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The midland journal., 1909-06-18
FARM NOTES.

Hogs should not, as rule, be
furhed into more corn at one time
Than they can eat up clean in two
Or three weeks. The shorter period
b preferable.
ANY fields permanently fenced for
Aogs should be convenient to the
farmstead. as large as can be used
by this class of stock, and Of such
shape as to reduce to minimum the
imount of fencing necessary to en-
Hose an acre OF land.
1t requires no more labor to pre-
pare for subsequent crops fields that
have been hogged on than those that
have been treated by the ordinary
methods of harvesting.
Hogs waste no more corn in field
ahan when fed In the yard. They
pick the corn so clean as most men
DO in husking.
Three pounds Of rape, costing Is
cents, sown in the corn at the last
cultivation furnishes considerable sue.
culent feed. which may take the place
OF high-prleed shorts.
Labor In caring for hogs Is not In.
creased by hogging corn. but may be
decreased. II systematic methods are
employed
1t Is not expected that all corn
saised may be fed on with hogs, but
che amount they can clean up fr,m
.he time 1t is nicely glazed until the
weather becomes unfavorable. two
pr three months in Minnesota, may
be very economically fed in this way.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
THE PoULTRYMANs ALPHABET
By william zale.

by william Zale.
Advertising Is the stepping stone to
success.
BE thankful to get any prize at all
without expecting anything.
Choose your variety aud jump IN
Discard the narrow breasted, one
legged ones. They are q delusion and
snare.
Every neglect has its cost in poul-
try raising.
Fatty meat should never be fed to
laying stock. s
Gentleness is virtue in the poultry
yard.
Have an object in view and then
work strictly to the line.
Indifferent care will ruin the ca
pacity of any breed.
Johnnycake is a good feed, If you
want to become a slave to your
chicks.
Keep on advertising.
Let the comb act as your health
barometer.
Mix common sense with a good dis
lnfectant for the roosts and do not
neglect to use it.
Nothing is better for growing stock
han dry bran.
Overcrowded quarters mean dis.
sase, death and disaster.
Profit in any kind Of poultry breed
.ng comes from having the best.
Quite few dollars can be made In
poultry If you have enough sense.
Read all you can lay your hand on
regarding poultry breeding, and then
ase you own common sense.
Scratching hens lay the eggs.
Trap-nests expose the fraudulent
aens.
Utility means more than symmetry,
shape and feathers .4
Vigor and vitality are the factors
hat make the money.
Working hens, like working peo-
pie, are the healthiest to get along
with.
Xanthus-legged fowls are market-
1ppers.
You can not expect to keep pills
ind capture the cups.
Zetetic methods will bring results
where blind following Of custom fails.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
He Had n BAD.

A breach of promise action was
tried in Dublin. "The Defendant" !"
observed Mr.. T. NJ. Healy, X. c.. VI
p. ON behalf OF the lady. wrote 146
love letters-don't be alarmed, my
Lord, l am not going to read them
all He could not pass a letter boz
without posting a letter to the plain.
til.
"one evening he asked her IL she
was engaged. She laughed and sail:
What's that to youP Well he said
I should like very much to be al
lowed to pay you some attention.
You must go and see my mother
about that she replied.
THAT night" continued Hr. Healy,
"this gentleman sat down in the ho-
tel and wrote his nrst love letter TO
the young lady. In the course Of the
following six months he wrote to the
plaintiff. not merely daily from train
and ship. but almost from his bed.
letters. kilograms and postcards."-
London GloSe.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
an IMPORTANT POINT.

Below we quote an article from the
Dairy Record which illustrates the
election that the Western dairymen
have F'rof T. L. Hacker. and the
information given Is OF especial i'm
portaKce.
AT the short course for daIrymen
held last week at the Minnesota
Dairy School. Prof. T. l.. Hacker
IN one .of his inimitabls lectures on
the dairy COW (leetures that make
one feel that the dairy husbandry is
about the grandest vocation that any
one can engage in) touched on the
case of the COW and the treatmApt
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
SHADE FOR DUCKS.

The best success in raising ducks
Is in a. partly shaded yard. An old
orchard with now and then tree
missing is an ideal proposition. Young
ducks cannot stand the full heat of
the sun. but they do better in dry
quarters. Old ducks like to swim.
but water is damage to young
ducks except just enough to drink,
and it is better TO keep the drinking
water so protected that the little fell
lows cannot get themselves wet.-Epi-
tomist.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Fastidiousness.

