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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-25
The New Fall Silks

Are here great variety of
fancies Vi plain fabrics at
right prices. Some very
special items in black and
fancics are told OF below:
10-inch Black Peau de Sole
in splendid. lustrous silk
for dresses. and Ia priced
very low ut yard. .. CSC
"a Inch Black Taffeta OF the
eL00 quality has been
pourchased at a low figure
and will sell at, yard. 75C
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-25

52nch All Wool Chevo black
will we'll; special yard TX
The Best Broad Cloth America for the this
different coos will smooth; the price is yard Al ar
o. inch Mhair in blue and black fine quality that
shed dust nicely; bargain at yard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Some Beauty Don'ts.

Don't neglect the daily bath if you
want a radiant complexion.
Don't be afraid of friction for the
face; freshness is prolonged by the
tepid bath in which bran has been
stirred, followed by long friction.
This keeps the blood at the surface
Don't battle the face and hands in
hard water Soften it with little
powdered borax or a handful of oat-
meal. The excess of lime in hard wa
ter neutralizes the oil in the skin
pores and thus hardens the cuticle.
Try always to get rain water for the
entire bath, but certainly for the face.
1t was to the saving virtues CT rain
water that many beauties of romance
owed their charms. Did not Diane of
Poitiers preserve her beauty by the
use of rain water?
Don't bathe the face while it is very
warm or very cold.
Don't battle the face just before go
ing out in the sun or wind.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
A New Mix Test.

It is reported that a German scien<
tist has invented new milk test, by
means of salts in solution, which have
the power to dissolve the casein of
milk The compound of salts is mere
Iy mixed with the milk in a tube and
the latter is placed in water, which
is nearly at the boiling point. The
tube used is marked with percent.
ages, and the butter-fat fills the tube
in the same proportion as the fat per-
centage in the milk. II this simple
system proves to be an accurate one,
the dairy world will be greatly bene-
fitted. The test itself will however
have to stand the test of further in.
vestigation and experience
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

that 1 admired so much at a garden
party on Saturday afternoon The
pretty white chiffon dress, with many
frills, was distinctly in 1880 style,
with its long sash ends and soft belt
of pale blue ribbon, and the Dolly Var
den hat was veritable inspiration,
with its full frilled brim of white
chiffon and crown of closely-massed
pale pink roses. Gainsborougl hats
look best always in black-gathered
tulle is altogether mirable-and a
long, sweeping ostrich plume gives an
air of dignity and picturesqueness to
an elaborate costume.-Exchange.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Some Uses of skimmiIk.

some uses OF Sktmmfik-
That skimmilk is useful feed for.
all kinds of farm animals is an estab-
lished fact 1t pays better, however,
to feed it to the young animals than
to old ones, though the latter use it
to fairly good advantage The young
ones have stomachs SO well adapted
to using skimmilk that they can get
more out Of it with less expenditure
of digestive energy than any others.
A good many experiments have
been made with it from time to time,
by the way of using it as a food for
mature farm animals. Here and there
are men that have fed it to their
milch cows, and in the absence of
other animals to consume it this is
good use to make of it. The value in
such a case depends on the market
price that can be obtained for it. In
the case of using it for COW feed it
will be found necessary to keep it
sweet till so used.
Colts and even mature horses have
been fed on skimmilk. One man
claims that his horses came to like
milk and that less grain was con-
sumed after the milk began to be fed.
We can easily believe this. The milk
contains a good amount of protein
and this of course goes to build up
the muscles and make protein from
grain less necessary.
On all of our farms the use of skim
milk for chicken feeding is now recog-
nized, and little urging is necessary
to induce the careful poultry raiser
to feed the fowls all the milk they
will consume When they cannot
use enough of it on account of its
watery nature, it is very easy to make
cottage cheese for them out of the
milk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
POgJHH ISY
Poultry Meat Profitable.

Poultry meat is always healthful
and always profitable to produce. 1t
takes at least two years to get the
steer to the point where the meat
may be marketed, but the meat of the
fowl is ready for market five months
or earlier after birth of the bird. The
money invested in the operation is
quickly turned The present inclina-
ton of the market for meat is up
wards, and this is as true of poultry
meat as of any other. The advan-
tage in the production of poultry meat
is that it is always marketable and
can be sold in small quantities. 1t
can be retailed out little by little,
that is, bird by bird, while a thou
sand pounds of beef must be quickly
marketed or it will spoil. Life is the
great preserver, and thousand
pounds of live chicken has an i'm
mehse advantage over a thousand
pounds of beef when tdemand is slow
and uncertain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Not to be smart1y dressed when
travelling is one of the objectionable
sartorial sins.
Many dazzling frock has just the
right note added by a pair of long
black silk gloves.
Some good combinations are salmon
and gray, navy and hyacinth blue and
coral and brown.
Zibelines for fall are closely
sheared and it is said that fur effects
will be in the background.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
FIavors for Meats.

