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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08
Not a Sick Day Since.

II was taken severely sick with kidney
trouble. | tried all sorts Of medicine.
Que day saw an I'D. of your Electric
Bltters and determined to Try that, Al.
str taking low doses | felt relieved,
and soon thereafter was entirely cured
and have not seen sick day since.
Neighbors Of m'ns have basn cnred Of
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kid
ney troubles and General Debility" This
is what B. 4 Bass, of Fremont, N. G.
writes. Only 900 at Rath & cambridge,
Druggists
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08
,Joy and happiness oftimes

Joy and happiness oftimes
In mothers hearts are brought to dwell
Because ''TEETHlNA'S brought the bloom
10 babys cheek and made 1t we'll
Anodynes only sooth and lull to sleep.
"rEETHINA" cures the child Regulates
The bowels and saves the parent many sleep.
less nights Of care and anxiety.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08

The railroad company are prospecting
for ground along their line in this sec.
ton for suitable gravel for ballastlng
purposes, They want $500 carloads to
put their line between this and Dodge
City.-Syracuse News.
VIM, Henry of Fl. Dodge has taken a
homestead southwest of Santa Fe in
Haskell county.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08
Can You Get SOROSIS Shoes
In Your City?

If not, write to us. We have
exclusive sale of the SOROSIS
and will be glad to submit you
Our catalogue containing fifteen
distinct styles of this popular
Shoe, and also charming love
story "The Sharpness of Steele"
beautifully illustrated, on re-
quest. Will send the Shoes en-
press prepaid anywhere on re-
ceipt Of the price $3.50. We
carry every size from Il to g;
any width from IA to E; any
style; any leather
THE
LUNDBLADE & 10LIEGER
STORE
Great Bend, Kansas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
THE WISE FARM MANAGER
He Makes q Success Of Life Because
He Knows How to Think to
Some End. .s=

The farmer that succeeds Is the ono
that thinks, and thinks to some end.
The superintendence of the farm is
the thing Of most importance to .
man that has a farm large enough TO
require the work of number OF men.
The man with the little farm can think
as he goes along, but not SO the man
that has q large area of expensive
land to control. This was forcibly
brought to our attention recently in a
visit to one of the most successful
farmers in Illinois He said that one
of the greatest faults he had noticed
with unsuccessful farmers was their
lack of ability to plan. He himself AL
ways made it a point to think out
the work days ahead, and to tell the
men the night before what they were
each to do on certain day. He
cited the instance Of one farmer that
lacked this power. He would not try
to think what to do till the day came
when the work was to be done, and
then he never succeeded in arranging
his work SO as to save time. He would
say to one man: well, you go over
and repair that fence" and he would 60
perhaps mile to make little repair
on q fence which could have been re-
paired when the men were in that vi
cinity engaged on some other work.
This meant a loss of time that was very
considerable factor when it was repeated
over and over throughout the year in
various forms. The man at the head of
affairs is the one that must make the
farm work success, II 1t is to be a
success.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Five feet apart each way is a good
distance to set currant bushes.
On many soils both fruits and vege-
tables are benefited by an application Of
wood ashes.
One of the commonest mistakes Of
the fruit grower 10 to neglect to culti-
vate his orchard.
For almost any kind Of small fruit
the land should be deeply ,plowed, thir-
oughly cultivated and well fortified.
It is cheaper to grow good shade trees
from seed In q nursery, under the prop
erconditions, than to hunt and pull them
in the woods.
The root systems of forest seedlings
grow long and spreading, SO 1t is al
most impossible to pull them without
injuring the roots very badly.
The United States is now spending
about 100000 annually in the .inves-
tigation of forests, and in carrying out
various schemes for forest preserva-
ton.
Why should we expect the orchard
to continue to bear crops year after
wear without being fed and cultivated?
We do not expect It Of other farm
crops III ~
Seedlings grown in the shady and
sheltered woods have their organs for
Transportation, assimilation. etc., de-
veloped for that condition. and when
brought out to q light, exposed place.
- .,~o1,lo <o nonn NTH fha uaW Nnn>
ditions and die.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
SAVED FOR THE FISH TRADE
He Had Too Much Intellect to IA
Glove Away" on .
Doctor.