A travelling salesman stopping at q
hotel in country town on circus day
refused to use the wet and soiled
crash towel in the lobby.
The eolored porter said deprecat-
ingly:
Boss, IS men has wiped dere
hans on dat tow'l dis mornin' an
you is de fust ter complain. 80
Circle.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
al Pirate.

What do you think of Miss Call
hopes voice?:' whispered the tall
girl with the mountainous pompa-
dour.
''She sings like pirate" growled
the rude man in the starry vest.
Like a pirate? Gracious! And
what is the resemblance?"
"She's rough on the high C's."-
Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
He Knew.

The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. genera
tion will have to pass before true
and impartial history of the Civil
War can be written.
The Publisher-And by that time
there won't be enough interest in the
subject to warrant the expense OF
publishing the history.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Music. Leaf Turner.

Among recent patented devices Is
an ingenious apparatus for turning
the leaves of music. designed by
Pennsylvania man. Numerous at
tempts have been made to devise a
music leaf turner. but none has as
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Well Meaning, But

vivian-So you don't like Mr..
Smith?
Violet-No, he is very clumsy, es-
pecially. when dancing.
Vivian-But he means well.
Violet-Yes. He is one Of those
people who think 1t doesn't matter
how much damage they do If they
say Excuse me-" ~
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
A Missouri Traecdy.

Az the forms for the Wednesday
Herald were going down the eleva-
tor at $50 the elevator chain broke
and let the entire load fell to the
door OF the basement in conglom-
crate heap.-Columbia Herald.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18

The big trees of California are the
oldest living things in the World. Es-
.imates made from cross seckions OF
some of those which havet iailen
show that the mature trees aiSe moEe
:han 1000 years old.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
MANAGEMENT OF HEl>.,.

The problem Of feeding is one Of
great Importance, and should BE care.
fully considered, for on it depends to
a large extent not only the general
health of the birds, but also the econa
omy which promotes success. 1t is
a subject, however, which should be
studied with large amount of COM
mon sense. for there are no hard and
fast rules which can be laid down
as applying to every case. The price
Of feeds and the general environment
should be considered In determining
the right rations.
For the largest profit a good pro-
portion OF the eggs should be Sc.
bured during the winter. If two ex-
Ira eggs per week can be obtained
rom each hen "a good profit will be
made. while If the product is increase
ed by only one egg per week in win
ter. this one egg will pay for all
the feed the hen eats. To obtain this
greater production, not only should
the fowls be young and of a good lay
Ing breed. but the feeder should have
a. full knowledge of the proper feed
and its preparation.
The nutriment in the feed of lay.
Ing hens serves a~twofold purpose
to repair waste and furnish heat to
the body and to supply the egg maxi
Ing materials. AS only the surplus
over what is needed for the body is
available for egg production, the pro-
per feeds sould be fed in sufficient
quantities to. induce this production.
Farmers Home Journal.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Test For Eggs.

Placed in the water an egg If fresh
will remain resting at the bottom of
he vessel: If not quite fresh 1t will
:est with the big end raised higher
han the small end. and the higher
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Times Changes.

The captain was receiving the new
MILDLY.
"Well, boy, the old story, suppose
fool of the family sent to sea?"
'.Oh. no, sir" piped the boy:
that's all altered since your day."
Williams College Purple Cow.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18

angles and end in fingers, The latter
when in position rest on each sue
cessive page Of the music. Depend
ing from the operating Eechanism IL
a rubber tube and bulb, the latter
resting on the ground close to the
musicians foot. When the musician
has reached the end of the page and
desires to continue on the next. he
presses the bulb with his foot. and the
first page of music is .urned over.
On each successive page he does the
same. each finger in -urn forcing the
next page over Washington Star.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
the big end is raised the older is the

the big end is raised the older is the
egg.
AS an egg gets older. says the
Spatula. the water contained in the
white of an egg evaporates and this
causes the empty space at the thick
end of every egg to become enlarged.
The larger that empty space becomes
the more the egg rises in the water.
till in course of time it floats.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
No Escape.

Her Husband-Well, It takes ave
to make a quarrel, SO I'll shut up.A
His Wife-That's just like a corr
.emptible man! You'll sit there and
think mean things.-Chicago News.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
LOSING Moner.

A woman who was suing for di-
vorce was abusing her husband. at
cost nothing to get him, but 1t will
cost me $75 to get rid Of him. said
sho.-Atchison Globe.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
The ideal season.

