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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Forest Fires,

OF all the foes which attack the
woodlands of North America no other
is SO terrible as fire. Forest fires
spring from many different causes,
says Clifford Pinchot They are often
kindled along railroads by sparks from
the locomotives. Carelessness is re-
sponsible for many fires. Settlers and
farmers clearing land or burning grass
and brush often allow the fire to es-
cape into the woods. Some one may
drop half-burned match or the glow
ing tobacco of pipe or cigar, or a
hunter or prospector may neglect to
.eXt1nguish his camp fire, or may build
it where it will burrow into the thick
duff far beyond his reach, to smolder
for days or weeks, and perhaps to
Dreak out as destructive fire long
after he is gone. When the duff is
very deep or the soil peaty a fire may
Durn beneath the surface of the
ground for weeks or even months,
sometimes showing its presence by a
httle smoke, sometimes without Civ
ing any sign of life. Even a heavy
rain may fail to quench a fire of this
kind, which often breaks out again
long after it is believed to be entirely
extinct. Fires which thus burn into
the ground can sometimes only be
checked by digging a trench through
the layer of decaying wood and other
vegetable matter to the mineral soil
beneath. Ground fires usually burn
much more slowly than surface fires,
but they are exceptionally long lived
and very hard to put out. 1t is of the
first importance to attack such fires
quickly before they have had time to
burrow far beneath the surface of the
ground.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

and trimmed with silk braid, but is
adapted to all seasonable materials,
while the trimming can be varied
again and again, and when liked the
entire stole and collar can be of lace
or applique, or various other devices
can be employed for further elaborat-
ing the design.
The bolero consists of fronts, back
and sleeves. The back is laid in a
broad box plait at the centre, with out
ward turning plaits at each side and
the fronts in outward turning plaits
for their entire width. These plaits
and the outermost ones extend over
the armseye seams, SO giving the
broad shoulder line. The sleeves are
in bell shape and box plated, falling
loosely over the full ones of the fash
iOnable waist. AT the neck is a collar
with stole ends, which is applied over
the Jacket on indicated lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is AS yards 21
inches wide, 35s yards 27 inches wide
or rs yards A inches wide, with
yards of braid to trim as illustrated
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Dairying in Holland.


In an address to Indiana dairymen
Prof. G. L. Mckay said:
No country is more interesting to a
traveller who is interested in dairying
tnan little Holland. The country is
peculiarly adapted for dairying, owing
10 It's cool, moist climate The north
ern part of Holland presents a very
unique picture to the traveller, with its
small, green fields dotted here and
there with numerous windmills and
the large herds of Holstein-Fresian
cows quietly grazing. The monstrous
long-armed windmills, resembling an
Old lighthouse above the sea, are used
for various kinds of work. They grind
grain, pulverize rock and manufacture
paper, but their most important duty
Is to pump out the water from the
marshes into canals SO it may find an
exit to the sea, otherwise the 1owland
would be submerged. Excepting
Greece and Great Britain, no country
has so many inlets as Holland. The
Hoilanders, as people, might be
termed little slow, but the govern
ment is certainly not slow in appre-
ciating the benefits that the country
derives from dairying, as eight in
structors are employed, largely aided
by the government, whose duty it is
to give free instruction wherever it is
required.
Everything pertaining to dairying is
kept scrupulously clean, even the cows
IN many cases being washed before
they are MIXED. l have never seen
place where the old adage, "Cleanli-
ness is next to Godliness," comes in
better, and 1 believe that the fine
haVor of the Holland cheese is largely
due to their cleanliness. The slow,
quiet customs of the people seem also
to have been transmitted to the cows.
Good grass land or land in the dairy
section brings a much higher price
than that in any other part of the
agricultural district. In the dairy belt
of Holland, dairying. els the chief occu-
patton OF the farmer, hence every care
Is given to the production of milk and
the care of milk. The farmer, as a
rule, does not try to follow any scienti-
he method in feeding. Roots, hay and
oil meal are fed. The oil meal is used
only in the winter when cows are on
dry feed. They have no set rule as
regards the proportion of feed This.
they maintain, depends upon the judg-
ment of the feeder and the COWS he is
feeuing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

one is peculiarly charming and is
made of mercerized batiste with a
yoke made of landings of the material
held by faggotting. and is trimmed
with Teneriffe wheels. The material
being washable the lining is omitted
but when silk or wool fabrics are used
the fitted foundation is in every way
to be desired. When liked the yoke
can be of all-over material or it can
be made from either lace or other or
namenta1 banding held together by
stitchings or by banding of contrast
ing sort
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
The Feed of Ducks.

