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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

There is nothing very new to report
in fans, and there hardly need be, for,
like flowers, they suit us as they are
They are medium or small in size
and composed of the fragile and fair
materials we are used to. Silk gauze
or lace or both combined make airy
backgrounds for flowers painted in
festoons and wreaths in miniature, but
perfect art Spangles, thicker than
stars in the sky, sparkle over ALL
Ihey were never SO literally used
Ivory, mother of pearl, or wood,
with much carving and picking out in
gold or silver paint, form the sticks.
Even in the least expensive fans
there Is an unusual amount of beauti-
ful decoration. The imitation ivory
sticks are quite as beautifully handled
as the genuine. 1t takes a good Judge
to tell the difference.
Fans of white gauze with medaIIions
and borders of princess lace braid and
thickly spangled with tiny silver Sc
gums have proved their captivating
qualities by heading the list of best
sellers" In the month of roses. when
graduates and brides must be remem-
bered, this is the fan that is scattered
to all the points of the compass Fans
of black gauze with many spangIes
put on in set design and scattered
over the surface besides, have proved
as alluring as ever
Small celluloid fans that may be
carried in the handbag are deco
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Ready to Risk 1t.

Mr.. Jones wants a windy-pane
twilve inches be fourteen remarked
young Patrick Mulrooney. entering
the glaciers shop
In the shop was a smart young as
sistant who wanted to have a joke
with Pat.
Haven't any that size?" he replied
gravely. "Will one fourteen inches
by twelve do?"
Pat looked thoughtful for minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin' it at once, and this
is the only shop in town. Give me
wan O. thin. P'r'haps if we put it in
sideways no one will notice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Cotton in California.

Since cotton was first planted in
Imperial valley, California, as an ex-
pertinent, about eight years ago, the
acreage has increased yearly until it
is now $4,000, yielding $4,000 bales.
The United States department of agri-
culture says the valleys production
per acre is more than twice that of
any other part of the country. In the
valley there are nineteen cotton gins,
three cottonseed oil mills, and three
congresses. Over half the acreage is
in the vicinity of Calexico, there be-
ing there eight gins, two oil mills,
and one compress, all busy day and
night during the winter making by
products like cottonseed oil, cotton
seed feed and hulls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

rated with gold borders in set figures
or are gay with painted flowers One
of these is a novelty having a small
coin carrier at the base of the stick,
Just large enough to hold dimes Pref
ty as they are, none of these fans are
expensive unless one chooses those
with pearl sticks or having much carv-
ing.
Among the very cheap fans. such
as sell for twenty-five cents or not
more than fifty, the Japanese designs
offer really good colorings and fas-
cinating surfaces. They are well
made and more than tasteful; they
are often fine examples of Japanese
art.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

1t is trim in appearance and broader
in the toe than it looks The narrow
effect is accomplished by the long
point in the tip of patent leather.
The plain leather sandals made for
children's midsummer wear deserve a
good word always. Worn without
stockings, they help out the youngsters
that are denied the pleasure of running
barefoot, and are SO easy to put of
and on that the little people can in
dulge in the joy of getting their feet
on the ground occasionally.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
EXPANSIVE.

George Bowles, press agent for
t.The Birth of Nation, was dealing
with an editor who was hostile, to
the production, yet in a note to Bowles
arranging for an engagement the ed
itor wrote:
Il approach the matter with an
elastic mind
A short time later the editor in
vited Bowles to have dinner with him,
to which Bowles replied:
ST approach the table with an elias
tic belt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Woke Him Tn.

The young man was rather slow.
So the girl thought it time to give
him a hint
Gracious, she exclaimed sudden
ly, I've bruised my lip! Do you know,
Mr.. Jenkins, my mother always used
to kiss hurt place to make it WE'LL
And did it do any good?" asked
the young man, failing to see the
point.
Il don't remember" replied the girl,
getting desperate; but those old-fash-
Toned remedies are sometimes very
good"
Then he got busy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
BY Frequent shampoos With cuticura
VIII Help You. Trial Free.

Precede shampoos by touches of
Cuticura Ointment If needed to spots
Of dandruff, itching and irritation of
the scalp. Nothing better for the COM
plexion, hair, hands or skin than these
fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
From the Way II Acted.

Little Aimee was learning to sew.
and one day after vainly trying to
thread a needle, she said: Mamma,
what do they call the hole in a
needle?"
at is called the eye, my DEAR" re-
piled her mother.
WELL" continued Aimee, I'll bet
this old needle is cross eyed"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Nearly Lost.