Certain flavors are more appetizing
with some meats than with others.
Bits of meat are delicious when made
into salads.
From bits of leftover mutton make
mutton salad, seasoning with mint or
capers.
From leftover chicken make a sal
ad, using celery for f1avoring.
A delicious beef salad can be made
by chopping bits of leftover beef and
seasoning with tomatoes, cucumbers
and bits of celery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Deliver Cream Often.

Reports from the centralized cream.
gathering plants indicate that there is
a good deal of trouble about the Sc
curing of cream in good condition.
The farmers in many places now have
hand separators, and in others follow
the old practice of setting Lne milk
to get the cream. They are too busy
III tie summer time to drive TO the
railroad depot oftener than they have
to, and this means that in some cases
the cream is a week old before it is
forwarded. The butter makers de-
clare that it is next to impossible to
make good butter out of this cream, or
when it is mixed with the other milk,
as it usually is. The problem is
hard one and it cannot be solved by
any short method. 1t is. of course.
advisable to have the farmers deliver
their cream as often as possible, but a
farmer will hardly make a trip to
town If that trip is going to cost him
more for loss in his harvests than the
profits of the cream will amount to.
1t is evident that we must depend on
a little improvement here and little
improvement there. With the proper
facilities and with sterilization OF
cream on the farm it should be
brought into condition where it can
be kept for a few days without injury
to it. If Mr. Gurler can send milk
from Illinois to France and have it
arrive there sweet after IL days, GER
tainly our farmers can keep their
cream in such good condition that 1t
will be fit to make butter from few
days after it is taken from the milk.
We are not advocating few deliveries
of cream, but know that there are
many of our farmers SO situated that
they will not attempt to deliver cream
every day, either in summer or win
ter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
@ifh ttea:7a
6oj5s9 9!ta f'aiIl|s
Sour milk removes ink stains.
WhifR china washes lil-a q 1,andlo


White china washes like nandker-
chief.
If pongee be sanely made it washes
like linen.
To make cut glass glisten and
sparkle it should be sprinkled with
sawdust and then rubbed with cham
ois.
Delicate coIored silks should never
be laid away in white paper, as the
chloride of lime used in bleaching the
paper often draws out the color.
Grease marks can be removed from
books by sponging the soiled leaf with
benzine. placing it between two sheets
OF blotting paper and passing a hot
iron over it.
Thin slices of brown or gluten
bread lightly buttered and then
spread with cream cheese make de-
Hcious sandwiches to serve with let
tuce and tomato salad
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Edam Cheese.

Edam cheese is made in Holland
and takes it's name from the town of
Edam. Its manufacture may have
started at that place and SO given it
the name, but for the most part it is
made in dairies and not in factories.
There are few of the latter in Hol-
land. The cows are MIXED in the
fields and the milk hauled to the
houses. The cheese is made in large
wooden tubs, and is placed in cup
shaped molds with other cup-shaped
nolds on top. This gives the cheese
the shape of a cannon ball. In the
process of curing, salt is rubbed on
it from day to day as the cheese is
turned. Edam is the great market
where large quantities of this cheese
is sold. 1t is piled on the pavement,
in the form of pyramids, where the
purchasers make their bargains with
the sellers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Girls Apron With Fancy Collar

Pretty aprons are always in demand
and are as attractive as they are SER
viceable. This one is peculiarly grace
full and can be worn over the frOck
or over the guimpe alone, as may be
preferred. AS illustrated, the material
is white lawn with fancy stitching and
frill of embroidery, but all materials
in vogue for aprons are equally coz
rect. For afternoon and school wear
nothing is prettier than white lawn,
but for the hours of harder usage,
chambray, gingham and the like are
often preferred and are far more dur
able.
The apron is made with full front
and backs which are gathered at their
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
For the Garden Party.

Garden party gowns require some
thing very picturesque in the way of
hats, and among the most fashionable
styles now worn are the Dolly Warden
and the ever beautiful Gainsborough
two very opposite styles, but both
having a very great deal to commend
them The Dolly Warden hat looks
best as an accompaniment to a SIM
pie white muslin or chiffon gown. For
instance, such a one as that Diane
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Labor-savinq Devices.

