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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Costume of Noted Beauty.

cloth suit was worn by Miss May
Schwartz, who was voted Queen of
Beauty at the Mardi Gras carnival at
New Orleans year ago. Her hat was
a fine white straw, with a low crown,
rather round. with pale blue flowers
all around it. The hat was draped
with pale blue chiffon automobile
veil This was caught round to the
back and crossed and tied again in a
bow in the front The frock had an
Eton jacket reaching to the waist,
with each seam strapped with bias
folds of the CLOTH The sleeves were
hell shaped. also strapped and faring
at the elbow. where they were cut OF
and showed the dainty full white shirt
waist sleeve worn beneath. The skirt
was a tight-ftting. strapped one, cut
walking length, and Miss Schwartz
wore white stockings and shoes and
carried a pale blue silk parasol.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Iced Chocolate.

Carefully made and served iced
chocolate is delicious and wholesome,
though Eot nearly so well known as it
ought to be. TO prepare it, put into a
granite saucepan four ounces of pow
cered unsweetened chocolate and six
ounces of granulated sugar. Add one
quart of boiling water. and when well
mixed place over a moderate fire and
cook until the liquid is of the con-
sistency of thick syrup. Strain. cool
snd flavor with vanilla and cinnamon
Bottle and store in a cool place
When needed put two tablespoonsful
OF the syrup in a tall glass, with three
tablespoonfuls of whipped cream, one
gill OF milk and one gill of carbonated
water. Shake well before drinking.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
When Corn Wants Potash.

Last week we heard a farmer talk.
ing about his corn fields and his ex-
periences on land that has now been
found to be deficient in potash. He
had great trouble every year in keep
ing his corn from falling down. 1t
seemed to lack stiffness, and he could
seldom get it to the mature stage
without having it fall down before the
first heavy wind that came along On
the advice of Illinois scientists he ap-
piled potassium chloride to his land
The result was seen the following har-
vest in the stiffness of the corn crop,
which stood up not only till the time
to gather the corn came, but through
out the entire winter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Cold Storage Plants.

There has been quite furor for
the building of cold storage plants
during the last few years. Some
years ago men made fortunes by
erecting cold storage plants and buy
ing quantities of butter and eggs.
which were carried from the low
priced period Of the year to the high
priced period. This of course gave
large profits. AS was certain to be
the case, other men saw the same
method of getting rich and began to
build like plants. This was all right
for some years, while the number OF
plants was small enough so that the
goods stored would not greatly af-
feet the market. But the building
continued, and now the products
stored compete so strongly with each
other that the margin of difference of
prices at different times of year is
greatly reduced. Reports from New
Jersey tell of a new cold storage
plant at Jersey City, which was built
last year at a cost of 100000. The
establishment was perfect in every
detail and the promoters expected
great things. But they were unable
to secure business and the enterprise
went into the hands of a receiver.
The plant was offered for sale at
auction, with the proviso that not less
than $4,000 would be taken. Not
bid was received.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Some Fortunate stoekmen.

Little by little the practice of soil
ing cattle in the dryest and hottest
time OF summer is coming into vogue.
There are probably more farmers this
summer that have soiling crops for
their stock than ever before. In trips
through the portions of the country
where live stock is being raised we
notice that here and there are large
fields sown to fodder corn, and in ad-
dition fields OF rape and alfalfa The
use OF this green stun Is greatly re-
lieving the pressure on the pastures.
and viii make them more serviceable
in the FALL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Good Heifers from Good Cows.

No really good mixer should be
sold except for a very high price pro-
vided it is possible to breed her to a
dairy bull of good milking strain.
Every farmer should make an attemnt
to raise enough frst-class heifers for
his own use, and to do this he will
have to refuse to listen to the voice of
the tempter when he has the opnor-
tunity to let go of his best milch
COW for few more dollars than the
next best would bring. In the light of
a mother that cow is worth more to
him than she is to the man that in
tends to buy her, milk her for a few
months and send her to the butcher.
1t Is bad policy to try to buy cows
from Others One never knows what
he is getting in such case It takes
time for man to learn that the COW
he bought has faults, and during the
time he is finding this out he NAV be
losing money. Heifers raised on the
place are of more interest to the farm
er and his family than are the cows
that are purchased from no one knows
whom
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Salad of Iced Cherries.

