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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
NOTED POETS POVERTY.

Goldsmith, CoIeridge and Dryden
Among Those Who Suffered.
1t will be remembered how, in his
early days, DR.. Johnson on occasion
walked the streets of London all night
because he could not afford a bed,
while Goldsmith knew the necessity
of pawning his bedclothes, lying
with his head protruding from a slit
In the mattress inside which he had
thrust his person Coleridge, even at
a time when he had attained celebrity
as scholar, poet and essayist, was in
the saddest state of restitution. Dry
den lived in poverty and distress.
Steele waged a ceaseless war against
bailiffs- Keats slipped out of life un-
der the impression that his name was
writ in water" and Otway persisted
of starvation
Far from genius being a help to the
literary or poetic creator in any ma
terial sense, at least during the early
stages of his career, it is hindrance,
asserts the London Author. Mankind
understands mediocrity, tolerates tai
emit, but mistrusts genius.
For one man who succeeds in liter
allure a thousand fail" declared Mr..
Crawford
Authors who have passed through
what Is called 1.-The milI' could no
doubt throw corroborative evidence on
the statement, even though persever-
ance, physical endurance and per
chance good fortune may have com
bined to pull them through the purga-
tory wherein they once groaned in an
guiSh and to have in some degree
| toned down its memory.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
The Weekly Farm Budget
THOUGHTS FOR FARMERS.

Don't take your load to bed
with you. You always take the
harness off the horses when you
put them into the stable in the
evening.
Trimming those hedges will
not only add to the general APP
pearance of your premises, but
during the hot days of summer
it will also make travel more
bearable along the highway bor-
dering your farm.
Cutting the teeth in old ami
mails is sometimes practiced
with good results, but it is not
often necessary. 1t is, however,
wise policy to have a horses
teeth f1oated once in two years,
thus enabling him better to
grind his food.
Keep the sweet potato vines
clipped, never allowing them to
reach a length of over eighteen
inches or two feet, else they will
take root and draw the sub
stance away from the main
plant, that portion of the vine
that produces the potatoes
Don't let the old roosterS die a
natural death. They'll never be
tenderer than they are now.
Keep the poultry house closed
as long as possible in the even
ing, so the layers will not go in
and sit on the roosts so early.
They are asleep and inactive
enough these long winter nights,
even if they are kept scratching
around till dark.
Eggs for Matching should new
er be rough. Such eggs are most
likely to produce i'll shaped or
deformed chicks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
Survey of the Worlds News

tanned 146 acres; in 1910 it contained
138 acres. The improved acreage, how
ever, has increased 1872 per cent, or
much faster than the total farm acre
age and somewhat faster than the
total number of farms.
The expenditures for farm labor
jumped from 1857 ,OO0, 900 in 1900 to
$646, OOO, 900 in 1910, and the expendi-
lures for fertiliKers advanced from
SIS, 200, 900 in 1900 to $114,Ooo,OO0 in
1910.
THE MOTHERS CONGRESS
Better parents, better babies. better
country, is the slogan of the National
Mothers Congress, holding its an
nusl meeting at Dallas, Tex, March
21-23. 1t is the object of this organi-
zation to instruct mothers in the prop
er care Of infants, in ventilation and
moral training. A country wide cam
paign of child welfare has been start
ed by the congress to further this
work
One of the aims of the organization
is to lengthen the school terms Of all
boys and girls of the United States.
Tentative plans agreed upon by the
executive committee in Philadelphia
awaited Endorsement by the Dallas
convention.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
HOME PRODUCTS DESERVE
YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION
Find Out If Local Merchants Cannot
Supply the Things You Are
Purchasing Elsewhere.