The American brain has made revo-
lutions in the domain of labor and has
placed this nation at the apex of the
world in the matter of material
wealth. In the poultry department of
the farm, however, we have forgotten
or neglected to devise the shortest
methods of doing things. Often a
poultry house is SO disadvantageously
placed, or so badly arranged, that an
enormous amount of labor is en-
tailed in the care of the poultry. We
can not afford to do this in America.
Labor saving devices should be as
numerous in the poultry establish
ment as elsewhere.
One of the labor saving devices
should be- in the way of watering the
fowls. The system to be used should
depend on the method of supplying
water in the house. If there is a wind
mill, and water is being pumped into
the house through pipes, an additional
pipe may be laid to the poultry house
if the flock is of considerable size.
The pipe may be laid in the ground
deep enough to protect it from the
frost of winter, and arrangements
would have to be made for emptying
| the pipe in the coolest part of the
winter. But even then the water
could be carried through it for eight
| months of the year. and during that
time 1T would require no labor what
| ever to supply water to the fowls.
The immediate watering of the
| fowls should be in vessels that will
hold enough for several days whether
| the water be supplied through a pipe
\ or in any other way. 1t is easy enough
to arrange for this by fnverting a jug
or big bottle in pan of water so that
the water will cover the orffice out of
which the water flows.
| Self-feeders may be easily construct
| ed for corn, oats and wheat The oats
may be allowed to run down all the
time, for the fowls will never eat too
many oats if they have them before
them all the time. The feeders for
corn and wheat may be so arranged
that certain amount of the grain
will be dropped out of them by merely
touching lever or pulling a string.
There is no device that can be used
to lessen the labor of scalding soft
feed for poultry, but if the pail that
is to hold the soft food is kept in the
house teakettle full of water may be
poured into it several hours before it
is to be used. and the pail covered.
The heat in the pail will cook the mix
ture sufficiently for the use of the
fowls.
grit may also be placed IN self-feed-
ers, and atone time a sufficient guam
tity supplied to last for months
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
swan-Formed Bonbon Holders.

Dainty bonbon holders for the din
ner table come in the form of swans,
done in crepe paper. For white and
gold dinners the paper is white, the
swans bill gold, and the bonbons piled
ii the hollow OF the plrG-s back are
covered with gold foil. For a pink
dinner the same favor is shown in
pink crepe paper, and the bonbons are
wrapped in pink tissue paper, finished
with a twist that gives the effect of a
rose in full bloom
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
HOMEGROWN sugar Beet Seed.

HOMEGROWN Sugar Beet Seed.
A bulletin of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture says:
1t is believed that the average sugar
content of beets in this country can
be increased to per cent when we
shall have developed higher strain
OF beets through homegrown seed.
On account of the higher vitality of
the germ, these experiments indicate
that we shall have a race OF beets
more vigorous from the start
In the production of beets for fac
tory, the vitality of the seed as shown
by termination is an important factor.
It is the first evidence of the probable
yield or the crop that the grower looks
for. Everything depends upon the
stand. 1t is desired that a beet shall
NIL every place in the row provided
for it. 1t is evident that if every
third beet is missing there will be only
two-thirds of stand of plants ma
tured at the harvest If the rows are
Ii inches apart and the beets stand 8
inches apart in the row, there will be
3l2 beets to the row, and 13S 2-3 rows
to the acre. If every beet is in its
place there will be 43,264 beets to rhe
acre. If these beets average one
pound, there will be 43 1864 pounds to
beets average two pounds, which is
more nearly the usual size, we will
have 1926 tons per acre. This shows
the possible tonnage per acre when
all conditions are favorable and we
have perfect stand. Vitality of seed
is strong factor in reaching this
ideal.
The plants should start out strong,
vigorous and healthfu1. They must
send down their taproots vigorously,
and send out heir laterals quickly;
this enables them to entrench them
selves early in the soil. Plants are
like animals. Vigor in youth prom
1ses much for healthful maturity.
Strong vitality or terminating power
of the seed indicates this early vigor,
which will enable the plants to with
stand diseases, pests and drought.
The number of sprouting germs in a
given number of beet balls and the
xigor sras -ssi---,--dity o. -ernrination are
the tests of this vitality. Homegrown
seed has shown a higher terminating
| power in a shorter time than those
| selected from ordinary imported seed.
From these facts it would appear that
| we are entitled to anticipate a higher
yield of beets from the use of home
grown highly developed beet seed.
The extraction of refined sugar in
| this country averages IL per cent,
| or 220 pounds of refined sugar to a
ton of beets. The factory pays the
| farmer for this sugar 1927 per hun
dredweight while it is still in the
| beet. If the factory could extract 13
| per cent of sugar on account of our
perfecting strain of beets with
| higher sugar content and purity
through homegrown seed, ton OF
beets would yield 40 pounds more su
gar, worth at the factory $1.8O. This
| alone would give the factory SO per
cent profit upon the investment of S.
/ per ton for beets. This seems quite
| possible. Homegrown seed to-day CT
! fers the most encouraging prospect OF
insuring the future growth and pros
| per1ty of the beet sugar industry
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
The New Skeleton Collars,