Shelf you could have only one
wish, what would it be?
He-It would be that-that- Oh,
if 1 only dared tell you what it would
be!
She-Well, go on! Why do you sup
pose 1 brought up the wishing sub
ject?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Poor Father!

when I was a boy" said the head
of the family, 81 had to wear my
fathers old clothes made over
That's all right, dad" answered
his son. I've got a couple of old
suits you can have"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

things; the person
to whom it was
addressed, tn @
person referred to
in the closing pro-
noun, and the cir
cumstances t b a t
the question in
volved. The per-
son addressed was
Peter. the person
referred to in the
closing pronoun
was Jesus, the
C | r C u m stances
were about these:
Jesus was on trial
before the Roman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Scoop.

I'm writing a history of the Euro
pean war"
But the war isn't over yet
That's where 1 get the bulge on
the rest of the historians. l can
put my book on the market the day
after peace is declared, and they'll
have to wait two or three months
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

Have ordered AIIen's Foot-Esse. the antseptc
powder. for use among the conyaiescent troop&
Shaken into the shoes dissolved in the foot
bath. Aliens Fcct-Ezse gives refreshing rest and
comfort and prevents the feet getting tired or
stitute. Sod Everywhere. 2Sc For FREE sam
pie, address. Allen s. Olnsted. Leroy. N Y-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red Weak, Watery
Just Eye comfort Write for Book of the Eye
b. mail Free Murine Bye Remedy Co.. Chicago
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

When an old man falls in love he is
he gets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
Grand Prize at Panama-Pacifio Expo
sition Awarded to Walter
Baker & Co. Ltd.

The Grand Prize for superiority of Co
Goa and Chocolate preparations has been
awarded to Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dor
chester. Mass This famous old house has
received So Highest Awards at the leading
expositions in Europe and America Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

For genuine comfort and lasting pleas
All good srocers- Adv.
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RevenueI

Mollie-What are you letting your
hair grow SO long for? Going to be
musician?
Chollie-No; I've got a grudge
against the barber.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

Horses in Iceland are shod with
sheep horn and those in the Sudan
are fitted with cameI-skin socks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

daughters. when they marry. viii do
better than she did
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
LaudabIe.

the choir2"
i want to put it on sound basis.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

Beads of perspiration are the jewels
of honest labor-perhaps.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

Marriage is a lottery in which the
prize-winners draw alimony.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

A prize fighter is punished once
every six months, the average man
every day in the year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
An Awkward
Position
BY REV. RI. RAIsTON
Secretary Of Correspondence Departmens.
Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago

TExT-Did not see thee in the garden
with him John 1925.
Peters position as indicated by this
question depends on two or three
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24

And there is an incidental sugges-
tion in connection with Peters base
denial. in that the step from close
companionship with Jesus Christ to
apostasy is not a long one Peter
was in a true sense a primate among
the disciples, yet his base denial of
his Lord is told as widely as the per
ddy of Judas Iscariot himself
To rest in any relationship to Jesus
Christ with too great confidence In
dangerous
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
TILLAGE INFLUENCES
FERTILITY OF SOILS
More Food Is Made Available for
Growing Trees-Cover Crop
Protects the Roots.

The effect of tillage and cover crops
on the orchard are similar in some re-
spects, but tillage adds nothing to the
amount Of plant food in the soil,
thought it influences the fertility of
the land so that more food is made
available for the growing trees. A
well-managed system of cover crops
will accomplish all that tillage can
and at the same time add to the store
of the plant food that will be available
for the trees.
Fruit trees are often injured by root
freezing during the winters. In the
northern ATTITUDES this is one of the
most important reasons for keeping
the soil covered in the winter. The
influence of cover crop in protecting
the roots from frost is very important.
On soil that is rolling or on hillsides
1t will be found almost impossible to
maintain any degree of fertility in the
orchard without the use Of cover crops.
1t will not only prevent the soil from
washing away, but will also hold the
fertilizers from washing and prevent
the leaves from blowing away.
The saving of plant food is also an
important function of cover crop.
When the cold weather arrests the
growth of trees there is considerable
available plant food that may be vast
ed on account of the trees not being
able to consume it at that time. This
may be saved by the cover crop and
held until such time as it is desired
to have it give it up or when the cover
crop decays in the following spring.
The ideal system of managing or
chard lands in the northern and mid
die states is perhaps most nearly ap-
preached when the soil is stirred in
the early spring, as early as practical
BILE and as deep as it can be and not
injure the roots; cultivate in this man
ner until the trees are budded, then
seeded with a cover crop which will
grow until autumn and be turned I'm.
der the following spring, and the same
method practiced again.
In some sections of the apple coun-
try a cover crop is used the year that
the trees are due to produce a large
crop, so as to form a bed for the ap-
pies to fall upon and keep them clean
and free from mud.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
COMMERCIAL VALUE
OF STABLE MANURE
Humus Supplied the Soils Is
Worth More Than Accom-
panying Food Elements.