Did it ever occur to you to consider
what articles and how many lines OF
goods are manufactured in your own
town? The chances are that you have
been buying various commodities from
outside of town without knowing that
you can get them right at home, made
by neighbors of yours who are trying
to build up business and at the same
time helping to build up the town
Many persons patronize mail order
houses or go away to buy goods more
because they are not aware of what
the home market has to offer than be-
cause they think they are getting bet
ter bargains outside.
What most towns need is a little
course of education in the immediate
home market line. The producers and
manufacturers in many instances need
education in that respect. They need
to know the value of letting other peo-
pie know what they make and have
for sale. Not long ago an enterprising
home trade enthusiast in a Texas town
compiled and published list of goods
manufactured and handled in his own
town. 1t surprised him as well as
others. The list follows:
Overalls and jumpers, half tone cuts
and etchings, bank and store fixtures.
chill supplies, crackers, creamery prod
ucts. cornice supplies, plumbers supplies.
macaroni, laundries, furniture, -four mill
products. planning mill products. saddlery
and harness, broomS, cigars, trunks, stock
and poultry medicines, mattresses, show
cases and cabinets, printing and binding,
upholstering, acetylene gas, iron works,
rubber and steel stamps, candy, awning
and carpet renovating, vinegar, meat
products, carriage and wagon works,
fountain drinks, ginners' supplies, wind
mills and casing, pressed brick, collins and
caskets.
Not every town, of course, manufac
lures such long list of arttcles-from
crackers to coffins-but in every town
there are homemade products which
should appeal to home people. A little
investigation will prove that there are
more home manufactured goods in
your own town than you ever dreamed
Of
The list above includes windmills.
Perhaps you do not need windmills,
but you do need printing every now
and then. You will notice printing
and binding in the list. Printing and
binding are done right here at home
and at reasonable rates, yet every
once in awhile the printer discovers
that somebody sends away for a job
which could be done here just as well
| and as reasonably. Other lines of
| business also suffer because people
don't seem to realize that the home
| product is a bargain from any point
| of view.
The moral is this: Find out what
your neighbors produce and offer be-
fore buying outside of the community
and you may be agreeably surprised.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23

Ar ANY of the laws of medieval
N times were very curious At
N first cases were decided by
combat, and it was a long
while before the jury system came into
use. In those days punishment was
very disproportionate to the crime Dur
ing the reign of King Edward ~ OF
England young girl of Yorkshire was
wooed by two lovers, the one young
farmer of her own rank, the other the
profigate son of a wealthy merchant.
the principal place in Marjory's affec-
lions, but Tom Ricketts,, the merchants
son, being heir to great prospective
wealth, was a rival to be dreaded
Ricketts, was a great rascal and at
first never intended to marry the girl,
but Marjory was well able to take care
of herself, and the young scapegrace
soon discovered that he could only
have her, if at all, after a legitimate
wedding ceremony. AS soon as he
came unto this condition Marjory, pos
sibly in order to tantalize him, de-
clared that she intended, after all. to
wed Robert Dangerfield-
Ricketts, by this time was madly in
love and ready to commit any crime to
gain the girl One dark night he stole
a sheep from one of his fathers ten
ants, carried it to the cottage of his
rival and tethered it to- the doorpost-
Robert awoke in the morning and was
astonished to find the sheep, which,
with the simple faith of that day, he
<if ar1f m
heaven Tom Ricketts, told the owner
that he had seen his animal in posses
sion of Dangerfield- The young farmer
was arrested and thrown into prison
on a charge of sheep stealing Then
Ricketts, rode to the home of Marjory
to tell her the news:
"Dangerfield has been sheep stealing.
He is in prison and viii be tried and
hanged Do not waste more time, Mar
jory, in listening to men of low de-
gree Set the day for our wedding
We will travel and see foreign lands,
and when we return I viii build cas-
tie for you to live in"
Now, Marjo-y was no fool. She knew
that Ricketts, was in earnest, but she
! distrusted him.
II won't marry you. Tom Ricketts,
she said, tif you build twenty castles
1 am going to marry Robert Danger
field"
you mean If Robert is not hanged -
81 will marry him whether he is
hanged or not"
Marjory visited Dangerfeld in prison
and asked him what she could do to
save him Her lover babe her go to
| Bleckstun. a famous lawyer of that
name, and ask him If he could suggest
any way out of the difficulty Bleck-
stun familiarized himself with the case,
! then questioned Marjory. Ill al
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
DRY FARMING AN ISSUE
FOR THE WHOLE NATION.
Everybody Everywhere Interested In
the Question of Conserving the
Valuable Moisture of the Soil.
BY Liberty II. Bailey, In Dry Farming
Bulletin.