Why not serve a dainty fruit salad
with the game course? Procure one
large can each of white and red Cali
fornia cherries, remove the pits with
out breaking the fruit and fill the
cavities with mnced walnut meats
moistened with mayonnaise or finely
chopped sweet peppers. Stand the
cherries on ice until chilled, arrange
nests of finely shredded crisp lettuce
edged with small heart leaves on
small plates. Fill the nests with as
sorted cherries and a spoonful of thick
cold mayonnaise dressing, topped with
single red cherry and tiny leaves
cut from green pepper. This salad
will be found most toothsome, as well
as a decided table attraction.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Currant Salad.

Here is a combination 1 meyer tried
before, but we found it good wanting
something different for lunch one hot
day. l had slices of corned beef laid
on a bed of lettuce; then we had in
ice chest currants that had been
washed and had sugar scattered over
them and had stood over night on ice
L put spoonfuls of these over the meat
served with my mayOnnaise dressing,
1t was very nice. Instead of currants,
beets cut into Straws and slightly
picked would be real good. If the
mayonnaise gets a little thick it can
be thinned with vinegar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Week Old Cream.

The buttermaking business of to-
oay is an entirely different PROPOSE
ton from what it was five years ago,
as the hand separator has made it
necessary to use many new and diff.
ferent methods than when nothing
but whole milk was received at the
factory. In the first place, cream
which is a week old ought not to be
accepted by any creamery, no mat
ter whether it is a cooperative cream
cry or. central plant, Lut competi-
ton is so fierce that it is accepted,
and this puts a premium upon old
cream, because the farmer isn't going
to deliver his cream any oftener than
is necessary to enable him to get the
same price as the farmer who deliv-
ers his cream daily. 1t is my opinion
that it is mistake to mix week old
cream with cream which is one or two
days old, and in good condition, and l
recommend that this old cream be
pasteurizea, heating it to as high a
temperature as possible without Civ
ing the cream a cooked flavor, and
then cool it to about 65 degrees, then
add good commercial or homemade
starter and then cool it down to about
90 degrees. The churning tempera-
eOAS 'oAiOS Will lQ0 season OF CQe
year from so degrees in the winter to
52 IN the summer. Care should be
taken not to overchurn the butter,
tnen draw off the buttermilk, add the
wash water, revolving the churn two
or three times. being careful not to
roll the butter so as to make it
chunky, then drain off the wash water
and work the butter until the salt is
entirely dissolved. I have made some
experiments and at the present time
am investigating several new ideas,
but, as yet, none of them have proved
success, and if it is going to be i'm
possible to force the farmer to bring
MS cream oftener than once a week,
1t Is my opinion that in the due course
OF time our men who are inventors in
dairy apparatus and dairy prepara-
tions will discover some piece of ma
eninery or some chemical which will
be OF great assistance, Lut until that
time our only salvation is to labor
with the farmer and show him how
1t is an impossibility to make extras
out OF cream which IS a week Old
J. H. Brockway
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

