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The Western news., 1904-06-29

1t is "home, sweet home sure
enough when John comes in from the
corn plowing at night and finds ~
strawberry shortcake foot in diam.
eter and three inches thick on the sup
per table and the berries from his OWL
garden.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

Roast beef may be said to be almost
as standard an American dish as it is
with our English friends. While it
should not be so. there are plenty Of
cooks who are utterly ignorant as to
how long q roast should be cooked.
The following is said to be the correct
guide: Thirteen minutes to the pound
and thirteen minutes for the oven will
give what Is known as rare cooked
meat. f1fteel minutes to the pound
and fifteen minutes for the oven will
give a medium cooked roast, and twen-
ty minutes to the pound and twenty
minutes for the oven will make the
roast well done.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

Christian Church South Second street
Preaching evc-v sunday morning and even
Ing by the pastor. The q. F. scrvice- cru
mence at 200 y IN. aud the evening ~rrvic".
~ SaN. Each service lasts one hOui. II
are cordially invited to attend.
r. Nj. DUNCAN. Pastor.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

Illinois has an exhibit of corn grown
by the boys of that state which will
attract the interested attention of every
visitor at the Agricultural building at
the worlds fair.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

No boy should be act to work with
tool Of any kind which will not scour.
If anything will discourage him with
farm work, that will.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

Most cornfields are worse off with
Ave kernels in hill than they would
be with only one.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

A grizzly bear supposed to be as
much as forty-five years old which had
long been the terror of the ranchmen
OF a section in Wyoming was recently
killed He weighed 1000 pounds and
was covered with scars. The man who
got him secured very large bounty
which had been offered for his scalp
The Western news., 1904-06-29

The crop of clover hay is due to care
for along the last of June through all
the northern states, and this is the Pc
riod of the year when storms are fire.
quent and the rainfall heavy. making
the securing of this crop one of the
most difficult problems on the farm. 1t
is safe to say that not so per cent of
all the clover hay put up each year is
secured in good shape.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

We saw at the worlds fair an old
pillow made and used in Maryland in
1776. 1t had but one handle, was made
Of wood, had an iron point and two
strips Of an old saw blade nailed on
the wooden moldboard. 1t was on
exhibition by the side of one of the
modern chilled steel plows of today.
which shone like mirror.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

There is right and wrong end to
all things, which truth is we'll illus
trated in the case of two men recently
killed. one of whom was gored to death
by a bull and one kicked to death by a
mule. Both Of these men got at the
wrong end.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

Down in Oklahoma 20 per cent and
more is paid for the use of money to
prove up on land and develop that rich
country, while per cent is the ruling
rate of interest in all the older por-
tions of the country. We hardly un-
derstand why this should be so.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

The south has a one horse agricul-
ture = that is, plowing, cultivating
and working the land are mostly done
with one horse, or. rather, mule. A
little farther north there will be found
a two horse agriculture, where two
horses form the motive power for farm
work; in Iowa the three horse team is
almost universally found, plowing,
dragging. seeding, harvesting. while up
in North Dakota we find the four horse
type Of farming, where vast areas are
SKINNED over from year to year with
the least possible expenditure for hu-
man labor.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

The farm boy should be allowed n
reasonable number Of holidays-circus
day, Memorial day, Fourth Of July
and at least half day off each week
to go a-swimmin' and a-fshin'. The
wise man will take day off himself
once a month during the summer and
take the boys with him on fishing
excursion or a picnic. BY doing this
more and better work will be done by
the boys, and then they won't want to
run away from home the very first
chance they get.
The Western news., 1904-06-29
SHOULD PAY THEIR WAY.