Give your fowls as near spring
conditions all the year as is possible,
II eggs and especially fertile eggs
are desired. This requires comfort
able housing and inducement to exer-
else, plenty of vegetable and meat
food, as we'll as variety of grains.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
Never Tells Truth.

A boy always brags Of what he viii
do when he's man. fSss
And when he becomes alman he
always boasts of what he did when
he was boy.-Pick-Me-UH.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18

For HEADACHE-KAick CAPUDENR
Whether from Colds, Heat Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine win relieve you.
It's liQuid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try it. 10c., 25c, and SOC. at drug
The midland journal., 1909-06-18

Hens that have become too fat win
get reduced to the laying point
quicker on a diet of oats and lean
meat than on any other diet.
The midland journal., 1909-06-18
TIsSIE l1'ij3 * - - 3
FARM AND GARDEN

given her. He reminded his audience
that motherhood is at the bottom Of
milk production and that sBossy, es-
pecially the first few weeks after calv.
ing, is very susceptible to petting and
kind treatment and will show her ap-
probation at the milk pail We are
unable to impart to our readers the
very beautiful thought, the truth and
the good, hard common srase COM
bined in this suggestion as can Prof.
Hacker, but that his audience on
that occasion grasped and appreciat-
ed what he suggested was evident
by the spontaneous, responsive mo-
tion made by one Of the dairymen
that the professor be made to take
care of all the cows in Minnesota.
The interruption was very fine in
cident, and showed quite as. clearly
as any solemn convention resolution.
the esteem in which Prof Hacker is
held by the dairy farmers"
SULPHUR FUMIGATION.
1t takes some ingenuity to burn
sulphur in a vessel, as it tends to
smother flames. If several pounds are
to be burned, fire of cobs or sticks
soaked with Kerosene must be built
above the sulphur and kept burning
until you see the blue fame of the
sulphur licking up through the wood
blaze.
One way to disinfect the poultry
house with sulphur is to dissolve one
half pint, of turpentine and one half
pint of tar in one half gallon of kero-
sene. Soak corncobs in this solution,
and, when ready to burn out the pou!-
try house for lice or germs of DIS
ease have ready sharp-pointed piece
of iron to thrust in the ends of the
cobs, sprinkle sulphur over the cob.
set lighted match to it, and while
it burns, pass the cob over the roosts.
cracks in the hen house and every
where about It. This should be done
every week for month or more
Epitomist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-24
TIE
Ex optional
Equipment

+ tie California is syrup Co and the
aa6e st3imWnt- ol is chemists have
rndarj possible the production Of syrup
ST E.- ana El>r q SIENNA in all o. Is
Nge.,sma IS aatainug the pare me.ti1-
aalpnneirleset plants known toaet most
eee6eaIly and combining them most
kafaIy Ii the nsat proportions aiia
+ wholesome aad p.reshing syrup G
al..oaa F.ss
A Their is only one genuine syrup ai
eiss ana Elixir Of Seuna and as tie -ea-
aine is manufactured by IN original
rethel laeea the California ne STr1s
% only il IS always necessary % bay y.
senmne to st us beneficial effects
y knowledge ol the above taets e. ale
5uf ta decline limitations erte ertan ~.
ii upon viewing the raebag tuelali
ci theCalu5rna Fig syrup Go .lat
printed On tie front thereof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
COULDN'T FIGHT.
Police Interfered With the
Hart-Schreck Bout.
Chief Said Ne Contest of That
Nature for Lexington.
THE MONEY REFUNDED
Six Hundred Tickets Sold to
Kentucky Fans.
Citizens League Took a Hand
in Preserving Order.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 1.-THE Hart
Schreck fight was declared off to-
night after Night Chief Of Police
Jenkins had refused to permit the
contest to take place in Sullivans hall.
Six hundred tickets had been sold and
about $4,000 will be returned to the
holders today.
Arrangements had been made to
have the fight at the opera house
when w. E. Baron of the Citizens
league, started proceedings to stop it.
Manager Scott of the opera house on
advice of his attorney, refused to per-
init the contest in his house. Efforts
were then made to secure two big
skating Kinks, the tobacco warehouse
and several other halls, but to no pur-
pose, until Sullivans hall was finally
secured and the ring. was erected at
1880 o'clock. The chief of police
then announced he would not permit
the bout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
DIVORCE AT 81.
George Fackler of lola Quickly
Tires of Married Life.
Four Months in Double Har-
ness" Proves Sufficient.
GIVES GOOD REASONS.
Says His Wife Drove Him From
His Warm Room.
She Also Objected to His Sleep
ing in His Socks.
GIVES GOOD REASONS