, The fsh-man drove into the yard few
Gays after the new summer residents rad
taken possession Of their home. and seeing
a an open door he stepped in and confronted
Companion.
Gettin' settled, spose, )" he raid. agree
eoly, allowing his gaze to wander from two
half-unpacked trunks to table loaded with
miscellaneous articles. well, take your
time; take your time; there's plenty Of It up
here! understand your husbands Z doc
tor, ma'am" :. =
Yes, he u.s." said the summer resident.
who in spite of warnings from city neigh.
bors that she had better display no haugi,ti.
ness OF spirit under questioning, was unable
to put much cordiality into her tone. :.
Well, now, l come near bein' DOCTOR"
said the fsh.man, still with wandering
gaze. MY folks wanted should be one, all
exceptln' Of an aunt that had money, and
was looked to to help me out financially if /
took up with profession. She spent one
summer here, and she made reg'far study
OF my character an parts, and at the end Of
the season she up an told my folks that
'twouldn't do, must 80 into business.
That boy has got too much intellect to
be hove away on DOCTOR" she said; those
were her very words. Now how would you
like couple O. good mack, rel all slit up an
ready for the br iler!" - sag
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
OUT FOR BuFFALOES'
BUT IT WAS WITH A CAMERA
INSTEAD OF A RIFLE.
Ernest Harold Baynes Tells Of Photo.
rraphing Herd on New Hamp-
shire Preserve-0etting
Very Scarce.

/ am particularly interested in but.
faloes for several reasons. In the
first place, they are the most magnifi-
cent hoofed animals on the western
hemisphere, and in the next place they
are almost extinct. Less than SO years
ago, they were probably the most NUM-
erous large wild animals in the world,
and to-day there are possibly 1 500 in ex-
istence. About third of these, some
thing over 600, are wild and inhabit a
desolate region southwest of-well,
never mind just where it is. The rest are
either in captivity in geological gar
dens, or in what might be termed semi
captivity in big game preserves. The
largest herd in semiconfinementi is that
in the Blue Mountain forest, otherwise
known as Corbin park, vast preserve
some seven miles north OF Newport, N. H.
There are at this writing approximately
$50 buffalo of all ages in this herd, ana
these great shaggy beasts roam at will
over their kingdom of $4,000 acres, con-
fined only by fence 36 miles in length.
Here, in country Of wild mountain for
ests, bushy thickets, swampy lowlands
and grassy plains, the buffaloes thrive
and increase in numbers every year,
and it is here that have the privilege of
studying their habits, and of photo
graphing the animals themselves to my
hearts content.
A few days later, very early one morn
ing, came upon herd of buffalo, more
than hundred, all told, grazing on a
piece of high land where they had spent
the night. l set off home and returned
with two cameras. hoping to get pic
ture of the herd. But before could get
quite near enough, some of the beasts
caught sight of me, and by few deep
grunts warned the rest, and the whole
lot were soon galloping away down a
hill, across swamp and into wood
where they were lost to view. However,
he who runs may read the fresh trail OF
a herd of buffaloes, by the trampled
grass, the broken twigs, and, at this
season, by the punches of hair left
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
REMEDIES FOR CUT WORMS
To Trap These Destructive Garden and
Orchard Pests Requires Work
and Strategy.

Cutworms are the larvae Of moths
belonging to the family noctuidae
These moths are night flyers; their
eyes shine in the lamp light and hence
they are sometimes called "owlet
moths" The eggs are laid by the fe-
male moth for the most part on leaves
or the soft parts of plants. Land re-
Gently in sod is likely to be infested,
and the crop following sod Is pretty
sure to suffer If attractive to these
pests. Some cutworms climb fruit
trees and eat the buds.
Late fall blowing by turning up the
pupae of cutworms, where varying
temperature has chance to work on
them, SO that crows, blackbirds and
other birds have an opportunity to eat
them, is an excellent thing.
Many growers of melons, squashes
and cucumbers protect their young
plants by cylinders of tin (tomato cans
with ends melted out are good) or
cardboard or even brown paper, a cylin-
der surrounding each plant and planted
a few inches 1.-TWO or three) in the soil.
Poisoning bundles of clover with q
solution of Paris green and strewing
the same amongst the plants to be
protected is one good method. Both
Of these the entomologist has tried
with some success. Paris green. II
must be remembered, is a slow acting
poison comparatively, and one must
not expect worms which have eaten 1t
to die at once. Planting an excessive
number Of seed or plants is sometimes
resorted to. The writer has found the
guilty worm frequently concealed an
inch or two in the soil in the morning,
not far from the plant injured during
the night. He has also trapped them
successfully by placing cabbage leaves,
or any large leaf or board, among
plants needing protection. finding the
worms under there in the morning
Minnesota Experiment Station.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
AN ENEMY OF GOOD ROADS
Water Does More Harm Than All the
Other Destructive Agencies Known
to Engineers.