Bulletin.
1 am convinced that the dry farm
ing movement has direct value in its
application to eastern as well as west
ern conditions. The movement is nee
essary and therefore worth while in its
western applications alone, and in its
bearing on the welfare of those regions
it should appeal to all the people, but
it also has a bearing on agriculture in
the entire country such as our people
do not yet understand.
We habitually associates "dry farm
ing with dry regions, but the conser-
vation of water lies also at the founda
ton of agriculture in most humid reg
ions, as well as semi-arid regions, for
the crop in humid regions is very gen.
orally determined by the pinch of the
dry spell' or drought.
We shall never have a good agricul-
ture until the farmer prepares for dry
times and drought just as conscien-
tiously as he prepares for winter. The
''dry spell'' of summer is usually con,
sidered to be a calamity. 1t is probable
that a properly regulated system of
husbandry would make such spells to
be advantageous.
Nor is it merely a question of carry
AS(Oe,--~<-OA
| spells A sufficient supply of soil mois-
! ture continuously throughout the year
is a fundamental necessity of crop
growing. The acre production must
be made to increase, which means that
we must be increasingly careful of our
| water waste.
In the hard land, billy regions of the
| east it is not only a question of the
actual quantity of water falling on the
earth, but quite as much the loss of
the water by rapid run off. The vio-
lent run-off is like water running from
roof. 1t tears the land, moves stones
and other heavy objects and carries
away immense stores of fertility.
Within two or three days after a heavy
rain the sides and tops of hills may
be suffering from dry soil. Many OF
the hills of the humid eastern states
are unproductive or even sterile be
cause they are dry. We shall find the
principles of dry farming to be in
creasingly applicable to the east
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
THE CURING OF ALFALFA.
Methods Used by Farmers to Save the
First Crop of Hay.

First Crop of Hay.
A correspondent of the National
Stockman and Farmer wants to know
the best way of saving the first crop of
alfalfa hay. In the states east of the
Mississippi river it is usually difficult
to make a crop of hay late in May or
early in June. When rains do not in
terfere the alfalfa can be cured in
windrow and cock without much diff
Guilty, but usually there is some rain.
Many growers cure partly in swath
and windrow and then place in small
cocks and cover with muslin hay cap
which is weighted down at each cor
ner.
If the season is wet some damage to
the hay results and the alfalfa beneath
the cocks is killed unless the hay is
moved once or twice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
Get After the Rabbit.

The festive rabbit plays better
leading role in stew or a potpie than
as an orchardiSt- He may be induced
to assume this part by a persuasive
shotgun or a trap But whether en-
gagged or not he should not be allowed
to gnaw newly set trees A band of
quarter inch wire netting round the
trunk will be a sure protection If ex-
tended up beyond his reach--American
AgriculturiSt-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
A NEW AMBASSADOR

Edwin Vernon Morgan, the present
United States ambassador to Brazil,
has had a long experience in the dip
lomatic service. At the time of his
promotion he was minister to Portu-
gal. He succeeded the late Irving B.
Dudley as representative at Rio de
Janeiro.
Ambassador Morgan is a native of
Aurora, n. Y, and is fortyseven years
old After graduating from Harvard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
vaIu. of Mixed Crops,

The Cornell experiment station CNew
York; in the course of some invesuga-
lions found that timothy grown with
alfalfa or red clover had a higher pro-
tein content than that grown without
these legumes- Oats grown with peas
also showed an increased protein con-
tent, and the hay yield of mixed oats
and peas was 4,375 pounds as COM
pared with 1925 pounds of oats grown
alone.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
Stock Needs Variety In Food