lola, Kan, Jan. AFTER less than
four months experience, Geo. Fackler,
aged 81, has decided that married life Is
not nearly so pleasant as single blessed
ness and longs to be restored to his
old place In bache1ordom.
He has brought suit in district court
asking that the ties which bind him and
Nancy Fackler, who is some 20 years
51is junior, be severed. He lives on a
farm in Carlyle township. Last Sep
tsmber when the foliage was growing
sere and yellow, Fackler. noting his ad-
vancing years and the increasing weak
ness incidental thereto. decided that he
needed someone to care for him and
keen him company in his old age. About
this time he became more or less asso-
ciated with the defendant, and, so he
declares, she represented that she was
without a home and was oeS1rous OF
making some ARRANGEMENTS for home
and support, and further informed MIN
that she would be glad to become ms
co4npanion. This was agreeable TO MIN
and arrangements for their marriage
were made An ante-nuptia1 agreement
was entered into, it is alleged, by which
she was to waive all rights In his pro
perty and was to have nothing to say
as to what he should buy or sell with
this understanding Mr.. Fackler says
thew married on September last and
went to live on his place az OarIyIe.
Things went we'll. the petitioner de-
clares. until after the wife returned
from q visit to lola, when he says she
was dissatisfied with the conditions that
Formerly suited her. He says there was
NO reason for this as he behaved him
self properly, bought furniture and
equipment for the house although he
had no ready money at the time, but
mas compelled to buy on credit
However, he says she continued to
10 dissatisfied and irritable. Because
81 his age Mr.. Fackler says he has dlr-
f3cuIfy in keeping his feet warm, ana
needs a warm room. Sometimes he has
~ sleep with his socks on This did
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
A SMOOTH RASCAL. INDEED.
Stranger Who SwindIed lola widow
Has Defrauded Others.

lola. Jan. Mrs Elizabeth Jackson re-
turned to Iola bringing with her as a
reminder of the man who won her heart
and S1.435 of her money, handsome
salmon colored leather grip.
grip.
The grip contained: A tooth brush. a
razor strop. a razor hone, a night shirt,
a handkerchief marked with three sets
of initials. a travelling cup, a box of vas
cline. box of blue ointment but not a
scrap of paper to tell who had owned the
grip.
Mrs Jackson's last experience with the
man proved costly. She loaned him $3.50
with which to purchase tickets for himself,
Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Jacksons daugh-
ter and son to their future home in
California. Mrs. Jackson never saw him
after that
That Mattison is part of an organized
gang of men who prey on widows with
publication in the Kansas City papers OF
Mrs. JackSon'S experience a woman called
her on the telephone and told her sim
liar story Her description Of the man
left no doubt but that he was the same
one although he gave q different name.
Another thing is that Mrs. jackson first
a Deddler who came through lola He
was talking to Mrs. Jackson and after
finding out that she was d widow he sug-
sested to her that she ought to CORE
of st. Louis He was rich. handsome and
was looking for a wife, the man knew.
From this Mrs. Jackson wrote him q let
ter and their correspondence soon rfpened
into love on her part. Madison made five
visits to lola. He never went up town
but once. Once he stopped at the Penn
sylVanla hotel. He came IN on the 12;55
O'Clock train and left either on the
o'clock Missouri Pacific or on the night
Santa Fe train He never remained over
night in the town.
New York. Michigan and other states and
seemed to travel extensively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
ONLY A FINE FOR CHASE.
When Outlaw First Baseman Settles
That Incident Will Be Closed.