Among the elements and forces OF Na>
ture there are several enemies of good
roads, but the greatest Of them is water.
1t washes away the material of the road.
1t soaks into the road and softens it SO
that the wagon wheels cut into the sur
face making ruts and holes. 1t pene-
trates and softens the foundation SO that
the surface of the road sinks or breaks
up. In the winter the water that is in the
road freezes, expands and loosens and
disintegrates the road material.
The most important thing in the build
ing OF roads is to lesson or prevent the
ravages of water; yet no feature of the
work is SO neglected as this. Many local
road supervisors seem to give no con-
sideration to the question of drainage,
and the result is a regular mud blockage
during several weeks Or months of the
year.
The following are few simple rules
the observance of which would 60 far
toward lettering the roads of this coun-
try:
First-The road should be so located
and constructed as to avoid steep grades
down which the water rushes during
heavy rains, tearing up and washing
away the road material.
Second-The foundation Of the road
should be thoroughly drained by open
side bitches which will carry OF the wa
ter, and where necessary tile drains
should be laid in the foundation itself.
Third-The surface of the road should
| be hare and smooth and have sufficient
slope toward the sides to shed the sur
| face water
Fourth-Ruts and holes on the surface
| of the finished road should be filled as
fast as made so that water can lie op
the surface to be worked up into mud.
These rules are simple and easy to fol-
| low, and anyone who gives any serious
thought to the matter can see the wisdom
Of following them. Still they are al
most universally ignored. as the con-
dition Of our roads abundantly proves.
! What this country needs is a radical
change, new era in road building. The
! people have been moving in ruts in more
| SENSES Judu one, anu IL et1CA lOCdI GULL
munity is left to work out the road prob
lem alone, they will continue to move In
the same ruts, and every year millions
of dollars will be thrown into the mud
to say nothing of the losses resulting
| from the use of bad roads. Lectures on
road improvement seem to do very little
good. Books and bulletins on road build
ing appear to have very little effect
| What the local committees need /:
practical object lessons, and actual as
sistance, and these can come only from
the state governments and the federal
! government It is for this reason that
road reformers everywhere are turning
toward state and national aid as the only
solution of the road problem.
The bad roads of the United States are
a blight, a curse, disgrace and all
patriotic progressive citizens should
make grand united effort to wipe them
out and put our Nation OF level with
the advanced nations Of Europe in the
matter of roads.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
oLD.TlME MARINE RELIC.
Bones Of q Steamship Of 1854 That
Still Serve as Long Island
Landmark.