What is the real commercial value
Of common stable manure? Three con-
stituents of this waste are much
sought for and command good prices
in the worlds market today. Our
fellow farmers back East are paying
about 20 cents a pound for nitrogen,
four cents for phosphoric acid, and
five cents for potash in CONNER
cial fertilizers, that have not near
ly the value the same food elements
have when found in stable manure.
The humus supplied the soils by ma
nure is worth even more than
the accompanying food elements, be-
cause humus is the master key that
unlocks the potential fertility in our
soils. Some day We will be found go.
ing to the store to buy this same ferl
tility we are now wasting. 1t will
come higher, and no master key will
be found in the sack. Farmers in
New York are paying today at the
rate Of not less than $3.50 for the
sacked condensed plant food contained
in one ton of the manure that now
outrages our sense of beauty and pre-
sents us with swarms of flies. just
add the freight and don't be behind
the times and forget the up-to-date
profits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30

fBy I. J. MATHEWS. Michigan Agri-
cultural College)
One job about the farm that should
not be put off until spring is cleaning
up the orchard If this is put off un-
til later, one of the greatest benefits
which may accrue from Il will be lost.
l refer to that host Of orchard pests
and diseases that live over winter in
piles of rubbish and decaying apples.
Those limbs that have been pruned off
and thrown to one side and which are
now in dry condition, are just the
shelter under which these orchard
pests can remain dormant through the
cold blasts of winter and come forth
in the spring, hale and hearty, ready
to attack the first shoots and buds of
the apples that appear.
If there is nothing to burn but old
branches and tree prunings, then burn
ing is a good and satisfactory way Of
getting rid of this brush. But where
weeds have been cut in the orchard
and piled up outside the area covered
by the tree limbs, it would certainly
be waste of valuable plant food to
burn this material. There is just one
Of two things to do in the disposition
of this material To burn it meaEs
that all the plant foods, except the
minerals are lost. In the face of our
shortage in the potash supply, this, of
course, should be saved, but why not
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
IN CANADA
IS GOOD
Successful Crops and Big Yields
Help the Railway.

The remarkable fields that are re-
ported OF the wheat crop of Western
Canada for 1915 bear out the esti-
mate OF an average yield over the
three western provinces of upward of
rs bushels per acre. There is No
portion of that great west of "a GEO
square miles in which the crop was
not good and the yields abundant. An
American farmer who was induced to
place under cultivation land that he
had been holding for five years for
speculative purposes and higher
prices, says that he made the price of
the land out of this years crop of
oats. No doubt, others, too, who took
the advice of the Department Of the
Interior to cultivate the unoccupied
land, have done as well.
But the story of the great crop that
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
produced this year is best told in the
language of the railways in the added
cars that it has been necessary to
place in commission, the extra trains
required to be run, the increased ton
mage of the grain steamers.
1t is found that railway earnings
continue to improve.
The c. P. R. earnings for the second
week of October showed an increase
of s762,O0O over last year, the total
being only $4,000 below the gross
earnings Of the corresponding week
Of 1913, when the Western wheat crop
made new record for that date. The
increase in G. p. r. earnings for the
corresponding week of that year was
only 1851, 900, or less than half of the
Increase reported this year. The
grain movement in the West within
the past two weeks has taxed the re-
sources Of the Canadian roads as
never before, despite their increased
facilities. The c. P. r. is handling 1000
cars per day, new record. The
G. T. r. and the G. N. r. are also max
Ing new shipment records. The other
day the w. Grant Morden, of the Can
ada Steamships Company, the largest
freighter of the Canadian feet on the
Upper Lakes, brought down cargo OF
476,315 bushels, a new record for
Canadian shipping. Records are go
ing by the board" in all directions this
fall, due to Canada's record crop. The
largest Canadian wheat movement
through the port of New York ever
known is reported for the period up
to October 18th, when since shipments
of the new crop began IN August,
4,265,791 bushels have been reloaded
for England, France and Italy. This
is over half as much as was shipped
OF American wheat from the same port
in the same period. And, be it remem-
bered, Montreal, not New York. is the
main export gateway for Canadian
wheat. New York gets the overflow
in competition with Montreal.-Ad-
vertisemenJ
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
HINTS FOR FLOWER LOVERS
BY JOSEPHINE OEMARR.