You see, Providence or bad luck or
the irresistible logic of events has
made the republic Of the United States
IN a moral and legal way responsible
for the intellectual, spiritual and phys
ical wants of matter Of 13.OOO.OOO
0borigines, half breeds, scrubs and
mongrels Of the humans Of the tropics.
1t is responsibility which cannot be
evaded, and we shall have them OH our
hands as long as the republic lasts. to
feed when hungry. to settle their in
ternal disputes. to educate and police
them and to fight for them when they
get into some ruction. 1t is great and
very costly contract in Humanitarian
ism - biggest any nation ever under
took. These crude barbarians can pro-
duce in their tropical countries certain
commodities which are needed in this
hemp, tobacco, sugar, bananas and the
like. We favor most unqualifiedly
such revision Of our tariff laws as will
permit the American people to have
the benefit Of these products at the low
est cost to ourselves and so in some
measure make these heather pay their
way.
THE VALUE OF WEAK THINGS.
The weak things in the world per-
form an important mission, much as
we are inclined to despise them. The
tiny insect fertilizes flower. plant and
tree. The weak fuse alone makes pos
sible the general use Of electricity in
both lighting and as power. The weak
wooden peg in the corn plow saves the
machine from being wrecked when a
stone or grub is struck. Many weak
woman stands as guardian angel be-
tween her strong husband and a hard
old world. A little worm clothes the
world in silks and satins, microbe
makes possible the delicate flavor of
much of our food, a tiny specimen of
marine life has built some of the finest
harbors in the world, and the penny
forms the basis of our missionary con-
tributions. Despise not the small
things.
The Western news., 1904-06-29
Trienniai Conclave Knights Tempiar San Fran
cisco. Cal, Sept. So 'O+- Sovereign
Grand Lodge Indep't Order Odd
Fellows Sept. 1928, 'O+.

Grand Lodge lndep't Order Odd
Fellows Sept. 1928, 'O4.
For the above occasions the Northern
Pacific will sell to San Franci SEQ. Cal. I.
$50, to Los Angeles SO. date sale Aug.
80 to Sept. 2 'O4 inclusive and Sept. l3
to 16, 1904 inclusive. Limits going
transit Oct. 10, 1904. Going passage
commence date sale. Final return limit
Oct. %, 1904. Return passage com
nnence date exc, ution. Fifty cents
validation fee required
~ If. S. R. WILSON. Agent,
The Western news., 1904-06-29

men of wealth who have made their
money in the cities are investing so
largely in farms, some doing it to graft
fy fad, some as an investment. 1t
matters little what the motive; the fact
that they are doing 1t, and doing it in
the very thorough and progressive man
ner which they are, is working almost
a revolution in farm methods in many
localities. their good example being
contagious.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

By what process do birds identify
each other when once mated? 1t can
hardly be by sight alone, for there is
no apparent difference in appearance
in members Of the same species. Do
birds have an individuality like human
beings by which they can be identified.
or is recognition secured by means Of
some difference in voice, or is there
something connected with the fine in
stinct which birds and animals have in
place of sense which enables them to
know each Otheri
The Western news., 1904-06-29

A writer for the agricultural press In
reporting the condition Of fruit makes
the statement that the wintry April Of
this year will insure a large crop of
fruit by delaying the blooming period
The crop is determined by the growth
Of the previous season, when the bios
som buds ere formed. A late. cold
spring holding back the blooming Pc
riod can only contribute to immunity
from danger of late frosts. That's all.
On the plains of Esdraelon, in Pal
estine. the wheatfields are still sown
by hand. harvested with a scythe and
thrashed either with fail or with OK
en- on one Of the ancient thrashing
floors. This Palestine country is sus-
ceptible Of oil the splendid develop
ment of California when once touched
by the wand Of modern progress. but
in when Moses and the prophets were
living.
We noted the old wrecking process
of logging and burning In full opera
tion during recent trip through the
timbered sections of Missouri. 1t looked
wicked to see hundreds of cords of
good wood rolled into piles and burn
ing up when through 90 much of the
country the same wood would sell for
So a cord. But these settlers must
have land on which to grow crops, for
they cannot live on bark and sawdust,
and. being far removed from a wood
market. there is nothing for them to
do but to log and burn.
The Western news., 1904-06-29