When Ashes Are Put on Land.
The application of ashes to land
does not necessarily show what that
land needs. 1t has been a favorits
practice to apply ashes to land to de-
termfne its supply of potassium, and
to-day most of our people believe that
the chief fertiliZing value of ashes is
the potassium. The writer remembers
a bare hill top to which he applied
cshes during all of one winter. The
next spring the growth was SO great
on that place that the hay could not
be cured on the ground where it was
grown; but part of it had to be car
rled to another spot to allow of it's
being spread thin enough to permit of
the suns getting into it. The natural
inference was that the land had be-
come very deficient in potassium But
Professor Hopkins of Illinois says
that the test is not a sure one in it's
results. He mentioned parts of Illi-
nois where there is no deficiency OF
potassium, but where the soil is acid.
The application of ashes brought good
harvests and the farmers wrote him
that their land needed potassium. He
investigated and found that they were
mistaken. The lime in the ashes
had neutraliZed the acid and caused
the change in conditions that resulted
In an abundant yield of grain. Some
kinds of ashes contain over SO per
cent OF lime, and this is the element
that does the work in many cases.
When land responds to the application
OF ashes it means that either the soil
contains too much acid, which the
lime in the ashes neutralizes, or hat
it is deficient in potassium.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
s,z zdaRa@,2z5:s zd@alRa@

one yeasl cake is equal to one
'eacupful of yeast. a measurement
oiten used In the older. much-prized-
cook books.
An innovation for the table is boiled
lettuce Boil the lettuce until tender:
serve the whole head and dress with
butter, pepper and salt.
CRACKS in iron kettles may be
mended with home effort. Mix DOW.
dered htharge with glycerin to the
consistency of uptty. After those ele-
ments are thoroughly mixed, apply
like any cement
When you happen to have a few
tablesRoonfuls of jam or jelly left
over. try what a delicious addition #
makes to baked apples. dropping a
teaspoonful into the core of each ap-
pie before they 60 in the oven.
Keep wire dfshcloth to set In the
bottom OF 4 kettle while cooking
anything that may stick and burn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
The Calf for Baby Beef.

The calf that is to be used for the
making of baby beef must be kept
growing from the start. If the calf
cannot be so fed on skimmilk that it's
growth will not be checked, then it
should have whole milk till weaving
time. A slowgrowing animal is of
little value to be used as a basis for
the production Of this kind of beef
that is now becoming so popular. The
calf must be carefully weaned. 1t will
not do to take it off a full feed of milk
and put it onto grain and roughage at
once. This process must be so gradual
that the calf will not realize it when
its milk is finally withheld
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
How to Make a Pretty Fern Pot.

Take a flower pot, paint it outside,
then spread a thin layer of putty over
it, and stick little pieces of broken
china close together over the surface.
letting the putty press between each
piece of china Let it stand until
dry; then take some gold paint and
go over all the putty that shows, and
enamel the inside a pretty color
Ginger Jars also look very pretty
when treated in the same way
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
A Christmas Gift

Down in Kankakee county, Illinois.
lives a farmer who has two bows in
the agricultural college. They have
become imbued with the idea that
agricultural science is the science
that leads all others. They have
learned enough about soils and fer
tilizers to know that the lands of their
father need potassium in some form
to make it yield good crops. Last De-
cember they determined to make their
father Christmas present and cast
about them for a suitable gift. They
concluded that ton of potassium
chloride would be just the thing. ana
proceeded to get together the money
and buy it A ton of this kind of
fertilizer cost them $50 The fertilizer
was used on the land this spring and
is giving promise of great things.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Killing Rose Bushes.

From the Farmers Review: 1 have
a piece of very sandy land. For some
time rose bushes have been working
into it, SO that in places they now
choke out the crop. l have tried to
exterminate them by plowing, but
they don't die out and continue to in
crease. You may know of some way
to Kill them out They are the COM
mon wild rose bushes and grow not
much over foot high Please let me
know if there is any way to get rid of
them-N. Richardson. Morrison Coun-
ty, Minnesota.
The only way to get rid of such un-
welcome visitors is to work them out
with farm tools of various kinds. The
short ways that are sometimes given
are always unsatisfactory The hoe
is probably the best weapon to use
against them if they ARE not too nu-
merous. Keeping them cut of below
the surface of the soil will accomplish
the work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Varying Gluten Content of Wheat.