Make bird houses and thus secure
the presence and esteem of these &C
tive insect destroyers. Also protect
every toad and try to keep few
about the home place
Two perennial peoples should be
found in every garden-the Iceland
poppy and the oriental 1t is better
to SOW them where they are to grow.
for they do not transplant readily. on
account of their long tap-root.
Do not neglect to examine the cur
rant and gooseberry bushes to look
for the white eggs of the currant
worms, the larva of the currant saw
top and under sides, with finely pow
dered hellebore, when the foliage is
wet, or put a heaping tablespoonful
in a gallon Of water and apply.
Just as soon as the lilac and other
spring Towering shrubs have done
blooming, prune them. Cut back to
a strong eye or shoot, preserving the
characteristic fern of the shrub
The petunia is one of the most &C.
commodating of plants. 1t takes root
easily, grows rapidly and makes
fine show in a hurry, even if planted
late in the spring. If you have a
corner you don't know what to do
with, prepare the soil carefully, scat
ter petunia seeds upon it. water with
a fine hose and watch the seeds grow
Pull the big weeds, the little ones will
be smothered by the rapid growth Of
the flowers
Plant cannas one to two feet apart,
depending altogether if they be dwarf
very rich soil and plenty of water dur
ing the growing season. A mulch If
strawy manure will help to conserve
the water that is given them. Cut
off all the seed pods as they form
If you want brilliantly colored and
oddly shaped flowers, plant some
Tigridias or Mexican summer bloom
ing bulbs. Don't set them out until
settled weather, for they are tender
The Japanese are still working to
perfect the Ipomoas or moon-fiowers
They are most satisfactory annual
vines. They are gross feeders and
demand cultivation during the grow
-ng season. They come in many beau
tiful colors and shades, splashed, mar
bled, striped, spotted and blotched
Don't let the weeds get foot high
and then pull them, disturbing the sur
rounding flowers, even if none are
pulled out.
The amateur must learn to thin
ruthlessly. Plants that grow too close
ly together never do well. Pinch off
all the suckers from fruit and orna-
mental trees.
The Dutch boomers are slow about
ripening and you want their bed, just
trench them in a far corner Of the
garden. When they are well-ripened
put them in a paper bag and keep
them in cool place until fall.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30

save the nitrogen and phosphates
also?
If the ground is plowed, by all means
take this decaying mass and put it in
the bottoms of the burrows. In all
probability, these pests will never
hatch out there, and even if they did
they could not get up through the soil
in the spring. Some men who do not
have great many trees collect this
rubbish and put it about the base of
the trees. The heap is covered with
dirt. This excludes the air and in the
deepening process so much heat is gen.
Grated that all these dormant forms of
insect life are killed. / have seen this
heating, however, result in a scalded
trunk for the apple tree.
By all means the old limbs should
be burned up and if the land is plowed,
the other refuse should be plowed I'M
der, but as to whether it would pay to
compost this old rubbish where the
land is not plowed is a question that
will be largely determined by the
amount of rubbish, the number of trees
and the cost of iabor in doing it.
Where there is only small amount
of this refuse, it may be easier and
less expensive to keep the pests down
by spraying, but where there is
whole lot Of it, it should certainly be
drawn away or otherwise disposed of
before the snow comes on.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
Use Nitrate of Soda.

For soils that are deficient in nitro
gen nitrate of soda would be very val
liable on account of its quick action.
Use it as a top dressing at the rate
of 100 pounds to 200 pounds per acre,
and make three or four such applica-
tons during the season. The first rain
will wash it into the soil and it will
be Immediately available. But for the
general gardener the nitrogen can be
secured much more cheaply and in
more permanent form by the blowing
under of cowpeas, clover and well
rotted barnyard manure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-11-30
DESTROY INSECTS BY
THE FALL CLEANUP
Flowing Is Generally Recognized
as Good Method for the Pre-
Vention of Injury.

In the war against farm and orchard
pests fall cleanup is a good means
Of attack
Fall blowing is generally recognized
as a good method for the prevention
of insect injury; but rubbish left in
piles along fences, or in the orchard,
or garden, make the best kind of win
ter quarters for insect pests in Vari-
GUS stages.
Trash of this kind should be cleared
away and burned. Burning will de-
stroy any insects among the rubbish.