New York, JAM 1.+-President Farrell
of the New York Americans will attend
the meeting of the National baseball
commission at Cincinnati next Monday.
He says the commission will look into
the case of First Baseman Hal Chase
lieved in baseball circles that. Chase
will be fined for jumping his contract
last fall to join the California outlaws
and that as soon as the fine is paid the
incident will be closed. %.
Farrell expected to hear some word
yesterday from Ban Johnson relative
to the Chase matter but the mails
brought no tidings. That Chase will
play with the Americans again next
year is now a foregone conclusion and
the fans are breathing easier as a re-
suit While no official announcement
has been made. it is thought that with
Chase in line Moriarity will be turned
over to the Detroits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
HAS A SISTER IN SICILY.
Wichita Man Fears Relative Was in
EarthQuake

Wichita, Jan. Wv. A. Bosworth,
has a sister who is travelling in Italy
and whom he fears was in Sicily at
the time of the earthquake there.
He is awaiting news from there with
a great deal of concern.
Mrs. Henderson is his sister, and
with her husband they are travelling
through Europe. Their home is in
Salem, Mass. In letter received
here recently, they stated that they
expected to leave east France
December IS. and to be in Corsica,
Italy, the 18th. They further said
they expected to spend Christmas in
Sicily and to be in TaIomina. This is
but thirty miles north of Messina
where such terrible loss of life oc-
Cured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
wRoNGFULBY ARRESTED.
lola Man Sues County officials for
5000 Damages.

lola, JAN Claiming that his
client was arrested and placed in Jail
without a warrant and without prob
able cause, and that he was greatly
d1sgraced and Inundated by being
thrown in with the inmates of the Jail
who made him a subject of Kangaroo
court" w. D. Cope. attorney for ]. E.
Beach, has brought suit in district
court against Sheriff c. O. Bollinger
and Under Sheriff A. l.. Boatright, for
$5,O15 damages.
Beach says that he was arrested by
the under sheriff on September 22nd,
1908. and held in the Allen county Jail
unlawfully for II hours. He claims
that his arrest was made without a
warrant and without probable cause or
due process of any kind.
At the time of his incarceration there
were several prisoners in the Jail, some
of them convicted of serious crimes.
These surroundings greatly Inundated
and disgraced him, he declares. More
over he says the prisoners tried him in
Kangaroo COURT causing him much
mental distress.
Beach was suspected Of stealing junk
when taken into custody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
LAND VALUES INCREASE.
Ford County Property Goes at $50 Pei
Acre, at SIS Three Years Ago.

Dodge City, Jan. Three years ago,
when c. H. McFarling bought a half
section of land north of the Soule col
lege for SIS per acre, some thought that
he was paying a good price. This same
land was sold a few days ago for $50
per acre, so that this tract has in
creased in value over $1,000 per year
since it was bought by Mr.. McFarling.
Some of DIR. McCarty's land was sold
this week and it is understood that the
price was $72 per acre. OF this land
100 acres was located in the alfalfa
belt between here and the Soldiers
home. about 80 acres was upland north,
toward the state forestry station.
There are a lot of real estate deals
on at present. Ford county land has
been selling from $40 to 800 per acre,
according to location.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
THEY COME FROM MISSOURI.
S. B. Downing and Son Invest $44, 900
in Meade County Land.

Fowler, jan is. B. Downing and
son, from Centralia, Mo-, showed their
faith in Meade county real estate a
few days ago by investing $44,800 in
land out a few miles west of Fowler.
There are six quarter sections in the
tract purchased, and it is what is
known as the old Porterfield farm and
part of the old Cox ranch. This land
is located in the heart of the valley
where alfalfa grows luxuriantly and
artesian wells are found in abundance.
Mr.. Downing is q rich farmer at
-CentraIia and is an extensive land
owner, having property in various
parts of the United States. Mr.. Down
ing, junior, will come out about the
first Of March and begin improving
the land. The elder Downing is get
ting too old for active work and he is
going to build another house on the
land and fix it up for a good renter
He expects to fence the whole thing
hog tight and improve it as fine or
finer than anything in the valley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
NO BASEBALL WAR.
George Tebeau Thinks Peace Is Nov
Assured


Chicago, Jan. 1.-George Tebeau. who
supplies much of the powder for the
fighting done by the American Associ-
alton, made the statement on leaving
for Kansas City that the scrap" that
his league and its ally, the Eastern
League was having with the rest of the
minor leagues would in all proba bility
be amicably settled at Cincinanti next
Monday.
Moreover. Tebeau says the two big
minors will get many, if not all, of the
concessions they have been asking for.
That the belligerents will make their
withdrawal from the National Associa-
ton of minor leagues formal is the posi-
tive statement by Tebeau. That in it
self would likely be a discordant note.
but he explains it by saying that the
American Association and the Eastern
League. Will be taken in as a fourth
party to the national agreement. There
is the rub. If the fourth party bust
ness pans out all will be well. The
American Association people seem to
have grounds for believing it will. Next
week will tell. y