In feeding ducks for best results,
whole grain should be left out of their
rat1ons. The breeding stock should be
led very lightly with corn; a ration of
ABOUT two parts shorts, one part corn
meal, one part bran and one part
ground or boiled meat scraps. 1 like
Ieedlng little oi1meal to poultry of
all kinds. There is no kind of poultry
tnat requires green feed as much as
ducks. l let my breeding ducks have
the run of the farm. If there is any
plow1ng to be done near the house
they will follow the plow all day pick
ing up worms and insects, and how
tney do lay. getting so many angle
worms, their natural diet. My feed
1or little ducks consists of hard-boiled
eggs and bread crumbs for their first
1eed. After week, if 1 can get the
tlme to bake johnny cake, feed this
Tor week or more. Then give them
the same feed that 1 feed the old
ducks with, a little sharp grit mixed
IN from the start 1 always raise a
great deal Of lettuce and onions to feed
little ducks. The onions keep them
IN perfect health. l feed pals full of
lettuce, cut up, and it is surprising
how much they will eat. Green feed
makes them grow large and long
bodies. There is one enemy to ducks
tnat Kills them very quickly and a
great many people can not think what
1t is. 1t is bees. The ducks see them
on the heads of white clover and think
they have found a choice morsel and
as they swallow the bee he stings
their throat in the downward passage.
1t swells shut and the duck falls over
dead. One morning in driving nv
ducks out to their pen only short
distance nine died from bee stings.
l keep my young ducks off of white
clover. After they get larger they
either learn. to distinguish bees or the
sting does not have the same effect.
Another thing that kills young ducks
is to leave them without yarding
nights, especially moonlight nights.
They will run themselves to death
They should always be yarded at night
until nearly full feathered. Then they
are sure to live if vermin let them
alone.-Mrs. Charles Jones, Lee Coun-
ty, Illinois, in Farmers Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
HOPTICJlJ)PE
The Commercial Orchard.

The Commercial Orchard.
commercial orchards are being
planted on large scale in many sec
tions of the apple regions. Large
contiguous blocks reaching one te
three thousand acres, are beins
handled successfully, yet we believe
enat the same number of trees plant
ca IN ten to twenty-acre plots would
give better results. 1t has occurred
10 US In our observations covering
mum Der of years that it would be bet
Ter IN planting forty or eighty acres,
as the case may be, to plant in blocks,
Ieavlng avenues at least one hundred
yaros wide, which could be cultivated
III small fruits or other crops Our
reasons for this is that in our expert
ehce IN packing apples we have found
tnat after the trees have become large
the limbs almost if not reaching each
otner, that the fruit is not SO perfect
III tne large orchards as it is in the
smaller ones, and have come to the
conclusion that it is easier to combat
the ravages of insects and fungi in the
smaller plots than it is in yery large
plantations. AS the extended and un-
frequented forest is the habitation Of
wild animals and birds, so may the
extensive orchards after becoming
th1ckly grown become to a greater ex-
tent the habitation and harbor for in
sects and fungi, than the smaller and
more frequented blocks. AS a large
percent OF the growth in the develop
ment OF trees, fruits and plants is sup
piled by light and air, we perhaps give
TOO little consideration to this feature
OF 1ru1t culture, and have suffered by
DOING So We know of no vocation
tnat requires the application of good
judgment and common sense more, or
one that pays any better on the cap
ltal invested, when applied, than COM
mercial orcharding. The individual
must take the best information he can
get as to soil, varieties, care and cul-
lure, and intelligently apply it to his
needs, governed by local environments
with which he is surrounded. Do this
and he will succeed in growing an or
chard- The time for gathering our
commercial crops is also very import
ant Fruit should always be gathered
when at the proper stage of ripening,
regardless of the time of season.-Geo.
L. Tippin, Before Wisconsin Horticul-
tural Society.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Pain Costs Money