DO you see that iron framework
standing in the water?" asked the old
salt, the other day, relates the New York
Sun, pointing with his finger to an OBJ
1ect half mile westward and dimly
visible through the haze and mist.
THAT is the table which supported the
shaft OF the side wheel steamship Frank
lin, of the Southampton and Havre
line.
Fifty years ago there was spell OF
just such Doggy, muggy weather as this
was boy, but l remember well the
hrst night of the Franklin.
Il was in bayfield, and heard the re-
port OF a cannon and, looking up, saw
the fog bank which was hanging low
over the bay.
Father called, there's a steam
ship almost ashore
Zone glance from the old surfman, my
father, brought the reply: She IL
ashore. You run for Capt. Topping and
tell him.
Capt. Topping was the wreckmaster,
and in the old days the bringer of the
first report of ship ashore received five
dollars" @a
II didn't get the money, for others
had been ahead of me, but got trip
to the beach, and, like hundreds Of 9TH
ers, saw my first steamship. That Is
just so years ago to-day, July II.
''The beach that day was throngec
xr,s%I yses% hnc in
any one day before or since. for there
were sightseers from the whole coun-
try for miles around, who like me had
never seen a steamship, except in pic
lures.
"The Franklin was loaded with gen.
eral cargo of French merchandise
which was very valuable. The most of
it was saved, badly soaked with sea
water She lay on the bar that day. and
during the night pounded over and went
high up on the beach For weeks teams
were driven beside the ship.
"All efforts to pull her off proved use
less, and her bones are still there, and
appear to be good for another so years.
well, she looked to be as though she
were half mile from the beach now.
Has the wreck moved?" asked the Wis
itor.
mo; but the beach has washed away
and left the wreck 800 yards from
shore She is still useful, however, as
there is first-class fishing for sea bass
and black fish around the old Franklin
wreck, and it's a landmark for coasters
and pilots. It is about midway between
Fire island and Shinnecock. ard il
sighted by veterans along the coast is
at once recognized"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
Wear an Eelskin.

A colored man in a South street fish
market was SHINING eels yesterday
morning, and as he removed the skins
with a pair of pincers he carefully
placed them to one side. what do You
do with them7" asked an inquisitive
bystander. Il send them to m3
brother down ct Atlantic City," was
the reply He sells them to colored
people on the beach for five cents
apiece. You know an eelskin is a sure
preventive against cramps. II you
wrap one around your ankle before
you 20 in bathing you need have nc
fear Of drowning. Maybe white peo-
ple don't believe in this, but colored
folks do, and my brother can sell more
eelskins during the bathing hour than
he can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
THE STING OF A BEE.
It Is Not Always Done in Hurried
and Self Destroying
Manner.

"Stir ging is not the impulsive and
furious action on the part of the bee
that many persons think" said bee
culturist, reports the New York Sun.
Il have often watched bees sting, and
they all go about it in the same way.
"Take them, first, in slow and
careful sting where they have plenty
of time. Here they study the ground
that is to be punctured with minute
attention.
"They have a pair of instruments
called palpi-worderful instruments
full of fine hairs, each hair terminal
ing in a delicate nerve-and with these
palpi they will sound the piece of flesh
as perfectly as physician will sound
q patients lungs. They can tell pre-
cisely in this way whether or not their
sting will penetrate without meeting
any obstruction or coming to any
harm.
"The bee, If it seems good to her at
the end of her examination, turns,
darts in her sting and 1t the same
time. injects into the wound tiny
drop of clear pale green venom. If she
has time she withdraws her sting, cir
cling around and around the wound.
screwing out the little weapon as a
carpenter screws out a bit
"But If she has not time, if her life
is in danger, she flies away at once.
leaving both poison and sting. Thus
MANNED, she dies in an hour or two
1T is only upon the drones of the
hive that the average bee uses her
weapon-not one bee in million ever
stings human being or an animal
and when she attacks drone it is easy
to with draw her sting again and thus
no harm comes to her.
when she stings a man, though,
there is more danger; but even. here
she reconnoiters with her palpi first
and finds time in many cases to get
out her sting and escape uninjured."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
Phosphate Of Lime for Cows.

=
A farmer of Georgia who is known
as q successful stock raiser has made
it 4 practice to feed phosphate Of lime
to his dairy cows. He begins with
the dam and before the birth Of the
calf. He says that the frame needs
to be built up and that the green
grass Of the Georgia pastures does
not give enough phosphate and lime
for the work Of bone-making. This
deficiency exists only on soils that
are deficient In lime and phosphorus.
The idea is . new one aud as yet
most Of our scientists are not ex-
pressing their opinions ON It. 1t may
move to be OF value and may not.
Further developments will be awaited.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17