The wheat grown in Manitoba and
the Northwest Territories in tlo sea-
son of 1902 was a good sample and
weighed well; but the millers were
unable to make a strong -four from it.
The bakers claimed that the -four was
weak and would not stand the proper
amount of fermentation; and yet it
seemed to contain a fair amount of
gluten Complaints were so general
that we were asked to examine the
flour, and, if possible, find out what
was wrong with it. The analysis show
ed that the gluten was poor IN quail
ity. The gluten of flour is made up
of two nitrogenous bodies, ~gliadin and
glutenin- The gliadin, or plant glue,
as it is sometimes called. is the sub
stance which gives tenacity to the
dough. 1t is due to the elasticity of
this gliadin that the gases produced
during fermentation are retained in
the dough and the dough is said to
rise" If the amount OF gliadin is
low. the gases break through and
escape and the dough does not rise
properly. The Patent" grades of
-four always contains more gliadin
than the lower grades, made from
the same wheat, and, consequently,
are stronger fours, and the dough
rises better. On examining the flours
made from wheat grown in the West
in 1902. we found that they were all
very low in gliadin.-Ontario Station.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
Two Effects of Glover.

The work of clover is not always to
get nitrogen from the air. There are
some soils that are rich enough in
nitrogen and yet need the presence of
the legumes. In a visit to Antioch,
illinois, the writer observed that the
soil is only little acidy and that it
is also rich in nitrogen. Clover is be-
ing grown, but its work of soil reno
Vatlon is different from that it has to
perform on some other soils, especial
ly those that are deficient in nitrogen
Here the roots go deep into the soil
and help to improve the physical con-
d1tlon of the soil. 1t taps the stores
of potassium and phosphorus that are
hidden away in the depths of the
earth and brings them to the upper
layers of soil, where they will be with
IN the reach of the plants that do not
have the deep root systems that
clover and alfalfa have
The clovers will be found to be use
tul on almost all soils where they will
grow, either as collectors of nitrogen
or as subearth cultivators. They send
their roots deep into the soil and tun-
mel In every direction. The roots in
time die, leaving a multitude OF pas
sages in the soil. These act as drains
and as air channels, by which the soil
is more fully aerated. AS a nitrogen
gatherer the clover is of great use
on millions of acres of our lands
from which the nitrogen has been ex-
hausted, and on millions of other
acres it acts as a carrier of fertility
from the cellars to the upper storage
rooms of the soil
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

1t will adapt itself to the shape of
kettle better than a trivet or a pail
lid OF course, it must be kept for
this purpose exclusively.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

London a great lady keeps a hive Of
bees. The open window gives her
pets q chance to hunt for honey I'm
Hyde park. which is near at hand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

among the latest shown and are taste
full and becoming as well as fashion
able The very pretty model illustrat-
ed combines pink and white dim1nty
with white lawn, the big dots being
embroidered and all edges finished
with fancy braide; but the design is
an admirable one for all seasons and
for all materials in vogue for gar
nents of the sort. To make the jacket
Tor woman of medium size will be
required AZ yards of material 27,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

Yards 80 or 2ss yards A inches wide,
With Ayard 32 inches wide for yoks
and cuffs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03

For hog pastures woven wire L. the
best fencing material.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-03
For Morning Wear.

House jackets made with yokes that
extend well over the shoulders are
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
PUNS AND PROMOTIONS.
Clergymen Who HIVE Been Reward
ed For Their FacetiOusness.