The girl who has had trouble with
the ruching and ribbon combination
should try one of the new skeleton
collars. The ruching is basted on the
collar, which is pinned around the
neck, and then the ribbon is tied
around it. Thus the weight of the
ruching does not bear down the rib
bon, and the neck has a more trim
and tailored look.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
FANCY TUCKED BLOUSE 4sca.

yoke and the deep cuffs make speci-
ally noteworthy features, and the de-
sign can be utilized both for the gown
and. the odd blouse To make the
waist for a woman of medium size
will be required yards of material
81. 3115 yards 27 or 2A yards A. inches
wide, with 1 yard of yoking material
18 ipches wide.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Slate Turkey Hen.

color is ashy or slaty blue throughout,
spotted with black. The less of this
spotting the purer the bird is sup
posed to be. The old toms reach
weight of 27 pounds in many cases
and the hens usually attain a weight
of IL pounds. The real value of this
bird for market has not been de-
termined, and it may possess in it
qualities that are not now apparent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Hemstitched Leather Sets.

Hemstitched leather sets for collars
and cuffs are among the late summer
fads accessory to the heavier shirt
waist. They come in white, black and
in the natural leather color, and are
worn with a belt to match. .
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Soft, thin silks make charming
blouses for all seasons and are much
in vogue. This very attractive model
combines white louisine with a yoke
and cuffs of embroidered batiste edged
with lace applique, and is charming;
but the model suits many combina-
ticns and materials The oddly shaped
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Three-Quarter Coat.

Fitted coats in severe tailor style
are among the features shown for the
coming season ana are eminently
smart as well as becoming to the
greater number of womankind. This
one allows a choice of three-quarter
or arm length and can be made as
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

part of a costume or as a separate
wrap as may be preferred. In the
case of the model the material is wood
brown cloth with bands of the same
stitched with corticelli silk as a fin
ish, but the list of available materials
is almost Iimitless and the bands can
be of the same or of contrasting cloth
or silk IS may be desired
The coat is made with fronts, backs,
sidebacks and double under-arm cores,
the side-front and side-back seams be-
ing continued to the shoulders, so
making long and graceful lines. The
sleeves are in regulation style with
slight fullness at the shoulders which
gives the broad effect that is the lat
est edict of fashion.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sizes is So yards 27
inches wide, 4 yards "A inches wide
or 3% yards So inches wide for three
quarter length; Az yards 27 inches
wide, 8 yards A inches wide or 21a
yards So inches wide for arm length.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

upper edges and joined to a shallow
yoke over which the fancy yoke-collar
is arranged. The closing is made in
visfbly at the center back.
The quantity of material required
the medium size C yearsl is 25s
yards SO inches wide, with "a yards
of embroidery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
a3Iooudoir p
MIYConfiden3ces

Very dainty ready-made stocks
come by the yard.
Marabout feather stoles will appear
with the cool weather.
In some instances a fold of velvet is
more becoming than a ruche.
Crushed velvet and velveteen belts
are among the novelties for autumn.
Wells shaded, wells embroidered and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
The Slate Turkey,

This is variety that is not ex-
tensively bred. 1t is supposed to be
the result of a cross between the
white and the black. The foundation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Poultry raising is popular for the
reason that it may be entered on by
fpeople of small capital or by people
Of no capital.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
The Worlds Wheat Crop.

That the worlds wheat crop this
year is to be a full average now
seems certain. The high prices paid
for wheat in the markets of the United
States are not caused by a shortage
in the world supply, and as long as
we export wheat, or have a surplus to
export, the crop of the world is what
will finally determine the price at
which we must sell both the exporta-
Bile surplus and the main body used
for home consumption The crop is
about the same as that of 1902 and
1903 for all practical purposes One
foreign estimate is that the crop this
year will be 3,064, 900, 900 bushels The
crop of last year was estimated at
from 3,U87 100000 bushels to 3,16O. .0oo.-
600, margin so wide as to throw
much doubt on the correctness of the
higher figure Taking the world as a
whole the yield tends to uniformity;
for when there is a great loss in one
country there is generally great gain
in some other country to make it
good The crop of 1902 was estimated
at from 3,029 600, 900 to 3,155 200. 900
bushels. Even a difference of a hum
dred million bushels cuts little figure
in the wheat crop of the world. being
only between three and four per cent
1t will be seen that we cannot hope
for world price very much in ex-
cess of the world price of recent
years. The prices for wheat in ex-
porting nations tend to gravitate to-
ward the world price, less cost of
transportation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Weeds cannot be allowed to grow
il good crop of anything is expect
ed They absorb moisture and pre-
vent the roots of the food plants from
getting it. As water is the conveyor
of the food of the plants, this is a
great drawback The more kucculent
the weeds the more do they inter
fere with the growing Of plants that
are raised for the use of man.