he Will work hard for an hour to get
enough money to buy glass Of soda
water.
Ten days spent at the worlds fair by
your tfteen-ye -year-old boy will 10 more
for him than whole year spent at the
best college in the land.
Because a young bird grown to be as
big as it's parents conlpels them to still
feed 1t Is no reason why IL big. husky
boy or girl should depend upon their
parents for food. as so many do.
BY the time the young man has
reached the age of twenty five he will
have practically settled the question Of
whether he will work for some other
man the rest of his life or go it on his
own hook and be his own boss.
The relation of the corn crop to the
meat production of this country is so
vital and intimate that the prices for
meat are mostly dependent upon this
crop. There is no other cereal to take
its place In the making of low priced
meats.
One of the most ungracous things
which farmer can do is to refer with
contempt to the work of our expert
ment stations, for these stations are
doing an almost invaluable work for
the agricultural interests of the whole
country.
Once in awhile there comes Il season
when June planted corn will make n
big crop, but not often, and most corn
growers have about settled down to
the belief that they had better plant
early and risk late spring frost rath-
er than an early fall frost.
The cost of living is higher OH May
l of this year than it has been for thir,
of wage has been increased to offset
this increased cost of living. If it has
not been done, 1t should be- for most
of this advanced cost is permanent.
A farmer should make it point to
learn the names of the many weed and
insect pests with which he has to wage
an unceasing warfare. Bulletins may
be obtained upon application to the
state experiment stations, which are
complete text books on these matters.
A man can be just as dishonest in
selling bushel of grain as he can
in looting bank or holding up rail
way train. The man who will mix tail
ings in his grain when he thinks he
can do so without detection would tao
kle the bank or the Pullman If he only
had the courage to do it.
The German exhibit Of potatoes at
the worlds fair is large one, proba-
bly, q hundred varieties. but the speci-
mems shown are surprisingly small, so
very small that they would not be mar
ketable in this country The Colorado
and Idaho murphies exhibited near by
made the German product look smaller
still.
How many times should the corn be
plowed: Some plow twice, some three
times, some four and some five. This
we know - the more frequently the
ground is stirred during the growing
period, especially if the weather is dry,
the better the crop will be. Cultiva.
tion conserves moisture, and it is mois-
ture the corn needs.
A writer for the agricultural press In
reporting the condition Of fruit makes
the statement that the wintry April of
this year will insure large crop of
fruit by delaying the blooming period
The crop is determined by the growth
Of the previous season, when the bios
som buds cre formed. A late. cold
spring holding back the blooming pc
riod can only contribute to immunity
Proy,, Iopror of lot fpOaf0 That's all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
A TARIFF OBJECT LESSON.

CFrom the Minneapolis Journal
A telling argument in favor of tariff
revision comes from New York in a
dispatch which says that the United
States Steel corporation and the Penn
sylvania Steel company have sold to
the Canadian Pacific railroad $4,000 tons
of rails at from 81 to $22 a ton, or at
from 81 to IS a ton less than they can
be had by railroads in the United
States OF course the steel companies
have not sold $4,000 tons of rails to a
Canadian railroad purely for a sum
mer's days diversion. There is money
in the deal, else it would not have been
put through. If Charles NJ. Schwab' 5
statement was true, and Mr.. Schwab
ought to know, there is profit in max
ing steel rails even at $3.50 a ton.
Why then is the Infant" steel indus
try to be nursed at the expense of the
railroads of the states? Perhaps the
railroads of the United States need no
nursing. But then. neither does the
Canadian Pacific, certainly not on the
part of the United States.
The tariff on steel rails is 81 a ton.
In selling at $50 to the Canadians the
steel trust has not only given them an
advantage of So a ton over our Ameri-
can railroads, but has sold the stuff for
less than the American price less the
tariff. This is a matter which interests
not only the railroads, but every pro-
Queer and shipper, and eventually every
consumer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the fire-eater has been known to
take water.
It's the good points of a girl that
the fellows get stuck on.
You can wnitewash a reputation, but
the spots will show through.
The things that are not worth doing
are often the things we do best.
The man who agrees with nobody
thinks everybody else is wrong.
The fellow who shutters has lots of
time to think twice before he speaks.
Even the henpecked husband and the
bachelor who has been disappointed in
love may envy each other.
Seeing isn't believing when you can
see through the schemes of a swindler.
Some women indulge in tight lacing
just to keep things from going to waist.
The most polite people in the world
are those who have gold bricks to sell
you.
No. Maude. dear; eating with a knife
is not calculated to sharpen ones ap-
petite.
To give a. boy blowing up doesn't
necessarily cause him to rise in the
world.
Some people never attempt to do any,
thing for fear they might do it wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
DR.. COYLE IN TOPEKA.
Famous Denver Preacher at First
Presbyterian Church.