1t pays to keep the animals COM
Portable. If an animal is subject to
discomforts of any kind it will de-
crease the gains he will make on feed.
This has been demonstrated over and
over again. At a Wisconsin conven-
ton cattle feeder said: You must
keep a steer comfortable. One time
l had my steers weighed in and one
had gained only ten pounds during the
month, while the others had gained
from fifty to sixty pounds each 1
thought OF course my boys that had
weighed them had made a mistake.
The second month that steer gained
only fifteen pounds, while the others
had gained eighty pounds 1 exam
fned that steer and found he stood
where the floor had worn down and
that he had stood on his toes and his
legs had become sore. He had been
in pain all the time took him ont
OF that place and put him in a box
stall, and he gained ninety pounds q
month for the next three months. At
another time / let the steers out for
water and they ran hard and one steer
hit and cracked his horn. He gained
only fifteen pounds the next month.
The rest gained eighty pounds each"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
The Summer Girls FreckIes.

Here is the recipe for a favorite
English lotion for removing freckles
in the summer time:
Take an ounce of lemon juice, one
quarter of a dram of borax, powdered,
and half a dram of sugar. Mix well.
and let it stand in a bottle for three
days. 1t will then be fit for use, and
should be rubbed on the face and
hands continually.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

embroidered ba-
tiste, with yoke
and cuffs of VAL
enciennes lace fin
ished with little
ruches of plain
muslin, and is un-
lined, but there
are innumerable
fabrics which are
equally appropri-
ate. Many simple
silks of the season
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Floors in the Hog House.

Some swine raisers use floors in
their hog houses and some do not.
We find on investigation that there
is wide difference of opinion in
this regard. The small pens that are
placed in isolated spots sometimes
have floors in them, but often do not.
One swine raiser says that he at first
made wooden floors in all of his
movable houses. but afterward so con-
structed them that they could be taken
out without interfering with the rest
of the structure. The movable houses
were built to set on the floors and
could be- removed by lifting of the
house The floors are very advan-
tageous in cold weather when the
feeding should be done on something
rather than the snow. In summer.
when the weather is good, the hogs,
he says. are better OF on the ground
than on any kind of a floor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Fancy Blouse Waist.

Waists m a d e
with fancy yokes
of -rious sorts
are among the
favorites of the
season, and are
exceedingly q t.
tractive both in
t h e fashionable
thin silks and the
many lovely mus
lins that are SO
well liked. This
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Hens for Table Linen,

Hemstitching is seldom used on
table linen unless the linen be plain.
The depth of a hem for a table cover,
If hemStitched, is two inches; for
the napkins one and a fourth inches.
For whipped hens the depth for the
cover is one-half an inch, and for the
napkins only a narrow hem, one-quar
ter of an inch deep.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Lemon Jelly and Charlotte Russo.

An attractive way to serve lemon
jelly is to combine it with charlotte
russo. With a sharp knife, chop stiff
lemon jelly into cubes and put three
or four tablespoonful of it on each
plate. In the center of each mound
of jelly place two or three small lady
fingers, and over all pile vanilla-f1a-
vored, sweetened whipped cream.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Misses Blouse Waist.

Young girls are always charming
when wearing full waists made of soft
material. This one is peculiarly at
tractive and includes an oddly shaped
yoke which is eminently becoming
and which gives the dropping shoul-
der line. AS shown the material is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
When Color Is Used.

