the morning sun:
Yes. and a dollie with frock and frill-
She lifts them all, one by one.
She lifts them all to her gentle lips,
Up there in the afternoon;
Sometimes the rain from the cave trough
drips
Tears with her quavered Groom.
Up in the attic where mother goes
Is trunk in a shadowed place
A trunk-with the scent of a witherec
rose
On the satin and shoe and lace.
None of us touches its battered lid,
But safe in it's niche it stays
Sacred to all that her heart has hid
Gold of the-other days
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
a cosmopolitan rhorouohfare.

A Japanese family have opened a
pretty log cabin near Magnolia, Mass,
for the sale of their waves Right
across Is the Indian store and not far
away Spanish tea house. Close by,
too, is an exhibit of oriental tapestries
and jeweled trinkets, while q He
brew tailor who presses pants all day
long completes q cosmopolitan group
OF stOrekeepera.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
A Natural curioaity.

A Brunswick, Me-, man displays a
curious growth found by him on tree
in that town which, thus far, no one
has been able to classify 1t consists
of a hollow. egg-shaped piece of wood
about the size of a football and of
wood one-fourth of an inch thick. Its
formation on a tree in such a peculiar
shape is a matter of much comment
by all who have seen it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Gates on Norway Roads.

Gates at frequent intervals bar the
country roads in Norway. and are a
nuisance to travellers, who have to
leave their vehicles and open the bar
riers. These distractions mark the
boundaries of farms, or separate the
cultivated sections from the waste
lands.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Catch Crops.


The following catch crops are sug-
gested by A. C. Hallman:
Rape sown with oats or barley
about two weeks later than the grain
is sown, at the rate of three pounds to
the acre, and brushed in with weed
er, gives grand pastures in the fall for
hogs and young cattle. Rape can also
be sown with the last cultivating of
corn, and when the crop is removed
the young plants grow right along, and
give lots of green feed in the fall.
Wheat stubbIe. gang-plowed shallow
and sown early with oats mixed with
few peas, barley or rye, also give an
abundance Of fall pasture for cows.
Rape can also be sown. and gives
nice fall picking. 1 have sown oat
stubble with rape and some grain and
had good results.
Timothy should always be sown
with fall wheat, even If it be plowed
down right after harvest The seed
amounts to only a trifle. 1t never
winter kills. and where the wheat Is
winter-killed or heaved out the timo-
thy is there, keeping down the weeds,
and at the same time making good
feed
Rye is an excellent crop to SOW In
the fall for late picking or early pas
ture in the spring. This can be sown
on ground that Is intended for root or
hoed crops. It makes q splendid cover
crop, and where not wanted for pas
ture will add a lot of humus to the
soil when plowed down. Some sea-
sons white turnips will well pay for
the labor, when sown after crop is
taken on. When sown in drills you
can clear the land by frequent culti-
vation.
Catch crops not only help to enrich
the soil, but also help to clean it.
With shallow cultivation all foul weeds
germinate; these are picked on
through pasturing, and You are rid of
them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Cumming of Trees

There have been described several
different conditions of disease which
are accompanied by an exudation Oh
gum, not only OF the peach, but Of
other stone fruits. The exudation of
gum from wounds is especially char
acteristic OF these fruits. in which
case under normal conditions the fiow
of gum is not great, but it is protec-
ton against weathering and invasion
by parasitic fungi. besides greatly as
sisting the process of healing. It is
only when the flow of gum becomes
excessive or chronic that it assumes
the nature of diseases, and then it is
due to some obscure cause of phys
iological nature such as improper
soil or root conditions, or anything
which may interfere with the natural
functional activities OF the tree The
stinging of the fruit by insects or the
operations Of the fruit bark beetle
(also called the pin borer) on the tree
always excites a flow of gum. It is
to the work of the fruit bark beetle
that 1t is wished to call attention
here. This is the only type of gum
ming disease that has been observed,
and it only in a few isolated cases.
This particular trouble has been re-
ported as being very injurious at
times in New York. Ohio, Illinois,
Maryland, and other eastern states.
The fruit bark beetle is a small black
insect one-twelfth to one-tenth inch
long, and the injury it causes consists
in the making of a great number of
small holes through the bark to, or
into, the sap wood, causing an exten-
sive gum flow and deadening of the
bark Immediately around the pune
lures. usually resulting fatally to the
tree. 1t is reported that the insect
more commonly visits sickly trees
than healthy ones. and that on such
trees the larvae can be found in num-
bers between the bark and wood.
There seems to be no definite rem
edy recommended, and perhaps the
only one to be suggested is the paint
ing OF the tree trunks with some kind
of wash that will tend to keep the in
sects away, together with keeping the
dead trees and similar trash well
cleaned out OF the orchard.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

Attend the poultry shows and study
the fowls This win take time, but
it IL worth time Talk with the most
successful breeders and adopt their
boGt methods
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Gas From Chalk.

An invention for manufacturing gas
out Of chalk hsS been tried In Sussex.
England. with 1t IS said. surprising
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05

The word clutch" is applied both
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-05
Women Barred for centur4es.

No woman has entered the convent
Of St Catherine on Mt Sinai. tori
1.loo years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-18

A total Of s2,2S2. 933.7l in state war;
rants Is at present outstanding against!
the state and drawing interest. accord
ing To the semi-Hnnual report of thd
state auditor. filed with the governor
recently. The report is for the period
from June | 1908. to December |. 1903.
and the total "a taken from the rcC{
ord of The auditors office on that day.
OF this amount. s2.263. l77.2l is in gen
eral fund warrants and the remainder
on special funds. etc. On the first day
OF June, 1903. there was outstanding i'm
general fund warrants against the state
and drawing interest, the sum of ST.
99I ,67l.9S. The heavy increase OF s265, =,
5O5.23 in interest bearing general fund.
warrants is accounted for by the appro,
priations made by the last legislature
and the slowness with which taxes are
being paid into the county treasures,
by the individual taxpayers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-18
Mrs. Hanna's Taste in Dress.

Mrs. Marcus Hanna has acquired an
air and society manner generally 10
which she vas a comparative stranger
when the senator first became promi,
nent in public life. She has fairly mas,
tered the fine art OF dress. In the
past she was noted for rather too
striking color schemes, but now she
has a fondness for black and white.
Her hair, which is silver gray and
plentiful, is worn in a high knot, and
her hair'dresser waves II becomlngly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-18
Prizes for st. Louis Exhibits

The following persons have been
awarded special premiums by the Me-
braska state commission In the COM
petition for tho best sheaf grain to be
exhibited at the Worlds fair at st.
Louis next year:
II. Smidth. Bennington; w. ]. Win
dagb, Broken Bow; =. Moulton. Elk
City; j. Wilt, Bennington; G.. Coen.
Burwin; S. Miller rBoken Bow: II. J.
L,aughron. Albion; W. James. Pleasant
Hill; J. Brown. Bennington; c. Bush,
Nemaha; G. Dierks, Bennington: s.
Fee, Irvington. II. Grau, Elk City; J.
l.uchen, %lrvington; G. Grau. Benning-
ton; s. X. Haines, Broken Bow.
The winner of the special prize for
the best collection OF native grasses is
Mr.. c. C. Wright, OF Shedford, Neb.