clinging to the bushes. SO hurried after
them as fast as could go with two cam
eras. one in each hand. Now, part of
this reserve was once farming coun-
try. and a few of the old farmhouses are
still standing. Some Of these are in good
repair. and are kept as shooting camps,
and are used by the members OF the Blue
Mountain Forest association In the hunt
ing season. Others have gone more or
less to decay, and are now perhaps the
homes Of wild cats and other forest crea-
lures, and in the floors of some of them
there are great holes gnawed by the
teeth of porcupines. After toiling after
the buffaloes for perhaps three miles, I
came upon the herd on wide open space
in the rear OF one of Of these old farm
houses-some grazing and others lying
down, Gil as contented as herd OF do
nestle cattle. Cautiously approached
the front of the house, quietly removed
l. window, crawled into q musty room and
drew the cameras in after me. Going
through to the rear | could see the whole
herd in full view from the back windows.
Very slowly I opened one of these win
dows without attracting the attention
Of the buffaloes, and quickly put cam
era in position. wished to station the
other camera at one Of the side windows,
but the sash was stiff and threatened
to make a noise If tried to open 1t.
However. 1t was the work of but five
minutes to remove pane Of glass with
a penknife, and very soon had my guns
trained upon the herd from two direc-
tons. Having made one or two expos
ures, waited for chance to get indi-
vidual pictures, and a little later, when
the buffaloes began to move about. the
opportunity came. The first animal to
approach the rear window was fine
Young bull, whose last winters coat was
still hanging to his sides In tatters. l
got his portrait without arousing his
suspicious, and then went to see II there
was anything within range Of the other
instrument. Coming round the corner
of the house there was fine old COW buf-
falo, grazing quietly, and following close
upon her heels was her tawny. three
months-old calf, nibbling the grass as
though he was not quite used to the
work. A moment later they we're fairly
within range, and released the shut
ter, the sound of which caused the COW
to lift her head and gaze in the direction
Of the window. But the room was dark
and she could not see me. for she soon
went on with her grazing. Returning
to the first camera soon got q snap at
two young bulls feeding side by side. ard
thus might have gone along until all
my plates were used. had not plate
holder slipped through my fingers and
fallen to the floor with q crash. Half
dozen loud grunts. and instantly all the
buffaloes which were lying down bumped
to their feet A few more grunts fol-
lowed, and as though an order had been
given them to march at double quick, the
whole herd was bounding away, and
wheeling one of the cameras about, /
got parting shot as they swung round
Z turn in the hills.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
rmprope7 wax q Mulching.

More than half Of all the damage I
have ever known with fruit trees was
caused BY mulching with manure close
tn the body. Mulching Is Of very lit
tie benefit as q fertilizer rs the
strength will not work down to the
roots It breeds borers and gives .
nesting place for mice In winter %
destroy the tree. When the tree u
nlanted little surface soil among the
roots is all it requires, rs tree hves
almost entirely in the subsoil. -Epito-
mist 3
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
Don't Be Too credulous.

Don't listen to the agent who comea
- your door with some sure killer"
far all insects and fungi. Show him the
way out, promptly and firmly. Unless
vou have heard favorably Of the goods
~ has for sale through some good pa
mar the experiment station or practical
svnerience OF some personal friend, the
chances are you will get the worst Of
tha bargain by listening to him. Make
,,ote 81 that he has for sale and what he
e,sima and write to some competent adj
wiser, either some farm Newspaper OF
.vnet1ment station.-Rural World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
A HANDY GARDEN TOOL.

5Bh inch or four foot handle attached.
/ II the spring has but one hole it can
be attached with one large screw or
nail, and two wire ties. II three holes.
! three screws are sufficient Handle
can be cut out of piece of fence board
| the required length, cut square at the
end and dressed down to suit the eye
! and hands of the user. Try making
Zone right away. c. Umstott, in
#Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17
Suspicious SIGNS.

Agent-My dear lady, 1 have here 4 rem.
edy that will absolutely cure your husband
Of the alcoholic habit. Drop little in his
coffee
Lady Of the House with indignation)-
mo one / saw that in the halo Of
scratches around the keyhole' in the front
door" Youngstown Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-17

the arrangement shown in the cut.
Bracing two adjoining posts took q
bar. b, and placed against post at left.
where cut is made. Wires can then be
cut and hook and eye fastened to post
and bar. In order to have this panel
taut nse the arrangement shown to
close 1t. Place wire over the top Of
most at c, and around bar At b.
Through these loops the lever, a, Is
placed and the panel drawn to place.
where 1t is easily fastened.-G. b.
Doolittle. in Farm and Home.