The use of color is not a thing that
can be done entirely by rule, as the
COW varies the amount of color she
puts into the cream. Thus in the win
ter the cream is largely white, while
In the summer months and when
there is an abundance of grass, the
color is deep yellow. June color has
become proverbiaI. At this time of
year the butter is frequently colored
too highly on account of the rapid
increase of color when the COWS go
onto grass The buttermaker on the
farm continues to put in the same
amount that was added in the winter
and the butter that goes onto the
market has sometimes SO much color
in 1t that it is regarded by the best
customers as undesirable
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
Plated BoIero.
Ionnfy

Jaunty Ii t t l e
Jackets of all
sorts are to be
noted among the
smartest and lat
est models, but no
one of them all is
m orc attractive
than the plated
bolero with wide
sleeves of elbow
1eng 9Th. This very
excellent example
is made of taffeta
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

ly. 1t is placed in. the center of the
back and the girdle adjusts itself in
natural folds from this point
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

The best way to warm milk is said
to be to place the can in warm water.
The milk will need stirring to permit
it to warm up evenly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

Expert testimony depends upon who
employs the expert.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

Plated BoIero an Attractive Costume
Fancy Blouse Waist-BeIt an I'M
portant Accessory to the Summer
Wardrobe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17

cough much, and the third class is for those who
cough the least think shall put you all in the first
class. heard were troubled with colds so saw
your mother about it, and she said could take you So
dropped in tonight and got you''
By this time had reached our destination. DR.. B.
said "Get off here0 Then he took to large build
ing with sign the door, Coughers' School, He
took to where great crowd of people
sitting at their desks writing the word cough' and
again. When they coming they all rose,
made low bows and ceughed. Dr. B. gave seats and
then downstairs. Soon he up with book in
his hand He said 'sRest'' We all coughed laid down
our pencils and took rest position. @.-.@
''Spell cat,' he said
The school only coughed.
''What is 2x22f' he asked Again all coughed
"Now more where is Asa9' Answer that,
he said. For the third time coughed.
'You all well now, every one, said he You
may 60 home.'
Of course, did not know the way home, he had
to take us again in the automobile. When reached
home the house dark and went quietly up to bed
and soon fell asleep. In the morning, when woke up
ran to mama and said, 'Oh, mama is my cough all
gomez Dr. B. said the 'coughers' school would make
It all right. It seemed funny last night. y
''What you talking about, childa You have been
coughing all night, - mama told me.
ttDidn't DR.. b. and take to school last
nightf'
ing'' Athena M Martin,
Seventh Grade, 1915 Tenth Avenue s. q
Horace Mann School
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
THE STORY71ELLER
AT THE coUGHERs' SCHOOL.

a '1NNA, my cousin staying at house at the
I4l time Of this adventure She my sister and my
kGs@ self had colds and we coughed 50 much
N.G&8j that called ''the coughers." One
Tuesday night we all went to bed early. just
after had gone to sleep the doorbel rang and mama
went down to the call In little while, she came
upstairs and who do you suppose with hers Dr.
B. Yes there he -..
"Here! Wake up you 'coughers,' - he called in his
jolly voice. At this my sister and Anna woke up, too
We all dressed quickly could and then he said
"Get your hats and come with me.
We fcoughers' were never in lives surprised
than at this and still greater aston
ishment when he invited to step into his new auto
mobile that waiting for at the door. Then
sped. - = :
All this had suddenly that we did not even
say "goodbye' to mama or ask single question. At
length Dr. B. said: (which of you coughs the
most?'' .'.-. ~ S.. ~. ~ -.
''We all about the same,' replied.
''Then you in the class, - said he.
''What do you mean9' Anna said. ~"
~ have school for coughers, y replied the doctor
'Every cougher is cured who goes there have three
classes second and third The first class for those
who cough the most the second for those who do not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
S. MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, SEPT. II, 1904
wouldn't let us use paint-and colored feathers. Hov