DR.. r. F. Coyle of Denver occupied
the pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church at the morning and evening
service Sunday. DR.. Coyle is one OF
the most powerful preachers in the
country and he had large congrega-
tions. In the morning ne made plea
for higher standards He said that
enlightened Christians of America are
of high religious standard as COM
pared with the Patagonians but he
said that they should take God as
their standard and not the Patagon-
ianS.
In the evening DR.. Coyle touched upon
the social reformers. He said that there
is no doubt much to be done in the
way of improvement but he said that
the actions of the social reformers were
like painting a pest house to rid it of
an epidemic. He said that the trouble
was that the social reformer does not
begin at the root of the evil and make
mankind better and that the new con-
dition would then come naturally.
DIR. Coyle also made a plea for the
unification of creeds. He said that the
trouble has been that church people
have Quarreled about the non-essentials
without considering the broad funda-
mental truths. He said that all the diff
ferences come from a wrong placing of
emphasis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
GLOBE SIGHTS

lFrOm the AtchlSOn Globe.
Which is worse for the guest: To be
treated as company or one of the fam
lily?
Heaven, to some women, will be the
place where husbands will have to cash
all their fine promises.
1t is common experience that a wild
over becomes reconciled to the will of
the Lord awfully soon.
Look at the teeth of those who have
the most to say of the improperly of
eating corn on the cob.
The most unappreciated thing we
know anything about is the invitation
girl gives the boys to call.
There is this difference between a
mans temper and a womans; a man
will contend that he has a right to be
cross.
When a woman makes the mistake of
first using a swear word, she looks as
If she expected something under her
feet to burst.
If a boy is turning the ice cream
freezer for his mother, he gets the size
of dish his labors entitle him to, but
not otherwise.
A man gets a housekeeper in a sec
ond wife, but all a woman gets in
second husband is trouble between him
and her children.
We wonder if there ever was a hus-
have his wife around if he knew he was
going to be delirious.
An Atchison father saws that the
Chaperon electric Light on his front
porch costs him less than dollar a
month, and that he doesn't intend to
be without one till his last daughter is
safely married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

to spend. invested in a swell moving
van. as
Squeezing was the principal amuse-
ment of the evening at a lemon social
given by the Methodist girls of Leon
ardville.
A chilli restaurant at Horton is such a
hot affair that spontaneous combustion
the past week called out the fire de-
partment. ~
There was run on bank at Clifton
last week-buts it was by a team that
had been scared at something thrown
in the ditch.
The little town of Broughton has a
rain prophet as well as Topeka- IN
May he predicted a storm August 1S'
and it came to the dot.
Bees in the cupoIa of the Mcpherson
college evidently failed to take vaca-
ton. An explorer found 80 pounds OF
honey there the other day.
During a recent circus parade at Sa-
lima monster snake escaped from its
cage. No casualties were reported But
think if it had been a mouse.
Hutchinson has cut down an old town
landmark in the shape of a cottonwood
tree planted in II. If it could talk
think how many tales it might tell.
Friday and thirteen are a hard COM
bination to beat. A Chanute policeman
drank that many bottles of beer on
that day and now he is looking for a
new job.
A Brown county mans peach crop is
clings this year, where the same trees
bore freestoneS last season. He fears
that means a change of congressman
in the First district.
Dogs pestered a Mankato man the
other night and he fired load of buck
shot among them. The next morning
nary dead canine did he discover but
a valuable calf lay near the front gate.
Highland proved too slow for two IL
year-old maidens and they fed to st.
Joe. After trying the police station
there awhile they promised to be good
and were sent back to ma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
NO DAILY COACH EXCURSIONS