Clergymen Who HIVE Been Reward
ed For Their FacetiOusness.
Canon Melville owed his earliest pro-
motion to a pun, says Il London jour
nal When the late Earl of Dudley,
who knew Mr.. Melville sufficiently to
remember that his Christian name was
David, had living at his disposal he
received letter containing only the
words, Lord, remember David" The
earl's reply was no less terse and Scrip
tural: Thou art the mani!
Perhaps the earliest instance of &C.
clesiastical promotion won by pun is
that of a curate named Joseph, who
was prompted by Swift to take this
text for a sermon preached in ST. Pat
rick's cathedral, Dublin. before the
viceroy, Butler" the Duke of Or
mond. yet did not the chief Butler
remember Joseph, but fOrgat him"
The Rev. DR.. Mountain, who was the
son Of a beggar. owed nearly every
step Of his successive promotions in
great part to his facetiOusness and
won the last step of all by single
Jest. When he was consulted as bishop
of Durham by George IL. as to the fit
test person to fill the vacant archiepis-
cOpal see Of York he replied: Sir,
hadst thou faith as grain of mustard
seed thou wOuldst say to this Noun
tain dramatically striking his breasD,
BE thou removed and cast into this
sea (see).' That George ii. should
so understand and appreciate the joke
as to accept its suggestion is perhaps
the strangest part of the story.
Apropos of puns, promotion and the
see of York, here is a good story of a
living given by an archbishop of York
In reward for an impertinent personal
pun. The archbishop, Sir William
Dawes, entertained his clergy at din
ner shortly after the death of his wife
Mary, who appears to have been a reg
ular Mrs. PrOudie at once to his grace
and to the diocese At dinner the arch
bishop apOlOgized with sigh, for
things not being in the apple pie order
that prevailed when his dear, dead
wife, Mary, was alive Being himself an
1nveterate punster, he added, with
sad shake of his head, "She, indeed, was
Mare Pacifcumy A curate who knew
too we'll what a tartar the deceased
lady was rejOined, Aye, my lord, but
she was first Mare Mortuumw and was
absolutely and Immediately rewarded
by the archbishop for this impertinent
pun with living of $500 a year.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
Intermarrying Among Rocks.

Among the odd habits Of rocks is the
way that members of the same rookery
have Of intermarrying generation after
generation. The males always choose
their wives from their near neighbors,
and if one should be so bold as to
bring home to his rookery bride from
distance the other rocks will invari-
ably refuse to receive her and will
force the pair to build some way off.
In the neighbOrhOOd of big roOkeries
outlying nests Of this kind may always
be found.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
Use For a Little Ornhnn.

Some years ago one Of the charitable
societies of Iowa sent a number Of
orphans to one of the towns of the
state for distribution among childless
people. The distribution aroused much
interest in the village. AS the orphans
were being given to those who wanted
to adopt children Il little resident Of
the town ran up to her mother and
said:
'Oh, mamma, wish you would take
a little orphan girIr'
But, my dear" replied the mother,
Il have you. What do want with an
orphan"
Il know you have me-" said the lit
tie girl, ''but you might want to have
a funeral. and you could use the little
orphan girl instead of me-"
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
BALLOON SPIDERS.
They Voyage at Great Heights over
Sen as Well as Land.

sen as " ell as Eanu.
Given steady breeze and free
course, there is practically no limit to
the distance which il ballOOning spider
may traverse. The writer has taken
orb weaverS from their snuggeries un-
der divers shPltering projections ut the
highest attainable point on the dome
of ST Peters in Rome whittier they
had doubtless been carried by the wind
when yOunElingS. One may see fieckS
of SOSSamer afOat at far greater
heights. Seafaring folk often note
spider balloons speeding by them ut
sea or entangled upon various parts of
the vessel Darwin. in his famous
voyage of the Beagle. When sixty
miles from land saw great numbers of
small spiders with their webs. When
they first came in contact with the rig
ging they were seated upon threads.
and while hanging to these the slight
est breath of air would bear them out
of sight Thus. though SO far from
land, the wee vOyagerS We're still NOV
ing on over the main.
steamship captain told the writer
of a like observation made by him
While sailing along the eastern coast
of South America during the month of
March his ship was covered with innu-
merable spider webs. He was then
more than POO miles from land. about
400 miles south of the equator. The
wind was blowing from the continent.
"The spiders seemed like elongated
balls" said the captain. with sort of
umbrella canopy above them They
settled upon the sails and rigging and
finally disappeared as they came You
know" he added. that it is not un-
usual for birds to be blown out to sea.
How much easier for a spider, prOvid-
ed he has the means to keep himself
suspended in the air."-H. &. McCook,
LII. D.. i'll Harper's Magazine.