We y ~. a. :. go. n;,. :, 49,. y,
each rode and had trained them to step up quite
high Our dog went thru good many tricks. How the
people eapped raised the roof off the barn Once
he learned those to he belongs to, and
IN going there day. The people thought that
N.Y. but wasn't johnny tired and his face was fearful red
But the best of all the cakewak We dressed
up 50 funny and the people just laughed and laughed
The couple that danced the best to get cake-a
real Our cook had made it in the morning The
judges-Alderman Coleman and the polceman-decided
that Charlotte and Charlie had it, and so Sophie, all
dressed up in white, brought it in When
Teddy had pulled the curtain, told Charlie he had to
Know - -'' p'ss =" 0'0' '''''
Then Hattie stuck her chin up and said, "Wel1,
@ w. !. e ee mama on you Ina. Sa
Hda ddn put that special kind of frosting
her everyday cakes and wanted some guess Hattie
was mad, tho Her face red as the blanket our
But ali the time scrapping, there were the
people waiting, went OUT but the last thing I
where he hid the cake told her to tell We had
teeny naughty and few good ones All went
well until Mr.. Socum-he sat in the front soap
boxtook out his big red handkerchief to blow his
He kind of waved and Peter best pig got scared
that he jumped right toward Miss Socum from college
never heard such scream She jumped up and shook
her dressjust if little Billy WASH nice and pink
and clean, and out Of the door screaming like mad
The rest of the audience got too because Charlie
running after the pig Miss Slocum made sight Of
herself. Girls always do someway. III {
Pat the policeman got the audience quoted down
that by they filed out Some stopped to congra
ulate me, but my mind poor Billy. The other
children chased him until all of sudden he fell down.
Sophie said he had probably got burr in his foot but
I know it was heart trouble, for he dead Poor
Billy! the girls crying and-wel didn't cry
but my eyes got just full and running ~..
Of got scoldng The girls cried but we
boys didn't. When the girls went to bed, Charlie and
the barn and Charlie got the cake from
under boards the floor and ate it almost all.
told Charlie not remind Charlotte, don It believe
she remembers to this day-and it s almost month
whatever became Of that cake IL < @-. --,
A Tenth Grade, Mary Aurelia Cone,
East Side High School. 7O6 Sixth St. Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
COLLEGE MEN IN BUSINESS.

sEyHTHAT'S the of a college educationi" said
w John to George. Cuisines all say they
for college men; that they never want to
begin at the bottom the ladder and they do not know
enough of the ways of the business world to start any
where else Business prefer to take men who
go from high school into business and work their way
up
That is the way it used to be- but the business man
of today looks at the matter in very different light
In fact he is seeking the college before he
leaves college. Many college president has been con-
during the past few years by employers asking the
giving promise along the lines useful in
their work
The college man is still less ignorant of
business methods he graduates but the business
has found that college education is great ad-
vantage to right kind of He has decided that
what he needs in his employees is brans and he is will
ing overlook temporary awkwardness for the sake
gaining employees educated and disciplined by their
years of study that they rise quickly to any emer
gency. Don't give up your college education.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17

Some time this summer, the story told of
President the assistance given by President Roosevelt
and to two boys who unable to land big
Dogfsh. fish they had caught When the fish to
the surface, the president exclaimed ''It's a
dogfsh! Shoot him, Loeb!'' Many people wondered
why dogfsh should have such peculiar end for fish,
In the place. dogsh belong to the shark family and
have dangerous teeth; second they not good for
food last of ALL the scientists have just discovered
that they responsible for the rapid disappearance of
the luscious Well, the president always does
seem to know what he is about.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
A Royal
Road to
Learning.
A Gigantic Elm.
Kanabec Journal.

One of the largest trees in New England is elm on
the farm of Fred Stanley, in Berwick foot from the
ground this tree which measured few days ago by
William Harper Deerng of Saco aged g. is 35 feet and
IL inches in circumference. this tree manufac
tured into cord wood it is estimated would make pile
four feet wde four feet high and eighty feet long There
is lady living who says that her mother set the
1900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17

If there is thing than another that
Grown-Up makes the editor feel that 'the world do
Juniors. novel, it is to something
and then that shows the Juniors actually
growing up. Early in the week list printed in
The Journal of students at the university who
eligible for membership in the various Greek letter fra
ternities Fully half Of the those Of
one-time well known Junior writer's And it only
yesterday that they bbbng about the Junior Office
bringing in stories asking for Honor buttons