E. E. Mcleod. chairman of the
western Passenger association of Chi
cago, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Topeka, returning to Chicago today.
While here he was the guest of E. w.
Thompson and Jerry Black.
Mr.. Mcleod lived in Topeka for a
time six years ago, and frequently
makes a trip to the city. His visit 70
Topeka this time, he stated, had no
particular significance.
A reporter for the State Journal
asked Mr.. Mcleod in regard to the
recent agitation for daily Sc coach ex-
cursions from Chicago to st Louis on
account of the Worlds fair.
There will be no daily coach ex-
cursions," he said. 1--WE have coach
excursions three days a week and it
is quite likely that this rule will re-
main in effect the remainder of the
season. One road announced that it
would run daily coach excursions, but
it was shown to that road that such a
move would have the effect of de-
moralizing rates all over the country
and the plain was withdrawn"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
JAYHAWKER JOTS.

Medicine Lodge is cutting 81 pound
Watermelons.
Norton is raising 141s inch in circum-
ference tomatoes.
Governor Bailey continues to strike
oil. The fates are kinder to him than
his party
The most needed thing in Severance
is some new sidewalks or the old ones
repaired.
Parsons is growing better The town
has an anti-cigarette league with over
800 members.
The past week a cowboy riding his
horse into a billiard hall reminded
Goodland citizens of pioneer days.
There will be no more sleeping in the
Methodist church at Stafford since cleo
trio lights have been put on duty.
Instead of buying him an auto. a
Burden man who had a few hundreds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
NEW MAP Is FILED.
The Northwestern Line Is Finally
Located.

The final map of the survey of the
Topeka & Northwestern railroad has
been filed in the Office of the county
clerk of Shawnee county, covering the
distance of that railroad in Shawnee
county.
The map does not differ greatly
from the first map filed. 1t, however.
does away with some curves and
grades which were part of the
original survey.
Engineers have been working out
the problem of getting the most di-
rect line possible between Topeka and
MarysviIle, and at the same time get
a line that is as free as possible from
curves and grades. A great many sur
veys have been made over a portion of
the line which traverses a rough sec
ton, and the engineers have now an
nounced that they have located the
line as advaRtageously as is possible.
The main object is to keep the
grade below clio of 1 per cent of 80
feet of ascent to one of the road.
Practically the line will be less than
this per cent of grade.
The line will be built uD to the
highest standards, and it is said will
become a part of the main line of the
Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom ne CHICAGO News.

From the Chicago NeWS.J
A jolly man always finds himself in
good company.
It's impossible to love your neighbor
as he loves himself.
Some men make opportunities for 9TH
ers to take advantage of.
When poverty comes in at the win
dow love crawls under the bed.
The ladders top isn't easily attained,
but the view is worth the effort.
If a girl is beautiful she soon learns
that she doesn't need to have sense.
Many a worthless man is worth
something to his widow who kept UP
his life insurance.
People would meet with fewer dis
appointments if they didn't expect
more than they deserve.
A wise girl always pretends to be a
little more daffy than the young man
she is planning to face the parson with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
LOCAL MENTION.

A. E. Cooper, division passenger
agent of the Rock Island, has re-
turned from Chicago.
r. w. Kendall, travelling account
ant of the Rock Island, is in Topeka
today talking over accounts with the
local officials.
Councilman Luther Nellis leaves to-
day for the knights Templar triennial
concIave at San Francisco.
Assistant City Attorney Ralston has
gone to Burlington with his wife and
baby for a two weeks visit on his
fathers farm.
Mayor Bergundtha1 and City Clerk
Souires will probably start on their
summer vacations next week after the
September council meeting