Some men think that they are feed
ing their farm animals we'll when they
give them all they will eat. Give a
COW a straw stack or fifty tons of corn
slower and she surely will have all she
can eat for a considera BILE length of
time, but she will be inadequately
nourished. 1t is the want of variety
and balance in common maintenance
rations during the CRASHES months
that devitalizes farm stock.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23

and the University of Berlin he be-
came instructor in history at the for
mer Institution, subsequently going to
Adelbert college, Cleveland, in the
same capacity. He entered the gov
eminent service as secretary to the
United States commission to the Sa-
moan islands in 1899 and was soon
thereafter transferred to ST. Peters
burg as second secretary of the en-
bassy- He was appointed consul to
Dalny in 1904; but, the war prevent
ing him from taking the post, he was
made minister to Korea From 1905
to 1909 he was minister to Cuba, GO
ing thence to Uruguay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23

TNHE United States department or
"a commerce and labor has re-
ceived a number of consular re-
ports which indicate that gov
eminent pawnshops are advantageous
They have them In Germany, Holland
and France They enable financial
ly embarrassed persons in those coun-
tries to obtain cash on personal conat-
eral without payment of absurdly large
interest The average rate is under Il
per cent a year.
The pawnshop Of Amsterdam, the
oldest and probably the most success
full public pawnshop in the world, Is
known as the Bank Won Leaning 1t
has been under the control Of the mu-
nicipality since 1914 and has fifteen
branches throughout the city. The av-
erage rate of interest is less than 10
per cent per annum- SURPRISES over
amounts lent, minus interest and 6 per
cent for administration, are returned
to the owners of unredeemed pledges
after sale whenever possible, and still
the bank shows profits of almost ST.
boo, 600 annually, besides providing sub
stantial pensions for old employees
Reports from Washington say that
government officials are inclined to
follow the example these foreign coun-
tries have set in this particular.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
MANY EYES ON CANAL

Consular reports to the state depart
ment at Washington show that almost
every maritime nation worth while is
making preparations for sharing in
the trade benefits of the Panama ca
nal Only short time ago it was au-
thoritatively reported that the canal
was four-ffths completed and will GER
tainly be ready for use some time in
1914 The time for the establishment
Of bases or ports Of call proves, there
fore, to be much shorter than many
foreign governments had anticipated,
and the undertaking of finding such
ports or in making advantageous Sc
lections commenced with a rush.
"It has been announced" writes
Consul julius d. Dreher from Port
Antonio, that the French government
has sent commission to the West In
dies to select a port in Guadeloupe or
Martinique to be made a port of call
for French ships that will pass
through the Panama canal"
Mr.. Dreher is firmly convinced that
a large proportion Of the Worlds ocean
traffic will soon be carried in ships
that will pass through West Indian
waters, and says that any reasonable
study Of the reduction in sea distances
to be brought about by the opening of
the Panama canal will be sufficient to
prove it.
He further says:
There will then be from New York
| to all American Pacific ports north of
| the Panama canal a uniform reduction
| OF, S,415 miles and to such ports south
| of the canal a uniform reduction OF
| about 5000 miles,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23

in Germany is interesting in that the
Did time Conservatives have lost their
grip. A combination of the Socialists
and radicals was naturally expected,
but there has been great deal of con-
lecture as to how far the National Lib
erals will go in helping to consummate
the plans of the victorious element for
a revolution of political conditions in
the fatherland. The former regime
bases its only hope on the National Lib
erals, who, it is conceded, will adhere
to the kaiser's views along certain
lines, but as to that body's further ac-
hvihes there have been wide diver
gence of views and conclusions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
BUSINESS CONGRESS

President Taft was requested to invite
the commercial nations of the world
to participate in the fifth international
congress of chambers of commerce and
commercial and industrial associations
in Boston, Sept. "a to %, in joint res
olution introduced in congress by Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts,. An APP
preparation of $4,000 was asked for
convention expenses and to provide for
a tour of the United States by the for
eign delegates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
eERMANY's UPHEAvAL

With the National Liberals holding
the balance of power In Germany's
new reichstag, Herr Ernst Basserman,
the leader Of that party, stands out
prominently among the statesmen of
the progressive groups The situation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
RECENT FARM STATISTICS

While farm values have doubled in
ten years, the number of farms in the
United States increased only 1O.5 per
cent from 1900 to 1910, although the
poBulation increased 21 per cent. 1t
has been estimated that the decrease
in that part of the population engaged
In farming is 81 per cent
In 1900 the average sized farm con-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
MARCH ANNIVERSARIES

Charles Sumner, United States SEN
Rtor, 1S50-T4, and adviser of President
Lincoln, died March IL, 1874; John
Lorimer Worden, rear admiral, U. S.
N, commanding the victorious Monitor
In the battle of Hampton Roads,
March 8, 1862, born March II, 1918;
Alaska ceded to the United States by
Russia, March Is, 1867; Benjamin Har-
rison, twenty-third president of the
United States, died March IS, 1901; the
American colonies began King Georges
war, March 10, 1744; Andrew Jackson,
seventh president of the United States,
born March Is, 1867; United States
Military academy at West Point found
ed by act of congress, March 16, 1902;
Grover Cleveland, twenty-second, TWEEN
ty-fourth president of the United States,
born March IS. 1897; General Joseph
e. Johnston. Confederate leader, died
March 81, 1891.
MUNICIPAL WASH DAYS
Los Angeles has taken up an idea
advocated by Miss Jane Adams, the
Chicago settlement worker-namely,
municipal washhouses for the poor.
The city also has adopted public bath
ing establishments in parts of the mu-
nicipality where the great majority
cannot afford baths as often as needed.
Miss Adams has already pointed
out that in many foreign countries
washing day is enjoyed by the women.
because they take the clothes down to
the river and wash them together,
laughing and chatting as they do it
When they come to this country each
woman does her washing alone in a
cramped room, and wash day becomes
4 day of dread
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-05-29
THE WALDORF HOTEL.

Among the best known hotels Of the
state of North Dakota frequented by
the travelling public is the Waldorf
hotel at the corner of Seventh and
Front streets, directly opposite the N.
p. depot. This hotel is conducted by
the firm of Keller & Boyd, who began
business April 1, 1908. So we'll did
they serve their patrons that it be-
came necessary to enlarge the hotel
and an annex consisting of the top
floor was put on two years ago. They
hive 100 rooms, eighty rooms with
private baths, and since taking charge
Messrs Keller & Boyd have had the
hotel completely refurnished and dur
ing the last year had it redecorated,
making it as homelike hotel as any
within the confines of the state.
Messrs Keller & Boyd have both been
in the hotel business all their lives,
and have been associated with many
of the best hotels in the northwest
country before taking charge of the
Waldorf. Their business since COM
ing to Fargo has been very satisfac-
tory at all times, and that they have
been able to make their guests feel at
home is well evidenced by the fact
that the lobby is nearly always crowd
ed, and some OF the best men in
this country make it their Fargo home
when visiting this city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-05-29
FARGO DETROIT ICE CO.

This company are wholesale and re-
tail dealers in ice and Pokegama spring
water. This firm was Incorporated un-
der the laws of North Dakota in 1903,
and in 1904 absorbed the North Dakota
Ice company. They have ice storage
houses at Detroit, Mimi. with capa-
city of 10000 tons, and last winter
they loaded for the N. p. railroad about
1000 carloads OF ice. They also have
storage houses at Fargo with similar
capacity, and ship practically to all
towns in North Dakota and western
Minnesota. They have facilities for
loading 100 cars q day in winter and
employ eighty men through the cutting
season at Detroit, and thirty men the
year around in Fargo. The Fargo plant
consists OF ice storage houses and win
ter storage facilities, and they are the
largest dealers in this state in their
line. The company's Office is now To-
Gated at 622 N. P. avenue, but about
June will occupy the new Office build
ing, being erected at 201 Front street.
Pokegama water Is served on N. p.
dining cars from ST. Paul to Seattle
and is shipped to practically every
state. This water has been highly en-
dorsed by Professor Ladd of the agrl-
cultural college, and by all physicians
of the city. The present officers of the
company are John K. West, president
and treasurer and John dollhouse, vice
president and secretary.